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September 2021
Toronto International Film Festival | Oscar Peterson: Black + White
Born in a working-class area of Montreal, Oscar Peterson catapulted to the top of the jazz world in the late 1940s, remaining there until his death in 2007 at the age of 82. The legendary Count Basie offered the pianist a job when he was practically still a teenager. He founded one of the greatest jazz quartets in the genre’s history, worked with many of the world’s greatest jazz artists — Lester Young, Roy Eldridge, Sonny Stitt, and Stan Getz…
Find out more »Small World Music | Andrew Kay & Ravi Naimpally
Presented by Small World Music, in partnership with Raag-Mala Toronto, as a part of 25 for 25 - Small World Music's 25th Anniversary Program Recorded live at the Small World Centre, this performance provides an immersion into Indian Classical Music and showcases a Jugalbandi (duet), from the outstanding presenters. Accompanying Pankaj Mishra (Sarangi) and Andrew Kay (Saxophone & Himalayan Singing Bowls), is Abbas Janmohammed (Tabla). Both Andrew & Abbas are accomplished alumni of SWM’s eMERGEnce artist-development program. This event is…
Find out more »National Arts Centre Orchestra | Ehnes and Beethoven’s Fifth (online)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo capriccioso in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 28 LILI BOULANGER Nocturne for Violin and Orchestra, arr. Sarah Slean JESSIE MONTGOMERY Strum SARASATE Zigeunerweisen for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 20 (Gypsy Airs) Beethoven’s glorious Symphony No. 5 is music that gets under your skin, still inspiring and delighting more than two centuries after its first performance in 1808. NACO Artist-in-Residence, James Ehnes, returns to Southam Hall to perform Camille Saint-Saëns’s spirited…
Find out more »SweetWater Music Festival | Saturday Night Mainstage (Online)
Performers: Philip Chiu, Rosebud String Quartet (Aaron Schewbel, Keith Hamm, Leana Rutt, Sheila Jaffe), Julie Hereish, Edwin Huizinga Program: Samuel Barber, Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, Opus 6 I. Allegro ma non troppo II. Adagio (in combination with a scherzo) III. Allegro appassionato. Gabriel Faure, Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120 I. Allegro ma non troppo II. Andantino III. Allegro vivo Johannes Brahms, String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Opus 36 I. Allegro non troppo (G major) II. Scherzo – Allegro non troppo…
Find out more »CMMAS | Eve Egoyan In Concert
September 22 -24, 2021. Streamed performance (a repeat of the live streamed performance from Open Ears Festival). New works for augmented and acoustic piano as well as Surface Tension, a collaborative work with media artist David Rokeby for piano and real-time images. Visiones sonoras. CMMAS (Centro Mexicano para la Musica y las Artes Sonoras).
Find out more »Music Toronto | Virtual Concert Series: Marc-André Hamelin (online)
Marc-André Hamelin Thurs. September 23 at 7:30 pm. Available until 7:30 pm Sat. September 25. The concert link will appear here at 7:30. If you don't see it please refresh your browers. Hold CTRL key down and tap F5 on your keyboard (PC) or COMMAND + R (Mac)
Find out more »Soundstreams | Garden Of Vanished Pleasures (online)
If modern gardening has a patron saint, it must be English artist, filmmaker, and queer rights activist Derek Jarman. As the AIDS plague took his friends one by one and he himself faced an increasingly uncertain future, he discovered his own form of hope, resilience, and solace in his garden by the sea. A theatrical, filmed production with new work from composers Cecilia Livingston and Donna McKevitt, GARDEN OF VANISHED PLEASURES is drawn from Jarman’s journals, devised and directed by Tim Albery. Runs from Thursday September 23 2021 to Sunday October 10…
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | In Concert: Russell Braun and Tamara Wilson with the COC Orchestra
Two of opera’s best-loved opera stars, baritone Russell Braun and soprano Tamara Wilson, reunite with the COC Music Director Johannes Debus and the COC Orchestra, presenting a carefully curated program that explores the vast spectrum of human experience and the vital spark of connection that the arts provide in a tumultuous and uncertain world.
