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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Concerts Series. Shostakovich: Cello Concerto<br />
No.1 in E-flat Op.107; Mahler: Symphony<br />
No.1 in D “Titan”. Mansur Kadirov, cello; Andrei<br />
Feher, conductor. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre,<br />
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $<strong>25</strong>-$60. 6:45:<br />
Prelude Recital; 7:15pm: Pre-concert chat.<br />
Saturday <strong>November</strong> 23<br />
●●2:00: Gallery 345. The Iris Trio: Homage<br />
and Inspiration. Works by Schumann, Kurtág,<br />
Bruch, Hoefner and McKay. 345 Sorauren<br />
Ave. 416-822-9781 or info@gallery345.com<br />
or eventbrite.ca. $<strong>25</strong>; $10(st). Cash only at<br />
the door.<br />
●●2:00: Harbourtown Sound. The North<br />
Pole’s Got Talent. Guest: Melissa-Maarie Shriner,<br />
soloist. Burlington Performing Arts<br />
Centre, 440 Locust St., Burlington. 905-681-<br />
6000 or harbourtownsound.ca. $35; $30(sr);<br />
$20(st under 18). Also 7:30pm.<br />
●●3:30: Toronto City Opera. Les contes<br />
d’Hoffmann. Music by Jacques Offenbach;<br />
libretto by Jules Barbier. Ryan Harper, tenor<br />
(Hoffmann); Nicole Dubinsky, soprano (Olympia/Antonia/Giulietta);<br />
Dylan Wright, bass<br />
baritone (Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertuto);<br />
Jennifer Tung, artistic director and<br />
others. Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina Ave.<br />
647-699-9391. $45-$55; $35(st). Also Nov 21<br />
(7:30pm), 24(3pm).<br />
●●4:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. Taylor<br />
Performance Academy for Young Artists<br />
Series - Showcase Concerts. Features classical<br />
musicians aged 8-18. Mazzoleni Concert<br />
Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-<br />
0208. Free(ticket required). Tickets available<br />
a week prior to concert date.<br />
A. Concerts in the GTA<br />
DAWN<br />
A concert celebrating<br />
the oneness of<br />
human family.<br />
SATURDAY, NOV 23<br />
6pm<br />
dawninitiative.com<br />
●●6:00: Dawn Initiative. Dawn: A Concert<br />
Celebrating the Oneness of the Human<br />
Family. Works by Kevin Lau, Lena Orsa, Aran<br />
Corcoran, Sergei Kofman, Ara Cho and<br />
others. Jacqueline Woodley, soprano; Alheli<br />
Pimienta, flute; Peter Stoll, clarinet; Alex<br />
Toskov, violin; Narmina Afandiyeva, piano<br />
and others. Meridian Arts Centre (formerly<br />
Toronto Centre for the Arts), 5040 Yonge St.,<br />
North York. 416-<strong>25</strong>0-3708. $30; $<strong>25</strong>(sr/st/<br />
arts workers); $45(VIP).<br />
●●6:30: VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto. The<br />
World in a City. Family-friendly interactive<br />
concert experience celebrating Toronto in<br />
song through Indigenous roots and waves of<br />
migration. VIVA Youth Choirs; Everyone Can<br />
Sing Choir. Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St.<br />
Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-788-8482.<br />
$<strong>25</strong>; $20(sr/st).<br />
●●7:00: Metropolitan Community Church<br />
of Toronto. Christmas with the Choir <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Thom Allison, Julie Michels, Cantor David<br />
Rosen, Cailin Stadnyk, Lauren Margison, soprano<br />
with the MCCT ChoirJason Jestadt,<br />
music director. 115 Simpson Ave. 416-406-<br />
6228. $<strong>25</strong>.<br />
Clavier à Couleurs:<br />
An Exhibit of<br />
Piano Preludes<br />
Art • Music<br />
<strong>November</strong> 23<br />
●●7:00: Millar Piano Duo. Clavier à Couleurs:<br />
An Exhibit of Piano Preludes. Scriabin:<br />
Twenty-four Preludes Op.11 with paintings by<br />
Antonietta Kies (24 Poetics after Scriabin);<br />
Chopin: Twenty-four Preludes Op.28. Gregory<br />
Millar and Lisa Raposa, piano; Antonietta Kies,<br />
artist. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-<br />
