Volume 25 Issue 7 - April 2020

✖✖8:00: Music Toronto. Quatuor Ébène.
Beethoven: Quartet in B-flat, Op.18 No.6;
Quartet in A, Op.132. Pierre Colombet and
Gabriel Le Magadure, violins; Marie Chilemme,
viola; Raphaël Merlin, cello. Jane Mallett
Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the
Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. $47.50-$52;
$10(st). CANCELLED.
Friday April 17
❍❍12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime
Recital. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.32 in c
Op.111; Bliss: Sonata for Viola and Piano. Jialiang
Zhu, piano; Maxime Despax, viola. St.
Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Toronto),
73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600 x231. Free.
❍❍7:30: Opera Atelier. Handel: The Resurrection.
Isaiah Bell, Stephen Hegedus, Carla
Huhtanen, Meghan Lindsay, Allyson McHardy,
vocalists; Marshall Pynkoski, stage director;
Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, choreographer;
Artists of Atelier Ballet; Tafelmusik Baroque
Orchestra; David Fallis, conductor. Koerner
Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208. $49-$205. Also Apr 11, 16, 18(4:30pm),
19(3pm).
❍❍8:00: Alliance Française de Toronto.
Beethoven: 250 – Ode à la Joie. Works by
Beethoven. Olivier de Spiegeleir, piano.
Spadina Theatre, 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-
2014 x37. $28; $14(members).
✖✖8:00: Ariana Chris/Suna Chung/Canadian
Music Centre. Songs About Living With:
Breath, Being and Transformation. Lieberson:
Rilke Songs, Songs of Love and Sorrow;
Moffett: The Lavender Fields: Songs about Living
with Cancer. Ariana Chris, mezzo; Sung
Chung, baritone; Suna Chung, piano. Canadian
Music Centre, 20 St. Joseph St. 416-
961-6601 x202. $20/$15(adv). POSTPONED.
✖✖8:00: Esprit Orchestra. New Wave Festival
for Young Composers: Tidal Waves. Keiko
Devaux: Ebb; Quinn Jacobs: Action Gallery;
Julia Mermelstein: In turn; Chris Paul Harman:
Suite for Two Cellos; Tze Yeung Oh: Utrolig
Varmt Vann (“extremely hot water”); and
other works. VC2, cello duo (Amahl Arulanandam
& Bryan Holt); Michael Bridge, accordion;
Alex Pauk, conductor; Eugene Astapov,
conductor. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor
A. Concerts in the GTA
New
Wave
Festival
Postponed to
20/21 Season
ESPRIT ORCHESTRA
espritorchestra.com
St. W. 416-408-0208. $10-$40. POSTPONED.
❍❍8:00: Music Gallery. Amirtha Kidambi
& Lea Bertucci + Joyful Joyful + Memory
Pearl. Curated by Ted Michalak. Grand Canyon
Theatre, 2 Osler St. musicgallery.org.
$15/$12(adv); $10(st/members).
Saturday April 18
Cathedral Bluffs
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Norman Reintamm Artistic Director/Principal
POSTPONED
Martin MacDonald Guest Conductor
❍❍2:00: Canzona Chamber Players.
Beethoven Sonatas. Robert Uchida, violin;
Peter Allen, piano. St. George the Martyr
Church, 30 Stephanie St. 416-822-0613. $30.
Also Apr 19(7:30pm, St. Andrew-by-the Lake
Church, Toronto Island. Concert and brunch).
✖✖3:00: Esprit Orchestra. New Wave Festival
for Young Composers: Sonic Waves. John
Rea: Accident (Tombeau de Grisey); Misato
Mochizuki: Chimera; Žibuoklė Martinaitytė:
Completely Embraced by the Beauty of Emptiness;
Jamie Li: Title TBA; Kaija Saariaho: Sept
Papillons; and other works. Cameron Crozman,
cello; Alex Pauk, conductor; Eugene
Astapov, conductor. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre,
427 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $10-$40.
POSTPONED.
Saturday April 18, 2020 8 pm
ANNUAL FUNDRAISING
CONCERT & SILENT AUCTION
MOZART Piano Concerto in D minor, K 466 – soloist Ken Gee
ELGAR Cello Concerto (1st & 2nd mvts) – soloist Samantha Yang
SIBELIUS Karelia Suite
GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila
ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance Marches 3 & 4
Join us for the Annual Fundraising Concert & Silent Auction—enjoy an evening of
great music and the chance to bid on an amazing selection of silent auction items!
TICKETS: $35 at the door / $30 in advance (adult/senior/student/children)
P.C. Ho Theatre 5183 Sheppard Ave E
(1 block east of Markham Rd), Scarborough
ORDER ONLINE
OR PHONE
cathedralbluffs.com | 416.879.5566
❍❍4:30: Opera Atelier. Handel: The Resurrection.
