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Gustavo Gimeno Music Director

RESETTING THE STAGE

Renew by July 23! TSO.CA/Renew 416.598.3375 Message from Music Director

t is difficult to express how an expanding range of diverse deeply meaningful it will be composers and musicians to bring Ito reunite with the immensely to you. We at the TSO believe talented musicians of the TSO, with all our hearts that our art and with you, our loyal patrons, form soars when we present for live performances. more racialized, Indigenous, and women artists and new We are emerging from a compositions on our stages, devastating global event, and alongside Bach, Beethoven, embracing once again the things Tchaikovsky, and Dvořák. These most important to us. As we works illuminate a repertoire that return to the concert hall, we have embraces a celebration of musical created a 2021/22 season that perspectives, histories, influences, connects you with the emotional and styles. power and shared humanity of enjoying music together. Please accept my deepest and heartfelt gratitude for all of your I’ve been so energized and support—you told us how much so moved by the virtual the TSO means to you, and, with performances from the TSO this season, we’ll hope to show musicians this year. It was their you how much you mean to us. talent and virtuosic skill online— Gustavo Gimeno See you soon. despite all of the challenges—that motivated me to feature our very own Orchestra members as “WE HAVE CREATED A 2021/22 centre-stage soloists this season. SEASON THAT CONNECTS YOU WITH I have always been drawn to Gustavo Gimeno THE EMOTIONAL POWER AND contrasting eras and styles of TSO Music Director music, and I am excited to explore SHARED HUMANITY OF ENJOYING MUSIC TOGETHER.”

RESETTING THE STAGE: WHAT TO EXPECT

As we plan our return to in-person performances, the safety of our patrons, musicians, and employees is our top priority.

• We are collaborating with our venue partners on • March through June concerts will feature the entire reopening plans and will announce safety guidelines ensemble in full-length programs with intermissions. closer to the start of the season. • If audience capacity limits are in place when the season • November through February concerts will be begins, we will find comparable seats and dates to the 60–75 minutes without intermissions, and include best of our ability, and communicate any changes to you approximately 50 distanced musicians. in a timely manner.

2 416.598.3375 MASTERWORKS SERIES Wednesday 1 & Thursday 1 Seven Wednesday or Thursday concerts at 8:00pm

STRING SHOWCASE SCREEN TO STAGE: GIMENO + DVOŘÁK’S “NEW WORLD” Wed, November 17, 2021 APPALACHIAN SPRING & MORE Wed, April 27, 2022 Thu, November 18, 2021 Wed, March 9, 2022 Thu, April 28, 2022 Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Thu, March 10, 2022 Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin Caroline Shaw: Boris Kerner Ryan Bancroft, conductor Dinuk Wijeratne: “A Letter from the After-life” Jonathan Crow, violin Luis Ramirez: Celebration Prelude from Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No. 8 (World Première/TSO Commission) Kelly-Marie Murphy: Rains of Ash and Embers Beethoven: Violin Romance No. 2 Ravel: Tzigane for Violin and Orchestra Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 Mozart: Symphony No. 29, K. 201 Francisco Coll: Violin Concerto Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Vivian Fung: Prayer (CBC Music Commission (Canadian Première) Night) (String Orchestra Version) in Collaboration with the TSO) Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” From Mahler’s heart-rending Adagietto to Copland: Appalachian Spring Gustavo Gimeno leads Dvořák’s soul- Schoenberg’s sensuous Verklärte Nacht, Marking two years since the stage first stirring love letter to a “New World”. Patricia some of the most stunningly beautiful works went dark in response to COVID-19, this Kopatchinskaja pours her fearless, free- in all of classical music await in this string restorative concert features works that were spirited music-making into every note of a spotlight. shared digitally with our audiences during concerto written specially for her. the early days of the pandemic. MOUSSA, WAGNER & DVOŘÁK Wed, January 12, 2022 EHNES PLAYS BEETHOVEN Thu, January 13, 2022 Wed, April 6, 2022 Samy Moussa, conductor & 2021/22 Thu, April 7, 2022 Spotlight Artist Sir , conductor Kerson Leong, violin James Ehnes, violin Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Emilie LeBel: the sediments (World Première/ Samy Moussa: Concerto for Violin and TSO Commission) Orchestra “Adrano” R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 (Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks) Glorious melodies abound in Romantic Beethoven: Violin Concerto Era gems of Wagner and Dvořák. 2021/22 Conductor Laureate Sir Andrew Davis Spotlight Artist Samy Moussa conducts his leads the TSO and the extraordinary James own violin concerto, featuring Canadian Ehnes—“a violinist in a class of his own” (The wunderkind Kerson Leong. Times)—in one of the supreme treasures of the violin repertoire. GIMENO + SCHUMANN’S “SPRING” Wed, February 2, 2022 Thu, February 3, 2022 Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Gordon Wolfe, trombone Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures OUNDJIAN CONDUCTS BRAHMS of Prometheus Jordan Pal: Scylla: Concerto for Trombone Wed, June 1, 2022 and Orchestra Thu, June 2, 2022 R. Schumann: Symphony No. 1 “Spring” , conductor Envision a world bursting into bloom with Tony Siqi Yun, piano Schumann’s “Spring” Symphony. Principal Samy Moussa: Nocturne for Orchestra Trombone Gordon Wolfe shines in a C. Schumann: Piano Concerto concerto written for him by a former TSO Brahms: Symphony No. 4 RBC Affiliate Composer. Small phrases blossom into statements of grand, poetic power in Brahms’s final symphony. Clara Schumann’s virtuosic concerto is the perfect showcase for Tony Siqi Yun’s enormous talents. Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor Laureate

