Volume 24 Issue 6 - March 2019

Good Friday. Dubois: The Seven Last Words of
Christ. Ron Ka Ming Cheung, conductor; John
Stephenson, organ. St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Anglican Church, 151 Glenlake Ave. 416-519-
0528. $20; $15(sr/st).
Thanks to
Dr. Suzuki
Concert
Celebrating the Life
and Teachings of
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
Saturday March 30, 7pm
Sunday April 24, 7:30 pm
WORLD PREMIERE
“Raven Concerto for Viola
and Chamber Orchestra”
by David Jaeger
with Rivka Golani, viola
SATURDAY MARCH 30, 8PM
canadiansinfonietta.com
Sunday March 31
●●2:00: Mississauga Big Band Jazz Ensemble.
Jazz at the Legion. Port Credit Legion,
35 Front St. N., Port Credit. 905-270-4757.
PWYC.
●●2:00: Oakville Symphony. Musical Friendship.
Dvořák: Violin Concerto in a Op.53;
Brahms: Symphony No.2 in D Op.73. Leslie
Ashworth, violin. Oakville Centre for the Performing
Arts, 130 Navy St., Oakville. 905-815-
2021. $27-$56. Also Mar 30.
VPAN presents
MYSTICAL
AND
THE
MACABRE
MARCH 31, 2019 | 3PM
A MUSICAL EXPRESSION
OF OPPOSITES
●●7:30: Gallery 345. Pictures at an Exhibition.
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Works
by Bach, Ravel, Albeniz, Rachmaninoff and
others. Richard Herriott, piano. 345 Sorauren
Ave. 416-467-7142 or eventbrite.ca. $50; $90
for two. Fundraiser for Orchestra Toronto.
Cash bar. Hors d’oeuvres.
●●7:30: Missisauga Festival Chamber Choir.
Redemption Song: Music on the Theme of
Forgiveness. Arnesen: The Wound in the
Water. First United Church, 151 Lakeshore
Rd. W., Mississauga. 416-986-5537. $35;
$30(sr/st).
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. U of T Wind Symphony. Willan: Prelude
and Fugue from Royce Hall Suite; Raum:
Sherwood Legend for horn solo; Bennett:
Symphonic Songs for Band; McTee: Notezart;
Bernstein: Symphonic Dance Music from
West Side Story. Christopher Gongos, horn.
MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building,
80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. $30;
$20(sr); $10(st); free(UofT st).
●●7:30: York University Department of
Music. York University Gospel Choir. Lisa
Toussaint, director. Tribute Communities
Recital Hall, Accolade East Building, YU,
4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. $15; $10(sr/st).
●●8:00: Canadian Sinfonietta. Rivka Golani.
David Jaeger: Raven Concerto for Viola and
Chamber Orchestra (world premiere); Copland:
Appalachian Spring (chamber version);
Britten: Lachrymae, Op.48a for Solo Viola and
Strings; Elgar: Serenade for Strings. Rivka
Golani, viola; Tak Ng Lai, conductor. Glenn
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. canadiansinfonietta.com.
$40; $35(sr); $20(st).
●●8:00: Citadel + Compagnie. Amorous Playlist.
See Mar 27.
●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Shostakovich’s
Sixth. R. Strauss: Don Juan; Rachmaninoff:
Piano Concerto No.1 Op.1;
Shostakovich: Symphony No.6. Jun Li Bui,
piano; Kristian Alexander, conductor. Richmond
Hill Centre for the Performing Arts,
10268 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 905-604-
8339. $30-$40; $25(sr); $15(under 30).
7:15pm pre-concert recital; 7:30pm pre-concert
talk; intermission discussion with Jun
Li Bui.
●●8:00: Oakville Symphony. Musical Friendship.
Dvořák: Violin Concerto in a Op.53;
Brahms: Symphony No.2 in D Op.73. Leslie
Ashworth, violin. Oakville Centre for the Performing
Arts, 130 Navy St., Oakville. 905-815-
2021. $27-$56. Also Mar 31.
●●8:00: Tapestry Opera. Songbook IX.
Jacqueline Woodley, soprano; Andrea Grant,
piano; and others. Ernest Balmer Studio, Distillery
District, 9 Trinity St. 416-537-6066. $25.
Also Mar 29(8pm), 30(4pm).
