Volume 21 Issue 2 - October 2015
Vol 21 No 2 is now available for your viewing pleasure, and it's a bumper crop, right at the harvest moon. First ever Canadian opera on the Four Seasons Centre main stage gets double coverage with Wende Bartley interviewing Pyramus and Thisbe composer Barbara Monk Feldman and Chris Hoile connecting with director Christopher Alden; Paul Ennis digs into the musical mind of pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, and pianist Eve Egoyan is "On the Record" in conversation with publisher David Perlman ahead of the Oct release concert for her tenth recording. And at the heart of it all the 16th edition of our annual BLUE PAGES directory of presenters profile the season now well and truly under way.
Vol 21 No 2 is now available for your viewing pleasure, and it's a bumper crop, right at the harvest moon. First ever Canadian opera on the Four Seasons Centre main stage gets double coverage with Wende Bartley interviewing Pyramus and Thisbe composer Barbara Monk Feldman and Chris Hoile connecting with director Christopher Alden; Paul Ennis digs into the musical mind of pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, and pianist Eve Egoyan is "On the Record" in conversation with publisher David Perlman ahead of the Oct release concert for her tenth recording. And at the heart of it all the 16th edition of our annual BLUE PAGES directory of presenters profile the season now well and truly under way.
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●●2:00: Canadian Opera Company. Pyramus<br />
and Thisbe. See Oct 20 for details. Also runs<br />
Oct 25, 28, Nov 5, 7; start times vary.<br />
●●3:00: Royal Conservatory. Invesco Piano<br />
Concerts Series: Simone Dinnerstein. Schumann:<br />
Kinderszenen Op.15; Lasser: Breughel<br />
Suite (Canadian premiere); J.S. Bach:<br />
French Suite No.5 in G, BWV 816; Schubert:<br />
Four Impromptus D899 Op.90. Koerner Hall,<br />
Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.<br />
$35 and up.<br />
●●3:00: Symphony on the Bay. Northern<br />
Delights: A Sibelius Celebration. Sibelius:<br />
Symphony No.2 in D; Grieg: Piano Concerto<br />
in a. Ben Smith, piano. Burlington Performing<br />
Arts Centre, 440 Locust St., Burlington. 905-<br />
681-6000. $12-$40.<br />
●●3:00: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. Voices Across Centuries. Works<br />
by Josquin, Gjeilo, Fauré, Kodály, Chatman<br />
and others. The Men’s Chorus and Women’s<br />
Chorus; Mark Ramsay, Elaine Choi and Tracy<br />
Wong, conductors. Walter Hall, Edward<br />
Johnson Building, University of Toronto,<br />
80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. PWYC.<br />
●●9:15: Schola Magdalena. Saint Crispin’s<br />
Day. 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt.<br />
Chant, Medieval and Renaissance<br />
polyphony. Guests: Gloucester Cathedral<br />
Choir(men); Schola Magdalena Women’s<br />
Ensemble. Church of St. Mary Magdalene<br />
(Toronto), 477 Manning Ave. 416-531-7955.<br />
PWYC.<br />
Tuesday <strong>October</strong> 27<br />
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.<br />
Vocal Series: Songs from the Heart. Lieder;<br />
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel; Finzi: Let<br />
Us Garlands Bring. Quinn Kelsey, baritone;<br />
Rachel Andrist, piano. Richard Bradshaw<br />
Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the<br />
Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-<br />
8231. Free.<br />
●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/<br />
with special guest<br />
ARCHITEK PERCUSSION<br />
ctet<br />
music of Oesterle, Brady,<br />
Staniland and Psathas<br />
TRANZAC CLUB<br />
(292 Brunswick Ave)<br />
8pm Oct 28<br />
$ 20 / $ 15 / $ 10<br />
torqpercussion.ca<br />
A. Concerts in the GTA<br />
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime<br />
Chamber Music: Erika Nielsen, clarinet.<br />
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge<br />
St. 416-241-1298. Free; donations welcome.<br />
●●1:30: York University Department of<br />
Music. Music at Midday: Singing Our Songs.<br />
Arias and Lieder. Young artists in the classical<br />
vocal performance studios of Catherine<br />
Robbin, Stephanie Bogle, Norma Burrowes,<br />