TSO.CA 3 MASTERWORKS SERIES Wednesday 2 Seven Wednesday concerts at 8:00pm

Gustavo Gimeno, Music Director

A WELCOME RETURN: HEWITT PLAYS BACH & MOZART TRIFONOV PLAYS “EMPEROR” GIMENO & YOUR TSO Wed, February 16, 2022 Wed, May 25, 2022 Wed, November 10, 2021 Angela Hewitt, leader & piano Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12, K. 414 Anthony Barfield: Invictus (Canadian Première) Saint-Saëns: Wedding Cake Afarin Mansouri: Celebration Prelude Haydn: Overture to L’isola disabitata Finzi: Eclogue (World Première/TSO Commission) (The Desert Island) J. S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 2, BWV 1053 Liadov: The Enchanted Lake Samy Moussa: Symphony No. 2 Hindemith: Concert Music for Strings and Brass Recognized as one of the greatest Bach Schubert: Symphony No. 5 (World Première/TSO Commission) interpreters in the world, Angela Hewitt Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” Excitement will be high and emotions will brings her mastery and poetic touch to “The most astounding pianist of our age” run deep as audiences return and Gustavo Bach’s sublime Keyboard Concerto No. 2 (The Times) performs Beethoven’s massive Gimeno makes his long-anticipated in- alongside other piano delights. “Emperor”. Plus, be there for the grand person début as Music Director, leading unveiling of a new symphony by Spotlight Schubert’s tenderhearted Fifth. Artist Samy Moussa.

TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO Wed, November 24, 2021 Peter Oundjian, conductor Timothy Chooi, violin Beethoven: Overture to Egmont R. Strauss: Serenade in E-flat Major Price: String Quartet No. 2 – Mvt. II Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Rising star Timothy Chooi performs the legendary virtuoso feats of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, led by Peter Oundjian, who returns to the TSO in his first appearance as Daniil Trifonov, piano Conductor Emeritus.

