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Volume 19 Issue 5 - February 2014

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Weekly organ recital:

Weekly organ recital: David Briggs. St. JamesCathedral, 65 Church St. 416-364-7865 x224.Free.●●4:00: Church of St. Mary Magdalene.Organ Music by Bach, Buxtehude and Sweelinck.Andrew Adair, organ. 477 Manning Ave.416-531-7955. Free.●●4:00: Toronto Classical Singers. In Concert.Handel: Dettingen Te Deum; Haydn:Mass in the Time of War. Sheila Dietrich, soprano;Sandra Boyes, mezzo; James McLennon,tenor; Matthew Zadow, baritone; TaliskerPlayers Orchestra; Jurgen Petrenko, conductor.Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 YongeSt. 416-443-1490. ; (sr/st).●●4:00: Vivace Vox. A Cole Porter Afternoon.A. Concerts in the GTALinda Eyman, conductor. Trinity-St. Paul’sUnited Church, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-455-9238. ; (sr/st); (family).●●4:30: St. Timothy’s Anglican Church(North Toronto). JazzEvenSong. St. Timothy’sAnglican Church, 100 Old OrchardGrove Rd. 416-488-0079. Freewill offering.●●7:30: Victoria Scholars. Male Voices.Rheinberger: Mass in F for Male Choir andOrgan, Op.190; works by Elgar; Thompson;Strauss. Our Lady Of Sorrows, 3055 Bloor St.W. 416-761-7776. , (st/sr).●●7:30: Wychwood Clarinet Choir and U of TClarinet Ensemble. In Concert. Greaves:Canadian Folk Song Suite; Mozart: Serenadein Eb; R. Byrd: Jubilation. Michele Jacot,conductor. Walter Hall, Edward JohnsonBuilding, 80 Queen’s Park. 647-668-8943.Free.a percussive evening with416-961-9594. ; (sr/arts worker);TORONTO CLASSICALSINGERSpresentsGeorge Frideric HandelDETTINGEN TE DEUMJoseph HaydnMASS IN THE TIMEOF WARSoloists:Sheila Dietrich, sopranoSandra Boyes, mezzo-sopranoJames McLennan, tenorMatthew Zadow, baritoneThe Talisker Players OrchestraJurgen Petrenko, conductorSunday, March 2, 2014 at 4 pmChrist Church Deer Park1570 Yonge Street, at Heath St. W.www.torontoclassicalsingers.caTickets Adult; Senior/Studentsunday march 2, 2014music gallery 197 john st.www.NewMusicConcerts.com●●8:00: New Music Concerts. A PercussiveEvening with Jean-Pierre Drouet. Kagel: Exotica(selections); Globokar: Toucher; Aperghis:Le corps à corps; Rzewski: To the Earth; Battistelli:Il Libro Celibe; Drouet: Improvisationson the Zarb. Jean-Pierre Drouet, solopercussion. Music Gallery, 197 John St.Sunday Mar 2 • 3 p.m.Kaffeemusik:Pärt and PurcellSettings of Magnificat and Nunc Dimittistexts link both composers in creativeexpression. Delight in the rich sonorityof chromaticism and in the masterfulcontrol of dissonance.Featuring conductor Lucas HarrisChurch of the Redeemer162 Bloor St. W. at Avenue Road(416) 763-1695torontochamberchoir.ca40 | February 1, 2014 - March 7, 2014 thewholenote.com

(st). 7:15: Illuminating introduction.Monday March 3●●7:30: Associates of the Toronto SymphonyOrchestra. Ensembles from the TorontoSymphony Youth Orchestra. Trinity-St. Paul’sCentre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-282-6636. ,(st/sr).Tuesday March 4●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Weekly organ recital: Jan Overduin. St.James Cathedral, 65 Church St. 416-364-7865x224. Free.Wednesday March 5●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.New Creations Festival: Slonimsky’s Earbox.Adams: Slonimsky’s Earbox (Canadian Première);Bjarnason: Bow to String; Zosha DiCastri: Lineage (Canadian Première); Esa-Pekka Salonen: Violin Concerto (CanadianPremière). Leila Josefowicz, violin; SaeunnThorsteinsdottir, cello; John Adams, conductor;Peter Oundjian, conductor and host.Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. -5. Post-concert party in thelobby.Thursday March 6●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic: Rising Stars Recital. Universityof Toronto Faculty of Music students. ChristChurch Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free. Donations welcome.