Volume 25 Issue 7 - April 2020

Op.84; Piano Concerto No.4; Symphony No.7.
Daniel Tselyakov, piano; Tak Ng Lai, conductor.
Markham Wesley Centre, 22 Esna Park Dr.,
Markham. 647-812-0839. $40; $35(sr);
$20(st).
✖✖8:00: Kingston Road Village Concert Series.
Mass Hysterical, A Comedic Cantata. A
mixture of comedy pieces and musical selections
by extant composers. Bach: Erbarme
Dich; Matthew Reid: new works. Etsuko
Kimura, violin solo; Carly Heffernan, Kris Siddiqi,
Ashley Comeau and Darryl Hinds, comedy
performers; Musicians from the Toronto
Symphony Orchestra. St. John’s United
Church (Georgetown), 11 Guelph St., Georgetown.
416-699-6091 or ticketscene.ca/
events/27753. $35/$30(adv). POSTPONED.
❍❍8:00: Mississauga Symphony Orchestra.
Star Wars. Denis Mastromonaco, conductor.
Living Arts Centre, Hammerson Hall,
4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-
6000 or mississaugasymphony.ca. $40-$65.
❍❍8:00: Music Gallery. Emergents III:
Unquartet & Vaso String Quartet. Curated by
Sara Constant. unQuartet (Meghan Cheng,
violin; Nelson Moneo, viola; Cheryl O, cello);
Vaso String Quartet (Aysel Taghi-Zada, violin;
Hua-Chu Huang, violin; Peter Ayuso, viola;
Kellen Degnan, cello). The Music Gallery,
918 Bathurst St. musicgallery.org. $12; $8(st/
members). Part of the Emergents Series.
Venue not wheelchair accessible.
❍❍8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. String
Concerts Series: Bomsori Kim with Rafał
Blechacz. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.1 in
D Op.12; Fauré: Violin Sonata No.1 in A Op.13;
Debussy: Violin Sonata in g L.140; Szymanowski:
Violin Sonata in d Op.9. Koerner Hall,
TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208. $35-$95.
❍❍8:00: Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra.
Romantic Gems. Beethoven: Leonore
Overture No.3 Op.72b; Rossini: Overture
to The Barber of Seville; Dvořák: Slavonic
Dances Op. 72 Nos.5-7; Brahms: Violin Concerto
in D Op.77 (Mvt 1); Elgar: Cello Concerto
in e Op.85 (Mvts 1 & 2); and other works. Tiffany
Yeung, violin; Eena Yoon, cello; Roland
Boyer, conductor. Salvation Army Scarborough
Citadel, 2021 Lawrence Ave. E., Scarborough.
spo.ca. $35; $30(sr); $15(st/
musicians); $10(child). Free parking.
✖✖8:00: Small World Music Society. “Borderless”
- The Asian Music Ensemble. Small
World Music Centre, Artscape Youngplace,
180 Shaw St. 416-536-5439. $30/$20(adv).
CANCELLED.
❍❍8:00: Tafelmusik. Goldberg Variations.
Bach (arr. Citterio); Jeay: work for harpsichord
(world premiere). Charlotte Nediger,
harpsichord; Elisa Citterio, conductor. Trinity-St.
Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-
964-6337. From $50. Discounts for sr/under
36/under19. Also Apr 22(7pm), 23, 24, 28 (all
8pm), 26(mat).
❍❍9:00: Alliance Française de Toronto. Seydina
Ndiaye. Spadina Theatre, 24 Spadina
Rd. 416-922-2014 x37. $25; $20(sr/st);
$13(members).
Sunday April 26
❍❍2:00: Canadian Opera Company. Aida.
Music by Giuseppe Verdi. Tamara Wilson,
soprano (Aida); Russell Thomas,
tenor (Radames); Clémentine Margaine,
mezzo (Amneris); Roland Wood, baritone
(Amonasro); Jader Bignamini, conductor
and others. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing
Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231
or coc.ca. $35-$225. Runs Apr 18 to May 8.
Start times vary.
❍❍2:00: Peter Margolian and Friends. Chamber
Music Concert. Music for voice, winds,
strings and piano. Works by Purcell, Pepusch,
Austin G. Bush, Berkeley and Ireland. Victoria
College Chapel, 91 Charles St. W. 647-980-
5475. Free.
❍❍2:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Symphonic
Fairy Tales. Jeffrey Beecher, double
bass/host; Dina Gilbert, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. Starting
at $22. Also 4pm.
❍❍2:30: Southern Ontario Chapter of the
Hymn Society. Songs for the Holy Other:
Hymns Affirming the LGBTQIA2S+ Community.
Cedar Klassen, Sherman Hesselgrave, and
friends. Church of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity
Sq. 416 527-4521. Free.
❍❍3:00: Encore! Chorus. Seize the Day! A
concert to celebrate the 50th Anniversary
of Earth Day. Bethel Community Christian
Reformed Church, 333 Davis Dr., Newmarket.
647-828-3317. $18; $15(sr/child). A portion
of the ticket money raised will go to
support the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority.
