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July 2019
Toronto Summer Music | reGENERATION
Repertoire and artists for the reGENERATION concerts will be announced in May 2019. There will be 3 reGENERATION concerts on July 20 featuring Academy Fellows from the Art of Song program and the Chamber Music Institute. Festival Artists will also perform alongside the Academy Fellows. Tickets here: July 20 at 1:00 pm July 20 at 4:00 pm July 20 at 7:30 pm
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | KLEZTORY
For nearly 20 years now KLEZTORY has wandered across the globe playing klezmer music. Like the music itself, KLEZTORY takes its musical influences from the band members who have come together from across the world. Although deeply rooted in the Jewish tradition KLEZTORY takes the liberty of adding their own personality and infusing their arrangements with hints of jazz, a touch of classical, or a few drops of the blues. From China to Brazil, from Norway to Mexico, across Eastern…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Rolston String Quartet
Rolston String Quartet Join your friends and enjoy a program of great music in a totally casual, totally sociable venue! To quote the Toronto Star, the Rolston String Quartet “…already belongs to a generation of string players performing at a level difficult to imagine in generations past.” In 2017, the RSQ received the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award for the 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons. Last winter, the recital tour that was included in their award took them to Carnegie Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Collectif
This unique performance by the Toronto-based ensemble Collectif deals with ghost stories from around the world, and will be an exciting look at how people across the globe experience the paranormal. The company will be creating brand new video translations for this semi-staged concert. The repertoire includes selections from Mahler’s famous song cycle Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children), brand new Canadian folk arrangements, and other spooky tales. Tickets, here.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | From Franz Schubert to Freddie Mercury
Art of Time Ensemble Andrew Burashko, director and pianist Sarah Slean, singer-songwriter John Southworth, singer-songwriter No one can put together music and musicians in a more dazzling, moving, and brilliant way than Andrew Burashko and the Art of Time Ensemble. Every concert is thrilling, inspiring, and leaves you longing for the next one. Surprise and accomplishment only begin to describe Art of Time’s achievements. – the Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson To mark its twentieth season, ATE is currently reviving many of its favourite and most highly-praised programs, including tributes to…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | TSM Late Night
Jonathan Crow, violin TSM Academy Fellows Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat Major, Op. 130 and Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 Double your evening’s pleasure! Come back after the Art of Time concert and enjoy one of Beethoven’s masterful “late” string quartets. They are his final and most prophetic works. Once Missa Solemnis and the Ninth Symphony had been premiered in 1824, he created no further works on a grand, public scale. In the three remaining years of his life, he returned to the intimate…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Souvenir de Florence
Jennifer Koh, violin Jonathan Crow, violin Beth Guterman, viola Julie Albers, cello Yegor Dyachkov, cello Phil Chiu, piano Prokofiev: Five Melodies for violin and piano, Op. 35-bis Debussy: Piano Trio in G Major Tchaikovsky: Pezzo Capriccioso, Op. 62 Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence” Infrequently heard but decidedly worthwhile works by major composers make up this appealing program. They were created in an impressive variety of locations. Tchaikovsky composed much of the luxurious String Sextet in 1890, while visiting one of his favourite cities,…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | reGENERATION
Repertoire and artists for the reGENERATION concerts will be announced in May 2019. On July 27, in addition to 2 reGENERATION concerts featuring Academy Fellows from the Chamber Music Institute, there is an exciting new concert named “Source and Inspiration” featuring up-and-coming singer-songwriters and composers mentored by Sarah Slean, John Southworth, Christos Hatzis, and Robert Carli. Tickets here: July 27 at 1:00 pm – SOURCE & INSPIRATION (NEW!) July 13 at 4:00 pm – Chamber Music July 13 at 7:30 pm – Chamber…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Europe and the New World
Jonathan Crow, violin Philip Chiu, piano Brahms: Sonatensatz (Scherzo from the F.A.E. sonata) Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major Gershwin/Heifetz: Porgy and Bess Suite John Corigliano: Sonata for Violin and Piano TSM Artistic Director Jonathan Crow, and pianist Philip Chiu, who’s been praised in Montréal’s La Presse as “…a pianist-painter who turns every musical idea into a beautiful array of colours,” join forces for an artfully varied trans-Atlantic concert by German, Belgian/French, and American composers. The beloved Sonata by Belgian-born composer César…
Find out more »NYO Canada | 2019 TD Odyssey Tour
For more than 50 years, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada (NYO Canada) has enjoyed a reputation as Canada’s orchestral finishing school, devoted to the discovery and training of our country’s best young classical musicians. This summer, the NYO returns to Koerner Hall as a part of their 2019 TD Odyssey Tour. The 95-piece Orchestra will perform a program that includes works by Brahms and Prokofiev at this special concert.
