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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●●8:00: Esprit Orchestra. New Music<br />
Festival/21C Music Festival: Constellations.<br />
Hosokawa: Concerto for Saxophone and<br />
Orchestra; Jiang: River Memory; Vivier:<br />
Orion; Goddard: Les tringles des sistres tintaient.<br />
Wallace Halladay, saxophone; Alex<br />
Pauk, conductor. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre,<br />
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. Starting at<br />
$20. 7:15 pm pre-concert chat.<br />
Monday <strong>January</strong> 21<br />
FACULTY ARTISTS<br />
perform the music of<br />
Toshio Hosokawa<br />
MON JAN 21 at 7:30 pm<br />
Tickets: music.utoronto.ca<br />
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. New Music Festival: Faculty Artists<br />
Present Music by Toshio Hosokawa. Roger D.<br />
Moore Distinguished Visitor in Composition.<br />
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University<br />
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-<br />
0208. $30; $20(sr); $10(st); free(UofT st).<br />
Pre-concert talk(6:30pm).<br />
Tuesday <strong>January</strong> 22<br />
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.<br />
Vocal/Chamber Music Series: Meet the Academy:<br />
Opera through the Ages. Artists of the<br />
COC Orchestra Academy and Ensemble Studio.<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 />
●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.<br />
Music at Midday. Thomas Gonder, organ.<br />
65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. Donations<br />
welcome.<br />
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. New Music Festival: Karen Kieser<br />
Prize Concert. Rebekah Cummings: Fearless;<br />
Bekah Simms: Microlattice; works by<br />
Toshio Hosokawa; and other works. Stephen<br />
Clarke, piano; Rob McDonald, guitar.<br />
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University<br />
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-<br />
0208. Free.<br />
Wednesday <strong>January</strong> 23<br />
●●12:00 noon: University of Toronto Faculty<br />
of Music. New Music Festival: Percussion<br />
and Electronics Concert. Works by<br />
Toshio Hosokawa; Örjan Sandred and Eliot<br />
Britton. Jonny Axelsson, percussion; Fredrik<br />
Söhngen, oboe. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson<br />
Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s<br />
A. Concerts in the GTA<br />
Park. 416-408-0208. Free.<br />
●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.<br />
Noonhour Organ Recital. Angus Sinclair,<br />
organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.<br />
●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Star<br />
Wars: A New Hope—In Concert. Sarah Hicks,<br />
conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.<br />
416-598-3375. $57-$126. Also Jan <strong>24</strong>, 25, 26.<br />
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty<br />
of Music. New Music Festival: Composing<br />
Chamber Music Class Concert. Walter<br />
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University<br />
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208.<br />
Free.<br />
Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>24</strong><br />
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.<br />
World Music Series: Volando: Tango Takes<br />
Flight. Payadora Tango Ensemble. 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 />
●●12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. Thursdays at Noon: New Music Festival<br />
- Gen-dai-ongaku. Contemporary Music<br />
Ensemble; Wallace Halladay, director. Walter<br />
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University<br />
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208.<br />
Free.<br />
●●12:30: York University Department of<br />
Music. Faculty Spotlight Series: The Accolade<br />
Trio. Patricia Wait, clarinet; Mark Chambers,<br />
cello; Elizabeth Acker, piano. Tribute<br />
Communities Recital Hall, Accolade East<br />
Building, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100<br />
x20054. Free.<br />
●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Star<br />
Wars: A New Hope—In Concert. See Jan 23.<br />
Also Jan 25, 26.<br />
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. New Music Festival: Justyna Gabzdyl<br />
Piano Recital. Works by Szymanowski, Gershwin<br />
and others. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson<br />
Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s<br />
Park. 416-408-0208. Free.<br />
Friday <strong>January</strong> 25<br />
●●1:30: York University Department of<br />
Music. Music @ Midday: Aria with Me. Young<br />
