It is a checklist of concert events we’re attending, wishing we may attend, or excited about attending between January 27 and February 2, 2024. For extra of what’s taking place round Toronto, go to our calendar right here.
COC Vocal Sequence: Identität / 個性
Wednesday, January 29, Midday
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, 4 Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, free.
With Madama Butterfly operating in the home, COC presents two midday concert events this week, that includes Samuel Chan on Wednesday, and Teiya Kasahara and Chihiro Yasufuku on Thursday. Chan, who sings Prince Yamadori within the present manufacturing, sees the world by many alternative lenses, as a Chinese language-Canadian artist primarily based in Germany. Come and see what ideas have popped into Chan’s thoughts: the life by migration the place so many issues develop into open — and closed — is a wealthy and costly one: what has he seen, what has he let go, and what does it imply to be on such a trajectory? What would you see from Chan’s program, primarily based on considered one of Mahler’s finest works: Das Lied von der Erde? Information right here.
Music Toronto: JACK Quartet: The Sound of Trendy Artwork
Thursday, January 30, 7:30 p.m.
Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, $55, scholar tickets and humanities staff low cost obtainable.
Music Toronto in collaboration with the College of Toronto New Music Pageant presents JACK quartet with a lovely program. Juxtaposing music from the far previous by Vicentino (1511-1575/6), Taylor Brook (b. 1985), Amy Williams (b. 1969), Christopher Otto (b. 1983), Ruth Crawford (Seeger) (1901-53), and Philip Glass (b. 1937), it’s a stunning journey to see how we view the world now, as we feature legacies from the previous which may be seen, or invisible. Everybody got here from one thing, and we, transient in time, transfer ahead — and thru this gesture, we run into so many previous lives and ideas which might be unattainable to see consciously of their entirety. In parallel, it is also unattainable to see all issues that occur inside our time consciously — when you’re driving, you received’t be capable of see the surroundings in its entirety. Up to date music, although it might look bizarre and scary, isn’t too completely different from making an attempt out a brand new restaurant — you merely have to go, as soon as. In the event you really feel uneasy about venturing into the unknown, the much less acquainted, remind your self that you just’ve executed this all of your life, and that individuals who introduced you these ‘new’ issues, are presenting it with deep love for these texts; let JACK quartet’s very good mastery of devices and types take you away into an odd place: our personal time. Information right here.
Flamencolia Dance Firm: FLAMENCO on the Monarch
Thursday, January 30, 8 p.m.
The Monarch Tavern, 12 Clinton St., $20
4 of Canada’s most celebrated flamenco artists carry tablaos to the Monarch Tavern: Lia Grainger (dance), Ana Lia (voice), Nicolás Hernández (guitar), and Chendy León (percussion). We simply went by the darkest weeks of the Northern Hemisphere, however the days are getting longer, and we’re virtually out of January — solely 49 days until the Spring equinox! Hold onto your sunny hopes and are available out and revel in this sensible artform; let your thoughts be dazzled with depth, brilliance, and true rhythmic pulsation — we merely aren’t constructed to bounce with out a pulse. Maybe our personal toes, frozen by the polar spells of this January, will thaw a bit, and re-learn to wriggle and faucet, completely acceptable for this causal, intimate setting. Information right here.
Canadian Opera Firm: La Reine-garçon
Friday, January 31, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, February 2, 2 p.m., Wednesday, February 5, 7:30 p.m., Friday, February 7, 7:30 p.m., Sunday February 9, 2 p.m., Thursday, February 13, 7:30 pm.m, Saturday, February 15, 4:30 p.m.
4 Seasons Centre, $45+
With the present authorities changeover down the border, we’re compelled to re-examine the which means of Canada, and being Canadian. Apparently, this query of self-identity, an integral a part of Toronto’s personal id, typically will get muddled below ‘oh we’re all on this collectively as a nation.’ So, from the floor, trying on the story of Queen Christine of Sweden, from faraway Scandinavia within the faraway time of the seventeenth century, you may surprise: what does it should do with me? Loads! Raised as a boy, this queen had many ‘normalities’ set towards her — a lot of the issues that she couldn’t change: her gender, her bisexuality, her god-given management place amongst males (again then)… Setting this story on this planet the place not a lot has modified for some, Canadians Julien Ilodeau (composer) and Michel Marc Bouchard’s (librettist) onerous work received many accolades when it premiered in Montreal. Come and have a good time a brand new work that’s really of our personal; with its sharp juxtaposition to the nice previous canon favorite, Madama Butterfly, this could possibly be the present that speaks to your coronary heart. Information right here.
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra: Sensible Baroque
Friday, January 31, 8 p.m., Saturday, February 01, 8 p.m., Sunday, February 02, 3 p.m.
Jeanne Lamon Corridor, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, $20+
The superb Rachel Podger returns to hitch Tafelmusik for ‘take two’ of their sold-out South Korean tour program. This system consists of canonic Baroque samplers, from concerto grossi to the orchestral works of Handel, Purcell, Avison, Reichenauer and good ol’ J.S.Bach. It could be foolish to restate the love for the brilliance of Tafelmusik with Podger. And it will be very foolish to overlook out on this wealthy promise. Collect your braveness and head out into the January evening; or act rapidly, and it’s possible you’ll get one of many only a few Sunday afternoon tickets, if there are nonetheless any left (99% bought!). Take a look at our Preview right here. Information right here.
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Cecilia tumbled into ‘severe’ music examine 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.
