{"id":42684,"date":"2017-02-08T17:07:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T22:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=42684"},"modified":"2017-02-09T10:12:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T15:12:00","slug":"the-scoop-tso-announce-full-details-for-2017-new-creations-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/02\/08\/the-scoop-tso-announce-full-details-for-2017-new-creations-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Everything You Need To Know About The TSO’s New Creations Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following yesterday’s big announcement at RCM’s flagship 21C Music Festival,<\/a> the Toronto Symphony Orchestra are not to be outdone with an announcement of their own.<\/p>\n

Sent quietly via email under the subject “March 2017 at the TSO”, it was almost missed, but we were sure glad we didn’t. Spanning\u00a0three main concerts, the overall programming is very compelling thanks to the curation by Canadian composer, singer and violinist Owen Pallet, with ancillary events curated by composer Abigail Richardson-Schulte.<\/p>\n

Taking place March 4\u201311, the 13th annual New Creations Festival will feature frequent collaborators with Pallet, including Nico Muhly, who is arguably the most talked about and polarizing composer since Phillip Glass.<\/p>\n

Highlights include the premiere of Qiksaaktuq<\/em> by vocalist and Canadian throat singer extraordinaire Tanya Tagaq<\/a>. Written in collaboration with Christine Duncan and Jean Martin, with orchestration by Christopher Mayo \u2014 this is a do-not-miss opportunity to hear one the most important artists of our generation.<\/p>\n

Conductor Andr\u00e9 de Ridder \u2014 who will be sharing the podium with Peter Oundjian \u2014 will present the Premi\u00e8re of Reflections on O Canada after Truth and Reconciliation\u2014a <\/em>Sesquie for Canada\u2019s 150th<\/em> by Andrew Staniland, and a work by TSO\u2019s RBC Affiliate Composer, Jordan Pal.<\/p>\n

If that wasn’t enough, J\u00f6rg Widmann’s Trauermarsch<\/em> will be performed with the legendary Yefim Bronfman at the keys.<\/p>\n

Day two opens on March 8th with Shadows Radiant\u2014a <\/em>Sesquie for Canada\u2019s 150th<\/em> by Harry Stafylakis. The concert will also include Nico Muhly’s Mixed Messages<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 a smoldering piece with more orchestral colours than a book of paint swatches.<\/p>\n