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September 2018
Mooredale Concerts | Calidore String Quartet
“Deep reserves of virtuosity and irrepressible dramatic instinct” -New York Times and “balance of intellect and expression” - Los Angeles Times has won Calidore String Quartet accolades across the globe, firmly establishing them as one of the finest chamber music ensembles performing today. They have garnered the most prestigious prizes for chamber music in North America and Europe including the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. The New York-based ensemble has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall,…
Find out more »October 2018
Royal Conservatory | Koerner Hall 10th Anniversary GALA: Kathleen Battle
Join us for an extra special gala evening! Kathleen Battle’s soaring voice has carried her to the heights of the classical music world. The range of the five-time Grammy Award winner’s repertoire spans three centuries from the Baroque era to contemporary works, which she performs with symphony orchestras and in recital halls around the world. Perhaps what distinguishes this luminous soprano most is her almost magical ability to create an unwavering bond with audiences through a voice that is “without…
Find out more »MUSIC TORONTO | Marc-André Hamelin
Marc-André Hamelin is ranked among the elect of world pianists for his unrivalled blend of musicianship and virtuosity in the great works of the established repertoire, as well as for his intrepid exploration of the rarities of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries – in concert and on disc. This will be his 12th recital on our stage since his debut in 1986. Bach/Busoni Chaconne Samuel Feinberg Sonata No. 3, Op. 3 (1916-17) – – – Alexis Weissenberg Six Arrangements…
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Quintessential Boccherini
Elisa Citterio, Cristina Zacharias violins Brandon Chui viola Christina Mahler, Allen Whear violoncellos The French violinist Cartier once wrote, “If God wished to speak to man through music, he would choose Haydn. If he wanted to listen to the music himself, he would choose Boccherini.” The virtuoso cellist Luigi Boccherini was one of the most sensual composers of the eighteenth century, exploiting the colours and textures of string instruments and imbuing them with the flavour of Spain, where he worked for the Infante Don Luis.…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Mahler Symphony 5
Mahler’s mighty Fifth Symphony charts a potent emotional arc from chilling darkness and thunderous despair to the blazing summit of joyous ecstasy. Its heart lies midway through the journey, in the lush, haunting Adagietto for strings and harp. Artistic Leader and Chief Conductor of the Trondheim Symfoniorkester Han-Na Chang makes her TSO conducting début, joined by the Spanish pianist Javier Perianes, whom London’s Sunday Times praised for his “utter brilliance.” (Pictured: Javier Perianes, piano) Program: Ravel: Piano Concerto in G…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | The Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
October 03, 2018, 8:00PM Starting at $40.00 Venue: Koerner Hall “Their sound is sweet and pure, their ensemble work airtight.” (The Washington Post) Program: Carl Nielsen: Serenata in vano, FS 680 Jean Françaix: Octet Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E flat Major, op. 20
Find out more »Women’s Musical Club of Toronto | Poulenc Trio
James Austin Smith, oboe; Bryan Young, bassoon; Irina Kaplan Lande, piano October 4, 2018 | 1.30 pm | Walter Hall, U of T The Poulenc Trio is the most active touring piano-wind chamber music ensemble in the world. Since its founding 15 years ago, the trio has performed in 45 U.S. states and at music festivals around the world, from Italy, to Mexico, and Russia. The Trio has a strong commitment to commissioning, performing and recording new works from living composers, and…
Find out more »Falun Dafa Association of Toronto | Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra
Falun Dafa Association of Toronto presents Music that Runs Millennia Deep Exquisite Chinese instruments meld with a grand Western orchestra in a perfect harmony of East and West. New York-based Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra blends the two musical traditions in what critics call a breakthrough in classical music. Western strings, percussion, woodwinds, and brass accentuate the melodies of soul-stirring ancient Chinese instruments like the plucked pipa and two-stringed erhu. Part of the renowned Shen Yun Performing Arts classical Chinese dance company that…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Orchestre Métropolitain and Nicholas Angelich
Classical music’s hottest conductor returns to Koerner Hall! The Montreal-born Yannick Nézet-Séguin is Music Director of The Philadelphia Orchestra and The Metropolitan Opera in New York, and Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Orchestre Métropolitain of Montreal. American pianist Nicolas Angelich, who has been called “spellbinding” (Bachtrack), makes his Koerner Hall debut playing Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 4. Program: Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, op. 39 Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, op.…
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Quintessential Boccherini
