theWholeNote 2012 SUMMER MUSIC GUIDEWarsaw-Fan, violin; Julian Armour, cello; MatthewLarkin, harmonium; Andrew Tunis, piano.DCUC.–; free with Festival Passport.• July 6 12:00: Menahem Pressler and thePrincipal Winds of the National Arts Centre Orchestra.Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds;Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Winds. MenahemPressler, piano; Charles Hamann, oboe;Kimball Sykes, clarinet; Lawrence Vine, horn;Christopher Millard, bassoon. DCUC. –;free with Festival Passport.• July 6 2:00: Jewish Composers Through theAges. Copland: Quiet City; Meyerbeer: Quintetfor Clarinet and Strings; Gershwin: Lullaby;Korngold: Suite for Two Violins, Cello andPiano; Rossi: Sonata Settima sopra l’Aria d’unBalletto; Glick: Old Toronto Klezmer Suite.Marie Bérard and Arianna Warsaw-Fan, violins;Guylaine Lemaire, viola; Julian Armour and PaulMarleyn, cellos; and others. DCUC. –;free with Festival Passport.• July 6 5:00: Yehonatan Berick – Solo. Worksby Bartók, Albeniz, Ysaÿe and others. YehonatanBerick, violin. SBC. –; free withFestival Passport.• July 6 8:00: Borodin Quartet – Brahms &Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky: Quartet Movementin B-flat; Quartet No.1 in D Op.11; Brahms:Quartet No.1 in c Op.51. DCUC. Festival PlusConcert: –; – with FestivalPassport.• July 6 8:00: The Central Band of the CanadianForces. CASM. Free.• July 6 11:00pm: Fauré Nocturnes I. Fauré:Nocturnes Nos. 1, 5, 11, 9, 4, 3 and 6. StéphaneLemelin, piano. DCUC. –; freewith Festival Passport.• July 7 10:00am: Spotlight on Young Performers:Kerson and Stanley Leong. Works byBrahms, Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Prokofiev,Piazolla and Kodály. Kerson Leong, violin; StanleyLeong, cello; Bryan Wagorn, piano. MKUC.–; free with Festival Passport.• July 7 12:00pm: Goldberg Variations. Bach:The Goldberg Variations. Zhu Xiao-Mei, piano.DCUC. –; free with Festival Passport.• July 7 2:00: Inspired by Music. Inspiredby Mozart, Pachelbel, Mahler, Cable andothers, the works of eight visual artists will bescreened while the music is performed live, anddisplayed in the lobby. Yehonatan Berick, violin;Marie Bérard and Manuela Milani, violin;Guylaine Lemaire, viola; Julian Armour, cello;Kimball Sykes, clarinet; Matthew Larkin, harpsichord.OTHSA. –; free with FestivalPassport.• July 7 8:00: Bach Motets. Ottawa BachChoir, Lisette Canton, director. KPC. –;free with Festival Passport.• July 7 8:00: Menahem Pressler and the JupiterQuartet. Works by Mendelssohn, Debussyand Mozart. Jupiter String Quartet; MenahemPressler, piano. DCUC. –; free withFestival Passport.• July 7 8:00: Acrobats, Dancers and Musiciansfrom China. Twenty-five musicians, dancer,and acrobats from the Wuxi Culture & ArtCentre. OTHSA. –; free with FestivalPassport.• July 7 8:00: The Complete Brahms ViolinSonatas. Alexandre Da Costa, violin; WonnySong, piano. SAC. –; free with FestivalPassport.• July 7 11:00pm: Fauré Nocturnes II. StéphaneLemelin, piano. DCUC. –; freewith Festival Passport.• Festival continues: listings for July 8 toS. Summer FestivalsJuly 15 will appear in our combined July/Augustissue.Music at SharonJune 3 to June 24Sharon, ON905-830-4529www.musicatsharon.caAll concerts at Sharon Temple National HistoricSite and Museum, 18974 Leslie Street, Sharon.All tickets: (adult); (student with ID).• June 3 2:00: Schubert’s Winterreise. DanielLichti, bass-baritone; Pentaèdre Wind Ensemble;Joseph Petric, accordion. 1:15: Pre-concertchat.• June 10 2:00: Zelenka Plays Bach. Bach: UnaccompaniedSuites for Cello (Nos. 1, 3, 6).Winona Zelenka, cello. 