Mariinsky Orchestra with Valery Gergiev, conductor and Alexander Toradze, piano

Friday, October 21, 2011 at 8:00 pm

Roy Thomson Hall (60 Simcoe Street, Toronto, ON M5J 2H5 Canada)

Tickets $69.50 - $169.50

Ehnes Plays Tchaikovsky

Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 8:00 pm and Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 7:30 pm

Roy Thomson Hall (60 Simcoe Street, Toronto, ON M5J 2H5 Canada)

Tickets (Dec 8) $35 - $145 (Dec 10) $33 - $98

Peter Oundjian, conductor

James Ehnes, violin

Melody, colour, excitement, emotion - it's all here in abundance with this fabulous all-Tchaikovsky programme. Violinist James Ehnes, acclaimed as "the Jascha Heifetz of our day" by The Globe and Mail, takes centre stage for the dynamic Violin Concerto. Peter Oundjian conducts Symphony No. 2, a joyous work that is liberally spiced with irresistible Ukrainian folk tunes.

Program:

Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

Beethoven Symphony No. 5

Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 8:00 pm and Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 8:00 pm

Roy Thomson Hall (60 Simcoe Street, Toronto, ON M5J 2H5 Canada)

Tickets $35 - $145

 

Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 8:00 pm and Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 8:00 pm

Roy Thomson Hall (60 Simcoe Street, Toronto, ON M5J 2H5 Canada)

Tickets $35 - $145

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 8:00 pm

Massey Hall (178 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1T6 Canada)

Tickets $39.50 - $99.50

To commemorate the 50th birthday of superstar trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, one of today's most celebrated jazz musicians, he and his world-renowned 15-member Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will perform a retrospective showcase of his major compositions for big band. And what a party it will be! The joyous program also includes renditions of tunes by such historic greats as Thelonious Monk and Lee Morgan as well as new works and arrangements by contemporary jazz masters.

Bobby McFerrin

Monday, April 16, 2012 at 8:00 pm

Roy Thomson Hall (60 Simcoe Street, Toronto, ON M5J 2H5 Canada)

Tickets $49.50 - $69.50

Bobby McFerrin is a natural wonder - possessing a four-octave voice, ten Grammy awards and the uncanny ability to command the stage solo, in concert. He's a spectacular vocal innovator and improviser who joyously combines jazz, folk, classical and world music in his highly unique and captivating performances.

"Bobby McFerrin's greatest gift to his audience may be changing them from spectators into celebrants and transforming a concert hall into a playground..." - Los Angeles Times

Perlman Plays Beethoven

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 8:00 pm and Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 8:00 pm

Roy Thomson Hall (60 Simcoe Street, Toronto, ON M5J 2H5 Canada)

Tickets $49 - $179

Peter Oundjian, conductor

Itzhak Perlman, violin

Itzhak Perlman, who enjoys one of the most enduring and most rewarding of all soloist/conductor relationships in the TSO's history, performs the keystone of the violinist's repertoire: the serene, glorious concerto by Beethoven. Peter Oundjian pairs it with Tchaikovsky's vivid fantasia inspired by a tragic love story from Dante's Inferno.

Program:

Khachaturian: Suite from Masquerade and Spartacus

Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini

Chris Botti

Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 8:00 pm

Massey Hall (178 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1T6 Canada)

Tickets $49.50 - $69.50

One of the world's top-selling instrumental artists and concert performers, trumpeter Chris Botti transcends the worlds of pop, jazz and classical music to create a signature sound that has earned him critical accolades and put him at the top of the charts. He has recorded with the best: Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Andrea Bocelli and Sting.