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Volume 19 Issue 1 - September 2013

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Saturday September 14● ● 2:00: Civic Light-Opera Company. AnnieGet Your Gun. See Sep 11.● ● 2:00: Lower Ossington Theatre. Next toNormal. Also 8:00. See Sep 1.● ● 8:00: Civic Light-Opera Company. AnnieGet Your Gun. See Sep 11.● ● 8:00: Lower Ossington Theatre. Next toNormal. Also 2:00. See Sep 1.● ● 8:00: Thin Edge New Music Collective.Shaken or Stirred: New Music and Martinis.Fundraising concert and silent auction.Works by Cage, Catlin-Smith, Steenhuisen,Kerekes, Scelsi and others. Array Space,155 Walnut St. 647-456-7597. (includes afeature beverage).Sunday September 15● ● 2:00: Civic Light-Opera Company. AnnieGet Your Gun. See Sep 11.● ● 3:00: Windermere String Quartet. TheGolden Age of String Quartets 6. Haydn:Quartet in D Op.33 No.6; Mozart: Quartet in GK387; Beethoven: Quartet in A Op.18 No.5. St.Olave’s Anglican Church, 3w0 WindermereAve. 416-769-0952. ; (sr), (st). Performedon period instruments.● ● 4:00: Harbourfront Centre. SummerMusic in the Garden: Songs of the NorthernSeas. Maritime music from Scandinavia,Scotland and Canada. Ensemble Polaris.Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W.416-973-4000. Free.● ● 4:00: Lower Ossington Theatre. Next toNormal. See Sep 1.● ● 4:00: St. Philip’s Anglican Church. JazzVespers. Mark Eisenman Quartet. 25 St. PhillipsRd., Etobicoke. 416-247-5181. Freewilloffering.Monday September 16● ● 12:15: Music Mondays. Brahms in Love.Brahms: Piano Quartet in c. Madawaskaon period instrumentsThe Golden Age ofString Quartets VIHaydn Op. 33#6Mozart K. 387Beethoven Op. 18#5Sunday Sept 15, 3:00A. Concerts in the GTAQuartet; Brett Kingsbury, piano. Church of theHoly Trinity, 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521 x304.Free, suggested donation.● ● 7:30: Opera by Request/Canadian Institutefor Czech Music. In Recital: VanessaLanch, soprano; John Holland, baritone.Works by Wagner, Verdi, Britten, Dvořákand Eben; also selections from operetta andmusic theatre. William Shookhoff, piano. CollegeStreet United Church, 452 College St.416-455-2365. .Tuesday September 17● ● 1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Music at Midday. Andrew Ager, organ.65 Church St. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewilloffering.Wednesday September 18● ● 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.Noon Hour Organ Recital Series. AndrewAdair, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167.Free.● ● 7:00: Civic Light-Opera Company. AnnieGet Your Gun. See Sep 11.● ● 8:00: Gallery 345. The Art of the Piano:Kara Huber. Chopin: Etude in F Op.10 No.8;Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat Op.7; Debussy:Etude No.9; Rachmaninoff: PreludesOp.32 Nos. 10, 12, 13; Liszt: Italian Year of Pilgrimage.345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781.; (st).● ● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. ElgarCello Concerto. Britten: Variations and Fugueon a Theme of Purcell; Elgar: Cello Concerto;Dvořák: Symphony No.7. Alisa Weilerstein,cello; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy ThomsonHall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. -5. Also Sep 19.Thursday September 19● ● 12:10: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Thursdays at Noon: Music and Poetry- Two song cycles on an Arcadian theme. Respighi:Deita Silvane; Debussy: Chansons deBilitis. Monica Whicher, soprano; Steven Philcox,piano; Eric Domville, commentator. WalterHall, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’sPark. 416-978-3750. Free.