Isaiah Bell, Stephen Hegedus, Carla
Huhtanen, Meghan Lindsay, Allyson McHardy,
vocalists; Marshall Pynkoski, stage director;
Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, choreographer;
Artists of Atelier Ballet; Tafelmusik Baroque
Orchestra; David Fallis, conductor. Koerner
Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208. $49-$205. Also Apr 11, 16, 17, 19(3pm).
❍❍7:00: Dofasco Male Chorus. Harmony
4 Hamilton. Nuvo Network, 1295 North Service
Rd., Burlington. 905-548-7200 x6294
or dofascomalechorus.com/contact.html.
$15-$25.
Carmina
Burana:
Sacred and Profane
Orff’s masterpiece
& a selection of
works inspired by the
Song of Solomon
CANCELLED
✖✖7:30: Annex Singers. Choral Concert.
Orff: Carmina Burana; and works by Willan,
Whitacre, Grieg, Gjeilo and others. Melanie
Conly, soprano; Joshua Clemenger, tenor; Alex
Halliday, bass-baritone; Young Voices Toronto;
Coral Solomon & Michael Berkovsky, pianos;
Alejandro Céspedes, percussion; Maria Case,
artistic director. Grace Church on-the-Hill,
300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-458-4434. $30; $25(sr);
$15(st); free(12 and under). CANCELLED.
VERDI’S
APRIL 18 – MAY 8
416-363-8231 | coc.ca
❍❍7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Aida.
Music by Giuseppe Verdi. Tamara Wilson,
soprano (Aida); Russell Thomas,
tenor (Radames); Clémentine Margaine,
mezzo (Amneris); Roland Wood, baritone
(Amonasro); Jader Bignamini, conductor
and others. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing
Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231
or coc.ca. $35-$225. Runs Apr 18 to May 8.
Start times vary.
❍❍7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. Discovery
Series: Glenn Gould School Piano Showcase.
Debussy: Préludes, Book 1 L117; Works
by French composers for two pianos and
piano duets. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, TELUS
Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $20.
❍❍8:00: Acoustic Harvest. Cadence: Four
Men, Four Microphones, No Instruments!
St. Paul’s United Church (Scarborough),
200 McIntosh St., Scarborough. 416-729-
7564. $27/$25(adv).
❍❍8:00: Aga Khan Museum. Tanya Evanson’s
Bothism - Experimental Sufi and Jason
Sharp + Kaie Kellough. Saeed Kamjoo, gheychak/kamancheh;
Ziya Tabassian, percussion;
Emod Vafa, Sufi whirling. 77 Wynford Dr. 416-
646-4677. $35; $26.25(sr/st).
✖✖8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra.
Annual Fundraising Concert and Silent
Auction. Elgar: Cello Concerto in e (Mvmts
1 & 2); Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals;
Piazzolla/Volkov: Libertango; Glinka:
Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila; Elgar:
Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos.3 & 4.
Samantha Yang, cello; Ken Gee, piano; Norman
Reintamm, piano/conductor. P.C. Ho
Theatre, Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater
Toronto, 5183 Sheppard Ave. E., Scarborough.
416-879-5566 or cathedralbluffs.com.
$35-$55; $30-$45(sr/st); free(under 12).
POSTPONED.
✖✖8:00: Esprit Orchestra. New Wave Festival
for Young Composers: Electric Waves. James
O’Callaghan: Not non-other, for orchestra
and octophonic electronics; Alison Yun-Fei
Jiang: Snow Music; Maurizio Azzan: Where
the here and now of nowhere is; Christina
Volpini: waves, breaking, reflecting light;
Eugene Astapov: A Still Life, for soprano and
orchestra with poety by Russian poet Polina
Barskova. Shannon Mercer, soprano; James
O’Callaghan, electronics; Jennifer Nichols,
choreographer/dancer; Cameron Crozman,
cello; Alison Yun-Fei Jiang, Alex Pauk and
Eugene Astapov, conductors. Trinity-St. Paul’s
Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $10-
$40. POSTPONED.
❍❍8:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale. Mozart’s
Great Mass in C Minor. Mozart: Piano
Concerto No.24 in c K491; Great Mass in c
K427/417a. Ron Greidanus, piano solo and
conductor. St. John’s United Church (Georgetown),
11 Guelph St., Georgetown. 905-873-
9909. $40; $10(st).
❍❍8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Music
Mix Series: SongBird North. Temerty Theatre,
Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208. $40.
✖✖8:00: Small World Music Society. Radhika
Baskar Group. Small World Music Centre,
Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw St. 416-536-
5439. $30/$20(adv). CANCELLED.
CANCELLED/POSTPONED? Check ahead.
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