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Volume 14 - Issue 8 - May 2009

... 1: CONCERTS: Toronto

... 1: CONCERTS: Toronto and GTA— 8:00: Small World Music. Sundar’s NewAavataar. Raag and taal fused with jazz andelectronica. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W.416-588-0307. .— 8:00: Tafelmusik. Brandenburg Concertos.See May 9. George Weston Recital Hall, TorontoCentre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St.416-872-1111. -. Wednesday May 13— 12:30 York University Department ofMusic. Brass Ensemble. James MacDonald,director. Tribute Communities Recital Hall,Accolade East, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100 x22926. Free.— 12:30: Yorkminster Park BaptistChurch. Noonhour Recital. Eric Robertson,organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.— 6:00: Organix 09. The King of Instruments.Matthew Coons, organ. Works byBach, Bruhns, Duruflé. Church of the Redeemer,162 Bloor St. W. 416-241-9785. .— 7:00: Tafelmusik. Brandenburg Concertos.See May 9.— 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. AMidsummer Night’s Dream. See May 5.— 7:30: Etobicoke School of the Arts.Collage. Ensembles, including Symphony Orchestra,Concert Winds, Musical Theatre,Stage Band. 675 Royal York Rd. 416-394-6910 X5. ; (sr/st).— 7:30: Serenata Singers. See May 12.— 8:00: LuaSol. Lady Sings. Bossa-nova,acoustic world and soul/pop. Marinda and SarahShafey. Trane Studio, 964 Bathurst St.416-913-8197. .— 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Rachmaninoff and Bernstein. Rachmaninoff:Piano Concerto No.2; Bernstein: Three DanceEpisodes from On the Town; Bernstein: SymphonicDances from West Side Story. NatashaParemski, piano; Xian Zhang, conductor. RoyThomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828.-5.Thursday May 14— 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Dance Series: City of Tribes. ContemporaryAfrican dance. Tavaziva Dance; Collective OfBlack Artists. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,Four Seasons Centre for the PerformingArts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.— 12:15 Metropolitan United Church.Noon at the Met. Peter Bishop, organ. 56Queen St. E. 416-363-0331. Free.— 12:15: Music on the Hill. Free LunchtimeConcert – The Choirgirlz. Folk, bluegrass, jazz,and pop. St. John’s York Mills AnglicanChurch, 19 Don Ridge Dr. 416-225-6611.Free.— 2:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Rachmaninoff and Bernstein. See May 13.-. 1:15: Pre-concert chat.— 7:30 York University Department ofMusic. Orchestra Concert. Works byBeethoven, Berlioz and Rossini. Jacques Israelievitch,director. Tribute Communities RecitalHall, Accolade East, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. ; (st/sr).— 7:30. Classical Music Consort. DukeTrio. Haydn: Trio No. 39 in G “Gypsy”; Frühling:Trio Op.32; Babadjanian: Trio; Schoenfield:Cafe Music. Heliconian Hall, 35 HazeltonAve. 416-978-8849. ; (sr/st).— 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. LaBohème. See May 4.— 7:30: Etobicoke School of the Arts.Collage. See May 13.— 8:00: CBC Galaxie. Eighth Annual NationalJazz Awards. The Real Divas; The JensenSisters; Chris Donnelly; Mario Allard Quintet;The Yamaha Allstars; National Jazz AwardsOrchestra. Fleck Theatre, Harbourfront Centre,235 Queen’s Quay W. 416-973-4000..— 8:00: Scarborough Music Theatre.Merrily We Roll Along. See May 1.— 8:00: Tafelmusik. Brandenburg Concertos.See May 9.Friday May 15— 2:30 York University Department ofMusic. Opera Excerpts. Mozart: Marriage ofFigaro; Haydn: La Cantarina; Strauss: Die Fledermaus.Stephanie Bogel, director. TributeCommunities Recital Hall, Accolade East, YU,4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100 ext 22926.Free.— 6:30: Northern District Library. RickerChoi, pianist. Chopin: Ballade No.4; Scriabin:Sonata No.5; Beethoven: Bagatelle Op. 126No.3; Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No.1; Ravel: LaValse. 40 Orchard View Blvd. 416-393-7610.Free.— 7:00: Organix 09. Brass & Pipes. RobertDiVito, trumpet; Andrew Adair, organ. Worksby Handel, Telemann, Torelli, Bach, Vierne,Cable. St. Patrick R.C. Church, 5633 Highway7, Markham. 