Volume 25 Issue 4 - December 2019 / January 2020

SCARLATTI • MEDTNER

SCARLATTI • MEDTNER • LISZT • RAVEL John Williams: Schindler’s List; and works by Chinese composers. Haochen Zhang, piano; Ti Zhang, violin; Kemin Zhang, host; Toronto Festival Orchestra; Junping Qian, conductor. George Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts Centre (formerly Toronto Centre for the Arts), 5040 Yonge St. 416-490-7962 or 416- 250-3708 or 1-855-985-2787. -. info@lidelun.org. ●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers. Russ Little Quintet. 1570 Yonge St. 416- 920-5211. Freewill offering. Religious service. NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL SUN JAN 12 to TUE JAN 21 with André Mehmari All events are free music.utoronto.ca ●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. New Music Festival: Composing for Theatre Concert. Edward Johnson Building, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750. Free. Open to the public. Monday January 13 ●●12:00 noon: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. New Music Festival: ACTOR 1: Sound Tools vs. Tool Sounds. Edward Johnson Building, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978- 3750. Free. Open to the public. ●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. New Music Festival: Electric Jazz Plus! Eliot Britton; Gordon Hyland. Edward Johnson Building, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416- 978-3750. Free. Open to the public. Tuesday January 14 ●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. Chamber Music Series: Sensational Strings. Senior string students from The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists; Academy Chamber Orchestra. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. First come, first served. No late seating. ●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. New Music Festival: Karen Kieser Prize Concert. Edward Johnson Building, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750. Free. Open to the public. Wednesday January 15 ●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Noonday Organ Recital. Rashaan Allwood, A. Concerts in the GTA organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free. ●●7:00: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Upper Jazz Concerts: UofT Jazz Ensembles. Upper Jazz Studio, 90 Wellesley St. W. 416-978-3750. Free. Open to the public. Set 2 begins at 8pm. ●●7:30: KOERNER University of Toronto HALL Faculty of THE Music. ROYAL New Music CONSERVATORY Festival: From Bach OF MUSIC to Latin America with André Mehmari, piano and Emmanuele Baldini, violin. Edward Johnson Building, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750. Free. Open to the public. MOZART REQUIEM JAN 15–18 SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR TSO.CA p r e sents JANUARY 16, 8 PM ●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Mozart Requiem. Mozart: Symphony No.39 K543, Requiem K626. Jenavieve Moore, soprano; Jillian Bonner, mezzo; Charles Sy, tenor; Trevor Eliot Bowes, bass; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and others. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. Starting at . Also Jan 16, 17(7:30pm), 18. Thursday January 16 ●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. Chamber Music Series: Brahms Viola Sonatas. Brahms: Viola sonatas. Theresa Rudolph, viola; Philip Chiu, piano. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. First come, first served. No late seating. ●●12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. New Music Festival at Thursdays at Noon: André Mehmari, solo piano. Edward Johnson Building, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750. Free. Open to the public. ●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. New Music Festival: André Mehmari Chamber Works. Emmanuele Baldini, violin. Edward Johnson Building, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750. Free. Open to the public. ●●8:00: Cheryl Duvall & The Canadian Music Centre. Innermost Songs. New works by Höstman, Lebel, O’Callaghan, Pearce, Suzuki and others. Cheryl Duvall, piano. Canadian Music Centre, 20 St. Joseph St. 416-961-6601. ; (sr/st/arts worker). Accessible venue. ●●8:00: Show One Productions. Lucas Debargue, Piano. Scarlatti: Sonatas (K6, K438, K404, K405, K206, K447, K27, K14, K115, p r e sents p r e sents Pianist Lucas Pianist Lucas DEBARGUE Pianist SCARLATTI • MEDTNER • LISZT • RAVEL DEBARGUE SCARLATTI • MEDTNER • LISZT • RAVEL Lucas DEBARGUE JANUARY 16, 8 PM SCARLATTI • MEDTNER • LISZT • RAVEL JANUARY KOERNER 16, 8 PM HALL THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC KOERNER HALL THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC JANUARY 16, 8 PM KOERNER HALL THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC K308); Medtner: Sonata in g Op.22; Liszt: After a Reading of Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata S109. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. -. GONE WITH THE WINDS Jan 16–19, 2020 Jeanne Lamon Hall tafelmusik.org ●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Gone with the Winds. Mozart: Serenade in c K388; Beethoven: Sextet Op.71; Rossini: Barber of Seville (selections); Mozart: Così fan tutte (selections); Cecilia Livingston: World premiere. Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. From . Also Jan 17(8pm), 18(8pm), 19(3:30pm). ●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Mozart Requiem. Mozart: Symphony No.39 K543, Requiem K626. Jenavieve Moore, soprano; Jillian Bonner, mezzo; Charles Sy, tenor; Trevor Eliot Bowes, bass; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and others. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. Starting at . Also Jan 15, 17(7:30pm), 18. Friday January 17 ●●12:00 noon: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. New Music Festival: Face to Face. Hatzis: Solo Piano Works. Konstantinos Valianatos, piano. Edward Johnson Building, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750. Free. Open to the public. ●●7:30: The Piano Lunaire. Composers’ Symposium 2020: The Shadow of the North. Opening night of Piano Lunaire’s Composers’ Symposium 2020. Lemay: Tanze vor Angst ... Hommage a Paul Klee (2006), Memoire et oubli (2013); Mather: Eight Songs without Words (2012); Leroux: Dense... englouti (2011); Harman: Inverno (2014); Current: Leaps of Faith (2009). Yoko Hirota, piano. Bunker Lane Press, 1001 Bloor St. W. Rear. 416-825-2744. ; (st). ●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Mozart Requiem. Mozart: Symphony No.39 K543, Requiem K626. Jenavieve Moore, soprano; Jillian Bonner, mezzo; Charles Sy, tenor; Trevor Eliot Bowes, bass; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and others. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. Starting at . Also Jan 15(8pm), 16(8pm), 18(8pm). ●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. New Music Festival: Songwriting Class Concert. André Mehmari. Edward Johnson Building, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416- 978-3750. Free. Open to the public. ●●8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. 21C Music Festival/Power Corporation Vocal Concerts Series: Philippe Sly & Le Chimera Project: Winterreise. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. - . 7pm pre-concert talk. ●●8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Beeethoven Triple! Beethoven: Triple Concerto (chamber version by Roberto Gianello); Symphony No.6 “The Pastoral” (chamber version by Fischer). Zhenguy Chen, piano; Xiaohan Guo, violin; Daniel Hass, cello; Nurhan Arman, conductor. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. sinfoniatoronto.com. ; (sr); (st). ●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Gone with the Winds. Mozart: Serenade in c K388; Beethoven: Sextet Op.71; Rossini: Barber of Seville (selections); Mozart: Così fan tutte (selections); Cecilia Livingston: World premiere. Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. From . Also Jan 16(8pm), 18(8pm), 19(3:30pm). SINFONIA TORONTO BEETHOVEN TRIPLE! Zhengyu Chen, Piano Xiaohan Guo, Violin Daniel Hass, Cello Nurhan Arman, Conductor January 17 8 pm Glenn Gould Studio sinfoniatoronto.com 60 | December 2019 – January 2020 thewholenote.com

Saturday January 18 ●●12:00 noon: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. New Music Festival: Noon Jazz Session. André Mehmari. Edward Johnson Building, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416- 978-3750. Free. Open to the public. ●●5:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. 21C Music Festival Series: 21C Cinq à Sept. Works by Laurie Anderson and others. Musicians from the Glenn Gould School. Temerty Theatre, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408- 0208. . ●●7:30: Academy Concert Series. Tooting Mozart’s Horn, Naturally! Hoffmeister: Horn Quintet in E-flat; Mozart: String quartet No.17 in B-flat K458 “The Hunt”; Mozart: Horn quintet in E-flat K407. Scott Wevers, horn; Michelle Odorico, violin; Emily Eng, violin/viola; Shannon Knights, viola; Kerri McGonigle, cello. Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416-629-3716 or academyconcertseries.com. PWYC. ●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. New Music Festival: UofT Jazz Faculty and Guests Concert. University of Toronto DOG Ensemble; Members of the UofT Jazz Faculty; André Mehmari, piano. Edward Johnson Building, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750. Free. Open to the public. ●●8:00: Acoustic Harvest. Winterfolk Preview Concert. St. Paul’s United Church (Scarborough), 200 McIntosh St., Scarborough. 416-729-7564. /$25(adv). ●●8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. 21C Music Festival Series: Laurie Anderson - The Art of Falling. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. -. SOLD OUT! ●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Gone with the Winds. Mozart: Serenade in c K388; Beethoven: Sextet Op.71; Rossini: Barber of Seville (selections); Mozart: Così fan tutte (selections); Cecilia Livingston: World premiere. Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. From . Also Jan 16(8pm), 17(8pm), 19(3:30pm). ●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Mozart Requiem. Mozart: Symphony No.39 K543, Requiem K626. Jenavieve Moore, soprano; Jillian Bonner, mezzo; Charles Sy, tenor; Trevor Eliot Bowes, bass; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and others. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. Starting at . Also Jan 15, 16, 17(7:30pm). Sunday January 19 ●●11:00am: The Piano Lunaire/The Canadian Music Centre. Composers’ Symposium 2020: Six Ushebtis and the Contemporary Piano. Lecture presentation and performance; Robert Lemay: Six Ushebtis. Yoko Hirota, piano. Canadian Music Centre, 20 St. Joseph St. 416- 961-6601. Free. ●●1:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. 21C Music Festival/Sunday Interlude Series: The Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble - “For Michael Colgrass”. Works by Michael Colgrass, Bekah Simms, Gabriel Dharmoo and Michael Azguime. Brian Current, conductor. