Volume 25 Issue 7 - April 2020

Schola
Magdalena
A Prayer for the Earth
with
Julia Seager Scott, harp
Wed., April 22, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Mary
Magdalene, Toronto
www.scholamagdalena.ca
Gregorian chant; music from Nordic countries;
Eatock: new work. Julia Seager
Scott, harp. Church of St. Mary Magdalene
(Toronto), 477 Manning Ave. 416-531-7955.
PWYC.
Thursday April 23
❍❍12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Piano Virtuoso Series: Zwei Herzen in Liebe
vereint: Two Hearts United. Schumann: Variations
on a Theme of Robert Schumann Op.20;
Brahms: Piano Sonata in f Op.5. Stephen
A. Concerts in the GTA
Hargreaves, 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.
❍❍8:00: Soundstreams. Secrets. Claron
McFadden, vocals; Michel Massot, tuba/trombone;
Tuur Florizoone, chromatic accordion;
Marine Horbaczewski, cello. Drake Underground,
1150 Queen St. W. 416-504-1282 or
rcmusic.com/tickets/seats/139002. $25-$44.
Also Apr 24 (SOLD OUT).
❍❍8:00: Tafelmusik. Goldberg Variations.
Bach (arr. Citterio); Jeay: work for harpsichord
(world premiere). Charlotte Nediger,
harpsichord; Elisa Citterio, conductor. Trinity-St.
Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-
964-6337. From $50. Discounts for sr/under
36/under19. Also Apr 22(7pm), 24, 25, 28 (all
8pm), 26(mat).
❍❍8:00: Tapestry Opera. Rocking Horse Winner.
Music by Gareth Williams, libretto by
Anna Chatterton. Asitha Tennekoon, tenor;
Lucia Cesaroni, soprano; Keith Klassen, tenor;
Peter McGillivray, baritone; Michael Hidetoshi
Mori, stage director; Kamna Gupta, music director.
Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw Ave.
416-537-6066. $50-$95. Includes an invitation
to the post-performance reception. Also
Apr 25(4pm), 28, 29, 30, May 2.
Friday April 24
❍❍12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime
Recital. Jazz and Pop standards celebrating
Spring. Jordan Klapman, jazz piano. St.
Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Toronto),
73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600 x231. Free.
❍❍7:00: Brampton Folk Club. Friday Folk
Night: Creative Voices. Coffee-house-style
folk music concert. Former of Tanglefoot,
RPR (Richie-Parrish-Richie). St. Paul’s United
Church (Brampton), 30 Main St. S., Brampton.
647-233-3655. $18; $15(sr/st).
❍❍7:30: Core Culture Connections. A Night
of Music. Richmond Hill United Church,
10201 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. facebook.
com/corecultureconnections. $18/$15(adv);
$15(sr/st)/$12(adv). Intermission appetizers
included.
❍❍7:30: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
(Royal York Rd.). Spring Concert. Wellknown
classical and jazz works. Frank Iacino,
organ and host; James Rasmussen, keyboard;
George Baumann, saxophone; David Redmon,
vocals. Guest: George Heldt, organ and piano.
1579 Royal York Rd. 905-824-4667 (Frank).
$25; $10(st). Free parking at church and on
side streets.
✖✖8:00: Christina Raphaëlle Haldane, Carl
Philippe Gionet and David Jaeger. “Where
we were...”: A Celebration of Poetry and
Song. David Jaeger: The Echo Cycle; I Never
Knew; James Moffett: The Lavender Fields;
Songs of Absence and Presence. Christina
Raphaëlle Haldane, soprano; Ariana
Chris, mezzo; Michele Jacot, clarinet; Carl
Philippe Gionet, piano; Seán Haldane, poet.
Ernest Balmer Studio (315), Distillery District,
9 Trinity St. 416-274-4277. $20/$15(adv);
$15(st)/$10(adv st). POSTPONED.
✖✖8:00: Kingston Road Village Concert Series.
Mass Hysterical, A Comedic Cantata. A
mixture of comedy pieces and musical selections
by extant composers. Bach: Erbarme
Dich; Matthew Reid: new works. Etsuko
Kimura, violin solo; Carly Heffernan, Kris Siddiqi,
Ashley Comeau and Darryl Hinds, comedy
performers; Musicians from the Toronto
Symphony Orchestra. St. Andrew’s United
Church (Markham), 32 Main St. N., Markham.
416-699-6091 or masshysterical.eventbrite.
com. $30/$25(adv). POSTPONED.
❍❍8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Power
Corporation Vocal Series: Matthias Goerne,
baritone with Jan Lisiecki. All Beethoven program.
Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor
St. W. 416-408-0208. $50-$105.
❍❍8:00: Soundstreams. Secrets. Claron
McFadden, vocals; Michel Massot, tuba/trombone;
Tuur Florizoone, chromatic accordion;
Marine Horbaczewski, cello. Drake Underground,
1150 Queen St. W. 416-504-1282 or
rcmusic.com/tickets/seats/139002. $25-
$44. Apr 24 - SOLD OUT. Tickets available for
Apr 23.
