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Volume 3 Issue 7 - April 1998

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  • April
  • Toronto
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Melsted, violin; Charlotte Nediger, organ; Michael M cC raw, dulcian. St. George the Martyr Church, Stephanie & McCaul Sts. 588-4301. ,. • • • 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra. The Farewell Concert. Haydn: Farewell Symphony; Gilbert & Sullivan: Trial by Jury (fully staged Operetta). St. Annes's Music & Drama Society, Roy Schatz, director; Clifford Poole, conductor. Midland Ave. Collegiate, 720 Midland Ave. 922-4415.,. • • • 8:00: Ford Centre for the Performing Arts. Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano. Beethoven: Violin Sonatas nos. 9 in A "Kreutzer" & 1 Q in G. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 872-2222. to . •• • 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Verdi: La forza del destino Overture; Barber: Piano Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6 "Pathetique." John Browning, piano; Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 593-4828. to . ••• 8:00: Trinity 21 Productions: Music at Melrose. Voices of Spring ... the Language of Love. An evening of light classics and favourites from opera, operetta & the Broadway stage. Suzanne de Grandpre, soprano; Richard Valdez, tenor; David Murrell, piano. Melrose Park Presbyterian Church, 250 Fairlawn Ave. 784-0799. 2, 0 (group rates available). • • • 8:00: Voices, Ron Cheung_. music director. Sweet Day. Allegri: Miserere; madrigals, motets, opera choruses & folk songs. Trinity­ St. Paul's Church, 427 Bloor St. W. 769-1345. ,. ••• 11 :OOam: CBC Radio Music Around Us. (Artist TBA) In conjunction with CBC Radio Open House. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 205- 5555. Free. · • • • 1 :00: On Stage at the Glenn Gould Studio. Primadonna on a Moose. Mary l:.ou Fallis, soprano; Peter Tiefenbach, piano. In conjunction with CBC Radio Open House. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 205- 5555. Free. • • • 2:00: Canadian Opera Company. Puccini: Madama Butterfly. 1:15pm: Free Preperformance Talk in the lobby. Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts. See April 9. • • • 2:00: Etobicoke Community Concert Band. Bandemoniuml Family show featuring Lenny Graf, children's entertainer; John Edward Liddle, conductor. Etobicoke Collegiate Auditorium, 86 Montgomery Road. 233-6639. ,. • • • 2:30: Ford Centre for the Performing Arts. Louis Lortie, piano. Beethoven: Piano Sonatas nos. 5_ in c minor, 18 in E flat, 3 in C & 8 in c minor "Pathetique." George West on Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 872-2222. to . • • • 2:30: Scarborough Community Concert Band. Marches, show tunes, other musical selections. Thomas Dowling, conductor. Providence Centre, 3276 St. Clair E. 282-7973. Free. ••• 3:00: Baroque Music Beside the Grange. Affetti Musicals. St. George the Martyr Church. See April 18. • • • 3:00: Canadian Chamber Academy. Rachmaninov: Sonata for cello & piano; Dvorak: Piano Quintet. Sergei Babayan, piano; Suren Bagratuni, cello; CCA soloists. Seeley Hall, 7 Hoskin Ave. 538-4342. ,. ••• 3:00: Mooredale Youth Orchestra. Kristine Bogyo & Clare Carberry, conductors. Rosedale Heights School, 711 Bloor St. E. 922-3714. ,. ••• 3:00: Patrons of Wisdom. Franck: Violin Sonata; Martinu: Variations; Tchaikovsky: ' movements from the Violin . Concerto. Lance Ouelette, violin; Cecilia Lee, cello; lrisa Purens, Ai-ree Loh, piano accompanists. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 225-4750. ,. ••• 4:00: Jacques is 50- The Concert. Concert to celebrate the 50th birthday of Jacques lsraelievitch. New works by Schafer, Adaskin, Baker, Colgrass, Croall, Luedeke & Watson Henderson, commissioned for the occasion; Schubert: String Quintet. Performers include many illustrious guest artists. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 586-0880. to . • • • 4:30: Great Music at St. Anne's. Choral Evensong. Dyson: Magnificat '& Nunc Dimittis in D; Wood: Hail Gladdening Light. 270 Gladstone Ave. 536-31 60. Free. ••• 7:00: High ParkiMorningside Presbyterian Church -- Cello Recital. Janko Marjanovic (cello), Dora Krizmanic (piano). Works by Corelli, Bach, Paganini, Schubert, Glazunov. 4 Morningside (at Kennedy and Ellis), Toronto. 416-766-4765. /. ••• 8:00: A Room of Her Own. Nature's Voices - a concert of new music for springtime performed by eurythmy dancers Lois Macauley and Stacy Greger; Kim Kendrick soprano, Sharlene Wallace harp, Debbie Waugh marimba. Music by Nigel Westlake, Joseph Gutzwiller, and Toronto composers Sharlene Wallace and Jana Skarecky. Music Gallery, 179 Richmond Street w. 204-1080.,. • • • 8:00: New Music Concerts. La Revue Burlesque: Theatrical Evening from the Land of Chocolate. Program of abstract theatre & new music by Weissberg, Kuhn, Pritchard & Kutterer. Basle Percussion Trio; Daniel Cholette, piano. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 205-5555.,. • • • 8:00: Victoria Scholars. The Sacred Splendour of Italy. Cherubini: Requiem in d minor; Asola: Missa octavi toni. Jerzy Cichocki, music director. Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 3055 Bloor St. W. 761 -7776. ,. ••• 2:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Roy Thomson Hall. See April 18. to .50. • • • 7:30: Associates of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Five Small Concerts. Music of Mozart, Milhaud & Martinu. Carol Fujino, violin; Charmaine Louis, viola; Esther Gartner, cello. Trinity-St. Paul's Church, 427 Bloor St. W. 221 ~8342. ,. • • • 8:00: Alliance Franc;aise presents: Arthur H. Direct from sold-out recitals in Paris, Arthur H (Brad Scott and Alexandra Mikhalkova) in an overview of French song with work by Piaf, Brei, Gainsbourg, Josephine Baker and ... Arthur H. Music Gallery, 179 • Richmond St. W. 204-1 080. , . ••• 8:00: Toronto Theatre Organ Society & Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma. William O'Meara, organ, improvises accompaniment to the silent film "The Lost World." 1 Austin Terrace. 870-8000. . TORONTO'S ONLY COMPREHENSIVE MONTHLY CLASSICAL & CONTEMPORARY CONCERT LISTING SOURCE • • • 1 :00: Lunch Hour at St. James'. Mendelssohn: Prelude & Fugue in G Op.37 #2; Brahms: Chorale Preludes Ill. Giles Bryant, organ. 65 Church St. 364-7865. Free. · ••• 7:00: Canadian Opera Company. Beethoven: Fidelio. 6:15pm: Free Pre-performance Talk in the lobby. Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts. See April 8. • • • 9:00 CCMC. Music Gallery, 179 Richmond St. W. 204-1 080. Free. il• • 12:30: Yorkminster Park Noonday Recital. Michael Bloss, or.gan. 1585 Yonge St. 922-11 67. Free. ••• 7:15: Don Mills Organ Society. Lowrey Organ concert. John Solberg, organ. T aylor Place, 1 Overland Drive. 44 7-11 3 7. . • • • 7:30: Art Gallery of Ontario. All That's Jazz: Paul Neufeld Trio. Walker Court, 317 Dundas St. W. 979-6648. Free with PWYC gallery admission. ••• 8:00: Canadian Opera Company. Puccini: Madama Butterfly. 7:15pm: Free Preperformance Talk in the lobby. Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts. See April 9. ••• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano & Wind Instruments; Sibelius: Nightride and Sunrise; Four Legends Op.22. Alexander Toradze, piano; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 593-4828. to . ••• 12:45: York University Faculty of Fine Arts. Vocal Concert. Students in the classical performance program. Arts and Letters Club, 14 Elm St. 736-5186. Free. • • • 8:00: Eighteenth Century: The Sound of Enlightenment. Music for violin & harpsichord by LeCiair, Vivaldi, Bach, Mondonville & Dulphy. lvana Popovic, baroque violin; Anna Chan, harpsichord. St. George the Martyr Church, 205 John St. 782-4727.,. ••• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Mozart: Bastien et Bastienne. One-act opera performed in English. Programme includes some of

