This can be a listing of concert events we’re attending, wishing we may attend, or occupied with attending between June 9 and 15, 2025. For extra of what’s occurring round Toronto, go to our calendar right here.
New Music Concert events: Glimmer: A Private and Shared Exploration of Queerness
Wednesday June 11, 8 p.m.
Buddies in Dangerous Occasions Theatre, 12 Alexander St. $20+
NMC’s model new fee to Thierry Tidrow: Glimmer, will likely be carried out on the Buddies, with nice singers: Anika Venkatesh, Danika Lorèn, and Ryan McDonal, together with the marginally uncommon instrumental ensemble of: clarinets (Brad Cherwin), flutes (Terry Lim), and viola (Hee-Soo Yoon). Tidrow, presently composer-in-residence at Oper Dortmund, has a lot expertise writing for the voice, and this live performance, centered on Glimmer, can be a beautiful probability to soak into up to date vocal richness. There will likely be a pre-show discuss with Tidrow, adopted by the Younger Artist Overture for this program with Kailan Fournier, performing Saariaho’s ‘Duft’ for solo clarinet at 7: 45 p.m, earlier than the principle occasion at 8 p.m. Come and see what it’s like for a person to know, assemble, and reside with an identification that clashes, and challenges the world. Learn our Interview with Thierry Tidrow right here. Information right here.
Opera 5: Toronto Opera Competition: Gala — A Evening of Opera and Musical Theatre
Thursday, June 12, 7:30 p.m.
Manufacturing facility Theatre, 125 Bathurst St., $22+
Opera 5, a younger firm, has been working very arduous, and their arduous work is creating beautiful alternatives for us to develop on the super-traditional operatic world. Lately chosen as the most recent Firm-in-Residence on the Canadian Opera Firm, Opera 5’s inaugural Toronto Opera Competition includes three occasions: Gala, premiere of Come Nearer by Ryan Trew and Rachel Krehm, and William Finn’s Elegies: A Track Cycle. It is very important keep in mind that music exists in many alternative varieties and areas, and that until we go, it’s arduous to appreciate the significance of plurality in life — particularly in arts. There’s at all times one thing infectious and contagious in true vitality and power — come and share that pleasure with Opera 5, of their first yr of festivus! Information right here.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra: Gimeno Conducts the Better of Brahms
Thursday, June 12, 8 p.m., Saturday, June 14, 8 p.m., Sunday, June 15, 3 p.m.
Roy Thomson Corridor, $30+
The Icelandic famous person, Víkingur Ólafsson, steps onto the Roy Thomson stage to play a perennial favorite: Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1. Begun as a piece for two-pianos, Brahms quickly realized that his concepts wanted one thing bigger — and after a lot deliberation (first conception round 1854, to public premiere in 1859), the work initially did not win the hearts of the viewers. Nevertheless, this early Brahms composition is stuffed with drama, and Ólafsson, thought-about top-of-the-line of his technology, can be the soloist to discover the extraordinary depth of this work. Brahms’ 4th symphony pairs to finish this system, and for every evening, a brand new work will likely be premiered: Amy Branson (June 12), Andrew James Clark (Jun 14), Sonny-Ray Day Rider (Jun 15). One thing new, one thing outdated, and all excellent: a good way to sink into an evening filled with pathos, and to create an emotional journey by way of one of the vital beloved masters. Information right here.
Trinity Bach Mission: Bach & Honour
Friday, June 13, 8 p.m.
Knox Presbyterian Church, 630 Spadina Ave., $10+
TBP’s third season closes with beautiful music of Bach (Cantata BWV 107, 117, and motet BWV 230), and a cappella works by William Byrd, Arvo Pärt, and Charles Villiers Stanford. TBP’s chamber singing has been high notch, and their instrumental ensemble, which varies from program to program, has been wealthy in selection and expression. It’s so good to see a excessive calibre efficiency that’s really accessible to all, so come out, and finish the bustle of the workweek with Bach’s rigorously crafted masterpieces in glory — glory of one thing that’s bigger than us, life that pulses past the little we will see as people. There will likely be two extra performances of Bach & Honour in June (June 18: St John’s Yorkmills Anglican, June 21: little Trinity Anglican Church). Unfold the phrase, nearly as good arts can elevate the day from mundane to one thing particular. Information right here.
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Cecilia tumbled into ‘critical’ music examine when she determined to keep away from attending medical faculty. Presently working within the subject 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.