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November 11, 2018
“Catharsis” is the wrong word: Britten’s War Requiem
2018-19 Season
Jenna Simeonov, Schmopera There was a moment of particular vitriol in Bramwell Tovey's brief remarks before giving the…
November 9, 2018
Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem: A monumental commemoration of the WWI Armistice, November 11, 1918
2018-19 Season
David Richards, Toronto Concert Reviews Amid the ominous chimes cutting through the languid sounds of lower strings and percussion,…
November 9, 2018
Toronto Symphony Remembers With A Moving Tribute To The Wastes Of War
2018-19 Season
Stephan Bonfield, ludwig Van Toronto Britten’s War Requiem: Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Children’s Chorus, and…
September 21, 2018
TSO Lets Berlioz Do The Talking In Season Opener
2018-19 Season
Paul Robinson, ludwig van Toronto At the age of 74, Sir Andrew Davis’s walk to the podium is…
July 2, 2018
Peter Oundjian Has Left The Building
2017-18 Season
Arthur Kaptainis, Ludwig Van Toronto Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Kirsten MacKinnon (soprano), Lauren Segal (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Haji (tenor),…
July 1, 2018
Peter Oundjian’s triumphant finale to his fourteen-year tenure with Toronto Symphony!
2017-18 Season
David Richards, Toronto Concert Reviews Not many people get a goodbye celebration at Roy Thomson Hall. Such was the…
June 30, 2018
Oundjian Ode to Joy
2017-18 Season
Leslie Barcza, Barczablog Tomorrow will be the last concert in this month-long celebration of Peter Oundjian’s tenure with…
April 30, 2018
CANDIDE at TSO Gives You Permission to Laugh
2017-18 Season
Taylor Long, Broadway World Conductor Bramwell Tovey began the evening by saying, "in light of the way things…
April 27, 2018
Candide with the Toronto Symphony: using our imaginations
2017-18 Season
Leslie Barcza, barczablog Earlier this week Joseph So was rapturous in his description of a concert performance of a…