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A Handel Celebration

   Spectacular, joyous and intimate music by Handel, featuring Tafelmusik's Chamber Choir, "a gift of the gods" (Classical 96.3FM).  Choir Director Ivars Taurins has selected the finest odes, serenades and oratorio choruses from Handel's works in a celebration of the human spirit.

May 1 @ 7:00 PM   May 2, 3, & 4 @ 8:00 PM,   May 5 @ 3:30   Trinity- St.Paul's Centre, 427  Bloor St. W.  
May 7 @ 8:00 PM   George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre For The Arts, 5040 Yonge St. North York   |   Tickets: $36 - $85   Phone: 416 964-6337  or to order online,
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Chopin & Beethoven

   Tafelmusik and Canadian superstar pianist Janina Fialkowska present Chopin's Piano Concerto no. 2, arranged for piano and chamber ensemble, on a unique 19th-century Pleyel piano with a "golden glow".
  From Chopin the orchestra moves to Beethoven's Symphony no. 4, directed by Bruno Weil.

May 30, May 31, June 1 @ 8:00 PM    June 2 @ 3:30 PM   Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W.   |   Tickets: $45 - $99   Phone: 416 964-6337  or to order online,
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Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

   Elegance, atmosphere, humour, and fantasy await you on this scintillating panorama of French classics. First you'll visit a warm, pastoral landscape inhabited by Debussy's amorous faun. Then you'll revel in the playful hi-jinks of Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos, before arriving at your final destination: the boldly imaginative world of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique.
  Programme:  Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune     Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra      Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

May 1, 2 & 4  @ 8:00 PM    Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.  |  Tickets -$29 - $145   Phone: 416 593-4828   Chinese hotline: 416 593-0688    Purchase online Tickets by
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Beethoven & Brahms

In the towering Symphony No. 1, Brahms trod the heroic path that Beethoven had blazed in his Fifth and Ninth Symphonies. That's why his admirers crowned it "Beethoven's Tenth." It shares the bill with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4. The distinguished soloist is Argentine pianist, Ingrid Fliter, whom London's Sunday Times has praised for her "exhilarating and powerful performances."
   Programme: Humperdinck: Prelude to Hansel and Gretel    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4   Brahms: Symphony No. 1

May 8 & May 9 @ 8:00 PM   Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.  |  Tickets -$29 - $145   Phone: 416 593-4828   Chinese hotline: 416 593-0688    Purchase online Tickets by
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Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto

   When guest soloist pianist Kirill Gerstein performed Tchaikovsky's dynamic, folk-flavoured Concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic, The New York Times praised his reading as "brilliant, perceptive and stunningly fresh." Rimsky-Korsakov's celebratory Russian Easter Festival Overture gives the concert an extra dose of electricity.
  Programme: Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture      Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23

May 15 @ 6:30 PM   May 16 & May 18 @ 8:00 PM     Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.  |  Tickets -$29 - $145   Phone: 416 593-4828   Chinese hotline: 416 593-0688    Purchase online Tickets by
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Brahms German Requiem

   The soul-stirring A German Requiem by Brahms (named after the language in which it is sung) communicates profound messages of peace, hope, and consolation. On May 22 & 23, it is paired with Peter Lieberson's lyrical song cycle, his second collection setting love poems by the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda.
  Programme:   Lieberson: Songs of Love and Sorrow (Canadian première) May 22 & 23 only     Brahms: A German Requiem

May 22 & May 23 @ 8:00 PM    May 25 @ 7:30 PM   Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.  |  Tickets -$29 - $145   Phone: 416 593-4828   Chinese hotline: 416 593-0688    Purchase online Tickets by
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West Side Story with Orchestra

   The TSO plays Leonard Bernstein's electrifying score live while the re-mastered film is shown in hi-def on the big screen with the original vocals and dialogue intact. Winner of ten Academy Awards®, the film, based on the book by Arthur Laurents, was directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. It features Robbins's choreography, screenplay by Ernest Lehman, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The score includes such classic songs as Maria, Tonight, I Feel Pretty, and America.
 
May 28 @ 7:30 PM     May 29 @ 1:30 PM    May 29 @ 7:30 PM     Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.  |  Tickets -$40 - $110   Phone: 416 593-4828   Chinese hotline: 416 593-0688    Purchase online Tickets by
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Rhapsody In Blue

    Master of conducting and performance, Bramwell Tovey is the eloquent guide to an evening of enlightening discussion and beloved repertoire. Tovey takes to the piano to play and conduct Rhapsody in Blue, Gershwin's irresistible blend of 1920's jazz and daredevil classical virtuosity. Before leading Sir Edward Elgar's warm and impressively varied Enigma Variations, Bramwell Tovey shares the unsolved mysteries of the work's "secret" contents.

June 1 @ 7:30 PM    June 2 @ 3:30 PM     Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.  |  Tickets -$44 - $100   Phone: 416 593-4828   Chinese hotline: 416 593-0688    Purchase online Tickets by
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Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre:  2012 - 2013  Free Concert Series

  The insanely popular Free Concert Series returns for it's fourth season at the 3rd floor Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, which allows for breath-taking views through floor to ceiling glass windows of University Avenue as a backdrop, includes concerts, performances and presentations by young artists, Canadian and international opera stars and COC staff.   This is an exciting opportunity for Torontonians to experience the artistic excellence and cultural diversity of the city in the beautiful new Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts.   All concerts are free to the public. "Brown bag" lunches are welcome for the noon performances. 
  For a complete listing of concert dates and performances  
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Songbook 7: Madeleine Peyroux

   Art of Time Ensemble closes their 2012/13 season on a high note, welcoming world renowned jazz singer Madeleine Peyrouxto the Enwave Theatre stage on May 31 and June 1.
  Peyroux steps outside her comfort zone to perform twelve handpicked songs from her favourite artists, including Billy Joel, Elvis Presley and George and Ira Gershwin. Due to the popularity of the concert, a new block of tickets  for the almost sold-out performances will be released on Tuesday, April 30.
  Peyroux'S distinct voice and style has carried the jazz artist from busking on the streets of Paris to working with Rolling Stones Bill Wyman and Steely Dan's Walter Becker.
  She makes her Art of Time debut fresh off a tour promoting her new #1 selling jazz album The Blue Room.
  Songbook 7 is the latest incarnation of Art of Time's acclaimed Songbook series, which invites a pop singer to select contemporary songs for a one-of-a-kind concert and perform them in exclusive arrangements by Canada's top composers. An equal collaboration between the singers and arrangers, the resulting works offer a different twist than if the singer covered the song themselves.
  Created by Art of Time's artistic director Andrew Burashko, Songbook debuted in 2007 and has since featured some of Canada's top artists, including Sarah Slean and Steven Page.

May 31 &  June 1     Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W.    |     Tickets: $25 - $59   Phone: 416 973-4000    Or to order online,
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Classical Section Index

live Toronto Classical  Music Listings - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra clasical concert listings

Trinity-St. Paul Centre, 425 Bloor St. W.   |   Phone:  416 964-6337  or Order online by clicking here

oronto live Classical music performance listings - Toronto Symphony Orchestra concert listings

Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.   |   Phone: 416 597-7840  or to order online, please click

Toronto Classical music listings - Canadian Opera Company free concerts

    Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. (At University Ave.)   |  Phone: 416 363-8231  or online by clicking here   Box office open from 11 AM - 7 PM