Visiting artists usually get the most attention over the course of a concert season, but it’s the hardworking locals who ensure that there is a concert season in the first place. Toronto’s orchestras and music schools brim with wonderful talents worth hearing as soloists, in those rare occasions when they find time on their schedules to do this.
Fortunately, two of the city’s finest are giving a recital this afternoon at the cozy, acoustically generous Heliconian Hall in Yorkville.
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Benjamin Bowman, concertmaster of the National Ballet Orchestra and associate concertmaster of the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra and member of the Royal Conservatory of Music’s ARC Ensemble (among other roles), presents a great programme with pianist Peter Longworth, a member of the Duke Trio, teacher at the RCM’s Glenn Gould Professional school, and stalwart collaborator.
Between these two powerful artists, expect something special. The programme, which includes newer as well as older pieces, includes Mozart’s D-Major Sonata K. 306 for violin & Piano; Brahms’s three late Op. 117 Intermezzi; a Sonata for Violin and Piano by Toronto’s William Rowson; Schubert’s B-minor Rondo; and the Sonata for Violin & Piano by John Corigliano.
The recital starts at 3 p.m., at 35 Hazelton Ave. Tickets are $25 ($20 for students). You can phone 416-654-0877, but it’s probably safe to show up a bit early at the door.
Here’s Bowman in action with violinist Cornelia Löscher and violist Michel Camille in Le Londres, a Trio by Eugène Ysaÿe, captured last summer at the Esbjerg International Chamber Music Festival:
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