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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A. Concerts in the GTA<br />
on period instruments<br />
supported by<br />
Viola Mania<br />
Sunday <strong>November</strong> 26, 3:00<br />
●●3:15: Mooredale Concerts. Rebelheart<br />
Collective with Mai Tategami, Violin. Haydn:<br />
String Quartet Op.33 No.2 “The Joke”; Dvořák:<br />
String Quartet in F Op.96 “American”; Mendelssohn:<br />
String Quintet in B-flat Op.87.<br />
Guests: Scott St. John and Erika Raum, violins;<br />
Sharon Wei, viola; Thomas Wiebe, cello.<br />
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University<br />
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-922-<br />
3714 ext.103. $30; $20(under 30). 1:15pm:<br />
Music and Truffles.<br />
●●3:30: Junction Trio and Friends. Mystery<br />
Concert. Guest: Robert Dick, flute. St. Anne’s<br />
Anglican Church, 270 Gladstone Ave. 416-<br />
536-3160. PWYC. $20 donation suggested.<br />
●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.<br />
Organ Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church<br />
St. 416-364-7865 x<strong>23</strong>4. Donations welcome.<br />
●●4:00: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers.<br />
Paul Novotny, bass; Robi Botos, piano.<br />
1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Freewill offering.<br />
Religious service.<br />
●●4:00: Oakville Chamber Orchestra. Youth<br />
Concerto Competition Prizewinners in Concert.<br />
St. Simon’s Anglican Church (Oakville),<br />
1450 Litchfield Rd., Oakville. 905-483-6787.<br />
$30; $25(sr); $20(st); free(12 and under).<br />
●●4:30: Mississauga Festival Choir. A Salvation<br />
Army Christmas. Christmas classics.<br />
Resonance Youth Choir; Salvation Army Band.<br />
Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga.<br />
905-306-6000. Free. Also 7pm.<br />
●●7:00: St. Paul’s Anglican Church<br />
(Uxbridge). Christmas Classic. Bach: Christmas<br />
Oratorio; Cantorei sine Nomine. Sasha<br />
Liebich-Tait, Shannon Coates, Colin Ainsworth<br />
and Jonathan Liebich, solos; Orpheus<br />
Symphonietta; Stuart Beaudoin, conductor.<br />
65 Toronto St. S., Uxbridge. 866-808-2006.<br />
$20.<br />
●●7:30: Mississauga Festival Choir. A Salvation<br />
Army Christmas. Christmas classics.<br />
Resonance Youth Choir; Salvation Army Band.<br />
Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga.<br />
905-306-6000. Free. Also 4:30pm.<br />
●●7:30: York Symphony Orchestra. A Scottish<br />
Voyage. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture;<br />
Symphony No.3 “Scottish;” Bruch:<br />
Scottish Fantasy. Alejandro Junco, violin.<br />
Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts, 10268 Yonge St., Richmond<br />
Hill. 905-787-8811. $30; $25(sr); $15(st). Also<br />
Nov 25(Aurora, 8pm).<br />
●●8:00: somewhere there/Studio Dan<br />
Vienna. New Vienna in New York. Works by<br />
George Lewis, Oxana Omelchuk, Caitlin Smith,<br />
and others. Ensemble Studio Dan Vienna.<br />
Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 416-532-3019.<br />
$10 or PWYC.<br />
Monday <strong>November</strong> 27<br />
●●7:30: Gallery 345/Studio Dan Vienna.<br />
Homo Faber by Daniel Riegler. Ensemble Studio<br />
Dan Vienna. Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren<br />
Ave. 416-822-9781. $25; $10(st).<br />
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. Brass Chamber Ensembles. Walter<br />
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University<br />
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208.<br />
Free.<br />
●●7:30: York University Department of<br />
Music. York University Concert and Chamber<br />
Choirs. Lisette Canton, conductor. Tribute<br />
Communities Recital Hall, Accolade East<br />
Building, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888.<br />
$15; $10(sr/st).<br />
Tuesday <strong>November</strong> 28<br />
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.<br />
Chamber Music Series: Faune et Naïdes.<br />
Works by Debussy, Vivier and Bartók. Palladium<br />
Duo (Ariane Brisson, flute; Olivier<br />
Hébert-Bouchard, piano). Richard Bradshaw<br />
Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the<br />
Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-<br />
8<strong>23</strong>1. Free. First-come, first-served. Late seating<br />
not available.<br />
●●12:30: York University Department<br />
of Music. Music @ Midday: York University<br />
Men’s Choir Concert. Tribute Communities<br />
Recital Hall, Accolade East Building, YU,<br />
4700 Keele St. 647-459-0701. Free.<br />
●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ<br />
Recital. Richard Birney-Smith, organ. 65 Church<br />
St. 416-364-7865 x<strong>23</strong>4. Donations welcome.<br />
