Strickland,. Mary Beckerton, David Mathies.& Ross Brock. TUC. Free. "July 7 8:00: Penderecki String Quartet. Mozart: Quartet in d minor K.421; Beethoven: Quartet in F major Op.59 #1 Razumovsky; Turina: The Bullfighter's Prayer. TUC. ,$10. •July 8 12:15: Music at Noon Magica/lvory. Brian Smith, piano. TUC. Free. •July,8 8:00: Natalie MacMaster, fiddler/stepdancer. Gl; to· . •July 9 12=15: Music at Noon Allegro. Huntsville Suzuki Strings; Linda Drennan, director. TUC. Free. •July 9 8:00: Old Blue Eyes & The Duke. Musical tribute. Michael Hop.e & Anna Romain, vocals; Norm Amadio, jazz piano; Huntsville Festivar Symphony; Kerry Stratton, conductor. Gl. $10 to . •July 10 4:00: Jazz on the River. Trillium Dixie Jazz Band. W. Free. • July 10 8;00: A Night in Vienna. Viennese waltzes & polkas. Janet Catherine Dea, soprano; Huntsville Festival Symphony; KerryStratton, conductor. Gl. $10 to . • July 11 4:00: Jazz on the River. Trillium Dixie Jazz Band. W. Free. •July 11 7:00: Mother Goose Suite. Ravel: Mother Goose Suite; Bizet: Jeux d'Enfants. Huntsville Festival Symphony; local ballet.students & commu- " nity children; Kerry Stratton, conductor. Gl. ,. •July 12 12:15: Music at Noon Summer Swing. Trillium Trio: Marguerite Urban, Bill Urb~n & · Louis Tusz. TUC. Free. •July 13 12:15: Music at Noon Fun for Four Hands. Marion Harrart & Marilyn de Lang, piano. TUC. Free. •July 13 8:00: An Evening with Jean Stilwell. Bizet: arias from Carmen; Weill: cabaret songs; music by·-Ravel & Faure. Jean Stilwell, mezzo soprano; • Huntsville Festival Symphony; Kerry Stratton, conductor. Gl. $10to. •July .14 12:15: Music at Noon Harmonics. The Stepsisters, vocal group: Sherisse Stevens, Vlasta Knochelman & Barb Hartwick. TUC. Free. •July 14 8:00: Stuart-McLean and the Vinyl Cafe. Caitlin Hanford, vocals; Chris·Whiteley Band. Gl. $.10 to . · •July 15 12:15: Music at Noon Classical Keys. Bridgette Reid, piano. TUC. Free. •July 15 8:00: Bravo Beethoven/ Beethoven: Overture to Egmont; Symphony #6 Pastoral; Piano Concerto # 3. John O'Conor, piano; Huntsville· Fe.stival Symphony; Kerry Stratton, conductor. Gl. 0 to . •July 16 12:15: Music at Noon Arioso. Sandy lnkste·r, flute; Marion Haggart, piano. TUC. Free. · ' · • July 16 7:00: Conductor Apprentice Concert. Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso Op.3 #5; Mozart: Symphony #25; ' Stravinsky: t.:Histoire du Soldat. Students from the Conducting . Apprentice Program; Huntsville Festival Chamber Orchestra; Kerry Stratton, director. DRS. ,. •H:-.• •July 16 9:00: Jumpin' Jazz. Standards & originals. Molly Johnson, jazz vocals; Joe Se'aly, jazz piano; Phil Dwyer, saxophone. Gl. 0 to . *July 17 4:00: Jazz on the: River. Trillium Dixie Jazz BanCl. W. Free. *July 17 8:00: John McDermott in Concert. Huntsville Festival Symphony. Gl. to . KINCARDINE Summer Mu.sic Festival. Jazz Week Concerts. All at 8:00pm. 519-396-9716. Venues: Gl : Governor's Inn, 791 Durham St. KH: Kincardine Hall, 601 Durham St. *August 2: Lisa Martinelli Sings. Brian Dickinson, piano; Pat Collins, bass; Barry Elmes, drums; Jane Fair, saxophone. Gl. ,.50. *August 3: The Power of Brass. Kevin Turcotte & Mike Malone, trumpet; Dave McMurdo, trombone; Brian Dickinson, piano; B11rry Elmes, drums; Lorne Lofsky, guitar; Pat Collins, bass. KH. ,.50 . . *August 4: Time Warp. Mike Murley, tenor & soprano saxophone; Kevin Turcotte, trumpetlflugel horn; AI Henderson, acoustic bass; Barry Elmes, drums. KH. ,.