● ● 12:15: Music at Metropolitan. Noon at Met.Peter Nikiforuk, organ. Metropolitan UnitedChurch, 56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331 x26.Free.● ● 12:15: St. Peter’s Anglican Church. StephanieBurgoyne and William Vandertuin. OrganSolo and Organ Four Hands. 1745 Dundas St.W., Mississauga. 519-752-0965. Free.● ● 7:00: Tapestry Opera. Tapestry Briefs.New operas by Morlock, Thornborrow,Livingston and Arteaga; new works from Canadianplaywrights Panych, Yee, Teppermanand Billon. Carla Huhtanen, soprano; KrisztinaSzabó, mezzo; Keith Klassen, tenor; PeterMcGillivray, baritone. Ernest Balmer Studio(315), Distillery District, 9 Trinity St. 416-537-6066 x225. . Also Sep 20, 21, 22(mat).● ● 7:30: Opera by Request. In Recital: VanessaLanch, soprano; John Holland, baritone.Works by Wagner, Verdi, Britten, Dvořákand Eben; also selections from operetta andmusic theatre. William Shookhoff, piano.Peace Lutheran Church, 928 Liverpool Rd.,Pickering. 416-455-2365. .● ● 8:00: Civic Light-Opera Company. AnnieGet Your Gun. See Sep 11.● ● 8:00: Lower Ossington Theatre. Next toNormal. See Sep 1.BEETHOVENSYMPHONIESNOS. 1 & 2SEP 19–22KOERNER HALLtafelmusik.orgBaroque OrchestraJeanne Lamon, Music Director● ● 8:00: Tafelmusik. Beethoven SymphoniesNos. 1 and 2. Guest: Bruno Weil, conductor.Koerner Hall, Royal Conservatory, 273 BloorSt. W. 416-408-0208. -5; -(65and over); -(35 and under). AlsoSep 20, 22(mat).● ● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. ElgarCello Concerto. See Sep 18.Friday September 20● ● 1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Potpourri.Selections from classics, opera, operetta,musicals, ragtime, pop, international andother genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly.● ● 7:00: Tapestry Opera. Tapestry Briefs.See Sep 19.● ● 7:30: Strut Entertainment. Celtic Thunder:Mythology CD/DVD Release Tour. TraditionalIrish music and international hits. EmmetCahill, Keith Harkin, Ryan Kelly, George Donaldson,Neil Byrne and Colm Keegan. GeneralMotors Centre, 99 Athol St E., Oshawa. 905-438-8811. -. Also Sep 21 (Toronto), 22(Hamilton, mat).● ● 8:00: Civic Light-Opera Company. AnnieGet Your Gun. See Sep 11.● ● 8:00: Gallery 345. Greg Byers, solo jazzcello, bass and vocals. Tour launch of “SomeDark, Beautiful Morning” CD. Opening set:Victoria Yeh, electric violin; Violet Fusion.345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. ; (st).● ● 8:00: Lower Ossington Theatre. Next toNormal. See Sep 1.● ● 8:00: Tafelmusik. Beethoven SymphoniesNos. 1 and 2. See Sep 19.Saturday September 21● ● 2:00: Civic Light-Opera Company. AnnieGet Your Gun. See Sep 11.● ● 2:00: Lower Ossington Theatre. Next toNormal. Also 8:00. See Sep 1.● ● 7:00: Tapestry Opera. Tapestry Briefs.See Sep 19.● ● 7:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. GalaPerformance: Lang Lang Plays Mozart. Mozart:Piano Concerto No.17 K453; Piano ConcertoNo.24 K491; Wagner: Overture toTannhäuser. Lang Lang, piano; Peter Oundjian,conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 SimcoeSt. 416-593-4828. -9. For completeGala package information contact 416-593-7769 x261.● ● 7:30: Ontario Registered Music Teachers’Association (BBC branch). BramptonChamber Music Concert Series. Piano soloand saxophone solo recital. Works by Chopin,Fauré, Albeniz and others. Koichi Inoue,Cecilia Lee and Harvard Tran, piano; JenniferTran, saxophone. St. Paul’s United Church,30 Main St. S., Brampton. 905-450-9220. Bydonation.● ● 7:30: Strut Entertainment. Celtic Thunder:Mythology CD/DVD Release Tour. TraditionalIrish music and international hits. EmmetCahill, Keith Harkin, Ryan Kelly, George Donaldson,Neil Byrne and Colm Keegan. SonyCentre, 1 Front St. E. 416-368-6161. -.Also Sep 20 (Oshawa), 22 (Hamilton, mat).● ● 8:00: Civic Light-Opera Company. AnnieGet Your Gun. See Sep 11.