Mozart's earliest instrumental compositions. Meredith Hall, soprano; James Taylor, tenor; Jeffrey Strauss, baritone. Trinity-St. Paul's Church, 427 Bloor St. W. 964-6337. to (student/senior discounts). ••• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano & Wind Instruments; Sibelius: The Dryad; Four Legends Op.22. Alexander Toradze, piano; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 593-4828. to . ••• 8:00: Toronto Oper.etta Theatre. Gilbert & Sullivan: Yeomen of the Guard. Leslie Fagan, Elsie Maynard; Barbara Sadegur, Phoebe; Nina Scott­ Stoddart, Dame Carruthers; Mark DuBois, Colonel Fairfax; Henry lngram, Jack Point; Guillermo Silva-Marin, stage director; Robin Wheeler, piano & music director. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. E. 366- 7723. to . ••• 7:30: Music at the University of Toronto. Friday Evening Concert Series. Music performed by students & faculty. St. Peter's Church, 188 Carlton St. 978-3744. to . ••• 8:00: Canadian Opera Company. Beethoven: Fidelio. 7:15pm: Free Pre-performance Talk in the lobby. Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts. See April 8. • • • 8:00: Ford Centre for the Performing Arts. Beverley Johnston, percussion. Works by Volens, Hatzis, Colgrass, Abe, Kraft, Hatch, Reich, ~tne nomtne From Eastern lands Friday. April 2-1, R p.m., St. Stephen-in-the-Field.1· .S'aturday, April 25, R p.m. , Holy Rosary Church 512 Call 416-638-9445 Johnston & Vivaldi. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 872-2222. to . ••• 8:00: Performing Arts York Region. Fabulous Fridays. Michael Kim, piano. Thornhill Presbyterian Church, 271 Centre Street. 905-889-4359. ,. ••• 8:00: Sine Nomine Ensemble for Medieval Music. From Eastern Lands ... Songs of pilgrimage & crusade; Italian dances of the 14th century. Church of Saint Stephen-in-the­ Fields, 365 College St. 638- 9445. ,. • • • 8:00: Tafelmusik. Mozart: Bsstien et Bastienne. Trinity­ St. Paul's Ch1:1rch. See April 23. ••• 8:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. Gilbert & Sullivan: Yeomen of the Guard. Jane Mallett Theatre. See April 23. ••• 12:00 noon: Royal Conservatory of Music. Lobby Concert. Students of all ages & levels of ability in a highly informal recital. Main lobby, 273 Bloor St. W. 408-2824 ext.321. Free. • • • 2:00 Inner Stage. The Velveteen Rabbit. Theatre with music for family audiences. 2nd floor auditorium, Metro­ Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor St. 469-2878.'Admission by donation. MUSIC UMURELLA PRESENTS JONAI. RECALl 'llw "'"'k nl' :\rnnld Srhn

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