Community Event Listings
Jan. 24 - Sinfonia Toronto - Piazzolla & Palej - Tears & Tango
Two exciting soloists: a violin virtuoso in a melodious showpiece, and the Canadian debut of one of the world’s finest accordionist in the premiere of Toronto composer Norbert Palej’s ‘Tears of Things’ plus irresitible Piazzolla tangos
Sinfonia Toronto / Nurhan Arman, Conductor
Maciej Frackiewicz, Accordionist
David Baik, Violinist
Jan. 24, 2025, 8:00 PM
Tickets & Info: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/piazzolla-palej-sinfonia-toronto-concert-tickets-904264628847?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
Jan. 31 - Feb. 2 - Tafelmusik - Brilliant Baroque
Rachel Podger and Tafelmusik ignite the quintessential spirit of the baroque in this program of music by Bach, Handel, Purcell and others. Three continents meet when Tafelmusik and Rachel Podger take the works of European masters on tour to Asia before bringing them home to our Toronto audience.
The journey begins with an array of baroque treasures from Rachel’s native England: works by Handel, Purcell and Charles Avison. New to the Tafelmusik stage is an orchestral suite by the Bohemian composer Antonín Reichenauer, an enchanting dialogue between strings and winds.
No baroque blowout would be complete without the music of J.S. Bach, and who better to bring out the “infectiously spritely bounce and exhilarating dramatic tension” (BBC) of his Violin Concerto in A Minor than Rachel Podger?
Jan. 31, 2025, 8:00 PM
Feb. 1, 2025, 8:00 PM
Feb. 2, 2025, 3:00 PM
Tickets & Info: Brilliant Baroque – Tafelmusik : Tafelmusik
Feb. 8 - Toronto Mendelssohn Choir – Visionaries: Vivaldi & DaVinci
Experience the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir live on February 8 at 7:30 PM in the stunning Jeanne Lamon Hall (Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre) for Visionaries: Vivaldi & DaVinci.
Featuring Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks and Antonio Vivaldi’s celestial Gloria, Visionaries delves into the timeless themes of human expression and divine exploration. The groundbreaking multimedia concert brings DaVinci’s words and drawings to life with state-of-the-art video syncing technology, harmonized with the live voices of the Toronto Mendelssohn Singers in The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci. Both pieces beautifully reflect the profound complexity and beauty of life.
Feb. 8, 2025, 7:30 PM
Tickets & Info: Visionaries: Vivaldi & DaVinci – Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Feb. 9 - Amici Chamber Ensemble - Piaf & Poulenc
Immerse yourself in the essence of French musical artistry! Featuring the musical works of Edith Piaf and Francis Poulenc.
Explore the timeless allure of Piaf and Poulenc, where Edith Piaf’s emotive vocals intertwine with Francis Poulenc’s evocative compositions. From Piaf’s haunting melodies that echo through the decades to Poulenc’s rich harmonies that evoke profound emotions, their music illuminates the essence of French musical artistry.
Amici is pleased to share the stage with guest artists Pandora Topp, Timothy Ying, Matti Pulkki, Julia Mirzoev, Lucy Gelber and Laura Kuri.
Feb. 9, 2025, 3:00 PM
Tickets & Info: https://amiciensemble.com/piaf-poulenc/
Feb. 21-23 - Tafelmusik - Triple Espresso: Bach, Handel & Fasch
Alfredo Bernardini returns with a program that unleashes the exponential power of the oboe
Oboe lovers, rejoice! The “sublime” (Gramophone) Italian oboist Alfredo Bernardini returns to our stage with a high-octane program devoted to the music of Bach and his contemporaries. This hand-picked selection includes a trio of works sharing striking orchestral textures: Tafelmusik’s premiere performance of the Concerto in B-flat Major for three violins and three oboes by Telemann, the playfully inventive Suite in G Minor for three oboes by Fasch, and the celebrated Suite in D Major by Bach.
Listen for Bernardini’s “sparkling, communicative approach … the perfect synthesis of splendour and dance-like charisma” (Gramophone) in Handel’s Oboe Concerto in G Minor.
Triple Espresso is our own lively, potent blend that’s bound to perk up your ears!
Feb. 21, 2025, 8:00 PM
Feb. 22, 2025, 8:00 PM
Feb. 23, 2025, 3:00 PM
Tickets & Info: Triple Espresso: Bach, Handel & Fasch – Tafelmusik : Tafelmusik
March 7-9 - Tafelmusik - Baroque & Folk: Purcell to Poland
Diverse musical traditions collide and re-emerge to create something of rare beauty
Slovakian violinist Miloš Valent is renowned for his deep curiosity about the intersections between baroque and folk music traditions. He believes that “music is the unique and universal language of humankind, and music-making is enriched as it reaches beyond tribe and clan. When musicians meet at the crossroads, unexpected new creativity is unleashed, rewarding not only the performers, but those who listen and partake.”
For his Tafelmusik debut, Valent joins multi-instrumental virtuoso Jan Rokyta, percussionist Naghmeh Farahmand, and the orchestra to explore the ways in which baroque composers such as Telemann, Purcell, and Vivaldi were influenced by folk music from the Ashkenazy, Polish, Roma, Scottish, and Turkish traditions. Cross-cultural pollination yields luscious fruit as the sounds of Tafelmusik’s baroque strings, winds, and continuo intermingle with the sonorities of the hammered dulcimer, the Armenian duduk, folk recorders, and percussion.
Mar. 7, 2025, 8:00 PM
Mar. 8, 2025, 8:00 PM
Mar. 9, 2025, 3:00 PM
Tickets & Info:Baroque & Folk: Purcell to Poland – Tafelmusik : Tafelmusik