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Season highlights

Two chances to see the TSO’s next Music Director, Gustavo Gimeno, conduct the Orchestra in 2019/20:

In 2019/20, treat yourself to the wonder of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Gimeno Conducts Daphnis et Chloé

Our 98th season is anchored by sublime works at the core of the symphonic canon, while simultaneously calling much-deserved attention to contemporary pieces by visionary composers.

Gimeno, Yuja Wang & Brahms

Sir Andrew Davis, Interim Artistic Director

Davis Conducts & Plays Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony

Erin Wall, soprano

Thaïs Grand Opera in Concert

The TSO celebrates its artistic past, present, and future with the return of Conductor Emeritus Peter Oundjian, Interim Artistic Director Sir Andrew Davis, and incoming Music Director Gustavo Gimeno—all of whom will lead the Orchestra in exhilarating musical interpretations.

The TSO‘s principal players will shine as soloists in programs designed to showcase their superlative talents.

A generous collection of irresistibly delightful Pops, film, and Young People’s Concerts only serves to augment the season’s vibrant musical palette.

Measha Brueggergosman, vocalist

TSO Holiday Pops

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James Ehnes, violin

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MASTERWORKS PACKAGES....... 4 POPS PACKAGES........................... 12 YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS. 13 SPECIAL PERFORMANCES.......... 14 SEATING GUIDE............................. 16 PRICING........................................... 17

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Wednesday 1 & Thursday 1 Seven Wednesday or Thursday concerts at 8:00pm

Gimeno Conducts Daphnis et Chloé

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Lisiecki Plays Beethoven’s Emperor

Wed, October 9, 2019 Thu, October 10, 2019

Wed, November 20, 2019 Thu, November 21, 2019

Wed, April 1, 2020 Thu, April 2, 2020

Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Beatrice Rana, piano

Jonathan Crow, leader & violin

Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor Jan Lisiecki, piano

Guillaume Connesson: Aleph: Danse symphonique (TSO Co-commission) Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 Tchaikovsky: The Tempest FantasyOverture Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 Incoming Music Director Gustavo Gimeno leads a suite from Maurice Ravel’s sensuous Daphnis et Chloé. And Beatrice Rana makes her TSO début playing Prokofiev’s blistering Piano Concerto No. 3.

Carmen Braden: Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring (1944 original orchestration) Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Concertmaster Jonathan Crow leads his TSO colleagues in Vivaldi’s timeless The Four Seasons. Copland’s joyous Appalachian Spring and a melodic work by Carmen Braden complete the program.

All Tchaikovsky

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3* Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande Jan Lisiecki performs Beethoven’s regal “Emperor” Concerto. And former TSO Music Director Jukka-Pekka Saraste leads the Orchestra in Schoenberg’s opulent Pelleas und Melisande. *Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra performs side by side with the TSO.

Wed, November 27, 2019 Thu, November 28, 2019 Simon Rivard, conductor Daniel Lozakovich, violin Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 “Winter Dreams” Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture The TSO’s annual all-Tchaikovsky holiday concert features the resounding 1812 Overture, the rarely encountered First Symphony, and teenage virtuoso Daniel Lozakovich playing the Violin Concerto.

Mozart Requiem Wed, January 15, 2020 Thu, January 16, 2020 Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Vocal quartet in collaboration with Equilibrium Young Artists mentoring initiative Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Mozart: Symphony No. 39, K. 543 Mozart: Requiem, K. 626 Sir Andrew Davis leads Mozart’s joyous Symphony No. 39, among the last to be composed, and the affecting Requiem, which Mozart would not live to complete.

Gustavo Gimeno, incoming TSO Music Director

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Angela Hewitt Returns Wed, May 13, 2020 Thu, May 14, 2020 Cristian Măcelaru, conductor Angela Hewitt, piano Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin Matthew Whittall: Nameless Seas Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique” Cristian Măcelaru conducts Tchaikovsky’s passionate and powerful “Pathétique” Symphony, and Angela Hewitt plays the atmospheric, colourful Nameless Seas concerto by Canadian composer Matthew Whittall.

