{"id":2054,"date":"2012-03-05T09:07:54","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T14:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=2054"},"modified":"2012-03-05T09:07:54","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T14:07:54","slug":"march-5-toronto-classical-concert-highlights-for-the-next-seven-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2012\/03\/05\/march-5-toronto-classical-concert-highlights-for-the-next-seven-days\/","title":{"rendered":"March 5: Toronto classical concert highlights for the next seven days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MONDAY<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/brass.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2055\" title=\"brass\" src=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/brass.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/brass.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/brass-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/brass-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/torontobrass.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Brass Quintet<\/a> at Church of the Redeemer (Bloor St. &amp; Avenue Rd.), 7 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Trumpeters Ted Clark and Michael Fedyshyn, trombonist Megan Hodge, French horn Olivia Brayley and tuba player Jennifer Stephen are busy, top-level freelancers (Hodge, for example, regularly works with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra) that don&#8217;t get out nearly enough as the Toronto Brass Quintet.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The programme is likely to be a mix of classic and contemporary pieces. Tickets are $20 ($10 for students and seniors) at the door.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TUESDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free Canadian Art Song Project recital at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Noon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new art song project I wrote about <a href=\"http:\/\/musicaltoronto.org\/2012\/02\/25\/enterprising-startup-aims-to-ensure-a-bright-collaborative-future-for-the-canadian-art-song\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> last weekend gets its first public event at noon, part of the free recital series organized by the Canadian Opera Company at the Four Seasons Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Soprano Carla Huhtanen, mezzo Krisztina Szab\u00f3 and tenor Lawrence Wiliford present a selection of pieces brand-new and older, accompanied by Christopher Mokrzewski and Stephen Philcox.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2056\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/goode.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2056\" title=\"goode\" src=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/goode.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/goode.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/goode-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pianist Richard Goode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Pianist Richard Goode at the Jane Mallett Theatre, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This native New Yorker is one of those pianists who makes familiar music sound fresh &#8212; without making too much of a fuss in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Goode&#8217;s visit with Music Toronto is an all-Romantic affair, featuring the eight Op. 76 pieces by Johannes Brahms and a selection of shorter works by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin, crowned with his <em>Sonata No. 3<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, and tickets, click <a href=\"http:\/\/music-toronto.com\/2011-2012-season\/richard-goode\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a handheld video of Goode performing Chopin&#8217;s <em>Nocturne<\/em> Op. 55 No. 2 in E-flat at the Jerusalem Theatre in 2010:<\/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\/jM5BsSw4c2M?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>WEDNESDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toronto Symphony Orchestra, final New Creations festival concert at Roy Thomson Hall, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ll have more about this later in the week, but note that this concert also comes with a pre-show event featuring a performance by the fabulous New Orford String Quartet in the lobby at 7:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, and tickets, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tso.ca\/Concerts-And-Tickets\/New-Creations-Festival.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY &amp; FRIDAY<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Max Raabe &amp; The Palast Orchester at Koerner Hall, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These talented Germans offer an impeccably slick trip back to a 1920s supper club or music hall. Their schtick is so well done that it&#8217;s almost impossible to tell if they are dead serious, or if lead singer Max Raabe intended this to be a madcap lark that took on a life of its own.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s great entertainment, pure and simple, as well as a fine introduction to the greatest hits of a time long past.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, and tickets, click <a href=\"http:\/\/performance.rcmusic.ca\/event\/max-raabe-and-palast-orchester-2\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/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\/IlUPqR3Cy5c?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>THURSDAY TO SUNDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Cos\u00ed fan tutte<\/em> presented by University of Toronto faculty of Music Opera Division at the MacMillan Theatre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mozart&#8217;s well-loved romp about suspicious men whose women decide to set them straight gets a student production directed by Michael Patrick Albano.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, and tickets, click <a href=\"http:\/\/performance.rcmusic.ca\/event\/university-toronto-faculty-music-presentsbrmozart-cosi-fan-tutte-2\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUNDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are two fabulous choices, for very different sensibilities &#8212; both at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tak\u00e1cs Quartet with pianist Joyce Yang at Koerner Hall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Tak\u00e1cs Quartet, long considered one of the world&#8217;s finest, never fails to blow me away. Their yummy programme features the <em>Quartettsatz<\/em> by Franz Schubert, Beethoven&#8217;s late, Op. 131, <em>String Quartet<\/em> in C-sharp minor, and, with the help of pianist Joyce Yang, the A Major <em>Piano Quintet<\/em>, Op. 81, by Antonin Dvor\u00e1k.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, and tickets, click <a href=\"http:\/\/performance.rcmusic.ca\/event\/takacs-quartet-joyce-yang\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Tak\u00e1cs in Beethoven&#8217;s <em>Grosse Fuge<\/em> quartet movement:<\/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\/xjUh11EPGcM?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>Stuttgart Chamber Choir, Choir 21 and TorQ Percussion Quartet at the Carlu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s enough of an extra-rare treat to have a public concert at the Art Deco former Eaton Auditorium at College Park. In this case, the performers include one of the world&#8217;s finest professional choruses: the Stuttgard Chamber Choir, led by Friedhttp:\/\/musicaltorontodotorg.wordpress.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2054&amp;action=edit&amp;message=10er Bernius.<\/p>\n<p>Invited by Soundstreams, along with Toronto&#8217;s Choir 21 (led by David Fallis) and the young TorQ Percussion Quartet, the guests perform a strangely diverse programme that ranges from J.S. Bach to the premiere of a new piece by Canadian Paul Frehner, with a bit of Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss in between.<\/p>\n<p>One guarantee: It won&#8217;t be dull.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, and tickets, click <a href=\"http:\/\/performance.rcmusic.ca\/event\/soundstreams-presents-stuttgart-chamber-choir-soundstreams-choir-21\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the Stuttgart choir singing Johannes Brahms&#8217; gorgeous <em>Geistliches Lied<\/em> (Spiritual Song), Op. 30, which is not on Sunday&#8217;s programme:<\/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\/Fa3e7gMveEQ?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>MONDAY Toronto Brass Quintet at Church of the Redeemer (Bloor St. &amp; Avenue Rd.), 7 p.m. Trumpeters Ted Clark and Michael Fedyshyn, trombonist Megan Hodge, French horn Olivia Brayley and tuba player Jennifer Stephen are busy, top-level freelancers (Hodge, for example, regularly works with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra) that don&#8217;t get out nearly enough as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,10,11,76,19,36,38,39,47,49,57,60,64,70],"tags":[6455,2366,2832,3167,6474,3359],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/brass.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-x8","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054"}],"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=2054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2054"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}