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2007/2008
Sunday
Series
Oct. 21: New
York Exotic
Dec. 2: Miroir brûlant (Poulenc songs)
Jan. 13: A Song of Enchantment (Walter de la Mare)
March 2: The Tale of an Ostrich (Richard Strauss)
April 27: Ancestral Voices (The Kembles and their descendents)
November 28, 7:30 pm Schubert's Cosmology Wednesday, November 28, 7:30 pm Discovery
Recital Tuesday, January 29, 7:30 pm March The Tale of an Ostrich
Sunday, March 2, 2:30 pm April Nathalie Paulin and Anita Krause Wednesday,
April 9, 8 pm Ancestral Voices Sunday, April 27, 2:30 pm
Recitals
Nov. 28: Schubert's
Cosmology - Virginia Hatfield soprano, Colin Balzer
tenor
April 9: Nathalie Paulin soprano and Anita Krause mezzo
in Recital
Discovery
Recitals
Nov. 19: Allison
Arends soprano, Kathleen Promane mezzo
Jan. 30: A Concert Party for Robert Burns - Laura Klassen
soprano
Katarzyna Sadej mezzo,
Paul Williamson tenor,
Philip Kalmanovitch baritone
2006/2007
Sunday
Series
Oct. 22:
Our Own Story
Dec. 3: Masques et bergamasques (Fauré and Hahn)
Jan. 14: The Greta Kraus Centenary Schubertiad
Feb 18: Silver Jubilee Gala — The Anniversary Waltz
April 29: The Care of a Genius The music of Edward Elgar
Recitals
Nov. 28: Discovery Recital - soprano Ileana Montalbetti, soprano Charlene Santoni, mezzo Heather Jewson
Jan. 30: Discovery Recital - soprano Eve-Lyn de la Haye, baritone Benjamin Covey
2005/2006
Sunday
Series
Oct. 30:
Die schöne Postmeisterin
Dec. 4: A Christmas Party (included scenes from Britten's
Paul Bunyan)
Jan. 15: Mozart among friends
Feb 19: Fêtes galantes - songs of Claude Debussy
April 30: Lady Blarney (Anna Jameson's travels in 1839's
Upper Canada)
Recitals
May 9: Schubert's
Florilegium
June 6: Michael Schade in Recital
Nov. 22: Young Artists - soprano Brenna Conrad, baritone Michael
Adair
Jan. 31: Young Artists - soprano Lucia Cesaroni, mezzo Hélène
Couture, tenor Sasha Bataligin, baritone Trevor Bowes
2004/2005
Sunday
Series
Oct. 31:
The Flight of the Eagle - music by Johannes Brahms
Dec. 5: The 49th Parallel - settings of poets from Canada
and the U.S, by composers from those two countries
Jan. 23: Valse des fleurs - Russian music from an 1868
ball at the Hermitage
Mar. 13: Metamorphoses - song settings of stories from
Ovid
May 1: A Country House Weekend - English song from the
period between the wars
The
Greta Kraus Schubertiad
April.
