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Aprll'96 . ...... ' . -------------' " SIX ............ . ------------- From Academy to Young at Heart INDEX: PRESENTERS AND VENUES: INDEX Academy Concert Series 13 Across the Pond 6 Aldeburgh Connection 30 Alexander Singers 18, 20, 21' 24, 26, 27 All Saints Anglican Church (Kingsway) 6 Amadeus Ensemble 14 Annex Consort 20 Art Gallery of Ontario 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26 Artword Theatre 1 , 10 Associates of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra 9 Baroque Music by the Grange 28 Baroque Players of Hamilton 26 Bellefaire United Church Choir 27 Blessed Sacrament Church 28 Canadian Children's Dance Theatre 6 Canadian Children's Opera Chorus 27 Canadian Opera Company 10,11,13,14,16,18,19 20, Clo kw' fr b · lift CCOCfi nd R by M h · 21 ,23,24,26,27,28 c ISe om ottom e : · ou er u ercer, c 01r Canadian Ukrainian Opera members Grace Hwang, Daniel Easty & Jory Gillies, and Music Association 28 director John Tuttle. Mercer will be honoured April 27. Cantores Celestes Women's Chamber Choir 20 Casa Loma, 29 Celebrity Symphony Orchestra 20 Church of the Redeemer 13 Church of St. George the Martyr 27, 28 Church of St. Mary Magdalene 20 · Massey Hall 26, 28 McGill Club 6 Metropolitan United 6 Music at Metropolitan 6 Music Gallery 1, 2, 3, 4, 11' 12, 13 Music at St. George's 6 · Music TORONTO 2 Music Umbrella 20 St. Lawrence Centre 1 St. Luke's United Church 19 St. Mark's Church 13 St. Patrick's Church 27 St. Paul's Choir 6 St. Paul's Church 6, 10, 13. 17, 20, 24 St. Thomas' Church 17, 19 Stephen Clarke, Piano 13 Classical Youth Orchestra 13 Musica Viva 20 Studio 21 3 3 · Concentus Arts 13, 19 Dublin Youth Orchestra 4 Eastdale Auditorium 21 Eastminster United Church New Artists Series 28 North York Symphony 11 Ontario Goethe Society 10 Opera Atelier 3 Sunday at Seven Concert Series 28 Tafelmusik 6,6, 8, 19,20, 21 13, 20 Opera Atelier's production of Tafelmusik Orchestra and Esprit Orchestra 1 The Magic Flute 29 Choir 4 · Etobicoke Centennial Choir 13 Faculty of Music 2, 3, 4,11, 12, 19 Faculty of Music Opera Division 26, 27 First Canadian Place 3 First Unitarian Church 28 Ford Centre 2,6, 12, 13, 14, 17' 19,20,24,26,26,27' 28, 30 Ford Centre Studio Theatre 13 George Weston Recital Hall 6 Georgian Consort 27 Glenn Gould Studio 2,9, 12, 14,16,21 ,23,26,27,28,30 Grace Church-on-the-Hill ·20 Great Music at St. Anne's 6 Hamilton Place 29 Hart House 11 Heliconian Club 10, 20, 28 Opera Hamilton 29 Orchestra da Camera Toronto 13 Oshawa-Durham Symphony Orchestra 21 Our Lady of Sorrows Ch. 14 Pax Christi Chorale 20 Redeemer Lutheran Church 13 Rosedale United Church 16 Roy Thomson & Massey Hall 26 Roy Thomson Hall 1 ,6, 10, 16 Roy Thomson Hall Volunteers 12, 19 Royal Conservatory of Music 12, 13, 16, 19, 23 Runnymede United Ch. 20 Sarabanda and Friends 3 Scarborough International Choral Festival 13 Sir John A. Macdonald C.l. Tanenbaum Opera Centre 27 Te Deum Orchestra and Singers 27 The Music of Clerambault 16 Timothy Eaton Memorial Church 9 Toronto Chamber Society 27 Toronto Children's Chorus 20 Toronto Operetta Theatre 24, 26, 27 Toronto Senior Strings 18 Toronto Symphony 1 ,2,3,6, 10,11 '12, 16, 16,17' 18,20, 21 ,22,24,26,27,30 Toronto Theatre Organ Society 29 Trinity College Chapel 27 Trinity Presbyterian Church 21 Trinity-St. Paul's 14, 18 University Settlement House Music and Arts School 27 Islington United Church 13 Auditorium 4 Victoria Scholars Men's ·Jane Mallett Theatre 2, 24 Lawrence Park Community Church 26 Leah Posluns Theatre 18 Les Coucous benevoles 16 MacMillan Theatre 26 Songs for oboe, voice and piano 28 Soundstreams Canada 17 St. Andrew's Church 18 St. James' Cathedral 9, 16, 23, 30 Chamber Choir 14 Waiter Hall 2, 3, 4, 11, 12 Wurlitzer Pops Concert 29 Yorkminster Park Baptist Church 4, 10, 17, 24 Young at Heart 12 PULSE PULSE'S COMPREHENSIVE CLASSICAL & CONTEMPORARY CONCERT liSTINGS for the month of APRIL 1996 CAVEAT AUDITOR! Concert-goer beware! INFORMATION PHONE NUMBERS are provided with all Pulse listings. PLEASE when possible phone ahead to confirm details. We do our best, but we've been known to make mistakes! (As have the groups providing us with information), And mistakes aside, live performance is always subject to the vagaries of winds, weather, botched schedules, ill health .... So again, please call ahead when you can. •7:30: Artword Theatre. Composers' Soiree. New compositions by Timothy