1:15: Pre-concert chat.• June17 2:00: Dido & Aeneas. Purcell. MeredithHall, soprano (Dido); Todd Delaney, baritone(Aeneas); Toronto Masque Theatre, LarryBeckwith, director. 1:15: Pre-concert chat.• June 24 2:00: Kradjian Plays Debussy. Grieg:Holberg Suite Op.40; Chopin: Variations in A“Souvenir de Paganini” KK1203; Debussy: Preludes;Gomidas: Armenian Dances; Rachmaninoff:Piano Sonata No.2 Op.36 (revised). SeroujKradjian, piano. 1:15: Pre-concert chat.Music in SummerJVL Summer School for Performing ArtsJuly 5 to July 15North Bay, ON416-735-7499 or 905-882-7499www.MusicInSummer.comAll concerts at Canadore College, North Bay.JVL Summer School for Performing Arts invitesyoung musicians to the 11th Music in Summerfestival where they will have the unique opportunityto combine their intensive music studiesand concert performances with recreationalactivities.Music in the OrchardJune 10 to June 24Toronto, ON416-392-6910www.toronto.ca/museum-eventsAll concerts on Sunday afternoon, outdoors, atthe Spadina Museum, 285 Spadina Road, Toronto.PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN admission.• June 10 1:30: Taffanel Wind Ensemble.Flute, clarinet and bassoon ensemble.• June17 1:30: Mike Franklin, multi-instrumentalist.European medieval, renaissance andtraditional music.• June 24 1:30: VentElation. Woodwind octet.Performance of works from the late 18th andearly 19th centuries.Music MondaysJune 4 to September 24Toronto, ON416-598-4521 x304www.musicmondays.ca• Music Mondays concert listings for June 4 toJuly 2 appear in this issue’s daily listings, sectionA: Concerts in the GTA. All concerts beginat 12:15pm and are held at Church of the HolyTrinity, 10 Trinity Square, Toronto.FREE admission; suggested donation.• Music Mondays concert listings for July 9 toSeptember 3 will appear in the daily listings,section A: Concerts in the GTA, of our combinedJuly/August issue.• Music Mondays concert listings for September3 to September 24 will appear in the dailylistings, section A: Concerts in the GTA, of ourSeptember issue.Musique RoyaleJune 24 to September 24In venues throughout Nova Scotia902-634-9994www.musiqueroyale.com• June 24 4:00: Season Opener. Halifax CamerataSingers, Jeff Joudrey, director; guests:John Grew, organ; David Greenberg, violin;Chris Norman, flute. St. John’s AnglicanChurch, Lunenberg. ; (st).• Festival continues: July and August listingsfor this festival will appear in our combined July/August issue.Tafelmusik Baroque Summer FestivalJune 4 to June 16Toronto, ON416-964-6337www.tafelmusik.orgFREE Admission.T-SP – Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 BloorStreet WestWH – Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg., Facultyof Music, U of T, 80 Queen’s ParkGC – Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 LonsdaleRoad• June 4 8:00: Delightfully Baroque. Concertperformed by Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestraand Chamber Choir. With soloistsAnn Monoyios, soprano; Peter Harvey, baritone.T-SP.• June 9 12:00: Musical Interlude. Chambermusic performed by members of the TafelmusikBaroque Summer Institute (TBSI) faculty. WH.• June 13 1:00: TBSI Orchestras & Choirs.Featuring TBSI participants; Jeanne Lamonand Ivars Taurins, directors. WH.