All Beethoven Wed, June 10, 2020 Thu, June 11, 2020 Sir Andrew Davis, conductor James Ehnes, violin Beethoven: Violin Romance No. 1 Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 Beethoven: Violin Concerto Beethoven’s 250th-birthday celebration continues as Sir Andrew Davis conducts the Eighth Symphony and Violin Concerto.

Canadian violinist James Ehnes gives the “colossal masterpiece shape,” raves The Guardian.

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Wednesday 2 Seven Wednesday concerts at 8:00pm

Davis Conducts Russian Masters

Beethoven Pastoral with OSM

Oundjian Conducts Mahler

Wed, November 13, 2019

Wed, February 19, 2020

Wed, April 29, 2020

Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Karen Gomyo, violin

Kent Nagano, conductor Olivier Latry, organ Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, guest orchestra

Peter Oundjian, conductor Jonathan Crow, violin

Emilie LeBel: New Work (TSO Commission/World Première) Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 Sir Andrew Davis conducts Shostakovich’s triumphant Tenth Symphony. The masterful Karen Gomyo performs Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto. She “played with golden radiance,” raved The Sydney Morning Herald.

Berlioz: “Royal Hunt and Storm” from Les Troyens Pascal Dusapin: Concerto for Organ and Orchestra (OSM Commission) Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and Kent Nagano return with Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony. And feel the 5,207 pipes of the thundering organ in Dusapin’s Organ Concerto, performed by the organist of Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral.

Vivian Fung: Dust Devils Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 Mahler: Symphony No. 5 TSO Conductor Emeritus Peter Oundjian returns to lead Mahler’s savage and sublime Fifth Symphony. Concertmaster Jonathan Crow performs Bruch’s romantic First Violin Concerto.

Gimeno, Yuja Wang & Brahms Sir Andrew Davis, TSO Interim Artistic Director

Beethoven 7 Wed, January 8, 2020 Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Seong-Jin Cho, piano Beethoven: King Stephen Overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Wed, April 8, 2020 Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Yuja Wang, piano Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 Brahms: Symphony No. 2 Brahms’s piano concertos stand among music’s towering masterpieces. Experience No. 1 with the dazzling Yuja Wang. Gustavo Gimeno leads this all-Brahms concert, also featuring the Second Symphony.

Sir Andrew Davis leads this all-Beethoven program—featuring the immortal Seventh Symphony and poetic Fourth Piano Concerto—which inaugurates the TSO’s celebration of the composer’s 250th birthday.

Peter Oundjian, TSO Conductor Emeritus

Mozart 40

Davis Conducts & Plays Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony

Wed, January 22, 2020

Wed, June 17, 2020

Bernard Labadie, conductor Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

Sir Andrew Davis, conductor & organ

Mozart: Overture to Così fan tutte, K. 588 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271 “Jeunehomme” Mozart: Symphony No. 40, K. 550 Experience Mozart’s magnificent Symphony No. 40—one of his last— under Bernard Labadie. Also, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays the youthful “Jeunehomme” Piano Concerto, which the composer wrote at age 21.

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Andrew Davis: La Serenissima R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ Symphony”

Yuja Wang, piano

Concluding his tenure as Interim Artistic Director, Sir Andrew Davis leads SaintSaëns’s awe-inspiring “Organ Symphony” from the Gabriel Kney Organ at Roy Thomson Hall.

