{"id":47759,"date":"2017-09-25T05:45:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T09:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=47759"},"modified":"2017-09-24T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T19:00:12","slug":"critics-picks-10-concerts-absolutely-see-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/09\/25\/critics-picks-10-concerts-absolutely-see-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | 13 Concerts You Should Absolutely See This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Critic\u2019s Picks (Sept. 25 \u2013 Oct. 1)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of Sept. 25 to Oct. 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ludwig van 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\u00a0here<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday 26<\/h3>\n

Canadian Opera Company<\/span> | Vocal Series: Meet the Young Artists. 12 p.m. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Free<\/p>\n

The 2017-18 COC Ensemble Studio artists (sopranos Danika Lor\u00e8n, Samantha Pickett, and Lauren Eberwein; mezzo Megan Quick and Simone McIntosh; baritones Bruno Roy and Samuel Chan; pianists St\u00e9phane Mayer and Rachael Kerr) give a concert of arias by Mozart, Puccini, Verdi, Saint-Sa\u00ebns, Debussy and Rossini. This is the only time I can recall an Ensemble without a tenor! Program details here<\/a>. *Be sure to show up an hour ahead to secure a spot. | Listing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Tafelmusik<\/span> | A Joyous Welcome. 8 p.m. George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts. $38-$81.<\/p>\n

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, with its new music director Elisa Citterio, in a program of Handel, Corelli, Vivaldi, and Rameau. | Listing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Gallery 345<\/span> | Trio d\u2019Argento with Todd Yaniw, piano. 8 p.m. Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Avenue. $25\/$10(st.) Cash Only.<\/p>\n

Trio d\u2019Argento (Sibylle Marquardt, flute; Peter Stoll, clarinet; Todd Yaniw, piano) in a program of works by Florent Schmidt, Alice Ping Ho, Saint-Saens, Kevin Lau, Jacques Ibert, and Guillaume Connesson. | Listing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday 27<\/h3>\n

Canadian Opera Company<\/span> | Vocal Series: Celebrating the Invictus Games. 12 p.m. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Free.<\/p>\n

The COC Ensemble Studio performs a program \u201con the themes of war, sacrifice, and overcoming adversity,\u201d featuring works by Butterworth, Weill, Ives, Argento, and Finzi, among others. Program details here<\/a>. *Be sure to show up an hour ahead to secure a spot. | Listing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra<\/span> | German Requiem. 8 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall. Repeats Sept 28 and 30 (7:30 p.m.) 40.75-$154.<\/p>\n

The concert opens with Hyacinth Caelum<\/em>, a 2-minute Sesquie for Canada 150 piece by Rolf Boon. The deeply spiritual Brahms German Requiem<\/em> is the centrepiece of the evening, with soprano Erin Wall, baritone Russell Braun and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Also featured is the world premiere of Canadian composer Alexina Louie\u2019s Triple Concerto<\/em> for three violins, with soloists Jonathan Crow, Yosuke Kawasaki and Andrew Wan. Peter Oundjian conducts. | Listing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday 28<\/h3>\n

A & M Production<\/span> | Rastrelli Cello Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill, ON. $56-$70<\/p>\n

A cello quartet\u2014how\u2019s that for being unique!\u00a0 This Ensemble (Kira Kraftzoff, Mischa Degtjareff, Kirill Timofeev, and Sergio Drabkin) performs From Brahms to the Beatles<\/em>, at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. No program details available on their website at press time. For a taste of their playing, see here<\/a>. For more details of the group, see here<\/a>. \u00a0| Listing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Friday 29<\/h3>\n

Trio Arkel<\/span> | Ludwig and B\u00e9la. 7:30 p.m. Trinity-St. Paul\u2019s Centre, 427 Bloor St W. $30\/$15 (st)<\/p>\n

Now in its fifth season, Trio Arkel (violinist Marie Berard, violist Teng Li, and cellist Winona Zelenka) presents a program of Beethoven and Bartok, with guest Erika Raum, violinist. No program details available.<\/p>\n

Bravo Niagara<\/span> | Measha Brueggergosman. 7:30 p.m. Partridge Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines. $35-$55<\/p>\n

An hour\u2019s drive, traffic permitting (!) along the QEW from the GTA, Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman is giving a concert singing songs from her latest album, Songs of Freedom<\/em>, which documents her journey of discovering her family\u2019s lineage from West Africa to New Brunswick. She is joined by the Laura Secord Secondary School Concert Choir and jazz artist Wycliffe Gordon. | Listing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday 30<\/h3>\n

Embassy of Austria<\/span> | Anna Magdalena Kokits, piano. St. Andrew\u2019s Church, Simcoe and King. 7 p.m. $20; $10(st\/sr).<\/p>\n

The Austrian pianist is currently on a tour that takes her to Canada, US and Japan. Under the auspices of the Austrian Embassy, Kokits is giving a recital at St. Andrew\u2019s Church across from Roy Thomson Hall, in a program of Beethoven, Manuela Kerer, Zemlinsky, Vivian Fung, Ernst Toch, and Gershwin. | Listing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday 1<\/h3>\n

Royal Conservatory of Music<\/span> | Ensemble Made in Canada with Scott St. John. 2 p.m. Mazzoleni Concert Hall in Ihnatowycz Hall. Free (ticket required)<\/p>\n

Angela Park (piano), Elissa Lee (violin), Sharon Wei (viola), and Rachel Mercer (cello) join forces with violinist Scott St. John to perform piano quartets by Mahler and Suk, as well as Dvorak\u2019s Piano Quintet<\/em>. | Listing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Windermere String Quartet<\/span> | With Friends Like These. 3 p.m. St. Olave\u2019s Anglican Church, 360 Windermere Ave. $25\/$20 (sr)\/$10 (st).<\/p>\n

This period-instrument ensemble (Elizabeth Loewen Andrews, violin; Michelle Odorico, violin; Anthony Rapoport, viola; Laura Jones, cello) gives a concert of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Details here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Off Centre Music Salon<\/span> | 23rd<\/sup> Annual Schubertiad: Schubert Manifold. 3 p.m. Trinity-St. Paul\u2019s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. $50\/$40 (sr)\/$15 (st).<\/p>\n

Participants this year are soprano Monica Whicher, bass-baritone Giles Tomkins, actor William Webster, violinist Emily Kruspe, and pianists Inna Perkis and Boris Zarankin. | Listing<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir<\/span> | Elora Singers in Concert. 3:30 p.m. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square. $50\/$45 (sr).<\/p>\n

The Elora Singers, a professional chamber choir under conductor Noel Edison, gives a concert before they go on tour to the Maritimes. They sing a program of works by Bach, Timothy Corlis, and Canadian folksongs | Listing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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