• June 16 7:30: The Grand Finale. FeaturingTBSI Orchestra; Tafelmusik Orchestra; TBSIChoir and Tafelmusik Chamber Choir; JeanneLamon and Ivars Taurins, directors. GC. Free –advance tickets required.TD SunfestJuly 5 to July 8London, ON519-672-1522www.sunfest.on.caAll concerts at Victoria Park, 509 ClarenceStreet, London.FREE admission.Celebration of world cultures featuring morethan 275 unique food, craft and visual art exhibitorsand over 35 world music and jazz artistson five stages. Line-up of musicians includesAlejandra Robles (Mexico); Mdungu (Netherlands);Dave Young Jazz Quartet (Canada); CalypsoRose (Trinidad); Locos Por Juana (USA);and many others. New this year: Suntropolis ’12:A Showcase of Electronic Music & Dance – newsounds of Cuba and Brazil.TD Toronto Jazz FestivalJune 22 to July 1Toronto, ON416-928-9033www.torontojazz.comUnless otherwise noted in listings below, telephonenumber for ticketed events is Ticketmasterat 1-855-985-5000.Concerts in the festival’s Club Series appear inListings Section C: In the Clubs (Mainly Jazz).CHT – Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 TrinitySquareET – Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre,231 Queens Quay WestHT – Horseshoe Tavern, 370 Queen StreetWestKH – Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street WestMG – Music Gallery, 197 John StreetNPS – Nathan Phillips Square, 100 QueenStreet WestOH – Opera House, 735 Queen Street EastOS – Outdoor Stage, Nathan Phillip Square,100 Queen Street WestPCT – Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410Sherbourne StreetPSP – Pure Spirits Patio, Distillery District, 55Mill StreetRIV – Rivoli, 334 Queen Street WestSA – Sound Academy, 1 Polson StreetSC – Sony Centre, 1 Front Street EastSDM – Shops at Don Mills, 1090 Don MillsRoadTS – Trinity Stage, Distillery District, 55 MillStreet• June 22: 5:00: Brian Barlow Big Band Salutesthe Duke. OS. Free; 6:00: Jesse BarksdaleTrio. PSP. Free; Nichol Robertson Quartet. TS.Free; 7:00: Kurt Rosenwinkel. CHT. .50;8:00: Janelle Monae. NPS. .50; Shuffle Demons.SDM. Free.• June 23 12:00: Mike Janzen Trio. PSP. Free;2:00: Fern Lindzon Quartet. SDM. Free; SambaSquad. TS. Free; 3:00: Sophia Perlman / AdreanFarrugia Duo. PSP. Free; 5:00: Clayton DoleyQuartet. SDM. Free; Get the Blessing. OS. Free;6:00: Andrew Scott & Jake Wilkinson. PSP.Free; 7:00: Bacchus Collective. TS. Free; 8:00:Bettye LaVette (Opening: The Big Sound). NPS.; Madagascar Slim. SDM. Free; 9:00: Destroyer.OH. .50.• June 24 12:00: Boxcar Boys. TS. Free;Chase Sanborn Trio. PSP. Free; 3:00: AlexPangman & Her Alleycats. SDM. Free; AlexisBaro Quintet. TS. Free; 3:00: Lara SolnickiTrio. PSP. Free; 5:00: Carn Davidson 9.OS. Free; 7:00: Karrin Allyson. ET. 416-973-4000. .50; 8:00: Hiromi: The Trio Project/ The Bad Plus with Special Guest Joshua Redman.NPS. ; Ig Henneman Sextet. MG. ;9:00: Mike Stern Band. HT. .• June 25 5:00: L’Orkestre Des Pas Perdus.OS. Free; 7:00: Jaffa Road. SDM. Free; RobertGlasper Experiment Featuring Bilal. ET. 416-973-4000. .50; 8:00: François HouleBenoît Delbecq Duo / François Houle 5. MG.; Natalie Cole with Special Opening guestMario Romano Quartet. SC. 1-855-872-7669.; Roy Hargrove’s RH Factor with SpecialGuest Roberta Gambarini Quartet. NPS.;10:00: Los Amigos Invisibles. HT. .• June 26 5:00: Eliana Cuevas Ensemble.OS. Free; 7:00: Bill Frisell Plays Lennon. ET.416-973-4000. ; Raoul & the Big Time.SDM. Free; 8:00: George Benson (Opening:Treasa Levasseur). NPS. .50; Peter Appleyard& The Sophisticated Ladies. KH. 416-408-0208. .50–.50; 9:00: Soul Rebels.OH. .50.• June 27 5:00: Don Thompson’s GeorgeShearing Tribute Quintet. OS. Free; 6:00: MargaretStowe Trio. PSP. Free; 7:00: Club Django.SDM. Free; Phil Dwyer: A Canadian Songbookfeaturing Laila Biali. CHT. .50; 8:00: TromboneShorty & New Orleans Avenue (Opening:Saidah Baba Talibah). NPS. .50; 9:00: ZiggyMarley. PCT. ; Spectrum Road. SA. .• June 28 5:00: Jeff King’s Catalyst. OS. Free;6:00: Tim Posgate’s Sorry Cousins. PSP. Free;7:00: Bill King Trio. SDM. Free.;Benny Green.CHT. $17.50; 8:00: Angelika Niecscier. MG.; Esperanza Spalding (Opening: GretchenParlato). NPS. .50; 9:30: Chris Tarry.RIV. .56 thewholenote.com June 1 – July 7, 2012
