COMPOSERS IN PLAY XV: Ink from the Shield at TD Music Hall

Pianists Anthony de Mare and Adam Sherkin join forces for this (nearly) all-Canadian program. In sets for both one and two keyboards, music from our continent's north is highlighted in fresh relief, featuring works by Vivian Fung, Ann Southam, Heather Schmidt, Linda Catlin Smith, Rodney Sharman, Adam Sherkin and Jared Miller, plus a newly-commissioned world premiere from Andrew Staniland. Also on the program: virtuoso contributions from American composers Kevin Puts, Steve Reich and Conrad Tao. We welcome several of these composers to Toronto. Tickets are on sale at the Massey Hall box office: General admission is $45; Arts Workers and Seniors are $40 and students attend for $20, with a valid I.D. Full bar and refreshments are available throughout the performance.

PROGRAMME: VIVIAN FUNG – White on Black (2023) JARED MILLER – Effervescent (2025) for 2 pianos ** HEATHER SCHMIDT – Twelve for Ten: Prelude-Fugue for Glenn Gould (2007) RODNEY SHARMAN – Selected Opera Transcriptions: Don Giovanni (2021); La Rondine (1991); I Capuleti e i Montecchi (2022-24) ADAM SHERKIN – This Constant Song (2022); Ink from the Shield (2024) for two pianos* LINDA CATLIN SMITH – The View from Here (1992) ANN SOUTHAM – Fiddle Creek ANDREW STANILAND – Etudes: Symmetry, Of the Sea and Flower in Nighttime - Flower in Daytime (2018); Pentagrams for two pianos * (Squeezeboxtrain; Doves; Supertertian Stack Groove) CONRAD TAO: Move On (version for two pianos, After Sondheim, 2025) ** STEVE REICH: Finishing the Hat (After Sondheim, 2010) ** * WORLD PREMIERE; Piano Lunaire commission ** Canadian premiere; Piano Lunaire commission