{"id":59224,"date":"2019-03-11T11:10:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T15:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=59224"},"modified":"2019-03-12T10:57:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T14:57:30","slug":"critics-picks-10-concerts-you-absolutely-need-to-see-in-toronto-this-week-mar-11-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2019\/03\/11\/critics-picks-10-concerts-you-absolutely-need-to-see-in-toronto-this-week-mar-11-17\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | 10 Concerts You Absolutely Need To See In Toronto This Week (Mar. 11 \u2013 17)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Critic's
Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of March 11 \u2013 17.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Critic\u2019s Picks (Mar. 11 \u2013 17)<\/h3>\n

Ludwig van Toronto\u2019s weekly Critic\u2019s Picks are a curated list of some of the best concerts happening now through the end of the week. For a look at the full breadth of what\u2019s available in and around Toronto, check out our curated concert listings\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Tuesday 12<\/span><\/h3>\n

Canadian Opera Company<\/strong> | Chamber Music Series: Hidden Treasures. 12 p.m. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen St. W. Free. Limited Seating.<\/p>\n

Violinist Nune Melik and pianist Michel-Alexandre Broekaert join forces in a program of music from Armenia, works that are little known to the outside world. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

National Ballet of Canada<\/strong> | Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland. 7:30 p.m. Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen St. W. Runs to Mar. 17. $40-$265. Check website for time and casting details.<\/p>\n

Opened last week to critical acclaim, the National Ballet\u2019s Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland<\/em> is a perfect show for young people during Spring Break. Music by Joby Talbot and choreography by Christopher Wheeldon. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday 14<\/span><\/h3>\n

Canadian Opera Company<\/strong> | Vocal Series: Opera for All Ages. 12 p.m. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen St. W. Free. Limited Seating.<\/p>\n

A little operatic offering in time for Spring Break, members of the COC Ensemble Studio present a program designed to introduce opera to an audience of all ages. Details not available at press time. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Music Toronto<\/strong> | Lafayette and Saguenay Quartets. 8 p.m. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. $53.50-$58.00<\/p>\n

The Lafayette and Saguenay Quartets are frequent collaborators. They join forces for an evening of works by Gade, Ichmouratov and Mendelssohn. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Gallery 345<\/strong> | Impetuoso: Elizabeth Reid and Alison Cerutti. 7:30 p.m. 345 Sorauren Ave., Toronto. $25\/$10(st)<\/p>\n

Violist Elizabeth Reid and pianist Alison Cerutti return to Gallery 345 for a program of Rose Bolton\u00a0From the Very Edge of the Flat Earth<\/em> (2007), David Jaeger Sonata for Viola and Piano<\/em> (2018), and Rebecca Clark Sonata for Viola and Piano<\/em> (1919). The recital\u2019s title, Impetuoso<\/em>, is inspired by the first movement of the Clark Sonata<\/em>. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

University of Toronto Faculty of Music<\/strong> | La finta giardiniera\/ 7:30 p.m. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen\u2019s Park. $40\/$25(sr)\/$10(st). Three more performances to Sunday. Check listing<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n

U of T Opera presents the teenage Mozart\u2019s opera, La finta giardiniera<\/em>. It\u2019s conducted by veteran Canadian baritone Russell Braun and directed by Michael Patrick Albano. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday 16<\/span><\/h3>\n

Gallery 345<\/strong> | The Art of the Piano: Vedrana Subotic. 8 p.m. 345 Sorauren Ave., Toronto. $30\/$10(st) Cash only at the door.<\/del> [EVENT CANCELLED]<\/span><\/p>\n

Pianist Vedrana Subotic plays a program of Chopin, Haydn, Beethoven, and Steven Mokranjac. | Details<\/a><\/del><\/p>\n

Alliance Fran<\/strong>\u00e7aise Toronto<\/strong> | Judith Cohen & Her Guests: Women of the World. 8 p.m. Spadina Theatre, 24 Spadina Road. $25\/$20(sr, st)$12(AFT members)<\/p>\n

Montreal ethnomusicologist\/singer Judith Cohen and her guests perform an evening of Sephardic songs in Judeo-Spanish, and other traditional songs from Portugal, the Balkans, Quebec, and Acadia. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday 17<\/span><\/h3>\n

Royal Conservatory of Music<\/strong> | McCandless Presents: Songs for the Trumpet. 2 p.m. Mazzoleni Hall, Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 Bloor St. W. $30.<\/p>\n

TSO Principal Trumpet Andrew McCandless, joined by pianist Sonya Sim, perform Bramwell Tovey\u2019s Songs of the Paradise Saloon<\/em>, and transcriptions of songs originally for voice by Bernstein, de Falla, and others. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

Mooredale Concerts<\/strong> | Christian Blackshaw. 3:15 p.m. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen\u2019s Park. $40<\/p>\n

British pianist Christian Blackshaw plays a Mozart-Schumann program including Sonatas No. 8 in B-flat Major, K333 (Linz), No. 8 in A minor, K310<\/em>, and Schumann\u2019s Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17<\/em>. | Details<\/a><\/p>\n

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