Find out more »Harbourfront Centre | Dog Without Feathers
Cão Sem Plumas (Dog Without Feathers) — Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker (Brazil) Brazilian choreographer Deborah Colker delivers a powerful work that brings to life the poem “O Cão Sem Plumas,” written by João Cabral de Melo Neto about the Capibaribe River Region of Northeastern Brazil. Performed by 14 dancers of astonishing physicality, the choreography interweaves classical, contemporary, popular and ritual dances. The performance is set against black and white projections, the striking images of filmmaker Cláudio Assis captured on-location where the…
Find out more »October 2021
Confluence Concerts | Bach Cello Suites: Part 1 (online)
Cello Suites No. 1 in G Major BWV 1007 and No. 3 in C Major BWV 1009 Premiering Online October 1, 2021 With Winona Zelenka and Michelle Tang, cello
Find out more »Upper Canada Choristers | To Sit and Dream. Voices of Women Through the Ages
Laurie Evan Fraser conducts the 35-voice mixed choir and its accomplished Latin ensemble Cantemos in their third live streaming concert since the pandemic. On Friday, October 1, 7:30 p.m. Members of Cantemos and the Main Choir will appear on stage at Toronto’s Grace Church on-the-Hill, with the rest of the choir joining in virtually via ZOOM. Only 50 in-person tickets are available on a first-come basis. Covid Protocols: Performers and in-person audience members will be subject to all of the…
Find out more »Sinfonia Toronto | Sinfonia Toronto’s Greatest Hits
SINFONIA'S GREATEST HITS - An Ontario Culture Days event An hour of popular gems, favourite melodies from Mozart to Shostakovich. Enjoy the brilliant strings of Sinfonia Toronto and Maestro Nurhan Arman's genial introductions in a casual one-hour concert from 3 to 4 pm in the spectacular lobby of Meridian Hall, one of three great TO Live venues. Sinfonia's Greatest Hits is presented with support from TO Live, Ontario Re-Connect and the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Program MOZART Divertimento K 136 SHOSTAKOVICH Waltz…
Find out more »UofT Faculty of Music | Thursdays at Noon: Angela Schwarzkopf and Guests (online)
Harpist Angela Schwarzkopf is joined by special guests vibraphonists Michelle Colton and Étienne Levesque to perform selections from detach, winner of the 2020 JUNO Award for Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber, and compositions by fellow Music alumni. Livestream
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | TSO Live Stream: Gimeno’s Homecoming
Join Music Director Gustavo Gimeno and the TSO as they return to the Roy Thomson Hall stage for an alluring live-stream performance of diverse and tuneful offerings. A playful symphony by 18th-century Black composer—and champion fencer—Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, opens the program. Brahms's youthful energy and command of melody shine in a Serenade written when he was just 25 years old. Between these two musical gems, the TSO string section sings in Canadian Nathaniel Dett’s “His Song”, a soulful…
Find out more »Soundstreams | RBC Bridges Showcase: Six World Premieres
Join us for the world premieres of six new choral works, and support the next generation of composers with the RBC Bridges Showcase! Our six participants have worked throughout the pandemic with mentor composer Sarah Kirkland Snider (“one of the decade’s more gifted, up-and-coming modern classical composers” (Pitchfork)), and have created new works for vocal ensemble and instrumentalists. 2021 Participants and Program: Jenny Beck – Sown by Hand Tyler Eschendal – to sever and to splat Rebecca Gray – SO sorry for your loss Francisco del Pino – I…
Find out more »International Resource Centre for Performing Artists | Ten Singing Stars – New Generation at Online
The International Resource Centre for Performing Artists has selected the lineup of young professional singers to perform in this year’s edition of Ten Singing Stars – New Generation. They will take part in 90 minutes of operatic arias, with pianist Rachel Andrist on Friday, October 15, 7:30-9 p.m. EDT. The concert will broadcast live from Zoomer Hall, on The New Classical 96.3 FM, and live stream (no charge). The IRCPA received applications from 24 singers, aged 18-42. Of these, 14 were sopranos,…
Find out more »Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra | Parade on Bourbon Street (online)
Lucas Waldin, conductor Michael Kaeshammer, piano Boogie down to Bourbon Street with virtuoso Canadian pianist Michael Kaeshammer and your KWS. Featuring New Orleans standards like The Saints Go Marching In, St. James Infirmary, and The Basin Street Blues, this program brings a fresh take to music of the Big Easy.
