November 2006 - The WholeNote

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Allan Pulker 59
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Canadian Music Centre 8
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Tallis Choir 45
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Toronto All-Star Big Band 27
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Toronto Children's Chorus 34
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Toronto Consort 8
Nonnie Griffin 39
Toronto Masque Theatre 29
North Toronto Institute of Music 59 65
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir 20
North York Concert Orchestra 62
Toronto Operetta Theatre 29
NTDTV 55
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Off Centre Music Salon 32 47
Toronto Symphony Orchestra 4
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Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir 48
Opera Atelier 16
True North Brass 69
Opera Ontario 51
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U of T, Scarborough Campus 39
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Organ For Sale 62
University Settlement House 40
Oriana Women's Choir 46
Verna Johnson 65
Oshawa-Durham Symphony 49
Village Voices 22
Pasquale Bros. 65
Women's Musical Club 41
York University Dept. of Music 23 38
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DISCoveries (1): Editor’s Corner:
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Jazz - stepping into history: Gene DiNovi Pamela Margles
BEAT BY BEAT (The Live Music Scene)
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T.O. Musical Diary Colin Eatock
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Quodlibet Allan Pulker
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Early Music Frank Nakashima
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Choral Scene Larry Beckwith
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World View Karen Ages
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Some Thing New Jason van Eyk
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Jazz Notes Jim Galloway
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FOR OPENERS ...
I’m getting too old for this so if there’s anything you’ve been
meaning to suggest to that editor at WholeNote, this would be
a good time to do it.
I’m getting too old for that one last photo that won’t be found;
that one last story that refuses to fall into place; that ad that
still won’t print; all the stragglers and strays that must be
corralled or cut loose: I’m too old for it, and after eleven
years my nerves are shot.
Last night for example it was jumping on a bicycle at 7pm and
booting it down to the RTH performers’ entrance to grab that
one crucial missing photo (for We are all Music’s Children,
page 64) from – oops, nearly gave it away.
It’s never the same culprit twice in a row. Jim Galloway’s
given us more than one nail-biter (with the travelling he does),
but this time he strolled in from Vienna a luxurious 24 hours
ahead of press time, and still found time to come up with
some pithy suggestions for prospective jazz club owners.
EDITOR’S CORNER
CMC’s
CentreDiscs:
a
retrospective
At right:
Chalmers House,
home of the CMC
since 1984.
And then of course, final straw, once I’ve finished blaming one
or other of my writers for holding things up, it’s always this
blasted Opener that actually ends up being the cause of the
final delay. So as I said, if there’s something you’ve been
As you will have noticed elsewhere in this issue, the Canadian Music
meaning to suggest to this editor (helpful and hopeful are
Centre’s recording arm, Centrediscs, is celebrating 25 years of
nice)… this is the time to do it.
productivity this month. This is a label that has provided a wealth of
material for me over the years in my various capacities as broadcaster,
researcher and presenter, and countless hours of pleasure to me simply
as a lover of good music. I sat down last night to try to make a “short
list” of the particular titles that had most impressed me over the past
two and a half decades and I found that it was simply not possible. The
list kept growing and growing. Early releases such as “Impact”
(CMCCD 2786) featuring the percussive wizardry of Beverley
Johnston in the stunning Steal the Thunder by Jean Piché,
“Masquerade” (CMCCD 3488) with Colin Tilney and the Canadian
Chamber Ensemble performing Murray Schafer’s Concerto for
Harpsichord and Eight Winds, and “Shadow Box” (CMCCD 3288)
with electronic compositions by David Jaeger and Larry Lake of “Two
New Hours” fame, among others, made a lasting impression on me.
I first saw Rivka Golani perform during the
World Music Days of the International Society
for Contemporary Music held in Toronto (and
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Montreal) in 1984. Anyone who has seen this
dynamic violist in concert knows what a
prouesse
captivating experience it is. She recorded on
We didn’t start out with the intention of being archivists,
numerous occasions for the Centrediscs label
but the highlight for me was “Prouesse”
however accidental. But imagine some musicologist, some
(CMCCD 4492), specifically the playfully
future hence, finding a copy of WholeNote and using these
demanding title track by Jean Papineau-Couture, Ann Southam’s
Listings to decode our ancient civilization. It will still be of
hauntingly hypnotic Re-Tuning and Marjan Mozetich’s post-modern
use, however slight.
Baroque Diversion.
Other highlights from the early ’90s include Robert Cram and the
How much more so then, will be the value of the archiving of Pierrot Ensemble’s performances of chamber works by Brian Cherney,
national musical consciousness embodied in twenty five years Bruce Mather and especially Gilles Tremblay on “Envol” (CMCCD
of Centrediscs at the Canadian Music Centre. There will be a 5094), and the wonderful tribute to one of Canada’s true musical icons,
Sir Ernest MacMillan, on “A Centenary Celebration” (CMCCD 4993).
reception (November 25) celebrating the 25 years. I hope I
One of the treasures of my vinyl collection is an old Deutsche
can cadge a ticket to listen to some of the justifiable bragging Grammophon LP by the Amadeus Quartet of MacMillan’s String
going on.
Quartet and Two Sketches on French Canadian Airs. (Some day I’d
David Perlman, Editor like to find out the story behind that recording. Perhaps I should ask
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A confession: I can barely read music and stand in awe of
people who can pick up a score and digest it the way I do a
newspaper page – the music released through notation directly
to the mind. And then the other day I found myself realizing
that there are probably people out there who can read the
WholeNote listings the same way they read a score – they can
look at the names of the works being performed and release to
mind from memory the sounds that the words represent. John
Q. Walker, as Colin Eatock explains (page 16), has programmed a piano to do Gould’s Goldberg without benefit of
Glenn. Maybe he could come up with a little something to
bring our Listings alive without the reader having to go out the
door. Just think, we’d none of us ever have to go to another
concert.
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Friday, December 1 /06
Brazilian Pathways
Celso Machado & Friends
Guitarist, percussionist and vocalist Celso Machado returns to wow the audience at Glenn Gould Studio.
He’s joined by brother Carlinhos Machado, Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista, the outstanding young
pianist David Virelles, and the versatile Rich Brown on bass for a Brazilian musical adventure.
Tuesday, December 5 /06
Nimmons 'n More
Dave McMurdo Jazz Orchestra
Through dynamic compositions and arrangements, the DMJO lends an invigorating breath to the big band
tradition. Works by several members of the band will be included, along with music by Harry Freedman and
Phil Nimmon’s recent SOCAN commission, Conversations, written specifically for this 19-piece big band.
An evening that you won’t soon forget!
Saturday, January 13 /07
Canzoni del Sud
Michael Occhipinti, guitar & Alessandra Belloni, vocals/percussion
Two artists exploring and reshaping the folk music of Southern Italy join in a unique collaboration at Glenn
Gould Studio. Inspired by field recordings of Sicilian folk music, they add a jazzy twist to traditional tunes.
Also featuring guest vocalist Domenic Mancuso, and more.
Saturday, January 20 /07
Scots, Wha Hae
Meredith Hall, soprano, Toronto Masque Theatre & Shaggy Haggis
Raise a wee dram with a program of words and music around a Scottish theme. A mixture of instrumental
and vocal music, with readings and songs in a wide range of styles, from the Renaissance to Reels to
Robert Burns.
Newly Announced!
Friday, April 20 /07
Final Fantasy
Owen Pallett, violinist, vocalist and songwriter
Winner of the Inaugural Polaris Music Prize with a special concert presentation for Glenn Gould Studio
For complete details of the 13th Season OnStage, visit
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Hosted by Shelley Solmes
Glenn Gould Studio, Canadian Broadcasting Centre, 250 Front St. West, Toronto
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On our Cover:
Stepping into Jazz History
with Gene DiNovi
Interview by Pamela Margles
Entering Gene DiNovi’s studio is like stepping into
jazz history – but this is history as it’s still being
made. The large room on the top floor of his downtown Toronto townhouse is dominated by a Steinway grand. On the
played it. I used to sit alone with him all day in the back of his
piano lie some of his arrangements of Gershwin tunes he played at
house in Connecticut just playing. He could be very thoughtless,
a concert in Kitchener the previous night. The walls are covered
and didn’t realize when he hurt people. But I would love to wake
with photos and posters of concert dates from around the world.
up tomorrow and be able to play with him again. There’s an impeBooks and scores are piled up everywhere.
tus of swing with anything he did, something you can’t define.’
DiNovi has played piano with legendary singers like Peggy
DiNovi, who was born in 1928, started studying piano when
Lee, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Anita O’Day, Carmen McCrae,
he was twelve, and was already playing professionally at fifteen. ‘I
Billy Holiday, Dinah Shore and Frank Sinatra, and worked with
was so in love with the stuff, and I was so young I didn’t have the
jazz greats like Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Buddy Defranco,
sense to be scared. My brother used to take me to vaudeville. I saw
Chick Webb’s band with Ella Fitzgerald when I
Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Zoot Sims, Ruby
Braff, Benny Carter, and even Frank Zappa.
“When people ask me how was about six, and she was about sixteen.’
‘My first teacher, Frank Izzo was a hat
He points to a photo of the Claude Thornhill
to play jazz, I always say, blocker and a Communist. He loved music.
Band’s rhythm section. ‘My son William is
study Ravel for harmony, But he was a really bad player. My brother was
named after Thornhill’s drummer, Billy Exiner.
Billy never made the history books, but he was a play the Bach Inventions for an artist, and he earned his living by decorating
very interesting guy, and a great influence. At
technique, and swing, be- houses in Brooklyn. Frank gave me some lesinstead of paying him for painting his
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cause they swung. After sons
house. It wasn’t first-class teaching but he
just sat down at the drums at a dance... . He was
our cultural guru. I called him the ‘sleeping sage’ that ... learn all the tunes.” made an eclectic out of me. A lesson would
because he would sleep anywhere. The Thornhill band created an
incredibly impressionistic cloud-like sound, and Billy would literally
fall asleep playing.’
‘Claude’s orchestra was seminal in the forties. But whenever he
became successful, he would break up his band. He couldn’t stand
success. But his rhythm section wanted to stay together, so they put
an ad in Downbeat Magazine, “Rhythm Section for Hire”. Peggy
Lee, who was very smart, hired them. They’d go to Nola’s Studio
in New York and play. Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Brew Moore, all
these guys would walk in and join them. That’s how I started
working with them.’
Two portraits of DiNovi in the studio were sketched by Tony
Bennett. ‘Tony is a great ballad singer, and he can get a rhythm
thing going better than Frank Sinatra. But it’s more show business
than jazz. Sinatra’s not a jazz singer, either. There’s a recording of
him trying to sing Billy Strayhorn’s Lush Life. He just couldn’t do
it. He tried Have a Heart, which I wrote with Johnny Mercer, and
said, “Nobody can sing this.” Whereas Peggy did it easily, with
phrasing and subtlety. Peggy swung.’
‘I actually learned the most from working with Lena Horne and her
husband, the arranger Lennie Hayton. Lena’s not a jazz singer either.
But who cares - she’s a great performer, even more than a great singer.’
‘A lot of swing musicians hired us because they wanted to learn
about bebop. Artie Shaw called me to his apartment to show him
what bebop was about. You know everything when you’re eighteen
years old! But there was a lot of friction between the swing and
bebop players, with people hating each other. The older musicians
didn’t think we could swing, and they were quite right, at that
point. We were great but we weren’t good, if you know what I
mean. But we did fantastic things that scared the older guys, so
there was a lot of backlash. And we sure did learn to swing... .
I never knew back then if I was going to play great or badly. We
took chances. Playing that kind of music, you have to take huge
risks because it’s very hard.’
‘When I joined Benny Goodman’s group, he really wanted to
find out about what we were doing. The only time Goodman was
truly happy was when he was playing the clarinet. He was just
made to play that instrument – and he played it like no one ever
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consist of a Bach Invention, a novelty tune like Dainty Miss. Then
he had me studying Joseph Schillinger’s permutations!’
‘When people ask me how to play jazz, I always say, study
Ravel for harmony, play the Bach Inventions for technique, and
swing, because they swung. After that you can learn all the tunes.
Bud Powell used to play Bach and then go and play Bud Powell and it all showed.’
‘I’ve always been in love with harmony. It’s supposed to be a
long suit of mine. I learned from Chuck Wayne, a great virtuoso
guitar player. He taught me the tunes and the chords. He had
worked with a gorgeous piano player named Clarence Profit, who
wrote Lullaby in Rhythm, which was really the first bebop tune.
The older I get, the more I feel that I don’t need frills. Basie was
the most original piano player of all time - he just found his own
way of playing. But he could do stride and all that other stuff too,
which he learned from Fats Waller.’
‘The best thing we can do is find our own way of expressing
ourselves that we really feel, so it comes out with substance. A lot
of players get ruined when they try to be little John Coltranes, Bill
Evans, or Charlie Parkers. We all listened to each other, and it
showed. You have to give a guy like Paul Desmond credit for
playing a different way from Charlie Parker. You’ve got to try for
your own thing. We all are able to do it if we understand that we
can all do things that the other guy can’t do, and we can’t do things
that he does – that’s the beauty of it. Music will eventually humble
you, one way or the other.’
DiNovi gestures to a photo of a very large man with a beautific
smile. ‘ I dedicated my recording Live at the Montreal Bistro to the
great Tiny Kahn. Tiny was about 6’4” and 300-and-something
pounds. He looked like a whale. He was a wonderful wiz, and an
incredible personality. I remember when we were waiting to record
with Lester Young. I was all of twenty, and he said to me, like this
was a dream, “Man, you’re going to record with Prez.” Tiny
swung, so Lester really liked him. Now I realize how ill Lester
was at that time, but, boy, he really played.’
‘Lester had his own language. You just had to figure it out.
He would turn to you while you’re playing, and say, “George
Washington”. Okay, he meant “Go to the bridge of the tune”. If
he liked something, he’d say, “Bells”. And if he didn’t like some-
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From left to right:
DiNovi with Teddy Wilson
(c.1967, photo Tommy
Shepherd);
With Benny Carter (1995);
With Duke Ellington (1968).
thing, he’d say, “No bells”. This was an inventive mind. There used
to be a saying that if you threw something out a window in New York
in those days you would hit a Lester Young-type tenor player’.
‘But if Lester got drunk, you ran the other way fast. Zoot Sims
was the only junkie I ever knew who was always affable, without a
bad bone in his body. Even in the worst times he always had a great
sense of humour. He was a fun-lover, and he played that way.’
‘But those guys didn’t play better because they did drugs, even
though they thought they did. They were just so good they were
able to do it. We’re talking about maybe twenty-five very talented
musicians. But there were another 2,000 who were also killing
themselves with drugs and drinking, but couldn’t play anyways. I
just never understood. I guess I would have had a bigger name today if I had been one of them. But I’d be dead like they are.’
DiNovi has always spent a lot of time with classical musicians,
like the avant-garde composer Stefan Wolpe, who taught some of
DiNovi’s jazz friends. ‘We were around him all the time in New
York. He liked jazz musicians. I used to listen to records with him.
He was an egomaniac, but I liked him. He was very dramatic, very
grand, and he had a bit of confidence. But let’s face it, if you’re
going to write music like that you’ve got to be able to afford it.
Guys would put money in a bowl for him.’
When I ask DiNovi whether there is anyone he wishes he had
played with, he is, for the first time during our interview, at a loss
for words. ‘I was lucky enough to play with everybody we’ve talked
about. So it’s more a matter of some people I wish I had played
more with, like the drummer Kenny Clarke.’
‘But playing alone is absolutely the badge of honour. If you’re
really comfortable doing that, you’ve passed a supreme test. I’m still
not there, but I get closer every time. That’s why I still practice. A
lot of bass players don’t like two-fisted piano players. I knew I was
starting to play really good solo piano when a bass player walked
out on me. He said, “You’re playing my part, man”.’
‘But it can be a pleasure to give up being that definite with the
left hand when you’re with a great bass player like Dave Young,
Neil Swainson or Don Thompson. In my era, the bebop thing was
to hit a chord and then be brilliant with the right hand. So we didn’t
have to use the left hand, even though there were very few great
bass players in those days, not as many as there are now. But I’m
always developing my left hand.’
Since his move to Toronto in 1972, DiNovi has found terrific
musicians to record and work with. Along with Young, Thompson
and Swainson, there’s the remarkably versatile clarinetist James
Campbell, known primarily as a classical musician, as well as drummers Terry Clarke and Joe LaBarbera.
DiNovi has a special rapport with audiences. ‘I like people. I like
to talk to them.’ He reaches them directly. It’s a talent that has put
him frequently on radio and television, and taken him all over the
world performing and giving masterclasses. In fact his latest disc,
Flower of the Night, was recorded on one of his many trips to Japan.
‘I went to Russia in 1967 with Dinah Shore. Dinah was an
American icon at that point. It was like she was in her living room
with these people. But we were playing in a circus in Minsk. It was
the most interesting experience of my life. I never want to do it
again. The orchestra was great. The lead trumpet player played so
beautifully he could make you cry, but the guy right next to him
couldn’t play anything. We couldn’t figure it out. They gave Dinah
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300 Lonsdale Rd
AUTUMN COLOURS
Saturday, Nov 18, 8 pm
Jesus Amigo, Conductor
Angela Park, Pianist
Etsuko Kimura, Violinist
CHAUSSON Concerto for Violin and Piano
HARRY FREEDMAN Fantasy and Allegro
MOZART Quintet K614 orchestral version
$40, $32, $12
CHRISTMAS FANCIES
Saturday, Dec 9, 8 pm
Ballet Espressivo
Floortje Gerritsen, Violinist
CORELLI Christmas Concerto
MOZART Violin Concerto # 2
ANDRE PREVOST Scherzo
TELEMANN Don Quixote
GADE Christmas Eve
$30, $25, $12
FEBRUARY HEATWAVE
... with Gene DiNovi
and me samovars with inscriptions. We were weeping. They said to
us, “You go back to America and tell Duke Ellington and Count
Basie and Coleman Hawkins we love them very much.”’
‘Once I was playing with Peggy Lee at the Copacabana, and my
hero walked in – Mel Powell. But he had the thickest German accent
I ever heard. He sure didn’t learn that accent growing up as Melvin
Epstein from the Bronx. He had been studying with the German
composer Paul Hindemith at Yale. He was a pretentious bastard like
you never saw – but boy, could he play the piano. He only played
for around 10 years and then went into classical music. He just decided he didn’t want to do jazz anymore.’
‘It was his recording of The World is Waiting for The Sunrise
that started me playing jazz piano. The song is actually by a Canadian, Ernest Seitz. I heard this record as a kid and said to myself,
I’ve got to try that.’ DiNovi puts on the record. ‘This is the most
exciting piano solo of all time to me. I get chills from the energy.
The clarinetist was listed as Shoeless John Jackson. But as soon as
you heard the first note you knew it was Benny Goodman.’ He sits
at the piano and starts playing along.
We listen to Carmen McRae singing DiNovi’s own song Boy,
Do I Have a Surprise for You, and he tells me how he first came to
Toronto in 1971. ‘Carmen was doing some of my songs. She said
to me, “If you don’t come with me to Toronto I won’t do any more
of your songs”. Well, that was an offer I couldn’t refuse.’
On the closed piano lid is displayed the score of a song called To
A Young Lady by Canadian composer, conductor and arranger Robert Farnon, along with letters from Farnon to DiNovi. Farnon lived
mostly in England after the war, and died just recently. ‘This is an
incredibly beautiful thing. Bob was quite a ladies’ man. When you
hear his music, you’ll know why. I don’t know anybody’s music I
have ever heard that has moved me more than Farnon’s.’
‘He influenced every jazz composer and arranger in the last
century. He was born just south of College Street - his brother pointed it out to me once. I can always tell his stuff because it touches
me so deeply. André Previn said he was the greatest writer for
strings ever. There’s a thing he did with Joe Williams which is
incredible - you must hear this.’ He plays Williams singing Here’s
to Life with The Robert Farnon Orchestra, and follows it with From
the Emerald Isle. ‘This makes me just weep and scream and holler.
When you listen to Emerald Isle you’ll get the message I’m trying to
give.’
Saturday, Feb 3 , 8pm
Antonio di Cristofano, Pianist
HEALEY WILLAN Poem
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2
MOZART Quintet K516 orchestral version
$40, $32, $12
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Saturdays 3:30 pm Jan 27, Mar 3, Mar 31, Apr 28
4 family concerts for $79, $49 & $39
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DISCOGRAPHY
DiNovi has made countless recordings over the years. A number of
discs, mostly from his Toronto years, are available from That Guy
Music, thatguymusic@hotmail.com (416.820.6379), including:
The Scandinavian Suite No. 1 by Gene DiNovi (1958; reissued
1995) Pedi Mega Records– DiNovi calls The Scandinavian Suite
‘probably the most important musical moment of my life.’
Rudy Braff, Gene DiNovi: The Canadian Sessions 1984 Sackville
Gene DiNovi Trio: Renaissance of a Jazz Master 1993 Candid
Gene DiNovi Trio: Live at the Montreal Bistro 1993 Candid
Gene DiNovi: Plays the Music of Benny Carter: Souvenir 1999
Hep
James Campbell, Dave Young, Gene DiNovi: Manhattan Echoes
2000 Marquis
Gene DiNovi Trio: Memories of 52nd Street Con Alma 2005 Pedi
Mega
Gene DiNovi Trio: Flower of the Night (not yet released)
One of DiNovi’s longest and most interesting compositions, Alice in
the Orchestra, for voice and symphony orchestra (libretto by Gary
Michael Dault), is not yet available for commercial release.
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GLENN GOULD SCHOOL VOCAL SHOWCASE
OF RAGE AND REMEMBRANCE
Glenn Gould School Voice Department Students
Stuart Hamilton emcee
The Royal Conservatory Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey conductor
Mark Fewer violin
An evening of art songs and arias
SIROTA Meridians (North American premiere)
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1
CORIGLIANO Symphony No. 1
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 8 PM
RCM Concert Hall
90 Croatia Street (Bloor & Dufferin)
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 8 PM
George Weston Recital Hall
Toronto Centre for the Arts (5040 Yonge Street)
Adults $15, Students & Seniors $10
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Adults $20, Students & Seniors $10
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Glenn Gould School Students
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Music of Sampson, Bach and Boehme
Music by Webern, Vivier, Lutoslawski and more
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 12 PM
RCM Concert Hall
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 8 PM
RCM Concert Hall
Free admission, all welcome
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T.O.
Musical
Diary
by Colin Eatock
Opera The Ghost in the Machine
Atelier
timeless
The
Magic
Flute
W. A. Mozart
This production generously sponsored by
“The most
inventive staging of
The Magic Flute
seen in this city
in the past
quarter century”
William Littler | The Toronto Star
Nov 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25 @ 7:30 pm
Nov 19, 26 @ 3:00 pm
Elgin Theatre 189 Yonge Street
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Sung in English with English and French Surtitles™.
Original artwork by Gerard Gauci
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September 17, 2006: The atmosphere at the Four Seasons Centre is
festive, in celebration of the conclusion of Canada’s first Ring
cycle. There are a lot of music critics present (there is, in fact, a
whole convention of music critics taking place in Toronto), and their
chatter ranges over a wide range of musical subjects.
I overhear two of them talking about an upcoming performance
by Glenn Gould. This sounds strange, to say the least - Gould has been
dead for almost 25 years - and so I politely intrude to ask what
they’re talking about. It turns out that they are discussing a computerized reproduction of Gould’s 1955 recording of the Goldberg
Variations that will take place at the CBC later in the month.
September 21, 2006: I do some searching on the internet, and find the
man who’s behind this unusual event - a North Carolina-based computer
whiz named John Q. Walker. And when I reach Walker by phone at
Zenph Studios (the business he owns), he patiently explains to me what
he’s done, and what he’s going to do in Toronto.
He’s created a computer programme that can analyze a recording
of a piano, calculating the exact force and speed of each keystroke. This
data can then be fed into a high-tech, computerized player-piano called a
Disklavier Pro, which will then play back the music, as the pianist originally played it. His “re-performance” (as he calls it) on September 25 at
the Glenn Gould Studio, will be the first time Walker’s rendering of
Gould’s 1955 Goldbergs will be “played” in public. And not only will
it be heard coast-to-coast on the CBC, it will be recorded by Sony BMG
Masterworks, for release on a digitally recorded CD.
September 25, 2006: The CBC’s recital hall fills up with a very
curious audience, many of whom seem to be members of Toronto’s
Glenn Gould Society. CBC announcer Andrew Craig invites the
audience members to close their eyes and imagine they’re about to
hear Gould, back in 1955, recording the Goldberg Variations. After
a couple of minutes of this, I peek - and what I see, not surprisingly, is a piano playing itself: keys moving, pedals going up and down.
After the “re-performance,” the lobby buzzes with excitement. To some, the experience was an almost supernatural communing with the spirit of Gould. Others - including one elderly gentleman who knew Gould well - were unconvinced by what they heard.
As for me, I can’t deny I was impressed. But in my opinion, what’s
really at issue is not whether Walker has created something that
sounds exactly like Gould, or merely almost exactly like Gould. The
big question is, what happens now?
I speak to one pianist (who shall remain nameless) who
points out that it would be possible, with this technology, to slip a
computer disk into a piano just before a recital and “finger-synch” to
his own, or even someone else’s, performance. Another clever person suggests that a pianist could simultaneously give multiple recitals: the performance data would be transmitted, via the internet, to
Disklavier pianos in halls around the world.
Personally, I don’t think the world’s concert halls are about
to become populated by pianists who “aren’t really there” any time
soon. The most practical application, at present, of Walker’s invention is probably the re-issuing of old recordings. It will be interesting to see how well the new CD of the Goldbergs sells, when it’s
released next year.
And with all due respect to Walker, I rather hope that Sony
BMG’s release of the Gould “re-performance” doesn’t set any sales
records. The classical music world can be downright necrophilic at
times, investing too much time, energy and money in the worship of
the past. I’d rather hear a truly new recording by a living pianist
with something new to say about the Goldbergs. Let’s remember
Gould - but let’s also move on!
Colin Eatock is a Toronto-based composer and writer, who frequently
contributes to the Globe and Mail/ and other publications.
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Sunday November 5, 2006 • The Music Gallery • Slowind Quintet
Monday November 27, 2006 • Glenn Gould Studio
Slowind Returns
Sofia Gubaidulina: A Portrait
Lojze Lebic (Slovenia, 1934) – Dogodki II (Events II) (2002)**
György Ligeti (Hungary, 1923–2006) – 10 Pieces for Woodwind Quintet (1968)
Robert Aitken (Canada, 1939) – Folia (1981)*
Vinko Globokar (Slovenia, 1934) – Avgustin, dober je vin (2002)**
Jürg Wyttenbach (Switzerland, 1935) – Serenade vor Lufthössen (2005)**
197 John St. • Introduction 7:15 • Concert 8:00 • Box Office 416 204-1080
Friedrich Lips (Russia), bayan; Patricia Green, soprano;
Michael Schulte, violin; NMC Ensemble; Fujiko Imajishi,
violin; Steven Dann, viola; David Hetherington, cello;
Erica Goodman, harp; Robert Aitken, flute and direction
* Canadian work | ** Canadian premiere
Thursday 2 November, 2006 7–9 pm • Gallery 345 • 345 Sorauren Ave.
Slowind Blows Good Will
The outstanding Slovenian woodwind quintet performs works by Scarlatti,
Mozart, Nielsen and Ligeti In a festive meet and greet event at Gallery 345
345 Sorauren Ave. (South of Dundas West between Lansdowne and Roncesvalles)
Tickets $50 advance (call NMC at 416 961–9594) | $65 at the door• Admission includes
hors d’oeuvres and open bar • Sponsored by Saint Andre Brewing Company
Proceeds to benefit New Music Concerts
Sofia Gubaidulina (Russia/Germany, 1931)
In Croce (1978) for bayan and cello
The Garden of Joy and Sorrow (1980 rev.1993)
for flute, harp and viola
Silenzio (1991) for bayan, violin and cello
Hommage à T.S. Eliot (1987/91) for soprano and octet
Abigail Richardson (England/Canada, 1976)
*Concerto for Violin & String Quintet** (2006)
* Canadian work | ** World premiere
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QUODLibet
by Allan Pulker
K-W blues
Once again a symphony orchestra
is in the news because of its financial problems, this time, the
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
What we are being told is that the
Orchestra needs $2.5 million by the
end of October if it is to continue.
It is a curious state of affairs: like
a bolt out of the blue, one of the
cities’ principal arts organizations has
gone from business-as-usual to a
state of desperate insolvency. This
was duly noted in today’s KitchenerWaterloo Record: “the symphony
didn’t allow much time…when it
outlined its desperate financial straits
with such urgency that it still galls
many people.” (October 26)
General Manager, Daniel
Donaldson’s explanation, quoted in
the Oct 26 Globe and Mail, didn’t
really make sense of the situation:
“…the urgency of the appeal was
due to an unexpected plunge in the
orchestra’s annual earned revenue.”
Later he is quoted as saying
“…the KWS’s problems are mainly
due to the same waning of public
interest in live classical music that
has challenged other larger orchestras”. (Meanwhile in the same five
years since 2001 when KWS “audiences began to thin”, York University’s music department has quadrupled in size and WholeNote’s listings have grown from around 350
per issue to around 550 per issue.)
On the brighter side, The Globe
went on to say that the orchestra has
$1.6-million in pledges so far, none
yet from local corporations which can
be expected to chip in but need a
little time to work out the details.
Let us hope the orchestra survives
the crisis and turns to the future invigorated. The “waning interest,
greying heads in the audience” approach is defeatist, and flies in the
face of at least some of the evidence.
Meanwhile back in Toronto the
Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s
season is in high gear. If you have
children or grandchildren I recommend taking them to hear one of its
performances of Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals on November 4
& 5. On November 15 & 16 the
ever popular Sir Andrew Davis will
conduct. On November 22, 23 &
25 BBC Philharmonic conductor,
Gianandrea Noseda will conduct the
Canadian premiere of “The Rider on
the White Horse” by Sofia
Gubaidulina, Rimsky-Korsakov’s
Scheherazade and Schumann’s A
Minor Piano Concerto played by
Anton Kuerti. Perhaps the Russian
content on the program has something to do with the fact that Noseda
has worked extensively in that country as the Principal Guest Conductor
at the Mariinsky Theatre in St.
Petersburg. The TSO then continues its programming of music by
Russian composers with two pairs
of concerts, “Images of Russia” on
November 29 & 30, conducted by
Yannick Nézet-Séguin and “Russian
Masterworks” on December 6 & 7
conducted by Peter Oundjian.
On Sunday, November 26 Roy
Thomson Hall will present a performance by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by
Kurt Masur. They will play
Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony and
Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D Minor with soloist, Sarah Chang. It’s
been 35 years since they were here.
York Accolades
York University’s music program is
a sleeping giant that has been growing at a furious pace, its enrolment
having quadrupled to 505 students
in the past six years. York’s ambitious “Accolade” project, a 280,000
square foot building with facilities
for music and dance, was opened
last spring and is now fully operational. The building houses many
teaching and rehearsal studios of
various sizes, four large rehearsal
studios suitable for large ensembles,
faculty offices, an acoustical gem of
a recital hall, a theatre with a pit and
a 500-seat screening room/lecture
hall. While the new facility should
be adequate well into the future it
already appears to be operating at
almost full capacity. In mid- October I toured the building and found
it alive with music, everything from
a lesson on a Chopin piano concerto,
to Indian drumming, a lesson on the
use of filters in recording technology, choral conducting, medieval
music, salsa percussion, jazz standards and the interpretation of Schubert
lieder.
While there I spoke at some length
Catherine Robbin
with the department’s new chair,
Catherine Robbin and with Faculty
of Fine Arts publicity and special
projects manager, Brigitte Kleer, who
commented that the music department, formerly housed in four buildings, none of which “was built for
music… and were meant to be temporary,” literally outgrew its space.
“It’s fabulous,” she added, “that they
finally have a space that’s made for
music….” She went on to point out
that a major benefit of the new space
is that music students are in proximity to dance, film and visual arts students, creating new opportunities for
interdisciplinary collaborations - student musicians creating the music for
student dancers, student composers
writing scores for student films etc.
The Music Department’s new
chair, Catherine Robbin, is wellknown in Canadian music circles for
her 30-year career as an opera singer
and recitalist. She began teaching at
York a mere six years ago at the
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Lawrence Cherney, Artistic Director
“The (Berlin based) RIAS Chamber Choir …
defines the very best in choral singing” AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
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RIAS KAMMERCHOR BERLIN:
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RIAS KAMMERCHOR BERLIN:
GERMAN ROMANTICS
with Studio de musique ancienne
de Montréal & chamber orchestra
Friday, November 24, 2006 @ 8pm
with Organist William O’Meara
Sunday, November 26, 2006 @ 3pm
North American premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina’s Jetzt
Immer Schnee (as part of the Gubaidulina Festival), in
celebration of her 75th birthday. Works by Vito Zuraj,
Brian Cherney (North American premiere), Klaas deVries
and music from the Renaissance.
RIAS Kammerchor Berlin the world’s foremost interpreter
of German Romantic choral music. Works by Schubert,
Brahms, Schumann, Mahler, Gubaidulina and Ligeti (in
memoriam).
Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East General Admission
Adult $40 / Senior $25 / Student $10 (with valid i.d.)
416.366.7723
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Tickets St. Lawrence Centre Box Office
Or in person Noon-6pm Monday to Saturday at 27 Front Street East, Toronto
The Night To Sing
A Concert of Remembrance
Wednesday, November 8, 2006, 8 p.m.
Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen Street East, Toronto
Bramwell Tovey, Chief Conductor
Amadeus Choir, Lydia Adams, Artistic Director
Marking the inaugural performance of
Bramwell Tovey as the HSSB’s Chief
Conductor and Artistic Advisor, this concert
will commemorate Remembrance Day with a
performance of Tovey’s Requiem Mass for a
Charred Skull which won the 2003 JUNO
Bramwell Tovey Amadeus Choir
Award for best classical composition. Other
works to be performed include Walton’s Prelude & Fugue: Spitfire,
Tovey’s The Night To Sing, inspired by VE Day celebrations and
Derek Healey's remarkable setting of In Flanders Fields.
“Toronto’s brass band par excellence”
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This concert generously sponsored by NTN Bearings Canada
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EARLY Music
by Frank Nakashima
TORONTO MENDELSSOHN
CHOIR PRESENTS
Festival
of Carols
Rejoice with the TMC
and catch the holiday spirit!
With Guest Conductor PAUL HALLEY
JOHN FRASER, narrator
TORONTO MENDELSSOHN YOUTH CHOIR
MATTHEW LARKIN, organ
THE FESTIVAL BRASS
Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at 8:00 p.m.
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
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The relatively-new Scaramella
chamber series continues to juxtapose historical and modern music.
Their next program presents early
Italian Renaissance works by Josquin, Compère, Vincenzo Ruffo and
others, with 20th century master
Arvo Pärt (November 4). Scaramella’s artistic director Joëlle Morton
(gamba) is joined by Katherine Hill
(soprano and tenor viol), Daniel Cabena (countertenor), Brandon Leis
(tenor), Kathleen Kajioka (violin and
viola) and Sheila Smyth (viola, treble viol). Visit www.scaramella.ca
The ever-provocative, clever and
talented I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble is joined by special guest
Olivier Fortin in a program titled
“I’ll be watching you” in which all
the music revolves around the theme
of “stalking” (Nov 10 in Toronto,
Nov 17 in Thornhill). Their repertoire is always varied, with rarely
performed works mingled with
fresh looks at well-known material. Lots of twists and turns guaranteed! See www. ifuriosi.com.
Named after the singers and lutenists in the Stuart kings’ chambers
and chapel royal, The Musicians
In Ordinary are soprano Hallie
Fishel and lutenist John Edwards.
Nov 11 they bring a concert of songs
set to lyrics by two of England’s
best-known Elizabethan courtiers Sir
Philip Sidney and Robert Devereux,
Earl of Essex, including music of
the famous John Dowland and court
musician Daniel Batchelar. Website:
www.musiciansinordinary.ca
Mozart’s best-loved opera, The
Magic Flute, returns to the beautiful
Elgin Theatre (November 17, 18,
19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26), brought to
you by Opera Atelier. Follow Tamino’s quest to rescue Pamina from
the evil Queen of the Night, under
the direction of Marshall Pynkoski,
with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, conducted by David Fallis.
This delightfully colourful production (“like an explosion in a flower
shop”) gets better and better. See the
website: www.operaatelier.com
Inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry
Purcell’s Fairy Queen will charm,
entertain and move you. Brilliant
British harpsichordist Richard Egarr
directs the Tafelmusik forces and
soloists Laurie Reviol (soprano),
Marc Molomot (haute-contre) and
Olivier Laquerre (baritone) - (November 29 – December 3). Website: www.tafelmusik.org
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Imagine singers, violins, cornetti, sackbuts, theorbos, and keyboards
all around Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre,
recreating the joyful celebration of
Christmas Vespers as it might have
been heard under Michael Praetorius
in 17th century Germany (Dec 8-9).
Now an annual tradition, this Toronto Consort program is unlike
your usual Christmas presentation.
See www.torontoconsort.org
The Toronto Masque Theatre
opens their 2006/07 season (November 9-11) by celebrating Ovid’s famous tale, Venus and Adonis. A dramatic presentation of Shakespeare’s
version, performed by actor Derek
Boyes, is followed by a setting to
music by John Blow a century later.
This “masque entertainment” features sopranos Michele DeBoer and
Rachel Harwood-Jones, bass Andrew Mahon, dancer Marie-Nathalie
Lacoursière, and a period instrument
band directed by Larry Beckwith.
Visit www. torontomasquetheatre.ca
An intimate evening of Schubert’s
chamber works awaits you at the
Academy Concert Series program
Romantic Soul: Schubert’s Chamber Works. The Windermere String
Quartet on period instruments are
joined by Sharon Burlacoff (fortepiano) and Alison Mackay (doublebass) performing the well-loved
“Trout” Quintet and more. Website:
www .academyconcertseries .com
Among the out-of-town activities
is Greensleaves. Shannon PurvesSmith & Marilyn Fung, viols,
Magdalena Tomsinska, lute, and
Jenny Enns-Modolo, mezzo-soprano, take their 16th and 17th century show on the road, Nov 10 at
the University of Western Ontario,
and Dec 6 for the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society.
Meanwhile, the fabulous duo Les
Voix Humaines (Susie Napper,
Margaret Little, violas da gamba)
pay a visit to Gravenhurst (Nov
14) in a program of works by Marin
Marais, Sainte-Colombe, and
Couperin. Former Tafelmusik violinist Linda Melsted gives a recital (Nov 15) at the University of
Waterloo. And the Black Hole Bistro at Waterloo’s Perimeter Institute
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CHORAL Scene
by Larry Beckwith
As usual, November is a month
of intriguing, innovative programming. Not quite holiday season and
far enough from Thanksgiving and
Yom Kippur, it’s a time to try out
unusual repertoire and to present
exciting visiting choirs.
The month begins with Soundstreams Canada’s University
Voices Festival. Some of the country’s finest University choirs (including Manitoba, Laurier and
McGill) descend for a weekend of
workshops, massed choir rehearsals and concerts, the centerpiece
being November 3 when, under the
former choirmaster of Westminster
Abbey, Martin Neary, they perform the Canadian premiere of
James MacMillan’s Sun-Dogs and
the world premiere of the latest choral work by Canadian James Rolfe.
The Czech Boys Choir, currently touring Canada, stops in
Barrie on November 4. Founded
in 1982, the choir has grown in
leaps and bounds and, under Pavel Horák and Jakub Martinec, garnered international recognition. Call
705-728-8679 for tickets.
There are several Remembrance
Day programs from the city’s top
choirs, beginning November 8 with
the Amadeus Choir, with the Hannaford Street Silver Band, performing Requiem Mass for a Charred
Skull, by Bramwell Tovey. Tovey
will conduct. The Toronto Choral
Society, under Geoffrey Butler,
presents The Larks, Still Bravely
Singing on November 10, featuring pieces that will offer a cathartic opportunity to honour the fallen. Also November 10, the University of Toronto Women’s
Choir, performs under Robert
Cooper, at Victoria Chapel.
On November 11, the day itself,
All the King’s Voices perform the
Mozart Requiem at Willowdale
Church, while the Guelph Chamber Choir perform the same piece
at the River Run Centre in Guelph.
The Mendelssohn Singers participate in a special presentation of Ruth
Fazal’s celebrated Oratorio Terezin
at the George Weston Recital Hall.
The Hamilton Children’s Choir
(the only choir from all of North
America to earn a spot in the upcoming world-renowned 2006 Tolosa International Choral Competition in Spain) and a pick-up group
of adult choristers perform Karl
Jenkins’ Requiem under Zemfira
Poloz at Centenary United Church
in Hamilton.
Perhaps this year, more than most,
these concerts will give us an opportunity to look into our souls and
consider the high price of war.
Elsewhere in these pages you’ll
read a complete preview of Opera
Atelier’s upcoming performances of
Mozart’s The Magic Flute. It doesn’t
have a lot of choral music, but what
is there is sublime, and David Fallis
always does great work preparing a
chorus . Performances at the Elgin
Theatre begin November 17.
Another Kevin Komisaruk vehicle is test-driven on November 18.
The dynamic and innovative conduc-
tor and entrepreneur presents Kaus
Borealis, a group of singers and
instrumentalists specializing in early
music performance. Their inaugural
program features French Baroque.
For information, kausborealis.com
Out of town on November 19,
the Oakville Symphony presents Mozart’s Requiem with the Mississauga Choral Society, and the Elora
Festival Singers present one of their
“soup concerts”, focusing on contemporary Canadian repertoire.
One of the world’s greatest choirs
comes to town for two concerts under the auspices of Soundstreams
Canada, the RIAS Kammerchor
Berlin. They make a rare appearance in Toronto on November 24
for a joint concert with Christopher
Jackson’s splendid Montreal-based
Studio Musique Ancienne de
Montreal. The program honours
great contemporary Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina in honour of
her 75th birthday, and includes her
Jetzt Immer Schnee for choir and orchestra. Also on the program is a
premiere by Brian Cherney and expansive Renaissance choral works.
Gubaidulina will attend. Two days
later (Nov 26), the RIAS Kammerchor on its own performs works by
Romantics Brahms, Mahler, Schumann, and Schubert, as well as
pieces for choir and organ by Gubaidulina and Gyorgy Ligeti.
On November 25, Doreen Rao
leads a rare performance of Stravinsky’s Les Noces at MacMillan Theatre. Stravinsky wrote Les Noces a
“dance ballet” for four soloists, choir
and percussion, in 1923. I was heartened to hear of this performance, as
I was to hear of the Exultate Chamber Choir’s early December performance of Schoenberg’s Friede auf
Erden. These are challenging works
by composers who pushed the envelope of choral technique and whose
legacies have become undervalued.
It’s high time they became “standard repertoire”, especially for our professional choirs, who seem to be
shying away from challenging 20th
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Tafelmusik Chamber Choir,
under guest director Richard Egarr,
presents Henry Purcell’s The Fairy
Queen, beginning on November 29.
This is one of Purcell’s charming
“semi-operas”, which Tafel is presenting in concert, featuring impressive soloists and narrators. Visit
www.tafelmusik.org for details.
Seasonal concerts get underway on
December 2, with intriguing shows
from three important choirs. The
Cantores Celestes Women’s Choir
has donated a large portion of ticket
revenues to local charities over the
years; indeed, director Kelly Galbraith
deserves a medal for her altruistic
feats. They perform Eastern European treats for pre-Christmas and
Chanukah.
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The same night, the Oriana
Women’s Choir presents Cinnamon
and Cedar, featuring “holiday favourites”, at the Jane Mallett Theatre—not a traditional venue for
choirs, but an interesting one, with
a top-notch band of instrumentalists.
Should be great fun. The group has
an
excellent
website
at
www.orianachoir.com.
On December 2, Forte—The Toronto Men’s Chorus gets serious
with a new setting of excerpts from
Hamlet, by music director Ed Connell. Also featured is music by Biebl, Mozart and Faure.
Next month is a crazy one. Stay
tuned to this spot for advice on getting to as many holiday concerts as
you can.
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World View
by Karen Ages
While last month’s world music offerings heavily favoured the Spanish/Portuguese/Brazilian variety,
November features a number of
concerts of Celtic music and folk
fiddling traditions, plus a real mishmash of music from the far corners of the globe.
On November 4, the music series
at St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church
(1 Greenland Rd.) presents A Celtic
Feast, including fiddling, flutes,
drums and songs of several Celtic
traditions, with Loretto Reid, Kelly
Hood, Anne Lederman and others.
The next evening, Appalachian fiddler Erynn Marshall and clawhammer banjoist Chris Coole perform
new tunes and songs from their upcoming new CD. This is a house
concert in the Bathurst/St. Clair area,
so please reserve in advance (416516-3796, or erynnmarshall@
yahoo.com). November 17, the touring show Cape Breton Live performs at the Markham Theatre, however, according to the Theatre’s website, the show is sold out, so please
call in advance. November 25, Alliston’s Millpond Centre for the
Arts presents 24 year old fiddling
sensation Shane Cook, winner of
some of Canada’s top fiddling
awards. Performing Celtic, French
Canadian, Texan and Bluegrass
styles, he’ll be joined by other musicians as well as stepdancer Sarah
Robinson. Veteran Canadian fiddler
Natalie MacMaster performs several times in the area this month:
she’ll be at Brampton’s Rose Theatre November 14, Mississauga’s
Living Arts Centre December 2 and
at Brantford’s Sanderson Centre
December 4. Lastly in this category, St. Paul’s United presents A Celtic Christmas, featuring traditional
music and dancing from the British
Isles, at the Assembly Hall (1 Colonel
Samuel Smith Park Dr.).
Back in its early days, the fledgling Music Department of York Uni-
versity was known
as an exciting place
on the cutting edge of
new and experimental music. Today, its
graduate program in
Ethnomusicology has
put it on the map, and
in recent years it has
become a small hot- Constantinople: Left to right: Ziya Tabassian, percussion; Kiya Tabassian, setar;
José Angel Gutierrez, requinto, voice; Teresita de Jesus Islas, jarana, voice;
bed of world music
Betsy MacMillan, viola da gamba; and Matthew Wadsworth, baroque guitar.
activity.
Two Japanese Taiko ensembles three organizations in Palestine/IsraYork launches its new Faculty Recital Series with a concert of South perform this month: if you missed el: The Gaza Community Mental
Indian music on November 2, fea- the Kiyoshi Nagata Ensemble’s Health Program (www.gcmhp.net);
turing long-time professor and world October concert, there’s a second The Families Forum - Bereaved Famrenowned virtuoso mrdangam play- chance to see them perform at Mc- ilies Supporting Peace, Reconciliaer Trichy Sankaran and his per- Master University’s Convocation tion and Tolerance, who do outreach
cussion ensemble, who will be Hall on November 17. Another Ca- in their communities aimed at edujoined by Karnatak vocalist Madurai nadian ensemble, the Yakudo Tra- cating people about each others’ reR. Sundar. November 7 to 9 York ditional Japanese Drummers cel- alities (www.theparentscircle.com);
hosts a World Music Festival, di- ebrates its 15th anniversary with a and Project Hope, a volunteer orrected by professor Rob Simms. performance November 18 at Glenn ganization providing youth with edEvents take place at 12:30 and 7:30 Gould Studio. This 13-member en- ucational and recreational activities,
pm and include York’s Middle East- semble presents traditional Taiko practical training, and humanitarian
ern, Klezmer, Balkan, Chinese, Jap- pieces as well as their own original relief (www.projecthope.org).
anese and Korean ensembles (Nov compositions, some of which will
Recently back from a tour of Aus7), Afro-American pianist Catherine be premiered at this performance.
tralia, the Toronto Tabla EnsemAnd there are more events that ble performs November 24 and 25
Wilson, Celtic, Guitar, and Cuban
ensembles (Nov 8), and Caribbean, night: London Ont’s Karen at Glenn Gould Studio, with guest
Samba and African drum & dance Schuessler Singers presents Around Jeff Martin, former guitarist/vocalthe World in 80 Minutes!, a musical ist/songwriter with rock band The
ensembles (Nov 9).
Further south, U of T’s Faculty world tour with Grace Lou, erhu, Tea Party. The Toronto Mandolin
of Music holds its end-of-term and the Szikra Zither Ensemble; U Orchestra (Shevchenko EnsemWorld Music concert, December 1 of T Scarborough presents Toronto ble) celebrates its 50th Anniversary
at noon, including African drumming based Indian-jazz fusion ensemble with a concert November 26 at Glenn
and dance, Balinese gamelan, Japa- autorickshaw; and the Overseas Gould Studio, featuring a retrospecnese Taiko, Klezmer, and Steel Pan Chinese Music Society presents its tive of its finest repertoire of Ukrain10th Annual Gala Concert, at the ian, Russian and Canadian folk muensembles.
