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Volume 9 Issue 5 - February 2004

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whnlftnnlft· 1n101e1TrotG TORONTO'S CLASSICAL AND POST CLASSICAL MUSIC SCENE Volume 9 #5, February 1 - March 7, 2004 Copyright © 2004 Wholenote Media Inc. 720 Bathurst St., Suite 503, Toronto, ON M5S 2R4 Publisher Editor David Perlman Production Manager Peter Hobbs Listings Simone Desilets, Karen Ages Jazz listings Sophia Perlman Webmaster Colin Puffer Web Technician Lee Weston Layout & Design David Perlman, Verity Hobbs, Mike Busija Cover Design Rocket Design. Advertising Allan Pulker, Karen Ages Circulation Manager Sheila McCoy COLUMNISTS Bandstand Merlin Williams Book Shelf Pamela Margles Choral Larry Beckwith , Composer Companion Jason van Eyk Early Music Frank Nakashima Jazz . Jim Galloway Music Theatre Sarah B. Hood Opera Christopher Hoile Quodlibet Allan Pulker T.O. Diary Colin Eatock Feature Writers Christine Little Ardagh, Katarina Bulat, Phil Ehrensaft, David Perlman Paul Steenhuisen DISCOVERIES (CD Reviews) Editor David Olds; Reviewers: ARB, Alex Baran.John Beckwith, Larry Beckwith, Don Brown, Den Ciul, Michelle Assay Eshghpour, Phil Ehrensaft, Daniel Foley, Jim Galloway, Wallace Halladay, nina Kiik, John Lehr, Pamela Margles, Frank Nakashima, Ted O'Reilly, Cathy Riches, Annette Sanger, Colin Savage, Bruce Surtees, Robert Tomas, Dianne Wells. Display Ad Sales, (Un)classified Ads & Listings: Phone 416·3?3-2232 Editorial: Phone 416-603·3786 E-mail: info@thewholenote.com Fax: 416-603-4791 Websites: www.thewholenote.com www.torontohearandnow.com Paid Subscriptions (/year + GST) Circulation & Display Stands: 416-928-6991 Dates and Deadlines Next issue is Volume 9 #6 covering March 1 to April 7, 2004 Free Event Lisiings Deadline: 6 pm Sunday, February 15 (covering period March 1ioApril7) . Display Ad Reservations Deadline: 6 pm Friday, February 13 (Un)classified Ads Deadline: 6 pm Monday, February 16 Black and White Ads must be received by noon Wednesday, February 18 Colour Ads must be received by noon Monday, February 16 Publication Date: Thursday, February 26 Circulation ~ CCAB QUALIFIED CIRCULATION: 28,609 copies (September 2003) !::!.P.~ Additional copies printed and distributed this month: 6,391 ··-~ ---- Total copies printed and distributed this month: 35,500 Printed in Canada by Couto Printing and Publishing Services Canadian Publication Product Sales Agreement 1263846 ISSN 14888-8785 WHOLENOTE WholeNote Media Inc. accepts no responsibility or liability for claims made for any product or service reported on or advertised in this issue. TABLE OF CONTENTS COVER STORY: THREE SNAPSHOTS: 6-10 06 Snapshot 1: Kraft & Silver 07 Snapshot 2: Soundstreams' Lawrence Cherney 08 Snapshot 3: T.A.B.B./ZygmuntJedrzejek DISCOVERIES (CD R~VIEWS) 12, 52-62 12 Editor's Corner David Olds 12 52 Opera and Vocal Music 53 Early Music and Period Performance 56 Classical and Romantic Era 57 Modern and Contemporary 58 Jazz 60 Pot Pourri 62 Discs of the Month CONCERT NOTES 13-17 13 T.O. Musical Diary Colin Eatock 14 QuodLibet Allan Pulker 15 Early Music Frank Nakashima 16 Choral Scene Larry Beckwith TORONTOHEARANDNOW (NEW MUSIC) 18~21 18 Composer Companions Jason Van Eyk . 18 New Music Quick Picks David Olds 19 CNMP News Keith Denning 1 19 Composer to Composer: John Rea interview by Paul Steenhuisen JAZZ AND BAND 22-23 22 Jazz Notes Jim Galloway 22 In the Listings ... Sophia Perlman 23 Band Stand Merlin Williams OPERA, MUSIC THEATRE, BOOKS 24-28 · 24 On Opera Christopher Hoile 26 Opera on DVD Phil Ehrensaft 26 Music Theatre Spotlight Sarah B. Hood 28 Book Shelf Pamela Margles EDUCATION FRONT; SPECIAL FOCUS ON HEALTH 29,30,48 29 Introduction David Perlman 29 Just keep playing .. . Katarina Bulat 29 Eight year in the making: AHC Christine Little Ardagh 48 A concerted effort please! Jim Tennyson COMPREHENSIVE LIVE LISTINGS 31-47 31 Daily concert listings (GT A) 44 Daily concert listings (Further Afield) 46 Opera and Music Theatre 46 Jazz: Concert Quick Picks 47 Jazz: Clubs I 49 Announcements, Lectures, Etcetera 51 (Un)classifieds 30 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS CALENDAR OF EDITORIAL SPECIALS March 04 (Feb 26*) Summer Music Education . April 04 (Mar 25*) Opera May 04 (Apr 29*) Choral Celebration June 04 (May 27*) Summer Music: Overview July/August 04 (June 25*) Summer Music: Details September 04 (Aug 26*) Music Education October 04 (Sept 30*) Members' Profiles Editorial inquiries: David Perlman 416-603-3786 Advertising inquiries: Allan Pu Iker 416-323-2232 *Denotes Publication Date February 1 - M arch 7 2004 www.thewholenote.com 5

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