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Volume 23 Issue 3 - November 2017

In this issue: conversations (of one kind or another) galore! Daniela Nardi on taking the reins at "best-kept secret" venue, 918 Bathurst; composer Jeff Ryan on his "Afghanistan" Requiem for a Generation" partnership with war poet, Susan Steele; lutenist Ben Stein on seventeenth century jazz; collaborative pianist Philip Chiu on going solo; Barbara Hannigan on her upcoming Viennese "Second School" recital at Koerner; Tina Pearson on Pauline Oliveros; and as always a whole lot more!

In this issue: conversations (of one kind or another) galore! Daniela Nardi on taking the reins at "best-kept secret" venue, 918 Bathurst; composer Jeff Ryan on his "Afghanistan" Requiem for a Generation" partnership with war poet, Susan Steele; lutenist Ben Stein on seventeenth century jazz; collaborative pianist Philip Chiu on going solo; Barbara Hannigan on her upcoming Viennese "Second School" recital at Koerner; Tina Pearson on Pauline Oliveros; and as always a whole lot more!

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WOMEN’S MUSICAL CLUB OF TORONTO<br />

NOVEMBER 9, <strong>2017</strong> | 1.30 PM<br />

ZODIAC TRIO<br />

416-9<strong>23</strong>-7052<br />

wmct.on.ca<br />

révéler un secret; Stravinsky: L’Histoire du<br />

soldat (Suite); Piazzolla: Milonga, Muerte del<br />

Angel; Khachaturian: Trio for clarinet, violin,<br />

and piano; and other works. Riko Higuma,<br />

piano; Kliment Krylovskiy, clarinet; Vanessa<br />

Mollard, violin. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson<br />

Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s<br />

Park. 416-9<strong>23</strong>-7052. $45.<br />

●●5:30: Canadian Music Centre. Andrew<br />

Downing’s Otterville. Selections from Otterville.<br />

Andrew Downing Quintet. 20 St. Joseph<br />

St. 416-961-6601 x202. $20/$15(adv);<br />

$12(CMC members/arts workers); $10(st).<br />

●●7:00: Aga Khan Museum. Origins by the<br />

Canadian Arabic Orchestra. Laura Grizzlypaws,<br />

vocals and dance; and others.<br />

77 Wynford Dr. 416-646-4677. $27-$30.<br />

●●7:30: Canadian Chordoma Network.<br />

Chords for Chordoma: Jazz at the Lyric – A<br />

Pan-American Jazz Event. A night of jazz for<br />

cancer research also honouring Dr. Janis<br />

Sarra. Brazilian, Samba, Swing and Cuban<br />

jazz. Memo Acevedo, Pat LaBarbera, Andre<br />

Mehmari, Chico Pinheiro, Dave Restivo and<br />

others. Lyric Theatre, Toronto Centre for the<br />

Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-250-3708. $50-<br />

$100. All profits to the Canadian Cancer Society<br />

to benefit Canadian chordoma research.<br />

●●7:30: Ken Page Memorial Trust/WholeNote<br />

Media Inc. Jim Galloway’s Wee Big<br />

Band. Celebrating the music of the swing era.<br />

Martin Loomer, conductor. The Garage, CSI<br />

Building, 720 Bathurst St. 416-515-0200. $25.<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. Cinema Remembrance.<br />

Music from films including Yentl, Fiddler on<br />

the Roof, Life is Beautiful, Schindler’s List and<br />

Exodus. Works by Williams, Legrand, Piovani<br />

and Delerue. Isabelle Durin, violin; Michael<br />

Ertzscheid, piano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-<br />

822-9781. $25; $10(st). Cash only.<br />

MOZART’S<br />

PIANO<br />

GUEST DIRECTED BY<br />

KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUT<br />

NOV 9–12<br />

TRINITY-ST. PAUL’S CENTRE<br />

tafelmusik.org<br />

●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Mozart’s Piano. J.C. Bach:<br />

