It is a listing of concert events we’re attending, wishing we might attend, or excited about attending between January 6 and 12, 2025. For extra of what’s taking place round Toronto, go to our calendar right here.
Canadian Opera Firm: Instrumental Sequence: Rising Stars
Wednesday, January 8, 12 p.m.
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, 4 Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Free
An effective way to begin the yr – with performances from younger artists from the Phil and Eli Taylor Efficiency Academy. As we glance headlong into a brand new yr stuffed with potential, we be a part of the academy college students (ages 8-18) in the midst of their year-long deep exploration of their craft and emotional boundaries – an excellent alternative for each performers and viewers to share real inspiration and contemporary vitality. In case you’ve been lacking out on Taylor Academy’s common efficiency on the Mazzolini Corridor (as these free tickets go tremendous quick; they’re often launched every week earlier than the efficiency date), this might be a great way to return and help them with enthusiastic applause and appreciation. Information right here.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra: Dvořák’s New World Symphony
Thursday, January 9, 8 p.m.; Saturday, January 11, 8 p.m.; Roy Thomson Corridor, $64+; Sunday, January 12, 3 p.m., George Weston Recital Corridor, Meridian Arts Centre.
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) was as soon as a real tour-de-force, but by some means, we overpassed her music after her loss of life. Nonetheless, because of the current curiosity within the rediscovery and exploration of non-canonic repertoire (particularly from ladies composers) her music is making a well-deserved comeback. Opening the brand new yr with Bacewicz’s Concerto for String Orchestra, a contemporary piece for just about each one in every of us, feels auspicious. The work calls for excessive calibre efficiency from its gamers, as Bacewicz’s writing calls for first-rate technicality and ensemble finesse, excellent intonation and chordal stability, with correct and laser-sharp articulation. It will likely be thrilling to see what is feasible. The remainder of this system guarantees the well-familiar consolation of Mozart’s Clarinet concerto, that includes TSO’s very personal Eric Abramovitz, and Dvořák’s Symphony 9, ‘From the New World’ below the visitor baton of Anja Bihlmaier- a reliable insurance coverage for an excellent evening (and a matinée) stuffed with excessive calibre music. Information right here.
Trinity Bach Challenge: Bach & Epiphany
Friday, January 10, 8 p.m., Saturday, January 11, 8 p.m.,
Little Trinity Anglican Church, 425 King St. E., $10+, Pay-what-you-choose additionally obtainable.
Following within the footsteps of the three kings and their items, TBP have curated a weekend stuffed with items: Brandenburg Concertos 3 and 4, Bach’s Keyboard Concerto No. 1, and a model new cherry on the highest: a brand new piano quartet by Godwin Friesen. Come for the jewels of the Baroque period, and listen to a brand new work from our personal time. An awesome chamber music live performance is kind of a novel factor, giving us drama with intimacy, and it’s a nice pleasure to listen to one in every of our personal, from our personal time, talking immediately in such a setting. Information right here.
College of Toronto, College of Music: Julien Beaudiment: Recital
Saturday, January 11, 7:30 p.m
Walter Corridor, 80 Queens Park, Free
It’s true that when you begin seeing issues, you will notice extra issues. The flute, sitting within the centre of the orchestra, is an integral a part of Western classical music; but few would know the refined variations of the completely different flute ‘colleges.’ Julien Beaudiment, a present main determine within the French flute college, is on the town this week, as a part of the France-Canada Distinguished VIsitors in Music 2024-25 season, giving masterclasses and performing a recital in Walter Corridor. A uncommon likelihood for most people to listen to this explicit creative course of, and to be taught concerning the uniquely refined values of the French college. It’s open to the general public – do come and discover! Information right here.
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Cecilia tumbled into ‘critical’ music research when she determined to keep away from attending medical college. At the moment working within the discipline of classical music, recording, and Korean-English interpretation, she tends to get her nostril soiled in many alternative issues within the metropolis. Cecilia holds a DMA in Piano Efficiency from the College of Nebraska-Lincoln.