Toronto Music Garden
Toronto
The Toronto Music Garden is a public park on the waterfront. Its design follows a famous piece by Bach written for a single instrument.
Music you can walk
The designer Julie Moir Messervy worked with the musician Yo-Yo Ma. Together they chose Bach's first Suite for a solo instrument. Each part of the music became a part of the garden.
Six parts, six moods
You enter through the Prelude. Next comes the Allemande, a small wood. In the Courante you climb a little hill. The Sarabande is a shady, peaceful corner. The Menuett has a small stage. The Gigue ends the walk with a sloping meadow.
Flowers and rocks
The garden has local plants and flowering plants, tall grasses and blooming shrubs. Between the flowerbeds there are big granite boulders.
What to see
Walk slowly and follow the paths from end to end. Stop near the small stage of the Menuett. Then look for the grass steps of the Gigue, going down the little hill. In summer the flowerbeds are full of colour; in winter the dry grasses, the rocks and the lake wind remain. In every season the garden changes its look, like music changing its rhythm.