·50. *August 5: Sax mania. Alex Dean & Jane Fair, saxophone; Brian Dickinson, piano; Barry Elmes, drums; Lorne Lofsky, guitar; Pat Collins, bass. Gl. ,.50. ' ' *August 6: KSMF Jazz Student Concert. KH. $10,. KINCARDINE Summer Music Festival. Festival Week Concerts. 51 9-396-9716. Venues: KUC: Kincardine United Church, 7 21 Princes St. KPC: Knox Presbyterian Church, 345 Durham St. *August 8 7:00: KSMF Welcome Concert. Lighthearted chamber music selections. KUC. ,.50. *August 9 8 :00: Piano Pizzaz. J amie Parker, Tina Yanchus & J ames Hibbard, piano. KUC. ,.50. *August 10 8:00. Encore. Show-stoppers & encore pieces. KPC .• ,.50. *August'11 8:00: Chamber Masterworks. Great works of· the chamber music repertoire. KPC. ,.50. • August 1'2 8:90: KSMF Staff Spectacular. Performances by the tea·ching staff. KPC. ,.50, 1 *August 13 6:00: KSMF Chamber Students. KPC. $,5 to . *August 14 10:00am, 11 :OOam & 1:OOpm: Grande Finale Student Concerts. 1 Oam & 1 pm at the High School; · 11 am at the KUC. $10,. LIMESTONE CITY Blues Festival. Grand Theatre, 2l8 Princess St., Kingston. 1 :soo- 615-5666. *August 26 7 :30: Marcia Ball, vocals/boogie-woogie piano. . OTTAWA Chamber Music FestivaL 613-234·-8008. Venues: TH: Tabaret Hall SJC: St. John''s Church RH: Grounds ef Rideau Hall DCUC: Dominior:~-Chalmers · United Church MSUC: McLeod~Stewarton United Church · SAC: St. Andrew's Church · FBC: First Baptist Church S.:JH: St. James Church, Hull GCC: Glebe Community Centre MSC: McLeod-Stewarton Church NACO: National Arts Centre Opera E;SA: Eglise St. Anne ASC: All Saints Church ' GSJ: Glebe-St.James United Church *July 16 11 :OOam: Festival by Request. Live concert of requests from listeners across Canada. Shelagh Rogers, host. TH. *July 24 8 :00: Opening Concert .. Music of Beethoven, Prokofieff, R. Strauss and others. Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Jian Li, piano. TH. *July 24 8 :00: Chamber Music of Schumann I. Philippe Djokic,violin; Guylaine Lemaire, viola; Julian A~mour, cello; Kimball Sykes, clarinet; Andrew Tunis; piano. SJC. , *July 24 11 :OOpm: D. D. Jacks on goes classical! Music of Ger,shwin, Stravinsky, Milhaud and D.O. J ackson. D.O. Jackson and Dina Namer, pianos. SJC. *July 25 5:00: Quartetto Gelato. RH. Free. *Ju,ly 25 8:00: Kronos Quartet. Music of the 17th and 20th centuries. ocuc.· *July 25 8:00: Spring Songs. Mus ic of Schubert, Schumann, Poulenc, Debussy and others. Donna Brown, soprano; Stephane Lemelin, piano. SJC. *July 25 8:00: Brass Extravaganza. Music of 1;3ach, Handel, Purcell, 'Gabrieli and others. 'Paul Merkelo, Karen Donnelly & Steven van Gulik, trumpets; . Larry Larson, Peter Sullivan, . trombones & other performers. *July 26 12:00 noon: Chamber Music of Schumann II. Andre Moisan, clarinet; Neal Gripp, viola; Pierre Djokic, cello; James Mason; oboe; James Sommerville, french horn. SJC. *July 26 12:00 noon: Music of Mozart and Britten. James Campbell and the Allegri Quartet. SAC. *July 26 6:00: Young People's Concert- Strings. ' *July 26 8:00: Festival of the Sound Tribute. Music of Mozart, Beethoven & Harada. James Mason, oboe; James Campbell, clarinet, James Sommerville, french horn; James MacKay, bass'oon; Anton Kuerti, piano; Stephane Lemelin, piano. TH. *July 26 8:00: ChamberMusic of Schumann/. Philippe Djokic, violin; Guylaine Lemaire, viola; Julian Armour, cello; Kimball Sykes, clarinet; Andrew Tunis, piano. SJC. · *July 26 8:00: Age· of Elegance. Music of Bach, Marais, Gibbons ,and others. Lucie Laneville & Natalie Michaud, recorders;.Margaret Little, viola . da gamba; Thomas Annand, harpsichord. SAC. *July 27 10:00am: Coffee Concert- Flute Sonatinas. Robert Cram, flute; Jean Desmarais, piano. SJC. *July 27 12:00 noon: Music of Rossini. Julie Nesrallah, mezzo soprano; Evelyn Greenberg, piano. SJC. *July 27 12:00 noon:'Aican -Quartet. Music of Haydn, Barber, and Grieg. SAC. *July 27 8:00: Spring Songs. Donna Brown, soprano; Stephane Lemelin, piano. SJC. *July 27 8:00: Repercussion! •july 27 8:00: Anton Kuerti in Recital. Music of Beethoven & Schubert. SJC. *July 28 12:00 noon: Wind Masterpieces of the 20th · Century. Bel Canto Wind Quintet with Steven van Gulik, trumpet; Andre Moisan, bass clarinet. FBC. *July 28 12:00 noon: Low Brass. SJC. · *July 28 12:00 noon: Musical Wednesdays - A/can Quartet. SJH. *July 28 6:00: Young People's Concert - Repercussion. Music of Haydn, Barber, and Grieg. GCC. *July 28 8:00: O'Reilly, Katz and Dawes Trio. Mus ic of Ravel, Schubert and Haydn. Andrew. I ~ I
:!'!' : :lVI Dawes, violin; Paul Katz, cello; Winter, mezzo soprano; Gerald Christopher O'Reilly, piano. SJC. Finley, baritone; Steven Ralls & *July 28 8:00: Chamber Music Bruce Ubukata, piano. TH. of John Corigliano. Philippe "July 31 8:00: Martin Chalifour. Djokic, violin; Pierre Djokic, cello; Music of Mendelssohn, Debussy, · Robert Cram, flute; Lynn Janacek and Stravinsky. Martin Stodola,piano. TH. Chalifour- violin, Bernadine *July 28 8:00: Chamber Music Blaha- piano. SJC. with Guitar. Music of "July 31 8:00: 'St. Lawrence Boccherini, Paganini and Quartet. Music of Haydn and Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Steven Schumann. SAC. Sitarski, violin; Jasper Wo~d. "July 31 11 :OOpm: Schubert · violin; Guylaine Lemaire, viola; Quintet. Andrew Dawes, violin; Julian Armour, cello; Alvin Tung, Steven Sitarski, violin, Guylaine guitar. :')AC. Lemaire, viola; Julian Armour, *July 29 10:00am: Coffee- cello. SJC. Concert. "August 1 3:09: Beethoven *July 29 12:00 noon: Gryphon Septet. Martin Chalifour, violin; Trio. Music of Mozart and · Neal Gripp, viola; Elizabeth Dolin, Chopin; cello; Jeremy McCoy, bass; *July 29 5:00: Fortepiano. Kimball Sykes, clarinet; Daniel Ludwig Smerjian, fortepiano. Gress, french horn; Gerald Corey, "July 29 8:00: Stephane bassoon. Lemelin. Music of Schumann "August 1 5:00: Rideau Lakes and Beethoven. SJC. Brass Quintet. RH . Free. "July 29 8:00: Chamber Music "August 1 8:00: Special of Stravinsky. Julie Nesrallah, Fundraising Concert. Angela mezzo soprano; Steven Sitarski, Hewitt, Jon Kimura Parker, violin; Jasper Wood, violin; Marc-Andre Hamelin, Janina Timothy McCoy, cello; Robert Fialkowska, Andre Laplante, Cram -flute & other performers. Angela' Cheng, piano. NACO. TH . · "August 1 8:00: Festival of *July 29 8:00: Organ Thurs- Canadian Composers 1-St. , day! Music of Bach, Buxtehude, Lawrence Quartet. Music of Franck, Ravel and Durufle. MacMillan, Mozetich, Schafer & Thomas Annand, organ. SAC. others. SAC. · "July 29 11 :OOpm: Spirit of "August 2 12:00 no'on: Festival Vienna. Music of Schubert and of Canadian· Composers II. Kreisler. Moshe Hammer, violin; Andrew Dawes & Ma(tin Bernadine Blaha, piano. SJC. Chalifour, violins. SJC. *July 30 12:00 noon: 20th *August 2 5:00: Festival of Century Piano Trios. Music of Canadian Composers Ill - Khachaturian, Rebecca -Clarke Jeunesse Musicale Tribute. and William Bolcom. Sally Daveluy: Quintet for piano and Benson, violin; Peter Smith, strings. Anne Robert, violin; clarinet; Margaret Wong, cello; Genevieve Beaud~y. violin; , Dina