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Volume 24 Issue 3 - November 2018

Reluctant arranger! National Ballet Orchestra percussionist Kris Maddigan on creating the JUNO and BAFTA award-winning smash hit Cuphead video game soundtrack; Evergreen by name and by nature, quintessentially Canadian gamelan (Andrew Timar explains); violinist Angèle Dubeau on 20 years and 60 million streams; two children’s choirs where this month remembrance and living history must intersect. And much more, online in our kiosk now, and on the street commencing Thursday November 1.

Reluctant arranger! National Ballet Orchestra percussionist Kris Maddigan on creating the JUNO and BAFTA award-winning smash hit Cuphead video game soundtrack; Evergreen by name and by nature, quintessentially Canadian gamelan (Andrew Timar explains); violinist Angèle Dubeau on 20 years and 60 million streams; two children’s choirs where this month remembrance and living history must intersect. And much more, online in our kiosk now, and on the street commencing Thursday November 1.

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Confluence<br />

presents<br />

Celebrating<br />

Couperin and<br />

Debussy<br />

Nov 17, 8:00pm<br />

●●8:00: Mississauga Symphony Orchestra.<br />

Olé!: The Music of Spain and Latin America.<br />

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol; Bizet:<br />

Danse bohème; Lecuona: Malagueňa. Romulo<br />

Delgado, tenor; Viva Mexico Mariachi; Kiyo<br />

Asaoka, flamenco dancer; Denis Mastromonaco,<br />

conductor. Living Arts Centre, Hammerson<br />

Hall, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga.<br />

905-306-6000. $40-$65.<br />

●●8:00: Music Gallery. Dastgah:<br />

Go:Organic Orchestra. Go:Organic Orchestra<br />

featuring Adam Rudolph and Araz<br />

Salek. Music Gallery at 918 Bathurst,<br />

918 Bathurst St. 416-204-1080.<br />

$20/$15(adv); $10(members/st).<br />

●●8:00: Royal Conservatory Orchestra.<br />

Django Festival All-Stars. Music of the<br />

Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. Dorado<br />

Schmitt, guitar and violin; and others.<br />

Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W.<br />

416-408-0208. $40-$90.<br />

●●8:00: Soundstreams. The Latvian Radio<br />

Choir. Rachmaninov: (excerpts from Vespers);<br />

Daniels and Dharmoo: choral works<br />

(world premieres); works by Vasks and<br />

Ratniece; Latvian, Canadian and International<br />

choral favourites. Sigvards Kļava,<br />

conductor. Metropolitan United Church<br />

(Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416-504-1282.<br />

From $22.<br />

●●8:00: Toronto Guitar Society. Tengyue<br />

Zhang from China. Church of St. Peter and St.<br />

Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor St. E. 416-964-<br />

8298. $35/$30(adv); $30/$25(sr/st adv).<br />

Sunday <strong>November</strong> 18<br />

●●2:00: National Ballet of Canada. Anna<br />

Karenina. See Nov 10.<br />

●●3:00: Chorus York, Richmond Hill. Top<br />

Hats & Tunes. Stéphane Potvin, conductor;<br />

Jared Tehse, accompanist. Thornhill Presbyterian<br />

Church, 271 Centre St., Thornhill.<br />

905-884-7922. $25; $20(sr); $15(st with id);<br />

$55(family-2 adults, 2 children under 12).<br />

●●3:00: Amici Chamber Ensemble. Convivencia.<br />

Zemlinsky: Trio; Ravel: Kaddish; Guinovart:<br />

Fantasia sobre Goyescas de Granados;<br />

Cassado: Requiebros; Falla: Siete canciones<br />

populares españolas. Katy Clark, soprano;<br />

Naghmeh Farmand, percussion; Joaquin<br />

Valdepeñas, clarinet; David Hetherington,<br />

cello; Serouj Kradjian, piano. Mazzoleni Concert<br />

Hall, Royal Conservatory, 273 Bloor St.<br />

W. 416-408-0208. $45; $40(sr); $15(30 and<br />

under); $10(st).<br />

●●3:30: Junction Trio and Friends. 10th Season<br />

at St. Anne’s: Bach to the Future. Bach:<br />

Concerto in d; Delibes: Flower Duet from<br />

Lakmé; Doppler: Andante and Rondo Op.25;<br />

Goyette: Serpents: John S. Gray: Drifting,<br />

Meditations, String Quartet No.2; and other<br />

works. Allan Pulker and Jamie Thompson,<br />

flutes; Phoebe Tsang, Sasha Weinstangel, violins;<br />

Daniel Yoo, viola; Dobrochna Zubek cello.<br />

St. Anne’s Anglican Church, 270 Gladstone<br />

Ave. 416-993-5883. PWYC. $20 donation<br />

suggested.<br />

●●4:00: Gallery 345. Damask Roses: CD<br />

Release & Reception. Kira Braun, vocals;<br />

Peter Krochak, piano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-<br />

822-9781. $20. Cash only.<br />

●●5:00: Hart House Singers. Through A<br />

Child’s Eyes. Works by Britten, Debussy,<br />

Walker, and others. David Arnot-Johnston,<br />

conductor; Conrad Gold, piano. Great Hall,<br />

Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-<br />

<strong>24</strong>52. Free. Donations to UofT Foodbank welcome.<br />

With string ensemble.<br />

Monday <strong>November</strong> 19<br />