Angela Hewitt, leader & piano GIMENO + BEETHOVEN’S “ODE TO JOY” MENDELSSOHN’S “REFORMATION” Wed, June 15, 2022 Wed, January 19, 2022 SARASTE + SIBELIUS Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor Mendelssohn Choir Eric Abramovitz, clarinet Wed, March 23, 2022 Bekah Simms: Bite* Miles Jaques, basset horn Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor Roydon Tse: Unrelenting Sorrow* Mendelssohn: Concert Piece No. 2 Samy Moussa: Crimson for Large Orchestra Adam Scime: A Dream of Refuge* Anna Clyne: Within Her Arms Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 “Choral” Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 “Reformation” Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 *World Premières/TSO Commissions from NextGen Composers, a program supported by the RBC Foundation Mendelssohn’s magnificent “Reformation” From sweeping soundscapes to a soaring Symphony ends in a rousing chorale on theme inspired by swans in flight, Sibelius’s Come together for Beethoven’s eternal and Martin Luther’s “A Mighty Fortress Is Our Fifth Symphony, conducted by former TSO transcendent Ninth, a rallying cry to hope, God”. Two TSO talents are featured in the Music Director Jukka-Pekka Saraste, is an joy, and universal fellowship that culminates sunny Concert Piece No. 2. experience that will stay with you. in the ecstatic “Ode to Joy”.

4 416.598.3375 MASTERWORKS SERIES Thursday 2 Seven Thursday concerts at 8:00pm

Eric Abramovitz, Associate Principal Clarinet

WE CAN’T WAIT TO WELCOME YOU BACK! Renew by July 23 Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor Miles Jaques, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet

A WELCOME RETURN: MENDELSSOHN’S “REFORMATION” GIMENO + HANNIGAN GIMENO & YOUR TSO Thu, January 20, 2022 Thu, May 19, 2022 Thu, November 11, 2021 Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Eric Abramovitz, clarinet Barbara Hannigan, soprano Miles Jaques, basset horn Anthony Barfield: Invictus (Canadian Première) Julia Mermelstein: Celebration Prelude Haydn: Overture to L’isola disabitata Mendelssohn: Concert Piece No. 2 (World Première/TSO Commission) (The Desert Island) Anna Clyne: Within Her Arms Zosha Di Castri: New Work for Soprano and Hindemith: Concert Music for Strings and Brass Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 “Reformation” Orchestra (World Première/TSO Commission) Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete ballet, 1910) Schubert: Symphony No. 5 Mendelssohn’s magnificent “Reformation” Excitement will be high and emotions will Symphony ends in a rousing chorale on Experience the full splendour of Stravinsky’s run deep as audiences return and Gustavo Martin Luther’s “A Mighty Fortress Is Our glittering Firebird, performed in its entirety. Gimeno makes his long-anticipated in- God”. Two TSO talents are featured in the Barbara Hannigan premières music of person début as Music Director, leading sunny Concert Piece No. 2. “riotously inventive” (The New Yorker) Schubert’s tenderhearted Fifth. Canadian composer Zosha Di Castri. HEWITT PLAYS BACH & MOZART TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO Thu, February 17, 2022 Thu, November 25, 2021 Angela Hewitt, leader & piano Peter Oundjian, conductor Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12, K. 414 Timothy Chooi, violin Saint-Saëns: Wedding Cake Beethoven: Overture to Egmont Finzi: Eclogue R. Strauss: Serenade in E-flat Major J. S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 2, BWV 1053 Price: String Quartet No. 2 – Mvt. II Recognized as one of the greatest Bach Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto interpreters in the world, Angela Hewitt Rising star Timothy Chooi performs the brings her mastery and poetic touch to legendary virtuoso feats of Tchaikovsky’s Bach’s sublime Keyboard Concerto No. 2 alongside other piano delights. Violin Concerto, led by Peter Oundjian, who Barbara Hannigan, soprano returns to the TSO in his first appearance as Conductor Emeritus. SARASTE + SIBELIUS GIMENO CONDUCTS GRIEG & MAHLER Thu, March 24, 2022 Thu, June 9, 2022 Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Samy Moussa: Crimson for Large Orchestra Javier Perianes, piano Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 Iman Habibi: Celebration Prelude (World Première/TSO Commission) From sweeping soundscapes to a soaring Francisco Coll: Elysian (World Première/ theme inspired by swans in flight, Sibelius’s TSO Commission) Fifth Symphony, conducted by former TSO Grieg: Piano Concerto Music Director Jukka-Pekka Saraste, is an Mahler: Symphony No. 1 experience that will stay with you. Spanish virtuoso Javier Perianes tackles Grieg’s fiery showstopper, and Gustavo Gimeno ushers in the cosmic world of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, an enthralling, all- Timothy Chooi, violin embracing journey of epic proportions.

