String Showcase at Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Some of the most stunningly beautiful works in all of classical music will stir the soul as the TSOs fabulous strings and harp take centre stage. Mahlers heart-rending Adagietto from his Symphony No. 5 utterly captivates and seemingly stops time. An 11th-century poem by Omar Khayym inspired pop-influenced grooves in the music of Dinuk Wijeratne, and Kelly-Marie Murphys Rains of Ash and Embers extols Canadas natural wonders while contemplating our role in preserving them. A brief but life-changing moment between two young lovers plays out amid a backdrop of moonlit trees and unabashedly sensuous music in Schoenbergs Verklrte Nacht (Transfigured Night).Gustavo Gimeno, conductorJoseph Johnson, celloCharles Settle, percussion Caroline Shaw: Boris KernerDinuk Wijeratne: A Letter from the After-life from Two Pop Songs on Antique PoemsKelly-Marie Murphy: Rains of Ash and EmbersMahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5Schoenberg: Verklrte Nacht (Transfigured Night) (String Orchestra Version, 1943)Wed, November 17 and Thu, November 18, 2021 at 8:00pm