• June 29 5:00: Retrocity. OS. Free;6:00: Mary McKay Trio. PSP. Free; GordSheard’s Brazilian Jazz Experience. TS.Free; 8:00: Karl Jannuska featuring SiennaDahlen. MG. ; The Vipers. SDM.Free; June 29 8:00: Tedeschi TrucksBand. NPS. .50; Radio Deluxe withthe John Pizzarelli Quartet featuring JessicaMolaskey and Special Guest Emilie-ClaireBarlow. KH. 416-408-0208..50–.50; 9:00: Kneebody. RIV..• June 30 12:00: George Grosman Trio.PSP. Free;2:00: Jim Galloway Trio. TS.Free; Lester McLean Quartet. SDM. Free;3:00: Shohei Yamaki. PSP. Free; 5:00:Crusader Rabbit. SDM. Free; Eric St. LaurentTrio. PSP. Free; Gord Sheard’s BrazilianJazz Experience. OS. Free; 7:00: TedWarren Trio. TS. Free; 8:00: Joan OsborneDuo / Matt Andersen. NPS. .50;Hobson’s Choice. MG. ; Planet Earth.SDM. Free; 10:00: Becca Stevens Band /Nellie McKay. HT. .• July 1 12:00: Jazz.FM91 Youth BigBand. TS. Free; Pat Collins AccordionTrio. Free; 3:00: Griffith Hiltz Trio. PSP.Free; Lemon Bucket Orkestra. SDM. Free;Norman Marshall Villeneuve`s Jazz MessageQuartet. TS. Free; 5:00: Diana Salvatore.OS. Free; 8:00: Tower of Power(Opening: Sierra Leon’s Refugee All-Stars).NPS. .• July 2 12:00: Ross Wooldridge Trio.TS. Free; 3:00: Excelsior Jazz Band.TS. FreeWestben – Concerts at the BarnJune 29 to August 5Campbellford, ON1-877-883-5777 or 705-653-5508www.westben.caAll concerts at Westben Barn, 6698 CountyRoad 30 North, 3km northwest ofCampbellford.• June 29 2:00: The Auction – A WorldPremiere (preview performance). Musicby J. Burge, libretto by E. Benson; basedon the book by J. Andrews with illustrationsby K. Reczuch. Allison Grant, stagedirector. Kimberly Barber, mezzo; DonnaBennett, soprano; Bruce Kelly, baritone;Keith Klassen, tenor; Matthew Zadow,baritone; and others; Westben ChamberOrchestra, Philip Headlam, conductor..78; .01(sr); (st); (youth).• June 30 2:00: The Auction – AWorld Premiere. .25; .48(sr);.27(st); .42(youth). See June 29.• July 1 2:00: The Auction – AWorld Premiere. .25; .48(sr);.27(st); .42(youth). See June 29.• July 7 2:00: The Canadian Guitar Quartet.Program to include works by Rossini,Gabrielli, Roux and originals. JulienBisaillon, Phil Candelaria, Bruno Rousseland Louis Trépaneur, guitars. .63;.86(sr); .20(wing); .27(st);.42(youth).• Festival continues: listings for July 8to August 5 will appear in our combinedJuly/August issue.THE 2012 GREEN PAGES TEAMProject Manager Karen AgesProject Editor Adam WeinmannLayout and Design Uno RamatMapping Patrick SlimmonWebsite Bryson Winchester!!AfrofestJuly 7 and July 8Toronto, ON416-469-5336www.musicafrica.org!!All-Canadian Jazz FestivalPort HopeSeptember 21 to September 23Port Hope, ON905-885-1938www.allcanadianjazz.ca!!Ashkenaz Festival*August 28 to September 3Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON416-979-9901www.ashkenazfestival.com!!Aurora jazz+ Festival*August 3 to August 5Aurora Town Park, Aurora, ON905-841-6893www.aurorajazzfest.com!!Bayfield Festival of Song*June 2 to June10Bayfield, ON416-735-7982 or 519-565-5600www.aldeboroughconnection.org!!Beaches InternationalJazz FestivalJuly 20 to July 29Toronto, ON416-410-8809www.beachesjazz.com!!Blue Bridge FestivalJune 2Newmarket, ON289-577-1610www.bluebridgefestival.com!!Brott Music Festival*June 3 to August 16Hamilton, ON905-525-SONG (7664)www.brottmusic.com!!Burlington’s