Sept. 18-19 will see the world premiere of Canadian composer Michael Oesterle’s new Orchestre symphonique de Montréal commission. The program, conducted by Rafael Payare, also features Daniil Trifonov playing Schumann’s […]
The Saskatoon Symphony opens its classical season Sept. 21 with the debut of Sara Davis Buechner playing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Tania Miller conducts this program, which also includes […]
In the Toronto Symphony season opener, Gustavo Gimeno conducts the Canadian premiere of Carlos Simon’s Concerto for Orchestra, Wake Up! Then pianist Jan Lisiecki joins concertmaster Jonathan Crow and principal […]
The Germany-based Gropius Quartet makes its debut with Friends of Chamber Music (Vancouver) on Oct. 15. They will play Haydn’s Op. 33, No. 2 (the Joke), Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 8, […]
To celebrate Bruckner’s 200 birthday, the Calgary Philharmonic will play his Symphony No. 8 on Oct. 18-19, under the baton of Rune Bergmann. For the first half of the program, […]
Quartetto di Cremona will open Music Toronto’s 2024-25 season on Oct. 24 (replacing the previously announced Juilliard Quartet). Cremona’s program includes quartets by Gian Francesco Malipiero, Ravel, and Schumann. https://musictorontoconcerts.com/concerts/juilliard-quartet
Jeremy Dutcher, two-spirit song carrier, composer, activist, and ethnomusicologist from Tobique First Nation, joins Symphony Nova Scotia on Oct. 25-26 with an all-new, boundary-pushing orchestral performance. https://symphonynovascotia.ca/concerts-and-tickets/concerts/rebecca-cohn-auditorium/jeremy-dutcher-2024/
The world premiere of a new work by Stephanie Orlando, commissioned through the Maria Anna Mozart Award, will be presented by Symphony Nova Scotia on Oct. 31. Santiago Cañón Valencia […]
The Vancouver Chamber Music Society will host a recital program by violist Hung-Wei Huang and pianist Aslan Aslanov on Nov. 4-6. The duo will play Schumann’s Adagio and Allegro, Op. […]
John Adams’ Frenzy will receive its Canadian premiere by the Toronto Symphony on Nov. 6-9 under the composer’s baton. Two other Adams works are also on the program: his orchestral […]
The Nov. 6-7 chamber concert by members of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal will feature the String Quintet in A minor by composer Johanna Müller-Hermann, paired with Verklärte Nacht by her […]
On Dec. 4-5, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec will perform both Strauss’ Thus Spoke Zarathustra and a work created in answer to it, Katia Makdissi-Warren’s Thus Sang Simorgh, which will […]
Steve Reich’s Jacob’s Ladder will receive its Canadian Premiere on Dec. 6 with the Vancouver Symphony, conducted by music director Otto Tausk and featuring Synergy Vocals. The program includes works […]
The Horszowski Trio and clarinettist Todd Palmer will feature composer Rebecca Clarke’s Trio from 1921 in their Calgary Pro Music appearance on Jan. 12-13. Also on the program are Moravec’s […]
Gustav was not the only one in the Mahler household who composed beautiful music. On Jan 16-17, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Rafael Payare, will present Five Lieder […]
On Jan. 17, the Saskatoon Symphony offers a rare opportunity to see a staged version of Gian Carlo Menotti’s haunting opera The Medium. Anastasia Winterhalt stars. https://saskatoonsymphony.org/event/the-medium/
Vanessa Benelli Mosell, conductor and pianist, makes her Vancouver Symphony debut on Jan. 17. The program includes the North American premiere of Philppe Schoeller’s Sereno Sola for Piano and Strings, […]
It’s double the party on Jan. 25 when the Calgary Philharmonic celebrates the birthdays of both Mozart and music director Rune Bergmann (who will conduct). The music for this fête […]
The harp-and-piano duo Couloir will perform in the Vancouver Chamber Music Society series on Feb. 10-12. Besides a transcription of a classic—Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata—harpist Heidi Krutzen and pianist Ariel Barnes […]
Pianist Teo Gheorghiu makes his Symphony Nova Scotia debut playing Schumann’s Piano Concerto under conductor Andrei Feher. The Feb. 13 program, which will also be livestreamed, opens with Anna Clyne’s […]
