Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra 2021/22 Season: Hear. Live. Together.

DA N I E L R A I S K I N MUSIC DIRECTOR

Hear.

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YOUR VISIT

Keeping You

Safe at the The health and safety of our patrons, musicians and staff remains our top priority. The WSO and the Centennial Concert Hall continue to follow safety recommendations from health officials, which may include reduced attendance, physical distancing, mandatory face masks, frequent sanitizing of seats and common areas and timed entries for patrons at concerts.

The Centennial Concert Hall is also making a number of improvements to the facility, including: • Renovations to the exterior facade • New carpeting and Piano Nobile improvements • Installation of hands-free washroom amenities For updates and information on health and safety measures, visit wso.ca

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Spending a year apart has not been easy.

While programming next season, I often drew comfort and inspiration from envisioning you – our wonderful patrons – seated in the Centennial Concert Hall, each of us playing a crucial role in the incomparable communion of a live concert. I’m certain you also know these feelings well and – like both the orchestra and myself – you yearn to be reinvigorated by the unique energy only a live audience and musicians can spark together. When punctuated with the overwhelming sound of applause, it is

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like nothing else. We can’t wait to hear, feel and be together soon.

Our 2021/22 season is filled with music both familiar and new; powerful and bold; entertaining and thought provoking. Our own WSO musicians will continue to share the spotlight alongside returning audience favourites, as well as celebrated guest artists making their WSO debut.

The great philosopher Plato once said, “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness and life to everything.” Whether it’s experiencing the exhilarating power of the WSO’s live performance in-person or enjoying a livestream from the

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comfort of your home, I look forward to sharing the exceptional gift of music with you next season!

DANIEL RAISKIN

MUSIC DIRECTOR

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Stewart Goodyear

Stewart Goodyear & Grieg SAT, OCT 2 7:30 PM Daniel Raiskin, conductor Stewart Goodyear, piano Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Overture in C major Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major

With a thunderous rolling timpani followed by a distinctive, famous melody, the 2021/22 season begins with Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto, one of the most recognizable works in classical music. Stewart Goodyear takes on the iconic work and proves why the Canadian pianist has been proclaimed “a phenomenon” (Los Angeles Times) and “one of the best pianists of his generation” (Philadelphia Inquirer). The evening includes a rich orchestral work by Fanny Mendelssohn as well as Johannes Brahms’s pastoral Second Symphony.

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Beethoven’s Fifth & Crozman Plays Elgar SAT, NOV 20 7:30 PM Daniel Raiskin, conductor Cameron Crozman, cello Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté: Capriccio Concertante Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

DA DA DA DUNNNNN… perhaps the four most recognizable notes in classical music.

Premiering in 1808, Beethoven’s Fifth is a riveting work requiring no introduction.

Named “Canada’s next big cello star” by CBC Music, Cameron Crozman continues to make a name for himself both at home and internationally. Crozman returns to the WSO to take on Edward Elgar’s powerful and solemn Cello Concerto.

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Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser Beverly Wang

Haydn, Mozart & Copland SAT, JAN 15 7:30 PM Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, conductor Beverly Wang, oboe Florence Price: Andante moderato for strings Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 (London) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C major Aaron Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring

Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser leads the WSO in a program reminiscent of spring and summer with a joyful and sentimental work by Florence Price, Haydn’s final symphony, and Mozart’s light and luminous Oboe Concerto, performed by WSO principal oboist Beverly Wang. The evening concludes with Aaron Copland’s soaring Suite from Appalachian Spring.

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Rei Hotoda

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Naomi Woo

Two Pianos: Mozart, Hotoda & Woo SAT, FEB 5 7:30 PM Rei Hotoda, conductor & piano Naomi Woo, piano Jessie Montgomery: Records from a Vanishing City Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat major Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major (Spring)

Hailed by the Spokesman-Review as being an “inexhaustible dynamo,” former WSO assistant conductor Rei Hotoda returns as guest conductor in a program featuring Jessie Montgomery’s autobiographical tone poem Records from a Vanishing City, Robert Schumann’s Spring Symphony and, in a duo performance with assistant conductor Naomi Woo, Mozart’s engaging Concerto for Two Pianos.

