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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416-346-3910. $10. Includes coffee and<br />
snack. Also Oct 1.<br />
●●12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. Thursdays at Noon. MacMillan: The<br />
Country Wife; Lee Lesselman: Make Me a Willow<br />
Cabin; Jon Magnussen: Twinge. Midori<br />
Koga, piano; Lindsay Kesselman, soprano;<br />
Kimberly Cole Luevano, clarinet. Walter<br />
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University<br />
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208.<br />
Free.<br />
●●12:15: Metropolitan United Church. Noon<br />
at Met. Ashley Tidy, organ. Metropolitan<br />
United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416-<br />
363-0331 x26. 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 Oct 27, Nov 3.<br />
●●2:00: Neuberger Holocaust Education<br />
Week. From Despair to Hope: A Musical Tribute<br />
in Song. Deborah Staiman, vocals; Asher<br />
Farber, piano. Hazelton Place Retirement<br />
Residence, 111 Avenue Rd. 416-928-0111. Free.<br />
Education Week runs Nov 2-9.<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 />
●●7:30: Opera York. Tosca. Puccini. Romulo<br />
Delgado (Cavaradossi); Rachel Cleland<br />
(Tosca); Nicolae Raiciu (Scarpia); Sabatino<br />
Vacca, artistic director; Giuseppe Macina,<br />
stage director. Richmond Hill Centre for<br />
the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge St., Richmond<br />
Hill. 905-787-8811. $40-$50; $25(st).<br />
Also Nov 7.<br />
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. Fall Major Opera Production: The<br />
Medium/The Telephone. Gian Carlo Menotti,<br />
composer. Sandra Horst, conductor, Patrick<br />
Du Wors, designer; costumes by Lisa Magill;<br />
Michael Patrick Albano (The Telephone) and<br />
Anna Theodosakis (The Medium), directors.<br />
MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building,<br />
80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. $40,<br />
$25(sr); $10(st). Opera Talk half an hour<br />
prior to each performance in Room 130. Also<br />
Nov 6,7 (7:30); Nov 8(2:30).<br />
●●7:30: York University Department of<br />
Music. York University Wind Symphony and<br />
York University Symphony Orchestra Preview<br />
Concert. Mark Chambers and William<br />
Thomas, conductors. Tribute Communities<br />
Recital Hall, Accolade East Building, YU,<br />
4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. $5.<br />
●●8:00: Gallery 345. Musikk for Hardanger<br />
and Strings. Rebekka Wolkstein, Sarah Fraser<br />
Raff, Brandon Chui, Wendy Solomon, Alex<br />
Samaras and GREX (chorus). 345 Sorauren<br />
Ave. 416-822-9781. $25; $15(st).<br />
●●8:00: Music Toronto. Cecilia Quartet.<br />
Haydn: String Quartet in B-flat, Op.50, No.6:<br />
Nicole Lizée: New Commission (world premiere);<br />
Mendelssohn: String Quartet Op.44,<br />
No.2. Min-Jeong Koh, violin; Sarah Nematallah,<br />
violin; Caitlin Boyle, viola; Rachel Desoer,<br />
cello. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre<br />
for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723.<br />
$55, $50; $10(st); age 18 to 35: pay your age.<br />
●●8:00: Neuberger Holocaust Education<br />
Week/Ashkenaz Foundation. Máramaros:<br />
The Lost Jewish Music of Transylvania.<br />
Muzsikás. Toronto Centre for the Arts,<br />
5040 Yonge St., North York. 416-979-9901.<br />
Ticket price TBA. Education Week runs<br />
Nov 2-9.<br />
BAROQUE<br />
MASTERS<br />
Nov 5-8<br />
416.964.6337<br />
tafelmusik.org<br />
●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Baroque Masters. Corelli:<br />
Concerto Grosso; Fasch: Orchestral Suite<br />
in d; Bach: Concerto for violin in a, BWV1041;<br />
Locatelli: Concerto “Il Pianto d’Arianna”; Vivaldi:<br />
Concerto for two violins and two oboes<br />
in F. Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; Elisa Citterio,<br />
guest director and violin. Trinity-St.<br />
Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337.<br />
$91; $82(sr); $81(under 18). Also Nov 6, 7,<br />
8(3:30). Post-performance talk on Nov 5.<br />
Friday November 6<br />
●●12:10: Music at St Andrew’s. Noontime<br />
Recital. Su Jeon Higuera, 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: Music at Metropolitan/Toronto Centre,<br />
Royal Canadian College of Organists. In<br />
Recital: Stefan Engels, Organ. Metropolitan<br />
United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416-<br />
363-0331 x26. $20; $10(18 and under). Nov 7:<br />
Masterclass (see under ETCeteras).<br />
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. Fall Major Opera Production: The<br />
Medium/The Telephone. See Nov 5. Also Nov 7<br />
(7:30); Nov 8(2:30).<br />
●●8:00: Royal Conservatory. Music Mix Series:<br />
David Sanborn. Jazz. Koerner Hall, Telus<br />
Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $45<br />
and up.<br />
