October/November 2024 containing our 30th annual presenter directory (25th under the Blue Pages name) is now available for viewing. Also first four instalments of ART OF THE ARC -- a concert curators' Q & A, with more to follow online and in print throughout the fall. Also View from Up Here parses the difference between a two lane highway and a two-way street; Choral Scene digs into singing and health; Music Theatre taps joy-fuelled offerings at London's Grand Theatre and elsewhere; In with the New looks at Letters to God; Classical and Beyond tackles a 212-listing 68 days; thirteen new recordings in our listening room and more.
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EDGE OF YOUR SEAT ALEX PAUK / MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR PRELUDE CONCERTS F(X) = NOVEMBER 27, 2024 KOERNER HALL Gabriella Smith, Bent Sørensen & Maki Ishii Michael Bridge Accordion RUNNER FEBRUARY 23, 2025 KOERNER HALL Steve Reich, Hans Abrahamsen, Henryk Gorecki & Alex Pauk Kevin Ahfat Piano, Mark Fewer Violin, Wesley Shen Harpsichord & Erica Goodman Harp The Clearwater Foundation THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation The Michael & Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation Anonymous TICKETS & SUBSCRIPTIONS ESPRITORCHESTRA.COM INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL CHASING VITO MARCH 4, 2025 KOERNER HALL Vito Žuraj, Keiko Abe & Caroline Shaw Ryan Scott Percussion & Vito Žuraj Guest Composer ICEFIRE, DO-RE-MI & CARING FOR THE EARTH MARCH 27, 2025 KOERNER HALL Lisa Streich, Peter Eötvös & Andrew Norman Akiko Suwanai Violin, Lisa Streich & Andrew Norman Guest Composers CARROT REVOLUTION APRIL 2, 2025 TRINITY-ST. PAUL’S CENTRE Gabriella Smith, Keiko Abe, Mark Duggan, Ivan Trevino, John Rea, Roydon Tse & Julia Mermelstein IMAGINARY PANCAKE APRIL 6, 2025 TRINITY-ST. PAUL’S CENTRE Quinn Jacobs, Bernhard Lang, Gabriella Smith, Chris Paul Harman & Ben Nobuto COSMIC HEARTBEATS APRIL 17, 2025 KOERNER HALL Unsuk Chin, Claude Vivier, James O’Callaghan & Nicholas Ma Sophia Burgos Soprano
3002_OctNov2024_cover.indd 1 2024-09-24 7:59 AM Volume30 No 2 | October & November2024 ON OUR COVER VOLUME 30 NO 2 OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2024 MUSIC! LISTINGS live and livestreamed STORIES profiles, previews and interviews RECORD REVIEWS and Listening Room 25th Annual BLUE PAGES PRESENTER PROFILES 2024/25 PHOTO: ALAMY Here at The WholeNote we don’t often turn to abstract or semi-abstract images for our covers. Readers look at a cover and either recognize who’s on it or, best case scenario, are curious enough about the person looking back out at them to want to find out. But sometimes it’s not the individual but an idea that we need to be reminded of – that the desire to make music, alone or collectively, in private or in public, endures everywhere. See page 6 Bronze: “The flute player”, Ernst Steinacker Hear rarely performed work by Henri-Joseph Rigel in this new album by Arion Orchestre Baroque, Mathieu Lussier, the soprano Magali Simard-Galdès, thr tenor Nicholas Scott and the pianist Mélisande McNabney. 6 FOR OPENERS | Renewals, urban(e) and otherwise | DAVID PERLMAN STORIES & INTERVIEWS 9 ,ART OF THE ARC | A concert curator”s Q&A | (1) Alexander Cappellazzo (2) Wonny Song (3) Jean-Sébastien Vallée (4) Chris Friesen 14 IN WITH THE NEW | Immersive journeys in stories and sound | WENDALYN BARTLEY 16 MUSIC THEATRE | London’s Grand Theatre, and beyond! | JENNIFER PARR Montréal-based ensemble Paramirabo makes its ATMA Classique debut with Voix jetées, a daring album devoted to favourite works by contemporary Canadian and American composers 17 Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and their conductor Jean-Sébastien Vallée celebrate their 130th anniversary with a doucle CD featuring pieces of Canadian choral music history that have a special meaning for them. ALL ALBUMS ARE AVAILABLE, DISCOVER THEM NOW VISIT OUR WEBSITE thewholenote.com October & November2024| 5