Find out more »University of Toronto | Opera Arias with mezzo-soprano Susan Graham (online)
All events will be live streamed via YouTube. Susan Graham will join us remotely. *Please note that in-person attendance will not be offered for these events. Stream link
Find out more »University of Toronto | Mélodie class with mezzo-soprano Susan Graham (online)
All events will be live streamed via YouTube. Susan Graham will join us remotely. *Please note that in-person attendance will not be offered for these events. Stream link
Find out more »University of Toronto | Pants Roles class and Q&A with mezzo-soprano Susan Graham (online)
All events will be live streamed via YouTube. Susan Graham will join us remotely. *Please note that in-person attendance will not be offered for these events. Stream link
Find out more »The Met: Live in HD | Terence Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Terence Blanchard/Libretto by Kasi Lemmons Fire Shut Up in My Bones CONDUCTOR Yannick Nézet-Séguin CAST Will Liverman, Angel Blue, Latonia Moore SYNOPSIS New Production/Met Premiere. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Grammy Award–winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard’s adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s moving memoir. The first opera by a Black composer presented on the Met stage and featuring a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons, the opera tells a poignant and profound story about a young man’s journey to…
Find out more »Sinfonia Toronto | Souvenir
Souvenir SINFONIA TORONTO NURHAN ARMAN Conductor IGOR PIKAYZEN Violinist Remembrance and Renewal - We will celebrate re-opening with virtuoso fireworks, hear Toronto composer Alice Ping Yee Ho's tribute to health workers, then join Tchaikovsky on vacation in his beloved Florence Program ALICE PING YEE HO Resurrected Angel II world premiere BACH Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major WIENIAWSKI Faust Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Souvenir de Florence Virtual concert ticket: BUY VIRTUAL TICKET Tickets for in-person attendance go…
Find out more »Opera Atelier | Angel (online)
Angel is the culmination of Opera Atelier’s commission of original music by Edwin Huizinga and Christopher Bagan, exploring themes of creation, loss of innocence and enlightenment through the texts of John Milton’s Paradise Lost and Rainer Maria Rilke. Featuring Colin Ainsworth, Mireille Asselin, Measha Brueggergosman, Jesse Blumberg, Meghan Lindsay, John Tibbetts, and Douglas Williams plus excerpts from William Boyce, Matthew Locke, Max Richter and Antonio Vivaldi. With the Artist of Atelier Ballet, members of Tafelmusik (Elisa Citterio, Music Director) and D. Brainerd Blyden-Taylor with The Nathaniel…
Find out more »Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | Music and Magic (online)
Open your eyes and ears to the world of illusion and enchantment in this new digital concert blending two captivating art forms. Music and Magic delves into the world of 18th-century English conjurer Isaac Fawkes, a contemporary of Handel. The first magician to take his act from the streets of London to the stage, Fawkes performed before King George II at the Haymarket Theatre — the same venue where Handel presented his operas for royalty and the public alike. This film…
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Puccini: Gianni Schicchi (online)
After Buoso Donati—the patriarch of a Florentine family—dies of old age, his remaining relatives are more interested in getting paid than in paying their respects. They hire local schemer Gianni Schicchi to sort out the estate, but get much more than they bargained for with the quick-thinking and enterprising Schicchi. Staged by British theatre director Amy Lane, this lighthearted, brilliantly paced comedy stars rising South Korean soprano Hera Hyesang Park alongside baritone Roland Wood. The famous one-act opera features some…
Find out more »November 2021
University of Toronto | Thursdays at Noon: Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Opera School
In the fall of 1946, an unprecedented and unique course of instruction was introduced into the Senior School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Conceived by its first director, Arnold Walter, the birth of the Opera School - now the Opera Division of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music - marked not only the beginning of operatic training in Canada but the very genesis of opera produced in Toronto. In celebration of our 75th anniversary, we reflect on…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | A Welcome Return: Gimeno & Your TSO
Gustavo Gimeno’s long-anticipated in-person début as Music Director promises to be an emotional concert experience remembered for years to come as audiences return to Roy Thomson Hall for the first time since March 2020. Anthony Barfield’s Invictus—a 2020 composition that reflects on this unique moment in time and delivers a stirring ode to humanity’s capacity for resilience—serves as the season-opening fanfare, while Jazz Age spirit and celebratory flourish ring out in Hindemith’s blazing Concert Music for Strings and Brass. And Schubert’s…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | A Welcome Return: Gimeno & Your TSO
