Concert review: Emotional fervour from Cecilia String Quartet and Georgy Tchaidze at Toronto Summer Music

The Cecilia String Quartet performed for Toronto Summer Music at Walter Hall on Wednesday night (Liz Parker photo).

Chamber music concerts are so often seen as staid, serious events. But Wednesday night’s Toronto Summer Music performance by Canada’s Cecilia String Quartet and pianist Georgy Tchaidze at Walter Hall was pure excitement.

Concert review: Toronto Reunion glows by way of Brahms and Tchaikovsky at Walter Hall

There was chemistry in the ad hoc string ensemble at Toronto Summer Music Festival’s concert on Friday night (Margaret Lam iPhone photo).

Toronto Summer Music Festival audience members who experienced Friday night’s performance of Brahms’ Sextet No. 2 and Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence by some of Canada’s leading musicians were no doubt left in awe.

Concert review: Vienna Piano Trio mixes passion and finesse for Toronto Summer Music

From left: Wolfgang Redik, Stefan Mendl and Matthias Gredler of the Vienna Piano Trio played for Toronto Summer Music at Walter Hall on Wednesday night.

Exquisite barely begins to describe the glories of the all-Austrian programme the Vienna Piano Trio played for Toronto Summer Music at Walter Hall on Wednesday night.