Bloom with Lara Downes

Iconoclast and trailblazer Lara Downes--described by Musical Toronto as "a magnetic force wrapped in flawless technique and a silken touch"--brings vivid presence to a world premiere that pays homage to jazz and the visionary artists who have built bridges among genres. Mozart's Symphony No. 29 radiates youthful energy and poised clarity, its textures unfolding with freshness and vitality. Stravinsky's Apollon musagète, evoking Apollo as leader of the Muses, blossoms as a meditation on form, grace, and artistic inspiration, bringing the program into luminous balance.

Performers

DANIEL HOPE
Music Director and Concertmaster

LARA DOWNES
Piano


Program

W.A. MOZART
Symphony No. 29

Clarice ASSAD
Beauty Has No Borders
New Century co-commission
WORLD PREMIERE
Lara Downes, piano

Igor STRAVINSKY
Apollon musagète