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 />
The Lost in Love Experience. OLG Stage at<br />
Fallsview Casino, 6366 Stanley Ave., Niagara<br />
Falls. www.ticketmaster.ca. From $39.<br />
Friday <strong>March</strong> 1<br />
● 12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s/Guitar Society<br />
of Toronto. Noon Time Recital. Adam Batstone,<br />
Simon Farintosh, Jelica Mijanovic,<br />
Shawn Pickup, guitars. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian<br />
Church, 73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600<br />
x220. Free. Donations welcome.<br />
● 12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays<br />
at 12:30 Concert Series. Leslie Kinton,<br />
piano. Von Kuster Hall, Music Building, Western<br />
University, 1151 Richmond St. N., London.<br />
519-661-3767 or www.music.uwo.ca/<br />
events. Free.<br />
● 7:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Musical<br />
Gallery Inspired by Western University’s<br />
Northern Tornadoes Project Data & Other<br />
Weather- and Nature-Inspired Pieces. Talbot<br />
College and Music Building, 1151 Richmond St.<br />
N., London. 519-661-3767 or www.music.uwo.<br />
ca/events. Free.<br />
● 7:30: Freesound. Patterns in a Chromatic<br />
Field. Freesound members Amahl Arulanandam<br />
and Wesley Shen perform Morton<br />
Feldman’s 1-hour long work Patterns in<br />
a Chromatic Field for cello and piano. Array<br />
Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 647-354-4244. PWYC.<br />
Also Feb <strong>29</strong>.<br />
● 8:00: Brampton On Stage. Becoming<br />
the Beatles. Lester B. Pearson Theatre,<br />
150 Central Park Dr., Brampton. 905-874-<br />
2800. $<strong>29</strong>.<br />
● 9:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Taylor<br />
Dayne - The Now Tour. Avalon Theatre (Fallsview<br />
Casino), 6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara<br />
Falls. ticketmaster.ca. $51.50-$81.50.<br />
Saturday <strong>March</strong> 2<br />
Saturday, <strong>March</strong> 2, 7:00 PM<br />
Pictures at an<br />
Exhibition<br />
David Fallis, conductor<br />
www.gtpo.ca<br />
● 7:00: Greater Toronto Philharmonic<br />
Orchestra. Pictures at an Exhibition. Bartók:<br />
Romanian Dances; Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel):<br />
Pictures at an Exhibition; Debussy: Clair de<br />
lune; Lili Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps;<br />
Gershwin: Three Preludes. David Fallis, conductor.<br />
Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle<br />
Ave. www.gtpo.ca or 647-238-0015. $25-$30.<br />
● 7:30: Mississauga Chamber Singers. Mozart’s<br />
Requiem. Mozart: Requiem K.626 and<br />
other works from Mozart’s final year, 1791.<br />
Leanne Kaurman, soprano; Deborah Overes,<br />
contralto; Jacob Abrahamse, tenor;Matthew<br />
Cassils, baritone. Christ First United Church,<br />
151 Lakeshore Rd. W., Mississauga. 647-549-<br />
4524. $30; $15(ages 7-18).<br />
● 7:30: Jubilate Singers. Misa Criolla. Works<br />
by Ramirez, Guastavino, Matamoros, Montsalvatge,<br />
and others. Jubilate Singers;<br />
Rodrigo Chavez & Sikuris St. Lawrence, musicians.<br />
Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge<br />
St. 416-485-1988 or www.jubilatesingers.ca.<br />
$35; $25(sr); $15(st/arts workers).<br />
● 7:30: The Tallis Choir. A Renaissance Tenebrae.<br />
Works by Tallis, Victoria, and Allegri’s<br />
Miserere. St. Patrick’s Catholic Church,<br />
131 McCaul St. www.tallischoir.com or 416-<br />
286-9798. $35; $25(sr); $10(st).<br />
● 7:30: Cantabile Chamber Singers. Light of<br />
Hope. Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St.<br />
W. www.cantabilechambersingers.com. $30;<br />
$15(youth 13-18); Free(12 & under)(.<br />
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Global<br />
Music Series: KUNÉ with special guests<br />
Meesha Shafi & Jesse Cook. Koerner Hall,<br />
TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-<br />
0208; rcmusic.com/performance. From $50.<br />
