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JUNE | JULY | AUGUST 2016 PRICELESS! Vol 21 No 9 LISTINGS | FEATURES RECORD REVIEWS YOUR ANNUAL GREEN PAGES SUMMER MUSIC GUIDE Lemon Bucket Orkestra IN JUNE TAFELMUSIK @ Sun, June 19, 2016 @7:20pm visit website for more details Don’t miss Tafelmusik’s debut at the Hearn Generating Station, as part of Luminato’s 10th anniversary celebrations! Led by Jeanne Lamon, this informal, 45 minute-long performance will make for an exciting and thought-provoking contrast of baroque repertoire in a raw, industrial setting. Photo: G. Pimentel FRE E CONCERT S IN JUNE! Baroque Summer Festival SUPPORTED BY Delightfully Baroque Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir June 6 at 8pm Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall Musical Interlude June 11 at 12:30pm TBSI Orchestras and Choirs June 15 at 1pm Walter Hall, U of T The Grand Finale June 18 at 7:30pm Grace Church on-the-hill— TICKETS REQUIRED, visit website for more details SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR Walter Hall, U of T BLISS 16/17 Season Save up to 30% and subscribe today to our upcoming season Call 416.964.6337 tafelmusik.org 24 performances 6 intimate venues 1 world-class festival! TICKETS ON SALE NOW! DISCOUNTED LOCAL DINING AND ACCOMMODATIONS AVAILABLE FOR FESTIVAL TICKET HOLDERS CHARTERED BUS SERVICE BETWEEN TORONTO AND ELORA with Valérie Milot July 15 Jan Lisiecki www.musicandbeyond.ca Photo: Hiep Vu July 10 Measha Brueggergosman July 9 Les Violons du Roy © CamirandPhoto July 8 & 9 SHAKESPEARE AND MUSIC with Christopher Plummer Photo: Bo Huang Photo: Richard Bain MUSIC AND BEYOND | 75 CONCERTS & EVENTS | JULY 4-17, 2016 Volume 21 No 9 | Summer 2016 Highlights of the season FEATURES 6. OPENER | On Music Making In Particular Places | DAVID PERLMAN 8. ON OUR COVER | Lemon Bucket Orkestra | MJ BUELL 8. How I’ll Spend My Summer Vocation | SARA CONSTANT 10. SSM At Sweet Sixteen | DAVID PERLMAN 12. Summer Of Our Discontent? | LYDIA PEROVIC 15. Jazz Stories | Balancing the Books, and Real Jazz Hooks | ORI DAGAN 18. Meet Music Mondays’ Ian Grundy | ALLAN PULKER 70. WE ARE ALL MUSIC’S CHILDREN | Alex Pangman | MJ BUELL 92. CBC RADIO TWO: This Isn’t Silence | DAVID JAEGER BEAT BY BEAT 18. Classical & Beyond | PAUL ENNIS 22. In with the New | WENDALYN BARTLEY 24 World View | ANDREW TIMAR 26. On Opera | CHRISTOPHER HOILE 28. Early Music | DAVID PODGORSKI 29. Art of Song | HANS DE GROOT 30. Choral Scene | BRIAN CHANG 32. Bandstand | JACK MacQUARRIE 62. Mainly Clubs, Mostly Jazz! | BOB BEN SPECIAL FEATURE G1 - G10. GREEN PAGES: SUMMER FESTIVAL GUIDE LISTINGS 35. S | Summer Festival Listings 46. A | Concerts in the GTA 57. B | Concerts Beyond the GTA 60. C | Music Theatre 62. D | In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz) 65. E | The ETCeteras DISCOVERIES: RECORDINGS REVIEWED 71. Editor’s Corner | DAVID OLDS 73. Strings Attached | TERRY ROBBINS 76. Keyed In | ALEX BARAN 78. Vocal 81. Early Music And Period Performance 81. Classical & Beyond 82. Modern & Contemporary 83 Jazz & Improvised 86. Pot Pourri 87. Something in the Air | KEN WAXMAN 88. Old Wine, New Bottles | BRUCE SURTEES MORE 6. Contact Information & Deadlines 7. Index of Advertisers 68. Classified Ads GRIGORIAN.COM Cover Photograph Ananas Hostel F O R O P E N E R S | DAV I D P E R L M A N On Music Making In Particular Places I W Perspectives by incongruity 2 hen Luminato first burst onto the Toronto scene a little over a decade ago, (as, among other things, a civic vaccine for SARS), their mission statement/slogan was “Bringing the World to Toronto,” and I remember feeling a grudging admiration for the sneakily clever ambiguity of it all. “Way to hedge your bets,” I thought at the time. If the global public does come to see how wonderfully cultural we are, mission accomplished. If, on the other hand, those of us who can’t afford plane and concert tickets get to take in some of the great art and culture of our time right here in our own backyard, then mission still accomplished! (That being said, I will forever remain grateful for the opportunity to take in the Ex Machina/Robert Lepage production of Lip Sync at the Bluma Appel Theatre in 2009. It was worth every penny, at a time when pennies were still worth something.) I’m quite sure, though, that this ambiguity of mission has not served Luminato very well over the years. “And if they still don’t get that it doesn’t serve them well, then it serves them right,” is what I would have said, right up until a few months ago. But methinks, as Andrew Timar intimates in his World View column this issue, there may be some hope on the eastern horizon. The decision to tie Luminato’s fortunes to a single location – the decommissioned Hearn Generating Station in the eastern portlands represents for me, the recognition, finally, that the stated goal of attempting to turn the whole of downtown Toronto into a ten-day cultural wonder of the world has been as much of an exercise in futility as it would have been be to try to turn the outfield at the Rogers Centre into a world-class rose garden. Perspectives by incongruity 1 n this particular version of an ancient allegory, the Editor-In-Chief summons two scribes to his lofty perch and says, “Go forth and ascertain the health of the operatic art form in our realm during the months when shorts are shortest and the sun is at its highest in the sky.” So off they go, and in due course they return and the one scribe steps forward and says: “A peculiar thing happens each year around mid-May in this, the largest, busiest city of Canada: Toronto opera life all but shuts down, give or take an intrepid indie daring a short, early-June run. And the season stays shut until the latter half of September.” “Aha!” says the Editor-In-Chief. “Thank you!” Then the other scribe steps forward and says: “It used to be that, come June, Ontarians had to leave the province to seek opera performances elsewhere. That’s not the case this summer, which is surprisingly filled with opera, especially with new ones.” “Aha!” says the Editor-In-Chief. “Thank you!” At this point, the Managing Editor, who has been observing all this with an almost imperceptible frown, steps forward: “They can’t both of them be ‘Aha!’” the Managing Editor says. (And the Senior Proofreader, who has also been observing all this, nods in almost imperceptible agreement.) “Aha!!” says the Editor-In-Chief. “Thank you!” The WholeNote™ VOLUME 21 NO 9| JUNE 1 -SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 Centre for Social Innovation 720 Bathurst St., Suite 503, Toronto ON M5S 2R4 PHONE 416-323-2232 | FAX 416-603-4791 Publisher/Editor In Chief | David Perlman [email protected] Chairman of the Board | Allan Pulker [email protected] EDITORIAL Managing Editor | Paul Ennis [email protected] Recordings Editor | David Olds [email protected] Social Media Editor | Sara Constant [email protected] Listings Editor | John Sharpe [email protected] Club Listings Editor | Bob Ben [email protected] SALES, MARKETING & MEMBERSHIP Concerts & Events/Membership | Karen Ages [email protected] Record Industry Sales/Marketing | Thom McKercher [email protected] Directory Sales and Services | Adrienne Surtees [email protected] Advertising/Production Support/Operations Jack Buell | [email protected] Classified Ads | [email protected] Website/Systems | Bryson Winchester [email protected] Website/Systems Support | Kevin King [email protected] Circulation/Subscriptions | Chris Malcolm [email protected] SUBSCRIPTIONS $35 per year + HST (9 issues) 6 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 THANKS TO THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS Beat Columnists Paul Ennis, Wendalyn Bartley, Brian Chang, Christopher Hoile, David Podgorski, Hans de Groot, Andrew Timar, Jack MacQuarrie, Bob Ben, mJ buell Features David Perlman, Ori Dagan, David Jaeger, Sara Constant, Lydia Perovic CD Reviewers Alex Baran, John Beckwith, Stuart Broomer, Max Christie, Raul da Gama, Hans De Groot, Daniel Foley, Janos Gardonyi, Tiina Kiik, Roger Knox, Alison Melville, Lesley Mitchell-Clarke, David Olds, Ivana Popovic, Ted Quinlan, Cathy Riches, Cathy Riches, Terry Robbins, Sharna Searle, Bruce Surtees, Robert Tomas, Ken Waxman, Dianne Wells, Vanessa Wells, Elliot Wright Proofreading Vanessa Wells, Jennifer Liu, John Sharpe, Paul Ennis, Sara Constant Listings John Sharpe, Bob Ben,Tilly Kooyman, Ruth Atwood, Simone Desilets, Jennifer Liu, Katie White Circulation Team Abram Bergen, Beth Bartley / Mark Clifford, Bob Jerome, Dagmar Sullivan, Dave Taylor, Garry Page, Gero Hajek, Jack Buell, James Harris, John Dodington, Jeff Hogben, Jonathan Spencer, Lorna Nevison, Manuel Couto, Micah Herzog, Patrick Slimmon, Paul Ennis, Robert Faulkner, Sharon Clark, Tiffany Johnson, Tom Sepp, Vanita Butrsingkorn, Wende Bartley Layout & Design Bryson Winchester, Susan Sinclair an Ontario government agency un organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario Upcoming Dates & Deadlines Free Event Listings Deadline 6pm Monday August 8 Display Ad Reservations Deadline 6pm Monday August 15 Classifieds Deadline 6pm Thursday August 25 Advertising Materials Due 6pm Thursday August 18 Publication Date Tuesday August 30 (Online) Thursday September 1 (Print) Volume 22 No 1 covers September 1 - October 7, 2016 WholeNote Media Inc. accepts no responsibility or liability for claims made for any product or service reported on or advertised in this issue. Printed in Canada Couto Printing & Publishing Services Circulation Statement Summer 2016: 30,000 printed & distributed Canadian Publication Product Sales Agreement 1263846 ISSN 14888-8785 WHOLENOTE Publications Mail Agreement #40026682 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: WholeNote Media Inc. Centre for Social Innovation 503–720 Bathurst Street Toronto ON M5S 2R4 COPYRIGHT © 2016 WHOLENOTE MEDIA INC thewholenote.com thewholenote.com Ask LUDWIG! I don't know enough about the inner workings at Luminato to know whether this decision is a final virtuosic flourish from outgoing artistic director Jörn Weisbrodt. But bravo to someone for what is simultaneously an act of humility and outrageous grandiosity. “Hey guys, we’ve decided to think global and act local. So let’s go score us the biggest honking locale we can!” How they go about getting us locals to go there in droves (so we’re eventually worth some global gawking at, while we play) is another question. But, I say this year, give them the benefit of the doubt. Go experience the potential of the place – imagine, for example, what a remount of Apocalypsis would have been like at the Hearn instead of the Sony Centre! Lessons learned: Here’s to Brian Barlow’s Jazz Van during the PEC JazzFest careening around the county, stopping to unload sounds of brass into the Quinte roadside air! Here’s to the visionary individuals in places like Elora, Parry Sound, Clear Lake, Indian Springs, Stratford, the Beaches, and yes, even downtown Toronto, who looked at some particular place, thought of some particular time, imagined the music that belonged there, and did something about it. Here’s to all our future musical places yet to discover! Here’s to open air music in all our downtowns, little and large. Here’s to getting to recharge our musical batteries over the summer so we come back in the fall with fresh ears! LUDWIG enables you, the reader, to better search our live concert listings. On our website you can search for specific text (like a performer’s or composer’s name). You can also refine your search to geographic zones or genres or date range. LUDWIG online! is brand new and still in what we call a "Beta" trial. This means there may be some bugs or errors that we are not yet aware of. We thank you for helping us "kick the tires" on this new service and apologize in advance for any problems you may encounter. Last print issue till September We are done in print now until the beginning of September. So now’s the time to register, on the front page of our website, for our e-letter, HalfTones, which will publish June 15, July 4 and August 10, bringing you news, updated listings, contests and links to newly posted videos, audios, concert reports and more! [email protected] Find what you like online at TheWholeNote.com/Ask-Ludwig INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Adelphi Vocal Ensemble 52 Aga Khan Museum 25 All Saints Kingsway Anglican Church 30 Amadeus Choir 48, 66 Analekta73, 79 Artists’ Garden Cooperative35 ArtsMediaProjects 69 ATMA 5, 75, 76, 77 Bach Children's Chorus 66 Barrie Concert Band58 Beaches International Jazz Festival G10 Blue Griffin Recording Inc75 Canadian Children’s Opera Company49 Cantemus Singers50 Cathedral Bluffs34 Christ Church Deer Park - Jazz Vespers 61 Classical Unbound Festival 9 Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival35 CONTACT Contemporary Music 23, 51, 67 Elmer Iseler Singers31 Elora Festival 3, 36 Estonian National Opera Boys’ Choir52 Festival of the Sound37 Florian Hoefner79 Flute Street 47 Follk Camp 66 Grace Church on-the-Hill 65 Highlands Opera Studio 38, 39 Horizon Tax Services 68 I Furiosi52 thewholenote.com Inga Filippova 52 Kindred Spirits Orchestra 21, 53 Lark Ensemble50 Living Music71 LizPR 68 Long & McQuade67 Master Performing69 Mississauga Symphony 21 Moonaura48 Mooredale Concerts 20 MOSAIC Canadian Vocal Ensemble66 Music and Beyond 4, 40 Music at Metropolitan 31, 55 Music at Metropolitan / Noon at Met47 Music Mondays 48, 53, 55, 56 Music Picnic55 Music Toronto 11 National Youth Orchestra of Canada 41, 56, 58, 91 Naxos 73, 75 New Horizons Bands 33 New Music Concerts 51 No Strings Theatre 55 Off Centre Music Salon17 Off Centre/Deranger 49 Opera Atelier65 Orpheus Choir 68 Pasquale Bros. Downtown 66 Prince Edward County Classical Music Festival41 Remenyi House of Music 15 Rhodes Electric Piano69 Royal Conservatory School68 Ryan Choi71 Sam Broverman 77 Sari Kessler77 Schubert Now49 St Philip’s - Jazz Vespers64 St. Olave’s Church50 St. Stephen in-the-Fields Anglican Church 48 Steinway Piano Gallery, Toronto 13 Stratford Summer Music 41, 90 Summer Opera Lyric Theatre 61 Tafelmusik 2 Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute 48, 49, 51 TD Sunfest ‘16 (London) 42 TD Toronto Jazz Festival 43, 63 Toronto Children’s Chorus67 Toronto Operetta Theatre 14, 27 Toronto Summer Music Festival 44, 94, G10 Toronto Symphony 93 Universal Music Canada 73, 79 VegasNorth Entertainment69 Viva! Youth Singers of Toronto 46 Voicebox: Opera in Concert 29 Walden Chamber Players 77 Westben Arts Festival Theatre 45 Women’s Musical Club of Toronto 19 Yorkminster Park Baptist Church 34, 48 June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 7 On Our Cover T How I’ll Spend My Summer Vocation LEMON BUCKET ORKESTRA hese boys of summer are members of Toronto’s Lemon Bucket Orkestra. They have lots of exciting reasons to blow their own horns, and no difficulty getting audiences to dance to their beat. LBO began in 2010 as a four-person street busking band consisting of Mark Marczyk, violin and vocals, Oskar Lambarri, drum and vocals, Tangi Ropars, button accordion, and Alex Nahirny, guitar. In 2016, it’s now a band of 16-plus, rolling merrily into its sixth summer and gathering members as it goes, the way a rolling ball of burdock gathers more burdock: vocals, strings, winds, brass, percusPlaying trombone on the left is Leli Camilo; trombone on the right – Nate sion, including a range of Dell-Vandenberg; on the sousaphone world/folk instruments. The – Ian Tulloch. Mark Marczyk – violin & music is every bit as vigorous vocals, who is a founding member of as “Balkan-klezmer-gypsythe band, has his back to the camera. party-punk-super band” Photographed at the Ananas Hostel suggests, and so is their in Pécs, Hungary, by a member schedule. of the hostel staff, during Lemon Counting Sheep: A Guerrilla Bucket’s 2015 Moorka release tour. Folk Opera is LBO’s current performance project. It’s an interactive video-music-dinner-theatre play about the Maidan Revolution, which will be performed August 5 to 29 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival following its May 26 to June 5 Toronto run at Broadview Place. The Ukrainian polyphonic choral music, exuberant performances and powerful visuals offer a visceral experience of living with present-day revolution. Based on the 2014 Kyiv experiences of band-members Mark Marczyk and Marichka Kudriavtseva, the show includes the audience alongside the ensemble members in stylized white sheep masks – there is food and music and dancing for everyone, blurring the line between what is theatre and real life. But before Lemon Bucket Orkestra takes off for Edinburgh they’ll be shaking things up here in Canada. They have Toronto concerts at Roy Thomson Hall (“Live on the Patio” series, June 23) and at the Opera House, with Romanian band Fanfare Ciocarlia (TD Toronto Jazz Festival, June 29) followed by appearances at eight Canadian festivals including the Hillside Festival (July 24, in Guelph), Ottawa Chamberfest (July 28), and then another concert at Toronto’s Mel Lastman Square (July 29). Lemon Bucket’s newest recording Moorka, nominated for a 2016 JUNO Award, has just won a Canadian Folk Music Award – “World Group of the Year.” It includes folk songs the band learned on their last European tour from local musicians in Romania, Ukraine, Serbia, and Macedonia, but these are spiked and shaken up into the stirring musical mix LBO audiences now hunger for in Canada and around the world. By all accounts, no matter where the band is playing, people find themselves irresistibly drawn in – weirdly at home with and involved in music that is simultaneously exotic and familiar. This includes the passengers on a delayed Air Canada flight from Toronto to Frankfurt in 2012 who were treated to an impromptu concert while Lemon Bucket waited to take off for their “Balkan Station Romania Tour.” mj Buell 8 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 I S A R A C O N S TA N T t’s no secret that summer, as far as the classical music scene goes, is Toronto’s off-season. As Lydia Perovic points out in her take on this year’s summer opera scene, though (see page 12), Toronto’s musical off-season tends to be a lot longer than most. If they haven’t already, most of our local music presenters are now wrapping up the last of their 2015/16 shows—which leaves a good three months of limbo until the beginning of 2016/17 in the fall. Of course, that implies that the city falls silent for most of June, July and August—which is far from the case. Summer music festivals abound, including local giants like Luminato, TD Toronto Jazz Festival and Toronto Summer Music. International artists often schedule Toronto into their summer tours and festival circuits, and local musicmakers, who jump from gig to gig all year long, finally have the gift of much-needed time—to relax, or to plan projects of their own. And while the length of Toronto’s musical break might attest to the relative youth of our music scene, it makes these long summer months the perfect moment to look beyond business as usual, towards something new. TCML: “Something new” pretty much sums up the motivation behind at least one of the musical projects in town this month. New this year, the Toronto Creative Music Lab (TCML) is a one-week workshop for early-career musicmakers (June 19 to 24), where performers and composers are formed into small groups to collaborate on new works. Designed with the spirit of peer-topeer collaboration in mind, the workshop focuses on building a community for early-career artists that is rich in opportunities for Jason Doell professional development. Full disclosure: I’m one of the participants this year. But – biased though I may be – during a time when the usual music scene is taking a breather, this program is just the thing .to fill in some of the gaps, and build potentially fruitful musical relationships. Composer Jason Doell and saxophonist Olivia Shortt, who alongside William Callaghan of Musica Reflecta, form the organizing team for the workshop, are hopeful about what this project will do for emerging artists. “For me, peer-mentoring is essential for earlycareer artists and there is an opportunity in the Toronto contemporary music scene to facilitate these relationships,” says Doell. “While technical development in any discipline may be aided by the guidance of recognized experts, most professional relationships and opportunities arise within a peer group. Also…who knows more about being an early-career artist than those directly involved in being early-career artists? Peer-mentoring is a fantastic way to access the knowledge of people who are facing similar issues and obstacles to the ones you are facing today.” “Toronto is abundant in programs for composers and performers thewholenote.com Olivia Shortt seeking out more traditional styles of music and art practices but there isn’t as much for those seeking workshops that offer an approach to more current music,” adds Shortt. “Especially as a saxophonist, Toronto doesn’t offer much in the way of workshops and opportunities to network as a classical/new music performer. I’ve often had to seek these opportunities in other cities.” A project like TCML couldn’t come at a better time of year for people like me. Taking place at the end of June means that TCML can create these opportunities in Toronto, for participants, who at any other time would be busy at work, schools or conservatories all over the world. And for both organizers, June offers a moment to reflect on the rest of the year, and put their observations into action. “[TCML] fits in well with my day-to-day life,” explains Doell. “I’m a full-time composer and I also create music educator programs, so a lot of what we are trying to accomplish at TCML is in the front of my mind regularly.” And for Shortt, an incoming masters student at the University of Toronto, being on the giving rather than the receiving end of a summer workshop has so far been a valuable experience. “This is one of the first projects for me that hasn’t been something I’m organizing for myself, like a recital or a tour,” she says. “And there’s a lot that school couldn’t teach me, so this has been the most practical educational opportunity that I’ve been a part of.” For my part, the workshop will be a refreshing break from my restof-the-year schoolwork, and a welcome challenge after some time away from my instrument. It will be, in other words, the perfect summer vocation. The final concert of TCML, featuring all of the premieres workshopped during the week’s rehearsals, takes place on June 24 at the 918 Bathurst Centre; details at tcml.ca. Of course, Shortt and Doell aren’t the only ones with exciting musical plans in the works for the next three months. After speaking with them, we were inspired to get in touch with other local musicians to ask them this one thing: How do you make use of Toronto’s long musical summer to recharge your musical batteries for the season ahead? Here are some of their responses. Name: Gordon Mansell Instrument: Organ Summer Vocations continues on page 89 thewholenote.com June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 9 SSM At Sweet Sixteen “ DAV I D P E R L M A N our choral programming this year, and they are bringing two programs of music they’ve been building up and singing to people visiting the church in their community. Their vicar is coming, and we’re going to team up with the local Anglican church here, plant trees in both churchyards...and on our lecture series music critic Robert Harris is doing a presentation on Shakespeare and music...and that’s a lot more than the Theatre is doing. So we are in fact carrying the ball on the salute to the 400th anniversary. Mind you, I could have done a whole festival based on that.” “You could have,” I agree. “And it’s fantastic that you haven’t.” One distinctive feature of Miller’s abilities as a curator is how deftly he spins multiple themes that weave through the course of a Stratford Summer Music season. For example, the choral strand this year, will also feature Daniel Taylor’s Theatre of Early Music (in a program of great anthems by Handel and Bach titled ‘Let The People Hear’), The Canadian Spotlight (a chorus of professional and semi-professional singers put together for SSM by conductor Mark Vuorinen) which does a full program of Canadian choral works, and the Harlem Gospel Choir, with, as Miller reveals, a significant guest. “What you probably don’t know yet is that Measha [Brueggergosman] will come and sing with them. Last year we had The Blind Boys of Alabama – a huge success, hundreds of people, we were turning people away – and Ben [Heppner] came and sang with them, and I thought wouldn’t it be fun to carry that sort of spirit on. But who could sing with the Harlem choir? Measha was the natural and she agreed to come.” "Tell about the other strands this year," I ask, and he obliges with gusto: there’s the always stellar piano series (“I’m really proud of the piano series. I just love piano. That’s part of it”; there’s 7am music on the banks of the Avon; a cabaret series ranging from "Trish O'Callaghan covering Cohen to Alex Samaras doing Sondheim, to Michael Occhipinti and friends doing John Lennon.” There will also be 30 hours of barge music in a wide range of genres; three “Bach walks” in “The Grove” with music supplied by the Charm of Finches flute ensemble and commentary by the local society of field naturalists society “on the double-breasted whatevers and the purple trillium”; Whiskey Jack (who backed up Stompin’ Tom for decades) will play at the local Legion “because I thought, well, where would Stompin’ Tom have played”; one of their trademark restaurant concert series will feature the world of harp music “from classical to celtic to baroque to Paraguyan to Senegalese to contemporary”; …the list, and his delight at all of it, seem boundless. One element of Miller’s ability to bring about programming coups, like Heppner singing with The Blind Boys of Alabama last year or this year's Brueggergosman/Harlem Gospel Choir collaboration, relates to the formidable and diverse rolodex of musical contacts and musical acquaintanceships he has built up over a decade and a half here at Stratford Summer Music. (“The one part of my job I don’t like,” he says, “is how often I have to say no to people, now.”) Part of it doubtless also stems from previous sojourns with the Glenn Gould Foundation and before that the Canadian Music Centre. But part of it also stems from a very savvy sense of what one might call the art of the necessary. Which arises from an acutely realistic So you’re sweet sixteen?” I say to my guest. We’re sitting in The WholeNote office, mid-May – one of those “just-happenedto-be-in-town,” semi-spontaneous conversations that goes better for not having over-planned it. He chuckles. “I hadn’t quite thought of it that way” he says. “I’ve just been telling people we are in our teens. But if someone wants to come along and kiss us with a big fat donation, I wouldn’t say no.” “Anyone particular in mind?” I ask. He fires right back. “If there was, I wouldn’t tell you!” My guest this day is John Miller, artistic producer from the outset, 16 years ago, of Stratford Summer Music (SSM), that, for six weeks of (Above) BargeMusic at the summer anyway, grabs a share of the Stratford Summer Music. spotlight from the Stratford Festival, the (Right) John Miller April-to-November theatrical juggernaut that has, over the course of its 60-year existence, completely reshaped the history of one small Ontario town. “Is the elephant co-operative these days?” I tease. “Or are you guys two solitudes?” Perhaps it’s the presence of the tape recorder, but he pauses for longer than usual, given his normal free-flowing conversational style. And then: “...I’m only choosing my words carefully” he says “because I don’t want any wrong impression to come out. By saying that we’re in our own spheres it doesn’t mean there aren’t occasions when we cross, or cooperate. But what we realize is they are a $60 million dollar big business, and we’re a $1 million small business, and it’s so easy to get crushed, or overwhelmed. So we tend to want to keep our own separate tracks, so that we can keep our own identity. Because I think it will always be the case that if you say ‘Stratford’ and ‘Festival’ in one breath, people think theatre. Because we started more than four decades behind them, that’s the thing. I often dream of what music would be like if the original concept of music at the Stratford Festival had been allowed to grow instead of being cut off as it was.” “You mean the days of Louis Applebaum?” I ask. (Applebaum, the Stratford Festival’s resident composer for 43 years, had begun a separate Stratford Music Festival in 1955, two years after the establishment of the Theatre Festival.) Miller lights up. “Absolutely! When Glenn Gould was in charge of the music programming, Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten used to come. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf used to come. Duke Ellington would come. Those were great days.” Part of the problem, he explains, is that music was deemed by the festival board to be too expensive, and so was cut out. “It is expensive,” he continues. “And it’s a psychological thing. You mount a (theatrical) production. It costs a lot, but it can run for six months. We don’t do that in music. You bring in a great orchestra or singer or somebody and it costs a lot of money, and what do they do? One concert, or maybe two if you’re lucky, and then away they go...But it’s not a case of ‘Oh we’re trying to bring music back.’ We’re not trying any more. We have succeeded in bringing music back, with its head held high.” “If I’d had to guess, before looking at your website, I’d have thought you’d be making a meal of the ‘Shakespeare at 400’ thing this year,” I say, “But it looks like you’re being quite laid back about it, not whacking it over the head – you have a very diverse program.” “Well, we’re probably doing the biggest thing in the city in regard to it,” he responds, “because we are bringing the choir from Shakespeare’s own church, the Holy Trinity Church, as the core of 10 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com great chamber music downtown STRINGS Oct. 13 Juilliard Quartet Nov. 10 Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc Dec. 1 Suzie LeBlanc, Robert Kortgaard, Blue Engine String Quartet Dec. 15 Jan. 26 Feb. 16 Mar. 2 Mar. 16 Gryphon Trio St. Lawrence Quartet Eybler Quartet Prazak Quartet Philharmonia Quartett Berlin PIANO Oct. 25 Janina Fialkowska Nov. 15 Danny Driver Jan. 10 Sean Chen Feb. 7 Ilya Poletaev Full season of 12 concerts $479, $434 Other combinations available. Subscription prices include handling charges and HST. All concerts at 8pm. 416-366-7723 1-800-708-6754 order online at www.stlc.com ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL CONSEIL DES ARTS DE L’ONTARIO Canadian Patrimoine Heritage canadien Summer Of Our Discontent? A understanding of the context in which he and SSM must operate. If he does his job right, around 65,000 people every season, who make it to Stratford for something else, will “happen across” SSM, and remember the fact that they did. “How do you plan for people to stumble across you and how do you ensure that, no matter how long they stick around for, they go away appreciating the scope of the whole thing and the deftness of the weave?” I ask. “It’s very interesting,” he says. “I am always running into people who say ‘I didn’t know there was a music festival here’ and then I’ll say ‘Well, did you hear the Andrew Collins Trio; did you hear the bluegrass?’ and they’ll say ‘Oh yeah I heard the bluegrass music down on that wonderful floating stage, downtown,’ but they just sort of thought it happened somehow.” “But that’s the big challenge, isn’t it?” I ask. “Because your passers through, your Stratford Festival attendees, even your SSM regulars, are only going to get a tiny taste of it all, unless they are coming back every weekend or staying the week, which I would think isn’t easy to do given how busy the town is in theatre high-season.” He pushes back a bit at that: “Well I suppose. But if you went to the Edinburgh Festival, or Ravinia, or any of these places, even if you come for the Stratford Theatre, you know, you don’t get it all at one time. You have to come back, or you take your chance on what has been programmed by some artistic director for the dates when you’re going to be there. That’s the way it is, and as the artistic director you have to understand that. My responsibility is to present you with a cultural smorgasbord at any given moment, so that you can pick and choose from it.” The trick, he says, is to make sure that there is always a representative mix of ingredients so you come away with a sense of the whole. Beyond Concertizing: Stratford Summer Music is also becoming an increasingly interesting educational destination, for public and students alike, most notably its TorQ Percussion Quartet residency, now in its fifth year, and a robust Vocal Academy which offers a jawdroppingly fine ten-day residency to career-edge artists. “The Vocal Academy is expanded this year,” Miller says, “with new faculty – Krisztina Szabó, Nathalie Poulin and Alison Pybus.” Pybus, he says, is a particularly significant addition. “We felt it was important that these edge-of-career singers have guidance in areas additional to voice. And management is something they need to understand and have insight into. Alison Pybus used to be the director of the vocal division at IMG. So she’s at the top of her field and will join [Michael] Schade and Phillip Addis and Emily Hamper, and Howard Dyck who lectures on oratorio, and Geraint Wynn-Davies who speaks to them about acting.” Getting in is via a rigorous application process involving submission of recordings and CVs so they can be shipped to Schade, Hamper and Addis wherever they may be; at this point applicants come in from all over Canada, and elsewhere – “The furthest this year was New Zealand” he says. “And we sent posters to every music faculty in the country back in January.” It’s not a full scholarship opportunity but the ten days end up costing around $500, with billeting opportunities and/or housing in the nurses’ residence in town as options. “And of course while they are with us they get tickets to the theatre and everything else that’s going on in the Stratford environment.” The great thing, he adds, is that most of those vocal master classes are open to the public – “Alison Pybus will, for example conduct mock auditions, and then spend private time afterwards, giving feedback and going over each student’s promotional materials.” Tellingly, the subsidizing of student participation in the Vocal Academy comes from the community itself – a grass roots initiative. “What is extraordinary to me,” Miller says, “is how the community buys in. After all this time, living in Stratford, you understand how important the arts are, not just for the pocket book but for your own soul. Artists love to come here - 35,000 population, extraordinary restaurants and neighbours. I’m having fun. One heck of a good place, it really is. I am just happy to be lucky enough to do what I do.” LY D I A P E R O V I C peculiar thing happens each year around mid-May in the largest, busiest city of Canada, the fifth largest North American city: mainstream Toronto opera life all but shuts down, give or take an intrepid indie daring a short early June run. And the season stays shut until the latter half of September. This year there’s an exception, a chamber opera at the Winter Garden in July thanks to the Toronto Summer Music Festival, but it’s likelier to be a one-off than a harbinger. Classical music lovers are somewhat luckier, with the TSO working full steam until the end of June, though it too starts the season late in September. Berlin, on the other hand, goes to the opera until early August and happily returns to it first week of September. Opera in Paris runs parallel with ballet until mid-July. London goes strong until mid-July and effectively has no respite with the Proms taking over from then on till mid-September. Even regional European houses in small cities beat us in quantity and length. The opera house in Liège (population 200,000) has an eight-production season that runs until the end of June. Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam (population 780,000) starts its 12-production season early September and dovetails with Holland Festival on the other end to finish in early July. What do the artists who make opera do in those four months that Toronto doesn’t do opera? And how do they explain our long break? Soprano Ambur Braid recently returned home to Toronto after a Magic Flute run at the English National Opera in London, where she sang a wheelchair-bound Queen of the Night, and subsequently a very different, glammed-up Maleficent-like version of the same role at the Calgary Opera. “Evil royalty,” as she puts it, dramatic coloratura roles are becoming her calling card and one of her great historical research interests: those who attended the Canadian Art Song Project recital “The Living Spectacle” last winter were treated to a standup quality introduction to the wives of Henry VIII before her exceptional rendering of Try Me, Good King by Libby Larsen. She could not confirm or deny if she will return to the ENO in the near future, but I would bet on Yes, and on Verdi, the composer she’s starting to sing more, including the recital with Toronto Concert Orchestra at Casa Loma this May. The voracious intellect whose interests range from Anne Boleyn to painter Stephen Appleby-Barr to Wes Anderson to caftans (if anybody will make them glamourous, it’ll be this statuesque soprano), Braid will combine work, study and travel this summer. “I’ll be singing the bitchy maid Dalinda in Richard Jones’ new Ariodante at the COC in September, so my June will be all Ariodante prep, all the time,” she says. She’ll also travel to Puglia to brush up her Italian, and try out agriturismo (“And eat and gain my preparatory weight,” she adds). “On August 6 I’m singing a recital of Rachmaninoff and Sibelius in Niagara-on-the-Lake, two new singing languages for me, and will be coaching all of that in July.” The COC rehearsals start on September 9. We mull over possible reasons for the shortness of Toronto opera season, and wonder if it’s still presumed that since a lot of people of a certain class are out of town every weekend from May long weekend until Labour Day that everybody else is—or that they’re the only ones going to the opera. Opera tickets as a luxury item, opera audiences upper middle class? Sad state of affairs, if true, we agree. “Even in real estate,” she muses, “and in sales of clothes and jewellery, not a lot of people with buying power are in town in the summer, so that activity slows down.” The massive influx of tourists helps refill the audiences of London, Paris and Berlin during summer, she says after I bring up the European seasons. Is it about our habits, do we only do culture October to May? “It could be because we’re so young. Unlike Europeans, we are not brought up with it…And here, because it’s less subsidized and more expensive to go to the opera, you don’t go as David Perlman can be reached at [email protected] 12 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com thewholenote.com June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 13 JENNIFER TOOLE Smith’s degrees from Laurier and UofT are in voice and opera, but by the third year she knew she wanted to direct rather than sing. She’s since assisted a number of directors, including Michael Cavanagh for the world premiere of the now much-travelled Svadba by Ana Sokolović and Tim Albery for the landmark Grimes on the Beach at Aldeburgh Music Festival. Her summers so far have been about development. Last year she spent it in Quebec City observing the rehearsals for the new Robert Lepage production of L’Amour de loin and talking with the director (her theatre role model) about structuring rehearsals and getting the most out of people. This June she is travelling to Chicago to attend the Chicago Summer Opera program for two months. “I’ll be working with the director George Cederquist there. He does some exciting work, I’m really looking forward. I’m going to be mentored by him and have one-onone seminars.” The two will work on Britten’s Albert Herring. For the director Ashlie Corcoran there will be no summer vacation this year: the season at Thousand Islands Playhouse in Gananoque where she is artistic director actually runs May to October, and her recently completed run of the play Das Ding at Canadian Stage was her 12th production in as many months. Three of the ten productions at the Playhouse she’ll direct herself: Sondheim’s Into the Woods, Coward’s Blythe Spirit and Das Ding by Philipp Löhle, a German play about globalization that she enthusiastically describes as “wild.” She’ll also be preparing for the pieces she’s directing in the fall, Blythe Spirit in Kamloops, the school tour at the COC and in December, Soundstreams’ Electric Messiah. Then off to direct the often – it’s a special occasion thing. We Ambur Braid say it shouldn’t be, but it is. And the relative rarity of performances also makes going to the opera a special event. You cannot show up at the opera house any day of the week and see something.” But she’s optimistic we’ll get there. “Hopefully we’ll get to the next step. Things are happening, it’s an exciting time to be in Canada.” Christopher Mokrzewski has a similar take. “I get the feeling that Toronto is still a bit old-fashioned in that so much of the population takes significant time off in the summer. People are always travelling, are out of town, attending weddings and going to cottages, which makes it a little more difficult to maintain an active performance schedule with a diminished audience base,” writes the resident conductor at the Calgary Opera and music director of Against the Grain Theatre in an email. So musicians adapt and leave the city to work at festivals or train, like he’s about to do after wrapping up A Little Too Cozy, the AtG adaptation of Mozart/Da Ponte’s Così fan tutte. He’s taking a few days off in Toronto – “I’m desperate to get to a Jays game and see more concerts!” – before heading to St. Louis for a week on a professional development stipend from Calgary Opera. He’ll be working on bel canto repertoire with conductor Stephen Lord. The brilliant young musician is best known for the mashup of Schubert and Messiaen played with great conviction and drama in AtG’s “Death and Desire” last year, but his conducting interests are growing and it’s bel canto’s turn now. He’s then off to Banff for six weeks, where he is music director for the Open Space Opera young artist program to conduct his first The Rape of Lucretia: his second one is the TSMF semi-staged performance at Winter Garden Theatre, Toronto’s one mainstream operatic exception of the summer. “I just love Banff to death. And I cannot wait for the real highlight of the summer, the Banff Centre Theatre Arts staff softball game. Big league!” Late July the AtG will perform at the Ottawa Chamber Fest, after which Mokrzewski returns to Calgary for a week of rehearsals and two weeks of performances at the Calgary Opera summer festival. “In late August and September I’ll likely be in Toronto and NYC for some professional development opportunities that are currently still in the works. Maybe I’ll take a few days off, if the mood strikes, and go on a road trip.” Not a lot of leisure in Amanda Smith’s summer either. The emerging stage director and founding artistic director of FAWN Chamber Creative is already leaving her mark as one of the few movers within the Toronto Indie Opera network who embrace electronic music as essential for operatic creation and dance as essential to its performance. This approach was very much in evidence in Synaesthesia, FAWN’s recent six-composer workshop performance in the postindustrial area around Sterling Avenue that featured a dancer in pieces that alternate acoustic and electronic, live and tape. “I grew up listening to metal and noise music, it’s a big part of my life,” she says. The audience at Synaesthesia that night was mostly twentysomethings, and this was in part due to this bridging between the electronic music audience and the performing arts audience that those pieces proposed. “I also don’t want to charge people more than $20 per show. People are less willing to go to something unfamiliar if the tickets are more expensive. And us millennials are probably the most underemployed generation in a long while, with little disposable income.” One of the three audience-chosen pieces from the show will be commissioned into an opera. “We’re hoping to create a ballet lyrique and I want it to be sort of like devised theatre – only, devised opera. We have a workshop period, we’ll have a story, but the music will get devised.” fun, and I hope to do it again in revival of The Magic Flute at the future.” the COC, the show she already Over at the COC, the assisted under the direction costume department staff are of Diane Paulus, and directed already working on the two herself for the Ensemble Studio September productions. Sandra performance, and later revived Corazza, COC’s costume superat Opera Philadephia. visor tells me how her summer What guides her programwill unfold while giving me a ming at the Playhouse? “It’s tour of the third floor worka year-long occupation, I’m rooms and storage spaces. always reading plays, seeing The costumes for Ariodante musicals, thinking about it and Norma are already there, constantly, and any time I shipped from their most see something that I’m interrecent dwelling places, the ested in, I put it on a list or opera houses of Amsterdam add it to the pile. And once and Barcelona respectively. I start programming, I see The Handel was designed by how all the pieces would fit Ultz with a mid-20th century together. It all needs to be high Scottish village aesthetic, and quality, intelligent, entertaining Sandra Corazza there are a lot of old coats, wool work, but I’m also looking for sweaters and plain dresses on the rows of hangers before us. Corazza work that’s different and that sort of bounces up against each other, already saw the production in Amsterdam. “It’s good to be able to go rubs against each other in interesting ways.” The audience is more backstage and ask the makers – dressers, makeup artists – what probof a regional theatre audience than summer audience, very diverse lems they had. Some of that stuff can’t be written precisely enough, with very diverse expectations, and Corcoran aims to meet those but even though we get the bible.” (The thick binder containing all the also to propose new and unexpected experiences. She says she can fabric samples, purchase information, sketches and photos is known certainly imagine doing a chamber opera in the smaller Fire Hall in as “the bible” among costume professionals.) the future. “Last year we did an operetta, The Pirates of Penzance. I The forthcoming COC run will have an entirely new set of princiadapted it with Andrew Kushnir and we set it in 1927 in the prohibipals, some of whom are as physically different from their peers cast in tion times in the Thousand Islands. We re-wrote the libretto—Gilbert & Sullivan are in the public domain - so the pirates were rum runners, the same roles in Aix-en-Provence and Amsterdam as imaginable. The petite green ensemble now on a mannequin will have to be adjusted the police were the American coast guard, the sisters were a federfor the taller Ginevra by Jane Archibald. Dalinda too – the “bitchy ation of teetotallers. We kept a lot of the original music, but we also included some other music from the 1920s. It was successful and great maid” to be revived by Ambur Braid – will probably have her clothes resized. “This wedding dress,” Sandra pulls out a long sturdy white gown with modest ornaments. “It never gets worn properly, she sort of slaps it on over her slip, then sees the puppet show and takes it off, Sunday, November 6, 2016 and Dalinda puts it on at one point…It’s handled more than actually worn.” The trouser role baddie will be sung by Verduhi Abrahamyan, a mezzo taller than Sonia Prina, whose name is still attached to her A Tribute to Kálmán and Lehár biker style costumes. Alice Coote’s Ariodante will be the same height as his love interest, and it remains to be decided whether she’ll be December 27, 30, 31, 2016 and January 6, 7, 8, 2017 slightly raised with the right pair of shoes. For costume resizing, the seam allowance and long hem come to the rescue. Ultz is expected to arrive in Toronto by the end of June, but meanwhile the fittings for the smaller roles are already starting. “We still by Jacques Offenbach don’t have the casting of the chorus, six male and six female, and April 26, 28, 29, 30, 2017 24 and 24 in Norma. Once we know that, we will know now many costumes we have to build. In Aix and Amsterdam, they had these sweaters custom knit. If these are too small, we may have to find a knitter to knit us a sweater, or go with a different costume. If Ultz by Oscar Straus decides to redesign the chorus and the extras, we’ll have to make these costumes happen.” Sunday, June 4, 2017 The gold sequin-encrusted dress by the costume designer Jessica Jahn is already fitted and waiting for Sondra Radvanovsky’s Norma. “When we get the Barcelona bible, we can find out where all these A Tribute to Gilbert & Sullivan fabrics came from and start contacting these companies. We may add more red to Russell Thomas’s costume. Details often get changed when productions move from stage to stage.” The fitting of the principals and chorus starts in earnest on the third week of August. There are also the understudies to clothe, and in Norma, the children. Corazza will take a vacation too, but July is the only possibility. The 2016/17 season is already underway on the third floor of the COC’s Front Street East building. WALTZ RIVALS 2016 | 2017 ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE For a subscription brochure and ticket information please call our office at 416-922-2912 or email [email protected] 14 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 Lydia Perovic’s novella All That Sang is out now wherever you buy books. As for her June, she’s off to Amsterdam for some Herheimdirected opera, Jacobs-conducted Haydn and Joël Pommerat’s theatrical take on the French Revolution. After a few additional days in Antwerp and Brussels, she’s back in Toronto for the summer. Guillermo Silva-Marin General Director thewholenote.com Beat by Beat | Jazz Stories Balancing the Books, and Real Jazz Hooks From TD Toronto Jazz to PEC STEFAN MYLES P ORI DAGAN at Taylor, co-founder, with the late Jim Galloway, of Toronto Downtown Jazz, producers of the the TD Toronto Jazz Festival has stepped down this year, after 30 years on the job. Stepping in as CEO is Howard Kerbel, who has for nine years been a member of the eight-person TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) leadership team, with a special focus on branding and marketing strategy. Taylor remains as a member of the programming team and an advisor to Kerbel. “This transition will allow me more time to focus on strategic initiatives and allow Howard to develop one of the country’s favourite brands,” states Taylor in the official release announcing Kerbel’s appointment. “After 30 years at the helm, I have confidence that Howard has the passion to build upon this foundation and take it to the next level.” What that “next level” will be is anyone’s guess. (After all, when TD Toronto Jazz started out 30 years ago, who would have thought it would end up with such places as the Second Cup at King and John, or the posh department store Holt Renfrew for that matter being listed as “official festival venues”? And how does a pop star headliner Sarah McLachlan at the Sony Centre or film star Kiefer Sutherland playing country at the Horseshoe fit into a jazz festival lineup? Taylor is refreshingly blunt. “Balancing the books,” he says. “Thirty years ago we were the only game in town. Now there are 21 jazz festivals in the GTA. Every concert hall has a jazz series. That’s what we wanted to see happen. In our mind, jazz is doing well in town. I’m not making a living as a musician but I’m sure it’s better than 30 years ago…” As a musician trying to make a living now, particularly since the Internet took over the world, I’m not so sure about the “better” bit. As in many industries, the value of music has so drastically changed that as of the time of this writing, each play on Spotify equates to small fractions of a penny, and even the penny has been discontinued as physical currency due to its worthlessness. Speaking of balance, the free outdoor shows of any music festival are crucial to the creation of new musical connections, for audiences and musicians alike. As unexpected as venues like Holt Renfrew and Second Cup are, it sure would be nice to see live music in these places all of the time, if only for the element of surprise that is so essential to jazz music. It’s fun to watch passerby reaction, especially when it’s with a smile and a head bop. And if you’d like to get to know a budding musician, on Saturday June 25 between 2 and 4pm the Regent Park School of Music will help animate Nathan Phillips Square with musical demonstrations and interactive opportunities. Following the performances, the audience is invited to try out the instruments, or as it has become known, an “instrument petting zoo.” Perhaps best of all, Dave Clark and his Woodshed Orchestra will lead you on “a raucous, romping march” through Nathan Phillips Square. Not to be missed! Nathan Phillips Square is once again the hub of TD Toronto Jazz, balancing paid and free performances throughout the festival. The lunchtime concerts at 12:30pm will introduce ears to a diverse offering, including the Toronto Mass Choir, Brian Barlow Big Band’s salute to Ellington at Newport with special guests Guido Basso, Dione Taylor and the Backsliderz and Jim Galloway’s Wee Big Band, directed by Martin Loomer. And an additional outdoor stage at Nathan Phillips thewholenote.com Raoul and The Big Time Square will include jazz and blues performances during the afternoon and early evening, from the sizzling soul of Tanika Charles (Sunday June 26 at 2:30pm) to the disco-flavoured spun vocal sugar that is The Spandettes (Monday June 27 at 6:30pm) to charismatic blues brother Raoul and The Big Time (Saturday July 2 at 6:30pm), and…to a visiting artist worth highlighting: Welsh singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Gwyneth Herbert (Thursday June 30 at 6:30pm) who will be making her Toronto debut. I met Herbert unexpectedly, sharing a cab in Bremen, Germany, en route to the Canadian Blast concert at jazzahead, just weeks before writing this article and was blown away, both by her story and how she told it. (You’ll get some sense of this unique individual in the sidebar to this piece!) June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 15 Fanfare Ciocarlia In this crazy age of streaming music for fractions of pennies, my hope is that when Gwyneth Herbert performs her free June 30 concert (right before a Molly Johnson-Jane Bunnett double bill!), that all will sell out of CDs and merchandise. To support this music, all you have to do is show up! Look for ticket contests on the festival’s social media outlets. Sometimes these ticketed shows can be priceless. Jazz piano fans should not miss Oliver Jones (June 28 at Jane Mallett Theatre), now 81 years old and still swinging his behind off. Beyond this, one concert Gwyneth Herbert's Toronto Honeymoon H But you left the label to pursue life as an indie artist. Why? Having a major deal gave me lots of great things. The ability to work with exceptional musicians, a press profile, a new haircut…I’m so pleased that I had that opportunity as for so many artists it – even in the current climate – remains the holy grail. But it just didn’t work for me. I got signed so young and I soon found that it was my own stories that I wanted to tell, that didn’t fit in with the label’s marketing strategies and formulas. Much of the discussions had nothing to do with creativity and everything to do with finance – naturally, because a big label’s purpose is to make money. I’m also really grateful because it gave me something to kick against – I got signed so young before I had a clear idea of what I wanted to say and make, and it made me find answers through the questioning. As an artist who frequently records your own compositions, what degree you fit within the term “jazz.” I grew up listening to jazz and blues. I’d sit and learn all of Billie Holiday’s phrasing and mimic Big Maybelle’s tone and try to feel Anita O’Day’s timing deep in my bones. As a tiny teen in an ever-so-English village in a totally different era, I’d hear and hold the heartbreak and the joy and feel it as if it was all my own. I still love those old songs – they speak of huge human experience in simple poetic language and they’re true and vast. And I love diving back into them now, from time to time, to see what they help me discover. But now I live the miraculous life of a discoverer, a story hunter – finding and animating hidden stories, finding new ways to give them breath. There are melodies and rhythms everywhere, and the flavour of my work’s always informed by the music and language of the particular world it inhabits...There are seagull cries and pub chatter, there’s the rattle of a ship mast and the hum of an escalator. There are shanties and funerals and newspaper headlines. I do work with amazing jazz musicians in my band, and one of the wondrous things about playing with people with that sensibility is the improvisatory language they bring – there’s a push and a pull and then we navigate the journey together. It’s fresh and it’s a different kind of magic, every time. And the British music scene in London and beyond? After 13 years in London, I’ve run away to the sea – I live on the beautiful south coast in Hastings. There’s a real buzz about this little town, people making things everywhere, skiffle and poetry and metal in the pubs, parades through the streets. I love coming back to London – my favourite club ow did you end up on a label so quickly? When I was supposedly studying English Literature at university, I actually spent the majority of my time singing jazz with fellow student Will Rutter, a guitarist and kindred spirit with whom I’d roam the cobblestones of the North of England – along with Edinburgh, Paris and Amsterdam in our holidays – busking and hustling for gigs in pavement cafes. When we graduated we moved down to London together, a couple of wet-eared country kids with no concerts, no money and no contacts, and picked an area of the city a day…armed with an A-Z map, Will’s guitar and a fistful of demos recorded in a bedroom, we went into every pub, wine bar, cafe and restaurant and asked if they’d give us a gig. You kind of got used to asking the tattooed, muscle-necked landlord if he’d mind turning down the racing while you played Fly Me to the Moon to the corner clientele who’d just tried to sell you a VCR on the way in, and invariably if the bar-owner didn’t offer us a gig they’d give us a drink on the house. At the end of one of these long, street-peddling days, I’d sipped enough Dutch courage to go into the legendary Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho. The visionary manager there at the time, Peter Wallis, was famed for championing new talent – he gave Norah Jones and Diana Krall their first breaks in the UK. Fired up by my day’s refreshment, I asked to speak to the manager, and when asked if I had an appointment, I ordered a large brandy (which I’d never drunk before, but it seemed like it sounded sophisticated) and said, “Just tell him it’s Gwyneth Herbert.” When Peter arrived, I came clean and said that of course he had no reason to know who I was, but that I loved music more than anything and that I wasn’t looking for a gig, but any advice would be so gratefully received, and with shaky fingers thrust our little demo into his hand. He gently but firmly explained that he received over 300 such demos a week, but, admitting that no one had quite approached him like that before, said he’d try to give it a listen. Within two weeks, Will and I were signed to his indie label Dean Street records, had the amazing vocalist Ian Shaw as a mentor and producer, and were recording our debut album First Songs and touring with Jamie Cullum and Amy Winehouse soon after. Jamie Cullum sang a duet on that record, it started getting some airplay and - riding high on their recent success with Jamie – it wasn’t long before Universal came sniffing and snaffled me up. 16 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com EMILE HOLBA that I would guarantee a good time or your money back will take place at the Opera House on Wednesday, June 29. Romanian super band Fanfare Ciocarlia opens for local band of heroes Lemon Bucket Orkestra. Do YouTube searches of both brilliant bands! Instant fanhood is guaranteed. Finally, an exciting development at the Toronto Jazz Festival this year is the returning commitment to a nightly late night jam session at the Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar, hosted by local saxophone great Chris Gale nightly at 1am. Seen frequently around town as a sideman who sensitively adds just the thing to any musical situation, Gale has been hosting the weekly Tuesday night jam beautifully and inclusively. Please come out and support the jam session! Botos and Barlow at PEC Jazz fest: Speaking of jazz jams that are worth the drive to Picton, reading up on various festivals that will take place in July and August, I stumbled upon the programming of the 16th Annual Prince Edward County Jazz Festival, which features a jazz jam hosted by the Robi Botos Trio, no less. I contacted PEC creative director, drummer/bandleader Brian Barlow to discuss PEC Jazz, starting with the success of these jam sessions. “The After Hours Jam Sessions have been very popular” he told me. “One of the things that make our festival unique is that we encourage musicians to spend time in the county by providing them with multiple gigs over a number of days. It’s not unusual for a musician to have six or seven gigs in the five or six days they spend with us. This not only works out well for them financially, it also give them the opportunity to relax and get to know the county. Since they’re staying overnight, and there’s not a great deal to do in Picton after 10pm, they tend to come out to the jam sessions. Robi has done these often but not every year. Many of the mainstage Regent Theatre artists have come to the jam sessions, including Ellis Marsalis, Vincent Herring, Louis Hayes, Guido Basso, Ranee Lee and Chet Doxas.” Prince Edward County is a magnet for people in the arts and they are all very supportive of each other, so the local audience tends to be quite hip and informed where jazz is concerned, Barlow tells me. “There are many fine jazz musicians living in the county and surrounding area. Guido Basso has lived here for over 35 years, and Belleville is home to the Commodores’ Orchestra, a big band that holds the record for being the longest continuously performing big band in the world, having been formed in 1928.” And the festival builds its audience from very early spring (as early as February in some years) with our Jazz Dinners and then in April “our TD Jazz Education Program that finishes up with a concert at the Regent Theatre. So the festival itself has an almost six-month presence in the county.” A unique feature of this festival is that Prince Edward County is an island, forming a natural boundary to work within. “We usually have about 40 events at venues from the soft-seat Regent Theatre, to wineries, restaurants, pubs, community centres, churches (and church steps), a farmers’ market and a cemetery. We also have a Jazz Van that drives around the county putting on concerts. 2016/2017 Boris Zarankin & Inna Perkis FOUNDERS & ARTISTIC DIRECTORS continues to page 61 all concerts take place at TRINITY-ST. PAUL’s CENTRE, 427 Bloor St. West season preview september 18, 2016 3 PM schubertiad: 4 MEMORIES november 13, 2016 russian salon: 4 SEASONS OF MOTHER RUSSIA Gwyneth Herbert is the 606 in Chelsea which feels like an extension of my living room, an underground secret dive bar vibe with the most amazing international musicians both on the stage and hanging at the bar and some delicious nachos. Performing for me is like coming home, but I spend most of my time these days working on wonky art/music/film/ theatre commissions in collaboration with sculptors and directors and clowns and communities all over the country and beyond…Today I was exploring the process of contraception through the medium of dance for a music theatre piece I’m writing with playwright Diane Samuels called The Rhythm Method. I have so many hats that are interchangeable on a daily, sometimes hourly basis – it’s exhausting and challenging but somehow each hat feeds the others and I’m constantly learning - as a performer, as a writer, and as a general human being stumbling through the world. You’ve been to Montreal before but this is your Toronto debut, yes? This is indeed my Toronto debut, and I am so excited to be exploring so much more of Canada for the first time. I’m joined by the incredible percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Dave Price, and also my very newly wedded husband Ned Cartwright on piano – I have a feeling this is going to be a musical honeymoon to remember! thewholenote.com 3 PM Maeve PALMER Inna PERKIS Giles TOMKINS Boris ZARANKIN Igor GEFTER Joni HENSON Inna PERKIS Ernesto RAMIREZ Mark SKAZINETZKY Boris ZARANKIN april 2, 2017 3 PM Michèle BOGDANOWICZ Lucia CESARONI Adrian KRAMER Peter McGILLIVRAY Inna PERKIS Boris ZARANKIN june 4, 2017 3 PM Isabel BAYRAKDARIAN Russell BRAUN Inna PERKIS Ernesto RAMIREZ Boris ZARANKIN Ilana ZARANKIN a musical invasion of Paris: THE MIGHTY 4 tour de 4...ce! BRAHMS Liebeslieder Waltzer SCHUMANN Spanische Liebeslieder offcentremusic.com June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 17 ORI DAGAN I Beat by Beat | Classical & Beyond Meet Music Mondays’ Ian Grundy Summer Music Cornucopia A ALLAN PULKER n early April I happened to attend a concert by two distinguished Canadian musicians, pianist, William Aide and flutist, Robert Aitken. Friends since their student days in the late 1950s at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music, where they used to play together frequently, each has had his own individual, successful career. But they had not played together since those distant days until getting together to prepare for this concert, a benefit to help pay off Church of the Holy Trinity’s new piano, showcased in this concert. Arising from this experience, in May I sat down with Ian Grundy, artistic director of the May-to-September Music Mondays noon-hour concert series, as well as music director at Holy Trinity, to talk about the piano, Music Mondays and his new role as its artistic director in this, its 25th season. Knowing of the fabulous reputation of Bechstein pianos, I asked why Holy Trinity had decided to seek out a new instrument rather than rebuild their old Bechstein. The trouble with rebuilding, he told me, is that you really do not know how the rebuilt piano is going to sound; there are no guarantees. With a new piano, on the other hand, you can hear it before you buy it. On behalf of the church, Aide evaluated dozens of pianos. When he tried a seven-foot Steinway, to which Alex Thomson, the general manager of Steinway Piano Gallery had directed them, he knew at once that he had found their instrument. Only 12 years old and little played, its action was good enough to play a double glissando; its tone, strong but not overpowering. “It’s the perfect instrument for chamber music,” Ian told me. Its sound is big enough to fill Holy Trinity’s live acoustic environment but controllable enough to balance other instruments, even with the lid on full stick. An added benefit is that the case is made of Indian rosewood, which makes it extremely beautiful. Piano technician, Leela Khurana, one of only two Steinwaytrained technicians in Toronto, who tuned the instrument for this concert, described it to me as “fabulous...young, flexible, resilient and powerful.” The acquisition of the Steinway is a major step towards the realization of Grundy’s vision for Music Mondays as a first-class venue with first class instruments. One is the Steinway, of course; the other, the Casavant tracker organ acquired seven years ago from Deer Park United Church. A guiding principle for upcoming seasons, he says, is for the series to be a worthy platform for emerging young artists and to continue to feature a variety of musical genres. “First-class publicity” is another part of the picture - to attract a more diverse audience and build audience size. He is interested in “taking music out of its compartment and reaching out to the community.” To this end he has joined the Yonge-Dundas B.I.A., a partnership which, he told me, is proving as welcome to the B.I.A. as it is to Holy Trinity. With this kind of dynamic leadership, we can expect Music Mondays to grow into an even stronger cultural force than it already is and a major contributor to live music in the city in the summer. Stay tuned! (And meanwhile enjoy the rest of this summer's series. Deails are in our GTA and festival listings.) PA U L E N N I S quick glance at the Union Jack-based brochure of Toronto Summer Music’s 11th season, “London Calling: Music in Great Britain,” might lead you to expect a bounty of English music, but the more you delve into TSM’s 25 concerts it’s apparent that what the festival is offering is a cornucopia of music that would have been heard in London over the course of three centuries. As artistic director Douglas McNabney told The WholeNote publisher David Perlman in a recent podcast (video coming soon to TheWholeNote.com), “We’re celebrating musical life in London…[which] has always been the centre – a Mecca for musicians.” No wonder, since the city was the centre of the immense British Empire. And this year’s festival, more so than ever, is also a celebration of chamber music; 14 programs fall into that category. But TSM, with its mentors and fellows program, is more than a showcase for top-notch instrumentalists and ensembles like the Parker or Dover Quartets. It offers full scholarships to musicians on the brink of a musical career the opportunity to be mentored by established professionals, and equally important, to participate in concerts with them (the so-called “Chamber Music reGENERATION” series of eight Saturday afternoon recitals and the two Art of Song reGENERATION Friday afternoon concerts). McNabney has very cleverly taken a handful of 19th-century London concert series and used the conceit to create diverse and satisfying chamber music programs. The Beethoven Quartet Society of 1845, for example, marked the first instance of a complete Beethoven string quartet performance cycle. The acclaimed young American ensemble, the Dover Quartet, who will be launching their own traversal of the Beethoven cycle this fall, will follow the lead of those 19th-century Londoners by including an early, a middle and a late quartet in their program. On July 29 in Walter Hall, they will play Op.18 No.6, Op.59 No.3 and Op. 132, making for an unusually rich and sure-to-be illuminating musical evening. Another American quartet, the Parker, whose Naxos recording of the complete Ligeti quartets won them a Grammy, pay tribute to the Musical Union of 1865, a famous concert series of its day, with a program of late Haydn, early Beethoven and late Schubert quartets, July 15. Of course, there will be English music, beginning with the opening concert July 14, featuring two 20th-century masterpieces, Britten’s sublime Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings and Elgar’s exhilarating Introduction and Allegro for string quartet and orchestra. A second, centred on TSM’s artistic-director-designate, TSO concertmaster and New Orford Jeremy Denk String Quartet violinist, Jonathan Crow, includes Elgar’s mournfully beautiful Violin Sonata, Bax’s Piano Quartet and Bridge’s Piano Quintet. A third, a homage to the People’s Concert Society (another 19th-century London concert series), showcases TSO principal oboist Sarah Jeffrey, one of TSM’s mentors, in a lively program comprised of Britten’s Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings, Op.2, Bliss’ Oboe Quartet and Vaughan Williams’ Piano Quintet, August 3. Two compelling pianists, Pedja Muzijevic and Jeremy Denk, Flutist Allan Pulker is chairman of the board of The WholeNote. 