●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Baroque Masters. See<br />
Nov 5. Also Nov 7, 8(3:30).<br />
Saturday November 7<br />
●●2:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Big<br />
Bold Brass! Wagner: The Ride of the Valkyries;<br />
Williams: Superman March. Øystein<br />
Baadsvik, tuba; Sameer Patel, conductor. Roy<br />
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828.<br />
$20.50 to $32.75.<br />
●●3:00: Peter Margolian and Friends. In Concert.<br />
Pijper: Sonata for flute and piano; Gàl:<br />
Sonata for violin and piano; Finney: Divertimento<br />
for oboe, piano and percussion.<br />
Isobel Buda, flute; Hazel Boyle, oboe; Peter<br />
Margolian, piano; Mike Murphy, percussion;<br />
Steve Prime, violin. Array Space, 155 Walnut<br />
Ave. 647-980-5475. Free.<br />
●●4:00: Toronto Children’s Chorus. Spectral<br />
Contrasts. I Te Timatanga (Maori action<br />
song), Inuit dancing, drumming and throat<br />
singing; other works. Guest: James Westman,<br />
baritone; Elise Bradley, conductor. Calvin<br />
Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave. 416-<br />
932-8666 x231. $35; $30(sr/st); $20(child).<br />
Annual tour fundraising concert.<br />
●●4:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Big<br />
Bold Brass! Wagner: The Ride of the Valkyries;<br />
Williams: Superman March. Øystein<br />
Baadsvik, tuba; Sameer Patel, conductor. Roy<br />
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828.<br />
$20.50 to $32.75.<br />
●●4:30: 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 />
●●6:00: Gallery 345. Jazz at Gallery 345.<br />
Workshop & performance. Larnell Lewis,<br />
drums; Robi Botos, piano; Mike Downes, bass.<br />
345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $20; $15(st).<br />
6:00-6:45 composition/rhythm section workshop;<br />
7:00 performance.<br />
●●7:30: Canadian Art Song Project. The Living<br />
Spectacle. Erik Ross: The Living Spectacle;<br />
Brian Harman: Sewing the Earthworm;<br />
R. Strauss: Ophelia Lieder; Libby Larsen: Try<br />
Me, Good King. Ambur Braid, soprano; Carla<br />
Huhtanen, soprano; Steven Philcox, piano;<br />
Jennifer Nichols, dancer. Extension Room,<br />
30 Eastern Ave. 647-352-7041. $45; $40(adv).<br />
Phone number is for venue only. Tickets at<br />
canadianartssongproject.ca.<br />
●●7:30: Neuberger Holocaust Education<br />
Week. From Budapest to Toronto: A Personal<br />
Journey in Music and Words. Moshe Hammer<br />
and the Hammer Band. Grace Church on-the-<br />
Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-488-7884. Free.<br />
Education Week runs Nov 2-9.<br />
●●7:30: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/<br />
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. A Concert<br />
of Remembrance. Yorkminster Park<br />
Baptist Choir; Hedgerow Singers; Annalee<br />
Patipatanakoon, violin; Rob Crabtree, piper;<br />
Colleen Burns, narrator; Elizabeth Anderson,<br />
organ; Lark Popov, piano; Eric N. Robertson,<br />
conductor. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church,<br />
1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Admission free.<br />
Donations welcome.<br />
●●7:30: Opera by Request. Impressario/Bastien<br />
and Bastienne. Mozart. Stephanie Ferracane,<br />
soprano (Mrs. Heartfelt/Bastien);<br />
Michelle Danese, soprano (Miss Silvertone/<br />
Bastienne); Larry Tozer, bass-baritone (Mr.<br />
Buskin/Colas); William Shookhoff, piano/<br />
Search listings by genre<br />
online at thewholenote.com<br />
conductor. College Street United Church,<br />
452 College St. 416-455-2365. $20.<br />
●●7:30: Opera York. Tosca. Puccini. Romulo<br />
Delgado (Cavaradossi); Rachel Cleland<br />
(Tosca); Nicolae Raiciu (Scarpia); Sabatino<br />
Vacca, artistic director; Giuseppe Macina,<br />
stage director. Richmond Hill Centre for<br />
the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge St., Richmond<br />
Hill. 905-787-8811. $40-$50; $25(st).<br />
Also Nov 5.<br />
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. Fall Major Opera Production: The<br />
Medium/The Telephone. See Nov 5. Also<br />
Nov 8(2:30).<br />
●●8:00: Aga Khan Museum. Monsoon-Music.<br />
Indian classical traditions combined with<br />
jazz. Jonathan Kay, saxophones, bansuri;<br />
Andrew Kay, saxophones, eastern reed<br />
instruments, percussion; Justin Gray, fretless<br />
bass, electric bass, percussion. Aga Khan<br />
Museum Auditorium, 77 Wynford Dr. 416-646-<br />
4677. $25.<br />
●●8:00: 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 />
●●8:00: Neuberger Holocaust Education<br />
Week. The Lost Rhapsody of Leo Spellman.<br />
Paul Hoffert of Lighthouse. Temple Har-Zion,<br />
7360 Bayview Ave., Thornhill, ON. 905-889-<br />
2252. Free. Education Week runs Nov 2-9.<br />
●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Baroque Masters. See<br />
Nov 5. Also Nov 8(3:30).<br />
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