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. Free(ticket required). Tickets available a week prior to concert date. ●●2:00: Canadian Opera Company. The Barber of Seville. Music by Gioachino Rossini, libretto by Cesare Sterbini. Emily D’Angelo, JAN. 19 – FEB. 7, 2020 416-363-8231 | coc.ca mezzo (Rosina); Vito Priante, baritone (Figaro); Santiago Ballerini, tenor (Almaviva); Renato Girolami, bass (Bartolo); Brandon Cedel, bass (Basilio); Speranza Scappucci, conductor; Joan Font, stage director. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. -25. Runs Jan 19-Feb 7. Start times vary. ●●2:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. New Music Festival: Opera Student Composer Collective presents “Maid and Master: The Massey Murder”. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750. Free. Open to the public. ●●3:00: Canadian Sinfonietta. Chamber Concert II. Bach: Piano Concerto in d BWV1052; Schubert: Piano Quintet in A D667 “Trout”. Erika Crino, piano; Joyce Lai & Alain Bouvier, violins; Ian Clarke, viola; Andras Weber, cello; Tim FitzGerald, double bass. Baker Tran Centre, 226 Geary Ave. 647-812-0839. ; (sr); $25(st). ●●3:30: Tafelmusik. Gone with the Winds. Mozart: Serenade in c K388; Beethoven: Sextet Op.71; Rossini: Barber of Seville (selections); Mozart: Così fan tutte (selections); Cecilia Livingston: World premiere. Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. From . Also Jan 16(8pm), 17(8pm), 18(8pm). ●●7:30: The Piano Lunaire. Composers’ Symposium 2020: New Lunarities. Closing night of Piano Lunaire’s Composers’ Symposium 2020. Lachenmann: Guero; Dubedout: Filtrages; Lerous: Repeter... Opposer; Sherkin: Tagish Fires; Six world premieres by composers from the Symposium. Stephanie Chua, piano; Adam Sherkin, piano. Bunker Lane Press, 1001 Bloor St. W. Rear. 416-825-2744. ; (st). ●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. New Music Festival: Penderecki String Quartet. Edward Johnson Building, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750. Free. Open to the public. Monday January 20 ●●7:30: Associates of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The Small Concerts: Song Before the Storm. Brahms: Piano Quartet No.1 in g Op.25; Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in g Op.57. Shane Kim, violin; Clare Semes, violin; Theresa Rudolph, viola; Joseph Johnson, cello; Philip Chiu, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, SONG BEFORE THE STORM Monday, Jan 20, 7:30pm Brahms, Shostakovich www.associates-tso.org 427 Bloor St. W. 416-221-8342. $25; (sr/st). ●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. New Music Festival: U of T Percussion: Reset II: Percussion Classics. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750. Free. Open to the public. ●●8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Chilly Gonzales. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. .50-.50. Tuesday January 21 ●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. World Music/Dance Series: The Magpie and the Iron Rat. Joo Hyung Kim, zither; Soojung Kwon, traditional Korean dancer; Ensemble Jeng Yi. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. First come, first served. No late seating. ●●12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Voice Performance Class: Orastoryo. Singers from 4th year and graduate course in Oratorio; Darry Edwards; Mia Bach. Edward Johnson Building, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750. Free. Open to the public. ●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. New Music Festival: Contemporary Music Ensemble: Speak, Be Silent In memory of Roger D. Moore. Edward Johnson Building, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750. Free. Open to the public. Wednesday January 22 ●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Noonday Organ Recital. Angus Sinclair, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free. ●●7:00: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Upper Jazz Concerts: UofT Jazz Ensembles. Upper Jazz Studio, 90 Wellesley St. W. 416-978-3750. Free. Open to the public. Set 2 begins at 8pm. ●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Barber of Seville. See Jan 19. Also Jan 25, 30, Feb 1, 2, 4, 7. ●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Mozart 40. Mozart: Overture to Così fan tutte K588; Piano Concerto No.9 K271 “Jeunehomme”; Symphony No.40 K550. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano; Bernard Labadie, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872- 4255. Starting at . Also Jan 23, 26(3pm, Meridian Arts Centre). Thursday January 23 ●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. Dance Series: DanceOntario's DanceWeekend Preview. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. First come, first served. No late seating. ●●12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Thursdays at Noon: Music and Poetry - 25th Anniversary. Lawrence Wiliford, tenor; Steven Philcox, piano; Eric Domville, speaker. Edward Johnson Building, Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3750. Free. Open to the public. ●●7:30: Canadian Music Centre. CMC Presents: Rebecca Bruton & Ways. Rebecca Bruton, composer/songmaker/vocalist; Ways (Brodie West, sax; Evan Cartwright, percussion). 20 St. Joseph St. 416-961-6601 x202. /(adv); /(CMC members/arts workers/adv); (st). ●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Mozart 40. Mozart: Overture to Così fan tutte K588; Piano Concerto No.9 K271 “Jeunehomme”; Symphony No.40 K550. Jean- Efflam Bavouzet, piano; Bernard Labadie, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. thewholenote.com December 2019 – January 2020 | 61