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Vadim Gluzman, Tchaikovsky & Scheherazade SAT, MAR 12 7:30 PM Daniel Raiskin, conductor Vadim Gluzman, violin Vítězslava Kaprálová: Suita rustica Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

Renowned violinist Vadim Gluzman takes us on an adrenalin-pumping performance of Tchaikovsky’s infamously difficult yet elegant Violin Concerto, performed on the very Stradivari violin that Tchaikovsky had intended when writing this work.

Russian composer Nikolai RimskyKorsakov’s Scheherazade is one of the most colourful, evocative and descriptive scores in classical music and guaranteed to capture your imagination.

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These Things Remain: Netherlands Tour Celebration SAT, APR 30 7:30 PM Daniel Raiskin, conductor Renate Arends, soprano Andrew Haji, tenor Henk Neven, baritone Winnipeg Singers & Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir • Yuri Klaz, director Matthew Whittall: These Things Remain Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor (Unfinished) Hector Berlioz: Messe solennelle

Join the WSO to celebrate the program being played on the Netherlands tour!

Given the monumental task of commemorating Canada’s efforts in the liberation of Europe in the Second World War, Matthew Whitall’s moving piece These Things Remain finally receives its world premiere. Commissioned by the WSO to originally mark the occasion of the WSO’s 2020 tour to the Netherlands, the piece for chorus and orchestra will be performed alongside another powerful and rarely performed choral work, Hector Berlioz’s Messe solenelle. In between we’ll hear Franz Schubert’s most famous single work, his ‘Unfinished’ Symphony.

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Of Our New Day Begun: Mozart, Shostakovich & Thomas SAT, OCT 30 7:30 PM Daniel Raiskin, conductor Kathryn Brooks, bassoon Sergei Prokofiev: Classical Symphony (Symphony No. 1) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major Omar Thomas: Of Our New Day Begun Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony

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SAT, DEC 4 7:30 PM Daniel Raiskin, conductor Blake Pouliot, violin Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World)

Praised by the Toronto Star as “one of those special talents that comes along once in a lifetime” and featured twice on CBC’s 30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians under 30, 27-year-old Canadian violinist Blake Pouliot has established himself as a consummate 21st-century artist.

Led by maestro Daniel Raiskin, Pouliot performs Samuel Barber’s deeply lyrical Violin Concerto. The evening begins with a groundbreaking work by English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Rounding out the program is one of Antonín Dvořák’s most famous works, Symphony from the New World, written during his time in the U.S.

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From deep resounding low notes to sweet melodies and unhindered expression, Kathryn Brooks brings out the beautiful sound of the bassoon in Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto. Russian composers Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich bookend the evening with works inspired by revolution and impacted by war, along with the fiercely powerful piece by American composer Omar Thomas, Of Our New Day Begun, commissioned to commemorate the 2015 Charleston church shootings.

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WNMF 1: Evelyn Glennie SAT, JAN 22 7:30 PM Daniel Raiskin, conductor Evelyn Glennie, percussion Glenn Buhr: Akasha (Sky) Bramwell Tovey: new work Jennifer Higdon: Percussion Concerto Kelly Marie Murphy: And So Be Changed to Lightning in the End Giya Kancheli: Nu.Mu.Zu

Dame Evelyn Glennie, the world’s first solo percussionist, returns to Winnipeg to open the 31st Winnipeg New Music Festival with exciting works by Jennifer Higdon, Kelly Marie Murphy, Giya Kancheli and WNMF co-founders Glenn Buhr and Bramwell Tovey.

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Alexei Volodin

Alexei Volodin Plays Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 FRI, FEB 18 7:30 PM Daniel Raiskin, conductor Alexei Volodin, piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Tempest Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor

Russian concert pianist Alexei Volodin wowed audiences with his jaw-dropping Back-to-Back Beethoven performances in the 2019/20 season, and returns to summit the Mount Everest of piano concertos, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Maestro Raiskin and the WSO set the mood with a work that would feel at home on Everest’s peak, Tchaikovsky’s wild and powerful take on Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

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Thrills, Chills & Romance: Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky & Alexei Volodin SAT, FEB 19 7:30 PM Daniel Raiskin, conductor Alexei Volodin, piano Alissa Firsova: Die Windsbraut Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

In the second night of back-to-back performances, one of today’s most outstanding Russian pianists, Alexei Volodin, takes on Sergei Rachmaninoff’s famous Piano Concerto No. 2, with all the thrills, chills and swooning romance the Russian composer is known for.

