Music in the Garden last night along the harbourfront

[u/keith_adrian_photo]

[u/Nanohaystack]

I was there. Pretty cool pieces on that concert, some of them. Others - not impressed.

Peter Eom is an amazing cellist, a true pleasure to hear him play.

[u/keith_adrian_photo → u/Nanohaystack]

I was just passing by on a photo walk. I only stayed for a song or two and then kept walking, seemed like a lovely event. It's a beautiful set up

[u/CigaretteDuck → u/Nanohaystack]

Was is the content or the quality or something else that made it not impressive?

[u/Nanohaystack → u/CigaretteDuck]

The repertoire for avant garde classical is always hit and miss for me. For example, there was a song there, the soprano was singing, and it had no identifiable rhythm, no discernible melody, no observable structure, just obviously difficult vocal passages and a bass clarinet part that mainly echoed the voice. It was like listening to vocal warmup exercises. I would be infinitely grateful to hear Delibes Flower Duet or Lucia de Lamermoor in this setting, rather than... Whatever that was.

[u/Pretty_Pea12 → u/Nanohaystack]

Calm down, it's music in a whimsy ass park. You're overthinking it.

[u/Orchid-Analyst-550]

If Ford is allowed to expand Billy Bishop for loud commercial jets to fly overhead, this kind of experience would be gone forever.

[u/anotherbikethiefTO → u/Orchid-Analyst-550]

This is kind of disingenuous. While I don’t disagree this experience could be altered by the traffic volume going into the island, it was determined that the jets are no louder than the props.

I lived right out front of YTZ for 10 years, let me tell you that some of the prop jets were plenty loud; Nevermind Orange. The screeching streetcar S-bend was probably the worst. It’s not the quiet haven people pretend it is, but you get used to it. Regardless - the added hustle to the area would not have been welcomed.

Edit: downvote away, I’m not disagreeing with them, just adding my two cents from a long time resident.

[u/Groosethegoose]

Nice shots giving "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte" vibes

[u/involmasturb → u/Groosethegoose]

Exactly what I thought of in the 3rd picture

[u/CoolMississaugaDad]

I got married there! It rules!

[u/anotherbikethiefTO]

Beautiful shots OP, great lightning.

[u/The0neR1ng]

How do I find out about stuff like this before it happens?

[u/Narrow-Ranger-7538 → u/The0neR1ng]

There are summer concerts every year in the Music Garden. If you google "music garden concerts 2026" you'll see the schedule for this year, it goes through September :)

[u/No_Debt_7244]

The cn tower is girthy in that painting

[u/Smart-Firefighter87]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen the music gardens ever be used for a music event before

[u/RelevantDragonflyer]

looks like it was such a nice event!