Volume 23 Issue 9 - June / July / August 2018

●●8:00: Thin Edge New Music Collective/
Music Gallery. Fusing: Premieres VII. Works
by Kaie Kellough + Jason Sharp, Rebecca
Leonard, Juro Kim Feliz, Amy Hull, and others.
Music Gallery at 918 Bathurst, 918 Bathurst
St. 647-456-7597. $25; $20(members/sr/
arts); $15(st).
●●9:00: Tone Music Festival. In Concert.
Charles Gayle; Ways. Array Space, 155 Walnut
Ave. 416-532-3019. $18/$15(adv). All ages.
Saturday June 23
●●10:00am: Family Fun Festivals Group. Canada
Music Festival 2018. Multicultural festival.
Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge St.,
North York. 416-500-0007. Free. Until 10pm.
Also Jun 24.
●●10:00am: University Settlement Music &
Arts School. End of Term Student Concert.
St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St.
416-598-3444 x243. Free with donation. Also
Jun 22(7pm), 23(12pm).
●●12:00 noon: Family Fun Festivals Group.
Global Village Festival 2018. Mel Lastman
Square, 5100 Yonge St., North York. 416-
500-0007. Free.
●●12:00 noon: University Settlement Music
& Arts School. End of Term Student Concert.
St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St.
416-598-3444 x243. Free with donation. Also
Jun 22(7pm), 23(10am).
●●7:00: Shevchenko Musical Ensemble.
Together. Folk music and songs in English,
Ukrainian, Russian, French and Czech. Mixed
Voice Choir; Toronto Mandolin Orchestra;
Alexander Veprinsky, conductor. Trinity-St.
Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-533-2725.
$35; $20(st).
●●7:00: Toronto Summer Opera Workshop.
Dvořák’s Rusalka. Local talent and visiting
young professionals. Church of St. Peter and
St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor St. E. 856-
607-9578. Freewill offering. In Czech with
English subtitles. Also June 22, 24.
●●7:30: Organix Concerts. In Concert. Loreto
Aramendi, organ. Christ Church Deer
Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-571-3680. Freewill
offering.
●●7:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival.
The Grand Finale. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Gallery 345. Payadora Tango Ensemble.
Rebekah Wolkstein, violin/voice; Robert
Horvath, piano; Joseph Phillips, bass; Drew
Jurecka, bandoneon; Elbio Fernandez, vocals.
345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $25; $15(st).
Cash only.
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Ax
Plays Mozart. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.17 in
G K453; Mahler: Symphony No.9. Emanuel Ax,
piano; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $34.75–
$148.00. Also Jun 20.
Sunday June 24
●●10:00am: Family Fun Festivals Group. Canada
Music Festival 2018. Multicultural festival.
Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge St.,
North York. 416-500-0007. Free. Until 10pm.
Also Jun 23.
●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Twilight
Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church St.
416-364-7865. Free.
●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers:
The Sacred Music of Duke Ellington.
Brian Barlow Big Band. 1570 Yonge St. 416-
920-5211. Freewill offering. Religious service.
●●7:00: Luminato Festival. Ólafur Arnalds: All
Strings Attached. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge St.
416-368-4849. $81.32.
●●7:00: Toronto Summer Opera Workshop.
Dvořák’s Rusalka. Local talent and visiting
young professionals. Church of St. Peter and
St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor St. E. 856-
607-9578. Freewill offering. In Czech with
English subtitles. Also June 22, 23.
●●7:30: Richmond Hill Philharmonic Orchestra.
Last Night at the Proms. Holst: The Planets
Op.32 (excerpts); Grainger: Country
Gardens; Handel in the Strand; Shepherd’s
Hey; Lunn: Downton Abbey Suite; Vivaldi:
Gloria in excelsis Deo; Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance
March No.1. Jessica Kun, conductor.
Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing
Arts, 10268 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 905-
787-8811. $29; $24(sr/st).
