In this issue: The WholeNote's 7th Annual TIFF TIPS guide to festival films with musical clout; soprano Erin Wall in conversation with Art of Song columnist Lydia Perovic, about more than the art of song; a summer's worth of recordings reviewed; Toronto Chamber Choir at 50 (is a few close friends all it takes?); and much more, as the 2018/19 season gets under way.
Sir Andrew Davis,
Sir Andrew Davis, Interim Artistic Director TICKETS ON SALE NOW! SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE THU, SEP 20, 2018 AT 8:00PM FRI, SEP 21, 2018 AT 7:30PM SAT, SEP 22, 2018 AT 8:00PM Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Berlioz: Fantasy on Shakespeare’s The Tempest from Lélio, or The Return to Life Hétu: Variations concertantes (TSO Commission) Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique ROMANTIC RACHMANINOFF WED, SEP 26, 2018 AT 8:00PM SAT, SEP 29, 2018 AT 8:00PM SEP 29 AT 6:45PM Pre-concert performance by The TSO Chamber Soloists Kirill Karabits, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin Valentin Silvestrov: Serenade for String Orchestra Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 Superstar violinist Nicola Benedetti, praised as a “powerhouse musician” for her Szymanowski concerto with the TSO in 2017, returns with Prokofiev’s warm and spirited Violin Concerto No. 2, in this exciting program of music by Ukrainian and Russian composers. Hailed in The Telegraph as “an inspired architect” with “an energizing presence,” Kirill Karabits, the Ukrainian-born Chief Conductor of England’s Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, makes his TSO début. RESERVE YOUR SEATS TODAY! 416.593.1285 TSO.CA SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR Ask for a FREE Season Guide.
