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Here is an Acrobat PDF Web version of the June 2005 issue of WholeNote Magazine, including all advertisements. Glorious Summer - our special Green Pages listing 102 Music Festivals in Ontario and beyond - is available as a separate document on our Home Page. You may view our magazine using the Bookmarks at the left of your screen as a guide. Click on a Bookmark to go to the desired page. Where you see a “+” sign, click on it and you will find sub-topics underneath. To view our advertising, click here for a special Index of Advertisers. Then click on the red or green page number(s) next to any advertiser to be directed to their ad. To return to the ad index, click the boxed link at the bottom of the page. For the magazine’s own Table of Contents, click here. For another view of the magazine you may click on the Pages tab at the left to see a thumbnail view of each individual page. When you click on the thumbnail that full page will open. Selected advertisers or features have hot links to a Web site or email address, for faster access to services or information. Look for a page, article or advertisement with a red border around it, and click anywhere within the border. Enjoy! David Perlman, Editor WHOLENOTE INDEX OF ADVERTISERS JUNE 2005 Click Red or Green Page Numbers to go to a specific ad by one of our advertisers. (Green Page Numbers refer to advertisers in Green Pages). Aaron Brock 45 Acrobat Music 51 Alceste Concerts 34 Alexander Kats 44 Allison Lynn 39 Anno Domini Chamber Singers 21, 38 Armenious Violins 18 ATMA Classique 59 Bay Bloor Radio 64 Brott Summer Music Festival G 12 Bruce Vogt 37 Canclone 53 CBC Records 49 Christ Church Jazz Vespers 27 Civic Light Opera Company 30 Cosmo Music 16 Counterpoint Community Orchestra 34 Counterpoint Chorale 20 Dave Snider Music Centre 23 Elora Centre For The Arts 28 Elora Festival G10 Festival De Lanaudière 5 Festival Of The Sound G9 Festival Wind Orchestra 37 George Heinl 19 Gillmore Records 46 GMP Productions 27 Grand River Baroque Festival 3 Green Tourist Association 6 Harknett Musical Services 28 Heliconian Hall 45 High Park Choirs 20 Hummingbird Centre 38 Janet Catherine Dea 44 Jay Blair 45 Jubilate Singers 22, 35 Karl Machat 53 Katarina Bulat 45 Kids On Broadway 43 Kincardine Summer Music G16 Lakeshore Arts 27 Lockridge HiFi 55 Long & McQuade 23 Marjorie Sparks Voice Studio 32 Markham Theatre 7 Metropolitan United Church 42 Mikrokosmos 51 Monica Zerbe 36 Montreal Baroque Festival 59 Music Gallery 25 Music In The Orchard, Toronto Culture 22 Music Mondays 33 Music On The Hill 33 Music Toronto 11, 37 Nadina Mackie Jackson 51 Naxos Of Canada 47 New School Of Classical Vocal Studies 35 No Strings Theatre Productions 43 Orpheus Choir 43 Ottawa Int'l. Chamber Music Festival 61 Past Perfect 33 Pattie Kelly 44 Peter Mahon 20 Philip L. Davis, Luthier 18 Queen Of Puddings 15 Richard Taverner 45 Robert Lowrey's Piano Experts 14 Robin Howell 32 Samantha Chang 36 Shoreleaves 60 Show One Productions 38 Sight Singing Workshop 20 Sinfonia Toronto 13 Sirius Theatrical Company 44 SN Tourisme Culturel G3 Songbird Studios 45 Sound Post 19 Soundstreams Canada 63 SRI Canada 8 St James' Cathedral 21 Stratford Summer Music G11 Studio 92, 52 Sue Crowe Connolly 44 Susan Purdy Music 45 Tafelmusik 19 Temple Sinai 37 Toreador Music Recording Facilities 51 Toronto All-star Big Band 33 Toronto Centre For The Arts 10 Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival G13 Toronto Jewish Folk Choir 34 Toronto Music Competition 35 Toronto Summer Chamber Music Festival 2 Toronto Symphony 4, 62 Toronto Wind Orchestra 43 True North Brass 39 U of T Faculty of Music 17 Universal Music 57, 58 Victoria Scholars 36 Viva! 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MUSIC Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2 | Vivaldi’s Four Seasons | plus other Baroque masterworks PERFORMERS Sharla Nafziger | Laura Pudwell | Jennifer Enns Modolo | Julie Baumgartel | Farran James | Linda Melsted | Julia Wedman | Pascal Charbonneau | Joseph Schnurr | Daniel Lichti | Gary Relyea | Jim Mason | Dominic Teresi | David Louie | and the Grand River Baroque Festival Ensemble and Chorus, conducted by TICKETS 519-578-1570 800-265-8977 toll-free www.grbf.ca Back to Ad Index Victor Martens ARTISTIC DIRECTORS Julie Baumgartel and Jim Mason Toronto Symphony Orchestra WARM TSO! Summer Nights with the Dvořák Te Deum The Phenomenal Feidman! Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor Measha Brüggergosman, soprano Russell Braun, baritone Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Peter Oundjian, conductor Giora Feidman, clarinet Joaquin Valdepeñas, clarinet Denis Smylie, basset horn Joel Quarrington, double bass Wed. June 1 at 8:00 pm Thurs. June 2 at 8:00 pm TSO favourite Jiří Bělohlávek conducts the Czech master’s stunning choral work in a concert featuring Canadian soprano Measha Brüggergosman and Canadian baritone Russell Braun. June 2 part of the Sat. June 11 at 7:30 pm Sun. June 12 at 3:00 pm The “King of Klezmer” makes a rare Toronto appearance! Clarinettist Giora Feidman and friends present music that showcases the clarinet in all its classical, Broadway and Klezmer glory! Live! Series Part of the Measha Brüggergosman Concerts at Roy Thomson Hall. Service charges apply to all phone and internet orders. Light Classics Series Debussy and Ravel Images of Vienna Peter Oundjian, conductor Hélène Grimaud, piano Peter Oundjian, conductor Leila Josefowicz, violin Wed. June 8 at 8:00 pm Thurs. June 9 at 8:00 pm Wed. June 15 at 8:00 pm Thurs. June 16 at 8:00 pm Sat. June 18 at 7:30 pm (Casual Concert) Renowned French pianist Hélène Grimaud performs Ravel’s brilliant, jazz-infused G-Major Concerto on this programme of impressionist classics. June 9 sponsored by Delight in the wide range of musical styles heard at soirées and concert halls in late-19th-century Vienna. A fitting end to our season! June 18 part of the Casual Concerts Series Call 416.593.4828 or visit www.tso.ca The Conductors' Podium is proudly sponsored by Ogilvy Renault Back to Ad Index Back to Ad Index The TourGreen MAP of Toronto NATURE Enrich your summertime with the new TourGreen Map of the Toronto region! 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Hasner Back to Ad Index NEW RELEASES from the WORLD’S BEST LABELS Mendelssohn String Quartets, the Eroica Quartet Mahler Symphony No.9, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas conducting. eading the revival of Romantic periodLpresents performance style, The Eroica Quartet his month, music director Michael Tilson the third and final installment of its T Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony highly acclaimed Mendelssohn cycle. offer their sublime reading of the powerful 907288 ninth symphony—the sixth installment in the Grammy Award-winning Mahler symphony recording cycle. Michael Tilson Thomas has distinguished himself as one of the world’s foremost Mahler interpreters, and through his signature performances, as one of the composer’s most compelling advocates. SFS SFS60007 Bach Cantatas for the feast of St. John the Baptist une 2005 marks the beginning of ATMA’s Jrelease ambitious, multi-year project to record and all 200 of Bach‚s sacred cantatas. The first disc features the cantatas for the feast of St. John the Baptist (BWV 7-30-167), with singers Suzie LeBlanc, Daniel Taylor, Charles Daniels, Stephan Macleod, and The Montréal Baroque ensemble conducted by Eric Milnes. ATMA’s Bach cycle incorporates the most recent research on performance practise, confirming that these cantatas were performed one singer to a part, including the choruses. ATMA’s Bach cycle marks the first complete recording of the Bach cantatas performed one-on-a-part, and is also the first to be released in hybrid SACD surround format. This project is created in collaboration with the Montréal Baroque Festival, held each year in the city’s historic district. ATMAclassique SACD22400 Angela Hewitt: Bach Keyboard Concerti anadian, Angela Hewitt’s Bach is by now self-recommending but only after playing Bach CChamber across the world with numerous ensembles did Angela decide that the Australian Orchestra were the perfect collaborators. After a month of concerts across Australia these recordings were set down in Sydney in February of this year and the frisson of artists operating at the peak of their form is clear for all to hear. One is immediately struck by the quality of chamber-music playing as phrases are passed from soloist to orchestra and, in the case of Brandenburg Concerto No.5 and the Triple Concerto, between all three soloists. Rhythms are buoyant, tempos lively, the spirit of the dance is never far away in the fast movements and a perfectly vocal quality pervades the sung lines of the slow movements. SACDA67307 & SACDA67308 FOR STORE LOCATIONS PLEASE EMAIL [email protected] Back to Ad Index TABLE OF CONTENTS TORONTO’S CLASSICAL AND POST CLASSICAL MUSIC SCENE Volume 10 #9, June 1 - July 7, 2005 Copyright © 2005 WholeNote Media Inc. 720 Bathurst St., Suite 503, Toronto, ON M5S 2R4 COLUMNISTS Merlin Williams Pamela Margles Larry Beckwith Frank Nakashima Jim Galloway, Sophia Perlman Masha Buell Jason van Eyk, Keith Denning Bruce Surtees Christopher Hoile, Phil Ehrensaft Allan Pulker Brian Blain Colin Eatock Karen Ages Larry Beckwith, Masha Buell, Phil Ehrensaft, Catherine Muir, David Perlman, Eli Eisenberg DISCOVERIES (CD Reviews) Editor David Olds Reviewers: Alex Baran, Larry Beckwith, John Beckwith, Don Brown, Eli Eisenberg, Daniel Foley, Janos Gardonyi, John S. Gray, Tiina Kiik, Pamela Margles, Gabrielle McLaughlin, Alison Melville, Frank Nakashima, Ted O’Reilly, Cathy Riches, Annette Sanger, Tom Sekowski, Bruce Surtees, Robert Tomas, Dianne Wells Bandstand Book Shelf Choral Early Music Jazz Musical Life New Music Old Wine, New Bottles Opera Quodlibet TMA T.O. Diary World View Feature Writers Display Ad Sales, (Un)classified Ads & Listings: Phone 416-323-2232 Editorial: Phone 416-603-3786 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 416-603-4791 Websites: www.thewholenote.com www.torontohearandnow.com Paid Subscriptions ($30/year + GST) Phone: 416-406-5055 Circulation & Display Stands: 416-406-5055 Dates and Deadlines Next issue is Volume 10 #10 covering July 1 ’05 to September 7 ‘05 Free Events Listing Deadline: 6 pm Wednesday, June 15 (covering period July 1 ’05 to September 7 ’05) Display Ad Reservations Deadline: 6 pm Wednesday, June 15 Colour Ads must be received by Friday, June 17 Black and White Ads must be received by Friday, June 17 Publication Date: Tuesday, June 28 Circulation Printed in Canada by Couto Printing and Publishing Services Canadian Publication Product Sales Agreement 1263846 ISSN 14888-8785 WHOLENOTE WholeNote Media Inc. accepts no responsibility or liability for claims made for any product or service reported on or advertised in this issue. J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index CD Editor’s Corner by David Olds 12 CD Reviews 46-55 Vocal and Operatic 46 Early Music and Period Performance 47 Modern and Contemporary 51 Musique Actuelle 52 Jazz 52 Pot Pourri 55 Discs of the Month 55 Old Wine, New Bottles Bruce Surtees 56 CONCERT NOTES 14-24 T.O. Musical Diary Colin Eatock 14 Quodlibet Allan Pulker 16 Early Music Frank Nakashima 18 Choral Scene Larry Beckwith 20 John Govedas Remembered Larry Beckwith 22 World View Karen Ages 23 From Live to Air Catherine Muir 23 TORONTO HEAR & NOW – NEW MUSIC 24-26 Some Thing New Jason van Eyk 24 News Roundup Keith Denning 26 JAZZ AND BAND 26-28 Jazz Notes Jim Galloway 26 Band Stand Merlin Williams 28 In the Jazz Listings Sophia Perlman 28 OPERA AND MUSIC THEATRE 28-30 On Opera Christopher Hoile 28 Opera at Home Phil Ehrensaft 29 Music Theatre Spotlight Catherine Muir 30 MUSICAL LIFE 31-32 Toronto Musicians Association News Brian Blain 31 How I Met My Teacher Jacques Israelievitch 32 CONTEST: Music’s Children Masha Buell 32 SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL “GREEN PAGES” G1-G16 Introduction G2 Festivals by Start Date G2 Merry Meetings III: Olivier Fortin by Masha Buell G3 “A La Carte” Chart – 102 Festivals G4-G7 Festival Profiles G8 Some Jazz with Your Festival? by Eli Eisenberg G13 Yankee Gold? Exploring the other horseshoe by Phil Ehrensaft G14 Summer Music Festival Listings G14-G16 Merry Meetings IV: Guy Few by Masha Buell G16 LIVE LISTINGS 33-44 CCAB QUALIFIED CIRCULATION: March 2005 33,402 Total copies printed and distributed this month: 32,500 Publications Mail Agreement #40026682 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: WholeNote Magazine 503-720 Bathurst St. Toronto, ON M5S 2R4 Merry Meetings I: Nadina Mackie Jackson by David Perlman 10 Merry Meetings II: Dave Young by Jim Galloway 11 DISCOVERIES: CD FORUM 12-13, 46-56 Staff Allan Pulker David Perlman Circulation Peter Hobbs Simone Desilets, Karen Ages Sophia Perlman Colin Puffer Lee Weston David Perlman, Verity Hobbs Paul Farrelly, Jim Rootham, James Lawson Rocket Design Allan Pulker, Karen Ages, Masha Buell Sheila McCoy Publisher Editor Production Manager Listings Jazz Listings Webmaster Web Technician Layout & Design System/Special Projects Cover Design Advertising Circulation Manager COVER STORIES Comprehensive Concert Listings: Greater Toronto Area 33-39 Comprehensive Concert Listings: Beyond the GTA 39 Opera and Musical Theatre 40 Jazz 41 Announcements, workshops, etcetera 42 OTHER ELEMENTS Index of Advertisers 31 WholeNote Announcements 31 Unclassifieds 45 WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 9 COVER STORY on stage... “Shosha” and “City - Odessa Stories” June 1 - 5 Nathaniel Dett Choral And We Still Sing ... Scenes from the Life of a Martyr June 2, 8pm Jewish Nostalgia Night Portnyansky and Shapovalov June 26, 7pm Coming in July SENSES A Song and Dance Concert to Arouse your Senses! A Celebration of Chinese Womanhood July 8 - 31 Toronto Centre for the Arts For tickets call (416) 872-1111 or visit www.ticketmaster.ca Nadina Mackie Jackson Three rooms and a garden by David Perlman ROOM NUMBER ONE in this little story is the inverted sugar bowl at Simcoe and King called Roy Thomson Hall, October 26 2004. Something very intimate is happening in that ordinarily cavernous space, as Bernard Labadie leads Les Violons du Roy in Mozart’s Requiem. The sense of danger and discovery in the performance has every performer riveted to Labadie’s hands; the audience floats an inch off our seats. Afterwards in the lobby, Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra conductor Alain Trudel speaks to the 150 or so high-schoolers, many at their first concert, who are there as part of RTH’s ongoing Share the Music program. “You may not realize it for a long time” Trudel said, “but tonight you heard something special – not just kind of special, more like once in a lifetime special.” And from the grins of the performers on the edge of the crowd, you know they know it too. (The orchestra leaves RTH for the airport, straight from the concert, facing a schedule rigorous enough to wipe the grins off most people’s faces: land in Chicago; bus to St. Louis, bus to Kansas City, fly to Denver. Major-league music on a minor league budget.) Among the performers that magic night are two bassoonists, Mathieu Lussier and Nadina Mackie Jackson. Gesher Theatre of Israel 5040 Yonge St. www.tocentre.com merry MEETINGS I ROOM NUMBER TWO FEELS TINY. The notice on the door of the closet on its north wall reads: “This cupboard is reserved for clergy vestments.” High priest, on this occasion, is San Francisco-based sound recording engineer par excellence David v.R. Bowles surrounded by the tools of his trade: computer, mixing board; cables running through a hatch into an adjacent room, and speakers, on the floor, through which come the sounds of bassoons, contrabassoon and a harpsichord. The place is St Anne’s Anglican Church, sandwiched between Gladstone Ave and Dufferin Street in Toronto’s downtown west. It is Tuesday May 17 2005. The music filtering into the vestry is a sonata by Michel Corrette, part of his Opus 20, “Les Délices de la Solitude” written in Paris in 1739. The ensemble is called Musica Franca: harpsichordist Paul Jenkins, contrabassoon Fraser Jackson, ... and bassoonists Mathieu Lussier and Nadina Mackie Jackson. Corrette is one of two composers that Musica Franca is here to record. The other is Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, 20 years Corrette’s senior, also a self-publishing Parisian composer of the early eighteenth century. “The Corrette is music that Mathieu and I have shared for years, carrying around to play when we have the chance” Nadina explains. “But on last fall’s tour with Violons du Roy Mathieu brought the Boismortier along, Opus 26 and Opus 50, and this idea of “Musica Franca” fell into place. The recording goes in little bursts – interrupted sometimes by tonmeister Bowles, sometimes by trucks idling, like contrabassoons (alas, not in A440) at the Cadbury Factory across the road on Gladstone. Sometimes the musicians stay in the church to listen to tonmeister Bowles’ meticulous observations after each take.“Mathieu and Nadina you need to match ornaments at (measure) 22, I don’t mind what but they need to match… .” Other times they crowd into the little vestry and play the take back, scores in hand, making notes and decisions as they go: both Boismortier and Corrette expected their players to provide their own inventions and flourishes. They work steadily this way from eleven, past the anticipated one o’clock deadline till nearly two, and suddenly, trucks notwithstanding, the morning’s goal is reached. Work will resume after a three hour break, with Toronto Consort lutenist Terry McKenna joining the evening session. It will be a long one. Tomorrow organist Richard Paré and theorbist Sylvain Bergeron will come in from Montréal as the focus shifts from Corrette to Boismortier, the second cd in the two-cd set. WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 10 Back to Ad Index J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 the enormous kitchen that takes up the whole back of Nadina and Fraser’s home a few blocks east and south of St Anne’s. The walls of the house are covered with paintings, many of them (like the one on the cover of the magazine this issue) Nadina’s own work. The kitchen talk is slow and easy. GREAT CHAMBER MUSIC DOWNTOWN ROOM THREE IS Music that speaks to you GARY KULESHA and the Aradia Ensemble’s Kevin Mallon helps Fraser Jackson get a handle on a baroque contrabassoon. “I love how Kevin works and records,” Nadina says, “one readthrough and then we fly at it. And the strange thing is that I come out of it feeling like I have really lived the music rather than skimming over it.” “Baroque and modern music have a lot in common, which is why so many of us are drawn to both” Mathieu says. “In both it is a constant exploration. Not like your usual symphonic work – you know, where there are three notes to blow— short, average or long.” “It’s even more so for our particular instruments” says Nadina. “We are all playing the instruments that usually provide the support for the treble instruments but because of the wide range of all our instruments, we can easily provide both roles.” (“Easily” might not be many bassoonists’ word of choice, here, but for this founding member of the acclaimed Caliban Quartet, after thirty years engagement with her chosen instrument, it’s probably true.) AND THE GARDEN OF THE STORY’S TITLE? Well, simply that July 7, Musica Franca brings Corrette and Boismortier, along with work by Mathieu Lussier himself, to the Summer Music Garden series. In the simplistic confines of this story, it’s only a ten minute bike ride from the Jacksons’ kitchen to the Music Garden at the foot of Spadina. In reality, the five perfomers will have covered tens of thousands of kilometres between now and then. For Nadina, for example, early June takes her to Texas for the International Double Reed Conference during which she will play a recital with longtime collaborator pianist David Swan (“Oddbird and Swan” as they style themselves). And that’s just the beginning. The extraordinary trans- and inter-continental criss-crossing that makes for the summer’s myriad merry meetings is under way. GRYPHON TRIO Tuesday, June 21 at 7:30 pm Brahms - Echoes of the past, gateways to the future Chamber music with a difference Composer/conductor Gary Kulesha provides illuminating commentary with musical illustrations; then the Gryphon Trio provides a complete performance of Brahms’ Piano Trio in C, Op. 87. $20, MTO subscribers $15 Students $5, accompanying adult $10 2005-06 SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW AVAILABLE RUSSELL BRAUN RECITAL STRING QUARTETS PIANISTS ENSEMBLES-IN-RESIDENCE merry MEETINGS II Gryphon Trio MTO Chamber Society Dave Young CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS MTO Chamber Society Penderecki Quartet A view from the bridge I SPENT SOME TIME recently with Dave Young talking about festivals and touring in general, – if anyone can speak with authority on those subjects it is Dave. For more than three decades he has been part of the touring circuit and has experienced the full spectrum, as a sideman, as well as leading his own groups here and overseas. Dave Young was out there touring with pianist Wray Downes 30 years ago, travelling by car from one engagement to another and without any grants. Travel grants for jazz were pretty well unheard-of in those days and it took dedication and perhaps a touch of masochism to go on the road. That has changed some but it is no easy matter to become one of the favoured few who receive money from, for example, Canada Council, and the application procedure represents something of a challenge, with absolutely no certainty that there will be a grant forthcoming at the end. David has toured as often as not without any assistance, sometimes choosing to subsidise his own music rather than cancel a tour. In fact he hasn’t MERRY MEETINGS CONTINUES ON PAGE Back to Ad Index Markus Groh Trio Fibonacci DISCOVERY by Jim Galloway J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Lucille Chung Piotr Anderszewski Markus Groh Cyprien Katsaris Nikolai Lugansky Tokyo Mozart Miró New Zealand Takács St. Lawrence Penderecki 60 Shannon Mercer, soprano Maneli Pirzadeh & Daniel Moran, duo pianists Trio Fibonacci Subscription concerts and series, from $41 for Discovery to $551 for the whole season! arts An arm’s length body of the City of Toronto Canada Council Conseil des Arts du Canada for the Arts at W StLC Canadian Patrimoine Heritage canadien Jane Mallett Theatre St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts www.music-toronto.com 416-366-7723 l 1-800-708-6754 order online at www.stlc.com WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 11 DISCCOVERIES EDITOR’S CORNER As those of you who attended the April WholeNote Salon will know, I am among other things an avid amateur cellist and it was my great pleasure on that occasion to perform piano trios with two of our distinguished reviewers, John and Larry Beckwith. Those two gentlemen have each chosen Beethoven recordings on the Bridge Records