Volume 25 Issue 6 - March 2020
FEATURED: Music & Health writer Vivien Fellegi explores music, blindness & the plasticity of perception; David Jaeger digs into Gustavo Gimeno's plans for new music in his upcoming first season as music director at TSO; pianist James Rhodes, here for an early March recital, speaks his mind in a Q&A with Paul Ennis; and Lydia Perovic talks music and more with rising Turkish-Canadian mezzo Beste Kalender. Also, among our columns, Peggy Baker Dance Projects headlines Wende Bartley's In with the New; Steve Wallace's Jazz Notes rushes in definitionally where many fear to tread; ... and more.
FEATURED: Music & Health writer Vivien Fellegi explores music, blindness & the plasticity of perception; David Jaeger digs into Gustavo Gimeno's plans for new music in his upcoming first season as music director at TSO; pianist James Rhodes, here for an early March recital, speaks his mind in a Q&A with Paul Ennis; and Lydia Perovic talks music and more with rising Turkish-Canadian mezzo Beste Kalender. Also, among our columns, Peggy Baker Dance Projects headlines Wende Bartley's In with the New; Steve Wallace's Jazz Notes rushes in definitionally where many fear to tread; ... and more.
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Pelleas und Melisande. Apr 4 & 5: Beethoven:<br />
Leonore Overture No.3, Piano Concerto No.3<br />
& 5 “Emperor”. Jan Lisiecki, piano; Toronto<br />
Symphony Youth Orchestra (Apr 1 & 2: Overture<br />
only); Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor.<br />
Meridian Arts Centre (formerly Toronto Centre<br />
for the Arts), 5040 Yonge St., North York.<br />
416-872-4<strong>25</strong>5. From $99. Also Apr 1(8pm Roy<br />
Thomson Hall), 2(8pm, Roy Thomson Hall),<br />
4(8pm, Roy Thomson Hall).<br />
●●4:00: Cantorei sine Nomine. Miserere.<br />
Lotti: Miserere Mei, Crucifixus, Missa de profundis.<br />
Stuart Beaudoin, conductor. Church of<br />
the Immaculate Conception, 1710 Scugog St.,<br />
Port Perry. 705-357-3299. Freewill donation<br />
($10 suggested). Also Apr 10(St. Paul’s Anglican,<br />
Uxbridge).<br />
●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers.<br />
Mark Eisenman (piano), Chase Sanborn<br />
(trumpet). 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Freewill<br />
offering. Religious service.<br />
PASSIONTIDE<br />
DEVOTION<br />
SUNDAY, APRIL 5TH 4:30 PM<br />
IONA<br />
LITURGY<br />
HOLY TUESDAY, APRIL 7TH 7:00 PM<br />
Yorkminster Park<br />
Baptist Church<br />
●●4:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.<br />
Passiontide Devotion. Music for Passiontide<br />
and Holy Week. Works by Willan, Vierne, Purcell<br />
and Allegri. Choir of Yorkminister Park<br />
Baptist Church; William Maddox, organist and<br />
director; Christel Wiens, associate musician.<br />
1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Freewill offering.<br />
Monday April 6<br />
●●8:00: Confluence Concerts/St. Thomas’s<br />
Anglican Church. Baroque Music by<br />
Candelight. A time for quiet reflection at the<br />
beginning of Holy Week. Vocal and instrumental<br />
music by Handel, Telemann and Bach.<br />
St. Thomas’s Anglican Church (Toronto),<br />
383 Huron St. 647-678-4923. Freewill<br />
offering.<br />
Tuesday April 7<br />
●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.<br />
World Music Series: Music of Syria, Algeria,<br />
and the Balkans. Fethi Madjem, multi-instrumentalist.<br />
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,<br />
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,<br />
145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. First<br />
