Volume 6 Issue 9 - June 2001

Comprehensive Concert Listings, June 1 to July 7
Friday June 01
-JOO: Elation Pauls. Soiree de belle
musique. Works by Schubert, Brahms,
Poulenc & Motart. Elation Pauls, violin;
Georgiana Balanica, piano; Anick Lamarche,
soprano. Toronto United Mennonite Church,
1774 Queen St. East. 416·699·6631.
Admission by donation.
- 7:30: Canadian Children's Opera
Chorus. Apprentice Chorus Spring Concert.
Choral repertoire; staged work. Christ
Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416·
366·0467.
- 7:30: Random Acts of Music Ensemble.
Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Trumpets; Schubert:
Trout Quintet; Foote: A Night Piece for Flute
& String Quintet; Bottessini: Anaante &
Variations for Flute, Clarinet & String
Quartet; Saint·Saens: Carnival of the
Animals. Susan Hoeppner, flute; Cynthia
Woods, double bass; Kent Teeple, viola;
Gordon Craig, clarinet; Peter Tiefenbach,
piqno & other performers. Eastminster
United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416·260·
9302. $20,$10, family rate.
- 8:00: Choir of Yorkminster Park
Church. Vaughan Williams: Toward the
Unknown Region; Five Mystical Songs; Glick:
The Hour Has Come; Guilmant: Symphony I
· for organ & orchestra. Stephen King,
baritone; William Maddox, organ/conductor;
with orchestra. 1585 Yonge St. 416-925·
7312. $20,$15.
- 8:00: I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble. Mad
Naked Summer Night. Works by Bach, Biber,
Purcell and Handel. Guests: Kris Ingles,
trumpet; Greg Ingles, sackbut. Knox College
Chapel, 59 St. George St. 416-252-8740.
$15,$10. .
- 8:00: Kammermusik Toronto. Works by
Rutter, Porter & Alfven. Isabel Bader
Theatre, 93 Charles St. West. 416-968·
9442. $10.
- 8:00: Massey Hall. Juan de Marcos
·Gonzalez & Afro-Cuban All Stars. 15 Shuter.
. 416-872-4255. $32.50 to $55.50.
- 8:00: Orpheus Choir of Toronto. Sounds
of Latin America. Ramirez: Misa Criolla;
Barnes: Adioses; Rutter: Fancies; Lauridsen:
Les Chansons des Roses; Robinovitch:
Canciones por las Americas. Jessica Lloyd,
mezzo; Colin Ainsworth, tenor; Shawn
Grenke, piano; Maderas Latin Band; Brainerd
Blyden-Taylor, conductor. St. James'
Cathedral, 65 Church St. 416-530-4428.
$20,$10.
- 8:00: St. Anne's Church. Great Music at
St. Anne's: Strawberry Cabaret. Variety
show of popular music. Members of St
Anne's Choir. Parish Hall, 651 Dufferin. 416·
922-4415. $10. '
- 8:00: Toronto Harpfest 2001. Opening
Concert and Reception. Janet Gadesky,
Sahra Hutchings, celtic harps; Malcolm
Sinclair, baritone; Anneliese Cameron, celtic
liarp & voice; Gisele & ~obin, Paraguayan
harp duo. Charbonnel Lounge; St. Michael's
College, 81 St. Mary St. 416·255-5109.
$20.
- 8:00: University Settlement Music and
Arts School. Faculty Concert. St. George·
the-Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-598·
3444 #243. PWYC (suggested minimum $5).
*CANCELLED*
Readers please note: plans change; & we make mistakes! Please use the
phone numbers provided to call ahead. For full music theatre listings, see
page19. For "Too late to list" and "Further afield" see pages 28-29.
Saturday June 02
- 12:00 noon: Royal Conservatory of
Music. lobby Concert. RCM Students. 273
Bloor St. West. 416-408-2824 ex.321. F.ree.
- 2:00: Viva Youth Singers of Toronto.
Spring Concert. Guest: Mary Lou Fallis. '
soprano; Carol Woodward Ratzlaff, music
director. Trinity-St. Paul's.Church, 427 Bloor
St. West. 416-422-0741. $i5,$10.
