This year’s Tafelmusik season is opening with three special evenings of music featuring Guest Director Jakob Lehmann at Koerner Hall on September 25 & 26 at 7:30 PM, and on September 27 at 3:00 PM.

Tafelmusik’s season opening concerts are devoted to masterpieces by two mavericks of their era.

The first and only female professor at the Paris Conservatory in the 19th century, Louise Farrenc was a groundbreaker whose Symphony no. 3 premiered to critical acclaim in 1849 alongside Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony no. 5.

Taking a cue from history, they pair Farrenc with Beethoven once more—this time with his revered Symphony no. 7, famed for its haunting Allegretto, heard everywhere from the fall of the Berlin Wall to films like The King’s Speech and Westworld.

Making his Tafelmusik debut is the celebrated conductor Jakob Lehmann, known for “revelatory conducting” (Opera Today) that “vigorously shakes up our listening habits” (Classica), which provides us once again with an opportunity to celebrate this year’s 75^th anniversary of German-Canadian diplomatic relations and the enduring friendship between Canada and Germany.

⏰ September 25| 7:30 PM

September 26| 7:30 PM

September 27| 3:00 PM

📍 Koerner Hall

We look forward to welcoming you for an evening of music, friendship, and celebration.