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Canadian Opera Company | Espiral by OKAN (online)
With a name that means “heart” in the Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria, the Toronto-based women-led group OKAN crafts songs that explore immigration, courage, and love. Having received JUNO, Canadian Folk Music, and Independent Music Award nominations for their debut album Sombras, OKAN's sophomore offering, Espiral delves deeper into the group's rich Cuban roots, finding renewed inspiration […]
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company/Against the Grain | Mozart’s Requiem (online)
This multi-disciplinary presentation in collaboration with Against the Grain Theatre invites us to reckon with the impact of COVID-19—and heal together through the power of Mozart’s astonishingly moving Requiem. Incorporating interviews with front-line medical workers and community members directly affected by the pandemic, this interpretation conceived by Joel Ivany and Johannes Debus connects individual stories […]
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Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Gimeno, Lisiecki & Tchaikovsky 5
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Jan Lisiecki, piano Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra Shostakovich: Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes* Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 Cris Derksen: Celebration Prelude (World Première/TSO Commission) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 *Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra performs side by side with the TSO. Gustavo Gimeno leads one of Tchaikovsky’s best-loved works, the impassioned […]
Find out more »Opera by Request | Lieder Abend
Opera by Request presents a Lieder Abend, Friday, April 22nd, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). Current Covid protocols in effect. Lieder, both solos and duets, by Mahler, Strauss, Brahms and Dvorak will be presented by Danie Friesen and Annie Ramos, sopranos; Alexander Beley and Lillian Brooks, mezzo-sopranos; John Holland and Michael […]
Find out more »SweetWater Music Festival | Up Close & Personal with Edwin Huizinga and Philip Chiu: The Sequel (Online)
The SweetWater Music Festival kicks off its 19th year with a free, online music event, Up Close & Personal with Edwin Huizinga and Philip Chiu: The Sequel. This digital concert premieres on Friday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. The violinist and pianist follow up on their successful 2021 digital concert from last May. This time it offers a few new […]
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Royal Conservatory | Redman · Mehldau · McBride · Blade: A MoodSwing Reunion
Celebrated tenor saxophonist and composer Joshua Redman’s 1994 album MoodSwing introduced his first permanent band, an astonishing collection by four precociously talented musicians who would rapidly establish themselves as creative beacons. After years of individual triumphs, Redman reunites the original group, all Koerner Hall regulars — pianist Brad Mehldau, who won the 2020 Grammy for Best Jazz […]
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