● ● 8:00: Lower Ossington Theatre. Next toNormal. Also 2:00. See Sep 1.Sunday September 22● ● 2:00: Civic Light-Opera Company. AnnieGet Your Gun. See Sep 11.● ● 2:00: Royal Conservatory. John Perry,piano. Mazzoleni Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. .● ● 2:00: Tapestry Opera. Tapestry Briefs.See Sep 19.● ● 3:00: Gallery 345. The Art of the Piano:Thomas Alexander. Chopin: Scherzo No.2 inb-flat; Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody Nos. 2 and12; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; also improvisationson audience requests. Guest artist tba.345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. ; (st).● ● 3:30: Tafelmusik. Beethoven SymphoniesNos. 1 and 2. See Sep 19.● ● 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. TwilightRecitals. Andrew Ager, organ. 65 ChurchSt. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewill offering.● ● 4:00: Lower Ossington Theatre. Next toNormal. See Sep 1.● ● 4:00: St. Philip’s Anglican Church. KlezmerVespers. Klapman Klezmer Band. 25 St.Phillips Rd., Etobicoke. 416-247-5181. Freewilloffering.● ● 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers.Musicians tba. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211 x22. Free, donations welcome. Religiousservice.● ● 5:00: Nocturnes in the City. ShawnMlynek, tenor, and Valerie Poole, piano.Dvořák: Biblical Songs; also works by Novak,Martinu and Ives. St. Wenceslaus Church,496 Gladstone Ave. 416-879-5677. .Monday September 23● ● 12:15: Music Mondays. Fire and Water.Works by Ravel, Debussy, Scriabin and DeFalla. Lisa Tahara, piano. Church of the HolyTrinity, 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521 x304. Free, suggested donation.● ● 8:00: Gallery 345. The Art of the Piano:Martin Soderburg. Works by Soler, Albeniz,Granados, Mompou, Infante, de Falla.345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. ; (sr/arts worker); (st).Tuesday September 24● ● 1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Music at Midday. Susanna Veerman and WimDoes, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865x231. Freewill offering.Wednesday September 25● ● 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.Noon Hour Organ Recital Series. WilliamMaddox, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167.Free.44 | September 1 – October 7, 2013 thewholenote.com

● ● 1:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra.TrioEstonia. Cirri: Duet for Violin andCello; Piazzolla: The Seasons; Sumera/Kangro/Kuulberg: Piano Trio “MaLeRaKaSuKu”; Pärt: Fratres; Beethoven: PianoTrio in e Op.1 No.1; and other works includingEstonian art songs. Arvo Leibur, violin;Norman Reintamm, piano; Aare Tammesalu,cello. Guest: Avo Kittask, baritone. Universityof Toronto Scarborough Campus,1265 Military Trail. 416-550-6465. Free.● ● 7:30: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra.TrioEstonia. Cirri: Duet for Violin andCello; Piazzolla: The Seasons; Sumera/Kangro/Kuulberg: Piano Trio “MaLeRaKaSuKu”; Pärt: Fratres; Beethoven: PianoTrio in e Op.1 No.1; and other works includingEstonian art songs. Arvo Leibur, violin;Norman Reintamm, piano; Aare Tammesalu,cello. Guest: Avo Kittask, baritone. Tartu College,310 Bloor St. W. 416-550-6465. .● ● 7:30: Theatre Passe Muraille. On TheRocks. Musical about Louise Pitre’s life.Music by Pitre and Matheson; text and lyricsby Pitre. Louise Pitre, vocals; Diane Leah,piano. 16 Ryerson Ave. 416-504-7529. .50;.50(sr); (under 30). Also Sep 26, 27,28(mat and eve).● ● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. PerlmanPlays Tchaikovsky. Britten (arr. Matthews):Movements for a Clarinet Concerto(Canadian premiere); Walton: Symphony No.1;Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto. Itzhak Perlman,violin; Joaquin Valdepeñas, clarinet;Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. .75-9.7:15: Pre-concert chat. Also Sep 26.Thursday September 26● ● 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Meet the Young Artists. The young artists ofthis year’s Canadian Opera Company EnsembleStudio sing favourite arias. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre forthe Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-306-2329. Free.● ● 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic: TrioEstonia. Cirri: Duet for Violinand Cello; Piazzolla: The Seasons; Sumera/Kangro/Kuulberg: Piano Trio “MaLeRaKaSuKu”; Pärt: Fratres; Beethoven: PianoTrio in e Op.1 No.1; and other works includingEstonian art songs. Arvo Leibur, violin;Norman Reintamm, piano; Aare Tammesalu,cello. Guest: Avo Kittask, baritone. ChristChurch Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free. Donations welcome.● ● 12:10: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Thursdays at Noon: Cousins. A concertmixing different kinds of trumpet/cornetwith various sizes of clarinet. Gillian Mackay,trumpet/cornet; Peter Stoll, clarinets; MartynSmith, piano. Walter Hall, Edward JohnsonBuilding, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750.Free.● ● 12:15: Music at Metropolitan. Noon atMet. Ashley Tidy, organ. Metropolitan UnitedChurch, 56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331 x26.Free.● ● 7:30: Theatre Passe Muraille. On TheRocks. See Sep 25.● ● 8:00: Lower Ossington Theatre. Next toNormal. See Sep 1.● ● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. PerlmanPlays Tchaikovsky. See Sep 25.● ● 9:00: Music Gallery/Burn Down The Capital.Julianna Barwick, with Christine Duncanand Castle If. Double Double Land,209 Augusta Ave. 416-204-1080. /(adv).● ● 9:00: Small World Music Festival. FestivalOpening Party. Tal National. LulaLounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307./(adv).Friday September 27● ● 1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Potpourri.Selections from classics, opera, operetta,musicals, ragtime, pop, international andother genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly.● ● 7:30: Theatre Passe Muraille. On TheRocks. See Sep 25.● ● 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre. José Feliciano,singer-songwriter/Latin guitar. AnnualGala in support of Markham Theatre Discovery.171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469. ; 0(pre-show dinner andshow package). Reception at 5:00; dinnerat 6:00.● ● 8:00: Lower Ossington Theatre. Next toNormal. See Sep 1.Saturday September 28● ● 1:00: Small World Music Festival/Roots.Small World In The Square. Third World,Noori, Kobo Town, Afrafranto, QuiqueEscamilla, Briga and others. Yonge-DundasSquare, 1 Dundas St. E. 416-979-9960. Free.1-11pm.● ● 2:00: Lower Ossington Theatre. Next toNormal. Also 8:00. See Sep 1.● ● 2:00: Theatre Passe Muraille. On TheRocks. Also 7:30. See Sep 25.● ● 3:00: Capella Intima. Celestial Sirens:Music from the Benedictine Nuns of 17th-Century Milan. Erin Bardua and Emily Klassen,soprano; Jennifer Enns Modolo, alto;Bud Roach, tenor; Erika Reiman, portativeorgan. St. Paul’s Bloor Street, 227 Bloor St. E.905-517-3594. suggested donation. AlsoSep 21 (Hamilton).● ● 6:00: Collegium Musicum. CM Hour:Culture Days Concert. Works by Fauré, Squireand others. Janko Marjanovic, cello; BorjanaHrelja, piano; and others. Collegium MusicumConservatory of Music, 12 Peter St. S., Mississauga.905-274-6100. Free.● ● 7:00: Royal Conservatory. Season OpeningGala: Audra McDonald. Singing a mix ofBroadway show tunes, classic songs from themovies and contemporary pieces. KoernerHall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. andup. SOLD OUT.