Volume 25 Issue 4 - December 2019 / January 2020
Welcome to our December/January issue as we turn the annual calendar page, halfway through our season for the 25th time, juggling as always, secular stuff, the spirit of the season, new year resolve and winter journeys! Why is Mozart's Handel's Messiah's trumpet a trombone? Why when Laurie Anderson offers to fly you to the moon you should take her up on the invitation. Why messing with Winterreisse can (sometimes) be a very good thing! And a bumper crop of record reviews for your reading (and sometimes listening) pleasure. Available in flipthrough here right now, and on stands commencing Thursday Nov 28. See you on the other side!
Welcome to our December/January issue as we turn the annual calendar page, halfway through our season for the 25th time, juggling as always, secular stuff, the spirit of the season, new year resolve and winter journeys! Why is Mozart's Handel's Messiah's trumpet a trombone? Why when Laurie Anderson offers to fly you to the moon you should take her up on the invitation. Why messing with Winterreisse can (sometimes) be a very good thing! And a bumper crop of record reviews for your reading (and sometimes listening) pleasure. Available in flipthrough here right now, and on stands commencing Thursday Nov 28. See you on the other side!
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Orchestra; Hamilton Children’s Choir; Gemma<br />
New, conductor. FirstOntario Concert Hall,<br />
1 Summers Ln., Hamilton. 905-526-7756 or<br />
hpo.org. $10-$71.<br />
●●8:00: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre/TD<br />
Niagara Jazz Festival. The Music of<br />
a Charlie Brown Christmas. Music of Guaraldi.<br />
Peter Shea Trio; Terry Clarke. FirstOntario<br />
Performing Arts Centre, <strong>25</strong>0 St. Paul St.,<br />
St. Catharines. 905-688-0722 or 1-855-515-<br />
0722 or FirstOntarioPAC.ca. $35; $186(table<br />
of six). Also 2 pm.<br />
Sunday <strong>December</strong> 22<br />
●●2:00: First-St. Andrew’s United Church.<br />
Music at FSA: Sing-along Messiah. Terry<br />
Head, conductor. First-St. Andrew’s United<br />
Church (London), 350 Queens Ave., London.<br />
519-679-8182. Freewill donation. Church fully<br />
accessible.<br />
Friday <strong>December</strong> 27<br />
●●2:00: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.<br />
Sing-a-long Sound of Music. <strong>25</strong>0 St. Paul<br />
St., St. Catharines. 905-688-0722 or 1-855-<br />
515-0722 or FirstOntarioPAC.ca. $20. Onscreen<br />
lyrics, costume contest.<br />
Sunday <strong>December</strong> 29<br />
●●2:30: Attila Glatz Concert Productions.<br />
Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert. Strauss<br />
Symphony of Canada; Micaëla Oeste, soprano;<br />
Tilmann Unger, tenor; Michael Zehetner,<br />
conductor. FirstOntario Concert Hall,<br />
1 Summers Ln., Hamilton. 1-855-872-5000.<br />
$51.10-$112.49.<br />
ticketmaster.ca<br />
905.546.4040 and press 0<br />
Dec. 29 • 2:30 pm<br />
FirstOntario Concert Hall<br />
Wednesday <strong>January</strong> 1<br />
●●3:00: Stratford Symphony Orchestra.<br />
New Year in Vienna. Music of Strauss; Viennese<br />
waltzes; Brahms: Hungarian Dances.<br />
Catherine and Mark Gardner, singers. Avondale<br />
United Church, 194 Avondale Ave., Stratford.<br />
519-271-0990. $40; $10(st); free(under<br />
12).<br />
Saturday <strong>January</strong> 4<br />
●●3:00: 5 at the First Chamber Players.<br />
String Extravaganza IX. Kodály: Duo for violin<br />
5 at the First<br />
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES<br />
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Extravaganza IX<br />
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and cello; Bridge: Duo for two violas; Flores:<br />
Release; Mendelssohn: Octet. Yehonatan<br />
Berick, Csaba Koczo, violins; Caitlin Boyle,<br />
Theresa Rudolph, violas; Rachel Desoer,<br />
Rachel Mercer, cellos. First Unitarian Church<br />
(Hamilton), 170 Dundurn St. S., Hamilton.<br />
905-399-51<strong>25</strong>. $20; $15(sr); $5(st).<br />
Wednesday <strong>January</strong> 8<br />
●●12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru.<br />
Chamber Music Concert. Works by Bach,<br />
Beethoven, Vitali. Michael Adamson, violin;<br />
Philip Adamson, piano. Hi-Way Pentecostal<br />
Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181.<br />
$10; free(st).<br />
Friday <strong>January</strong> 10<br />
●●12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays<br />
at 12:30 Concert Series. Caitlin Boyle,<br />
Theresa Rudolph, violas; Brett Kingsbury,<br />
piano. Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot College,<br />
Western University, 1151 Richmond St.<br />
N., London. 519-661-3767. Free.<br />
Saturday <strong>January</strong> 11<br />
●●12:00 noon: Don Wright Faculty of Music.<br />
Maritsa Brookes Concerto Competition. Von<br />
Kuster Hall, Music Building, Western University,<br />
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-<br />
3767. Free.<br />
Sunday <strong>January</strong> 12<br />
●●2:30: Kingston Symphony. Beethoven &<br />
Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky: Pezzo Capriccioso;<br />
Trew: Symphony No.1; Beethoven: Symphony<br />
No.5. Wolf Tormann, cello; Evan Mitchell, conductor.<br />
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts, 390 King St. W., Kingston.<br />
613-546-9729 or 613-530-2050. $10-$50.<br />
Wednesday <strong>January</strong> 15<br />
●●2:30: Seniors Serenade. Jazz Pianist Mike<br />
Lewis performs his “G” list. Bethel Community<br />
Church, 128 St. Vincent Street, Barrie. 705-<br />
726-1181. Free.<br />
Thursday <strong>January</strong> 16<br />
●●7:00: Magisterra Soloists. Holocaust:<br />
Music in Exile. Hindemith: Piano Trio for<br />
<strong>December</strong><br />
Concert<br />
Series<br />
Book<br />
Today!<br />
Festival of Carols<br />
<strong>December</strong> 17th & 18th at 5:00PM & 7:30PM<br />
St John’s Anglican Church 36 Henderson Street, Elora<br />
Is there a grinch in your life that could use a dose of Christmas spirit? Then bring<br />
them to experience the Christmas season with The Elora Singers! Join us for an<br />
evening of laughter and joy as we present a medley of your favourite Christmas<br />
carols and stories sure to melt even the iciest of hearts!<br />
Singers Messiah<br />
<strong>December</strong> 8th at 7:30PM<br />
St Joseph’s Church 760 St David Street North, Fergus<br />
On <strong>December</strong> 8th, join the Elora Singers to hear Handel's Messiah performed as<br />
you perhaps have never heard it before. Listen and watch breathtaking solo<br />
performances by singers who step out of the choir itself. Close your eyes<br />
and be swept away as you share in this seasonal favourite!<br />
GET YOUR TICKETS AT ELORASINGERS.CA OR CALL 519-846-0331<br />
HURRY BEFORE THEY’RE GONE!<br />
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