Volume 25 Issue 7 - April 2020

Fecan Theatre, Accolade East Building, York
University, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. $15;
$10(sr/st). CANCELLED.
❍❍8:00: Alliance Française de Toronto. Y2:
Duo Yanick Rieu. Yanick Rieu, soprano saxophone;
Yves Léveillé, piano. Spadina Theatre,
24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2014 x37. $28; $23(sr/
st); $14(members).
✖✖8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. S’Wonderful.
George & Ira Gershwin: Someone to Watch
Over Me; Lorelei; He Loves, She Loves; instrumental
works by George Gershwin; and music
from Porgy and Bess. Jackie Richardson, John
Southworth, Sarah Slean, Billy Newton-Davis,
Gregory Hoskins, singers; Andrew Burashko,
piano; and others. Harbourfront Centre Theatre,
235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000 or
artoftimeensemble.com. $25-$64. CANCELLED.
❍❍8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Buddy Guy. Guest:
Tom Hambridge. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.
$49.50-$129.50.
❍❍8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. String
Concerts Series: Pamela Frank with Emanuel
Ax. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.5 in F Op.24;
Brahms: Violin Sonata No.3 in d Op.108. Koerner
Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208. $40-$95. Prelude recital at 7pm.
❍❍8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Cellissimo! Bacewicz:
Concerto for String Orchestra; Schumann: Cello
Concerto; Grigoryan: Spring!; Prokofiev: Sinfonia
“Kabardinian”. Stéphane Tétreault, cello; Nurham
Arman, conductor. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front
St. W. 705-726-1181. $42; $35(sr); $15(st).
❍❍8:00: TO Live. Hiromi. Meridian Arts Centre
(formerly Toronto Centre for the Arts),
5040 Yonge St., North York. 1-855-985-2787.
$42.50-$65.
✖✖9:00: Small World Music Society/TD
Toronto Jazz Festival/Jazzcast. Aditya
Prakesh Ensemble. Rivoli, 334 Queen St. W.
416-536-5439. $20. CANCELLED.
HANDEL’S
NOTA
BENE
BAROQUE
PLAYERS
& SINGERS
SUZIE
LEBLANC
DANIEL
TAYLOR
COLIN
AINSWORTH
RUSSELL
POSTPONED
BRAUN
SAT
APRIL 4
7 PM
$40
standrewstoronto.org
Saturday April 4
✖✖2:00: Onstage Uxbridge. The Mikado. Music
by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert.
Uxbridge Music Hall, 16 Main St. S., Uxbridge.
onstageuxbridge.com. $25. CANCELLED.
✖✖2:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. World Music Ensembles. African
drumming and dancing, steel pan, and Brazilian
music ensembles. Edward Johnson
Building, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-
978-3750. Free. CANCELLED.
✖✖4:00: Edison Singers. Ancient & Modern
Reflections. Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli;
Byrd: Mass for Four Voices; Howells:
Requiem. Noel Edison, conductor. St. John’s
Evangelical Lutheran Latvian Church of
Toronto, 200 Balmoral Ave. 226-384-3100.
$35; $20(st); $10(child). POSTPONED.
❍❍7:00: Heliconian Club. Duo Recital. Mozart:
Sonata No.23 in D K306; Brahms: Sonata No.2
in A Op.100; Franck: Sonata in A. Jin Lee Youn,
violin; Su Jeon Higuera, piano. Heliconian Hall,
35 Hazelton Ave. 416-922-3618. $20. Reception
to follow concert.
✖✖7:00: Music at St. Andrew’s. Handel’s Messiah.
Suzie Leblanc, soprano; Daniel Taylor,
countertenor; Colin Ainsworth, tenor; Russell
Braun, baritone; Nota Bene Baroque Players &
Singers; Howard Dyck, conductor. St. Andrew’s
Presbyterian Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St.
416-593-5600 x231 or standrewstoronto.org.
$40. POSTPONED.
❍❍7:00: University of Toronto at Scarborough
- Department of Arts, Culture &
Media. Spring Awakening Concert: Roaring
Twenties. University of Toronto at Scarborough
Concert Band, Concert Choir and String
Orchestra. University of Toronto at Scarborough,
AC223, ARC Theatre, 1265 Military Trail,
Scarborough. 416-208-4747. Free.
POSTPONED
Cherubini, Requiem
Mass in C Minor
Brahms, Nänie
and works by Elgar,
Vaughan Williams,
Mascagni and Chatman
Sat., April 4 • 7:30 pm
Humber Valley United Church
etobicokecentennialchoir.ca
✖✖7:30: Etobicoke Centennial Choir. Offering.
