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author = ["authors/jenna.md"]
categories = "Editorial"
date = "2015-02-02T16:16:00-05:00"
lastmod = "2015-04-11T21:53:00-04:00"
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publishDate = "2015-02-02T16:16:00-05:00"
related_companies = ["scene/companies/toronto-symphony-orchestra.md","scene/companies/against-the-grain-theatre.md"]
related_people = ["scene/people/barbara-hannigan.md","scene/people/joel-ivany.md","scene/people/erin-wall.md","scene/people/isabel-bayrakdarian.md","scene/people/russell-braun.md"]
short_description = "This morning, Peter Oundjian announced the Toronto Symphony Orchestra&#039;s 2015/16 season. It looks creative and diverse, and there are more than a few items on the menu I can&#039;t wait to see. One of them is The Decades Project, a collection of six concert programmes featuring music from 1900-1909 (Oct. 21-Nov. 14, 2015), and 1910-1919 (May 25-Jun. 11, 2016)."
slug = "singing-at-the-tso-201516-"
title = "Singing at the TSO, 2015/16 "
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<p>This morning, <a href="http://www.tso.ca/en-ca/About-the-TSO/peter-oundjian.aspx" target="_blank">Peter Oundjian</a> announced the <a href="http://www.tso.ca/en-ca/Media-Room/Media-Releases.aspx?entryID=42430" target="_blank">Toronto Symphony Orchestra's 2015/16 season</a>. It looks creative and diverse, and there are more than a few items on the menu I can't wait to see. One of them is&nbsp;<em>The Decades Project</em>, a collection of six concert programmes featuring music from 1900-1909 (Oct. 21-Nov. 14, 2015), and 1910-1919 (May 25-Jun. 11, 2016). Since I'm a big fan of singers, and I know you are too, I've compiled a short, singer-centric list of the TSO's 2015/16 season. <a href="http://www.tso.ca/en-ca/Media-Room/Media-Releases.aspx?entryID=42430" target="_blank">Click here for the full announcement</a> and start marking your calendars (like September 24th, when Itzhak Perlman comes to town for the TSO's Opening Night Gala) .</p><p>On October 7 and 8, 2015, soprano <a href="http://www.barbarahannigan.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Hannigan</a> will make her Canadian conducting debut, leading a programme of Mozart, Haydn, and Ligeti. She'll return to Toronto&nbsp;in January, 2016, to star in the Canadian première of&nbsp;<em>Accused: Three Interrogations for Soprano and Orchestra</em>, a TSO co-commission by Finnish composer <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/apr/16/contemporary-music-guide-magnus-lindberg" target="_blank">Magnus Lindberg</a>, led by Music Director&nbsp;Peter Oundjian.</p><p><a href="http://www.russellbraun.com/" target="_blank">Russell Braun</a> will join the TSO for Vaughan Williams'&nbsp;<em>A Sea Symphony</em>, October 21-24, and for <a href="https://boosey.com/pages/cr/composer/composer_main.asp?composerid=2959&amp;ttype=BIOGRAPHY&amp;ttitle=Biography" target="_blank">Brett Dean</a>'s <em>Knocking at the Hellgate</em>, March 21, 2016. Also in <i>A Sea Symphony&nbsp;</i>will be Canadian soprano <a href="http://www.erinwall.com/" target="_blank">Erin Wall</a>, who also sings in Handel's&nbsp;<em>Messiah</em>, conducted by <a href="http://sirandrewdavis.com/biography/" target="_blank">Sir Andrew Davis</a>, December 15-20, 2015.</p><p>Number one on my must-see list is in January 21-23, 2016, as part of the 2015/16 season's Mozart@260 Festival. <a href="http://againstthegraintheatre.com/" target="_blank">Against the Grain Theatre</a>'s Artistic Director <a href="http://www.joelivany.com/index/welcome.html" target="_blank">Joel Ivany</a> presents a semi-staged version of Mozart's&nbsp;<em>Reqiuem</em>, K. 626. The soloists are a great bunch: soprano <a href="http://www.askonasholt.co.uk/artists/singers/soprano/lydia-teuscher" target="_blank">Lydia Teuscher</a>, mezzo <a href="http://www.allysonmchardy.com/" target="_blank">Allyson McHardy</a>, tenor <a href="http://www.fr-lebureau.com/fiche_artiste.php?id=26" target="_blank">Frédéric Antoun</a>, and bass-baritone <a href="http://philippesly.com/" target="_blank">Philippe Sly</a>. The Amadeus Choir and the Elmer Iseler Singers join the TSO under Mozart Festival curator <a href="http://www.askonasholt.co.uk/artists/conductors/bernard-labadie" target="_blank">Bernard Labadie</a>.</p><p>And in April, there's music for kids. On April 2, 2016, Toronto poet <a href="http://dennislee.ca/" target="_blank">Dennis Lee</a>'s collection of children's poetry, <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Alligator-Pie-Classic-Edition-Dennis/dp/1443411515" target="_blank"><em>Alligator Pie</em></a>, is set to music by <a href="http://abigailrichardson.com/" target="_blank">Abigail Richardson</a> in a co-commission by the TSO. I can't wait.
</p><div class="intro">Photo: Malcolm Cook</div><p></p>