Turkey’s best known musical en- George Weston Recital Hall.
sic. Toronto’s Goethe Institute
Montreal’s early music ensemble presents a talk and concert titled
semble Yeni Türkü performs at the
George Weston Recital Hall, Novem- Constantinople makes its Toronto “Heine and Yiddish Song”, November 5. Established in 1978, the group debut November 19 at Harbourfront. ber 29. Singer Adrienne Cooper and
has toured worldwide and has re- They will give a preview of their pianist Marilyn Lerner explore the
leased many recordings. Traditional ninth recording project for the influence of German-Jewish poet
and modern instruments, as well as ATMA label, Terra Nostra, a jour- Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), in song
poetry of contemporary Turkish po- ney into the Mexican Baroque.
settings by the poet’s musical conRecent events in the Middle East temporaries as well as newly comets are used to create a repertoire
rooted in the traditions of Anatolian have inspired dancer/musician Roula posed versions by Canadians David
and Byzantine cultures but with a Said to organize fundraising events Wall, Marilyn Lerner and Israeli
for Gaza and Lebanon. The first, in songwriter Chava Albershteyn.
pop music flavour.
August, raised $5,000 for the HuAnd lastly, there are a number of
manitarian Coalition. The second dance events at Harbourfront this
takes place November 22 at the Lula month featuring world traditions or
Lounge, and will feature an Arab- instruments. Please see our daily and/
Jewish fusion band made up of some or Music Theatre listings for details
of Toronto’s best musicians, includ- on: Janak Khendry Dance Coming Roula’s husband trumpeter David pany (Nov 9-11); Esmeralda EnBuchbinder, Arabic singer Maryem rique Spanish Dance Company
Tollar and her multi-instrumentalist (Nov 16-19); Jeng Yi Korean
husband Ernie Tollar, bellydancers Drum and Dance Ensemble (Nov
Roula Said and Maya al-Samry and 18-19); SooRyu 2006 Dance Fesothers. The event will also feature a tival (Nov 23-25); Susan Lee/Evscreening of two films from bh ergreen Club Contemorary
Yael’s thought provoking “Palestine Gamelan (Nov 25-26); Arabesque
Trilogy”. Funds raised will go to Dance Company (Nov 29-Dec 3).
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SOME THING New
by Jason van Eyk
What a difference a year makes!
Last November there was still gloom
over the loss of NuMuFest as a focus for celebrating new music in the
city - a sense of loss further exacerbated by the crisis at the Music Gallery chronicled in last November’s
WholeNote. But the shadow is lifting. The Music Gallery has made a
remarkable recovery, and the resounding success of this past summer’s soundaXis has quietened lamentations for NuMuFest.
The success of soundaXis as a
collaborative model has also inspired
similar events. A case in point is
this month’s Gubaidulina festival.
Sofia Gubaidulina, alongside Alfred
Schnittke and Edison Denisov, is a
major Russian composer of the postShostakovich era whose work, both
spiritual and dramatic, uses daring,
original colours. Among the earliest
Soviet composers to show a deep
interest in religious themes, her music is both improvisatory and strictly
organized on ancient mystical principles. Her interest in Russian folk
and ritual instruments, especially the
bayan (a type of Russian accordion), further broadens the scope of
her oeuvre. Gubaidulina came to international attention in the 1980s
through the advocacy of violinist
Gidon Kremer, to whom she dedicated her violin concerto, Offertorium. The current Toronto festival celebrates her 75th birthday.
The genesis of this festival was
collaborative. As Soundstreams artistic director Lawrence Cherney describes it “The Gubaidulina project
came out of two separate initiatives,
combined into one. In November
2003, I went to Berlin to hear the
RIAS Kammerchor perform Gubaidulina’s Jetzt Immer Schnee for soloists, choir and chamber orchestra.
It’s truly one of the great masterworks of our time, though there are
few choirs that can perform it. I met
Gubaidulina at that time, and suggested she come to Toronto in conjunction with RIAS and her 75th
birthday in the fall of 2006.”
“Independently, accordionist Joe
Macerollo and New Music Concerts
approached Gubaidulina about coming to Toronto early in 2006, in conjunction with a planned visit by the
bayan player Friedrich Lips. We
decided to combine these efforts for
the fall of 2006. I also held discussions with the TSO for more than a
year to find a way to include a large
orchestra work within the festival,
and we finally worked out that they
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would perform Rider on a White
Horse. Esprit Orchestra agreed to
perform a smaller orchestral work.
Among the four organizations, a
wide spectrum is covered.”
The resulting Gubaidulina Festival launches on Wednesday November 22 with the Canadian premiere
of Rider on a White Horse by the
TSO under the baton of Gianandrea
Noseda. (This programme repeats on
November 23.) For details and tickets visit www.tso.ca or call 416-5983375.)
November 24 Soundstreams Canada presents the first of two Gubaidulina concerts with the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, making its North
American debut tour. The highlight
of the programme is Gubaidulina’s
Jetzt Immer Schnee. The evening also
sees RIAS joined by the Studio de
musique ancienne de Montréal in
a range of antiphonal works, including a world premiere from Montréalbased composer Brian Cherney. For
details visit www.soundstreams.ca.
For tickets visit www.stlc.com or
call 416-366-7723.
A late entry into the festival, saxophonist Wallace Halladay reassembles his collective devoted to the
music of 20th and 21st century masters (e.g. his Scelsi Centenary Project
and Franco Donatoni Project). Wallace and his crew tackle Gubaidulina’s chamber music November 25
at the Music Gallery, focussing on
the composer’s later works, including In Erwartung for saxophone
quartet and six percussionists; Verwandlung for saxophone quartet, bass
trombone, violoncello, double bass
and tam-tam; and Duo-Sonata for
two baritone saxophones. Halladay
shares the stage with saxophonist
Robert Carli, percussionist Ryan
Scott and trombonist Scott Good, all
conducted by Gregory Oh. The
McGill University Percussion Ensemble under Aiyun Huang also
makes an appearance. Details are
online at www.musicgallery.org or
call 416-204-1080.
On Sunday November 26th,
Soundstreams returns to Metropolitan United Church with RIAS in a
mixed programme featuring two
short Gubaidulina works and a range
of German Romantic repertoire. And
the Esprit Orchestra takes to the Jane
Mallett stage with bayan soloist Friedrich Lips to perform Seven Words
for bayan, cello, and string orchestra with Paul Widner as cello soloist. Lips will also perform De Profundis for bayan solo. Two Canadi-
an works complete the programme: Brian Current’s
Concertino for flute solo,
three flutes and string orchestra, written for flautist
Robert Aitken, and the
Toronto premiere of Serge
Acuri’s La forêt des
clameurs, a concerto for
piano and string orchestra,
with Louise Bessette as
soloist. For details visit
www. espritorchestra.com.
For
tickets,
visit
www.stlc.com or call 416366-7723.
The festival closes November 27th
at the Glenn Gould Studio with a
mixed programme of chamber music from New Music Concerts. NMC
General Manager David Olds explains: “We discussed a variety of
repertoire with Mr. Lips, Ms. Gubaidulina (through her publisher at
Sikorski) and Esprit Orchestra. At
Lips’ request NMC is including Silenzio for bayan, violin and cello and
In Croce for bayan and cello, for
which he will be joined by Fujiko
Imajishi and David Hetherington.
Robert Aitken will join Steve Dann
and Erica Goodman to perform The
Garden of Joy and Sorrow for
flute, viola and harp, and at Ms.
Sofia Gubaidulina
Gubaidulina’s request we have invited Patricia Green to sing Hommage a T.S. Eliot for soprano and
octet. The concert will also feature
the world premiere of Abigail Richardson’s Concerto for Violin and
String Quintet, with soloist Michael
Schulte.”
For details visit www.
newmusicconcerts.com. For tickets
call 416-205-5555.
Come out and celebrate the power of collaboration. Explore a leading voice of our generation in some
thing new.
Jason van Eyk can be reached at
416-961-6601 x. 207 or
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thu nov 2 • the urban arts brass ensemble
new music for brass quintet + drums • new works by
oesterle, godin, downing, ringas, underhill — 8pm, $15/$10
sun nov 5 • new music concerts: slowind quintet
slovenian ensemble plays ligeti, aitken, globokar — 8pm
fri nov 10 • tyft trio + eric chenaux
from iceland/nyc: hilmar jensson (guitar), jim black (drums),
andrew d’angelo (reeds) — 8pm, $15/$10/$5
thu nov 16 • idiolalla — cd release
vocalists/improvisers db boyko + christine duncan with percussionist jean martin — workshop 4pm, concert 8pm, $15/$10/$5
fri nov 24 electronica unplugged
contact contemporary music performs the music of aphex twin,
bowie, eno, glass, pärt, southam, tavener — 8pm, $10
sat nov 25 the gubaidulina chamber project
wallace halladay, greg oh + friends explore later chamber music
of the russian master — 3pm, $15/$10/$5
fri dec 1 the hylozoists + whippoorwill
toronto’s post-rock/surf-pop orchestra • with live loops from
great bob scott & chris gardner + live video — 8pm, $12/$15
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The Battle
of the Bands
Last month we issued a challenge to
bands with legitimate claims to be
Canada’s oldest.
The Newmarket
Citizens’ Band
was first off the
mark with a submission which included
newspaper photos
from 1883 and museum records from
ten years earlier.
These were soon followed by submissions from the Ayr-Paris Band
and the Perth Citizens’ Band.
We have included one photo here
to whet the appetites of all of you
closet amateur historians. Let us hear
from you with any information you
may have. (Also, our turf mainly
covers Ontario; we are sure there
are contenders in many parts of the
country). Finding a winner is not
the main aim: let’s hope that this
exercise will stimulate a movement
to reclaim our community music.
At this point, I would be remiss
not to acknowledge the brief note
from one of our readers who “thoroughly enjoyed your piece on ‘The
Oldest Band’, but can’t understand
all the fuss... . These bands have all
evolved over the years so it stands
to reason that as soon as you change
the personnel it’s not the same band,
even if the name is the same. Surely
the “oldest band” is the one whose
members are collectively the oldest.
(John Orr)”.
Family Banding
In the last issue we also asked for
information on families playing together in bands. Here again the
floodgates opened. We have too
much material to include here. Keep
sending us material and we’ll have a
separate story on that subject. For
now, let’s just say that it is going to
be tough to beat the family story from
the Ayr-Paris Band.
Recent happenings
It was a busy band month for me:
accepting a few of the many invitations received during the compilation of our annual directory of bands.
The first visit was the Peterborough
Concert Band Autumn Festival
Concert with the Royal City Saxophone Quartet in Peterborough’s
Market Hall Performing Arts Centre - an ideal venue. The audience
area is divided into two sections: a
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front cabaret style area of small tables and chairs (where we sat); and
more traditional tiered auditorium
seating in the rear half of the hall.
The band performed a traditional
programme on a raised stage under
Peter Sudbbury; the visiting Quartet
performed an eclectic programme
from down in the cabaret area, where
leader Ernie Kalwa and his cohorts
were able to exploit their unique blend
of showmanship and musicianship.
Our second visit was to sit in at a
regular rehearsal of Valley Concert
Band in Arnprior (whose conductor Keith Estabrooks had provided
yeoman service in the compilation
of the annual directory). We were
graciously welcomed and spent an
enjoyable evening sight reading potential works for the coming season.
Our third visit took us from a typical town band rehearsal to the top
professional band in the country. It
was Hannaford Street Silver
Band’s first concert of the season.
with a brief pre-concert discussion
by guest conductor Alain Trudel and
trumpet soloist Jens Lindemann. The
first solo in the main program was
on euphonium by Cameron Rawlins, a music student at U of T - an
excellent rendition of a little know
work by Alexandre Guilmant. Then
came the feature attraction; a mixture of sensitive musicianship technical mastery and a clown act on the
Carnival of Venice by trumpet virtuoso Lindemann.
Coming events: Quick Picks
Nov 8: The Hannaford Street Silver Band commemorates Remembrance Day with “The Night to
Sing: A Concert of Remembrance”
featuring special guests: the Amadeus Choir and trombone soloist
Alastair Kay.
Nov 26: The Pickering Community Concert Band will perform their
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Jazz Notes
A SIMPLE GUIDE FOR PROSPECTIVE OWNERS OF JAZZ CLUBS
by Jim Galloway
Alive, but what?...
A look at the club listings in WholeNote might suggest that jazz
is alive and healthy. There certainly is a lot going on, with listings for
about 40 venues, but most of it in small clubs for one or two nights a
week - and the money? Let’s just say that you won’t be eating out at
The Four Seasons.
So alive, yes, but healthy? - not if you expect to make a living. In
fact, at a number of the clubs the band passes a tip jar and what goes
into the jar becomes the band’s pay for the night. It has to be said that
this is not always a bad thing, because sometimes the band collects
more than the club would be able, or willing, to pay. Maybe the whole
idea of making a living playing jazz is a fantasy except for a few. I’m
not talking about the big names who travel the festival and concert
circuit; I am talking about the footsoldiers slogging it out in the jazz
trenches. Right here in Toronto, perhaps the greatest concentration of
talent in the country, only a handful make a decent living from jazz;
most have to supplement their income, perhaps by teaching and thus
producing even more talented players for an ailing work scene.
We have come full circle. The originators of this music were largely
semi-pro. Buddy Bolden, the first legendary trumpet player to emerge
from New Orleans, was a barber and playing was a part-time thing. It
never has been a surefire way to fame and fortune and for every
success story there are a thousand might-have-beens.
Passing Chord
Winnipeg-born singer, songwriter, producer Jackie Rae died last month.
Born in 1922 his stage career began at age 3 with his brother Saul and
sister Grace. They were billed as “The Three Raes Of Sunshine”. A
Spitfire pilot in the Second World War, he received the DFC.
A highly successful career in radio and tv followed and in later years
many music fans knew him as vocalist and MC of The Spitfire Band
which he formed in 1981. He received the Order of Canada in 2002 for
his contributions to radio and television.
We also lost promoter and PR guru Gino Empry in October. Born in
Toronto to Italian parents, Gino got the show bis bug at age 14 when he
started a drama group. As a publicist he had a career-long relationship
with Canada’s best-known showman and entrepreneur, Ed Mirvish and
for many years was Entertainment Director/Public Relations consultant
for The Imperial Room in the Royal York Hotel. In 1993, Empry received the City of Toronto’s highest honour, the Award of Merit.
Bernard Primeau, for many years one of the mainstays of jazz in
Montreal, also passed away last month. He gave a sparkling performance
at this year’s Toronto Jazz Festival and there was no indication that it
would be his final appearance in Toronto. He was a superior drummer, a
good bandleader and possessed a large helping of Gallic humour.
The Montreal jazz scene is less bright with his passing.
1. Be prepared to commit to the music policy for several months.
Don’t quit after two weeks!
2. Ask for advice from knowledgeable people in the business.
Get some input from recognised people in the jazz scene.
3. Listen to the advice.
4. Be consistent with your musical policy.
Changing horses in mid-stream may mean you take a bath.
5. Promote what you are selling. There is no point in presenting
music and then not telling anyone about it. You wouldn’t hire
Sonny Rollins and keep it a secret.
6. Don’t do it if you don’t like jazz! There are no guarantees.
At the end of the day, you might still lose money!
Other suggestions are welcome.
In the Jazz Listings
(p.57)
The sixth annual Open Door Festival of Music comes to the Mod Club
on Wednesday November 22nd. This benefit supports the Red Door
Shelters in Toronto, and this year’s event, hosted by Avril Benoit,
promises some wonderful musicians – including The Ember Swift
Band, Kellylee Evans, and Julie Michels.
Two wonderful women of jazz release
CDs this month – Colleen Allen on
November 7th at the Lula Lounge, and
Rosemary Galloway on November 9th
at The Rex. And a couple of proper
“sit down” concerts this month beg
attention: Michael Kaeshammer and
Harry Manx team up for a night of
crossover music at the Harbourfront
Centre, November 15th. Tickets are
$35. Also, The Afro Cuban All Stars
appear at Massey Hall November 4th.
Manx and Kaeshammer
WholeNote received information from two new venues this month –
whose listings weren’t ready in time for this month’s magazine. We’d
like to welcome to the fold: Opal Jazz Lounge, on Queen West, which
has already started presenting live music with their artist in residence
Washington Savage. We’d also like to welcome The Central, whose
owners, Julie, Steve and Clem are taking over the old Red Guitar on
Markham. (And thank you, Corry and Tim!)
Sophia Perlman
Clubs come and clubs go and the very recent demise of yet
another Toronto venue suggests to me that perhaps we need a simple
guide for prospective owners of jazz clubs. So here it is.
BANDSTAND (continued from previous page)
Christmas concert at Forest Brook
Community Church, Ajax.
Dec 3: The Northdale Concert
Band, Stephen Chenette, music director, present a holiday concert
featuring guest trumpet soloist Allen Bachelder at St Jude’s Anglican Church (Wexford).
Directory of Bands
We have one new band to add to
our online directory of over 100
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community bands in Southern Ontario:
LaSalle Community Band
(Kingston) Mr. Chris Alfano
613-546-1737
To find the online directory of
community bands go to www.
thewholenote.com, and click on
BandStand at the top of the list
of sections. There’s a link to the
directory right there.
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On OPERA
by Christopher Hoile
A classic 20th-century opera, a
mini-Mozart festival, and a surprising crop of musicals are the
main features of the music theatre
scene in Toronto this month. The
highlight of the month finds Isabel
Bayrakdarian, once a member of
the Opera in Concert chorus, starring as Blanche de la Force in
Opera in Concert’s performance
of Poulenc’s Les Dialogues des
Carmélites (1957) on November
19. Robert Cooper directs, Alison
d’Amato is the music director and
pianist, and Iain Scott will give a
pre-concert talk. Bayrakdarian performs the role on stage next year
in a production by Robert Carsen
for Lyric Opera Chicago in February and March 2007.
Celebrations of Mozart’s 250th
birthday continue apace with an
impromptu mini-Mozart festival in
Southern Ontario this month. Not
only does the COC production of
Cosi fan tutte continue until November 5, but two more Mozart
operas join the list.
Opera York presents two performances of The Marriage of Figaro conducted and directed by Geoffrey Butler. Among the confirmed cast are Lucia Cesaroni as
Susanna, Adrianna Albu as
Cherubino and Matthew Zadow
and Mirela Tafaj as the Count and
Countess Almaviva. The first performance takes place on November 16 at the Markham Theatre for
Performing Arts, the second on
November 18 at the new Zeidler
and Schmitt-designed St. Elizabeth
Performing Arts Centre in
Vaughan. For information visit
www.operayork. com.
At about the same time, Opera
Atelier begins its 2006-07 season
with a revival of its much-loved
production of The Magic Flute, running November 17-26. The cast
includes Colin Ainsworth as Tamino, Peggy Kriha-Dye as Pamina,
Olivier Laquerre as Papageno,
Carla Huhtanen as Papagena, Curtis Sullivan as Sarastro and Penelope Randall-Davis making her
Canadian debut as the Queen of
the Night, a role she performed
recently in Sydney and Venice. As
usual Marshall Pynkoski directs
and Jeannette Zingg choreographs.
David Fallis conducts the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. For further information visit www.
operaatelier.com.
Many scholars have pointed to
the German “Singspiel” along with
the Italian “opera buffa” as ancestors of 19th-century operetta. To
enjoy a work from the pinnacle of
operetta’s Golden Age, one need
look no further than Johann
Strauss’s Die Fledermaus sung in
English by the Opera Division of
the University of Toronto Faculty
of Music. Sandra Horst, chorusmaster for the COC, will conduct
and Michael Albano will direct. Performances take place at the MacMillan Theatre November 9-12.
Moving from operetta to musicals, in November Toronto will
find itself in a position it has not
been in for more than a decade.
Due to some strange confluence in
the stars, five professionally staged
musicals will be playing in town
simultaneously.
Continuing until December 31
is Wicked (2003) by Stephen
Schwartz on a return engagement
here after selling out its run in
2005. As you may know, the
musical is based on Gregory
Maguire’s 1995 novel of the same
name about the friendship in preDorothy Oz of Glinda the Good
Witch and Elphaba (as Maguire
names her), who becomes the
Wicked Witch of the West. The
point of the prequel is to subvert
our received views of these characters, especially as presented in
the classic film, and indeed to question the way histories are written—
certainly more ambitious themes
than some Broadway musicals have
had of late. The cast includes
Shoshana Bean as Elphaba and
Megan Hilty as Glinda and plays
at the Canon Theatre.
Joining Wicked November 1December 3 is an earlier Stephen
Schwartz musical called Pippin
(1972) about the coming of age of
Charlemagne’s eldest son. The
production stars Micky Dolenz of
Monkees fame as Charlemagne,
and Joshua Park as Pippin and
plays at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. Meanwhile at the Princess of
Wales Theatre the Kander and Ebb
classic Chicago drops in for a short
stay November 21-December 3.
Further information about all three
of these shows can be gathered at
www.mirvish.com.
The other two musicals play at
smaller venues. One is the world
premiere of The Story of My Life,
a celebration of a lifelong friend-
ship, with music and lyrics by Neil Bartram and a
book by Brian Hill. This
CanStage production starring Brent Carver and Jeffrey Kuhn runs November 1-December 9 at the
Berkeley Street Theatre.
The other is the Canadian
premiere of Seussical—A
Musical, music by
Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, in
which the Cat in the Hat
leads us through the sto- NAOMI’S ROAD: This photo features,
ries of various characters from left to right: Sam Chung as Stephen,
created by beloved chil- Sung Chung as Father (from the original
dren’s author Dr. Seuss cast; this role is now sung by baritone
(1909-91). The show Gene Wu), Gina Oh as Mother and
Jessica Cheung as Naomi.
plays at the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People from brother and her aunt are removed
November 16-December 31.
from their Vancouver home and
Also, anyone who plans to be placed in a Japanese internment
in the Ottawa area November 4-5 camp where they discover what
or 11-12 will have a chance to see sustains them through the harshan acclaimed production presented ness they encounter. The work has
by Vancouver Opera. Naomi’s already been received by audiencRoad (2005) is an opera for young- es in 140 schools and community
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on Joy Kogawa’s retelling for piano accompaniment, it will be peryoung people of her award-win- formed at the Canadian War Muning novel Obasan. During World seum in Ottawa (1-800-555-5621
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celebration, the audience will join with the assembled
musical forces in singing favourite Christmas carols.
A Christmas concert like no other!
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CONCERT LISTINGS
Thursday November 02
Toronto & nearby
In this issue: Metro Toronto, Ajax, Brampton,
Kleinburg, Markham, Mississauga, Oakville,
Thornhill, Vaughan.
CONCERT LISTINGS : Further Afield
PAGE 49
Music Theatre/Opera/Dance PAGE 55
Jazz
PAGE 57
Announcements/Lectures/Seminars/Etcetera
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Plans change! Always call ahead
to confirm details with presenters.
Wednesday November 01
— 12:30: York University Department of
Music.Singing Our Songs . Young artists from
the studios of Catherine Robbin, Norma Burrowes, Delia Wallis, Stephanie Bogle, and Karen
Rymal. Raisa Nakhmanovich, piano. Recital Hall,
Accolade East, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-7365186. Free.
— 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist
Church. Noonday Organ Recital. Joanne Vollendorf Rickards Clark, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416922-1167. Free.
— 1:30: CanStage. The Story of My Life. A
tender musical celebration of lifelong friends and
the power of friendship (world premiere). Book by
Brian Hill, music & lyrics by Neil Bartram,
Michael Bush, director. Berkeley Street Theatre,
26 Berkeley St. 416-368-3110. Call for ticket
prices. For complete run see music theatre listings.
— 2:00 & 8:00: Mirvish Productions .Pippin .
By Stephen Schwartz; coming-of-age story of the
Emperor Charlemagne’s eldest son; for age 13+.
Micky Dolenz, Joshua Park, Andre Ward, Jason
Blaine, James Royce Edwards, Shannon Lewis,
Barbara Marineau, Teal Wicks, performers. Royal
Alexandra Theatre, 260 King St. West. 416-8721212, 800-461-3333. $35-$94. For complete
run see music theatre listings.
— 2:00 & 8:00: Mirvish Productions. Wicked. Based on Gregory Maguire’s novel Wicked,
The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz, music &
lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Winnie Holzman, musical staging by Wayne Cilento, directed
by Joe Mantello, for age 8+. Shoshana Bean,
Megan Hilty, Alma Cuervo, P. J. Benjamin. The
Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria St. 416-872-1212,
800-461-3333. $26-$110. For complete run see
music theatre listings.
— 2:00 & 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Misbehavin’ Tonight. Byron Stripling, vocals/
trumpet; Jeff Tyzik, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $32$96(eve); $27-$64(mat).
— 5:30: Canadian Opera Company. Richard
Bradshaw Amphitheatre Vocal Series: A Dickens
of a Christmas (excerpts). Canadian Children’s
Opera Chorus, Ann Cooper Gay, conductor. Four
Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145
Queen St. West. 416-363-8231. Free.
— 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Così Fan
Tutte. By Mozart. Michael Colvin, Russell Braun,
Krisztina Szabó & others; Daniel Dooner, director; Richard Bradshaw, conductor. Four Seasons
Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St.
West. 416-363-8231. $60-$275; $20-$95(15
30
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& under with adult); $20(spec price, call). For
complete run see music theatre listings.
— 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Music. Small Jazz Ensembles. Walter Hall,
Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416978-3744. Free.
— 8:00: City of Brampton Concert Band
Hosts.L’Harmonie de La Croix Valmer. Jean-Luc
Wastable, conductor. St. Paul’s United Church,
30 Main St. South, Brampton. 905-451-0174.
Donation.
— 8:00: Harbourfront Centre/Toronto
Dance Theatre.Timecode Break. Combines live
dancing with video images to create a world of
pure movement. Christopher House, choreographer/director, Nico Stagias, video images. Premiere Dance Theatre, Queen’s Quay Terminal,
207 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. $22$38; $20-$33(sr/st); $15(CADA/Arts Worker).
For complete run see music theatre listings.
— 8:00: Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. The Philosopher Kings. Smooth pophybrid melodies, narrative lyrics & sensual vocals. 130 Navy St., Oakville. 905-815-2021,
888-489-7784. $54.99; $5(eyeGO).
— 8:00: Talisker Players Chamber Music.
Night Songs. Works exploring the wonder and
terror of the night. Britten: Evening, Morning,
Night, for voice & harp (text Ronald Duncan);
Crumb: Night Music I, for voice, piano, celesta &
percussion (text Pablo Neruda); Coulthard: Two
Night Songs, for voice, string quartet & piano
(text Harold Monro, Hilaire Belloc); Ager: Ellis
Portal (excerpts), for voice, clarinet & string quartet (text Rex Deverell); Kaminsky: Nightpiece, for
voice, flute, clarinet, cello & piano (text James
Joyce); Saint-Saëns: Violons dans le soir, for
voice, violin & piano (text Anna de Noailles).
Guests: Teri Dunn, soprano; Tyler Duncan, baritone; Peter Longworth, piano. Trinity St. Paul’s
Centre, 427 Bloor St. West. 416-466-1800.
$25; $20(sr); $10(st).
— 8:00: The Rose Theatre .Afro-Cuban All
Stars In Concert. Funk grooves & jazz added to
the traditions of Son, Bolero & Guaracha. Band
members from thirteen to eighty-one, Juan de
Marcos, director. 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton.
905-874-2800. $45-$65.
— 8:30: Hugh’s Room.Micah Barnes CD Release. Bowie meets Brecht in a dark alley, dryly
comic lyrics. 2261 Dundas St. West. 416-5316604. $15; $12.50(adv).
— 9:00pm & 10:15pm: Mezzetta Restaurant. Wednesday Concert Series. Rebecca Enkin,
vocals; Mike Allen, guitar. 681 St. Clair Ave.
West. 416-658-5687. $7 cover.
— 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Vocal Series:
Songs of home and travel. COC Ensemble Studio members. Four Seasons Centre for the
Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. West. 416363-8231. Free.
— 12:00 noon: CBC Radio. Music Around Us
New Generation Series: Micah Heilbrunn, clarinet. Finzi: Five Bagatelles, Op.23; Allen: Black and
Blues; Arnold: Divertimento, Op.37; Khachaturian: Trio in g. Leonie Wall, flute; Sarah Jeffrey,
oboe; Sandra Baron, violin; Gregory Oh, piano;
Keith Horner, host. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front
St. West. 416-205-5555. Free.
— 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park Anglican Church. Noonday Chamber Music. Dvorak: Gypsy songs (in Czech); Poulenc: Fiançailles pour rire; Walton: Three Songs (poet
Edith Sitwell). Ashley Bedard, soprano. 1570
Yonge Street. 416-920-5211. Collection.
Music. Singing Our Songs. Recital Hall, YU.
See Nov 1. Nathalie Doucet-Lalkens, piano.
— 7:00: St. Clement’s Anglican Church.
Commemoration of All Souls. Music from
Fauré: Requiem; Tavener: Funeral Ikos. 59
Briar Hill Ave. 416-483-6664. Free.
— 7:30: York Mills C.I. Senior Band. Canadian Band Week Concert. Bob Gray, director;
Guests: North York Concert Band, John Liddle,
conductor. Cafetorium, 490 York Mills Road.
416-395-3340 x20144. $10; $5(with nonperishable food item).
Music. South Indian Music. Guest: Madurai R.
Sundar, Karnatak vocalist; Trichy Sankaran,
mrdangam, and his percussion ensemble. Recital Hall, Accolade East, YU, 4700 Keele St.
416-736-5888. $15; $5(st).
— 8:00: Markham Theatre for Performing Arts. An Evening with Ian Thomas. With
his band The Boomers. 171 Town Centre
Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469. $46.
— 8:00: Scarborough Music Theatre.The
Sound of Music. By Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd.
416-396-4049. $21; $18(sr/st/grps 18+). For
— 8:00: The Music Gallery/The Urban Arts
Brass Ensemble. Electric Mansions. Classic
Avant series; eclectic new music for brass quintet and drums, new works by Oesterle, Godin,
Downing, Ringas & Underhill. St. George the
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Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-204-1080.
$15; $10(sr/st/member); $5(st).
— 8:00: The Rose Theatre. Jann Arden in
Concert. Storytelling singer/songwriter, from
heartaches to hysterics. 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905-874-2800. $79-$99.
— 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Lennie Gallant. Eastcoast singer/songwriter. 2261 Dundas St. West.
416-531-6604. $22; $20(adv).
— 8:30: Living Arts Centre. Carol Welsman, singer/pianist in Concert. Jazz, swing,
Latin, R & B, and pop. RBC Theatre, Living
Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000, 888-805-8888.
$39,$30,$25; $5(eyeGO).
Friday November 03
— 6:30: Rogers Centre. The Wiggles. Australian pre-school children’s entertainers, singing,
dancing, audience participation. One Blue Jays
Way. 416-870-8000. $20-$42.
— 7:30: Platinum Concerts International.
The Sounds of Ukraine. Elmer Iseler Singers,
Vesnivka Choir, Victoria Scholars Men’s Choral
Ensemble; Kyiv Chamber Choir, Mykola Hobdych,
conductor. George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto
Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-2365195, 888-636-5195. $60,$50; group rates.
Music.Visiting Artists & Scholars: Peter Frankl.
Mozart: Fantasy in c, K.475; Sonata in E-flat,
K.282; Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9; Dvorak: Piano
Quartet in E-flat. Peter Frankl, piano; Erika Raum,
violin; Sharon Lee, viola; Shauna Rolston, cello.
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, 80
Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. $22; $12(sr/st).
— 8:00: Don Ross and Michael Manning.
Don Ross and Michael Manning in Concert. Guitarist & bassist/composer. Guest: Andy McKee,
guitar. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West.
416-205-5555. $35; $22(st).
— 8:00: Living Arts Centre. Quartetto Gelato
in Concert. Classical masterworks, operatic arias,
tangos, gypsy and folk songs. Cynthia Steljes,
oboe/english horn; Peter DeSotto, tenor/violin/
mandolin; Alexander Sevastian, accordion/piano/
bandoneon; Elinor Frey, cello. Hammerson Hall,
Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000, 888-805-8888. $29$49; $5(eyeGO).
— 8:00: Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts.Afro Cuban All Stars, Starring Juan De
Marcos. Latin dance music, including mambo, cha
cha, salsa, rumba, son montuno, timba, guajira,
danzn, abaku and bolero. 130 Navy St., Oakville.
905-815-2021, 888-489-7784. $69.99;
$5(eyeGO).
— 8:00: Soundstreams.University Voices
Festival. Rolfe: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard
Bloom’d (world premiere); MacMillan: Sun-Dogs
(Canadian premiere); Rachmaninov, Vaughan Williams, Wachner, Estacio, Whitacre, Nystedt.
MacMillan Singers Chamber Choir; Master Chorale; Martin Neary, James MacMillan, conductors. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St.
East. 416-366-7723, 800-708-6754. $25;
$15(sr); $5(st with ID).
— 8:00: The Rose Theatre. Jann Arden in
Concert. Brampton. See Nov 2.
— 8:00: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Mozart Requiem. Also, Mozart: Davidde Penitente;
Thamos Konig in Ägypten. Sookhyung Park, soprano; Anita Krause, mezzo-soprano; Eric Shaw,
tenor; Thomas Goerz, bass-baritone; Festival
Orchestra; Ivars Taurins, guest conductor. 7:15:
pre-concert chat with Rick Phillips. Yorkminster
Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-5980422 x24. $35-$65; $30-$60(sr/st).
— 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Josh Finlayson & Andy
Maize [of the Skydiggers] CD Release. 2261
Dundas St. West. 416-531-6604. $18;
$15(adv).
— 9:00pm: Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto/Arraymusic. Leftover Daylight Series. Jazz & improvised music. Arraymusic Studio, Suite 218 (rear door), 60 Atlantic Ave.
416-539-8752. $6-$10(sliding scale).
Saturday November 04
— 11:00am & 2:30: Rogers Centre. The Wiggles. See Nov 3.
— 7:00: Peter Thompson/Hugh Cawker.
Song Recital. Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin (ex-
cerpts); Brahms: Four Serious Songs (Vier Ernste
Gesänge); Poulenc: Le Travail du Peintre (poems
by Paul Eluard); Aperghis: Récitation pour Voix
Seule #11; Ravel: Chansons de Don Quichotte à
Dulcinée. Peter Thompson, baritone; Hugh Cawker, piano. Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416-463-2179. Free.
— 7:30: Durham Chamber Orchestra. Music
of the Masters: Brahms to Mozart. Brahms:
Concerto in d for Clarinet and Strings; Mozart:
Symphony #41 (Jupiter); Jones: Miramichi Ballad
by Kelsey Jones. Guest: Pavel Markelov, clarinet;
John Kraus, director. Performing Arts Centre,
Notre Dame CSS, 1375 Harwood Ave. North,
Ajax. 705-749-5839. $TBA
— 7:30: Music at St. Mark’s.A Celtic Feast.
Loka (Loretto Reid, Kelly Hood, Anne Lederman) &
Friends play fiddle, flutes, percussion, voice, in a
presentation of Celtic music from several national
traditions. St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church, 1
Greenland Rd. 416-444-6762. $15; $8(ch).
— 7:30: Music On The Donway. Erica Goodman and Friends. Works by Ravel, Debussy, Granados, Piazzola, Bach. Erica Goodman, harp;
Coenraad Bloemendal, cello; Daniel Rubinoff,
saxophone. The Donway Covenant United Church,
230 The Donway West. 416-444-8444. $20;
$12(12 & under).
— 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The
Carnival of the Animals. By Saint-Saëns. Also
Gershwin: An American in Paris; Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos. Scott Meek, piano; William
Eddins, piano/conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60
Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $25.25-$70.50.
— 8:00: Brampton Symphony Orchestra.
Opening Night. Featuring winners of the Murray
Dranoff International Two Piano Competition;
Robert Raines, conductor. The Rose Theatre, 1
November Highlights
James MacMillan
Michael and Sonja Koerner
Distinguished Visitor in
Composition
Lecture demonstration
Wed, Nov 1 at 12:10 pm
Walter Hall. Free
Peter Frankl, piano
Lorand Fenyves Residency
Master Classes - Nov 1 & 2
at 2 pm. Walter Hall. Free
Recital - Nov 3 at 7:30 pm
Walter Hall. $22($12)
Music by Mozart, Schumann
DQG'YRŐiN
Opera:
Die Fledermaus
Nov 9, 10, 11 at 7:30 pm
Nov 12 at 2:30 pm
MacMillan Theatre. $26($16)
Women’s Chorus
Fri, Nov 10 at 7:30 pm
Victoria College Chapel.
$14($8)
Lest We Forget - Works of
peace and remembrance.
Robert Cooper, conductor.
Mia Bach, accompanist.
So Percussion
Mon, Nov 13 at 7:30 pm
Music for percussion by Steve
Reich, Paul Lansky, and David
Lang.
Håkan Hagegård
Master Classes
John R. Stratton Visiting Artist
Tue, Nov 21 at 12:10 pm
Walter Hall. Free
MacMillan Singers
with Nexus
Sat, Nov 25 at 7:30 pm
From Russia with Love Doreen Rao conducts Stravinsky’s Les Noces, with the High
Park Choirs of Toronto.
Opera Tea
Sun, Nov 26 at 2:30 pm
MacMillan Theatre Stage. $26
Enter the Albanians: the art of
operatic disguise
Symphonic Winds
Jeffrey Reynolds conducts
wind classics by Jacob,
Herberman and Vaughan
Williams.
Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Thu, Nov 30 at 7:30 pm
Lisa Martinelli, director. Also
featuring the 11 O’Clock Jazz
Orchestra, Terry Promane,
director.
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... CONCERTS: Toronto and nearby
Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905-874-2800. $45;
$30(sr/st); $10(8-12).
— 8:00: Korean Canadian Symphony Orchestra. Concert 33. Beethoven: Triple Concerto
in C, Op.56; Brahms: Symphony #2 in D. Jung
Trio: Jennie, piano; Ellen, violin; Julie, cello; Richard Lee, music director. George Weston Recital
Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St.
416-937-6410. $35;$25.
— 8:00: Massey Hall.Afro Cuban All Stars .
Multi-generational 17-piece band, pre-Castro
1950s big band sound, in new arrangements.
Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, leader. 15 Shuter St.
416-872-4255. $39.50-$59.50.
— 8:00: Newtonbrook Nights. An evening of
organ and vocal music. Various organ works, classical & contemporary vocal works. Newtonbrook
Chancel Choir; Taylor Sullivan, organ. Newtonbrook United Church, 53 Cummer Ave. 416-2225417. $15.
— 8:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra.
Opening Celebration. Mozart: Overture to Le
Nozze di Figaro; Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto;
Shostakovich: Symphony #5. Guest: Joseph Peleg, violin; Roberto De Clara, conductor. Oakville
Centre for the Performing Arts, 130 Navy St.,
Oakville. 905-815-2021, 888-489-7784. Extremely limited tickets: $35; $30(sr); $18(st).
— 8:00: Scaramella. Such Sweet Sorrow.
Music of the early Italian Renaissance, by Josquin, Compère, Tromboncino, Cara; plus Pärt:
Stabat Mater; Es sang vor langen Jahren, Summa. Katherine Hill, soprano/tenor viol; Daniel
Cabena, countertenor; Brandon Leis, tenor; Kathleen Kajioka, violin/viola; Sheila Smyth, viola/treble viol; Joëlle Morton, violas da gamba. Victoria
College Chapel, 2nd Floor, Victoria College Build-
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Serenade) by Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, the
Dorsey brothers & others. Lakeside Terrace, York
Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-9734000. PWYC($15 suggested min).
— 2:00: Mississauga Pops Concert Band.
Concert 1. Colin Clarke, music director. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315 Montevideo Road, Mississauga. 905-615-4720 x2588. $20; $15(sr/st).
Opening Celebration. Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, Oakville. See Nov 4.
— 2:30: Adelaide Bell. Celebrate Mozart with
Adelaide Bell, piano, & Friends. Mozart: Piano
Sonata #11 in A, K.331; Piano Concerto #20 in d,
K.466 (orchestra part on 2nd piano); songs &
operatic arias. Guests: Larissa Zoubareva, piano;
Judy Anzelc, soprano. 4 Dominion Rd. 416-2518397. $20; $17(sr/st).Reservations required.
— 3:00: Alicier Arts Chamber Music. “A
Cappella”. Works by Bach, Debussy, Piazzola &
others. Allison Marcaccini, soprano; Phoebe
Tsang, violin; Tom Georgi, viola d’amore; Adriana
Sunday November 05
Pera, cello; Christopher Lee, Kim Schemeit,
— 10:30am: Humbercrest United Church. A flutes; Max Christie, clarinet; Scott Good, tromTime of Remembrance. Prose, poetry and choral bone; Stephanie Chua, toy piano. St. George’s onmusic for Remembrance Day. Eric Friesen, read- the-Hill, 4600 Dundas St. West. 416-731-3599.
$15; $12(sr); $10(st).
er; Humbercrest Choir, Melvin James Hurst,
— 3:00: Isaacs (LXXX) Seen and Heard.
director of music. 16 Baby Point Rd. 416-767SBC: Samuel Beckett Centennial. Samuel Beck6122. Offering.
— 1:00: Off Centre Music Salon. Shostakovi- ett’s Act Without Words, translated into a proch: A Drama in Life and Music. Works by Shosta- gram-filling piano solo, performed by Udo Kasemets. Victoria University, Emmanuel College
kovich. Michail Gantvar, violin; Sergei Roldugin,
Chapel, 75 Queen’s Park (third floor, south). 416cello; Inna Perkis, Boris Zarankin, piano; singers
929-5849. Free.
from the Mariinsky (Kirov) Theatre. Glenn Gould
— 3:00:TSO.The Carnival of the Animals. Roy
Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-466-1870.
Thomson Hall. See Nov 4.
$40; $35(sr/st).
— 1:30: CAMMAC/McMichael Art Gallery. — 4:00: Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto/Now Lounge. Jazz & ImproSunday Concert Series. Ardeleana, classical envised Music. Showcasing local talent. Now
semble. 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg. 905Lounge, 189 Church St. 416-769-2841. $6.
893-1121, 888-213-1121. Admission with
— 4:00: Christ Church Deer Park Anglican
gallery price: $15; $9(sr/st); $25(family); free(5
Church. Concert for Remembrance. Howells:
& under).
Requiem; Willan: In the heavenly kingdom; Duru— 2:00: Harbourfront Centre/Toronto Allflé: Requiem. Choir of Christ Church Deer Park;
Star Big Band. They’re Playing our Song. VinBruce Kirkpatrick Hill, organ/music director; Dertage dance tunes (Let’s Dance, String of Pearls,
Begin the Beguine, Woodchopper’s Ball, Moonlight mot Muir, organ. 1570 Yonge Street. 416-920ing, 91 Charles St. West. 416-760-8610. $25;
$15(st).
— 8:00: TrypTych Productions Contemporary Opera Workshop. American Operas in
Miniature. Weisgall: The Stronger; Barab: Mushroom Pizza; Barber: A Hand of Bridge. Stage
director Edward Franko; music directors James
Wells & William Shookhoff; Jennifer Griffiths,
Anna Belikova, James Tuttle, Marion SamuelStevens, performers. Trinity Presbyterian Church,
2737 Bayview Ave. 416-763-5066. $20. For
— 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Stan Rogers Tribute.
Celebration of Stan’s life on the 23rd anniversary
of his passing, artists perform his songs & share
memories of the man & his music. Beth & David
Rogers, Paul Mills (aka Curly Boy Stubbs), Mary
Kelly, Tim Harrison, Dan McKinnon, Bobby Watt,
& more. 2261 Dundas St. West. 416-5316604. $22; $20(adv).
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— 4:00: St. James’ Cathedral. Sunday Afternoon Twilight Recital. Dupré: Cortège et Litanie,
Op.19/2; Prélude and Fugue in g, Op.7; Franck:
Cantabile; Duruflé: Méditation, Op.posth. Mark
Toews, organ. 4:30: Choral Evensong. 65 Church
St. 416-364-7865 x224. Free.
— 7:00: Federation of Turkish Canadian
Associations.Yeni Turku. Traditional Turkish
and modern musical instruments, producing a
range of Turkish & Mediterranean melodies.
George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St.
416-872-1111. $30-$60.
— 7:00: Kingsway-Lambton United Church.
Music Salon. Including works of Schubert, Piazzolla. Amity Trio: Michael Adamson, violin; Alyssa Wright, cello; Craig Winters, piano. 85 The
Kingsway. 416-231-9120. Donations for artists.
— 7:30: Erynn Marshall/Chris Coole. House
Concert. Southern style fiddler, and clawhammer
banjoist, performing new tunes & songs being
recorded for upcoming duet CD. Near St. Clair
West subway station. 416-516-3796. $10;
reservations required.
— 7:30: Queensmen of Toronto/Westway
Sanctuary Choir. We Remember. Remembrance Day Concert. Westway United Church, 8
Templar Dr. 416-249-7135. $15.
— 8:00: Markham Theatre for Performing
Arts. The Afro-Cuban All Stars. 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469. $59.
— 8:00: New Music Concerts/The Music
Gallery.Slowind in Concert. Aitken: Folia; Globokar: Avgustin, dober je vin (Canadian premiere);
Wyttenbach: Serenade vor Lufthössen (Canadian
premiere); Lebic: Dogodki II (Events II) (Canadian
premiere); Ligeti: 10 Pieces for Woodwind Quintet. Slowind Woodwind Quintet. 7:15: Introduction. Saint George the Martyr Church, 197 John
St. 416-204-1080. $25; $15(sr); $5(st).
— 8:00: The Rose Theatre. The Philosopher
Kings in Concert. Genre defying, big band sound. 1
Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905-874-2800. $45$65.
— 8:30: Arabesque. Layali Arabesque (Arabesque Nights). Traditional acoustic music by the
— 8:00: The Rose Theatre/Troika Entertainment. Cats. Composed by Andrew Lloyd
Webber, based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book
of Practical Cats. 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton.
905-874-2800. $79-$99. SOLD OUT. For complete run see music theatre listings.
— 8:00: Toronto Theatre Organ Society/
Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma. Wurlitzer Pops
Tuesday November 07
at Casa Loma. David Peckham, theatre organ.
Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-499-6262.
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Chamber Music $20.
Series: Harps Galore. Glenn Gould School Harp
— 8:30: Hugh’s Room.A Winter’s Eve . EmilieEnsemble. Four Seasons Centre for the Perform- Claire Barlow, Melanie Doane & Kathryn Rose
ing Arts, 145 Queen St. West. 416-363-8231.
sing in separate and combined sets, with reduced
Free.
versions of their bands. 2261 Dundas St. West.
416-531-6604. $22; $20(adv).
Music. Voice Performance Class. Songs of ReWednesday November 08
membrance. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
— 12:30 & 7:30: York University DepartChurch.Noonday Organ Recital. Peter Nikiforuk,
ment of Music.World Music Festival. Crossorgan. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.
cultural rhythmic kaleidoscope of music; runs to
— 12:30 & 7:30: York University DepartNov 9. Robb Simms, director. Recital Hall, Acco- ment of Music. World Music Festival. Recital
lade East, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186.
Hall, YU. See Nov 7.
Free.
— 7:30: Double Dragon Productions. The
— 1:00: St. James’ Cathedral. Music at Mid- Ault Sisters in Concert . Amanda, Alicia & Alanna
day. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in b, BWV.544;
celebrate the release of their debut CD Christmas
Pishny-Floyd: Pibroch; Gibbons: Ground; Hailstork: Feelings. RBC Theatre, Living Arts Centre, 4141
Balm in Gilead; Every Time I Feel the Spirit; Veni Living Arts Drive, Mississauga. 905-306-6000.
Emmanuel; Gigout: Toccata. Stillman Matheson, $15-$25.
organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865 x224. Free. — 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
— 7:00: Holocaust Education Week. From
Destruction Through Survival To Strength: A
Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416Musical Celebration Of The Jewish Spirit. Moshe 978-3744. Free.
Hammer, violin; Shoshana Friedman-Brazeau,
— 8:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band . The
soprano. Baycrest Wagman Centre, Posluns Audi- Night to Sing: A Concert of Remembrance. Tovey:
torium, 55 Ameer Ave. 416-785-2500 x2388. Requiem Mass for a Charred Skull; The Night to
Free.
Sing; Walton: Prelude & Fugue - Spitfire; Bidwell:
— 7:30: Hummingbird Centre for the PerVimy Ridge; Healey: In Flanders Field; Whitacre:
forming Arts. Eye of the Storm. *CANSleep; Bassman (arr Daum): I’m Getting SentiCELLED*
mental Over You. Alastair Kay, trombone; Ama— 8:00: ERGO Projects. An Evening with Gildeus Choir; Lydia Adams, director; Bramwell
lian Karawe Whitehead. Music by Whitehead.
Tovey, chief conductor. Metropolitan United
ERGO ensemble. 7:00: The ERGO Lounge. Glenn Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416-366-7723, 800Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-410708-6754. $28; $24(sr); $21(st); $20(adult grp
1948. $35; $20(sr/st).
10+); $16(st grp 10+).
Arabesque Orchestra; professional bellydancers.