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Angela Hewitt
Angela Hewitt, piano Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Through her many superlative recordings and live concerts, Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt has earned a fantastic international reputation. She performs a broad repertoire, from Couperin to Messiaen, but she is perhaps known best for her interpretations of Bach. A reviewer in Gramophone magazine greeted her 2012 recording of the “Goldberg” Variations with these words of praise: “Beautifully co-ordinated Bach playing, with all voices colourfully defined and spontaneity as a constant virtue. In my view, she has never…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Ensemble Made in Canada
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, K. 493 Excerpts from the Mosaïque Project Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1, in C minor, Op. 15 Prepare yourself for an elegant program of music from Austria, France, and Canada. Mozart pioneered the form of the classical piano quartet (piano, violin, viola, and cello); his two masterworks in the genre set the bar tremendously high for later composers, and relatively few have risen to the challenge. Frenchman Gabriel Fauré stepped up to the plate twice, and here Ensemble…
Find out more »August 2019
Toronto Summer Music | Song of the Earth
Gemma New, conductor Rihab Chaieb, mezzo-soprano Mario Bahg, tenor Jonathan Crow, violin Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 “Turkish” Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (arr. Schoenberg/Riehn) Mozart adopted the quasi-Middle Eastern or “Turkish” style that was popular in his day on several occasions, such as the comic opera The Abduction from the Seraglio and the Piano Sonata that opens this year’s Festival. Violin Concerto No. 5 is another example. The influence comes to the fore mid-way through the concluding Rondo, where he switches to a minor key…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Mendelssohn Octet
Barry Shiffman, violin Jennifer Frautschi, violin Aaron Schwebel, violin Elissa Lee, violin Hsin-Yun Huang, viola Desmond Hoebig, cello Emmanuelle Beaulieu-Bergeron, cello Kelly Zimba, flute Eric Abramovitz, clarinet Philip Chiu, piano Joel Quarrington, bass Charles Settle, percussion Cowell: Homage to Iran Alexina Louie: * Sarasate: Introduction et Tarantelle, Op.43 Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings in E-flat major, Op. 20 During the mid-1820s, the beautifully polished Octet and the magical overture to Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, heralded Mendelssohn’s graduation from prodigy to master. The Octet is true chamber music, not…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | TSM Finale
Join us for a celebration of the 2019 Festival! TSM Festival Artists, Academy Fellows, and Community Academy participants come together for an exciting finale performance. Tickets, here.
Find out more »Ontario Youth Choir | From Nostalgia to New
Talent, energy, dedication – for 47 years the Ontario Youth Choir has been pushing the boundaries of choral excellence and amazing crowds with the quality of their performances. Chosen by rigorous audition, the university and secondary school age singers from all over the province gather once a year to rehearse and perform. This year's concert includes a diverse range of repertoire from the Renaissance to the 21st century.
Find out more »September 2019
Mysterious Barricades Toronto | Live Concert
The Mysterious Barricades Concert Society hosts a series of 15 one-hour concerts across Canada between September 5th and September 14th to mark World Suicide Awareness Week. This concert series comprises of performances by some of Canada’s finest musicians and includes genres of classical, choral, jazz, and more. People touched by suicide, mental health professionals, community figures, politicians, and ordinary Canadians stand up on this day to speak about mental health and suicide in hopes of reducing stigma and providing support.…
Find out more »Piano Lunaire/Rainhard Brewery | Harvest Moon Vinyl Album Launch: Romance from the Coda
Adam Sherkin launches his latest album, ROMANCE FROM THE CODA, released exclusively on 12-inch vinyl. This record features works for piano by Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin and Sergei Rachmaninoff as well as spoken word in German by Friedrich Schiller (read by Elisabeth Bihl) and in English David James Brock, (reading his own monologues, as companion pieces to Chopin’s scherzi, “Gallows Humour.”) Save the date and join us for this unique performance event. Rainhard Brewing Co. will be pouring signature beers…
Find out more »International Resource Centre for Performing Artists (IRCPA) | In Conversation with Barbara Hannigan
The IRCPA hosts a live, up close and personal conversation with Barbara Hannigan, phenomenal Soprano, Conductor, Ojai Festival Artistic Director, and Founder of Equilibrium, a program for emerging professionals, which she founded in Europe. She generously “gives back” by sharing with young colleagues her knowledge of the international music industry. Writer/critic William Littler will interview Ms. Hannigan about her personal experience and general advice for emerging professionals. Their conversation will be followed by a Question and Answer opportunity.
