{"id":1513,"date":"2012-02-13T10:08:57","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T15:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2012-02-13T10:08:57","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T15:08:57","slug":"feb-13-toronto-classical-concert-highlights-for-the-next-seven-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2012\/02\/13\/feb-13-toronto-classical-concert-highlights-for-the-next-seven-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Feb. 13: Toronto classical concert highlights for the next seven days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Big Concert of the week is on Sunday, when the Aldeburgh Connection celebrates its 30th anniversary in a song extravaganza at Koerner Hall with a who&#8217;s-who of Canadian alumni, including baritone Gerald Finley. But there&#8217;s much more:<\/p>\n<p><strong>MONDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1516\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/slsq.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1516\" title=\"SLSQ\" src=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/slsq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/02\/slsq.jpg 695w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/02\/slsq-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Marco Borggreve photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/slsq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">St. Lawrence String Quartet<\/a> at Walter Hall, 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nCanada&#8217;s best-known chamber music exports &#8212; violinists Geoff Nutall and Scott St. John, violinist Lesley Robertson and cellist Christopher Costanza &#8212; make their annual pilgrimage to University of Toronto&#8217;s Walter Hall for a traditional concert featuring great quartets by Joseph Haydn (&#8220;The Fifths,&#8221; Op. 76 No. 2), Boghuslav Martinu (No. 5) and Antonin Dvor\u00e1k (No. 14, in A-flat Major, Op. 105).<\/p>\n<p>For anyone free in the afternoon, the Lawrences present a masterclass from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Walter Hall. Admission is free.<\/p>\n<p>For info and tickets, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.music.utoronto.ca\/events\/calendar\/cms0213.htm?ViewMode=View&amp;DateTime=634647582000000000&amp;PageMode=View\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a bit of the foursome playing Dvor\u00e1k&#8217;s Op. 106:<\/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\/QX2WIh_ns00?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>TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY &amp; THURSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Canadian Opera Company free concerts at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Programmer Nina Draganic has a phenomenal ear for talent as well as programming. This season, she has more in-house talents on her concert roster than before, presenting hour-long concerts that would be well worth paying for, if they were not free. It&#8217;s always best to line up on Queen St. early, because they reach capacity well before performance time. (More details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coc.ca\/PerformancesAndTickets\/FreeConcertSeries\/February2012.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1518\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/julie.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1518\" title=\"julie\" src=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/julie.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/02\/julie.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/02\/julie-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/02\/julie-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Makerov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Tuesday<\/strong>, at noon: In honour of Valentine&#8217;s Day, it&#8217;s the music of love, performed by wonderful soprano <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juliemakerov.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Julie Makerov<\/a>, the other Tosca in the COC&#8217;s current production (which runs to Feb. 25), accompanied by pianist Anne Larlee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday<\/strong>, at 5:30 p.m.: Hot, hot Toronto-based jazz pianists Robi Botos and Hilario Dur\u00e1n team up for an hour of guaranteed keyboard fireworks, on two pianos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday<\/strong>, at noon: Music director Johannes Debus emerges from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coc.ca\/PerformancesAndTickets\/1112Season\/LovefromAfar.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">L&#8217;Amour de loin<\/a> orchestra pit to join Carolyn Maule at the piano to accompany his singing cast (Russell Braun, Krisztina Szab\u00f3 and Erin Wall) as well as Ensemble Studio tenor Christopher Enns, in Brahms&#8217; Liebeslieder Waltzes, selections from Schumann&#8217;s Spanisches Liederspiel and John Greer&#8217;s All Around the Circle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY &amp; SATURDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1520\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1520\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/storgaards.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1520\" title=\"storgaards\" src=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/storgaards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/02\/storgaards.