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!).
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DON’T KEEP CALM BUT DO CARRY ON AND BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY BEFORE PERFORMANCES SELL OUT! Buy Online: theisabel.ca/tickets Box Office: 613.533.2424 390 King Street West, Kingston ON K7L 3N6 Box Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 12:30-4:30 PM JULIAN KUERTI JANE BUNNETT EMANUEL AX TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE ORCHESTRA AUTORICKSHAW SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS BY RICHARD GREENBLATT AND TED DYKSTRA RICHARD TODD ADAMS AND BRYCE KULAK, PIANO Thursday, February 11, 2016 @ 7:30 PM TOMSON HIGHWAY THE ROBERTSON DAVIES LECTURE & PERFORMANCE In partnership with the Kingston WritersFest Sunday, September 27, 2015 @ 7:30 PM TICKETS: Call the Grand Theatre at 613.530.2050 ROYAL CONSERVATORY ORCHESTRA JULIAN KUERTI, CONDUCTOR ALEXIS HATCH, VIOLINIST MIREILLE ASSELIN, SOPRANO Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G Major Saturday, October 3, 2015 @ 7:30 PM THE CONVICT LOVER BY JUDITH THOMSON — World Premiere | Theatre Kingston February 18 (Preview), 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, March 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 @ 7:30 PM February 20, 21, 27, 28, March 5 & 6 @ 2:30 PM 2015.2016 SEASON JANE BUNNETT CUBAN RHAPSODY Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 7:30 PM LEMON BUCKET ORKESTRA THE JAZZ-BALKAN-KLEZMER- GYPSY-PARTY-SUPER-BAND Friday, November 6, 2015 at 7:30 PM ALBERT SCHULTZ’S FRANKLY, SINATRA A Soulpepper Production Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 7:30 PM ANGELA HEWITT SCARLATTI / BACH / BEETHOVEN / ALBENIZ / DE FALLA Sunday, October 11, 2015 @ 2:30 PM EMANUEL AX BEETHOVEN / DUSSEK / CHOPIN Sunday, November 1, 2015 @ 2:30 PM JAZZ PIANO STEWART GOODYEAR RACHMANINOFF / RAVEL / PROKOFIEV Sunday, February 28, 2016 @ 2:30 PM CAMERON CARPENTER, ORGAN BACH / CHOPIN / SHOSTAKOVICH / CARPENTER Sunday, April 3, 2016 @ 2:30 PM MINSOO SOHN BACH GOLDBERG VARIATIONS Sunday, April 10, 2016 @ 2:30 PM Please note: Limited availability for some performances. Artists and Programs subject to change. All tickets include HST. Charitable Registration Number: (BN) 10786 8705 RR0001. ENSEMBLE TORONTO CONSORT MARCO POLO PROJECT WITH MEMBERS OF SAMPRADAYA DANCE AND AUTORICKSHAW Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 7:30 PM DOVER QUARTET DVOŘÁK / BERG / BEETHOVEN Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 7:30 PM GRYPHON TRIO HAYDN / DINUK WIJERATNE /▪SCHUBERT Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 7:30 PM SOUNDSTREAMS CANADA With CHOIR 21 & SPECIAL GUEST JAMES MACMILLAN, conductor/composer Friday, March 4, 2016 at 7:30 PM TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE ORCHESTRA HOUSE OF DREAMS JEANNE LAMON, DIRECTOR ALISON MACKAY, PROGRAM CREATOR Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 7:30 PM GLOBAL SALON ALI FONTAINE “BEST NEW ARTIST”—ABORIGINAL PEOPLES CHOICE MUSIC AWARDS Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 7:30 PM SOUNDS OF THE FORBIDDEN CITY WEN ZHAO & THE CHINA COURT TRIO Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 7:30 PM BOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND WITH AUTORICKSHAW Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 7:30 PM BOMBOLESSÉ QUEBEC’S JOIE-DE-VIVRE BRAZILEIRO! Friday, April 2, 2016 at 7:30 PM EVENTS HAVE BEEN FINANCIALLY ASSISTED BY THE ONTARIO CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS FUND A PROGRAM OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM, CULTURE AND SPORT, ADMINISTERED BY THE ONTARIO CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS FUND CORPORATION YOUR CULTURAL GETAWAY HOTEL Call 1.888.548.6726 or 613.549.8100 for your “That’s the Ticket” Discount Hotel Rate MEDIA SPONSOR
Volume21 No 1 | September2015 FEATURES 6. Opener: From Under the Sky | DAVID PERLMAN 8. Silk Road Stories: Spinning a Musical Web | ANDREW TIMAR 12. TIFF TIPS 2015 | PAUL ENNIS 49. Remembering Archie Alleyne | STEVE WALLACE 54. Just the Spot: Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre | MARY LOU FALLIS 55. To The WholeNote: | SOL ROBINS 56. We are ALL Music’s Children | MJ BUELL 57. The Future of Canadian Music, Back Then | DAVID JAEGER BEAT BY BEAT 14. Classical & Beyond | PAUL ENNIS 20. In With the New | WENDALYN BARTLEY 24. Early Music | DAVID PODGORSKI 27. On Opera | CHRISTOPHER HOILE 29. Art of Song | HANS DE GROOT 31. Choral Scene | BRIAN CHANG 34. Bandstand | JACK MacQUARRIE 45. Mainly Clubs, Mostly Jazz! | BOB BEN 48. Jazz Stories | ORI DAGAN ACD2 2724 Sylvain Bergeron performs a selection of lute pieces from The Doni Lute Book, including a large number of unique and never recorded pieces. LISTINGS 36. A | Concerts in the GTA 43. B | Concerts Beyond the GTA 51. C | Music Theatre 44. D | In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz) 51. E | The ETCeteras DISCOVERIES: RECORDINGS REVIEWED 58. Editor’s Corner | DAVID OLDS 60. Strings Attached | TERRY ROBBINS 63. Keyed In | ALEX BARAN 65. Vocal 66. Early Music And Period Performance 67. Classical & Beyond 68. Modern & Contemporary 71. Jazz & Improvised 73. Pot Pourri 74. Something in the Air | KEN WAXMAN 75. Jazz, Eh? | STUART BROOMER 76. Old Wine, New Bottles | BRUCE SURTEES ACD2 2731 With bass clarinetist Jeff Reilly and four singers among the very best in the world, Suzie LeBlanc, Andrea Ludwig, Charles Daniels and John Potter. Includes the entire Messe de Nostre Dame! MORE 6. Contact Information & Deadlines 7. Index of Advertisers 53. Classified Ads Both available from September 11, 2015 AVAILABLE IN HD AT ATMACLASSIQUE.COM MP3 STUDIO QUALITY CD QUALITY Cover Photograph Max Whittaker