Find out more »Toronto Wagner Society | An Evening with Robert Wilson
The Society is delighted to announce that renowned director Robert Wilson will be interviewed on September 17th, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will take place at the Arts and Letters Club, 14 Elm St. Members are encouraged to bring their friends. The meeting is open to everyone, and non-members are welcome, without cost. For more information about Mr. Wilson, please check out his biography which can be found here. The meeting should be very enjoyable, and everyone is encouraged to attend. PLEASE PLAN ON ATTENDING…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Dynamic Duo: Hannigan & Storgårds
A doubly dramatic opening! Barbara Hannigan conducts Beethoven’s overture to Goethe’s play, Haydn’s inventive orchestral showpiece, and, with John Storgårds as soloist, a Dutilleux nocturne. Then, Storgårds conducts the symphony that marked the turning point of Sibelius’s composing style, as well as Brett Dean’s re-examination of Shakespeare’s ill-fated heroine, sung by Hannigan. (Pictured: Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano, and John Storgårds, conductor and violin) Performances are roughly two hours long, including a 20-minute intermission. Join TSO Chief Executive Officer Matthew Loden,…
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Tafelmusik Meets Tchaikovsky
Tafelmusik plays Tchaikovsky for the first time, alongside inventive string symphonies by Mendelssohn. Pre-concert Chat Join us one hour before each concert for a free pre-concert chat with cellist, gambist, and researcher Kate Bennett Wadsworth. Program Mendelssohn Sinfoniesatz in C Minor (1823) Mendelssohn String symphony no. 7 in D Minor (1821/22) Mendelssohn Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1842), arranged by Carlo Citterio Intermission Andrew Balfour Pytor's Dream (2019) – World premiere Tchaikovsky Serenade for String Orchestra, op. 48 (1880) Concert run time: approximately 2 hours, including a 25-minute intermission. Tickets,…
Find out more »Tafelmusik | CD Launch at Istituto Italiano di Cultura
Tafelmusik Music Director Elisa Citterio in conversation with IIC Director, Alessandro Ruggera. Elisa Citterio will be launching Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra’s new recording. This is the orchestra’s first release under Citterio’s directorship.
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: Recovered Voices
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES The MIR trio aims to bring rare gems of music to the concert stage, in a quest to give recognition to underrepresented composers of past and present generations, emphasizing music by living composers, specifically representing the Jewish people and culture.
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: The Offering
JAZZ SERIES Canadian jazz pianist Thompson Egbo-Egbo leads his trio in music from his latest album, The Offering, which follows his acclaimed debut album, A New Standard. Egbo-Egbo balances his prodigious technical abilities with raw emotion in his compositions which are harmoniously complex, groovy, and memorable.
Find out more »The Glenn Gould Foundation | Gould’s Variations & the Human Qualities that Foster Remarkable Creativity
In 1955, Glenn Gould recorded Bach’s Goldberg Variations catapulting him to international fame and becoming the top-selling classical music recording of all time. In 1981, Gould, following a transformation in his conception of the masterpiece, re-recorded the work. In his exploration of these two landmark recordings, Prof. Cohen reveals the brilliance of Bach’s creation and Gould’s innovative vision to re-create and his belief in the imperative of artists to engage with technology as a moral, spiritual and democratizing force. About…
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | Thursday at Noon Concert Series
Erika Raum, violin and Lydia Wong, piano SZÉKELY Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 1 BARTÓK Violin Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76 Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park
Find out more »Art of Time Ensemble | The Beatles’ Abbey Road
Art of Time Ensemble revives its loving exploration of Abbey Road on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the album’s release. The company’s roster of accomplished composers was set loose upon the source material, creating arrangements that maintain The Beatles’ impeccable vocal lines while pushing the boundaries of the underlying textures. The result: an imaginative journey through a towering work of music. Tickets, here.
