{"id":105669,"date":"2024-07-03T14:01:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T18:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=105669"},"modified":"2024-07-03T14:01:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T18:01:49","slug":"preview-cathedral-bluffs-symphony-orchestra-offers-season-blockbusters-canadian-composers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2024\/07\/03\/preview-cathedral-bluffs-symphony-orchestra-offers-season-blockbusters-canadian-composers\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra Offers A Season Of Blockbusters & Canadian Composers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra (Photo courtesy of CBSO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra offers a slate of six concerts for their 2024\/25 season. CBSO will be led by Martin MacDonald, who returns for a third season as Music Director and Conductor.<\/p>\n

Each concert features a crowd-pleasing mix of well known repertoire along with works by contemporary Canadian composers, and a lineup of guest artists that showcase the city\u2019s depth of classical music talent.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at the season in brief.<\/p>\n

Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra 2024\/25 Season At A Glance<\/h2>\n

There\u2019s a pre-concert chat to talk about repertoire and artist before each performance. Note that an asterisk * next to a name indicates a Canadian composer.<\/p>\n

Ode to Joy | Saturday October 5, 2024<\/h3>\n

CBSO marks the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with a program dedicated to the Ode to Joy.<\/p>\n

Guest artists include: soprano Rachel Krehm<\/strong>, mezzo-soprano Danielle MacMillan<\/strong>, tenor Daevyd Pepper<\/strong>, and bass-baritone Alex Halliday<\/strong> as soloists, along with performances by the Pax Christi Chorale and Voices Chamber Choir, conducted by Elaine Choi<\/strong> and Ron Cheung<\/strong>, respectively.<\/p>\n

Program<\/h4>\n
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  • Joel Toews* Fanfare and March (2024) World premiere<\/li>\n
  • Matthew Emery* Hymn of Praise (2015)<\/li>\n
  • Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Choral<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Affairs Of The Heart | Saturday November 16, 2024<\/h3>\n

    Violinist Tanya Charles Iveniuk<\/strong> joins conductor Martin MacDonald and the CBSO for a program of music that highlights emotions, culminating in Tchaikovsky\u2019s haunting Symphony No. 6.<\/p>\n

    With an Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School, and B.Mus. in Performance from the University of Toronto, award-winning guest violinist Tanya Charles Iveniuk has performed across North America and the Caribbean. She is also a sessional instructor at the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n

    Program<\/h4>\n
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    • Jocelyn Morlock:* My Name is Amanda Todd (2015)<\/li>\n
    • Marjan Mozetich:* Affairs of the Heart (1997)<\/li>\n
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor Pathetique<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Classically Christmas | December, 14, 2024<\/h3>\n

      The winner of the North York Music Festival Concerto Competition will be the soloist for this celebration of the Christmas holidays.<\/p>\n

      The repertoire draws on favourites that pay musical tribute to the season, along with Prokofiev\u2019s Lieutenant Kije Suite. It was the composer\u2019s first venture into composing music for film, a Russian literary adaptation of a satirical story.<\/p>\n

      Program<\/h4>\n
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      • Coleridge-Taylor: Christmas Overture<\/li>\n
      • Rimsky-Korsakov: Selections from The Snow Maiden<\/li>\n
      • Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije: Suite<\/li>\n
      • Tchaikovsky: Selections from Nutcracker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Ryan Huang, age 12, performs Liszt’s Piano Concert No. 1 with the Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra in October 2022:<\/p>\n