885-<strong>25</strong>85. $35; $28(sr/st) cash only at door;<br />
online at: universe.com/clavier-a-couleurs.<br />
6pm: Art opening and reception.<br />
●●7:00: Montgomery’s Inn/Toronto Duke<br />
Ellington Society. Drew Jurecka Trio: An<br />
Ellington Evening at Montgomery’s Inn. Montgomery’s<br />
Inn, 4709 Dundas St. W. 416-394-<br />
8113. $<strong>25</strong>. Refreshments post concert.<br />
●●7:00: Oakville Choir for Children and<br />
Youth. Winter Song. Clearview Church,<br />
2300 Sheridan Garden Dr., Oakville. oakvillechoir.org.<br />
$<strong>25</strong>; $20(sr); $15(12 and<br />
under).<br />
●●7:30: Cantemus Singers. A Boy Is Born.<br />
Tallis: Missa - Puer natus est; and carols and<br />
motets of Renaissance England. Michael<br />
Erdman, conductor. Church of the Holy Trinity,<br />
19 Trinity Sq. 416-578-6602 or cantemus.<br />
ca. $20; free(under 12). Also Nov 24(St. Aidan’s<br />
Anglican Church).<br />
●●7:30: Harbourtown Sound. The North<br />
Pole’s Got Talent. Guest: Melissa-Maarie Shriner,<br />
soloist. Burlington Performing Arts<br />
Centre, 440 Locust St., Burlington. 905-681-<br />
6000 or harbourtownsound.ca. $35; $30(sr);<br />
$20(st under 18). Also 2pm.<br />
●●7:30: Monica Chapman. Monica Chapman<br />
Trio. Home Smith Bar at The Old Mill Toronto,<br />
21 Old Mill Rd. 416-207-2020. $20 minimum<br />
food/drinks. No cover, no reservations.<br />
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. The Marriage of Figaro. Mozart.<br />
MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building,<br />
80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. $40;<br />
$<strong>25</strong>(sr); $10(st). U of T students admitted free<br />
with a valid TCard, space permitting. “Opera<br />
Talk” lecture ½ hour before concert. Also<br />
Nov 21, 22(eve); 24(mat).<br />
●●8:00: Arraymusic. Udo Kasemets @100.<br />
Kasemets: Sonata in E, Viiulile ja Klaverile<br />
Op.10, Pythagoras Tree, OP; Cage: Nocturne<br />
for violin and piano. Stephen Clarke, piano;<br />
Sheila Jaffe, violin; Lydia Munchinsky, cello.<br />
Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 416-532-3019.<br />
$30 or PWYC.<br />
●●8:00: Gallery 345. The Art of the Piano:<br />
Nazareno Ferruggio. Works by Scarlatti,<br />
Chopin, Satie, Grieg, Mompou and others.<br />
345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781 or info@gallery345.com<br />
or eventbrite.ca. $30; $10(st).<br />
Cash only at the door.<br />
●●8:00: Guitar Society of Toronto. In Concert.<br />
Raphaël Feuillâtre, guitar. St. Andrew’s<br />
Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St. 416-964-<br />
8298 or guitarsocietyoftoronto.com. $40;<br />
$35(sr); $30(st); $35(adv); $30(sr adv);<br />
$<strong>25</strong>(st adv).<br />
●●8:00: Masterworks of Oakville Chorus<br />
and Orchestra. Handel’s Messiah. Allison<br />
McAuley, soprano; Erica Iris Huang, mezzo;<br />
Christopher Fischer, tenor; Joel Allison, bass.<br />
St. Matthew Catholic Church, 1150 Monks<br />
Passage, Oakville. 905-399-9732. $30(over<br />
30); $<strong>25</strong>(sr); free(30 and under). Also<br />
Nov 24(3pm). Free tickets (30 and under)<br />
available online or at door only. ID must be<br />
shown.<br />
●●8:00: Productions Opéra Concept MP.<br />
Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera. See<br />
Nov 13.<br />
●●8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Music<br />
Mix Series: Formidable! Charles Aznavour.<br />
Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W.<br />
416-408-0208. $49-$100.<br />
●●8:00: Small World Music Society. Journey<br />
to the East. Terek Ghriri, guitar; Anwar Khurshid,<br />
sitar/vocals; Padideh Ahrarnejad, Persian<br />
tar/vocals; Murshed Khalid, vocals; Nour<br />
Saturday, Nov 23 at 8 pm<br />
Sunday, Nov 24 at 3 pm<br />
Messiah<br />
G.F. Handel<br />
www.masterworksofoakville.ca<br />
free tickets online for 30 yrs and under<br />
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