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Romantic Brahms
Donald Runnicles leads Brahms’s haunting Third Symphony and two transcendent works highlighting the evolution of Richard Strauss over six decades, including his movingly existential tone poem, Death and Transfiguration. (Pictured: Sarah Jeffrey, TSO Principal Oboe) Performances are roughly two hours long, including a 20-minute intermission. Tickets, here.
Find out more »RCM | Tania Miller conducts the Royal Conservatory Orchestra
On the podium, Maestra Miller projects authority, dynamism, and sheer love of the experience of making music. As one critic put it, she delivers “a calm intensity … expressive, colourful and full of life … her experience and charisma are audible.” As Music Director of the Victoria Symphony for 14 years, she has gained international acclaim. Recipient of the 2017 Friends of Canadian Music award from the Canadian League of Composers and Canadian Music Centre for her acclaimed commitment to…
Find out more »Toronto Operetta Theatre | Viva La Zarzuela
The fire and passion of the bolero, seguidilla and flamenco conjure an exotic vision of Spain and Latin America… dazzling entertainment in a whole new dimension!
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Turandot
TURANDOT Giacomo Puccini SEPTEMBER 28 TO OCTOBER 27, 2019 Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts Performance time is approximately two hours and 25 minutes, including one intermission. CAST AND CREATIVE TEAMS Conductor Carlo Rizzi Director, Design, and Lighting Concept Robert Wilson Co-Director Nicola Panzer Assistant Directors Fani Sarantari & Marilyn Gronsdal Co-Set Designer Stephanie Engeln Costume Designer Jacques Reynaud Assistant Costume Designer Davide Boni Co-Lighting Designers John Torres Make-up Designer Manu Halligan Dramaturg José Enrique Macián Video Artist Tomek Jeziorski Price Family Chorus Master Sandra Horst Production Consultant Richard Lee Turandot Tamara Wilson/Marjorie Owens* Calaf Sergey…
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | What Makes It Great? U of T Symphony Orchestra with Rob Kapilow
Conductor Rob Kapilow, this year's Wilma and Clifford Smith Visitor in Music, presents Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 with the U of T Symphony Orchestra. 7:30 pm in MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's Park What Makes It Great?® For over 20 years, Rob Kapilow has brought the joy and wonder of classical music – and unravelled some of its mysteries – to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Characterized by his unique ability to create an “aha” moment for his audiences and collaborators, whatever…
Find out more »Elmer Iseler Singers | Sounds of the Festival: Parry Sound Comes to Toronto
In the first Toronto series concert, we will present the program set out at the opening concert of 40th anniversary of Parry Sound’s Festival of the Sound (which also coincided with our 40th anniversary year). The program will include the Toronto Premiere of “The Sound – A Musical Evocation of Georgian Bay” by Eric Robertson, text by Gary Michael Dault. There will be a Prelude concert followed by refreshments at 2:00pm.
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | Chamber Music Series: Nathalie Paulin
Soprano Nathalie Paulin and pianist Steven Philcox present a program inspired by Messiaen’s Chants de Terre et de Ciel (1938), a deeply personal song cycle celebrating the birth of Olivier Messiaen’s son in 1937. U of T students admitted free with a valid TCard, space permitting. Tickets, here.
Find out more »October 2019
Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: The Maiden and the Nightingale
VOCAL SERIES Colombian-American soprano Vanessa Vasquez (Liù in the COC’s Turandot) is a winner of the 2017 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and has been praised by Opera News Magazine as an “unmistakable audience favorite whose exquisitely floated conclusion to Liù's ‘Signore ascolta!’ all but brought the house down.” She is joined by pianist Miloš Repický for a recital which ranges from the music of Richard Strauss to Enrique Granados.
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: The Art of Song
VOCAL SERIES Dramatic soprano Marjorie Owens (title role in the COC’s Turandot) has been praised for her “star quality and strong dramatic presence” (Opera News). Joined by Michael Shannon on piano, she demonstrates the full range of her “voice of silken softness as well as laser-focused volume” (Washington Classical Review) in a recital of song that includes the heroic and unmistakable music of Richard Strauss.
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | The Calidore String Quartet
The Calidore String Quartet, violinists Jeffrey Myers and Ryan Meehan, violist Jeremy Berry and cellist Estelle Choi, perform Ludwig van Beethoven string quartets Op. 74 (Harp), Op. 18 No. 2, and Op. 131. 7:30 pm in Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park $40, $25 senior, $10 student U of T students admitted free with a valid TCard, space permitting. Tickets, here. The Calidore String Quartet is the James D. Stewart Quartet-in-Residence.
