Volume 28 Issue 4 | February - March 2023

LIVE OR ONLINE | Feb 7 to Apr 4, 2023
● 7:30: Oakville Chamber Orchestra. Vivaldi’s
Four Seasons. Elgar: Serenade for
Strings Op.20; Britten: Simple Symphony
Op.4; Vivaldi: The Four Seasons. Oakville Centre
for the Performing Arts, 130 Navy St.,
Oakville. 1-877-532-6787. $40; $30(ages
12-30); $10(12 and under).
● 8:00: Acoustic Harvest. The Marigolds -
Suzie Vinnick, Caitlin Hanford, Gwen Swick.
St. Paul’s United Church, 200 McIntosh St.,
Scarborough. www.acousticharvest.ca
or 416-729-7564 or AH YouTube Channel:
www.m.youtube.com/channel/UCtVJ3ig-
14FE8mP2c4zGqk6g. $30(adv) or $35(cash
at door).
● 8:00: Massey Hall. Blue Rodeo: Songs Seldom
Heard. 178 Victoria St. 416-872-4255 or
www.ticketmaster.ca. From $72.
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
Jazz Concerts: The Great Composers: Mingus
Dynasty Band and MONK’estra Quartet.
Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W.
416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance.
From $45.
● 8:00: Small World Music. Innov Gnawa.
Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford Dr. www.
ticketing.agakhanmuseum.org. From $30.
● 8:00: TD Sunfest Global Music & Jazz Series.
Culturas 360°. Showcasing emerging &
established music artists. ONLINE, . www.culturas360.com.
Free.
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Mozart
& Rachmaninoff. Berg/orch. Davis: Sonata
(North American Premiere); Mozart: Piano
Concerto No.23 K.488; Rachmaninoff: Vocalise,
Symphonic Dances. Louis Lortie, piano;
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. From $35.
Also Feb 22, 24(7:30pm).
Sunday February 26
● 10:00am: Church of St. Mary Magdalene.
Sung Mass for the First Sunday in Lent. Combined
mass in modern and traditional language
with Gregorian chant and polyphony.
Ritual and Gallery Choir & Orff Ensemble.
477 Manning Ave. . Freewill offering. LIVE &
LIVESTREAM. Religious Service.
● 2:00: Chamber Music Hamilton. In Concert.
Works by Corelli, Paganini, Schubert,
Dvořák, Granados, Piazzolla, McFadden,
and Jarvlepp. Jeffrey McFadden, guitar;
Michael Schulte, violin. Art Gallery of Hamilton,
123 King St. W., Hamilton. chambermusichamilton@gmail.com
or 905-627-1627 or at
the door. $35; $15(st). Free admission to the
Art Gallery of Hamilton.
● 2:00: Toronto Beach Chorale. Vivaldi
and the Italian Baroque. Vivaldi: Gloria in D
RV589; Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus RV595; Pergolesi:
Magnificat. Jennifer Krabbe, soprano;
Rachel Miller, mezzo; Chamber Orchestra.
Beaches Presbyterian Church, 65 Glen Manor
Dr. www.torontobeachchorale.com. $30;
$15(youth under 18).
● 3:00: Greater Toronto Philharmonic
Orchestra. London Calling. Walton: Music
from Henry V; Elgar: Serenade for Strings;
Britten: Simple Symphony Op.4; Vaughan Williams:
Serenade to Music; Vaughan Williams:
English Folk Song Suite; Delius: Winter Night.
David Fallis, conductor. Calvin Presbyterian
Church, 26 Delisle Ave. www.tickets@gtpo.ca
or 647-238-0015. $25-$30.
● 3:00: Guelph Concert Band. Monsters,
Mutants, and Mythology. Music from The
Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park, and Star
Wars; Holst: “Mars” from The Planets; Mussorgsky:
Night on Bald Mountain. Lauren
Helmer, conductor. River Run Centre,
35 Woolwich St., Guelph. www.riverrun.ca
or 519-763-3000. $25; $15(sr/st); $5(18 and
under). Audience members are encouraged
to dress up as their favourite fantasy character,
superhero, or villain.
● 3:00: Orchestra Toronto. Dances of the
Americas. Price: Dances in the Canebrakes;
Márquez: Danzón No.2; Piazzolla: Bandoneón
Concerto “Aconcagua”; Bernstein: Symphonic
Dances From West Side Story. Denis
Plante, bandonéon; Michael Newnham, conductor.
George Weston Recital Hall, Meridian
Arts Centre, 5040 Yonge St. 416-467-7142
or www.ticketmaster.ca. $52. Pre-concert
chat at 2:15pm.
Monday February 27
● 7:30: Xenia Concerts/Flato Markham Theatre/Hand
Over Hand. OKAN. This concert
is designed to be autism- and neurodiversity-friendly.
