Volume 10 Issue 3 - November 2004

The Chamber Music

The Chamber Music Society of Mississauga presents Musicians' Choice Sunday, November 7, 2004 2pm Royal Bank Theatre Mississauga Living Arts Centre Featuring Violinist, Peggy (McGuire) Hills; Pianist, Eileen Keown; Cellist, Laura Schlessinger; assisted by the students of Russell Langmaid School conducted by Anne Gardiner narrated by Christina Birch Ludwig van Beethoven - Trio in B major, Opus 97 (Archduke) Allan Gordon Bell - Gift of the Wolf Joaquin Turina - Trio #2 in B minor Tickets: LAC Box Office (905) 306-6000 Adults ; Seniors ; Students S.kflilUClllGf'Olp •THE • TRILLIUM ONTARIO FOUNDATION Laidlaw Foundation www.chambermusicmississauga.org I MERRIAM ••• CONCERT LISTINGS: GTA Egoyan in Concert. Alvear: Asking. Single movement work for piano solo. 12 Alexander St. 416-975-8555. $ 15. - 2:00: Chamber Music Society of Mississauga. CMSM Piano Trio: Musicians' Choice Program. Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat Archduke; Bell: Gilt of the Wolf; Turina: Trio #2 in b. Peggy (McGuire) Hills, violin; Laura Schlessinger, cello; Eileen Keown, piano. Royal Bank Theatre, 4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $ 24, $ 18(sr), (st). - 2:00: DUD. Classical & jazz. Margot Rydall, flute; Ivan Zilman, guitar. Beach Hebrew Institute, 109 Kenilworth Ave. 416-463· 1011. Free (donations to the Inter-faith Drop-in Centre welcome). - 2:00: Mississauga Pops Concert Band. Hooray for Hollywood! Music from the movies. Guest: Barbara Marshall, vocals. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315 Montevideo Rd., Mississauga. 905-615· 4720 x25B8. ,, group rates. - 2:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra. Bravo Beethoven. Dakville Centre for the Performing Arts. See Nov 6. - 2:00: Off Centre Music Salon. Russian Salon: Kirov Meets Off Centre. Music by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff , Donizetti, Bellini & Verdi. Olga Trifonova, soprano; lnna Perkis & Boris Zarankin, pianists; Stuart Hamilton. host. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. , ' (sr). (st). - 2:00: Visual and Performing Arts Newmarket. Trio lyra. Music by lbert, Mozart, Mozetich, Rota, Bloch & Barnes. Mark Childs, viola; Suzanne Shulman. flute; Erica Goodman, harp. Newmarket Theatre, 505 Pickering Cres. 905-953-5122. ,. - 2:30: Salvation Army Yorkminster Citadel. Jrd Annual Salute to fire, Police and Emergency Medical Services. Laurel Minz. piano. 1 Lord Seaton Rd. 416-222· 9110. Free. - 3:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band. Welsh Rare Bits. Court: Celebration Overture; Clarke: Gwennan Gorn; Graham: Day of the Dragon; Newton: Pictures from the East; Wood: Trombone Concerto; Pryor: The Blue Bells of Scotland & other works. Christopher Thomas, trombone; Robert Childs, conductor. 2: 15: Pre-concert chat with Robert Childs & Christopher Thomas. Jane Mallett Theatre. 27 Front St. East. 416-366-7723. , (sr). (st), group rates. - 3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Heroic Beethoven. See Nov 3. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416· 870-8000. -. - 4:00: Christ Church Deer Park . Concert for Remembrance. Vaughan Williams: Mass in g; Durufle: Requiem. Choir of Christ Church Deer Park; Stephanie Martin, guest conductor; Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill. organist & director of music. 1570 Yonge St. 416·920-5211. . - 4:00: St. James' Cathedral. Twl7ight Recital Series: David Phillips, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364· 7865. Free. - 4:30: St. Anne's Church. Evensong: A presents Welsh Rare Bits Sunday, November 7, 2004, 3 p.m. Jane Mallett Theatre Robert Childs, Music Director of the Cory Buy As You View Band will return to direct the HSSB in a delicious mixture of brass band masterworks. Nigel Clarke's Gwennan Gorn, Peter Graham's Day of the Dragon and Rodney Newton's Pictures from the East will be performed. Solo Trombone of the Cory Band and former British Solo Champion Christopher Thomas will amaze in Gareth Wood's Trombone Concerto and Pryor's ultimate showpiece, The Blue Bells of Scotland. Call the St. Lawrence Centre Box Office 416-366-7723 or 1-800-708-6754 or book on-line at www.stlc.com www.hssb.ca William Littler, The TorontoStar I iii - long & McQu11de Mu,tc•I lrutume"U Deloitte. ·.·····:······· ..·:···· ............... _......._..... Tht' SOCAN Fom1d11lio11 In Fcmdn11011 SOCJ\N Gt-·«c Cer:ne Me!n11f f":.tii:i:Mt rcondaticn 50 WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM NOVEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 7 2004

