TSO 2017/18 Subscription series

2017/18 season Subscription series

2017/18 Subscription series

September 2017 to June 2018

2017/18 season Subscription series

TSO MUSIC DIRECTOR PETER OUNDJIAN

After 13 years on the TSO podium, 2017/18 marks Music Director Peter Oundjian’s triumphant final season.

Join us for a season-long celebration of his extraordinary contributions to the TSO and Toronto, with many joyful performances curated and conducted by the Maestro himself.

Don’t miss this opportunity to see Peter shine with the world-renowned Orchestra he helped build.

Bravo, Maestro!

For an exclusive interview with Peter Oundjian, see page 24.

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Welcome/bienvenue.

A new season you just can’t miss!

From epic masterworks, to dance-all-night Pops, to Hollywood films with live orchestra—the TSO’s 2017/18 season has something for everyone.

Treat yourself to the live music you love!

Peter Oundjian Music Director

Act now, because shows sell out. In Peter Oundjian’s final season, performances will sell out faster than ever before! We want our subscribers to get the best seats at the best price. Order now, because prices go up after April 7. And remember, only subscribers enjoy exclusive benefits, including complimentary coat-check, unlimited no-fee ticket exchanges, and discounts up to 20% all season long.

Steven Reineke Principal Pops Conductor

Thank you so much for your commitment to the arts in Toronto. Your TSO needs you in 2017/18!

Jordan Pal RBC Affiliate Composer

Sir Andrew Davis Conductor Laureate

Earl Lee RBC Resident Conductor & TSYO Conductor Gary Kulesha Composer Advisor

Gary Hanson Interim Chief Executive Officer

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Masterworks

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Pops

Full performances of awe-inspiring music by Beethoven, Mozart, Mahler, Tchaikovsky, and other legendary composers.

Classical music’s “greatest hits” plus engaging commentary from the stage. Ideal for families and newcomers to the symphony.

Your favourite pop tunes and best-loved music from stage and screen— all featuring the orchestra with star guest performers.

Casual

Exposed

Epic orchestral music in a laid-back setting, where you’re encouraged to wear jeans! Stay for an after-party in the lobby.

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Especially for kids ages 5 to 10. Fun, educational afternoon concerts often include actors, dancers, costumes, and more!

P. 10 / MASTERWORKS

P. 13 / MASTERWORKS

P. 16 / MASTERWORKS

A Tribute to Glenn Gould September 22 & 23

Schubert Symphony 9 October 25 & 26

Angela Hewitt November 18 & 19

SPECIAL SEP

TUE

September 19 at 7:00 pm

Opening Night: Life of Pi Peter Oundjian, conductor James Ehnes, violin V. Selvaganesh, percussion Bombay Jayashri, vocalist Derek Charke: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th Chausson: Poème for Violin and Orchestra Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 revision) Mychael Danna: Suite from Life of Pi (Commission/World Première)

Fall concerts

Sep 19 performance part of Canada Mosaic, a Canada 150 Signature Project/un projet signature Canada 150

Canadian composer Mychael Danna’s Academy Award– winning film score to Life of Pi, based on the novel of the same title by Canadian author Yann Martel, makes its world première on the TSO stage as a new orchestral suite.

Canadian violinist James Ehnes demonstrates versatile mastery in Chausson’s dreamy Poème and Saint-Saëns’s dynamic Rondo Capriccioso.

September to December SUBSCRIPTION SERIES

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SEP

MASTERWORKS

MASTERWORKS / CASUAL

A Tribute to Glenn Gould

Brahms German Requiem WED

FRI

September 22 at 7:30 pm SAT

September 23 at 8:00 pm

Sep 22–28, Oct 3 & 7 performances part of Canada Mosaic, a Canada 150 Signature Project/un projet signature Canada 150

THU

Peter Oundjian, conductor Jan Lisiecki, piano

SAT

Yannick Plamondon: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th (Sep 22 only) Cecilia Livingston: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th (Sep 23 only) Kelly-Marie Murphy: New Work (Commission/World Première) Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1

Genius. Innovator. International superstar. The TSO pays tribute to the life and legacy of legendary pianist Glenn Gould in a must-see concert including music that defined his career. Plus, witness the world première of Canadian composer Kelly-Marie Murphy’s new orchestral work inspired by Gould. Jan Lisiecki marshals all the nobility and turbulent drama of Brahms’s First Piano Concerto, a piece that Gould made uniquely his own.

Jan Lisiecki

SEP

Scored for two vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra, and setting German-language texts from the Lutheran Bible, A German Requiem is Brahms’s most expansive and moving composition. The concertmasters of the TSO, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and the National Centre Arts Orchestra pool their talents in an intriguing new concerto by Alexina Louie.

September 27 at 8:00 pm September 28 at 8:00 pm September 30 at 7:30 pm

Peter Oundjian, conductor Erin Wall, soprano Russell Braun, baritone Jonathan Crow, violin Yosuke Kawasaki, violin Andrew Wan, violin Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Rolf Boon: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th (Sep 27 only) Jared Miller: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th (Sep 28 only) Alexina Louie: Triple Concerto (Co-commission/ World Première; Sep 27 & 28 only) Brahms: A German Requiem

Erin Wall

POPS

Music of John Williams

MASTERWORKS OCT

October 3 at 8:00 pm October 4 at 2:00 pm WED October 4 at 8:00 pm THU October 5 at 8:00 pm TUE

Adizokan SAT

OCT

October 7 at 7:30 pm

WED

Gary Kulesha, conductor Fara Palmer, vocalist Michel Muniidobenese Bruyere, musician/dancer

Steven Reineke, conductor PROGRAM INCLUDES:

Darren Fung: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th (Oct 3 only)

The TSO celebrates the incredible catalogue of the most-honoured film composer of all time: John Williams! For decades he’s been providing memorable themes for an incredible lineup of classic movies, collecting an unequaled 50 Oscar nominations (and five Oscars) in the process. You’ll enjoy all your favourite Williams themes, including the Star Wars series, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, and many more.

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Carmen Braden: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th Eliot Britton: Adizokan (Commission/World Première)

Celebrate the evocative culture of Canadian Indigenous peoples in a singular concert curated and directed by Sandra Laronde, founder and artistic director of Red Sky Performance. Experience the world première of Adizokan—a new genre-bending creation that explores Indigenous connections to ancestral origins. This image-rich experience is a potent mix of dance, video, electroacoustic, and orchestra by Canadian composer Eliot Britton.

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OCT

MASTERWORKS

LIGHT CLASSICS

A Tribute to Maureen Forrester

With Glowing Hearts SAT

THU

October 19 at 8:00 pm FRI

October 20 at 7:30 pm Oct 20 6:45pm Free pre-concert performance by The TSO Chamber Soloists

Oct 19–22 performances part of Canada Mosaic, a Canada 150 Signature Project/un projet signature Canada 150

SUN

Peter Oundjian, conductor Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano Michael Schade, tenor John Abram: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th (Oct 19 only) Howard Shore/text by Elizabeth Cotnoir: New Work for Mezzo-soprano and Orchestra (Commission/World Première) Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)

One of the finest voices of her generation, Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester dazzled audiences worldwide. Honouring her memorable life and career, these performances feature a new song cycle for mezzo-soprano and orchestra by Howard Shore, performed by Canadian Susan Platts, plus one of Forrester’s signature works: Mahler’s symphonic song cycle, Das Lied von der Erde.

