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THE SCOOP | Toronto Summer time Music: Voices Inside Runs From July 11 To August 3

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THE SCOOP | Toronto Summer time Music: Voices Inside Runs From July 11 To August 3

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L-R (clockwise): Dame Sara Connolly; Constantinople; the Canadian Brass (All photos courtesy of the artists)
L-R (clockwise): Dame Sara Connolly; Constantinople; the Canadian Brass (All pictures courtesy of the artists)

The 2024 model of the Toronto Summer time Music pageant comes with the title Voices Inside, and can run from July 11 to August 3. Toronto Summer time Music picks up simply because the common season winds down, filling up the calendar with a wealth of stay music packed into simply over three weeks.

“Inside every of us lies a voice that is filled with creativeness and creativity,” stated Jonathan Crow, Creative Director in a press release. “On the 2024 Competition, Voices Inside, we welcome artists from all over the world to share their artistry with us, and to allow us to expertise the world as they see it by their musical voices and devices. From the robust voices of masters resonating with expertise to the intense voices of rising artists ringing with hope, we are going to have fun the multitude of voices inside our group on the 2024 Competition.”

There will probably be 26 Mainstage concert events, together with a free live performance collection, programming for teenagers, and academic occasions. The remaining particulars will probably be introduced in June.

Within the meantime, right here’s a have a look at the Mainstage reveals.

Toronto Summer time Music Mainstage Reveals

Opening Night time: The Fairy Queen

Thursday, July 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Koerner Corridor

A brand new manufacturing of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen takes audiences to an enchanted forest the place actuality and the dream world merge, and younger folks escape from the concrete jungle right into a sylvan paradise. Carried out by William Christie and Paul Agnew, with choreography by Mourad Merzouki, and spotlighting the newest laureates of Le Jardin des Voix, Les Arts Florissants’ academy for younger singers. The forged consists of eight soloists and modern dancers from the Compagnie Käfig, with musicians from Orchestre des Arts Florissants.

Transfigured Night time

Friday, July 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Walter Corridor

This program pairs Brahms’ Sextet No. 2 in G Main, Op. 36 with Schönberg’s Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 in performances by Creative Director Jonathan Crow and Andrew Wan (violin), Sharon Wei and Eric Nowlin (viola), Brian Manker and Peter Stumpf (cello).

Loss of life And The Maiden

Monday, July 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Walter Corridor

The New Orford String Quartet returns to TSM to carry out a program of string quartets, all of them composed in D minor. That features Schubert’s haunting “Loss of life and the Maiden”, Mozart’s String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, and a world première by Ian Cusson, a composer of Métis and French Canadian descent based mostly in Oakville.

Connolly & Middleton

Tuesday, July 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Walter Corridor

Not too long ago awarded The King’s Medal for Music, Dame Sarah Connolly will probably be joined by acclaimed pianist Joseph Middleton to carry out a program of Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder, in addition to songs by Barber, Berg, Schönberg, and others.

Trio Zimbalist

Wednesday, July 17 at 7:30 p.m. at Walter Corridor

The Trio Zimbalist brings their signature aptitude for efficiency to 3 atmospheric works, together with Lera Auerbach’s Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 28; Mieczyslaw Wienberg’s Piano Trio, Op. 24 and Beethoven’s eerie Piano Trio in D Main, Op. 70, No. 1, “Ghost”.

L-R: Musicians Kiya Tabassian; Celina Kalluk; Rebekah Wolkstein (of Schmaltz & Pepper); Andrew Wan; William Christie (All photos courtesy of the artists)
L-R: Musicians Kiya Tabassian; Celina Kalluk; Rebekah Wolkstein (of Schmaltz & Pepper); Andrew Wan; William Christie (All pictures courtesy of the artists)

Vadym Kholodenko

Thursday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Koerner Corridor

Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko was the Gold Medal winner of the 2013 Van Cliburn Worldwide Piano Competitors. He involves TSM to carry out masterworks for piano, that includes Handel’s Chaconne in G Main, HWV 435, Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111, and Prokofiev’s 4 Items for Piano, Op. 32 and Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat Main, Op. 84.

