Eatdrink #73 September/October 2018

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Music
Change of Season
Upcoming Highlights on the Music Scene
By GERRY BLACKWELL
Photo by Rachelle Richard-Léger
The season has begun. That’s what
they used to call it, when all the
cultural and social events in a city
started again in the fall: the season.
London this year has an exciting jam-packed
music season, with something for everyone.
Roxanne Potvin
Kick it off with Montreal-based Junonominated
singer-songwriter Roxanne Potvin
at London Music Club Friday, September
14. Potvin is touring a new five-song EP, a
follow-up to her 2016 album, For Dreaming.
Know her name, but can’t place Potvin’s music?
Check it out here: goo.gl/Zwnk7A.
Also on September 14, Stratford’s Revival
House (revival.house) presents Gypsy Kumbia
Orchestra from Montreal, a potent mix of
Afro-Colombian music and dance, with the
brass and violin melodies of Eastern Europe,
combining live music, choreographed dance,
circus, theatrical staging and dynamic audience
interaction. Taking over dance floors wherever
they go, the 16-piece Juno-nominated group
Gypsy Kumbia
Orchestra
formed three years ago and has won numerous
awards. They will also participate in the TD
Sunfest World Music & Jazz Series with
an appearance at Aeolian Hall on Saturday,
October 13, where they received an enthusiastic
reception back in May. sunfest.on.ca
Then on Saturday, September 15, London
Symphonia, the surviving core of the old
Orchestra London, kicks off its season
at Metropolitan United Church with
“Revolutionary Tales.” The program features
rising star Kerson Leong in Sergei Prokofiev’s
Violin Concerto No. 1 and Hector Berlioz’s
great Symphonie Fantastique. CBC Radio host
Tom Allen emcees the evening.
London’s venerable Jazz for the People
series keeps trucking along. The fall season
opens Wednesday, September 19 at Wolf
Performance Hall with a show featuring
vocalist Rick Kish and The Ken Foster
Quartet. It’s always free, always fun.
Magisterra
Soloists
Classical music seems to be undergoing a
renaissance in London. Magisterra Soloists
is a relatively new chamber music ensemble
in town — based here but touring widely. The
musicians kick off their season at Museum
London on Thursday, September 20 with
“Aimez-vous Brahms?” The concert features
guest soloists Kyoko Hasimoto, a Montrealbased
pianist, and world-renowned Dutch
Photo by Viara Mileva