Elisa Citterio, Cristina Zacharias violins Brandon Chui viola Christina Mahler, Allen Whear violoncellos The French violinist Cartier once wrote, “If God wished to speak to man through music, he would choose Haydn. If he wanted to listen to the music himself, he would choose Boccherini.” The virtuoso cellist Luigi Boccherini was one of the most sensual composers of the eighteenth century, exploiting the colours and textures of string instruments and imbuing them with the flavour of Spain, where he worked for the Infante Don Luis.…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Blue Suede Tunes
Get all shook up to the music of Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bobby Darin, Chuck Berry, and more golden-age rock ’n’ rollers in an electrifying retrospective for the ages, featuring charismatic vocalist Frankie Moreno, who’s been named the Las Vegas Headliner of the Year three times. (Pictured: Frankie Moreno, vocalist) Performers: Steven Reineke, conductor Frankie Moreno, vocalist
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Vivaldi Con Amore
A celebration of Vivaldi’s most energetic and amorous concertos, starring Tafelmusik’s own musicians. Our long association with Antonio Vivaldi has entered a new phase with the arrival of Music Director Elisa Citterio. In this celebration of the composer's unmatched vivacity and inventiveness, we present a colourful bouquet of Vivaldi concertos. After her electric performances of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons last year, Elisa takes the solo role in his love-themed concertos “L'amoroso” and “L'amato bene”, which will be featured on the 2019 release…
Find out more »Bravo Niagara! | James Ehnes
October 12, 7:30pm St. Mark’s Anglican Church (41 Byron Street), Niagara-on-the-Lake Bravo Niagara! presents James Ehnes “A violinist in a class of his own.” (The Times) Bravo Niagara! welcomes back Grammy and 11-time JUNO Award-winning violinist James Ehnes with pianist Andrew Armstrong at the historic 1792 St. Mark’s Anglican Church. Seating is limited! For tickets, please visit www.bravoniagara.org or call (289) 868-9177. Program Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano, No. 1 in D major, Op. 12, No. 1 Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2…
Find out more »Soundstreams | Six Pianos
Our season opener showcases a rich and varied contemporary repertoire for multiple pianos, exemplified by Steve Reich’s seminal work Six Pianos. There’s also a world premiere of a newly commissioned work for multiple pianos from Canadian composer André Ristic, alongside works from Cage, Lutosławski, Alexina Louie and Colin McPhee. We feature a who’s who of pianists/percussionists including Russell Hartenberger, Greg Oh, Stephanie Chua, Ryan Scott and Midori Koga.
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Hadrian
HADRIAN Rufus Wainwright with libretto by Daniel MacIvor OCTOBER 13 TO OCTOBER 27, 2018 WORLD PREMIERE Emperor Hadrian is devastated after his lover Antinous drowns in the Nile River. While matters of state encroach on his grief, and advisors clamour for war against a radical new threat to the Empire, Hadrian slips out of time to re-encounter the vision and reality of Antinous — and learn the truth about what happened on the Nile. This highly anticipated world premiere from composer Rufus Wainwright and librettist Daniel…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Dvořák New World Symphony
Pianist George Li, winner of the Silver Medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, communicates all the fire, tenderness, and sardonic humour of Rachmaninoff’s breathtaking showpiece for piano and orchestra. For his TSO début, Uzbek conductor Aziz Shokhakimov offers the symphony that Czech composer Dvořák created while living in America. This much-loved work offers not only his heartfelt impressions of the bustling USA of the 1890s, but a touching love letter to his far-off homeland. (Pictured: George Li, piano) Order tickets today…
Find out more »Tallis Choir | William Byrd: Loyal Subject & Subversive
Saturday, Oct 13, 2018 - 7:30 PM The music of one the Tudor Era’s greatest composers is featured along with music of his contemporaries in an examination of the difficult balancing act lead by William Byrd as he juggled his fervent Catholic beliefs with his loyalty to the Crown. Being one of Elizabeth I’s favourites allowed him some latitude, but he still had to tread carefully in a world where he could not speak openly about his personal faith. Featured works include…
Find out more »Li Delun Music Foundation | Leonard Gilbert Piano Recital
Solo Piano Recital: BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 31, Op. 110, in A flat major DEBUSSY: Clair de Lune CHOPIN: Scherzo No .1, in B minor CHOPIN: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante RAVEL: Jeux D'eau
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Vivaldi Con Amore
A celebration of Vivaldi’s most energetic and amorous concertos, starring Tafelmusik’s own musicians. Our long association with Antonio Vivaldi has entered a new phase with the arrival of Music Director Elisa Citterio. In this celebration of the composer's unmatched vivacity and inventiveness, we present a colourful bouquet of Vivaldi concertos. After her electric performances of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons last year, Elisa takes the solo role in his love-themed concertos “L'amoroso” and “L'amato bene”, which will be featured on the 2019 release…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Debussy La Mer
Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård returns to the TSO to lead a program that includes two different but equally beguiling French works—Debussy’s majestic portrait of the sea in all its moods, and a tart, playful fairy-tale dance score by Poulenc. Latvian violinist Baiba Skride brings her stirring artistry to the forceful concerto that Benjamin Britten composed as the Second World War loomed. (Pictured: Baiba Skride, violin) Order tickets today when you include this performance in a three-show package, from only $79!…
Find out more »Music Toronto | St. Lawrence Quartet with baritone Tyler Duncan
Established in Toronto in 1989, the SLSQ came to Music TORONTO in 1992 and continues annually. The Quartet has developed an undisputed reputation as one of the world's great ensembles. The quartet has been the Ensemble-in-Residence at Stanford University since 1998. Fiercely committed to collaboration with living composers, the SLSQ also has a special dedication to the string quartets of Haydn. Canadian baritone Tyler Duncanhas performed at the Metropolitan Opera, the Spoleto Festival and Pacific Opera Victoria. He has given acclaimed recitals in New York,…
Find out more »Toronto Consort | Frescobaldi & The Glories of Rome
Behold the glorious sights and sounds of 17th-century Rome! Our season kicks off in the musical world of one of Italy’s most celebrated early Baroque luminaries, Girolamo Frescobaldi. Let his music and that of Palestrina, Landi, and Caroso wash over you as images of Rome’s glittering treasures delight. This multi-media event features dazzling arias, improvisation on bass lines, and florid ornamentation of canzonas, early sonatas, and sacred works for archlute, voices, chamber organ, recorder, and hurdy-gurdy.
Find out more »Sinfonia Toronto | Beethoven’s Kreutzer
Saturday, October 20, 2018 8 pm Toronto Centre for the Arts ~ 5040 Yonge St. SERGEI NAKARIAKOV Trumpeter MARIA MEEROVICH Pianist SINFONIA TORONTO / NURHAN ARMAN Conductor “The Paganini of the Trumpet” and a superb pianist kick off our 20th Anniversary season with two brilliant favourites Program MOZART Horn Concerto No. 4 SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Orchestra BEETHOVEN Kreutzer Sonata Tickets, here.
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Susan Hoeppner & Friends
Susan Hoeppner, who “plays her golden flute with cool confidence” (The New York Times) leads a program of outstandingly wild and some of the most difficult chamber music works written for the instrument. Joined by musical colleagues and friends, this program consists of ensemble variation of flute, harp, and strings. Susan Hoeppner, flute Judy Loman, harp Brad Cherwin, clarinet (Rebanks Fellow alumnus Erika Raum, violin Jennifer Murphy, violin (Rebanks Fellow) Steven Dann, viola Winona Zelenka, cello Program: Maurice Ravel: Introduction…
Find out more »Orchestra Toronto | Autumn Celebration
Join Michael Newnham and the musicians of Orchestra Toronto as we open our 2018-19 season with an autumnal orchestral celebration. Kevin Lau is an award-winning Canadian composer. His dramatic three-part orchestral portrait of Artemis, the ancient Greek goddess of the hunt and the moon recalls Holst’s The Planets. Anastasia Rizikoff is a celebrated young Canadian pianist. In Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, she and the orchestra will perform 24 variations on a tune that Niccolo Paganini originally wrote for the violin. A…
Find out more »Windermere String Quartet | Sacred Spaces
Oct. 21, 2018: Sacred Spaces: We open space for musical reflection with two works with a religious theme. Carl Loewe’s Quatuor Spirituel, an unusual and highly intriguing work from 1830, carries a specific program based on psalms and scripture. We are looking forward to reprising Julia Mermelstein’s Echoes of Illumina, commissioned by us in 2015, which draws on a motet by Gesualdo. We round out this programme with Beethoven’s Op. 18 # 1, whose slow movement is a musical evocation of Romeo and Juliet in their…
Find out more »Off Centre Music Salon | The Mystery of History: 1889 in Paris and Vienna
Date: October 21, 2018 at 3pm “Music should be flexible and adaptable to fantasies and dreams.” — Claude Debussy Paris, 1889. Millions of visitors flock to Paris to witness the great wonders of an ever-expanding and brave new world. Among them, a young Claude Debussy strolls though the Exposition Universelle and is transfixed by the music of the Javanese gamelan. Just over 1000 km away, in Vienna, there is great turmoil. The Crown Prince Rudolf has committed suicide. The fate of the…
Find out more »Small World Music Society | Rumi Symphony Project
On Sunday October 21st at 7:00 pm, two of Iran's most celebrated musical artists return to Toronto after a four-year absence. Legendary singer Shahram Nazeri and his son, composer Hafez Nazeri will showcase new works and beloved classics in a concert at the Sony Centre, 1 Front St. East, presented by Small World Music & Link Music Lab. Information @ smallworldmusic.com and tickets at 1-855-872-SONY or Pegah Books : 416-223-0850 Khorak Supermarket 416-221-7558 Between them, Shahram and Hafez Nazeri constitute one of the most…
Find out more »Esprit Orchestra | For Orbiting Spheres
FOR ORBITING SPHERES Wednesday, October 24, 2018 8:00pm Concert / 7:15pm Pre-Concert Chat Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, 273 Bloor St. W. PROGRAM Missy Mazzoli (U.S.A.) Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) (2016)* Unsuk Chin (Korea) Chorós Chordón (2017)* Charles Ives (U.S.A.) The Unanswered Question (1908) Tristan Keuris (The Netherlands) Sinfonia (1974) *Canadian Premiere Mazzoli’s Sinfonia, cast “in the shape of a solar system”, weaves and coils itself in pulsing loops that twist around each other within a larger orbit while the Sinfonia of Keuris is simply a work of…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty
Praised as “nothing short of brilliant” for her début with The Cleveland Orchestra, Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova channels all the pulse-quickening drama, angelic sweetness, and elfin delicacy of Mendelssohn’s exquisite concerto. Russian maestro Andrey Boreyko, always a welcome guest conductor, has mined Tchaikovsky’s greatest ballet score to create a concert suite that presents all its finest pages, and revels in its sumptuous orchestration and symphonic richness. (Pictured: Alina Ibragimova, violin) PLEASE NOTE: October 28's concert will take place at George Weston Recital Hall.…
Find out more »Opera Atelier | Actéon & Pygmalion
We open with a French Baroque double bill (Oct. 25, 2018-Nov. 3, 2018 at the Elgin Theatre): Charpentier’s Actéon, coupled with Rameau’s glittering masterpiece, Pygmalion.
Find out more »Pax Christi Chorale | Slavonic Devotion
Stirring music of devotion by great Russian and Ukrainian composers Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise and All-Night Vigil Performers: Natalya Gennadi, soprano Lisa Tahara, pianist Tickets, here.
Find out more »Mooredale Concerts | Music & Truffles KIDS – Dorian Wind Quintet
THE SHOW: Not the usual group featuring the wonderful sounds of oboe, flute, clarinet, horn, and bassoon. Recognized by critics, audiences, and professional musicians alike for its uniquely polished and passionate performances, Dorian Wind Quintet is known worldwide as one of chamber music’s preeminent and longest continuously-active ensembles. The Quintet has literally been around the world – concertizing in the United States and Canada, touring Europe eighteen times, and playing throughout the Middle East, India, Africa and Asia. The Dorian made history as…
Find out more »Mooredale Concerts | Dorian Wind Quintet
Recognized by critics, audiences, and professional musicians alike for its uniquely polished and passionate performances, Dorian Wind Quintet is known worldwide as one of chamber music’s preeminent and longest continuously-active ensembles. The Quintet has literally been around the world – concertizing in the United States and Canada, touring Europe eighteen times, and playing throughout the Middle East, India, Africa and Asia. The Dorian made history as the first wind quintet to appear at Carnegie Hall. Their members are: Gretchen Pusch, flute, Gerard Reuter, oboe, Benjamin…
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | What Makes it Great? Gryphon Trio with Rob Kapilow
What makes great music great? Rob Kapilow takes listeners inside the music: he unravels, slows down, and recomposes key passages to reveal the extraordinary choices that make great music great. With Gryphon Trio and Friends Walter Hall Edward Johnson Building (Downstairs - Box office is upstairs) 80 Queens Park Toronto, Ontario
Find out more »November 2018
Canadian Opera Company | Centre Stage
Drama, decadence, and grandeur – experience A Night at the Opera with the Canadian Opera Company, as we celebrate a powerful and transformative evening of the art form like never before. In its sixth year as the premier fundraiser for the Canadian Opera Company, Centre Stage guests will mingle with emerging opera stars and notable COC artists at the glittering Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The main event is the Ensemble Studio Competition, an exhilarating vocal showcase of singers who…
Find out more »Toronto Heliconian Club | Women Composers from the 17th Century to the Present
Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 at 7:30 pm Image credit: Linda Briskin Opening the season, Heliconian musicians have planned an evening of music celebrating women composers. Hear songs from the pens of Alma Mahler and Clara Schumann, instrumental compositions by Fanny Mendelssohn, and works for piano by Vitezslava Kapralova and Ann Southam. TICKETS
Find out more »Opera York | La boheme
by Giacomo Puccini November 2, 2018 @ 7.30pm November 4, 2018 @ 2pm Main Stage, Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. Cast: Rudolfo, a poet Kijong Wi Mimi, a seamstress Sara Papini Marcello, a painter Diego Catala Schaunard, a musician Anthony Cleverton Colline, a philosopher Gabriel Sanchez Ortiga Musetta, a singer Dallas Chorley Production Team Music Director Denis Mastromonaco Stage Director Penny Cookson Technical Director TBA Lighting Director Chris Humphrey Stage Manager TBA Construction Manager Dan Stoyles Costume Mistress Amanda…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | The Mozart Experience
A mischievous musician is caught playing the Orchestra’s grand piano, but instead of scolding her, the conductor offers her the chance to “be Mozart” in this program about one of the greatest composers of all time! Musical antics abound as you embark on a fun-filled and educational journey through the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Order tickets today when you purchase a TSO subscription! Single tickets go on sale in August. Performers: Sameer Patel, conductor Duncan McDougall, violin (2017/18 TSYO…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory of Music/ Glenn Gould School | Martinu’s The Tears of the Knife and Hindemith’s Back and Forth
November 03, 2018, 7:30 PM BUY TICKETS Starting at: $20.00 Venue: Mazzoleni Concert Hall in Ihnatowycz Hall The gifted vocal students from The Glenn Gould School present a double bill of Paul Hindemith’s Back and Forth and Bohuslav Martinů’s Tears of the Knife. Peter Tiefenbach returns as Music Director for the production and Anna Theodosakis will direct.