●●12:10: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Thursdays at Noon. Opera Spotlight:Fifty Operatic Years in the MacMillan Theatre.Britten: Albert Herring (excerpts). WalterHall, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’sPark. 416-408-0208. Free.●●12:15: Music at Metropolitan. Noon atMet. John Paul Farahat, organ. MetropolitanUnited Church, 56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331X26. Free.●●7:00: Spotlight on Israeli Culture/TorontoDowntown Jazz/Toronto Ashkenaz Foundation.Israeli Jazz Showcase. Gilad HekselmanTrio, Shai Maestro Trio and David BuchbinderEnsemble. The Rex Hotel, 194 Queen St. W.416-598-2475. .●●7:00: Stephen Cera presents. JacquesIsraelievitch and Friends. Mozart: Trio in EbK498 “Kegelstatt”; Schubert: Sonata in a forviola and piano D821 “Arpeggione”. JacquesIsraelievitch, viola; Patricia Wait, clarinet; StephenCera, piano. Remenyi House of Music,Music Room, 210 Bloor St. W. 416-487-3392.. Also Feb 25 (Briton House).●●7:30: York University Department ofMusic. York University Jazz Orchestrawith the Jazz.FM91 Youth Big Band. TributeCommunities Hall, Accolade East Building,4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. ; (sr/st).●●8:00: AIMToronto. Experimentalmusic. Musideum, Suite 133 (main floor),401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. .●●8:00: Array Space. Array Session #23.Rick Sacks, percussion. Array Space,155 Walnut Ave. 416 532 3019. PWYC.●●8:00: Tafelmusik. The Four Seasons: ACycle of the Sun. Vivaldi: Spring, Summer,and Fall concertos; Danna: Winter. Wen Zhao,Chinese pipa; Aruna Narayan Kalle, Indiansarangi; Aqsarniit, Inuit throat singer. Trinity-St.Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. -67. Also Mar 7, 8, 9 (3:30pm), 11, 12THE FOURSEASONS:A CYCLE OFTHE SUNMar 6-12416.964.6337tafelmusik.orgBaroque Orchestra | Jeanne Lamon, Music DirectorIN THIS ISSUE: Barrie, Dundas, Guelph, Hamilton, Huntsville,Kingston, Kitchener, Lindsay, London, Owen Sound,Peterborough, Port Hope, St. Catharines and Waterloo.Saturday February 1●●10:30am: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.Carnival of Arctic Animals. Music by Elgar,Saint-Saëns, Bartók and Mozart. KWS StringTrio. Waterloo Region Museum, 10 Huron Rd.,Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 888-745-4717. -. Also Jan 11(Conrad Centre for the PerformingArts).●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. The CIA (Composers andImprovisers Association of WLU’s Faculty ofMusic. Brass quintet and clarinet trio (clarinet,cello, piano). Music by many studentcomposers at the Faculty of Music. KWCMSMusic Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. ; (sr); (st).Sunday February 2●●2:00: Concert Association of Huntsville.Violin and Piano Duo. Christian Vachon, violin;Frederic Lacroix, piano. Trinity UnitedChurch, 33 Main St. E., Huntsville. 705-789-1918. ; free(18 and under).●●2:30: Georgian Music. Ashu, Saxophoneand Kuang-Hao Huang, Piano. Central UnitedChurch, 54 Ross St., Barrie. 705-726-1181..●●2:30: Kingston Symphony. Beethoven andDvorak. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5;Dvorák: Symphony No.7. Jan Lisiecki, piano.Grand Theatre, 218 Princess St., Kingston.613-530-2050. –.●●3:00: Wellington Winds. Shall We Dance.Cowell: Concerto for Trumpet and Winds; andworks by Bennett, Press, Zdechlik, Debussyand others. Daniel Warren, conductor. Guest:Larry Larson, trumpet. Knox PresbyterianChurch, 50 Erb St. W., Waterloo. 519-579-3097. -; free(st).●●3:30: Huronia Symphony Orchestra.Adventures with the Symphony: Children’sConcert. Students from the Huronia SymphonyYouth Program; Oliver Balaburski,conductor. Collier Street United Church,112 Collier St., Barrie. 705-721-4752. ;(7:00pm).Friday March 7●●7:30: Opera by Request. Don Giovanni.Mozart. Giovanni Spanu, baritone (Don Giovanni);Gregory Finney, bass-baritone (Leporello);Deena Nicklefork, soprano (Elvira);Gwenna Fairchild-Taylor, soprano (DonnaAnna); Mark Atherton, tenor (Don Ottavio);and others; William Shookhoff, music directorand piano. College Street United Church,452 College St. 416-455-2365. .