Volume 23 Issue 5 - February 2018

conductor; Jocelyn Fralick, soprano. Koerner
Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208. $25-$55. Pre-concert talk at 7:15pm.
●●8:00: Sine Nomine Ensemble for Medieval
Music. Le Manuscrit du Roi. Trinity College
Chapel, University of Toronto, 6 Hoskin Ave.
416-978-8849 (reservations), 416-638-9445
(information). $20; $15(sr/st/unwaged).
Saturday February 17
●●3:00: Gallery 345. Art of the Piano: Bruce
Vogt. Hurling a Lance into the Future: The
Late Vision of Franz Liszt. 345 Sorauren Ave.
416-822-9781. $25; $10(st). Cash only.
●●5:00: Canadian Music Centre. Momentary.
New works by Jamshidi for kamanche (4
string Persian spike-fiddle). Shahriyar Jamshidi,
kamanche. 20 St. Joseph St. 416-961-
6601 x206. $15/$10(adv).
●●7:00: Classical Context. Ives and Bartók.
Ives: Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 & 4;
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances; Rhapsodie for
Violin No.1. Alice Hong, violin; Andrew James
Clark, piano. Heron Park Baptist Church,
4260 Lawrence Ave. E., Scarborough. 647-
784-6229. PWYC. Also Feb 16(8pm, Canadian
Music Centre).
●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Rigoletto.
Music by Giuseppe Verdi. Roland Wood,
baritone (Rigoletto); Anna Christy, soprano
(Gilda); Stephen Costello, tenor (Duke of
Mantua); Joshua Guerrero, tenor (Duke of
Manuta); Christopher Alden, director; Stephen
Lord, conductor. Four Seasons Centre
for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-
363-8231. $35-$225. Also Jan 20, 27(4:30pm),
Feb 1, 4(2pm), 6, 9, 11(2pm), 21, 23.
The Wizard
of OZ with
Live Orchestra
Feb 17 at 7:30pm
Feb 18 at 3:00pm
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●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The
Wizard of Oz with Live Orchestra. Emil de
Cou, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe
St. 416-872-4255. $25-$88. Also Feb 18(3pm).
●●8:00: Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre/Nagata
Shachu. Yukiai. Nagata Shachu
(Kiyoshi Nagata, artistic director, taiko, shinobue/flute;
Aki Takahashi, shamisen, vocals;
Tony Nguyen, taiko; Kayo Homma-Komori,
taiko; and others); Chieko Kojima, taiko and
dance. Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre,
6 Garamond Ct. 416-441-2345. $30; $20(sr);
$25(JCCC members).
●●8:00: Richmond Hill Philharmonic
A. Concerts in the GTA
Orchestra. Pro-Fusion. Bernstein: Symphonic
Dances from West Side Story; Webber:
Phantom of the Opera (selections);
Silvestri: Forrest Gump Suite; Medleys from
The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Michael Jackson
and Queen. Jessica V. Kun, conductor. Richmond
Hill Centre for the Performing Arts,
10268 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 905-787-
8811. $29; $24(sr/st).
●●8:00: St. Jude’s Celebration of the Arts.
Heart to Heart. An evening of ballads, bossa
novas and boleros. Carol Welsman, jazz
vocals and piano. St. Jude’s Anglican Church,
160 William St., Oakville. 905-844-3972. $30.
●●8:00: York Symphony Orchestra. A Night
at the Opera. Overtures and arias by Mozart,
Donizetti, Bizet, Verdi, Rossini, and
others. Carla-Grace Colaguori, soprano;
Katerina Utochkina, mezzo; Zachary Rioux,
tenor; Diego Catala, baritone. Trinity Anglican
Church (Aurora), 79 Victoria St., Aurora.
416-410-0860. $28; $23(sr); $15(st). Also
Feb 18(3pm, Richmond Hill).
Sunday February 18
●●1:15: Mooredale Concerts. Music and Truffles.
Interactive one-hour children’s concert
by artists performing in same-day Mooredale
Concert. Paul Huang, violin; Helen
Huang, piano. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson
Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s
Park. 416-922-3714 x103. $20. 3:15pm: main
performance.