TSO.CA 5 MASTERWORKS SERIES Friday 1 & Saturday 1 Six Friday concerts at 7:30pm, and one Thursday concert at 8:00pm, or seven Saturday concerts at 8:00pm

WINDS, BRASS & PERCUSSION GIMENO CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN GIMENO, LISIECKI & TCHAIKOVSKY 5 SPOTLIGHT Fri, January 28, 2022 Fri, April 22, 2022 Fri, November 19, 2021 Sat, January 29, 2022 Sat, April 23, 2022 Sat, November 20, 2021 Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Jeffrey Beecher, double bass Jan Lisiecki, piano Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Farrenc: Overture No. 1 Woman, No. 1 Missy Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright Shostakovich: Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Dvořák: Serenade in D Minor Barbara Croall: Innenohr (Inner Ear) Folk Themes* Steve Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood (TSO Co-commission) Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 Cris Derksen: Celebration Prelude (World Première/TSO Commission) (1947 revision) Beethoven’s jovial, life-affirming Second Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 Morawetz: Sinfonietta for Winds and Symphony inspired Barbara Croall’s Percussion Innenohr, a meditation on nature. Principal *Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra performs side by side with the TSO. The woodwind, brass, and percussion Bass Jeffrey Beecher brings Missy Mazzoli’s sections take centre stage for a vibrant baroque-influenced concerto to life. Gustavo Gimeno leads one of Tchaikovsky’s musical potpourri including Dvořák’s best loved works, the impassioned and charming Serenade in D Minor and immense Fifth Symphony. Jan Lisiecki sets mesmerizing music by Steve Reich. RACHMANINOFF’S SECOND off a spectacular display of fireworks in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Fri, April 1, 2022 Sat, April 2, 2022 BACH’S BRANDENBURG & MORE Eun Sun Kim, conductor TRIFONOV PLAYS “EMPEROR” Fri, January 7, 2022 Karen Gomyo, violin Sat, January 8, 2022 Fri, May 27, 2022 Samy Moussa: Fanfare pour Aix Sat, May 28, 2022 Jonathan Crow, leader & violin; Chelsea Gu, Mozart: Overture to Gustavo Gimeno, conductor violin (Winner of the Play Along with Jonathan The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 Daniil Trifonov, piano Crow All-Star Award); Kelly Zimba, flute; Leonie Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3, K. 216 Wall, flute; Sarah Jeffrey, oboe; Michael Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 Afarin Mansouri: Celebration Prelude Sweeney, bassoon; Andrew McCandless, (World Première/TSO Commission) Karen Gomyo brings elegance and trumpet; Joseph Johnson, cello Liadov: The Enchanted Lake finesse to Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3. Samy Moussa: Symphony No. 2 J. S. Bach: Prelude to Suite No. 1 for Rachmaninoff’s rapturous Second Symphony Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1007 (World Première/TSO Commission) unfurls a never-ending cascade of lush, Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, BWV 1047 opulent melodies. J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049 “The most astounding pianist of our age” J. S. Bach: Concerto for Two Violins and String (The Times) performs Beethoven’s massive Orchestra, BWV 1043 – Mvt. I “Emperor”. Plus, be there for the grand J. S. Bach: Concerto for Bassoon, Strings and unveiling of a new symphony by Spotlight Oboe d’Amore, after BWVs 169, 49, 1053 Artist Samy Moussa. J. S. Bach: Suite No. 3 for Orchestra, BWV 1068 – Mvt. II (“Air on the G String”) The glorious music of J. S. Bach, led GIMENO + BEETHOVEN’S “ODE TO JOY” by Concertmaster Jonathan Crow and Thu, June 16, 2022 spotlighting the artistry of the TSO’s Sat, June 18, 2022 musicians, includes the stunningly inventive Brandenburg Concertos and the ever- Gustavo Gimeno, conductor calming “Air on the G String”. Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Bekah Simms: Bite* Roydon Tse: Unrelenting Sorrow* Adam Scime: A Dream of Refuge* Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 “Choral” *World Premières/TSO Commissions from NextGen Composers, a program supported by the RBC Foundation Come together for Beethoven’s eternal and transcendent Ninth, a rallying cry to hope, joy, and universal fellowship that culminates in the ecstatic “Ode to Joy”. Jonathan Crow, Concertmaster Karen Gomyo, violin Friday subscribers attend Thursday, June 16 performance.