Prof. Bassam Bishara, vocals/oude; George Barbas, dhoholla; Sebastian Gatto, katim; Walid Najjar, piano/organ; Suleiman Warwar, lead dumbek/
leader. Gypsy Co-op, 815 Queen St. West. 416920-5593. $10 cover.
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— 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Eliza Gilkyson. Texas
singer/songwriter, edgy lyrics with piercing imagery. 2261 Dundas St. West. 416-531-6604.
$32.50; $28.50(adv).
— 9:00pm & 10:15pm: Mezzetta Restaurant.Wednesday Concert Series. Kye Marshall,
cello; Andrew Scott, guitar. 681 St. Clair Ave.
West. 416-658-5687. $7 cover.
New Generation Series: Joseph Salvalaggio,
oboe. Mozart: Quartet in F for oboe and strings;
Mozetich: Calla Lilies; operatic fantasias by Pasculli and Klein; work by Lewis. Peter Longworth,
piano; Tokai String Quartet: Amanda Goodburn
violin; Czaba Koczo, violin; Yosef Tamir, viola;
Rafael Hoekman, cello; Keith Horner, host. Glenn
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-2055555. Free.
Music. Thursdays at Noon. “Stop Thief II:
They’re Getting Away”, more stolen gems from
the major repertoire for clarinet and piano, works
by Mozart, Messiaen & Schubert. Peter Stoll,
clarinet; Robert Kortgaard, piano. Walter Hall,
— 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park Anglican Church.Noonday Chamber Music. Works
by Stravinsky & Grieg. Rachel Mercer, cello;
Gregory Oh, piano. 1570 Yonge Street. 416-9205211. Collection.
— 12:30 & 7:30: York University Department of Music. World Music Festival. Recital
Hall, YU. See Nov 7.
— 6:30:Bata Shoe Museum.Two-Tone Thursdays: Jazz at the Bata Shoe Museum: Lightning
Crawford & Little Miss Phrase-ology. Rita di
Ghent pays homage to music and shoes. Jason
Crawford, guitar. 327 Bloor St. West. 416-9797799 x242. PWYC ($5 suggested).
— 7:30: National Ballet of Canada. The
Sleeping Beauty.By Tchaikovsky. National Ballet
Orchestra. Rudolf Nureyev, choreography; Karen
Kain, restaging. 45 minutes prior: Ballet Talk.
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,
145 Queen St. West. 416-345-9595. $40$190. For complete run see music theatre listings.
— 7:30: Toronto Masque Theatre. Venus and
Adonis. Dramatic rendering of Shakespeare’s
poem, and John Blow’s masque, from Ovid’s tale.
Derek Boyes, actor; Michele DeBoer, Rachel
Harwood-Jones, sopranos; Andrew Mahon, bass;
Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, dancer/choreographer; Avery MacLean, recorder; Terry McKenna,
lute; period instrument band, Larry Beckwith,
director/violin. 6:45: Pre-show chat. Winchester
Street Theatre, 80 Winchester St. 416-4104561. $35; $30(sr/st).
Music. Opera Series: Die Fledermaus. By Johann
Strauss Jr., performed in English. Sandra Horst,
conductor; Michael Patrick Albano, director. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building, 80
Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. $26; $16(sr/st).
— 8:00: Brampton Music Theatre. Fiddler on
the Roof. Book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry
Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, based on Sholom
Aleichem’s stories. Michael MacLennan, artistic
director and choreographer. Lester B. Pearson
Theatre, 150 Central Park Drive, Brampton. 905874-2800. $20; $18(sr/st); $16(ch). For complete run see music theatre listings.
— 8:00: Harbourfront Centre/Art of Time
Ensemble. Arnold Schoenberg: A Portrait. Sch-
(Y[6M;PTL
,UZLTISL
Andrew Burashko
Artistic Director
Arnold
Schoenberg
A Portrait
Ode to Napoleon
Strauss’ Emperor Waltz
Transfigured Night
with guests
Ted Dykstra
and
Richard Greenblatt
Marie Berard (violin),
Ben Bowman (violin),
Thomas Wiebe (cello),
Yosef Tamir (viola),
Susan Hoeppner (flute),
Joseph Orlowski (clarinet),
David Hetherington (cello),
Douglas Perry (viola),
Andrew Burashko (piano),
Robin Engelman
(conductor).
Thursday, November 9
Friday, November 10
8:00 pm
Also:
January 9-10
An Evening of Jewish Music
March 15-16
Schubert - Source & Inspiration
May 10-11
The Songbook
416.973.4000
Harbourfront Theatre Centre
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oenberg: Ode to Napoleon, Op.41, rant accompanied by string quartet and piano, from an epic
poem by Byron; Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured
Night), for string sextet; J. Strauss (arr Schoenberg): Emperor Waltz, for string quartet, flute,
clarinet & piano; each work introduced with a
reading in Schoenberg’s words. Richard Greenblatt, reader; Ted Dykstra, narrator; Marie
Bérard, Ben Bowman, violins; Douglas Perry,
Yosef Tamir, violas; Thomas Wiebe, David Hetherington, cellos; Susan Hoeppner, flute; Andrew
Burashko, piano; Joseph Orlowski, clarinet; Robin
Engleman, conductor). Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000.
$35; $25(sr/st/artists).
— 8:00: Harbourfront Centre/Janak Khendry Dance Company.NextSteps Series . Indian
classical traditional & innovative dance: Chandrakauns, an ode to the moon (world premiere);
Dream of a Drunken God, in which a God at a
banquet comes face to face with his dark side
(world premiere); Gayatri. Premiere Dance Theatre, Queen’s Quay Terminal, 207 Queens Quay
West. 416-973-4000. $25-$35. For complete
Arts.Kerry Stratton Conducts an Evening of
Gilbert and Sullivan.171 Town Centre Blvd.,
Markham. 905-305-7469. $56.
— 8:30: Hugh’s Room/Richard Flohil. Tom
Russell & Rosalie Sorrels. Storytelling songwriter
(think Bob Dylan, John Steinbeck & Walt Whitman); hillbilly Edith Piaf. 2261 Dundas St. West.
416-531-6604. $32.50; $30(adv).
Toronto
Children’s
Chorus
Friday November 10
— 7:30: DYSK Enterprise. Cello & Celli.
Works for 1 to 3 cellos, by Händel, Telemann,
Bach, Vitali, Popper & others. Janko Marjanovic, Jonathan Tortolano, Iris Krizmanic,
cellos; Dora Krizmanic, piano. Heliconian Hall,
35 Hazelton Ave. 416-208-7718. $20.
— 7:30: St. Paul’s Foundation for the
Arts. We Will Remember Them . Vaughan Williams: A Song of Thanksgiving; additional music for Remembrance Day; poetry readings.
The Mississauga Children’s Chorus; The Tallis
Choir of Toronto; The Salvation Army’s North
York Temple Band; Rob Crabtree, piper; Susan
Kerr, narrator; John Neville, reader; The Choir
of St. Paul’s, Eric N. Robertson, music director. St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 227 Bloor St.
East. 416-973-4000. $25; $20(adv).
— 7:30: Toronto Choral Society. The
Larks, Still Bravely Singing. Remembrance
Day tribute in song, narration & multi-media;
Barber: Agnus Dei; Janowski: Sim Shalom;
Daley: In Remembrance; Porter: Night and
Day; trad. Abide With Me. Bruce Kelly, narrator; Geoffrey Butler, conductor. Eastminster
United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416-4103509. Free; donations in part to benefit Royal
Canadian Legion.
Music. Choirs in Concert . Lest We Forget:
Works of peace and remembrance. University
Women’s Chorus, Robert Cooper, conductor.
Victoria College Chapel, 93 Charles St. West.
416-978-3744. $14; $8(sr/st).
— 8:00: Elmer Iseler Singers. Requiem .
Mozart: Requiem Mass in d, K.626; Schubert:
Jean Ashworth Bartle, C.M., O.Ont. Founder/Music Director
Toronto Children’s Chorus
and Training Choir III
present
A TIME TO REMEMBER
Featured works include:
Saturday, November 11, 2006
I Never Saw Another Butterfly Charles Davidson
Band Prelude ~ 2:45 p.m. / Concert ~ 3:00 p.m.
Peace Mass Bob Chilcott
Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. E., Toronto
In Flanders Fields Ruth Watson Henderson
Bob Chilcott ~ Guest Conductor/Composer
Popular Songs from the World War II Era
The Band of the Royal Regiment of Canada
~ Major (ret’d) Gino Falconi CD & 2nd Lt. Bill Mighton CD, conductors
Christopher Dawes ~ Organ; Ruth Watson Henderson ~ Piano
For further information and tickets, please contact the Toronto Children’s Chorus Box Office:
Tel: 416-932-8666 ext. 231
E-Mail: carol@torontochildrenschorus.com
Order online: www.torontochildrenschorus.com or at the door on November 11 ~ subject to availability
Adult: $30 / Student/Senior: $25
Canada’s VETERANS will be given complimentary seating ~ please call in advance to arrange your tickets.
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Lawrence Ave. West. 416-789-7011. $TBA.
— 8:00: The Music Gallery/Sean Corcoran. Tyft Trio, Meg Nem Sa CD Release;
Eric Chenaux . Jazz Avant series. Tyft Trio:
Hilmar Jensson, guitar; Jim Black, drums;
Andrew D’angelo, alto saxophone/bass clarinet; & Eric Chenaux, guitar/composer/singer.
Saint George the Martyr Church, 197 John St.
416-204-1080. $15; $10(sr); $5(st/unwaged).
— 8:00: Ultimate Sound Productions.
Simon & Garfunkel Tribute Concert. Mrs.
Robinson, The Sounds of Silence, Bridge Over
Troubled Water, and more. Larry Fogel, Moni
Arnon, guitars/vocals. Canadian National Institute for the Blind Auditorium, 1929 Bayview
Ave. 416-523-2305. $25; portion of proceeds
to CNIB.
— 8:00: voxworks. Love & War . Vocal
works by Barber, Debussy, Eisler, Janequin,
Milhaud & Rodrigo; excerpts from Walt Whitman’s Specimen Days. Judy Maddren, reader;
James Wells, artistic director. St. Wilfrid’s
Church, 1315 Kipling Ave. 416-769-0111.
$20.
— 9:00pm: Goethe-Institut Toronto/Yatra
Arts. Robert Lippok. Sound installation artist,
co-founder of experimental electronic postrock band To Roccoco Rot. Robert Lippok, Polmo Polpo, Marc McNulty, DJ Blotto, performers. See Announcements for 4:30 related talk.
163 King St. West. 416-593-5257. $15;
$12(adv); limited seating.
— 9:00pm: Association of Improvising
Musicians Toronto/Arraymusic . Leftover
Daylight Series. Jazz & improvised music.
Arraymusic Studio, Suite 218 (rear door), 60
Atlantic Ave. 416-539-8752. $6-$10(sliding
scale).
bert: “Trout” Quintet, D.667; Quartettsatz in
c, D.703; Piano Trio in E-flat, D.929. Windermere String Quartet: Rona Goldensher, Geneviève
Gilardeau, violins; Anthony Rapoport, viola; Laura
— 3:00: Toronto Children’s Chorus. A
Jones, cello; Guest: Sharon Burlacoff, fortepiano;
Time to Remember. Davidson: I Never Saw
Alison Mackay, double-bass. Eastminster United
Another Butterfly; Chilcott: Peace Mass;
Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416-927-9089. $15;
Watson Henderson: In Flanders Fields; Daley: $10(65+/st).
Psalm of Praise; Fauré: Pie Jesu; popular
— 8:00: Alata Harmonia Chorus of Canada.
songs of the WWII era. Band of the Royal Regi- How Beautiful! Celebrating Mozart 250. Mozart:
ment of Canada, Gino Falconi, Bill Mighton,
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K.339; Gounconductors; Christopher Dawes, organ; Ruth
od: Messe Brève #7 aux Chapelles; Si: Song Ci—
Watson Henderson, piano; Bob Chilcott, guest Poem Suite Li Qing-zhoa: Shattered Ume Blosconductor/composer; Jean Ashworth Bartle,
soms. Lillian Sit, conductor. P.C. Ho Theatre,
founder/music director. 2:45: Band Prelude.
Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto,
Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St.
5183-5193 Sheppard Ave. East. 416-321East. 416-932-8666 x231. $30; $25(st/sr);
0128. $20; $15(sr/st).
free(Canada’s Veterans by arrangement).
— 8:00: All the King’s Voices. Mozart’s Requi— 7:30: Toronto Sinfonietta. Gala Concert. em. Remembrance Day concert with orchestra
Excerpts from Mozart, Mendelssohn, Pagani- and soloists, commemorating 250th anniversary
ni, Stamitz & Weber concertos. Guests: win- of Mozart’s Birth. Our Lady of Perpetual Help
ners of the flute, violin & piano concerto com- Church, 78 Clifton Rd. 416-225-2255. $15;
petition; University of Toronto Schools String $10(sr/st); $5(ch).
Ensemble, Ron Royer, music director. Isabel
— 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony OrBader Theatre, University of Toronto, 93
chestra. Concert No. 1. Ravel: Tzigane; Grant:
Charles St. West. 416-410-4379. $25;
Overture; Brahms: Symphony #4. Rebekah Wolk$15(st).
stein, violin; David Bowser, conductor. Stephen
— 8:00: Academy Concert Series. Roman- Leacock Collegiate Institute, 2450 Birchmount
tic Soul: Schubert’s Chamber Works. SchuRd. 416-879-5566. $20; $15sr/st).
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Mass #2 in G. Rebecca Whelan, soprano; Andrea Ludwig, mezzo-soprano; Mark Dubois, tenor;
Nelson Lohnes, bass; orchestra; Lydia Adams,
conductor. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen
St. East. 416-217-0537. $35; $30(sr/st).
— 8:00: Harbourfront Centre/Art of Time
Ensemble.Arnold Schoenberg: A Portrait. Harbourfront Centre Theatre. See Nov 9.
— 8:00: I Furiosi. I’ll Be Watching You.Guest:
Olivier Fortin, harpsichord. Calvin Presbyterian
Church, 26 Delisle Ave. 416-536-2943. $20,
$10(sr/st).
— 8:00: Knights of Columbus of Mississauga. Knight for Hope. Musical extravaganza. The
Nylons; guests: Patti Jannetta, Michael Ciufo,
performers. Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre,
4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-3066000, 888-805-8888. $50. Benefit for the Carlo
Fidani Peel Regional Cancer Centre at the Credit
Valley Hospital.
— 8:00: Massey Hall.Los Lobos. Latino rootsrock band from East L.A., with elements of Mexicana, blues, folk, R&B and rock. 15 Shuter St.
416-872-4255. $29.50-$49.50.
— 8:00: Masterworks of Oakville Chorus
and Orchestra. Fauré’s Requiem & Bach’s Cantata 147. A tribute to our war vets, honour guard
before each concert. Charles Demuynck, director.
St. John’s United Church, 262 Randall Street,
Oakville. 905-845-0551. $20; $18(sr); $10(st).
— 8:00: Opera Lirica Italiana . Cavalleria
Rusticana. By Pietro Mascagni; Jealousy in Sicily.
Marianne Zin-Orlowski, Sophie Louise Roland,
sopranos; Jennifer Fina, mezzo-soprano; Charles
di Raimondo, tenor; Todd Wieczorek, baritone; OLI
Chorus; Adolfo De Santis, musical director.
Joseph P. Carrier Gallery, Columbus Centre, 901
John Edwards, Lute
Tickets $15 and $20
Romantic Soul
Saturday, November 11th at 8 p.m.
An intimate evening of Schubert’s
chamber works, presented by the
Windermere String Quartet, performing the “Trout” Quintet, the Quartettsatz in c minor, and the Piano Trio
in E-flat Major on period instruments.
Rona Goldensher, violin
Geneviève Gilardeau, violin
Anthony Rapoport, viola
Laura Jones, cello
joined by guests Sharon Burlacoff, fortepiano
and Alison Mackay, double-bass
Not to be
missed!
Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Avenue
(between the Broadview and Chester subway stations)
Tickets $15 (regular) /$10 (senior/student)
Call 416-927-9089 or go to: www.academyconcertseries.com
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— 8:00: Harbourfront Centre/Small World
Music. International Guitar Night. Unaccompanied acoustic guitar. Antoine Dufour, Peppino
D’agostino, Andrew White, Brian Gore, guitars.
Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 231 Queens Quay
West. 416-973-4000. $25; $20(adv).
— 8:00: Masterworks of Oakville Chorus
and Orchestra. Fauré’s Requiem & Bach’s Cantata 147. St. John’s United Church, Oakville. See
Nov 10.
— 8:00: New Streams Productions. Oratorio
Terezin. By Ruth Fazal, using children’s poems
written in the Terezín concentration camp, explor-
ing the question “Can God be found in my place of
pain?”. Huw Priday, tenor; Nathaniel Watson,
baritone; Teresa Gomez, soprano; Toronto Mendelssohn Singers; Toronto New Streams Children’s Choir; Young People’s Chorus of New York
City; New Streams Symphony Orchestra; Kirk
Trevor, conductor. George Weston Recital Hall,
Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St.
416-872-1111. $50,$35.
— 8:00: The Musicians in Ordinary. When
Silly Bees Could Speak. Songs by Dowland, Batchelar & others set to the poems of Sir Philip Sidney & Robert, Earl of Essex. Hallie Fishel, so-
prano; John Edwards, lute. Heliconian Hall, 35
Hazelton Ave. 416-603-4950. $20; $15(sr/st).
— 8:00:The Rose Theatre. Los Lobos in Concert. Latino roots-rock band from East L.A., with
elements of Mexicana, blues, folk, R&B and rock.
1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905-874-2800. $55$75.
— 8:00: Ultimate Sound Productions. Simon
& Garfunkel Tribute Concert. See Nov 10. Christ
Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St.
— 8:00: voxworks. Love & War. Vocal works
by Barber, Debussy, Eisler, Janequin, Milhaud &
Rodrigo; excerpts from Walt Whitman’s Specimen Days. Teige Reid, reader; James Wells,
artistic director. St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church,
151 Glenlake Ave. 416-769-0111. $20.
— 9:30pm: Palais Royale. A Night to Remember. Blues. Downchild Blues Band; The Sock-It-ToYou-All-Star Band with Gus Papas; Jack De Keyzer. 7:30: Dinner. 416-241-2345 x288, 800561-2353 x288. $40(show); $35(adv show);
$69(adv dinner & show). Proceeds for War Vets.
Sunday November 12
— 1:00: Harbourfront Centre/Jeunesses
Musicales of Ontario. Music with Bite: Acclarion in Concert. Part of ZOOM! Family Sundays, milk beverage and cookies supplied. David
Carovillano, accordion; Rebecca Sajo, clarinet.
York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West. 416973-4000. Free.
— 2:00: Hugh’s Room. Chris McKhool: Holidays
of the Global Village Children’s Concert. Songs
about Bodhi Day (Buddhist), Carnival (Quebec),
Chanukah, Chinese New Year, Christmas, Diwali,
Eid, indigenous traditions, Kwanzaa, Ramadan &
more; for ages to 12. Guest: indigenous elder
Shannon Thunderbird. 2261 Dundas St. West.
416-531-6604. $12; $10(adv). ArtsCan Circle
Benefit.
— 2:00: Jazz at R.Y.The Tony Quarrington
Quartet. Tony Quarrington, guitar; Shawn
Nykwist, saxophone; Neil Swainson, bass; Brian
Dickinson, piano; mystery guest soloist. Royal
York Road United Church, 851 Royal York Rd.
416-231-1207. $20; $17(65+/st). Proceeds to
social agencies supported by Royal York Local
Outreach.
— 2:00: Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young
People. Seussical: The Musical. Dr. Seuss characters sing & dance through his tales; music by
Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, book by
Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty, co-conceived by
Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty & Eric Idle, based
on the works of Dr. Seuss; for ages 5+; Canadian
premiere. Corrine Koslo, Michael-Lamont Lytle,
George Masswohl & others, performers; Allen
MacInnis, director; Liz Baird, musical director.
LKTYP, 165 Front St. East. 416-862-2222.
$20; $15(18 & under); $10(preview Nov 12).
— 3:00: Music at St. Clement’s. Heroic Music. Works by Braga, Franck, Langlais, Litaize.
Festival Brass; Thomas Fitches, organ. St. Clement’s Anglican Church, 59 Briar Hill Ave. 416483-6664. $20; $15(st/sr).
— 3:00: New Streams Productions. Oratorio
Terezin. George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto
Centre for the Arts. See Nov 11.
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— 3:00: Platinum Concerts International.
The Sounds of Ukraine. Kyiv Chamber Choir,
Mykola Hobdych, conductor. Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, 230 St. Clair Ave West. 416-2365195, 888-636-5195. $40,$30; group rates.
— 3:00: Saint John’s Convent. Inaugural Organ Recital. Inaugural recital on the new Gober
mechanical-action organ. Stephanie Martin, organ;
guests: Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill, organ; Katherine
Hill, soprano; and strings. 4:00: Reception. Saint
John’s Convent, 233 Cummer Avenue. 416-2262201 x301. $50. For the benefit of St. John’s
Convent Music Program.
— 4:00: Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto/Now Lounge. Jazz & Improvised Music. Showcasing local talent. Now
Lounge, 189 Church St. 416-769-2841. $6.
— 4:00: St. James’ Cathedral. Sunday Afternoon Twilight Recital. Barry Peters, organ. 4:30:
Choral Evensong. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865
x224. Free.
— 8:00: Brampton Lyric Opera. Russell
Braun, baritone in Concert. Opera concert with
full orchestra, COC soloists & chorus. The Rose
Theatre. 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905-8742800. $36-$90; fundraiser for BLO.
— 8:30: Arabesque.Layali Arabesque (Arabesque Nights). Traditional acoustic music by the
— 9:45pm: The Duhks. Migrations CD Concert.
Folk roots quintet, vocal & instrumental harmonies. Horseshoe Tavern, 370 Queen St. West.
416-598-0720. $10.50(adv); 19+.
Monday November 13
Music. Chamber Music Series. Reich: Drumming, Part 1; Lansky: Threads; Lang: the so-called
laws of nature. So Percussion. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416978-3744. $22; $12(sr/st).
Tuesday November 14
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Jazz Series:
The Golden Age of Jazz . Humber Mainstream
Jazz Ensemble, Pat LaBarbara, director. Four
Music.Voice Performance Class. Student Performances. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
— 1:00: St. James’ Cathedral.Music at Midday. Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in c; Prelude and Fugue in G; Andante with Variations;
Prelude and Fugue in d. Andrew Adair, organ. 65
Church St. 416-364-7865 x224. Free.
Music. Motets, Madrigals and Carols from England. Works by Byrd, Weelkes, Tallis, Purcell,
Pearsall, Tavener, Britten & others. YU Chamber
Choir, Lisette Canton, director. Recital Hall, Accolade East, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888.
$12; $5(st).
— 8:00: Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts. Radio City Christmas Spectacular
starring the Rockettes. The Parade of the Wooden
Soldiers, The Living Nativity, Christmas in New
York & more; Toronto premiere. 1 Front St. East.
416-872-2262. $45-$100. For complete run see
— 8:00: Koffler School of Music. Koffler
Chamber Orchestra. Handel: Concerto Grosso;
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Hugo Wolf:
Italian Serenade; Weber: Clarinet Quintet for
String Orchestra. Joaquin Valdepeñas, clarinet;
Jacques Israelievitch, conductor. Leah Posluns
Theatre, 4588 Bathurst St. 416-636-1880
x228. $30; $20(adv); $18(adv sr/st).
— 8:00:The Rose Theatre. Cape Breton Live,
in Concert. Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy
share the music & culture of Cape Breton, based
on their internet radio show. 1 Theatre Lane,
Brampton. 905-874-2800. $35-$55.
— 8:30:Hugh’s Room .Noah Zacharin waiting
on your love CD Release. Heavy on the blues,
incorporating jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, &
classical influences, guitar mastery; instruments
from tin whistle to tuba. 2261 Dundas St. West.
416-531-6604. $17; $15(adv).
Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. $37.
— 8:00: The Rose Theatre.Chantal Kreviazuk
in Concert. Winnipeg singer/songwriter/pianist. 1
Theatre Lane,Brampton. 905-874-2800. $55-$75.
— 8:00: TSO. Goodyear Plays Mozart. Mozart:
Piano Concerto #21 K.467; Bach (orch. Davis):
Passacaglia and Fugue in c; Berlioz: Harold in
Italy. Stewart Goodyear, piano; Teng Li, viola; Sir
Andrew Davis, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60
Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $35-$120.
— 8:30: Hugh’s Room.Melissa McClelland.
Vocalist & songwriter blending roots influences
with pop & jazz undertones. 2261 Dundas St.
West. 416-531-6604. $14; $12(adv).
— 9:00pm & 10:15pm: Mezzetta Restaurant.Wednesday Concert Series. Roland Hunter
Trio: Roland Hunter, guitar; Brent Tanemura,
bass; Jeff Halischuk, drums. 681 St. Clair Ave.
West. 416-658-5687. $8 cover.
New Generation Series: Park-Fraser-Hoekman
Piano Trio. Beethoven: Trio Op.11; Ravel: Piano
Trio. Angela Park, piano; Maya Fraser, violin;
Rafael Hoekman, cello; Keith Horner, host. Glenn
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205— 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist
Church. Noonday Organ Recital. Emilja Neufeld, 5555. Free.
— 12:10: U of T Faculty of Music. Thursdays
organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.
at Noon. Françaix: Trio for oboe, bassoon and
piano; Dubois: Trio d’anche;Glinka: Trio PathetMusic. Small Jazz Ensembles. Walter Hall,
Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416- ique. Kathleen McLean, bassoon; Keith Atkinson,
oboe; Joseph Orlowski, clarinet; Midori Koga,
978-3744. Free.
piano. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, 80
— 8:00: Harbourfront Centre/House of
Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
Blues. Michael Kaeshammer and Harry Manx.
Boogie-woogie/jazz pianist, and blues/folk/Hindus- — 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park Anglican Church.Noonday Chamber Music . Greentani classical multi-instrumentalist. Premiere
sleeves, early music ensemble. 1570 Yonge
Dance Theatre, Queen’s Quay Terminal, 207
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Music. Baroque Music. Baroque Ensemble, Mark
Chambers, director. Recital Hall, Accolade East,
YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free.
— 2:00: Northern District Library . Recital
for Cello and Piano. Works by Barber, Beethoven,
Brahms. Patricia Hiemstra, cello; Mary VanderVennen, piano. 40 Orchard View Blvd. 416-3937610. Free.
— 7:30: U of T Faculty of Music. Small Jazz
Ensembles. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
“Chuscales”, guitar/composer; Francisco Orozco
“Yiyi”, singer/percussion; Nicolás Hernández,
guitar/musical director/composer; Chris Church,
violin; EESDC Company; Esmeralda Enrique,
choreography. Premiere Dance Theatre, Queen’s
Quay Terminal, 207 Queens Quay West. 416973-4000. $21-$38. For complete run see music theatre listings.
— 8:00: Massey Hall. Gordon Lightfoot in Concert. 15 Shuter St. 416-872-4255. $45-$65.
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— 7:30: WildWood Capital. An evening with
Renee Barda, Mezzo-soprano. Dora Krizmanic,
piano. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416208-7718. $20.
— 8:00: Harbourfront Centre/Esmeralda
Enrique Spanish Dance Company. Esencia
Flamenca. Ramón Martínez, dancer; José Valle
director. Markham Theatre for Performing Arts,
171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-3057469. $30; $25(1st under 12); $20(additional
under 12). For complete run see music theatre
listings.
— 8:00: The Music Gallery/Idiolalla. Idiolalla
CD Release. Jazz Avant series. DB Boyko, Christine Duncan, vocalists/improvisers; Jean Martin,
percussionist. 4:00: Workshop, $TBA. Saint
George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416204-1080. $15; $10(sr/member); $5(st).
— 8:00: Toronto Philharmonia. Power and
Majesty. Mozart: Requiem Mass; Handel:
Coronation Anthems. Leslie Fagan, soprano;
Vicki St. Pierre, mezzo; Darryl Edwards, tenor;
Daniel Hambly, baritone; Mendelssohn Singers; Kerry Stratton, conductor. George Weston
Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416-872-1111.
$53-$59; $44.50-$49(sr).
— 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Goodyear Plays Mozart. Roy Thomson Hall. See
Nov 15.
— 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Great Atomic Power .
Songs ranging from the Mills Brothers to The
Beach Boys, Gillian Welch & Tom Waits, tending
toward country and bluegrass. Tory Cassis, vocals/guitar/trumpet; David Matheson, vocals/
guitar/piano/banjo; Murray Foster, vocals/upright
bass. 2261 Dundas St. West. 416-531-6604.
$12; $10(adv).
— 9:00pm: R.E.M.G./Toronto Downtown
Jazz.Original Superstars of Jazz Fusion. Roy
Ayers, Jean Carne, Wayne Henderson, Ronnie
Laws, Bobbi Humphrey, Jon Lucien, Lonnie Liston
Smith, performers. Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410
Sherbourne St. 416- 870-8000. $39.50.
Friday November 17
Music. Baroque Music. Brass Ensemble, James
MacDonald, director. Recital Hall, Accolade East,
YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free.
— 7:30: Liberation Choir. In Concert. Fundraiser for Dutch radio program Zingend Gloven.
Christopher Dawes, organ; Willem Van Suijdam, director. Great Holland Christian Homes,
7900 McLaughlin Rd. South, Brampton. 905775-3701. $TBA.
— 7:30: Opera Atelier. The Magic Flute. By
Mozart. Sung in English, English & French Surtitles. Colin Ainsworth, Carla Huhtanen, Gerald
Isaac, Peggy Kriha Dye, Olivier Laquerre & other
performers; artists of the Atelier Ballet; Jeannette Zingg, choreography; Marshall Pynkoski,
director; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, David
Fallis, conductor. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge St.
416-872-5555. 30-$125; $20(st, call). For complete run see music theatre listings.
— 7:30: Timothy Eaton Memorial Church .
Organ: Sound and Light. Michael Capon, organ.
230 St. Clair Ave. West. 416-925-5977. $20;
$15(sr/st).
Music. World of Music. Contemporary Music
Ensemble, Raffi Armenian, conductor. Walter
Hall, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park.
416-978-3744. Free.
— 8:00: Harbourfront Centre/Jeng Yi Korean Drum & Dance Ensemble. Opaque: Korean
Drumming, Song & Dance. Based on the folk and
shaman traditions of Korea. York Quay Centre,
235 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. $17.
— 8:00: Music Toronto. Vogler Quartet. Haydn:
String Quartet #52 in E-flat, Op.64/6; Lutoslawski: String Quartet; Schubert: String Quartet in G,
D.887. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. East. 416-3667723, 800-708-6754. $45,$41; 18-35 pay your
age; $5(st), accompanying adult ½ price.
— 8:00: Opera York. Mozart’s The Marriage of
Figaro. Lucia Cesaroni, singer; Opera York Orchestra and Choir; Geoffrey Butler, musical/artistic
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— 8:00: Stephen Chen/Christopher Foley .
Demi-Monde. Explore the “Half-World” of society through classical & contemporary repertoire,
works by Fauré, Brahms, Rossini, Schumann,
Lloyd Webber & Yeston. Stephen Chen, male
mezzo; Christopher Foley, piano. Heliconian Hall,
35 Hazelton Ave. 416-731-7073. $15.
— 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Garnet Rogers. Folk
vocalist/instrumentalist. 2261 Dundas St. West.
416-531-6604. $22; $20(adv).
416-539-8752. $6-$10(sliding scale).
— 11:00am & 2:00: The Rose Theatre/TheatreworksUSA. Junie B. Jones. Children’s
musical about irrepressible Junie’s transition
from kindergarten to grade 1, based on the books
by Barbara Park; singing & dancing, for ages 5 to
10. 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905-874-2800.
$25-$45.
— 8:00: Markham Theatre for Performing — 1:30 & 3:30: Toronto Symphony OrchesArts. Cape Breton Live!171 Town Centre Blvd., tra. A Bowl of Notes. Smith: Mr. Smith’s Bowl
of Notes. Greg Smith, composer/narrator. 1/2Markham. 905-305-7469. $49.
— 8:00: Massey Hall.Gordon Lightfoot in Con- hour preceding: pre-concert performance. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828.
cert. See Nov 16.
$26.50,16.50.
— 8:00: Performing Arts York Region. I
Furiosi Baroque Ensemble. Thornhill Presbyterian — 2:00: University Settlement Music and
Arts School.Scholarship Winners Concert . St.
Church, 271 Centre St., Thornhill. 905-881George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 4161941. $25; $20(sr/st).
— 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. GGS 598-3444 x243/244. Free, donations appreciated.
Vocal Showcase. Glenn Gould School students
singing art song and opera. Stuart Hamilton, em- — 6:00: Bata Shoe Museum. Yips’s Children’s
cee. RCM Concert Hall, 90 Croatia St. 416-408- Choir. Toronto’s largest Chinese choir performs
Chinese folk songs, in conjunction with new exhib2824 x321. $15; $10(sr/st).
it on children’s shoes, Watched by Heaven, Tied
to Earth: Summoning Animal Protection for Chinese Children. 327 Bloor St. West. 416-9797799 x242. Free with admission.
— 7:30: Overseas Chinese Music Society. 10th Annual Gala Concert. George Weston
$30,$22.
— 7:30: University of Toronto Scarborough. autorickshaw. Contemporary jazz & funk
converge with classical Indian music. Suba Sankaran, vocals; Ed Hanley, tabla; Rich Brown, bass;
Debashis Sinha, percussion. ARC Theatre, Academic Resource Centre, 1265 Military Trail.
416-978-8849. $12; $10(sr/st).
— 8:00: Acoustic Harvest Folk Club.
Crabtree & Mills.Joan — bluesy singer-songwriter, and Paul — renowned record producer. St.
Nicholas Anglican Church, 1512 Kingston Rd.
416-264-2235. $15.
— 8:00: Kaus Borealis.A Magical Light. Early
instrumental/vocal music. Kevin Komisaruk, director. Knox Chapel, University of Toronto, 59 St.
George St. 416-559-2586. $20; $10(sr/st).
— 8:00: Living Arts Centre. Chantal Kreviazuk
in Concert. Guest: Raine Maida (husband, lead
singer of Our Lady Peace), singer. Hammerson
Hall, Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr.,
Mississauga. 905-306-6000, 888-805-8888.
$39-$70; $5(eyeGO).
— 8:00: Massey Hall. Gordon Lightfoot in Concert. See Nov 16.
— 8:00: North York Concert Orchestra.
Gershwin, Wagner & Franck. Gershwin/Grofé:
Rhapsody in Blue; Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture;
Franck: Symphony in d. Maggie Morrison, piano;
David Bowser, director. Willowdale United
Church, 349 Kenneth Ave. 416-298-3553. $15;
$10(sr/st).
— 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Autumn Colours.
Chausson: Concerto for Violin and Piano; Freedman: Fantasy and Allegro; Mozart: Quintet in
E-flat, K.614 (orchestral version). Etsuko Kimura, violin; Angela Park, piano; Jesus Amigo,
conductor; Nurhan Arman, music director.
Post-concert: reception. Grace Church on-theHill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-499-0403. $40,
$32 (sr), $12(16-29/st).
— 8:00: Yakudo Traditional Japanese
Drummers.Yakudo Traditional Japanese Drummers in Concert. 13 performers take you through
a journey of the different seasons of old Japan,
traditional Taiko pieces and Yakudo’s original
compositions, some world premieres. Glenn
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-2055555. $26.50; $21(sr/st).
Sunday November 19
— 1:00: Hugh’s Room.Dare The Devil Fiddle
Series. Anne Lederman, host. 2261 Dundas St.
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West. 416-531-6604. $12; $10(adv); $7(ch).
— 1:30: CAMMAC/McMichael Art Gallery.
Sunday Concert Series. Vivace Chamber Players,
classical ensemble. 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg. 905-893-1121, 888-213-1121. Admission with gallery price: $15; $9(sr/st); $25(family); free(5 & under).
— 2:00: Nonnie Griffin. Showbiz & Other
Addictions. One-woman show. Marque Smith,
piano; Shelly Fowler, percussion. Heliconian Club,
35 Hazelton Ave. 416-266-6095. $20.
— 2:00: Royal Conservatory of Music Community School, Arts for All Series. The
Gypsy and the Ghost. Lecture recital about Haydn’s Hb.XV “The Gypsy” and Beethoven’s Op.70
“The Ghost”; for ages 9+. Susan Spier, violin;
Dany Nachman, piano; Susan Naccache, cello.
RCM Concert Hall, 90 Croatia St. 416-4082824 x321. Free, with suggested donation to
RCM bursary fund.
— 2:00: Royal Conservatory of Music Community School. Art Songs to Broadway. Monica Zerbe, mezzo-soprano; Brahm Goldhamer;
piano. RCM in Mississauga Recital Room, 850
Enola Avenue, Mississauga. Free, with suggested
donation to Mississauga Music Education Foundation.
— 2:00:The Sound Post. Fall Salon Concert
and Sale. Works by Bach, Hindemith, Harman.
Winona Zelenka, cello. 93 Grenville Street. 416971-6990. Free; call to reserve.
— 2:30: Opera In Concert. Les Dialogues Des
Carmelites. Dialogues of the Carmelites, by Francis Poulenc, opera in three acts (12 scenes), libretto prepared by the composer, from the drama
by Georges Bernanos, performed in French. Isabel
Bayrakdarian, Lynne McMurtry, Jenny Cohen,
Ashley Becker, Deanna Hendricks, singers; Opera
in Concert Chorus, Robert Cooper, director; Alison
d’Amato, music director/pianist. 1:45: Pre-concert talk by Iain Scott. Jane Mallett Theatre, St.
Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. East.
416-366-7723, 800-708-6754. $50,$38.
— 3:00: Hart House Music Committee.
616th Sunday Concert. Performers TBA. Great
Hall, Hart House, University of Toronto, 7 Hart
House Circle. 416-978-2452. Free.
Mozart Requiem. Mississauga Choral Society;
Charlene Pauls, Wendy Foley, Keith Boldt & Andrew Tees, singers; Roberto De Clara, conductor.
St. Matthew Parish, 1150 Monks Passage,
Oakville. 905-815-2021, 888-489-7784. $22;
$20(sr); $14(st/ch).
Music. Mozart’s Requiem. Guests: Talisker
Players orchestra & soloists. YU Concert Choir,
Lisette Canton, director. Metropolitan United
Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416-736-5186. $20;
$15(sr/st).
— 4:00: Al Green Theatre at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre. Jacques Israelievitch & Friends. Chamber music, works by
Mozart, Pierne, Ellstein, Glick, Bloch. Jacques
Israelievitch, violin; Kimberly Schmidt, piano. 750
Spadina Ave. 416-924-6211 x0. $20; $18(sr/
st).
Lounge, 189 Church St. 416-769-2841. $6.
— 4:00: St. James’ Cathedral.Sunday Afternoon Twilight Recital. Marty Smyth, organ. 4:30:
Choral Evensong. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865
x224. Free.
— 4:00: St. Philip’s Anglican Church. Jazz
Vespers. Graham Howes Trio. 25 St. Phillips Rd.
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416-247-5181. Offering.
— 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers. The Tara Davidson quintet. Tara Davidson,
saxophone; William Carn, trombone; Jon Maharaj,
bass; David Braid, piano; Ernest Sudini, drums.
1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free; donations
welcome.
— 7:30: Hype Events. Wes Winter’s Musical
Tribute to Liberace. Direct from Las Vegas. Rose
Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905-8742800. $40.
— 8:00: Harbourfront Centre/Small World
Music. Constantinople: Terra Nostra. Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 231 Queens Quay
West. 416-973-4000. $25; $20(adv).
— 8:00: Hart House Chamber Strings. Fall
Concert. Works by Telemann, Bach, Herbert,
Shostakovich. Great Hall, Hart House, University
of Toronto, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-2452.
Free.
— 8:00: Massey Hall. Gordon Lightfoot in Concert. See Nov 16.
— 8:30: Arabesque. Layali Arabesque (Arabesque Nights). Traditional acoustic music by the
— 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Chris Smither. Classic
blues and contemporary roots music, weathered
singing & unhurried picking. 2261 Dundas St.
West. 416-531-6604. $22; $20(adv).
Monday November 20
— 7:30: Bloor Street United Church. Bruckner’s Requiem in D Minor. Also Mozart: Vesperae
Solennes de Confessore. Choir of Bloor St. United
Church with orchestra. Erin Bardua, soprano,
Cynthia Won, mezzo; J. P. Michaels, tenor; Benjamin Covey, baritone; David Passmore, conductor. 300 Bloor St. West. 416-924-7439 x35.
$20, $10(sr/st/unwaged).
Music. Mozart’s Requiem. See Nov 19. Recital
Hall, Accolade East, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416736-5888. $12; $5(st).
— 8:00: CanStage. Glorious! By Peter Quilter,
story of the tone-deaf diva Florence Foster
Jenkins. With Nicola Cavendish; Christopher
Newton, director. Bluma Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. East. 416368-3110. Call for ticket prices. For complete
— 8:00: Harbourfront Centre/Jazz.FM91.
Let’s Get Lost: A Tribute to Chet Baker. Guido
Basso, trumpet/flugelhorn. Harbourfront Centre
Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West. 416-9734000. $25; $23(members).
Tuesday November 21
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Chamber Music
Series: Electroacoustic concert. University of
Toronto Faculty of Music New Music Ensemble.
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,
145 Queen St. West. 416-363-8231. Free.
— 1:00: St. James’ Cathedral. Music at Midday. Buxtehude: Prelude, Fugue and Ciacone in C;
Faulkes: Barcarolle, Op.104/2; Becker: Sonata in
g, Op. 40/1. Michael Leach, organ. 65 Church St.
416-364-7865 x224. Free.
— 6:30: University Settlement Music and
Arts School. Investing in Our Community 2006
Gala. See Announcements for details of dinner &
related events. Jacques Israelievitch, violin; WinoN OVEMBER 1 - D ECEMBER 7 2006
Lofsky, Kelley Jefferson, directors. Accolade
celebrates the country’s diverse roots. Ninety
East Lounge, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736dancers from fifteen dance groups, including:
5186. Free.
Little Pear Garden (Chinese Opera), Sampradaya
— 8:00: CBC OnStage. We Shall Be Released.
Dance (India/Canada), Sensui Kozakura (Japan),
A celebration of song on the 30th anniversary of
the Chinese Dance Academy, the Mi Young Kim
The Band’s The Last Waltz. Colin Linden, Tom
Dance Company (Korea/Canada), Ballet EspresWilson & Stephen Fearing, guitarists/singers/
sivo, Kaha:wi Dance Theatre (First Nations). Presongwriters; Richard Bell, keyboards; Gary Craig,
miere Dance Theatre, Queen’s Quay Terminal,
bass; John Dymond, drums; Kathleen Edwards,
207 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. $30;
singer; Blackie and The Rodeo Kings. Glenn Gould
$25(sr/st/CADA). For complete run see music
Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555.
theatre listings.
$35; $30.50(sr/st).
— 8:00: Grace Church on-the-Hill. Janet
Noseda & Kuerti.Roy Thomson Hall. See Nov 22.
Obermeyer, soprano in Recital. Works by De— 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Kellylee Evans. Hypnotic
bussy, Fauré, Liszt, Schubert & R. Strauss. 300
and spacious original songs. 2261 Dundas St.
Lonsdale Rd. 416-488-7884 x117. $20; $15(sr/
West. 416-531-6604. $20; $18(adv).
st).
Friday November 24
— 8:00: Roula Said. Fundraiser for Palestine.
Arab-Jewish fusion band including Roula Said,
— 12:15: St. Andrew’s United Church. Noon
David Buchbinder, Maryem and Ernie Tollar; bellyOrgan Recital. Andrei Streliaev, organ. 23 Main
dance by Roula Said & Maya al-Samry; screening
St. North, Markham. 905-294-0351. Free.
of 2 films from bh Yael’s Palestine Trilogy. Lula
— 7:30: Brampton Folk Club. A Malaika
Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. West. $25 suggested
Christmas. A cappella music. Opening: Moira
donation. Proceeds to Gaza Community Mental
Nelson, harp; Elena Jubinville, cello/voice; MalaiHealth Program, The Families Forum, Project
ka: Neema Mugala (soprano); Lee Hayes (mezzo— 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of
Hope.
soprano); Beth Ferguson (alto); Stella Haybukhai
Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416- (bass). Sanderson Hall, St. Paul’s United Church,
978-3744. Free.
Noseda & Kuerti. Gubaidulina: The Rider on the
30 Main St. South, Brampton. 647-233-3655.
White Horse (Canadian premiere); Schumann:
$15; $10(sr/st).
Piano Concerto; Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade. Music. Jazz Festival. York small jazz ensembles, — 7:30: Willowdale Presbyterian Church.
Anton Kuerti, piano; Gianandrea Noseda, conduc- Anthony Michelli, Kevin Turcotte, Lorne Lofsky,
Beethoven Symphonies 5 & 6. Derrick Lewis,
— 12:00 noon:Hart House Music Committor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593- Mark Eisenman, Jim Vivian, Mike Malone, direc- piano. 38 Ellerslie Ave. 416-434-3001. $10;
tee. Midday Mosaics Noon Hour Concert. Pertors. Accolade East Lounge, YU, 4700 Keele St. $7(sr/st).
formers TBA. Hart House Music Room, Universi- 4828. $30-$117.
— 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Amos Garrett. Sterling 416-736-5186. Free.
ty of Toronto, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978— 8:00: CBC OnStage.We Shall Be Released. Music. Jazz Festival. YU Jazz Orchestra, Alan
guitar work, dry-as-dust humour, rumbling bass
2452. Free.
vocals. 2261 Dundas St. West. 416-531-6604. Glenn Gould Studio. See Nov 22. *SOLD OUT* Henderson, director. Recital Hall, Accolade East,
— 8:00: Harbourfront Centre/ DanceWorks YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free.
Music.Jazz Festival. York jazz vocalists, Richard $32.50; $28.50(adv).
Co-Works Series.SooRyu 2006 Dance Festi- — 8:00: Fridays @ 8. Amadeus Choir in Con— 9:00pm & 10:15pm: Mezzetta RestauWhiteman, director. Accolade East Lounge, YU,
rant. Wednesday Concert Series. Mike Murley, val. Theme Historic Story, Canadian dance that
cert. British and Canadian choral gems and folk
4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free.
saxophone; David Occhipinti, guitar. 681 St. Clair
Church. Noonday Organ Recital. William Lupton, Ave. West. 416-658-5687. $7 cover.
organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.
— 1:00: Oakville Centre for the Perform—
12:00
noon:
Chamber Music Society of
ing Arts. Mayhem Poets. Slam & performance
poetry utilizing hip-hop rhythms & theatrical tech- Mississauga. Lunch Concert Series: Windemere
I N R E C I TA L
niques, for ages 7+. Oakville Centre for the Per- String Quartet. Schubert: Quartettsatz in c,
forming Arts, 130 Navy St., Oakville. 905-815- D.703; Haydn: Quartet in f, Op.55/2 (Razor);
Danzi: Quartet in B-flat, Op.6/2 (Figaro). Rona
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2021, 888-489-7784. $19.99.
— 2:30: Alchemy. An Hour of Chamber Music. Goldensher, Geneviève Gilardeau, violin; Anthony
DEBUSSY, FAURE,
Vivaldi: Double Cello Concerto in g; Bartok: Duos Rapoport, viola; Laura Jones, cello. Art Gallery of
LISZT, SCHUBERT
for two violins; Vaughan Williams: Romance, for Mississauga, 300 City Centre Dr., Mississauga.
905-896-5088. PWYC.
viola and piano; Glazunov: Cello Quintet, Op.39.
& STRAUSS
— 12:00 noon: National Ballet of Canada.
Gretchen Paxson, Heidi Behrenbruch, violins;
Beverlee Swayze, viola; Tricia Balmer, cello; Meri Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Chamber Music
Gec, piano. New Horizons Tower, 1140 Bloor St. Series: Concepts of Home. Members of the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra. Four Seasons
West. 416-536-6111. Free.
— 7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Song of Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St.
West. 416-363-8231. Free.
the Earth; Symphony in C.By Mahler and Bizet.
— 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park AngliNational Ballet Orchestra. Richard Margison,
can Church . Noonday Chamber Music.
tenor; Kenneth MacMillan, George Balanchine,
choreography. 45 minutes prior: Ballet Talk. Four Works by Ireland, Elgar, Corelli, & others.
Daniel Kushner, violin; Marty Smyth, piano/
Queen St. West. 416-345-9595. $40-$190. For organ. 1570 Yonge Street. 416-920-5211.
LESLIE DE’ATH, ACCOMPANIST
Collection.
— 7:30: Open Door Festival of Music. 6th
8:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2006
Music. Jazz Festival. York jazz vocalists, Bob
Annual Benefit Concert. The Ember Swift Band
GRACE CHURCH ON-THE-HILL
(politically-charged folk-jazz combo); DALA (clas- Fenton, director. Accolade East Lounge, YU,
sically trained duo of Sheila Carabine & Amanda 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free.
