Toronto Symphony a Season Highlight at the Konzerthaus Wien

By Chanda VanderHart, 18 May 2017

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“Vengarov owned the work with his signature combination of ease and complete virtuosic control.”

Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Vienna on 16 May 2017

Boulez, Le Soleil des eaux (The Sun of the Waters)

Brahms, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77

Bach, Violin partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Sarabande

Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116

Elgar, Enigma Variations, Op.36: Nimrod

Maxim Vengerov, Violin

Carla Huhtanen, Soprano

Peter Oundjian, Conductor

Wiener Singakademie

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

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Chanda VanderHart, 9th February

On their European tour, the Toronto Symphony calls in at the Wiener Konzerthaus for a diverse program conducted by Gustavo Gimeno.

****1

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John Gilks, 18th September

The Toronto Symphony kicks off the 2025-26 season with an intriguing and exciting double bill of the very new and the very familiar.

****1

A satisfying melange of Classic and Caribbean with the Toronto SO

John Gilks, 28th May

Kristiina Poska makes a successful Toronto debut with solid Beethoven and some spicy Caribbean fireworks from Stewart Goodyear.

***11

Springtime in Toronto: touring programme needs some rethinking

Michelle Assay, 20th March

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s latest concert, tipped for European touring next year, fails to convince.

***11

Music of the Spheres: stars align for Thomas Adès’ TSO debut

Michelle Assay, 26th February

Thomas Adès serves up an astronomical programme, pairing his Piano Concerto and Paradiso with Holst’s crowd favourite, The Planets.

****1

John Adams trumps Trump in Toronto

John Gilks, 6th November

John Adams returns to Toronto to conduct the TSO in an exciting and varied programme marked also by the debut of Spotlight Artist Anna Prohaska.

****1

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Chanda VanderHart

Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.