Gustavo Gimeno’s long-anticipated in-person début as Music Director promises to be an emotional concert experience remembered for years to come as audiences return to Roy Thomson Hall for the first time since March 2020. Anthony Barfield’s Invictus—a 2020 composition that reflects on this unique moment in time and delivers a stirring ode to humanity’s capacity for resilience—serves as the season-opening fanfare, while Jazz Age spirit and celebratory flourish ring out in Hindemith’s blazing Concert Music for Strings and Brass. And Schubert’s…
Find out more »Sinfonia Toronto | Beethoven & Mozart
Beethoven & Mozart SINFONIA TORONTO NURHAN ARMAN Conductor JARRED DUNN Pianist Healing Classics - The intensity and joy in one of Mozart's most dramatic symphonies will inspire us all after a pensive prayer by Toronto composer Larysa Kuzmenko and a buoyant Beethoven Piano Concerto. Program BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 chamber version LARYSA KUZMENKO A Prayer MOZART Symphony No. 40 Tickets for in-person attendance go on sale September 15. Virtual concert ticket: $15 BUY VIRTUAL TICKET Tickets for in-person attendance…
Find out more »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 in that musical heritage. In this concert, OKAN performs selections from Espiral, their 2021 Juno Award-winning album, fusing jazz, folk, and global rhythms with Afro-Cuban roots.…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | A Welcome Return: Gimeno & Your TSO
Gustavo Gimeno’s long-anticipated in-person début as Music Director promises to be an emotional concert experience remembered for years to come as audiences return to Roy Thomson Hall for the first time since March 2020. Anthony Barfield’s Invictus—a 2020 composition that reflects on this unique moment in time and delivers a stirring ode to humanity’s capacity for resilience—serves as the season-opening fanfare, while Jazz Age spirit and celebratory flourish ring out in Hindemith’s blazing Concert Music for Strings and Brass. And Schubert’s…
Find out more »Trio Arkel | Fantasia (online)
Sunday, November 7, 2021 (live performance, limited audience) Sunday, November 14, 2021 (virtual performance release) Jean Cras String Trio Schubert Fantasia arr. for piano quartet Lekeu Piano Quartet For more information and to pay what you can, visit Eventbrite
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Spotlight 15
Elisa Citterio director Online Premiere: November 18, 2021, 8pm ET Experience the artistry of Tafelmusik musicians in this playful showcase of sounds and styles, from baroque to galant. Fourteen soloists and thirteen concertos are featured in this playful mix-and-match showcase of Tafelmusik’s artistry. Music Director Elisa Citterio conceived this concert as a challenge to the musicians, inviting each of them to flex their musical muscles as soloists and leaders. The program pairs movements from different concertos — occasionally even by different…
Find out more »Soundstreams | Love Songs (online)
Music that contemplates our place in the universe. A 45-minute concert featuring two works by Québec composer Claude Vivier, and a world premiere by Christopher Mayo. Filmed on stage at Koerner Hall, Toronto. Tickets start at just $7! ARTISTS David Fallis, music director Vocal ensemble: Carla Huhtanen, Lindsay McIntyre, Vania Chan, Robin Dann, Bud Roach, Alex Samaras, and Keith Lam Gregory Oh, piano Ryan Scott, percussion REPERTOIRE Claude Vivier Love Songs Claude Vivier Hymnen an die Nacht Christopher Mayo Oceano…
Find out more »The Elora Singers | On Love (online)
The Elora Singers present the world premiere of “On Love”, a commissioned work by Canadian composer Timothy Corlis set to the poem by Kahlil Gibran and sung in English and Arabic. Also on the program will be settings on the theme of love by Duruflé, Clausen, Willan, Pärt, Finzi, Enns, Sheppard and Shaw. Tickets are available on November 1, 2021.
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 of loss and resilience to the sonic world of Mozart’s heartbreakingly beautiful piece. The result charts a passage out of the darkest days of an…
Find out more »December 2021
Tafelmusik | The Voice of Vivaldi (online)
Krisztina Szabó mezzo-soprano Online Premiere: December 2, 2021, 8pm ET You are invited on this baroque journey through human emotions showcasing a remarkable Canadian singer. The sheer beauty and soulfulness of the human voice infuses this concert featuring mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó—one of our first guest soloists since February 2020. Music Director Elisa Citterio has curated a program of contrasting moods that range from dramatic intensity to cheerful effervescence. Passionate arias from three Vivaldi operas are even more striking when paired with…
Find out more »The Elora Singers | Bach & Handel: Music for Advent & Christmas (online)
The Elora Singers present Bach’s Advent Cantatas and the Christmas excerpts from Handel’s Messiah, with chamber orchestra and soloists from the ranks of the choir.