label to review this month and you can find their thoughts in the Discs of the Month section. We also have a pair of Vivaldi reviews by Frank Nakashima and Robert Tomas, reviews of two Canadian flute discs by John S. Gray, Bruce Surtees’ impressions of the works of two 19th century women composers, Daniel Foley looks at two Mahler recordings by Pierre Boulez and Tiina Kiik gives us her take on two new tango recordings. So all in all things seem to be happening in pairs this month. But that’s not what I started out to say. Piano Trios and String Quartets are the most common chamber ensembles and the lion’s share of the chamber music repertoire falls into one or other of these genres. My own amateur groups have most often also fit these formations but at the moment, due to the vagaries of personnel scheduling conflicts, I am performing in a hybrid of the two, a Piano Quartet. For this reason it was with great interest that I requested a review copy of Sibelius – Complete Piano Quartets (BIS-CD-1182). There are five quartets in all, and they are all lovely music, but not what I expected. None of the works are for the traditional instrumentation of piano, violin, viola and cello. Instead we find works for 2 violins, cello and piano, for violin, cello and piano four hands, and even for violin, cello, piano and harmonium. These are all very early, some even student, pieces written between the ages of 19 and 26 and all except the last, the Quartet in c minor, are recorded here the first time. One of the most curious is entitled Ljunga Wirginia and is described as an “opera” to a [lost] libretto by Si- belius’ school friend Walter von Konow, although there is no reference to a vocal line in the score or sketches of this dramatic work. While I did not find any material here useful for my own music making purposes, the disc does provide some interesting insight into another side of this great Nordic composer known predominantly for his mature orchestral scores. Speaking of orchestral works, I have been enjoying a disc entitled Color by the French composer Marc-André Dalbavie (Naïve MO 782162) in recent weeks. I first came across his music at a Continuum concert earlier this season where I was very impressed by a piece for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano. Dalbavie, born in 1961, represents a second generation of “spectral” composers, carrying on the explorations begun by Gérard Grisey and Tristan Murail in the mid-1970s. His work is also linked to developments in visual arts. The disc includes two recent orchestral works, Color (2001) and Ciaccona (2002) performed by the Orchestre de Paris under Christoph Eschenbach. Eiichi Chijiiwa, the orchestra’s co-principal violinist, is featured in the Concerto for Violin from 1996, a work which he premiered at the Donaueschingen Festival. “Color” is indeed an apt title for the Dalbavie disc, but it could equally apply to the music of Finnish composer Esa-Pekka Salonen. Perhaps better known as a conductor than composer, he has been at the helm of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the past 13 years and has recorded extensively with that orchestra. His most recent release however, Wing on Wing (Deutsche Grammophon 477 5375), features three recent orchestral scores performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. The title piece is an eerie work scored for large orchestra, two wordless coloratura sopranos (Anu and Piia Komsi) and the prerecorded voice of Frank O. Gehry. Wing on Wing (2004) was inspired by, and written for the opening of, the Walt Disney Concert Hall - new home of the L. A. Philharmonic - a strikingly angular, yet strangely curvaceous edifice designed by Gehry. The disc also includes the 2001 composition Foreign Bodies and 2002’s Insomnia. This last is likened to “the dreamlike atmosphere of Goya’s The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters” by Corinna Hesse, author of the CD’s liner notes. I agree - it’s no wonder this man doesn’t sleep much! And staying on the subject of orchestral discs, this month sees the re-release of an important disc of Canadian orchestral repertoire, thanks to a new arrangement between the CBC and the Canadian Music Centre. Orchestre Métropolitain 2 (CMCCD 10705) is the first fruit of a collaboration that will produce reissues of a number orchestral discs on the Centrediscs label that initially appeared in the CBC catalogue. One could ask why our national broadcaster is divesting itself of these historically important (and musically interesting) recordings, but at least we can be thankful that they are finding a permanent home with an organization committed to promoting them. It also means an important boost to the Centrediscs catalogue by making orchestral recordings, normally prohibitively expensive to produce, a viable option. This first offering, which features Montreal’s Orchestre Métropolitain under Walter Boudreau’s direction, includes dramatic, high-energy works by five Quebecois composers: Linda Bouchard, Denis Gougeon, Brian Cherney and Boudreau himself, along with the haunting Orion by the late Claude Vivier. Of particular note is Bouchard’s Élan, a fiery overture-like work composed (as were Cherney’s Transfiguration and Gougeon’s À l’aventure) for the opening of concert of the Festival Montréal Musiques Actuelles in November 1990. The final release I’d like to mention this month is also on the Centrediscs label, but in this instance a world premiere recording. 16 WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 12 Back to Ad Index Portraits: Music of MichelGeorges Brégent (CMCCD 10705) features Christina Petrowska Quilico’s live performance from the Music Gallery which was part of New Music Concerts’ Piano Marathon Weekend in September 2003. The Portraits, subtitled Romantic Etudes for Piano, are exactly that. But not portraits of specific people or even places. The titles tell us that they are depictions of such nebulous concepts as “Unattainable Love”, “Ideal Romance” or “Greatness”, or characters such as “Misunderstood Visionaries”, “The Beggar” and “Concealed Refugee”. We are also presented with such exuberant sentiments as “Go Rocker-Gangs, Go!” and “Race for Cash”, alongside the poignant “Vietnam Disaster”. The works range from naïvely anachronistic displays of Romantic pianistic fireworks, to Boogie-woogielike riffing, with many stops and side trips taken along the way providing a kind of compendium of “piano stylings” from the century leading up to the composer’s birth. Not what we might expect from a composer of “serious” contemporary concert music, but we must keep in mind that the cycle was begun in 1966 when the Brégent was just 18 years old. This is before his formal composition studies at the Montreal Conservatoire with Gilles Tremblay, although he already had produced the Grande Toccate-Sonate Barbare and the first version of his important biblical fresco Les Testaments. Lasting more than an hour and a half, Portraits was a project that Brégent continued to work on intermittently until 1988, 5 years before his untimely death. Petrowska Quilico, who was his wife for some of this period, brings many personal insights to her performance. It is obviously a labour of love, and one which we are thankful she has undertaken. We welcome your feedback and invite submissions. Catalogues, review copies of CDs and comments should be sent to: The WholeNote, 503 – 720 Bathurst St. Toronto ON M5S 2R4. We also welcome your input via our website, www.thewholenote.com. David Olds Editor, DISCoveries CONTINUED ON PAGE 46 J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 13 T.O. Musical Diary by Colin Eatock Breeding Like Rabbits This month’s column began with a chance meeting, one afternoon in May, with one of Toronto’s senior piano teachers. “There are so many good young piano students these days,” said the distinguished pedagogue (who shall remain nameless) with a sigh. “But where will they all find work?” Indeed, pianists have a reputation for abundance – much like rabbits in Australia. So I set out to find out what I could about the opportunities and obstacles these hardy, prolific creatures (the pianists, I mean) meet with in our city. May 19, 2005: My mission begins at Remenyi House of Music on Bloor Street. There, amidst the shiny Steinways, I find Mark, a piano technician hard at work. He tells me that business is good: these days, a successful piano technician in this city might have as many as 300 clients. And to account for the large number of pianos in Toronto, he offers historical reasons. “During the 1920s and ‘30s, pianos were like colour TV sets – everybody had one,” he observes, “and the piano is still a vibrant part of our musical life.” He also points out that, in bygone days, pianos were not only purchased and played in Toronto, but also built here: Heintzman Street in the Junction remains as a memorial to the city’s leading manufacturer. Later the same day: The name Andrew Kwan may not be known to many concert-goers, although many of the musicians he manages are. Kwan’s agency has represented numerous Canadian pianists over the years: currently, James Parker, Jane Coop, Michael Kim and Antonin Kubalek are on his roster. In his opinion, there has, of late, been an increase in both the “challenges and opportunities” facing pianists. As well, he notes that young pianists sometimes acquire unrealistic attitudes. “Most students wish for the solo-concerto career, but they don’t understand the marketplace,” says Kwan. “When they come to me, I ask them if they are honestly ready. I tell them that I already represent some very fine pianists, and would they feel their artistic voice is different from what I already have?” Kwan is also concerned about the commonly held notion that a musician must make a big splash at a young age. “They think their careers need to start immediately, and if they aren’t famous by the time they’re 25, they’re washed up. Yet some of the greatest pianists – Goode, or Serkin – started much later. Success is not based on first engagements, but on re-engagements.” May 20, 2005: I drop in at the Royal Conservatory of Music’s temporary digs, near Bloor and Dufferin, to hear Andrew Aarons’ graduation recital. I’ve never before heard this 21-year-old pianist – who performs Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and more Chopin – but it’s immediately apparent that he’s an accomplished musician. He’s fleetfingered, but not flashy in the way some young pianists can be. Rather, there’s a kind of understated subtlety to his playing. Afterwards, as he greets friends and relatives outside the hall, I find out a little more about him. Now finished his studies in Toronto, he’ll be going to London’s Royal College of Music, to pursue a master’s degree there. And what does he think of the notion that there are already too many pianists in the world? “There are lots of pianists – but not so many good ones,” he replies with a knowing smile. He goes on to say that it’s important for a pianist to “find a niche” – although he declines to suggest what his will be. Currently, his interests are wide ranging: everything from contemporary music to baroque harpsichord. It’s of course far too early to predict what kind of career Aarons will have. But he’s talented, intelligent and level-headed – and these traits will no doubt serve him in good stead. I wish him luck. And if I may say so without implying condescension – he’ll need it. ** Colin Eatock is a composer and writer in Toronto who contributes to the Globe and Mail and other publications. His T.O. Musical Diary is a regular monthly feature of The WholeNote magazine. 30 WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 14 Back to Ad Index J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 in association with Harbourfront Centre presents the World Premiere of The Midnight Court Opera Music ana sokolovic Libretto paul bentley You are thirty at least and still unwed. You sleep alone in a bachelor bed. Shame on you there, without chick or child, With women in thousands running wild! June 11, 14, 16, and 18, 2005 Harbourfront Centre Theatre 4 performances only! Tickets – 416 973 4000 J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . 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These promise gram of music to be some of the finby 19th century Michael Guttman est music-making French composers and contemporary Canadian available in Toronto in July and composers on June 1 to the Kitch- August and feature works by lessener-Waterloo Philharmonic er known composers such as ArChoir performing Howard Shore’s riaga and Lekeu, as well as better “Lord of the Rings Symphony”, known counterparts, such as MenJune 4 in Kitchener and June 5 in delssohn, Brahms, Dvorak, RavToronto. el, Saint-Saëns, Piazzola, Bloch and Debussy. 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We can easily speak on the phone to someone on the other side of the world, send them an e-mail which will reach them within minutes, get on an airplane and be in Europe in six hours or put on a CD to listen to a performance that took place six or sixty or more years ago. Parallel with technological developments the study of musicology has brought to light musical works that have been forgotten for generations, thus making accessible the music of other times. Continuing the work of musicologists, many contemporary musicians and ensembles have undertaken to bring to life these discoveries by studying and performing them. One such ensemble is the Arriaga String Quartet, composed of four Belgian musicians who studied at the Juilliard School of Music and named after Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga, a Spanish composer of great promise who died in Paris in 1826, ten days before his twentieth birthday. The Arriaga Quartet’s mission is “unveiling gems by masters of lesser fame, winning them … enthusiastic followers.” This very interesting ensemble is coming to Toronto to be the WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 16 Back to Ad Index MUSIC MONDAYS Every Monday just after noon from May 30 to early September you can leave the noise and teeming activity of downtown behind and go into the cool and quiet of Holy Trinity Church for a fortyfive minute concert, one of the Music Mondays summer series. The series, which began in 1992, is now entering its fourteenth year of providing a rejuvenating musical interlude in the heart of downtown. This year, according to artistic director, Susan Crowe Connolly, the theme of the series is diversity. The programs on June 6, 13 and 27 are various configurations of stringed, percussion and woodwind instruments, June 20 is stride pianist, Bill Westcott and on July 4 the original artistic director of the series, pianist and harpsichordist, Paul Jenkins returns with soprano, Andrea Gerhardt. All the details are in our listings, so do try to make it out at least once or twice to hear some great music in the summer without leaving town. ORCHESTRAL MUSIC On June 4 the Oakville Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Stephane Potvin, will present a program that includes Jacques Hétu’s Third Symphony, a highly successful work that has been played all over the world. June 11 the TSO will feature as soloist Giora Feidman, “the king of klezmer,” in a concert that showcases the clarinet in all its classical, Broadway and Klezmer glory! J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 CHAMBER AND VOCAL MUSIC There is plenty of chamber music to select from in June. The music of Ravel, Takemitsu and Schubert will be explored as a vehicle for dance in Via Salzburg’s Phantasies and Chrysanthemums program on June 2 & 3; a new group, the Zonnebloem Chamber Ensemble, will perform trios by Beethoven and Brahms on June 3. Two string quartets perform on Sunday, June 5: the Contreras Quartet at 2:00 in Oakville and the Sunrise Quartet at 3:00 in Toronto. Flutist Edward Brescacin and pianist, Cecilia Ignatieff, will give a recital Sunday, June 12; another flutist, Samantha Chang, with musical friends, will give a recital on Friday, June 17. TSO concertmaster, Jacques Israelievitch, also with musical friends, will give a recital on Sunday, June 19, and on June 20 Music Toronto will present the Gryphon Trio at Jane Mallett Theatre performing Brahms’ Piano Trio in C, opus 87, with commentary by composer, Gary Kulesha. There will also be several fine vocal recitals in June. June 7 soprano, Alexa Wing and pianist, Michael Bloss do a noon-hour con- cert of baroque music at St. James’ Cathedral. Is Bobby McFerrin’s June 10 concert at Roy Thomson Hall a vocal recital? I’d say so. On June 13 the Swedish Women’s Education Association presents Mia Karlsson, a recipient of the Jenny Lind Scholarship for promising sopranos, in the 5th annual Jenny Lind Recital. Mezzo soprano, Monica Zerbe, a prize winner in 1999 in the first Yrjö Kilpinen Symposium and Art Song Competition, will perform songs by Chausson, Rachmaninoff and Wagner with pianist, Brahm Goldhamer, on June 17. On June 18 soprano, Patricia O’Callaghan and friends present an intriguing program entitled “Carmen Fantasies.” Tenor, Corneliu Montano, will sing on June 24 at Roy Thomson Hall as guest artist with pianist, Richard Clayderman and on June 25 soprano, Rachel Persaud, and pianist, Peter Treen will give a recital at Victoria-Royce Presbyterian Church. In conclusion, the season may be winding down but the music goes on. There are plenty of concerts to send us into July and August. Women’s Musical Club of Toronto Subscribe to Music in the Afternoon 2005-2006 Season Five great concerts for $130! Thursday afternoons at 1.30 p.m. Pre-concert lecture 12.15 p.m. Vienna Piano Trio October 27, 2005 Alain Trudel, trombone & members of the TSO November 24, 2005 Jupiter String Quartet January 19, 2006 2004 Banff ISQC Winner March 9, 2006 Xiang Zou, piano 2003 Honens 1st Laureate Meredith Hall, soprano Bernard Farley, guitar Sylvain Bergeron, lute April 20, 2006 For more information or to subscribe, call 416-923-7052 www.wmct.on.ca UNIVERSITY OF TOR ONTO FAC U LT Y O F M U S I C Steve Reich Renee Rosnes Russell Braun Susan Hoeppner Beverley Johnston Highlights The Gryphon Trio 2005-2006 Our music season features Fred Sherry & Friends acclaimed faculty, guest & emerging Borromeo String Quartet artists in over 100 concerts, lectures & St. Lawrence String Quartet master classes. Visit our website for more information as we will release our Shauna Rolston & Peggy Baker full season in the summer. Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet International Bach Festival with Helmuth Rilling W W W. M U S I C . U T O R O N T O . C A J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 17 EARLY Music by Frank Nakashima and Masha Buell TORONTO VIOLINthe Soho concert I S T and violist series founders Kathleen Kajioka, themselves - Jowho readers will hann Christian have seen perBach and Carl forming with Friedrich Abel. Tafelmusik, Via “Soho Square, Salzburg, and the 1765” will feature Middle Eastern music by all four ensembles Doula (June 11 at Kimand Maza Mezé, bourne Park Unithas formed a new ed Church). group - Past PerT H E F I N A L profect - with friends gram in the ToronKathleen Kajioka Daniela Pierson to Early Music (baroque violin), Nicholas Walk- Centre’s “Musically Speaking” seer (gamba and violone), and Gabri- ries presents Musick’s Handel Shuford (harpsichord), Their maid. Valerie Sylvester and Sheicollective knowledge of baroque la Smyth (violins), Laura Jones performance practice and their (viola da gamba) and Janet Scott multifaceted musical backgrounds (harpsichord) are joined by special should bring a fresh and inventive guest Thomas Georgi, violin, in a spirit to the eclectic program of program titled “Once Upon a their debut concert “Outrageous Ground”, an exploration of the Fortune”. They will perform some many forms of the “ground bass” of the more eccentric, wacky and in 17th century music. sensuous chamber music from the This curious musical form, usuBaroque period, including works ally with a short and simple repeatby Corelli, Castello, Biber, Schei- ed phrase in the bass part, has prodt, Purcell and Christopher Gib- vided the inspiration for many varbons (June 4 at St. Thomas’ An- iations and improvisations. Curiglican Church). ouser still, this musical framework I F Y O U H E A R D T H E M at the re-emerged nearly three hundred WholeNote Early Music salon in years later: arguably a significant February, or their February “Dres- cornerstone for much early jazz, den” event, you’ll want to travel blues, and rock music. Maybe you with L’Intemporel Baroque En- can’t have too much of a good semble this month in “Soho thing… “Once Upon a Ground” will inSquare, 1765”. Core ensemble clude works by some of the greatmembers Mylène Guay (historical flutes), Laura Jones (viola da est exponents of this form - Purgamba and baroque cello), and cell, Biber, Merula, Pachelbel, and David Sandall (harpsichord), pro- Cavalli. (June 12 at Holy Trinity pose to re-create an eighteenth cen- Church). tury milieu in which some of London’s best musicians performed by invitation for society’s fashionable and well-connected. These musicians included the child prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the “father of the pianoforte” Muzio Clementi, as well as Frank T. Nakashima ([email protected]) is President of the Toronto Early Music Centre, a non-profit charitable organization promoting the appreciation of historically-informed performances of early music www.interlog.com/~temc MUSIC UNLEASHED BAROQUE SUMMER by Masha Buell EARLY MUSIC, with its peculiar combined ethos of structure and improvisation, demands flexibility and a love of exploration. Performers need opportunities to recharge creatively, and audiences need opportunities to hear their favourite music outside of the confines of conventional concert halls. Summer festivals provide working musicians, students and amateurs with chances to remember that much of what we call “early music”, was not written for professionals to play for captive audiences, but rather for music-loving people to play for, and with, other music-loving people. The Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute (June 1-14) takes place at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music. One of the great benefits of this event is the free concerts such as the opening “Faculty Concert” (June 3) with the Tafelmusik Orchestra and Choir, Ann Monoyios, and Rufus Müller, directed by Jeanne Lamon and Ivars Taurins. There’s also the “Faculty Chamber Concert” (June 7), a noon-hour recital played by members of Tafelmusik. The student orchestra and choir of the TBSI under the direction of Lamon and Taurins take their turn on June 11. The Grand Finale Concert combines the talents of the Institute choir and orchestra with that of the parent Orchestra and Choir on June 14. Too good to be true! The TBSI is also open to auditors. If you are not an advanced student, or a pre-professional or professional player or singer, you can still attend without actually participating. Auditors can register for individual classes for as little as $20, or purchase daily passes for $50. An open pass for the events of the entire institute costs $395. This is a wonderful opportunity for serious but less advanced musicians, and non-musicians with a strong interest in period performance and music. Website: www.tafelmusik.org The Grand River Baroque Festival (June 24-26) - A musicallyintense weekend is in store for all those who attend this event not far from Toronto. “You walk into the barn and you feel so relaxed and it all comes back to you … everyone is so supportive ... the possibilities for unleashed performances are just hanging in the air, waiting,” violinist Julia Wedman, a Grand River performing returnee, says. You can hear Bach Cantatas #12 and #21 with Sharla Nafziger, Laura Pudwell, Joseph Schnurr, and Daniel Lichti; the complete book 2 of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier; Vivaldi’s Four Seasons featuring violinists Julie Baumgartel, Farran James, Linda Melsted, and Julia Wedman; a Baroque Coffee House featuring the music of Blow, Locke, Purcell and Handel; and Bach’s great masterpiece, the St. Matthew Passion, conducted by Victor Martens, with soloists Nafziger, Pudwell, Charbonneau, Schnurr, Lichti, and Relyea. Website: www.grbf.ca PHILIP L. DAVIS Luthier formerly with J.J. Schröder: Frankfurt, West Germany A Fine Selection of Small and Full Sized Instruments and Bows Expert Repairs l (416) 466-9619 67 Wolverleigh Blvd., Toronto, Ontario, M4J 1R6 WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 18 Back to Ad Index J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 CANADA’S STRING SHOP Violins, violas, cellos, and bows Complete line of strings and accessories Expert repairs and rehairs Canada’s largest stock of string music Fast mail order service “In this picture are the early gatherers for last year’s opening day parade – more than a hundred recorder-playing people learned the canon ahead of time, composed for the festival by Matthias Maute, and another hundred showed up to join in with things to drum on. Four bars of memorable music-making. People said afterwards they appreciated the concerts more because they themselves had just spent a half hour playing…It’s the sense of creating something together that’s so wonderful.” Susie Napper, Montreal Baroque ON THE SAME WEEKEND, the Montreal Baroque Festival (June 23– 26) begins with a parade of musicians, and circus artists, followed by intimate concerts in the crypt of the chapelle Notre-Dame-deBonsecours featuring Meredith Hall, La Nef, Les Voix Baroques, Monika Mauch with lutenist Nigel North. There will also be performances of Antonio Caldara’s La Conversione di Clodoveo; Handel’s Musick for the Royal Fireworks with real fireworks; Coffee Cantatas by Nicolas Bernier and J.S. Bach; and other cantatas (#130, 19, and 149) and concertos (for 1, 2, 3, and 4 harpsichords) by Bach. Other performers include the Toronto Consort, Ensemble Constantinople, and the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal. There will also be master classes and workshops offered in voice, baroque trumpet, lute, improvisation, vocal declamation, commedia dell’arte, Quebecois traditional dance, and lectures/round tables. www.montrealbaroque.com Free Summer Concerts with Tafelmusik J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index 93 Grenville St., Toronto M5S 1B4 tel 416.971.6990 fax 416.597.9923 CONSERVATORS & PURVEYORS OF Fine & Rare Violins 201 Church St., Toronto, ON. M5B 1Y7 Tel: 416-363-0093 • Fax: 416-363-0053 Email: [email protected] www.georgeheinl.com Canada’s foremost violin experts. Proud of our heritage. Excited about the future. Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir Jeanne Lamon, Music Director Ivars Taurins, Director, Chamber Choir Baroque Delights The Grand Finale Friday, June 3 at 8pm (Doors open at 7pm) Featuring Institute faculty members Ann Monoyios, soprano and Rufus Müller, tenor as well as the Tafelmusik Orchestra and Chamber Choir Tuesday, June 14 at 7:30pm Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor Street West (one block west of Spadina) Come hear the music that made us famous! Directed by Jeanne Lamon and Ivars Taurins. Limited tickets available Grace Church-on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road (at Spadina & Lonsdale) The series ends in grandiose style! The combined forces of the Institute orchestra and choir and the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir fill the stage for our biggest concert of the summer. An event not to be missed! Musical Interlude Free and general admission to all concerts: Tuesday, June 7 at 12noon • Admission to Baroque Delights, Musical Interlude, and The TBSI Orchestra and Choir are first-come, first-served. No ticket required. • Due to high demand, tickets for The Grand Finale concert must be obtained in advance. Please visit the Tafelmusik Box office at 427 Bloor St. West starting June 6 to receive your FREE ticket. (Maximum 2 per person) Walter Hall, University of Toronto (Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queens Park Ave) For a lunchtime retreat! Indulge your ears to a concert treat of baroque chamber music. Featuring the Institute faculty and Tafelmusik musicians. 4 FREE Community Concerts presented by Tafelmusik in conjuction with the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute! www.thesoundpost.com [email protected] The TBSI Orchestra & Choir Saturday, June 11 at 1pm Walter Hall, University of Toronto (Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queens Park Ave) The talented Institute participants perform a concert of baroque orchestral and choral works. Directed by Jeanne Lamon and Ivars Taurins. WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM Supported by: HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc. Member CIPF. Visit our website at www.tafelmusik.org or call (416) 964.6337 for more information 19 CHORAL Scene Sounds of a Better World AUDITIONS High Park Choirs of Toronto with Zimfira Poloz, Artistic Director throughout the month of June • • • Training Choir (grades 1 to 3) Children’s Choir (grades 4 to 6) Senior Divisions (grades 7 to 12) We have two main concerts per season, in December and June, plus workshops with other choirs, several local appearances and our annual September Choir Retreat. Senior Choirs have an annual special event or tour. CALL 416-762-0657 www.highparkchoirs.org SPRING CONCERT A Concert to celebrate children and music! The High Park Choirs of Toronto Zimfira Poloz, Artistic Director present “Sounds of a Better World” Sunday, June 5, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. Humbercrest United Church, 16 Baby Point Road (Jane and Annette) CALL 416-762-0657 or email [email protected] “ Here we grow again!” COUNTERPOINT CHORALE ... dedicated to the community and to the performing arts. AUDITIONS www.counterpointchorale.com william woloschuk - artistic director 416-253-4674 by Larry Beckwith T ORONTO ’ S VIBRANT choral passed away early last year. I woncommunity is on fire in the first dered whether Lawrence felt that half of June, thanks to the cuthere’d been a sense of “torchratorial prowess of Soundpassing” from Niki, who had himstreams’ artistic director Lawself organized three massive June rence Cherney and the ingenuchoral festivals in 1989, 1993 and ity of several of our leading 2002. Characteristically, Cherney community choral directors. praised the memory of Niki’s genThe major choral events of ius for promotion and mixing and the month are connected to the matching world and Canadian talNorthern Voices Festival. In ent and commented on how inspirkeeping with their mandate of ing he found it. However, he put bringing together Canadian and his finger on an important differvisiting artists, Soundstreams ence between the two gentlemen: has gathered a stunning array of “I’m simply not interested in choral talent from Scandinavia, putting together another performLatvia, Germany and, of course, ance of the Verdi Requiem”. Canada. And indeed – as it should be – Every evening, from June 4-12, it is the intriguing repertoire that top notch choirs will perform in is front and centre in this festithe Festival’s home venue: Met- val. From major works by Caropolitan United Church. Canada nadians (James Rolfe, R. Muris represented by the Elora Festi- ray Schafer, Abigail Richardson, val Singers, Pro Coro Canada Melissa Hui, Jacques Hétu and (from Edmonton), the Elmer Isel- Harry Somers) to recent works er Singers, the Nathaniel Dett Cho- by some of today’s leading chorale and the Tafelmusik Chamber r a l c o m p o s e r s ( T a v e n e r , Choir (conducted by the legendary Gorecki, Part, Penderecki, Vasks Frieder Bernius). Guest choirs in- and Nystedt), the festival celeclude the Latvian Radio Choir, the brates contemporary music by Norwegian Soloists’ Choir and the boldly putting it front and centre Danish National Radio Choir. In addition, several “cutting edge” smaller ensembles are featured in the festival. These include the Finnish Huutajat “Shouting Men”, whose primal vocalizing reminds us of the roots of vocal utterance. Two small six-member vocal ensembles – the popular Rajaton and Nordic Voices – present finely-honed intimate choral repertoire, and the virtuosic Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble promises a varied and tremendously difficult program. When I spoke with Lawrence Sales Representative Cherney for last month’s special choral issue of WholeNote, I rem416-322-8000 inisced with him about our mutual [email protected] friend, the crafty choral impresario Nicholas Goldschmidt, who www.petermahon.com WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 20 Back to Ad Index PETER MAHON J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Abigail Richardson every night. Of course, the history of choral music is well represented also, by vital works from Purcell, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Richard Strauss, Dufay, Gesualdo and Bach. On the weekends of the festival (June 3-5 and 10-12), Trinity College is hosting a conference featuring workshops, seminars and round-table discussions. In short, it’s a feast. I’m going to try to get to as many of the events as possible. There’s nothing like a festival of choral music to revive the spirit and feed the soul (not to mention the brain)!! Call 416-366-7723 for tickets, or visit www.soundstreams.ca for more information. AS I MENTIONED ABOVE, there are plenty of other choral events happening this month, as well. I have had the riveting experience of hearing the incomparable Canadian baritone Russell Braun sing Martinu’s Field Mass twice in recent years. He performs it again, with the men of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the Toronto Symphony, conducted by Jirí Belohlávek on June 1 and 2. Also on the program is the setting of the Te Deum by Antonin Dvorak. On June 2, The Nathaniel Dett Chorale performs a fascinating work by the late Virginian composer Undine Smith Moore. Entitled “Scenes from the Life of a Martyr”, the piece is a 16-part oratorio on the life of Martin Luther King Jr., for chorus, orchestra, solo voices and narrator. It was premiered in 1982 at Carnegie Hall and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize that year. The Mississauga Children’s Choir premieres a new setting of Elizabethan texts by Vancouverite Stephen Chatman on June 4 and the following day sees a whole host of events featuring familiar ensembles. The High Park Choirs, di- A MUSIC PROGRAM FOR YOUNG CHILDREN • An exciting program introducing children ages 5 – 8 to the joys of music and singing. • No prior training needed • 3 sets of 10-week terms at $80 per term • Commencing in September • 45-minute Wednesday afternoon sessions at the Cathedral • Opens doors to the chorister programs at the Cathedral and to opportunities beyond LEADER: DIANE EDWARDS is a featured clinician and adjudicator throughout Canada. She directed the highly acclaimed Young Children’s Kodaly Programme in London, Ontario for over 15 years, and lectures in the Faculty of Education (OISE) where she teaches music and supervises teacher candidates. Register by email [email protected] or phone (416) 364-7865 ext. 231 The Cathedral Church of St. James King & Church, Toronto www.stjamescathedral.on.ca CONTINUES VocalPoint Chamber Choir Ian Grundy, conductor Toronto's most dynamic semi-professional Chamber Choir Finalists in the 2000/02/04 CBC Choral Competitions ANNUAL OPEN AUDITIONS JUNE 2005 Youth Singers of Toronto VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto is pleased to announce a fourth VIVA! Choir! Experienced choral singers are invited to apply for paid and unpaid positions in the choir for the 2005/06 Season S.A.T.B. Youth Choir Dedicated to performing major choral works. Phone (416) 461-8301 for an audition time Co-Conducted by Carol Woodward Ratzlaff and Brad Ratzlaff Auditions for Preparatory Chorus (4-7), Main Chorus I (7-11) and Main Chorus II (11-19) are also being conducted. Call Laura Menard for more information. t: 416.788.8482 f: 416.788.0138 e: [email protected] 16 Chilton Rd, Toronto, Ont. M4J 3C8 www.vivayouthsingers.com J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 21 MUSIC IN THE ORCHARD at Spadina Museum FREE CONCERTS Sunday Afternoons from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Bring a picnic, a blanket and the entire family! June 5th: Moresca will perform featuring voice, woodwinds & hurdy-gurdy June 12th: Jonno Lightstone of the Yiddish Swingtet performs traditional Klezmer songs on clarinet. June 19th: Vansickle Ensemble perform music popular in the early 1900s SPADINA MUSEUM: HISTORIC HOUSE & GARDENS 285 Spadina Road 416-392-6910 www.toronto.ca/ culture/calendar.htm rected by Zimfira Poloz, sample children’s choir music from around the world, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Philharmonic Choir perform Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Symphony at Roy Thomson Hall. The Toronto Jewish Folk Choir offers its 79th annual Spring Concert (a remarkable achievement!) and five downtown Toronto choirs come together for a “community choral summit” at Trinity-St. Paul’s Church. Two concerts on June 11 caught my eye for their unique programming: Ron Cheung’s “Voices” choir offer choral music from the Far East, Eastern Europe and Australia/New Zealand, while the Jubilate Singers give a concert of choral settings of the glorious words of Federico Garcia Lorca. And as if this all wasn’t enough, the Tafelmusik Orchestra and Choir are holding their annual summer institute in the first half of June, and June 14 sees their culminating closing mass concert at Grace Church on-the-Hill. The tickets are free (though you must reserve them at the Tafelmusik box office). I’ve participated in a few of these shows and they are a blast. We have come to think of Baroque performance as being neat and tidy and relatively small….well, this concert may be neat and tidy, but there are dozens of performers on stage: desks and desks of violins, cellos, multiple keyboards and lots and lots of voices. It is always a magnificent event. Lastly this month, I want to draw people’s attention to a course that is offered by choral conductor and veteran Elmer Iseler Singer baritone David King. It’s a series of workshops offering coaching in the important art of sight-singing. For those interested in joining a choir, it’s a great opportunity to hone skills and make your choral experience all the more satisfying. Visit www.allthekingsvoices.ca or call 416-225-2255 for more information. JUBILATE SINGERS AUDITIONS Director Isabel Bernaus leads a chamber choir with an eclectic, multilingual repertoire (Cuban, Argentinian, Italian, Finnish, Canadian, Catalan, Spanish; classical, traditional, contemporary), with a 3-concert series and occasional community performances. Openings in all sections, especially baritone and soprano. Rehearsals are Tuesdays 7:30 pm at St. Leonard’s Church. Auditions Tuesday June 14, 5:30-9:30 pm at St. Leonard's Church 25 Wanless Ave. (near Yonge & Lawrence) Call Diane at 416-385-1502 to arrange a time. www.jubilatesingers.ca JOHN GOVEDAS REMEMBERED In Toronto’s strong and varied choral scene, there are many constants that one imagines will simply always continue. We experienced a rude awakening from that belief early last month, with the death of composer and accompanist John Govedas. John led a busy life as the director of music at the Lithuanian Martyr’s Church in Mississauaga, composer and arranger of music for young singers, and accompanist for countless choirs in the Greater Toronto Area. He will be remembered for his tremendous facility as a pianist, his uncompromising standards as a composer and his unique and slightly eccentric personality and sense of humour. I contacted a number of individuals who worked with and knew John well. The following is a sampling of their memories: Glenda Crawford, Music Director, Oakville Children’s Choir: I knew John first as a composer and accompanist who “hung around” the Toronto Kiwanis Music festival, checking out choirs. His music for treble voices is quite interesting: where the voice sits, imitative writing, developing part-singing skills, harmonic colour. No two pieces were alike. The kids loved his music. Lee Willingham, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University; Conductor, Bell’Arte Singers: He was a “character”, both in personality, and musically. He was a high energy guy, with lots of potential mischief always looming, or so it felt if he was a bit out of your sightlines and you were trying to earn the respect of the singers. I loved playing on this energy, and we seemed to get along great, the few times we had together. My thinking about his legacy, if you will, is that he was a naturally excellent musician, and had technique to boot. Many young choirs got to sing with his musical prowess supporting and shaping their artistic expression... that must have been thrilling. Mark Bell, Conductor, Riverdale Youth Singers: John not only accompanied the choir, he listened WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 22 Back to Ad Index to all of the sounds the children were making. He would often play the soprano part while singing the alto part to help the alto section to learn their part. John loved language and poetry and would often offer instruction to the choir (and me) about the origins of certain words and phrases in the texts of the pieces we were performing. He was excellent with German, French and Latin pronunciations as well....John could sight-read beautifully....note perfect and always sensitive to the style of the piece. He brought an amazing energy to every rehearsal. The kids adored him. His accompaniments to mundane vocal warm-ups (solfa scales etc.) made even these routine and sometimes boring exercises exciting and fun. John really was always at his best with the children...often we adults didn’t understand him so well....but the children certainly did. Anne Massicotte, conductor, Riverdale Young Singers, and music teacher, Earl Haig Public School: When people didn’t know how to pronounce his name, he would tell them to say “Go with us” and then “ Govedas”. I think that’s what he did, he went with us, hundreds of us, and with such intensity and generosity. Anne is the music teacher at my daughters’ elementary school. At their recent Spring Concert at the end of April, when we all knew John was gravely ill, her Junior Choir performed his I am the song and dedicated it to him. The following week, they performed it at a festival at Massey Hall. John lay in hospital across the street and when they played him a tape of the performance, his eyebrows apparently raised. John Govedas was 55 years old. He leaves his mother Ona, brother Denis and two nephews, Evan and Daniel. - Larry Beckwith J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 WORLD View FROM LIVE ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ by Karen Ages LAST MONTH, I ENDED this column with a reference to the next in the series of Monday evening Salons presented by WholeNote at the Music Gallery; so I begin where I left off….June 6 is shaping up to be a most exciting evening of World Music, so if you’ve been meaning to get to one of our salons and haven’t yet (or even if you’ve been to all of them), you won’t want to miss this one! Performers include local favourites, established and emerging, most of whom have appeared at some point in the pages of WholeNote. They include: Andrew Timar and Bill Parsons (of Evergreen Gamelan fame) as Sunda Duo; the Georgian vocal ensemble Darbazi; sitar player Neeraj Prem and friends; superb vocalists Maryem Tollar, Jayne Brown and Sophia Grigoriadis (of Maza Meze); the OnnanoKo Taiko Ensemble; old-time fiddler Erynn Marshall and friends. And to top off the evening, Alan Gasser and Becca Whitla will lead us all in song from various parts of the globe. There will be CDs for sale, and free food at intermission and after the show. Hope to see you there! J UNO - AWARD WINNING vocalist Kiran Ahluwalia, whose specialty is Indian ghazal and Punjabi folk song, makes three appearances in Toronto this month: a CD release concert June 2 at Hugh’s Room, June 4 at the Acoustic Harvest Folk Club, and June 26 at the Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival (see www.torontojazz.com). June 3 at the Lula Lounge, Small World Music presents OOJAMI, a lively belly-dance and eastern music troupe from the UK in its North American debut. Described as a “visual and sonic feast of Turkish, Asian and African rhythm”, the group’s male and female belly-dancers and Sufi dancers will be joined by local guests Roula Said and her own belly-dance troupe the Amjad Ali Khan with sons Amaan Ali Bangash Roulettes. and Ayaan Ali Bangash The Raag-Mala Society presents Canadian Artists of Indian Classical Mu- Jewish Nostalgia Night, featuring sic, June 5 at U of T’s Medical vocal soloists Svetlana PortnyanSciences Auditorium. Sitarist sky (Los Angeles), Yevgeny Neeraj Prem (mentioned earlier in Shapovalov (Israel), and a jazz the context of the WholeNote June ensemble from New York. The 6 salon) will be one of several per- program features songs of the formers; he and his group Ragaf- shtetl, sung in English, Hebrew, faire will also appear at the Muhta- Yiddish, Spanish, Italian and Rusdi International Drumming Fes- sian. Harbourfront’s Toronto Music tival, June 4 at Queen’s Park. On June 5, (as mentioned in last Garden holds free outdoor conmonth’s column) the Toronto certs Thursdays at 7pm and most Jewish Folk Choir holds its 79th Sundays at 4pm, June 23-Septemannual spring concert at the Leah ber 18. June 30 will feature tradiPosluns Theatre. They will be tional Chinese melodies, for string joined by the Toronto Mandolin quartet, with George Gao on erhu. Looking ahead to early July, Orchestra and vocal soloists in a program that will feature Max there are three world-music choicHelfman’s Di Naye Hagode (The es on July 2: an afternoon concert New Saga) which commemorates presented by the Canada-China the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Also Educational & Cultural Exfeatured will be songs in Yiddish change will feature 13 Chinese and Hebrew, opera