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Mozart Requiem
::The season finale: Mozart's enigmatic last work, performed by the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir and
Orchestra under the direction of Ivars Taurins. Shrouded in speculation and mystery since Mozart's death, the Requiem is a powerful masterpiece for all time. The programme also includes Haydn's stunning St.
Cecilia Mass.
May 7
@ 7:00 PM May 8 - May 10 @ 8:00 PM May 11
@ 3:30 PM Trinity-St.Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. | Tickets: $23 - $68 Phone: 416 964-6337 For more information, please click here
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
:: After overwhelming TSO audiences with his performances of Stravinsky last season, Russian
keyboard dynamo Alexander Toradze returns with another thrilling showpiece from his homeland — Prokofiev's Concerto No. 3. In his TSO debut, Estonian conductor Eri Klas explores the grandeur and the turbulent emotions
of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony. Guest artists: Eri Klas, conductor Alexander Toradze, piano Programme- Arvo Pärt: Fratres
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
April 30 @ 8:00 PM May 1
@ 8:00 PM Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. | Tickets: $36 - $123 Phone: 416 593-4828 or online by clicking
Yo Yo Ma
:: In his latest and always eagerly anticipated appearance with the TSO, beloved
cellist Yo-Yo Ma joins Peter Oundjian to illuminate the soulful passion and biting wit of Shostakovich's Concerto No. 1. Tchaikovsky's equally stirring and hauntingly melodious Fourth Symphony completes the bill.
May 3 @ 8:00 PM Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. | Tickets: $49 - $175 Phone: 416 593-4828 or online by clicking
Beethoven Piano Concerto
:: Distinguished former TSO Music Director Günther Herbig
brings his seasoned authority to another welcome guest appearance. This time he leads the energetic, expansive "Great C Major" Symphony by Schubert. The young American pianist Jonathan Biss, who has toured
with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, joins him and the TSO for the most dramatic and soul-searching of Beethoven's concertos.
Programme- Mendelssohn: Fingal's Cave from The Hebrides Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 Schubert: Symphony No. 9, "The Great"
May 7 & 8 @ 8:00 PM Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. | Tickets: $36 - $123 Phone: 416 593-4828 or online by clicking
Young People's Concert: Orchestra From Planet X
:: An alien plot grips Roy Thomson Hall!
The future of earth music hangs in the balance! What will be the fate of the orchestra? Sights too weird to imagine! Music too fantastic to believe! A concert experience that's out of this world!
Special Guests: Magic Circle Mime Company
May 10
@ 1:30 PM and 3:30 PM Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. | Tickets: $17 - $27 Phone: 416 593-4828 or online by clicking
Ehnes And Oundjian
:: Stepping in for Itzhak Perlman, who had to cancel due to shoulder surgery, the
TSO is very appreciative of Canadian violinist James Ehnes and the TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian who have adjusted their schedules to fill in for Mr. Perlman on short notice.
James Ehnes will play the violin and lead the Orchestra in Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218. In Bach's Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060
Ehnes will be joined by the TSO's Principal Oboe Sarah Jeffrey.
May 21 @ 8:00 PM May 22
@ 2:00 PM Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. | Tickets: $41 - $131 Phone: 416 593-4828 or online by clicking
Gomyo Plays Mendelssohn
:: The passions and beauties of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto,
interpreted by a dazzling young virtuoso, highlight this enchanting programme. Also Ravel's delicate fairy tale images and a sweet-natured evocation of eighteenth century dance music by Grieg.
Guest Artists: Kwamé Ryan, conductor Karen Gomyo, violin
May 24 @ 7:30 PM May 25
@ 3:00 PM Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. | Tickets: $26 - $72 Phone: 416 593-4828 or online by clicking
Kovacevich Plays Brahms
:: The highly respected, widely experienced pianist Stephen Kovacevich and rising
supernova conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin team up to channel the majesty of Brahms. Kovacevich takes the spotlight in the towering, multi-faceted Concerto No. 2, followed by the drama and autumnal reflections of Symphony
No. 4, the last and most imposing symphony Brahms wrote. Guest Artists: Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor Stephen Kovacevich, piano Programme- Brahms:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
May 29 @ 8:00 PM May 31
@ 8:00 PM Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. | Tickets: $36 - $123 Phone: 416 593-4828 or online by clicking
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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 May pleaseclick here
Esprit Orchestra: New Wave Festival
:: Highlights include a gala opening concert Sunday May 4 at the Jane Mallett Theatre with
World Premieres by Canadian composers Vincent Ho and Maxime McKinley, also featuring works by Canadian composers Wolf Edwards and Scott Good. The amazing soloist is Wallace Halladay on saxophones.
