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Volume 18 Issue 4 - December 2012

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  • Toronto
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• 8:00: Music Toronto. Quartet Series: TokyoQuartet. Bartók: String Quartet No.4; StringQuartet No.5; Haydn: String Quartet in g Op.74No.3 “The Rider.” Jane Mallett Theatre, St.Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E.416-366-7723. –; (st, accompanyingadult half price); pay-your-age (ages 18–35,plus facility and handling fees).• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Mozart Delights for Violin, Flute & Harp.Mozart: Overture to the Magic Flute; Concertofor Flute and Harp K297c; Violin ConcertoNo.4 K218; Serenade No.7 in D K248. NoraShulman, flute; Heidi Gorton, harp; AugustinHadelich, violin; Peter Oundjian, conductor. RoyThomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828 or416-593-0688(Chinese). –5. Also Jan12, 13(mat, George Weston).• 9:15pm: Toronto Fringe /Pomme GrenadeProductions. The Peace Maker. See Jan 3.Friday January 11• 8:00: Gallery 345. Patrick Hewan Trio.Patrick Hewan, piano; Artie Roth, bass; JoeIannuzzi, drums; guest: Ron Westray, trombone.345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. ;(sr/arts worker); (st).Saturday January 12• 3:45: Toronto Fringe /Total BettyProductions. Liza Live! See Jan 2.• 4:30: Toronto Fringe /Pomme GrenadeProductions. The Peace Maker. See Jan 3.• 6:15: Toronto Fringe /Total BettyProductions. Liza Live! See Jan 2.• 8:00: Guitar Society of Toronto. JérômeDucharme and ChormaDuo. Heliconian Hall, 35Hazelton Ave. 416-964-8298. ; (sr/st).• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. Jens Lindemannwith Friends Doc Severinsen, Guido Basso andWycliffe Gordon. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W.416-408-0208. –.• 8:00: The Oratory. O Beata Infantia. Musicby Praetorius, Sweelinck, F. and L. Couperin,Perotin, Palestrina. Natalie Mahon and TeresaMahon, soprano; Richard Whittall, alto; JamieTuttle, Paul Ziade, tenor, David Roth, bass;Chris Verrette, Elyssa Lefurgey, violin; JustinHaynes, gamba; Philip Fournier, organ and harpsichord.Holy Family Church, 1372 King St. W.A. Concerts in the GTA416-532-2879. suggested donation.• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Mozart Delights for Violin, Flute & Harp. SeeJan 10.• 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Joanna Chapman Smith.CD release. 2261 Dundas St. W. 416-531-6604. /(adv).Sunday January 13• 3:00: Syrinx Sunday Salons. A Celebrationof Canadian Composers. Hétu: Variations;Brahms: Rhapsodies Op.79; Schumann:Humoresque; Beethoven: Sonata in f Op.57“Appassionata.” Peter Longworth, piano.Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-654-0877. ; (st).• 3:00: Izabella Budai and Máté SzietiPresent. Hungarian Fantasy. Doppler: Trios forTwo Flutes and Piano. Izabella Budai and MátéSzieti, flute; Oszkár Morzsa, piano. Trinity-St.Paul United Church, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-881-7972. ; (sr/st).• 3:00: Talisker Players. Mad Dogs andEnglishmen: the Noël Coward Songbook.Coward: Mad Dogs and Englishmen Go Out inwherewords& musicmeetjan. 13, 20138 pmMad Dogs &Englishmenthe Midday Sun, Songs from Bittersweet, I’llFollow My Secret Heart, Dance Little Lady,Someday I’ll Find You; other songs. MelanieConly, soprano; Bud Roach, tenor; TaliskerPlayers. Trinity St. Paul’s Centre, 427 BloorSt. W. 416-466-1800. ; (sr); (st/underemployed).• 3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Mozart Delights for Violin, Flute & Harp.Mozart: Overture to the Magic Flute; Concertofor Flute and Harp K297c; Violin ConcertoNo.4 K218; Serenade No.7 in D K248. NoraShulman, flute; Heidi Gorton, harp; AugustinHadelich, violin; Peter Oundjian, conductor.George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centrefor the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-593-4828 or416-593-0688(Chinese). –5.• 3:00: Vesnivka Choir. Ukranian ChristmasConcert. Ukranian Carols and new year’s songs.With Toronto Ukranian Male Chamber Choirand Dudaryk Toronto Boys Choir; guest: LemonBucket Orkestra. Islington United Church, 25Burnhamthorpe Rd. 416-246-9880 or 416-763-2197. ; (sr/st).• 4:00: St. Philip’s Anglican Church. JazzVespers. Laura Fernandez Quartet. 25 St.Phillips Rd., Etobicoke. 416-247-5181. Freewilloffering.• 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. JazzVespers. Amanda Tosoff Trio. 1570 Yonge St.416-920-5211 x22. Free, donations welcome.• 6:30: St. Thomas’s Church. EvensongPrelude: Ariel Harwood-Jones, soprano, inrecital. St. Thomas’s Church, 383 Huron St.416-979-2323. Freewill offering. Followed byEvensong featuring choral music by Howellsand Elgar.• 8:30: Toronto Fringe /Total BettyProductions. Liza Live! See Jan 2.• 9:15pm: Toronto Fringe /Pomme GrenadeProductions. The Peace Maker. See Jan 3.• 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Midge Ure. Opening set:Right the Stars. 2261 Dundas St. W. 416-531-6604. .50/(adv). Also Jan 15.Tuesday January 14• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Jazz Series: Salsa Goes with Everything!Humber College Latin Big Band, LuisMario Ochoa, director. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for thePerforming Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Small Jazz Ensembles. Upper JazzStudio, 90 Wellesley St. W. 416-408-0208.Free.• 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Midge Ure. Opening set:Right the Stars. 2261 Dundas St. W. 416-531-6604. .50/(adv). Also Jan 14.Wednesday January 16• 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Music at Midday: New Music Ensemble.Matt Brubeck, director. Martin Family Lounge,Rm.219 Accolade East Bldg., 4700 Keele St.416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist church.Noon Hour Organ Recital Series. Rachel Mahon,organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Mozart Symphony 40. Mozart: SerenadeNo.12 for Winds K384a; Sinfonia concertantefor Violin and Viola K320d; SymphonyNo.40 K550. Jonathan Crow, violin; TengLi, viola; Peter Oundjian, conductor. RoyThomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828or 416-593-0688(Chinese). –5. AlsoJan 17.Thursday January 17• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Piano Virtuosos Series: Romantic Reveries.Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll (Glenn Gould transcription).Mehdi Ghazi, piano. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for thePerforming Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:00 noon: Music at Metropolitan. Noonat Met. Ron Jordan, piano. Metropolitan UnitedChurch, 56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331 x26.Freewill offering.• 12:10: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Thursdays at Noon Series: Beethovenon Fortepiano. Beethoven: Sonatas Nos. 3,10 and 14 (“Moonlight”). John Kruspe, piano.Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’sPark. 416-408-0208. Free.• 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Jazz at Noon: Rita di Ghent Quartet.Martin Family Lounge, Rm.219 Accolade EastBldg., 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100 x22926.Free.• 7:30: York University Department ofMusic. Faculty Concert Series: Dorothyde Val, piano. Works by 20th century composersBritten, Lloyd, Grainger, Scott andGershwin. Guest: Charlene Biggs, piano. TributeCommunities Recital Hall, Rm.112 AccoladeEast Bldg., 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888.; (st).• 8:00: Music Toronto. Discovery Series:Kaori Yamagami, cello. Bach: Suite No.1 inG BWV 1007; Hindemith: Solo Sonata Op.25No.3; Sollima: Alone; Reger: Suite in G Op131cNo.1; Gaspar: Cassado Suite. Jane MallettTheatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27Front St. E. 416-366-7723. .50; (st).• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Baroque London.Collaborative program conceived, scripted andacted by R.H. Thomson. Works by Handel,Galliard, Quantz, Sammartini, Bononcini andPepusch. Jeanne Lamon, director. Trinity-St.Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. –; –(sr); –(35and under). Also Jan 18, 19, 20(mat, GeorgeWeston Recital Hall).• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Mozart Symphony 40. See Jan 16.Friday January 18• 1:30: York University Department ofMusic. Music at Midday: Aria with Me. Young56 thewholenote.com December 1 – February 7, 2013