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Thursday 2 Seven Thursday concerts at 8:00pm

Dynamic Duo: Hannigan & Storgårds Thu, September 19, 2019 John Storgårds, conductor & violin Barbara Hannigan, conductor & soprano Beethoven: Overture to Egmont Dutilleux: Sur le même accord for Violin and Orchestra Haydn: Symphony No. 96 “Miracle” Brett Dean: “And once I played Ophelia” from Hamlet Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 A riveting opening! Barbara Hannigan conducts Haydn and, with John Storgårds as soloist, a Dutilleux nocturne. Then, Storgårds conducts Sibelius and music by Brett Dean, sung by Hannigan.

Thaïs Grand Opera in Concert Thu, November 7, 2019 Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Erin Wall, soprano (Thaïs) Lucas Meachem, baritone (Athanaël) Andrew Staples, tenor (Nicias) Nathan Berg, bass-baritone (Palémon) Liv Redpath, soprano (Crobyle) Andrea Ludwig, mezzo-soprano (Myrtale) Emilia Boteva, mezzo-soprano (Albine) Stacey Tappan, soprano (La charmeuse) Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Massenet: Thaïs (opera-in-concert in French with English surtitles)

Beethoven 7

Gimeno, Yuja Wang & Brahms

Thu, January 9, 2020

Thu, April 9, 2020

Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Seong-Jin Cho, piano

Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Yuja Wang, piano

Beethoven: King Stephen Overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 Brahms: Symphony No. 2

Sir Andrew Davis leads this all-Beethoven program—featuring the immortal Seventh Symphony and poetic Fourth Piano Concerto—which inaugurates the TSO’s celebration of the composer’s 250th birthday.

Brahms’s piano concertos stand among music’s towering masterpieces. Experience No. 1 with the dazzling Yuja Wang. Gustavo Gimeno leads this all-Brahms concert, also featuring the Second Symphony.

Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances Joshua Bell with NACO

Thu, June 4, 2020

Thu, February 6, 2020

Karina Canellakis, conductor Lars Vogt, piano

Alexander Shelley, conductor Joshua Bell, violin National Arts Centre Orchestra, guest orchestra Boulanger: D’un soir triste Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Jocelyn Morlock: My Name Is Amanda Todd Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3

Zosha Di Castri: Lineage Grieg: Piano Concerto Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances Young conducting sensation Karina Canellakis leads Rachmaninoff’s luxuriant Symphonic Dances. And Lars Vogt plays Grieg’s Piano Concerto. He “swept up the audience,” raved The Cincinnati Enquirer.

The Boston Herald declares his playing to be “direct, honest and a joy to hear.”

Joshua Bell joins the National Arts Centre Orchestra for Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.

Music that tempts and beguiles. Sir Andrew Davis conducts Jules Massenet’s exotic, sensual Thaïs in concert—a French operatic masterwork—featuring acclaimed Canadian soprano Erin Wall.

Joshua Bell, violin

Majestic Bruckner Thu, February 20, 2020 Donald Runnicles, conductor Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 Epic in scope and radiant in spirit. Donald Runnicles leads Bruckner’s symphonic landscape, the Seventh Symphony.

Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll is one of the composer’s most personal creations.

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Karina Canellakis, conductor

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Friday 1 & Saturday 1 Seven Friday concerts at 7:30pm, or seven Saturday concerts at 8:00pm

Romantic Brahms

Mozart Requiem

Pictures at an Exhibition

Fri, September 27, 2019 Sat, September 28, 2019

Fri, January 17, 2020 Sat, January 18, 2020

Fri, March 13, 2020 Sat, March 14, 2020

Donald Runnicles, conductor Sarah Jeffrey, oboe

Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Vocal quartet in collaboration with Equilibrium Young Artists mentoring initiative Toronto Mendelssohn Choir

Jader Bignamini, conductor Sergei Babayan, piano

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 R. Strauss: Concerto in D Major for Oboe and Small Orchestra R. Strauss: Death and Transfiguration Donald Runnicles leads Brahms’s haunting Third Symphony and works by Richard Strauss, including the Oboe Concerto with TSO Principal Oboe Sarah Jeffrey.

