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Volume 28 Issue 4 | February - March 2023

Volume 28 no.4, covering Feb, March and into early April '23! David Olds remembers composer John Beckwith; Andrew Timar reflects on the life and times of artistic polymath Michael Snow; Mezzo Emily Fons, in town for Figaro, on trouser roles, the life of a mezzo-soprano on the road and more; Colin Story on the Soft-Seat beat; tracks from 22 new recordings added to our Listening Room. All this and more.

Volume 28 no.4, covering Feb, March and into early April '23! David Olds remembers composer John Beckwith; Andrew Timar reflects on the life and times of artistic polymath Michael Snow; Mezzo Emily Fons, in town for Figaro, on trouser roles, the life of a mezzo-soprano on the road and more; Colin Story on the Soft-Seat beat; tracks from 22 new recordings added to our Listening Room. All this and more.

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This issue contains event listings<br />

from <strong>February</strong> 7 to April 4, 2022.<br />

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LIVE OR ONLINE | Feb 7 to Apr 4, <strong>2023</strong><br />

Tuesday <strong>February</strong> 7<br />

● 9:30am: Don Wright Faculty of Music.<br />

Guest Artists Masterclass: Sanya Eng,<br />

Harp & Ryan Scott, Percussion. Von Kuster<br />

Hall, Music Building, Western University,<br />

1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-3767<br />

or www.music.uwo.ca/events. Free.<br />

● 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation.<br />

Lunchtime Chamber Music. Tristan Savella,<br />

piano. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church,<br />

1585 Yonge St. www.yorkminsterpark.com.<br />

Free. Donations welcome.<br />

● 12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />

Music. Tuesday Noon Series Presents:<br />

Vocalis II - Longing and Belonging. Walter<br />

Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of<br />

Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750. Free.<br />

● 1:00: St. James Cathedral. Organ Recital.<br />

Mark Himmelman, organ. Cathedral Church<br />

of St. James, 106 King St. E. 416-364-7865<br />

X221 or www.stjamescathedral.ca/events/<br />

recitals/. Free.<br />

● 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />

Music. Vocalini. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson<br />

Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s<br />

Park. 416-978-3750. Free.<br />

● 8:00: Attila Glatz Concert Productions.<br />

Anne-Sophie Mutter and Mutter Virtuosi. Vivaldi:<br />

Concerto for 4 Violins in b RV 580; Unsuk<br />

Chin: “Grand Cadenza” Duo for Two Violins;<br />

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George:<br />

Violin Concerto in A Op.5 No.2; Vivaldi: The<br />

Four Seasons. Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin;<br />

Nancy Zhou, violin; Mutter Virtuosi (14-member<br />

ensemble). Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe<br />

St. 416-872-4255 or www.glatzconcerts.com/<br />

anne-sophie-mutter. From $45.<br />

Wednesday <strong>February</strong> 8<br />

● 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.<br />

Noonday Organ Recital. Peter Nikiforuk,<br />

organ. 1585 Yonge St. www.yorkminsterpark.<br />

com. Free. Donations welcome.<br />

● 8:00: Hugh’s Room Live. Alfie Zappacosta.<br />

Guest: Silvio Pupo, keyboards. The Revival,<br />

783 College St. www.showpass.com/alfiezappacosta-revival/.<br />

$40.<br />

● 8:00: Reid’s Distillery. Dizzy & Fay Celebrate<br />

an Early Valentine’s. Guest: Richard<br />

Moore, bass. 32 Logan Ave. 416-465-4444.<br />

$10.<br />

● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.<br />

Gimeno Conducts Romeo & Juliet. Moussa:<br />

Elysium; Lalo: Symphonie espagnole; Prokofiev:/comp.<br />

Gustavo Gimeno: Suite from<br />

Romeo & Juliet. María Dueñas, violin; Gustavo<br />

Gimeno, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,<br />

60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. From $35. Also<br />

Feb 9.<br />

Thursday <strong>February</strong> 9<br />

● 12:00 noon: Music at Met. Thursday Noon<br />

at Met Concert. Works by Herbert Fricker<br />

and others, from the collection of Ivor Baldwin.<br />