300 LONSDALE RD. (AT RUSSELL HILL), TORONTO
Walther); Craig Cardiff (alt-folk balladeer/storytell- — 1:30: Women’s Musical Club of Toroner); Kellylee Evans (jazz-inflected neo-soul); Andy to. Susanne Yi-Jia Hou, violin, Vincent Sangaré
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Stochansky (multi-instrumental singer/songwrit- Balse, piano in Concert. Mozart: Rondo from
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Schubert:
Fantaer); Julie Michels (melodies from numerous decsie for Violin & Piano in C, Op.posth.159, D.934;
ades & traditions); Avril Benoit, host . The Mod
“What a glorious singer she is, with a steely focus to a
Kang Nian Tang: Suite of Five Popular Folk Songs;
Club, 722 College St. West. 416-588-4663.
superbly supported voice.”
$25; $20(adv); $15(st); 19+ event. Proceeds to De Falla: Suite of Spanish Folksongs for Piano and
HAMILTON SPECTATOR
Violin;
De
Sarasate:
Concert
Fantasy
on
Gounod’s
Red Door Shelters.
Faust, Op.13. 12:15 pre-concert lecture. Wal— 7:30: York University Department of
COPIES OF MS OBERMEYER’S RECENTLY-RELEASED CD “MY HEART EVER FAITHFUL”
Music. Jazz Festival. York small jazz ensembles, ter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg, 80 Queen’s
WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE RECEPTION WHICH FOLLOWS.
Artie Roth, Kevin Turcotte, Roy Patterson, Lorne Park. 416-923-7052. $35.
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na Zelenka, cello. Arcadian Court, 8th Floor, 401
Bay St. 416-598-3444 x266/243. $125; fundraiser.
Music. World of Music. 7 O’Clock Swing Band,
John Jasavala, director. Walter Hall, Edward
Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-9783744. Free.
Music.Jazz Festival. York Jazz choirs, Bob
Hamper, Mim Adams, directors. Recital Hall,
Accolade East, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-7365186. Free.
— 8:00: Mirvish Productions. Chicago. Story
of a Jazz Age chorus girl, music by John Kander,
lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse,
choreography by Ann Reinking, based on a 1926
play (itself based on a true story) by Maurine
Dallas Watkins. Walter Bobbie, director. The
Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King St. West.
416-872-1212, 800-461-3333. $26-$94(eve);
$26-$84(mat). For complete run see music theatre listings.
Music. Jazz Festival. Small Jazz Ensembles,
Mike Murley, Frank Falco, Kelly Jefferson, directors. Accolade East Lounge, YU, 4700 Keele St.
416-736-5186. Free.
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songs. Shawn Grenke, accompanist; Lydia Adams, conductor/artistic director. 6:30: Gala Reception. Lawrence Park Community Church,
2180 Bayview Ave. 416-489-1551 x21. $20;
$15(sr/st); $100(Gala Reception); in support of
Habitat for Humanity.
— 8:00: Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. Chantal Kreviazuk. 130 Navy St.,
Oakville. 905-815-2021, 888-489-7784.
$57.99; $5(eyeGO).
— 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. RCO
Gala Concert. Music commemorating the devastation of AIDS and the 100th anniversary of the
birth of Shostakovich; Shostakovich: Violin Concerto #1; Corigliano Symphony #1; Sirota: Meridians (N. American premiere). Mark Fewer, violin;
Royal Conservatory Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey,
conductor. George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto
Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-8721111. $20; $10(sr/st).
— 8:00: Soundstreams. RIAS Kammerchor
Berlin & Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal.
Gubaidulina: Jetzt Immer Schnee, for choir and
chamber orchestra (composer present, 75th birthday); settings of poetry of Paul Celan by Zuraj,
Cherney, DeVries; & Renaissance pieces. James
Wood, conductor. 7:00: Young Artists Overture
Concert, Hannaford Youth Band, Darryl Eaton,
St. East. 416-366-7723, 800-708-6754. $40;
$25(sr); $10(st).
— 8:00: The Music Gallery/CONTACT contemporary music. Electronica Unplugged. Classic Avant meets Pop Avant series; the music of
Aphex Twin, David Bowie, Brian Eno, Philip
Glass, Arvo Pärt, Ann Southam, John Tavener.
The Music Gallery, St. George the Martyr
Church, 197 John Street. 416-204-1080. $10.
— 8:00: The Toronto Tabla Ensemble. Jeff
Martin and The Toronto Tabla Ensemble. Glenn
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-2055555. $40; $35(sr/st/CADA).
— 8:00: Victoria College University of Toronto .Vic Chorus Fall Concert. Italian madrigals
and motets, Vivaldi’s Gloria, dramatic reading of
Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Victoria College
Chapel, U of T, 2nd Floor, 93 Charles St W. 416585-4521. Free, cash donations for local food
bank.
— 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Patricia O’Callaghan.
Cabaret singer, from Edith Piaf to Rufus Wainwright, with Leonard Cohen & Kurt Weill in between. 2261 Dundas St. West. 416-531-6604.
$27.50; $25(adv).
416-539-8752. $6-$10(sliding scale).
— 3:00: Toronto New Music Projects/Toca
Loca/Music Gallery. Gubaidulina Chamber
Project. Gubaidulina: In Erwartung (“In Anticipation”), for saxophone quartet & six percussionists; Verwandlung (“Transformation”), for saxophone quartet, bass trombone, violoncello, double
bass & tam-tam (Canadian premiere); Duo-Sonata
for two baritone saxophones. Wallace Halladay,
Robert Carli, saxophones; Ryan Scott, percussion;
Scott Good, bass trombone; Gregory Oh, conductor; McGill University Percussion Ensemble,
Aiyun Huang, director. 416-204-1080. $20;
$15(sr); $10(st).
— 4:00: Willowdale Presbyerian Church .
Student Clarinet & Piano Recital. Students from
the studio of Meri Dolevski; Derrick Lewis, piano.
Willowdale Presbyterian Church, 38 Ellerslie
Ave. 416-527-2580. Free; donations accepted &
appreciated; door prizes & refreshments.
— 7:00: VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto.
Music of the Ancients. All four VIVA! Choirs,
ages 4-25. Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church, 427
Bloor St. West. 416-788-8482. $TBA.
— 7:30: Metropolitan Silver Band . MSB in
Concert. Fran Harvey, conductor. Location TBA.
416-864-5551. Offering. Proceeds to East End
Refugee Committee.
— 7:30: Oakville Chamber Orchestra. 4tissimo. Music of Bach, Dvorak & Mozart. Central
Baptist Church, 340 Rebecca St., Oakville. 905337-1083, $20; $15(sr/st); $5(under 12).
— 7:30: Thornhill United Church. November
Delights. Lighter music. Thornhill United choirs &
instrumentalists. 25 Elgin St., Thornhill. 905889-2131. Offering.
— 7:30:Toronto Sinfonietta. Youth Spiritual
Power. Young musicians performing baroque &
classical concertos for flute, piano & violin.
Guests: Angel Choir of Toronto. Trinity Presbyterian Church York Mills, 2737 Bayview Ave. 416410-4379. $17; $10(st).
— 7:30:TSO. Noseda & Kuerti. Schumann: Piano
Concerto; Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade. Anton
Kuerti, piano; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828.
$27.50-$71 (incl post-concert party with artists).
Music. Choirs in Concert: From Russia with Love.
Stravinsky:Les Noces (The Wedding). MacMillan
Singers, Doreen Rao, conductor; guests: Nexus
Percussion Ensemble; High Park Choirs of Toronto. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building,
80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. $14; $8(sr/st).
— 7:30: Yorkminster Citadel Band and
Songsters. Community Christmas Concert.
Guests: Estonian Male Chorus, Charles Kipper,
conductor; guest soloist, TBA. The Sanctuary, 1
Lord Seaton Rd. 416-222-9110. $10; $5(sr/st).
— 8:00: Counterpoint Community Orchestra. Glitter and Be Gay: Dancing the Night Away.
Tchaikovsky: Winter Dreams (from Symphony
#2); Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel Overture;
Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours; Vaughan Williams:
Rhosymedre; Bernstein: Glitter and be Gay; Bach:
Double Concerto in d, for violins and strings; Gounod: Ballet Music from Faust. Sinead Sugrue,
soprano; Paul Willis, Emma Vachon, violins; Terry
Kowalczuk, conductor. St. Luke’s United Church,
353 Sherbourne St. 416-925-9872 x2066. $18;
$15(adv).
— 8:00: Harbourfront Centre/Susan Lee/
Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan.
Leeward. New works for dance and music, evoca-
w w w. M o o re d a l e C o n c e r t s . c o m
Mozart
Hear Mozart’s monumental
String Quartet in c minor
& more
Etsuko Kimura, violin
FRIDAYS @ 8
‘Sensitive, yet brilliant player’
presents
AMADEUS CHOIR
Lydia Adams, conductor & artistic director
Shawn Grenke, accompanist
Sharon Wei &
Eric Paetkau, violas
Patricia Ahn, violin
Kristine Bogyo, cello
Saturday, November 25 at 8 pm - Willowdale United
Sunday, November 26 at 3 pm - Walter Hall, U of T
at 1 pm for children - Music and Truffles - $10
Affordable tickets! $25, ($20 St./Sr.) 416-922-3714 x103
Friday, November 24, at 8:00 pm
A benefit concert in support of Lawrence Park
Community Church's Habitat for Humanity
project. Repertoire will include British and
Canadian choral gems and folk songs.
Tickets: $20 / $15 (sr/st)
General admission
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tive acoustic and electronic soundscapes. Susan
Lee, Maxine Heppner, choreography; Mark Duggan, composer; Blair Mackay, artistic director.
Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 231 Queens Quay
West. 416-973-4000. $25; $18(sr/st/CADA).
— 8:00: Massey Hall/Toronto Blues Society. Women’s Blues Revue. 20th anniversary celebration, with Rita Chiarelli, Sue Foley, Saidah Baba
Talibah, Ellen McIlwaine, Diana Braithwaite & more.
15 Shuter St. 416-872-4255. $35-$45.
— 8:00: Mississauga Symphony.
Beethoven’s Sixth. Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
Overture; Royer: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin,
Cello, Piano & Orchestra (premiere); Beethoven:
Symphony #6 (Pastoral). The Gryphon Trio: Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin; Jamie Parker, piano;
Roman Borys, cello; John Barnum, conductor.
Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living
Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000, 888805-8888. $45,$35.
— 8:00: Mooredale Concerts. Mozart’s
String Quintet in c. Mozart: String Quintet in
c; Ysaye: Sonate for violin, Op.27/2; Kuzmenko: Song of Lilith (selections). Etsuko
Kimura, Yoonsun Patricia Ahn, violins; Sharon
Wei, Eric Paetkau, violas; Kristine Bogyo, cello, Patricia Ahn, violin. Willowdale United
Church, 347 Kenneth Ave. 416-922-3714
x103. $25; $20(sr/st).
— 8:00: Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. An Evening at the Apollo. Six singers & six-piece band re-create the R&B sounds
from the 50’s, 60’s & 70’s, including Jackie
Wilson, The Supremes, Aretha Franklin, The
Drifters, The Temptations & more. 130 Navy
St., Oakville. 905-815-2021, 888-489-7784.
$47.99; $5(eyeGO).
— 8:00: The Toronto Tabla Ensemble.
Jeff Martin and The Toronto Tabla Ensemble.
Glenn Gould Studio. See Nov 24.
— 8:00: The Yorkminstrels. Grease.
1950’s nostalgia brought to life. Cliff Jones,
artistic director; David Ambrose, musical director; Valerie Stanois, choreographer. Leah
Posluns Theatre, 4588 Bathurst St. 416-2910600. $28.50; $23.50(65+); $21(under 19).
Non-perishable food items to the North York
Harvest Food Bank. For complete run see music theatre listings.
Band . Christmas Concert. Forest Brook Community Church, 60 Kearney Drive, Ajax. 905263-8265. $10; $8(sr/st); free(ch not requiring a seat).
Music . Opera Tea: Enter the Albanians: the
art of operatic disguise. An afternoon of opera
and tea on the theatre stage. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s
Park. 416-978-3744. $26.
— 3:00: Mooredale Concerts. Mozart’s
String Quintet in c . See Nov 25. Walter Hall,
80 Queen’s Park.
— 3:00: Soundstreams. RIAS Kammerchor
Berlin. Works of German Romanticism by
Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, Mahler, Ligeti,
Gubaidulina. William O’Meara, organ; James
Wood, conductor. Metropolitan United Church,
56 Queen St. East. 416-366-7723, 800-7086754. $40; $25(sr); $10(st).
— 3:00: Toronto Mandolin Orchestra . CD
Release & 50th Anniversary Concert. Canadian, Ukrainian & Russian, folk & classical mandolin music. Tamara Volskaya, Iraida Erokhina,
domra; Alexander Veprinsky, conductor. Glenn
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-5332725. $30.
— *3:00: York University Department of
Music. Bandancing . Dance music for band,
works by Stamp, Bernstein, Hesketh,
Grainger. YU Wind Symphony, William Thomas, director. Recital Hall, Accolade East, YU,
4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. $12; $5(st).
* See York University ad on page 38
Lounge, 189 Church St. 416-769-2841. $6.
— 4:00: St. James’ Cathedral. Sunday Afternoon Twilight Recital . Michael Bloss, organ.
4:30: Choral Evensong. 65 Church St. 416364-7865 x224. Free.
— 5:00: Masaryk Memorial Institute.
Nocturnes at Masaryktown: Duo Moravia.
Works by Smetana, Dvorak, Janacek. Jirí
Hanousek, cello; Pavel Kaspar, piano. Prague
Restaurant, Masaryktown, 450 Scarborough
Golf Club Rd. 416-439-4354. $20; $15(st).
— 7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music,
Glenn Gould School. Student Recital. Trumpet & French Horn, NonC; teacher Andrew
Sunday November 26
McCandless. Adam Zinatelli & Gregory Mor— 1:00: Mooredale Concerts. Music &
gan, trumpet & French horn. Concert Hall, 90
Truffles Children’s Concert: Mozart’s music. Croatia St. 416-408-2824 x321. Free.
Mozart: String Quintet in c. Etsuko Kimura,
— 8:00: Esprit Orchestra . Sophia Plus. GuPatrica Yoonsun Ahn, violins; Sharon Wei, Eric baidulina: Seven Words, for bayan, cello &
Paetkau, violas; Kristine Bogyo, cello. Walter
string orchestra; De Profundis, for solo bayan;
Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-922-3714 x103. $10. Current: Concertino, for solo flute, three flutes
— 2:00: Oakville Chamber Orchestra.
& string orchestra; Arcuri: Concerto for Piano
4tissimo. See Nov 25. St. Simon’s Church,
and String Orchestra. Friedrich Lips, bayan;
1450 Litchfield Rd., Oakville.
Paul Widner, cello; Robert Aitken, flute; Louise
— 2:00: Roy Thomson Hall. London Philhar- Bessette, piano; Alex Pauk, conductor. 7:15:
monic Orchestra. Sibelius: Violin Concerto in
Pre-concert talk. Jane Mallett Theatre, St.
d; Beethoven: Symphony #3 (Eroica). Sarah
Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St.
Chang, violin; Kurt Masur, conductor. 60 Sim- East. 416-366-7723, 800-708-6754. $30;
coe St. 416-872-4255. $49.50-$149.50.
$16(sr); $10(st/Cheapseats).
— 2:00: Toronto All-Star Big Band. A
— 8:30: Arabesque . Layali Arabesque (AraChristmas Special. Swinging holiday revue
besque Nights). Traditional acoustic music by
fashioned in the tradition of the classic
the Arabesque Orchestra; professional belly“Christmas Show” of yesteryear. Markham
dancers. Prof. Bassam Bishara, vocals/oude;
Theatre for Performing Arts, 171 Town Cen- George Barbas, dhoholla; Sebastian Gatto,
tre Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469. $34.
katim; Walid Najjar, piano/organ; Suleiman
— 2:00: University Settlement Music
Warwar, lead dumbek/leader. Gypsy Co-op,
and Arts School. Chamber Music Recital.
815 Queen St. West. 416-920-5593. $10
St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St.
cover.
416-598-3444 x243/244. Free, donations
— 8:30: Hugh’s Room . James Keelaghan CD
appreciated.
Release. Folksongs telling stories of extraordi— 2:30: Pickering Community Concert
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nary people. 2261 Dundas St. West. 416531-6604. $22; $20(adv).
Monday November 27
Music. Medieval and Renaissance Music.
Medieval and Renaissance Ensembles, Judith
Cohen, director. Recital Hall, Accolade East,
YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free.
— 2:30: Alchemy. An Hour of Chamber Music. See Nov 22. Valleyview Residence, 541
Finch Ave. West.
Music. World of Music. Student Composers.
— 8:00: New Music Concerts. Sofia Gubaidulina: A Portrait (Gubaidulina Festival).
Gubaidulina: In Croce, for bayan and cello; The
Garden of Joy and Sorrow for flute, harp &
viola; Silenzio, for bayan, violin & cello; Hom-
mage à T. S. Eliot, for soprano and octet; Richardson: Concerto for Violin & string quintet
(world premiere). Sofia Gubaidulina, composer;
Friedrich Lips, bayan; Patricia Green, mezzosoprano; David Hetherington, cello; Fujiko Imajishi, Michael Schulte, violins; Erica Goodman,
harp; Robert Aitken, flute; New Music Concerts Ensemble; Robert Aitken, director. 7:15:
Introduction. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front
St. West. 416-205-5555. $25; $15(sr);
$5(st).
— 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Ian Tyson . Three decades of musical innovation. 2261 Dundas St.
West. 416-531-6604. $40; $35(adv).
Tuesday November 28
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Piano Virtuoso Series: Music of Chopin, Shostakovich.
Benjamin Cruchley, piano. Four Seasons Centre
for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. West.
416-363-8231. Free.
— 12:10: University of Toronto Faculty
of Music. Voice Performance Class: Shakespeare in Song. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson
Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744.
Free.
— 1:00: St. James’ Cathedral. Music at
Midday. Paul Jessen, organ. 65 Church St.
416-364-7865 x224. Free.
— 7:30: Aldeburgh Connection/University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Discovery
Series. Young singers on the brinks of their
careers. Ileana Montalbetti, Charlene Smith,
sopranos; Heather Jewson, mezzo; Stephen
Ralls, piano. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson
Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-735-7982 (Aldeburgh), 416-978-3744 (UofT). $16; $11(sr/
st).
Music. Seasonal Music for Christmas . Britten: Ceremony of Carols; works by Cornelius,
Wright, Daley. Caroline Léonardelli, harp; YU
Women’s Chorus, Lisette Canton, director.
Recital Hall, Accolade East, YU, 4700 Keele
St. 416-736-5888. $12; $5(st).
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— 7:00: Goethe-Institut Toronto.Heine and
— 8:00: Markham Theatre for Performing Arts. Chantal Kreviazuk. 171 Town Cen- Yiddish Song. Song settings of Yiddish poets influenced by Heine, some dated to the poets’ musical
tre Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469. $72.
contemporaries, others newly-composed settings
— 8:00: Meagan O’Shea . something blue.
by Wall, Lerner & Albershteyn. Adrienne Cooper,
Interactive sound/video installation & dance
voice; Marilyn Lerner, piano. Goethe-Institut Kiproject from stories about the no longer married, choreographed by Meagan O’Shea, sound- nowelt Hall, 163 King St. West. 416-593-5257.
$15; $12(adv); limited seating.
score by Lori Clarke, interactive installation
— 7:00: Tafelmusik. The Fairy Queen. By Purcreated with Martha Cockshutt & Dave Picell, inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer
juan-Nomura. Aviva Chernick, vocalist, Meagan O’Shea, dancer. Dancemakers Centre for Night’s Dream. Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
and Chamber Choir; Laurie Reviol, soprano; Marc
Creation, The Distillery District, Building 58,
Molomot, haute-contre; Olivier Laquerre, baritone.
Studio 313, 55 Mill Street. 416-204-1082.
and actor/narrator; Richard Egarr, director. Trini$20; $15(sr/st/underemployed/CADA);
ty-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. West. 416$17(preview); $12(preview sr/st/underem964-6337. $28-$65; $22-$59(65+/st).
ployed/CADA). For complete run see music
— 7:30: Mozart Society of Toronto. Jiri
theatre listings.
Hanousek, cello, Pavel Kaspar, piano in Concert.
Works by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven. First Unitarian Congregation, 175 St. Clair Ave. West.
416-201-3338. $20(guests); free(members).
Music. Wind & Band Series. Wind Classics by
Jacob, Herberman & Vaughan Williams. Symphonic Winds, Jeffrey Reynolds, conductor. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building, 80
Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. $14; $8(sr/st).
— 8:00: Harbourfront Centre/Arabesque
Dance Company. Asala (Roots). Choreographed
by Yasmina Ramzy, most music composed by the
players; from Sufi Whirlers to Port Said fishermen, from veiled women of Saudi Arabia to belly
dancers of Cairo, accompanied by traditional
acoustic music, full orchestra of Arabian instruments (qanoon, oude, naye, dumbek, semsemaya,
mizmar). Dr. George Sawa, Prof. Bassam
Bishara, Suleiman Warwar, Ernie Tollar, Milad
Daher, players; Najwa Tannus, vocals. Premiere
— 8:00: Music Toronto. St. Lawrence
Dance Theatre, Queen’s Quay Terminal, 207
Quartet. Dohnanyi: Serenade (string trio);
Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. $35;
Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello and Piano in d, $30(sr/st/CADA). For complete run see music
Op.40 (1934); Arensky: Two-Cello Quartet.
theatre listings.
Guests: David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano.
Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for
the Arts, 27 Front St. East. 416-366-7723,
800-708-6754. $45,$41; 18-35 pay your
age; $5(st), accompanying adult ½ price.
— 8:00: Theatre Sheridan. She Loves Me.
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Book by Joe Masteroff; music by Jerry Bock;
Toronto Symphony, November 29 & 30
lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; a musical valentine
set in a 1930s Hungarian perfume shop. Mainstage Theatre, Sheridan College, 1430 Trafalgar Rd., Oakville. 905-815-4049. $19-$25,
sr/st/alumni discounts, call for details. For complete run see music theatre listings.
— 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Ian Tyson. See Nov 27.
St. 416-593-4828. $30-$117.
— 8:00: TrypTych. A Holly Jolly Christmas
Cabaret. West Hall Theatre, Trinity Presbyterian
Church, 2737 Bayview Ave. 416-763-5066 x1.
$20.
— 8:30: Hugh’s Room/Richard Flohil. David
Wilcox. Blues/rock guitarist with original, electric
roots music. Opening: Danielle Miraglia. 2261
Dundas St. West. 416-531-6604. $32.50;
$28.50(adv).
— 9:00pm &10:15pm: Mezzetta Restaurant.
Wednesday Concert Series. Latin jazz. Amanda
Martinez, vocals; Kevin Laliberte, guitar. 681 St.
Clair Ave. West. 416-658-5687. $7 cover.
Enter the Albanians: The Art of Operatic Disguise. Students of the University of Toronto Opera Division. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. West. 416-3638231. Free.
New Generation Series: Joni Henson, soprano.
Songs by Bizet and Strauss, an aria by Mozart,
Britten: song cycle On This Island. Liz Upchurch,
piano; Marie Bérard, violin; Keith Horner, host.
Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416205-5555. Free.
Music. Thursdays at Noon. Works by Barber,
Carter, Françaix & Luedeke. Toronto Wind Quintet. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, 80
— 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park Anglican Church. Noonday Chamber Music. Works
by Bach, Buxtehude, Franck. Bruce Kirkpatrick
Hill, organ. 1570 Yonge Street. 416-920-5211.
Collection.
— 2:00 Northern District Library .Windsong:
Music for Flute, Recorder, Oboe, Bassoon & piano. Works by Michael Haydn, Dvorak, Rutter,
Piazzolla, Morricone, Vicenti, Rieti. 40 Orchard
View Blvd. 416-393-7610. Free.
— 7:00: Brampton Music Theatre.Disney’s
Cinderella Kids. Sherry Ross, producer. Cyril Clark
Library Theatre, 20 Loafer’s Lake Lane, Brampton. 905-874-2800. $12; $11(sr/st); $10(ch).
Music. Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Guests: 11
O’Clock Jazz Orchestra, Terry Promane, director;
Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Lisa Martinelli, director.
Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. $14; $8(sr/st).
— *7:30: York University Department of
Music. Symphonic Music. Lidov: Ghazal (world
premiere); works by Gounod, Dvorak. YU Symphony Orchestra, Mark Chambers, director. Recital Hall, Accolade East, YU, 4700 Keele St. 416736-5888. $12; $5(st).
*See York University ad on page 38
Arts. John McDermott.Markham Theatre Fundraiser. 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 905305-7469. $75; $95(with pre-show reception).
— 8:00: Tafelmusik.The Fairy Queen. TrinitySt. Paul’s Centre. See Nov 29.
— 8:00: Theatre Sheridan.Candide. Based on
the novel by Voltaire; book by Hugh Wheeler;
music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Richard
Wilbur; additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim &
John Latouche; Voltaire’s irreverent satire on
optimistic philosophies. Studio Theatre, Sheridan
College, 1430 Trafalgar Rd., Oakville. 905-8154049. $16, sr/st/alumni discounts, call for details. For complete run see music theatre listings.
— 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Images of Russia.Roy Thomson Hall. See Nov 29.
7:00: Discussion with Rick Phillips.
— 8:30: Hugh’s Room/Richard Flohil. Stacey
Earle & Mark Stuart. Singer/songwriter addresses tough issues beneath the surface. Opening:
Danielle Miraglia. 2261 Dundas St. West. 416531-6604. $22.50; $20(adv).
Friday December 01
— 12:00 noon: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. World of Music. World Music Ensembles: African Drumming & Dancing, Balinese
Gamelan, Japanese Taiko Drumming, Klezmer,
Steel Pan. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson
Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
ATMAclassique
— 12:30: Coalition for Music Education in
Canada. Christmas Tuba Festival and Choir SingAlong. Orin Isaacs, emcee; Scott Irvine, arranger;
TBA, Diane Jamieson, conductors. Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St. West. 416-2982871. Free.
Music. Choral Music. Works by Lauridsen,
Aguiar, Gardner, Whalum, Smith, Persichetti &
others. YU Male Vocal Ensemble, Lisette Canton,
director. Recital Hall, Accolade East, YU, 4700
Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free.
Church. Noonday Organ Recital. William Maddox, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.
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— 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Images of Russia. Mussorgsky: Khovantchina Introduction; Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo
Theme; Scriabin: Symphony #3 (The Divine
Poem). Shauna Rolston, cello; Yannick NézetSéguin, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe
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Music. String Music. YU String Orchestra, Mark
Chambers, director. Recital Hall, Accolade East,
YU, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free.
— 7:30: Canadian Children’s Opera Chorus. A Dickens of a Christmas. Children’s opera
by Errol Gay & Michael Patrick Albano, based on
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 231 Queens Quay
West. 416-973-4000. $35; $15(sr/st). For complete run see music theatre listings.
— 7:30: Counterpoint Chorale. Sing-Along
Downtown Messiah. The Talisker Players;
Abigail Freeman, soprano; Deborah Overes, mezzo-soprano; Taras Chmil, tenor; Vasil Garvanliev,
baritone; William Woloschuk, director. Church of
the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Sq. 416-253-4674.
$25; $20(adv).
Music.Choirs in Concert. University Women’s
Chorus & Master Chorale, Robert Cooper & Brad
Ratzlaff, conductors. Victoria College Chapel, 93
Charles St. West. 416-978-3744. $14; $8(sr/st).
Music.Gospel Music. YU Gospel Choir, Karen
Burke, director. Recital Hall, Accolade East, YU,
4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. $12; $5(st).
— 8:00: CBC OnStage. Brazilian Pathways:
Celso Machado & friends. Brazilian Music and
beyond. Celso Machado; vocals/guitar/percussion;
Carlinhos Machado; vocals/guitar; Cyro Baptista;
Brazilian percussion; David Virelles; piano; Rich
Brown; bass. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St.
West. 416-205-5555. $40; $34.75(sr/st).
— 8:00: Elmer Iseler Singers. Handel’s Messiah.
Guests: orchestra; The Amadeus Choir; Monica
Whicher, soprano; Christine Stelmacovich, mezzo-soprano; David Pomeroy, tenor; Alexander
Dobson, bass; Robert Venables, Robert DiVito,
trumpet; Patricia Wright, organ; Lydia Adams,
St. East. 416-217-0537. $45; $40(sr/st).
— 8:00: Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra.
Conductor Collage: Water and Ice. Handel: Double
horn concerto; Symond: On an Emerald Sea; Glazunov: The Seasons: Winter; Schumann: Sympho-
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ny #3 (Rhenish); Anderson: Sleigh Ride. Peter
Samuelson, Tom Fleming, French horns; Stéphane
Potvin, conductor. 7:00: Auction. Humber Valley
United Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd. 416-2395665. $20; $15(sr/st); free(16 & under with
adult).
— 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall/House of Blues
Concerts Canada. Holly Cole. Singer & her
orchestra with jazz, pop and seasonal classics.
60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $55-$75.
— 8:00: Tafelmusik. The Fairy Queen. TrinitySt. Paul’s Centre. See Nov 29.
— 8:00: The Music Gallery. The Hylozoists
with Whippoorwill. Pop Avant series; post-rock/
surf-pop instrumental orchestra; duo of bassist/
guitarist Chris Gartner & drummer Great Bob
Scott; video by Brenda Goldstein; Paul Aucoin,
Patrick Conan, Jason Tait, vibraphone/glockenspiel/drums; Jason Ball, organ; Matt Faris, drums;
Paul Loman, bass; & others. Saint George the
Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-204-1080.
$15; $12(adv).
416-539-8752. $6-$10(sliding scale).
Saturday December 02
— 8:00: Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra/
Concert Winds. Pomp & Pipes!Karg-Elert:
Praise the Lord with Drums and Cymbals; Whitacre: October; Hoshide: A Christmas Carol Fantasy; Wagner: Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral; &
other works. Aaron James, organ; Colin Clarke,
conductor. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-481-9099. $TBA
Music. World of Music. Electroacoustic music,
with performers and live electronics. Andrew
Staniland & Dennis Patrick, coordinators. Walter
416-978-3744. Free.
— 3:00: Etobicoke Suzuki School of Music.
Winter Concert: 25th Anniversary. 100 young
violinists and cellists from age 3 to 17. Venue
TBA. 416-239-4637. Free.
— 3:00: University of Toronto Scarborough.Sounds of the Season. Annual holiday
concert by UTSC staff, faculty & students. UTSC
Wind Ensemble, Lynn Tucker, director; UTSC
Concert Choir & UTSC String Ensemble, Lenard
Whiting, director. ARC Theatre, Academic Resource Centre, 1265 Military Trail. 416-2877076. Free, donation of non-perishable or canned
good.
— 7:00: Royal Conservatory of Music,
Glenn Gould School. Student Recital. Flute,
ADO yr.2 grad; teacher Kathleen Rudolph. A.
Emre Sagbas, flute. Concert Hall, 90 Croatia St.
416-408-2824 x321. Free.
— 7:30: Forte - The Toronto Men’s Chorus.
Forte in Formal. Connell: setting of What a piece
of work is a man (“Hamlet” (Act 2), by Shakespeare, world premiere); Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music, K.477 (Canadian premiere in original
choral form); Fauré: Ave Maria; Cantique de Jean
Racine; Biebl: Ave Maria; three Holocaust-era
works by Jewish composers. Guests: Stephen
Erickson, tenor; Bruno Cormier, baritone; Edward
Connell, music director. Metropolitan United
Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416-961-5708.
$25,$20(sr/st).
— 7:30: Pickering Village United Church.
Christmas Concert. The County Town Singers.
300ChurchSt. North, Ajax. 905-683-4721. $10.
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Adults - $20
Students - $10
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— 7:30: Tallis Choir. Monteverdi’s Midnight
Mass. Also Monteverdi: Gloria, for seven voices;
Missa In Illo Tempore; works by Gabrieli & Cavalli. St. Patrick’s Church, 141 McCaul St. 416533-6179. $25; $29(sr); $10(st with ID).
Music. Wind & Band Series: Old Music in New
Clothing. Marshall: L’homme Armé Variations;
Tull: Sketches on a Tudor Psalm; works by
Grainger & Vaughan Williams. Wind Ensemble,
Gillian MacKay, conductor. MacMillan Theatre,
Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416978-3744. $14; $8(sr/st).
— 8:00: Acoustic Harvest Folk Club. A
Christmas in Peru with Rukanas. Joyful music
from Peru and the Andes. St. Nicholas Anglican
Church, 1512 Kingston Rd. 416-264-2235. $15.
— 8:00: Cantores Celestes Women’s Choir/
Beyond the Pale/The Emperor String Trio.
Music for the Season of Peace. Eastern European
Christmas & Hanukkah traditions, works by
Vivaldi, Propera, Chilcott, and Luengen (world
premiere). Runnymede United Church, 432 Runnymede Ave. 416-236-1522. $20. $1000 donation to The Red Door Shelter.
— 8:00: City of Brampton Concert Band.
Christmas at the Rose. Darryl Eaton, conductor.
Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905874-2800. $20; $18(sr/st).
— 8:00: Living Arts Centre. Natalie MacMas-
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& Celtic music. Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre,
4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-3066000, 888-805-8888. $35-$59; $5(eyeGO).
— 8:00:Massey Hall. Selling England by the
Pound. Restaging of the Genesis concert by The
Music Box, with light show. 15 Shuter St. 416872-4255. $51-$72.50.
— 8:00: Music at St. Andrews. Advent &
Christmas Music. Erica Goodman, harp; Suzanne
Shulman; flute; St. Andrews Choir, Douglas Bodle, director of Music. St. Andrews Presbyterian
Church, 73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600. $20;
$10(st).
— 8:00: Peter Margolian & Friends. Chamber Music Concert. Rossini: La Fioraia Fiorentina;
L’Ultimo Ricordo; Zaninelli: Autumn Music, for
trumpet & piano; Bruno: Danze Americane #1,
for trumpet, trombone, double bass, piano; Cascanino: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano; Carulli:
Sonata for Guitar and Piano; Rendano: Quintet for
Strings and Piano; Respighi: La Suite della Tabacchiera. Marianne Zin-Orlowsky, soprano; Douglas
Tranquada, baritone; Peter Margolian, piano; John
McGuigan, trumpet; Ken Hodge, bassoon; Tod
Dorozio, guitar; & others. Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. West. 416-769-5253. Free.
— 8:00: Scarborough Philharmonic. Prelude
to Christmas - A Toy Concert. Tchaikovsky: The
Nutcracker (excerpts); Herbert: March of the
Toys; sing-along carols. John Barnum, conductor.
Birchmount Park C.I., 3663 Danforth Ave. 416429-0007. $25; $20(sr); $15(st).
— 8:00:Tafelmusik. The Fairy Queen. TrinitySt. Paul’s Centre. See Nov 29.
— 8:00: The Music Gallery. Arraymusic: The
Music of James Tenney. Classic Avant series.
Saint George the Martyr Church, 197 John St.
416-204-1080. $TBA.
— 8:00: The Oriana Women’s Choir. Cinnamon & Cedar. Classic all-pops concert; Lukawecki, Cinnamon & Cedar; Phelan (arr): Gesu
Bambino; O Holy Night (premieres); Brown (arr):
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy; Anderson: Sleigh
Ride; more holiday favourites. Andy Morris,
drums; Victor Bateman, bass; James Bourne,
piano; Timothy Phelan, classical guitar; William
Brown, conductor. Jane Mallett Theatre, St.
Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. East.
416-923-3123. $25; $20(sr); $10(st).
Sunday December 03
— 1:30: CAMMAC/McMichael Art Gallery.
Sunday Concert Series. Edith Gardiner, piano;
Christina Birch & Dwane Webster, vocalists.
10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg. 905-893-1121,
888-213-1121. Admission with gallery price:
$15; $9(sr/st); $25(family); free(5 & under).
— 1:30: Toronto Accolades of Harmony. It
was a Very Good Year … . A cappella quartets,
with songs such as That’s entertainment, Ten
Feet Off the Ground, Let There Be Peace, You
Raised Me Up, Under the Board Walk, & many
more; silent auction. Guest quartets: In The Moment, Alibi, Jubilation, Chameleon; Duo: Jamie
and Joy. Recital Hall, Accolade East, York University, 4700 Keele St. 416-743-5184. $15.
— 2:00: Off Centre Music Salon.Bel Canto
Salon: I Capuleti et I Montecchi. By Bellini. Agathe
Martel, soprano; Emilia Boteva, mezzo soprano;
Simon Rozin Kim, piano/music director. Glenn
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-4661870. $40, $35(sr/st).
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— 2:00: Toronto Philharmonia. Christmas
Classics. Works by Purcell, Handel, Debussy,
Rutter & others; world premieres of concertos
by Yamaha Piano Competition award winners
Lea Leung (12) & Francis Li (16). Toronto Children’s Chorus; Jean Ashworth Bartle, conductor; Kerry Stratton, conductor. George Weston
$53-$59; $44.50-$49(sr).
— 2:30: Aldeburgh Connection . Masques et
bergamasques. Fauré: Masques et bergamasque;
Hahn: Songs. Nathalie Paulin, soprano; Anita
Krause, mezzo; Colin Ainsworth, tenor; Brett
Polegato, baritone. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson
Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-735-7982. $50; st
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— 2:30: Sharlene Wallace. Winter Anticipation. Anticipation CD launch, plus festive Christmas music. Sharlene Wallace, harp; Susan Piltch,
flute/piano; George Koller, bass. Enoch Turner
Schoolhouse, 106 Trinity St. 416-346-6600.
$10; $8(sr/st).
— 3:00: Contemporary Showcase Festival.
Showcase Concert & Presentation of Awards .
Works by Canadian composers performed by
festival participants; see Announcements section
for adjudicated sessions Nov 20-24. Eastminster
United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416-9635937. $8; $5(sr/st/member).
— 3:00: Hart House Singers. Choral Songs
with Brass and Percussion. Festive music by
Bach, Schütz, Ramirez. Toronto Chamber Brass;
So Takei, accompanist; David Arnot-Johnston,
conductor. Great Hall, Hart House, 7 Hart House
Circle, UofT. 416-978-2452. Free; food donations for UofT Food Bank.
— 3:00: Isaacs (LXXX) Seen and Heard.
Robert Creeley LXXX & Malcolm Goldstein
LXX. Poetical/musical collaborations: words of
Robert Creeley, music of Udo Kasemets & Malcolm Goldstein. Malcolm Goldstein, violin; Susan
Layard, singer; Udo Kasemets, piano; Paul Dutton,
speaker. Victoria University, Emmanuel College
Chapel, 75 Queen’s Park (third floor, south). 416929-5849. Free.
— 3:00: St Jude’s Anglican Church (Wexford). Northdale Concert Band Holiday Concert:
Three Centuries of the Trumpet. Guest: Allen
Bachelder, trumpet; Stephen Chenette, music
director. 10 Howarth Ave. 416-486-3011. $10;
$8(sr/st); free(under 12 free).
— 3:00: Syrinx Sunday Salons. A Celebration of Canadian Composer Jean Coulthard. Schumann: Trio in g, Op.110; Coulthard: Lyric Trio;
Arensky: Trio in d, Op.32. Musica Camerata
Montreal; Berta Rosenohl, piano; Luis Grinhauz,
violin; Mariève Bock, cello. The Heliconian Hall,
35 Hazelton Ave. 416-654-0877. $20; $15(st).
— 3:30: Tafelmusik. The Fairy Queen. TrinitySt. Paul’s Centre. See Nov 29.
Lounge, 189 Church St. 416-769-2841. $6.
— 4:00: St. James’ Cathedral. Sunday Afternoon Twilight Recital. Patricia Wright, organ.
4:30: Choral Evensong. 65 Church St. 416-3647865 x224. Free.
— 4:30: All Saints’ Kingsway Anglican
Church. A Service of Lessons & Carols for Advent. Choir of All Saints’ Kingsway, Clement
Carelse, director. 2850 Bloor St. West. 416-2331125. Collection.
— 4:30: St. Clement’s Anglican Church.
Advent Carol Service. Music by Archer, McKie,
Palestrina, Praetorius, Sirret, Willcocks. 59 Briar
Hill Ave. 416-483-6664. Free.
— 7:00: The Assembly Hall/St. Paul’s United Church.A Celtic Christmas. Traditional
music and dancing from the British Isles. The
Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr.
416-259-6541. $20(adv).
— 7:30: Peel Choral Society. Christmas
Concert. Vivaldi: Gloria; & seasonal favourites.
Chamber orchestra. Mervin Fick, director. St.
Mary’s Church, 66A Main St. South, Brampton.
416-961-6444. $15; $12(sr/st); $5(ch 5-10).
— 7:30:York Symphony.Italian Opera Highlights.
Guests: Janet Catherine Dea, soprano; Chantelle
Grant, mezzo-soprano; Romulo Delgado, tenor; Gregory Burton, conductor. Markham Theatre for the Performing Arts, 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham.
905-305-7469. $25; $20(sr/st); $10(under 12).
Monday December 04
— 7:30: Cantabile Chorale of York Region.
Joy of Christmas, 2006. Traditional Christmas
concert, audience participation. Lona Richardson,
accompanist; Robert Richardson, conductor.
Thornhill United Church, 25 Elgin St., Thornhill.
905-731-8318. Entry by donation to Richmond
Hill Community Food Bank; silent offering during
concert.
— 7:30: LOFT Community Services. Home
for the Holidays Christmas Concert. Jazz & classical musicians & singers performing both nontraditional works and holiday favourites. St.
James’ Cathedral, 65 Church St. 416-979-1994
x233. $30. Funds for housing, support & outreach programs.
Music. Chamber Music Series. Music of Schubert & others. The Gryphon Trio. Walter Hall,
Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416978-3744. $22; $12(sr/st).
— 8:00: The Old Mill/Jazz.FM91. B3 or Bust.
Denis Keldie Quintet; Denis Keldie, organ. The Old
Mill Inn, 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641. $25;
$23(members).
Syrinx Sunday Salons
presents
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Schumann
Trio Op.110 in G-
Coulthard
Lyric Trio
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Trio Op. 32 in D-
Sunday December 3, 2006
3:00pm
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Avenue
Tickets: $20 at the door/ $15 students For info call 416.654.0877
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Reynaldo Hahn, capturing perfectly the world of French commedia dell’arte.
Nathalie Paulin soprano
Anita Krause mezzo
Colin Ainsworth tenor
Brett Polegato baritone
Stephen Ralls and
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Music. Jazz Concerts. 10 O’Clock Jazz Orchestra, Paul Read, director. Walter Hall, Edward
— 8:00: Toronto Theatre Organ Society/
416-205-5555. $40; $34.75(sr/st).
Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma. Wurlitzer Pops — 8:00: The Rose Theatre. Divine Brown in
3744. $14; $8(sr/st).
at Casa Loma. Dave Wickerham, theatre organ.
Concert. Five octaves of soul music. 1 Theatre
— 8:00: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. FestiCasa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-499-6262.
Lane, Brampton. 905-874-2800. $45-$65.
val of Carols.Audience sing-along. Toronto Men$20.
delssohn Youth Choir; Matthew Larkin, organ;
Wednesday December 06
John Fraser, narrator; Festival Brass; Paul Halley,
Tuesday December 05
— 12:00 noon: Royal Conservatory of Muguest conductor. Yorkminster Park Baptist
sic. Noon Hour Concert. Works by Sampson,
Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-598-0422 x24.
Bach, Boehme. Toronto Chamber Brass; Glenn
$35-$65; $30-$60(sr/st).
Songs of Home.Michèle Bogdanowicz, soprano; Gould School Students Brass Quintet. RCM Con- — 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. RusSteven Philcox, piano. Four Seasons Centre for
cert Hall, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-2824 x321.
sian Masterworks.Shostakovich: Festive Overthe Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. West. 416- Free.
ture; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #3; Tchaiko363-8231. Free.
vsky: Symphony #6 (Pathétique). Yefim Bronf— 12:10: University of Toronto Faculty of
Church.Noonday Organ Recital. Janet Macfarman, piano; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy ThomMusic. Voice Performance Class. Songs of the
lane Peaker, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922son Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $35Season. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building,
1167. Free.
$120.
80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
— 5:30: Canadian Opera Company. Richard — 9:00pm & 10:15pm: Mezzetta Restau— 12:15: All Saints’ Kingsway Anglican
Bradshaw Amphitheatre World Music Series:
rant. Wednesday Concert Series. Dave Young,
Church. Midweek Organ Recital. Clement
Ghanaian Drumming. Kwasi Dunyo, director. Four bass; Rob Piltch, guitar. 681 St. Clair Ave. West.
Carelse, organ. 2850 Bloor St. West. 416-233Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145
416-658-5687. $7 cover.
1125. Collection.
Thursday December 07
— 1:00: St. James’ Cathedral. Music at Mid- — 7:30: COC Ensemble Studio. The Bear, and
day. Edward Connell, organ. 65 Church St. 416Swoon .The Bear: music by William Walton, libretto — 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
364-7865 x224. Free.
adapted from Anton Chekov by Paul Dehn and WilRichard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Chamber Music
liam Walton, in English; Swoon (world premiere):
Series: Music of the Second Viennese School.
Music.World of Music. Guitar Ensemble, Jefmusic by James Rolfe, libretto by Anna Chatterton, in Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble, Brian
frey McFadden, director. Walter Hall, Edward
English. The Bear: Steven Philcox, conductor; Ashlie
Current, conductor. Four Seasons Centre for the
Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978Corcoran, director; Swoon: Richard Bradshaw, conPerforming Arts, 145 Queen St. West. 416-3633744. Free.
ductor; Michael Albano, director. Imperial Oil Opera 8231. Free.
— 8:00: CBC OnStage. Nimmons ‘n more:
Theatre, Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Cen— 12:00 noon: CBC Radio. Music Around Us
tre, 227 Front St. East, Toronto. 416-363-8231, New Generation Series: Phillip Addis, baritone.
Dave McMurdo Jazz Orchestra. Works by Phil
Nimmons, Harry Freedman and several members 800-250-4653. $60. For complete run see muSchubert: Heine songs from Schwanengesang;
of the band. Quinsin Nachoff, Alex Dean & Perry sic theatre listings.
songs by Mozart, Bellini & Britten. Emily Ham— 7:30: Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir.
White, saxophones; Dave McMurdo, trombone;
per, piano; Keith Horner, host. Glenn Gould Studio,
Mike Malone, Chase Sanborn & Kevin Turcotte, Christmas Concert. Trinity-St Paul’s Centre, 427 250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. Free.
Bloor St. West. 416-410-2254. $20.
trumpet; Reg Schwager, guitar; Don Thompson,
piano. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West.
Music.Thursdays at Noon. Piano Extravanganza:
music for four pianists. Jamie Parker, Lydia
Wong, Cameron Stowe & Midori Koga. Walter
416-978-3744. Free.
— 2:00: Northern District Library. Vocal
recital. Black folk songs & spirituals, English folk
songs. Madeleine Courtney, mezzo-soprano; Robert Norquay, baritone; Jenny Crober, piano. 40
Orchard View Blvd. 416-393-7610. Free.
— 2:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Russian Masterworks. Roy Thomson Hall. See Dec
6. $27.50-$71.50.
— 8:00: Music Toronto.Vermeer Quartet.
Schubert: String Quartet in E-flat, Op.125/1,
D.87; Shostakovich: String Quartet #8, Op.110;
Mendelssohn: String Quartet in e, Op.44/2. Jane
Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the
Arts, 27 Front St. East. 416-366-7723, 800708-6754. $45,$41; 18-35 pay your age; $5(st),
accompanying adult ½ price.
MESSIAH QUICKPICKS
Here is a list of upcoming performances of Handel's Messiah; performances are believed to be
complete except as indicated (Excerpts, Highlights), and variants are noted (Sing-Along, Glorious
Soulful). Please see the daily listings in this issue for performances to Dec 7; for later
performances phone numbers are provided for those wishing to make an early start.
Further Afield town names have been omitted when evident from the presenter name.
Toronto & Nearby
Dec 1 Counterpoint Chorale, Sing-Along Downtown Messiah.
Dec 1 Elmer Iseler Singers & The Amadeus Choir.
Dec 8-10 Ballet Creole, Glorious Soulful Messiah, 416-973-4000.
Dec 9 Village Voices, Excerpts (Markham), 905-294-8687.
Dec 9 Brampton Symphony Orchestra, Excerpts, 905-874-2800.
Dec 10 Toronto Classical Singers, Highlights, 416-443-1490.
Dec 10 Serenata Choir, 416-221-7516.
Dec 13 Toronto Choral Society, Excerpts, 416-410-3509.
Dec 13-17 Tafelmusik, Sing-Along on Dec 17, 416-964-6337.
Dec 15 Elmer Iseler Singers (Markham), 905-305-7469.
Dec 16-18, 20-21 Toronto Symphony Orchestra, arr. Mozart, 416-593-4828.
Further Afield
Nov 18-19, 25-26 Westben Arts, The Little Match Girl Messiah (Campbellford).
