BachBrandenburgConcertosSept 21-25tafelmusik.orgBaroque OrchestraJeanne Lamon, Music Director273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. –;–(sr); –(35 and under). Also Sept22, 23(mat), 25 (George Weston Recital Hall).Saturday September 22• 9:00am to 5:00: University of Toronto/Glenn Gould Estate. Dreamers RenegadesVisionaries: The Glenn Gould Variations. Dayone of a two-day creative summit combiningperformance, talk and exhibitions, as partof celebrations marking the 80th anniversaryof Glenn Gould’s birth. Summit continues Sept23. For details see listings section D, “TheETCeteras,” under Lectures & Symposia.• 1:00 to 11:00pm: Small World Music. SmallWorld in the Square. All-day community eventfeaturing a global mix of music including JaymeStone, Bageshree Vaze, Aline Morales, KendraRay, Lemon Bucket Orkestra and others. Yonge-Dundas Square. 416-536-5439. Free. Part of theSmall World Music Fall Festival.• 2:00: Civic Light Opera Company. The BigBang. See Sep 12.• 7:00: StageToneScape. Classic and Modern.Works by Bach, Haydn, Chopin, Schubert, Lisztand others. Richmond Hill United Church, 10201Yonge St. 647-477-9712. ; (sr/st).• 7:00: Tapestry New Opera. Opera Briefs.See Sept 21.• 7:30: Good Hair Day Productions. Julie SitsWaiting. See Sept 14.• 7:30: Music at Metropolitan. Baroque andBeyond: Vespers of 1610. Monteverdi. AccentiVocali; Elixir Baroque Ensemble. United Church,56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331 x26. .• 7:30: Opera by Request. Andrea Chenier.Giordano. Stanislas Vitold, tenor (AndreaChenier); Jacqueline MacIntyre, soprano(Maddelena); Yevgeny Yablonovsky, baritone(Gerard); Ellen Vesterday, mezzo (Contessa);Ann Belikova, mezzo (Bersi); and others; WilliamShookhoff, piano and music director. CollegeStreet United Church, 452 College St. 416-455-2365. .• 7:30: Ukranian Bandurist Chorus andHoosli Ukranian Male Chorus. BrotherhoodConcert Series. Ryerson Theatre, 43 Gerrard St.E. 416-518-0292. –.• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Happy Birthday Marietta! Celebratoryconcert in honour of piano faculty memberMarietta Orlov, featuring performances byher former and current students and facultyA. Concerts in the GTAmembers. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. Free.• 8:00: Civic Light Opera Company. The BigBang. See Sep 12.• 8:00: Gallery 345. The Art of the DuoPiano: Piano Pinnacle. Iman Habibi and DeborahGrimmett, pianos. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. ; (st).• 8:00: Lebovic Centre for Arts &Entertainment. Jayme Stone: Room ofWonders. Music inspired by folk dances fromaround the world. 19 Civic Ave., Stouffville. 905-640-2322. ; $18(st).• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Bach BrandenburgConcertos. See Sept 21.• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Opening Weekend: James Ehnes Plays Brahms.See Sept 20.Sunday September 23• 9:00am to 5:00: University of Toronto/Glenn Gould Estate. Dreamers RenegadesVisionaries: The Glenn Gould Variations. Day twoof a two-day creative summit combining performance,talk and exhibitions, as part of thecelebrations marking the 80th anniversary ofGlenn Gould’s birth. Summit begins Sept 22. Fordetails see listings section D, “The ETCeteras,”under Lectures & Symposia.• 2:00: Baird Knechtel Presents. Solo Recital.W. K. Rogers: Sonatina; Glinka: Sonata in d;Mendelssohn: Sonata in c; Babiak: Soliloquy;Shostakovich: Sonata Op.147. Baird Knechtel,viola and piano. All Saints Kingsway AnglicanChurch, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-242-2131.–.• 2:00: Good Hair Day Productions. Julie SitsWaiting. See Sept 14.