singers in the classical voice performance studiosof Stephanie Bogle, Norma Burrowes,Michael Donovan, Janet Obermeyer, and KarenRymal; Susan Black, piano. Martin FamilyLounge, Rm.219 Accolade East Bldg., 4700Keele St. 416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 7:30: Brampton Folk Club. Friday FolkNight: Traditional Canadian Fiddling by theMétis Fiddle Quartet. Sanderson Hall, St. Paul’sUnited Church, 30 Main St. S., Brampton. 647-233-3655. ; (sr/st).• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall and RoyThomson Hall. Paco Peña. Flamenco guitar.Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. .50–.50.• 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre. DominicMancuso & The Sultans of String. Multilingualsinger-songwriter and six piece world musicensemble. 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham.905-305-7469. –.• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. Soledad Barrioand Noche Flamenca. Koerner Hall, 273 BloorSt. W. 416-408-0208. –. Postludeperformance by the Jorge Miguel FlamencoEnsemble.• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Baroque London. SeeJan 17.• 8:00: York University Department ofMusic. Improv Soiree. An evening of improvisationin a participatory open mic setup, hostedby the improve studios of Casey Sokol; performersand observers welcome. Sterling BeckwithStudio, 235 Accolade East Bld. 4700 Keele St.416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Gordon LightfootTribute. With Matt Barber, Lori Cullen JohnWort Hannam, Jadea Kelly, Treasa Levasseur,Kevin Fox, Russell deCarle & Jory Nahs, andothers. 2261 Dundas St. W. 416-531-6604..50/(adv). Also Jan 19, 20.Saturday January 19• 1:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.The Magic Horn. Broughton: The Magic Horn;Greig: Morning and Arabian Dance form PeerGynt; Saint-Saëns: Bacchanale from Samsonand Delilah. Magic Circle Mime Company,mimes; Peter Oundjian, conductor. RoyThomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828or 416-593-0688(Chinese). –. Alsoat 3:30.• 3:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. TheMagic Horn. See 1:30.• 8:00: Chamber Music Mississauga.From Page to Stage: Great Authors & GreatComposers Series: Happy Birthday, EdgarAllen Poe & Erica Goodman! Poe: The Raven(music by A. Louie); Conte Fantastique (musicby A. Caplet); Beethoven: String QuartetOp.131 No.14; Purcell: Chaconne. MississaugaSymphony principal strings; Erica Goodman,harp; Angela Fusco, narrator. Great Hall,Unitarian Congregation of Mississauga, 84South Service Rd., Mississauga. 905-848-0015. ; (sr); (st); (family).• 8:00: Gallery 345. Lara Downes: The ExilesCafe. Solo piano works of the 19th and 20thcenturies. Works by Chopin, Rachmaninoff,Korngold, Prokofiev, Stravinsky and others 345Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. ; (st).Music Sunday. Foggy Hogtown Trio. 2 NorbertRd. 416-491-1224. Free.• 1:00: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. UTSO Concerto Competition Final.Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’sPark. 416-408-0208. Free.• 2:00: Royal Conservatory. Andrés Diaz andFriends. Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in g; TanDun: Elegy: Snow in June. Mark Duggan, MorrisPalter, David Kent and John Rudolph, percussion;Jeanie Chung, piano. Koerner Hall, 273Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. .• 2:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. New Music Festival: Opera StudentComposer Collective. Modern adaptation ofSophocles’s Antigone, composed by U of T studentswith libretto by Michael Patrick Albano.gamUT Ensemble, Sanrda Horst, conductor.Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’sPark. 