Volume 25 Issue 4 - December 2019 / January 2020

woodwinds; Fern Lindzon, piano/vocals;
George Koller, bass; Ethan Ardelli, drums. St.
George the Martyr Church, 30 Stephanie St.
bemusednetwork.com/groups/member/100.
$30. Also Feb 2(2pm, St. Andrew-by-the-
Lake, Toronto Island).
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Vocalis: A Few Figs from Thistles. Masters
and doctoral level singers; Danika Lorèn,
curator. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-
978-3750. Free. Open to the public.
Tuesday February 4
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
New Music Series: Clear Things May Not Be
Seen. Bob Becker: Never in Word; To Immortal
Bloom; Cryin’ Time; Clear Things May
Not Be Seen. Lindsay Kesselman, soprano;
Andrea Ludwig, soprano; with string quartet,
clarinets, piano and percussion. 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.
●●7:00: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Student Composer Concert. Edward
Johnson Building, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s
Park. 416-978-3750. Free. Open to the public.
●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Barber
of Seville. See Jan 19. Also Feb 7.
Wednesday February 5
●●5:30: Canadian Opera Company. Vocal
Series: An Evening of Song. Brandon Cedel,
bass-baritone; Sandra Horst, piano. 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.
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. UofT 12tet. Edward Johnson Building,
Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750.
Free. Open to the public.
Thursday February 6
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Piano Virtuoso Series: For the One Who Listens
in Secret. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.2;
Schumann: Fantasie in C. Jingquan Xie,
piano. 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: Bob Becker and
Guests: Clear Things May Not Be Seen. Bob
Becker: Never in Word; To Immortal Bloom;
Cryin’ Time; Clear Things May Not Be Seen.
Lindsay Kesselman, soprano; Andrea Ludwig,
soprano; with string quartet, clarinets, piano
and percussion. Edward Johnson Building,
Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750.
Free. Open to the public.
●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Hansel
and Gretel. Music by Engelbert Humperdinck,
libretto by Adelheid Wette. Emily
Fons, mezzo (Hansel); Simone Osborne,
soprano (Gretel); Russell Braun, baritone
(Peter); Krisztina Szabó, mezzo (Gertrude);
Michael Colvin, tenor (The Witch); Anna-
Sophie Neher, soprano (Sandman/Dew
Fairy); Johannes Debus, conductor; Joel
Ivany, stage director. Four Seasons Centre
for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St.
W. 416-363-8231. $35-$225. Runs Feb 6-21.
Start times vary.
A. Concerts in the GTA
FEB. 6 – 21, 2020
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●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music.
Wind Ensemble Concerts: Sharing. Björk: Overture
to Dancer in the Dark; Kulesha: Streets of
Fire (double trombone concerto); Maslanka: A
Child’s Garden of Dreams. Vanessa Fralick and
Gordon Wolfe, trombones; Gillian MacKay, conductor.
Guests: Central Band of the Canadian
Armed Forces; Captain John Fullerton, conductor.
MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson
Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. $30;
$20(sr); $10(st). U of T students admitted free
with a valid TCard, space permitting.
Elisa Citterio, Music Director
DREAMING
JUPITER
Feb 6–9, 2020
Jeanne Lamon Hall
tafelmusik.org
●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Dreaming Jupiter.
Marais: La Rêveuse; Forqueray: Jupiter; and
works by Lully, Rebel, Marais and Rameau;
Vittorio Ghielmi: World premiere. Tafelmusik
Baroque Orchestra; Vittorio Ghielmi, guest
director and viola da gamba. Trinity-St. Paul’s
Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. From
$42. Also Feb 7(8pm), 8(8pm), 9(3:30pm).
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Joshua Bell with NACO. Boulanger: D’un soir
triste; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Morlock:
My Name Is Amanda Todd; Prokofiev:
Symphony No.3. Joshua Bell, violin; National
Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley,
conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.
416-872-4255. Starting at $39.
Friday February 7
●●12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s/Guitar Society
of Toronto. Noontime Guitar Recital. St.
Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Toronto),
73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600 x231. Free.
Harriet Tubman:
The Opera
Fri. Feb. 7, 2020
7:30pm
nathanieldettchorale.org
B. Concerts Beyond the GTA
●●7:30: Nathaniel Dett Chorale. Voices of
the Diaspora - Harriet Tubman: The Opera.
Nathaniel Dett Chorale; Brainerd Blyden-Taylor,
conductor. Tribute Communities Recital
Hall, Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele
St. 416-736-2100 x33068. $30; $25(sr);
$15(st).
●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Barber
of Seville. See Jan 19.
