Volume 28 Issue 5 | April & May 2023

LIVE OR ONLINE | Mar 28 to Jun 6, 2023
com. $90(3-concert pass); $40(single); $20(st/
arts).
● 7:00: Small World Music/The Tawoos
Initiative. Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad
Qawwali. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church,
73 Simcoe St. www.eventbrite.ca. $40.
● 7:30: Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre. In Recital.
Works by Dvořák, Poulenc, and Mahler. Stuart
Graham, baritone; Narmina Afandieva, piano.
427 Bloor St. W. 416-927-9105 or www.stuartgraham.ca/in-concert/in-recital
or info@
stuartgraham.ca. $35.
● 8:00: Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dreamland.
A night of dreamy and whimsical music.
Works by Chopin, Beethoven, Debussy, Kravtchenko,
and others. Jonathan Kravtchenko,
piano. 26 Delisle Ave. Tickets at www.eventbrite.ca
or at the door.
● 8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Fervor,
Flair & Fandango. Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio
espagnol; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.2;
Bruckner: Symphony No.2. Richmond Hill Centre
for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge St.,
Richmond Hill. 905-604-8339. $20-$40.
Sunday May 21
● 2:00: Canadian Opera Company. Tosca.
See May 5. Also May 23, 27(4:30pm). At
7:30pm unless otherwise noted.
● 3:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Herman’s
Hermits Starring Peter Noone.
Fallsview Casino Resort, Avalon Theatre,
6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls. 1-877-
833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca. . Also
May 21(7pm), 22(3pm), 23(3pm).
● 5:00: Nocturnes in the City. Piano Recital.
Works by Janáček, Chopin, and Brahms.
David Kalhous, piano. St. Wenceslaus Church,
496 Gladstone Ave. 416-481-7294. $25.
● 7:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Herman’s
Hermits Starring Peter Noone.
Fallsview Casino Resort, Avalon Theatre,
6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls. 1-877-
833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca. . Also
May 21(3pm), 22(3pm), 23(3pm).
Tuesday May 23
● 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation.
Lunchtime Chamber Music: Ragtime. Angus
Kindred Spirits Orchestra
Kristian Alexander | Music Director
FERVOR, FLAIR AND FANDANGO
Sinclair & Autumn Debassige. Yorkminster
Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St.
www.yorkminsterpark.com. Free. Donations
welcome.
● 3:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Herman’s
Hermits Starring Peter Noone.
Fallsview Casino Resort, Avalon Theatre,
6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls. 1-877-
833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca. . Also
May 21(3pm & 7pm), 22(3pm).
● 7:00: Midtown Stage. Nick Maclean
Quartet. Featuring Brownman Ali. Nick
Maclean, piano; Brownman Ali, trumpet;
Bennett Young, bass; Jacob Wutzke,
drums. Dryden Regional Training and Cultural
Centre, 100 Casimir Ave., Dryden.
416-389-2643 or www.eventbrite.ca/e/
midtown-stage-presents-nick-macleanquartet-feat-brownman-ali-dryden-tickets-531450180797.
$20.
● 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Tosca.
See May 5. Also May 27(4:30pm). At 7:30pm
unless otherwise noted.
Wednesday May 24
● 7:30: Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts/
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. Kyohei
Sorita, Piano. Chopin: Ballade No.1 Op.23,
Ballade No.2 Op.38, Ballade No.3 Op.47, Ballade
No.4 Op.52; Scriabin: Fantasy in b Op.28;
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in D Op.23 No.4, Piano
Sonata No.2 Op.36. Japanese Canadian Cultural
Centre, Kobayashi Hall, 6 Garamond Ct.
www.bravoniagara.org/sorita and www.jccc.
on.ca. $25-$60.
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto + Pictures at an Exhibition.
RBD Affiliate Composer: New Work
(World Premiere/TSO Commission); Tchaikovsky:
Violin Concerto; Mussorgsky/orch.
Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition. James Ehnes,
violin; Jader Bignamini, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. From
$35. Also May 25, 27.
Thursday May 25
● 12:00 noon: Roy Thomson Hall. Noon Hour
Choir & Organ Concert Series: Cantala Choir
- The Infinite Beauty of Sound. 60 Simcoe
St. Reserve tickets at www.tickets.mhrth.
com. Free.
● 7:00: Magisterra Soloists. Masterworks:
Glorious Clarinet. Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet
Quintet; Brahms: Clarinet Quintet; Helmut
Lisky: Fiesta! Guest: Chad Burrow, clarinet.
Museum London, 421 Ridout St. N., London.
www.magisterra.com. $35; $30(sr); $15(st);
$10(child).
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto + Pictures at an Exhibition.
RBD Affiliate Composer: New Work
(World Premiere/TSO Commission); Tchaikovsky:
Violin Concerto; Mussorgsky/orch.
Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition. James Ehnes,
violin; Jader Bignamini, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. From
$35. Also May 24, 27.
● 8:30: Fallsview Casino Resort. Sarah
McLachlan. Fallsview Casino Resort, OLG
Stage, 6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls.
1-877-833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca. .
Friday May 26
● 7:30: Apocryphonia. A Cabinet of Curiosities.
The order of the concert will be determined
at random with the audience’s help.
Works by Blumenfeld, Abelardo, Hopekirk,
Yamada, and Lewandowski. Alexander Cappellazzo,
tenor; Cecilia Nguyen Tran, Piano. Cecil
Community Centre, 58 Cecil St. Tickets: 514-
378-2558. Pay What You Want. Suggested: $25.
● 7:30: Confluence Concerts. Songs of Syria.
The Confluence artistic team comes together
for a season finale featuring words and music
inspired by the night sky. Heliconian Hall,
35 Hazelton Ave. info@confluenceconcerts.
ca. Also May 27.
● 7:30: The Loft. Brownman Akoustric
4-Tet. Featuring Brownman Ali. Nick Maclean,
piano; Brownman Ali, trumpet; Bennett
Young, bass; Jacob Wutzke, drums.
75 Huron St., Sault Ste. Marie. 416-389-
2643. $35.
● 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Joseph Haydn’s Orfeo: The Soul of
the Philosopher. Asitha Tennekoon, tenor
(Orfeo); Lindsay McIntyre, soprano (Euridice);
Parker Clements, baritone (Creonte);
Maeve Palmer, soprano (Genio); McGill Baroque
Orchestra; Dorian Bandy, conductor;
Nico Krell, stage director. MacMillan Theatre,
Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s
STUART GRAHAM baritone
NARMINA AFANDIYEVA piano
Antonin DVOŘÁK | Francis POULENC | Gustav MAHLER
Saturday May 20, 2023 7:30pm | JEANNE LAMON HALL
www.stuartgraham.ca 416.927.9105
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