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June 2019
Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Modern Broadway
Show-stopping! Steven Reineke leads the TSO and stage stars Betsy Wolfe and Jeremy Jordan in today’s greatest Broadway hits from such Tony-winning shows as The Book of Mormon, Once, The Baker’s Wife, The Last Five Years, and Newsies, along with songs from such modern classics as Les Misérables, Cats, Miss Saigon, Little Shop of Horrors, and more. Concert running time is approximately two hours including a 20-minute intermission. Tickets, here.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival: TRSI Orchestras And Choirs
TBSI ORCHESTRAS AND CHOIRS Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 1:00pm Walter Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto (80 Queens Park, Toronto) map Tickets not required Featuring the Institute participants, led by Jeanne Lamon, Elisa Citterio, and Ivars Taurins. Concert run time: approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. There will not be an intermission for this concert. General Admission: Admission to concerts on June 8, 9 & 12 is assigned on a first-come, first served basis. Doors open 15 minutes prior…
Find out more »Ann Cooper and Errol Gay | Let’s Make a Fuss!
The concert is presented by Ann Cooper Gay (opera singer, conductor, musician and formerly the Artistic Director of the Canadian Children’s Opera Company, 2000-2015) and Dr. Errol Gay (composer, conductor, and musician) and features members of the TSO, COC and other musical artists, including Jonathan Crow, Russel Braun, Adi Braun, Peter Barcza, Lauren Margision and more.. All proceeds will be donated to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre’s Focused Ultrasound (FUS) Research, currently being tested to treat Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Non-Ticketed…
Find out more »Luminato Festival | Obeah Opera
Obeah Opera is a hand-clapping, foot-stomping, spirit-lifting, musical sensation. Steeped in Black music and sung entirely a cappella by a powerful all-female cast, Obeah Opera tells the story of the legendary Salem witch trials from the spellbinding perspective of the first woman accused, the young Caribbean slave Tituba. In February 1692 the people of Salem, Massachusetts fell into a mass hysteria and paranoid state, which resulted in a massive witch hunt. Hundreds of people were arrested and tried for witchcraft, and over the…
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival: The Grand Finale
THE GRAND FINALE Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 7:30pm Grace Church on-the-Hill (300 Lonsdale Road, Toronto) TICKETS REQUIRED** The combined forces of the TBSI Orchestra and Choir, and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, all in a baroque extravaganza! Directed by Jeanne Lamon and Ivars Taurins. Concert run time: approximately 2 hours including a 20-minute intermission. Dress lightly for the heat. Water is allowed in the hall. **This event is general admission and tickets are required. Limited tickets available on June…
Find out more »National Ballet of Canada | The Merry Widow
A frothy blend of whimsical comedy, romance and the delights of the Parisian Belle Époque in all its effervescent splendor, The Merry Widow is popular ballet at its finest. Based on the 1905 operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár, The Merry Widow sets out to entertain and amuse at every step and never puts a foot wrong. The story imagines a fictional Balkan principality, Pontevedro, which is on the brink of economic disaster. In an effort to prevent certain ruin, a…
Find out more »Soundstreams | Hell’s Fury, The Hollywood Songbook
Hanns Eisler’s life was the story of exile. The brilliant Austrian, Jewish, Marxist composer fled to Hollywood in 1938, only to be deported a decade later, an early casualty of the McCarthy era. Between film scores, he wrote these passionate songs of nostalgia, horror and longing, adapting lyrics by Brecht, Goethe and Shakespeare. Despite his troubles, this song cycle established Eisler’s reputation as one of the 20th century’s great composers of German lieder.
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Carmina Burana
Esteemed Scottish conductor Donald Runnicles leads the TSO, a cast of outstanding soloists, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and the Toronto Children’s Chorus in Orff’s Carmina Burana, a choral extravaganza celebrating many of life’s greatest pleasures—from springtime and love to food and wine. Master violinist James Ehnes presents the gorgeous melodies and high-flying emotions of the concerto by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Concert running time is approximately two hours including a 20-minute intermission. Tickets, here.
