TSO Pops Concert | Some Enchanted Evening: The Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein

Steven Reineke. Photo by Sian Richards.

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra Pops concert series opened this week with Some Enchanted Evening: The Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, a glorious celebration of Broadway’s legendary songwriting duo conducted by the newly named Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke. Featuring three talented vocalists, the stunning Ashley Brown (Soprano), Aaron Lazar (Tenor) and Jonathan Estabrooks (Baritone), as well as the Orpheus Choir of Toronto and the University of Toronto MacMillan Singers, the lively concert put a refreshing spin on beloved classics from Oklahoma, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music.

Moving, romantic, nostalgic, and exciting, Some Enchanted Evening was definitely a musical night to remember. Reineke, who is also the Music Director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall and the Principal Pops Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, is a fine addition to the TSO’s offering.

Don’t miss the remaining concerts in the Pops series:

A Merry TSO Christmas (December 11 @8pm & 12 @2pm and @8pm): a rendition of The Twelve Days of Christmas, and a special concert with Barenaked Ladies.

Love Will Keep Us Together (February 19 @8pm & 20 @2pm and @8pm): a compilation of favourite love songs, from melodies of the golden age of stage and screen to blockbuster hits.

James Bond: The Music (April 2 @8pm & 3 @2pm and @8pm): a sampling of 007’s greatest hits from the last 50 years.

West Side Story with Orchestra  (May 28 @7:30pm & 29 @1:30pm and @7:30pm): a live performance of Leonard Bernstein’s electrifying score while the re-mastered film is shown in hi-def on the big screen with the original vocals and dialogue intact.

Visit TSO.ca for more information and to buy tickets. Tickets are available for as little as $26 each with the Compose Your Own Ticket Package (minimum 3 tickets).