{"id":15477,"date":"2013-10-25T07:33:17","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T12:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=15477"},"modified":"2013-10-25T07:33:17","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T12:33:17","slug":"tonight-something-authentic-and-something-spooky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2013\/10\/25\/tonight-something-authentic-and-something-spooky\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonight: Something authentic and something spooky"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_15478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15478\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/sarah.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15478\" alt=\"Sarah Svendsen returns to Toronto for a spooky concert tonight.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/sarah.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/sarah.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/sarah-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Svendsen returns to Toronto for a spooky concert tonight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now that the season is in full swing, the weekend brings an overload of concert choices &#8212; and yet Toronto is big enough to provide an audience for each, including these two easily-overlooked events:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>EYBLER QUARTET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This brilliant little ensemble is one of the few string quartets that plays 18th and early 19th century repertoire on period instruments.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, violinists Aisslinn Nosky and Julia Wedman, violist Patrick Jordan and cellist Margaret Gay have invited Tafelmusik bassoonist Dominic Teresi to join them in a programme of quintets by Ludwig van Beethoven, Anton Reicha and Johann Baptist Vanhal at St David&#8217;s Church, a short stroll from the Donlands subway station. Info <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyblerquartet.com\/performances.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a clip of them playing the Presto movement from Joseph Haydn&#8217;s Op. 33 No. 1 <em>String Quartet<\/em>:<\/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\/6o1tnZrT60E?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>ORGAN SPOOKTACULAR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The city&#8217;s pipe organ fans get a jump on Hallowe&#8217;en with something that&#8217;s become a bit of an institution: the annual &#8220;Spooktacular&#8221; concert at Metropolitan United Church. It&#8217;s a fun, all-ages musical outing.<\/p>\n<p>The cavernous building gets creepy decorations and lighting to complement the sinister and fun sounds coming from Canada&#8217;s largest pipe organ.<\/p>\n<p>The performers include veterans John Tuttle and Patricia Wright, a visit from young Sarah Svendsen, now studying at Yale University, as well as a handful of advanced organ students.<\/p>\n<p>The proceeds from these annual concerts go towards funding scholarships for promising would-be organists. Admission is by freewill offering, and note the scary-late start time of 10 p.m. (Very little) more info <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metunited.org\/jmv4\/index.php\/events\/icalrepeat.detail\/2013\/10\/26\/4345\/-\/phantoms-of-the-organ\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is a clip of Svendsen doing her thing:<\/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\/aGFBefS_e4w?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><em>John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the season is in full swing, the weekend brings an overload of concert choices &#8212; and yet Toronto is big enough to provide an audience for each, including these two easily-overlooked events:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,10,76,19,36,39,44,46,57,63,71],"tags":[6451,857,1226,2209,4048,2524,4049],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/sarah.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-41D","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15477"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15477"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15481,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15477\/revisions\/15481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15477"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=15477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}