The Toronto Chamber Orchestra, led by Kevin Mallon, draws its players from the best orchestras in Toronto, including the Toronto Symphony and Tafelmusik.
Composer Biography
Wenzel Pichl, the composer, received a broad education beyond music, studying philosophy, theology, and law at the university in Prague.
Performer Biography
Kevin Mallon, the conductor, has an impressive background including conducting studies with John Eliot Gardiner and composition with Peter Maxwell Davies.
Composer Biography
Wenzel Pichl died in 1805 from an apoplectic fit while performing a violin concerto in the Lobkowitz Palace in Vienna.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Pichl's symphonies, named after classical figures like the Muses and Diana, are purely abstract in conception and do not depict their subjects musically.
Composer Biography
Pichl was appointed music director and Kammerdiener to Archduke Ferdinando d'Este, the Austrian governor of Lombardy, on the recommendation of Empress Maria Theresia.
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