{"id":101175,"date":"2024-01-08T10:03:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=101175"},"modified":"2024-01-08T10:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:03:07","slug":"critics-picks-classical-music-events-you-absolutely-need-to-see-this-week-january-8-january-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2024\/01\/08\/critics-picks-classical-music-events-you-absolutely-need-to-see-this-week-january-8-january-14\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC\u2019S PICKS | Classical Music Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: January 8 \u2013 January 14"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L-R (clockwise): Daniil Trifonov (Photo courtesy of the artist); Sara Schabas (Photo courtesy of the artist); Angela Hewitt (Photo courtesy of the artist)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a list of concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between Jan. 8 and Jan. 14, 2024. For more of what\u2019s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

COC Vocal Series\/Sara Schabas\/Isabelle David<\/h3>\n

Tuesday Jan. 9 at 12 p.m. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre. Free<\/p>\n

Sara Schabas is the soprano and Isabelle David the pianist in a program including songs by Viennese composers (Berg, Schoenberg, Alma Mahler, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Viktor Ullmann) and the Canadian premiere of in a dark blue night, a cycle by the American composer Alex Weiser featuring Yiddish poetry written by immigrants to New York City. Narration by musicologist Robin Elliott. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra\/Daniil Trifonov\/Gustavo Gimeno<\/h3>\n

Wednesday Jan. 10 at 8 p.m., Thursday Jan. 11 at 8 p.m., Saturday Jan. 13 at 8 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall. $48+<\/p>\n

The TSO starts 2024 with the New York-based Russian virtuoso Daniil Trifonov in Brahms\u2019s mighty Piano Concerto No. 1. Other items on the Gimeno-conducted program are George Walker\u2019s Sinfonia No. 2 of 1993 and Witold Lutos\u0142awski\u2019s Concerto for Orchestra of 1954. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

U of T\/Canadian Women\u2019s Brass Collective<\/h3>\n

Sunday Jan. 14 at 2 p.m. Walter Hall. Free.<\/p>\n

The Canadian Women\u2019s Brass Collective concludes a four-day symposium with a free blowout concert featuring dozens of players in works by Alice Gomez, Cait Nishimura, Florence Price and Elizabeth Raum. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

RCM\/Angela Hewitt<\/h3>\n

Sunday Jan. 14 at 3 p.m. Koerner Hall. $50+<\/p>\n

This recital by the London-based Canadian is listed as a sellout but optimists can always try. Preludes and fugues by Bach, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Barber plus Schumann\u2019s Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 11. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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