There are times when concert programming becomes predictable and boring. So it was with great interest that I approached a Koerner Hall concert Sunday, Jan. 21 that showed a refreshing departure from that tradition.
Les 9 presented a simultaneously captivating and ethereal concert experience in Koerner Hall on November 22nd.
From the beginning of the Allegro in Brahms’ Third Symphony, with its powerful opening chords, I was completely drawn into Staatskapelle Berlin orchestra’s playing.
The hottest ticket in Toronto this weekend was no doubt Staatskapelle Berlin, whose Canadian debut was sold out months before the orchestra took to the stage.
We’ve been keeping up with Koerner Hall and TSO performances through a series of concert reviews written by our talented reporters.
The Django Festival Allstars played for almost two hours without intermission at Koerner Hall, and the near capacity audience loved it.
This was Sir András Schiff’s seventh appearance at Koerner Hall and I doubt that it will be his last, says critic Paul Robinson.
Who will carry on the standard set by the Emerson String Quartet? Among the names mentioned recently was the Danish String Quartet.
Esprit Orchestra continues its 41st season with CIRCLE MAPS, taking place on November 30th, 2023 at Koerner Hall.
When Montreal-based composer Jaap Nico Hamburger first read Dutch author Ariëlla Kornmehl’s debut novel De Familie Goldwasser (The Goldwasser Family) in the early aughts, he…
