{"id":124466,"date":"2026-05-21T12:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=124466"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:52:24","slug":"preview-innerchamber-ensemble-presents-imagining-samuel-coleridge-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2026\/05\/21\/preview-innerchamber-ensemble-presents-imagining-samuel-coleridge-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | INNERchamber Ensemble Presents Imagining Samuel Coleridge-Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor in 1905 (Public domain, from the United States Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs division<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

INNERchamber Concerts will close their 16th season with Imagining Samuel Coleridge-Taylor on May 24. The concert features Roy Lewis, who will present the life and work of the British composer and conductor through poetry and prose. He puts the music into the context of the historical events that shaped the composer.<\/p>\n

Coleridge-Taylor\u2019s music, creating during the dying days of the Austro-Hungarian empire at the turn of the 19th century, bridges old and new worlds, and fused the legacy of Viennese forms with North American Black music.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am particularly excited about the program, Imagining Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, because we get to share this fantastic music that may be less familiar, but is so well crafted. Roy Lewis has created a beautiful narrative to tell this story, using a blend of fiction and fact, poetry and prose as he paints a picture of Coleridge-Taylor\u2019s life, his inspirations and the obstacles to his deserved success. This will undoubtedly be a highlight performance of the season,\u201d says Andrew Chung, INNERchamber Artistic Director, in a statement.<\/p>\n

A taste of the music:<\/p>\n