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Volume 28 Issue 5 | April & May 2023

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April and May is Canary Time in the world of WholeNote -- the time when choirs in larger than usual numbers refresh the info in our online "Who's Who" to inform prospective choristers and audiences what they have to offer. Also inside: There's a new New Wave to catch at Esprit; Toronto Bach Festival no 6 includes a Kafeehaus; another new small venue on the "Soft Seat Beat" (we assume the seats are soft!); an ever-so Musically Theatrical spring. And more.

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LIVE OR ONLINE | Mar 28 to Jun 6, 2023 com. (3-concert pass); (single); (st/ arts). ● 7:00: Small World Music/The Tawoos Initiative. Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad Qawwali. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 73 Simcoe St. www.eventbrite.ca. . ● 7:30: Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre. In Recital. Works by Dvořák, Poulenc, and Mahler. Stuart Graham, baritone; Narmina Afandieva, piano. 427 Bloor St. W. 416-927-9105 or www.stuartgraham.ca/in-concert/in-recital or info@ stuartgraham.ca. . ● 8:00: Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dreamland. A night of dreamy and whimsical music. Works by Chopin, Beethoven, Debussy, Kravtchenko, and others. Jonathan Kravtchenko, piano. 26 Delisle Ave. Tickets at www.eventbrite.ca or at the door. ● 8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Fervor, Flair & Fandango. Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.2; Bruckner: Symphony No.2. Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 905-604-8339. -. Sunday May 21 ● 2:00: Canadian Opera Company. Tosca. See May 5. Also May 23, 27(4:30pm). At 7:30pm unless otherwise noted. ● 3:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone. Fallsview Casino Resort, Avalon Theatre, 6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls. 1-877- 833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca. . Also May 21(7pm), 22(3pm), 23(3pm). ● 5:00: Nocturnes in the City. Piano Recital. Works by Janáček, Chopin, and Brahms. David Kalhous, piano. St. Wenceslaus Church, 496 Gladstone Ave. 416-481-7294. . ● 7:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone. Fallsview Casino Resort, Avalon Theatre, 6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls. 1-877- 833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca. . Also May 21(3pm), 22(3pm), 23(3pm). Tuesday May 23 ● 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation. Lunchtime Chamber Music: Ragtime. Angus Kindred Spirits Orchestra Kristian Alexander | Music Director FERVOR, FLAIR AND FANDANGO Sinclair & Autumn Debassige. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. www.yorkminsterpark.com. Free. Donations welcome. ● 3:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone. Fallsview Casino Resort, Avalon Theatre, 6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls. 1-877- 833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca. . Also May 21(3pm & 7pm), 22(3pm). ● 7:00: Midtown Stage. Nick Maclean Quartet. Featuring Brownman Ali. Nick Maclean, piano; Brownman Ali, trumpet; Bennett Young, bass; Jacob Wutzke, drums. Dryden Regional Training and Cultural Centre, 100 Casimir Ave., Dryden. 416-389-2643 or www.eventbrite.ca/e/ midtown-stage-presents-nick-macleanquartet-feat-brownman-ali-dryden-tickets-531450180797. . ● 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Tosca. See May 5. Also May 27(4:30pm). At 7:30pm unless otherwise noted. Wednesday May 24 ● 7:30: Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts/ Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. Kyohei Sorita, Piano. Chopin: Ballade No.1 Op.23, Ballade No.2 Op.38, Ballade No.3 Op.47, Ballade No.4 Op.52; Scriabin: Fantasy in b Op.28; Rachmaninoff: Prelude in D Op.23 No.4, Piano Sonata No.2 Op.36. Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Kobayashi Hall, 6 Garamond Ct. www.bravoniagara.org/sorita and www.jccc. on.ca. -. ● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto + Pictures at an Exhibition. RBD Affiliate Composer: New Work (World Premiere/TSO Commission); Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Mussorgsky/orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition. James Ehnes, violin; Jader Bignamini, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. From . Also May 25, 27. Thursday May 25 ● 12:00 noon: Roy Thomson Hall. Noon Hour Choir & Organ Concert Series: Cantala Choir - The Infinite Beauty of Sound. 60 Simcoe St. Reserve tickets at www.tickets.mhrth. com. Free. ● 7:00: Magisterra Soloists. Masterworks: Glorious Clarinet. Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet; Brahms: Clarinet Quintet; Helmut Lisky: Fiesta! Guest: Chad Burrow, clarinet. Museum London, 421 Ridout St. N., London. www.magisterra.com. ; (sr); (st); (child). ● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto + Pictures at an Exhibition. RBD Affiliate Composer: New Work (World Premiere/TSO Commission); Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Mussorgsky/orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition. James Ehnes, violin; Jader Bignamini, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. From . Also May 24, 27. ● 8:30: Fallsview Casino Resort. Sarah McLachlan. Fallsview Casino Resort, OLG Stage, 6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls. 1-877-833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca. . Friday May 26 ● 7:30: Apocryphonia. A Cabinet of Curiosities. The order of the concert will be determined at random with the audience’s help. Works by Blumenfeld, Abelardo, Hopekirk, Yamada, and Lewandowski. Alexander Cappellazzo, tenor; Cecilia Nguyen Tran, Piano. Cecil Community Centre, 58 Cecil St. Tickets: 514- 378-2558. Pay What You Want. Suggested: . ● 7:30: Confluence Concerts. Songs of Syria. The Confluence artistic team comes together for a season finale featuring words and music inspired by the night sky. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. info@confluenceconcerts. ca. Also May 27. ● 7:30: The Loft. Brownman Akoustric 4-Tet. Featuring Brownman Ali. Nick Maclean, piano; Brownman Ali, trumpet; Bennett Young, bass; Jacob Wutzke, drums. 75 Huron St., Sault Ste. Marie. 416-389- 2643. . ● 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Joseph Haydn’s Orfeo: The Soul of the Philosopher. Asitha Tennekoon, tenor (Orfeo); Lindsay McIntyre, soprano (Euridice); Parker Clements, baritone (Creonte); Maeve Palmer, soprano (Genio); McGill Baroque Orchestra; Dorian Bandy, conductor; Nico Krell, stage director. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s STUART GRAHAM baritone NARMINA AFANDIYEVA piano Antonin DVOŘÁK | Francis POULENC | Gustav MAHLER Saturday May 20, 2023 7:30pm | JEANNE LAMON HALL www.stuartgraham.ca 416.927.9105 48 | April & May, 2023 thewholenote.com

Park. 416-978-3750 or www.music.utoronto.ca/concerts-events.php?eid=3804. Free. A symposium on Resurrecting Haydn’s Orfeo will be held on May 27 at 10am, Walter Hall. ● 8:00: Massey Hall. Choir! Choir! Choir! Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman, creative directors. 178 Victoria St. www.tickets.mhrth. com/. .40. ● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. A Little Night Music. Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by Hugh Wheeler. Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick. Suggested by a Film by Ingmar Bergman. Originally Produced and Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince. Cynthia Dale (Desiree Armfeldt); Eric McCormack (Frederick Egerman); Fiona Reid (Madame Armfeldt); Dan Chameroy (Count Carl Magnus); Chilina Kennedy (Charlotte Magnus); and others; Richard Ouzounian, stage director; David Briskin, music director. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/ performance. From . Also May 27(3pm & 8pm), 28(3pm). VIRTUOSO CONCERTO May 26 | 8pm TorontoBachFestival.org ● 8:00: Toronto Bach Festival. Virtuoso Concerto. All-Bach program. Harpsichord Concerto No.1 in d BWV 1052; Italian Concerto in F after BWV 971; Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C BWV 1061. Steven Devine, harpsichord; Christopher Bagan, harpsichord; Julia Wedman, violin; John Abberger, oboe; Toronto Bach Festival Orchestra. Church of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity Sq. Tickets: 416- 466-8241 or www.torontobachfestival.org. . Saturday May 27 THE WELL- TEMPERED CLAVIER May 27 | 12pm & 2pm TorontoBachFestival.org ● 12:00 noon: Toronto Bach Festival. The Well-Tempered Clavier (Part I). All-Bach program. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1. Steven Devine, harpsichord. Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. Tickets: 416-466- 8241 or www.torontobachfestival.org. . Part II(2pm). ● 2:00: Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto. Nîpîy’s Songwalks. Chris Derksen: New Work (world premiere); and other works. Toronto Botanical Gardens, 777 Lawrence Ave. E. www.amadeuschoir.com. ; (sr). Also at 7pm. ● 2:00: Toronto Bach Festival. The Well-Tempered Clavier (Part II). All-Bach program. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2. Steven Devine, harpsichord. Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. Tickets: 416-466- 8241 or www.torontobachfestival.org. . Part I(12noon). ● 3:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. A Little Night Music. See May 26. Also May 28(3pm). ● 4:30: Canadian Opera Company. Tosca. See May 5. ● 6:00: Estonian Music Week. Nordic Perspectives. Canadian premiere of work by Ardo Ran Varres and other works. Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra; Kara-Lis Coverdale, piano; Kirke Karja, piano; Triskele, voice & traditional instruments. Collective Arts Brewing, 207 Burlington St. E., Hamilton. 416- 925-9405 or emw@vemu.ca or www.estonianmusicweek.ca. -. Free artist talks and more. ● 7:00: Confluence Concerts. Songs of Syria. The Confluence artistic team comes together for a season finale featuring words and music inspired by the night sky. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. info@confluenceconcerts. ca. Also May 26. ● 7:00: Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto. Nîpîy’s Songwalks. Chris Derksen: New Work (world premiere); and other works. Toronto Botanical Gardens, 777 Lawrence Ave. E. www.amadeuschoir.com. ; (sr). Also at 2pm. ● 7:30: Stratford Symphony Orchestra. Organ Symphony. Jean Coulthard: Music on a Quiet Song; Jan Koestier: Concertino Op.77; Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 in c Op.78 “Organ”. Laurel Swinden, flute; Jonathan Rowsell, tuba; Owen Spicer, organ; William Rowson, conductor. Avondale United Church, 194 Avondale Ave., Stratford. www.stratfordsymphony.ca. ; (st); Free(under 12). ● 7:30: The Cellar Singers. Cantatas New and Old. Bach: Cantata 150; Ian Cusson: Cantata; Ben Keast: A newly commissioned work. Choir, soloists, and small orchestra. St. James Anglican Church, 58 Peter St. N., Orillia. 905-830-3039. . ● 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra. Elgar’s Passion & Brahms’s Splendour. Elgar: Cello Concerto in e Op.85; Brahms: Symphony No.2 in D Op.73. Rachel Mercer, cello; Martin MacDonald, conductor. P.C. Ho Theatre, Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto, 5183 Sheppard Ave. E., Scarborough. 416-879-5566. From . Free for children under 12. Pre-concert talk: 7:15pm. ● 8:00: Fallsview Casino Resort. Cheap Trick. Fallsview Casino Resort, OLG Stage, 6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls. 1-877- 833-3110 or www.ticketmaster.ca. . ● 8:00: Mississauga Symphony Orchestra. The Planets. Holst: The Planets. Denis Mastromonaco, conductor. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. www.mississaugasymphony.ca or 905-306-6000. From . ● 8:00: Nathaniel Dett Chorale. Still We Sing … Lift Every Voice. Damien Geter: Cantata for a More Hopeful Tomorrow (Canadian premiere); R. Nathaniel Dett: The Chariot Jubilee; Adolphus Hailstork: I Lift Up Mine Eyes Adolphus Hailstork: Shout for Joy. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. www.nathanieldettchorale.org. ● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. A Little Night Music. See May 26. Also May 28(3pm). ● 8:00: SoundCrowd. Happy Together. A cappella renditions of hits from Shawn Mendes, P!nk, Imagine Dragons, The Beatles, Cyndi Lauper, and others. SoundCrowd, a cappella ensemble. Guests: Jordana Talsky, singer/songwriter & vocal looper; David Lane, vocal percussion. Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. W. www.soundcrowd.ca. . KAFFEEHAUS May 27 | 8pm TorontoBachFestival.org ● 8:00: Toronto Bach Festival. Kaffeehaus. Bach: Coffee Cantata BWV 211; Telemann: Concerto for Violin and Oboe; Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins Op.3 No 7. RH Thomson, narrator; Rebecca Genge, soprano; James Gilchrist, tenor; Jonathon Adams, bass; The Toronto Bach Festival Orchestra. The Concert Hall, 888 Yonge St. Tickets: 416-466-8241. Limited seating available!. . ● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto + Pictures at an Exhibition. RBD Affiliate Composer: New Work (World Premiere/TSO Commission); Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Mussorgsky/orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition. James Ehnes, violin; Jader Bignamini, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. From . Also May 24, 25. Sunday May 28 ● 2:00: Elmer Iseler Singers. Strawberries and Champagne. Includes a spring silent auction and performance. Elmer Iseler Singers; Lydia Adams, conductor. Toronto Hunt Club, 1355 Kingston Rd., Scarborough. Info and tickets: www.elmeriselersingers.com/ events/strawberries-champagne2023. . ● 3:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. A Little Night Music. See May 26. ● 3:00: Syrinx Concerts Toronto. Chamber Music Concert. Haydn: Trio No.40 for piano, violin and cello in f-sharp; Omar Daniel: Work TBA; Shostakovich: Trio No.1 for violin, cello and piano in c Op.8; Schubert: Trio No. 2 for violin, cello and piano in E-flat D929. Tom Wiebe, cello; Erika Raum, violin; and Mathieu Gaudet, piano. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-654-0877. ; (st). ● 3:00: Trio Arkel. Chamber Music Concert. Kernis: Mozart En Route; Enescu: Aubade; Kodály: Intermezzo; Onslow: String Quintet; R. Strauss: Metamorphosen for String Septet. Marie Bérard, violin; Rémi Pelletier, viola; Winona Zelenka, cello. Guests: Michael thewholenote.com April & May, 2023 | 49

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