Community Event Listings
May 2-4 - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra - Concerti Virtuosi: Vivaldi & Telemann
Tafelmusik’s extraordinary musicians step into the spotlight with Rachel Podger for her final concert of the season. In this dynamic showcase of Tafelmusik’s artistry, Rachel Podger and members of the orchestra flex their musical muscles as soloists in a bouquet of concertos that highlight the violin, cello, recorder, oboe, and bassoon.
This program features peerless examples of baroque concertos, including concertos by Telemann and Heinichen for 2 oboes, bassoon and strings, Telemann’s Concerto for 3 violins in F Major, and Corelli’s Concerto grosso no. 1 in D Major. Tafelmusik’s vibrant colors combine in Vivaldi‘s vivacious Chamber Concerto in G Minor and two of his blockbuster concertos shine the spotlight on the bassoon and cello.
With this panoply of dazzling concertos we celebrate the inspiring musicians of Tafelmusik joining talents with Rachel, acclaimed for concertos “crackling with vitality and executed with consistent brilliance” (Gramophone).
May 2, 2025 8:00 pm
May 3, 2025 8:00 pm
May 4, 2025 3:00 pm
Tickets & Info: Concerti Virtuosi: Vivaldi & Telemann – Tafelmusik : Tafelmusik
May 18 - Arkel Chamber Concerts - Under a Veil of Stars
Immerse Yourself in Musical Mastery: Schubert’s Beloved Piano Trio in E-flat Meets Kevin Lau’s Modern Genius
May 18, 2025, 3:00 PM
Tickets & Info : https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/under-a-veil-of-stars-tickets-1026466186997
May 25 - Vox Clamantis - Estonian Music Week
Estonian Music Week 2025 5th edition is bringing the Grammy winning vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis to Toronto. The choir brings their mastery of Gregorian chant and contemporary compositions to Canada, with a special program featuring works by Arvo Pärt in celebration of his 90th birthday. The programme will also feature works by Veljo Tormis (95), Lembit Avesson (100), Helena Tulve and Riho Esko Maimets.
“The level of artistry necessary to achieve the kind of living, breathing performance given here by the Estonian Choir Vox Clamantis is a rarity.”
— TERRY BLAIN BBC Music Magazine
May 25, 2025, 8:00 PM
Doors open 7pm
Tickets & Info :https://2025.estonianmusicweek.ca/vox-clamantis-arvo-part?utm_source=TSP&utm_medium=TSP&utm_campaign=Vox
May 30 - June 1 - Prepare the Ground festival 2025
Prepare The Ground is back for our 2025 edition featuring Baroness, Have A Nice Life, Khanate, Kylesa, Midwife, Pygmy Lush, The Rita, Steve Von Till, YOB (Performing ATMA in full), Young Widows, and much more to be announced…
PREPARE THE GROUND is a community-led arts & heavy music festival taking place across multiple venues in Toronto, Ontario – the first of its kind in the city. The festival was founded by two lifelong friends, Toronto-based concert promoter Denholm Whale and KW Campol of music management company Mythos & the Perpetual Flame Ministries record label & art house.
May 30 – Jun 1, 2025, various times.
Tickets & Info : https://www.preparetheground.com/
June 8 - Off Centre Music Salon - Ukrainian Salon: Against all hope, we hope
Ukrainian culture is as rich and precious as the black Ukrainian soil that earned the country its nickname as “the breadbasket of Europe.” As Russia redraws borders, indiscriminately bombing civilians, schools and hospitals and doing everything in its power to make Ukrainian resilience impossible, we turn to that precious culture. “Sing my songs where evil holds its sway,” wrote Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrainka and that is exactly what we plan to do, weaving a program that will unite the music of Western and Eastern Ukraine, including Canadian premieres of works by Valentin Bibik, Leonid Desyatnikov, Vladimir Nalyvaiko as well as Ukrainian art and folk songs.
June 8, 2025, 3:00 PM
Tickets & Info : https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ukrainian-salon-against-all-hope-we-hope-tickets-1009031027967?aff=oddtdtcreator