Find out more »Royal Conservatory of Music | Daniel Hope and Friends: AIR — A Baroque Journey
British violinist Daniel Hope returns to Koerner Hall with an outrageous romp through the baroque with a dazzling ensemble of virtuosi wandering minstrels. Hope is “among the best in the world as well as the most thoughtful, is as brilliant at Bach as Birtwistle” (The Observer). While the origins of the violin can be traced back thousands of years to Mongolia and India, it was the Italians, and most importantly Andrea Amati in the mid-sixteenth century, to whom we can…
Find out more »Toronto Mozart Players | Mozart and Pergolesi
The Toronto Mozart Players welcome alumnae of the Toronto Mozart Master Class Series to perform Pergolesi’ Stabat Mater FIVE CHURCH SONATAS FOR STRINGS AND ORGAN SOLO, K 244, 245, 274, 328, 336 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Daniel Norman, organ TWO MILANESE STRING QUARTETS, K 157 AND 160 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart STABAT MATER Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Megan Miceli, soprano Lyndsay Promane, mezzo-soprano Tickets, here.
Find out more »Royal Conservatory of Music | Danish String Quartet
"This is one of the best quartets before the public today." (The Washington Post) The high technical and musical quality, the joy of playing, the powerful impact the quartet makes on stage, and the fresh approach to familiar repertoire have become the trademarks of the Danish String Quartet. Fierce friends as well as colleagues, the quartet has been playing together since childhood. They were awarded the highly prestigious Carl Nielsen Prize, Denmark’s largest cultural prize, in 2011. Program: Franz Joseph…
Find out more »Women’s Musical Club of Toronto | Thomas Oliemans with Malcolm Martineau
Thomas Oliemans, baritone; Malcolm Martineau piano Nov. 8, 2018 | 1.30 pm | Walter Hall, U of T Well known for his fine sense of physical comedy and communicative singing style, Dutch baritone Thomas Oliemans is an outstanding recitalist. He and pianist Malcolm Martineau, one of the world’s best-known piano accompanists, regularly collaborate on the world’s stages. Recognized for innovative programming, these remarkable artists interweave two song cycles: one by the bold young Brahms and the other by his often more pensive mentor,…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Britten War Requiem
The TSO commemorates the passing of a century since the conclusion of the First World War by paying tribute to all those who have given their lives in defence of freedom. Bramwell Tovey directs a cast of acclaimed soloists, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and the Toronto Children’s Chorus in Benjamin Britten’s soul-searching masterpiece, the War Requiem. Combining the traditional Latin Requiem text with poignant verses by the British First World War poet Wilfred Owen, and ingeniously scored for forces both…
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Steffani: Drama & Devotion
Directed by Ivars Taurins Krisztina Szabó, mezzo-soprano Tafelmusik Chamber Choir Discover sacred and secular works by a forgotten composer of the baroque era. Diplomat, spy, priest, singer—Agostino Steffani was a busy man. He was also the composer of some of the most captivating music of his time. Steffani wrote for both the church and the opera house, and the sheer beauty of his music explains his new-found popularity in the 21st century. Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, together with star…
Find out more »Opera by Request | Pique Dame
Tchaikovsky “Pique Dame” Opera by Request presents Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, November 9, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and additional information. Gherman…………………………Paul Williamson, tenor Lisa…………………………………Anush Pasishnik, soprano Countess………………………….Anna Belikova, mezzo-soprano Count Tomsky…………………..Yevgeny Yablonovsky, baritone Prince Yeletsky………………….Andrey Andreychik, baritone Paulina…………………………….Bree Horton, mezzo-soprano Surin/Narumov………………… George Ossipov, bass-baritone Chekalinsky/Chaplinsky………Jay Lambie, tenor William Shookhoff, music director and pianist
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Hilary Hahn
Three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn is renowned for her virtuosity, expansive interpretations, and dynamic approach to music-making. She was named “America’s Best Young Classical Musician” by Time magazine, and The New York Times has described her playing as “at once impetuous and authoritative, brilliant and beautiful.” She will perform an all Johann Sebastian Bach program of works for solo violin. All Johann Sebastian Bach program Sonata No. 2 for Solo Violin in A Minor, BWV1003 Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin in E,…
Find out more »National Ballet of Canada | Anna Karenina
