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Varying variations: Toronto Symphony Orchestra presents Elgar and Vaughan Williams

By Gianmarco Segato, 16 October 2023
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“rich, burnished string tone announced the main tune that undergoes five uninterrupted variations”
Reviewed at Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto on 14 October 2023
Programme
Wijeratne, Polyphonic Lively
Vaughan Williams, Five variants of Dives and Lazarus
Copland, Clarinet Concerto
Elgar, Enigma Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, Op.36
Performers
Trevor Wilson, Conductor
Eric Abramovitz, Clarinet
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
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Gianmarco Segato
Gianmarco Segato

Arts writer, administrator and singer Gianmarco Segato is Assistant Editor for La Scena Musicale. He was Associate Artist Manager for opera at Dean Artists Management and, from 2017-2022, Editorial Director of Opera Canada magazine. Previous to that he was Adult Programs Manager with the Canadian Opera Company. Gianmarco is an intrepid classical music traveler with a special love of Prague and Budapest as well as an avid cyclist and cook.