Maureen Forrester (1930–2010)

MASTERWORKS OCT

October 21 at 7:30 pm October 22 at 3:00 pm

Victor Feldbrill, conductor & host Earl Lee, conductor Christina Petrowska Quilico, piano Nicolas Gilbert: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th (Oct 21) Somers: Passacaglia and Fugue Freedman: Tableau John Beckwith: Flower variations and wheels Champagne: Piano Concerto Archer: Poem for Orchestra Weinzweig: Symphonic ode

This all-Canadian program—curated by renowned conductor and Canadian music champion Victor Feldbrill—explores Canada’s rich history of classical composers. Notable Canadian pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico is the featured soloist in the Romantic-style Piano Concerto by Québec composer Claude Champagne.

Schubert Symphony 9 WED THU

OCT

October 25 at 8:00 pm October 26 at 8:00 pm

Juanjo Mena, conductor Marc-André Hamelin, piano Ginastera: Ollantay (Canadian Première) Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Schubert: Symphony No. 9 “Great”

Spanish conductor Juanjo Mena, Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, returns to lead Schubert’s rich, broadly-scaled final symphony. In soloist Marc-André Hamelin— a member of the prestigious Gramophone magazine Hall of Fame—Ravel’s ingenious, jazz-tinged Concerto for the Left Hand finds its ideal interpreter.

MASTERWORKS

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra SAT

OCT

October 28 at 8:00 pm

Zubin Mehta, conductor Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, guest orchestra Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life)

The illustrious Israel Philharmonic Orchestra returns to Toronto after an absence of many years, for a one-night-only event that’s sure to be a highlight of the season! Under the baton of internationally revered music director Zubin Mehta, the IPO presents the mighty deeds and soaring romance of Strauss’s tone poem A Hero’s Life, and the heady atmosphere of a suite from Ravel’s super-sensuous ballet, Daphnis et Chloé.

Zubin Mehta

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EXPOSED

What Makes It Great?® Stravinsky The Firebird FRI

MASTERWORKS NOV

November 3 at 7:30 pm

MASTERWORKS NOV

Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation

Oundjian Conducts Vaughan Williams WED THU

NOV

November 15 at 8:00 pm November 16 at 2:00 pm

Rob Kapilow, conductor & host THU

Daniel Janke: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 revision)

Russian composer Igor Stravinsky broke through to fame in 1910 when his glittering and dynamic ballet score The Firebird premièred in Paris. The plot was drawn from Russian fairy tales, and Stravinsky packed the music with orchestral colour and folk-flavoured melodies. In the first half, Rob Kapilow takes you inside this magic kingdom to show you its roots and explore Stravinsky’s methods in bringing it to life.

After intermission, he conducts the TSO in a full performance of the suite.

SAT

November 9 at 8:00 pm November 11 at 8:00 pm

Tania Miller, conductor Measha Brueggergosman, soprano Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano Colin Ainsworth, tenor Brett Polegato, baritone Toronto Children’s Chorus Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Julien Bilodeau: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th (Nov 9 only) Jordan Pal: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th (Nov 11 only) Jeffrey Ryan/text by Suzanne Steele: Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation

To commemorate Remembrance Day, the TSO presents Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation, a soul-searching work

by Canadian composer Jeffrey Ryan and Suzanne Steele, Canada’s war poet in Afghanistan. The concert, directed by Canadian conductor Tania Miller, includes readings from famous war-related poems, and a warm-hearted selection by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, featuring TSO Concertmaster Jonathan Crow.

Peter Oundjian, conductor Louis Lortie, piano Sarah Jeffrey, oboe Teng Li, viola Vocal soloists & chorus Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto in C Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi Vaughan Williams: The Wasps Overture

This rich program explores a wide, appealing selection of works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, one of Great Britain’s finest composers. Performed by an all-Canadian cast of soloists, it includes two full concertos— a sweet, pastoral piece for oboe, and a brisk, dynamic one for piano—and the unique Flos Campi, a sensuous suite for solo viola, chorus, and orchestra.

Measha Brueggergosman

Tania Miller

YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT

Wall-to-Wall Percussion SAT SAT

NOV

November 4 at 2:00 pm November 4 at 4:00 pm

Earl Lee, conductor Vern Griffiths, percussion

The beat is contagious in this fun and interactive family concert that shines the spotlight on the percussion section.

Join percussionist Vern Griffiths as he performs orchestral classics by Tchaikovsky and Bizet using everyday household items.

You might even get a chance to join Vern and the TSO on stage!

Sarah Jeffrey, TSO Principal Oboe Jonathan Crow, TSO Concertmaster

Nov 3, 9 & 11 performances part of Canada Mosaic, a Canada 150 Signature Project/un projet signature Canada 150

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MASTERWORKS NOV

MASTERWORKS / CASUAL NOV

Angela Hewitt

Mahler Symphony 6 THU

SAT

November 18 at 8:00 pm SUN

November 19 at 3:00 pm* * Nov 19 at George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts

Nov 18, 23, 25 & Dec 6 performances part of Canada Mosaic, a Canada 150 Signature Project/un projet signature Canada 150

SAT

Angela Hewitt, leader & piano

November 23 at 8:00 pm November 25 at 7:30 pm

Donald Runnicles, conductor

Andrew Ager: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th (Nov 18 only) Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 3, BWV 1054 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271 “Jeunehomme” Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 7, BWV 1058 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466

Tobin Stokes: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th (Nov 23 only) Abigail Richardson-Schulte: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th (Nov 25 only) Mahler: Symphony No. 6

Acclaimed pianist Angela Hewitt, praised by the Sunday Times (London) as “the outstanding Bach pianist of her generation,” plays the solo part and leads the Orchestra in two of J.S. Bach’s finest concertos. She displays equal insight into two glorious concertos by Mozart.

In Mahler’s emotionally devastating Sixth Symphony, he looked back nostalgically at bygone innocence, included a sweeping, ecstatic theme to represent his adored wife, Alma, and ultimately felt the harsh hammer blows of fate. Donald Runnicles, General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, brings decades of experience in lateRomantic music to this powerful score.

Angela Hewitt

Donald Runnicles

MASTERWORKS DEC

Best of Tchaikovsky WED THU

December 6 at 8:00 pm December 7 at 8:00 pm

Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor Joseph Johnson, cello Laura Pettigrew: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th (Dec 6 only) Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme (original version) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

Melody, colour, and emotions of all kinds rule at this all-Tchaikovsky extravaganza, conducted by Canadian Keri-Lynn Wilson. In the Fifth Symphony, Tchaikovsky leads listeners on a path that begins in gloom but rises to the shining heights of victory. The TSO’s outstanding Principal Cello performs the rarely heard—and superior—original version of the composer’s elegant Rococo Variations.

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Joseph Johnson, TSO Principal Cello

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DECEMBER 10–23, 2017

Christmas with the TSO

Experience the magic of Christmas with sparkling holiday concerts for the whole family! Performances are guaranteed to sell out, so order your tickets early.

CHRISTMAS: FAMILY HOLIDAY CONCERT

The Snowman SUN

CHRISTMAS: POPS DEC

December 10 at 3:00 pm

December 12 at 8:00 pm December 13 at 2:00 pm WED December 13 at 8:00 pm WED

IMAGE © SNOWMAN ENTERPRISES LTD

CHRISTMAS: SPECIAL

FRI SAT SAT

This beloved holiday film returns to the stage and screen in a program filled with your holiday favourites. The TSO performs Howard Blake’s beautiful score to the animated film The Snowman, featuring the much-loved song, “Walking in the Air”.