●●7:00: Array Space. Gratitude Listening for<br />
Pauline Oliveros. Pauline Oliveros: Arctic Air<br />
(The Earthworm Also Sings); a selection of<br />
Sonic Meditations; and an open gathering<br />
for listening, sounding and remembering Oliveros.<br />
Wendalyn Bartley, Tina Pearson, Jerry<br />
Pergolesi, Andrew Timar, Doug Van Nort and<br />
others. 155 Walnut Ave. 416-532-3019. Free.<br />
We’re Still Singing!<br />
Voices Relyea<br />
Quartetto Gelato<br />
& Friends<br />
Tue. Nov. 28th 7:30 PM<br />
www.VoicesRelyea.com<br />
●●7:30: We’re Still Singing. Benefit Concert<br />
for SickKids Cancer Research Fund. Beautiful<br />
music by cancer survivors and their loved<br />
ones. Songs and arias from Monteverdi to<br />
“Hot Tangos”. Quartetto Gelato; Voices Relyea<br />
and ten singing stars; Howard Dyck, conductor;<br />
Michael Rose, piano. Bloor Street<br />
United Church, 300 Bloor St. W. www.Voices-<br />
Relyea.com. $30; $25(sr/st).<br />
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. UofT Concert Orchestra. Paul Widner,<br />
conductor. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson<br />
Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s<br />
Park. 416-408-0208. Free.<br />
<strong>November</strong> 28 at 8pm<br />
PHILIP CHIU<br />
●●8:00: Music Toronto. Philip Chiu, Piano.<br />
Ravel: Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose Suite);<br />
Rachmaninoff: Preludes (Five Selections from<br />
Op.<strong>23</strong> and Op.32); Schubert/Liszt: Fantasy in<br />
C “Der Wanderer” D760; Liszt: Legends S175.<br />
St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St.<br />
E. 416-366-77<strong>23</strong>. $50-$55; $10(st, full time).<br />
Wednesday <strong>November</strong> 29<br />
●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.<br />
Noonday Organ Recitals: Patrick Dewell.<br />
1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.<br />
●●7:00: Tafelmusik. Four Weddings, a Funeral,<br />
and a Coronation. Handel: Ouverture from Il<br />
parnasso in festa; Purcell: Symphonies from<br />
FOUR WEDDINGS,<br />
A FUNERAL, AND<br />
A CORONATION<br />
DIRECTED BY ELISA CITTERIO<br />
& IVARS TAURINS<br />
NOV 29 – DEC 3<br />
TRINITY-ST. PAUL’S CENTRE<br />
tafelmusik.org<br />
the ode “From Hardy Climes” Z325; Blow: Coronation<br />
Anthem “God Spake Sometimes in<br />
Visions”; Lully: Ballet from Xerxes; Pachelbel<br />
Canon & Gigue; and other works. Tafelmusik<br />
Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir<br />
directed by Elisa Citterio and Ivars Taurins.<br />
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-<br />
964-6337. $19-$97. Also Nov 30, Dec 1, 2, 3.<br />
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. Vocal Jazz Ensemble and 11 O’Clock<br />
Jazz Orchestra. Christine Duncan and<br />
Jim Lewis, directors. Walter Hall, Edward<br />
Johnson Building, University of Toronto,<br />
80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. Free.<br />
●●8:00: Burlington Performing Arts Centre.<br />
Men of the Deeps. Christmas Concert.<br />
Burlington Performing Arts Centre, Main<br />
Theatre, 440 Locust St., Burlington. 905-681-<br />
6000. $69. Series discount available.<br />
●●8:00: Westwood Concerts. From Moscow<br />
to Paris: - A Musical Journey. Works<br />
by Saint-Saëns, Glinka and others. Michael<br />
Westwood, clarinet; Ruta Vaivade, piano.<br />
Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781.<br />
$30; $20(sr/st).<br />
Thursday <strong>November</strong> 30<br />
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.<br />
Vocal Series: Long, Long Ago. Works by Badings,<br />
Whitacre, Corigliano, Forrest and<br />
others. Schulich Singers; Jean-Sébastien<br />
Vallée, director. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,<br />
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8<strong>23</strong>1.<br />
Free. First-come, first-served. Late seating<br />
not available.<br />
●●12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. Thursdays at Noon: Enrico Elisi,<br />
Piano. Works by Bach and Kye Ryung Park.<br />
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University<br />
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-<br />
0208. Free.<br />
●●12:30: York University Department of<br />
Music. Music @ Midday: Classical Piano<br />
Showcase. Tribute Communities Recital Hall,<br />
Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele St.<br />
647-459-0701. Free.<br />
●●1:00: Miles Nadal JCC. Duelling Clarinetists:<br />
Benny Goodman & Artie Shaw. Historical<br />
lecture with live clarinet music. Jonno Lightstone,<br />
clarinet. 750 Spadina Ave. 416-924-<br />
6211 x155. $5.<br />
●●2:00: Orchardviewers. Nightingale. Toronto<br />
Public Library, Northern District, 40 Orchard<br />
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