Toronto Symphony Orchestra

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra is generally ranked among the finest Canadian orchestras. It has a substantial recording catalog, much of it on internationally prominent labels outside Canada. In 1906, conductor Frank Welsman established an ensemble called the Toronto Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, renamed the Toronto Symphony Orchestra two years later. The group presented concerts in Toronto's Massey Music Hall and soon began attracting the likes of composer/performers Rachmaninov and Elgar, the latter appearing in 1911 to lead the orchestra in his oratorio The Dream of Ger...