come, first served. No late seating.<br />
●●7:00: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.<br />
Iona Liturgy. Musicians of Iona Passage.<br />
1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Freewill offering.<br />
B. Concerts Beyond the GTA<br />
IN THIS ISSUE: Ajax, Barrie, Belleville, Campbellford,<br />
Cobourg, Dundas, Gravenhurst. Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston,<br />
Kitchener, London, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Oshawa, Pickering,<br />
Port Perry, St. Catharines, Stratford, Waterloo.<br />
Sunday <strong>March</strong> 1<br />
●●12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music.<br />
Dance Studies in Motion. Paul Davenport<br />
Theatre, Talbot College, Western University,<br />
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-<br />
3767. Free.<br />
●●2:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra.<br />
An Ocean Called Owen. Kevin Lau: Postcards<br />
from a Blue Planet (selections); Good:<br />
An Ocean Called Owen. NSO Arts & Minds<br />
Wind Trio; Dwight Schenk, author, artist,<br />
songwriter; Scott Good, composer, arranger,<br />
narrator; Bradley Thachuk, conductor.<br />
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, <strong>25</strong>0 St.<br />
Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-0722 or<br />
1-855-515-0722. $69; $64(sr); $33(30 and<br />
under); $20(arts worker); $12(st/child);<br />
$5(eyeGO).<br />
●●7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts. Faculty Artist Series: Dan<br />
School Faculty Concert 3 - The Greg Runions<br />
Jazz Septet - Something Old, Something New.<br />
390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424 or<br />
queensu.ca/theisabel/tickets. $10-$28.<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber<br />
Music Society. Penderecki String Quartet.<br />
Beethoven: Quartets Op.18, No.4, 5, 6. KWCMS<br />
Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-<br />
569-1809. $40; $<strong>25</strong>(st).<br />
Wednesday <strong>March</strong> 4<br />
●●12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru.<br />
Bedford Piano Trio. Hiway Pentecostal<br />
Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181.<br />
$10; free(st).<br />
●●7:30: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.<br />
Sarah Slean and Hawksley Workman.<br />
<strong>25</strong>0 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-0722<br />
or 1-855-515-0722 or FirstOntarioPAC.ca. $45;<br />
$35(Hot Ticket members); $<strong>25</strong>(st-univ/college);<br />
$5(st-high school).<br />
Thursday <strong>March</strong> 5<br />
●●8:00: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.<br />
KasheDance: Facing Home - Love &<br />
Redemption. <strong>25</strong>0 St. Paul St., St. Catharines.<br />
905-688-0722 or 1-855-515-0722 or<br />
FirstOntarioPAC.ca. $35; $30(Hot Ticket<br />
members); $<strong>25</strong>(st-univ/college); $5(st-high<br />
school). Also Mar 6.<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music<br />
Society. Dave Young Trio. Music of Scandinavia<br />
and Brazil. Kevin Turcotte, trumpet;<br />
Bernie Senensky, piano; Dave Young, bass.<br />
KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.<br />
519-569-1809. $35; $20(st).<br />
●●8:00: TD Sunfest World Music & Jazz Series.<br />
Dervish. Aeolian Hall, 795 Dundas St. E.,<br />
London. sunfest.on.ca. $40/$35(adv).<br />
Friday <strong>March</strong> 6<br />
●●12:00 noon: Westben. Tick Talk: Hearing<br />
Beethoven. A conversation exploring<br />
the history and hearing of Beethoven with<br />
Chris Cameron, Barb Hobart, and Brian Finley.<br />
