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This can be a record of concert events we’re attending, wishing we might attend, or enthusiastic about attending between Could 29 and June 4, 2023. For extra particulars on what’s occurring round Toronto, go to our calendar right here.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Augustin Hadelich/Elim Chan
Wednesday Could 31 at 8 p.m. (repeats Thursday June 1 at 8 p.m. and Saturday June 3 at 8 p.m.). Roy Thomson Corridor. $35+
For causes unknown, the Canadian premiere of Wynton Marsalis’s Violin Concerto by Nicola Benedetti has been changed by Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with Augustin Hadelich within the solo position. Hong Kong-born Elim Chan (principal conductor of the Antwerp Symphony and principal visitor of the Royal Scottish Nationwide Orchestra) stays on the rostrum for Brahms’s Second Symphony. Information right here.
Canadian Opera Firm/Pomegranate
Thursday June 2 at 7:30 p.m. (repeats Saturday June 3 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday June 4 at 2 p.m.). COC Theatre (227 Entrance St. E.). Offered out.
The premiere performances of this lesbian love story traversing the millennia (music by Kye Marshall and phrases by Amanda Hale) are posted as bought out. Optimists can strive calling 416-363-8231. Information right here.
Present One/Polina Osetinskaya
Saturday June 3 at 8 p.m. Koerner Corridor. $48+
Present One presents the Russian pianist (who has expressed anti-war views) in a program of Bach, Handel, Purcell and Rameau. A number of the choices have been utilized in films, however all of them — notably Bach’s Italian Concerto and Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor — have unbiased credibility. 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 Put up 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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