Volume 28 Issue 5 | April & May 2023

LIVE OR ONLINE | Mar 28 to Jun 6, 2023
Turangalîla. Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie.
Marc-André Hamelin, piano; Nathalie
Forget, ondes Martenot; Gustavo Gimeno,
conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.
416-598-3375. From $35. Also May 5(7:30pm).
Friday May 5
● 12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime
Recital. Julia Tom, cello; Megan Chang, piano.
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 73 Simcoe
St. 416-593-5600 X231 or www.standrewstoronto.org.
Free.
● 7:00: Freesound. Music for Violin & Electronics.
Works by James O’Callaghan, Christina
Volpini, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, and Taylor
Brook. Aysel Taghi-Zada, violin. Society Clubhouse,
967 College St. 647-354-4244. $15,
$10(arts workers/sr/st).
● 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Tosca.
Music by Giacomo Puccini. Stefano La
Colla, tenor (Cavaradossi); Roland Wood,
baritone (Scarpia); Joel Sorensen, tenor
(Spoletta); Donato Di Stefano, bass (Sacristan);
and others; Canadian Opera
Company Chorus & Orchestra; Giuliano
Carella, conductor; Paul Curran, director.
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing
Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231 or
1-800-250-4653 tickets@coc.ca. From
$35. Also May 7(2pm), 11, 13, 19, 21(2pm),
23, 27(4:30pm). At 7:30pm unless otherwise
noted.
● 7:30: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Take the
Podium: Conducting Symposium. Free concert
led by Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Artistic
Director. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church,
1585 Yonge St. www.tmchoir.org. Free admission
with reservation.
● 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Gimeno Conducts Messiaen’s Epic Turangalîla.
Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie.
Marc-André Hamelin, piano; Nathalie Forget,
ondes Martenot; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-
3375. From $35. Also May 4(8pm).
● 8:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Billy Idol.
6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls. 1-877-
833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca. From $40.
● 8:00: Folk Under The Clock. The Ennis Sisters.
Market Hall Performing Arts Centre,
140 Charlotte St., Peterborough. 705-749-
1146 or www.folkundertheclock.ca. $40.
● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
All Haydn. Haydn: Symphony No.22 in E-flat
“The Philosopher”; Cello Concerto in C; Symphony
No.44 in e “Trauer”; String Quartet
No.3; Symphony No.60 in C “Il Distratto”.
Catherine Anderson, cello; David Fallis, conductor;
Bruce McGillivray, curator. Harcourt
Memorial United Church, 87 Dean Ave.,
Guelph. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $37.
Also May 3(First United, Waterloo), 6(Central
Presbyterian, Cambridge).
● 8:00: Masterworks of Oakville Chorus
& Orchestra. A New Beginning. Mozart:
Requiem in d K.626; Handel: Zadok the Priest
HWV 258; Charles Demuynck: Joy (world premiere).
Gillian Grossman, soprano; Diana
di Mauro, mezzo; Corey Arnold, tenor; Daniel
Hambly, bass; Masterworks of Oakville
Chorus & Orchestra. Oakville Centre for the
Performing Arts, 130 Navy St., Oakville. 905-
399-9732. $55; $50(sr).
● 8:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. La Verbena
de la Paloma (The Festival of the Dove).
Music by Tomás Bretón. Margie Bernal,
soprano; Rómulo Delgado, tenor; Stuart Graham,
baritone; Kate Carver, conductor &
piano; Guillermo Silva-Marin, stage director.
Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre
for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723 or
1–800-708-6754 or www.tolive.com. $75-$95.
Also May 6(8pm) & 7(3pm).
Saturday May 6
● 2:00: Achill Choral Society. Sing Your
Song. A vibrant array of selections that celebrate
the many joys in life. Includes works by
Canadian composers Matthew Emery, Paul
Halley, Sherryl Sewepagaham, Jenny Crober,
and Larry Nickel. Nancy Dettbarn, collaborative
pianist; Saskia Tomkins, violin/fiddle/
viola/nyckelharpa; Shawn Grenke and Jenny
Crober, conductors. Westminster United
Church (Orangeville), 247 Broadway Ave.,
Orangeville. www.achill.ca. $30; $15(st).
● 2:30: Bel Canto Singers. Can’t Mask
the Music. Music of the Night; If Music be
the Food of Love; Singing in the Rain; I Got
Rhythm; Here’s to Song. Scarborough Bluffs
United Church, 3739 Kingston Rd., Scarborough.
Tickets: 647-831-3245 or www.belcantosingers.ca.
$20; $5(child). Also at 7:30pm.
● 4:00: The Edison Singers. Sweet Expressions:
Folksongs & Spirituals. Noel Edison,
conductor. St. Mark’s Anglican Church,
41 Byron St., Niagara-on-the-Lake. Tickets:
www.theedisonsingers.com/performances.
$45; $25(st/18 and under). Also May 7(4pm -
Elora), 10(7:30 pm - Toronto).