Clock Tower Concert Hall, 36 Front St. S.,<br />
Campbellford. 705-653-5508 or 1-877-883-<br />
5777. PWYC (suggested min. $10).<br />
●●12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays<br />
at 12:30 Concert Series. Erika Raum, violin;<br />
Thomas Wiebe, cello. Von Kuster Hall, Music<br />
Building, Western University, 1151 Richmond<br />
St. N., London. 519-661-3767. Free.<br />
●●7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts. Virtuoso Jazz. Branford Marsalis<br />
Quartet; Branford Marsalis, saxophone.<br />
390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424<br />
or queensu.ca/theisabel/tickets. $42-$59;<br />
$39-$56(faculty/staff); $19-$29(st).<br />
●●8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Instruments<br />
of Happiness. Guitar Quartet; Marie-<br />
Annick Béilveau, mezzo. Paul Davenport<br />
Theatre, Talbot College, Western University,<br />
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-<br />
3767. Free.<br />
●●8:00: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.<br />
KasheDance: Facing Home - Love &<br />
Redemption. <strong>25</strong>0 St. Paul St., St. Catharines.<br />
905-688-0722 or 1-855-515-0722 or FirstOntarioPAC.ca.<br />
$35; $30(Hot Ticket members);<br />
$<strong>25</strong>(st-univ/college); $5(st-high school). Also<br />
Mar 5.<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.<br />
Mendelssohn & Schumann. Enescu: Pastorale-Fantaisie;<br />
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto<br />
in e; Schumann: Symphony No.3 in E<br />
flat “Rhenish”. Liza Ferschtman, violin; Gabriel<br />
Bebeselea, conductor. Centre in the Square,<br />
101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or<br />
1-888-745-4717 or kwsymphony.ca. $20-$87.<br />
Also Mar 7.<br />
Saturday <strong>March</strong> 7<br />
●●2:00: Barrie Concert Band. Barrie Concert<br />
Rock Band. Collier Street United Church,<br />
112 Collier St., Barrie. 705-735-0720. $<strong>25</strong>;<br />
$10(st); free(under 13).<br />
●●2:00: King Edward Choir. East Meets West.<br />
Martin: Te Deum Laudamus; Raminsh: Ave<br />
Verum Corpus; Henderson: A Song of the<br />
Seasons. Oliver Balaburski, conductor. Bethel<br />
Community Church, 128 St. Vincent Street,<br />
Barrie. 705-733-7955. $<strong>25</strong>; $15(st). kingedwardchoir.ca.<br />
●●7:30: Chorus Niagara. Touch the Earth<br />
Lightly. Gjeilo: Sunrise: A Symphonic Mass;<br />
Olson: That’s One Small Step. Niagara Symphony<br />
Orchestra Strings; Bradley Thachuk,<br />
artistic director; Chorus Niagara Side By Side<br />
High School Chorale. Partridge Hall, FirstOntario<br />
Performing Arts Centre, <strong>25</strong>0 St. Paul St.,<br />
St. Catharines. 905-688-0722. $47; $45(sr<br />
60+); $30(under 30); $20(st valid id); $15(ch<br />
under 15 valid id); $5(eyeGO high school st<br />
valid id).<br />
●●7:30: Grand Philharmonic Choir. Membra<br />
Jesu Nostri. Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri.<br />
Cardinal Consort of Viols; Grand Philharmonic<br />
Chamber Singers. Trillium<br />
Lutheran Church, 22 Willow St., Waterloo.<br />
519-578-5660 x5290. $30; $14(st/under 30);<br />
$5(child/HS student).<br />
●●8:00: DaCapo Chamber Choir. Life and<br />
Love and Wings. Jeff Enns: From a Distant<br />
Star (premiere; in memory of Marg Janzen);<br />
Leonard Enns: Nocturne (Juno nominated<br />
composition); Talbot: “Santiago”<br />
from Path of Miracles. Jennifer Enns Modolo,<br />
mezzo. St. John the Evangelist Anglican<br />
Church, 23 Water St. N., Kitchener. 519-7<strong>25</strong>-<br />
7549. $<strong>25</strong>; $20(sr); $15(st); $5(under 19). Also<br />