Find out more »Art of Time Ensemble | To All A Good Night 6 (in-person and online)
To All A Good Night 6 is the Art of Time Ensemble's first live concert in 22 months. We are back with a new edition for these strange times featuring the music of Stevie Wonder, John Prine, Stephen Colbert & Elvis Costello and Duke Ellington and featuring performances by Jackie Richardson, Jessica Mitchell, Liam Russell, David Wall, and Tom Wilson. Audience members have the option to experience the holiday tradition either in-person or from the comfort of their homes via…
Find out more »Sinfonia Toronto | Beethoven@251
Beethoven@251 SINFONIA TORONTO NURHAN ARMAN Conductor DMITRI LEVKOVICH Pianist Happy Birthday - Join us for a joyous celebration of Beethoven's 251st with works from the Romantic Era he launched - a Chopin Piano Concerto and a delightful 1890's fantasia, then culminating with his own ebullient Symphony No. 8 Program SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Fantasiestücke CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 chamber version by Sigmund Anton Steiner Virtual concert ticket: $15 BUY VIRTUAL TICKET Tickets for in-person attendance go on…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Ashley MacIsaac with special guests Jully Black and Madison Violet
Cape Breton fiddler sensation and storyteller Ashley MacIsaac is joined by Canada’s queen of R&B, Jully Black, and gorgeous singing-songwriting duo, Madison Violet, for this powerful evening of Canadian roots music. Ashley MacIsaac plays the fiddle with an intensity, authenticity, and passion that is hard to deny. He learned his chops at an early age, mentored by some of the legendary greats of the area, performing all over the island in halls, clubs, barns, and kitchens. Hi How Are You was released in…
Find out more »Centre for Opera Studies & Appreciation | Queens & Martyrs
COSA Creative Presents: Queens & Martyrs Join six fabulous performers as they tell the stories of some of opera and history's most well-known Queens & Martyrs! Featuring: Alexandra Delle Donne Nansee Hughes Caitlin McCaughey Antonina Ermolenko Chelsea Kolic Dijle Yukselir When you purchase a ticket, you can watch the show anytime from 7 pm on Friday, December 17th until 12 am on Monday, December 20th!
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | In Winter (online)
The COC Orchestra under Music Director Johannes Debus, the COC Chorus, and artists of the COC Ensemble Studio come together for a concert that explores and celebrates winter. Welcome a new season with Vivaldi’s instantly recognizable and exhilarating “Winter” section of “The Four Seasons,” classic songbook selections like “Deck the Halls,” and, for the centrepiece of the program, an exciting new commission by composer Ian Cusson, who sets text by Métis writer Katherena Vermette, for solo, chorus, and orchestra in…
Find out more »The Elora Singers | Radiant Dawn: A Festival of Carols (online)
The Elora Singers’ annual Christmas concert will be presented in both online and live performances, featuring repertoire from the Singers’ new Christmas CD.
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | In Winter (online)
The COC Orchestra under Music Director Johannes Debus, the COC Chorus, and artists of the COC Ensemble Studio come together for a concert that explores and celebrates winter. Welcome a new season with Vivaldi’s instantly recognizable and exhilarating “Winter” section of “The Four Seasons,” classic songbook selections like “Deck the Halls,” and, for the centrepiece of the program, an exciting new commission by composer Ian Cusson, who sets text by Métis writer Katherena Vermette, for solo, chorus, and orchestra in…
Find out more »Elmer Iseler Singers | Sherry & Shortbread ‘At Home’
Join Artistic Director, Lydia Adams and the Elmer Iseler Singers, from the comforts of your home for a musical celebration online. Our special guests will be our great colleague and friend, the world-renowned clarinetist, James Campbell, Artistic Director of the Festival of the Sound in Parry Sound and his son, guitarist, Graham Campbell. James and Lydia will reminisce, talk of our present artistic activities, and discuss our mutual further exciting plans as we reopen in the upcoming months. You will hear…
Find out more »Canzona Chamber Players | The Ninth Annual Elizabeth Krehm Memorial Concert: Mahler & Beethoven on Boxing Day (online)
CANZONA CHAMBER PLAYERS PRESENTS THE NINTH ANNUAL ELIZABETH KREHM MEMORIAL CONCERT MAHLER & BEETHOVEN ON BOXING DAY A VIRTUAL RECITAL FOR ST. MICHAEL’S HOSPITAL This boxing day evening, we invite you to enjoy an hour-long program of Gustav Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen and Beethoven's Symphony 7, filmed at the Arts & Letters Club in Toronto and broadcast on YouTube.com/CanzonaChamberPlayers at 5:30pm. Canzona Chamber Players is pleased to present The Ninth Annual Memorial Concert for Elizabeth Krehm. Elizabeth passed away on November…
Find out more »January 2022
Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Tribute to Louis Armstrong
In accordance with Public Health policy, capacity limits for TSO concerts will be reduced to 50% until approximately the end of January. His voice was unmistakable, his personality magnetic, and his artistry astonishing. With a career that spanned five decades and changed jazz forever, Louis Armstrong was one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. In this loving and electrifying hommage, celebrated trumpeter and vocalist Byron Stripling performs and leads the TSO in many of Satchmo’s greatest hits…
Find out more »Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra | Elegance and Emotion
Elegance and Emotion will be livestreamed at 8PM ET on Friday, January 7, and available on-demand following the livestream until Sunday, January 9 at 11:59PM ET. You may view this concert as many times as you would like during the availability period. David Greilsammer, conductor & piano Rameau: Platée: Suite de danses Mozart: Concerto No.24 in C minor for Piano & Orchestra Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Tragic
Find out more »Sinfonia Toronto | Mozart & Janacek
Mozart & Janacek SINFONIA TORONTO NURHAN ARMAN Conductor ARTUN MISKCIYAN Pianist Nostalgia - You will enjoy beautiful Classical memories by Mozart and his contemporary Joseph Bologne, plus reflections by Canadian Jocelyn Morlock on Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Janacek's on a Tolstoy tragedy. Program MOZART Piano Concerto No.22 JOCELYN MORLOCK Nostalgia JOSEPH BOLOGNE String Quartet in D major, Op. 1, No. 6 JANACEK Kreutzer Sonata Virtual concert ticket: $15 BUY VIRTUAL TICKET Tickets for in-person attendance go…
Find out more »February 2022
Lake Field Music | LFM Sky Online Music Workshops
Lake Field Music is excited to offer their 4th Sky conference including a wide selection of workshops for singers and instrumentalists (strings, winds, guitar, drums). Limited enrolment to ensure good communication between the instructor and participants.