Mozart: Symphony No. 39, K. 543 Mozart: Requiem, K. 626 Sir Andrew Davis leads Mozart’s joyous Symphony No. 39, among the last to be composed, and the affecting Requiem, which Mozart would not live to complete.

Rachmaninoff & Scheherazade Fri, February 14, 2020 Sat, February 15, 2020 Elim Chan, conductor Stephen Hough, piano Jonathan Crow, violin

Eckhardt-Gramatté: Capriccio concertante Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 Mussorgsky/orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition Sergei Babayan plays Tchaikovsky’s romantic and popular First Piano Concerto. And the TSO’s virtuosity is showcased in the colourful Pictures at an Exhibition.

Oundjian Conducts Mahler Fri, May 1, 2020 Sat, May 2, 2020 Peter Oundjian, conductor Jonathan Crow, violin

Elizabeth Ogonek: as though birds Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

Vivian Fung: Dust Devils Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 Mahler: Symphony No. 5

Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninoff’s romantic Second Piano Concerto. His “interpretations demand to be heard,” declares The Sunday Times. These Valentine weekend concerts also feature Rimsky-Korsakov’s seductive Scheherazade.

TSO Conductor Emeritus Peter Oundjian returns to lead Mahler’s savage and sublime Fifth Symphony. Concertmaster Jonathan Crow performs Bruch’s romantic First Violin Concerto.

Beethoven 5 Fri, May 22, 2020 Sat, May 23, 2020 Sarah Jeffrey, TSO Principal Oboe

Fabien Gabel, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin Richard Dubugnon: Caprice IV Es muss sein!

Dvořák: Violin Concerto Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

An American in Paris Fri, November 22, 2019 Sat, November 23, 2019

No other musical statement can match the raw force of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.

Augustin Hadelich demonstrates his courageous, forceful virtuosity in Dvořák’s spirited Violin Concerto.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Jon Kimura Parker, piano Cindy McTee: Double Play for Orchestra Barber: Piano Concerto Bernstein: Overture to Candide John Corigliano: Elegy for Orchestra Gershwin: An American in Paris Leonard Slatkin leads Gershwin’s jazzy musical postcard. This program of allAmerican masterworks also features the brilliant Jon Kimura Parker in Samuel Barber’s lyrical Piano Concerto.

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Stephen Hough, piano

Augustin Hadelich, violin

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Saturday 2 Seven Saturday concerts at 8:00pm

Gimeno Conducts Daphnis et Chloé

Dvořák & Mendelssohn

Sat, October 12, 2019

Sat, February 1, 2020

Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Beatrice Rana, piano

Aziz Shokhakimov, conductor Joseph Johnson, cello

Guillaume Connesson: Aleph: Danse symphonique (TSO Co-commission) Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 Tchaikovsky: The Tempest FantasyOverture Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2

Smetana: “The Moldau” from Má vlast Dvořák: Cello Concerto Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”

Incoming Music Director Gustavo Gimeno leads a suite from Maurice Ravel’s sensuous Daphnis et Chloé. And Beatrice Rana makes her TSO début playing Prokofiev’s blistering Piano Concerto No. 3.

One of the most electrifying conductors of the younger generation, Aziz Shokhakimov leads Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony.

TSO Principal Cello Joseph Johnson performs Dvořák’s impassioned Cello Concerto.

Thaïs Grand Opera in Concert Sat, November 9, 2019

Jan Lisiecki, piano

Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Erin Wall, soprano (Thaïs) Lucas Meachem, baritone (Athanaël) Andrew Staples, tenor (Nicias) Nathan Berg, bass-baritone (Palémon) Liv Redpath, soprano (Crobyle) Andrea Ludwig, mezzo-soprano (Myrtale) Emilia Boteva, mezzo-soprano (Albine) Stacey Tappan, soprano (La charmeuse) Toronto Mendelssohn Choir

Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances Sat, June 6, 2020 Karina Canellakis, conductor Lars Vogt, piano Zosha Di Castri: Lineage Grieg: Piano Concerto Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

Massenet: Thaïs (opera-in-concert in French with English surtitles) Music that tempts and beguiles. Sir Andrew Davis conducts Jules Massenet’s exotic, sensual Thaïs in concert—a French operatic masterwork—featuring acclaimed Canadian soprano Erin Wall.

