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1 Order a Masterworks subscription today and save up to 20%!* DETAILS INSIDE Toronto Orchestra 2018/19 Masterworks Series

2 See more. Pay less. Subscribing is the best way to experience the TSO! Order your Masterworks subscription before April 27, 2018, and save up to 20%! * Sir Andrew Davis TSO Interim Artistic Director Curated Series Enjoy the best concerts from your favourite seats, all season long! With Curated Series, choose from one of our specially designed packages and get first choice of the best seats, at subscriber preferred prices. Benefits include: Benefits overview Keep your favourite seat Curated Series Single tickets 1 Best seats Save up to 20% compared to single tickets* Complimentary coat check Choose the best seats at the best price Keep your preferred seats for every concert in your series Receive top priority for seat upgrades Never pay exchange fees (normally $8 per ticket) No service charges (normally $6 per ticket) 2 Excellent value Unlimited no-fee ticket exchanges Never pay service charges (normally $6 per ticket) Save up to 20% compared to single tickets Discounts on additional tickets all season long Never pay exchange fees (normally $8 per ticket) Subscriber discounts on additional tickets Purchase tickets before the general public Subscriber Recognition Card No charge for lost or forgotten tickets 3 Insider access Unlock discounts of up to 25% at local restaurants and shops with your Subscriber Recognition Card Exclusive, complimentary coat check Attend pre-concert chats * Save up to 20% compared to single tickets when you order your subscription before April 27, Prices go up after April 27, Subject to availability. Discounts of up to 25% at local restaurants and shops.

3 Curated Series Revel in the ultimate symphony experience, with Curated Series ranging from three to five concerts. 2018/19 Curated Series 13 pre-selected packages CONCERTS MASTERWORKS WEEKEND CLASSICS W1 W2 W3 T1 T2 T3 F1 S1 S2 S3 GW CE CM Wednesday 1 Wednesday 2 Wednesday 3 Thursday 1 Thursday 2 Thursday 3 Friday Saturday 1 FALL 2018 Saturday 2 Saturday 3 Three at the Weston 3 CONCERTS Saturday Evening 4 CONCERTS Sunday Matinee 3 CONCERTS Symphonie Fantastique SEP 20 SEP 21 Romantic Rachmaninoff SEP 26 SEP 29 SEP 29 Mahler 5 OCT 3 OCT 4 Dvořák New World OCT 13 OCT 14 Debussy La Mer OCT 18 OCT 20 Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty OCT 24 OCT 25 OCT 27 OCT 28 Britten War Requiem NOV 8 NOV 10 Boléro NOV 21 NOV 23 NOV 24 WINTER 2019 Sibelius 2 JAN 10 JAN 12 JAN 13 Mozart with Zukerman JAN 16 JAN 18 Brahms & Dvořák FEB 6 FEB 7 Barbara Hannigan Conducts Gershwin FEB 13 FEB 14 Alisa Weilerstein FEB 20 FEB 21 Romantic Chopin FEB 23 Shostakovich 5 MAR 9 MAR 10 SPRING 2019 Schubert's Unfinished MAR 27 MAR 28 Beethoven Eroica APR 10 APR 12 APR 13 Mahler Resurrection APR 17 APR 18 APR 20 APR 20 Beethoven 5 MAY 12 MAY 11 Mahler 7 MAY 15 MAY 16 Pines of Rome MAY 24 MAY 25 MAY 25 Denk Plays Mozart MAY 29 MAY 30 Brahms 4 JUN 5 JUN 6 JUN 8 Carmina Burana JUN 19 JUN 20 JUN 22 The Firebird JUN 29 JUN 30

