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!
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Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-654- 0877. ; (st). ●●3:00: Platinum Concerts International/ Royal Conservatory. Sounds of Ukraine. Kyiv Chamber Choir; Mykola Hobdych, conductor. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. -. TORONTO BACH FESTIVAL LUTHERAN MASSES Sun May 26 @ 3pm TorontoBachFestival.org ●●3:00: Toronto Bach Festival. Lutheran Masses. Bach: Mass in G BWV236; Sanctus in D BWV238; Mass in F BWV233. Hélène Brunet, soprano; Daniel Taylor, countertenor; Lawrence Wiliford, tenor; Joel Allison, bass; Toronto Bach Festival Singers and Orchestra; John Abberger, conductor. St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth Ave. 416-466- 8241. ; (sr); (30 and under). Festival runs May24-26. ●●3:00: Toronto Chamber Choir. Kaffeemusik: A Voice of Her Own - Musical Women Who Persisted, 1098-1896. Slideshow and music by Hildegard of Bingen, Casulana, V. Aleotti, R. Aleotti, Cozzolani, Strozzi, Martines, Fanny Mendelssohn, and Clara Schumann. Lucas Harris, conductor/lute; Stephanie Martin, chamber organ; Katherine A. Concerts in the GTA Larson, narrator. Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W. 416-763-1695. ; (sr); .50(under 30). ●●3:30: Shevchenko Musical Ensemble. A Feast of Thunder: A Musical Oratorio. Surdin and Ryga. Shevchenko Choir; Toronto Mandolin Orchestra; Alexander Veprinsky, conductor. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-533-2725. ; (st). ●●3:30: Wychwood Clarinet Choir. Sounds of Spring, 10th Anniversary Edition. Howard Cable: Clarinet on Wychwood; Roy Greaves: Canadian Folk Song Suite; Watkin: Anne of Green Gables Medley; Canteloube: Selections from Chants d’Auvergne (arr. Moore); Gershwin: An American in Paris (arr. Greaves); and other works. Christina Haldane, soprano; Michele Jacot, clarinet and conductor; Roy Greaves, associate conductor. Church of St. Michael and All Angels, 611 St. Clair Ave. W. 647-292-4204 or wychwoodchoir.com. ; (sr/st); free(under 12). ●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers: 20th Anniversary Celebrations. The Music of Miles Davis. Steve McDade, trumpet; Alex Dean, saxophone; Robi Botos, piano; Scott Alexander, bass; Brian Barlow, drums. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Freewill offering. Religious service. Post-service wine and cheese reception. ●●7:00: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. Nomadica: Music of the Gypsies, Arabs & Jews. David Buchbinder; Roula Said, vocalist. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-508- 0307. /(adv). Tickets at nomadica.eventbrite.ca. ●●7:30: Lirit Women’s Chamber Choir. Love and Hallelujahs: Jewish Music for Women’s Voices. Works by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Whitacre, Adelman Gershon, Green Willner, and others; Jane Naylor: After Mountains (premiere). Ellen Meyer, piano; Jonathan Newman, percussion; Renée Bouthot, soprano/ conductor; Guests: Penthelia Singers; Alice Malach, conductor. Temple Emanu-El, 120 Old Colony Rd., North York. templeemanuel.ca/ event/lirit-concert.html. . ●●7:30: SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival. SING! Mass Choir Concert. Cadence; Kurt Sampson, conductor. Young People’s Theatre, 165 Front St. E. 416-694-6900. . ●●7:30: Victoria Scholars. Canadian Scholars. Works by Denis Bédard, Stephen Chatman, Tomáš Dušatko, Sir Ernest MacMillan, Imant Raminsh and Peter Togni. Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 3055 Bloor St. W., Etobicoke. 416-761-7776. /(adv); (sr/ st)/(adv). ●●8:00: New Music Concerts. Iridescence. McIntire: Cathedral Grove (and the Gray Jay); IRIDESCENCE Matthias McIntire Ana Sokolovic Samuel Andreyev May 26 | Oliphant Theatre www.NewMusicConcerts.com Andreyev: Iridescent Notation; Sokolovic: Evta for solo violin and ensemble. Matthias McIntire, violin; Andréa Tyniec, violin; Maeve Palmer, soprano; New Music Concerts Ensemble; Robert Aitken, director. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis St. 416-961-9594. ; (sr/arts workers); (st). 7:15pm: pre-concert talk. ●●8:00: That Choir. The Moon's Glow Once Lit. An evening of contemporary choral music specially chosen by members of the choir. Craig Pike, conductor. Trinity College Chapel, U of T, 6 Hoskin Ave. thatchoir.com. PWYC. ●●8:00: Toronto Improvisers Orchestra. Celebration of Gwendolyn MacEwen. Mac- Ewen: Terror and Erebus; Tesla (score by Works by Denis Bédard, Stephen Chatman, Ernest MacMillan, Imant Raminsh, and Peter Togni. Admission | Seniors & Students | 52 | May 1 - June 7, 2019 thewholenote.com