416-241-9785. ; free(18and under).— 8:00: Scarborough Music Theatre.Merrily We Roll Along. See May 1.— 8:00: Small World Music. Persian Versions.Music from Toronto and Teheran. LulaLounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307..— 8:00: Tafelmusik. Brandenburg Concertos.See May 9.Saturday May 16— 2:00: Scarborough Music Theatre.Merrily We Roll Along. See May 1.— 4:30: Canadian Opera Company. AMidsummer Night’s Dream. See May 5.— 7:30: Toronto Chinese Orchestra. AnnualSpring Concert. Traditional and contemporaryChinese instrumental music. Karl Pang,music director; Xiao-Yun Miao and Kim Chow-Morris, featured artists. Markham Theatre forPerforming Arts, 171 Town Centre Blvd.,Markham. 416-568-8024. -. Proceedsto World Vision.— 8:00: I Furiosi. Decadence. Tenth anniversarycelebration. Special guest: Olivier Fortin,harpsichord. Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26Delisle Ave. 905-305-7469. -.Sunday May 17— 1:00: HarbourKIDS Music with Bite/Jeunesses Musicales Ontario. NagataShachu (formerly Kioyoshi Nagata Ensemble).Taiko drumming from traditional and contemporaryJapanese culture. Brigantine Room,Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queen’s Quay W.416-973-4000. Free.— 1:30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery.Ken Taylor. Jazz. 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg.905-893-1121. ; (sr/st).— 2:00: Canadian Opera Company. LaBohème. See May 4.— 2:30: Toronto Early Music Centre.Borys Medicky, harpsichord. Works by Chambonnieres,Lebegue, Geoffroy, Marchand andothers. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 TrinitySq. 416-920-5025. Admission by donation.— 4:00: Cathedral Church of St . James.Twilight Recital Series. John Jull, piano. 65Church St. 416-364-7865. Free.— 5:00: Nocturnes in the City. Milan Brunner,flute, Marta Laurincova, piano. Works byBach, Dvorak, Gluck. St. Wencelas Church,496 Gladstone Ave. 905-232-3092. .GTA LISTINGS CONTINUEON PAGE 29 FOLLOWING THECANARY PAGES28 WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COMMAY 1 – JUNE 7 2009

GTA LISTINGSCONTINUED FROM PAGE 28Monday May 18— 12:15: Organix 09. Jean-Willy Kunz,organ. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 TrinitySquare. 416-241-9785. Free.— 6:00: Tartu College Cultural Arts Program.Viola Recital. Music by Weber, Vieuxtemps,Tubin, Pärt, Eller, Oja. Lembi Veskimets,viola; Hyunsoon Whang, piano. Tartu College,310 Bloor St. W. 416-485-7548. .Tuesday May 19— 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.World Music Series: Persian Love Songs.Maryam Toumrai, vocalist. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for thePerforming Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.— 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Baroque Ensemble. Mark Chambers,director. Works by Tartini, Ricciotti, Graupnerand Bach. Tribute Communities Recital Hall,Accolade East, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100 x22926. Free.— 1:00: Cathedral Church of St . James.Music at Midday. Andrew Ager, organ. 65Church St. 416-364-7865. Free.— 1:30 York University Department ofMusic. Medieval & Renaissance Ensembles.Works from 12th through 16th centuries.Judith Cohen, director. Tribute CommunitiesRecital Hall, Accolade East, YU, 4700 KeeleSt. 416-736-2100 x22926. Free.— 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. AMidsummer Night’s Dream. See May 5.— 7:30: Renanim Youth Singers. CelebrateIsrael. Israeli song and dance. Guests:Nirkoda Israeli Dancers. Pride of Israel Synagogue,59 Lissom Cresc. 416-226-0111 x10.; (sr/st). 6:30: Silent auction.— 8:00: Mirvish Productions. Riverdance.Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria St. 416-872-1212. Also May 20-24, 26-31, June 2-7.— 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Last Night of the Proms. Toronto MendelssohnChoir; Bramwell Tovey, guest conductor.Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.416-593-4828. -.Wednesday May 20— 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Wind Concert. Patricia Wait, director.Tribute Communities Recital Hall, AccoladeEast, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100x22926. Free.