Volume 23 Issue 6 - March 2018

St. 416-241-1298. Free; donations welcomed.
●●6:00: Eva-Trio Finnish Folk-Fusion Ensemble.
Ice is cracking under my feet. Featuring
Finnish folk and traditional music with a
fresh twist. Songs of awareness and transformation.
Essi Wuorela, vocals; Anna-Karin
Korhonen, kantele; Vesa Norilo, cello. Agricola
Lutheran Church, 25 Old York Mills Rd.
416-489-7600. $20.
●●7:30: Nathaniel Dett Chorale. Tuskegee
Golden Voices Concert Choir. Dr. Wayne A.
Barr, director. All Saints Kingsway Church,
2850 Bloor St. W. 416-736-2100 x33068. $25.
●●7:30: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. MacMillan
and Pärt. MacMillan: Seven Last Words
from the Cross; Pärt: Berliner Messe. Toronto
Mendelssohn Choir; string orchestra. Church
of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity Sq. 416-408-
0208. $57; $35(sr); $20(VoxTix for 30 years
and under). Also Mar 7.
Wednesday March 7
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company/
Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Chamber
Music Series: New Creations. In collaboration
with the 14th annual New Creations Festival.
Featuring contemporary music performed
by some of today’s leading cutting-edge artists.
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four
Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,
145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. Firstcome,
first-served. Late seating not available.
●●12:15: Brian Stevens. Noontime Concert
Series. Jamie Godber, violin; Adrian Irvine,
violin; Clara Nguyen-Tran, viola; Benjamin
Louwersheimer, cello. Hope United Church,
2550 Danforth Ave. 416-691-9682. Free.
●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.
Noonday Organ Recital. Simon Walker, organ.
1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.
●●7:30: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. MacMillan
and Pärt. MacMillan: Seven Last Words
from the Cross; Pärt: Berliner Messe. Toronto
Mendelssohn Choir; string orchestra. Church
of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity Sq. 416-408-
0208. $57; $35(sr); $20(VoxTix for 30 years
and under). Also Mar 6.
●●8:00: Living Arts Centre. Che Malambo.
Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre,
4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-
6000. $40-$60.
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. New
Creations Festival: Little Mass. Festival Composer
Competition Winner; Rihm: Duo Concerto
(Canadian premiere); MacMillan: Little
Mass (North American premiere). Mira
Wang, violin; Jan Vogler, cello; Toronto Children’s
Chorus; Peter Oundjian, conductor and
host. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-
872-4255. $34.75-$148.00.
●●8:00: Westwood Concerts. Folk Impressions.
Bartók: Contrasts; Glick: The Klezmer’s
Wedding; and folk music arrangements. Rebekah
Wolkstein, violin; Michael Westwood,
clarinet; Robert Horvath, piano. Gallery 345,
345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $20; $15(sr/
st).
Thursday March 8
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Vocal Series: The Monkiest King. Preview of
the world premiere. Music by Alice Ping Yee
Ho; libretto by Marjorie Chan. Chinese legend
of a mischievous, yet determined, mythological
being who rises from humble origins
to become a great protector of humanity. In
A. Concerts in the GTA
celebration of the 50th anniversary of the
Canadian Children’s Opera Company. 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.
WOMEN’S MUSICAL CLUB OF TORONTO
MARCH 8, 2018 | 1.30 PM
ELIAS STRING
QUARTET
416-923-7052
wmct.on.ca
●●1:30: Women’s Musical Club of Toronto.
Music in the Afternoon: Elias String Quartet.
Schubert: Quartettsatz; Janáček: String
Quartet No.2 “Intimate Letters”; Beethoven:
String Quartet No.12 in E-flat Op.127. Sara
Bitlloch, violin; Donald Grant, violin; Martin
Saving, viola; Marie Bitlloch, cello. Walter
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of
Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-923-7052. $45.
●●7:00: Brampton Folk Club. Walking the
Dog. St. Paul’s Blues Band and The McKnights.
Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives,
9 Wellington St. E., Brampton. 905-791-4055.
Free with museum admission.
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. The Sleeping
Beauty. Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Rudolf Nureyev, choreographer; Karen Kain,
staging. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing
Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-345-9595.