18 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com 16 17 MUSIC IN THE AFT E R NOON 119 TH SEASON Dover Quartet WOMEN’S MUSICAL CLUB OF TORONTO ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: SIMON FRYER Walter Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto (Museum Subway Station) OCTOBER 6, 2016 | 1.30 PM I S S AC H A H SAVAGE tenor piano TBA will each give what are certain to be fascinating recitals. Muzijevic is back as a mentor this year after a fulfilling session in 2015. As well as being a pianist of impeccable flair, he proved to be an engaging man with a mic in last year’s American Avant-Garde concert, introducing the music and reading from John Cage’s 32 Questions. Both qualities will no doubt be evident in July 19’s Haydn Dialogues, the Walter Hall event in which Muzijevic will discuss Haydn’s London experience (where he wrote two of the three sonatas on the program) and relate Haydn’s work to Cage’s seminal In a Landscape, Knussen’s Sonya’s Lullaby and Berger’s Intermezzo. Winner of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, Denk brings his keen intellect to everything he does. A gifted writer in addition to being a supreme musician, his New Yorker account of his years as a music student, "Every Good Boy Does Fine," is revealing, moving and a must-read. The program for his July 21 recital has not yet been announced but it promises to be imaginative, insightful and engaging, one I won’t miss. NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | 1.30 PM JAMES SOMMERVILLE Concert Sponsor: WMCT Foundation French horn with: Scott St. John, violin; Peter Longworth, piano MARCH 9, 2017 | 1.30 PM TRIO TORONTO DEBUT SHAHAM EREZ WALLFISCH Hagai Shaham, violin; Arnon Erez, piano; Raphael Wallfisch, cello Festival of the Sound Festival of the Sound’s 37th summer offers an abundance of musical treats to snack on. Each week features several chamber music combinations; the Gryphon Trio, playing Dvořák’s popular Dumky Trio and Schubert’s delightful Trio No.1 D898, shares the stage with the New Zealand String Quartet at 7:30 on July 19 and Moshe Hammer and Peter Longworth at 3:30 the same day; Hammer appears in “Our Favourite Sonatas I” the next day while Longworth accompanies cellist Rolf Gjelsten in a late Beethoven sonata in “Our Favourite Sonatas II” later that day. Stewart Goodyear brings his penchant for Beethoven to the “Pathétique,” “Moonlight,” “Tempest,” and “Appassionata” sonatas in “My Favourite Beethoven” on July 22. On July 21, he puts on his chamber music hat teaming up with the Penderecki String Quartet and New Zealand String Quartet for Schumann’s Piano Quintet Op.44 and Brahms’ Piano Quintet Op.34. Recent Chopin International Competition second-prizewinner, the gifted Charles Richard-Hamelin, highlights week two, July 28, with two concerts that show off his sensitivity as soloist and collaborator. After playing a Chopin nocturne, ballade and polonaise before intermission, he returns as pianist with the Hochelaga Trio to perform Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A Minor Op.50. Earlier that day, Trio Hochelaga plays Ravel’s gem, Piano Trio in thewholenote.com TORONTO RECITAL DEBUT APRIL 6, 2017 | 1.30 PM AIZURI TORONTO DEBUT QUARTET Miho Saegusa, violin; Ariana Kim, violin; Ayane Kozasa, viola; Karen Ouzounian, cello MAY 4, 2017 | 1.30 PM CHARLES RICHARD-HAMELIN piano Five Concerts for $165 For information and to subscribe call 416-923-7052 All artists, dates, and programmes are subject to change without notice. Support of the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario, and the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council is gratefully acknowledged. PRESENTED BY [email protected] www.wmct.on.ca 416-923-7052 June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 19 Charles Richard-Hamelin promising young pianists in what could turn out to be an unforgettable experience for student and audience alike. Each student is well-known in the piano competition world: Anastasia Rizikov, now 16, is a veteran of the concert stage; Toronto-based, Russianborn Vladimir Soloviev is the most-decorated student in the history of the Don Wright Faculty of Music at the University of Western Ontario; Charissa Vandikas, 18, is a top student at the Glenn Gould School. Dinnerstein begins her visit to Stratford, July 21, with a program devoted to a selection of Glass’ Metamorphoses and Etudes paired with Schubert Impromptus Op.90 and his immortal Sonata in B-Flat D960. Two other young veterans of international piano competitions, Tony Yike Yang and Luca Buratto, make their Stratford debuts. Yang, at 16 the youngest prizewinner in the history of the Chopin International Piano Competition, will bring his immense technique and precocious interpretative sensibility to a demanding program of Mozart, Chopin, the formidable Liszt Sonata in B Minor and Prokofiev’s dramatic Sonata No.7, August 3. Two weeks later, Buratto, the most recent Honens Prize-winner, brings his “fiery imagination and finesse” to works by Schumann and Beethoven. Now 21, the redoubtable Jan Lisiecki continues on his path to the upper reaches of the pianistic universe. His recital on August 26 includes works by Bach, Rachmaninov and Chopin. The following afternoon, he will play Schubert’s final Four Impromptus, Schumann’s Klavierstücke Op.32 and Chopin’s Nocturnes Op. 48 and Scherzo No.1 in B Minor Op. 20. These will be Lisiecki’s only local recital appearances this season. Don’t miss this chance. A Minor, in a program that also features the festival’s artistic director, clarinetist James Campbell, oboist James Mason, violinist Martin Beaver, violist Graham Oppenheimer and bassist Joel Quarrington in Prokofiev’s radical nugget, Quintet Op.39. My favourite jazz pianist, Robi Botos, is joined by drummer Terry Clarke and legendary bassist, Dave Young, for “My Favourite Jazz” on July 29. Week three is dominated by the piano, culminating August 6 in a “Piano Spectacular” celebrating ten years of the ensemble Orford Six Pianos, and concluding with Janina Fialkowska, Bergmann Duo, Anagnoson & Kinton and Glen Montgomery joining the Orford six in Bizet/Wilbert’s Carmen Fantasy for 12 pianists. Duo pianists Anagnoson & Kinton, celebrating 40 years of concertizing together, perform Bartók’s incisive Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion as well as other works, August 2. The notes continue flowing with Fialkowska’s “My Favourite Chopin” on August 5. The festival concludes with Fialkowska joining the National Academy Orchestra for Beethoven’s rhapsodic Piano Concerto No.4 and Anagnoson & Kinton playing Mozart’s Concerto No.10 for Two Pianos. Earlier in the week, August 3, the Lafayette String Quartet, the only all-female quartet still comprised of its original members, celebrates 30 years of togetherness by performing Ravel and Dvořák. Stratford Summer Music The piano is consistently a major focus of Stratford Summer Music, and 2016 is no exception. Simone Dinnerstein, who famously selfproduced her refreshing take on Bach’s Goldberg Variations and then saw it become immensely popular, will perform the piece July 23 at 11am. The prior afternoon she will give a Bach master class to three Sept. 25 - Cecilia String Quartet, Celebrated Canadian Ensemble Sublime and eloquent: Mendelssohn Quartet in D Major Op. 44, No. 1 and Haydn B minor Op. 33, No. 1 Nov. 6 - Noël Coward: A Talent to Amuse Featuring Monica Whicher, soprano, Norine Burgess, mezzo, Benjamin Butterfield, tenor, Alexander Dobson, baritone Dec. 4 - Stephen Prutsman, piano – Bach and Forth Inventive program based on J.S. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, plus other great piano movements Jan. 22 - The Heath Quartet – Britain’s Rising Stars Canadian debut of award winning young artists perform string quartets by Bartók and Dvorák Mar. 5 - In Mo Yang – New Violin Virtuoso Canadian debut – Schumann Violin Sonata No. 3, Beethoven Sonata No. 9 (Kreutzer) “An arresting performer…” - The Boston Globe Apr. 23 - New Orford String Quartet with Adrian Fung, cello Elite orchestral leaders perform Brahms, Schubert Quintet in C Major, D. 956, Op. 163 “Nothing short of electrifying.” - The Star SUBSCRIBE NOW - guarantee your seats, save up to 47% www.mooredaleconcerts.com or call 416-922-3714 x103 20 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com Festival de Lanaudière The 39th season of the Festival de Lanaudière is a tribute to its founder, Father Fernand Lindsay who was especially fond of Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Berlioz and Tchaikovsky, so the festival has taken special care to invite music lovers to discover the many works of those composers to be featured this summer. About an hour’s drive northeast of Montreal, the festival is well-suited for a holiday excursion. Since many of the festival’s artists don’t normally make the trip to Toronto, it’s all the more reason to travel to Joliette, Quebec. JUNO Award-winner, pianist Alain Lefèvre opens the festival with Tchaikovsky’s uber-romantic Piano Concerto No.1 on July 9. The Jupiter String Quartet, quartet-in-residence at the University of Illinois and a tightly knit family unit (the cellist is married to the second violinist who is the sister of the violist), are undertaking a cycle of the complete Beethoven string quartets at the festival, beginning this summer with concerts July 11 (Nos.6, 11, 15), 12 (Nos.4, 5, 13) and 14 (3, 16, 8). Angèle Dubeau leads her all-female string ensemble, La Pietà, in “The Mark of Minimalism,” a July 10 concert comprised of music by Glass, Einaudi, Mozetich, Nyman, Goulet and Pärt. The eminent English violinist, Anthony Marwood, is the soloist in Beethoven’s ageless Violin Concerto Op.61, with Les Violons du Roy conducted by Bernard Labadie, July 15. “Child Prodigy” Tony Yike Yang gets a chance to perfect the program he will be playing in Stratford, August 3, when he performs it in Lanaudière on July 19. Silver medal winner in the 2015 Tchaikovsky International Competition, American George Li’s recital includes sonatas by Haydn and Chopin (No.2), Rachmaninov’s Variations on a Theme by Corelli and two crowdpleasers by Liszt. Armenian-born pianist Nareh Arghamanyan, the winner of the 2008 Montreal International Musical Competition, performs an unusual program on July 26 – Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre, Liszt’s Totentanz and three of his transcriptions of songs by Schubert and Mozart. The innovative ensemble, collectif9, plays Golijov, Brahms, Piazzolla and thewholenote.com June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 21 Beat by Beat | In with the New Summertime and the Sounds of Extinction A others on July 29. The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal led by Kent Nagano begin the festival’s final weekend August 5 accompanying Charles RichardHamelin in Brahms’ fiery Piano Concerto No.1 and unlocking the many strains of Schumann’s Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish.” August 6, the orchestra performs two of the most famous unfinished works in the musical canon, Schubert’s Symphony No.8 “Unfinished” and Mozart’s Requiem, an ideal pairing for an outdoor concert. The 39th season concludes with local hero Yannick Nézet-Séguin and his Orchestre Métropolitain in a program that pays homage to the conductor’s Philadelphia Orchestra post. All four pieces were commissioned by that orchestra: Bach/Stokowski’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV582; Rachmaninoff’s magical Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43 and Symphonic Dances Op. 45; and Nico Muhly’s Mixed Messages. There are no mixed messages in the Festival de Lanaudière, simply a love of music that exists to be shared in the warmth of a summer day or evening. W E N D A LY N B A R T L E Y s I sit to write this column, I’m still feeling the after-effects of the May 25 concert with the Kronos Quartet and guest performer Tanya Tagaq at the Royal Conservatory’s 21C Music Festival – an event that was featured in last month’s WholeNote. It was a truly sublime moment in time, making it difficult to find words that encapsulate the experience of being transported into a kaleidoscope of global musical styles and then beyond into uncharted territory – and all within the scope of the two violins, viola and cello, plus voice. The anticipated commission from Tagaq for the quartet was, as first violinist David Harrington said during his introduction, “unlike anything you’ve ever heard for the string quartet.” With a string quartet score created from transcriptions of recorded improvised vocalizations made by Tagaq in a studio a few months ago, and Tagaq adding a live vocal layer, it was as if the earth itself was opening up to reveal new layers and aspects of what’s possible. It began with creaking string tones and subterranean vocal tones which started out so low in range that I couldn’t help be reminded of another vocal pioneer, Roy Hart, whose principle of the eight-octave voice was at the heart of his company’s research throughout the 1960s and 70s. It was this push into stretching vocal boundaries that opened up possibilities for composers to write for the extended voice. The performance of Nunuvut, the second work performed by Tagaq and the quartet in the concert, was more improvisational in nature, with a series of intense, intimate and sensual duets that Tagaq engaged in with each individual performer before turning to the capacity audience to deliver a sonic portrait of our collective presence. It was a spectacular beginning to the upcoming summer season. Launching into the summer season usually means it’s festival time, which often translates into opportunities to experience music that pushes at the far outer edges. Certainly with the Luminato Festival this year, this will be the case, and not just with its music programming since this year’s primary venue, the Hearn Generating Station, will be making its own artistic statement. Situated on the waterfront, it’s the site of a de-commissioned power station that will be turned into a temporary cultural venue for the next ten years of Luminato. With a series of interlocking areas designed for performances and exhibitions, along with restaurant and club spaces, the building will take on the air of an architectural installation. Another in-house feature of this environment will be a state-of-the-art surround sound system and projection space with multiple screens. Which, as it turns out, is the perfect venue for the fully immersive music and visual concert piece created by composer Rose Bolton and filmmaker Marc de Guerre being performed on June 22. The piece, Song of Extinction, is just as its title suggests – a work that raises the critical issue of species extinction through the combination of melody, word and image. And although songform is at the heart of Bolton’s compositional language for this piece, the musical scale of the project is extensive, combining youth and adult choirs, an instrumental chamber ensemble, percussion, two keyboard players, and electronics. The work was originally initiated by Music in the Barns under the direction of Carol Gimbel whose specialty is in creating multimedia and site-specific installation concerts. Despite the focus on the difficult and critical theme of what is happening to the mass disappearance of species on our planet, the work is not activist in nature. As de Guerre explained in a recent conversation both he and Bolton had with me about the piece, “I believe in the power and beauty of images. In the same way that music Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival Under the direction of pianist Alexander Tselyakov, the 11th annual Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival makes for a lovely Manitoba weekend July 21 to 24. The concerts are filled with quality (Tselyakov playing Ravel’s devilish Gaspard de la Nuit and participating in Dvořák’s great Piano Quintet in A No.2 Op.81 in the opener) and diversity (Tselyakov collaborating with Kerry DuWors and Joyce Lai, violins and Simon Fryer, cello, in sonatas by Handel, Saint-Saëns and Prokofiev and Three Madrigals by Martinů). An appealing Saturday morning concert July 23 precedes the finale July 24 in which Schubert, Dvořák and Schumann are the featured composers. Music and Beyond There’s an unmistakable European flavour to this year’s Music and Beyond festival (which runs from July 4 to 17 in Ottawa) with the dynamic Utrecht String Quartet performing Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Piazzolla on July 7 and the joyous Vienna Piano Trio in for three concerts July 7, 8 and 9. It’s worth a drive to the nation’s capital to hear these remarkably adept musicians perform all three of Brahms’ piano trios as well as works by Shostakovich, Haydn, Ravel and Cerha. QUICK PICKS TSO: June 4, 5. Emanuel Ax-protege Orion Weiss performs Gershwin’s immortal Rhapsody in Blue. Andrew Grams conducts. June 9, 10, 11: James Ehnes performs Elgar’s beloved Violin Concerto; Peter Oundjian offers orchestral support and leads the TSO in Stravinsky’s revolutionary The Rite of Spring. June 11: The TSO Chamber Soloists led by Jonathan Crow give a pre-concert performance of Stravinsky’s bedevilling suite from L’Histoire du soldat. A full version of the piece takes place at the Hearn Generating Station as part of Luminato, June 18. A significant serving of Beethoven is on order June 15 and 16 with Oundjian leading the orchestra in the composer’s Eroica Symphony and accompanying the thoughtful Yefim Bronfman in Piano Concerto No.3. June 18 Oundjian takes his forces to the Hearn for Beethoven’s rousing Symphony No.5 and Gershwin’s danceable An American in Paris. June 21: Nine Sparrows presents a free concert with flutist (and WholeNote chairman of the board) Allan Pulker. June 30: Summer Music in the Garden presents the Cecilia String Quartet playing Mozart’s String Quartet K.590 and Kati Agócs’ Tantric Variations. July 16: Alexander Tselyakov and friends warm up for Clear Lake with a concert presented by Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Aug 15: Music Mondays presents “Surrealism at Midday” with pianist Anastasia Rizikov performing works by Liszt, Ravel and Scriabin. Paul Ennis is the managing editor of The WholeNote. 22 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com thewholenote.com TWO EXCITING NEW RELEASES! 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Directed by Gordon Monahan and Chris Worden, the festival combines experimental music, sound art, DJ artists and sound installations in a relaxed camping environment. Check out their website for the extensive lineup, which includes two noteworthy duos: Not the Wind, Not the Flag, and the duo of Jennifer Castle and Mary Margaret O’Hara. The Rest of the Summer: Here are my listings of what else to look out for during the hazy and hot months ahead. JUNE One highlight early in the month is Spectrum Music’s Tower of Babel concert on June 4 with new compositions evoking various interpretations of this iconic story which appears in Christian, Islamic and Jewish religious texts. The pieces will explore the question of whether this ancient story can shed any light on contemporary divisons amongst nations and religious groups. Globally acclaimed oud player, Amos Hoffman, will be one of the performers. For improvised music lovers, there is DroneDoctor, a drone music meditation concert on June 5; the CCMC performing at Gallery 345 on June 11; and Audio Pollination on June 25. gets under your skin and moves you, and you don’t really know why or what it means or what it’s doing to you, the images are functioning in very much the same way.” He continued to reflect on this topic by saying “I find it odd given what’s happening on the planet that there hasn’t been a body of work with this theme from a more art perspective rather than it just being about political activism.” And that’s why using song is so important for both of these Rose Bolton creators. They think of the piece as “a heartbreak song in the same way that songs are about heartbreak. This is about our heartbreak because of what we do to the earth, to the planet.” Their ultimate priority is to make a work that is emotionally powerful, to lead people into an experience of “feeling what we are doing to the earth.” In fact, de Guerre says, “If I don’t feel anything when I experience a work of art, then I don’t consider it to be successful.” Thus the nature of the piece is a poetic, impressionistic and non-literal approach to the theme, with the film images conceived around the music. Bolton’s approach to song was to create melodies that people would love to sing and love to hear – melodies that would “stick in people’s heads after the performance.” For inspiration, she first turned to the songs of Robert Burns and his way of writing that asks universal questions. The next step was to ask the Order of Canada-appointed poet Don McKay to become involved. She asked him if he could write in a similar way, creating texts that addressed her questions related to the theme of extinction. The Newfoundland-based McKay is a poet whose strong personal connection to the land infuses his work, creating poetry that both Bolton and de Guerre described as “grounding.” His way of using precise language to create images that are sweeping and allegorical in nature was a perfect fit, and with these texts, Bolton was able to take their essence and turn them into lyrics for the songs. The texts will also be published as a book of poems that will be available at the concert. The songs will be performed by both the VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto and Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, with the adults representing the current generation and the children the generation of the future. Both choirs will be engaged in conversations between the present and the future. The keyboard players will also perform on the harpsichord as well as electronic keyboards, with the composer performing the electronics on her laptop as well as triggering the spatial movement of the sound amongst the multiple speaker sound system. The electronics are more ambient in nature, like a wash, and will include live processing of the instrumental sounds with simple delay effects. The overall arc of the piece begins with an air of innocence in the first half, with almost a feeling of reverence towards nature and nonhuman species. Then at a pivotal point, things take a turn for a more solemn and desperate view towards our world and the reality of extinction. Song of Extinction promises to be a powerful and evocative meditation on those realities that are often difficult to cope with. No doubt however, we as audience members respond, we will be left with more stirring questions than solid answers. One of the other boundary-pushing musical events of Luminato is the return of Unsound Toronto, a two-night sonic playground on June 10 and 11 combining ambient, drone, noise and other forms of experimental soundmaking. As well, a giant listening party is being planned on June 16 for all those who want to experience the recording of last year’s Apocalypsis performance composed by R. Murray Schafer and performed by a cast of 1000 or more. Parallel to these events at the festival is the concert celebrating 40 years at the Music Gallery on June 11. Combining new music, video, performance and site-specific installation works, the evening promises to be a sonic portrayal of past, present and future. Starting the evening off will be a performative walking tour of St. George the Martyr’s courtyard highlighting oral histories, followed by Beat by Beat | World View TorQ A Sonic Traveller's Summer Sampler S ANDREW TIMAR ummer in the city for me also means music in the city. No longer constrained by indoor concert halls and clubs, audiences can now enjoy an expanded range of venues and even performance genres, taking a cue from the rising temperatures, shirtsleeve and sandals weather (at last!). That means outdoor venues like those at North York’s Cultura Festival, Harbourfront Centre’s weekend festivals and Toronto Music Garden, plus those at Roy Thomson Hall’s Live on the Patio are animated with relaxed crowds. These and many other outdoor Toronto spaces resound for the summer with globally conscious music. And that’s just a partial urban list. It doesn’t begin to touch on the wealth of outside summer folk festivals across Ontario or the curated concerts at city parks. Moreover, music presentations in the summertime include a huge range of genres, presenting an ideal opportunity to sample music you have been meaning to try, or never even knew existed – the latter’s always a treat for sonic explorer types like me. This is a sneak peek at just a few. Luminato at the Hearn: Every year for the last decade, Toronto’s warm weather music season seems to begin with Luminato. The festival that set out to animate the city with music in June is ten years old this year. It also happens to be artistic director Jörn Weisbrodt’s swansong year, a golden period in the tenure of any CEO. As it is for the present President south of the border, it’s a tempting opportunity for Weisbrodt to affix his personal visionary seal on the organization he is about to pass on to other hands. And this year’s festival is indeed a radical revisioning. As opposed to the multiple outdoor venues of past years, music at Luminato will resonate from six sites all located within the caverns of the decommissioned Hearn Generating Station, as well as in one outside site, the Biergarten. Weisbrodt has chosen to program almost all Luminato events at the Hearn, dubbed by one wag “Toronto’s concrete cathedral.” It’s an immense edifice of interconnected industrial buildings most notable today for its imposing mid-century industrial brick and concrete presence on Toronto’s waterfront. At one time the largest enclosed space in the country, the Hearn is three times larger than the Tate Modern art gallery in London. How big is that? The festival promo puts it into perspective: the “Statue of Liberty fits in it upright (or on its side).” With 17 days of programming under one roof, “creating an exceptionally rich and uniquely integrated global cultural experience” becomes a more achievable lofty aim than past efforts to try to animate the whole downtown core. That being said, finding a world music through-line in their programming this year has proven to be a more difficult task than in some past years. One site however where it does appear is at the Bavarian-style Biergarten, where senior music curator Derek Andrews has programmed a lively mix of daily evening performances at the New Canadian Music Stage. Sponsored by Slaight Music, some of the themes Andrews explores this year in his roster of 14 acts include music from Francophone, Persian, Aboriginal and “roots” artists. Andrews, in a late May phone interview, drew my attention to a Biergarten performance by the exciting Toronto female vocal quartet Nazar-i Turkwaz (My Turquoise Gaze), Saturday, June 11. The quartet is comprised of Brenna MacCrimmon, Maryem Tollar, Sophia Grigoriadis and Jayne Brown, four remarkable musicians who have, over their careers, immeasurably enhanced Toronto’s world music scene, as well as individually performing on numerous video and film soundtracks and theatrical productions. For over three decades they have collected and performed traditional repertoire from the Middle East and Turkey, Greece and the Balkans. In Nazar-i Turkwaz, they collectively explore Sounds of the Next Generation (SONG) will be performing Spirit Garden: Spring Planting by R. Murray Schafer, an outdoor music drama, running June 11 and 12 on a farm in Cold Springs, near Cobourg. The piece involves planting a garden, and will be followed up by a harvesting concert on September 25. On June 25 the Canadian Music Centre presents new works by Chris Paul Harman including his Five Japanese Children’s Songs and the world premiere of his Five Pieces for Clarinet and Piano. Other new and traditional works inspired by Japan will also be included. JULY On July 17, Soundstreams Salon presents the premiere of Emilie Lebel’s collaboration with Jumblies Theatre and community participants. Over at the Stratford Summer Music Festival, TorQ Percussion will perform Strange and Sacred Noise by John Luther Adams, on July 26. The work is a visual and aural exploration of the sonic geography of Alaska, answering the composers question “What would it sound like if the wilderness could sing, and I could hear it singing?” One of the largest summer festivals to include an extensive amount of new concert music is the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival. I’ve compiled a summarized overview, but I also recommend checking the listings for more details. On July 22, there is a concert of seven Canadian works for oboe and piano. Two events for new music lovers take place on July 26: a performance of Reciprocity, a multidisciplinary work by UK composer Patrick Cohen is followed later in the evening by a series of boundary-crossing works performed by Jesse Stewart, David Mott and Ernst Reijseger. On July 29 the Cecilia String Quartet performs works by four Canadian women composers, while on July 31 Morton Feldman’s masterwork, Clarinet and String Quartet, will be played by James Campbell and the Quatuor Bozzini. AUGUST Continuing with the Ottawa Chamberfest, their special New Music Miniseries comprised of three concerts spread throughout the day on August 1. The first includes works by Canadians Palmer, Di Castri and Murphy, followed by a second concert of seven works by Canadian composers for violin and piano. The miniseries ends up with a more international concert, with two works by Pierre Boulez among others. The final new music work of the festival is a performance of Christos Hatzis’ landmark multidisciplinary spectacle, Constantinople, on August 2. Mr. Shi and His Lover, a contemporary Chinese language music theatre work composed by Torontonian Njo Kong Kie will be presented as part of this year’s SummerWorks Performance Festival, running from August 5 to 8 and 11 to 13. The Classical Unbound Festival which occurs in Prince Edward County has a Living Canadian Composer Stream of concerts, with pieces by Morlock Buczynski and Mozetich spread throughout their concerts on August 19, 24 and 26. And finally, Summer Music in the Garden’s September 1 concert will feature works by Ann Southam. Have an enjoyable and relaxing music-filled summer and keep your eyes posted for details of Contact Contemporary Music’s annual extravaganza on Labour Day weekend at Dundas Square. Wendalyn Bartley is a Toronto-based composer and electrovocal sound artist. [email protected]. 24 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com Nazar i Turkwaz enactment of sama (sufi ritual of dance music and poetry) for iftar, thereby celebrating the peaceful spirit of Ramadan and setting the mood for the communal supper to come. It sounds lovely. Harbourfront Centre: Perhaps the granddaddy of all current Toronto summer music festivals happens down at Harbourfront Centre. For more than 40 years it has striven to present a crosssection of the “mosaic of cultures from within our country and around the world.” I was among its earlyadopter audiences and a frequent visitor, along with my children when they were young, enjoying its eclectic, though typically high quality music programming. Along the way I learned a great deal about diverse musics. It served me well in my various future careers – including this one! One of Harbourfront’s charms is the intimacy of most of its venues. It’s where I saw and met many international musicians over the years, some of whom, like the Malian singer and guitarist Ali Ibrahim Farka Touré, subsequently went on to grand international careers. I saw him perform a laid-back but nevertheless memorably musical concert at the 150 to 250 seat Lakeside Terrace within sight of the sunlight glinting off the lake. This summer’s family-oriented themed weekend festivals in July include too many to discuss in detail here. I will however give my picks. Starting with “Ritmo y Color: The Streets of Mexico,” July 15 to 17; we move to the Caribbean in “Island Soul” July 29 to August 1. The following month “Habari Africa” co-produced by Batuki Music Society, highlighting the “cultural diversity of global Africa,” will take over the Centre’s venues August 12 to14. The next weekend “TAIWANfest: A Cultural Tango with Hong Kong” is in the house August 26 to 28. September 3 to 5 Harbourfront’s festival season comes to a close with the “Ashkenaz Festival,” produced by the Ashkenaz Foundation in partnership with Harbourfront Centre. It is North America’s largest celebration of Jewish music, art and culture and its musical breadth and depth warrants a story of its own, perhaps in the next issue of The WholeNote. Summer Music in the Garden: Another summertime music success story has been the annual Summer Music in the Garden concert series. It is produced by Harbourfront Centre in partnership with City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation, with the support of this repertoire, creating their own arrangements, cultivating in their vocal alchemy a very satisfying sonic union. Sunday June 26, at the other end of this year’s Luminato Festival, Biergarten-goers will find the Toronto-based band Zuze. As far as I could find out, it is comprised of Iranian and Azerbaijani musicians. Relatively new on the Toronto scene, Zuze presents a self-described signature mix of “popular & folk melodies of Iran and Azerbaijan set to Afrobeat rhythms.” The most unusual and perhaps the most inclusive event at this year’s Luminato is scheduled for June 22. “Iftar at the Hearn” is billed as a “free, inclusive event welcoming newcomers from Syria.” Iftar is the meal served to break the daily fast during the month of Ramadan. A social event involving family and friends, iftar provides an opportunity to share food as an act of kindness and generosity with members of the community. Toronto has recently welcomed thousands of Syrian refugees and Luminato brings together performers from across the city, as well as food and refreshments, to welcome and celebrate the presence of the newest arrivals to our famously multicultural city. The free event opens with a greeting by the Ojibwe elder Duke Redbird, a journalist, activist, businessman, actor and administrator, followed by music by the Nai Children’s Choir, a Toronto community group singing in Arabic, English and French. JUNO nominee Cris Derksen then performs on cello in an artistically edgy set with her trio which includes Aboriginal hoop dancer Nimkii Osawamick and drummer Jesse Baird. Derksen aims to blur genre expectations with her “electro-aboriginally influenced” cello compositions. Capping the Iftar at the Hearn evening, just prior to the communal meal with traditional Syrian and Middle Eastern food, is a performance by Toronto dancer-choreographer Sashar Zarif. His set features collaboration with two leading young Azerbaijani musicians, the kamancha virtuoso Elnur Mikayilov and award-winning mugham singer Mirelem Mirelemov. Zarif is a multi-disciplinary performing artist, educator and researcher whose “artistic practice…is steeped in the artistry and history of traditional, ritualistic, and contemporary dance and music of the Near East and Central Asia.” He has toured widely “promoting cultural dialogue through intensive fieldwork, residencies, performances and creative collaborations.” Integrating dance, music and poetry the trio take themes from Sufi poetry in an thewholenote.com June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 25 Beat by Beat | On Opera Filling the Operatic Vacuum I corporate and individual supporters. Located in a pleasant garden setting along the lakeshore, it’s free, though donations are welcome. The 17th edition of Summer Music in the Garden runs most Thursdays at 7pm and Sundays at 4pm, weather permitting, from June 30 to September 18 in the Toronto Music Garden. With Tamara Bernstein returning to her artistic director duties, the 18-concert program this year looks as eclectic and exciting as usual. I won’t pretend to be all-inclusive; but here are my picks from the Garden’s crop. July 21: Persian percussion specialist Naghmeh Farahmand and young setar soloist Pejman Zahedian present “Becoming One with Universal Love: Ancient Persian Music for a New Age.” July 24: Toronto-based Subhadra Vijaykumar, violin, Vasudevan Govindarajan, mrdangam, and Ramana Indrakumar, ghatam, present “From the Banyan to the Willow Tree,” featuring the melodies and rhythms of Carnatic classical music of South India. July 28: Tamara Ilana and Ventanas have been making waves in the city’s world music scene for a number of years. The six-member group presents a “trans-Mediterranean” program of North African, Balkan, Turkish and Spanish music. August 7: Multiple JUNO-winning banjoist extraordinaire Jayme Stone, and his friends (Kristin Andreassen, voice; Sumaia Jackson, fiddle; and Joe Phillips, bass) return to the Summer Music in the Garden with “Deep River of Song.” They will perform from their impressive album Tabula Rasa, featuring songs collected by American song collector Alan Lomax. August 11: Sadie Buck and the He hi ye Girls present traditional and contemporary Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) music in their concert, “The Sweet Sound of Our Nature.” It’s rare to hear these songs cherished by the people who made their homes here before most of us, performed in public in the city. This is one opportunity I’ll be sure not to miss. August 18: Nagata Shachu, Toronto’s leading taiko ensemble, returns to the lakeside garden with roaring rhythms and soaring melodies performed on Japanese instruments made of wood, metal and skin. August 21: The Bachands, consisting of Qristina Bachand, violin/ voice, and Quinn Bachand, guitar/banjo, perform “All in the (Celtic) Family.” Expect Celtic roots music by the award-winning brothersister duo. CHRISTOPHER HOILE t used to be that come June Ontarians had to leave the province to seek opera performances elsewhere. That’s not the case this summer which is surprisingly filled with opera, especially with new ones. The season begins with a brand new opera festival – the Toronto Festival of Children’s Opera – running May 29 to June 12. The festival includes lectures and symposia and performances of four operas. There is the Adventures of the Magic Tree Fort created by the After School Opera Program; the world premiere of Dean Burry’s latest work, The Sword in the Schoolyard by VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto; a version of Hansel and Gretel by Shoestring Opera and a remount of Dean Burry’s successful 2004 opera, The Hobbit, presented by the Canadian Children’s Opera Company June 9 to 12 with Giles Tomkins as both Gandalf and Smaug. The same month Opera 5 concludes its 2015/16 season with an immersive performance of Die Fledermaus (1874) by Johann Strauss, Jr. The operetta is set in the midst of a party going on at 918 Bathurst Street with card playing and alcohol available. Michael Barrett sings Eisenstein, Rachel Krehm is Rosalinde, Julie Ludwig is Adele and Keith Lam is Falke. Patrick Hansen conducts an 11-member ensemble and a 13-member chorus and Aria Umezawa is the stage director. The party featuring dancers and surprise cabaret acts is set for June 8 to 11. Also in June are three performances by Opera by Request, the company where the singers choose the repertory. First up on June 10 is the rarity La Wally (1892) by Alfredo Catalani. The opera is best known for the aria “Ebben? Ne andrò lontana,” made popular as the stolen recording in the 1981 movie Diva. Sarah Hood sings Wally (a nickname for Walburga), Paul Williamson sings Hagenbach whom Wally loves and Michael Robert-Broder sings Gellner who also loves Wally. One reason the opera is seldom produced is that it ends in an avalanche, but that will be no problem for Opera by Request since the work is presented in concert. Also on OBR’s schedule is Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress (1951), an opera not seen in Toronto since 1985. Will Ford sings the role of the aptly named Tom Rakewell, Sharon Tikiryan sings Tom’s betrothed, Anne Trulove, and Michael York sings Nick Shadow, the Devil in disguise who leads Tom astray. The single performance takes place June 17. OBR’s final offering on June 25 is Verdi’s Aida (1871). Carrie Gray will sing the title role, Paul Williamson will sing Aida’s beloved Radames and Ramona Carmelly will sing the jealous Amneris. For all three operas in concert, the tireless William Shookhoff will provide the piano accompaniment. June 26 will see the first production of the mysterious Confidential Opera Project. In a Alexander Dobson QUICK PICKS Lulaworld 2016, presented by Lula Music and Arts Centre, continues its festival into the second week of June with concerts every evening until June 10. Check the listings for details. Aga Khan Museum: June 12 World Music Series: “Dusk to Dawn” features the renowned dancer Pandit Birju Maharaj in a program of kathak dance and Hindustani music. August 4 the Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Party perform Sufi devotional music. August 11 The World Music Series presents the Mehmet Polat Trio in a program of Ottoman, Anatolian, Balkan and West African musical traditions played on the ngoni, oud and ney. Cultura Festival, North York: Mel Lastman Square is home July 8, 15, 22 and 29 to an un-ticketed outdoor community-centric familyoriented arts festival. Each Friday night in July different musicians, buskers, art activities, international street food and films are featured. As of press time the programming hadn’t yet been released, so check the festival website or print media closer to the festival dates. Roy Thomson Hall: Live on the Patio: The concerts, which take place throughout the months of June, July and August, transform the Roy Thomson Hall patio into an outdoor downtown music venue. Groups such as Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Hampaté and Sahel Blues, Salsa y Fusion, Samba e Forró with Flavia Nascimento and World Fusion with the Villalobos Brothers and Alberto de la Rosa help enliven the large space a level down from King Street. Again, the listings hold the keys to the dates. If you see me relaxing at one of these concerts, please say hello. And may you have a pleasant music-filled summer. Andrew Timar is a Toronto musician and music writer. He can be contacted at [email protected]. 26 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com WALTZ RIVALS 2016 | 2017 ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE thewholenote.com June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 27 -MÉLISSA TREMBLAY the operetta Earnest, The Importance unique arrangement, COP co-creators of Being that Toronto Operetta Theatre Marion Abbott and Gregory Finney premiered in 2008. They returned to choose and cast an opera and distribute the work and reshaped it as a grand the scores to the cast with the proviso opera with a large-scale scenes at a ball that they keep the opera a secret. With and in the courtroom. As Davies says, no rehearsals, the cast and music director “The stuff of opera was always there, meet for the first time on the night of with the vocal requirements, high lyrithe performance and start the opera. The cism and large dramatic gesture.” audience shows up without knowing Though the SOLT production will use what opera they’re going to see. The chalonly piano accompaniment, Davies lenge for the performers is to create says that an audience will easily be an ensemble on their feet in front of able to imagine the orchestral sound an audience. In his COP blog, Finney he intends. Michael Rose is the music revealed this much: “Our first show, like director and Guillermo Silva-Marin the all the ones we have planned after, is a stage director. beloved part of the Opera canon and let In August the SummerWorks festival me tell you this: each and every one will will include the opera Mr. Shi and leave you thrilled, awed and amazed!” His Lover by Njo Kong Kie, his fourth Farther afield the Westben Arts Festival opera to appear at the festival. The in Campbellford is presenting the world most recent was the well-received premiere of The Pencil Salesman with Señorita Mundo in 2009. Mr. Shi and both music and libretto by Brian Finley. His Lover, commissioned by the Macau The fully staged opera concerns Boris Guillermo Silva-Marin directing a SOLT rehearsal in 2010 on the Robert Gill Theatre stage Experimental Theatre in 2013, is based Ball, the patriarch of a family of inventors. on the same real-life story that inspired While he lives in his glory days when he the play M. Butterfly (1988) about a Chinese opera performer and invented the Personal Touch Typewriter, it takes a pencil salesman his French Diplomat lover who believed him to be a woman. Jordan to bring him into the present to get to know his own granddaughter. Cheng from Macau and Po Jen Chen from Taiwan sing the two roles. Among the eight-member cast, John Fanning plays Boris, Donna The composer conducts an ensemble of piano, marimba and Chinese Bennett his wife Rose and Alexander Dobson the Pencil Salesman. percussion and Johnny Tam from Macau will direct. The work running Daniel Warren conducts a chamber orchestra; stage direction is by from August 5 to 13 is sung in Mandarin with English surtitles. Michael Mori, artistic director of Tapestry Opera. The opera runs June 25, 26 and July 1, 2 and 3. There are also a series of workshops Christopher Hoile is a Toronto-based writer on opera and and vocal intensives connected with the opera. theatre. He can be contacted at [email protected]. Moving on to July, opera returns to Toronto Summer Music in the form of The Rape of Lucretia (1946) by Benjamin Britten on July 22. This, the first of Britten’s chamber operas, is based on a French play by André Obey, which gave the librettist Ronald Duncan the idea of Sunday, November 6, 2016 having the story narrated by a Male and a Female Chorus who interpret the action from a Christian point of view. Set in Rome circa 500 BC the opera focuses on Lucretia, wife of Junius Brutus, who, after being raped by Tarquinius, chooses suicide rather than a life of A Tribute to Kálmán and Lehár dishonour. The production, co-produced by Against the Grain Theatre December 27, 30, 31, 2016 and January 6, 7, 8, 2017 and the Canadian Opera Company at the Winter Garden Theatre, features Emma Char as Lucretia, Iain MacNeil as Tarquinius, Owen McCausland as the Male Chorus and Chelsea Rus as by Jacques Offenbach the Female Chorus. Topher Mokrzewski conducts a 13-member ensemble and Anna Theodosakis directs. April 26, 28, 29, 30, 2017 The end of July and beginning of August is the time of the productions of the Summer Opera Lyric Theatre, founded and directed by Guillermo Silvaby Oscar Straus Marin and this year celebrating its 30th anniversary. SOLT presents fully staged operas with piano accomSunday, June 4, 2017 paniment at the intimate Robert Gill Theatre at the University of Toronto. On July 30 and August 2, 4 and 7, it presents The Tales of Hoffmann (1881) by Jacques Offenbach. On July 30 and August 3 and 5, it presents A Tribute to Gilbert & Sullivan Handel’s Giulio Cesare (1724). On July 29 and 31 and on August 6, as part of its anniversary celebrations, SOLT presents its first-ever world premiere, A Tale of Two Cities with music by Victor Davies to a libretto by Eugene Benson. Based on Charles Dickens’ 1859 novel of the same name, the opera concerns Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, who become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette and drawn against their will to Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror. For a subscription brochure and ticket information Davies and Benson informed me that they began the please call our office at 416-922-2912 or email Guillermo Silva-Marin piece as a musical before they became occupied with [email protected] General Director Beat by Beat | Early Music Cappella Intima: One lesser-known group that’s been putting on some great concerts for a while now is also worth a listen this month. Tenor Bud Roach’s ensemble Cappella Intima has been getting quite a reputation for its exciting, well-researched concerts of late-Renaissance Italian vocal music, and their next show promises to be more of what the group does very well. “The Paradise of Travellers” will be DAV I D P O D G O R S K I an evening devoted to the Venetian stop on the grand tour, featuring ith the arrival of summer weather – and the attendant canzonettas, arias, and sacred motets written by the composers cottage weekends – it’s a safe bet that it’ll be a few months at (Monteverdi, Croce, Banchieri, and, somewhat later, Rolla) with least before next season starts up again for most major early accounts of the city of Venice by tourists from the early 17th-century music ensembles around town. Most of their concert seasons wound (spoiler: not all of them thought the city lived up to its reputation). down the year by the end of May, but there are a few concerts to catch You can catch this show at Trinity St.-Paul’s Centre on June 22 at 8pm. around Toronto, most of them free. But if you can make it out of town, Have cello, will travel: I’ve always liked the idea of casual clasor you’re willing to take a chance on some music festivals, you can sical concerts; so, if you’re not in the mood for a formal evening at actually hear quite a wide variety of good music this summer. the concert hall, consider giving this show a try. Steuart Pincombe Montreal Baroque: It’s completely impossible to talk about early is an American baroque cellist who has recently come back to North music festivals over the summerAmerica after living for four years time without mentioning in The Hague. Not content to Montreal Baroque, which tough it out on a more convencompletely dominates the tional, and in all probability, musical landscape every year. slower, path to a musical career, Its four-day, long-weekend-inhe has taken the artistic lifestyle Quebec extravaganza is packed to new extremes. He has bought with nearly 30 concerts, lectures, a used trailer, in which he now free public events, and just outlives, and is putting on a series of and-out weird ideas, and features concerts all over North America in top-tier Canadian talent salted whatever venue will put him up. with a few international artists His current solo project, “Bach who fetch top dollar anywhere in and Beer” is a pay-what-you-can the world. concert of three of the Bach cello And the festival isn’t just about suites, which he’ll be performing spectacle alone – this year’s is at the Rainhard Brewery in the actually delivering a sizeable Junction on June 16 at 7 pm. chunk of the Bach catalogue, Each suite is paired with a brew including some rarely performed Lina Tur Bonet from Rainhard’s own selection. As works. A casual glance at their a concert idea, Pincombe’s approach is fun. But as a beer aficionado, program shows there’s about a half dozen must-see concerts packed don’t get me started! (Did you know people have been brewing beer into one weekend. The festival will feature Bach’s complete sonatas using recipes that are hundreds of years old and changing them gradand partitas for solo violin, played by rising star Lina Tur Bonet. Then, ually over time? Sort of the same way music has evolved? Surely I’m in the weird ideas category, there’s a concert devoted to The Art of not the the first person to suspect the craft beer movement as being Fugue featuring Les Voix Humaines and the electric guitar collective, a thinly applied intellectual veneer meant to rebrand alcoholism as a Instruments of Happiness, which as a concert idea is likely the perfect fun hobby...oh dear, there I go.) way to get people interested in what’s probably the most academic Anyway, as I said, you can’t deny it sounds like a fun idea. I am all composition of the classical canon. But if you need further motivation in favour of getting classical music out of the concert hall and into to pack your bags for Montreal, here are two other concerts make the as many different venues as possible. Bach, in particular, is rarely road trip worth it: the near-legendary Italian gambist Paolo Pandolfo if ever performed on the bar scene; letting the audience relax with will be joining the festival for a concert of Bach cello suites (which some food and drink while listening is a great idea for winning over a he’s decided, somewhat mercurially, to transcribe and play on viola new audience. da gamba); and harpsichordist Eric Milnes will direct the Montreal Summer Music in the Garden: Speaking of the cello suites, the Baroque Festival band, which includes the festival's best soloists, for an Music Garden at the foot of Spadina, landscaped to follow the strucall-star concert of Bach cantatas. ture of the Bach suites, is a good reason to take a trip down to And there’s plenty more good music to see: a concert of instruHarbourfront and find an oasis in the middle of downtown. Among mental music composed by Purcell and his contemporaries; soprano the twice-weekly concerts that will take place there till well into Jacinthe Thibault singing late 18th-century French cantatas; and a September, this summer some younger Montreal-based musifantastical concert dedicated to the music of Jean-Féry Rebel, to name cians will be giving a spirited performance of some composers who a few. If the idea of taking a weekend off to hear non-stop Baroque don’t get much attention at all. Soprano Andréanne Brisson Paquin concerts appeals to you, consider giving this festival a look. It takes joins Pallade Musica chamber ensemble – harpsichordist Mélisande place on and around the McGill University campus in downtown McNabney, violinist Tanya LaPerrière, lutenist Esteban La Rotta, and Montreal from June 23 to 26. JUNO-nominated cellist Elinor Frey – to perform two female baroque Tafelmusik Summer Baroque: To some, getting outside the city for composers (Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre and Rosa Giacinta a weekend of concerts might be a bit ambitious. Fortunately, Toronto’s Badalla) together with the English composer, John Eccle, and the top baroque band has a little festival of its own. The Tafelmusik Polish composer, Adam Jarzębski, in a free concert on July 14 at Summer Baroque Festival features a series of free concerts running 7pm. This is definitely a group that can take risks with their concert from June 6 to 18, and while the group isn’t forthcoming on details, programming, and you can be sure they will play everything on the they’re solid enough to take a chance on, particularly when they’re program with dedication and verve. free. A couple stand out: Tafelmusik soloists will be playing a mixed program of chamber music on June 11 at 12:30 in somewhat baroqueDavid Podgorski is a Toronto-based harpsichordist, music unfriendly Walter Hall in the Edward Johnson building; if you prefer a teacher and a founding member of Rezonance. He can full, woody orchestral sound, consider checking out their concert for be contacted at [email protected] choir and orchestra at Grace Church on-the-Hill on June 18 at 7:30. An Early Summer W 28 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com Beat by Beat | Art of Song B The Songs of Summer HANS DE GROOT thewholenote.com www.operainconcert.com y the beginning of June most regular concert series have ended and will not resume until September, their place taken by a number of summer festivals. First and foremost, there is Toronto Summer Music (TSM). This year’s theme is London Calling: Music in Great Britain and the programs include not only music composed in Britain but also recreations of musical events that have taken place in Britain in the past. There is one vocal recital: the mezzo Jamie Barton, winner of the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, will give a recital on July 25. The program will include songs by Turina, Chausson, Schubert and Dvořák and will conclude with three spirituals. The pianist is Bradley Moore. Also of interest is the opening concert on July 14 which features Jamie Barton Nicholas Phan, tenor, and Neil Deland, French horn, who will perform Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings. On August 4, TSM is presenting a homage to The Last Night of the Proms. The vocal soloist is the mezzo Allyson McHardy (all three concerts are in Koerner Hall). An important part of TSM has always been to present and to help develop newly emerging talent. The fruits of this can be sampled in “Art of Song reGENERATION,” two separate concerts on July 22 in Walter Hall. The coaches are the soprano Anne Schwanewilms and the collaborative pianist Malcolm Martineau. Since 2010 the administrator of Toronto Summer Music has been Douglas McNabney. TSM has now announced that 2016 will be McNabney’s last season. He is a violist as well as an administrator and, while he never stopped playing the viola, the move may mean that he will have more playing time. That is good news, for him and for his audiences. He will be succeeded by Jonathan Crow, well-known to Toronto audiences as the concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the co-leader of the New Orford String Quartet. Luminato, now in its tenth year, will present a performance of Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du soldat, directed by Jonathan Crow, in which Derek Boyes will be the narrator at the Side Room of the Hearn Generating Station, June 18; there will be another performance of the Stravinsky at the AGO Walker Court, June 12 at 2pm. Rufus does Judy is a recreation of Judy Garland’s 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall, performed by Rufus Wainwright at the Hearn Generating Station, June 23 and 24. Tafelmusik presents several free concerts as part of their Baroque Summer Festival. Among these is one featuring the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir directed by Jeanne Lamon and Ivars Taurins, with soloits Ann Monoyios, soprano, and Peter Harvey, baritone, on June 6 at Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre. Other Festivals The Kincardine Summer Music Festival presents a concert which aims at bringing together the sounds of Broadway, the improvisations of jazz and the sensibility of pop. The performers are Heather Bambrick, Diane Leah and Julie Michels at Knox Presbyterian Church, June 17. Among the offerings at this year’s Westben Arts Festival is a concert of Schubert’s music, both songs and instrumental chamber music. 2016 2017 SEASON V O I C E B OX For a Subscription Brochure and ticket information please call (416) 922-2147 or e-mail [email protected] OPERA IN CONCERT Guillermo Silva-Marin General Director SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2016 Shakespeare 400 A Tribute Benefit Concert SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 I Capuleti e i Montecchi The Capulets and the Montagues by Vincenzo Bellini SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2017 L’isola disabitata The Deserted Island by Joseph Haydn with Kevin Mallon and the Aradia Ensemble SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2017 Khovanshchina Хованщина The Khovansky Affair by Modest Mussorgsky June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 29 REBECCA FAY The singers are the sopranos Donna Bennett and Kathryn Shuman at Westben Concert Barn, Campbellford, July 17. The Leith Summer Music Festival presents a concert of songs taken from The American Songbook with special emphasis on the work of Leonard Cohen. The singer is the soprano Patricia O’Callaghan, accompanied by Robert Kortgaard, piano, and Andrew Downing, bass, at Leith Church, August 27. O’Callaghan performs “Hallelujah,” songs of Leonard Cohen and others at Stratford Summer Music, July 23 at Revival House. The Elora Festival will be presenting four concerts of interest, all in St. John’s Church, Elora. Tenor Russell Braun teams up with his wife and accompanist, Carolyn Maule, and the Elora Festival Singers for an afternoon concert of works by Vaughan Williams and others, July 9. Soprano Marie-Josée Lord joins the Elora Festival Singers in a performance of selections from her JUNO Award-winning CD, Amazing Grace, as well as music by Gounod, Gershwin and others, July 14. Acclaimed early music specialist, soprano Suzie LeBlanc, joins with harpsichordist Alexander Weimann, July 16, in a celebration of Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of his death. Star countertenor, Daniel Taylor, Elora Festival Singers soprano, Rebecca Genge, and pianist, Steven Philcox perform “Songs of Love,” July 23. Elsewhere, Leslie Fagan, soprano, and Peter Longworth, piano. perform Schumann’s Frauenliebe und leben, Op. 42 as part of the Festival of the Sound, July 21. And I am looking forward to the return of Capella Intima, who will present a concert of canzonettas, arias and motets from 17th century Northern Italy. The music will be complemented by contemporary travellers’ accounts. The performers are Bud Roach, tenor and director, Sheila Dietrich, soprano, Jennifer Enns Modolo, alto, and David Roth, baritone, at Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, June 22; donation requested. The Beat by Beat | Choral Scene Reflections on the Sacred and the Secular A program will be repeated at St. John the Evangelist in Hamilton on June 26. QUICK PICKS June 1: Bach’s cantata, Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes BWV76 will be performed by soloists from St. James Cathedral and the organist Ian Sadler. June 2: Christina Stelmacovich, mezzo, will sing a free concert at Metropolitan United Church. June 3: Show One Productions presents Tamara Gverdtsiteli singing Yiddish songs, with the Moscow Male Jewish Cappella at Roy Thomson Hall. June 4: Ermanno Mauro, tenor, will sing popular opera arias along with emerging singers coached by him at Columbus Centre. June 4: The Aradia Baroque Ensemble presents arias by Handel to be followed by Peter Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King at The Music Gallery. June 4: The Etobicoke Centennial Choir presents opera arias and choruses by Mozart, Verdi and Offenbach. The soloists are Andrea Naccarato, soprano, Erin Ronniger, alto, Lance Kaizer, tenor, and Lawrence Shirkie, baritone, at Humber Valley United Church. June 5: Maeve Palmer, soprano, sings Five Poems by Tyler Versluis at Gallery 345. June 6: Melanie Conly, soprano, and Kathryn Tremills, piano, perform Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate as well as songs by Case, Holby, Gershwin, Gounod, Porter and Purcell at the Church of the Redeemer. June 7: The Toronto Concert Orchestra presents highlights from Rigoletto, La traviata, La bohème and other operas. The singers are Sara Papini, soprano, Eugenia Dermentzis, mezzo, Romulo Delgado and Riccardo Iannello, tenor, and Bradley Christensen, baritone at Casa Loma. June 8 and 9: Michael Donovan, baritone, will sing his own new songs at Gallery 345. June 12: Schubert’s Mass in G will be sung in a free concert with soloists Jennifer Krabbe, soprano, and Dennis Zimmer, bass at Humbercrest United Church. June 16: Charlotte Knight, soprano, is the singer in “It Shoulda Been Me: A Cabaret,” a program of songs by Sondheim, Billy Joel, Joe Iconis and others at Gallery 345. The show is also being performed in St. Catharines, June 10 and Guelph, June 18. June 17: Rachel Fenlon sings and plays the piano in a Schubert concert at Gallery 345. June 24: Inga Filippova, soprano, Stanislav Vitort, tenor, and Andrey Andreychik, baritone, sing opera at Lawrence Park Community Church. And beyond the GTA, June 1: Maryem Tollar, Brenna MacCrimmon, Jayne Brown and Sophia Grigoriadis, who comprise the group Turkwaz, perform “Sounds of the Eastern Mediterranean” at the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society Music Room. BRIAN CHANG s we voyage into the beauty of summer and the winding down of the regular 2015/2016 choral season, it has been my pleasure to write this column over the last year. One fascinating theme for me, as an active singer and performer, and as a regular attendee of concerts in the region, has been how often choral music finds itself at the crossroads of the secular and the sacred. From a Eurocentric perspective this comes as no surprise: much of what we revere as choral singers is deeply rooted in biblical and church liturgy Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, countless requiems, oratorios based on stories and teachings from scripture. Less evident, from that perspective, is the extent to which choral music is inseparable from global spirituality. We are lucky to be in Toronto, a truly global village where we can interact with, learn from, and be humbled by the myriad diversity of the human voice, human spirituality and music. One great case in point is the Aga Khan Museum which has hosted a variety of fabulous musicians from across the world. Qawwali is a devotional, passionate music inspired by Sufi tradition and the California-based Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Party will perform it at the museum, August 4. This youthful group will bring us sounds and words that have been part of South Asian culture for over 700 years, showing us the harmony of the sacred and secular at play. I hope their programming goes from strength to strength, and that more institutions like this emerge as our city’s cultural landscape continues to change. Reflecting on the past season, the year has been an extraordinary choral soundscape: 1000 performers in Luminato’s staging of Murray Schafer’s Apocalypsis; several opportunities to experience contemporary throat singing with Tanya Tagaq; fans coming together to sing choral tributes to David Bowie and Prince; a diverse series of Ismaili and other South Asian works by the Aga Khan Museum; an unusual Messiah under Sir Andrew Davis with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the TSO; and the voices of so many children, in the region’s children’s choirs and guests from around the world. Choral City isn’t just humming, it is belting a message of hope across the region! Gospel Music – Community in Action: Karen Burke, a York University professor specializing in music education and gospel music, is also the director of the Toronto Mass Choir. She’s incredibly in demand as a clinician and teacher. She talks about the music, but it is clear that people are the key to her approach and to her appeal as an educator and expert. The community that is built, the stories, the Hans de Groot is a concertgoer and active listener who also sings and plays the recorder. He can be contacted at [email protected]. 30 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com performances are taken directly from gospel music. So it’s an easier sell to people we want to reach as we try to keep choral music alive.” She’s absolutely right. So much popular music has been directly influenced by gospel music. It is a musical vernacular that everyone is familiar with, even if they don’t know what it is. Examples include: Lisa Fischer and the backing vocals in Gimme Shelter with the Rolling Stones; NSync’s bridge in This I Promise You; Beyoncé’s chorus in Halo; the end of Lady Gaga’s Born this Way; the Book of Mormon’s Hasa Diga Eebowai; and pretty much anything ever done by Motown. We know the sounds, the harmonies, the bridges into a full-step key change, the call and response, the dominant harmonies – gospel has been part of music for a very long time. This is indeed our music. Is it any wonder that Burke can get youth engaged in choral music and singing at the top of their lungs? This is accessible music and it is also youthful music with a deep local history. She also talks about how the rote nature of most gospel music requires musicians to use their skills in a different way instead of relying too heavily on sheet music: “What’s on paper is only three quarters of what you need…there’s this phenomenal thing called listening. It’s an incredible tool.” She finds herself constantly surprised by the hesitancy of choristers who don’t think they can sing without music, and then “their eyes come up out of the folders, out of the music, and the sound is just there.” It’s transformative not only for choristers but their directors as well. Every time one performs gospel, she says, the energy, the feeling, the personality will be different (in contrast to much Eurocentric choral music where we seek to evoke the original intention of the composers as exactly as possible. Gospel music often demands of us to personalities, and the love of them all coming together – this is the core of gospel music. An opportunity to talk to Burke immersed me in all the things I like about choral music – love, sharing music in ensemble and being part of something much greater than ourselves. One of the key abilities of a great conductor is to be able to build an ensemble of people, not just singers. As a professor, Burke takes a unique approach. “Our first class is about making memories. How do you intentionally learn the names of your chilKaren Burke dren so they feel like people and not just voices?” She tells a story that shows how deeply she cares about the singers she works with, and how she is changed by those experiences. In this way, grief becomes joy, and fear can become wonder – for everyone involved – and it all comes out in the music. I reveal to her my own ignorance of the place of gospel music in Canadian history, and it prompts our conversation. Burke situates gospel music in its Toronto context citing the work of colleagues who have studied the growth and experience of gospel music, in the region and in how it has shaped the very fabric of choral history. “It is part and parcel of our history here; our choral history, our musical culture,” she says. “And then it’s only a few steps away from remembering how much gospel music is part of our mainstream and what it has done in terms of making our ears more familiar to the different harmonies we hear. And especially how it is has influenced popular music. That is why, working with young people, it is so readily accessible and why they love it. So many [mainstream] harmonies and thewholenote.com June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 31 Beat by Beat | Bandstand Chanticleer What's In a Name? P JACK MACQUARRIE eople’s given names saddle them with epithets that tend to remain with them throughout their lives. The name Jack, for example, endows or burdens me with more than my share. A few of the more obvious: Jack be nimble, Jack Sprat could eat no fat, Jack was every inch a sailor, Jackass, and Jack of all trades, but master of none. The last of these, “Jack of all trades,” particularly rankles when I hear it applied to musicians willing (and able) to switch from their usual instrument to another to fill in for some other missing instrument in a band. (The disdainful critics are, generally, those who would not be able to do so.) A more complimentary term than “Jack of all trades” might be “A man of many hats.” I can’t think of anyone in the music world more deserving of that title, sometimes quite literally, than Henry Meredith of Western University (Doctor Hank as he is affectionately known) who displays his amazing array of talents with the aid of his Plumbing Factory Brass Band (PFBB). I had the pleasure of attending their most recent concert in London where, demonstrating several of the many period instruments from his vast collection, he donned the style of hats that might have been worn by musicians of the period. This concert was a perfect example of what I have often described, and encouraged, as “Music Education as Entertainment.” The title of the concert was “Meet the Plumbers,” but would have more accurately described the scope of the concert if the title had been expanded to include “and Meet Their Instruments.” After the opening number, performed by the entire band, the audience was introduced to all of the members of the family of modern brass instruments and many of their predecessors including parforce horns, valveless trumpets, saxhorns, and the ancient cornett. In many of these smaller ensemble numbers all the musicians wore hats of many eras from Doctor Hank’s colourful hat collection. The concert’s grand finale began with the introduction of the vuvuzela which could be described as a type of primitive klaxon. Its modern offspring, the plastic vuvuzela, came into prominence (notoriety is perhaps a better word) a few years ago when thousands of them were sounded during football matches at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. In 1930 composer Henry Fillmore wrote The Klaxon March where he introduced the sound of early car horns into the work. At this concert, a few members of the audience were given vuvuzelas to produce the appropriate sound and then cued by Meredith whenever the music called for the klaxon. I can proudly report that this Jack of all trades added to my repertoire by displaying my musical skills on a bright green plastic vuvuzela. Doctor Hank is truly “a man of many hats,” and he displayed his many talents as conductor, instrumentalist, curator and entertainer, simultaneously educating and entertaining his audience. After enjoying works of four centuries spanning the era from Samuel Scheidt in the early 17th century to Henry Mancini and Paul McCartney, we all had learned as we listened. We went home with memories of a great concert and some newly gained knowledge of some of the many aspects of music. Wychwood Clarinet Choir: The next major event on our musical calendar was the “Sounds of Spring” concert of the Wychwood Clarinet Choir. This was a very special concert dedicated to the memory of Howard Cable, who had been their composer and conductor laureate in recent years until his passing in March. In addition to the performance of two of Cable’s works from the 1960s there was a special tribute section in the printed program with photographs with choir members in recent years. During the intermission Bobby Herriot, trumpeter, conductor, composer and long-time friend of Cable spoke about their friendship and working relationship over the years. Cable’s two daughters and one son were in attendance and, after the concert, spoke of a few initiatives under discussion to recognize their father in one of Toronto’s parks. (We were also treated to a fine arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Andante Cantabile from the String be different and new, every single time. “It’s about what you do for the music personally. When you’re given that permission to be personal, and the choir relates to it, it provides a whole different take on things. People can give more,” she says. The Toronto Mass Choir is a prolific performing and recording group. I highly encourage you to check them out; their full gamut of experience is available on Google Play. Karen Burke and the Toronto Mass Choir will present a concert as part of the TD Toronto Jazz Festival on Sunday June 26 at 12:30pm, Nathan Phillips Square. Summer Festivals: As the regular musical season winds down, there are still many opportunities to catch fantastic music across the region. I hope to see you at some of the performances I have highlighted here, and please look at the listings of the other summer festivals in the region. There is choral music happening everywhere! The Elora Festival: The Elora Festival continues to provide worldclass musical performances in an adorable rural Ontario setting. There is a lot of choral programming over its 16 days. On Friday July 8 at 7:30pm the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir joins the Elora Festival Singers and the Festival Orchestra in an opening night gala featuring a brand new commission, River of Life by Timothy Corlis, as well as Mozart’s Requiem. July 10 at 4pm is “The Glory of Bach” featuring Bach’s Mass in G Minor and more. The incredibly popular all-male chorus Chanticleer performs on Friday July 15 at 7:30pm. Don’t miss a chance to hear Haydn and Mozart on Friday July 17 at 4pm featuring the Elora Festival Singers and the Festival Orchestra in Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore and Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, a fantastic double bill. The Elora Festival Singers present “Choral Mystics II” including two new premieres by British composer Patrick Hawes. Hawes will be present as the singers record these premieres on Thursday July 21 at 7:30pm. In the year of Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday, the festival presents “Coronation Anthems,” music by Handel on July 23 at 4pm. The festival closes on July 24 at 2pm with the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir. See elorafestival.ca for all the listings and locations. Most performances are in a variety of intimate venues. Toronto Summer Music presents the Theatre of Early Music with Daniel Taylor in a reconstruction of the music that accompanied King George II’s ascension to the throne in 1727. Music by Handel, Purcell, Gibbons and Tallis is featured, Tuesday July 26 at 7:30pm, Walter Hall. The Brott Music Festival presents its 29th season, featuring a variety of fantastic music across the Hamilton area. The first choral performance is Beethoven’s Ninth on Thursday June 30 at 7:30pm at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Waterdown. Brott presents Classic Blend in“Songs of the Seasons in Ladies Barbershop Style,” a rare chance to hear a female barbershop ensemble, Saturday July 23 at 7:30pm, Zoetic Theatre. The season closes with Verdi’s Requiem on Thursday August 18, 7:30pm at the Mohawk College McIntyre Performing Arts Centre. Follow Brian on Twitter @bfchang Send info/media/ tips to [email protected] 32 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com JOAN ANDREWS A Special High School: It isn’t often that I report on high school band concerts, but I must make an exception this month. For a number of reasons the music department of Dr. Norman Bethune C. I. deserves special mention. Among many other selections in their “Spring Music Night” were a new composition and a fine transcription. In honour of the school’s founding principal, Robert Thomson, whose school nickname (presumably affectionately) is “Thor,” the school commissioned J. Scott Irvine to write a suitable composition. So it was that the school’s wind ensemble gave the world premiere performance of Irvine’s stirring Mjolnir, The Hammer of Thor. Another outstanding number by the Wind Ensemble was a transcription of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 “The Titan.” This arrangement by the school’s director of music, Paul Sylvester, was part of his master’s thesis. A New Band: For my third concert in four days I was thrust into a different role. I was not in the audience this time but playing in the first formal concert of the fledgling York Region Brass. Yes, we did have to have a couple of ringers to fill in, but all went well. One of these ringers brought a very special surprise for me. Jonas Feldman reminded me that I had been his teacher many years ago. As is customary, teachers and students usually lose contact after the students move on. However, every once in a while our paths have crossed, and in this instance we were sitting beside each other for the band’s end-of-concert photograph. In the interim since we first met, Jonas just happened to have earned bachelor and master’s degrees in music. Another surprise: although I had been rehearsing with the group for several weeks, I had no idea that there was a composer in our midst. Then we played the new Lavender March by euphonium player Eugene Belianski. If you play a brass instrument and live within driving distance of Newmarket, the York Region Brass would love to hear from you. Their email is [email protected]. Elsewhere: As mentioned last month, the Uxbridge Community Concert Band has just started another season. They would love to hear from potential members. If you would like to try a new band for the summer months, contact the band at [email protected] or visit their website at uccb2016.webs.com. By the time that this issue is published the Toronto New Horizons Bands will have wound up their sixth season with a concert by 195-plus members in six bands plus a jazz orchestra. Rather than take time off, NHB Director Dan Kapp has announced that he will be offering what he calls “a jump-start camp” for people returning to playing after not having played for a while. There will be experienced staff for daily workshops, band classes, interest sessions and ensembles. This will all take place at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre at Bloor and Spadina from July 18 to 22. Their website is mnjcc. org/camps. And a reminder: as mentioned in last month’s issue the Dr. Hank plays the parforce horn. Quartet Opus 11 by Cable’s friend, distinguished arranger and musical director Fen Watkin who was also in attendance.) As for the repertoire, there were two standouts for me. The first of these was a novelty number, with a very catchy melody, named Immer Kleiner by 19th-century composer Adolf Schreiner and transcribed by George S. Howard. For those not proficient in German, the title means “Always Smaller” and that is exactly what happened to Michele Jacot’s clarinet. After a brief interlude, she stopped, removed the bell of her clarinet and then continued playing. After another melodic interlude, she stopped again and removed the lower joint which is the bottom half of the keys of the instrument.Then on with the next section of the music with only the upper joint keys, then without the barrel until she was left with only the mouthpiece. It was all very melodic, well performed and hilarious to witness. The second standout was a transcription of Gustav Holst’s First Suite in E-Flat for band. Many years ago I read, in a scholarly publication, that this composition and Holst’s Second Suite in F had been written as commissions from the Royal Military School Music, Kneller Hall. It was reported that directors of the school lamented the fact that almost all serious concert works played by British military bands were transcriptions of orchestral music. In a recent check of possible sources, I have not been able to verify that. However, I was able to confirm that this suite was premiered at the Royal Military School Music in 1920. This acceptance that the military band was a serious form of ensemble prompted other composers, including Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gordon Jacob, to write serious band music. thewholenote.com June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 33 JOAN ANDREWS documentary film about these New Horizons Toronto bands will be aired on TVO, June 8 at 9pm. After that it will be streamed on the TVO website. Coming events Getting June off to a flying start, on Sunday, June 5 we have no fewer than four concerts by community instrumental groups, two of which will be performing with choral groups: At 3pm the Newmarket Citizens’ Band will be performing in their “Spring Fling Concert” with the Upper Canada Chordsmen Chorus at Trinity United Church, Newmarket. At 7pm the Strings Attached Orchestra, with music director Ricardo Giorgi will present their “2016 Friends & Family Year End Concert” at Tribute Communities Recital Hall, York University. This will be another concert with an interesting adaptation. The Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets will be performed but with two violins playing the solo trumpet parts. As mentioned earlier, this seems to be the season for original compositions and this concert will be featuring two. The first, with the whimsical title, Overture for a Puppet Show, is by Ric Giorgi himself. The other, Cassiopeia by 16-year-old Adam Adle, is the winner of the orchestra’s Young Composers Initiative 2016. Also at 7pm the Northdale Concert Band will be joined by the choirs of Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Grace Church on-the-Hill and Christ Church Deer Park for “Last Night of the Proms,” an evening full of British pageantry fit for royalty at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. At 8pm Resa’s String Ensemble will hold their spring concert at Crescent School. Finally, on Tuesday June 7 at 8pm, Resa’s Pieces Concert Band will perform their spring concert at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. Cornet or cornett: In past columns I have occasionally commented on how frequently people mispronounce the word cornet by misplacing the syllabic emphasis. I have often pointed out that there is a significant difference between the brass instrument called CORnet and the corNETT (sometimes called cornetto). The ancient cornett has a wooden tubular body similar to that of a recorder and the pitch of notes is varied by covering holes in the tube. The tone is produced by vibration of the lips in a cup-shaped mouthpiece as in members of the brass family. Here, ladies and gentlemen, is a cornett in the hands of Doctor Hank. Jack (of all trades) MacQuarrie plays several brass instruments and has performed in many community ensembles. He can be contacted at [email protected]. 