Sound ofMusic FestivalJune 14 to July 17Burlington, ON905-333-6364www.soundofmusic.ca!!Canadian Guitar FestivalAugust 3 to August 5Sydenham Rd., ON613-544-CAMP (2267)www.canadianguitarfestival.comFESTIVAL DIGESTVisit THeWHolenote.com for an updated interactive map of summer festivals near you.Listings wiTH an asterisk are FullY described starting on page 49.!!Canadian InternationalMilitary TattooJune 23 and June 24Hamilton, ON905-523-1753 or 1-888-523-1753www.canadianmilitarytattoo.ca!!Canadian Open Old TimeFiddle ChampionshipAugust 8 to August 12Shelburne, ON519-925-8620www.shelburnefiddlecontest.on.ca!!Clear Lake ChamberMusic Festival*August 11, August 21 to August 26Riding Mountain National Park, MB204-571-6547 or 204-727-9631www.clearlakefestival.ca!!Colours of Music*September 21 to September 30Barrie, ON705-726-1181www.coloursofmusic.ca!!Le Domaine ForgetInternational Festival*June 16 to September 2Saint-Irénée, QC418-452-3535 or 1-888-DFORGETwww.domaineforget.com!!Electric EclecticsAugust 3 to August 5Meaford, ON519-378-9899www.electric-eclectics.com!!Elora Festival*July 13 to August 5Elora, ON519-846-0331 or 888-747-7550www.elorafestival.com!!Festival AlexandriaJune 24 to July 22Alexandria, ON613-525-4141!!Festival du LoupJuly 13 to July 15Lafontaine Park, Tiny, ON705-533-0003www.festivalduloup.on.ca!!Festival of the Sound*July 18 to August 12Parry Sound, ON1-866-364-0061www.festivalofthesound.ca!!Forest FestivalAugust 15 to August 19Haliburton, ON705-754-2198www.theforestfestival.com!!Glimmerglass FestivalJuly 7 to August 25Cooperstown, NY, USA607-547-2255www.glimmerglass.org!!Goderich Celtic RootsFestival and College*August 10 to August 12Lions’ Harbour Park, Goderich, ON519-524-8221www.celticfestival.ca!!Guelph Jazz FestivalSeptember 5 to September 9Guelph, ON519-763-4952www.guelphjazzfestival.com!!Harbourfront Centre FestivalsJune 22 to October 8Toronto, ON416-973-4000www.harbourfrontcentre.com!!Highlands Opera Studio*August 2 to August 30Haliburton, ON705-457-9933www.highlandsoperastudio.com!!Home County Musicand Art FestivalJuly 20 to July 22Victoria Park, London, ON519-432-4310www.homecounty.ca!!Huntsville Festival of the Arts*July 4 to August 21Huntsville, ON705-789-4975www.huntsvillefestival.on.ca!!Jamaica 50 Village @ JambanaAugust 6Downsview Park, Toronto, ON905-452-1911www.jambana.com!!Jazz in July SummerMusic Programs*July 9 to July 20Amherst, MA, USA416-545-3530www.jazzinjuly.comCourtesy of googletheWholeNote 2012 SUMMER MUSIC GUIDEJune 1 – July 7, 2012thewholenote.com 57
Choral Scene: Uncharted territory: three choirs finding paths forward; Music Theatre: Loose Tea on the boil with Alaina Viau’s Dead Reckoning; In with the New: what happens to soundart when climate change meets COVID-19; Call to action: diversity, accountability, and reform in post-secondary jazz studies; 9th Annual TIFF Tips: a filmfest like no other; Remembering: Leon Fleisher; DISCoveries: a NY state of mind; 25th anniversary stroll-through; and more.
Online in flip through here, and on stands commencing Tues SEP 1.
Following the Goldberg trail from Gould to Lang Lang; Measha Brueggergosman and Edwin Huizinga on face to face collaboration in strange times; diggings into dance as FFDN keeps live alive; "Classical unicorn?" - Luke Welch reflects on life as a Black classical pianist; Debashis Sinha's adventures in sound art; choral lessons from Skagit Valley; and the 21st annual WholeNote Blue Pages (part 1 of 3) in print and online. Here now. And, yes, still in print, with distribution starting Thursday October 1.
