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April 2021
Tafelmusik | On the Road
Join Tafelmusik for a guided tour of baroque Europe through a colourful array of chamber works. We’ve missed touring so much in 2020 that we decided to create a program around the idea of a virtual road trip, European baroque style! Our itinerary includes stops in 17th- and 18th-century England, Germany, France, and Italy courtesy of chamber music by some of our favourite composers. Our musicians enhance this concert with their personal travel stories from past Tafelmusik tours. On the…
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Spring Social: Café Counterculture
Celebrate spring with this trip down memory lane, pairing Tafelmusik’s baroque flair with folk favourites by Joni Mitchell and Simon and Garfunkel from Yorkville’s colourful past. Suitable for all ages. It’s 1730s Leipzig, Germany. J.S. Bach and his colleagues gather at Zimmerman’s coffee house for weekly concerts featuring the new music of the day. Fast forward to Toronto in the 1960s. Yorkville (now known as the ‘Mink Mile’) is a hub of subversion and anti-establishment activism. Undiscovered artists are making their…
Find out more »June 2021
Tafelmusik | Bach Brandenburg Concertos
Revisit, alongside the musicians of Tafelmusik, four of the six shimmering concertos that helped establish our international reputation as a creative force in baroque music. One of the most recognized and popular works in baroque music, the Brandenburg Concertos encapsulate all of the qualities that affirm Bach’s brilliance as a composer. Creativity, originality, and boldness are on display in these ground-breaking concertos that feature novel combinations of solo instruments and an unprecedented solo cadenza for harpsichord – unheard of at the time.…
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Spotlight 15
Experience the artistry of each Tafelmusik musician in this playful showcase of sounds and styles, from baroque to galant. Fifteen soloists and fourteen 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 each musician, inviting them to flex their musical muscles as soloists and leaders. The program pairs movements from different concertos — occasionally even by different composers — creating a kaleidoscope of sounds and styles, from…
Find out more »July 2021
Tafelmusik/Canadian Stage | Dream in High Park
Dream in High Park Experience the beauty of music of the past with these intimate chamber concerts featuring two or three members of the Tafelmusik orchestra. Presented in an informal style with introductions from the musicians, a different program will be offered each night. July 8, 2021 at 8pm Julia Wedman, violin Patrick G. Jordan, viola Margaret Gay, violoncello Joseph Leopold Edler von Eybler String Trio in C Major, op. 2 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento in E-flat Major, K.563 Giovanni Battista Noferi Trio in E-flat Major,…
Find out more »October 2021
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 »November 2021
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 »Tafelmusik | A Tafelmusik Christmas (in-person)
Peace, joy, merriment, and hope—Christmas wouldn’t be the same without Tafelmusik! Curated by Ivars Taurins, this festive program spanning two centuries reunites members of the choir and orchestra for the first time in 2021 — a perfect way to launch the 40th anniversary season of Tafelmusik Chamber Choir. A selection of sparkling choruses from Handel’s Messiah and richly harmonized baroque arrangements of Christmas carols complement the exuberance of Bach and the elegance of Charpentier. Choral works by Berlioz and Poulenc add depth…
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 »Tafelmusik | A Tafelmusik Christmas (online)
A Tafelmusik Christmas - Digital Description Ivars Taurins director Tafelmusik Chamber Choir Online Premiere Peace, joy, merriment, and hope — Christmas wouldn’t be the same without Tafelmusik! Curated by Ivars Taurins, this festive program spanning two centuries reunites members of the choir and orchestra for the first time in 2021 — a perfect way to launch the 40th anniversary season of Tafelmusik Chamber Choir. A selection of sparkling choruses from Handel’s Messiah and richly harmonized baroque arrangements of Christmas carols complement the exuberance…
Find out more »February 2022
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 »Elixir Baroque Ensemble | 2022 Elixir Mixer
This concert is structured to celebrate our musical friendships. We begin with one musician performing alone, followed by a duet, a trio, and concertos for multiple instruments, as we slowly add more performers to the stage. Program to include Giovanni Antonio Guido's Winter from his Four Seasons, Vivaldi's concerto for 4 violins in D major, Telemann's viola concerto, and music by Mondonville and more! With special guests Julia Wedman, Patricia Ahern, Elizabeth Loewen Andrews, and Sebastian Ostertag Elixir Ensemble is:…
Find out more »March 2022
Royal Conservatory | Jeremy Denk with Les Violons du Roy
Led by the charismatic MacArthur ‘genius’ award-winning pianist Jeremy Denk, Quebec’s Les Violins de Roy perform Renaissance and Baroque works culminating with J.S. Bach’s Keyboard Concerti in E Major and D Minor. “Is Les Violons du Roy perhaps the best early-music ensemble in North America? Check.” (The Washington Post) “Mr. Denk is a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs, in whatever combination – both for his penetrating intellectual engagement with the music and for the generosity…
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 »April 2022
Tafelmusik | A Tafelmusik Tribute to Jeanne Lamon
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 »May 2022
Tafelmusik | Bach B-Minor Mass
Masaaki Suzuki directs Bach’s profound work of transcendent spirituality at Massey Hall. The multi-award-winning conductor and Bach specialist Masaaki Suzuki returns as guest director for one of the great masterpieces of Western art music, Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Towards the end of his life, Bach compiled a series of masterworks which would represent the culmination of almost four decades of his compositional endeavours. The last of these was the B-Minor Mass — a coherent, monumental work of great dramatic impact that…
Find out more »Toronto Bach Festival | Brilliant Brandenburg
Rounding out this musical feast is the Concerto for Oboe featuring Artistic Director John Abberger, and the Concerto for Flute, Violin, and Harpsichord with brilliant performances by Grégoire Jeay (flute), Julia Wedman (violin), and Christopher Bagan (harpsichord). A perfect way to bring back live music! Pre-concert chat at 7 PM by Larry Beckwith. PROGRAM Concerto for Oboe, BWV 1056 Concerto for Flute, Violin, and Harpsichord, BWV 1044 Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, BWV 1046 This performance will run without intermission.
