Volume 25 Issue 2 - October 2019

Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered
Bride; Tchaikovsky: Waltz-Scherzo Op.34;
Gounod: March from Act IV of Romeo and
Juliet; and other works. Fiona Zheng, violin;
Qin Lu, Xiaochun Qi, Linda Wang, erhu; Shen
Yun Symphony Orchestra; Milen Nachev,
conductor. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.
$39-$109.
●●3:00: Off Centre Music Salon. Schubertiad:
A Day with Schubert. Andrea Ludwig, mezzo;
Rosebud Quartet; Inna Perkis, piano; Boris
Zarankin, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre,
427 Bloor St. W. 416-466-6323. $50; $40(sr);
$15(13-25); $5(child).
●●3:00: St. Paul’s Bloor Street. Organ Concert.
Peeters: Modal Suite; Rheinberger: Six
pieces for violin and organ; Guilmant: Fourth
Sonata for Organ. Gordon Mansell, organ;
Tamara Hrycak, violin. 227 Bloor St. E. 416-
961-8116. Free.
●●3:00: Toronto Public Library. Quiet Concerts.
Philippe Melanson & Christopher Dela
Cruz. Toronto Public Library, Cedarbrae,
545 Markham Rd., Scarborough. tiny.cc/
quietconcerts. Free.
●●3:00: Vania Chan/Moon Bloom Music/
Rezonance Baroque Ensemble. Handel’s Heroines:
Power Anthems from the High Baroque.
Handel’s Heroines
Power Anthems
from the High Baroque
Sun Oct 6, 3pm
Vania Chan, soprano
Rezonance Baroque
Ensemble
rhcentre.ca
Works by Handel. Vania Chan, soprano; Rezonance
Baroque Ensemble. Richmond Hill Centre
for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge St., Richmond
Hill. 905-787-8811 or rhcentre.ca. $25.
2:15pm: Pre-concert chat.
●●4:00: Church of St. Mary Magdalene.
Organ Fireworks. Andrew Adair, organ.
Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Toronto),
477 Manning Ave. 416-531-7955. Free.
●●7:00: Jazz Bistro. Payadora Tango Ensemble
with Elbio Fernandez. 251 Victoria St. 416-
363-5299 or payadora.com. $20. Call for
reservations.
●●7:30: Against the Grain Theatre. La
Bohème. Music by Giacomo Puccini. Libretto
by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Marcel
D’entremont, tenor (Rodolfo); Jonelle Sills,
soprano (Mimì); Clarence Frazer, baritone
(Marcello); Danika Lorèn, soprano (Musetta);
Andrew Aldridge, baritone (Schaunard); Giles
Tomkins, bass-baritone (Colline); Greg Finney,
baritone (Benoît/Alcindoro); Joel Ivany,
stage director; David Eliakis, music director/
piano. Red Lion Smokehouse, 16 Cumberland
St. S., Thunder Bay. tickets@againstthegraintheatre.com.
$25-$40.
LARK
ENSEMBLE
UNDER THE
HARVEST MOON
OCT 6, 7:30pm
CORKIN GALLERY,
DISTILLERY DISTRICT
●●7:30: Lark Ensemble. Under the Harvest
Moon. Arensky: String Quartet No.20 Op.35;
Thieriot: Flute Quartet, Op.84; Demenga:
Duo? o Du… for Two Cellos; Barriere: Sonata
for Two Cellos in G; Scott: The Ecstatic Shepherd
for Solo Flute. Leslie Allt, flute; Aaron
Schwebel, violin; Roberta Janzen, cello.
Guests: Theresa Rudolph, viola; Leana Rutt,
cello. Corkin Gallery, 7 Tank House Ln. 416-
979-1980. $35; $20(st).
●●8:00: Esprit Orchestra. I Hit My Head and
Everything Changed. Thomas Adès: Overture
to The Tempest, Op.22a, for orchestra;
Brian Harman: I Hit My Head and Everything
Changed, for orchestra with video art projection
by Moira Ness; Alexina Louie: Love Songs
for a Small Planet, for chamber choir, harp,
percussion and string orchestra; Hans Abrahamsen:
Left, alone, for piano (left hand) and
orchestra. Avan Yu, piano; Elmer Iseler Singers
Chamber Choir; Moira Ness, artist; Alex
Pauk, conductor. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre,
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. Starting at
$20. 7:15pm: pre-concert chat.
I Hit My
Head and
Everything
Changed
Sunday
October 6
2019
8pm Concert
Koerner Hall
ESPRIT ORCHESTRA
espritorchestra.com
Monday October 7
●●7:30: Chorisma. Spiritually Speaking. Mark
Powney, baritone; Jeff Whittington, guitar;
Damon Richardson, percussion; Robert
Richardson & Leona Richardson, directors.
Thornhill United Church, 25 Elgin St., Thornhill.
905-731-8318. Freewill offering.
Tuesday October 8
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Vocal Series: Parlami d’Amore - Speak to Me
of Love. U of T Opera presents a mixed program
drawing upon three centuries of operatic
repertoire exploring captivating aspects
of love promised, fulfilled, and betrayed. Sandra
Horst and Michael Patrick Albano, codirectors,
U of T Opera. Richard Bradshaw
Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the
Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-
8231. Free. First come, first served. No late
seating.
●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation.
Lunchtime Chamber Music. Rising Stars
Recital featuring students from the Glenn
Gould School. Yorkminster Park Baptist
Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free.
Donations welcome.
●●12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Voice Performance Class: Fourth Year
Undergraduate Singers in Performance. Walter
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750.
Free and open to the public.
Wednesday October 9
●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints Kingsway.
Kingsway Organ Concert Series. Aaron
James, organ. All Saints Kingsway Anglican
Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-571-3680
or organixconcerts.ca. Free-will offering
appreciated.
●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.
Noonday Organ Recital. John Paul Farahat,
organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Gimeno Conducts Daphnis et Chloé. Guillaume
Connesson: Aleph - Danse symphonique;
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3 in
C Op.26; Tchaikovsky: The Tempest (Fantasy-Overture)
Op.18; Ravel: Suite No.2 from
Daphnis et Chloé. Beatrice Rana, piano; Gustavo
Gimeno, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. From $35. Also
Oct 10, 12.
TS
Toronto
Symphony
Orchestra
●●9:00: Julia Pal. Elegantly Rendered Jazz.
Songs by Porter, Berlin, Rogers & Hart,
Gershwin and Jobim. Julia Pal, vocals; Kevin
Barrett, guitar. Mezzetta Restaurant, 681 St.
Clair Ave. W. 416- 658-5687. $10 cover. Reservations
recommended for the first set.
Thursday October 10
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Chamber Music Series: Debussy Sonata
for Flute, Viola, and Harp. Debussy: Sonata
for Flute, Viola, and Harp; and other works.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra Chamber Soloists.
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four
Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,
145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. First
come, first served. No late seating.
●●12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Thursdays at Noon: Bedford Trio. Walter
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750.
Free and open to the public.
●●12:30: York University Department
of Music. Jazz @ Midday: Robb Cappelletto
Quartet. Martin Family Lounge, Accolade
East, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100
x20054. Free.
●●7:30: The Piano Lunaire. Aaron Copland:
The Music Within. Copland: Piano Fantasy
(with repeat); Sherkin: Prelude “The Music
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