14: Gerald Finley singing Schubert's Winterreise
Nov. 30: Young Artists - soprano Lisa DiMaria, mezzo Jillian
Yemen, baritone Stephen Hegedus
Feb 1: Young Artists - soprano Laura Albino, soprano Tyrsa Gawrachynsky,
baritone Jonathan Estabrooks
2003/2004
Sunday
Series
Nov. 23:
The Heart of the Matter - music by Benjamin Britten
Jan. 25: Caliban's Cave - the life and music of Hector
Berlioz
Mar. 14: St Patrick's Music - music from and inspired
by Ireland
May 2: A May Schubertiad
Recital
Series
Jan. 14:
Colin Ainsworth
March 8: Nathalie Paulin
May 12: Brett Polegato
Dec 2: Young Artists - soprano Leah Gordon, baritone Philip
Carmichael
Feb 3: Young Artists - sopranoAllison Bent, mezzo Kathryn Knapp,
tenor Michael McBride, baritone Jason Nedecky
2002/2003
Sunday
Series
Dec 1:
Orpheus with her Lute - the musical world of Pauline
Viardot
Jan. 26: Anacreon's Rest - the life and music of Hugo
Wolf
Mar. 3: Upstairs, Downstairs - Edwardian parlour and music
hall songs
April 27: Catherine Robbin and Friends - a farewell tribute
to one of our favourite singers
Recital
Series
Oct. 23:
Susan Platts
March 25: Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch with Monica
Whicher and Russell Braun
May 7: The 5th Greta Kraus Schubertiad - Schubert
and the Esterházys
Feb 22: Hugo Wolf and his poets - on the 100th anniversary
of the composer's death, song settings of Mörike, Eichendorff
and Goethe
Oct. 15: Young Artists - soprano Saemi Chang, mezzo Susan Black,
tenor Stephen Erickson and baritone Julien Patenaude
Dec. 3: Young Artists - soprano Joni Henson and mezzo Melinda
Delorme
2001/2002
Sunday
Series
Nov. 25:
Abracadabra! - the songs of Emmanuel Chabrier
Jan. 13: The Birthday Salon - our 20th anniversary gala
concert
Mar. 3: The Frankfurt Gang - music by Cyril Scott and
his contemporaries
April 28: Music for the Masseys - a salute to one of
Toronto's distinguished families
Recital
Series
Oct. 19:
Donna Brown and Catherine Robbin
Nov. 9: James Westman in a solo recital
Jan. 9: Gerald Finley in a solo recital
Feb. 8: A Britten Recital with Catherine Robbin and Colin
Ainsworth
May 8: The 4th Greta Kraus Schubertiad
Jan. 19: The Great Song Marathon - an all day event featuring
23 singers and 81 songs!
Oct. 11: Young Artists - soprano Eve-Rachel McLeod and baritone
Giles Tomkins
Dec. 4: Young Artists - soprano Katherine Whyte, mezzo Megan Latham,
tenor Stephen Erickson and baritone Peter McGillivray
2000/2001
Sunday
Series
Nov 26:
Auld Lang Syne - song setting of poems by Robert Burns
Jan 28: A Winter Schubertiad - our 3rd Greta Kraus Schubertiad
Mar 4: The Enchanted Garden - songs of Maurice Ravel
April 29: Proud Songster - songs of Gerald Finzi
Recital
Series
Nov. 10:
Donna Brown in a solo recital
Feb 21: Valdine Anderson in a solo recital
Apr. 21: Michael Schade: Die schöne Müllerin.
Oct 17: Young Artists - soprano Maghan Stewart, mezzo Colleen
Skull, tenor James Levesque and baritone Jesse Clark
Dec 6: Young Artists - soprano Mehgan Atchison and mezzo Andrea
Ludwig
1999/2000
Sunday
Series
Nov 7:
Robert and Clara at home - the music of the Schumann's
with a visit from Brahms
Jan 30: A Nordic Serenade - songs of Grieg and Grainger
Mar 12: Madame Bizet - the life and musical salon of
the wife of Bizet and close friend of Marcel Proust
April 30: Toronto: a musical century - 100 years of musical
life in Toronto
Recital
Series
Feb 7:
Monica Whicher and Susan Platts
Feb 25: Nathan Berg in a solo recital
May 24: The 2nd annual Greta Kraus Schubertiad
Oct 19: Young Artists - soprano Virginia Hatfield and baritone
Matthew Leigh
Dec 1: Young Artists - soprano Katerina Tchoubar and mezzo Michèle
