{"id":94849,"date":"2023-02-27T14:13:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T19:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=94849"},"modified":"2023-02-27T14:13:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T19:13:00","slug":"scoop-tafelmusik-celebrates-sound-beauty-45th-anniversary-2023-24-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/02\/27\/scoop-tafelmusik-celebrates-sound-beauty-45th-anniversary-2023-24-season\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Tafelmusik Celebrates The Sound Of Beauty In 45th Anniversary 2023-24 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tafelmusik (Photo: Dahlia Katz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Toronto’s Baroque specialists Tafelmusik have unveiled programming for 2023\/24 \u2014 the organization\u2019s 45th anniversary season. In celebration of the occasion, the theme The Sound Of Beauty will be explored through ten concerts, a series of brilliant guest artists, music from the Baroque to the brand new \u2014 and, the orchestra\u2019s first United States tour since 2019.<\/p>\n

Tafelmusik\u2019s Artistic Co-Directors \u2014 violist Brandon Chui, bassoonist Dominic Teresi, and violinist Cristina Zacharias \u2014 worked with Tafelmusik Chamber Choir Director, Ivars Taurins in developing the next season of music.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are so excited to share The Sound of Beauty with our audience and invite you all to celebrate Tafelmusik\u2019s 45th anniversary season with us,\u201d says Cristina Zacharias<\/strong> in a statement on behalf of Tafelmusik\u2019s Artistic Co-Directors. \u201cWe have assembled an incredibly exciting array of guest directors\u2014 a combination of dear friends and fresh new faces. We have chosen music that takes us from a wild exploration of 17th-century Italy to the burgeoning romanticism of Beethoven\u2019s Vienna. We will debut a fascinating new multimedia program created by Alison Mackay and are thrilled to bring back our traditional holiday hit, Sing-Along Messiah. Please join the orchestra and choir as we celebrate 45!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tafelmusik (Photo: Dahlia Katz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Sound of Beauty 45th Anniversary Season<\/h2>\n

Here\u2019s a look at the next season in brief. The season opens with a concert featuring a favourite guest.<\/p>\n

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  • Conductor Bruno Weil<\/strong>, a frequent guest and collaborator over three decades, returns to open the season at Koerner Hall for an all-Beethoven program that pairs Symphony no. 4 and the iconic Symphony no. 5, performed with gut strings, period winds, and natural brass.<\/li>\n
  • Former Tafelmusik violinist Aisslinn Nosky<\/strong>, Concertmaster of the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston since 2011, returns for Passions Revealed<\/em>, featuring the music of Telemann, Vivaldi, Marais, and Bach.<\/li>\n
  • Tafelmusik\u2019s Dominic Teresi is featured as bassoon soloist for Vivaldi\u2019s concerto, \u201cLa Notte\u201d (The Night).<\/li>\n
  • Harpsichordist and guest director Kristian Bezuidenhout<\/strong> returns for Transformations<\/em>, a program with music that has been transformed, including orchestral arrangements of chamber and keyboard music by Handel, Rameau, Purcell, and J.S. Bach.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    A New Multimedia Program<\/h3>\n

    Staircases<\/em> is a new creation by former Tafelmusik double bassist Alison Mackay<\/strong>. The Staircase program was created together with American bass-baritone and composer Jonathan Woody<\/strong>, and with music direction by Julia Wedman<\/strong>. The music of Purcell, Handel, Platti, and Bach, along with images and words, are used to explore the idea of staircases and their symbolism.<\/p>\n

    Tafelmusik Debuts<\/h3>\n

    Tafelmusik will welcome three internationally recognized violinists in their Tafelmusik debuts. Each will serve as guest director for one concert.<\/p>\n

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    • Emmanuel Resche-Caserta<\/strong>, the French-Italian concertmaster of Les Arts Florissants, will direct Vive la diff\u00e9rence, a program that echoes the rivalry between the French and Italian baroque styles with music by Lully, Corelli, Muffat, Couperin. Two women composers of the era are also featured: Antonia Bembo and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.<\/li>\n
    • The stylus fantasticus<\/em> was popular in the early Baroque period, a kind of showcase style where composers looked to display the ingenuity of their work. Spanish violinist Lina Tur Bonet<\/strong> directs Fantasticus, a program that features the radical 17th-century musical style.<\/li>\n
    • Zefira Valova<\/strong>, the Bulgarian concertmaster of Il Pomo D\u2019Oro, directs Bohemian Rhapsody: Benda and Haydn, with Valova and Tafelmusik cellist Keiran Campbell performing as soloists in concertos by Benda and Haydn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n