✖✖3:00: Oakville Chamber Orchestra.
Upbeat! Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture;
Mendelssohn: Herbrides Overture; Chopin:
Concerto No.1 (1st mvmt); Arias by Handel,
Mozart, and Alabiev. Jason Cheng, piano;
Anna Wojcik, soprano; Charles Demuynck,
conductor. St. John’s United Church (Oakville),
262 Randall St., Oakville. 905-815-2021
or oakvillecentre.ca. $30; $25(sr); $15(teen);
free(child). POSTPONED.
❍❍3:00: Organix Concerts. Special Presentation
Series. Xaver Varnus, organ. All Saints
Kingsway Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W.
416-571-3680 or organixconcerts.ca. $25.
✖✖3:00: Pax Christi Chorale. Considering
Matthew Shepard. Music and lyrics by Craig
Hella Johnson. Megan Miceli & Simone
McIntosh, sopranos; Krisztina Szabó, mezzo;
Lawrence Wiliford, tenor; Phillip Addis, bassbaritone;
Toronto Mozart Players. George
Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts Centre
(formerly Toronto Centre for the Arts),
5040 Yonge St. 416-729-3630. $25-$65.
POSTPONED.
❍❍3:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
Invesco Piano Concerts Series: Angela Hewitt.
Bach: Art of the Fugue BWV1080. Koerner
Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208. $50-$110.
❍❍3:30: Tafelmusik. Goldberg Variations.
Bach (arr. Citterio); Jeay: work for harpsichord
(world premiere). Charlotte Nediger,
harpsichord; Elisa Citterio, conductor. Trinity-St.
Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-
964-6337. From $50. Discounts for sr/under
36/under19. Also Apr 22(7:00), 23, 24, 25, 28
(all 8:00).
✖✖4:00: Elmer Iseler Singers. Soaring
Voices! Elora Singers; Mark Vuorinen, conductor.
Eglinton St. George’s United Church,
35 Lytton Blvd. 416-217-0537. $45; $40(sr);
$25(under 30). CANCELLED.
Visit thewholenote.com/cancelledevents for updates.
SUN 26 APRIL AT 4
Choral Evensong
plus St. George’s Tea and at 5
THE BEST OF
ANIMALS
Drama, poetry and music with
St. Olave’s Arts Guild
❍❍4:00: St. Olave’s Anglican Church. The
Best of Animals. Choral Evensong for St.
George. 360 Windermere Ave. 416-769-5686
or stolaves.ca. Contributions appreciated.
Followed by St. George’s Tea at 5pm. The Best
of Animals: St. Olave’s Arts Guild presents
drama, poetry, music and songs. Orwell: Animal
Farm (excerpts); Cannon: The Trouble
with Goats and Sheep (excerpts).
❍❍4:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Symphonic
Fairy Tales. Jeffrey Beecher, double
bass/host; Dina Gilbert, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. Starting
at $22. Also 2pm.
Elmer
Iseler
Singers
CANCELLED
❍❍5:00: Lucia Barcari. Gems of Russian Classical
Music. Works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff,
Rimsky-Korsakov, Shchedrin and
Alabiev. Inga Filippova, soprano; Lucia Barcari,
violin; Zhenya Vitort, piano. Heliconian
Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 647-740-5766. $20
to $40.
❍❍5:00: Nocturnes in the City. Ivan Ženatý,
Violin and Dmitri Vorobjev, Piano. Works by
Beethoven, Haydn, Dvořák and Janáček. St.
Wenceslaus Church, 496 Gladstone Ave. 416-
481-7294 or nocturnesinthecity.com. $25;
$15(st).
❍❍6:00: Aga Khan Museum/Raag Mala
Music Society of Toronto. Luminous Kaushiki
Chakraborty. Sri Milind Kulkarni, harmonium;
Sri Sandeep Ghosh, tabla. Aga
Khan Museum, 77 Wynford Dr. 416-646-4677.
$30-$40.
❍❍6:30: Tri-City Gospel Chorus. Singsperation
Service. 70 voice male choir on farewell
tour. Gospel and barbershop music. Humour
and audience participation. Humber Valley
United Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd., Etobicoke.
416-231-2263. Freewill offering.
Monday April 27
✖✖7:30: Confluence Concerts. Second Annual
Walter Unger Salon: Aging and Creativity.
A salon presented by Linda and Michael
Hutcheon based on their book Four Last
Songs: Aging and Creativity in Verdi, Strauss,
Messiaen and Britten. Shaftesbury Atrium,
21 Shaftesbury Ave. 647-678-4923. $25.
POSTPONED.
✖✖7:30: Associates of the Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. The Small Concerts: Clash and
Calm - A Folkloric Journey. Haydn: String
With guests: The Elora Singers
Sun. April 26, 2020 @ 4:00pm
Eglinton St. George’s United Church
Soaring Voices
Two great choirs, One great sound!
Conductors: Lydia Adams and Mark Vuorinen
416-217-0537 elmeriselersingers.com
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