{"id":10275,"date":"2013-03-04T09:11:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T14:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=10275"},"modified":"2013-03-04T09:11:12","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T14:11:12","slug":"critics-picks-toronto-concerts-for-march-4-to-march-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2013\/03\/04\/critics-picks-toronto-concerts-for-march-4-to-march-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Critic\u2019s picks: Toronto concerts for March 4 to March 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10290\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/erin.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10290\" alt=\"Soprano Erin Wall, far better known outside Toronto, sings art song with John Hess on Thursday night.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/erin.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/erin.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/erin-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soprano Erin Wall, far better known outside Toronto, sings art song with John Hess on Thursday night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is one of those silly weeks with perfectly excellent musical options competing with each other on the same days. But that&#8217;s Toronto, circa 2013.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TUESDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Arc Ensemble<\/strong> at Mazzoleni Hall, 7:30 p.m.: The Royal Conservatory of Music&#8217;s all-star chamber players are off to make their d\u00e9but at London&#8217;s Wigmore Hall. Before they go, they&#8217;re showing off their programme of pieces by Mieczyslav Weinberg, Szymon Laks, Paul Ben-Haim and Felix MendelssoHn (via David Louie) to a hometown crowd. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/performance.rcmusic.ca\/event\/arc-ensemble-1213\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Soundstreams<\/strong> presents Fuji Percussion at Koerner Hall, 8 p.m.: Canada meets Japan in a fascinating fusion of eras, styles and performers in a concert that features Japan&#8217;s Fuji Trio of percussionists, Toronto&#8217;s Ryan Scott, pianist Gregory Oh and the Toronto Children&#8217;s Chorus. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soundstreams.ca\/fujii-percussion-and-voices-concert\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TUESDAY &amp; WEDNESDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Talisker Players<\/strong> at Trinity-St Paul&#8217;s Centre, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This third programme of words and music of the Talisker season features two wonderful singers &#8212; soprano Carla Huhtanen and baritone Peter McGillivray &#8212; mixing contemporary and vintage music, including Edvard Grieg and Gerald Finzi, in settings for voice and string quartet. Actor Stewart Arnott is the reader. All the details, including audio samples, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taliskerplayers.ca\/timeTide.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WEDNESDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pianist <strong>Christina Petrowska Quilico<\/strong> at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, noon. Free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In honour of International Women&#8217;s Day (on Friday), the Canadian Opera Company&#8217;s free lunchtime recital series features a programme that includes newer as well as older compositions by women, including late Toronto composer Ann Southam, who will be represented by <em>Glass Houses No. 5<\/em>. The programme details are <a href=\"http:\/\/the-coc.s3.amazonaws.com\/pdfs\/concert130306.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Soprano Erin Wall<\/strong> with pianist John Hess at the Jane Mallett Theatre, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although she lives in Toronto, Calgary native Erin Wall is far better known outside Canada. She has a large, golden voice as well as impeccable musicality. We&#8217;ve heard her with the Toronto Symphony as well as the Canadian Opera Company. Now&#8217;s the chance to savour an intimate solo recital with master accompanist John Hess.<\/p>\n<p>Wall is offering a great programme of art song that features well-known as well as slightly more obscure pieces by Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Erich Korngold, Francis Poulenc and accessible comtemporary American composer Ricky Ian Gordon. You&#8217;ll find all the details <a href=\"http:\/\/music-toronto.com\/discovery\/wall.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Because this is part of Music Toronto&#8217;s Discovery Series, regular tickets are cheap: $21.50 regular, $10 for students.<\/p>\n<p>For a taste of Gordon&#8217;s songs, here is Audra McDonald singing &#8220;The Red Dress,&#8221; a setting of a poem by Dorothy Parker:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uso5-bp-V9g\" height=\"84\" width=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY &amp; SATURDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10293\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10293\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/pekka.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10293\" alt=\"Pekka Kuusisto.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/pekka.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/pekka.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/pekka-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pekka Kuusisto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>THURSDAY:<\/strong> Concert No. 2 of Toronto Symphony Orchestra New Creations Festival at Roy Thomson Hall, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fireball Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto alone is worth the price of admission to the second of three programmes of new(er) music, which features the North American premiere of the <em>Violin Concerto<\/em> by Owen Pallett. That&#8217;s just part of a concert that also features the Amadeus Choir and the Elmer Iseler Singers. