Our free Overture series gets underway with a discussion by the Spanish piano virtuoso Leopoldo Erice.
Leo Erice
Music for a Summer Noon
12:00 noon
Leopoldo Erice, piano
Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Jeffrey Stokes
Overture: Legacy
6:00 p.m.
Jeffrey Stokes introduces the Brahms Requiem.
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Music for a Summer Evening
7:30 p.m.
Marion van den Akker, mezzo-soprano; Rian de Waal, piano; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; Noel Edison, conductor; Anagnoson & Kinton, piano duo; Beverley Johnston, timpani
Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Adapted by Brahms for smaller forces, the power of the music remains as strong as in the original version.
