{"id":38914,"date":"2016-10-03T10:52:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T14:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=38914"},"modified":"2016-10-04T18:21:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T22:21:52","slug":"critics-picks-oct-3-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2016\/10\/03\/critics-picks-oct-3-9\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | Twelve Classical Music Shows You Should Absolutely See This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the week of Oct. 3\u20139<\/h3>\n
\"Critic\u2019s
Critic\u2019s Picks for classical music and opera events in Toronto for the Week of October 2 to 9. (Photo: Cory Weaver)<\/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. 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 curated concert listings in the\u00a0Musical Toronto Datebook<\/a><\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The big news for opera fans this week is the opening of Bellini\u2019s <\/a>Norma<\/a>, <\/em>the first of two productions in the Canadian Opera Company fall season. It stars Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role. Arguably the greatest of all Bellini creations, this opera demands great voices, especially in the title role, the Mount Everest of soprano roles, on par with Isolde, Brunnhilde and Aida. \u00a0And we\u2019ve got not one but two greats sopranos in Radvanovsky and South African Elza van den Heever. The Toronto Symphony Orchestra is offering both a pop program (the Music of ABBA<\/a>) and the heart of the repertoire (Beethoven and Tchaikovsky<\/a>) this week. Guest director\/cellist Christophe Coin joins Tafelmusik in Haydn, Boccherini and Dittersdorf<\/a>. Young American dramatic tenor Issachah Savage, who wowed audiences two seasons ago as Siegmund in Die Walk<\/em>\u00fcre<\/em>, gives a recital<\/a> with the Women\u2019s Musical Club of Toronto.<\/p>\n

Monday 3<\/h3>\n

U of T<\/span> | Enrico Elisi, piano at Walter Hall. 7:30 p.m. $10\u201340<\/p>\n

New faculty member in the U of T Faculty of Music, Italian pianist Enrico Elisi, plays Bach, Mendelssohn, Berg, Debussy and Liszt. (Very few) details, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tuesday 4<\/h3>\n

TSO<\/span> | ABBA<\/em>\u00a0at\u00a0Roy Thomson Hall. 8 p.m. $33.75+ (Repeats Oct. 5 at 2 & 8 p.m.)<\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra\u2019s pops Maestro Steven Reineke leads the TSO in the music of ABBA, with vocal ensemble Rajaton. Info, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Soundstreams<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0Density 2036\u00a0<\/em> at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. 8 p.m. $15\u201320<\/p>\n

Soundstreams presents Density 2036<\/em>, an evening of new music. Details, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

COC<\/span> |\u00a0Quartet Masterworks: Beethoven\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>at Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre. Noon. Free!<\/p>\n

The New Orford String Quartet (violinists Jonathan Crow and Andrew Wan, violist Eric Nowlin and cellist Brian Manker) plays Beethoven String Quartet No. 12, Op. 127<\/em>. Show up an hour early to line up. \u00a0Info, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wednesday 5<\/h3>\n

St. James Cathedral<\/span> |\u00a0Cantatas In The Cathedral\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>at St. James Cathedral.\u00a06 p.m.\u00a0PWYC<\/p>\n

Bach\u2019s Cantata \u201cSchmucke dich, o liebe Seele\u201d BWV180<\/em> with soprano Katherine Napiwotzki, alto Rebecca Claborn, tenor Asitha Tennekoon, and bass Graham Robinson. Details, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

COC<\/span> |\u00a0Virtuoso Masterworks<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>at Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre. Noon. Free!<\/p>\n

Prize-winning pianist Leon Bernsdorf plays Liszt, Debussy and Samuel Barber. Show up an hour early to line up. Details, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thursday 6<\/h3>\n

Adam Sherkin<\/span> | Write Off The Keyboard\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>at Lobby of the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. Noon & 5 p.m. Free!<\/p>\n

Pianist-Composer Adam Sherkin, under the auspices of Steinway Piano Gallery, plays Haydn and his own compositions. Details, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Women’s Musical Club of Toronto<\/span>\u00a0| Issachah Savage<\/em>\u00a0at Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building. 1:30 p.m. $45<\/p>\n

American dramatic tenor Issachah Savage sings Beethoven, Schumann, Strauss, Quilter, Copland, and Spirituals. At the piano is Michael Shannon. If you want to hear Savage speak, he is the special guest of the Toronto Wagner Society on Tuesday, Oct. 4th<\/sup> 8 pm. at the Arts and Letters Club, 14 Elm Street in downtown Toronto. Free for members and $20 for non-members. \u00a0Info for WMCT concert, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

COC<\/span> |\u00a0Vincenzo Bellini’s\u00a0Norma<\/em> at the Four Seasons Centre. 7:30 p.m. $50\u2013375<\/p>\n

Bellini’s Norma<\/em> presented by the Canadian Opera Company, starring Sondra Radvanovsky, Isabel Leonard, Russell Thomas, Dmitry Ivashchenko. Stephen Lord conducts. Info, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tafelmusik<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0The Eloquent Cello<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/em>at Trinity St. Paul\u2019s Centre. 8 p.m. $39\u201393 (Repeats on Oct. 5\u20139)<\/p>\n

Tafelmusik presents The Eloquent Cello<\/em> with guest director\/cellist Christophe Coin. Repeats on Oct. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Details, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Friday 7<\/h3>\n

Gallery 345<\/span>\u00a0| The Ruby Trio<\/em> at Gallery 345. 8 p.m. $10\u201320<\/p>\n

The Ruby Trio plays Haydn, Shostakovich, Beethoven and Hatzis. Info, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Saturday 8<\/h3>\n

TSO<\/span> | Beethoven & Tchaikovsky<\/em> at\u00a0Roy Thomson Hall. 7:30 p.m. $59\u2013113 (Repeats Oct. 9, 3 p.m.)<\/p>\n

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra presents a program of Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven. Violinist Esther Yoo is the soloist in the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto<\/em>. Karina Canellakis conducts. Repeats on Sunday, Oct. 9 3 pm. \u00a0Details, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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