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Volume 6 Issue 8 - May 2001

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Thursday May 24 -12:10: St. Paul's Bloor Street.Noon Hour Recital· Jan Overduin, organ. 227 Bloor St. East. 416-961 -8116. Free. - 8:00: Civic Light Opera Company. Somethings Afoot. Musical murder mystery. Blain Berdan, Joe Cascone, Lloyd Dean, Gordon Elkin, Sandi Horwitz & other performers. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Drive. 416-203-7839. O(Thursday evening special). For complete run see Music Theatre listings. - 8:00: Encore Entertainment. N11nsense. Book, music and lyrics by Dan Goggin; Mario D'Alimonte, director; Donna Corbett, musical director. Studio Theatre, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-733-0558. . For complete run see Music Theatre listings. - 8:00: Massey Hall. Gordon Lightfoot. 15 Shuter St. 416-872-4255. .50-.50. Friday May 25 - 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime Chamber Music. Trio Atlantic: Nancy Hennen, flute; Julian Smerdon, clarinet; Erika Reiman, piano. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211 ext.28. Admission by donation. - 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra. The Spirit of Arthur Fiedler. Music by Handel, Copland, Anderson, Rossini, Williams & others. Robert Raines, conductor. Kew Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave. 416-879-5566. ,, children under 12 free. - 8:00: Massey Hall. Gordon Lightfoot. See May 25. - 8:00: Opera Anonymous/Aradia Ensemble. OuesneVBeckwith: Lucas et Cecile. Staged with orchestra & early 19th century ccrstumes. Marcia Bunston, Nina Scott-Stoddart, Ross Darlington, & other performers; Edward Franko, stage director; Kevin Mallon, conductor. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. ,, (st & children). - 8:00: Rothko Trio/Music Gallery. Avenue of the Americas. Tower: And· They're Off; Kulesha: Trio for violin, cello an'd piano; ,Neh' /llluslc e oncetzts Co-presented with Two New Hours on CBC Radio Two ·Saturday May .26, 2001@ s:oo pm Jj[)[) (C(JJfD(JJrJ){j(JJfD9 (j!}J:P Robert Aitken, conductor • Eve Egoyan, piano · ·Illuminating Introduction @ 7:15 pm • new and recent works by ·Rose Bolton* (1998) • Chris Paul Harman* (2001) .Yannick Plamondon* (2001) • Brian Cherney 0998) Rudolph Komorolis (1999) *World premieres CANDIDATE CITY I VILLE CANDIDATE www .newmusicconcerts.com Oesterle: I' effusione d' amicizia for solo violin; Copland: Vitebsk. Angelique Toews, violin; Roberta Janzen, cello; Simon Docking, piano. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416· 766-3533. , . Saturday May 26 - 10:00am: Southern Ontario Chapter of The Hymn Society in The United States and Canada. Surprise Us with the Words We '!iing: Poems of Faith and Songs of Commitment. Reverend Dr. Brian Wren, hymn writer. Eden United Church, 3051 Battleford Rd., Mississauga. 905-271-6697. . .- 12:00 noon: Harbourfront Centre: Milk International Children's Festival of the Arts. Kidzone. See May 20. Lakeside Terrace, 235 Queen's Quay West. 416-973- 4000. - 12:00 & 3:30: Harbourfront Centre: Milk International Children's Festival of the Arts. Laurie Berkner. Studio Theatre, 235 Queen's Quay West. 416-973-4000. - 1 :00: Harbourfront Centre: Milk International Children's Festival of the ·Arts. Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. and The - 4:00: Harbourfront Centre: Milk International Children's Festival of the Arts. Life is a Rhythm · Camut Band. Brigantine Room, 235 Queen's Quay West. 416-973-4000. - 7:30: Canadian Concert & Recital Artists. Variety Benefit Concert for Doctors Without Borders. Semi-classical, opera favorites, selections from movies and broadway. Colin Ainsworth, Paul Bartlett, Rachel Cleland-Ainsworth, Cecile Denis, Evy Eracleous, Carolynne Godin and other performers. St. Andrews United Church, 117 Bloor St. East. 416-691-9832. ,. - 7:30: Raag-Mala Music Society of Toronto. Shehnai and Sarangi jugalbandhi. Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain, shehnai; Subhen Chatterjee, tabla; Ahmad Abbas, shenai; Leena Ghanekar, tanpura. Medical Sciences Auditorium, 1 Kings College Circle. 416-599· 5262. -. - 8:00: Massey Hall. Gordon Lightfoot. See May 25. - 8:00: New Music Concerts. All BENEFIT Blue Grassy Knoll Premiere Dance Theatre, Saturday May 26 207 Queen's Quay West. 416-973-4000. - 1 :30: Harbourfro ~t Centre: Milk 7: 30 pm: International Children's Festival of the Canadian Concert Arts. Scriij MacOuhk. Ann Tindal Stage, 235 & Recital Artists. Queen's Quay West. 416-973-4000. · - 3:30: Harbourfront Centre: Milk Variety Benefit International Children's Festival of the Concert for Doctors Arts. Lawrence Heights Choir. Ann l indal Without Borders. ~~~;r:2_3_5-Qu-ee_n_·s-Qu~ay~W-e-st_.4_1_6--97_3_-__ .!;;:==S=f=f=L=/=S=T/=N=G==A=B=O=V=f====. 1§1 SPAENAUR P RE s E N T s Saturday, May 26, 2001 Come and hear Palestrina's setting (\ 4!,.lhtJ of the Missa Aeterna Christi '-1e~tff:;;a:~~:~::~: :~;.::~~ /.:VU"' en :sance0 \.!A,enaissance · tfJjQ3 Tickets are available from Twelft h Night Music Stores in Waterloo and Guelph or at the door or ca ll (519) 745-0675. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 54 Queen St. Kitchener at 8:00 p.m. The Southern Ontario Chapter of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada is pleased to invite you to: SURPRISE US WITH TH£ 'WORDS Wf: SIN6: POEMS OF FAITH AND SONGS Of COMMITMENT This seminar will take place with noted hymn writer, the Reverend· Dr. Brian A. Wren, Conant Professor of Worship, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. Saturday, May 26, 2001, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Eden United Church (Winston Churchill Blvd., 3 km. south of Hwy 401, at the corner of Battleford Road, Mississauga, Ontario with ample parking) If you are planning to attend, please register by Wednesday, May 23 with Registrar, George Bell at 905-271-6697, or at georgebell@home.com, or by cheque for .00 mailed to George Bell, 2108 Kawartha Cres., Mississauga, ON L5H 3P9 32 wholenote MAv 1, 2001 - JuNE 7, 2001

Canadian, eh? Bolton: Incidental Music of My Mind; Komorous: The Seven Sides of ' Maxine's Silver Die; Cherney: Entendre marcher un ange ... ; music by Plamondon & Harinan. Eve Egoyan, piano; New Music Concerts Ensemble; Robert Aitken, flute & conductor, 7:15: Illuminating Introduction. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416· 205·5555. ,. - 8:00: Toronto Chamber Choir. The Music of Creation. Purcell: The Masque of the Four Seasons (from The Fairy Queen); Copland: In the Beginning; Britten: Five Flower Songs; Rejoice in the Lamb; Ager: ' commissioned piece. Laura Pudwell, mezzo; David Fallis, music director. 7:00: Pre-concert lecture, Parish Hall. St. Anne's Church, 651 Dufferin St. 416-968-1338. -, · (sr/st); pre-concert lecture . - 8:00: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Einhorn: Voices of light; The Passion of Joan of Arc. Q[eyer's silent film (1927), performed with Einhorn's oratorio. With orchestra. 7:00: pre-concert chat with Richard Einhorn and Rick Phillips. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. .25-.25. Sunday May 27 - 12:00 noon: Harbourfront Centre: Milk International Children's Festival of the Arts. Kidzone. See May 20. Lakeside Terrace, 235 Queen's Quay West. 416-973- 4000. - 12:00 & 3:30: Harbourfront Centre: Milk International Children's, Festival of the Arts. Laurie Berkner. Studio Theatre, 235 Queen's Quay West. 416-973-4000. - 12:30: Harbourfront Centre: Milk International Children's Festival of the Arts. life is a Rhythm · Camut Band. Brigantine Room, 235 Queen's Quay West. 416-973-4000. -1:30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery. Sunday Concert: Ken Whiteley. Jazz & blues. 10365 Islington, Kleinburg. 