Nov 25 Georgetown Bach Chorale.
Nov 26 Georgetown Bach Chorale (Caledon East).
Dec 1 Nota Bene Period Orchestra, the Christmas sections (Waterloo).
Dec 1 Cellar Singers, (Bracebridge).
Dec 3 Cellar Singers, (Orillia).
Dec 3 University of Waterloo Choir.
Dec 6-7 Kingston Symphony.
Dec 8 Fanshawe Chorus London, 866-244-0762.
Dec 9-10 Elora Festival Singers, 519-846-0331.
Dec 10 Guelph Symphony Orchestra, Sing-Along, 800-520-2408.
Dec 10 Gerald Fagan Singers (London), 866-244-0762.
Dec 15-16 Grand Philharmonic Choir (Kitchener), 800-265-8977.
Dec 17 Oshawa Durham Symphony Orchestra, 905-579-6711.
Dec 23 Guelph Chamber Choir, 877-520-2408.
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Further afield
In this issue: Alliston, Ancaster, Aurora, Barrie, Bracebridge,
Brantford, Brooklin, Burlington, Caledon East, Cambridge,
Campbellford, Cobourg, Creemore, Dundas, Elora, Fergus,
Georgetown, Guelph, Gravenhurst, Hamilton, Kingston,
Kitchener, Lindsay,London, Midland, Newmarket, Niagaraon-the-Lake, Oshawa, Owen Sound, Parry Sound, Penetanguishene, Peterborough, Port Hope, St. Catharines, St.
Jacobs, Stratford, Uxbridge, Waterford, Waterloo.
CONCERT LISTINGS: Toronto & nearby
Music Theatre/Opera/Dance
Jazz
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Plans change! Always call ahead
to confirm details with presenters.
— 12:30: Conrad Grebel University College. Noon Hour Concert Series: 20th Century
Music for Voice. Jennifer Enns-Modolo, mezzosoprano; Lorin Shalanko, piano. Conrad Grebel
University College Chapel, University of Waterloo, 140 Westmount Rd. North, Waterloo. 519885-0220 x24226. Free.
— 12:30: University of Western Ontario.
Choral Series: Mozart and More. Mozart: Coronation Mass; Britten: Ballad of Little Musgrave and
Lady Barnard; Philips: Odysseus and the Sirens:
Clausen: Eternity Alone. UWO Singers. von
Kuster Hall, Music Building, UWO, London.
519-661-3767. Free.
— 2:00: Shaw Festival.High Society . Music
& lyrics by Cole Porter; book by Arthur Kopit.
Camilla Scott, Dan R. Chameroy, Patty Jamieson,
Jay Turvey, performers; Kelly Robinson, director;
Paul Sportelli, musical director. Festival Theatre,
10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake.
800-511-7429. Call for ticket prices. For complete run see music theatre listings.
— 2:00: Stratford Festival. South Pacific.
Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Avon Theatre, 99 Downie St.,Stratford. 800-567-1600. Call for ticket prices. For
— 2:00 & 8:00: Schoolhouse Theatre St.
Jacobs. Nunsense. Book, music & lyrics by Dan
Goggin. Starring Karen K. Edissi; Marc Richard,
director/choreographer. 11 Albert St.,St.
Jacobs. 519-638-5555, 888-449-4463. $36;
$20(18 & under); $29(group 20 or more). For
— 6:30: John Labatt Centre. The Wiggles.
Australian pre-school children’s entertainers,
singing, dancing, audience participation. 99 Dundas St., London. 866-455-2849. $15-$41.
— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Slowind Wind Quartet in Concert.
Scarlatti: 2 sonatas; Mozart: Adagio & Allegro,
K.594; Nielsen: Quintet; Aitken: Folia; Lebic:
Events II. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St.
West, Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $25; $20(sr);
$15(st).
— 9:00pm: Cold Snap Music/Universal Music Canada. An Evening with Sarah Harmer &
her Acoustic Band. In support of I’m A Mountain
CD, original & cover songs, country & bluegrass,
for all ages. Guest musicians: Julie Fader, Joey
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show, folk musician, satirist, CBC radio personality. Artsplex Theatre, Hillfield Strathallan College,
299 Fennell Ave. West, Hamilton. 905-3891367 x170. $25; $20(sr); $15(st).
— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Signature Series. Hatch: New Work; Vaughan
Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis;
Ravel: Rhapsodie Espagnole; Stravinsky: The Rite
of Spring. Guests: Orchestra London; Simon
Streatfeild, conductor. 6:45: pre-concert talk with
Thomas Kay. Centre In The Square, 101 Queen
St. North,Kitchener . 519-578-1570, 800265-8977. $27-$50; $15(12 & under, rush all
students); $5(eyeGO).
Wright, Chris Bartos, Spencer Evans. 8:00: Escarpment Blues, film documenting her environmental awareness-raising tour. Showplace Performance Centre, Peterborough. 705-7427469. $32.50(adv).
— 12:00 noon: University of Guelph School
of Fine Art and Music. Thursdays at Noon.
Jesse Stewart, percussion. MacKinnon 107,
Goldsmith Room, UofG, 50 Stone Rd. East,
Guelph . 519-824-4120 x52991. Free.
— 8:00: Muskoka Touring Company.Love
Lost . Musical; Does Ben still haunt the Opera
House? 7:00: Dinner. Gravenhurst Opera House,
295 Muskoka Rd. South, Gravenhurst. 705687-5550, 888-495-8888. $25(show only);
$40(with dinner).
— 2:30: Kingston Theatre Organ Society.
Matinee Benefit. Church of the Redeemer, 89
Kirkpatrick St., Kingston. 613-542-7601. $12;
$5(st).
— 7:30: Oriana Singers.Hope for Resolution .
Music that speaks to freedom, including a singalong of tunes from the forties. Guests: Concert
Band of Cobourg; Will Emslie, tenor. Trinity United Church, 15 Chapel St., Cobourg. 905-3722210, 888-262-6874 x4153. $18; $16(sr/st);
$5(under 12).
— 7:30: Trinity United Church. Mozart in
Uxbridge. Piano, flute & string trio, followed by
Viennese refreshments. 20 First Ave., Uxbridge. 905-852-5970. $15; $10(st).
— 8:00: Barrie Concert Series. Czech Boys
Choir. First Christian Reformed Church, 33
Shirley Ave.,Barrie. 705-728-8679. Call for
series ticket prices.
— 8:00: Capitol Arts Centre. Unforgettable:
Brothers of Song. Songs of Nat “King” Cole, Louis
Armstrong, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Johnny
Mathis and others. Rudy Mayes, Selena Gittens,
vocals; Unforgettable All-Stars, music/vocals. 20
Queen St., Port Hope. 905-885-1071, 800434-5092. $31.
— 8:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale. Concert
for Piano and Violin. Beethoven: Sonata in G,
Op.30/8; Fauré: Sonata #1 in A, Op.13; works by
Pärt, Kreisler. Phoebe Tsang, violin; Ronald Greidanus, piano/artistic director. Halton Hills Library
and Cultural Centre Gallery, 9 Church St.,Georgetown. 905-877-8321. $20; $30(with postconcert reception, Main Street Inn, 126 Main
Street South).
Signature Series. Centre In The Square, Kitchener. See Nov 3.
— 8:00: Mad & Noisy Gallery. Stay Tuned:
Creemore 2006 Series. Wendell Ferguson. 154
Mill St., Creemore. 705-466-5555. $10;
$8(adv).
— 8:00: Peterborough Symphony Orchestra. Masters of Song. Wagner: Meistersinger
(prelude, Act III); Karlowicz: Eternal Songs; R.
Strauss: Four Last Songs. Zorana Sadiq, soprano;
Michael Newnham, conductor. Showplace Performance Centre, 290 George St. North,Peterborough. 705-742-1992. $33,$29.50;
$15.50(st).
Sunday November 05
— 2:00: Visual and Performing Arts Newmarket. Quartetto Gelato Travels the Orient
Express. London, Paris, Munich, Budapest &
Bucharest (Flanders/Swann, Ravel, Piaf, Von Weber, Brahms, Kodaly, & others). Violin, cello, oboe,
accordion. Newmarket Theatre, 505 Pickering
Cres.,Newmarket. 905-953-5122. $24;
Friday November 03
12:30 Fridays. Three Rorem sonatas. Thomas
Lanners, piano. von Kuster Hall, Music Building,
UWO, London. 519-661-3767. Free.
— 7:30: Fanshawe Chorus London. In Good
Company: A Closing Rhapsody. Celebration of the
contribution of women to the arts. Patricia Green,
Julie Vaughan, Julia MacGregor, performers;
Concert Players Orchestra; The Pearson Singers,
Rob Cairns, conductor; Gerald Fagan, conductor.
Post-concert: reception. Centennial Hall, 550
Wellington St., London. 519-433-9650, 866244-0762. $25; $20(sr); $15(st).
— 8:00: Arts in Concert. Kenny Munshaw’s
Time Tells All. Original & familiar songs by Munshaw from his CD Time Tells All. Steve Hogg,
guitar; Roger Travossis, percussion; Kenny Munshaw, singer/songwriter. 7:00: Visual artist reception, Heidi Brannan, host. Redeemer University College Auditorium, 777 Garner Rd. East,
Ancaster. 905-648-2139 x4211. $29;
$26(adv, mention Theatre Ancaster); $19(13 to
19); $10(12 & under).
— 8:00: Clearly Classic Concerts. The Penderecki String Quartet in Concert. Penderecki:
Clarinet Quartet; Bartók: Contrasts for Clarinet,
Violin and Piano; Debussy: String Quartet in g;
Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes. Guests:
Mark Thompson, clarinet; Susan Lee, piano. St.
James Anglican Church, 137 Melville St., Dundas. 905-304-3637. $25; $22(sr/st).
— 8:00: Crescendo Concerts. The Collected
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$19(sr); $10(st).
— 3:00: Symphony Hamilton. The Magic of
Jazz & Classics. Bernstein: Candide Overture;
Sauter: Focus; Shostakovich: Symphony #5.
Guest: Darcy Hepner, tenor saxophone; James R.
McKay, conductor. Royal Botanical Gardens, 680
Plains Rd. West, Burlington. 905-526-6690.
$25; $10(sr/st); $5(under 12).
— 3:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty
of Music. WLU Jazz Ensemble. Ron Schirm,
conductor. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75
University Ave. West, Waterloo. 519-8840710 x2150. $10; $5(st).
— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Penderecki Quartet in Concert.
Debussy: Quartet in g; Bartok: Contrasts for violin, clarinet & piano; Penderecki: Clarinet Quartet;
Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes. Guests:
Michael Thompson, clarinet; Susan Lee, piano.
KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. West, Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $25; $20(sr); $15(st).
Mirobolus Piano Trio: Boddan Djukic, violin; Monica Fedrigo, cello; Bret Higgins, double bass.
MacKinnon 107, Goldsmith Room, UofG, 50
Stone Rd. East,Guelph. 519-824-4120
— 12:30: Noon Hour Concert Series, Conx52991. Free.
rad Grebel University College. Traditional
— 8:00: River Run Centre. Windjammers:
Central Javanese Gamelan Music. Wiryawan
War and Remembrance.Guests: Ted Follows,
Padmonojati, Andrew Timar & Sandra Phillips,
Dinah Christie, Irvine Sisters, Bluevale Colleperformers. Conrad Grebel University College
Chapel, University of Waterloo, 140 Westmount giate Choir; Harry Currie, director. Main Stage,
Rd. North, Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24226. River Run Centre, 35 Woolwich St.,Guelph.
519-763-3000, 800-520-2408. $23-$25,
Free.
— 2:00: Sanderson Centre for the Perform- $12.50(vets), $5(eyeGO).
ing Arts. Broadway Heroes. Music from CamelFriday November 10
ot, Fiddler on the Roof, Oklahoma, West Side
Story, Man of La Mancha, The Phantom of the
12:30 Fridays. Greensleaves: Music of the 16th
Opera and others. David Rogers, singer. 88 Dal& 17th centuries. Shannon Purves-Smith & Marhousie St., Brantford. 519-758-8090. $32.
— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Mu- ilyn Fung, viols; Magdalena Tomsinska, lute; Jenny Enns-Modolo, mezzo-soprano. von Kuster Hall,
sic Society. Rachel Mercer, cello in Concert.
Music Building, UWO, London. 519-661-3767.
Stravinsky: Suite Italienne; Kodaly: Sonata for
Cello and Piano, Op.4; Grieg: Piano Sonata. Guest: Free.
Tuesday November 07
Greg Oh, piano. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young — 2:00: Sanderson Centre for the Perform— 12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University
ing Arts. Swingin’ Hits of the Blitz. Hit parade
St. West, Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $20;
$15(sr); $10(st).
Faculty of Music. Music at Noon. Music of
songs, Vera Lynn ballads, war tunes, swing bands
Mozart. Julie Baumgartel, violin; Boyd McDonald, — 8:00: Orchestra London. Enigma. Tobin
and more. Norm Amadio, piano/director. 88 DalStokes: Mind Over Mountain; Fauré: Pelleas et
fortepiano. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75
housie St.,Brantford. 519-758-8090. $32.
Melisande Suite; Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a — 7:30: Perimeter Institute Event Horizons
University Ave. West, Waterloo. 519-884Theme by Thomas Tallis; Elgar: Variations on an
0710 x2150. Free.
Season.Gidon Kremer, violin in Concert. Bach:
Original Theme (Enigma). Tania Miller, conductor. “Fuga canonica” from Musical Offering,
— 12:30: McMaster University School of
the Arts.Lunchtime Concert Series. Hugh Hart- Centennial Hall, 550 Wellington St., London.
BWV.1079 (1747); Two chorales transcr. Zlawell Trio plays traditional & innovative jazz. Hugh 519-679-8778. $33-$48; $29-$42(sr).
bys; Pärt: Fratres; Bartók: Tempo di chaconna &
— 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Fuga from Sonata for solo violin (1944); TickmayHartwell, piano; Marek Semeniuk, bass; John
of Music.New Music Concert. Maureen ForBrownwell, drums. Convocation Hall (UH-213),
er: Three variations on a Theme of Bach; Bach/
rester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave. West,
University Hall, McMaster University, 1280
Pushkarev: 3 two-voice inventions; Piazzolla/
Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150. Free.
Main St. West, Hamilton. 905-525-9140
Gubaidulina: Le Grand Tango; Piazzolla/Pushx24246. Free.
karev: Three Milongas. Gidon Kremer, violin;
— 7:30: River Run Centre. Songbird Café.
Andrei Pushkarev, vibraphone; Andrius Zlabys,
— 12:00 noon: University of Guelph School piano. Mike Lazaridis Theatre of Ideas, 31 CaroLocal acoustic singer/songwriters. Co-operators
line St. North, Waterloo. 519-883-4480. $59,
$29(st).
Hall, River Run Centre, 35 Woolwich St.,
Guelph . 519-763-3000, 800-520-2408. $5.
raiser. Brad McEwen, Geoff Lewis, Jean Mills,
Paul Morris & other performers. Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick Street, Kitchener. 519-7456565. $15(adv); $17(door).
— 8:00: Guelph Chamber Choir. Mozart’s
Requiem. Also, spirituals from Tippett: A Child
of Our Time; Persichetti’s Song for Peace.
Main Stage, River Run Centre, 35 Woolwich
St.,Guelph. 519-763-3000, 877-520-2408.
$25; $10(st); eyeGO.
— 8:00: Millpond Centre for the Arts. Sisters Euclid. Original music in a mixture of styles.
Gary Taylor, drums; Ian DeSouza, bass; Rob Guseves, organ; Kevin Breit, guitar. 6:00: Dinner
$22, reservations req’d. 106 Victoria St. West,
Alliston. 705-435-3092. $16.
— 8:00: The DaCapo Chamber Choir. Twilight ~ there will be rest. Dove: The Passing of
the Year; Daley: Requiem; & other works. Leonard Enns, director. St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, Kitchener. 519-725-7549. $20;
$15(sr/st); $5(eyeGO).
of Music.WLU Baroque Ensemble. Michael
Purves-Smith, conductor. Maureen Forrester
Recital Hall, 75 University Ave. West, Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150. $10; $5(st).
— 8:30: Jack Street Productions. The Jack
Street Show. Jack’s poetry, and musical improvisations of Tim Gibbons and Mark Foley. Featuring
flea circus “Poetry To Dance To”. The Pearl Company, 16 Steven Street, Hamilton. 905-5299485. $10.
Sunday November 12
— 11:00am: Centenary Music. A Remembrance Day Reflection. Centenary United Church,
Hamilton. See Nov 11. Excerpts.
— 2:00: The Gallery Music Group. Chamber
Music. Larry Moser, clarinet; Peter Bald, piano;
The Venturi Winds: Greg Stoh, flute; Beryl Hultin,
oboe; Mark Carbone, clarinet; Judith Douglas,
French horn; Lutzen Riedstra, bassoon. Wellington
County Museum & Archives, 0536 County Road
— 7:30: Serenata Choir. Fauré’s Requiem.
Gary Heard, artistic director. St. Mark’s Anglican 18, RR#1, Fergus. $5; $1(under 16) (includes
Museum admission).
Church, 303 Third St., Midland. 866-461— 2:30: Georgian Bay Symphony. Illumina1830. Free.
tions. Mascall: Illuminations; Mozart: Kegelstatt
— 7:30: Waterloo Entertainment Centre/
Live, Upfront & Personal. Swing Rosie – An Trio; Beethoven: Trio, Op.11. Kate Tremills, piEvening to Remember. Jazz trio, carrying on the ano; Rob Tite, clarinet; Ben Bolt-Martin, cello;
Paul Earle, viola. Knox United Church, 890 4th
tradition of the Andrews Sisters. 24 King St.
Ave. East, Owen Sound. 519-372-0212. $17;
North,Waterloo. 519-883-0300.
$28.50,$24.50(sr/st).
$15(sr); $10(st); free(grade 8 & under).
— 8:00: Capitol Arts Centre.Heartsong: To
— 2:30: Kingston Symphony.The Great MoHelp Us Remember. Tribute to those who served zart Hunt. Uncover the mystery in Mozart’s oeuand those who “kept the home fires burning”
vre, hunt for missing Mozart manuscripts, tanta(We’ll Meet Again, A Nightingale Sang in Berkelizing clues about unknown works by Mozart and
ley Square, When the Lights Go On Again), plus
his contemporaries. George Zukerman, bassoon;
Broadway & popular hits from the 20’s to 80’s
Ron Hadler, actor; Glen Fast, music director. St.
(They Can’t Take That Away From Me, As Time George’s Cathedral, 270 King St., Kingston.
Goes By, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore).
613-530-2050. $30; $25(sr); $20(st); $13(ch).
Susan Tanner piano; David Tanner, saxophone;
— 3:00: McMaster University School of the
Heather Stubbs, vocals. 20 Queen St.,Port
Arts. McMaster Chamber Orchestra. Mozart:
Hope. 905-885-1071, 800-434-5092. $27. All Overture: La Clemenza di Tito, K.621; Clarinet
profits to “Save the Capitol” campaign.
Concerto, K.622; Champagne: Danse villageois;
— 8:00: Centenary Music. Remembrance Day Gounod: Symphony #1 in D. Zoltan Kalman, clariReflection. Jenkins: Requiem (Canadian premiere net; Keith Kinder, conductor. Convocation Hall
with orchestra); Palladio Concerto Grosso for
(UH-213), University Hall, McMaster University,
string orchestra (Diamond Music). Margaret
1280 Main St. West, Hamilton. 905-525Bárdos, mezzo-soprano; orchestra; massed choir, 9140 x24246. $10.
Shawn Grenke, director (call for audition); Hamil- — 3:00: Music at St. Luke’s.The Great Fall
ton Children’s Chorus, Zimfira Poloz, director.
Hymn Sing. Anthems include Mozart: Gloria
Centenary United Church, 24 Main St. West,
(from the Twelfth Mass); hymns section includes
Hamilton. 905-522-6843. $20 suggested dona- audience requests. Choirs of St. Luke’s Anglican,
tion.
West Plains United & St. Matthew’s Anglican
— 8:00: Folk Night at the Registry. Lest We churches. St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 1371 Elgin
Forget. Songs and stories of war and conflict
St.,Burlington. 905-639-7643. $8; $5(sr/st).
through the years, a Mill Race Folk Society Fund- Benefit for the David Davis Memorial Piano.
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— 3:30: Friends of Music.Vogler String Quartet, with Angela Cheng, Piano. Works by Haydn,
Prokofiev, Dvorak. Capitol Arts Centre, 20 Queen
St., Port Hope. 905-885-1071, 800-4345092. $30; $15(st).
— 7:30: ChamberWORKS. Schubert’s Eight.
Schubert: Octet in F for clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2
violins, viola, cello & bass, Op.166, D.803. Dofasco Centre for the Arts, Theatre Aquarius, 190
King William St.,Hamilton . 905-522-7529,
800-465-7529. $30,$25; $25,$20(65+);
$5(st, at door with ID).
— 8:00: Gryphon Theatre. International Guitar
Night. Acoustic guitarists perform their latest
original compositions and exchange musical ideas.
Administrative Centre, Bldg. C, Georgian College,
1 Georgian Drive, Barrie. 705-728-4613. $29.
Choral Series: Überlebensgröss (“larger than
life”). Program of music that celebrates women. Les
Choristes women’s choir. von Kuster Hall, Music
Building, UWO,London. 519-661-3767. Free.
— 8:00: Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts. David Francey on Stage. Singer and
storyteller. 88 Dalhousie St., Brantford. 519758-8090. $21.
Friday November 17
12:30 Fridays. Cello music. David Eggert, cello.
von Kuster Hall, Music Building, UWO, London.
519-661-3767. Free.
— 5:30: Perimeter Institute Bistro Jazz.
Jake Langley, guitar in Concert. Black Hole Bistro,
31 Caroline St. North, Waterloo. 519-883Tuesday November 14
4480. $15.
— 12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University
Faculty of Music.Music at Noon. The duo piano Arts.Celebrity Concert Series. Taiko drumming.
music of Cyril Scott. Anya Alexeyev, Les De’Ath, Kiyoshi Nagata Ensemble; Kiyoshi Nagata, director. Convocation Hall (UH-213), University Hall,
pianos. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 UniMcMaster University, 1280 Main St. West,
versity Ave. West, Waterloo. 519-884-0710
x2150. Free.
Hamilton. 905-525-9140 x24246. $17;
$12(sr); $5(st).
— 8:00: Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts.Chantal Kreviazuk in Concert. 88 Dalhousie St., Brantford. 519-758-8090. $41.
— 8:00: Theatre Ancaster. My Fair Lady. Theatre Auditorium, Ancaster High School, 374
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Jerseyville Rd. West, Ancaster. 905-304-7469.
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$20; $17(sr); $13(st). For complete run see music theatre listings.
UWOpera. Opera Gala with the words and music
of Shakespeare, from opera, songs and musicals,
such as Kiss Me Kate. Theodore Baerg, director.
Talbot Theatre, Talbot College, UWO, London.
519-679-8778. $15; $10(sr/st).
of Music. Opera Excerpts. Theatre Auditorium,
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—8:00:Music at St. Luke’s .In Harmony.
Works by Mozart, Offenbach, Verdi, Handel;
Lloyd Webber: Pie Jesu; Think of Me; plus Walk
Hand in Hand with Me, Ave Maria, Flow Gently
Sweet Afton, Plaisir d’Amour. Rachel Snow,
soprano; Igor Saika-Voivod, piano. St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 1382 Ontario St., Burlington. 905639-7643. $15. Benefit for the David Davis
Memorial Piano.
— 8:00: Orchestra London. Guitarra Viva.
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Dallapiccola:
Piccola musica notturna; Gerhard: Alegrias Suite.
Aimee Piche, guitar; Giuseppe Pietraroia, conductor. Beal Auditorium, Beal Secondary School, 525
Dundas St., London. 519-679-8778. $39;
$35(sr/st).
UWOpera. Talbot Theatre, London. See Nov 17.
of Music. Distinguished Organists in Recital
Series. First United Church, 16 William St. West,
Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150. Free.
Sunday November 19
— 2:00: Kitchener Waterloo Opera/Opera Hamilton. Great Singers Recital Series.
Measha Bruggergosman, soprano. Centre In
The Square, 101 Queen St. North, Kitchener.
519-578-1570, 800-265-8977. $25-85; sr/
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— 8:00: Muskoka Concert Association.
Folies. Works by Marin Marais, Sainte-Colombe, Campbellford. 877-883-5777. $30;
Couperin. Les Voix Humaines: Susie Napper, Mar- $15(st); $75(family).
garet Little, violas da gamba. Gravenhurst Opera — 8:00: Capitol Arts Centre.Jeff Healey’s Jazz
House, 295 Muskoka Rd. South, Gravenhurst. Wizards. Jazz golden-era hits of the 20’s and 30’s.
Jazz Wizards; Jeff Healey, lead vocals/valve trom705-687-5550, 888-495-8888. $25; $10(ch).
bone/trumpet/guitar. 20 Queen St., Port Hope.
905-885-1071, 800-434-5092. $39.
— 8:00: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.
— 12:30: Noon Hour Concert Series, Conrad Grebel University College. Linda Melst- Eroica. Estacio: Such Sweet Sorrow; Mozart:
Piano Concerto #23 in A, K.488; Beethoven:
ed, violin in Concert. Conrad Grebel University
Symphony #3 in E-flat, Op.55 (Eroica). Sara DavCollege Chapel, University of Waterloo, 140
is Buechner, piano; Timothy Vernon, conductor.
Westmount Rd. North, Waterloo. 519-885Hamilton Place, 1 Summers Lane. 905-5260220 x24226. Free.
— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Mu- 7756. $25-$62; $22-$57(sr); $12-$29(st);
$5(ch to 13).
sic Society. Robert Kortgaard & Peter Tiefen— 8:00: Karen Schuessler Singers. Around
bach, 4-Hands Piano. Mozart, & other composthe World in 80 Minutes! A musical world tour.
ers. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. West,
Grace Lou, erhu; Alfredo Caxaj, percussion; Szikra
Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $20; $15(sr);
Zither Ensemble; Karen Ann Schuessler, conduc$10(st).
tor. Wesley-Knox United Church, 91 Askin St.,
London. 519-438-4460. $20; $18(adv);
— 12:00 noon: University of Guelph School $17(sr); $15(sr adv); $10(st); free(6-12).
— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Community
Orchestra.In Concert. Brahms: Tragic Overture;
UofG Concert Winds, John Goddard, conductor.
Dvorak: Notturno; Romance; Symphony #7. Vicky
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— 3:00: Elora Festival Winter Series. Soup
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years. Elora Festival Singers; Noel Edison, conductor. 1:30 lunch, 2:30 talk. St. John’s Church,
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Arts. McMaster Concert Band. Convocation Hall
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1280 Main St. West, Hamilton. 905-5259140 x24246. Free.
— 3:00: Variante Duo .Make a Difference MS
Benefit Concert. Variante Duo: Nathalie Younglai,
harp; Catherine Richardson, flute; C. H. Norton
Primary Choir; Sam Cino, percussion; guest vocalists. Compass Point Bible Church, 2501 Eaglesfield Dr., Burlington. 905-335-0001. $20;
$15(adv); $10(ch). Proceeds to MS mobility aids
for Darcy Hewitt.
— 4:00: Lindsay Concert Foundation. Intrada Brass. 30 member British-style brass band.
Bram Gregson, music director. Academy Theatre,
2 Lindsay St. South, Lindsay. 705-324-9111,
877-888-0038. $25; $10(youth).
UWOpera. Talbot Theatre, London. See Nov 17.
1593. Call for prices. For complete run see music
theatre listings.
students. MacKinnon 107, Goldsmith Room,
UofG, 50 Stone Rd. East,Guelph . 519-8244120 x52991. Free.
— 12:30: Conrad Grebel University Col— 12:30: Conrad Grebel University College. Student Recital. Conrad Grebel University
lege. Student Recital. Conrad Grebel University College Chapel, University of Waterloo, 140
Westmount Rd. North, Waterloo. 519-885College Chapel, University of Waterloo, 140
0220 x24226. Free.
Westmount Rd. North, Waterloo. 519-885— 12:30: University of Western Ontario.
0220 x24226. Free.
Choral Series: Caritas, Season of Love. Telfer:
Symphonic Band. Remembering. Gary McCumb- Noël! for choir, harp and flute. St. Cecilia Singers.
er, director. Talbot Theatre, Talbot College, UWO, von Kuster Hall, Music Building, UWO,London.
519-661-3767. Free.
London. 519-661-3767. Free.
— 6:00: University of Guelph School of
Fine Art and Music. End of Semester Events. Wind Ensemble: Psalm and Dance. Colleen Richardson, director. Talbot Theatre, Talbot College,
University Centre Courtyard, UofG, 50 Stone Rd. UWO,London. 519-661-2111 x85381. Free.
— 7:30: Waterloo Entertainment Centre .
East, Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991. Free.
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano in Recital. Great
— 7:30: Plumbing Factory Brass Band.
Canadians Series. 24 King St. North,Waterloo.
Times & Places: In Honour of Music’s Patron
Saint. Purcell (arr Meredith): Hail! Bright Cecilia! 519-883-0300. $169,$99,$79.
— 8:00: Showplace Performance Centre.
(Suite of music written for St. Cecilia’s Day);
Chantal Kreviazuk in Concert. Piano ballads, show
Rossini: Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri; Hudlot:
Trois Rivières Tricentenaire Marche; J. F. Wagn- in support of her brand new album. Guest: Raine
er: Tiroler Holzhackerbaub’n Marsch; Thiele: Land Maida (husband, lead singer of Our Lady Peace).
290 George St. North, Peterborough. 705of the Heather; Hacker: A Slippery Place Comic
Rag-March; Liszt: Les Preludes. Henry Meredith, 444-7089, 866-444-7089. $59.
director. Byron United Church, 420 Boler Rd.,
Friday November 24
London. 519-471-1250. $12; $10(adv); $6(st);
$5(st adv).
12:30 Fridays. Works by Britten, Stravinsky,
— 7:30: Royal City Musical Productions.
Monday November 20
Debussy & Lutoslawski; performance marks
The Sound of Music. By Rodgers and Hammer— 12:30: University of Western Ontario.
performers’ 30th anniversary. James Anagnoson
stein. Main Stage, River Run Centre, 35 WoolFaculty Artists Series: Gwen Beamish & Friends. wich St., Guelph. 519-763-3000, 800-520& Leslie Kinton, pianos. von Kuster Hall, Music
von Kuster Hall, Music Building, UWO, London. 2408. $15-$28, $5(eyeGO). For complete run
Building, UWO,London . 519-661-3767. Free.
519-661-3767. Free.
— 2:00 & 8:00: Sanderson Centre for the
see music theatre listings.
Performing Arts. Unforgettable … Brothers of
— 8:00: Orchestra London .Classical RoTuesday November 21
mance. Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet and Orches- Song. The music of Nat King Cole, Louis Arm— 12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University
tra; Beethoven: Symphony #2 in D, Op.36. Simon strong, Ray Charles, Johnny Mathis, Barry White,
Faculty of Music. Music at Noon. Works by
Aldrich, basset horn; Timothy Vernon, conductor. and others. Rudy Mayles, The Moonglows, singStevens, Schoenfeld & Poulenc. Guy Few, trum- St. Paul’s Cathedral, 472 Richmond Street. Lon- ers. 88 Dalhousie St.,Brantford. 519-758pet/piano; Stephanie Mara, piano; Michael Purves- don. 519-679-8778. $39; $35(sr/st).
8090. $35.
Smith, oboe; Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon.
— 5:30: Perimeter Institute Dinner Con— 8:00: University of Western Ontario.
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University
cert Series. Baroque music for oboe, bassoon
Symphonic Band/Wind Ensemble. Gala evening.
Ave. West, Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150. Gary McCumber, director. Talbot Theatre, Talbot and harpsichord. Works by Bach, Telemann, Lully,
Free.
Handel, Corrette & others. James Mason, oboe;
College, UWO, London. 519-661-3767. Free.
— 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon; Paul Jenkins,
Jazz Ensemble. Bruce Smith, director. Talbot
harpsichord. Black Hole Bistro, 31 Caroline St.
of Music.New Music Concert. Maureen ForTheatre, Talbot College, UWO, London. 519North,Waterloo. 519-883-4480. $60 (concert
rester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave. West,
661-2111 x85381. Free.
& 3-course dinner; gratuity/drinks extra).
Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150. Free.
— 7:30: Grand Theatre. Disney’s Beauty and
— 8:00:Orchestra London. She Bops: Ladies
the Beast. Inner beauty reveals true love; Music
of the Sixties.Celebrate 60’s songstresses the
by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman &
— 12:00 noon: University of Guelph School Ronnettes, Dusty Springfield, The Shirelles, PetuTim Rice; book by Linda Woolverton. 471 Richla Clark & more. Lis Soderberg, Leah Salomaa,
of Fine Art and Music.Thursdays at Noon.
mond St., London. 519-672-8800, 800-265Student soloists’ day, showcase of applied music Rique Franks, Katalin Kiss, vocalists. Centennial
Hall, 550 Wellington St., London. 519-6798778. $38-$58.
Jazz Ensemble. Gala evening. Bruce Smith, director. Talbot Theatre, Talbot College, UWO,London. 519-661-3767. Free.
of Music. Flute Ensemble. Dr. Amy Hamilton,
conductor. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75
University Ave. West,Waterloo. 519-8840710 x2150. Free.
along. Ensemble orchestra; Barbara McCann,
director. Collier St. United Church, 112 Collier
St.,Barrie . 705-726-1916. $20.
— 8:00: Capitol Arts Centre. Prairie Oyster.
Hardcore country ballads, Cajun spice, country
shuffles, swing-injected and honky-tonk feels,
rockabilly and vintage rock ‘n’ roll-flavoured pieces. 20 Queen St., Port Hope. 905-885-1071,
800-434-5092. $39.
— 8:00: Clearly Classic Concerts. Braid and
Brubeck in Concert. David Braid, jazz piano; Matt
Brubeck, jazz cello. St. James Anglican Church,
137 Melville St., Dundas. 905-304-3637. $25;
$22(sr/st).
— 8:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale. Handel’s Messiah. Georgetown Bach Chorale and
Chamber Orchestra; Ronald Greidanus, artistic
director. Knox Presbyterian Church, 116 Main St.
South,Georgetown. 905-877-8321. $25.
— 8:00: Kingston Symphony. A Thousand
Joys: Carmina Burana. Over two hundred musicians perform Carl Orff’s 20th century masterpiece. Kingston Choral Society; Queen’s University Choral Ensemble; Cantabile Children’s Choir;
Glen Fast, music director. Kingston Gospel Temple, 2295 Princess St.,Kingston. 613-5302050. $31-$39; $29-$36(sr); $25-$31(st);
$13(ch).
— 8:00: Millpond Centre for the Arts. Shane
Cook, old-time fiddler. Irish, Scottish, FrenchCanadian, Texan & Bluegrass styles. Brian Pickell, guitar; Jake Charron, keys; Sarah Robinson,
stepdancer. 6:00: Dinner $22, reservations req’d.
106 Victoria St. West, Alliston. 705-4353092. $16.
— 8:00: Orchestra London.She Bops: Ladies
of the Sixties. Centennial Hall, London. See Nov
24.
— 8:00: Vital Spark Folk Society. James
Keelaghan in Concert. Brooklin Community
Centre, 45 Cassels Rd.,Brooklin. 905-4323237. $20; $18(members).
of Music.WLU Symphony Orchestra with WLU
Choir. Works include Mussorgsky: Pictures at an
Exhibition; Mozart: Requiem. Dr. Lee Willingham,
conductor. Theatre Auditorium, 75 University
Ave. West, Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150.
$10; $5(st).
Sunday November 26
— 2:00: Conrad Grebel University College.
UW Stage Band. Michael Wood, director. Conrad
Grebel University College Great Hall, University
of Waterloo, 140 Westmount Rd. North,Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24226. $10; $5(st).
The Little Match Girl Messiah. Campbellford. See Nov 25.
— 2:30: Kingston Symphony. A Thousand
Joys: Carmina Burana. Kingston Gospel Temple,
Kingston. See Nov 25.
Musically Speaking Series: Legends. Mozart:
Magic Flute Overture; Mussorgsky: Night on Bald
Mountain; Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a
Faun; Britten: Paul Bunyan Overture; & more.
Tom Allen, host; Uri Mayer, conductor. Centre In
— 2:00: Westben Arts Festival Theatre. The The Square, 101 Queen St. North, Kitchener.
519-578-1570, 800-265-8977. $25-$37;
Little Match Girl Messiah.Westben Festival
$13(12 & under, rush all students); $5(eyeGO).
Chorus & Westben Youth Chorus. The Barn,
— 2:30: Niagara Symphony. Mirror Muse.
6898 Country Road 30,Campbellford. $30;
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite 1; Dela:
$15(st); $75(family).
— 3:00: McMaster University School of the Adagio for Strings; Boccherini: Concerto for Violoncello in B-flat, G.482; Vivaldi: Concerto for
Arts. McMaster Choir: Holiday Concert. Westdale United Church, 99 Oval St.,Hamilton. 905- Two Violoncelli in g, RV.531; Ravel: Le Tombeau
de Couperin. Gisela Depkat, Gordon Cleland, cello;
525-9140 x24246. Free.
Daniel Swift, conductor. 1:45: Pre-concert talk.
— 7:30: King Edward Choir. A Magnificat
Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, Centre for the Arts,
Christmas. Rutter: Magnificat; carols & singW W W. THEWHOLENOTE .COM
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Brock University, St. Catharines. 905-6874993 x2. $25-$39; $10(st); group rates.
— 3:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale. Handel’s Messiah. See Nov 25. St. James’ Anglican
Church, 6025 Old Church Rd., Caledon East.
— 3:00: Kawartha Youth Orchestra .Orchestral Concert. Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite;
Debussy: Petite Suite; Grieg: Holberg Suite; Schubert: Rosamunde Overture; & other works.
Michael Newnham, director. Market Hall, 336
George St. North, Peterborough. 705-7409018. $12; $10(adv).
Arts. McMaster Choir: Holiday Concert. See Nov
25. Convocation Hall (UH-213), University Hall,
McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West,
Hamilton.
— 3:00: Ontario Registered Music Teachers’ Association, Hamilton-Halton Branch.
First-Class Honours Recital & Canada Music
Week Poster Competition. Features students
scoring 80% on a Royal Conservatory Exam in the
past year. St. Christopher’s Anglican Church, 662
Guelph Line, Burlington. 905-963-1268. Free,
donations accepted.
UWO Symphony Orchestra: Threnody. Weber:
Overture to Der Freischutz; Penderecki: Threnody
For the Victims of Hiroshima; R. Strauss: Tod und
Verklarung, Op.24 (Death and Transfiguration);
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2. Alice Yoo,
piano; Jerome Summers, director. Alumni Hall,
UWO, London. 519-679-8778. $15, $10(sr/st).
of Music. WLU Symphony Orchestra with WLU
Choir. Theatre Auditorium,Waterloo. See Nov
25.
— 3:30: Gerald Fagan Singers. Trillium
Christmas. Seasonal works by Ontario composers (Enns, Anderson & others), plus Bach: Magnificat. Concert Players Orchestra; Gerald Fagan,
conductor. St. Peter’s Basilica, 196 Dufferin
Ave., London. 519-433-9650, 866-244-0762.
$25; $20(sr); $15(st).
— 7:30: Brantford Music Club. Lucille Chung,
piano in Concert. Sanderson Centre for the Per-
forming Arts, 88 Dalhousie St., Brantford. 519758-8090. $25, $5(st).
— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Triple Forte in Concert. Haydn: Trio
in e-flat, Hob.XV #25; Beethoven: Trio in E-flat,
Op.70/2; Ives: Trio; Brahms: Trio #3 in c. Jasper
Wood, violin; Yegor Dyachkov, cello; David Jalbert, piano. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St.
West, Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $25; $20(sr);
$15(st).
— 8:00: River Run Centre. James Gordon
& Friends in Concert. Cooperators Hall, River
Run Centre, 35 Woolwich St., Guelph. 519763-3000, 800-520-2408. $16-$18, $5(eyeGO).
tet. Robert Riseling, Gary McCumber, Amanda
Palmer & Marie Johnson, clarinets. von Kuster
Hall, Music Building, UWO,London. 519-6613767. Free.
Friday December 01
12:30 Fridays/Choral Series. Raminsh: Magnificat; Britten: Ceremony of Carols. UWO Singers
(Raminsh); Les Choristes (Britten); Lori Gemmel,
— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Mu- harp. von Kuster Hall, Music Building, University
of Western Ontario, London. 519-661-3767. Free.
sic Society. David Gillham, violin & Chiharu
— 2:00 & 8:00: Sanderson Centre for the
Iinumu, piano in Concert.Mozart: Sonata in G,
Performing Arts. The Walters Family ChristK.379; Mendelssohn: Sonata in F; Iinuma: New
mas. Brantford. See Nov 30.
Work; Respighi: Sonata. KWCMS Music Room,
57 Young St. West,Waterloo. 519-886-1673. — 7:00: Fanshawe Chorus London. Christmas Celebration. Percussion Trio: Rob Inch, Rob
$20; $15(sr); $10(st).
Larose, Greg Mainprize; St. Mary’s School Choir,
Brenda Zadorsky, Christine Petrasiunas, conduc— 12:00 noon: University of Guelph School tors; Audience & Children’s Choir, Louise Fagan,
Monday November 27
director; Peter Garland, MC; Gerald Fagan, conof Fine Art and Music. Thursdays at Noon.
— 12:30: Conrad Grebel University Colductor. Post-concert: reception. Centennial Hall,
Gilham & linuma Duo: David Gilham, violin; Chilege. Student Recital. Conrad Grebel University haru linuma, piano. MacKinnon 107, Goldsmith
550 Wellington St., London. 519-433-9650,
College Chapel, University of Waterloo, 140
866-244-0762. $15; $5(12 & under).
Room, UofG, 50 Stone Rd. East, Guelph. 519Westmount Rd. North, Waterloo. 519-885— 7:30: Cellar Singers .Handel’s Messiah.
824-4120 x52991. Free.
0220 x24226. Free.
— 2:00: Sanderson Centre for the Perform- Amy Dodington, soprano; Vicki St. Pierre, mezzo— 7:30: Grand Philharmonic Choir Host.
soprano; Mark Dubois, tenor; Steven Pitkanen,
ing Arts. The Walters Family Christmas. OldRIAS Chamber Choir of Berlin, in Concert. James fashioned country Christmas. 88 Dalhousie St.,
baritone; Blair Bailey, accompanist; Albert Greer,
Brantford. 519-758-8090. $28.
Wood, conductor. Centre In The Square, 101
artistic director. St. Joseph’s Catholic Church,
— 8:00: Harlequin Singers. Winter WonderQueen St. North, Kitchener. 519-578-1570,
118 McMurray St., Bracebridge.705-326land. Songs and carols of the Christmas season.
800-265-8977. $38-$44; $10(st rush; ch to
8011. $30; $15(st).
Laura Pin, piano; Lynne Jamieson, percussion;
grade 8); $5 (eyeGO).
— 7:30: Perimeter Institute/NUMUS. PushRyan Scott, flute; John Packer, director. Drury
ing the Perimeter: Russian Canons. Korndorf:
Tuesday November 28
Lane Theatre, 2269 New St.,Burlington. 905- Triptych, for cello and piano (world premiere);
637-3979. $20.
— 12:00 noon: Wilfrid Laurier University
Shostakovich (arr. Rudolf Barshai): String Quartet
— 8:00: orchestra@uwaterloo. In Concert.
Faculty of Music.Music at Noon. Anya Alex#3, for nonet; Schnittke: Dialog for Cello and
Brahms: Tragic Overture; Mozart: Concerto for
eyev, piano; Alexander Ivashkin, cello. Maureen
seven players; Music to an Imagined Play, for
Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave. West, Clarinet in A; Dvorak: Symphony #8 in G. Jeffrey ensemble; Gubaidulina: Concordanza, for ensemQuillam, clarinet (winner of the 2006 Concerto
Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150. Free.
ble. Anya Alexeyev, piano; George Greer, bass;
— 12:30: Conrad Grebel University Col- Competition); Erna Van Daele, conductor Humani- Evan Mitchell, percussion; Penderecki String
lege. Student Recital. Conrad Grebel Universi- ties Theatre, J. G. Hagey Hall of the Humanities, Quartet; Pentaèdre Wind Quintet of Montréal;
ty College Chapel, University of Waterloo, 140 University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave.,
Alexander Ivashkin, cello/conductor. Mike LaWestmount Rd. North, Waterloo. 519-885- Waterloo. 519-888-4908. $TBA.
zaridis Theatre of Ideas, 31 Caroline St. North,
— 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Waterloo. 519-883-4480. $25, $15(st).
0220 x24226. Free.
of Music. Chamber Music. Simon Fryer, director. — 8:00: Arts in Concert. Christmas Cheer.
Early Music Series . Early Music Studio. von
Jazz & funk restylings of holiday favourites.
Ave. West, Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150. Marvin Munshaw, piano; Kenny Munshaw, piano/
Kuster Hall, Music Building, UWO, London.
Free.
519-661-3767. Free.
singer. 7:00: Visual artist reception, Heidi Brannan, host. Redeemer University College Auditori— 8:00: University of Western Ontario.
um, 777 Garner Rd. East, Ancaster. 905-648Faculty Artists Series. Fourtissimo Clarinet Quar-
RIAS CHAMBER CHOIR
James Wood, conductor
From Berlin, Germany
“..quite simply one of the world’s finest choirs”
Monday, November 27
7:30pm
Presented by
Grand Philharmonic Choir
Howard Dyck artistic director
Tickets: $38 / $41 / $44
CENTRE IN THE SQUARE
101 Queen Street North, Kitchener
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of Music. WLU Wind Ensemble. Michael
Purves-Smith, conductor. Theatre Auditorium, 75
University Ave. West, Waterloo. 519-8840710 x2150. $10; $5(st).
— 7:00: Lindsay Concert Foundation.
David Jalbert, piano in Concert. Mozart: Rondo
in F, K.494; Shostakovich: Preludes and
Fugues, Op.87; Fauré: Nocturne #2 in B,
Op.33/2; #6 in D-flat, Op.63; Liszt: Spanish
Rhapsody. See Dec 1 Announcements for
masterclass. Glenn Crombie Theatre, Fleming
College, 200 Albert Street South, Lindsay.
705-878-5625. $25; $10(youth).
— 7:30: Guelph Youth Singers. Seasonal
Concert, Baroque to Contemporary. Luebeck:
Christmas Cantata; Shaw: Calypso Carol; &
other works. Guests: instrumentalists from
Suzuki String School of Guelph; Linda Beaupré,
conductor. Main Stage, River Run Centre, 35
Woolwich St., Guelph. 519-763-3000, 877520-2408. $20; $16(sr/st); eyeGO.
— 7:30: R.C.A.F.A 420 (City of Oshawa)
Wing. Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir. Kingsview United Church, 505 Adelaide St. East, Oshawa . 905-434-7709. $20.
— 7:30: Serenata Choir. Vivaldi’s Gloria. Plus
other selections, sing-along carols. Janice Evenden, violin; Gary Heard, artistic director. St.
Paul’s United Church, 308 King St., Midland.
866-461-1830. $TBA.
— 7:30: Waterford Old Town Hall Assoc/
Brantford Symphony Orchestra. Pop Goes
the Music: Madonna Tassi. “Christmas on Casey
Street”. 76 Main St., Waterford. 519-4436598. $20.
— 8:00: Barrie Concert Series. Christmas
with Isabel Bayrakdarian. First Christian Reformed Church, 33 Shirley Ave., Barrie. 705728-8679. Call for series ticket prices.
— 8:00: Bravado! Twisted Tinsel Christmas
Concert. Collier Street United Church,Barrie.
See Dec 1.
— 8:00: Friends of Music. Hannaford Street
Silver Band. Trumpet Voluntary; Bugler’s Holiday;
works by Borodin & Holst; favourite carols. Port
Saturday December 02
Hope United Church, 34 South Street, Port
— 10:30am: Kingston Theatre Organ Socie- Hope. 905-885-1071, 800-434-5092. $30;
ty. Silver Bells! Mini-Concert. Dave Wickerham, $15(st).
— 8:00: Harlequin Singers. Winter Wondertheatre organ. Church of the Redeemer, 89 Kirkland. Drury Lane Theatre, Burlington. See Nov
patrick St., Kingston. 613-542-7601. $10;
$5(st).
30.
— 1:00 & 7:00: Waterloo Entertainment
— 8:00: Kingston Gospel Temple. Stuart
Centre.The Mantini Sisters: Home for the Holi- McLean’s Vinyl Cafe Christmas. Guests: Roxanne
days. Singing sister trio, Sandra, Barbara & Ann. Potvin, The Bebop Cowboys. 2295 Princess St.,
24 King St. North, Waterloo. 519-883-0300.
Kingston. 613-530-2050. $41; $26.50(18 &
$39.
under).
