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SUMMARY:Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Prokofiev’s Piano
DESCRIPTION:Guest conductor Ryan Bancroft leads a programmatic tour de force that explores the complexities of the human experience. Opening with Anna Clyne’s Within Her Arms\, the lamenting elegy for 15 strings was inspired by the composer’s loss of her mother. Then\, the demanding Piano Concerto No. 3 of Sergei Prokofiev is a testament to his technical prowess as both a performer and a composer\, as brilliantly displayed by British pianist Isata Kanneh- Mason\, winner of the 2021 Leonard Bernstein Award. Full of orchestral colour amid manic passages of virtuosity contrasted by moments of serene\, lyrical melodies\, the concerto is one of the most popular of the 20th century. Finally\, Russian compatriot Dmitri Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony\, written shortly after the death of Joseph Stalin\, is a scathing musical indictment of the terror and violence experienced under Stalin’s regime. Sombre\, wrenching emotion dominates most of the piece\, until\, like a phoenix rising from the ashes\, it closes with a triumphant climax.
URL:https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/event/toronto-symphony-orchestra-prokofievs-piano/2024-03-22/
LOCATION:Roy Thomson Hall\, 60 Simcoe St\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5J 2H5\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Tafelmusik | Staircases
DESCRIPTION:“It’s no wonder so many of Mackay’s creations have been performed for audiences around the world—there’s really nothing like them” (The Globe and Mail). \nA pinnacle of our 45th-anniversary season is Staircases\, a new creation by Alison Mackay\, whose award-winning multimedia programs have enhanced Tafelmusik’s reputation for artistic innovation. The concert is designed in collaboration with the acclaimed American bass-baritone and composer Jonathan Woody\, who acts as narrator\, singer\, and creator of a new work. \nThrough words\, stunning images\, and music by Lully\, Purcell\, Handel\, Platti\, Bach\, Vivaldi\, and Woody directed from the violin by Tafelmusik’s Julia Wedman\, the program explores journeys on staircases and the concepts they represented. \nIn the age of baroque music\, staircases were scenes of dramatic ceremony\, public piety\, and colourful urban commerce. So much more than architectural conveniences\, they became theatres of power\, markers of status\, settings for musical performances\, and avenues for slavery and freedom. \nAt the Palace of Versailles\, the Ambassadors’ Staircase was designed to humble diplomats and dazzle visitors with the work of builders\, painters\, and the musicians who performed there on ceremonial occasions. \nMeanwhile\, on Pickle Herring Stairs in London\, Thames watermen unloaded cargo boats and met passengers to ferry them to parliament at Westminster or an evening at the Dorset Garden Theatre. Entering the theatre by water steps\, the audience would have heard the tunes of river ballads and popular dances echoed in the music of Henry Purcell. \nThe history of baroque culture is entwined with that of the Atlantic slave trade. Men\, women\, and children were forced to descend staircases to slave ships. Only a fraction of these escaped\, ascending staircases to the promise of freedom. \nJoin us for a powerful journey into the remarkable cultural symbolism of staircases. \nStaircases will be filmed for future digital broadcast.
URL:https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/event/tafelmusik-staircases/2024-03-22/
LOCATION:Trinity St-Paul’s Centre\, 427 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, ON\, M5S 1X7\, Canada
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