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String Showcase

Presented by Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto ON

Nov 17 - 18 2021

From Mahler’s heart-rending Adagietto to Schoenberg’s sensuous Verklärte Nacht, some of the most stunningly beautiful works in all of classical music await in this string spotlight.

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Some of the most stunningly beautiful works in all of classical music will stir the soul as the TSO’s fabulous strings and harp take centre stage. Mahler’s heart-rending Adagietto from his Symphony No. 5 utterly captivates and seemingly stops time. An 11th-century poem by Omar Khayyám inspired pop-influenced grooves in the music of Dinuk Wijeratne, and Kelly-Marie Murphy’s Rains of Ash and Embers extols Canada’s natural wonders while contemplating our role in preserving them. A brief