{"id":100327,"date":"2023-11-13T09:48:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T14:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=100327"},"modified":"2023-11-13T09:48:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T14:48:54","slug":"critics-picks-classical-music-events-absolutely-need-see-week-nov-13-nov-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/11\/13\/critics-picks-classical-music-events-absolutely-need-see-week-nov-13-nov-19\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC\u2019S PICKS | Classical Music Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: Nov. 13 \u2013 Nov. 19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L-R (clockwise): Oksana Lyniv (Courtesy of the TSO); New York Philharmonic String Quartet (Photo courtesy of TOLive); Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra (Photo courtesy of the ANPO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a list of concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between Nov. 13 and Nov. 19, 2023. For more of what\u2019s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra\/Illia Ovcharenko\/Oksana Lyniv<\/h3>\n

Thursday Nov. 16 and Saturday Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall. $42+<\/p>\n

Oksana Lyniv, the first woman to conduct an opera at the Bayreuth Festival, leads Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s Symphony No. 8 in a program also including Liszt\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 1 as played by her fellow Ukrainian, the Honens Competition winner Illia Ovcharenko. Also heard is Maria\u2019s City, a tribute to the besieged city of Mariupol by the contemporary Ukrainian composer Zoltan Almashi. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

WMCT\/Tesla Quartet<\/h3>\n

Thursday Nov. 16 at 1.30 p.m. Walter Hall. $50, students free<\/p>\n

The 2016 second-prize winners in Banff play Beethoven\u2019s String Quartet Op. 59 No. 3 and selections from Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s Cypresses. Less familiar are the String Quartet No. 3 of Gra\u017cyna Bacewicz (1909-69) and a new piece by Kevin Lau, the latter commissioned by the Women\u2019s Musical Club of Toronto. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

TO Live\/New York Philharmonic String Quartet<\/h3>\n

Thursday Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. George Weston Recital Hall. $80+<\/p>\n

Four New York Philharmonic principals visit with a program of two standards (Mozart\u2019s \u201cDissonance\u201d and Schubert\u2019s \u201cDeath and the Maiden\u201d) and one novelty (Joel Thompson\u2019s In Response to the Madness). \u201cFurious, unrelenting\u201d is the expressive marking at the opening of this piece. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra\/Roy Thomson Hall<\/h3>\n

Friday Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall. $90+<\/p>\n

The 98-year-old Yerevan-based orchestra is in the midst of a tour dedicated to the 120th anniversary of Khachaturian and the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninoff. Sergey Khachatryan is the soloist in the Violin Concerto of the former; Eduard Topchjan conducts the Symphony No. 2 of the latter. Also heard are selections from Khachaturian\u2019s ballet Spartacus. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Hart House Orchestra\/Mahler 3<\/h3>\n

Sunday Nov. 19 at 3 p.m. Great Hall, Hart House. Free<\/p>\n

You read that right: Mahler\u2019s massive Third Symphony as performed by the Hart House Orchestra, a group comprising U of T students, alumni, faculty and staff. Vocals courtesy of mezzo-soprano Mila Ionkova, the Hart House Singers and Young Voices Toronto. Henry Janzen conducts. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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