Joseph Johnson, TSO Principal Cello Principal Cello Chair Supported by Dr. Armand Hammer

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Lisiecki Plays Beethoven’s Emperor

Sat, November 16, 2019

Sat, April 4, 2020

Jonathan Crow, leader & violin

Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor Jan Lisiecki, piano

Carmen Braden: Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring (1944 original orchestration) Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Concertmaster Jonathan Crow leads his TSO colleagues in Vivaldi’s timeless The Four Seasons. Copland’s joyous Appalachian Spring and a melodic work by Carmen Braden complete the program.

Young conducting sensation Karina Canellakis leads Rachmaninoff’s luxuriant Symphonic Dances. And Lars Vogt plays Grieg’s Piano Concerto. He “swept up the audience,” raved The Cincinnati Enquirer.

Davis Conducts & Plays Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony Sat, June 20, 2020 Sir Andrew Davis, conductor & organ

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”

Andrew Davis: La Serenissima R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ Symphony”

Former TSO Music Director Jukka-Pekka Saraste leads the Orchestra and Jan Lisiecki in Beethoven’s regal “Emperor” Concerto and his darkly dramatic Third Piano Concerto.

Concluding his tenure as Interim Artistic Director, Sir Andrew Davis leads SaintSaëns’s awe-inspiring “Organ Symphony” from the Gabriel Kney Organ at Roy Thomson Hall.

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Saturday 3 Seven Saturday concerts at 8:00pm

Dynamic Duo: Hannigan & Storgårds Sat, September 21, 2019 John Storgårds, conductor & violin Barbara Hannigan, conductor & soprano Beethoven: Overture to Egmont Dutilleux: Sur le même accord for Violin and Orchestra Haydn: Symphony No. 96 “Miracle” Brett Dean: “And once I played Ophelia” from Hamlet Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 A riveting opening! Barbara Hannigan conducts Haydn and, with John Storgårds as soloist, a Dutilleux nocturne. Then, Storgårds conducts Sibelius and music by Brett Dean, sung by Hannigan.

All Tchaikovsky

Gimeno, Yuja Wang & Brahms

Sat, November 30, 2019

Sat, April 11, 2020

Simon Rivard, conductor Daniel Lozakovich, violin

Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Yuja Wang, piano

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 “Winter Dreams” Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 Brahms: Symphony No. 2

The TSO’s annual all-Tchaikovsky holiday concert features the resounding 1812 Overture, the rarely encountered First Symphony, and teenage virtuoso Daniel Lozakovich playing the Violin Concerto.

Brahms’s piano concertos stand among music’s towering masterpieces.

Experience No. 2 with the dazzling Yuja Wang. Gustavo Gimeno leads this allBrahms concert, also featuring the Second Symphony.

Beethoven 7 Sat, January 11, 2020 Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Seong-Jin Cho, piano Beethoven: King Stephen Overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 Sir Andrew Davis leads this all-Beethoven program—featuring the immortal Seventh Symphony and poetic Fourth Piano Concerto—which inaugurates the TSO’s celebration of the composer’s 250th birthday.