Find out more »Canadian Music Centre | 7X Picanto Festival
Festival Line Up: February 4: Patrick Giguère, émettre un son, vérifier sa propre existence - Sonic Exploration, Quebec February 5: Curtis Andrews, with Trichy Sankaran, The Offering of Curtis Andrews - Intercultural music, British Columbia February 6: NUMUS ensemble - Improvised music / emerging artist, Ontario February 7: SHHH!! Ensemble with the Ottawa New Music Creators, In Sea - Improvised Music, Ontario February 8: Nick Veltmeyer and Aureas Voces Indie Early Music, Jimmy and Rosalia, a Folk Opera - Opera/vocal, Nova Scotia February 9: Ensemble Paramirabo, Si le temps , l’espace … - Chamber Music, Quebec February…
Find out more »Musical Stage Company | Musical Theatre Passport
‘Tour’ the musical world with The Musical Stage Company as we travel to London UK, to stream breathtaking musical work! The virtual theatre experience includes a curated pre-show chat with a member of the musical’s creative team, a ticket to the event, and a facilitated post-show discussion and analysis with Mitchell Marcus (CEO) & Ray Hogg (Artistic Director). This unique digital experience includes a 1-month subscription to BroadwayHD, where viewers can stream hundreds of recorded musicals from around the world.…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Stewart Goodyear with the Penderecki String Quartet and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Stewart Goodyear, piano Charlotte Siegel, soprano Beste Kalender, mezzo-soprano Zachary Rioux, tenor Korin Thomas-Smith, baritone Penderecki String Quartet Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Artistic Director Proclaimed "a phenomenon" by the Los Angeles Times and "one of the best pianists of his generation" by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Royal Conservatory alumnus Stewart Goodyear is accomplished as an orchestral soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, and composer. On this evening, you will hear the world premiere of his piano quintet based on themes from Ludwig van Beethoven before he tackles LvB’s final monumental…
Find out more »TSO | TSO Live Stream: Bach’s Brandenburg & More (Online)
Jonathan Crow, leader & violin Chelsea Gu, violin (Winner of the Play Along with Jonathan Crow All-Star Award) Kelly Zimba Lukić, flute Leonie Wall, flute Sarah Jeffrey, oboe Michael Sweeney, bassoon Andrew McCandless, trumpet Winona Zelenka, cello Program: J. S. Bach: Prelude to Suite No. 1 for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1007 J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049 J. S. Bach: Concerto for Bassoon, Strings and Oboe d’Amore, after BWVs 169, 49, 1053 J. S. Bach: Suite No.…
Find out more »Confluence Concerts/Amplified Opera | The Butterfly Project: The Ballade of Chō-Chō San
Pre-Performance Presentation Introducing The Ballad of Chō-Chō San and its themes Marion Newman (she/her), mezzo-soprano, artistic associate of Confluence Concerts, co-founder of Amplified Opera Kunio Hara (he/him), Associate Professor, Music History at the University of South Carolina Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野 (they/them), soprano, creator of the Butterfly Project, co-founder of Amplified Opera Asitha Tennekoon (he/him), tenor, co-founder of Amplified Opera Aria Umezawa (she/her), co-founder of Amplified Opera and Aria Umezawa (she/her), co-founder of Amplified Opera, director of the COC’s planned* 2022 production…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Tania Miller conducts the Royal Conservatory Orchestra
Part of the Temerty Orchestral Program at The Glenn Gould School (GGS), the Royal Conservatory Orchestra (RCO) is widely regarded as an outstanding ensemble and one of the best training orchestras in North America. It consists of instrumental students in the undergraduate and graduate programs of The Glenn Gould School. Graduates of the RCO have joined the ranks of the greatest orchestras in the world. Program: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring (suite for full orchestra) Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S.125 (Jean-Luc Therrien, piano) Antonín Dvořák:…
Find out more »Harbourfront Centre/Digidance | Via Kanana (Online)
Via Kanana Via Katlehong Dance SOUTH AFRICA Pantsula, gumboot, traditional dance. Via Kathlehong Dance and choreographer Gregory Maqoma propose an electrifying work based on a popular dance of street and protest of South Africa.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | The Gull, the Raccoon, and the Last Maple
