Into The Gentle is the title of the season opening live performance for Orchestra Toronto, that includes a program that can take the viewers on a musical journey from darkness to gentle. The October 18 live performance contains music by Christine Donkin, Richard Strauss, Beethoven, and Profofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1, with soloist Corey Gemmell on violin.
“This efficiency will take our viewers on a journey from wrestle to transcendence,” stated Michael Newnham, Music Director of Orchestra Toronto.
“We’re thrilled to have Corey Gemmell, our concertmaster, carry out Profokiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1, a really lyrical and unexpectedly delicate piece of early Twentieth-century modernism, which contrasts the darker themes within the alternatives by Beethoven and R. Strauss. This can be a transformative live performance!”
The Orchestra’s full program is:
- Donkin: Three Autumn Scenes
- Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
- Beethoven: Leonore Overture No 3
- R. Strauss: Tod und Verklärung
Corey Lyle Gemmell, violin
Corey Lyle Gemmell is a local of Hamilton, the place he started his musical journey finding out violin privately, and performing within the Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (HPYO), the place he performed concertmaster. He later continued his research on the College of Toronto.
Gemmell has constructed a profession as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician. He’s carried out all through North America, Germany, and in China. He at the moment serves as concertmaster for the Burlington Symphony Orchestra, Mississauga Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Toronto, and the Scarborough Philharmonic.
Corey has additionally carried out with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Brott Music Competition/ Nationwide Academy Orchestra, Esprit Orchestra, the Elora Competition Orchestra, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Orchestra, the Ontario Philharmonic, and the Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra. He has additionally been concertmaster for musical theatre productions, together with Miss Saigon, Magnificence and the Beast, The Sound of Music, the Phantom of the Opera, Hamilton, and Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing unit, amongst others.
A devoted educator, Corey is at the moment a member of school at Western College, the Nationwide Music Camp of Canada and the Royal Faculty of Examiners.
He’s additionally a recording artist. In 2022, he recorded works by Canadian composers Ronald Royer, Daniel Mehdizadeh, Brandon Walker, and Elizabeth Raum each as a soloist and chamber musician, with the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra titled Canadian Exhibition on the Akashic label.
Gemmell performs on a violin made in Milan in 1907 by Cipriano Briani, in addition to a contemporary violin crafted for him in 2005 by Toronto luthier, Hratch Armenious.
Orchestra Toronto 2025-2026: A Season of Transformation
The total season options six concert events, with three night and three afternoon performances; extra information here. After October 18’s Into the Gentle, the lineup contains:
- Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. — Seasonal Celebration with the Sultans of String
- Saturday, January 24, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. — Darth Vader Meets the Godfather: Music from the Movie Scores
- Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. — Exploration of the Soul: Tchaikovsky & Adler
- Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. — Pardon Our French: Ravel & Gershwin
- Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. — Resurrection: Mahler 2
Discover extra particulars concerning the Into the Gentle live performance on Saturday, October, 18 (8:00 p.m.) within the George Weston Recital Corridor on the Meridian Arts Centre, with a pre-concert chat with Music Director, Michael Newnham that begins at 6:45 p.m., [HERE].
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Anya Wassenberg is the Toronto Metropolis Editor at Ludwig Van. Beforehand, she was a contract author with a specialty in tradition and journey for 3 many years, and a inventive writing teacher for Ontariolearn.
