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Volume 30 Issue 4 | December 2024 & January 2025

  • Text
  • Toronto
  • Orchestra
  • Theatre
  • February
  • Symphony
  • Violin
  • Jazz
  • Arts
  • Conductor
  • Faculty
TMChoir's Jean-Sébastien Vallée on large-choir community exchange; Vania Chan on Music and Mindfulness; "From Up Here" looks at Classical Life in "Zone 10"; Jazz jam etiquette; Esprit has you on the edge of your seat; Women from Space; a full slate of record reviews; all this and more.

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Package thesethree concertstogether andsave 20%!STUNNING MUSICTO BEAT THEWINTER BLUESTRIPLE ESPRESSO:Bach, Handel & FaschFebruary 21–23, 2025Directed by Alfredo BernardiniItalian oboist Alfredo Bernardini’s high-octane concert willleave you buzzing like three espressos.This hand-picked concert includes a trio of works sharingstriking orchestral textures by Telemann, Fasch, and Bach.Don’t miss Bernardini’s “sparkling, communicative approach”(Gramophone) in Handel’s Oboe Concerto in G Minor.Presented with the support of the Istituto Italiano di CulturaBAROQUE & FOLK:Purcell to PolandMarch 7–9, 2025Directed by Miloš ValentJan Rokyta, multi-instrumentalistSlovakian violinist Miloš Valent is renowned for his deepcuriosity about the intersections between baroque and folkmusic traditions. For his Tafelmusik debut, Valent joins multiinstrumentalvirtuoso Jan Rokyta, percussionist NaghmehFarahmand, and the orchestra to explore the ways in whichbaroque composers such as Telemann, Purcell, and Vivaldiwere influenced by folk music from the Ashkenazi, Polish,Roma, Scottish, and Turkish traditions.CHORAL SPLENDOURS:Bach & ZelenkaMarch 28–30, 2025Directed by Ivars TaurinsMyriam Leblanc, sopranoAmongst the composers Bach most admired wasthe Bohemian composer Jan Dismas Zelenka. Thisextravagant program pairs a selection of lesser-known,intimate gems from Bach’s Lutheran cantatas withan extravagant Catholic mass by Zelenka, the MissaSanctissimae Trinitatis, completing Tafelmusik’sperformance of the five high Masses of Zelenka.TICKETS: tafelmusik.orgConcerts take place at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre

An agency of the Government of OntarioUn organisme du gouvernement de l’OntarioSAMUEL MARIÑOAT THE OPERA:Bologne & MozartDirected by Julia WedmanSamuel Mariño, sopranoMay 23–25, 2025Koerner Hall, TELUS Centrefor Performance and LearningExperience the rare and breathtakingsound of male soprano Samuel Mariñoin an unforgettable operatic showcaseat Koerner Hall, featuring arias byMozart and Gluck, and from Samuel’sacclaimed Sopranista album. Joinedby Tafelmusik and directed by JuliaWedman, this concert promises athrilling blend of virtuoso singingand orchestral brilliance.tafelmusik.org/samuel-marinoPASSION & BEAUTY IN EVERY NOTESubscribe to our 2025/26 Season and Save—Available February!tafelmusik.org/subscribe

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