In our opening concert of 2026-27, Turning Point Ensemble rediscovers overlooked gems from the past, and discovers new composers and repertoire for the present day and future. The striking combination of ‘rare’ repertoire includes two works composed for TPE – Remove the Springs by Moldovan composer Snejani Pislari, and Psychography by Vancouver composer Taylor Brook. We uncover the extraordinary music of Icelandic composer Jón Leifs, now heralded as “the most important and original composer of Icelandic music in the twentieth century”, and are proud to bring back Remember your Power, a work composed for TPE pianist Jane  Hayes in 1998 by one of the finest Canadian composers of his generation, John Burke (died 2020). Finally, we bring forward two  major compositional voices of the present – the mesmerizing layered sound world of Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir in her  Aequiliibria of 2014, and the fascinating Ninaivanjali by Quebec  composer Gabriel Dharmoo inspired by the melodies, rhythms, and drones of South Indian Carnatic music.

Program
Ninaivanjali (2011) by Gabriel Dharmoo
Remove the Springs (2025) by Snejani Pislari
Remember your Power (1998) by John Burke
Psychography (2026) by Taylor Brook
Quintetto (1960) Op. 50 by Jón Leifs
Aequilibria (2014) by Anna Thorvaldsdotttir