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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●●8:00: Nagata Shachu. Half Cycle, Full Moon.<br />
Aki Takahashi, director. Fleck Dance Theatre,<br />
Harbourfront Centre, <strong>23</strong>5 Queens Quay W.<br />
416-973-4000. $24-$37; $20(sr/st).<br />
●●8:00: Music Gallery. TAK: Love, Crystal<br />
and Stone + Darren Creech. Ashkan Behzadi:<br />
Love, Crystal and Stone; works by Darren<br />
Creech. 918 Bathurst Centre, 918 Bathurst St.<br />
416-961-9594. $10-$20.<br />
●●8:00: Royal Conservatory. Music Mix:<br />
PARIS! Le Spectacle. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre,<br />
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. SOLD OUT.<br />
●●8:00: Toronto Consort. Renaissance Splendours.<br />
Music from the highest courts of Renaissance<br />
Europe. Dancers from the School<br />
of Atelier Ballet; Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg,<br />
choreographer. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre,<br />
Jeanne Lamon Hall, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-<br />
6337. $15-$64. Also Nov 17.<br />
in A TWV55:A1; Overture-Suite in B-flat<br />
TWV55:B5 “Les Nations”; Polish Concerto in G<br />
TWV55:G10; Overture-Suite in G TWV55:G10<br />
“The Burlesque of Don Quixotte”. St. Thomas’s<br />
Anglican Church (Toronto), 383 Huron<br />
St. www.bemusednetwork.com/events. $30.<br />
Pre-concert chat at 7:15pm with Olivier Fortin<br />
and Kathleen Kajioka, moderated by Larry<br />
Beckwith.<br />
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.<br />
Angela Hewitt. Bach: Keyboard Concerto<br />
No.3 in D BWV1054; Mozart: Piano Concerto<br />
No.9 in E-flat K271 “Jeunehomme”; Bach: Keyboard<br />
Concerto No.7 in g BWV1058; Mozart:<br />
Piano Concerto No.20 in d K466. Angela<br />
Hewitt, leader and piano. Roy Thomson Hall,<br />
60 Simcoe St. 416-593-1285. $33.75-$148.<br />
Also Nov 19(3pm at George Weston Recital<br />
Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts).<br />
●●9:00: Alliance Française de Toronto. Tribute<br />
to Signeur Tabu Ley Rochereau and Papa<br />
Wemba. Cour des Grands and Blandine<br />
Mbiya. 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2014 x37. $15;<br />
$10(sr/st/member).<br />
Sunday <strong>November</strong> 19<br />
●●1:30: Music at Metropolitan. Jazz Standards<br />
of the Seventeenth Century. Ground<br />
basses, lute songs and madrigals. Musicians<br />
on the Edge; Rezonance Baroque Ensemble;<br />
Emily Klassen, soprano; Charles Davidson,<br />
tenor; Rezan Onen-Lapointe, violin; Erika<br />
Nielsen, cello; Dave Podgorski, harpsichord;<br />
Benjamin Stein, lutes. Metropolitan United<br />
Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416-363-<br />
0331 x26. $20; $10(18 and under).<br />
●●2:00: Burlington Performing Arts Centre.<br />
Matt Haimovitz, cello. Three Bach Cello<br />
Suites. Burlington Performing Arts Centre,<br />
Community Studio Theatre, 440 Locust St.,<br />
Burlington. 905-681-6000. $45; $19(youth).<br />
Series discount available.<br />
●●2:00: Gallery 345. TorQ Percussion CD<br />
Release: Modulations. Features original commissions<br />
for keyboard and percussion instruments.<br />
Works by Hatzis, Hatch and Morphy.<br />
345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $30; $20(sr/<br />
arts workers); $10(st). Cash only. Ticket price<br />
includes a copy of the new CD.<br />
●●2:00: National Ballet of Canada. The Winter’s<br />
Tale. See Nov 10.<br />
●●2:00: The Sound Post. Fall Salon Concert.<br />
Bach: Cello Suite No.6; Bottesini: Elegy; Schubert:<br />
Arpeggione Sonata. Joel Quarrington,<br />
bass; Peter Longworth, piano. 93 Grenville<br />
St. 416-971-6990. $20(incl CD); free(under<br />
16). Limited seating; reserve at events@<br />
thesoundpost.com. Reception to follow.<br />
●●3:00: Chorus York. Top Hats and Tunes: A<br />
Program of Broadway Hits. Stéphane Potvin,<br />
conductor; Christina Faye, piano. Thornhill<br />
Presbyterian Church, 271 Centre St., Thornhill.<br />
905-884-7922. $25; $20(sr/st). Also<br />
Nov 25(8pm, Richmond Hill).<br />
●●3:00: Masterworks of Oakville Chorus and<br />
Orchestra. Mozart’s Mass in c and Beethoven’s<br />
Choral Fantasy. Charlene Pauls, soprano;<br />
Ariel Harwood-Jones, soprano; Bud Roach,<br />
tenor; Bradley Christenson, bass; Ronald Greidanus,<br />
piano. St. Matthew’s Catholic Church,<br />
1150 Monks Passage, Oakville. 905-399-9732.<br />
$30; $25(sr); $10(st); free(under 11). Also<br />
Nov 18(8pm).<br />
●●3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.<br />
The 30th Anniversary<br />
Concert of the<br />
Toronto Korean-Canadian<br />
Choir<br />
Saturday Nov. 18,<br />
8pm<br />
●●8:00: Toronto Korean-Canadian Choir.<br />
Handel’s Messiah. 38th Anniversary Concert.<br />
Sheila Dietrich, soprano; Erica Iris, alto;<br />
Christopher Mayell, tenor; Michael Nyby,<br />
bass; Sinfonia Toronto Orchestra; Dr. Hoon-<br />
Mo Kim, conductor. Toronto Centre for the<br />
Arts, 5040 Yonge St., North York. 905-889-<br />
0009 or 416-986-2771. $30-$40.<br />
●●8:00: Toronto Masque Theatre. Ensemble<br />
Masques. Telemann: Overture-Suite<br />
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ANNUAL FALL SALE • Nov 14 -18<br />
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Jeanne Lamon & Friends • Nov 1, 2pm<br />
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18 <strong>November</strong>, 8pm<br />
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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 19 - 1:30pm<br />
Musicians On The Edge<br />
Rezonance Baroque Ensemble<br />
$20/10 AGES 18 AND UNDER<br />
Emily Klassen, soprano<br />
Charles Davidson, tenor<br />
Rezan Onen-Lapointe, violin<br />
Erika Nielsen, cello<br />
Dave Podgorski, harpsichord<br />
Benjamin Stein, lutes<br />
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