May 4, 2022 – Subscriptions for the Kindred Spirits Orchestra 2022-2023 concert season are now on sale! Book your seats for exhilarating line-up of 9-concert series under the direction of Maestro Kristian Alexander.
THE CONCERT HALLS
The KSO concert season opening night gala will be on October 22, 2022 at the Flato Markham Theatre, where we will also perform in December 2022 and February 2023. Then, in March, May and June 2023, we will reconnect with our beloved audience at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. In April 2023, we will co-present the 12th annual Markham Contemporary Music Festival at Cornell Recital Hall, in June 2023, we will conclude our season with a concert at the CBC Glenn Gould Studio, and in July 2023 with a Canada Day celebration at the Unionville Millennium Theatre.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEASON
Highlights of the season include Stravinsky‘s “Petrushka”, Shostakovich‘s Symphony No. 4, Hindemith‘s “Mathis der Mahler”, Bruckner‘s Symphony No. 2, Prokofiev‘s Symphony No. 7, Grieg’s Symphony in c minor, and Honegger‘s Symphony No. 2.
THE ARTISTS
We are excited to welcome the return of National Arts Centre Principal Cellist Rachel Mercer in Lalo’s Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, acclaimed pianist Michael Berkovsky in Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto, emerging violinist Emmanuelle Sievers in Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto, and celebrated violinist Jing Ye in the “Butterfly Lovers” Violin Concerto by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang. Renowned pianist Alexander Panizzawill make his début with the KSO in Strauss’s “Burlesque” and American violinist Andrew Sords will present Bruch’s “Scottish Fantasy”. Markham Contemporary Music Festival will feature pianist Antonia de Wolfe in works by Hindemith and Górecki and Polish conductor Bartosz Żurakowski in masterpieces by Prokofiev.
In April 2022, the classical music magazine La Scena Musicalepublished a profile of KSO Music Director Maestro Kristian Alexander.
THE 2022 – 2023 CONCERT SEASON
THE FORBIDDEN SYMPHONY Opening Night Gala
October 22, 2022 at 8 p.m.
Flato Markham Theatre
Strauss Jr., Die Fledermaus overture Lalo, Concerto for cello and orchestra Grieg, Symphony in C minor
LOCOMOTIVES & BUTTERFLIES
Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 8 pm
Flato Markham TheatreHonegger, Pacific 231 Zhanhao / Gang, The Butterfly Lovers Stravinsky, Petrushka
THE SPORT OF MUSIC
Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 8 pm
Flato Markham TheatreHonegger, Rugby Stravinsky, Violin concerto Shostakovich, Symphony No. 4
MATTHIAS THE PAINTER
Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 8 pm
Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing ArtsStravinsky, Fireworks R. Strauss, Burlesque Hindemith, Mathis der Mahler
THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS
Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 8 pm
Cornell Recital HallGórecki, Concerto for harpsichord Hindemith, The Four Temperaments Honegger, Symphony No. 2
FERVOR, FLAIR AND FANDANGO
Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 8 pm
Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing ArtsRimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol Tchaikovsky, Piano concerto No. 2 Bruckner, Symphony No. 2
A SCOTTISH FANTASY
Friday, June 23, 2023 at 8 pm
Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing ArtsProkofiev, Russian Overture Bruch, Scottish Fantasy Prokofiev, Symphony No. 7
BRUCH AND PROKOFIEV
Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 8 pm
CBC Glenn Gould StudioProkofiev, Russian Overture Bruch, Scottish Fantasy Prokofiev, Symphony No. 7
CANADA DAY CELEBRATION
Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 8 pm
Unionville Millennium TheatreMusic from movies, Broadway
and light classics favourites.
Subscription packages start at just three concerts. Reserve your season tickets: online, call 905.604.8339, e-mail [email protected], or visit the KSO Box Office in person at 4981 HWY 7, Unit 1, Monday to Friday from 3 pm to 9 pm; Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm.
Season ticket holders receive these benefits
Flexibility
Return or exchange your tickets, at any time up to 24 hours prior to the performance, for the full value (including box office fees).
Reserve your favourite seats for the entire season; your can choose either the same or different seats.
Best Seats
Choose the best seats at the best price.
On request, aisle seats and restricted mobility access seats will be accommodated.
Outstanding Value
Save up to 60% on subscription packages as compared to single-tickets.
No exchange fees or service charges ($5 / ticket for non-subscribers).
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The KSO concert season opening night gala will be on October 22, 2022 at the Flato Markham Theatre, where we will also perform in December 2022 and February 2023. Then, in March, May and June 2023, we will reconnect with our beloved audience at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. In April 2023, we will co-present the 12th annual Markham Contemporary Music Festival at Cornell Recital Hall, in June 2023, we will conclude our season with a concert at the CBC Glenn Gould Studio, and in July 2023 with a Canada Day celebration at the Unionville Millennium Theatre.
NEWS
THE FORBIDDEN SYMPHONY