Filled with magic and adventure, The Snowman is the perfect way to kick off the holiday season! You’ll also hear holiday classics featuring Tha Spot Holiday Dancers that are sure to get your toes tapping. © Snowman Enterprises Limited “The Snowman” by Raymond Briggs is published by Puffin

Lucas Waldin, conductor Canadian Brass, brass quintet Etobicoke School of the Arts Holiday Chorus PROGRAM INCLUDES:

Jon McPherson: Sesquie for Canada’s 150th (Dec 13 aft only)

The TSO lights up the year-end holidays with a delightful program of familiar and beloved seasonal favourites. The Canadian Brass and a special choir add extra lustre to the program— and of course you’ll have a chance to join in for the traditional carol sing-along!

Dec 13 performance part of Canada Mosaic, a Canada 150 Signature Project/un projet signature Canada 150

CHRISTMAS: SPECIAL DEC

Messiah

DEC

Canadian Brass

December 1 at 7:30 pm December 2 at 2:00 pm December 2 at 7:30 pm

December 18 at 8:00 pm December 19 at 8:00 pm WED December 20 at 8:00 pm FRI December 22 at 8:00 pm SAT December 23 at 3:00 pm MON TUE

A box office smash hit when it was released in 1990, this madcap family comedy has become a certified holiday classic. Macaulay Culkin stars as an inventive eight-year-old, accidentally left alone over Christmas, who repeatedly outsmarts a couple of boneheaded burglars. John Williams’s delightful score packs extra punch and sparkle when the TSO—and the lively voices of the Etobicoke School of the Arts Junior Chorus— perform it live with the film!

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DEC

TUE

David Amado, conductor Resonance Youth Choir Tha Spot Holiday Dancers

Home Alone in Concert

Canadian Brass Christmas

© 1990 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX

Matthew Halls, conductor Karina Gauvin, soprano Krisztina Szabó, mezzo-soprano Frédéric Antoun, tenor Joshua Hopkins, baritone Toronto Mendelssohn Choir

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Handel: Messiah

It wouldn’t be the holiday season without Handel’s Messiah—performed with matchless spirit by the TSO! Conductor Matthew Halls, Artistic Director of the Oregon Bach Festival, and a stellar line-up of Canadian vocalists and chorus, are featured in these tremendous performances of the immortal oratorio.

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JANUARY 10–21, 2018

Mozart is timeless. Experience some of the most beloved masterworks ever written, in this festival co-curated by Bernard Labadie and Peter Oundjian.

Mozart@262 Festival

M@262: MASTERWORKS

Essential Mozart WED THU

M@262: MASTERWORKS JAN

January 17 at 8:00 pm January 18 at 8:00 pm*

Jan 17 6:45pm Free pre-concert performance by The TSO Chamber Soloists

Bernard Labadie, conductor Jonathan Crow, violin Teng Li, viola Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620 Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola, K. 364/320d Mozart: Overture to The Impresario, K. 486 Mozart: Symphony No. 36, K. 425 “Linz”

The Mozart@262 Festival continues with an entertaining yet substantial program of masterworks, from a “double concerto”— with the TSO’s Concertmaster and Principal Viola as soloists—to the symphony that he composed at top speed but unflagging skill for a visit to the Austrian city of Linz. Two merry operatic overtures complete the bill.

M@262: MASTERWORKS

Majestic Mozart WED SAT

M@262: EXPOSED JAN

January 10 at 8:00 pm January 13 at 8:00 pm

Bernard Labadie, conductor Mozart: Serenade No. 10, K. 370a/361 “Gran Partita” Mozart: Symphony No. 39, K. 543

This program features one of Mozart’s last and most elegant symphonies, No. 39, and offers the rare and welcome opportunity to experience the sublime “Gran Partita”, an extended and luxuriously scored work for 12 wind instruments and double bass.

When the Salieri of Amadeus hears the ravishing third movement of this work for the first time, he says, “it seemed to me that I was hearing the voice of God.”

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What Makes It Great?® Mozart Clarinet Concerto FRI

JAN

* Jan 18 at Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning

Mozart Jupiter Symphony

JAN

January 19 at 7:30pm January 20 at 2:00pm* SAT January 20 at 8:00pm* SUN January 21 at 3:00pm† FRI

SAT

Peter Oundjian, conductor Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano Adrian Anantowan, violin Mozart: Rondo for Violin and Orchestra, K. 250/248b “Haffner” Mozart: Adagio for Violin and Orchestra, K. 261 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488 Mozart: Symphony No. 41, K. 551 “Jupiter”

Peter Oundjian crowns his final performances in the treasured annual Mozart Festival that he created, with Mozart’s symphonic masterpiece: the exhilarating “Jupiter” Symphony.

Charles Richard-Hamelin takes centre stage for a graceful piano concerto, and emerging Canadian violinist Adrian Anantawan performs two engaging short works. * Jan 20 at Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning † Jan 21 at George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts

January 12 at 7:30 pm Teng Li, TSO Principal Viola

Rob Kapilow, conductor & host Joaquin Valdepeñas, clarinet Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, K. 622

Mozart’s final concerto—and one of the last of all his works—the Clarinet Concerto is a haunting, soulful work. The mellow tones of the clarinet were the perfect medium to express his late-life emotions, including his dismay at the ill health of his deeply cherished wife, Constanze. Rob Kapilow and the TSO’s distinguished Principal Clarinet first take you to the piece’s heart; then they perform it, complete.

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P. 23 / MASTERWORKS / CASUAL

P. 27 / SPECIAL

P. 29 / SPECIAL

Holst The Planets January 25 & 27

Lang Lang March 1

Jaws with Live Orchestra March 21, 22 & 23

MASTERWORKS / CASUAL

Holst The Planets

JAN

January 25 at 8:00 pm January 27 at 7:30 pm

Conductor John Storgårds returns to the TSO for this program which opens with the Canadian première of Stravinsky’s recently rediscovered Funeral Song, a piece he composed in memory of his teacher, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. In an extraordinary act of coproduction, the TSO, featuring its brilliant Principal Trumpet as soloist, is one of more than 20 Canadian orchestras to perform John Estacio’s new Trumpet Concerto. The program concludes with Holst’s majestic suite portraying seven of the planets in our solar system.

THU SAT

John Storgårds, conductor Andrew McCandless, trumpet Elmer Iseler Singers Stravinsky: Funeral Song (Canadian Première; Jan 25 only) John Estacio: Trumpet Concerto Holst: The Planets

Winter concerts

John Storgårds

MASTERWORKS

A European Romance WED FRI

JAN FEB

January 31 at 8:00 pm February 2 at 7:30 pm

MASTERWORKS

Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet WED THU

FEB

February 14 at 8:00 pm February 15 at 8:00 pm

Juraj Valcuha, conductor Ingrid Fliter, piano

Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton, harp

Liadov: The Enchanted Lake Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain R. Strauss: Don Juan R. Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

Balakirev: Overture on Three Russian Folk Songs Glière: Harp Concerto Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet

A double helping from Richard Strauss’s magnificent catalogue anchors this program.

You will be enthralled by the lilting waltzes from his most beloved opera, and the ardent escapades of the amorous Spanish rake, Don Juan. Argentinean pianist Ingrid Fliter strikes sparks from Falla’s exotic nocturnal evocation of Spain.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the TSO’s esteemed Conductor Laureate Sir Andrew Davis presents his selections from Prokofiev’s masterpiece, the passionate ballet Romeo and Juliet. The Orchestra’s gifted Principal Harp is featured in Reinhold Glière’s thoroughly romantic Harp Concerto, and a tuneful overture by 19th-century Russian composer Mily Balakirev opens the program.