Monday June 25
●●12:15: Music Mondays. Matthew Larkin,
Organ. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
Tuesday June 26
●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime
Chamber Music. Suhashini Arulanandam,
violin. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church,
1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free; donations
welcomed.
●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.
Music at Midday. Owen Spicer, organ.
65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free.
●●6:30: The Painted Lady. Willard Bond:
Jiggery Pokery CD Release. 218 Ossington
Ave. info@thepaintedlady.ca. No cover.
JUN 26
Peter Oundjian, conductor
TSO.CA
SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Christopher Plummer’s Symphonic Shakespeare.
Wagner: Overture to Das Liebesverbot;
Debussy: King Lear Fanfare;
Mendelssohn: Selections from A Midsummer
Night’s Dream Op.61; Berlioz: Overture
to Béatrice et Bénédict; Walton: Selections
from Henry V Suite; and other works. Christopher
Plummer, narrator; Peter Oundjian,
conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.
416-872-4255. $59.00–$199.00.
Thursday June 28
●●7:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Parallel Lives: Music
from La Belle Époque in England and France.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Brott Music Festival. The Infinite Sky.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Love
and Faith. Ravel: Boléro; Elgar: Violin Concerto
Op.61; Prokofiev: Symphony No.3 in
c Op.44. Kristian Alexander, conductor;
Andrew Sords, violin. Flato Markham Theatre,
171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-604-
8339. $30-$40; $25(sr); $15(youth). 7:15pm
pre-concert recital; 7:30pm pre-concert talk;
intermission discussion with Andrew Sords.
BEETHOVEN
SYMPHONY 9
JUN 28, 29 & 30
Peter Oundjian, conductor
TSO.CA
SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Beethoven Symphony 9. Beethoven: Symphony
No.9. Kirsten MacKinnon, soprano;
Lauren Segal, mezzo; Andrew Haji, tenor;
Tyler Duncan, baritone; Toronto Mendelssohn
Choir; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.
$45.00–$169.00. Also Jun 29, 30(7pm).
Friday June 29
● ● 12:00 noon: Music at Metropolitan. Carillon
Recital. Gordon Slater. Metropolitan
United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E.
416-363-0331. Free; donations welcomed.
Donations go to the Metropolitan’s carillon
renovation project.
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Beethoven Symphony 9. Beethoven: Symphony
No.9. Kirsten MacKinnon, soprano;
Lauren Segal, mezzo; Andrew Haji, tenor;
Tyler Duncan, baritone; Toronto Mendelssohn
Choir; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.
$45.00–$169.00. Also Jun 28, 30(7pm).
Saturday June 30
●●7:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Beethoven Symphony 9. Beethoven: Symphony
No.9. Kirsten MacKinnon, soprano;
Lauren Segal, mezzo; Andrew Haji, tenor;
Tyler Duncan, baritone; Toronto Mendelssohn
Choir; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.
$45.00–$169.00. Also Jun 28, 29(both 8pm).
●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Ravel’s
Bolero. Ravel: Boléro; Elgar: Concerto for Violin
and Orchestra; Prokofiev: Symphony No.3
in c Op.44. Andrew Sords, violin; Jan Miłosz
Zarzycki, conductor. Glenn Gould Studio,
250 Front St. W. 416-645-9090. $30; $25(sr);
$15(youth).
Sunday July 1
●●4:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Songs for the Women.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Unionville
Canada Day Celebration. Beethoven:
Overture to King Stephen Op.117; J. Strauss,
Sr.: Radetzky March; Ravel: Boléro; Brahms:
Hungarian Dance No.1; Saint-Saëns: Dance
macabre; Tchaikovsky: The Year 1812, festival
overture in E-flat Op.49. Michael Berec, conductor;
Alexander Gangurean, violin. Unionville
Millennium Bandstand, 143 Main St.,
Unionville. 905-604-8339. Free.
Monday July 2
●●12:15: Music Mondays. Florian Hoefner Trio.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Wednesday July 4
●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints
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