Michael Donovan, Janet Obermeyer and<br />
Karen Rymal. Tribute Communities Recital<br />
Hall, Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele<br />
St. 647-459-0701. Free. Also Nov 3, 5.<br />
●●7:00: Neuberger Holocaust Education<br />
Week. Concert in Honour of Illuminations:<br />
The Art of Samuel Bak. Atis Bankas, violin;<br />
Constanze Beckman, piano. Beth Torah Congregation,<br />
47 Glenbrook Ave., Toronto, ON.<br />
416-901-3831. Free. Also Nov 15.<br />
●●8:00: Talisker Players. Renovated Rhymes:<br />
Songs and Stories for Grown-up Children.<br />
Raum: Renovated Rhymes; Seiber: The Owl<br />
and the Pussycat; Forsyth: The Dong with<br />
the Luminous; Uyeda: The Sex Lives of Vegetables;<br />
Jordahl: Verses from Ogden Nash;<br />
other works; readings from Thurber: Fables<br />
for Our Times. Guests: James McLennan,<br />
tenor; Doug MacNaugton, baritone; Ross<br />
Manson, actor/reader. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre,<br />
427 Bloor St. W. 416-466-1800. $40;<br />
$30(sr); $10(st). 7:15: Pre-concert chat. Also<br />
Oct 28.<br />
Wednesday <strong>October</strong> 28<br />
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.<br />
Jazz Series: MJO Sessions. Traditional and<br />
contemporary jazz masterworks, including<br />
new compositions by Canadian composers<br />
and own students. McGill Jazz Orchestra; Joe<br />
Sullivan, trumpet and director. Richard Bradshaw<br />
Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for<br />
the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-<br />
363-8231. Free.<br />
●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.<br />
Noonday Organ Recitals. Catherine Gray,<br />
organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.<br />
●●7:30: Canadian Music Centre. Ensemble<br />
Made in Canada. Works by Burge.<br />
20 St. Joseph St. 416-961-6601 x202. $20;<br />
$15(members/arts workers).<br />
●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Pyramus<br />
and Thisbe. See Oct 20 for details. Also runs<br />
Oct 25, 28, Nov 5, 7; start times vary.<br />
●●8:00: Metropolitan United Chrurch. Abraham:<br />
An Oratorio Dedicated to the Progenitor<br />
of Three Faiths. Composed by Richard<br />
Warrack. Featuring Richard Margison (Abraham).<br />
Metropolitan United Church (Toronto),<br />
56 Queen St. E. 416-809-6044. $54; $36(st);<br />
$75(VIP).<br />
Masaaki Suzuki<br />
conducts the<br />
Bach Collegium Japan<br />
WED., OCT. 28, 8PM<br />
KOERNER HALL<br />
TICKETS: 416.408.0208<br />
●●8:00: Royal Conservatory. Chamber Music<br />
Concerts Series: Masaaki Suzuki Conducts<br />
the Bach Collegium Japan. Bach: Brandenburg<br />
Concerto No.5 in D, BWV1050; Oboe<br />
d’amore Concerto in A, BWV1055R; Trio<br />
Sonata from The Musical Offering, BWV1079;<br />
Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV199 (Solo<br />
Cantata for Soprano). Koerner Hall, Telus<br />
Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $40<br />
and up.<br />
●●8:00: Talisker Players. Renovated Rhymes:<br />
Songs and Stories for Grown-up Children.<br />
See Oct 27.<br />
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Sibelius<br />
Symphony 2. Nielsen: Helios Overture;<br />
Bartók: Violin Concerto No.1; Sibelius: Symphony<br />
No.2. Benjamin Schmid, violin; John<br />
Storgårds, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,<br />
60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $33.75–$148.<br />
Also Oct 29(mat). Intermission chat with<br />
Tom Allen.<br />
●●8:00: TorQ Percussion Quartet. Percussion<br />
Octet. World premieres by Oesterle and<br />
Staniland; new arrangements of works by<br />
Oesterle, Brady and Psathas. Guests: Architek<br />
Percussion. Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick<br />
Ave. 416-788-8272. $20; $15(sr/arts worker);<br />
$10(st).<br />
Thursday <strong>October</strong> 29<br />
●●12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. Thursdays at Noon: Teng Li and<br />
Meng-Chieh Liu. Selections from Joseph<br />
Jongen, Paul Hindemith and Viktor Ullmann,<br />
arranged for viola and piano by Meng-Chieh<br />
Liu. Teng Li, viola; Meng-Chieh Liu, piano.<br />
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University<br />
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-<br />
