{"id":28502,"date":"2015-05-19T17:05:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T21:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=28502"},"modified":"2015-05-20T10:58:55","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T14:58:55","slug":"critics-picks-ten-musical-outings-you-should-do-this-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2015\/05\/19\/critics-picks-ten-musical-outings-you-should-do-this-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC\u2019S PICKS | Ten Musical Outings You Should Do This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Musical Toronto\u2019s 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. 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 Wholenote Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wednesday 20<\/h3>\n

Canadian Opera Company |<\/span> Vocal Series: The Diary of One Who Disappeared at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre. 12:00 p.m. Free!<\/p>\n

COC Ensemble Studio members Owen McCausland (tenor) and Charlotte Burrage (mezzo-soprano) take the stage to perform Jan\u00e1\u010dek\u2019s forcefully vivid song cycle, The Diary of One Who Disappeared<\/em>. Also features chorus members, Aviva Fortunata, Karine Boucher and Jean-Philippe Fortier-Lazure, with Jennifer Szeto on the ivories. Make sure to come early, as seats fill up fast! | DETAILS<\/a><\/p>\n

Royal Conservatory |<\/span> 21C Music Festival: Off the Score at Koerner Hall. 8:00 p.m. $35-60<\/p>\n

After last year\u2019s inaugural 21C Music Festival, it looks like Toronto can count on a second major contemporary music festival to call its own. The weeklong events start tonight with Stewart Copeland (The Police) and pianist Jon Kimura Parker performing the world premiere of Birds of Prey; Coincidence or Convergence?<\/em> \u2013 a quintet that is at home in the classical world and beyond. The opening night also includes works by Ravel, Prokofiev, Schoenfield, Garson, Stravinsky and many others. Not-to-be-missed. | DETAILS<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday 21<\/h3>\n

Against the Grain Theatre\/COC |<\/span> Vocal Series: Death & Desire at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre. 12:00 p.m. Free!<\/p>\n

Indie Opera fans will want to cancel their plans and run down to the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre to check out the exclusive preview of Against the Grain Theatre\u2019s production of Death & Desire<\/em>. It\u2019s described as a merging of two song cycles by Franz Schubert Olivier Messiaen. The cast is strong (as per usual) and includes Krisztina Szab\u00f3 and Stephen Hegedus with piano accompaniment by Topher Mokrzewski. Seating is first come first served \u2013 so come early to avoid missing out. | DETAILS<\/a><\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra |<\/span> Masterworks Series: Verdi: Requiem at Roy Thomson Hall. 8:00 p.m. $38.75\u2013169 (repeats May 22-23)<\/p>\n

As part of the 40th<\/sup> anniversary of Sir Andrew Davis\u2019 association with the TSO, they present the intensely dramatic and brooding masterpiece, Verdi\u2019s Requiem. Hans von B\u00fclow described it as \u201cVerdi\u2019s latest opera, albeit in ecclesiastical garb.\u201d The bill includes the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, soprano Amber Wagner, mezzo Jamie Barton, tenor Frank Lopardo and bass Eric Owens. | DETAILS<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday 22<\/h3>\n

Art of Time Ensemble |<\/span> Songbook 8: Brent Carver at the Harbourfront Centre Theatre. 8:00 p.m. $25-59<\/p>\n

The Art of Time Ensemble are back with an promising \u201cSongbook\u201d series show featuring Brent Carver \u2013 an actor best known for his performances on Broadway in Kiss of the Spider Woman, Fiddler on the Roof and many others. He\u2019ll be shaking it up with a selection twelve songs fashioned into new arrangements by some of the brightest composers and arrangers in Canada. The band includes the usual suspects: Andrew Burashko, Phil Dwyer, Amanda Goodburn, Rachel Mercer, Joseph Phillips and Rob Piltch. | DETAILS<\/a><\/p>\n

Royal Conservatory |<\/span> 21C Music Festival: Illusions at Koerner Hall. 8:00 p.m. $21-60<\/p>\n

As part of the five days of contemporary music going on at the RCM, Illusions<\/em> is a multimedia tour de force that immerses audiences in the spectacle of early twentieth-century Burlesque and American carnival. The 70-minute work includes three new pieces by composers Nicole Liz\u00e9e, Simon Martin and Gabriel Dharmoo, which are sequenced with trios by Charles Ives. There will be accompanying visuals by Kara Blake and Corinne Merrell, as well as projections designed by Jacques Collin. This massive feast for the senses will be performed by Gryphon Trio, Ensemble contemporain de Montr\u00e9al, and singer Vincent Ranallo. Tickets selling fast | DETAILS<\/a><\/p>\n

Toronto Consort |<\/span> The Play of Daniel at Trinity St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall. 8:00 p.m. $10-61 (repeats May 23-24)<\/p>\n

The Toronto Consort has something very special in store this week. Concluding the season in style (with a cast of 40 performers!) they present The Play of Daniel<\/em> \u2013 an operatic telling of Daniel in the lions\u2019 den. The 70-minute work is performed with no intermission\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>includes a full-on theatrical production with the Consort Medieval players and singers joined by Kevin Skelton in the role of Daniel, and the young voices of the VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto. You\u2019ll not want to miss this. | DETAILS<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday 23<\/h3>\n

Opera by Request |<\/span> Mozart: Idomeneo at the College Street United Church. 7:30 p.m. $20<\/p>\n

Opera by Request presents one of the earliest of Mozart\u2019s operas: Idomeneo<\/em>. For one day only, you can catch this fascinating opera performed by tenor Avery Krisman (Idomeneo); soprano Hannah Coleman(Ilia); mezzo Stephanie Code (Idamante); Annex Singers with Maria Case, conductor; William Shookhoff, piano\/conductor. | DETAILS<\/a><\/p>\n

Royal Conservatory |<\/span> 21C Music Festival: Spin Cycle at Mazzoleni Concert Hall. 8:00 p.m. $21-136<\/p>\n

For our third recommendation of this week\u2019s 21C Music Festival, check out Spin Cycle. You\u2019ll hear 12 premi\u00e8res performed by the Afiara Quartet and Skratch Bastid, scratch DJ. (Yes \u2013 you read that right \u2013 \u201cSkratch Bastid\u201d). While mixing a DJ and string quartet is hardly new (i.e. Nicole Liz\u00e9e, Mason Bates, and Gabriel Prokofiev) this show will get you right up to speed in the exciting and unique dialogue between contemporary turntablism and classical string quartets. See you there. | DETAILS<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday 24<\/h3>\n

Amadeus Choir |<\/span> Earth Songs, Love Songs: 40th Anniversary Season Gala at the George Weston Recital Hall. 4:00 p.m. $20-45<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to believe that it\u2019s been 40 years since the Amadeus Choir burst onto the scene bringing their extraordinary voices to the forefront of Canada\u2019s choral community. The Gala will feature many of their closest friends, including the Bach Children’s Chorus, Linda Beaupr\u00e9, conductor; percussionist Ed Reifel, pianists Ruth Watson Henderson and Shawn Grenke, and pianist\/organist Eleanor Daley. | DETAILS<\/a><\/p>\n

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