Tafelmusik
featuring
Alfredo Bernardini
February 21 | 8:00PM
February 22 | 8:00PM
February 23 | 3:00PM
Jeanne Lamon Hall
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre
427 Bloor St W | Toronto, ON
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Oboe lovers, rejoice! The “sublime” (Gramophone) Italian oboist Alfredo Bernardini returns to our stage with a high-octane program devoted to the music of Bach and his contemporaries. This hand-picked selection includes a trio of works sharing striking orchestral textures: Tafelmusik’s premiere performance of the Concerto in B-flat Major for three violins and three oboes by Telemann, the playfully inventive Suite in G Minor for three oboes by Fasch, and the celebrated Suite in D Major by Bach.
Presented by Tafelmusik with the support of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto.
ABOUT ALFRENDO BERNARDINI
The Italian-born oboist Alfredo Bernardini studied early music in the Netherlands, graduating in 1987. He has since performed all over the world as a member of ensembles such as Hesperion XX, Le Concert des Nations, La Petite Bande, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, The English Concert, Bach Collegium Japan, Tafelmusik, and others. He has played in more than 100 recordings. In 1989 he founded the ensemble ZEFIRO, which has been awarded major international prizes. He has been a guest director of baroque orchestras all over Europe, in Canada, Australia, Venezuela, Cuba, Israel, and with the European Union Baroque Orchestra and Theresia Classical Youth Orchestra. He is currently professor at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg.