Volume 23 Issue 9 - June / July / August 2018

●●8:00: Acoustic Harvest. Steel Rail. Opening
set: Over the Moon. St. Nicholas Birch Cliff
Anglican Church, 1512 Kingston Rd. 416-729-
7564. $25/$22(adv).
●●8:00: Canadian Sinfonietta. Symphony
Night. Chen Gang & He Zhan-Hao: The Butterfly
Lover’s Violin Concerto; Pepa: Yakami Variations
for Piano and Orchestra; Brahms:
Symphony No.4 in e. Joyce Lai, violin; Erika
Krinò, piano; Tak Ng Lai, conductor. Glenn
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 647-812-0839.
$40; $35(sr); $30(st).
●●8:00: Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan.
Three Decades of Canadian Degung.
Celebrating Evergreen Club Contemporary
Gamelan’s music in Toronto and Munich. Intson:
Rainforest (arr. ECCG); Duggan: Evocation
… gentle rain falling; Suratno: Anjeun
(arr. ECCG); Lou Harrison: Ibu Trish (arr.
ECCG); Thibault: L’angoisse des machines; and
other works. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave.
450-807-1179. $15.
●●8:00: Greater Toronto Philharmonic
Orchestra. Love Stories. Elgar: Salut
d’amour; Hillario Duran: Suite Latino; Acker
Bilk: Stranger on the Shore; Bette Midler: The
Rose; Sidney Bechet: Petite fleur; and other
works. Michael Bridge, accordion; Kornel
Wolak, clarinet; Jean-Michel Malouf, conductor.
Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St.
W. 647-238-0015. $30; $25(sr); $20(st).
●●8:00: Labyrinth Musical Workshop
Ontario. Tzvetanka Varimezova and Bassam
Bishara: Two Concerts in One.
Tzvetanka Varimezova, voice; Bassam Bishara:
Arabic ‘oud. Eastminster United Church,
310 Danforth Ave. 647-702-8680. $30.
●●8:00: Nagata Shachu. Shamisen Taiko.
Masahiro Nitta, shamisen. Harbourfront Centre
Theatre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-
4000. $27-$37; $20(sr/st).
●●8:00: North York Concert Orchestra.
Jonathan Crow Plays Beethoven. Beethoven:
Violin Concerto; Verdi: Overture to La forza
del destino; Bizet: L’Arlésienne Suite. Rafael
Luz, conductor. Yorkminster Citadel, 1 Lord
Seaton Rd., North York. 416-628-9195. $25;
$20(sr); $10(st).
●●8:00: SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival.
SoundCrowd and Friends. SoundCrowd
Chorus; Countermeasure; Cadence; Retrocity.
Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre
for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-1656.
$30.
●●8:00: Spectrum Music/Toronto Composers
Collective. No Place Like Home. From
Toronto to China: Contemporary music meets
traditional Chinese instruments. Patty Chan,
erhu; Di Zhang, yangqin; Cynthia Zimen Qin,
gu zhang. Alliance Française de Toronto,
24 Spadina Rd. 416-937-6180 or bemusednetwork.com/events/detail/486.
$20/$15(adv);
$15(st)/$10(st adv).
●●10:15: Jewish Music Week in Toronto.
Community Melaveh Malka Celebrating Israel
at 70! Works from Israel. Holy Blossom Trio
Temple Choir, Temple Singers, Lachan Jewish
Chamber Choir; Beny Maissner, cantor and
conductor; Shir Harmony; Susan Michaels,
conductor; Temple Kol Ami Choir; Mathias
Memmel, conductor; and others. Temple
Sinai, 210 Wilson Ave. 416-638-4492. Free.
●●10:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/
Toronto Hispano. Lulaworld 2018. Yan Collazo
with Sean Bellaviti & Conjunto Lacalu.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Sunday June 3
●●10:30am: Jewish Music Week in Toronto.
Cool Kids Concert. Interactive silly songs,
rhymes and traditional children’s songs.
Mark Weinstock. Bialik Hebrew Day School,
2760 Bathurst St. 416-638-4492. Free.
●●1:30: Toronto Early Music Centre. Musically
Speaking. 16th-century Italian Madrigals.