singers from the studios of Stephanie Bogle,<br />
Norma Burrowes and Karen Rymal. Tribute<br />
Communities Recital Hall, Accolade East<br />
Building, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100<br />
x20054. Free.<br />
●●7:30: Brampton Folk Club. Friday Folk<br />
Night: Robbie Burns Night. Coffee-housestyle<br />
folk music concert. Allison Lupton and<br />
Friends. St. Paul’s United Church (Brampton),<br />
30 Main St. S., Brampton. 647-233-3655. $18;<br />
$15(sr/st).<br />
●●7:30: St. Anne’s Music & Drama Society.<br />
The Pirates of Penzance. Music by Arthur Sullivan,<br />
libretto by W. S. Gilbert. St. Anne’s Parish<br />
Hall, 651 Dufferin St. 416-922-4415. $30;<br />
$25(sr/st). Opens Jan 25, 7:30pm. Runs to<br />
Feb 3. Thurs/Fri(7:30pm), Sat/Sun(2pm). Also<br />
Jan 26(7:30pm).<br />
●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Star<br />
Wars: A New Hope—In Concert. See Jan 23.<br />
Also Jan 26.<br />
●●8:00: Aurora Cultural Centre. John<br />
Sheard Presents Ella & Louis: Cheek-to-<br />
Cheek. Music of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis<br />
Armstrong. 22 Church St., Aurora. 905-713-<br />
1818. TBA.<br />
TOSHIO HOSOKAWA<br />
FRI. JAN. 25•WALTER HALL<br />
Faculty of Music, University of Toronto<br />
www.NewMusicConcerts.com<br />
●●8:00: New Music Concerts/University<br />
of Toronto New Music Festival. Toshio<br />
Hosokawa: A Portrait. Toshio Hosokawa: Im<br />
Frühlingsgarten; Für Walter - Arc Song II;<br />
Hika Elegy; Misato Mochizuki: Chimera; Klaus<br />
Huber: Alveare vernat. Stephen Sitarski, violin;<br />
New Music Concerts Ensemble; Robert<br />
Aitken, director. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson<br />
Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s<br />
Park. 416-961-9594. $35; $25(sr/arts workers);<br />
$10(st). 7:15pm: pre-concert talk.<br />
Nicola Benedetti with<br />
Alexei Grynyuk<br />
FrIday, <strong>January</strong> 25, 8pm<br />
KOErnEr HaLL<br />
tICKEtS On SaLE nOW! 416.408.0208<br />
www.rcmusic.com/performance<br />
●●8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Nicola<br />
Benedetti with Alexei Grynyuk. Bach: Chaconne<br />
from Partita No.2 for Solo Violin in d<br />
BWV1004; Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No.2 in<br />
D Op.94bis; Wynton Marsalis: new work for<br />
solo violin (Canadian premiere); R. Strauss:<br />
Violin Sonata in E-flat Op.18. Koerner Hall,<br />
Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.<br />
$40-90.<br />
●●8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Mozart and Mendelssohn.<br />
Mozart: Quartet No.7 in E-flat K160;<br />
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No.2; Mendelssohn:<br />
Chamber Symphony in f Op.80. Sofya<br />
Melikyan, piano; Nurhan Arman, conductor.<br />
Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 416-499-<br />
0403 or online at sinfoniatoronto.ca. $42;<br />
$35(sr); $15(st).<br />
SINFONIA TORONTO<br />
SOFYA MELIKYAN<br />
Pianist<br />
Jan 25 - 8 pm<br />
Mendelssohn Concerto N o 2,<br />
Mozart & more Mendelssohn<br />
sinfoniatoronto.com<br />
Saturday <strong>January</strong> 26<br />
●●2:00: St. Anne’s Music & Drama Society.<br />
The Pirates of Penzance. Music by Arthur Sullivan,<br />
libretto by W. S. Gilbert. St. Anne’s Parish<br />
Hall, 651 Dufferin St. 416-922-4415. $30;<br />
$25(sr/st). Opens Jan 25, 7:30pm. Runs to<br />
Feb 3. Thurs/Fri(7:30pm), Sat/Sun(2pm). Also<br />
Jan 26(7:30pm).<br />
FREE CONCERT<br />
David Fallis, conductor<br />
<strong>January</strong> 26<br />
tmchoir.org<br />
●●3:00: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Spotlight<br />
on North America. Great choral music<br />
by Canadian and American composers.<br />
Andrew Balfour: Ambe; Trapped in Stone; Willan:<br />
Gloria Deo; MacMillan: Blanche comme la<br />
neige; Somers: Feller from Fortune; and other<br />
works. Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; Gergely<br />
Szokolay, piano; David Fallis, conductor. Yorkminster<br />
Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St.<br />
416-408-0208. Free. Seating first come, first<br />
seated.<br />
●●4:00: Celebration Choir. Songs for a Winter<br />
Afternoon. Mozart: Piano Trio KV502 and<br />
light classical choral music. Guest: Tre Sorelle;<br />
Linda Eyman, conductor. Bloor Street<br />
United Church, 300 Bloor St. W. 416-455-<br />
9238. $20; $15(sr/st). Cash only.<br />
●●7:00: A. Matosyan/Meronq. Mystical<br />
Duduk in Toronto. Armenian, classical and<br />
world music. Georgy Minasyan, duduk; Artak<br />
62 | <strong>December</strong> 1, <strong>2018</strong> – February 7, <strong>2019</strong> thewholenote.com
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