{"id":80387,"date":"2022-09-26T11:21:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=80387"},"modified":"2022-09-26T11:21:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:21:42","slug":"critics-picks-classical-events-you-absolutely-need-to-see-this-week-sept-26-oct-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2022\/09\/26\/critics-picks-classical-events-you-absolutely-need-to-see-this-week-sept-26-oct-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: Sept. 26 \u2013 Oct. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L-R (clockwise): The Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Gustavo Gimeno (Photo: Jag Gundu); Charlemagne Palestine (Photo courtesy of FutureStops Festival); Christina Petrowska Quilico (Photo courtesy of the artist)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a list of amazing concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between Sept. 26 \u2013 Oct. 2, 2022.<\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra\/Saint-Sa\u00ebns Organ Symphony<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Thursday Sept. 29, 8 p.m. (repeats Saturday Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. and Sunday Oct. 2 at 3 p.m.). Roy Thomson Hall. $54+<\/a><\/p>\n

The second TSO subscription program of the season imports Gemma New from nearby Hamilton to conduct Saint-Sa\u00ebns\u2019s irresistibly regal Symphony No. 3<\/em> with the Montreal-based Frenchman Jean-Willy Kunz at the organ. Other attractions are Samy Moussa\u2019s Juno-winning violin concerto \u201cAdrano\u201d and Chausson\u2019s rapturous Po\u00e8me<\/em>, each featuring the estimable Canadian Kerson Leong as soloist. The overture to this appealing program is Mendelssohn\u2019s Fingal\u2019s Cave<\/em>. More info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Christina Petrowska Quilico\/Rivers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Thursday Sept. 29, 2022, 7:30. Tribute Communities Recital Hall. $15+<\/a><\/p>\n

The York University pianist with a penchant for modern music gives a recital comprising 11 selections from Ann Southam\u2019s minimalist Rivers<\/em> cycle. More info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FutureStops Festival<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Thursday Sept. 29-Saturday Oct.1. Roy Thomson Hall, Cathedral of St. James, Metropolitan United Church. Free-$33<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Just in case you viewed organ performance as a primarily antiquarian phenomenon, the Royal Canadian College of Organists has organized FutureStops<\/a>, a three-day celebration of the instrument\u2019s radical 21st-century manifestations. Synopsis is impossible; prediction, futile. Browse the website<\/a> for the many offerings in three major downtown settings. Note also the free talks in the Roy Thomson Hall lobby. More info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Royal Conservatory of Music\/Commemorate Truth & Reconciliation<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Friday Sept. 30, 8 p.m. Koerner Hall. Free<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This multifaceted RCM event includes a song cycle by composer Ian Cusson and poet Marylin Dumont. Tickets are all spoken for. Click on the link for the free livestream. More info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Toronto Mendelssohn Singers\/The Pilgrim\u2019s Way<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Saturday, Oct. 1, 8 p.m. Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church. $40+<\/a><\/p>\n

The Toronto Mendelssohn Singers \u2014 the professional core of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir \u2014 perform the British composer Joby Talbot\u2019s Path of Miracles<\/em>, an a cappella work in four movements (and many languages) inspired by the Way of St. James pilgrimage route. Another offering is I Forgive\u202f<\/em>by TMC composer-in-residence Shireen Abu-Khader. This piece based on the 2020 death of Egyptian activist Sarah Hegazi comes with a content warning. Jean-S\u00e9bastien Vall\u00e9e conducts. More info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Emerson String Quartet\/Farewell<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sunday, Oct. 2, 5 p.m. Koerner Hall. $45+<\/a><\/p>\n

Founded in 1976, the eminent American ensemble is calling it a career. The farewell to Toronto is a solid 19th-century program of quartets by Mendelssohn (Op. 12), Brahms (Op. 67) and Dvo\u0159\u00e1k (Op. 105). More info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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