- 7:30: Mississauga Children's Choir. One
W,orld. Royal Bank Theatre, Living Arts
Centre, 4141 Living Arts Drive. 905·624·
9704. $15.
- 7:30: North York Singers. Glory. Haydn:
Lord Nelson Mass; Mozart: Sparrow Mass.
Serenata Choir & other guest artists; Gary
Heard, artistic director. Loretto Abbey, 101
Mason Blvd. 905-893-9626. $15,$12.
- 8:0Q: Acoustic Harvest Folk Club. Oavid
Francey, singer/songwriter. Birch Cliff United
Church, 33 East Rd. 416·264·2235. $12,
sliding scale available. ·
- 8:00: All The King's lioicesfTrypTych
Productions. Puccini: Tosca. In concert.
Catherine Tait, soprano; Danijel Varga;tenor;
. Seong Hyun Chun, baritone & other
performers; William Shookhoff, music director
& accompanist; David King, chorus director.
Willowdale United Churth, 349 Kenneth Ave.
416·225·2255. $20,$15.
- 8:00: Anno Domini Chamber Singers.
Paschal Praise. Choral music for Easter,
Ascension & Pentecost. David Jafelice,
director. Newman Centre Chapel, 89 •St.
George St..416·696-0093. $10.
- 8:00: Counterpoint Community
Orchestra. Grieg: Piano Concerto Op.16;
Peer Gynt Suite, #1 Op.56; Bizet: Carmen
(selections); L' Arlesienne Suite # 1. Glenda del
Monte Escalante, piano; Terry Kowalczuk,
conductor. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404
Jarvis St. 416·925·9872 ext.2066.
$14(advance),$17(door).
- 8:00: Dr. Hwaeja Lee. Celebration Concert
at the Organ. Works by De Grigny, Breech, CPE
Bach, Langlais, Franck, Hindemith & JS Bach.
Deer Park United Church, 129 St. Clair West.
416-960·00R $15,$10. Proceeds to the
Organ Scholarship Fund.
- 8:00: Etobicoke Youth Band. Spring
Musicfest 2001. Martingrove Collegiate
Institute, 50 Winterton Dr. 416·239-9724.
$5.
- 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Toronto
Tabla Ensemble. East Indian rhythms; music
& dance styles from around the world. du
Maurier Theatre Centre, 231 Queens Quay
West. 4·16·9.73·4000. $20,$18.
- 8:00: Jubilate Singers. Toronto in
Springtime: Songs of love and Nature: Willan:
Five Liturgical Motets (selections); wor~s by
Ager, Coglan, Watson Henderson and others.
Brad Ratzlaff, conductor; Sherry Squires,
accompanist. Trinity-St. Paul's Church, 427
Bloor St. West. 416-297-8818. $15,$12,
$10 children under 12.
- 8:00: Music Gallery. Canadian Electronic
·Ensemble: Hie sunt leones. Bolton: new work
for an unnamed instrument; music by
Dobinson, Jaeger, Lake, Montgomery &
Stillwell. St. George the Martyr Church, 197
John St.416·204-1080. $10,$7.
- 8:00: Orchestra Toronto. Shostakovich:
Symphony #7 Leningrad. Douglas Sanford,
conductor. Leah Posluns Theatre, 4588 ·
Bathurst St. 416-467-7142. $20,$18.
- 8:00: Soundstreams Canada/CBC Radio
Two. Serinette. Opera by Harry Somers &
James Reaney. In concert. Sally Dibblee &
Lambroula Pappas, sopranos; Marcia
Swanston, mezzo; Benjamin Butterfield,
tenor; John Avey & Doug MacNaughton,
baritones & other performers. St. James'
Cathedral, 65 Church' St. 416-504· 7529,
$25,$18.
- 8:00: St. Anne's Church. Great Music at
St. Anne's: Strawberry Cabaret.· See June 1.
- 8:00: Toronto Harp Fest 2001. Moira
Nelson, Mary Muckle, harp and voice; Elena
Jubinville, cello and voice; Alys Howe, celtic
harp; The Ottawa Harp Choir. Knox College
Chapel, 23 King's College Circle. 416-255·
5109. $15.
