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SUMMARY:Canadian Opera Company | Medea
DESCRIPTION:Never before seen at the COC and seldom performed anywhere in the world\, Cherubini’s Medea finally arrives at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in a striking new production helmed by renowned Scottish director Sir David McVicar. Based on the ancient Greek myth\, the sorceress Medea helps Giasone\, leader of the famous Argonauts\, steal the Golden Fleece — only to be abandoned by him\, setting her down a path of chilling\, violent vengeance against all those who have wronged her. The star-studded cast features renowned soprano Sondra Radvanovsky\, one of the select few singers ever to tackle the famously challenging title role\, sharing the title role with Chiara Isotton as well as some of America’s finest operatic artists: tenor Matthew Polenzani as Giasone\, and soprano Janai Brugger as Glauce.
URL:https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/event/canadian-opera-company-medea/2024-05-11/
LOCATION:Four Seasons Centre\, 145 Queen St. W.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5H 4G1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:opera
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SUMMARY:Tafelmusik | Transformations: Bach & Rameau
DESCRIPTION:Known for his “mesmerizing” (Ludwig van Toronto) performances\, Kristian Bezuidenhout returns as harpsichordist and guest director for a program curated especially for Tafelmusik. \nTransformations draws on music that has morphed from one form to another by way of transcriptions\, reworkings\, and arrangements. \nPosthumous orchestral arrangements of several of Rameau’s pieces for solo harpsichord are an homage by an anonymous admirer of Rameau\, inspired by others that Rameau himself had arranged for his operas. Handel did the reverse in his Trio Sonata in G Major\, adapting movements from no fewer than five operatic precursors to create a sonata for two violins and continuo. We in turn transform the sonata into a suite for orchestra\, retaining the selection of movements\, but reverting to Handel’s original orchestrations. \nThe theatre is the ultimate palace of transfiguration\, and the magic of the London theatres inspired Purcell’s Ayres for the Theatre. \nNo exploration of baroque transformations would be complete without J.S. Bach\, the ultimate musical alchemist. Bach transcribed his own A-Minor Violin Concerto for a different instrument in a new key\, culminating in the thrilling Harpsichord Concerto in G Minor. Bezuidenhout\, whose playing is nothing less than “beguiling” (Gramophone)\, champions this dazzling work. \nDirected by Kristian Bezuidenhout\, harpsichord
URL:https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/event/tafelmusik-transformations-bach-rameau/2024-05-11/
LOCATION:Trinity St-Paul’s Centre\, 427 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, ON\, M5S 1X7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Orchestra
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SUMMARY:Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Tchaikovsky + Brahms
DESCRIPTION:One of the foremost violinists of his generation\, Frank Peter Zimmermann performs Brahms’s spellbinding Violin Concerto in a virtuosic display of soaring cadenzas and lyrical\, intimate dialogue with the Orchestra. Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony\, performed side by side with the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra\, takes on an alternatively menacing theme–surrendering to Fate. His tumultuous personal life\, resulting breakdown\, and composer’s block are all reflected in the movements\, from sweet yearning\, to despair\, to the crashing inescapability of one’s destiny. Adding to the excitement are two World Premières commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra from NexGen Composers Julia Mermelstein and Christina Volpini.
URL:https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/event/toronto-symphony-orchestra-tchaikovsky-brahms/2024-05-11/
LOCATION:Roy Thomson Hall\, 60 Simcoe St\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5J 2H5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Orchestra
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SUMMARY:The Royal Conservatory of Music | The Jon Cowherd Trio and Larnell Lewis & Joy Lapps
DESCRIPTION:Larnell Lewis and Joy Lapps bring their signature Caribbean jazz alongside Koerner Hall favourites John Patitucci\, Brian Blade\, and Jon Cowherd. \nThe Jon Cowherd Trio features three of the most imaginative\, sensitive\, and wide-ranging artists in modern jazz: pianist and Hammond B3 player Cowherd\, bassist John Patitucci\, and drummer Brian Blade. \nCowherd has worked extensively with a broad array of players and singers from the jazz\, pop\, and rock worlds\, including Joni Mitchell\, Norah Jones\, Brandi Carlile\, k.d. lang\, Rosanne Cash\, Iggy Pop\, Glen Hansard\, Cassandra Wilson\, John Scofield\, and Lizz Wright. \nGrammy Award-winning musician\, composer\, producer\, and educator\, Toronto-based Larnell Lewis has established himself among the most diverse and in-demand drummers in the world. Since 2012\, Lewis has been playing with three-time Grammy Award-winning band\, Snarky Puppy. He leads successful ensembles of his own and has toured the globe with musicians such as Quincy Jones\, Laila Biali\, Jeremy Ledbetter\, Etienne Charles\, Gregory Porter\, Lalah Hathaway\, Jacob Collier\, John Scofield\, Pat Metheny\, Lisa Fischer\, and more. \nInternationally lauded artist and composer Joy Lapps activates spaces for community building and creative expression. The award-winning instrumentalist of Antiguan and Barbudan descent treats the steelpan as a tool for engagement\, anchoring her artistry in a profound\, community-centered musical tradition. The Toronto native has performed alongside Stewart Goodyear\, Roberto Occhipinti\, Larnell Lewis\, and the Toronto Mass Choir\, and recorded with Gramps Morgan\, Elmer Ferrer\, Jeremy Ledbetter\, Johnny Reid\, and her musical mentor\, pannist-composer Andy Narell.
URL:https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/event/royal-conservatory-music-jon-cowherd-trio-larnell-lewis-joy-lapps/
LOCATION:Koerner Hall\, 273 Bloor St W\, \, Toronto\, ON\, M5S 1V6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Kindred Spirits Orchestra | Per aspera ad astra​
DESCRIPTION:With conductor\, Kristian Alexander\, pianist Ludmil Angelov\, and host Daniel Vnukowski\, the program is varied. \nManuel de Falla’s The Three-cornered Hat suite draws its music from de Falla’s ballet of the same name\, which uses harmonic and melodic idioms derived from traditional Andalusian folk music\, flamenco style\, and the cante jondo\, and had sets designed Pablo Picasso. Internationally renowned pianist Ludmil Angelov then performs Frédéric Chopin’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 2. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 5 can be heard as a per aspera ad astra narrative: through hardship to the stars. It’s cyclical structure\, in which the same motif recurs in all three movements\, begins in E minor\, and gradually makes its way through a large-scale cycle of subdominants\, to E major in the final movement. \nThere will be a pre-concert recital at 7:15 p.m.\, and a pre-concert talk at 7:30 p.m. \n 
URL:https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/event/kindred-spirits-orchestra-per-aspera-ad-astra/
LOCATION:George Weston Recital Hall\, 5040 Yonge Street\, Toronto\, ON\, M2N 6R8\, Canada
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