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Volume 21 Issue 4 - December 2015/January 2016

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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.

New Year’s Eve •

New Year’s Eve • 7:00 pm Roy Thomson Hall Selections from La traviata Carmen Tosca Così fan tutte La bohème Turandot and more OPERA CANADA SYMPHONY | OPERA CANADA CHORUS Marco Guidarini, conductor (Italy) Karina Gauvin soprano (Canada) Krisztina Szabó mezzo soprano (Canada) Stefano La Colla tenor (Italy) Lucio Gallo baritone (Italy) Celebrate with Strauss Waltzes and Operetta Excerpts, featuring European Singers, Dancers and Full Orchestra! Strauss Symphony of Canada Imre Kollár, conductor (Budapest) Katarzyna Dondalska, soprano (Berlin–Warsaw) Franz Gürtelschmied, tenor (Vienna) Featuring dancers from Hungarian National Ballet & International Champion Ballroom Dancers January 1, 2016 at 2:30 pm Roy Thomson Hall TICKETS: 416.872.4255 roythomson.com Co-produced by: Sponsored by: Artists and programme subject to change

Volume 21 No 4 | December 2015/January 2016 FEATURES 6. OPENER | On Earlids – The Absence Thereof | DAVID PERLMAN 8. It’s A Keeper –Handel’s Messiah | HOWARD DYCK 10. The Reason ‘Tis The Season | STEVE WALLACE 14. “The Score Is Still My Ideal” | PAUL ENNIS 28. A Living Legacy | Sir David Willcocks | LYDIA ADAMS 65. WE ARE ALL MUSIC’S CHILDREN | Joel Ivany | MJ BUELL 86. CBC RADIO TWO: THE GOLDEN YEARS | Ann Southam| DAVID JAEGER BEAT BY BEAT 17. Jazz Stories | ORI DAGAN 19. On Opera | CHRISTOPHER HOILE 21. In with the New | WENDALYN BARTLEY 23. Classical & Beyond | PAUL ENNIS 26. World View | ANDREW TIMAR 27. Art of Song | HANS DE GROOT 29. Choral Scene | BRIAN CHANG 27. Early Music | DAVID PODGORSKI 59. Mainly Clubs, Mostly Jazz! | BOB BEN 62. Bandstand | JACK MacQUARRIE ACD2 2715 LISTINGS 34. A | Concerts in the GTA 54. B | Concerts Beyond the GTA 57. C | Music Theatre 58. D | In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz) 58. E | The ETCeteras DISCOVERIES: RECORDINGS REVIEWED 66. Editor’s Corner | DAVID OLDS 69. Keyed In | ALEX BARAN 71. Strings Attached | TERRY ROBBINS 73. Vocal 74. Classical & Beyond 76. Modern & Contemporary 78 Jazz & Improvised 80. Pot Pourri 82. Something in the Air | KEN WAXMAN 83. Old Wine, New Bottles | BRUCE SURTEES MORE 6. Contact Information & Deadlines 7. Index of Advertisers 64. Classified Ads The album ANDRÉ GAGNON BAROQUE revisits the classic Mes quatre saisons and Les Turluteries by Canadian pianist and composer André Gagnon, adding a new, baroque twist. With Jean-Willy Kunz HARPSICHORD Orchestre symphonique de la Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent Daniel Constantineau CONDUCTOR AVAILABLE IN HD AT ATMACLASSIQUE.COM MP3 STUDIO QUALITY CD QUALITY Cover Photograph Courtesy of Against the Grain Theatre

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