Volume 17 Issue 5 - February 2012

Pantone versionCMYK versionBlack & White version• 8:00: Massey Hall and Roy ThomsonHall. Pavlo. Mediterranean guitar. Roy ThomsonHall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.$29.50 –$59.50.• 8:00: Musideum. Laurance Tan, tenor. MichaelBerkorsky, piano; guest: Ray Hanson,baritone. 401 Richmond St. W. 416-419-2248.$15.• 8:00: Pilaros. Pavlo: An Evening of MediterraneanGuitar. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 SimcoeSt. 416-872-4255. $39.50–$59.50.• 8:00: Queen of Puddings Music Theatre/Canadian Stage. Beckett: Feck It! See Feb 17.• 8:00: Rose Theatre Brampton. Studio JazzSeries: Peter Appleyard. Rose Studio Theatre,1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905-874-2800.$33.90.• 8:00: Sine Nomine Ensemble for MedievalMusic. The Road to Canterbury: Music forChaucer’s Pilgrims. English and French medievalmusic set to Chaucer’s Miller’s Tale and Franklin’sTale. Saint Thomas’s Anglican Church, 383Huron St. 416-638-9445. $20; $14(sr/st).• 8:00: Sony Centre for the PerformingArts. Soweto Gospel Choir: African Grace. 1Front St. E. 1-855-872-7669. $38–$78. AlsoFeb 25.• 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. VirtuosoVivaldi. See Feb 23.• 8:00: Theatre Ad Infinitum/Why Not Theatre.The Big Smoke. See Feb 22.• 8:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. Taptoo!Music by J. Beckwith and book by Reaney. Musictheatre set during the War of 1812, aboutthe founding of York. With Michael Barrett(Seth); Robert Longo (Wayne); Todd Delaney(Simcoe); Allison Angelo (Atahentsic); and others;Guillermo Silva-Marin, stage director; LarryBeckwith, conductor. Jane Mallett Theatre,St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. 416-366-7723 or 1-800-708-6754. $66–$95. Also Feb25, 26(mat).• 8:00: University of Toronto Faculty ofMedicine. Daffydil 2012: The Root of WhatPlagues You. See Feb 22.Saturday February 25• 1:30 and 3:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Orchestra Olympics. Dirk Meyer, conductor;Gregory Smith, narrator. Roy ThomsonHall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828 or416-593-0688(Chinese). $20–$22.• 2:00 and 7:30: Talk is Free Theatre/ShowOne Productions. Dani Girl. See Feb 16.• 2:00 and 8:00: Queen of Puddings MusicTheatre/Canadian Stage. Beckett: Feck It!See Feb 17.• 4:00: Toronto Children’s Chorus. MasterComposers and Compositions: Classic Worksand Hidden Gems. TCC’s Training Choirs, Boy’sChoir and Cantare Choir. Metropolitan UnitedChurch, 56 Queen St. E. 416-932-8666.$15–$20.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Tosca.See Feb 3.• 7:30: Toronto Opera Repertoire. The MerryWidow. See Feb 17.• 7:30: Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir. ACelebration of Song for St. David’s Day. ChristChurch Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-410-2254. $25.• 8:00: Acoustic Harvest. Grit Laskin. St.Nicholas Anglican Church, 1512 Kingston Rd.416-264-2235. $20; $18(sr/st).• 8:00: b current/Theatre Archipelago. ObeahOpera. See Feb 16.• 8:00: Canadian Sinfonietta. Wine andCheese. Schnittke: Suite in Old Style for Violinand Piano; Ravel: Sonata for Violin and PianoCanadian SinfoniettaWine & CheeseFebruary 25, 8 PMMichael Esch pianoJoyce Lai violinOlivia BrayleyQuackenbush hornSPONSORED BYThe Cambridge Food & Wine Societyin G; Brahms: Horn Trio Op.40. Michael Esch,piano; Joyce Lai, violin; Olivia Brayley Quackenbush,horn. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave.416-558-8862. $35, includes wine and food.THE CHAMBER MUSICSOCIETY OF MISSISSAUGAMozart& MoreGREAT HALL SERIESThe SeraphinePiano TrioFEB. 258 PM• 8:00: Chamber Music Society of Mississauga.Great Hall Series: Mozart and More.Mozart: Quartet in E K52; Dvořák: Trio No.4 ine “Dumky”; Schubert: Trio in E-flat D929. SeraphinePiano Trio. Great Hall, Unitarian Congregationof Mississauga, 84 South Service Rd.,Mississauga. 905-848-0015. $35; $30(sr);$15(st); $85(family of four).• 8:00: City of Brampton Concert Band. Heroesand Villains. Selections include I Believe,Schindler’s List, Flight of the Bumblebee andFanfare for the Common Man. Darryl Eaton,music director; guests: William Snodgrass, percussion;Susan Zach, violin; Julia Pulo, vocals;James Faulkner, guitar; and others. 905-874-2800. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln., Brampton.$25; $20(st); $15(12 and under).• 8:00: Civic Light Opera. Forbidden Broadway.See Feb 22.• 8:00: Gallery 345/Marta Herman. Adventures:Toronto. Hatzis: Sappho Songs for voiceand chamber ensemble; K. Lau: String Quartet;and other works. Marta Herman, mezzo; TonBeau String Quartet; Maika’I Nash, piano. 345Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $25 $15(st).• 8:00: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Jay Davis. 100AOssington Ave. 416-915-6747. $30(reserved);$25; $20(st/industry with ID).• 8:00: Ontario Philharmonic. A Journey IntoBrahms. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Op.77;Symphony No.2. Marco Parisotto, conductor;guest: Ye-Eun Choi, violin. Regent Theatre, 50King St. E., Oshawa. 905-721-3399 x2. $33–$57. Also Feb 28 (Toronto).• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. Beethoven andYour Brain, Part II. Beethoven: Overture toEgmont; Symphony No.5 in c; Symphony No.9“Choral” (excerpts); Symphony No.3 in E-flat“Eroica.” Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, EdwinOutwater, director; Daniel Levitin, writer andneuroscientist. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W.416-408-0208. $45 and up.• 8:00: Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra/TorontoChoral Society. Brahms’ Requiemand Schubert’s Unfinished. Brahms: A GermanRequiem; Schubert: Symphony No.8 in b “Unfinished.”Ronald Royer and Geoffrey Butler,conductors. Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute,3663 Danforth Ave. 416-429-0007. $30;$25(sr); $15(youth). 7:15: Pre-concert chat.• 8:00: Sony Centre for the PerformingArts. Soweto Gospel Choir: African Grace. SeeFeb 24.• 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. VirtuosoVivaldi. See Feb 23.• 8:00: Theatre Ad Infinitum/Why Not Theatre.The Big Smoke. See Feb 22.• 8:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. Taptoo!See Feb 24.• 8:00: University of Toronto Faculty ofMedicine. Daffydil 2012: The Root of WhatPlagues You. See Feb 22.Sunday February 26• 10:30am: Eglinton St. George’s UnitedChurch. Jazz for Worship. 35 Lytton Blvd. 416-481-1141 x250. Freewill offering. Religiousservice.• 2:00: b current/Theatre Archipelago. ObeahOpera. See Feb 16.• 2:00: Civic Light Opera. Forbidden Broadway.See Feb 22.February 1 – March 7, 2012thewholenote.com 41