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CONCERT NOTES •!• OVERVIEW, continued What makes Wagner's music special for him, Morrell says , is Wagner's · lyricism, "the enormous, beautiful, lyric" sustained sound that he demands, and the way at the most dra- , matic moments he pulls back the dynamic of the orchestra so that as a singer you feel as if you are riding on a cushion of sound." The October 3 recital has been very carefully planned. "When you give a recital you take your audience on a journey, so there has to be a method in the way it is put together. There's an act 1, 2 and 3, so to speak." In this recital the singers will be performing with a pianist, not with an orchestra, so that was another consideration in the selection of the repertoire." THREE OF THE BEST On October 2, a day before the Papizewska/Morrell concert, three Canadian opera stars, Catherine Robbin, Richard Margison and Nathan Berg will be fortunate to have an orchestra to accompany them in a recital they are giving at the Glenn Gould Studio, also of Ger- Narelle Martinez and Susan Kutertan man repertoire, arrangements by Schoenberg of music by Gustav Mahler. Going back another day, to the afternoon of October 1, tenor, Jay Lambie, will be giving a solo recital at Calvin Presbyterian Church. 1 The remaining thre·e of the nine recitals take place in the last four days of September, the first being mezzo-soprano, Linda M~guire with pianist, Stephen t t t Member profiles, 2000, continued from page a JUBILATE SINGERS Artistic Director: Brad Ratzlaff Address: Jubilate Singers Trinity-St. Paul's United Church, 427 Bloor St. W. Toronto, Ont. Phone: 416-922-4954 or 416:422-0741 Fax: 922-8587 JUBILATE CHILDREN'S CHORUS OF TORONTO The Jubilate Singers is a mixed voice, auditioned chamber choir which presents an annual concert series in downtown Toronto at Trinity-St. Paul's United Church. In addition, they perform at community arts events across Metropolitan Toronto. As the Jubilate Singers continues to expand its artistic ties to the broader community, a unique partnership with the newly founded Jubilate Children's Chorus has been established. The two choirs will perform a joint concert at Trinity-St. Paul's United Church' on Saturday December 2 at 7:30 p.m,. The music of Bach, Buxtehude, and Pergolesi will be featured. Chant and Beyond, the Jubilate Singers second concert, is a program of motets based on gregorian chant by such composers as Dufay, Victoria, and Bruckner. The final concert of the season, Toronto in Springtime, features contemporary choral music by local Toronto composers. The Jubilate Singers rehearses Tuesday evenings, 7:30 at Trinity-St. Paul s United Church, 427 Bloor St. West (Bloor and Spadina). 10 Wholenote SEPTEMBER 1, 2000 - OCTOBER 7, 2000 . .Artistic Director: Carol Woodward Ratzlaff Address: 16 Chilton Road, Toronto, Ont. M4J 3C8 Phone: 416-422-0741 Fax: 416-422-0741 e-mai l: cwbr@netcom.ca The newly-formed Jubilate Children's· Chorus aspires to foster personal growth as well as self-respect and appreciation for others through the joy of singing. This choir strives to reflect the diversity of the downtown community through its membership, and actively seeks to provide musical experiences to talented children who would not otherwise have access to them. Children ages 5 and 6 years old will be plaq:d in an Orff/Kodaly musicianship class with choral emphasis. Proper vocal production will be emphasized. Children and young people 7-16 years old will be placed in a choir level according to age, experience, and ability. Excellent vocal production, theory and sight-singng are taught at every .level. The Jubilate Children's Chorus rehearses at Trinity-St.Paul's United Church, 427 Bloor St. W. on Mondays at 4:15 p.m. (Bloor/ Spadina subway). Ralls and clarinetist, Peter Stoll, presented by the Mozart Society on September 26. Tenor Douglas Rice and friends will present an all Mozart program on September 29 and, on September 30, soprano, Nar.eUe Martinez, flautist, Susan Kutertan and pianist, Ilona Beres of Calyx with guest artists will present an all · Spanish program. · CHAMBER MUSIC Toronto is off to a good start this season with eleven public concerts of chamber music listed this issue. The first involves the unlikely combiriation of soprano, trumpet, trombone and piano at Victoria-Royce Church, the afternoon of September 9, in a progra~ of music by 20th Century American composers. The Riverdale Ensemble will give its first concert of the sea~on on September 16, with music for clarinet, viola and piano by not-so-well-known British and Scandinavian composers who ought to be better known. This ensemble, whose 'three excellent musicians always present u NEw Music CONCERTS Artistic Director: Robert Aitken · Mailing address: St. Luke's Church, 353 Sherbourne St. Toronto ON MSA 2S3 Contact: David Olds, general manager Phone: 416-961-9594 Website: www.interlog.com/- nmc/ NEW MUSIC CONCERTS' 30th anniversary season under the artistic direction of Robert Aitken offers eight exciting events. The series opens with two visiting ensembles, Caput from Iceland on October 27, and l'Ensemble contemporaine de Montreal as the. final event of this ·year's Massey Hall New Music Festival on November 11. Gallery one2one will be the site of two free exhibitions in November: Gordon · Monahan's sound sculpture When It Rains and R. Murray Schafer's Winter Diary. In Dec~mber NMC and The 'Music Gallery present - infoweaver, an interactive multimedia music theatre work by Kristi Allik and Robert Mulder. The remaining concerts take place at Glenn Gould Studio: Portraits of.Charles Wuorinen and Isabelle Pa.nneton in March and April, and· All Canadian, eh ? which features music by Rose Bolton, Yannic Plammondon, Rudolph Komorous, Brian Cherney and Chris Paul Harman, May 26. For subscription information please visit our website at www.interlog.com/ - nmc/ or call ( 416)961 -9594. tU ·
:?L[{ 'Tfie 'l(i.ng 's 'Voices David J. King, · Conductor :''.. Lydia Adams Conductor and Artistic Director Glorious Sounds! . Sunday, October 15, 2000, 3:00 p,m. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 30 Lonsdale Rd. Featuring Eleanor Daley on piano· and organ, as. the Amadeus Choir peiforms works by Tompkins, Brahms, Stanford, Holst, Daley and Wearmouth. Celestial Tidings Sunday, December 3, 2000, 3:00 p.m. George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts Concert features Erica Goodman, harpist, and includes Britten's Ceremony of Carols, Vaughan Williams' Folk Songs of the Four Seasons, and La Montaine's YW>nder Tidings, as well as winning entries of the 14th Christmas Carol and Chanukah Song Writing Competition. Sound the Trumpet! Wednesday, Dec.13, 2000, 7:30 p.m. Metropolitan United Church, Church and Queen Streets The Hannaford Street Silver B
