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CONCERTS MASTERWORKS WEEKEND CLASSICS
W1 W2 W3 T1 T2 T3 F1 S1 S2 S3 GW CE CM Wednesday 1 Wednesday 5 CONCERTS 2 Wednesday 5 CONCERTS 3 Wednesday 5 CONCERTS Thursday 1 5 CONCERTS Thursday 2 5 CONCERTS Thursday 3 5 CONCERTS Friday 5 CONCERTS 1 Saturday 5 CONCERTS 2 Saturday 5 CONCERTS 3 Saturday 5 CONCERTS the Weston Three at 3 CONCERTS Evening Saturday 4 CONCERTS Sunday Matinee 3 CONCERTS
Symphonie Fantastique SEP 20 SEP 21
FALL 2018 FALL Romantic Rachmaninoff SEP 26 SEP 29 SEP 29
Mahler Symphony 5 OCT 3 OCT 4
Dvořák New World Symphony OCT 13 OCT 14
Debussy La Mer OCT 18 OCT 20
Tchaikovsky's Sleeping OCT 24 OCT 25 OCT 27 OCT 28 Beauty
Britten War Requiem NOV 8 NOV 10
Boléro NOV 21 NOV 23 NOV 24
Sibelius Symphony 2 JAN 10 JAN 12 JAN 13
Mozart with Zukerman JAN 16 JAN 18 WINTER 2019 Brahms & Dvořák FEB 6 FEB 7
Barbara Hannigan Conducts FEB 13 FEB 14 Gershwin
Alisa Weilerstein FEB 20 FEB 21
Romantic Chopin FEB 23
Shostakovich Symphony 5 MAR 9 MAR 10
Schubert's Unfinished MAR 27 MAR 28
Beethoven Eroica Symphony APR 10 APR 12 APR 13 SPRING 2019 Mahler Resurrection APR 17 APR 18 APR 20 APR 20 Symphony
Beethoven Symphony 5 MAY 12 MAY 11
Mahler Symphony 7 MAY 15 MAY 16
Pines of Rome MAY 24 MAY 25 MAY 25
Denk Plays Mozart MAY 29 MAY 30
Brahms Symphony 4 JUN 5 JUN 6 JUN 8
Carmina Burana JUN 19 JUN 20 JUN 22
The Firebird JUN 29 JUN 30 Masterworks at a glance Add extra concerts to your package at subscriber preferred pricing and reserve the best seats before the general public.
Symphonie Fantastique T1 F1 Dvořák New World CE CM Boléro W1 F1 S1 Mozart with Zukerman W3 F1 September 20 & 22 at 8:00 pm Symphony November 21 & 24 at 8:00 pm January 16, 17, 18 & 19 at 8:00pm September 21 at 7:30 pm October 13 at 7:30pm November 23 at 7:30 pm Pinchas Zukerman, conductor & October 14 at 3:00pm Sir Andrew Davis, conductor John Storgårds, conductor violin Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Aziz Shokhakimov, conductor Kirill Gerstein, piano Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of George Li, piano Berlioz: Fantasy on Shakespeare’s John Adams: City Noir (TSO Figaro, K. 492 The Tempest from Lélio, or The Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio Co-commission) Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5, Return to Life Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 K. 219 “Turkish” Hétu: Variations concertantes (TSO Theme of Paganini Ravel: Boléro Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3, K. 216 Commission) José Evangelista: Symphonie minute Mozart: Symphony No. 35, K. 385 Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the “Haffner” New World” Tchaikovsky’s Sir Andrew Davis The Nutcracker & More November 28 & 29 at 8:00 pm Debussy La Mer T3 S2 November 30 at 7:30 pm October 18 & 20 at 8:00pm December 2 at 3:00 pm Thomas Søndergård, conductor Earl Lee, conductor Baiba Skride, violin Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Thomas Adès: Dances from Powder Nutcracker Her Face Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 Britten: Violin Concerto Poulenc: Les animaux modèles Debussy: La mer Messiah December 17, 18, 19 & 22 at 8:00 pm December 21 at 7:30 pm Tchaikovsky's W2 T1 S1 GW December 23 at 3:00 pm Sleeping Beauty Johannes Debus, conductor Romantic W1 S2 S3 October 24, 25 & 27 at 8:00pm Soloists include: Rachmaninoff October 28 at 3:00pm—at George Claire de Sévigné, soprano September 26 & 29 at 8:00 pm Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre Andrew Haji, tenor September 27 at 8:00pm—includes for the Arts Toronto Mendelssohn Choir a pre-concert performance by The Andrey Boreyko, conductor TSO Chamber Soloists at 6:45pm Handel: Messiah Alina Ibragimova, violin Kirill Karabits, conductor Nikolai Korndorf: The Smile of Maud Nicola Benedetti, violin Lewis Valentin Silvestrov: Serenade for Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Pinchas Zukerman String Orchestra Tchaikovsky/arr. Andrey Boreyko: Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 Suite from The Sleeping Beauty Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 Sir Andrew Davis Conducts Britten War Requiem T2 S3 Wagner November 8 at 8:00 pm January 31 at 8:00pm November 10 at 8:00 pm—includes February 2 at 8:00pm a pre-concert performance by Sir Andrew Davis, conductor The TSO Chamber Soloists at 6:45pm Lise Davidsen, soprano Bramwell Tovey, conductor Simon O’Neill, tenor Tatiana Pavlovskaya, soprano Brindley Sherratt, bass Toby Spence, tenor Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra Russell Braun, baritone Claire de Sévigné Wagner: Act I of Die Walküre Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Toronto Children’s Chorus