• A MUSICAL TOUR •• of EUROPE •with Jean-Paul Reymonthost/entertainerJolanda Nelsoprano Florida Sunstate OperaRyan WangChinese-Canadian concert pianist& Richard HeinzleAustrian-born pianistSunday, Sept 23, 2pm• 2:00: Jean-Paul Reymont Presents. AMusical Tour of Europe. Jolanda Nel, soprano;Ryan Wang, piano; Richard Heinzle, piano andaccordion; Jean-Paul Reymont, host and baritone.Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria St,Aurora. 905-727-6101. ; (sr/st). Benefitconcert for the Marylake Shrine and Monastery.• 3:00: Gallery 345. The Russians areComing: An Evening of Russian Cello and PianoSonatas. Works by Prokofiev Shostakovich andRachmaninoff. Brian Holt, cello, and Lisa Tahara,piano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. ;(st).• 3:30: Tafelmusik. Bach BrandenburgConcertos. See Sept 21.• 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Twilight Recitals. Andrew Adair, organ. 65Church St. 416-364-7865 x231. Free.• 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. JazzVespers: Tribute to Cannonball Adderley. BrianBarlow Quintet. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211.Free, donations welcome. With brief reflection byJazz Vespers clergy.>“Exploration of Romancing the Sacred”smallworldmusic.com• 7:00: Small World Music. Azalea Ray,vocals. Spiritual, devotional and sacred musicfrom various traditions. Glenn Gould Studio, 250Front St. W. 416-536-5439. /(adv). Partof the Small World Music Fall Festival.• 7:00: Tapestry New Opera. Opera Briefs.See Sept 21.• 7:30: Royal Conservatory. David Louie celebratesBach and Gould. Bach: Musical OfferingBWV1079; Italian Concerto BWV971; PartitaNo.4 BWV828 (selections). David Louie, piano/harpsichord; Alison Melville, b traverso; KathleenKajioka, cello; Steven Dann, viola; MargaretJordan-Gay, cello. Mazzoleni Hall, 273 Bloor St.W. 416-408-0208. .00.• 8:00: New Music Concerts. Cellos Galore.Carter: Double Trio; Colgrass: Mystic with aCredit Card for solo trombone; Mather: Pommard46 thewholenote.com September 1 – October 7, 2012
for four cellos; Rolfe: Worry for violin andeight cellos; Winter Songs for tenor and eightcellos; Tremblay: Cedres en violes for solo cello.Lawrence Wiliford, tenor; Timothy Ying, violin;David Hetherington, cello; Scott Good, trombone;NMC Ensemble, Robert Aitken, conductor.Betty Oliphant Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre forthe Arts, 404 Jarvis St. 416-961-9594. ;(sr/arts worker); (st). 7:15: Pre-concertIntroductions.Monday September 24Portuguese fado with a twist. Lula Lounge, 1585Dundas St. W. 416-536-5439. /(adv).Part of the Small World Music Fall Festival.• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Bach BrandenburgConcertos. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1,3, 5; Orchestral Suite No.4. Tafelmusik BaroqueOrchestra, Jeanne Lamon, director. GeorgeWeston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts,5040 Yonge St. 1-855-985-2787. –;–(sr); –(35 and under). AlsoSept 21, 22 and 23(mat), at Koerner Hall.Wednesday September 26• 12:15: Music Mondays. Michael HoltEnsemble: vocals with piano and ensemble. • 12:15: Our Lady of Sorrows. WednesdayOriginal works ranging from pop, classical and Concert Series. Peter Barley, organ. 3055 Bloorlounge music. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 St. W. 416-231-6016. Free.Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521 x304. suggested • 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.donation.Noon Hour Organ Recital Series. Michael Bloss,• 7:00: Royal Conservatory. Glenn Gould’s organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.Birthday BACHanalia. Works of Bach with a • 2:00: April 30th Entertainment. Queen for aworld premierEtwist. Mark O’Connor, bluegrass violin; Howard Day: The Musical. Music and lyrics by L. Barnett;Levy, harmonica; Trichy Sankaran, percussion; book by C. Earle, S. Hollett, P. O’Sullivan. Alan Sept 26th -Oct 7thSuba Sankaran, voice; Sylvain Blassel, harp; and Thicke (Jack Bailey - not Oct 4, 5); Blythe Wilson QueenForADayTheMusical.comothers. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408- (Claribel Anderson); Marisa McIntyre (Lana);0208. .00 and up.Denise Fergusson (Old Claribel); Camille Eanga-Thursday September 27Selenge (Felicia); and others; Timothy French,Tuesday September 25stage director. Richmond Hill Centre for the • 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. Jazz Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge St., Richmond Dance Series: Road Trip. Tragicomic duet Acct. Mgr: Melissa Date: Aug 21Series: Aspects of Oscar. Canadian bassist Dave Hill. 905-787-8811. –.50. Also Sept 27 blending contemporary dance practices withJob# &Trim Size: 1.7188" x 3" # Colours: 4/0Young pays tribute to his long-time friend and APR12025 –30; Oct Q4AD_Wholenote_AD_FNL3 –7; start times vary.clown-influenced Bouffon theatre. Susie Burpeecollaborator, Oscar Peterson. Filename: Kevin Turcotte, • 7:30: St. Anne’s Anglican Church. Post- and Linnea Swan, choreographers. Bleed: Richard -- 4 Col Ptrumpet; Robi Botos, piano; Terry Clarke, drums. Industrial Wednesdays: Post-Industrial Mozart. Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons CentreRichard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,Client:Four SeasonsApril 30thJunctionEntTrio (JamieRevisionThompson, flute;#:YvannaFINAL for the Performing Arts, Visible 145 Queen Open: St. W. 416- --Centre for the Performing Desc.: Arts, 145 Queen Wholenote St. Mycyk, Ad violin; Lucas Artist: Tensen, cello.) 270 LD363-8231. Free.Safety/Live: 1.7188" > x 3"W. 416-363-8231. Free.Gladstone Ave. 416-536-3160. By Donation. • 12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of• 1:00: Cathedral ChurchSupplier:of St. James. • 8:00: Small WorldVersion:Music. Jorge Miguel. Lula Music. Thursdays at Noon: File Fife Built and Drum: at: 100% (1:1) PMSMusic at Midday. David Location: Briggs, organ. 65 Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-536-5439. Works by Harrison, Pärt, Hatzis, Charke, BeaserChurch St. 416-364-7865 x231. Free./(adv). Part of the Small World Music and Parker. Susan Hoeppner, flute; Beverley• 8:00: Small WorldApprovals:Music. Deolinda.Date:Fall Festival.Signature: Johnston, percussion. Walter Approvals: Hall, Edward Date: Signature:Prod Artist:Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’sCopywriter:Park. 416-408-0208. Free.Proofread:• 12:15: Music at Metropolitan. Studio: Noon at Met.St. Acct Anne's Mngr: Anglican ChurchAshley Tidy, organ. Metropolitan Art Dir: United Church,presents56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331 x26. Free.• 8:00: April 30th Entertainment. Client: Queen for aAcct Dir:Post-Industrial Wednesdays!withThe Junction TrioJamie Thompson, fluteYvanna Mycyk, violinLucas Tensen, celloNOW IN THEIR 4th SEASON!September 26th @730pm "Post-Industrial Mozart!"October 31st @730pm "Spooky Schubert!"November 28th @730pm "Post-Industrial Bach!""Forgotten Soundscapes of The Group of Seven"Wednesday, October 17th @730pmLiquid Light Projections by Jason Steidman…a special concert as part of Mirabiliacelebrating St. Anne's 150th Anniversary!270 Gladstone Avenue, TorontoFree Parking / Admission by Donation / 416-536-3160More Info: stannes.on.ca www.the-junction-trio.comDay: The Musical. See Sept 26.• 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. NextSteps:SLoE. Southam: Simple Lines of Enquiry. EveEgoyan, piano; with sextet of dancers; JuliaSasso, direction and choreography. EnwaveTheatre, 235 Queen’s Quay W. 416-973-4000.–. Also Sept 28, 29, 30(mat).