Pre-concert chat - 7:15 pm; Concert - 8:00 pm
Wed. May 7, a free mega event showcases students from Rockcliff Middle School, Claude Watson School of the Arts, St. Elizabeth Catholic High School, North Toronto
Collegiate and Etobicoke School of the Arts interacting in various works with musicians of the Esprit Orchestra under Alex Pauk. A blockbuster event in an unusual space featuring "Threnody" (revised 2008) and "The
Falcon's Trumpet" of R. Murray Schafer, Canadian Premiere of "Mechanik" by Philip Cashian (England), Charles Ives "The Unanswered Question" and World Premieres of works by student composers from these schools. A
community partnership mirrored on innovation and excellence. Concert 8:00 pm, MaRS Centre 101 College Street at University Avenue.
Another free concert of World Premieres takes place at Innis Town Hall (2
Sussex Avenue. St. George St. south of Bloor St.) on Thursday May 8 with works by Eugene Astapov, Nick Martin, Fuhong Shi, Lee Parkin and Chris Mayo. Also included in the evening is a John Rea Forum. The paper he
will present for discussion and debate is titled "How Do You Know When You're Good? (on value and imagination in new concert music)". Concert begins at 7:00 pm.
The New Wave Festival concludes on Sunday May 11
with a concert called "Energized Sonic Impact" featuring percussionist Ryan Scott. World Premieres by Canadians Petar Klanac and David Adamcyk along with music by Brian Current of Canada and Maki Ishii of Japan.
Pre-concert chat - 7:15 pm; Concert - 8:00 pm
May 4 - May 11 Various Locations | Tickets for the May 4 and May 11 concerts phone 416 366-7723 or 1 800 708-6754
Sinfonia Toronto: Violinist Judith Kang
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Great Canadian violin virtuoso Judy Kang will be the guest artist for this final concert of Sinfonia Toronto's Masterpiece Series. She will be heard in Tartini's Devil's Trill and Kreisler's beloved violin miniatures of Liebesleid and Liebesfreud. Music Director Nurhan Arman will conduct Dvorak's romantic Serenade, one of the Czech composer's most beautiful and folkloric works.
Critically acclaimed violinist Judy Kang appeared on the music scene at the age of ten, in a performance with the National Arts Center Orchestra. The Ottawa Citizen enthusiastically stated, "If there was
a star tonight, it was Judy Kang. Blessed with a gift for the violin that is exceptional, she moves about the instrument at her disposal with an ease that is awe-inspiring."
May 9
@ 8:00 PM Grace Church on-the-Hill (300 Lonsdale Road) | Tickets: $12 - $40 Phone: 416 499-0403 or order online and recieve a $5 discount byclicking here
Songs From Poetry Wars Of The Shakespearean Age
:: The Musicians In Ordinary celebrate the Victoria Day long weekend with music from
Shakespearean England. Soprano Hallie Fishel and lutenist John Edwards present A Defence of Ryme: Songs to the Poetry of Thomas Campion and Samuel Daniel. Thomas Campion (1568-1620) and Samuel Daniel
(1562-1619) represented opposing theoretical viewpoints in the polemical pamphlet wars that raged in Shakespearean England's poetry scene. Campion wrote a pamphlet on The Art of English Poesie,
advocating that his contemporaries imitate Latin and Greek verse in their poetry. He believed that English was best reserved for light, lyrical verse.
