{"id":18974,"date":"2014-05-26T12:03:07","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T16:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=18974"},"modified":"2014-05-26T16:31:23","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T20:31:23","slug":"toronto-classical-concert-and-opera-picks-for-may-26-to-june-1-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2014\/05\/26\/toronto-classical-concert-and-opera-picks-for-may-26-to-june-1-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto classical concert and opera picks for May 26 to June 1, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>26 Monday<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Associates of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Trinity-St. Paul&#8217;s Centre. 7:30 p.m. $17-20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mondays are always quiet nights for concerts in Toronto, and because the field is so wide open, I\u2019ve always wondered why arts presenters didn\u2019t see this as an opportunity to cut through the noise? At any rate, Associates of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra will be on hand for the final concert of their season:\u00a0<i>Retros and Renegades<\/i> (has a nice ring to it). The concert features Britten: 3 Divertimenti; Schumann: String quartet No.1 in A Op.41; Korngold: String quartet No.2 in E-flat. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.associates-tso.org\/5small.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>27 Tuesday<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18976\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18976\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/talisker_players_-_bruce_redstone_photo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18976\" alt=\"Talisker Players - photo: Bruce Redstone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/talisker_players_-_bruce_redstone_photo.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/talisker_players_-_bruce_redstone_photo.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/talisker_players_-_bruce_redstone_photo-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Talisker Players &#8211; photo: Bruce Redstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Talisker Players with guests Alexander Dobson, baritone; Stewart Arnott, actor\/reader at Trinity-St. Paul&#8217;s Centre. 8 p.m. $15-35<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To celebrate the end of the Talisker Players 19<sup>th<\/sup> season, they will present two romantic song cycles that express the full range of the lover&#8217;s experience \u2013 ardour and bitterness, passion, dreams, honesty and irony, joy and pain. (Are there any missing?) Schumann\u2019s <i>Dichterliebe<\/i> and Faur\u00e9\u2019s La Bonne chanson will then be paired with John Beckwith\u2019s Love <i>Lines<\/i>, and Alexander Rapoport\u2019s <i>Fragments of Verlaine<\/i>.\u00a0Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taliskerplayers.ca\/apoetslove.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show repeats Wednesday, May 28<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<h3>28 Wednesday<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18979\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18979\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/artist2011-Bozzini.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18979\" alt=\"Bozzini Quartet\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/artist2011-Bozzini.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/artist2011-Bozzini.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/artist2011-Bozzini-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/artist2011-Bozzini-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bozzini Quartet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Bozzini Quartet at Gallery 345. 8 p.m. $20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Montr\u00e9al natives, the Bozzini Quartet are in town this week to perform some rarely heard works by Sciarrino, Aldo Clementi, Cage, and Scelsi, in the intimate Gallery 345 space. Bozzini\u00a0are radically contemporary, propelling and hyper-creative, and this is a do-not-miss affair for enthusiasts of contemporary chamber music everywhere. Info <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quatuorbozzini.ca\/en\/evenements\/31927\/ \" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallery345.com\/performances.php\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Julian Rachlin, violin; Juanjo Mena, conductor at Roy Thomson Hall. 8 p.m. $33-145<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As people start heading up to cottage country, why not prepare with Beethoven&#8217;s\u00a0&#8220;Pastoral&#8221; Symphony: \u00a0the\u00a0perfect relaxing, refreshing, glowing with sunshine (except for the vivid thunderstorm of the fourth movement), music.\u00a0The TSO are always happy to oblige. More info <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tso.ca\/en-ca\/Concerts-And-Tickets\/Events\/2013-2014-Season\/Beethoven-Symphony-6.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show repeats Thursday, May 29<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<h3>29 Thursday<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir with Peter Harvey, baritone at Trinity-St. Paul&#8217;s Centre. 8 p.m. Free!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To kick-off the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival, they present a free concert titled, \u201cDelightfully Baroque\u201d. There isn\u2019t a lot of info online but we all know Tafelmusik rarely disappoints. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tafelmusik.org\/education\/artist-training\/tafelmusik-baroque-summer-institute\/tbsi-concerts\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>30 Friday<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Canadian Children&#8217;s Opera Company at Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre. 7:30 p.m. $15-35<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Parents with kids, this is for you! Toronto-based composer Norbert Palej and novelist K.T. Bryski collaborated on a new telling of a classic Norwegian folk tale, <i>East o&#8217; the Sun and West o&#8217; the Moon<\/i>. According to the website, \u201cA Young farm girl saves her starving family by befriending a mysterious bear and soon finds herself matching wits with the evil Queen of the Trolls. Will she save a prince from a fate worse than death?\u201d Sounds fantastic. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harbourfrontcentre.com\/whatson\/music.cfm?id=5773&amp;festival_id=0\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show runs Saturday, May 30 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 1<sup>st<\/sup> at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>junctQ\u00edn Keyboard Collective at Gallery 345. 8 p.m. $5-20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tonight, junctQ\u00edn celebrates the classics from their repertoire vault. They will be playing works from all around the world for piano for six-hands, squeeze toys, keyboards, and three acoustic tables. Come out and support this fantastic trio. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallery345.com\/performances.php\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can hear a sample of Karlheinz Essl\u2019s <i>juncTions<\/i> here:<\/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\/IJN5IITJ5tM?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<h3>31 Saturday<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Amadeus Choir Lydia Adams, conductor; Shawn Grenke, piano at Christ Church Deer Park. 7:00 p.m. $15-40<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Amadeus Choir will bring in summer with a bouquet of Canadian composers: Eleanor Daley, Peter Togni, Christopher Dedrick and works by mainstays Bach, Mendelssohn and Holst. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amadeuschoir.com\/Calendar_CurrentSeason.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>1 Sunday<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18978\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18978\" style=\"width: 599px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/portrait-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-18978\" alt=\"portrait-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/portrait-1.png\" width=\"599\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/portrait-1.png 599w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/portrait-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baritone, Dmitri Hvorostovsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Baritone, Dmitri Hvorostovsky at Koerner Hall. 7 p.m. $60-150<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>World-renowned opera superstar, Dmitri Hvorostovsky promises to be in full form after delighting audiences in Montreal earlier in the month. As far as I know, this will be his first appearance at Koerner Hall, performing works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Medtner and Liszt. His long-time collaborator, pianist Ivari Ilja will also be on hand. Details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rcmusic.ca\/?mini=calendar-lb%2F2014-06\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Michael Vincent<\/i><\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p>[Correction: The article originally misstated the\u00a0Talisker Players as being in their 11th season. This has now been corrected to show their 19th season.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26 Monday Associates of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Trinity-St. Paul&#8217;s Centre. 7:30 p.m. $17-20 Mondays are always quiet nights for concerts in Toronto, and because the field is so wide open, I\u2019ve always wondered why arts presenters didn\u2019t see this as an opportunity to cut through the noise? 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