Cherubini: Requiem Mass in c; Brahms,
Nänie, Op.82; and works by Elgar, Vaughan
Williams, Mascagani and Chatman. Humber
Valley United Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd.,
Etobicoke. 416-7792258. $30. RE-SCHED-
ULED TO JUNE 6.
✖✖7:30: Onstage Uxbridge. The Mikado. Music
by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W. S. Gilbert.
Uxbridge Music Hall, 16 Main St. S., Uxbridge.
onstageuxbridge.com. $25. CANCELLED.
❍❍7:30: York University Department of
Music. York University Gospel Choir. Karen
Burke, conductor. Sandra Faire and Ivan
Fecan Theatre, Accolade East Building, York
University, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. $15;
$10(sr/st). CANCELLED.
❍❍8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. S’Wonderful.
George & Ira Gershwin: Someone to Watch
Over Me; Lorelei; He Loves, She Loves; instrumental
works by George Gershwin; and
music from Porgy and Bess. Jackie Richardson,
John Southworth, Sarah Slean, Billy Newton-Davis,
Gregory Hoskins, singers; Andrew
Burashko, piano; and others. Harbourfront
Centre Theatre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-
4000 or artoftimeensemble.com. $25-$64.
CANCELLED.
Pieces for Bob
POSTPONED
SAT.APR.4 TRINITY-ST.PAUL’S CENTRE
www.NewMusicConcerts.com
✖✖8:00: New Music Concerts. Pieces for Bob.
Celebrating Aitken@80. Daniel Foley: Epigrams
for Robert Aitken; George Crumb: Idyll
for the Misbegotten (Images III); John Cage:
Ryoanji; Elliot Carter: Scrivo in vento; Diego
Luzuriaga: Tierra... tierra; and other works.
NMC Ensemble; Robert Aitken; and others.
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-
961-9594. $35; $25(sr/arts workers); $10(st).
7:15pm: pre-concert talk. POSTPONED.
❍❍8:00: The Rose Theatre Brampton. LAL /
New Chance / R. Flex. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre
Ln., Brampton. 905-874-2800. $25.
❍❍8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Lisiecki Plays Beethoven’s Emperor. Apr 1 &
2: Beethoven: Leonore Overture No.3, Piano
Concerto No.5 “Emperor”; Schoenberg: Pelleas
und Melisande. Apr 4 & 5: Beethoven:
Leonore Overture No.3, Piano Concerto No.3
& 5 “Emperor”. Jan Lisiecki, piano; Toronto
Symphony Youth Orchestra (Apr 1 & 2: Overture
only); Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-
4255. From $45. Also Apr 1, 2, 5(3pm, Meridian
Arts Centre).
Sunday April 5
✖✖1:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Sunday
Interludes Series. Works by Debussy
and Chopin. Dang Thai Son, piano. Mazzoleni
Concert Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor
St. W. 416-408-0208. Free(ticket required).
CANCELLED.
✖✖2:30: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert. Adriana
Lecouvreur. Music by Francesco Cilea,
libretto by Arturo Colautti. Sung in Italian
with English Surtitles. Sally Dibblee, soprano;
Rómulo Delgado, tenor; Geneviève
Lévesque, mezzo; Opera in Concert Chorus;
Narmina Afandiyeva, music director & pianist;
Robert Cooper, chorus director. Jane Mallett
Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the
Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. $20-$50.
POSTPONED.
❍❍3:00: North York Concert Orchestra. Jurassic
Fun. John Williams: Highlights from
Jurassic Park; Dean Burry: Carnival of the
Dinosaurs (narrated by the composer!). Dean
Burry, narrator. Adath Israel Congregation,
37 Southbourne Ave., North York. 416-628-
9195. $25; $20(sr); $10(st); $5(child).
❍❍3:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Conference of
Independent Schools Music Festival. An
opportunity for students and music educators
to collaborate in a non-competitive
atmosphere. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.
$45-$55.
✖✖3:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
Music Mix Series: George Hinchliffe’s Ukulele
Orchestra of Great Britain. Koerner Hall,
TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208. $35-$90. POSTPONED.
❍❍3:00: St. Paul’s Bloor Street. Organ
Recital. Gerald Loo, organ. 227 Bloor St. E.
416-859-7464. Free.
✖✖3:00: Syrinx Concerts Toronto. Air, Strings
& Keys. Works for theremin, violin and piano
by Villa-Lobos, Saint-Saëns, Sibelius, Borodin,
Jørgensen, and others. Heliconian Hall,
CANCELLED
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