Find out more »Toronto Bach Festival | Noon Organ Recital
Award-winning English keyboardist John Butt takes control of the extraordinary Karl Wilhelm organ at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, located right in the heart of downtown Toronto. It’s fitting that Mr. Butt makes his Toronto Bach Festival debut at the first Presbyterian church in Canada to introduce organ music! Let the sounds of this magnificent music wash over you for this hour-long recital. Author of several books on the music of J.S. Bach, Mr. Butt is the director of the Dunedin…
Find out more »Toronto Bach Festival | The Sonatas & Partitas For Solo Violin
These six works have set the standard for solo violin virtuosity up to this day, and we’re delighted to have four of Toronto’s finest-period violinists take on Bach’s amazing (and challenging) Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin. Julia Wedman, Patricia Ahern, Valerie Gordon, and Cristina Zacharias take us on a musical journey from profound darkness to brilliant luminescence. This is baroque violin at its very best! Presented in two parts, this will be a perfect opportunity to explore the bustling…
Find out more »Toronto Bach Festival | Easter Oratorio
No Toronto Bach Festival would be complete without the beauty of the human voice. It’s hard to imagine music that paints a brighter picture than the Easter Oratorio, complete with trumpets, tympani, and an addictive dance rhythm running throughout. Continually refined over the years until Bach’s death, it was presented on Easter Sunday in 1725 with an opening that pierced the dark mood of the end of the Easter Holy Week. Also on the program is Bach’s Ascension Oratorio, a…
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Bach Brandenburg Concertos
Program Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 J.S. Bach Orchestral Suite no. 3
Find out more »June 2022
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 »March 2024
TAFELMUSIK | STAIRCASES
Toronto's Baroque and Classical music specialists offer audiences a mixed program that's linked by the concept of staircases in various and imaginative ways. The musical part of this multimedia program includes pieces by Lully, Purcell, Handel, Platti, Bach, and Vivaldi, and new works by acclaimed American bass-baritone and composer Jonathan Woody, who will also act as narrator and singer in the performance. The concert incorporates poetry and images in an original program by award-winning creator Alison Mackay. Directed from the…
Find out more »TAFELMUSIK | STAIRCASES
Toronto's Baroque and Classical music specialists offer audiences a mixed program that's linked by the concept of staircases in various and imaginative ways. The musical part of this multimedia program includes pieces by Lully, Purcell, Handel, Platti, Bach, and Vivaldi, and new works by acclaimed American bass-baritone and composer Jonathan Woody, who will also act as narrator and singer in the performance. The concert incorporates poetry and images in an original program by award-winning creator Alison Mackay. Directed from the…
Find out more »TAFELMUSIK | STAIRCASES
Toronto's Baroque and Classical music specialists offer audiences a mixed program that's linked by the concept of staircases in various and imaginative ways. The musical part of this multimedia program includes pieces by Lully, Purcell, Handel, Platti, Bach, and Vivaldi, and new works by acclaimed American bass-baritone and composer Jonathan Woody, who will also act as narrator and singer in the performance. The concert incorporates poetry and images in an original program by award-winning creator Alison Mackay. Directed from the…
Find out more »April 2024
The Royal Conservatory of Music | ARC Ensemble: The Viennese in Los Angeles
The ARC Ensemble performs Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s extravagantly lush Piano Quintet, and works for string quartet and clarinet by his Viennese contemporary Ernest Kanitz.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Bohemian Rhapsody: Benda & Haydn
18th-century Bohemia is the inspiration behind this program marking the Tafelmusik debut of Bulgarian violinist and guest director Zefira Valova, concertmaster of Il Pomo D’Oro.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Bohemian Rhapsody: Benda & Haydn
18th-century Bohemia is the inspiration behind this program marking the Tafelmusik debut of Bulgarian violinist and guest director Zefira Valova, concertmaster of Il Pomo D’Oro.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Bohemian Rhapsody: Benda & Haydn
18th-century Bohemia is the inspiration behind this program marking the Tafelmusik debut of Bulgarian violinist and guest director Zefira Valova, concertmaster of Il Pomo D’Oro.
