Updated April 28, 2008

Coming next: the Bayfield Festival of Song

Reserve these dates for Sunday afternoon concerts in the 2008/2009 Season:
October 26, November 30, February 1, March 15 and April 26.
More information will be available in June.

Celebrating the art of song

The Aldeburgh Connection was founded in Toronto in 1982 by pianists Stephen Ralls and Bruce Ubukata, who for many summers worked with young singers at the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh, England — the home of the festival founded by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.

Every year we present a five-concert Sunday afternoon series of vocal and piano concerts, setting each of the musical programs around a theme, and using interesting readings from letters, diaries, newspaper clippings, poetry, to draw the audience into a musical, literary or historical character or period. Since the inaugural concert in 1982, we have performed over 80 different theme programs. We also feature fine Canadian singers in recital, and each year present young up-and-coming singers in two Discovery Recitals. And the Bayfield Festival of Song takes place in June on the western shores of Lake Huron in Bayfield Ontario.

We invite you to enjoy a rotating survey of our programs and recitalists!

Sample our 2008 JUNO-nominated CD, Schubert among friends

Dithyrambe — Gerald Finley baritone, Stephen Ralls piano
Die abgeblüte Linde — Gillian Keith soprano, Bruce Ubukata piano
Der Musensohn— Michael Schade tenor, Stephen Ralls piano

New commission:
The Listeners, by John Greer
performed by Lawrence Wiliford tenor,
Stephen Ralls piano