Volume 10 Issue 3 - November 2004

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••• CONCERT LISTINGS: GTA Stelmacovich & Karen Rymal; Susan Black, accompanist. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 4700 Keele St. 416-736·5186. Free. - 1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. Music at Midday: Michael Bloss, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364· 7865. Free. - 8:00: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis. Laura Whalen, soprano; Krisztina Szabo, mezzo; John Tessier, tenor; Thomas Goerz, bass· baritone; TMC Orchestra; Noel Edison, conductor. 7:00: Pre-concert chat with Rick Phillips. Yorkminster Park Church, 1585 Yonge. 416-598-0422. -, sr/ st rates. - 8:30: Elgin Theatre. Forever Tango. Dance, live music, singing. 189 Yonge St. ERGO Projects ... 416-872-5555. -. For complete run see music theatre listings. - 8:30: Hugh's Room. Ron Korb. 2261 Dundas West. 416-531-6604. (advance), (door). Wednesday November 03 - 12:30: Music Gallery Institute. lunch Music: Inventors & Innovators: The Flying Squad. Electro-acoustic improvisations. Rose Bolton, Jonathan Bunce, Jim Montgomery. Barry Prophet & Rhonda Rindone, performers. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-204-1080. Free. - 12:30: Yorkminster Park Church. Noonday Recital: William Lupton, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free. Celebrating the ERGO Lithuania-Canada Exchange 2004-2005 AUTUMN PASSING: NOVEMBER 2 - 6 Nov. 2, llam to lpm: Canadian Music Centre (Reception follows) MEETING THE COMPOSERS: PANEL DISCUSSION - LITHUANIAN MUSIC TODAY Nov. 3, IOam lo lpm: The Music Gallery MASTERCLASS: A WORKSHOP -SEMINAR FOR YOUNG COMPOSERS Nov. 4, llam to 2pm: Canadian Music Centre LECTURES BY VISITING LITHUANIAN COMPOSERS Admission free for all three events TWO CONCERTS at the MUSIC GALLERY. November 5 & 6 "Life Cycles"- Nov. 5, 8 pm Solo and small chamber ensemble works by Clarke, Kutavicius, Cameron, Smith, Roi and Bartulis Admission I $10 "Constancy and Change"- Nov. 6, 8 pm Works for large chamber ensemble by Germanavicius, Smith, Martinaits, Bolton, Nakas, Steenhuisen & Harman· Admission I These concerts con lain seven world premieres, three North American premieres and a Toronto premiere. Nov. 6, 10 - ll:30 pm: Closing Reception (following concert) Features the ERGO Ensemble with guest conductor Alex Pauk and mezzo-soprano Marion Newman Canadian Music Centre: 416-961-6601 The Music Gallery Box Office: 416-204-1080 www.musicgallery.org www.ergaprojecls.ca ergo@primus.ca - 12:30: York University Dept. of Music. Singing Our Songs. Mclaughlin Performance Hall. See Nov 2. - 8:00: Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company. Oueen of the Gypsies - A Tribute to Carmen Amaya. Original choreography by Esmeralda Enrique; original music composed by Nicolas Hernandez. Company of dancers & musicians. Premiere Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. · , sr/st rates available. For complete run see music theatre listings. - 8:00: Massey Hall. Chick Corea Elektric Band. Jazz. Chick Corea, piano & synthesizers; John Patitucci, bass; Dave Weckl, drums; Frank Gambale, guitar; Eric Marienthal, saxophone. 15 Shuter. 416· 872-4255. .50-.50. - 8:00: Talisker Players Chamber Music. A Medieval Tapestry. Weill: Frauentanz; Archer: A Sprig of Flowers; Trimble: Four Fragments from The Canterbury Tales; Ager: From The Rubaiyat; Boyd: Rond@I; Good: Dueil Engoisseux; Bowater: He Does Not Come. Guests: Jennie Such, soprano; James Mclennan, tenor; Peter Longworth, piano; members of Talisker Players. Trinity St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St. West. 416· • 466-1800. $ 25, $ 20(sr), $ lO(st). - 8:00: TSO. Heroic Beethoven. Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio; Piano Concerto #5 Emperor; Symphony #3 Eroica. Richard Goode, piano; Peter Ouridjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. -10. - 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Small Jazz Ensembles. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. - 8:30: Hugh's Room. Remembering Estelle Klein. 2261 Dundas West. 416-531 · 6604. $tba. Thursday November 04 - 12:00 noon: CBC Radio. Music Around Us Young Artist Series: Hargrove And Coulter, marimba duo. Music by Sarasate, Piazzolla, Nazareth & Pixinguinha. With string ensemble; Keith Horner, host. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416· 205-5555. Free. - 12: 10: U of Toronto Faculty of Music. Oave Young Trio. Original jazz compositions, adaptations & classics by Ellington, Monk & Walton. Reg Schwager, guitar; Kevin Turcotte, trumpet; Dave Young, bass. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. - 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Noonday Chamber Music: Sharon Wei, viola & Angela Park, piano. 15 70 Yonge St. 416· 920-5211. Free (collection). - 12:30: York University Dept. of Music. Sihging Our Songs. Mclaughlin Performance Hall. See Nov 2. - 2:00: Toronto Senior Strings. Music by Palestrina, Purcell, Boyce, Bonacini, Bach, Dittersdorf. Marina Dancheva & Alexandar Gajic, violins; Anna Barycz, viola; Gregory Goldberg, cello; Graham Pressey, recorder. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 73 Simcoe. 