Namer, piano. SJC. Guylaine Lemaire, viola; Elizabeth *July 30 12:00 noon: An Dolin, cello; Bernadine Blaha, Afternoon of Bass. Murielle piano. SJC. Bryneau, bass; Louise-Andree "August 2 8:00: Festival of Baril, piano. TH. Canadian Composers IV. Music *July 30 6:00: Young People's of. Hatzis, Halley, Pepin, Chan Ka Concert Peter and the Wolf. Nin, Chatman and others. Harry Elton, narrator; Bel Canto Andrew Dawes, violin, Steven Wind Quintet. GCC. Dann, viola; Louise Winter, "July 30 8:00: Gryphon Trio. mezzo soprano; Gerald Finley, Music of Mozart, Chopin & baritone & other performers. Murphy. SJC. SJC. . "July 30 8:00: St. Lawrence "August 2 11 :OOpm: Festival of Quartet. Music of Haydn and Canadian Composers V. SJC. Schumann. SAC. "August 3 12:00 noon: Festival "July 30.8:00: Rideau Lakes of Canadian Composers VI - · Brass Quintet. Music of Bach, Violin and Organ. Anne Robert, Grieg, Handel, Ewald and violin; Jacques Boucher, organ. others. MSC. ESA. "July 3011 :OOpm: Suite for "August 3 12:00 noon: Festival Cello and Jazz Trio. Claude of Canadian Composers VII - Boiling -Suite for cello and Jazz Trio. Music of Weinzweig, Hatzis, Trio. Amanda Forsyth, cello; Ryan and others. Lori Gemmell, · Mark Ferguson, piano; John harp;. Tony Rapoport, viola; Carol Geggie, bass; Jonathan Wade, Ann Savage, flute. FBC. drums. SJC. "August 3 8:00: Festival of " July 31 11 :OOam: Young Canadian Composers VIII. Music People's Concert. St. Lawrence . of Cardy, Schmidt, Manning and / String Quartet. GCC. Glick. Martin Beaver, violin; *July 31 8:00: Mozart Gala. Steven Sitarski, violin; Guylaine Operatic solos and duos filled Lemaire, viola; Elizabeth Dolin & ESA. with instrumental interludes. Julian Armour, cello & other Donna Brown, soprano; Louise performers. SJC. "August 3 8 :00: Festival of Canadian Composers IX- True North Brass. SAC. "August 3 11 :OOpm: Festival of Canadian Composers X Music of Eastern Canada. Music of McLean, Parker, Monk F.eldman and others. In Motion (Nadia Francavilla, violin; Andrew Miller, bass; D' Arcy Gray, percussion and electronics). SJC._ "August 4 1 ~:00 noon: Vir,tuoso Trombone. Alain Trudel - trql',l)bone. SJC. · · "August 4 12:00 noon: Chamber Music ol France I. Music of Widor. Robert Cram, flute; Anne Robert, violin; G~ylaine Lemaire, viola; Julian Armour, cello; Stephane Lemelin, piano. TH. · *August 4 12:00 noon: Musical Wednesdays - Les Voix Humaines. Margaret Little & Susan Napper, violas da gamba. SJH. August 4 5 :00: Songs of Travel. Works of Vaughan Williams, Copland, Bush, Finzi and others. Gerald Finley, baritone; Steven Ralls, piano. SJC. "August 4 6:00: Young People's Concert- Alain Trudel, Trombone. "August 4 8:00: Martin Beaver in Recital. Music of Beethoven, Respighi & Prokofieff. Martin Be.aver, violin; Steven Sitarski, violin; James Parker, piano. SJC. "August 4 8:00: Les Voix Humaines with Danie/Taylor, countertenor. SMC. r; · "August 4 8:00: Chamber Music of France II. Music of · Debussy, Ravel, lbert and others. Jac'ques lsraelievitch, violin; St13ven Dann, viola; Robert Cram, flute; Julian Armour, cello; Jennifer Swartz, harp. SAC. "Augu.st 4 11 :OOpm: Hot Sonata. Music-of Weill, Martinu, Schulhoff and Dwyer. Art of Time Ensemble (Phil Dwyer, saxophone; MarkFewer, violin; Andrew Burashko, piano). SJC. "August 5 1 0:00af!1: Coffee Concert- Les Voix Humaine. ASC. *August 5 12:00 noon: Viola Miniatures. Works of Brahms, Vaughan Williams and others. Steven·Da'nn, viola; Peter Longworth, piano; Anita