On May 21 the nominations for the Dora Mavor Moore Awards were announced. In the past opera, when included, has found itself in the "Outstanding Musical" division. This year opera has a division all to itself. In the category "Outstanding Production of an Opera" the nominees are: "Facing South", Tapestry New Opera works; "Jenufa", Canadian Opera Company; "Medee", Opera Atelier; "Oedipus Rex/Symphony of Psalms", COC; and "The Queen Of Spades", COC. In the category. "Outstanding Performance in an Opera" the nominees are: Eva Urbanova, "Jenufa"; Michael Schade, "Oedipus Rex I Symphony Of Psalms"; Ewa Podles, "Oedipus Rex/Symphony , Of Psalms"; Judith Forst, "The Queen Of Spades"; Xiu Wei Sun, "Madama Butterfly". Winners will be announced June 23 at the Princess of Wales Theatre. While the nominees above are all worthy candidates, the list raises a number of questions. The "General Theatre" division has separate nom-, inees for both Best Musical and Best Play, and separate nomirultions for Best Director, Best Male Performance and Best Female Performance in each of these "General Theatre" categories. There are also nominations for Best Feature Role; Best Set, Costumes and Lighting, combining the two. Shouldn't all these categories also be recognized in Opera? 24 ON OPERA by Christopher Haile The reality is that a far greater number of different operas are produCed in the city than musicals. In ' any given year we can count on seven productions from the COC, two each from Opera Atelier and the Toronto Operetta Theatre and vari- A fully-staged production .by the Metropolitan f amily Thursday, Friday, Saturday June 5, 6, 7 at 7:30 p.m. Narrator: Anne Thomson Joseph: Benjamin Stein Pharoah: Malcolm Sinclair Directed by William Martyn; Music Direction by Patricia Wright; Produced by Marlene Smith · Admission: adults; children 12 and under For tickets: 416-363-0331 Ext. 51 Metropolitan United Church 56 Queen Street East at Church Street, Toronto 416-363-0331 www.metunited.org Eva Urbanova able numbers from the numerous alternative companies such as Au- Jason in "Mectee", Daniel Belcher tumn Leaf, Tapestry New Opera for his wonderfully natural portray Works and Queen of Puddings. alofthetitlecharacterin "TheMar When the Royal Opera Canada be- riage of Figaro", Peter Collins for gins operations in North York this his eerie Peter Quint in the COC Enfall, the minimum numlx(r of profes- semble' s "The Tum of the Screw", sional, fully staged opera productions Gregory Dahl for his haunted Comwill rise from eleven to fifteen. mander Peary in "Facing South" and In any given year Toronto is lucky John Mac Master for his tortured to see half that number of profession- Laca of "Jenufa". al, fully staged productions ofmusi- Were there a category for "Outcals. The reason is simple. The standing Feature Performance", it greatest emphasis on the production could recognize Patrick Carfizzi in ofmusicalsoccursattheout-of-town the COC's "An Italian Girl in Alsurnmerfestivals, which, ofcourse, giers", James Martin as Matthew are out-of-bounds for the Doras. Henson in "Facing South"' Shannon TheDoracommitteeshouldatleast Mercer as Oscar in the COC's "A separate the category for "Outstand- Masked Ball", Comelis Opthof as ing Performance" in opera into Male Sharpless in "Madama Butterfly", and Female as it does for plays and Nathalie Paulin as Creuse in "Memusicals. Were that the case, there dee" and Jennie Such as Cherubino would have been room on the list for in "The Marriage of Figaro". Stephanie Novacek for her fearless Another quibble: the Dora negotiationofthedemandingtitlerole Awards committee should make in "Mectee" an~ Nathalie Paulin, one clear its policy on revivals. In of the mos~gerual Sus~ ;o:.onto , 1998theCOC's "Oedipus Rex" won has s~n m ~ra ,,Atelier s The seven Doras including ''Outstanding Mamage off 1garo · Production". How does it come to And joining lone. male. Micha~! be nominated again? Past winners Schade could be Cyril Auv1ty .for his should not be eligible a second time portrayal of the morally ambiguous in the same category. For what it's worth, !fl were to award the Doras for opera in the 2002-03 season in the full array of categories available for plays and . musicals, these would be my choices: Outstanding Production: "Jenufa". Outstanding Performance by a Female: Eva Urbanova in "Jenufa". Outstanding Performance by a Male: Cyril Auvity in "Medee". Outstanding Feature Role: Jennie Such in "The Marriage of Figaro". Outstanding Set Design: Derek McLane for "Jenufa". Outstanding Costume Design: Dora Rust-D'Eye for "Medee". Outstanding Lighting Design: Michael Whitfield for "Jenufa". Outstanding Stage Direction: Nicholas Muni for "Jenufa". · Outstanding Musical Direcfor: tie between Richard Bradshaw for his harrowing account of "Jenufa" and Herve Niquet for revealing Charpentier's "Medee" for the masterpiece it is. www.thewholenote.com Music THEATRE SPOTLIGHT by Sarah B. Hood Summer Season Takes Off' HIGJl-FLYING HIT He's one of