KWS Youth Orchestra. Centre In The Square,
Signature Series. Centre In The Square, Kitchen101 Queen St. North, Kitchener. 519-578er. See Dec 1.
1570, 800-265-8977. $15; $12(sr); $9(12 &
— 8:00: Nota Bene Period Orchestra. Baunder, rush all students); $5(eyeGO).
roque Christmas. See Dec 1. Guelph Youth Music
— 3:00: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Centre, 75 Cardigan St., Guelph.
2139 x4211. $29; $26(adv, mention Theatre
Ancaster); $19(13 to 19); $10(12 & under).
— 8:00: Bravado! Twisted Tinsel Christmas
Concert. Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, &
Snow, jazz rendition of The First Noël, & more.
Martin James, director. Collier Street United
Church, 112 Collier Street, Barrie. 705-7221770. $20.
— 8:00: Harlequin Singers. Winter Wonderland. Drury Lane Theatre, Burlington. See Nov
30.
— 8:00: Kingston Theatre Organ Society.
Silver Bells! Dave Wickerham, theatre organ;
guests: Kingston Limestone Ringers. Church of
the Redeemer, 89 Kirkpatrick St., Kingston.
613-542-7601. $15; $5(st).
— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Robert Silverman Complete Mozart
Piano Sonatas, Recital 1. K.309, 279, 310, 281,
331. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. West,
Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $20; $15(sr);
$10(st).
Signature Series. Copland: Appalachian Spring;
Gilliland: Dreaming of the Masters; Bernstein:
Fantasia on themes from West Side Story; R.
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite. James Campbell, clarinet; Simon Streatfeild, conductor. 6:45:
pre-concert talk with Thomas Kay. Centre In The
Square, 101 Queen St. North, Kitchener. 519578-1570, 800-265-8977. $27-$50; $15(12 &
under, rush all students); $5(eyeGO).
— 8:00: Nota Bene Period Orchestra. Baroque Christmas. Works by Schütz, Charpentier,
and the Christmas sections of Handel’s Messiah.
Guests: TACTUS Vocal Ensemble with orchestra. Parkminster United Church, 275 Erb St.
East, Waterloo. 519-884-8753. $25; $22(sr);
$10(st).
Faculty Artists Series. Works by Mozart, Fauré
& Szymanowski. Annette-Barbara Vogel, violin;
Stéphan Sylvestre, piano. von Kuster Hall, Music
Building, UWO, London. 519-661-3767. Free.
— 8:00: Orchestra London. Christmas Pops.
Classic Christmas melodies including O Holy
Night & Gesu Bambino. Sonja Gustafson, soprano; Jeff Christmas, conductor. Centennial Hall,
550 Wellington St., London. 519-679-8778.
$33-$49; $29-$45(sr/st).
— 8:00: Showplace Performance Centre.
Ten to Remember. Tribute to shows of the past
decade, from tender musical theatre ballads to
foot stomping tap numbers. Paul Crough, director.
290 George St. North, Peterborough. 705742-7469. $35; $75(gala).
— 8:00: University of Guelph School of
Fine Art and Music. End of Semester Events.
University of Guelph Choirs, Marta McCarthy,
conductor. St. Georges Anglican Church, 99
Woolwich St., Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991.
$TBA.
of Music. Chamber Music. Simon Fryer, director.
Ave. West, Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150.
Free.
— 8:00: York Symphony Orchestra. Italian
Opera Highlights. Guests: Janet Catherine Dea,
soprano; Chantelle Grant, mezzo-soprano; Romulo
Delgado, tenor; Gregory Burton, conductor. Trinity
Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street, Aurora.
416-410-0860. $25; $20(sr/st); $10(under 12).
Piano Sonatas, Recital 2. K.311, 283, 330, 282,
333. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. West,
Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $20; $15(sr);
$10(st).
Monday December 04
— 7:30: Conrad Grebel University College.
Instrumental Chamber Ensembles in Concert.
Reception to follow. Elaine Sweeney, director.
Conrad Grebel University College Chapel, University of Waterloo, 140 Westmount Rd. North,
Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24226. Free.
— 7:30: Gryphon Theatre. Stuart McLean’s
Vinyl Cafe Christmas. Guests: Roxanne Potvin,
The Bebop Cowboys. Administrative Centre, Bldg.
C, Georgian College, 1 Georgian Drive, Barrie.
705-728-4613. $41.50,$36.50; $27(18 &
under).
— 8:00: Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts.Natalie McMaster in Concert . 88
Dalhousie St., Brantford. 519-758-8090.
$36.50.
Tuesday December 05
— 7:30: Gryphon Theatre. Stuart McLean’s
Vinyl Cafe Christmas. Georgian College, Barrie.
See Dec 4.
— 7:30: River Run Centre. Songbird Café.
Local acoustic singer/songwriters. Co-operators
Hall, River Run Centre, 35 Woolwich St.,
Guelph. 519-763-3000, 800-520-2408. $5.
Sunday December 03
— 8:00: University of Western Ontario .
Choral Series: Christmas at St. Peter’s. 17th &
— 2:00: Capitol Arts Centre/Emerald Sky
18th century music on period instruments &
Entertainment. Memories of Al Jolson. The
life, music and legend that was Al Jolson, songs sung. Thames Scholars; Early Music Studio. St.
such as My Mammy, Swanee & California, Here Peter’s Seminary Chapel, 1040 Waterloo St.,
I Come. Gary Birkhof, Lisa Devan, performers. 20 London. 519-661-3767. Free.
Queen St., Port Hope. 905-885-1071, 800Wednesday December 06
434-5092. $18; $15(sr/st).
— 7:30: Grand Philharmonic Choir. Christ— 2:30: Cellar Singers. Handel’s Messiah.
mas Choral Celebration. A feast of musical YuleSee Dec 1. Orillia Opera House, Orillia.
— 2:30: Orchestra London. Christmas Pops.
tide delights. Jan Overduin, organ; Grand PhilharCentennial Hall,London. See Dec 2.
monic Family of Choirs; Howard Dyck, Nancy
— 3:00: Conrad Grebel University College. Tanguay & Carol Giesbrecht, conductors. Centre
Handel’s Messiah. University of Waterloo Choir, In The Square, 101 Queen St. North, Kitchener.
Gordon Burnett, conductor. St. John’s Lutheran
519-578-1570, 800-265-8977. $15-$23;
Church, 22 Willow Street,Waterloo. 519-885- $10(ch to grade 8); $5 (eyeGO).
0220 x24226. $12,$10(st).
— 7:30: Guelph Male Choir. Pre-Christmas
— 3:00: Symphony Hamilton. Christmas
Concert. Nancy Fischer, accompanist; Ron
Fantasia in the Garden. Corelli: Christmas Concer- Stubbs, director. Trinity United Church, 400 Steto, Op.6/8; Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (exvenson St. North, Guelph. 519-824-4194. $10.
cerpts); Bach: Concerto for 2 violins in d; Glazu— 7:30: Kingston Symphony. Rejoice with
nov: Concerto in E-flat; Druste-Hulshuff: Sympho- Us! Handel’s Messiah. Tracy Smith Bessette,
nie Concertante for 3 flutes (Allegro); Anderson:
soprano; Janice Coles, mezzo-soprano; Pascal
Sleigh Ride; Sing-along Christmas Carols. Alex
Charbonneau, tenor; Michael Donovan, baritone;
Morris, Olivia Gualtieri, violins; Joshua Morrison, Kingston Choral Society; Glen Fast, music direcsaxophone; Misty Johnson, Kelly Tiernay, Doda
tor. St. Mary’s Cathedral, 279 Johnson St.,
Song, flutes; James R. McKay, conductor. Royal Kingston. 613-530-2050. $25; $20(sr);
Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Rd. West,Burl$15(st); $10(ch).
ington. 905-526-6690. $25; $10(sr/st); $5(un- — 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Muder 12).
sic Society. Greensleaves Ensemble in Concert.
— 3:00: Wellington Winds. Happy 25th WW! A seasonal concert on early instruments. Shannon
Reprise of their First Concert in 1981. Bernstein: Purves-Smith, viols/recorders; Magdalena TomOverture to Candide; Holst: Jupiter (from The
sinska, lute/guitar; Marilyn Fung, bass viol; Guest:
Planets); von Suppe: Light Cavalry Overture;
Jennifer Enns Modolo, soprano. KWCMS Music
Grainger: Colonial Song; seasonal music; & other Room, 57 Young St. West,Waterloo. 519-886works. Michael Purves-Smith, David Davidson,
1673. $20; $15(sr); $10(st/ch).
Harvey Gleiser, conductors. St. Peter’s Lutheran — 8:00: University of Western Ontario .
Church, 810 King St. East,Cambridge. 519Chamber Music Recital: Song & Dance. TchaikoGraham Coles, Music Director
579-3097. $20, $15(sr/st).
vsky: Serenade for Strings, Op.48; Weill: Little
— 7:30: Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Threepenny Music; Daniel: Trope. Patricia Green,
22nd Season presented by
of Music. WLU Chapel Choir: An Evening of
mezzo-soprano. Talbot Theatre, Talbot College,
A BACH FAMILY CHRISTMAS
Advent Music and Readings. David Hall, organ;
UWO,London . 519-661-3767. Free.
Elvera Froese, director. Keffer Memorial Chapel,
with the University of Waterloo Chamber Choir
Thursday December 07
Lutheran Seminary, WLU campus, 75 University
Christmas Music by 8 different Bachs + Our Annual Silent Auction
Ave.
West,
Waterloo.
519-884-0710
x2150.
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7:30:
Kingston
Symphony. Rejoice with
Sunday, December 10, 2006 at 7:00 pm
Free.
Us! Handel’s Messiah. See Dec 6. Kingston GosMaureen Forrester Recital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo
— 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Mu- pel Temple, 2295 Princess St., Kingston.
For ticket information and program details go to: www.kwchamberorchestra.ca
sic Society. Robert Silverman Complete Mozart — 8:00: Huronia Players Young Company.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Musical adapted by Ken Ludwig, lyrics & music by Don Schlitz,
from the novel by Mark Twain. Glenn Campbell,
director. King’s Wharf Theatre, 97 Jury Dr., Discovery Harbour, Penetanguishene. 705-5266987. $20; $15(65+ mat); $10(18 & under or
st ID).
Pops Series in Guelph: Pops Celebrates Christmas. Donna Bennett, soprano; Brian Jackson,
conductor. Main Stage, River Run Centre, 35
Woolwich St., Guelph. 519-763-3000, 800520-2408. $40-$45; $15(12 & under, rush all
students); $5(eyeGO).
3: 7:30; Nov 5: 2:00. Four Seasons Centre for
the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. West
416-363-8231. $60-$275; $20-$95(15 &
under with adult); $20(spec price, call).
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Grand
Theatre. Inner beauty reveals true love;
Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard
Ashman & Tim Rice; book by Linda Woolverton. Nov 21-Dec 30: Call for dates/times. 471
Richmond St., London. 519-672-8800, 800265-1593. Call for prices.
Disney’s Cinderella Kids. Brampton
Music Theatre. Sherry Ross, producer. Nov
30-Dec 1: 7:00, Dec 2: 1:00, 4:00 & 7:00.
listed by show title
Cyril Clark Library Theatre, 20 Loafer’s Lake
Lane, Brampton. 905-874-2800. $12; $11(sr/
& John Latouche; Voltaire’s irreverent satire
st); $10(ch).
on optimistic philosophies. Nov 30-Dec 9:
Esencia Flamenca. Harbourfront Centre/
2:00 & 8:00 shows, call for details. Studio
Theatre, Sheridan College, 1430 Trafalgar Rd., Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance
Company. Ramón Martínez, dancer; José
Oakville. 905-815-4049. $16, sr/st/alumni
Valle “Chuscales”, guitar/composer; Francisco
discounts, call for details.
Orozco “Yiyi”, singer/percussion; Nicolás
Cats. The Rose Theatre/Troika EnterHernández, guitar/musical director/composer;
tainment. Composed by Andrew Lloyd
Chris Church, violin; EESDC Company; EsmerWebber, based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s
alda Enrique, choreography. Nov 16-18: 8:00;
Book of Practical Cats. Nov 7: 8:00 (sold out), Nov 19: 3:00. Premiere Dance Theatre,
Nov 8: 2:00 and 8:00 (8:00 sold out). 1
Queen’s Quay Terminal, 207 Queens Quay
Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905-874-2800.
West. 416-973-4000. $21-$38.
$79-$99, limited tickets.
Eye of the Storm. Hummingbird Centre
Cavalleria Rusticana . Opera Lirica
for the Performing Arts. Oct 7: 7:30; Oct
Italiana . By Pietro Mascagni; Jealousy in
8: 2:30. *CANCELLED*
Sicily. Marianne Zin-Orlowski, Sophie Louise
Fiddler on the Roof. Brampton Music
Roland, sopranos; Jennifer Fina, mezzoTheatre. Book by Joseph Stein, music by
soprano; Charles di Raimondo, tenor; Todd
Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, based
Wieczorek, baritone; OLI Chorus; Adolfo De
on Sholom Aleichem’s stories. Michael
Santis, musical director. Nov 10: 8:00.
MacLennan, Artistic Director and ChoreograJoseph P. Carrier Gallery, Columbus Centre,
pher. Nov 9-11, 16-18: 8:00, Nov 12: 2:00.
901 Lawrence Ave. West. 416-789-7011.
$TBA.
Chicago. Mirvish Productions. Story of a
Jazz Age chorus girl, music by John Kander,
lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Fred Ebb & Bob
Fosse, choreography by Ann Reinking, based on
a 1926 play (itself based on a true story) by
Maurine Dallas Watkins. Walter Bobbie,
director. Nov 21-Dec 3: 8:00 (Tue-Sat), 2:00
(Wed, Sat, Sun); Nov 27: 7:00. The Princess
of Wales Theatre, 300 King St. West. 416872-1212, 800-461-3333. $26-$94(eve);
$26-$84(mat).
Così Fan Tutte. Canadian Opera Company. By Mozart. Michael Colvin, Russell Braun,
Krisztina Szabó & others; Daniel Dooner,
director; Richard Bradshaw, conductor. Nov 1,
LISTINGS
Opera, Music Theatre, Dance
Performances are
A Dickens of a Christmas. Canadian
Children’s Opera Chorus. Children’s opera
by Errol Gay & Michael Patrick Albano, based
on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Dec 1:
7:30; Dec 2-3: 2:00 & 7:30. Harbourfront
Centre Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West. 416973-4000. $35; $15(sr/st).
American Operas in Miniature. TrypTych Productions Contemporary Opera
Workshop. Weisgall: The Stronger; Barab:
Mushroom Pizza; Barber: A Hand of Bridge;
Stage director Edward Franko; music directors
James Wells & William Shookhoff; Jennifer
Griffiths, Anna Belikova, James Tuttle,
Marion Samuel-Stevens, performers. Nov 4:
8:00; Nov 5: 7:00. Trinity Presbyterian
Church, 2737 Bayview Ave. 416-763-5066.
$20.
Asala (Roots) . Harbourfront Centre/
Arabesque Dance Company. Choreographed by Yasmina Ramzy, most music
composed by the players; from Sufi Whirlers
to Port Said fishermen, from veiled women of
Saudi Arabia to belly dancers of Cairo, accompanied by traditional acoustic music, full
orchestra of Arabian instruments (qanoon,
oude, naye, dumbek, semsemaya, mizmar). Dr.
George Sawa, Prof. Bassam Bishara, Suleiman Warwar, Ernie Tollar, Milad Daher,
players; Najwa Tannus, vocals. Nov 29-Dec 3:
8:00; Dec 2-3: 2:00. Premiere Dance Theatre,
West. 416-973-4000. $35(eve); $30(eve sr/
st/CADA); $25(mat); $20(mat sr/st/CADA).
Candide. Theatre Sheridan. Based on the
novel by Voltaire; book by Hugh Wheeler;
music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Richard
Wilbur; additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Lester B. Pearson Theatre, 150 Central Park
Drive, Brampton. 905-874-2800. $20;
$18(sr/st); $16(ch).
Glorious! CanStage. By Peter Quilter,
story of the tone-deaf diva Florence Foster
Jenkins. With Nicola Cavendish; Christopher
Newton, director. Nov 20-Dec 16, call for
details. Bluma Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence
Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. East. 416368-3110. Call for ticket prices.
Grease. The Yorkminstrels. 1950’s
nostalgia brought to life. Cliff Jones, artistic
director; David Ambrose, musical director;
Valerie Stanois, choreographer. Nov 25, 30,
Dec 3: 8:00; Nov 26, Dec 3: 2:00. Leah
Posluns Theatre, 4588 Bathurst St. 416-2910600. $28.50; $23.50(65+); $21(under 19).
Non-perishable food items to the North York
Harvest Food Bank.
High Society. Shaw Festival. Music &
lyrics by Cole Porter; book by Arthur Kopit.
Camilla Scott, Dan R. Chameroy, Patty
Jamieson, Jay Turvey, performers; Kelly
Robinson, director; Paul Sportelli, musical
director. Nov 1-19: call for dates/times.
Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 800-511-7429. Call for
ticket prices.
Junie B. Jones. The Rose Theatre/
TheatreworksUSA. Children’s musical
about irrepressible Junie’s transition from
kindergarten to grade 1, based on the books by
Barbara Park, singing & dancing, for ages 5 to
10. Nov 18: 11:00am & 1:00. 1 Theatre
Lane, Brampton. 905-874-2800. $25-$45.
Leeward. Harbourfront Centre/Susan
Lee/Evergreen Club Contemporary
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December/January is a combined issue of WholeNote so the November
15 deadline covers all listings to Feb 7.
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out our workload, and to reduce the chance of errors in the last-minute
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soon as they are ready. We’ll format listings from your email — or your
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LISTINGS
Opera, Music
Theatre, Dance
Gamelan. New works for dance and music,
evocative acoustic and electronic soundscapes. Susan Lee, Maxine Heppner, choreography; Mark Duggan, composer; Blair Mackay,
artistic director. Nov 25: 8:00; Nov 26: 2:00.
Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 231 Queens
Quay West. 416-973-4000. $25; $18(sr/st/
CADA).
Les Dialogues Des Carmelites. Opera In
Concert. Dialogues of the Carmelites, by
Francis Poulenc, opera in three acts (12
scenes), libretto prepared by the composer,
from the drama by Georges Bernanos, performed in French. Isabel Bayrakdarian, Lynne
McMurtry, Jenny Cohen, Ashley Becker,
Deanna Hendricks, singers; Opera in Concert
Chorus, Robert Cooper, director; Alison
d’Amato, music director/pianist. Nov 19:
2:30, 1:45: Pre-concert talk by Iain Scott.
Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for
the Arts, 27 Front St. East. 416-366-7723,
800-708-6754. $50,$38.
Love Lost. Muskoka Touring Company.
Musical; Does Ben still haunt the Opera
House? Nov 2-4, 7: 8:00; 7:00: Dinner.
Gravenhurst Opera House, 295 Muskoka Rd.
South, Gravenhurst. 705-687-5550, 888495-8888. $25(show only); $40(with dinner).
Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Opera
York. Lucia Cesaroni, singer; Opera York
Orchestra and Choir; Geoffrey Butler, musical/
artistic director. Nov 16 8:00 at: Markham
Theatre for Performing Arts, 171 Town
Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469. Nov
18 8:00 at: St. Elizabeth Performing Arts
Centre, 525 New Westminster Dr., Vaughan.
905-763-7853. $30; $25(1st under 12);
$20(additional under 12).
My Fair Lady. Theatre Ancaster. Nov 1718, 24-25, Dec 1-2: 8:00; Nov 19, 26: 2:00.
Theatre Auditorium, Ancaster High School,
374 Jerseyville Rd. West, Ancaster. 905304-7469. $20; $17(sr); $13(st).
NextSteps Series . Harbourfront Centre/
Janak Khendry Dance Company . Indian
classical traditional & innovative dance:
Chandrakauns, an ode to the moon (world
premiere); Dream of a Drunken God, in which
a God at a banquet comes face to face with
his dark side (world premiere); Gayatri. Nov 911: 8:00. Premiere Dance Theatre, Queen’s
Quay Terminal, 207 Queens Quay West. 416973-4000. $25-$35.
Nunsense. Schoolhouse Theatre. Book,
music & lyrics by Dan Goggin. Starring Karen
K. Edissi; Marc Richard, director/choreographer. Nov 1-Dec 31: 2:00 & 8:00 shows, call
for details. 11 Albert St., St. Jacobs. 519638-5555, 888-449-4463. $36; $20(18 &
under); $29(group 20 or more).
Opaque: Korean Drumming, Song &
Dance. Harbourfront Centre/Jeng Yi
Korean Drum & Dance Ensemble. Based
on the folk and shaman traditions of Korea.
Nov 17-18: 8:00. York Quay Centre, 235
Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. $17(sr/
st/CADA).
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Opera Excerpts. Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music. Nov 17-18: 8:00.
Theatre Auditorium, 75 University Ave. West,
Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2150. $10;
$5(st).
Opera Series: Die Fledermaus. University of Toronto Faculty of Music. By
Johann Strauss Jr., performed in English.
Sandra Horst, conductor; Michael Patrick
Albano, director. Nov 9-11: 7:30, Nov 12:
2:30. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson
$26; $16(sr/st).
Opera Tea: Enter the Albanians: the art
of operatic disguise. University of
Toronto Faculty of Music. An afternoon of
opera and tea on the theatre stage. Nov 26:
2:30. MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson
$26.
Pippin. Mirvish Productions. By Stephen
Schwartz; coming-of-age story of the Emperor
Charlemagne’s eldest son; for age 13+. Micky
Dolenz, Joshua Park, Andre Ward, Jason
Blaine, James Royce Edwards, Shannon
Lewis, Barbara Marineau, Teal Wicks, performers. Nov 1-Dec 3: 8:00 (Tue-Sat); 2:00
(Wed, Sat, Sun). Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260
King St. West. 416-872-1212, 800-4613333. $35-$94.
Radio City Christmas Spectacular
starring the Rockettes . Hummingbird
Centre for the Performing Arts. The
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, The Living
Nativity, Christmas in New York & more;
Toronto premiere. Nov 14-Dec 31: various
times, call for details. 1 Front St. East. 416872-2262. $45-$100.
Russell Braun, baritone in Concert.
Brampton Lyric Opera. Opera concert with
full orchestra, Canadian Opera Company
soloists & chorus. Nov 12: 8:00. The Rose
Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905-8742800. $36-$90; fundraiser for BLO.
Seussical: The Musical . Lorraine Kimsa
Theatre for Young People . Dr. Seuss
characters sing & dance through his tales;
music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn
Ahrens, book by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen
Flaherty, co-conceived by Lynn Ahrens,
Stephen Flaherty & Eric Idle, based on the
works of Dr. Seuss; for ages 5+; Canadian
premiere. Corrine Koslo, Michael-Lamont
Lytle, George Masswohl & others, performers; Allen MacInnis, director; Liz Baird,
musical director. Nov 12-Dec 17 Sat/Sun:
2:00; Dec 21, 29, 31: 2:00; Dec 28, 30:
11:00am & 2:30. LKTYP, 165 Front St. East.
416-862-2222. $20; $15(18 & under);
$10(preview Nov 12).
She Loves Me. Theatre Sheridan. Book
by Joe Masteroff; music by Jerry Bock; lyrics
by Sheldon Harnick; a musical valentine set in
a 1930s Hungarian perfume shop. Nov 28Dec 9: 2:00 & 8:00 shows, call for details.
Mainstage Theatre, Sheridan College, 1430
Trafalgar Rd., Oakville. 905-815-4049. $19$25, sr/st/alumni discounts, call for details.
something blue. Meagan O’Shea. Interactive sound/video installation & dance project
from stories about the no longer married,
choreographed by Meagan O’Shea, soundscore
by Lori Clarke, interactive installation created
with Martha Cockshutt & Dave Pijuan-
Nomura. Aviva Chernick, vocalist, Meagan
O’Shea, dancer. Nov 28 (preview), 29-Dec 2:
8:00; Dec 3: 2:00. Dancemakers Centre for
Creation, The Distillery District, Building 58,
Studio 313, 55 Mill Street. 416-204-1082.
$20; $15(sr/st/underemployed/CADA);
$17(preview); $12(preview sr/st/underemployed/CADA).
Song of the Earth; Symphony in C.
National Ballet of Canada. By Mahler and
Bizet.National Ballet Orchestra. Richard
Margison, tenor; Kenneth MacMillan, George
Balanchine, choreography. Nov 22-25: 7:30;
Nov 25-26: 2:00. 45 minutes prior: Ballet
Talk. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing
Arts, 145 Queen St. West 416-345-9595.
$40-$190.
SooRyu 2006 Dance Festival. Harbourfront Centre/ DanceWorks CoWorks Series. Theme Historic Story,
Canadian dance that celebrates the country’s
diverse roots. Ninety dancers from fifteen
dance groups, including: Little Pear Garden
(Chinese Opera), Sampradaya Dance (India/
Canada), Sensui Kozakura (Japan), the Chinese
Dance Academy, the Mi Young Kim Dance
Company (Korea/Canada), Ballet Espressivo,
Kaha:wi Dance Theatre (First Nations). Nov
23-25: 8:00. Premiere Dance Theatre,
West. 416-973-4000. $30; $25(sr/st/CADA).
South Pacific. Stratford Festival. Music
by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Nov 1-12, various dates and times.
Avon Theatre, 99 Downie St., Stratford.
800-567-1600. Call for ticket prices.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Huronia Players Young Company. Musical
adapted by Ken Ludwig, lyrics & music by Don
Schlitz, from the novel by Mark Twain. Glenn
Campbell, director. Dec 7-9: 8:00; Dec 10:
2:00. King’s Wharf Theatre, 97 Jury Dr.,
Discovery Harbour, Penetanguishene . 705526-6987. $20; $15(65+ mat); $10(18 &
under, or st ID).
The Bear, and Swoon. COC Ensemble
Studio. The Bear: music by William Walton,
libretto adapted from Anton Chekov by Paul
Dehn & William Walton, in English; Swoon
(world premiere): music by James Rolfe,
libretto by Anna Chatterton, in English. The
Bear: Steven Philcox, conductor; Ashlie
Corcoran, director; Swoon: Richard Bradshaw,
conductor; Michael Albano, director. Dec 6, 7,
9: 7:30, Dec 10: 2:00. Imperial Oil Opera
Theatre, Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera
Centre, 227 Front St. East, Toronto. 416-3638231, 800-250-4653. $60.
The Jack Street Show. Jack Street
Productions. Jack’s poetry, and musical
improvisations of Tim Gibbons and Mark
Foley. Featuring flea circus “Poetry To Dance
To”. Nov 11: 8:30. The Pearl Company, 16
Steven Street, Hamilton. 905-529-9485.
$10.
The Magic Flute. Opera Atelier. By
Mozart. Sung in English, English & French
surtitles. Colin Ainsworth, Carla Huhtanen,
Gerald Isaac, Peggy Kriha Dye, Olivier
Laquerre & other performers; artists of the
Atelier Ballet; Jeannette Zingg, choreography;
Marshall Pynkoski, director; Tafelmusik
Baroque Orchestra, David Fallis, conductor.
Nov 17-18, 21-22, 24-25: 7:30; Nov 19, 26:
3:00. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge St. 416-8725555. $30-$125; $20(st, call).
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The Sleeping Beauty. National Ballet of
Canada. By Tchaikovsky. National Ballet
Orchestra. Rudolf Nureyev, choreography;
Karen Kain, restaging. Nov 9-11, 14-18: 7:30;
Nov 11-12, 16, 18: 2:00; Nov 19: 1:00 &
7:00. 45 minutes prior: Ballet Talk. Four
Queen St. West. 416-345-9595. $40-$190.
The Sound of Music. Royal City Musical
Productions. By Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Nov 22-25: 7:30; Nov 25-26: 1:30. Main
Stage, River Run Centre, 35 Woolwich St.,
Guelph. 519-763-3000, 800-520-2408.
$15-$28, $5(eyeGO).
The Sound of Music. Scarborough Music
Theatre. By Rodgers and Hammerstein. Nov
2-5, 9-12, 16-18: 8:00; Nov 5, 12: 2:00.
Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston
Rd. 416-396-4049. $21, $18(sr/st/grp 18+).
The Story of My Life. CanStage. A tender
musical celebration of lifelong friends and the
power of friendship (world premiere). Book by
Brian Hill, music & lyrics by Neil Bartram,
Michael Bush, director. Nov 1-Dec 9, call for
details. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley
St. 416-368-3110. Call for ticket prices.
Timecode Break. Harbourfront Centre/
Toronto Dance Theatre. Combines live
dancing with video images to create a world of
pure movement. Christopher House, choreographer/director, Nico Stagias, video images.
Nov 1-4: 8:00. Premiere Dance Theatre,
West. 416-973-4000. $22-$38; $20-$33(sr/
st); $15(CADA/Arts Worker).
UWOpera. University of Western Ontario. Opera Gala with the words and music
of Shakespeare, from opera, songs and musicals, such as Kiss Me Kate. Theodore Baerg,
director. Nov 17-19: 8:00. Talbot Theatre,
Talbot College, UWO, London. 519-6798778. $15; $10(sr/st).
Venus and Adonis. Toronto Masque
Theatre. Dramatic rendering of Shakespeare’s poem, and John Blow’s masque, from
Ovid’s tale. Derek Boyes, actor; Michele
DeBoer, Rachel Harwood-Jones, sopranos;
Andrew Mahon, bass; Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, dancer/choreographer; Avery MacLean,
recorder; Terry McKenna, lute; period instrument band, Larry Beckwith, director/violin.
Nov 9-11: 7:30; 6:45: Pre-show chat. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester St.
416-410-4561. $35; $30(sr/st).
Wes Winter’s Musical Tribute to Liberace. Hype Events. Direct from Las Vegas.
Nov 19: 7:30. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane,
Brampton. 905-874-2800. $40.
Wicked. Mirvish Productions. Based on
Gregory Maguire’s novel Wicked, The Untold
Story of the Witches of Oz, music & lyrics by
Stephen Schwartz, book by Winnie Holzman,
musical staging by Wayne Cilento, directed by
Joe Mantello, for age 8+. Shoshana Bean,
Megan Hilty, Alma Cuervo, P. J. Benjamin.
Nov 1-20: Sun: 2:00; Tue, Thu, Fri: 8:00; Wed,
Sat: 2:00 & 8:00. The Canon Theatre, 244
Victoria St. 416-872-1212, 800-461-3333.
$26-$110.
LISTINGS: Jazz in Clubs
Presents the Bebop Cowboys. Nov 14 Jaymz
Bee Presents Luis Mario Ochoa. Nov 15 Gary
Topp Presents James Hunter.Nov 16 Shahid Ali
Absolute Lounge
Duo. Nov 12 3J Jazz Band, Cocktail Jazz Band. Khan CD Release.Nov 17 Music Village
Hilton Suites Toronto/Markham Conference Cen- Nov 13 Martin Aucoin.Nov 14 James Thompresents Hannah Burge. Nov 17Cuban Fridays
tre & Spa, 8500 Warden Avenue, Markham,
son, Julian Fauth and Donn Roberts Blues Trio.
With Café Cubano. Nov 18 Salsa Saturday w/
Tel: +1-905-470-8500
Nov 15 Amy Medvick. Nov 16 Kristine Schmitt Black Market.Nov 20 Hagood Hardy – A CeleNov 2 KC2. Nov 4 Markham Gang Jazztet.
and the Powers that Be. Nov 17 noloves Latin
bration. Nov 21 Jaymz bee Presents: Runcible
Nov 7 June Garber and Mike Lewis. Nov 9 Jim Music, Jeff Cardey String Theory. Nov 18 Dry
Spoon. Nov 23Jingular. Nov 24Cuban Fridays
Finlayson Trio. Nov 11 KC2. Nov 14 Starry
Ticket with Mary Rankin, Ian Lazarus Jazz Band. w/ Adonis Puentes. Nov 25 Salsa Saturday w/
Nights. Nov 16 Rob Christian. Nov 18 June
Nov 19 3J Jazz Band, Peter Hill Jazz Duo. Nov Cache. Nov 28 Jaymz Bee Presents: Babes In
Garber and Bill King. Nov 21 Markham Gang
20 Victoria Sanjana Jazz Duo. Nov 21 James
Jazzland.
Jazztet. Nov 23 Jim Finlayson Trio. Nov 25
Thomson, Donn Roberts and Julian Fauth Blues
Liberty Bistro and Bar
Starry Nights. Nov 28 Rob Christian. Nov 30
Trio. Nov 22 Blues Canoe. Nov 23 Kevin Lalib25 Liberty St. @ Atlantic 416-533-8828
Markham Gang Jazztet.
erte Flamenco Guitar. Nov 24 noloves, Wayne
Charles and Julian Fauth Blues Duo. Nov 25 Bill Manhattan’s Music Club
Alleycatz
951 Gordon St. Guelph ON
Heffeman and his Friends. Nov 26 3J Jazz
2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865
(519) 767-2440
Band, Elizabeth Shephard Jazz Band. Nov 28
Every MonSalsa Night. Every Tue Chris Plock.
www.manhattans.ca
Ashley St. Pierre Jazz Duo. Nov 28 James
Every Wed Jasmin Bailey and Co.Every Thu
Nov 17 George Grosman Trio. Nov 18 Ted
Thomson, Donn Roberts and Julian Fauth Blues
Peppa Seed. Nov 3, 4 Sonic Playground. Nov 10,
Trio. Nov 29 Fraser Melvin Jazz and Blues Trio. Warren’s Warren Commission featuring Doug
11Lady Kane.Nov 17,18; Dec 1, 2Soular.
Riley. Nov 26th Brent Rowan.
Nov 30 Hogtown Syncopators.
Arbor Room
Mezzetta
Graffitti’s Bar and Grill
Hart House @ the University of Toronto,
681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687
170 Baldwin St. 416-506-6699
7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-2452
“Wednesday Concerts in a Café” Sets at 9 and
Every Wed. 6-8 James and Jay.
Ben Wicks
10:15. Reservations recommended for first set.
Grasshopper Jazz and Blues Bar
424 Parliament 416-961-9425
Nov 1Rebecca Enkin, Mike Allen.Nov 8 Kye Mar460
Parliament
St.
416-323-1210
www.benwickspub.com
shall.Nov 15 Roland Hunter Trio.Nov 22 Mike
Grossman’s Tavern
Black Swan
Murley/David Occhipinti. Nov 29Amanda Martinez,
379
Spadina
Ave.
416-977-7000
154 Danforth Avenue 416-469-0537
Kevin Laliberte.Dec 6Dave Young/Rob Piltch.
www.grossmanstavern.com
Boiler House
Mezzrows
Nov 1 Ralph MacDonald. Nov 2 The Damn
55 Mill St. 416-203-2121
Neighbors. Nov 3 First Fridays with Sandi Marie 1546 Queen St. W. 416-658-5687
Cameron House
Parkdale neighborhood pub featuring jazz and
and Company, Julian Fauth. Nov 4 Happy Pals,
408 Queen St. W. 416-703-0811
blues on Saturday afternoons, Sunday evenings,
Cotton Mouth. Nov 5 Nicola Vaughan Acoustic
and a live jam every other Wednesday.
The Central
Jam, The Nationals with Brian Cober. Nov 6
603 Markham St. 416-919-4586
Mod Club Theatre
Laura Hubert Band. Nov 9 Voodoo Walters and
www.thecentral.ca
722 College St.
Rhythm Method. Nov 10 Gary Kendall Blues
www.themodclub.com
C’est What
Band. Nov 11 Happy Pals. Nov 12 Nicola
67 Front St. E
Vaughan Acoustic Jam, The Nationals with Brian Nov 22 Open Door Festival of Music
Every Wed Hot Fo’ Ghandi
Cober. Nov 13 Laura Hubert Band. Nov 16 Dick N’Awlins Jazz Bar and Dining
Every Sat (matinee) The Hot Five Jazzmakers Ellis Revival. Nov 17 Espanola Slim – Harmonica 299 King St. W. 416-595-1958
Player. Nov 18 The Happy Pals., Caution Jam .
Every Tue. Stacie McGregor. Every Wed
Cervejaria Downtown
Nov 19 Nicola Vaughan Acoustic Jam, The Na- Jim Heinenan Trio. Every Thu Blues Night with
842 College St.
tionals With Bruce Cober. Nov 20 Laura Hubert
Special Guest Vocalists.Every Fri/Sat All Star
Every Wed The Jay Danley Quintet.
Band. Nov 22 Booster Jam.Nov 23 The Big
Bourbon Street Band. Every Sun Robi Botos.
Chick N’Deli
Three. Nov 24 Frankie Foo. Nov 25 The Happy
Odd Socks at Dovercourt House
744 Mount Pleasant Rd. 416-489-3363
Pals, the Barking Sharks. Nov 26 Nicola Vaughan,
805 Dovercourt Rd. 416-537-3337
www.chickndeli.com
Swing Dances, Lessons and Concerts.
Every Tue Jam Night. Nov 2-4 Nomads. Nov The Nationals With Brian Cober. Nov 27 Laura Hubert
Band.
Nov
30
Bertie
and
the
Gents.
6 Advocats Big Band. Nov 9-11 Big Catch. Nov
The Old Mill
16 George Lake Big Band.Nov 16-18 BB Divine. Home Smith Bar
21 Old Mill Road, 416-236-2641
The
Old
Mill,
21
Old
Mill
Road,
416-236-2641
Nov 23-25 The Zoo.
www.oldmilltoronto.com
www.oldmilltoronto.com
Nov 1-4Christopher Plock Band. Nov 6-9 Live
Club Caya Coco
Nov 3 George Grosman Duo. Nov 10 Bill McJive.Nov 10 Salsa Night w/ Marron Matizado.
304 Richmond St. W. 416-595-9000
Birnie Trio. Nov 17 Heather Bambrick Trio. Nov Nov 11 Live Jive. Nov 13-16 Ascension. Nov
Every Fri, Sat. Michael Kleniec.
24 Kevin Barrett Trio. Dec 1 Mike Malone Trio. 17Galaxy All Star. Nov 18 Ascension. Nov 20Commensal
Hot House Café
22Jay Boehmer Band. Nov 23, 24 The Platters.
655 Bay St. 416-596-9364
Market Square, 416-366-7800
Nov 25 CHFI Live Broadcast. Nov 27-Dec 2.
Music Fridays & Saturdays
Jazz brunch
Christopher Plock.
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm No Cover Charge
Every Sunday, with the Ken Churchill Quartet.
Opal Jazz Lounge
Nov 3Kira Callahan. Nov 4Jonathan Marks. Nov
Kristoria French Fine Dining
472 Queen St. West. 416-646-6725
10Leon Kingstone.Nov 11 Beverly Taft. Nov 17
104 Surrey Street E . Guelph
Artist in Residence: Washington Savage.
Warren Greig. Nov 18 Jordan Klapman.Nov 24
519-829-3265
Elizabeth Shepard. Nov 25 Adrean Farrugia.
Orbit Room
Le Saint Tropez
508A College St. 416-535-0613
The Concord Café
315 King St. W. 416-591-3600
937 Bloor St. W.
Pantages Martini Bar and Lounge
Live music 7 days a week.
200 Victoria St.
Gate 403
Lula Lounge
www.pantageshotel.com
403 Roncesvalles 416-588-2930
1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307. www.lula.ca Pilot Tavern
www.gate403.com
Nov 2 Kobotown CD Release Party. Nov 2 Ray
Nov 1 Kerry Ladyshewsky and Robert Murphy.
22 Cumberland 416-923-5716
Nov 2 The Peddlers. Nov 3 Noloves Latin Music, Montford: Live Imagery CD Release. Nov 3 Cuwww.thepilot.ca
ban Fridays w/ Café Cubano. Nov 3 Sabor Latin
Greg Hobbs Roots Music Band. Nov 4 Richard
Jazz every Sunday Afternoon –Laila Biali Trio
Jazz
Band.
Nov
4
Salsa
Saturday
w/
Cache.
Nov
Keelan and his Friends. Nov 5 3J Jazz Band.
(twice a month) and others.
5 Humble and Book Launch of Me, Myself And I. Nov 4 Kollage. Nov 11 Adam Smale Quartet.
Nov 6 Scott Kemp Collective. Nov 7 James
Nov 7 Jaymz Bee Presents Colleen Allen CD
Thomson, Julian Fauth and Donn Roberts Blues
Nov 25 Bernie Senensky Quartet. Dec 2 Pat
Trio. Nov 8 Dave Levi Jazz Duo. Nov 9 Marieve Release. Nov 8 Dione Taylor CD Release. Nov 9 Collins Quartet.
Amelie
Lefebvre.
Nov
10
Soneros
Del
Caribe.
Herington Jazz Band. Nov 10 noloves Latin MuThe Reservoir Lounge
sic, Linda Carone Jazz Band. Nov 11 Jon Brooks Nov 10 Veronica and the Latino Beat. Nov 11
52 Wellington 416-955-0887
Lady Son Y Articulo Veinte. Nov 12 Gary Topp
and his friends, Amanda Martinez Latin Jazz
www.reservoirlounge.com
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Every Mon Sophia Perlman and the Vipers;
Every Tue Tyler Yarema and his Rhythm;
Every Wed Bradley and the Bouncers; Every
ThuJanice Hagen; Every Fri Chet Valiant Combo; Every Sat Tory Cassis.
The Rex Jazz and Blues Bar
194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475
www.therex.ca
Nov 1 Ross Wooldridge Trio, From Montreal:
Jason Stillman. Nov 2 Kevin Quain, Justin Bacchus Group.Nov 3 Hogtown Syncopators, Artie
Roth Trio, Alex Dean Quintet. Nov 4 Ed Vokurka
Swing Ensemble, Jonah Cristall Clarke 9-Piece
Big Band Ensemble, Fender Rhodes Trios, Dave
Restivo Quartet. Nov 5 Excelsior Traditional
Jazz, Dr. Nick and the Rollercoasters, Swing
Rosie, Buddy Acquelina. Nov 6 Sara Dell, UofT
Student Jazz Ensembles. Nov 7 Darren Sigesmund Trio, Classic Rex Jazz Jam. Nov 8 Ross
Wooldridge Trio, From NY: Gene Bertoncini with
the Dave Young Trio. Nov 9 Kevin Quain, CD
Release: Rosemary Galloway Quartet. Nov 10
Hogtown Syncopators, Artie Roth Trio, Jane Fair
and Rosemary Galloway. Nov 11 Ed Vokurka
Swing Ensemble, Fender Rhodes Trios, Chris
Hunt Tentet +2. Nov 12 Excelsior Traditional
Jazz, Swing Rosie, Murley and Braid. Nov 13
Sara Dell, UofT Student Jazz Ensembles. Nov
14 Darrne Sigesmund Trio, Classic Rex Jazz
Jam. Nov 15 Ross Wooldridge Trio. Nov 16
ABLE: Andy Ballantyne’s Large Orchestra. Nov
17Hogtown Syncopators, Artie Roth Trio, From
NY: Melissa Stylianou. Nov 18 Ed Vokurka
Swing Ensemble, Fender Rhodes Trio, From Montreal: Min Rager. Nov 19 Excelsior Traditional
Jazz, Kira Callahan Quartet, Jack Zorawski. Nov
20 Sara Dell, UofT Student Jazz Ensembles.
Nov 21 Darren Sigesmund Trio, Classic Rex
Jazz Jam. Nov 22 Ross Wooldridge Trio. Nov
23 Kevin Quain, From NY: Ernesto Cervini.Nov
24Hogtown Syncopators, Artie Roth Trio, From
Ohio: Pete Mills With Ashley Summers. Nov 25
Ed Vokurka Swing Ensemble, Fender Rhodes Trio,
Kieran Overs Nonet.Nov 26 Excelsior Traditional Jazz, Swing Rosie, Andrew Boniwell Trio.
Nov 27 Sara Dell, John MacLeod’s Rex Hotel
Orchestra.Nov 28 Darren Sigesmund Trio, Classic Rex Jazz Jam. Nov 29 Ross Wooldridge
Trio. Nov 30 Kevin Quain, Michael Herring Trio.
Safari Bar and Grill
1749 Avenue Rd. 416-787-6584
Every Tues Encore Jazz
Sassafraz
100 Cumberland 416-964-2222
Thu-Sun Washington Savage.
Sat, Sun Roy Patterson Trio.
Sopra
265 Davenport Rd. www.sopra.ca
Spezzo Ristorante
140 York Blvd. Richmond Hill, 905-886-9703
Live jazz Every Thursday.
Ten Feet Tall
1381 Danforth Avenue, 416-778-7333
Every Wed Girls Night Out Singers Jam.
Nov 5 The Beverly Taft Trio. Nov 12 The Steve
Koven Trio.Nov 19 The Lesters w. Tory Cassis.
Nov 26 The Amanda Martinez Trio.
The Trane Studio
964 Bathurst St. 416-913-8197
Every Wed in Sept. Fern Lindzon Jazz Duo
with Guests.
Wolfgang Puck Grand Café
6300 Fallsview Boulevard Niagara Falls
1-905-354-5000
Zazou
315 King St. W.
Live jazz every Fri and Sat.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS, LECTURES,
MASTER CLASSES...ETCETERA
*November 12 11am-12:30: MNjcc. From Tin
Pan Alley to Broadway: Great Jewish Composers Make Their Mark. Records, Radio, Rhythm
and Jews. Lecture by Jordan Klapman. 750
Spadina Ave. 416-924-6211 x111. $8.
*November 13 7:00-9:00: Cambridge Cen*November 26 2:30: Orchestra Toronto.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
tre for the Arts. How to Enjoy German Opera.
Musicale, Afternoon Tea and Silent Auction.
*November 2 7:00: New Music Concerts.
Lecture by opera educator Iain Scott. 45 Thorne
With performances by Ensemble Members of
Slowind Blows Goodwill – A Benefit PerformOrchestra Toronto. Gibson Room, Novotel Hotel, Street, Cambridge ON. 519-622-9676. $15,
ance on Behalf of New Music Concerts. Perform$13(members).
3 Park Home Ave. 416-489-3131.$25. Proance includes works by Scarlatti, Mozart,
ceeds to benefit the Orchestra Toronto Fund.
*November 14 7:00: University of Toronto
Nielsen, Ligeti; includes hors d’oeuvres & open
*December 3 2:00-5:00: Elmer Iseler Sing- Faculty of Music.Shostakovich in Words and
bar. Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-961ers.Sherry and Shortbread. Relax in the gracious Music. Lectures by Dr. Alexander Rapoport: How
9594. $65, $50(advance). Proceeds to benefit
Shostakovich became Shostakovich: the Influence
New Music Concerts; max. allowable charitable surroundings of the historic Albany Club, join in
of Moussorgsky, Tchaikovsky & Glazounov; Robthe silent auction & enjoy music of the holiday
receipt issued.
ert Rival:Harmonic and Modal Fluctuation in
season. 91 King St. East. 416-217-0537. $75.
*November 2 7:00: Toronto Sinfonietta.
Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, Largo; Julia
Screening of the 1922 classic horror movie Nos- *National Association of Pastoral MusiGalieva-Szokolay:Shostakovich’s Legacy in the
cians/Friars
of
the
Atonement.Hymn
Comferatu (directed by R.W. Murnau), accompanied by
Works of Contemporary Russian Composers;
petition:
That
All
May
Be
One.
Competition
for
new music written by resident composer Philip
two liturgical songs to be sung at the 2007 NPM viola sonata performed by Katharine Rapoport &
McConnell. Ramada Hotel Toronto Airport, 2
Gergely Szokolay. Room 330, Edward Johnson
National Convention, and in preparation for the
Holiday Dr. 416-410-4379. $10.
Bldg, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
centennial observance in 2008 of the Week of
*November 3 7:00: The John Laing Singers.
*November 16 12:00 noon: National Ballet
Prayer for Christian Unity. Submission deadline:
Merrily Sing We! CD Launch including refreshof Canada. Revitalizing The Sleeping Beauty.
November 30, 2006. For details:
ments and musical interlude. Canadian Marine
Talk by Marjory Fielding, Wardrobe Supervisor.
www.npm.org/Membership/hymncomp.htm
Discovery Centre, Pier 8, 57 Discovery Dr.,
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons
Hamilton. 905-628-5238, 877-628-5238.
LECTURES/SYMPOSIA
Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St.
Free.
*November 1 12:10: University of Toronto West. 416-363-8231. Free.
*November 12 12 noon: Orchestra London. Faculty of Music.Lecture demonstration with *November 20 7:00-9:00: Cambridge CenSerenade Brunch: Violin and Oboe Duets. Enjoy
composer James MacMillan. Walter Hall, 80
tre for the Arts. How to Enjoy Russian Opera.
the Best Western Lamplighter Inn’s sumptuous
Lecture by opera educator Iain Scott. 45 Thorne
brunch, followed by chamber music performed by
Street, Cambridge ON. 519-622-9676. $15,
*November
2
12:10:
University
of
Toronto
Orchestra London members. 591 Wellington Rd.
$13(members).
Faculty
of
Music.
Musicking:
A
Ritual
in
Social
South, London ON. 519-679-8778. $39, $35(sr).