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/02\/storgaards-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conductor John Storgaards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Violinist Sarah Chang and conductor John Storgaards join the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Roy Thomson Hall, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Not many of us have a pressing need to hear Beethoven&#8217;s Fifth anytime soon, but Finnish violinist-turned-conductor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnstorgards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">John Storgaards<\/a> is well worth checking out. He has just assumed the music directorship of the BBC Philharmonic, and is likely to emerge from being a local, Scandinavian, favourite, into a global force.<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emiclassics.com\/artistbiography.php?aid=66\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Chang<\/a> is an ideal match for Shostakovich&#8217;s powerful Violin Concerto No. 1.<\/p>\n<p>More info and tickets <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tso.ca\/Concerts-And-Tickets\/Events\/2011-2012-Season\/Beethoven-Symphony-5.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is Chang playing the first movement of the Sibelius Violin Concerto at the Koncertgebouw in Amsterdam, with conductor Jaap van Zveden:<\/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\/RYXQff2negY?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>FRIDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifuriosi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble<\/a> at Calvin Presbyterian Church, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1524\" style=\"width: 98px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/laura.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1524\" title=\"laura\" src=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/laura.jpg?w=98\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/02\/laura.jpg 361w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/02\/laura-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 98px) 100vw, 98px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pudwell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mezzo Laura Pudwell, last seen at Tafelmusik&#8217;s impressive semi-staged performances of Handel&#8217;s Hercules at Koerner Hall last month, is the featured guest in a programme entitled Anger Management. Here is how I Furiosi describe it:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Before Lithium and Valium\u2122 were prescribed, people dealt with stress and anger in more subtle ways, like calling up the spirits of the dead to exact revenge on their enemies.\u00a0 It was a simpler time.\u00a0 Mezzo-soprano Laura Pudwell joins the group in a concert of anxiety and discord.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More info and tickets <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifuriosi.com\/calendar.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In case you need an introduction, here is video from several seasons ago:<\/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\/7PrdluayQdE?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>Pianist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrelaplante.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Andr\u00e9 Laplante<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/auroraculturalcentre.ca\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aurora Cultural Centre<\/a>, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth a detour to hear Montreal-based pianist Andr\u00e9 Laplante, especially when there is the music of Franz Liszt on the programme (Sposalizio, from the Years of Pilgrimage). Also on the bill are a Haydn sonata and pieces by Ravel. It&#8217;s an inttimate venue, adding to the appeal.<\/p>\n<p>More info and tickets <a href=\"http:\/\/auroraculturalcentre.ca\/events\/?eid=41\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For proof of this elegantly rich musical pudding, here is Laplante playing Une barque sur l&#8217;oc\u00e9an, by Ravel:<\/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\/bTYUyDjVCRU?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>SATURDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scaramella.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scaramella<\/a> at Victoria College Chapel, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Scaramella founder and Toronto freelance viol player Jo\u00eblle Morton teams up bass violist Liam Byrne and harpsichordist Sara-Anne Churchill in a programme entitled The Angel and the Devil, featuring music by French Baroque greats Marin Marais and Antonine Forqueray. The venue itself, tucked away on the second floor at Victoria College, itself in a quiet quad off Charles St., is a treat.<\/p>\n<p>More info and tickets <a href=\"http:\/\/scaramella.ca\/tix.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are Morton, Byrne and others playing a Chaconne by Forqueray on the famed Hart House Viols six years ago:<\/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\/Bjb6viDKr7Y?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>The Aldeburgh Connection 30th Anniversary Gala at Koerner Hall, 2:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ll have more about this concert later in the week. But don&#8217;t wait for me; check out the incredible list of 16 singers and the programme <a href=\"http:\/\/performance.rcmusic.ca\/event\/aldeburgh-connection-presentsbrthe-30th-anniversary-gala\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. There are only about three-dozen $50 tickets left on the balcony levels.<\/p>\n<p><em>John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Big Concert of the week is on Sunday, when the Aldeburgh Connection celebrates its 30th anniversary in a song extravaganza at Koerner Hall with a who&#8217;s-who of Canadian alumni, including baritone Gerald Finley. 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