Maestro Daniel Raiskin frames this program with contemporary composer Alissa Firsova’s haunting Die Windsbraut (The Bride of the Wind) and an epic journey through the nature of fate in Tchaikovsky’s powerful Fourth Symphony.

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Handel’s Solomon FRI, MAR 25 7:30 PM Elroy Friesen, conductor Tracy Dahl, soprano Monica Huisman, soprano Daniel Taylor, countertenor University of Manitoba Singers • Elroy Friesen, director

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George Frideric Handel: Solomon

Elroy Friesen directs the University of Manitoba Singers along with featured soloists Tracy Dahl, Monica Huisman and Daniel Taylor in one of George Frideric Handel’s most exultant works. With magnificent choruses like “Swell the Full Chorus” and “Praise the Lord,” and the instantly recognizable “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba,” the choir and orchestra are a divine pairing!

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Handel’s Messiah FRI, DEC 17 7:30 PM VENUE TBA Janet Brenneman, conductor Jessica Kos-Whicher, soprano Matthew Dalen, tenor Neil Craighead, bass CMU Festival Chorus • Janet Brenneman, artistic director George Frideric Handel: Messiah

A holiday tradition, join the WSO to usher in the festive season with Handel’s cherished classic.

Celebrated soloists, the CMU Festival Chorus and the famous Hallelujah chorus make Messiah a breathtaking experience not to be missed!

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UNTUXED: OPEN REHEARSAL SERIES

A casual and unique way to experience the WSO! During this live dress rehearsal series, you’ll hear the conductor introduce the music, discover what it takes for the orchestra to prepare for a performance and be able to participate in a Q-and-A following the rehearsal… all in one hour!

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World) SAT, DEC 4 12:30 PM

Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring SAT, JAN 15 12:30 PM

Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 (Spring) SAT, FEB 5 12:30 PM

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor SAT, FEB 19 12:30 PM

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade SAT, MAR 12 12:30 PM

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Bluegrass Symphony featuring The neWSOunds SAT, SEP 18 7:30 PM | SUN, SEP 19 2:00 PM Julian Pellicano, conductor The neWSOunds, ensemble

The neWSOunds are back by popular demand… with a new name!

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Greg Hay (banjo), Chris Anstey (fiddle), Mike Kemp (percussion) and Meredith Johnson (double bass) highlight the versatility of classical musicians with an uplifting mix of contemporary and traditional bluegrass favourites alongside the WSO. You’ll be tapping your toes in no time and see why they became an instant audience favourite at last season’s Holiday Celebration and WSO@Home livestream concerts!

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Don Amero with the WSO FRI, OCT 22 7:30 PM | SAT, OCT 23 7:30 PM | SUN, OCT 24 2:00 PM Julian Pellicano, conductor Don Amero, vocalist

An engaging storyteller and performer, three-time JUNO Award nominee Don Amero brings his uplifting artistry to the WSO for a symphonic take on the music that has earned the respect and attention of the music industry and fans alike with his ability to effortlessly and genuinely connect with audiences.

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FRI, DEC 10 7:30 PM | SAT, DEC 11 7:30 PM | SUN, DEC 12 2:00 PM Julian Pellicano, conductor Momentum Aerial Rusalka Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Ray Co-Co Stevenson, traditional singer and drummer Raine Hamilton, vocalist Ça Claque!

The holidays are indeed a time of wonder and home! Join the WSO for a made-in-Manitoba Christmas, complete with drums, dance, aerialists and more! Ça Claque!

