This can be a listing of concert events we’re attending, wishing we may attend, or desirous about attending between March 24 and 30, 2025. For extra of what’s taking place round Toronto, go to our calendar right here.
Canadian Opera Firm: Vocal/Dance Collection: David and Jonathan
Tuesday, March 25, Midday
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, 4 Seasons Centre, Free
In anticipation of Opera Atelier’s Canadian premiere of Charpentier’s David and Jonathan, this Tuesday midday hour is crammed with delicate slivers of the grandeur of excessive French Baroque. OA’s lavish manufacturing was created and carried out on the Royal Chapel of Versailles in 2022, with all of the bells and whistles, together with the interval costumes and ballet sequence — setting OA a step above the common opera expertise. Come and see what co-directors Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunnesse have created for the complete manufacturing on the Koerner Corridor later in April. The delicious music of Charpentier is certainly extremely flavoured — it ain’t Vivaldi, Bach, or Purcell — defining the nationalistic palettes of the Baroque period is a sophisticated matter, with so many transferring components from each other. Nevertheless, the French Baroque, particularly Charpentier’s music, is stuffed with Louis XIV, the Solar King’s gold-leafed glory constructed on wealth the world had by no means seen earlier than, and Charpentier is without doubt one of the finest composers there ever was. Undecided in case you agree? Come and see it for your self — what a approach to energize your self on Tuesday afternoon! Information right here.
Royal Conservatory of Music: Martin Fröst, Antoine Tamestit, and Shai Wosner
Friday, March 28, 8 p.m.
Koerner Corridor, $50+
The Swedish clarinet genius Martin Fröst, simply probably the greatest clarinetists of our time, if not the very best, brings intimate chamber music to Koerner Corridor with Antoine Tamestit (viola) and Shai Wosner (piano). Most of the people solely actually get to see just a few devices and singers within the classical corridor highlight — assume concerto devices: piano, violin, cello, and voice. There are occasional performances of brass or wind concertos — thought of a lightweight spotlight of bigger programming — and particular chamber music programming reminiscent of string quartets, piano trios, and so on. — nevertheless it’s not so widespread to see the clarinet, or the viola, to be the star of all the program. So, come and see this eclectic program carried out with world class finesse, creativity, and sensitivity: for a lot of, it’ll be wild to listen to the clarinet, and the viola take the centre stage with piano, really displaying their full potential. Information right here.
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra: Choral Splendours: Bach & Zelenka
Friday, March 28, 8 p.m., Saturday, March 29, 8 p.m., Sunday, March 30, 3 p.m.
Jeanne Lamon Corridor, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, $20+
Who’s Jan Dismas Zelenka? Bach thought of him probably the greatest, and we’re fortunate to have Ivars Taurins, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir’s director, champion Zelenka’s music for the Toronto viewers. For Tafel’s annual summer time music institute last live performance, Taurins all the time programmes a little bit of Zelenka, together with Bach, and Charpentier — it’s that good, method up there with the acquainted greats. Tthis specific efficiency will mark Tafelmusik’s completion of Zelenka’s 5 excessive Plenty. Come and listen to superb choral music, with soloist Myriam Leblanc, explode with vitality and excellent approach for Zelenka’s superb music, together with Bach’s nice hits. Learn our Preview right here. Information right here.
Confluence Live shows.: The Line Between
Saturday, March 29, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, March 30, 3 p.m.
Heliconian Corridor, $30
Among the finest intimate chamber collection on the town, Confluence presents The Line Between, a Suba Sankaran curation. Sankaran, a multifaceted musician, has woven magic, drawing from world music, pop, jazz, people, gospel, and a brand new tune suite: Blue Skies, Purple Earth, Tall Pine. In case you are within the in-depth philosophy and selections that result in this really boundary-free programming, come a bit of earlier (45 minutes earlier than the live performance downbeat), to affix the artists for the pre-concert chat. Musicians: Dylan Bell, Andrew Downing, Aidan McConnell and Patricia O’Callaghan be part of Sankaran on this beautiful program. Information right here.
Royal Conservatory of Music: Chamber Music Collection: Vivaldi’s 4 Seasons at 300
Saturday, March 29, 8 p.m.
Koerner Corridor, $60+
Among the finest Baroque troupes on the earth, Les Arts Florrisants, return to Toronto with Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin). The perennial favorite, a real celebration of string devices, Vivaldi’s 4 Seasons, together with Monteverdi, Uccellini and Geminiani, promise loads of excellence and pyrotechnics from de Swarte and Les Arts Florissants. Les Arts, with practically 100 recordings, and de Swarte, a fast-rising star nonetheless in his 20s, already with the 2022 Diapason D’or of the yr (Vivaldi, Locatelli, and Leclair concertos) signifies that something, and nearly all the things may be attainable. Come and listen to the acquainted 4 Seasons, however this time, with such virtuosity, you simply would possibly hear issues that you simply by no means heard earlier than — it’s superb what will be conjured from scores within the fingers of true masters. Learn our Preview right here. Information right here.
Mooredale Live shows: Duo Sonidos
Sunday, March 30, 3:15 p.m.
Walter Corridor, 80 Queen’s Park, $30+
Duo Sonidos — William Knuth (violin) and Adam Levin (guitar) — brings intimacy and the brilliance of those two hardly ever matched devices to Walter Corridor. Because the violin is bowed and the guitar is plucked, although carefully associated, in some way they don’t get paired fairly often. So, be part of on this Sunday afternoon to listen to DS, winners of the primary prize on the Luys Milan Worldwide Chamber Music Competitors in Valencia, play a program of Assad, Pereira, Foss, Gershwin, Morales-Caso and Muñizl. There may be a lot potential for brand new discoveries for the viewers right here — for contemporary compositions and intimate dialog between the devices. Include joyful curiosity, and sink into Duo Sonidos’ distinctive sound world. For the younger’uns, there’s the choice for Music & Truffles, an hour-long exploration of music, beginning at 1:15 p.m., with loads of encouragement for dancing and clapping. Information right here.
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Cecilia tumbled into ‘severe’ music research when she determined to keep away from attending medical faculty. Presently 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.