Volume 12 - Issue 5 - February 2007

- 2:00 & 4:00: Toronto

- 2:00 & 4:00: Toronto WinterCity 2007/RCM. RCM Ghanaian Drumming Ensemble.Traditional West Africal !iurrTir1J, ~ anddax:iJJ. Kwa5i Dtnyo, lh:tor. Rollnla. Toronto CityHaU, 100 Queen St. W. 416-395-0490. Free.YarinickNezct-SeguinPianoAlexanderDobsonBaritoneSaturday, February 3, 20078:00 p.pi . .Heliconian Hall35 Hazelton AvenueTickets 1.877 .548.0899ltndenleaf@canada com1"'- 5:00: Toronto WinterCity 2007. Shaye.Canadian singer/songwriters Kim Stockwood,Damhnait Doyle, Tara Maclean. Toronto WaterConcert Stage, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St.West. 416-395-0490. Free.- 7:00: Breath. Breath: Heartbeat of Sufi Mu··sic. Modern dervish Mercan D.ede, soprano JanisOrenstein, and whirling dancer Mira Burke inter·pret Sufi music & whirling dance according to ourtime. Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St.West. 888-222-6608. -. '- 7:30: COC:LadyMacbethofMtsensk. ByShostakovich. Nicola Beller Carbone, soprano;Oleg Balashov, Vadim Zapletchny, tenors; limo·thy Noble, baritone; Paul Curran, director; RichardBradshaw, conductor. See Feb 3 Announcementsfor Opera Exchange Symposium. Four SeasonsCentre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St.West. 416-363-8231. -5; -(15& under with adult); $ 20(spec price, call). Forcomplete run see music theatre listings.- 7:30: Deer Park Concerts. Denis Bedard,organ in Concert. Works by Bach, Kittel, Rinck,Hesse, Lemmens, Guilmant, Dupre, Litaize, La·voie & Bedard. Deer Park United Church, 129 St.Clair Ave. West.416-571-3680. ; (st).- 7:30: TSO.Dausgaard Conducts Brahms.Bartok: Violin Concerto #2; Brahms: Symphony#4. Jacques lsraelievitch, violin; Thomas Daus·gaard, conductor. 7:00: chat with Rick Phillips.Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593·4828. .50- (incl post-concert party).·- 7:30: University of Toronto faculty ofMusic. New Music Festival: Student ComposersConcert. Dennis Patrick, festival coordinator.Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, 80Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free.- 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Dr·chestra. Concert No. 3. Burge: Rocky MountainOverture; Dvorak: Cello Concerto; Sibelius: SymphonyNo. 2. Miso Mok (Canadian Music Compe·titians Concerto winner), cello; Janez Govednik,conductor. Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute,245.0 Birchmount Rd. 416-879-5566. ;(sr/st).- 8:00: Linden Leaf Presents. Schubert's DieWinterreise. Yannick Nezet·Seguin, piano; Alex·ander Dobson, baritone. Heliconian Hall, 35 Ha·zelton Ave. 877-548-0899. .- 8:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra.Vienna, London, New York. R. Strauss; Overtureto Die Fledermaus; Haydn: Symphony # 104 (Lon·don); Gershwin: Piano Concerto. Guest: ,SarahSilvennan, piano; Roberto De Clara, conductor.·Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, 130Navy St., Oakville. 905-815· 2021, 888-489·7784. Limited tickets: ; (sr); (st).- 8:00: Past Perfect/Baroque Music Be·side The Grange. When Spealdrfj Fails: lnstru·mental music from the Hf]h Baroque. Bach: Sonata inG, for violi1 ood harpsichord; Manciri: Sonata in a, forrecordB' ood basso contiruo; foll' trio sonatas forviolin, fute or recorder, & basso continua by Tele-11Bll, Bach. & Dooiel. Kathleen Kajioka, imxJieviolin; Aison Melvie, recorder/traverso; RebeccaMorton, celo; Gabriel Sl1lford, lwpsichcird. Sein!George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-588·4301. ; (sr/stlunwaged).- 8:00: Scarborough Philharmonic.Swingin'Saxes-PopsConcert. Tribute to BigBand icons like Shaw, Goodman & Glenn Miller.Harvey Kogen, saxophone/clarinet/flute; HowardCable, conductor. Pre:concert/internission: silentauction. Birchmount Park CJ., 3663 DanforthAve. 416-429-0007. ; (sr); (st).- 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. February Heat·wave. Wlan: Pomi; Chopin: Piano Concerto.#2;Mom Chintet 11 g, K.516 (orchestral version). Antorio