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Gustavo Gimeno Conducts The Firebird
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s fantastic 2018/19 concert season culminates with an explosive orchestral coda, as Gustavo Gimeno, the TSO's next Music Director, returns to the podium to lead the Orchestra in the ever-popular suite from Stravinsky’s blazing, fairy-tale-inspired ballet. Sibelius’s virtuosic Violin Concerto—a majestically lyrical evocation of the North, and the only concerto he ever composed—features the TSO’s supremely talented Concertmaster, Jonathan Crow, as soloist. Prokofiev’s light and spirited First Symphony, “Classical”, rounds out this final program. (Pictured: Gustavo Gimeno) Post-concert…
Find out more »Kindred Spirits Orchestra | Iron and Steel
The Kindred Spirits Orchestra returns to the CBC Glenn Gould Studio for a special concert featuring renowned European conductor Maestro Jiří Petrdlík and the internationally renowned Canadian pianist Christina Petrowska-Quilico. Inspired by the little-known works of the 19th-century romantic composer Carl Maria von Weber, 20th-century composer Paul Hindemith weaves his own voice into the bombastic crowd-pleaser Symphonic Metamorphosis. Once hailed the “Canadian Mozart,” composer André Mathieu wrote his long-lost Piano Concerto No. 4 at the youthful age of eighteen: a truly remarkable accomplishment for such an incredibly…
Find out more »July 2019
Toronto Summer Music | Opening Night – Beyond Borders
Opening Night – Beyond Borders Join us for a post-concert reception in the lobby for the entire audience! Tom Allen, host Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano Jon Kimura Parker, piano Kerson Leong, violin Rachael Kerr, piano Steven Philcox, piano New Orford String Quartet Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 Ravel: Cinq mélodies populaires grecques (Five Popular Greek Songs) Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 Kreisler: Selections for violin and piano Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 Strauss:…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Celebrating 10 Years
New Orford String Quartet Haydn: String Quartet No. 34 in D Major, Op. 20 No. 4, H.III:34 Christos Hatzis: String Quartet No. 5 “The Transforming” Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 “Razumovsky” This world-class ensemble celebrates its tenth anniversary with a remarkable and far-reaching program. It opens with a quartet by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, the first master of this challenging musical medium. He composed it in 1772 for the Esterházy family, who were his employers and fabulously wealthy Hungarian nobles. Regarding the six quartets that…
Find out more »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 13 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 13 at 1:00 pm July 13 at 4:00 pm July 13 at 7:30 pm
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Crossings: In the Footsteps of the Griot
Ensemble Constantinople with Ablaye Cissoko For five years, the musicians of Montréal’s middle eastern/early music group, Constantinople, and a griot (pronounced “gree-oh”; a West African storyteller), Ablaye Cissoko, have been touring the stages of the world with their program, Itinerant Gardens. This ongoing collaboration has produced captivating new works, the fruit of dialogue and communion between the four artists. Their TSM program crosses land and sea, conveying us from the East to the New World by way of Africa. Constantinople continues its international musical explorations through…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Griffey & Jones in Recital
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor Warren Jones, piano Bridge: Three Songs, H.76 Griffes: Three Poems of Fiona MacLeod, Op. 11 Griffes: Barcarolle, Op. 6, No. 1 Barber: Three Songs, Op. 10 Finzi: Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 Laitman: Four Dickinson Songs Niles: The Roving Gambler Black is the Color of my True Love’s Hair Ives: Berceuse The Circus Band TSM Festival welcomes the celebrated American tenor, Anthony Dean Griffey, for an outstanding recital…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Dover Quartet
Dover Quartet Britten: String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 Bartók: String Quartet No. 3 Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, “American” “The young American string quartet of the moment” (New Yorker) plays a meaty and substantial program of music by composers from England, Hungary, and Bohemia (Czech Republic) – all of which have strong links to the USA. England’s Benjamin Britten composed his highly inventive first quartet in 1941, while living in California. Hungarian…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Voices Across the Atlantic
Daniel Taylor, countertenor and conductor Charles Daniels, tenor Steven Philcox, harpsichord TSM Academy Fellows Barber: Dover Beach, Op. 3 Brahms: Four Quartets, Op. 92 Britten: Canticle No. 2, “Abraham and Isaac” Op. 51 Britten: Canticle No. 4, “The Journey of the Magi,” Op. 86 Monteverdi: Madrigals (selections) Daniel Taylor – one of the most sought-after countertenors in the world (“Beauty of his voice will stop you in your tracks.” – Gramophone magazine) – and who has more than 100 CD recordings to his credit –…
Find out more »Toronto Summer Music | Charles Richard-Hamelin
Members of the Dover Quartet Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano Rachmaninoff: Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 Chopin: Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-flat Major, Op. 22 Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 Renowned Canadian pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin displays the brilliant skills that won him the silver medal and the Krystian Zimerman Prize (for the best performance of a sonata) at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. His solo selections begin with a suite of sharply-etched miniatures by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. It includes the dramatic Prelude…
Find out more »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…
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