Volume 17 Issue 7 - April 2012

• 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic. Michael Brough, bass; Kathleen Long,cello; Chelsea Shanoff, saxophone; WesleyShen, piano; Olivia Shortt, saxophone. ChristChurch Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free, donations welcome.• 12:15: Metropolitan United Church. Noonat Met. David Rosevear, organ. 56 Queen St. E.416-363-0331 x26. Free.• 7:30: ArtHouse Festival Series. SecondWind: Alex Pangman & the Alley Cats. St.Mildred’s-Lightbourn Studio Theatre, 1080Linbrook Rd., Oakville. 905-467-8551 or 905-845-2386. $40.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. DoubleBill: A Florentine Tragedy/Gianni Schicchi.Zemlinksy: A Florentine Tragedy; Puccini: GianniSchicchi. Alan Held, bass (Simone, GianniSchicchi); Gun-Brit Barkmin, soprano (Bianca,Nella); Michael König, tenor (Guido Bardi);Simone Osborne, soprano (Laurette); René Barbera,tenor (Rinuccio); Catherine Malfitano,stage director; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor.Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. $12–$318.Also May 2, 5, 12(mat), 15, 18, 20(mat), 25.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. See Apr 18.• 8:00: Diana McIntosh, piano, performanceart and composition. Beryl Markham– Flying West With The Night. McIntosh: BerylMarkham – Flying West With The Night (forspoken text, piano and tape); Eliptosonics; You,Me and the Tree (multi-media piece). HeliconianHall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-781-2009. $20;$15(sr/st).• 8:00: Gallery 345/Lush Cello Quartet.Lush Cello Quartet. Jazz standards, musicalhits, Beatles songs and more. Wendy Solomon,arranger. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781.$25; $10(st).• 8:00: Musideum. Briga: Songs in Frenchand English. 401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $15.• 8:00: Toronto Dance Theatre. Rivers. SeeApr 25.• 8:00: Toronto Philharmonia Orchestra.Mozart – Donizetti – Verdi – Puccini. Selectedarias. Joni Henson, soprano; Brennan Guillory,tenor; guest: Christopher Zimmerman, conductor.George Weston Recital Hall, TorontoCentre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 647-439-8787. $55; $45(sr).• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. PerlmanPlays Beethoven. See Apr 25.Friday April 27• 7:00: Bulgarian Arts Festival. Dimitrovche:Folklore music and dance evening. St. George’sMacedono Bulgarian Church, 17 Regent St.416-587-3739. $15.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Talesof Hoffman. See Apr 10.• 7:30: St. Andrew’s Church. Life & MusicSeries: Make Every Note Beautiful – The MusicalLegacy of Douglas Bodle at St. Andrew’s.Celebrating choirmaster and organist DouglasBodle’s 40 years at St. Andrew’s; also CDlaunch of “The Day Thou Gavest,” featuring St.Andrew’s Choir in anthems from 17th to 20thcenturies. Monica Whicher, Nathalie Paulin andAllison Angelo, soprano; Russell Braun, baritone;and other members of eight-voice St. Andrew’schoir. 73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600x231. $20; $10(st).• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. See Apr 18.• 8:00: Aurora Cultural Centre. Great ArtistPiano Series: Katherine Chi. Works by Rachmaninoff,Arensky and others. 22 Church St.,Aurora. 905-713-1818. $30; $25(sr/st).• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall. Kellylee Evans, jazz vocals.GreatArtistPianoSeriespresentsFriday, April 278pmwww.auroraculturalcentre.ca905 713-1818Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255. $29.50• 8:00: Musideum. Gary Diggins and ErnieTollar: Sonica Exotica. Exotic soundscapes includinghangs, horns, flutes, yidaki, ngoni andmore . 