• 8:00: Music Toronto. Quartet Series:Attacca Quartet. Haydn: String Quartet in FOp.77 No.2; Prokofiev: String Quartet No.1;Mendelssohn: String Quartet No.2 in a Op. 13.Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centrefor the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723 or1-800-708-6754. -; (st; accompanyingadult half price); Pay-your-age (ages 18–35,plus facility and handling fees).• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Pictures at an Exhibition. Kati Agócs:Shenanigan; Rachmaninoff: Piano ConcertoNo.2; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition(orch. Maurice Ravel). Joyce Yang, piano; PeterOundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. –5. AlsoSept 29.• 9:00: Small World Music. Yura Rafaliuk.Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-536-5439. /(adv). Part of the Small WorldMusic Fall Festival.• 10:00: Small World Music. Javier Estrada.Wrong Bar, 1279 Queen St. W. 416-536-5439./(adv). Part of the Small World MusicFall Festival.Friday September 28• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. CelebratingCulture Days at the COC: Open Rehearsal of DieFledermaus. Johann Strauss II. For details seelistings section D, “The ETCeteras,” under OpenRehearsals.• 7:30: St. Thomas’s Church. Organist JohnTuttle in Recital. Works by Reger, Hindemithand Vierne. 383 Huron St. 416-979-2323. ;(sr/st).• 8:00: April 30th Entertainment. Queen for aDay: The Musical. See Sept 26.• 8:00: Canadian Sinfonietta. Ode to theMoon. Celebration of the Chinese mid-autumnfestival. George Weston Recital Hall, TorontoCentre for the Performing Arts, 5040 Yonge St.1-855-985-2787. $TBA.• 8:00: Ensemble Polaris. Kitchen Party.Katherine Hill, voice; Laine Ruus, dancer; MarcoCera, guitar; Kirk Elliott, accordion/violin/mandolin;Margaret Gay, cello; Ben Grossman, hurdygurdy; and others. Tranzac Club Main Hall, 292Brunswick Ave. 416-588-4301. ; (sr/st/unwaged).• 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. NextSteps:SLoE. See Sept 27.• 8:00: Heliconian Club. Debussy, TonalPainter. Debussy: Ariettes oubliées; Proseslyriques; Sonata for Violin and Piano; variouspiano works. Jane Blackstone, Lenore Beatty,Margaret Lam and Jacqueline Leung, piano;September 1 – October 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 47
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Welcome to our December/January issue as we turn the annual calendar page, halfway through our season for the 25th time, juggling as always, secular stuff, the spirit of the season, new year resolve and winter journeys! Why is Mozart's Handel's Messiah's trumpet a trombone? Why when Laurie Anderson offers to fly you to the moon you should take her up on the invitation. Why messing with Winterreisse can (sometimes) be a very good thing! And a bumper crop of record reviews for your reading (and sometimes listening) pleasure. Available in flipthrough here right now, and on stands commencing Thursday Nov 28. See you on the other side!
Long promised, Vivian Fellegi takes a look at Relaxed Performance practice and how it is bringing concert-going barriers down across the spectrum; Andrew Timar looks at curatorial changes afoot at the Music Gallery; David Jaeger investigates the trumpets of October; the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution (and the 20th Anniversary of our October Blue Pages Presenter profiles) in our Editor's Opener; the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir at 125; Tapestry at 40 and Against the Grain at 10; ringing in the changing season across our features and columns; all this and more, now available in Flip Through format here, and on the stands commencing this coming Friday September 27, 2019. Enjoy.
