This is a list of amazing concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between September 7–12, 2021. For more details on what’s happening from our trusted partners, visit our calendar here.

Canadian Stage | Dream In High Park: An Evening with Jeremy Dutcher

📅 Monday — September 7, 2021, 9 PM (repeats, Sept 8–9)
📍 LINK
💸 PWYC

Get out and enjoy the end of summer weather with an intimate concert from Polaris Prize-winning artist Jeremy Dutcher. His work playfully integrates classical influences with traditional songs of his Wolastoqiyik Nation people from the Tobique First Nation of New Brunswick. This is a sure bet this week. Show repeats daily through Sept 9. | Details

Toronto Consort | A New Voice: The Birth of Polyphonic Playing on the Lute

📅 Thursday — September 9, 2021, 7:30 PM
📍 LINK
💸 Free!

Toronto Concert presents one of Canada’s leading lutenists Esteban La Rotta for a Zoom chat on all things lute. Topics include polyphony, popular musical forms, performance technique, and technological advancements. | Details

BBC Proms | Pavel Kolesnikov Plays Bach’s Goldberg Variations

📅 Friday — September 10, 2021, 2:30 PM (EST)
📍 LINK
💸 Free!

BBC Proms continues this week with Russian pianist Pavel Kolesnikov and Honens Laureate playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations for solo piano. We last heard Pavel in Toronto, a recital in 2016 for WMCT, and we hope he comes back soon. Until then, we’ll settle for a relaxing livestream of the Goldberg on BBC Radio 3. | Details

Orchestra Toronto | Strings and Gelato: A Fundraising Recital & Ice Cream Social

📅 Saturday — September 11, 2021, 3 PM
📍 LINK
💸 $50 (in-person) $20 (online)

If you’re looking for some delicious, guilt-free gelato and afternoon chamber music, this is it. Our friends at Orchestra Toronto are doing an afternoon fundraiser featuring Orchestra Toronto’s principal string players performing Kreisler, Bach, Halvorsen, and Schubert. They are also doing a “choose your own encore” that gives you the chance to bid on which of five encores you want to hear. This is a hybrid live & online event, so feel free to tune in from home. | Details

Kindred Spirits Orchestra | Shostakovich 14th Symphony

📅 Saturday — September 11, 2021, 8 PM
📍 LINK
💸 $20-30

A touching ode to 9/11, the Kindred Spirits Orchestra performs two of classical music’s most moving symphonies: Arvo Pärt’s Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 14. It’s been a while since we’ve heard a full orchestra, this date makes this a particularly touching concert. | Details

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