Tolstoy's great prose masterwork towers over the western literary canon as one of the most fully imagined and riveting works of fiction ever written. It is no wonder that John Neumeier, one of the most frequent and fearless adapters of literary works into modern choreographic form, should have eventually taken on the challenge of the great Russian novel. Using the book more as an inspiration than as a strict narrative template, Neumeier chooses to adapt the work freely. He sets…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | L’invitation au voyage
Lebanese-Canadian soprano Joyce El-Khoury, who demonstrates “an exquisite delicacy of sound” (Seattle Times), performs works by Ravel, Duparc, Debussy, and intriguing Levantine songs with mezzo-soprano Beste Kalender, known for her “warmth, depth, and richness” (Musical America).
Find out more »Elmer Iseler Singers/Toronto Children’s Chorus | We Remember
In collaboration with the Toronto Children’s Chorus — The Chamber Choir and T.C.C.’s Toronto Youth Choir, we present a special commemoration concert of the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day. We will perform works relating to war and peace that represent the four Allied Nations: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The program will feature a new world première of WWI popular songs arranged by Canadian Composer Stuart Calvert. Participants include: Choirs Toronto Children’s Chorus, Elise Bradley, conductor Elmer Iseler Singers, Lydia…
Find out more »Collectif9 | No Time for Chamber Music – Concert/Album Launch
collectif9 is coming back to Toronto! We're celebrating the launch of our second album at the Lula Lounge. No Time for Chamber Music is inspired by the works of Gustav Mahler. Performance of works from the album and others. Bar service and snack menu available. Come and hang out! Tickets are available at the door. $10 and you're in! Event at 6:30pm / Music starts at 7:30pm *Reservations guarantee seating. Reserve at 416 588 0307 or lula.ca Exploring extreme dualities,…
Find out more »Gallery 345 | Kelly Zimba & Stacie Dunlop
TSO Principal Flute Kelly Zimba collaborates with soprano Stacie Dunlop on an exciting program of living American and Canadian composers, including premieres by Toronto composer David Jaeger and the duo HaRebraIN (Anh Phung/Alan Mackie) along with works by Leslie Uyeda, Braxton Blake, Kate Soper and James O’Callaghan. Program Leslie Uyeda: Stations of Angels (2007) Braxton Blake: Three Songs on poems by Marianne Moore (1996) James O'Callaghan: For or from (2015) Kate Soper: Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say…
Find out more »Ukrainian Art Song Project | The Fall Salon
It is so very rare to encounter duets or trios in art song, most songs being for solo voice and piano. Exceptionally, our Ukrainian composers have left us with more than 40. In duets, together with the piano, there are 3 individual voices; in the trios there are 4. The compositions do not simply create harmony. Each musical line has a life of its own, sometimes singing against each other, sometimes together. Most importantly, each voice and piano line expresses…
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | Women on the Verge
Women on the Verge (Elizabeth McDonald, soprano, Emily Martin, soprano, and Kathryn Tremills, piano) explore the common threads of women's lives through the millennia including music by alumni Cecilia Livingston and Emilie LeBel, and faculty member Norbert Palej. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park Free
Find out more »Music Toronto | Ensemble Made In Canada
Ensemble Made In Canada, Canada’s premier piano quartet, brings together 4 musicians with solid individual careers: Angela Park, piano, Elissa Lee, violin, Sharon Wei, viola, Rachel Mercer, cello. Awarded the 2006 CBC Galaxie Stars Award, EMIC has performed extensively throughout Canada. The group is grateful for support from FACTOR, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. EMIC has been Ensemble-in-Residence at Western University since 2014. A specially commissioned suite of piano quartets by 14 Canadian composers,…
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | New Orford String Quartet
New Orford String Quartet with special guests Enrico Elisi, Alice Hong, Heng-Han Hou, Maxime Despax and Allison Rich BRAHMS, Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 with Steinway Concert Artist Enrico Elisi MENDELSSOHN Octet in Eb Major, Op. 20 with Alice Hong, violin, Heng-Han Hou, violin, Maxime Despax, viola and Allison Rich, cello Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park $40, $25 senior, $10 student | BUY TICKETS ONLINE or call 416-408-0208 (U of T students admitted free with a valid T-Card, space permitting)
Find out more »Sinfonia Toronto | Rachmaninoff
Friday, November 16, 2018 8 pm Glenn Gould Studio ~ 250 Front St. West ANNE LOUISE-TURGEON Pianist SINFONIA TORONTO / NURHAN ARMAN Conductor A Rachmaninoff favourite plus two 20th century gems and a lush late-Romantic masterpiece. Program RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini Canadian premiere of Piano and Strings version by Louis Sauter BRUCKNER Adagio from String Quintet ROUSSEL Sinfonietta BACEWICZ Sinfonia
