{"id":64011,"date":"2019-10-21T09:52:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T13:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=64011"},"modified":"2019-10-26T21:39:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T01:39:12","slug":"critics-picks-10-concerts-absolutely-need-see-toronto-week-oct-21-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2019\/10\/21\/critics-picks-10-concerts-absolutely-need-see-toronto-week-oct-21-27\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | 10 Concerts You Absolutely Need To See In Toronto This Week (Oct. 21 \u2013 27)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Critic\u2019s
Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of October 21 \u2013 27.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Critic\u2019s Picks (October 21 \u2013 27)<\/strong><\/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 here<\/span><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday 21<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

University of Toronto Faculty of Music<\/strong> | Jonathan Crow and Joseph Johnson. 7:30 p.m. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen\u2019s Park. $40\/$25(sr)\/$10(st).<\/p>\n

TSO Concertmaster Jonathan Crow and TSO Principal Cello Joseph Johnson join forces to perform Gliere: 8 Pieces, Op. 39, No. 1<\/em>; Hong: The Current and Those Who Ride It<\/em>; Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello<\/em>; and Kod\u00e1ly: Duo for Violin and Cello.<\/em> | Details<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday 22<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Canadian Opera Company<\/strong> | Chamber Music Series: Myths and Legends. 12 p.m. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. Free. Arrive early to secure a seat.<\/p>\n

Violinist Sandra Baron and members of the COC Orchestra play Karol Szymanowski\u2019s Three Mythes for Violin and Piano<\/em>. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Canadian Opera Company<\/strong> | Rusalka 7:30 p.m. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. Repeats Oct. 24 and 26. $45-$350. Start times vary.<\/p>\n

Your last three chances to see Antonin Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s highly dramatic and melodically inspired opera, Rusalka<\/em>. The beautiful and evocative production by Sir David McVicar is a legitimate hit. It stars soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role. Tenor Pavel \u010cernoch is the Prince, bass Stefan Kocan is Vodnik, mezzo Elena Manistina is Je\u017eibaba, and soprano Keri Alkema is the Foreign Princess. COC Music Director Johannes Debus conducts. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday 23<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Canadian Opera Company<\/strong> | Turandot. 7:30 p.m. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. $80-$290. Repeats Oct. 25 and 27. Start times vary.<\/p>\n

The last three performances of Puccini\u2019s Turandot<\/em>, in a production by stage director Robert Wilson. This evening\u2019s performance features the alternate cast Turandot, the young American dramatic soprano Marjorie Owens. I heard four years ago in Richard Strauss\u2019s Daphne<\/em> at the Semperoper Dresden \u2013 an up and coming major voice. Calaf this evening is the Bulgarian tenor Kamen Chanev, last heard at the COC as Cavaradossi three seasons ago. Liu is Colombian American soprano Vanessa Vasquez. Carlo Rizzi conducts. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Friday 25<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Amici Chamber Ensemble<\/strong> | Komitas: A Canadian Tribute. 8 p.m. Koerner Hall<\/p>\n

Co-presented by the Royal Conservatory of Music and celebrating the 150th birthday of Father Komitas, the Amici Chamber Ensemble performs Komitas\u2019s Divine Liturgy<\/em>, Folk Songs<\/em>, Dances and Children’s Songs<\/em> (arr. Serouj Kradjian); Tigran Mansurian\u2019s Agnus Dei<\/em> for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano; and Debussy\u2019s No\u00ebl des enfants qui n’ont plus de maison<\/em>. The Amici Chamber Ensemble (Joaquin Valdepe\u00f1as, clarinet; David Hetherington, cello; Serouj Kradjian, piano) is joined by baritone Russell Braun and the Elmer Iseler Singers. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Toronto Consort<\/strong> | Countryside & Court. 8 p.m. Trinity-St. Paul\u2019s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. $20-$72. Repeats Oct. 26.
\nToronto Consort (Katherine Hill, artistic director) opens the season with \u201cthe popular \u201cvoix de ville\u201d songs and exquisite courtly music of Claude Le Jeune and his contemporaries, combined with the magic of guest traditional fiddler and dancer Emilyn Stam.\u201d | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday 26<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Cineplex Canada<\/strong> | Met Live in HD: Manon 12:55 p.m. Select Cineplex Cinemas. $28<\/p>\n

The second 2019-20 Met Live in HD presentation is Manon<\/em>, Jules Massenet\u2019s version of the Abb\u00e9 Prevost novel, a counterpart to Puccini\u2019s Manon Lescaut.<\/em> This production by Laurent Pelly stars soprano Lisette Oropesa in the title role, and tenor Michael Fabiano as her lover Des Grieux. Artur Rucinski is Lescaut. Canadian baritone Brett Polegato, in his Met debut, sings Bretigny. Maurizio Benini conducts. With five acts and four hours given the length of Met intermissions, this is a bit of a marathon, but it\u2019s well worth it! | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Royal Conservatory of Music<\/strong> | Andr\u00e1s Schiff. 8 p.m. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. SOLD OUT but check with box office for possible returns.<\/p>\n

As part of the Beethoven 250 Festival, Hungarian pianist Andr\u00e1s Schiff returns to perform a program of Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat Major, op. 26<\/em>; Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp Minor, op. 11<\/em>; Schumann: Fantasy in C Major, op. 17<\/em>; and Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, op. 53 (\u201cWaldstein\u201d)<\/em>. If you are not lucky enough to have a ticket, Sir Andr\u00e1s<\/a> <\/span>is giving a public masterclass on October 25, 3-6 p.m. at the Mazzoleni Hall. Free to the public but you must contact the box office in person or call (416) 408-0208 to secure an assigned seat. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday 27<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra<\/strong> | Young People\u2019s Concert: Symphony Spooktacular. 2 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. $31-$44. Repeats 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

In anticipation of Halloween, the TSO\u2019s Young People\u2019s Concert under guest conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser is performing a spooky program of popular pieces by Grieg, Stravinsky, Mozart (soprano Teiya Kasahara sings Queen of the Night\u2019s aria), Gounod, John Williams, Weber, Wagner and others. Audiences are encouraged to come dressed in costume! Concert is one hour with no intermission. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Orchestra Toronto<\/strong> | Freude! 30 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall. 3 p.m. George Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts Centre, 5040 Yonge St., North York. $28.25-$52.25.<\/p>\n

November 9 marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. In celebration, Orchestra Toronto presents a concert of Mozart\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A-major<\/em>, with 14-year-old pianist Elijah Orlenko, winner of the 2019 Marta Hidy Prize for Piano, followed by Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9<\/em>, with soprano Lesley Bouza, mezzo Andrea Ludwig, tenor Andrew Walker, and baritone Bradley Christensen. Choral forces are supplied by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, all under the baton of conductor Michael Newnham. | Details<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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