Tuesday February 06- 12:00 noon: CDC. Richard Bradshaw Amphi·theatre Chamber Music Series: Antiphony. An·tiphonal music of Gabrieli and contemporaries.Glenn Gould School Brass Quintet. Four SeasonsCentre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St.West. 416-363-8231. Free.- 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Music at Midday: New Music by YOlllYJComposers. Original COfTllOSitions by students fromti-estudio ofDavid Lidov. Recital Hall, Accolade' East. YU, 4700KeeleSt.41'6-736-5186. Free.- T :bO: St. James' Cathedral. Music at Miffday. Royal Salute for Accession Day. Andrew Ager,organ'. 65 Church St. 416-364· 7865 x224. Free.Wednesday February 07· - 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Music at Midday: Master's Perform·dili:e. Works by Buxtehude, Faure, Haydn, Willan& others. York University Chamber Choir, AvivaKolet, guest conductor. Recital Hall, AccoladeEast, YU,4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free.- 12:30: Yorkminster Park BaptistChurch. Noonday Organ Recital. William Mad·dox, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416·922-1167. Free.- 5:30: Canadian Opera Company. RichardBradshaw Amphitheatre Jazz Series: WorldJazz. Fundamentals of jazz with the influences ofToronto's vast immigrant population. HumberWorld Jazz Lab, Ted Quinlan, director. Four Sea·sons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 QueenSt. West. 416·363-8231. Free.- 6:30: Mariano A. Elia Chair in ltali'anCanadian Studies at York University/lsti·tuto:ltaliano di Cultura. Canadian Musicians,Italian Voices. Brett Polegato, baritone; Rita diGhent, jazz vocalist/composer; Norm Amadio,jazz piano. lstituto Italiano di Cultura, 496 HuronSt.416·921·3802. Free.- 7.30: Mozart Society. Mozart Arias. MirelaTafaj, soprano; Amanda Johnstone; piano. Sunder·land Hall, First Unitarian Congregation, 175 St.Clair Ave. West. 416-201·3338. 1guests);freelmembers).- 8:00: Toronto Masque Theatre. Through' the Eyes of a Child. A new masque of music andremembrance, poetry & dance, examining therelationship between music & memory, present& past, with music of Dulay, Bach, Mozart, Ber·lioz, Berlin & Br'uce Cockburn. Mary Lou Fallis,soprano; Larry Beckwith, tenor/violin; Marie·Nathalie Lacoursiere, dancer; Avery Maclean, Irecorder; Terry McKenna, lute; Cavell Wood,singer/dancer. 7: 15: Pre·show chat. WinchesterStreet Theatre, 80 Winchester St. 416-41 O·4561. ; 1sr/st). *POSTPONED*- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Melwooif Cutlery. 2261Dundas St. West. 416-531-6604. ;ladv).- 9:00pm & 10: 15pm: Mezzetta Restau·rant. Wednesday Concert Series. MaureenKennedy, vocals; Reg Schwager, guitar. 681 St. ·Clair Ave. West. 416·658·5687. cover.Thursday February 08- 12:00 noon: CDC. Richard Bradshaw Amphithea·tre Vocal Sm: Inspired by Goethe. Arias and En· 'serbles from operas with libretti bas,ed on works byGoethe. Artists of the University of Toronto OperaDivision. FOii Seasons Centre for the PerforrringArts, 1450ueenSt. West.416-363-8231. Free.- 12: 15: Metropolitan United Church.Noon at Met Organ Recita/: Daniel Norman. 56Queen St. East. 416-363-0331 x26. Free.- 1 :30: Women's Musical Club ofT oronto.Jane Coop, piano & Shirin Eskandani, mezzo·FIVE SMA.LL CONCERTSPresented by ·The Assock1tes of theToronto Symphony OrchestrnF~turingedard OuartetWomen's MusicalClub of TorontoAFTERNOON CONCERTFebruary 8, 2007, 1.30 p.m.JANE COOP, pianoSHIRIN ESKANDANI,mezzo-soprano .Works by Willan, Brahms,Wolf, Debussy, & Rachmaninovsoprano in Concert. Works by Will an, Brahms,Wolf, Debussy, Rachmaninov. Walter Hall, Ed·ward Johnson Bldg, University of Toronto, 80Oueen'sPark.416·923-7052. . ·- 6:30: Bata Shoe Museum. Two· Tone Thurs·days: Jazz at tfie Bata Shoe Museum. Ken Aid·croft's Convergence Ensemble: Ken Aldcroft,guitar; Evan Shaw, alto saxophone; Scott Thomson,trombone; Wes Neal, bass; Joe Sorbara,drums. 327 Bloor St. West. 416-979· 7799x242. PWYC, suggested.- 7:30: Out of the Cold Benefit Concert.Annual Words & Music Concert. Molly Johnson,Joe Sealy, Mary Lou Fallis, Theresa Tova, StoneFox, Sibling Jazz, Bill Kervin & others. 6:30:Silent Auction. T rinitY·St. Paul's United Church,427 Bloor St. West. 416-463-9240. . Pro·ceeds to Out of the Cold homelessness program.- 7;30: York University Department ofMusic. Alma Petchersky, piano, in Recital.Works by Villa-Lobos, Ginastera, & Tchaikovsky.Recital Hall, Accolade East, YU, 4700 Keele St:416-736-5888. $12; st).- B:OO: Music Toronto.FineArtsOuartet.Mozart: String Quartet in B·flat, K.458 ITheHunt); Shostakovich: String Quartet #11 inf,Op.122; Mendelssohn: String Quartet in 0,Op.4411. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence .Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. East. 416-366·Classical and Jazz ConcertsThursdays at the Bata Shoe MuseumFebruary 8, 6.30-7:30 pmTwo-Tone Thursdays: JazzKen Aldcroft's Convergence EnsembleFebruary I 5, 6:30-7:30 pmPiano & soprano pieces by Purcell & HandelFebruary 22, 6-7:30 pmChinese Music EnsembleMarch I, 6.30-7:30 pmTwo-Tone Thursdays: JazzMari[yn Lerner & BandMarch 8, 6:30-7:30 pmPiano solo: Patrick Cashin plays pieces by Bachand BeethovenNo pre-registrationPay what you can: suggestedThe Bata Shoe Museum327 Bloor Street West. at St. George 416.979 .7799More concerts in March and AprillFor details, see www.batashoemuseum.caTlch;ts .00 Re,gulm, .00 Students /Seniorsfc)r further 1ntorrndt1on ccJll (416) i.21-8342Classical concerts are presented by the Bata Shoe Museum andthe Glenn Gould School of Music. The Bata Shoe Museum'sclassical music programs are performed on · ~ ·the Boston Piano (pictured), representedexclusive!Y by Remenyi House of Music. ·"---- •;ou" o• ""';cR E M E N Y IFEBRUARY 1 - MARCH 7 2007 WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM 27