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Our weekly Critic\u2019s Picks are a fully curated list of\u00a0some of the best concerts happening now through the end of the week. Of course this is not to say we are the provocateurs of taste, but simply seek to provide a good weekly summary. For a look at the full breadth of what\u2019s available in and around Toronto, check out the comprehensive concert listings from our friends at\u00a0Wholenote Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pianist V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson<\/span> at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Noon. Free!<\/p>\n The Canadian Opera Company Free noon hour concert starts the week with the astonishingly good Icelandic pianist V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson making his Toronto D\u00e9but. He will be performing Bach’s Goldberg Variations as an ode to Glenn Gould. Besides being a pianist, he is also host of the Icelandic TV series \u00dat\u00fard\u00far (Out of Tune). If you haven’t yet heard his Bach, it is well worth the trip down there. More info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Talisker Players<\/span> at Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 8:00 pm. $15-35<\/p>\n The Talisker Players return this season with Songs of Travel: reflections on travel, movement, departures, arrivals, and wanderlust. <\/em>The title comes from the romantic song cycle by Ralph Vaughan Williams. It includes 18th-century music about the adventures of Ulysses \u2013 the world’s most legendary traveller and hero\u2013 and a selection of steadfast Canadian travelling songs. Land ho! Show repeats Oct. 29th<\/span>. There will be a pre-concert talk starting at 7:15 sharp. Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pianist<\/span> Janina Fialkowska<\/span> at Jane Mallett Theatre, 8:00 pm. $10-55<\/p>\n Arthur Rubinstein hailed Montreal-born pianist Janina Fialkowska as “a born Chopin interpreter.” Tonight, Music Toronto presents a very special program of Grieg\u2019s Six Lyric Pieces, Schubert\u2019s Sonata in E-flat Op.posth.122, D.568, Ravel\u2019s Noctuelles; Oiseaux tristes, and (of course) Chopin\u2019s 3 Mazurkas; Ballade No.4 in f, Op.52. Fialkowska\u2019s talent is best heard live. Don’t miss it. Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Last Days<\/span> \u2013 a theatrical commemoration of the First World War at the Hart House, Great Hall. 7:30 p.m. Free!<\/p>\n From the carefree music of pre-war European decadence, and the sobering harsh beauty of wartime songs of despair, anger and loss, this is a unique concert staged by Tim Albery, with musical direction by David Fallis. Show repeats Oct 30. Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wind players of the COC Orchestra<\/span>, and Monique de Margerie<\/span>, piano at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Noon. Free!<\/p>\n Looking for something to do for lunch? Come check out a bit of old and new with an all-female quintet of wind players of the COC Orchestra performing works including Fran\u00e7aix, Ligeti and Poulenc. A perfect way to decompress during your lunch hour. Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Toronto Symphony Orchestra<\/span> with John Relyea<\/span>, bass-baritone and Peter Oundjian<\/span>, conductor at <\/strong>Roy Thomson Hall. 8 p.m. $33\u2013$145<\/p>\n A true highlight of the week is the Toronto Symphony Orchestra\u2019s The Dream of Gerontius<\/em> with bass-baritone John Relyea, mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers, tenor Stuart Skelton, the Amadeus Choir and the Elmer Iseler Singers. Elgar\u2019s great masterpiece is an extraordinarily gripping work that brims with power and emotion. The dream follows a devout man’s soul from his deathbed to his judgment before God and his fate in Purgatory. Not to be missed. Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n TorQ Percussion Quartet<\/strong><\/span> at Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto Faculty of Music. 8:00 p.m. PWYC.<\/p>\n Toronto\u2019s most entertaining percussion quartet is back tonight for a 10-year anniversary concert celebration featuring works by Cage, Hatzis, Wijeratne, Morphy and others. Should be a good show. Info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n New Orford String Quartet<\/em><\/span> at Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto Faculty of Music. 3:15 p.m. $20-30.<\/p>\n Mooredale Concerts presents a Sunday afternoon with Canada\u2019s super quartet featuring Jonathan Crow, Andrew Wan, Eric Nowlin and Brian Manker. They will be performing some old and new with Ravel\u2019s fetching String Quartet in F Major, and the Toronto premiere of Journal: String Quartet No. 2, by Montreal-based composer Tim Brady. Violist and frequent Toronto Symphony soloist Teng Li, will also be on hand as guest. Before the main show, there will also\u00a0be one-hour interactive family concert (Music & Truffles), starting at 1:15. Info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our weekly Critic\u2019s Picks are a fully curated list of some of the best concerts happening now through the end of the week. Of course this is not to say we are the provocateurs of taste, but simply seek to provide a good weekly summary. 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