Bogdanowicz
1998/99
Sunday
Series
Nov 22:
Letzte Lieder - the songs of Richard Strauss
Jan 31: Miroir brûlant - songs celebrating the centenary
of the birth of Francis Poulenc
Mar 7: Matinée Musicale - the songs of Rossini
April 15: The Lyre of Orpheus - music in the life and
writings of Robertson Davies
Recital
Series
Dec 1:
Catherine Robbin - solo recital
Jan 29: A Poulenc Soirée - with a birthday party for Francis
Poulenc
May 14: The Songs of Henri Duparc
June 11: The 1st annual Greta Kraus Schubertiad
Dec 4: Young Artists - soprano Heidi Klann and baritone Alex
Dobson
Feb 5: Young Artists - soprano Carla Huhtanen and baritone Scott
Beluz
1997/98
Sunday
Series
Nov 2:
Harry Heine & Company - song settings of Heine's poetry,
and readings from his life
Feb. 1: Celebrating Lois Marshall - a tribute to this
distinguished singer, who was also our Honorary Patron
Mar 15: The Old Wizard of Bayreuth - the songs of Richard
Wagner
April 26: Noblesse Oblige - music by two titled English
composers, Sir Hubert Parry and Lord Berners
Recital
Series
Dec 9:
James Westman - solo recital
Mar 9: Adrianne Pieczonka - solo recital
Apr 15: Mark Pedrotti - solo recital
1996/97
Sunday
Series
Nov 1:
Drawn from Life - portraits and song from 18th and 20th
century France
Feb. 2: A Birthday Schubertiad - a celebration of Schubert's
music, as part of a special 200th birthday weekend
Mar 16: Come into the Parlour, Maud - songs from Victorian
England
April 27: Contrasts - music for two pianos and four voices,
including two Aldeburgh Connection commissions, and Brahms's
Neue Liebeslieder
Recital
Series
Oct 21:
Brett Polegato - solo recital
Jan 31: Schubert's Birthday Party: special Schubert
200th birthday celebration, copresented with CBC and broadcast
live
Feb 1: A Birthday Recital: part of special Schubert 200th
birthday weekend - Nancy Argenta and Catherine Robbin, with
Malcolm Bilson
April 14: Schubert and Brahms songs- Catherine Robbin
and Russell Braun
May 8: Schubert and Britten songs - Ann Monoyios and
Benjamin Butterfield
1995/96
Sunday
Series
Nov 12:
Orpheus Then and Now - with the Accordes Quartet - music
by Henry Purcell and by Sir Michael Tippett, who attended the
concert, a 90th birthday celebration
Jan 21: The Princess and the Sewing Machine - the life
of Winnaretta Singer, heiress to the Sewing Machine fortune,
and patron of many turn-of-the-century French composers
Mar 3: Lady Blarney - a program on the Canadian experiences
of Anna Jameson, author of Winter Studies and Summer Rambles
in Canada. Included a new commission by John Greer
May 12: Voices of Spring - with the Elora Festival Choir
- a program of spring music, mostly by Brahms and Schumann
Recital Series
Oct 10: Norine Burgess and Michael Schade recital
Mar 25: The five Britten Canticles
Apr 30: Die schöne Magelone - Russell Braun
1994/95
Sunday
Series
Nov. 20: Carols and Canticles - seasonal music by Britten,
and three of Britten's Canticles
Jan 15: Serenissima - music inspired by the city of Venice
Mar 5: The Flight of the Eagle - the life and songs of
Johannes Brahms
Apr 30: A Country House Weekend - a program of English
music, with readings from Aldous Huxley, P.G. Wodehouse and
Henry James
Recital Series
Oct 14: Gerald Finley - solo recital
Dec 1: Linda Maguire - solo recital
May 9: Russian Songs: Joanne Kolomyjec and Mark Pedrotti
1993/94
Sunday
Series
Nov 21: Brush Up Your Shakespeare! - settings of Shakespeare
in song
Jan 16: Greta's Choice - music chosen by Greta Kraus,
with narrative from her life
Mar 6: Orpheus with her Lute - the life and musical times
of Pauline Viardot
