Volume 21 Issue 2 - October 2015

Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of
Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-923-7052. $45.
●●5:30: Canadian Music Centre/Canadian
Art Song Project. Allison Angelo, Soprano
and Simon Docking, Piano. Launch of
Moon Loves Its Light. Canadian Music Centre,
20 St. Joseph St. 416-961-6601 x202. $20;
$15(members/arts workers).
●●6:00: Music Gallery. X Avant X: MG40 New
Music Festival: Artistic Direction at the Music
Gallery. A discussion between all the Music
Gallery’s Artistic Directors. Jennie Punter,
moderator; Jim Montgomery, John Gzowski,
Jonathan Bunce, David Dacks; and recorded
contributions from founding artistic director
Al Mattes. 197 John St. 416-204-1080. Free.
Festival runs Oct 15-18.
●●8:00: Music Gallery. X Avant X: MG40 New
Music Festival: The Virtuosity of Excess -
Lori Freedman and CCMC. Lori Freedman,
clarinet; Michael Snow, piano; John Oswald,
saxophone; Paul Dutton, sound singer; John
Kamevaar, drums; and others. 197 John St.
416-204-1080. $20; $15(adv); $10(st/members).
Festival runs Oct 15-18.
●●8:00: Oakville Centre for the Performing
Arts. Dan Cooper Concert Series: Danny
Michel and Jeremy Fisher. 130 Navy St., Oakville.
905-815-2021 or 1-888-489-7784. $45.
●●8:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Massey Hall. The
Bad Plus Joshua Redman. Winter Garden
Theatre, 189 Yonge St. 416-872-4255. $39.50-
$69.50, $99.50 includes VIP meet & greet
(limited availability).
Friday October 16
●●12:10: Music at St Andrew’s. Noontime
Recital. Emily Chiang, piano and Mara Plotkin,
clarinet. St. Andrew’s Church, 73 Simcoe St.
416-593-5600 x231. Free.
●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Potpourri.
Works from classics, opera, operetta,
musicals, ragtime, pop, international and
other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-
St. Paul’s United Church (Chapel), 427 Bloor
St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack
friendly.
●●1:30: York University Department of
Music. Vocal Masterclass with Jackalyn
Short. Young singers from the studios of
Catherine Robbin, Stephanie Bogle, Norma
Burrowes, Michael Donovan, Janet Obermeyer
and Karen Rymal. Tribute Communities
Recital Hall, Accolade East Building, YU,
4700 Keele St. 647-459-0701. Free. Observers
welcome.
●●7:00: St. Michael’s Choir School. There’s a
Wideness in God’s Mercy: Founder’s Day Concert.
St. Paul’s Basilica, 83 Power St. 416-397-
6367 x6043. Free will offering.
●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. La Traviata.
See Oct 8 for details. Also runs Oct 16,
17, 21, 24, 29, 30, Nov 1, 4, 6; start times vary.
●●7:30: Heliconian Club. Debut: New Beginnings.
Bach: Ein ungefärbt Gemüte; Mendelssohn:
Piano Trio in d, Op.49; Marshall: Solo
Cello with Loop; Wagner/Liszt: Liebestod;
Songs by Garcia Lorca. Maria Soulis, mezzo;
Velma Ko, violin; Kye Marshall, cello; Nataliya
Lepeshkina, piano; Suzanne Yeo, piano. Heliconian
Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-922-3618.
$25; free(child).
●●7:30: Koichi Inoue. Piano Recital. Fauré:
Thème et variations; Albéniz: La Vega; Chopin:
Scherzo No.3; Liszt: Sonnetto 123 del Petrarca
and Après une Lecture du Dante. Remenyi
House of Music, Music Room, 210 Bloor St.
W. 905-450-9220. Free. Pre-registration
required; donations accepted.
●●7:30: Sri Chinmoy Centre. Songs of the
Soul. Works by Chinmoy. Six European and
Canadian ensembles. St. Michael’s College
School, 1515 Bathurst St. 647-748-8513. Free.
●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Back
to the Future with Live Orchestra. Film “Back
to the Future” (Alan Silvestri) with orchestra
accompaniment. Steven Reineke, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-
3375. $29.50–$101. Also Oct 17.
●●8:00: Earwitness Productions. Eve
Egoyan: Intimate Music in an Intimate Space.
J.M. Sherlock: rake, rake; Storring: byland;
L.C. Smith: Nocturnes and Chorales. Small
World Music Centre, Artscape Youngplace,
180 Shaw St. 416-551-3544. $30; $20(sr/st/
arts worker). Also Oct 17, 18.
●●8:00: Gallery 345. The Art of the Piano:
Johandrew Slominski. Franck: Prélude,
Choral et Fugue, Op.21; Chopin: Etudes,
Waltzes and Mazurkas. Johnandrew Slominski,
piano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781.
$20; $10(st/arts workers).
●●8:00: Music Gallery. X Avant X: MG40 New
Music Festival: MG Encore. Gotham: Miniature
Pieces; works by Allison Cameron and
Martin Arnold (who are participating in a preshow
interview), Ann Southam, Erik Ross and
others. MG Encore Ensemble (Wesley Shen,
Mara Plotkin, Sharon Lee, Bryan Holt, Wallace
Halladay and others). 197 John St. 416-
204-1080. $25/$20(adv); $15(st/member);
$40(festival pass). 7:00: doors open. 7:15: artists
interview. Festival runs Oct 15-18.
●●8:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Massey Hall.
Good Lovelies. Special guest: Tim Chaisson.
Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge St. 416-
872-4255. $29.50-$49.50.
