Toronto Sinfonietta
2010 - 2011 season
New music, new performers
Thursday, October 28, 7.30 pm, Walter Hall, University of Toronto
CZECH SERENADE
The Czech centered concert revolves around the visit of Violist, Jan Reznicek, and
Pianist, Eduard Spacil. These two prominent Czech musicians will be in Canada for this
specific event and will be premiering new contemporary classical works by Toronto
composers. This event is produced with the cooperation of the General Consulate of the
Czech Republic and the Nocturnes in the City Association.
Alexander Rapoport
Fantasia on Czech folk songs
Denis Patrick/Eduard Spacil Variations on a Czech Theme
for Electroacoustics, Piano and Orchestra
Philip McConnell
Czechmate –
Concerto for Viola, Piano and Orchestra,
dedicated to Czech/Canadian friendship
Max Kreuz
Atmospheric Bridges – Adagio for strings
Antonin Dvorak
Czech Suite in D major, Op.39
Jan Reznicek, viola
Eduard Spacil, piano.
Phillip McConnell, music director and guest conductor
Matthew Jaskiewicz, conductor
Polish Heritage Day at the ROM
Saturday, Nov 14, 7:30 p.m. Royal Ontario Museum
POLISH SPIRIT
A celebration of Polish Independence and Canadian Remembrance Days featuring
evocative romantic music performed by rising Polish Canadian artists. This concert is
organized under the patronage of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland.
Stanislaw Moniuszko
Overture to opera “Flis”,
Henryk Wieniawski
Violin Concerto in D Minor
Fryderyk Chopin
Polonaise militaire
Michal K. Oginski
Polonaise “Farewell to the Fatherland”
Fryderyk Chopin
Andante Spianato et Grand Polonaise Brillante
Karol Kurpinski –
Clarinet concerto
Stanislaw Moniuszko
Highlander Dances from opera “Halka”
Ewa Sass, violin
Jacqueline Mokrzewski, piano
Kornel Wolak, clarinet
Choral concerts
Saturday, November 27, Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Avenue, Toronto
BEETHOVEN THE GREAT
Ring in the Christmas season celebrating Beethoven the Great with the Oakham House
Choir of Ryerson University singing his Great Mass in C Minor accompanied by the
Toronto Sinfonietta orchestra. Joining in our homage will be a superb Beethoven
performance by pianist Anastasia Rizikov, winner of the Chopin Piano Competition,
Junior Division.
Ludvig van Beethoven
Various
Choral arrangements of piano music
Piano Concerto No 1 in C Major
Great Mass in C Minor
Christmas favourites
Oakham House Choir of Ryerson University
vocal soloists
Anastasia Rizikov, piano
New music, new performers
February 26, Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. W., Toronto
CLASSICALLY YOURS
Fifth Gala Concert of Young Musicians
For the Fifth time, Toronto Sinfonietta invites the winners of our competition, young
soloists under the age of 19 to perform with the orchestra. The repertoire will include
unforgettable concertos of classical and early romantic composers played by our finest
young talents.
Program and soloists will be announced in November 2010
Choral concerts
April 30, Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave., Toronto
MOZART THE MASTER
Composer extraordinaire from the dramatic to comedic genres.
Join the Oakham House Choir of Ryerson University for an amazing concert focusing on
the all encompassing genius of the many sides of Mozart from the sacred to the comedic.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Coronation Mass
Arias, choruses from:
Don Giovanni, the Marriage of Figaro,
Idomeneo, The Magic Flute
soloists
Oakham House Choir of Ryerson University