May 1: May Day Revels - music conjured by the spirits
associated with May Day
Recital Series
Feb 2: Fauré Song Cycles - Catherine Robbin and Brett
Polegato
Apr 12: Ann Monoyios solo recital
May 17: Die schõne Müllerin - Russell Braun
1992/93
Sunday
Series
Nov 22: Alfred, Lord Tennyson - musical settings of Tennyson's
poetry, and narrative from his life
Jan 17: Fêtes galantes - the songs of Debussy
Mar 7: The Lonely Heart - Tchaikovsky's life and songs
May 2: Liebeslieder - music for four voices Brahms's
Liebeslieder Waltzes and Schumann's Spanische Liebeslieder
Recital Series
Feb 17: Poulenc Song Cycles - Rosemarie Landry and Brett
Polegato
Apr 13: Italienisches Liederbuch - Monica Whicher and
Russell Braun
1991/92
Sunday
Series
Nov 24: Cecilia's Child - the life and songs of Benjamin
Britten, including a concert staging of Paul Bunyan
Jan 19: A Winter Schubertiad
Mar 8: Clair de Lune - the music of Gabriel Fauré
May3: All Around the Circle - music by Canadian composers,
with readings from Canadian women writers
1990/91
Sunday
Series
Nov 11: Remembrance - music from the two World Wars,
and celebrating peace
Jan 20: Abracadabra - the life and songs of Emmanuel
Chabrier
Mar 3: Jane Austen's Music
May 5: Das Lied im Grünen - songs about spring from
the German repertoire
1989/90
Sunday
Series
Nov 26: Opera of the Phantom - songs inspired by the
spirits, both malevolent and friendly
Jan 21: Matinée Musicale - the songs of Gioachino
Rossini
Mar 11: Letzte Lieder - the life and music of Richard
Strauss
May 13: The Journals of Susanna Moodie - the life of
this early Canadian pioneer, together with music she would have
known and a reading of Margaret Atwood's book of poems by
that title.
1988/89
Sunday
Series
Nov 27: Scenes From Childhood - songs celebrating childhood
Jan 29: St Patrick's Music - music by Irish composers,
with readings from Joyce, and other Irish writers
Mar 12: Madame Bizet at Home - the life and musical times
of Bizet's wife, who continued her associations with the
Paris musical and literary scene after his death, and who was
a close friend and correspondent of Marcel Proust
May 7: A Spring Schubertiad
1987/88
Sunday
Series
Nov 29: Auld Lang Syne - musical settings of Robert Burns,
together with narrative about his life
Jan 31: Northern Lights - music by composers from Scandinavia,
Russia and Canada
Mar 13: 1888: Year of Song - this year was significant
in producing an outpouring of song, with an emphasis on the
songs of Hugo Wolf
May 8: Lorelei - the femme fatale in music and literature
1986/87
Sunday
Series
Nov 30: A Christmas Party - seasonal music, and a concert
staging of Britten's Paul Bunyan
Feb 1: Winter Daydreams - the life and times of Tchaikovsky
Mar 29: The Old Wizard of Bayreuth - the songs of Richard
Wagner
May 10: Brush Up Your Shakespeare! - song settings of
Shakespeare
1985/86
Sunday
Series
Nov 3: Many Happy Returns - a 300th birthday celebration
for Bach and Handel
Feb 2: Robert and Clara at Home - the life of the Schumanns,
together with their songs
Mar 16: Upstairs/Downstairs - English music from the
concert hall and the parlour
May 11: The Princess and the Sewing Machine - music from
turn-of-the-century Paris
1985
Sunday
Series
Jan. 27 Come Into the Parlour Maud - Victorian parlour
songs
Mar. 3: Noblesse Oblige - Music by Sir Hubert Parry and
Lord Berners
May 12: A Country House Weekend
1984
Concerts
in the Royal Ontario Museum
1983
Concerts in Toronto, London and Winnipeg
1982
Feb 21: Hart House, Toronto: An Aldeburgh Anthology -
music by Britten and
his favourite composers.
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