Toronto Symphony Picks: Fall 2007
The Toronto Symphony Brochure made an appearance in today’s mailbag. Here’s what Miss Mussel is canceling all other engagements to attend.
October
3rd & 4th — Prokofiev Violin Concerto; Ravel Daphnis and Chloe with Vadim Repin, violin and Thomas Dausgaard, baton
24th & 25th – Dvořák Symphony No. 8; Guillaume Connesson Symphonic Dances (Canadian Première); Jolivet Concertino for Trumpet; Roussel: Bacchus
et Ariane, Suite No. 2 with Andrew McCandless, trumpet; Stephane Deneve, baton.
November
1st & 3rd — Bach St John’s Passion; Helmuth Rilling, baton; Laura Albino, soprano; Agnes Zsigovics, soprano; Roxana Constantinescu, contralto; Lothar Odinius, tenor; Nathan Berg, bass; Klaus Haeger, bass;
University of Toronto MacMillan Singers
15th & 17th — Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Walton Violin Concerto; Godfrey Rideout Ballade for Viola and Orchestra; Elgar Engima Variations with Peter Oundjian baton and James Ehnes violin
29th — Dmitri Hvorostovsky with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and Academy of Choral Art
December
5th & 7th – Mozart Symphony No. 4 K19; Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4; Bruckner Symphony No.4 with Emanuel Ax piano and Peter Oundjian baton
7th — Preservation Hall Jazz Band: A Creole Christmas
23rd — Sing-a-long Messiah with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Choir; Ivars Taurins/GF Handel, baton