{"id":3225,"date":"2012-04-23T08:25:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T13:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=3225"},"modified":"2012-04-23T08:25:21","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T13:25:21","slug":"april-23-toronto-classical-concert-highlights-for-the-next-seven-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2012\/04\/23\/april-23-toronto-classical-concert-highlights-for-the-next-seven-days\/","title":{"rendered":"April 23: Toronto classical concert highlights for the next seven days"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3228\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3228\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/array.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3228\" title=\"array\" src=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/array.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/array.jpg 504w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/array-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Array Ensemble features among the guests at this year's first New Music 101 presentation at the Toronto Reference Library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MONDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New Music 101, Part I at the Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium, Toronto Reference Library, 7 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Toronto Reference Library (the big one, on Yonge St, one block north of Bloor St) and the Toronto New Music Alliance launch the first of four consecutive Monday concert lectures &#8212; all free &#8212; about new music.<\/p>\n<p>I hosted the inaugural New Music 101 series last spring, and found it a friendly, open and stimulating way to explore the multitude of types of music and the colourful types who make it happen in this city.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s host is <em>Globe and Mail<\/em> music critic Robert Everett Green.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s program focuses on a collaboration between the Toy Piano Composers and Arraymusic featured in a concert next Saturday, as well as accordion music written by Andrew Staniland for New Music Concerts.<\/p>\n<p>This is an incredible, no-risk way to find out more about Toronto&#8217;s rich and diverse new music community.<\/p>\n<p>For details on the whole New Music 101 series, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontopubliclibrary.ca\/search.jsp?N=37867&amp;Ns=p_pub_date_sort&amp;Nso=0&amp;Ntt=new+music+101\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more on Saturday&#8217;s concert by the Array Ensemble at the Music Gallery, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicgallery.org\/eachevent.php?event_id=28\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a preview of one of tonight&#8217;s live performances, featuring accordionists Joe Macerollo and Ina Henning playing Stanliand&#8217;s 2010 five-piece cycle, <em>Pentagrams<\/em>:<\/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\/LiMnnPz-Qts?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<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\/GSH_EY2OiG4?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 TO SATURDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3233\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/house.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3233\" title=\"house\" src=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/house.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/house.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/house-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Rivers<\/em> choreographer Christopher House.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Toronto Dance Theatre&#8217;s <em>Rivers<\/em>, based on the music of Ann Southam, played by Christina Petrowska Quilico, at the Fleck Theatre, Harbourfront, 8 p.m. (also a 2 p.m. matin\u00e9e on Sat.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The late Ann Southam&#8217;s music is reunited with Toronto Dance Theatre, with which she had numerous collaborations. Christopher House has built a new piece, <em>Rivers<\/em>, around Southam&#8217;s work of the same name.<\/p>\n<p>The promotional bumf says that, &#8220;House&#8217;s choreography creates a fluid and unrpedictable counterpoint to this sublime music, reflecting its rushing cascades, luxuriant eddies and quiet islands of calm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The list of collaborators, including designer Michael Levine, is impressive.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto&#8217;s Christina Petrowska Quilico plays the piano live during each of the five performances.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tdt.org\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is Quilico playing &#8220;Slow River No. 2&#8221; and &#8220;Fast River No. 2&#8221; at the Arts and Letters Club 18 months ago:<\/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\/lD3qkorR4ss?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<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\/QmWToH8SHFY?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 &amp; CONTINUING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Canadian Opera Company double-bill opens at the Four Seasons Centre, 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With seasoned soprano-turned director Catherine Malfitano directing, and the great Sir Andrew Davis leading things in the orchestra pit, this clever pairing of Giacomo Puccini&#8217;s <em>Gianni Schicchi<\/em> (from whence comes the aria &#8220;O mio babbino caro&#8221;) and Alexander Zemlinsky&#8217;s <em>A Florentine Tragedy<\/em> is very promising.<\/p>\n<p>For all the details, and tickets, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coc.ca\/PerformancesAndTickets\/1112Season\/AFlorentineTragedyGianniSchicchi\/CastAndCreativeTeam.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY, SATURDAY &amp; SUNDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/consort.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3236\" title=\"consort\" src=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/consort.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/consort.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/consort-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toronto Consort presents the original <em>Carmina Burana<\/em> at Trinity-St. Paul&#8217;s Centre, 8 p.m. (3:30 on Sun.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The city&#8217;s veteran early-music specialists close their season with a selection of the original <em>Carmina Burana<\/em> (Songs of Beuern), a collection of songs about life, love and drinking from Medieval times that were famously adapted by Carl Orff in the 1930s.