Volume 29 Issue 4 | February & March 2024

LIVE OR ONLINE | Feb 1 to Apr 7, 2024
February 22 at 8pm
YING
QUARTET
music-toronto.com
● 8:30: Fallsview Casino Resort. Taylor
Hicks Night Moves. Avalon Theatre (Fallsview
Casino), 6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls.
www.ticketmaster.ca. From $51.
Friday February 23
● 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Instrumental Series: Gone with the Winds -
Cecilia Livingston with Mozart and Dvořák. Mozart:
Divertimento No.12; Dvořák: Serenade for
Winds; Cecilia Livingston: Gone with the Winds.
COPRODUCED BY
Woodwinds from the COC Orchestra. Richard
Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre
for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. www.
coc.ca/free-concert-series. Free.
● 12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noon Time
Recital. Works by Schubert, Schmidt, and
Mozetich. Carina Shum, piano. St. Andrew’s
Presbyterian Church, 73 Simcoe St. 416-593-
5600 x220. Free. Donations welcome.
● 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Stravinsky’s
Pulcinella. Kelly-Marie Murphy: Curiosity,
Genius, and the Search for Petula Clark
(TSO Commission); Stravinsky: Divertimento
from The Fairy’s Kiss (1949 version); Stravinsky:
Pulcinella. Gustavo Gimeno, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-
3375. From $35. Also Feb 24(8pm).
● 7:30: Confluence Concerts. Side by Side.
A coming together of young artists working
side-by-side to create unexpected collaborations.
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave.
www.bemusednetwork.com/events. $25.
Also Feb 22.
● 7:30: Music at St. Andrew’s. Black History:
Songs & Stories. Peterson: Hymn to Freedom;
Simone: To Be Young, Gifted & Black; Holiday:
God Bless the Child. Shelley Hamilton,
vocalist; John Campbell, vocalist; Mark Cassius,
vocalist; Jordan Klapman Quartet. St.
Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 73 Simcoe St.
416-593-5600 x220 or www.standrewstoronto.org
or Evenbrite. $30.
● 7:30: Fallsview Casino Resort. Colbie
Caillat. OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino,
6366 Stanley Ave., Niagara Falls. ticketmaster.ca.
$70.20-$99.45.
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Feb 23–25, 2024
Jeanne Lamon Hall,
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tafelmusik.org
● 8:00: Tafelmusik. Passions Revealed.
Locatelli: Concerto grosso in c; Telemann:
Orchestral Suite in B-flat; Vivaldi: Bassoon
Concerto “La Notte (The Night)”; Fasch: Overture;
Marais: Chaconne from Alcyone; Bach:
Concerto for Two Violins in d. Aislinn Nosky,
guest director and violin; Johann Novom,
violin; Dominic Teresi, bassoon; Tafelmusik
Baroque Orchestra. Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St.
Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. www.
tafelmusik.org/passions or 416-964-6337.
From $47. Also Feb 24(8pm) & 25(3pm).
● 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble/Koffler Arts.
Dance to the Abyss. Excerpts from Kurt
Weill’s The Threepenny Opera Suite and
works by Mischa Spoliansky, Erwin Schulhoff,
and other artists whose names are largely
lost to history. Art of Time Ensemble featuring
John Millard, Patricia O’Callaghan, and
Martha Burns. Harbourfront Centre Theatre,
235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. From
$39. Also Feb 24(8pm) & 25(2pm).
● 8:00: Brampton On Stage. Choir! Choir!
Choir! - Mamma Mia! Epic Abba Sing-along.
The Rose Brampton, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton.
905-874-2800. $20-$34.
● 8:00: Brampton On Stage. Drivewire. The
Rose Studio, 1 Theatre Ln., Brampton. 905-
874-2800. $15.
● 8:00: Humber Music. Ingrid Jensen and
the Humber Jazz Big Band. Latin Jazz Band
directed by Hilario Duran, the Salsa Band
Directed by Sean Bellaviti, and the Brazilian
Jazz Ensemble Directed by Aline Homzy.
Humber College Auditorium, 3199 Lakeshore
Blvd. W. 416-675-3111 or www.Ingrid-Jensen-
Humber.eventbrite.ca. .
Saturday February 24
● 2:00: Toronto City Opera. Susannah. Music
by Carlisle Floyd. Fully staged with piano
accompaniment. Sung in English with English
supertitles. Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina
Ave. www.torontocityopera.com/tickets.
