One Last Music Talk
At the end of his 7 season, Maestro Eric Paetkau steps down from the role of Music Director. Ahead of his final concert as Music Director, Eric sat down with…
A Fond Farewell
Eric’s last concert as Music Director is Mahler 4 on May 7th. While we hope you can join us there, we know it might not be possible to say goodbye…
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Tchaikovsky is known for sketching out his themes for works. In April 1888 he sketched out the themes for a symphony alongside some ideas for a programme for the first…
Andrew Balfour
Our concert Tania Miller & Jane Coop opens with Andrew Balfour’s beautiful Pyotr’s Dream for string orchestra. Commissioned and premiered by Tafelmusik in 2019, the work is inspired by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Balfour…
Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24
Between 1784 and 1786, Mozart composed 12 piano concertos and while the number of compositions itself is impressive, what’s even more impressive is the fact that they don’t all sound…
Music Talk from McNally – Tania Miller
Maestra Tania Miller is home to lead the SSO in Mozart and Tchaikovsky – but before that, she sat down with SSO’s Mark Turner to chat music and more!
Tenebrae
“I wrote Tenebrae as a consequence of witnessing two contrasting realities in a short period of time in September 2000. I was in Israel at the start of the new…
How Slow the Wind
Osvaldo Goligov’s How Slow the Wind for soprano and string quartet has text adapted from two Emily Dickinson poems. The original, and short, texts read: How slow the Wind —…