416-408-0208. Free.• 3:00: Hart House Music Committee.Sunday Concerts: 656th Concert: Sultans ofString. Great Hall, Hart House, 7 Hart HouseCircle. 416-978-2452. Free.• 3:30: Tafelmusik. Baroque London. SeeJan 17.• 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Gordon LightfootTribute. See Jan 18.Monday January 21• 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Music at Midday: Classical InstrumentalRecital. Matt Brubeck, director. Martin FamilyLounge, Rm.219 Accolade East Bldg., 4700Keele St. 416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 6:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. New Music Festival: Luciano Berio1925–2003: A Retrospective: The CompleteSequenzas. Concert by faculty and and guests,curated by Duo ConTempera. Walter Hall,Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. Free.• 7:00: Royal Conservatory/Toronto BluesSociety. Maple Blues Awards. Celebration ofCanada’s blues music. Raoul Bhaneja, host.Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.–.Associates of the TorontoSymphony OrchestraMonday,January 217:30 p.m.Brahms meetsSchoenbergBeaulieu-Bergeron, cello. Trinity-St.Paul’sCentre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-282-6636. ;(sr/st); (under 12).• 7:30: St. Michael’s Choir School. A Gift ofMusic. Gala fundraiser featuring performancesby the school’s alumni and more. See listingssection D, “The ETCeteras,” under Galas &Fundraisers.• 8:00: Jazz.FM91. Sound of Jazz ConcertSeries: Bacharachattack: A Tribute to BurtBacharach and Hal David. Performed by vocalistsLou Pomanti, Lori Cullen, Barbra Lica,Wendy Lands and Elizabeth Shepherd. 21 OldMill Rd. 416-236-2641. ; (st).Tuesday January 22• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Chamber Music Series: Meditations on Eastand West. Takemitsu: Bryce; Ravel: TroisPoèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé; Stravinsky:Three Japanese Lyrics. Artists of the GlennGould School, Barry Shiffman, director. RichardBradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centrefor the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Music at Midday: Student Showcase.Martin Family Lounge, Rm.219 Accolade EastBldg., 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100 x22926.Free.• 6:00: Hot Tea and Cool Jazz. Joel HarttSwings! Victoria Room, Old Mill Inn, 21 Old MillRd. 416-236-2641. includes refreshments.• 7:30: Royal Conservatory. JoaquinValdepeñas Conducts. Janáček: Capricciofor Piano Left-Hand and Winds; Stravinsky:Concerto in E-flat “Dumbarton Oaks.” GlennGould School Chamber Ensemble. MazzoleniConcert Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208..• 7:30: Summers International. WorldPremiere Centrediscs 2-CD Set Launch:“Visions: Rhapsodies & Fantasies.” Caravassilis:Visions: Rhapsodies & Fantasies. ChristinaPetrowska Quilico, piano. Glenn Gould Studio,250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255. ; (sr/st). Pianist’s paintings inspired by the music projectedat concert.• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Small Jazz Ensembles. Upper JazzStudio, 90 Wellesley St. W. 416-408-0208.Free.• 8:00: Music Toronto. Piano Series: Marc-André Hamelin, piano. Bach: Organ Fantasy• 8:00: New Music Concerts. EnsembleSurPlus. D.P. Biró: Gam Zera (Also the Seed);also new works by Schwehr, D. Mack and C.Mahnkopf. Music Gallery, 197 John St. 416-961-9594. ; (sr/arts worker); (st).• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Baroque London. SeeJan 17.• 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Gordon LightfootTribute. See Jan 18.Sunday January 20• 10:15 am: St. John’s United Church. WorldTrinity-St. Paul’s Centre427 Bloor St. West• 7:30: Associates of the TorontoSymphony Orchestra. Five Small Concerts:Brahms Meets Schoenberg. Schoenberg:Transfigured Night, Op.4; Brahms: SextetNo.2 in G Op.36. Jonathan Crow and SydneyChun, violins; Teng Li and Theresa Rudolph,violas; Joseph Johnson and EmmanuelleDecember 1 – February 7, 2013 thewholenote.com 57

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