Welcome to the Kindred Spirits Orchestra 2022-2023 Concert season! Under the direction of Maestro Kristian Alexander, the Kindred Spirits Orchestra is thrilled to present a 9-concert series in the cities of Markham, Richmond Hill and Toronto. Our 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 include Stravinsky‘s “Petrushka”, Shostakovich‘s Symphony No. 4, Hindemith‘s Symphony “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.
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 Panizza will 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 Chinese conductor XiaoMing in masterpieces by Prokofiev.
The concert halls are responsible for adhering to public health requirements. As regulations may change from time to time, please check the concert halls’ websites.