Volume 21 Issue 1 - September 2015
Paul Ennis's annual TIFF TIPS (27 festival films of potential particular musical interest); Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma and Jeffrey Beecher on the Silk Road; David Jaeger on CBC Radio Music in the days it was committed to commissioning; the LISTENING ROOM continues to grow on line; DISCoveries is back, bigger than ever; and Mary Lou Fallis says Trinity-St. Paul's is Just the Spot (especially this coming Sept 25!).
Paul Ennis's annual TIFF TIPS (27 festival films of potential particular musical interest); Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma and Jeffrey Beecher on the Silk Road; David Jaeger on CBC Radio Music in the days it was committed to commissioning; the LISTENING ROOM continues to grow on line; DISCoveries is back, bigger than ever; and Mary Lou Fallis says Trinity-St. Paul's is Just the Spot (especially this coming Sept 25!).
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416-928-3553. Free. Weather permitting.<br />
●●Sep 07 7:00: University of Toronto. Labour<br />
Day Carillon Recital. Hour-long outdoor<br />
event, rain or shine. Roy Lee and Margaret<br />
Pan, carillonneurs. Soldiers’ Tower, University<br />
of Toronto, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-<br />
3485. Free. Seating provided. The Memorial<br />
Room inside the Soldiers’ Tower will be open<br />
to visitors.<br />
Tuesday <strong>September</strong> 8<br />
●●Sep 08 7:00: Toronto Cornish Association/<br />
St. Olave’s Anglican Church. Trelawny Male<br />
Choir. Cornish music, singing, and culture.<br />
St. Olave’s Anglican Church, 360 Windermere<br />
Ave. 416-698-0336 or 416-769-5686. $25;<br />
$20(adv).<br />
●●Sep 08 8:00: Audiopollination/Array-<br />
Space. #34.1 Part 3: Self-Curating Project.<br />
Improvised trios. Array Space, 155 Walnut<br />
Ave. 416-532-3019. $10 or PWYC.<br />
Wednesday <strong>September</strong> 9<br />
●●Sep 09 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist<br />
Church. Noonday Organ Recitals. Michael<br />
Bloss, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167.<br />
Free.<br />
Thursday <strong>September</strong> 10<br />
●●Sep 10 12:15: Metropolitan United Church.<br />
Noon at Met. Simon Walker, organ. Metropolitan<br />
United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E.<br />
416-363-0331 x26. Free; donations welcome.<br />
●●Sep 10 8:00: Ontario Welsh Festival.<br />
Calan from Wales. Traditional Welsh folk<br />
music including songs from their album<br />
DINAS. Angharad Sian, fiddle; Bethan Rhiannon,<br />
accordion, piano, vocals, step dancer;<br />
Sam Humphreys, guitar; Alaw Ebrill Jones/<br />
Llinos Jones, harp; Patrick Rimes, fiddle, pibgorn,<br />
whistle. Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick<br />
Ave. 647-204-6958. $15 before Aug 31; $20<br />
afterwards.<br />
Friday <strong>September</strong> 11<br />
●●Sep 11 1:10: Gordon Murray Presents.<br />
Piano Potpourri. Featuring classics, opera,<br />
operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international<br />
and other genres. Gordon Murray,<br />
piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church -<br />
Chapel, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC.<br />
Lunch and snack friendly.<br />
●●Sep 11 4:30: Marilyn I. Walker School of<br />
Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University.<br />
Imagining The City Festival. citySounds:<br />
Devon Fornelli. 15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines.<br />
905-688-5550 x3817. Free.<br />
●●Sep 11 11:30: Bloor-Yorkville BIA. Summer<br />
Music in the Park with the Cascabel Duo Trio.<br />
Village of Yorkville Park, 115 Cumberland St.<br />
416-928-3553. Free. Weather permitting.<br />
Saturday <strong>September</strong> 12<br />
●●Sep 12 12:30: Bloor-Yorkville BIA. Summer<br />
Music in the Park with the Raz Hill and Quartet.<br />
Village of Yorkville Park, 115 Cumberland<br />
St. 416-928-3553. Free. Weather permitting.<br />
●●Sep 12 2:30: York Regency Society. Jane<br />
