Volume 28 Issue 1 | September 20 - November 8, 2022

LIVE OR ONLINE | Sep 20 to Nov 8, 2022
Unsuk Chin
Spira
Concerto for Orchestra
Thu Oct 27
Astounding!
espritorchestra.com
Pauk, conductor. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre,
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or www.
espritorchestra.com or info@espritorchestra.com.
$27-$65. 7:15pm: pre-concert chat
with Alexina Louie.
● 8:00: Rose Theatre. Classic Albums Live:
Aretha Franklin, Gold. 1 Theatre Ln., Brampton.
905-874-2800 or www.therosetheatre.
ca. $15-$49.
Friday October 28
● 12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime
Recital. Works by Scarlatti, Chopin, and Coleridge-Taylor.
Luke Welch, piano. St. Andrew’s
Presbyterian Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe
St. 416-593-5600 X231. Free. Donations
welcome.
● 7:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays
at 12:30 Concert Series: Ein Liederkonzert.
Von Kuster Hall, Music Building, Western University,
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-
661-3767 or www.music.uwo.ca/events. Free.
LIVE & LIVESTREAM.
● 7:30: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.
Intimate & Immersive: Our Wondrous World.
HPO Composer Fellow: New Work; Dharmoo:
Moondraal Moondru; Thornborrow:
Ghosts of Trees; Simmons: Remnant Shoreline;
Louie: Demon Gate. The Cotton Factory,
270 Sherman Ave. N., Hamilton. 905-526-
7756. $35.
● 7:30: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church,
Humber Heights. Organ Concert. George
Heldt and Frank Iacino, Sr., organists. St.
Andrew Presbyterian Church, Humber
Heights, 1569 Royal York Rd., Etobicoke. $25;
$10(st). Proceeds support the work of St.
Andrew’s in the Humber Heights/Weston
community.
● 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Carmen.
See Oct 14. Also Oct 30(2pm), Nov 4. At
7:30pm unless otherwise noted.
● 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Tim
Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas”
in Concert. Sarah Hicks, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375.
From $55. Also Oct 29.
● 8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Musicians
from Marlboro Chamber Music Tour.
Von Kuster Hall, Music Building, Western University,
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-
661-3767 or www.music.uwo.ca/events. Free.
LIVE & LIVESTREAM.
● 8:00: Exultate Chamber Singers. Heart
and Soul: Music Heals. Our opening concert
of the season pays tribute to the healing powers
of singing and music. Howells: Requiem;
and other works. Exultate Chamber Singers;
Mark Ramsay, artistic director; Manishya
Jayasundera, apprentice conductor;
Mira Jung, piano. Calvin Presbyterian Church,
26 Delisle Ave. 416-971-9229 or www.exultate.
net/tickets. PWYC: $5, $20, $40, $100 ($60
tax receipt) or $150 ($110 tax receipt). Preconcert
chat at 7:15 p.m. with music therapist
and vocalist Dan Bevan-Baker.
● 8:00: Massey Hall. Blackie and The Rodeo
Kings. 178 Victoria St. 416-872-4255. From $51.
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Quiet
Please, There’s a Lady on Stage: Dominique
Fils-Aimé and Allison Russell. Koerner Hall,
TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208
or rcmusic.com/performance. From $40.
● 8:00: Tafelmusik. Trailblazers: Mendelssohn
& Farrenc. Reicha: Wind Quintet in
e Op.88 No.1; Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat
Op.38; Farrenc: Nonet in E-flat Op.38. Tafelmusik
Orchestra; Aisslinn Nosky, violin & leader.
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre,
427 Bloor St. W. 1-833-964-6337. $39-$93.
Also Oct 29(2pm).
Saturday October 29
● 2:00: Tafelmusik. Trailblazers: Mendelssohn
& Farrenc. Reicha: Wind Quintet in
e Op.88 No.1; Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat
Op.20; Farrenc: Nonet in E-flat Op.38. Tafelmusik
Orchestra; Aisslinn Nosky, violin & leader.
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre,
427 Bloor St. W. 1-833-964-6337. $39-$93.
Also Oct 28(8pm).
● 2:30: Heliconian Club. Autumn Haunts.