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. NACO<br />
+ OSQ: Hétu Symphony No.5. Hétu: Symphony<br />
No.5 (TSO Commission); and other<br />
works. National Arts Centre Orchestra, guest<br />
orchestra; Orchestre symphonique du Québec,<br />
guest orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor.<br />
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.<br />
416-598-3375. From $35.<br />
● 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Schumann & Falla<br />
/ Virtuoso Voyages. Schumann: Piano Concerto<br />
in a Op.54; Respighi: Il tramanto (The<br />
Sunset); Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs;<br />
Amine Soufari: Reminiscences (first performance);<br />
Arensky: Variations on a Theme<br />
of Tchaikovsky Op.35a. Beste Kalender,<br />
mezzo; Antonio Di Cristofano, piano; Sinfonia<br />
Toronto; Nurhan Arman, conductor. George<br />
Jubilate<br />
singers<br />
isabel Bernaus<br />
conductor<br />
M ISA<br />
CRIOLLA<br />
Works by<br />
RaM Í R e z<br />
guaS tavino<br />
M ataM o R o S<br />
M ontS alvatge<br />
with guests<br />
S ikuR i S<br />
St. lawR ence<br />
christ church<br />
Deer Park<br />
1570 Yonge St.<br />
Sat. <strong>March</strong> 2 7:30 pm<br />
www.jubilatesingers.ca<br />
Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts Centre,<br />
5040 Yonge St. 416-499-0403 or www.sinfoniatoronto.com.<br />
$52; $40(sr); $20(st).<br />
● 8:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Tower of<br />
Power - 55 Years of Funk & Soul. OLG Stage at<br />
Fallsview Casino, 6366 Stanley Ave., Niagara<br />
Falls. ticketmaster.ca. $70.20-$99.45.<br />
Sunday <strong>March</strong> 3<br />
● 1:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Young<br />
People’s Concert: Dan Brown’s Wild Symphony.<br />
Trevor Wilson, RBC Resident Conductor.<br />
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.<br />
416-598-3375. From $30. Also 4pm.<br />
● 2:00: Avenue Road Music. Mozart, Ravel,<br />
Mompou. Mozart: Piano Sonata No.13 in B-flat<br />
K.333 (315c) “Linz Sonata”; Ravel: Oiseaux<br />
tristes; Mompou: The Lake; Tchaikovsky (arr.<br />
Pletnev): Concert Suite from The Nutcracker.<br />
Kathleen Penny, piano. Avenue Road Music<br />
and Performance Academy, Gordon Lightfoot<br />
Concert Hall, 460 Avenue Rd. www.avenueroadmusic.com<br />
or info@avenueroadmusic.<br />
TallIs<br />
ChoIr<br />
com or 416-922-0855. Free. Donations are<br />
welcome.<br />
● 2:00: Freesound/Arraymusic. Rachel Kiyo<br />
Iwaasa, Piano. Works by Rodney Sharman,<br />
Cris Derksen, and Jocelyn Morlock. Array<br />
Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 647-354-4244. PWYC.<br />
● 2:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. NSO<br />
Classic 4: Next Gen. Beethoven. Coriolan<br />
Overture Op.62; Piano Concerto Nos.4 & 5;<br />
Egmont Overture Op.84. Chelsea Ahn, piano;<br />
Eric Guo, piano. FirstOntario Performing<br />
Arts Centre, Partridge Hall, 250 St. Paul St.,<br />
St. Catharines. 905-688-0722; boxoffice@<br />
firstontariopac.ca. $75(regular); $100(diamond);<br />
$52(arts worker with valid id); $46(35<br />
under 35); $<strong>29</strong>(student-university/college<br />
with valid id); $24(youth 18 and under with<br />
valid id).<br />
● 3:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band. Zombie<br />
Blizzard. Concert arias by Erin Davis and<br />
Margaret Atwood. Measha Brueggergosman-Lee,<br />
soprano; Erin Davis, piano. With<br />
the Hannaford Smaller Band. Jane Mallett<br />
Peter Mahon<br />
Artistic Director<br />
Renaissance Tenebrae<br />
Experience the drama and<br />
atmosphere of Tenebrae, the<br />
Holy Week service of Darkness,<br />
as it was sung across Europe in<br />
the 16th century<br />
❖ Works by Gesualdo, Tallis, Victoria, White ❖<br />
and Allegri’s Miserere<br />
Saturday, <strong>March</strong> 2, 7:30pm<br />
St. Patrick's Church: 141 McCaul St.<br />
Order tickets online: tallischoir.square.site<br />
www.tallischoir.com<br />
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