A powerful new digital concert for the whole family, inspired by the need for collaboration in the face of climate change.

Online Premiere

• Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 8pm ET

Tickets only $10, plus $1 service fee. Perfect for the whole family!

This concert streams from February 17, 2022 at 8pm ET to February 21, 2022 at 7:59pm ET

Timely and optimistic, Tafelmusik’s latest commission is an environmentally themed digital concert for all ages.  A contemporary fable for baroque orchestra and narrator, The Gull, the Raccoon, and the Last Maple pits two of Nature’s most persistent scavengers against each other as they engage in a battle of wits over the Last Maple and the last slip of dry land unclaimed by the encroaching floods. As the swirling waters rise and drenching storms threaten, the three must combine forces, harnessing their resourcefulness and adaptability—or perish.

The creative team behind The Last Maple includes music director Elisa Citterio, actress Amanda Cordner (Slo Pitch and Baroness Von Sketch Show), composer Abigail Richardson-Schulte (The Hockey Sweater), playwright and librettist Alexis Diamond (Making Light), and director Jordan Laffrenier (Then They Fight Theatre).

Balancing wit, optimism, and pathos, Cordner and Tafelmusik offer a performance that will inspire you and your family to join the collective effort towards conserving the health of our planet.

Composed by Abigail Richardson-Schulte

Story and text by Alexis Diamond

Commissioned by Tafelmusik

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra directed by Elisa Citterio

Amanda Cordner narrator

Jordan Laffrenier stage director

Alyssa Martin Assistant Director

Glenn Davidson Set Designer

Fox Procenko Lighting Designer

Jennifer Goodman Costume Designer

Presenting Sponsor

BMO Financial Group

With Support From

Anne-Marie H. Applin Foundation

Anita & Leon Lapidus

Dermot & Tami Nolan

Abigail Richardson-Schulte

Bob & Peggy Savage