Volume 5 Issue 1 - September 1999

Music Theatre listings.

Music Theatre listings. aturday October 02 --- 1 :00: Music at Metropolitan. Metropolitan Celebrates Toronto Arts W89k. Carillon recital and demonstration. Gerald Martindale, carillonneur. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 363-0331. PWYC. --- 2:00: Muaic at Metropolitan. Metropolitan Celebrates Toronto Arts W89k. Organ recital and demonstration. Patricia Wright, organ. Metropolitan United Church, ~6 Queen St. East. 363-0331 . PWYC. --- 7:30: Music at Metropolitan. Songs of the Soul: A hymn sing. Metropolitan Silver Band; Patricia Wright, organ. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 363-0331 . PWYC. --- 7:30: Serenade. Melanie Spanswick, piano, in Concert. Works by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Granados, Schumann, Carreno & Liszt (North American premiere). Temple Baptist Church, 14 Dewhurst. 778- 5736. ,. --- 8 :00: Aradia. Capriccio Stravagante. Music by Farina, Castello, Corelli, Scarlatti, Vivaldi & Sammartini. Alison Melville, recorder; Kevin Mallon, music director. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 205-5555. --- 8:00: Canadian Concert & Recital Artiata. Bimefit concert for Doctors Without Borders. Solos/duets/trios from opera, movies & broadway. Mary Bella, Amanda Bragg, Thomas Doherty, Janice Fernihough, Jan Lamoreux & other performers. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 691-9832. ,. --- 8:00: Ford Centre for the Performing Arts. The Great Guitars: Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis & Mundell Lowe. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 870-8000. to . --- 8:00: Massey Hall. Choving Dro/ma & Steve Tibbetts. Traditional Tibetan Buddhist songs & chants with guitar & percussion. 15 Shuter St. 872- 4255. .50 to .50. --- 8 :00: Mieaieeauga Symphony Pope. Quartette in Concerti Sylvia Tyson, Cindy Church, Gwen Swick & Caitlin Handford, singers; John Barnum, conductor. Hammerson Hall, 4 1 4 1 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga. 905- 306-6000. ,. --- 8:00: Music Gallery. Stavros. 179 Richmond West. 204- 1080. --- 8 :00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Roy Thomson Hall. See October 1 . Sunday October 0 --- 2:00 & 7:00: Living Arts Centre Miesieeauga. Volyn Ukrainian Song & Dance Company. Ukrainian folk songs, dances, music & theatrical tableaus. Ensemble of 50 performers. Hammerson Hall, 41 41 Living Arts Drive. 905- 306-6000. .50 to . --- 2:00: Ford Centre for the Performing Arts. Swingstep. Musical involving swing, Scottish Stepping & fiddling. Apotex Theatre, 5040 Yonge St. 870-8000. to (preview). For complete run see Music Theatre listings. --- 2:00: Harbourfront Centre. Sunday Concert. Yaritza Martinez. York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West. 973-3000. Free. --- 2 :30: Ford Centre for the Performing Arts. Borromeo String Quartet. Beethoven: Quartet in F Op.18 #1; String Quintet in C Op.29; Quartet in a Op.132. Misha Amory, viola. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 870-8000. to . --- 2:30: Off Centre Music Series. The Red Violin-ist. Corigliano: Chaconne from The Red Violin (arr. Bergs); music of R.Strauss, Schumann, Ysaye & Kreisler. llya Kaler, violin; Linda Maguire, mezzo soprano; lnna Perkis & Boris Zarankin, piano; Don McKellar, host. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 205-5555. ,. --- 3 :00: Baroque Music Beside the Grange. Music of Salomone Rossi. Laura Pudwell, Paul Jenkins, David Fallis & John Pepper, vocal quartet; instrumental musicians. St. George the Martyr Church, 1 97 John St. 588-4301. ,. --- 3:00: Toronto Sinfonietta. Books, Beans & Brass. Salon concert. Music from renaissance dance to dixieland. Part of Toronto ArtsWeek '99. Chapters Bookstore, Festival Theatre, 1 42 John St. 233-7468. Free. --- 4:00: Roland Starr, piano, in Recital Ravel: Sonatina; Schubert: Impromptus dp.90; works by Brahms. David Parker, french horn. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 565-6263. . --- 8:00: Music Gallery. What Next: Evergreen Club's Moving Images in Concert. 179 Richmond West. 204-1080. ,. no listings onday October 04 uesday October 05 --- 1 :00: Music at St. James' Cathedral. Giles Bryant, organ. 65 Church St. 364-7865 ext.231. Free. --- 5:30: York University Faculty of Fine Arts. Pushkin's Mozart and Salieri. Chamber opera by Rimsky-Korsakov, restored original version. Translated & produced by Sterling Beckwith; Myra Malley, director; Mila Filatova, music director; starring Michael Herren. Recital Hall, 050 McLaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 736-5186. Free (donations accepted). For complete run see Music Theatre listings. Wednesday October 06 --- 12:15: Music at Metropolitan. Organ Futures. Recital featuring student organist. 1 2:00 noon: Metropolitan Carillon played by Gerald Martindale. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 363-0331. Free (donations accepted). --- 1 2 :30: Yorkminster Park Church. Noonday Recital. Ronald Jordan, organ. 1 585 Yonge St. 922-1167. Free. --- 8:00: Ford Centre for the Performing Arts. Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone, in Recital. Program to include Russian songs. Mikhail Arkadiev, piano. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 870- 8000. to . --- 8:00: Music Gallery. Kate Hammett-Vaughan Quintet. 179 Richmond West. 204-1080. --- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky: Battle of Poltava from Mazeppa; Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Symphony #3 Eroica. Beaux Arts Trio; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. 593-4828. to . Thursday October 0 --- 12:00 noon: St. Paul' s Bloor Street. Noon Hour Organ Recital. Eric Robertson, organ. 227 Bloor St. East. 961-8116. Free. --- 2 :00 & 8:00: Sanderson Centre. Leave the Porch Light On. Musical story of the Famous People Players. 88 Dalhousie St. Brentford. 1-800-265-071 0. Evening .50 to ; matinee .50 to . For complete run see Music Theatre' listings. --- 8:00: Music Gallery. Master Musicians from the East: LakshmiRanganathan/Asuna Kalli. 1 79 Richmond West. 204- 1080.,. --- 8 :00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Roy Thomson Hall. See October 6. FURTHER AFIElD: Saturday September 18 --- 8:00: New Hamilton Orchestra. The Power and the Passion. Brahms: Violin Concerto; Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Lance Elbeck, violin; Daniel Lipton, conductor. Hamilton Place, 1 Summers Lane. 905-526-6556. to ; to (sr/st). --- 8 :00: Symphony Hamilton. Sounds of a Summer Night. Beethoven: Piano & Wind Quintet; Duet for Clarinet & Bassoon; Septet for Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Clarinet, Horn & Bassoon. Members & friends of Symphony Hamilton. Benefit concert. Christ's Church Cathedral, 252 James St. North, Hamilton. 905-689-9840. ,, (under 12). I Sunday September 19 II --- 2:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Works of Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian & Williams. Peter Tiefenbach, host; Kenneth Welsh, actor; Jukka­ Pekka Saraste, conductor. Proceeds to the Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts. Gan Eden, Uxbridge. 598-3375. 0 ; children 12 & under free when accompanied by an adult t icket-holder. riday September 24 --- 7 :30: Alexandw Tselyakov, piano, in Concert. Chopin: Piano. Concerto #2; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #3. Saida Gandjetsian, second piano. Central Presbyterian Church,