Vol 1 of our 25th season is now here! And speaking of 25, that's how many films in the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival editor Paul Ennis, in our Eighth Annual TIFF TIPS, has chosen to highlight for their particular musical interest. Also inside: Rob Harris looks through the Rear View Mirror at past and present prognostications about the imminent death of classical music; Mysterious Barricades and Systemic Barriers are Lydia Perović's preoccupations in Art of Song; Andrew Timar reflects on the evolving priorities of the Polaris Prize; and elsewhere, it's chocks away as yet another season creaks or roars (depending on the beat) into motion. Welcome back.
What a range of stuff! A profile of Liz Upchurch, the COC ensemble studio's vocal mentor extraordinaire; a backgrounder on win-win faith/arts centre partnerships and ways of exploring the possibilities; an interview with St. Petersburg-based Eifman Ballet's Boris Eifman; Ana Sokolovic's violin concert Evta finally coming to town; a Love Letter to YouTube, and much more. Plus our 17th annual Canary Pages Choral directory if all you want to do is sing! sing! sing!
Arraymusic, the Music Gallery and Native Women in the Arts join for a mini-festival celebrating the work of composer, performer and installation artist Raven Chacon; Music and Health looks at the role of Healing Arts Ontario in supporting concerts in care facilities; Kingston-based composer Marjan Mozetich's life and work are celebrated in film; "Forest Bathing" recontextualizes Schumann, Shostakovich and Hindemith; in Judy Loman's hands, the harp can sing; Mahler's Resurrection bursts the bounds of symphonic form; Ed Bickert, guitar master remembered. All this and more in our April issue, now online in flip-through here, and on stands commencing Friday March 29.
Something Old, Something New! The Ide(a)s of March are Upon Us! Rob Harris's Rear View Mirror looks forward to a tonal revival; Tafelmusik expands their chronological envelope in two directions, Esprit makes wave after wave; Pax Christi's new oratorio by Barbara Croall catches the attention of our choral and new music columnists; and summer music education is our special focus, right when warm days are once again possible to imagine. All this and more in our March 2019 edition, available in flipthrough here, and on the stands starting Thursday Feb 28.
In this issue: A prize that brings lustre to its laureates (and a laureate who brings lustre to the prize); Edwin Huizinga on the journey of Opera Atelier's "The Angel Speaks" from Versailles to the ROM; Danny Driver on playing piano in the moment; Remembering Neil Crory (a different kind of genius)' Year of the Boar, Indigeneity and Opera; all this and more in Volume 24 #5. Online in flip through, HERE and on the stands commencing Thursday Jan 31.
When is a trumpet like a motorcycle in a dressage event? How many Brunhilde's does it take to change an Elektra? Just two of the many questions you've been dying to ask, to which you will find answers in a 24th annual combined December/January issue – in which our 11 beat columnists sift through what's on offer in the upcoming holiday month, and what they're already circling in their calendars for 2019. Oh, and features too: a klezmer violinist breathing new life into a very old film; two New Music festivals in January, 200 metres apart; a Music & Health story on the restorative powers of a grassroots exercise in collective music-making; even a good reason to go to Winnipeg in the dead of winter. All this and more in Vol 24 No 4, now available in flipthrough format here.
Reluctant arranger! National Ballet Orchestra percussionist Kris Maddigan on creating the JUNO and BAFTA award-winning smash hit Cuphead video game soundtrack; Evergreen by name and by nature, quintessentially Canadian gamelan (Andrew Timar explains); violinist Angèle Dubeau on 20 years and 60 million streams; two children’s choirs where this month remembrance and living history must intersect. And much more, online in our kiosk now, and on the street commencing Thursday November 1.