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PETER OUNDJIAN CONDUCTS

TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian, photographed in his studio, at home in The Annex, Toronto, November 2016.

Opening Night: Life of Pi September 19, 2017 A Tribute to Glenn Gould September 22 & 23, 2017 Brahms German Requiem September 27–30, 2017 A Tribute to Maureen Forrester October 19 & 20, 2017 Oundjian Conducts Vaughan Williams November 15 & 16, 2017 Mozart Jupiter Symphony January 19–21, 2018 Lang Lang March 1, 2018

Q&A WITH PETER OUNDJIAN

Ode to Joy!

New Creations Festival March 3–10, 2018 Mozart & Bruckner May 2 & 3, 2018 Brahms Symphony 1 June 13 & 14, 2018 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 3 June 16, 2018

After 13 illustrious years on the TSO podium, and an international concert career spanning decades, TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian invites you inside his triumphant 2017/18 season.

Reflecting on your enviable tenure at the helm of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, how does it feel to be entering 2017/18— your final TSO season?

My final season. It’s incredible. I was born in Toronto, and lived here with my family for five years. To think that I’ve been able to come back to my city of birth and have this kind involvement in the cultural life of Toronto%.%.%.%it’s an astonishing piece of fate. To stand on the TSO podium is an exhilarating experience. That’s really the biggest joy.

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Mahler Symphony 9 June 20 & 23, 2018 Bravo, Peter!

June 26, 2018 Beethoven Symphony 9 June 28 & 29, 2018

What do you look forward to in 2017/18?

It has been a pleasure for us to work together to create a season that is truly celebratory.

I have so many great friends coming to play.

And I'm especially looking forward to the grand finale in June, when Roy Thomson Hall will be filled with the sounds of Beethoven 9!

How is the Toronto audience special, or different?

Torontonians have an appetite for culture, a taste for discovery. We have an audience TSO 2017/18 SEASON

that concentrates, responds, that’s respectful, that gets involved in the music they’re listening to. It has always been a rather inspiring audience to play for. The TSO is part of the cultural fabric, something that we’re all proud of. So many people have been touched by the TSO, one way or another.

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generous. I could walk into my library and look at many hundreds of scores, all of which have the potential to be very beautiful or very dramatic—but none of it is possible without the human beings. Being Music Director of the TSO will always be the most incredible highlight and privilege of my life.

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The Wizard of Oz with Live Orchestra SAT SUN

February 17 at 7:30 pm February 18 at 3:00 pm

THU

Perfect for Family Day weekend! Join the TSO to journey over the rainbow and down the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City.

Every scene of this classic movie’s timeless enchantment is enriched with the unique glories of a live orchestra!

March 1 at 7:00%pm

Lang Lang Peter Oundjian, conductor Lang Lang, piano Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice* Esa-Pekka Salonen: Insomnia (Canadian Première) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 * Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra performs with TSO

Superstar pianist Lang Lang brings his drive and his poetry to Beethoven’s tempestuous Third Piano Concerto.

The blossoming artists of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra play side-by-side with the TSO to give a supersize reading of the magical tone poem, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. The TSO also performs the Canadian première of Insomnia, a vivid portrait of a sleepless night by Finnish composer Esa-Pekka Salonen.

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Dvořák & Beethoven WED THU

YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT FEB

February 21 at 8:00 pm February 22 at 8:00 pm

FEB

The Year of the Dog: A Chinese New Year Celebration SAT SAT

February 24 at 2:00 pm February 24 at 4:00 pm

Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Johannes Moser, cello

Carolyn Kuan, conductor Wen Zhao, pipa

Dvořák: Cello Concerto Ligeti: Concert Românesc (Romanian Concerto) Beethoven: Symphony No. 4

Welcome the Year of the Dog with the TSO! This dazzling celebration for the whole family features fun-filled music from both Chinese and Western origins, plus costumes, dancing, and more. You won’t want to miss the festivities!

The greatest of all cello concertos comes robustly to life under the expert fingers of Canadian Johannes Moser. Gustavo Gimeno, the charismatic Principal Conductor of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, mines all the vitality and humour of Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony. You will also enjoy Ligeti’s diverting orchestral concerto on Romanian folk tunes.

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New Creations Festival

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SPECIAL MAR

Processions SAT

March 3 at 7:30 pm

WED THU

Bold. Experimental. Unmissable.

TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian celebrates over a decade of extraordinarily successful New Creations Festivals with three concerts of his personal favourites.

Peter Oundjian, conductor & host Daníel Bjarnason, conductor Víkingur Ólafsson, piano

MAR

Jaws in Concert

FRI

March 21 at 7:30 pm March 22 at 7:30 pm March 23 at 7:30 pm

The classic thriller movie that emptied beaches in 1975 and became the first summer mega-blockbuster, rises to a whole new level of heart-pounding suspense when the TSO performs the iconic John Williams score live with the film! “You’re going to need a bigger boat%.%.%.”

Vivian Fung: Dust Devils Larry Alan Smith: Symphony No. 4 (Canadian Première) Daníel Bjarnason: Processions (North American Première)

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The Festival gets off to a roaring start with the blazing Piano Concerto by Icelandic composer Daníel Bjarnason. Also on the bill is the latest symphony by American composer Larry Alan Smith. The concert leads off with a piece by JUNO Award–winning Canadian composer Vivian Fung that she describes as “full of raw and intense energy.”

Víkingur Ólafsson

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March 7 at 8:00 pm

Dr. Atomic SAT

March 10 at 8:00 pm

Classical Kids: Gershwin’s Magic Key SAT SAT

Peter Oundjian, conductor & host Mira Wang, violin Jan Vogler, cello Toronto Children’s Chorus Festival Composer Competition Winner Wolfgang Rihm: Duo Concerto (Canadian Première) James MacMillan: Little Mass (North American Première)

At the centre of this riveting program is the Little Mass for children’s chorus and orchestra

by Scotland’s James MacMillan, “full of sepulchral trombones, explosive crescendos and heavy-duty use of a thunder-sheet,” as one reviewer has described it. Also featured is German composer Wolfgang Rihm’s Duo Concerto, written expressly for accomplished soloists Mira Wang and Jan Vogler.

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Peter Oundjian, conductor & host Jonathan Crow, violin Teng Li, viola Esa-Pekka Salonen: Insomnia Gary Kulesha: Double Concerto (TSO Commission/ World Première) John Adams: Dr. Atomic Symphony

For the Festival’s finale, Gary Kulesha has written a double concerto as a showcase for two brilliant members of the Orchestra: Concertmaster Jonathan Crow, and Principal Viola Teng Li. Rounding out this exciting program are the vibrant concert symphony that John Adams drew from his opera Dr. Atomic, and Insomnia, a vivid portrait of a sleepless night by Finnish composer Esa-Pekka Salonen.

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March 24 at 2:00 pm March 24 at 4:00 pm

Michelle Merrill, conductor Classical Kids LIVE!, actors

Join the TSO and the cast from Classical Kids Live! as you learn the story of Gershwin and his music. With over twenty of Gershwin’s most popular works featured in this concert, including Rhapsody in Blue, I Got Rhythm, and An American in Paris, this program is sure to please kids of all ages!

