It is a record of live shows we’re attending, wishing we may attend, or enthusiastic about attending between March 24 and 30, 2025. For extra of what’s occurring round Toronto, go to our calendar right here.
Canadian Opera Firm: Vocal/Dance Sequence: 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 total manufacturing on the Koerner Corridor later in April. The delicious music of Charpentier is unquestionably extremely flavoured — it ain’t Vivaldi, Bach, or Purcell — defining the nationalistic palettes of the Baroque period is an advanced subject, with so many transferring components from each other. Nevertheless, the French Baroque, particularly Charpentier’s music, is filled 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 likely one of the greatest composers there ever was. Unsure should you agree? Come and see it for your self — what a option to energize your self on Tuesday afternoon! Data 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 among the best clarinetists of our time, if not one of the best, brings intimate chamber music to Koerner Corridor with Antoine Tamestit (viola) and Shai Wosner (piano). Most people solely actually get to see a couple of 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 light-weight spotlight of bigger programming — and particular chamber music programming similar to string quartets, piano trios, and many others. — nevertheless it’s not so widespread to see the clarinet, or the viola, to be the star of the whole 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, actually displaying their full potential. Data 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 among the best, 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 season music institute ultimate live performance, Taurins all the time programmes a little bit of Zelenka, together with Bach, and Charpentier — it’s that good, approach up there with the acquainted greats. Tthis specific efficiency will mark Tafelmusik’s completion of Zelenka’s 5 excessive Lots. Come and listen to superb choral music, with soloist Myriam Leblanc, explode with power and excellent method for Zelenka’s superb music, together with Bach’s nice hits. Learn our Preview right here. Data right here.
Confluence Live shows.: The Line Between
Saturday, March 29, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, March 30, 3 p.m.
Heliconian Corridor, $30
Probably the greatest 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, Crimson Earth, Tall Pine. If you’re within the in-depth philosophy and choices that result in this actually boundary-free programming, come somewhat earlier (45 minutes earlier than the live performance downbeat), to hitch the artists for the pre-concert chat. Musicians: Dylan Bell, Andrew Downing, Aidan McConnell and Patricia O’Callaghan be part of Sankaran on this pretty program. Data right here.
Royal Conservatory of Music: Chamber Music Sequence: Vivaldi’s 4 Seasons at 300
Saturday, March 29, 8 p.m.
Koerner Corridor, $60+
Probably the greatest 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 almost 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 every part is perhaps potential. 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 could be conjured from scores within the arms of true masters. Learn our Preview right here. Data 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 not often matched devices to Walter Corridor. Because the violin is bowed and the guitar is plucked, although carefully associated, someway 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’s a lot potential for brand spanking 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. 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 subject of classical music, recording, and Korean-English interpretation, she tends to get her nostril soiled in many various issues within the metropolis. Cecilia holds a DMA in Piano Efficiency from the College of Nebraska-Lincoln.
