{"id":99292,"date":"2023-09-25T09:52:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T13:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=99292"},"modified":"2023-09-25T11:29:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T15:29:52","slug":"critics-picks-classical-music-events-absolutely-need-see-week-sept-25-oct-1-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/09\/25\/critics-picks-classical-music-events-absolutely-need-see-week-sept-25-oct-1-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"CRITIC\u2019S PICKS | Classical Music Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: Sept. 25 \u2013 Oct. 1, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L-R (clockwise): Russell Thomas as Florestan in Fidelio, San Francisco Opera, 2021 (Photo: Cory Weaver); Michael Bridge (Photo courtesy of the artist); Seong-Jin Cho (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 Sept. 25 and Oct. 1, 2023. For more of what\u2019s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra\/Seong-Jin Cho\/Gustavo Gimeno<\/h3>\n

Thursday Sept. 28 at 8 p.m., Friday Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday Sept. 30 at 8 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall. $66+<\/p>\n

Gustavo Gimeno and the TSO continue their exploration of mostly-early-20th-century repertoire with a concert including Scriabin\u2019s The Poem of Ecstasy, Ravel\u2019s Rapsodie espagnole and Ravel\u2019s Concerto for the Left Hand (with the South Korean star Seong-Jin Cho at the piano). The 21st-century selection is the North American premiere of Synth\u00e9sie, a piece with five movements dedicated to the five senses by the Peruvian composer Jimmy L\u00f3pez Bellido. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

U of T\/Michael Bridge<\/h3>\n

Thursday Sept. 28 at noon. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building. Free.<\/p>\n

The highly-regarded accordionist and U of T alumnus offers a free program of arrangements of Bach, Brett Dean (from the opera Hamlet), Faur\u00e9, Majkusiak, Piazzolla (Oblivion) and Tchaikovsky (no less an opus than the 1812 Overture). Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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

Friday Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday Oct. 1 at 2 p.m. Four Seasons Centre. $44+<\/p>\n

The COC season starts with a San Francisco Opera production of Beethoven\u2019s much-mangled opera that sets the action in a modern prison. Finnish soprano Miina-Liisa V\u00e4rel\u00e4 plays the heroic Leonore and the America tenor Clay Hilley plays the unjustly incarcerated Florestan. Johannes Debus conducts. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Amici Chamber Ensemble\/Gems<\/h3>\n

Sunday Oct. 1 at 3 p.m. Jeanne Lamon Hall. $50 ($30 under 30).<\/p>\n

Amici regulars Joaquin Valdepe\u00f1as (clarinet) David Hetherington (cello) and Serouj Kradjian (piano) are joined by Erika Raum (violin) and Neil Deland (horn) in a program of Zden\u011bk Fibich (Quintet), Carl Fr\u00fchling (Clarinet Trio), Sofia Gubaidulina (Preludes for Solo Cello) and a new piece (Tetiana’s Journey to a New World) by Larysa Kuzmenko. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

RCM\/Mahani Teave<\/h3>\n

Sunday Oct. 1 at 3 p.m. Koerner Hall. $40+<\/p>\n

Billed as the lone professional classical musician on Easter Island, this pianist appears under the aegis of the RCM in a program comprising Bach\u2019s Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, a Chopin group including the Scherzo No. 1, Liszt\u2019s Ballade No. 2, a pair of Rachmaninoff Moments musicaux and music based on traditional Rapa Nui (i.e. Easter Island) sources. Read our interview with Mahani Teave here<\/a><\/strong>. Info here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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