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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Giovanni. See Nov <strong>23</strong>. Also Nov 26(2:30pm).<br />
●●7:30: York University Department of<br />
Music. York University Gospel Choir. Karen<br />
Burke, conductor. Sandra Faire and Ivan<br />
Fecan Theatre, Accolade East Building,<br />
4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. $15; $10(sr/st).<br />
Also Nov 24.<br />
●●8:00: Aga Khan Museum. All Rivers at<br />
Once: The Indian-Israeli Musical Initiative.<br />
Jazz-like arrangements of traditional Indian<br />
and Israeli folk songs. Saeed Kamjoo, kamanche;<br />
Pedram Khavarzamini, tombak; Amos<br />
Hoffman, oud; Noam Lemish, piano, artistic<br />
director. 77 Wynford Dr. 416-646-4677. $40.<br />
Ticket incl same day museum admission.<br />
●●8:00: Chorus York. Top Hats and Tunes: A<br />
Program of Broadway Hits. Stéphane Potvin,<br />
conductor; Christina Faye, piano; Bells of<br />
St. Matthew’s. St. Matthew’s United Church,<br />
333 Crosby Ave., Richmond Hill. 905-884-<br />
7922. $25; $20(sr/st). Also Nov 19(3pm,<br />
Thornhill).<br />
●●8:00: Living Arts Centre. Amanda Martinez.<br />
Music from the album Mañana. Kevin<br />
Laliberte, Alexander Brown, Drew Birston,<br />
Osvaldo Rodriguez la O, Pablosky Rosales.<br />
4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-<br />
6000. $35-$50.<br />
●●8:00: Oriana Women’s Choir. The Promise<br />
of Light. Quartel: Winter Solstice; Raminsh:<br />
Songs of the Lights; Henderson: Twelve Days<br />
of Christmas; and works by Mathias, Donkin<br />
and Daley. Mitchell Pady, artistic director<br />
and conductor. Grace Church on-the-Hill,<br />
300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-978-8849. $25; $20(sr/<br />
under 35); $10(st).<br />
●●8:00: York Symphony Orchestra. A Scottish<br />
Voyage. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture;<br />
Symphony No.3 “Scottish;” Bruch:<br />
Scottish Fantasy. Alejandro Junco, violin. Trinity<br />
Anglican Church (Aurora), 79 Victoria St.,<br />
Aurora. 416-410-0860. $28; $<strong>23</strong>(sr); $15(st).<br />
Also Nov 26(Richmond Hill, 7:30pm).<br />
●●8:00: Royal Conservatory. TD Jazz: Danilo<br />
Pérez Trio and Alfredo Rodriguez Trio.<br />
Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W.<br />
416-408-0208. $40-$90.<br />
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& Islamic music<br />
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Sat. Nov. 25, 7:30 pm<br />
St. Simon-the-Apostle Church<br />
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Danilo Pérez Trio and<br />
Alfredo Rodríguez Trio<br />
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 8PM<br />
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Sunday <strong>November</strong> 26<br />
●●1:15: Mooredale Concerts. Music and Truffles:<br />
Rebelheart Collective with Mai Tategami,<br />
Violin. Interactive concert for young<br />
people with a Lindt truffle at the end. Walter<br />
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of<br />
Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-922-3714 x103.<br />
$20. 3:15pm: main performance.<br />
●●2:00: Gallery 345. Sonatas for Violin and<br />
Piano. Sonatas by Mozart, Brahms and Rachmaninoff.<br />
Annette-Barbara Vogel, violin; Uriel<br />
Tsachor, piano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-<br />
9781. $25; $10(st). Cash only.<br />
●●2:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale. Music<br />
to Embrace Advent. Bach: Cantata 131; Purcell:<br />
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary II; Charpentier:<br />
