This is a list of concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between Feb. 6 and Feb. 12, 2023. For more details on what’s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here.
Roy Thomson Hall/Mutter Virtuosi
Tuesday Feb. 7 at 8 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall. $68+
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is the big draw on this visit by the German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and 14 of her foundation scholars. Also on the program are a concerto by Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and Unsuk Chin’s 2021 Gran Cadenza for two violins. Info here.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/María Dueñas
Wednesday Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. (repeats Thursday Feb. 9 at 8 p.m.). Roy Thomson Hall. $59+
The 20-year-old Spanish violinist and Deutsche Grammophon artist plays Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole in this pre-tour program, including a suite of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet music and Samy Moussa’s 20-minute Symphony No. 2. Gustavo Gimeno conducts. Info here.
RCM Orchestra/Earl Lee
Friday Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. Koerner Hall. $25+
The Korean-Canadian assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony leads RCM students through Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Elena Howard-Scott, soprano) and Schumann’s Symphony No. 2. A way to hear an orchestra in Koerner Hall without taking out a second mortgage. Info here.
FILMharmonic Orchestra/Music at the Movies
Friday Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall. $81+
Francis Choinière, an enterprising young Montrealer, visits with his touring orchestra in music from the likes of Schindler’s List and Cinema Paradiso as well as selections by the semiclassical composer François Dompierre. Info here.
Tafelmusik/Rachel Podger
Friday Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. (repeats Saturday Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. and Sunday Feb. 12 at 3 p.m.). Jeanne Lamon Hall. $25+
The acclaimed British violinist is soloist and leader in a program including Haydn’s Symphony No. 43 (“Mercury”), Symphony No. 49 (“La Passione”) and Mozart seldom-heard Violin Concerto No. 1. More info here.
RCM/Yamaha All-Star Big Band
Saturday Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. Koerner Hall. $75+
An RCM concert in the TD Jazz: The Great Composers Series. The first half will feature the Yamaha All-Star Big Band with trumpeter Jens Lindemann and JUNO Award-winning pianist Robi Botos. The second half will feature the Yamaha All-Star Big Band with pianist Jon Kimura Parker performing Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Info here.
National Arts Centre Orchestra/Songs for Murdered Sisters
Saturday Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall. $35+
Alexander Shelley leads the visiting NACO though a song cycle by the American composer Jake Heggie with words by Margaret Atwood. Baritone Joshua Hopkins is soloist. Also on the program: Brahms’s Symphony No. 4. More info here.
Andrew Wan/Charles Richard-Hamelin
Sunday Feb. 12 at 3:15 p.m. Walter Hall. $30+
Mooredale Concerts presents the Juno-winning Montreal duo of Andrew Wan (violin) and Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano) in a program of Violin Sonatas by Schumann (Op. 105), Medtner (Op. 21) and Franck. Info here.
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