Hear the hottest works in contemporary orchestral music at the eighth annual New Creations Festival. For this year's festival, Peter Oundjian had invited renowned Hungarian innovator Peter Eötvös to curate programmes that juxtapose the cutting edge brilliance of European and New World contemporary compositions.
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Thu. March 1 at 08:00 PM
Peter Eötvös, the acclaimed Hungarian composer who is curating the TSO's 2012 New Creations Festival, has chosen a fascinating range of pieces for the opening concert. Among them are a true Canadian classic: Lonely Child, Claude Vivier's haunting cantata for soprano. Eötvös's own composition, Seven, is a touching memorial for the astronauts who died aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 2003.
Intermission Chat in the lobby on March 1
Peter Oundjian, host
Peter Eötvös, conductor
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Akiko Suwanai, violin
Brian Current: This Isn't Silence
Vivier: Lonely Child
Peter Eötvös: Seven for Violin and Orchestra (Canadian première)
György Kurtág: Messages
Kronos Quartet, String Quartet
Sat. March 3 at 07:30 PM
The world-famous Kronos Quartet brings the latest of its 650-plus commissioned works to the TSO: a concerto by Canadian composer Derek Charke. Teng Li, the TSO's gifted Principal Viola, performs Peter Eötvös's ingenious Replica for soloist and orchestra.
Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra commission
is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Casual Concerts are performed without an intermission
and are followed by a party in the lobby.
Mingle with musicians in a relaxed setting and
enjoy live music by local bands.
Peter Oundjian, conductor and host
Peter Eötvös, conductor
Teng Li, viola
Kronos Quartet, string quartet
Jörg Widmann: Con Brio
Peter Eötvös: Replica for Viola and Orchestra (North American première)
Derek Charke: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (TSO Commission/World Première)
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Peter Eötvös, Conductor
Wed. March 7 at 08:00 PM
Two imaginative works by Festival curator Peter Eötvös highlight the final concert. The brand-new Cello Concerto Grosso puts the TSO's Principal Cello, Joseph Johnson, in the spotlight. Guest artist Jörg Widmann performs the solo part in his own composition: Elegy for Clarinet and Orchestra.
Intermission Chat in the lobby on March 7
*Peter Eötvös’s Cello Concerto Grosso is a co-commission of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Tonhalle Zürich, Bergen Philharmonic
Orchestra, and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.
Peter Oundjian, conductor and host
Peter Eötvös, conductor
Jörg Widmann, clarinet
Joseph Johnson, cello
Vivier: Orion
Peter Eötvös: Cello Concerto Grosso (TSO Co-Commission*/North American Première)
Jörg Widmann: Elegy for Clarinet and Orchestra
Peter Eötvös: zeroPoints