- 8:00: Toronto Sinfonietta. Maureen
Forrester in Concert. Classical & contempo·
rary light works. Ruth Morawetz, piano.
Agricola Lutheran Church;25 Old York Mills
Rd. 416-489-7489. $25. Benefit for Toronto
Sinfonietta.
Sunday June 03
- 1 :00: University of Toronto. Soldiers'
Tower Carillon Recital Series. Michael Brooks
Hart, carillonneur. The lawn, Hart House
Cfrcle. 416·978:2452. Free.
- 1 :30: Spadina Historic House &
Gardens. Music in the Orchard.· Jainie
Thompson, flute. Music demonstrating the
consequences of changes in flute design,
from bamboo flutes ta keyed instruments.
285 Spadina Road. 416-392-6910. Free.
- 2:00: Harbourfront Centre. Sunday
Concert: Mel M'rabet, oud, sax & vocals.
Traditional Andalusian, flamenco, jazz, world.
235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-3000. Free.
- 2:00: Toronto Harpfest 2001. Closing
Concert. Sharlene W~. celtic hara:
Angelica Ottewill, celtic h~rp and voice;
. Jubal's Daughters, harp and flute; The Essex
Harp Ensemble. Knox College Chapel, 23
King's College Circle. 416·255·5109. $15.
- 3:00: ARRAYMUSIC.2001 Young
Composers' Workshop: Future lab. Premieres
by Charke, Priest, Rabe & Thorpe. St. George
the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416·204·
1080. $10 . .
- 3:00: Hart House Music Committee.
Sixth Annual Rupert Schieder Concert. Colin
Ainsworth, tenor; Leslie Anne Bradley,
soprano. Great Hall, Hart House, 7 Hart House
Circle. 416-978-2452. Free.
- 4:30: St. Anne's Church. Great Music at
St. Anne's: Choral Evensong. Festival of
favourite hymns with compline. 270
Gladstone Ave. 416·536-3160.
- 7:30:, Davenport Chamber Orchestra.
Concertos in TheBeach. Mozart: Sinfonia
Concertante; Brahms: Alto Rhapsoay;
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #2. Sarah Fraser,
violin; Mari van Pelt, mezzo; Alexia Preston,
piano. Bellefair United Church, 2 Bellefair. ·
416-408-2824 ext.779. $12,$10.
*CANCELLED*
- 8:00: Borealis Recording Company/
Ashkenaz Foundation For Yiddish Culture.
Beyond the Pale. CD release concert. for
Routes. Eric Stein, mandolin & tsimbl; Anne
Lindsay, violin; Sasha Luminsky, accordion;
Martin van de Ven, clarinets; Bret Higgins.
bass & guests. T ranzac Club, 292 Brunswick.
416·482·2699. $10.
- 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Toronto
Tabla Ensemble. du Maurier Theatre Centre.
See June 2.·
- 8:00: Sonavista. lester Files. Arrange·
ments by Nancy Walker of Lester Young
works; excerpts from novel by Perly. Geordie
McDonald Jazz Ensemble; Susan Perly, poet..
Artword Theatre, 75 Portland. 416-967 ·
0259. $15.
- 8:00: University Settlement-Music and
Arts School/St. Christopher House. Choral
Concert. St. Christopher House, 248
Ossington. 416-532-4828 #127, 416-598·
3444 ext.243. $5.
Monday June 04
- 12:15: Church of the Holv Trinitv. Music
Counterpoint Community Orchestra Presents:
. +orthern Li91t,.
Saturday, June 2'nd, 2001
Betty Oliphant Theatre, 8:00 p.m.
404 Jarvis Street, Just South of Wellesley
Terry Kowalczuk, Conductor
featuring:
Edvard Grieg's Piano Concert in A minor
Glenda Escalante del Monte, piano
As well as: Selections from Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, Excerpts from
. Bizet's Carmen, plus more amazing music.
See our listing under June 2'nd
Advanced Tickets available at: "This Ain't The Rosedale Library"
481 Church Street ($14), or at the Door ($17)
www.ccorchestra.org
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