Volume 29 Issue 4 | February & March 2024
Leah Roseman pandemic podcaster par excellence; Alison Mackay scrutinizes staircases for Tafelmusik; big choir, small orchestra in Dame Jane Glover's TSO Messiah; Dion(ysus) gets set to rock at Coalmine; the Sudbury /Toronto Jazz trail from an even more northerly point of view; breves are the backstory; and more.
Leah Roseman pandemic podcaster par excellence; Alison Mackay scrutinizes staircases for Tafelmusik; big choir, small orchestra in Dame Jane Glover's TSO Messiah; Dion(ysus) gets set to rock at Coalmine; the Sudbury /Toronto Jazz trail from an even more northerly point of view; breves are the backstory; and more.
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LIVE OR ONLINE | Feb 1 to Apr 7, <strong>2024</strong><br />
Thursday <strong>February</strong> 1<br />
● 7:30: Crow’s Theatre. Natasha,. Pierre<br />
& the Great Comet of 1812. Created by<br />
Dave Malloy. Ray Hogg, choreographer;<br />
Chris Abraham, stage director. 345 Carlaw<br />
Ave. www.tickets.crowstheatre.com/<br />
TheatreManager. From $28. Runs until<br />
Feb 18. Performance times vary. Limited availability<br />
for many performances.<br />
● 12:00 noon: Metropolitan United Church.<br />
Noon at Met. Elena Howard-Scott, soprano.<br />
Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. E.<br />
416-363-0331 x226. Freewill donation.<br />
● 12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. Thursdays At Noon: University of<br />
Toronto New Music Festival - Joseph Petric<br />
+ Penderecki String Quartet, Part 1. Walter<br />
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University<br />
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750<br />
or www.music.utoronto.ca. Free. LIVE &<br />
LIVESTREAM.<br />
● 7:00: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.<br />
Lessons in Temperament by Outside the<br />
<strong>March</strong>. James Smith, creator/performer;<br />
Mitchell Cushman, director/development;<br />
Nick Blais, designer. FirstOntario Performing<br />
Arts Centre, Robertson Theatre, 250 St.<br />
Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-0722 or<br />
boxoffice@firstontariopac.ca. $30. Also<br />
Feb 2(1pm). Mature content.<br />
● 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre. Circa:<br />
Humans 2.0. 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham.<br />
905-305-7469 or www.flatomarkhamtheatre.ca.<br />
$58(regular); $68(prime);<br />
$15(YTX).<br />
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.<br />
Pines of Rome. Verdi: Ballet Music from Macbeth;<br />
Respighi: Feste romane (Roman Festivals;<br />
Berio: 4 dédicaces; Rota: Selections from<br />
“Ballabili” from Il Gattopardo (The Leopard);<br />
Respighi: Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome). Gustavo<br />
Gimeno, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,<br />
60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. From $35. Also<br />
Feb 3(8pm) & 4(3om).<br />
● 8:00: River Run Centre. Walking Through<br />
The Fire: Indigenous Collaborations with Sultans<br />
of String. Artists include Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk,<br />
Marc Meriläinen, Shannon<br />
Thunderbird, The North Sound, and Lisa Odjig<br />
plus virtual guests including Dr. Duke Redbird,<br />
The Northern Cree pow wow group,<br />
Kendra Tagoona & Tracy Sarazin (Inuit<br />
throat singers), and others. 35 Woolwich St.,<br />
Guelph. www.riverrun.ca/whats-on/walkingthrough-the-fire<br />
or 519-763-3000 or info@<br />
riverrun.ca. From $10.<br />
● 8:00: Soulpepper. De Profundis: Oscar<br />
Wilde in Jail. Directed & Adapted by Gregory<br />
Prest. Original Music & Lyrics by Mike<br />
Ross & Sarah Wilson. Young Centre for the<br />
Performing Arts, Michael Young Theatre,<br />
Distillery District, 50 Tank House Ln. www.<br />
soulpepper.ca/performances/deprofundis.<br />
From $36. Also Feb 2(8pm), 3(8pm), 4(2pm),<br />
6(8pm), 7(8pm), 8(8pm), 9(8pm), 10(2pm<br />
& 8pm), 11(2pm), 13(8pm), 14(2pm & 8pm),<br />
15(8pm), 16(8pm), 17(2pm & 8pm), 18(2pm).<br />
Friday <strong>February</strong> 2<br />
● 12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noon Time<br />
Recital. Messiaen: Quartet for the End of<br />
Time. Emerald Sun, clarinet; Hee-Soo Yoon,<br />
violin; Rosalind Zhang, cello; Jean-Luc Therrien,<br />
piano. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian<br />
Church, 73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600 x220.<br />
Free. Donations welcome.<br />
● 12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays<br />
at 12:30 Concert Series. Jane Archibald,<br />
soprano, Liz Upchurch, piano. 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 />