● ● 7:30: Opera by Request. La Bohème. Puccini.Erin Armstrong, soprano (Mimi); RyanHarper, tenor (Rodolfo); John Conlon, baritone(Marcello); Naomi Eberhard, soprano(Musetta); Steven Henrikson, baritone(Benoit/Alcindoro); William Parker, tenor(Parpignol); William Shookhoff, piano. CollegeStreet United Church, 452 College St. 416-455-2365. .● ● 7:30: St. Michael’s College. Concert forMichaelmas. Vivaldi: Gloria; Telemann: Packedich, gelähmter Drache; and other works.Musicians In Ordinary; St. Michael’s ScholaCantorum, Michael O’Connor, conductor;Christopher Verrette, baroque violin; HallieFishel, soprano; Laura McAlpine, mezzo. St.Basil’s Church, 50 St. Joseph St. 416-926-7131.Free. Donations welcome.● ● 7:30: Theatre Passe Muraille. On TheRocks. Also 2:00. See Sep 25.● ● 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. CasualConcert: Mendelssohn Violin Concerto.Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Dvořák: SymphonyNo.7. Ray Chen, violin; Peter Oundjian,conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 SimcoeSt. 416-593-4828. –5. Also Sep 29(George Weston Recital Hall).● ● 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Wind Ensemble Concert. VaughanWilliams: English Folk Song Suite; Wagner:Siegfried’s Funeral Music; Hearshen: InMemoriam – The Thunderer; Grainger: Children’sMarch; Arutunian: Trumpet Concerto.Marianne Greene, trumpet; Gillian MacKay,conductor. MacMillan Theatre, Edward JohnsonBuilding, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208.; (sr); (st).● ● 7:30: Whitby Brass Band. 150th AnniversaryConcert. Steven Mead, euphonium;Glenn Ward, bandmaster. Hebron ChristianReform Church, 4240 Anderson St., Whitby.905-666-2049. ; (sr/st). 6:45: JuniorBand.● ● 8:00: Gordon Murray Presents. PianoSoirée. Romberg: One Alone (from TheDesert Song); Debussy: Clair de Lune; Rachmaninoff:Piano Concerto No.2 (first movement;arr. G. Murray); and other selections.Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’sUnited Church, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. ; (st).● ● 8:00: Lower Ossington Theatre. Next toNormal. Also 2:00. See Sep 1.● ● 8:00: Music Gallery. Jazz Avant Series:Larry Ochs & Don Robinson, with Paul Duttonand Joe Sorbara. 197 John St. 416-204-1080./(adv).Sunday September 29● ● 2:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Opera Tea: Tea with Russell. RussellBraun conducts Opera Division studentsin scenes from Korngold’s Die tote Stadt,Humperdinck’s Königskinder and Strauss’Die Fledermaus. Walter Hall, Edward JohnsonBuilding, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. . Includes tea and pastries atintermission.Kitchener-WaterlooChamber Music SocietypresentsTrioEstoniaArvo Pärt, Erkki-Sven Tüür; Piazzolla;Sumera / Kangro / Kuulberg;Beethoven Piano Trio #1Sept. 27, 8:00pm57 Young St. W., Waterloo (, sr/st)www.TicketScene.ca/kwcmswww.k-wcms.comSt. Michael's College and Musicians In Ordinary7:30PM September 28, 2013St Basil’s Church, St Michael’s College,50 St. Joseph St. at Bay~ Vivaldi Gloria, Telemann Cantatafor St. Michael's Day ~and other Baroque MusicHallie Fishel, soprano and Laura McAlpine, mezzoSt Michael's Schola Cantorumdirected by Dr. Michael O’Connor;orchestra led by Christopher VerretteOTHER TRIOESTONIA TOUR DATESSept 24, 7:30pm:Murray Street Baptist Church (Peterborough)Sept 25, 1pm:University of Toronto (Scarborough Campus)Sept 25, 8pm:Tartu College (Toronto)Sept 26, 12:10pm:Christ Church Deer Park (Toronto)Sept 26, 8 pm:Barrhead Pub and Grill (Markdale)Free admission, donations welcomethewholenote.com September 1 – October 7, 2013 | 45

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