6 416.598.3375 MASTERWORKS SERIES Saturday 2 Seven Saturday concerts at 8:00pm

A WELCOME RETURN: SCREEN TO STAGE: GIMENO + HANNIGAN GIMENO & YOUR TSO APPALACHIAN SPRING & MORE Sat, May 21, 2022 Sat, November 13, 2021 Sat, March 12, 2022 Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Ryan Bancroft, conductor Barbara Hannigan, soprano Jonathan Crow, violin Anthony Barfield: Invictus (Canadian Première) Julia Mermelstein: Celebration Prelude Haydn: Overture to L’isola disabitata Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No. 8 (World Première/TSO Commission) (The Desert Island) Beethoven: Violin Romance No. 2 Zosha Di Castri: New Work for Soprano and Hindemith: Concert Music for Strings and Brass Mozart: Symphony No. 29, K. 201 Orchestra (World Première/TSO Commission) Schubert: Symphony No. 5 Vivian Fung: Prayer (CBC Music Commission Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete ballet, 1910) in Collaboration with the TSO) Experience the full splendour of Stravinsky’s Excitement will be high and emotions will Copland: Appalachian Spring run deep as audiences return and Gustavo glittering Firebird, performed in its entirety. Gimeno makes his long-anticipated in- Marking two years since the stage first Barbara Hannigan premières music of person début as Music Director, leading went dark in response to COVID-19, this “riotously inventive” (The New Yorker) Schubert’s tenderhearted Fifth. restorative concert features works that were Canadian composer Zosha Di Castri. shared digitally with our audiences during the early days of the pandemic. MENDELSSOHN’S “REFORMATION” Sat, January 22, 2022 Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor Eric Abramovitz, clarinet Miles Jaques, basset horn Mendelssohn: Concert Piece No. 2 Anna Clyne: Within Her Arms Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 “Reformation” Mendelssohn’s magnificent “Reformation” Symphony ends in a rousing chorale on Martin Luther’s “A Mighty Fortress Is Our Gustavo Gimeno, Music Director God”. Two TSO talents are featured in the sunny Concert Piece No. 2. OUNDJIAN CONDUCTS BRAHMS Sat, June 4, 2022 HEWITT PLAYS BACH & MOZART Peter Oundjian, conductor Sat, February 19, 2022 Tony Siqi Yun, piano Angela Hewitt, leader & piano Samy Moussa: Nocturne for Orchestra Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12, K. 414 C. Schumann: Piano Concerto Saint-Saëns: Wedding Cake Ryan Bancroft, conductor Brahms: Symphony No. 4 Finzi: Eclogue Small phrases blossom into statements J. S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 2, BWV 1053 of grand, poetic power in Brahms’s final Recognized as one of the greatest Bach GIMENO + DVOŘÁK’S “NEW WORLD” symphony. Clara Schumann’s virtuosic interpreters in the world, Angela Hewitt Sat, April 30, 2022 concerto is the perfect showcase for Tony Siqi Yun’s enormous talents. brings her mastery and poetic touch to Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Bach’s sublime Keyboard Concerto No. 2 Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin alongside other piano delights. Luis Ramirez: Celebration Prelude (World Première/TSO Commission) Ravel: Tzigane for Violin and Orchestra Francisco Coll: Violin Concerto (Canadian Première) Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” Gustavo Gimeno leads Dvořák’s soul- HAVE QUESTIONS? stirring love letter to a “New World”. Patricia Read the 2021/22 season FAQ Kopatchinskaja pours her fearless, free- spirited music-making into every note of a at TSO.CA/SeasonFAQ. concerto written specially for her. Peter Oundjian, Conductor Emeritus