401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323.$20.YOKO HIROTAsmall is beautifulNEW MUSIC CONCERTSFRIDAY APRIL 27 8 pmGALLERY 345• 8:00: New Music Concerts. Small is Beautiful:a piano recital by Yoko Hirota. Schönberg:Fünf Klavierstücke Op.23; Cherney:Nachtstücke; Morel: Trinomes; Radford: Roiling;Lemay: Hiroshima mon amour; Current: PianoPiece No.1. Gallery 345, 345 SoraurenAve. 416-961-9594. $35; $25(sr/arts worker);$10(st).• 8:00: Reynold Nathaniel Presents. HeartStrings: The Musical. See Apr 6.• 8:00: Sine Nomine Ensemble for MedievalMusic. Music of the Spheres: The starsmoving in concert. Program highlighting theconnections between music and astronomyin the Middle Ages. Saint Thomas’s AnglicanChurch, 383 Huron St. 416-638-9445. $20;$14(sr/st).• 8:00: Toronto All-Star Big Band. In theMiller Mood. Chattanooga Choo Choo, TuxedoJunction, In the Mood and other Miller favourites.Old Mill Dining Room, 21 Old Mill Rd.416-236-2641. $20.• 8:00: Toronto Consort. The Original CarminaBurana. A collection of 13th and 14th centurysongs with voices, hurdy-gurdy, fiddle,recorder, lute and harp. David Fallis, conductor.Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. $22–$59; $10(under 30). Also Apr28, 29(mat).• 8:00: Toronto Dance Theatre. Rivers. SeeApr 25.• 8:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. Topsy-Turvydom.Gilbert and Sullivan selectionsfrom Mikado, Gondoliers, Iolanthe, H.M.S. Pinafore,Pirates of Penzance and others. LeslieAnn Bradley, soprano; Marion Newman, mezzo;Christopher Mayell and Keith Savage, tenor;David Ludwig, baritone; Robert Cooper,conductor. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. LawrenceCentre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. $30–$45. Also Apr 28, 29 (mat).Saturday April 28• 2:00 and 8:00: Toronto Dance Theatre.Rivers. See Apr 25.• 2:30 and 7:30: Ontario Philharmonic. ZoologicalFantasy. Milhaud: Scaramouche; Turina:Rapsodia Sinfonica for piano and orchestra;Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (for orchestraand narrator); Liszt: Hungarian RhapsodyNo.2 (for piano); Saint-Saëns: Carnival of theAnimals. Beatriz Boizan and Joel Zhang, pianos;Christian Pritchard, narrator. Regent Theatre,50 King St E., Oshawa. 905-579-6711.$33–$57.• 7:00: RNS Concert Productions. EliadesOchoa, Cuban guitar and vocals, and his band.The Opera House, 735 Queen St. E. 1-855-985-5000. $62.50.• 7:30: Oakham House Choir of RyersonUniversity/Toronto Sinfonietta. Better IsPeace Than Always War. Jenkins: The ArmedMan – A Mass for Peace; and works by Penderecki,Bacewicz, Zielinski and Zebrowski.Mathew Jaskiewicz, conductor; guests: UnivoxChoir Toronto, Dallas Bergen, conductor; MelanieConly, soprano; Todd Delaney, baritone; AliZafar, muezzin. Metropolitan United Church,sine nomineEnsemble for Medieval MusicMusic of theSpheresbetter is PEACE than always warKarl Jenkins’The Armed Man:A Mass For PeaceApril 28, 7:30 pmMetropolitan United Church56 Queen Street East, Toronto$30 | $25 in advance | $15 students416-960-5551Oakham House Choir of Ryerson UniversityUnivox Choir, Toronto SinfoniettaTodd Delaney, baritone & Melanie Conly, sopranoMatthew Jaskiewicz, music directoralso works by Penderecki, Bacewicz, & ZielenskiFriday, April 27, at 8 pmSaint Thomas's Church383 Huron StreetTickets $20 / $14416-638-9445sine.nomine@3web.comApril 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 47