<\/p>\n<p>Stripped of the Nazi-era bombast, these songs have a special, sensuous, sensual charm.<\/p>\n<p>For details and tickets, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontoconsort.org\/season\/schedule.html#5\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To give you a better idea of what the originals sound like, here is the New London Consort, under Philip Pickett, performing &#8220;Aristippus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the translation &#8212; enough to make anyone question human progress over the past 800 years:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Aristippus, though it&#8217; s late in the day,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m trying to follow<br \/>\nYour advice.<br \/>\nWhat can I do in Rome?<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know how to lie.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s flattery that wins<br \/>\nThe favour of people in power.<\/p>\n<p>If I tell corrosive home truths<br \/>\nI&#8217;Il never be Verres&#8217; dearest friend.<br \/>\nThe reward of virtue<br \/>\nGoes to the actor<br \/>\nWho, with sweet lies,<br \/>\nFlatters vice. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Diogenes, what are your aims?<br \/>\nDo you want honours, a state pension?<br \/>\nYou must have a manifesto.<br \/>\nThe leaders of the church<br \/>\nWill take a dislike to you<br \/>\nUnless you involve yourself<br \/>\nIn their vices.<br \/>\nBut you&#8217;ll be a dear friend<br \/>\nIf you sanction priests&#8217; human failings.<br \/>\nThe Holy Fathers<br \/>\nLove best<br \/>\nAccomplices in their sins<br \/>\nAnd ministers of evil!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t learnt<br \/>\nTo applaud the failings of important people,<br \/>\nTo cover my real feelings<br \/>\nAnd beg for favours.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve always told<br \/>\nThe simple truth.<br \/>\nIt hurts me to see anyone get a good reputation<br \/>\nWhich he doesn&#8217;t deserve.<br \/>\nI shall not absolve<br \/>\nAn unrepentant sinner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Deportation is your fate<br \/>\nIf you can&#8217;t lie!<br \/>\nThe &#8216;simple truth&#8217;<br \/>\nHas sent hundreds into exile.<br \/>\nCultivate our cardinals<br \/>\nWith soft flattering phrases;<br \/>\nIf you want to enjoy the benefits<br \/>\nOf their patronage<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t annoy them<br \/>\nWith tirades on sin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;According to your advice, then,<br \/>\nI must keep quiet<br \/>\nOr mouth pleasing flatteries<br \/>\nInto the sensitive ears<br \/>\nOf important people.<br \/>\nThus you wish me to please them.<br \/>\nTo flatter or to keep my mouth shut\u00ac<br \/>\nThere&#8217; s no middle course.<br \/>\nSo I must share<br \/>\nThe blame incurred by others &#8211;<br \/>\nAs though I actually approve of what they&#8217;ve done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217; s no need to be afraid<br \/>\nOf guilt:<br \/>\nIf you want to share<br \/>\nThe advantages of power<br \/>\nYou have to share its vices too.<br \/>\nGehazi&#8217;s accomplices are delighted<br \/>\nThat they all resemble one another so exactly<br \/>\nThrough living on terms of perfect equality:<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re Protean in their promises,<br \/>\nImitators of Orpheus,<br \/>\nThe Princes of the Church.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Get thee behind me Satan,<br \/>\nWith your falsehoods!<br \/>\nI abjure<br \/>\nWhatever you counsel<br \/>\nAs the instrument of deception<br \/>\nAnd the speech of fIattery,<br \/>\nAnd l&#8217;Il use no soft words<br \/>\nTo condone sin.<br \/>\nl&#8217;ve been careful not to merit the name of flatterers<br \/>\nWhose carefully constructed treachery<br \/>\nl&#8217;ve always shunned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In that case, live moderately<br \/>\nAnd content yourself with moderation.<br \/>\nA Cynic has no material needs.<br \/>\nIf you want to be a Cynic,<br \/>\nSay farewell to such anxieties<br \/>\nAnd go your way.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t put yourself in a position<br \/>\nWhere you have to applaud vice.<br \/>\nIf you want to be accepted<br \/>\nIn the coteries of power<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll have to be as corrupt as the next man.&#8221;<\/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\/0mJ9M1n4iQc?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>SUNDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3238\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/krisztina.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3238\" title=\"krisztina\" src=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/krisztina.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/krisztina.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/krisztina-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mezzo Krisztina Szab\u00f3 joins the Aldeburgh Connection on Sunday afternoon at Walter Hall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Aldeburgh Connection celebrates the &#8220;country house weekend&#8221; at Walter Hall, 2:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What could be more fun than a weekend in the English countryside, done in witty words and music, the Aldeburgh Connection way.<\/p>\n<p>The songs on this programme are by master atmosphere-spinners John Ireland, Frank Bridge and his pupil Benjamin Britten, William Walton and Peter Warlock.<\/p>\n<p>The singers are soprano Lucia Cesaroni, mezzo Krisztina Szab\u00f3 and baritone Peter Barrett.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Ralls and Bruce Ubukata share piano-accompaniment and reading duties, as they couch the music in the sharply drawn characters visiting Lady Ottoline Morrell in Aldous Huxley&#8217;s novel, <em>Chrome Yellow<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available by phone at 416-735-7982 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elbowspace.com\/servlets\/cfd?xr4=&amp;formts=2011-05-10%2010:06:29.120487\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>February&#8217;s 30th Anniversary gala concert by the Aldeburgh Connection at Koerner Hall is available for streaming at CBC&#8217;s Concerts on Demand <a href=\"http:\/\/music.cbc.ca\/#\/concerts\/Aldeburgh-Connection---30th-Anniversary-Gala-2012-02-19\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONDAY New Music 101, Part I at the Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium, Toronto Reference Library, 7 p.m. The Toronto Reference Library (the big one, on Yonge St, one block north of Bloor St) and the Toronto New Music Alliance launch the first of four consecutive Monday concert lectures &#8212; 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