Krause, mezzo soprano. SJC. "August 5 12:00 noon: La Nef: "August 5 5:00: Chamber , Music of France· Ill. SJC. "Augyst 5 8:00: Duke Trio. Music of Beethoven, Brahms and Copland. SJC. "August 5 8:00:, Monteverdi Spectacular. Studio de musique ancienne de Montreal; Christopher Jackson, director. "August 5 8:00: Chamber Music of France IV. Music of ..... ,... Chausson, Vierne and Poulenc. Anne Robert, Genevieve Beaudry & Josee Aidans, violins; Guylaine Lemaire, viola; Annie Gadbois, cello & other performers. TH. "August 5 · 11 :OOpm: La Nef. SJC. . *August 6 12:00 noon: Duke Trio. Music of Beethoven and Brahms. The Duke Trio (Mark Fewer, violin; Thomas Wiebe, cello; Peter Longworth, piano). SJC. · "August 6 12:00 noon: Clarinet. Music of Brahms, Finzi and Lutoslawski. Ross ·Edwards, clarinet; James Parker, piano. TH. *August 6 8 i00: Chamber Music of Schum(Jnn Ill. Martin Beaver & Marie Berard, violins; Steven Qann, viola; Amanda Forsyth; cello; Andrew Burashko, piano. SJC. "August 6 8:00: Antonio Lysy. Music of Bach and Beethoven. Antonio Lys;y, cello; David Brightman, fortepiano. SAC. "August 6 8:00: Violin and Harp. Music of Leclair, Saint Saens, Martinorl and others. Jacques lsraelievitch, violin; Jennifer Swartz, harp. GSJ. "August 6 11 :OOpm: Anita Krause, mezzo soprano; Peter Longworth, piano. SJC. "August 7 8:00: Gala Closing Concert · Tokyo Quartet with Joanna G'froerer, .flute. DCUC. ST. PETERS Church. 49 Queen St. North, Kitchener. 41 6-463-65 9.2. "August 15 3:00: Quintessenz in Concert. Works by Lasso, Monteverdi, Buxtehude, Brahms, Bartok, Faure & Diestler. Heike Schehl, soprano; Barbara Nestler, alto; lngo Jander, tenor; Markus Bruhl, bass; Matthias Schmidt, baritone & accompanist. . SHARON TEMPLE. 18974 _Leslie St., Sharon. 905-4 78- 2389 . . *July 11 3:00: True North · Brass. Benefit concert for the · Restoration Fund of the Temple. . ' "August 29 3 :00: Danish and Other Desserts. Resonance ' Chamber Orchestra of Toronto. Music of Wiren, Nielsen & Holst. . SHAW Festival. Sunday Brunch Concerts. Beginning at 11 :OOam on the Terrace of the F-estival Theatre, Picton Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake. Selections of songs performed by two 'members of the Ensemble with piano accompaniment. 1-800- 511-7429. (brunch & concert). · Concerts on: July 25, August 8, August 29 ~~~--~~~~----~~--------------------------------------------~----------- .
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Choral Scene: Uncharted territory: three choirs finding paths forward; Music Theatre: Loose Tea on the boil with Alaina Viau’s Dead Reckoning; In with the New: what happens to soundart when climate change meets COVID-19; Call to action: diversity, accountability, and reform in post-secondary jazz studies; 9th Annual TIFF Tips: a filmfest like no other; Remembering: Leon Fleisher; DISCoveries: a NY state of mind; 25th anniversary stroll-through; and more. Online in flip through here, and on stands commencing Tues SEP 1.
Following the Goldberg trail from Gould to Lang Lang; Measha Brueggergosman and Edwin Huizinga on face to face collaboration in strange times; diggings into dance as FFDN keeps live alive; "Classical unicorn?" - Luke Welch reflects on life as a Black classical pianist; Debashis Sinha's adventures in sound art; choral lessons from Skagit Valley; and the 21st annual WholeNote Blue Pages (part 1 of 3) in print and online. Here now. And, yes, still in print, with distribution starting Thursday October 1.
