{"id":37289,"date":"2016-06-14T11:49:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T15:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=37289"},"modified":"2016-06-14T11:52:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T15:52:15","slug":"critics-picks-nine-amazing-concerts-you-should-absolutely-see-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2016\/06\/14\/critics-picks-nine-amazing-concerts-you-should-absolutely-see-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | Nine Amazing Concerts You Should Absolutely See This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the week of June 13\u201319.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Critic\u2019s Picks for classical music and opera events in Toronto for the Week of June 13 to 19.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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 our concert listings in the\u00a0Musical Toronto Datebook<\/a><\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

With the 2015-16 classical music season drawing to a close, this weekly column is taking a summer break, to resume in mid-September. Having spent 45 years of my life as an academic in a university environment, I\u2019m so used to this routine! \u00a0Of course, a summer away from the classroom then didn\u2019t mean I didn\u2019t have to do any academic work, given the \u201cpublish or perish\u201d ethos of academe. But it did mean some freedom to travel, in my case for great music. In the next two months, I look forward to filing reports from the several music festivals I\u2019ll be attending, including Munich and Santa Fe, plus the Toronto Summer Festival and points beyond the GTA. In the meantime, this week the great Israeli pianist Yefim Bronfman comes to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3<\/em>. It\u2019s paired with Symphony No. 3<\/em>. Luminato Festival is in full swing, and the TSO is offering a Late Night version. Tafelmusik is also performing as part of Luminato at the Hearn Generating Station.<\/p>\n

Tuesday 14<\/h3>\n

CASA LOMA<\/span> |\u00a0Toronto Concert Orchestra:\u00a0Symphony in the Gardens <\/em>at Casa Loma. 7:30 p.m. $15-25 (Season Passes available; repeats every Tuesday, all summer)<\/p>\n

June 14, 7:30 p.m. Casa Loma. $25. Season Passes available. Toronto Concert Orchestra<\/strong> with conductor Kerry Stratton presents Symphony in the Gardens<\/em>, featuring songs by Frank Sinatra. This Orchestra appears every Tuesday with different programs until August 30. Details, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wednesday 15<\/h3>\n

TSO<\/span> | Beethoven Eroica Symphony<\/em> and Piano Concerto No. 3 with\u00a0Yefim Bronfman\u00a0<\/em>at\u00a0Roy Thomson Hall. 8\u00a0p.m. $33.75\u2013148 (Repeats June 16)<\/p>\n

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra<\/strong>\u2019s 2015-16 season ends with Beethoven Eroica Symphony<\/em> and Piano Concerto No. 3<\/em>, with soloist Yefim Bronfman. The opener is City in Colour<\/em> by Canadian composer Jordan Pal, RBC Affiliate Composer. Peter Oundjian conducts. Details, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

TAFELMUSIK<\/span> | Baroque Summer Festival<\/i> at Walter Hall. 1 p.m. Free!<\/p>\n

Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute Orchestra and Choir<\/strong> under Jeanne Lamon, Ivars Taurins and Peter Harvey present a casual noon-hour baroque chamber concert by members of the faculty of the Institute. No program details available. Details, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Friday 17<\/h3>\n

TSO<\/span> |\u00a0Late Night\u00a0Beethoven Eroica Symphony and R.E.M.’s Mike Mills\u00a0<\/em><\/em>at\u00a0Roy Thomson Hall. 10 p.m. $25\u201346<\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra Goes Late Night<\/strong>, with the Beethoven Eroica Symphony<\/em> and the world premiere of a new concerto for electric violin by Mike Mills, founding member of R.E.M., featuring violinist Robert McDuffie. There\u2019s also the Massey Hall Band in a free pre-concert performance of R.E.M.\u2019s greatest hits on the ROH patio at 8 p.m. There\u2019s also an after-party in the lobby in partnership with Pride Toronto, featuring cabaret performances. Details, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RACHEL FENLON<\/span> |\u00a0Fenlon and Fenlon <\/em>at Gallery 345. 8 p.m.\u00a0$20-25 (cash only at the door)<\/p>\n

Berlin-based Canadian soprano Rachel Fenlon <\/strong>is presenting Fenlon and Fenlon<\/em>, a one-woman show of Liebesbotschaft (Love’s Message)<\/em>, an hour-long recital of Schubert Lieder. She\u2019s accompanying herself on the piano. \u00a0A lyric soprano and an accomplished pianist, Fenlon was trained at UBC and the Vancouver Opera Young Artists Program before moving to Germany. Among the roles she has sung are Pamina, Zerlina, Nannetta, Cleopatra, and Lauretta. \u00a0For more information, go to her Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Saturday 18<\/h3>\n

TAFELMUSIK<\/span> |\u00a0The Grand Finale<\/em> at Grace Church on-the-Hill. 7:30 p.m. Free! (maximum 2 tickets per person, in advance)<\/p>\n

Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute Orchestra and Choir<\/strong> presents The Grand Finale. <\/em>Program information not available, but some details, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sunday 19<\/h3>\n

ORCHESTRA TORONTO<\/span> |\u00a0Music of the Czechs <\/em>at\u00a0George Weston Recital Hall. <\/em>3 p.m. $43<\/p>\n

Orchestra Toronto<\/strong>, conducted by Kevin Mallon, is presenting Music of the Czechs<\/em>. On the program are works by Janacek, Dvorak, and A. Walter. There\u2019s a pre-concert chat with Maestro Mallon at 2:15 p.m. According to Orchestra Toronto\u2019s website, the musicians are primarily volunteers who pay a membership fee to rehearse and perform. It has 80 players and is Canada\u2019s largest community orchestra. Details, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

TORONTO OPERETTA THEATRE<\/span> |\u00a0Paris on Broadway <\/em>at the Jane Mallett Theatre. 3 p.m.\u00a0$25\u201345<\/p>\n

Toronto Operetta Theatre<\/strong> is presenting Paris on Broadway<\/em>. It features works by composers whose creations are inspired by Paris \u2013 Cole Porter, Lerner & Loewe, Sigmund Romberg, Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Arnold Schoenberg. Soloists include Elizabeth Beeler, Vania Chan, Jennifer Taverner, Dion Mazerolle, Michael Nyby, Curtis Sullivan, and Guillermo Silva-Marin. Details, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

LUMINATO<\/span> |\u00a0Tafelmusik<\/em>\u00a0at The Hearn Generating Station. 7:30 p.m. $28.25<\/p>\n

Tafelmusik<\/strong> performs at the Luminato Festival, in a program of works by Telemann, Lully, Handel, Torelli, Bach, and Marais. The event takes place at the newly restored Hearn Generating Station.\u00a0Details, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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