●●3:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. Los Gavilanes (The Sparrow Hawks). See Apr 27. Also May 1(3pm). ●●4:30: Canadian Opera Company. Carmen. Bizet. See Apr 12. Also May 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15. Start times vary. ●●6:30: Northlea United Church. Spring to New Life: A Syrian Refugee Fundraiser. Songs of longing and home. Theresa Tova; David Warrack; Cara Matthew; Roula Said; David Sparrow. 125 Brentcliffe Rd. 416-425- 5252. . ●●7:30: Achill Choral Society. Celtic Spirit. Burns: Londonderry Air; Rogers: Fogarty’s Cove; and other favourites. Christopher Dawes, piano; Trio NUA(fiddle, guitar, Bodhran drum); A. Dale Wood, director. Mayfield Secondary School, 5000 Mayfield St., Caledon. 519-307-1024. ; (ages 13-18); (under 12). Also Apr 23(mat; Alliston). ●●7:30: Bel Canto Singers. Here Comes the Sun. Linda Meyer, conductor; Jacqueline Mokrzewski, piano. Scarborough Bluffs United Church, 3739 Kingston Rd., Scarborough. 416-286-8260. . Also 2:30. ●●7:30: Islington United Church. Don Banks Music Awards Concert: Stars of the Future. A concert by young finalists performing for the annual music awards. Guest: Etobicoke Youth Band. 25 Burnhamthorpe Rd. 416-239-1131. Free. ●●7:30: Oakham House Choir of Ryerson University. Celebrate! 30th Anniversary Concert. Orff: Carmina Burana (Part I); works by Bach, Mozart, Bizet, Rutter and others. Mira Solovianenko, soprano; Andrew Tees, baritone; Oakham House Choir; Toronto Sinfonietta; Matthew Jaskiewicz, conductor. Bloor DENIS MASTROMONACO MUSIC DIRECTOR & C O N D U C T O R A. Concerts in the GTA Street United Church, 300 Bloor St. W. 416- 960-5551. /(adv); (st; free(12 and under). ●●7:30: Oakville Chamber Orchestra. Concerto Competition Grand Prize Winners. Catherine Ma, piano; Michaela Johns, cello. St. John’s United Church (Oakville), 262 Randall St., Oakville. 905-483-6787. ; (sr); (st). Also May 1(mat; St. Simon’s Anglican, Oakville). ●●7:30: Toronto Chapter of the Duke Ellington Society. Celebration of the 117th anniversary of Duke Ellington’s birth. Rex Hotel Jazz Orchestra: John MacLeod, trumpet; Mike Murley, saxophone; John Johnson, saxophone; Terry Promane, trombone; Jim Vivian, bass; and others. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-239-2683. . Proceeds to support the TDES. ●●8:00: Mississauga Symphony Orchestra. Star Wars. Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905- 306-6000. From . ●●8:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Massey Hall. An Evening with Alan Frew: Hits of the 80s Reimagined. Great Hall, 1087 Queen St. W. 416- 872-4255. . Restricted to 19 and over. Also Apr 29. ●●8:00: Show One Productions. Two Piano Winners of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition: Lucas Debargue and Lukas Geniušas. Grieg: Two Norwegian Dances for four hands; Chopin: Seven Mazurkas; Prokofiev: Sonata No.7; Scarlatti: Two Sonatas; Scriabin: Sonata No.4 in F-sharp Op.30; Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; La valse for two pianos. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. –. ●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Zelenka and Bach. See Apr 28. Also May 1(mat). ●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Mahler Symphony 1. Matthias Pintscher: towards Osiris (Canadian premiere); Mozart: Piano Concerto No.24 K491; Mahler: Symphony No.1 “Titan”. Inon Barnatian, piano; Matthias Pintscher, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. .75–8. Also Apr 28. ●●9:00: Jazz Bistro. Adi Braun Sings Kurt Well. Tom King, piano; Pat Collins, bass; Daniel Barnes, drums. 251 Victoria St. 416-363-5299. . Also Apr 29. Sunday May 1 ●●2:00: Canadian Opera Company. Maometto II. See Apr 29. Also May 3, 5, 7, 11, 14. Start times vary. ●●2:00: Metropolitan United Church. Second Marg and Jim Norquay Celebration Concert. Charlotte Burrage, mezzo; Clarence Frazer, baritone. Metropolitan United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331 x26. ; (18 and under). ●●2:00: Royal Conservatory. Academy Chamber Orchestra. Works by Bach, Beethoven, Britten and Paganini. String students from The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. Free (ticket required). ●●2:00: Royal Conservatory. The Hungarian- Finnish Connection. Saariaho: Changing Light for soprano and violin; works by Liszt, Bartók, Sibelius, and others. Leslie Ann Bradley, soprano; Stephen Hegedus, bass-baritone; Rachel Andrist, piano; Robert Kortgaard, piano. Guest: Erika Raum, violin. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, Royal Conservatory, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. . ●●2:00: Visual and Performing Arts Newmarket (VPAN). Fung-Chiu Piano Duo. Newmarket Theatre, 505 Pickering Cres., Newmarket. 