Volume 23 Issue 5 - February 2018

A. Concerts in the GTA
●●3:00: Orchestra Toronto. America the
Beautiful. Works by Copland, Gershwin and
Elfman; modern Hollywood classics; music
from Pirates of the Caribbean. Michael Newnham,
conductor. George Weston Recital Hall,
5040 Yonge St. 1-855-985-2787. $45; $39(sr);
$19(under 29).
●●3:00: St. Paul’s Bloor Street Anglican
Church. Organ Recital. by J.S. Bach, Willan
and others. Gerald Loo, organ. 227 Bloor St. E.
416-961-8116. Free.
●●3:00: Weston Silver Band. Kaleidoscope.
Brubeck: Blue Rondo a la Turk; Lau: Impressions;
Mancini: Pink Panther; Graham: Red
Novae; Alford: Thin Red Line. Glenn Gould
Studio, 250 Front St. W. 1-866-908-9090.
$27/$25(adv); $22/$20(sr/adv); $17/$15(st/
adv).
●●3:30: St. Anne’s Anglican Church. Mystery
Concert. Junction Trio Presents a Little Lake
Music: Eine Kleine Lake-musik! Jamie Thompson,
flute; Aysel Taghi-Zada, violin; Lucas
Tensen, cello. 270 Gladstone Ave. 416-536-
3160. PWYC.
●●3:30: Wychwood Clarinet Choir. Midwinter
Sweets. Finzi: Five Bagatelles Op.23
(arr. Greaves); Ireland: Minuet from A Downland
Suite (arr. Moore); Carmichael: Georgia
on my Mind (arr. Custer, trans. Witkin); Van
der Roost: Rikudim “Four Israeli Folk Dances”;
and other works. Steve Macdonald, tenor
saxophone; Michele Jacot, conductor and
clarinet. Church of St. Michael and All Angels,
611 St. Clair Ave. W. wychwoodclarinetchoir.
com. $20; $10(sr); $5(st/child).
●●4:00: Church of St. Mary Magdalene
(Toronto). Organ Recital. Works by Franck.
Andrew Adair, organ. 477 Manning Ave. 416-
531-7955. Free.
●●4:00: Eglinton St George’s United Church.
Darkness to Light. Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna;
Henderson: Darkness to Light. ESG Choir;
Cellar Singers; chamber orchestra; Shawn
Grenke, conductor; Mitchell Pady, conductor.
Eglinton St. George’s United Church, 35 Lytton
Blvd. 416-481-1141. $35; $25(st).
●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers.
1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Freewill
offering. Religious service.
2017–2018
ConCert SerieS
From Darkness
to
Light
SUNDAY, MArch 4 th
At 4 p.M.
ESG chOIr AND
thE cELLAr SINGErS
Featuring
morten Lauridsen’s
Lux Aeterna,
and ruth Watson
Henderson’s
Darkness to Light
with Chamber orchestra
ConduCtorS
SHaWn Grenke and
mitCHeLL Pady
35 Lytton BLvd.
toronto
416.481.1141
www.esgunited.org
B. Concerts Beyond the GTA
IN THIS ISSUE: Barrie, Belleville, Brantford, Cambridge, Cobourg,
Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Midland, Niagaraon-the-Lake,
Peterborough, South River, St. Catharines, Waterloo.
Thursday February 1
●●12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University
Faculty of Music. Music at Noon. Faculty
Woodwinds. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall,
75 University Ave., Waterloo. 519-884-1970
x2432. Free.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. Composers & Improvisers Association,
WLU Faculty of Music. Student composers
and performers (woodwind quintet
and flute/piano duo). KWCMS Music Room,
57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673.
$15; $10(st).
Friday February 2
●●8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Pirates
of Penzance. Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Libretto by W.S. Gilbert. Tyrone Paterson,
music director; Theodore Baerg, stage director.
First-St. Andrew’s United Church,
350 Queens Ave, London. 519-672-8800. $30;
$20(sr/st). Also Jan 26, 27, Feb 3(all 8 pm),
4(2pm).
●●8:00: Jeffery Concerts. Stories from Russia.
Mendelssohn: Quartet in D Op.44, No.1;
Janáček: String Quartet No.1 “Kreutzer
Sonata”; Beethoven: Quartet in F Op.59 No.1
“Razumovsky”. Calidore String Quartet. Wolf
Performance Hall, 251 Dundas St., London.
