Volume 27 Issue 5 | March 4 - April 15, 2022

Live or Live Streamed | March 2 to April 22, 2022
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Totally ‘80s. Aaron Finley, vocalist; Nicole Parker,
vocalist; Stuart Chafetz, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375
or 1-855-593-7769. Starting at $56(eve);
$41(mat). Also Apr 13(2pm & 8pm).
Wednesday April 13
● 7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music.
Rebanks Family Fellowship Concerts Series:
Rebanks Family Fellowship Concert. Mazzoleni
Concert Hall, Royal Conservatory,
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or rcmusic.
com/performance. Free.
● 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre. Bromance.
Barely Methodical Troupe. 171 Town Centre
Blvd., Markham. flatomarkhamtheatre.
ca or 905-305-7469 or boxoffice@markham.
ca. $15-$50.
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Totally ‘80s. See Apr 12.
Thursday April 14
● 4:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. The
Robert W. and G. Ann Corcoran Concerto
Competition (formerly The Glenn Gould
School Concerto Competition). Koerner Hall,
TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208
or rcmusic.com/performance. Free.
Friday April 15
● 4:00: The Edison Singers. Fauré & Duruflé
Requiems. Fauré: Requiem in d Op.48;
Duruflé: Requiem Op.9. Michael Bloss, organ;
Mary-Katherine Finch, cello; Dr. Noel Edison,
conductor. Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate,
28 Norfolk St., Guelph. 226-384-3100. $40;
BEHOLD, HE CARRIED
OUR SORROWS
FRIDAY APRIL 15, 7:30PM
$25(st). Also Apr 16(St. Catharines).
● 7:30: Music at Met. Behold, He Carried Our
Sorrows: Bach and Buxtehude for Good Friday.
Bach: Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn
(You True God and Son of David), Cantata
No.23 BWV23; St. John Passion (selections);
and other works. Choir, soloists and orchestra;
Dr. Patricia Wright, conductor. Metropolitan
United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E.
metunited.ca/live. $15-$25. LIVE & STREAMED.
● 7:30: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Sacred
Music for a Sacred Space. Rachmaninoff:
Bach: Cantata #23
St. John Passion (Selections)
Buxtehude: Fürwahr
Festival Choir, Soloists & Orchestra
Recognizing Dr. Patricia Wright
Conductor & Minister of Music
LIVESTREAM/IN-PERSON metunited.ca/music
Simon Rivard conducts
TMC and Nathaniel
Dett Chorale in
Rachmaninoff’s
All-Night Vigil
APRIL 15
All-Night Vigil; Dett: Don’t You Weep No
More, Mary; Dett: Go Not Far From Me, O
God; Robinson (arr.): Steal Away; Hailstork:
Crucifixion. Toronto Mendelssohn Choir;
Nathaniel Dett Chorale. Yorkminster Park
Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-408-
0208 or tmchoir.org/event/sacred-musicfor-a-sacred-space-2022-2/.
$30-$90;
$20-$40(online tickets).
Saturday April 16
● 11:00am: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Peter, The Wolf & The Kiwi (Relaxed Concert).
Emilie Lebel: Kiwis Can’t Play the Violin;
Bach: Movement 1 from Concerto in d for Two
Violins; Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf Op.67.
Djennie Laguerre host/narrator; Jonathan
Crow, Lincoln Haggart-Ives, violin; Daniel Bartholomew-Powser,
conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375 or 1-855-
593-7769. Starting at $23. Also Regular Concerts
on Apr 16(2pm & 4pm).
● 4:00: The Edison Singers. Fauré & Duruflé
Requiems. See Apr 15. Silver Spire United
Church, 366 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 226-
384-3100. $40; $25(st). Also Apr 15(Guelph).
● 4:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Peter,
The Wolf & The Kiwi. See Apr 16.
● 7:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. Brass
Transit: The Music of Chicago. Brass Transit;
Bradley Thachuk, conductor. Partridge Hall,
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, 250 St.
Paul St., St. Catharines. 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). Also
Apr 17(2:30pm).
Tuesday April 19
● 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: Folk Under The Clock. Bruce Cockburn:
50th Anniversary Concert. Showplace
Performance Centre, 290 George St. N.,
Peterborough. 705-742-7469 or showplace.
org. $60-$65.
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Power
Corporation of Canada Vocal Concerts Series:
Joyce Didonato: Eden. Ives: The Unanswered
Question; Portman: new commission;
Cavalli: “Piante ombrose: from La Calisto;
Handel: “As With Rosy Steps the Morn” from
Theodora; Purcell: “Music for Awhile”; Gluck:
“Misera, dove son...Ah non son io” from Ezio
and others. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre,
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or rcmusic.
com/performance. $60-$130.
Wednesday April 20
● 8:00: Rose Theatre. Drivewire. 1 Theatre
Ln., Brampton. tickets.brampton.ca or 905-
874-2800. $15.
Astapov
(the conductor)
conducts
Astapov
(the composer)
ESPRIT LIVE
2022! Act 2
April 20 at Koerner Hall
espritorchestra.com
● 8:00: Esprit Orchestra. Esprit Live 2022!:
Act 2. Eugene Astapov: A Still Life; Keiko
Devaux: Excavated Sound; Unsuk Chin: Mannequin;
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė: Saudade.
Shannon Mercer, mezzo; Eugene Astapov,
guest conductor; Alex Pauk, conductor.
Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W.
416-408-0208. $25-$65.
Thursday April 21
● 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre. Kellylee
Evans. 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham.
flatomarkhamtheatre.ca or 905-305-
7469 or boxoffice@markham.ca. $15-$60;
$18(livestream). LIVE & LIVESTREAM.
Friday April 22
● 7:30: Opera by Request. Mahler in Concert.
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (complete);
selections from Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Jillian
Yemen and Alexandra Beley, mezzos; Dillon
Parmer, tenor; Michael Robert-Broder, baritone;
William Shookhoff, piano. College St. United
Church, 452 College St. 416-455-2365. $20.
● 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Gimeno, Lisiecki & Tchaikovsky 5. Shostakovich:
Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk
Themes (TSO and TSYO Side-by-Side); Prokofiev:
Piano Concerto No.2 in g Op.16; Cris Derksen:
Celebration Prelude (World Premiere);
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in e Op.64.
Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra; Jan
Lisiecki, piano; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-
3375 or 1-855-593-7769. Starting at $29. Also
Apr 23(8pm); 24(3pm).
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Music
Mix Series: Redman-Mehldau-McBride-
Blade: A MoodSwing Reunion. Koerner Hall,
TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208
or rcmusic.com/performance. $65-$135.
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