Composed by Abigail Richardson-Schulte Story and text by Alexis Diamond Commissioned by Tafelmusik This concert streams from February 17, 2022 at 8pm ET to February 21, 2022 at 7:59pm ET A powerful new digital concert for the whole family, inspired by the need for collaboration in the face of climate change. Timely and optimistic, Tafelmusik’s latest commission is an environmentally themed digital concert for all ages. A contemporary fable for baroque orchestra and narrator, The Gull, the Raccoon, and the Last Maple pits two…
Find out more »New Music Concerts | 50th Anniversary Distanced Commissions
New Music Concerts continues their commissions for distanced ensemble with John Oswald's re-FUSE FEATURING: New Music Concerts —Distanced Ensemble
Find out more »Trio Arkel | Quintessence (in-person and online)
Mozart - Viola Quintet in G Minor Mendelssohn - String Quintet No. 1 in A Major Join Marie Bérard, Winona Zelenka, and Rémi Pelletier for an afternoon of music to warm the soul on a cold winter's day. Trio Arkel welcomes guest artists: Sheila Jaffé - viola Amanda Goodburn - violin For this concert Trio Arkel explores two contrasting string quintets, written only forty years apart. Mozart’s G minor quintet is a dark and melancholic work that takes full advantage…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Víkingur Ólafsson
Program: Baldassare Galuppi: Andante spiritoso from Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Minor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in F Major, K. 494 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Rondo II in D Minor, H. 290 Domenico Cimarosa: Sonata No. 42 in D Minor (arr. Ólafsson) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397 (fragment) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in D Major, K. 485 Domenico Cimarosa: Sonata No. 55 in A Minor (arr. Ólafsson) Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 47 in B…
Find out more »RCM 21C Music Festival | Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà: Elle – 25th Anniversary Concert
Angèle Dubeau says: “How can I mark the 25th anniversary of my ensemble La Pietà? The answer came to me naturally through the music. An album completely thought out, conceived, played and composed by women. Elle, in the singular, because each woman is unique.” “Added to the music of Olafur Arnalds, Armand Amar, Ludovico Einaudi, Alex Baranowski, Philip Glass, and Max Richter will be works from my latest opus, an incursion into the musical world of women, including Rachel Portman, Elena Kats-Chernin and Rebecca…
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Sinfonia Toronto | Chopin & Dvorak
Chopin & Dvorak SINFONIA TORONTO NURHAN ARMAN Conductor KEVIN AHFAT Pianist New Lands - Let's travel together in beautiful music by composers far from home - Chopin's Polish-tinged Piano Concerto, Montreal composer Vania Angelova's miniatures with Bulgarian folk flavour, and a great work the Czech Dvorak began writing in North America. Program CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 VANIA ANGELOVA Polyphonic Miniatures world premiere DVORAK Sinfonia Op. 105a (String Quartet No. 14) Virtual concert ticket: $15 BUY VIRTUAL TICKET Tickets for…
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Haydn & Friends
Elisa Citterio & Patricia Ahern violin Brandon Chui viola Keiran Campbell violoncello Pippa Macmillan double bass Dominic Teresi bassoon PROGRAM Joseph Haydn Trio in G Major, op. 53, no. 1 Jean-Baptiste Bréval Trio in D Major, op. 39, no. 2 Franz Danzi Bassoon Quartet in D Minor, op. 40, no. 2 Luigi Boccherini Quintet in D Major, op. 39, no. 3
Find out more »Mightier Productions | The Lion Heart
In a tale from the age of legend, the most chivalrous king of the middle-ages – king Richard I the Lion Heart – has been captured by the vengeful Duke Leopold of Austria, and imprisoned in the foreboding castle Dürnstein where he must compete in feats of strength with the Oafish Walo, resist the affections of the fair Mirella, and survive a lion-hearted challenge. Can he endure long enough to be found by his loyal bard? The show is…
Find out more »Westben | Caitlin Wood (Online)
Canada’s vibrant soprano & Brian Finley share favourites from Mozart & Puccini, ‘Till There was You’ (The Music Man) and Deliah’s “Song of Songs” from Brian’s musical SAMSON.
