Volume 9 Issue 3 - November 2003

Russian and French Jewels. See November
29. Markham Theatre for Performing Arts,
171 Town Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469.
- 3:30: New Music Concerts. Schafer -
Cycle of String Ouartets Part One. Schafer:
String Quartets 1-4. Quatuor Molinari. Glenn
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205·
·5555. $25, $15{sr), $5(st), 2-concert prices:
$40,$25,$10.
-4:00: St. James' Cathedral. Advent
Recital Procession with Lessons and Carols.
Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys; Michael
Bloss, director. 65 Church St. 416-364· 7865.
Free.
-4:30: St. Clement's Church. Advent ·
Carols in Procession. Service of Lessons &
Carols with music by Palestrina, Hendrie &
Vaughan Williams. Tom Filches, music
director. 59 Briar Hill Ave. 416-483-6664
#26.
- 5:00: Trinity College Chapel Choir.
Service of lessons and Carols. 6 Hoskin Ave.
416-978-3611. .
- 7:30: Bloor Street United Church
Choir and Soloists with Orchestra.
Vigilate. Motets, verse anthems & cantatas
by Byrd, Bach, Brahms, Stravinsky & at.hers. ,
300 Bloor St. West. 416-924· 7439 x35.
$12, $8(sr/st), $5(unwaged).
- 7:30: Korean Canadian Symphony
Orchestra. Arias and lyrical Songs. Dong·
Kyu Kim, baritone; Richard Lee, music director.
George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St.
647:296-1561. $50,$40, $25(st).
- 7:30: Riverdale Youth Singers. Glad
Tidings. Choral music of the sea.son. Guests:
Ryerson Theatre School Choir, David Walden,
director; Tilman Lewis, cello; Connie Price,
flute; Ian Werker, bass; Mark Bell & Anne
Massicotte, conductors; John Govedas,
accompanist. St. Ann's Church, Gerrard &
DeGrassi. 416-875-1587. Free.
- 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. Battlefield
Band. T ranzac, 292 Brunswick. 416-41 O·
3655.
- 8:00: New Music Concerts. Schafer -
Cycle of String Ouartets Part Two. Schafer:
String Quartets 5-8. fy'larie·Danielle Parent,
soprano; Quatuor Molinari. 7:15: Illuminating
Introduction. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front
St. West. 416-205-5555. $25, $15{sr), ·
$5(st), 2-concert prices: $40,$25,$10.
- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Percussion
Ensemble. Robin Engelman, director. Walter
Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
Monday December 01
-12:10: U ofT Faculty of Music. World.
Music Ensembles. Lobby/MacMillan Theatre, ·
80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
- 7:30: Canadian Opera Company
Ensemble Studio. Bach: Coffee CantiJta;
Purcell- Dido and Aeneas. Luc Robert, Peter
Barrett, Colleen Skull, Frederique Vezina, Peter
McGillivray & other performers; Jan Willem
Jansen, conductor. Imperial Oil Theatre, Joey
and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre, 227Front
St. East. 416-363-8231. $ 55. For complete
run see music theatre listings.
- 8:00: Toronto Philharmonja. Excerpts
from Donizetti, Bizet, Lehar and Mozart.
Michael Schade, tenor; Norine Burgess,
mezzo; Kerry Stratton, conductor. Toronto
Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-733·
9388,416-870-8000. $20-$52. See ad page
15.
- 8:00: Toronto Theatre Organ Society/
Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma. Wurlitzer ·
Pops at Casa lama. Dave Wickerham, organ.
1 Austin Terrace. 416-421-0918. $15.
- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Guitar
Ensemble. Jeffrey Mcfadden, director. Walter
Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
Tuesday December 02
-12:10: U ofT Faculty of Music. Voice
Performance Class. Songs of the Season.
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978·
3.744. Free.
- 1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. lunch Hour
Concert: Tim Pypet, organ. 65 Church St. 416·
364-7865. Free.
- 7:00: CIBC presents a Ross Petty
Production. Cinderella - The Sparkling
Family Musical! Performers include Ross
Petty, Don Harron, Erin Davis, Jennifer Gould,
Adam Brazier & others; David Warrack,
music director. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge.
416-872-5555. $47-$67, $37{child).
Preview. For complete run see music theatre
listings. ·
- 8:00: CBC Radio's On Stage. Stewart
Goodyear, piano in Recital. Glenn Gould Studio,
250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. $35.
- 8:00: Music Toronto. Gryphon Trio.
Martinu: Trio #1 Five short pieces; Ives: Trio;
Beethoven: Trio in E flat Op. 70 #2. Jane
Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416-366·
7723. $43,$39,$5.
- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music/
Aldeburgh Connection. Young Artist
Recitals. Leah Gordon, soprano; Philip
Carmichael, baritone; Bruce Ubukata, piano.
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978·
3744. $12,$6.
Wednesday December 03
- 12:30: Yorkminster Park Church.
Noonday Recital· Thomas Fitches, organ. 1585
Yonge. 416-922-1167. Free.'
- 8:00:toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Schubert: Symphony #8 in b D. 759
Unfinished; Mozart: Concerto #10 for 2
Pianos in E flat K.365; R. Strauss: Don Juan
Op.20; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Op.28. Emanuel Ax, piano; Yoko Ax, piano;
Roberto Minczuk, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $32·
$98.
- 8:30: U of T Faculty of Music. Small
Jazz Ensembles. Songs by Duke Ellington.
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 41!>·978·
3744. Free.
Thursday December 04
- 12: 10: U of T Faculty of Music.
Contemporary Opera Showcase. New works
by student composers performed by members
of the Opera Division. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's
Park. 416-978-3744. Free. ·
- 8:00: Dancemakers. Tziganes Cracked
Open. Excerpts from Bennathan's musical
metamorphoses of the voyaging Tziganes .
from Eastern Europe to Spain, with original
music performed live on stage. JoHn Gzowski,
·composer/performer; Andrew Downing, Rick
Hyslop, Robert Stevenson & Jeff Wilson,
performers. Dancemakers Studio, Distillery
Historic District, 55 Mill St. 416-367-1800.
$15, $12{preview). For complete run see
music theatre listings.
- 8:00: Music Gallery. Yuri laidenberg,
violinplays Schnittke. Schnittke: Suite in the
Old Style; Second Sonata; Silent Night;
Congratulationsrondo. Gregory Millar, piano.
197 John. 416-204-1080 ~ $12, $8(member),
$5(st/sr).
- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
Laila Biali- The Crossings Ouartet. Original
jazz. Laila Biali, piano; Tara Davidson, alto
saxophone; Brandi Disterheft, bass; Sly Juhaf,
drums. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St.
West. 416-408-2824 x321. $25,$15.
- 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.
Bach: Christmas Oratorio. Cantatas 1,2,3.
Rufus Muller, Evangelist; lvars Taurins,
director. Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor
St. West. 416-964-6337. $32-$65, $28·
$58{sr/st). •
- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Roy Thomson Hall. See Dec 3.
Friday December 05
- 7:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
ARC Festival"Music Reborn. Works by
Jewish composers of the Nazi era. Students
of the Glenn Gould School, performers. Royal
Bach, Brahms,
Buxtehude, Byrd,
Gibbons, Purcell.,.
Schlitz, Stravinsk
Telemann
November 30;
300 Bloor St. W. at ·
416-924-7439 x. 35'·
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