Volume 23 Issue 5 - February 2018

Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.
$59-$199.
●●7:30: York University Department of
Music. Faculty Concert Series. Catherine
Robbin, mezzo; Raisa Nakhmanovich, piano;
Doreen Uren Simmons, piano. Tribute Communities
Recital Hall, Accolade East Building,
YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. $15;
$10(sr/st).
●●8:00: Small World Music Society. An Evening
with Tamar Ilana & Ventanas. Tamar
Ilana: vocals, dance; Demetri Petsalakis: oud,
baglama, lyra, riqq; Benjamin Barrile: flamenco
guitar; Jessica Hana Deutsch: violin,
vocals; Derek Gray: percussion; Justin Gray:
fretless bass. Small World Music Centre, Artscape
Youngplace, 180 Shaw St. 416-536-
5439. $25/$20(adv).
Friday March 2
●●12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime
Recital. Matthew Li, piano. St. Andrew’s
Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St. 416-593-
5600 x231. Free.
●●7:30: Heliconian Concert Series. Is the Air
Not Sacred? Featuring readings from David
Suzuki. Francaix: Duo for Flute and Bassoon;
Vaughan-Williams: Vocalises; Rodrigues:
Dos Poems de Juan Ramon Jimenez; Poulenc:
Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon; Marshall:
Four Movements for Woodwind Trio
(premiere). Jaye Marsh, flute; Nadina Mackie
Jackson, bassoon; Maria Soulis, mezzo;
Wendy Bornstein, oboe; Rita Greer, clarinet/
bass clarinet. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton
Ave. 416-922-3618. $25.
●●7:30: Opera York. Marriage of Figaro. Mozart.
Geoffrey Butler, artistic director; Renee
Salewski, stage director. Richmond Hill Centre
for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge
St., Richmond Hill. 905-787-8811. $40-$50;
$25(st). Also Mar 4(mat).
●●8:00: Alliance Française de Toronto. From
Rome to Venice: Sonatas by Corelli, Vivaldi
and Tartini. Stradivaria Baroque Ensemble.
24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2014 x37. $15; $10(sr/
st/member).
●●8:00: Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra.
20th-Century Platinum Masters. Winning
composition of the EPO’s 4th Young Composers
Competition; R. Strauss: Four Last Songs;
Shostakovich: Symphony No.5. Allison Cecilia
Arends, soprano. Martingrove Collegiate
Institute, 50 Winterton Dr., Etobicoke. 416-
239-5665. $30; $25(sr)/$22(adv); $15(st).
●●8:00: Fridays @ 8. Trio Désirée and Friends.
Works by Bédard, Franck and Saint-Saëns.
Désirée Till, soprano; Erica Goodman, harp;
Jacques Boucher, organ; Anne Robert, violin;
Coenraad Bloemendal, cello. Lawrence Park
M
ozart
A. Concerts in the GTA
R
equiem
Saturday, March 3 - 7:30 P.M.
with the York University Chamber Choir,
University of Toronto Schola Cantorum,
Ottawa Bach Choir, Theatre of Early Music,
orchestra & soloists
Dr. Lisette Canton, conductor
Church of the Redeemer
162 Bloor St. West, Toronto
Tickets
$30 adults | $20 seniors | $10 students
416-736-5888 | ampd.yorku.ca/boxoffice
music.ampd.yorku.ca
Community Church, 2180 Bayview Ave. 416-
489-1551. $20.
I FURIOSI
BAROQUE ENSEMBLE
CRAZY
FRI. MARCH 2, 2018, 8PM
www.ifuriosi.com
●●8:00: I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble. Crazy.
Works by Handel, Blow, Arne and others. Calvin
Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave. 416-
923-9030. $25; $15(sr/st/underemployed).
●●8:00: Music Gallery. Emergents II: Duo
Holz and VC2. Chelsea Shanoff, curator.
918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media
and Education, 918 Bathurst St. 416-204-
1080. $12; $8(members).
●●8:00: Royal Conservatory. String Concerts:
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello with Fazil
Say, piano. Debussy: Cello Sonata; Janáček:
Pohádka (Fairy-tale); Shostakovich: Sonata
for Cello and Piano; Say: Dört Şehir (Four Cities).
Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St.
W. 416-408-0208. $30-$75.
ILLUMINATIONS
March 2 & 3 - 8pm
Great seats available
for only $45!
Buy online at
TorontoConsort.org
●●8:00: Toronto Consort. Illuminations. A
multi-media musical experience with sight
and sounds from illuminated manuscripts.
Naghmeh Farahmand, percussion; Pejman
Zahedian, voice and Persian setar; Demetri
Petsalakis, oud. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre,
Jeanne Lamon Hall, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-
6337. $15-$69. Also Mar 3.
●●8:00: York University Department of
Music. Improv Soiree. An evening of improvisation
in a participatory “open mike” set-up,
hosted by the improv studios of Casey Sokol.
Performers and observers welcome. Sterling
Beckwith Studio, 235 Accolade East Building,
4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100 x20054. Free.
Saturday March 3 at 8 p.m.
(Pre-concert chat at 7:15 p.m.)
Bach’s Foundations:
Music of his elders
that inspired the
master
Grace Church on-the-Hill
300 Lonsdale Road
(416) 763-1695
torontochamberchoir.ca
Saturday March 3
●●3:00: Annex Singers Chamber Choir.
Camerata. Works by Byrd, Duruflé, Poulenc,
Worthington, Sirett and others. Guest: Mark
Chambers, cello. Maria Case, conductor. St.
Andrew’s United Church (Bloor St.), 117 Bloor
St E. 416-968-7747. $25; $20(sr/st); free(ages
8-12). Also 7:30pm.
●●7:00: Mississauga Festival Chamber Choir.
Phantom Unmasked. Downing: Phantom of
the Opera film accompaniment. Choir and
orchestra. RBC Theatre, Living Arts Centre,
4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-
6000. $25; $15(12 and under). Please bring a
non-perishable food donation for The Compass
Market food bank.
● ● 7:30: Annex Singers Chamber Choir.
Camerata. Works by Byrd, Duruflé, Poulenc,
Worthington, Sirett and others. Guest: Mark
Chambers, cello. Maria Case, conductor. St.
Andrew’s United Church (Bloor St.), 117 Bloor
Jubilate
singers
present
l AtiN
AMeriCAN
Rhythms
Traditional &
Classical music
from Central &
South America
with guests
rodrigo C h Á v e z
& N ANo vAlverde
Sat. March 3, 7:30 pm
St. Simon-the-Apostle Church
jubilatesingers.ca
52 | February 1 - March 7, 2018 thewholenote.com