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Volume 22 Issue 3 - November 2016

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Centre. Balancing on the Edge. Works by Lang, Cage, Storring, Rubin, Lizée and Xenakis. Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. ; (sr/arts). Also 2:00; Nov 18(eve). APOLLO & DAPHNE By Handel gods & mortals 17–19 November ●●8:00: Toronto Masque Theatre. Apollo and Daphne/Enoch Arden. Handel: Apollo and Daphne; R. Strauss: Enoch Arden. Jacqueline Woodley, soprano; Geoffrey Sirett, baritone; Derek Boyes, actor; Angela Park, piano; Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, stage director; Larry Beckwith, conductor. Enoch Turner DENIS MASTROMONACO MUSIC DIRECTOR & C O N D U C T O R MSOMasterwks A. Concerts in the GTA Schoolhouse, 106 Trinity St. 416-410-4561. ; (sr); (30 and under). 7:15: preconcert event. Also Nov 17 and 18. Performed with baroque orchestra. ●●9:00: Music Gallery. Ensemble Micro-Ritmia and Taktus. Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave. 416-204-1080. /(adv); (members/st). Sunday November 20 ●●2:00: National Ballet of Canada. Cinderella.See Nov 12. ●●2:00: Peter Margolian and Friends. Chamber Music Concert. D’Indy: Trio for clarinet, cello and piano; Dutilleux: Sonata for oboe and piano; Fauré: L’hiver a cessé (from La Bonne Chanson). Don Englert, clarinet; John Trembath, cello; Peter Margolian, piano; Hazel Boyle, oboe; Jackie Gelinas, mezzo. Alliance Française de Toronto, 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2014 x37. ; (sr/teachers); free(under 19). ●●2:00: Tapestry Opera. Naomi’s Road. See Nov 16. ●●2:30: Georgetown Bach Chorale. Messiah. Christina Lamoureux, soprano; Cassandra Warner, mezzo; Michael Taylor, tenor; Bob Knight, bass; Ronald Greidanus, harpsichord/ conductor. St. Elias the Prophet Ukrainian Church, 10193 Heritage Rd., Brampton. 905- 873-9909. ; (st). Also Nov 18(8:00), Nov 19(8:00; Runnymede United Church). ●●2:30: Voicebox/Opera in Concert. I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues). Bellini. Caitlin Wood, soprano; Anita Krause, mezzo; Tonatiuh Abrego, tenor; Voicebox Chorus; Robert Cooper, chorus director; Raisa Nakhmanovich, music director/piano. St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. $22-. ●●3:00: Gallery 345. Art of the Piano: Shoshana Telner. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; other works by Schulhoff, Hummel, John Williams, Bartók and Liszt. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. ; (st). ●●3:30: Wychwood Clarinet Choir. Harvest Song. Humperdinck (arr. M. Johnston): Overture to Hansel and Gretel; Mourant: Pied Piper; Jobim (arr. S. Macdonald): No More Blues; Holst (arr. Moore and Greaves): Second Suite in F. Michele Jacot, solo clarinet and director. Church of St. Michael and All Angels, 611 St. Clair Ave. W. 647-668-8943. ; (sr); (st/child). AN AMERICAN ON FLUTE STREET Kelly Via, composer, piccolo Christ Church, Deer Park Nov. 20, 4pm ●●4:00: Flute Street. An American on Flute Street. Works by Via, R. Nadel, M. Lauf Jr., I. Page and Gershwin. Kelly Via, solo piccolo; Flute Choir. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-462-9498. ; (sr); (st). ●●4:00: Hart House Singers. Darkness to Light. Medieval to modern choral settings about light. Works by Schafer, Whitacre, Bach and others. David Arnot-Johnston, conductor; Jeff Vidov, piano. Hart House, Great Hall, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-2452. Free; food donations to U of T Food Bank welcomed. ●●4:00: Opus 8. Twilight Recital. Works by Britten, Meehan, and Rogier. Cathedral Church of St. James, 65 Church St. 416-821- 7286. Free. 4:30: Audience invited to stay for one-hour Evensong service. Reception following. ●●6:00: Eve Egoyan. Piano Recital. Rudolf Komorous: Wu. Eve Egoyan, piano. Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw St. 416-530-2787. - . Also Nov 6, 13, 27. ●●7:00: Danceweavers. Toussaint: Story and Song of the Dark Months. Breton folk music. Balfolk Toronto; Emilyn Stam, fiddle; Bruce Carmody, storyteller. Montgomery’s Inn, 4709 Dundas St. W. 416-578-1031. ; (sr/ st). 5:30: Breton dinner(; suitable for vegetarians); hot cider at intermission; some stories may not be suitable for children under 12. ●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Vivaldi’s Gloria. St. Basil’s Church, University of St. Michael’s College, 50 St. Joseph St. 416-408- 0208. ; (sr); (st). m’M Sunday November 20 2016 8pm Concert Koerner Hall ESPRIT ORCHESTRA espritorchestra.com ●●8:00: Esprit Orchestra. m’M. Crumb: A Haunted Landscape; Dalbavie: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra; Di Castri: Alba; Leroux: m’M. Joseph Johnson, cello; Alex Pauk, conductor. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. -; -(sr); $22-(under 30); -(st). 