●●2:00: Canadian Opera Company. The
Abduction from the Seraglio. See Feb 7. Also
Feb 22, 24(4:30pm).
●●3:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band. Island
Time. Liam Teague, steelpan; James Gourlay,
conductor. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence
Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E.
416-366-7723. $45.
●●3:00: Symphony on the Bay. All the World’s
a Stage. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Applebaum:
Three Stratford Fanfares; Mendelssohn:
Overture to A Midsummer Night’s
Dream; Bernstein: West Side Story, Selections
for Orchestra; Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto
No.3 (1st Mvmt); and other works.
Joshua Lee, violin, and Christina Bell, soprano;
Tim Carroll, narrator; Claudio Vena,
conductor. Burlington Performing Arts
Centre, 440 Locust St., Burlington. 905-
681-6000. $43; $36.50(sr); $24.50(16-24);
$12(under 16).
●●3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
The Wizard of Oz with Live Orchestra.
Emil de Cou, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $25-$88. Also
Feb 17(7:30pm).
●●3:00: York Symphony Orchestra. A Night
at the Opera. Overtures and arias by Mozart,
Donizetti, Bizet, Verdi, Rossini, and others.
Carla-Grace Colaguori, soprano; Katerina
Utochkina, mezzo; Zachary Rioux, tenor;
Diego Catala, baritone. Richmond Hill Centre
for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge St.,
Richmond Hill. 905-787-8811. $30; $25(sr);
$15(st). Also Feb 17(8pm, Aurora).
●●3:15: Mooredale Concerts. Paul Huang,
Violin and Helen Huang, Piano. Saint-Saëns:
Violin Sonata No.1 in D Minor Op.75; Sarasate:
Spanish Dances Op.22; Scott (arr. Kreisler):
Lotus Land; and other works. Walter
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-922-3714
x103. $30; $20(under 30). 1:15pm: Music and
Truffles.
●●4:00: St. Olave’s Anglican Church. Gounod
200. Choral Evensong for the First Sunday
in Lent. Choir director Clement Carelse
examines the life and works of French composer
Charles Gounod. Schola Ecclesiam.
360 Windermere Ave. 416-769-5686. Contributions
appreciated. Refreshments following.
●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz
Vespers. Tribute to Joe Venuti with Drew
Jurecka. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Freewill
offering. Religious service.
●●5:00: Nocturnes in the City. Piano Recital.
Karolina Kubálek, piano. St. Wenceslaus
Church, 496 Gladstone Ave. 416-481-7294.
$25; $15(st). MOVED TO APR 22.
Tuesday February 20
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Vocal Series: Vienna to Paris. Works by R.
Strauss and others. Jane Archibald, soprano;
Liz Uprchurch, piano. Richard Bradshaw
Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the
Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-
8231. Free. First-come, first-served. Late seating
not available.
●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime
Chamber Music: Jacob Swanson, saxophone.
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church,
1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free; donations
Sun. 18th Feb. at 4 p.m.
Choral Evensong
with Schola Ecclesiam
followed by refreshments and
GOUNOD
200
Clement Carelse
directs the choir devoted
to authentic performance
of church music; and then
looks at the life, works
and influences of French
composer Charles Gounod
(1818-93), noted for his Ave
Maria and opera Faust.
St. Olave’s Church
Bloor and Windermere
416-769-5686 stolaves.ca
welcomed.
●●8:00: TorQ Percussion Quartet. Notes
from Home. New music for percussion quartet
by Canadian composers. Tranzac Club,
292 Brunswick Ave. 416-788-8272. $20;
$15(sr/arts); $10(st).
Wednesday February 21
●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.
Noonday Organ Recitals: Conrad Gold.
1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.
●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Rigoletto.
See Feb 1. Also Feb 23.
●●7:30: Where Have All the Folk Songs
Gone?60s Folk Revival. Folk songs from
the 60s. Free Times Cafe, 320 College St.
416-967-1078. $15. Dinner reservations
recommended.
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Dvořák & Beethoven. Dvořák: Cello Concerto;
Ligeti: Concert Românesc (Romanian Concerto);
Beethoven: Symphony No.4. Johannes
Moser, cello; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.
$34.75-$148.00. Also Feb 22.
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