With this issue we start a new rhythm of publication -- bimonthly, October, December, February April, June, and August. October/November is a chock-a-block two months for live music, new recordings, and news (not all of it bad). Inside: Christina Petrowska Quilico, collaborative artist honoured; Kate Hennig as Mama Rose; Global Toronto 2023 reviewed; Musical weavings from TaPIR to Xenakis at Esprit; Fidelio headlines an operatic fall; and our 24th annual Blue Pages directory of presenters. This and more.
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The WholeNote VOLUME 29 NO 2 OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2023 EDITORIAL Publisher/Editor in Chief | David Perlman publisher@thewholenote.com Managing Editor | Paul Ennis editorial@thewholenote.com Recordings Editor | David Olds discoveries@thewholenote.com DIGITAL MEDIA digital@thewholenote.com Listings Editor | John Sharpe listings@thewholenote.com SOCIAL MEDIA Danial Jazaeri, Colin Story social@thewholenote.com SALES, MARKETING & MEMBERSHIP Concert & Event Advertising / Membership | Karen Ages members@thewholenote.com Production & Operations | Jack Buell jack@thewholenote.com Advertising Art adart@thewholenote.com Online classified ads classd@thewholenote.com WEBSITE / SYSTEMS Kevin King systems@thewholenote.com CIRCULATION Sheila McCoy & Chris Malcolm circulation@thewholenote.com SUBSCRIPTIONS subscriptions@thewholenote.com + HST (6 issues) single copies and back issues *international - additional postage applies WholeNote Media Inc. Centre for Social Innovation 503–720 Bathurst Street Toronto ON M5S 2R4 Phone 416-323-2232 | Fax 416-603-4791 Instagram @the_wholenote Facebook & Twitter @theWholenote thewholenote.com STORIES & INTERVIEWS 22 IN WITH THE NEW | Musical weavings | WENDALYN BARTLEY 24 ON OPERA | Visions and revisions - the balancing act | SOPHIA PERLMAN 26 BRIEFS | Early Music & Choral | WHOLENOTE STAFF 28 MAINLY CLUBS | Catastrophic trifles & musical remedies | COLIN STORY LISTINGS 34 EVENTS BY DATE Live and/or online 51 MAINLY CLUBS 31 24 IN THIS ISSUE THE BLUE PAGES Our 24th annual directory of music makers in Southern Ontario DISCOVERIES: RECORDINGS REVIEWED 54 Editor’s Corner | DAVID OLDS 56 Strings Attached | TERRY ROBBINS 59 Vocal 61 Classical and Beyond 66 Modern and Contemporary 70 Jazz and Improvised Music 74 Pot Pourri 75 Something in the Air | KEN WAXMAN 76 Old Wine, New Bottles | BRUCE SURTEES 77 More Fine Vintages 78 What we're listening to, INDEX 24 TH ANNUAL BLUE PAGES an Ontario government agency un organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario 6 | October & November2023 thewholenote.com
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