Works by Arcadelt, Banchieri, Donato, Festa,
Marenzio, Rore and Wert. Canto Madrigali
(Iris Krizmanic, Sheila McCoy, Valdis Jevtejevs,
Frank Nakashima). St. David’s Anglican
Church, 49 Donlands Ave. 416-464-7610.
Admission by donation.
●●2:00: National Ballet of Canada. Frame
By Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 5(7:30pm);
6(7:30pm); 7(2pm); 7(7:30pm); 8(7:30pm);
9(2pm); 9(7:30pm); 10(2pm).
●●2:00: Pocket Concerts. Pocket Concert at
Only One Gallery. Schulhoff: Duo for Violin
and Cello; Schoenberg: “Transfigured Night”
for String Sextet. Mark Lee and Yolanda
Bruno, violins; Rory McLeod and Keith Hamm,
violas; Leana Rutt and Julie Hereish, cellos.
Only One Gallery, 5 Brock Ave. 647-896-8295.
$48; $30(19-35); $15(under 19); $100(special
supporter). Reception to follow.
●●3:00: St. Paul’s Bloor Street Anglican
Church. Organ Recital. Simon Walker, organ.
227 Bloor St. E. 416-961-8116. Free.
●●3:00: Toronto Chamber Choir. The Memory
Palace of Matteo Ricci: When East Met
West. Guests: China Court Trio; Wen Zhao,
director; Elizabeth Anderson. Church of the
Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W. 416-763-1695.
$30; $25(sr); $12.50(under 30).
●●3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Water Music. Handel: Alla Hornpipe from
Water Music Suite No.2; J. Strauss II: Blue
Danube Waltz; Schubert: Die Forelle (The
Trout) for Soprano and Orchestra; Dvořák:
Song to the Moon from Rusalka; Britten: Four
Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes; and other
works. Leslie Ann Bradley, soprano; Christoph
Altstaedt, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $30.75–$107.00.
Also Jun 2(7:30pm).
●●3:00: Tudor Consort. Wonders of the English
and Italian Renaissance. Works by Josquin,
Palestrina, Byrd, Monteverdi, Dowland
and others. Leaskdale Church, 11850 Durham
Regional Rd. 1, Leaskdale. 705-357-2459.
Donations in support of the Lucy Maud Montgomery
Society of Ontario.
●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Twilight
Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church St.
416-364-7865. Free.
●●4:00: Church of St. Mary Magdalene
(Toronto). Organ Fireworks. Andrew Adair,
organ. 477 Manning Ave. 416-531-7955. Free.
●●4:00: Penthelia Singers. Bach to Broadway.
Bach: Bist Du Bei Mir; Cantata No.124.
Beautiful: Carole King Musical (selections);
Hamlisch: A Chorus Line; A Tribute to Cole
Porter. Rosedale Presbyterian Church,
129 Mt. Pleasant Rd. 416-579-7464. $20; pay
age(under 13).
●●4:00: Royal Botanical Gardens. VIP Soirée.
Intimate performance by Matt Dusk in the
Rock Garden. Hendre Park, 1131 Plains Rd.
W., Burlington. 905-527-1158 x223. $350
(includes dinner and reception). 7:30pm:
Matt Dusk sings Sinatra at benefit concert in
Hendre Park.
●●4:00: St. Olave’s Anglican Church. Choral
Evensong for the Queen’s Coronation.
360 Windermere Ave. 416-769-5686. Free.
Donations welcomed. Royal Festive Strawberry
Tea to follow Evensong.
●●5:00: Aga Khan Museum. Dhrupad By Uday
Bhawalkar. Pandit Uday Bhawalkar, vocalist;
Sri Pratap Awad, pakhawaj. 77 Wynford
Dr. 416-628-5603. $40; $36(Friends of the
Museum).
●●5:00: St. Olave’s Anglican Church. Crowns
and Coronets. Music with royal connections
from the time of Elizabeth I and John Dowland
to the popular and classical music of our
present Queen’s reign celebrating the 65th
anniversary of the Coronation. Doug Hibovski,
guitar. 360 Windermere Ave. 416-769-5686.
Free. Donations welcomed.
●●7:00: Jewish Music Week in Toronto.
Closing Night: Amos Hoffman/Noam Lemish
Quartet. Kurdish, Yemenite, Moroccan,
Ladino, Russian and Israeli songs; and
other works. Amos Hoffman, oud and guitar;
Noam Lemish, piano; and others. Lula
Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-638-4492.