— 12:30: Yorkminster Park BaptistChurch. Noonhour Recital. Joanne VollendorfRickards Clarke, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.— 2:00 & 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Last Night of the Proms. See May19. -(evening); -69(matinee).— 6:00: Organix 09. Brass & Pipes. Worksby Handel, Telemann, Torelli, Stanford, Cable.Robert DiVito, trumpet; Andrew Adair, organ.Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W.416-241-9785. ; free(12 and under).— 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. LaBohème. See May 4.— 7:30: Earl Haig Music Department.Capriccio: Annual Symphony/Band Night. Mendelssohn:3rd Symphony (The Scottish); Haydn:Cello Concerto in D; Bernstein: CandideOverture; Rimsky-Korsakoff: Capriccio Espanol;music by Strauss, Chaminade and Jarre.Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St.W. 416-395-3210 x20141. ; .— 8:00: Show One Productions. SvetlanaPortnyansky. Russian-born singer. Guests:Arkady Gips, violin; Ernst Shteinberg, piano.Leah Posluns Theatre, 4588 Bathurst St. 416-737-6785. -.Thursday May 21 4169595— 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Vocal Series: Earth, Wind, Fire and Water.Works by Schubert, Sirett, Schafer, Hatfieldand Bell. Mississauga Children’s Choir, ThomasBell, conductor. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,Four Seasons Centre for the PerformingArts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.— 12:15: Metropolitan United Church.Noon at the Met. Benjamin Stein, theorbo;Gisele Kulak, Ariel Harwood-Jones, sopranos.56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331. Free.— 12:15: Music on the Hill. Free LunchtimeConcert – Janet Catherine Dea, soprano. KristinMoss Theriault, harp. St. John’s York MillAnglican Church, 19 Don Ridge Dr. 416-225-6611. Free.— 2:00: Northern District Library. Alchemy.Chamber music. 40 Orchard View Blvd.416-393-7610. Free.— 6:00: Church of Saint MaryMagdalene. Ascension: Procession and SolemnMass. Victoria: Missa Ascendens Christus;Philips: Ascendit Deus. 477 Manning Ave.416-531-7955. Free. Religious service.— 7:30 York University Department ofMusic. Chamber Strings. Peggy Hills, director.Tribute Communities Recital Hall, AccoladeEast, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100x22926. Free.— 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. A MidsummerNight’s Dream. See May 5.— 8:00: Brampton Lyric Opera. Cinderella.Rossini. Jennifer Fina, mezzo (Angelina); EmilioFina, tenor (Don Ramiro); Douglas Tranquada,baritone (Dandini); Gerrit Thuele, baritone (DonMagnifico); William Shookoff, conductor. RoseTheatre, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905-874-2800. -; free(child with adult).— 8:00: Music Gallery/Artist Bloc. ImprovisedMusic and Sound Poetry. Jordan Scottand Element Choir. 197 John St. 416-204-1080. ; (st/sr).— 8:00: Tapestry New Opera Works. TheShadow. Daniel/Poch-Golden. Theodore Baerg,baritone; Scott Belluz, countertenor; Carla Huhtanen,soprano; Keith Klassen, tenor; PeterMcGillivray, baritone; Tom Diamond, director;Wayne Strongman, music director. BerkeleyStreet Theatre Downstairs, 26 Berkeley St.416-368-3110. ; (st/arts worker).Also May 22-24, 27-30.Friday May 22— 9:00am: Toronto Symphony VolunteerCommittee. TSO National Piano Competition:First Round Solo Performances. MazzoleniHall, Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 BloorSt. W. 416-593-7769 x358. Admission bydonation (suggested minimum).— 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. LaBohème. See May 4.— 7:30: Flying Cloud Folk Club. 18th AnnualChris Langan Weekend (Concert No. 1).Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave. 416-410-3655. ; (sr/st).— 8:00: Diana McIntosh. The Rehearsal’sthe Thing. Music-theatre work by McIntosh.Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-239-5195. .— 8:00: Exultate Chamber Singers. APurcell Festival. Purcell: Rejoice in the LordAlways; odes and anthems; Sandström: HearMy Prayer; new work by winner of the 2009 MAY 1 – JUNE 7 2009 WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM29

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