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March 26 2013

April Showers Bring May Flowers . . . and James Bond, Measha Brueggergosman, Gil Shaham and the National Arts Centre Orchestra to the TSO

March 26, 2013 - “The name’s Bond, James Bond.” On April 2 and 3, Conductor John Morris Russell will return to the TSO to lead the Orchestra in a programme of suspense, mystery and drama with music from the blockbuster 007 film franchise. This cool all-Bond programme, featuring vocalists Capathia Jenkins and Ron Bohmer, includes the most memorable theme songs including Goldfinger, Thunderball, Live and Let Die and the Academy Award-winning, Skyfall . Nobody Does it Better than the TSO!

CN Tower lighting pays tribute to World Première of Tod Machover’s A Toronto Symphony: Concerto for Composer and City March 9, 2013, approx. 9pm

March 7, 2013 (Toronto, ON) Toronto residents and all those within sight of the CN Tower are invited to watch a unique CN Tower light show synchronized to the world première of A Toronto Symphony: Concerto for Composer and City - the first symphony created for, by and about Torontonians.

Tune in to TSO.CA for a live webcast where you will hear a live audio feed of the concert as well as see visuals, which will include graphics, video, and photos illustrating both the piece and the process of its creation, alongside a live video feed of the CN Tower’s light show. The complete concert is performed live at Roy Thomson Hall on March 9, 2013 beginning 8pm, and the webcast and CN Tower lighting will be live with the A Toronto Symphony: Concerto for Composer and City première at approximately 9pm.

New Creations Festival presents the World première of Tod Machover’s A Toronto Symphony: Concerto for Composer and City

Also featured is the North American première of Owen Pallett’s Violin Concerto

Feb 14, 2013 – Heralded by the New York Times as ”the orchestra’s signal success in the handling of contemporary music”, the TSO’s annual New Creations Festival returns to the Roy Thomson Hall stage this March to showcase the hottest works in contemporary orchestral music (Mar 2 – 9, 2013). Led by TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian, this year’s Festival is guest-curated by composer Tod Machover, who is recognized as one of the world's most imaginative and influential composers. Called "America's most wired composer" by the Los Angeles Times, Machover is also known for his music technology inventions, from a "hypercello" for Yo-Yo Ma to the innovations behind Guitar Hero.