Volume 25 Issue 3 - November 2019
On the slim chance you might not have already heard the news, Estonian Canadian composing giant Udo Kasemets was born the same year that Leo Thermin invented the theremin --1919. Which means this is the centenary year for both of them, and both are being celebrated in style, as Andrew Timar and MJ Buell respectively explain. And that's just a taste of a bustling November, with enough coverage of music of both the delectably substantial and delightfully silly on hand to satisfy one and all.
On the slim chance you might not have already heard the news, Estonian Canadian composing giant Udo Kasemets was born the same year that Leo Thermin invented the theremin --1919. Which means this is the centenary year for both of them, and both are being celebrated in style, as Andrew Timar and MJ Buell respectively explain. And that's just a taste of a bustling November, with enough coverage of music of both the delectably substantial and delightfully silly on hand to satisfy one and all.
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YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. $10.<br />
●●8:00: Gallery 345. Jazz at the Gallery.<br />
John MacMurchy, reeds; Dan Ionescu, guitar.<br />
345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781 or info@gallery345.com<br />
or eventbrite.ca. $<strong>25</strong>; $10(st).<br />
Cash only at the door.<br />
●●8:00: Music Toronto. Vision String Quartet.<br />
Bacewicz: Quartet No.4; Haydn: Quartet in G<br />
Op.77 No.1; Schumann: Quartet in A Op.41 No.3.<br />
Jakob Encke and Daniel Stoll, violins; Leonard<br />
Disselhorst, cello; Sander Stuart, viola. Jane<br />
Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the<br />
<strong>November</strong> 7 at 8 pm<br />
vision string<br />
quartet<br />
A. Concerts in the GTA<br />
Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. $47.50-$52;<br />
$10(st). Toronto debut.<br />
●●8:00: Grandmothers Partnering with<br />
Africa. Great Songs of the Folk Revival. Songs<br />
of Dylan, Baez, Seeger, Peter, Paul and Mary,<br />
and others. Mike Daley, guitar; Jill Daley,<br />
piano/violin/vocals. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas<br />
St. W. GPWAfrica@gmail.com or Eventbrite.<br />
$50. Benefit for Stephen Lewis Foundation<br />
Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign.<br />
●●8:00: ProArteDanza. The 9th! Beethoven:<br />
Symphony No.9. Taylor Bojanowski, Ryan Lee,<br />
Sasha Ludavicius, Daniel McArthur, Victoria<br />
Mehaffey and others, dancers; Roberto Campanella<br />
and Robert Glumbek, co-choreographers.<br />
Harbourfront Centre Fleck Dance<br />
Theatre, 207 Queen’s Quay West. 416-973-<br />
4000. $20-$50. Discounts for sr/st/artsworkers/groups.<br />
Also Nov 6, 8, 9.<br />
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Grand<br />
Opera in Concert: Thaïs. Music by Jules Massenet.<br />
Libretto by Louis Gallet. Erin Wall, soprano;<br />
Joshua Hopkins, baritone; Andrew<br />
Staples, tenor; Nathan Berg, bass-baritone; Liv<br />
Redpath, soprano; and others; Toronto Mendelssohn<br />
Choir; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor.<br />
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-<br />
3375. From $45. Also Nov 9.<br />
●●9:00: Global Village Creative. Jazz Armenia:<br />
The music of Gomidas and his contemporaries.<br />
Works by Gomidas, Khatchaturian, Babajanian,<br />
Ganatchian, ADISS, Aznavour, and Legrand.<br />
Levon Ichkhanian, guitar; with Wilson<br />
Laurencin, drums; Andrew Stewart, bass;<br />
Richard Evans, keys; Hampic Djabourian, doudouk;<br />
Siavash Kavehmaryan, Kemance; Ernie<br />
Tollar, woodwinds. Jazz Bistro, <strong>25</strong>1 Victoria St.<br />
NINE SPARROWS ARTS FOUNDATION<br />
PRESENTS<br />
A CONCERT OF<br />
REMEMBRANCE<br />
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, <strong>2019</strong> | 7:30 PM<br />
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church<br />
1585 Yonge Street at Heath Street<br />
416-363-5299. $<strong>25</strong> (cover). Also Nov 8, 9.<br />
Friday <strong>November</strong> 8<br />
●●12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime<br />
Recital. Lisa Tahara, piano; Brenna Hardy-<br />
Kavanagh, violin. St. Andrew’s Church (Toronto),<br />