Martynec). Members of the TIO; Rod Campbell, Robin White and Randi Helmers, actors. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 416-830-2653. or PWYC. Monday May 27 ●●12:15: Music Mondays. The Golden Age of Jazz Trumpet. Anthony D’Alessandro Trio; Chase Sanborn, trumpet. Church of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521 x223. PWYC( suggested). ●●7:00: Opera Canada. Take Note! Emerging Artist Series. Mélissa Danis, soprano; Ariana Maubach, mezzo; Noah Grove, baritone; Rachel Andrist, piano. Tulip Lounge, 1015 Mt. Pleasant Rd. 416-625-7501. 5; 0(under 30). Tax receipt. Hors d’oeuvres, open bar. Casual dress. Limited seating. Street parking. ●●7:30: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. From Broadway to the Met. Works by Bernstein, Gershwin, Bergman, Kalman, Offenbach and others. Nofar Yacobi, Kati Szabo Kovari, sopranos; Lauren Segal, mezzo; Guy Mannheim, Hazzan Tibor Kovari, tenors. Beth Tikvah Synagogue, 3080 Bayview Ave. 416-221-3433. /(adv). Tickets at bethtikvahtoronto.org. ●●7:30: Shaftsbury Salon Series. A Sumptuous Night of Song. English and French Art Songs; works by Strauss and Freedman. Simona Rose Genga, mezzo; Stéphane Mayer, piano. Atrium, 21 Shaftesbury Ave. 647-638-4234. . Tuesday May 28 ●●9:45am: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. My Musical Story. Klara Bagley, vocalist and story-teller. Bernard Betel Centre, 1003 Steeles Ave W. 416-638-4492. Free. ●●12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company. World Music Series: Celebrate Japan! Nagata Sachu; Kijoshi Nagata, director. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free. First come, first served. No late seating. ●●12:00 noon: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. The “I Could Be You” Cabaret. Sunday, May 26 at 3 p.m. A Voice of Her Own: Musical women who persisted, 1098-1896 Church of the Redeemer162 Bloor St. West (416) 763-1695 torontochamberchoir.ca Mitch Aldrich, singer. Bernard Betel Centre, 1003 Steeles Ave W. 416-638-4492. Free. Tickets required at jewishcabaret.eventbrite.ca. ●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/ Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime Chamber Music. Sophian Szokolay, violin. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free, donations welcome. ●●2:00: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. Two- Shekel Swing. Yoni Avi Battat, fiddle/vocals; Jesse Chevan, drums; Travis Pullman, guitar; David Chevan, drums; Travis Pullman, bass. Bernard Betel Centre, 1003 Steeles Ave W. 416-638-4492. Free. Tickets required at twoshekel.eventbrite.ca. ●●7:30: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. Budapest to Israel to Toronto. Moshe Hammer, violin; Shoshana Telner, piano; David Guber, cantor. Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue, 100 Elder St. 416-633-4492. . Tickets at beby.org. ●●8:30: SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival. SING! Songs & Stories of Migration. Ariel Balevi; Pressgang Mutiny; Turkwaz; Sage Turtle; Joanna Wallfisch. Hugh’s Room Live, 2261 Dundas St. W. 416-694-6900. . ●●12:00 noon: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. Yonge Guns Quartet. Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Atrium, 610 University Ave. 416-633-4492. Free. Wednesday May 29 ●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints Kingsway. Kingsway Organ Concert Series. Rich Spotts, organ. All Saints Kingsway Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-571-3680 or organixconcerts.ca. Freewill offering. 45-minute concert. ●●2:00: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. Afro- Semitic Experience. David Cheven, bass; Warren Byrd, piano; Will Barlett, saxophone/ clarinet/flute; Saskia Laroo, trumpet; Alvin Carter Jr., drums. Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar, 194 Queen St. W. 416-638-4492. Free. Food and drink available for purchase. ●●7:00: SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival. Art Battle & SING! Toronto. Wibi A Cappella; Yonge Guns; Pretty Sharp. The Great Hall, 1087 Queen St. W. 416-694-6900. . ●●7:30: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. Three Famed Cantors, One Voice. Azi Schwartz, Chaim Dovid Berson, Mo Glazman, cantors; Robbie Grunwald, music director. Holy Blossom Temple, 1950 Bathurst St. 416- 789-3291 x224. ; (youth 18 and under). Tickets at holyblossom.org. ●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Denk Plays Mozart. Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni K527; Piano Concerto No.14 in E-flat K449; Rondo in a K511 (for solo piano); Piano Concerto No.25 in C K503. Jeremy Denk, leader and piano; Simon Rivard, RBC Resident Conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. .75-8. Also May 30, Jun 1. Thursday May 30 ●●12:00 noon: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. Tomorrow’s Stars Sing Jewish Disney. Artists from the Bravo Academy for the Performing Arts. Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina Ave. 416-638-4492. /(adv). Tickets at jewishdisney.eventbrite.ca. ●●2:00: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. The Stephen Sondheim Hour. Tammy Everett, singer; Jeannie Wyse, piano. Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina Ave. 416-638-4492. /(adv). Tickets at sondheimhour.eventbrite.ca. ●●8:00: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-979-9955. /(adv). Tickets at ashkenaz.ca. Dinner reservations call 416-588-0307 after ticket purchase. Coffee House 345 {REVISITED} MAY 30 @ 8:00 Gallery 345 www.NewMusicConcerts.com ●●8:00: New Music Concerts. Coffee House 345 (Revisited). Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-961-9594. ; 0(2 tix). Includes complimentary snacks and bar. Proceeds to benefit New Music Concerts. ●●8:00: SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival. SING! Retro-oke with Retrocity. C’est What, 67 Front St. E. 416-694-6900. . ●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Denk Plays Mozart. Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni K527; Piano Concerto No.14 in E-flat K449; Rondo in a K511 (for solo piano); Piano Concerto No.25 in C K503. Jeremy Denk, leader and piano; Simon Rivard, RBC Resident Conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. .75-8. Free pre-concert performance by The TSO Chamber Soloists (May 30 only). Also May 29, Jun 1. Friday May 31 ● ● 10:00am: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. Songs of the Jews of Calcutta. Matthias Hemmel, tenor; Natasha Franslow, piano. Shaarei Shomayim Congregation, 470 Glencairn Ave., North York. 416-638- 4492. Free. ●●12:00 noon: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. MIR Trio. Zoomer Hall, 70 Jefferson Ave. mirtrio.eventbrite.ca. Free. Tickets required. Live on-air radio show. ●●12:10: Music at St. Andrew’s. Noontime Recital. Music for 4 Hands by Brahms, Schubert and Piazzolla. Higuera-Lee Duo. St. Andrew’s Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600 x231. Free. ●●2:00: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. Direct from Israel: Jazz Central. Shai Jaschek, guitar; Rosa Lea Salamon, bass/vocals; Ben Friedkin, drums. Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar, 194 Queen St. W. 416-633-4492. Free. Food and drink available for purchase. ●●7:30: Classical Context. Prehistoric Ligeti. Ligeti: String Quartet No.1: Metamorphoses Nocturnes; Öt Arany-dal; Sonata for Solo Cello; Musica Ricercata I & VII; Cordes à vide. Quartour Despax; Elizabeth Lee, cello; Andrew James Clark, piano. Canadian Music Centre, 20 St. Joseph St. 416-961-6601. . ●●7:30: Music at Dewi Sant. An Evening with Arthur Ozolins. Bach: Concerto in f BWV1056; Vierne: Carillon de Westminster; Rachmaninoff: Prelude in c-sharp Op.3 No.2; Schumann: Concerto in a. Matthew Coons, organ; Arthur Ozolins, piano. Dewi Sant Welsh United Church, 33 Melrose Ave. 416-485-7583. . ●●7:30: Music at the Toronto Oratory. Oratory Children’s Choir: Spring Concert. Works by Britten, Rutter, Mozart and others. Aaron James, director/accompanist. Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, 1372 King St. W. 416- 532-2879. Free. Donations accepted. ●●8:00: SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival. SING! Jazz It Up with The Swingles & Countermeasure. Little Trinity Anglican Church, 425 King St. E. 416-694-6900. . ●●8:00: Gallery 345. The Art of the Piano: Robi Botos. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781 or Eventbrite. . Cash only at the door. ●●8:00: Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Toronto. Vesuvius Ensemble: The Plucking Opera. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416- 356-5016. ; free(child). Saturday June 1 ●●7:00: Claire de Sévigné/Aviva Fortunata. Two Sopranos, One Friendship. Works by Mozart, Strauss, Donizetti and others. Claire de Sévigné and Aviva Fortunata, sopranos; thewholenote.com May 1 - June 7, 2019 | 53
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!).
