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Volume 22 Issue 1 - September 2016

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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.

ESPRIT ORCHESTRA

ESPRIT ORCHESTRA 2016-2017 Season Alex Pauk, Founding Music Director & Conductor Season Sponsor Sunday October 23, 2016 Power On A Tribute to R. Murray Schafer R. Murray Schafer Scorpius Concerto for Flute and Orchestra Adieu Robert Schumann for voice and orchestra Andrew Norman Switch for solo percussion and orchestra* Alex Pauk – conductor Krisztina Szabó – mezzo-soprano Robert Aitken – flute Ryan Scott – percussion Sunday November 20, 2016 m’M George Crumb A Haunted Landscape* Marc-André Dalbavie Concerto for Cello and Orchestra* Zosha Di Castri Alba Philippe Leroux m’M Alex Pauk – conductor Joseph Johnson – cello Sunday February 12, 2017 Accelerando José Evangelista Accelerando Analia Llugdar New Work** Conlon Nancarrow Piece #2 for Small Orchestra* John Rea New Work** Adam Scime New Work** Alex Pauk – conductor Sunday April 2, 2017 Overdrive Thomas Adès Violin Concerto – Concentric Paths* Arthur Honegger Pacific 231* Alexander Mosolov The Iron Foundry John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine Chris Paul Harman Blur Alex Pauk – conductor Véronique Mathieu – violin *Canadian Premiere ** World Premiere Experience Esprit All concerts at Koerner Hall 8:00pm Concert 7:15pm Pre-Concert Chat Subscribe espritorchestra.com Koerner Hall Box Office 416 408 0208 The Koerner Foundation The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation The Max Clarkson Family Foundation The Judy & Wilmot Matthews Foundation Timothy & Frances Price

Volume 22 No 1 | September 2016 FEATURES 6. OPENER | Ten Years Straight | DAVID PERLMAN 8. Aix Marks the Spot | PETER GODDARD 12. Music Lovers’ TIFF | PAUL ENNIS 15. Jazz Stories | A Kensington Jazz Story | BOB BEN 52. The Unstoppable Howard Cable | MICHELE JACOT 54. WE ARE ALL MUSIC’S CHILDREN | MJ BUELL 78. CBC RADIO TWO: Bright Light, Dark Time | DAVID JAEGER BEAT BY BEAT 18. On Opera | CHRISTOPHER HOILE 21. Classical & Beyond | PAUL ENNIS 26. In with the New | WENDALYN BARTLEY 28. Art of Song | HANS DE GROOT 30. Choral Scene | BRIAN CHANG 34. Early Music | DAVID PODGORSKI 35. World View | ANDREW TIMAR 36. Bandstand | JACK MacQUARRIE 46. Mainly Clubs, Mostly Jazz! | ORI DAGAN LISTINGS 38. A | Concerts in the GTA 44. B | Concerts Beyond the GTA 45. C | Music Theatre 46. D | In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz) 49. E | The ETCeteras DISCOVERIES: RECORDINGS REVIEWED 55. Editor’s Corner | DAVID OLDS 56. Strings Attached | TERRY ROBBINS 59. Keyed In | ALEX BARAN 61. Vocal 63. Classical & Beyond 66. Modern & Contemporary 68 Jazz & Improvised 71. Pot Pourri 73. Something in the Air | KEN WAXMAN 74. Old Wine, New Bottles | BRUCE SURTEES MORE 6. Contact Information & Deadlines 7. Index of Advertisers 51. Classified Ads Cover Photography Suzanne Johnson (top), Mali Blues Courtesy of TIFF (bottom left) and Pascal Victor (bottom right).

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