choruses in choirs at the Living Arts Centre in Italian and Russian, some Gersh- Mississauga. Later that evening at Roy Thomson Hall, Buena Vista win and more. The Rumi Arts Society, as the Social Club presents Omara Porname implies, is an organization tuondo, Havana-born diva of Cudedicated to the furthering of Ira- ban music. And the same evening, nian art and culture. The 6th an- master of the Indian sarod Amjad nual Rumi Ensemble concert, fea- Ali Khan graces the stage of the turing Iranian and Canadian musi- Hummingbird Centre, along with cians, takes place June 18 at Earl sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Haig Auditorium. The same Ayaan Ali Bangash, and tabla playevening, the Kodály Ensemble ers Vineet Vyas and Samir Chatpresents Hungarian folk dance and terjee. Please check the daily listfolk music from the Carpathian ings for details on all of the above. basin, in its 45th Anniversary Gala Karen Ages, a freelance oboist concert, at U of T’s MacMillan who has also been a member of Theatre. several world music ensembles, June 26 at the George Weston can be reached at 416-323-2232 Recital Hall, Show One Produc- or [email protected]. tions presents Beyond the Pale - TO AIR by Catherine Muir Where will you be June 6 at 8pm? Three hundred and forty lucky people will be at the Glenn Gould Studio awaiting the start of one of the year’s most anticipated concerts, an AllMozart Gala featuring Isabel Bayrakdarian, Michael Schade and Russell Braun, accompanied by the COC Orchestra under Richard Bradshaw. Thinking you might attend? Alas, it has been sold out since April. So all is lost … but wait. If on July 3 at 8pm you’re somewhere with a radio, you are in luck. Less than one month after the live concert, CBC Radio’s “OnStage” is rebroadcasting the All-Mozart Gala for all to hear. Your front row seat is reserved. Just sit back in your living room, cottage, or car and let your radio do the rest. Welcome to “From Live to Air”, WholeNote’s newest column, where we highlight rebroadcasts of concerts you may have attended, wanted to attend but could not get tickets to, or noticed too late and missed completely. Whichever the case, we are hoping this column can supply a missing link: whether it be reliving a great concert or hearing the ones you missed. Quick turnaround: Regular concert goers are accustomed to seeing in a programme that the concert they’re attending is “being recorded for broadcast at a future date,” and then waiting months or years for the broadcast in question to materialize. Well, the coming month is definitely the exception to that CONTINUES Dave Snider Music Centre 3225 Yonge St. PH (416) 483-5825 eMail: [email protected] www.snidermusic.com Music Lessons we offer: Piano Guitar Bass Vocal Sax Flute Clarinet Violin/Viola Cello Theory Harmony One of Toronto’s Oldest Music Stores... With The Best Selection of Pop, Jazz & Broadway Sheet Music in the city - For Beginners and Professionals Come in and browse over 25,000 sheet music publications. We have a wide array of Woodwind, Brass, Keyboards, Guitars and Accessories. Music Lessons offered on site. J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 23 FROM LIVE TO AIR SOME THING New by Jason IN THE MONTH’S ROSTER of new music concerts there is a thread that harkens back to the theme of my April column: how new music can be a “free space”, outside of our daily lives, for expression and open exploration. In the case of June’s concerts, which all have voice as a central aspect, we can see this same free space being used to express or explore questions of identity - that bundle of human behavioral or personal characteristics that make us recognizable as individuals and members of a group. If we think of music as a mirror of society, then new music is like a whole hall of mirrors, reflecting, refracting and sometimes distorting the identity of the composer (in the act of creation), of the performer (in the act of interpretation), and of the audience (in the act of listening). All three are made to confront who they are, as they look for something familiar and true beyond the reflections. Nationality, ethnicity, gender and sexuality – all elements that make up our sense of identity present thorny issues when viewed within these musical mirrors. June’s concerts tackle all of them. ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, the Talisker Players present their Rarities: The June 12 broadcast of CBC’s “OnStage”, hosted by usual effervescent brand of vocal Shelley Solmes (Sunday afternoon at 2:05pm on Radio Two and chamber music with a program tiSunday evening at 8:05pm on Radio One), originally performed tled “L’amour et la Vie”. TurnApril 19, 2005 at the Glenn Gould Studio, features early 20thof-the-century French Symbolist century German and Austrian music. The concert includes the gifted poetry as set by French ImpresFrench-Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux singing Franz sionists like Fauré and Chausson Schreker’s rarely-performed Five Songs for Low Voice and Orches- is placed alongside a number of tra and two string orchestra pieces, Strauss’ Metamorphosen and works on French texts by CanadiSchoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht. Schreker rose to stardom early as a an composers Dewi Minden, Alcomposer and wrote Five Songs before he was twenty years old. He exander Rapoport and Daniel Fowas Jewish, and after the Nazis characterized his music as degener- ley. Binding the two together are readings from The Flâneur: A ate, performances of his works ceased, and he was forced to stop Stroll Through the Paradoxes of teaching music. Schreker’s work is gradually returning to public Paris by American essayist and consciousness and he is now known as one of the leading Austrorecently returned expatriate EdGerman post-romantics. mund White. Another rarity is being broadcast during “OnStage” on June 19. For those who are unfamiliar, a That Sunday’s program features German concerti for one and two flâneur is an idle but purposeful harpsichords, originally performed during a concert at the Glenn Gould Studio on April 5, 2005. Two French Canadian harpsichord- stroller, a pedestrian who delights in observing and recording the husists, Olivier Fortin and Luc Beausejour, play works from German tle and bustle of his urban surroundcomposers including Bach and members of his family as well as ings. Consequently, the flâneur is music by Johann Ludwig Krebs and Georg Philipp Telemann. somewhat of an outsider, an observBesides “OnStage” and “Choral Concert”, CBC shows such as er of the crowd. And so, in the con“In Performance”,“Sunday afternoon at the Opera”, “Two New text of this concert, our Canadian Hours” and others, regularly rebroadcast concerts heard live by our composers assume the identity of the lucky readers. For upcoming schedules of rebroadcast concerts on flâneur, in comparison to the deepthese programs, visit www.cbc.ca. ly rooted national identity and “leThis column will continue to feature previously-recorded concerts gitimate” claim to French poetry and that are being rebroadcast on radio each month. If you know of any song of Chausson and Baudelaire. such concerts during our coming publication period, please email us Visit www.taliskerplayers.ca or call 416-466-1800. at [email protected]. PHOTO JOHANNES IFKOVITS ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ continued from previous page rule. Perhaps it’s the fact that it’s festival season, but there are lots of concerts coming very rapidly to air. For example, Howard Dyck’s “Choral Concert” (Sundays at 8am, CBC Radio Two) is, throughout June, airing highlights from Soundstreams’ Northern Voices Choral Festival, happening only days earlier in Toronto. June 5’s broadcast will feature the opening gala of Northern Voices, recorded just one day before at Toronto’s Metropolitan United Church. The highlight of this concert is Michael Schade sings the All-Mozart two world premieres. Veteran Gala June 6. CBC Records releases his Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin with Canadian composer R. Murray pianist Malcolm Martineau June 7. Schafer’s The Death of Shalana and English choral composer Sir John Tavener’s Invocation are both being performed for the first time, by the Norwegian Soloists Choir, Latvian Radio Choir, and Canadian favourites Pro Coro Canada and the Elora Festival Singers. Another “Choral Concert” not to be missed is the June 12 gala closing concert of the Northern Voices festival, broadcast June 19. It presents another world premiere, commissioned by the festival, by Canadian composer Melissa Hui and writer Tomson Highway, based on Cree mythology and sung in both Cree and English. Dutch rising superstar Peter Dijkstra conducts the concert, featuring the Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble, Danish Radio Choir, and the Elmer Iseler Singers. WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 24 Back to Ad Index van Eyk Wende Bartley - Music Gallery June 9 From June 3-12 Soundstreams Canada brings together the choral forces of thirteen choirs from eleven circumpolar countries for its Northern Voices festival. Soundstreams’ Artistic Director Lawrence Cherney has had a love affair with Scandinavia ever since his first concert tour of the region nearly 30 years ago. He describes how he was drawn to the commonality of “northerness” between Canada and our circumpolar neighbours. I have often heard Lawrence speak of how the land and its extremes of beauty and northern climate have shaped the vision and dreams of our people, and made us rich in our intellectual, spiritual and artistic lives. It will be very interesting to see how this common and rich identity of “northerness” will be expressed artistically by choirs and contemporary composers from Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Visit www.soundstreams.ca, or call 416-366-7723. D URING THE TIME of Northern Voices, two pioneering women collaborate to present recent electrovocal music. June 9 at the Music Gallery, Wende Bartley and Rose Bolton offer two mini concerts with a common thread not only of voice and electronics, but also of compelling texts exploring depths of psychological entanglement, as well as mythic and modern female identity. Bartley’s The Handless Maiden, created in collaboration with playwright Claudia Dey, delves deep into the subterranean self, passing through a mythic initiatory journey that propels the character with sonic vibrational force towards wholeness and reunion with self, body and soul. Bolton’s Dark Pines Under Water is the final segment from her full evening concert work Elements. Drawing on concrète elecCONTINUES ON PAGE 26 J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 2004/05 season finale! Bwholenote at the music gallery! 06/06 nine mondays salon #8: world music HOSTED BY WHOLENOTE ’S “WORLD VIEW” COLUMNIST, KAREN AGES . 8PM, $12/$8. music gallery: june 2005 06/02-04 current 93 BRITISH CULT SONGSMITHS RETURN FOR THREE EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS. OPENING ACTS INCLUDE ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS (NYC), SIMON FINN + BEN CHASNY A.K.A. SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE (SF). $65 ADV FROM [email protected] 06/09 the handless maiden/dark pines under water TWO ELECTRO-VOCAL MINI-CONCERTS BY WENDE BARTLEY AND ROSE BOLTON, WITH GUESTS JANICE JACKSON (VOICE) AND CHRISTOPHER FOLEY (PIANO) PLUS LIBRETTO BY CLAUDIA DEY. 8PM, $12/$15. CHARBONNEAU 06/12 glass orchestra TORONTO’S INSTITUTION OF GLASS INSTRUMENTATION 06/23 k’naan SOMALIAN-CANADIAN HIP-HOP ARTIST CELEBRATES CD RELEASE saturday june 25 ABOVE : FINAL FANTASY PHOTOS BY KATIA TAYLOR BELOW: TORNGAT PHOTO BY PHILLIPPE final fantasy with torngat POP AVANT SERIES -- DOORS AT 7:30PM PRESENTED IN COLLABORATION WITH BRAVE NEW WAVES ON CBC RADIO TWO $8 ADVANCE AT PENGUIN, ROTATE THIS + SOUNDSCAPES/$10 DOOR The Music Gallery concert season and Pop Avant series close out the year with, appropriately enough, Final Fantasy. The solo project/alias of prolific Toronto violinist Owen Pallett (who has also worked and performed with Les Mouches, The Hidden Cameras, Picastro, Jim Guthrie, Royal City and many others) has become a juggernaut of its own since Pallett toured with Montreal phenoms The Arcade Fire as both opening act and touring string player, attracting attention from all over the globe. Final Fantasy's debut CD, Has A Good Home!!!!, is now available via the Blocks Recording Club, but this show marks the release of two 7" singles, and the performance of FF's forthcoming album, He Poos Clouds, with string quartet. Opening act Torngat, a Montreal ensemble, was once a quartet and is now a trio, specializing in texture-based improvisation, melodic composition, and simple yet intricate energy music. The band members are Pietro Amato (french horn, electronics + percussion), Mathieu Charbonneau (keyboards + percussion) and Julien Poissant (drum kit, trumpet + percussion). WE RETURN FOR 2005/06 SEASON AT ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR ON SEPT. 7 WITH A FREE LUNCH MUSIC SERIES PRESENTATION FEATURING JOSEPH PETRIC AND NORMAND FORGET. music gallery: co-ordinates location: st. george the martyr church, 197 john st. box office: 416-204-1080 web: www.musicgallery.org www.mginstitute.ca SOCAN Foundation The J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 25 SOME THING New 24 CONTINUED FROM PAGE tronic sounds, amplified found objects, various percussion, “one of a kind” instruments, piano and voice, Bolton creates a unique sonic mesh to render the texts of Gwendolyn MacEwen, Marjorie Pickthall and others. Both composers will draw on the broad vocal technique of internationally acclaimed soprano Janice Jackson to achieve their unique narrative sound worlds of multi-faceted female identity. STARTING ON JUNE 11 and extending to June 18, Queen of Puddings Music Theatre will present the world premiere of the long awaited The Midnight Court, an opera with music by Montréal composer Ana Sokolovic and libretto by Paul Bentley. As described in the April issue of this magazine, The Midnight Court is based on Brian Merriman’s famous Irish epic poem, and takes a rather comic and erotic path through a series of principal tales, including the predicament of young women who lack husbands, the lackadaisical nature of young men towards marriage, free love, and the misery of a young woman who married a withered old man. The Midnight Court of the title refers to a fairy court, under control of the Fairy Queen, played by the great Krisztina Szabó. Indeed, matriarchy and the power of women figure as important themes in this opera, reversing our more traditional understandings of gender roles and identity. Catch this run at the Harbourfront Centre Theatre before the production moves to Covent Garden for its European premiere. Call 416-973-4000 or go to www.queenofpuddingsmusictheatre.com CONTACT Contemporary Music tackles the issue of identity in music head-on with its “TRANSFORMED” concert on June 21st at the 519 Community Centre. CONTACT contextualizes their concert programming by saying “Often in life we feel transformed, undergoing a series of changes, both physically and mentally, until we ultimately feel comfortable in our own skin.” The collection of works in this concert explores this statement related to issues of gender, including those of transgenderedness. Rodney Sharman’s The Garden calls for a half female/ half male vocal soloist, while his Cabaret Songs wittily subvert other ideas of expected gender roles. Dolly Parton undergoes an aural sex change in John Oswald’s Pretender, while Toronto Drag King Flare delivers some spoken word art, and transgendered Canadian composer Deirdre Piper brings a world premiere of her Personae. It sounds like a charged evening of musical mixed identities. Visit www.contactcontemporarymusic.com, or call 416-902-7010. So, go out and reflect on the musical mirror of your own identity. Get in touch with new realities through some thing new. Jason van Eyk is CMC’s Ontario Regional Director. He can be reached at 416-961-6601 x. 207 or [email protected].) June News Roundup: Coalition of New Music Presenters TYPICALLY, JUNE IS a fairly slow month for regular new music programming. Notably, however, there are two significant festivals in southern Ontario this month. Soundstreams Canada gives us their Northern Voices Choral Festival from June 3rd till the 12th in Toronto. (For more, see columns by Jason van Eyk and Larry Beckwith in this issue.) In Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University presents Quartetfest from May 24th through June 12th, which is presented in part with NUMUS. This festival features the acclaimed Penderecki String Quartet with guests Anya Alexeyev (piano), Atar Arad (viola), and the Spanish group Trio Arbos. Quartetfest is described as “an intensive chamber music workshop and concert series designed for the serious student of ensemble playing.” Repertoire on the concerts include works by a host of 20th century masters including Shostakovich, Kurtag, Arvo Part, Penderecki, Lutoslawski and Alban Berg. One concert is devoted to new music from Spain, and there are four additional matinee concerts called “Young Artists Concerts.” For more information, visit www.quartetfest.ca. Indeed, June seems to be a time for festival announcements, and I’m pleased to announce that Toronto New Music Coalition has one coming up (albeit not till next year). The soundaXis Festival, scheduled for June 2006, is an exciting multidisciplinary celebration of architecture, music and acoustics, spearheaded by Daniel Cooper, president of the Music Gallery and New Music Arts Projects, and festival manager Tania Thompson. For two weeks next summer, Toronto will be alive with concerts, installations, symposia, screenings and other events. There are proposed concerts and installations from Coalition members Arraymusic, CONTACT, Continuum, Earshot Concerts, Esprit Orchestra, Les AMIS, the Music Gallery, New Adventures in Sound Art, New Music Concerts, NUMUS, Soundstreams Canada, as well as many other groups and organizations from across the artistic, architectural and academic disciplines: Canadian Institute of Sound Ecology, Goethe Institut, the Institute of Contemporary Culture, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, OCAD, the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Subtle Technologies, the Toronto Urban Studies Centre, and the architectural faculties of Ryerson, U of T, Waterloo University, and the University of Guelph. SoundaXis is timed to celebrate the great architectural activity in our city next summer — the Art Gallery of Ontario, Royal Ontario Museum, Royal Conservatory of Music and the Opera House, for example — and is placed in the middle of the City of Toronto’s proposed Year of the Arts. For more information, or to propose a way to participate in this exciting festival, please visit the soundaXis website at www.soundaXis.ca. I N OTHER NEWS , our website, www.torontohearandnow.com, has had a renovation and now has an exciting new style and greater functionality. Over the summer, it will undergo even more exciting changes, and will emerge by September as a major centre on the web for Toronto’s new music scene. As the site’s webmaster, I invite your comments and input. This month I will be working on the links section of the site. If you have interesting links to music sites on the internet, please send them to me. I can be found at [email protected]. Keith Denning WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 26 Back to Ad Index JAZZ Notes by Jim Galloway Reflections on June Jazz JUNKETS IT’S THE MERRY month of June and the festival season gets into full swing. The whole idea of performing songs and dances for an audience originated as a way to worship the god Dionysus, who first appeared in Greece in the area north of Attica known as Boeotia. The people honoured this son of Zeus, accepted his gift of knowledge (how to cultivate grapes for wine) and established a cult in his name, with a celebration in his honour every winter. So the first festival was a wine one! I’ll drink to that! At a rough count this month there are some 40 jazz festivals across Canada from coast to coast and it must be obvious that the festival circuit is now an important part of the jazz landscape. In addition to the festivals across Canada, there are, in the month of June alone, 30 major jazz festivals around the world. Whichever way you look at it, that is a lot of gigs and festivals are bigtime. Musicians scramble to get bookings and/or travel grants, agents and managers chase leads, all hoping for a spot on a festival stage. For “name musicians” the festival circuit is important for CD sales and maintaining a profile; for the hundreds of musicians who are building a career a spot on a festival stage can be a step along the way. One of the real problems in putting a festival together is that there are many, many more musicians than there are places to play. It is always a question of trying to fit a quart into a pint pot, and not being able to hire everyone who deserves to be in the event is one of the most difficult aspects of putting it together. For those of you who did not get a gig this year in Toronto, please take this as an apology. On top of that, reality is that jazz festivals have become an important factor in the economy. I canJ UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Top O’ the Senator’s Sybil Walker - ‘one of the best’ not speak for other cities, but the festival in Toronto pumps more than $20 million into the local economy and it may be reasonably assumed that similar events in other cities don’t exactly hurt local coffers. And it is not only employment for artists that drives the festival engine – the service industries (hotels, clubs, restaurants, bars, production companies, printing houses and on and on) all benefit from the jobs created at festival time. And let us not forget how many tax dollars are generated in all of this. Don’t, by the way, imagine for a minute that these benefits accrue to the respective festivals, most of which have budget headaches. Major jazz festivals across the country have combined forces to create Jazz Festivals Canada, a member-driven, not for profit organisation with a mandate to “represent the interests and act as advocate for the development of Canadian jazz festivals and jazz presenters.” At present there are 19 member festivals stretching from Victoria to St. John’s pooling information and in many instances submitting block booking offers. A case in point this year is Sonny Rollins who is appearing at three Canadian festivals – Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa, all working in conjunction with each other. The same applies to Canadian groups who have applied for Canada Council grants. The tours of successful applicants are co-ordinated so that groups, as far as possible, travel, for example, from west to east with a minimum amount of doubling back. Some critics claim that this makes for a sameness, with identical artists appearing across country, but it is the only way that touring can work, particularly in Canada where