Music Director Andrei Feher opens the 22/23 Season with Brahms’ final symphony, rich in allusions to Beethoven and full of impassioned intensity. The KWS commission of Upwell is in collaboration with Toronto-based composer Jordan Pal, performed by Shawn Mativetsky.
Sat Oct 1 / 8:00 pm
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Sun Oct 2 / 2:30 pm
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Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is a staple of the Baroque repertoire. In this strings-only program curated by KWS Concertmaster Bénédicte Lauzière, discover a different take on this famous piece that tips its (tango) hat to the original. The program also features a work by Vivaldi himself and Grieg’s tribute to the Baroque playwright Ludvig Holberg.
Wed Oct 5 / 8:00 pm
First United Church
Fri Oct 7 / 8:00 pm
Harcourt Memorial United Church
Sat Oct 8 / 8:00 pm
Central Presbyterian Church
The reigning “Queen of Classical Music” Thorgy Thor rose to fame on RuPaul’s Drag Race and now she’ll amaze you onstage with her tremendous talent. Teaming up with conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, she wields her outrageous fashion sense, razor-sharp wit, and virtuoso classical chops to create a thrilling, theatrical show.
Fri Oct 14 / 8:00 pm
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Sat Oct 15 / 8:00 pm
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Our Halloween-inspired concert explores the links between costumes, through festivals like Halloween and Carnival and its inspiration for classical music.
Sat Oct 15 / 2:30 pm
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The KWS brass quintet in collaboration with a storyteller will recreate some of the many stories from the 1001 Nights and Sinbad’s sea adventures. Children and adults alike will be transported into the magical world of Sinbad and his many travels, encountering mystical lands and creatures through the music of Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov.
Sat Oct 22 / 10:30 am
Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts
Sat Nov 5 / 10:30 am
Stork Family YMCA
Romanian pianist Alexandra Dariescu joins Andrei Feher for Grieg’s epic Piano Concerto in A minor. Both large-scale and tender, the piano concerto is contrasted perfectly by Sibelius’s Symphony No. 3, a compact crystallization of ideas from chaos in three movements. KWS commission Megyaakwaang by Barbara Assiginaak opens this spirited program.
Sat Oct 29 / 8:00 pm
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Sun Oct 30 / 2:30 pm
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Swedish video game music concert producer Orvar Säfström make his Canadian debut with the KWS in a video game music event that focuses on the exceptional quality of the music and the orchestra. Orvar will be narrating the concert himself, presenting well known themes intertwined with lesser known gems and perhaps even a few surprises!
Wed Nov 9 / 8:00 pm
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Canada’s #1 drama comes to musical life! See Murdoch, Dr. Julia Ogden, Inspector Brackenreid, Constable George Crabtree, and the entire cast on the big screen accompanied by Robert Carli’s score performed live by the KWS in sync to one of the most beloved and musically rich episodes.
Fri Nov 11 / 8:00 pm
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