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Li Keur, Riel’s Heart of the North FRI, FEB 11 7:30 PM | SAT, FEB 12 7:30 PM | SUN, FEB 13 2:00 PM Julian Pellicano, conductor Neil Weisensel, composer Suzanne Steele, Métis poet/librettist

A reimagining of Louis Riel’s “missing” years (1870–72) and his love for the land, his people, his nation and a previously unknown woman, Li Keur, Riel’s Heart of the North is a new music theatre work written by Métis poet/librettist Suzanne Steele and Winnipeg composer Neil Weisensel.

Based on archival research, the new work is written in five languages (Cree-Michif, French-Michif, Anishinaabemowin, French and English), and features five vocalists, a narrator, Michif choirs, a fiddler, dancers and the WSO. This debut of the full-length work is a cross collaboration written in the spirit of truth and reconciliation, heralding the Métis renaissance of the 21st century.

My Favourite Things: The Best of Rodgers & Hammerstein FRI, MAR 18 7:30 PM | SAT, MAR 19 7:30 PM | SUN, MAR 20 2:00 PM Julian Pellicano, conductor Andriana Chuchman, vocalist Donna Fletcher, vocalist Aaron Hutton, vocalist Gregory Dahl, vocalist U of M Desautels Faculty of Music Musical Theatre & Opera Theatre ensembles • Donna Fletcher, Director

A cast of superb singers takes you back to the golden years of Broadway with unforgettable tunes from Rodgers & Hammerstein classics and the original orchestrations by the full WSO. With legendary songs you know and love from South Pacific, The Sound of Music, The King and I, Carousel, Oklahoma! and State Fair, you’re sure to hear a few of your favourite things.

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Paul Shaffer & the WSO FRI, APR 22 7:30 PM | SAT, APR 23 7:30 PM

Enjoy an evening with the legendary Paul Shaffer as he takes you on a symphonic journey through his musical life, from his earliest beginnings in Thunder Bay, studying piano classically, tempering this training with his discovery and love of rock ‘n’ roll, his fascination with the theme from Exodus, and his momentary detour into surf music. The evening also celebrates the soul music of his youth and The Beatles, and tracks his five-decade career, illuminating it with stories of both the songs and the people he’s encountered along the way.

Special guest star Valerie Simpson, the Motown legend responsible for “I’m Every Woman,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and many more iconic hits, joins him on his musical romp, including on a performance of Paul’s own outrageous hit “It’s Raining Men.” You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll have the musical time of your life.

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Julian Pellicano, conductor Paul Shaffer, keyboard Valerie Simpson, vocalist

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ in Concert FRI, MAR 4 7:30 PM | SAT, MAR 5 7:30 PM Julian Pellicano, conductor

Grab your broom and get ready for the tasks ahead! The Triwizard Tournament comes to Hogwarts™ in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ in Concert. Relive the magic of Harry Potter™ soaring across the big screen in high-definition and experience the music of a live symphony orchestra performing Patrick Doyle’s unforgettable score.

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Halloween Spooktacular SUN, OCT 31 2:00 PM Naomi Woo, conductor & piano Camille Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux (Carnival of the Animals)

Join the WSO for a fabulous Halloween-themed musical adventure featuring, among other Halloween surprises, the enchanting score by composer Camille Saint-Saëns. It’s a wild tale that will transform the Centennial Concert Hall into a magical universe where lions, kangaroos, elephants – and even a few skeletons – come to life! Come dressed up as your favourite animal and we’ll have a whale of a time!

The Snowman (with The Hockey Sweater) SUN, DEC 5 2:00 PM Naomi Woo, conductor Manitoba Theatre for Young People • Kent Suss, director Howard Blake: The Snowman Abigail Richardson: The Hockey Sweater

The beloved Roch Carrier story about a boy forced to wear a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater in his hockey-mad Quebec town and the animated holiday favourite about a little boy who goes on a magical journey with his snowman both come to life in this perfect winter show.

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Jack and the Beanstalk SUN, JAN 16 2:00 PM Naomi Woo, conductor Dandi Productions, entertainers

Based on Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhyme, this lively show features a company of clever comedians, outrageous puppets and a stunning 60-foot beanstalk that takes the original fairy tale and turns it on its head by transporting the all-ages audience to the vibrant world of Dahl’s fascinating imagination.

