As a way to further celebrate the TSO’s relationship with Toronto, Gustavo Gimeno has commissioned ten three-minute “Celebration Preludes” from composers across the GTA, representing the diversity of voices in our community. Continuing on from the Celebration Preludes that were presented over the 2021/22 season, five more composers will have their works premièred in 2022/23.

The astounding Yefim Bronfman takes on one of the greatest masterpieces ever composed in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, which opens with stormy intensity, then gives way to breathtaking beauty and playful high spirits. Echoes of Beethoven flash throughout Unsuk Chin’s kinetic subito con forza. A multifaceted fusion of past and present rounds out the program, including Haydn’s effervescent Symphony No. 39, Wagner’s rapturous depiction of the Holy Grail in Lohengrin, Ligeti’s futuristic Atmospheres for Orchestra, and a world première prelude by Canadian Christina Volpini.