PRESENTS
William Porter, organist
Faculty, Eastman School of Music
and formerly McGill University,
Montreal
FRIDAY, MARCH 9
7:30 P.M.
Knox College Chapel
ADMISSION:
$20/$15 RCCO MEMBERS AND STUDENTS
CO-SPONSORED BY
$39-$265. Opens Mar 8, 7:30pm. Runs to
Mar 18. Tues-Sat(7:30pm), Sat/Sun(2pm).
●●8:00: Ashkenaz Festival/Small World
Music Society/Polyphonic Ground. Bint
El Funk (Canadian Debut). Revival Bar,
783 College St. 416-536-5439. $15.
●●8:00: Gallery 345. Austrian Sounds of
Spring. Works by Mozart, Kreuz, Rainer
and Zemlinsky. Elena Denisova, violin; Alexei
Kornienko, piano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-
9781. $25; $10(st). Cash only.
Friday March 9
●●12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime
Recital. Grieg: Ballade in g; Mussorgsky: Pictures
at an Exhibition. Rudin Lengo, piano. St.
Andrew’s Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St.
416-593-5600 x231. Free.
BEETHOVEN
OP. 18
CD Release Concert
March 9, 2018
Heliconian Club
EyblerQuartet.com
●●7:30: Eybler Quartet. Two Pioneers and a
Smart-aleck Kid plus Beethoven CD Launch.
Mozart: String Quartet in A K464; Haydn:
String Quartet in g Op.20 No.3; Asplmayr:
String Quartet in e. Aisslinn Nosky and Julia
Wedman, violins; Patrick Jordan, viola; Margaret
Gay, cello. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton
Ave. 416-463-2154. $30; $25(sr); $15(st/artsworkers).
CDs $15.
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. The Sleeping
Beauty. See Mar 8. Also Mar 10(2pm &
7:30pm); 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17(2pm & 7:30pm),
18.
●●7:30: RCCO Toronto/University of Toronto
Faculty of Music/Knox College, University
of Toronto. William Porter, Organ. Knox College
Chapel, 59 St. George St. 416-978-4500.
$20; $15(st/RCCOmembers).
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. UofT 12tet. Ineke van Doorn, vocals;
Marc van Vugt, guitar; Terry Promane, director.
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building,
University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-
408-0208. $20; $10(st).
●●8:00: Music Gallery/Dancemakers.
multiform(s) + Open Fortress. Music Gallery
at 918 Bathurst, 918 Bathurst St. 416-
204-1080. $15/$13(adv); $10(members). Also
Mar 10.
●●8:00: Soundstreams. Tan Dun’s Water Passion.
Works by Bach and Tan Dun. Choir 21;
David Fallis, conductor. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre,
427 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. From $22.
Saturday March 10
●●2:00: National Ballet of Canada. The Sleeping
Beauty. See Mar 8. Also Mar 10(7:30pm);
11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17(2pm & 7:30pm), 18.
●●4:30: Royal Conservatory. Taylor Academy
Showcase Concert. Students from the
Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for
Young Artists. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, Telus
Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. Free.
●●7:30: Academy Concert Series. A Portrait
of Paganini. Scott St. John, violin;
Lucas Harris, guitar; Emily Eng, violin; Kerri
McGonigle, cello. Eastminster United Church,
310 Danforth Ave. 416-629-3716. $20; $14(sr/
st); $5(under 18).
●●7:30: Music on Main. Chamber Music Concert.
Brahms: Horn Trio and other works.
Alice Hong, violin; Amelia Shiels, horn; Ursula
Ivonoffski, soprano; Vlad Solovie, piano. Trinity
United Church (Newmarket), 461 Park
Ave., Newmarket. 905-895-4851. $15,
$10(st).
SATURDAY MARCH 10, 8pm
WINE AND CHEESE
CONCERT
Piano Trios Romantic
and Improvisational
Douglas Finch, piano;
Joyce Lai, violin;
Andras Weber, cello
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave.
TICKETS: $35 / $30SR / $25ST
SUNDAY MARCH 25, 5:30pm
2018 CS YOUNG ARTIST
COMPETITION WINNERS
Emrik Revermann, violin;
Bill Vu, piano;
Chonghwa Kim, baritone
at Glenn Gould Studio,
250 Front St. W.
TICKETS: $40 / $35SR / $30ST
647-812-0839
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