●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Wind Symphony Concerts. Mctee:
Notezart; Whitacre: Cloudburst; McAllister:
X2 Concerto for Saxophone Quartet; Bedford:
Sea and Sky and Golden Hill; Nelson: Courtly
Airs and Dances. Karisyg Saxophone Quartet;
Jeffrey Reynolds, conductor. MacMillan Theatre,
Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s
Park. 416-408-0208. $30; $20(sr); $10(st).
U of T students admitted free with a valid
TCard, space permitting.
●●8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Susan
Aglukark and Lacey Hill. Koerner Hall, TELUS
Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.
$35-$75.
●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Dreaming Jupiter.
Marais: La Rêveuse; Forqueray: Jupiter; and
works by Lully, Rebel, Marais and Rameau;
Vittorio Ghielmi: World premiere. Tafelmusik
Baroque Orchestra; Vittorio Ghielmi, guest
director and viola da gamba. Trinity-St. Paul’s
Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. From
$42. Also Feb 6(8pm), 8(8pm), 9(3:30pm).
IN THIS ISSUE: Ancaster, Barrie, Belleville, Brantford, Cobourg,
Dryden, Dundas, Elmira, Elora, Fergus, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston,
Kitchener, London, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Norwood, Orangeville,
Ottawa, St. Catharines, Stratford, Wasaga Beach, Waterloo, Welland.
Sunday December 1
●●1:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. New
Horizons Band 20th Anniversary. Roy Ernst,
guest conductor. Paul Davenport Theatre,
Talbot College, Western University,
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-3767.
Free.
●●2:00: Choralis Camerata. Handel’s Messiah.
Melissa-Marie Shriner, soprano; Christina
Stelmakovich, mezzo; Laurence Wiliford,
tenor; Michael York, bass; Lynn Honsberber,
accompanist. Welland Centennial Secondary
School, 240 Thorold Rd., Welland. 905-646-
9225. $40; $15(st).
●●2:00: Les AMIS. In Concert. Works by
Debussy, Chopin, Ravel, Lavallée and Šipuš.
Erika Crinó, piano. Cobourg Loft, 201 Division
St., Cobourg. 905-372-2210. $30.
●●2:30: Kingston Symphony. Beethoven and
Rachmaninoff. Rzewski: Coming Together;
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.1;
Beethoven: Symphony No.4. Avan Yu, piano;
Evan Mitchell, conductor. Isabel Bader Centre
for the Performing Arts, 390 King St. W.,
Kingston. 613-546-9729 or 613-530-2050.
$10-$50.
●●3:00: Achill Choral Society. Glorious
Sounds Christmas Concert. Chilcott: Gloria;
and other works. Audience sing-along.
Shawn Grenke, conductor. Westminster
United Church (Orangeville), 247 Broadway
Ave., Orangeville. 905-857-2737 or achill.ca.
$25; $10(13-17); $5(child).
●●3:00: Guelph Chamber Choir. Guelph
Chamber Choir’s Christmas Lessons and
Carols with Brass Quintet. Charlene Pauls,
conductor. St. George’s Anglican Church
(Guelph), 99 Woolwich St., Guelph. 519-763-
3000. $25/4 for $80; $10(st/30 and under);
$5(youth 14 and under).
●●3:00: Guelph Concert Band. Holiday
Traditions. Hallelujah Chorus; Russian
Christmas Music; ‘Twas in the Moon
of Wintertime; Greensleeves; Nutcracker
Suite (selections). Chris Cigolea, conductor;
guest choirs. E.L. Fox Auditorium,
John F. Ross Collegiate Institute, 21 Meyer
Dr., Guelph. 416-357-2813. $30(family); $15;
$10(sr/st); $5(under 12).
●●3:00: Musicata. With One Accord. Works
by Piazzolla, Luengen and Chatman. Michael
Bridge, accordion. Central Presbyterian
Church (Hamilton), 165 Charlton Ave.
W., Hamilton. 905-531-0345. $25; $20(sr);
$5(st).
●●3:00: Westben. A Westben Christmas
Carol. Rob Winslow; Soloists; Westben
Youth, Teen and Festival Choruses. Norwood
United Church, 4264 Hwy 7, Norwood. 705-
653-5508 or 1-877-883-5777. $28(ad/sr);
$15(under 30); $5(youth). Also Nov 23(1pm,
Campbellford), 24(3pm, Campbellford),
30(3pm, Peterborough).
●●7:00: Barrie Concert Band. Christmas at
the Beach. Lighthouse Community Church,
800 Sunnidale Rd., Wasaga Beach. 705-735-
0720. Donation to the local food bank. Proceeds
to the Wasaga Beach Ministerial Food
Bank. Sponsored by Waterside Retirement
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