7:15: Preconcert chat moderated by Alexina Louie. Monday November 21 ●●12:30: York University Department of Music. Music at Midday: Classical Instrumental Concert. Tribute Communities Recital Hall, Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele St. 647-459-0701. Free. ●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. ensemble LUX: 100 Years of Austrian Modern Music. Schönberg: String Trio Op.45; Neuwirth: Settori for String Quartet; Apostel: 6 Epigramme for String Quartet Op.33; Resch: Al Fresco for Violoncello Solo; other works. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416- 408-0208. ; (sr); (st). ●●7:30: York University Department of Music. Jazz Festival: Jazz Combos. Roy Patterson, Lorne Lofsky and Mark Eisenman, directors. Martin Family Lounge, Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele St. 647-459- 0701. Free. ●●9:00: Stereo Live. Fire and Grace. Edwin Huizinga, violin; William Coulter, guitar. The Burdock, 1184 Bloor St. W. 416-546-4033. /(adv). Also Nov 16(Campbell House); 17(St. Andrew by-the-Lake). Tuesday November 22 ●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. Chamber Music Series: Extended Apocalypse. Bedrossian: Division; Ferguson: Project miroirs; Leroux: Extended Apocalypsis. McGill University’s Contemporary Music Ensemble; Guillaume Bourgogne, conductor. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. First come, first served. Late seating not available. ●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/ Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime Chamber Music: Rising Stars Recital. Performance students from the U of T Faculty of Music. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free. Donations accepted. ●●12:30: York University Department of 46 | November 1, 2016 - December 7, 2016 thewholenote.com

Music. Jazz Festival: Jazz Vocal Ensemble. Mike Cadó, director. Martin Family Lounge, Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele St. 647-459-0701. Free. ●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recitals: Simon Walker. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. Donations welcomed. ●●7:00: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Student Composers Concert. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. Free. ●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Itzhak Perlman’s Cinema Serenade. Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A Op.92; Stein: As Time Goes By from Casablanca; Morricone: Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso; Williams: Theme from Far and Away; Barry/arr. Itzhak Perlman: Main Title from Out of Africa; and other works. Itzhak Perlman, violin; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. -9. ●●8:00: York University Department of Music. Jazz Festival: Jazz Combos. Anthony Michelli, Artie Roth and Kelly Jefferson, directors. Martin Family Lounge, Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele St. 647-459-0701. Free. Wednesday November 23 ●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints Kingsway. Kingsway Organ Concert Series. Alison Riseley-Clark, organ. All Saints Kingsway Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-769- 5224. Freewill offering. ●●5:00: Nocturnes in the City. In Concert. Works by Chopin, Fisher and Schumann. Zuzana Simurdova and Mikolaj Warszynski, piano duo. St. Wenceslaus Church, 496 Gladstone Ave. 416-481-7294. . ●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Onegin. Music by Tchaikovsky. Three Act Ballet by John Cranko, based on the novel by Pushkin. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-345-9595. - 5. Also Nov 24, 25, 26(all 7:30); Nov 26 and 27(all 2:00). ●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Brass Chamber Ensembles. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. Free. ●●7:30: York University Department of Music. Jazz Festival: Jazz Combos. Kevin Turcotte, Jim Vivian and Frank Falco, directors. Martin Family Lounge, Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele St. 647-459-0701. Free. ●●8:00: Array Music. Array Session #42. Spontaneous Group Composition. Jonathan Adjemian, synth; Nick Buligan, trumpet/ electronics; Karen Ng, sax; Martin Arnold, whammy melodica. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 416-532-3019. Free/PWYC. ●●8:00: Soundstreams. Music of the Rainbow Nation: A Tribute to Nelson Mandela’s Dream. Dharmoo: Choral Work (premiere); and other works. Lorraine Klaasen, voice; Rainbow Chorus. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. .50-.50. Family Lounge, Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele St. 647-459-0701. Free. Women’s Musical Club of Toronto Music in the Afternoon JAMES SOMMERVILLE, French horn with Scott St. John, violin Peter Longworth, piano Thursday, November 24, 1:30pm Tickets 416-923-7052 www.wmct.on.ca ●●1:30: Women’s Musical Club of Toronto. Music in the Afternoon. 20th-century French works for horn and piano; works by Brahms and by Vivian Fung (world premiere). James Sommerville, horn; Scott St. John, violin; Peter Longworth, piano. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-923-7052. . ●●6:30: York University Department of Music. Jazz Festival: Jazz Choirs. Mim Adams, conductor. Tribute Communities Recital Hall, Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele St. 647-459-0701. Free. ●●7:00: North York Central Library. Poetry Through Music. Diana Braithwaite, blues singer; Chris Whitely, jazz trumpet; Michael Johnstone, reader/commentator. 5120 Yonge St. 416-395-5639. Free. ●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Onegin. Music by Tchaikovsky. Three Act Ballet by John Cranko, based on the novel by Pushkin. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-345-9595. -5. See Nov 23. Also Nov 25, 26(all 7:30); Nov 26 and 27(all 2:00). ●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Orpheus in the Underworld (Orphée aux enfers). Offenbach. In French with Surtitles. Russell Braun, conductor; Michael Patrick Albano, director. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. ; (sr); (st). 7:00: Opera Talk pre-performance lecture, rm 130. Also Nov 25, 26, 27(mat). ●●7:30: York University Department of Music. Jazz Festival: York U Jazz Orchestra. Mike Cadó, conductor. Martin Family Lounge, Accolade East Building, YU, 4700 Keele St. 647-459-0701. Free. ●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Haus Musik: Underground Elysium. Baroque music in an informal venue. Amanda Smith, designer/ director; David Jones; electronic artist. Great Hall, 1087 Queen St. W. 416-538-0868. $22/(adv). Cash bar. Standing room only. Friday November 25 ●●11:00am: Tafelmusik. Close Encounters…of the Italian Kind. Works by Geminiani, Vivaldi and Boccherini. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-964-6337. . Introductions by the performers. Also Dec 3(2:00, Temerty Theatre). ●●12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime Recital. Dan Bickle, organ. St. Andrew’s Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St. 416-593- 5600 x231. Free. ●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Potpourri. Featuring classics, opera, operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international and other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly. ●●7:00: 3-in-the-6ix. Open Fist. Emami: Open Fist; Mozart: Quartet No.19 in C K465 “Dissonance”; Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor Op.34. Ton Beau Quartet (Bijan Sepanji, violin; Suhashini Arulanandam, violin; Alex McLeod, viola; Sarah Steeves, cello); Talisa Blackman, piano. Runnymede United Church, 432 Runnymede Rd. 416-578- 6993. /(adv); (st/arts workers); (under 18). ●●7:00: Alliance Française de Toronto. The Aroma of France and Korea. French composers’ classical music; works by Korean-Canadian composer. Flute, clarinet, piano and vocals. 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922- 2014 x37. ; (sr/teachers); free(under 19). ●●7:30: Heliconian Club. Viennese Soirée. Works by Mozart, Haydn, Brahms, Schubert, J. Strauss II and Léhar. Allison Arends, soprano; Janet Catherine Dea, soprano; Maria Soulis, mezzo; Nataliya Lepeshkina, piano; Rita Greer, clarinet. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-922-3618. ; free(child). Includes post-concert refreshments. ●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Onegin. See Nov 23. Also Nov 26(7:30); Nov 26 and 27(all 2:00). ●●7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Orpheus in the Underworld (Orphée aux enfers). See Nov 24. Also Nov 26, 27(mat). ●●7:30: York University Department of Music. York University Gospel Choir. Karen Burke, conductor. Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre, Accolade East Building, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. ; (sr/st). Also Nov 26. ●●8:00: Gallery 345. Imagination and Introspection. Shostakovich: Viola Sonata; other works by R. Bolton, D. Jaeger and D. Báthory- Kitsz. Elizabeth Reid, viola; Alison Cerutti, piano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. ; (st). ●●8:00: Greater Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra. Tango. Piazzolla: Libertango, Oblivion, Adios Nonino; Chabrier: España; Bizet: Carmen (selections); Deda: Five pieces for accordion; Bridges: A Saturday Night Dance in Canada. Michael Bridge, accordion; David Fallis, conductor. Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave. 647-238-0015. ; (sr/st). ●●8:00: Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra. Three Masters. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture; Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1. Guest: Jonathan Thursday November 24 ●●12:15: Music at Metropolitan. Noon at Met. Matthew Whitfield, organ. Metropolitan United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416- 363-0331 x26. Free. ●●12:30: York University Department of Music. Jazz Festival: Jazz Vocal Ensembles. Richard Whiteman, director. Martin thewholenote.com November 1, 2016 - December 7, 2016 | 47

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