Volume 24 Issue 4 - December 2018 / January 2019
When is a trumpet like a motorcycle in a dressage event? How many Brunhilde's does it take to change an Elektra? Just two of the many questions you've been dying to ask, to which you will find answers in a 24th annual combined December/January issue – in which our 11 beat columnists sift through what's on offer in the upcoming holiday month, and what they're already circling in their calendars for 2019. Oh, and features too: a klezmer violinist breathing new life into a very old film; two New Music festivals in January, 200 metres apart; a Music & Health story on the restorative powers of a grassroots exercise in collective music-making; even a good reason to go to Winnipeg in the dead of winter. All this and more in Vol 24 No 4, now available in flipthrough format here.
When is a trumpet like a motorcycle in a dressage event? How many Brunhilde's does it take to change an Elektra? Just two of the many questions you've been dying to ask, to which you will find answers in a 24th annual combined December/January issue – in which our 11 beat columnists sift through what's on offer in the upcoming holiday month, and what they're already circling in their calendars for 2019. Oh, and features too: a klezmer violinist breathing new life into a very old film; two New Music festivals in January, 200 metres apart; a Music & Health story on the restorative powers of a grassroots exercise in collective music-making; even a good reason to go to Winnipeg in the dead of winter. All this and more in Vol 24 No 4, now available in flipthrough format here.
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Toronto Chamber Choir. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre,<br />
427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. From $29.<br />
Also Dec. 15-16 (3:30 pm).<br />
●●8:00: York Symphony Orchestra. YSO Holiday<br />
Spectacular. St. Mary’s Anglican Church,<br />
10030 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 416-410-<br />
0860. $28; $23(sr); $15(st). Also Dec 22, 3:30<br />
pm and 8 pm, Aurora.<br />
Saturday <strong>December</strong> 15<br />
●●2:00: Ensemble Masques & University<br />
Club of Toronto. The Crown’s Jewel:<br />
350 Years of François Couperin. Selections<br />
from Concerts Royaux, Pièces de Clavecin,<br />
Nouveaux Concerts et Pièces de Violes;<br />
works by Lully and Corelli. Olivier Fortin,<br />
harpsichord; Kathleen Kajioka, baroque violin<br />
& narration; Mélisande Corriveau, viola da<br />
gamba. University Club of Toronto Library,<br />
380 University Ave. 416-597-1336. $42.<br />
Includes wine and coffee.<br />
●●2:00: National Ballet of Canada. The Nutcracker.<br />
See Dec 8. Also Dec 16, 18, 19, 20, 21,<br />
22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30. Times vary.<br />
●●2:00: Toronto Children’s Chorus, Alumni<br />
Choir and Youth Choir. A Chorus Christmas:<br />
A. Concerts in the GTA<br />
Children of the World. Britten: A Ceremony<br />
of Carols and other works. Heidi Van Hoesen<br />
Gorton, harp; Jean Ashworth Bartle, conductor.<br />
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-<br />
932-8666 x231. $35.50-$45.50.<br />
●●4:30: Church of the Holy Trinity. The<br />
Christmas Story. See Dec 7. Also Dec 16(4:30);<br />
21(7:30); 22(4:30); 23(4:30 & 7:30).<br />
●●7:00: National Ballet of Canada. The Nutcracker.<br />
See Dec 8. Also Dec 16, 18, 19, 20, 21,<br />
22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30. Times vary.<br />
●●7:00: The Salvation Army North York Temple.<br />
Christmas Spectacular. Works by Willcocks,<br />
Rutter, Venables, Graham, Balantine.<br />
Amadeus Choir; North York Temple Band; Lydia<br />
Adams, Glenn Barlow, conductors. Tyndale<br />
Chapel, 3377 Bayview Ave. 647-869-6035. $20.<br />
●●7:30: Annex Singers. Gloria! Poulenc:<br />
Gloria; and works by Lauridsen, Willan, Victoria,<br />
Hassler and others. Nicole Hulme, soprano;<br />
Stephen Boda, organ; Maria Case,<br />
artistic director. Grace Church on-the-Hill,<br />
300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-968-7747. $25; $20(sr/<br />
st); free(12 and under).<br />
●●7:30: Bonar-Parkdale Presbyterian<br />
Church. Have Yourself an After Hours<br />
Have yourself an<br />
Christmas<br />
Christmas. After Hours (Aaron Milic, Glenn<br />
Sevillo, Jon Pong and Yee Kuang Wong).<br />
250 Dunn Ave. 416-532-3729. $10; $5(child).<br />