Space.Lecture by Christopher Small. Walter Hall, *November 26 11am-12:30: MNjcc. From Tin
*November 13 4:30-8:00: University Set80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
Pan Alley to Broadway: Great Jewish Compostlement Music and Arts School. 85th Anni*November 6 7:00-9:00: Cambridge Centre ers Make Their Mark. Yiddish American Swing.
versary Celebration. 4:30-5:00: Drop in PreLecture by Jordan Klapman. 750 Spadina Ave.
for the Arts. How to Enjoy French Opera. Lecschool Music Circle; 5:30-6:30:drop in Drum416-924-6211 x111. $8.
ture
by
opera
educator
Iain
Scott.
45
Thorne
ming Circle for kids & teens (bring your own inStreet, Cambridge ON. 519-622-9676. $15,
*November 26 2:00: Toronto Opera Club.
strument if possible); 7:00:student recital. Re$13(members).
Ten Deadly Sins in Opera. Audio-visual presentafreshments available. 23 Grange Rd. 416-5983444 x243/244. Free; donations appreciated.
*November 9 12:00 noon: National Ballet tion by guest speaker Iain Scott. CDs to be won.
of Canada. Behind the Scenes: Ballet 101.Rich- Room 330, Edward Johnson Bldg, 80 Queens’
*November 18 9:00: Toronto All-Star Big
ard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Cen- Park. 416-924-3940. $10(non-members).
Band. Victory Dinner Dance.1940s-themed
tre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. West. *November 27 7:00: Toronto Wagner Sociprizes. Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum,
416-363-8231. Free.
ety. Donald Collup presents his video documenta9280 Airport Rd., Mount Hope. 905-679-4183
ry on the late dramatic soprano Astrid Varnay.
x221. $25(dance), $60(dinner/dance).
*November 10 4:30-6pm: Goethe-Institut
Arts and Letters Club, 14 Elm St.
Toronto.
Talk
by
Robert
Lippok,
sound
installa*November 20-24 10am-4pm: Alliance for
www.richard_wagner.tripod.com Members
tion
artist
&
co-founder
of
the
experimental
elecCanadian New Music Projects. Contempofree, non-members by donation ($5 to $10 sugtronic post-rock band To Roccoco Rot. 163 King
rary Showcase Festival adjudicated sessions in
gested).
St. West. 416-593-5257. Free.
piano, voice, solo strings, winds. Eastminster
*November 28 7:30: University of Toronto
United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416-9635937. Free.
*November 21 6:30: University Settlement Music and Arts School. 85th Anniversary Celebration: Investing in our Community.
Dinner, musical entertainment, silent auction.
Featured performers: Jacques Israelievitch, violin
& Winona Zelenka, cello. Arcadian Court, 401
Bay St., 8th floor. 416-598-3444 x266. $125,
$1000 (table of 10).
*November 24 time tba: Canadian Aboriginal Festival. Canadian Aboriginal Music
Awards. Categories include Best Blues Album,
Best Folk Album, Best Songwriter & many others. John Bassett Theatre, 255 Front St. West.
416-872-1111. $35(advance), $40(door).
*November 25 9am start: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Orchestra. 16th Annual
Student Concerto Competition. Beginning with
Junior Competition; Open Class follows. Public
welcome. Room 318, Wilfrid Laurier University
Faculty of Music. 519-744-3828,
www.kwchamberorchestra.ca $10 (all-day
ticket), KWCO subscribers free.
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Faculty of Music. John Oswald’s Plunderphonics: The Communication and Revision of Meaning
Through Quotation. Lecture by Troy Ducharme;
discussion to follow. Room 330, Edward Johnson Bldg, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
*International Touring Productions. A
Little Night Music. Six lectures by conductor
Kerry Stratton about various aspects of music
and music making, for the music lover who has
always promised him/herself to spend time learning more about music. Includes live performance.
Nov 6: Angel Voices: Heavenly Music; Nov 13:
Mozart and Weber: Redux for Clarinet and String
Quartet;Nov 20: Wagner: Brilliance, Beauty and
Light. All lectures 7:30-9:30.North York Memorial Community Hall, 5120 Yonge St. 905-8862185. $26.50 each lecture.
MASTER CLASSES
*November 1 & 2 2:00: University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Master class with
pianist Peter Frankl. Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s
Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
*November 2 9:30am-12:30: U of Western
Ontario, Don Wright Faculty of Music.
Master class with Slowinds. Location tba, UWO,
London. 519-661-2111 x80532.
*November 3 10am-12:30: Glenn Gould
School. Solo woodwind master class with David Shifrin. RCM, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-5010.
Free.
*November 3 10am-1:00 & 5:00-6:00:
Glenn Gould School. Vocal Showcase Coaching with Tom Diamond. RCM, 90 Croatia St.
416-408-5010. Free.
*November 3 2:00-4:30: Glenn Gould
School. Woodwind excerpts master class with
David Shifrin. RCM, 90 Croatia St. 416-4085010. Free.
*November 3 2:00: U of Western Ontario,
Don Wright Faculty of Music. Piano master
class with Thomas Lanners. Location tba, UWO,
London. 519-661-2111 x80532.
Big voice?
Big problems?
Big teacher.
Students have sung at:
Bayreuth Festival:
- Brunnhilde, Kurvenal,
Wotan
ENO:
- Brunnhilde
Metropolitan Opera:
- Wozzeck, Pizarro
Theater Unter den
Linden, Berlin
- Fliegende Holländer,
Scarpia
Wiener Staatsoper:
- Wotan
COC Ring Cycle:
- Donner
Joel Katz, RCM
416.408.2824x803
... LECTURES, MASTERCLASSES, ... ETCETERA
*November 5 2:30-5:30: Singing Studio of
Deborah Staiman. Master class in musical
theatre/audition preparation, using textual analysis and other interpretative tools for the “sung
monologue”. Yonge & Eglinton area – please call
for exact location. 416-483-9532,
www.singingstudio.ca
*November 10 10am-12 noon, 2:00-4:00 &
5:00-7:00: Glenn Gould School. Piano master
classes with Marc Durand. RCM, 90 Croatia St.
416-408-5010. Free.
*November 10 10am-12:30 & 5:00-6:30:
Glenn Gould School. Cello master classes
with Desmond Hoebig. RCM, 90 Croatia St. 416408-5010. Free.
*November 15 10am-12:noon: Glenn
Gould School. Chamber music master class
with the Vogler Quartet. RCM, 90 Croatia St.
416-408-5010. Free.
School. Chamber music master class with Andres Cardenes. RCM, 90 Croatia St. 416-4085010. Free.
*November 17 10am-12 noon & 2:00-4:00:
Glenn Gould School. Piano master class with
John Perry. RCM, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-5010.
Free.
School. String master class with Andres
Cardenes. RCM, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-5010.
Free.
*November 17 3:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Jazz Entrepreneurs. Master class with
Heather Bambrick and Dave Young. Open to the
public. Boyd Neel Room, Edward Johnson Bldg,
80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
H
Sharing the art
and enjoyment
of music
*November 19 2:30-5:30: Singing Studio
of Deborah Staiman. Master class in musical
theatre/audition preparation, using textual analysis and other interpretative tools for the “sung
*November 21 12:10: U of T Faculty of
Music. Opera master class with Håken
Hagegård. Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416978-3744. Free.
*November 24 10am-12 noon & 2:00-4:00:
Glenn Gould School. Piano master class with
Jorge Luis Prats. RCM, 90 Croatia St. 416-4085010. Free.
School. Solo woodwind master class with
Mathieu Dufour. RCM, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-
Joseph M Dudzinski
Private Lessons
piano, voice, sight-singing
conducting and theory
for beginners
and intermediates
&
h
?
www.jmdmusic.info
647-400-3087
PLAY THE FLUTE OR THE RECORDER
Study with Allan Pulker
416-926-1578
- eleven years’ experience
teaching children and teenagers
at Etobicoke’s Kingsway
Conservatory of Music
- emphasis on tone-production,
articulation, phrasing and
effective practice techniques
- centrally located in Deer Park
near the St. Clair subway
5010. Free.
School.Woodwind excerpts master class with
Mathieu Dufour. RCM, 90 Croatia St. 416-4085010. Free.
School.Piano master class with Wu Han. RCM,
90 Croatia St. 416-408-5010. Free.
School.Voice master class with Richard Margison. RCM, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-5010. Free.
*December 1 10am -12:30: Glenn Gould
School. Violin master class with Lucie Robert.
RCM, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-5010. Free.
*December 3 2:30-5:30: Singing Studio of
Deborah Staiman. Master class in musical
theatre/audition preparation, using textual analy
MASTER OF ARTS
MASTER OF MUSIC
Private Voice Lessons
Beginner to advanced Intermediate
Children and Adults welcome
RCM Exam Preparation & More
Near St. George & Bloor
Carla Penner Atallah, MM
Voice Teacher
416-897-3841
sonapacem@yahoo.com
www.sonapacem.com
Dr Paul Jessen
†
†
416-419-6904 †
www.paul †
†
emlyn
jessen.ca †
D.MUS., LRSM, LTCL, LANZCA
Piano & Organ Teacher
All levels and ages
Accompanist
Language Coach
Choir Director
International Recitalist
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... WORKSHOPS ... ETCETERA
sis and other interpretative tools for the “sung
WORKSHOPS
*November 4 10am-12:30: Music at Ascension. Advent and Liberation Theology – A Workshop on Spirituals.Discussion of the importance
of spirituals in the realm of church music and our
culture. Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, clinician. 33
Overland Dr. 416-444-8881. $12, $8(sr/st).
*November 4, 11, 18, 25: RCM World Music Centre. Escola de Samba Workshops. Dedicated to the study, practice and performance of
the Samba Enredo. 1:00:Beginner music class;
2:30:Dance class; 3:30: Open rehearsal. Concert
Hall, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-2824 x321. PWYC
($5 suggested donation).
*November 4 8:00: Mill Race Folk Society.
Folk Club. Bring your musical instruments, your
tunes or just come to listen & participate in this
open music club format. Ernie’s Roadhouse Tavern, 7 Queen St. West, Cambridge. 519-6217135. $3.
*November 5 1:30-4:00: Toronto Early
Music Players Organization. Workshop with
Michael Franklin on Italian medieval music, offering percussion suggestions to acompany the music. Bring your drums as well as viols & recorders. Lansing United Church, 49 Bogert Ave. 416778-7777. $20, members free.
*November 8 8:00: Te-Amim Music Theatre/MNjcc: The Shop on Main Street. Musical
workshop reading based on the novel by Ladislaw
Grosman. Guests: George Grosman; Ballet Espressivo (presenting excerpts from the ballet
Uprising); choreographer Donna Greenberg; Miles
Nadal JCC Choir; Harriet Wichin, conductor. Al
Green Theatre, MNjcc, 750 Spadina Ave. 416924-6211, www.mnjcc.org Free.
*November 11 2:00-4:00: Long & McQuade. Flute Choir Clinic with Nancy Nourse.
Discussion of approaches to playing in a flute
choir, from piccolo to contrabass flute; opportunities to try piccolos, alto flutes, bass flutes &
more. Bring your instrument! Pre-registration
recommended. 933 Bloor St. West. 416-5887886. Free.
*November 12 3:00-5:00: Mill Race Folk
Society.British Isles Traditional Folk Music Pub
Session.Informal gathering of like minded musicians, playing together for fun. Repertoire consists of mainly English music, with a focus on
tune playing. Golden Kiwi, 47 Dickson St., Cambridge. 519-621-7135.
*November 14 7:30: Long & McQuade/
Paiste/Tama. Drum Clinic with Bill Bruford.
Auditorium, Mohawk College, Hamilton. 905319-3330. $10.
*November 15 7:30: Toronto Shapenote
Singing from Sacred Harp. Beginners welcome.
St. Stephen-in-the-Fields, 103 Bellevue Ave. 416922-7997 or pleasancecrawford@rogers.com
*November 16 12 noon-2:30. Royal Conservatory of Music Community School.
Application of Vocal Phrasing to Instrumental
Music. Workshop by Dr. Alexander Tumanov.
Instrumental music teachers and students are
invited to attend this discussion of the linguistic
sources of musical phrasing and the application of
vocal line and its principles to instrumental music.
Concert Hall, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-2824
x719. PWYC.
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TORONTO MUSICIANS’ ASSOCIATION NEWS
*November 17 7:30-10pm: Recorder Players’ Society. Opportunity for recorder and/or
Guess who’s turning 90? TMA Life
other early instrument players to get together in
Member Bernard Charles Témoin celuncoached groups and play Renaissance & Baebrates his 90th birthday with a Birthday
roque music. Church of the Transfiguration, 111
Bash/Open House. Bernie was formerly
Manor Rd. East. 416-694-9266. $10(CAMMAC
the bass clarinetist with the TSO. He was
member), $12(non-member).
born November 3, 1916 in Vancouver
*November 18 2:00-4:00: Long & McBC. The party is Saturday November 4, 2Quade. Colleen Allen – Reeds and What to Prac5pm at the Markhaven Home for Seniors,
tise. Colleen shares her views about the search
for the elusive “Perfect Reed”, and her insights on 54 Parkway Avenue in Markham
what really requires attention in practice sessions (sshhh....it’s a surprise). No gifts please,
but the family would be glad to pass on
to make you the musician you want to be. Bring
any special messages or best wishes.
your reeds & your horn! 933 Bloor St. West.
416-588-7886. Free.
Donations may be made in Bernard’s name to www.
*November 18 8:00: Mill Race Folk Socie- markhavenfoundation.ca.
ty. Folk Club.Roadhouse Tavern, Cambridge. See
For further info contact Térèse
Second Line Music, a partner in
November 4.
Témoin Downs or Neil Downs,
our “at risk youth” program re905-472-9296 (home), 416-314*November 19 2:00: CAMMAC. Musical
Reading. Workshop for recorders, viols & voices
7452 (work), 416-721-9296 (cell) ports that our combined project is
led by recorder player & teacher, Janos Ungvary. or email neil.downs@ rogers.com looking promising. There has
been contact with the Toronto
Music includes: Gabrieli: O Magnum Mysterium; Music Education Committee
Public Library who are interestTelemann: Trauer-Actus. Elliott Hall, Christ
News: McNally Piano Movers
Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-421ed in potentially running our sescontinues to offer used pianos to
0779, www.cammac.ca $6, $10(non-memsions for kids around Christmas,
families,
music
schools
and
combers).
and during March break. The
munity centres. There is a short
*November 25 2:00-4:00: Long & McHarbourfront Community Centre
waiting
list
of
families
that
would
Quade. Effortless Music Making.Clinic with
like pianos, but McNally does ac- has shown interest in having us
Joan Watson, horn. Bring your instrument! 933
quire pianos for redistribution peri- run programs also. If your
Bloor St. West. 416-588-7886. Free.
odically. There are new and used school or community centre
*November 26 3:00-5:00: Mill Race Folk
would like some information on
Society. British Isles Traditional Folk Music Pub guitars in storage that are ready to our rhythm basics program,
go! Corkie Davis coordinates the
Session. See November 12.
please contact Jane Fair at
Instrument bank for the TMA.
*November 27 7:30: Toronto Early Music
janefair@sympatico.ca.
Please contact her at corkie.davis
Centre. Vocal Circle. Recreational reading of
@sympatico.ca.
early choral music. Ability to read music desirable
but not essential. 12 Millbrook Cres. 416-9205025. Members free, $5(non-members).
*November 28 8:00: Toronto Folk Singers’
Club. An informal group for the purpose of performance & exchange of songs. Tranzac Club,
292 Brunswick Ave. 416-532-0900.
*December 2 10am-4pm: Toronto Early
Music Centre. Pastime with Good Company:
Viola da Gamba Workshop: A Day with Susie
Napper. Morning session: Realizing Continuo on
the Bass Viol; afternoon session: coached consorts for all sizes of viols (music to be assigned
and provided in advance). Participants and auditors welcome. 10 Cardinal Place. Please RSVP to
416-760-8610 or bm120@columbia.edu by
November 15. $35(all day), $25(half day),
$10(auditor). Must be a member in good standing
of TEMC.
*December 2 2:00-4:00: Long & McQuade.
The Colour of Sound. Jazz trumpeter Lina Allemano gives an introduction to the secrets of creating a broader spectrum of sounds & colours
using mutes & extended techniques on brass
instruments. 933 Bloor St. West. 416-5887886. Free.
*December 2 8:00: Mill Race Folk Society.
Folk Club. Roadhouse Tavern, Cambridge. See
November 4.
*MNjcc. Ear Training and Sight Singing.Learn
how to use the basics of music literacy to
strengthen your music reading and performance
skills. Simple & complex rhythms, major & minor
scales, modes and harmony within the context of
choral music. Designed for amateur choral singers. Teodora Georgieva, instructor. 5 classes on
Sundays from 3-4:30, starting November 5.
750 Spadina Ave. 416-924-6211 x111.
$60(MNjcc members), $75(non-members).
Orchestra in trouble: The Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago
(Chile), which for many decades
has played regularly in the Teatro
Municipal, has been shut down
because the current management
will not respect the conditions of
the contract established by the Union of Musicians and the administration. September 29, the administration of the theatre finished firing
everyone pertaining to the union
and the collective contract. There
has been little effective support
from the government of President
Michelle Bachelet and her Minister
of Culture, Paulina Urrutia.
It is a sad state of affairs for a
country whose Constitution dictates, “it is the government’s obligation to stimulate artistic creation
and to protect and increase the cultural patrimony of the nation.” The
international community decries the
destruction of the largest symphony orchestra in Chile and is appealing to the government of Chile
to respect its workers/artists, and
protect its national cultural treasures. You can add your voice to
the protest by visiting
www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/
solidarityforever/show_campaign.
TMA News is compiled
by Brian Blain
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York Accolades
invitation of former chair Michael
Coghlan, moving quickly from
working as a part-time instructor,
to a contractually limited appointment to an associate professorship
and head of vocal studies, to this
year beginning a three-year appointment as chair of music. While
Michael Coghlan, whose protean
knowledge of all that the department offered facilitated his running
the department single-handed,
Robbin knew this would not be
the right approach for her, so she
now has three associate chairs.
There is no doubt in her mind that
this approach is better not only for
her but also for the department,
which has “…a lot of other people
with tremendous strengths who
ought to be brought in. To move
forward from his (Coghlan’s)
chairship … it is important that we
delegate responsibility.”
I asked Robbin about her vision
for the department. Having inherited
from Coghlan a very strong and talented faculty, at the top of her list is
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Hodie, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Magnificat, J.S. Bach
Sunday, December 10, 2006
3:00 PM
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Tickets 905-306-6000
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raising the admissions bar, particularly by insisting on live auditions.
“If you expect much, much is much
more likely to come your way!” This
will be a step on the way to making
“this department the best place to
study music in Canada. We have the
talent here to do it and beautiful, wellequipped facilities in which to make
it happen.” The development of a
graduate program in performance,
still several years away, is also part
of her plan. This will open the door
to fully-staged operatic productions
in the new theatre, something she is
unwilling to do with undergraduates,
whose voices are not ready for the
demands of operatic roles.
I went on to ask Robbin about
the challenges she faces. “Well, I
suppose I would have to admit that
geography is a challenge … up here
on the north end of the city…. I’d
love to be able to tell you that the
subway is coming … it will make a
tremendous difference to us.” There
are also, she added, advantages to
York’s location, being so close to
York Region, one of the fastest
growing areas in the province.
York’s motto “Redefine the possible” inspires Robbin. Perhaps it
should inspire those of us who have
been deterred from going to a concert at York to go and experience
the new recital hall. There are lots
of events to choose from in November: a student vocal recital Nov 1 &
2, Trichy Sankaran and his percussion ensemble on Nov 2, a World
Music Festival Nov 7 to 9, English
Tudor choral composers on Nov.
14, Baroque Music for brass instruments Nov 17... . The list goes on.
Long may it do so.
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BOOK Shelf
by Pamela Margles
What Morton says, what Richard thinks
and what makes a Steinway grand
Morton Feldman Says:
Selected Interviews and
Lectures 1964-1987
edited by Chris Villars
Hyphen Press
304 pages; $50.00 US
‘Feldman loved to talk’ writes
Chris Villars in his introduction
to this collection of lectures and
interviews with American composer Morton Feldman. What
emerges is an irrepressible, outrageous and brilliantly singular
personality.
The best pieces are the most
untouched, like Toronto composer Linda Catlin Smith’s transcription of Feldman’s 1982 lecture at
Mercer Union in Toronto. Apart
from whatever thought-provoking
ideas Feldman is developing
here, this is wildly hilarious. “I
don’t mean to be a stand-up comedian, though it looks as if I’m
developing some gifts I didn’t
know about,” Feldman says at
one point in his discourse.
York University professor
emeritus Austin Clarkson’s interview with Feldman concerning Feldman’s own teacher Stefan Volpe, is published in full
here for the first time. It reveals
a lot about Feldman as a teacher
and as a student. Judging by
how often he tells it, Feldman
relishes his terrific story about
how Wolpe was once lecturing
him about pleasing the ‘man on
the street’ when Feldman looked
out the window and saw Jackson Pollock walking down the
street - “and he was nuts about
my music”.
Howard Skempton relates
Feldman’s discussion of his collaboration with Samuel Beckett
on the opera, Neither. Beckett,
embarrassed, apparently told
him, “Mr. Feldman, I don’t like
opera”, and Feldman replied, “I
don’t blame you”.
There is some choice autobiographical material, as well as unusually vivid discussions of
Feldman’s music in Rüdiger
Meyer’s transcription of lectures
given in Johannesburg in 1983.
This volume makes an interesting compliment to Feldman’s
collected essays, Give My Regards to Eighth Street. It has
been bound with care, with terrific photos, score samples, a
concise biography, bibliography
and superior index. Morton
Feldman Says is, I would say,
essential – and enjoyable - reading for anyone interested in 20th
century music, art and culture.
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Richard Cook’s Jazz
Encyclopedia
by Richard Cook
Penguin Books
702 pages; $42.00
This is an encyclopedia with a
difference – it’s full of opinions.
For the most part the entries deal
with jazz musicians. But record
companies, jazz writers, schools,
and recording producers are also
listed. Richard Cook even takes
on some jazz terms like ‘improvisation’, ‘riff’, and ‘free jazz’.
It’s hard to see how Cook can
make room for Norah Jones but
not Bessie Smith or Alberta
Hunter. Since he is British, he
includes a lot of Brits, like the
delightfully ‘shambolic’ singer
and great writer George Melly.
He does include a number of Canadian musicians, but leaves out
Jane Bunnett, Don Thompson
and others who should be counted. And whether through faulty
research or a typographical error,
he has former Torontonian Bill
Smith now living on Horny Island.
He can be pretty harsh in his
judgments. Slam Stewart, Connie
Kay, Carla Bley and Regina
Carter are some of the players
who deserve better than they get
from him. But for the most part
he is pretty ebullient, especially
about artists he is clearly most
passionate about, like Sonny Rollins.
In discussing the music, he focuses mainly on the recordings,
and for each musician he offers
just one single recommendation –
a tricky, controversial, but effective approach.
But what really sets this volume apart is the vivid, witty
writing. Cook really does grapple
with the music, and in the process offers a provocative and entertaining volume.
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Piano: The Making of a
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280 pages illustrated; $32.00
Not every great piano is a Steinway. But no other maker – not
Bösendorfer, Bechstein, or the
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- has the mystique of Steinway.
James Barron calls the Steinway
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learn, from his detailed description of the process of building a
Steinway concert grand, how little has changed over the past
century-and-a-half in the way
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From the factory near La Guardia Airport in Queens, New
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regularly used by the top performers in the world.
Barron covers all aspects of
piano-making. He tells something
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craftsmen and their jobs, and discusses the materials that go into
the instruments. But his chapter
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glances the surface.
Barron is a newspaper reporter. He has a strong eye for the
colourful detail and a good sense
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be breezy sometimes turn windy,
but this is the liveliest and most
colourful of the many books on
Steinway pianos to have appeared. Notes, an interesting bibliography and index back up the
extensive research.
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FRENCH HORN Must sell, one-of-a-kind,
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FESTIVAL WIND ORCHESTRA is seeking additional members. Instruments needed are:
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USIC’S CHILDREN
November’s Child ...
“Symphony for one,”
LeMans, France, 1960.
Identify this “leading”
member of our music
community for a chance to
win tickets or a recording!
Think you might know who
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entries received by Nov. 15.)
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October’s Child was … ISABEL BAYRAKDARIAN
Fidelio, Lyric Opera of
Chicago (2004).
recital filled the (sold-out for weeks) Glenn Gould Studio to capacity
– filled it not just with people, but with a rich, diverse selection of
music: each piece skillful, personal, and heartfelt.
(www.bayrakdarian.com)
Upcoming:
Nov.19 Les Dialogues des Carmelites, (sold out) Opera in Concert
Nov. 23 Recital, Waterloo Entertainment Centre (Waterloo)
Nov. 30 Recital, Dr. J.M. Ennis Auditorium: (Welland)
Dec. 2 Recital: “Christmas with Isabel Bayrakdarian” (Barrie)
Jan.18 Tango concert: Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons
Centre for the Performing Arts.
Born near Beirut, Lebanon, of Armenian
parents, youngest in a large family of
musical children (who all became doctors)
soprano ISABEL BAYRAKDARIAN
came to Canada at the age of 14. Her
earliest formative singing experiences
were church choirs: a little girl with a big
voice, at the age of four.
Isabel Bayrakdarian’s journey to the
world’s major opera stages has been swift
and individual. Writers of programme notes,
the musical media and the general public
alike are delighted by her story: honours
student at the University of Toronto (biomedical engineering), a lifelong passion
for music, singing lessons with Jean
MacPhail at the Royal Conservatory. Final
year of university she enters the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions,
and wins. And finishes her degree.
Subsequently Ms. Bayrakdarian has won
awards and choice roles too numerous to
list. As importantly she is the winner of
hearts everywhere, loved for her incredible
presence as well as her astonishing voice.
The ardent little girl in the childhood photo
is the ardent musician whose October
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O Judy Matheson, Paulette Popp, Linda Litwack, Kitty Liu, and
the CMC Toronto Chapter folks win Lieder Chansons Canzoni
Mazurkas (ANALEKTA),the songs of the extraordinary Pauline
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O Nare Hamboyan, Rick Earls, Agnès van ’t Bosch win Mozart
(CBC Records) Bayrakdarian, Schade & Braun!
O Edward Cruddas, Annie Odom, Caroline Bonner win
Cleopatra (CBC/Tafelmusik) Isabel Bayrakdarian and the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
OBecky Abbott, John Kent and Gracie Baldwin win Azualo
(CBC Records) the seductive rhythms of Spain and Latin America
(Juno Award, 2004).
OGilda De Marco, Natalya Mayer, Jean Kent win Joyous Light
(CBC Records) Ms. Bayrakdarian’s premiere CD, music from the
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nourishing. www.cbcrecords.ca
OLena Ouzounian, Melania Varjabed, Homeyra
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Nights Productions). This film follows Ms. Bayrakdarian’s recent
travels to Armenia, her concert with the Armenian Philharmonic
Orchestra, and performances of sacred music in ancient churches.
www.stormynights.ca
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ACROBAT 63
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CANADIAN MUSIC CENTRE 8
CANC LONE SERVICES 63
CATHEDRAL BLUFFS SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA 35
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COSMO MUSIC 26
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ELMER ISELER SINGERS 23
ELORA FESTIVAL SINGERS 52
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ERGO PROJECTS 33
ESPRIT ORCHESTRA 5
FESTIVAL DISTRIBUTION 67
FESTIVAL WIND ORCHESTRA 21
FORTE - THE TORONTO MEN’S CHORUS 46
FRIDAYS @ 8 42
GEORGE HEINL 24
GLENN G OULD FOUNDATION 18
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HANNAFORD STREET SILVER BAND 19
HARKNETT M USICAL SERVICES 26
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HILTON H OTEL (TUNDRA R ESTAURANT) 76
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KAUS BOREALIS 39
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KOFFLER SCHOOL OF MUSIC 37
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M USICIANS IN ORDINARY 35
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NORTH YORK CONCERT ORCHESTRA 62
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ON STAGE AT GLENN GOULD STUDIO 11
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(CMCCD 6499) an additional track was added which featured LouisPhilippe Pelletier performing Nuit to complement an already stellar cast
of Robert Aitken, Denise Lupien and the Accordes string trio.
Papineau-Couture, Quebec’s equivalent “dean of composers” to
Ontario’s John Weinzweig, is done proud in this recording.
Highlights from our current decade abound. Of particular note for
me are releases of music by “the two Harrys”, Freedman and Somers.
My favourites are “Spirit Song” (CMCCD 6700), with the vocal
Bruce Surtees!) It was a treat to find the same performances included chamber music of Freedman sung by four of this country’s finest
on the 1993 Centrediscs release in a scratch-free digital format.
singers - Wendy Nielsen, Valdine Anderson, Gordon Gietz and Barbara
Another celebration undertaken that year, under the auspices of the
Hannigan - and “Somers String Quartets” (CMCCD 7501) featuring
Ontario Region of the CMC, was a tribute to John Weinzweig on the
Accordes. Accordes also appears on Centrediscs’ first CD devoted
occasion of his 80th birthday. A recital was held at Walter Hall
entirely to the music of Alexina Louie, “Music for a Thousand
featuring a host of luminaries and the performance was later released
Autumns” (CMCCD 7902) . Lydia Wong and Esprit Orchestra are
as “Weinzweig in Concert” (CMCCD 5295). Highlights for me include also heard performing the composer’s own choice of chamber works.
Joel Quarrington’s performance of Refrains for contrabass and piano
and Steven Dann’s Tremologue for solo viola.
For me however, the real jewel in the crown
from that decade is the Orford Quartet’s
“Schafer: 5” (CMCCD 39/4090). I remember attending the Music at Sharon festival in
July 1991 for the farewell of the Orford String
Quartet which, although disbanding after 25
years, was going out with a bang, not a whimper.
The weekend included two concerts - the
This is not to say that only senior and well established composers are
(then) complete cycle of five R. Murray
served by the label. Young and mid-career artists get their due as well.
Schafer string quartets and a recreation of the quartet’s first concert,
Chris Paul Harman was only 31 when his eponymous disc came out in
originally given at Mount Orford in August 1965, which included works 2001 (CMCCD 7201) featuring performances by Rivka Golani,
of Haydn, Prokofiev and Mendelssohn. It was a moving experience that Christina Petrowska Quilico, Marc Sabat, Stephen Clarke, and the
marked the end of an era as Canada’s premiere chamber ensemble
Continuum Contemporary Music ensemble. Recent releases include
decided to “hang up its skates”. The Orford had produced an extensive discs featuring the music of Melissa Hui, “and blue sparks burn”
discography over the years, including two complete Beethoven cycles,
(CMCCD 10605) performed under the direction of Gary Kulesha, and
one on vinyl for the CBC and a compact disc version for the Delos
Ana Sokolovic, “Jeu des Portraits” (CMCCD 11406) with Véronique
label. “Schafer: 5” was, I believe, the last recording project the quartet Lacroix and L’ensemble contemporain de Montréal.
undertook - a set that would become their legacy. It seems very fitting
Pride of place however must go to the
that this consummate Canadian chamber ensemble would choose the
“Canadian Composer Portraits” series which
music of the quintessential Canadian composer for its swan song and
began in 2002 with John Weinzweig (CMCCD
the recording continues to hold a cherished spot in my collection.
8002) and as of the latest addition to the
catalogue, Srul Irving Glick (reviewed in the
following pages by Richard Haskell), now
numbers 22 volumes. Each and every one of
these (virtually all of which have been reviewed
in these pages and can still be found on-line at
www.thewholenote.com), is an invaluable document that belongs in the
collection of anyone with a curiousity as to what makes these creators
tick. Oh, and (not so) incidentally, they also contain some of the
greatest music this country has ever produced.
Moving toward the new millennium the Orford would re-appear on
We should all take pride in the fact that the Centrediscs label,
the Centrediscs label in the form of an archival recording of Quartet
established in 1981 thanks to the vision of then CMC director John
included on a disc simply entitled “John Beckwith” (CMCCD 5897).
Peter Lee Roberts, with support from the Laidlaw and Ivey
This work, which integrates a number of folk-based approaches to
Foundations and the Canada Council, still exists and take heart from the
string playing without becoming the least bit “folksy”, remains a
favourite. 1997 also saw the release of “Talivaldis Kenins” (CMCCD fact that after 25 years it is a vital and vibrant entity showing, if you will
excuse another literary allusion, no inclination to “go gentle into that
5997) which includes David Hetherington’s spirited performance of
good night”!
Kenins’ Sonata for cello and piano, a work which garnered the
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NOVEMBER 1 - D ECEMBER 7 2006
DISCS REVIEWED
VOCAL AND OPERA
Purcell
Karina Gauvin; Les Boreades;
Francis Colpron
ATMA ACD2 2398
One could not imagine anyone more
worthy to crown as Canada’s own
Fairy Queen than Karina Gauvin
with her tone so brilliant, yet so full
of warmth and natural charm. And
with this collection of Henry Purcell’s theatrical songs on the
themes of Love, Night and Madness, we can easily shift our imagination from the nocturnal Titania
to the noble and tragic Queen Dido
or even the goddess of love herself,
Venus singing the praises of Purcell’s own homeland.
Equally matching Karina Gauvin’s artistry and agility, Les
Boréades de Montréal surely and
easily cause ‘sweet cupids to clap
their wings’. Many of Purcell’s
instrumentals for the theatre are
interspersed amongst the vocal selections and feature the ensemble
led by recorder virtuoso Francis
Colpron. As for madness, it finds
its perfect expression in From rosy
bowers, an air within which five
contrasting sections provide the
quick and abruptly-changing range
of the (comically) distressed mind,
which Gauvin and company parody most expertly.
The plays and masques set to music by Purcell are timeless in their
portrayals of wit, wisdom and human folly, and the interpretation of
such requires great art and skill.
Karina Gauvin certainly delivers
all that is needed.
Dianne Wells
Concert note: The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber
Choir are joined by guest soloists
to present Purcell’s The Fairy
Queen in four performances November 29 – December 3.
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Mozart - Die Zauberflöte
Roschmann; Milosa; Strehl;
Pape; Muller-Brachmann;
Arnold Schoenberg Chor;
Mahler Chamber Orchestra;
Claudio Abbado
Deutsche Grammophon 477 5789
This is, surprisingly, Claudio Abbado’s first recording of Mozart’s
The Magic Flute , and it’s wonderful. It’s lyrical, in the best Viennese tradition of the classic Böhm
and Klemperer recordings. But it
has the transparent, detailed textures tha t make the period-instrument recordings of Christie and
Gardiner so compelling. Abbado’s
phrasing is so buoyantly natural that
the whole performance flows with
delightful inevitability. He maintains the exhilarating momentum
right from the energetic overture
through to the very grand finale.
The cast has no weak link. The
standout is Dorothea Röschmann.
She has a big, richly expressive
voice, yet she makes a poignant, dramatically convincing Pamina. Hanno Müller-Brachmann’s Papageno is
full of character. Christoph Strehl’s
youthful Tamino has the requisite
beauty and ardour, while the splendid René Pape brings warmth and
humanity to the role of Sarastro.
A coloratura soprano can pull off
an effective Queen of the Night just
by singing all the notes in tune and on
time. But Erika Miklósa manages
a lovely sound even on those notorious high F’s. The three boys from
the Tölzer Knabenchor are a treat,
contributing a vibrant yet otherworldly presence. The small-scale
Mahler Chamber Orchestra and
the Arnold Schoenberg Chor are elegant and responsive.
This recording was taped live last
year during performances in Modena, Italy. The recording quality is
remarkably realistic. The only tipoffs that this is a live recording are
the laughter during the dialogue,
and the clapping and shouting at the
end. The dialogue, given almost in
full, is indeed entertaining, but 1979, at the centenary of the cycle, French director Patrice
should be on separate tracks.
Pam Margles Chereau completely revitalized and
reassessed the Ring and with the adPerformance note: Opera Atelier
vent of the DVD, it became accesis presenting The Magic Flute with
sible to many. Several revivals took
the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
place afterwards. One of these is the
at the Elgin Theatre November 17
famous, or infamous, “Stuttgart
– 26. Other Mozart opera performRing” where four different directors
ances this month include The Caundertook the task to “deconstruct”
nadian Opera Company’s Cosi Fan
Wagner, bringing it to the modern
Tutte November 1, 3 and 5 and Opera with rather controversial results.
era York’s The Marriage of FigaThe music, however comes out
ro November 16 and 18.
unscathed as is proven by this extraordinary, vivid live performance
of Die Walküre. Lothar Zagrosek
is mostly responsible for its success. He conducts with swift
speeds, with a grand vision of the
work and paces it so well that there
is not only a great deal of excitement but also much beautiful lyricism and expansion when required.
Also notable here is the singers’
Wagner - Die Walküre
emphasis on clarity, elocution, deGambill; Jun; Rootering;
livery and empathy to Wagner’s text.
Denoke; Behle; Vaughn;
Perhaps the strongest member of the
Staatsoper Stuttgart;
cast is Robert Gambill, as Siegmund,
Lothar Zagrosek
a strong Heldentenor but with an
Naxos 8.660172-74
unusual and appealing vulnerability
Up until the late 70’s Wagner’s in his voice that sets him apart from
Ring was the property of the rich, other Wagner tenors. With Angela
the international jet-set who could Denoke, a passionate and beautiafford to travel to Bayreuth for this fully sung Sieglinde, they make a
hallowed, once-a-year event. In wonderful pair of Walsung twins.
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Jan-Hendrik Rootering makes a remarkably strong voiced, tireless and
frightening Wotan and Renate Behle
a sympathetic Brunnhilde though with
slightly less even vocal power.
Excellent stereo sound with good
separation. Great value, however
the libretto is only available from
Naxos on the Internet.
Janos Gardonyi Gilles de Talhouet;
Arthur Schoonderwoerd
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Richard Strauss - Lieder
Aline Kutan; Louise-Andrée Baril
Analekta AN 2 9913
Canadian soprano Aline Kutan does
not have the type of voice most people have in mind when they think
of a “Strauss soprano”: vocally rich
and generous, with a plush yet powerful sound. But as anyone who is
familiar with her Zerbinetta knows,
Kutan has a perfect voice for
Strauss’s “other” soprano parts – the
highflying coloratura ones. On this
new CD she tackles some of the tone
poems which are usually the territory of an Ariadne or Marschallin, and
does so with great success.
Kutan lets her voice pour forth like
a bird fluttering out of a cage, never
pushing it or giving it artificial weight.
The result is incredibly delicate singing which shimmers and glistens,
without a dent in its beautiful lustre.
Occasionally, such delicacy is a little
too precious. At the end of the everpopular Stänchen, Kutan sings on a
climactic A sharp that the rose will
shine forth, “hoch glühn,” but you
cannot hear it in the clean, bright,
but underpowered note she sings.
The selection of songs is generous and varied. The Brentano Lieder are perhaps most suited to Kutan’s voice. Here, she lets forth
bursts of notes and trills with pinpoint accuracy and a burnished
tone, while revelling in the texts of
these songs about flowers, birds
and love. Louise-Andrée Baril provides sympathetic piano accompaniment. The CD is beautifully
packaged, but Kutan’s excellent
enunciation is no compensation for
the absence of texts in the booklet.
Seth Estrin
Une Flute Invisible… Musique
française a l’aube du XXe siecle
Sandrine Piau; Herve Lamy
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Canadian singer, composer and director, Roman Hurko and generously supported by the Ukrainian
community, the CD is very much
a collaboration: pianist, Albert
Krywolt, plays on all 42 tracks; and
while the lion’s share of the songs
are sung by Hunka, there are significant contributions by tenor, Benjamin Butterfield, baritone, Russell
Braun and cellist, Roman Borys.
Careful listening to songs and following the text, generously provided in the original Ukrainian with
English, French and German translations, reveals a composer who was
a master of his craft. In This Song is
For You, for example, an octave
leap, used by Butterfield for all its
expressive worth, illustrates the composer’s claim that his lyre will burst
into flames because of the intensity
of his love. Many of the songs arise
from the pain and anguish of
Ukraine’s lamentable history of oppression by its neighbours. The stark
pedal on open fifths on the piano at
the beginning of A Raven Caws, the
angular melodic line in My Songs ,
are devices effectively used to convey the sorrow, grief, despair and
loss that were the human price of
politics. The message is helped
along too by Hunka’s resonant bass
voice, which seems infused with
the sorrow of his Ukrainian ancestors. Stetsenko’s writing for the
piano, performed ever so intelligently and expressively by Albert
Krywolt, is masterful - mirroring,
commenting on, supporting and (as
at the end of My Songs) even adding to the meaning.
Allan Pulker
The Paul-Elie Ranson painting used
as cover art and a quote included in
the liner notes, ut pictura musica:
music is painting, painting is musique, evoke a perfect image for the
subtitle of this CD French Music at
the Dawn of the 20th Century. They
convey the poetic melding of the visual and the auditory to produce atmospheric images created by yearnings that brew just under the surface, so popular at the time. We are
given an imaginary chamber opera
in six scenes, which takes Victor
Hugo’s poem Viens! – une flute invisible, in which a young man declares his love while “a flute unseen
sighs in the orchards” as the central theme set by various French
composers. Selections by SaintSaëns, Debussy, Godard, Caplet,
Pierné and Roussel are organized
into six tableaux each beginning
with a piece for solo piano from
Debussy’s Epigraphes antiques.
Each of the four musicians, Sandrine Piau, soprano; Hervé Lamy,
tenor; Gilles de Talhouët, flute;
Arthur Schoonderwoerd, piano;
take various pairings in the strange,
fluctuating harmonies, but equal
turns in evoking the sensuous world
of shepherds, nymphs, naïads, satyrs, and other woodland creatures. The flute evokes virtuosity
and magic of the unseen Pan while
soprano and tenor as lovers come
together only at the end in a tender
and sensitive rendition set by SaintSaëns in 1856, the same year as
the Hugo poem was published.
Dianne Wells Concert note: The Elmer Iseler
Singers join with the Vesnivka
Choir, Victoria Men’s Chorale EnKyrylo Stetsenko semble and Kyiv Chamber Choir
The Art Songs
under Mykola Hobdych’s direction
Pavlo Hunka; Albert Krywolt;
for “The Sounds of Ukraine” on
Russell Braun; Benjamin
November 3 at the George WesButterfield; Roman Borys
ton Recital Hall.
Musica Leopolis
(www.musicaleopolis.com)
British bass-baritone, Pavlo Hunka,
a name now familiar to Canadians
through his association with the Canadian Opera Company, has taken
a giant step towards introducing the
world to the Ukrainian art song. Recorded and produced in Toronto by
Schoenberg - Moses und Aron
Schone; Merritt; Bespalovaite;
Schneider; Ebbecke; Durr;
Stuttgart State Opera;
Roland Kluttig
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Some critics have called the Schoenberg masterpiece “an impossible opera” referring to the difficulty
of the dodecaphonic music and the
inherent problems of staging. The
biblical story doesn’t help either,
though these days a burning bush or
a staff-turned-snake should be a
cakewalk for ambitious designers.
Added to this, it only exists as a fragment – Schoenberg did not complete
the third act. In its form and subject
matter it’s much closer to the Handel and Haydn oratorios than to any
opera. Then there is the issue of
“group” characters – but that obstacle never stopped many productions of Prokofiev’s The Love for
Three Oranges. It is back to music
then: the twelve-tone method still
confounds the listeners. The very
people who happily sat through so
many hours of the sometimes
dreary and overwrought Wagner’s
Ring Cycle refuse to sit through
under three hours of music based,
as Schoenberg put it, on a single
tone-row.
The composer, who was also the
librettist, eschews the dramatic potential of the Exodus from Egypt and
instead concentrates on the philosophical clash between two interpretations of religion – the representative, tangible idolatry of Aron and
the mystical, incomprehensible monotheism of Moses. The reasons for
that lie in Schoenberg’s own life.
Prompted by escalating Austrian antiSemitism, in 1933, Schoenberg returned to Judaism after three decades as a Lutheran. It is worth noting, that Moses und Aron was written between 1928 and 1932, so the
work is a direct reflection of that journey. In this performance on Naxos
CD, you will not find hummable
arias or snippets popularized by TV
commercials. Instead, you will find,
beautifully executed, one of the most
challenging works of the 20th century. Any opera buff worth his or
her salt, owes it to themself to take
up this challenge.
Robert Tomas
Concert note: The Art of Time Ensemble presents “Arnold Schoenberg: A Portrait” featuring Ode to
Napoleon (with Ted Dykstra), Verklärte Nacht and Strauss’ Emperor
Waltz in Schoenberg’s arrangement
at the Harbourfront Theatre Cen- trast, other sections of the same work
tre on November 9 and 10.
are often steeped in the flavour of
later-period harmonic modulations
which are skillfully and surprisingly
mingled and merged with disjunct
modernist melodic leaps and piquant
harmonies. I suppose that’s what
makes Pärt’s work ‘post-modern’.
The primacy of the religious text always shines through however, propelling the music to its logical and
often magical completion. Just listen
to the mystical sounding series of
cadential chords which end The
Woman with the Alabaster Box .
Given the acclaimed Estonian
Philharmonic Chamber Choir’s
slightly larger forces and a more
Arvo Pärt - Triodion; Ode VII; spacious recording hall, the sonic
result on their Harmonia Mundi
I Am the True Vine
CD is more distant. Interestingly,
Elora Festival Singers;
this results in making Pärt’s music
Noel Edison
sound overall more traditional - that
Naxos 8.570239
is less edgy - than on the Elora
Arvo Pärt - Da Pacem
Singers’ recording. The tempi takEstonian Philharmonic
en by Pärt expert Paul Hillier in
Chamber Choir; Paul Hillier
Dopo la vittoria are also a little slowharmonia mundi HMU 807401
er than those taken by Noel Edison,
The Estonian-born Arvo Pärt (b. adding to the more relaxed musi1935), is among the most well- cal mood evoked by the Estonians.
known composers of both instrumen- In general I prefer Edison’s mastertal and choral works active today. ful, more incisive, approach.
As Paul Hillier writes in his
He also belongs to a small but influential generation of European com- notes on Pärt’s Magnificat, “It is
posers who re-discovered the spirit- possible to analyze this work, but
ual potency and profound musical impossible to explain why the relegacy embedded in ancient Chris- sult is so lovely.” It’s a prime extian liturgy. In Pärt’s case, this search ample of Pärt’s ability to seize the
for a musical language and personal essence of a text and express its
faith amid the anti-religious cli- significance in what seems like a
mate of Soviet era Estonia culminat- single inspirational moment.
Andrew Timar
ed in his Credo (1968), in which the
musical language of J.S. Bach and
Concert notes: Noel Edison and the
modernism were presented in open
Elora Festival Singers present “Soup
conflict. It seems difficult for those
Concert: A Canadian Choral Tapesliving outside the iron curtain to contry” as part of the Elora Festival
ceive at this remove, but such a
Winter Series on November 19. Arvo
work of faith and artistic conviction
Pärt’s chamber music is juxtaposed
was seen as a direct political provowith that of early Renaissance mascation to Soviet officials.
ters Josquin, Compère, TrombonciIn the following decades, Pärt
no and Cara in the opening program
composed an impressive corpus of
of Scaramella’s season on Novemmusically inventive, emotionally and
ber 4 at Victoria College Chapel.
spiritually-charged works. These
include both large-scale choral works
EARLY MUSIC
such as the St. John Passion and
Kanon Pokajanen, and the smaller
AND PERIOD
scale ones included on these two
PERFORMANCE
beautifully sung and presented CDs.
The superb Elora Festival Singers present works in Pärt’s mature Joseph Leopold Eyblerstyle (1990 - 2001). What particu- String Quartets Op.1 No.1-3
larly distinguishes them is Part’s col- Eybler Quartet
ourful musical palette, culled from Analekta AN 2 9914
an immensely wide range of histori- Discovery of an obscure composer
cal European musical sources. In in this day and age is a rare delicathese compositions you can hear cy. The formation of a chamber enstyles and techniques from medieval semble to foster the revival of such
plainchant, conductus and rhythmic a composer is even rarer. And when
modes, as well as Orthodox drones those players form a wonderfully
and Renaissance polyphony. In conNOVEMBER 1 - D ECEMBER 7 2006
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lon has tamed Humbercrest’s cavernous reverberation so that all instruments speak clearly to us. Eybler violist Patrick Jordan wrote
the well-researched and concise
notes, which are in both official languages. Chris Beard’s fashionablyposed monochrome photograph
must suffice to show us the group.
mature and cohesive unit, then you Highly recommended.
John Gray
have a very compelling recipe.
Joseph Eybler had been a chorister at St. Stephan’s and was close to Mozart
Haydn, carrying on a correspondence Concerto Köln; Anton Stock
that spanned decades. His immersion Archiv Produktion 477 5800
in Viennese musical life gave him Mozart - Airs Sacrés
great advantage in coming to grips Sandrine Piau; Les Talens
with the relatively new string quar- Lyriques; Christophe Rousset
tet form. Eybler’s output is very much Armide Classics ARM009
in the post-rococo idiom, well crafted and easy on the ears. Three 1787 I received two recordings of Mozart
quartets are presented here, from the in the mail – both by renowned and
accomplished ensembles. Les
composer’s 22nd year.
