Ludwig van Toronto

Tafelmusik | Choral Splendours: Bach & Zelenka
2025-03-28 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Toronto) | Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall, 427 Bloor St. W, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1X6, Canada
The Tafelmusik Chamber Choir reveals baroque choral treasures by Zelenka and Bach.
Amongst the composers Bach most admired was the Bohemian composer Jan Dismas Zelenka. It was a mutual admiration that was enriched by friendship. This program celebrates that friendship, pairing a selection of lesser-known, intimate gems from Bach’s Lutheran cantatas with an extravagant Catholic mass by Zelenka.
Tafelmusik has performed four of the five highly original high Masses Zelenka composed in the final decade of his life. Our performances of the Missa Sanctissimae Trinitatis complete the cycle of these extraordinary works. With its virtuosic demands on the performers, vivacious rhythms, eccentric harmonies, and deep emotional impact, the Mass bears Zelenka’s unmistakable personal stamp.
Joining the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir and director Ivars Taurins is the Montreal soprano Myriam Leblanc, singing a beguiling aria from Bach’s Cantata 150, and displaying vocal fireworks in the Zelenka Mass.

Royal Conservatory of Music | Les Arts Florissants with Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violin
2025-03-28 20:00 - 22:30 | Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St W, , Toronto, ON, M5S 1V6, Canada
Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” at 300
Fast-rising violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte leads Baroque superstars Les Arts Florissants in Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” at 300, commemorating the work’s original publication in 1725. The program frames these iconic masterpieces afresh, setting them alongside music Vivaldi would have known in Venice and compositions which were in turn inspired by his bold vision.
“Théotime Langlois de Swarte reminds me why I fell in love with the Baroque violin in the first place.” (Gramophone)
“For decades [Les Arts Florissants] have been fulfilling the task of any truly important cultural institution: opening up new worlds of beauty and excitement, both emotional and intellectual.” (The New York Times)
Program:
Claudio Monteverdi: Adoramus te, SV 289 (transcription)
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto madrigalesco, for strings and basso continuo in D Minor, RV129
Marco Uccellini: Bergamasca
Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D Minor, RV 813
Francesco Geminiani: Concerto Grosso No. 12 in D Minor (“La Follia”) (after Corelli)
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in E Major, op. 8, no. 1, “Spring” from The Four Seasons, RV 269
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in G Minor, op. 8, no. 2, “Summer” from The Four Seasons, RV 315
Antonio Vivaldi: Overture to La fida ninfa, FV 714
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in F Major, op. 8, no. 3, “Autumn” from The Four Seasons, RV 293
Antonio Vivaldi: Grave from Violin Concerto in B flat Major, RV 370
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in F Minor, op. 8, no. 4, Winter” from The Four Seasons, RV 297