Presenters, start your engines! With TIFF and "back-to-work" out of the way, the regular concert season rumbles to life, and, if our Editor's Opener can be trusted, "Seeking Synergies" seems to be the name of the game. Denise Williams' constantly evolving "Walk Together Children" touching down at the Toronto Centre for the Arts; the second annual Festival of Arabic Music and Arts expanding its range; a lesson in Jazz Survival with Steve Wallace; the 150 presenter and performer profiles in our 19th annual Blue Pages directory... this is an issue that is definitely more than the sum of its parts.
In this issue: The WholeNote's 7th Annual TIFF TIPS guide to festival films with musical clout; soprano Erin Wall in conversation with Art of Song columnist Lydia Perovic, about more than the art of song; a summer's worth of recordings reviewed; Toronto Chamber Choir at 50 (is a few close friends all it takes?); and much more, as the 2018/19 season gets under way.
PLANTING NOT PAVING! In this JUNE / JULY /AUGUST combined issue: Farewell interviews with TSO's Peter Oundjian and Stratford Summer Music's John Miller, along with "going places" chats with Luminato's Josephine Ridge, TD Jazz's Josh Grossman and Charm of Finches' Terry Lim. ) Plus a summer's worth of fruitful festival inquiry, in the city and on the road, in a feast of stories and our annual GREEN PAGES summer Directory.
In this issue: our sixteenth annual Choral Canary Pages; coverage of 21C, Estonian Music Week and the 3rd Toronto Bach Festival (three festivals that aren’t waiting for summer!); and features galore: “Final Finales” for Larry Beckwith’s Toronto Masque Theatre and for David Fallis as artistic director of Toronto Consort; four conductors on the challenges of choral conducting; operatic Hockey Noir; violinist Stephen Sitarski’s perspective on addressing depression; remembering bandleader, composer and saxophonist Paul Cram. These and other stories, in our May 2018 edition of the magazine.
In this issue: we talk with jazz pianist Thompson Egbo-Egbo about growing up in Toronto, building a musical career, and being adaptive to change; pianist Eve Egoyan prepares for her upcoming Luminato project and for the next stage in her long-term collaborative relationship with Spanish-German composer Maria de Alvear; jazz violinist Aline Homzy, halfway through preparing for a concert featuring standout women bandleaders, talks about social equity in the world of improvised music; and the local choral community celebrates the life and work of choral conductor Elmer Iseler, 20 years after his passing.
In this issue: Canadian Stage, Tapestry Opera and Vancouver Opera collaborate to take Gogol’s short story The Overcoat to the operatic stage; Montreal-based Sam Shalabi brings his ensemble Land of Kush, and his newest composition, to Toronto; Five Canadian composers, each with a different CBC connection, are nominated for JUNOs; and The WholeNote team presents its annual Summer Music Education Directory, a directory of summer music camps, programs and courses across the province and beyond.
In this issue: composer Nicole Lizée talks about her love for analogue equipment, and the music that “glitching” evokes; Richard Rose, artistic director at the Tarragon Theatre, gives us insights into their a rock-and-roll Hamlet, now entering production; Toronto prepares for a mini-revival of Schoenberg’s music, with three upcoming shows at New Music Concerts; and the local music theatre community remembers and celebrates the life and work of Mi’kmaq playwright and performer Cathy Elliott . These and other stories, in our double-issue December/January edition of the magazine.
In this issue: conversations (of one kind or another) galore! Daniela Nardi on taking the reins at "best-kept secret" venue, 918 Bathurst; composer Jeff Ryan on his "Afghanistan" Requiem for a Generation" partnership with war poet, Susan Steele; lutenist Ben Stein on seventeenth century jazz; collaborative pianist Philip Chiu on going solo; Barbara Hannigan on her upcoming Viennese "Second School" recital at Koerner; Tina Pearson on Pauline Oliveros; and as always a whole lot more!
