It is a listing of live shows we’re attending, wishing we may attend, or fascinated about attending between January 27 and February 2, 2024. For extra of what’s occurring 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 live shows 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 means of many alternative lenses, as a Chinese language-Canadian artist based mostly in Germany. Come and see what ideas have popped into Chan’s thoughts: the life by means of migration the place so many issues change 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, based mostly on one among Mahler’s finest works: Das Lied von der Erde? Data 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 out there.
Music Toronto in collaboration with the College of Toronto New Music Competition presents JACK quartet with an attractive 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 beautiful 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 are inconceivable to see consciously of their entirety. In parallel, it is also inconceivable to see all issues that occur inside our time consciously — when you find yourself driving, you gained’t be capable of see the surroundings in its entirety. Modern music, although it could look bizarre and scary, isn’t too completely different from attempting 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 excellent mastery of devices and kinds take you away into a wierd place: our personal time. Data 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 convey tablaos to the Monarch Tavern: Lia Grainger (dance), Ana Lia (voice), Nicolás Hernández (guitar), and Chendy León (percussion). We simply went by means of 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! Dangle onto your sunny hopes and are available out and luxuriate in this good artform; let your thoughts be dazzled with depth, brilliance, and true rhythmic pulsation — we merely aren’t constructed to bop with no pulse. Maybe our personal toes, frozen by means of the polar spells of this January, will thaw a bit, and re-learn to wriggle and faucet, completely acceptable for this causal, intimate setting. Data 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, usually will get muddled beneath ‘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 would possibly marvel: what does it should do with me? Lots! 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 the earth the place not a lot has modified for some, Canadians Julien Ilodeau (composer) and Michel Marc Bouchard’s (librettist) arduous work gained many accolades when it premiered in Montreal. Come and rejoice a brand new work that’s actually of our personal; with its sharp juxtaposition to the nice outdated canon favorite, Madama Butterfly, this could possibly be the present that speaks to your coronary heart. Data 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 wonderful 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 will be foolish to restate the love for the brilliance of Tafelmusik with Podger. And it might be very foolish to overlook out on this wealthy promise. Collect your braveness and head out into the January evening; or act shortly, and you could get one of many only a few Sunday afternoon tickets, if there are nonetheless any left (99% offered!). Take a look at our Preview right here. Data right here.
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Cecilia tumbled into ‘critical’ music research when she determined to keep away from attending medical college. 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.