Barbara Hannigan, conductor & soprano

Seong-Jin Cho, piano

Thaïs Grand Opera in Concert* Sat, November 9, 2019 Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Erin Wall, soprano (Thaïs) Lucas Meachem, baritone (Athanaël) Andrew Staples, tenor (Nicias) Nathan Berg, bass-baritone (Palémon) Liv Redpath, soprano (Crobyle) Andrea Ludwig, mezzo-soprano (Myrtale) Emilia Boteva, mezzo-soprano (Albine) Stacey Tappan, soprano (La charmeuse) Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Massenet: Thaïs (opera-in-concert in French with English surtitles) Music that tempts and beguiles. Sir Andrew Davis conducts Jules Massenet’s exotic, sensual Thaïs in concert—a French operatic masterwork—featuring acclaimed Canadian soprano Erin Wall. *Seating may vary for this performance.

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Gustavo Gimeno, incoming TSO Music Director

All Beethoven Majestic Bruckner Sat, February 22, 2020 Donald Runnicles, conductor Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 Epic in scope and radiant in spirit. Donald Runnicles leads Bruckner’s symphonic landscape, the Seventh Symphony.

Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll is one of the composer’s most personal creations.

Sat, June 13, 2020 Sir Andrew Davis, conductor James Ehnes, violin Beethoven: Violin Romance No. 1 Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 Beethoven: Violin Concerto Beethoven’s 250th-birthday celebration continues as Sir Andrew Davis conducts the Eighth Symphony and Violin Concerto.

Canadian violinist James Ehnes gives the “colossal masterpiece shape,” raves The Guardian.

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Sunday Matinee Five Sunday concerts at 3:00pm

Romantic Brahms

Rachmaninoff & Scheherazade

Pictures at an Exhibition

Sun, September 29, 2019

Sun, February 16, 2020

Sun, March 15, 2020

Donald Runnicles, conductor Sarah Jeffrey, oboe

Elim Chan, conductor Stephen Hough, piano Jonathan Crow, violin

Jader Bignamini, conductor Sergei Babayan, piano

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 R. Strauss: Concerto in D Major for Oboe and Small Orchestra R. Strauss: Death and Transfiguration Donald Runnicles leads Brahms’s haunting Third Symphony and works by Richard Strauss, including the Oboe Concerto with TSO Principal Oboe Sarah Jeffrey.

Elizabeth Ogonek: as though birds Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninoff’s romantic Second Piano Concerto. His “interpretations demand to be heard,” declares The Sunday Times. These Valentine weekend concerts also feature Rimsky-Korsakov’s seductive Scheherazade.

Eckhardt-Gramatté: Capriccio concertante Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 Mussorgsky/orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition Sergei Babayan plays Tchaikovsky’s romantic and popular First Piano Concerto. And the TSO’s virtuosity is showcased in the colourful Pictures at an Exhibition.

Davis Conducts & Plays Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony Sun, June 21, 2020 Donald Runnicles, conductor

Sir Andrew Davis, conductor & organ Andrew Davis: La Serenissima R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ Symphony”

All Tchaikovsky Sun, December 1, 2019

Concluding his tenure as Interim Artistic Director, Sir Andrew Davis leads SaintSaëns’s awe-inspiring “Organ Symphony” from the Gabriel Kney Organ at Roy Thomson Hall.

Simon Rivard, conductor Daniel Lozakovich, violin

The TSO’s annual all-Tchaikovsky holiday concert features the resounding 1812 Overture, the rarely encountered First Symphony, and teenage virtuoso Daniel Lozakovich playing the Violin Concerto.

Photo: Nick Wons

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 “Winter Dreams” Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

Elim Chan, conductor

The TSO Chamber Soloists Savour beautiful, intimate performances by The TSO Chamber Soloists, curated and hosted by Concertmaster Jonathan Crow, before select Masterworks concerts.

For full details, please visit TSO.CA/ChamberSoloists.

Admission is included in the price of your TSO concert ticket.

Performances are approximately 30 minutes in length.

Limited seating in the choir loft of Roy Thomson Hall.