905-953-5122. ; (sr); (st). ●●3:00: Community Baroque Orchestra of Toronto. Capriccio Stravagante. Vivaldi: “Autumn” from The Four Seasons; and works by Muffat, Buonamente and Farina. Guest: Elyssa Lefurgey-Smith, conductor and violin. Ballroom, 519 Community Centre, 519 Church St. 416-604-3440. Free. ●●3:00: Echo Women’s Choir. Songs of Hope and Resistance: Celebrating May Day and International Workers’ Day. Jara: Plegaria a un Labrador (Worker’s Prayer); Barnwell: Would you Harbor Me?; Maruxiña (mine workers’ song); Le Temps des cerises; Kucho; and other songs. Jennifer Foster, guitar; Becca Whitla and Alan Gasser, conductors. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Sq. 416-779-5554. /(adv); (sr/child/un/ under-waged). Wheelchair accessible. ●●3:00: Menno Singers/Pax Christi Chorale of Toronto. A Cappella Masterworks. Works by Rheinberger, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Willan, Schafer and others. Grace Church onthe-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-488-7884. ; (sr); (st). Also Apr 30 (Kitchener). ●●3:00: Oakville Chamber Orchestra. Concerto Competition Grand Prize Winners. Catherine Ma, piano; Michaela Johns, cello. St. Simon’s Anglican Church, 1450 Litchfield Rd., Oakville. 905-483-6787. ; (sr); (st). Also Apr 30(eve; St. John’s United, Oakville). MSOEpic Music at Metropolitan presents Charlotte Burrage, mezzo-soprano Clarence Frazer, baritone Music at Metropolitan Sunday, May 1 at 2:00 pm The Second Marg and Jim Norquay Celebration Concert Admission: / ages 18 and under Tickets: www.metunited.org or 416-363-0331 ext. 26 56 Queen Street E ast,Toronto 50 | April 1, 2016 - May 7, 2016 thewholenote.com
Scott St. John, violin Sharon Wei, viola Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin Douglas McNabney, viola Tom Wiebe, cello Sunday May 1, 3pm Heliconian Hall 35 Hazelton Avenue SyrinxConcerts.ca ●●3:00: Syrinx. In Concert. Works by Brahms and Dvořák; new Canadian work by David Myska. Scott St. John, violin; Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin; Douglas McNabney, viola; Sharon Wei, viola; Tom Wiebe, cello. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-654-0877. ; (st). Post-concert reception. ●●3:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. Los Gavilanes (The Sparrow Hawks). See Apr 27. ●●3:30: Tafelmusik. Zelenka and Bach. See Apr 28. ●●4:00: Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Toronto). Organ works by Bach and Buxtehude. Andrew Adair, organ. 477 Manning Ave. 416-531-7955. Free. ●●5:00: Nocturnes in the City. Drew Jurečka Jazz Trio. Restaurant Praha, Masaryktown, 450 Scarborough Golf Club Rd. 416-481-7294. ; (st). ●●11:00: Cecilia String Quartet. Xenia Concert: Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms by the Numbers. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front St. E. 416-738-8488. Free. For families affected by autism. Monday May 2 ●●7:30: Elmer Iseler Singers. GET MUSIC! Gala Concert. Choral music by Canadian and international composers. Secondary school choirs with their conductors; Elmer Iseler Singers (Lydia Adams, conductor). Metropolitan United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416- 217-0537. ; free(full-season EIS subscribers). Tuesday May 3 ●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. Vocal Series: Georgian Romance. Songs by Rachmaninoff, Falla, Ravel, Fauré and Taktakishvili. Anita Rachvelishvili; mezzo; David Aladashvili, piano. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. Late seating is not available. ●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/ Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime Chamber Music. Asher Armstrong, piano. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free. Donations welcome. ●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Maometto II. See Apr 29. Also May 5, 7, 11, 14. Start times vary. Earl Haig / Claude Watson Music presents Symphony ~ Band Night May 3, 7:30pm • Cringan Hall, Earl Haig Secondary School claudewatson.ca ●●7:30: Earl Haig Secondary School/Claude Watson Music. Symphony-Band Night. Borodin: Polovtsian Dances; Prokofiev: Classical Symphony (Mvts.1 and 2); Mozart: Flute Concerto in G (Mvt.1); Elgar: Cello Concerto (Mvt.1); Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin and Piano (Mvt.1); Weber: Concerto for Clarinet (Mvt.1). Earl Haig Symphonic Band, John McGregor, director; Earl Haig Chamber Strings, Alan Torok, director; Earl Haig Symphony Orchestra, Timothy Sullivan, director. Earl Haig Secondary School, Cringan Hall, 100 Princess Ave., North York. 416-395-3210 x28141. ; (st). CROSS’D BY THE STARS ❚ Tales of true love, doomed by the fates May 3 & 4, 8:00 pm www.taliskerplayers.ca Talisker Players Music ●●8:00: Talisker Players. Cross’d by the Stars. Music and readings from the letters, diaries and memoirs of great lovers through the ages. Purcell: When I Am Laid in Earth (Dido’s Lament) from Dido and Aeneas; Gluck: Che faró senza Euridice from Orfeo ed Euridice; Burry: The Highwayman; Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer); Bernstein: Songs from West Side Story. Talisker Players; Krisztina Szabó, mezzo; Aaron Durand, baritone; Stewart Arnott, actor/reader. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-466-1800. ; (sr); (st). 7:15: Pre-concert chat. Also May 4. Wednesday May 4 ●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. Dance Series: Vital Few. 605 Collective; Lisa Gelley, artistic co-director; Josh Martin, artistic co-director. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. Late seating is not available. ●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Sharon Beckstead, Organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free. ●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Carmen. Bizet. See Apr 12. Also May 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15. Start times vary. ●●8:00: Coleman Lemieux et Compagnie. Against Nature/À Rebours. Music by James Rolfe. Libretto by Alex Poch-Goldin. Alexander Dobson, baritone; Geoffrey Sirett, baritone; Laurence Lemieux, dancer; John Hess, piano; Parmela Attariwala, violin; Carina Reeves, cello; James Kudelka, choreographer. The Citadel, 304 Parliament St. 416-364-8011 x1. . Runs May 4–8, 11–15. ●●8:00: Talisker Players. Cross’d by the Stars. See May 3. Thursday May 5 ●●12:00 noon: Adam Sherkin/Steinway Piano Gallery. Liszt: Wild New Wizardry II. Liszt: Transcendental Etudes No.3 The Wild Hunt and No.8 Paysage; Grand Paganini Etudes No.4 and No.6; Sherkin: First Sonata (Cŵn Annwn “The Hounds of Hell,” 2016); Tagish Fires (2015). Adam Sherkin, piano. Bluma Appel Lobby, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. Free. ●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. Vocal Series: A Celebration of Canadian Art Song. Ross: The Living Spectacle; works by Beckwith and Rickard. Ambur Braid, soprano; Steven Philcox, piano; Artists from the Faculty of Music of the University of Toronto. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. Late seating is not available. ●●12:00 noon: Encore Symphonic Concert Band. In Concert: Classics and Jazz. John Edward Liddle, conductor. Wilmar Heights Centre, 963 Pharmacy Ave., Scarborough. 416-346-3910. . Includes coffee and snack. Also Apr 7. ●●12:15: Metropolitan United Church. Noon at Met. Julia Morson, soprano; Rashaan Allwood, piano. Metropolitan United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331 x26. Free. ●●1:30: Women’s Musical Club of Toronto. Music in the Afternoon: Pavel Kolesnikov, Piano. C.P.E. Bach: two sonatas; Beethoven: Sonata No.30 in E Op.109; Chopin: Selected mazurkas and nocturnes; Scherzo No.4 in E Op.54. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416- 923-7052. . Women’s Musical Club of Toronto Music in the Afternoon PAVEL KOLESNIKOV, Honens Laureate, piano Thursday, May 5, 1.30 p.m. Tickets 416-923-7052 www.wmct.on.ca ●●7:00: North York Central Library. Asian Heritage Month: Tablix. Fusion of tabla, technology and electronic music. Gurpreet Chana, tabla. 5120 Yonge St. 416-395-5639. Free; register by phone. ●●7:30: Art and Action Productions. Thrill of Jazz. Jazz version of selections from Tchaikovsky: The Seasons; Tribute to Oscar Peterson. Fonograf Jazz Quartet. John Bassett Theatre, 255 Front St. W. 647-477-8897. –5. ●●7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Maometto II. See Apr 29. Also May 7, 11, 14. Start times vary. ●●7:30: Royal Conservatory. Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble. Boulez: Dérive 2; other works by A. Norman and Sokolović. Brian Current, curator. Conservatory Theatre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. Free (ticket required). ●●8:00: Music Gallery/Geordie McDonald. Geordie McDonald: The March of the Robots. Music Gallery, 197 John St. 416-204-1080. ; (members). Friday May 6 ●●12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime Recital: Asher Armstrong, piano. St. Andrew’s Church, 73 Simcoe St. 416-593- 5600 x231. Free. ●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Potpourri. Classics, opera, operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international and other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Concert in chapel; lunch and snack friendly. ●●3:30: Young Voices Toronto. Colour Me Spring. ZARI Georgian Folk Ensemble; Andy Morris, percussion, Tracy Wong and Brenda thewholenote.com April 1, 2016 - May 7, 2016 | 51
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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!
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!).