●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. NewCreations Festival: Absolute Jest. Current:New Work (TSO Commission/World Première);V. Ho: City Suite - Concerto for AmplifiedCello and Orchestra; Adams: AbsoluteJest (Canadian Première). Peter Oundjian,conductor; Gary Kulesha, conductor; JohnAdams, conductor; Shauna Rolston, cello; St.Lawrence String Quartet. Roy Thomson Hall,60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. -5. Postconcertparty in the lobby.B. Concerts Beyond the GTA(st); (child).●●7:30: Aeolian/Acoustic Muse Concerts.An East Coast Feast of Music withJ. P. Cormier and Dave Gunning. J. P. Cormier,strings and vocals; Dave Gunning, guitarand vocals; Adrien Au Coin, bass. AeolianHall, 795 Dundas St. E., London. 519-672-7950.; (adv).Wednesday Febrary 5●●12:00_noon: Midday Music with Shigeru.Thomas Torok, Piano. Bach, Beethoven, Chopinand Rachmaninoff. Hi-Way PentecostalChurch, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181.; free(st).Thursday February 6●●12:00_noon: University of Guelph. ThursdayAt Noon Concert Series: For Love andWar. Works by Beethoven, Ravel and Butterworth;Irish folk songs. James Westman,baritone; Anna Ronai, piano. MacKinnonRoom 107, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd.,Guelph. 519-824-4120x5299. Free.Friday February 7●●7:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.Sound in Motion: Music and the Body.Meaghan Johnson, mindfulness educator;Brian Seaton, oboe; Edwin Outwater, conductor.Conrad Centre for the PerformingArts, 36 King St. W., Kitchener. 519-745-4711or 888-745-4717. . Also Feb 8.●●7:30: Port Hope Friends of Music. Tafelmusik/VesuviusEnsemble: Bella Napoli. Scarlatti:Concerto grosso No.5 in d; Leo: Concertofor Cello in A; Vinci: Vurria addeventaresurecillo (Li zite ‘n galera); Cailò: Sonata for 3violins & continuo; and other classical worksand traditional and improvisational music ofbaroque Naples. Francesco Pellegrino, tenorand chitarra battente; Marco Cera, baroqueguitar, mandolino and ciaramella; Lucas Harris,baroque guitar and theorbo; Ben Grossman,baroque guitar, saz and percussion;Jeanne Lamon, conductor. Port Hope United●●8:00: Aurora Cultural Centre. school-HOUSE Song Circle: In Concert. 22 ChurchSt., Aurora. 905 713-1818. .●●8:00: Patricia Duffy. Jazz. Musideum, Suite133 (main floor), 401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. .●●8:00: Tafelmusik. The Four Seasons: ACycle of the Sun. See Mar 6; Also Mar 8, 9(3:30pm), 11, 12 (7:00pm).●●8:00: Toronto Heliconian Club/Associationof Canadian Women Composers. Ones,Twos and Threes. Works by Southam, Estelle,Marshall and Pearce. Christina PetrowskaQuilico, piano; Janet Catherine Dea, soprano.Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-922-3618. ; (st/sr).Search the listingsby zone online atthewholenote.comChurch, 34 South St., Port Hope. 905-797-2295. ; (13-29).●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. The Attacca String Quartet.Haydn Quartets. Op.9 No.2 in Eb; Op.50 No.5in F (“The Dream”); Op.64 No.5 (“The “Lark”).(Concert 5 of a projected 23 of all the Haydnquartets.). Amy Schroeder & Keiko Tokunaga,violin; Luke Fleming, viola; Andrew Yee, cello.KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.519-886-1673. ; (sr); (st);cheaper for two, cheaper yet for all four.Saturday February 8● ● 2:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Attacca String Quartet. Concert6 of a projected 24:. Haydn: String QuartetsOp. 33/4 in C, 17/4 in D, 76/1 in G. AmyCapella Intima &Toronto Continuo Collectivepresent:La Dafneby Marco da Gagliano, 1608Libretto by Ottavio RinucciniFebruary 22nd, 2pm - HamiltonMacNeill Baptist ChurchFebruary 23rd, 2pm - TorontoTrinity St. Paul’sSuggested donation of Generously supported bythe Ontario Arts Councilwww.capellaintima.comthewholenote.com February 1, 2014 - March 7, 2014 | 41

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