Volume 28 Issue 4 | February - March 2023

LIVE OR ONLINE | Feb 7 to Apr 4, 2023
Vegetarian, children’s meals, and special dietary
needs are available upon request.
● 7:30: Barrie Concerts Association. A Night
at the Opera. Toronto Concert Orchestra;
Sara Papini, soprano; Romulo Delgado, tenor;
Marcus Scholtes, conductor. Hiway Pentecostal
Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie. www.
barrieconcerts.org. .
● 7:30: Flato Markham Theatre. The Music
of the Night: The Concert Tour. Selections
from Phantom of the Opera, Evita, Cats, Jesus
Christ Superstar, Sunset Boulevard, and
other productions. 171 Town Centre Blvd.,
Markham. www.flatomarkhamtheatre.ca or
905-305-7469 or boxoffice@markham.ca or
www.musicofthenight.live. $60-$65.
● 7:30: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Little
Match Girl Passion. David Lang: Little Match
Girl Passion; Shireen Abu Khader: Newly
Commissioned Work. Toronto Mendelssohn
Singers; Jean-Sébastien Vallée, conductor.
Church of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity
Sq. www.tmchoir.org/event/little-matchgirl-passion
or 416-408-0208. Section A:
$59.95; $54.35(sr); $24.95(VoxTix). Section
B: $39.95; $36.35(sr); $24.95(VoxTix).
● 8:00: Acoustic Harvest. Mike Stevens
and His Band. St. Paul’s United Church,
200 McIntosh St., Scarborough. www.
acousticharvest.ca or 416-729-7564. $30(adv)
or cash at door.
● 8:00: Rose Theatre. This is Brampton:
Bluebird Brampton. Curated by Johnny Rivex.
1 Theatre Ln., Brampton. 905-874-2800 or
www.therosetheatre.ca. $15.
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Chamber
Music Concerts: Chineke! Orchestra with
Stewart Goodyear. Coleridge-Taylor: Othello
Suite; Goodyear: Callaloo - Caribbean Suite
for Piano & Orchestra; Price: Symphony No.1
in e. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St.
W. 416-408-0208 or rcmusic.com/performance.
$50-$120.
Sunday March 19
● 2:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing
Arts. Power and Pedal. Beethoven:
Piano Sonata No.30 in E Op.109; Beethoven:
Piano Sonata No.31 in A-flat Op.110; Rachmaninoff:
13 Preludes Op.32. Boris Giltburg, piano.
Jennifer Velva Benjamin Performance Hall,
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts,
390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-530-2050
or www.queensu.ca/theisabel. $45-$64;
$41-$60(faculty/staff); $10-$31(st).
● 2:30: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert.
L’Amant anonyme. Music by Joseph Boulogne,
Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Colin Ainsworth,
tenor; Joshua Clemenger, tenor; and
Dion Mazerolle, baritone; Voicebox: Opera in
Concert Chorus; Robert Cooper, chorus director;
Stephen Hargreaves, music director
and pianist. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence
Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E.
www.operainconcert.com or 416-366-7723
or 1-800-708-6754. $48-$60.
Tuesday March 21
● 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation.
Lunchtime Chamber Music: Rising Stars
Recital. Featuring students from the Glenn
Gould School. Yorkminster Park Baptist
Church, 1585 Yonge St. www.yorkminsterpark.com.
Free. Donations welcome.
Wednesday March 22
● 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.
Noonday Organ Recital. Angus Sinclair,
organ; Autumn Debassige, mezzo. 1585 Yonge
St. www.yorkminsterpark.com. Free. Donations
welcome.
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Gimeno Conducts Beethoven 5. Harman:
Celebration Prelude (World Premiere/TSO
Commission); Schumann: Cello Concerto;
Ligeti: Cello Concerto; Habibi: Jeder Baum
spricht; Beethoven: Symphony No.5. Jean-
Guihen Queyras, cello; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.
416-598-3375. From $35. Also Mar 23, 25,
26(3pm-George Weston Recital Hall).
Thursday March 23
● 12:00 noon: Music at Met. Thursday Noon
at Met Concert Series. Jonas Apeland Salomonsen,
organ. Metropolitan United Church,
56 Queen St. E. www.metunited.ca. Free. LIVE
& STREAMED.
● 7:30: Tafelmusik. Bach St. John Passion.
Ivars Taurins, director. Jeanne Lamon
Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor
St. W. 1-833-964-6337. From $48. Also
Mar 24(7:30pm), 25(3:30pm).
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Chamber
Music Concerts: Takács Quartet with Jeremy
Denk. Haydn: String Quartet in F Op.7
no.2 Hob III:82; Mendelssohn: String Quartet
in E-flat; Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat
Op.44. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor
St. W. 416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/
performance. $50-$105.
