From “Venice of the North,” onwards to Venice itself! We’re certain you won’t mind that we’ve replaced those pesky gondolieri with the soaring voices of Canadian rising star soprano Lucia Cesaroni and mezzo soprano Lynne McMurtry (back after her explosive debut with Off Centre last season), who will introduce us to the arias and canzonettas of Bellini and Donizetti. Our very own Boris Zarankin will then make his singing debut… with the piano as his voice, guiding us through Chopin’s cantabile piano repertoire inspired by Bellini’s melodic style.

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Works by Jewish émigrés to Britain whose careers were stopped or stalled by WWII. These conservative but hugely accomplished musicians were overshadowed by the post-war avant-garde, and have only recently received the attention they richly deserve.

Program:
ROBERT KAHN Lieder aus "Jungbrunnen" for voice and piano trio
BERTHOLD GOLDSCHMIDT Two Morgenstern Songs for voice and string trio
HANS GÁL Clarinet Quintet, Op. 107
FRANZ REIZENSTEIN Piano Quintet in D, Op. 23

Featuring:
Benjamin Bowman and Erika Raum, violin
Steven Dann, viola
Bryan Epperson, cello
Joaquin Valdepeñas, clarinet
David Louie and Dianne Werner, piano

www.rcmmusic.ca

It's been 20 years since jazz-pianist John Stetch played his McGill graduation recital with "Professor" Jan Jarczyk. They team up once again for an evening of fun-filled 2-piano music. Originals, standards and free-improvisations will be played with an often telepathic fervor. An uncommon event in the jazz scene.

www.johnstetch.com

Jan Jarczyk info

Three of Canada's most innovative young composers and performers will be joining forces for a one-night-only showcase of new work this fall. The concert, Music for Art's Sake, will feature new original compositions from singer Romina Di Gasbarro, saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff, and guitarist David Occhipinti. The concert — three sets, one led by each of the composers — will feature jazz ensemble, string quartet and voice, a fusion of musical styles that offers exciting musical possibilities.

www.musicforartssake.com

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www.quinsin.com

www.davidocchipinti.com

Gabriela Montero’s extraordinary ability as an improviser, rare in the classical world, is fast becoming her trademark. The New York Times said, following one of Gabriela’s improvisational evenings, “no matter how complex the variations, the original melody always emerges from a musical tapestry that might weave blues, jazz, tango and Debussy into a multihued framework.”

www.gabrielamontero.com

The Toronto Mandolin Orchestra, combining the intimacy of a chamber ensemble with all the power of a symphony orchestra. Featuring outstanding vocal and instrumental soloists, including the astounding virtuosity of Ira Erokhina on the 3-string domra, a mandolin-like Russian folk instrument. Conducted by Alexander Veprinsky, the orchestra will perform popular selections on a folk idiom as well as classical music.

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Featuring pre-eminent Canadian Pianist, Juno award nominee,
ROBERT SILVERMAN and introducing newest Keyboard Faculty members,
ERIKA CRINO & BRETT KINGSBURY

PROGRAM
Triple Piano Concerto in C
Keyboard Concerto in D minor No.1
Concerto for Violin in E
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat.

For information please call 416 636-1880 Ext. 271
or email tliederman@kofflerarts.org

Violinist Arkady Yanivker and pianist Yuri Meyrowitz present a recital of highly charged sonatas by Korngold and Prokofiev, concluding with Brahms' "F-A-E"Scherzo.

Korngold, one of the greatest musical child prodigies of all time, wrote his monumental violin sonata at the age of sixteen. The work encompasses an extremely wide range of emotions, inspired by the hyper romantic passions of youth and the turbulence of the era preceding World War I.

Prokofiev's Sonata in F was completed in the aftermath of World War II, and reflects upon the harrowing anguish of the previous decade.

In contrast, Brahms' Scherzo makes no pretensions of being anything other than pure music. It was written when the composer was twenty years old as his contribution to a collaborative sonata presented as a gift to the great violinist Joseph Joachim.

Our annual Schubertiad, presented in memory of Greta Kraus, features two brilliant young singers who have enthused audiences across Canada in opera, oratorio and recital. This concert draws from the rich repertoire of Schubert's songs about the sun, the moon and the stars - powerful images of life and love in German poetry.

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Gregory Hoskins will be joined on stage by the country’s best and most daring musicians for this special live concert recording. Not to be missed.

www.gregoryhoskins.com