Volume 25 Issue 2 - October 2019

(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 9, 10.
Sunday October 13
●●1:30: Kingston Road Village Concert Series.
The Passionate Voice: Countertenor,
Baritone and Bass. Works by Mendelssohn,
O’Hara, Handel, Mozart, Schubert, Grever and
others. Russell Braun, baritone; Gary Relyea,
bass-baritone; Dan Taylor, countertenor; five
protégés; Miguel Brito, Michael Rose, piano.
Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston
Rd. 416-699-6091 or thepassionatevoice.
eventbrite.com. $30/$25(adv).
●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers:
Tribute to Ray Brown. Dave Young.
1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Freewill offering.
Religious service.
●●7:30: The Piano Lunaire. Hunter’s Moon.
Schumann: Waldszenen Op.82, Kinderszenen
Op.15; Sherkin: Wolfsszenen Op.33; Ho: Three
Scenes of Childhood; Godowsky-Strauss:
Wein, Weib und Gesang! Elaine Lau, Josephe
Ferretti, Elina Kelebeev, Adam Sherkin, piano.
Bunker Lane Press, 1001 Bloor St. W. Rear.
416-825-2744 or universe.com. $15.
●●8:00: Against the Grain Theatre. La
Bohème. See Oct 11. Also Oct 15, 16, 18, 19, 20,
22, 24, 25.
Tuesday October 15
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Chamber Music Series: Junctions: A Canadian
Vibe. Works by André Mathieu, David
L. McIntyre, Claude Debussy, and others.
meagan&amy, duo. 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. Tristan Savella,
piano. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church,
1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free. Donations
welcome.
●●12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Voice Performance Class: Third 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.
An Evening in the
Key of BALANCE
Benefit Concert & Reception
Michael
Arnowitt
Tuesday October 15, 7pm
balancefba.org
●●7:00: BALANCE for Blind Adults. An Evening
in the Key of B: Benefit Concert for BAL-
ANCE. Works by Bach, Brahms and Prokofiev;
Arnowitt: jazz compositions; and other works.
Michael Arnowitt, piano; Susanna McCleary,
fiddle. Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina Ave.
416-236-1796 or balancefba.org/events.
$55/$45(adv); donations welcomed. Wine and
cheese to follow.
●●7:00: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Student Composer Concert #1. Walter
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of
Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750. Free
and open to the public.
●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Turandot.
See Oct 4. Also Oct 17, 19(4:30pm), 23, 25,
27(2pm).
●●8:00: Against the Grain Theatre. La
Bohème. See Oct 11. Also Oct 16, 18, 19, 20,
22, 24, 25.
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
James Bond: The Music. Capathia Jenkins,
vocalist; Ron Bohmer, vocalist; John Morris
Russell, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. From $52. Also
Oct 16(2pm, 8pm).
Wednesday October 16
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Jazz Series: Autumn Jazz. University
of Toronto Jazz Orchestra; Gordon
Foote, director. 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.
●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.
Noonday Organ Recital. Hanné Becker,
organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.
●●2:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
James Bond: The Music. Capathia Jenkins,
vocalist; Ron Bohmer, vocalist; John Morris
Russell, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. From $37. Also
Oct 15, 16(8pm).
BAROQUE
ROOTS
Oct 16–20, 2019
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre
tafelmusik.org
●●7:00: Tafelmusik. Baroque Roots.
Sonatas by Farina, Bertali, Buonamente
and Biber; Muffat: Chaconne “Propitia
sydera”; Fux: Orchestral Suite in g; Vivaldi:
Concerto in D RV563; Guido Morini: Italian
Soundscapes (world premiere). Tafelmusik
Baroque Orchestra; Elisa Citterio, director.
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W.
416-964-6337. From $42. Also Oct 17(8pm),
18(8pm), 19(8pm), 20(3:30pm).
●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Rusalka.