TSO.CA 7 MASTERWORKS SERIES Saturday 3 Seven Saturday concerts at 8:00pm

Xian Zhang, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO GIMENO + SCHUMANN’S “SPRING” GIMENO + DVOŘÁK’S “NEW WORLD” Sat, November 27, 2021 Sat, February 5, 2022 Sat, April 30, 2022 Peter Oundjian, conductor Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Timothy Chooi, violin Gordon Wolfe, trombone Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin Beethoven: Overture to Egmont Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures Luis Ramirez: Celebration Prelude R. Strauss: Serenade in E-flat Major of Prometheus (World Première/TSO Commission) Price: String Quartet No. 2 – Mvt. II Jordan Pal: Scylla: Concerto for Trombone Ravel: Tzigane for Violin and Orchestra Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto and Orchestra Francisco Coll: Violin Concerto R. Schumann: Symphony No. 1 “Spring” (Canadian Première) Rising star Timothy Chooi performs the Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” legendary virtuoso feats of Tchaikovsky’s Envision a world bursting into bloom with Violin Concerto, led by Peter Oundjian, who Schumann’s “Spring” Symphony. Principal Gustavo Gimeno leads Dvořák’s soul- returns to the TSO in his first appearance as Trombone Gordon Wolfe shines in a stirring love letter to a “New World”. Patricia Conductor Emeritus. concerto written for him by a former TSO Kopatchinskaja pours her fearless, free- RBC Affiliate Composer. spirited music-making into every note of a concerto written specially for her. MOUSSA, WAGNER & DVOŘÁK Sat, January 15, 2022 BEETHOVEN’S FOURTH Sat, February 26, 2022 GIMENO CONDUCTS GRIEG & MAHLER Samy Moussa, conductor & 2021/22 Sat, June 11, 2022 Spotlight Artist Xian Zhang, conductor Kerson Leong, violin Kelly Zimba, flute Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Javier Perianes, piano Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Nokuthula Ngwenyama: Primal Message Samy Moussa: Concerto for Violin and (Canadian Première) Iman Habibi: Celebration Prelude Orchestra “Adrano” Nielsen: Flute Concerto (World Première/TSO Commission) Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 Francisco Coll: Elysian (World Première/ TSO Commission) Glorious melodies abound in Romantic Acclaimed conductor Xian Zhang leads Grieg: Piano Concerto Era gems of Wagner and Dvořák. 2021/22 Principal Flute Kelly Zimba in Nielsen’s Mahler: Symphony No. 1 Spotlight Artist Samy Moussa conducts his masterful showcase for the instrument’s own violin concerto, featuring Canadian many shades. Boundless energy exudes from Spanish virtuoso Javier Perianes tackles wunderkind Kerson Leong. Beethoven’s Fourth. Grieg’s fiery showstopper, and Gustavo Gimeno ushers in the cosmic world of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, an enthralling, all- SARASTE + SIBELIUS embracing journey of epic proportions. Sat, March 26, 2022 Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor Samy Moussa: Crimson for Large Orchestra Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 From sweeping soundscapes to a soaring theme inspired by swans in flight, Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony, conducted by former TSO Music Director Jukka-Pekka Saraste, is an experience that will stay with you.