Find out more »September 2024
North Wind Concerts | Acquiescent: The French Baroque In China
The immersive program curated by harpsichordist Louise Hung juxtaposes music by Jean-Philippe Rameau and Michel Blavet with projected visuals, soundscapes, and first-hand accounts of how this music was received at the 18th-century Chinese Imperial Court.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Mozart Jupiter
Be among the first to welcome Tafelmusik’s new Principal Guest Director, violinist Rachel Podger, in our all-Mozart season opener.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Mozart Jupiter
Be among the first to welcome Tafelmusik’s new Principal Guest Director, violinist Rachel Podger, in our all-Mozart season opener.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Mozart Jupiter
Be among the first to welcome Tafelmusik’s new Principal Guest Director, violinist Rachel Podger, in our all-Mozart season opener.
Find out more »October 2024
Apocryphonia | Amor Con Fortuna: Songs of 16th Century Spain
Apocryphonia, and Diapente present Amor con Fortuna, featuring the musical genres that flourished in the Kingdoms of Spain during the 16th century.
Find out more »Alliance Francaise | Faenza
Drawing on La Fontaine’s collection of fables, Faenza revels in tracing animal steps in a safari of French music.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Feast for the Senses: Lalande & Rameau
Though almost a decade has passed since the Tafelmusik debut of French violinist Amandine Beyer, the impact of her playing continues to resonate.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Feast for the Senses: Lalande & Rameau
Though almost a decade has passed since the Tafelmusik debut of French violinist Amandine Beyer, the impact of her playing continues to resonate.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Feast for the Senses: Lalande & Rameau
Though almost a decade has passed since the Tafelmusik debut of French violinist Amandine Beyer, the impact of her playing continues to resonate.
Find out more »North Wind Concerts | Pop-Up Pot Pourri
Join North Wind Concerts for POP-UP POT-POURRI – an eclectic, in-the-round evening of music including late sixteenth-century works, Canadian recorder quartets from the mid-twentieth century, improvisations on haiku, and more.
Find out more »Royal Conservatory of Toronto | Les Violons du Roy
Les Violons du Roy, conducted by Music Director Jonathan Cohen, with soprano Karina Gauvin and contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, appear with an all-George Frideric Handel Program.
Find out more »November 2024
Royal Conservatory of Music | David Louie, Harpsichord
Harpsichordist David Louie returns to the series with a program focusing on Bach’s monumental Keyboard Partitas Nos. 2, 4, and 6.
Find out more »Friends of Music at St. Thomas’s Anglican Church | There is a Season: A Musical Mosaic
The Butter Quartet, period music ensemble, collaborate with members of Lute Legends Collective in a program of music about the seasons.
Find out more »Toronto Consort | The Muses Gardin
Tracing the path of composers John Dowland, Tobias Hume, William Lawes and Henry Purcell, we welcome famed soprano Dame Emma Kirkby, with The Toronto Consort and the Dowland Collective.
Find out more »December 2024
Toronto Consort | Navidad
The Toronto Consort cordially invites you to immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of Latin American culture through the lens of Christmas traditions.
Find out more »Flato Markham Theatre | The Tallis Scholars
The Tallis Scholars have established themselves as the leading exponents and the reference of Renaissance sacred music throughout the world.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Handel’s Messiah
It just wouldn’t be the holiday season without Tafelmusik’s Messiah performed in the style and spirit of Handel’s own productions.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Handel’s Messiah
It just wouldn’t be the holiday season without Tafelmusik’s Messiah performed in the style and spirit of Handel’s own productions.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Singalong Messiah
As he’s done for almost four decades, George himself will be directing Sing-Along Messiah, and is sure to have some tricks up his voluminous baroque sleeves.
Find out more »January 2025
Toronto Consort | Gregorius – The Holy Sinner
Internationally-acclaimed Medieval ensemble Sequentia with Benjamin Bagby, performs Gregorius – the only Toronto performance on their North American Tour.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Brilliant Baroque
Rachel Podger and Tafelmusik bring the concert that sold-out across South Korea home to Toronto.
