{"id":51715,"date":"2018-03-19T13:53:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T17:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=51715"},"modified":"2018-03-19T19:41:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T23:41:30","slug":"critics-picks-ten-concerts-you-should-absolutely-see-this-week-mar-19-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2018\/03\/19\/critics-picks-ten-concerts-you-should-absolutely-see-this-week-mar-19-25\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | Ten Concerts You Should Absolutely See This Week (Mar. 19 \u2013 25)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of March 19 \u2013 25.<\/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<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Monday 19<\/span><\/h3>\n

University of Toronto Faculty of Music<\/strong> | The Artist\u2019s Life Through Song: Paint Me a Song. 7:30 p.m. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto. $40\/$25(sr)\/$10(st)<\/p>\n

An evening of song presented in association with Canadian Art Song Project. Program includes Ben Moore\u2019s Dear Theo<\/em> and John Beckwith\u2019s Four Short Songs<\/em>. \u00a0Mezzo Krisztina Szabo, tenor Christopher Enns, and pianist Stephen Philcox. | Listing<\/a><\/p>\n

Canzona Chamber Players<\/strong> | Brahms Sonatas for Violin and Piano. 7:30 p.m. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John Street. $25. Reservations required by email<\/a> or call\/text Jonathan Krehm at (416) 822-0613.<\/p>\n

Violinist Robert Uchida and pianist Peter Allen play Brahms Sonatas No. 1 Op. 78, No. 2 Op. 100<\/em>, and No. 3 Op. 108<\/em>.\u00a0| Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday 20<\/span><\/h3>\n

Canadian Opera Company<\/strong> | Chamber Music Series: Prokofiev Quintet. 12 p.m. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen St. W. Free. Show up an hour ahead to ensure a seat.<\/p>\n

Chamber musicians from the Glenn Gould School, the professional arm of the Royal Conservatory of Music, perform a program that includes Prokofiev Quintet in G minor<\/em>. This replaces the originally announced Stravinsky\u2019s L\u2019Histoire du soldat<\/em>.\u00a0| Listing<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday 21<\/span><\/h3>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra<\/strong> | Jaws in Concert. 7:30 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. Remaining tickets $45-$116 Repeats Mar. 22, 23.<\/p>\n

Films with live orchestra have become a hit genre at the symphony these days. The TSO is offering that perennial 1975 (can it really be 43 years ago?) family thriller, Jaws<\/em>, with the TSO forces playing the John Williams score conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos. | Listing<\/a><\/p>\n

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra<\/strong> | Ontario Tour: Vivaldi con amore. 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. Burlington Performing Arts Centre, 440 Locust St., Burlington.<\/p>\n

Tafelmusik maintains an average of 7 to 12 weeks a year on tour to parts of Canada, USA and Europe. For its Burlington School Concerts, it presents an all-Vivaldi program, led by its new Music Director Elisa Citterio. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday 22<\/span><\/h3>\n

Art of Time Ensemble <\/strong>| Sound and Colour. 8 p.m. Harbourfront Centre Theatre. $64-$25 Repeats Mar. 23, 24.<\/p>\n

Andrew Burashko, pianist and Artistic Director of Art of Time Ensemble, plays Alexander Scriabin\u2019s 24 Preludes, Op. 11<\/em>, in an interesting show of immersive colour field experience, created by lighting designer Kevin Lamotte, corresponding to Scriabin\u2019s synesthetic correlation of colour to music.\u00a0| Listing<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday 24<\/span><\/h3>\n

University of Toronto Faculty of Music<\/strong> | U of T Symphony Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. MacMillan Theatre, Edward John Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen\u2019s Park. $30\/$20(sr)\/$10(st)<\/p>\n

University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Uri Mayer, plays Cherubini Requiem in C minor<\/em> with the University Choirs under the direction of Hilary Apfelstadt. Also on the program is Brahms Symphony No. 2, and Lauds for Symphony Orchestra<\/em> by Tyler Versluis. | Listing<\/a><\/p>\n

Voicebox\/Opera In Concert<\/strong> | The Ecstasy of Rita Joe. 8 p.m. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. $29-$73. Repeats Mar. 25, 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, an opera by Victor Davies based on a play by George Ryga, is on offer, with mezzo Marion Newman in the title role. Robert Cooper conducts. | Listing<\/a><\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra<\/strong> | National Arts Centre Orchestra. 8 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. $40.75-$154.<\/p>\n

Alexander Shelley conducts the visiting National Arts Centre Orchestra in Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2<\/em>, with pianist Boris Giltburg. Also on the program is Brahms Symphony No. 2<\/em> and Earworms for Orchestra<\/em> by Vivian Fung, a NACO commission. | Listing<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday 25<\/span><\/h3>\n

Royal Conservatory of Music<\/strong> | Chamber Music: Tak\u00e1cs Quartet. 3 p.m. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. $55-$100.<\/p>\n

The renowned Tak\u00e1cs Quartet returns to Koerner Hall to play a program of works by Haydn, Shostakovich, and Beethoven. Pre-concert talk by Rick Phillips at 2 p.m. | Listing<\/a><\/p>\n

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