Alanis Obomsawin's art of life; fifteen Exquisite Departures; UnCovered re(dis)covered; jazz in the kitchen; three takes on managing record releases in times of plague; baroque for babies; presenter directory (blue pages) part two; and, here at the WholeNote, work in progress on four brick walls (or is it five?). All this and more available in flipthrough HERE, and in print Tuesday Nov 3.
In this issue: Beautiful Exceptions, Sing-Alone Messiahs, Livingston’s Vocal Pleasures, Chamber Beethoven, Online Opera (Plexiglass & All), Playlist for the Winter of our Discontent, The Oud & the Fuzz, Who is Alex Trebek? All this and more available in flipthrough HERE, and in print Friday December 4.
July/August issue is now available in flipthrough HERE, bringing to a close 25 seasons of doing what we do (and plan to continue doing), and on stands early in the week of July 5. Not the usual bucolic parade of music in the summer sun, but lots, we hope, to pass the time: links to online and virtual music; a full slate of record reviews; plenty new in the Listening Room; and a full slate of stories – the future of opera, the plight of small venues, the challenge facing orchestras, the barriers to resumption of choral life, the challenges of isolation for real-time music; the steps some festivals are taking to keep the spirit and substance of what they do alive. And intersecting with all of it, responses to the urgent call for anti-racist action and systemic change.
"COVID's Metamorphoses"? "There's Always Time (Until Suddenly There Isn't)"? "The Writing on the Wall"? It's hard to know WHAT to call this latest chapter in the extraordinary story we are all of a sudden characters in. By whatever name we call it, the MAY/JUNE combined issue of The WholeNote is now available, HERE in flip through format, in print commencing Wednesday May 6, and, in fully interactive form, online at thewholenote.com. Our 18th Annual Choral Canary Pages, scheduled for publication in print and flip through in September is already well underway with the first 50 choirs home to roost and more being added every week online. Community Voices, our cover story, brings to you the thoughts of 30 musical community members, all going through what we are going through (and with many more to come as the feature gets amplified online over the course of the coming months). And our regular writers bring their personal thoughts to the mix. Finally, a full-fledged DISCoveries review section offers cues and clues to recorded music for your solitary solace!
After some doubt that we would be allowed to go to press, in respect to wide-ranging Ontario business closures relating to COVID-19, The WholeNote magazine for April 2020 is now on press, and print distribution – modified to respect community-wide closures and the need for appropriate distancing – starts Monday March 30. Meanwhile the full magazine is right here, digitally, so if you value us PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK AS WIDELY AS YOU CAN. It's the safest way for us to reach the widest possible audience at this time!
FEATURED: Music & Health writer Vivien Fellegi explores music, blindness & the plasticity of perception; David Jaeger digs into Gustavo Gimeno's plans for new music in his upcoming first season as music director at TSO; pianist James Rhodes, here for an early March recital, speaks his mind in a Q&A with Paul Ennis; and Lydia Perovic talks music and more with rising Turkish-Canadian mezzo Beste Kalender. Also, among our columns, Peggy Baker Dance Projects headlines Wende Bartley's In with the New; Steve Wallace's Jazz Notes rushes in definitionally where many fear to tread; ... and more.
Visions of 2020! Sampling from back to front for a change: in Rearview Mirror, Robert Harris on the Beethoven he loves (and loves to hate!); Errol Gay, a most musical life remembered; Luna Pearl Woolf in focus in recordings editor David Olds' "Editor's Corner" and in Jenny Parr's preview of "Jacqueline"; Speranza Scappucci explains how not to reinvent Rossini; The Indigo Project, where "each piece of cloth tells a story"; and, leading it all off, Jully Black makes a giant leap in "Caroline, or Change." And as always, much more. Now online in flip-through format here and on stands starting Thurs Jan 30.
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!
On the slim chance you might not have already heard the news, Estonian Canadian composing giant Udo Kasemets was born the same year that Leo Thermin invented the theremin --1919. Which means this is the centenary year for both of them, and both are being celebrated in style, as Andrew Timar and MJ Buell respectively explain. And that's just a taste of a bustling November, with enough coverage of music of both the delectably substantial and delightfully silly on hand to satisfy one and all.
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!).