Volume 21 Issue 3 - November 2015

Sara Tavares & Caminho. Koerner Hall, Telus
Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $35-
$80. Also Nov 13.
●●8:00: Spectrum Music. Tracing One
Warm Line. Ozere; Alex Lukashevsky, singer/
songwriter. Alliance Française de Toronto,
24 Spadina Rd. 416-988-3127. Free. Pre-concert
chat at 7:30.
●●8:00: Toronto Consort. Soul of Naples.
Renaissance music featuring comic street
songs, love poetry set to music, tarantellas
and virtuoso fantasias. Vesuvius Ensemble;
Francesco Pellegrino, tenor and director.
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall,
427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. $24-$57; $22-
$52(sr); $10(st/30 and under). 7:00: pre-concert
talk. Also Nov 13.
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Mahler
Symphony 4. R. Strauss: Dance of the
Seven Veils from Salome; Dvořák: Song to the
Moon from Rusalka; Charpentier: “Depuis le
jour” from Louise; Mahler: Symphony No.4.
Simone Osborne, soprano; Michael Sanderling,
conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe
St. 416-598-3375. $33.75-$148. Intermission
Chat in the lobby with Tom Allen. Also on
Nov 12. Pre-concert performance by The TSO
Chamber Soloists at 6:45pm (Nov 14 only).
Sunday November 15
●●10:15am: St. John’s United Church. World
Music Sunday: The Music of Bob Dylan. St.
John’s United Church (Toronto), 2 Nobert Rd.
416-491-1224. Free.
●●2:00: Curtain Call Players. A Christmas
Carol: The Musical. Music by Alan Menken.
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Book by Mike Ockrent
& Lynn Ahrens. Fairview Library Theatre,
35 Fairview Mall Dr. 416-703-6181. $28. Also
Nov 13-14,18-21. Times vary.
●●2:00: Jazz at RY. The Gene di Novi Quartet.
Gene di Novi, piano; Mike Murley, saxophones;
Neil Swainson, bass; Andrew Scott, guitar.
Royal York Road United Church, 851 Royal
York Rd. 416-231-9401. $20. Net proceeds to
Refugee Support Fund.
●●2:00: Mozart Project. Salon Concert.
Chansons, Lieder, and Arias. Non temer,
amato bene K490; L’amerò, sarò costante;
Violin Sonata No.32 in B-flat, K454. Nathalie
Paulin, soprano; Helen Becqué, piano; Leslie
Dawn Knowles, violin. Arts and Letters Club,
14 Elm St. 416-597-0223. $40(table); $20(theatre);
students half-price.
●●3:00: Flute Flight Community Flute Choir.
A Whole Lot of Treble! Works for flute ensemble
from trios to full flute choir. Cosmopolitan
A. Concerts in the GTA
Hall, Cosmo Music, 10 Via Renzo Drive, Richmond
Hill. 416-908-9924. $20; $15(sr);
$5(under 12).
photo: Melissa Sung
Русские идут!
(The Russians Are Coming!)
Alabiev, Glinka, Beethoven
Sunday November 15
●●3:00: Windermere String Quartet. The
Russians Are Coming! Performances on period
instruments. Alexander Alabiev: Variations
on a Russian Folk Song; Glinka: Quartet
in F; Beethoven: Quartet in e Op.59 No.2
“Razumovsky”. St. Olave’s Anglican Church,
360 Windermere Ave. 416-769-0952. $25;
$20(sr); $10(st).
●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Twilight
Organ Series. Thomas Fitches, organ.
65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free.
●●4:00: Toronto Mandolin Orchestra. In Concert.
Folk songs of Azerbaijan and Iran; classical
music from the Caucasus, Ukraine,
Russia; other works. Toronto Mandolin
Orchestra; Hassan Anami, tenor; Narmina
Afandiyeva, piano; Ira Erokhina, domra; Alexander
Veprinskiy, artistic director & conductor.
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St.
W. 416-533-2725. $35; $30(sr); $20(st).
●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers.
Bill McBirnie, flute; Bernie Senensky,
piano. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free.
●●5:00: Neuberger Holocaust Education
Week. Concert in Honour of Illuminations:
The Art of Samuel Bak. Atis Bankas, violin;
Constanze Beckman, piano. Beth Torah Congregation,
47 Glenbrook Ave. 416-901-3831.
Free. Also Oct 27.