Apri1'96 Mark Pinkus. 81 Portland St. #201.408-1146. ,. •8:00: Esprit Orchestra. An Evening with Richard Margison. St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 366-7723. (show bnly) 5 (with dinner). •8:00: The Music Gallery. Wibijazz'n. The Winters' College Killer Chorus, 18 voice a cappella jazz choir. Programme includes arrangements of pieces by Bobby McFerrin, Stevie Wonder, James Brown and Tower of Power. 179 Richmond St. W. 204-1080. . SEVEN •8:00 Faculty of Music. World Music Ensembles, James Kippen, coordinator. Balinese Gamelan Ensemble, Balkan Women's Chorus, Middle-Eastern & Persian Ensemble, The West African Drum & Dance Ensemble and special guests. Waiter Hall, 80 Queen's Pk. Cresc. 978-3744. Free. •8:00: Ford Centre. Vladimir Spivakov, violin; Sergei Bezrodny, piano. Schubert: Sonatina #2 in a, op.37,#2; Schnittke: Sonata #1 for violin & piano; da Falla: Suite populaire espagnole; Stravinsky: Suite italienne. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 872-2222. ,,. •8:00: Toronto Symphony, Keith Lockhart, cond. Pops 0/e/ Bizet: Music from •8:00 Glenn Gould Studio. Carmen; Wieniawski: Violin Les Vlolons du Roy, Bernard Concerto #2; Copland' El Labadie, cond. Handel: Three Salon Mexico; Lloyd Webber, Concerti Grossi, op. 6; Apollo Selections from Evita; Abreu: and Daphne (Chamber Tico Tico No Fuba. With Cantata). W ith Karina Gauvin, Juliette Kang, violin. Ray soprano; Daniel Lichti, Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. baritone. 250 Front St. W. 593-7769. .25 to .25. 205-5555. . ~: THE CANADIAN CHILDREN'S OPERA CHQRUS invites you to join them in a Gala Tribute Evening in honour of our founder RUBY MERCER Saturday April 27 1996 at the Joey & Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre Special Performances by soprano Karina Gauvin, & by the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus Premiere of a work commissioned ' to celebrate the evening Plus performances by the CCOC Apprentice Choruses Tickets 0 For ticket information call (416) 366~0467 *TAX RECEIPT WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PORTION OF THE'TICKET PRICE. THE CHORAL STORE GREAT MUSIC, GREAT SERVICE, GREAT PRICES and MORE. Our Customers Are the most important part of our business. We're only a phone call away at 1-800-634-2748 Fax: (416) 422-4065 WE RUSH SHIP ACROSS CANADA! Announcing A Choral Workshop with Sir David Willcocks Sunday, June 2nd, 1996 presented by The Amadeus Choir (core choir) and The Choral Store Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg., University of Toronto (With thanks to the Choral Program at University of Toronto) Contact M aura McGroarty at The Choral Store: (416) 422-2522 IN 1HE TORONTO AREA CALL (416) 422-2522 235 McRae Drive, Toronto ON, M46 1 T6 "For the love of singing." . April's Choral Music Highlights See listings for details 1st Wibijazz'n (Music Gallery) - 204-1080 4th-6th Tafelmusik: St Matthew Passion - 964-6337 5th Great Music at St. Anne's: Durufle - 536-3160 5th Music at Metropolitan:Mass in B mr- 363-0331 5th Music at St. George's: Durufle- 481-1141 5th All Saints Anglican Church (Kingsway): Mozart Requiem - 233-1125 13th Etobicoke Centennial Choir: Art of the Psalmist- 621-2813 13th Scarboroug_h International , Choral Festival - 396-7523 14thVictoria Scholars: The Great Composers- 761-7776 19th Roy Thomson Hall Volunteers Les Concertistes Children's Choir - 593-4822 20th Annex Consort: Spring pools - 769-1345 20th Cantores Celestes: Visions of Paradise - 767-8997 20th Celebrity Symphony Orchestra and Chorus: Ludzmierz Vespers - 537-3496 20th Pax Christie Chorale: Faure, Dubois- 494-7889 20th,21st Toronto Children's Chorus : Spring cleaning - 932-8666 25,26,27 ,28th Boys Choir of Harlem (Ford Centre) - 872-2222 27th Te Deum Orchestra and Singers - 205-5555 27th Canadian Children's Opera Chorus - 366-0467 28th Canadian Ukrainian Opera Association - 872-4255