4 Masterworks at a glance Add extra concerts to your package at subscriber preferred pricing and reserve the best seats before the general public. Symphonie Fantastique T1 F1 September 20 & 22 at 8:00 pm September 21 at 7:30 pm Dvořák New World CE CM Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini José Evangelista: Symphonie minute Dvořák: No. 9 From the New World Sir Andrew Davis Debussy La Mer T3 S2 October 18 & 20 at 8:00pm Thomas Søndergård, conductor Baiba Skride, violin Romantic Rachmaninoff W1 S2 S3 September 26 & 29 at 8:00 pm September 27 at 8:00pm includes a pre-concert performance by The TSO Chamber Soloists at 6:45pm Kirill Karabits, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin Valentin Silvestrov: Serenade for String Orchestra Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 Rachmaninoff: No. 3 W2 T1 Pinchas Zukerman, conductor & violin Tchaikovsky s The Nutcracker & More S1 GW Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker Tchaikovsky: No. 4 Messiah December 17, 18, 19 & 22 at 8:00 pm December 21 at 7:30 pm December 23 at 3:00 pm Andrey Boreyko, conductor Alina Ibragimova, violin Handel: Messiah Nikolai Korndorf: The Smile of Maud Lewis Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky/arr. Andrey Boreyko: Suite from The Sleeping Beauty Pinchas Zukerman Sir Andrew Davis Conducts Wagner T2 S3 November 8 at 8:00 pm November 10 at 8:00 pm includes a pre-concert performance by The TSO Chamber Soloists at 6:45pm Britten: War Requiem Mahler 5 W3 T2 Lise Davidsen, soprano Simon O Neill, tenor Brindley Sherratt, bass Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra Wagner: Act I of Die Walküre Claire de Sévigné Sibelius 2 T2 S1 GW David Robertson, conductor Leila Josefowicz, violin October 3 & 4 at 8:00 pm Han-Na Chang, conductor Javier Perianes, piano Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Mahler: No. 5 January 31 at 8:00pm February 2 at 8:00pm January 10 & 12 at 8:00 pm January 13 at 3:00 pm at George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts Nicola Benedetti Benjamin Britten Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5, K. 219 Turkish Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3, K. 216 Mozart: No. 35, K. 385 Haffner November 28 & 29 at 8:00 pm November 30 at 7:30 pm December 2 at 3:00 pm Johannes Debus, conductor Soloists include: Claire de Sévigné, soprano Andrew Haji, tenor Bramwell Tovey, conductor Tatiana Pavlovskaya, soprano Toby Spence, tenor Russell Braun, baritone Toronto Children s Chorus W3 F1 January 16, 17, 18 & 19 at 8:00pm John Adams: City Noir (TSO Co-commission) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 Ravel: Boléro October 24, 25 & 27 at 8:00pm October 28 at 3:00pm at George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts Britten War Requiem Mozart with Zukerman Earl Lee, conductor Thomas Adès: Dances from Powder Her Face Britten: Violin Concerto Poulenc: Les animaux modèles Debussy: La mer Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty S1 John Storgårds, conductor Kirill Gerstein, piano Aziz Shokhakimov, conductor George Li, piano Berlioz: Fantasy on Shakespeare s The Tempest from Lélio, or The Return to Life Hétu: Variations concertantes (TSO Commission) Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique W1 F1 November 21 & 24 at 8:00 pm November 23 at 7:30 pm October 13 at 7:30pm October 14 at 3:00pm Boléro Weill: Suite from The Threepenny Opera Stravinsky: Violin Concerto Sibelius: No. 2 Brahms & Dvořák February 6, 7 & 9 at 8:00pm Jonathan Crow, violin Joseph Johnson, cello Morawetz: Carnival Overture* Brahms: Double Concerto Dvořák: No. 6 * Toronto Youth Orchestra performs with the TSO W2 T3

