{"id":93397,"date":"2023-01-30T11:12:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T16:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=93397"},"modified":"2023-01-30T14:06:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T19:06:42","slug":"critics-picks-classical-events-absolutely-need-see-week-jan-30-feb-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/01\/30\/critics-picks-classical-events-absolutely-need-see-week-jan-30-feb-5\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: Jan. 30 \u2013 Feb. 5"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ambur
Ambur Braid as Salome (Photo courtesy of the COC); Conductor Masaaki Suzuki (Photo: Marco Borggreve); Riccardo Muti conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Photo: Todd Rosenberg)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a list of concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between Jan. 30 and Feb. 5, 2023. For more details on what\u2019s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

RCM\/Chicago Symphony Orchestra<\/h3>\n

Wednesday Feb. 1 and Thursday Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. Koerner Hall. $85+<\/p>\n

No less an ensemble than the Chicago Symphony makes its first Toronto appearances in more than a century under the direction of its music director, Riccardo Muti. The robustly standard programs offer Beethoven (Seventh Symphony<\/em>) and Prokofiev (Fifth Symphony<\/em>) on Wednesday and Beethoven (Coriolan Overture<\/em> and Eighth Symphony<\/em>), Liadov (The Enchanted Lake<\/em>) and Mussorgsky-Ravel (Pictures at an Exhibition<\/em>) on Thursday. Wednesday is sold out. If you believe in miracles, check the box office here<\/a><\/strong>. Rush ticket info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Artists of the COC Orchestra\/Metamorphosen<\/h3>\n

Thursday Feb. 2 at noon. Four Seasons Centre. Free.<\/p>\n

Players from the COC Orchestra try out a septet version of Richard Strauss\u2019s radiant Metamorphosen<\/em>. Also on this free noontime program: Zolt\u00e1n Kod\u00e1ly\u2019s Serenade for Two Violins<\/em> and Viola, Op. 12. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Canadian Opera Company\/Salome<\/h3>\n

Friday Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Four Seasons Centre (repeat Sunday Feb. 5 at 2 p.m.). $45+<\/p>\n

Atom Egoyan\u2019s 1996 production of Strauss\u2019s one-act shocker has been revived and tweaked a few times. However it is presented on this occasion, we can have faith in a cast that includes soprano Ambur Braid \u2014 deemed \u201cspectacular\u201d by a Frankfurt critic in her 2020 debut in the title role \u2014 as well as the reliable veterans Karita Mattila (Herodias) and Michael Schade (Herod). Johannes Debus conducts. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

U of T\/Hatzis @ 70<\/h3>\n

Saturday Feb. 4 at 2:30 p.m. Walter Hall. Free.<\/p>\n

U of T\u2019s new music festival includes a tribute to the veteran composition prof Christos Hatzis. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

RCM\/Bach Collegium Japan\/Masaaki Suzuki<\/h3>\n

Sunday Feb. 5 at 3 p.m. Koerner Hall. $50+<\/p>\n

The acclaimed baroque ensemble appears under its founder in a program bringing together instrumental works and solo cantatas by Bach and his approximate contemporaries Telemann and Johann Gottlieb Janitsch. British baritone Roderick Williams is heard in Bach\u2019s Cantata No. 82 \u201cIch habe genug.\u201d Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n

Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Classical music and opera events in Toronto for the week of January 30 to February 5, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":93400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40430,74,10,76,19,875,3895,38,43,63],"tags":[40458,4597,40091,4787,6304],"yst_prominent_words":[22384,21122,10057,16336,12665,10549,19763,6606,6616,6613,10287,8757,9335,6637,6826,13600,22846],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/CRITICS-PICKS-Jan-30-2023.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-oip","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93397"}],"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=93397"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93409,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93397\/revisions\/93409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93397"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=93397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}