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The festival will showcase the sensational musical talents of both estab- www.thewholenote.com/green where contact [email protected] or lished and emerging artists, with jazz, blues, Latin, swing, global, world beat, you will find additional photographs and phone Karen at 416-323-2232 x26 big band, Dixieland, Afro-Cuban, funk, R&B, ska, soul and more. Featured www.allcanadianjazz.ca BEACHES INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL ➤ July 2 to 24 musical roster, exciting activities and an enticing lineup of gourmet food events include musical performances at Woodbine Park, StreetFest, Taste of Jazz, Salsa Celebration, Beaches Tune Up Jazz Run and the Farmers Market Jazz Series. All of this is taking place at the 28th International Beaches Jazz Festival, July 2 to 24. Free for all ages. For a full schedule please visit www. beachesjazz.com/complete-concert-schedule. 416-698-2152 www.beachesjazz.com BEATLES 50 T.O. ➤ June 18 to November 12 Toronto, ON It was 50 years ago that the Beatles last played Toronto. To mark the anniversary, Museums & Heritage Services is collaborating with curators, collectors, musicians, community partners and sponsors to create 60s-themed events. Take in walks, talks, exciting concerts and the exhibit “When the Beatles Rocked Toronto,” which looks at life in Toronto in the 60s, opening June 18 at the Market Gallery on the second floor of the St. Lawrence Market. Toronto was Canada’s Beatlemania epicentre – the only city where they performed all three years, 1964, 1965 and 1966 – and their impact was electrifying. Experience that unique era again or for the first time! Visit www.toronto.ca/beatles50 for all the details. Don’t miss any of the other musical events at the City of Toronto’s Historic Sites – go to www.toronto.ca/museum-events. Call 311 www.toronto.ca/beatles50 Westben Arts Festival Theatre Campbellford, ON G2 | Summer 2016 thewholenote.com BROOKSIDE MUSIC ASSOCIATION FESTIVAL OF THE BAY ➤ July 7 to August 18 Midland, ON Now in its sixth year, Brookside Music Association presents “Festival of the Bay” in Midland between July 7 and August 18, bringing world-class music – from classical to jazz, from piano to brass – to the shores of Georgian Bay in the heart of Ontario’s cottage country. This year features: July 7: Weston Silver Band; July 14: Tien Hsieh, piano; July 21: Sonic Escape Flute & Violin; August 4: Lafayette String Quartet; August 11: Anagnoson & Kinton piano duo; August 18: Hogtown Brass Quintet. All concerts will take place in our beautiful Midland Cultural Centre. 705-527-4420 www.brooksidemusic.com BROTT MUSIC FESTIVAL ➤ June 22 to August 18 Hamilton, Brantford, Waterdown and Ancaster, ON Now entering its 29th season, the Brott Music Festival (est. 1988) is the largest Brott Music Festival Hamilton, Brantford, Waterdown and Ancaster, ON non-profit orchestral music festival in Canada, and the only festival with a fulltime, professional orchestra-in-residence. The Brott Music Festival is renowned CLEAR LAKE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL for its extremely high artistic standard, world-class soloists, exuberant young ➤ July 21 to 24 orchestra and eclectic mix of orchestral, chamber, jazz, pops and education Riding Mountain National Park, MB concerts at various venues across Southern Ontario. A stunning array of great The 11th Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival, under the artistic direction of music in all its forms: classical, contemporary, chamber, opera, jazz, blues one of Canada’s leading concert pianists, Alexander Tselyakov, has become and rock. A fully-staged production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, a an important part of Canada’s cultural calendar. The first of its kind and most PopOpera of great vocal arias and ensembles, Verdi’s magnificent Requiem, exciting that Manitoba has to offer, this festival is a celebration of summer music you know and love by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Rimsky-Korsakov, with classical music, jazz and outstanding musicians in the natural beauty of Ravel – and what more could you want! Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba. The festival will take place in the 905-525-7664 third week of July, from the 21st to the 24th. For tickets or more information www.brottmusic.com contact us by phone or email. See directions on our website. 204-571-6547 or 204-727-9631 CLASSICAL UNBOUND FESTIVAL www.clearlakefestival.ca ➤ August 13 to 26 Prince Edward County, ON ELORA FESTIVAL World-calibre classical music and musicians, barns, wineries, beaches: concerts ➤ July 8 to 24 in unconventional contexts. The barn and winery venues are set among natural Elora, ON elements, and the vitality of the County’s gastronomic and viticulture scenes Experience world-class music in intimate settings this July at the Elora Festival! underlays the concerts’ intimacy and casualness – stripping away barriers to From choral and classical to world music and jazz – the Elora Festival has the music for you, the audience, and us, the musicians. Jessica Linnebach, something for everyone! Featuring NYO Canada, Fubuki Daiko, the Elora violin; Joanna G’froerer, flute; Michelle Gott, harp; Rachel Mercer, cello; Festival Singers, Molly Johnson, the Barra MacNeils, Russell Braun and Sean Rice, clarinet; Yehonatan Berick, viola; Yosuke Kawasaki, violin; Jona- more! 24 performances, six intimate venues, one world-class festival. Come than Krehm, clarinet. Performing: Alwyn, Andriessen, Beaser, Debussy, celebrate with us July 8 to 24. Find out more on our website. Haber, Hindemith, Hoover, Morlock, Mozart, Mozetich, Muczynski, Poenitz, 519-846-0331 Ravel, Staniland, Stravinsky, Sung, Tansman, Villa-Lobos. A new, unique www.elorafestival.ca not-for-profit festival by musicians, taking classical music out of the concert hall and giving it to YOU. 613-567-1925 www.classicalunbound.com thewholenote.com Summer 2016 | G3 GREEN PAGES Canadian stage director/violist Valerie Kuinka, the Highlands Opera Studio is an advanced intensive training and professional networking program for emerging opera professionals. Chosen from approximately 150 applicants from across Canada through competitive auditions, the 2016 vocal participants can be heard throughout the month of August and into September, in masterclasses with Richard Margison, four concerts and three fully staged operas: The Brothers Grimm and The Bremen Town Musicians by Dean Burry, and Faust by Charles Gounod. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit our website. 1-855-457-9933 www.highlandsoperastudio.com HUNTSVILLE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS ➤ July 2 to August 26 Huntsville, ON An eclectic mix of national- and international-calibre artists presented at the intimate 400-seat Algonquin Theatre in downtown Huntsville. In addition to main- Highlands Opera Studio Haliburton, ON stage presentations, there are free concerts at venues throughout the community, including Back Street, an afternoon of interactive art installations, activities and music happening on July 23. This summer’s lineup includes Bruce Cockburn, FESTIVAL OF THE SOUND Sarah Harmer, Downchild Blues Band, The Nylons, Hawksley Workman and ➤ July 15 to August 7 so much more! Over the long weekend in August, the Huntsville Jazz Festival Parry Sound, ON returns for its sixth season, featuring Oliver Jones, a tribute to John Coltrane, and In its 37-year history, the Festival of the Sound has become a go-to destination for Adi Braun singing the music of Rosemary Clooney, Judy Garland and Peggy Lee. musicians and music lovers alike. It is Canada’s premier classical and jazz music 705-789-4975 festival, internationally recognized by various organizations including the CBC www.huntsvillefestival.on.ca as one of Canada’s Top Summer Festivals and by Festivals & Events Ontario as one of the Top 100 Festivals or Events in Ontario. From July 15 to August 7, the INDIAN RIVER FESTIVAL Festival of the Sound hosts over 60 events, consisting of 50 unique musicians and ➤ June 19 to September 18 20 ensembles from Canada and around the world. And it all takes place on the Indian River, PE beautiful shores of Georgian Bay. It’s where the world’s great musicians come to play. The Indian River Festival offers a summer-long series of concerts in a magnifi- 1-866-364-0061 cent heritage church, set within sight of beautiful Malpeque Bay, Prince www.festivalofthesound.ca Edward Island. Discover excellence in classical, jazz, Maritime, world and contemporary music by the finest artists from across Canada, all in the world- GUELPH JAZZ FESTIVAL & COLLOQUIUM class acoustical setting of St. Mary’s Church. ➤ September 14 to 18 1-866-856-3733 or 902-836-3733 Guelph, ON www.indianriverfestival.com Join us for five days of innovative world-class music in one of Ontario’s loveliest cities. Heralded as one of the most visionary musical events in Canada, KINCARDINE SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL our intimate community-powered festival celebrates the best in cutting-edge ➤ July 31 to August 13; concert series April 16 to December 17 jazz and creative improvised music, and plays host to unique workshops, Kincardine, ON panels and lectures in a free education colloquium. Also free is the Friday Celebrating its 25th anniversary, KSMF presents an expanded concert series evening and Saturday full-day Jazz at Market Square, the most popular event April 16 to December 17. that puts music in an open-air venue on one of Guelph’s funkiest downtown Live concerts starring brilliant vocalists and wonderful instrumentalists include streets. Check the website for updates on the artistic lineup. Broadsway with Heather Bambrick, Diane Leah and Julie Michels; Kati Gleiser, 519-763-4952 concert pianist; Andrea Tyniec, concert violinist with her Stradivarius violin; Duo www.guelphjazzfestival.com Novus – Kristin Toczko and Emily Belvedere, harpists; Marc Djokic, violin with Beverley Johnston, percussion; and Christina Haldane, soprano. All this plus HIGHLANDS OPERA STUDIO the popular free 4 O’Clock in the Park concerts July 31 to August 12, and daily ➤ August 4 to September 1 music classes August 8 to 12 for everyone from beginners to experienced players, Haliburton, ON age 7 to Adult. Guitar, Strings and Bands – a fun time and great for families! Love great singing? Need to escape the city? Celebrate our tenth anniversary Kincardine Summer Music Festival – creating fabulous musical experiences and hear the best young professional voices Canada has to offer in the beauty for 25 years! of the Haliburton Highlands, only 2 ½ hours northeast of the GTA. Established 519-396-9716 in 2007 by internationally-acclaimed Canadian tenor Richard Margison and www.ksmf.ca G4 | Summer 2016 thewholenote.com KWCMS JULYMUSIC ➤ July 5 to 28 Waterloo, ON Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society July: Chamber Music by the Park – our busy July packs nine concerts into four weeks. The variety is impressive: two by ensembles from the National Youth Orchestra of Canada (5th and 15th); arguably the world’s leading guitar duo (Eden-Stell, 7th); one worldfamed string quartet (New Zealand, 10th); one great Baroque quartet (Pallade Musica de Montreal with soprano, 13th); Russian-Canadian pianist Alexander Tselyakov with members of Toronto’s Canadian Sinfonietta (16th); ensembles from the University of Waterloo’s amazing orchestra (19th); a trio of fine Ukrainian pianists (24th); and the brilliant and entertaining Syrène Saxophone Quartet (Netherlands, 28th). All are in our diminutive air-conditioned concert hall, seating 85, with one of the best pianos around… All classical, with a touch of jazz. And all for $180 (students $120), or buy individually. 519-886-1673 www.k-wcms.com Music and Beyond Ottawa, ON LEITH SUMMER FESTIVAL ➤ July 2 to August 27 MUSIC AND BEYOND Leith, ON ➤ July 4 to 17 The Leith Summer Festival and artistic director Robert Kortgaard present Ottawa, ON five concerts in July and August in the Historic Leith Church. Leith Church, Running from July 4 to 17, Music and Beyond is a classical music and multi- 12 km from Owen Sound, is an intimate venue with excellent acoustics and disciplinary arts festival that blends classical music with different art forms, is enjoyed by musicians and audiences alike. The season begins Saturday, including visual art, drama, poetry, dance, architecture, circus, magic, science, July 2 with Cheng2 Duo. On Saturday, July 16, Robert Kortgaard and Peter comedy, law, food and wine and even yoga. Concerts are held at the most Tiefenbach perform Piano à Quatre Mains. July 23 features Chris Donnelly, unique venues in Ottawa, including the Canadian Museum of Nature, the piano and Kornel Wolak, clarinet. The Penderecki String Quartet plays on Diefenbunker, and the National Gallery of Canada. Festival highlights for August 13, and Patricia O’Callaghan, with Robert Kortgaard and Andrew 2016 include Shakespeare and Music with Christopher Plummer, Music and Downing, sings on August 27. All concerts are on Saturdays, starting at Circus with the Hebei Acrobatic Troupe, Jan Lisiecki, Oliver Jones, Measha 7:30pm. Tickets available at the Roxy Theatre. Brueggergosman, Ola Gjeilo, and many more. 519-371-2833 www.roxytheatre.ca Music and Beyond was the winner of Ottawa Tourism’s “Partnership of the Year” Award for their National Gallery Soirée with the National Gallery of Canada. MONTREAL BAROQUE FESTIVAL 613-241-0777 ➤ June 23 to 26 www.musicandbeyond.ca Montreal, QC Theatre of tumultuous weather, Quebecers have courageously endured nature’s MUSIC AT PORT MILFORD anger with courage and bravura! For four days as turbulent as the Quebec ➤ July 16 to August 7 barometer, the 14th Montreal Baroque Festival will present a torrent of Milford, ON colourful musical passions, flooding the metropolis with cataclysmic musical 2016 marks Music at Port Milford’s 30th year of bringing promising 12- to tempests and a storm of ideas, both mundane and magical. Come lightning or 18-year olds with a passion for chamber music together with an internation- thunder, a Tempest in a Teapot will inundate the McGill Campus, Old Mont- ally-renowned faculty to create an inspiring summer music experience. This real and Phillips Square with the music of Purcell, Bach, Boismortier, etc., experience is proudly shared with Prince Edward County, ON, as the students interspersed with a few rays of sunshine to blush the horizon before the hurri- and faculty prepare vigorously for their multiple performances throughout cane hits! Button up and hold on to your umbrella! Large and intimate concerts. July and August, bringing the highest-calibre chamber music to Ontario. This Discovery series. Free outdoor concerts, conferences and family activities. summer’s festival includes performances by the Afiara Quartet (July 16), 514-845-7171 Ensemble Made in Canada (July 23), the Tokai String Quartet (July 30), www.montrealbaroque.com and the Music at Port Milford Faculty Ensemble (August 6), which includes the concertmaster of the Canadian Opera Company, Marie Berard, and the principal violist of the Canadian National Ballet Company, Angela Rudden. 613-476-7735 www.mpmcamp.org thewholenote.com Summer 2016 | G5 GREEN PAGES NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF CANADA CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ➤ June 22 to July 2 Waterloo, ON Alongside NYO Canada’s rigorous Summer Training Institute, students and faculty will come together to bring our second annual NYO Canada Chamber Music Festival to the Kitchener-Waterloo community. From June 22 to July 2, NYO Canada will present a series of chamber concerts at the Maureen Forrester Recital Hall on the WLU campus. Hear our world-class faculty and prestigious students perform a variety of small- and large-scale ensemble works, modern and classical repertoire, and more. You can also catch exclusive performances by our resident professional chamber groups, including the esteemed Formosa Quartet. We proudly offer these musical experiences to the community for free or by donation. We encourage you to check out a concert if you are in the area! 1-888-532-4470 National Youth Orchestra of Canada Chamber Music Festival Waterloo, ON www.nyoc.org ➤ May 2 to Aug 29 NO STRINGS THEATRE: THE GREAT CANADIAN SHOWTUNE – AN HOMAGE TO OUR GREAT CANADIAN MUSIC THEATRE MAKERS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Toronto, ON ➤ August 27 to 29 A lunchtime concert series at the Church of the Holy Trinity – Welcome to Toronto, ON our 25th Anniversary Season! Music Mondays has served as a launching pad Our Emerging Professional Artist production was performed to sold-out for emerging talent since its inception in 1992. Our concerts take place in crowds in its inaugural year. Now in its second season, we present a musical the warm acoustics of Holy Trinity Church, just steps away from the Eaton revue showcasing material from some of Canada’s top theatre-makers, Centre. Our goal is to provide the highest possible musical experience to a including Leslie Arden, David Warrack, Jim Betts, Gary Williams, Mike pay-what-you-can downtown Toronto audience. Please join us for this, our Ross, our legendary Anne of Green Gables creators Norman Campbell and 25th Anniversary Season. Bring your lunch – and a friend – every Monday Donald Harron, and the team that brought the world The Drowsy Chaperone, at 12:15pm from May through the end of August. Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, as well as writers of tomorrow, creating a MUSIC MONDAYS 416-598-4521 x223 showcase platform that will herald our Canadian Heritage 2016/17 season. www.musicmondays.ca We welcome submissions of Canadian works. Auditions for this production will continue until July and are open to young artists (ages 21 to 30 approxi- NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF CANADA mately!). Check out our website for more details. ➤ July 22 to August 13 416-551-2093 Toronto, ON; Montreal, QC; Lisbon, Portugal www.nostringstheatre.com NYO Canada is excited to announce the 2016 TD Tour which will take the orchestra, under the baton of maestro Ward Stare, to perform at the Lisbon NO STRINGS THEATRE: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Music Festival in Lisbon, Portugal from July 29 to August 5. The 2016 NYO ➤ August 5 to 7 Canada orchestra will also perform at the Elora Music Festival (July 22), Toronto, ON Toronto’s Koerner Hall (August 11) and Montreal’s Maison Symphonique Join No Strings Theatre in their 11th Summer Music Theatre Intensive as (August 13). For over 50 years, NYO Canada has enjoyed a reputation as they present the most beloved cult classic musical of all time – Ashman & Canada’s orchestral finishing school, providing a comprehensive training Menken’s Little Shop of Horrors. When loveable flower shop assistant Seymore program for young musicians. Come out and enjoy an evening of amazing stumbles upon a mysteriously strange and unusual plant, he hasn’t a clue that performances of works such as Bernstein’s West Side Story Symphonic Dances it will grow to develop a soulful R&B voice, a potty mouth, and an unquench- and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5. Visit our website for more info. able thirst for human blood! With a company of Toronto’s most dynamic 1-888-532-4470 young theatre artists, this motown inspired, laugh-a-minute musical classic www.nyoc.org will surely be the hit of the summer season. There is still time to register for the Summer Music Theatre Intensive (ages 12 to 21). Check out our website for more details. 416-551-2093 www.nostringstheatre.com G6 | Summer 2016 thewholenote.com OPERAMUSKOKA 2016 ➤ August 23 to 25, October 30 Bracebridge, ON 2016 marks the 7th Annual OperaMuskoka Festival, once again presented by Muskoka Chautauqua. August 23, 7:30pm: Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, in Russian with English surtitles. August 24, 1pm: Vocal masterclass with Jennifer Tung of the Glenn Gould Studio. August 24, 7:30pm: Jennifer Tung in concert with successful participants of her masterclass. August 25, 1pm: Moshe Hammer violin masterclass. August 25, 7:30pm: “Stars of Tomorrow” concert. October 30, 2pm: Opera Week celebration with soprano Sasha Djihanian. 1-705-645-8400 www.muskokachautauqua.ca OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ➤ July 21 to August 3 Ottawa, ON How do contrasts shape our lives, our culture and ourselves? How do they Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival Toronto, ON impact the music we make and enjoy? This summer, the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival explores Counterpoints – contrasts in complement Brian Barlow, among others. Performers include rising young talents such – through the valuable contributions to music made by women and cultural as bassist Jodi Proznick, tenor saxophonist Alison Young, vocalist Alex inspirations from around the world. Samaras, and a week’s worth of TD Young Jazz Series artists who will one 613-234-6306 day make their mark as headliners. Since 2001, the Prince Edward County www.chamberfest.com Jazz Festival has been presenting the very best in live Canadian and international jazz for a week in August. PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL 613-476-8416 ➤ September 17 to 18 and 24 to 25 www.pecjazz.org Picton, ON Young, edgy, furious and innovative may not be what you expect at classical STRATFORD SUMMER MUSIC music concerts, but the 13th season of the Prince Edward County Classical ➤ July 18 to August 28 Music Festival has them all. While continuing to present internationally-known Stratford, ON classical musicians in the intimate and acoustically superb St. Mary Magdalene Stratford Summer Music celebrates 16 seasons. From Stratford-upon-Avon, Church, artistic director Stephane Lemelin has created a bill that includes the Choir of Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare is buried, marks the young talent, edgy performers and unusual instrument combinations. Friday, 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death. New York’s hallelujah chorus, the September 17 features Opera McGill presenting an evening of operatic greatest Harlem Gospel Choir (with Measha Brueggergosman), add to the season’s hits as sung by inspiring young musicians. Saturday, September 18 features choral catalogue, while Canada’s Theatre of Early Music and Daniel Taylor I FURIOSI, a baroque ensemble with surprising performance approaches. celebrate great anthems by Bach and Handel. Simone Dinnerstein plays Bach, On Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25, the Lafayette String Schubert and Glass; Jan Lisiecki presents Chopin, Schumann and Rachman- Quartet, Canada’s much-revered all-female string quartet, will be joined by inov; Joey Alexander does Jazz. Bach Walks with flutes and finches animate clarinetist James Campbell and our own artistic director, pianist Stephane nature trails. Morning percussion refreshes the Avon River. Weekend brunches Lemelin. The unusual instrument combination will allow for some rarely- feature harps from Africa, Europe and the Americas. Evening cabarets, illus- performed repertoire. trated musical lectures, outdoor sound experiences, vocal and percussion 613-393-3798 academies for emerging artists, The Barber of Seville as dinner opera…music www.pecmusicfestival.com is a Stratford experience! 519-271-2101 or 1-866-288-4313 PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY JAZZ FESTIVAL www.stratfordsummermusic.ca ➤ Picton, ON August 16 to 21 SUMMER OPERA LYRIC THEATRE Direct from wins at the 2016 JUNO Awards – the Prince Edward County Jazz ➤ July 29 to August 7 Festival will present vocalist Emilie-Claire Barlow and pianist Robi Botos at Toronto, ON this year’s festival. The two stars captured two of three available jazz JUNOs Toronto’s Mini Opera Summer Festival at Robert Gill Theatre – conven- this year. In fact, the entire 2016 Prince Edward County Festival lineup is iently located in the heart of the city. This is the 30th anniversary season and steeped in JUNO, Gemini and even Grammy winners and nominees: Joe Summer Opera Lyric Theatre features the stars of tomorrow as our young Sealy, Jackie Richardson, Mike Murley, Guido Basso, Bernie Senensky and artists advance towards careers at the national and international level. SOLT thewholenote.com Summer 2016 | G7 GREEN PAGES TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE SUMMER FESTIVAL ➤ June 6 to 18 Toronto, ON Musicians from around the world gather in Toronto for the annual Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival with four free concerts open to the public, featuring the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and participants of the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute. “Delightfully Baroque” on June 6 at TrinitySt. Paul’s Centre; “Musical Interlude” on June 11 at Walter Hall, University of Toronto; “TBSI Orchestras and Choirs” on June 15, also at Walter Hall, University of Toronto; and the Grand Finale on June 18 at Grace Church on-the-Hill. All concerts are general admission. Free tickets for the Grand Finale must be obtained in advance and will be made available to the public Tuesday, June 14 at 10am at the Tafelmusik Box Office (427 Bloor St. W.). 416-964-6337 www.tafelmusik.org/tbsf TD Sunfest ’16: “Canada’s Premier Celebration of World Cultures” London, ON TD MARKHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL ➤ August 18 to 21 Markham, ON 2016 Opera Workshop presents three great works for the stage: The Tales of Hoff- The TD Markham Jazz Festival is an exciting and vibrant four-day event, mann by Offenbach, Julius Caesar by Handel and A Tale of Two Cities by Victor featuring well-known professional jazz musicians performing on three stages Davies and Eugene Benson – SOLT’s first world premiere in celebration of its on beautiful Main Street Unionville in Markham. The festival launches on 30th anniversary. These productions provide a diversity of roles and an amazing Thursday, August 18 with a ticketed event, followed by a reception and silent variety of style, both vocal and dramatic. Check our website for more details. auction at the intimate Varley Art Gallery. From August 19 to 21, Main Street 416-366-7723 comes alive with 30+ free performances during the day and under the stars www.solt.ca on outdoor stages, and on the street and in bars and restaurants. Come and listen to acclaimed Canadian and international artists along with up-and- SUN LIFE FINANCIAL UPTOWN WATERLOO JAZZ FESTIVAL coming artists performing all styles of jazz and blues. Early confirmed artists ➤ July 15 to 17 Dione Taylor, and Peripheral Vision. include Dr. Lonnie Smith from New York, JUNO nominee Rich Brown, Waterloo, ON 905-471-5299 The Sun Life Financial UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival is an annual three- www.markhamjazzfestival.com day free music festival held in Waterloo, Ontario, encouraging all genres of jazz. This year, in our 24th season, we proudly present Michael Kaeshammer, TD NEWMARKET JAZZ+ FESTIVAL the Heavyweights Brass Band, Gabriel Palatchi, Ariel Pocock, Snaggle and ➤ July 29 to August 1 more! We invite you to UpTown Waterloo for one of the country’s most Newmarket, ON anticipated jazz festivals. Visit our website for a full lineup and more details. TD Newmarket jazz+ Festival is proud to announce that Canadian superstar 519-885-1921 Colin James headlines this year, performing Saturday night on July 30 inside www.uptownwaterloojazz.ca RTC’s Arena One, opening with George St. Kitts. Saturday noon to 10pm: mixed music with Lorne Lofsky, from jazz, pop and big band to blackboard SWEETWATER MUSIC FESTIVAL blues! Friday night: Mardi Gras/Caribana Dance Music Party from 6pm to ➤ September 16 to 18 1am. Sunday: mixed music experience from noon, finishing off with “Chicago” Owen Sound and Meaford, ON tribute band Brass Transit and the fabulous George Olliver. Monday: Family Artistic director Mark Fewer has assembled a stellar lineup for the 13th edition Day – mixed music plus Mad Hatter Tea Party & Wonderland; costumes/ of SweetWater. The Festival will once again offer up an entirely new take on clas- dress-up closing with the amazing George St. Kitts Sounds of Motown Show. sical and jazz music performed by some of the world’s best musicians. Featured Location Change: Festival now at Ray Twinney Complex with indoor and performers this year include the Gryphon Trio, James Campbell, Aiyun Huang, outdoor areas, each including vendors, beer/wine, children’s creative zone Matthias Maute, Nicholas Michael Smith, David Braid, Steven Dann, Meredith and more! Safe and accessible! Full festival lineup and hours on our website. Hall and Joseph Phillips. Plus, lots of other weekend events including Mozart for 905-841-6893 Munchkins, Classical Jam playalong, Luthiers display and more. Friday Night www.newmarketjazzfestival.com Gala at the Historic Leith Church is $45 and all concerts on Saturday and Sunday are $30. Festival Weekend Pass $120 ($105 before July 31). Student tickets $10. 519-371-2833 www.sweetwatermusicfestival.ca G8 | Summer 2016 thewholenote.com TD SUNFEST ’16: “CANADA’S PREMIER CELEBRATION OF WORLD CULTURES” ➤ July 7 to 10 London, ON Celebrate the enchantment of summer with Canada’s premier free-admission festival of the global arts – a Songlines Magazine (UK) 2016 pick as one of the key Overseas World Music festivals. Now in its 22nd year, TD Sunfest transfigures downtown London’s Victoria Park into a culturally diverse jewel, where over 30 outstanding groups, representing almost every region of the planet, entertain on five stages. This summer’s headliners range from legendary Chilean jazz band Congreso to luminaries Budiño (Galicia/Spain), Elida Almeida (Cape Verde), and the Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble (Benin/Finland). New this year is the Government of Ontario-supported “Afrikalia: African Heart Beats.” And with almost 300 Park exhibitors, TD Sunfest ’16 will whet festival-goers’ appetites for scrumptious international cuisine and unique crafts and visual art. 519-672-1522 www.sunfest.on.ca Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival Rochester, NY TD TORONTO JAZZ FESTIVAL ➤ June 24 to July 3 WESTBEN ARTS FESTIVAL THEATRE Toronto, ON ➤ June 25 to July 31 Whatever flavour of jazz you enjoy, find it at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival Campbellford, ON as we celebrate our 30th anniversary this summer, running from June 24 to Westben is located in the rolling countryside near Campbellford, Ontario, two July 3, 2016. More than 1,500 musicians will perform in over 350 concerts. hours east of Toronto. Now in its 17th season, Westben presents over 25 perform- Discover a new artist, explore different genres and attend a live concert ances of classical, Broadway, jazz, world, folk and blues music and improv surrounded by thousands, as the city’s largest music festival takes over for 10 comedy with artists such as Linda Kash, Charles Richard-Hamelin, Buzz Brass, incredible days of non-stop activity. Experience music the way you want it! Ashley Condon, Heather Bambrick, Ken Whiteley, Cadence, Còig and more. Featured performers include Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, Oliver Jones, The world premiere of Brian Finley’s opera The Pencil Salesman opens June 25, Sarah McLachlan, Gregory Porter, Molly Johnson, Sharon Jones, Joe Jackson, followed with “Connecting in Song,” a nine-day exploration of the themes of Joey Alexander, Ramsey Lewis, Robi Botos, Bill Charlap, Heather Bambrick, human connection as inspired by The Pencil Salesman with seminars, chats, work- Alfredo Rodriguez, Robert Glasper and more! shops and studio tours. The Jazz Fringe Festival wraps up the summer season 1-888-655-9090 www.torontojazz.com on July 31. Come join us! Westben will change the way you experience music. 1-877-883-5777 www.westben.ca TORONTO SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL ➤ July 14 to August 7 XEROX ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL Toronto, ON ➤ June 24 to July 2 Toronto Summer Music Festival 2016 celebrates the musical traditions of Rochester, NY Great Britain – from the baroque to the 20th-century pop British Invasion! Enjoy nine days of amazing music at the 15th anniversary of the Xerox Join us in exploring the great British composers Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Rochester International Jazz Festival. More than 1500 artists will perform Britten and Walton among many others, as well as composers who made from around the world. From legendary performers and familiar favorites to prolonged and frequent stays in England such as Haydn, Mozart, Mendels- rising stars and new discoveries – this is a festival that navigates all genres sohn, Liszt and Grieg. You won’t want to miss incredible superstar guest artists of creative improvised music. See more than 320 shows in three series, the such as pianists Jeremy Denk and Christopher O’Riley, opera superstar and Club Pass Series with 225 shows including three international series – Oh 2015 Richard Tucker Prize winner Jamie Barton, the Parker & Dover Quar- Canada!, Made in the UK and Nordic Jazz Now – Headliner Series, and 99 tets or the semi-staged production of Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, presented free shows and events. Park once and walk to all venues. Young musicians in collaboration with Against the Grain Theatre, the Banff Centre, and the can also attend free workshops led by world-renowned musicians performing Canadian Opera Company. at the festival. See our website for the complete lineup. 416-408-0208 585-454-2060 www.torontosummermusic.com www.rochesterjazz.com Thank you for taking a look at this year’s Green Pages! If you are looking for a specific form of summer festivities, visit us online at thewholenote.com/green, where you can do more browsing or conduct a more focused search. thewholenote.com Summer 2016 | G9 Summer Festival Listings Welcome to the Summer Festival listings. The following pages contain listings for these festivals: Artists’ Garden Cooperative ....................... July 6 to Aug 31 Beaches International Jazz Festival .................... July 2 to 24 Brott Music Festival ..................................June 22 to Aug 18 Classical Unbound Festival ..............................Aug 13 to 26 Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival ............ July 21 to Aug 3 Elora Festival ....................................................July 8 to 24 Festival de Lanaudière .................................July 9 to Aug 7 Festival of the Sound .................................. July 15 to Aug 7 Highlands Opera Studio ............................... Aug 4 to Sep 1 Indian River Festival ................................ June 25 to Sep 18 Leith Summer Festival ............................... July 2 to Aug 27 Luminato Festival .............................................June 10 to 26 Montreal Baroque Festival ................................ Jun 23 to 26 Music and Beyond Festival ................................ July 4 to 17 Music at Port Milford ................................. July 16 to Aug 7 Music Mondays .........................................June 6 to Aug 20 National Youth Orchestra ........................ June 22 to July 15 Ottawa International Chamber Fest. .......... July 21 to Aug 3 Stratford Summer Music .......................... July 18 to Aug 28 TD Sunfest ’16 .................................................. July 7 to 10 TD Toronto Jazz Festival ............................June 24 to July 3 Toronto Summer Music Festival ................. July 14 to Aug 7 Westben Arts Festival Theatre ................. June 25 to July 31 CHAMBER MUSIC reGENERATION A TSM Audience Favourite! Artist Mentors share the stage with TSM Chamber Music Institute Fellows, a collaborative performance of established musicians and tomorrow’s stars. Saturday, July 16 at 4:00pm and 7:30pm Parker Quartet, Pedja Muzijevic Saturday, July 23 at 4:00pm and 7:30pm Martin Beaver, Andrew Wan, Steven Dann, Johannes Moser, Stéphane Lemelin Saturday July 30 at 4:00pm and 7:30pm Dover String Quartet, Jonathan Crow Saturday, August 6 at 4:00pm and 7:30pm Jonathan Crow, Shane Kim, Eric Nowlin, David Hetherington, Emmanuelle Beaulieu-Bergeron, David Jalbert, Sarah Jeffrey ART SONG reGENERATION Friday July 22 at 12:00pm and 4:00pm Performances by Art of Song Fellows. Mentored by Anne Schwanewilms Malcolm Martineau and Steven Philcox TORONTOSUMMERMUSIC.COM 416-408-0208 Artists subject to change (Mentors will perform on either the 4pm or 7:30pm performance. Art of Song mentors do not perform in the Art of Song recitals. G10 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com Summer Festivals Artists’ Garden Cooperative Plein Air Garden Concerts July 6 to Aug 31 Toronto, ON Wednesdays only at 7:30pm. 345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10 See Section A. for details. Beaches International Jazz Festival July 2 to 24 Toronto, ON J – Jimmie Simpson Park T – TD Main Stage, Woodbine Park O – OLG Main Stage, Woodbine Park 416-698-2152 ●●Jul 08 6:00: Sounds of Leslieville and River- side. Exodus; The Digs (J; Free). ●●Jul 09 12:00_noon: Sounds of Leslieville and Riverside. Toronto All-Star Big Band; Turbo Street Funk; Kim and Company; Johannes Linstead; Eddie Bullen and Friends. J; Free. ●●Jul 10 12:00_noon: Sounds of Leslieville and Riverside. Toronto All-Star Big Band; Jerome Tucker Band; Paul James. J: Free. ●●Jul 15 5:00: Woodbine Park Main Stage Concerts. Youth Series; Yani Borrell Orchestra; 7Sould. T; Free. ●●Jul 16 12:00_noon: Woodbine Park Main Stage Concerts. Youth Series; Rich Brown Band; Samantha Martin and The Sugar Devils; De Bruces a Mi. T; Free. ●●Jul 17 11:00am: Woodbine Park Main Stage Concerts. Youth Series; David Vest; Paul James; Johnny Rawls. T; Free. ●●Jul 22 5:00: Woodbine Park Main Stage Concerts. Youth Series; House of David Gang; Tortured Soul. O, Free. ●●Jul 23 12:00_noon: Woodbine Park Main Stage Concerts. Youth Series; Mark Kelso; Dione Taylor; Yani Borrell; Dwayne Dopsie. O, Free. ●●Jul 24 11:00am: Woodbine Park Main Stage Concerts. Youth Series; Gary Slaight Jr. and Avery Raquel; Rhythm Express; Melanie Durrant; Ghost Town Blues Band. O, Free. Brott Music Festival June 22 to Aug 18 Hamilton, Brantford, Waterdown and Ancaster, ON FM - Fieldcote Memorial Park and Museum, 64 Sulphur Springs, Ancaster. LS - Liuna Station, 360 James St. N., Hamilton July 21 ALEXANDER TSELYAKOV piano Classical Unbound Festival Aug 13 to 26 Prince Edward County, ON ●●Jun 22 7:30: Great Romantics: Tchaikov- sky and Scheherezade. Jonathan Crow, violin; National Academy Orchestra of Canada; Boris Brott, conductor SC; $35; $31(sr); $25(Brott35); $15(st). ●●Jun 30 7:30: Ode to Joy. Leslie Fagan, soprano; Mia Lennox, mezzo; Michael Colvin, tenor; James Westman, baritone; National Academy Orchestra of Canada; Boris Brott, conductor. STA; $35; $31(sr); $25(Brott35); $15(st). ●●Jul 07 7:30: PopOpera. National Academy Orchestra of Canada; Boris Brott, conductor. MPAC; $38; $34(sr); $25(Brott35); $15(st). ●●Jul 10 7:00: Viva La Diva. Natalie Choquette. FM; Free or by donation. ●●Jul 14 7:30: Marriage of Figaro. National Academy Orchestra of Canada; Boris Brott, conductor. MPAC; $43; $39(sr); $25(Brott35); $15(st). ●●Jul 17 3:00: Valerie and Friends High Tea. Valerie Tryon and the Festival Brass Quintet. SJA; $43; $39(sr); $25(st). ●●Jul 20 7:30: World’s Best Chamber Music. SJE; $30; $27(sr); $25(Brott35); $15(st). ●●Jul 21 2:00: World’s Best Chamber Music. SJE; $30; $27(sr); $25(Brott35); $15(st). ●●Jul 21 7:30: World’s Best Chamber Music. SJE; $30; $27(sr); $25(Brott35); $15(st). ●●Jul 23 7:30: Songs of the Seasons in Ladies Barbershop Style. Classic Blend. ZT; $25. ●●Jul 28 7:30: An Evening with John Williams: The Music of Star Wars and More. National Academy Orchestra of Canada; Boris Brott, conductor. MPAC; $32; $27(sr); $25(Brott35); $15(st). ●●Aug 05 7:30: The Music of Led Zeppelin; The Song Remains the Same. Jeans ‘n’ Classics. National Academy Orchestra of Canada; Boris Brott, conductor. MPAC; $40. ●●Aug 11 7:30: From Tchaikovsky to Ravel. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5; Ravel: Concerto in G; Sokolović: Ringelspiel (Merry Go Round). Sarah Davis Buechner, piano; National Academy Orchestra of Canada; Boris Brott, conductor. MPAC;. $32; $27(sr); $25(Brott35); BCC - By Chadsey’s Cairns Winery and Vineyard, 17432 Loyalist Pky, Wellington. GPE - Grange of Prince Edward Vineyards and Estate Winery, 990 Closson Rd, Hillier. OHH - Osterhout Henry Hall, Fields on West Lake, 15786 Loyalist Pky, Bloomfield 613-567-1925 ●●Aug 13 7:30: Musicians of Classical Unbound at Large. Works by Alwyn, Andriessen, Beaser, Debussy, Hoover, and others. Joanna G’froerer, flute; Michelle Gott, harp; Sean Rice, clarinet. BCC; $49.50. ●●Aug 19 7:30: Eloquent Pairings. Living Canadian Composer Stream. Works by Debussy, Haber, Hindemith, Morlock, Ravel and others. Joanna G’froerer, flute; Michelle Gott, harp; Rachel Mercer, cello; Sean Rice, clarinet; Yosuke Kawasaki, violin. GPE; $49.50 ●●Aug 24 7:30: Clarinets Unleashed. Living Canadian Composer Stream. Works by Mozart, Mozetich, Ravel and Tansman. Joanna G’froerer, flute; Jonathan Krehm, clarinet; Michelle Gott, harp; Rachel Mercer, cello; Sean Rice, clarinet; Yehonatan Berick, viola; Yosuke Kawasaki, violin. OHH; $49.50. ●●Aug 26 7:30: Mozart and S’more. Living Canadian Composer Stream. Works by Morlock, Mozart and Mozetich. Joanna G’froerer, flute; Rachel Mercer, cello; Yehonatan Berick, viola; Yosuke Kawasaki, violin. GPE; $49.50. clearlakefestival.ca Saint-Saëns: Sonata for violin and piano No.2 in d Op.75; Martinů: Duo No.2 H313; Prokofiev: Sonata for cello and piano Op.119. Alexander Tselyakov, artistic director/piano; Daniel Tselyakov, piano; Kerry DuWors, violin; Joyce Lai, violin; Simon Fryer, cello. EL; $15-$25. ●●Jul 23 10:30am: Coffee Concert - Serious Fun! Works by Vivaldi, Mozart, Leo Weiner, Piazzolla, Kye Marshall and others. Alexander Tselyakov, artistic director/piano; Catherine Wood, clarinet; Kerry DuWors, violin; Joyce Lai, violin; Ian Clark, viola; Simon Fryer, cello; David Playfair, baritone; Alla Turbanova, piano. EL; $15-$25. ●●Jul 23 7:30: Jazz Concert. EL; $15-$25. ●●Jul 24 8:30: Jazz Cruise Concert. Pieces TBA. Greg Gatien, saxophone; Eric Platz, percussion; Shannon Kristjanson, saxophone/ flute/vocals; Jordan Panko, double bass. MM; $30 and $35. ●●Aug 03 3:00: Festival Grand Finale. Weber: Clarinet Quintet Op.34; Dvořák: Terzetto in C Op.74 for two violins and viola; Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat Op.47. Alexander Tselyakov, piano; Kerry DuWors, violin; Joyce Lai, violin; Ian Clark, viola; Simon Fryer, cello; Catherine Wood, clarinet. EL; $15-$25. Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival July 21 to Aug 3 Riding Mountain National Park, MB EL - Erickson Lutheran Church, 30 Third St. SW, Erickson LW - Lorne Watson Recital Hall, Brandon University, School of Music, 270-18th St., Brandon MM - The Martise at the Marina, Main Beach, Clear Lake, Riding Mountain National Park. 204-571-6547 or 204-727-9631 Plein Air Garden Concerts ●●Jul 21 7:30: Alexander Tselyakov and Friends. Kenneth Nichols: Letters Home (world premiere); Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A No.2 Op.81. Alexander Tselyakov, piano; Alla Turbanova, piano; Kerry DuWors, violin, Joyce Lai, violin; Ian Clark, viola; Simon Fryer, cello; David Playfair, baritone; Sarah Hall, soprano; Catherine Wood, clarinet; Crystal Tait, double bass; Kenneth Nichols, host. LW; $25; $15(sr/st). ●●Jul 22 7:30: Inimitable Duos. Handel: Sonata for two violins and piano in g Op.2 No.6; Join us Wednesday evenings July and August, in the Garden. 345 Balliol St. Toronto Seat fee $10 at the door info. & reservations: 416 487 0705 www.artistsgardencoop.com thewholenote.com OPENING NIGHT $15(st). ●●Aug 12 7:30: 100 Years of Frank Sinatra: Come Fly with Me. Chris Jason; National Academy Orchestra of Canada; Boris Brott, conductor. LS; $40; $37(sr); $25(Brott35); $15(st). ●●Aug 18 7:30: Verdi: Requiem. Leslie Ann Bradley, soprano; Michèle Bogdanowicz, mezzo; Ernesto Ramirez, tenor; James Westman, baritone; National Academy Orchestra of Canada; Boris Brott, conductor. MPAC; $35; $31(sr); $25(Brott35); $15(st). MPAC - McIntyre Performing Arts Centre, Mohawk College, 135 Fennell Ave. W., Hamilton SC – Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts, 88 Dalhousie St., Brantford SJA - St. John’s Anglican Church, 272 Wilson St. E., Ancaster. SJE - St. John the Evangelist Church (Hamilton), 320 Charlton Ave. W., Hamilton STA - St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 715 Centre Rd., Waterdown ZT - Zoetic Theatre, 526 Concession St., Hamilton 905-525-7664 Elora Festival July 8 to 24 Elora, ON EPS - Elora Public School, 288 Mill St. E., Elora GB - Gambrel Barn, Corner of Country Rd. 7 and 21, Elora. GR -Grand River Raceway, 7445 Wellington County Rd. 21, Elora KP -. Knox Presbyterian Church (Elora), 51 Church St., Elora SJA - St. John’s Anglican Church (Elora), 33 Henderson St., Elora SJC - St. Joseph’s Catholic Church (Fergus), 760 St. David St. N., Fergus 519-846-0331 or 1-888-747-7550 ●●Jul 08 7:30: Opening Night Gala. Mozart: Requiem Mass in d; Corlis: River of Life (premiere). Elora Festival Singers; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; full orchestra. GB;$65 and up; $15(youth); 6:45: pre-concert talk. Reception and fireworks to follow. ●●Jul 09 1:30: Anagnoson & Kinton: 40th June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 35 Summer Festivals Anniversary Concert. Works for piano duo and voice. Elora Festival Singers. SJA; $40; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Jul 09 4:00: Russell Braun and Carolyn Maule. Husband and wife team perform music for baritone and piano. Works by Vaughan Williams and others. Elora Festival Singers. SJA; $40; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Jul 09 7:30: The Barra MacNeils. Cape Breton-based Celtic family group perform songs in English and Gaelic with step dancing and numerous instruments. GB; $45; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Jul 09 9:30: Starlight Jazz Series: Elizabeth Shepherd and Kevin Breit. Mixtape Session. Elizabeth Shepherd, vocals and piano; Kevin Breit, guitar. GR; $30; $15(st). Special menu and drinks available. ●●Jul 10 2:00: Annex String Quartet: The Roaring Twenties. 1920s Garden Party. Sarah Jane Pelzer, soprano. SJA; $40; $15(st); $5(child). Picnic lunch from the Desert Rose Café available for $15. ●●Jul 10 4:00: Glory of Bach. J.S. Bach: Concerto in c for oboe and violin; Singet dem Hern; Mass in g. Elora Festival Singers; chamber orchestra. KP; $45; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Jul 14 4:00: Guy Few and Stephanie Mara. Works for trumpet and piano. SJA; $35; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Jul 14 7:30: Marie-Josée Lord, soprano. Music from her Amazing Grace recording and works by Gounod, Gershwin and others. Elora Festival Singers. St John’s Anglican Church (Elora), 33 Henderson St., Elora. 519846-0331 or 1-888-747-7550. $40; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Jul 15 4:00: Elora Festival Kids Camp: Annie KIDS. Children in grades 2 to 8 perform Annie following a week-long camp. Based on the comic strip and adapted from the Tony award-winning musical. EPS; $5(child/early drop-off); $10(child/late pick-up). ●●Jul 15 7:30: Chanticleer. Male chorus from San Francisco. GB; $45; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Jul 16 1:30: Duo Percussion: More Than Drums. Traditional and non-traditional percussion. Duo Percussion; Elora Festival Singers. KP; $35; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Jul 16 4:00: Suzie LeBlanc, soprano. Featuring early arias set to Shakespearean texts to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s GUY FEW & STEPHANIE MARA JULY 14, 4PM ST. JOHN’S CHURCH, ELORA ELORAFESTIVAL.CA 36 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 Choir. GB; $45 and up; $15(st); $5(child). death. Alexander Weimann, harpsichord. SJA; $40; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Jul 16 7:30: Fubuki Daiko. Japanese taiko drummers. GB; $40; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Jul 16 9:30: Starlight Jazz Series: Tim Louis and The Ambassadors. Tim Louis, vocals and piano. GR; $15(st). Special menu and drinks available. ●●Jul 17 2:00: André Laplante. Piano sonatas by Liszt, Mozart and Beethoven, and other works. SJA; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Jul 17 4:00: Haydn and Mozart. Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore; Haydn: Missa in Angustiis (Nelson Mass). Elora Festival Singers. KP; $45; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Jul 21 4:00: Thomas Chartré, cello. Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel; Fratres; works by Fauré, Mendelssohn and others. Leslie De’Ath, piano. SJA; $35; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Jul 21 7:30: Choral Mystics II. Patrick Hawes: premiere of two new works. Elora Festival Singers. SJC; $40; $15(st); $5(child). Pre-concert discussion with Patrick Hawes. ●●Jul 22 7:30: Molly Johnson Songbook. Original compositions, music by Billie Holiday and other jazz classics. Mike Downes, bass; Robi Botos, piano; Terry Clark, drums. GB; $45; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Jul 23 1:30: Daniel Taylor and Benjamin Butterfield: Songs of Love. Works for countertenor and tenor. Rebecca Genge, soprano; Steven Philcox, piano. SJA; $40; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Jul 23 4:00: Coronation Anthems. In honour of the Queen’s 90th birthday. Handel: Zadok the Priest; Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened: King Shall Rejoice; My Heart Is Inditing; Water Music. Elora Festival Singers. KP; $45; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Jul 23 7:30: National Youth Orchestra of Canada: 2016 TD Tour. Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Overture; Barber: School for Scandal Overture; Adams: Short Ride on a Fast Machine; newly commisioned Canadian work; Bernstein: West Side Story Symphonic Dances; Bloch: Schelomo for cello and orchestra. GB; $45; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Jul 23 9:30: Starlight Jazz Series: Stretch Orchestra. Kevin Breit, guitar; Matt Brubeck, cello; Jesse Stewart, drums. GR; $30; $15(st). Special menu and drinks available. ●●Jul 24 2:00: Montreal Jubilation Gospel Festival de Lanaudière July 9 to Aug 7 Joliette, PQ 450-759-4343 CCR - Christ Church, 3537 Metcalfe St., Rawdon FLA - Fernand-Lindsay Amphitheatre, 1655 Boulevard Base-de-Roc, Joliette LPC - La Purification Church, 445 NotreDame St., Repentigny MAJ - Musée d’art de Joliette, 145 PèreWilfrid-Corbeil St., Joliette. PSA - Presbytère St-Alphonse, 960 NotreDame St., Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez PSM - Presbytère Sainte-Mélanie, 910 Principale St., Sainte-Mélanie PSP - Presbytère St-Paul, 8 Brassard St., St-Paul PSS - Presbytère Saint-Sulpice, 1095 NotreDame Street, Saint-Sulpice SAC - St-Antoine Catholic Church, 1341 Notre-Dame St., Lavaltrie. SAK – Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare Church, 850 Principale St., Saint-Ambroise-deKildare. ●●Jul 09 8:00: Alain Lefèvre Plays Tchaikov- sky: Romantic Drama and Passion. Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Symphonic Fantasia, Op.18; Piano Concerto No.1 in b-flat Op.23; Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture; Respighi: Feste romane (Roman Festivals). Orchestre du Festival; Alain Lefèvre, piano; Gregory Vajda, conductor. FLA; $21.91-$70.00. ●●Jul 10 2:00: The Mark of Minimalism: Glass, Pärt, Mozetich, Nyman, Einaudi. Glass: Overture from La Belle et la Bête; Einaudi (arr. F. Vallières, A. Dubeau): Divenire; Giorni dispari; Run; Mozetich: Unfolding Sky (from Postcards from the Sky); and other works. La Pietà; Angèle Dubeau, violin. FLA; $17.56-$40.00. ●●Jul 11 8:00: Beethoven: The Complete String Quartet Cycle. Beethoven: String Quartet No.6 in B-flat Op.18 No.6; String Quartet No.11 in f Op.95; String Quartet No.15 in a Op.132. Jupiter Quartet. LPC; $30. ●●Jul 12 8:00: Beethoven: The Complete String Quartet Cycle. Beethoven: String Quartet No.4 in c Op.18 No.4; String Quartet No.5 in A Op.18 No.5; String Quartet No.13 in B-flat Op.130. Jupiter Quartet. PSP; $30. ●●Jul 14 8:00: Beethoven: The Complete String Quartet Cycle. Beethoven: String Quartet No.3 in D Op.18 No.3; String Quartet No.16 in F Op.135; String Quartet No.8 in e Op.59 No.2. Jupiter Quartet. PSM; $30. ●●Jul 15 8:00: The Conductor Serves Haydn and Beethoven. Haydn: Overture to L’isola disabitata; Symphony No.95 in c; Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op.61. Les Violons du Roy; Anthony Marwood, violin; Bernard Labadie, conductor. FLA; $17.56-$60.00. ●●Jul 16 8:00: Beethoven: From Shadow to Light. Mendelssohn: Overture to The Fair Melusina Op.32; Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No.1 in a Op.33; Romance for Cello, Op.36; Dvořák: Silent Woods (Klid) Op.68; Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in c Op.67. Orchestre de Chambre I Musici; Emmanuelle Bertrand, cello; Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor. FLA; $17.56-$60.00. ●●Jul 17 2:00: Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. Embraceable You, Fascinating Rhythm, DUO PERCUSSION JULY 16, 1:30PM KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, ELORA ELORAFESTIVAL.CA Someone to Watch over Me, Laura, You Do Something to Me, and other works. Montréal National Jazz Orchestra; Jessica Vigneault, vocalist; Christine Jensen, conductor. FLA; $17.56-$40.00. ●●Jul 18 8:00: As You Like It, Mr. Shakespeare! Music set to texts from Romeo and Juliet, Henry VIII, Othello, The Tempest, As You Like It, and Twelfth Night. Johnson: Where the bee sucks; Tomkins: Barafostus’ Dream; Weldon: Take, O take those lips away; Edwards: When griping grief; Byrd: Willow song; and other works. Suzie LeBlanc, soprano; Alexander Weimann, harpsichord. CCR; $30. ●●Jul 19 8:00: Tony Yike Yang: Child Prodigy. Liszt: Sonata in b S161; Mozart: Sonata in F K332; Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat Op.61; Prokofiev: Sonata No.7 in B-flat Op.83. Tony Yike Yang, piano. PSA; $30. ●●Jul 22 8:00: The Colours of French Romanticism. Lalo: Overture to Le Roy d’Ys; Massenet: Méditation from Thaïs; Chausson: Poème de l’amour et de la mer; Berlioz: Overture to Le Corsaire; Bizet: Three songs for soprano and orchestra; Franck: Le chasseur maudit. Orchestre Métropolitain; Karina Gauvin, soprano; Mathieu Lussier, conductor. FLA; $17.56-$60.00. ●●Jul 24 2:00: Alexandre Da Costa and The Royal 22nd Regiment. Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen; Fantaisie on Airs from Carmen; Monti: Czardas; Queen: The Show Must Go On. Music of The Royal 22nd Regiment; Alexandre Da Costa, violin; Captain Christian Richer, conductor. FLA; $17.56-$40.00. ●●Jul 25 8:00: Virtuoso George Li. Haydn: Piano Sonata in b HobXVI:32; Chopin: Piano Sonata No.2 in b-flat; Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme by Corelli Op.42; Liszt: Consolation No.3 in D-flat; Hungarian Rhapsody No.2. George Li, piano. SAC; $30. ●●Jul 26 8:00: Nareh Arghamanyan: Poetess of the Piano. Bach: Goldberg Variations; Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre Op.40; Schubert/Liszt: Der Müller und der Bach; Gretchen am Spinnrade; Mozart/Liszt: Confutatis and Lacrimosa (from Mozart’s Requiem); Liszt: Totentanz. Nareh Arghamanyan, piano. PSS; $30. ●●Jul 28 8:00: Akousma@Lanaudière. Akousma. Guests: Pipo Pierre-Louis; Line Katcho; Myriam Bleau. MAJ; $23.50. ●●Jul 29 8:00: Live the Collectif9 Experience! Works by Brahms, Golijov, Holbrook, Márquez, Piazzolla and others. Collectif9: Thibault Bertin-Maghit, double bass/arrangements; Roland Arnassalon, violin; Yubin Kim, violin; Frédéric Moisan, violin; Grégor Monlun, violin; Scott Chancey, viola; Xavier Lepage-Brault, viola; Jérémie Cloutier, cello; Andrea Stewart, cello. FLA; $17.56-$50.00. ●●Jul 30 8:00: Learning While Listening with Christopher Hall. Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5 (orch. Parlow); Bizet: Carmen Suite No.1; J. Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka Op.124; Kodály: Dances of Galánta; J. Strauss II: The Blue Danube Waltz; Rozankovic: Guide comique pour orchestre; Márquez: Danzón No.2. Orchestre symphonique de Laval; Christopher Hall, clarinet and narrator; Alain Trudel, conductor. FLA; $17.56-$60.00. ●●Jul 31 2:00: Major Anniversaries: Tribute to Father Lindsay. Orchestral and choral music by Beethoven, Mozart, Dvořák, Orff, Verdi and others. Orchestre du Camp Musical Père Lindsay; Chœur Fernand-Lindsay; Julien thewholenote.com Proulx, chorusmaster. FLA; $17.56-$40.00. ●●Aug 02 8:00: Jocelyne Roy: The Art of the Flute. J.S. Bach: Concerto for Flute, Violin, and Keyboard BWV1044; C.P.E. Bach: Concerto for Flute and Strings in A; Concerto for Flute and Strings in d. Orchestre de Chambre du Festival; Jocelyne Roy, flute; Mélisande McNabney, harpsichord; Antoine Bareil, violin. SAK; $30. ●●Aug 04 8:00: Jocelyne Roy: The Art of the Flute. Bach: Partita in a BWV1013; Debussy: Syrinx; Varèse: Density 21.5; Ibert: Pièce pour flûte seule; Tremblay: Envol; Takemitsu: Voice; Karg-Elert: Chaconne. Jocelyne Roy, flute. MAJ; $30. ●●Aug 05 8:00: Charles-Richard Hamelin and Kent Nagano: The Audience Chooses! Schumann: Symphony No.3 in E-flat “Rhenish”; Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in d Op.15. Orchestre symphonique de Montréal; Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano; Kent Nagano, conductor. FLA; $21.91-$70.00. ●●Aug 06 8:00: Kent Nagano and the Mozart Requiem: A Great Classic in the Great Outdoors. Schubert: Symphony in b D759 “Unfinished”; Mozart: Requiem in d K626. Orchestre symnphonique de Montréal (Kent Nagano, conductor); Festival Chorus (Andrew Megill, conductor); Sarah Wegener, soprano; Michèle Losier, mezzo; Michael Schade, tenor; Alexander Tsymbaluk, bass. FLA; $21.91-$70.00. ●●Aug 07 2:00: Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain: From Philadelphia With Love. Bach/Stokowski: Passacaglia and Fugue in c BWV582; Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43; Muhly: Mixed Messages; Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances Op.45. Orchestre Métropolitain; Nicholas Angelich, piano; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor. FLA; $21.91-$70.00. Festival of the Sound July 15 to Aug 7 Parry Sound, ON C3 - Chippewa III, Seguin River Parkette, Parry Sound CC - Canadore College Deck, 1 College Dr., Parry Sound CS - Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, 2 Bay St., Parry Sound FO - Festival Office, 1 Avenue Rd., Parry Sound IQ - Island Queen Cruise Ship, 9 Bay St., Parry Sound SV - Seguin Valley Golf Club, 133 Badger Rd., Seguin 705-746-2410 / 1-866-364-0061 ●●Jul 15 5:30: Classics by Candlelight. Haydn: String Quartet in D Op.20 No.4 Hob.III:34; other works. Leslie Fagan, soprano; Guy Few, trumpet/piano; Moshe Hammer, violin; James Campbell, clarinet; Penderecki String Quartet. CS; $150. Fundraising dinner. ●●Jul 16 1:30: Strings Across the Sky. CS; free. ●●Jul 16 7:30: Gala Opening Concert. Trad.: Just a Closer Walk with Thee for clarinet, jazz bass, piano and choir; Trad.: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming; Kulesha: Shaman Songs; Glick: Northern Sketches; Daley: Salutation of the Dawn; and works by Mozart, Vivaldi, Handel and Bach. Elmer Iseler Singers; Lydia Adams, conductor; James Campbell, clarinet; Guy Few, trumpet; Penderecki String Quartet; Bob Mills, double bass. CS; $42-$52. thewholenote.com ●●Jul 17 7:30: Opera Gala. Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore; Aria (Drinking Chorus) from The Daughter of the Regiment; Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco; Brindisi from La Traviata; The Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin; and other works. Mark DuBois, tenor/host; Leslie Fagan, soprano; Gabrielle Prata, mezzo; Colin Ainsworth, tenor; Bruce Kelly, baritone; Guy Few, piano; Elmer Iseler Singers; Lydia Adams, conductor. CS; $37-$47. ●●Jul 18 6:00: Swing Cruise. Hogtown Syncopators. IQ; $35. Musical cruise. ●●Jul 19 11:00am: Office Hour. New Zealand String Quartet. FO; free. ●●Jul 19 3:30: Schubert and Dvořák I. Schubert: Sonatina in D Op.137 D384; Schubert/ Wilhelmi: Ave Maria D839; Dvořák: Piano Trio No.4 in e “Dumky”. Moshe Hammer, violin; Peter Longworth, piano; Gryphon Trio. CS; $19-$27. ●●Jul 19 7:30: Schubert and Dvořák II. Schubert: Piano Trio in B-flat D898; Dvořák: String Quartet No.12 in F Op.96 “American”. Gryphon Trio; New Zealand String Quartet. CS; $34-$42. ●●Jul 20 1:30: Our Favourite Sonatas I. Brahms: Sonata in d Op.108; Rodrigo: Sonata giocosa for guitar; Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.7 Op.83. Moshe Hammer, violin; Leopoldo Erice, piano; Rolf Gjelsten, cello; Daniel Bolshoy, guitar; Peter Longworth, piano. CS; $19-$27. ●●Jul 20 3:30: Our Favourite Sonatas II. Beethoven: Cello Sonata in C Op.102 No.1; Brahms: String Sextet No.2 in G Op.36. Peter Longworth, piano; Penderecki String Quartet; Gillian Ansell, viola; Rolf Gjelsten, cello. CS; $19-$27. ●●Jul 20 7:30: Sir Wilfred Laurier at 175. Copland: Quiet City; Mendelssohn: String Quartet No.2 in a; Bach: Chromatic Fantasy BWV903; Glick: Images at Nightfall, Georgian Bay; Boyd McDonald: Timelines for piano, four hands; Mozart: Ch’io mi scordi di te?...Non temer, amato bene K505. Leslie Fagan, soprano; James Mason, English horn; Guy Few, trumpet/piano; Penderecki String Quartet; Leopoldo Erice, piano; James Campbell, clarinet; Jeffrey Stokes, double bass. CS; $34-$42. ●●Jul 21 1:30: Fantasies and Fairy Tales. R. Schumann: Romances for oboe and piano Op.94; C. Schumann: Romances for violin and piano Op.22; R. Schumann: Fantasy Pieces for clarinet and piano Op.73; R. Schumann: Fairy Tales for viola and piano Op.113. James Mason, oboe; James Campbell, clarinet; Helene Pohl, violin; Gillian Ansell, viola; Peter Longworth, piano; Leopoldo Erice, piano. CS; $19-$27. ●●Jul 21 3:30: Love and Inspiration. Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben Op.42; Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat Op.47. Leslie Fagan, soprano; Penderecki String Quartet; Peter Longworth, piano; Leopoldo Erice, piano. CS; $19-$27. ●●Jul 21 7:30: Mentor and Master. Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Op.44; Brahms: Piano Quintet in f Op.34. Stewart Goodyear, piano; Leopoldo Erice, piano; Penderecki String Quartet; New Zealand String Quartet. CS; $34-$42. ●●Jul 22 11:00am: Office Hour. Daniel Bolshoy, guitar. FO; free. ●●Jul 22 1:30: Music for Guitar and Friends. De Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas for guitar and voice; Boccherini: Introduction and Fandango for guitar and strings; Barrios: Canada’s premier summer classical music festival at the Charles W. Stockey Centre in Parry Sound — on beautiful Georgian Bay j u ly 15 t h – a u g u s t 7 t h , 2 016 ClassiCal music jazz weekend cruises • films • talks 60 EvEnts 50 MusiCians 20 EnsEMblEs www.festivalofthesound.ca 1.866.364.0061 June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 37 Summer Festivals Un sueño en la floresta for solo guitar; Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Quintet for guitar and string quartet Op.143. Daniel Bolshoy, guitar; Leslie Fagan, soprano; Penderecki String Quartet. CS; $19-$27. ●●Jul 22 7:30: My Favourite Beethoven. Beethoven: Sonata No.17 “Tempest”; Sonata No.8 “Pathétique”; Sonata No.14 “Moonlight”; Sonata No.23 “Appassionata”. Stewart Goodyear, piano. CS; $37-$47. ●●Jul 23 7:30: Classically Ellington. Gene DiNovi, piano/host; James Campbell, clarinet; Drew Jurecka, violin/saxophone; Dave Young, bass; Glenn Anderson, drums. CS; $62. ●●Jul 25 6:00: Celtic Sounds Cruise. Còig. IQ; $35. Musical cruise. ●●Jul 26 7:30: Haydn, Mozart and the Human Voice. Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass in d Hob. XXII:11; Mozart: Vespers K321 and K339. Elora Festival Singers; Festival of the Sound Ensemble; Noel Edison, conductor. CS; $37-$47. ●●Jul 27 11:00am: A Musical Offering. Bach: Ricercar a 6 and Trio Sonata in c from The Musical Offering BWV1079; Telemann: Trio in g from Essercizii musici; Hertel: Double Concerto in E-flat. Festival Baroque: Suzanne Shulman, flute; James Mason, oboe; James McKay, bassoon; Guy Few, trumpet; Julie Baumgartel, violin; Chloé Dominguez, cello; Joel Quarrington, double bass; Cynthia Hiebert, harpsichord. SV; $32. ●●Jul 27 3:30: Afternoon Concert. Weber: Trio in g Op.63; Mozart: String Quintet in C K515. Suzanne Shulman, flute; Paul Marleyn, cello; Stéphan Sylvestre, piano; Graham Oppenheimer, viola; Cecilia String Quartet. CS; $19-$27. ●●Jul 27 7:30: Evening Concert. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.3 in E-flat; Mendelssohn: String Quartet No.1 in E-flat; Schubert: Piano Quintet in A “Trout”. Martin Beaver, violin; Graham Oppenheimer, viola; Paul Marleyn, cello; Joel Quarrington, double bass; Cecilia String Quartet; Stéphan Sylvestre, piano. CS; $34-$42. ●●Jul 28 11:00am: Office Hour. Cecilia String Quartet. FO; free. ●●Jul 28 1:30: Colour and Motion. Prokofiev: Quintet Op.39 “Trapèze Ballet”; Ravel: Piano Trio in a. James Mason, oboe; James Campbell, clarinet; Martin Beaver, violin; Graham Oppenheimer, viola; Joel Quarrington, double bass; Trio Hochelaga. CS; $19-$27. ●●Jul 28 3:30: Scandinavia: Northern Neighbours. Nielsen: Serenata in vano FS68; Sibelius: Suite for string trio in A JS186; Berwald: Grand Septet in B-flat. James Campbell, clarinet; James McKay, bassoon; Ken MacDonald, horn; Martin Beaver, violin; Anne Robert, violin; Graham Oppenheimer, viola; Chloé Dominguez, cello; Paul Marleyn, cello; Joel Quarrington, double bass. CS; $19-$27. ●●Jul 28 7:30: Chopin and Tchaikovsky. Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat Op.55 No.2; Ballade No.3 in A-flat Op.47; Polonaise in A-flat Op.53 “Heroic”; Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a Op.50. Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano; Trio Hochelaga. CS; $34-$42. ●●Jul 29 1:30: Summer Serenade. Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik K525; Duff: Summer Serenade; Onslow: String Quintet No.15 Op.38. Martin Beaver, violin; Julie Baumgartel, violin; Graham Oppenheimer, viola; Paul Marleyn, cello; Joel Quarrington, double bass. CS; $19-$27. ●●Jul 29 3:30: Canadian Songbook. Words 38 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 Jeux d’eau; Rachmaninoff: Three Symphonic Dances Op.45. Linda Ruan, piano; Bergmann Duo; Glen Montgomery, piano. CS; $19-$27. ●●Aug 05 7:30: My Favourite Chopin. Janina Fialkowska, piano. CS; $37-$47. ●●Aug 06 11:00am: Office Hour. Glen Montgomery, piano. FO; free. ●●Aug 06 7:30: Piano Spectacular. Orford Six Pianos; Janina Fialkowska, piano; Bergmann Duo; Anagnoson and Kinton, piano duo; Glen Montgomery, piano. CS; $37-$47. ●●Aug 07 12:30: Office Hour. Creativity + Science = Magic. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4. Glenn Montgomery, piano. FO; free. ●●Aug 07 2:30: Piano Finale. Mozart: Concerto No.10 in E-flat for two pianos K365; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G Op.58; Elgar: Enigma Variations Op.36. Janina Fialkowska, piano; Anagnoson and Kinton, piano duo; National Academy Orchestra of Canada; Boris Brott, conductor. CS; $37-$47. Around the Waist. CD; $25. ●●Jul 29 7:30: My Favourite Jazz. Robi Botos, piano; Dave Young, bass; Terry Clarke, drums. CS;. $34-$42. ●●Jul 30 7:30: Jazz Canada. Dave Young, bass; Kevin Turcotte, trumpet; Perry White, tenor sax; Terry Promane, trombone; Gary Williamson, piano; Terry Clarke, drums. CS; $34-$42. ●●Jul 30 10:00: After Office Hours. Words Around the Waist. FO; $10. ●●Jul 31 10:30am: Songbook on the Chippewa. Words Around the Waist. C3; $62. ●●Jul 31 7:30: Toronto All-star Big Band. CS; $37-$47. ●●Aug 01 6:00: Jazz Cruise. Bob DeAngelis Band. IQ; $35. Musical cruise. ●●Aug 02 3:30: Children’s Corner. SaintSaëns: Carnival of the Animals (excerpts); Beethoven: Für Elise WoO59; Schumann: The Happy Farmer Op.68 No.10. Glen Montgomery, piano; Duo Turgeon; Charissa Vandikas, piano; Linda Ruan, piano. CS; $19-$27. ●●Aug 02 7:30: Anagnoson and Kinton at 40. Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. Anagnoson and Kinton, piano duo; Dave Burns, percussion; Chung Ling Lo, percussion. CS; $37-$47. ●●Aug 03 1:30: Trans-Atlantic Journeys: Into the 20th Century I. Brahms: Intermezzo in b Op.119, No.1; Dvořák: Slavonic Dances; Ravel: Sonata in G for violin and piano; MacDowell: To a Wild Rose Op.51 No.1; works by Joplin and Stravinsky. Elissa Lee, violin; Sharon Wei, viola; Angela Park, piano; Magdalena von Eccher, piano; Duo Turgeon. CS; $19-$27. ●●Aug 03 3:30: Trans-Atlantic Journeys: Into the 20th Century II. Milhaud: Scaramouche Op.165b; Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in g Op.19; Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata; Gershwin: Songbook including I’ve Got Rhythm. James Campbell, clarinet; Rachel Mercer, cello; Magdalena von Eccher, piano; Glen Montgomery, piano; Charissa Vandikas and Linda Ruan, piano. CS; $19-$27. ●●Aug 03 7:30: The Lafayette at 30 Years. Dvořák: Humoresque Op.101 No.7; Gershwin: Three Preludes; Ravel: String Quartet in F; Dvořák: Piano Quintet No.2 in A Op.81. Lafayette String Quartet; Glen Montgomery, piano; Magdalena von Eccher, piano. CS; $34-$42. ●●Aug 04 1:30: Office Hour. Coulthard: String Quartet No. 2; Threnody; Archer: Sonata for clarinet and piano. Lafayette String Quartet; James Campbell, clarinet; Glen Montgomery, piano. FO; free. ●●Aug 04 3:30: The Magic of Cello. Bach: Cello Suite No.1 in G BWV1007; Brahms: Cello Sonata No.2 in F Op.99; Kelly-Marie Murphy: Four Degrees of Separation. Ensemble Made In Canada. CS; $19-$27. ●●Aug 04 7:30: Mozart and Musical Magic. Mozart: Sonata No.16 in C K545; Sonata for piano four-hands in C K521; Clarinet Trio in E-flat K498; Piano Quartet in E-flat K493. Ensemble Made In Canada; Duo Turgeon; James Campbell, clarinet; Charissa Vandikas, piano. CS; $34-$42. ●●Aug 05 1:30: Piano in the Afternoon I. Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G Op.32 No.5; Gershwin/ Bergmann: Porgy and Bess (excerpts); Rachmaninoff: Suite No.2 for two pianos Op.17. Charissa Vandikas, piano; Bergmann Duo; Magdalena von Eccher, piano; Glen Montgomery, piano. CS; $19-$27. ●●Aug 05 3:30: Piano in the Afternoon II. Rachmaninoff: Étude-tableau in e-flat; Ravel: Highlands Opera Studio Aug 4 to Sep 1 Haliburton, ON MU - Minden United Church, 21 Newcastle St., Minden. 1-855-457-9933 NL - Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion, 5358 County Rd. 21, Haliburton. 1-855-457-9933 SG - St. George’s Anglican Church (Haliburton), 617 Mountain St., Haliburton. 1-855-457-9933 1-855-457-9933 ●●Aug 09 8:00: From Opera to Broadway. Selections from the popular opera and musical theatre repertoire. SG; $32.50. ●●Aug 11 8:00: More Opera to Broadway. Selections from the popular opera and musical theatre repertoire. MU; $32.50. ●●Aug 16 8:00: For the Love of Shakespeare. Commemorating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, featuring opera and song repertoire inspired by the Bard. SG; $32.50. ●●Aug 18 7:30: The Brothers Grimm and The Bremen Town Musicians. Two operas by Dean Burry. NL; $37.50. Also Aug 20(2:00) ●●Aug 23 8:00: Celebrations! Highlands Opera Studio alumni in concert for a FAUST AUG 28, 30, 31 & SEP 1 Haliburton Box Office 1-855-457-9933 HighlandsOperaStudio.com retrospective of our last 10 years. SG; $32.50. ●●Aug 28 2:00: Gounod’s Faust. NL; $37.50. Also Aug 30, 31, Sep 1 (eves). Indian River Festival June 25 to Sep 18 Indian River, PEI All performances at St. Mary’s Church, 1374 Hamilton Rd., Route 104, Indian River, Prince Edward Island. 902-836-3733 ●●Jun 19 7:30: Centre Stage: The Once and Strings. The Once; The Atlantic String Machine and Friends. $42; $40(sr). ●●Jun 25 3:00: Classical: Youth Legacy Celebration. Featuring the top prize winners of the PEI Provincial Music Festival and Debut Atlantic’s Award for Excellence recipient. $15; $13(sr). ●●Jul 02 7:30: Songwriters’ Circle: Rose Cousins. $36; $34(sr). ●●Jul 03 3:00: The Voice: Exaltation. Sirens; The Atlantic String Machine. $32; $30(sr). ●●Jul 08 7:30: The Voice: If I Loved You. Danika Lorèn, vocalist; Jonathan MacArthur, vocalist; Adam Harris, vocalist; Peter Tiefenbach and Robert Kortgaard, piano duo. $32; $30(sr). ●●Jul 10 7:30: The Voice: Carmina Burana. Massed Maritime chorus and instrumental ensemble with vocal soloists. $32; $30(sr). ●●Jul 15 7:30: Songwriters’ Circle: EmilieClaire Barlow. $36; $34(sr). ●●Jul 17 7:30: The Voice: In Perfect Harmony. Helios Vocal Ensemble; Daniel Cabena, countertenor; Stephen Runge, piano. $32; $30(sr). ●●Jul 21 7:30: Songwriters’ Circle: The Door You Came In. Songs and stories from The Danger Tree by David MacFarlane, with original music performed by Douglas Cameron. $32; $30(sr). ●●Jul 23 7:30: Centre Stage: Joel Plaskett. $42; $40(sr). ●●Jul 29 7:30: The Voice: It Ain’t Necessarily So. Works by Gershwin and others. Cast members of Indian River Festival’s The Barber of Seville; Christina Bouey; Peter Tiefenbach and Robert Kortgaard, piano. $32; $30(sr). ●●Jul 30 7:30: The Voice: The Barber of Seville. Rossini: The Barber of Seville. Brent Krysa, stage director; Peter Tiefenbach, music director. $32; $30(sr); free(children 12 and under with paying adult). Also July 31(3:00). ●●Aug 05 7:30: Centre Stage: Matthew Barber and Jill Barber. Songs from The Family Album. $42; $40(sr). ●●Aug 07 7:30: Classical: Lafayette String Quartet. Works by Haydn, Dvořák and Coulthard. $32; $30(sr). ●●Aug 13 7:30: Songwriters’ Circle: The East Pointers. $32; $30(sr). ●●Aug 14 7:30: Songwriters’ Circle: Fêtons L’Acadie! Suzie Leblanc, vocalist; Robert Kortgaard, piano; DesRoches Ouellette and Chaisson Trio. $32; $30(sr). ●●Aug 16 7:30: Classical: Charles and Chopin. Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano. $32; $30(sr). ●●Aug 19 7:30: Songwriters’ Circle: The Good Lovelies. Songs from the album Burn the Plan. $32; $30(sr). ●●Aug 21 3:00: The Voice: Seasons of Life and thewholenote.com Landscape. Choral concert. Julia Davids, conductor. $32; $30(sr). ●●Aug 27 3:00: Centre Stage: Fred Penner. $42; $40(sr); $20(child). ●●Aug 28 7:30: Classical: Trio Canoë. JeanFrançois Normand, clarinet; Marina Thibeault, viola; Philip Chiu, piano. $32; $30(sr). ●●Sep 03 3:00: Songwriters’ Circle: Kensington Ceilidh. By donation. ●●Sep 18 3:00: Classical: Ensemble Made in Canada. $32; $30(sr). Leith Summer Festival July 2 to Aug 27 Leith, ON All performances at Leith Church, 419134 Tom Thomson Ln., Leith. 519-371-2833 ●●Jul 02 7:30: Cheng2 Duo. Silvie Cheng, piano; Bryan Cheng, cello. $30. ●●Jul 16 7:30: Piano à Quatre Mains. Robert Kortgaard, piano; Peter Tiefenbach, piano. $30. ●●Jul 23 7:30: Common Ground: Jazz Meets the Classics. Chris Donnelly, piano; Kornel Wolak, clarinet. $30. ●●Aug 13 7:30: Penderecki String Quartet. Jeremy Bell and Jerzy Kaplanek, violin; Christine Vlajk, viola; Katie Schlaikjer, cello. $30. ●●Aug 27 7:30: Sweet Songs of Sin and Sorrow. Patricia O’Callaghan, soprano; Robert Kortgaard, piano; Andrew Downing, bass. $30. Luminato Festival June 10 to 26 Toronto, ON The following concerts take place at the Hearn Generating Station, 440 Unwin Ave. 416-368-4849 ●●Jun 19 7:20: Tafelmusik/Luminato. In Con- cert. Works by Telemann, Handel, Torelli, Marais and Bach. $25. ●●Jun 22 6:30: Luminato Festival. Music in the Barns: Song of Extinction. Music by Rose Bolton. Film by Marc de Guerre. Libretto by Don McKay. Featuring members of the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir. $30; $60(VIP). ●●Jun 21 6:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra/ Luminato Festival. Beethoven: Symphony No.5 and Gershwin: An American in Paris. Peter Oundjian, conductor. $32.77-$44.07. Montreal Baroque Festival Jun 23 to 26 Montreal, PQ CND - Crypt of the Chapelle Notre-Damede-Bon-Secours, 400 rue Saint Paul Est, Montreal MU - Lobby of the Arts Building, McGill University, 853 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal OL - Osler Library of the History of Medicine, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, 3rd Floor, Montreal. RH - Redpath Hall, 3461 rue McTavish, Montreal RM - Redpath Museum, 859 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal SC - Salle de la Commune, Marché thewholenote.com Bonsecours, 325 rue de la Commune Est, Montreal 514-845-7171 VALERIE KUINKA General Director ●●Jun 23 7:00: Prospero’s Tempest. Works RICHARD MARGISON Artistic Director by Purcell and others. Bande Montréal Baroque, Lina Tur Bonet, Passiflore, Flûte Alors!, Pallade Musica, and others. RH; $30; $25(sr); $20(st). ●●Jun 23 9:00: Fugal Tornado. Bach: Art of Fugue. Les Voix Humaines; Instruments of Happiness. RH; $30; $25(sr); $20(st). ●●Jun 24 11:00am: Impetuous Lover, Turbulent Love. Odéi Bilodeau, soprano; Martin Robidoux, harpsichord. SC; $20. ●●Jun 24 2:00: Tumultuous Bach 1. Bach: Sonata in g BWV1001; Partita in b BWV1002. Lina Tur Bonet, baroque violin; Jesse Blumberg, baritone; Eric Milnes, harpsichord. SC; $30; $25(sr); $20(st). ●●Jun 24 5:00: Torrent of Tears. Works by Clérambault, Montéclair and Rebel. Ensemble Sonate 1704; Jacinthe Thibault, soprano. SC; $30; $25(sr); $20(st). ●●Jun 24 7:00: Hail! the Gigantic Gique! Baroque, Métis and contemporary music. Ensemble Caprice; Métis Fiddler Quartet. CND; $35; $30(sr); $25(st). ●●Jun 24 9:00: Breeze or Hurricane? Boismortier: Five Flute Concertos. Ensemble La Chamaille; Autour de la Flûte. CND; SOLD OUT. ●●Jun 25 11:00am: Scandinavian Gust. JeanFrançois Bélanger, nyckelharpa. RM; $20. ●●Jun 25 2:00: Weather Alert. New works for recorder by young Quebec composers. Vincent Lauzer, recorder. OL; $20. ●●Jun 25 4:00: Los Rafales de vento! Music inspired by Spain, the Mediterranean, African and Native-American influences. David Jacques, guitar; Ziya Tabassian, percussion. OL; $20. ●●Jun 25 7:00: The Widow Rebel. Le Nouvel Opéra. RH; $35; $30(sr); $25(st). ●●Jun 25 9:00: Tumultuous Bach 2. Bach: Sonata in a BWV1003; Partita in d BWV1004. Lina Tur Bonet, baroque violin; Jesse Blumberg, baritone; Eric Milnes, harpsichord. RH; $30; $25(sr); $20(st). ●●Jun 26 11:00am: Heavenly Bach: Thunder and Lightning. Bach: Cello Suites. Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba. MU; $30; $25(sr); $20(st). ●●Jun 26 4:00: Tumultuous Bach 3. Bach: Sonata in C BWV1005; Partita in E BWV1006; Notebook for Anna Magdalene Bach (excerpts). Lina Tur Bonet, baroque violin; Jesse Blumberg, baritone; Eric Milnes, harpsichord. MU; $30; $25(sr); $20(st). ●●Jun 26 7:00: Tempest of Ideas: The Reformation According to J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV76, BWV79 and BWV80. Hélène Brunet, Michael Taylor, Philippe Gagné and Jesse Blumberg, soloists; La Bande Montréal Baroque; Eric Milnes, conductor. RH; $35(sr); $30(st). OUR 10TH SEASON! MASTERCLASSES RICHARD MARGISON AUGUST 4, 5 & 6 | Haliburton CONCERTS FROM OPERA TO BROADWAY AUGUST 9 & 11 | Haliburton & Minden FOR THE LOVE OF SHAKESPEARE AUGUST 16 | Haliburton CELEBRATIONS! 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Box Office 1-855-457-9933 HighlandsOperaStudio.com Music and Beyond Festival July 4 to 17 Ottawa, ON CC - Christ Church Cathedral (Ottawa), 439 Queen St., Ottawa CM - Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod St., Ottawa. 613-566-4700 DC - Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper St., Ottawa June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 39 Summer Festivals DF - Diefenbunker, 3929 Carp Rd., Ottawa FB - First Baptist Church (Ottawa), 140 Laurier Ave. W., Ottawa IG- Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre, 1233 Wellington St W., Ottawa. 613-232-2075 KP - Knox Presbyterian Church (Ottawa), 120 Lisgar St., Ottawa MT - Mayfair Theatre, 1074 Bank St., Ottawa, 613-730-6552 ND - Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica, 385 Sussex Dr., Ottawa NGC - National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa RC – Rideau Canal, Ottawa SAC - St. Andrew’s Church (Ottawa), 82 Kent St., Ottawa SBA - St. Barnabas Anglican Church (Ottawa), 70 James St., Ottawa SBC - Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts, 310 St. Patrick St., Ottawa 613-288-1079 SJC - St. Joseph’s Church, 151 Laurier Ave. E., Ottawa SMA - St. Matthew’s Anglican Church (Ottawa), 217 First Ave., Ottawa SUC - Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Ave., Ottawa TH - Tabaret Hall, University of Ottawa, 550 Cumberland St., Ottawa UO - University of Ottawa, 50 University, Ottawa 613-241-0777 ●●Jul 04 5:30: Music on the Canal. RC; $10-$50. ●●Jul 04 7:30: Opening Gala, Music and Cir- cus. DC; $10-$50. ●●Jul 05 12:00_noon: Utrecht String Quartet. FB; $10-$50. ●●Jul 05 2:00: Theremin in Concert: Thor- wald Jørgensen. FBC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 05 7:00: An Evening at the Diefen- bunker. Thorwald Jørgensen, thermin; Ruth Anna Lindemeir, zither; Utrecht String Quartet and Film. DF; $10-$70. ●●Jul 05 8:30: In Concert. Jens Lindemann, Tommy Banks; National Arts Centre Orchestra. DC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 06 12:00_noon: Leopold Godowsky: A Life in Music. Carl Petersson; Hélène Brunet; Julian Armour. DC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 06 2:00: Music of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Piazzolla. Utrecht String Quartet. FB; JULY 8&9 Léonardelli, harp; Robin Best, harp; Matthew Larkin, piano. CC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 11 7:30: Luc Beauséjour. SBA; $10-$70. ●●Jul 11 7:30: Oliver Jones: Farewell Tour. DC; $25-$150. ●●Jul 11 7:30: Celebrating Vienna! Marco Di Sapia. SUC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 12 12:00_noon: Made in Canada. DC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 12 7:30: London Handel Players I: Music of J.S. Bach. SBA; $10-$70. ●●Jul 12 7:30: Music and Circus. Hebei Acrobatic Troupe. IG; $10-$70.Also July 13. ●●Jul 13 12:00_noon: Matthew Larkin in Recital. CC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 13 7:00: Music in the Lives of Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun and Marie Antoinette. NG; included with gallery admission. ●●Jul 13 7:30: Czech Masterpieces. Sláva Pechokova, piano. DC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 14 12:00_noon: Hélène Brunet, soprano. DC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 14 2:00: Music and Circus. Hebei Acrobatic Troupe. IG;. $10-$70.Also 7:30. ●●Jul 14 5:00: Ottawa Wind Ensemble. TH; free. ●●Jul 14 7:30: London Handel Players II: Music of France. SBA; $10-$70. ●●Jul 15 2:00: Music and Circus. Hebei Acrobatic Troupe. IG; $10-$70. ●●Jul 15 2:00: London Handel Players III: Music of Handel. SBA; $10-$70. ●●Jul 15 7:30: Music and Circus. Hebei Acrobatic Troupe. IG; $10-$70. ●●Jul 15 7:30: The Music of Ola Gjeilo. SMA; $10-$70. ●●Jul 15 7:30: Music of Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Schubert. Jan Lisiecki, piano. DC; $10-$90. ●●Jul 16 2:00: Ukrainian Music and Dance. DC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 16 2:00: Music and Circus. Hebei Acrobatic Troupe. IG; $10-$70. ●●Jul 16 2:00: In Recital. Felix Hell, organ. SAC; $10-$70. Also July 17. ●●Jul 16 7:30: Orchestre de la Francophonie. Stéphane Tétreault, cello; Jean-Philippe Tremblay, conductor. SBC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 16 7:30: Music and Circus. Hebei Acrobatic Troupe. IG; $10-$70. ●●Jul 16 8:30: Chanticleer. DC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 17 2:00: Music and Circus. Hebei Acrobatic Troupe. IG; $10-$70. ●●Jul 17 7:30: Closing Gala: The Seven Deadly Sins. Thirteen Strings; Kevin Mallon, conductor; Jennifer Taverner, soprano; Felix Hell, organ; Marc Djokic, violin; Jasper Wood, violin; Catherine Ferreira; Julian Armour, cello. DC; $10-$70 . $10-$70. ●●Jul 06 6:30: The Third Man. Ruth Anna Lindemeir, zither. MT. $10-$70. ●●Jul 06 7:00: Music and Nature. CM. Included in admission price. ●●Jul 06 7:30: Martin Chalifour. DC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 07 2:00: Utrecht String Trio. FB; $10-$70. ●●Jul 07 7:30: Vienna Piano Trio I. C.P.E. Bach: Trio Sonata in e Wq89:5; Brahms: Piano Trio in C Op.87; Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.2 Op.67. DC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 07 7:30: The Colours of Orlando. Selected works by Orlando Di Lasso. Le Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal. SJC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 07 7:30: Music and Circus. IG; $10-$70. ●●Jul 07 9:15: Coffee Concert: Fritz Kreisler Celebration. DC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 07 10:00: Percussion Plus! SBC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 08 10:00am: Les Boréades de Montréal. SBA; $10-$70. ●●Jul 08 2:00: Music and Circus. IG; $10-$70. Also at 7:30. ●●Jul 08 2:00: Music for Life: A Celebration! DC; $25-$150 ●●Jul 08 7:30: Christopher Plummer: Shakespeare and Music. Excerpts from favourite Shakespeare plays, joined by some of Canada’s top musicians. DC; $25-$150. Also July 9 ●●Jul 08 7:30: Vienna Piano Trio II. Haydn: Piano Trio in E Hob.XV:28; Ravel: Piano Trio; F. Bridge: Phantasie-Piano Trio H.79; Brahms: Piano Trio in c Op.101. SUC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 09 2:00: Vienna Piano Trio III. F. Cerha (on occasion of his 90th birthday): 5 Sätze für Klaviertrio; Brahms: Piano Trio in B Op.8. DC; $10-$70. ●●Jul 09 2:00: Music and Circus. Hebei Acrobatic Troupe. IG; $10-$70.Also at 7:30. ●●Jul 09 8:00: Les Violons du Roy. ND; $10-$70. ●●Jul 09 11:00: Tapestry Presents: Starry Night. KP; $10-$70. ●●Jul 10 10:00am: Ottawa Family Music Expo. Mini-concerts and interactive arts programming for families. UO; free. ●●Jul 10 7:30: Music and Circus. IG; $10-$70. ●●Jul 10 7:30: Measha Brueggergosman. DC; 613-241-0777. $10-$70. ●●Jul 11 2:00: Angels and Demons. Caroline July 16 @ 8:30 pm Music at Port Milford July 16 to Aug 7 Milford, ON SHAKESPEARE AND MUSIC with Christopher Plummer musicandbeyond.ca 40 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 C - MPM Camp, 89 Colliers Rd., Milford R – Regent Theatre, 224 Main St., Picton. 613-476-8416 M - St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church, 335 Main St., Picton 613-476-7735 Back by popular demand ●●Jul 16 10:00am: MPM Takes to the Streets. Chanticleer Students aged 12 to 18 perform chamber music. Streets throughout Picton and Wellington; Free. Until 12:00pm. ●●Jul 16 7:30: Spin Cycle. Haydn: String musicandbeyond.ca Quartet in f Op.20 No.5; Teehan: Infinite Streams II; Lau: String Quartet No.3; Silberberg: Transcendence; Wijeratne: Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems; Wijeratne/Skratch Bastid: Through the Invisible. Afiara String Quartet: Valerie Li and Catherine Cosbey, violins; Eric Wong, viola; Adrian Fung, cello. M; $30; $10(st). ●●Jul 17 2:00: Sunday MPM Student Matinee. Chamber, orchestral and choral works. Students aged 12 to 18. C; free. ●●Jul 23 7:30: Ensemble Made in Canada. Mozart: Piano Quartet No.2 in E-flat K493; Murphy: Four Degrees of Freedom; Fauré: Piano Quartet No.2 in g Op.45. Elissa Lee, violin; Sharon Wei, viola; Rachel Mercer, cello; Angela Park, piano. M; $30; $10(st). ●●Jul 24 2:00: Sunday MPM Student Matinee. Chamber, orchestral and choral works. Students aged 12 to 18 and Community Singers. M; free. ●●Jul 29 7:30: Classic Rock. Music from David Bowie, Journey, Kiss, Queen, Pat Benatar, Stevie Nicks and others. Naomi Garreet and Kevin Pierson, vocals; Gary Backstrom, guitar; Chris Eastburn, bass; Andy Pesz, drums; MPM Student Orchestra. R; $30. ●●Jul 30 7:30: Tokai String Quartet. Haydn: String Quartet in D Op.71 No.2; Burge: String Quartet No.1; Debussy: String Quartet in g Op.10. Amanda Goodburn and Csaba Koczo, violins; Yosef Tamir-Smirnoff, viola; Emmanuelle Beaulieu-Bergeron, cello. M; $30; $10(st). ●●Jul 31 2:00: Sunday Student Matinee. Chamber, orchestral and choral works. Students aged 12 to 18. C; free. ●●Aug 06 7:30: Faculty Ensemble. Beethoven: String Quintet “Storm” in C Op.29; Ravira: Wapango; Brahms: String Quintet No.2 in G Op.111. Marie Bérard and Rohan Gregory, violins; Keith Hamm and Angela Rudden, violas; Paul Widner, cello. M; $30; $10(st). ●●Aug 07 2:00: Sunday Student Matinee. Chamber, orchestral and choral works. Students aged 12 to 18. M; free. Music Mondays Every Monday during the summer from June 6 to Aug 20 Toronto, ON All performances are at 12:15pm at The Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Sq., 416598-4521. PWYC ●●Jun 06 12:15: Echoes of Bach. Bach: The Art of the Fugue (excerpts); Smallman: Baroquial Suite; Hindemith: Ludus Tonalis (excerpts). Reverb Brass. ●●Jun 13 12:15: Old-School Love. When I Fall in Love; I Could Write a Book; It Ain’t Necessarily So; Old Cape Cod; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square; and other works. Russell Drago Trio. ●●Jun 20 12:15: Duo Primo. Ronée Boyce, piano; Helen Yang, cello. ●●Jun 27 12:15: Dévah Unplugged. Dévah Quartet. ●●Jul 04 12:15: Albéniz: Iberia Book III - El Albaicín, El Polo, and Lavapiés. Koichi Inoue, piano. ●●Jul 11 12:15: Bach and Beyond. Welmers: Laudate Dominum; Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.14; and works by Bach and Böhm. Aaron James, organ. thewholenote.com ●●Jul 18 12:15: Transcriptions and Works for the Spanish Guitar. Works by Bach, Albéniz, Tarrega and Barrios. Cary Savage, guitar. ●●Jul 25 12:15: Organ Music from Québec. Bédard: Suite du deuxième ton; works by Daveluy, LeBuis and Warren. Denis Gagné, organ. ●●Aug 01 12:15: Allison Au Quartet. ●●Aug 08 12:15: True North - Canadian Duos for Violin and Piano. Willan: Sonata No.1 in e; works by Champagne, Archer and H. Schmidt. Stephanie Chua, piano; Véronique Mathieu, violin. ●●Aug 15 12:15: Surrealism at Midday. Liszt: Ballade No.2 in b, S171; Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Scriabin: Sonata No.4 in F-sharp Op.30. Anastasia Rizikov, piano. ●●Aug 22 12:15: Dueling Cellos. VC² (Amahl Arulanandam and Bryan Holt, cellos). ●●Aug 29 12:15: Gala 25th Anniversary Concert. David Braid, piano. Post-concert reception. National Youth Orchestra of Canada Chamber Music Festival June 22 to July 15 Waterloo, ON MF - Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 416-532-4470 KW - KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673 All chamber music concerts are free except for July 5 and 15. ●●Jun 22 8:00: Faculty Concert. Peter Hatch: Cooking with Alice; Simon Steen/Andersen: Next to Beside Besides, #0 and #4 (2003/2006) for Percussion and Cello; Daron Hagen: Duo for Violin and Cello. David Hetherington; Aiyun Huang; Steve S. MF. ●●Jun 24 8:00: Student Concert. Reich: Music for pieces of wood; Schiffelholz: Trio Sonata for Two Bassoons and Piano. MF. ●●Jun 25 8:00: Student Concert. Cole: Postludes; Reich: Drumming part 1; Mozart: Flute Quartet in D; Jolivet: Pastorales de Noël; Tomasi: Être ou ne Pas Être. MF. ●●Jun 28 8:00: Faculty Concert. Featuring the Formosa String Quartet. MF. ●●Jun 29 8:00: Faculty Concert. Böhme: Trumpet Sextet; Oesterle: Carrousel; Gripp: String Quartet. MF. ●●Jun 30 2:00: Student Concert. Pasculli: 2016 TD Tour Omaggio a Bellini - Duetto; Mendelssohn: Octet; Smetana: String Quartet. MF. ●●Jun 30 8:00: Chamber Music Festival: Student Concert. Debussy: Sonate; Mozart: String Quartet in F, K.590; Bliss: Oboe Quintet; Barber; Summer Music; Shostakovich: String Quartet No.14. MF. ●●Jul 01 2:00: Student Concert. Mendelssohn: String Quartet in f, Op.80; Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon; Ibert: Deux Interludes; Beethoven: String Quartet in D major, Op.18 No.3. MF. ●●Jul 01 8:00: Student Concert. Engelman: Remembrance; Nielsen; Quintet for Winds Op.43; Poulenc: Trio for Trumpet, Horn and Trombone; Verdi: String Quartet; Tomasi: Cinq danses profanes et sacrées pour quintette á vent; Dvorak: String Quintet. MF. ●●Jul 02 8:00: Student Concert. Malcolm Arnold: Brass Quintet No.1; Górecki: Sonata for Two Violins Op.10; Raff: Double Wind Quintet; Britten: String Quartet No.2 in C. MF. ●●Jul 02 8:00: Student Concert. Ravel: Introduction et Allegro; Ewald: Brass Quintet No.1; Schumann: Piano Quintet; Oesterle: Look on Glass; Goepfart: Wind Quartet Op.93; Bartók: String Quartet No.4. MF. ●●Jul 05 8:00: In Concert. Ensembles of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. KW; $25; $15(st). ●●Jul 08 8:00: Faculty Concert. MF. ●●Jul 15 8:00: Ensembles of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. KW; $25; $15(st). Prince Edward County Jazz Festival Aug 16 to 21 Picton, ON ●●Aug 20 2:00: Robi Botos and Jodi Proznick. M; $25. ●●Aug 20 8:00: Joe Sealy and Jackie Richard- son: Africville Stories. R; $38. B – Baxter Centre, 3 Stanley St., Bloomfield GC – Glenwood Chapel, 47 Ferguson St., Picton HEW – Huff Estates Winery, 2284 County Rd. 1, Bloomfield M - Church of St. Mary Magdalene, 339 Main St., Picton R - Regent Theatre, 224 Main St., Picton SOM – Stache on Main, 287 Main St., Wellington. 613-399-2498 TB&C – The Beck and Call, 252 Main St., Picton W - Waring House, 395 County Rd 1, Picton 613-476-8416 x28 or 1-877-411-4761 ●●Aug 20 10:00am: Mike Murley and Jodi Proznick. GC; free ●●Aug 21 10:30am: Jazz Mass. Brian Barlow Quartet. M. ●●Aug 21 8:00: The Brian Barlow Big Band with Alex Samaras. R;. $38. Stratford Summer Music ●●Aug 16 7:00: Backstage: Brian Barlow in conversation with Guido Basso, B; free ●●Aug 17 5:30: Jazz Overture. Mark Eisenman Trio. Guest: Phil Dwyer. WH; $75. 5:30: wine tasting; 6:30: dinner; 8:00: concert. ●●Aug 17 7:30 : Fade Kings. W. ●●Aug 18 1:00: Hannah Barstow Trio. HEW. ●●Aug 18 8:00: Ben Vandergaast. SOM ●●Aug 18 8:00: Emilie-Claire Barlow. R; $38. ●●Aug 18 10:00: Robi Botos Trio. TB&C. ●●Aug 19 7:30: Hannah Barstow Trio. Young Jazz Series. W. ●●Aug 19 8:00: Bill King and Michael Dunstan. SOM. ●●Aug 19 8:00: Guido Basso and Friends. With Jodi Proznick, Mike Murley, Bernie Senensky and Dave Laing. R; $38. ●●Aug 19 10:00: Robi Botos Trio. TB&C. Cover. 2016 TD Tour June 22 to Aug 13 ●●Jul 23 7:30: Elora Festival/National Youth Orchestra of Canada. 2016 TD Tour. Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Overture; Barber: School for Scandal Overture; Adams: Short Ride on a Fast Machine; newly commisioned Canadian work; Bernstein: West Side Story Symphonic Dances; Bloch: Schelomo for cello and orchestra. Gambrel Barn, Corner of Country Rd. 7 and 21, Elora. 519-846-0331 or 1-888747-7550. $45; $15(st); $5(child). ●●Aug 11 7:30: National Youth Orchestra of Canada. 2016 TD Tour. Wagner: Overture to Tannhauser; Bloch: Schelomo for cello and orchestra; Prokofiev: Symphony No.5; new commissioned works by C. Goddard and C. Meyer. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $25-$45. ●●Aug 13 6:00: National Youth Orchestra of Canada. 2016 TD Tour. Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Overture; Debussy: Syrinx; Bernstein: West Side Story Symphonic Dances. Maison Symphonique de Montreal, 1600 SaintUrbain, Montreal. 514-842-2112. TBA. Classical Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival July 21 to Aug 3 Ottawa, ON • LISBOA • Maestro Ward Stare The Elora Festival July 23, 7;30 pm 613-214-6306 Explore how contrasts shape our lives through the valuable contributions to music made by women and cultural inspirations from around the world. The festival takes place in more than ten different venues around the City of Ottawa. Details were unavailable at time of going to press. Please visit the festival’s website at www.chamberfest.com pecmusicfestival.com nyoc.org thewholenote.com June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 41 Summer Festivals July 18 to Aug 28 Stratford, ON AP - Arden Park Hotel, 552 Ontario St., Stratford K - Knox Presbyterian Church, 142 Ontario St., Stratford LQ - Lower Queen’s Park, Queen St., Stratford P - Prune, 151 Albert St., Stratford RH - Revival House, 70 Brunswick St., Stratford SAC - St. Andrew’s Church (Stratford), 25 St. Andrew’s St., Stratford. 519-271-2101 RC - Royal Canadian Legion, 207 St. Patrick St., Stratford SC - Stratford Central Secondary School, 60 St. Andrew St., Stratford SJA - St. James Anglican Church, 41 Mornington St., Stratford. 519-271-2101 ●●Jul 18 8:00: Opening Night. LQ; free. ●●Jul 18 9:30: Grand Illumination to Music for a Midsummer’s Night. LQ; free. ●●Jul 19 7:00: Basia Bulat and Sunparlour Players. K; $30. ●●Jul 20 7:00: Harlem Gospel Choir. Guest: Measha Brueggergosman, soprano. K; $40. ●●Jul 21 7:00: International Piano Series 1. Simone Dinnerstein, piano. SAC; $40. ●●Jul 23 11:00am: International Piano Series 2. Bach: Goldberg Variations. Simone Dinnerstein, piano. SAC; $40. ●●Jul 23 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Baroque Harp (Brunch Program 1). Julia Seager-Scott, harp. P; $49.50 (includes brunch). Also on July 24. ●●Jul 23 9:00: Live at Revival House Cabaret: Hallelujah. Songs of sin and sorrow by Leonard Cohen. Patricia Callaghan, vocals; Robert Kortgaard, piano. RH; $40. ●●Jul 29 9:00: Strange and Sacred Noise. A visual and aural exploration of composer John Luther Adams “sonic geography” of Alaska. TorQ Percussion Quartet. SJA; $30. ●●Jul 30 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Paraguayan Harp (Brunch Program 2). Martha Mazzoleni, harp. P; $49.50 (includes brunch). Also on July 31. ●●Jul 30 7:00: Whiskey Jack Salutes Canadian 42 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 Jan Lisiecki Programme 1. Jan Lisiecki, piano. SAC; $40. ●●Aug 27 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Two Celtic Harps (Brunch Program 6). Julia SeagerScott, harp; Sharlene Wallace, harp. P; $49.50 (includes brunch). Also on Aug 28. ●●Aug 27 2:00: International Piano Series 6: Jan Lisiecki Programme 2. Jan Lisiecki, piano. SAC; $40. ●●Aug 27 9:00: Live at Revival House Cabaret: Shine On - The Universe of John Lennon. Michael Occhipinti Jazz Ensemble. RH; $40. ●●Aug 28 2:00: Season Finale: The Stratford Six, Version 2.0. SAC; $40. Country Legends: Don Messer. Guest: Dan Stacey. RC; $30. ●●Aug 01 8:00: The Artie Shaw Orchestra. AP; $45. 7:00pm: Brush Up Your Foxtrot. Also Aug 2. ●●Aug 03 7:00: International Piano Series 3. Tony Yike Yang, piano. SAC; $30. ●●Aug 04 7:00: Choral Concert. Choir of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. SJA; PWYC. ●●Aug 06 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Contemporary Harp (Brunch Program 3). Sharlene Wallace, harp. P; $49.50 (includes brunch). Also on Aug 7. ●●Aug 06 9:00: Live at Revival House Cabaret: The Sondheim Jazz Project. RH; $40. ●●Aug 07 5:00: Choral Vespers Service. Choir of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. SJA; TBA. ●●Aug 07 7:00: TorQ Percussion Seminar Finale Concert. SC; PWYC. ●●Aug 11 7:00: The People Shall Hear: Great Choruses by Bach and Handel. Theatre of Early Music Choir; Daniel Taylor, director. SJA; $40. ●●Aug 12 7:00: Canadian Choral Spotlight: Massed Choir. Tallis: Spem in alium; R. Murray Schafer: Credo. Theatre of Early Music Choir; Daniel Taylor, director. SJA; $40. ●●Aug 13 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Gaelic Harp - The Clarsach (Brunch Program 4). Julia Seager-Scott, harp. P; $49.50 (includes brunch). Also on Aug 14. ●●Aug 13 9:00: Live at Revival House Cabaret: Carole Pope. RH; $40. ●●Aug 14 2:00: International Piano Series 4. Joey Alexander Jazz Trio. SAC; $40. ●●Aug 16 7:00: Vocal Academy Faculty Quartet Recital. SAC; $40. ●●Aug 17 7:00: International Piano Series 5. Luca Buratto, piano. SAC; $30. ●●Aug 19 6:30: The Barber of Seville (dinner performance). RH; $99. Also Aug 20(6:30) and 21(12noon). ●●Aug 20 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Senegalese Harp - The Kora (Brunch Program 5). Robert Simms, harp. P; $49.50 (includes brunch). Also on Aug 21. ●●Aug 21 2:00: Vocal Academy Participants’ Finale Recital. SAC; PWYC. ●●Aug 26 7:00: International Piano Series 6: TD SUNFEST ’16: “CANADA’S PREMIER CELEBRATION OF WORLD CULTURES.” July 7 to 10 London, ON 519-672-1522 More than 30 groups representing diverse world cultures entertain visitors on five stages in downtown London’s historic Victoria Park. Further details were not available at the time of going to press. Please visit www.sunfest.on.ca for details. TD Toronto Jazz Festival June 24 to July 3 Toronto, ON D - Distillery Historic District, 55 Mill St. 416-346-1177 HR - Holt Renfrew, 50 Bloor St. W. 416-9222333 HS - Home Smith Bar at The Old Mill Toronto, 21 Old Mill Rd. 1-888-655-9090 HT - Horseshoe Tavern, 370 Queen St. W. 1-888-655-9090. HTD - Hilton Toronto Downtown, Pool Deck, 145 Richmond St. W. 416-869-3456 JB - Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria St. 1-888-6559090 JM - Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-3667723 KH - Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 MS - Mill St. Brew Pub, Distillery Historic District, 55 Mill St. 416-681-0338 NPS - Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St. W. 1-888-655-9090 OH - Opera House, 735 Queen St. E. 1-888655-9090 R - The Rex, 194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475 SC - Second Cup, 287 King St. W. 416-3409888 SCPA - Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front St. E. 1-888-655-9090 ●●Jun 24 12:30: Jane Bunnett and Hilario Duran. HR; free. ●●Jun 24 5:00: Tia Brazda Quartet. MS; free. ●●Jun 24 7:30: Heather Bambrick and Friends. Featuring Alex Pangman with Russ Little Quartet. HS; $35.50. ●●Jun 24 8:00: An Evening with Sarah McLachlan. SCPA; $59.50-$125. ●●Jun 24 8:00: Bill Charlap Trio. JB; $45/$40(adv). Also 10pm. ●●Jun 24 10:00: Bill Charlap Trio. JB; $45/$40(adv). Also 8pm. ●●Jun 25 12:30: Bill King’s Rhythm Express. NPS; free. ●●Jun 25 12:30: Jarrod Lawson. HR; free. ●●Jun 25 3:00: Slocan Ramblers. D; free. ●●Jun 25 5:00: Bob Brough Trio. MS; free. ●●Jun 25 6:30: Jarrod Lawson. NPS; free. ●●Jun 25 7:30: Heather Bambrick and Friends. Featuring Broadsway with Russ Little Quartet. HS; $35.50. ●●Jun 25 8:00: Bill Charlap Trio. JB; $45; $40(adv). Also 10pm. ●●Jun 25 8:30: Sharon Jones and the DapKings. NPS; $62.50 to $73.50. ●●Jun 26 12:30: Toronto Mass Choir. NPS; free. ●●Jun 26 3:00: Sam Dickinson Trio. HTD; free. ●●Jun 26 5:00: Blue Moon Marquee. MS; free. ●●Jun 26 6:30: Jamison Ross. NPS; free. ●●Jun 26 8:00: Laila Biali Trio and Phil Dwyer. JB; $30; $25(adv). Also 10pm. ●●Jun 26 8:30: Lee Fields and The Expressions/Allen Stone Double Bill. NPS; $45(reserved); $40(lounge); $35(main floor). ●●Jun 27 12:30: Brian Barlow Big Band: Ellington at Newport with guest Guido Basso. NPS; free. ●●Jun 27 6:30: The Spandettes. NPS; free. ●●Jun 27 8:30: Grace Potter. NPS; $50(reserved); $45(lounge); $40(main floor). ●●Jun 27 10:00: Kiefer Sutherland Band. HT; $30; $25(adv). thewholenote.com ●●Jun 28 12:30: Michael Occhipinti’s Sicilian Jazz Project. NPS; free. ●●Jun 28 6:30 Mark McLean’s Playground. NPS; free. ●●Jun 28 8:00: Oliver Jones Trio. JM; $40. ●●Jun 28 8:00: Robi Botos and Paul Novotny Duo. JB; $30; $25(adv). Also 10pm. ●●Jun 28 8:00: Oliver Jones Trio. JM; $40. ●●Jun 28 8:00: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. KH; $79.50-$99.50. ●●Jun 28 8:30: Gregory Porter. NPS; $56.50(reserved); $50(lounge); $45(main floor). ●●Jun 29 12:30: Dione Taylor and The Backsliderz. NPS; free. ●●Jun 29 1:00: Bill McBirnie’s Find Your Place Band. SC; free. ●●Jun 29 4:00: Richard Whiteman Quartet. HTD; free. ●●Jun 29 6:30: Gray Matter. NPS; free. ●●Jun 29 7:00: Pram Trio. SC; free. ●●Jun 29 8:00: Chick Corea Trio: Chick Corea, Christian McBride, Brian Blade. KH; $69.50-$99.50. ●●Jun 29 8:00: Robi Botos and Hilario Duran Duo. JB; $30; $25(adv). Also 10pm. ●●Jun 29 8:30: Robert Glasper Experiment. NPS; $45(reserved); $40(lounge); $35(main floor). ●●Jun 29 9:00: Fanfare Ciocarlia/Lemon Bucket Orkestra. OH; $35; $30(adv). ●●Jun 29 10:00: Eagle Rock Gospel Singers. HT; $20; $15(adv). ●●Jun 29 10:00: Robi Botos and Hilario Duran Duo. JB; $30; $25(adv). Also 8pm. ●●Jun 30 12:30: Lula All-Stars. NPS; free. ●●Jun 30 1:00: Jorge Miguel Trio. SC; free. ●●Jun 30 4:00: Shannon Butcher and Ross Maclntyre. HTD; free. ●●Jun 30 5:00: Herriott-Harkness (H2). MS; free. ●●Jun 30 6:30: Gwyneth Herbert Trio. NPS; free. ●●Jun 30 8:00: Robi Botos Quartet. Featuring Seamus Blake. JB; $35; $30(adv). Also 10pm. ●●Jun 30 8:00: Ramsey Lewis Quartet/Joey Alexander Trio. KH; $59.50-$69.50. ●●Jun 30 8:00: Avishai Cohen Trio. JM; $35. ●●Jun 30 8:30: Molly Johnson/Jane Bunnett and Spirits of Havana 25th Anniversary. NPS; $35(reserved); $30(lounge); $25(main floor). ●●Jun 30 10:00: Robi Botos Quartet. Featuring Seamus Blake. JB; $35; $30(adv). Also 8pm. thewholenote.com ●●Jul 01 12:30: Jim Galloway’s Wee Big Band. Under the direction of Martin Loomer. NPS; free. ●●Jul 01 1:00: Les Petits Nouveaux. SC; free. ●●Jul 01 2:00: JAZZ.FM91 Youth Big Band. NPS; free. ●●Jul 01 3:00: Julian Fauth and Ken Yoshioka Duo. HTD; free. ●●Jul 01 3:00: Climax Jazz Band. D; free. ●●Jul 01 5:00: Justin Bacchus Collective. R; TBA. ●●Jul 01 5:00: George Grosman and Bohemian Swing. MS; free. ●●Jul 01 6:30: Kalabash. NPS; free. ●●Jul 01 7:00: Brownman Akoustic Trio. SC; free. ●●Jul 01 7:30: Heather Bambrick and Friends. Featuring Melissa Stylianou with Russ Little Quartet. HS; $35.50. ●●Jul 01 8:00: Alfredo Rodriguez: Solo Piano. JB; $25; $20(adv). Also 10pm. ●●Jul 01 8:00: Music From Born To Be Blue with Braid, Turcotte, Wallace and Clarke. JB; $30; $25(adv). Also 10pm. ●●Jul 01 8:30: Michael Franti. NPS; $55(reserved); $50(lounge); $45(main floor). ●●Jul 01 10:00: Music From Born To Be Blue with Braid, Turcotte, Wallace and Clarke. JB; June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 43 Summer Festivals $30; $25(adv). Also 8pm. ●●Jul 01 10:00: Alfredo Rodriguez: Solo Piano. JB; $25; $20(adv). Also 8pm. ●●Jul 02 3:00: Jesse Barksdale Quartet. HTD; free. ●●Jul 02 5:00: Eric St-Laurent Quartet. MS; free. ●●Jul 02 6:30: Joe Jackson. NPS; $62.50-$73.50. ●●Jul 02 6:30: Raoul And The Big Time. NPS; free. ●●Jul 02 7:30: Heather Bambrick and Friends. Featuring John Alcorn with Russ Little Quartet. HSB; $35.50. ●●Jul 02 8:00: Alfredo Rodriguez: Solo Piano. JB; $25; $20(adv). Also 10pm. ●●Jul 02 8:30: Joe Jackson. NPS: $73.50(reserved); $68(lounge); $62.50(main floor). ●●Jul 02 10:00: The Hot Sardines. HT; $30; $25(adv). ●●Jul 02 10:00: Alfredo Rodriguez: Solo Piano. JB; $25; $20(adv). Also 8pm. Toronto Summer Music Festival July 14 to Aug 7 Toronto, ON KH - Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 WG - Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge St. 1-855-622-2787 WH - Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416408-0208 ●●Jul 14 7:30: Opening Night: English Music for Strings. Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Op.31; Bridge: Suite; Elgar: Introduction and Allegro Op.47. Nicholas Phan, tenor; Neil Deland, horn; Parker String Quartet; Toronto Summer Music Festival Ensemble; Joseph Swensen, conductor. KH; $20-$79. ●●Jul 15 7:30: Musical Union of 1865. Haydn: String Quartet in D Op.71 No.2; Schubert: String Quartet No.15 in G D887; Beethoven: String Quartet in G Op.18 No.2. Parker String Quartet. WH; $20-$55. ●●Jul 16 4:00: Chamber Music reGENERATION. Chamber music masterpieces and rarities from Great Britain and the continent from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. 44 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 TSM Academy Fellows; Parker Quartet. WH; $10-$20. ●●Jul 16 7:30: Chamber Music reGENERATION. Chamber music masterpieces and rarities from Great Britain and the continent from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. TSM Academy Fellows; Parker Quartet. WH; $10-$20. ●●Jul 19 7:30: Haydn Dialogues. A comparison of Classical-period sonatas with works from the 20th and 21st centuries. Haydn: Sonatas in D, G, g, and C; works by Knussen, Cage and Berger. Pedja Muzijevic, piano. WH; $20-$55. ●●Jul 20 7:30: The St. James’s Hall Popular Concerts. Haydn: String Quartet in g “Rider”; Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.1 in d Op.49; Walton: Piano Quartet. Martin Beaver, violin; Andrew Wan, violin; Steven Dann, viola; Johannes Moser, cello; Stéphane Lemelin, piano. WH; $20-$55. ●●Jul 21 7:30: Jeremy Denk, piano. KH; $20-$79. ●●Jul 22 12:00_noon: Art Song reGENERATION. Singers and pianists from the Toronto Summer Music’s 2016 Academy of Art Song Program. WH; $10-$20. ●●Jul 22 4:00: Art Song reGENERATION. Singers and pianists from the Toronto Summer Music’s 2016 Academy of Art Song Program. WH; $10-$20. ●●Jul 22 7:30: The Rape of Lucretia. Emma Char, mezzo (Lucretia); Peter Rolfe Dauz, baritone (Junius); Beste Kalender, mezzo (Bianca); Jasper Leever, bass (Collatinus); Iain MacNeil, baritone; (Tarquinius); Ellen McAteer, soprano (Lucia); Owen McAusland, tenor (Male Chorus); Chelsea Rus, soprano (Female Chorus); Topher Mokrzewski, music director; Anna Theodosakis, stage director; Joel Ivany, artistic director. WG; $35-$95. ●●Jul 23 4:00: Chamber Music reGENERATION. Chamber music masterpieces and rarities from Great Britain and the continent from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Andrew Wan, violin; Steven Dann, viola; Johannes Moser, cello; Stéphane Lemelin, piano; and TSM Academy Fellows. WH; $10-$20. ●●Jul 23 7:30: Chamber Music reGENERATION. Chamber music masterpieces and rarities from Great Britain and the continent from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Andrew Wan, violin; Steven Dann, viola; Johannes Moser, cello; Stéphane Lemelin, piano; and TSM Academy Fellows. WH; $10-$20. ●●Jul 25 7:30: Jamie Barton in Recital. Jamie Barton, mezzo. KH; $20-$79. ●●Jul 26 7:30: The Coronation of King George II. Daniel Taylor and the Theatre of Early Music. WH; $20-$55. ●●Jul 27 7:30: Sonnets, Scenes and Songs: A Shakespeare Serenade. Works by Tippett, Finzi, Gounod, Barber, Verdi and Britten. Patrick Hansen, music director/stage director. WH; $20-$55. ●●Jul 28 7:30: Jonathan Crow and Co. Elgar: Violin Sonata; Bridge: Piano Quintet in d; and other works. Jonathan Crow, violin; Angela Park, piano; Eric Nowlin, viola; and others. WH; $20-$55. ●●Jul 29 7:30: Beethoven Quartet Society of 1845. Beethoven: String Quartet Op.18 No.6, String Quartet Op.59 No.3, String Quartet, Op.132. Dover Quartet. WH; $20-$55. ●●Jul 30 4:00: Chamber Music reGENERATION. Chamber music masterpieces and rarities from Great Britain and the continent from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. TSM Academy Fellows; Dover Quartet. WH; $10-$20. ●●Jul 30 7:30: Chamber Music reGENERA- TION. Chamber music masterpieces and rarities from Great Britain and the continent from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. TSM Academy Fellows; Dover Quartet. WH; $10-$20. ●●Aug 02 7:30: Christopher O’Riley, piano. KH; $20-$79. ●●Aug 03 7:30: The People’s Concert Society. Britten: Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings Op.2; and other works. David Jalbert, piano; Sara Jeffrey, oboe; Shane Kim, violin; Eric Nowlin, viola; Emmanuelle Beaulieu-Bergeron, cello. WH; $20-$55. ●●Aug 04 7:30: (Almost) Last Night of the Proms. Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March; Parry: Jerusalem; Arne: Rule, Britannia!; Vaughan Williams: Lark Ascending. Jonathan Crow, violin; Allyson McHardy, mezzo; National Academy Orchestra of Canada; Boris Brott, conductor. KH; $20-$79. ●●Aug 05 7:30: Hanover Square in 1801. Haydn: Symphony No.102 for chamber ensemble; Beethoven: Septet in E-flat Op.20. Sara Jeffrey, oboe; Jonathan Crow, violin; Eric Nowlin, viola; David Hetherington, cello; Emmanuelle Beaulieu-Bergeron, cello; David Jalbert, piano. WH; $20-$55. ●●Aug 06 4:00: Chamber Music reGENERATION. Chamber music masterpieces and thewholenote.com rarities from Great Britain and the continent from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. TSM Academy Fellows; Sara Jeffrey, oboe; Jonathan Crow, violin; Eric Nowlin, viola; Emmanuelle Beaulieu-Bergeron, cello; and others. WH; $10-$20. ●●Aug 06 7:30: Chamber Music reGENERATION. Chamber music masterpieces and rarities from Great Britain and the continent from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. TSM Academy Fellows; Sara Jeffrey, oboe; Jonathan Crow, violin; Eric Nowlin, viola; Emmanuelle Beaulieu-Bergeron, cello; and others. WH; $10-$20. ●●Aug 07 11:00am: Community Academy Final Concert. Participants from Toronto Summer Music’s Community Academy programs in Chamber Music, Piano Master class and Chamber Choir. WH; free. Westben Arts Festival Theatre June 25 to July 31 Campbellford. ON All performances are at Westben Concert Barn, 6698 County Rd. 30, Campbellford, unless noted otherwise. 705-653-5508 or 1-877-883-5777 www.westben.ca ●●Jun 25 2:00: The Pencil Salesman. World premiere gala performance. Finley, based on an idea by A. M. Herzberg. John Fanning and Alexander Dobson, baritones; Donna Bennett and Virginia Hatfield, sopranos; Keith Klassen, tenor; and others. $75; $73(sr); $30(st/ under 30); $5(youth). 1:00: pre-performance chat; 4:30: post-performance reception. Also Jun 26, Jul 1(eve), 2, 3. ●●Jul 07 7:00: Piano Mania: New Now –Young Pianists Leonid Nediak and Luke Bell. Rachmaninoff: selected preludes; Chopin: Nocturne Op.48 No.1 in c; Etude Op.10 No.12 in c “Revolutionary;” Liszt: Second Hungarian Rhapsody; Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C (Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2); Beethoven Sonata in A-flat Op.110; Medtner: Sonata in g Op.22. $26(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/ under 19). ●●Jul 08 7:00: Piano Mania: TGIJazz Lorraine Desmarais and Friends. Works from recent recording “Couleurs de lune”. Frédéric Alarie, double bass; Camil Bélisle, drums. $42; $40(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/ under 19). ●●Jul 09 2:00: Piano Mania: Buzz Salutes Gershwin. Buzz Brass Quintet with pianist Matt Herskowitz. Gershwin: An American in Paris; Three Preludes for solo piano; Summertime; I’ve Got Rhythm; Rhapsody in Blue. Sylvain Lapointe and Frédéric Gagnon, trumpets; Pascal Lafrenière, horn; Jason De Carufel and Sylvain Arseneau, trombones. $42; $40(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/ under 19). ●●Jul 10 2:00: Piano Mania: Great Pianists: Charles Richard-Hamelin. $45; $43(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/under 19). 1:00: pre-performance chat on Chopin with Barb Hobart. ●●Jul 14 7:00: Voices of Summer: New Now – New Voices: Ben and Kat. Explorations into electronic, acoustic and improvised music. Kathryn Shuman, soprano; Ben Finley, double bass. $28; $26(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/under 19). thewholenote.com $37(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/under 19). ●●Jul 29 8:00: Jazz – Out of This World: Westben Jazz Fringe. Jazz musicians at local eateries. Campbellford: Apollos Pizzeria, Be My Guest, Capers Tap Grill, Stinking Rose Pub; Hastings: Banjos, McGillicafey’s; Warkworth: Garden of Eatin’, Our Lucky Stars Café. Visit website for times, artists and locations. ●●Jul 30 2:00: Jazz – Out of This World: Heather Bambrick and Friends. $42; $40(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/under 19). ●●Jul 30 5:00: Jazz – Out of This World: Jazz Main. Jazz musicians at various locations throughout the Trent Hills. Visit website for times, artists and locations. ●●Jul 15 7:00: Voices of Summer: TGIFolk! Ashley Condon. Old-time country to folk, blues and soul. $39; $37(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/under 19). ●●Jul 16 2:00: Voices of Summer: Pallade Musica presents ELLES. Celebration of baroque women. Works by de la Guerre, Clérambault, Badalla, Duphly and others. Andréanne Brisson Paquin, soprano; Pallade Musica: Tanya LaPerrière, baroque violin; Elinor Frey, baroque cello; Esteban La Rotta, theorbo; Mélisande McNabney, harpsichord. $42; $40(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/ under 19). ●●Jul 17 2:00: Voices of Summer: Follow the Lieder – A Summer Schubertiad. Schubert: Piano Sonata in A Op.120; Du bist die Ruh; Die Forelle; Trout Quintet. Donna Bennett and Kathryn Shuman, sopranos; Marie Bérard, violin; Keith Hamm, viola; Elinor Frey, cello; Ben Finley, bass; Brian Finley, piano. $45; $43(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/under 19). Viennese treats at intermission. ●●Jul 20 2:00: Broadway to Cape Breton: Kisses on Broadway. Excerpts from West Side Story, Kiss Me Kate, King & I and Fiddler on the Roof. Caitlin Wood, soprano; Kim Dafoe, mezzo; Adam Fisher, tenor; Frank Moore, tenor; Brian Finley, piano. $42; $40(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/under 19). Also Jul 21, 22, 23. ●●Jul 22 7:00: Comedy: TGIFun! All-Star Improv: Linda Kash and Friends. Evening of improvisation. $39; $37(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/under 19). ●●Jul 24 2:00: Comedy: Còig. Folk/roots band from Cape Breton. Còig: Chrissy Crowley, fiddle, viola; Jason Roach, piano; Rachel Davis, fiddle, viola, vocals; Darren McMullen, guitar, mandolin, mandola, banjo, bouzouki, whistles, flute, vocals. $45; $43(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/under 19). ●●Jul 28 7:00: Jazz – Out of This World: New Now: I Double You. Blend of acoustic and electronic instruments. Ian Wright, drums; Emily Rockarts, voice; Jeff LaRochelle, clarinet/bass clarinet; Tara Kannangara, trumpet/flugelhorn; PJ Andersson, trombone; Dylan Moore, guitar/electronics; Chris Pruden, keys/synthesizers; Andrew Wright, bass. $28; $26(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/ under 19). ●●Jul 29 7:00: Jazz – Out of This World: TGIF! Ken Whiteley and The Beulah Band. $39; ●●Jul 30 9:00: Jazz – Out of This World: Jazz Jam. Chelsey Bennett and the Rob Phillips Quartet; other Jazz Fringe artists. Clock Tower Hall, 36 Front St. S., Campbellford. Free. ●●Jul 31 11:00am: Jazz – Out of This World: Jazz Brunch. Jazz musicians at various locations throughout the Trent Hills. Visit website for times, artists and locations. ●●Jul 31 2:00: Jazz – Out of This World: Cadence. A cappella jazz quartet. $45; $43(sr); $15(st/under 30); $5(youth/under 19). WESTBEN Arts Festival Theatre New this year! Search our Summer Music Festival Listings by genre or by location online at thewholenote.com/ ask-ludwig Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano Sunday, July 10, 2pm The Barn westben.ca June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 45 A. Concerts in the GTA LISTINGS IN THIS ISSUE: Brampton, Centre Island, Etobicoke, Leaskdale, Markham, North York, Oakville, Scarborough, Unionville, Ward’s Island, Whitby. The WholeNote listings are arranged in four sections: A. B. C. D. E. Wednesday June 1 GTA (GREATER TORONTO AREA) covers all of Toronto plus Halton, Peel, York and Durham regions. ●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. John Palmer, Organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-9221167. Free. ●●6:00: St. James Cathedral. Cantatas in the Cathedral. Bach: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes BWV76. Soloists from the Cathedral Choir of St. James; Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. By donation. ●●7:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/Toronto Blues Society. Lulaworld Opening Night Party: Yoser Rodriguez, bass. CD launch. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307. Free(before 8pm); $20/$15(adv)(after 8pm). Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11. ●●8:00: Mezzetta Restaurant. Wednesday Concert Series. Flamenco Show. Dino Toledo, guitar; Makeda Benitez, flamenco dancer. 681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687. No cover. ●●8:00: Miles Nadal JCC. Community Choir 20th Annual Spring Concert. Jazz, pop, classical, world, folk and Canadian music. Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina Ave. 416-9246211 x0. $10. Also Jun 2. ●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé. Granados: Intermezzo (from Goyescas); Nielsen: Violin Concerto; Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé. Pekka Kuusisto, violin; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; Juanjo Mena, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $33.75-$148. Also June 2. ●●9:00: Lula Music and Arts Centre/ Toronto Blues Society. Lulaworld Opening Night Party: Laura Cole, vocals. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307. $20/$15(adv). Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11. ●●10:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/ Toronto Blues Society. Lulaworld Opening Night Party: Cécile Doo-Kingué, guitar/vocals. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-5880307. $20/$15(adv). Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11. BEYOND THE GTA covers many areas of Southern Ontario outside Toronto and the GTA. Starts on page 57. MUSIC THEATRE covers a wide range of music types: from opera, operetta and musicals, to non-traditional performance types where words and music are in some fashion equal partners in the drama. Starts on page 60. IN THE CLUBS (MOSTLY JAZZ) is organized alphabetically by club. Starts on page 62. THE ETCETERAS is for galas, fundraisers, competitions, screenings, lectures, symposia, masterclasses, workshops, singalongs and other music-related events (except performances) which may be of interest to our readers. Starts on page 65. A GENERAL WORD OF CAUTION. A phone number is provided with every listing in The WholeNote — in fact, we won’t publish a listing without one. Concerts are sometimes cancelled or postponed; artists or venues may change after listings are published. Please check before you go out to a concert. HOW TO LIST. Listings in The WholeNote in the four sections above are a free service available, at our discretion, to eligible presenters. If you have an event, send us your information no later than the 8th of the month prior to the issue or issues in which your listing is eligible to appear. LISTINGS DEADLINE. The next issue covers the period from September 1 to October 7, 2016. All listings must be received by Midnight Monday August 8. LISTINGS can be sent by e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to 416-603-4791 or by regular mail to the address on page 6. We do not receive listings by phone, but you can call 416-323-2232 x27 for further information. Thursday June 2 ●●12:00 noon: Encore Symphonic Concert Band. In Concert: Classics and Jazz. John Edward Liddle, conductor. Wilmar Heights Centre, 963 Pharmacy Ave., Scarborough. 416-346-3910. $10. Includes coffee and snack. ●●12:15: Music at Metropolitan. Noon at Met. Christina Stelmacovich, mezzo; Andrew Ager, piano. Metropolitan United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331 x26. Free. ●●7:00: Espresso Manifesto/Istituto Italiano di Cultura. Gabriele Mirabassi and Espresso Manifesto. Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence Ave. W. 416-789-7011. $70. Includes food and wine. ●●7:00: Swedish Women’s Educational Association Toronto. Jenny Lind Concert. Nordic songs and a variety of opera pieces. Karin Osbeck; mezzo; Matilda Lindholm, piano. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 905-727-9837. Donations accepted. ●●7:30: Home Smith Bar at the Old Mill Toronto. Angela Turone. Original music and arrangements of jazz standards. Angela Turone, vocals and piano; Connor Walsh, bass; Robin Claxton, drums; Chris Platt, guitar. LISTINGS ZONE MAP. Visit our website to see a detailed version of this map: thewholenote.com. Georgian Bay Lake Huron 8 7 6 3 4 2 1 City of Toronto Lake Ontario 5 Lake Erie 46 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 Home Smith Bar at The Old Mill Toronto, 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641. No cover ($20 minimum purchase). ●●8:00: Array Music. Array Session #39. An evening of improvisation by some of Toronto’s finest musicians along with their friends and guests. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 416532-3019. Free/PWYC. ●●8:00: Miles Nadal JCC. Community Choir 20th Annual Spring Concert. See Jun 1. ●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé. Granados: Intermezzo (from Goyescas); Nielsen: Violin Concerto; Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé. Pekka Kuusisto, violin; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; Juanjo Mena, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $33.75-$148. Also June 1. ●●10:00: Lula Music and Arts Centre/Baila Boogaloo. Lulaworld: Los Poetas and Fito Blanko. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416588-0307. $15. Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11. Friday June 3 ●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Pot- pourri. Classics, opera, operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international and other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Concert in chapel; lunch and snack friendly. ●●1:30: VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto. The Sword in the Schoolyard. Burry (world premiere). Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas St. E. 416-238-2453. $20; $15(sr/st). School group matinee. Public performances: 7:00; Jun 4, 5(mat). ●●3:00: St. Paul’s Bloor Street. Organ Recital. Sarah Svendson, organ. 227 Bloor St. E. 416961-8116. Free, retiring collection. ●●7:00: 3-in-the-6ix. 5tet. Shostakovich: Piano Quintet Op.57; Schumann: Piano Quintet Op.44. Rebecca MacLeod, violin; Tanya Charles, violin; Ivan Ivanovich, viola; Sarah Steeves, cello; Talisa Blackman, piano. Runnymede United Church, 432 Runnymede Rd. 416-578-6993. $25/$20(adv); $15(st/arts workers); $5(under 18). ●●7:00: VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto. The Sword in the Schoolyard. Burry (world The World Premiere of dean Burry’s oPera The sword in the schoolyard June 3 at 1:30 and 7 pm June 4 at 7 pm & June 5 at 2:30 pm daniels spectrum 585 Dundas St. E. Tickets - www.vivayouthsingers.com thewholenote.com premiere). Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas St. E. 416-238-2453. $20; $15(sr/st). 1:30: School group matinee. Public performances also Jun 4, 5(mat). ●●7:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld: Gabriel Palatchi Trio. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-5880307. Free(before 8pm); $15(after 8pm); Free(ladies before 10pm). Includes admission to 10:30 set. Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11. ●●8:00: Show One Productions. Mamele, Mother’s Eyes: Tamara Gverdtsiteli. Yiddish songs with new orchestral arrangements; other international favourites in Georgian, Russian, French and Italian. Moscow Male Jewish Cappella; Alexander Tsaliuk, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416872-4255. $55-$150. ●●10:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/Havana Club. Lulaworld: Charangón Del Norte. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307. $15/$10(adv); Free(ladies before 10pm). Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11. Saturday June 4 ●●2:30: Bel Canto Singers. A 90th Birthday Celebration. Music in honour of our Queen’s birthday. Linda Meyer, conductor; Jacqueline Mokrzewski, piano. St. Mark’s United Church, 201 Centre St. S., Whitby. 416-286-8260. $20. Also 7:30. ●●3:00: Singing Out. Seize the Day. Broadway hits, Canadian classics and other works. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 647-3820502. $25; $20(st); $15(child). Also 7:30. ●●6:30: Ermanno Mauro Annual Master Class Gala and Concert. Stelle Nascenti. Popular operatic arias. Ermanno Mauro, tenor; Canadian opera singers mentored by Mauro; Nicole Bellamy, piano. Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence Ave. W. 647-2679040. $125. ●●7:00: VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto. The Sword in the Schoolyard. Burry (world premiere). Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas St. E. 416-238-2453. $20; $15(sr/st). Jun 3: School group matinee. Public performances also Jun 3, 5(mat). ●●7:30: Aradia Baroque Ensemble. Concert for a Mad King. Handel: opera arias; Davies: Eight Songs for a Mad King. Stacie Dunlop, soprano; Vincent Ranallo, baritone; Guest: Ensemble Paramirabo. The Music Gallery, thewholenote.com 197 John St. 647-960-6650. $35; $20(sr/ under 30). CANCELLED. ●●7:30: Bel Canto Singers. A 90th Birthday Celebration. See 2:30. ●●7:30: Cantores Celestes Women’s Choir. Hymn to Freedom. A benefit concert for a Syrian refugee family. Music from classical to gospel. Tony Quarrington, guitar; Malcolm Gould, percussion; Kelly Galbraith, conductor; Ellen Meyer, piano. Parkwoods United Church, 85 Parkwoods Village Dr. 416-4475519. $25. ●●7:30: Counterpoint Community Orchestra. A Prom for Pride: Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Brahms: Academic Festival Overture; Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance; Love Theme from The Godfather; music from Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. Guest conductor: Keith Reid. St. Luke’s United Church, 353 Sherbourne St. 647-977-6058. $20/$18(adv); $15(st). ●●7:30: Etobicoke Centennial Choir. Cherished Opera: Favourite Arias and Choruses. Verdi: Va, pensiero from Nabucco; Coro di zingari (Anvil chorus) from Il Trovatore; Brindisi Libiamo ne’ lieti calici from La Traviata; Offenbach: Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour from Tales of Hoffmann; Mozart: Voyagers’ Chorus from Idomeneo. Andrea Naccarato, soprano; Erin Ronningen, alto; Lance Keizer, tenor; Lawrence Shirkie, baritone. Humber Valley United Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd., Etobicoke. 416-769-9271. $25. ●●7:30: Jubilate Singers. Birds. Nina Soyfer: Birds and Waterflows (world premiere); and works by Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams, Irving Berlin and Chatman. St. Simon-theApostle Anglican Church, 525 Bloor St. E. 416223-7690. $25; $20(sr/st); free(under 13). ●●7:30: Opera by Request/Annex Singers. Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana. Catharin Carew, mezzo (Dido); Jami-Lynn Gubbe, soprano (Belinda); Austin Larusson, baritone (Aeneas); Jennifer Routhier, mezzo (Sorceress); Nicole Hulme, soprano and Amanda Ironside, mezzo (witches); and others; William Shookhoff, conductor/piano; Maria Case, conductor (Annex Singers). St. Andrew’s United Church (Bloor St.), 117 Bloor St E. 416-455-2365. $20. ●●7:30: Singing Out. Seize the Day. See 3:00. ●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. An American in Paris. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man; Four Dance Episodes (from Rodeo); John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris. Orion Weiss, piano; Andrew Grams, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $33.75$107. Also June 5(3:00). ●●8:00: Acoustic Harvest. The Bombadils. St. Nicholas Anglican Church, 1512 Kingston Rd. 416-264-2235. $25/$22(adv). Wheelchair accessible; free parking. ●●8:00: Gallery 345. Know the Now. Christopher Simmons, piano/composer. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $20; $10(st). ●●8:00: Heliconian Hall. Stephen Satory: In Recital. Works by Debussy, Chopin and Beethoven. 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-922-3618. $25; $15(sr/st). ●●8:00: Nagata Shachu with Jiro Murayama. In Concert. Featuring new works and traditional festival pieces. Jiro Murayama, shinobue (bamboo flute); Kiyoshi Nagata, music director. Brigantine Room, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. $27-$37; $20(sr/st). ●●8:00: North York Concert Orchestra. Scary Night. Herrmann: Psycho Suite; Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain; Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette; Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre; Berlioz: March to the Scaffold from Symphonie fantastique; and works by Dukas and Mozart. Rafael Luz, conductor. Yorkminster Citadel, 1 Lord Seaton Rd., North York. 416-628-9195. $25; $20(sr); $10(st). ●●8:00: Oriana Women’s Choir. East Meet West. Mitchell Pady, artistic director; Guests: Autorickshaw (Suba Sankaran, vocals; Ed Hanley, tabla; Dylan Bell, multiple instruments). Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-978-8849. $25; $20(sr/ under 35); $10(st). ●●8:00: Spectrum Music. Tower of Babel. New music by the Spectrum composers evoking interpretations on the story of the Tower of Babel. Amos Hoffman, oud/guitar; Noam Lemish, piano; Peter Lutek, clarinet; Justin Gray, bass; Derek Gray, drums. Alliance Française de Toronto, 24 Spadina Rd. $15; $10 sr/ st/arts worker. A pre-concert chat. ●●10:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld: José Conda y Ola Fresca. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307. $15/$12(adv). Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11. Sunday June 5 ●●2:00: Scarborough Sunday Concert Ser- ies. Mary Lou Malicdem and the Juan Tomas Band. A tribute to light jazz, classic rock and solo flamenco guitar. Wave; Oh Lady Be Good; Hotel California; Farruca; Cabaret. Marylou Malicdem, vocals; Juan Tomas, guitar; Abbey Leon Scholzberg, bass; Steve Farrugia, drums; Lorne Hendel and Alex Mertens, rhythm guitar. Scarborough Civic Centre, 150 Borough Dr., Scarborough. 416-396-7766 or 647-609-8291. Free. ●●2:30: VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto. The Sword in the Schoolyard. Burry (world premiere). Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas St. E. 416-238-2453. $20; $15(sr/st). Jun 3: School group matinee. Public performances also Jun 3, 4. ●●3:00: Penthelia Singers. In the Kitchen with Penthelia Singers. Traditional sea shanties, Acadian reels and modern Canadian classics. Alice Malach, conductor. Rosedale Presbyterian Church, 129 Mt. Pleasant Rd. 647-248-5079. $20; pay your age(12 and under). Pre-concert for Kids: Meet the Fiddler (2:30). ●●3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. An American in Paris. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man; Four Dance Episodes (from Rodeo); John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris. Orion Weiss, piano; Andrew Grams, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $29.50$83.75. Also June 4(7:30). ●●3:00: Tudor Consort. Song of Solomon. Works by Byrd, Lassus, Guerrero, Ceballos and Monteverdi. Tudor Consort and soloists. Leaskdale Historic Church, 11850 Regional Rd. 1, Leaskdale. 705-357-2459. Admission by donation. In support of the Lucy Maud Montgomery Society of Ontario. ●●3:30: Young Voices Toronto. Colour Me Spring. ZARI Georgian Folk Ensemble; Andy Morris, percussion, Tracy Wong and Brenda O’Connor, conductors; Sheldon Rose, accompaniment. Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-762-0657. $25; $15(sr/st). ●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Choral Recital. Phoenix Boys Choir. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●4:00: Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Toronto). Organ Transcriptions. Andrew Adair, organ. 477 Manning Ave. 416-5317955. Free. Flute Street Toronto’s Professional Flute Choir presents A FAMILY VISIT All the members of the Modern Flute Family in Concert! Sunday, June 5, 4pm ●●4:00: Flute Street. In Concert. Bach: Toc- cata and Fugue in d; Matthew King: Sinfonia for Nine Piccolos; duet for contrabass and sub contrabass flutes; and other works. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416462-9498. $30; $25(sr/arts workers); $15(st). ●●7:00: Amadeus Choir. Serenade to Music. Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music; Schubert: To Music; Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia; Howells: Hymn for St. Cecilia; three English madrigals (Morley: All ye who music love; Gibbons: The Silver Swan; Bennett: All creatures now). Lydia Adams, conductor; Shawn Grenke, organist. Eglinton St. George’s United Church, 35 Lytton Blvd. 416-446-0188. $40; $30(sr); $25(under 30); $20(st). ●●7:00: Canadian Croatian Choral Society. Preko Polja i Planina / From Fields and Highlands. Sacred, folk and contemporary repertoire in English, French, Croatian, Italian, German and Japanese. Edward J. Mavrinac, artistic director. Holy Trinity Croatian Catholic Church, 2110 Trafalgar Rd., Oakville. 905-337-8646. $25; $15(under 14). Also May 29(Etobicoke). ●●7:00: Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. Last Night at the Proms. Rule Brittania; Zadok the Priest; O Canada; audience sing-along and other works. Timothy Eaton Memorial Church Choir; Northdale Concert Band; Christ Church Deer Park Choir; Grace Church on-the-Hill Choir; Stephen Boda, organ; Giles Bryant, master of ceremonies. 230 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-925-5977. $20; $15(sr/st); free(under 6); $40(family). ●●8:00: Gallery 345. foretelling (for telling): new sounds and visions. New art song and chamber music. Tyler Versluis: Five Poems (by Lindsay Mason) with artwork by Timothy Goertzen; Tze Yeung Ho: shulammite (a); Klaverkvintett. Maeve Palmer, soprano; Wesley Shen, piano; Angela Schwarzkopf, harp; June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 47 A. Concerts in the GTA Carolina Herrera, violin; Katherine Peter, violin; Clara NguyenTran, viola; Amina Holloway, cello. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $15; $10(sr/st/arts worker). ●●8:00: Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld: Elsten Torres with Amanda Martinez. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-5880307. $30/$25(adv). Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11. ●●8:00: Resa’s Pieces String Ensemble. Sixth Gala Concert. Lennon and McCartney: Eleanor Rigby; Kyriakou: Dancing with the Tzars; Mozart: Overture to the Magic Flute; and other works. Ian Medley, conductor. Guest: Resa’s Pieces Symphony Orchestra. Crescent School, 2365 Bayview Ave. 416-765-1818. $20. Jabberwocky; The Serpent; and other works by Gershwin, Gounod, Porter and Purcell. Melanie Conly, soprano; Kathryn Tremills, piano. Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W. 416-712-5863. $20; $15(st). Monday June 6 oncert C E E FR ●●7:30: Toronto Concert Orchestra. Sym- phony in the Gardens: Che Belle Voci. Highlights from Rigoletto, La traviata, La bohème and other works. Sara Papini, soprano; Eugenia Dermentzis, mezzo; Romulo Delgado, tenor; Riccardo Iannello, tenor; Bradley Christensen, baritone. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(413); free(under 4). ●●8:00: Columbus Performing Arts Council. La Grande Guerra. Michele Mangani: Fruilan arrangements (Canadian premiere); Va, pensiero; and other works. Columbus Concert Band; Columbus Belle Voci; Livio Leonardelli and Paolo Busato, conductors; Annamaria Mazzaferro, assistant conductor. Villa Colombo, Sala Caboto, 40 Playfair Ave. 647267-9040. $20. ●●8:00: Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld: Kafinal and Elaine Lil’ Bit Shepherd. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-5880307. $10/$8(adv). Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11. ●●8:00: Resa’s Pieces Concert Band. 17th Gala Concert. Holst: Jupiter (from The Planets); Higgins: Broadway Spectacular!; Bernstein: West Side Story; Kennedy: Chandler Point Suite. Resa’s Pieces Singers; Resa’s Pieces String Ensemble; Resa Kochberg, conductor. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416-765-1818. $25. Audience participation. Baroque Summer Festival ●●12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Mondays: Echoes of Bach. Bach: The Art of the Fugue (excerpts); Smallman: Baroquial Suite; Hindemith: Ludus Tonalis (excerpts). Reverb Brass. 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521. PWYC. ●●7:30: Moonaura. Joy for June! Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate; Case: Into Flight; Hoiby: June 6 at 8pm See listing for details tafelmusik.org Jeanne Lamon, Director Ivars Taurins, Director Vocal/Chamber Programme ●●8:00: Tafelmusik. Delightfully Baroque. Ann Monoyios, soprano; Peter Harvey, baritone; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir; Jeanne Lamon, director; Ivars Taurins, director. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-9646337. Free. First-come, first-served. Part of the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival running June 6 to 18. Wednesday June 8 ●●12:15: Music at Main and Danforth. Music Meditation. Music for violin and organ. Carmen Lasceski, violin; Brian Stevens, organ. Hope United Church, 2550 Danforth Ave. 416691-9682. Free. ●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints Kingsway. Kingsway Organ Concert Series. Simon Walker, organ. All Saints Kingsway Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-7695224. Freewill offering. ●●12:30: St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church. Concerts at Midday: Sarah Forestieri, soprano; Braden Young, piano. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437-344-3890. Free. ●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Eric Robertson, organ. 1585 Yonge St. Tuesday June 7 ●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/ Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime Chamber Music. Ellen Meyer Duo (piano & oboe). Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free. Donations welcome. ●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. Imre Oláh, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. Concerts at Midday 48 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 Bowkun Works by Bach, Chopin, Schumann & Mozart June 8, 2016 - 7:30pm Yorkminster Park.com ●●7:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Heléna Bowkun, Piano. Bach: Partita No.1; Mozart: Sonata in C K330; Schumann: Kinderszenen; Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante Op.22. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. $20. Benefit recital for the Yorkminster Park Benevolent Fund. ●●8:00: Gallery 345. Schubert Now: The Journey Outward. Works by Michael Donovan. Michael Donovan, baritone; Monique De Margerie, piano; Paul Pulford, cello; Nicholas Donovan, drums; Lukas Pearse, projection design; Ian Graham, sound. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $20; $10(st). Also June 9. ●●8:00: Opera 5. Die Fledermaus. Strauss (script updated by Umezawa). Second act with audience participation. Michael Barrett, tenor (Eisenstein); Julie Ludwig, soprano (Adele); Erin Lawson, mezzo (Orlofsky); Rachel Krehm, TICKETS: $40, $30/under 30, $25/sr, $20/st 416-446-0188 amadeuschoir.com A pay-what-you-can lunchtime concert series at Church of the Holy Trinity 103 Bellevue Avenue on College St. between Bathurst & Spadina 437-344-3890 416-921-6350 saintstephens.ca 416.598.4521 ext. 223 www.musicmondays.ca Wednesdays at 12:35 June 8th - August 31th 16th century English madrigals, Schubert, Vaughan Williams, Howells, Britten, Freedman, and charming English folk song arrangements by Willcocks — featuring Shawn Grenke, organist. 35 LYTTON BLVD., TORONTO Heléna JUNE 6 Reverb Brass, Echoes of Bach JUNE 13 Russell Drago Trio Old-School Love JUNE 20 Ronée Boyce, piano Duo Primo JUNE 27 Dévah Quartet Dévah Unplugged All concerts start at 12:15pm ~ admission free ~ EGLINTON ST. GEORGES UNITED CHURCH, p i a n o R e c i ta l CHURCH OF ST. STEPHEN IN-THE-FIELDS — MUSIC FOR A SUMMER EVENING — SUNDAY, JUNE 5 TH AT 7:00PM 416-922-1167. Free. ●●7:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/Latinos Magazine. Lulaworld: Wagner Petrilli, Eliana Cuevas and Aquiles Baez. Introduction by Roberto Occhipinti. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307. $20/$15(adv). Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11. thewholenote.com abroad; Luke Housner, music director and piano. St. Simon-the-Apostle Anglican Church, 525 Bloor St. E. 416-923-8714. Freewill donation. English surtitles. Also June 11, 12. ●●7:30: Gallery 345. Not Another Soprano Recital. Works by Purcell, Bellini, Fauré, Brahms, Schoenberg and Bernstein. Melanie Taverna, soprano; Sydney Clarke, soprano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $15; PWYC(st). ●●7:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld: Toto Berriel with Mario Allende Group and Dailyn Martinez. Toto Berriel, percussion/ vocals; Pablo Cardenas, piano; Mario Allende, drums; Roberto Riverón, bass; Reimundo Sosa, batá; Dailyn Martínez, dancer. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307. $15/$12(adv). Includes admission to 10:30 set. Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11. ●●7:30: Opera by Request. Catalani’s La Wally. In concert with piano accompaniment. Sarah Hood (Wally); Paul Williamson (Giuseppe Hagenbach); Michael Robert-Broder (Vincenzo Gellner); Brigitte Bogar (Walter); and others; William Shookhoff, piano and music director. College Street United Church, 452 College St. 416-455-2365. $20. ●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. James Ehnes Plays Elgar. Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra (June 9 and 10 only); Elgar: Violin Concerto; Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring. James Ehnes, violin; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $33.75-$148. Also June 9(2:00) and 11(7:30). ●●8:00: Opera 5. Die Fledermaus. See Jun 8. Also Jun 11. ●●10:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/Okokan Productions. Lulaworld: Roberto Linares Brown With Special Guest Roicel Riveron. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. soprano (Rosalinde); Pearle Harbour (Ivan and emcee); Patrick Hansen, conductor; and others. 918 Bathurst Centre, 918 Bathurst St. 647-248-4048. $40; $25(st); $50(VIP). VIP incl. invitation to cast party with complimentary beverages. Runs June 8-11. ●●9:00: Alliance Française Toronto. Maxence Cyrin, piano. Crossover music from pop to classical. Alliance Française de Toronto, 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2014 x37. $22.50; $15(members). Thursday June 9 ●●12:15: Music at Metropolitan. Noon at Met. Daniil Protsyuk, organ. Metropolitan United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416-3630331 x26. Free. ●●2:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. James Ehnes Plays Elgar. Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra (June 9 and 10 only); Elgar: Violin Concerto; Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring. James Ehnes, violin; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $29.50-$83.75. Also June 10(7:30) and 11(7:30). ●●6:00: Harbourfront Centre. World Stage: Every Song I’ve Ever Written: Solo Performance. Jacob Wren performs entire catalogue of his 58 songs in chronological order. Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. Free. Audience free to come and go. Jun 11: band night. ●●7:00: Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld: D’bi and The 333. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307. $15/$12(adv). Includes admission to 10pm set. Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11. ●●7:30: St. John’s Catholic Church. Choral Concert: From Bach to Spirituals, Opera and Broadway. Choir of St. John’s Catholic Church. 794 Kingston Rd. 416-699-2518. Freewill donation. Post-concert complimentary light refreshments. ●●8:00: Off Centre Music Salon Dérangé/ Music Gallery. In Harmony. Music Gallery, 197 John St. 416-204-1080. $25/$20(adv); $12(members); $15(st, arts). ●●8:00: Opera 5. Die Fledermaus. See Jun 8. Also Jun 10, 11. ●●8:00: Gallery 345. Schubert Now: The Journey Outward. Works by Michael Donovan. Michael Donovan, baritone; Monique De Margerie, piano; Paul Pulford, cello; Nicholas Donovan, drums; Lukas Pearse, projection design; Ian Graham, sound. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $20; $10(st). Also June 8. ●●10:00: Rap N’ Roll/Dalton Higgins/SUPAFRIK/Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld: Abakos. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416588-0307. $15(adv); $15-plus(door). Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11. Friday June 10 ●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Pot- pourri for all ages. Classics, opera, operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international and other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. TrinitySt. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly. ●●7:00: Canadian Children’s Opera Company. The Hobbit. Burry. Giles Tomkins, baritone (Gandalf and Smaug); CCOC choruses; and others; Allison Grant, stage director; Julia Tribe, costumes/sets; Teri Dunn, conductor. Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416366-0467. $35; $20(sr); $15(st); $10(school group per student). Jun 10, 11, 12. Start times vary. Recommended for Grade 1 and up. ●●7:00: Toronto Summer Opera Workshop. Don Giovanni. Mozart. Concert performance after 12-day workshop for young singers. Local artists with young professional singers from 416-588-0307. $15/$12(adv). Lulaworld Festival runs June 1 to 11. Saturday June 11 Baroque Summer Festival oncert C E E FR June 11 at 12:30pm See listing for details tafelmusik.org Jeanne Lamon, Director Ivars Taurins, Director Vocal/Chamber Programme ●●12:30: Tafelmusik. Musical Interlude. A cas- ual noon-hour concert of baroque chamber music by members of the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute Faculty. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-964-6337. Free. First-come, first-served. Part of the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival running June 6 to 18. Hobbit The by Dean Burry based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien THE HOBBIT TM SZC LIC. TO CCOC. June 10 - 12, 2016 Harbourfront Centre Theatre Box Office: 416-973-4000 canadianchildrensopera.com thewholenote.com June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 49 A. Concerts in the GTA ●●2:00: Canadian Children’s Opera Com- pany. The Hobbit. See Jun 10. Also 7:00 and Jun 12(2:00). Recommended for Grade 1 and up. ●●6:15: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. TSO Chamber Soloists. Stravinsky: Suite from L’Histoire du soldat. Yao Guang Zhai, clarinet; Michael Sweeney, bassoon; Gordon Wolfe, trombone; David Kent, percussion; Jonathan Crow, violin; Jeffrey Beecher, double bass; Andrew McCandless, cornet. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. Included with admission to TSO concert. ●●7:00: Canadian Children’s Opera Company. The Hobbit. See Jun 10. Also Jun 12(2:00). Recommended for Grade 1 and up. ●●7:00: St. Elizabeth Scola Cantorum Hungarian Choir. Spring Concert. Works by Mozart, Rossini, Bardos, Kodály and others. Imre Olah, conductor. St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church, 432 Sheppard Ave. E. 416-300-9305. $20; $10(st). Post-concert reception. ●●7:00: Toronto Mandolin Orchestra. In Concert. Favourite songs and arias from opera, operetta and popular musicals. Lorna D’Silva, soprano; Ira Erokhina, domra; Alexander Veprinskiy, artistic director. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-533-2725. $35; $20(st). In support of Free the Children Adopt-A-Village program. ●●7:00: Toronto Summer Opera Workshop. Don Giovanni. See Jun 10 ●●7:30: Brampton Chamber Music. Concert Series. Jennifer Tran, saxophone; Gina Lee and Harvard Tran, piano; young/community artists selected by audition. St. Paul’s United 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. $20; $15(st/under 30). Jun 9: solo show. ●●8:00: Henderson Kolk Duo. In Concert. Mozart: Symphony No.40, Marcello/Bach: Oboe Concerto; other works by Schubert and de Falla. Drew Henderson and Michael Kolk, guitars. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-294-6787. $20; $15(st). ●●8:00: Music Gallery. MG Remixed: Allatonceness. A recall and remix of the Music Gallery’s past and present. Tenderness, Trichy Sankaran, SlowPitchSound, artists; Allison Peacock, dancer; Undervolt & co. and Diana Lynn VanderMeulen, video; Rea McNamara, curator. 197 John St. 416-2041080. $20/$15(adv); $10(members). ●●8:00: Opera 5. Die Fledermaus. See Jun 8. ●●8:00: Voices Chamber Choir. 20/20: A Retrospective. Works by Palestrina, Byrd, Bach, Willan, Raminsh and others. Ron Ka Ming Cheung, conductor; John Stephenson, accompaniment. Church of St. Martin-in-theFields, 151 Glenlake Ave. 416-519-0528. $20; $15(sr/st). Cash only at the door. Church (Brampton), 30 Main St. S., Brampton. 905-450-9220. PWYC. ●●7:30: Cantemus Singers. Fair is the Rose. Madrigals and lute songs by Gibbons, Pilkington, Wilbye and Dowland. Benjamin Stein, lute. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Sq. 416-578-6602. $20; free(under 12). Also Jun 12(mat). ●●7:30: Toronto Concert Band. Stomp on Front! Sweeney: Quad City Stomp; Gillespie: A Night in Tunisia; Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody; Orff: Carmina Burana (excerpts); Dello Joio: Scenes from The Louvre; and other works. Les Dobbin, conductor; Ken Hazlett, conductor. Guests: Troy Sexton and Sheldon De Souza. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 647-479-2941. $15. ●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. James Ehnes Plays Elgar. Elgar: Violin Concerto; Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring. James Ehnes, violin; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $33.75-$107. 6:15pm: Free pre-concert performance by The TSO Chamber Soloists. Postconcert party in the lobby. Also June 9(2:00) and 10(7:30). ●●8:00: Gallery 345. CCMC at Gallery 345. Featuring original and newer members of CCMC. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $20. Cash only at the door. ●●8:00: Harbourfront Centre. World Stage: Every Song I’ve Ever Written: Band Night. Five Toronto bands perform Jacob Wren’s music, along with discussion about songs and the internet. Above Top Secret; Maylee Todd; Phèdre; Regina (from Light Fires); Snowblink. Brigantine Room, Harbourfront Centre, Sunday June 12 ●●10:30am: Humbercrest United Church. Choral Concert. Schubert: Mass in G for strings, trumpet and organ. Jennifer Krabbe, soprano; Dennis Zimmer, bass; Melvin Hurst, director of music. 16 Baby Point Rd. 416-7676122. Free. ●●2:00: Canadian Children’s Opera Company. The Hobbit. See Jun 10. Recommended for Grade 1 and up. ●●2:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. TSO Chamber Soloists. Stravinsky: L’Histoire du soldat (complete). Derek Boyes, narrator; Yao Guang Zhai, clarinet; Michael Sweeney, bassoon; Gordon Wolfe, trombone; David Kent, percussion; Jonathan Crow, violin; Jeffrey Beecher, double bass; Andrew McCandless, cornet. Art Gallery of Ontario, Walker Court, 317 Dundas St. W. 416-598-3375. Included with admission to AGO. Also June 18 (7:30) at Hearn Generating Station. ●●3:00: Blythwood Winds. Hogtown Roundup: Toronto Graffiti. Music inspired by graffiti street art. Freedman: Tikki Tikki Tembo; other works by J. Doell, B. Simms, E. Denburg and A. Eddington. Tim Crouch, flute; Elizabeth Eccleston, oboe; Anthony Thompson, clarinet; Michael Macaulay, bassoon; Curtis Vander Hyden, horn. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 647-567-7906. $20/$15(adv); $10(sr/st). ●●3:00: Cantemus Singers. Fair is the Rose. See Jun 11(eve). ●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. David Briggs, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●4:00: St. Olave’s Anglican Church. Royal Best. Choral Evensong followed by celebration of the 90th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II featuring drama, poetry, music and songs, from the first Elizabethan Age to the present. St. Olave’s Arts Guild and Consort. 360 Windermere Ave. 416769-5686. Free; contributions appreciated. Strawberry tea following choral evensong. ●●4:00: St. Philip’s Anglican Church. Jazz Vespers. Hilario Durán Trio (Hilario Durán; Roberto Occhipinti, bass; Mark Kelso, drums); Guest: Jane Bunnett. All Saints Kingsway Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-233-1125. Freewill offering. NB: Temporary venue change. ●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers. Chameleon Jazz Band. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free. Donations welcome. ●●6:00: Aga Khan Museum/Kabir Cultural Centre. World Music Series: Dusk to Dawn featuring Pandit Birju Maharaj. Kathak dance. Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford Dr. 416-6464677. From $55. ●●7:00: Toronto Summer Opera Workshop. Don Giovanni. See Jun 10. Also Jun 11. ●●8:30: Hugh’s Room. Johnny A. 2261 Dundas St. W. 416-531-6604. $30/$25(adv). Monday June 13 ●●12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Mondays: Old-School Love. When I Fall in Love; I Could Write a Book; It Ain’t Necessarily So; Old Cape Cod; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square; and other works. Russell Drago Trio. 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521. PWYC. SKYLIGHT SERIES CORKIN GALLERY Sun. 12th June at 4 p.m. Evensong for the Queen’s Official 90th Birthday with memorable music from Royal Weddings and Jubilees plus Strawberry Tea and at 5: ROYAL BEST St. Olave’s Arts Guild and guests mark the occasion with a glorious celebration featuring drama, poetry, music and songs from the first Elizabethan Age to the present. SPECTRUM Monday, June 13th 7:30 PM Tickets at the door, or brownpapertickets.com ●●7:30: LARK Ensemble. Spectrum. Works by Mozart, Kodály, Van Gilse, Piazzolla, and Occhipinti. LARK Ensemble. Guest: Roberto Occhipinti, bass. Corkin Gallery, 7 Tank House Ln. 647-869-2559. $35; $20(st). St. Olave’s Church Bloor and Windermere 416-769-5686 stolaves.ca 50 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com Tuesday June 14 ●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/ Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime Chamber Music. Jialiang Zhu, piano. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free. Donations welcome. ●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. Eric Osborne, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●7:30: Toronto Concert Orchestra. Symphony in the Gardens: Ol’ Blue Eyes. My Way, New York New York, It Was a Very Good Year, The Way You Look Tonight, Summer Wind, and other works by Sinatra. Dan Lauzon, Sinatra tribute artist. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(4-13); free(under 4). ●●8:00: Lula Lounge. June Garber: CD release - This I Know. 1585 Dundas St. W. 416588-0307. $20/$15(adv). Thursday June 16 Friday June 17 ●●7:00: Music in Familiar Spaces. Bach and ●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Pot- Beer. Three Bach Cello Suites. Steuart Pincombe, cello. Rainhard Brewing Company, 100 Symes Rd. 781-366-1328. Name your own ticket price (plus cost of beer). ●●7:30: Charlotte Knight and Jon Corkal. It Shoulda Been Me: A Cabaret. Works by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, Billy Joel, J. Iconis and others. Charlotte Knight, soprano; Jon Corkal, music director and piano. Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Ave. 647-637-9252. $25; $20(sr/st). Cash only at the door. Also Jun 10(St. Catharines), 18(Guelph). pourri for all ages. Classics, opera, operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international and other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. TrinitySt. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly. ●●7:00: University Settlement Music and Arts School. End of Term Student Concert. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-598-3444 x243 or x244. Free. Donations gladly accepted. Also Jun 18(12:00 and 2:00). ●●7:30: Opera by Request. The Rake’s Progress. Stravinsky. Will Ford, tenor (Tom Rakewell); Sharon Tikiryan, soprano (Anne Trulove); Michael York, baritone (Nick Shadow); Shilpa Sharma, mezzo (Baba the Turk); Oliver Dawson, tenor (Sellem); and others; William Shookhoff, conductor/piano. College Street United Church, 452 College St. 416-455-2365. $20. ●●8:00: Gallery 345. Liebesbotschaft: Love’s Message. Lieder by Schubert. Rachel Fenlon, vocals/piano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-8229781. $20. Cash only at the door. ●●8:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Live on the Patio: The Massey Hall Band Plays R.E.M. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. ●●8:00: Thin Edge New Music Collective. Are You Ready Brother? Works by Nikolai Sergeevich Korndorf and Gregory Lee Newsome. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 647-456-7597. $20/$13(adv); $15(sr/st/arts workers)/$13(sr/st/arts workers - adv). ●●8:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Soirée: Gutters and Skies; Eros to Death. A multicourse evening of Rachmaninoff and verse – poems original and represented. Selections by Rachmaninoff. Marc B. Young, voice; Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. ●●10:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Late Night: Beethoven Symphony 3. Beethoven: Symphony No.3 “Eroica”; Michael Mills (arr. and additional music by David Mallamud): Concerto for Violin, Rock Band, and String Orchestra (world premiere/TSO co-commission). Robert McDuffie, violin; Mike Mills, electric bass/piano; Rock Band; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $25.50-$46. Wednesday June 15 ●●12:35: St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church. Concerts at Midday: Richard Herriott, piano. Works by Bach. St. Stephen-inthe-Fields Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437-344-3890 or 416-921-6350. Free. Baroque Summer Festival oncert C E E R F June 15 at 1pm See listing for details tafelmusik.org Jeanne Lamon, Director Ivars Taurins, Director Vocal/Chamber Programme C o n t a c t 2016 Summer Tour 06/12: New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge 06/16: Toronto, ON Music Gallery 06/25: Vancouver, BC Celebration Hall 06/26: Victoria, BC Open Space 06/27: Vancouver, BC Queer Arts Festival contactcontemporarymusic.org ●●8:00: Contact/Music Gallery. A Gossamer Bit: Contact plays the music of Allison Cameron and more. 197 John St. 416-204-1080. $10; Free(under 18). ●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Beethoven Eroica Symphony. Jordan Pal: City in Colour (world premiere/TSO commission); Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3; Symphony No.3 “Eroica”. Yefim Bronfman, piano; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $33.75-$148. Also June 15. ●●1:00: Tafelmusik. Tafelmusik Baroque Sum- mer Institute Orchestra and Choirs. Jeanne Lamon, Ivars Taurins, and Peter Harvey, directors. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park. 416964-6337. Free. First-come, first-served. Part of the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival running June 6 to 18. ●●8:00: New Music Concerts. Coffee House Cabaret. Works by David Olds, Sy Potma, Willie P. Bennett, James Taylor, Fred Neil, Tim Buckley and others. David Olds and others. Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-9619594. $50. Includes complimentary coffee, pastries, wine and cheese with proceeds to benefit New Music Concerts. ●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Beethoven Eroica Symphony. Jordan Pal: City in Colour (world premiere/TSO commission); Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3; Symphony No.3 “Eroica”. Yefim Bronfman, piano; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $33.75-$148. Also June 16. thewholenote.com Saturday June 18 Coffee House 345 organ; Johan van’t Hof, organ. 525 Bloor St. E. 416-923-8714. $25; $20(sr/st/unwaged). ●●7:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. TSO Chamber Soloists. Stravinsky: L’Histoire du soldat (complete). Derek Boyes, narrator; Yao Guang Zhai, clarinet; Michael Sweeney, bassoon; Gordon Wolfe, trombone; David Kent, percussion; Jonathan Crow, violin; Jeffrey Beecher, double bass; Andrew McCandless, cornet. Hearn Generating Station, 440 Unwin Ave. 416-598-3375. $39. Also June 12 (2:00) at AGO Walker Court. ●●7:30: Tafelmusik. The Grand Finale. Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute Orchestra and Choir; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir; Jeanne Lamon and Ivars Taurins, directors. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-964-6337. Free. Tickets must be obtained in advance at the Tafelmusik Box Office, 427 Bloor St. W. beginning June 14. Maximum 2 tickets per person. Part of the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival running June 6 to 18. ●●9:00: Music Gallery/Invocation. Departure Series: The Out Louds, Mette Rasmussen/ Tashi Dorji/Tyler Damon and Michael Keith/ Saab Narayan. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 416-204-1080. $15/$12(adv); $10(members). Sunday June 19 ●●3:00: Orchestra Toronto. Music of the Czechs. Jánaček: Suite for String Orchestra; Dvořák: Serenade for Wind Instruments; Symphony No.6 in D Op.60; Walter: Concerto for Orchestra. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 1-855-985-2787. $43; $37(sr); $15(child/OTopus 14-29). 2:15: preconcert chat. ●●3:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. Paris on Broadway. Works by Offenbach, Lehár, Gershwin, Porter, Herbert and others. Elizabeth Beeler, Curtis Sullivan, Jennifer Taverner, Vania Chan, Michael Nyby, Dion Mazerolle, Guillermo Silva-Marin; Michael Rose, music director/piano. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. $25, $45. ●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●7:20: Tafelmusik/Luminato. In Concert. Works by Telemann, Handel, Torelli, Marais and Bach. Hearn Generating Station, 440 Unwin Ave. 416-368-4849. $25. ●●12:00 noon: University Settlement Music and Arts School. End of Term Student Concert. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416598-3444 x243 or x244. Free. Donations gladly accepted. Also Jun 17(7:00) and 18(2:00). ●●2:00: University Settlement Music and Arts School. End of Term Student Concert. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416598-3444 x243 or x244. Free. Donations gladly accepted. Also Jun 17(7:00) and 18(12:00). ●●3:00: Neapolitan Connection. Musical Matinées at Montgomery’s Inn: Children’s Concert Classics. Acclarion Duo. Montgomery’s Inn, 4709 Dundas St. W. 647-262-4316. $30; $12.50(child). Tea, historical tour (2:00), cookies included. ●●4:00: St. Simon-the-Apostle Anglican Church. A Concert of Sacred Choral Music. Fundraiser for England tour this July. Works by Howells, Murrill, Bryant, Parsons, Holman and others. Choir of St. Simon-the-Apostle; Robin Davis, conductor; Maurice White, JUNE 15 @ 7:30 Gallery 345 www.NewMusicConcerts.com TAFELMUSIK @ June 19 @7:20pm Hearn Generating Station tafelmusik.org June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 51 A. Concerts in the GTA Latin tunes to traditional band pieces. Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge St., North York. 416-802-6819. Free. Also July 14, 28. ●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The Second City Guide to the Symphony. Colin Mochrie, host; The Second City, actors; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $29.50-$101. Also June 24 and 25. ●●8:00: Royal Conservatory. Quiet Please, There’s a Lady on Stage Series: Meow Meow. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $40–$85. ●●12:35: St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Angli- Monday June 20 ●●12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Mondays: Duo Primo. Ronée Boyce, piano; Helen Yang, cello. 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521. PWYC. Tuesday June 21 ●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/ Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime Chamber Music. Allan Pulker, flute. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free. Donations welcome. ●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. David Briggs, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●7:30: Estonian Studies Centre. Estonian National Opera Boys’ Choir. Works by Pärt, Tormis, Sisask and contemporary Estonian composers plus classical masterworks. Hirvo Surva, conductor; Andres Lemba, piano. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $45-$55; $25(st). ●●7:30: Toronto Concert Orchestra. Symphony in the Gardens: Haydn Classics Par Excellence. Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet; Symphony No.88; other music by Boyce. Bob Venables, trumpet. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(4-13); free(under 4). Wednesday June 22 ●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints King- sway. Kingsway Organ Concert Series. Mark Himmelman, organ. All Saints Kingsway Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-7695224. Freewill offering. can Church. Concerts at Midday: J.S. Bach’s Leipzig Chorales (part 1). Performed by Matthew Whitfield on historic 1888 Ryder organ. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437-344-3890 or 416-9216350. Free. ●●7:00: Etobicoke Community Concert Band. Summer Concerts in the Park. Guests: DOCA Brass. Applewood/Shaver House, 450 The West Mall, Etobicoke. 416-245-1983. Free. ●●8:00: Capella Intima. The Paradise of Travellers: Recollections of Venice and the Grand Tour. Canzonettas, arias and motets from 17th-century northern Italy, with readings from the original travel writers of the period including Coryat and George Sandys. Bud Roach, director and tenor; Sheila Dietrich, soprano; Jennifer Enns Modolo, alto; David Roth, baritone. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall, 427 Bloor St. W. 905-5173594. Suggested donation of $15. Also June 26(Hamilton). VOCAL ENSEMBLE Faire is the Heaven Friday June 24 ●●12:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Free Concert: Thank You, Toronto! Earl Lee, RBC Resident Conductor; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. Free. Seating is first-come, first-served. ●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Potpourri for all ages. Classics, opera, operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international and other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly. ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Ashkenaz Festival. Live on the Patio: Street Brass. Nomadica. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-5934822. Free. Food and drinks available. Thursday June 23 ●●1:30: Miles Nadal JCC. Volunteer Apprecia- tion Afternoon Tea with the Satin Dolls. Vocal jazz quartet performs selections from the 1930s and 1940s. 750 Spadina Ave. 416-9246211 x0. $4. Dessert reception. ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Ashkenaz Festival. Live on the Patio: Street Brass. Lemon Bucket Orkestra. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. ●●7:30: North York Concert Band. Band Concert Under the Stars. Music from swing to SUMMER NIGHT OPERA CONCERT Inga FILIPPOVA Andrey ANDREYCHICK Stanislas VITORT JUNE 24, 7:30pm eventbrite.ca ●●7:30: Inga Filippova. Summer Night Opera Concert. Inga Filippova, soprano; Stanislas Vitort, tenor; Andrey Andreychik, baritone; Evgenia Yesmanovich, piano. Lawrence Park Community Church, 2180 Bayview Ave. 647-885-6459. $30; $20(sr/st/under 30); $10(youth). ●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The Second City Guide to the Symphony. Colin Mochrie, host; The Second City, actors; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $29.50-$101. Also June 23 and 25. ●●8:00: Adelphi Vocal Ensemble. Faire Is the Heaven. Palestrina: Ut queant laxis; Missa Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La; Stanford: Benedictus in C; Charles Wood: Hail, Gladdening Light; and works by Byrd and William H. Harris. Peter Bishop, director; Andrew Adair, organ. St. Vincent de Paul Church, 263 Roncesvalles Program features Estonian Composers and classical masterworks Program features Estonian Composers and classical masterworks 52 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 ADELPHI Friday June 24, 8pm Ave. 416-535-5119. Free. $20 donation suggested. I FURIOSI BAROQUE ENSEMBLE FISH OUT OF WATER Friday, June 24th • 8pm Calvin Presbyterian Church www.ifuriosi.com ●●8:00: I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble. Fish Out of Water. Works by Rosenmüller, Mattheson, Couperin, and others. Guests: Jed Wentz, flauto traverso; James Johnstone, harpsichord. Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave. 416-536-2943. $20/$10(adv). Saturday June 25 ●●6:00: Canadian Music Centre. Clarinet and Piano Duo Recital. Chris Paul Harman: Five Japanese Children’s Songs; Five Pieces for Clarinet and Piano (world premiere); and other new and traditional works inspired by Japan. Chris Paul Harman, composer; Kimihiro Yasaka, piano; Shiori Kobayashi, clarinet. 20 St. Joseph St. 416-961-6601 x202. $20; $10(st/members). ●●6:00: Toronto Blues Society. TBS 31st Birthday Party with Harrison Kennedy. Harrison Kennedy, vocals/guitar. Ward’s Island Cafe, 20 Withrow Street, Ward’s Island. 416538-3885. Free. ●●7:30: Opera by Request. Aida. Verdi. Carrie Gray, soprano (Aida); Paul Williamson, tenor (Radames); Ramona Carmelly, mezzo (Amneris); Michael Robert-Broder, baritone (Amonasro); Domenico Sanfilippo, thewholenote.com bass-baritone (Ramfis); and others; William Shookhoff, conductor/piano. College Street United Church, 452 College St. 416-4552365. $20. ●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The Second City Guide to the Symphony. Colin Mochrie, host; The Second City, actors; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375. $29.50-$101. Also June 23 and 24. ●●8:00: Arraymusic/Audiopollination. Solonation. Heidi Chan, Asian flutes/percussion/electronics; Aki Takahashi, shamisen/vocals; Nicole Rampersaud, trumpet/ composer; Xuan Ye, various; Kayla Grant, electronics. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 416-532-3019. $10. ●●8:00: St. Barnabas Anglican Church. Imagine: Blue. Jazz, blues and rock, and their influence and relationships with classical music. Works by Ravel, Prokofiev, Peterson, M. O’Connor, and Radiohead. Raffi Altounian, guitar. 361 Danforth Ave. 416-528-5349. $20; $10(sr/st). ●●8:00: Vocem Resurgentis. Mystic Light. Medieval reflections on light and hope through the words and music of Hildegard von Bingen. Linda Falvy, Mary Enid Haines and Paola Di Santo, sopranos. Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Toronto), 477 Manning Ave. 416890-1710. Entry by donation. ●●8:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Soirée. Rachmaninoff (arr. G. Murray): Concerto No.2, Op.18 (mvt.1); Vocalise Op.34 No.14; Daisies Op.38 No.3; Rhapsody on a Theme Of Paganini Op.43 Variation 18; and other works. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Sunday June 26 ●●2:00: Confidential Opera Project. In Con- cert. Performers will take the stage and perform an opera in its entirety, having met each other only an hour before and having had no group rehearsal. Ernest Balmer Studio (315), Distillery District, 9 Trinity St. 416-5376066. $25. ●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. David Briggs, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●4:00: Columbus Concert Band. CCB At The thewholenote.com Movies: 2nd Annual Benefit Concert. Music from Star Wars; 2001: A Space Odessey; The Jungle Book; The Lion King; La Strada; and others. Guest: Kira Braun, soprano. Crescent School, 2365 Bayview Ave. 647-2679040. $20. ●●4:00: St. Philip’s Anglican Church. Jazz Vespers. Colleen Allen, sax; Mike Hurley, sax; Adrean Farrugia, piano; Steve Wallace, bass; Terry Clarke, drums. All Saints Kingsway Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-247-5181. Freewill offering. NB: Temporary venue change. ●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers. Brian Barlow Big Band. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free. Donations welcome. ●●9:00: Music Gallery. Departure Series: Endangered Blood, Mike Smith Company and Body Help. Burdock, 1184 Bloor St. W. 416204-1080. $15/$12(adv); $10(members). Wednesday June 29 ●●12:35: St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Angli- can Church. Concerts at Midday: J.S. Bach’s Leipzig Chorales (part 2). Performed by Matthew Whitfield on historic 1888 Ryder organ. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437-344-3890 or 416-9216350. Free. Thursday June 30 ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Lula Music and Monday June 27 Arts Centre. Live on the Patio: Salsa y Fusion. Picadillo. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. ●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. From Prussia to Tantra. Mozart: String Quartet in F K590; Kati Agócs: Tantric Variations. Cecilia String Quartet. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. ●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. In Concert: Buffy Sainte-Marie. Where the Spirit Lives: Suite in Three Movements; My Country ’Tis of Thy People; It’s My Way; Moonshot; Power in the Blood; and other works. Buffy Sainte-Marie, vocalist; Toronto Symphony Orchestra; full band; Lucas Waldin, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416598-3375. $27-$70. ●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Majesty, Brilliance, Power. Shostakovich: Symphony No.9; Dvořák: Violin Concerto in a Op.53; Nielsen: Helios Overture. Andrew Sords, violin; Alexa Petrenko, host; Kristian Alexander, conductor. Flato Markham Theatre, 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469. $15-$35. ●●12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Mondays: Dévah Unplugged. Dévah Quartet. 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521. PWYC. ●●7:00: Toronto Chamber Players/Pirate Life Toronto. Water Music Concert 2. Brahms: Clarinet Quintet; Kodály: Duo for violin and cello; Mozart: Duo for violin and viola. Anthony Thompson, clarinet; Marcus Scholtes, violin; Sharon Lee, violin; Brandon Chui, viola; Sybil Shanahan, cello. Pirate Life, Avenue of the Island, Centre Island. 416828-5647. PWYC. Outdoor venue, weather permitting. ●●7:30: Robert Bruce. The Sound Spa. Robert Bruce, composer/piano. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-922-3618. Price TBA. Tuesday June 28 ●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/ Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime Chamber Music. Christopher Miranda, piano. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free. Donations welcome. ●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. David Briggs, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●7:30: Toronto Concert Orchestra. Symphony in the Gardens: Viennese Garden Party. J. Strauss: The Blue Danube, Radetzky March; highlights from Die Fledermaus and The Merry Widow; other Viennese works. Julie Ludwig, soprano; Jeremy Ludwig, baritone. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-9231171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(4-13); free(under 4). Friday July 1 ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Lula Music and Arts Centre. Live on the Patio: Salsa y Fusion. Lula All Stars. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. ●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Unionville Canada Day Celebration. Light classics and favourite pieces by Tchaikovsky, J. Strauss, Brahms, Dvořák and others. Andrew Sords, violin; Rodney Gray, flute; Michael Berec, host; Kristian Alexander, conductor. Unionville Millennium Bandstand, 143 Main St., Unionville. 905-604-8339. Free. Saturday July 2 ●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. KSO at the CBC. Shostakovich: Symphony No.9; Dvorak: Violin Concerto in a Op.53; Nielsen: Helios Overture. Andrew Sords, violin; Michael Berec, host; Miran Vaupotić, conductor. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 1-888-655-9090. $15-$30. Sunday July 3 ●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●4:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Yech’hed Mat! Tangi Ropars, vocals/accordion; Emilyn Stam, violin; John Williams, clarinet. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. Monday July 4 ●●12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Mondays. Albéniz: Iberia Book III - El Albaicín, El Polo, and Lavapiés. Koichi Inoue, piano. 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521. PWYC. A pay-what-you-can lunchtime concert series at Church of the Holy Trinity JULY 4 Koichi Inoue, piano Albeniz’s Iberia Book III JULY 11 Aaron James, organ Bach and Beyond JULY 18 Cary Savage, guitar The Spanish Guitar JULY 25 Denis Gagné, organ Organ Music from Québec All concerts start at 12:15pm 416.598.4521 ext. 223 www.musicmondays.ca June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 53 A. Concerts in the GTA ●●8:00: Goldenvoice. Brian Wilson Celebrates Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary. Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, Blondie Chaplin and others. Massey Hall, 178 Victoria St. 416-872-4255. $39.50-$125. Tuesday July 5 ●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●7:30: Toronto Concert Orchestra. Symphony in the Gardens: Duelling Divas. Verdi: Sempre libera, Dvořák: Song to the Moon; Bizet: Habanera; J. Strauss: Orlovsky’s Song; Puccini: Musetta’s Waltz; and other works. Adria McCulloch, soprano; Cassandra Warner, mezzo. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(4-13); free(under 4). ●●8:30: Hugh’s Room. In Concert: Lyy. Emma Björling, vocals; Anna Lindblad, fiddle; David Eriksson, nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle); Petrus Johansson, guitar; Martin Norberg, percussion. 2261 Dundas St. W. 416-531-6604. $25/$22.50(adv). Wednesday July 6 ●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints King- sway. Kingsway Organ Concert Series. Andrew Adair, organ. All Saints Kingsway Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-7695224. Freewill offering. ●●12:35: St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church. Concerts at Midday: Trio Abelia. Music for flute, French horn and piano. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437-344-3890 or 416-9216350. Free. ●●7:00: Etobicoke Community Concert Band. Summer Concerts in the Park. Guests: Etobicoke Swing Orchestra. Applewood/Shaver House, 450 The West Mall, Etobicoke. 416245-1983. Free. ●●7:30: Artists’ Garden Cooperative. Plein Air Garden Concert. Jeffery Straker, folk and pop music. 345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10. Thursday July 7 ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Sunfest. Live on the Patio: World Fusion. Elida Almeida. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. ●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. From Sweden with Love (and a dragon or two). Performance by Lyy. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. 54 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 Toronto Art Blast. Community arts showcase. 345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. Free. Until 6:00pm. Also Jul 16. ●●2:00: St. Andrew’s Church/Marabella Presbyterian Church, Trinidad. The Marabella Steel Orchestra. An outdoor concert of calypso and sacred music. St. Andrew’s Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St. 416-5935600 x231. Free. Donations welcome. On the patio. Also July 29(2:00 and 5:00). ●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. TBA, organ. 65 Church St. 416364-7865. Free. ●●7:00: North York Concert Band. Music Under the Stars. Music from swing to Latin tunes to concert band pieces. Unionville Millennium Bandstand, 143 Main St., Unionville. 416-802-6819. Free. ●●7:00: Soundstreams Salon 21. Soundweavers. Premiere of Emilie Lebel’s collaboration with Jumblies Theatre and community participants. Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park. 416-504-1282. Free; PWYC for preferred seating. Tuesday July 12 ●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. Thomas Fitches, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. Wednesday July 13 ●●12:35: St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church. Concerts at Midday: Kat Hammer, baroque guitar. French, Spanish and Italian music from the 17th and 18th centuries. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437-344-3890 or 416-9216350. Free. ●●7:30: Artists’ Garden Cooperative. Plein Air Garden Concert. Larry Bond Band, jazz quartet. 345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10. Monday July 18 Thursday July 14 ●●12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Mondays: Transcriptions and Works for the Spanish Guitar. Works by Bach, Albéniz, Tarrega and Barrios. Cary Savage, guitar. 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521. PWYC. ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Batuki Music Society. Live on the Patio: Grooves and Sahel Blues. Daniel Nebiat. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. ●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Elles. Works by Badalla, de la Guerre, Clérambault, Eccles and Jarzębski. Andréanne BrissonPaquin, soprano; Pallade Musica Baroque Ensemble. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. ●●7:30: North York Concert Band. Band Concert Under the Stars. Music from swing to Latin tunes to traditional band pieces. Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge St., North York. 416-802-6819. Free. Also June 23, July 28. Tuesday July 19 ●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. Alastair Williams, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●7:30: Toronto Concert Orchestra. Symphony in the Gardens: Piaf Encore. La vie en rose, Milord, Hymn à l’amour, Mon Dieu, and other songs. Pandora Topp, Piaf tribute artist. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(4-13); free(under 4). Wednesday July 20 Friday July 15 ●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints King- sway. Kingsway Organ Concert Series. Gordon Mansell, organ. All Saints Kingsway Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-7695224. Freewill offering. ●●12:35: St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church. Concerts at Midday: Vladimir Soloviev, piano. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437-344-3890 or 416-921-6350. Free. ●●7:00: Etobicoke Community Concert Band. Summer Concerts in the Park. Applewood/ Shaver House, 450 The West Mall, Etobicoke. 416-245-1983. Free. ●●7:30: Artists’ Garden Cooperative. Plein Air Garden Concert. Nic ’n Norm: Nicole Songbird Coward and Harpin’Norm Lucien. 345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10. ●●7:30: Grace Church on-the-Hill. Joint Sendoff Concert for UK Tours. Pax Christi Chorale and Choir of Grace Church on-the-Hill. 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-488-7884. Free. ●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Pot- Saturday July 16 Organ Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●4:00: Summer Music in the Garden. ●●11:00am: Artists’ Garden Cooperative. Mondays: Bach and Beyond. Welmers: Laudate Dominum; Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.14; and works by Bach and Böhm. Aaron James, organ. 10 Trinity Sq. 416-5984521. PWYC. Sunday July 10 ●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Sunday July 17 ●●12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music pourri for all ages. Classics, opera, operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international and other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly. ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Sunfest. Live on the Patio: World Fusion. Villalobos Brothers with Alberto de la Rosa. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. Friday July 8 Evensong. Choirs of Grace Church and Downing College, Cambridge, UK. 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-488-7884. Freewill offering. Monday July 11 pourri for all ages. Classics, opera, operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international and other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly. ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Batuki Music Society. Live on the Patio: Grooves and Sahel Blues. Hampaté and Sahel Blues. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. ●●7:30: Hart House Singers. The Greatest Duets in the World. Works by Bach, Schumann, Offenbach, Delibes and others. David Arnot-Johnston, conductor; Jeff Vidov, piano. Hart House, Great Hall, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-2452. Free; food donations to U of T Foodbank welcomed. ●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Pot- ●●6:00: Grace Church on-the-Hill. Choral Forbidden Fruit: Music “Stolen” for Cello. Bach: French Suite No.5 for solo cello; works by Gabrielli, Purcell, Pasquini and others. Kate Bennett Wadsworth, cello; Lucas Harris, lute. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. ●●11:00am: Artists’ Garden Cooperative. Thursday July 21 Toronto Art Blast. Community arts showcase. 345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. Free. Until 6:00pm. Also Jul 17. ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Hillside Festival/ Canadian Reggae World. Live on the Patio: Reggae. The Human Rights. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. ●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. “Becoming One with Universal Love”: Ancient Persian Music for a New Age. Naghmeh Farahmand, percussion; Pejman Zahedian, Persian setar. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. Friday July 22 ●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Pot- pourri for all ages. Classics, opera, operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international and other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly. ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Hillside Festival/ Canadian Reggae World. Live on the Patio: Reggae. Mo’ Kalamity and the Wizards. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. Sunday July 24 ●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. TBA, organ. 65 Church St. 416364-7865. Free. ●●4:00: Summer Music in the Garden. From the Banyan to the Willow Tree. Carnatic classical music from South India. Subhadra Vijaykumar, violin; Vasudevan Govindarajan, mrdangam/double headed drum; Ramana Indrakumar, ghatam/clay pot. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. Monday July 25 ●●12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Mondays: Organ Music from Quebec. Bédard: Suite du deuxième ton; works by Daveluy, LeBuis and Warren. Denis Gagné, organ. 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521. PWYC. ●●7:00: Toronto Chamber Players/Pirate Life Toronto. Water Music Concert 3. Mendelssohn: Octet; and pirate-themed music. Ton Beau String Quartet; Odin String Quartet. Pirate Life, Avenue of the Island, Centre Island. 416-828-5647. PWYC. Outdoor venue, weather permitting. Tuesday July 26 ●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Choral Recital. Southend Boys and Girls Choir, Essex, UK. 65 Church St. 416-3647865. Free. ●●7:00: North York Concert Band. Band Concert Under the Stars. Music from big band to swing to concert band pieces. Earl Bales Park - Barry Zukerman Amphitheatre, 4169 Bathurst St. 416-802-6819. Free. In case of rain, event will take place at the Earl Bales Community Centre. ●●7:30: Toronto Concert Orchestra. Symphony in the Gardens: Vivaldi - Four Seasons. Sunny Choi, Marcus Scholtes, Alex Toskov and Sharon Lee, violins. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(4-13); free(under 4). Wednesday July 27 ●●12:35: St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church. Concerts at Midday: Janice Kerkkamp, flute. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437-344-3890 or 416-921-6350. Free. ●●7:30: Artists’ Garden Cooperative. Plein thewholenote.com Air Garden Concert. Joel Sheridan, jazz and classic pop. 345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10. ●●7:30: Summer Singers. Choral Concert. Light classical, folk, gospel and popular standards. Linda Eyman, director. Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor St. W. 416-9247439. $5 suggested. ●●8:00: Toronto Blues Society. Sue Foley @ Jazz Bistro. Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria St. 416363-5299. $20. Thursday July 28 ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Live on the Patio: Vintage Rock. Classic Albums Live: Creedence Clearwater Revival. 60 Simcoe St. 416593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. ●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Tamara Ilana and Ventanas. Melodic traditions of North Africa, the Balkans, Turkey and Spain. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. ●●7:30: North York Concert Band. Band Concert Under the Stars. Music from swing to Latin tunes to traditional band pieces. Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge St., North York. 416-802-6819. Free. Also June 23, July 14. Friday July 29 ●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Pot- pourri for all ages. Classics, opera, operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international and other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly. ●●2:00: St. Andrew’s Church/Marabella Presbyterian Church, Trinidad. The Marabella Steel Orchestra. An outdoor concert of calypso and sacred music. St. Andrew’s Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St. 416-5935600 x231. Free. Donations welcome. On the patio. Also July 17(2:00) and July 29(5:00). ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Live on the Patio: Vintage Rock. Classic Albums Live: Creedence Clearwater Revival. 60 Simcoe St. 416593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. ●●5:00: St. Andrew’s Church/Marabella Presbyterian Church, Trinidad. The Marabella Steel Orchestra. An outdoor concert of calypso and sacred music. St. Andrew’s Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe St. 416-5935600 x231. Free. Donations welcome. On the patio. Also July 17(2:00) and July 29(2:00). ●●8:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. A Tale of Two Cities. By Victor Davies and Eugene Benson. Michael Rose, music director. Robert Gill Theatre, University of Toronto, 214 College St. 416-366-7723. $28; $22(sr/st). Also Jul 31(mat), Aug 6(mat and eve). Saturday July 30 ●●3:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. The Tales of Hoffmann. By Offenbach. Raisa Nakhmanovich, music director. Robert Gill Theatre, University of Toronto, 214 College St. 416-3667723. $28; $22(sr/st). Also Aug 2, 4, 7(mat). ●●8:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. Julius Caesar. By Handel. Maria H. Y. Jung, music director. Robert Gill Theatre, University of Toronto, 214 College St. 416-366-7723. $28; $22(sr/st). Also Aug 3(mat and eve), 5. ●●8:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Soirée. Works arranged by G. Murray. Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat Op.9 No.2; Kálmán: Dream Once Again from Gypsy Princess; Grieg: I Love Thee; Sarasate: Gypsy Airs - Allegro molto vivace); and other works. thewholenote.com Carillon Concerts. Lisa Lonie and Janet Tebbel, carillon. Metropolitan United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331. Free. Donations welcome. ●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. An Evening with Calum Graham. Music from the album Tabula Rasa. Calum Graham, vocals and guitar. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. ●●8:00: Aga Khan Museum/Kabir Cultural Centre. Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Party. Sufi devotional music. Tahir Hussain Faridi and guests. Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford Dr. 416-646-4677. From $45. ●●8:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. The Tales of Hoffmann. See Jul 30(mat). Also Aug 7(mat). Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Sunday July 31 ●●3:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. A Tale of Two Cities. See Jul 29(eve). Also Aug 6(mat and eve). ●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. David Briggs, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. Monday August 1 ●●12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Mondays: Allison Au Quartet. 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521. PWYC. Tuesday August 2 Friday August 5 ●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. TBA, organ. 65 Church St. 416364-7865. Free. ●●7:30: Toronto Concert Orchestra. Symphony in the Gardens: Never Mind the Why and Wherefore. Gilbert and Sullivan: excerpts from Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, and HMS Pinafore. Allison Arends, soprano; Deborah Overes, contralto; Geoffrey Butler, tenor; Andrew Tees, baritone; Michael York, baritone. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-9231171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(4-13); free(under 4). ●●8:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. The Tales of Hoffmann. See Jul 30(mat). Also Aug 4, 7(mat). ●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Pot- pourri for all ages. Classics, opera, operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international and other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly. ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Live on the Patio: Swing. Tia Brazda. 60 Simcoe St. 416-5934822. Free. Food and drinks available. ●●7:30: No Strings Theatre. Little Shop of Horrors. Music by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. Toronto Centre for the Arts, Studio Theatre, 5040 Yonge St. 1-855-985-2787. $30; $22.50(sr/st); $15(under 12). Also Aug 6(2:00 and 7:30); 7(2:00). ●●8:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. Julius Caesar. See Jul 30. Wednesday August 3 ●●12:35: St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church. Concerts at Midday: Duo Sonora. Music for flute and guitar. St. Stephen-in-theFields Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437344-3890 or 416-921-6350. Free. ●●3:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. Julius Caesar. See Jul 30. Also 8:00, Aug 5. ●●7:30: Artists’ Garden Cooperative. Plein Air Garden Concert. L’Amero Ensemble. 345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10. ●●8:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. Julius Caesar. See Jul 30. Also Aug 5. ●●3:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. A Tale of Two Cities. See Jul 29(eve). Also 8:00. ●●7:30: No Strings Theatre. Little Shop of Horrors. See Aug 5; Also Aug 7(2:00). ●●8:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. A Tale of Two Cities. See Jul 29(eve)/ ●●9:15: SummerWorks Performance Fes- tival/Music Picnic. Mr. Shi and His Lover. See Aug 5(8:00) Also Aug 7(6:30); 8(9:00); 11(5:15); 12(10:15); 13(1:15). Sunday August 7 ●●2:00: No Strings Theatre. Little Shop of Horrors. See Aug 5(7:30). ●●3:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. The Tales of Hoffmann. See Jul 30(mat). ●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. David Briggs, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●4:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Deep River of Song: Jayme Stone and Friends. Songs by Alan Lomax. Jayme Stone, banjo; Kristin Andreassen, voice; Sumaia Jackson, fiddle; and Joe Phillips, bass. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. ●●6:30: SummerWorks Performance Festival/Music Picnic. Mr. Shi and His Lover. See Aug 5(8:00) Also Aug 8(9:00); 11(5:15); 12(10:15); 13(1:15). Thursday August 4 ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Live on the Patio: Swing. Ginkoa. 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. ●●7:00: Music at Metropolitan. Summer PRESENTS MENKEN A pay-what-you-can lunchtime concert series at Church of the Holy Trinity AND ASHMAN ’ S ●●8:00: SummerWorks Performance Festi- val/Music Picnic. Mr. Shi and His Lover. Text by Wong Teng Chi. Music by Njo Kong Kie. In Mandarin with English Surtitles. Jordan Cheng, tenor; Po Jen Chen, baritone; Carol Wang, percussionist; Njo Kong Kie, pianist/music director; Johnny Tam, stage director. Theatre Centre Mainspace, 1115 Queen St. W. 647-636-1401. $15. Also on Aug 6(9:15), 7(6:30); 8(9:00); 11(5:15); 12(10:15); 13(1:15). AUG 1 Allison Au Quartet (jazz) Forest Grove AUG 8 Stephanie Chua, & Véronique Mathieu, True North Canadian Duos for Violin & Piano AUG 15 Anastasia Rizikov, piano Surrealism at Midday AUG 22 Bryan Holt & Amahl Arulanandam Dueling Cellos - VC² Saturday August 6 All concerts start at 12:15pm ●●2:00: No Strings Theatre. Little Shop of Horrors. See Aug 5(7:30); Also Aug 6(7:30); 7(2:00). 416.598.4521 ext. 223 www.musicmondays.ca AUGUST 5 – 7 THE GREAT CANADIAN SHOWTUNE AUGUST 27 – 29 NOSTRINGSTHEATRE.COM June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 55 A. Concerts in the GTA Monday August 8 ●●12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Mondays: True North - Canadian Duos for Violin and Piano. Willan: Sonata No.1 in e; works by Champagne, Archer and H. Schmidt. Stephanie Chua, piano; Véronique Mathieu, violin. 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521. PWYC. ●●9:00: SummerWorks Performance Festival/Music Picnic. Mr. Shi and His Lover. See Aug 5(8:00) Also Aug 11(5:15); 12(10:15); 13(1:15). Mozart Serenade. Trillium Brass. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-9734000. Free. the He hi ye Girls. Traditional and contemporary Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) music. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. ●●7:00: University Settlement Music and Arts School. End of Term Student Concert. University Settlement Auditorium, 23 Grange Rd. 416-598-3444 x243 or x244. Free. Donations gladly accepted. Monday August 15 ●●12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Mondays: Surrealism at Midday. Liszt: Ballade No.2 in b, S171; Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Scriabin: Sonata No.4 in F-sharp Op.30. Anastasia Rizikov, piano. 10 Trinity Sq. 416-5984521. PWYC. Tuesday August 16 2016 TD Tour ●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Tuesday August 9 • Toronto • Organ Recital. TBA, organ. 65 Church St. 416364-7865. Free. ●●7:30: Toronto Concert Orchestra. Symphony in the Gardens: String Serenade. Glass: Arioso; Riho Maimets: Let the Cradle Swing; Saint-Saëns: Sarabande; Jenkins: Palladio. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-9231171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(4-13); free(under 4). ●●8:00: Goldenvoice. The Go-Gos’ Farewell Tour. Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Gina Schock and Jane Wiedlin. Guests: Kaya Stewart, singer/songwriter; Best Coast. Massey Hall, 178 Victoria St. 416-872-4255. $69.50-$99.50. Maestro Ward Stare Wednesday August 17 ●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. Thomas Gonder, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●7:30: Toronto Concert Orchestra. Symphony in the Gardens: Mozart - Eternal Summer. Mozart: Double Concerto for Flute and Harp; Symphony No.29 in A. Kaili Maimets, flute; Andrew Chan, harp. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(413); free(under 4). Wednesday August 10 ●●12:35: St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church. Concerts at Midday: Eric Osborne performing on historic 1888 Ryder organ. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437-344-3890 or 416-9216350. Free. ●●7:30: Artists’ Garden Cooperative. Plein Air Garden Concert. Melanie Peterson, folk and pop music. 345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10. Thursday August 11 ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Toronto Blues Society. Live on the Patio: Blues. Raoul and The Big Time. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. ●●5:15: SummerWorks Performance Festival/Music Picnic. Mr. Shi and His Lover. See Aug 5(8:00) Also Aug 12(10:15); 13(1:15). ●●7:00: Music at Metropolitan. Summer Carillon Concerts. Brian Tang, carillon. Metropolitan United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331. Free. Donations welcome. ●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. The Sweet Sound of Our Nature: Sadie Buck and A pay-what-you-can lunchtime concert series at Church of the Holy Trinity AUGUST 29, 12:15PM GALA 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT David Braid, Steinway Piano Artist for the Arts’ “JazzID Award.” Join us to hear David perform on our new Steinway “B” piano, in a Gala Music Mondays 25th Anniversary Concert, presented by Steinway Piano Gallery Toronto. There will be a reception following the concert. 416.598.4521 ext. 223 www.musicmondays.ca 56 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 Koerner Hall ●●12:35: St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church. Concerts at Midday: Edmee Nataprawira, piano. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437-3443890 or 416-921-6350. Free. ●●7:30: Artists’ Garden Cooperative. Plein Air Garden Concert. Maneli Jamal, progressive fingerstyle guitar. 345 Balliol St. 416-4870705. $10. August 11, 7;30 pm nyoc.org ●●7:30: National Youth Orchestra of Can- ada. 2016 TD Tour. Wagner: Overture to Tannhauser; Bloch: Schelomo for cello and orchestra; Prokofiev: Symphony No.5; new commissioned works by C. Goddard and C. Meyer. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $25-$45. ●●8:00: Aga Khan Museum. World Music Series: Mehmet Polat Trio. Ottoman, Anatolian, Balkan and West African musical traditions played on the ngoni, oud and ney. 77 Wynford Dr. 416-646-4677. $40. Thursday August 18 ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Celtic Colours International Festival/East Coast Music Week. Live on the Patio: East Coast. The East Pointers. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. ●●7:00: Music at Metropolitan. Summer Carillon Concerts. Roy Lee, carillon. Metropolitan United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E. 416363-0331. Free. Donations welcome. ●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Wood, Metal, Skin. Nagata Shachu, taiko drumming ensemble. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. Friday August 12 ●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Pot- pourri for all ages. Classics, opera, operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international and other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly. ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Toronto Blues Society. Live on the Patio: Blues. Irene Torres and The Sugar Devils. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. ●●10:15: SummerWorks Performance Festival/Music Picnic. Mr. Shi and His Lover. See Aug 5(8:00) Also Aug 13(1:15). Friday August 19 ●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Pot- pourri for all ages. Classics, opera, operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international and other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly. ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Celtic Colours International Festival/East Coast Music Week. Live on the Patio: East Coast. North Atlantic Drift. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. Saturday August 13 ●●1:15: SummerWorks Performance Festi- val/Music Picnic. Mr. Shi and His Lover. See Aug 5(8:00). Sunday August 14 Sunday August 21 ●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Choral Recital. Diocesan Girls Choir. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●4:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Brass by the Lake. Guaraldi: Linus and Lucy; Elizabethan dance tunes; and excerpts from a ●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●4:00: Summer Music in the Garden. All in the (Celtic) Family: The Bachands. Qristina Bachand, violin/voice; Quinn Bachand, guitar/banjo. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. Monday August 22 ●●12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Mondays: Dueling Cellos. VC² (Amahl Arulanandam and Bryan Holt, cellos). 10 Trinity Sq. 416-598-4521. PWYC. Tuesday August 23 ●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. Angus Sinclair, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●7:30: Toronto Concert Orchestra. Symphony in the Gardens: God Bless the Child. Lover Man, Good Morning Heartache, Summertime, All of Me, In My Solitude, and other songs. Khadija Mbowe, Billie Holiday tribute artist. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-9231171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(4-13); free(under 4). Wednesday August 24 ●●12:35: St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Angli- can Church. Concerts at Midday. Performing on the historic 1888 Ryder organ. Thomas Gonder, organ. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437-3443890 or 416-921-6350. Free. ●●7:30: Artists’ Garden Cooperative. Plein Air Garden Concert. Felix Gannon, folk music. 345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10. Thursday August 25 ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Small World Music. Live on the Patio: Samba e Forró. Flavia Nascimento. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. ●●7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Passagi. Early Italian Baroque music. Vincent Lauzer, recorder; Mark Edwards, harpsichord. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. Friday August 26 ●●1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Pot- pourri for all ages. Classics, opera, operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international and other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly. ●●5:00: Roy Thomson Hall/Small World Music. Live on the Patio: Samba e Forró. Aline Morales. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. Saturday August 27 ●●2:00 and 7:30: No Strings Theatre. The Great Canadian Showtune. A tribute to Canadian music theatre composers. Wychwood Theatre, 601 Christie St. 416-551-2093. $25; $20(sr/st); $12(under 12). Also Aug 28(2:00); 29(7:30). ●●8:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Soirée. Works by Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin and Rachmaninoff. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Sunday August 28 ●●2:00: No Strings Theatre. The Great Canadian Showtune. See Aug 27. Also Aug 29(7:30). ●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. thewholenote.com Organ Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●4:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Amor mi fa cantar a la Francesca. Works by Machaut, Walther von der Vogelweide and others. Duo Musica Fantasia: Julie Ryning, soprano; Katelyn Clark, clavisimbalum. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Free. Monday August 29 ●●12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity/Stein- way Piano Gallery. Music Mondays: Gala 25th Anniversary Concert. David Braid, piano. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Sq. 416598-4521. PWYC. Post-concert reception. ●●7:00: Toronto Chamber Players/Pirate Life Toronto. Water Music Concert 4. Works by Bartók, Gershwin, Piazzolla, and Guns N’ Roses. Toronto Chamber Players Ensemble: Catherine Cosbey, violin; Sharon Lee, violin; Woosol Cho, viola; Rachel Pomedli, cello; Mike Cox, bass; and others. Pirate Life, Avenue of the Island, Centre Island. 416-828-5647. PWYC. Outdoor venue, weather permitting. ●●7:30: No Strings Theatre. The Great Canadian Showtune. See Aug 27(2:00). Tuesday August 30 ●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. TBA, organ. 65 Church St. 416364-7865. Free. ●●7:30: Toronto Concert Orchestra. Symphony in the Gardens: Some Enchanted Evening. Selections from Brigadoon, Kismet, South Pacific, Showboat, Carousel, and other Broadway classics. Lucia Cesaroni, soprano; Adrian Kramer, tenor. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(413); free(under 4). B. Concerts Beyond the GTA Wednesday August 31 IN THIS ISSUE: Ancaster, Barrie, Bracebridge, Brantford, Brighton, Cavan, Cobourg, Cookstown, Gravenhurst, Guelph, Hamilton, Innisfil, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Midland, Orangeville, Ottawa, St. Catharines, Stratford, Waterloo, Waupoos. ●●12:35: St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church. Concerts at Midday: Peichen Chen and Charles Lin. Works for piano four hands. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, 103 Bellevue Ave. 437-344-3890 or 416-9216350. Free. ●●7:30: Artists’ Garden Cooperative. Plein Air Garden Concert. Odin String Quartet. 345 Balliol St. 416-487-0705. $10. Wednesday June 1 ●●12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru. Julie Choi, piano. Works by Brahms, Debussy and Choi. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5; free(st). ●●8:00: Open Ears Festival. Nazar-I Turkwaz. Maryem Tollar, Brenna MacCrimmon, Jayne Brown and Sophia Grigoriadis. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-8861673. $30; $20(st). Festival runs to June 4. Thursday September 1 ●●Sep 01 5:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Live on the Patio: Downtown Funk. The St. Royals. 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. Also Sept 2. ●●Sep 01 7:00: Summer Music in the Garden. Glass Houses. Works by Ann Southam and others. Taktus, percussion duo. Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay W. 416-9734000. Free. Thursday June 2 ●●7:00: Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festi- val. Opening Night Gala. Aura; Big Rude Jake; Jerome Godboo Band featuring Shawn Kellerman. Best Western, 7 Buena Vista Dr., Orangeville. 519-941-9014. $45/$40(adv). ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. QuartetFest No.3: Pushing the Perimeter: Omar Daniel Conducting the Ether. Daniel: Quintet for theremin and string quartet; Martinu: Fantasia for theremin and string quartet. Penderecki Quartet. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 31 Caroline St. N., Waterloo. 519-883-4480. $35; $20(sr/arts worker/PI); $15(st); $5(EyeGO). QuartetFest runs to June 12. ●●10:00: Open Ears Festival. Dodecaphunk: Serial works arranged for Funk Band. Kyle Brenders Big Band. Jazz Room, Huether Hotel, 59 King St N., Waterloo. 519-579-8564. $20; $15(sr/st/arts workers); $5(eyeGo). Festival runs to June 4. Friday September 2 ●●Sep 02 1:10: Gordon Murray Presents. Piano Potpourri for all ages. Classics, opera, operetta, musicals, ragtime, pop, international and other genres. Gordon Murray, piano. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre (Chapel), 427 Bloor St. W. 416-631-4300. PWYC. Lunch and snack friendly. ●●Sep 02 5:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Live on the Patio: Downtown Funk. The St. Royals. 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4822. Free. Food and drinks available. Sunday September 4 ●●Sep 04 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Organ Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. Tuesday September 6 ●●Sep 06 1:00: Cathedral Church of St. Friday June 3 James. Organ Recital. Thomas Gonder, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. ●●8:00: Open Ears Festival. Mixtape Love: Tenderness, Bernice, Katherine Young. Tenderness (Chrissy Reichert); Bernice (Robin Dann); Katherine Young, bassoon. Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St., Kitchener. 519-579-8564. $20; $15(sr/st/arts workers); $5(eyeGo). Festival runs to June 4. The following summer festivals are not in the daily concerts listings. Please refer to the Summer Festivals beginning on page 35. Beaches International Jazz Festival Brott Music Festival Classical Unbound Festival Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival Elora Festival Festival de Lanaudière Festival of the Sound Highlands Opera Studio Indian River Festival Leith Summer Festival Luminato Festival thewholenote.com Saturday June 4 ●●2:00: Open Ears Festival. Anthropolo- gies Imaginaires. Gabriel Dharmoo, vocals; Andrew Reed Miller, double bass and media. Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St., Kitchener. 519-579-8564. $25; $15(sr/st); $20(arts workers); $5(eyeGo). Festival runs to June 4. ●●7:00: Open Ears Festival. Sarah Neufeld with Leanne Zacharias. Sarah Neufeld, violin; Stefan Schneider, drums; Leanne Zacharias, cello. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Kitchener), 54 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519579-8564. $25; $15(sr/st); $20(arts workers); $5(eyeGo). Festival runs to June 4. ●●7:30: Grand River Chorus. Celebrating Tekahionwake: The Genius of E. Pauline Johnson. Guests: Aaron Bell, storyteller; White Pine Dancers. W. Ross MacDonald School, 350 Brant Ave., Brantford. 519-841-9708. $25; $15(25 and under). ●●7:30: Hamilton Children’s Choir. Sentima. A musical performance created by youth. Guests: Countermeasure. Theatre Aquarius, 190 King William St., Hamilton. 905-522-7529. $30; $25(sr); $20(HCC alumni); $15(st). ●●7:30: Oriana Singers of Northumberland. Montreal Baroque Festival Music and Beyond Festival Music at Port Milford National Youth Orchestra of Canada Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival Stratford Summer Music TD Sunfest ’16 TD Toronto Jazz Festival Toronto Summer Music Festival Westben Arts Festival Theatre From the Roots Up. Arrangements of music by Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Pete Seeger and others. St. Peter’s Anglican Church (Cobourg), 20 College St., Cobourg. 905-3722210. $25; $22(sr); $10(st). Also on June 5 (Brighton). ●●9:30: Open Ears Festival. Mixtape Love: Pursuit Grooves and Unbuttoned. Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St., Kitchener. 519-579-8564. $20; $15(sr/st/arts workers); $5(eyeGo). Festival runs to June 4. Sunday June 5 ●●3:00: Kokoro Singers. Remember...Love. Brenda Uchimaru, conductor. Duff’s Presbyterian Church, 319 Brock Rd. S., Guelph. 289439-9447. $20; $15(sr/st). Also Jun 11(eve, Ancaster). ●●3:00: Oriana Singers of Northumberland. From the Roots Up. Arrangements of music by Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Pete Seeger and others. Trinity-St. Andrew’s United Church, 56 Prince Edward St., Brighton. 613392-7423. $25; $22(sr); $10(st). Also on June 4 (Cobourg). Tuesday June 7 ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. QuartetFest No.4: Jose White Quartet. Revueltas: Quartet No.2; Shostakovich: Quartet No.7; Mendelssohn: Quartet in E-flat Op.12. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 886-1673. $35; $20(st). QuartetFest runs to June 12. Wednesday June 8 ●●2:30: Seniors Serenade. In Recital. Works by Bach, Beethoven and Chopin. Tabitha Johnson, piano. Grace United Church (Barrie), 350 Grove St. E., Barrie. 705-726-1181. Free. 3:30: tea and cookies, $5. ●●7:30: Plumbing Factory Brass Band. A Summer Serenade. For the Semiannual Plumbers Musical Convention. Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld; Major-Marothy: March of the Plumbers; Simon: Willow Echoes; Gabrieli: Sonata pian’ e forte; Lavallée: Bridal Rose; and other works. Henry Meredith, conductor. Byron United Covenant Church, 420 Boler Rd., London. 519-471-1250 or 519-659-3600. $15/$13(adv); $10/$8(st/ adv). Refreshments to follow. ●●7:30: University of Waterloo Department of Music. Conrad Grebel Concerts: University of Waterloo Balinese Gamelan Ensemble. Students play by ear on various gamelan instruments, consisting of gongs, metallophones, drums and flutes. Theatre of the Arts, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24226. Free. Thursday June 9 ●●7:30: Conrad Grebel University College. Voices for Peace Concerts: University of Waterloo Balinese Gamelan Ensemble. Weaver: new work. Gamelan Ensemble instrumentalists, soloists and narrators. Theatre of the Arts, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W., Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24226. $10. Collaborative concert for Conrad Grebel’s International Peace Conference. June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 57 B. Concerts Beyond the GTA ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. QuartetFest No.5. Mozart: Viola Quintet in C K515; Mendelssohn: Quartet in a Op.13; Chausson: Concerto for violin, piano and string quartet. David Gillham, violin/viola; Chiharu Iinuma, piano; Penderecki Quartet. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $40; $25(st). QuartetFest runs to June 12. Friday June 10 ●●7:30: Arcady. Voices of Summer. Beck- ett: new works. Ronald Beckett, conductor. Central Presbyterian Church (Brantford), 97 Wellington St., Brantford. 519-428-3185. $10-$25. ●●7:30: Charlotte Knight and Jon Corkal. It Shoulda Been Me: A Cabaret. Works by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, B. Joel, J. Iconis and others. Charlotte Knight, soprano; Jon Corkal, music director and piano. Mahtay Café, 241 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 647-6379252. $20. Also Jun 16(Toronto), 18(Guelph). ●●8:00: Orangeville Music Theatre. Shrek The Musical Jr. Music by Jeanine Tesori. Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway Ave., Orangeville. 519-942-3423. $20; $15(child 6-12); $10(5 and under). Also June 11(2:00 and 7:00) and 12(2:00). ●●8:00: Robert Bruce. Songs of Light and Shadow. Presented with specially produced short films and video art. Robert Bruce, composer/piano; Janet Obermeyer, soprano; Nicole Katerberg, soprano. Theatre Aquarius, 190 King William St., Hamilton. 905-5227529. $20. Saturday June 11 ●●11:30am: Barrie Jazz Festival. Jazz at Innisfil Public Library. Floyd Hall Trio. Featuring Andy Harasymchuk, guitar; Bruce Rumble, acoustic bass. Innisfil Public Library, Cookstown Branch, 20 Church St., Cookstown. 705-458-1273. Free. ●●2:00: Orangeville Music Theatre. Shrek The Musical Jr. See Jun 10(8:00). Also Jun 11(7:00) and 12(2:00). ●●3:00: Sounds of the Next Generation (SONG). The Spirit Garden: Spring Planting. An outdoor music drama by R. Murray Schafer that involves audience participation Friday June 17 in preparing, planting and harvesting the garden. Western University Choir; Wilfrid Laurier University Percussion Ensemble; SONG Children’s Choir; St. Mary’s Treblemakers Choir; Gary Diggins, vocal improvisation. Fifth Wind Farm, 3987 Timlin Rd., Cobourg. 855-3722210. $50. Also 6:00, Jun 12(mat/eve); Sep 25: Fall Harvest (tickets only available with Spring Planting tickets). ●●6:00: Sounds of the Next Generation (SONG). The Spirit Garden: Spring Planting. See 3:00. Also Jun 12(mat/eve); Sep 25: Fall Harvest (tickets only available with Spring Planting tickets). ●●7:00: Orangeville Music Theatre. Shrek The Musical Jr. See Jun 10(8:00). Also Jun 12(2:00). ●●7:30: Barrie Concert Band. Gershwin! Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Summertime, Porgy and Bess selections, Strike up the Band and other songs. Guests: Amanda MacLeod, piano; Scott Boyer/Maria Branje, vocals. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-481-1607. $20; $15(sr/st); free(under 5). ●●7:30: Kokoro Singers. Remember...Love. Brenda Uchimaru, conductor. Ryerson United Church, 265 Wilson St. E., Ancaster. 289439-9447. $20; $15(sr/st). Also Jun 5(mat, Guelph). ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. QuartetFest No.6. Young Artists of QuartetFest. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $15; $10(st). QuartetFest runs to June 12. ●●6:00: Barrie Jazz Festival. Jazz at Innisfil Public Library. Jmondew. Featuring Ted Quinlan, guitar; Max Senitt, drums; Andrew Stewart, bass. Innisfil Public Library, Lakeshore Branch, 967 Innisfil Beach Rd, Innisfil. 705431-7410. Free. ●●8:00: Orangeville Music Theatre. Mary Poppins. Original Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. Book by Julian Fellowes. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway Ave., Orangeville. 519-9423423. $20; $15(child 6-12); $10(5 and under). Until June 25; dates and times vary. Saturday June 18 ●●7:00: St John’s Church, Waupoos. In Praise of Holier Women. Gregorian chant, Medieval polyphony, works by Hildegard of Bingen, and new Canadian music. Schola Magdalena, Toronto; Stephanie Martin, conductor. St. John’s Anglican Church (Waupoos), 3287 County Road 8, Waupoos. 613-929-2757. $25. Proceeds to Alternatives for Living. ●●7:30: Charlotte Knight and Jon Corkal. It Shoulda Been Me: A Cabaret. Works by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, B. Joel, J. Iconis and others. Charlotte Knight, soprano; Jon Corkal, music director and piano. TBD Theatre Co. Studio Space, 123 Woolwich St., Guelph. 647-637-9252. $15. Also Jun 10(St. Catharines), 16(Toronto). ●●8:00: Baby Gumm Productions. Liberty Silver in Concert. R&B, soul, smooth jazz, funk. Liberty Silver, vocals. Staircase Theatre, 27 Dundurn St. N., Hamilton. 905-5250609. $30. ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Marko Pejanovic, piano. Bach: Prelude and Fugue No.5 in D BWV874; Smetana: On the Seashore; Mozart: Sonata K310; Liszt: Ballade No.2 in b; Debussy: Préludes Book 1 “Les collines d’Anacapri”; Chopin: Berceuse; Scherzo No.1. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $20; $10(st). Sunday June 12 ●●2:00: Orangeville Music Theatre. Shrek The Musical Jr. See Jun 10(8:00). ●●2:30: St. George’s Cathedral Summer Con- certs. Daniil Protsyuk, Organ. St. George’s Cathedral (Kingston), 270 King St. E., Kingston. 613-548-4617. Free; voluntary offering collected. ●●3:00 and 6:00: Sounds of the Next Generation (SONG). The Spirit Garden: Spring Planting. See Jun 11. Also 6:00. Sep 25: Fall Harvest (tickets only available with Spring Planting tickets). ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. QuartetFest No.7. Young Artists of QuartetFest. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $15; $10(st). QuartetFest runs to June 12. Wednesday June 22 Free Entry Tuesday June 14 ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. In Concert. Ensembles of the K-W Community Orchestra. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $20; $10(st). 2016 Chamber Music Festival Wednesday June 15 ●●12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrews. Noontime Recital. Manuel Piazza, organ. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Barrie), 47 Owen St., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5, free(st). June 22 - July 02 Wilfrid Laurier University Thursday June 16 nyoc.org ●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral Summer Concerts. Julia Brook and Valerie Dueck Piano Duo. St. George’s Cathedral (Kingston), 270 King St. E., Kingston. 613-548-4617. Free; voluntary offering collected. Concerts run every Thurs. Jun 16 to Aug 25. 58 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 ●●8:00: National Youth Orchestra of Can- ada. Chamber Music Festival: Faculty Concert. Peter Hatch: Cooking with Alice; Simon Steen/Andersen: Next to Beside Besides, #0 and #4 (2003/2006) for Percussion and Cello; Daron Hagen: Duo for Violin and Cello. David Hetherington; Aiyun Huang; Steve S. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 416-532-4470. Free. Donations welcome. Thursday June 23 ●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral Summer Concerts. In Concert. Elizabeth McDonald, vocals; Emily Martin, vocals. St. George’s Cathedral (Kingston), 270 King St. E., Kingston. 613-548-4617. Free; voluntary offering collected. Concerts run every Thurs. Runs to Aug 25. Friday June 24 ●●8:00: National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Chamber Music Festival: Student Concert. Reich: Music for pieces of wood; Schiffelholz: Trio Sonata for Two Bassoons and Piano. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 416-532-4470. Free. Saturday June 25 ●●8:00: National Youth Orchestra of Can- ada. Chamber Music Festival: Student Concert. Cole: Postludes; Reich:Drumming part 1; Mozart: Flute Quartet in D; Jolivet: Pastorales de Noël; Tomasi: Être ou ne Pas Être. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 416-532-4470. Free. Sunday June 26 ●●3:30: Capella Intima/Hammer Baroque. The Paradise of Travellers: Recollections of Venice and the Grand Tour. Canzonettas, arias and motets from 17th-century northern Italy, with readings from the original travel writers of the period including Coryat and George Sandys. Bud Roach, director and tenor; Sheila Dietrich, soprano; Jennifer Enns Modolo, alto; David Roth, baritone. Church of St. John the Evangelist, 320 Charlton Ave. W., Hamilton. 905-517-3594. Suggested donation of $15. Also June 22(Toronto). Tuesday June 28 ●●8:00: National Youth Orchestra of Can- ada. Chamber Music Festival: Faculty Concert. Featuring the Formosa String Quartet. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 416-532-4470. Free. Donations welcome. ●●Wednesday June 29 ●●Jun 29 8:00: National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Chamber Music Festival: Faculty Concert. Böhme: Trumpet Sextet; Oesterle: Carrousel; Gripp: String Quartet. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 416-532-4470. Free. Donations welcome. Thursday June 30 ●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral Summer Con- certs. Min Key Park, Piano. St. George’s Cathedral (Kingston), 270 King St. E., Kingston. 613-548-4617. Free; voluntary offering collected. Concerts run every Thurs. Runs to Aug 25. ●●2:00: National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Chamber Music Festival: Student Concert. Pasculli: Omaggio a Bellini - Duetto; Mendelssohn: Octet; Smetana: String Quartet. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 416-532-4470. Free. ●●8:00: National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Chamber Music Festival: Student Concert. thewholenote.com Debussy: Sonate; Mozart: String Quartet in F, K.90; Bliss: Oboe Quintet; Barber; Summer Music; Shostakovich: String Quartet No.14. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 416-532-4470. Free. Friday July 1 ●●2:00: National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Chamber Music Festival: Student Concert. Mendelssohn: String Quartet in f, Op.80; Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon; Ibert: Deux Interludes; Beethoven: String Quartet in D, Op.18 No.3. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 416-5324470. Free. ●●8:00: National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Chamber Music Festival: Student Concert. Engelman: Remembrance; Nielsen; Quintet for Winds Op.43; Poulenc: Trio for Trumpet, Horn and Trombone; Verdi: String Quartet; Tomasi: Cinq danses profanes et sacrées pour quintette á vent; Dvorak: String Quintet. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 416-532-4470. Free. Saturday July 2 ●●8:00: Gravenhurst Opera House. Séan McCann Live in Concert. Singer-songwriter. 295 Muskoka Rd. S., Gravenhurst. 888-4958888. $35/$30(adv). ●●8:00: National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Chamber Music Festival: Student Concert. Malcolm Arnold: Brass Quintet No.1; Górecki: Sonata for Two Violins Op.10; Raff: Double Wind Quintet; Britten: String Quartet No.2 in C. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 416-5324470. Free. ●●8:00: National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Chamber Music Festival: Student Concert. Ravel: Introduction et Allegro; Ewald: Brass Quintet No.1; Schumann: Piano Quintet; Oesterle: Look on Glass; Goepfart: Wind Quartet Op.93; Bartok: String Quartet No.4. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 416-532-4470. Free. Tuesday July 5 ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. In Concert. Ensembles of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519886-1673. $25; $15(st). Wednesday July 6 ●●12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru. Angie Nussey, Piano. Works by Silvestri, Schönberg, Yiruma, Kern and Hammerstein. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5; free(st). Thursday July 7 ●●7:30: Festival of the Bay. Weston Silver Band. Midland Cultural Centre, 333 King St., Midland. 705-527-4420. $30. ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Eden Stell Guitar Duo. Sor: L’Encouragement Op.34; Couperin (arr. Assad): Le carillon de Cithère; Rameau (arr. Abreu/Assad): Pièces de Clavecin (excerpts); Sarajyan (arr. Stell): Armenian Folk Songs; other works by Poulenc, Mompou and Brahms. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $35; $20(st). thewholenote.com ●●7:00: Stratford Summer Music. Harlem Friday July 8 Gospel Choir. Guest: Measha Brueggergosman, soprano. Knox Presbyterian Church (Stratford), 142 Ontario St., Stratford. 519271-2101. $40. ●●8:00: National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Chamber Music Festival: Faculty Concert. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave., Waterloo. 416-532-4470. Free. Donations welcome. Thursday July 21 ●●7:30: Festival of the Bay. Sonic Escape. Sunday July 10 Flute and violin. Midland Cultural Centre, 333 King St., Midland. 705-527-4420. $30. ●●7:00: Barrie Concert Band. Midland Sum- mer Concert. Little Lake Park, 545 Little Lake Park Rd., Midland. 705-526-4275. Free. ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. New Zealand String Quartet. Haydn: Quartet Op.71 No.2; G. Farr: Quartet “Te Tai-ORehua;” Dvorak: “American” Quartet Op.96. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $35; $20(st). Saturday July 23 ●●8:00: Muskoka Pride. Irish Mythen. Con- temporary folk with a tinge of traditional Celtic influence. Gravenhurst Opera House, 295 Muskoka Rd. S., Gravenhurst. 888-4958888. $35. In support of Elder Abuse Prevention Muskoka. Wednesday July 13 Sunday July 24 ●●2:30: Seniors Serenade. A Summer Rhap- ●●7:30: University of Waterloo Department sody. Piano students of Cheryl Graham. Grace United Church (Barrie), 350 Grove St. E., Barrie. 705-726-1181. Free. 3:30: tea and cookies, $5. ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Pallade Musica. Early music ensemble. Badalla: Motet “Non piangete;” Jarzębski: Susanna videns; de la Guerre: Susanne, Cinquième cantate à voix seule; Sonata in G for violin; Eccles: Oh, take him gently from the pile; and other works. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $35; $20(st). of Music. Instrumental Chamber Ensembles. Three student chamber ensembles. Conrad Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24226. Free. Reception follows. ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Three Ukrainian Pianists in Recital. Olena Klyucharova, piano; Andiy Tykhonov, piano; Vyacheslav Zubkov, piano. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519886-1673. $30; $20(st). Thursday July 28 ●●2:00: Ottawa International Chamber Thursday July 14 Music Festival. Lemon Bucket Orkestra. Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave. W., Ottawa. 613-234-8008. Free. ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Syrene Saxophone Quartet of the Netherlands: Fresh and Sweet with a Bite. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks; Pierné: Introduction et variations sur une ronde populaire; Haydn: String Quartet Op.33 No.3 “Bird”; Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Glazunov: Saxophone Quartet Op.109; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $35; $20(st). ●●7:30: Festival of the Bay. Tien Hsieh, Piano. Midland Cultural Centre, 333 King St., Midland. 705-527-4420. $30. Friday July 15 ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Ensembles of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $25; $15(st). Saturday July 16 ●●7:30: University of Waterloo Department of Music. Music of Peace, Music of Joy: University Choir. Demonstration of various African songs and dance, Celtic dance and song, swing, and Hawaiian song and hula. The Cedars, 543 Beechwood Dr., Waterloo. 519885-0220 x24226. $10; $5(sr/st). ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Alexander Tselyakov, piano. SaintSaëns: Sonata for violin and piano Op.75; Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Dvorak: Quintet for piano and strings in A Op.81. Canadian Sinfonietta String Quartet; Joyce Lai, violin; Ian Clark, viola; Andras Weber, cello. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519886-1673. $35; $20(st). Saturday July 30 ●●7:30: Muskoka Concert Association. Dan Hill. Sometimes When We Touch, Daddy’s Song, Can’t We Try, and others. Gravenhurst Opera House, 295 Muskoka Rd. S., Gravenhurst. 888-495-8888. $35. Fundraiser for Muskoka Concert Association. Wednesday August 3 ●●12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru. Moellman Family on Piano, Violin and Recorder. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5; free(st). ●●7:00: Stratford Summer Music. International Piano Series 3. Tony Yike Yang, piano. St. Andrew’s Church (Stratford), 25 St. Andrew’s St., Stratford. 519-271-2101. $30. Tuesday July 19 ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Ensembles of [email protected]. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $20; $10(st). Thursday August 4 ●●7:30: Festival of the Bay. Lafayette String Wednesday July 20 Quartet. Midland Cultural Centre, 333 King St., Midland. 705-527-4420. $30. ●●12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrews. Noon- time Recital. Works by Bach, Scarlatti, Gershwin, Elgar, Poulenc and Bedard. Simon Irving, organ; Janice Beninger, piano. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Barrie), 47 Owen St., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5, free(st). Saturday August 6 ●●2:00: Stratford Summer Music. Choral Concert. Choir of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. St. James Anglican Church (Stratford), 41 Mornington St., Stratford. 519-271-2101. PWYC. ●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society. Lucy Zhang, violin and Victor Chen, piano. Ravel: Tzigane; Paganini: Caprice No.17; Enescu: Violin Sonata No.3; Beethoven: Sonata No.5. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $25; $15(st). Wednesday August 10 ●●2:30: Seniors Serenade. Véronique Mathieu, Violin and Stephanie Chua, Piano. Works by Champagne, Willan, Schmidt and Molinari. Grace United Church (Barrie), 350 Grove St. E., Barrie. 705-726-1181. Free. 3:30: tea and cookies, $5. Thursday August 11 ●●7:30: Festival of the Bay. Anagnoson and Kinton, Piano Duo. Midland Cultural Centre, 333 King St., Midland. 705-527-4420. $30. Wednesday August 17 ●●12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrews. Noon- time Recital. Norman Reintamm, organ. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Barrie), 47 Owen St., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5, free(st). Thursday August 18 ●●7:30: Festival of the Bay. Hog Town Brass Quintet. Midland Cultural Centre, 333 King St., Midland. 705-527-4420. $30. Tuesday August 23 ●●7:30: OperaMuskoka. Opera-in-Concert. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin. Daevyd Pepper, tenor; University of Toronto Faculty of Music Group. Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre, 100 Clearbrook Trail, Bracebridge. 705-6458400. $25. Performed in Russian with English surtitles. Wednesday August 24 ●●7:30: OperaMuskoka. Jennifer Tung in Concert. Jennifer Tung and selected Vocal Master class participants. Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre, 100 Clearbrook Trail, Bracebridge. 705-645-8400. $25. Thursday August 25 ●●7:30: OperaMuskoka. Stars of Tomorrow Concert. Janelle Laarakker and others. Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre, 100 Clearbrook Trail, Bracebridge. 705-645-8400. $20. Friday August 26 ●●7:00: Stratford Summer Music. Inter- national Piano Series 6: Jan Lisiecki Programme 1. Jan Lisiecki, piano. St. Andrew’s Church (Stratford), 25 St. Andrew’s St., Stratford. 519-271-2101. $40. Sunday August 28 ●●7:00: Beaux Strings. Beaux in the Barn. From Bach to Gaga on traditional string instruments. Brooke Stewart, violin; Sybil Shanahan, cello; Guests TBA. Century Barn Cavan, 400 Stewart Line, Cavan. 416-8035498. $25. Wednesday September 7 ●●Sep 07 12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru. Pamela Cioroch, Piano. Works by Bach, Beethoven and Chopin. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705726-1181. $5; free(st). June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 59 C. Music Theatre ●●Mirvish. A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder. Music and lyrics by Steven Lutvak, book and lyrics by Robert L. Freedman. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 284 King St. W. 416-8721212. $35-$150. Opens May 18, 7:30pm. Runs to June 26. Tues-Sat(7:30pm), Wed/Sat/ Sun(1:30pm). ●●Mirvish. Roald Dahl’s Matilda: the Musical. Music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, book by Dennis Kelly, based on novel by Roald Dahl. Ed Mirvish Theatre, 244 Victoria Street. 416872-1212. $38-$175. Opens July 5, 7:30pm. Ongoing. Tues-Sat(7:30pm), Wed/Sat/ Sun(1:30pm). ●●National Ballet of Canada. Le Petit Prince. Music by Kevin Lau. Based on the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Guillaume Côté, choreographer. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-3459595. $37-$265. Opens June 4, 7:30pm. Runs to June 12. Times vary. Visit national.ballet. ca for details. ●●National Ballet of Canada. Giselle. Music by Adolphe Adam, revised by Joseph Horovitz. Sir Peter Wright, choreographer, after the choreography of Jean Coralli and Marius Petipa. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-345-9595. $37-$265. Opens June 15, 7:30pm. Runs to June 19. Times vary. Visit national.ballet.ca for details. ●●National Ballet of Canada and Art Gallery of Ontario. The Dreamers Ever Leave You. Music by Lubomyr Melnyk. Robert Binet, choreographer. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas St. W. 416-979-6648. $55; $45(NBC/AGO members). Opens August 31, 6:00pm. Runs to September 10. Days and Times vary. Visit ago.net for details. ●●Orangeville Music Theatre. Shrek The Musical Jr. Music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics and book by David Lindsay-Abaire. Based on the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture and the book by William Steig. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. 519-9423423. $20; $15(ch). Opens June 10, 8:00pm. Runs to June 12. Times vary. Visit orangevillemusictheatre.com for details. ●●Orangeville Music Theatre. Mary Poppins. Music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles & Anthony Drewe; book by Julian Fellowes. Town Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville. 519-942-3423. $20; $15(ch). Opens June 17, 8:00pm. Runs to June 25. Days and times vary. Visit orangevillemusictheatre.com for details. ●●Port Hope Festival Theatre. Crazy for You. Music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, book by Ken Ludwig. Cameco Capitol Arts Centre, 20 Queen St., Port Hope. 1-800-434-5092. $24-35. Opens July 2, 2:00pm. Runs to July 23. Tues/Wed/Fri/Sat/ Sun(2:00pm), Thurs-Sat(8:00pm). ●●Port Hope Festival Theatre. Mamma Mia! Music and lyrics by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and some songs with Stig Anderson. Book by Catherine Johnson. Cameco Capitol Arts Centre, 20 Queen St., Port Hope. 1-800434-5092. $24-35. Opens August 9, 2:00pm. Runs to September 18. Tues/Wed/Fri/Sat/ Sun(2:00pm), Thurs-Sat(8:00pm). ●●Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts. Footloose. Music by Tom Snow with Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins, and Jim Steinman, lyrics by Dean Pitchford, book by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie. MUSIC THEATRE covers a wide range of music types including opera, operetta and musicals as well as nontraditional performance genres where words and music are in some fashion equal partners in the drama. These listings have been sorted alphabetically BY PRESENTER. Some information here is also included in our GTA and Beyond The GTA listings sections. Readers whose primary interest is MUSIC THEATRE should start their search with this section. Should your show be here? We welcome all submissions of MUSIC THEATRE at [email protected] ●●Capitol Kids. Beauty and the Beast Jr. Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. Book by Linda Woolverton. Sculthorpe Theatre, 20 Queen St., Port Hope. 1-800-434-5092. $26; $13(st). Opens August 19, 7:00pm. Days and times vary. Until August 28. Visit capitoltheatre.com for details. ●●Civic Light Opera Company. You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, based on characters created by Charles M. Schulz. Joe Cascone, director/ designer. Zion Cultural Centre, 1650 Finch Ave. E. 416-755-1717. $28. Opens June 1, 7:00pm. Runs to June 12. Days and times vary. Visit civiclightoperacompany.com for details. ●●Drayton Entertainment. Sister Act. Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner, based on the screenplay by Joseph Howard. Huron County Playhouse, RR1, 70689 B Line, South Huron. 1-855-372-9866. $26-$44. Opens June 8, 2:00pm. Runs to June 25. Days and times vary. Visit draytonentertainment. com for details. ●●Drayton Entertainment. All Shook Up. Book by Joe DiPietro. Join us for a fun-filled, feel-good ‘50s musical comedy inspired by the music of Elvis Presley. Dunfield Theatre Cambridge, 46 Grand Ave. S., Cambridge. 1-855-372-9866. $26-$44. Opens June 22, 2:00pm. Runs to July 10. Wed-Sat(7:30pm), Tues/Wed/Thurs/Sat/Sun(2:00pm). ●●Drayton Entertainment. Canadian Legends: A Celebration of Our Musical Heritage. Conceived and directed by Alex Mustakas, orchestrations and vocal arrangements by Robert Foster, with music by various. Huron County Playhouse, RR1, 70689 B Line, South Huron. 1-855-372-9866. $26-$44. Opens June 30, 2:00pm. Runs to July 16. Days and times vary. Visit draytonentertainment. com for details. ●●Drayton Entertainment. Mamma Mia! Music and lyrics by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and some songs with Stig Anderson. Book by Catherine Johnson. King’s Wharf Theatre, 97 Jury Dr., Penetanguishene. 1-855372-9866. $26-$44. Opens July 14, 2:00pm. Runs to August 6. Tues/Wed/Thurs/Sat/ Sun(2:00pm), Thurs-Sat(7:30pm). ●●Drayton Entertainment. Anything Goes. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter. ●●Original book by P.G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse, with new book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman. Huron County Playhouse, RR1, 70689 B Line, South Huron. 1-855-372-9866. $26$44. Opens July 21, 2:00pm. Runs to Aug 6. 60 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 Tues-Sat(2:00pm), Tues/Thurs/Sat(7:30pm). ●●Drayton Entertainment. Mamma Mia! Music and lyrics by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and some songs with Stig Anderson. Book by Catherine Johnson. Huron County Playhouse, RR1, 70689 B Line, South Huron. 1-855-372-9866. $26-$44. Opens Aug 11, 2:00pm. Runs to September 3. Tues/ Wed/Thurs/Sat(2:00pm), Tues/Thurs/Fri/ Sat(7:30pm). ●●Drayton Entertainment. Smoky Joe’s Café. Music and lyrics by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. This record-breaking musical revue features 39 iconic tunes from the 1950s through 1960s – all penned by the legendary song-writing duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Drayton Festival Theatre, 33 Wellington St. S., Drayton. 1-855-372-9866. $26-$44. Opens August 17, 2:00pm. Runs to September 3. Tues/Wed/Thurs/Sat(2:00pm), Wed-Sat(7:30pm). ●●Gravenhurst Opera House. The Marvelous Wonderettes. Conceived by Roger Bean. Gravenhurst Opera House, 295 Muskoka Rd. S., Gravenhurst. 1-888-495-8888. $38; $28(st). Opens August 2, 2:30pm. Runs to August 26. Tues-Thurs(2:30pm), Wed-Sat(8:00pm) ●●Highlands Summer Festival. Oliver! Music, lyrics and book by Lionel Bart. Based on the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion, Haliburton. 1-855-457-9933. $34. Opens July 4, 8:00pm. Runs to July 14. Days and times vary. Visit highlandsummerfestival.on.ca for details. ●●Lower Ossington Theatre. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice. The Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747. $49.99-$59.99. Opens June 2, 7:30pm. Runs to June 26. Days and times vary. Visit gogogojoseph.com for details. ●●Lower Ossington Theatre. Peter and the Starcatcher. Music by Wayne Barker, book by Rick Elice. The Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747. $49.99$59.99. Opens July 7, 7:30pm. Runs to August 28. Days and times vary. Visit lowerossingtontheatre.com for details. ●●Lower Ossington Theatre. West Side Story. Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents. The Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747. $54.99-$64.99. Opens August 11, 7:30pm. Runs to September 18. Thurs-Sat(7:30pm), Sat/Sun(3:30pm). Randolph Theatre, 736 Bathurst St. 416-9242243. $25. Opens July 28, 8:00pm. Runs to August 6. Days and times vary. Visit randolphacademy.com for details. ●●Shaw Festival. Alice in Wonderland. Music and lyrics by Allen Cole, book by Peter Hinton, based on the book by Lewis Carroll. Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-thelake. 1-800-511-7429. $35 and up. Previews begin April 27, 2:00pm. Runs to October 16. Days and times vary. Visit shawfest.com for details. ●●Shaw Festival. Sweeney Todd. Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler. Jackie Maxwell, director. Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-thelake. 1-800-511-7429. $35 and up. Previews begin July 17, 2:00pm. Runs to October 19. Days and times vary. Visit shawfest.com for details. ●●Showboat Festival Theatre. Fitz Happens! Music, lyrics and book by Mark Weatherley. Showboat Festival Theatre, 296 Fielden Ave., Port Colbourne. 905-834-0833. $25$32. Opens June 8, 2:00pm. Runs to June 12. Times vary. Visit showboattheatre.ca for details. ●●Soulpepper Concert Series. The Voyager Golden Records. Music Director Mike Ross leads an extra-terrestrial journey inspired by the original Voyager Golden Records. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416-866-8666. $25-$60. Opens June 9, 7:30pm. Runs to June 15. Days vary. Visit soulpepper.ca for details. ●●Soulpepper Concert Series. The Canadian Pacific Railway. Host and narrator Tom Allen and Music Director Mike Ross lead a company of stellar artists through a historical and musical ride along the ribbon of steel that tied Canada together. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416866-8666. $25-$60. Opens June 16, 7:30pm. Runs to June 25. Days vary. Visit soulpepper. ca for details. ●●Soulpepper Concert Series. Taking the A Train Uptown Manhattan -- Harlem. Albert Schultz, writer and host. Mike Ross, music director. This concert is a tour of the music, words and ideas that have made Harlem great. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416-866-8666. $25-$60. Opens August 26, 7:30pm. Runs to September 3. Days and times vary. Visit soulpepper. ca for details. ●●Starvox Entertainment. Forever Plaid. Book by Stuart Ross, music supervision and arrangements by James Raitt, based on 1950s male pop quartets. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge Street. 1-800-461-3333. $39.95$99.95. Opens May 17, 8:00pm. Runs to June 12. Tues-Sat(8pm), Wed/Sat/Sun(2pm). ●●Stratford Festival. A Chorus Line. Music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante. Conceived and originally directed and choreographed by Michael Bennett. Donna Feore, director and choreographer. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen St, Stratford. 1-800567-1600. $25-$175. Previews begin April 19, 2:00pm. Runs to October 30. Days and times vary. Visit stratfordfestival.ca for details. ●●Stratford Festival. A Little Night Music. Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler. Avon Theatre, 99 Downie St, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600. $25-$175. Previews begin May 21, 2:00pm. Runs to October thewholenote.com 23. Days and times vary. Visit stratfordfestival.ca for details. ●●Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. A Tale of Two Cities. By Victor Davies and Eugene Benson. Michael Rose, music director. Robert Gill Theatre, University of Toronto, 214 College St. 416-366-7723. $28; $22(sr/st).Opens Jul 29, 8:00. Also Jul 31(mat), Aug 6(mat and eve). ●●Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. The Tales of Hoffmann. By Offenbach. Raisa Nakhmanovich, music director. Robert Gill Theatre, University of Toronto, 214 College St. 416-3667723. $28; $22(sr/st). Opens Jul 30, 3:00. Also Aug 2, 4, 7(mat). ●●Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. Julius Caesar. By Handel. Maria H. Y. Jung, music director. Robert Gill Theatre, University of Toronto, 214 College St. 416-366-7723. $28; $22(sr/st). Opens Jul 30, 8:00. Also Aug 3(mat and eve), 5. ●●SummerWorks Performance Festival/ Music Picnic. Mr. Shi and His Lover. Text by Wong Teng Chi. Music by Njo Kong Kie. In Mandarin with English Surtitles. Jordan Cheng, tenor; Po Jen Chen, baritone; Carol Wang, percussionist; Njo Kong Kie, pianist/ music director; Johnny Tam, stage director. Theatre Centre Mainspace, 1115 Queen St. W. 647-636-1401. $15. Opens Aug 5 at 8:00pm. Also 7, 8, 11, 12 and 13. Various times. ●●Toronto Catholic District School Board Staff Arts. Mary Poppins. Music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles & Anthony Drewe. Book by Julian Fellowes. Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts Theatre, 36 Greenfield Ave. 416-2228282 x2787. $25. Opens June 11, 7:30pm. Runs to June 18. Days and times vary. Visit tcdsb. Beat by Beat | Jazz Stories org/staffarts for details. ●●Toronto Operetta Theatre. Paris on Broadway. Works by Offenbach, Lehár, Gershwin, Porter, Herbert and others. Elizabeth Beeler, Curtis Sullivan, Jennifer Taverner, Vania Chan, Michael Nyby, Dion Mazerolle, Guillermo SilvaMarin; Michael Rose, music director/piano. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. $25, $45. Jun 19 3:00. ●●Toronto Summer Music Festival. The Rape of Lucretia. Emma Char, mezzo (Lucretia); Peter Rolfe Dauz, baritone (Junius); Beste Kalender, mezzo (Bianca); Jasper Leever, bass (Collatinus); Iain MacNeil, baritone; (Tarquinius); Ellen McAteer, soprano (Lucia); Owen McAusland, tenor (Male Chorus); Chelsea Rus, soprano (Female Chorus); Topher Mokrzewski, music director; Anna Theodosakis, stage director; Joel Ivany, artistic director. Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge St. 1-855-622-2787. $35-$95. July 22, 7:30pm. ●●Westben Arts Festival Theatre. The Pencil Salesman. World première gala performance. Finley, based on an idea by A. M. Herzberg. John Fanning and Alexander Dobson, baritones; Donna Bennett and Virginia Hatfield, sopranos; Keith Klassen, tenor; and others; Westben Festival Orchestra and Chorus; Daniel Warren conductor; Michael Mori, director. Westben Concert Barn, 6698 County Rd. 30,Campbellford. 705-6535508 or 1-877-883-5777. $75; $73(sr); $30(st/ under 30); $5(youth). 1:00: pre-performance chat; 4:30: post-performance reception. Opens. June 25, 2:00pm. Also on Jun 26, Jul 1(eve), 2, 3. Prince Edward County Jazz, continued from Brian Barlow page 17 “The band is all acoustic with nothing to set up so they simply arrive, jump out and play a 45 minute set. Then they jump back in the van and drive to the next location. It’s very popular and some people spend the day following them from place to place. This festival is all about Prince Edward County and all it has to offer, from art galleries, to beaches, to wineries." It’s also all about cultivating the future of the music. “Our programs for young musicians have been a main focus for us for many years now and will probably be the most important legacy of the festival” Barlow says. It begins with their TD Jazz Education Program in the spring, with four high school jazz ensembles chosen out of the many who ask to come each year. “This year we hosted 90 students. We tend to look for schools from the smaller communities where funding for music programs is not as readily available, but we do have schools from the GTA from time to time. We also like to have schools come two years in a row when possible. We find that the second year the students know what to expect and get in the groove a lot quicker.” And then there’s the “Rising Young Star” that is a feature of every August’s festival. “We receive applications from all across Canada and the chosen candidate receives a cash award plus the opportunity to perform each evening at the Regent Theatre with our mainstage artists. The RYS is also featured at our evening Jam Sessions and performs a concert of their own on the Friday of the festival week.” Many of these musicians have gone on to be professional players and several have come back to the festival as main-stage artists (Marika Galea, Ian Wright and Eli Bennett). And then there’s their Young Jazz Series, providing paid concert performances for students in the post-secondary school system (UofT, Humber, York). Among several other excellent young artists, vocalist/ pianist Hannah Barstow will appear, as well as versatile singer Kalya Ramu who can be heard around Toronto regularly singing not only jazz standards but also blues and rock with Angora, and winning folk in the duo Mermaid and the Bear. From jazz as big brand to keeping the real thing alive, here’s hoping you, dear WholeNote reader, will come around the jazz clubs this patio season, get out and about, and spread the word. Without an audience, live music cannot live. And live music can’t be Spotified! SUMMER OPERA LYRIC THEATRE AND RESEARCH CENTRE Guillermo Silva-Marin, General Director Toronto’s own mini summer opera festival! THE TALES OF HOFFMANN by Jacques Offenbach ~ Raisa Nakhmanovich, Music Director Sat Jul 30, Sun Aug 7 at 3pm & Tue Aug 2, Thu Aug 4 at 8pm JULIUS CAESAR by George Frideric Handel ~ Maria H. Y. Jung, Music Director Sat Jul 30, Wed Aug 3, Fri Aug 5 at 8pm & Wed Aug 3 at 3pm Ori Dagan is a Toronto-based jazz musician, writer and educator who can be reached at oridagan.com. A WORLD PREMIERE A TALE OF TWO CITIES by Victor Davies and Eugene Benson ~ Michael Rose, Music Director Fri Jul 29, Sat Aug 6 at 8pm & Sun Jul 31, Sat Aug 6 at 3pm ROBERT GILL THEATRE University of Toronto, 214 College Street (at St. George) Subscription: 3 operas for the price of 2!! $60 (including HST) Reg. $28, Seniors/Students $22. Call now to reserve the best seats. For tickets and subscriptions call the St. Lawrence Centre Box Office: 416-366-7723 or visit: www.stlc.com For more information visit www.solt.ca or call 416-922-2912. thewholenote.com June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 61 Beat by Beat | Mainly Clubs, Mostly Jazz! I Even Richer Than Usual Avishai Cohen I also must reluctantly mention that Rich Brown’s rinsethealgorithm, about whom I’ve written in the past, will be playing a reunion show at The Rex on Canada Day after four years apart. I say “reluctantly” because I hate crowds; my rates of happiness are generally inversely proportional to my proximity to strangers’ bodies. Yet I will, and must, bear it for the music: rinsethealgorithm is back, and everyone who wants to know must know. Downbeat at 8pm. Enjoy the festival, friends. Plan your routes carefully and buy your tickets early. May your ears be well-fed, and may your lines of vision be unobstructed. BOB BEN t’s Toronto Jazz Festival time again! Time for a few great players from out of town to play with and among the vast pool of equally great Toronto players. It really is eye-opening to look at the listings for the Jazz Festival (torontojazz.com ) and realize just how many of the gigs listed are gigs that happen year round, and would continue happening, festival or no. When it comes to the jazz scene in this city, we truly have an embarrassment of riches. It’s just that around the end of June we get a little richer. And I will talk about all of that in just a minute, but first, it’s anecdote time. When I was in high school, I was a big progressive rock geek, which, I know, is utterly unsurprising because a lot of young jazz nerds started off that way. I don’t know why – maybe it was just the challenge – but I loved working out the time signatures of songs in which it wasn’t immediately obvious, or in which the number of beats changed from bar to bar. Of course, this is neither a ubiquitous nor an essential feature of progressive rock, nor is it one exclusive to the genre, but it attracted me nonetheless. And to be frank, while counting odd time signatures fascinated me in high school, I can think of few things more tedious now. My cousin, also a music geek, offered me a challenge one day. He played me a 20-second sample of bassist (not to be confused with the jazz trumpeter of the same name) Avishai Cohen’s Ever-Evolving Etude from his 2008 album Gently Disturbed, although I didn’t know the title at the time, nor would I have remembered the name. I wasn’t into jazz back then, much less what I was hearing here. It was unlike anything I’d ever heard before. It was unconventional, complex, difficult to parse. The bass and piano threw forth a fury of notes that seemed, to my untrained ear, to have the rhythmic logic and constancy of a person trying to kill a particularly evasive mosquito. It was chaotic, furious and wonderful. What kept it grounded for me were the pitches, satisfyingly tonal, and the timbre, new to my ear at the time, of bass and piano playing in unison, to which I am now much more accustomed. He asked what the time signature was. When I couldn’t figure it out, he said he’d be better off not knowing anyway; how can you enjoy it if you’re counting? Flash forward six or seven years. I’m in the final year of my music degree and the great New York drummer John Riley is making an appearance at our school. During a large portion of his lecture, Riley deconstructs the very excerpt my cousin had showed me years earlier. And so, I learned the answer. I gained a lot from that lecture, but to this day I cannot count the pulse of the Ever-Evolving Etude and certainly couldn’t notate it. Not on my life. And it really is better like that. As my ears grew (both figuratively and literally), I started to hear Cohen’s music differently. Although I always heard, and still hear, the progressive and fusion elements in it, I started to hear elements of Latin American music; when I hear a heavily syncopated vamp and complex, adventurous percussion, what else comes to mind but salsa? This is especially true on the album Unity, on which Antonio Sanchez, compared by some to an octopus for his remarkable limb independence, is responsible for the drumming. You can explore Cohen’s music for yourself, in preparation for his Toronto appearance on June 30 at the St. Lawrence Centre. There’s no shortage of out-of-towners I’m excited to see listed for the festival – among them Laila Biali, Phil Dwyer, Mark McLean’s Playground and Robert Glasper, the latter two of whom I’ve been lucky to see perform in person on more than one delightful occasion – but if I wrote about every single one, I would be here all night. 62 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 Bob Ben is The WholeNote’s jazz listings editor. He can be reached at [email protected]. D. In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz) 120 Diner 120 Church St. 416-792-7725 120diner.com (full schedule) June 1 6pm Genevieve Marantette & Robert Scott; 8pm Lisa Particelli’s Girls’ Night Out Jazz Jam. June 2 6pm Ross MacIntyre & Kelly Jefferson; 9pm Nerissa Kay & Friends. June 3 6pm Sinners Choir. June 4 6pm Cohen, Cohen & Willett; 8:30pm Stevey Ross and the Blue Mambo Swing. June 5 5pm Peter Donato; 8:30pm Marilyn Lightstone. June 7 6pm Joey O’Neil; 8pm Arlene Paculan. June 8 6pm Genevieve Marantette & Robert Scott; 8pm Lisa Particelli’s Girls’ Night Out Jazz Jam. June 9 6pm Ross MacIntyre & Stu Harrison; 9pm Wonderfest. June 10 6pm Music Can Heal presents. June 11 6pm Heidi Lange. June 12 6pm Bella Canto; 8:30pm Carolyn Credico. June 14 6pm Megan Worthy; 8pm Marshall Jacklin. June 15 6pm Genevieve Marantette & Robert Scott; 8pm Lisa Particelli’s Girls’ Night Out Jazz Jam. June 16 6pm Ross MacIntyre & Mark Keiswetter. June 17 6pm Elvira Hopper Trio. June 18 6pm “Sistah’s Telling” with Sistah Louis and Friends. June 19 6pm Fathers’ Day with The Owls; 9pm Bless Your Purple Heart: Prince Tribute. June 21 6pm Christine Gaidies; 8pm Emilie Mover; 10pm Klezfactor. June 22 6pm Genevieve Marantette & Robert Scott; 8pm Lisa Particelli’s Girls’ Night Out Jazz Jam. June 23 6pm Ross MacIntyre & Sophia Perlman. June 24 6pm Gabi Epstein $20. June 25 12pm Debbie Fleming $20; 5pm Kate Unger $20; 8pm Ori Dagan $20; 11pm Ryley Murray $20. June 26 12pm Shannon Butcher & Ross MacIntyre $20; 5pm LJ Folk $20; 8pm Lady Be Good $20. June 27 8pm Stu MacDonald $20; 11pm Brownman Akoustic Trio $20. June 28 6pm Mel Côté $20; 8pm Stacey MacIntyre $20. June 29 6pm Judith Lander $20; 8pm Lisa Particelli’s Girls’ Night Out Jazz Jam. June 30 5pm The Ault Sisters $20; 8pm Jacelyn Holmes $20; 11pm Janet Whiteway $20. July 1 6pm Lisa Particelli $20; 9pm Mandy Goodhandy’s Musical Cabaret $20. July 2 12pm Aucoin, Davidson, & Samaras $20. July 3 5pm Julie Michels & David Restivo $20; 8pm Genevieve “Gigi” Marantette $20. Alleycatz 2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865 alleycatz.ca All shows: 9pm unless otherwise indicated. Call for cover charge info. June 2, 4, 23, July 7 Wendy Robins The Quiet Storm. June 3, 11, 18, 24 Lady Kane. June 9 Solo & Duets Concert Series. June 10, July 2 Jamesking. June 16 John Nicholson Jazz Quartet. June 17 Taxi. June 25 Parkside Drive. June 30 Carlos Morgan & The Flow. July 1 Pussy Cats. Artword Artbar 15 Colbourne St., Hamilton. 905-543-8512 artword.net (full schedule) June 2 8pm Big Fat Greek Jewish Music Night feat. The Horables, and The Friends of Markos $15(general)/$10(students). June 3, 4 8pm Micah Barnes “New York Stories” $15(adv)/$20(door). June 9 8pm Doug Murphy (guitar) with Nicola Moore (voice), Mike Ricci (sax, flute), Oscar Galbraith (drums), Alana Gunn (bass), and more $10(general)/$5(students). June 10 8pm Chris Wallaces’ (drums) Many Names with Adrean Farrugia (piano), Artie Roth (bass). June 11 8pm Elizabeth Herrera Rodriguez. Bloom 2315 Bloor St. W. 416-767-1315 bloomrestaurant.com All shows: 19+. Call for reservations. June 30 7pm Fredy Suares (voice) with Jorge Maza (flute), Johan Urbizo (percussion), Roberto Riveron (bass) $45 (includes dinner). Blue Goose Tavern, The 1 Blue Goose St. 416-255-2442 thewholenote.com thebluegoosetavern.com June 5 4pm Blues At the Goose with the Big Groove Rhythm Section feat. Adam Beer-Colacino & Joel Visentin. June 12 4pm Blues At the Goose with the Big Groove Rhythm Section feat. Morgan Davis & Al Lerman. Burdock 1184 Bloor St. W. 416-546-4033 burdockto.com (Full schedule) All shows: 9pm June 4 Young Guns Quartet w/ The Ault Sisters $10(adv)/$15(door). June 25 Matt Barker and the Trio (NYC) Album Release $12(adv)/$15(door). June 26 Adrian Underhill & Charlotte Cornfield $8(adv)/$10(door). June 28 Endangered Blood $15. June 30 Lazersuzan & The Starfires $8(adv)/$10(door). Castro’s Lounge 2116e Queen St. E. 416-699-8272 castroslounge.com (full schedule) All shows: No cover/PWYC C’est What 67 Front St. E. (416) 867-9499 cestwhat.com (full schedule) June 4, 25 3pm The Hot Five Jazzmakers. June 11 3pm The Boxcar Boys. De Sotos 1079 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-651-2109 desotos.ca (full schedule) Every Sun 11am Sunday Live Jazz Brunch No cover. Emmet Ray, The 924 College St. 416-792-4497 theemmetray.com (full schedule) All shows: No cover/PWYC June 2 9pm Bossa Tres: Victor Monsiváis (guitar), Abbey Sholzberg (bass). June 5 8:30pm Snaggle. Fat City Blues 890 College St. 647-345-8282 Gate 403 403 Roncesvalles Ave. 416-588-2930 gate403.com All shows: PWYC. June 1 5pm Donghwan Moon Jazz Band; 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Night. June 2 5pm Bruce Chapman Blues Duo with feature guests; 9pm Darcy Windover Band. June 3 5pm Denise Leslie Jazz Band; 9pm The Pearl Motel. June 4 5pm Bill Heffernan and His Friends; 9pm “Keiko” Jazz Band. June 5 5pm Grateful Sunday feat. Trevor Cape and The Field; 9pm The Ault Sisters. June 6 5pm Mike and Jill Daley Jazz Duo; 9pm Noah Franche-Nolan Jazz Trio. June 7 5pm Vivia Kay and Kavin Barrett Jazz Duo; 9pm Tim Shia: The Victoria Bridge Preservation Society. June 8 5pm Michelle Rumball with friend; 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Night. June 9 5pm Amber Leigh Jazz Trio; 9pm Kevin Laliberté Jazz & Flamenco Trio. June 10 5pm Vienna D’Amato Hall Jazz Trio; 9pm Jerry Quintyne Jazz Band. June 11 5pm Bill Heffernan and His Friends; 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Quartet. June 12 5pm Hello Darlings; 9pm Peter Kauffman Jazz Trio. June 13 5pm Byung-Gul Jung Jazz Band; 9pm Chris Staig Trio. June 14 5pm Grant Lyle Blues Music; 9pm Jacob Damelin Jazz Quartet. June 15 5pm Rick Maltese: Rick’s Three in One; 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Night. June 16 thewholenote.com 5pm Concord Jazz Quintet; 9pm Kristin Lindell Jazz Band. June 17 5pm Ken Taylor: Fixin’s Jazz Trio; 9pm John Wayne Swingtet. June 18 5pm Bill Heffernan and His Friends; 9pm Sweet Derrick Blues Band. June 19 5pm Jeff Taylor and The SLT; 9pm “Wishing on Star” from New York. June 20 5pm “Wishing on Star” from New York; 9pm Linda Carone Vintage Jazz ‘n’ Blues. June 21 5pm Sarah Kennedy and Matt Pines Jazz Duo; 9pm Jimmy Byron Band. June 22 5pm Malcolm Levin Jazz Trio; 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Night. June 23 5pm G street Jazz Trio; 9pm Tiffany Hanus Jazz Band. June 24 5pm Whitney Ross-Barris Jazz Band; 9pm Fraser Melvin Blues Band. June 25 5pm Bill Heffernan and His Friends; 9pm Donné Roberts Band. June 26 5pm Six Points Jazz Orchestra; 9pm Root Down Trio. June 27 5pm Mark Rainey Jazz Band; 9pm G street Jazz Trio. June 28 5pm Carter Brodkorb Jazz Quintet; 9pm Kalya Ramu Jazz Band. June 29 5pm Sam Broverman Jazz Duo; 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Night. June 30 5pm L.A. Turcotte: Sultans of Soul; 9pm Amber Leigh Jazz Trio. July 1 5pm Joanne Morra & The France St. Jazz Ensemble; 9pm The Spirit of Jazz feat. Nina Richmond. July 2 5pm Bill Heffernan and His Friends; 9pm Melissa Boyce Jazz & Blues Band. July 3 5pm Grateful Sunday feat. Trevor Cape and The Field; 9pm The Ault Sisters. July 4 5pm Mike and Jill Daley Jazz Duo; 9pm Drew Austin Jazz Band. July 6 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Night. July 7 5pm Bruce Chapman Blues Duo with feature guests; 9pm Darcy Windover Band. Grossman’s Tavern 379 Spadina Ave. 416-977-7000 grossmanstavern.com (full schedule) All shows: No cover (unless otherwise noted). Every Sat The Happy Pals Dixieland jazz jam. Every Sun 10pm The National Blues Jam with Brian Cober. Every Wed 10pm Bruce Domoney. Harlem Restaurant 67 Richmond St. E. 416-368-1920 harlemrestaurant.com (full schedule) All shows: 7:30-11pm (unless otherwise noted). Call for cover charge info. June 24 The Beetet with Neil Brathwaite (sax), Don Pham (drums), Eric Boucher (keyboard), Clark Johnston (bass) $5. June 25 Gyles $5. June 27 Neil Brathwaite. July 1 The Simone Morris (voice) Trio with Mike Freedman (guitar), Mike Pelletier (bass) $5. July 2 Avani: Neil Brathwaite (sax), Anwar Khurshid (sitar), Waleed Abdulhamid (bass), Rich Greenspoon (drums), Eric Boucher (keys) $5. Hirut Cafe and Restaurant 2050 Danforth Ave. 416-551-7560 Every Sun 3pm Open Mic with Nicola Vaughan: folk/country/jazz/world/r&b PWYC. June 7, 21 8pm Finger Style Guitar Association PWYC. June 10 8pm Don Naduriak (keys) Quintet with Bob Rice (drums), John “JJ” Johnson (sax), George Koller (bass), Joaquin Hidalgo (drums) PWYC. June 24 9pm Hirut Hoot Cabaret $5. Home Smith Bar – See Old Mill, The Hugh’s Room 2261 Dundas St. W. 416-531-6604 hughsroom.com June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 63 D. In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz) All shows: 8:30pm (unless otherwise noted). June 7 10pm Toronto Ravel $15; 8:30pm The Dustbowl Revival $25(adv)/$30(door). June 9 Valdy $28(adv)/$30(door). June 10 Smooth Sweet Sounds of the 70s $28(adv)/$30(door). June 11 Things are Swinging – The Songs of Peggy Lee $30(adv)/$35(door). June 12 Johnny A. $25(adv)/$30(door). June 15 Richard Shindell $25(adv)/$30(door). June 16 James Gordon and Sons – CD Release $22.50(adv)/$25(door). June 17 A Man called Wrycraft presents Into the Great Wide Open: The Music of Tom Petty $25(adv)/$30(door). June 18 Stephen Fearing $25(adv)/$30(door). June 19 The Small Glories – Cara Luft & JD Edwards $22.50(adv)/$25(door). June 22 Al Lerman – CD Release $17.50(adv)/$20(door). June 23 China Crisis $27.50(adv)/$30(door). June 24 A Trip Down the Yellow Brick Road with Elton Rohn $35(adv)/$40(door). July 2 Patricia Barber $40(adv)/$45(door). July 3 Harpeth Rising $22.50(adv)/$25(door). July 4 8pm JAZZ.FM91 presents Jazz in July – The Andrew Scott Trio: A Tribute to Henry Mancini $25. July 5 Lyy $22.50(adv)/$25(door). July 6 Grainne Duffy $22.50(adv)/$25(door). July 7 Ten Strings and a Goat Skin $22.50(adv)/$25(door). Jazz Bistro, The 251 Victoria St. 416-363-5299 jazzbistro.ca June 1 8pm Stu Macdonald (voice) Quartet with Stu Harrison (piano), Ross MacIntyre (bass), Mark Micklethwaite (drums) $15. June 3, 4 9pm Coldjack: John Fraser (voice), Marcus Davis (bass), Carl Harvey (guitar), Aaron Spink (drums), Bela Haymen (keys), Dianne Rivard (percussion), Kolette Easy (voice), Igor Babich (sax) $15(Fri)/$20(Sat). June 5 7pm Steven Taetz (voice): “Porter for Pride: Tribute to Cole Porter” with Ewen Farncombe (piano), Mike Meusel (bass), Andrew Miller (drums) $12. June 7, 8 8pm Denise Reis (voice, guitar) with the Heillig Manouevre: Alison Young (sax), Stacie McGregor (piano), Charlie Cooley (drums), Henry Heillig (bass) $15. June 9, 10, 11 9pm Bernie Senensky Quintet: “A Tribute to Moe Koffman” feat. Jake Koffman (sax), Bill McBirnie (flute) $15(Thurs, Fri)/$20(Sat). Martel (guitar) feat. Robi Botos (piano) $20. June 23 8pm Jerzy Kaplanek Quartet $20. June 24 8:30pm Matt Baker $20. June 12 7pm Pat Murray $15. June 17, 18 9pm Kirk MacDonald (sax) Quintet with Mark Eisenman (piano), Dave Young (bass), Terry Clarke (drums) feat. Doug Lawrence (sax) $20. June 19 7pm Wendy Lands (voice) with Steve Hunter (piano), Marc Rogers (bass), Jim Gillard (drums) $15. June 21 8pm Dave Restivo Trio $10. June 23 8pm The Carlos Morgan Quartet $12. June 24, 25 8pm The Bill Charlap (piano) Trio with Peter Washington (bass), Kenny Washington (drums) $40. June 26 8pm Laila Biali (piano, voice) with Ben Wittman (drums), Ross MacIntyre (bass), Phil Dwyer (sax). June 28 8pm Robi Botos (piano) and Paul Novotny (bass) $25. June 29 8pm Robi Botos and Hilario Duran (pianos) $25. June 30 8pm Robi Botos (piano) Quartet with Paul Novotny (bass), Seamus Blake (sax), Mark McLean (drums) $30. July 1 8pm The Music of Born to Be Blue: David Braid (piano), Kevin Turcotte (trumpet), Steve Wallace (bass), Terry Clarke (drums) $25. July 2 8pm Alfredo Rodriguez $20. July 3 7pm Stephanie Martin $15. Joe Mama’s 317 King St. W. 416-340-6469 joemamas.ca Every Tue 6pm Jeff Eager. Every Wed 6pm Thomas Reynolds. Every Thurs 9pm Blackburn. Every Fri 10pm The Grind. Every Sat 10pm Shugga. KAMA 214 King St. W. 416-599-5262 kamaindia.com (full schedule) Every Wed 5:30pm Jazz with the Kama House Band. La Revolucion 2848 Dundas St. W 416-766-0746 Every Tue 9pm Duets with Peter Hill and featured guests (Shawn Nykwist on June 7, 28; Chris Gale on June 21; TBA on June 14). Every Fri 7pm Les Petits Nouveaux. Leaside Pub Jazz Room, The 190 Laird Dr. 416-487-8682 leasidepub.com June 25, July 2 4pm Climax Jazz Band. Located in the Huether Hotel, 59 King St. N., Waterloo. 226-476-1565 kwjazzroom.com (full schedule) All shows: 8:30pm-11:30pm unless otherwise indicated. Attendees must be 19+. June 2 10pm Dodecaphunk (Kyle Brenders Septet) with opener Alison Au $20. June 3 8:30pm Ryan Cassidy Band with Special Guest Brownman $15. June 4 8:30pm Laila Biali $20. June 10 8:30pm Lydia Persaud $15. June 11 8:30pm Rich Brown (bass) and The Abeng: Luis Deniz (sax), Kevin Turcotte (trumpet), Stan Fomin (keys), Larnell Lewis (drums) $20. June 17 8:30pm Tana Kannangara Group $20. June 18 8:30 Mandy Lagan (voice) Quartet with Dave Restivo (piano), Ted Quinlan (guitar), Jim Vivian (bass), Nick Fraser (drums) $18. June 19 4pm Dave Young (bass)/ Doug Lawrence (sax) Quintet with Kirk MacDonald (sax), Mark Eisenman (piano), Terry Clarke (drums) $25. June 20 8pm Francois Jalbert and Jerome Beaulieu $12. June 21 8pm Genevieve Marentette Trio $15. June 22 8pm Mark Kelso’s (drums) Jazz Exiles with Rich Brown (bass), Luis Deniz (sax), Joey Local Gest, The 424 Parliament St. 416-961-9425 Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307 lula.ca (full schedule) June 2 10pm Los Poetas + Fito Blanko $15. June 3 8pm Gabriel Palatchi + Changarón Del Norte $15. June 4 10:30pm Ola Fresca $12(adv)/$15(door). June 5 8pm Elsten Torres + Amanda Martinez $25(adv)/$30(door). June 7 8pm Kafinal + Elaine Lil’Bit Shepherd $8(adv)/$10(door). June 8 7:30pm Wagner Petrilli + Aquiles Baez Trio + Eliana Cuevas + Jeremy Ledbetter $15(adv)/$20(door). June 9 7pm D’BI. & THE 333 $15; 10pm Abakos $15. June 10 7:30pm Berriel + Mario Allende Group + Dailyn Martinez + Roberto Linares Brown + Roicel Riveron $12(adv)/$15(door). June 11 10:30pm Montreal Toronto Salsa Meetup $12(adv)/$15(door). June 29 7pm Monica Chapman (voice) with Dave Restivo (piano), Alex Coleman (bass), Nathan Hiltz (guitar), Chris Wallace (drums), Rebecca Hennessy (trumpet) $12(adv)/$15(door). St. Philip’s Anglican Church Manhattans Pizza Bistro & Music Club ● 951 Gordon St., Guelph 519-767-2440 manhattans.ca (full schedule) All shows: PWYC. June 1, 15, 29 Jokela & Vogan (15, 29 with Charlie Cooley). June 2 Dan Austin Quartet. June 3 Ken Foster Trio. June 4 Cara Matthew Trio. June 5 Brad Halls. June 7 Adrean Farrugia & Rob McBride. June 8, 12, 22 John Zadro. June 9, 23 Joe Lucchetta & Friends. June 10 Jordan Snider Trio. June 11 Karyn Kirkwood Trio. June 12 John Zadro. June 14, 21, 28 Paul Taylor. June 16 Alex Pangman & Her Alleycats. June 17 Gary Beck & Sideways. June 18 Steve Koven Trio. June 19 Joni Nehrita. June 24 Lara Solnicki Trio. June 25 Andrea LaBlanc. June 26, 30 Stan Chang + Erick Bruck. Sunday, June 12, 4:00 PM | Jazz Vespers Hilario Duran Trio with Roberto Occhipinti (bass) and Mark Kelso (drums). With special guest Jane Bunnett. | Etobicoke St. Philip’s Anglican Sunday, June 26, 4:00 Church PM | Jazz Vespers 25 St. Phillips RoadMike (near Royal(saxophones), York + Dixon) Colleen Allen, Murley 416-247-5181 • stphilips.net free will offering Steve Wallace (bass), Terry• Clarke (drums) and Adrean Farrugia (piano) Please note our change ST. PHILIP’S JAZZ VESPERS @ ALL SAINTS KINGSWAY of venue – St Philip’s is renovating for accessibility! ANGLICAN CHURCH 2850 Bloor St. West, at Prince Edward, steps from the Royal York subway, with Green P parking across the street. FOR ST PHILIPS: 416-247-5181 FOR ALL SAINTS KINGSWAY: 416-233-1125 64 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 Mezzetta Restaurant 681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687 mezzettarestaurant.com (full schedule) All shows: 9pm, $8 (unless otherwise noted). June 1 8pm Dino Toledo (guitar), Makeda Benitez (flamenco dance) No cover. Monarch Tavern 12 Clinton St. 416-531-5833 themonarchtavern.com (full schedule) June 13 7:30pm Martin Loomer & His Orange Devils Orchestra $10. Morgans on the Danforth 1282 Danforth Ave. 416-461-3020 morgansonthedanforth.com (full schedule) All shows: 2pm-5pm. No cover. June 26 2pm Lisa Particelli’s Girls Night Out Jazz Jam. N'awlins Jazz Bar & Dining 299 King St. W. 416-595-1958 nawlins.ca All shows: No cover/PWYC. Every Tue 6:30pm Stacie McGregor. Every Wed 7pm Jim Heineman Trio. Every Thu 8pm Nothin’ But the Blues w/ Joe Bowden (drums) and featured vocalists. Every Fri, Sat 8:30pm N’awlins All Star Band. Every Sun 7pm Brooke Blackburn. Nice Bistro, The 117 Brock St. N., Whitby. 905-668-8839 nicebistro.com (full schedule) June 22 Larry Bond Duo $39.99 (dinner included). Old Mill, The 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641 oldmilltoronto.com The Home Smith Bar: No reservations. No cover. $20 food/drink minimum. All shows: 7:30pm-10:30pm June 2 Angela Turone (piano, voice) Quartet with Chris Platt (guitar), Connor Walsh (bass), Robin Claxton (drums). June 3 Canadian Jazz Quartet & Friends: Frank Wright (vibes), Reg Schwager (guitar), Pat Collins (bass), Don Vickery (drums) feat. Phil Dwyer (sax). June 4 Nathalie Kraemer (voice) Trio with Adrean Farrugia (piano), Ross MacIntyre (bass). June 7 Gene DiNovi (piano, voice): “In Concert and Conversation”. June 9 Arlene Smith (voice) Quartet with Mark Eisenman (piano), Steve Wallace (bass), Mike Murley (sax). June 10 Pat Collins (bass) Trio with Tom Szczesniak (accordion), Reg Schwager (guitar). June 11 Michael Dunston (voice) Trio with Gord Sheard (piano), Roberto Occhipinti (bass). June 16 Christopher Simmons (piano) Trio with Artie Roth (bass), Kevin Dempsey (drums). June 17 Carol McCartney (voice) Quartet with Brian Dickinson (piano), Kieran Overs (bass), Chris Robinson (sax). June 18 Pat LaBarbera (sax) Trio with Brian Dickinson (piano), Kieran Overs (bass). June 23 Barry Elmes (drums) Quartet with Mike Murley (sax), Reg Schwager (guitar), Steve Wallace (bass). June 24 Russ Little (trombone) Quartet with Tom Szczesniak (piano), Scott Alexander (bass), Brian Barlow (drums) feat. Alex Pangman (voice). June 25 Russ Little (trombone) Quartet with Tom Szczesniak (piano), Scott Alexander (bass), Brian Barlow (drums) feat. Broadsway: Julie Michels, Diane Leah, Heather Bambrick (voices). July 1 Russ Little (trombone) Quartet with Tom Szczesniak (piano), Scott Alexander (bass), Brian Barlow (drums) feat. Melissa Stylianou (voice). July 2 Russ Little (trombone) Quartet with Tom Szczesniak (piano), Scott thewholenote.com Alexander (bass), Brian Barlow (drums) feat. John Alcorn (voice). Only Café, The 972 Danforth Ave. 416-463-7843 theonlycafe.com (full schedule) All shows: 8pm unless otherwise indicated. June 8, 22 Lzrszn. Paintbox Bistro 555 Dundas St. E. 647-748-0555 paintboxbistro.ca (Full schedule) Pilot Tavern, The 22 Cumberland Ave. 416-923-5716 thepilot.ca All shows: 3:30pm. No cover. June 4 Sugar Daddies. June 11 Ted Quinlan (guitar)/Phil Dwyer (sax) Quartet with Neil Swainson (bass), Ethan Ardelli (drums). June 18 Adrean Farrugia (piano) Quartet with Kevin Turcotte (trumpet), Jon Maharaj (bass), Ernesto Cervini (drums). June 25 Pat Labarbera Quartet. July 2 Mike Murley Quartet. Poetry Jazz Café 224 Augusta Ave. 416-599-5299 poetryjazzcafe.com (full schedule) Reposado Bar & Lounge 136 Ossington Ave. 416-532-6474 reposadobar.com (full schedule) Every Wed Spy vs. Sly vs. Spy. Every Thurs, Fri 10pm Reposadists Quartet: Tim Hamel (trumpet), Jon Meyer (bass), Jeff Halischuck (drums), Roberto Rosenman (guitar). Reservoir Lounge, The 52 Wellington St. E. 416-955-0887 reservoirlounge.com (full schedule). All shows: 9:45 Every Tue, Sat Tyler Yarema and his Rhythm. Every Wed The Digs. Every Thu Stacey Kaniuk. Every Fri Dee Dee and the Dirty Martinis. Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar, The 194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475 therex.ca (full schedule) Call for cover charge info. June 1 2pm Yiddish Journey; 6:30pm Jim Gelcer Group; 9:30pm Terry Promane & Dave Young Octet. June 2 6:30pm Laura Hubert Group; 9:45pm NYC’S Jeremy Pelt w/ Johnny Griffith Quartet. June 3 4pm Hogtown Syncopators; 6:30pm The Jive Bombers; 9:45pm NYC’S Jeremy Pelt w/ Johnny Griffith Quartet. June 4 12pm The Sinners Choir; 3:30pm Matt Lagan Big Band Ensemble; 7:30pm Eric St. Laurent Group; 9:45pm Ted Warren Commission. June 5 12pm Humber College Community Music School Recitals; 7pm “Austin John” CD Release; 9:30pm Ilios Steryannis Quartet. June 6 6:30pm Ken McDonald Quartet; 9:30pm Brampton’s Jazz Mechanics Big Band. June 7 6:30pm Peter Hill Quintet; 9:30pm Classic Rex Jazz Jam hosted by Chris Gale. June 8 6:30pm Jim Gelcer Group; 9:30pm NYC’s Ava Granite Six. June 9 6:30pm Laura Hubert Group; 9:30pm Nathan Hiltz Trio. June 10 4pm Hogtown Syncopators; 6:30pm The Jive Bombers; 9:45pm Jeff King’s Catalyst. June 11 12pm The Sinners Choir; 3:30pm Paul Reddick; 7pm Ryley Murray; 9:45pm NYC’s Rob Garcia. June 12 12pm Excelsior Dixieland Jazz Band; 3:30pm Red Hot Ramble; 7pm James Brown Guitar Trio; 9:30pm Zimzum. June 13 6:30pm Ken McDonald Quartet; 9:30pm China’s Lawrence Ku feat. David Braid. June 14 6:30pm thewholenote.com E. The ETCeteras Peter Hill Quintet; 9:30pm Classic Rex Jazz Jam hosted by Chris Gale. June 15 6:30pm Jim Gelcer Group; 9:30pm Montréal’s Jazzamboka. June 16 6:30pm Laura Hubert Group; 9:30pm Brad Cheeseman Group. June 17 4pm Hogtown Syncopators; 6:30pm The Jive Bombers; 9:45pm Steve Amirault Trio. June 18 12pm The Sinners Choir; 3:30pm Jerome Godboo; 7pm Ryley Murray; 9:45pm Justin Bacchus. June 19 12pm Excelsior Dixieland Jazz Band; 3:30pm Dr. Nick & The Rollercoasters; 7pm James Brown Guitar Trio; 9:30pm Hannah Barstow. June 20 6:30pm Ken McDonald Quartet; 9:30pm Kandinsky Effect (France/ Brooklyn). June 21 6:30pm Peter Hill Quintet; 9:30pm Kandinsky Effect (France/Brooklyn). June 22 6:30pm Jim Gelcer Group. June 23 5pm Bugaloo Squad; 8pm Pat LaBarbera; 10pm NYC’s Tim Ries w/ Hungary’s East Gypsy Band. June 24 3pm Hogtown Syncopators; 5pm The Jive Bombers; 8pm Tara Davidson Group; 10pm Dave Young. June 25 12pm The Sinners Choir; 3:30pm Swing Shift Big Band; 8pm Alex Pangman & her Alleycats; 10pm Mike Murley. June 26 12pm Excelsior Dixieland Jazz Band; 3:30pm Freeway Dixieland Band; 7pm NYC’s Tim Christensen Spin Cycle; 9:30pm Metalwood. June 27 8:30pm John MacLeod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra. June 28 1:30pm Big Band Slam; 5pm Peripheral Vision; 8pm Mark Kelso’s Jazz Exiles; 11pm LA’s Knower. June 29 5pm Allison Young; 8pm Allison Au Quartet; 11pm LA’s Knower. June 30 5pm Fog Brass Band; 8pm Mike Downes Quartet; 10pm Nashville/NYC’s Progger w/ Special Guest Melissa McMillan. July 1 12pm Berklee Students; 5pm Justin Bacchus; 8pm Rich Brown’s rinsethealgorithm; 10pm Nashville/NYC’s Progger w/ Special Guest Melissa McMillan. July 2 12pm The Sinners Choir; 3:30pm Laura Hubert; 8pm Rich Brown’s The Abeng; 10pm Tara Kannangara Group. July 3 12pm Excelsior Dixieland Jazz Band; 3:30pm Freeway Dixieland Band; 8pm Radiohead Jazz Project - T.J.O. Toronto Jazz Orchestra. Galas and Fundraisers ●●June 05 3:00-5:30: Toronto Early Music Players Organization. Annual Fundraising Tea and Silent Auction. Live music, free food and beverages; CDs, books and sheet music for sale. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-927-8699. Admission by tax-deductible donation. taste-tempting finger foods and strawberry shortcake; enjoy some bubbly and listen to delectable musical selections performed by the choir under its director, Laurie Evan Fraser. Parish Hall, Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. $30 (door) or reserved by calling 416-256-0510. Cash bar. ●●June 18 5:00: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. 4th Annual Black & White Gala. Superb music by the Niagara Symphony Orchestra; sumptuous cuisine and wine; auction. Ridley College, 2 Ridley Rd. St. Catharines. 905-687-4993 x221. $195 (individual); $1,560 (table of 8). Festivals, Fairs, Festivities ●●June 26 10:00am-4:00: Royal Conserv- atory of Music. 3rd Annual Wide Open House. Fun for the entire family: drop-in music lessons, Smart StartTM class for babies and toddlers; summer camp activity room; courtyard party. Free Koerner Hall concerts and activities throughout the day! 273 Bloor St. W. For more information: rcmusic.ca/woh 1, June 1 2016pm Lectures, Salons, Symposia ●●June 09 7:00: Canadian Institute for 5 Noon- rive D d r i a L 1 ●●June 11 12:00 noon-5:00: Opera Atelier. Costume Sale: Burgers, Burgundy and Baroque. Fundraising event offering members of the public the rare opportunity to buy their very own Opera Atelier costumes; includes wine and food. All Canadian Self-Storage, 1 Laird Drive. Tickets purchased at the door or through Eventbrite.com $15 (suggested donation). ●●June 12 2:00-5:00: Dundas Valley Orchestra. Strawberry Social Fundraiser. Includes music, food, silent auction. St. Paul’s United Church, 29 Park Street W. Dundas. www.dundasvalleyorchestra Entry by donation. ●●June 12 3:00-5:00: Upper Canada Choristers. Strawberry Social. Nibble on Salty Dog Bar & Grill, The 1980 Queen St. E. 416-849-5064 (full schedule) thesaltydog.ca Sauce on the Danforth 1376 Danforth Ave. 647-748-1376 sauceondanforth.com All shows: No cover. Every Mon 9pm The Out Of Towners: Dirty Organ Jazz. Every Tue 6pm Julian Fauth. June 11 4pm The Lesters. Advanced Research. Our Musical Brain. Join the Gryphon Trio and CIFAR fellows Robert Zatorre and Laurel Trainor for an evening of performances and scientific insights revealing music’s connection to consciousness. Hosted by CBC’s Julie Nesrallah. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208; www.cifar.ca/ events/our-musical-brain $30; $15 (st). ●●June 09 7:30: Darchei Noam Synagogue. Jews’ Muse: Leonard Bernstein. A mix of lecture, music and discussion with lecturer Rick Phillips as he explores the music of Bernstein - the influences that shaped his music, the impact he left on his times, and his lasting legacy. 864 Sheppard Ave. W. 416-638-4783; http://www.darcheinoam.ca/event/JewishComposers $20. ●●June 13 12:00 noon-1:00: The Study at St. Barnabas Church. Lecture by composer and music theorist Dr. Konrad Harley on the music of Sergei Prokofiev. 361 Danforth Ave. 416-463-1344. Free. Summer Choir Camp Seven44 Aug. 29 - Sept. 2, 9am-5pm (Formerly Chick n’ Deli/The People’s Chicken) 744 Mount Pleasant Rd. 416-489-7931 seven44.com (full schedule) All shows: 7:30pm June 6 Advocats Big Band. June 13 Metro Big Band. June 20 George Lake Swing Band. June 27 Mega City Swing Band. for Girls and Boys, ages 6-16 “Singing, Music Theory, Games, Sports, and Excursions“ Tranzac 292 Brunswick Ave. 416-923-8137 tranzac.org 3-4 shows daily, various styles. Mostly PWYC. Every Mon 10pm Open Mic Mondays. Every Fri 5pm The Friends of Hugh Oliver (folk). This month’s shows include: June 7 7:30pm Ali Berkok. June 8 10pm Ken Aldcroft. June 14 10pm Michael Davidson. June 19 7:30pm Diane Roblin. June 24 10pm The Ryan Driver Sextet. Nominal Registration Fee • For details and registration, please visit www.gracechurchonthehill.ca/our-music June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 65 E. The ETCeteras Love to sing? ●●June 26 12:00 noon: Westben Arts Festival Theatre. Hello? Tech-Connect. Experts meet under the tent for discussion on technology and the story behind The Pencil Salesman. Westben Concert Barn, 6698 County Rd. 30, Campbellford. 705-653-5508 or 1-877-8835777. Free to all June 26 ticket holders. ●●June 26 2:30-6:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Wide Open House: After Hours. Free activities for adults, including music appreciation lectures; orchestra percussion, cello, and harp demonstrations; Koerner Hall concerts, reception. 273 Bloor St. W. For more information: rcmusic.ca/woh ●●July 17 7:00: Soundstreams Salon 21. Soundweavers. Join Soundstreams for the premiere of composer Emilie Lebel’s collaboration with Jumblies Theatre and the community participants involved with the new work. Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park. 416-504-1282. Free, PWYC preferred seating available. ●●July 19 & 26 1:00-300: Royal Conservatory of Music. Elgar: Musical Voice of the Edwardian Era. Join Rick Phillips for two engaging lectures on the life and music of the great English composer, Sir Edward Elgar. 273 Bloor St. W. For more information: ecmusic.ca/MusicAppreciation Rehearse, learn, perform, travel and expand your musical horizons with BACH CHILDREN’S CHORUS BACH CHAMBER YOUTH CHOIR Linda Beaupré, Artistic Director Age 6 through university age Book an audition: 416.431.0790 [email protected] facebook.com/BCCandBCYC bachchildrenschorus.ca ●●July 20 3:00: Festival of the Sound. What is a Sonata Anyway? Find out more about this legendary musical form. Jeffrey Stokes, lecturer. Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, 2 Bay St. Parry Sound. 1-866-364-0061; festivalofthesound.ca Free. ●●July 21 12:45: Festival of the Sound. Journey into the Heart and Mind of Robert Schumann. Jeffrey Stokes, lecturer. Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, 2 Bay St. Parry Sound. 1-866-364-0061; festivalofthesound.ca Free. Master♦ Classes ●●June 27 10:00am: Westben Arts Festival Theatre. Connecting Through Song: SongConnect: Voice Intensive with Michael Warren. A three-day immersion experience designed for all levels and genres of singers, age 16 and higher. Participants receive 30 min. lesson observed by other participants. Clock Tower Hall, 36 Front St. S., Campbellford. 705-653-5508 or 1-877-8835777. $135(one session with lesson); $25(one session without lesson). Until 9:00pm. Program runs June 27-29. Private lessons also available. ●●June 28 10:00am: Westben Arts Festival Theatre. Connecting Through Song: SongConnect: Voice Intensive with Michael Warren. See June 27. ●●June 29 10:00am: Westben Arts Festival Theatre. Connecting Through Song: SongConnect: Voice Intensive with Michael Warren. See June 27. ●●Aug 02 1:30: Festival of the Sound. Stockey Master Class. Sit in with master teacher LYDIA ADAMS Canadian Vocal Ensemble Conductor & Artistic Director AUDITIONS for the 2016/17 season Represent Canada and celebrate our 150th birthday abroad! Sing with us as we tour Spain and Portugal in 2017 will be held in May and June for experienced singers in all voice categories. The choir will perform as guests of the Elmer Iseler Singers and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in addition to our regular 4 concert season. FOR DETAILS OR TO SET UP AN AUDITION PLEASE CONTACT US AT 416-446-0188 [email protected] Join us now as we prepare for our second European tour. It will be a musical celebration showcasing Canadian choral composers. PASQUALE B PASQUALE BROTHERS ROTHERS A musical experience unlike any other! PURVEYORS OF FINE FOOD 416-571-3680 • mosaic-vocalensemble.ca (416) 364-7397 66 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 CATERING WWW.PASQUALEBROS.COM thewholenote.com Glen Montgomery as he works with amateur pianists. Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, 2 Bay St. Parry Sound. 1-866-364-0061; festivalofthesound.ca Free. ●●Aug 03 11:00am: Festival of the Sound. Stockey Master Class. Pianists James Anagnoson and Leslie Kinton work on piano duo repertoire with two 2016 Stockey Young Artists. Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, 2 Bay St. Parry Sound. 1-866-364-0061; festivalofthesound.ca Free. ●●Aug 04 11:00am: Festival of the Sound. Stockey Master Class. Pianist Janina Fialkowska works on solo piano repertoire with Stockey Young Artists. Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, 2 Bay St. Parry Sound. 1-866-364-0061; festivalofthesound.ca Free. ●●Aug 04 7:00: Highlands Opera Studio. Master class with tenor Richard Margison. Meet the singers of HOS 2016 and hear them work with internationally acclaimed Canadian tenor, Richard Margison. A great opportunity for those interested in singing to learn more about what makes a great performance even better. St. George’s Anglican Church, 122 Highland, Haliburton. highlandsoperastudio.com $15. ●●Aug 05 7:00: Highlands Opera Studio. Master class with tenor Richard Margison. See Aug 04. ●●Aug 06 7:00: Highlands Opera Studio. Master class with tenor Richard Margison. See Aug 04. ●●Aug 24 1:00-4:00: Muskoka Chautauqua. 7th Annual OperaMuskoka Festival: Vocal Master Class with soprano and RCM teacher Jennifer Tung. Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre, Bracebridge. 705-645-8400; thecaisse. com $100 (participants); $20 (audience). ●●Aug 25 1:00-4:00: Muskoka Chautauqua. 7th Annual OperaMuskoka Festival: Violin Master Class with Moshe Hammer. Showcasing his “from violence to violins” approach with five young participants. Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre, Bracebridge. 705-6458400; thecaisse.com $100 (participants); $20 (audience). Salieri. With film critic William DiNovi. Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, 2 Bay St. Parry Sound. 1-866-364-0061; festivalofthesound.ca $12. ●●Aug 01 1:00: Festival of the Sound. Keep on Keepin’ On (2014). A touching documentary about jazz trumpeter Clark Terry and his mentorship of a blind piano prodigy named Justin Kauflin as the young man prepares for an international competition. With film critic William DiNovi. Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, 2 Bay St. Parry Sound. 