In this issue: The Toronto Brazilian bateria beat goes on; TD Jazz in Yorkville is three years young; Murray Schafer's earliest Wilderness forays revisited; cellist/composer Cris Derksen's Maada'ookkii Songlines to close Luminato (and it's free!); our 15th annual Green Pages summer music guide; all this and more in our combined June/July/August issue now available in flipthrough format here and on stands starting Thursday May 30.
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TS Firebird (1945 revision). Jonathan Crow, violin; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. .75-8. Also Jun 29, 30(3pm). Postconcert chat with Gustavo Gimeno and Matthew Loden. Saturday June 29 ●●6:00: Terry Cade. Terry Cade Quartet. Burdock Music Hall, 1184 Bloor St. W. 416-546- 4033. TBD. ●●7:30: Long Reach Opera Workshop. Le nozze di Figaro. Music by Mozart, libretto by Da Ponte. GenerWu, baritone (Figaro); Jeffrey Smith, bass (Basilio); and undergraduate and Masters students from UofT, Western, Dalhousie, McGill, Mount Allison, and other institutions. Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. ticketscene.ca/series/716. ; (sr/ A. Concerts in the GTA Toronto Symphony Orchestra July 1 - Jason Wilson Band July 8 - Interro Quartet July 15 - Odin Quartet July 22 - Journey from China to Iran July 29 - Lightstone Katz Duo www.musicmondays.ca st/culture works); free(LROW alumni). Also Jun 26, 27, 28. ●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Gustavo Gimeno Conducts The Firebird. Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Prokofiev: Symphony No.1 “Classical”; Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1945 revision). Jonathan Crow, violin; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. .75- 8. Also Jun 30(3pm). Post-concert chat with Gustavo Gimeno and Matthew Loden. ●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Iron and Steel. Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber; André Mathieu: Piano Concerto No.4; Prokofiev: Symphony No.2 Op.40. Christina Petrowska Quilico, piano; Jiří Petrdlík, conductor. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 905-604-8339. -. 7:15pm pre-concert recital; 7:30pm pre-concert talk; intermission discussion with Christina Petrowska Quilico. ●●8:00: TO Live. Youn Sun Nah. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St., North York. 1-855-985-2787. -. Sunday June 30 ●●2:00: Mississauga Big Band Jazz Ensemble. Jazz at the Legion. Port Credit Legion, 35 Front St. N., Port Credit. 905-270-4757. PWYC. ●●3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Gustavo Gimeno Conducts The Firebird. Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Prokofiev: Symphony No.1 “Classical”; Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1945 revision). Jonathan Crow, violin; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. .75- 8. Also Jun 28 & 29(both at 7:30pm). Post-concert chat with Gustavo Gimeno and Matthew Loden. ●●4:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Four Seasons, Four Viols: Vivaldi’s Quattro Stagioni Revisited. Les Voix Humaines, viol quartet. Toronto Music Garden, 479 Queens Quay W. harbourfrontcentre.com/summermusic. Free. Monday July 1 ●●12:15: Music Mondays. Jason Wilson’s Sumach Roots. Jason Wilson Band. Church of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521 x223. PWYC. Suggested donation . ●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Unionville Canada Day Celebration. Beethoven: Overture to King Stephen Op.117; J. Strauss: Radetzky March; Ravel: Boléro; Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.1; Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre; Tchaikovsky: The Year 1812, solemn overture, Op.49. Alexander Gangurean, violin; Michael Berec, conductor. Unionville Millennium Bandstand, 143 Main St., Unionville. 905-604-8339. Free. Wednesday July 3 ●●12:00 noon: Small World - Summer Lunch. Anwar Khurshid. Union Summer Stage, 65 Front St. W. 416-536-5439. Free. ●●7:30: Etobicoke Community Concert Band. Summer Concerts in the Park. Applewood/ The Shaver House, 450 The West Mall, Etobicoke. 416-410-1570. Free. Also Jun 19, Jul 17. Thursday July 4 ●●3:30: XV Latvian Festival of Song and Dance in Canada. Concert of Latvian Sacred Music. Works by Raminsh, Kenins, Ešenvalds, SACRED MUSIC JULY 4, 3:30PM TRINITY-ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH Purvs, Juris Kenins and others. Latvija State Choir; and others; Lauma Akmene, organ; Ilze Paegle, soprano; Maris Sirmais and Brigita Alks, conductors. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. songfesttickets.com. /. Festival runs Jul 4-7. ●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Tastes of Home: New Music for Traditional Chinese & Korean Instruments. Amely Zhou, erhu; Lipeng Wu, dizi; Roa Lee, gayageum, Evan Lamberton, cello. Toronto Music Garden, 479 Queens Quay W. harbourfrontcentre. com/summermusic. Free. Friday July 5 CONCERT OF LATVIAN ORCHESTRAL & CHAMBER MUSIC JULY 5, 4:00PM KOERNER HALL ●●4:00: XV Latvian Festival of Song and Dance in Canada. Concert of Latvian Orchestral and Chamber Music. Kenins: Scherzo concertante; Kalnins: Violin Concerto in f-sharp; Raminsh: Aria for violin and piano; Ritmanis: Overture to Light; and other works. Laura Zarina, violin; Arthur Ozolins, piano; Janis Laurs, cello; and others; members of COC orchestra; Maris Sirmais, conductor. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. /. Festival runs Jul 4-7. ●●7:30: XV Latvian Festival of Song and Dance in Canada. State Choir Latvija STATE CHOIR LATVIJA JULY 5, 7:30PM KOERNER HALL Canadian Concert Debut. Works by Raminsh, Kenins, Ešenvalds, Vasks, Tormiss and others. Maris Sirmais, conductor. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. /. Festival runs Jul 4-7. Saturday July 6 ●●3:00: MRG Concerts. The Strumbellas. Guests: Dan Mangan; Donovan Woods; Dizzy. Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Rd. W., Burlington. 905-926-6440 or eventbrite.ca. ; free(child under 10 accompanied by adult); 9.50(VIP package). MASS CHOIR CONCERT JULY 6, 3:00PM MATTAMY ATHLETIC CENTRE ●●3:00: XV Latvian Festival of Song and Dance in Canada. Mass Choir Concert. Works by Beloglazovs, G.J. Kenins, Pinsonneault, Purvs, T. Kenins and others. Mattamy Athletic Centre, 50 Carleton St. 416-408-0208 or songfesttickets.com. -. Festival runs Jul 4-7. Sunday July 7 ●●1:00: Opticianado. Sarah & Filthy Rich. Sarah Dishart and Filthy Rich serve sweet covers live at Opticianado until 4pm. 2919 Dundas St. W. 416-604-2020. Free. ●●4:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Tea for Three. Cénacle. Toronto Music Garden, 66 | June | July | August2019 thewholenote.com
479 Queens Quay W. harbourfrontcentre. com/summermusic. Free. ●●4:00: XV Latvian Festival of Song and Dance in Canada. Folk Dance Spectacle. Works by Beloglazovs, G.J. Kenins, Pinsonneault, Purvs, T. Kenins, and others. Raxtu Raxti folk ensemble; 300-voice festival choir; over 1000 Latvian folk dancers. Mattamy Athletic Centre, 50 Carleton St. 416-408-0208 or songfesttickets.com. -. Festival runs Jul 4-7. Monday July 8 ●●12:15: Music Mondays. Unspoken Poetry. Haydn: Quartet in C Op.74; works written by female composers. Interro String Quartet. Church of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521 x223. PWYC. Suggested donation . Wednesday July 10 ●●12:00 noon: Small World - Summer Lunch. Baobá. Union Summer Stage, 65 Front St. W. 416-536-5439. Free. ●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints Kingsway. Kingsway Organ Concert Series. Zoe Kai Wai Lei, organ. All Saints Kingsway Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-571-3680 or organixconcerts.ca. Free-will offering appreciated. ●●7:30: Nocturnes in the City. Clarinet Factory. Jazz group from Prague. Prague Restaurant at Masaryktown, 450 Scarborough Golf Club Rd. 416-481-7294. at the door. Thursday July 11 ●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Mistrāl: Songs from around the Mediterranean. Tamar Ilana; Ventanas Ensemble. Toronto Music Garden, 479 Queens Quay W. harbourfrontcentre.com/summermusic. Free. ●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. Opening Night: Beyond Borders. R. Strauss: Vier letze Lieder; Ravel: Cinq mélodies populaires grecques; Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen Op.20; Mozart: Piano Sonata No.11 in A K331; Chopin: Ballade No.4 in f Op.52; works by Kreisler and others. Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano; Jon Kimura Parker, piano; Kerson Leong, violin; Steven Philcox, piano; New Orford String Quartet; Tom Allen, host. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. -. Friday July 12 ●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. Celebrating 10 Years. Haydn: String Quartet No.34 in D Op.20; Christos Hatzis: String Quartet No.5 “The Transforming” (world premiere); Beethoven: String Quartet No.9 in C Op.59 No.3. New Orford String Quartet. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. -. Saturday July 13 ●●1:00: Toronto Summer Music. reGENER- ATION: Art Song & Chamber Music. Singers, pianists and chamber musicians from the Toronto Summer Music Academy’s Art of Song program and Chamber Music Institute; New Orford String Quartet. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. -. Also Jul 13(4pm, 7:30pm), 20(1pm, 4pm, 7:30pm). ●●4:00: Toronto Summer Music. reGENER- ATION: Art Song & Chamber Music. Singers, pianists and chamber musicians from the Toronto Summer Music Academy’s Art of Song program and Chamber Music Institute; New Orford String Quartet. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. -. Also Jul 13(1pm, 7:30pm), 20(1pm, 4pm, 7:30pm). ●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. reGENER- ATION: Art Song & Chamber Music. Singers, pianists and chamber musicians from the Toronto Summer Music Academy’s Art of Song program and Chamber Music Institute; New Orford String Quartet. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. -. Also Jul 13(1pm, 4pm), 20(1pm, 4pm, 7:30pm). Monday July 15 ●●12:15: Music Mondays. Chamber Music Concert. Works by Weber and Ravel. Marco Verza, clarinet; Odin String Quartet. Church of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521 KINDRED SPIRITS ORCHESTRA 10 th anniversary concert season Saturday, June 29, 2019, 8 pm CBC Glenn Gould Studio HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphosis MATHIEU Piano concerto No. 4 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 2 Jiri Petrdlik Christina Petrowska Quilico conductor 416.645.9090 250 Front St. W Ticke tPro.ca Toronto Gleoa Go,ld Swdio pianist "° You be/0Y19. x223. PWYC. Suggested donation . ●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. Crossings: In the Footsteps of the Griot. Ablaye Cissoko, griot storyteller; Constantinople. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. -. Tuesday July 16 ●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. Griffey & Jones in Recital. Works by Dowland, Ives and Beach. Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor; Warren Jones, piano. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. -. Wednesday July 17 ●●12:00 noon: Small World - Summer Lunch. Fränder. Union Summer Stage, 65 Front St. W. 416-536-5439. Free. ●●7:30: Etobicoke Community Concert Band. Summer Concerts in the Park. Applewood/ The Shaver House, 450 The West Mall, Etobicoke. 416-410-1570. Free. Also Jun 19, Jul 3. ●●7:30: Oshawa Civic Band. Stage & Screen. Mile: Music; Lloyd Webber: Phantom of the Opera; R. and R. Sherman: Mary Poppins; and other works. Guests: Whitby Brass Band. R.S. McLaughlin Bandshell, 110 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa. info@oshawacivicband.ca. Free. ●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. Dover Quartet. Britten: String Quartet No.1 in D Op.25; Bartók: String Quartet No.3; Dvořák: String Quartet in F Op.96 “American”. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. -. Thursday July 18 ●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Passion and Solace: Early 20th Century Duos for Violin and Cello. Works by Kodály, Ravel, Glière. Andréa Tyniec, violin; Stéphane Tétreault, cello. Toronto Music Garden, 479 Queens Quay W. harbourfrontcentre. com/summermusic. Free. ●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. Voices Across the Atlantic. Monteverdi: Madrigals; Brahms: Vocal Quartets; Britten: “Still falls the rain” and “The Journey of the Magi”; Barber: Dover Beach. Toronto Summer Music Academy Vocal Fellows; Steven Philcox, harpsichord; Daniel Taylor, countertenor/conductor. Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W. 416- 408-0208. . Post-concert reception. VOICES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC July 18 at Church of the Redeemer Friday July 19 ●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. Charles Richard-Hamelin. Rachmaninoff: Morceaux de fantaisie Op.3; Chopin: Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-flat Op.22; Brahms: Piano Quartet No.1 in g Op.25. Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano; Members of the Dover Quartet. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. -. Saturday July 20 ●●12:00 noon: BIG on Bloor Festival. Sonic Future Bloor. Keynes Woods, Selené, Jeff Burke, and others. Bloor Collegiate Institute, 1141 Bloor St. W. 416-801-5910. Free. ●●1:00: Toronto Summer Music. reGENER- ATION: Art Song & Chamber Music. Singers, pianists and chamber musicians from the Toronto Summer Music Academy’s Art of Song program and Chamber Music Institute; Dover Quartet; Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. -. Also Jul 13(4pm, 7:30pm), 20(1pm, 4pm, 7:30pm). ●●1:30: Oshawa Civic Band. Music in the Gardens. Bratton: Teddy Bear’s Picnic; Saint- Saëns: The Swan; Williams: Jurassic Park; and other works. Oshawa Museum, Henry House lawn, 1450 Simcoe St. S., Lakeview Park, Oshawa. info@oshawacivicband.ca. Free. ●●4:00: Toronto Summer Music. reGENER- ATION: Art Song & Chamber Music. Singers, pianists and chamber musicians from the Toronto Summer Music Academy’s Art of Song program and Chamber Music Institute; Dover Quartet; Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. -. Also Jul 13(1pm, 7:30pm), 20(1pm, 4pm, 7:30pm). ●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. reGENER- ATION: Art Song & Chamber Music. Singers, pianists and chamber musicians from the Toronto Summer Music Academy’s Art of Song program and Chamber Music Institute; Dover Quartet; Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416- 408-0208. -. Also Jul 13(1pm, 4pm), 20(1pm, 4pm, 7:30pm). Sunday July 21 ●●4:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Global Inspirations. Works by Reich, Wijeratne, and members of TorQ. TorQ Percussion Quartet. Toronto Music Garden, 479 Queens Quay W. harbourfrontcentre. com/summermusic. Free. Monday July 22 ●●12:15: Music Mondays. A Musical Journey Through China & Iran. Wendy Zhou, Chinese pipa; Padideh Ahrarnejad, Persian tar; Ali Massoudi, percusssion. Church of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521 x223. PWYC(suggested donation ). ●●7:30: National Youth Orchestra of Canada. In Concert. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Op.63; Panufnik: Sinfonia Sacra; Mahler: Symphony No.5; Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello Op.102. Michael Francis, conductor. Maison Symphonique de Montreal, 1600 Saint-Urbain, Montreal. 514-842-2112. thewholenote.com June | July | August2019 | 67
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!).