Stanford Celebration. Stanford: Evening Service in B flat; Justorum Animae; organ music. Choir of St. Anne's; Peter J. Orme, organ; P. John H. Stephenson, director of music. 270 Gladstone Ave. 416-767-7290. Freewill offering. - 4:30: St. James' Cathedral. Choral Evensong. Men of the Cathedral Choir of Men & Boys. 65 Church St. 416·364· 7865. Free. - 5:00: Mazaryktown Czech Community Centre. Swing Noir. Classical jazz by Gershwin, Jezek & others. George Grosman, leader. Restaurant Prague, 450 Scarborough Golf Club Rd. 416-439-4354. . - 7:30: Grace Church on-the-Hill. From the Belly of the Whale. Schafer: Jonah. Trebles of Grace Church on·the·Hill; Ron Jordan, organ; percussion; Cantor Meir Finkelstein, vocals; Rabbi Baruch Frydman· Kohl, speaker. 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-488· 7884 x 17. Programme for Holocaust Education Week. - 7:30: Les AMIS Concerts. Beethoven: Seiben Variations; Bach: Solo Suite 1/3; Schulhoff: Duo for Violiv and Cello; McConnell: Pie Island (after Lawren Harris) 2004; Brahms: Sonata in f Op.99. Lynn Kuo, violin; Roberta Janzen, cello; Peter Longworth, piano. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-929-6262. $ 20, (sr), O(st). - 8:00: Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts. Canadian.Multicultural Festival: le Cercle de l 'Extase. Whirling Dervishes (Syria) & Gregorian Chanters of Schola Saint-Gregoria, performers. 1 front St. East. 416-872-2262. -9. - 8:30: Hugh's Room. Blackie & The Rodeo Kings. 2261 Dundas West. 16·531 · 6604. (advance), (door). Monday November 08 - 7:00: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Chamber Music Series: Dvorak Rediscoveries. Selections from Bagatelles Op.4 7 B 79; Four Settings of Cypresses; selected Slavonic Dances B.145 Op. 72; Serenade for Strings Op.22. Lorna MacDonald, soprano; Annalee Patipatanakoon, Mark fewer, Erika Raum, violins; Scott St. John, viola & other performers. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. ,. Tuesday November 09 - 12: 10: U of T Faculty of Music. Voice Performance Class. Oratorio Class In Remembrance. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. - 12:30: York University Dept. of Music. Works by Chopin, Mozart, Rachmaninov & Brahms: Pianists from the studios of Christina Petrowska Quilico, Alma Petchersky & Susan Black. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 4700 Keele St. 416· 736-5186. free. - 1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. Music at Midday: Kevin Cischke, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. - 7:30: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Hysteria - A Festival of Women: Paint My Number. Performance installation by Ducharme & MacRury. 4 arias in 4 languages; the singer's body as canvas. Helene Ducharme, soprano; Suzanne MacRury, visual artist. 12 Alexander St. 416-975-8555. . for complete run see music theatre listings. - 8:00: Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts. Les Amazones. West African drumming & dance. All-women African drummers; Guinean male drummers. 1 Front St. East. 416-872-2262. .50,.50. - 8:00: Music Gallery. Drums With Men. Hauser: Drum With Man; improvisation: Fritz Hauser, Bob Becker & Russell Hartenberger, percussion. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John. 416-204-1080. $tba. RUSSIAN SALON: KIROV MEETS OFF CENTRE Sunday, November 7, 2004 at 2pm Canadian debut of soprano Olga Trifonova with pianists lnna Perkis and Boris Zarankin. Program to include: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Donizetti, Bellini and Verdi. Come and enjoy the intimacy of 191h Century Salon with our "special blend" of music, poetry and pastry. Tickets: // adults/seniors/students Glenn Gould Studio Box Office: 250 Front St W, 416-205-5555 NOVEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 7 2004 www.offcentremusic.com Wednesday November 10 - 12:00 noon: CBC Radio. Music Around Us Young Artist Series: Stephen Tam, flute & Aaron Brock, guitar. Bach: Sonata in C BWV 1033; music by Castelnuovo-Tedesco & Bartok. Keith Horner, host. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 front St. West. 416-205· 5555. free. - 12:00 noon: Continuum Contemporary Music. Cheapseats Concert. Works by Ayres, ford, L.C.Smith, Talpash & vander Aa. Continuum ensemble. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-924-4945. Free. - 12:30: Music Gallery Institute/CMG. lunch Music: Future Traditions. Educators & emerging artists. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416·204· l 080. Free. - 12:30: Yorkminster Park Church. Noonday Recital.· Peter Nikiforuk, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free. - 12:30: York University Dept. of Music. Christina Petrowska Ouilico, piano in Concert. Southam: selections from Rivers. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 4700 Keele St. 416· 736-5186. free. - 8:00: Music Toronto/Tapestry New Opera Works/ Gryphon Trio/Robert LePage's Ex Machina. Hatzis: Constantinople. Gryphon Trio; Patricia O'Callaghan, Maryem Tollar, vocalists. 416-537-6066. $ 75 (opening night). Premiere Dance Theatre, 207 Queen's Quay West. for complete run see music theatre listings. - 8:00: North York Concert Orchestra. Pops Concert. Music by Tchaikovsky, Brahms & others. Dr. Gregory Burton, conductor. York Woods Public Library Theatre, 1785 Finch West. 416·225-4556. ,$10. - 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Frederica von Stade, mezzo soprano in Recital. Martin Katz. piano. 60 Simcoe. 416-872-4255. -. - 8:00: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Small Jazz Ensembles. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. - B:30: Hugh's Room. The Strawbs DVD Release. 2261 Dundas West. 416-531· 6604. Thursday November 11 - 12:00 noon: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Indian Music Concert. Aditya Verma, sarod; Sanjay Verma, tabla. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416·978· 3744. free. - 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Noonday Chamber Music: Elise Bedard, soprano; Erika Reiman, piano. Songs by Chausson, Respighi & Fawcett. 15 70 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free (collection). - 12:30: York University Dept. of Music. Works by Chopin, Mozart, Rachmaninov & Brahms. Pianisis from the studios of Christina Petrowska Quilico, Alma Petchersky & Susan Black. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 4700 Keele St. 416· 736-5186. Free. WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM - 7:30: Opera Atelier/Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Mozart: Don Giovanni. Michael Chioldi, baritone; Colin Ainsworth, tenor; Peggy Kriha-Dye, Nathalie Paulin & Jackalyn Short, sopranos & other performers; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; Andrew Parrott, conductor. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge St. 416-872- 5555. -$107. For complete run see music theatre listings. - 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Holst: Savitri; Puccini: Gianni Schicchi. Stephen Ralls, Sandra Horst, conductors; Michael Patrick Albano, director. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. ,. for complete run see music theatre listings. - 8:00: Toronto Philharmonia. Voices of Victory. Cowell: Canadian Odyssey; Glick: The Hour Has Come; Verdi: Chorus of Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco; Verdi: Triumph Scene from Aida; music by Rimsky Korsakoff, Wagner, Handel, Parry, Rutter & traditional. Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; Kerry Stratton, conductor. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416-870- 8000. ,53(adult), ,.50(sr), (st). - 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. A Czech Feast. Janacek: Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen; Maratka: Otisk; Smetana: Sarka, from Ma Vlast; Dvorak: Violin Concerto. Sarah Chang, violin; members of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593· 4828. -10. - 8:30: Hugh's Room. Amo>' Garrett. 2261 Dundas West. 416-531-6604. - 9:00: Lula Lounge/MJ. The Chet Baker Tribute. Lorne Lofsky, Arlt frank, Kirk MacDonald, Norm Amadio, Danny Depue, performers; guest: Paul Baker. 1585 Dundas West. 416-588-0307. (advance), (dinner/show). Proceeds to benefit the University Settlement Music School. Friday November 12 - 7:00: Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts. Caillou's Big Book Club. full-length musical adventure with audience participation.1 front St. East. 416·872· 2262. .50-.50. for complete run see music theatre listings. - 7:30: Clarkson Community Concerts. Peter Appleyard Ouintet. Christ Church, Mazo Crescent, Mississauga. 416-629· 7286. ,, family & group rates. - 7:30: Elmer lseler Singers. in Remembrance. Palestrina: Missa Aeterna Christi Munera; Purcell: Hear My Prayer; Daley: Requiem Mass; Morawetz: Who Has Allowed Us To Suffer; music by Byrd, Weelkes & Tomkins; readings. 7th Toronto Regiment Band; Lieutenant Graziano Brescacin & Lydia Adams. conductors; students from Toronto's Secondary School Music programs. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416-217-0537. ,. - 7:30: Sharlene Wallace. CO Celebration launch Concert. Original harp music; music by Ortiz, Oatl, Reid, Noseworthy. Sharlene Wallace, harp; guests: George Koller, bass; Daniel Stone, percussion; Joseph Macerollo, accordion; Vern Dorge, soprano sax; Anne Lindsay, fiddle. Edward Day Gallery, 952 Queen St. West. 416-346-6600. . See ad, page 52 - 8:00: Church of the Holy Trinity. Candlelight Healing Concert with Mystical Medieval Music. Music by von Bingen; B1iij!Mj;lilhjlliffildl1 51