{"id":14870,"date":"2013-09-23T07:17:06","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T12:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=14870"},"modified":"2013-09-23T09:29:21","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T14:29:21","slug":"toronto-classical-concert-picks-for-september-23-to-29-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2013\/09\/23\/toronto-classical-concert-picks-for-september-23-to-29-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto classical concert picks for September 23 to 29, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14875\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14875\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/09\/Gordon-Bintner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14875\" alt=\"Baritone Gordon Bintner is among the new members of the COC Ensemble Studio kicking off a new season at lunchtime on Thursday (Mich\u00e8le Patry photo).\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/09\/Gordon-Bintner-1024x901.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/09\/Gordon-Bintner-1024x901.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/09\/Gordon-Bintner-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/09\/Gordon-Bintner.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baritone Gordon Bintner is among the new members of the COC Ensemble Studio kicking off a new season at lunchtime on Thursday (Mich\u00e8le Patry photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Culture Days is the dominant presence on this week&#8217;s calendar, running Sept. 27 to 29. Most classical music presenters are concentrating their efforts on Saturday and Sunday, which has turned into a groaning overabundance of possibilities.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For all Culture Days info, head over <a href=\"http:\/\/culturedays.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Critic&#8217;s picks for this week are a bit slim:<\/p>\n<p><strong>WEDNESDAY &amp; THURSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Roy Thomson Hall, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our city&#8217;s flagship orchestra is advertising guest violinist Itzhak Perlman and Tchaikovsky&#8217;s warhorse <em>Violin Concerto<\/em>, but the real reason to go is William Walton&#8217;s <em>Symphony No. 1<\/em>, a fantastically dark, 45-minute work premiered in 1935 by the BBC Symphony. It&#8217;s the sort of music that music director Peter Oundjian leads particularly well. Also notable on the programme is British composer Colin Matthews&#8217; reconstruction of an unfinished clarinet concerto Benjamin Britten was writing for Benny Goodman in the early years of World War II. You&#8217;ll find all the details <a href=\"http:\/\/tso.ca\/Concerts-And-Tickets\/Events\/2013-2014-Season\/Perlman-Plays-Tchaikovsky.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, noon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our city&#8217;s big opera company kicks off its season of free concerts by introducing its young artists in a programme dedicated to late general director Lotfi Mansouri, who founded the Ensemble Studio three decades ago. There are 10 solo opera arias on the bill, which ends with a soppy Edwardian song, a bygone fireside favourite, &#8220;When I have Sung My Songs,&#8221; by Ernest Charles.<\/p>\n<p>Warning: If you&#8217;re note lined up outside at Queen and University by at least 11:30 a.m., you&#8217;re not likely to get in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY TO SATURDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pianist Frank Horvat at Lakeshore Arts (2422 Lake Shore Blvd W.), starting at 1 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Local pianist-composer Frank Horvat has vowed to play solo for a minimum of 20 hours to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Lakeshore Arts, a valuable community arts space in southern Etobicoke. His marathon is a fundraiser, which is not something I normally write about, but this really is an unusual effort by an generous artist.<\/p>\n<p>The marathon will be set up for online viewing, as well. You&#8217;ll find all the details <a href=\"http:\/\/lakeshorearts.ca\/piano.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUNDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ARC Ensemble at Koerner Hall, 3 p.m. Free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This remarkable chamber music ensemble, joined by opera baritone Peter Barrett, promises a full concert programme of Italian or Italian-inspired treats in honour of Culture Days. This is <em><strong>the<\/strong><\/em> musical outing of the weekend, and I&#8217;ll have more about it later in the week.<\/p>\n<p>Even though admission is free, you have to reserve a ticket in advance <a href=\"http:\/\/performance.rcmusic.ca\/event\/arc-ensemble-artists-royal-conservatorybrwith-peter-barrett\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p>You can check out the rest of the week&#8217;s concert options in WholeNote magazine&#8217;s concert listings <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewholenote.com\/index.php\/listings\/concertsgta\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Culture Days is the dominant presence on this week&#8217;s calendar, running Sept. 27 to 29. 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