MAY 3 & 4, 2024 7:30PM
DICHTERLIEBE: WHOSE LOVE?
A gender-expansive re-telling of Schumann’s Dichterliebe including additional musical settings by his contemporaries.
Co-curated by Confluence Artistic Associate Teiya Kasahara 笠原 貞野 and pianist David Eliakis.
Drawing inspiration from the original poetry of Heinrich Heine’s ‘Lyrisches Intermezzo’, Dichterliebe: Whose Love? takes us down a queer, chosen journey rather than the expected 19th century lieder recital of Robert Schumann’s music.
Exploring the central question, “Whose love is important, valid, and celebrated?” is the impetus for co-curators and performers Teiya Kasahara and David Eliakis’ inquiry into their classical music educations, the traditions which they have perpetuated in both music and life, and the sex and gender norms that still govern much of today’s performance practices and social discourse.
Dichterliebe: Whose Love? gives space for these performer-poets to express their gender-expansive interpretation of love through a variety of settings from Schumann’s original and those of his contemporaries.
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto
MAY 29 & 30, 2024, 7:30PM
Confluence Songbook
A season-ending concert of our musical favourites.
Featuring the entire Confluence team
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto
PAST 2023-24 CONCERTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 7:30PM
OCTOBER 1, 2023 4:00PM
IRISH SONGBOOK
Patricia O’Callaghan presents new and traditional Irish songs, inspired by her passion for Irish language and music.
featuring Larry Beckwith, Miranda Mulholland, Maeve Palmer, Tim Posgate, Yolanda Tapia and Maryem Tollar
Pre-concert talk 45 minutes prior to showtime
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto
OCTOBER 13 & 14, 2023 7:30PM
Wound turned to light
James Rolfe’s beautiful settings of the work of a wide variety of poets, created during the pandemic.
Featuring Alex Samaras, Patricia O'Callaghan, Larry Beckwith, Anika Venkatesh, Andrew Adridge, Lara Dodds-Eden and George Elliott Clarke
Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto
NOVEMBER 22 & 23, 2023 at 7:30PM
AUTORICKSHAW AT 20
A 20-year anniversary celebration of the Indo-Fusion band: traditional South Indian music, pop, jazz, folk, and funk.
Featuring Suba Sankaran, Dylan Bell and Ed Hanley.
Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto
DECEMBER 12, 2023 7:30PM
Dreams of Home
Longing, dreams and memories merge through classical and contemporary repertoire.
Featuring our 2023-24 Young Artistic Associates, the KöNG Duo.
Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto
Dreams of Home is generously sponsored by Kit and Barbara Moore
MARCH 21 & 22, 2024
SONGS FROM TORONTO
Music by some of Toronto’s
Finest Songwriters
Curated by Andrew Downing
Songs From Toronto celebrates some of the best and brightest songwriters who weave into our city’s musical fabric in its cafés, bars, festivals and living rooms. Discover the finely crafted and beautiful songs of John Southworth, Justin Orok, Rebecca Campbell and Lydia Persaud. This concert will introduce you to songs that will doubtlessly become some of your favourites.
The evening will vary in style from art song to troubadour ballad and deal with love, loss, joy, sadness and everything in between.
In addition to hearing the songwriters sing their own songs, Patricia O’Callaghan, Teiya Kasahara 笠原 貞野 and Maggie Keogh will add their voices to the evening, and the group will be joined by an ensemble of guitar, piano, strings and vibraphone.
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto
PLEASE NOTE CONCERT START TIMES
MARCH 21
Doors open 6:30pm
Pre-concert chat at 6:45pm
Concert at 7:30pm
MARCH 22
Doors open 8:15pm
Concert at 8:30pm
No pre-concert chat