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Four at the Weston Four Sunday concerts at 3:00pm at George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Lisiecki Plays Beethoven’s Emperor

All Beethoven

Sun, November 17, 2019

Sun, April 5, 2020

Sun, June 14, 2020

Jonathan Crow, leader & violin

Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor Jan Lisiecki, piano

Sir Andrew Davis, conductor James Ehnes, violin

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”

Beethoven: Violin Romance No. 1 Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 Beethoven: Violin Concerto

Carmen Braden: Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring (1944 original orchestration) Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Concertmaster Jonathan Crow leads his TSO colleagues in Vivaldi’s timeless The Four Seasons. Copland’s joyous Appalachian Spring and a melodic work by Carmen Braden complete the program.

Former TSO Music Director Jukka-Pekka Saraste leads the Orchestra and Jan Lisiecki in Beethoven’s regal “Emperor” Concerto and his darkly dramatic Third Piano Concerto.

Beethoven’s 250th-birthday celebration continues as Sir Andrew Davis conducts the Eighth Symphony and Violin Concerto.

Canadian violinist James Ehnes gives the “colossal masterpiece shape,” raves The Guardian.

Sir Andrew Davis, TSO Interim Artistic Director

Mozart 40 Sun, January 26, 2020 Bernard Labadie, conductor Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano Mozart: Overture to Così fan tutte, K. 588 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271 “Jeunehomme” Mozart: Symphony No. 40, K. 550 Experience Mozart’s magnificent Symphony No. 40—one of his last— under Bernard Labadie. Also, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays the youthful “Jeunehomme” Piano Concerto, which the composer wrote at age 21.

Bernard Labadie, conductor

Celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday!

Wed, October 9, 2019 at 6:45pm

Fri, May 1, 2020 at 6:15pm

Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp

Vivier: Cinq chansons pour percussion

Sun, December 1, 2019 at 1:45pm Arensky: String Quartet No. 2

Sat, June 13, 2020 at 6:45pm Beethoven: Septet With special guest James Ehnes, violin

Thu, February 20, 2020 at 6:45pm Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder With special guest Donald Runnicles, piano Jonathan Crow, TSO Concertmaster Tom Beck Concertmaster Chair

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John Morris Russell, conductor Capathia Jenkins, vocalist Ron Bohmer, vocalist

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Steven Reineke, conductor Capathia Jenkins, vocalist Tony DeSare, vocalist & piano

Prepare to be shaken and stirred as the TSO pays tribute to the suave and immortal secret agent. Relive the iconic hits from the films.

TSO Holiday Pops Tue, December 10, 2019 Wed, December 11, 2019 Steven Reineke, conductor Measha Brueggergosman, vocalist Have yourself a Merry Christmas as the TSO, Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman, and a full chorus bring you a concert overflowing with festive favourites and holiday cheer!

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From Jaws to Jurassic Park to Star Wars!

Celebrate the undisputed king of movie music with a magical showcase of his beloved works. *Concert not included in Snowbird matinee package.

The TSO pays homage to two legendary vocalists—the Queen of Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald, and Ol’ Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra—with the classic standards they immortalized.

Classic Broadway: Rodgers & Hammerstein Tue, April 14, 2020 Wed, April 15, 2020 Steven Reineke, conductor Amabile Choirs of London, Canada The TSO and a cast of sensational singers head back to Broadway with a concert dedicated to the famed duo’s treasured musicals including The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, and South Pacific.

Dancing in the Street: The Music of Motown Tue, June 23, 2020 Wed, June 24, 2020 Jeff Tyzik, conductor Immerse yourself in soulful sound as the TSO presents the enduring music of Motown. Groove along to “You Really Got a Hold on Me”, “My Girl”, and more!

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Young People’s Concerts Four Sunday concerts at 2:00pm or 4:00pm

One-hour matinees that are perfect for kids ages 5 to 10—and the young at heart.

Symphony Spooktacular Sun, October 27, 2019 Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, conductor This Halloween, trick-or-treat your boys and ghouls to a concert of hair-raising, spine-tingling classical favourites. Come in costume to help the Orchestra get into the spirit!

