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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Sunday <strong>November</strong> 5<br />
●●2:00: Chamber Music Hamilton. Miró<br />
String Quartet. Haydn: String Quartet<br />
Op.71 No.3; Puts: Credo; Mozart: Viola Quartet<br />
in g K516. Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1<strong>23</strong> King<br />
St. W., Hamilton. 905-525-7429. $35; $30(sr);<br />
$15(st).<br />
●●2:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts. Rebels Against Time: The<br />
Tides of Romanticism. Works by Mendelssohn,<br />
Beethoven, Franck, Gade and Piazzolla.<br />
Duo Kleinhapl & Woyke: Friedrich Kleinhapl,<br />
cello; Andreas Woyke, piano. 390 King<br />
St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424. $29-$55;<br />
$15-$27(st).<br />
●●2:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. Wish<br />
List. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Beethoven:<br />
Symphony No.7. Aisslinn Nosky, conductor<br />
and violin. FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre,<br />
250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-<br />
0722 or 1-855-515-0722. $67; $62(sr); $32(30<br />
and under); $12(st/arts/child); $5(eyeGO).<br />
Also Nov 4(7:30pm).<br />
Wednesday <strong>November</strong> 8<br />
●●12:15: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church<br />
(Kitchener). Wednesday Noon-Hour Concerts.<br />
Jennifer Enns, mezzo-soprano; Lorin<br />
Shalanko, piano. 54 Queen St. N., Kitchener.<br />
Free. 11:30am: Optional low-cost lunch available<br />
in the foyer.<br />
●●12:30: University of Waterloo Department<br />
of Music. Noon Hour Concerts: Autorickshaw.<br />
Great Hall, Conrad Grebel University<br />
College, 140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo.<br />
519-885-8220 x24226. Free.<br />
●●2:30: Seniors Serenade. Pianist Mary<br />
Kenedi: Happy 150th, Canada. Grace United<br />
Church (Barrie), 350 Grove St. E., Barrie.<br />
705-726-1181. Free. 3:30pm: tea and cookies<br />
$5.<br />
Thursday <strong>November</strong> 9<br />
●●12:00 noon: University of Guelph College<br />
of Arts. Thursday at Noon: Autumn Colours.<br />
Krisztina Szabó, mezzo-soprano; Anna Ronai,<br />
piano. Goldschmidt Room, 107 MacKinnon<br />
Bldg., 50 Stone Rd. E., Guelph. 519-824-4120<br />
x52991. Free.<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber<br />
Music Society. Agnes Wan, Piano. Scarlatti:<br />
Two Keyboard Sonatas in d (K9, K141);<br />
Haydn: Sonata in c, Hob.XVI: 20; Chopin: Ballade<br />
No.3 in A-flat Op.47; Barcarolle in F-sharp<br />
Op.60; Schumann: In der Fremde Op.39 No.1,<br />
Die Lotosblume Op.25 No.7; Widmung, Op.25,<br />
No.1 (tr. Clara Schumann); and other works.<br />
KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.<br />
519-886-1673. $30; $20(st).<br />
Friday <strong>November</strong> 10<br />
●●7:30: Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and<br />
Performing Arts, Brock University. Encore!<br />
Professional Concert Series: The Walker<br />
Quartet. Schumann: Piano Quintet; Shostakovich:<br />
Piano Quintet. Karin Di Bella, piano.<br />
Partridge Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts<br />
Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines.<br />
905-688-0722 or 1-855-515-0722. $28.50;<br />
$22.50(sr/st); $12.50(child); $5(eyeGo). General<br />
admission.<br />
●●7:30: Orchestra Kingston. An Evening with<br />
Mozart. Mozart: overture to Die Zauberflöte;<br />
Requiem; and other choral and orchestral<br />
works. Kingston Choral Society. Sydenham<br />
Street United Church, 82 Sydenham<br />
St., Kingston. 613-766-4345. $25; $20(sr/st);<br />
free(under 12).<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.<br />
Dancin’ thru the Decades. Dance hits from<br />
the past 70 years including Elvis Presley,<br />
The Beatles, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder,<br />
Earth Wind & Fire and others. Anita Hall,<br />
vocals; Steve Moretti, drums; Matt Catingub,<br />
conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen<br />
St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-<br />
4717. $19-$86. Also Nov 11.<br />
Saturday <strong>November</strong> 11<br />
●●7:30: Barrie Concerts. We Will Remember:<br />
Songs From The Great World Wars. U of T<br />
Choir (Scarborough Campus); Lenard Whiting,<br />
conductor. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church,<br />
50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $85.<br />