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/tso.ca\/Concerts-And-Tickets\/Events\/2012-2013-Season\/Sparkler.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In case you have time, here&#8217;s a converation recorded last year at the Drake Hotel between Pallett and Kuusisto, which, in the first few minutes sheds light on the art of interpreting music:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K3ewwog_XK0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SATURDAY:<\/strong> Concert No. 3 of New Creations, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The big piece to close this year&#8217;s festival is Bostonian Tod Machover&#8217;s <em>A Toronto Symphony<\/em>, composed over the course of the past year with the input of dozens and dozens of live Toronto children and grown-ups, as well as online digital manipulations. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/tso.ca\/Concerts-And-Tickets\/Events\/2012-2013-Season\/A-Toronto-Symphony.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Young Toronto piano student <strong>Aron Chow<\/strong> at St. Andrew&#8217;s Church, 12:10 p.m. Free. St Andrew&#8217;s Church at King and Simcoe Sts bought itself a B\u00f6sendorfer Imperial grand piano in order to add music to its community outreach programmes. It would be great if they actually mentioned this on their website. Occasionally, someone updates <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Life-Music-at-St-Andrews\/140285762767534\" target=\"_blank\">the relevant Facebook page<\/a>. I have no idea what he will play, but Chow is a mighty fine piano student, based on this clip from last year&#8217;s North York Music Festival:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w8idDks2Nw0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sinfonia Toronto<\/strong> with violist Rivka Golani at the Glenn Gould Studio, 8 p.m. Music director Nurhan Arman leads what promises to be a pretty special concert featuring Benjamin Britten&#8217;s <em>Simple Symphony<\/em>, the premiere of a new <em>Viola Concerto<\/em> by Marja Mozetich and Angela Cheng performing Mozart&#8217;s <em>Piano Concerto No. 9<\/em>, K271. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinfoniatoronto.com\/web\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Seiler Piano Trio<\/strong> at the Aurora Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. if you feel like skirting metropolitan Toronto, violinist Mayumi Seiler, cellist Rachel Mercer and pianist Angela Park should be a treat in a programme featuring piano trios by Mozart, Schubert and Astor Piazzolla. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/auroraculturalcentre.ca\/events\/?eid=335\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SATURDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Elixir Baroque Quartet<\/strong> at Metropolitan United Church, 7:30 p.m. The third concert in an ongoing series titled Baroque and Beyond also features theorbo player Benjamin Stein, soprano Ariel Harwood-Jones and mezzo Chrstina Stemacovich in a programme built around Fran\u00e7ois Couperin&#8217;s gorgeous <em>Le\u00e7ons de T\u00e9n\u00e8bres<\/em>. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metunited.org\/jmv2\/index.php\/programs-events\/music\/music-concerts\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10295\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10295\" style=\"width: 793px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/ciro.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10295\" alt=\"Ciro Longobardi (Fabio Falcioni photo).\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/ciro.jpg\" width=\"793\" height=\"1194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/ciro.jpg 757w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/ciro-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/ciro-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10295\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ciro Longobardi (Fabio Falcioni photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Pianist <strong>Ciro Longobardi<\/strong> at Gallery 345, 8 p.m. Here is what is for us a very rare and precious peek into the world of contemporary Italian art music, courtesy of one of its most intense apostles. Longobardi has also chosen <em>Piano Piece No. 3<\/em> by Toronto&#8217;s Brian Current for his programme. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallery345.com\/performances.php\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is some mesmerising trio work between Longobardi, Michele Rabbia and Daniele Roccato:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7TANnQvqPGk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>SUNDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Aldeburgh Connection<\/strong>&#8216;s final Greta Kraus Schubertiad at Walter Hall, 2:30 p.m. Hopefully more sweet than bitter, this intimate afternoon of words and song features two young singers &#8212; tenor Isaiah Bell and the winner of last fall&#8217;s Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio competition, bass-baritone Gordon Bintner &#8212; and wonderful, longtime Aldeburgh collaborator, soprano Monica Whicher. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/aldeburghconnection.org\/concerts\/sunday-concert-series\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Arraymusic<\/strong> at the Enwave Theatre, 3 p.m. Igor Stravinsky&#8217;s aesthetic ripples get a larger-scale concert presentation at the hands of a great collection of chamber musicians. The programme starts with <em>L&#8217;Histoire du soldat<\/em>, and end with an adaptation of <em>The Rite of Spring<\/em> score for player piano by John Oswald. In between are new works by Dutch composer Louis Andriessen and Canadian Michael Oesterle. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arraymusic.com\/?p=2885\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of those silly weeks with perfectly excellent musical options competing with each other on the same days. But that&#8217;s Toronto, circa 2013. 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