2007 - 2008 Concert Schedule
Matthew Jaskiewicz - Founding Artistic Director
SEASON AT A GLANCE
SILENT HORROR - NOSFERATU
Friday, October 26, 2007 at 8:00 pmRoyal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park
Screening of 1922 silent movie Nosferatu with live original music by Phil McConnell
Toronto Sinfonietta Strings, Phil McConnell, guest conductor
GALA CONCERT
of the Second Toronto Sinfonietta Concerto Competition 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007 at 7:30 pmIsabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles Street West, Toronto
Winners of the First Toronto Sinfonietta Young Musicians Competition in piano, violin and woodwinds categories share the stage, performing excerpts from various concertos with orchestra
Toronto Sinfonietta, Matthew Jaskiewicz, conductor
LIFE AND MUSIC OF KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 7:00 pmConsulate General of the Republic of Poland, Toronto
On the 125th anniversary anniversary of his birth and the 70th anniversary of his death Toronto Sinfonietta soloists present chamber music by Karol Szymanowski and Witold Lutoslawski, two giants that shaped Polish music of the 20th century
Karol Szymanowski (1882 - 1937)
Kurpie Songs
Etude in B flat Minor, op. 4 no 3
Witold Lutoslawski (1913 - 1994)
Dance Preludes for clarinet abd piano
Bucolics for piano solo
Subito for violin and piano
Toronto Sinfonietta, Matthew Jaskiewicz, conductor
GLORIA
Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 7:30 pmCalvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Avenue, Toronto
Concert of festive sounds of choir, strings, and brass organized by Oakham House Choir of Ryerson University
Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria
John Rutter: Gloria
Phil McConnell: Christmas Fantasia
Eunsil Choi - soprano
Margaret Maye - mezzosoprano
Oakham House Choir of Ryerson University
Toronto Sinfonietta, Matthew Jaskiewicz, conductor
THE SEASONS
Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 7:30 pmCalvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Avenue, Toronto
Oakham House Choir of Ryerson University presents the magnificent secular oratorio composed in 1801 by 69 year old Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn: The Seasons
Oakham House Choir of Ryerson University
Toronto Sinfonietta, Matthew Jaskiewicz, conductor
MUSIC OF POLISH ENLIGHTENMENT
Sunday, June 8, 2008 at 2:00 pmRoyal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park
In times of French Revolution Polish Enlightenment gave Europe not only the first modern national constitution (The Constitution of May 3, 1791), but also prepared ground for a new era in Polish culture.
Michal Kleofas Oginski (1731-1803) Polonaise
Karol Kurpinski (1785-1857) Clarinet Concerto
Fryderyk Chopin (1819-1849) Flute Variations on a Theme by Rossini
Juliusz Zarebski (1854-1885) Piano Quintet, arranged for strings and piano
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz (1876-1909) Waltz for Serenade for String Orchestra
Toronto Sinfonietta, Matthew Jaskiewicz, conductor
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