The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson
Hall Announces its 2009-2010 season of jazz and classical concerts:
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FOUR SPECIAL CONCERTS
ROY THOMSON HALL
(FOR SUBSCRIBERS TO ADD TO THEIR SERIES):
CHINA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 8 PM
Tickets: $112 - $24
Long Yu, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Yuan Kai: China Air
(Canadian Première)
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Since its inception in 2000, the highly innovative, 120-member
China Philharmonic Orchestra has established extensive collaborative
relationships with world-famous conductors and soloists, including
Krzysztof Penderecki, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sara Chang and Placido
Domingo. The orchestra aspires to introduce the gems of China’s
symphonic music to the world and the finest of western musical heritage
to Chinese audiences—a magnificent cultural exchange. It has performed
in the grand venues of the world, including Avery Fisher Hall, Barbican
Hall, the world-famous Palais Garnier and Berlin Philharmonie, playing
to glowing reviews.
"At 20, Yuja Wang has both the energetic, fearless imagination of
youth and the probing sensitivity that in most artists comes only
with maturity..." --San Francisco Chronicle
Presented in association with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
ANGELA HEWITT, PIANO
Friday, February 12, 2010 at 8 PM
Tickets: $69 - $29
JS Bach: Italian Concerto
Beethoven: Sonata in D major, Op. 10 No. 3
Brahms: Sonata in F minor, Op. 5
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Angela Hewitt’s triumphant
1st prize win at the Toronto International Bach Piano
Competition! Since that prestigious win at Roy Thomson Hall in 1985,
Hewitt has firmly established herself as the pre-eminent Bach pianist
of our time. Her eleven-year project to record all the major keyboard
works of Bach was described as "one of the record glories of our
age" by The Sunday Times. In 2006 she earned the Gramophone
Artist of the Year award and received the Order of the British Empire
in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. She is the consummate artist, and
captivates utterly with her mesmerizing performances. Roy Thomson
Hall is honoured to have her return to our concert stage.
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 8 PM
Tickets: $112 - $24
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Lang Lang, piano
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
It’s a celebration of youthful genius when the phenomenal Lang
Lang shares the stage with the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra.
Composed of the world's finest young musicians under the age of
27, who are hand-picked through a rigorous audition process, the
orchestra has developed through collaborations with the finest conductors
and teachers from the Berlin Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic,
and the NDR Symphony Orchestra. This performance is part of its
first-ever tour of North America.
Presented in association with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
SPECIAL LATE-NIGHT CONCERT
Saturday, June 19, 2010 at 11 PM
Tickets: $69 - $20
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Join Peter Oundjian, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and an international
cast of soloists for a special 11pm performance of Beethoven’s thrilling
Symphony No. 9.
Stay for the party in the lobby and dance the night away! Experience
the TSO like never before.
Presented in association with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
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