SCRUTINY | Care, Craft, Poise And Panache From Tafelmusik And Christophe Coin

By John Terauds on October 6, 2016

Tafelmusik And Christophe Coin showcase fine form in program of Viennese-centric hits from the ages.

SCRUTINY | Tafelmusik Starts Quietly But Finishes Big With Handel's Water Music

By Joseph So on September 23, 2016

Backed by guest director Elisa Citterio, Tafelmusik opens the 2016/17 season with Handel's Water Music.

SCRUTINY | Haus Musik Is A Fresh Spin On Baroque

By Michael Vincent on May 11, 2016

★★★ (out of four) As far as presenting new models of what a concert is, the 17th-century Haus Musik format is a welcome tonic to today’s rarefied and revered concert hall template.

SCRUTINY | Bohemian Composer Gets His Full Due At The Hands Of Tafelmusik

By John Terauds on April 29, 2016

Yesteryear’s music from an also-ran composer made for an extraordinary concert on Thursday night at the hands of Tafelmusik Orchestra and Tafelmusik Chamber Choir under conductor Ivars Taurins at Jeanne Lamon Hall.

SCRUTINY | Tafelmusik Revives Beethoven's 9th

By Michael Vincent on February 5, 2016

What would Beethoven have heard? Brandishing the equivalent of field cannons, pitch-forks and bull-whips, with gut strings, valveless horns and baroque contrabassoon, Tafelmusik proposed a possible answer with a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony last night.

SCRUTINY | Messiah on Messiah Turns Out Even

By Michael Vincent on December 18, 2015

The two presentations of the classic Christmastime traditions differ widely, but the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra call it even this year.

SCRUTINY | Talisker Players: Gibberish and Chaos on the Fine Edge

By Robin Roger on October 28, 2015

It isn’t easy to present nonsense verse effectively. Its purpose is not to convey gibberish or chaos, but to put us on the fine edge of perception on which we balance between meaning and meaninglessness.

SCRUTINY | Aisslinn Nosky and Tafelmusik Present a Cheeky "Baroque Misbehaving"

By Colin Eatock on April 25, 2015

Perhaps there’s no such thing as an entirely typical Tafelmusik concert – but Thursday night’s program at Trinity-St. Paul’s Church, titled “Baroque Misbehaving,” was especially unusual, for a couple of reasons...

SCRUTINY | Nagano and Tafelmusik Deliver Beethoven at His Best

By Michael Vincent on January 23, 2015

Over the last quarter-century, the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra has enjoyed the kind of PR that other arts organizations can only dream of. But to compare it with other orchestras is unfair, or is it?

Toronto classical concert and opera picks for April 15 to April 19, 2014

By Michael Vincent on April 15, 2014