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Florida Tour 2011
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra draws cheers from southern neighbors
Herald Tribune
Gayle Williams
January 11, 2011
"Crisp, clean and refined, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Peter Oundjian made a memorable impression in their Sarasota appearance, part of a statewide tour by surely Canada’s finest orchestra."
- Toronto Symphony brings spontaneous fervor to Broward Center
South Florida Classical Review
David Fleshler
January 12, 2011
"...Oundjian drew a refined, sensitive performance from the orchestra."
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra gives virtuosic, fascinating concert at Kravis
Palm Beach Daily News
Ken Keaton
January 13, 2011
"These musicians gave one of the most virtuosic, fascinating performances this reviewer has ever heard..."
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra, from Festival of Orchestras
Orlando Sentinel
Matthew J. Palm
January 14th, 2011
"The warmness in all the brass playing throughout the night was a highlight of the concert, and was never displayed better than in the symphony's uplifting final movement, with its triumphant trumpet flourishes."
- James Ehnes and the TSO: Canadians on parade
Toronto Star
William Littler
January 14th, 2011
“Ehnes’s performances of the Barber have been earning him and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra standing ovations in Florida."
- TSO adapts to Florida's acoustic challenges
National Post
January 17th, 2011
Arthur Kaptainis
“After intermission came Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony, a warhorse that Oundjian approaches with rare curiosity and the TSO plays with equally rare intensity. Tempo shifts were convincing and colours were rich.”
Rave Reviews for the TSO at Carnegie Hall
- TSO receives ovation in Carnegie Hall visit
The Globe and Mail
By Simon Houpt
October 6, 2008
"A sold-out audience at Carnegie Hall leaped to its feet Saturday night and roared its approval for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's electrifying rendition of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11 in G Minor."
- Revolutionary Martyrs and Sinful Sisters
The New York Times
By Allan Kozinn
October 5, 2008
"Mr. Oundjian led [the Toronto Symphony Orchestra] in a wrenching, full-throttle account of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11 on Saturday evening at Carnegie Hall, the orchestra proved to be in superb shape."
- Music As Political Passion
ConcertoNet
By Harry Rolnick
October 5, 2008
"I take no sides, except the side of Peter Oundjian, who turned the Toronto Symphony Orchestra into an ensemble which was taut, tense, and quivering with the epic breadth which the hour-long work deserves. The orchestral massacre, the long drawn-out Adagio, and the opening, with the dawn breaking over the Kremlin Square each were held as if on a ray of light."
- Big Apple can expect juicy treat
Toronto Star
By John Terauds
Classical music critic
Oct 02, 2008
"Interesting that, at this precarious moment in economic and political time, the Toronto Symphony is heading to Carnegie Hall in New York City with a musical message condemning sloth, pride, anger, gluttony, lust, covetousness, envy and unenlightened government."