905-893-1121. ,, (family), under 5 free. - 1 :30: Harbourfront Centre: Milk International Children's Festival of the Arts. Lawrence Heights Choir. Ann Tindal • Stage, 235 Queen's Quay West. 416-973· 4000. - 1 :30: Spadina Historic House & Gardens. Music in the Orchard: Vansickle Ensemble. Music popular in the first third of the 20th century for strings, woodwinds & keyboard. 285 Spadina Road. 416-392-6910. Free. - 1 :30: University Settlement Music an·d Arts School. Chamber Music Class Recital. St. George-the-Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-598-3444 #243. Free (donations · welcome). - 2:00: Don Deathe. Salon Music of the 19th & 20th Centuries: 0 For A Song To Sing. Marilyn Stroud, soprano; Don Deathe, piano. Casburn United Church, 1108 Greenwood Ave. 416-422-2026. . Ben~fit for Community Care East York. - 2:00: Music at Metropolitan. Mayhem. Programme of anthems. Part of "Doors Open" Toronto. 56 Queen St. East. 416-363-0331. PWYC. - 2:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Sunday Serenades. Kuzmenko: Nocturne; Schubert: Sonata No. 11 in A; Schumann: Davidsbundlertiinze. Helena Bowkun, piano. 850 Enola Ave., Mississauga. 905-891-7944. ,. - 2:30: Serenata Singers. Chorally Canadian. Wor,ks by Canadian poets, composers & arrangers. Audrey Mcleod, director; Stan Farrow, accompanist. Parkwoods United Church, 85 Parkwoods Village Dr. 416-267-5816. . Portion of the proceeds. to Eva's Place & the Red Door Shelter. - 3:00: Toronto Camerata. Caramba! Music with a Latin & African flair for choir & percussion. Church of St. Leonard, 25 Wanless Ave. 416-766-0644. ,. - 3:30: Harbourfront Centre: Milk International Children's Festival of the ·Arts. Scruj MacOuhk. Ann Tindal Stage, 235 Queen's Quay West. 416-973-4000. - 3:30: Krechkovsky Family. Music for voice, violin & piano by Beethoven, Sibelius, Mississauga Choral Society Chrys A. Bentley, Artistic Director (/. pu1rnfa 7/n 0venin_!l, wilh !J](aryEou \ Tchakiovsky, Gershwin, Berlin & others. Nelly Krechkovsky, Yuri Krechkovsky, Andrew Krechkovsky & Roxolana Krechkovsky, piano; Ola Krechkovsky, soprano & other family members. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. ,. - 4:00: Harbourfront Centre: Milk International Children's Festival of the . Arts. Busier Keaton's Sherlock Jr. and The Bl1,1e Grassy Knoll. Premiere Dance Theatre, · 207 Queen's Quay West. 416-973-4000. - 4:00: Marty Smyth/Matt Leigh. Son(/s of Travel. Works by Schumann & Vaughan Williams. Matthew Leigh, baritone; Martin Smyth, piano. St. Cuthbert's Church, 1399 Bayview Ave. 416-485-0329. ,. - 5:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. RCM Community School String Orchestras. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408-2824 ext.321. ,. - 7:30: Oakville Chamber Orchestra. last Night of the Chamber. Purcell: Suite from Abdelazer; Arnold: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Ori:hestra; Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings. Julian Knight, viola; John Barnum, conductor. Central Baptist Church, 340 Rebecca, Oakville. 905-822-7926 .. ,. ~ 8:00: Bellwoods Acoustic Concerts. Blue Grassy Knoll. Original music influenced by cabaret, gypsy, tango & hillbilly bluegrass. Simon Barfoot, guitar/vocals; Gus Macmillan, banjo/flute; Philip Mcleod, accordion/ mandolin; Alex Miller, double bass; Steph O'Hara, violin. St. Matthias Church, 45 Bellwoods Ave. 416-755-2521. ,. . - 8:00: Eugene's Sunday Series. Improvisational series of new music, new · media & new collaborations. Artword ~:00 p.m. 9unday, May 27, 2001 I l\U Camerata with rhythm - a folk song festival with trq a Latin and African flair! Come and clap along Lb with our fiesta of music for choir and percussion from south of the border. · Cfiurcft of St. Lwnard - 25 'Wanless Jlve Canada's own Primadonna on a Moose joins pianist Peter Tiefenbach and the 90-voice choir in a rousing rendition of musical gems from our past. Also, choral settings of the poetry of Sarah Binks, and more! Sponsored by § Scotiabank ('Fast off 'Yonge 9{,ortli of Lawrence filve) 'Iu(e.ts / MAY 1, 2001 - JuNE 7, 2001 wholenote 33

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