All listeners are welcome. Prokofiev:
Dance of the Knights from Romeo
and Juliet; Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5,
Chopin: Tristesse; Canadian East Coast folksongs;
and Argentinian tangos. Elizabeth
Rodriguez, violin & vocals; Magdelys Savigne,
percussion & vocals; Rubén Vásquez, piano;
Roberto Riveron, bass. Flato Markham Theatre,
171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 647-
896-8295. $5.
Tuesday February 28
● 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation.
Lunchtime Chamber Music: Rising Stars
Recital. Featuring performance students
from the U of T Faculty of Music. Yorkminster
Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St.
www.yorkminsterpark.com. Free. Donations
welcome.
● 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Hear! Hear!: Remembering John
Beckwith. Choir 21, Monica Whicher, New
Music Concerts Ensemble, Opus 8, Robert
Aitken, Dianne Aitken, Peter Stoll, and others.
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. . Free.
Tickets required. Donations welcome.
February 28 at 8 pm
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● 8:00: Music Toronto. Angela Cheng, Piano.
Haydn: Sonata in C Hob.XVI/50; Beethoven:
Sonata No.31 in A-flat Op.110; Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie
in A-flat Op.61; Ballade No.1 in
g, Op. 23; Ballade No.4 in f Op.52. Jane Mallett
Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts,
27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723 option 2. $47.50
or $52; $10(st).
Wednesday March 1
● 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.
Noonday Organ Recital. Nathan Jeffery,
organ. 1585 Yonge St. www.yorkminsterpark.
com. Free. Donations welcome.
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Mozart’s Haffner Symphony. Britten: Four
Sea Interludes; Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive
Bright; Mozart: Symphony No.35 K.385
(“Haffner”). Jeffrey Beecher, double bass;
Kerem Hasan, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. From $35. Also
Mar 2.
Thursday March 2
● 12:00 noon: Encore Symphonic Concert
Band. Monthly Concert. 35-piece concert
band performing band concert music,
pop tunes, jazz standards (2 singers) and
the occasional march. Trinity Presbyterian
Church York Mills, 2737 Bayview Ave. www.
encoreband.ca. $10.
● 12:00 noon: Music at Met. Thursday Noon
at Met Concert Series. Jonelle Sills, soprano;
and Brahm Goldhamer, piano. Metropolitan
United Church, 56 Queen St. E. www.metunited.ca.
Free. LIVE & STREAMED.
● 8:00: Massey Hall. Regina Spektor.
178 Victoria St. 416-872-4255 or www.ticketmaster.ca.
From $154.
GREATER
PHILHARMONIC
LONDON
CALLING
TORONTO
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Mozart’s Haffner Symphony. Britten: Four
Sea Interludes; Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive
Bright; Mozart: Symphony No.35 K.385
(“Haffner). Jeffrey Beecher, double bass;
Kerem Hasan, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. From $35. Also
Mar 1.
Friday March 3
ORCHESTRA
● 7:00: Grand River Opera. Suor Angelica.
Music by Giacomo Puccini. Jennifer Carter,
soprano (Angelica); Laura Pudwell, mezzo
(Principessa); Rachel Cleland, conductor;
Renee Salewski, stage director; Susan Black,
piano. First United Church, 16 William St.
W., Waterloo. 519-591-7464. Early Bird until
Feb 10: $25; $17(st/sr). General: $30; $20(st/
sr); Free(under 13). Also Mar 4(7pm), 5(2pm).
● 7:30: Opera York. The Magic Flute. Music
by W. A. Mozart. With chorus, orchestra, and
supertitles. Geoffrey Butler, music director;
Penny Cookson, stage director. Richmond Hill
Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge
St., Richmond Hill. www.tickets.rhcentre.ca.
From $34. Also Mar 5(2pm).
● 12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime
Recital. Works by Beethoven, Liszt, and Scriabin.
Beatrice Duong, piano. St. Andrew’s
Presbyterian Church, 73 Simcoe St. 416-
593-5600 X231 or www.standrewstoronto.
org. Free.
● 12:30: 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: The Jeffery Concerts. Cameron Crozman,
Cello. Kajia Saariaho: Sept Papillons;
Bach: Suite No.3 in C; and works by Alexina
Louie, Kelly-Marie Murphy, and Jordan
Pal. St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church
(London), 280 St. James St., London. 519-
672-8800 or www.jefferyconcerts.com or
jefferyconcerts@gmail.com. $40; Free(st
with ID). Tickets at Grand Theatre Box Office,
471 Richmond St.
● 8:00: Rose Theatre. This is Brampton:
Hype. Jemane Kent. 1 Theatre Ln., Brampton.
905-874-2800 or www.therosetheatre.
ca. $10.
● 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Classics Albums
Live: Credence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle,
Vol 1. 60 Simcoe St. www.tickets.mhrth.
com. From $57.
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Global
Music: DakhaBrakha. Koerner Hall, TELUS
Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or
rcmusic.com/performance. From $40.
● 8:00: Tafelmusik. Bach’s Library. Steffani:
Ouverture to Orlando generoso; Bach:
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