Sat. May 17 @ 8:00 PM Heliconian
Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. (north of Scollard Street in Yorkville; Bay St. subway) | Tickets: $15 - $20 Available at the door For further information, please click here
Pianist Christina Petrowska CD Release Concert
:: Pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico, one of Canada's foremost interpreters of 20th
and 21st century music, launches her newest recording Ings with a mini-concert and reception at Yorkville's Heliconian Hall. Released on the Welspringe label, Ings is a two-CD
compilation of live performances recorded by and broadcast on CBC Radio during the last few years. Selections, mainly by Canadian and American composers – along with Messiaen and Boulez from France, England's Gavin
Bryars, and Japan's Toru Takemitsu and Masamitsu Takahashi – range from the spiritual and sacred to blues, boogies and jazz– from Alexina Louie's Star-filled Night to a swinging Suite by William Westcott.
Wed.
May 14 @ 7:30 PM Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. (north of Scollard Street in Yorkville; Bay St. subway) | Tickets: $10 at the door
The Moscow Virtuosi And Conductor Vladimir Spivikov
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The Moscow Virtuosi and conductor Vladimir Spivikov perform at Roy Thomson Hal as part of their 30th anniversary tour of the internationally acclaimed Russian chamber orchestra. Striking
young Russian dynamo Olga Kern, winner of the 2001 Van Cliburn Competition, makes her Toronto debut as soloist in piano concertos by Haydn and Shostakovich. She is the first woman in over 30 years to win the Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition, joins the orchestra in the first half for Haydn's Piano Concerto No. 11 in D, Hob. XVIII. In the second half, she returns for the witty, often sardonic Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor
for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra by Dmitri Shostakovich. The Moscow Virtuosi formed nearly 30 years ago and have been in great demand from the moment of their inception. Hand-picked by Maestro
Spivakov, each member is a top-ranking soloist drawn from the principal chairs of the great orchestras of Russia. They perform in the finest halls around the world, winning outstanding critical acclaim wherever they
go. The 30-piece orchestra will perform Arnold Schoenberg's lush Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Aria by Friedrich Gulda, Aria and two tangos by Astor Piazzolla, with accordion solo.
Thurs. May 22
@ 8:00 PM Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. | Tickets: $45 - $90 Phone: 416 872-4255 or order online by clicking here
Orchestra Toronto: The Music of St. Petersburg Russia
:: This finale concert wraps up an exciting season and will feature dancers from ProArteDanza
and music from Tchaikovsky and Glazunov. Guest soloist Amanda Goodburn will play the Glazunov Violin Concerto. "The audience's feedback this season has been incredibly supportive and appreciative of seeing
live dance on stage with the orchestra," said Errol Gay, music conductor. "We will definitely continue to explore other artistic avenues where we can bring a full in-depth concert experience to our audiences."
Sun. May 25
@ 3:00 PM George Weston Hall, Toronto Centre For the Arts, 5030 Yonge St. (N. of Sheppard) | Tickets: $30 - $35 Phone: Toronto Centre for the Arts box office (416 467-7142) or TicketMaster 416 872-1111
Art Of Time Ensemble: The Songbook II - featuring Barenaked Ladies Steven Page
:: Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies will be
performing popular songs in fresh new arrangements by songwriters from the worlds of pop, jazz and classical music for the final concert of the Art Of Time's season. Page will perform songs by Elvis Costello,
Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, Rufus Wainwright, Jane Siberry, Jacques Brel, Radiohead and others in all new arrangements by Gavin Bryars, Rob Carli, Phil Dwyer, Kevin Fox, Jonathan Goldsmith, Jim McGrath, Tom Walsh and
Cameron Wilson. He will be accompanied by an ensemble comprised of some of Canada's finest musicians: Phil Dwyer (sax), Rafael Hoekman (cello), Joseph Phillips (bass), Rob Piltch (guitar), Steven Sitarski
(violin) and Andrew Burashko (piano). "I have always enjoyed Steven Page and the Barenaked Ladies. I am thrilled by the opportunity of bringing together his great talent with some of this country's
most outstanding classical, pop and jazz musicians. This partnership is really what Art of Time Ensemble is all about," said Burashko.
Fri. June 20 & Sat. June 21
@ 8:00 PM Enwave Theatre, Harbourfornt Centre, 231 Queens Quay W. | Tickets: $25 - $36 Phone: 416-973-4000 or order online by clicking here
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