Hollywood's biggest stars these days, but back in 1986 Tom Cruise was only beginning to show his full potential when he follow~ up 1983 's' popular teen frolic Ris,lcy Business with his role as Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in the fullthrottle 1986 air force drama Top Gun. The Girogio Moroder theme song "Take My Breath Away" and a cast that included Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Tim Robbins and a young Meg Ryan probably didn't hurt Top Gun's success. However, it was about as far away from the musical comedy idiom as they come. Nonetheless, in 2002 Denis Mc Grath and Scott White's Top Gun! Tfte Musical became the most successful box office draw of the Toronto Fringe, beating out even the record-holding The Drowsy Chaperone. The satirical show, which imagines one ~riter's struggle to stage a Top Gun musical adaptation against many, many odds, went on to score a hit at Houston's Theater Lab. Now it's returning to Toronto for a full run from June 4 to 22 at Factory Theatre with a cast that includes Drew Carnwath, Dmitry Chepovetsky, David Collins, Steven Gallagher, Alison bawrence, Racheal McCaig and Mary Francis Moore . HERE'S TO THE LADY WHO SINGS We get a rare chance to see an unquestionably accomplished Broadway star when Elaine Stritch turns up at ~e Elgin Theatre from Juhe 23 to 28 with heF autobiographical onewoman show Elaine Stritch at liberty. Her last appearance here was in 1994, as Parthy Hawks in the Liv Ent revival of Show Boat that opened the (then) North York Centre for the Performing Arts. Over the course of her show, Stritch reminisces about such colleagues as Ethel Merman (whom she understudied in Call Me Madam) and Noel Coward (who wrote Sail Away for her). She also performs some of the great Coward material, like "Why Do the Wrong People Tr:avel?", " I've Been to a Marvelous Party" and "If Love Were All", alongside memorable June 1 - July 7 2003
. tunes like the Gershwins' "But Not For Me", Sondheim's "I'm Still Here" and her landmark song, the world-weary "Ladies Who Lunch" . from Sondheim's 1970 hit Company. ASTRO-NUTS It's just about time to take off for the country and take in a little summer theatre. Already, June offers _at least a dozen musicals, ranging _from _Broadway chestnuts to original Canadian plays. Among the latter is The Perilous Pirate's Daughter, a musical romp of redcoats and rebels on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence. Written by Ann Chislett and David ' Archibald, it's based on the career of real-life Upper Canadian pirate Bill Johnston and his daughter Kate. It runs at the Blyth Festival (www: blythfestival'.com) right through the summer, from June 16 toAugust9. For complete information about summer theatre, contact the Association of Summer Theatres 'Round Ontario (ASTRO) at 416-408-4556 or visit www.summertheatre.org, where yqu can request one of their comprehensive brochures online. MUSIC IN THE COUNTRY And then there are the summer music festivals. Westben Arts Festival Theatre (www.westben.on.ca) ~!so ma~e in Canada are Vaude- presents a full summer season of Ville!, which runs at the Huron Coun- musical events on rolling farmland tryPlayhouseII(www.huroncountry . near Campbellford. This June they . playhouse.com) from June 17 to team up with Opera Mississauga and August 23, and Menopositive! The theUBCOperaSchooltopresentfour Music~!, fr~m May 27 to June 14 ~t evenings of mu~ie theatre. First, on the V1ctona Playhouse Petrolta June 7, it's Gloria!, a performance (www.victoriaplayhousepetrolia.com). of Vivaldi and favourite opera clas- The first of these is a revue by sics with Opera~ Mississauga. On veteran music theatre director Alan June 21and22, it's a full-scale pro Lund, featuring some of the great duction of The Merry Widow with songs of the Vaudeville era made UBC' s Opera School. On June 24 the famou's .by the !~es of G7orge M. Opera School presents an encore: a Spring Cabaret of opera and Broad way hits. Cohan, Fanny Bnce, Eddie Cant~r and Al Joi.son. pular Grease, starring Frankie Avalon (running July 15 to 20), as well as a variety of music performances. . Watch for Sarah B. Hood's upcoming book Toronto: The Unknown City, co-written with Howard Akler, to be published by Arsenal Pulp Press in Fall2003. TOYOV\.:CO sc.ViooL of tY"\vub;BC, A ProfessLO V'vtllL COV'vY\lcttot;:~ , OFFERING GENERAL AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION TO ASPIRING AND ACCOMPLISH~D _, MUSICIAN,?_. _,._...,.. . ... i>RIVATE~drci BEG 11'+iC;HUR _ ·· ,,_. ONALMUSIC . QMJ?tTITiON , .GES 17-35) SS 0Foo,ooo AUDITioNs HE'i:rr£v-E:RY FRIDAY 2-srM TORONTO SCHOOL OF MUSIC CANADA 1063 MCNICOLL AVE. TORONTO, ON. MlW 3W6 PHONE: 416-260-1882 fAX: 416-260-9997 torontoschoolofinusic@canada.com www.torontoschoolofinusiccanada.com June 1 - July 7 2003 www.thewholenote.com 25
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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!
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!).