{"id":91646,"date":"2023-01-09T14:02:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T19:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=91646"},"modified":"2023-01-09T14:06:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T19:06:34","slug":"critics-picks-classical-events-absolutely-need-see-week-jan-9-jan-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/01\/09\/critics-picks-classical-events-absolutely-need-see-week-jan-9-jan-15\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: Jan. 9 \u2013 Jan. 15"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L-R: Conductor Michael Francis (Photo courtesy of the TSO); Maxim Vengerov (Photo courtesy of the artist)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a list of concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between Jan. 9 and Jan. 15, 2023. For more details on what\u2019s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra\/Mozart Requiem<\/h3>\n

Wednesday Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. (repeats Thursday Jan. 12 at 8 p.m., Saturday Jan. 14 at 8 p.m. and Sunday Jan. 15 at 3 p.m.). Roy Thomson Hall (George Weston Recital Hall on Jan. 15). $95+<\/p>\n

Having maxed out Messiah last month, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Toronto Mendelssohn Choir are joining forces again for four performances of Mozart\u2019s Requiem.<\/em> Also heard are Hildegard von Bingen\u2019s O virtus Sapientiae<\/em>, Allegri\u2019s Miserere<\/em> (which young Mozart famously transcribed from memory), plus two instrumental selections, Mozart\u2019s Masonic Funeral Music<\/em> and Beethoven\u2019s Grosse Fuge<\/em>. British conductor Michael Francis is in charge; the reputable soloists are soprano Jane Archibald, mezzo-soprano Susan Platts (check out our interview with Susan here<\/a>), tenor Isaiah Bell and bass-baritone Kevin Deas. Info and tickets here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

RCM\/Maxim Vengerov<\/h3>\n

Sunday Jan. 15 at 3 p.m. Koerner Hall. $65+<\/p>\n

The veteran Siberian-born Israeli violinist, appearing with pianist Polina Osetinskaya, is not bringing many surprises to Koerner Hall \u2014 Bach\u2019s Sonata BWV 1014<\/em> and Beethoven\u2019s \u201cKreutzer\u201d Sonata<\/em> are the pillars of the program. Not that this is a disincentive to attendance. The concert is posted as a sellout; however, some rush tickets will be available starting three hours before the curtain. Call the box office at 416-408-0208. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Classical music and opera events in Toronto for the week of January 9 to 15, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":91651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40430,11,76,19,3895,63],"tags":[2155,40439,16066,5644],"yst_prominent_words":[15319,8965,8345,6807,13795,10549,10189,6606,6768,10287,8757,12857,6741,6827],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/CRitics-Jan-9-2023.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-nQa","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91646"}],"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\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91646"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91653,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91646\/revisions\/91653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91646"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=91646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}