From $35. Also Feb 22(7pm) & 25(2pm).
● 2:00: Peterborough Singers. The Music of
Elton John. Barry Haggarty, guitar; Andrew
Affleck, bass; Curtis Cronkwright, drums;
Anne Normand, piano. Emmanuel United
Church (Peterborough), 534 George St. N.,
Peterborough. 705-745-1820 or www.peterboroughsingers.com.
$35; $10(st).
● 2:00: Avenue Road Music. Marbin Matinees
Concert Series: Harp Recital. Debussy
(arr. Chin): Suite bergamasque, L.75; Dvořák
(arr. Lenaerts): “Song to the Moon” from Rusalka;
R. Murray Schafer: Excerpts from The
Crown of Ariadne; Caroline Lizotte: Suite Galactique
Op.39. Charlene Chin, harp. Avenue
Road Music and Performance Academy, Gordon
Lightfoot Concert Hall, 460 Avenue Rd.
www.avenueroadmusic.com or info@avenueroadmusic.com
or 416-922-0855. Free. Donations
are welcome.
● 7:30: Burlington Performing Arts Centre.
Johannes Linstead: From Spain to Cuba. Burlington
Performing Arts Centre - Community
Studio Theatre, 440 Locust St., Burlington.
www.burlingtonpac.ca/events/johannes-linstead
or 905-568-1600. From $44.50.
● 7:30: Guitar Society of Toronto. Pavel
Steidl. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church,
73 Simcoe St. www.guitarsocietyoftoronto.com/concert-season
or 416-964-
8298. General: $35(adv)/$40(door).
Seniors: $30(adv)/$35(door). Students:
$15(adv)/$20(door).
● 7:30: London Symphonia. The Spirit and
Legacy of Black Music. Experience the impact
of Black music through its triumphant sounds
from gospel to the blues, from jazz to rock
‘n’ roll, from R&B to rap. Beau Dixon, curator/singer/piano;
Alana Bridgewater, singer;
Camille Eanga-Selenge, singer; Robert Ball,
singer; Rohan Station, guitars; and other
musicians; London Symphonia; Scott Harrison,
conductor. Metropolitan United Church,
468 Wellington St., London. 226-270-0910 or
www.londonsymphonia.ca. $70(premium);
$52(adult); $22(st).
● 7:30: Barrie Concerts Association. Chamber
Music Concert. Penderecki String Quartet:
Christine Vlajk, viola; Jeremy Bell, violin;
Jerzy Kaplanek, violin; Katie Schlalkjer, cello;
Ben Smith, piano. Hiway Pentecostal Church,
50 Anne St. N., Barrie. www.barrieconcerts.
org. $45. LIVE & LIVESTREAM.
● 7:30: Oakville Chamber Orchestra. Jewish
Heritage Concert. Works by Mahler, Gershwin,
Mendelssohn, and Prokofiev. Oakville
Centre for the Performing Arts, 130 Navy St.,
Oakville. www.oakvillechamber.org/program-3-jewish-heritage.
From $20.
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Stravinsky’s
Pulcinella. Kelly-Marie Murphy: Curiosity,
Genius, and the Search for Petula Clark
(TSO Commission); Stravinsky: Divertimento
from The Fairy’s Kiss (1949 version); Stravinsky:
Pulcinella. Gustavo Gimeno, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-
3375. From $35. Also Feb 23(7:30pm).
● 8:00: Tafelmusik. Passions Revealed.
Locatelli: Concerto grosso in c; Telemann:
Orchestral Suite in B-flat; Vivaldi: Bassoon
Concerto “La Notte (The Night)”; Fasch: Overture;
Marais: Chaconne from Alcyone; Bach:
Concerto for Two Violins in d. Aislinn Nosky,
guest director and violin; Johann Novom,
violin; Dominic Teresi, bassoon; Tafelmusik
Baroque Orchestra. Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St.
Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. www.
tafelmusik.org/passions or 416-964-6337.
From $47. Also Feb 23(8pm) & 25(3pm).
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Special
Performances: Samara Joy. Koerner
Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208; rcmusic.com/performance. From $55.
Also Feb 25(7pm).
● 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble/Koffler Arts.
Dance to the Abyss. Excerpts from Kurt
Weill’s The Threepenny Opera Suite and
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