This is a list of amazing concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between Oct. 17 – 23, 2022. For more details on what’s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here.

Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Yuja Wang

Thursday Oct. 20, 8 p.m. (repeats Saturday Oct. 22 at 8 p.m.). Roy Thomson Hall, $35+

Gustavo Gimeno leads Bruckner’s mighty Fourth Symphony in a program including the Canadian premiere (the world premiere happened last week in San Francisco) of the Piano Concerto No. 3 by Magnus Lindberg, a formerly hardboiled modernist who has adopted a more accessible style. Still not interested? The soloist is Yuja Wang. Tickets and more info here.

Dido and Aeneas/Opera Atelier

Thursday Oct. 20 (repeats Saturday Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday Oct. 23 at 2:30 p.m.). Elgin Theatre. $55+

Back live in the Elgin, the Baroque company revives a 2016 production of the Purcell opera that started it all in 1986. Running time is a little over an hour. The cast of Atelier veterans includes Measha Brueggergosman-Lee as the Sorceress. David Fallis conducts the Tafelmusik orchestra. Tickets and more info here.

Orpheus in the Underworld/Toronto Operetta Theatre

Friday Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. (repeats Saturday Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. and Sunday Oct. 23 at 3 p.m.). Jane Mallett Theatre. $86+

Jacques Offenbach’s light masterpiece of Can-Can fame comes staged with a cast of nine, and two pianists under the baton of Larry Beckwith. Tickets and more info here.

TorQ Percussion Quartet/Soundstreams

Saturday Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. (limited availability) and 9:30 p.m. Universal Music (80 Atlantic Ave.). $65, students and artists $30

Six premieres by newcomers are on this program by the percussion ensemble, along with Donnacha Dennehy’s Surface Tension. The venue is Universal Music, a space in Liberty Village. Tickets and more info here.

Louise Bessette/Canadian Music Centre

Sunday Oct. 23 at 3 p.m. Canadian Music Centre. $15 (advance), $20 (door), students $10

Well known in Quebec, this fine pianist visits the CMC with a recital made of music by François Dompierre, Jose Evangelista, Paul Frehner, Anthony Rozankovic and the late Gilles Tremblay. Tickets and more info here.

Cheng² Duo/Mooredale Concerts

Sunday Oct. 23 at 3:15 p.m. Walter Hall. $45, seniors $40, under 30 $30

The acclaimed brother/sister cello/piano duo play Arvo Pärt (Fratres), Brahms (Sonata Op. 78), Prokofiev (Sonata Op. 119) and Piazzolla (Le Grand Tango). Tickets and more info here.

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Arthur Kaptainis

Arthur Kaptainis was classical music critic of the Montreal Gazette from 1986 to 2022 and wrote for the National Post from 2010 to 2016. His articles appear in Classical Voice North America and Gramophone as well as Ludwig Van. Arthur holds an MA in musicology from the University of Toronto. He is president of the Music Critics Association of North America.

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