Volume 27 Issue 3 - December 2021 / January 2022

● 7:30: COSA Canada. The Pirates of Penzance.
See Dec 30. ONLINE. POSTPONED TO
FEB 6, 2022.
● 8:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. A Waltz
Dream. See Dec 30. CANCELLED
Tuesday January 4
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Tribute to Louis Armstrong. Byron Stripling,
leader/trumpet/vocals. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375 or 1-855-
593-7769. Starting at $56, Matinee starting
at $41. Also Jan 5-2 & 8pm. Also available
as a live stream Jan 4-8pm. www.TSO.CA/
Livestreams.
Wednesday January 5
● 12:30: ORGANIX Concerts. Adrian Ross. All
Saints Kingsway Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor
St. W. 416-571-3680 or www.organixconcerts.ca.
Freewill offering - $20 suggested.
● 2:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Tribute
to Louis Armstrong. Byron Stripling,
leader/trumpet/vocals. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375 or 1-855-593-
7769. Starting at $56, Matinee starting at $41.
Also at 8pm. Also available as a live stream
Jan 4(8pm). TSO.CA/Livestreams.
Friday January 7
● 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Bach’s Brandenburg & More. Jonathan Crow,
leader/violin; Chelsea Gu, violin; Kelly Zimba,
Leonie Wall, flute; Sarah Jeffrey, oboe and
others. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-
598-3375 or 1-855-593-7769. Starting at $29.
Also Jan 8(8pm), 9(3pm).
● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
Orchestra. Elegance and Emotion. Rameau:
Suite de danses from Platée; Ravel: Piano
Concerto in G; Schubert: Symphony No.4 in
c “Tragic”. David Greilsammer, conductor/
piano. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $15-
$100 per stream. Available Jan 7(8pm) to
Jan 9(11:59pm). Purchase 1 stream per
household.ONLINE
Saturday January 8
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Bach’s Brandenburg & More. Jonathan Crow,
leader/violin; Chelsea Gu, violin; Kelly Zimba,
Leonie Wall, flute; Sarah Jeffrey, oboe and
others. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-
598-3375 or 1-855-593-7769. Starting at $29.
Sunday January 9
● 3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Bach’s Brandenburg & More. Jonathan Crow,
leader/violin; Chelsea Gu, violin; Kelly Zimba,
Leonie Wall, flute; Sarah Jeffrey, oboe and
others. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-
598-3375 or 1-855-593-7769. Starting at $29.
● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber
Music Society. Chamber Music Concert.
Bach: Sonata No.1; Ysaÿe: Sonata No.4; Schubert:
Erlkönig; Ysaÿe: Sonata No.2; Bach: Partita
No.2. Kerson Leong, solo violin. First
United Church (Waterloo), 16 William St. W.,
Waterloo. 519-569-1809 or www.ticketscene.ca/kwcms.
$35; $20(st).
Monday January 10
● 10:00am: Beach United Church. Jazz Lecture:
From New Orleans to Big Band Swing.
Dr. Mike Daley. 140 Wineva Ave. www.eventbrite.ca
or 416-700-9644. $100(series);
$30(single). LIVE & LIVESTREAM
Tuesday January 11
● 12:10: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.
Lunchtime Chamber Music: Rising Stars
Recital. Featuring students from the Glenn
Gould School. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167.
Free admission. Donations welcome.
Wednesday January 12
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. 21C
Music Festival Series: Gould’s Wall. Brian Current,
composer/conductor; Philip Akin, director;
Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble.
Atrium, Royal Conservatory, 273 Bloor St.
W. 416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/
performance. $21-$85. Also Jan 13(6pm);
14(8pm); 15(10:30pm); 16(6pm).
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Moussa, Wagner & Dvořák. Kerson Leong,
violin; Samy Moussa, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375 or 1-855-
593-7769. Starting at $29. Also Jan 13, 15.
Thursday January 13
● 6:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. 21C
Music Festival Series: Gould’s Wall. Brian Current,
composer/conductor; Philip Akin, director;
Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble.
Atrium, Royal Conservatory, 273 Bloor St. W.
416-408-0208 or rcmusic.com/performance.
$21-$85. Also Jan 14(8pm); 15(10:30pm);
16(6pm).
BEDFORD TRIO
DIOR QUARTET
POSTPONED
January 13 at 8 pm
● 8:00: Music Toronto. The Bedford Trio and The
Dior Quartet. Katharine Petkovski: Piano Trio No.1;
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.1 in d Op.49; Dvořák:
String Quartet No.13 in G Op.106. The Bedford
Trio: Alessia Disimino, violin; Andrew Ascenzo,
cello; Jialiang Zhu, piano; The Dior Quartet: Noa
Sarid, violin; Tobias Elser, violin; Caleb Georges,
viola; Joanne Yesol Choi, cello. St. Lawrence Centre
for the Arts, 27 Front St. E.. 416-366-7723 or
www.music-toronto.com. $47.50-$52.
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
Invesco Piano Concerts Series: Viklingur
Ólafsson. Galuppi: Andante spritoso from
Piano Sonata No.9 in f; Mozart: Rondo in
F K.494; Bach: Rondo II in d H290; Cimarosa:
Sonata No.42 in d (arr. Ólafsson); Mozart:
Fantasia in d K397 (fragment) and others.
Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St.
W. 416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/
performance. $55-$110.
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Moussa, Wagner & Dvořák. Kerson Leong,
violin; Samy Moussa, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375 or 1-855-
593-7769. Starting at $29. Also Jan 15.
