{"id":100580,"date":"2023-11-27T09:52:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T14:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=100580"},"modified":"2023-11-27T09:52:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T14:52:41","slug":"critics-picks-classical-music-events-absolutely-need-see-week-nov-27-dec-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/11\/27\/critics-picks-classical-music-events-absolutely-need-see-week-nov-27-dec-3\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC\u2019S PICKS | Classical Music Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: Nov. 27 \u2013 Dec. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L-R (clockwise): Maxim Emelyanychev (Photo courtesy of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra); Esprit Orchestra (Photo: Karen Reeves); The ARC Ensemble (Photo: Sam Gaetz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a list of concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between Nov. 27 and Dec. 3, 2023. For more of what\u2019s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

RCM\/ARC Ensemble<\/h3>\n

Wednesday Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Mazzoleni Hall $25+<\/p>\n

The enterprising ARC (Artists of the Royal Conservatory) Ensemble celebrates 20 years of exploration with a program including Walter Braunfel\u2019s String Quintet Op. 63 (an early discovery) and the modern premieres of three works by Vienna-born Frederick Block (1899-1945). Players are Erika Raum (violin), Marie B\u00e9rard (violin), Steven Dann (viola), Thomas Wiebe (cello), Joaquin Valdepe\u00f1as (clarinet), Kevin Ahfat (piano) and David Liam Roberts (cello). Read our Preview here<\/a><\/strong>; info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra\/Michael Sweeney\/Maxim Emelyanychev<\/h3>\n

Wednesday Nov. 29 and Thursday Nov. 30 at 8 p.m.; Friday Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall. $48+<\/p>\n

Maxim Emelyanychev, a young Russian, leads his own 55-minute compilation of selections from Tchaikovsky\u2019s The Sleeping Beauty in a program starting with Humperdinck\u2019s Prelude to Hansel and Gretel and Marjan Mozetich\u2019s Concerto for Bassoon and String Orchestra with Marimba. TSO principal bassoon Michael Sweeney is soloist. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Esprit Orchestra\/Circle Maps<\/h3>\n

Thursday Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. Koerner Hall. $25+<\/p>\n

Alex Pauk leads a international program comprising Bee Dance of Death by Vito \u017duraj (Slovenia), Millefleur by \u017dibuokl\u0117 Martinaityt\u0117 (Lithuania), Postludium by Valentin Silvestrov (Ukraine) and the six-movement Circle Map by the late Kaija Saariaho (Finland). Kevin Ahfat is the piano soloist in the Silvestrov. Read our Preview here<\/a><\/strong>; info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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