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MAR

March 24 at 8:00 pm

Alexander Shelley, conductor Boris Giltburg, piano National Arts Centre Orchestra, guest orchestra Vivian Fung: New Work (NACO Commission) Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 Brahms: Symphony No. 2

Ottawa’s National Arts Centre Orchestra returns for another highly anticipated visit.

The heart of their program lies in Brahms’s most serene and refreshing symphony.

Russian-born Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg is the soloist in the lively piano concerto that Dmitri Shostakovich composed specifically for his nineteen-year-old son, Maxim.

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Bernstein’s Candide April 26 & 28

Mozart & Bruckner May 2 & 3

Water Music June 2 & 3

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Brahms & Rachmaninoff WED THU

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March 28 at 8:00 pm March 29 at 2:00 pm

Stéphane Denève, conductor Lars Vogt, piano Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

Spring concerts

Renowned German pianist Lars Vogt joins the TSO and the enormously popular conductor Stéphane Denève to explore the strong and wide-ranging emotions—from heroic and stormy to serene and graceful— of Brahms’s Concerto No. 2. Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances—his final composition and one his greatest—presents a satisfying blend of propulsive energy, poignant lyricism, and a stormy conflict between the powers of light and the powers of darkness.

Sibelius Symphony 5

APR

April 5 at 8:00 pm April 7 at 7:30 pm SUN April 8 at 3:00 pm* THU SAT

Apr 5 6:45pm Free pre-concert performance by The TSO Chamber Soloists

Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Ray Chen, violin Mendelssohn: The Fair Melusina Overture Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

TSO Conductor Laureate Sir Andrew Davis leads a hearty and varied program, anchored

by Bruch’s beloved Violin Concerto No. 1, featuring violinist Ray Chen as soloist, and Sibelius’s towering Symphony No. 5.

It also offers a sparkling fairy-tale overture

by Mendelssohn. * Apr 8 at George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts

POPS

On Broadway

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April 10 at 8:00 pm April 11 at 2:00 pm WED April 11 at 8:00 pm TUE

WED

Steven Reineke, conductor

Join Steven Reineke and two of Broadway’s brightest stars for an unforgettable tribute to the Great White Way! The program draws together the crème de la crème of American musical theatre, presenting favourite, toe-tapping songs from such vintage classic shows as Carousel, Funny Girl, The King and I, and Gypsy, and from more recent hit productions including Wicked, Company, and Into the Woods.

March to June

Steven Reineke, TSO Principal Pops Conductor

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Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal FRI

APR

Bernstein’s Candide

April 13 at 8:00 pm

Kent Nagano, conductor Christian Tetzlaff, violin Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, guest orchestra

THU

Berg: Violin Concerto Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

April 28 at 8:00%pm

April 26 at 8:00%pm SAT

Bramwell Tovey, conductor Tracy Dahl, soprano (Cunegonde) Judith Forst, mezzo-soprano (The Old Lady) Nicholas Phan, tenor (Candide) Richard Suart, baritone (Pangloss & other roles) Members of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Bernstein: Candide (opera-in-concert)

The highly accomplished musicians of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and music director Kent Nagano make their eagerly awaited annual appearance.

German violinist Christian Tetzlaff explores the poetry of Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto.

Maestro Nagano and the orchestra also guide you through the grandiose expanses of Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony.

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All Beethoven SAT SUN

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April 14 at 7:30 pm April 15 at 3:00 pm

The Animated Orchestra SAT SAT

APR

April 21 at 2:00 pm April 21 at 4:00 pm

Earl Lee, conductor Blake Pouliot, violin

Dina Gilbert, conductor Greg Smith, narrator & composer

Beethoven: Overture to Egmont Beethoven: Violin Romances Nos. 1 & 2 Beethoven: Coriolan Overture Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

It’s time to use your imagination and go on an adventure with the TSO! The perfect concert for the daydreamer in all of us, The Animated Orchestra introduces us to a curious and creative ferret named Ari who leads the audience on a journey through which we discover the magic of music and the orchestra. Be a part of creating the story with narrator Greg Smith and the TSO. Also, enjoy orchestral favourites with the TSO that spark your imagination, including an audience sing-along!

Experience Beethoven in all his unsurpassed variety—in a single concert! Selections range from the tempestuous Fifth Symphony to a pair of sweet-natured romances for violin and orchestra with soloist Blake Pouliot, the Grand Prize winner of the 2016 Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Manulife Competition, and two forceful, dramatic overtures.

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Leonard Bernstein (1918 –1990)

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Christian Tetzlaff

The TSO makes its major contribution to the global tributes to Leonard Bernstein’s centenary. Bramwell Tovey— whose early career was given a major boost through conducting Bernstein’s music in the composer’s presence—leads a brilliant cast of vocalists, members of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and the Orchestra, in Bernstein’s enchanting operetta based on Voltaire’s satirical story about a guileless young man’s education in the ways of the world.

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Mozart & Bruckner

What Makes It Great?® Vivaldi The Four Seasons FRI SAT

WED

May 2 at 8:00%pm THU

May 3 at 2:00%pm

Peter Oundjian, conductor Leon Fleisher, piano

MAY

May 11 at 7:30%pm May 12 at 7:30%pm

Rob Kapilow, conductor & host Timothy Chooi, violin

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12, K. 414 Bruckner/ed. Paul Hawkshaw: Symphony No. 8 (Canadian Première)

Peter Oundjian and the TSO give the Canadian première of a new edition of Anton Bruckner’s colossal Symphony No. 8. The distinguished Yale University professor Paul Hawkshaw published it in 2014 after years of research. Legendary American pianist Leon Fleisher brings decades of experience and insight to an exquisite Mozart concerto.

Leon Fleisher

Vivaldi: “Spring” from The Four Seasons Vivaldi: “Summer” from The Four Seasons

As an early and enduringly popular example of program music—the kind that paints pictures or tells a story—Vivaldi’s set of violin concertos that he himself called The Four Seasons is the perfect piece for Rob Kapilow.

He explores it through spoken introductions and musical examples, then conducts two of the four concertos with Timothy Chooi, the 25-year-old Canadian violin sensation, as the soloist.

Timothy Chooi

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Beethoven & Shostakovich WED THU

May 23 at 8:00%pm May 24 at 8:00%pm

Osmo Vänskä, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6

Beethoven’s “Emperor”—the most eloquent of all piano concertos, and a bold declaration of artistic and moral freedom—comes vibrantly to life in the adept hands of pianist Yefim Bronfman. Composed on the brink of the Second World War, Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 6 offers a sharply contrasting, thought-provoking, and eventually rollicking sequence of moods.

Osmo Vänskä

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Vancouver Symphony Orchestra SAT

POPS MAY

May 26 at 8:00 pm

LIGHT CLASSICS MAY

Love, Lust, and Rock & Roll

Water Music SAT SUN

Bramwell Tovey, conductor James Ehnes, violin Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, guest orchestra Brahms: Violin Concerto Bramwell Tovey: Stream of Limelight Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”

May 29 at 8:00 pm May 30 at 2:00 pm WED May 30 at 8:00 pm

From Frank Sinatra to Elton John, Led Zeppelin, and Queen, experience your favourite hits from the 1930s to today!

Guest vocalist Storm Large will lend her pitch-perfect chops to I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Somebody to Love, and more.

TUE

WED

Steven Reineke, conductor Storm Large, vocalist

The TSO welcomes the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra on a tour honouring Bramwell Tovey’s final season as Music Director. He pays homage to his English heritage with the quintessential English orchestral work, the beguiling book of character sketches that makes up Elgar’s “Enigma” Variations.