●●8:00: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert. The
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by Kurt
Weill. Elizabeth DeGrazia, soprano; Beste Kalender,
mezzo; Michael Barrett, tenor; Joshua
Clemenger, tenor; Danlie Rae Acebuque, baritone;
and others; VOICEBOX Opera in Concert
Chorus; Narmina Afandiyeva, piano; Robert
Cooper, music director. St. Lawrence Centre
for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. $29;
$50; $65. Also Mar 31 (2:30 pm). Sung in German
with English Surtitles.
●●8:00: Voices Chamber Choir. A Journey
of Faith: Music from Ash Wednesday to
Redemption Song
Mississauga Festival Chamber Choir presents a program of music
on the theme of forgiveness, featuring the stunning “The Wound in the Water”
by Kim Andre Arnesen with string orchestra
Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 7:30 pm
First United Church : 151 Lakeshore Rd W, Mississauga ON
@mfchoir @mfchoir @themississaugafestivalchoir
Festival-of-Friends-Redemption-Promo-Card.indd 2
presents
REDEMPTION
Tickets available SONG
at: www.mfchoir.com
A program of music on
the theme of forgiveness,
featuring the stunning
“The Wound in the Water”
by Kim Andre Arnesen
with string orchestra
MARCH 30, 7:30PM
mfchoir.com
THE CANADIAN
CHILDREN’S
OPERA COMPANY
MARCH 31, 2PM
NEWMARKET THEATRE
Newtix.ca
●●2:00: Visual and Performing Arts Newmarket.
Canadian Children’s Opera Company.
Sarah Quartel: Snow Angel; John
Greer: The Snow Queen. Newmarket Theatre,
505 Pickering Cres., Newmarket. 905-953-
5122. $30; $25(sr); $10(st).
●●2:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Earth Tones. Women’s Chorus; Men’s
Chorus; Elaine Choi and Mark Ramsay, conductors.
MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson
Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208.
$30; $20(sr); $10(st); free(UofT st).
●●2:30: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert. The
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by Kurt
Weill. Elizabeth DeGrazia, soprano; Beste Kalender,
mezzo; Michael Barrett, tenor; Joshua
Clemenger, tenor; Danlie Rae Acebuque, baritone;
and others; VOICEBOX Opera in Concert
Chorus; Narmina Afandiyeva, piano; Robert
Cooper, music director. St. Lawrence Centre
for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. $29;
$50; $65. Also Mar 30 (8 pm). Sung in German
with English Surtitles.
●●3:00: Amici Chamber Ensemble. The Mystical
and the Macabre. A musical expression
of opposites. Malcolm Forsyth: Phantom
Sketches for violin, clarinet and marimba;
Steen Anderson: Beside Besides for cello and
1/24/19 11:03 PM
percussion; Saint-Saëns: Dance Macabre, violin
and piano; Gurdjieff: Sacred Dances; Alexander
Arutiunian: Suite for clarinet, violin and
piano; and other works. Joaquin Valdepeñas,
clarinet; David Hetherington, cello; Serouj
Kradjian, piano; Mark Fewer, violin; Aiyun
Huang, percussion. Mazzoleni Concert Hall,
Royal Conservatory, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208. $50; $45(sr); $30(under 30); $15(st).
Intrada
BRASS
Darkness
and Light
Barrington
Venables
trombone
SUNDAY,
MARCH 31,
3PM
intradabrass.ca
●●3:00: Intrada Brass of Oakville. Darkness
and Light. Peter Graham: Shine as the Light;
and other works. Barrington Venables, trombone.
St. Paul’s United Church (Oakville),
454 Rebecca St., Oakville. 905-827-0561. $15;
$10(sr/st); free(under 10).
●●3:00: Pax Christi Chorale. Miziwe...(Everywhere...).
World premiere of newly commissioned
oratorio by Barbara Croall. Toronto
Mozart Players; Krisztina Szabó, mezzo; Rod
Nettagog and Barbara Croall, First Nations
actors, singers and musicians. Koerner Hall,
Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 647-345-7743.
$40-$60; $35-$55(sr); $20-$45(st). Performed
in the Ojibwe Odawa language with Surtitles.
●●3:00: York University Department of
Music. York University Wind Symphony. William
Thomas, director. Tribute Communities
Recital Hall, Accolade East Building, YU,
4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. $20; $15(sr/st).
●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers.
Tribute to Ben Webster. Alex Dean, Neil
Swainson, Mark Eisenman and Brian Barlow.
1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Freewill offering.
Religious service.
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