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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