Religious service. CDs, treats and hot cider<br />
on sale.<br />
●●7:30: Counterpoint Community Orchestra.<br />
Holiday Extravaganza. Ravel: Mother Goose<br />
Suite; Sound of Music; and seasonal favourites.<br />
Andrew Chung, conductor. Church of St.<br />
Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor<br />
St. E. 647-970-8057. $25; $15(st).<br />
●●7:30: Espressivo Singers. Christmas Gifts.<br />
Pinkham: Christmas Cantata; Chaminade:<br />
Noël des marins and other works. Westminster<br />
United Church (Whitby), 1850 Rossland<br />
Rd. E., Whitby. 289-312-0488. $25; $15(child<br />
12 and under). Wheelchair accessible.<br />
●●7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. Academy<br />
Chamber Orchestra. Barber: Adagio<br />
for Strings; Schubert: Allegro from String<br />
Quartet No.14 “Death and the Maiden”; Serouj<br />
Kradjian: Songs. String students from The<br />
Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for<br />
Young Artists come together as the Academy<br />
Chamber Orchestra. Koerner Hall, Telus<br />
Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. Free<br />
(tickets required).<br />
●●7:30: Scarborough Bluffs United Church.<br />
Jazzy and Bright. Bach Children’s Chorus;<br />
Bach Chamber Youth Choir; Octava Vocal<br />
Ensemble; Charissa Bagan and James Pinhorn,<br />
conductors. 3739 Kingston Rd., Scarborough.<br />
416-267-8265. $20.<br />
●●8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. To All a Good<br />
Night 4. Works by Harry Connick, Jr.; Tom<br />
Waits; Tom Lehrer; John Lennon & Yoko Ono;<br />
and others. Jackie Richardson, vocalist; Tom<br />
Wilson, musician; Liam Russell, vocalist; Jessica<br />
Mitchell, vocalist; David Wall, vocalist;<br />
and others. Harbourfront Centre Theatre,<br />
235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. $25-$64;<br />
$15(st/under 30). Also Dec 13, 14.<br />
●●8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony<br />
Orchestra. Night at the Opera. Selections<br />
from Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Lehár:<br />
Merry Widow; Puccini: La bohème. Cristina<br />
Pisani, soprano; David Diston, baritone;<br />
Toronto Beaches Children’s Chorus; Norman<br />
Reintamm, conductor. P.C. Ho Theatre,<br />
Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto,<br />
5183 Sheppard Ave. E., Scarborough.<br />
416-879-5566. $35-$55; $30-$45(sr/st);<br />
free(under 12). 7:15: Pre-concert talk.<br />
cathedralbluffs.com.<br />
●●8:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale. Christmas<br />
from Ol’ Blighty. Traditional English<br />
Christmas music. Vaughan Williams: Fantasy<br />
on Christmas Themes. The Piano Hall,<br />
157 Main St., Georgetown. 905-873-9909.<br />
$50. Also Dec 14, 16. Culinary treats follow<br />
the concert.<br />
●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Bruckner’s<br />
Fourth. Schumann: Manfred Overture<br />
Op.115; Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme<br />
of Paganini Op.43; Bruckner: Symphony No.4.<br />
Michael Berkovsky, piano; Kristian Alexander,<br />
conductor. Flato Markham Theatre, 171 Town<br />
Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469 or<br />
905-604-8339. $30-$40; $25(sr); $15(under<br />
30). 7:15pm pre-concert recital; 7:30pm<br />
TORONTO<br />
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Children of the World<br />
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SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA<br />
Norman Reintamm<br />
Artistic Director/Principal Conductor<br />
Saturday <strong>December</strong> 15, <strong>2018</strong> 8 pm<br />
Night at the Opera<br />
favourites by Johann Strauss, Jr. & more…<br />
Toronto Beaches Children’s Chorus<br />
with Cristina Pisani & David Diston<br />
winners of the <strong>2018</strong> CBSO Clifford Poole Vocal Competition<br />
TICKETS: from $35 ($30 student/senior; children under 12 are free)<br />
ORDER ONLINE cathedralbluffs.com BY PHONE 416.879.5566<br />
P.C. Ho Theatre 5183 Sheppard Ave E (1 block east of Markham Rd), Scarborough<br />
KINDRED SPIRITS ORCHESTRA<br />
10 th anniversary concert season<br />
BRUCKNER’S FOURTH<br />
cathedralbluffs.com | 416.879.5566<br />
54 | <strong>December</strong> 1, <strong>2018</strong> – February 7, <strong>2019</strong> thewholenote.com
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