Schubert: Erlkönig; Vivaldi: Autumn from The
Four Seasons; Fauré: Automne; Bober: Phantom
of the Keys and other works. Velma Ko,
viola; Kye Marshall, cello; Rita Greer, clarinet;
Caitlin Holland, voice and piano; and Paula
Arciniega, voice. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton
Ave. 416-922-3618. $30.
● 7:30: Orpheus Choir of Toronto. Finding
Our Way. Mark Sirett: Words, Stories, Truth;
Eriks Esenvalds: Wandering Heart; Jake
Runestad: A Silence Haunts Me. Orpheus
Choir of Toronto; Habib Hoseini, singer;
Deleena Beattay, reader. Grace Church onthe-Hill,
300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-530-4428. $45;
$35(sr); $20(st).
● 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Tim
Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas”
in Concert. Sarah Hicks, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375.
From $55. Also Oct 28.
● 8:00: Acoustic Harvest. The Annual Healing
Garden Fundraiser/Musicfest. Allison
Lupton, Tony McManus, Shane Cook & Joe
Phillips. St. Paul’s United Church (Scarborough),
200 McIntosh St., Scarborough.
www.acousticharvest.ca or 416-729-7564.
$30(advance only).
● 7:30: Amadeus Choir. Carmina Burana /
Tubular Bells. Orff: Carmina Burana; Mike Oldfield:
Tubular Bells. Amadeus Choir of Greater
Toronto; TorQ Percussion Quartet; Bergmann
Duo, pianos; Toronto Children’s Chorus; featured
soloists. Metropolitan United Church
(Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. info@amadeuschoir.
com or 416-446-0188. $35.
● 8:00: Burlington Performing Arts Centre.
Canadian Jazz All-Stars. Guido Basso, Heather
Bambrick, Mike Murley, Robi Botos, Dave
Young, and Davide DiRenzo. 440 Locust St.,
Burlington. bpacboxoffice@burlington.ca.
● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Grieg & Sibelius. Assiginaak: Megyaakwaang
(In the Woods) (KWS commission); Grieg:
Piano Concerto in a; Sibelius: Symphony No.3
in C. Alexandra Dariescu, piano; Andrei Feher,
conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen
St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-
4717. $29-$87. Also Oct 30(2:30pm).
● 8:00: Massey Hall. Royal Wood. 178 Victoria
St. 416-872-4255. From $39.
● 8:00: Rose Theatre. Northern Happiness.
The Pursuit of Happiness: Kevin Kane, Jay
Semko, Bryan Potvin, Don Schmid; The Northern
Pikes. 1 Theatre Ln., Brampton. 905-874-
2800 or www.therosetheatre.ca. $15-$49.
● 8:00: Show One Productions. Lucas
Debargue: An Evening in Paris - Chopin, Mozart,
Alkan. Mozart: Piano Sonata No.8 in a
K310; Chopin: Ballade No.2 in F Op.38; Chopin:
Prelude in c-sharp Op.45; Chopin: Polonaise-
Fantaisie in A-flat Op.61; Alkan: Concerto
for Solo Piano Op.39 No.8. Lucas Debargue,
piano. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor
St. W. www.rcmusic.com/Events-and-Per-
formances/Show-One-presents-Lucas-
Debargue. $48-$120.
Sunday October 30
● 2:00: Canadian Opera Company. Carmen.
See Oct 14. Also Nov 4. At 7:30pm unless
otherwise noted.
● 2:00: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Spirit Horse Returns. Ken MacDoanld,
horn; Jodi Contin, narrator; Gemma New,
conductor. Boris Brott Great Hall, FirstOntario
Concert Hall, 1 Summers Ln., Hamilton.
905-526-7756. $10-$30.
● 2:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Grieg & Sibelius. Assiginaak: Megyaakwaang
(In the Woods) (KWS commission); Grieg:
Piano Concerto in a; Sibelius: Symphony No.3
in C. Alexandra Dariescu, piano; Andrei Feher,
conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen
St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-
4717. $29-$87. Also Oct 29(8pm).
NOVA RUPTA BY LORENZO NACCARATO TRIO
OCTOBER 25 AT 8PM
ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE TORONTO
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