His frequent concerto partner, famed Canadian violinist James Ehnes, is the soloist for the profoundly expressive concerto by Brahms, plus a piece composed by Bramwell Tovey himself for Ehnes.

JUN

June 2 at 7:30 pm June 3 at 3:00 pm

Christoph Altstaedt, conductor Leslie Ann Bradley, soprano PROGRAM INCLUDES:

J. Strauss II: Blue Danube Waltz Schubert: Die Forelle (The Trout) for Soprano and Orchestra Dvořák: Song to the Moon from Rusalka Britten: Four Sea Interludes Smetana: “The Moldau” from Má vlast

This enthralling celebration of music inspired by water brings such tuneful and familiar favourites as Johann Strauss II’s most famous waltz, and Smetana’s glowing portrait of his Czech homeland’s principal river. Canadian soprano Leslie Ann Bradley lends her beautiful voice to songs by Schubert, Mozart, and Dvořák.

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Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

JUN

James Ehnes FRI SAT

June 8 at 7:30 pm June 9 at 7:30 pm

Thomas Dausgaard, conductor Vadim Gluzman, violin Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Dvořák: Symphony No. 8

Danish conductor Thomas Dausgaard, a regular guest of the TSO, returns with a program of outstanding works from the summit of the Romantic era. Deeply rooted in the soil of his beloved homeland, Czech composer Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony offers a feast of lush and spirited melodies. Soloist Vadim Gluzman, whose recordings of Russian music have been hailed as “spellbinding” in BBC Music magazine, ignites all the fireworks of Tchaikovsky’s marvelous Concerto.

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JUNE 13–29, 2018

Bravo, Peter!

Join us for a month-long musical celebration of Peter Oundjian’s TSO career.

MASTERWORKS JUN

Brahms Symphony 1 WED THU

June 13 at 8:00 pm June 14 at 8:00 pm

Jun 14 6:45pm Free pre-concert performance by The TSO Chamber Soloists

Peter Oundjian, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Bernstein: Three Dances from Fancy Free Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F Brahms: Symphony No. 1

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Two jaunty, jazz-flavoured American classics— Bernstein’s bouncy sailors-on-leave-inNew York ballet, and Gershwin’s captivating, bluesy concerto—launch this program in high style. Peter Oundjian pairs them with one of the grandest of all symphonies: the heartening, darkness-to-light emotional journey that Brahms shares with us in Symphony No. 1.

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Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 3 SAT

JUN

June 16 at 8:00 pm

Peter Oundjian, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 Mussorgsky/orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov, named Artist of the Year by Gramophone magazine, and who at age 20 won the Gold Medal at the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition, joins the TSO for one night only! He meets every challenge of Rachmaninoff’s monumental Concerto No. 3, then Maestro Oundjian and the Orchestra guide you through the kaleidoscopic imagery of Mussorgsky’s picture gallery.

Daniil Trifonov

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Mahler Symphony 9 WED SAT

Beethoven Symphony 9

June 20 at 8:00 pm June 23 at 8:00 pm THU

Peter Oundjian, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano

June 28 at 8:00%pm

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 16, K. 451 Mahler: Symphony No. 9

FRI

Peter Oundjian, conductor Vocal soloists & chorus Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

June 29 at 8:00%pm

Peter Oundjian conducts the final Mahler performances of his tenure with one of the most achingly romantic of all symphonies: Mahler’s Ninth. Mahler’s last completed work, it bids farewell to everything he held dear: love, the dances of the central European countryside, the bustle of the big city, and finally to life itself. Mirroring the opening week of Peter Oundjian’s TSO directorship in 2004, pianist Emanuel Ax once again weaves his magic with a concerto by Mozart.

Peter Oundjian concludes his fourteen-year term as Music Director with one of the enduring icons of music: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. A cast of exciting soloists and a large chorus join him and the Orchestra for this stirring testament to joy and brotherhood.

Emanuel Ax

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Bravo, Peter!

TUE

JUN

June 26 at 8:00%pm

Peter Oundjian, conductor Christopher Plummer, narrator

Oscar and Tony Award–winning actor Christopher Plummer narrates this uplifting blend of Shakespeare’s immortal words with music by many of the great composers who have been inspired by their magic.

Christopher Plummer

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Schubert Symphony 9 Majestic Mozart Dvořák & Beethoven Mozart & Bruckner Brahms Symphony 1

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Oundjian Conducts Vaughan Williams Essential Mozart Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet Brahms & Rachmaninoff Mahler Symphony 9

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A Tribute to Glenn Gould A Tribute to Maureen Forrester A European Romance Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

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Brahms German Requiem Schubert Symphony 9 Mahler Symphony 6 Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet

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$ 195.00

$ 220.50

$ 207.00

11/

$ 166.50

$ 156.00

$ 177.00

$ 166.50

Snowbird PAGE

PRICE LEVEL

Casual Series

6 Saturday concerts at 7:30 pm

5 Saturday concerts at 8:00%pm

AFTER APRIL 7

Thursday 3 (formerly Celebration)

Masterworks Series Saturday (3 packages)

SEP 23 NOV 11 MAR 24 APR 28 JUN 23

PRICE LEVEL

REGULAR

3 Sunday concerts at 3:00 pm

5 Saturday concerts at 8:00 pm

UNTIL APRIL 7

Masterworks Series Matinee

5 Saturday concerts at 8:00%pm SEP 23 NOV 11 MAR 10 MAY 26 JUN 23

PAGE

A Tribute to Glenn Gould Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation Dr. Atomic Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Mahler Symphony 9

10 14 28 36 40

TSO 2017/18 SEASON

SEP 30 NOV 25 JAN 27 MAR 3 APR 7 JUN 9

Brahms German Requiem Mahler Symphony 6 Holst The Planets Processions Sibelius Symphony 5 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

SUBSCRIPTION SERIES

45

UNTIL APRIL 7

Pops Series Evening

4 Tuesday & Wednesday concerts at 8:00 pm OCT 3 & 4 DEC 12 & 13 APR 10 & 11 MAY 29 & 30

Music of John Williams Canadian Brass Christmas On Broadway Love, Lust and Rock & Roll

PRICE LEVEL

STU / SENIOR

REGULAR

STU / SENIOR

1/

$ 336.00

—

$ 357.00

—

2/

$ 302.00

$ 284.00

$ 321.00

3/

$ 285.00

—

$ 303.00

4/

$ 268.00

—

PAGE

5/

$ 251.00

11 19 31 36

6/

OCT 4 DEC 13 APR 11 MAY 30

Music of John Williams Canadian Brass Christmas On Broadway Love, Lust and Rock & Roll

