Viva España

Featuring:  

SPO – Ronald Royer, conductor

Christóbal Soler, guest conductor

Lorena Valero, mezzo-soprano

Repertoire:  

Suites No. 1 and 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat: Manuel de Falla

Sinfonía Sevillana: Joaquín Turino

selections from Spanish zarzuelas

Magical and Majestic

Featuring:  

SPO – Ronald Royer, conductor

Toronto Choral Society – Geoffrey Butler, conductor

Repertoire:  

Symphony No. 7: Sergei Prokofiev

Coronation Ode: Edward Elgar

Holiday Dreams

Featuring:  

SPO Chamber Orchestra – Ronald Royer, conductor

Bach Children’s Chorus – Meredith Wanstall, conductor

Joey Niceforo, tenor

Alex Toskov, violin

Repertoire:  

seasonal favourites

Winter from The Four Seasons: Antonio Vivaldi

L’adorazione dei Magi: Ottorino Resphigi

A Dream Within a Dream: Samuel Bisson (Cdn)

Fantasia on Canadian Carols: Ronald Royer (Cdn)

new holiday music by local composers including Anika-France Forget, Shreya Jha, Daniel Mehdizadeh and Ted Runcie

From Dawn to Dusk

Featuring:  

Odin Quartet

with Christopher Hwang, cello

Repertoire:  

From Dawn to Dusk is a multi-media journey created by the Odin Quartet with music by Dvořák, Haydn, Mozart, Wagner and more.

The concert also features –

Beneath the Sea of Clouds: Kevin Lau (Cdn)

Night Music of the Streets of MadridLuigi Boccherini

Nocturne for Solo Cello and String Quartet: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

a premiere from SPO’s 2026 New Generation Composers workshop

The Romantic Spirit

Featuring:  

SPO – Ronald Royer, conductor

Christina Quilico, piano

Repertoire:  

new commissioned work (premiere): (Elienna) Yu Xuan Wang

Piano Concerto No. 2: Marie Jaëll

Symphony No. 1: Johannes Brahms

From Winter’s Blue to Green Bushes

Featuring:  

Suzanne Shulman, flute

Caitlin Boyle, viola

Erica Goodman, harp

Repertoire:  

Terzettino: Theodore Dubois

Andante and Variations: Gioachino Rossini

Winter’s Blue: Allan Gilliland (Cdn)

Fantasy on In Dulci Jubilo: Bruno Degazio (Cdn)

Impromptu: Ronald Royer (Cdn)

Green Bushes: trad’l, arr. Ronald Royer (Cdn)

Deux Interludes: Jacques Ibert

Suite from The Rings: Eric Robertson (Cdn)

Sonatine: Maurice Ravel

Showpieces

Featuring:  

SPO – Ronald Royer, conductor

Cameron Crozman, cello

Repertoire:  

White Pine and Poplar from About the Trees: Kye Marshall (Cdn)

Les Preludes: Franz Liszt

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2: Franz Liszt

Cello Concerto in B Minor: Antonin Dvořák