Find out more »Fall for Dance North | Program 1
A signature mix of exceptional dance from Canada and around the world. PROGRAM 1: "A signature mix of exceptional dance from Canada and around the world" Toronto Dance Theatre (Toronto) "GH 5.0" by Hanna Kiel, with live music by Greg Harrison “Against a wall of sound, they ride the edge of risk. Athletic. Kinetic.” _ The New Zealand Dance Company (New Zealand) "Sigan" by KIM Jae Duk, with live music “Two, then four, these dancers spar in symmetries and synchronies,…
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: Ode to an Earworm
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES Hailed as “a charismatic virtuoso” (The Times), Tabea Debus is constantly exploring the horizons of music for recorder and challenging perceptions of the instrument. In this recital accompanied by Alon Sariel on the lute, she brilliantly explores the innately memorable melodies from the 16th century, when music was predominantly an aural tradition, until the present day.
Find out more »Women’s Musical Club Of Toronto | Trio Fibonacci
Trio Fibonacci is internationally recognized for breadth of repertoire and brilliance of presentation. From the works of Haydn to collaborations with over forty living composers on four continents, the Trio explores every aspect of the piano trio oeuvre. Besides regular appearances across North America, concert tours to Europe, South America, South Africa, and the Far East, including TV and radio broadcasts, have established Trio Fibonacci as a significant force in the development of the medium. Enrique Fernández Arbós — Three original…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi – In Concert
In the spectacular sixth episode of the Star Wars saga, the fate of the entire galaxy hangs in the balance as father and son face off in the ultimate battle of good versus evil. Revisit the original trilogy’s climactic finale and experience John Williams’s grand, emotional score like never before as the TSO performs it live with the film! This film is 137 minutes long plus a 20-minute intermission. Intermission occurs approximately 60 minutes into the film. Steven Reineke, conductor…
Find out more »Soundstreams | Top Brass
Three virtuoso trumpeters together for the first time, complete with full string orchestra, performing works ranging in style from baroque to jazz to established new music and world premieres. Immerse yourself as the entire concert hall becomes our stage with spatial and theatrical elements. FEATURED PERFORMERS Norway’s trumpet god Ole Edvard Antonsen, trumpet Juno award-winning jazz artist Ingrid Jensen, trumpet Classical brass soloist and Order of Canada recipient Jens Lindemann, trumpet Virtuoso String Orchestra, conducted by Joaquin Valdepeñas Heather Schmidt, piano PROGRAM* R. Murray…
Find out more »Opera by Request | OperOttawa: Bizet’s Pearl Fishers
Opera by Request hosts OperOttawa in Bizet’s Pearl Fishers, Friday, October 4, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. For reservations and information phone 416 455-2365. Leila……………..Cristina Pisani, soprano Nadir…………….Robert Martin, tenor Zurga…………….Norman E. Brown, baritone Nourabad……..John Holland, baritone Claire Harris, piano
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | U of T Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer, conductor with Jennifer Tran, alto saxophone, one of the winners of the 2018-19 UTSO Concerto Competition COLGRASS As Quiet As SCHMITT Légende, Op. 66 DEBUSSY Nocturnes: Nuages & Fêtes - Lorenzo Guggenheim, assistant conductor BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 in A major U of T students admitted free with a valid TCard, space permitting. Tickets, here.