416-221-6090. . - 8:00: CONTACT contemporary music. Urban CONTACT. Part: Fur Alina: Lang: Stick Figure; Aphex Twin: Blue Calx (arr); Herriot: Trio; Mathien: Isaac and Abraham; Gfroerer: Polarities, Drum Solo; Farah: Improvisation. Sarah Fraser Raff, violin; Michael Gfroerer, piano; Akiyo Hattori, clarinets; Amy Laing, cello; Jerry Pergolesi, percussion; guest: John Farah, piano & electronics. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square. 416-922-1658. , O(sr), (st). - 8:00: Curtain Call Players. Will Rogers Follies - A life In Revue. Rosalind Mills, musical director. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Drive. 416-703-6181. , group rates. For complete run see music theatre listings. ·YORK FINE R"'"i'J YORK I! UNIVERSITE UN !YER SIT Y Nov 2/3/4 Singing Our Songs - Art songs and arias performed by young artists from the studios of Catherine Robbin, Norma Burrowes, Stephanie Bogle, Benjamin Butterfield, Christina Stelmacovich and Karen Rymal, with Susan Black, piano Nov 9 & 11 Young pianists from the studios of Christina Petrowska Quilico, Alma Petchersky and Susan Black perform works by Chopin, Mozart, Rachmaninov, Brahms Nov 10 Christina Petrowska Quilico performs selections from Rivers by Ann Southam Nov 12 Classical piano masterclass with Jorge Luis Prats

- 8:00: Music Toronto. St. Lawrence Duarte/. Haydn: String Quartet in E flat Op.33112 The Joke; Hatzis: String Quartet 111 The Awakening; Beethoven: String Quartet in E flat Op.127. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416-366· 7723. ,. - 8:00: Scarborough Music Theatre. Rodgers & Hammerstein: Carousel. Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd. 416-396-4049. $ 21, $ l 81sr/ st). For complete run see music theatre listings. - 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Heroic Beethoven. Roy Thomson Hall. See Nov 3. - 8:30: Hugh's Room. David Essig. 2261 Dundas West. 416-531-6604. $tba. Guests: Elmer lseler Singers; Mykola · Hobdych & Lydia Adams. conductors. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416-872•1111. ,. Cameron, Roi, Smith & Bartulis. Marion Newman, mezzo; members of the ERGO Ensemble. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John. 416-204· 1080. , Oimember/sr/st). - 8:00: Markham Theatre for Performing Arts. Fabulous Crooners. Musical of the 50's. Galaxy All·Star Orchestra; Viii V; Stardust Serenaders; Eddie Graf & Ross Wooldridge, directors. 171 Town Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469. . - 8:00: New Adventures in Sound Art. SOUNOp/ay 2004: Visual Music 1. Multi· media presentation of live performances. video & mixed media works. Piche: Sieves (HO video); works by Deschenes. Allik, Mulder, Campbell & Rogalsky. Latvian House. 491 College St. 416-910-7231. (advance), idoor), O(students with ID). $ 20(weekend pass). - 8:00: Symphony Hamilton. Bellows & Brass. McDonald: Triple Concerto lpremiere); Baldassare: Concerto for Trumpet; Bozza: Ballade; Piazzolla: Tango Sensation; Respighi: Pines of Rome. Guy Few, trumpet; Joseph Petric. accordion; ••• CONCERT LISTINGS: GTA Friday November 05 :- 12:30: York University Dept. of Music. The Jazz Singers. Songs from the American Songbook including Ellington, Rodgers. Porter & Carmichael. Students in the vocal jazz program. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 4700 Keele St. 416-736· 5186. Free. - 1 :00: New Adventures in Sound Art. SOUNOplay 2004: Matinee Performance/ Artist Talk. Works presented by Jean Piche, Raylene Campbell. David & Gisela Gamper; led by Victoria Fenner. Latvian House. 491 College St. 416-910-7231. PWYC. students with ID free. - 7:30: Platinum Concerts International. Kyiv Chamber Choir: The Sounds of Kyiv. Sacred and secular music by Ukrainian composers ancient & modern. - 8:00: Earshot Concerts. Soprano/ Soprano. Works by Denning, Good, Heaslip, Head, Mosher, Martin & Schafer. Kristin Mueller, soprano; Rob Mosher, soprano saxophone. Edward Day Gallery, 952 Queen St. West. 416-538-2006. , (sr), (st). - 8:00: Ergo Projects/Music Gallery. life Cycles. Solo & small chamber ensemble works by Clarke, Kutavicius, The 'foronto Consort presems MTTHEW WHITE · AND LES VOIX HUMINES November 5 & 6, 2004 at 8pm PLATINUM CONCERTS INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS d · T .,..· THE FIRST-EVER TORONTO CONC4RT OF THE WORLD-RENOWNED Kyiv Chamber Ch SPECIAL GUESTS ' ,. 1r , CANADA S ELMER ISELER S - -GERS "Matthew While is the real thing, in possession of a voice that can wrap around a melody with such surety and grace and. wannth of timbre that you can easily lose yourself in the sheer beauty of expression." Matthew Wltite, the fastest-rising siar in the countertenor world, performs with Canada:· brilliant conmrt of viols, Les 11>ix Humaine· of lvfontreal, in a program of luxurious music by Jflilliam Byrd, John Dowland and Nicolas Va/let. A Renaissance feast on the theme of love! """ : if I. I - 'Ticketmaster _-:..... i an -; - , • (:_168,7-1111 . Information: t. www.pJatinumcow:erts.com ' . { ('(. ·, 4 I'* I TOUR SPONSORS TllE UKRAINIAN C"NAlll.-\N 1;oUNDATION or TARAS Slll!VCHENKO ,,r'\.CUITY FUNDS LTD NOVEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 7 2004 47