PAGE

11 19 31 36

* Snowbird Pops series excludes Dec 13

PRICE LEVEL

AFTER APRIL 7 REGULAR

1/

$ 196.50

$ 209.25

$ 302.00

2/

$ 189.75

$ 201.75

—

3/

$ 180.00

$ 191.25

$ 285.00

—

4/

$ 165.75

$ 176.25

$ 236.00

$ 267.00

$ 251.00

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5/

$ 153.75

$ 163.50

$ 234.00

$ 220.00

$ 249.00

$ 234.00

6/

$ 141.75

$ 150.75

7/

$ 218.00

$ 204.00

$ 231.00

$ 218.00

7/

$ 129.75

$ 138.00

8/

$ 183.00

$ 172.00

$ 195.00

$ 183.00

13 32 37

8/

$ 105.75

$ 112.50

9/

$ 166.00

$ 156.00

$ 177.00

$ 166.00

9/

$ 97.50

$ 104.25

10/

$ 138.00

$ 130.00

$ 147.00

$ 138.00

10/

$ 85.50

$ 91.50

11/

$ 111.00

$ 104.00

$ 118.00

$ 111.00

11/

$ 73.50

$ 78.75

UNTIL APRIL 7

AFTER APRIL 7

PRICE LEVEL

REGULAR

SNOWBIRD

REGULAR

SNOWBIRD

1/

$ 262.00

$ 196.50

$ 279.00

$ 209.25

2/

$ 253.00

$ 189.75

$ 269.00

3/

$ 240.00

$ 180.00

$ 255.00

4/

$ 221.00

$ 165.75

5/

$ 205.00

6/

AFTER APRIL 7

3 Sunday concerts at 3:00 pm OCT 22 APR 15 JUN 3

With Glowing Hearts All Beethoven Water Music

Exposed Series

PRICE LEVEL

REGULAR

REGULAR

1/

$ 196.50

$ 209.25

$ 201.75

2/

$ 189.75

$ 201.75

$ 191.25

3/

$ 180.00

$ 191.25

$ 235.00

$ 176.25

4/

$ 165.75

$ 176.25

$ 153.75

$ 218.00

$ 163.50

PAGE

5/

$ 153.75

$ 163.50

$ 189.00

$ 141.75

$ 201.00

$ 150.75

6/

$ 141.75

$ 150.75

7/

$ 173.00

$ 129.75

$ 184.00

$ 138.00

7/

$ 129.75

$ 138.00

8/

$ 141.00

$ 105.75

$ 150.00

$ 112.50

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8/

$ 105.75

$ 112.50

9/

$ 130.00

$ 97.50

$ 139.00

$ 104.25

9/

$ 97.50

$ 104.25

10/

$ 114.00

$ 85.50

$ 122.00

$ 91.50

10/

$ 85.50

$ 91.50

11/

$ 98.00

$ 73.50

$ 105.00

$ 78.75

11/

N/A

N/A

UNTIL APRIL 7

AFTER APRIL 7

PRICE LEVEL

REGULAR

STU / SENIOR

REGULAR

STU / SENIOR

REGULAR

REGULAR

1/

$ 252.00

—

$ 267.75

—

1/

$ 108.00

$ 115.00

2/

$ 226.50

$ 213.00

$ 240.75

$ 226.50

2/

$ 108.00

$ 115.00

3/

$ 213.75

—

$ 227.25

—

3/

$ 108.00

$ 115.00

4/

$ 201.00

—

$ 213.75

—

4/

$ 108.00

$ 115.00

PAGE

5/

$ 108.00

$ 115.00

14 26 29 32

6/

$ 108.00

$ 115.00

7/

$ 108.00

$ 115.00

8/

$ 64.00

$ 68.00

9/

$ 64.00

$ 68.00

UNTIL APRIL 7

Light Classics Series Evening

UNTIL APRIL 7

Light Classics Series Matinee

REGULAR

UNTIL APRIL 7

Pops Series Matinee

4 Wednesday matinees at 2:00 pm 3 Wednesday matinees at 2:00 pm*

AFTER APRIL 7

REGULAR

AFTER APRIL 7

3 Friday concerts at 7:30 pm NOV 3 JAN 12 MAY 11

Stravinsky The Firebird Mozart Clarinet Concerto Vivaldi The Four Seasons

Young People’s Concert Series

3 Saturday concerts at 7:30 pm

PAGE

5/

$ 188.25

$ 177.00

$ 200.25

$ 188.25

With Glowing Hearts All Beethoven Water Music

13 32 37

6/

$ 175.50

$ 165.00

$ 186.75

$ 175.50

7/

$ 163.50

$ 153.00

$ 173.25

$ 163.50

8/

$ 137.25

$ 129.00

$ 146.25

$ 137.25

9/

$ 124.50

$ 117.00

$ 132.75

$ 124.50

10/

$ 103.50

$ 97.50

$ 110.25

$ 103.50

10/

$ 64.00

$ 68.00

11/

$ 83.25

$ 78.00

$ 88.50

$ 83.25

11/

$ 64.00

$ 68.00

OCT 21 APR 14 JUN 2

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PRICE LEVEL

NOV 4 FEB 24 MAR 24 APR 21

Wall-to-Wall Percussion The Year of the Dog Classical Kids: Gershwin’s Magic Key The Animated Orchestra

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Regular concert series PRICE LEVEL