Schubert’s Piano

Friday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Walter Corridor

Performances by Josef Špaček (violin), Scott St. John (violin & viola), Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrin (cello), Michael Chiarello (bass), George Xiaoyuan Fu and Philip Chiu (piano) gentle up this all-Schubert program that features the “Rondeau brillant” in B minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 70, Impromptus, Op. 90 and Piano Quintet in A Main “Trout”.

Breathings

Monday, July 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Walter Corridor

This live performance by Constantinople and friends Kiya Tabassian (setar, voice, and path), Darlene Gijuminag (Mi’kmaq drums and singing), Celina Kalluk (Inuit throat singing), Kianoush Khalilian (ney), Didem Başar (kanun), Etienne Lafrance (double bass), and Patrick Graham (percussion) focuses on our intimate reference to the pure world, through breath.

Schmaltz & Pepper

Tuesday, July 23 at 7:30 p.m. at Walter Corridor

Schmaltz & Pepper are a model new ensemble with a live performance of unique klezmer and Yiddish music preparations impressed by jazz, Roma, classical, and European folks music. Band members embody TSO Principal Clarinet Eric Abramovitz, Grammy-nominated Drew Jurecka, and mates.

Bach & Vivaldi

Wednesday, July 24 at 7:30 p.m. at Church of the Redeemer

Creative Director Jonathan Crow, harpsichordist Christopher Bagan, and Academy Fellows from the Chamber Music Institute, together with winners of the 2023 Canada Council Musical Instrument Financial institution Competitors David Baik (violin) and Gregory Lewis (violin), carry out a program of Baroque delights from Bach and Vivaldi. Viewers members may also be part of the artists at a post-performance reception. All proceeds from the live performance help the TSM Academy.

Canadian Brass

Thursday, July 25 at 7:30 p.m. at Koerner Corridor

The Canadian Brass return to Toronto with a global fame for a showcase live performance.

Voices Inside

Friday, July 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Walter Corridor

Jennifer Frautschi (violin), Jinjoo Cho (violin), Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt (viola), Rachel Mercer (cello) and Angela Cheng (piano) carry out an eclectic program of chamber music, together with Halcyon for Cello and Piano by Jocelyn Morlock, Jessie Montgomery’s Musings for Two Violins, Dvořák’s Terzetto, Op. 74 and Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E-Flat Main, Op. 44.

Goals and Shadows

Monday, July 29 at 7:30 p.m. at Walter Corridor

Violinist Jonathan Crow and pianist Philip Chiu carry out a themed program of works that embody
Canadian composer Elizabeth Raum’s Les Ombres, Kaija Saariaho’s Tocar, and Brahms’ Sonata No. 3 in D minor, and Op. 108. Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80.

Elisabeth St-Gelais

Tuesday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Walter Corridor

Innu soprano Elisabeth St-Gelais was the First Prize Winner of the Canadian Opera Firm’s Centre Stage Competitors. On this live performance, she’ll carry out a program of songs by Strauss, Menotti, Ian Cusson, Verdi, and Duparc.

Pacifica Quartet

Wednesday, July 31 at 7:30 p.m. at Walter Corridor

The a number of Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet carry out chamber classics with their attribute virtuosity. This system consists of Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13, Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 2 in A Main, Op. 68, and Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 12 in F Main, Op. 96, “American.”

Beethoven Unleashed

Thursday, August 1 at 7:30 p.m. at Koerner Corridor

Violinist Kerson Leong performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Main, Op. 61, with Simon Rivard conducting the TSM Competition Orchestra. The evening will conclude with a efficiency of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”.

Chausson’s Live performance

Friday, August 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Walter Corridor

The Pacifica Quartet is joined by Aaron Schwebel and Yura Lee (violin), Barry Shiffman (viola), Joseph Johnson (cello), Michael Chiarello (bass), Philip Chiu (piano), Eric Abramovitz (clarinet), Samuel Banks (bassoon) and Gabriel Radford (horn) in a program of Beethoven’s Septet in E-flat Main, and Chausson’s Live performance for Violin, Piano and String Quartet.

TSM Finale

Saturday, August 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Walter Corridor

The 2024 Competition Finale live performance options TSM Artists, Academy Fellows from the TSM Academy’s Rising Artist Program, and Group Program contributors in a live performance that features a world première by award-winning Iranian-Canadian composer Iman Habibi.

  • Verify for extra info, together with particulars on the ReGeneration live performance collection and extra in June, and tickets [HERE].

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