Wholenete TORONTO'S CLASSICAL AND POST CLASSICAL MUSIC SCENE Volume10 #4, December 1, 2004 - February 7, 2005 Copyright 0 2004 WholeNote Media Inc. 720 Bathurst St, Suite 503, T()l!)OtO, ON M5S 2R4 Publisher Editor Production Manager Listings Jazz listings Webmaster Web Technician Layout & Design System/Special Projects Cover Design Advertising Circulation Manager Bandstand Book Shelf Choral Early Music Jazz Musical Life New Music Opera Quodllbet TMA T.O. Diary World View Feature Writers Staff Allan Pulker David Perlman Peter Hobbs Simone Desilets, Karen Ages Sophia Perlman Colin Puffer Lee Weston David Perlman, Verity Hobbs Paul Farrelly, Jim Rootham, James Lawson Rocket Design Allan Pulker, Karen Ages, Masha Buell Shella McCoy COLUMNISTS Merlin Williams Pamela Margles Lariy Beckwith Frank Nakashima Jim Galloway, Sophia Perlman Masha Buell Jason van Eyk, Keith Denning Christopher Hoile, Phil Ehrensaft Allan Pulker Brian Blain Colin Eatock Karen Ages Masha Buell, David Perlman, Chris Dawes, Paul Steenhuisen, Sarah Hood DISCOVERIES (CD Reviews) Editor David Olds Reviewers: Karen Ages, John Beckwith, Lariy Beckwith, Don Brown, Phil Ehrensaft, Eli Eisenberg, Daniel Foley, Janos Gardonyi, John S. Gray, Tiina Kilk, Pamela Margles, Gabrielle Mclaughlin, Alison Melville, Frank T. Nakashima, Ted O'Reilly, Allan Pulker, Cathy Riches, Annette Sanger, Colin Savage, Bruce Surtees, Robert Tomas, Dianne Wells, Merlin Williams Display Ad Sales, (Un)classified Ads & Listings: Phone 416-323-2232 Editorial: Phone 416-603-3786 E-mail: lnfo@thewholenote.com Fax: 416-603-4791 Websites: www.lhewholenote.com www.torontohearandnow.com Paid Subscriptions (/year + GST) Phone: 416-928-6991 Circulation & Display Stands: 416·928·6991 Dates and Deadlines Next issue is Volume10 #5 covering February 1 '05 to March 7 '05 Free Event Listings Deadline: 6pm Saturday January 15 (covering period February 1 '05 to March 7 '05) Display Ad Reservations Deadline: 6pm Monday January 17 Colour Ads must be received by Wednesday January 19 Black and White Ads must be received by Thursday January 20 Publication Date: Thursday January 27 Circulation CCAB QUALIFIED CIRCULATION: March 2004 32,433 Additional copies printed and distributed this month: 4,067 Total copies printed and distributed this month: 36,500 Printed in Canada by Couto Printing and Publishing SeMces Canadian Publication Product Sales Agreement 1263846 ISSN 14888-8785 WI-IOI.ENOTE WholeNote Media Inc. accepts no responsibility or liability for claims made for any product or service reported on or advertised in lhis issue. Publications Mail Agreement #40026682 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: WholeNote Magazine 503-720 Bathurst St. Toronto, ON M5S 2R4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Editor's Op (family Fare) 8 Cover Story The Brass's Chuck Daellenbach David Perlman 9 Snapshot Analekta's Mario Labbe 11 DISCOVERIES: CD Forum 13, 14; 74·92 13 Editor's Corner David Olds 74-86 CD Reviews 7 4 Opera, Choral and Vocal 75 Early Music and Period Instruments 76 Classical and Beyond 82 Canadian; 84 Jazz; 86 Pot Pourri; 86 Urban Carols & Historical Hymns Sarah Hood CONCERT NOTES: 16 -26 16 T.O. Musical Diary Colin Eatock 18 Quodlibet Allan Pulker 20 Early Music Frank Nakashima 22 Choral Scene Larry Beckwith 25 World View Karen Ages HEAR ANO NOW: Focus on New Music 26-31, 68 26 Some Thing New Jason van Eyk 28 November New Music Roundup Keith Denning 30 Composer to Composer: Jim Harley interviewed by Paul Steenhuisen 68 New music concert quick picks David Olds JAZZ ANO BAND: 32,33; 70 32 Band Stand Merlin Williams 33 Jazz Notes Jim Calloway 70 In the Listings Sophia Perlman OPERA AND MUSIC THEATRE: 35-37 35 On Opera Christopher Hoile 37 Opera at Home Phil Ehrensaft MUSICAL UFE: 38-43 38 News from the TMA Brian Blain 38 Book Shelf Pamela Margles 40 "How I Met My Teacher" Masha Buell 43 Janusian Pairs Chris Dawes 44 Music's Children Masha Buell LIVE LISTINGS, ETCETERA 45-72 45-65 Live concerts (GT A) 65-68 Live concerts (Beyond) 68 New Music Quick Picks 69 Opera and Music Theatre 70,71 Jazz Clubs and Concert Picks 71 Announcements, etcetera UNCLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 73 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 44 WholeNote's Tenth Anniversary Season February 2005 • Early Music Upcoming Special Focuses •Music and Health •Summer Education March 2005 •Summer Education and beyond •Ensemble Playing Editorial inquiries: 416 603 3786 Advertising: 416 323 2232 DECEMBER 1 2004 - FEBRUARY 7 2005 WWW. THEWHOLENOTE.COM
