{"id":25176,"date":"2015-01-29T12:12:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T17:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=25176"},"modified":"2015-01-29T12:30:09","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T17:30:09","slug":"the-scoop-toronto-symphony-orchestra-announces-20152016-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2015\/01\/29\/the-scoop-toronto-symphony-orchestra-announces-20152016-season\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Toronto Symphony Orchestra Announces 2015\/2016 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2015-16 marks Peter Oundjian\u2019s 12th season as Toronto Symphony Orchestra music director.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra have just released details on their upcoming 2015\/2016 season and it looks to be much more collaborative, and dare I say “innovative” than previous years.<\/p>\n

The season starts with a concert gala on September 24, 2015 with violinist Itzhak Perlman, who returns to Roy Thomson Hall to perform Bruch’s Violin Concerto with Music Director Peter Oundjian leading, and music by Dukas and Grieg.<\/p>\n

The following month, renowned Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan expands her abilities by making her Canadian conducting d\u00e9but in a programme that also showcases her voice. She’ll be doing everything from singing Mozart arias to conducting a Haydn symphony.<\/p>\n

October also includes baritone Russell Braun and soprano Erin Wall, performing Vaughan Williams\u2019 A Sea Symphony<\/em> Oct 21 & 24, 2015.<\/p>\n

Making his TSO d\u00e9but, Against the Grain Theatre\u2019s Joel Ivany directs a semi-staged production of Mozart\u2019s Requiem<\/em> featuring soprano Lydia Teuscher, mezzo-soprano Allyson McHardy, tenor Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Antoun, bass-baritone Philippe Sly, and the Amadeus Choir and Elmer Iseler Singers, led by Mozart Festival curator Bernard Labadie.<\/p>\n

The New Creations Festival (created by Peter Oundjian) will be co-curated by Australian composer, conductor and violist Brett Dean. It will include a festival remix by DJ Skratch Bastid, a piece by Anthony Pateras (Fragile Absolute<\/em> Mar 5, 2016), and North American Premi\u00e8re by James Ledger (Two Memorials [for Anton Weber and John Lennon]<\/em> Mar 9, 2016). Some new commissions included for the festival also feature a collaboration by DJ Skratch Bastid and Kevin Lau featuring the Afiara String Quartet, and a joint work by filmmaker Peter Mettler and Canadian composer Paul Frehner. The biggest news, however, is an appearance by Radiohead\u2019s Jonny Greenwood , who will present the Canadian Premi\u00e8re of Water<\/em> on March 12, 2016.<\/p>\n

As part of the TSO\u2019s Young People\u2019s Concert series, designed for audiences aged 5 – 12, the Orchestra brings to music the children\u2019s poetry collection Alligator Pie<\/em> by Toronto poet Dennis Lee. A TSO co-commission composed by Abigail Richardson, the familiar lines of this work will spring off the page and onto the concert stage (Apr 2, 2016).<\/p>\n

The TSO will also be heading out on a tour led by Peter Oundjian to Florida January. Stops include West Palm Beach, Naples, Miami, Daytona Beach and Gainsville, and will feature Concertmaster Jonathan Crow and Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki. They will also include Canadian composer John Estacio\u2019s Wondrous Light<\/em> on the program.<\/p>\n

Two favourites are back as well:<\/p>\n

TSO Conductor Laureate Sir Andrew Davis\u2019 re-imagined orchestration of Handel\u2019s Messiah (originally premiered in 2010) will be performed in December, and will also be recorded for their second release on Chandos Records.<\/p>\n

The Second City Guide to the Symphony will also return June 23 & 25, 2016.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll find all the details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Michael Vincent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The TSO have just released details on their upcoming 2015\/2016 season and it looks to be much more collaborative and dare I say “innovative” than previous years.<\/p>\n

The season starts with a concert gala on September 24, 2015 with violinist Itzhak Perlman, who returns to Roy Thomson Hall to perform Bruch’s Violin Concerto with Music Director Peter Oundjian leading, and music by Dukas and Grieg…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":25183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[118,39,60],"tags":[5235,3360],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/01\/PeterOundjian.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-6y4","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25176"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25191,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25176\/revisions\/25191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25176"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=25176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}