Alanis Obomsawin's art of life; fifteen Exquisite Departures; UnCovered re(dis)covered; jazz in the kitchen; three takes on managing record releases in times of plague; baroque for babies; presenter directory (blue pages) part two; and, here at the WholeNote, work in progress on four brick walls (or is it five?). All this and more available in flipthrough HERE, and in print Tuesday Nov 3.
In this issue: Beautiful Exceptions, Sing-Alone Messiahs, Livingston’s Vocal Pleasures, Chamber Beethoven, Online Opera (Plexiglass & All), Playlist for the Winter of our Discontent, The Oud & the Fuzz, Who is Alex Trebek? All this and more available in flipthrough HERE, and in print Friday December 4.
July/August issue is now available in flipthrough HERE, bringing to a close 25 seasons of doing what we do (and plan to continue doing), and on stands early in the week of July 5. Not the usual bucolic parade of music in the summer sun, but lots, we hope, to pass the time: links to online and virtual music; a full slate of record reviews; plenty new in the Listening Room; and a full slate of stories – the future of opera, the plight of small venues, the challenge facing orchestras, the barriers to resumption of choral life, the challenges of isolation for real-time music; the steps some festivals are taking to keep the spirit and substance of what they do alive. And intersecting with all of it, responses to the urgent call for anti-racist action and systemic change.
"COVID's Metamorphoses"? "There's Always Time (Until Suddenly There Isn't)"? "The Writing on the Wall"? It's hard to know WHAT to call this latest chapter in the extraordinary story we are all of a sudden characters in. By whatever name we call it, the MAY/JUNE combined issue of The WholeNote is now available, HERE in flip through format, in print commencing Wednesday May 6, and, in fully interactive form, online at thewholenote.com. Our 18th Annual Choral Canary Pages, scheduled for publication in print and flip through in September is already well underway with the first 50 choirs home to roost and more being added every week online. Community Voices, our cover story, brings to you the thoughts of 30 musical community members, all going through what we are going through (and with many more to come as the feature gets amplified online over the course of the coming months). And our regular writers bring their personal thoughts to the mix. Finally, a full-fledged DISCoveries review section offers cues and clues to recorded music for your solitary solace!
After some doubt that we would be allowed to go to press, in respect to wide-ranging Ontario business closures relating to COVID-19, The WholeNote magazine for April 2020 is now on press, and print distribution – modified to respect community-wide closures and the need for appropriate distancing – starts Monday March 30. Meanwhile the full magazine is right here, digitally, so if you value us PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK AS WIDELY AS YOU CAN. It's the safest way for us to reach the widest possible audience at this time!
FEATURED: Music & Health writer Vivien Fellegi explores music, blindness & the plasticity of perception; David Jaeger digs into Gustavo Gimeno's plans for new music in his upcoming first season as music director at TSO; pianist James Rhodes, here for an early March recital, speaks his mind in a Q&A with Paul Ennis; and Lydia Perovic talks music and more with rising Turkish-Canadian mezzo Beste Kalender. Also, among our columns, Peggy Baker Dance Projects headlines Wende Bartley's In with the New; Steve Wallace's Jazz Notes rushes in definitionally where many fear to tread; ... and more.
Visions of 2020! Sampling from back to front for a change: in Rearview Mirror, Robert Harris on the Beethoven he loves (and loves to hate!); Errol Gay, a most musical life remembered; Luna Pearl Woolf in focus in recordings editor David Olds' "Editor's Corner" and in Jenny Parr's preview of "Jacqueline"; Speranza Scappucci explains how not to reinvent Rossini; The Indigo Project, where "each piece of cloth tells a story"; and, leading it all off, Jully Black makes a giant leap in "Caroline, or Change." And as always, much more. Now online in flip-through format here and on stands starting Thurs Jan 30.
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!
On the slim chance you might not have already heard the news, Estonian Canadian composing giant Udo Kasemets was born the same year that Leo Thermin invented the theremin --1919. Which means this is the centenary year for both of them, and both are being celebrated in style, as Andrew Timar and MJ Buell respectively explain. And that's just a taste of a bustling November, with enough coverage of music of both the delectably substantial and delightfully silly on hand to satisfy one and all.
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!).
