This is a list of concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between Feb. 5 and Feb. 11, 2024. For more of what’s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here.
Katya Poplyansky: The Stanislavski Method and Soviet Musicianship Applied to Violin Performance
Tuesday Feb. 06 at 7:30 p.m.
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto. Free.
Are Musicians and actors more alike than we thought? Violinist Katya Poplyansky, familiar to Toronto audiences through her participation in the Toronto Summer Music Festival and RCM’s Rebanks Fellowship, presents a lecture-recital, discussing Stanislavsky’s systematic approach to theatre training in relation to violin performance. Solo violin repertoire of Bach, Panagnini, Ysaÿe and Canadian composer Ana Sokolović. A rare opportunity to look into a musician’s insight in performance and its preparation. Info here.
Los Angeles Master Chorale: Music to Accompany a Departure
Wednesday Feb. 07 at 8 p.m.
Koerner Hall. $65.+
Renowned director Peter Sellars collaborates with Los Angeles Master Chorale, in a lumination on the theme of farewell based on music of Heinrich Schütz — a poignant reflection in this time of post-COVID. Baroque organ and viol da gamba to accompany this stunning ensemble of 24 singers. Sung in German with English supertitles. Read our interview with director Grant Gershon here. Info here.
The Toronto Consort: Songs of the Palace
Friday Feb. 09 at 8pm.; Saturday Feb. 10 at 8 p.m.
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. West, Toronto. $20+.
The tempestuous time of Spanish conquistadors brought drastic changes to Europe and the ‘New World,’ and the Toronto Consort explores music from the Spanish manuscripts Cancionero de Palacio and the Codex Segovia, featuring works of Encina, Enriquez, Triana, Agricola, Brumel, Obrecht, and Josquin De Prez. Info here.
Joshua Weilerstein conducts the Royal Conservatory Orchestra
Feb 09 at 8 p.m.
Koerner Hall. $25+.
Weilerstein and the RCO presents the perennial favourite, Elgar’s Cello Concerto, featuring Canon Shibata, Grand Prize winner of The Robert W. and G. Ann Corcoran Concerto Competition — an annual tradition for the Glenn Gould School students; Mahler’s brooding symphony 5 rounds the program. Additional offerings include pre-concert performance (6:45pm), and pre-concert talk (7:30pm) in the Leslie & Anna Dan Galleria. Info here.
Melnikov-Faust-Queyras: Piano Trios
Saturday Feb.10 at 8pm.
Koerner Hall. $40+
Violinist
Isabelle Faust, cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, and pianist Alexander Melnikov bring an intriguing piano trio program — an exciting prospective, as these stellar players, each known for their mastery and commitment to stylistic authenticity, bring together their wide range of knowledge and experience, from early music to contemporary. Repertoire includes Schumann, Brahms, and the American great Elliott Carter. This is Jean-Guihen Queyras’s Koerner Hall debut. Info here.
Hélène Grimaud
Sunday Feb. 11 at 3 p.m.
Koerner Hall. $50+.
Acclaimed pianist-polymath Grimaud returns to Toronto her fourth Koerner Hall concert, presenting Beethoven, Brahms, and the Bach-Busoni transcription of the Chaconne from Partita No. 2 for Violin, BWV 1004. Her combination of superb technical mastery and emotional maturity promises a very special evening. Info here.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra: SingSong Concert
Sunday Feb. 11 at 11am (Relaxed Performance), 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m.
$22 (11 a.m.), $30+ (1:30 p.m., 4 p.m.)
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser conducts TSO, presenting mixed favourites for young persons, age 5-10, including audience sing-along led by Midori Marsh and Todd Jang, of “Let it Go” from Frozen, Queen of the Night aria from The Magic Flute, and Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire.” Winner of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra competition 22/23, Yelin Youn, will present the first movement of the Ibert flute concerto. The 11am concert is a Relaxed Performance, designed to welcome neurodiverse audiences, including patrons on the autism spectrum, those with sensory and communication disorders, ADHD, learning or developmental disabilities, dementia, all members of the disability community, or those who simply want a more relaxed concert experience. Info here.
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