MASTERWORKS

CASUAL / LC SATURDAY / POPS

EXPOSED

YOUNG PEOPLE’S

UNTIL APRIL 7 AFTER APRIL 7

UNTIL APRIL 7 AFTER APRIL 7

UNTIL APRIL 7 AFTER APRIL 7

$ 116.00

2/ 3/

UNTIL APRIL 7

AFTER APRIL 7

UNTIL APRIL 7

AFTER APRIL 7

UNTIL APRIL 7

AFTER APRIL 7

$ 85.50

$ 91.00

$ 89.00

$ 94.50

$ 135.25

$ 143.75

2/

$ 72.50

$ 77.25

$ 85.50

$ 91.00

$ 127.25

$ 135.25

3/

$ 68.50

$ 73.00

$ 69.50

$ 73.75

$ 116.00

$ 123.25

4/

$ 61.25

$ 65.00

$ 69.50

$ 73.75

$ 109.50

$ 116.50

5/

$ 57.25

$ 60.75

$ 61.25

$ 65.00

$ 102.50

$ 108.75

6/

$ 53.00

$ 56.25

$ 61.25

$ 65.00

$ 92.00

$ 97.75

7/

$ 44.75

$ 47.50

$ 53.00

$ 56.25

$ 79.25

$ 84.25

8/

$ 44.75

$ 47.50

$ 53.00

$ 56.25

$ 73.50

$ 78.25

9/

$ 36.75

$ 39.00

$ 44.75

$ 47.50

$ 60.00

$ 63.75

10/

$ 35.00

$ 37.25

$ 36.75

$ 39.00

$ 48.75

$ 51.75

11/

$ 32.75

$ 32.75

$ 32.75

$ 32.75

$ 36.00

$ 38.25

Premium special concerts

UNTIL APRIL 7 AFTER APRIL 7

1/

BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY 9

1/

PRICE LEVEL

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MESSIAH MATINEE

LANG LANG PRICE LEVEL

LIFE OF PI

AFTER APRIL 7

UNTIL APRIL 7

AFTER APRIL 7

UNTIL APRIL 7

AFTER APRIL 7

$ 84.00

$ 89.25

$ 65.50

$ 69.75

$ 27.00

$ 28.75

1/

$ 159.25

$ 169.25

$ 159.25

$ 169.25

$ 159.25

$ 169.25

$ 100.00

$ 106.25

$ 75.50

$ 80.25

$ 63.25

$ 67.25

$ 27.00

$ 28.75

2/

$ 135.25

$ 143.75

$ 143.25

$ 152.25

$ 143.25

$ 152.25

$ 96.00

$ 102.00

$ 71.25

$ 75.75

$ 60.00

$ 63.75

$ 27.00

$ 28.75

3/

$ 127.25

$ 135.25

$ 127.25

$ 135.25

$ 127.25

$ 135.25

4/

$ 88.00

$ 93.50

$ 67.00

$ 71.25

$ 55.25

$ 58.75

$ 27.00

$ 28.75

4/

$ 87.25

$ 92.75

$ 111.25

$ 118.25

$ 111.25

$ 118.25

5/

$ 79.25

$ 84.25

$ 62.75

$ 66.75

$ 51.25

$ 54.50

$ 27.00

$ 28.75

5/

$ 79.25

$ 84.25

$ 95.25

$ 101.25

$ 95.25

$ 101.25

6/

$ 71.25

$ 75.75

$ 58.50

$ 62.25

$ 47.25

$ 50.25

$ 27.00

$ 28.75

6/

$ 63.25

$ 67.25

$ 87.25

$ 92.75

$ 87.25

$ 92.75

7/

$ 63.25

$ 67.25

$ 54.50

$ 57.75

$ 43.25

$ 46.00

$ 27.00

$ 28.75

7/

$ 47.25

$ 50.25

$ 87.25

$ 92.75

$ 87.25

$ 92.75

8/

$ 55.25

$ 58.75

$ 45.75

$ 48.75

$ 35.25

$ 37.50

$ 16.00

$ 17.00

8/

—

—

$ 87.25

$ 92.75

$ 87.25

$ 92.75

9/

$ 43.75

$ 46.50

$ 41.50

$ 44.25

$ 32.50

$ 34.75

$ 16.00

$ 17.00

9/

—

—

$ 79.25

$ 84.25

$ 79.25

$ 84.25

10 /

$ 35.75

$ 38.00

$ 34.50

$ 36.75

$ 28.50

$ 30.50

$ 16.00

$ 17.00

10/

—

—

$ 63.25

$ 67.25

$ 63.25

$ 67.25

11 /

$ 27.75

$ 29.50

$ 27.75

$ 29.50

N/A

N/A

$ 16.00

$ 17.00

11/

—

—

$ 47.25

$ 50.25

$ 47.25

$ 50.25

UNTIL APRIL 7

AFTER APRIL 7

UNTIL APRIL 7

AFTER APRIL 7

UNTIL APRIL 7

AFTER APRIL 7

The Snowman

UNTIL APRIL 7 AFTER APRIL 7

PRICE LEVEL

George Weston Recital Hall

PRICE LEVELS

PRICE LEVELS

1/

Orchestra—Centre Lower Balcony—Front centre

1/

Main Floor—Centre & parterres Dress Circle—Front

2/

Orchestra—Mid front & rear Lower Balcony—Loge

2/

Main Floor—Front, sides & rear

3/

Dress Circle—Sides

4/

Dress Circle—Upper

3/

Orchestra—Front & rear

4/

Upper Balcony—Front centre & loge

5/

Upper Balcony—Rear centre

6/

Upper Balcony—Loge & gallery

Orchestra Level

Main Floor (Lower Level)

STAGE

STAGE

Lower Balcony

Upper Balcony

Dress Circle (Upper Level)

Film concerts

ADULTS

YOUTH

UNTIL APRIL 7 AFTER APRIL 7

UNTIL APRIL 7 AFTER APRIL 7

MASTERWORKS / LC SUNDAY / POPS PRICE LEVEL

Koerner Hall

BRAVO, PETER!

UNTIL APRIL 7

$ 123.25

Matinees

Other venues Seating maps

HOME ALONE PRICE LEVEL

THE WIZARD OF OZ

JAWS

1/

$ 65.50

$ 69.75

1/

$ 55.25

$ 58.75

$ 39.00

$ 39.00

1/

$ 70.50

$ 74.75

$ 70.50

$ 74.75

$ 70.50

$ 74.75

2/

$ 63.25

$ 67.25

2/

$ 50.50

$ 53.50

$ 39.00

$ 39.00

2/

$ 60.00

$ 63.75

$ 60.00

$ 63.75

$ 60.00

$ 63.75

3/

$ 60.00

$ 63.75

3/

$ 46.50

$ 49.25

$ 39.00

$ 39.00

3/

$ 52.00

$ 55.25

$ 52.00

$ 55.25

$ 52.00

$ 55.25

4/

$ 55.25

$ 58.75

4/

$ 43.25

$ 46.00

$ 35.00

$ 35.00

4/

$ 44.00

$ 46.75

$ 44.00

$ 46.75

$ 44.00

$ 46.75

5/

$ 51.25

$ 54.50

5/

$ 39.25

$ 41.75

$ 35.00

$ 35.00

5/

$ 32.00

$ 34.00

$ 32.00

$ 34.00

$ 32.00

$ 34.00

UNTIL APRIL 7

AFTER APRIL 7

UNTIL APRIL 7

AFTER APRIL 7

6/

$ 47.25

$ 50.25

6/

$ 39.25

$ 41.75

$ 35.00

$ 35.00

1/

$ 78.75

$ 85.50

1/

$ 78.75

$ 83.75

7/

$ 43.25

$ 46.00

7/

$ 37.50

$ 39.75

$ 30.75

$ 30.75

2/

$ 68.50

$ 74.25

2/

$ 68.50

$ 72.75

8/

$ 35.25

$ 37.50

8/

$ 35.00

$ 37.25

$ 30.75

$ 30.75

3/

$ 61.25

$ 66.25

3/

$ 61.25

$ 65.00

9/

$ 32.50

$ 34.75

9/

$ 29.50

$ 31.25

$ 29.50

$ 29.50

4/

$ 43.25

$ 47.25

4/

$ 34.75

$ 37.00

10 /

$ 28.50

$ 30.50

10 /

$ 25.50

$ 27.00

$ 25.50

$ 25.50

5/

$ 34.75

$ 37.50

11 /

$ 24.50

$ 26.25

11 /

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

6/

$ 26.50

$ 28.00

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STAGE

STAGE

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Mezzanine—Front centre

2 /

Main Floor—Centre

3 /

Mezzanine—Sides

4 /

Mezzanine—Front sides & centre rear

5 /

Main Floor—Sides

6 /

Main Floor—Mid front, sides & rear

7 /

Main Floor—Front, sides & rear

8 /

Balcony—Front centre

9 /

Balcony—Rear centre

10 /

Balcony—Mid sides

11 /

Balcony—Sides

1 /

Main Floor—Left centre Mezzanine—Left front

2 /

Main Floor—Left mid front, side & rear Mezzanine—Left rear

3 /

Main Floor—Rt centre, Lt front, rear & side Mezzanine—Right front centre Choir Loft—Left side

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Main Floor—Right mid front, rear & side Mezzanine—Right front side Choir Loft—Left rear Balcony—Left front

5 /

Main Floor—Right front, rear & side Mezzanine—Right rear centre Choir Loft—Right side Balcony—Left centre rear & right side

6 /

Balcony—Left side

7 /

Choir Loft—Right rear Balcony—Right side C7

C7 C8

C9

C5

C3 C4

R8

L9

L6

R5 L8

L1

R1

L8

L1

R4 L7

L9

L5

C1

R8

L4

R7

C2

R6

R9

L5

C1 R1

R4

C5

C3 C4

L6

R5

C6

C9

C2

R6

R9

C8

C6

L4

R7

L7

STAGE

STAGE

CHOIR LOFT

Film concerts PRICE LEVELS

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Main Floor—Centre Mezzanine—Centre

C7 C8

Main Floor—Centre rear & parterre Balcony—Centre

3 /

Balcony—Mid sides

4 /

Main Floor—Front & sides Mezzanine—Sides

5 /

Main Floor—Sides Balcony—Sides

C6

C9

R9

C5

C3 C4

C2

R6

L6

R5

L5 C1 R1

L1

STAGE

L9

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