Beginning with a program highlighting repertoire from Venice's Baroque period, countertenor Daniel Taylor and soprano Suzie Leblanc exhibit their stunning virtuosity supported by the exceptional new early music ensemble Theatre of Early Music. From Germany, the
acclaimed Leipzig String Quartet returns for its third year in a concert featuring dramatic moments in
the string quartet literature. And finally, from the New World, Menahem Pressler launches his newest
chamber music group with his internationally
renowned friends in a stunning musical adventure.
NOTICE: The Ensemble Clément Janequin performance will be replaced by the Theatre of Early Music with Daniel Taylor and Suzie Leblanc. All purchased tickets for Ensemble Clément Janequin can be exchanged or refunded at the point of purchase.
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IN THE FIRE OF CONFLICT
THEATRE OF EARLY MUSIC
Directed by DANIEL TAYLOR, countertenor
with SUZIE LEBLANC, soprano
HELENE PLOUFFE and OLIVIER BREAULT, violins
KATHIA ROBERT, viola
MELISANDE CORRIVEAU, cello
ERIC MILNES, harpsichord
REUVEN ROTHMAN, double bass
"In the Fire of Conflict" brings together love and jealousy as the world celebrates Venice's glory as a musical centre in the 17th and 18th centuries. It includes not only composers who were based there but others who passed through: Cavalli's La Calisto, the haunting final duet from Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea and rarely performed Italian instrumental music. Beyond these, the performance will include works by Handel, whose music, particularly his love duets, often reached the pinnacle of dramatic expression. These duets are brought to passionate life here by the contemporary fiery pair of Suzie LeBlanc and Daniel Taylor — reunited on this Toronto stage by the Toronto Summer Music Festival and supported by the brilliant new early music ensemble "Theatre of Early Music".
S. Rossi: Sonata sopra l'aria di Ruggiero
F. Manelli: Ti Lascio empia
P.F. Cavalli: Lucidissima face
C. Monteverdi: Lamento
G.A. Pandolfi-Mealli: Sonata prima : La Bernabea Gio
C. Monteverdi: Pur ti miro, Pur ti godo
G.F. Handel: Overture to Rinaldo
G.F. Handel: Lascia ch'io pianga from Rinaldo
G.F. Handel: Cara Sposa from Rinaldo
G. F. Handel: Ombra Pallide from Alcina
G.F. Handel: Domero la tua from Cesare
G.F. Handel: Duet Scherzano from Rinaldo
Pre-concert Lecture
TIMOTHY MCGEE, PhD: Painting with Music: Battles,
Birds and Babbling Brooks
Saturday, July 26
Lecture – 6:45pm Room 330, Edward Johnson Building
Concert – 8:00pm MacMillan Theatre
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REVOLUTION
AND TYRANNY IN EUROPE
“..one of the towering and most versatile
quartets of our time”
Music interpreting emotions from the time of the Soviet
Union and the agitations during Napoléon’s Empire.
- J. Widman: String Quartet No. 2
- D. Shostkakovich: String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat Major, op. 144
- L. van Beethoven: String Quartet in E Minor, op. 59/2“Rasumovsky”
Pre-concert Lecture
ROBIN ELLIOTT, PhD: The Russians are coming...
Saturday, August 2
Lecture – 6:45pm Room 330, Edward Johnson Building
Concert – 8:00pm MacMillan Theatre
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PRESSLER & FRIENDS
The incomparable Menahem Pressler launches a
stellar piano quartet at the Toronto Summer Music
Festival, performing two of the greatest masterpieces
of chamber music.
- R. Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 47
- J. Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor, op. 25
Pre-concert Lecture
MARCIA BEACH, PhD: Brahms and the Hungarian style
Saturday, August 9
Lecture – 6:45pm Room 330, Edward Johnson Building
Concert – 8:00pm MacMillan Theatre
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