Beethoven Lives Upstairs

The Composer Is Dead

Symphonic Fairy Tales

Sun, February 2, 2020

Sun, March 1, 2020

Sun, April 26, 2020

Simon Rivard, conductor Classical Kids LIVE!

Simon Rivard, conductor Kevin Frank, host

Dina Gilbert, conductor Jeffrey Beecher, double bass & host

Based on the award-winning recording, this concert features a lively exchange of letters between young Christoph and his uncle about the “madman” who has moved in upstairs.

Whodunit? Was it the shifty strings, or perhaps the treacherous trombones? This musical mystery by Nathaniel Stookey and Lemony Snicket is hilarious fun for the whole family.

Principal Double Bass Jeffrey Beecher is your guide for a journey of magic and imagination, as timeless fairy tales are brought to life through beloved orchestral works.

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Special performances—Add on today!

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Home Alone in Concert Fri, December 6, 2019 at 7:30pm Sat, December 7, 2019 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm

Singin’ in the Rain—Film with Orchestra Sat, February 8, 2020 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm Topping the American Film Institute’s list of 25 Greatest Movie Musicals of all time, this film masterpiece comes to life with live orchestral accompaniment and award-winning on-screen performances

by Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, and Debbie Reynolds.

Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor Resonance Youth Choir “I made my family disappear!” Experience the festive family film like never before as the TSO plays John Williams’s unforgettable score live.

© 2019 & TM LUCASFILM LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © DISNEY. Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in association with 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Warner/Chappell Music.

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi— In Concert Wed, October 2, 2019 at 7:30pm Thu, October 3, 2019 at 7:30pm Fri, October 4, 2019 at 7:30pm Sat, October 5, 2019 at 7:30pm Steven Reineke, conductor In the spectacular sixth episode of the Star Wars saga, the fate of the entire galaxy hangs in the balance as father and son face off in the ultimate battle of good versus evil. Revisit the original trilogy’s climactic finale and experience John Williams’s grand, emotional score like never before as the TSO performs it live with the film!

© 1990 Twentieth Century Fox

Star Wars: The Force Awakens— In Concert

Messiah Tue, December 17, 2019 at 8:00pm Wed, December 18, 2019 at 8:00pm Fri, December 20, 2019 at 8:00pm Sat, December 21, 2019 at 8:00pm Sun, December 22, 2019 at 3:00pm

Handel/arr. Mozart: Messiah Alexander Shelley conducts Handel’s Messiah—in Mozart’s colourful orchestration—with the TSO, a full chorus, and four dazzling Canadian soloists.

Rejoice greatly!

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Steven Reineke, conductor Courtesy of The Gene Kelly Image Trust

Alexander Shelley, conductor Jane Archibald, soprano Emily D’Angelo, mezzo-soprano Isaiah Bell, tenor Russell Braun, baritone Toronto Mendelssohn Choir

Wed, May 6, 2020 at 7:30pm Thu, May 7, 2020 at 7:30pm Fri, May 8, 2020 at 7:30pm Sat, May 9, 2020 at 7:30pm

Picking up 30 years after the explosive finale of Return of the Jedi and the defeat of the Galactic Empire, Star Wars: The Force Awakens brings movie fans a whole new generation of characters... and a few very familiar faces. John Williams’s out-of-this-world, Academy Award–nominated score packs an extra, planet-sized punch as the TSO performs it live alongside the film. *Discount does not apply to Star Wars film performances.

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Curated Series pricing

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Subscriber add-on pricing

Don’t forget to add Star Wars: Return of the Jedi—In Concert and Star Wars: The Force Awakens—In Concert to your package to secure the best available seats!

Only subscribers get 20% discounts, all season long, on additional Masterworks, Pops, and Young People’s Concert Series performances, and Special concerts.

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Seating guide Roy Thomson Hall (non-film concerts)

George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts

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