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This can be a record of live shows we’re attending, wishing we might attend, or fascinated with attending between Nov. 6 and Nov. 12, 2023. For extra of what’s taking place round Toronto, go to our calendar right here.
Tafelmusik/Mods & Rockers
Tuesday Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. El Mocambo (464 Spadina Ave.). $20/$25 on the door
Tafelmusik gamers of their Haus Musik incarnation be a part of vocalist Alex Samaras within the famed highway home with a program of baroqued-up pop hits together with Petula Clark’s “Don’t Sleep within the Subway,” the Beatles’s “Throughout the Universe” and David Bowie’s “Life on Mars.” Oldies by Henry Purcell and John Dowland are additionally promised. Data right here.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Fauré Requiem
Wednesday Nov. 8, Thursday Nov. 9 and Saturday Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. Roy Thomson Corridor. $42+
Sir Andrew Davis returns to the TSO podium to steer the Amadeus Choir in Fauré’s peaceable Requiem, programmed to coincide with Remembrance Day. Nardus Williams is the soprano soloist. The baritone, Ed Frazier Davis — the conductor’s son and likewise a composer — contributes a nine-minute piece making its Canadian premiere. Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 completes this system. Data right here.
New Music Live shows/Ligeti String Quartet
Thursday Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. St. George on the Grange (30 Stephanie St.). $30, seniors $22, college students $13
The British quartet honours the centennial of its namesake with performances of Ramifications (1968), the Poème symphonique for 100 Metronomes (1962) and String Quartet No. 2 (1968), plus works by Ana Sokolović, Nicole Lizée and others. Data right here.
Soundstreams/The Brilliant Divide
Friday Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday Nov. 11 at 2 p.m. and seven:30 p.m. TD Music Corridor (178 Victoria St.). $29+
The modern collective mounts a double invoice of Morton Feldman’s 1971 minimalist basic Rothko Chapel (Steven Dann, viola) and a brand new work by Cecilia Livingston, additionally based mostly on the work of Mark Rothko. There’s a staging by Tim Albery. David Fallis conducts. Data right here.
Music at Metropolitan/Bach Cantatas
Sunday Nov. 12 at 3 p.m. Metropolitan United Church (56 Queen St. E.). $25
Veteran bass-baritone Daniel Lichti takes the solo position in Bach’s Cantatas No. 56 (Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen) and No. 82 (Ich habe Genug). John Abberger, oboe. The choir and interval chamber ensemble are led by Jonathan Oldengarm. Data 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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