{"id":95855,"date":"2023-04-17T10:45:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=95855"},"modified":"2023-04-17T10:45:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:45:54","slug":"critics-picks-classical-events-absolutely-need-see-week-april-17-april-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/04\/17\/critics-picks-classical-events-absolutely-need-see-week-april-17-april-23\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: April 17 \u2013 April 23"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L-R (clockwise): Beatrice Rana (Photo courtesy of the RCM); Blake Pouliot (Photo courtesy of the artist); Esprit Orchestra and conductor Alex Pauk (Photo: Bo Huang)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a list of concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between April 17 and April 23, 2023. For more details on what\u2019s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

RCM\/Beatrice Rana<\/h3>\n

Tuesday April 18 at 8 p.m. Koerner Hall. $45+<\/p>\n

This Italian laureate of the Montreal (first prize) and Van Cliburn (silver medal) competitions performs Beethoven\u2019s \u201cHammerklavier,\u201d the Everest of piano sonatas, along with Bach (French Suite No. 2 in C Minor) and Debussy (Pour le piano). Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

RCM\/Blake Pouliot\/Henry Kramer<\/h3>\n

Friday April 21 at 8 p.m. Koerner Hall. $35+<\/p>\n

Brahms\u2019s Violin Sonata Op. 108 and Chausson\u2019s Po\u00e8me are the passionate mainstays of a recital by the fast-rising Torontonian Blake Pouliot<\/a>. Also on the program are works by Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa, Clara Schumann, Derrick Skye (for violin and electronics) and Kaija Saariaho (for solo violin). Henry Kramer of the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al is the pianist. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra\/Avi Avital<\/h3>\n

Saturday April 22 at 8 p.m. (repeats Sunday April 23 at 3 p.m.). Roy Thomson Hall (Saturday), George Weston Recital Hall (Sunday). $35+<\/p>\n

The TSO goes folk-baroque this week with the assistance of the acclaimed mandolinist (and Deutsche Gramophone artist) Avi Avital. Concertos by Bach, Vivaldi and Avital\u2019s fellow Israeli Avner Dorman; Bart\u00f3k\u2019s Romanian Folk Dances; and Six Miniatures on Georgian Folk Themes by Sulkhan Tsintsadze (1925-1991). Avital functions as leader as well as soloist. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Esprit Orchestra\/Season Finale<\/h3>\n

Sunday April 23 at 8 p.m. Koerner Hall. $20+<\/p>\n

Alex Pauk and his charges return to Koerner Hall<\/a> for a program comprising selections from Max Richter\u2019s The Four Seasons Recomposed (Aaron Schwebel, violin), John Corigliano\u2019s formidable Symphony No. 1 and premieres by Chris Paul Harman and Eugene Astapov. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Classical music and opera events in Toronto for the week of April 17 to April 23, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":95856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40430,74,76,19,3895,38,43,63],"tags":[6581,18391,24677,1194],"yst_prominent_words":[12162,8345,7587,8853,18419,13137,10549,19763,7670,6606,10287,8757,12857,18317,6808,7249],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/CRITICS-PICKS-Apr-17-to-23-2023.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-oW3","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95855"}],"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=95855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95857,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95855\/revisions\/95857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95855"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=95855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}