Find out more »February 2025
Tafelmusik | Brilliant Baroque
Rachel Podger and Tafelmusik bring the concert that sold-out across South Korea home to Toronto.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Brilliant Baroque
Rachel Podger and Tafelmusik bring the concert that sold-out across South Korea home to Toronto.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Triple Espresso: Bach, Handel & Fasch
Alfredo Bernardini will leave you buzzing like three espresso with this high-energy program that unleashes the exponential power of the oboe.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Triple Espresso: Bach, Handel & Fasch
Alfredo Bernardini will leave you buzzing like three espresso with this high-energy program that unleashes the exponential power of the oboe.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Triple Espresso: Bach, Handel & Fasch
Alfredo Bernardini will leave you buzzing like three espresso with this high-energy program that unleashes the exponential power of the oboe.
Find out more »Music at the Met | Diapente Renaissance Vocal Quintet in Concert
The Diapente Renaissance Vocal Quintet specializes in the beautiful, wonderful, rare and unique vocal music of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.
Find out more »March 2025
Tafelmusik | Baroque & Folk: Purcell to Poland
Slovakian violinist Miloš Valents, renowned for his deep curiosity about the intersections between baroque and folk music traditions, joins Tafelmusik for a baroque kitchen party.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Baroque & Folk: Purcell to Poland
Slovakian violinist Miloš Valents, renowned for his deep curiosity about the intersections between baroque and folk music traditions, joins Tafelmusik for a baroque kitchen party.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Baroque & Folk: Purcell to Poland
Slovakian violinist Miloš Valents, renowned for his deep curiosity about the intersections between baroque and folk music traditions, joins Tafelmusik for a baroque kitchen party.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Choral Splendours: Bach & Zelenka
Joining the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir and director Ivars Taurins is the Montreal soprano Myriam Leblanc for an evening of Bach and Zelenka.
Find out more »Royal Conservatory of Music | Les Arts Florissants with Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violin
Fast-rising violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte leads Baroque superstars Les Arts Florissants in Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” at 300.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Choral Splendours: Bach & Zelenka
Joining the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir and director Ivars Taurins is the Montreal soprano Myriam Leblanc for an evening of Bach and Zelenka.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Choral Splendours: Bach & Zelenka
Joining the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir and director Ivars Taurins is the Montreal soprano Myriam Leblanc for an evening of Bach and Zelenka.
Find out more »April 2025
Toronto Consort | Aprile is My Mistress’ Face
This collection of sacred and secular madrigals includes Olde English Madrigals and Folk Songs from the 15th and 16th centuries.
Find out more »Opera Atelier | Charpentier’s David and Jonathan
The Versailles production of Marc Antoine Charpentier’s breathtaking opera/ballet, by Opera Atelier, makes its Canadian debut, fully staged in Koerner Hall.
Find out more »Opera Atelier | Charpentier’s David and Jonathan
The Versailles production of Marc Antoine Charpentier’s breathtaking opera/ballet, by Opera Atelier, makes its Canadian debut, fully staged in Koerner Hall.
Find out more »Opera Atelier | Charpentier’s David and Jonathan
The Versailles production of Marc Antoine Charpentier’s breathtaking opera/ballet, by Opera Atelier, makes its Canadian debut, fully staged in Koerner Hall.
Find out more »Opera Atelier | Charpentier’s David and Jonathan
The Versailles production of Marc Antoine Charpentier’s breathtaking opera/ballet, by Opera Atelier, makes its Canadian debut, fully staged in Koerner Hall.
Find out more »May 2025
Tafelmusik | Concerti Virtuosi: Vivaldi & Telemann
In this dynamic showcase of Tafelmusik’s artistry, Rachel Podger and members of the orchestra flex their musical muscles as soloists
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Concerti Virtuosi: Vivaldi & Telemann
In this dynamic showcase of Tafelmusik’s artistry, Rachel Podger and members of the orchestra flex their musical muscles as soloists
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Concerti Virtuosi: Vivaldi & Telemann
In this dynamic showcase of Tafelmusik’s artistry, Rachel Podger and members of the orchestra flex their musical muscles as soloists
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Samuel Mariño at the Opera: Bologne & Mozart
Tafelmusik is delighted to welcome male soprano Samuel Mariño back to join the orchestra for an operatic tour de force at Koerner Hall.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Samuel Mariño at the Opera: Bologne & Mozart
Tafelmusik is delighted to welcome male soprano Samuel Mariño back to join the orchestra for an operatic tour de force at Koerner Hall.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Samuel Mariño at the Opera: Bologne & Mozart
Tafelmusik is delighted to welcome male soprano Samuel Mariño back to join the orchestra for an operatic tour de force at Koerner Hall.
Find out more »June 2025
Tafelmusik | Motets: Bach as Muse
Only seven motets by Johann Sebastian Bach have survived, but these works had a profound influence on generations of German composers.
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