Samy Moussa, 2021/22 Spotlight Artist Gustavo Gimeno, Music Director

8 416.598.3375 MASTERWORKS SERIES Sunday Matinee GIMENO, LISIECKI & TCHAIKOVSKY 5 Five Sunday concerts at 3:00pm Sun, April 24, 2022 Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Jan Lisiecki, piano TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO BEETHOVEN’S FOURTH Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra Sun, November 28, 2021 Sun, February 27, 2022 Shostakovich: Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes* Peter Oundjian, conductor Xian Zhang, conductor Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 Timothy Chooi, violin Kelly Zimba, flute Cris Derksen: Celebration Prelude Beethoven: Overture to Egmont Nokuthula Ngwenyama: Primal Message (World Première/TSO Commission) R. Strauss: Serenade in E-flat Major (Canadian Première) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 Price: String Quartet No. 2 – Mvt. II Nielsen: Flute Concerto *Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra performs side by Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 side with the TSO. Rising star Timothy Chooi performs the Acclaimed conductor Xian Zhang leads Gustavo Gimeno leads one of Tchaikovsky’s legendary virtuoso feats of Tchaikovsky’s Principal Flute Kelly Zimba in Nielsen’s best loved works, the impassioned and Violin Concerto, led by Peter Oundjian, who masterful showcase for the instrument’s immense Fifth Symphony. Jan Lisiecki sets returns to the TSO in his first appearance as many shades. Boundless energy exudes from off a spectacular display of fireworks in Conductor Emeritus. Beethoven’s Fourth. Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

BACH’S BRANDENBURG & MORE GIMENO + BEETHOVEN’S “ODE TO JOY” Sun, January 9, 2022 Sun, June 19, 2022 Jonathan Crow, leader & violin; Chelsea Gu, violin (Winner of the Play Along with Jonathan Crow Gustavo Gimeno, conductor All-Star Award); Kelly Zimba, flute; Leonie Wall, flute; Sarah Jeffrey, oboe; Michael Sweeney, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir bassoon; Andrew McCandless, trumpet; Joseph Johnson, cello Bekah Simms: Bite* J. S. Bach: Prelude to Suite No. 1 for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1007 Roydon Tse: Unrelenting Sorrow* J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, BWV 1047 Adam Scime: A Dream of Refuge* J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049 Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 “Choral” J. S. Bach: Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra, BWV 1043 – Mvt. I *World Premières/TSO Commissions from NextGen J. S. Bach: Concerto for Bassoon, Strings and Oboe d’Amore, after BWVs 169, 49, 1053 Composers, a program supported by the RBC Foundation J. S. Bach: Suite No. 3 for Orchestra, BWV 1068 – Mvt. II (“Air on the G String”) Come together for Beethoven’s eternal and The glorious music of J. S. Bach, led by Concertmaster Jonathan Crow and spotlighting the transcendent Ninth, a rallying cry to hope, artistry of the TSO’s musicians, includes the stunningly inventive Brandenburg Concertos and joy, and universal fellowship that culminates the ever-calming “Air on the G String”. in the ecstatic “Ode to Joy”.

Three at the Weston Three Sunday concerts at 3:00pm at George Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts Centre

GIMENO CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN SCREEN TO STAGE: OUNDJIAN CONDUCTS BRAHMS Sun, January 30, 2022 APPALACHIAN SPRING & MORE Sun, June 5, 2022 Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Sun, March 13, 2022 Peter Oundjian, conductor Jeffrey Beecher, double bass Ryan Bancroft, conductor Tony Siqi Yun, piano Barbara Croall: Innenohr (Inner Ear) Jonathan Crow, violin Samy Moussa: Nocturne for Orchestra (TSO Co-commission) Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No. 8 C. Schumann: Piano Concerto Missy Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright Beethoven: Violin Romance No. 2 Brahms: Symphony No. 4 Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 Mozart: Symphony No. 29, K. 201 Small phrases blossom into statements Beethoven’s jovial, life-affirming Second Vivian Fung: Prayer (CBC Music Commission of grand, poetic power in Brahms’s final Symphony inspired Barbara Croall’s in Collaboration with the TSO) symphony. Clara Schumann’s virtuosic Innenohr, a meditation on nature. Principal Copland: Appalachian Spring concerto is the perfect showcase for Tony Bass Jeffrey Beecher brings Missy Mazzoli’s Marking two years since the stage first Siqi Yun’s enormous talents. baroque-influenced concerto to life. went dark in response to COVID-19, this restorative concert features works that were shared digitally with our audiences during the early days of the pandemic.