The City of Hamilton in association with McMaster University and The American Liszt Society TRIB Thursday October 7 through Sunday October 1 0, 1999 is proud to present its Fifth International Great Romantics Festival This four day event will include to Chopin, Richard Strauss, Peter Cornelius, and Ferruccio e festival features piano and lieder recitals, lectures, an organ recital, and a symphony concert. Festival registration: Festival banquet: To register, please address cheque or money order to "The Great Romantics Festival" and send to Great Romantics Festival Director, McMaster University, Togo Salmon Hall, Room 304, Hamilton ON Canada L8S 4M2 Tel (905) 529-7070, ext. 23674 www.artset.net/greatromantics.html New Hamilton Orchestra Director: Horst Forster PIANISTS: William Aide Ross Alley John Clegg Leslie De' Ath Kemal Gekit Daniel Glover Gila Goldstein Jay Hershberger Claude Hobson ian Hobson Justin Kolb Georgia and Louise Mangos Ann Schein Melanie Spanswick Siegfried Tepper Charles Timbrell Valerie Tryon Adam Wodnicki ORGAN: ian Sadler CHAMBERWORKS McMaster University Concert Band VOICE: Sophia Grech Janet Obermeyer ~FEATURING -~ ian Hobson, soloist SPEAKERS: Csaba Saksa Gerald Chapple James Deaville Gabriele Erasmi Richard Gale Hayden Maginnis Jacqueline Templeton Muir Graham Roebuck Richard Zimdars and the . New Hamilton Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Horst Forster CORNELIUS: Overture to "The Barber of Bagdad" RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony no. 4, in F minor : . . . . Great Hall, Hamilton Place Tickets (general seating) for Festival Registrants all others call Ticketmaster at (905) 645-5000 If you intend to commission and program new music, this seminar is for you. ORCHESTRAS CANADA'S SMALL ENSEMBLES PROGRAM and CBC RADIO TWO are pleased to present SOUND CREATIONS I A $eminar-on N~w Canatf,iftn Music For SmaU Ensembles: Creation, Funding Mechanisms and Marketing Strategies CBC BROADCAST CENTRE, TORONTO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1999 CBC.radi~ 94.1 FM This comprehensive one-day seminar will focus on the whole spectrum of creation, presentation and reception of new Canadian music, and provide insights into each link of this chain. Hear composers, performers, presenters and funders address topics which include an exploration of the collaborative process, commission agreements, planning for subsequent performances beyond the premiere, funding commitments, an examination of consortium commissions, options and solutions to programming, dissemination and marketing of new Canadian music. REGISTRATION: MEMBERS .00 I ALL OTHERS: .00 For information, please call Orchestras Canada (416) 366-8834 or e-mail: info@oc.ca Orchestras Canada Small Ensembles Program gratefully acknowledges the generous assistance of: The Canada Council for the Arts; The Ontario Arts Council; The SOCAN Foundation and U.S. Consulate (Toronto). £ ONTARIO ARTS COUNCil Ll CowniL 0&$ t\J:T'S : TH£ C4NAD4 Covwc1L ov CAH4D.o I toa THI .o.an COHSl!l DES ARTS Oiti'\.'IS 19S7 Sll'tCli9S7 OEl'ottrA.RIO The SOCAN Foundation