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TorontoMessiah

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Händel: Messias
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Ivor Bolton; Louise Alder; Deepa Johnny; Paul Appleby; Joshua Hopkins

TorontoMahler’s Eighth

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Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 8 in Es-Dur 'Symphonie der Tausend'
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Gustavo Gimeno; Elisabeth Teige; Sarah Wegener; Sarah Dufresne; Karen Cargill
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Gustavo Gimeno and the TSO give Beethoven’s Ninth the grand treatment

Golda Schultz, Ema Nikolovska, Saimir Pirgu and Jongmin Park © Allan Cabral | Courtesy of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Gimeno and the TSO give a performance that’s both carefully thought out and very grand, aided by excellent soloists and the huge Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.
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Clarity and communion in Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Mahler 3

Gerhild Romberger and Iván Fischer © Róbert Zentai
On the final leg of their North American tour, the Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Mahler proves a a transformative experience within the intimate setting of Toronto’s Koerner Hall. 
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Toronto Symphony kicks off season with an effective double bill

Gustavo Gimeno, Sean Michael Plumb and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra © Allan Cabral, Courtesy of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
The Toronto Symphony kicks off the 2025-26 season with an intriguing and exciting double bill of the very new and the very familiar. 
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A rousing Carmina burana in Toronto

A crowd-pleaser is joined by a Szymanowski rarity to close the TSO's season. 
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Messiah rings in the festive season in Toronto

English conductor Nicholas McGegan led a responsible reading of Handel's now-classic oratorio, infusing some dramatic and lyrical touches into a largely unruffled evening.
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Brahms and Lieberson comfort with Peter Oundjian and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra

“Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted”, says the scripture, and it was so last night as Peter Oundjian conducted the mournful music of Brahms and Lieberson. Wave after wave of the rich textures of grieving arose and subsided in song, leaving in their wake the energy of reconciliation.The grieving of Peter Lieberson is deep.
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