Symphony in g Op.6 No.6; C.P.E. Bach: Symphony<br />

for Strings in C Wq182/3; Mozart: Symphony<br />

No. 29 in A K201; Rondo in a for Solo<br />

Piano K511; Piano Concerto in No.12 in A K414.<br />

Kristian Bezuidenhout, guest director and<br />

fortepiano; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.<br />

Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall,<br />

427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. $19-$116. Preconcert<br />

chat at 7pm. Also Nov 10, 11, 12(3:30).<br />

TS<br />

Toronto<br />

Symphony<br />

Orchestra<br />

Afghanistan:<br />

Requiem for a<br />

Generation<br />

Nov 9 & 11<br />

Measha Brueggergosman,<br />

soprano<br />

TSO.CA<br />

●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.<br />

Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation.<br />

Julien Bilodeau: La fantaisie du pendu<br />

(Hangman’s fantasy) (Sesquie for Canada’s<br />

150th); Traditional: Piper’s Lament (Flowers<br />

of the Forest); Diespecker: Creed (reading);<br />

Vaughan Williams: Mvmt 2 from A London<br />

Symphony (Symphony No.2); Jeffrey<br />

Ryan: Afghanistan - Requiem for a Generation;<br />

and other works. Measha Brueggergosman,<br />

soprano; Allyson McHardy, mezzo; Colin<br />

Ainsworth, tenor; Brett Polegato, baritone;<br />

Toronto Children’s Chorus; Toronto Mendelssohn<br />

Choir; Tania Miller, conductor. Roy<br />

Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375.<br />

$34.75-$148. Also Nov 11.<br />

●●9:00: Polyphonic Ground. Sina Salimi plus<br />

D’Bi and The 333. Revival Bar, 783 College St.<br />

416-536-5439. $20/$15(adv).<br />

Friday <strong>November</strong> 10<br />

●●12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime<br />

Recital. Agnes Wan, piano. St. Andrew’s<br />

Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St. 416-593-<br />

5600 x<strong>23</strong>1. Free.<br />

●●7:30: Burlington Performing Arts Centre.<br />

Trent Severn. Folk trio. Burlington Performing<br />

Arts Centre, Community Studio<br />

Theatre, 440 Locust St., Burlington. 905-681-<br />

6000. $45. Series discount available.<br />

●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. The Winter’s<br />

Tale. Music by Joby Talbot. Christopher Wheeldon,<br />

choreographer. Four Seasons Centre for<br />

the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-345-<br />

9595. $39-$265. Opens Nov 10, 7:30pm. Runs to<br />

Nov 19. Wed-Sat(7:30pm), Thurs/Sat/Sun(2pm).<br />

●●7:30: Opera by Request. La Clemenza di<br />

Tito. Mozart. William Ford, tenor (Tito); Deena<br />

Nicklefork, soprano (Vitellia); Madison Arsenault,<br />

mezzo (Sesto); Shannon Mills, soprano<br />

(Servilia); and others; William Shookhoff,<br />

piano and conductor. College Street United<br />

Church, 452 College St. 416-455-<strong>23</strong>65. $20.<br />

●●7:30: Royal Canadian College of Organists.<br />

At the Heart of Bach. Works by J.S.<br />

Bach. Christian Lane, organ. Christ Church<br />

Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-598-4521. $25;<br />

$20(RCCO members/sr/st).<br />

●●8:00: Alliance Française de Toronto. 1917:<br />

The Trenches, A Musical Cradle. Joanne<br />

Morra, vocalist; Eric St-Laurent, guitar;<br />

Rachel Melas, double bass. 24 Spadina Rd.<br />

416-922-2014 x37. $15; $10(sr/st/member).<br />

Rémi Bolduc<br />

Jazz Ensemble<br />

presents<br />

Swingin’<br />

with Oscar<br />

Fri. <strong>November</strong> 10,<br />

8pm<br />

auroraculturalcentre.ca<br />

905 713-1818<br />

OPERA SINGERS AND FANS ALERT!<br />

Ten Singing Stars - Next Generation<br />

Rachel Andrist, pianist<br />

IN CONCERT MONDAY NOVEMBER 6, 7pm<br />

info@ircpa.net<br />

416.362.1422<br />

www.ircpa.net<br />

Zoomer Hall, home of Classical 96.3fm,<br />

70 Jefferson Avenue in Toronto’s Liberty Village (King/Dufferin area)<br />

Free parking available<br />

TICKETS: $30, $20 FOR UNDER 30, SENIORS AND ARTS WORKERS<br />

The IRCPA acknowledges with thanks support from the Ontario Arts Council,<br />

the Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation, Toronto Arts Council, and private donors.<br />

Partners: La Scena, Lula Lounge, the Wholenote, Classical 96.3FM<br />

At the Heart<br />

of Bach<br />

Prize-winning organist<br />

Christian Lane plays<br />

masterpieces central to the genius<br />

of J.S.Bach on the famed organ of<br />

Christ Church Deer Park.<br />

Friday <strong>November</strong> 10 • 7:30pm<br />

Christ Church Deer Park<br />

1570 Yonge Street<br />

$25, $20 RCCO members,<br />

students and seniors<br />

416-598-4521<br />

rcco.ca/toronto-on<br />

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