73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600 x231. Free.<br />
●●7:30: Festival of Arabic Music and Arts.<br />
Maghrebian Night. Aga Khan Museum,<br />
77 Wynford Dr. canadianarabicorchestra.ca.<br />
$45-$50.<br />
<strong>November</strong> 8 and<br />
<strong>November</strong> 9<br />
narrator. Guests: Guido Basso, trumpet; Neil<br />
Swainson, bass; Eric N. Robertson, conductor.<br />
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge<br />
St. 416-241-1298 or 9sparrowsarts.org. Free.<br />
Donations welcome.<br />
●●7:30: Opera Atelier. Mozart: Don Giovanni.<br />
Colin Ainsworth, Gustav Andreassen, Mireille<br />
Asselin, Stephen Hegedus, Carla Huhtanen,<br />
Olivier Laquerre, Meghan Lindsay, Douglas<br />
Williams, vocalists; Marshall Pynkoski,<br />
stage director; Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg,<br />
choreographer; Artists of Atelier Ballet;<br />
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; David Fallis,<br />
conductor. Ed Mirvish Theatre, 244 Victoria<br />
St. 416-872-1212. $39-$194. Also Oct 31, Nov 2,<br />
3(3pm), 9(4:30pm).<br />
●●8:00: Luke Jackson. The Songs of Nick<br />
Drake. Patricia O’Callaghan; Marla and David<br />
Celia; Elizabeth Shepherd; Mitchell Girio and<br />
others. Hugh’s Room Live, 2261 Dundas St. W.<br />
647-339-5853. $40.<br />
●●8:00: ProArteDanza. The 9th! Beethoven:<br />
Symphony No.9. Taylor Bojanowski, Ryan Lee,<br />
Sasha Ludavicius, Daniel McArthur, Victoria<br />
Mehaffey and others, dancers; Roberto Campanella<br />
and Robert Glumbek, co-choreographers.<br />
Harbourfront Centre Fleck Dance<br />
Theatre, 207 Queen’s Quay West. 416-973-<br />
4000. $20-$50. Discounts for sr/st/artsworkers/groups.<br />
Also Nov 6, 7, 9.<br />
●●8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. String<br />
Concerts Series: Ray Chen with Julio Elizalde.<br />
Grieg: Violin Sonata No.2 in G Op.13; Saint-<br />
Saëns: Violin Sonata No.1 in d Op.75; Bach:<br />
Chaconne from Partita No.2 in d for Solo Violin<br />
BWV1004; Debussy: Clair de lune L32, arr.<br />
Roelens; Ravel: Tzigane. Koerner Hall, TELUS<br />
Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $35-<br />
$90. 7pm: Prelude Recital.<br />
SINFONIA TORONTO<br />
SPECIAL GUESTS<br />
Guido Basso trumpet<br />
Neil Swainson bass<br />
FEATURING:<br />
Rob Crabtree, Piper<br />
Lark Popov, Piano<br />
Colleen Burns, Narrator<br />
Choirs and Organ<br />
Eric N. Robertson, Conductor<br />
ADMISSION FREE - DONATIONS WELCOME<br />
Sponsored in part by Trinity Custom Masonry Limited<br />
WWW.9SPARROWSARTS.ORG<br />
●●7:30: Mosaic Canadian Vocal Ensemble.<br />
In Remembrance Concert. Elias: Dark Night<br />
of the Soul; Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine;<br />
Brahms: How Lovely Thy Dwellings; Martin:<br />
Kyrie. Members of St. Michael’s Choir School<br />
Alumni; Classic String Quartet; Michael Barth,<br />
trumpet; Donna Klousis, flute; James Brown,<br />
guitar; Gordon D. Mansell, conductor. Holy<br />
Name Catholic Church, 71 Gough Ave. 416-<br />
571-3680 or gdmansell@sympatico.ca. Freewill<br />
offering. Also Nov 9(St. Patrick Catholic<br />
Church, Mississauga).<br />
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Giselle. See<br />
Nov 6. Also Nov 9(2pm, 7:30pm), 10(2pm).<br />
●●7:30: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation.<br />
A Concert of Remembrance. Rob Crabtree,<br />
piper; Lark Popov, piano; Collen Burns,<br />
Nurhan Arman, Conductor<br />
MOZART & TCHAIKOVSKY<br />
Nov 8 8 pm<br />
Glenn Gould Studio<br />
sinfoniatoronto.com<br />
●●8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Mozart and Tchaikovsky.<br />
Mozart: Divertimento K138; Ichmouratov:<br />
Letter from an Unknown Woman;<br />
Kuzmenko: Skartaris Duo Concerto; Tchaikovsky:<br />
Serenade. Marc Djokic, violin; Christina<br />
Petrowska Quilico, piano; Nurhan Arman,<br />
conductor. Glenn Gould Studio, <strong>25</strong>0 Front St.<br />
W. sinfoniatoronto.com. $42; $35(sr); $15(st).<br />
●●8:00: That Choir. That Choir Remembers.<br />
Rachmaninoff: Vespers; Gjeilo: Dark Night of<br />
the Soul (with string quartet); other works.<br />
Craig Pike, conductor. Trinity College Chapel,<br />
U of T, 6 Hoskin Ave. thatchoir.com. $10 and up.<br />
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