Austen at Home. Pieces from Austen’s personal<br />
collection arranged for piano, flute and<br />
violin. Sterkel: Sonata Op.3 No.2 in G; J.M.<br />
Guest: Sonata in E-flat for violin and pianoforte;<br />
Pleyel: Sonata in e for flute and pianoforte<br />
B435; Arne: Nymphs and Shepherds;<br />
Haydn: A Pastoral Song (lyrics by Anne Home<br />
Hunter). Barbara Ackerman, flute; Stephen<br />
Fuller, violin; Susanna McCleary, soprano/<br />
violin; Dorothy de Val, piano. Montgomery’s<br />
Inn, 4709 Dundas St. W. 416-578-1031. $20;<br />
$15(sr/st).<br />
●●Sep 12 7:30: Canadian Music Centre/<br />
Musica Reflecta. Opus: Testing Workshop<br />
and Concert. Canadian Music Centre, 20 St.<br />
Joseph St. 416-961-6601 x201. PWYC.<br />
Sunday <strong>September</strong> 13<br />
●●Sep 13 11:00am: The Oratory. Missa Septem<br />
Dolorem. New composition for two sopranos<br />
and organ by music director Philip<br />
Fournier. Performed in context of a Solemn<br />
High Mass. The Oratory, Holy Family Church,<br />
1372 King St. W. 416-532-2879. Free.<br />
●●Sep 13 4:00: Church of St. Mary Magdalene.<br />
Andrew Adair, organ. Music by<br />
Rachel Laurin and Maurice Duruflé. Church of<br />
St. Mary Magdalene (Toronto), 477 Manning<br />
Ave. 416-531-7955. Free.<br />
●●Sep 13 4:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer<br />
Music in the Garden: Grassy Roads, Wandering<br />
Feet. Fusion of Celtic, Bluegrass, Old<br />
Time and Nordic traditions. The Bombadils.<br />
235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free.<br />
●●Sep 13 4:00: St. Philip’s Jazz Vespers. Mark<br />
Eisenman Quartet. Mark Eisenman, piano;<br />
Mike Murley, saxophone; Barry Elmes, drums;<br />
Pat Collins, bass. St. Philip’s Anglican Church,<br />
25 St. Phillips Rd., Etobicoke. 416-247-5181.<br />
Freewill offering.<br />
●●Sep 13 7:00: Westview Presbyterian<br />
Church. Sunday Night Concert Series:<br />
Acclarion in Concert. David Carovillano,<br />
accordion; Rebecca Sajo-Carovillano, clarinet.<br />
233 Westview Blvd. 416-759-8531. $30<br />
(includes CD).<br />
Monday <strong>September</strong> 14<br />
●●Sep 14 12:30: Massey Hall. Lunchtime Live:<br />
Spencer Burton. Country-folk music. Yonge-<br />
Dundas Square, 1 Dundas St. E. 416-872-<br />
4255. Free.<br />
Tuesday <strong>September</strong> 15<br />
●●Sep 15 12:00 noon: Marilyn I. Walker<br />
School of Fine and Performing Arts, Brock<br />
University. Imagining The City Festival. Pop<br />
Up Performance. Colin Maier, oboe and other<br />
instruments; Alexander Sevastian, accordion.<br />
15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines. 905-<br />
688-5550 x3817. Free community event. Also<br />
Sep 16,17,18.<br />
●●Sep 15 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Yorkminster<br />
Park Baptist Church.<br />
Lunchtime Chamber Music: Rising Stars<br />
Recital. Featuring students from the Glenn<br />
Gould School. Yorkminster Park Baptist<br />
Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free;<br />
donations welcome.<br />
●●Sep 15 12:10: University of Toronto Faculty<br />
of Music. Tuesday Performance Class for<br />
Singers: Opening and Welcome to the Year.<br />
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University<br />
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-<br />
0492. Free.<br />
●●Sep 15 8:00: Massey Hall. Silk Road Ensemble<br />
with Yo-Yo Ma. 178 Victoria St. 416-872-<br />
4255. $59.50-$199.50.<br />
Wednesday <strong>September</strong> 16<br />
●●Sep 16 12:00 noon: Marilyn I. Walker<br />
School of Fine and Performing Arts, Brock<br />
University. Imagining The City Festival. Pop<br />
Up Performance. Colin Maier, oboe and other<br />
instruments; Alexander Sevastian, accordion.<br />
15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines.<br />
905-688-5550 x3817. Free community event.<br />
Also Sep 15,17,18.<br />
●●Sep 16 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist<br />
Church. Noonday Organ Recitals. William<br />
