Thomas Adès will conduct Kirill Gerstein and the Toronto Symphony in the Canadian premiere of his Piano Concerto on Feb. 26-March 1. The program opens with “Paradiso” from Adès’ Dante and closes with Holst’s The Planets. https://www.tso.ca/concerts-and-events/events/holsts-the-planets/
To mark its 40th season, the Saskatoon Symphony, under the baton of Evan Mitchell, will feature its concertmaster, Michael Swan, as soloist in Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 1. The March 8 concert also includes The Lost Birds, a moving work by Christopher Tin for choir and orchestra, featuring the SSO Chorus. https://saskatoonsymphony.org/event/the-lost-birds/
Veteran Canadian pianist Janina Fialkowska will perform in the Music Toronto series on March 18. The program opens with Weber’s Invitation to the Dance, continuing with a collection of short works by Grieg and Chopin, plus the Schumann Op. 12 Fanstasiestücke. https://musictorontoconcerts.com/concerts/janina-fialkowska
Angélique Kidjo will sing Philip Glass’s entrancing Ifé, Three Yorùbá Songs on March 19. The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal will be conducted by Elena Schwarz, in a program that also includes Janáček’s, The Cunning Little Vixen Suite and Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, the Pastoral. https://www.osm.ca/en/concert/angelique-kidjo-sings-glass
The Vancouver Symphony, conducted by music director Otto Tausk, will play the world premiere of Marcus Goddard’s Mountain Visions, described as “a celebration of our natural world.” The March 21-23 program also features Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9. https://www.vancouversymphony.ca/event/dvoraks-new-world-symphony/
Marta Gardolińska will make her podium debut with the Toronto Symphony on March 26-29, conducting Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony No. 3. Angela Hewitt solos in Mozart’s dramatic yet charming Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467. https://www.tso.ca/concerts-and-events/events/angela-hewitt-plays-mozart/
