Volume 25 Issue 4 - December 2019 / January 2020

TORONTO
CHILDREN’S
CHORUS
A Chorus Christmas:
Celestial Celebrations
SUN DEC 15 ◆ 2 PM
ROYTHOMSONHALL.COM
●●3:00: Gallery 345. Charmes et Divertissements:
An Afternoon of Chamber Music for
Piano and Winds. Works by Stravinsky, Mozart
and Poulenc. Monique de Margerie, piano;
Fraser Jackson, bassoon; Hugo Lee, oboe;
Eric Abramovitz, clarinet; Léonie Wall, flute
and others. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781
or info@gallery345.com or eventbrite.ca.
$25; $10(st). Cash only at the door.
●●3:00: Greater Toronto Philharmonic
Orchestra. Christmas at Columbus Centre.
Rossini: Overture from Il Barbiere
de Siviglia; Johann Strauss II: Tales from
the Vienna Woods; Roses from the South;
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves;
Bellini: Overture to Il pirata; and
other works. Inga Williams, soprano; Stanislas
Vort, tenor; John Palmer, conductor.
Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence Ave. W.
647-238-0015 or gtpo.ca. $30; $25(sr);
$15(st).
●●3:00: Harmony Singers. It’s Christmas
Time! Seasonal favourites by Bacharach,
A. Concerts in the GTA
Berlin, Carey, McCartney and Lightfoot.
Harvey Patterson, conductor; Bruce Harvey,
piano. Humber Valley United Church,
76 Anglesey Blvd., Etobicoke. 416-239-5821.
$20; free(child under 10).
●●3:00: Mississauga Symphony Orchestra/
Mississauga Symphony Youth Orchestra. A
Merry Little Christmas. Guests: Mississauga
Children’s Choir. Living Arts Centre, Hammerson
Hall, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga.
905-306-6000 or mississaugasymphony.ca.
$40-$50.
●●3:00: Pax Christi Chorale. A Baroque Celebration.
Durante: Magnificat; Vivaldi: Gloria;
Bach: Magnificat. Megan Miceli and Elizabeth
Polese, sopranos; Georgia Burashko,
mezzo; Daevyd Pepper, tenor; Bradley Christensen,
baritone; Toronto Mozart Players.
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Toronto),
73 Simcoe St. 416-729-3630. $50; $45(sr);
$25(under 30).
●●3:30: Toronto Consort. Schütz’s Christmas
Story. Schütz: The Christmas Story; and
works by Schein, Scheidt and Praetorius.
Charles Daniels, tenor (Evangelist); David Fallis,
artistic director. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre,
427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. $20-$77. Also
Dec 13 & 14(8pm).
●●4:00: Church of St. Peter and St. Simonthe-Apostle.
Children’s Musical: Once Upon
a Starry Midnight. 525 Bloor St. E. 416-923-
8714. Free.
●●4:00: Good Kind Productions/Small World
Music Society. TBA Series Chapter 4. Small
World Music Centre, Artscape Youngplace,
180 Shaw St. 416-536-5439. To $50.
●●4:00: St. Phillip’s Etobicoke. Jazz Vespers.
Ori Dagan; Nathan Hiltz; Jake Koffman. St.
Philip’s Anglican Church, 31 St. Phillips Rd.,
Etobicoke. 416-247-5181. PWYC.
●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers:
Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite. Brian Barlow
Big Band. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211.
Freewill offering. Religious service.
●●4:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.
Carols by Candlelight. Choir and Musicians of
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. 1585 Yonge
St. 416-922-1167. Freewill offering.
CAROLS BY
CANDLELIGHT
SUN., DEC. 15, 16, 4:30pm
NINE LESSONS
& CAROLS
SUN., DEC. 22, 23, 4:30pm
Yorkminster Park
Baptist Church
yorkminsterpark.com
●●6:00: Diar. Syrian & Arabic music with
Diar. Tarek Ghriri, guitar; Nour Kaadan, cajon;
Leen Hamo, vocals. Burdock, 1184 Bloor St.
W. eventbrite.ca/e/diar-tickets-79273421939.
$20/$15(adv).
●●7:00: Kingston Road Village Concert Series.
Sultans of String Christmas Caravan. Turkish
Greensleeves; Jesous Ahatonhia (Huron Carol);
The Little Swallow (Carol of the Bells) / Al Vuelo;
Little Drummer Boy; A Django Christmas. Chris
McKhool, violin; Kevin Laliberte, guitar; Drew Birston,
bass; Eddie Paton, guitar, Chendy Leon, percussion.
Guests: Rebecca Campbell, Lynn Miles,
Donné Roberts, Tamar Ilana, Shannon Thunderbird.
Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston
Rd. 416-699-6091. $30/$25. In support of the
United Nations Agency for Refugees.
Tuesday December 17
●●12:00 noon: Roy Thomson Hall. Noon Hour
Choir & Organ Concerts: The Metropolitan
Choir. Wassail! 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-
4255. Free.
FREE
A Part of 23 rd Annual Free Noon
Hour Choir & Organ Concerts
THE METROPOLITAN
CHOIR
Wassail!
TUE DEC 17 ◆ 12 PM
Made possible by the generous
support of Edwards Charitable Foundation
ROYTHOMSONHALL.COM
●●7:00: Rosedale Concerts. RH Thomson
in Charles Dickens’ Solo Touring Version
of A Christmas Carol. FreePlay A
Capella; Sarah Sugarman. Rosedale United
Church, 159 Roxborough Dr. 416-924-0725.
$40/$35(adv).
●●7:30: Toronto Chinese Orchestra. Nocturne:
An Evening of Chinese Music. Small
Town Story; Yi Drinking Song; and music from
ABBA and Star Wars. Yorkminster Citadel,
1 Lord Seaton Rd., North York. 647-229-9209
or torontochineseorchestra.com. $20.
HANDEL
MESSIAH
Dec 17-20, 2019
Koerner Hall,
TELUS Centre
tafelmusik.org
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