❍❍8:00: Tafelmusik. Goldberg Variations.
Bach (arr. Citterio); Jeay: work for harpsichord
(world premiere). Charlotte Nediger,
harpsichord; Elisa Citterio, conductor. Trinity-St.
Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-
6337. From $50. Discounts for sr/under 36/
under19. Also Apr 22(7:00), 23, 25, 28 (all
8:00), 26(mat).
Saturday April 25
✖✖3:00: Achill Choral Society. Journeys. Canadian/Celtic
folk songs; Medley from Les Misérables;
World War I songs. Shawn Grenke,
conductor. Christ Church Anglican (Bolton),
22 Nancy St., Bolton. 905-857-2737 or
achill.ca. $25; $10(youth 13-17); $5(child).
CANCELLED.
❍❍3:00: Neapolitan Connection - Musical
Matinées at Montgomery’s Inn. Dawn &
Dusk! Odin String Quartet. Montgomery’s Inn,
4709 Dundas St. W. 416-231-0006 or neapolitanconnection.com.
$15-$30. Tea, historical
tour(2:15pm), cookies included.
❍❍4:00: Chris Daniels. Climax Jazz Matinée.
Dorothy Rose, chanteuse. Leaside Pub,
190 Laird Dr. 416-467-8682. Free.
❍❍4:00: Tapestry Opera. Rocking Horse Winner.
Music by Gareth Williams, libretto by
Anna Chatterton. Asitha Tennekoon, tenor;
Lucia Cesaroni, soprano; Keith Klassen, tenor;
Peter McGillivray, baritone; Michael Hidetoshi
Mori, stage director; Kamna Gupta, music director.
Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw Ave.
416-537-6066. $10-$85 Pick Your Price. Also
Apr 23, 28, 29, 30, May 2.
✖✖7:00: Oakham House Choir Society. Elijah.
Music by Mendelssohn. Iain Scott, narration;
Nyby, baritone (Elijah); Jennifer Krabbe,
soprano (Widow, Angel, Believer); Lyndsay
Promane, mezzo (Angel, Believer); Julia
Frodyma, soprano (Youth); and others. Knox
Presbyterian Church (Toronto), 630 Spadina
Ave. 416-960-5551. $30/$25(adv); $15(st);
free(12 and under). CANCELLED.
✖✖7:00: Singing Together 2020. 25th Anniversary
Concert: A Celebration of Cultural
Diversity. Cantemos (UCC) Spanish Choir;
La Petite Musicale Caribbean Choir; Chinese
Canadian Choir of Toronto; Coro San Marco;
Joyful Singers Korean Choir; and others. St.
Paschal Baylon Church, 92 Steeles Ave. W.,
Thornhill. 416-399-8053 (Joe Lo Curto); 905-
275-6880 (Mrilena Nasato); 647-289-1954
(Daniel Colla). $20. POSTPONED TO OCT 17,
2020.
❍❍7:00: Toronto Duke Ellington Society.
Annual Ellington Birthday Celebration Concert.
Jackie Richardson, vocalist; John
McLeod Rex Hotel Orchestra. Walter Hall,
Edward Johnson Building, University of
Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-239-2683. $35.
❍❍7:30: Canadian Men’s Chorus. 10! A Decade
of Song. Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor
St. W. canadianmenschorus.ca/concerts.
$20-$45.
❍❍7:30: MCS Chorus Mississauga. Fauré
Requiem. Choral music from the ‘French
School’. Works by Gounod, Franck and Poulenc.
MCS Chorus; MCS Chamber Orchestra.
First United Church (Mississauga),
151 Lakeshore Rd. W., Mississauga. 905-290-
7104. $25; $12(7-18).
✖✖7:30: Oakville Chamber Orchestra.
Upbeat! Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture;
Mendelssohn: Herbrides Overture; Chopin:
Concerto No.1 (1st mvmt); Arias by Handel,
Mozart, and Alabiev. Jason Cheng, piano;
Anna Wojcik, soprano; Charles Demuynck,
conductor. St. Simon’s Anglican Church (Oakville),
1450 Litchfield Rd., Oakville. 905-815-
2021 or oakvillecentre.ca. $30; $25(sr);
$15(teen); free(child). POSTPONED.
❍❍7:30: Villa Charities. Concerti in Galleria:
Fantasia. Mira Solovianenko, soprano; Giacomo
Folinazzo, tenor; Viera Zmiyiwsky, violin/mezzo;
Maestro Adolfo De Santis, piano.
Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, 901 Lawrence
Ave. W. 416-789-7011 x248 or villacharities.
com/concerti. $20; $10(sr).
❍❍8:00: Canadian Sinfonietta. Beethoven
250th Anniversary. Overture from Egmont
CANCELLED/POSTPONED? Check ahead.
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