Volume 8 Issue 7 - April 2003
Heritage Theatre, 86 Main St. N .. Brampton. 905c874-2800. $15,$10. .:...8:00: Encore Productions. Marinella & George Oala(as. Greek folk songs, rembetiko & ballads. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. 416,810-8000. $60-$120. - 8:00: EROS Chamber Music Toronto. Music by Mozart, Schumann & Bruch. Michael Westwood, clarinet; Vose! Tamir, viola; Megumi Okamoto, piano. The Stone Church, 45 Davenport Ave. 416·653· 1172. .$10,$5. '- 8:00: MGM. Program of Chamber Music & :Theatre Works. Gardiner. It's about tinie; 'Mcintosh: She Had Some Horses; work by Pilly. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416· 23g.5195. $20,$8. , 8:00: Music Gallery. Composer Now: !Jpeighis Project. St. George the Martyr Chuic~. See April 10. .:.:a:oil: Sacred Music Society/World Youth Day Choir. Haydn: Creation. Merciful Redeemer Parish, 2775 Erin Centre Blvd., Mississauga. 1-877-692-4647. $15(advance), $20(door). - 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Handel· Gloria, with Emma Kirkby. Trinity· ~t. Paul's Centre. See Apr 9. - 8:00: United Holy Land Fund. Bissam Bishara. Fundraising concert for Palestinians living in the Occupied Territories. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416·366· 7723. - 8:00: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. U of T Symphony Orchestra. Rachmaninoff: Symphony #2; Martin: · Concerto for Seven Winds. Nora Shulman, flute; Richard Dorsey, oboe; Max Christi~. clarinet; Michael Sweeney, bassoon; Harcus Hennigar, horn; Barton Woomer!, trumpet; Gordon .Sweeney, trombone. Ratti ·Armenian, conductor. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's Park.416-978-3744. $16,$8. Sunday April 13 - 10:30am: Music at Rosedale. Faure: Requiem. Senior Choir; Earl Haig Secondary School String Ensemble. Rosedale Presbyterian Church, 129 Mount Pleasant Rd. 416-921-1931. Free (donations welcome). - 1 :00: Bells of Bowmanville. Wind Song. Handbell choir; Pandora Bryce, flute. Manor Road United Church, 240 Manor Rd. East. 416-483-0695. $10, family rate. - 2:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. Glenn Gould School Chamber Music Series. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408-2824 x321. Free .. .- 2:30: Toronto Early Music Centre. Musically Speaking. Telemann: Fantasias. Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square. 416·966· 1409.Free. - 3:00: Baroque Music Beside the Grange. The Stadler Brothers Show. Music for two clarinets and fortepiano by Mozart, Stadler, Vanhal; Mendelssohn: Konzertstiicke for . clarinet' and basset! horn. Colin Savage .& Peter Shackleton, clarinets; Michael Jarvis, fortepiano. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416·5884301. $18,$14. - 3:00: Mooredale Youth Orchestra. Mozart: Symphony #36; Rosier: Sonata in d; Handel: Overture to Alcina. Kristine Bogyo, Clare Carberry & Etsuko Kimura, conductors. Rosedale Heights School, 711 Bloor St. East. 416-922·3714. $20,$15. - 3:00: Orchestra Toronto. Cehic. Mendelssohn: Fingal's Cave Overture; Wagner: Tristan and Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod; Beach: Symphony Op.32 in e Gaelic. Errol Gay, conductor. Leah Posluns Theatre, 4588 Bathurst St. 416-467 · 2142. $25,$22 (child under 12 free). - 3:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Handel· Gloria, with Emma Kirkby. Trinity· St. Paul's Centre. See Apr 9. - 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz .Vespers: Gordon Sheard Guartet. Brazili.ari jazz. Gordon Sheard, piano; Paul Novotny, bass; John Johnson, sax; Brian Barlow, drums. 1570 Yonge St.416·920·5211. , Donations appreciated. · · - 4:30: Yorkminster Park Church. A Passiontide Devotion. Works by Arensky, Casals, Russell, Sirett, Weelkes & Willan. Choir & soloists; William Maddox, director. 1585 Yonge St:416·925·7312. Freewill offering. - 5:00: Masaryk Memorial Institute. Evening Nocturne at Masaryktown: Gustav Belacek, bass baritone. Songs by Dvorak, Janacek & Suchon. Prague Restaurant .. 450 Scarborough Golf Club Road. 416·439-4354. $20,~ 15(st). - 7:00:·Choirs of of Sl Timothy's Church. Spring Sing. Choral music by J. ·Anthony Dawson; works by Mendelssohn & Faure; music for oboe & piano and piano four· hands. Brainerd Blyden· Taylor, music director; Michael Tansley, organ. Church of St. Timothy, 100 Old Orchard Grove. 416· 488-0079. Free-will offering. - 7:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Finzi: Lo, the full, final sacrifice. Followed by compline. Choir of Christ Church Deer Park; Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill, music direcior. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Admission by donation. - 7:30: Trio Allegra. Benefit Concert. Guests: Robert Misky, violin; Heather Dunham, Alexandra and James Loh, piano; Warren Nicholson, guitar; Grant Gulland, voice; Anita LeBlanc·Domachevsky, director. St. Simon's Church, 1450 Litchfield Rd.,