See Oct 12. Also Oct 18, 20(2pm), 22, 24,
26(4:30pm).
●●7:30: Gallery 345. French Reverie:
Laura Farré Rozada. Works by Messiaen,
Manoury, Ben-Amots, Dutilleux, Jarventausta
and others. 345 Sorauren Ave.
416-822-9781 or infogallery345.com or
eventbrite.ca. $25; $10(st). Cash only at
the door.
●●8:00: Against the Grain Theatre. La
Bohème. See Oct 11. Also Oct 18, 19, 20, 22,
24, 25.
●●8:00: Ivana Dimitrijevic. From Belgrade
to Toronto via Sanremo. Neapolitan songs
and pop timeless songs. Goran Dime, tenor;
Ivan Jovanovic, piano; Meira Alaraj, guest
artist. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis
St. 647-939-4036 or gorandime.com or
eventbrite.ca. $45.
●●8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Music
Mix Series: Mary Chapin Carpenter & Shawn
Colvin: Together on Stage. Koerner Hall,
TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208. $45-$100.
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
James Bond: The Music. Capathia Jenkins,
vocalist; Ron Bohmer, vocalist; John Morris
Russell, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. From $52. Also
Oct 15, 16(2pm).
Thursday October 17
●●12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Thursdays at Noon: Basso Profundo.
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-
3750. Free and open to the public.
●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Turandot.
See Oct 4. Also Oct 19(4:30pm), 23,
25, 27(2pm).
●●7:30: Gallery 345. Jazz at the Gallery:
JQXZ. Diane Roblin, piano; George Koller,
bass; Bruce Cassidy; EVI; Bill McBirnie, flute.
345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781 or infogallery345.com
or eventbrite.ca. $25; $10(st).
Cash only at the door.
●●7:30: Peace Meditation Foundation.
Songs of the Soul. Works by Sri Chinmoy.
Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre,
Accolade East, YU, 4700 Keele St. 647-748-
8513. Free.
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. U of T Symphony Orchestra. Mozart:
Symphony No.41 in C K551 “Jupiter”;
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 Op.23
in B-flat; Kulesha: Non-Destructive Classical
Music. Michelle Lin, piano; Uri Meyer,
conductor. MacMillan Theatre, Edward
Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-
408-0208. $30; $20(sr); $10(st). Pre-performance
lecture “Symphony Talk”. U of T
students admitted free with a valid TCard,
space permitting.
●●8:00: Music Gallery. X AVANT XIV: Germaine
Liu: Still Life World Premiere + Rebecca
Hennessey/Heather Saumer/Bea
Labikova/Karen Ng. The Music Gallery,
918 Bathurst St. 416-204-1080. $18/$13(adv);
$10(st/members/earlybird).
●●8:00: Music Toronto. Quartetto di Cremona.
Boccherini: String Quartet in C
October 17 at 8 pm
QUARTETTO
DI CREMONA
Op.2 No.6; Verdi: Quartet in e; Puccini: I Crisantemi;
Respighi: Quartet in D. Cristiano
Gualco and Paolo Andreoli, violins; Simone
Gramaglia, viola; Giovanni Scaglione, cello.
Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for
the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. $47.50-
$52; $10(st). Toronto debut.
●●8:00: Show One Productions. Classical
Stars at Koerner: Pianist Denis Matsuev.
Tchaikovsky: Dumka, Op.59; Tchaikovsky:
Grand Sonata Op.37; Liszt: Sonata No.7 in
b S178; Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No.1 S514.
Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor
St. W. 416-408-0208 or rcmusic.ca.
$55-$135.
●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Baroque Roots.
See Oct 16. Also Oct 18(8pm), 19(8pm),
20(3:30pm).
●●8:00: TO Live. Flamenco Legends by Javier
Limón: The Paco de Lucía Project. Meridian
Arts Centre (formerly Toronto Centre for the
Arts), 5040 Yonge St., North York. 416-250-
3708. $39.75.
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