$25/$20(adv).
●●7:00: Strings Attached Orchestra.
2018 Annual Family and Friends Season
Finale Concert. Jazz and pop to Classical and
Romantic and more. Ric Georgi, conductor.
Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. W. 416-
473-5377. $20.
●●7:00: Timothy Eaton Memorial Church.
Last Night of the Proms. God Save the Queen,
O Canada, and other patriotic favourites!
Northdale Concert Band (Joseph Resendes,
director), Massed Choirs Timothy Eaton
Memorial Church (Elaine Choi, director),
Grace Church on-the-Hill (Stephen Frketic,
director) and Christ Church Deer Park (Matthew
Otto, director); Stephen Boda, organ;
Giles Bryant, MC. 230 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-
925-5977. $20; $40(Family = 2 adults + children);
$15(sr/st). Don’t forget to dress fancy,
bring your flags, balloons, and your singing
voices!
●●7:30: Lirit Women’s Chamber Choir. Sing a
New Song: Music for Women’s Voices. Works
by Jewish composers: Copland, Glick, Clearfield,
Naplan, and others. Ellen Meyer, piano,
Beth Silver, cello; Renée Bouthot, soprano/
conductor. Temple Emanu-El, 120 Old Colony
Rd., North York. templeemanuel.ca. $10.
●●7:30: Royal Botanical Gardens. Matt Dusk
Sings Sinatra. Benefit concert. Sinatra-era
classics and other works by Dusk. Hendre
Park, 1131 Plains Rd. W., Burlington. 905-527-
1158 x223. $75. 4pm: VIP Soirée in the Rock
Garden.
●●9:00: Tone Music Festival/Mechanical
Sound Forest. In Concert. Manas; Clarinet
Panic Redux; Kurt Newman’s Nashville Minimalism
Unit. Baby G, 1608 Dundas St. W. 416-
546-8840. $12/$10(adv).
●●9:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/Jewish
Music Week. Lulaworld 2018: Sharon Musgrave
CD Release. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Monday June 4
●●12:00 noon: Roy Thomson Hall. Choir and
Organ Concerts: Ring of Fire. Hamilton Children’s
Choir; Toronto Children’s Chorus.
60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. Free.
●●12:15: Music Mondays. From Barcelona to
Brazil. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●7:00: SWEA Toronto. An Evening of Nordic
Music. Kine Sandtrö, soprano; Julia Sjöstedt,
piano. Enoch Turner Schoolhouse, 106 Trinity
St. 905-751-5297. $20.
●●7:30: Resa’s Pieces Concert Band. Concert
Under the Stars. Featuring rock and roll,
classical music, jazz standards and marches.
Audience encouraged to clap, cheer and sing
along. Resa Kochberg, conductor. Mel Lastman
Square, 5100 Yonge St., North York.
416-565-7321. Free.
Tuesday June 5
●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime
Chamber Music. Sonya Harper-Nyby,
soprano. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church,
1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free; donations
welcomed.
●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.
Music at Midday. Manuel Piazza, organ.
65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free.
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Frame
By Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 6(7:30pm);
7(2pm); 7(7:30pm); 8(7:30pm); 9(2pm);
9(7:30pm); 10(2pm).
●●8:00: Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld
2018: Let Yourself Go. Ori Dagan + Alex
Pangman + Natasha Powell. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●9:00: Tone Music Festival. In Concert.
Waclaw Zimpel & Kuba Ziolek;
Joseph Shabason; Nick Storring. Baby
G, 1608 Dundas St. W. 416-546-8840.
$15/$12(adv).
Wednesday June 6
●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints Kingsway.
Kingsway Organ Concert Series.
Hanné Becker, organ. All Saints Kingsway
Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-571-
3680. Freewill offering.
●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.
Noonday Organ Recital. John Palmer CSV,
organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Frame By
Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 7(2pm); 7(7:30pm);
Lunchtime Concerts
Pay-what-you-can
June 4 - Serenade
Duo, flute and guitar
June 11 - junctQín
keyboard collective
June 18 - Catalyst
Ensemble, jazz
June 25 - Matthew
Larkin, organ solo
Church of the Holy Trinity
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