●●12:15: Sacred Music in a Sacred Space.<br />

Thou Art My King. Verse anthems of Tomkins.<br />

Peter Drobac and friends; Sebastian Moreno,<br />

organ. Trinity College Chapel, U of T, 6 Hoskin<br />

Ave. 647-378-6607. Free.<br />

●●12:30: York University Department of<br />

Music. Music @ Midday: Classical Instrumental<br />

Concert. Tribute Communities Recital Hall,<br />

Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele St.<br />

416-736-2100 x20054. Free.<br />

●●7:30: York University Department of<br />

Music. Jazz Festival: Jazz Combos. Roy<br />

Patterson, Lorne Lofsky and Mark Eisenman,<br />

conductors. Martin Family Lounge,<br />

Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele St.<br />

416-736-2100 x20054. Free. Festival runs<br />

Nov 19-22.<br />

●●8:00: Against the Grain Theatre. Bound<br />

v.2. Music by George Frideric Handel and<br />

Kevin Lau. Miriam Khalil, soprano; David<br />

Trudgen, countertenor; Andrew Haji, tenor;<br />

Justin Welsh, baritone; Topher Mokrzewski,<br />

conductor. The Great Hall, Longboat Hall,<br />

1087 Queen St. W. 647-367-8943. $35-$80.<br />

Also Nov 20, 21.<br />

Tuesday <strong>November</strong> 20<br />

●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.<br />

Chamber Music Series: Schulich’s All-Cello<br />

Intermezzo. Uccello; Matt Haimovitz, director.<br />

Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four<br />

Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,<br />

145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. First<br />

come, first served. No late seating.<br />

●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/<br />

Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime<br />

Chamber Music. Rising Stars Recital,<br />

students from the UofT Faculty of Music.<br />

Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge<br />

St. 416-<strong>24</strong>1-1298. Free. Donations welcome.<br />

●●12:30: York University Department of<br />

Music. Jazz Festival: Jazz Vocal Ensemble.<br />

Mike Cadó, conductor. Martin Family Lounge,<br />

Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele St.<br />

416-736-2100 x20054. Free. Festival runs<br />

Nov 19-22.<br />

●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.<br />

Music at Midday. Thomas Gonder, organ.<br />

65 Church St. 416-365-7865. Free. Donations<br />

welcome.<br />

●●7:00: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />

Music. Student Composers Concert. Walter<br />

Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University<br />

of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208.<br />

Free.<br />

●●8:00: Against the Grain Theatre. Bound<br />

v.2. Music by George Frideric Handel and<br />

Kevin Lau. Miriam Khalil, soprano; David<br />

Trudgen, countertenor; Andrew Haji, tenor;<br />

Justin Welsh, baritone; Topher Mokrzewski,<br />

conductor. The Great Hall, Longboat Hall,<br />

1087 Queen St. W. 647-367-8943. $35-$80.<br />

See Nov 19. Also Nov 21.<br />

●●8:00: York University Department of<br />

Music. Jazz Festival: Jazz Combos. Anthony<br />

Michelli, Artie Roth and Kelly Jefferson, conductors.<br />

Martin Family Lounge, Accolade East<br />

Building, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100<br />

x20054. Free. Festival runs Nov 19-22.<br />

Wednesday <strong>November</strong> 21<br />

●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.<br />

Chamber Music Series: Golden Violin in<br />

Recital. Maïthéna Girault, violin. Richard<br />

Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre<br />

for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W.<br />

416-363-8231. Free. First come, first served.<br />

No late seating.<br />

●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints Kingsway.<br />

Kingsway Organ Concert Series.<br />

Andrew Adair, organ. All Saints Kingsway<br />

Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-571-<br />

3680. Freewill offering. 45-minute concert.<br />

●●12:30: York University Department of<br />

Music. Music @ Midday: R&B Ensemble. Ron<br />

Westray, conductor. Martin Family Lounge,<br />

Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele St.<br />

416-736-2100 x20054. Free.<br />

●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.<br />

Organ Recital. Aaron James, organ.<br />

1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.<br />

●●7:00: Tafelmusik. Sound the Trumpet!<br />

Locatelli: Christmas Concerto; Corrette:<br />

Christmas Concerto; Rebel: Les caractères<br />

de la danse; J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto<br />

No.2 in F. David Blackadder, trumpet;<br />

Elisa Citterio, violin and conductor. Trinity-St.<br />

Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall, 427 Bloor<br />

St. W. 416-964-6337. $39 and up. Also Nov 22,<br />

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