In this issue: several local artists reflect on the memory of composer Claude Vivier, as they prepare to perform his music; Vancouver gets ready to host international festival ISCM World New Music Days, which is coming to Canada for the second time since its inception in 1923; one of the founders of Artword Artbar, one of Hamilton’s staple music venues, on the eve of the 5th annual Steel City Jazz Festival, muses on keeping urban music venues alive; and a conversation with pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, as he prepares for an ambitious recital in Toronto. These and other stories, in our October 2017 issue of the magazine.
In this issue: a look at why musicians experience stage fright, and how to combat it; an inside look at the second Kensington Market Jazz Festival, which zeros in on one of Toronto’s true ‘music villages’; an in-depth interview with Elisa Citterio, new music director of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; and The WholeNote’s guide to TIFF, with suggestions for the 20 most musical films at this year’s festival. These and other stories, in our September 2017 issue of the magazine!
CBC Radio's Lost Horizon; Pinocchio as Po-Mo Operatic Poster Boy; Meet the Curators (Crow, Bernstein, Ridge); a Global Music Orchestra is born; and festivals, festivals, festivals in our 13th annual summer music Green Pages. All this and more in our three-month June-through August summer special issue, now available in flipthrough HERE and on the stands commencing Thursday June 1.
From science fact in "Integral Man: Music and the Movies," to science fiction in the editor's opener; from World Fiddle Day at the Aga Khan Museum to three Canadians at the Cliburn; from wanting to sashay across the 401 to Chamberfest in Montreal to exploring the Continuum of Jumblies Theatre's 20-year commitment to the Community Play (there's a pun in there somewhere!).
In this issue: Our podcast ramps up with interviews in March with fight director Jenny Parr, countertenor Daniel Taylor, and baritone Russell Braun; two views of composer John Beckwith at 90; how music’s connection to memory can assist with the care of patients with Alzheimer’s; musical celebrations in film and jazz, at National Canadian Film Day and Jazz Day; and a preview of Louis Riel, which opens this month at the COC. These and other stories, in our April 2017 issue of the magazine!
On our cover: Owen Pallett's musical palette on display at New Creations. Spring brings thoughts of summer music education! (It's never too late.). For Marc-Andre Hamelin the score is king. Ella at 100 has the tributes happening. All; this and more.
In this issue: an interview with composer/vocalist Jeremy Dutcher, on his upcoming debut album and unique compositional voice; a conversation with Boston Symphony hornist James Sommerville, as as the BSO gets ready to come to his hometown; Stuart Hamilton, fondly remembered; and an inside look at Hugh’s Room, as it enters a complicated chapter in the story of its life in the complex fabric of our musical city. These and other stories, as we celebrate the past and look forward to the rest of 2016/17, the first glimpses of 2017/18, and beyond!
In this issue: a conversation with pianist Stewart Goodyear, in advance of his upcoming show at Koerner Hall; a preview of the annual New Year’s phenomenon that is Bravissimo!/Salute to Vienna; an inside look at music performance in Toronto’s health-care centres; and a reflection on the incredible life and lasting influence of the late Pauline Oliveros. These and more, in a special December/January combined issue!
In this issue: David Jaeger and Alex Pauk’s most memorable R. Murray Schafer collabs, in this month’s installment of Jaeger’s CBC Radio Two: The Living Legacy; an interview with flutist Claire Chase, who brings new music and mindset to Toronto this month; an investigation into the strange coincidence of three simultaneous Mendelssohn Elijahs this Nov 5; and of course, our annual Blue Pages, a who’s who of southern Ontario’s live music scene- a community as prolific and multifaceted as ever. These and more, as we move full-force into the 2016/17 concert season- all aboard!
Music lover's TIFF (our fifth annual guide to the Toronto International Film Festival); Aix Marks the Spot (how Brexit could impact on operatic co-production); The Unstoppable Howard Cable (an affectionate memoir of a late chapter in the life of of a great Canadian arranger; Kensington Jazz Story (the newest kid on the festival block flexes its muscles). These stories and much more as we say a lingering goodbye to summer and turn to the task, for the 22nd season, of covering the live and recorded music that make Southern Ontario tick.