●●7:30: Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and<br />
Performing Arts, Brock University. Guitar<br />
Extravaganza III. Cairns Hall, FirstOntario<br />
Performing Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St.<br />
Catharines. 905-688-0722. $17.50; $12.50(sr/<br />
st); $5(eyeGo); free(Brock students).<br />
●●8:00: DaCapo Chamber Choir. Colour<br />
of Freedom. Guest: Amir Haghighi, Persian<br />
vocalist. St. John the Evangelist Anglican<br />
Church, <strong>23</strong> Water St. N., Kitchener. 519-725-<br />
7548. $25; $20(sr); $15(st); $5(eyeGO/child).<br />
Also Nov 12(3pm, St. John’s Lutheran Church,<br />
Waterloo).<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.<br />
Dancin’ thru the Decades. Dance hits from<br />
the past 70 years including Elvis Presley,<br />
The Beatles, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder,<br />
Earth Wind & Fire and others. Anita Hall,<br />
vocals; Steve Moretti, drums; Matt Catingub,<br />
conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen<br />
St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-<br />
4717. $19-$86. Also Nov 10.<br />
Sunday <strong>November</strong> 12<br />
●●2:00: The Gallery Players of Niagara.<br />
Going Solo... but not alone! Bach: Concerto<br />
for oboe and violin BWV1060; Giuliani: Concerto<br />
in A Op.30 for guitar and strings;<br />
Quantz: Concerto in G QV5:174 No.161; Rolfe:<br />
Six Songs for voice and string quartet. Timothy<br />
Phelan, guitar; Douglas Miller, flute; Julie<br />
Baumgartel, Anita Walsh and Rona Goldensher:<br />
violins; James Mason, oboe; and others.<br />
Silver Spire United Church, 366 St. Paul St.,<br />
St. Catharines. 905-468-1525. $36; $33(sr);<br />
$14(st/arts worker); $75(family).<br />
●●3:00: DaCapo Chamber Choir. Colour<br />
of Freedom. Guest: Amir Haghighi, Persian<br />
vocalist. St. John’s Lutheran (Waterloo),<br />
22 Willow St., Waterloo. 519-725-7548.<br />
$25; $20(sr); $15(st); $5(eyeGO/child). Also<br />
Nov 11(8pm, St. John the Evangelist Church,<br />
Kitchener).<br />
●●3:00: Dundas Valley Orchestra. Fall Fair<br />
Concert. Ridout: Fall Fair; Kosma (arr. Reed):<br />
Autumn Leaves; Robert McBride: Pumpkin<br />
Eaters Little Fugue; Vivaldi: L’Autumno from<br />
The Four Seasons; De Rose: Autumn Serenade;<br />
and other works. Suhashini Arulanandam,<br />
violin. St. Paul’s United Church (Dundas),<br />
29 Park St. W., Dundas. 905-387-4773. Free;<br />
donations welcome.<br />
●●4:00: Folk Under the Clock. Catherine<br />
MacLellan. If It’s Alright With You: The Life<br />
and Music of My Father, Gene MacLellan.<br />
Snowbird; Put Your Hand in the Hand; and<br />
other songs of Gene MacLellan. Market Hall<br />
Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St.,<br />
Peterborough. 705-749-1146. $37.50; $25(st).<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music<br />
Society. Clarion String Quartet: Musicians<br />
of the Holocaust. Schulhoff: Five pieces for<br />
String Quartet; Korngold: Quartet No.3; Ullmann:<br />
Quartet No.3. KWCMS Music Room,<br />
57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673.<br />
$35; $20(st).<br />
Monday <strong>November</strong> 13<br />
●●7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts. Mozart’s Piano. Mozart:<br />
Piano Concerto in A; Symphony No. 29; and<br />
works by C.P.E. Bach and J.C. Bach. Kristian<br />
Bezuidenhout, guest director and fortepiano;<br />
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. 390 King<br />
St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424. $29-$55;<br />
$15-$27(st).<br />
Tuesday <strong>November</strong> 14<br />
●●12:00 noon: Marilyn I. Walker School of<br />
Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University.<br />
RBC Foundation Music@Noon. Devon Fornelli,<br />
marimba; Joe Lapinski, electric guitar; Dr.<br />
Gregory Betts, narrator. Cairns Hall, FirstOntario<br />
Performing Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St.,<br />
St. Catharines. 905-688-0722. Free.<br />
Wednesday <strong>November</strong> 15<br />
●●12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrews. Matthew<br />
Whitfield, organ. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian<br />
Church (Barrie), 47 Owen St., Barrie.<br />
705-726-1181. $5; free(st).<br />
●●12:15: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church<br />
(Kitchener). Wednesday Noon-Hour Concerts.<br />
Heidi Wall, piano. 54 Queen St. N.,<br />