519-672-8800. $40.
Saturday February 3
●●2:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. Fun
with Fables. Maltz: Aesop’s Fables; Dorff: Goldilocks
and the Three Bears; Woods: The Ugly
Duckling. Bradley Thachuk, conductor. Cairns
Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre,
250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-
0722 or 1-855-515-0722. $67; $62(sr); $32(30
and under); $12(st/arts/child); $5(eyeGO).
Also Feb 4.
●●7:00: New Adventures in Sound Art
(NAISA). Deep Wireless Concert: Sonic
Reflections -- People and Place. O’Connor:
Ravenspeak; and other works. NAISA North
Media Arts Centre, 106 Ottawa Avenue, South
River. 705-386-0880. $10.
●●7:30: Peterborough Symphony Orchestra.
Paris Bustle and Blues. Ravel: Ma mère
l’oye and Bolero; Gershwin: An American in
Paris and Rhapsody in Blue. Anastasia Rizikov,
piano; Michael Newnham, conductor. Showplace
Performance Centre, 290 George St.
N., Peterborough. 705-742-7469. $20-$48.50;
$10(st).
●●8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Pirates
of Penzance. Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Libretto by W.S. Gilbert. Tyrone Paterson,
music director; Theodore Baerg, stage director.
First-St. Andrew’s United Church,
350 Queens Ave, London. 519-672-8800. $30;
$20(sr/st). Also Jan 26, 27, Feb 2(all 8 pm),
4(2pm).
●●8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty
of Music. Laurier Wind Orchestra. Wilfrid
Laurier University, Theatre Auditorium,
75 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-884-1970
x2432. $15; $8(sr/st).
Sunday February 4
●●2:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Pirates
of Penzance. Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Libretto by W.S. Gilbert. Tyrone Paterson,
music director; Theodore Baerg, stage director.
First-St. Andrew’s United Church,
350 Queens Ave, London. 519-672-8800. $30;
$20(sr/st). Also Jan 26, 27, Feb 2, 3(all 8 pm).
●●2:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. Fun
with Fables. Maltz: Aesop’s Fables; Dorff: Goldilocks
and the Three Bears; Woods: The Ugly
Duckling. Bradley Thachuk, conductor. Cairns
Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre,
250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-
0722 or 1-855-515-0722. $67; $62(sr); $32(30
and under); $12(st/arts/child); $5(eyeGO).
Also Feb 3.
●●3:00: Les Amis. Cellist Nazar Dzhuryn
and Pianist Erika Crinó. Works by Bach,
Beethoven, Chopin, Pepa and Laniuk.
St. Peter’s Anglican Church (Cobourg),
240 College St., Cobourg. 905-372-2210.
$30/$25(adv); $15/$10(st/adv).
●●3:30: Huronia Symphony Orchestra/
HSO Youth Program Participants. Tales of
the Imagination: A Family Concert. Mozart:
Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio
K384; Offenbach: Overture to Orpheus in the
Underworld; Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
Op.40; Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice; Borodin:
Nocturne from String Quartet No.2 in D;
Glière: Russian Sailors’ Dance from The Red
Poppy Op.70. Oliver Balaburski, conductor.
Collier Street United Church, 112 Collier St.,
Barrie. 705-721-4752. $50(family); $25; $10
(st); $5 (child).
●●4:00: St. George’s Cathedral (Kingston).
Choral Evensong. Cameron: Then Shall Your
Light Shine; works by Stanford and Reading.
St. George’s Cathedral Evensong Choir;
Michael Capon, conductor. 270 King St. E.,
Kingston. 613-548-4617. Free.
Monday February 5
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. Ensemble Made in Canada. Brahms:
Clarinet Quintet; and other works. Elissa Lee,
violin; Sharon Wei, viola; Rachel Mercer,cello;
Angela Park, piano; Dionysis Grammenos,
clarinet. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St.
W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $40; $25(st).
Tuesday February 6
●●12:00 noon: Marilyn I. Walker School of
Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University.
RBC Foundation Music@Noon. Voice students.
Cairns Hall, FirstOntario Performing
Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines.
905-688-0722. Free.
Wednesday February 7
● ● 12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru.
Oden String Quartet & Pianist Talisa
Blackman. Borodin: String Quartet No.2;
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