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Volume 23 Issue 9 - June / July / August 2018

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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.

Toronto Symphony

Toronto Symphony Orchestra PETER OUNDJIAN CONDUCTS HIS FINAL CONCERTS AS TSO MUSIC DIRECTOR! BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY 9 FINAL TICKETS ON SALE NOW! THU, JUN 28 AT 8:00PM FRI, JUN 29 AT 8:00PM SAT, JUN 30 AT 7:00PM Peter Oundjian, conductor Kirsten MacKinnon, soprano Lauren Segal, mezzo-soprano Andrew Haji, tenor Tyler Duncan, baritone Toronto Mendelssohn Choir TUE, JUN 26 AT 8:00PM Peter Oundjian, conductor Christopher Plummer, narrator ONE NIGHT ONLY! Academy Award–winning actor Christopher Plummer narrates a stirring blend of Shakespeare’s immortal words with music by great composers who have been inspired by their magic. Peter Oundjian conducts his penultimate program as TSO Music Director. CONCERTS AT ROY THOMSON HALL ORDER NOW! 416.593.1285 TSO.CA SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR

ON OUR COVERS Volume 23 No 9 | Summer 2018 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Cantates for Luther BWV 76, 79, 80 PHOTO: CARL MILNER PHOTO: ED SIMMONS Polymath Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon will be the third of his outdoor environmental art installations to find its way to John Miller’s 18th and final edition of Stratford Summer Music. See Jerram’s Moon Shines Over Miller’s Stratford page 16 This is the eighth release in ATMA’s project to record the sacred cantatas of J.S. Bach in conjunction with Festival Montréal Baroque. FEATURES 7 OPENER | Paving not Planting | DAVID PERLMAN 8 FEATURE | A Proper Goodbye: Peter Oundjian Looks Back | DAVID PERLMAN 10 FEATURE | In the City and On the Road | SARA CONSTANT 12 FEATURE | How to Grow a Composer | DAVID JAEGER 15 FEATURE | Five’s the Charm | DAVID PERLMAN 16 FEATURE | Jerram’s Moon Shines Over Miller’s Stratford | MJ BUELL 71 WE ARE ALL MUSIC’S CHILDEN | Summer’s Child: Ben Heppner | MJ BUELL ACD2 2407 Hélène Brunet soprano Michael Taylor countertenor Philippe Gagné tenor Jesse Blumberg baritone MONTRÉAL BAROQUE ERIC MILNES New Release! JuNe 22, 2018 15 G R I G O R I A N . C O M

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