● 1:00: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.<br />
Lessons in Temperament by Outside the<br />
<strong>March</strong>. James Smith, creator/performer;<br />
Mitchell Cushman, director/development;<br />
Nick Blais, designer. FirstOntario Performing<br />
Arts Centre, Robertson Theatre, 250 St.<br />
Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-0722 or<br />
boxoffice@firstontariopac.ca. $30. Also<br />
Feb 1(7pm). Mature content.<br />
● 5:15: Kingston Baroque Consort. The<br />
Enchanted Garden: Music and Poetry<br />
Inspired by Nature. Works by Vivaldi, Couperin,<br />
and others. St. James Anglican Church<br />
(Kingston), 10 Union St, Kingston. legerek@<br />
queensu.ca or 613-217-5099 or at Novel Idea,<br />
156 Princess St or www.livemusickingston.<br />
ca/kingston-baroque-consort-2023/. $25;<br />
$10(st); Free(under 17).<br />
● 7:00: Hugh’s Room Live. The Kruger Brothers.<br />
<strong>29</strong>6 Broadview Ave. www.showpass.<br />
com/the-kruger-brothers. $50.<br />
● 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Don Giovanni.<br />
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.<br />
Paolo Bordogna, baritone (Leporello);<br />
Mane Goloyan, soprano (Donna Anna); Gordon<br />
Bintner, baritone (Don Giovanni); David<br />
Leigh, bass (The Commendatore); Anita Hartig<br />
/ Charlotte Siegel, soprano (Donna Elviral);<br />
Simone McIntosh, soprano (Zerlina), and<br />
other soloists. Canadian Opera Company<br />
Chorus & Orchestra; Johannes Debus, conductor;<br />
Kasper Holten, director. Four Seasons<br />
Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen<br />
St. W. 416-363-8231 or 1-800-250-4653 or<br />
tickets@coc.ca. Also Feb 4(2pm) 7, 9, 15, 17,<br />
24(2pm). At 7:30pm unless otherwise noted.<br />
● 7:30: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.<br />
Humans 2.0 by C!RCA. FirstOntario<br />
Performing Arts Centre, Partridge Hall,<br />
250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-<br />
0722; boxoffice@firstontariopac.ca. $49;<br />
$45(members).<br />
● 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of<br />
Music. University of Toronto New Music Festival:<br />
Megumi Masaki Plays Kotoka Suzuki.<br />
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University<br />
of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-<br />
3750 or www.music.utoronto.ca. Free.<br />
● 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre. Jeanick<br />
Fournier Sings Celine. 171 Town Centre<br />
Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469 or flatomarkhamtheatre.ca.<br />
$68(regular); $73(prime);<br />
$15(YTX).<br />
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.<br />
Special Performances: Joshua Redman:<br />
where are we. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre,<br />
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or www.<br />
rcmusic.com/performance. From $60.<br />
● 8:00: Brampton On Stage. An Evening with<br />
Tynomi Banks. Drag performance. The Rose<br />
Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905-874-<br />
2800. $20-$34.<br />
● 8:00: Brampton On Stage. Pimento featuring<br />
King Cosmos: Celebrating the Music of<br />
Harry Belafonte. Cyril Clark Library Theatre,<br />
20 Loafers Lake Ln, Brampton. 905-874-2800<br />
or www.tickets.brampton.ca. $<strong>29</strong>.<br />
● 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra.<br />
Walking Through The Fire: Indigenous<br />
Collaborations with Sultans of String.<br />
Artists include Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk,<br />
Marc Meriläinen, Shannon Thunderbird,<br />
The North Sound and virtual guests including<br />
Dr. Duke Redbird; The Northern Cree pow<br />
wow group; Kendra Tagoona and Tracy Sarazin,<br />
Intuit throat singers; and others; Martin<br />
MacDonald, conductor. P.C. Ho Theatre,<br />
Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto,<br />
5183 Sheppard Ave. E., Scarborough. 416-<br />
879-5566 or www.tinyurl.com/CathedralBluff-Sultans-Tickets.<br />
From $25.<br />
● 8:00: Hillside Festival. Hillside Inside. Matt<br />
Anderson with special guest Abigail Lapell.<br />
River Run Centre, 35 Woolwich St., Guelph.<br />
www.riverrun.ca/whats-on/hillside-insidepresents-matt-andersen-with-special-guestabigail-lapell/.<br />
From $39.<br />
● 8:00: Tafelmusik. Fantasticus. Originating<br />
in Italy in the 17th century, the “stylus<br />
FANTASTICUS<br />
Directed by Spanish violinist<br />
Lina Tur Bonet<br />
Feb 2–4, <strong>2024</strong><br />
Jeanne Lamon Hall,<br />
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre<br />
tafelmusik.org<br />
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