Jonathan Oldengarm, organ. Metropolitan<br />

United Church, 56 Queen St. E. www.<br />

metunited.ca. Free. LIVE & STREAMED.<br />

● 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Salome.<br />

Music by Richard Strauss. Ambur Braid,<br />

soprano (Salome); Michael Schade, tenor<br />

(Herod); Karita Mattila, soprano (Herodias);<br />

Frédéric Antoun, tenor (Narraboth); and<br />

others; Canadian Opera Company Orchestra;<br />

Johannes Debus, conductor; Atom<br />

Egoyan, director. Four Seasons Centre for the<br />

Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-<br />

8231 or 1-800-250-4653. Also Feb 3, 5(2pm),<br />

11, 17, 19(2pm), 24. At 7:30pm unless otherwise<br />

noted.<br />

● 8:00: Canadian Stage/Mayday Production/Dance<br />

Immersion. Cabaret Noir. Created,<br />

Directed, and Choreographed by<br />

Mélanie Demers. Berkeley Street Theatre,<br />

26 Berkeley St. 416-368-3110. $29-$79. Also<br />

Feb 10 & 11.<br />

● 8:00: Rose Theatre. This Is Brampton: off<br />

the record. 1 Theatre Ln., Brampton. 905-<br />

874-<strong>28</strong>00 or www.therosetheatre.ca. $15.<br />

● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.<br />

Gimeno Conducts Romeo & Juliet. Moussa:<br />

Elysium; Lalo: Symphonie espagnole; Prokofiev:/comp.<br />

Gustavo Gimeno: Suite from<br />

Romeo & Juliet. María Dueñas, violin; Gustavo<br />

Gimeno, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,<br />

60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. From $35. Also<br />

Feb 8.<br />

Friday <strong>February</strong> 10<br />

● 12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime<br />

Recital: Midwinter Night’s Dream - Romantic<br />

Cello. Works by Fauré, Schumann, Brahms,<br />

and Lee. Dongso Kim, cello; Ben Smith, piano.<br />

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 73 Simcoe<br />

St. 416-593-5600 X231. Free.<br />

● 12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays<br />

at 12:30 Concert Series: The Egbo Trio.<br />

Von Kuster Hall, Music Building, Western University,<br />

1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-<br />

661-3767 or www.music.uwo.ca/events. Free.<br />

LIVE & LIVESTREAM.<br />

● 5:00: Link Music Lab. Hani Niroo: Rainbow<br />

Children’s Special. Presented in the<br />

Farsi language. Hani Niroo, guitar/xylophone/<br />

vocals. Small World Music Centre, Artscape<br />

Youngplace, 180 Shaw St. 647-887-6739. $25;<br />

free(ages 2 and under).<br />

● 5:15: Music on Union. Robert Schumann<br />

and Johannes Brahms: The Two Geniuses<br />

Who Both Loved Clara Schumann. Schumann:<br />

Fantasiestücke Op.73; Brahms: Clarinet<br />

Sonata Op.120 No.2. Valery Lloyd-Watts,<br />

piano; Chris Alfano, clarinet. St. James<br />

Church, 10 Union St. W., Kingston. 613-548-<br />

7254 or www.stjameskingston.ca/concerts<br />

or www.facebook.com/MusicOnUnion. Freewill<br />

offering. In support of the St James pipe<br />

organ restoration.<br />

● 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The<br />

Marriage of Figaro. Music by W. A. Mozart.<br />

Luca Pisaroni, baritone (Figaro); Louise<br />

Alder, soprano (Susanna); Johanni<br />

van Oostrum, soprano (Countess); Gordon<br />

Bintner, bass-baritone (Count); Emily<br />

Fons, mezzo (Cherubino); and others; Canadian<br />

Opera Company Orchestra & Chorus;<br />

Harry Bicket, conductor; Claus Guth, director.<br />

Four Seasons Centre for the Performing<br />

Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231 or 1-800-<br />

250-4653. Also Jan 27, 29, Feb 2, 9, 12(2pm),<br />

16, 18(4:30pm). At 7:30pm unless otherwise<br />

noted.<br />

● 7:30: Confluence Concerts. Tłabatsi - Copper<br />

Box: LifeGivers. Conceived by Marion<br />

Newman. Curated and Original music by Aqua<br />

Nibii Waawaaskone. Aqua Nibii Waawaaskone,<br />

Red Rhythm & Blues, next-generation<br />

musicians. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave.<br />

www.eventbrite.ca/e/tabatsi-copper-boxtickets-480053191017.<br />

From $10.<br />

● 7:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Western<br />

University Wind Ensemble Concert:<br />

32 | <strong>February</strong> & <strong>March</strong>, <strong>2023</strong> thewholenote.com

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