Friday January 14
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. 21C
Music Festival Series: Gould’s Wall. Brian Current,
composer/conductor; Philip Akin, director;
Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble.
Atrium, Royal Conservatory, 273 Bloor St. W.
416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance.
$21-$85. Also Jan 15(10:30pm);
16(6pm).
Saturday January 15
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. 21C
Music Festival Series: ARC Ensemble: Marc
Neikrug’s A Song by Mahler. Koerner Hall,
TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208
or www.rcmusic.com/performance. $21-$85.
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Moussa, Wagner & Dvořák. Kerson Leong,
violin; Samy Moussa, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375 or 1-855-
593-7769. Starting at $29.
● 10:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. 21C
Music Festival Series: Gould’s Wall. Brian Current,
composer/conductor; Philip Akin, director;
Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble.
Atrium, Royal Conservatory, 273 Bloor St. W.
416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance.
$21-$85. Also Jan 16(6pm).
Sunday January 16
● 1:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. 21C
Music Festival Series: Morgan-Paige Melbourne.
Mazzoleni Concert Hall, Royal Conservatory,
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or
www.rcmusic.com/performance. Free.
● 2:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing
Arts. Faculty Artist Series DAN School:
Isabel Quartet with Sadaf Amini. Burge: Shiraz,
for Santur and String Quartet (premiere);
Haydn: String Quartet in A Op.20 No.6;
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Op. 59 No.1.
390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424 or ibcpaboxoffice@queensu.ca.
TBA on sale Nov 1.
● 6:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. 21C
Music Festival Series: Gould’s Wall. Brian Current,
composer/conductor; Philip Akin, director;
Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble.
Atrium, Royal Conservatory, 273 Bloor St. W.
416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance.
$21-$85.
● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber
Music Society. Piano Concert. Scarlatti: Four
Sonatas; Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.22 in
F Op.54; Franck: Prélude, Choral et Fugue
FWV 21; Busoni: Piano Sonatina No. 6 (Fantasia
da camera super Carmen); Castellanos:
Mañanita Caragueña; and other works.
Michael Lewin, piano. First United Church,
16 William St. W., Waterloo. 519-569-1809 or
www.ticketscene.ca/kwcms. $30; $20(st).
Tuesday January 18
● 12:10: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.
Lunchtime Chamber Music: Rising Stars
Recital. Featuring students from the Glenn
Gould School. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167.
Free admission. Donations welcome.
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. 21C
Music Festival & Music on Film Series: Kronos
Quartet on Film: A Thousand Thoughts. A live
documentary with the Kronos Quartet; written
and directed by Sam Green and Joe Bini.
Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W.
416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance.
$21-$85.
Wednesday January 19
● 12:00 noon: ORGANIX Concerts. Peter
Nikiforuk. All Saints Kingsway Anglican
Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-571-3680 or
www.organixconcerts.ca. Suggested freewill
offering of $20.
● 2:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra.
Invisible Cities. Dinuk Wijeratne: Invisible
Cities, Concerto for Percussion Quartet and
Orchestra(world premiere of orchestra version);
Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture;
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade. TorQ
Percussion Quartet; Bradley Thachuk, conductor.
Partridge Hall, FirstOntario Performing
Arts Centre, 250 St. Paul St., St.
Catharines. www.niagarasymphony.com
or 905-688-0722 or 905-688-5601 x3700
or 1-855-515-0722. $68; $60(sr); $39(arts
worker); $15(st & youth).
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Mendelssohn’s “Reformation”. Eric Abramovitz,
clarinet; Miles Jacques, basset horn;
Maxim Emelyanchev, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375 or
1-855-593-7769. Starting at $29. Also
Jan 20, 22.
Thursday January 20
● 7:00: Magisterra at the Museum/Museum
London. Holocaust: Composers in Exile. Eisler:
“Reisesonate”; Veprik: Suite; Schoenberg:
Phantasy; Kahn: Piano Trio. Catalina Teican,
piano. Museum London, 421 Ridout St. N., London.
www.eventbrite.ca. $35; $30(sr); $15(st
with id); $95(young adult pass-30 and under);
from $15(streamed tickets). All tickets must
be purchased in advance.
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. 21C
Music Festival Series: Kronos Quartet with
students from The Glenn Gould School: Fifty
Forward. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, Royal Conservatory,
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or
www.rcmusic.com/performance. $21.
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Mendelssohn’s
“Reformation”. Eric Abramovitz,
clarinet; Miles Jacques, basset horn; Maxim
Emelyanchev, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375 or 1-855-593-
7769. Starting at $29. Also Jan 22.
Friday January 21
● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. Chamber Music Concert. R. Strauss:
Violin Sonata in E-flat Op.18. Lucy Zhang, violin;
TBA, piano. First United Church, 16 William
St. W., Waterloo. 519-569-1809 or www.ticketscene.ca/kwcms.
$35; $20(st).
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
21C Music Festival Series: Kronos Quartet
- Music for Change. Reich: “Pendulum
Music”(Canadian premiere); Traditional: Star-
Spangled Banner (inspired by Jimi Hendrix,
arr. Stephen Prutsman & Kronos), Raghupati
Raghava Raja Ram (arr. Kronos Quartet)
(Canadian premiere); Becker: No More (Canadian
premiere); Haskell: God Shall Wipe All
Tears Away (arr. Jacob Garchik)(Ontario premiere).
Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor
St. W. 416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/
performance. $21-$105.
● 8:00: Burlington Performing Arts Centre.
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