Mar 8 (3pm, Waterloo).<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.<br />
Mendelssohn & Schumann. Enescu: Pastorale-Fantaisie;<br />
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto<br />
in e; Schumann: Symphony No.3 in E<br />
flat “Rhenish”. Liza Ferschtman, violin; Gabriel<br />
Bebeselea, conductor. Centre in the Square,<br />
101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or<br />
1-888-745-4717 or kwsymphony.ca. $20-$87.<br />
Also Mar 6.<br />
●●8:00: The Jeffery Concerts. St. Lawrence<br />
String Quartet. Mozart: String Quartet No.3<br />
in d K421; Korngold: String Quartet No.3 in D<br />
Op.34; Saint-Saëns: String Quartet No.1 in e<br />
Op.112. Wolf Performance Hall, <strong>25</strong>1 Dundas St.,<br />
London. 519-672-8800. $40.<br />
Sunday <strong>March</strong> 8<br />
●●2:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Western<br />
University Jazz Ensemble. Mocha Shrine<br />
Centre, 468 Colborne St., London. 519-661-<br />
3767. Jazz Society of London member and<br />
nonmember ticket rates.<br />
●●2:00: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.<br />
Songs of Life - Year 2: Bach on Turtle’s<br />
Back - Death. Brian Solomon, director, choreographer<br />
& dancer; Julia Wedman, violin;<br />
Sinéad White, soprano; Asitha Tennekoon,<br />
tenor; Jessica Wright, mezzo, and others.<br />
<strong>25</strong>0 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-<br />
0722 or 1-855-515-0722 or FirstOntario-<br />
PAC.ca. $45; $42(sr); $18(st/arts worker);<br />
$5(eyeGO). Also Mar 5.<br />
●●2:30: Kingston Symphony. Beethoven 7 &<br />
Marquez. Marquez: Danzon No.2; Baker: Harp<br />
Concerto; Beethoven: Symphony No.7. Kristan<br />
Toczko, harp; Evan Mitchell, conductor.<br />
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts,<br />
390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-546-9729 or<br />
613-530-2050. $10-$50.<br />
●●3:00: Chorus Hamilton. Happy Birthday<br />
Beethoven! In celebration of Beethoven’s<br />
<strong>25</strong>0th birthday. Beethoven: Mass in C;<br />
Piano Concert No.4. Chorus Hamilton; Concert<br />
Sinfonia; David Holler, conductor; Erika<br />
Reiman, piano. St. Paul’s United Church (Dundas),<br />
29 Park St. W., Dundas. 905-318-9381 or<br />
chorushamilton.ca. $30; free(under 18).<br />
●●3:00: DaCapo Chamber Choir. Life and<br />
Love and Wings. Jeff Enns: From a Distant<br />
Star (premiere; in memory of Marg Janzen);<br />
Leonard Enns: Nocturne (Juno nominated<br />
composition); Talbot: “Santiago” from Path of<br />
Miracles. Jennifer Enns Modolo, mezzo. Trillium<br />
Lutheran Church, 22 Willow St., Waterloo.<br />
519-7<strong>25</strong>-7549. $<strong>25</strong>; $20(sr); $15(st);<br />
$5(under 19). Also Mar 7 (8pm, Kitchener).<br />
●●7:30: Cuckoo’s Nest Folk Club. Pressgang<br />
Mutiny. Chaucer’s Pub, 122 Carling St., London.<br />
519-319-5847. $<strong>25</strong>/$20(adv).<br />
Tuesday <strong>March</strong> 10<br />
●●7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing<br />
Arts. Attention Storm Chasers!<br />
Gaelic Storm. 390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-<br />
533-2424 or queensu.ca/theisabel/tickets.<br />
$39; $36(faculty/staff); $17(st).<br />
Wednesday <strong>March</strong> 11<br />
●●12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Western<br />
Performs! Concert Series. Weldon<br />
Library Atrium, 1151 Richmond St. N., London.<br />
519-661-3767. Free.<br />
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music<br />
Society. Benjamin Sung, Solo Violin. Paganini:<br />
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