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The Spirit Horse Returns SUN, MAR 13 2:00 PM Naomi Woo, conductor Andrew Balfour, composer Jodi Contin, composer Kevin Lau, composer Rhonda Snow, painter/knowledge keeper Ken MacDonald, hornist/narrator

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The Spirit Horse Returns combines vivid artwork with engaging stories of the Ojibwe Horses, traditional spirit animals to the First Nations and Métis and helpers to all. With music by Anishinaabe storyteller Jodi Contin, artwork by Métis-Ojibwe painter and knowledge keeper Rhonda Snow, and an original orchestral score by Cree composer Andrew Balfour and Kevin Lau, this premiere production shows young audiences how all Canadians have an important role to play in protecting the land, so that Ojibwe Horses can flourish once again.

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“… Bravo to maestro Raiskin and the entire WSO organization for, frankly, its courage, fortitude and creativity in navigating a crushing global pandemic while still bringing beauty into our homes on a nearly weekly basis.”

“When other groups have simply hung up their bows or put concerts on ice, Manitobans should be rightfully proud of ‘our Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’ …”

– WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

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Stewart Goodyear & Grieg Don Amero with the WSO Don Amero with the WSO Don Amero with the WSO Of Our New Day Begun: Mozart, Shostakovich & Thomas Halloween Spooktacular

7:30 PM

Beethoven’s Fifth & Crozman Plays Elgar

NOVEMBER SAT NOV 20

DECEMBER SAT DEC 4

12:30 PM

SAT DEC 4

7:30 PM

SUN DEC 5

2:00 PM

FRI DEC 10

7:30 PM

SAT DEC 11

7:30 PM

SUN DEC 12

2:00 PM

FRI DEC 17

7:30 PM

JANUARY SAT JAN 15

12:30 PM

SAT JAN 15

7:30 PM

SUN JAN 16

2:00 PM

SAT JAN 22

7:30 PM

FEBRUARY SAT FEB 5

12:30 PM

SAT FEB 5

7:30 PM

FRI FEB 11

7:30 PM

SAT FEB 12

7:30 PM

SUN FEB 13

2:00 PM

FRI FEB 18

7:30 PM

SAT FEB 19

12:30 PM

SAT FEB 19

7:30 PM

MARCH FRI MAR 4

7:30 PM

SAT MAR 5

7:30 PM

SAT MAR 12

12:30 PM

SAT MAR 12

7:30 PM

SUN MAR 13

2:00 PM

FRI MAR 18

7:30 PM

SAT MAR 19

7:30 PM

SUN MAR 20

2:00 PM

FRI MAR 25

7:30 PM

APRIL FRI APR 22

7:30 PM

SAT APR 23

7:30 PM

SAT APR 30

7:30 PM

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World) Dvořák’s New World The Snowman (with The Hockey Sweater) WSO Holiday Pops!

WSO Holiday Pops!

WSO Holiday Pops!

Handel’s Messiah Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring Haydn, Mozart & Copland Jack and the Beanstalk WNMF 1: Evelyn Glennie Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 (Spring) Two Pianos: Mozart, Hotoda & Woo Li Keur, Riel’s Heart of the North Li Keur, Riel’s Heart of the North Li Keur, Riel’s Heart of the North Alexei Volodin Plays Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor Thrills, Chills & Romance: Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky & Alexei Volodin Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ in Concert Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ in Concert Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Vadim Gluzman, Tchaikovsky & Scheherazade The Spirit Horse Returns My Favourite Things: The Best of Rodgers & Hammerstein My Favourite Things: The Best of Rodgers & Hammerstein My Favourite Things: The Best of Rodgers & Hammerstein Handel’s Solomon Paul Shaffer & the WSO Paul Shaffer & the WSO These Things Remain: Netherlands Tour Celebration

(A)bsolute Classics

BMO (B)eyond Classics

Kids Concerts

Specials

Pops

BMO Night at the Movies

UnTuxed: Open Rehearsal Series

All concerts at Centennial Concert Hall except Handel’s Messiah (Dec. 17), venue TBA

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