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Volume 20 Issue 3 - November 2014

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under).● ● 8:00: Sony Centre For the PerformingArts. Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy.Videos and art stills of the games withlive music. Music by Uematsu. Susan Calloway,vocals; Distant Worlds PhilharmonicOrchestra; Tallis Choir of Toronto; Arnie Roth,conductor. Sony Centre For The PerformingArts, 1 Front St. E. 1-855-872-7669. -5.● ● 8:00: Tafelmusik. The French Connection.See Dec 4; Also Dec 7(mat).● ● 8:00: Voices Chamber Choir. A Garlandof Carols. Vaughan Williams: Fantasiaon Christmas Carols; Holst: Christmas Day;works by Phllips, Rutter, Chilcott and others.Ron Ka Ming Cheung, conductor; John Stephenson,piano. Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 151 Glenlake Ave. 416-519-0528. $20;(sr/st).Sunday December 7● ● 1:15: Mooredale Concerts. Music and Truffles:Jalbert and Song. Interactive performancefor young audiences. David Jalbert andWonny Song, pianos. Walter Hall, EdwardJohnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-922-3714 x103. (includes a chocolate truffle atconclusion).A. Concerts in the GTA● ● 2:00: Off Centre Music Salon. RussianSalon: St. Petersburg, Petrograd, Leningrad... St. Petersburg. Stravinsky: L’histoirede soldat; other works. Marie Bérard, violin;Ilana Zarankin, soprano; Erica Iris Huang,mezzo; Inna Perkis and Boris Zarankin, piano;William Webster, actor. Glenn Gould Studio,250 Front St. W. 416-466-1870. ; (sr); (age13-25); (child).● ● 2:00: Royal Conservatory. Mazzoleni Masters:John O’Conor & Desmond Hoebig. Nocturnesby Fields and Chopin; Beethoven:Cello Sonata No.3; Schumann: Piano Quintet.John O’Conor, piano; Desmond Hoebig, cello;guests, other members of RCM Faculty. MazzoleniConcert Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. .● ● 2:30: Bel Canto Singers. The Most WonderfulTime of Year. Jacqueline Mokrzewski,piano; Linda Meyer, conductor. St. Dunstanof Canterbury, 56 Lawson Rd., Scarborough.416-286-8260. . Also 7:30.● ● 2:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Choirs in Concert: Gloria! YoungVoices Toronto (Zimfira Poloz, conductor),MacMillan Singers, Men’s Chorus, Women’sChamber Choir and Women’s Chorus; AndréHeywood, conductor. MacMillan Theatre,Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park.416-408-0208. ; $20(sr); (st).● ● 3:00: Arraymusic. Udo Kasemets,Uncompromising Experimentalist, Day Two.Musical tribute to one of Toronto’s mostrespected thinkers and composers. ArrayEnsemble. Array Space, 155 Walnut St. 416-532-3019. . 2:00: Pre-concert talk. Receptionto follow. See also Dec 6.● ● 3:00: Harmony Singers. It’s the HolidaySeason! Cool Santa, Winter Wonderland,Christmas in Killarney, The Secret ofChristmas and other songs. Guest: EtobicokeSchool of the Arts scholarship winner. HumberValley United Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd.,Etobicoke. 416-239-5821. $20; (sr/st).● ● 3:00: Opera by Request. Humperdinck:Hansel and Gretel. Sarah Helmers, mezzo(Hansel); Brittany Stewart, soprano (Gretel);Roz McArthur, mezzo (Witch); AustinLarusson, baritone (Father); and others; WilliamShookhoff, piano/music director. CollegeStreet United Church, 452 College St. 416-455-2365. $20.● ● 3:00: Orchestra Toronto. The Snowman.The Snowman (animated film) w. orchestraland choral accompaniment; Burry: A HockeyCantata (world premiere); Plau: Concertofor Tuba and Strings. Jarrett McCourt, tuba;SundayDecember 73 pmPatricia Parrpiano*Erika Raumviolin*WinonaZelenkacelloHeliconian Hall35 Hazelton AveSyrinxConcerts.caguests: Bach Children’s Chorus. Toronto Centrefor the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 855-985-2787. ; (sr); (OTopus, child).● ● 3:00: Pax Christi Chorale. Winter Nights.See Dec 6(eve).CMYCMMYCYCMYKSearching forMessiahs?Subscribe to HalfTonesThe WholeNote mid-month e-letter.Scen the QR Code or go tothewholenote.com/halftones toregister.54 | November 1 - December 7, 2014 thewholenote.com

● ● 3:00: St. Michael’s Choir School. StMichael’s Choir School at Massey Hall. SeeDec 6.● ● 3:00: Symphony on the Bay. ChristmasTreats. Corelli: Christmas Concerto; Reed:Russian Christmas Music; Baer: God BlessUs Everyone (narration by Burlington’s GregoryCross); carol sing-along. Guests: BurlingtonCivic Chorale Choir (Gary Fisher, musicaldirector). Burlington Performing Arts Centre,440 Locust St., Burlington. 905-681-6000. –.● ● 3:00: Syrinx Concerts Toronto. A Celebrationof Canadian Composers. Kodály: Duo forviolin and cello; Cherney: “Stillness of the 7thAutumn”; Schubert: Trio No.1 in b for piano,violin and cello. Patricia Parr, piano; ErikaRaum, violin; Winona Zelenka, cello. HeliconianHall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-654-0877. ;$20(st). Post-concert meet and greet withartists.● ● 3:15: Mooredale Concerts. Piano Dialoguewith David Jalbert and Wonny Song. Musicfor two pianos. Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata;Poulenc: Les soirées de Nazelles; Ravel: MaMère l’Oye “Mother Goose” M.60; Schubert:Fantasie in f D940 Op.103; Rachmaninoff SuiteNo.2 Op.17. David Jalbert and Wonny Song,pianos. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building,80 Queen’s Park. 416-922-3714 x103. ;$20(under 30).● ● 3:30: Tafelmusik. The French Connection.See Dec 4.● ● 4:00: Church of St. Mary Magdalene.Organ music for Advent. Andrew Adair,organ. 477 Manning Ave. 416-531-7955. Free.● ● 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. ChristmasVespers. Barlow Brass and Drums.1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211x22. Freewilloffering.● ● 7:30: Bel Canto Singers. The Most WonderfulTime of Year. See 2:30.● ● 8:00: Musideum. Steve Koven and JaysonDale. Jazz. Suite 133 (main floor),401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $20.EnsemblePolaris2014–2015 CONCERT SERIESDECEMBER 14 | 4 PMAll This NightAN ESG CHRISTMAS WITHBRASS, CAROLS AND ORGANThursday, Dec. 11,8pmauroraculturalcentre.ca905 713-1818MARCH 29 | 4 PMRequiemCHAMBER ORCHESTRAAND THE ESG CHOIRAPRIL 25 | 4 PMUnited in SongESG CHOIR ANDTHE WOODSTOCKFANSHAWE SINGERSMAY 22 | 7 PMBeautiful BroadwayMUSIC, AUCTION AND MORE35 Lytton Blvd., Toronto416.481.1141www.esgunited.orgthewholenote.com November 1 - December 7, 2014 | 55

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