The newly-formed Eybler quartet Talens Lyriques, directed by harpsiof Toronto (Julia Wedman, Aisslinn chordist Christophe Rousset, is a
Nosky, Patrick G. Jordan and Mar- prized French orchestra, and Congaret Gay) tackles this material with certo Köln is unparalleled in its propoise and grace. They play upon their ductions of Mozart. Suddenly, I saw
remarkably expressive period instru- myself as Paris judging the goddessments, almost convincing the listen- es (only you may be surprised to hear
er that this is 18th century Vienna, that neither group offered me Helen
when in fact it is the culmination of a of Troy as a reward for my loyalty.)
With these two deserving deities
dozen days’ recording this year, at
begging me for the golden apple, my
Toronto’s Humbercrest United.
Recording producer Kevin Mal- work began. I began by listening to
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the CD of the Concerto Köln playing
excerpts from Die Zauberflöte, Der
Schauspieldirektor , Eine Kleine
Nachtmusik and more. The group is
led by concertmaster Anton Steck,
and the ensemble work is tremendous. Each piece sounds more perfect than the last, the winds are outstanding, the strings victorious, the
percussion superb and the harpsichord stunning. So far, Köln was
looking pretty apple-worthy.
I then turned my attention to the
next pleading goddess. But what’s
this? Christophe Rousset has presented me with a DVD! Clearly the
Venus to Concerto Köln’s Juno, Les
Talens Lyriques have made a live
recording of a concert at the Festival
de Saint-Denis. And what a clean
concert! Every note in place, every
reed pre-dampened and every string
well-tuned. The exquisite soprano
voice of Sandrine Piau (singing excerpts from Zaïde, Davidde Penitente
and Betulia Liberata) made me sit
up. When I sat up, I looked at the
screen. Ms. Piau is a beautiful woman who does very strange things to
her face while singing. However, I
had to admit that this performance
merited some serious apples.
Which group has best earned the
gifts of my undying praise? Should
the efforts of the DVD be lauded
or punished? Should the modesty of
the CD be commended or condemned? I thought of how Paris
dealt with his task, and it occurred
to me that I have no desire to be
the cause of the Trojan War. So, I
kept the apple and both discs. I recommend you do the same.
Gabrielle McLaughlin
Year with good reason – she continues to perform and record at the highest level. With this new release of
three Piano Sonatas, Hewitt begins
her recording tour of Beethoven. In
her well-written liner notes, she discusses her selections for this CD –
one well-known sonata, one lesserknown sonata, and an overplayed
‘student’ sonata.
While it is true that the Op. 10,
No. 3 D Major Sonata is often played
by students, there is good reason –
it’s an excellent work, and Hewitt
really shines in this performance. In
the first movement, she generates a
tremendous sense of energy, with
her brilliantly clear articulation and
great rhythmic drive. Hewitt also displays a very natural sense of rubato
throughout this disc, allowing the
phrases to move forward and relax
in turn, well demonstrated in the last
movement of this sonata, with its
‘question and answer’ phrases.
I’ve loved the Op. 7 E flat Major
Sonata ever since I learned it for my
Royal Conservatory Grade X exam,
so I was especially pleased to hear
Angela’s fresh and flowing interpretation of this work.
To round off this disc, we get a
solid performance of the dramatic
Op. 57 F minor Sonata. For me, I
prefer a little more elemental roughness in this piece. The audio quality
of this disc is really gorgeous, but I
would have liked that feeling of the
VU meters plunging over into the
red a few times. Sometimes, screaming rage needs to be unleashed with
no concern for anything else.
Jamie Parker
when during performance of a
piece of music, time stands still and
the performer (sometimes the composer) and the listeners fully share
in this precious immobility.
“Sonate pour arpeggione et piano”
in A minor (D.821) by Franz Schubert seems to be entirely composed
of such “blue notes”. Possibly one
of the best examples of Schubert’s
late chamber period (composed three
years before the composer’s untimely
death in 1828), the Arpeggione Sonata owes its existence to an ephemera, called the guitarre d’amour. Just
a year earlier Viennese instrument
maker Johan Georg Stauffer invented this oversized instrument with
dulcet tones. Unlike a regular guitar, the arpeggione (that was Schubert’s term for the weird invention)
is bowed, not plucked. Needless to
say, the invention did not take and
Schubert’s sonata is the only piece
for it still in the repertoire. Thanks
to similarities with the cello, transcriptions were relatively easy and
quickly became popular. There is a
reference recording for this piece –
with the incomparable Mstislav Rostropovich and Benjamin Britten. Canadian-born Queyras and his colleague Tharaud are definitely on their
way to becoming a formidable duo
– their passion for music, combined
with fearless selections of repertoire
(this disc also contains music of Berg
and Webern) are the qualities necessary to deliver on many “blue notes”.
While I have to honestly say that
the Britten/Rostropovich recording is
still beyond compare, this Harmonia Mundi issue will become one of
my new favourites and not just because of the Arpeggione Sonata.
Schumann - String Quartets
Robert Tomas Nos. 1 & 3
(arranged for string orchestra)
Montreal Players;
Jean-Philippe Tremblay
Naxos 8.570133
This recording has a whiff of
Leopold Stokowski about it. The
CLASSICAL AND
playing is very fine, and the music
BEYOND
sumptuously beautiful. But the original transparency and intimacy of
Schubert - Arpeggione Sonata
Beethoven - Piano Sonatas
Schumann’s quartets is lost and reJean-Guihen Queyras;
Volume 1
placed with a certain heaviness that
Alexandre Tharaud
Angela Hewitt
pervades the whole record. Tremharmonia mundi HMC 901930
Hyperion SACDA67518
blay’s Note on the Transcription in
“Blue notes” – that’s what Chopin Pianist Angela Hewitt was named the CD booklet seems to indicate that
called them, the magical moments Gramophone’s 2006 Artist of the – with the exception of “adding a
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double bass in some sections” - he
simply had each section of the orchestra play the original quartet
parts. Tremblay writes that he had
“no desire whatever to change in any
way the composer’s original vision”.
This would seem a noble sentiment
at first, but surely the art of transcription – something Stokowski knew full
well – is to repaint as it were the
music using the new colours and perspectives offered by the forces for
which the piece is being transcribed.
All of this aside, the pieces are
fantastic. One tends to forget what a
dramatic composer Schumann was.
The combination of elegance, anguish, poignancy and a sense of foreboding running through these pieces makes the listening experience
quite an emotional journey. In the
end, though, I missed the fragility
and profundity of one player per part.
Larry Beckwith
Holst - The Planets
Berliner Philharmoniker;
Simon Rattle
EMI Classics 3 59382 2
Years before a ninth planet, Pluto,
was reported in 1930, Gustav Holst
had completed his powerful and dramatic suite, The Planets. In 1926,
EMI recorded the composer conducting the seven movements (Holst
did not compose an Earth) with The
London Symphony Orchestra. As we
know, in August 2006, Pluto was
demoted to dwarf planet status and
drummed out of the Planets Club. In
the meantime, British composer,
Colin Matthews, had composed a
new movement to complete the
celestial picture. Titled Pluto, The
Renewer, the six minute piece dating from 2000, is scored for Holst’s
large orchestra and convincingly
succeeds in creating a powerful,
Holst-like piece, which emerges
eerily as Neptune fades to black.
Heard live in performance from
March of this year, these two CDs
offer not only the original Holst and
Matthews works but four brand new
astronomical pieces commissioned
by Rattle from Kaija Saariaho, Matthias Pintscher, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Brett Dean. Each depicts
an asteroid and for those of us who
muse about the loneliness in the midst
of the inanimate objects of all sizes
in space, these pieces are most evocative and satisfying, demanding repeated hearings.
The bonus track on the second
disc is a video in which Rattle talks
about each piece and is seen in rehearsals, together with appreciations of the four new pieces and
statements by the composers.
Bruce Surtees
Piano Left Hand Recital
Antoine Rebstein
Claves 50-2502
MODERN AND
CONTEMPORARY
The Henry Brant Collection
Volume 3: Wind, Water,
Clouds & Fire; Litany of Tides;
Look, Ma. One hand! Perhaps An- Trinity of Spheres
toine Rebstein thought he could have Various Artists
played this with one hand tied behind innova 410
his back, but when his right hand Eldon Rathburn - Works
ceased to function, it seemed his ca- Chamber Players of Canada
reer had come to an end. Fortunate- ATMA ACD2 2371
ly, there appears to be plenty of repWhile Elliott Carter continues a
ertoire for left hand alone.
For example, Brahms’ transcrip- regular composing output at 97,
tion of Bach’s Chaconne from the here are CDs of new works by two
Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo vi- other vigorous, if more junior, senolin shows respect of Bach’s econom- iors. Henry Brant was born in
ic elegance in creating harmony and Montreal 93 years ago and Eldon
counterpoint with limited resources. Rathburn in Queenstown New
The baroque-influenced 6 Studies, Brunswick three years later.
The major Brant offering, dated
Op. 135 by Saint-Saëns are beautifully crafted, tuneful pieces that ex- 2004, features the forces of the Milwaukee premiere – three women’s
plore the full range of the piano.
Apparently, a lack of manuscript choirs, a children’s choir, ensembles
paper prompted Dinu Lipatti’s Sona- of violins and trumpets, other solo
tina, based on Rumanian folk themes, winds, percussion, piano, harpsito be written on single staves. These chord, harp, dispersed around the
movements are rich in sonority and performance space under five contexture, more than compensating for ductors, with the composer adding
their small appearance on the page. improvisations on organ and xyloAlexander Scriabin’s lyrical Prel- phone from a balcony. In this amazude in C-sharp minor, and rhapsodic ing 35-minute “extraplanetary enviNocturne in D-flat Major are char- ronmental oratorio” the choruses,
acteristic of this composer, while separated in the hall, sing texts from
in Erwin Schulhoff’s Suite No.3 the notebooks of Leonardo on the
and Leopold Godowsky’s Symphon- four topics of the title – one text
ic Metamorphoses of the Schatz- assigned to each chorus – simultaWalzer, we hear almost unbelieva- neously and independently. Given
ble compositions which one can hard- the texts’ emphasis, the entire
ly imagine being played with two score is pitched in the upper registers, middle-C and higher.
hands, let alone one.
Brant’s long specialization in spaThis recording not only illustrates
tial
treatment of large ensembles dates
several composers’ cleverness in
writing for one hand, but also the from his teaching years at Benningillusion of virtuosity seemingly be- ton College in Vermont. In a conyond the capability of one hand. verted barn, he developed precision
Rebstein, the musical magician, in placement of high or low, weak
successfully maintains this illusion, or strong timbres, as described in his
effortlessly sounding as if he were essay “Space as an essential element
in musical composition” (1965). For
playing with two.
Frank Nakashima decades his works were unavailable
on disc, considered unrecordable.
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The spatial qualities of Wind, Water,
Clouds & Fire, now superbly captured by Innova, nonetheless have to
be imagined: like most Brant, this is
music intended for live performance.
The companion works, from 1983
and 1978 respectively, are no less
overwhelming and original. The Litany of Tides, a cycle of “spatial antiphonies,” evokes a wide variety
of tidal actions: loud surges of energy in low brass and percussion
alternate with delicate wave patterns featuring a peripatetic solo
violin and, in the distance, four solo
sopranos. In the wildest of the double-orchestra upheavals, the sopranos
are still audible. Brant co-conducts
both here and in Trinity of Spheres.
Eldon Rathburn’s career is celebrated in a retrospective CD featuring the core musicians of the Ottawa International Chamber Music
Festival where the disc was
launched this past summer. The
earliest of the dozen pieces was
written in 1933, the latest in 2002.
They represent what the English
call “light music” (Coates, Hoffnung), a category reflected in
North Americans such as Leroy
Anderson and Spike Jones. Touches of satire, even slapstick, are
balanced by a sensitive lyricism; it
all suggests long and expert instrumental experience. Among many
enjoyable items is a short showpiece for banjo and strings.
John Beckwith
Henry Cowell –
A Composer Portrait Volume 2
Continuum
Naxos 8.559193
Lou Harrison Chamber and Gamelan Works
Various Artists
New World Records 80643-2
Henry Cowell (1897-1965) was one
of the most innovative composers
of his generation and, with the encouragement of Charles Ives, became an indispensable catalyst in
establishing the infrastructure to
support coming generations of
American composers. He was a
virtuoso pianist, polemicist and
Guru to a generation of Californian
mavericks, notably John Cage and
Lou Harrison.
The New York-based Continuum
new music ensemble, currently celebrating its 40th season, has featured
Cowell’s music frequently over the
years and has recently made their
excellent performances of his music
widely available on two Naxos volumes, of which the second is the
more tightly focused of the pair. It
aptly demonstrates Cowell’s varied
creative genres, including the extended piano techniques (tone clusters and performing directly upon
the strings of the instrument) which
brought him his early notoriety as
well as a selection of beautifully
crafted instrumental works demonstrating his life-long interest in vernacular music outside the European canon. His captivating 1957 trio
for violin, piano and Persian drum,
Homage to Iran, remains one of his
finest achievements and it is well
worth owning this volume for this
work alone.
Originally issued on the now defunct CRI label, the New World
Records re-issue of the music of Lou
Harrison (1917-2003) adroitly highlights his abiding interest in percussion ensembles, the music of the Far
East, and just intonation systems.
Among the Asian-influenced works
are the exuberant Concerto in Slendro for violin and ensemble and three
hauntingly evocative Gamelan pieces. The remarkable Suite for Percussion from 1942 features a novel
collection of brake drums, iron tuns
and garbage cans - instruments,
Harrison notes, “Henry Cowell guided us to”. The most Western oriented of the selections, the String Quartet Set of 1979 (commissioned by
Toronto’s own New Music Concerts) is rather less compelling,
owing in part to a disappointingly
arid-sounding 1980 studio reading
by the Kronos Quartet.
Daniel Foley
In Transit
Timothy McAllister, saxophone;
Kathryn Goodson, piano
innova innova 652
I spend a fair amount of time on the
web keeping in touch with my fellow saxophonists around the world
on a site called the Sax on the Web
Forum (www.saxontheweb.net/
vbulletin). The board is a great way
to keep tabs on all things saxophonic, from gear to repertoire to teach71
was a he a composer, but also a radio producer, a teacher and a choral
conductor. Like others in this Portraits series, this is a two disc set,
the first being a biographical documentary with musical excerpts, the
second presenting three major works,
all of them fine examples of Glick’s
large and varied output. The Piano
Concerto from 1992 features soloist
Ralph Gothoni, who also directs the
Finlandia Sinfonietta. It’s a largescale piece, characterized by broad
sweeping lines, the piano writing not
dissimilar to that of Prokofiev. Written two years later, the String Quartet #2 played by the St. Lawrence
Quartet, shows a much darker tone,
its angular lines and more dissonant
harmonies clearly the music of a
composer beset by difficulties in his
personal life.
During the late 1960s, Glick found
himself drawn to a book of poetry
and drawings written by children in
a concentration camp. The result was
the song cycle I Never Saw Another
Butterfly, completed in 1968. Here,
Maureen Forrester (to whom the set
was dedicated) and pianist John
Newmark admirably evoke the
haunting mood of the texts.
My only disappointment in this
illuminating portrait is that Glick’s
choral piece The Hour has Come
was not presented in its entirety. To
me, this uplifting work contains a
message of hope and forgiveness that
seems particularly poignant during
these troubled times. Nevertheless,
the documentary is a fine tribute to a
distinguished Canadian composer
who quietly carved out his niche
before leaving us far too soon.
Richard Haskell
ing methods. It’s also a good way
to find out what recordings are
worth listening to, and which ones
to take a pass on.
When I saw a recording by Timothy McAllister on the monthly list
of new releases, I immediately
knew I had to get this CD. McAllister is one of the most revered
players of classical and contemporary music on the saxophone.
The opening track, Streetlegal by
Roshanned Etezady grabbed me
right away. The piece is audacious
and aggressive from the very first
note. McAllister’s range on the
soprano saxophone is incredibly
powerful, accurate, and well controlled. He’s definitely the standard bearer on this instrument.
The Sonata for alto saxophone
and piano by William Albright has
become one of the most important
and frequently performed works in
the saxophone repertoire, and I
doubt you’ll be able to find a better
performance of it on record.
The recording also includes Milton Babbitt’s Accompanied Recitative, Gregory Wanamaker’s Sonat
Deus Sax Machina and Mischa Zupko’s In Transit.
I’d consider this disc an essential listen for any saxophonist who
wants to hear just what can be done
with the instrument, but I have no
hesitation in recommending it to
any listeners who’d like to hear
JAZZ, BLUES AND
some new and marvellous music –
IMPROVISED
everything was composed within
the last 25 years, 4 of the composers are still with us, and 3 of them Workin’ With The Miles
have yet to enter their fourth decade. Davis Quintet
Merlin Williams Miles Davis
Prestige PRCD-30080-2
Tenor Madness
Sonny Rollins Quartet
Prestige PRCD 30044-2
Best of Brubeck (1979-2004)
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Concord Jazz/Telarc
CCD2-30075-2
The Prestige label was an important
source of jazz in the ’50s, a kind of
Canadian Composer Portraits: ‘farm team’ that recorded artists on
Srul Irving Glick
the way up, or sidemen with more
Various Artists
famous leaders. Most often, Rudy
Centrediscs CMCCD 11606
Van Gelder’s studio was the recordBorn in Toronto in 1934, Glick was ing venue, and the still-active engia true Renaissance man - not only neer has been remastering his origi72
nal sessions for reissue. (EMI has
also been putting out his Blue Note
albums in a special series.)
To satisfy an agreement with Prestige before moving to Columbia
Records, Miles Davis’ working quintet (John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul
Chambers and Philly Joe Jones)
made 4 standard-setting albums:
“Cookin’”; “Relaxin’”; “Steamin’”; and this one, “Workin’”.
It would seem that Miles approached the sessions as a typical
night’s club work, recording Four,
In Your Own Sweet Way and It
Never Entered My Mind (which is
nearly as great as the earlier Blue
Note version).
All these were in Davis’ repertoire, so he didn’t work up new material, and yet, at this time the group
was developing a whole new way
of playing jazz, eschewing formulaic bebop and leading into modal jazz,
to be most firmly exemplified on
“Kind Of Blue” for Columbia.
Be sure to get this one, as well as
the other three essential works.
From the same series comes
“Tenor Madness” from Sonny Rollins, who borrowed Miles’ rhythm
section, and his tenorman on the
title track. This blues is the only
recording of Sonny with Trane, the
major young, leading saxophonists
of the mid-50s, and I’d say that Rollins was the more completely developed at this point. They treat
“Tenor Madness” fraternally rather than as a cutting contest, it being a casual, spur-of-the-moment
meeting.
For the quartet selections, the
jauntyPaul’s Pal is the only original,
alongside standards When Your Lover Has Gone; My Reverie and The
Most Beautiful Girl in the World
which starts out as a waltz but ends
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up in decidedly swing time.
“Best of Brubeck” (1979-2004) is
a two-disc compilation of the pianist/composer’s work for two labels,
Concord and Telarc, with one disc
for each, a total of twenty tracks.
Casual jazz fans still think of Brubeck with Paul Desmond, but in fact
Dave’s been playing sans Paul (other than special events) since 1967,
longer than they did as a pair.
Later reed men included Jerry
Bergonzi on tenor, clarinettist Bill
Smith and most recently Buffalo’s
Bobby Militello on alto. Randy
Jones is on drums and Jack Six on
bass for most of it, and some tracks
have offspring Chris Brubeck on
bass or bass trombone.
I’ve always thought Brubeck
made his best music before an audience, and live recordings dominate
this selection of standards and
Dave’s originals, all in all a worthy
package from a still-contributing
artist.
Ted O’Reilly
Sliding Down
Melissa Stylianou
Sleeping Bee Music SBM 1002
(Festival Distribution)
Over the past few years, Melissa
Stylianou has developed into a frontrank jazz singer, stylish yet unmannered. Living in New York now,
studying and performing, Melissa is
ready for a front-and-centre breakthrough to large audiences, as proven by her assured independent release “Sliding Down”.
The eleven tracks range from the
early ’30s (Them There Eyes, done
in a fun and flirty way) to the Beatles
(Blackbird) and originals (including
Three Little Girls with lovely openvowel vocalise, rather than scat, and
playful Mary’s in the Tub, as well as
the ethereal title tune).
In her own compositions, there’s
a penchant for less-common time signatures but she can do straight-ahead
jazz 4/4, and does so on what are
my favourite tracks (I know, I’m
old!). With Rob Piltch on guitar, Jon
Maharaj’s bass and drummer Davide Direnzo, Melissa floats through
the lesser-known That Old Devil
Called Love; East of the Sun and All
of You.
On other tracks, she’s accompanied by a mix-and-match of Toronto
talent, including Kim Ratcliffe on
acoustic guitar, Kevin Breit on other plectrum instruments, Artie
Roth’s solid bass and drummer Ted
Warren. There’s even a cellist
(Kevin Fox) on a couple of tracks
where the promising young pianist
Jamie Reynolds is also heard.
Missing from this release is the
calm stage presence that Melissa
exhibits in live performances. All
those apprentice years at Toronto’s
noisy-but-charactered Rex Hotel
gave her a chance to learn how to
focus, and win over an audience.
She has certainly won me over…
Ted O’Reilly
cholic (Little Girl Blue ). Anthony
Wilson’s guitar is upfront, and the
work’s co-leaders John Clayton and
Jeff Hamilton are on bass and drums.
To my ears this is Diana’s best
album to date: well-chosen, wellpaced, and well-recorded. Perhaps, if she’s reclaiming her jazz
roots, the confident Ms. Krall
should now ask Rob McConnell to What’s Going On
write her a more adventurous album. Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Ted O’Reilly Shout 826663-10178
At St. Andrews Church
Hot Five Jazzmakers
Independent BTCD 2012
From This Moment On
Diana Krall
Verve Records B0007323-02
With this release, “crossover artist” Diana Krall solidly crosses
back to her jazz roots, and shows
the maturation as an artist that I’ve
been waiting for since I first met
her nearly two decades ago. She’s
a shy person, without arrogance
and pushiness, but there’s always
been tentativeness. Now, a playful
self-confidence is on display, and
she shows her great ‘time’ feel.
Working with the Clayton /
Hamilton Jazz Orchestra on seven
of the twelve tracks (the sensuous
quartet closer, The Boulevard of
Broken Dreams is a ‘bonus track’)
Krall sings solid standards rather
than the originals (written with husband Elvis Costello) of her previous album.
I think she left behind some of
her fan base with that pop outing,
but “From This Moment On”
should reassure them, presenting
swingers like Day In, Day Out and
Isn’t This A Lovely Day as well as
the title tune. Arranger John Clayton works in a loose (if a touch
bland) Basie style, adding nice
woodwinds and French horns on the
smokier selections like Willow
Weep For Me. Soloists from the
band are given good room – the
berries in the muffins.
Diana’s quartet working group is
well-represented here, both bright
(I Was Doing Alright) and melanNOVEMBER 1 - D ECEMBER 7 2006
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Recorded on the 10th of February of
this year, this musical outing with the
Hot Five Jazzmakers, (all seven of
them on this recording!), is dedicated to the music and spirit of early
New Orleans jazz. The Jazzmakers
have been a fixture on the Canadian
scene for almost 20 years and their
love of the music clearly shows.
The programme, recorded before
an audibly enthusiastic audience perhaps I should say congregation is a familiar mix of traditional jazz
and gospel songs ranging from The
Old Rugged Cross to Joshua Fit The
Battle Of Jericho and a couple of lesser known songs, In The Garden and
When I Move To The Sky.
The band plays with an honesty and
enthusiasm which captures the
charm of the music from that era.
The soloists play comfortably within
the idiom and everybody has a chance
to stretch out, but the band also shines
in its ensemble playing, an essential
ingredient of this music. Eight of the
twelve selections feature vocals by
various members of the band and I
must confess that to my ears they play
better than they sing! But it does not
take away from the fact that this is
an enjoyable and entertaining stroll
down the Bourbon Street that used to
be.
The musicians having and giving
a good time are Jordan Klapman,
piano, Glenn Anderson, drums,
Janet Shaw, reeds/vocals, Andrej
Saradin, trumpet, Bryan Day,
string bass/vocals, Jamie
Macpherson, banjo and Brian Towers, leader/trombone/vocals.
Jim Galloway
The New Orleans-based The Dirty
Dozen Brass Band CD “What’s
Going On” is a remake of the classic Marvin Gaye recording of the
same name. Released on August
29th to coincide with the one-year
anniversary of Hurricane Katrina,
the band members, along with
guests Chuck D, Bettye LaVette,
G Love, Guru and Ivan Neville,
perform with a soulful love of music that has been forever touched
by the horrific impact of Mother
Nature’s devastating onslaught.
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
“rocks” through the songs with musical aplomb and an underlying determination of the human spirit. Their
website notes that they just got together to play and record this project,
with each musician being given the
space to express their emotions musically. (Several members of the
band lost their homes to the storm.)
The longer group improvisational
sections are especially moving, with
the players expertly exchanging and
developing musical ideas. My highlight is the title track What’s Going
On. The original musical message
from 35 years ago remains intact
as the tight ensemble playing and a
charged performance by guest
Chuck D (Public Enemy) add a
contemporary slant to the classic
song.
As with the original vinyl release, the CD is just under 40 minutes in length but worth every
minute of it! A portion of proceeds
will be donated to the Tipitina’s
Foundation, a non-profit organization working to rebuild the music
culture of New Orleans.
This is an excellent musical experience for a very worthy cause.
Tiina Kiik
Live at the Glenn Miller Café
Charles Gayle
Ayler Records ayl 015
Playing alto saxophone rather than
his usual tenor, this live set encapsulates New York-based Charles
Gayle’s art bruit. Often described
as a throwback to the no-holdsbarred Energy Music of the 1960s,
the reedist invests his performances
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Demonstrative as well as discordant, his strident runs and
choked vibrato allow him to practically recompose tunes such as
Giant Steps and Cherokee. Meanwhile his glossolalia coupled with
the strident rhythms of drummer
Michael Wimberley and bassist
Gerald Benson give standards like
What’s New and Softly as in a
Morning Sunrise an inchoate dissonance similar to the interface exhibited on shrieking and dissonant
Gayle originals.
Often playing altissimo, the saxophonist masticates phrases and timbres, then spits them out doubletongued and with a wide vibrato. The
most characteristic work is on two
extended tracks. Chasing/Praising
The Lord, for instance, arches upwards from Gayle’s crying split tones
and flattement to the trio members’
alternating strident, resonating instrumental timbres with guttural speaking-in-tongues, evocations of divine
mercy and God’s name. Wimberly’s
tympani rolls and Benson’s legato
arco swells bounce and ripple behind
the saxophonist’s yodeling broken
tones on Holy Redemption. When he
extends the track with Albert
Ayler’s Ghosts tremolo bugle-calllike variations meld with sul tasto
bass work and blunt percussion attacks to toughen the familiar theme
and make it more abstract.
“Live” is a characteristic reflection of Gayle’s alternately secular and scared art.
Ken Waxman
ropean experimental timbres, and
American blues and boogie woogie. During one number she effectively mocks the venue’s high culture pretensions by scratching the
high gloss varnish of the building’s
walls while reverberating bottleneck guitar-like slides with handstopped piano strings.
Commencing with a 19-minute
improvisation that introduces splayed
waterfalls of notes, repetitive righthanded slurs plus vibrant, polyphonic overtones, she interpolates standard jazz licks and kwela references
before concluding with passing
chords and echoing string clusters.
With her touch thick and syncopated as often as it’s organic and
gently balladic, the pianist’s Thelonious Monk-like cadences on one
number foreshadow her jaunty,
stride infused version of his Oska T.
– the set’s only non-original – which
concludes the official program. Jungle Beats II, her encore, is a jumpy
and jocular summation of the proceedings, melding jazz’s rubato
freedom with the recurring tremolo of South African dance themes.
In the fourth decade of her musical career, the Swiss pianist
proves without dispute that a well
appointed concert hall is one proper place to hear her music – should
she want to play there.
Ken Waxman
thesizer and electronics, Lenoci –
who has recorded with French bassist Joëlle Léandre – is especially noteworthy on Sesante , where his sprinting glissandi and flashing octaves simultaneously reference legato fantasia and tremolo improvisation. Buoyed by the hocketing undulations of
saxophonists Fabrizio Scarafile and
Francesco Massaro, his keyboard
note clusters still leave space for distorted guitar reverb from Adolfo La
Volpe.
Louder and more boppish, Punto
showcases Massaro’s swaggering
baritone saxophone growls on top
of organic keyboard comping, while
Rothko flirts with electronics. Except for an occasional cymbal clap
from Marcello Magliocchi and slurping chirps from the saxes, this piece
is all Lenoci, who outputs broken
chord cadenzas and cascading arpeggios that expose internal string slides
and ring modulator-triggered gongs.
With bassist Francesco Angiuli
on side to keep the band grounded
during the more traditionally jazzy
and electronic compositions, the
composer/pianist confirms that fluent improvisations can arise from
cerebral forethought as well as inthe-moment playing.
Ken Waxman
Awakening
Mark 0’Leary;
Steve Swallow; Pierre Fauve
Leo Records CD LR 460
Gate
Sound in Action Trio
Atavistic ALP160CD
All That Is Tied
Ran Blake
Tomkins Square TSQ1965
Sextant
Gianni Lenoci
ambiences magnétiques
AM 154 CD
First Choice:
Piano Solo KK Luzern
Irene Schweizer
Intakt CD 108
Not altering her style one whit despite the location, Irène Schweizer, Switzerland’s pre-eminent improvising pianist, confirms her
skills as a player, composer and interpreter on this CD, recorded live
at Lucerne’s classical music concert
hall whose initials are KKL.
Encompassing child-like fantasias, fortissimo slides and breaks
plus internal string manipulated
with mallets and toys, Schweizer’s
seven pieces range across South
African highlife dances, atonal Eu74
Mixing modal, minimalist and
avant-garde impulses, the pieces
on this CD stem from teaching
methodologies workshops Italian
pianist Gianni Lenoci leads in his
hometown of Monopoli. But there’s
nothing fussy or academic about the
date.
Taking jazzman Eric Dolphy’s
buoyant intensity and composer
Morton Feldman’s static horizontal sound development as its contrasting boundaries, the Lenoci sextet not only plays a composition by
each man, but also original tunes
that bound from one extremity to
the other, sonically coloring in the
often elusive middle distances.
Playing piano, electric piano, syn-
Irish guitarist Mark O’Leary has
been making a stir over the last few
years. Making records with everyone from Tomasz Stanko, Uri Caine,
Mat Maneri to Matthew Shipp, he’s
swallowed up whole by the art of
stretching his proverbial wings to
enrich the jazz guitar landscape.
Let’s face it; there aren’t many
traditional jazz guitarists willing to
go out on a limb, which is why
O’Leary’s latest trio “Awakening”
is such a welcome sign. His modular sound reminds one of a harsher
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Metheny, but one who shows assurance and a knack for testing new
waters. Bassist Steve Swallow,
along with percussionist Pierre Favre, creates some interesting
groundwork for O’Leary to bask in.
Swallow’s insistence on leading the
session results in some rather tenacious conflict in certain sections, all
the while Favre throws in colouring
galore in between the string players’
skilled interaction. The moments of
stark beauty arrive when O’Leary
trades in his electric guitar for 12string acoustic and duels out with
Swallow’s tenderly spoken bass.
What is most enthralling about this
session is the dialogue that is developed amongst the trio. This is a truly
rich and starkly beautiful session the outcome of three players talking
on a par with one another.
Judging by the amount of material
reed player Ken Vandermark has
thrown at us over the last little while,
it’s a surprise this is the first time
he’s come up with a two percussionist – one reedman line-up. Recalling the wonderful Brotzman–Bennink axis, Vandermark moves fullon with his programme. Employing
percussionists Tim Daisy and Robert Barry, his modus operandi is to
throw caution to the wind. This isn’t
free-playing by any stretch of the
imagination. Though the trio gets
wild’n’heavy at times, Vandermark
keeps everyone in check. His own
wild demeanour ensures the others
know their place in the scheme of
things. Both drummers (Barry being
a Sun Ra Arkestra alumni, while
Daisy is only half his age, but already
making a solid name for himself)
strike out into the free-regions of
poly-rhythmic scales and multi-faceted non-metric drumming.
Throughout it all, the pulse remains
solid. When players break out in their
wildest abandon, they’re still brought
back into reality and play more or
less in a harsh melodic fashion. With
five originals (dedicated to various
key percussionists), and six choice
covers (from Eric Dolphy, Sun Ra,
Albert Ayler, Ed Blackwell, Herbie
Nichols and John Coltrane), Vandermark is eager to show an open-ended programme that will be encompassed by those who love free music
and those who love the history of jazz.
Which only leaves me with one question: is this really free jazz for those
scared to dig deeper into the genre
or is it simply a history lesson in jazz
drumming?
Much in the same way I find
Monk’s music difficult to talk about,
I also find it very hard to discuss Ran
Blake’s music. Not because I find it
demanding or off-putting. Just the
opposite is true. Over the years, I’ve
connected to his quirky delivery, his
sense of adventure and his singularity on the piano. This personal magnetism makes it very difficult to get
a fair distance from the subject that
is being discussed. Forty years since
his solo piano debut and an occasion
to celebrate his 70th birthday, “All
That Is Tied” marks a key milestone
in this genius’ lifeline. Every single
key that is struck, every single chord
change and every single phrase has
a purpose. Blake is not known for
wasting anything in his delivery. With
the exception of the title piece, all
numbers are Blake originals which
confirm the importance of this singular figure in the world of new
music, not just jazz. To relegate
Blake to the jazz category would
in fact be a misnomer, even though
he tends to be boxed into this category. When he strikes the ivory
keys, it’s with a sense of purpose.
Harsh, tender, mellow or somewhere in between, he’s never indifferent where his fingers land.
Mapped out in his head, the master plan is balanced mix of the contemporary, jazz and new music
fields that sit nicely together. Most
of all, it’s great to hear Blake has
not lost his sense of quirky self. The
notes sound half-complete, the
phrases seem to be cut mid-way
but this makes all the sense in the
world. Welcome back an old genius, who I hope is brave enough to
record more solo work in years to
come. Flawless!
Tom Sekowski
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(www.vergemusic.com), an Uxbridge-based distribution company
specializing in independent, alternative, new and improvised music.
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“Happy 25th Birthday
To You, Centrediscs!”
masters of the 4-channel tape
part have been restored digitally
in this new version of the tape
accompaniment. The text is an
The recording label of the CaEnglish translation of several
nadian Music Centre is celewritings by the 13th century Sufi
brating 25 years of bringing the
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music of Canadian composers to
lengthy work with meditative
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qualities in which an almost auabroad. Since its initial release
ral game of tag is played beof electroacoustic music by the
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Le Cri de Merlin (1987) features
in 1981, 27 vinyl recordings
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were produced until 1987, and
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ing
the
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writing
consistently produced high qualcourt. The ending features a
of John Abram, Athparia is in
ity recordings with impeccable
tape part in which the performer
control.
She
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in
the
production values, programmore virtuosic works, Take Back is asked to add a soundtrack of
ming, artwork, choice of pernative birds, in this case recordformers and works. It is no sur- the Ring by Allen Rae and The
ed on a very cold February
prise then that releases from its Queens of Alice by Quenten
morning outside Brady’s house!
Doolittle. The CD finishes with
roster have won three Juno
Finally, pianist Brigitte Poulin
superstar composer Kelly-Marie
Awards, two Grand Prix du
delivers a stellar performance
Murphy’s three-movement tour
Disque Canada, and numerous
de force, Aural Tectonics , a tech- in the solo piano work, Deluxe
mentions in “Best Recordings of
Suite for Piano (1995), a work
nically demanding and aurally
the Year” reviews.
commissioned by the CBC for
satisfying composition.
Janina Fialkowska. Schafer’s
Every two to three years the
only solo piano composition
Artists and Repertoire Commitsince the early Polytonality of
tee meets to choose recording
1952, Deluxe Suite is a techniprojects from submissions recally challenging work with an
ceived. Of key importance is
improvisational quality that
the fact that the committee acmakes it an important addition to
cepts submissions “from anyone
the piano repertoire.
who cares to present one”, a
guideline which, along with the
Throughout its 25-year history,
stipulation that repertoire must
Centrediscs has produced a
be written by Associate complethora of important recordposers of the Canadian Music
ings, from its 3-disc vinyl box
Centre, has resulted in recordset of Harry Somers’ opera Louings of wide ranging flavour and
is Riel to the recent continuing
compositional flair. Such is the
retrospective CD series “Cana3
Solos:
R.
Murray
Schafer
case with two of the newest
dian Composer Portraits” (see
Bradyworks
Centrediscs releases.
Richard Haskell’s review of the
Centrediscs CMCCD/DVD
latest edition – Srul Irving Glick
12006
– above). WholeNote readers
Danse Sauvage (Allan Bell;
“3 Solos: R. Murray Schafer” is are strongly urged to take the
Allan Rae; Mark Hand;
a two disc release featuring a CD time to explore the Centrediscs
Quentin Doolittle;
version, and a second DVD-Au- catalogue. Distributed by the
John Abram;
dio disc for surround sound listen- Canadian Music Centre DistriKelly-Marie Murphy)
ing at no extra cost. Schafer is an bution Service, releases may be
Colleen Athparia, piano
purchased at all CMC offices,
icon of the Canadian landscape
Centrediscs CMCCD 11706
and I cannot imagine a single Ca- select Canadian record stores,
nadian artist whose work has not and of course, by mail order and
“Danse Sauvage” features the
been influenced by his vision. His online. (In Toronto, contact the
pianistic prowess of CalgaryCMC at 416-961-6601 or at their
music should be required listenbased Colleen Athparia in performances of solo compositions ing for all Canadians! Here three website www.musiccentre.ca).
by six current and former Prai- members of Bradyworks (a group
originally formed to play the mu- Centrediscs is truly the diamond
rie province natives. Athparia
of Canadian recording labels sic of guitarist Tim Brady) perapproaches all the works with
here’s a champagne toast to
form
works
composed
by
Schafer
an enlightened sense of sophistimany, many more years of reover,
coincidentally,
a
25
yearcation. From the robust rhythcording health, wealth and diperiod.
Soprano
Anne
Tremblay
mic nature of Allan Gordon
Bell’s title track Danse sauvage shines in her performance of Mu- versity!
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to the haunting prepared piano
Tiina Kiik
(1970). The original analogue
chiming of Mark Hand’s InteWWW. THEWHOLENOTE. COM
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OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES
Fine Old Recordings Re-Released by Bruce Surtees
The late Karl Böhm was long associated with
the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and happily
left us many fine audio discs and now, as Unitel’s
enormous catalogue of live video performances
is gradually becoming available on DVD, we will
be seeing more of Doctor Karl. Deutsche
Grammophon has recently issued three DVDs
containing 13 Mozart symphonies, together with
a few bonus items. Today it seems fashionable to
play down the elegance and humanity in Mozart’s writing in favour of streamlined precision, as if making music were a mathematical
exercise. Böhm was of the old school but
there is nothing for today’s viewers to fault in
the conductor ’s sensitivity to every nuance of
the scores he knew so well or the orchestra’s
eminently polished performances.
These concerts which took place in Vienna’s
Musikvereinssaal from 1969 to 1978 are in the
regular TV picture ratio of 4:3 and while not in
high definition are more than acceptable, even on
a 60!! set. Surround sound adds a pleasant hall
ambience. Volume 1 (440 0734131) contains
symphonies No. 29, 34, 35, 40, and 41, with the
Minuet in C major, K.409. Volume 2 (440
0734132) contains the symphonies No.1 (K.16),
25, 31, 36, and 38, together with Eine Kleine
Nachtmusik. Volume 3 (440 0734133) contains
symphonies No.28, 33 and 39, and the Serenata
Notturna, K.239.
From June 1973 Böhm conducts an outstanding performance of Schubert’s Ninth, again with
the Vienna Philharmonic (EuroArts 2072108).
The performance is sumptuous;with Böhm’s
thrusting vitality there is never a dull moment.
The picture quality of this Unitel production is as
good as any MGM production. The surround
sound, too, is full bodied, dynamic and completes
an exemplary marriage of sight and sound. On
the same disc is the Schubert Mass No.6, D950
with soloists Peter Schreier, Werner Krenn and
Walter Berry, The Vienna Sangerknaben, with
the Men’s choir and orchestra of the Hofmuskkapelle in Vienna. Recorded in the Hofburgkapelle, Böhm conducts with gentle authority
and the eloquence and dedication of all concerned hold one’s attention from the Kyrie to the
closingAgnus Dei. It is beautifully photographed
and excellently recorded. This is a definitive
Schubert disc if there ever was one; certainly an
essential cornerstone for even a modest collection.
Another Böhm/Vienna Philharmonic DVD
from EuroArts features one of the greatest pianists of an earlier generation, Wilhelm Backhaus,
playing the Beethoven Fourth Piano Concerto
(2072058). A perfect match of repertoire, soloists and conductor makes this a valuable historic
document. But with a difference: the video is extremely fine, almost HDTV in definition, the colours are full bodied, and the sound is crystal
clear. The quality is probably due to the venue for
this production which was not in the Musikverein
but made under ideal conditions in the Studio
Rosenhugel in Vienna. On the same disc is a satisfyingly energetic Brahms Second Symphony
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from the Musik-verein in 1970. The performance is a very vigorous one with Dr. Karl more
animated than usual, cutting and thrusting with
authority. However, there is an aspect of the production which may be disconcerting to some
viewers while others may not notice. The finished
product was assembled from several evenings’
performances and one sees that while the playing
is perfectly in sync, sometimes they are a little
ahead or behind of the video selected for shots of
the conductor. No big deal.
Leonard Bernstein was no stranger to the Vienna Philharmonic and his CDs and DVDs with
them continue to find favour with critics and music lovers around the world. DG has issued the
Sixth and Ninth symphonies by Shostakovich
(440 073 4170). The Sixth is not the most popular of the symphonies, overshadowed by the
enormously popular Fifth. But the opening movement of the Sixth is a 22 minute Largo which one
might justifiably claim to be of ‘heavenly length’.
In addition to fervent performances of the two
symphonies, Bernstein talks about each work,
drawing the viewer’s attention to significant passages, which certainly enhances a re-hearing.
Incidentally, the production is directed by Humphrey Burton, as usual a guarantee of excellent
camera work. Bernstein’s last concerts with the
Vienna Philharmonic were from February 26
through March 2 1990. From those concerts
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EuroArts has released the
Bruckner Ninth Symphony
(2072018). Bernstein recorded only two Bruckner
works, the Sixth and Ninth
Symphonies with the New
York Philharmonic for Columbia and another Ninth
Symphony on DG with the Vienna Philharmonic
taken from these very same concerts. Bernstein
would die a little over seven months later and
although the distension of his chest due to his
acute emphysema can be clearly noticed, he was
still in top form and conducted with his usual passionate energy. The performance has many
Bernstein touches… little retards, elongated passages, or notes held a little longer than usual. The
second movement is unforgettable: the opening
scherzo is a totally unexpected powerhouse,
played with grim determination leading to a fleetfooted trio and returning to the scherzo, now a
positive juggernaut. Under Bernstein’s baton,
the final movement of Bruckner ’s unfinished
symphony becomes a moving apotheosis and
homage to the composer. No complaints here
about Humphrey Burton’s direction or the
sound of this great orchestra. This is a priceless document of an appropriate and truly
moving farewell to the orchestra with whom
he had made such great music.
DISCS OF THE MONTH
You Ask Me Why… Tova sings Beyle
Theresa Tova
Independent TE003
Pashtes/Simplicity – Music to the Poetry
of Simcha Simchovitch
Lenka Lichtenberg & Brian Katz
Sunflower Records/Indie Pool
(www.lenkalichtenberg.com)
This Autumnal season has brought the release
of two deliciously melancholy like-spirited
recordings, perfect for listening during these
increasingly chilly nights. The first is multitalented diva Teresa Tova’s musical homage
to the noted 20th Century Yiddish composer,
Beyle Schaechter-Gottseman, entitled “You
Ask Me Why – Tova Sings Beyle”. Second is
international Yiddish vocalist Lenka Lichtenberg and acoustic guitarist Brian Katz’ “Pashtes/Simplicity – Music to the Poetry of
Simcha Simchovitch”. Both recordings boast
an “A-List” of guest artists, and in the case
of “You Ask Me Why”, also the prodigious
producing talents of the gifted John Alcorn.
The Yiddish language dates back to the
10th Century, and is a non-territorial dialectic form of German that is written in Hebraic
characters. It is commonly spoken among
Jewish peoples of Ashkenazi or European
descent. Although for many baby-boomers of
Jewish descent, the language of the old country wasn’t passed down with any kind of
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fluency, Yiddish language, literature, music
and visual arts are currently enjoying a massive global renaissance, and both recordings
have contemporized traditional Yiddish forms
with intriguing, surprising and deeply meaningful results.
“You Ask Me Why” has a strong and
evocative jazz sensibility that is a perfect
setting for Theresa Tova’s smoky contralto.
Producer Alcorn (with help from Matt Herskowitz) has managed to squeeze just about
every possibility and nuance out of the simple melodies. Notable are John MacLeod’s
provocative muted trumpet solo on The Winter Evening/Vinter-Ount juxtaposed against
Matt Herskowitz’ sparse and harmonically
dissonant piano phrases that call to mind the
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DISCS OF THE MONTH
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Though Shostakovich came to the string quartet medium relatively late in his career
(1938) the resulting cycle of fifteen quartets
proved to be as astounding and powerful as
his corresponding number of symphonies.
Unrestrained and intimate, the quartets form
a harrowing mirror of the unimaginable tragedies and upheavals of Soviet culture in a
state of continual crisis.
The strong narrative element of these
hyper emotional scores is made explicit in the
suppressed sub-titles of the Third Quartet,
composed in 1946 under the shadow of yet
another onslaught of Stalinist purges. The
Seventh and Eighth quartets both date from
1960. The Seventh, the shortest of Shostakovich’s quartets, is ostensibly an abstract work,
though its often eerie quality and a veiled
allusion to the composer’s Fifth Symphony (a
theme which moreover recurs in the Eighth
quartet) suggest otherwise. The magnificent
Eighth, composed in an astounding three days
in the still devastated city of Dresden, is a
shattering reflection on the Second World
War and is replete with coded autobiographical elements, including the composer’s musical signature on the notes DSCH (D, E-flat,
C, B).
Concert notes: Music Toronto presents the
St. Lawrence Quartet with pianist Wu Han
and cellist David Finckel in music by Shostakovich, Jonathan Berger and Anton Arensky
on November 28 and the Vermeer Quartet
performing Shostakovich’s String Quartet
No. 8 on December 8.
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The St Lawrence Quartet’s performances
are consistently powerful, tonally variegated,
and impeccably moulded. The intensity of
the playing is consistently persuasive, at
times rivalling the violent, gun-to-one’s-head
desperation of the classic Borodin quartet
recordings of these works. The recorded
sound is excellent throughout.
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“Pashtes/Simplicity” is a delight. Pragueborn vocalist Lenka Lichtenberg has a lovely, confectionary, gamin-like quality. Her
soprano voice sails above and around the
notes with perfect control, weaving a luminous mystical web. She is in the midst of an
amazingly diverse career, including singing
as a member of the wildly successful “Sisters of Sheynville” and also performing as a
cantor at various functions. Brian Katz has a
sumptuous guitar sound, full of facile runs
and lush harmonics. The material on “Pashtes” has been composed entirely by Lichtenberg and arranged by Katz, who have
been performing and collaborating together
since 2001. Many of the plaintive melodies
on “Pashtes” have an undercurrent of pulsing Latin rhythms that seem to work symbiotically with the poetry of the iconic Polishborn Yiddish poet, Simcha Simchovitch.
Like Theresa Tova, Katz and Lichtenberg
have surrounded themselves with local musicians of the highest order, including the
extraordinary George Koller on bass, Ernie
Toller on soprano sax, the dexterous Alan
Hetherington on a whole mess of multiethnic percussion and the uber-talented Sasha
Luminsky on accordion. Although forged
firmly in the tradition, this recording has a
very contemporary feel that will leave you
uplifted and spiritually refreshed — just like
a great piece of strudel and a “glass tea”.
Lesley Mitchell-Clarke
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naked, dry branches of the winter trees being
slapped together by an unforgiving wind.
Theresa Tova sings each composition
with great feeling and moody dysphoria,
capturing the intent of the lyric perfectly,
rendering it unnecessary to understand Yiddish to experience this eclectic musical journey. The CD is enhanced by strong performances from Jane Bunnett on flute, Kelly
Jefferson on tenor saxophone, Artie Roth on
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