5 Contact us to order Online: TSO.CA/Subscribe By phone: In person: TSO Patron Services Centre ( Wellington St. W.) Barbara Hannigan W1 T1 Conducts Gershwin February 13 at 8:00pm February 14 at 8:00pm includes a pre-concert performance by The TSO Chamber Soloists at 6:45pm Barbara Hannigan, conductor & soprano Kelly Zimba, flute Debussy: Syrinx for Solo Flute Sibelius: Luonnotar for Soprano and Orchestra Haydn: No. 86 Berg: Suite from Lulu Gershwin/arr. Bill Elliot: Suite from Girl Crazy Romantic Chopin S2 February 23 at 8:00pm Alexander Shelley, conductor David Fray, piano Yosuke Kawasaki, violin Jessica Linnebach, violin Jocelyn Morlock: Cobalt Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 Schumann: No. 1 Spring Shostakovich CE CM 5 March 9 at 7:30pm March 10 at 3:00pm Gemma New, conductor Kelly Zimba, flute Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton, harp Abigail Richardson-Schulte: GO! for Orchestra Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 297c Shostakovich: No. 5 Mahler Resurrection W2 April 17 & 18 at 8:00 pm April 20 at 7:30 pm T3 S2 S3 Juanjo Mena, conductor Joélle Harvey, soprano Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto Amadeus Choir Elmer Iseler Singers Mahler: No. 2 Resurrection Beethoven 5 CE GW May 11 at 8:00pm May 12 at 3:00pm at George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts Nicholas Collon, conductor Shai Wosner, piano Program includes: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467 Beethoven: No. 5 Brahms 4 W2 T2 S2 June 5, 6 & 8 at 8:00pm Karl-Heinz Steffens, conductor Jan Lisiecki, piano Schumann: Overture to Manfred Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 Brahms: No. 4 Jan Lisiecki Carmina Burana June 19, 20 & 22 at 8:00pm June 23 at 3:00pm W1 T3 S3 Barbara Hannigan Alisa Weilerstein W3 T2 February 20 & 21 at 8:00pm Thomas Dausgaard, conductor Alisa Weilerstein, cello Langgaard: Prelude to Antikrist Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2 Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra Schubert's Unfinished March 27 & 28 at 8:00pm Günther Herbig, conductor Schubert: No. 8 Unfinished Bruckner: No. 9 W2 T1 Beethoven Eroica W3 F1 S1 April 10 & 13 at 8:00 pm April 12 at 7:30 pm includes a pre-concert performance by The TSO Chamber Soloists at 6:15pm Louis Langrée, conductor Christian Tetzlaff, violin Debussy: Prélude à l après-midi d un faune Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1 Beethoven: No. 3 Eroica Mahler 7 May 15 & 16 at 8:00pm Louis Lortie, piano Chan Ka Nin: My Most Beautiful, Wonderful, Terrific, Amazing, Fantastic, Magnificent Homeland: Sesquie for Canada s 150th (TSO Co-commission) Franck: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra Mahler: No. 7 W1 T1 Pines of Rome F1 May 24 & 25 at 8:00pm Louis Lortie, piano Rossini: Overture to William Tell Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4 Jordan Pal: New Work (World Première) Respighi: Pines of Rome S1 S3 Donald Runnicles, conductor Soloists include: James Ehnes, violin Nicole Haslett, soprano Sunnyboy Dladla, tenor Toronto Children s Chorus Korngold: Violin Concerto Orff: Carmina Burana Sunnyboy Dladla The Firebird June 29 at 7:30pm June 30 at 3:00pm CE CM Denk Plays Mozart W3 T3 May 29 & June 1 at 8:00pm May 31 at 7:30pm May 30 at 8:00pm includes a pre-concert performance by The TSO Chamber Soloists at 6:45pm Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Jonathan Crow, violin Sibelius: Violin Concerto Prokofiev: Classical Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1945 revision) Jeremy Denk, leader & piano Program includes: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503 MASTERWORKS WEEKEND CLASSICS Alisa Weilerstein Christian Tetzlaff SPECIALS

6 Sir Andrew Davis Interim Artistic Director Peter Oundjian Conductor Emeritus Steven Reineke Principal Pops Conductor Gary Kulesha Composer Advisor Contact us to order Online: TSO.CA/Subscribe By phone: In person: TSO Patron Services Centre Wellington St. W. Accessible services The TSO is committed to excellence in serving all patrons including people with disabilities. Please visit TSO.CA/PlanYourVisit to find out about the programs and services offered for all TSO venues. Privacy The TSO treats your personal information with respect; for our full Privacy Policy, please visit TSO.CA. Have a question? contactus@tso.ca Call: Live Chat at TSO.CA On the cover: Roy Thomson Hall, home of the Toronto Orchestra (photo by Stephen Chung) ALL ARTISTS, PROGRAMS, DATES, PRICES, AVAILABILITY, AND PACKAGES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. All sales are final. There are no refunds or cancellations. If you cannot use your tickets, contact TSO Patron Services to ask about exchanging your tickets for another concert. Subscribers who are unable to attend and do not wish to exchange may return their tickets for a tax receipt. Please contact TSO Patron Services at least 48 hours prior to your concert.