{"id":101288,"date":"2024-01-15T14:23:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T19:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=101288"},"modified":"2024-01-15T14:23:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T19:23:48","slug":"critics-picks-classical-music-events-you-absolutely-need-to-see-this-week-january-15-january-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2024\/01\/15\/critics-picks-classical-music-events-you-absolutely-need-to-see-this-week-january-15-january-21\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC\u2019S PICKS | Classical Music Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: January 15 \u2013 January 21"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L-R (clockwise): Lara St. John (Photo: Clive Barda); Steven Banks (Photo courtesy of the artist); Fazil Say (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. 15 and Jan. 21, 2024. For more of what\u2019s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra\/Steven Banks\/Peter Oundjian<\/h3>\n

Wednesday Jan. 17 at 8 p.m., Saturday Jan. 20 at 8 p.m., Sunday Jan. 21 at 3 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall (Sunday at George Weston Recital Hall). $48+<\/p>\n

The TSO welcomes saxophonist Steven Banks \u2014 and welcomes back conductor emeritus Peter Oundjian \u2014 in a program featuring the Canadian premiere of John Adams\u2019s Saxophone Concerto and Rachmaninoff\u2019s underrated Symphony No. 3. Read our interview with Steven Banks here<\/a><\/strong>. The starter is a new piece by TSO NextGen Composer Katerina Gimon. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Alliance fran\u00e7aise\/Alliance String Quartet<\/h3>\n

Friday Jan. 19 at 8 p.m. Alliance fran\u00e7aise (24 Spadina Rd.). $18<\/p>\n

A foursome led by Mayumi Seiler on first violin offers a program of Ravel, Beethoven (Op. 18 No. 6) and the Vancouver composer Stefan Hintersteininger. All by candlelight, no less. Read our Preview here<\/a><\/strong>. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

RCM\/Fazil Say and Friends<\/h3>\n

Friday Jan. 19 at 8 p.m. Koerner Hall. $21<\/p>\n

The outspoken Turkish pianist performs his own music with mezzo-soprano Beste Kalender, Lara and Scott St. John (violins), Barry Shiffman (viola) and Winona Zelenka (cello). This is the opening of the Conservatory\u2019s 21C Music Festival. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

RCM\/Lara St. John<\/h3>\n

Saturday Jan. 20 at 8 p.m. Mazzoleni Concert Hall. $21<\/p>\n

Women composers \u2014 plus J.S. Bach \u2014 are the subject as the New York-based Canadian violinist gives a solo recital of more than a dozen works in Mazzoleni Concert Hall. Seven are Canadian premieres. Read our interview with Lara here<\/a><\/strong>. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

RCM\/Bridget Kibbey\/Calidore String Quartet\/ Mervon Mehta<\/h3>\n

Sunday at 3 p.m. Koerner Hall. $21<\/p>\n

The American harpist is the star of a program mixing solo transcriptions (Bach, Debussy, Faur\u00e9, Alb\u00e9niz) with contemporary works involving string quartet (Jessie Montgomery and Sebastian Currier) and Andr\u00e9 Caplet\u2019s Conte fantastique (1921-22), a piece based on Edgar Allan Poe\u2019s The Masque of the Red Death \u2013 which our RCM friend Mervon Mehta will narrate. Read our interview with composer Sebastian Currier here<\/strong><\/a>. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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