Volume 24 Issue 5 - February 2019
In this issue: A prize that brings lustre to its laureates (and a laureate who brings lustre to the prize); Edwin Huizinga on the journey of Opera Atelier's "The Angel Speaks" from Versailles to the ROM; Danny Driver on playing piano in the moment; Remembering Neil Crory (a different kind of genius)' Year of the Boar, Indigeneity and Opera; all this and more in Volume 24 #5. Online in flip through, HERE and on the stands commencing Thursday Jan 31.
In this issue: A prize that brings lustre to its laureates (and a laureate who brings lustre to the prize); Edwin Huizinga on the journey of Opera Atelier's "The Angel Speaks" from Versailles to the ROM; Danny Driver on playing piano in the moment; Remembering Neil Crory (a different kind of genius)' Year of the Boar, Indigeneity and Opera; all this and more in Volume 24 #5. Online in flip through, HERE and on the stands commencing Thursday Jan 31.
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Non-subscription Event: An Evening With<br />
Moritz Ernst. Stockhausen: Klavierstück X;<br />
and works by Mike Egerton, Arthur Lourié,<br />
Miklos Maros, and Sandeep Bhagwati. Moritz<br />
Ernst, piano. Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Ave.<br />
416-961-9594. $100;2 for $150. Reservations<br />
required. Includes door prizes and refreshments.<br />
Proceeds to benefit New Music Concerts;<br />
charitable receipts for CRA allowable<br />
portion.<br />
●●7:00: Music Gallery/Public Recordings. In<br />
Concert. Pauline Oliveros: To Valerie Solanas<br />
and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of Their<br />
Desperation. Toronto City Hall Council Chambers,<br />
100 Queen St. W. 416-204-1080. Free.<br />
Tuesday <strong>February</strong> 19<br />
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.<br />
Vocal Series: On Shining Wings. Works by<br />
Wagner, Duparc, R. Strauss and others.<br />
Susan Bullock, soprano; Liz Upchurch, piano.<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. David Potvin, piano.<br />
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge<br />
St. 416-<strong>24</strong>1-1298. Free, donations welcome.<br />
●●5:00: Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre.<br />
MNjcc Suzuki Winter Ensemble Concert.<br />
Presentations from note-reading classes,<br />
ukulele classes, chamber music ensembles<br />
and adult string ensembles. Al Green Theatre,<br />
750 Spadina Ave. 416-9<strong>24</strong>-6211 x0. Free.<br />
A. Concerts in the GTA<br />
Wednesday <strong>February</strong> 20<br />
GLENN GOULD<br />
PRIZE GALA<br />
CONCERT<br />
HONOURING<br />
JESSYE NORMAN<br />
Wed Feb 20, 7:30PM<br />
www.glenngould.ca<br />
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.<br />
Vocal Series: Les Adieux: A Poetic Diary.<br />
Works by Schubert. Samuel Chan, baritone;<br />
Stéphane Mayer, fortepiano. Richard Bradshaw<br />
Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for<br />
the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-<br />
363-8231. Free. First come, first served. No<br />
late seating.<br />
●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints Kingsway.<br />
Kingsway Organ Concert Series. Four<br />
Hands, Two Feet Duo (Simon Irving, organ;<br />
Janice Beninger, piano). All Saints Kingsway<br />
Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-571-<br />
3680 or organixconcerts.ca. Freewill offering.<br />
45-minute concert.<br />
●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.<br />
Noonday Organ Recital. Andrew Adair, organ.<br />
1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.<br />
●●7:30: Glenn Gould Foundation/Canadian<br />
Opera Company. Glenn Gould Prize Gala<br />
Concert Honouring Jessye Norman. COC<br />
Orchestra conducted by COC Music Director<br />
Johannes Debus; Nina Stemme, soprano;<br />
Sandra Radvanovsky, soprano; Pumeza Matshikiza,<br />
soprano; Wallis Giunta, mezzo; Susan<br />
Platts; mezzo; and others. Four Seasons Centre<br />
for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W.<br />
416-363-8231. From $50. Gala reception following<br />
the concert. Proceeds in support of<br />
The Glenn Gould Foundation.<br />
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Alisa<br />
Weilerstein. Langgaard: Prelude to Antikrist;<br />
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.2; Bartók:<br />
Concerto for Orchestra. Alisa Weilerstein,<br />
cello; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor. Roy<br />