0208. Free.<br />
The Musicians In Ordinary for the Lutes and Voices<br />
7:30PM <strong>October</strong> 30, <strong>2015</strong><br />
Madden Auditorium, Carr Hall,<br />
St. Michael’s College, 100 St. Joseph St.<br />
Prophetiae Sibyllarum<br />
Orlando Lassus’s chromatic Latin<br />
songs for four voices; with lute<br />
Fantasias by his contemporary<br />
Melchior Neusidler<br />
Tickets $30 / $20 students and seniors<br />
●●12:15: Metropolitan United Church. Noon<br />
at Met. Sarah Svendsen, organ. Metropolitan<br />
United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416-<br />
363-0331 x26. Free; donations welcome.<br />
●●2:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Sibelius<br />
Symphony 2. Nielsen: Helios Overture;<br />
Bartók: Violin Concerto No.1; Sibelius: Symphony<br />
No.2. Benjamin Schmid, violin; John<br />
Storgårds, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,<br />
60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $29.50–$83.75.<br />
Also Oct 28(eve). Intermission chat with<br />
Tom Allen.<br />
●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. La Traviata.<br />
See Oct 8 for details. Also runs Oct 16,<br />
17, <strong>21</strong>, 24, 29, 30, Nov 1, 4, 6; start times vary.<br />
●●7:30: Moonaura Music. Moonlight Caravan:<br />
Souls, Saints and Insanity. Ellington: Caravan;<br />
Purcell: Bess of Bedlam, Case: Into Flight;<br />
Eatock: Saints; Poulenc: La dame de Monte<br />
Carlo; works by Berlioz, Bernstein, Brahms,<br />
Handel. Melanie Conly soprano; Gregory Millar,<br />
piano. St. George the Martyr Church,<br />
197 John St. 416-712-5863. $20; $15(st).<br />
●●8:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Massey<br />
Hall/Small World Music. Mariza. Massey<br />
Hall, 178 Victoria St. 416-872-4255.<br />
$49.50-$149.50.<br />
Friday <strong>October</strong> 30<br />
●●12:10: Music at St Andrew’s. Noontime<br />
Recital. Jordan Klapman, piano. St. Andrew’s<br />
Church, 73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600 x231.<br />
Free.<br />
●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Potpourri.<br />
Works from classics, opera, operetta,<br />
musicals, ragtime, pop, international and<br />
other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-<br />
St. Paul’s United Church (Chapel), 427 Bloor<br />
St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack<br />
friendly.<br />
●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. La Traviata.<br />
See Oct 8 for details. Also runs Oct 16,<br />
17, <strong>21</strong>, 24, 29, 30, Nov 1, 4, 6; start times vary.<br />
●●7:30: Orpheus Choir. Phantom of the<br />
Opera. An original choral soundtrack accompanying<br />
the 1925 classic silent horror film.<br />
Edward Moroney, organ. Grace Church onthe-Hill,<br />
300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-530-4428. $35,<br />
$30(sr); $10(st).<br />
●●8:00: Alliance Française de Toronto.<br />
Orginal Jazz Funk: A Tribute to Charles Mingus.<br />
Diane Roblin, keyboards and Reconnect:<br />
Richard Underhill, sax; Alexis Baro, trumpet;<br />
Chris Wallace, drums; Howard Spring, guitar;<br />
Mike Pelletier, bass. 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-<br />
2014. $15; $10(sr/st/members); free(Friend/<br />
Patron).<br />
●●8:00: Music Gallery. HANATSU miroir /<br />
Samuel Andreyev. 197 John St. 416-204-1080.<br />
$20/$17(adv); $15(st/member).<br />
●●8:00: Musicians in Ordinary. Prophetiae<br />
Sibyllarum. Works by Lassus; Neusidler: Fantasias<br />
for lute. John Edwards, lute. Fr. Madden<br />
Hall, Carr Bldg., St. Michael’s College,<br />
University of Toronto, 100 St Joseph St. 416-<br />
535-9956. $30; $20(sr/st). 7:30: Pre-concert<br />
talk.<br />
●●8:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Massey Hall.<br />
Renée Fleming, Soprano. Rachmaninoff:<br />
In the Silence of the Secret Night, Op.4/3;<br />
The Water Lily, Op.8; Ne poy, krasavitsa,<br />
pri mne, Op. 4/4; Canteloube: Songs of the<br />
Auvergne--Baïlèro; Malurous qu’o uno fenno;<br />
Brezairola. Gerald Martin Moore, piano.<br />
Massey Hall, 178 Victoria St. 416-872-4255.<br />
$39.50-$149.50.<br />
●●8:00: Royal Conservatory. Quiet Please,<br />
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