Britten: War Requiem Sibelius Symphony 2 T2 S1 GW Brahms & Dvořák W2 T3 Nicola Benedetti January 10 & 12 at 8:00 pm February 6, 7 & 9 at 8:00pm January 13 at 3:00 pm—at George Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre Jonathan Crow, violin for the Arts Joseph Johnson, cello Mahler Symphony 5 W3 T2 David Robertson, conductor October 3 & 4 at 8:00 pm Morawetz: Carnival Overture* Leila Josefowicz, violin Brahms: Double Concerto Han-Na Chang, conductor Weill: Suite from The Threepenny Dvořák: Symphony No. 6 Javier Perianes, piano Opera * Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Benjamin Britten Stravinsky: Violin Concerto performs with the TSO Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 Contact us to order
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Barbara Hannigan W1 T1 Romantic Chopin S2 Mahler Resurrection W2 T3 S2 S3 Brahms Symphony 4 W2 T2 S2 Conducts Gershwin February 23 at 8:00pm Symphony June 5, 6 & 8 at 8:00pm February 13 at 8:00pm April 17 & 18 at 8:00 pm Alexander Shelley, conductor Karl-Heinz Steffens, conductor February 14 at 8:00pm—includes April 20 at 7:30 pm David Fray, piano Jan Lisiecki, piano a pre-concert performance by Yosuke Kawasaki, violin Juanjo Mena, conductor The TSO Chamber Soloists at 6:45pm Schumann: Overture to Manfred Jessica Linnebach, violin Joélle Harvey, soprano Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 Barbara Hannigan, conductor & Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto Jocelyn Morlock: Cobalt Brahms: Symphony No. 4 soprano Amadeus Choir Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 Kelly Zimba, flute Elmer Iseler Singers Schumann: Symphony No. 1 “Spring” Debussy: Syrinx for Solo Flute Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” Sibelius: Luonnotar for Soprano and Orchestra Shostakovich CE CM Haydn: Symphony No. 86 Symphony 5 Beethoven Symphony 5 CE GW Berg: Suite from Lulu March 9 at 7:30pm May 11 at 8:00pm Gershwin/arr. Bill Elliot: Suite from March 10 at 3:00pm May 12 at 3:00pm—at George Girl Crazy Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre Gemma New, conductor for the Arts Kelly Zimba, flute Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton, harp Nicholas Collon, conductor Jan Lisiecki Shai Wosner, piano Abigail Richardson-Schulte: GO! for Orchestra Program includes: Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp, Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467 Carmina Burana W1 T3 S3 K. 297c Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 June 19, 20 & 22 at 8:00pm Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 June 23 at 3:00pm Donald Runnicles, conductor Mahler Symphony 7 W1 T1 Soloists include: Schubert's Unfinished W2 T1 May 15 & 16 at 8:00pm James Ehnes, violin March 27 & 28 at 8:00pm Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Nicole Haslett, soprano Günther Herbig, conductor Louis Lortie, piano Sunnyboy Dladla, tenor Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Schubert: Symphony No. 8 Chan Ka Nin: My Most Beautiful, Toronto Children’s Chorus “Unfinished” Wonderful, Terrific, Amazing, Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 Fantastic, Magnificent Homeland: Korngold: Violin Concerto Sesquie for Canada’s 150th (TSO Orff: Carmina Burana Barbara Hannigan Co-commission) Beethoven Eroica W3 F1 S1 Franck: Symphonic Variations for Symphony Piano and Orchestra April 10 & 13 at 8:00 pm Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Alisa Weilerstein W3 T2 April 12 at 7:30 pm—includes a February 20 & 21 at 8:00pm pre-concert performance by The Thomas Dausgaard, conductor TSO Chamber Soloists at 6:15pm Pines of Rome F1 S1 S3 Alisa Weilerstein, cello May 24 & 25 at 8:00pm Louis Langrée, conductor Langgaard: Prelude to Antikrist Christian Tetzlaff, violin Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2 Louis Lortie, piano Sunnyboy Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra Dladla faune Rossini: Overture to William Tell Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1 Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” Jordan Pal: New Work (World Première) The Firebird CE CM Respighi: Pines of Rome June 29 at 7:30pm June 30 at 3:00pm Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Denk Plays Mozart W3 T3 Jonathan Crow, violin May 29 & June 1 at 8:00pm May 31 at 7:30pm Sibelius: Violin Concerto May 30 at 8:00pm—includes Prokofiev: Classical Symphony a pre-concert performance by Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird The TSO Chamber Soloists at 6:45pm (1945 revision) Jeremy Denk, leader & piano Program includes: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459 MASTERWORKS Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503 WEEKEND CLASSICS Alisa Weilerstein Christian Tetzlaff SPECIALS Contact us
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