the geographical layout makes travel particularly challenging. THE CLUB SCENE is an important part of any festival as well as being a lifeline year round and there is a sad footnote to the Toronto Festival. When singer Sheila Jordan finishes her engagement at the Top O’ the Senator on closing day, it is the end of the club as a full-time jazz venue. New owners have taken over, and with that comes inevitable change. Big vote of thanks to Sybil Walker for her tireless work over the years making the club one of the best this city has ever had. It will be sadly missed in the jazz community. June 11 - 12, 2005 A free 2-day music & arts festival at Kipling Ave. & Lakeshore Blvd. W. Lakeshore Arts presents over 20 performances on 3 stages featuring : Guido Basso * Chris Whiteley * Hilario Duran * Primal Therapy & more! Children’s entertainment , Long & McQuade’s instrument petting zoo, buskers, a midway, & artisans. Featuring some of Toronto’s best jazz musicians with a brief reflection by Jazz Vespers Clergy June 12th - 4 :30 p.m. BRUCE HARVEY, piano; GEORGE KOZUB, bass; TOM JESTADT, drums. June 26th - 4 :30 p.m. BRIAN BARLOW, drums; STEVE McDADE, BRIAN O'KANE, trumpets; TERRY PROMANE, RUSS LITTLE, trombones; DOUG BURRELL, tuba. J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index Youth Arts Movement YAM presents a SKA—BEST of the BANDS competition showcasing brass based SKA on Sunday, June 12th at 1-2 pm & 3-4 pm. Hosted by CIUT Radio’s DJ SKIP (89.5 FM). For information 416-201-7093 or visit www.brassinthegrass.ca WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM Thanks to the generous support of our funders & community partners: 27 BAND Stand by Merlin Williams Diary of a Doubler Sunday, May 8 – I can’t understand my own fascination with the bassoon. It’s fiendishly difficult, with a key layout that requires you be all thumbs. And once you do get the notes out, you’re lucky if they’re heard with a full brass section doing their level best to obliterate your sound from the landscape. Yet I persist. I’m working on passages from trumpeter/composer Allen Vizzutti’s “Montana Suite” – a work for solo trumpet and concert band. I’m grateful that he’s actually written interesting and challenging lines for the bassoons. And I will get them together. I keep at it and I do. I want to be ready for the rehearsals and concerts with him this week. Monday, May 9 – I’m subbing in with the Jazz Mechanics big band on tenor sax tonight. I’ve actually played the last several rehearsals with them, preparing music for the Vizzutti concert on Thursday. The leader, Jim Lewis, calls “My Foolish Heart” for the band to warm up on. It’s a great chart – but I haven’t played this particular part before. I turn the page and see 4 pages of changes to blow on! And it’s up a tone from the standard key. Looks like my scant personal time this week is going to be taken up with more woodshedding. We run through Al’s numbers after that, and he sounds incredible. He also looks supremely relaxed. Tuesday, May 10 – After teaching 3 flute students in the afternoon, it’s off to rehearsal with the Brampton Concert Band. I’m supposed to be on bassoon, but we’re short in the clarinets. Lots of notes, most of which I’m sightreading. Hearing the solo parts on Vizzutti’s compositions helps – we’ve been running them without, which makes it difficult to hear where you fit. At least I don’t have to worry about the bassoon part now…though I did have it down. Wednesday, May 11 – I spend the entire evening working on the changes to My Foolish Heart in C concert on tenor. At least worrying about chord changes keeps me from obsessing about reeds. Thursday, May 12 – Joint concert with the Big Fish Jazz Orchestra, the Jazz Mechanics and trumpet soloist Allen Vizzutti at Earl Haig S.S. Al sounds incredible; I get to sit in the house for the first half to listen to him. It’s really my only chance, since most of the time when I play, he’s facing the other way. We kick off the second half with “Foolish Heart”. I manage not to embarrass myself. Now I’m relaxed. Vizzutti sounds amazing, and the crowd, though only a half house, responds enthusiastically. Very enthusiastically. Friday, May 13 – Dress rehearsal for the Saturday concert with the Brampton Concert Band. Things are straight-ahead. Saturday, May 14 – This is the big night. I look out into the audience at St. Paul’s Church in Brampton and everywhere I look, I see a trumpet player. They’re practically salivating. We play major works before Al comes out to play “Montana Suite”. All goes quite well. He gets called back for an encore before intermission and plays my arrangement of “My Man’s Gone Now”. But during the break, things go a bit strange. For the first time in 30 years, I get a swab stuck in my clarinet. It’s really jammed in there. I dash home and grab my spare and get back barely in time for the downbeat of the second half. It’s hard to get grounded again after something like that, but I settle back in to playing just in time for Vizzutti’s big showpiece – “Rising Sun”. His piccolo trumpet playing on the first movement is so stunning that people were missing entries in rehearsal because they were so entranced. I nearly miss one because I’m watching the looks of amazement on the trumpet players in the audience. Playing with him this week has been an absolute joy; not only is Al Vizzutti a spectacular soloist, but he’s a fine composer and very friendly guy. The only real downer of the evening is that there are seats available in the house. We had one of the top ten trumpeters in the WORLD, and had empty seats. Think this was a busy week? Most of the time I end up playing more than four instruments in one week! Summer concerts have started in earnest. The Etobicoke Community Concert Band has five gigs in June alone! Check the listings section of this month’s WholeNote. And make sure you get all of your July/August concert info to me ASAP. I want to make sure your audience knows where to find you this summer. Final note: The Toronto Wind Orchestra is running a Summer Band Camp at the RCM Community School, July 11-15. You can get complete information from www.towindorchestra.ca, or by calling 416-461-6681 and asking for Carol Savage or Ken Fudurich. Merlin Williams can be reached at [email protected] or by phone at 416-803-0275. IN THE JAZZ LISTINGS ... by Sophia Perlman JUNE IS always a big month for jazz in Toronto, as the city hosts the TD Canada Trust Downtown Jazz Festival, which kicks off with a performance by legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins at Massey Hall. Even before the festival starts, however, there is a whole wealth of great jazz to be heard across the city. For many musicians, most of the month will be business as usual. Before immersing yourself in jazz for the entire span of the festival, you may want to find a way to get your toes wet. Even if you’re not a musician, one of the best ways to do this is to attend a jam session. Not only do you get to hear some great performances, but you get to observe the entire process happen right before your eyes. The Rex hosts a Tuesday night jam session, led by a constantly changing roster of musicians, and in addition this month, the Rex is holding its annual Player’s Party on June 23rd. Also, there’s a weekly jam session every Monday night upstairs at the Poor Alex Theatre. And of course, there are the legendary Saturday afternoon sessions at Grossman’s Tavern with the Happy Pals. Toronto also has a huge social dancing community, and for them, the festivals won’t mean any kind of a shortage in places to go. 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COM 28 Back to Ad Index J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 On OPERA by Chris Hoile USUALLY BY JUNE Torontonians are already looking to summer festivals for their fix of opera and music theatre. Yet, this June Toronto will see one of the most highly anticipated operatic premieres of the season—“The Midnight Court” presented by Queen of Puddings Music Theatre. The music for the 70minute opera is by acclaimed Montreal composer Ana Sokolovic. The libretto is by Paul Bentley, the same man who wrote the much-lauded Ana Sokolovic libretto for Poul Ruders’ “The Handmaid’s Tale” seen here who refuse to marry. In response, just last September. Conducted by an old man, dubbed “Snarlygob” Dáirine Ni Mheadhra, directed by by O’Connor, derides the wantonMichael Cavanagh and designed by ness of women in general and of Michael Gianfrancesco, “The Mid- his own wife in particular and calls night Court” has only four perform- for marriage to be replaced by free ances, June 11, 14, 16 and 18 at love. The young woman snaps back the Harbourfront Theatre Centre. that Snarlygob’s complaint stems A conversation with John Hess, from his inability to perform and Co-Artistic Director with Ni calls for a ban on clerical celibacy. Mheadhra of QoP, revealed step- Aoibheal rules that all men must by-step the background of how the marry by age 21 and older men who opera came to be. Ana Sokolovic don’t satisfy their wives should be wrote the concluding sextet for punished. To his horror, the poet QoP’s music theatre piece “Sirens/ finds he’ll be made the first examSirenes” in 2000. The success of ple of the law. that work prompted the Co-ArtisEarthy language, frank discustic Directors to ask Sokolovic to sion of women’s sexual needs and consider writing an opera for them. praise not condemnation of sex— Several subjects were suggested but all this seems surprising contemnothing quite appealed. porary in a poem written in 1780. Then, as it happened, Hess came Hess and Ni Mheadhra were right. across a lecture by Irish Nobel Sokolovic loved the subject. Prize laureate Seamus Heaney in THE NEXT STEP was to find a libretthe collection “The Redress of Po- tist. Hess and Ni Mheadhra attendetry” concerning an 18th-century ed a contemporary opera symposiIrish comic poem “The Midnight um in Oslo and heard Paul Bentley Court” by Brian Merriman (1749- speak about writing the libretto to 1805). Reading Frank O’Connor’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”. They contranslation of the poem in a Dublin tacted him and though he did not bookstore, Hess immediately know them or the poem he agreed. thought, “This is an opera”. The The subject clearly inspired him larger-than-life characters, the out- because he had a first draft ready rageousness, the humour all made by the following month. His task it the kind of work that would suit was to take a poem that consists of Sokolovic. several long monologues and make Written in Gaelic in about 1780, it dramatic. Therefore, rather than “The Midnight Court” tells of the hearing Snarlygob describe his life poet Merriman strolling through a with his wife, we will see it in flashpastoral setting on a summer day. back. Hess praises Bentley for his He lies down for a nap, but before “brilliant job of bringing the charhe knows it, it is midnight and he acters to life”. is awakened by a gigantic female Bentley’s libretto calls for a cast bailiff who summons him to a court of six. In performance they will be presided over by Aoibheal, the sung by Laura Albino, Alexander fairy queen of the north. The court Dobson, John Kriter, Shannon hears the case of a young woman Mercer, Krisztina Szabó and Giles who wants Aoibheal to take action Tomkins. In addition Sokolovic has against the young men of Ireland J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index created a female quartet to represent the Court and to function as a kind of chorus. This quartet of “Muses” has now become in a way the lead character and in fact has the most music to sing. The work is scored for two percussionists, double bass, accordion, violin and clarinet. Hess says, that the range of timbres Sokolovic has achieved with this ensemble is very evocative of the text. The composer has not attempted to create an “Irish“ sound world or to evoke the 18th century. Rather she has responded to the universal aspects of the story, its celebration of women, of life, its joyousness and playfulness. Hess assures us that Sokolovic is “not afraid of tonality” and feels certain that the audience will exit “humming the tunes”. It sounds like a remarkable poem has now become a remarkable opera. OPERA at Home by Phil Ehrensaft Collector Items Italy’s Hardy Classic Label WHILE SO MUCH of the classical recording industry was and is bemoaning its sad fate, two enterprising opera experts created a new label specialized in restoring the visual record of great performers. In just ten years, Gianni Scotti and Testa Armando established Hardy Classic Video as a reference point in working hi tech magic on old master prints. Scotti, whom I had the pleasure of interviewing via a telephone call to the Hardy office in Milan, is a professional tenor. Scotti’s musicianship provides a good base for Hardy’s musical integrity. As does the spirit behind the choice of the label’s name: two Italians’ love for the novels of Thomas Hardy. Step one for Hardy is the detective work: scouting out the vaults of broadcasters, film companies and theatres. Once a hidden treasure is discovered, and a contract is hammered out for publication rights, Scotti and Armando face a double challenge. First, the master tapes and films were often not that great to begin with. That’s especially the case for black & white tapes from the early days of TV broadcasting. Second, the masters often deteriorated while poorly stored. There can be special disappointments when all the king’s hi tech horses and men can’t put Humpty-Dumpty together again. The raw material ranges from black and white mid-1950’s tapes of the first Italian TV opera broadcasts through films and archival tapes from the 1960’s through late 1980’s, when colour and stereo were the norm. In the former case, images are typically grainy but the mono sound is surprisingly good. It can take six months of hard work to squeeze what can be squeezed WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM out of the visuals. In the latter case, the remastered sound can be downright luscious. The common thread in all of the raw material is great performers in notable performances. The earlier materials are rare and invaluable visual records of singers like Franco Corelli, Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco, Boris Christoff, Leyla Gencer, Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, and Etorre Bastianini in their respective prime. The later materials bring us Jon Vickers, Birgitt Nilsson, Monserat Caballé, Alfredo Kraus, Leo Nucci, Walter Berry, and Barbara Hendricks. Conductors are the like of Tulio Serafin and Karl Böhm. The performances are mainly but not exclusively core Italian repertoire. To date, the Hardy catalogue includes Il Trovatore, Aida, Rigoletto, La Forza del Destino, Norma, Andréa Chenier, Elisabetta Regina d’Inghilterra, L’Elisir d’Amore, Don Pasquale, I Puritani, and two Tosca’s. The French repertoire includes the first available DVD of Gounod’s Faust, a 1988 performance featuring Kraus in the title role at the Teatro Regio di Parma; Les contes d’Hoffman; and Carmen. Vickers, Nilson, and Berry light up a 1973 performance CONTINUES NEXT PAGE 29 OPERA at Home continued of Tristan und Isolde. T h e r e ’ s not a weak link in the bunch. What really sets this opera writer’s heart pounding, however, are Hardy’s five DVDs starring Franco Corelli: Pagliacci, Carmen, Forza, Chénier, and Tosca. Just as no man can have too much of London, one cannot have too much Corelli. Debates over who was the greatest tenor of the twentieth century are not resolvable or terribly productive. Corelli, who left this earth two years ago, is often called the “last of the great heroic Italian tenors.” He may or may not have been the last, but he was most certainly great. Carmen, Pagliacci and Forza date from 1954-58. A young Corelli was astonishing Italian opera audiences, and those were very tough audiences indeed. Beyond the visceral pleasure of sharing the excitement of the times, we get invaluable insights into the mannerisms and staging practices of the Golden Age of Opera. Remember that a significant fraction of the audience for these 1950’s performances actually saw a Verdi opera while the master was still alive. I look forward to revisiting each of these Corelli collector items in the future. A final word about Hardy DVD prices compared with those of other labels: current prices for opera DVD’s run in roughly a $25-45 range. Hardy’s products, currently available via Amazon Canada, are at the high end of the range. That reflects the rise in value of the Euro, plus the intensive work that goes into restoring historical performances for a niche market, albeit a vibrant niche market. Opera fans are much loved by music merchants because of our exceptional penchant for pulling out wallets in pursuit of the Holy Grail. Hardy DVD’s are worth every penny of their premium price. MUSIC THEATRE Spotlight Summer music theatre around Ontario ONE NIGHT by Catherine Muir SUMMER HIDEOUT ONLY If Rapunzel leaves you This summer, Stone wanting more classic stories Fence Theatre wants you told with a modern musical to step back in time. The twist, next on your agenda Golden Valley theatre should be the Dora-Awardcompany is producing nominated JOB: The Hiptwo musicals that bring Hop Saga, which is playing the Ottawa Valley in the for one night only at the early part of the 1900s to Globus Theatre in Lindsay, life, following the compaOntario on June 28. The ny’s mandate of providshow, the biblical story of ing local stories per- Cast members of Stone Fence’s Al Capone at the Job retold through hip hop formed by local actors. Al actual Quadeville hideout. Left to right: Lynn Davis, and other musical styles by Capone’s Hideout is a mu- Kathryn White, Grady Franey and Peter Ritchie. MC Cain and MC Abel, ran sical comedy based on the true sto- ing over nature. Inspired by the previously in Toronto in February/ ry of Al Capone’s stay in the area in Barn, the setting for Westben’s March 2003 and then again in No1942, when he and his gang hid out five-week music festival which vember/December 2003 at Tarranear Quadeville. The musical’s first runs this year from late June gon Theatre. The two main charshowing since its premiere in 1992, through July, of which Finley is acters are played by none other the show, running July 6 to August artistic director, he wanted to com- than the show’s writers and direc6, features a six-piece band. bine this idea with “the concept of tors Jerome Saibil and Eli BatalThe life and times of famed Otta- finding one’s own natural voice, ion, recent Brown University grads wa Valley songwriter Mac Beattie which I really believe in”. The sto- who combined their previous are explored in Stone Fence’s sec- ry of Rapunzel embodies both of Fringe Festival hits Job: The Hip ond musical of the season, Looking these concepts perfectly at West- Hop Musical Parts I and II to make Back at Mac or Such is the Life of a ben. The classic tale of a woman the Hip Hop Saga. Using music Band, running from August 10 to discovering her true voice is re- and styles from Beonce, 20 at Stone Fence. The show builds told through a modern-day adap- Prokofiev, Mozart, the Beatles, on last year’s hit show On the Air tation, and staged in Westben’s Bizet, and more— Job appeals to with Mac’s Melodiers. 400-seat rustic barn set in a mead- all musical tastes. Globus Theatre, “The plays are performed in an ow, “where the best of nature and online at www.globustheatre.com, old parish hall built around 1870 music spring to life”, as the festi- can be contacted at 1-877-888in the middle of nowhere. The au- val’s website puts it. 0038 for information or tickets. dience feels like they walked into The present-day Rapunzel sto- URBAN LEGENDS another century,” says Ish Theil- ry is about Zelda, “a superstar rap heimer, producer and musical di- singer who is locked in her career For those wanting an urban alternative to the out-of-town producrector at Stone Fence. ivory tower. The musical is mainStone Fence Theatre is based in ly about Zelda finding her true es- tions this summer, one of the most the historic parish hall in the ghost sence and self and learning about interesting productions being town of Brudenell, southeast of the myth of money, fame and for- staged is right in the heart of the Algonquin Park, Ontario. For tick- tune. It is a moving, emotional city at the Poor Alex Theatre off Bathurst Street. Running from ets or information call 1-866-310- piece”, says Finley. June 10 to July 3, the musical Per1004 or visit www.stonefence.ca. The two-and-a-half-hour musi- fect Life takes a different look at cal has a 60-member cast and a love. Chris and Adam were lovLET DOWN YOUR HAIR Before coming up with the concept small orchestra. The cast includes ers once, and three years after they for his new musical Rapunzel, 12 principal roles and the orches- break up the two meet by chance playing this summer at Westben tra, providing live accompaniment, in Toronto. Adam is now engaged Arts Festival Theatre, just out- includes percussion, bass, piano, to Claire, however, and must conside of Campbellford, Ontario, and synthesizers. Finley says the front his own identity and socieBrian Finley was haunted by the hip hop music was fun to work ty’s narrow definition of love. For concept of a beautiful voice float- with, especially as a dramatic ele- further information or for tickets, ment in contrast to the musical-the- www.perfectlifethemusical.com or atre style of music found in the rest call 416-817-7498. THE CIVIC LIGHT OPERA COMPANY of the show. Because hip hop is proudly presents so “urban and man-made”, in the ASTRO Rapunzel story it represents “the A great resource for summer theablackness of success and working tre listings can be found at www.summertheatre.org, the webagainst one’s own will.” The new musical, music and li- site for the Association of Summer bretto by Brian Finley, with Don- Theatres ‘Round Ontario. The webBook & Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe na Bennett and Michael Burgess, site gives information about what is Starring Joe Cascone & Catherine Uy is playing June 10 to 19 at West- playing where around Ontario, along FAIRVIEW LIBRARY THEATRE Don Mills Rd. & Sheppard Ave. , North York ben. For more information or tick- with play synopses, ticket and conets to Rapunzel, visit Westben’s tact information, and links to each $20.00; Sen.