Volume 9 Issue 3 - November 2003

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Magdalene Church, 116 Church St., Schomberg. 905·898·8077. $.15, . - 2:30: Benjamin Britten: A Celebration/ Aldeburgh Connection. The Heart of the Matter. Britten: Canticle Ill: Still falls the rain; songs by Britten, Bridge & Schubert; readings. Benjamin Butterfield, tenor; Monica Whicher, soprano; Scott Wevers, horn; Christopher Newton, narrator; Stephen Ralls & Bruce Ubukata, piano. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416·444·3976. . - 3:00: Etobicoke Suzuki School of Music. Winter Concert. General Suzuki violin & cello repertoire. Humber Valley United Church, 76 Anglesey. 416·239-4637. Free. - 3:00: Pax Christi C.horale. Handel: Israel in Egypt. Grace Church on·the·Hill. See · November 22. - 3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. . 416-870·8000. See Nov 20. -. - 3:00: York University Dept. of Music. York University Wind Symphony. Works by Jager, Ridout, Jacob & Whitacre. Wi[liam Thomas, director. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4 700 Keele St. 416·736-5186. ,. - 3:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestn. A Silver Celebration: The Best of the Baroque. Trinity·St. Paul's Centre. See Nov 19. -4:00: 5th Church of Christ Scientist. Christmas Concert. Excerpts from Handel's Messiah; seasonal organ & vocal music. John Dedrick, organ; Paolo di Santo, soprapo; Derek Kwan, tenor. 41 Chatsworth Or. 416-488· 4343. Free. - 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers: Adrean Farugia Trio. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free (donation). - 5:00: Czech Community Centre at Masaryktown. Music of the 40s & 50s. George Grosman & his, jazz band Swing Noir. Prague Restaurant, 450 Scarborough Golf Club Rd. 416-439-4354. . - 7:00: Fiddles & Frets. All Women's Fiddle Fest. Christina Smith, Anne Lindsay, Anne Lederman & other performers. Birch Cliff United Church, 33 East Rd. 416·264·2235. . - 8:00: Mariposa/Flying Cloud Folk Club. Performers tba. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. 416·410-3655. - 8:00: Music Gallery. Master Musicians from the East. Indian classical compositions from the 17th through 20th centuries; improvisation on Raga Kapi. lakshmi Ranganathan, veena; S. Ganapathy, mrudangam; Ananda Balasubramaniam, vocals; Anand Srinivasan, violin.197 John. 416-204· 1080. , (member), (st/srl. Monday November 24 - 7:30: York University Dept. of Music. York University Concert Choir. Selections from Handel's Messiah. Albert Greer, director; George Brough, piano. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4 700 Keele St. 416· 736-5186. , $ 5. - 8:00: Toronto Organ Club. Frank lacino, organ. Christ Church, 329 Royal York Rd. 905· 824·4667, 905-845-4539. , child under 10 free. - 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Britten Chamber Ensemble Concert. Britten: Solo Cello Suite; String Quartet #3; Violin Sonata; Kulesha: Variations on a Theme by Benjamin Britten. Scott St. John, Erika Raum, violins; 44 Steven Dann, viola; Shauna Rolston, cello; James Parker, piano. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-872-4255. -. Tuesday November 25 .- 12:30: York University Dept. of Music. Composers' Forum. Original acoustic & digital compositio~s by York student composers. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 416•736· .5186. Free. - 1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. lunch Hour Concert: Lenard Whiting, tenor & Andrew Ager, piano. 65 Church St. 416-364·7865. Free. - 8:00: CBC Radio's OnStage. Denise Ojokic, cello & David Jalbert, piano. Stravinsky: Suite ltalienne; Schumann: Five Pieces in Folk Style; Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folk Song. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416·205-5555. . - 8:00: Goethe·lnstitutToronto. The Music of Theodor Adorno and hisContempo· . raries. Adorno: two string quartets; compositions for piano and voice; selections by his contemporaries. 7:30: Introduction by Ptofessor Lydia Goehr. Madawaska String Quartet & other performers. Goethe-lnstitut, 163 King St. West. 416-593-5257 x16. . - 8:0Q: Music Toronto. Claire-Marie LeGuay, piano. Janacek: Sonata 1911; Schumann: Kreisleriana Op.16; Haydn: Sonata · Hob.XVI: 49; Stravinsky: Petrouchka. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416-366· 7723. ~43,, . - 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. A Silver Celebration: The Best of the Baroque. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 1 416-733-0545. -. See ffov 19. - 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The Fiedler Tradition. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody · on a Theme of Paganini Op.43; Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto; oth~r works. Darrell Zusko, piano; Erich Kunzel, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593·4828. -. - 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Master Chorale. Victoria College Chapel, 91 Charles St. West. 416-978-3744. ,. Wednesday November 26 - 12:30: Music Gallery Institute. Free lunch Music. Allison Cameron, amplified toy instruments. 197 John St. 416-204-1080. Free. - 12:30: York University Dept. of Music. Philharmonia de Caelo Tactus. Original student compositions for electronic orchestra. Colin McGuire, director. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free. - - 12:30: Yorkminster Paik Church. Noonday Recital· Janet Macfarlane Peaker, organ. 1585 Yonge. 416-922· 1167. Free. - 2:00 & 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Roy Thomson Hall. See Nov 25. -(matl, -(eve). - 7:30: York University Dept. of Music. York University Symphony Orchestra. Works by Bizet, Beethoven & Vaughan Williams. William Thomas, director. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. ,. - 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. 11 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra, 10 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra. Terry Promane, Paul Read, conductors. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. ,. Thursday November 27 - 12:00 noon: Glenn Gould Studio. Music Around Us Young Artist Series: Jessica Bruser, piano. Fantasias by Chopin, Bach, Scriabin & del Tredici. 250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. Free. · - 12: 10: U of T Faculty of Music. Faculty Saxophone Ouartet. Rob Carli, Alex Dean, Denise Grant and Paul Read. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. - 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park. lunchtime Chamber Concert: Lenard Whiting, tenor; Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill, piano. Schumann: Dichterliebe: 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211'. Free (donations accepted). - 12:30: York University Dept. of Music. Composers' Forum. New music by young compose'rs. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 416· 736-5186. Free. - 2:00: Moonstruck Songs. Works by Faure, Debussy, Head, Stravinsky, Menotti & Webber. Marilyn Isaac Stewart & Marion Samuel-Stevens, sopranos. Northern District library, 40 Orchard View Blvd. 416-393· 7610. Free. - 2:00: Toronto Senior Strings. Simply Baroque. Music of Bach, Vivaldi, Corelli 8i Albinoni. St. Andrew's Church, 73 Simcoe. 416-368-3427. ' - 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Ben Heppner, tenor. Handel arias; Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge; songs by Tosti. John Hess, piano; Roy Thomson Hall Chamber Ensemble. 60 Simcoe St. 416-672-4255. -. - 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Miguel de la Bastide, flamenco guitar. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408-2824 x321. ,. Friday November 28 - 8:00: Living Arts Centre. Jeff Healey's J~zz Wizards. 4141 living Arts Dr ..

Mississauga. 905-306-6000. - 8:00: Massey Hall. Wadaiko Yamato. Japanese drumming and dance troupe. 15 Shuter St. 4.16-872-4255. .50-.50. - 8:00: Toronto Sinfonietta. Opera Without the Soap. Excerpts from Mozart: Don Giovanni; Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann; Verdi: Rigoletto; Delibes: Lakme; Bizet: Carmen. Kyra Bailey, coloratura soprano; Yana lvanilova, soprano; Wendy Hatal Foley, mezzo; Stuart Howe, tenor; Doug McNaughton, baritone; Matthew Jaskiewicz, conductor. Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. West. 416-410-4379. , (sr), 1st). - 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. University Women's Chorus. Robert Cooper, conductor. Victoria College Chapel, 91 Charles St. West. 416-978-3744. ,. · - 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Lisa Martinelli, director. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. ,. - 9:00: Hart House Jazz Choir. Onoscatopoeia. Arbor Room, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-2452. Saturday November 29 - 7:00: Andrea & Wiiliam Herzog. An Evening of Classical Favourites. Solo & chamber music for cello & violin. Armo~r Heights Church, 105 Wilson Ave. 4 l6-482- 6657. ,. - 7:00: Toronto Children's Chorus. Performance at Cavalcade of lights. Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St. West. 416· 932-8666x113. Free. - 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto #3 in C Op.26; Enescu: Roumanian Rhapsody #1 in A Op.11; Kodaly: Suite from Hary Janos. Katherine Chi, piano; Tania Miller, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. - . - 8:00: Arraymusic. Udo Kasemets' Symphosium: Time, Truth, Beauty, Peace. · Multi-disciplinary performance piece. Richard Sacks, percussion solo. Music Gallery at .St. George the Martyr, 197 John. 416·532- 3019. ,. See ad page 25. - 8:00: Counterpoint Community Orches'tra. Dvorak: Cello Concerto Op.104; Tchaikovsky: Slavonic March; vocal selections; Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody #2; Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death. Alan Stellings, cello; Terry Kowalczuk, conductor. St. Luke's United Church, 353 Sherbourrte St. 416-925-9872. $ l 4(advance), $ l 7(door). - 8:00: Duo L'lntemporel. Baroque Favourites for Flute and Harpsichord. Music by Bach, Handel, Leclair & others. Mylene Guay, baroque flute; David Sandall, harpsichord. Kimbourne Park United Church, 200 Wolverleigh Ave. 416-657-0076. , (sr), $ lO(st). - 8:00: Hart House Symphonic Band. Armenian Oances. Works by Khachaturian, Reed, Grainger, Mighton and Andonian. Great Hall, Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-2452. Free. - 8:00: Jubilate Singers. Winter Solstice. Ligeti: Magany; Gorecki: 3 Lullabies; Part: Ave Bogoroditse Djevo; works by Ager, Bolden, Hatfield & Halffter. Isabel Bernaus, director. fastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416· 615-3120. ,'2. - ~:00: Mississauga Symphony. Guy Few. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture; Shostakovich: Piano Concerto #2; Hetu: Trumpet Concerto; Bizet: Symphony in C. Guy Few, trumpet and piano. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr .. Mississauga. 905-306-6000. /, .50/ .50(sr/stl. -8:00: Musicians in Ordinary.John Oowland's Third Book of Songs. Hallie Fishel, soprano; John Edwards, lute; gue5ts: Nancy De Long, mezzo; Matthew Leigh, baritone; Marc Michelak, bass. Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. West..416-603-4950. ,. The High Park Choi~s of Toronto • "LAUDAMUS!" 1 Bth Annual Winter Concert The High Park Choirs of Toronto Saturday November 29, 2003 7:·oo PM Runnymede United Church