ARC Ensemble

A rare photograph of 24-year-old Glenn Gould and conductor Walter Kaufmann, who performed Bach’s D minor Keyboard concerto with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in December, 1956. (The image was sent to us by a Kaufmann relative.)

The ARC Ensemble and Koffler Arts are celebrating the film and chamber music of the legendary composer Miklós Rózsa in an upcoming series of captivating events. Two of his favourite films, The Lost Weekend and Providence, will be screened on March 30 and April 9 respectively, and the ARC Ensemble's Artistic Director, Simon Wynberg, will give a talk about Rózsa on April 3 (all three events will take place at Toronto’s Miles Nadal JCC.) The ARC Ensemble's concert on April 6 at the Royal Conservatory's Mazzoleni Hall includes Rózsa's songs, performed by the extraordinary soprano Elena Howard-Scott, his Piano Quintet op. 2, and what will be the first modern performance (quite possibly the premiere) of an unknown String Sextet. The ARC Ensemble will collaborate with the gifted students from the Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School.

Upcoming Events:
March 30 – Film screening: The Lost Weekend
April 3 – Simon Wynberg talk on Miklós Rózsa (https://bit.ly/4l05Lvr)
April 9 – Film screening: Providence (https://bit.ly/4l3EbNJ)

Rescued from Oblivion. Artistic Director for the ARC Ensemble, Simon Wynberg, joins the YourClassical MPR podcast to chat about the ensemble’s latest album, Chamber Works by Frederick Block, from their “Music in Exile” series. Listen to the episode here: https://www.yourclassical.org/episode/2025/01/22/new-classical-tracks

Members of the ARC Ensemble with legendary bass player Joel Quarrington recording Ernest Kanitz's Concertino for five players at The Royal Conservatory’s Koerner Hall on Thursday January 9.

Photo credit: Dewey Chang