& Stud. on Wed. & Th. $17.50 June 9 to 26, 2005 website at www.westben.on.ca or theatre’s website. BOX OFFICE 416-755-1717 June 9-11, 15–18, 22-25 at 8:00 p.m. www.CivicLightOperaCompany.com call 1-877-883-5777. June 12, 19, 25, 26 at 2:00 p.m. MY FAiR LADY WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 30 Back to Ad Index J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Toronto Musicians’ Association News NEWS FROM W HOLENOTE compiled and edited by Brian Blain MEMBERS OF the Toronto Musicians’ Association, Canadian Actors’ Equity Association and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees have launched a consumer boycott of Blue Man Group, who are opening a new production in Toronto at the newly-renovated Panasonic Theatre (formerly the New Yorker Theatre). Blue Man Group producers have repeatedly ignored requests to negotiate contracts specifying base pay, benefits and defined working conditions with Equity, the TMA and IATSE and a joint consumer boycott is underway in order to pressure the producers to negotiate fair and equitable contracts with artists and technicians. For more info and to sign the on-line petition, visit www.bluemanboycott.com TMA Golf Tournament: The Toronto Musicians’ Association hosts an annual golf tournament for TMA members and guests. This year, it is on Monday, July 11 with 9:30 11:00 am. tee-off times. Green fees and lunch cost $63.78 each golfer. To add a cart, the fee is $80.78 per person. Our tournament flogging takes place at the beautiful Shawneeki Golf & Country Club, 18543 Woodbine Ave. (just east of Newmarket). All golfers are eligible for prizes, but only TMA members can win the trophy! Assistance with prizes and prize donations are always welcome. Contact Doriann Forrester before July 4th at: 416 693-8778 or [email protected] to book tee-off times. · June 6: “Nine Mondays” Salon # 8: an exciting evening of World Music, hosted by World View columnist Karen Ages. (See “World View” on page 23.) · July 4: “Nine Mondays” Salon # 9: Jazz, hosted by WholeNote jazz listings editor Sophia Perlman. TMA Instrument Bank: The TMA instrument bank continues to capture the interest and enthusiasm of our members and the public. We have been receiving calls from members offering donations, for which we are most grateful. We now have 3 violins, a set of cymbals, and the promise of a trumpet available to lend to deserving students. Some instruments are student quality, while others are of greater value; some will need work to restore them. We are developing loan agreements, and if you know of anyone who has an instrument to lend or donate, we are ready! Please contact Corkie Davis at [email protected] or 416-503-3016 In The Schools: The Music Education Committee kicked off its first project on Wednesday April 27 at St. Boniface School, made possible by the generous assistance of the American Federation of Musicians’ Music Performance Fund, the committee members, and the members who developed this first program on the basics of rhythm, focussed on grades 6, 7, and 8. If you are a teacher, and would like to have this program in your school, please call Jane Fair at 416-741-4479 or Rosemary Galloway at 416-421-1020, ext 222. The program has been developed by members Jane Fair, Brian Katz, and Alan Heatherington. It combines the use of improvisation, dance, and latin percussion to teach basic rhythmic concepts. · The next issue of WholeNote covers from July 1 to Sept. 7. – Listings deadline: 6:00, Wednesday, June 15. – Advertising booking deadline: 6:00, Wednesday, June 15. – Camera-ready art is due Friday, June 17. · Upcoming editorial focuses: – July: Summer Music Festivals, Part 2; Musical Instruments, Part 1: Musicians talk about their instruments – September: Musical Instruments, Part 2: The concert band – October: Members’ profiles · Memberships Concert presenters, take note: the time to take out or renew your WholeNote membership is coming soon. Organizations in our database will be contacted by July 8. If you have not received an invitation to become a member by that date or if you think you are not in our database or would like more information, please contact us at: [email protected] or 416-323-2232 AARON BROCK 45 ACROBAT MUSIC 51 ALCESTE CONCERTS 34 ALEXANDER KATS 44 ALLISON LYNN 39 ANNO DOMINI CHAMBER SINGERS 21, 38 ARMENIOUS VIOLINS 18 ATMA 59 BAY BLOOR RADIO 64 BROTT SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL G12 BRUCE VOGT 37 CANCLONE 53 CBC RECORDS 49 Music Memorabilia: The Toronto CHRIST CHURCH JAZZ VESPERS 27 CIVIC LIGHT OPERA COMPANY 30 Musicians’ Association has a lot of COSMO MUSIC 16 old memorabilia and some interestCOUNTERPOINT COMMUNITY ed members have been going ORCHESTRA 34 through this treasure trove to begin COUNTERPOINT CHORALE 20 the long process of cataloguing and We’d like to hear from you: The DAVE SNIDER MUSIC CENTRE 23 archiving. If you have any material TMA invites WholeNote readers to ELORA CENTRE FOR THE ARTS 28 of interest from the early days of the give us your feedback on this new ELORA FESTIVAL G10 Toronto music scene, please contact column. If you have any suggestions FESTIVAL DE LANAUDIÈRE 5 the office so that we can begin gath- for news items relating to members FESTIVAL OF THE SOUND G9 ering a list of resources. Contact of the TMA, please forward them FESTIVAL WIND ORCHESTRA 37 TMA president Rosemary Galloway to [email protected]. Please include GEORGE HEINL 19 GILLMORE RECORDS 46 at 416-421-1020 ext 222 or email the word “WholeNote” in the sub- GMP PRODUCTIONS 27 [email protected] ject line. GRAND RIVER BAROQUE FESTIVAL 3 GREEN TOURIST ASSOCIATION 6 HARKNETT MUSICAL SERVICES 28 HELICONIAN HALL 45 HIGH PARK CHOIRS 20 HUMMINGBIRD CENTRE 38 JANET CATHERINE DEA 44 by Pamela Margles JAY BLAIR 45 will return in July JUBILATE SINGERS 22,35 WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 BOOK Shelf Back to Ad Index ADVERTISERS INDEX KARL MACHAT 53 KATARINA BULAT 45 KIDS ON BROADWAY 43 KINCARDINE SUMMER MUSIC G16 LAKESHORE ARTS 27 LOCKRIDGE HIFI 55 LONG & MCQUADE 23 MARJORIE SPARKS VOICE STUDIO 32 MARKHAM THEATRE 7 METROPOLITAN UNITED CHURCH 42 MIKROKOSMOS 51 MONICA ZERBE 36 MONTREAL BAROQUE FESTIVAL 59 MUSIC GALLERY 25 MUSIC IN THE ORCHARD, TORONTO CULTURE 22 MUSIC MONDAYS 33 MUSIC ON THE HILL 33 MUSIC TORONTO 11, 37 NADINA MACKIE JACKSON 51 NAXOS OF CANADA 47 NEW SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL VOCAL STUDIES 35 NO STRINGS THEATRE PRODUCTIONS 43 ORPHEUS CHOIR 43 OTTAWA INT’L. CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 61 PAST PERFECT 33 PATTIE KELLY 44 PETER MAHON 20 PHILIP L. DAVIS, LUTHIER 18 QUEEN OF PUDDINGS 15 RICHARD TAVERNER 45 ROBERT LOWREY’S PIANO EXPERTS 14 ROBIN HOWELL 32 SAMANTHA CHANG 36 SHORELEAVES 60 SHOW ONE PRODUCTIONS 38 SIGHT SINGING WORKSHOP 20 SINFONIA TORONTO 13 SIRIUS THEATRICAL COMPANY 44 SN TOURISME CULTUREL G3 SONGBIRD STUDIOS 45 SOUND POST 19 SOUNDSTREAMS CANADA 63 SRI CANADA 8 ST JAMES’ CATHEDRAL 21 STRATFORD SUMMER MUSIC G11 STUDIO 92 52 SUE CROWE CONNOLLY 44 SUSAN PURDY MUSIC 45 TAFELMUSIK 19 TEMPLE SINAI 37 TOREADOR MUSIC RECORDING FACILITIES 51 TORONTO ALL-STAR BIG BAND 33 TORONTO CENTRE FOR THE ARTS 10 TORONTO DOWNTOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL G13 TORONTO JEWISH FOLK CHOIR 34 TORONTO MUSIC COMPETITION 35 TORONTO SUMMER CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2 TSO 4, 62 TORONTO WIND ORCHESTRA 43 TRUE NORTH BRASS 39 U OF T FACULTY OF MUSIC 17 UNIVERSAL MUSIC 57, 58 VICTORIA SCHOLARS 36 VIVA! YOUTH SINGERS 21 VOCALPOINT CHAMBER CHOIR 21 WADDINGTON’S AUCTION HOUSE 16 WHOLENOTE ANNOUNCEMENTS 31 WOMEN’S MUSICAL CLUB 17 31 “How I met my Teacher” WE ARE ALL MUSIC’S CHILDREN personal reflections on a formative relationship by Masha Buell June’s Child …. BEYOND SOLO My name is Jacques Israelievitch. I am a violinist, and have been concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra since 1988. I appear regularly with the orchestra as a soloist and conductor. I teach, perform as a soloist and chamber musician, and conduct regularly in Canada and internationally. I’m also a member of the New Arts Trio, a chamber group that has been trio-in-residence at the Chautauqua Institution (New York State) since 1978. Recently I have formed a duo with my percussionist son Michael, and we are building a repertoire of pieces written for us. FROM EARLY ON I was blessed with wonderful teachers. My first teacher, Pierre Dupin, I got because the Director of the Le Mans Conservatory was a customer in my parents’ clothing store. The next teacher, Gaston Poulet, was someone my mother had heard on the radio when she was a child. She took me to play for him when I was ten, and I subsequently went to Paris once a week by train, alone, for my lessons. After that I entered the Paris Conservatory at thirteen and studied with René Benedetti. A year later, after hearing by Masha Buell “It’s standard rep.” Identify this member of our music community, an artistic director/conductor (who is currently planning a return trip to England with his church choir), for a chance to win tickets or a recording. The photo was taken at Worcester Cathedral during Evensong about 37 years ago. Henryk Szeryng, my mother thought he would be an inspiration for me. He actually became my mentor, gave me free lessons for four years, and called me his spiritual son. The lessons sometimes lasted all day. I might arrive early in the morning when he was still shaving, and his friend, Madame Bertelier, would instruct me to practise. By the time he was ready, having heard me from the bathroom, he proceeded to write all sorts of instructions in my music. We would then have a real lesson, followed by lunch. After running some errands for him, I would turn pages for his pianist while they rehearsed. That might be followed by another lesson, dinner, and I would finally go home around ten pm. CONTINUES PAGE 44 Robin Howell Lessons for recorder, baroque oboe, baroque and modern bassoon, ensemble coaching l Bocals for all double reeds, Voicing, Tuning and Restoration l Recorder repair specialist l 188 Lansdowne Ave. Toronto, Ontario M6K 2V9 Phone: 416-534-6538 Fax: 1 (530) 463-8524 E-mail: [email protected] Website: robinhowell.com MARJORIE SPARKS VOICE STUDIO MARJORIE SPARKS, SOPRANO B.MUS. B. ED. CLASSICAL TECHNIQUE PRIVATE VOICE LESSONS AT ALL LEVELS INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNIVERSITY AUDITIONS RCM EXAMS, COMPETITIONS AND PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCES. FREQUENT STUDIO RECITALS. Studio Locations: 19 Ravine Park Cr., Scarborough 175 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto Tel: 416-282-7460 E-mail: [email protected] Think you might know who it is? Send your best guess to [email protected]. (Winners will be selected by random draw among entries received by June 15th, 2005.) May’s Child …. was Jackie Richardson Circa 1957 (clockwise from centre) Ronnie, 5; Betty, 7; Billy (hidden), 10; Jackie, 9; Judy (hidden) 12; Barbara, 7 (Betty’s twin); missing – Garrett, 14 AWARD-WINNING RECORDING ARTIST, singer, actor and all round uplifting powerhouse performer Jackie Richardson was born in Donora PA “in the Valley, outside Pittsburgh where the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers meet” and came to Toronto at the age of seven with her family, two years after her father and her uncle Rich had come ahead to set up an advertising business. The 1957 photo of Jackie and her siblings was taken in their first apartment, on the third floor of a building at the sw corner of Augusta and College, west of Spadina, near Kensington Market. She attended Lord Lansdowne Public School for two years (where jazz drummer Archie Alleyne had preceded her) before her family moved to Richmond Hill, where she and they remained through her high school years. Jackie’s singing career was under way from the time she left high school, beginning with “The Tiaras” a Motown-style girl group who sang at the Bluenote and with whom she first recorded. She sang jazz, blues, and gospel music, performing everywhere, including Canadian Forces bases in Canada, the South Pacific and the Far East, while immersing herself in (initially) amateur theatre, and the film and television scene of the early ’80s. The rest of her extraordinary story criss-crosses 35 years of music, theatre and film and television history. Jackie Richardson is currently starring in the CanStage production of Ain’t Misbehavin’ (The Tony Award-winning Fats Waller Musical Show). It runs until June 25 at the Bluma Appel Theatre. Jackie is also the featured guest performer with the Toronto All-Star Big Band in their concert Cookin’, (June 4, 2pm and 7pm, St. Lawrence Centre). And our winners… JOHN KENT and a guest will attend Jackie’s concert Cookin’ with the Toronto All-Star Big Band. SUNNY WIDERMAN will receive two recordings: one of Jackie’s, and a recording by the Toronto All-Star Big Band. CONGRATULATIONS John and Sunny! WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 32 Back to Ad Index Jackie with her mom, Ann Richardson, at Edward Gardens . J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Welcome to WholeNote’s LIVE LISTINGS (GREATER TORONTO AREA) READERS PLEASE NOTE: Presenters’ plans change; and we occasionally make mistakes! Please always use the phone numbers provided to call ahead. For Concerts Beyond the GTA see pages 39,40. For Music Theatre and Opera Listings see pages 40,41. For Jazz Listings see pages 41,42. For Festival Listings see “Green Pages” G14-G16 Heard Larry Rivers Talking; Transsexuals on Parliament; The Transgendered Beaded — 12:30: Yorkminster Park Church. Curtain. Paddy’s Playhouse, 161 Gerrard Noonday Recital: Father John Palmer, orSt. East. 416-921-6112. $15 or PWYC. gan. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free. — 8:00: Nathaniel Dett Chorale/Sound— 7:30: Toronto Choral Society. Paul streams Canada. And Still We Winter Consort: Missa Gaia. Geoffrey But- Sing…Scenes from the Life of a Martyr. ler, conductor. Eastminster United Church, Smith Moore: Scenes from the Life of a 310 Danforth Ave. 416-410-3509. $20. Martyr; Goodyear: Go Down Death. Guests: — 8:00: Talisker Players Chamber MuDr. Carl Harris, organ; Stewart Goodyear, sic. L’amour et la Vie. Fauré: La bonne piano; Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, artistic dichanson; Chausson: Chanson perpétuelle; rector. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Rapoport: Fragments of Verlaine; Foley: Yonge St. 416-872-1111. $26.50-$38.50, L’amour du mensonge; Minden: Ombres. $12(child under 12). Melanie Conly, soprano; Vicki St. Pierre, — 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music mezzo; Alexander Dobson, baritone; Talisk- Community School. RCM Jazz Choir in er Players; Peter Longworth, piano. Trinity Concert. RCM Concert Hall, 90 Croatia St. St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. West. 416- 416-408-2824 x321. Free. 466-1800. $25, $20(sr), $10(st). — 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. — 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Czech Voices. Roy Thomson Hall. See June Czech Voices. Morawetz: Overture to a 1. Fairy Tale; Janácek: Taras Bulba; Martinü: — 8:00: Via Salzburg. Phantasies and CryField Mass; Dvorak: Te Deum. Measha santhemums. Music by Ravel, Takemitsu & Brüggergosman, soprano; Russell Braun, Schubert. Mayumi Seiler, violin; Caroline baritone; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; Jirí Palmer, piano; Joel Noyes, cello; Denise Belohlávek, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, Fujiwara, choreography/dance. Glenn Gould 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $32-$110. Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-2055555. $43, $38(sr), $29(st). Thursday June 02 — 8:30: Hugh’s Room. Kiran Ahluwalia CD — 12:15: St. John’s York Mills Church. Release Concert. 2261 Dundas St. West. Music On The Hill: Douglas Tranquada, bari- 416-531-6604. $20(advance), $22(door). tone; Sabatino Vacca, piano. 19 Don Ridge Friday June 03 Dr. 416-225-6611. Free (donations accepted). — 7:00: Kids on Broadway. Bye Bye Bird— 2:00: Northern District Library. Gypsy ie. By Strouse & Adams. Assembly Hall, 1 Songs. Songs by Brahms, Dvorak, de Falla Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr. 416-237& others. Livia Beysovec, soprano; Karen 9738. $14,$12. For complete run see muBender, mezzo; Brahm Goldhamer & Camil- sic theatre listings. lia Matuk, piano. 40 Orchard View Blvd. — 7:00: ROM Friday Nights. Muhtadi To416-393-7610. Free. ronto International Drumming Festival. Roy— 8:00: Charnie Guettel/M.S. McDonald. al Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. Immigration & Transformation; Marsha: My 416-586-8000. Life as a Transsexual – a work-in-progress. — 7:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Pieces include: Immigration Part 2 The Voy- Institute. Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra & age From the Mother’s Point of View; I Chamber Choir. Trinity St. Paul’s Church, Wednesday June 01 Spring Music on the Hill Near York Mills subway. Close to Yonge and the 401. 416-225-6611 Free parking. Beautiful venue. Great music. With the support of the Toronto Arts Council Back to Ad Index Saturday June 04 Choir. A Pageant of Song. Chatman: Elizabethan Songs (world premiere). Thomas Bell, music director. Royal Bank Theatre, 4141 Living Arts Drive. 905-306-6000. Matinee: $12, evening: $16. — 7:30: Oakville Chamber Orchestra. Symphonies for Dessert. Hétu: Simphonie #3; Sibelius: Rakastava Op.14; Beethoven: Symphony #2 Op.36. Stéphane Potvin, music director. Central Baptist Church, 340 Rebecca St., Oakville. 905-337-1083. $20,$15, $5(child under 12). — 8:00: Acoustic Harvest Folk Club. Kiran Ahluwalia. Traditional Indian ghazals; Punjabi folk music. Opening set: Colin Stewart. Birchcliff Bluffs United Church, 33 East Rd. 416-264-2235. $15. — 8:00: Counterpoint Community Orchestra. Peters: I Am He; Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture; Barber: Adagio CONCERT LISTINGS: GTA — 2:00 & 7:00: Toronto All-Star Big Band with Jackie Richardson, vocals. Cookin With the Toronto All-Star Big Band. Musical salute to the Big Band era; tribute to Ray Charles. Soul & swing. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416-366-7723. $32, group rates. — 2:00 & 7:30: Mississauga Children’s ... UPSPOUP BMMTUBSCJHCBOE past perfect presents e outrageous fortune e Baroque Chamber Music from a brand new ensemble June 4, 8 pm {See Listing} ĨĚĥęěĒĔĜĚĖ ģĚĔęĒģĕĤĠğ +"/&."--&555)&"53& ěĦğĖǽĥęǻġĞéȀġĞ ǽǺǿ ǼǿǿȀȀǻǼ Music Mondays Concerts begin at 12:15 At the Church of the Holy Trinity (19 Trinity Square beside the Eaton Centre) Five dollar suggested donation or pay what you can May 30 June 6 June 13 Free Lunchtime Concerts - Thursdays, 12:15 pm June 2 - Douglas Tranquada, baritone; Sabatino Vacca, piano June 9 - Joanne Averill-Rocha, flute; Marianne Turner, piano June 16 - Nathalie Nadon, cabaret singer; Michael Barber, piano June 23 - Arrane, the folk music group St. John’s York Mills Church, 19 Don Ridge Dr. J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 427 Bloor St. West. 416-964-9562. Free. — 7:30: TCDSB Staff Arts. Beauty and the Beast. By Menken, Ashman & Rice. Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, 36 Greenfield Ave. 416-222-8282 x2787. $15,$10. For complete run see music theatre listings. — 8:00: Via Salzburg. Phantasies and Crysanthemums. Glenn Gould Studio. See June 2. — 8:00: Zonnebloem Chamber Ensemble. Brahms: Clarinet Trio in a Op.114; Beethoven: String Trio in G Op.9 #1. Amanda Lee, violin; Pam Bettger, viola; Monica Fedrigo, cello; Julia Hambelton, clarinet; Stephanie Chua, piano. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-922-3618. $8. — 9:00: Lula Lounge. OOJAMI. Turkish band; belly dancers; Sufi dancers; guests: Roula Said & the Roulettes; DJ medicineman. 1585 Dundas West. 416-588-0307. $15. June 20 June 27 July 4 WWW .THEWHOLENOTE .COM Recordare Wind instruments – Shawms, Recorders, Hurdy-gurdy, Percussion, Harp & Voice Julian Knight & Etsuko Kimura Viola & Violin William Beauvais, Alan Hetherington, Julian Knight & Terril McGuire Guitar, Percussion, Viola & Dance William Westcott Canadian Composer/Pianist Mark Rogers, Liz Johnston, Angela Rudden & Guest Oboe, Violin, Viola & Cello Andrea Gerhardt, Paul Jenkins Soprano & piano 33 ... CONCERT LISTINGS: GTA for Strings; Griffes: Poem for Flute & Orchestra; Gilbert and Sullivan excerpts; Morricone: Gabriel’s Oboe & other works. Ada Balone, violin; Jennifer Langton, flute; Chris Wilson, bass; Hubert Brard, oboe; Terry Kowalczuk, conductor. St. Luke’s United Church, 353 Sherbourne St. 416-925-9872 x2066. $15(advance), $18(door). — 8:00: Gesher Theater. City-Odessa Stories. Stories of Isaac Babel with original music & songs. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-872-1111. For complete run see music theatre listings. — 8:00: Past Perfect. Outrageous Fortune. Programme of Baroque music exploring the strange and splendid. Kathleen Kajioka, violin; Daniela Pierson, baroque violin; Nicholas Walker, gamba; Gabriel Shuford, harpsichord. St. Thomas’s Church, 383 Huron St. 416-975-9461. $15. — 8:00: Peter McCutcheon in Concert. Rejoice! Sing the Mighty Power of God. Peter McCutcheon, tenor; Alfred Kunz Singers; Alfred Kunz, conductor. Timothy Eaton Church, 230 St. Clair Ave. West. 416-2609500. $20. — 8:00: Soundstreams Canada. Northern Voices Choral Festival Opening Gala. World premiere performances of works by Schafer & Tavener; music by Gorecki & Rachmaninov. Elora Festival Singers; Latvian Radio Choir; Norwegian Soloists’ Choir; Pro Coro Canada; Tonu Kaljuste, conductor. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416-366-7723. $13-$40. — 8:00: St. Jude’s Celebration of the Arts. Vivaldi: Gloria. Haydn: Heiligmesse. counterpoint community orchestra saturday . june 4 . 8 p.m. late spring concert LQFOXGLQJZRUNIURP FDQDGLDQFRPSRVHU dustin peters St. Jude’s Choir; orchestra; John Laing, organist/conductor. St. Jude’s Church, 160 William St. Oakville. 905-844-3972. $25,$22.50. Sunday June 05 — 1:30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery. Taffanel Wind Ensemble. Classical wind trio. 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg. 905893-1121. Gallery admission: $15,$12, $30(family rate). — 1:30: Spadina Historical House and Gardens. Music in the Orchard: Moresca. Jen Francisco, voice & percussion; Mike Franklin, voice, woodwinds, hurdy-gurdy & percussion. 285 Spadina Rd. 416-3926910. Free. — 2:00: Blue Man Group. Percussion & Dadaist performance art. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 416-872-1111. $59. For complete run see music theatre listings. — 2:00: Chamber Music Society of Mississauga. Youth Talent Showcase. Royal Bank Theatre, 4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $24, $18(sr), $12(st). — 2:00: Contreras Quartet. Mozart: String Quartet in G K.387; Bartok: String Quartet #2. The Music Room, 135 Watson Ave., Oakville. RSVP: 905-844-6290. $35. — 2:00: Etobicoke Community Concert Band. Parlour Music. Concert of hits from the 1800’s. Etobicoke Wind Quintet. Parlour, Applewood Homestead, 450 The West Mall. 416-410-1570. $15. — 2:00 & 7:00: Kitchener Waterloo Philharmonic Choir. Shore: Lord of the Rings Symphony. Six Movements for Orchestra & Chorus. Soloists; KW Philharmonic Orchestra; Youth Choir; projected images of original illustrations & storyboards by John Howe & Alan Lee. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. 416-872-4255. $45-$85. — 2:00: Oakville Chamber Orchestra. Symphonies for Dessert. St. Simon’s Church, 1450 Litchfield Rd., Oakville. 905337-1083. $20,$15, $5(child under 12). See June 4. — 3:00: Alceste Concerts. Second Annual Viennese Concert. Schönberg: Ode to Napoleon Op.41; Suite for Piano Op.25; Wind Quintet Op.26; Four Songs Op.2. Rachel Krehm, soprano; Vadim Serebryany, piano; Jonathan Krehm, clarinet; Senya Trubashnik, oboe; Atis Bankas, violin & other performers. Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm St. 416-822-0613. $20,$10. — 3:00: Hart House. 10th Annual Rupert Schieder Concert. Peter McGillivray, baritone. Great Hall, 7 Hart House Circle. 416978-2452. Free. — 3:00: High Park Choirs of Toronto. Sounds of a Better World. Children’s choral music from many countries & times. Zimfira Poloz, artistic director. Humbercrest United Church, 16 Baby Point Rd. 416-762-0657. $12-$18. — 3:00 & 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music Community School. Junior and Senior Children’s Choirs. RCM Concert Hall, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-2824 x321. Free. — 3:00: Soundstreams Canada. Northern Voices Choral Festival: Norwegian Soloists’ Choir/Pro Coro Canada. Music by Purcell, Mendelssohn, Bevan, Grieg, Nysetdt & Sandström. Grete Pedersen & Richard Sparks, conductors. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416-366-7723. $13-$40. — 3:00: Sunrise String Quartet. Mozart: String Quartet in d K.421; Dvorak: String Quintet in G Op.77; Rossini: Duo for cello and double bass. Guest: Troy Milleker, double bass. College Street United Church, 454 College St. 416-782-4727. $15,$10. — 3:30: Saint Anne’s Church. Great Cathedral Anthems. Music by Bairstow, Howells, Parry, Stanford & Wood. David Braund & Peter J. Orme, organ; Clement Carelse & P. John H. Stephenson, directors. 270 Gladstone Ave. 416-767-7290. Admission by donation. Proceeds to the ongoing Organ Restoration. — 6:30: Raag-Mala Society. Canadian Artists of Indian Classical Music. Smt. Ramneek Singh, vocal; Harpal Singh, tabla; Dr. Nelesh Nadkarni, harmonium; Hardial Singh, tanpura; Neeraj Prem, sitar & other performers. Medical Sciences Auditorium, 1 King’s College Circle. 416-281-3725. $15,$10. — 7:00: Royal Conservatory of Music Community School. Trumpet Trios Concert. RCM Concert Hall, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-2824 x321. Free. — 7:00: Toronto Jewish Folk Choir. 79th Spring Concert. Helfman: Di Naye Hagode (The New Saga); songs on Jewish themes in Yiddish & Hebrew; choruses from Verdi: Nabucco & Borodin: Prince Igor; other music. Guests: Miriam Eskin, soprano; Steve Szmutni, tenor; Toronto Mandolin Orchestra; Lina Zemelman, piano; Alexander Veprinskiy, conductor & other performers. Leah Posluns Theatre, 4588 Bathurst St. 416-593-0750. $22,$18, children under 12 free. — 7:30: 5 Choirs with 1 Voice. Joint concert to celebrate the completion of the First Annual Downtown Community Choral Summit. mnJCC Community Choir; University Settlement Community Choir; Echo Women’s Chorus; Toronto Song Lovers; Common Thread Community Chorus. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. West. 416924-6211 x277. $10,$8. the music of Arnold Schönberg Vadim Serebryany Piano Michael Friedmann Speaker The Gould Quartet Tom Fleming French Horn Jonathan Krehm Clarinet Rachel Krehm Soprano Anya Podrezo Flute/Piccolo Predrag Stojkovic Bassoon Senya Trubashnik Oboe Ode to Napoleon for Speaker, String Quartet & Piano, Op. 41 Wind Quintet, Op. 26 Four Songs, Op. 2 Sunday, June 5, 2005 at 3 PM Tickets: $20 & $15—at the door Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm Street, Toronto WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM Back to Ad Index Tuesday June 07 — 12:00 noon: Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute. Faculty Chamber Concert. Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-9649562. Free. — 1:00: St. James’ Cathedral. Music at Midday: The Glories of the Baroque for Voice. Alexa Wing, soprano; Michael Bloss, piano. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865 x231. Free. — 8:00: Soundstreams Canada. Northern Voices Choral Festival: Huutajat/Rajaton. Finnish a cappella. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416-366-7723. $13-$40. Wednesday June 08 — 12:30: Yorkminster Park Church. Noonday Recital: Nicholas Schmelter, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free. — 7:45: Alchemy. An Hour of Chamber Music. Mozart: Sonata K.292; Martinu: Trio; Schumann: Selected piano duets Op.85; Beethoven: Trio Wo037. Sylvia Davis, flute; Larkin Hinder, bassoon; Tricia Balmer, cello; Marcia Beach & Meri Gec, piano. Christie Gardens, 600 Melita Cres. 416-530-1330. Free. — 8:00: Oasis Vocal Jazz. Concert at Lula Lounge. Variety of jazz standards & other popular tunes. Stuart Sladden, director. 1585 Dundas St. West. 416-588-0307. $15. 7KH7RURQWR-HZLVK)RON&KRLU ALCESTE CONCERTS 34 Monday June 06 — 12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Mondays: String Duos for Violin & Viola. Julian Knight, viola; Etsuko Kimura, violin. 10 Trinity Square. 416-598-4521. $5 suggested donation. — 8:00: OnStage. All-Mozart Gala. Mozart: arias and ensembles from The Marriage of Figaro, Cosi fan tutte and more. Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano; Michael Schade, tenor; Russell Braun, baritone; Canadian Opera Company Orchestra; Richard Bradshaw, conductor. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. *SOLD OUT* — 8:00: Soundstreams Canada. Northern Voices Choral Festival: Latvian Radio Choir. Music by Pärt, Vasks & Nysetdt. Kaspars Putnim, conductor. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416-366-7723. $13-$40. — 8:00: WholeNote Magazine. Nine Mondays Salon: World Music. Music of Indonesia, Georgia, India, Middle East, Japan; old time fiddle & more. Hosted by World View columnist Karen Ages. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John. 416-323-2232. $12,$8, family rate, 12 & under free. $OH[DQGHU9HSULQVNL\&RQGXFWRU WK$QQXDO6SULQJ&RQFHUW 6XQGD\-XQHSP /HDK3RVOXQV7KHDWUH %DWKXUVW6WEHWZHHQ6KHSSDUG)LQFK :LWKWKH7RURQWR0DQGROLQ2UFKHVWUD )HDWXULQJWKHFKRUDOWRQHSRHP 'L1D\H+DJRGH PXVLF0+HOIPDQWH[W,)HIHUDUU$9HSULQVN\ +RQRXULQJWKH+HURHVRIWKH:DUVDZ*KHWWR8SULVLQJ WMIRONFKRLU#V\PSDWLFRFD J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 — 8:00: Soundstreams Canada. Northern Voices Choral Festival: Nordic Voices. Music by Dufay, Gesualdo, Stravinsky, Ravel, Messaien & Wallin. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416-366-7723. $13-$40. — 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Debussy & Ravel. Debussy: La Mer; Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune; Ravel: Piano Concerto in G; Daphnis et Chloé Suite #2. Hélèn Grimaud, piano; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $32-$110. Thursday June 09 — 12:15: St. John’s York Mills Church. Music On The Hill: Joanne Averill-Rocha, flute; Marianne Turner, piano. 19 Don Ridge Dr. 416-225-6611. Free (donations accepted). — 7:00: Sherway Academy of Music. Spring Concert. Classical, jazz & contemporary performances on piano, guitar, voice, violin, electric bass, clarinet & trumpet; song, dance & stage performances by The Pop-Chops Kids. Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr. 416-259-0251. $5(Academy & Affiliate members), $10(non-members). — 8:00: Civic Light Opera Company. My Fair Lady. By Lerner & Loew. Joe Cascone, Catherine Uy, David Haines, Lloyd Dean, Julie Lennick & other performers; Joe Cascone, artistic director. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Drive. 416-7551717. $20,$17.50. For complete run see music theatre listings. — 8:00: Music Gallery. The Handless Maiden/Dark Pines Under Water. Electrovocal music by Bartley & Bolton; CD release of Bolton’s Elements. Janice Jackson, soprano; Christopher Foley, piano; Michael Dobinson, Paul Stillwell, John Sherlock, Rose Bolton, live electronics. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-2041080. $tba. — 8:00: Soundstreams Canada. Northern Voices Choral Festival: Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble/Danish Radio Choir. Pärt: Doppo la vittoria; Brahms: Fünf Gesänge; works by Rheinberger, Sandström, Rolfe, Witacre & Sørensen. Erik Westberg & Flemming Windekilde, conductors. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416-366-7723. $13-$40. — 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Debussy & Ravel. Roy Thomson Hall. See June 8. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. — 7:30: Toronto Music Competition. Winners of the Music Competition; Jacques Israelievitch, violin; Koffler Chamber Orchestra. Guest: Alexander Sevastian. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416-733-9388. $35,$25,$12. — 8:00: L’ensemble vocal Les Voix du Coeur. End of Year Concert. Manon Côté, director. Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Ave. 905-883-7951. $20. — 8:00: Lakeshore Arts. First Note Brass in the Grass Fundraising Gala. Hannaford Street Silver Band; Alastair Kay, trombone; Joan Watson, horn; Alicia Kay-Markson, host. Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr. 416-201-7093. $75. Part of Music & Art Festival (see Announcements etc. page 42.) — 8:00: Poor Alex Theatre. The Perfect Life. Musical by Jet Matas. Sean K. Andrews, Susan Dunstan, Aaron Kyte, Michael Lazarovitch, Jet Matas & other performers; Wayne Gwillim, musical director. 296 Brunswick Ave. 416-817-7498. $30 (opening night). For complete run see music theatre listings. — 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Bobby McFerrin, vocals. Jazz, folk & world. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $39.50-$69.50. — 8:00: Soundstreams Canada. Northern Voices Choral Festival: Images of Canada. Somers: Chura Churum; music by AfricanCanadian composers. Elmer Iseler Singers; Nathaniel Dett Chorale; Chura Churum Vocal Ensemble. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416-366-7723. $13$40. — 7:30: Bloor Street Gospel Chorus. Feel the Spirit: A Celebration of Song. Traditional gospel music; original songs. Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor St. West. 416-5363076. $10 or pwyc. — 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The Phenomenal Feidman! Mendelssohn: Konzertstück #1 for Clarinet and Bassett Horn; Bloch: Schelomo (Hebraic Rhapsody); Bat Chaim: Love for Life (for 2 clarinets, double bass & orchestra); Piazzolla: Tangos; Gershwin: Porgy and Bess. Giora Feidman, Joaquin Valdepeñas, clarinets; David Bourque, bassett horn; Joel Quarrington, double bass; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-5934828. $23-$64. — 8:00: Cantores Celestes Women’s Choir. Looking to Summer. Music by Halley, Holst, Tormis, MacIntyre. Ellen Meyer, piano; Bob Weir, double bass; Kelly Galbraith, director. St. John’s United Church, 2 Nobert Rd. 905-470-6628. $15. Proceeds to the outreach at the church. — 8:00: Jubilate Singers. Lorca. Contemporary & traditional choral music from Catalonia; music inspired by the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca. Polivios Issariotis, guitar; Isabel Bernaus, director; Sherry Squires, accompanist. Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 905-857-2152. $20, $15(sr), $10(st), group rates. — 8:00: L’Intemporel Baroque Ensemble. Soho Square, 1765. Music by Mozart, Clementi, JC Bach & Abel. Mylène Guay, baroque flute; Laura Jones, gamba; David Sandall, harpsichord. Kimbourne Park United Church, 200 Wolverleigh Blvd. 416-6570076. $20,$15,$10. — 8:00: New School of Classical Vocal Studies. 20th Anniversary Student Recital. Verdi: Va Pensiero from Nabucco; Bellini: Casta Diva from Norma; music by Glinka, Gounod, Mozart, Schubert & Schumann; ... CONCERT LISTINGS: GTA NEW SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL VOCAL STUDIES presents the 20th Anniversary STUDENT RECITAL 1985-2005 Stone Church 45 Davenport Road SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2005 8:00 pm Admission $20 Student/Senior $15.00 416-927-9800 email: [email protected] www.nscvs.com Saturday June 11 — 12:00 noon: Etobicoke Community Concert Band. Brass in the Grass Family Concert. Showtunes & themes for movie and TV. Assembly Hall grounds, 1 Colonel Sam Smith Park Dr. 416-410-1570. Free. — 1:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute. TBSI Orchestra and Choir. Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-964-9562. Free. — 3:00: Kristian Alexander. Recital of Students. Green Room, Remenyi House of Music, 210 Bloor St. West. By invitation only: 416-804-8856. — 7:00: Euromusic Centre. Karl Lo, pianist in a Performance of Beethoven Piano Sonatas. Beethoven: Sonata in E Op.14 #1; Sonata in E flat Op.31 #3; Sonata in B flat Friday June 10 Op.106 Hammerklavier. Euromusic Recital Hall, 2651 John St., Unit 8, Markham. 905— 7:00: ROM Friday Nights. Season Finale: Canada Sings! Royal Ontario Museum, 946-8040. $10. J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index WWW .THEWHOLENOTE .COM 35 ... CONCERT LISTINGS: GTA popular Italian songs. Adele Kozak, lyric soprano; Florence Maltese & Kathryn Kossow, mezzos & other singers; Raisa Nakhmanovich, piano accompanist. The Stone Church, 45 Davenport Rd. 416-927-9800. $20,$15. — 8:00: Queen of Puddings Music Theatre. The Midnight Court. Music by Ana Sokolovic; Dáirine Ni Mheadhra & John Hess, artistic directors; Shannon Mercer, soprano; Krisztina Szabó, mezzo; Alexander Dobson, baritone. Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West. 416-9734000. $45. For complete run see music theatre listings. — 8:00: Soundstreams Canada. Northern Voices Choral Festival: Tafelmusik Chamber Choir. Motets by Bach & Homilius; works by van Buren, Schanderl & Richardson. Frieder Bernius, guest conductor. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416-366-7723. $13-$40. — 8:00: Voices. From the Eastern Sky. Evening of sacred & secular music from Eastern Europe, the Far East and Down Under; chance for audience to request a musical selection to be sung by the choir next season. Ron Ka Ming Cheung, conductor. St. Thomas’s Church, 383 Huron St. 416-924-0753. $20,$15. Sunday June 12 www.victoriascholars.ca — 1:30: Spadina Historical House and Gardens. Music in the Orchard: Members of the Yiddish Swingtet. Traditional Klezmer songs; American swing. Jonno Lightstone, clarinet; Tony Quarrington, guitar & mandolin. 285 Spadina Rd. 416-392-6910. Free. — 2:00: The Choralairs. Closing Concert. Varied programme of Broadway, pop & folk songs. Earl Bales Park Community Centre Social Hall, 4169 Bathurst St. 416-6310029. Free. — 2:30: Toronto Early Music Centre. Musically Speaking: Musick’s Handmaid. Valerie Sylvester, Sheila Smyth & other performers. Holy Trinity Church, 10 Trinity Square. 416-966-1409. Free. — 3:00: Euromusic Centre. Karl Lo, pianist in a Performance of Beethoven Piano Sonatas. Beethoven: Sonata in F sharp Op.78; Sonata in G Op.14 #2; Sonata in c sharp Op.27 #2 Moonlight; Sonata in A Op.2 #2; Sonata in E Op.109. Euromusic Recital Hall, 2651 John St., Unit 8, Markham. 905-946-8040. $10. — 3:00: Mooredale Youth Orchestras. Featuring performers ages 6-18. Rosedale Heights School, 711 Bloor St. East. 416922-3714 x103. $15,$10. — 3:00: Soundstreams Canada. Northern Voices Choral Festival: Voices of Youth/Hamrahlid. Works by Icelandic composers. Thorgerdur Ingolfsdottir, conductor. St. Paul’s Basilica, 83 Power St. 416-366-7723. $13-$40. — 3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The Phenomenal Feidman! Roy Thomson Hall. See Jun 11. — 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers: Bruce Harvey Trio. Bruce Harvey, piano; George Kozub, bass; Tom Jestadt, drums. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free (donation). — 4:30: Edward Brescacin, flute & Cecilia Ignatieff, piano. Works by Khatchaturian, Bach, Taffanel, Sancan, Schubert. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-2411367. $5, children free when accompanied by an adult. — 4:30: Etobicoke Community Concert Band. Brass in the Grass: Swing Jazz Combo. John Liddle & friends. Assembly Hall grounds, 1 Colonel Sam Smith Park Dr. 416-410-1570. Free. — 7:30: Brampton Festival Singers. Sarah Silverman, piano in Concert. Works by Scarlatti, Haydn, Chopin & Prokofiev. North Bramalea United Church, 363 Howden Blvd,. Brampton. 905-793-4600. $20,$10, child under 5 free. — 8:00: Soundstreams Canada. Northern Voices Choral Festival: Closing Concert. Strauss: Der Abend; Brahms: Fest-und Gedenksprüche; Vasks: Dona Nobis Pacem; Penderecki: Stabat Mater; Mäntyjärvi: Four Shakespeare Songs; Hétu: Les Illusions Fanées. Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble; Danish National Radio Choir; Elmer Iseler Singers; Peter Dijkstra, conductor. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416-366-7723. $13-$40. A varied programme of original music for men’s voices in a tribute to well-known English composers. Works by Byrd, Britten, Elgar, Stanford, Tallis and Vaughan Williams. Monica Zerbe mezzo-soprano Brahm Goldhamer, pianist Wednesday June 15 — 12:30: Yorkminster Park Church. Noonday Recital: Karen Rymal, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free. — 7:00: Etobicoke Community Concert Band. Twilight Concert in the Park. Guests: Etobicoke Jazz Band. The green, Applewood Homestead, 450 The West Mall. 416-410-1570. Free. — 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Images of Vienna. Berg (orch. Verbey): Piano Sonata Op.1; Schubert: Konzertstück for Violin & Orchestra; Kreisler: Liebesleid; Liebesfreud; Caprice Viennois; Tambourin Chinois; Brahms: Symphony #4. Leila Josefowicz, violin; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-5934828. $32-$110. Special Guests: Ellen Meyer James Xia Jessica Jia Ping Zhang Sunday, June 12, 2005 8pm Our Lady of Sorrows Church victoria Adults $25 Seniors & Students $20 scholars for tickets call 416.761.7776 3055 Bloor Street West, Toronto WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM Back to Ad Index Friday June 17 — 7:00: Toronto All-Star Big Band. Taste of Little Italy Performance. College & Bathurst Sts. 416-231-5695. Free. Chausson, Dvorak Rachmaninoff, Wagner Friday, June 17, 8:00 pm Humbercrest United Church 16 Baby Point Road Tickets: $10 416-259-7394 5040 Yonge Street English Composers 36 Images of Vienna. Roy Thomson Hall. See Jun 15. — 8:00: Monica Zerbe, mezzo and Brahm Goldhamer, piano. Songs by Chausson, Rachmaninoff & Wagner. Humbercrest United Church, 16 Baby Point Rd. 416-259-7394. $10. Thursday June 16 — 8:00: Samantha Chang. Me, My Flute, — 12:15: St. John’s York Mills Church. & I. Music by Boehm, Bozza, Mozart, Music On The Hill: Nathalie Nadon, cabaret Prokofiev, Schubert & others. Guests: Ellen singer; Michael Barber, piano. 19 Don Ridge Meyer, James Xia, Jessica Jia & Ping Zhang. Dr. 416-225-6611. Free (donations accept- Studio Theatre, Toronto Centre for the Arts, Monday June 13 ed). 5040 Yonge St. 416-293-3974. $20. — 2:00: Northern District Library. Alche— 12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Saturday June 18 my. Music by Mozart, Martinu, Schumann Music Mondays: For the Ears of Mortals. & Beethoven. Sylvia Davis, flute; Larkin — 7:00: Rumi Art Society. 6th Annual William Beauvais, composer/guitar; Alan Hinder, bassoon; Tricia Balmer, cello; Mar- Rumi Ensemble Concert. Mo Jamal, violin & Hetherington, percussion; Julian Knight, cia Beach & Meri Gec, piano. 40 Orchard setar; Ghazal Raisi, Habib Nazeri & other viola; Terril McGuire, dancer/choreogravocalists; Ariana Deda, cello; Omid pher. 10 Trinity Square. 416-598-4521. $5 View Blvd. 416-393-7610. Free. — 7:00: North York Concert Band. Music Moshref, tombak & santour & other musisuggested donation. Under the Stars. Evening of jazz, show cians. Earl Haig Auditorium, 100 Princess — 7:30: Cantabile Chorale of York ReAve. 416-492-7292. $15. gion. Strawberries and Song. Robert Rich- tunes & the music of Hollywood. John Edward Liddle, conductor. Mel Lastman, — 7:00: Toronto All-Star Big Band. ardson, conductor; Lona Richardson, acSquare, 5100 Yonge. 905-470-0272. Free. Taste of Little Italy Performance. College & companist. Thornhill Presbyterian Church, — 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Bathurst Sts. See June 17. Centre Street, Thornhill. 905-731-8318. $20,$15,$5. Samantha Chang’s Recital — 7:30: St. Lawrence Hall. Celebration of the 1851 Jenny Lind Concert in the Great Friday, June 17, 2005 Hall. Mia Karlsson, soprano; Jonas Olsson, 8:00 pm Studio Theatre piano. 157 King St. East. 416-447-4454, Toronto Centre for the Arts 416-425-2000. $25. Those men’s choral ensemble Tuesday June 14 — 1:00: St. James’ Cathedral. Music at Midday: Annual Request Recital. Program of works requested throughout the year by series attendees. Michael Bloss & David Low, organists. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865 x231. Free. — 7:30: Cantabile Chorale of York Region. Strawberries and Song. Thornhill Presbyterian Church. See June 13. — 7:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute. Grand Finale Concert. Baroque extravaganza. Combined forces of the TBSI Orchestra, Tafelmusik Orchestra, TBSI Choir & Tafelmusik Choir. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-964-9562. Free. Program Includes: Boehm, Bozza, Mozart, Prokofiev, Schubert, etc. Me, My Flute, and I Tickets: $20 www.ticketmaster.ca Info: 416-293-3974 or [email protected] J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 — 7:30: Kodály Ensemble. 45th Anniversary Gala Concert. Fekete Föld Folk Music Ensemble; Scola Cantorum; Duvo Folk Music Ensemble; Eletfa Folk Music Ensemble; Kecskeszem Folk Music Ensemble. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-4395323. $25. — 7:30: Oratory Children’s Choir. Concert of Sacred Music. Guests: Natalie Mahon, soprano; Simon Waegemaekers, organ. Holy Family Church, 1372 King St. West. 416-532-2879. $10(suggested donation). Fundraising effort to purchase music for the Oratory Children’s Choir. — 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Images of Vienna. Roy Thomson Hall. See Jun 15. $25-$65. — 8:00: Beaches Presbyterian Church. Carmen Fantasies. Bizet: Carmen (selections); Saint-Saens: Fantaisie; Schafer: Wild Bird; Louie: From the Eastern Gate. Patricia O’Callaghan, soprano; Lori Gemmell, harp; Etsuko Kimura, violin; Tom Allen, storyteller. 65 Glen Manor Dr. 416-699-5871. $25 or 5 for $100. — 8:00: Brassfully Yours. Ewald: Quintet #2; Barber: Adagio; music by Wagner, Mozart, Purcell, Joplin & others. Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor St. West. 416409-4637. $10. — 8:00: Singing Studio of Deborah Staiman. Feast of Show Tunes. Broadway & popular classics. Church of the Transfiguration, 111 Manor Rd. East. 416-4839532. $10. — 8:00: Guitar Society of Toronto. Bagher Moazem, guitar. Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park Cres. 416-922-8002. $25,$10. Sunday June 19 — 1:30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery. Richard Whiteman, jazz vocals. 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg. 905-893-1121. Gallery admission: $15,$12, $30(family rate). — 1:30: Spadina Historical House and Gardens. Music in the Orchard: Vansickle Ensemble. Music of the early 20th century for woodwinds & strings. 285 Spadina Rd. 416-392-6910. Free. — 2:00: Juan Tomás. Variety Show. Music by ABBA, Nat King Cole, Ellington, Orbison & others. Juan Tomás Show Band; Rea BRUCE VOGT Piano Recital Music TORONTO — 12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Mondays: William Westcott, jazz/ blues piano. 10 Trinity Square. 