1-866-364-0061; festivalofthesound.ca $12. Workshops ●●June 03 7:30: CAMMAC Recorder Play- Screenings ers’ Society. Amateur recorder players are invited to join in the playing of early music. Mount Pleasant Road Baptist Church, 527 Mount Pleasant Rd. 416-597-0485; cammac.ca $15 (non-members). Refreshments included. AGM held the second half. ●●June 30 11:00am: Westben Arts Festival Theatre. Connecting Through Song: SoundConnect: Do You Hear What I Hear? Participants visit a recording studio to see what technology can do for their voice. Four participants will record one brief song each and receive a CD, while observers watch ●●July 18 1:00: Festival of the Sound. Around the World in 50 Concerts (2014). This documentary follows the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra on a world tour and offers a wonderful portrait of the personalities behind this great orchestra, as well as the lives of some of the international music lovers who have been touched by their music. With film critic William DiNovi. Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, 2 Bay St. Parry Sound. 1-866-364-0061; festivalofthesound.ca $12. ●●July 26 10:00am: Festival of the Sound. Amadeus. This 1984 period drama, winner of 8 Academy Awards, tells the story of the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart through the envious eyes of a court composer, Antonio or experiment with speech. Andy Thompson, sound engineer. Studio 29, Highway 30, Warkworth. 705-653-5508 or 1-877-8835777. $50(singer); $20(observer/speaker). Pre-registration required (space limited). Also 2:00pm. ●●June 30 2:00 and 7:00: Westben Arts Festival Theatre. Connecting Through Song: Sound-Connect: Do You Hear What I Hear?. Participants visit a recording studio to see what technology can do for their voice. Four participants will record one brief song each and receive a CD, while observers watch or experiment with speech. Andy Thompson, sound engineer. Studio 29, Highway 30, Warkworth. 705-653-5508 or 1-877-8835777. $50(singer); $20(observer/speaker). Pre-registration required (space limited). Also 11:00am. ●●July 01 3:00: Westben Arts Festival Theatre. Connecting Through Song: Choral-Connect. Marie Anderson leads an impromptu “Quick Choir.” Previous choral experience helpful but not necessary. Open to all. Westben Concert Barn, 6698 County Rd. 30, Campbellford. 705-653-5508 or 1-877-8835777. $20. Pre-registration required. Come Sing with the Toronto Children’s Chorus! Canada’s Premier Treble Choir Audition: Saturday, September 10, 2016 Limited spaces. Register online to audition today! www.torontochildrenschorus.com/join-us MUSIC FROM SCRATCH C O N TA C T C O N T E M P O R A RY M U S I C FREE WORKSHOP FOR YOUTH 18-25yrs MONDAY, JULY 11 TO FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2016 with visiting composer Giorgio Magnanensi NO MUSICAL EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! 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CALL NOW TO BOOK OUR NEW ENTERTAINER SHOWS FOR YOUR CORPORATE OR PUBLIC EVENT For a quote or to reach us contact [email protected] or visit vegasnorth.ca CORPORATE EVENTS | THEATRES | NIGHTCLUBS & CASINOS | RESORTS | GALAS & BANQUETS | WEDDINGS thewholenote.com June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 69 WE ARE ALL MUSIC’S CHILDREN June’s Child Alex Pangman NEW CONTEST Who is September’s Child? YOU are, that’s who! TOM PARKER MJ BUELL That childhood photo? I remember the smell of “Canada’s Sweetheart of Swing,” Alex the wooden record player – when record players were Pangman is a singer whose love for popular still furniture! I can still smell the wood as I would music from 1920 to 1940 charms people in a graciously old-fashioned way. Her sparkly energy have when I opened the lid, and feel the shag carpet under my feet. seems to come from some limitless source. Anything you’d like to say to young Alex in that People love her beautifully wrought covers of photo? I might encourage her to write more songs. I older standards – her smooth warm delivery will think the most original songs I ever wrote were as a remind you a little of your own favourite singer child! Ha! That, and don’t drop the needle! from that time. But Pangman’s voice is truly her Where did you grow up? I was born/raised in own, and she makes a specialty of breathing life This summer make some Mississauga, Ontario, to John and Connie Pangman. into lesser-known music from the period. The musical memories Dad worked in finance and for a time Mom was a style may sound familiar but “new” old songs to sustain yourself have to be offered with first-rate diction and this, V.O.N. nurse. My big sister, Jennifer, was into music all year round. via ballet. We both attended Froebel [independent] along with her special way of letting the song’s school where we learned to be self-active and creative. Learn to play something new. own narrative shine, makes for pretty irresistible listening. She has led her regular swing band, the I was terrible at math (and music theory) even into Play some music high school. So bad in fact, that instead of studying Alleycats, since 1998. you thought you’d forgotten. post-secondary music, I went to Pangman was born Get outside and find UofT for art history! To be honest, my summer’s music in with cystic fibrosis: an jazz education happened listening incurable genetic disease unexpected places. to thousands of old records, mostly which destroys the And bring a child. driving to and from the stables. lungs. Pangman’s first Horses have brought me many good double lung transplant A new contest will appear things in life to offset having been in 2008 was considered in our September edition born with lung disease. successful, but by early Your earliest memories of music? Mom had a guitar and I’m sure 2013 her health was sang to me, but I think my first memories of music were at Gramma and failing. Only the people Grampa’s house in London. Gramma had an electric organ (with all the closest to her knew – she foot pedals!). Grampa played the uke and the spoons. Grampa used to continued to sing (sitting strum on his uke and sing “Five foot two, eyes of blue…” Mom and Dad down) and opened for liked the oldies, and we often listened to an oldies show over dinner. Willie Nelson at Massey And that record player in the photo was stocked with a lot of LPs. Hall in June 2013 while I remember getting those Mini Pops albums and singing along a lot. I waiting to hear if a got my first uke quite young and would wake up early on weekends to second transplant donor sneak downstairs and play it “quietly” to myself. Keener! could be found – the call When did you first think of yourself as a career musician? I got sick came six weeks later. Pangman’s courage, and lost my university year. When I got better I realized I didn’t want a energy and capacity to career in academia or a museum. Life is short (when you have a serious seize every moment is deeply lung disease, more so!) and I decided to do something immediately thrilling: Alex Pangman lives in Toronto, Ontario with her inspiring. Maybe it has somemusic! I didn’t want to spend years writing essays, I wanted to be on stage musician husband “Colonel” thing to do with choosing to singing, and I pretty much did just that! I didn’t think of it as a career. It was Tom Parker. When she’s not live a life where you truly love just living in the moment. singing or attending to music what you do. Please read the full-length interview at thewholenote.com business she’s likely to be at the farm, horseback riding. UPCOMING CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS! Live in Montreal is Alex Pangman and the Alleycats 2005 album, recorded in front of an enthusiastic Montreal Jazz Festival audience. These 12 tracks are essential Pangman and the record remains a favourite among her fans. A copy each for ROBERT LESCOE and MEL DADE Alex Pangman’s New is her eighth record. It explores lesser-known 1930s songs some of which are Canadian-written, including I’ll Never Smile Again, The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise and Pangman’s It’s Never Enough. Recorded in New Orleans in a converted 1930’s woodframe church called The Living Room with the New Orleans Cotton Mouth Kings. New [JTR 8587] was nominated for the 2015/16 JUNO Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. A copy each for MARGARET OLDFIELD and CHARLES LEVI June 4 Saturday Swing Night at Dovercourt House Swing Dance Ballroom. (9:15pm, Toronto); June 16 Manhattans Pizza Bistro and Music Club. (7 to10pm,Guelph); June 24 TD Toronto Jazz Festival presents “Heather Bambrick & Friends” with the Russ Little Quartet at The Old Mill Home Smith Jazz Bar. Bambrick will trade songs and duets with guest Alex Pangman. (7:30pm, Toronto); June 25 TD Toronto Jazz Festival presents Alex Pangman and her Alleycats. The sextet will take over The Rex for 90 minutes of pure swing. (8pm, Toronto). ALSO: July 30 at the Niagara Jazz Festival, and Sept 2 and 3 at the CNE (Toronto). 70 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com DISCOVERIES | RECORDINGS REVIEWED DAV I D O L D S M aterial for this month’s column began with an email in early April from a young man in Hawaii saying he was sending me copies of two CDs featuring his music for baritone ukulele. I don’t think I ever responded to the email, but my curiosity was whetted – I was not familiar with the baritone member of that instrumental family – and when the discs arrived I was pleased to find them both interesting. The young man’s name is Ryan Choi (ryanckchoi.com) and the two discs present different sides of his compositional activity. The first, Whenmill (Off ODG049 offrecordlabel.blogspot.ca), presents four pieces for solo baritone ukulele in a fairly traditional contemporary classical guitar idiom. The rich tones of the instrument and the way Choi makes full contrapuntal use of its limited range makes it easy to forget that he is dealing with two fewer strings than on a guitar. Set 1 is comprised of three pieces, Quixano and Inn Blue, both from 2012, and Whenmill, composed the following year. I wish there were some program notes for the pieces, but even web searches turn up little information. The opening piece’s title, also the honorific of “Don Quixote de la Mancha,” makes me wonder if Inn Blue refers to the Don’s infamous adventure at a country inn and whether Whenmill, a word I cannot find mention of except in connection with Choi, has something to with tilting at windmills…but that is mere speculation on my part. Regardless of intent or inspiration, the “set” is a satisfying and intriguing exploration of the potential of this lesser-known instrument. At 12 minutes, the final track, South Aleksandr, composed in 2011, is longer than the other three combined and its virtuosic flamenco-like passages showcase Choi’s considerable abilities. Choi’s other disc Three Dancers (Accretions ALP-060 accretions.com) is quite a different offering including works for “prepared” baritone ukulele, percussion and electronics, all performed by the composer. The title of the 20-minute EP, again about 20 minutes in all (and of the third track,) refers to Picasso’s painting Les Trois Danseuses and the cover art is a line drawing by Choi. The brief opening track Preparations I and IV is percussive in its approach, seemingly achieved with preparations on the ukulele similar to those which John Cage developed for piano, rather than through the use of traditional percussion instruments. It is very rhythmic and pointillistic, but relatively tame compared to the dynamic second track, Apollon at Eros, which combines hand drumming and stilted string plucking which jumps erratically, although not randomly, around the fret board. The electronic treatments are subtly present in Three Dancers, with, as far as I can tell, textures produced by reversing recorded sounds which actually seem almost as if they could be created live in real time by this accomplished player. These two releases present a remarkable portrait of an instrument not previously known for its art music potential, and of an adventurous new voice on the contemporary scene. I was pleased, but not surprised, by the beautiful sounds on Old Wood – New Seeds, the latest from Toronto classical guitarist/ composer William Beauvais (musiccentre.ca/ node/138158). The disc opens with the suite, Appalachian Colours – Gold; Red; Green; Blue, evidently inspired not by Copland’s Appalachian Spring, but rather by that iconic American composer’s orchestral suite Rodeo. From the contemplative opening movement through the lilting second and the lullabylike third, our attention is held by the lush colours Beauvais draws from his instrument. The gently ebullient final movement, glistening like sunlight off the surface of a rippling lake, held me wrapped in its thrall from start to finish nearly seven minutes later. Shakespeare has arguably provided inspiration for more composers than any other literary figure throughout history. Beauvais has followed this time-honoured path with a pair of works, Fallstaffe’s Lament and Fallstaffe’s Charade, the first being a suitably mournful theme and variations and the second in the form of an English jig. No explanation is given for the aberrant spelling of the character’s name (nor for a different spelling, one “l” but still the “e,” in the program note), perhaps just to evoke the Elizabethan era before spellings were standardized. Certainly the music does so effectively. We’ll return to Shakespeare later in this column but Beauvais next takes us to Eastern Europe in The Ancient Waters suite which uses two Bulgarian songs You can find enhanced reviews of all discs below the yellow line in The WholeNote listening room. What if you could listen in? Now you can! •Read the review •Click to listen •Click to buy New this month to the Listening Room Three compositions for prepared baritone ukulele. Debut album of composer Ryan Choi. TheWholeNote.com/Listening For more information Thom McKercher at [email protected] thewholenote.com Re-mastered original Grammy®winning album "pete" with the new companion DVD of never before seen footage of performances by Pete with the Paul Winter Consort. June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 71 distinctive voice who can be heard on many of the recordings of this family compact; his production credits include the album Therapy which marked Wainwright’s return to recording after a three-year hiatus in 1989. Evidently happy in the shadows, it took much persuasion from Tannenbaum’s friends to embark on this voyage to centre stage. His belated debut album includes a number of traditional pieces – Coal Man Blues, Moonshiner, Mama’s Angel Child – and the gospel song Farther Along and Harburg/Rose/Arlen’s It’s Only a Paper Moon. But it’s not all old-timey fare and Tannenbaum turns out to be a fine storytelling songwriter too – the CD opens out to a double panel with four paragraphs of prose I initially took to be a memoir, but which turn out to be the lyrics for his song Brooklyn 1955. The booklet includes extended encomiums by Wainwright (heard in harmony vocals on several tracks) and by record producer (not this record) Joe Boyd. Chaim Tannenbaum was produced by Dick Connette and released on StorySound Records (storysoundrecords.com). This disc is not just for aficionados of the Wainwright-McGarrigles, but it will be of particular interest to them. Highly recommended. Concert note: Chaim Tannenbaum launches his eponymous CD at Toronto’s Tranzac Club on Sunday June 12. I told you that Shakespeare would reappear later and here he comes. April 23, 1616 is the assumed date of the death of the Bard and to mark the 400th anniversary Deutsche Grammophon has released Take All My Loves (4795508), a setting of nine Shakespeare Sonnets by the above-mentioned scion of the Wainwright-McGarrigle dynasty, Rufus Wainwright. It is an eclectic offering, further exploring the singer-songwriter’s interest in blending the worlds of pop and high-art culture. There are readings by Siân Phillips, Frally Hynes, Peter Eyre, Carrie Fisher, William Shatner and Inge Keller, while the vocals are primarily shared by Austrian soprano Anna Prohaska and Wainwright himself, with the participation of Florence Welsh, Martha Wainwright, Fiora Cutler, Christopher Nell and Jürgen Holtz. The project grew out of an invitation from director Robert Wilson back in 2009 – the 400th anniversary of the publication of the sonnets – to set some of them for a production of the Berliner Ensemble, a theatre company founded by Bertold Brecht in 1949. Although Wainwright’s interest in the poems dates back to his youth when he was encouraged to read them by his mother, they have been of ongoing interest in recent years. Following the cabaret style production in Berlin replete with garish costumes, the San Francisco Symphony commissioned Wainwright to orchestrate five of the sonnets for the concert hall, three of which appeared on his 2010 album All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu. The current production is kind of a mixed bag, with lush full orchestral accompaniments featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra, smaller settings with the Berlin String Section and a number of tracks with pop band instrumentation. All of the sung sonnets are introduced by a dramatic reading of the text, with the exception of Wainwright’s performance of Take All My Loves (Sonnet 40) which incorporates Marius de Vries’ recitation into the body of the song. Prohaska’s voice, celebrated across a repertoire that spans three centuries, is a highlight, especially in the gentle A Woman’s Face (Sonnet 20) and the wickedly dramatic Th’Expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame (Sonnet 129). Wainwright’s distinctive voice is particularly effective in the title track, but his reprise of A Woman’s Face is something of a letdown with its straightforward pop arrangement and sensibility. The extensive booklet includes an introduction by British actor Peter Eyre, full texts, translations and production credits. What is missing is an explanation of why two of the sonnets are presented in German necessitating the translations, or more properly the English originals, of All Dessen Müd (Sonnet 66) in a cabaret-like arrangement and Farewell (Sonnet 87) sung beautifully by Prohaska. I assume this has to do with the Berliner Ensemble origins of the settings, but it and a rhythmic Balkan folk dance. Beauvais incorporates Renaissance-style “divisions” in the warm and luscious Open Moonflower which is paired with the cascading Shoveling Clouds. Carré St. Anne, the final track on this very satisfying disc, begins quietly but gradually builds to a driving conclusion based on a Brazilian dance form. Throughout, the recorded sound is rich, but natural, and surprisingly free of extraneous finger and string noise. One thing I did not mention in the Beauvais review was that several of the tracks put me in mind of the Paul Winter Consort and how classical guitarist Ralph Towner was integrated into the fabric of that seminal crossover band in the 1970s. I mention this now because another package that found my attention this past month was a reissue of the 1996 CD Pete (LMUS 0032) along with the DVD Living Music Festival 1982 (LMU-45) featuring Pete Seeger and the Paul Winter Consort, on Winter’s Living Music label (paulwinter. com). Released 20 years ago when Seeger was 77, Pete – Pete Seeger and Friends brings together Joanie Madden (pennywhistle), Howard Levy (harmonica), Paul Winter (soprano sax), Paul Preston (banjo, mandolin) and three different choirs, Gaudeamus, the Union Baptist Church Singers and the Cathedral Singers, in 18 songs showing the breadth of Seeger’s interest and experience. From straightforward folk songs like Kisses Sweeter Than Wine, through protest, pro-environment and pro-humanity offerings, Garbage, To My Old Brown Earth and My Rainbow Race, and to storytelling, Huddie Ledbetter Was a Hell of a Man, and traditional songs like The Water is Wide, we are presented with many facets of one of the most influential folk singers of the 20th century, someone who brought so many people together over the course of a career that spanned almost eight decades. The DVD is a bit of a time capsule. Recorded at the Living Music Festival in 1982 when Seeger was a sprightly 63, the footage never saw the light of day until after his death in 2014 when Paul Winter sought out filmmaker Phil Garvin who fortunately still had the raw footage. The festival, organized by Winter in the Lichtfield Hills of northwest Connecticut, featured the Paul Winter Consort in selections from their album Common Ground, singer Susan Osborn and the Brazilian Pe de Boi Samba Band. Seeger performs an extended solo set singing in English, Yiddish, French and Spanish, accompanying himself on banjo, 12-string guitar and block flute. He also collaborates with the other performers and as you would expect there is lots of audience participation. It is vintage Seeger and a wonderfully nostalgic look at peace festivals of days gone by. There are bonus tracks recorded at the “Pete-nic” at Winter’s farm in 1997 and a five minute solo performance by Seeger for the Harriet Beecher Stowe Society in 2005 on the 40th anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” Pettus Bridge March in Selma, Alabama. Although his voice had almost disappeared by that time, his energy and conviction had not flagged. It is a moving performance. The CD/DVD set was supported by Music for the Earth, a non-profit foundation dedicated to “exploring ways that music can be used to enrich the lives of human beings and awaken a spirit of involvement in the preservation of wildlife and the natural environment of the Earth” – things to which Pete Seeger devoted his life and his art. Chaim Tannenbaum is another who has been involved in the folk music scene for more than half a century, albeit in a peripheral role. Peripheral that is if you’re not part of the Wainwright/McGarrigle musical dynasty. The erstwhile professor of the philosophy of mathematics and logic has been an integral part of that extended family throughout the decades, managing to stay as friend and collaborator with both Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle in spite of their breakup, frequently performing with Wainwright and with Kate and Anna McGarrigle and mentoring Loudon and Kate’s precocious offspring Rufus and Martha. Tannenbaum is a multi-instrumentalist with a 72 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com Gergiev makes a very strong case for his interpretation – rough and rhythmic, rather than romantic – and provides an insightful introduction that shows how this 100-year-old masterwork is still fresh and vibrant. Shameless self-promotion II: I am hosting a fundraiser on behalf of New Music Concerts at “Coffee House 345” (aka Gallery 345 on Sorauren) on Wednesday June 15. I will be bringing my eclectic repertoire, 6- and 12-string guitars and a few musical friends along for the ride. Thanks to NMC’s board of directors there will be complimentary snacks and libations. For reservations call 416-961-9594. We welcome your feedback and invite submissions. CDs and comments should be sent to: DISCoveries, WholeNote Media Inc., The Centre for Social Innovation, 503 – 720 Bathurst St. Toronto ON M5S 2R4. We also encourage you to visit our website thewholenote. com where you can find added features including direct links to performers, composers and record labels, “buy buttons” for on-line shopping and additional, expanded and archival reviews. would have been nice if Eyre, whose English performance of Farewell with Wainwright can be found on YouTube, would have explained. Concert note: Toronto audiences can catch Rufus Wainwright’s acclaimed recreation of Judy Garland’s 1961 Carnegie Hall show “Rufus Does Judy” June 23 and 24 at the Hearn Generating Station as part of this year’s Luminato Festival. Concert note: On June 18 another Luminato performance at the Hearn features soloists of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with concertmaster Jonathan Crow and narrator Derek Boyes in Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat. Naxos recently released a new recording of that work, Stavinsky – The Soldier’s Tale (Complete) featuring the Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players with violinist Tianwa Yang, narrator Fred Child and actors Jared McGuire (The Soldier) and Jeff Biehl (The Devil) under the direction of JoAnn Falletta (8.573537). I have always liked this pocket drama – an hour-long Faustian story of a young man who sells his soul – or in this case his violin – to the devil and in so doing loses the things and people he loves. Composed in 1917 while Stravinsky was living in Switzerland during the First World War, it is scored for a modest orchestra of seven players reflecting the ravaged ranks of musicians who survived that conflict. Of principal interest is the violin, so dear to the soldier – its themes will reappear in Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto some 14 years later. It is a different take on the story because it is not the soldier’s greed which leads him to his fateful error. He is actually perfectly content with his modest life and his fiddle but is tricked by the devil into making the trade. Although granted fortune through the book he trades for, which foretells the future, it was never his idea and he is never comfortable in the role. Eventually he finds a way to beat the devil – by letting him win at cards – and regain his life. Spoiler Alert: all does not end well when you play with the devil and in a scene reminiscent of Orpheus’ glance back at Eurydice, the devil regains the upper hand and the violin. The story is narrated effectively and Yang’s violin playing is flawless and convincing in this new performance. It is a welcome addition to my collection. And a quick final note. The Story of Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps with Valery Gergiev (ArtHaus Music 109210) is a very effective documentary film by Peter Rump. Gergiev leads the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra through a rehearsal during which he analyzes and explains his approach to the iconic work. This is intercut with commentary and piano examples by Gergiev and historic footage of Stravinsky, Pierre Boulez and Alexander Toradze. David Olds, DISCoveries Editor [email protected] W TERRY ROBBINS hen violinist Jacques Israelievitch joined the Faculty of Music at York University in 2008 he became a colleague of pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico, and it wasn’t long before they started performing as a duo. They also sight-read all of the Mozart sonatas for their own pleasure, and soon added some of the late works to their concert recitals. This led to their performing all of the sonatas in a marathon concert of more than seven hours (with three short breaks), an experience which convinced them to try to recreate the excitement by recording the complete series. They were part of the way through the project when Israelievitch was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. Despite a break for hospital treatment he managed to find the strength to complete the project, recording the final six sonatas in less than four hours. He passed away on September 5, 2015. Mozart: Sonatas and Variations for Piano and Violin Vol.1 is the initial release in the series, issued “with a heavy heart” by Fleur de Son Classics (FDS 58034). This first volume features the Sonata No.28 in E Flat K380, the Sonata No.32 in B-Flat Major K454, the Sonata No.35 in A Major K526 and the Six Variations on a French Song K360. These works are perfectly suited to Israelievitch’s distinctive style and sound, which was always warm, gentle and sensitive. More Visit the Listening Room Online. Enhanced reviews. Click to listen. Click to buy. Rufus Wainwright commemorates Shakespeare’s in dramatic fashion in this collection of sonnets performed by both actors and vocalists, including Anna Prohaska. thewholenote.com Stravinsky wrote The Soldier’s Tale work in collaboration with author Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz and artist Rene-Victor Auberjonois, and is based on a Russian folk tale by Alexander Afanasyev. Irish-born Victor Herbert - a cellist, conductor, composer of light operas, and recording artist - was one of the most celebrated names in American music in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Few harpsichordists have come to the defence of the harpsichord repertoire on the modern piano with such conviction and audacity. Fascinating! June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 73 friends and musical partner with Varga since 2004, and one wonders why a solo CD has been so long in coming. Still, it was certainly worth the wait. Two works on the disc by young American composers are world premiere recordings: Caleb Buhrans’ Phantasie and Dan Visconti’s very brief but joyful Hard-Knock Stomp. There are also works by José Bragato, Bohuslav Martinů, Alberto Ginastera and Marin Marais. A student work by a young George Enescu, the single movement Sonata in F Minor, was only recently discovered and is still unpublished. The CD’s title comes from the phrase “paths of the first day” from the Francis Poulenc song Les Chemins de l’amour, the final track on the album. Metcalf adds a vocal performance to bring an excellent CD to a simply lovely close. This also seems to be a great month for violin and piano CDs. Interchange is a new release from the Australian violinist Sarita Kwok (a longtime resident in the United States) and pianist Wei-Yi Yang featuring Violin & Piano Duos of the 20th Century (Genuin GEN 16548). Janáček’s Sonata is a late work that shows the influence of the First World War as well as the composer’s fascination with the speech patterns of his native Moravia that gave his late music such a distinctive sound. It’s a difficult, intense, passionate and constantly changing work, and Kwok captures every element perfectly. Stravinsky’s Duo Concertante and Prokofiev’s Five Melodies are given equally sympathetic performances, and there is a stunning sense of style in Ravel’s Sonata No.2 in G Major, particularly in the Blues middle movement and the final Perpetuum mobile. Kwok displays a gorgeous tone, a dazzling technique and a beautiful focus throughout a terrific CD, and is matched in all respects by Yang’s outstanding piano playing. The latest issue from the outstanding American violinist Rachel Barton Pine is Testament, a 2CD set of the complete Bach Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin (Avie 2CD AV2360). As I’ve noted before, comparative reviews of these sets are not only extremely difficult, given the huge number of performer choices available, but also irrelevant. Probably more than with any other works in the solo repertoire, recorded performances of the Sonatas & Partitas are about making an intimate personal statement. The sheer size and scope of the work means that there will always be countless variations – small and large – between various interpretations; all that matters is that each performer’s personal views and feelings come through, for nothing lays a violinist’s soul bare more than these astonishing pieces. Barton Pine makes no attempt to hide the work’s spiritual significance for her, choosing to record the CD in her church, St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Chicago, the place she calls her “emotional home” for Bach’s music and where she first encountered the violin and first played Bach in a worship setting at the age of four. There’s certainly a spirituality to her playing, which is quite superb. The recording is, she says, a testament to her lifelong relationship with one of the cornerstones of the violin repertoire and to all who have inspired and supported her. And what a testament it is. Canadian violinist Andréa Tyniec has released a simply stunning recording of the Six Sonatas for Solo Violin Op.27 by Eugène Ysaÿe (Really Records REA-CD-5898D). Tyniec raised the money to fund the recording through the online fundraising site Indiegogo and boy, was it worth it! These astonishing sonatas, apparently mapped out within the space of 24 hours in July 1923 and published so than in the early juvenile sonatas written before Mozart turned 11, where the violin is little more than an accompaniment to the piano, the instruments are on equal terms here, and it’s obvious that Israelievitch and Petrowska Quilico are of one mind in their performances. I’m not sure how many volumes there will be in this series – there are 19 mature sonatas as well as the 17 juvenile works – but if this first volume is anything to go by then it will be a series to treasure, and one that will be a wonderful memorial tribute to a great and much-loved violinist. There seems to be a never-ending stream of emerging top-notch violinists these days, but every now and then a talent emerges that simply stops you in your tracks. One such talent is the 19-year-old Canadian violinist Kerson Leong, who makes his CD debut with Bis on the Analekta label with Canadian pianist Philip Chiu (AN 2 9160). Leong is by no means an unknown, having won the Junior First Prize at the 2010 Menuhin Competition in Oslo, as well as numerous awards here in Canada, but from the very first bars of the opening track it’s clear that this is a very special violinist with qualities that lift him from the general crowd and place him in the stratosphere. In a blog from the 2012 Menuhin Competition, Nancy Pellegrini called Leong “a 15-year-old with a 45-year-old’s stage presence.” The level of musical maturity on display here is simply staggering. Leong chose to make his first album a series of encore-style pieces, saying that he thought it would be the ideal way to introduce himself, and it was a wise decision: the wide range of composers and styles allows him to display his dazzling talents to the fullest. From the rich, deep, passionate tone of the Brahms Hungarian Dances Nos.1 and 17, through Kreisler’s Liebesfreud and Liebesleid, a Gluck Melodie, the Bartók Romanian Dances, Medtner’s Fairy Tale, the three Gershwin Preludes, Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise, a simply ravishing Debussy Clair de lune and Valse, to Wagner’s Albumblatt and the final Hebrew Melody Op.33 by Joseph Achron, this is magnificent playing by a young violinist who must surely be on the cusp of a stellar international career. Chiu’s finely judged accompaniments add greatly to an outstanding CD. The Juilliard graduate and Itzhak Perlman protégée, Francesca dePasquale (francescadepasquale.instantencore.com), has also released a self-titled debut album, with pianist Meng-Chieh Liu. Like Leong, dePasquale has been around for quite a while – she made her debut at the age of nine touring Spain – and for her first album chose works that she feels are not only dear to her heart but that also show her wide range as an artist; also like the Leong CD, it’s a choice that works extremely well. DePasquale has a beautiful tone and impressive technique. There’s a lovely reading of the Bach Partita No.2 in D Minor for Solo Violin, and a really strong extended melodic line in Messiaen’s Thème et Variations. Paola Prestini’s very effective Oceanic Fantasy for Solo Violin and Electronics, a 2015 commission from dePasquale, incorporates field recordings of southern Italian songs, although the work is almost entirely for violin alone, with Bach-like arpeggios and doublestopping and strong melody lines. The remaining works are the brief Schumann Intermezzo from the F.A.E. Sonata, Bartók’s Rhapsody No.1 and a simply gorgeous performance of Marietta’s Lied from Korngold’s opera Die Tote Stadt; there is a video of the recording session of the latter, along with audio samples of all the tracks on the CD, on dePasquale’s website. It’s well worth a visit. This seems to be a good month for debut albums. First Day is the solo debut CD of the American cellist Laura Metcalf, accompanied by pianist Matei Varga in another varied program of works to which both performers feel deeply connected (Sono Luminus DSL-92201). Metcalf has extensive experience as both a chamber musician and soloist, and has a lovely tone and a fine legato. She has been 74 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com in 1924, manage to look back to Bach as well as forward to the 20th century, and are arguably the greatest solo works in the violin literature after the Bach Sonatas & Partitas. This is the sixth complete set I’ve received in the past five years and, as with the Bach works, comparative reviews are almost impossible in the space available. Suffice it so say that Tyniec’s faultless technique, outstanding musicianship and a crystal-clear recorded sound make this marvellous set one to revisit and to treasure. One of the Ysaÿe sonatas – the No.4 in E Minor – is featured on Perspectives on Light & Shadow, the new CD from violinist Ann Miller (annmillerviolin.com) with pianist Sonia Long. Although a more-than-capable reading, it doesn’t quite match Tyniec’s; a rather muddy recorded sound doesn’t help. The same could be said for the Bartók Sonata No.1 for Violin and Piano, which doesn’t really come up to the Tanja Becker-Bender recording reviewed last month. The real gem here, though, and what makes this CD so interesting, is the Sonata for Violin and Piano by the American composer Robert Beaser (b.1954). Consisting of a theme and 15 variations divided into three contrasting movements of five variations each, it was reworked for violin in 2002, having been originally written in 1981 for flute and piano, although you would never guess: it’s strong, idiomatic writing for the violin, and a striking and quite brilliant work that brings the best playing on the disc from Miller. Fantasy & Romance – Schumann: Music for Cello and Piano is the latest CD from Emanuel Gruber, who has previously recorded the complete music for cello and piano by Beethoven and Mendelssohn; Keiko Sekino is the pianist this time (Delos DE 3481). Although Schumann loved and played the cello he left only two works written specifically for the instrument: his Cello Concerto in A Minor and the Five Pieces in Folk Style Op.102, the latter included on this album. The other works here are all transcriptions or arrangements, although Schumann did suggest that two works – the Fantasiestücke Op.73 for clarinet and piano and the Adagio and Allegro Op.70 for horn and piano – could also be played on the cello. The Drei Romanzen Op.94, arranged here by Valter Dešpalj, were originally for oboe and piano; the Märchenbilder Op.113, in a transcription by Alfred Piatti and Christian Bellisario, were originally for viola and piano. Two piano pieces – Abendlied Op.85 and the famous Träumerei Op.15, in lovely arrangements by Lothar Lechner – complete a very attractive CD. Gruber notes that the lyrical quality of Schumann’s music makes the cello an ideal medium of expression, and regardless of the original scoring of the works here, these lovely performances certainly support that opinion. Victor Herbert was another composer who played cello, but in his case at full professional level. He was born in Ireland in 1859, but grew up in Germany, emigrating to the United States in 1886. By the late 1890s he was one of the most famous musicians in America, celebrated for his playing and conducting and for his operettas. His Cello Concertos Nos.1 and 2 are featured on a new Naxos CD in performances by Mark Kosower and the Ulster Orchestra under JoAnn Falletta (8.573517). Not surprisingly, both works are typical of the late German Romantic school. The Concerto No.1 in D Major Op.8 was performed by the composer in Stuttgart in 1885, and again in New York in 1887, but remained unpublished and apparently unperformed for many years; it was first recorded in 1986. The Concerto No.2 in E Minor Op.30 is the stronger of the two works. Dvořák attended its premiere in New York in March 1894, and was so impressed with Herbert’s balancing of the large orchestra and the solo cello that it led directly to the composition of his own B-Minor Concerto within the year. Kosower is in great form in two really lovely performances, and Falletta draws spirited playing from the orchestra for which she was principal conductor from 2011 to 2014. Herbert’s Irish Rhapsody for Grand Orchestra completes the disc; it’s the expected mix of Irish tunes, much like the Bruch Scottish Fantasy in mood and orchestration, and with some brilliant counterpoint to round it off. There’s more Irish music on Dancing in Daylight – Contemporary Piano Trios from Ireland, a new CD featuring works by Seóirse Bodley (b.1933), John Buckley (b.1951), Rhona Clarke (b.1958) and Fergus Johnston (b.1959) in performances by the Fidelio Trio (métier msv 28556). Last year the trio completed a residency in the music department of St. Patrick’s College in Drumcondra, Dublin, during which time they commissioned the works by Bodley, Buckley and Johnston. Johnston’s Piano Trio dates from 2011; Buckley’s Piano Trio from 2013; and Bodley’s Piano Trio ‘Dancing in the Daylight’ from 2014. Clarke’s Piano Trio No.2 was originally written in 2001, but revised in 2007 and 2015, when it was played during the Trio’s residency. All four works are extremely strong, well-written, accessible and effective, with performances and recording quality of the highest level throughout a really interesting CD. Nocturne is the second CD by the Thunder Bay flamenco guitarist You can find enhanced reviews of all discs below the yellow line at TheWholeNote.com/listening This is the sixth release in ATMA’s project to record the sacred cantatas of J.S. Bach in conjunction with the Montréal Baroque Festival. thewholenote.com Baritone Jesse Blumberg and pianist Martin Katz have immersed themselves in Schubert's monumental song-cycle, guiding listeners through the varied landscapes of Schubert's Winter Journey. Sudbin - hailed as ‘one of the greatest pianists of the 21st century’ - releases this brilliant new Scarlatti disc following a 7-year & 14-album collaboration with BIS. Organist Yves-G. Préfontaine is featured in the first recording made on the splendid Juget-Sinclair Op. 35 organ installed in the Chapelle du Musée de l’Amérique francophone. June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 75 and composer Matt Sellick (matt.sellick@ gmail.com), whose first album After Rain was very favourably reviewed in the February 2015 edition of The WholeNote. Sellick has spent four summers studying in Spain with some of the leading flamenco guitarists, and it show. He admits that this new CD is “more clearly flamenco” than his first, but also acknowledges that there are other influences at work here as well. All 11 pieces – some solo and some accompanied by bass and percussion – are original compositions, and there is a lovely mix of different moods and tempos. He obviously has a great feel for flamenco, an outstanding technique – clean, accurate and clearly defined – and plays with a warm rich sound and a lovely range of tone colour and shading. The recording quality and ambience are perfect. Sellick is clearly a huge talent; this is a terrific CD, and it will be very interesting to see what he does next. KeyedIn X that Beethoven’s creative genius is for him, supreme. Timothy Steeves, known for his six recordings with violinist Nancy Dahl as Duo Concertante, has now released his first solo disc, Haydn Sonatas (Marquis MAR 469). Steeves admits to having a lifelong admiration for Haydn’s music and his choice of the three sonatas on this disc is meant to show Haydn’s creativity and originality. While the modern ear may have difficulty in hearing this music as original, because of its similarities to baroque and Mozartian works, a quick self-reminder as to where Haydn sits historically helps place him as the significant bridge from the baroque to the classical period. Steeves plays with great clarity, required especially in the upper voices where Haydn tends to nest his melodies. He has a touch that demonstrates impressive control of tonal colouring, so important in the slow movements of the sonatas. The Adagio of the Sonata in A-Flat Major Hob.XVI:46 is an example of how Steeves gives the middle register a lovely dark sound while it supports a brighter upper voice. And while Haydn rarely creates the complex counterpoint we associate with Bach, Steeves pulls out inner voices whenever Haydn sends them lower down the keyboard. The Sonata in C Minor Hob.XVI:20 opening movement is a telling example of how ornamentation remained a staple of keyboard writing style from the Renaissance, through the baroque and into the classical period. Steeves is meticulous throughout the first movement where Haydn has inserted trills and grace notes liberally. The Andante is noteworthy for the freedom Steeves takes with its phrasings, slowing a select few to a near stop to heighten the impact of their final cadence. Steeves’ affection for Haydn is obvious and makes this a recording worth having. In Baroque Session on Piano (Analekta AN 2 9128) harpsichordist Luc Beauséjour takes to the piano with pieces that he argues work well on that instrument for specific reasons. Beauséjour points out that much of the harpsichord repertoire does not play well on our modern keyboard because of the piano’s inability to deliver the clarity of complex ornamentation so often required by 15th- and 16th-century repertoire. He also points out that the darker colours of the piano’s middle registers can often obscure inner contrapuntal voices. Greater resonance is yet another factor that requires pianists to change phrasing techniques when playing harpsichord repertoire. Selecting a program that avoids the worst of these problems, Beauséjour presents an attractive mix of frequently recorded works and others less well known. A couple of familiar Scarlatti sonatas and Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes deliver wonderfully clear and fluid runs. Bach’s Concerto in D Minor BWV974 after Marcello is an example of how the piano’s touch-based colours can make the second movement even more intensely expressive. Other works by Louis Couperin and Georg Böhm, keep much of their harpsichord character with graceful arpeggios that Beauséjour retains more for a sense of period style than necessary technique. He includes a set of four Correnti by Frescobaldi and imbues them with a strongly rhythmic bounce and keyboard touch that suggests the crisp attack of the harpsichord’s plectra. Baroque Session on Piano is a very fine recording commendable for ALEX BARAN iayin Wang has recorded nearly a dozen CDs. Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No.2; Khachaturian – Piano Concerto; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Peter Oundjian (Chandos CHSA 5167) is her fifth for this label. The Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.2 is a big play at almost 45 minutes. This recording is of the original version, not the shorter one with significant cuts by Taneyev to the second movement. Wang proves to be a very precise player with a lot of stamina for whom Tchaikovsky’s wilder passages pose no difficulty. She is also comfortable with long interpretive pauses that give better definition to the deluge of musical ideas the composer releases in the opening movement. Very much in command of her music when pitted against the orchestra, she also plays beautifully when more exposed with only solo violin and cello, as she is in the second movement. Similarly, in the Khachaturian Piano Concerto, Wang sustains long passages of simple octaves with great discipline, always sensitive to the mystery of the work’s Asiatic atmosphere. Toronto-born conductor Peter Oundjian leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra of which he has been music director since 2012. The RSNO is superb and deservedly claims its reputation as one of Europe’s leading orchestras. Both concertos require a broad range of stylistic and dynamic expression which the orchestra handles beautifully. They do especially well with the often angular nature of the Khachaturian. This recording brings together a wonderful team of musicians in a pair of truly demanding works. The result is a highly energized and superb performance. With all 32 Beethoven sonatas in his discography, Christian Leotta has now added Beethoven – Diabelli Variations (ATMA ACD2 2485) to his growing list of recordings. The Diabelli Variations have a history of divided critical opinion. At worst, Anton Diabelli’s original theme is considered a trite offering containing very little that any composer can use for a credible variation. That Beethoven used the material to write an entire set of 33 variations, is then something of a miracle that speaks directly to the composer’s inventive gift. Regardless of the theme’s actual merits, or lack of them, a performer needs to understand what Beethoven is actually doing in each variation in order to perform them intelligently. This is where Leotta proves his standing as a highly respected Beethoven interpreter. He understands that Beethoven uses as little as a single interval and often barely more than that, a pick-up note, an ornament or a rhythmic pattern, to construct his variations. He remains highly focused on this, and in doing so holds the set of variations together despite its diverse moments of comedy, tumult, melancholy and contemplation. Leotta has discerned Beethoven’s deepest imprint and conveys it in each of these utterances. What he makes clear by the end of it all is 76 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com conveying the dance-like nature and Eastern flavour of Cypriot music. French pianist Jonas Vitaud has only a few recordings to his credit, and while he’s already in his mid-30s, his remarkable playing would suggest we should really be hearing more from him. His newest recording Tchaikovsky – Les Saisons (Mirare MIR 308) offers two starkly contrasting works. The Seasons Op.37a is an introspective work constructed on a calendar scheme with 12 sections. The music has some programmatic content based on activities or events associated with each month of the year. It is, more significantly, marked by a constant presence of fragility that is perhaps best known in the often quoted Barcarolle representing June. Even December – Noël concludes the cycle lightly and quietly. Maintaining this emotional posture with only a few energetic releases in sections like La Chasse is a challenge that Vitaud handles beautifully. His tenderness and fragility never convey weakness but seem perfectly poised. His playing is assured, even in the most tentative of Tchaikovsky’s moments. By contrast, the Grand Sonata in G Major Op.37 begins with huge chordal gestures of confidence. These are echoed with even greater energy in the closing movement and played at furious speed. Still, the Grand Sonata contains a remarkable moment in the second movement Andante (about a third of the way through) where Vitaud strikes a dense chord and lets it sustain with all the dampers up off the strings. The resulting resonances grow by the moment into a rich texture not achievable by any other means. It’s a stunning device that he repeats near the end of the movement with the same result. It’s brilliant and creative. We need more recordings by this fine musician who’s definitely worth hearing. Piano four-hands offers a texture not quite achieved in any other keyboard configuration. The possibilities for density and polyphony have enticed composers since keyboards became commonplace. Pianists Jerome Lowenthal and Michael Brown have just released Americans in Paris (Concert Artists Guild Records VEC 116 concertartists.org) and recorded some favourites including the Ravel Ma mère l’Oye that includes short bits of introductory narration to setup the fairy-tale background of each segment. Samuel Barber’s Souvenirs Op.28 is a compilation of dances set in New York’s Plaza Hotel about 1914 and evokes the music Barber would have heard as a boy when taken there by his mother for tea. Lowenthal and Brown make an outstanding piano duo and deliver these dances, many of which have ample humour injected into them, with impeccable precision. its intelligence and musicality. Unapologetic about the highly pianistic approach he takes, Yevgeny Sudbin admits that playing Scarlatti on the piano is in reality a transcription for a new instrument. Consequently, Scarlatti – 18 Sonatas (BIS-2138 SACD) is fully piano, with sustain pedal wherever needed, generous dynamic expression and every other technique the modern instrument can offer. Sudbin makes no effort at historical performance practice and instead claims the freedom to do whatever the music leads him to do – on the piano. The result of all this might be a little shocking but is, ultimately, very believable because of the quality of the musical decisions underlying these controversial choices. Scarlatti remains identifiably Scarlatti, albeit with a new voice. Sudbin’s playing is undeniably gorgeous, rich in colour and texture, and everything the piano wants it to be. As a litmus test for open mindedness on this issue compare the familiar Sonata in C Major K159 to any other performance, especially the Beauséjour described above. Winner of the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Vadym Kholodenko has released a new recording with a varied program showing his remarkable versatility. In Tchaikovsky/Balakirev/Chaplygin/Kurbatov (Melodiya MEL CD 10 02365), Kholodenko opens with Balakirev’s Sonata No.2 in B-Flat Minor Op.102, a beautiful if curious work. The first movement begins with a contrapuntal idea that could have been written by Bach, and this is exactly how Kholodenko plays it. The second and third movements become increasingly Chopinesque until the Finale leaves no doubt where Balakirev’s French stylistic influences originate. Despite this kaleidoscope of voices, Kholodenko provides a consistent and expressive approach. His playing style feels very choreographic. His keyboard presence is graceful yet powerful but not overbearing. Videos of his performances show him to be a physically restrained pianist but highly focused on expressiveness and this is, in fact, the first and most lasting impression he makes. Tchaikovsky’s rarely heard Six Pieces on a Single Theme, Op. 21 is the only such short cycle he wrote. It uses a 15-note series embedded in the opening bars of each piece, varied only in rhythm. Kholodenko treats each section as a distinct character piece and closes the work with an impressive and energetic Scherzo. Little Cyprian Music (2003) by Evgeny Chaplygin is a contemporary piece that compiles a series of musical impressions of a holiday on that island. It’s richly textured and technically very demanding in some passages. Kholodenko focuses on the composer’s intent in Visit the Listening Room Online. Enhanced reviews. Click to listen. Click to buy. Between 1987 and 2014, German soprano Ingrid Schmithüsen sang in more than seventy performances of Schönberg’s Pierrot lunaire cycle with various ensembles. thewholenote.com Featuring flautist Marianne Gedigian Available now at CDBaby.com, Amazon and iTunes “simply the best recordings of the Copland pieces I have ever heard…, — James Abbott, The Jade Sphinx This is Sam Broverman's third album. It is an eclectic collection of jazz and pop tunes. “A first-rate interpreter of songs... and her phrasing is oh-so natural and flexible. In short, she’s the real deal.” –All About Jazz, 4 stars June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 77 Plenty of piano students have played the four-hands Dolly Suite Op.56 by Gabriel Fauré. This performance is well-paced. Messieu Aoul and Le pas espagnol are especially admirable for the coordinated energy and execution they require. The highlight of the CD is a four-hands arrangement of George Gershwin’s An American in Paris. It’s an autobiographical work recounting Gershwin’s own time there in the mid-1920s. It features some obvious references early in the work to the set of authentic Parisian taxi horns Gershwin had purchased during his trip. Lowenthal and Brown seem most at home in this piece, really feeling the deep melancholy of the blues section, as well as the jazzy syncopations that drive so much of the music. Ernst Krenek was one of the 20th century’s most stylistically complete composers whose vocabulary gave him creative access to both historical and contemporary expression. On Ernst Krenek – Piano Music, Volume One (Toccata Classics TOCC 0298), Ukrainian-born Stanislav Khristenko performs a well-balanced program of Krenek’s compositions. The Piano Sonata No.4 Op.114 (1948) is a work in which Khristenko demonstrates Krenek’s ability to move seamlessly between ideas that are tonally centred and others that aren’t. Khristenko not only captures the neo-romantic essence of Krenek’s language, but also the unsettling elements of the composer’s early life that express themselves in the edgy phrasing he uses to evoke the changed world emerging from the two world wars. Khristenko’s choice of the George Washington Variations, Op.120 (1950) is especially entertaining for its use of all of Krenek’s favourite devices. Deployed as they are, they move an opening 19th-century military march through a metamorphosis of clever changes in which Khristenko never lets go of the initial musical idea. Krenek held a lifelong devotion to the music of Franz Schubert. He spent years coming to understand the genius of Schubert’s music, its design and balance, especially as present in his lieder. Krenek’s decision to complete Schubert’s Piano Sonata in C Major D840 is based solely on the existence of sufficient thematic material in the final VOCAL Alessandro Scarlatti – La Gloria di Primavera Moore; Ograjenšek; van der Linde; Phan; Williams; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale; Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia PDP-09 !!Alessandro Scarlatti was a major composer of the early 18th century, particularly known as a composer of opera. Since then his work has virtually disappeared. La gloria di primavera is not an opera but a serenata composed to mark the birth of the Archduke Leonard, the son of the emperor Charles VI, in 1716. Structurally the work is like an opera seria, with its alternation of recitatives and arias (mostly da capo), only one duet and few ensembles. The characters are allegories of the four seasons: Spring (the mezzo Diana Moore), Summer (the soprano Suzana Ograjenšek), Autumn (the countertenor Clint van der Linde) and Winter (the tenor Nicholas two movements to make credible development possible. Naturally, it’s difficult to listen to this Schubert without also listening for some Krenek. Khristenko is also currently working on recording the complete works of Krenek as well as a recording of Soler sonatas. It can be understandably difficult to get terribly excited about a recording of an upright piano, especially if it’s old, really old, say 1834. So why would Alex Szilasi record Chopin Berceuse, Barcarolle & Impromptus (Hungaroton HCD32473) on an old Pleyel upright? Evidently this one is special – Chopin played it. Pleyel Company archives show that Chopin played it at the factory in Paris and selected it for the Russian ambassador. He liked this particular model so much that he ordered one for himself. Both instruments were delivered to adjacent apartments at the ambassador’s residence where Chopin was a frequent guest. While Chopin’s piano was eventually lost, the other instrument has survived fully authenticated. This is its recording debut. Chopin favoured the Pleyel piano for its soft tone. It was doublestrung in its middle and upper registers and therefore softer than later triple-strung instruments. It responds to the gentlest touch to produce nearly inaudible pianissimos. Aggressive or heavy touch tends to cause distortion on these instruments, so Chopin would have favoured them for very specific repertoire, and certainly nothing terribly bombastic, hence this CD’s program of more tender compositions. Szilasi creates some amazing effects with the instrument. The rapid chromatic runs in the right hand through the upper octaves of the keyboard sound extremely fragile like a web of silk threads, yet they remain clear although very soft. This is best heard in the Impromptu in F-Sharp Major Op.36. The familiar Fantasie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor Op.72 is also a dramatic contrast to the more muscular performances commonly heard on modern pianos. Alex Szilasi has created a thought-provoking recording that gives us a glimpse of how Chopin would have heard and played his own music 180 years ago. Phan). The four cannot agree on who can take the credit for the birth of the baby and they agree to ask Jove (the bass-baritone Douglas Williams) to adjudicate. The singing and the orchestral playing on this CD are splendid but overall my sense is that the work does not represent Scarlatti at his best. The section near the end contrasting the devastation caused by the War of the Spanish Succession with the peace established in 1713 (the Peace of Utrecht) is splendid, but the basic plot strikes me as pretty flimsy. Hans de Groot La Pentecôte: Bach – Cantates 68, 173, 174, 184 Mauch; Bertin; Daniels; Sarragosse; Montréal Baroque; Eric Milnes ATMA ACD2 2405 !!The Montreal Baroque Festival is held every summer in the historic churches, factories and warehouses of Old Montreal, and for the past six summers recording label ATMA has partnered with them to produce a recording of Bach’s cantatas, with discerningly spare vocal forces (one voice to each part) accompanied by period ensemble. This latest in the series features cantatas Bach composed between 1724 and 1729 for Pentecost, celebrated in the liturgical calendar 50 days after Easter Sunday. Bach’s realization of the themes of the Pentecost, the tongues of flame, the rushing wind, the spreading of the word as well as Christ’s revelation of God’s love for the world in BWV68, Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt (God so loved the world) which begins with chorale and ends with a quite busy and complex choral movement on a quotation from the Gospel of John, in which the four soloists race along beautifully together. In this and many of the others featured on the disc, Bach borrows from previous works, in this case two arias from his Hunting Cantata. Soprano Monika Mauch, countertenor Pascal Bertin, tenor Charles Daniels and bass Jean-Claude Sarragosse have lovely arias throughout the cantatas and the orchestra some lovely mirroring of parts throughout. Such a gem; we hope for many more annual releases from the festival. Dianne Wells Concert Note: Eric Milnes conducts Bande Montréal Baroque and a cast of rising young singers in Bach Cantatas 76, 79 and 80 at the Montreal Baroque Festival June 26. Ferdinando Bertoni – Orfeo Genaux; Lombardi-Mazzulli; Petryka; Accademia di Santo Spirito de Ferrara; Ensemble Lorenzo da Ponte; Roberto Zarpellon Fra Bernardo FB 1601729 (frabernardo. com) !!Ferdinando Bertoni’s Orfeo ed Euridice was first performed in 1776, 14 years after Gluck’s opera on the same subject. The two operas use the same libretto (by Calzabigi) and, in both cases, the role of Orfeo was first sung by the castrato Gaetano Guadagno. Bertoni was clearly aware of the Gluck opera and the two works have a great deal in common: no more da capo arias and an increased role for the orchestra and for the chorus. No one is likely to prefer Bertoni’s work to that of Gluck: it lacks the aggressiveness of the Furies or the celestial calm of the Elysian Fields or the pathos of Orfeo’s lament when he loses Eurydice for the second time. The English 18th-century musicologist Charles Burney once wrote that Bertoni’s operas “would please and soothe by their grace and facility, but not disturb an audience by enthusiastic turbulence.” The comment is a little snarky and certainly very English but not altogether unfair. Casting a singer for a role created by a castrato always involves problems. John Eliot Gardiner has both performed and recorded Gluck’s opera and has always used a countertenor in the main part. He argues that casting a female mezzo or alto constitutes a “deplorable” distortion. But we don’t really know what an 18th-century castrato sounded like and we have no guarantee that a modern countertenor comes closer than a female singer. In this recording the part of Orfeo is taken by the mezzo Vivica Genaux and she is splendid. It is probably true that Bertoni “never had sufficient genius and fire to attain the sublime” (Burney again) and that he was not a major composer like Gluck. Still, there is plenty to enjoy in this recording. Recommended. Hans de Groot Schubert – Winterreise Jesse Blumberg; Martin Katz Blue Griffin Records BGR393 (bluegriffin.com) !!It is a rare occur- rence when the accompanist in a recording is more of a household name than the singer; at the same time, it is refreshing to see the older, accomplished musician supporting a younger generation of singers. Pianist Martin Katz, who is well known for his performances with Marilyn Horne, Frederica von Stade, José Carreras, Kiri Te Kanawa and Kathleen Battle, first performed Schubert’s poignant song cycle Winterreise with Jesse Blumberg at Chicago’s Collaborative Works Festival, an annual celebration of art song, showcasing up-and-coming singers. While the young baritone clearly possesses the ability to provide all the necessary dramatic aplomb, Katz underscores the performance with all the intelligent expressivity of a supremely knowledgeable and seasoned veteran. And, at the same time, both manage to present this mixture of pathos and bluster whilst never sacrificing the beauty of exquisite tone and lyricism. The richness of this baritone voice also has a lovely upper register realized in Die Nebensonnen near the end of the song cycle, finishing with the tender yet strangely detached observation of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man (Der Leiermann). A lovely and sensitive rendition of a most complex and challenging work. Dianne Wells Concert Note: Jesse Blumberg is one of four young singers featured in Bach Cantatas 76, 79 and 80 at the Montreal Baroque Festival June 26. Eric Milnes conducts Bande Montréal Baroque. Bizet – Carmen Rice; Hymel; Argiris; Kovalevska; Royal Opera House; Constantinos Carydis Opus Arte OA 1197 D Bizet – Les Pêcheurs de perles Ciofi; Korchak; Solari; Tagliavini; Orchestra e Coro del Teatro di San Carlo; Gabriele Ferro Cmajor 719508 !!This release calls itself a film, but in reality it’s a DVD of Francesca Zambello’s 2006 staging that has seen better days like Jonas Kaufmann and Anna Caterina Antonacci, big name stars, but in another video. There were movies made of Carmen very successfully in the past with beautiful Seville as backdrop, real mountains, real bullfights, but this is nothing of the sort. It is shot in HD and even in 3D, obviously aimed at the mass market, because “Carmen sells” even for people who don’t know or care much about opera. The score is cut heavily by leaving out the “boring bits” like the intermezzos between acts, some of Bizet’s most beautiful music, making a rather short opera even shorter. The staging is traditional, expertly directed with unremarkable sets that leave lots of empty space for big crowds. There You can find enhanced reviews of all discs below the yellow line in The WholeNote listening room. This recording is most extensive reconstruction of cabaret acts created by brilliant Jewish artists in the Theresienstadt concentration camp during WWII, for the first time in English! thewholenote.com The new album by pianist, Florian Hoefner, winner of the Montréal Jazz Festival Rising Star Award 2015. 