Find out more »Opera by Request | Aïda
Verdi “Aida” Opera by Request presents Verdi’s Aida, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, November 17, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information. Aida……………………………Stephanie DeCiantis, soprano Amneris………………………Monica Zerbe, mezzo-soprano Radames……………………..Boris Derow, tenor Amonasro…………………….Andrey Andreychik, baritone Ramphis……………………….Steven Henrikson, baritone King of Egypt…………………Norman E. Brown, baritone Messenger…………………….Francis Domingue, tenor High Priestess………………..Laura Schatz, mezzo-soprano William Shookhoff, pianist and music director
Find out more »Soundstreams | The Latvian Radio Choir
The Latvian Radio Choir is one of the most distinctive musical identities on the planet. A perennial audience favourite, they’ll present a program encompassing Latvian, Canadian and international choral favourites: unique interpretations of great Russian classics by Rachmaninov (excerpts from Vespers), and Latvians Pēteris Vasks and Santa Ratniece. There will also be Canadian choral works including a piece by Omar Daniel. The Latvian Radio Choir, under conductor Sigvards Klava, is always a sell-out and a celebration. Tickets
Find out more »Amici Chamber Ensemble | Convivencia
Insights into Intercultural Harmony and Co-Existence! As a reflection of our global city, Amici presents a concert with a Spanish, Arabic and Jewish focus. Our exploration of Convivencia or co-existence, an academic hypothesis regarding Spanish history in which Muslim, Christian and Jewish people lived in harmony, is a natural interest for expansion following our successful Juno-winning Levant recording. Featuring soprano Katy Clark with virtuoso Persian percussionist Naghmeh Farahmand, performing new arrangements by Serouj Kradjian. Music: Alexander Zemlinksy – Trio Maurice Ravel…
Find out more »Against the Grain Theatre | Bound v. 2
Kevin Lau’s newly commissioned opera BOUND v. 2 in concert performance with Toronto’s acclaimed indie opera company Against the Grain Theatre Against the Grain Theatre (AtG) has matched one of opera’s most dramatic composers, George Frideric Handel, to a narrative inspired by the current, chilling refugee stories populating our newsfeeds — stories of migration and displacement due to war, discrimination, hate, and intolerance. AtG’s Artistic Director and librettist Joel Ivany alongside composer Kevin Lau begin the indie company's ninth season by digging deeper into the music and text…
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Sound The Trumpet!
Directed by Elisa Citterio David Blackadder, trumpet soloist Celebrate the holiday season with this concert of gleaming instrumental gems. Renowned British trumpeter David Blackadder makes his Tafelmusik debut in this festive musical journey through baroque Europe. Joyous Christmas concertos by Locatelli and Corrette are stops along the way, offering light and warmth on our dark winter nights. Your travels culminate on a high note with Johann Sebastian Bach’s glorious Brandenburg Concerto No 2, featuring Blackadder’s dazzling talents on full display as…
Find out more »National Ballet of Canada | The Dream & Being and Nothingness
Frederick Ashton's The Dream, based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, is one of the most universally admired and artistically satisfying of all ballet adaptations of the playwright's work. Using Felix Mendelssohn's beloved music, arranged by John Lanchbery, Ashton's version of the play is a miracle of dramatic concision, giving us the familiar characters of Titania and Oberon, the four confused lovers, Puck and the rude mechanicals in a taut but lyrical one-act re-imagining of the story set in Victorian times. Ashton's…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Boléro
One of the great orchestral showpieces, the pulse-quickening crescendo that is Ravel’s Boléro crowns this appealingly varied program led by Finnish conductor John Storgårds. Kirill Gerstein, whom The New York Times has praised as “one of the most respected pianists of his generation,” takes centre stage for Beethoven’s most lyrical piano concerto. The TSO brings back City Noir, John Adams’s jazz-tinged evocation of 1940s Hollywood cinema, which premièred to acclaim in 2011. (Pictured: Kirill Gerstein, piano) Program: John Adams: City Noir (TSO…
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | U of T Opera: Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, lyrics by Langston Hughes
Set among colourful lives in a New York tenement, Street Sceneportrays the romance between Rose Maurrant and her neighbour Sam Kaplan as well as the extramarital affair of Rose's mother Anna, which escalates to tension and tragedy. Based on the Pulizer Prize-winning play by Elmer Rice, Kurt Weill's Street Scene is a groundbreaking synthesis of European traditional opera and American musical theatre. Michael Patrick Albano directs and Sandra Horst conducts this Faculty of Music premiere, designed by Fred Perruzza with costumes by Lisa…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory of Music | Royal Conservatory Orchestra With Bramwell Tovey