●●8:00: The Oratory. Rosary with Motets: The
Five Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary, with
Musical Meditations. Lassus: Si ambulavero;
Adversum me loquebantur; Palestrina: Reges
Tharsis; Byrd: Circumdederunt me; Morales:
O Crux ave; Guerrero: O Crux splendidior;
Byrd: Agnus Dei from Mass for 5 Voices;
Organ postlude: Toccata and Fugue in d “The
Dorian”. Philip Fournier, organ and conductor.
The Oratory, Holy Family Church, 1372 King St.
W. 416-532-2879. Free. Free parking.
Earwitness Productions presents
www.eveegoyan.com
Saturday October 17
●●Toronto Early Music Centre/Early Music
Fair. 12:00 noon: Surinder Mundra, spinet.
Works by Byrd, Bull, Dowland and Purcell.
12:30: Surinder Mundra, spinet. Works by
Byrd, Bull, Dowland and Purcell. 1:00: Capella
Intima. English madrigals and part songs
from the 16th to 18th centuries. Sheila Dietrich,
soprano; Jennifer Enns Modolo, alto;
Bud Roach, tenor and director; David Roth,
baritone. 1:30: Capella Intima. English madrigals
and part songs from the 16th to 18th
centuries. Sheila Dietrich, soprano; Jennifer
Enns Modolo, alto; Bud Roach, tenor and director;
David Roth, baritone. 2:00: Cardinal
Consort. Jenkins: Newarke Seidge; Tomkins:
‘Sad paven for these distracted tymes’; works
by Lupo and Lawes. 2:30: Cardinal Consort.
Jenkins: Newarke Seidge; Tomkins: ‘Sad
paven for these distracted tymes’; works by
Lupo and Lawes. Fort York National Historic
Site, Various locations, 250 Fort York Blvd.
416-464-7610. $9; $5.50(sr/st); $4.25(children).
Includes admission to Fort York Historical
Site and Early Music Fair.
●●1:00: Music Gallery. X Avant X: MG40 New
Music Festival: Town Hall: Music Gallery At
40. Kick-off of the first major MG strategic
planning exercise since 2006. Christopher
McKinnon, moderator. 197 John St. 416-204-
1080. Free. Festival runs Oct 15-18.
●●2:00: King Music Collective. David Occhipinti
with Dan Fortin and Terry Clarke. David
Occhipinti, guitar; Dan Fortin, bass; Terry
Clark, drums. Home of Michele Mele and
Luciano Tauro, 15785 8th Concession, King
Township. 1-800-838-3006. $30; $15(st).
Includes beverage and snack.
●●2:00: Paskke String Quartet Presents.
In Concert. Mendelssohn: String Quartet
No.3 Op.44; Zemlinsky: String Quartet
No.1 Op.4; other works. Aurora Cultural Centre,
22 Church St., Aurora. 416-720-9041. $15;
$10(sr/st); free(5 and under).
●●3:00: Walmer Road Baptist Church. Fall
Organ Recital: Pipedreams. Imre Olah, organ;
Adam Batstone, classical guitar. 188 Lowther
Ave. 416-924-1121. Free, donations welcome.
●●6:30: Opera by Request. Gotterdammerung.
Conclusion of Wagner’s Ring Cycle.
Lenard Whiting, tenor (Siegfried); Susan
EVE EGOYAN
performing intimate new piano works by
Linda Catlin Smith, Nick Storring
and John Mark Sherlock
+ CD Launch of “Thought and Desire”
World Première Recordings by
LINDA CATLIN SMITH
October 16-18, 8 pm / Small World Music Centre,Toronto
For tickets/information: smallworldmusic.com
Tickets $30, Students/Seniors/Arts Workers $20
Tsakaris, soprano (Brunnhilde); Andrew Tees,
baritone (Hagen); George Ossipov, bass-baritone
(Gunther); Jillian Yemen, mezzo (Waltraute);
and others; Nordic Opera Canada
Chorus (Brigitte Bogar, conductor); William
Shookhoff, piano/conductor. College Street
United Church, 452 College St. 416-455-
2365. $20.
●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. La Traviata.
See Oct 8 for details. Also runs Oct 16,
17, 21, 24, 29, 30, Nov 1, 4, 6; start times vary.
●●7:30: Harmony Singers/Queensmen Male
Chorus. Date Night. You’re Just In Love; You’ll
Never Walk Alone; We Rise Again; Georgia on
My Mind; and others. Harvey Patterson and
Oksana Vignan, conductors. St. Paul’s United
Church (Milton), 123 Main St. E., Milton. 905-
878-8895. $20; $18(st).
●●7:30: Tallis Choir. Rachmaninoff: Vespers.
Rachmaninoff: Vespers; Tavener: Song
for Athene. Tallis Choir of Toronto, Peter
Mahon, director. St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
(Toronto), 131 McCaul St. 416-286-9798. $30;
$25(sr); $10(st).
●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Back
to the Future with Live Orchestra. Silvestri:
Film “Back to the Future” with orchestra
accompaniment. Steven Reineke, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-
3375. $29.50–$101. Also Oct 16.
●●7:30: York Chamber Ensemble. Haydn &
Mozart. Haydn: Cello Concerto in C; Mozart:
Symphony No.29. Mark Chambers, cello; Tony
Browning, conductor. Trinity Anglican Church
(Aurora), 79 Victoria St., Aurora. 905-727-
6101. $20; $15(sr/st).
●●8:00: Earwitness Productions. Eve
Egoyan: Intimate Music in an Intimate Space.
J.M. Sherlock: rake, rake; Storring: byland;
L.C. Smith: Nocturnes and Chorales. Small
World Music Centre, Artscape Youngplace,
180 Shaw St. 416-551-3544. $30; $20(sr/st/
arts worker). Also Oct 16, 18.
●●8:00: Music Gallery. X Avant X: MG40 New
Music Festival: Tyondai Braxton, New Chance
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