32 CDs of the Complete Works of Bartók, including never before recorded early piano and vocal works “A composer-bandleader of insightful resolve.” (NY Times) Deutsche Grammophon’s 64 CD set completes its deluxe survey of this legend. Presented in original sleeves and couplings! June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 79 are all kinds of animals on stage, chickens, a donkey plus a beautiful black horse that carries in the torero Escamillo (Aris Argiris) who sings his big entry number on horseback. The production deserves praise for giving a chance to young singers who are attractive, enthusiastic, look the part, relaxed and athletic with fine, strong voices. American tenor Bryan Hymel is no Alagna or Kaufmann, but has a strong, attractive voice and a certain vulnerability of character that makes him a believable Don José. His Flower Aria gets the biggest applause, deservedly. The role of Carmen is certainly what makes or breaks this opera and ROH chose mellifluous British mezzo Christine Rice who puts in an energetic and compelling performance and develops her character nicely from a seductress to tragic, defiant heroine, but the seconda donna, Maija Kovalevska (Micaela), an already highly accomplished Latvian soprano of wonderful stage presence, is a nice surprise and a joy to hear and behold. Most likely known by the famous duet Au fond du temple saint between the two male principals, Bizet’s second most famous opera has shared the fate of Carmen by being a disastrous failure on its premiere, so totally unappreciated by the French petit bourgeoisie that it pushed its genius composer into an early grave. Nevertheless Les Pêcheurs de perles remains an exotic, atmospheric, gorgeously melodic score, coming to us from the resplendent 18th-century San Carlo opera house of Naples that has a 250-year tradition of singing excellence. Fabio Sparvoli’s visionary staging, all in shades of beautiful blues, evokes sultry Arabian Nights. There is an ever-present ballet of sinuous dancers representing the spirits of the sea, sometimes playful, sometimes menacing as in the third act when it all turns into bloodthirsty madness. The heroine is a beautiful priestess enslaved by the Brahmins to keep her chastity on pain of death, but she defies her fate by falling in love, bringing on the wrath of Brahma, the creator god, and the morbidly superstitious mob of the pearl fisher community. Italian spinto soprano, Patrizia Ciofi, famous for her supple, light, wonderfully expressive voice, deserves the highest praise as the priestess Leila, a role ranging from religious chant to dreamy love song in the night, a love duet and later tempestuous rage fighting for the life of her beloved. The lover, Nadir, is Russian lyric tenor sensation, Dmitry Korchak, who delivers the romance Je crois entendre encore, one of the most beloved melodies ever written and even turned into a pop song. Uruguayan baritone Dario Solari is a powerful and noble Zurga who gives up the girl he loves and brings death on himself by letting the lovers escape. Conducted with great expertise by the 80-year-old master, Gabriele Ferro. Beautiful story, enchanting music, eye-popping scenery. A moving performance. Janos Gardonyi Nielsen – Saul & David Reuter; Riis; Petersen; Kristensen; Staugaard; Resmark; Royal Danish Orchestra and Opera Chorus; Michael Schønwandt Dacapo 2.110412 !!This exciting DVD presents Carl Nielsen’s remarkable opera Saul and David (1901) recorded live at the Royal Danish Opera, in a production celebrating Nielsen’s 150th birthday. It offers a stellar cast, Michael Schønwandt’s brilliant conducting, David Pountney’s provocative stage direction and optional English or Danish subtitles. The work’s availability on DVD should gratify both Nielsen fans and novices. Bass-baritone Johan Reuter is outstanding as the conflicted King Saul. Through powerful acting and expressive singing he defines the dominant yet crisis-ridden character effectively. Morten Staugaard, as implacable Samuel, and Susanne Resmark, as the Witch of Endor, are surely highlights. Tenors Niels Jørgen Riis (David) and Michael Kristensen (Jonathan) and soprano Ann Petersen (Michal) are strong individually and in ensemble; David grows from a tentative opening to energetic emergence as the new king. This approach, to be sure, limits his vocal effectiveness in Act One, compared to David’s harp-accompanied solo and romantic duet with Michal sung by Alexander Young and Elisabeth Søderstrom on an Opera D’Oro CD of the work. Pountney’s production updates Saul and David to our contemporary world: people in apartments watching the action on television; witty choreography of instrumental preludes suggesting frustrating peace negotiations. The director describes Samuel as a religious fundamentalist, restricting us, I think, from considering adequately his prophetic vision for the people of Israel. By the end, though, tremendous performances of Nielsen’s stunning choruses and orchestral support do convey fully the people’s convictions. Roger Knox Rautavaara – Rubaiyat; Balada; Canto V; Four Songs from Rasputin Gerald Finley; Mika Pohjonen; Helsinki Music Centre Choir; Helsinki Philharmonic; John Storgårds Ondine ODE 1274-2 !!Amongst the works that took the composer’s entire life to complete, pride of place belongs to Rubaiyat. Rautavaara vowed to set Edward FitzGerald’s 19th-century translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in 1949, while still a music student. It took 63 years and prodding in the form of a commission from Wigmore Hall for a song cycle destined for Gerald Finley. Well, it was well worth the wait. Rubaiyat is nothing short of a magical piece of music. Over the years, Rautavaara’s musical style transmuted from neo-classicism, dodecaphony, serialism, neo-romantic and post-modern styles into a unique synthesis of all of these, as Kimmo Korhonen writes in detailed liner notes. The music shimmers and glistens, while creating quite a challenge for the voice – the almost continuous melodic lines, requiring circular breathing. Finley, whose voice sounds even better than in the past (a small gift that Father Time dispenses to some baritones and mezzos) excels at bringing into his interpretation the philosophical stance of Khayyam. The rich mix of orchestral and vocal colour is intoxicating. This is most definitely one of those gems that will be taken out of its box and admired frequently – both by listeners and singers. The rest of the album is by no means just filler. It contains Balada, an abandoned and then truncated opera based on texts by Lorca, and arias from Rautavaara’s latest opera, Rasputin. The young Finnish tenor, Mika Pohjonen and the Helsinki Music Centre Choir are perfect partners to Finley in this venture. Robert Tomas Jennifer Higdon – Cold Mountain Gunn; Leonard; Fons; Hunter Morris; Honeywell; Santa Fe Opera; Miguel Harth-Bedoya PentaTone PTC 5186 583 !!The PentaTone series continues with yet another world premiere recording, this one better known as an awardwinning novel (and a Hollywood movie starring Nicole Kidman and Renée Zellweger). A Civil War epic detailing the desertion and journey home of confederate soldier W.P. Inman and the struggles of his faithful wife Ada, Cold Mountain is much admired by both readers and filmgoers. This creates a problem of its own – the towering libretto, faithful to the book, seems to subjugate Jennifer Higdon’s music and almost relegates it to a form of soundtrack. Higdon is a well-regarded composer and recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, a Grammy and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Here, the constraints of the opera bear heavily on her, stifling full creative freedom. She still delivers a score full of beautiful moments and mesmerizing violin writing, managing to endow each character with a musical signature of their own. While listening to this recording, one can only imagine how much greater the music could have been if only it were burdened with a lesser-known libretto. I have no doubt that Cold Mountain was more successful on stage. In fact, the visuals would have helped greatly and perhaps this release should have been a DVD film. For listeners familiar with the book and the movie, it will be a fine reminder of their experience. For the rest of the audience, it may remain a mystery – an opera hesitant to assert itself beyond the libretto. The cast is uniformly good, and we must add a shoutout to Toronto’s own Robert Pomakov, whose agile bass is a pleasure to hear. Robert Tomas EARLY MUSIC AND PERIOD PERFORMANCE Pardessus de Viole Mélisande Corriveau; Eric Milnes ATMA ACD2 2729 !!The elegant music featured on this recording was written for a now largely abandoned instrument – pardessus de viole. This smallest member of the viola da gamba family originated in France at the end of the 17th century and had a brief life span of just over 100 years. While pardessus de viole exemplified French aesthetics and their sophisticated musical tastes and values, it was forsaken with the arrival of the Revolution, which did not stand for the same ideals. Featured composers – Barrière, Caix D’ Hervelois, Boismortier and Dollé – are among many prominent French composers who wrote for this instrument at the height of its popularity. However the selection of pieces on this recording is mostly unpublished and carefully chosen from the microfilm collections of the Bibliothéque nationale de France. What grabbed me immediately was the sound of the “woman’s violin” (as it was nicknamed once upon a time) – pure, light yet robust at times, textured as a crossover between the flute and the violin. Mélisande Corriveau elicits an array of emotions out of her instrument. The virtuosic passages in Jean Barrière’s Sonata in G Major suit her very well but she is equally colourful in depicting the feelings of sorrow in Dollé’s Les Regrets. Eric Milnes is a resourceful and imaginative harpsichord player; together they offer a charming array of ornamentations, making this music a gesture of nobility from the past. Ivana Popovic thewholenote.com Composed to the soul: Abel; Hasse – Concerti; Quartetti; Arie Dorothee Mields; Hamburger Ratsmusik; Simone Eckert CPO 777 911-2 !!This beauti- fully programmed recording offers two quartets, a concerto and an aria by the esteemed 18th-century gambist Carl Friedrich Abel, and an aria by his contemporary Johann Adolf Hasse. Not household names, perhaps, but well worth a listen. The quartets, contemporary transcriptions of two standard string quartets from 1768, make for most pleasant listening. The shift in sonic balance created by giving the first violin part to the bass viol gives a welcome depth and richness to the ensemble sound. The group’s playing is expressive and focused, and it’s also nice to hear tempos that are more laid-back than today’s breakneck norm: the humour and variety of musical gesture in the Allegro con spirito of the Quartet in B Flat, for example, isn’t trumped by the technical mastery required to play it. Michael Fürst plays the solo part of Abel’s two-movement harpsichord concerto with wit and thoughtful brilliance, and his colleagues of the Hamburger Ratsmusik are stylishly eloquent throughout. Soprano Dorothee Mields joins the group for two substantial arias, Abel’s sole surviving vocal piece, Frena le belle lagrime from Sifari (1767), and an aria from Hasse’s La Didone abbandonata (1742). As always, Mields sings with extraordinary musical grace and suppleness. The latter aria is also a contemporary transcription, giving the original obbligato flute part to the viol, which Eckert plays beautifully. Composed to the soul, indeed. I’ll be listening to this one again, and I hope you do too. Alison Melville 1753 – Livre de Montréal Yves-G. Préfontaine ATMA ACD2 2717 !!The brand-new organ in this recording is a replica of an instrument (no longer extant) built in 1753 in Paris for the Cathedral in Quebec City. It contains ten stops, all but two of which are divided, offering different timbres to the upper and lower halves of the keyboard. The repertoire features works likely known to 18th-century Quebec players, including a six-movement Magnificat from the so-called Montreal Organ Book, the manuscript transported to New France in 1724 and discovered in the 1980s. The composers of the nearly 400 pieces in this collection are not named, but a couple of dozen are definitively attributed to Nicolas Lebègue. Appropriately, a further group by Lebègue (not from the MOB) follows, alongside representative compositions from his period by Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers, Louis Marchand and Jean Henry D’Anglebert. There are 34 tracks; each piece lasts on average just over two minutes. Generally in classical French keyboard music one anticipates descriptive titles but there is only one, Lebègue’s “Les Cloches,” with its descending four-note scale suggesting bells. The rest are either liturgical pieces or fugues and other abstract types. The divided stops show to advantage in several pieces with prominent bass solos or based on dialogue between registers. Préfontaine demonstrates remarkable variety of approach and a good deal of freedom within the French baroque style, recalling the comment of a great figure in this music, François Couperin: “We write differently from what we play.” The performances are intelligently lifted off the page. The disc is well produced and a pleasure to hear. Listeners curious about how the Chapelle instrument looks as well as how it sounds may be disappointed however: front and back cover photos show portions of it, but the only artist photo shows Préfontaine at a much larger console, unidentified. John Beckwith CLASSICAL AND BEYOND The Last Concert: Mendelssohn – Incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique Berliner Philharmoniker; Claudio Abbado Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings BPHR 160081 !!Claudio Abbado was conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1990 to 2002, succeeding the iconic Herbert von Karajan who had died in 1989. On an evening in May 2013 Abbado returned to conduct his last concert with the orchestra and as such it was a rather special event. What to program on such an occasion? There is no absolute answer but after hearing and seeing the concert one must agree that the choice was a right one. This wasn’t an audition for anyone but a final get-together of equals to make some music. This isn’t wishful thinking but there was a oneness between conductor and the orchestra here that produced a solidly romantic view of the shenanigans in the Mendelssohn and solidified the passing phantasmal delusions in the Berlioz. This really was a splendid event. To commemorate the second anniversary of Abbado’s death, his last concert with them has been issued by the Berlin Philharmonic June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 81 with full documentation of the evening in a very fine cloth-covered hardcover edition, 24.5cm X 15.5cmX 2.3cm. Inside are two CDs and a Blu-ray disc containing the complete concert in HD audio plus an HD video of the event with choice of stereo or 5.1 surround sound. On the same Blu-ray disc are bonus videos including full documentaries, Claudio Abbado in Berlin – The First Year and Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Remember Claudio Abbado. There are lots of discussions, rehearsals and human interest events plus the reason Abbado had to wait eight months after assuming the post to receive a contract. A personal code to download high resolution audio files is also included. A well-produced 56-page multilingual booklet the size of the package contains information about the two works on the program and how they are tied together. There are interesting articles with many colour photographs. Also there are the names of the personnel of the orchestra in May 2013. Bruce Surtees MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY Schoenberg – Pierrot Lunaire; Max Kowalsky – Pierrot Lunaire Ingrid Schmithüsen ATMA ACD2 2734 !!Arnold Schoenberg’s celebrated 1912 song cycle Pierrot Lunaire is justly regarded as a masterpiece of his mid-period atonal works. Don’t let the bogeyman of atonalism scare you away; this is an extremely compelling work that exudes an atmosphere of exuberance and playfulness. Originally conceived to be performed by an actress and an ensemble of five instruments, the vocal quality that Schoenberg calls for in this multifaceted jewel of a work is unique: not quite sung, not quite spoken, but somewhere in between. The texts consist of 21 poems by the Belgian symbolist Albert Giraud in the German transliteration by Otto Erich Hartleben published in 1892. Many others have set these texts to music, including the persecuted composer and lawyer Max Kowalski (1882-1956), whose cycle of 12 of these poems included here were conceived and published in the same year as Schoenberg’s. Kowalski’s charming and supple settings are cast in a neo-romantic style and are conventionally sung. Having presented the work some 70 times during her career, it’s fair to say that soprano Ingrid Schmithüsen has become the very embodiment of Pierrot and delivers an admirably nuanced account of Schoenberg’s opus. In most cases this complex work involves a conductor; here however, it is clear that the soloist is calling the shots (and incidentally owns the recording copyright). This emphasis on the voice no doubt explains the frustratingly recessed sound of the ensemble, which left me pining for the vivid instrumental presence in just about every other recording I’m familiar with, notably the outstanding 1971 LP by Jan DeGaetani. By contrast, the Kowalski song cycle with pianist Brigitte Poulin is perfectly balanced. Daniel Foley Noravank: Petros Shoujounian – String Quartets 3-6 Quatuor Molinari ATMA ACD2 2737 !!Composed to mark the centenary of the Armenian genocide, Noravank’s title is derived from a homeland monastery that was Petros Shoujounian’s inspiration. Its 14 sections, divided into string quartets of three, three, three and five movements, are symbolically named after rivers and are based on liturgical chants. Quartet No.3 was the most affecting for me, through its tiny echoes of melodies and treatments heard in Morricone’s Gabriel’s Oboe and Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel; it concludes with the provocative Dzoraget. The contradictions of Quartet No.4’s depressive second movement, the energetic third and Quartet No.5’s lamentoso first movement brought to mind the power of nature and the current plight of evacuated Fort McMurray folks – if that’s not the musical equivalent of theological proof-texting. The balance of Quartet No.5 and all of No.6 more overtly reflect the influence of eastern folk songs, both in the keys and the lilts they comprise. Another memory of song, from Chopin’s “Raindrop” Prelude in D-Flat Major No.15 Op.28, is heard in the onomatopoeic burbling waters of the Vedi. This CD was suggested to me, a Pärt fanatic, as a possibly similarly contemplative recording. While these aren’t tracks for mindful meditation, there is an introspective quality to all the movements. Maybe the invoked theme of migration is apt, after all: fires, oppression, the liturgical life – these all involve movement and change. But this introvert was soothed rather than discomfited via the talent of the Quatuor Molinari, who commissioned this work that is ultimately about renewal. Fine liner-note editing and the eponymous cover photograph round out a very marketable product. Vanessa Wells Finding a Voice: The Evolution of the American Sound Walden Chamber Players Independent (waldenchamberplayers.org) !!This new disc from the Walden Chamber Players features compositions which might be described as the linking species of the American music family tree. Ably performed here are works by little-known composers (Marion Bauer 1882-1955), lesserknown works by composers well known (Aaron Copland’s Threnodies), and works by modern composers who write close enough in time to us that they might remain in our blind spot (Ned Rorem). Rorem is best-represented here, and rightfully so – after all, he is a still-living and underappreciated American composer whose healthy sense of deference to American musical heritage is best exemplified by his Ives-tinged The Unquestioned Answer (2002). But it is actually Virgil Thomson’s ghost that looms largest over this recording. In the middle of the 20th century, Thomson achieved more infamy as cantankerous critic than fame as a composer. As far back as 1944, he took aim at the cult of the warhorse, noting that “the enjoyment and understanding of music are dominated in a most curious way by the prestige of the masterpiece.” In that same essay, he wrote, “this snobbish definition of excellence is opposed to the classical concept of a Republic of Letters.” These words could serve as this disc’s manifesto; it demands that we re-evaluate these works which might have otherwise been lost to the murk of history. They may not be capital-M masterpieces (whatever that actually means), but they are nonetheless worth hearing. Elliot Wright WAM Michael Finnissy; Michael Norsworthy New Focus Recordings FCR157 (newfocusrecordings.com) !!While it may not move you to tears or laughter, the music of Michael Finnissy should hold you in a kind of rapt fascination, like an elaborate mechanism with multi-coloured parts moving according to mysterious laws. This new release features American clarinetist Michael Norsworthy. The composer provides the piano accompaniment; also performing are violinist William Fedkenheuer and the New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble. Brief liner notes by the composer offer some helpful information: his substantial Clarinet Sonata unfolds calmly, the piano part presenting a cantus firmus derived from a late Beethoven piano sonata (Op.110). There is no obvious link, but each bar of the original is presented in retrograde (but presumably in the original order) while the clarinet line swans about lazily above. The second track, for E-flat clarinet, two pianos and two bass drums, uses a chance element: though the material is defined, its synchronicity is not. The E-flat colour is shocking; one at first wonders if Norsworthy has forgotten his better reeds at home. Track three introduces cat screeches (yes, literally) and still more chance elements. I do believe my allergies were acting up so I found it hard to concentrate. I kept waiting to sneeze at the next feline interjection. As cute as the kitties are, I preferred the jazzy final track with wind ensemble: Giant Abstract Samba is fun. Just as Finnissy recomposes Beethoven earlier, on the title track his musical source is Mozart. He obviously has no fear of vengeful ghosts seeking him out. WAM moves the performers on- and offstage, a theatrical effect somewhat diluted on record. You’ll hear the violin and later the clarinet at a distance at different moments. I have no idea what it all means, but it’s…fascinating. Max Christie Paths Become Lines Sirius Quartet Autentico Music AMCDA00004 (autenticomusic.com) !!Far from being a spin-off or a clone of the Kronos Quartet, the Sirius Quartet is a fiercely – individually and collectively – creative ensemble that explores an aural landscape with no definable borders. Violinists Fung Chern Hwei and Gregor Huebner, violist Ron Lawrence and cellist Jeremy Harman are composers who worship at the altar of creativity. These are musicians who enter the very grain of the wood of their instruments, emerging after being subsumed in the mysterious vibrations of the air within. Wave after wave of sound forms rippling tonal colours that come alive swathed in the timbres of their instruments. Each time their music is heard one can’t help being impressed by their devilishly good virtuosity. The present recording offers ten classic selections – including a four-part suite – from recent, original repertoire and also furnishes further evidence of the development of the ensemble as they mine an impossibly deep world where jazz meets the classics. Alongside the high spirits of Huebner’s Racing Mind, for instance, a profound contemplative tone is struck in Huebner’s composition, The Wollheim Quartet, a remarkable piece of visceral drama as well as sweetness of tone, with superbly poised rhythm in its Presto movement. Harman’s thewholenote.com Paths Become Lines bursts out in expansive chords and heaving with thick-textured agitation before the music builds into a heated climax. And that is just the beginning of a disc full of excitement and drama. Raul da Gama Tower Music – Bertolozzi Plays the Eiffel Tower Joseph Bertolozzi Innova 933 (innova.mu) !!American composer/percussionist Joseph Bertolozzi’s Tower Music is the culmination of a ten-year project to “play” Paris’ Eiffel Tower using various percussion mallets, etc. The over 10,000 samples recorded live by contact microphones were then reduced to 2,800 descriptively named sounds which he then used to compose the nine exciting tracks. Bertolozzi stresses that only tones made by playing the actual surfaces of Eiffel Tower are heard, and that no added effects were utilized. The to-be-expected rhythmic percussive sounds are heard on A Thousand Feet of Sound and the jump-up-and-boogie grooves of Tower Music. A big surprise is the range of pitches and dynamics comprising the earworm melodies of the lilting waltz Elephant on the Tower. Especially intriguing is Evening Harmonies, in which the composer abandons rhythmic and melodic compositional traditions and lets the Tower play for its own sound sake. The rich sonorities and soundscapes of this composed yet free-improvisational-feel-piece turn the Eiffel Tower into a musical instrument of inherent deep tone, abrasive power and wide dynamic range. An informative bonus track has Bertolozzi explaining the ins and outs of the recording, production and details of this project. This is more than just a raised eyebrow joie de vivre sound installation. Bertolozzi is a sensitive musician attuned to quality sound production and dynamic rhythmical nuances. His compositions are concise, clear and accessible. There are plans for a future live performance. For now, listen and enjoy! Tiina Kiik JAZZ AND IMPROVISED MUSIC Full Circle Debbie Fleming Independent (debbiefleming.ca) !!I need to confess right off the top that I’m a sucker for a Bacharach-David song. I consider them to be one of the top pop songwriting duos in an era when songwriting was king and duos like Lennon-McCartney, Elton John & Bernie Taupin and so many others were putting out great music. So when veteran Toronto singer Debbie Fleming announced she was working on an album of BacharachDavid covers I was pumped. Fleming’s background as an in-demand studio and group singer equips her not only with strong vocal skills but also with arranging expertise. I’m also a sucker for covers that put a twist on the original song. (Otherwise why not just listen to the original?) So the takes on these songs – several of them arranged by Mark Kieswetter, who also plays keyboards on the album – feel fresh. Standout tracks for me are his arrangement of I Say a Little Prayer and Fleming’s arrangement of The Look of Love. The latter has a Gene Peurling-esque vocal accompaniment with the stunning voices of Suba Sankaran, Dylan Bell and Tom Lillington (who, along with Fleming, make up the a cappella singing group The Hampton Four). Peter Mueller’s searing guitar solo on Anyone Who Had a Heart adds to the epic rock ballad feel of the piece. The more laid-back (from the original), slightly bossa-ish feel of Promises, Promises is enhanced by percussion from Art Avalos and Ted Quinlan’s lovely nylon-string guitar playing. All in all this is a finely crafted album with a lot of heart and sensitive, solid work from everyone involved. Cathy Riches Feelings of Affection Sam Broverman Independent (brovermusic.com) !!With this release, exquisite vocalist/ composer Sam Broverman has continued his theme of presenting the work of the world’s finest tunesmiths. Broverman has assembled a fine quintet, and selected five superb standards as well as one excellent original tune, I Want Everybody to Love Me. Skilled keyboardist/arranger Mark Kieswetter serves as producer here; also present are John MacMurchy on sax, Tony Quarrington on guitar, Jordan O’Connor on bass and Ernesto Cervini on drums. Broverman’s rendition of On A Clear Day is a huge standout, and his sumptuous baritone (reminiscent of the late, great Mark Murphy) soars and swings with both intimacy and intensity, all the while honouring this marvelous Lerner and Lane Broadway title tune with his flawless interpretation and adherence to the original melodic line. In fact, happily, the listener will find no uninformed, empty-caloried and gratuitous scat singing on this recording. Also of note is Broverman’s take on Michael Franks’ Underneath the Apple Tree, which is languid, bluesy and sexy, displaying a range June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 83 of emotions that Franks himself never chose to express. The closing track, The Ballad of the Sad Young Men, comes from the pens of genius composer/lyricists Fran Landesman and Tommy Wolf. Rarely performed and deeply moving, this song of longing, loss and the dream of redemption can only be properly done (as it is here) by an artist who has lived and experienced life. This EP is eminently satisfying on every level, and underscores the fact that Broverman continues to be one of the most intriguing, skilled and consummately tasteful jazz vocalists on the scene today. Lesley Mitchell-Clarke Ship Without a Sail Mike Murley Trio Cornerstone Records CRST CD145 (cornerstonerecordsinc.com) !!Among tenor saxophonist Mike Murley’s group configurations, the trio has a special status, a vehicle for consummately lyrical jazz with chamber music dynamics. Launched in 1998, the group included bassist Steve Wallace and guitarist Ed Bickert until his retirement in 2001. The guitar chair has since been filled by Reg Schwager, who invariably sounds like the only other person for the job. Resembling the instrumentation of the original Jimmy Giuffre 3, it’s a demanding format that requires everyone to do more than they usually might – from piano-like comping to counter melody – while appearing to do less. The repertoire tends toward seldom-heard jazz and show tunes with a certain harmonic subtlety. Murley’s timbral shifts are a highlight, as he modulates his sound from piece to piece, even bringing different tones to adjacent ballads. Don Sebesky’s You Can’t Go Home Again has something of the airiness of Stan Getz but brought closer to earth, while there’s a slightly harder, metallic edge to Kenny Wheeler’s Ever After, a sound just as beautiful, but different. Though it’s the ballads and their stronger melodies that stand out, like the gorgeous samba Folhas Secas, the group is just as happy at up-tempos, the instrumentation lending a special lightness and clarity to Charlie Parker’s Dexterity and Murley’s own Know One, the latter highlighting the way Schwager and Wallace interact creatively, exchanging lead and accompanying roles with aplomb. John Lewis’ Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West points to the group’s cool jazz roots and provides an outlet for everyone’s blues impulses. Stuart Broomer The Blue Shroud Barry Guy Intakt Records CD 266 (intaktrec.ch) !!British bassist and composer Barry Guy has enjoyed an unusual career, as a member of original instrument baroque ensembles, as a force in European free improvisation and as a leader of large ensembles (like the London Jazz Composers Orchestra) exploring multiple compositional methodologies. His 71-minute Blue Shroud is an extraordinary work that integrates all of those practices. It’s inspired by Picasso’s Guernica, the title commemorating the moment in 2003 when a reproduction was covered up at New York’s U.N. building as Colin Powell argued for the invasion of Iraq. A work of furies and lamentations, The Blue Shroud stretches from tumultuous collective improvisations to moments of melodic grace and reflection, some coming from Guy’s own pen, others from J.S. Bach and H.I.F. Biber’s Mystery Sonatas. To execute the work, Guy has drawn on the breadth of his musical associations to create a 14-member group that includes violinist and Bach/Biber specialist Maya Homburger; distinguished free improvisers like pianist Agustí Fernández and the percussionists Lucas Niggli and Ramón López; and others fully at home in both worlds, like Michel Godard on tuba and serpent and Michael Niesemann on wailing alto saxophone and baroque oboe. The work includes songs on texts by Irish poet Kerry Hardie that delineate the figures in Guernica and a polyglot declaration of the Iraq invocation, all performed by Savina Yannatou, whose expressive and musical voice brings a sharp focus to the work. At one point she and the accompanying instruments become bird song; an orchestral passage juxtaposes manic conducted improvisation with sudden interruptions of silence, invoking the soundscapes of war and concomitant death. Guy repeatedly combines different techniques to maximize the impact of this singular work, as alive to the possibility of beauty as it is to terror, somehow making it all cohere. The Blue Shroud hammers out its own terrain, one that transcends its parts and deserves to be heard widely. Stuart Broomer Border Crossing Alex Goodman OA2 Records OA2 22130 (originarts.com/ oa2) !!Composition and improvisation flow freely into each other on guitarist Alex Goodman’s Border Crossing. For his latest recording Goodman has assembled what can best be described as a jazz chamber group. His writing is ambitious and complex, making full use of the wide range of colours available from this outstanding ensemble. Andrew Downing, who doubles on bass and cello, and vocalist Felicity Williams contribute to the group’s ability to cross genres as does Goodman’s extensive use of the acoustic guitar. Acrobat opens the album with acoustic guitar and percussionist Rogerio Boccato’s unique and inventive textures. Williams glides through the tune’s moody melody, its lyrics equating a man’s searching nature with an acrobat’s skills. Vibraphonist Michael Davidson’s judicious phrasing builds the intensity of his solo and Goodman demonstrates virtuosity, making use of wide intervals in a highly lyrical fashion. With Thanks is an epic composition that displays the full range of Goodman’s writing skills as well as the band’s remarkable ability to interpret them. Williams effortlessly negotiates the intricate melody and solos are individually framed to provide contrast and variety. Drummer Fabio Ragnelli improvises fluidly over unpredictable rhythmic shots as the piece segues smoothly through what could be a disparate series of events. Pure Imagination, the only other tune with lyrics on the album, might offer an answer to the yearning expressed in Acrobat. Williams sings of the power of imagination to shape the world, nicely bookending this impressive and beautiful recording. Ted Quinlan Oop! Al Muirhead; Tommy Banks; PJ Perry Chronograph Records CR045 (chronographrecords.com) !!Oop! by Calgarybased trumpeter Al Muirhead exemplifies the reasons that the American songbook continues to inspire jazz musicians some eight decades after many of its tunes were originally written. Accompanied by iconic musicians PJ Perry on alto saxophone and Tommy Banks on piano, Muirhead virtually owns the compositions presented here and embodies the approaches that are essential to getting deeply inside this time-honoured material. All three of these musicians (as well as percussionist Rogerio Boccato who guests on Black Orpheus) possess a longstanding connection to this music and play it in the most natural way possible. Miles Davis’ The Theme (based on the chord changes to Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm) opens the album with Muirhead and Perry playing the line in harmony over Banks’ relentlessly swinging piano. Perry, one of the world’s finest exponents of the bebop tradition, solos brilliantly followed by Muirhead who exhibits impeccable taste and tone in his relaxed, melodic delivery. Tommy Banks plays one perfect chorus of unaccompanied piano, demonstrating his blues-infused bop style. Rhythm changes, as we refer to tunes based on the classics, are a test piece for jazz musicians and The Theme firmly establishes the impressive credentials of these players. The ballad medley is a testament to the deceptively simple art of playing a melody beautifully. Alfred Newman’s Street Scene, featured in the overture of How To Marry A Millionaire, and an uncharacteristically languid reading of Mean To Me, are pleasant surprises from this superb trio of seasoned pros. Ted Quinlan She Sleeps, She Sleeps Fire! Rune Grammofon RCD 2178 (runegrammofon.com) !!Specializing in blending basement timbres, so all of their gradations are audible, the Swedish trio of drummer Andreas Werliin, double bassist Johan Berthling and saxophonist Mats Gustafsson welcomes a couple of guests here to add additional textures. But the auxiliary tones simply intensify the trio’s characteristically powerful stance. Cellist Leo Svensson’s intermittent string plucks and swipes are permeable enough, so like a youngster mimicking an adult’s movements, he merely strengthens Werliin’s thick power stops. On the other hand Gustafsson’s foundation-shaking bass saxophone gusts not only provide a bonding continuum throughout, but also showcase multiphonics encompassing glossolalia, split tones and concentrated overblowing. Most notably, that ad hoc foursome’s more-than-18-minute She Penetrates The Distant Silence Slowly never plods, but is invested with rhythmic swing, even as it plays out at a tortoise-like gait. Gustafsson is equally powerful playing baritone saxophone on the title track, plus visitor Oren Ambarchi’s fuzzy guitar drones and Werliin’s high-density polyethylene bottle-like reverberations played on steel guitar overlay a variety of contrasting tones onto the nearly opaque narrative. But drum beats, migrating from martial to shuffle, and wrenching double bass slaps provide a solid enough foundation for the saxophonist’s output. Slurping, honking, burping and blowing as if he were a bull moose yearning for his mate, Gustafsson manages to express his individuality in every solo. Don’t look for subtlety or elegance in Fire! – or Gustafsson’s – playing. But be prepared to be bowled over by the sheer audacity of expression that highlights every low-pitched nuance here. Ken Waxman thewholenote.com Concert note: Mats Gustafsson plays as part of The Thing on Saturday, June 18 at Hamilton’s Artword Artbar. Hotel Grief Tom Rainey Trio Intakt Records CD 256 (intaktrec.ch) !!Comfortable in settings from big band to solo, guitarist Mary Halvorson joins with soprano and tenor saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock to roughen the edges of the five instant compositions on this CD. Cultivated and self-effacing, leader/drummer Tom Rainey is as far removed from a braggadocious percussion show-off like Buddy Rich as Donald Trump is from Martin Luther King. Discretion doesn’t mean withdrawal however, and in context the drummer’s sophisticatedly positioned strokes contribute more to the architectures of the tracks than would any clamorous rhythm display. With the guitarist’s strategies ranging from distorted reverb to sly, slurred fingering, and the reed tessitura soaring from clenched squeaks to harsh rasping whispers, the drummer’s role is analogous to a U.N. peacekeeper in the Balkans: maintaining consistency without favouring either side and keeping their extended techniques from occupying the other’s territory. Proud Achievements in Botany, the CD’s almost-19-minute centrepiece, is a microcosm of how Hotel Grief’s tracks evolve. Halvorson’s widening or winnowing licks take on spacey qualities at the same time as Laubrock’s intense single reed bites settle into linear melodies. With the saxophonist’s now modulated tones circumscribed by string chording, drum rattles manipulate any stray lines so that the three eventually move like regimental guards in formation. Breaking the concordance with what could be a slo-mo version of Wipe Out, Rainey’s tough drum beats join with Halvorson’s lopping reverb and Laubrock’s slurps and snarls to create a finale that may rattle like an old jalopy, but still conveys the grace and speed of wellplotted locomotion. Although titled Hotel Grief, this musical dwelling offers very little despondency except for fleeting moods in context. Instead, by imagining each track as a separate room, the CD offers a set of quietly resplendent chambers furnished with innovative touches by a trio of sonic designers. Ken Waxman Concert note: Mary Halvorson is a member of The Outlouds trio in concert on Saturday, June 18 at Array Space. Some Other Time: The Lost Session from the Black Forest Bill Evans Resonance HCD-2019 (resonancerecords. org) !!For six months in 1968, Bill Evans led one of the great versions of his trio, with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette, a group previously heard only in a single concert recording from the Montreux Jazz Festival. However, they did a studio session for the German MPS label, a session of trio, piano-bass duets and solo piano pieces for which contracts were never signed and which was never released until the appearance of this two-CD set. In company with the singularly gifted bassist Scott LaFaro, Evans had redefined the jazz piano trio by 1960, treating it as a highly interactive unit in which the bass regularly functioned as melodic counterpart as well as rhythmic and harmonic foundation. By 1968 Gomez was two years into his 11-year tenure with the trio, probably the most adroit and inventive bassist to play with Evans following LaFaro’s death in 1961. The presence of DeJohnette added another level of rhythmic definition to the group, feeding Evans’ increasing interest in detailed, shifting accents in his improvisations. The material consists of standards, superior show tunes (Leonard Bernstein’s Some Other Time stands out) and a couple of Evans originals, typically filled with subtle harmonic recastings that create complex moods, much of it enlivened here by DeJohnette’s light, sparkling balance of cymbal and snare. Among numerous highlights, the trio shines on performances of Evans’ own Very Early and a brilliant version of My Funny Valentine. Stuart Broomer In Paris – The ORTF Recordings Larry Young Resonance HCD-2022 (resonancerecords. org) !!Larry Young emerged in the mid-60s, taking the Hammond B-3 organ in a fresh direction, shifting it away from its soul jazz roots toward the modal jazz of John Coltrane and exploring the instrument’s subtler timbres for atmospheric effects. By the end of that revolutionary decade, he would be playing with Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix, but in 1964 and ’65, he was working in Paris as a sideman in expatriate American saxophonist Nathan Davis’ quartet, along with drummer Billy Brooks and trumpeter Woody Shaw, who would turn 20 in the midst of these June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 85 recordings. This two-CD set consists of recently discovered recordings from French radio archives that include the quartet, an expanded version called the Jazz aux Champs Elysées All-Stars, and organ and piano trios led by Young. Virtually unknown at home, these musicians roar with surging invention in the post-bop style then in flower. Anthemic pieces such as Young’s Talkin’ About J.C., Shaw’s Zoltan (beginning with a quotation from Kodály’s Háry János Suite) and Wayne Shorter’s Black Nile give rise to hard-driving, extended modal explorations. Davis will fasten on a phrase, repeating it with increasing focus to generate tremendous tension. Shaw, the last to emerge in a cohort of brilliant young trumpeters, was already demonstrating the fluid creativity that would distinguish him. Young is almost a band in himself, creating bass lines and surging rhythms, constantly feeding new material to the horns until he breaks free in his solos. The booklet that accompanies the CDs has extensive background on the mid-60s Paris milieu, along with interviews with Young’s collaborators and followers, including John McLaughlin and John Medeski. Stuart Broomer POT POURRI Do Right Sari Kessler Independent (sarikessler.com) Do Right is Sari Kessler’s debut album, and it’s an impressive one. Although a scan of the track list with its frequently covered songs initially didn’t give me high expectations, right off the top we get a nicely reimagined treatment of the Bacharach-David hit, Walk on By. Arranged by James Shipp, with a darker feel than the original, young trumpeter Nadje Noordhuis adds to the noir. The album continues in its tastefully inventive vein as Kessler and Shipp’s arrangements breathe new life into tunes like Sunny and provide an appropriately contemplative take on I Thought About You. One of the lesser-known songs on the album is The Gal From Joe’s by Duke Ellington, handled with understated poignancy by Kessler and the band. Based in the U.S., Kessler took up a career in jazz singing a little later than some, and that’s given her an ability to inject some genuine depth and soul into her delivery. Coached by the wonderful Kate McGarry (who also co-produces the album) Kessler has a fine voice with a warm tone, spot-on pitch and jazzy phrasing. The creative and able playing of the musicians, including John di Martino on piano, guitarist Ron Affif and sax man Houston Person, round out this skilled collection of songs. Cathy Riches Long Time Leaving Christa Couture Black Hen Music BHCD0079 (christacouture.com) !!With the release of her fourth CD, Edmonton-based, eclectic, rootsinspired chanteuse, pianist and gifted composer Christa Couture has recorded a brilliant careerdefining project. Featuring all original music, and described by Couture as a “celebration of ordinary heartache,” she has almost cinematically plumbed the depths of her own inspiring journey (teenage cancer, the unimaginable loss of two children and more) and transmuted those experiences into a panrelatable, uplifting and delightfully quirky project. Recorded in Nashville and skillfully produced by JUNO-winning guitarist/ multi-instrumentalist Steve Dawson, the CD includes members of Blackie and The Rodeo Kings, notably Dawson on pedal steel and electric guitars, John Dymond on bass, Gary Craig on drums and venerable Nashvillebased fiddler, Fats Kaplin. There is no wallowing in self-pity here. In fact, the instrumentation, arrangements, compositions and Couture’s lithe, sheer, roots-influenced vocals all underscore the unconquerable human spirit – and make this recording an appropriate listening choice for almost any mood or activity. Of special note are The Slaughter, with its haunting, almost childlike, echo-infused vocals and a lyric that ponders breakups with both men and women; Michigan Postscript – a melodic travelling song with a lilting vocal and stunning slide work by Dawson; Zookeeper – replete with fine acoustic piano and heavy surf guitar saturating this insightful and witty ode to couples therapy; and Lovely Like You – a sweet stunner featuring the honeyed tones of fiddler Kaplin. Also memorable is the closing track, Aux Oiseaux – a charming, pristine and deliciously melancholy anthem of survival and the art of learning to embrace life again – no matter what has transpired. Lesley Mitchell-Clarke KAMP! Songs and Satire from Theresienstadt Amelia DeMayo; Curt Buckler; Sergei Dreznin Analekta AN 2 8789 !!When DISCoveries editor David Olds approached me about reviewing a CD of satirical songs written inside the Theresienstadt concentration camp, we both expressed our reservations about it. But curiosity (and the fact that the World Jewish Congress sponsored the project) got me to listen. KAMP! Songs and Satire from Theresienstadt is the first English recording of songs written and performed by some (of the many) Jewish poets, composers, musicians and cabaret stars imprisoned in Theresienstadt (1942-44), and marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of that infamous “model ghetto.” These songs were brought to light, given life and presented in a cabaret-like setting in Vienna in 1992. Russian-Jewish pianist and composer, Sergei Dreznin, served both at the piano and as music director. Dreznin, who also wrote several new melodies to existing poems, went on to direct an English version called KAMP! in 1994. The eponymous CD is the culmination of Dreznin’s 20-plus-yearresolve to keep alive this material created as a means of survival, a way for prisoners to mock their unbearable circumstances and maintain their sanity. The material is indeed subversive and unsettling. It is also brilliantly executed by Dreznin and singing actors Amelia DeMayo and Curt Buckler. If nothing else, KAMP!, with its gallows humour and shades of Tom Lehrer, G&S, Weill, Brecht, Brel and Brooks (Mel), deserves a listen for its celebration of the human spirit. To quote Dreznin, “I hope you will laugh. You will cry. And you will definitely learn.” Sharna Searle Sephardic Journey Cavatina Duo Cedille CDR 90000 163 (cedillerecords. org) !!Sephardic Journey is the result of a 20-year exploration taken by the Cavatina Duo – the husband and wife team of Bosnianborn guitarist, Denis Azabagic, and Spanish-born flutist, Eugenia Moliner – into their Sephardic Jewish heritage. In 1996, Azabagic learned that a great aunt of his was a descendant of Sephardic Jews who left Spain at the end of the 15th century. Later, Moliner discovered her own connection: to avoid being expelled, some Jews living in medieval Spain converted to Christianity, taking on last names according to their vocations; a miller, for example, adopted the name “Moliner.” From this shared background comes a compelling CD of new works commissioned specifically for the Cavatina Duo, all drawing on traditional Sephardic folk tunes – mostly love songs with their often-dramatic, Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) texts – for inspiration. The recording is infused with gorgeous, evocative melodies, soulful and plaintive laments, lyrical flights of fancy, sultry twists on the tango, startling percussive passages and an exhilarating energy. Azabagic and Moliner are virtuosic, passionate musicians, deftly accompanied by David Cunliffe on cello, Desirée Ruhstrat, violin, and the Avalon String Quartet. Joseph V. Willams II’s Isabel is the lone flute and guitar duo on the CD; the remaining four works include trios by Alan Thomas and Carlos Rafael Rivera, and sextets by David Leisner and Clarice Assad. I was particularly struck by the third movement of Leisner’s Love Dreams of the Exile, which juxtaposes a jarring, percussive introduction with a generous, heartachingly beautiful quote from the beloved Ladino ballad, Tu madre cuando te parió (Adio Querida). I wholeheartedly recommend joining the Cavatina Duo on their journey. Sharna Searle Something in the Air | Those Who Teach Can Also Play A KEN WAXMAN s shibboleths go, the hoary “those who can do, those who can’t teach,” must rank at the very top of the list. Besides libelling the majority of educators who devote themselves to the task of imparting knowledge to students, it negates the activities of those who teach and do. Here are some musicians who maintain a full-time teaching career along with consistent gigging. Case in point is American drummer Gerry Hemingway, now on the faculty of the Hochschule Luzern in Switzerland. This commitment doesn’t stop him from being part of many working bands. One is The Who trio, filled out by pianist/synthesizer player Michel Wintsch and bassist Bänz Oester, both Swiss natives. Zoo (Auricle Aur 14+15; gerryhemingway.com/auricle) is one all-acoustic CD and another featuring Wintsch on keyboards, each of which demonstrates the drummer’s sensitivity. On some of the electronic tracks his percussion colouration is such that its unobtrusiveness is reminiscent of the drum pulses in the film Birdman. Hemingway is a full partner on these discs however. On Sloeper for instance, which could define the acoustic jazz trio, he relaxes into poised and positioned accents which chime clockwork-like alongside Oester’s juiced-up thwacks, allowing Wintsch to extend the line. Subsequent nimble piano inventions are met with Gatling gun-like swats from the drummer until the exposition reverts to simple swing. Hemingway’s unfussy paddling keeps the exposition flowing even when the pianist unleashes evocatively flowery chords. Introduced by arpeggiated double-bass string shaking, Raccitus confirms that hard back beats and cymbal clangs can manoeuvre a gentle melody into a dramatic narrative of resonating strength. With capricious echoes and processing from the synthesizer adding unforeseen granular synthesis and oscillated wiggles to the program, the percussionist adopts cutting-edge techniques. On the extended Lamp Bowl for example, dealing with timbres that could come from Hammond organ, murmuring computer programs or signals from outer space, Hemingway’s polyrhythms break up the narrative at the same time as they steady the beat. Considering Wintsch’s playing is equally protean, highlighting both vivid acoustic melodies and buzzing electric oscillations, the drummer’s rugged pops plus staccato interjections from the bassist further ground the piece. Hemingway’s artful shadings in both settings confirm why the professional development days on his teaching calendar are marked by playing opportunities with ensembles of various sizes. Size is no hindrance for bassist Michael Formanek, who teaches at Baltimore’s Peabody Institute. The 71-minute, multi-sectional The Distance suite he composed is performed with élan and ebullience by the specially organized 19-member Ensemble Kolossus (ECM 2484 ecmrecords.com). Notable for more than its enormity, the effect of listening to the CD’s ten tracks is like standing in front of a large painting of an important 19th-century battle. While the canvas initially draws you to the conflict in the foreground, very soon you thewholenote.com begin noticing the details on the scene’s periphery. It’s the same with Exoskeleton, the CD’s eight-part centrepiece. Introduced by the bassist’s own pedal-to-the-metal string pumping, the work quickly settles into sequences that alternate vamping section work with solo expression. With five reed and eight brass players, the undulating horn crescendos often put into bolder relief, or are put into bolder relief by, the sophisticated musings issuing from Kris Davis’ linear piano lines or guitarist Mary Halvorson’s darkened finger picking. This means that despite huffing theme variations by the four trombonists in the early sequences, a finger-snapping rhythm remains. Subsequent tonal deconstruction in the form of a duet between tenor saxophonist Chris Speed and cornetist Kurt Knuffke, or trumpeter Ralph Alessi’s tongue flutters contrasting with trombonist Alan Ferber’s more moderated blasts, are kept in check by Formanek’s strong arrangements. Not only does the layered note colouration flow around the soloists, but acting like a drill sergeant, the guitarist’s hammered notes never allow the sound excursions to travel off into uncharted musical paths. All this doesn’t weaken the compositional thrust in any way and by the penultimate section, A Reptile Dysfunction, concentrated polyphony generated by growling horns plus thick smacks from the bassist and drummer Tomas Fujiwara give way to a polished chamber-like duet. Oscar Noriega’s contralto clarinet tones brushing up against Patricia Brennan’s chiming marimba reveals one more painterly detail of the composition. Finally, Metamorphic, the climax, involves trumpeter Dave Ballou’s polished grace notes soaring like a dove of peace over vamping, bellicose multiphonics that involve every other player. Ballou’s brassy resolution helps direct the suite to wrap up with the same intensity with which it began. With detailing demanding repeated listening, Formanek’s creative triumph is confirmed. On a much smaller scale, but with the same sort of sonic concordance is Cosmopolitan Greetings (Red Piano RPR 4699-4419-2 redpianorecords.com), where a quartet featuring pianist Frank Carlberg, who teaches at Boston’s New England Conservatory, plays three of his originals and three free improvisations. Although not a regular group, there’s no fissure between the academic and the jobbing musicians: guitarist Joe Morris, bassist Pascal Niggenkemper and drummer Luther Gray. If anything, the pianist’s writing and versatility come across like line drawings which break a solid page of text in a publication. Thematic links to Thelonious Monk’s crooked time sense (especially on Now and Forever) and Herbie Nichols’ joyous abandon (more pointedly on Get it?), allow Carlberg to create a space where bop, cool and free impulses intersect. On the second tune for instance, the melody is paramount, with a drum solo offering a lesson in how to gradually minimize the tempo while maximizing swing. Elsewhere, as on the title tune, Niggenkemper’s string segmentation suggests minimalism, tempered with keyboard clip-clops; while walking and sliding bass stops plus ratcheting guitar licks turn Cadillac Squawk, another Carlberg line, into unexpectedly relaxed Third Stream-like music. Like a champion kayaker crewing on a larger boat, veteran free improviser Morris expresses himself with nuanced distinction within the June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 87 Old Wine, New Bottles group improv that’s Who Eats Who. As his guitar picking creates time dislocation alongside Gray’s clattering fills, the piece reaches its zenith as keyboard swabbing gives away to fluid squirms from Carlberg, making the finale as dramatic as it is didactic. Piloting a mid-course between freedom and formalism are the seven compositions on Life After Life (Allos Documents 012 allosmusica. org), written and performed by percussionist Eric Platz. Platz, a music professor at Brandon University (BU) in Manitoba, is joined by cellist Leanne Zacharias who also teaches at BU, local electric bassist Don Benedictson, who recorded the disc, and Chicagoan James Falzone, who plays clarinet and adds a shruti box drone to some tracks. Three successive variants on the title track are chamber music-like duos, the last confirming the near-identical timbres of cello and clarinet; the first two demonstrating that Falzone and Platz can produce enlightened textures with the organization of synchronized swimmers plus the improvisational smarts that could imagine Jimmy Giuffre playing with Max Roach. Elsewhere, Zacharias, equally capable of plucking a swing line, emphasizes the innate woodiness of her instrument which joins with moderato clarinet tones and the timbered parts of Platz’s kit to form an appropriately tree-spanning confluence that delineates the composer’s mystical vision of Redwood Vesper. These inferences, plus sonic seasoning that bring in rock music-like rhythms via Platz’s back beat plus an exotic shruti box buzzing, are part of the CD’s 21-minute chef-d’oeuvre Blood Meridian. More closely related to the integration of separated impulses than blood, the sectional piece begins with droning undulations that sound electronic as well as acoustic, then introduce a rhythmic undertow that shares space with wheezing clarinet puffs, marimba pops and cello riffs. Like a radio shunting from one station to another, additional sequences include a duet with dreamy cello strokes and whimsical clarinet yelps; maracas shakes, bell pealing, wood-block echoes; and human-sounding panting and breathing. Ultimately the composition memorably resolves itself as the wave form oscillations cease and an overlay of clarinet trills signal a triumphant resolution. Conclusively, the drummer’s echoing pop puts an onomatopoeic period on the program. Musically, Luminosity (Origin Records 82706 originarts.com) may be the most straight ahead of the sessions here, but it’s also the one with the most varied cast. The program is eight compositions by Germanborn-and-raised pianist Florian Hoefner, who after a long period in New York, now teaches at Memorial University in St. John’s. The quartet is completed by American bassist Sam Anning, Austrian drummer Peter Kronreif and Vancouver-raised, Manhattan-based tenor and soprano saxophonist Seamus Blake. Obviously attracted to his new surroundings, Hoefner penned two fluid ballads The Narrows and North Country, which flow like the clear water in a Newfoundland harbour, and more obviously Newfound Jig. A frolicking piece that manages to bring in the tenth province’s old country musical history, Newfound Jig swings and swirls as Blake outputs John Coltrane-like slurs and slides and the pianist builds up intense modal chording. Ebullient, Blake adds the necessary crunch to the bossa-nova-like In Circles, working up a piston-driven head of steam without ever lapsing into screech mode. Dipping into the tenor’s lowest registers on Elements, Blake doubles the jazz-rock feel engendered by Kronreif’s scrambling thrusts. Overall though, Hoefner’s linear comping keeps the piece moving like a veteran sailor righting a scow in an ocean storm. Perhaps the key to the session is appropriately expressed on The Bottom Line. Pushed by tremolo piano chords and rattling drums, the melody expresses toughness without discontent. Those sentiments would seem to be the perfect way to adapt to the sometimes rugged life in Newfoundland – as well as describing the skills needed to be both a patient teacher and an innovating musician. 88 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 Fine Old Recordings Re-Released P BRUCE SURTEES rior to the 1950s, when the name of Béla Bartók was mentioned it was only the Concerto for Orchestra that came to mind. Commissioned in 1943 by Serge Koussevitzky, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, at the urging of violinist Joseph Szigeti and conductor Fritz Reiner, the work was a phenomenal success and was featured in performances around the world and enjoyed some prestigious recordings. RCA Victor documented the second evening of the world premiere under Koussevitzky on December 30, 1944. There is something unusual about this score: Bartók wrote two endings for the last movement. In addition to the more elaborate ending he wrote a shorter, less difficult one, suitable for less virtuosic ensembles. Bartók’s early works for orchestra belong to the late Romantic era as heard in the two Suites for Orchestra (Op.3 & 4) in which the composer introduced a tangy Hungarian flavour for his Viennese audiences. An even earlier work, Kossuth, Op.1, was written in the shadow of another Hungarian. Kossuth, a redblooded late-Romantic orchestral tone poem, is just the sort of conservative composition that we do not associate with Bartók the innovator. It is a frankly Lisztian tone poem in a lush romantic sense that Bartók was to put behind him as he forged his dissonant new style. One of the many strengths of Béla Bartók Complete Works (Decca 4789311, 32 CDs plus booklets) is finally having all his early works in stunning performances. For the first time we can handily trace Bartók’s development through the tonal phases of his compositions that were long suppressed by music critics and pundits alike who had sought to support the modernist agenda throughout the 20th century. Bartók never ever considered embracing the Second Viennese School, nevertheless his music became ever more difficult after his exhaustive ethno-musicological absorption, through which he embraced an evolving dissonant style that enabled him to completely sidestep the 12-tone idiom. His late masterpiece, the Concerto for Orchestra is the prime example, heard in this collection by the Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Iván Fischer who are also responsible for a brilliant performance of Kossuth. Other conductors on the ten orchestral and stage works discs and elsewhere are György Lehel, Antal Doráti, Pierre Boulez, Georg Solti, Christoph von Dohnányi, Essa-Pekka Salonen, David Zinman and István Kertész. Six CDs contain the complete chamber works including the six string quartets played by the Takács Quartet. Four CDs hold the complete vocal and choral music, while the nine discs of piano works are dominated by Zoltán Kocsis who also joins mezzo Martá Lukin in the Mikrokosmos. Finally, three CDs of celebrated performances from an earlier time include the three piano concertos with Géza Anda conducted by Ferenc Fricsay; 28 tracks of piano music played by Andor Foldes, Julius Katchen, Stephen Kovacevich and Sviatoslav Richter; and the Violin Concerto No.2 played by Zoltán Székely with Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta conducted by Fricsay and the suite from The Miraculous Mandarin under Dorati. All three are very listenable with allowances made for the 1939 Szekely/Mengelberg. As Bartók devotees know already, here, for the others, is the evidence that there is a wealth of listener-friendly music beyond the usual repertoire pieces, the violin and the piano concertos, the Dance Suites, the volumes of piano works, the stage works and choral music. The first of the two fine booklets gives complete details of the recordings and a biography with timelines of Bartók’s compositions with lots of glossy photos of the artists. The second contains translations, Hungarian into English, of all the sung texts. thewholenote.com SummerVocations Decca has chosen to list the repertoire in the index by DD numbers, 1 through 128 and identifies the disc where the work is to be found. As identified above, the 32 CDs are in five easily seen groups; Orchestral and Stage Works, Chamber Works, Choral and Vocal Works, Piano Works and a fifth group of Celebrated Performances. Bartók was one of the very greatest composers of the 20th century, a unique figure. Listening to his Complete Works has been and continues to be a constant pleasure. Except as noted, the sound throughout is exemplary. I haven’t seen it memorialized but in the 1950s and 60s the hippest members of the Beat Generation “dug the Bartók scene” and their enthusiasm may have got the ball rolling. Link to contents: deccaclassics.com/en/cat/4789311. There is no doubt that Leonard Bernstein’s later years were his very best, confirmed by all his recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, including those with the Vienna Philharmonic which had not played any Mahler for a long, long time until Bernstein stood before them. Volume One of The Leonard Bernstein Collection on DG (4791047, 59 CDs) covered composers from Beethoven to Liszt; completing his legacy on DG CDs, Volume Two (4795553, 64 CDs) takes us from Mahler to Wagner plus the earlier American Decca recordings. Orchestras in this second volume are the Vienna Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw, the Berlin Philharmonic (arguably the very best Mahler Ninth on record), the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, Orchestre National de France, the Israel Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony and the Accademia Nazionale del Santa Cecilia. Collectors will be very happy to have the following assured performances, each followed by a spoken informative analysis, as recorded by American Decca in 1953 by Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall: Beethoven’s Eroica, Dvořák’s New World, Schumann’s Second, Brahms Fourth and the Tchaikovsky Sixth. If you have a chance, compare this confident 1953 Pathétique to the searching 1986 version – two very different worlds. The care and attention lavished on the two editions, including the illustrated enclosures, honours the late maestro. Link to contents: deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/4795553. The art of the late conductor Hans Knappertsbusch is to be heard on countless performances of Wagner’s Ring Cycle from Bayreuth as well as other Wagner music dramas and in performances of the orchestral works of the Romantic composers – all audio discs, with only four works on video. They are Beethoven’s Leonora Overture No.3 and the Fourth Piano Concerto with Wilhelm Backhaus together with the Vorspiel und Isoldes Liebestod from Tristan sung by Birgit Nilsson, all from the Wiener Festwochen in 1962. From 1963, only one item: Act One of Die Walküre in a concert performance sung by Claire Watson (Sieglinde), Fritz Uhl (Siegmund) and Josef Greindl (Hunding). The orchestra throughout is the Vienna Philharmonic. Arthaus Musik has issued them on a single Blu-ray disc, A Tribute to Hans Knappertsbusch (109213) in a video quality typical of the time or maybe a little better, supplied by the ORF. Filmed in black and white in 4:3 format. Watching Knappertsbusch in action it is easy to see how he achieves those long lines with such ease. He seems to draw the orchestra out rather than imposing on them. Hard to explain but I believe it is there to see. The veteran Backhaus, still well in command of his instrument, and Knappertsbusch are of one mind in this elegant, patrician performance. Nilsson is Nilsson. The Walküre first act is sung flawlessly but today we have been spoiled by so many videos of the actual opera that it is very hard to visualize what they are singing about or to empathize with any confrontation when they are simply standing there awaiting their turn. I think that the disc is still desirable if only to see and hear Knappertsbusch, Backhaus and Nilsson. thewholenote.com continued from page 11 How you might know him: Organist and music director at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church; executive producer of ORGANIX CONCERTS Summer Vocation: “I recharge by pushing my musical limits, by going to Europe to perform organ concerts in massive medieval cathedrals. The tour this coming August will be the result of my third invitation to perform in Poland (2012, 2015, 2016)...I am often the only Canadian in a festival of European organists and of course, it is an honour that I do not take for granted. I am energized by learning and preparing new music for my concerts. Gordon Mansell For me, it is not a rest at all but a change and an opportunity to experience baroque instruments and the occasional example of the continuing vibrancy of the North German organ-building craft first-hand. By the end of this coming tour, I will have performed concerts on 11 different organs, including one museum organ dating back to 1653 in its original state. Overall, these concert tours are exhilarating opportunities for musical and personal growth. My itinerary for this summer includes the first concert in Słupsk (August 11) followed by a very special performance as part of the Fiftieth International Organ Music Festival at St. Mary’s Cathedral (August 12 – Koszalin) and the Cathedral Basilica of St. James the Apostle (August 13 – Szczecin). After these concerts, my wife and I will then vacation in Germany and plan to visit Bach’s hometown and church, and play the famous Bach organ.” Hear him this summer: Before Mansell departs for his tour, he plays a noontime organ recital on July 20, at All Saints Kingsway. Details in our GTA listings and at allsaintskingsway.ca. Name: Aimée Butcher Instrument: Jazz vocalist How you might know her: Performer at The Rex and Jazz Bistro; Singer-songwriter on debut 2015 CD The World Is Alright Summer Vocation: “What I am looking forward to most about my summer vacation is a chance to create new musical memories. I have my first festival gig ever on July 31 at the TD Newmarket Jazz+ Festival, which I am very excited about, and plan to schedule a few house concerts up in northern Ontario around that date. I also plan to do a little bit of recording with a couple of bands that I am a part of, which is something that we had to wait to do until summer because all of us have been very busy throughout 2016. In addition to singing for some enjoyable gigs, I am looking forward to a reduced teaching schedule so that I may enjoy some time with family and friends over the summer, as well as taking some time to myself so that I may do some songwriting and planning for 2017.” Hear her this summer: Butcher’s performs at the TD Newmarket Jazz+ Festival as part of the Sunday, July 31 lineup, at 3:30pm, in a set featuring songs from her debut album. Flip to our Green Pages (pages G1 to G10) in this issue to read up on what this festival, as well as 40 others, have planned for the summer ahead. continues to page 90 June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 | 89 Name: Julia Wedman Instrument: Baroque violin How you might know her: Violinist with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, I FURIOSI and the Eybler Quartet Summer Vocation: “Since I travel a lot and play so many concerts during the year, I like to have a little time away from that in the summer! I love to recharge by filling my soul with beauty. I go to art galleries, gardens, beaches and parks. I look after the flowers and plants on my little terrace. I play music that I love but don’t have to play in a concert any time soon. I spend time with all of the people I love but don’t get to see enough during the concert season. A perfect summer day includes a little art, a little Bach, a lot of kids, a beautiful blue sky and a big long table in my backyard with way too much food on it, surrounded by beloved friends and family.” Hear her this summer: The Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival runs from June 6 to 18, and features four free concerts by Tafelmusik musicians alongside students of the orchestra’s annual summer institute (TBSI). Details in our listings and at tafelmusik.org. INTERNATIONAL PIANO SERIES Simone Dinnerstein July 21 at 7pm, July 23 at 11am Tony Yike Yang August 3 at 7pm Joey Alexander Jazz Trio August 14 at 2pm Name: Ryan Scott Instrument: Percussion How you might know him: Artistic Director of Continuum Contemporary Music; percussionist with Soundstreams Canada, New Music Concerts, Esprit Orchestra and the COC Summer Vocation: “Summertime is very special to me and I clear my schedule as much as possible for several weeks. My overwhelming priority is to spend meaningful quality time every day with my three children (11, 9 and 5) and my wife, harpist Sanya Eng. In addition to many excursions and activities, we’ll spend over two weeks camping on the shores of Lake Huron at The Pinery. I find it is absolutely necessary to stop performing like this every year so that I can recharge – as former Nexus member John Wyre once said “the less music I do, the better I play.” In the background, I will slowly prepare a new concerto, some newly commissioned recital repertoire and convert my doctoral dissertation on the emergence of the marimba in Tokyo to a book. I will also return to the faculty of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada to coach the chamber music program – I always leave feeling inspired. Of course, the work at Continuum never really slows down, but thanks to new technologies, one can get quite a bit of work done while waiting for the fish to bite!” Hear him this summer: The National Youth Orchestra of Canada will present a festival of chamber music in collaboration with Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, from June 22 to July 15. The festival will feature concerts by both faculty and youth orchestra members; entry for faculty concerts is by donation and entry to student concerts is free. Details in our listings and at nyoc.org. Luca Buratto August 17 at 7pm Jan Lisiecki August 26 at 7pm, August 27 at 2pm CHORAL SERIES Harlem Gospel Choir with Measha Brueggergosman July 20 at 7pm Choir of Holy Trinity Church, UK August 4 at 7pm, August 6 at 2pm, Choral Vespers August 7 at 5pm Theatre of Early Music Choir & Daniel Taylor August 11 at 7pm Canadian Choral Spotlight, Massed Choir August 12 at 7pm Off-season though it may be, this summer offers no shortage of musical opportunities, for performers and concert-goers alike. Be sure to check thewholenote.com throughout the break, where, in addition to blog posts, concert reviews and news, we’ll continue to feature local musicians’ stories about how they’re spending their own summer vocations. And if you are a musician and want to share your own summer vocation plans, get in touch with us at [email protected] (attach photos if you like). The coming months are starting to sound a lot more refreshing, already. Tickets: 1.866.288.4313 stratfordsummermusic.ca SEASON SPONSOR Sara Constant is social media editor at The WholeNote and studies musicology at the University of Amsterdam. She can be contacted at [email protected]. 90 | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 thewholenote.com CBC Radio Two: The Golden Years DAV I D J A E G E R eople sitting in Winnipeg’s Centennial Concert Hall on February 1, 2002, for the opening concert of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s 11th New Music Festival, as well as those listening to Two New Hours, the contemporary music series I created on CBC Radio Two, got a real jolt of high energy as the concert opened with the performance of Brian Current’s orchestral work, This Isn’t Silence. It truly was not anything resembling silence, but rather a work that quickly reached its maximum intensity and then sustained that level forcefully throughout its nearly 12-minute duration. “The notion of cranking it up and just letting it rip was borrowed from electronic music,” Current confided. In this he was also echoing the late Frank Zappa (1940–1993) who, in a 1987 interview on Two New Hours, compared writing for orchestra to creating rock music, pointing out that, “When you write fff in either case, you expect to hear some real F’s coming out.” Brian Current also admits to referencing Murray Schafer at a certain point in his composition when he requires the trombonists in the orchestra to “Howl like wolves through their trombones.” Current had originally drafted This Isn’t Silence in 1998 while serving as composer-in-residence for the University of California Berkeley Symphony Orchestra. But he revised the work for the Winnipeg orchestra and their, by then, internationally famous New Music Festival, and this performance in Winnipeg was the premiere of that revised version. But in the meantime, Brian was also writing other orchestral music, including his superb composition, For The Time Being, the work that won him the Grand Prize in the CBC/RadioCanada National Radio Competition for Young Composers, in its 2001 edition in Vancouver. It seemed the logical choice for me, as CBC’s delegate to the International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) in Paris, to bring Brian’s winning piece, and that prize-winning performance by the CBC Radio Orchestra and conductor Bramwell Tovey as one of CBC’s submissions to the 2001 Rostrum. It was the right decision, as Brian’s composition was selected by the IRC delegates that year as the outstanding work by a composer under the age of 30. His work would eventually be broadcast on the public radio services in all the 33 participating countries. It was also given a fresh live production by the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Warsaw. Current’s success at the IRC began a string of positive results in the international arena for the Two New Hours team’s productions of Canadian works. At the 2002 IRC, Lacrimosa, by the young Vancouver-based composer Jocelyn Morlock, was voted to the top ten list of works presented, and in 2003 it was Brandon, Manitobacomposer Patrick Carrabré, whose Inuit Games was also voted to the top list. In 2004, Dissolve, by young Toronto composer Abigail Richardson-Schulte, not only shared the award for the best work by a young composer, she was also offered a commission by Radio France for a new string quartet to be produced in Paris. Incidentally, 2002 was also the year that our production of Christos Hatzis’ Constantinople (with the Gryphon Trio plus guest vocalists Trish O’Callaghan and Maryam Toller) was awarded a medal at the International Radio Festival of New York. And there were more honours yet to come. There was another notable development at the conclusion of that 2002 session of the IRC in Paris. After having served as CBC’s IRC delegate for 25 years, I suddenly found myself first nominated and then, elected IRC president. This was a remarkable turn of events in several respects. First of all, it was the only time in the 63-year history of the IRC that a non-European was elected its president. Secondly, aside from any personal assets I was perceived to be bringing to the leadership of the project, it signalled that Canadian music, and of course | June 1, 2016 - September 7, 2016 Brian Current CBC Radio as its producer, was garnering an increasing amount of respect from the international delegation participating in the IRC. The investment that we at CBC Radio Music had made in Canadian music was recognized by our sister public broadcasters around the world, who showed an intense curiosity about new Canadian repertoire. And the series of Canadian composers who had been selected and recommended by this international delegation over the years, from Murray Schafer to Brian Cherney, to Chris Paul Harman, to Paul Steenhuisen, to Jocelyn Morlock, to Brian Current and others, represented an endorsement by a highly influential group of producers. This broad international recognition also began to bear another surprising result: the commissioning and production of contemporary Canadian works by foreign broadcasters. Whether it was Harman and Schafer being produced by NHK in Japan, Steenhuisen by ORF in Austria, Current by PRT in Poland, Richardson-Schulte by Radio France or Marjan Mozetich by Slovenian Radio, our steadfast development of Canadian composers had demonstrably positive and concrete results. We were, for example, able to reap the benefits of offshore productions by obtaining the rights to these performances through the system of international program exchange. Clearly, in the eyes of the world, new Canadian music, just like Current’s composition, “wasn’t silence!” Our Two New Hours recordings of Current’s This Isn’t Silence, For the Time Being, and three more of his orchestral works were leased from CBC Radio archives by the Canadian Music Centre for their Centrediscs label and released on a CD in 2007. The title of that CD, as might have been expected, is This Isn’t Silence, and it’s still available as Centrediscs CMCCD 12607. And just as Current’s This Isn’t Silence was used to kick off the 2002 New Music Festival in Winnipeg, the very same programming idea was repeated in 2012 by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra when guest curator Peter Eötvös chose the work to open the TSO’s New Creations Festival that year. A final footnote to this very creative and productive period of CBC Radio and Canadian musical history is that in 1998, the year Brian Current composed his energetic This Isn’t Silence, the late and highly esteemed Russian/Canadian composer Nikolai Korndorf (1947–2001) completed a CBC Radio commission, The Smile of Maud Lewis. Composed for the now defunct CBC Radio Orchestra, this work stands as one of the gentlest, most sublime works ever commissioned by CBC Radio. Nikolai Korndorf died, unexpectedly, while playing soccer with his son, 15 years ago this month. And that was a thundering silence. David Jaeger is a composer, producer and broadcaster based in Toronto. thewholenote.com AIR’LETH AODHFIN P This Isn’t Silence 3 SHOWS FROM ONLY $70 Nothing simpler. Nothing easier. Pick what you want and save! 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