It is a checklist of concert events we’re attending, wishing we may attend, or fascinated with attending between Nov. 27 and Dec. 3, 2023. For extra of what’s taking place round Toronto, go to our calendar right here.

RCM/ARC Ensemble

Wednesday Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Mazzoleni Corridor $25+

The enterprising ARC (Artists of the Royal Conservatory) Ensemble celebrates 20 years of exploration with a program together with Walter Braunfel’s String Quintet Op. 63 (an early discovery) and the fashionable premieres of three works by Vienna-born Frederick Block (1899-1945). Gamers are Erika Raum (violin), Marie Bérard (violin), Steven Dann (viola), Thomas Wiebe (cello), Joaquin Valdepeñas (clarinet), Kevin Ahfat (piano) and David Liam Roberts (cello). Learn our Preview right here; information right here.

Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Michael Sweeney/Maxim Emelyanychev

Wednesday Nov. 29 and Thursday Nov. 30 at 8 p.m.; Friday Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. Roy Thomson Corridor. $48+

Maxim Emelyanychev, a younger Russian, leads his personal 55-minute compilation of choices from Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Magnificence in a program beginning with Humperdinck’s Prelude to Hansel and Gretel and Marjan Mozetich’s Concerto for Bassoon and String Orchestra with Marimba. TSO principal bassoon Michael Sweeney is soloist. Information right here.

Esprit Orchestra/Circle Maps

Thursday Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. Koerner Corridor. $25+

Alex Pauk leads a worldwide program comprising Bee Dance of Loss of life by Vito Žuraj (Slovenia), Millefleur by Žibuoklė Martinaitytė (Lithuania), Postludium by Valentin Silvestrov (Ukraine) and the six-movement Circle Map by the late Kaija Saariaho (Finland). Kevin Ahfat is the piano soloist within the Silvestrov. Learn our Preview right here; information right here.

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Arthur Kaptainis has been the classical music critic of the Montreal Gazette since 1986 and wrote for the Nationwide Submit 2010-2016. His articles have appeared in Classical Voice North America and La Scena Musicale in addition to Ludwig Van. Arthur holds an MA in musicology from the College of Toronto.

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