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Motets: Bach as Muse
Concerts at Toronto Botanical Garden & McMichael Canadian Art Collection
May 20, 2025 … Throughout the month of June, Tafelmusik fills the air with exquisite baroque music in five different venues across Toronto. As part of the annual Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival, audiences can enjoy four free concerts at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music, Grace Church-on-the-Hill, and Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre. Tafelmusik also animates other spaces around town including The McMichael Canadian Art Collection on June 5, and Toronto Botanical Garden on June 13. For choral music lovers, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir offers Bach as Muse on June 6 at Jeanne Lamon Hall. Dates, times, program details, and ticket prices (where applicable) for all concerts are available below.
“Our June concerts reflect the many facets of Tafelmusik’s musical personality, and showcase our love for chamber and orchestral music, choral music, and working with students,” says Cristina Zacharias, Artistic Co-Director. “We look forward to each of these performances and to fostering the talents of future historical performance musicians to close out our thrillingly successful 46th season.”
JUNE CONCERTS AT A GLANCE
Mozart’s Kindred Spirits
Julia Wedman & Geneviève Gilardeau, violins
Brandon Chui & Patrick G. Jordan, violas
Michael Untermann, cello
June 5, 8 PM at the McMichael Canadian Collection
Tickets are available through the McMichael Canadian Art Collection at https://tickets.mcmichael.com/Selection.aspx?sch=25729
June 13, 7 PM at the Toronto Botanical Gardens
Tickets are available through the Toronto Botanical Gardens at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tafelmusik-at-the-garden-mozarts-kindred-spirits-tickets-1009940779057
Mozart was known in his lifetime for his love of playing music with friends. Join an intimate group of Tafelmusik musicians as they explore his brilliantly conversational Quintet in C Major, along with music of several contemporaries with whom Mozart played, including Johann Vanhal and Josef Mysliviček.
Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival, June 16–28
Musicians from around the world join Tafelmusik for four free concerts in three different venues as part of the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival, June 16–28. These free concerts are presented in conjunction with the 24th annual Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute (TBSI), a top-tier training program. Established in 2002 for instrumentalists and vocalists, TBSI is a two-week intensive workshop in baroque performance practice. Over the 20 years since its launch, TBSI has welcomed over 1,500 participants from 64 countries. Concert performers include Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, participants of TBSI, and faculty members.
“This is Tafelmusik giving back—making a gift to the world of early music.
And this is Tafelmusik investing in the future of period performance,
not just in Canada but internationally.”
– Robert Hunter,
Tafelmusik board member and former senior executive with Department of Canadian Heritage
Opening Night FREE
June 16 at 8 PM
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W.
The Festival kicks off with a free concert in our home venue, featuring Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, and British baritone Peter Harvey. Works by Bach, Telemann, Purcell, and Zelenka.
Admission is free but a ticket is required. Hall doors open at 7:30 PM.
Baroque Portraits FREE
June 21 at 12:30 PM
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park, Toronto
An informal chamber recital featuring members of the TBSI faculty.
Admission is free and on a first-come, first-served basis. No registration or tickets are required.
TBSI Orchestras and Choirs FREE
June 25 at 1 PM
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, 80 Queens Park, Toronto
A concert showcasing the participants of TBSI performing an array of orchestral and choral music.
Admission is free and on a first-come, first-served basis. No registration or tickets are required.
Grand Finale FREE
June 28 at 7:30 PM
Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road, Toronto
Over 100 musicians on stage as TBSI participants perform alongside Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir—a spectacular close to the festival!
Admission is free, but tickets are required. General admission seating.
Season Presenting Sponsor for the 2024-25 concert season
Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute is generously supported by Lynn & James Haight,
The Azrieli Foundation, and the McLean Foundation.
Tafelmusik gratefully acknowledges the support of BMO, Presenting Sponsor of the 2024/25 concert season, as well as support from the Azrieli Foundation, Brookfield, Power Corporation of Canada, and RBC. We are also grateful to our government partners Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, and the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
About Tafelmusik
Brandon Chui, Dominic Teresi, Cristina Zacharias, Artistic Co-Directors
Glenn Hodgins, Executive Director
Every now and then a group of musicians comes along and changes the way we think about music. For over four decades, Tafelmusik has been synonymous worldwide with dynamic, engaging, and soulful performances informed by scholarship, passion and artistic excellence. Performing on instruments and in styles appropriate to the era, Tafelmusik has performed in more than 350 cities in 32 countries. Its extensive discography on the Sony, CBC Records, Analekta and Tafelmusik Media labels have garnered ten JUNOs and numerous international recording prizes. From a vibrant home season in Toronto, to international tours, award-winning recordings, innovative collaborations, and inspiring education programs, Tafelmusik is a musical powerhouse with a reputation for thrilling and delighting audiences. www.tafelmusik.org
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