{"id":95581,"date":"2023-04-03T09:35:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T13:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=95581"},"modified":"2023-04-03T09:35:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T13:35:06","slug":"critics-picks-classical-events-absolutely-need-see-week-apr-3-apr-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/04\/03\/critics-picks-classical-events-absolutely-need-see-week-apr-3-apr-9\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: Apr. 3 \u2013 Apr. 9"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Storg\u00e5rds (Photo courtesy of the TSO); Soprano Meghan Lindsay with Artists of the Atelier Baller in the filmed production of Handel’s The Resurrection (Photo: Bruce Zinger); Jonathan Oldengarm (Photo courtesy of Met United Church)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a list of concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between April 3 and April 9, 2023. For more of what\u2019s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

U of T\/Contemporary Music Ensemble<\/h3>\n

Tuesday April 4 at 7:30 p.m. Walter Hall. $30 adult, $20 senior, $10 student<\/p>\n

The student ensemble under Wallace Halladay offers works by four modern superstars: Arvo P\u00e4rt (Fratres), Gy\u00f6rgy Ligeti (Melodien), Thomas Ad\u00e8s (Living Toys Op. 9) and John Adams (Son of a Chamber Symphony). Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra\/Mahler 5\/John Storg\u00e5rds<\/h3>\n

Thursday April 6 at 8 p.m. (repeats Saturday April 8 at 8 p.m.). Roy Thomson Hall. $68+<\/p>\n

John Storg\u00e5rds, principal guest conductor of the NACO, leads the TSO in what is probably \u2014 post-T\u00e1r \u2014 Mahler\u2019s best-known symphony. In the first half, Leila Josefowicz gives the Canadian premiere of the 2016 Violin Concerto of the Scottish composer Helen Grime. Also on the program: the North American premiere of the meditative Adagio Religioso by Storg\u00e5rds\u2019s fellow Finn, Joonas Kokkonen (1921-96). Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Opera Atelier\/The Resurrection<\/h3>\n

Thursday April 6 at 7:30 p.m. (repeats Saturday April 8 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday April 9 at 2:30 p.m.). Koerner Hall. $49+<\/p>\n

Opera Atelier has chosen a fitting time of year to stage Handel\u2019s 1708 oratorio La Resurrezione. David Fallis conducts Tafelmusik and a cast of reliable Atelier regulars. Marshall Pynkoski directs. Italian words with surtitles. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Handel\/Brockes Passion<\/h3>\n

Friday April 7 at 7:30 p.m. Metropolitan United Church. $30 in person, $15 online (live & on demand)<\/p>\n

Metropolitan United Church observes Good Friday with a presentation of Handel\u2019s rarely-heard setting of a 1712 Passion text by the German poet Barthold Heinrich Brockes. Jonathan Oldengarm conducts soloists, chorus and a period orchestra. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Classical music and opera events in Toronto for the week of April 3 to April 9, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":95582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40430,74,76,18,19,875,3895,38,43,63],"tags":[39692,2494,3360,9494],"yst_prominent_words":[7173,8345,8853,13445,15495,14217,14056,10287,12857,9357],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/CRITICS-PICKS-Apr-3-2023.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-oRD","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95581"}],"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=95581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95583,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95581\/revisions\/95583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95581"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=95581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}