Canada's National Arts Centre

Canada’s National Arts Centre

Performance / Creation / Learning

NAC Orchestra

2012-2013 Season

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

NAC Southam Hall

Peter Oundjian, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Peter Oundjian, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Photo: Sian Richards

  • Peter Oundjian conductor
  • Jonathan Crow violin
  • Shauna Rolston cello
  • André Laplante piano
  • Mercure Triptyque for Orchestra
  • Beethoven Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano
  • Shostakovich Symphony No. 12

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra brings a lively and dramatic program to Southam Hall, with  Beethoven’s marvelous Triple Concerto featuring an outstanding cast of three Canadian virtuosos including pianist André Laplante.  The TSO’s Music Director Peter Oundjian also leads Canadian composer Pierre Mercure’s Triptyche and Shostakovich’s titanic Symphony No. 12, subtitled “The Year of 1917.”  Written in the later part of Shostakovich’s life, this biographical drama depicts events of Vladimir Lenin’s life during the 1917 Russian Revolution.