{"id":16526,"date":"2013-12-09T08:25:22","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T13:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=16526"},"modified":"2017-01-20T13:25:56","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T18:25:56","slug":"toronto-classical-and-seasonal-concert-picks-for-december-9-to-15-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2013\/12\/09\/toronto-classical-and-seasonal-concert-picks-for-december-9-to-15-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto classical and seasonal concert picks for December 9 to 15, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16528\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/tyniec.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16528\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/tyniec.jpg\" alt=\"Violinist Andr\u00e9a Tyniec goes solo at Musideum Monday night.\" width=\"720\" height=\"1082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/tyniec.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/tyniec-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/tyniec-681x1024.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Violinist Andr\u00e9a Tyniec goes solo at Musideum Monday night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MONDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Violinist Andr\u00e9a Tyniec at <strong>Musideum<\/strong> (133-401 Richmond St W.), 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One of our country&#8217;s many great violin players, Andr\u00e9a Tyniec, presents a solo recital anchored in Eug\u00e8ne Ysa\u00ffe&#8217;s fiercely challenging sextet of <em>Sonatas for Solo Violin<\/em><!--more--> (a programme she repeats for the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Society on Wednesday). You&#8217;ll find details about Musideum <a href=\"http:\/\/musideum.com\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TUESDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pianist Stefan Chaplikov at the Richard Bradsahw Amphitheatre, noon. Free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This 25-year-old Bulgarian graduate of the Paris Conservatoire (and more recently of the Glenn Gould School at the RCM) offers up Beethoven&#8217;s <em>&#8220;Hammerklavier&#8221; Sonata.<\/em> He plays in a distinctive, highly-articulated, light-fingered style that reminds me a bit of Angela Hewitt.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tenor Richard Margison with the Ontario Philharmonic at Koerner Hall, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Opera arias and Neapolitan songs are mixed with 19th century orchestral pieces in a gala-style programme with one of Canada&#8217;s favourite tenors. You&#8217;ll find the details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ontariophil.ca\/index.php?ID=1\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WEDNESDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Christmas carol concert at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ben Heppner is the nominal star in this annual seasonal spectacular, but to fully guarantee a great night out, go because of this magnificent choir, the growling organ and a rousing chorus of brass players. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmchoir.org\/tmcPerformances\/festival-of-carols.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organist Thomas Gonder at Metropolitan United Church, 12:15 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This organist is a bit of an adrenaline junkie, so expect some musical sparks from the magnificent pipe organ at the corner of Church and King Sts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY, SATURDAY &amp; SUNDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toronto Consort at Jeanne Lamon Hall, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The city&#8217;s premier Early Music consort has reached into its box of Christmas favourites to resurrect <em>Navidad<\/em>, which features a wide range of seasonal music from Spain and its former colonies &#8212; from sacred to folk-secular. You&#8217;ll find the details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontoconsort.org\/season\/schedule.html#3\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUNDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Natalie Dessay and Michel Legrand with Les Violons du Roy at Koerner Hall, 7 p.m. (Repeats Monday, Dec. 16)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This great, recently-retired French soprano has traded the opera stage for the pop-ish jazz-esque concert, in the company of French tune-spinner Michel Legrand. And, while you would normally expect Les Violons du Roy to be playing a <em>Messiah<\/em> or <em>Christmas Oratorio<\/em> somewhere at this time of year, you&#8217;ll find them merrily helping out with this light-secular confection. Just don&#8217;t go expecting to hear any opera arias. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/performance.rcmusic.ca\/event\/natalie-dessay-and-michel-legrand-brwith-les-violons-du-roy\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MESSIAH WATCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tuesday:<\/strong> Boris Brott conducts a full-choir-and-orchestra <em>Messiah<\/em> at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m. The great quartet of soloists includes Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio barihunk Gordon Bintner. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.burlingtonpac.ca\/what-s-on\/event_\/handel-s-messiah--brott-music-festival_9292.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Saturday:<\/strong> Pax Christi Chorale&#8217;s <em>Children&#8217;s Messiah<\/em> at the Church of St Mary Magdalene (477 Manning Ave.), 4 p.m. An excellent quartet of soloists helps in this young-family-friendly, bite-sized <em>Messiah<\/em>. Check out the details <a href=\"http:\/\/events.r20.constantcontact.com\/register\/event?oeidk=a07e8j18dwk9d2801f3&amp;llr=qt5mwekab\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Admission is pay-what-you-can.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Saturday &amp; Sunday:<\/strong> Against the Grain Theatre&#8217;s choreographed <em>Messiah<\/em> at the Opera House (735 Queen St E.), 8 p.m. Besides great musicians, the magnetic attraction here is seeing how this inventive company has managed to add movement to this concert work. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.againstthegraintheatre.com\/shows\/messiah\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sunday:<\/strong> Classical Social closes its year with The Pub Messiah, including a foamy draught and-would-you-like-fries-with-that? at Fionn MacCoull&#8217;s (181 University Ave.), 8 p.m. What better way to sing &#8220;Now We Like Sheep&#8221; (have gone astray) than while wondering if the harpsichord player has gone to order another beer or to the washroom? This should be a lot of fun. Don&#8217;t forget to bring your own score. Details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/525004744263111\/?notif_t=plan_user_invited\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SEASONAL CONCERTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Church and community choirs as well as every orchestra &#8212; amateur as well as professional &#8212; have worthy concerts to offer at this time of year. For a quasi-comprehensive listing of what&#8217;s on, visit WholeNote <a href=\"http:\/\/thewholenote.com\/index.php\/listings\/concertsgta\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONDAY Violinist Andr\u00e9a Tyniec at Musideum (133-401 Richmond St W.), 8 p.m. One of our country&#8217;s many great violin players, Andr\u00e9a Tyniec, presents a solo recital anchored in Eug\u00e8ne Ysa\u00ffe&#8217;s fiercely challenging sextet of Sonatas for Solo Violin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,8,11,76,19,3895,20,21,36,39,43,47,49,53,56,60,62,63,1],"tags":[6451,494,4262,6455,920,997,4263,2202,4264,2484,2835,6474],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/tyniec.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-4iy","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16526"}],"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=16526"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41857,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16526\/revisions\/41857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16526"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=16526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}