Past Events

It’s music you love, with the one you love! Bring your sweetheart—or your pals—to Roy Thomson Hall for a night to remember as the TSO serenades you with the most romantic songs from musical theatre and the silver screen, including “My Heart Will Go On”, “I Will Always Love You,” “All of Me”, and favourites from The Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story, La La Land, and the iconic “Love Theme” from Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet.

Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke takes the Orchestra and a pair of sensational singers back to Broadway in a captivating concert dedicated to the unforgettable tunes of one of the most successful pairings in the history of musical theatre, including treasured classics from The Sound of Music, Carousel, Oklahoma!, and South Pacific. Steven Reineke, conductor Emily Padgett, soprano Josh Young, tenor

Acclaimed Chinese-American conductor Xian Zhang leads Principal Flute Kelly Zimba Lukić in Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s masterful showcase for the instrument’s many shades and a shining example of one of the most distinct and remarkable voices in turn-of-the-20th-century music. Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s Primal Message considers how humankind communicates what really matters, using the first message sent into space as a point of departure. Boundless energy exudes from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4. Xian Zhang, conductor Kelly Zimba Lukić, flute Nokuthula Ngwenyama: Primal…

Marking two years since the stage first went dark in response to COVID-19, the TSO presents live performances of works that were shared digitally with our audiences during the early days of the pandemic, including Aaron Copland’s iconic Appalachian Spring, which culminates in a stirring rhapsody on the Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts”. TSO Concertmaster Jonathan Crow shines in Beethoven’s graceful Violin Romance No. 2. Led by conductor Ryan Bancroft in his TSO début, this restorative program also features Mozart’s well-known Symphony No.…

Experience the power and grandeur of Sibelius’s monumental Fifth Symphony, under the baton of eminent Finnish conductor and former TSO Music Director Jukka-Pekka Saraste. From soundscapes as vast and sweeping as the Finnish terrain and a soaring theme inspired by swans in flight, to one of the most unique and memorable finales ever written, this is an experience that will stay with you. A vibrant work by the TSO’s 2021/22 Spotlight Artist, Samy Moussa, opens this program of rich melodies…

Samy Moussa: Fanfare pour Aix Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3, K. 216 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 The always-impressive Karen Gomyo brings finesse to Mozart’s sweet and singing Violin Concerto No. 3. And acclaimed conductor Eun Sun Kim makes her TSO début leading the Orchestra in Rachmaninoff’s rapturous Symphony No. 2. A short chamber work by Spotlight Artist Samy Moussa and the overture to Mozart’s comic opera The Marriage of Figaro open the program.

Sir Andrew Davis, conductor James Ehnes, violin Emilie LeBel: the sediments (World Première/TSO Commission) R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks) Beethoven: Violin Concerto The extraordinary James Ehnes—“a violinist in a class of his own” (The Times)—performs one of the supreme treasures of the repertoire, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Conductor Laureate Sir Andrew Davis describes Emilie LeBel’s work as “music that reflects her intelligence and audaciousness,” and he leads the World Première of her composition. And, rendered with…

Gustavo Gimeno, conductor / Peter Oundjian, conductor / Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor / Günther Herbig, conductor / Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Marion Newman, host Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser Sibelius: “Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island” from Lemminkäinen Suite Alexina Louie: The Ringing Earth Smetana: "Sárka" from Má vlast Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole Five esteemed conductors, one unforgettable night, a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Celebrate with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s former TSO music…

On The Program: Elizabeth Raum: Concerto for Violin, with Erika Raum Johannes Brahms: Symphony No 1, op 68 A celebration of music, family, and community, featuring the “energetic individuality” of celebrated violinist Erika Raum, performing the concerto written for her by Orchestra Toronto’s composer-in-residence Elizabeth Raum. Brahms’ masterpiece Symphony No. 1 will bring the orchestra together for a resounding conclusion.

Aaron Finley, vocalist Nicole Parker, vocalist Prepare for orchestral awesomeness! Put on some neon, straighten your shoulder pads, and slip into those acid-wash jeans—because the TSO is totally rewinding to, like, the ’80s. Stuart Chafetz leads the Orchestra and two gnarly vocalists in some of the MTV Generation’s raddest hits, like “Wake Me up before You Go-Go”, “Addicted to Love”, and “The Final Countdown”.