Find out more »Off Centre Music Salon | Schubertiad: A Day with Schubert
“I live and compose like a God, as if it had been so decreed.” – Franz Schubert FEATURING Andrea Ludwig, mezzo soprano Inna Perkis, piano Boris Zarankin, piano ROSEBUD QUARTET Keith Hamm, viola Sheila Jaffé, violin Leana Rutt, cello Aaron Schwebel, violin
Find out more »Esprit Orchestra | I Hit My Head And Everything Changed
A blast of powerful orchestral sound, Adès’ opera overture provides for the dramatic launch of Esprit’s season. Harman’s integration of video art projections inspired by his collaboration with artist Moira Ness, brings new treasure to multimedia orchestral life. One of Louie’s most expressive choral works embellishes her receiving the Molson Prize in the Arts and Abrahamsen’s compelling concerto for the left-hand showcases Avan Yu as one of Canada’s hottest young pianists. Overture to "The Tempest" op.22a (2004) or orchestra — Thomas Adès (England)…
Find out more »Stereo Live Presents |The Rosebud String Quartet
Program: J. Haydn; String Quartet in B-flat major, opus 76 no. 4, "Sunrise" E. Schulhoff; Five Pieces for String Quartet Intermission G. Puccini; I Crisantemi for String Quartet B. Britten; String Quartet No. 1 in D major The Rosebud Quartet was formed in 2013 in Rosebud, Alberta at the inaugural Rosebud Chamber Music Festival, an annual summertime showcase of chamber music in rural Alberta. Based in Toronto during the year, the quartet appears regularly at various festivals and series, including…
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: Parlami d’Amore: Speak to Me of Love
VOCAL SERIES Led by co-directors Sandra Horst and Michael Patrick Albano, the Opera Division at the University of Toronto presents a mixed program entitled Parlami d’amore (Speak to me of Love). Drawing upon three centuries of operatic repertoire, Parlami d’amore explores the captivating aspects of love promised, fulfilled, and betrayed.
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Gimeno Conducts Daphnis et Chloé
GIMENO CONDUCTS DAPHNIS ET CHLOÉ Experience the full force of the Orchestra when Gustavo Gimeno returns! The TSO’s incoming Music Director leads a suite from Ravel’s lush and passionate Daphnis et Chloé. And the brilliant Beatrice Rana makes her TSO début playing Prokofiev’s blistering Piano Concerto No. 3. Free pre-concert performance by The TSO Chamber Soloists on October 9, 2019! Admission is included in the price of your ticket. Seating is limited, and latecomers will not be admitted after the performance…
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES The Toronto Symphony Orchestra Chamber Soloists delve into an evocative and dreamlike world through a program centered on the Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp by French Impressionist composer, Claude Debussy.
Find out more »Tapestry Opera | Anniversary Party
Tapestry’s turning 40 in style! We’ll be tearing the roof off stackt market on Thursday, October 10th, 2019 to celebrate 40 tremendous years creating genre-altering operas. This fabulous evening showcases performances of Tapestry favourites, a dance-floor shredding DJ, and some unmissable surprises, in addition to a delectable menu prepared by stackt market in their industrial-chic space. It all kicks off at 6PM on Thursday, October 10th. Tickets are $225, or $1,600 for a table of eight. EVENT SCHEDULE: 6:00pm -…
Find out more »The Piano Lunaire | Aaron Copland: The Music Within
Join Adam Sherkin on October 10 in Toronto for this unique performance event! This recital is part of a concert tour that includes stops in Buffalo, Toronto and New York City. THE STORY: Aaron Copland was a fine pianist. In 1926, he premiered his own “Jazz” piano concerto. Continuing to write for the instrument throughout his career, Copland turned increasingly to other pianists for interpretation. On October 25th, 1957, William Masselos gave the premiere performance of the composer’s PIANO FANTASY…
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Haus Musik: Café Counterculture
1730 Leipzig to 1960 Yorkville 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 breaks and international acts have come to sling it in underground dives and coffee houses. Legends of this counterculture scene pepper music collections across…
Find out more »Neil Crory Tribute Concert
Isabel Bayrakdarian will perform in the Neil Crory Tribute Concert on Friday, October 11, 2019, 7:00 PM at Trinity-St Paul's United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts — Tickets here: https://www.tafelmusik.org/concert-calendar/events/neil-crory-tribute-concert #IsabelBayrakdarian Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir An unprecedented lineup of stellar Canadian singers take part in the Neil Crory Tribute Concert, an extraordinary celebration of music and the human voice in honour of the legendary CBC Music producer, mentor, impresario, colleague, and friend who died…
Find out more »Against the Grain Theatre | La Bohème
#AtGBoheme — A modern love story sung in English. At a bar. The AtG production that started it all, and uprooted opera from the opera house. Our modern adaptation and English translation of the Puccini classic shifted the tale of struggling artists to the present-day, and unfolded entirely inside a historic dive bar in the heart of Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood. This fall, we tour the fully-staged remount of our acclaimed, groundbreaking English “transladaptation” of the Puccini classic. Presenting to between Banff and…
Find out more »The Met: Live in HD | Turandot (Puccini) Italian w/ e.s.t.