Play
Sunday
November 15
2015
8:00pm Concert
Koerner Hall
ESPRIT ORCHESTRA
Alex Pauk
Music Director & Conductor
espritorchestra.com
●●8:00: Esprit Orchestra. PLAY. Norman:
Play (Canadian premiere) Rea: Zefiro torna;
Adès: Tevot (Canadian premiere). Alex
Pauk, conductor. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre,
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $20 and up.
7:15: Pre-concert chat with Alexina Louie.
Monday November 16
●●8:00: Metropolitan United Church. Elizabeth
Krehm Memorial Concert. Mahler:
Symphony No.2 “Resurrection”. Michèle
Bogdanowicz, mezzo; Rachel Krehm, soprano;
Canzona Chamber Players Orchestra;
Pax Christi Chorale; Evan Mitchell, conductor.
Metropolitan United Church (Toronto),
56 Queen St. E. 647-248-4048. $20 suggested
donation. Benefit concert for St. Michael’s
Hospital ICU.
Tuesday November 17
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Chamber Music Series: Intimate Harmonies.
Young artists from The Glenn Gould
School. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,
145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.
●●12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Tuesday Performance Class for Singers.
Fourth-year students. Walter Hall,
Edward Johnson Building, University of
Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-0492.
Free.
●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Midday
Organ Series. Sarah Svendsen, organ.
65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free.
●●7:30: Jubilee UC 2015-2016 Season. Dance
of the Blessed Spirits. Daniel Rubinoff, saxophones;
Chris Dawes, organ. Jubilee United
Church, 40 Underhill Dr. 416-447-6846. $10;
free(youth/child).
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Pedram Khavarzamini, World Music
Artist in Residence. Walter Hall, Edward
Johnson Building, University of Toronto,
80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-0492. Free.
●●8:00: Koerner Hall. Schulich School of
Music at McGill University presents McGill
Symphony Orchestra. John Rea: Over Time;
Brahms: Double Concerto in a, Op.102;
Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 Op.47. McGill
Symphony Orchestra; Axel Strauss, violin;
Matt Haimovitz, cello; Alexis Hauser, conductor;
Julie Nesrallah, host. Koerner Hall,
Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.
$25; $15(sr/st).
●●8:00: Soundstreams/Canadian Stage.
Julie. North American premiere of the chamber-opera
adaptation of Strindberg’s 1888
play. Music by Boesmans; libretto by Bondy
and Bischofberger. Sharleen Joynt, soprano;
Lucia Cervoni, mezzo; Clarence Frazer, baritone;
chamber orchestra; Les Dala, music
director; Matthew Jocelyn, stage director.
Bluma Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre
for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-368-3110. $24-
$99. Also Nov 19, 20, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29; start
times vary.
Wednesday November 18
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Jazz Series: Contempo. Contemporary jazz.
Humber Contemporary Jazz Ensemble; Kirk
MacDonald, saxophone and director. Richard
Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre
for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W.
416-363-8231. Free.
●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.
Noonhour Recitals. John Paul Farahat, organ.
1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.
●●7:00: Monarch’s Pub. Cara Matthew at
Monarchs. Monarchs Pub, 33 Gerrard St. W.
416-585-4352. Free.
●●7:30: Tempus Choral Society. Heroes:
Salute to Service Concert. Tempus salutes
those who serve as police, firefighters, paramedics,
doctors and nurses, armed forces
personnel and veterans. Tempus Choral Society;
Halton Regional Police Chorus; Burlington
Welsh Male Chorus; Craig Kielburger
MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 2
The annual Elizabeth Krehm Memorial Concert presents Mahler’s
Second Symphony as a benefit concert for St. Michael’s Hospital ICU.
Evan Mitchell, conductor
Michèle Bogdanowicz, mezzo-soprano
Rachel Krehm, soprano
Canzona Chamber Players Orchestra
Pax Christi Chorale prepared by
Stephanie Martin
Monday November 16, 2015 8:00 pm
Admission: suggested minimum
donation of $20
Metropolitan United Church
56 Queen St E, Toronto
For more information call 647.248.4048
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