Today in Toronto: Brahms and Britten and The Big Smoke

Brahms and Britten An intriguing pairing: Brahms’s Symphony No. 4, his last, and Benjamin Britten’s Les Illuminations, a song cycle composed before he turned 30. The symphony is Brahms at his most warmly burnished, while the Britten, sung by soprano Karina Gauvin, opens a fresh new English page on Rimbaud’s groundbreaking symbolist French poetry. Find out more »

The Big Smoke A young Toronto artist seems to have everything going for her —including an upcoming solo exhibit at the Tate Modern—until psychosis strikes. The show is a disquieting portrait of the descent into madness—one that may drive you mad too if intense, one-woman performances aren’t your cup of tea. Find out more »