Gloria Blizzard and Jesse Ryan talk on saving calypso; fiftieth anniversary reprise of the Frog Bog sound walk (bet no-one's said that before!); Gregory Oh on the necessity of failure and curatorial choices that break down barriers; fanfares for an uncommon man at the RCM; and festivals galore in our 20th annual summer green pages; plus a summer's worth of music in our listening room. All this and more!
KINDRED SPIRITS
KINDRED SPIRITS ORCHESTRA Krissan Alexander | Music Director 16 th season 2024-2025 Kristian Alexander Winona Zelenka Annalee Patipatanakoon James Parker Roman Borys DANCES AND DREAMS Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 8 p.m. Flato Markham Theatre Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty suite Dvořák, Cello concerto Winona Zelenka | cello Lalo, Symphony in G minor _____________________________________________ IMPRESSIONS OF THE SEA Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 8 p.m. Flato Markham Theatre Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker suite Saint-Saëns, Piano concerto No. 5 Vanessa Yu | piano Debussy, La mer _____________________________________________ KALEIDOSCOPIC SENTIMENTS Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 8 p.m. Flato Markham Theatre Ravel, Valses nobles et sennmentales Gershwin, Rhapsody in blue Michael Berkovsky | piano Scriabin, The Poem of ecstasy _____________________________________________ A NIGHT AT THE OPERA Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 8 p.m. Lorem Ipsum Meridian Arts Centre - George Weston Recital Hall Bizet, Carmen suite No. 2 Bartók, Violin concerto No. 1 Heng-Han Hou | violin Bruckner, Symphony No. 6 _____________________________________________ GODS AND GRIFFONS Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 8 p.m. Cornell Recital Hall Kulesha, Concerto for piano trio and strings (world première) | Gryphon Trio Stravinsky, Apollon musagète _____________________________________________ POEMS AND PORTRAITS Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 8 p.m. Meridian Arts Centre - George Weston Recital Hall Debussy, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Bartók, Piano concerto No. 1 Dmitri Levkovich | piano Shostakovich, Symphony No. 7 ________________________________________ VERDI’S REQUIEM Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 8 p.m. Meridian Arts Centre - George Weston Recital Hall Verdi, Messa da requiem Orpheus choir, Resound choir, soloists Michael Berkovsky Heng-Han Hou Vanessa Yu Dmitri Levkovich Daniel Vnukowski 905.305.7469 FlatoMarkhamTheatre.ca 416.366.7723 TicketMaster.ca 905.604.8339 KSOrchestra.ca
