{"id":107315,"date":"2024-09-03T09:58:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T13:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=107315"},"modified":"2024-09-03T09:58:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T13:58:51","slug":"critics-picks-classical-music-events-you-absolutely-need-to-see-this-week-september-3-september-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2024\/09\/03\/critics-picks-classical-music-events-you-absolutely-need-to-see-this-week-september-3-september-8\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC\u2019S PICKS | Classical Music Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: September 3 \u2013 September 8"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fire and Grace duo (Photo courtesy of the artists); The Canadian Chamber Choir with composer Sherryl Sewepagaham (Photo: Kamryn Cusumano\/Stay Open Photography); Symphonic Anime live (Photo courtesy of Symphonic Anime)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a list of concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between September 3 and September 8, 2024. For more of what\u2019s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Arts in the Garden for SweetWater: Fire & Grace<\/h3>\n

Saturday, September 7, 2 p.m.
\n212 Miller St., Meaford, ON, $35+<\/p>\n

Women in communities make amazing things happen. For this Saturday, Meaford power leaders Jen Burak and Alicia Hutchings (Meaford resident and SweetWater board member), are hosting the 3rd season of Arts in the Garden, to fundraise for the SweetWater Festival. The duo Fire & Grace: Edwin Huizinga (Artistic Director of SW, and musician extraordinaire) and William Coulter (Grammy-awarded steel-string guitar master), local musician Drew McIvor, poet Richard-Yves Sitoski, and young talent Olivier Lafleur from Owen Sound, will fill out the afternoon. With lovely drinks in the garden, and a variety of goodies and experiences offered in the silent auction, this is a great gentle way to spend a long summer afternoon. Rain date is Sunday, September 8. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Canadian Chamber Choir: Where Waters Meet: CD Release Tour<\/h3>\n

Saturday, September 7, 4 p.m.
\nTimothy Eaton Memorial Church, 230 St. Clair Ave W. $20+<\/p>\n

Grown from a shared love of singing together, the Canadian Chamber Choir draws its singers from coast to coast. With music prepared for rehearsals, the members travel to meet up for the year\u2019s project, offering community workshops and performance tours for the hosting locals. For 2024, CCC is meeting in Ontario, performing in Toronto, Huntsville, North Bay, Manitoulin Island and Owen Sound. This Saturday\u2019s concert is the first concert of the tour, where they will present the brand new recording: Where Waters Meet. Toronto-based Bab\u03b5l choir and guest Sherryl Sewepagaham will join them on the stage. It takes a special group of people to travel across this wide nation, to sing together \u2014 come and witness such love and passion in person. Read our Preview here<\/a>. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

TO Live: Symphonic Anime<\/h3>\n

Saturday, September 7, 7:30 p.m.
\nMeridian Hall, $98+<\/p>\n

Demon Slayer, Naruto, Attack on Titan, One Punch Man, My Hero Academia \u2014 this is a list that will excite an anime fan. The big hit numbers from these animes will be performed live with over 100 musicians and the singer Nan Sathida. The anime fandom has been growing globally, and music is such a big part of anime\u2019s artistry. If the exodus of cosplayers heading to the annual Fan Expo ever tickled your fancy, come out this evening, and be immersed in the love of anime, celebrated in richly orchestrated scores, and join in the hum along with diehard fans. Check out our Preview here<\/a>. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Piano Lunaire: High Summer Haydn 2024 Festival Finale<\/h3>\n

Sunday, September 8, 3 p.m.
\nArts & Letters Club, 14 Elm St. $25<\/p>\n

Pianist\/composer Adam Sherkin kept himself busy this summer, curating and presenting three programs built on Haydn\u2019s keyboard sonatas in NYC, and this fourth concert \u2014 the finale \u2014 will feature music of Haydn, George Benjamin, Richard Rodney Bennett, Edmund Rubbra, Lennox Berkeley, and Sherkin\u2019s own sonatina. Haydn often gets shafted in music history, simply considered the \u2018nice\u2019 grandpa (with the exception of the string quartets); his works are often discussed as transitional developmental material of the classical style, rather than serious artistic works of their own. Sherkin digging out Haydn and aligning him with contemporary works is a welcoming sight, to illustrate how Haydn\u2019s finer writing has inspired musicians, even in the 20th century. Stephen Runge (piano), Chantelle Grant (mezzo soprano), and Ivan Ivanovich (viola), will join Sherkin. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Classical music and opera events in Toronto for the week of September 3 to 8, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":107320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40967,10,76,19,3895,38,43,63],"tags":[170,31143,39807],"yst_prominent_words":[10459,36878,6605,6616,8373,10291,30396],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/Copy-of-CRITICS-PICKS-70.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-rUT","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107315"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107315"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107321,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107315\/revisions\/107321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107315"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=107315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}