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375.<br />
$34.75-$181.50. Also Feb 21.<br />
Thursday <strong>February</strong> 21<br />
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.<br />
Vocal Series: Les Adieux: Poèmes pour Mi.<br />
Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi. Lauren Eberwein,<br />
soprano; Rachael Kerr, piano. Richard Bradshaw<br />
Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for<br />
the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-<br />
363-8231. Free. First come, first served. No<br />
late seating.<br />
●●12:00 noon: Roy Thomson Hall. Noon-Hour<br />
Concert Series: Youthful Impressions. Bach<br />
Children’s Chorus. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-<br />
4255. Free.<br />
●●7:30: Canadian Music Centre. CMC Presents:<br />
Lindsay Dobbin & Kat Estacio. 20 St.<br />
Joseph St. 416-961-6601 x201. General:<br />
$20/$15(adv); CMC Members/arts workers:<br />
$15/$12(adv); Students: $15/$10(adv).<br />
●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Così fan<br />
tutte. See Feb 5. Also Feb 23(4:30pm).<br />
●●7:30: TO Live/Attila Glatz Concert Productions.<br />
Amadeus Live. Amadeus movie screening<br />
with live full orchestra and choir. Sony<br />
Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front St. E.<br />
1-855-872-7669. $55-$111. Also Feb 22.<br />
●●8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. Best of<br />
Music. Works by Tom Waits, Schubert,<br />
Queen, Beethoven, Bruce Cockburn, and<br />
others. Hawksley Workman, vocalist; Martin<br />
Tielli, vocalist; Benjamin Bowman, violin;<br />
Mark Fewer, violin; Shauna Rolston-Shaw,<br />
cello; and others. Harbourfront Centre<br />
Theatre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-<br />
4000. $25-$64; $15(st/under 30). Also<br />
Feb 22, 23.<br />
●●8:00: Gallery 345. The Art of the Harpsichord:<br />
Corina Marti. Keyboard music from<br />
16th-century Poland. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-<br />
822-9781. $25; $15(st). Cash only at the door.<br />
●●8:00: Opera Atelier. The Angel Speaks.<br />
Huizinga: Annunciation; and works by Purcell.<br />
Mireille Asselin, soprano; Jesse Blumberg,<br />
baritone; Artists of Atelier Ballet in baroque<br />
costume, and members of Tafelmusik Baroque<br />
Orchestra. Royal Ontario Museum,<br />
100 Queen’s Park. 416-703-3767 x222 or<br />
operaatelier.com. $69. Informal reception<br />
post concert. Light refreshments/cash bar<br />
available.<br />
OPERA ATELIER<br />
The<br />
Angel<br />
Speaks<br />
Feb 21 8pm @ the ROM<br />
operaatelier.com<br />
●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Tales of Two Cities:<br />
The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House. Conceived,<br />
scripted and programmed by Alison<br />
Mackay. Telemann: Ouverture in D; Monteverdi:<br />
Ritornello from Orfeo; Lully: Chaconne<br />
from Cadmus et Hermione; Concerto for<br />
4 Violins (Largo - Vivace); Handel: Sonata in<br />
g Op.2 No.5 (Allegro); and traditional Arabic<br />
music. Alon Nashman, narrator; Maryem Tollar,<br />
narrator & vocalist; Naghmeh Farahmand,<br />
percussion; Demetri Petsalakis, oud;<br />
Marshall Pynkoski, stage director; Elisa Citterio,<br />
music director. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre,<br />
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $36 and<br />
up. Also Feb 22, 23, <strong>24</strong>(mat).<br />
TALES OF<br />
TWO CITIES:<br />
THE LEIPZIG-<br />
DAMASCUS<br />
COFFEE HOUSE<br />
Feb 21–<strong>24</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />
Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre<br />
tafelmusik.org<br />
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Alisa<br />
Weilerstein. Langgaard: Prelude to Antikrist;<br />
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.2; Bartók:<br />
Concerto for Orchestra. Alisa Weilerstein,<br />
cello; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor. Roy<br />
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375.<br />
$34.75-$148. Also Feb 20.<br />
Friday <strong>February</strong> 22<br />
●●12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime<br />
Recital. Works by Villa-Lobos, Hildegard von<br />
Bingen, Tarrega, and Albéniz. Louis Lawlor,<br />
guitar. St. Andrew’s Church (Toronto),<br />
73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600 x231. Free.<br />
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