"One of the most versatile and charismatic musicians in the world, Bramwell Tovey is a Grammy and Juno Award-winning conductor and a renowned composer." (MusicalAmerica) Maestro Tovey has recently been named Principal Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra. Cellist Hannah Craig performs Elgar’s Cello Concerto. The Glenn Gould School (GGS)’s Royal Conservatory Orchestra (RCO) is widely regarded as an outstanding ensemble and one of the best training orchestras in North America. Part of the Temerty Orchestral Program at the GGS,…
Find out more »Show One Productions | Sondra Radvanovsky
SONDRA Radvanovsky From Bel Canto to Verismo A Rare Intimate Evening with One of the Great Voices of Our Time Deemed “an essential artist” by The New York Times, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky continues to astound audiences around the world with her magnificent portrayals of opera’s great dramatic heroines. Radvanovsky and pianist Anthony Manoli return to Toronto for one night only for From Bel Canto to Verismo, a rare and intimate recital for her hometown audience. The all-Italian program will touch upon Radvanovsky’s history-making roles, which have firmly…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory of Music | ARC Ensemble
Nominated for its third Grammy Award in 2016, the ARC Ensemble has earned a place among Canada's most distinguished cultural ambassadors. For this concert, they revive works by the Czech-born Walter Kaufmann (1907-1984) – a fascinating, exciting, and recent musical rediscovery. A pre-concert lecture by ARC Artistic Director Simon Wynberg starts at 1pm. Tickets, here.
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | U of T Opera: Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, lyrics by Langston Hughes
Set among colourful lives in a New York tenement, Street Sceneportrays the romance between Rose Maurrant and her neighbour Sam Kaplan as well as the extramarital affair of Rose's mother Anna, which escalates to tension and tragedy. Based on the Pulizer Prize-winning play by Elmer Rice, Kurt Weill's Street Scene is a groundbreaking synthesis of European traditional opera and American musical theatre. Michael Patrick Albano directs and Sandra Horst conducts this Faculty of Music premiere, designed by Fred Perruzza with costumes by Lisa…
Find out more »VOICEBOX/Opera in Concert | Werther
At the height of the romantic era, the impossible love of Goethe's tragic hero is pitted against an unforgiving social environment, inspiring a wealth of melodic splendour. Featuring Narmina Afandiyeva, Music Director and Pianist Isabel Bayrakdarian Matt Chittick Brett Polegato Holly Chaplin
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra | Fall Concert
Performers Simon Rivard Resident Conductor & TSYO Conductor
Find out more »Royal Conservatory of Music | Gabriela Montero: Innocence and Experience
Gabriela Montero’s visionary interpretations and unique improvisational gifts have won her a devoted following around the world. Anthony Tommasini remarked in The New York Times, "Montero's playing has everything: crackling rhythmic brio, subtle shadings, steely power in climactic moments, soulful lyricism in the ruminative passages and, best of all, unsentimental expressivity." She will perform a special program called “Innocence and Experience.” Tickets, here. Program: Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, op. 15 Chick Corea: Selections from Children’s Songs Gabriela Montero: Memories from Childhood Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Sonata…
Find out more »Music Toronto | Louise Bessette
Over her 35 year career, Louise Bessette has gained renown for her performances and for her commitment to promoting contemporary music. In addition to many recordings as a soloist and with chamber ensembles and appearances worldwide with orchestras and at important festivals, Ms. Bessette regularly tours throughout America, Europe and Asia. In 2016 Louise Bessette won her eighth Opus Prize (the Quebec Junos).
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | WOW Factor: A Cinderella Story
OPERA FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES A fresh take on the Cinderella story, for the young and young at heart. November 28 to December 2, 2018 New English Libretto by Joel Ivany Musical Adaptation by Stéphane Mayer Commissioned by the Canadian Opera Company Performances take place at the Imperial Oil Opera Theatre in the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre, 227 Front St. E., Toronto, ON When the hit singing show WOW Factor arrives at Cindy’s school, students jump at the chance to compete…
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