Kitchener. Free. 11:30am: Optional low-cost<br />
lunch available in the foyer.<br />
●●12:30: University of Waterloo Department<br />
of Music. Noon Hour Concerts: Venus<br />
in the Garden. Eviole (Sheila Dietrich, soprano;<br />
Corey Linforth, soprano; Jennifer<br />
Enns Modolo, mezzo; Borys Medicky, harpsichord;<br />
Miriam Stewart-Froecker, cello.<br />
Great Hall, Conrad Grebel University College,<br />
140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo. 519-885-<br />
8220 x24226. Free.<br />
●●8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Canadian<br />
Brass. Featuring their signature mix<br />
of entertainment, spontaneity, virtuosity and<br />
fun. Stuart Laughton and Bill Phillips, trumpets;<br />
Graeme Page, horn; Gene Watts, trombone;<br />
Charles Daellenbach, tuba. First-St.<br />
Andrew’s United Church, 350 Queens Ave,<br />
London. 519-672-8800. $35; $25(sr/st).<br />
Thursday <strong>November</strong> 16<br />
●●12:00 noon: University of Guelph College<br />
of Arts. Thursday at Noon: Headin’ North.<br />
Al Gorman Quartet. Goldschmidt Room,<br />
107 MacKinnon Bldg., 50 Stone Rd. E., Guelph.<br />
519-824-4120 x52991. Free.<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music<br />
Society. Ensemble Masques. Telemann: Overture-suite<br />
in A TWV55:A1; Overture-suite<br />
“Les Nations” TWV55:B5; Concerto polonois<br />
TWV43:G7; Overture-Suite “Burlesque de<br />
Quixotte” TWV55:G10. KWCMS Music Room,<br />
57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673.<br />
$35; $20(st).<br />
Saturday <strong>November</strong> 18<br />
●●7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts/Tonedeaf. Dollhouse. Coleman<br />
Lemieux et Compagnie. Isabel Bader Centre<br />
for the Performing Arts, 390 King St. W.,<br />
Kingston. 613-533-2424. $39; $16(st).<br />
●●7:30: Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and<br />
Performing Arts, Brock University. Viva<br />
Voce! Choral Series: Avanti Singers. Rachel<br />
Rensink-Hoff, conductor. St. Thomas Anglican<br />
Church (St. Catharines), 99 Ontario St., St.<br />
Catharines. 905-684-<strong>23</strong>39. $25; $20(sr/st);<br />
$5(eyeGo).<br />
Sunday <strong>November</strong> 19<br />
●●2:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts. Louis Lortie, Piano. Works<br />
by Chopin, Schubert and others. 390 King<br />
St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424. $29-$55;<br />
$15-$27(st).<br />
●●4:30: Music At St. Thomas’. Beethoven V:<br />
An Organ Duo Concert. Albrechtsberger:<br />
Prelude and Fugue in C; Bach: Fugues (from<br />
the Art of Fugue); Beethoven: Symphony No.5.<br />
Duo Pergulæ (Francine Nguyen-Savaria &<br />
Matthieu Latreille, organ). St. Thomas’ Anglican<br />
Church (Belleville), 201 Church St., Belleville.<br />
613-962-3636. By donation.<br />
●●7:00: Les Amis. ClimateKeys. Live performance<br />
followed by a screening of Al Gore’s<br />
film An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.<br />
Works by Luciano Berio and Toru Takemitsu.<br />
Erika Crinó, piano. The Loft Cinema,<br />
201 Division St., Cobourg. 905-372-2210.<br />
$30/$25(adv); $15/$10(st/adv).<br />
Tuesday <strong>November</strong> 21<br />
●●12:00 noon: Marilyn I. Walker School of<br />
Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University.<br />
RBC Foundation Music@Noon. Voice students.<br />
Cairns Hall, FirstOntario Performing<br />
Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines.<br />
905-688-0722. Free.<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music<br />
Society. Celia Linde, Guitar. Tarrega: Capricho<br />
Arabe; Linde: Three works; Malatz: Serenata<br />
Espagnola; Brouwer: Guarjira Criolla;<br />
Haglund: Beyond Farewell; and other works.<br />
KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.<br />
519-886-1673. $30; $20(st).<br />
Wednesday <strong>November</strong> 22<br />
●●12:15: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church<br />
(Kitchener). Wednesday Noon-Hour Concerts.<br />
Alexander Straus-Fausto, organ.<br />
54 Queen St. N., Kitchener. Free. 11:30am:<br />
Optional low-cost lunch available in the foyer.<br />
●●12:30: University of Waterloo Department<br />
of Music. Noon Hour Concerts: Passions for<br />
Guitar. Celia Linde, guitar. Great Hall, Conrad<br />
Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Rd.<br />
N., Waterloo. 519-885-8220 x24226. Free.<br />
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