{"id":15700,"date":"2013-11-04T08:14:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T13:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=15700"},"modified":"2013-11-05T11:45:55","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T16:45:55","slug":"toronto-classical-concert-picks-for-november-4-to-10-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2013\/11\/04\/toronto-classical-concert-picks-for-november-4-to-10-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto classical concert picks for November 4 to 10, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_15708\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15708\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/midori-by-timothy-greenfield-sanders.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15708\" alt=\"Midori presents a recital at Koerner Hall on Friday (Timothy Greenfield Sanders photo).\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/midori-by-timothy-greenfield-sanders.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/midori-by-timothy-greenfield-sanders.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/midori-by-timothy-greenfield-sanders-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Midori presents a recital at Koerner Hall on Friday (Timothy Greenfield Sanders photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>TUESDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cellist Matt Haimovitz and the Ontario Philharmonic at Koerner Hall, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the first of this season&#8217;s five concerts in Toronto, the excellent Ontario Philharmonic and music director Marco Parisotto have invited cellist Matt Haimovitz to play <em>Schelomo<\/em>, Ernest Bloch&#8217;s well-loved Hebraic Rhapsody, alongside Gustav Mahler&#8217;s &#8220;<em>Titan<\/em>&#8221; first symphony.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s big music for a small recital hall. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ontariophil.ca\/index.php?ID=1#subscript\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WEDNESDAY to SUNDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tafelmusik Orchestra &amp; Chamber Choir at Trinity-St Paul&#8217;s Centre. Wed.: 7 p.m., Thu.-Sat.: 8 p.m., Sun.: 3:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tafelmusik Chamber Choir conductor Ivars Taurins takes the singers and period-instrument orchestra on a 17th century journey to London, with music by Henry Purcell, and Rome, featuring Giacomo Carissimi. Although the two composers were only a generation and 1,000 km apart, their music is completely different. Two great soloists &#8212; soprano Suzie LeBlanc and tenor Charles Daniels &#8212; help illuminate the music. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tafelmusik.org\/concert-calendar\/concert\/purcell-carissimi\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On Saturday at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., LeBlanc and Daniels present public masterclasses in Jeanne Lamon Hall. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tafelmusik.org\/concert-calendar\/events\/masterclasses-suzie-leblanc-and-charles-daniels\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (admission is $10 at the door).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WEDNESDAY &amp; THURSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pianist Emanuel Ax and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Roy Thomson Hall, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Music director Peter Oundjian leads a 19th century Germanic symphony lover&#8217;s dream concert of Joseph Haydn&#8217;s &#8220;<em>Miracle<\/em>&#8221; London symphony and Johannes Brahms&#8217; <em>Piano Concerto No. 2<\/em>, performed by the affable and musically engaging Ax. The present day is represented by Toronto composer Gary Kulesha&#8217;s <em>Symphony No. 3<\/em>. You&#8217;ll find all the details <a href=\"http:\/\/tso.ca\/Concerts-And-Tickets\/Events\/2013-2014-Season\/Emanuel-Ax-Plays-Brahms.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Three clarinets at Walter Hall, University of Toronto. 12:15 p.m. Free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speaking of Gary Kulesha, his earlier, more experimental efforts figure prominently on a free lunchtime programme shared with a <em>Divertimento<\/em> by Mozart. James Campbell, Peter Stoll and David Bourque make up the crowd of clarinet masters on stage. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.music.utoronto.ca\/events\/calendar\/tns1107.htm?ViewMode=View&amp;DateTime=635194230000000000&amp;PageMode=View\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Violinist Midori at Koerner Hall, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The celebrated Japanese-American violinist celebrated 30 years of professional playing last year &#8212; but she&#8217;s only 42 now, and in full musical flight. Together with pianist \u00d6zg\u00fcr Aydin, she presents a rich recital programme that begins with Ernest Bloch and ends with Mozart. Check out the details <a href=\"http:\/\/performance.rcmusic.ca\/event\/midori-\u00f6zg\u00fcr-aydin\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SATURDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15709\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15709\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/rosedale.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15709\" alt=\"The Rosedale Winds (Terry Lim photo).\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/rosedale.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/rosedale.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/rosedale-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rosedale Winds (Terry Lim photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Rosedale Winds at Chalmers House (20 St Joseph St), 3 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wind ensembles in Toronto are like tumbleweeds on the Great Plains: as soon as one shows up, it blows away to parts unknown. There are currently two groups of young musicians trying to make a go of chamber music for winds: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlythwoodWinds\" target=\"_blank\">Blythwood Winds<\/a> and the Rosedale Winds, both of which will, hopefully take root.<\/p>\n<p>The latter present a salon-like afternoon concert combining words (including Gabriel Garc\u00eda Marqu\u00e9z&#8217;s <em>100 Years of Solitude<\/em>) with contemporary music (that includes Toronto&#8217;s Gary Kulesha in the third programme of the week) in the salon-like common room at the Canadian Music Centre. The $20 ticket includes a drink. Details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/159294457612586\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Amadeus Choir at All Saints Kingsway Anglican Church (2850 Bloor St W., Royal York subway stn), 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One of the city&#8217;s best amateur choirs and its artistic director Lydia Adams team up with soloists and organist Shawn Grenke as well as seasoned war-zone correspondents Rick MacInnes-Rae, Laura Lynch and Joan Leishman to present a concert that connects real voices and faces to the horrors of war.<\/p>\n<p>The fantastic programme includes two classics &#8212; Ralph Vaughan William&#8217;s setting of <em>Dona nobis pacem<\/em> and Healey Willan&#8217;s <em>How They So Softly Rest<\/em> &#8212; with great music by contemporary Torontonians Elanor Daley and the late Srul Irving Glick. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amadeuschoir.com\/Calendar_CurrentSeason.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TUESDAY Cellist Matt Haimovitz and the Ontario Philharmonic at Koerner Hall, 8 p.m. For the first of this season&#8217;s five concerts in Toronto, the excellent Ontario Philharmonic and music director Marco Parisotto have invited cellist Matt Haimovitz to play Schelomo, Ernest Bloch&#8217;s well-loved Hebraic Rhapsody, alongside Gustav Mahler&#8217;s &#8220;Titan&#8221; first symphony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,74,9,10,11,76,19,3895,27,36,38,44,46,47,53,56,60,63,1,68,71],"tags":[6451,6455,920,1143,4098,2140,4100,2445,2795,3223,6474],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/midori-by-timothy-greenfield-sanders.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-45e","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700"}],"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=15700"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15746,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700\/revisions\/15746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15700"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=15700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}