Missa “Assumpta est Maria”; Vivaldi:<br />
Recorder Concerto in G. Tatsuki Shimoda,<br />
recorder; Georgetown Bach Chorale and<br />
Chamber Orchestra. St. Elias the Prophet<br />
Ukrainian Church, 10193 Heritage Rd.,<br />
Brampton. 905-873-9909. $35; $10(st).<br />
●●2:00: National Ballet of Canada. Nijinsky.<br />
See Nov 22.<br />
●●2:00: St. Barnabas Anglican Church. Cello<br />
Recital. Prokofiev: Sonata for Cello and Piano;<br />
Falla: Suite populaire espagnole; Haydn:<br />
Piano Trio in C. Julia Kim, cello; Konrad Harley,<br />
piano; Julia Mirzoev, violin; Jack Zhao, piano.<br />
361 Danforth Ave. 416-463-1344. $20; $10 (sr/st).<br />
●●2:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. Fall Major Opera Production: Don Giovanni.<br />
See Nov <strong>23</strong>.<br />
●●2:30: Voicebox: Opera in Concert. Rodelinda.<br />
Music by Handel. Christina Raphaëlle Haldane,<br />
soprano; Charles Sy, tenor; David Trudgen,<br />
countertenor; Alexander Dobson, baritone;<br />
Voicebox Opera in Concert Chorus; Larry Beckwith,<br />
conductor. St. Lawrence Centre for the<br />
Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-77<strong>23</strong>. $29-$73.<br />
●●3:00: Cantemus Singers. Nowell, Noel.<br />
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de Minuit<br />
pour Noël; carols and motets. Michael Erdman,<br />
conductor. St. Aidan’s Anglican Church<br />
(Toronto), 70 Silver Birch Ave. 416-578-6602.<br />
$20; free(under 12). Proceeds toward Community<br />
Centre 55’s Christmas food drive. Also<br />
Nov 25(7:30pm, Church of the Holy Trinity).<br />
●●3:00: Alliance Française de Toronto. Bach,<br />
Scarlatti and Their Masters. Jacques Moderne<br />
Ensemble. 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2014<br />
x37. $15; $10(sr/st/member).<br />
presents<br />
Jacques Moderne<br />
Ensemble<br />
BACH, SCARLATTI<br />
AND THEIR MASTERS<br />
<strong>November</strong> 26, 3pm<br />
●●3:00: Da Camera Toronto. Mozart’s Salon:<br />
Duo Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin. Mozart:<br />
Sonata in G for keyboard and violin K379; Variations<br />
on ‘Hélas, j’ai perdu mon amant’ K360;<br />
Variations on ‘Unser dummer Pöbel meint’<br />
K455; Sonata in D for keyboard and violin K306.<br />
Guillaume Tardif, violin; Andrea Botticelli, fortepiano.<br />
Trinity College, Seeley Hall, 6 Hoskin Ave.<br />
416-275-5714. $30; $25(sr); $20(st).<br />
●●3:00: Intrada Brass of Oakville. Kings and<br />
Queens. St. Paul’s United Church (Oakville),<br />
454 Rebecca St., Oakville. 905-827-0561. $15;<br />
$10(sr/st); free(under 10).<br />
●●3:00: Off Centre Music Salon. Medicine<br />
and Music: A Cardiac Affair. Ben Carlson,<br />
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 26, <strong>2017</strong> | 3 PM<br />
MEDICINE + MUSIC:<br />
A CARDIAC AFFAIR<br />
offcentremusic.com<br />
actor; Steven Dann, viola; Dr. David Goldbloom,<br />
host; Virginia Hatfield, soprano; Inna<br />
Perkis, piano; and others. Trinity-St. Paul’s<br />
Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-466-63<strong>23</strong>. $50;<br />
$40(sr/st); $15(young adult); $5(child).<br />
●●3:00: Windermere String Quartet. Viola<br />
Mania. Beethoven: Duet for viola and cello<br />
“with two obligato eyeglasses”; Zucchi: Serenade<br />
in D Op.3 No.2 for solo viola and string<br />
trio; Stamitz: Quartet in g Op.10 No.2 for violin,<br />
two violas and cello; Mendelssohn: Quintet<br />
in A Op.18. Guests: Emily Eng, violin; Matt<br />
Antal, viola. St. Olave’s Anglican Church,<br />
360 Windermere Ave. 416-769-0952. $25;<br />
$20(sr); $10(st). On period instruments.<br />
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