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Tafelmusik 2008 - 2009 Season
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The 2008 Tafelmusik Spring season has concluded. For information and subscription pricing for the upcoming Fall 2008-2009 Season, please click here
Viva L'Italia
:: The opening performance of the 2008-2009 Season comes from sunny Italy! Enter
the dazzling world of the Italian baroque with a concert of passionate and poetic Italian concertos, led by guest director and violin soloist, Stefano Montanari. Features spirited music by Vivaldi, Tartini, and
Boccherini, as well as a virtuosic concerto for violin and bassoon by Brescianello.
Sept. 24 - Sept. 28, 2008
Trinity-St.Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. | Tickets: phone 416 964-6337 For more information, please click here
TSO 2008-2009 Season
:: In addition to the already well established and popular concert series, the 87th season
will introduce two new series for subscribers called Afterworks and Masterworks Prestige; will present special performances of Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust and Mozart's The Magic Flute in concert; and will include a
mini-festival featuring the music of Bartk and Richard Strauss. In his fifth year as Music Director, Peter Oundjian continues the popular Mozart Festival, Mozart@253 and the New Creations Festival.
For more details of the upcoming Fall 2008-2009 TSO Season, and information on ticket and scubscription purchasing, please click here
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Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre: 2007- 2008 Free Concert Series
:: The insanely popular Free Concert Series returns for it's second season at the
3rd floor Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, which allows for breath-taking views through floor to ceiling glass windows of University Avenue as a backdrop, includes concerts, performances and presentations by young
artists, Canadian and international opera stars and COC staff. This is an exciting opportunity for Torontonians to experience the artistic excellence and cultural diversity of the city in the beautiful new
Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts. All concerts are free to the public. "Brown bag" lunches are welcome for the noon performances.
For a complete listing of concert dates and performances for Sept. 2008 pleaseclick here
Toronto Music Garden Free Concerts
:: The popular Summer Music in the Garden series returns to the Toronto Music Garden with a
new season of free classical music and dance all summer long! Summer Music in the Garden showcases an eclectic array of music and dance performances that complement the beauty and calm of the Toronto Music Garden, and
the music of composer Johann Sebastian Bach that inspired it. From June 29 to September 14, Summer Music in the Garden presents 20 free outdoor concerts and dance performances with over 90 performers over the
course of the summer, taking place on Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. and on most Sundays at 4 p.m. The popular free guided garden tours led by volunteers from the Toronto Botanical Garden return for another
season, taking place on Wednesdays at 11 a.m. from June 4 to September 24, and on Thursdays before every concert at 5:30 p.m. from July 3 to September 11. Self-guided audio tours are also available for a nominal fee.
Admission to the park and all its programming is free.
For a complete listing of all of the summmer concerts at The Music Garden, please click here
June 29 - Sept. 14 Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay West (on the water's edge side, between Bathurst Street and Spadina Avenue) | Admission: Free
Brott Music Festival
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From the opening Beethoven festival to the rousing finale of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony on August 21, the 21st
Brott Music has music for many tastes – from the classics to hot jazz, Italian opera, Greek and Mediterranean song, classy high teas, klezmer, even a nod to rock. Artistic Director Boris Brott, the National Academy Orchestra and famed soloists perform at indoor locations in and around Hamilton, the lush outdoor setting of the Botanical Gardens and Muskoka's legendary Windermere House.
For more information and tickets, please click here or phone 1-888-475-9377/ 905-525-SONG (7664).
June 14 - Aug. 21
Various Venues in the Hamilton area | Tickets: please click here
Harbourfront Centre: What Is Classical?
:: This new festival beckons audiences to question definitions of classical music with
performances from a variety of global classical music genres and styles.
July 25 - July 27 Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. | Admission: Free
Toronto Summer Music Festival
:: Worldwide conflicts, whether they are social, political or religious, have produced powerful outpourings of artistic expression
and this year's festival will explore these struggles under one unifying theme, In the Fire of Conflict. The Festival features three new concert series this year: on Tuesdays the series will celebrate
links between music, visual arts and dance; Thursday evenings will be devoted to chamber music; and Saturday nights will bring the world to Toronto (French, German, and New Worlds). Distinguished performers include
pianist Anton Kuerti; the Leipzig String Quartet; pianist Menahem Pressler with violinist Alexander Kerr, violist Roberto Diaz and cellist Paul Watkins; the remarkable young cellist Denise Djokic with one of Canada's
most prominent and innovative dancers Peggy Baker; the Gryphon Trio; Molinari Quartet; and a duo recital with violinist Mayumi Seiler and pianist Tünde Kurucz. The Festival opens with a very special performance of
pianistic virtuosity by André Laplante at the historic Carlu. The four-week festival culminates with four fully-staged performances of Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos,
conducted by Maestra Grossmann with stage direction by Titus Hollweg of Vienna and pre-concert talks with operatic expert Iain Scott. The opera will be double cast with some of the world's best young singers, accompanied by the National Academy Orchestra. New this year is a three part pre-opera lecture series providing context to the story of
Ariadne auf Naxos with Corey Keeble, Domenico Pietropaolo and Bryan Gilliam. "A Day at the Opera" introduces opera lovers to Ariadne
with a performance by master storyteller Clayton Scott, followed by a hands-on clay workshop at the Gardiner Museum and concluding with the final opera performance of the Toronto Summer Music Festival.
Festival Programme:
André Laplante:
Tuesday, July 22 @ 8pm The Carlu
Violin/Piano Recital: Mayumi Seiler & Tünde Kurucz: Thurs. July 24 @ 8pm The Carlu
Music and Painting: Molinari String Quartet: Tues. July 29 @ 8pm The Carlu
Revolution and Tyranny in Europe: Leipzig String Quartet: Sat. Aug. 2 @ 8pm MacMillan Theatre
Music and Dance: Denise Djokic: Tues. Aug. 5 @ 8pm The Carlu
Chamber Music Treasures: Anton Kuerti: Thurs. Aug. 7 @ 8pm The Carlu
Pressler and Friends: Sat. Aug. 9 @ 8pm MacMillan Theatre
Music and Masks: Gryphon Trio: Tues. Aug. 12 @ 8pm The Carlu
Ariadne auf Naxos:
Thurs. Aug. 14 - Sat. Aug. 16 @ 7:30pm, Sun. Aug. 17 @ 2:00pm MacMillan Theatre
July 22 - Aug. 17 Walter Hall, McMillan Theatre, (U of T) The Carlu (College
and Yonge) | Tickets: $27 - $50 Festival Pass $175 - $250 Phone: 416 597-7840 or to order online please click here
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