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Franco Zeffirelli’s celebrated production of Turandot, which stars Christine Goerke in the title role of the icy Chinese princess who has renounced all men. Roberto Aronica sings Calàf, the suitor who risks his head for her hand and sings the famed aria “Nessun dorma.” Eleonora Buratto is the slave girl Liù, and James Morrisis Calàf’s long-lost father, Timur. LIVE Saturday, October 12, 2019 ENCORES Saturday, November 2, 2019 Monday, November 4, 2019 Wednesday, November…
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Rasalka
RUSALKA Antonín Dvořák OCTOBER 12 TO OCTOBER 26, 2019 Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts Performance time is approximately three hours and 30 minutes, including two intermissions. CAST AND CREATIVE TEAMS Conductor Johannes Debus Director David McVicar Set Designer John Macfarlane Costume Designer Moritz Junge Lighting Designer David Finn Choreographer Andrew George Price Family Chorus Master Sandra Horst Rusalka Sondra Radvanovsky Vodník Štefan Kocán Ježibaba Elena Manistina Prince Pavel Cernoch Foreign Princess Keri Alkema First Wood Nymph Anna-Sophie Neher Second Wood Nymph Jamie Groote Third Wood Nymph Lauren Segal Gamekeeper Matthew Cairns Turnspit Lauren Eberwein Hunter Vartan Gabrielian
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: Junctions: A Canadian Vibe
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES In their search for a musical identity that embraces all of Canada, the duo meagan&amy reveals the connections between Canadian music and music from the great European tradition, particularly through the works of André Mathieu, David L. McIntyre, and Claude Debussy, among others. This is an opportunity to discover a shared musical heritage that, while rooted in European music, has evolved its own distinct Canadian qualities.
Find out more »Toronto Symphpny Orchestra | James Bond: The Music
Prepare to be shaken and stirred as the TSO pays tribute to the suave and immortal secret agent. Relive the iconic hits—“Skyfall”, “Live and Let Die”, “For Your Eyes Only”, and more—and discover why nobody does it better than Bond. Performances are roughly two hours long, including a 20-minute intermission. Performers John Morris Russell, conductor Capathia Jenkins, vocalist Ron Bohmer, vocalist Tickets, here.
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: Autumn Jazz
JAZZ SERIES The University of Toronto Jazz Orchestra (UTJO) is the flagship ensemble of the jazz studies program at the Faculty of Music. Directed by Gordon Foote, UTJO performs a wide variety of music, from jazz standards to works by internationally known composers and arrangers, and contemporary music written by UofT students and faculty.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Baroque Roots
This concert sends the orchestra back to Vienna’s baroque roots, recovering a time when Austrian composers rubbed shoulders with their Italian counterparts, a vital cross-cultural endeavour. Experience a time when the sound of the baroque was breaking like a wave over Europe, its rich and soulful sounds reaching deep into human emotions, revealing a world, now familiar, then novel and radical. Program Farina Sonata detta la Farina, for violin & continuo (1628) Bertali Ciacona, for violin & continuo (c.1650) Buonamente Sonata prima a…
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | U of T Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer, conductor with Michelle Lin, piano, one of the winners of the 2018-19 UTSO Concerto Competition MOZART Symphony No. 41, K. 551 in C major (Jupiter) RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole KULESHA Non-Destructive Classical Music TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 in B-flat minor *Join us at 7 pm in Room 130, 80 Queen's Park, for Symphony Talk, a pre-performance talk with Gary Kulesha, Associate Professor, Composition. $30, $20 senior, $10 student U of T students admitted free with a valid TCard, space…
Find out more »Music Toronto | Quartetto di Cremona
Since its formation in 2000, the Quartetto di Cremona has established a reputation as one of the most exciting chamber ensembles on the international stage. Unanimously considered the true heir of the great Quartetto Italiano, 2018 brought the release of their recording of the complete Beethoven string quartets (Audite). Of special interest is that the Nippon Music Foundation has entrusted them with the Stradivarius “Paganini Quartet” of instruments, well known to us from the final years of the Tokyo Quartet.…
Find out more »Show One Productions | Denis Matsuev
Since his triumph at the 11th International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1998, Denis Matsuev has become a virtuoso in the grandest of Russian pianistic traditions. Denis Matsuev is highly demanded worldwide as a recitalist and a soloist playing with all the major Orchestras in the most prestigious venues around the globe.