It's combined June/July/August summer issue time with, we hope, enough between the covers to keep you dipping into it all through the coming lazy, hazy days. From Jazz Vans racing round "The Island" delivering pop-up brass breakouts at the roadside, to Bach flute ambushes strolling "The Grove, " to dozens of reasons to stay in the city. May yours be a summer where you find undiscovered musical treasures, and, better still, when, unexpectedly, the music finds you.
INSIDE: The Canaries Are Here! 116 choirs to choose from, so take the plunge! The Nylons hit the road after one last SING! Fling. Jazz writer Steve Wallace wonders "Watts Goode" rather than "what's new?" Paul Ennis has the musical picks of the HotDocs crop. David Jaeger's CBC Radio continues golden for a little while yet. Douglas McNabney is Music's Child. Leipzig meets Damascus in Alison Mackay's fertile imagination. And "C" is for KRONOS in Wende Bartley's koverage of the third annual 21C Festival. All this and as usual much much more. Enjoy.
From 30 camp profiles to spark thoughts of being your summer musical best, to testing LUDWIG as you while away the rest of so-called winter; from Scottish Opera and the Danish Midtvest, to a first Toronto recital appearance by violin superstar Maxim Vengerov; from musings on New Creations and new creation, to the boy who made a habit of crying Beowulf; it's a month of merry meetings and rousing recordings reviewed, all here to discover in The WholeNote.
2016 is off to a flying start! We chronicle the Artful Times of Andrew Burashko, the violistic versatility of Teng Li, the ageless ebullience of jazz pianist Gene DiNovi and the ninetieth birthday of trumpeter Johnny Cowell. Jaeger remembers Boulez; Waxman recalls Bley's influence, and Olds finds Bowie haunting Editor's Corner. Oh, and did we mention there's all that music? Hello (and goodbye) to the February blues, and here's to swinging through the musical vines of the Year of the Monkey.
What's a vinyl renaissance? What happens when Handel's Messiah runs afoul of the rumba rhythm setting on a (gasp!) Hammond organ? What work does Marc-Andre Hamelin say he would be content to have on every recital program he plays? What are Steve Wallace's favourite fifty Christmas recordings? Why is violinist Daniel Hope celebrating Yehudi Menuhin's 100th birthday at Koerner Hall January 28? Answers to all these questions (and a whole lot more) in the Dec/Jan issue of The WholeNote.
"Come" seems to be the verb that knits this month's issue together. Sondra Radvanovsky comes to Koerner, William Norris comes to Tafel as their new GM, opera comes to Canadian Stage; and (a long time coming!) Jane Bunnett's musicianship and mentorship are honoured with the Premier's award for excellence; plus David Jaeger's ongoing series on the golden years of CBC Radio Two, Andrew Timar on hybridity, a bumper crop of record reviews and much much more. Come on in!
Vol 21 No 2 is now available for your viewing pleasure, and it's a bumper crop, right at the harvest moon. First ever Canadian opera on the Four Seasons Centre main stage gets double coverage with Wende Bartley interviewing Pyramus and Thisbe composer Barbara Monk Feldman and Chris Hoile connecting with director Christopher Alden; Paul Ennis digs into the musical mind of pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, and pianist Eve Egoyan is "On the Record" in conversation with publisher David Perlman ahead of the Oct release concert for her tenth recording. And at the heart of it all the 16th edition of our annual BLUE PAGES directory of presenters profile the season now well and truly under way.
Paul Ennis's annual TIFF TIPS (27 festival films of potential particular musical interest); Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma and Jeffrey Beecher on the Silk Road; David Jaeger on CBC Radio Music in the days it was committed to commissioning; the LISTENING ROOM continues to grow on line; DISCoveries is back, bigger than ever; and Mary Lou Fallis says Trinity-St. Paul's is Just the Spot (especially this coming Sept 25!).