Members of the HHO conducted by Henry Janzen will be performing Beethoven’s Symphonies 1 & 2 in the Great Hall, Hart House at 7:30pm, Thursday, May 31. Admission is free.

The Hart House Orchestra wraps up the 2011-2012 Season with Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Ravel’s Bolero, and Introduction & Fanfare by Canadian composer and HHO’s own William Rowson.

The Hart House Orchestra continues our 2011/2012 season with a performance of Brahms’ Third Symphony on Thursday, February 16. Also in the programme are Nielsen’s Helios Overture, and Mozart’s Flute Concerto, featuring flautist Elisabeth Jackson, winner of the HHO Concerto Competition. Join us for an informal pre-concert performance of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 with our music director Henry Janzen and members of the orchestra.

The HHO opens its 2011/2012 season with works by two Russian masters: Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Dmitri Shostakovich. The HHO Fall Concert will be held at Hart House Great Hall on Thursday, November 17, at 8pm. As always, admission is free, but seats are is limited, so come early. Join us also for a pre-concert performance featuring our very own conductors, Henry Janzen and William Rowson.

Meet The Soloist: Michel Ross

The final concert of the season will take place on Thursday, April 7th at 8pm in the Great Hall, Hart House.

Programme

• Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 83 w/ Peter Longworth, piano
• R. Strauss – Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24

Programme

• Mahler Symphony No. 5
• Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 with soloist Sofia Mycyk. [ musician bio ]
• 8:00pm Thursday, February 17th in the Great Hall, Hart House

The Orchestra is excited to join the Hart House Chorus to perform Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor. The Orchestra is also pleased to present Glazunov’s Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 with Arkady Yanivker (link)

The Hart House Chorus is a 55 voice choir auditioned from musically talented students, faculty, and alumni of the University of Toronto. Since its inception in 1972 as a reincarnation of the long-standing men’s Glee Club, the Chorus has maintained a reputation for the highest standard of performance locally, nationally, and abroad. For more information about the Chorus, visit hhchorus.sa.utoronto.ca (link)

Programme

• Tchaikovsky – Slavonic March in B-flat minor, Op. 31
• Mozart – Great Mass in C minor with Hart House Chorus
• Glazunov – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 featuring Arkady Yanivker
• 8:00pm Thursday, November 18 in the Great Hall, Hart House
• The Chorus and Orchestra will reprise the Mozart on Saturday, November 20 at 8:00pm in the Great Hall.

[ Meet the Soloist: Katya Poplyansky ]