2025-2026 Tour programs
Program 1 - available throughout the season
SERENADES
SINFONIA TORONTO / NURHAN ARMAN Conductor
MOZART Serenade - Eine kleine Nachtmusik
BACH Violin Concerto in A Minor
ELGAR Serenade
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade
concert duration 70’
Program 2 - available throughout the season
BRILLIANT CLASSICS
SINFONIA TORONTO / NURHAN ARMAN Conductor
MOZART Salzburg Symphony K 136
BACH Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor
ELGAR Serenade
GRIEG Holberg Suite
DVORAK Miniatures - Dances from Op. 46, 54 & 72
concert duration 70’
Program 3 - available throughout the season
CLASSICAL POPS
SINFONIA TORONTO / NURHAN ARMAN Conductor
MOZART Three Divertimenti
JENKINS Palladio Suite
DVORAK Slavonic Dances
KHACHATURIAN Masquerade
concert duration 70’
Available for September 26 or 28, 2025
SOARING STRINGS
Dvorak's Love Letter
Unforgettable melodies by Dvorak and Mendelssohn, and a fabulous violin virtuoso
SINFONIA TORONTO / NURHAN ARMAN Conductor / IGOR PIKAYZEN Violinist
Program
MENDELSSOHN String Symphony No. 2 in D Major
SHOSTAKOVICH Sonata for Violin, Percussion and Orchestra, Op. 134
DVORAK Serenade for Strings
Available for November 6, 8 or 9, 2025
FLUTE MAGIC
Vivaldi | Ho | Janacek
Two star flutists team up to premiere Alice Ho’s Celestial Concerto and sparkle
in a Vivaldi favourite; the orchestra shines in Romantic masterpieces
SINFONIA TORONTO / NURHAN ARMAN Conductor
LUISA SELLO / SUSAN HOEPPNER Flutists
Program
GLAZOUNOV Theme and Variations for String Orchestra, Op.97
VIVALDI Concerto for 2 Flutes in C major
ALICE PING YEE HO Celestial Concerto for 2 Flutes and Strings world premiere
VIVALDI Sinfonia in G major, RV 146
JANACEK Suite
Available for December 10, 12 or 13, 2025
BAROQUE AND BEYOND
Holiday Treats
Mendelssohn's charming double concerto with the superb Ezra Duo and
a bouquet of Christmas favourites
SINFONIA TORONTO / NURHAN ARMAN Conductor
THE EZRA DUO Jacob Clewell, Violin; Sasha Bult-Ito, piano
Program
MENDELSSOHN Double Concerto for Violin and Piano in D Minor
CORELLI Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 8 (Christmas Concerto)
VIVALDI Sinfonia L'incoronazione di Dario
LARRY STRACHAN Lament for Souls of Sauteurs
HANDEL Messiah - Overture and Pifa
JENKINS Palladio Suite
Available for January 22, 24 or 25, 2026
CELLO PASSION
Brilliant cellist Noémie Raymond-Friset plays a beloved concerto, plus Tchaikovsky's own favourite
SINFONIA TORONTO / NURHAN ARMAN Conductor
CHRISTOPH HARTMANN Oboist
NOÉMIE RAYMOND-FRISET Cellist
Program
MOZART Divertimento K 138
DAVID JAEGER Fantasia ‘Conjure You’ world premiere
SAINT-SAENS Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor Op.33
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade
Available for February 27 or March 1, 2026
PATHÉTIQUE
Songs from the Heart
Beethoven's poignant sonata in orchestral colours, beautiful settings of Bengali poems and
a young Toronto virtuoso in a famous, fiery violin showpiece
SINFONIA TORONTO / NURHAN ARMAN Conductor
EVAN PYNE Violinist / KRIPA NAGESHWAR Soprano
Program
ELGAR Serenade
PETROS SHOUJOUNIAN Sinfonietta world premiere
COLIN EATOCK Four Song Offerings world premiere
SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
BEETHOVEN Sonata Pathétique orchestra version
Available for April 9, 11 or 12, 2026
SERENADE
Romance Rules
Pianist Anya Alexeyev plays the majestic César Franck Piano Quintet in an orchestra version and
Maestro Arman conducts the glorious melodies of a Tchaikovsky favourite
SINFONIA TORONTO / NURHAN ARMAN Conductor / ANYA ALEXEYEV Pianist
Program
FRANCK Piano Quintet orchestra version
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade
Available for May 1, 3 or 4, 2026.
THE EMPEROR
Beethoven | Shostakovich | Bach
A superb young Toronto pianist plays Beethoven's noble Emperor Concerto; one of Shostakovich's
most personal masterpieces and the eternal genius of Bach
SINFONIA TORONTO / NURHAN ARMAN Conductor / VANESSA YU Pianist
Program
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 'The Emperor'
SHOSTAKOVICH Chamber Symphony in C minor op. 110a
J. S. BACH Contrapunctus 1 & 2
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Margaret Chasins, Director of Operations