{"id":72492,"date":"2021-10-08T15:45:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T19:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=72492"},"modified":"2021-10-08T15:45:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T19:45:09","slug":"scoop-toronto-symphony-orchestra-announces-home-alone-concert-holiday-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2021\/10\/08\/scoop-toronto-symphony-orchestra-announces-home-alone-concert-holiday-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | The Toronto Symphony Orchestra Announces Home Alone in Concert &amp; More Holiday Programming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/TSO-home_alone.jpg\" alt=\"TSO-home_alone\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) has announced new holiday concert options, including the return of audience favourite <em>Home Alone<\/em> <em>in Concert<\/em> for three performances, along with an additional Holiday Pops date.<\/p>\n<p><em>Home Alone<\/em> is the story of an 8-year-old boy who\u2019s accidentally left alone over the Christmas holidays when his family leaves for vacation. Starring Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, it\u2019s become a holiday tradition for many, and features a score by John William, which the TSO will perform live.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Holiday Concert Notes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As the TSO previously announced, concerts will feature a shorter format, with no intermission, and smaller ensembles on stage. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tso.ca\/Safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TSO.CA\/Safety<\/a> for more pandemic safety protocols before you go.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Home Alone in Concert<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scott Terrell, conductor<\/li>\n<li>December 3 (7:30 p.m.) and December 4 (2:00 p.m. &amp; 7:30 p.m.)<\/li>\n<li>Note: no intermission or chorus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TSO Holiday Pops<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Featuring Canadian Broadway star singer Ryan Silverman, and the traditional audience sing-along<\/li>\n<li>December 7 (8:00 p.m.) conducted by TSO Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke<\/li>\n<li>December 8 (2:00 p.m. &amp; 8:00 p.m.) conducted by TSO Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke<\/li>\n<li>December 9 (8:00 p.m.) conducted by Lucas Waldin* \u2014 <em>new addition<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Handel&#8217;s Messiah<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dec. 15, 17 &amp; 18 (8:00 p.m.)<\/li>\n<li>Dec. 18 &amp; 19 (3:00 p.m.)<\/li>\n<li>Simon Rivard, RBC Resident Conductor, with Anna-Sophie Neher, soprano; Rihab Chaieb, mezzo-soprano; Spencer Britten, tenor; Stephen Hegedus, bass-baritone &amp; the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir<\/li>\n<li>An 85-minute special presentation at Roy Thomson Hall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tickets are available through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tso.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TSO.CA<\/a>, or by phone by contacting TSO Patron Services.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) has announced new holiday concert options<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":72493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[38476,74,76,19,5722,39,49,63],"tags":[9795,6495],"yst_prominent_words":[28487,14127,10240,10241,10238],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/TSO-home_alone.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-iRe","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72492"}],"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\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72494,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72492\/revisions\/72494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72492"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=72492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}