TSO.CA 9 Pops Series

Steven Reineke, Principal Pops Conductor

Six Tuesday concerts at 8:00pm, six Wednesday concerts at 2:00pm or 8:00pm, or five Wednesday Snowbird concerts at 2:00pm

Steven Reineke

TSO HOLIDAY POPS TRIBUTE TO LOUIS ARMSTRONG* FIND YOUR DREAM: RODGERS & Tue, December 7, 2021 Tue, January 4, 2022 HAMMERSTEIN Wed, December 8, 2021 Wed, January 5, 2022 Tue, February 22, 2022 Steven Reineke, conductor Byron Stripling, leader, trumpet & vocalist Wed, February 23, 2022 Ryan Silverman, vocalist His voice was unmistakable and his artistry Steven Reineke, conductor Do you hear what I hear? It’s the joyful astonishing. In this loving and electrifying Emily Padgett, soprano and triumphant return of TSO Holiday hommage to Louis Armstrong, celebrated Josh Young, tenor Pops! Let your heart be light as Principal trumpeter Byron Stripling performs and leads The TSO and a pair of sensational singers Pops Conductor Steven Reineke and the the TSO in many of Satchmo’s greatest hits head back to Broadway in a captivating Orchestra welcome Canadian Broadway including “What a Wonderful World”, “Saint concert dedicated to the unforgettable singer Ryan Silverman to perform ancient Louis Blues”, and “Ain’t Misbehavin’”. tunes of one of the most successful pairings yuletide carols and other festive favourites. in the history of musical theatre, including *Concert not included in Snowbird matinee package. treasured classics from The Sound of Music, Carousel, Oklahoma!, and South Pacific.

TOTALLY ’80s THE BEST OF JOHN WILLIAMS Tue, April 12, 2022 Tue, May 10, 2022 Wed, April 13, 2022 Wed, May 11, 2022 Stuart Chafetz, conductor Steven Reineke, conductor Aaron Finley, vocalist From Jaws to Star Wars to Schindler’s List, Nicole Parker, vocalist John Williams’s film scores have the power Prepare for orchestral awesomeness, to warm hearts and make them beat faster. because the TSO is totally rewinding to, like, In the composer’s 90th year, Principal the ’80s! Stuart Chafetz leads the Orchestra Pops Conductor Steven Reineke leads and two gnarly vocalists in some of the MTV an enchanting and nostalgic trip through Generation’s raddest hits, like “Wake Me up Williams’s legendary catalogue. before You Go-Go”, “Addicted to Love”, and “The Final Countdown”.

THE MUSIC OF ABBA Tue, June 28, 2022 Wed, June 29, 2022 Steven Reineke, conductor Rajaton, vocal ensemble Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Finnish vocal ensemble Rajaton pays tribute to the Swedish pop supergroup that soared to stardom in the 1970s. You’ll hear all your favourite ABBA hits performed live by the Orchestra—“Mamma Mia”, “Take a Chance on Me”, “Dancing Queen”, and more!

10 416.598.3375 Young People’s Concerts Series

Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, Barrett Principal Education Conductor & Community Ambassador

Two Sunday concerts at 2:00pm or 4:00pm

PETER, THE WOLF & THE KIWI MAD.SAD.GLAD Sun, February 6, 2022 Sun, May 15, 2022 Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, conductor Jonathan Crow, violin Emad Zolfaghari, viola (2019/20 TSYO Concerto Competition Winner) Delight in a musical menagerie as the TSO brings two animal Experience all the feels as Barrett Principal Education Conductor adventures vividly to life through performance and narration. & Community Ambassador Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser leads the Prokofiev’s timeless symphonic fable, Peter and the Wolf, is paired with Orchestra in a program designed to showcase how a range of Kiwis Can’t Play the Violin—a World Première (TSO Commission) from emotions can be expressed—and experienced—through music. RBC Affiliate Composer Emilie LeBel, based on an original children’s Hear works by Tchaikovsky, John Williams, and other evocative book about the wonders that encouragement can accomplish. composers!

Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser

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Steven Reineke Principal Pops Conductor

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