This can be a checklist of live shows we’re attending, wishing we might attend, or excited about attending between January 6 and 12, 2025. For extra of what’s occurring 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 start out the yr – with performances from younger artists from the Phil and Eli Taylor Efficiency Academy. As we glance headlong into a brand new yr filled with potential, we be part of the academy college students (ages 8-18) in the midst of their year-long deep exploration of their craft and emotional boundaries – a fantastic alternative for each performers and viewers to share real inspiration and contemporary power. In the event you’ve been lacking out on Taylor Academy’s common efficiency on the Mazzolini Corridor (as these free tickets go tremendous quick; they’re normally launched per week earlier than the efficiency date), this may be a great way to come back and help them with enthusiastic applause and appreciation. Data 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 overlooked her music after her loss of life. Nevertheless, due to 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 all 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 steadiness, 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’ underneath the visitor baton of Anja Bihlmaier- a reliable insurance coverage for a superb evening (and a matinée) filled with excessive calibre music. Data right here.
Trinity Bach Mission: 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 accessible.
Following within the footsteps of the three kings and their items, TBP have curated a weekend filled 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 singular factor, giving us drama with intimacy, and it’s a nice pleasure to listen to one in all our personal, from our personal time, talking straight in such a setting. Data right here.
College of Toronto, School of Music: Julien Beaudiment: Recital
Saturday, January 11, 7:30 p.m
Walter Corridor, 80 Queens Park, Free
It’s true that after 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 delicate variations of the totally different flute ‘colleges.’ Julien Beaudiment, a present main determine within the French flute faculty, 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 probability for most of the people to listen to this explicit creative course of, and to be taught concerning the uniquely refined values of the French faculty. It’s open to the general public – do come and discover! Data right here.
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Cecilia tumbled into ‘critical’ music research when she determined to keep away from attending medical faculty. At the moment working within the area 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.