Next events
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
October 4, 2024, 8pm
Tafelmusik presents A Musical Menagerie at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. An enchanting and lighthearted musical journey through the fields, forests, and barnyards of Baroque Europe.
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Toronto Botanical Gardens
October 6, 2024, 2pm
Tafelmusik at the Gardens: A Musical Menagerie is a lighthearted romp through the fields, forests, and barnyards of baroque Europe. The birds and beasts join us on a journey through the cycle of the seasons in a delightful musical bestiary, with music ranging from the most enchanting to the most ridiculous.
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Brantford Music Club
October 5, 2024, 7:30pm
Brantford Music Club
88 Dalhousie St Brantford, ON N3T 5V7
For tickets sales and more information, visit brantfordmusicclub.ca.
In Stile Moderno
January 24, 2025, 8pm
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
10365 Islington Ave, Kleinburg
The turn of the 17th century saw sweeping changes in music, including the rise of virtuoso instrumentalists and music written in the “modern style.” This performance, featuring music by Castello, Bertali, Leonarda, and others, explores the concept of “modern” in music.
Tickets include gallery access and are available at mcmichael.com
Solo: A Violinist’s Journey
March 23, 2024, 2pm
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
10365 Islington Ave, Kleinburg
Sei Solo—these words J.S. Bach wrote on the title page of his revolutionary works for solo violinists. The words can be interpreted as “six solos” or “I am alone”—a clever double-entendre: a challenge to the performer. This program features the remarkable G-Minor Sonata that opens Bach’s collection, as well as works for solo violin by his compatriots Westhoff and Telemann. The performance is balanced by Missy Mazzoli’s Dissolve, O my heart, a 21st-century response to Bach.
Tickets include gallery access and are available at mcmichael.com
Mozart’s Kindred Spirits
June 5, 2025, 8pm
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
10365 Islington Ave, Kleinburg
Mozart was known in his lifetime for his love of playing music with friends. Join an intimate group of Tafelmusik musicians as we explore his brilliantly conversational Quintet in C Major, along with music of several contemporaries with whom Mozart played, including Johann Vanhal and Josef Mysliviček (also known as Il Boemo—The Bohemian).
Tickets include gallery access and are available at mcmichael.com
Past events
Shooting Stars
June 27, 2023
Columbus Centre,
901 Lawrence Ave West, Toronto
The idea of the shooting star, brightly burning but all-too-soon extinguished, inspires this program of music by Mozart, Hyacinthe Jadin, Schubert, Boccherini, Giardini, Noferi, and Joseph Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges. With Julia Wedman, violin; Patrick G. Jordan, viola; and Michael Unterman, cello.
Music in the Garden
June 29, 2023
Toronto Music Garden
479 Queens Quay West, Toronto
Free
Experience the beauty of music from the past with this intimate chamber concert featuring members of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Presented with introductions from the musicians, this program features music connected to Tafelmusik’s Music Director Emerita Jeanne Lamon, who passed away in June 2021. The program includes music by Purcell, Leclair, Handel, and Bach, including Jeanne’s beautiful arrangement of the Bach solo violin Ciaccona for two violins and cello.
Part of Harbourfront Centre’s Summer Music in the Garden series, this free open-air concert features Julia Wedman and Cristina Zacharias, violins; Patrick G. Jordan, viola; and Michael Unterman, cello.
Tafelmusik’s Harbourfront Centre performance is supported by the McLean Foundation
Shooting Stars
June 30, 2023
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
10365 Islington Ave, Kleinburg
Shooting Stars takes its cue from the words of Ian A.C. Dejardin, Executive Director of the McMichael, who describes Tom Thomson, Canada’s pre-eminent modern painter thus:
“… because the career is so brief—really less than four years—it is less of an arc and more of an explosion.” The idea of the shooting star, brightly burning but all-too-soon extinguished, inspires this concert complementing the McMichael’s summer exhibition Tom Thomson: North Star. Julia Wedman, violin; Patrick G. Jordan, viola; and Michael Unterman, cello, perform music by Mozart, Hyacinthe Jadin, Schubert, Boccherini, Giardini, Noferi, and Joseph Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
Tickets include gallery access and are available at mcmichael.com
Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival
May 29, 2023 at 8pm
June 2, 2023 at 12:30pm
June 7, 2023 at 1pm
June 10, 2023 at 7:30pm
Various venues
A series of four FREE concerts presented in conjunction with the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute.
Learn more about each program here.
Tafelmusik at the Garden
February 26, 2023 at 2pm
March 26, 2023 at 2pm
April 30, 2023 at 2pm
Toronto Botanical Garden
777 Lawrence Avenue East, Toronto
Join us this winter for a new concert series at Toronto Botanical Garden. These Sunday afternoon concerts will take place indoors, and seating is general admission.
Learn more about each program here.
Evergreen’s Cultural Performing Arts Series
December 18, 2022 at 7pm
Evergreen Brickworks
550 Bayview Avenue, Toronto
Free admission
At Evergreen’s Winter Market on December 18, enjoy an intimate chamber concert performance from 7pm-8pm by Tafelmusik artists Geneviève Gilardeau and Lucas Harris.
Their program will be based on the music of Scotland, drawing from both baroque and traditional fiddle repertoires. This performance is part of Evergreen’s Cultural Performing Arts Series, presented by Bank of America.
Beijing Music Festival
December 6, 2022 at 7:30pm CST
Beijing Music Festival Arts Foundation
Online
Tafelmusik was pleased to join the Embassy of Canada in China, in partnership with Beijing Music Festival Arts Foundation, for a virtual panel discussion on music. Tafelmusik musicians Patrick G. Jordan and Julia Wedman joined speaker Wang Cizhao and moderator Gao Jian to discuss early classical music.
Toronto Botanical Garden’s Edwards Summer Music Series
August 18, 2022 at 7pm
Toronto Botanical Garden
777 Lawrence Avenue East, Toronto
This Tafelmusik Trio featuring Patricia Ahern, Christopher Verrette, and Lucas Harris will celebrate the beauty and our connection to nature through the music of the past with new energy brought to baroque music today.
The Edwards Summer Music Series includes eight FREE outdoor concerts showcasing contemporary Canadian talent, within the beauty of the Toronto Botanical Garden.
This concert series takes place Thursday nights at 7pm in July and August within the courtyard adjacent to the historic barn in Edwards Gardens. Concerts are held rain or shine (they move indoors in the case of extreme weather). Admission to the concerts is free. General seating is available on a first-come basis or guests are encouraged to bring their own chair.