{"id":917,"date":"2012-01-23T07:34:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=917"},"modified":"2012-01-23T07:34:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T12:34:00","slug":"jan-23-toronto-classical-concert-highlights-for-the-next-seven-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2012\/01\/23\/jan-23-toronto-classical-concert-highlights-for-the-next-seven-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan 23: Toronto classical concert highlights for the next seven days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The season is in full post-New Year swing. Here is a concert a day worth finding time for. I&#8217;ve mixed paid with free, evening as well as midday.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>John Terauds\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>MONDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gryphontrio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Gryphon Trio<\/a> plays new music at Walter Hall, 7:30 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All three members of the Gryphon Trio teach at University of Toronto&#8217;s Faculty of Music, and are adding this contribution to the Faculty&#8217;s annual festival of new music (Jan. 22 to Feb. 5).<br \/>\nMonday night&#8217;s programme includes pieces by this year&#8217;s resident composer, Sweden&#8217;s Anders Hillborg, as well as Toronto veteran Alexina Louie. The trio also premieres new works by Torontonian Brian Current as well as American Dan Visconti.<br \/>\nMore info and tickets <a href=\"http:\/\/performance.rcmusic.ca\/event\/university-toronto-faculty-music-presentsbrgryphon-trio\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is &#8220;Lontana in Sono,&#8221; a nice piece of Hillborg&#8217;s from close to 10 years ago, performed by Anna Sofie von Otter and the Gothenburg Sympony, with Kent Nagano conducting. The sustained ethereal drone in the background is a glass harmonica:<\/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\/Kmm51HbZ5Mk?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><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>TUESDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrew Adair plays works of J.S. Bach at St. James Cathedral, 1 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While Toronto&#8217;s Anglican cathedral looks for a new director of music, young U of T grad Andrew Adair has been filling in in a variety of musical roles, including being a regular presence in the church&#8217;s<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stjamescathedral.on.ca\/ConcertsbrRecitals\/tabid\/61\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"> various concert series<\/a>.<br \/>\nToday, Adair continues on his quest to perform all of Bach&#8217;s works for organ in public.<br \/>\nFree (donations encouraged).<\/p>\n<p><strong>WEDNESDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_925\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-925\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/gaffigan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-925\" title=\"gaffigan\" src=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/gaffigan.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/gaffigan.jpg 635w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/gaffigan-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Gaffigan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Toronto Symphony Orchestra with guest conductor <a href=\"http:\/\/jamesgaffigan.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">James Gaffigan<\/a> at Roy Thomson Hall, 8 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Well-liked 32-year-old American conductor James Gaffigan heads up an unorthodox mix of pieces. Brahms&#8217; Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn goes well with Haydn&#8217;s Trumpet Concerto, featuring TSO principal trumpet Andrew McCandless. But these two standbys are programmed with B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k&#8217;s sweat-inducing suite from the ballet The Miraculous Mandarin. Talk about contrasts.<br \/>\nThe programme repeats Saturday. Thursday&#8217;s variation is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tso.ca\/Concerts-And-Tickets\/Events\/2011-2012-Season\/Beyond-the-Score-The-Miraculous-Mandarin.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Keeping Score presentation<\/a> of the Bart\u00f3k piece.<br \/>\nTickets and info <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tso.ca\/Concerts-And-Tickets\/Events\/2011-2012-Season\/The-Miraculous-Mandarin.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pianist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alejandrovela.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alejandro Vela<\/a> performs solo at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, noon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Today&#8217;s programme focuses on virtuosic showpieces: Robert\u00a0Schumann&#8217;s\u00a0Symphonic \u00c9tudes, Op. 13, John Corigliano&#8217;s\u00a0Etude Fantasy\u00a0and \u00e9tudes by Sergei Rachmaninov (Op. 33, No. 6), Manuel Ponce (\u201cHacia la Cima\u201d), Gyorgi Ligeti (\u201cAutomne \u00e0 Varsovie\u201d) and Nikolai Kapustin (Op. 40, No. 8).<br \/>\nAt the Four Seasons Centre. Free.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a taste of Vela serving up a piece of schmaltz by Ponce at Classical 96 FM last spring:<\/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\/WObQk-4KfKg?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>FRIDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tenor Charles Daniels sings Renaissance lute songs at Trinity-St. Paul&#8217;s Centre, 8 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Toronto Consort hosts English tenor Charles Daniels and lutenist David Miller in a concert of songs by Renaissance omposers Thomas Morley, John Danyels, Thomas Campian and Etienne Moulini\u00e9. Daniels, a longtime favourite guest of Tafelmusik and the Consort, is a master of the sensitive expression these songs need.<br \/>\nTickets and info <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontoconsort.org\/season\/schedule.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SATURDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham in recital at Koerner Hall, 8 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This American vocal magician is as magnetic in solo recital as she is on the opera stage. Recently in Toronto for the Canadian Opera Company&#8217;s Iphig\u00e9nie en Tauride, Graham returns for a solo art-song and Broadway programme, accompanied by pianist Malcolm Martineau.<br \/>\nTickets and info <a href=\"http:\/\/performance.rcmusic.ca\/event\/susan-graham-malcolm-martineau\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nHere, Graham sings &#8220;L&#8217;Heure exquise,&#8221; by Reynaldo Hahn:<\/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\/vJIz86Mtyek?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>SUNDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amici Chamber Ensemble, with designer Rosemarie Umetsu at the Glenn Gould Studio, 3 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This flexible group of top-level Toronto professionals and guests &#8212; including powerhouse violinist Lara St. John &#8212; continues its season with a twist by pairing great music with high fashion, as filtered through the palette of designer Rosemarie Umestu.<br \/>\nTickets and info <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amiciensemble.com\/fashionista\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe programme includes one of my desert-island pieces: The Concert in D Major by French composer Ernest Chausson. Here \u00a0is the &#8220;Sicilienne&#8221; movement, featuring the Avalon Quartet, violinist Rachel Barton Pine and pianist Matthew Hagle:<\/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\/tGzl1JfTbPM?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The season is in full post-New Year swing. Here is a concert a day worth finding time for. I&#8217;ve mixed paid with free, evening as well as midday. 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