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | Acis and Galatea
A story of the tragic impermanence of love as seen through the eyes of a nymph and shepherd, Acis and Galatea is the most famous of Handel’s dramatic works. The brilliant tenor Isaiah Bell, a graduate from the Historical Performance area, stage directs with the esteemed violinist and educator Larry Beckwith leading musicians from the Collegium Musicum and Schola Cantorum. Isaiah Bell, stage director Larry Beckwith, conductor
Find out more »Amadeus Choir I Threnody: Remembrance, rest, homecoming I
Kathleen Allan's debut concert as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Amadeus Choir features works for choir and strings and begins with a world premiere by celebrated Canadian composer Rita Ueda. Centering around themes of reflection and remembrance, the program includes works by Beethoven, Britten, Mendelssohn, and Rheinberger, and culminates in Tarik O'Regan's explosive three-movement work, Triptych. With its "relentless urban rhythms" and texts from vastly diverse sources, the piece deals with the pain of war and looks forward with…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Taylor Academy Showcase Concert
The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists presents this concert by the leading young classical musicians in Canada. Hear the stars of tomorrow!
Find out more »Amadeus Choir I Threnody: Remembrance, rest, homecoming II
Kathleen Allan's debut concert as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Amadeus Choir features works for choir and strings and begins with a world premiere by celebrated Canadian composer Rita Ueda. Centering around themes of reflection and remembrance, the program includes works by Beethoven, Britten, Mendelssohn, and Rheinberger, and culminates in Tarik O'Regan's explosive three-movement work, Triptych. With its "relentless urban rhythms" and texts from vastly diverse sources, the piece deals with the pain of war and looks forward with…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | A Hungarian Trilogy
Violinist Erika Raum, known for her “individuality and warm, communicative tone” (Muzsika, Budapest), is joined by violist Barry Shiffman and cellist Tom Wiebe, to perform monumental works by three of Hungary’s most beloved composers: Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, and Ernő Dohnányi. Program: Béla Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117, BB 124 Zoltán Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, op. 7 Ernő Dohnányi: Serenade, op. 10
Find out more »Voicebox/Opera In Concert | L’enfant et les sortilèges & L’heure espagnole
Alluring and magical, an enchanted world leads a young child to a vision of our shared humanity, while defective grandfather clocks teach their own lessons reflecting the comedic frustrations of life. Featuring Suzy Smith, Music Director and Pianist Robert Cooper, Chorus Director Danlie Rae Acebuque Holly Chaplin Joshua Clemenger Diana Di Mauro Anika-France Forget Edward Larocque Kyle Merrithew Meghan Symon
Find out more »Mooredale Concerts | Bennewitz Quartet
Formed in 1998, the Bennewitz Quartet is amongst the top international chamber ensembles today. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 2006 review: “… the music was remarkable not just for its clarity of structure, but for the beautiful tonal palette and purity of intonation in its execution. Only very rarely does one experience such skillfully crafted and powerful harmonies… Great art.” In 2019, the ensemble won the Classic Prague Award for Best Chamber Music Performance of the year. The Czech-based group has performed at Wigmore Hall,…
Find out more »Toronto Mendelssohn Choir | Singing Through Centuries: 125th Anniversary Gala Concert
The concert will musically span the TMC’s 125-year history, moving from the founding year of 1894 into the future with an anniversary composition by acclaimed Cree composer Andrew Balfour. The concert will open with two glorious acappella works by Mendelssohn (of whom we are the namesake), followed by a stellar choral-orchestral work from each century during which the Choir has sung. Felix Mendelssohn: Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen über dir (1844) Felix Mendelssohn: Psalm 43: Richte mich, Gott (1844) Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms (1930)…
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | Jonathan Crow and Joseph Johnson
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s concertmaster Jonathan Crow and principal cellist Joseph Johnson team up for an unforgettable evening. GLIÈRE 8 Pieces, Op. 39, No. 1 a) Prelude b) Gavotte c) Etude and d) Scherzo HONG The Current and Those Who Ride It RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Cello KODÁLY Duo for Violin and Cello 7:30 pm in Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park $40, $25 senior, $10 student U of T students admitted free with a valid TCard, space permitting. Tickets, here.
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: Myths and Legends
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES Violinist Sandra Baron leads artists of the COC Orchestra in a colourful and imaginative program of myths and legends. At the centre of the program is Three Mythes for violin and piano by 20th-century Polish composer Karol Szymanowski, which uses a rich timbral palette to conjure images of wood nymphs, satyrs, and other well-known mythological figures of antiquity.
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