May 6 at 5pm
Sounds of Conflict
Madame Speaker
Classics, Swing, and
The American Songbook
music-toronto.com
accompanist. Acton Heritage Town Hall,
19 Willow St. N., Acton. www.facebook.com/
Georgetown.Choral.Society. $25.
● 7:00: Peterborough Singers. Verdi’s
Requiem. Leslie Fagan, soprano; Laura Pudwell,
mezzo; Ernesto Ramirez, tenor; Jonathan
Liebich, bass; Ian Sadler, organ.
Emmanuel United Church, 534 George St. N.,
Peterborough. 705-745-1820 or www.peterboroughsingers.com.
$35; $10(st).
● 7:00: Toronto Northern Lights.
25 Years of TNL. Neil Aitchison, master
of ceremonies. Islington United
Church, 25 Burnhamthorpe Rd. www.
eventbrite.com/e/25-years-of-tnl-tickets-579546377817.
$30. A portion of the
proceeds will support the Islington United
Church youth music program.
● 7:30: Bel Canto Singers. Can’t Mask
the Music. Music of the Night; If Music be
the Food of Love; Singing in the Rain; I Got
Rhythm; Here’s to Song. Scarborough Bluffs
United Church, 3739 Kingston Rd., Scarborough.
Tickets: 647-831-3245 or www.belcantosingers.ca.
$20; $5(child). Also at 2:30pm.
● 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Macbeth.
See April 28. Also May 12, 14(2pm), 17,
20(4:30pm). At 7:30pm unless otherwise
noted.
● 7:30: Opera by Request. L’elisir d’amore.
Music by Donizetti. Brittany Stewart, soprano
(Giannetta); Alvaro Vasquez Roble,
tenor (Nemorino); Douglas Tranquada, bassbaritone
(Dulcamara); Sebastian Belcourt,
baritone (Belcore); Diana DiMauro, mezzo
(Adina); Claire Harris, pianist and music director.
College St. United Church, 452 College
St. 416-455-2365. $20.
COSE
HANDEL’S
Celebration of
Small Ensembles
● 5:00: Music Toronto. Celebration of Small
Ensembles. (1) Sounds of Conflict: Works
by Poulenc, Suk, Ravel, and Janáček. Daniel
Dastoor, violin & Brian Woods, piano.
(2) Madame Speaker: The Phonating Pianist.
Madeline Hildebrand, piano and voice.
(3) Classics, Swing, and the American Songbook.
Jurecka, Farrugia, Johnston Trio (Drew
Jurecka, violin; Adrean Farrugia, piano; Clark
Johnston, bass). Aperture Room, Thornton-Smith
Building, 340 Yonge St. www.
music-toronto.com. $90(3-concert pass);
$40(single); $20(st/arts).
● 7:00: Georgetown Choral Society. United
We Sing: Songs of Love and Hope for Humanity.
Georgetown Choral Society; Eleanor
Wallace, interim director; Mark Peterson,
● 7:30: Pax Christi Chorale. Beethoven’s
Silence. Jake Runested: A Silence Haunts
Me; Beethoven: Halleluia from Christ on the
Mount of Olives; Beethoven: Mass in C. Pax
Christi Chorale; Ellen McAteer, soprano; Timothy
Wong, countertenor; Nicholas Nicolaidis,
tenor; Dion Mazerolle, bass-baritone; Toronto
Concert Orchestra; Elaine Choi, conductor.
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge
St. Tickets: www.paxchristichorale.org. $60;
$55(sr); $35(young adult); $20(st).
● 7:30: St. James Cathedral. Gala Concert
at St. James Cathedral. The Choir of St.
James Cathedral in concert with Orchestra.
Cathedral Church of St. James, 106 King
St. E. 416-364-7865 or www.eventbrite.ca/e/
gala-concert-at-st-james-cathedral-tickets-536126969197.
$25.
● 7:30: The Tallis Choir. A Celebration of William
Byrd. Commemorating the 400th anniversary
of Byrd’s death. St. Patrick’s Catholic
Church, 131 McCaul St. www.tallischoir.com/
ticketing. $30, $25, $10.
● May 6 8:00: Choir! Choir! Choir!”We Will
Choir You!”: An Epic Queen Sing-along. Nobu
Adilman and Daveed Goldman, creative directors.
Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St.
N., Kitchener. www.centreinthesquare.com/
event/choirchoirchoir. $34.50-$38.50.
● 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. All
Haydn. Haydn: Symphony No.22 in E-flat “The Philosopher”;
Cello Concerto in C; Symphony No.44 in
e “Trauer”; String Quartet No.3; Symphony No.60
in C “Il Distratto”. Catherine Anderson, cello; David
Fallis, conductor; Bruce McGillivray, curator. Central
Presbyterian Church, 7 Queens Square,
Cambridge. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $37.
Also May 3(First United, Waterloo), 5(Harcourt
oronation
Anthems
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