Maddox, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167.<br />
Free.<br />
THE<br />
HUMAN<br />
PASSIONS<br />
Sept 16-20<br />
416.964.6337<br />
tafelmusik.org<br />
●●Sep 16 7:00: Tafelmusik. The Human Passions.<br />
Veracini: Ouverture No 6 in g; Arias<br />
from Vivaldi’s Il Farnace and Handel’s Giulio<br />
Cesare, Ariodante, and Rinaldo; Vivaldi: Bassoon<br />
Concerto in F RV485; Bach: Violin Concerto<br />
in d; Concerto for harpsichord in d<br />
(transcr. by Rodolfo Richter). Tafelmusik Baroque<br />
Orchestra; Rodolfo Richter, violinist and<br />
guest director; Mireille Lebel, mezzo; Dominic<br />
Teresi, solo bassoon. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre,<br />
Jeanne Lamon Hall, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-<br />
6337. $38 and up; $30 and up(sr); $15-$81(st).<br />
Also Sep 17,18,19,20, start times vary.<br />
Thursday <strong>September</strong> 17<br />
●●Sep 17 12:00 noon: Marilyn I. Walker<br />
School of Fine and Performing Arts, Brock<br />
University. Imagining The City Festival. Pop<br />
Up Performance. Colin Maier, oboe and other<br />
instruments; Alexander Sevastian, accordion.<br />
15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines. 905-<br />
688-5550 x3817. Free community event. Also<br />
Sep 15,16,18.<br />
●●Sep 17 12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University<br />
Faculty of Music. Faculty Showcase<br />
Concert. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall,<br />
75 University Ave., Waterloo. 519-884-1970<br />
x4439. Free.<br />
●●Sep 17 12:10: University of Toronto Faculty<br />
of Music. Thursdays at Noon: Works of Magnus<br />
Lindberg and Philippe Hurel. Wallace Halladay,<br />
saxophone; Stephen Tam, flute; Rob<br />
MacDonald, guitar; Gregory Oh, piano; Daniel<br />
Morphy, percussion. Walter Hall, Edward<br />
Johnson Building, University of Toronto,<br />
80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-0492. Free.<br />
●●Sep 17 12:15: Metropolitan United Church.<br />
Noon at Met. Richard Spotts, organ. Metropolitan<br />
United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen<br />
St. E. 416-363-0331 x26. Free; donations<br />
welcome.<br />
●●Sep 17 6:00: Kingsway Conservatory of<br />
Music. Flute Concert & Instrument-Tasting!<br />
Introducing KCM’s new Children’s Flute<br />
Ensemble. Alheli Pimienta, flute. 2848 Bloor<br />
St. W., Etobicoke. 416-234-01<strong>21</strong>. Free. Instruments<br />
from the flute family can be tested following<br />
the concert.<br />
●●Sep 17 8:00: Massey Hall. The Traveling<br />
Kind Tour: Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell.<br />
Singer-songwriters. 178 Victoria St. 416-872-<br />
4255. $29.50-$89.50.<br />
●●Sep 17 8:00: Tafelmusik. The Human Passions.<br />
Veracini: Ouverture No 6 in g; Arias<br />
from Vivaldi’s Il Farnace and Handel’s Giulio<br />
Cesare, Ariodante, and Rinaldo; Vivaldi: Bassoon<br />
Concerto in F RV485; Bach: Violin Concerto<br />
in d; Concerto for harpsichord in d<br />
(transcr. by Rodolfo Richter). Tafelmusik Baroque<br />
Orchestra; Rodolfo Richter, violinist and<br />
guest director; Mireille Lebel, mezzo; Dominic<br />
Teresi, solo bassoon. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre,<br />
Jeanne Lamon Hall, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-<br />
6337. $38 and up; $30 and up(sr); $15-$81(st).<br />
Also Sep 16,18,19,20, start times vary.<br />
●●Sep 17 9:00: Small World Music. Small<br />
World Music Festival. Fanfarai. Small<br />
World Music Centre, Artscape Youngplace,<br />
180 Shaw St. 416-536-5439. Free.<br />
Friday <strong>September</strong> 18<br />
●●Sep 18 12:00 noon: Marilyn I. Walker<br />
School of Fine and Performing Arts, Brock<br />
University. Imagining The City Festival. Pop<br />
Up Performance. Colin Maier, oboe and other<br />
instruments; Alexander Sevastian, accordion.<br />
15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines.<br />
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