Gone with the Winds
January 16 to 19
More Bach Motets
January 25
Toronto, December 20, 2019… Tafelmusik rings in the New Year with two intriguing programs —Gone with the Winds (Jan 16–19, 2020) recreates the sonorities of the wind Harmonie, 18th-century wind ensembles that performed transcriptions of opera arias and music by Viennese masters. In keeping with the theme of Tafelmusik’s 2019/20 season, old meets new, the concert includes a world premiere by Canadian composer Cecilia Livingston, aptly titled Gone with the Winds. Later that month choir director Ivars Taurins and Tafelmusik Chamber Choir take a deep dive into the choral music of the Bach family with a special concert, More Bach Motets (January 25, 2020), also featuring Tafelmusik cellist Keiran Campbell performing movements from J.S. Bach’s Suites for solo cello. Both programs take place at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre.
Gone with the Winds, January 16 to 19
During the 18th century, hits from the latest operas were often arranged for wind octets that performed in private homes, spas, pubs, and public gardens. Known as Harmonie, these ensembles of oboes, clarinets, bassoons, and horns played covers of popular opera arias, as well as original music by Viennese composers of the day.
Inspired by the Harmonie tradition, the program for Gone with the Winds includes Mozart’s Serenade in C Minor, Beethoven’s Sextet, op. 71, and arrangements of opera arias from Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Rossini’s Barber of Seville performed by John Abberger andMarco Cera,oboes; Tindaro Capuano andJean-François Norman clarinets; Dominic Teresi andClay Zeller-Townson, bassoons; and Todd Williams andDylon Pastoor, horns; along with Pippa Macmillan, double bass.
Borrowing its name from the concert title, Cecilia Livingston’s Gone with the Winds is a tongue-in-cheek play on the repeated note figures of Mozart's K.388 and Beethoven's op. 71, pushing those gestures into more recent minimalist musical worlds, while hinting at the famous “Tara's Theme” from Max Steiner's score for the film Gone with the Wind.
Gone with the Winds Performance Sponsor is Industrial Alliance Securities.
More Bach Motets, January 25
Under the direction ofIvars Taurins, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir presents a magical evening of Bach family motets for choir and continuo, interwoven with movements from J.S. Bach's suites for solo cello played by the newest member of Tafelmusik, the brilliant cellist Keiran Campbell. The program includes music by several members of J.S. Bach’s family, including his great uncle Johann Bach, his cousin Johann Christoph Bach, and his father-in-law Johann Michael Bach.
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Tafelmusik presents Gone with the Winds
Dates & Times: Thu Jan 16, Fri Jan 17, Sat Jan 18 at 8pm and Sun Jan 19 at 3:30pm
Ticket prices: Regular: starting from $42; Discounts for seniors (65+), 35 and under, and youth (18 and under)
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir presents More Bach Motets
Date & Time:Sat Jan 25 at 8pm
Ticket prices: Regular: starting from $42; Discounts available for seniors (65+), 35 and under, and Youth (18 and under)
Venue: Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor Street W.
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ABOUT CECILIA LIVINGSTON
Cecilia Livingston is composer-in-residence at Glyndebourne Festival Opera (UK), where her work is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and builds on her 2015–17 Fellowship at American Opera Projects in New York. Winner of the Canadian Music Centre’s 2018 Toronto Emerging Composer Award and the 2018 Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes for female opera creators in Canada, her music has been heard at Nuit Blanche, the 21C Festival, World Choir Games, and with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Her current projects include the opera Terror & Erebus for Opera 5 and TorQ Percussion Quartet, as well as new work for Glyndebourne, and a song cycle with poet Anne Michaels.
ABOUT TAFELMUSIK
Led by Music Director Elisa Citterio, Tafelmusik is one of the world’s leading period-instrument ensembles, performing on instruments and in styles appropriate for the era of the music. Renowned for dynamic, engaging, and soulful performances, Tafelmusik performs some 80 concerts each year for audiences across Toronto, and is Canada’s most toured orchestra, having performed in more than 350 cities in 32 countries. The orchestra is often joined by the critically acclaimed Tafelmusik Chamber Choir and its director, Ivars Taurins.
Tafelmusik also seeks to transport audiences to the baroque and classical periods through insightful multimedia programs and adventurous cross-cultural collaborations. Our musicians share their knowledge and experience through comprehensive education and artist-training initiatives such as the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer and Winter Institutes. Tafelmusik’s recordings on the Sony, CBC Records, Analekta, and Tafelmusik Media labels have garnered ten JUNOs and numerous international recording prizes.
2019/20 SEASON PARTNERS
Tafelmusik wishes to thank the following for their generous support: BMO Financial Group, RBC Foundation, KPMG, Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation, Whitmer Trudel Charitable Foundation, The Pluralism Fund, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Classical 96.3 FM, and NOW Magazine. Tafelmusik is a proud partner of the Bloor St. Culture Corridor.
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