Volume 29 Issue 2 | October & November 2023

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LIVE OR ONLINE | Oct 1 to Dec 7, 2023 Iannis Xenakis Jonchaies (1977) for a large orchestra of 109 musicians Sun Oct 15 X MARKS THE SPOT espritorchestra.com ● 8:00: Hugh’s Room Live. Joanna Majoko & Jessie Ryan. Hugh’s Room Live (New Location), 296 Broadview Ave. www.hughsroomlive.com or www.showpass.com/ jessie-ryan-revival. . Tuesday October 17 ● 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation. Lunchtime Chamber Music: Jialiang Zhu & Friends. Works for piano and saxophone. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167 or www.yorkminsterpark. com. Free. Donations welcome. ● 1:00: St. James Cathedral. Tuesday Organ Recital. Stefanie Bedin, organ. Cathedral Church of St. James, 106 King St. E. 416-364- 7865 or www.stjamescathedral.ca/recitals. Free. Donations welcome. Wednesday October 18 ● 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. Showcase Series: Latin Heritage Month - Quest for Belonging. Celebrating the richness of folkloric music from Ibero-America. Obsidiana Duo. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. www.coc.ca/free-concert-series. Free. ● 12:15: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. Noon Hour Series: Douglas Haas Legacy Concerts. Michelle Wilmot, piano. 54 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-578-4430 or www.standrewskw.com. Free. Lunch available for or bring your own. ● 12:30: ORGANIX Concerts. Organ Concert. Peter DuBois, organ. Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, 3055 Bloor St. W. 416-571- 3680 or www.organixconcerts.ca. Suggested free-will offering of . ● 7:00: City Playhouse Theatre. Gatsby. Music by Laura Nobili. 1000 New Westminster Dr., Thornhill. 905-303-2000 or 905- 832-2281 or www.tickets.cityplayhouse.ca/ event/655:209/655:267/. From . ● 7:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Chamber Music for Piano & Violin. Jean-Luc Therrien, piano; Jean-Samuel Bez, violin. First United Church, 16 William St. W., Waterloo. 519-569-1809 or www.ticketscene.ca/kwcms. ; (st). NOTE: Change of venue from KWCMS Music Room to First United Church. ● 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Fidelio. See Oct 1. Also Oct 20. At 7:30pm unless otherwise noted. ● 7:30: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre. Burton Cummings. FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, Partridge Hall, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688- 0722; boxoffice@firstontariopac.ca. ; (members). ● 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre. Hiromi’s Sonicwonder. Adam O’Farrill, trumpet; Hadrien Feraud, bass; Gene Coye, drums. 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-305- 7469 or www.flatomarkhamtheatre.ca. (regular); (prime); (YTX). Thursday October 19 ● 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. Instrumental Series: Schubert’s Last Words. Presented by the Young Classical Artists Trust. Janáček: In the Mists; Schubert: Piano Sonata in B-flat D.960. Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula, piano. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. www.coc.ca/free-concert-series. Free. ● 12:00 noon: Music at Metropolitan. Thursday Noon at Met:. With carillon recital at 11:30am. Irina Bazik, piano. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. E. www.metunited.ca/live. Free. LIVE & STREAMED. ● 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. La Bohème. See Oct 6. Also Oct 21, 22(pm), 28(4:30). At 7:30pm unless otherwise noted. ● 7:30: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre. Celebrating Gord & The Hip with Songs & Stories. FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, Partridge Hall, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-0722; boxoffice@firstontariopac.ca. . ● 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre. Keep the Faith - Bon Jovi Tribute. 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469 or www.flatomarkhamtheatre.ca. (prime); (regular). ● 8:00: Hugh’s Room Live. Mimi O’Bonsawin & Alexis Normand. Hugh’s Room Live (New Location), 296 Broadview Ave. www.hughsroomlive.com or www.showpass.com/mimiobonsawin-alexis-normand-296-broadview. . ● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. James Ehnes Plays Barber. Barber: Adagio for Strings; Barber: Violin Concerto; White Lafitte: Mvt III from Violin Concerto; Karen Sunabacka: The Prairies; Revuettas: Sensemayá; Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. James Ehnes, violin; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. From . Also Oct 21. ● 8:30: Fallsview Casino Resort. The Commodores. Fallsview Casino Resort, Avalon Theatre, 6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls. 1-877-833-3110 or www.ticketmaster. ca. From . Friday October 20 ● 12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime Recital. Works by Beethoven, Debussy, Liszt, and Fauré. Koichi Inoue, piano. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 73 Simcoe St. 416- 593-5600 X231 or www.standrewstoronto. org. Free. ● 12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays at 12:30 Concert Series: Trombone from the Americas. Von Kuster Hall, Music Building, Western University, 1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-3767 or www.music.uwo.ca/ events. Free. ● 7:30: Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto. Nosferatu. A screening of the 1922 silent film Nosferatu with live choral performance of a soundtrack by Andrew Downing. Amadeus Choir; Andrew Dowling, composer & bass plus 9-piece combo. Meridian Arts Centre, 5040 Yonge St., North York. 416-446-0188 or www.amadeuschoir.com/nosferatu. ; (st/youth/arts workers). ● 7:30: Brantford Music Club. Daniel Vnukowski, Piano. Romantic worksa by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Gershwin. Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts, 88 Dalhousie St., Brantford. 519-758-8090. ; (st); Free(elementary st). ● 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Fidelio. See Oct 1. ● 7:30: Freesound. Music for Trumpet, Accordion, and Percussion. Freesound members Émilie Fortin, Matti Pulkki, and Michael Murphy perform music written for them by Laurence Crane, Lieke van der Voort, Sophie Dupuis, Magnus Lindberg, and Christopher Fox. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 647-354- 4244. PWYC. ● 7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. Global Music Series: Omar Kamal. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408- 0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance. From . ● 8:00: Brampton On Stage. Kim Mitchell. Kim Mitchell, singer & songwriter. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln., Brampton. www.tickets.brampton.ca/online or 905-874-2800. From . ● 8:00: Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra Landmarks and Beacons. Sibelius: Symphony No.2 in D Op.43; Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Op.61. Andrew Wan, violin; Matthew Jones, conductor. Martingrove Collegiate Institute, 50 Winterton Dr., Etobicoke. www.eporchestra.ca/season/2324 or www. eventbrite.ca/o/etobicoke-philharmonicorchestra-29601704531. Free. Pre-concert chat(7:40pm). ● 8:00: Exultate Chamber Singers. Music to Inspire. “Come in, all you two-legged creatures, there is good life here”. Andrew Balfour: Ambe Anishinaabe with Ojibway text by Cory Campbell; and works by Lili Boulanger, Hyun Kook, Matthew Emery, and Reena Esmail. Mark Ramsay, artistic director. Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave. 416- 971-9229 or www.exultate.net/performances. Pay What You Wish: , , or over. Tax receipt. ● 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre. Burton Cummings & His Band Unplugged. 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469 or www.flatomarkhamtheatre.ca. 8(regular); 8(prime). ● 8:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. The Pirates of Penzance. By W. S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan. Soloists: Karen Bojti, Alexander Cappellazzo, Ana Isabella Castro, and Gregory Finney; Jennifer Tung, conductor. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723 or 1–800- 708-6754 or www.tolive.com. From . Also Oct 21(8pm); 22(3pm). Saturday October 21 Singsation Come Sing With Us Reserve your spot in our community singing workshop at tmchoir.org Saturday Oct 21 10:30 am ● 10:30am: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Singsation: Melodies of Home. An SATB reading of music from around the world that brings comfort and peace. With Shireen Abu- Khader. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. www.tmchoir.org. . ● 2:30: Heliconian Club. Colours of the Earth: Opening Concert of the 2023/24 Season. A variety of accomplished Heliconian members perform in a wide range of styles, from Joni Mitchell to Tchaikovsky, including Canadian premiere performances. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-606- 0799 or www.heliconianclub.org. . ● 2:30: Schola Magdalena. Choral Concert. Works by Hildegard of Bingen, Colin Eatock, and Anthony St. Pierre, and chant. Schola Magdalena, ensemble for women’s voices; Robert Dixon, organ. Trinity Anglican, 12 Blair Rd., Cambridge. 416-531-7955. Pay what you can at the door. Also Oct 14(Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Toronto at 4pm). ● 3:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Western University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band. Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot College, Western University, 1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-3767 or www.music. uwo.ca/events. Free. 38 | October & November 2023 thewholenote.com

● 3:00: St. John’s Norway Church. St. John’s Norway Hymn Fest. A selection of our favourite hymns, including “Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven” and solo repertoire including Franck’s Panis angelicus. St. John’s Choir & Soloists; Cara Halpin, organist and Director of Music. 470 Woodbine Ave. 416- 691-4560. Free. ● 3:30: Toronto Chamber Choir. A Rare Byrd (Kaffeemusik). Marking the 400th anniversary of the death of Tudor composer William Byrd. Sacred and secular music by Byrd and his contemporaries, Thomas Tallis and Thomas Weelkes. Toronto Chamber Choir, mixed-voice SATB choir; R. H. Thomson, actor; Christopher Bagan, virginal. Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W. 416-763-1695 or www.torontochamberchoir.ca. PWYC: , , . ● 4:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. Taylor Academy Concerts Series: Taylor Academy Showcase Concert. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance. Free. ● 7:00: Beach Cares. Big Band Music Night. An evening with hors d’oeuvres, silent auction, dance demo/lesson, door prizes, gift baskets, cash bar, and more. Toronto All- Star Big Band; John Amato, vocalist; Shannon McDougall, vocalist. Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave. www.eventbrite.ca/manage/ events/663082526687/details. . In support of The Beach Cares refugee sponsorship program. ● 7:00: Guitar Society of Toronto. Daniela Rossi. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 73 Simcoe St. www.guitarsocietyoftoronto.com/concert-season or 416- 964-8298. General: (adv)/(door). Seniors: (adv)/(door). Students: (adv)/(door). ● 7:30: Brampton On Stage. Autumn Brilliance. Come along for an exhilarating ride in the Canadian countryside with colorful music that evokes the crisp fall air, the bountiful harvest and the brilliant reds and golds in the trees. The Rose Orchestra. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Ln., Brampton. www.tickets.brampton.ca/online or 905-874-2800. From . ● 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. La Bohème. See Oct 6. Also Oct 22. ● 7:30: Grand Philharmonic Choir. Mozart: Requiem & Estacio: The Houses Stand Not Far Apart. Jennifer Krabbe, soprano; Jennifer Enns Modolo, mezzo; Nicholas Nikolaidis, tenor; Dion Mazerolle, baritone; Mark Vuorinen, conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-578-1570. From . ● 7:30: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. Britten, Vaughan Williams & Elgar. Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge; Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto; Knowles: New Work (world premiere); Elgar: Enigma Variations. Aleh Remezau, oboe; James Kahane, conductor. FirstOntario Concert Hall, 1 Summers Ln., Hamilton. 905-526-7756; boxoffice@hpo.org. -. 6:30 pm preconcert talk. ● 8:00: Acoustic Harvest. The Whiteley Family with Ken & Chris Whiteley and sons Ben & Jesse Whiteley. St. Paul’s United Church, 200 McIntosh St., Scarborough. www.acousticharvest.ca or 416-729-7564. . ● 8:00: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre. Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours”. Tommy Youngsteen. FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, Cairns Recital Hall, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-0722; boxoffice@ firstontariopac.ca. .50. ● 8:00: InterMusic Group. Tango for Two. A new concert-opera with original music and libretto by Jonathan Kravtchenko. Antonina Laskarzhevska, soprano; Bohdan Kirieiev, baritone; David Giller, male dance lead; Anna Kravtchenko, female dance lead; Jonathan Kravtchenko, piano. Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. www.eventbrite.ca/e/tango-for-two-tickets-630283223087. -. ● 8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Opening Night Gala: War and Peace. Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique Op.3; Lutosławski: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra; Honegger: Symphony No.3 “Symphonie Liturgique”. Christina Petrowska Quilico, piano; Daniel Vnukowski, host; Kristian Alexander, conductor. Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 905-787- 8811. -; .50-(sr); -(full time student or 18 and under). 7:10pm: Prélude pre-concert recital. 7:20pm: preconcert talk. Intermission discussion and Q&A with Christina Petrowska Quilico and Daniel Vnukowski. Post-concert reception. ● 8:00: Richmond Hill Philharmonic Orchestra. Elements. George Fenton: Planet Earth - Overture; Sibelius: The Tempest - Suite; Vaughan Williams: Prelude to Sinfonia Antarctica; Smetana: The Moldau (“Vltava”); Handel: Water Music - Suite; Falla: Danza ritual del fuego (Ritual Fire Dance) from El amor brujo. Jessica V. Kun, conductor. Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. www.rhpo. ca or 905-787-8811 or boxoffice@rhcentre. ca. -. ● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Jazz Concerts Series: Robi Botos & Friends. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or www.rcmusic.com/performance. From . ● 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Beethoven’s 5th. Opening concert of Sinfonia Toronto’s 25th Anniversary season. Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in c Op.67; Frank Horvat: Magnificent Roots (first performance); Louis Sauter: Regard de l’anniversaire IV (first performance); Otar Taktakishvili: Violin Concerto No.2 (first Canadian performance); Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs). Elisso Gogibedaschwili, violin; Sinfonia Toronto; Nurhan Arman, conductor. George Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts Centre, 5040 Yonge St. 416- 499-0403 or www.sinfoniatoronto.com. ; (sr); (st). ● 8:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. The Pirates of Penzance. By W. S. Gilbert & Arthur Kristian Alexander Sullivan. Soloists: Karen Bojti, Alexander Cappellazzo, Ana Isabella Castro, and Gregory Finney; Jennifer Tung, conductor. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723 or “ tangofortwo.com KINDRED SPIRITS ORCHESTRA Kristian Alexander | Music Director 15 th season WAR AND PEACE Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 8 p.m. Stravinsky, Scherzo Fantastique Lutosławski, Piano concerto Christina Petrowska Quilico | piano Honegger, Symphony No. 3 “Liturgique” ________________________________________ THE GREATEST SHOW Saturday, December 9, 2023 at 8 p.m. Christina Quilico Jonathan Crow 905.305.7469 FlatoMarkhamTheatre.ca Stravinsky, Circus Polka Bartók, Violin concerto No. 2 Jonathan Crow | violin Bruckner, Symphony No. 3 ________________________________________ AROUND THE WORLD Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 8 p.m. Stravinsky, Scènes de ballet Saint-Saëns, Piano concerto No. 2 Sumi Kim | piano Shostakovich, Symphony No. 8 905.604.8339 KSOrchestra.ca thewholenote.com October & November 2023 | 39