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 8:00 PM . T.HE ROYAL CONSERVATORY ORCHESTRA ALAIN TRUDEL conductor Trudel: Big Bang Messiaen: Couleurs de la cite Debussy: Iberia Ravel: La Valse & Bolero . LOCATION: Glenn Gould, Studio, the Canadian Broadcasting Centre, 250 Front Street West, Toronto TICKETS: Glenn. Gould Studio Box Office (416) 2Q5-5555 ADMISSION: $~5 adults, $12 students & seniors FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 7:30 PM THE MUSIC OF GEORGE CRUMB Black Angels for Electric String Quartet Vox Balaenae {Voice of the Whale) for Three Masked Players Music for a Summer Evening for Two Amplified Pianos and Percussion LOCATION: Mazzolenr Concert Hall, The Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto '· TICKETS:. The RCM Box Office (416) 408-2824, ext. 321 ADMISSION: $10 adults, $5 students & seniors SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 7:30 PM ACADEMY SHOWCASE CONCERT Featuring Toronto's finest young musicians from the Young Artists Performance Academy LOCATION: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge Street, Toronto TICKETS: The RCM Box Office (416) 408-2824, ext. 321 ADMISSION: $10 adults, $5 students & seniors FRIDAY, MAY 2, 8:00 PM CELLO DRAMA · SIMON FRYER AND FRIENDS j.S, Bach: Suite No. 3 for unaccompanied eel/a, Xenakis: Kottos Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: Plateaux pour deux Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (arranged for two celli) Metallica: Vtirious Songs (arranged for four celli) Klengel: Hymnus for twelve .celli LOCATION: Mazzoleni Concert Hall, The Royal Conservatory of Music, · , 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto TICKETS: The RCM Box Office (416) 408-2824, ext. 321 ADMISSION: $15 adults, $12 students & seniors THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF · MUSIC WWW:RCMUSIC.CA Apri.I 1 - May 7 2003 www .thewholenote.com 45
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FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 8:00 PM .<br />
T.HE ROYAL CONSERVATORY ORCHESTRA<br />
ALAIN TRUDEL conductor<br />
Trudel: Big Bang<br />
Messiaen: Couleurs de la cite<br />
Debussy: Iberia<br />
Ravel: La Valse & Bolero<br />
. LOCATION: Glenn Gould, Studio, the Canadian Broadcasting Centre,<br />
250 Front Street West, Toronto<br />
TICKETS: Glenn. Gould Studio Box Office (416) 2Q5-5555<br />
ADMISSION: $~5 adults, $12 students & seniors<br />
FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 7:30 PM<br />
THE MUSIC OF GEORGE CRUMB<br />
Black Angels<br />
for Electric String Quartet<br />
Vox Balaenae {Voice of the Whale)<br />
for Three Masked Players<br />
Music for a Summer Evening<br />
for Two Amplified Pianos and Percussion<br />
LOCATION: Mazzolenr Concert Hall,<br />
The Royal Conservatory of Music,<br />
273 Bloor Street West, Toronto '·<br />
TICKETS:. The RCM Box Office<br />
(416) 408-2824, ext. 321<br />
ADMISSION: $10 adults, $5 students<br />
& seniors<br />
SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 7:30 PM<br />
ACADEMY SHOWCASE CONCERT<br />
Featuring Toronto's finest young musicians<br />
from the Young Artists Performance Academy<br />
LOCATION: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church,<br />
1585 Yonge Street, Toronto<br />
TICKETS: The RCM Box Office<br />
(416) 408-2824, ext. 321<br />
ADMISSION: $10 adults, $5 students<br />
& seniors<br />
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 8:00 PM<br />
CELLO DRAMA<br />
· SIMON FRYER AND FRIENDS<br />
j.S, Bach: Suite No. 3 for unaccompanied eel/a,<br />
Xenakis: Kottos<br />
Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: Plateaux pour deux<br />
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5<br />
(arranged for two celli)<br />
Metallica: Vtirious Songs<br />
(arranged for four celli)<br />
Klengel: Hymnus for twelve .celli<br />
LOCATION: Mazzoleni Concert Hall,<br />
The Royal Conservatory of Music, · ,<br />
273 Bloor Street West, Toronto<br />
TICKETS: The RCM Box Office<br />
(416) 408-2824, ext. 321<br />
ADMISSION: $15 adults, $12 students<br />
& seniors<br />
THE<br />
ROYAL<br />
CONSERVATORY OF<br />
· MUSIC<br />
WWW:RCMUSIC.CA<br />
Apri.I 1 - May 7 <strong>2003</strong><br />
www .thewholenote.com<br />
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