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Sinfonia Toronto | Mozart Haydn Rival
Mozart Haydn Rival SINFONIA TORONTO NURHAN ARMAN Conductor DANIEL VNUKOWSKI Pianist MARC DJOKIC Violinist Soaring - Fly with us on the melodies of a radiant new violin concerto, one of Mozart's own favourite piano concertos and the glorious gliding lines of our Maestro's custom orchestration of Haydn's "Lark" quartet Program ROBERT RIVAL Violin Concerto MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12 world premiere HAYDN "The Lark" Virtual concert ticket: $15 BUY VIRTUAL TICKET Tickets for in-person attendance go on sale September 15.
Find out more »National Arts Centre Orchestra | Truth in Our Time – Live Broadcast
*OTTAWA PREMIERE: NAC Orchestra commission of Philip Glass on the theme of Truth In Our Time in tribute to Canadian journalist Peter Jennings. NICOLE LIZÉE Zeiss After Dark: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 70 more info KORNGOLD Concerto in D Major, Opus 35, for Violin and Orchestra (Blake Pouliot, soloist) PHILIP GLASS Symphony No. 13*
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 twists including some fun, personal moments captured between the musical performance.
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Sinfonia Toronto | Schubert & Shostakovich
Schubert & Shostakovich SINFONIA TORONTO NURHAN ARMAN Conductor BESTE KALENDER Mezzosoprano Glancing Back, Forging Ahead - From pandemics past to the unquenchable life of folk tunes, we look ahead with a work Shostakovich called "spring-like" plus Toronto composer Saman Shahi's Suspended Doorways and Schubert's musical triumph of light over dark. Program STANLEY GRILL “1918” for voice and orchestra world premiere SHOSTAKOVICH Chamber Symphony Opus 49a De FALLA Seven Popular Spanish Songs SAMAN SHAHI Suspended Doorways SCHUBERT Sinfonia in G Minor…
Find out more »Elmer Iseler Singers | Songs of Light (online)
Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 4:00 pm EDT - 5:00 pm EDT Lydia Adams conducts Elmer Iseler Singers in a concert online Presenting a significant choral/cultural spectrum of interest and understanding through compositions by Canadian and International composers. Ave Verum Corpus, Peter Togni, Nova Scotia grandmother moon, Eleanor Daley, Ontario At Night the Valley Dreams of Snow, Jason Jestadt, Ontario Nur: Reflections of Light, Hussein Janmohamed, British Columbia Long Road, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Latvia Melodia, Myroslav Skoryk, Ukraine Lydia Adams also explores and explains the concepts…
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Tafelmusik | A Tafelmusik Tribute to Jeanne Lamon (online)
A deeply personal musical homage to Jeanne Lamon, curated by her partner Christina Mahler and friend and colleague Alison Mackay. Narrated by one of Canada’s foremost stage actors, R.H. Thomson, and enriched with projected images, this multimedia program traces the trajectory of Jeanne’s inspiring life, including her youth in New York State, her student years in Boston and Amsterdam, her decades in Toronto, and her final chapter in Victoria. Jeanne’s outstanding leadership, passionate dedication to artist training, and commitment to…
Find out more »Trio Arkel | Légende (online)
Haydn - String Trio, Op. 53 No.1 in G major Caplet - Conte fantastique Harp and String Quartet Ravel - String Quartet Join Marie Bérard, Winona Zelenka, and Rémi Pelletier for a gorgeous spring afternoon of music on demand. Trio Arkel welcomes guest artists: Heidi Elise Bearcroft - harp Emily Kruspe - violin Kathleen Kajioka - narrator For the final concert of season 9 Trio Arkel explores three different evocative pieces of music. Haydn composed several piano trios but string…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Passion Returns Opera Atelier Versailles Gala 2022
For over 35 years, Opera Atelier has been committed to creating beautiful theatre, even in the face of adversity! After two reimagined seasons, we are looking forward to presenting fully-staged live productions once again. We are therefore delighted to announce the 2022 Versailles Gala: Passion Returns, taking place on June 23rd in Koerner Hall. Hosted by Marshall Pynkoski, this special night will include performances that integrate instrumental and vocal music with Baroque and contemporary dance forms, featuring soprano and OA Artist in…
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