{"id":7235,"date":"2012-10-29T09:41:47","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=7235"},"modified":"2012-10-29T09:41:47","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T13:41:47","slug":"october-29-toronto-classical-concert-highlights-for-the-next-seven-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2012\/10\/29\/october-29-toronto-classical-concert-highlights-for-the-next-seven-days\/","title":{"rendered":"October 29: Toronto classical concert highlights for the next seven days"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7244\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/carla.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7244\" title=\"20121025OperaAtelier_DerFreischutz_DressRehearsal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/carla.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/carla.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/carla-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toronto soprano Carla Huhtanen is among the vocal and acting treats in Opera Atelier&#8217;s <em>Der Freisch\u00fctz<\/em> (Bruce Zinger photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fans of first-rate opera have one last chance to see the COC&#8217;s <em>Il Trovatore<\/em> on Wednesday, and four opportunities to witness <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/2012\/10\/28\/opera-review-opera-atelier-production-of-der-freischutz-is-strange-and-compelling\/\" target=\"_blank\">the stunning and strange Opera Atelier production of <em>Der Freisch\u00fctz<\/em><\/a> this week. And there&#8217;s a lot more:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>TUESDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pianist John O&#8217;Conor for Music Toronto at the Jane Mallett Theatre, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If there&#8217;s one concert worth braving the remains of Hurricane Sandy for it&#8217;s Irish pianist John O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s Beethoven and Schubert recital for Music Toronto. He may not be a world star, but his interpretations of this music are very special and his visits to Toronto relatively infrequent. I&#8217;ll have an interview with O&#8217;Conor here on Tuesday morning. Concert details are <a href=\"http:\/\/music-toronto.com\/piano\/oconor.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TUESDAY &amp; THURSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Talisker Players at Trinity-St Paul&#8217;s Centre, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The city&#8217;s underappreciated Talisker Players present a fascinating programme of words and music about love, featuring mezzo Anita Krause, tenor Lawrence Wiliford and actor\/director Ross Manson. The texts and music, performed by string quartet augmented by clarinet and piano, span the past half-millennium and include works by George Frideric Handel and Kurt Weill. Concert details are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taliskerplayers.ca\/constantLover.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the pieces on the programme is <em>Lovers<\/em>, by American composer Seymour Barab (still alive and kicking at 91). For fun, here is &#8220;I&#8217;ll Never Go to Macy&#8217;s Anymore,&#8221; a Handelean parody by Barab sung by Angela Heater:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CTroyVkBo1g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>WEDNESDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organist Christian Lane at Roy Thomson Hall, noon. Free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Roy Thomson Hall launches this season&#8217;s free lunchtime concerts with a blast from its concert pipe organ at the hands of young American virtuoso Christian Lane, winner of last year&#8217;s Canadian International Organ Competition in Montreal. The impressive programme of spooky pieces includes J.S. Bach&#8217;s D-minor <em>Toccata<\/em> and the <em>Suite gothique<\/em> by L\u00e9on Bo\u00ebllman. You&#8217;ll find all the details <a href=\"http:\/\/roythomson.com\/eventdetail\/1333\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the pieces Lane will perform is Louis Vierne&#8217;s 1927 wonder, <em>Carillon de Westminster<\/em>, played here by Ben van Oosten at the Cavaill\u00e9-Coll organ of the Church of Saint-Ouen in Rouen, France:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4O6HOAEt0zQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY &amp; SATURDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manuel de Falla&#8217;s opera <em>La vita breve<\/em> in concert at Roy Thomson Hall, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Toronto Mendelssohn Choir join in conductor Rafael Fr\u00fcbeck de Burgos&#8217;s concert presentation of this little-performed operatic take on love among the Roma with a cast of hand-picked Spanish singers. There will be surtitles. I&#8217;ll have more on this later this week. For details on these two performances, click <a href=\"http:\/\/tso.ca\/Concerts-And-Tickets\/Events\/2012-2013-Season\/La-vida-breve-A-Spanish-Opera.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amici Chamber Ensemble at Mazzoleni Hall, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This high-powered group of chamber players, which includes members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, start their season with a passionate quartet of works by Beethoven, Maurice Ravel and Gian Carlo Menotti. It should be especially nice to hear this music in such a warm and intimate venue. Concert details <a href=\"http:\/\/amiciensemble.com\/influence\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The programme misidentifies the <em>Suite for Two Cellos and Piano<\/em>, a beautiful 1973 piece by the late American composer Gian Carlo Menotti as a Sonata. Here is the rollicking Finale, performed by Mats Lidstr\u00f6m and Claes Gunnarson with pianist Simon Crawford-Phillips at Wigmore Hall a couple of years ago:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YQrm8mmmVFg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>SATURDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Toronto choirs celebrate Ruth Watson Henderson at the MacMillan Theatre, 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Accomplished and generous Toronto composer, organist, accompanist, piano teacher and choir leader Ruth Watson Henderson is thrown a musical 80th birthday party by University of Toronto&#8217;s MacMillan Singers and the Women&#8217;s Chamber Choir under conductor Hilary Apfelstadt. Concert details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.music.utoronto.ca\/events\/calendar\/chr1103.htm?ViewMode=View&amp;DateTime=634875678000000000&amp;PageMode=View\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/hannaford.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7242\" title=\"hannaford\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/hannaford.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/hannaford.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/hannaford-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hannaford Street Silver Band and organist William O&#8217;Meara at Metropolitan United, 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s a special sound and energy to a concert wind band that seems to have fallen off our collective radar on this side of the 49th parallel. The city&#8217;s venerable Hannaford band gives us a chance to reconnect as well as appreciate the endearing <em>Fall Fair<\/em> by 20th century Toronto composer Godfrey Ridout in a concert led by guest conductor (and composer) Edward Gregson. Organist William O&#8217;Meara adds to the musical pleasures in the premiere of a new piece, <em>Cathedral Architecture<\/em>, by John Burge. Concert details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hssb.ca\/TrumpetsAngels.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUNDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7247\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/zemlinsky.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7247\" title=\"zemlinsky\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/zemlinsky.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/zemlinsky.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/zemlinsky-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Zemlinsky Quartet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Zemlinsky Quartet at St Wenceslaus Church, 496 Gladstone Ave, 5 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Czech Republic&#8217;s critically praised, 18-year-old Zemlinsky Quartet makes a discreet stop in Toronto that should not be overlooked. Violinists Frantisek Soucek and Petr Strizek, violist Petr Holman and cellist Vladimir Fortin already have 15 albums to their credit, covering classics as well as newer repertoire. Their playing brims with spirit and immediacy.<\/p>\n<p>They perform the second of six Nocturnes in the City concerts, which highlight Czech and Slovak musicians. Unfortunately, the presenters don&#8217;t provide any programme details in advance, which is stupid. But if you&#8217;re going to take a leap of faith this week, this is the one. For a link to the season brochure, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nocturnesinthecity.com\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Zemlinskys in the first movement of Beethoven&#8217;s Op. 95 quartet in F minor:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZloiDzp9xhY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><em>John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of first-rate opera have one last chance to see the COC&#8217;s Il Trovatore on Wednesday, and four opportunities to witness the stunning and strange Opera Atelier production of Der Freisch\u00fctz this week. And there&#8217;s a lot more:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,8,10,76,19,36,38,43,44,47,57,60,62,63,1,70],"tags":[6450,6455,1515,1767,2881,3233,6474,3359,3514,3565,3649],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/hannaford.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-1SH","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7235"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=7235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}