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Gimeno Conducts Beethoven 5. Harman:
Celebration Prelude (World Premiere/TSO
Commission); Schumann: Cello Concerto;
Ligeti: Cello Concerto; Habibi: Jeder Baum
spricht; Beethoven: Symphony No.5. Jean-
Guihen Queyras, cello; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.
416-598-3375. From $35. Also Mar 22, 25,
26(3pm-George Weston Recital Hall).
Friday March 24
● 11:00am: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.
Talk & Trea: Mozart in Paris. Stage Door
@ FirstOntario Concert Hall, 10 MacNab St.
S., Hamilton. 905-526-7756. $10-$20. Talk
with light refreshments & sneak peek at HPO
rehearsal.
● 12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime
Recital. Works by Haydn, Chopin, and Ginastera.
Naomi Wong, piano. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church, 73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600
X231 or www.standrewstoronto.org. Free.
● 7:30: Tafelmusik. Bach St. John Passion.
Ivars Taurins, director. Jeanne Lamon
Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor
St. W. 1-833-964-6337. From $48. Also
Mar 23(7:30pm), 25(3:30pm).
● 8:00: Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra.
Inspiration of a New World. Dvořák: Symphony
No.9 in e “From the New World” Op.95.
Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra; Matthew
Jones, conductor. Martingrove Collegiate
Institute, 50 Winterton Dr., Etobicoke. www.
Eventbrite.com or www.EPOrchestra.ca.
$30; $25(s); $15(st).
● 8:00: Exultate Chamber Singers. Water
Forms: Immersion. Exploring our intimate
connection to water in its many forms.
Includes music from a variety of time periods
plus three immersive works by contemporary
Canadian composers Katerina Gimon,
Carmen Braden, and Bruce Sled. Calvin Presbyterian
Church, 26 Delisle Ave. 416-971-9229
or www.exultate.net/event-details/waterforms-immersion.
$40 or PWYC from $5.
● 8:00: Massey Hall. Classic Albums
Live: Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon.
178 Victoria St. www.tickets.mhrth.com.
From $45.
● 8:00: Rose Theatre. Bachman & Bachman.
Randy Bachman & Tal Bachman. 1 Theatre
Ln., Brampton. 905-874-2800 or www.therosetheatre.ca.
$15-$79.
Saturday March 25
● 10:00am: Church of St. Mary Magdalene.
Procession and Solemn Mass for the Feast
of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary. Presented in traditional language.
Dvořák From the
New World
Symphony
FRIDAY, MARCH 24
www.eporchestra.ca
477 Manning Ave. Freewill offering. LIVE &
LIVESTREAM. Religious service followed by
refreshments.
● 11:00am: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Relaxed Performance: Gimeno Conducts
Beethoven 5. Schumann: Cello Concerto;
Beethoven: Symphony No.5. Jean-Guihen
Queyras, cello; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-
3375. From $23. Designed to be welcoming to
neurodiverse patrons.
● 1:00: Royal Canadian College of Organists.
The Great Bach Marathon. Works by Bach. St.
George’s Cathedral, 270 King St. E., Kingston.
www.rcco-kingston.ca. Free. Freewill offering
in support of RCCO Scholarship Fund and
St. George’s Cathedral.
● 1:00: Royal Canadian College of Organists
Toronto Centre. Toronto Bach Walk
2023: Celebrate Bach’s 338th Birthday!
Organ recital with Patrick Dewell. Christ
Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. to.rcco.
enotice@gmail.com. Free. Donations welcome.
Also 2pm(Calvin Presbyterian Church);
3pm(Yorkminster Park Baptist Church).
Birthday cake reception at the end of the day.
● 2:00: Royal Canadian College of Organists
Toronto Centre. Toronto Bach Walk 2023:
Celebrate Bach’s 338th Birthday! Instrumental
recital with Daniel Bickel and friends.
Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave.
to.rcco.enotice@gmail.com. Free. Donations
welcome. Also 1pm(Christ Church
Deer Park); 3pm(Yorkminster Park Baptist
Church). Birthday cake reception at the end
of the day.
● 3:00: Royal Canadian College of Organists
Toronto Centre. Toronto Bach Walk 2023:
Celebrate Bach’s 338th Birthday! Organ
recital with William Maddox. Yorkminster
Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. to.rcco.
enotice@gmail.com. Free. Donations welcome.
Also 1pm(Christ Church Deer Park);
2pm(Calvin Presbyterian Church). Birthday
cake reception at the end of the day.
Immersion
FRIDAY, MARCH 24 TH
8:00PM
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