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Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of September 30 \u2013 October 6.<\/p>\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 <\/b>here<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n University of Toronto Faculty of Music<\/b> | Chamber Music Series: Nathalie Paulin. 7:30 p.m. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen\u2019s Park. $40\/$25(sr)\/$10(st).<\/p>\n Acadian soprano and U of T Music Faculty member Nathalie Paulin and pianist Steven Philcox perform Messiaen\u2019s Chants de Terre et de Ciel<\/em> (1938). | Details<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n Canadian Opera Company<\/b> | Vocal Series: Vanessa Vasquez. 12 p.m. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queens St. W. Free. Arrive early to secure a seat.<\/p>\n Colombian-American soprano Vanessa Vasquez, whom I recently heard as Mimi in La boh\u00e8me<\/em> at the Santa Fe Opera, is in town to sing Liu in Turandot<\/em>. She joins pianist Milo\u0161 Repicky for a recital of songs by Richard Strauss, Enrique Granados and others. Program details unavailable at press time. | Details<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n Canadian Opera Company<\/b> | Vocal Series: Marjorie Owens. 12 p.m. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen St. W. Free. Arrive early to secure a seat.<\/p>\n The American soprano Marjorie Owens, whom I had heard several seasons ago at the Semperoper Dresden\u2019s Strauss Festival, is currently starring as the alternate cast Turandot at the COC. She sings a recital of Richard Strauss songs, with Michael Shannon at the piano. No program details available at press time. | Details<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n University of Toronto Faculty of Music<\/b> | The Calidore String Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen\u2019s Park. $40\/$25(sr)\/$10(st).<\/p>\n The Calidore String Quartet (violinists Jeffrey Myers and Ryan Meehan, violist Jeremy Berry and cellist Estelle Choi) performs Beethoven string quartets Op. 74 (Harp), Op. 18 No. 2, and Op. 131<\/em>. | Details<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n Women\u2019s Musical Club of Toronto <\/b>| Trio Fibonacci. 1:30 p.m. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen\u2019s Park. $45<\/p>\n In the WMCT season opener, Trio Fibonacci (Julie-Anne Derome, violin; Gabriel Prynn, cello; Steven Massicotte, piano) plays a program of chamber pieces by Enrique Fern\u00e1ndez Arb\u00f3s, Maxime McKinley, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Marie-Pierre Brasset, and Ludwig van Beethoven. There\u2019s a pre-concert talk given by pianist Jamie Parker at 12:15 p.m. | Details<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n Toronto Symphony Orchestra <\/b>| Star Wars: Return of the Jedi In Concert. 7:30 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. $54-$126. Three more performances on Oct. 4 & 5.<\/p>\n TSO Pops Maestro Steven Reineke leads the forces in yet another blockbuster Star Wars movie, this time Return of the Jedi<\/em>. | Details<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n Soundstreams <\/b>| Top Brass. 8 p.m. Trinity-St. Paul\u2019s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. $49-$77\/$25(BMO Soundwave)<\/p>\n Three trumpeters (Ole Edvard Antonsen, Ingrid Jensen, Jens Lindemann), the Virtuoso String Orchestra (Joaquin Valdepe\u00f1as, conductor), Heather Schmidt (piano), Robi Botos (piano), and Mike Downes (bass) open the new Soundstreams season in a program of works by R. Murray Schafer, Takemitsu, Ligeti and others. | Details<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n Canadian Opera Company<\/b> | Turandot. 7:30 p.m. Four Seasons Centre, 145 Queen St. W. $80-$290. Seven more performances to Oct. 27.<\/p>\n COC\u2019s Turandot<\/em> continues this week, in a co-production with Madrid, Houston, and Lithuania, directed by American Robert Wilson. A great cast led by soprano Tamara Wilson in the title role. Russian tenor Sergey Skorokhodov (Calaf) makes his Company debut. Canadian soprano Joyce El-Khoury returns to the COC as Liu. Bass David Leigh, last heard in Hadrian<\/em>, is Timur. All principal roles are double cast. Italian maestro Carlo Rizzi conducts. | Details<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n University of Toronto Faculty of Music <\/b>| U of T Symphony Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. $30\/$20(sr)\/$10(st).<\/p>\n Maestro Uri Meyer leads the U of T Symphony Orchestra in an eclectic program combining Beethoven, Ravel and Debussy with Colgrass and Schmitt. | Details<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n Off Centre Music Salon<\/b> | Schubertiad: A Day with Schubert. 3 p.m. Trinity-St. Paul\u2019s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. $50\/$40(sr)\/$15(young adult)\/$5(child).<\/p>\n An All-Schubert program, but no program details available at press time. Andrea Ludwig, mezzo; Inna Perkis, piano; Boris Zarankin, piano; Rosebud Quartet (Aaron Schwebel, violin, Sheila Jaffe, violin, Keith Hamm, viola, Leana Rutt, cello). | Details<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n Esprit Orchestra<\/b> | I Hit My Head And Everything Changed. 8 p.m., Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. $20-$65. 7:15 p.m. Pre-concert chat.<\/p>\n The intriguing title refers to the new piece by Canadian Brian Harman, which is on the program of the season opener of the Esprit Orchestra (Alex Pauk, conductor). Also featured are the Elmer Iseler Singers, pianist Avan Yu and artist Moira Ness, performing works by Thomas Ad\u00e8s, Alexina Louie, and Hans Abrahamsen. Presentation of the 2019 Canada Council Molson Prize in the Arts to recipient Alexina Louie will take place at the concert. | Details<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n LUDWIG VAN TORONTO<\/strong><\/p>\n Want more updates on classical music and opera news and reviews? 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