416-5984521. $5 suggested donation. Tuesday June 21 Liszt, Beethoven Chopin and more Heliconian Hall Sunday June 19, 2:30 pm SUHVHQWVDVSHFLDO)DWKHU¶V'D\HYHQW DW7HPSOH6LQDL&RQJUHJDWLRQRI7RURQWR :LOVRQ$YHEHWZHHQ$YHQXH5G%DWKXUVW 6XQGD\-XQHDWSP -DFTXHV,VUDHOLHYLWFK YLROLQLVW 0LFKDHO,VUDHOLHYLWFK SHUFXVVLRQLVW :LQRQD=HOHQND FHOOLVW 7HQJ/L YLROLVW — 1:00: St. James’ Cathedral. Music at Midday: John Clodig, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865 x231. Free. — 7:30: Koffler Centre of the Arts. Koffler Adult Band. Selection of pieces ranging from Broadway tunes, popular folk songs, traditional music & pop. Resa Kochberg, conductor. Leah Posluns Theatre, 4588 Bathurst St. 416-636-1880 x228. $5. — 7:30: Music Toronto. Brahms – Echoes of the past, gateways to the future. Illuminating commentary on and complete performance of Brahms: Piano Trio in C Op.87. Featured artists: Gryphon Trio, Gary Kulesha. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416-366-7723. $20, $5(st), $10(accompanying adult). — 7:30: Thornhill Community Band. Broadway, classical, popular, traditional & commissioned works. Denny Ringler, music director. Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge. 416-223-7152. Free. — 8:00: CONTACT contemporary music. Transformed. Music by Sharman, Piper, Oswald, Wolman. Patricia Green, Bob Wiseman, Flare, Andy Morris, guest performers. The 519 Church Street Community Centre, GRYPHON TRIO performs Brahms June 25 at 8 p.m. Thursday June 23 — 12:15: St. John’s York Mills Church. Music On The Hill: Arrane, the Folk Music Group. 19 Don Ridge Dr. 416-225-6611. Free (donations accepted). Friday June 24 — 12:30: St. Andrew’s United Church, Markham. Noonday Organ Recital: William Maddox, organ. Music by Bach & Handel. 32 Main St. North, Hwys 48 and 7, Markham. 905-294-0351. Free. — 7:00: Harbourfront Centre. La Reine Soleil. Marie-Monique Jean-Gilles, musical storyteller. For children & adults. CIBC Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-9734000. Free. & CONCERT LISTINGS: GTA ... FESTIVAL WIND ORCHESTRA -DFTXHV,VUDHOLHYLWFKDQGKLVVRQSHUFXVVLRQLVW0LFKDHO ,VUDHOLHYLWFKDORQJZLWKWKHSULQFLSDOFHOOLVWRIWKH762 :LQRQD=HOHQNDDQGWKHSULQFLSDOYLROLVWRIWKH7627HQJ /L MRLQ LQ D )DWKHU¶V 'D\ FRQFHUW 7KLV MR\RXV SURJUDP ZLOOLQFOXGHPXVLFRI0R]DUW&ROJUDVV+RQHJJHU3LD]]ROOD DQG6UXO,UYLQJ*OLFN (QULFK\RXU)DWKHU¶V'D\FHOHEUDWLRQ ZLWKWKLVVSHFLDOFRQFHUW 7LFNHWV DYDLODEOHDWDOO.QLJRPDQLDORFDWLRQV RUFDOO7HPSOH6LQDL>@ 7HPSOH6LQDLLVZKHHOFKDLUDFFHVVLEOH $VSHFLDOSURMHFWRI7HPSOH6LQDL¶V0XVLFDO/HJDF\6HULHV Back to Ad Index 519 Church St. 416-902-7010. $15, $10(sr), $5(st). — 8:00: Festival Wind Orchestra. Summertime Pops Concert. Selections from Chicago; Sinatra medley; Light Cavalry Overture; Disney Movie Magic and more. Guests include Mark Ruhnke, baritone; Gennady Gefter, conductor. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 905-881-4255. $15,$10. Monday June 20 -DFTXHV,VUDHOLHYLWFK)ULHQGV J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Paulite; guest: Gladys Ho, piano. Scarborough Civic Centre, 150 Borough Drive. 416-9280111. Free. — 2:30: Bruce Vogt. Piano Recital. Music by Liszt, Beethoven, Chopin & others. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-769-6440. — 4:00: Jacques Israelievitch & Friends. Father’s Day Concert. Music by Mozart, Colgrass, Honegger, Piazzolla & Glick. Jacques Israelievitch, violin; Michael Israelievitch, percussion; Winona Zelenka, cello; Teng Li, viola. Temple Sinai Congregation, 210 Wilson Ave. 416-487-4161. $15. — 4:00: University Settlement Choir, Chamber Choir & Children’s Choir. It’s a Grand Time for Singing. Show tunes, folk & classical music from around the world. Bellefair United Church, 2 Bellefair Ave. 416-598-3444 x243/244. $5. Gennady Gefter, Conductor S um m ert i me po p s Light music selections for all ages! Special guests including baritone vocalist Mark Ruhnke. Tuesday, June 21 at 8 p.m. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge Street X WWW .THEWHOLENOTE .COM (at Heath, 2 blocks north of St. Clair, close to TTC & municipal parking) Adults $15; Students $10 To reserve call 905-881-4255 or visit www.festivalwindorchestra.com 37 ... CONCERT LISTINGS: GTA — 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Diouf. Senegalese percussion group. CIBC Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. Free. — 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Richard Clayderman, piano. Guest: Corneliu Montano, tenor. 416-872-4255. $56-$76. — 8:00: TD Canada Trust Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival. Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone in Concert. Massey Hall, 15 Shuter St. 416-872-4255. $49.50$89.50. — 9:00: Harbourfront Centre. Paul Piché, singer/songwriter. CIBC Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. Free. trumpets; Terry Promane, Russ Little, trombones; Doug Burrell, tuba. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free (donation). — 7:00: Show One Productions. Beyond the Pale – Jewish Nostalgia Night. Songs of the shtetl. Svetlana Portnyansky, vocals; Yevgeny Shapovalov, tenor; Jazz Quartet led by O. Butman. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416-870-8000. $35$55. Monday June 27 — 12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Mondays: Mark Rogers, oboe; Liz Johnston, violin; Angela Rudden, viola; guest cellist tba. 10 Trinity Square. 416Saturday June 25 598-4521. $5 suggested donation. — 8:00: TD Canada Trust Toronto — 7:30: Milton Choristers. Catch the Downtown Jazz Festival/House of Sound of Swing. Music from the 40s & 50s. Guests: Festival City Band; Sonja van Blues. Diana Krall, singer/songwriter/piande Hoef, director; Becky Windhager, accom- ist in Performance. Hummingbird Centre, 1 Front St. East. 416-872-2262. $69.50panist. Gambrel Barn, Country Heritage Park, Milton. 905-876-3203. $18, $15(sr), $125.50. $10(st). Tuesday June 28 — 7:30: Victoria-Royce Church. Rachel Persaud, soprano in Recital. Works by Han- — 8:00: TD Canada Trust Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival/House of del, Ravel & others. Peter Treen, piano. 190 Medland St. 416-769-6176. $20,$15. Blues. Diana Krall, singer/songwriter/pian— 8:00: Anno Domini Chamber Singers. ist in Performance. Hummingbird Centre. See June 27. Spirit and Light. Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna; spirituals. David Jafelice, conductor; ChrisThursday June 30 topher Dawes, accompanist. St. Thomas — 7:00: Toronto Music Garden. Moon Church, 383 Huron St. 416-696-0093. Mirrored on Water – Faces of the String $20,$15. — 8:00: Canadian Sinfonietta. CS Mem- Quartet I. Traditional Chinese melodies. George Gao, erhu; Phoebe Tsang & Sacha bers Chamber Concert. Bowen: Phantasy Quintet; Brahms: Piano Quintet in f Op.34a. Barlow, violins; Carol Gimbel, viola; Cherry Kim, cello. 475 Queens Quay West. 416Joyce Lai, violin; Stephen Fox, bass clari973-4000. Free. net, Michael Esch, piano. Newtonbrook United Church, 53 Cummer Ave. 905-707- — 8:00: Harbourfront Centre. Pier Party Concert: Cesaria Evora, vocalist. CIBC 1200. $30,$25. Stage, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973Sunday June 26 4000. *CANCELLED* — 3:00: Alceste Concerts. Cycle of 32 Friday July 01 Beethoven Piano Sonatas: 3rd Concert. — 1:00: Thornhill Community Band. Vadim Serebryany, piano. Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm St. 416-822-0613. $20,$10. Broadway, classical, popular, traditional & commissioned works. Denny Ringler, music *POSTPONED* director. McMichael Gallery, 10365 Isling— 3:00: Upper Canada String Quartet. Ravel: String Quartet; Haydn: String Quar- ton Ave., Kleinburg. Free with Gallery admission: $15,$12, $30(family rate). tet Op.64 #6; Papineau-Couture: String Quartet #1. Etsuko Kimura & Janetta Wilc- — 9:00: Hamilton Philharmonic Orcheszewska, violins; Carol Gimbel, viola; Jonath- tra. Canada Day Concert. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; National Anthem & other an Tortolano, cello. Lambton House, 4066 music. Guest artists & conductors. Spencer Old Dundas St. 416-604-9748. $20,$15. Smith Park, Lakeshore & Brant St., Burling— 4:00: Toronto Music Garden. Cello ton. 905-526-7756. Free. Voce. Music by de Falla, Bernstein & others. Cherry Kim, Peter Cosbey & other celSaturday July 02 lists; Roberta Janzen, cello/director. 475 — 1:30: Canada-China Educational & Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. Free. Cultural Exchange. Songs of Harmony. — 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers: Barlow Brass & Drums. Brian Bar- World art songs. 13 Chinese choirs. Hammerson Hall, 4141 Living Arts Drive, Mislow, drums; Steve McDade, Brian O’Kane, AND PRESENT MASTER OF THE SAROD Amjad Ali Khan WITH AMAAN ALI BANGASH & AYAAN ALI BANGASH ON SAROD AND VINEET VYAS & SAMIR CHATTERJEE 0N TABLA JULY 2 AT 8PM GROUPS 416.393.7463 OR 1.866.737.0805 www.hummingbirdcentre.com 416.872.2262 WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 38 Back to Ad Index J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 sissauga. 905-306-6000. $8. — 8:00: Buena Vista Social Club. Omara Portuondo Flor de Amor Tour. Latin music. 13-piece band; Omara Portuondo, guest performer. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $39.50-$79.50. — 8:00: Toronto Star/Asian Television Network. Amjad Ali Kahn, sarod. Guests: Amaan Ali Bangash & Ayaan Ali Bangash, sarod; Vineet Vyas & Vijay Ghate, tabla. Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front St. East. 416-872-2262. $19.50-$75. Sunday July 03 director. Amphitheatre, Earl Bales Park, Bathurst St. & Sheppard Ave. 416-2237152. Free. — 8:00: Toronto Summer Chamber Music Festival. Precocious geniuses who died young. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. See Summer Festival listings, page G16. Allison Lynn and the Wyndham Regency Orchestra — 4:00: Toronto Music Garden. True North Brass. Barton Woomert & Raymond Tizzard, trumpets; Joan Watson, horn; Alastair Kay, trombone; Scott Irvine, tuba. 475 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. Free. Monday July 04 — 12:15: Church of the Holy Trinity. Music Mondays: Andrea Gerhardt, soprano; Paul Jenkins, piano. Music by Schubert, Brahms, Debussy & Wolf. 10 Trinity Square. 416-598-4521. $5 suggested donation. — 8:00: WholeNote Magazine. Nine Mondays Salon: Jazz. Hosted by WholeNote jazz listings editor Sophia Perlman. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John. 416-323-2232. $12,$8, family rate, 12 & under free. Tuesday July 05 — 7:30: Thornhill Community Band. Broadway, classical, popular, traditional & commissioned works. Denny Ringler, music CD Release Party “Allison Lynn ... Live in Toronto!" Tuesday, July 5, 9:00 Montreal Jazz Bistro — 9:00: Allison Lynn/Wyndham Regency Orchestra. CD Release Concert. Cabaret, torch & jazz. Guest: Leigh Graham, vocals. Montreal Bistro, 65 Sherbourne St. 416-3630179. $10. 4RULY#ANADIAN "ETHEFIRSTTOOWNA4."SHIRT ANDGETONEOFOURCRITICALLY ACCLAIMEDDISCSWHILEYOUREATIT 4HESEANDMOREAVAILABLEAT 4RUE.ORTH"RASSCOM "ESURETOCATCH4RUE.ORTH"RASS LIVEAT(ARBOURFRONT#ENTRES 4ORONTO-USIC'ARDEN THIS*ULYRD /URWEBSITEHAS ALLTHEDETAILS J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index Wednesday July 06 — 7:00: Etobicoke Community Concert Band. Twilight Concert in the Park. Applewood Homestead. See June 15. — 8:00: Toronto Summer Chamber Music Festival. Brahms. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. See Summer Festival listings, page G16. Thursday July 07 Délices de la Solitude. Music of the French Baroque; recent works by Lussier. Musica Franca: Nadina Mackie Jackson, Mathieu Lussier, Catherine Carignan & Fraser Jackson, bassoons; Paul Jenkins, harpsichord. 475 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. Free. — 8:00: Toronto Summer Chamber Music Festival. Folk Music. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. See Summer Festival listings, page G16 — 7:00: Toronto Music Garden. Les Welcome to WholeNote’s Concerts Beyond the GTA Please always use the phone numbers provided to call ahead. In this issue: Barrie, Brockville, Cambridge, Canton, Cobourg, Collingwood, Drayton, Gananoque, Golden Lake, Hamilton, Jackson’s Point, Kincardine, Kitchener, Lindsay, London, Midland, Niagara-on-theLake, Orillia, Oshawa, Paris, Penetanguishene, Peterborough, Port Dover, Sonya, Uxbridge, Waterloo) For GTA Concerts see pages 33-39. For Music Theatre and Opera Listings see pages 40,41. For Jazz Listings see pages 41,42. For Festival Listings see pages G14-G16 Wednesday June 01 cert Choir & Girls Choir; guests: Northern Lights Barbershop Quartet. Central Presbyterian Church, Hamilton. 905-527-1618. $10. — 7:00: Red Barn Theatre. Beneath the Banyan Tree. Fusion of theatre, traditional Indian & contemporary dance, movement & music. For ages 8 to 15. 991 Lake Dr. East, Friday June 03 Jackson’s Point. 888-733-2276, 905-7223249. $15. — 7:00: Collingwood Music Festival. — 7:30: Kitchener Waterloo PhilharmonPre-season Concert by Youth Players. Young people from the area in a profession- ic Choir. Shore: Lord of the Rings Symphony. Six Movements for Orchestra & Chorus. al-style concert. New Life Church, 28 Soloists; KW Philharmonic Orchestra & Tracey Lane, Collingwood. 888-283Choir; Youth Choir; projected images of 1712. $10,$5. — 7:00: Oriana Singers of Northumber- original illustrations & storyboards by John land. Love Me Tender. Music of the fifties. Howe & Alan Lee. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. North, Kitchener. 519-578Batterwood Estate, Canton. 905-3721570, 800-265-8977. $60-$70. 2210. $25(in advance only). — 7:30: Orchestra London/Pacific Opera — 7:30: Serenata Choir. Last Night at the Proms. Music by Handel, Vaughan Williams, Victoria. Puccini: Tosca. Christiane Riel, soprano; Marc Hervieux, tenor; John Avey, Gilbert & Sullivan; Proms repertoire. Victobaritone; Timothy Vernon, conductor. Grand ria Thompson, soprano; Ross Darlington, Theatre, 471 Richmond St., London. 519- bass-baritone; Gary Heard, conductor; Cher672-8800, 800-265-1593. $45-$125. For yl Lynn Dutton, accompanist. St. Paul’s United Church, Midland. 866-461-1830. complete run see music theatre listings. — 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University. Quar- $15,$10. — 8:00: Hamilton Philharmonic. Blue tetFest: Penderecki Quartet. Guest: Anya Alexeyev, piano. Maureen Forrester Recital Eyes and Broadway – A Tribute to Frank Sinatra. Guest: Michael Hope, vocals; Hall, WLU, Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2631. $25, $20(sr), $15(st), series pass- Michael Reason, conductor. Great Hall, Hamilton Place, Summers Lane. 905-526es available. 7756. $53, $49(sr), $10(st), $5(high Saturday June 04 school & younger). — 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Water Music. Planet Baroque; Linda Melsted, leader & violin; James Mason, oboe. First United Church, 16 William St., Waterloo. 519-578-1570, 800-265-8977. $26,$12. — 3:00: Wilfrid Laurier University. QuartetFest: Young Artists. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, WLU, Waterloo. 519884-0710 x2631. $10, $5, series passes available. — 7:00: Hamilton Children’s Choir. 30th Anniversary Concert. Prelude Choir, Con- WWW .THEWHOLENOTE .COM Sunday June 05 — 3:00: Wilfrid Laurier University. QuartetFest: Young Artists. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, WLU, Waterloo. 519884-0710 x2631. $10, $5, series passes available. SOUTHERN ONTARIO, CONTINUED ... 39 ... SOUTHERN ONTARIO, CONTINUES Tuesday June 07 — 8:00: Lighthouse Festival Theatre. Sitting Pretty. Musical by Foster & Thomas. 247 Main St., Port Dover. 519-5832221. $18(preview). For complete run see music theatre listings. Wednesday June 08 — 2:00 & 8:00: Drayton Festival Theatre. The World Goes ‘Round. Songs of Kander & Ebb. David Rogers, director. 33 Wellington St. South, Drayton. 888-4494463. For complete run see music theatre listings. Lorne Scots Pipes & Drums; Hamilton Police Pipes & Drums & other performers. Copps Coliseum, 101 York Blvd., Hamilton. 905523-1753, 905-546-4040. $27, $22(sr), $18(st), $15(child under 13), group rate. — 3:00: Wilfrid Laurier University. QuartetFest: Young Artists. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, WLU, Waterloo. 519-8840710 x2631. $10, $5, series passes available. — 7:00: Amis du Jazz. Bernie Senensky, piano; Andrew Scott, guitar; Jake Wilkinson, trumpet; Joel Haynes. The Church at Sonya, Simcoe Street 13 k north of Port Perry. 705-357-2468. Wednesday June 15 Regards To Broadway. Created by & starring David Rogers; musical arrangements by Mark Camilleri; Alex Mustakas, director. 97 Jury Dr., Discovery Harbour, Penetanguishene. 888-449-4463. $34, $20(18 & under), group rate. For complete run see music theatre listings. — 8:00: Theatre Cambridge. Five Guys Named Moe. Book & lyrics by Louis Jordan; starring Denis Simpson, Joe Sealy & Matthew Brown. Cambridge Arts Theatre, 47 Water St. South. 800-265-8977. To $29.50. For complete run see music theatre listings. Wednesday June 29 — 12:15: Viola Camp 2005 Concert. VioFriday June 10 — 2:30 & 8:00: Thousand Islands Playla Inflections. Golden: Inflection; Klezmer. — 7:00: Westben Arts Festival Theatre. house. Dads 2: The Toddler’s Revenge. Dan Golden, viola; Marg Stowe, guitar; the Finley: Rapunzel. Donna Bennett, soprano; Musical by More & Doyle. Springer TheaViola Campers. The Chapel, First United Michael Burgess, tenor; Gabrielle Prata, tre, 690 Charles St. South, Gananoque. Church, King & William Sts., Waterloo. mezzo; Robert Longo, baritone & other per- 866-382-7020. $30,$28, $15(child/st). For 519-743-8946. Freewill donation. formers; Brian Finley, music director. The complete run see music theatre listings. — 7:30: Oshawa Civic Band. Summer Barn, 3 km northwest of Campbellford on — 7:30: Oshawa Civic Band. Summer Concert. Guest artists; Barrie Hodgins, diCounty Road 30. 705-653-5508, 877-883- Concert. Guest artists; Barrie Hodgins, director of music. McLaughlin Bandshell, Me5777. $20-$40. For complete run see murector of music. McLaughlin Bandshell, Me- morial Park, Oshawa. 905-579-2220. sic theatre listings. morial Park, Oshawa. 905-579-2220. Free. — 8:00: Brad Halls. Words and Music – Free. Thursday June 30 Movie Music Masters: The Songs of Henry Saturday June 18 Mancini and Michel LeGrand. Music from — 12:15: Viola Camp 2005 Concert. Cartheir movies. Guests: Blair McFadden & — 7:30: Lauren Roy & Friends. Ang/Tish- men Moggach and Viola Camp Faculty. BritChristine Vanderbank, vocalists. The Conler: One More Memory; contemporary, jazz ten: Elegy; Biggs: Invention for viola and cert Hall at Victoria Hall, 55 King St. West, & original music. Sara Westbrooke; Nicole tape; Clarke: Sonata. The Chapel, First Cobourg. 905-372-2210. Tishler; Lauren Roy and her Jazz Ensemble. United Church, King & William Sts., Water— 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University. Quar- Paris Presbyterian Church, 164 Grand Riv- loo. 519-743-8946. Freewill donation. tetFest: Penderecki Quartet. Guest: Atar er St. North. 519-442-5763. $15. Portion — 2:00 & 8:00: Sunshine Festival TheaArad, viola. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, of the proceeds to Alzheimers Society of tre Company. Jesus Christ Superstar. By WLU, Waterloo. 519-884-0710 x2631. Brantford. Lloyd Webber & Rice. Orillia Opera House, $25, $20(sr), $15(st), series passes available. Wednesday June 22 Saturday June 11 — 8:00: Brockville Arts Centre. They’re — 2:00: Collingwood Music Festival. Playing Our Song. By Neil Simon; music by A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline. Pre-season Concert: Prokofiev: Peter and Marvin Hamlisch. 235 King St. West, Bluewater Summer Playhouse. By Dean the Wolf. Douglas Nadler & the WestminBrockville. 877-342-7122. For complete Regan. June 23-July 9, various times. ster Ensemble. New Life Church, 28 Tracey run see music theatre listings. Kincardine Centre for the Arts, 707A Lane, Collingwood. 888-283-1712. Queen Street. 877-396-5722. $22(eve), Thursday June 23 $10,$5. $20(mat). — 3:00: Wilfrid Laurier University. — 8:00: Bluewater Summer Playhouse. QuartetFest: Young Artists. Maureen ForAin’t Misbehavin’. Canstage. Music by A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline. By Dean rester Recital Hall, WLU, Waterloo. 519Fats Waller; starring Jackie Richardson. To Regan. Kincardine Centre for the Arts, 884-0710 x2631. $10, $5, series passes 707A Queen Street. 877-396-5722. $22. June 25. Mon-Sat: 8:00, Wed: 1:30; Sat: available. For complete run see music theatre listings. 2:00. Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front St. — 8:00: Brad Halls. Words and Music – East. 416-368-3110. $36-$80. Friday June 24 Movie Music Masters: The Songs of Henry Al Capone’s Hideout (in Quadeville!) Mancini and Michel LeGrand. The Concert — 7:00: MusicMakers. Fit For A Queen. Stone Fence Theatre. Musical. July 6-Aug Hall at Victoria Hall, Cobourg. See June Gilbert & Sullivan: excerpts from The Gon- 6: 7:30. Golden Lake ON. 866-310-1004. 10. doliers, H.M.S. Pinafore, Iolanthe, The Mi$20 before July 1, $22 after. — 8:00: Uxbridge Music Hall. Jack de kado, Patience & other operettas. Victoria Beauty and the Beast. Huron Country Keyzer: The Silver Anniversary Concert. Hall Concert Hall, 55 King St. West, CoPlayhouse. By Menken, Ashman & Rice. Jack de Keyzer, guitar, vocals, songwriter; bourg. 905-372-2210. $20. For complete Alex Mustakas, director. To July 2. RR #1, Tony Ajo, drums; Al Duffy, bass; Chris Mur- run see music theatre listings. B Line, Grand Bend. 888-449-4463. $34, phy, sax; Martin Aucoin, piano/organ; Kelly $20(18 & under), group rate. Sunday June 26 Craig, trumpet. 16 Main St. South, Uxbridge. 416-686-1616. — 11:00am: Shaw Festival. Sunday Cof- Beauty and the Beast. TCDSB Staff Arts. By Menken, Ashman & Rice. Cardinal fee Concert. String Quartet in Residence. Sunday June 12 Carter Academy for the Arts, 36 Greenfield Lobby, Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Pa— 2:00: Alchemy. An Hour of Chamber Ave. June 3,4, 9-11: 7:30, June 5: 2:00. rade, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 800-511Music. Mozart: Sonata K.292; Martinu: 416-222-8282 x2787. $15,$10. 7429. Free. Trio; Schumann: Selected piano duets Beneath the Banyan Tree. Red Barn Tuesday June 28 Op.85; Beethoven: Trio Wo037. Sylvia DavTheatre. Fusion of theatre, traditional is, flute; Larkin Hinder, bassoon; Tricia — 7:15: Barrie Concert Band. Daniel Indian & contemporary dance, movement & Balmer, cello; Marcia Beach & Meri Gec, Johnston, conductor. Barrie City Hall Romusic. For ages 8 to 15. June 4: 7:00. 991 piano. Royal Gardens Retirement Home, tunda, 70 Collier St. 705-721-6863. Free. Lake Dr. East, Jackson’s Point. 888-7331160 Clonsilla Ave., Peterborough. 705— 8:00: Globus Theatre. Job: The Hip-Hop 2276, 905-722-3249. $15. 741-6036. Free. Saga. Written & performed by Jerome Sable Blue Man Group. Percussion & Dadaist — 2:30: Hamilton International Tattoo. & Eli Batalion. Academy Theatre, Lindsay. performance art. Previews begin June 5, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Band; Argyll 877-888-0038. $25,$20(st), group rate. regular run June 14 to mid-August. Tuesand Sutherland Highlanders of Canada — 8:00: King’s Wharf Theatre. Give My Thurs: 8:00; Fri, Sat: 7:00 & 10:00pm; Drums; Town of Dundas Pipes and Drums; WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 40 corner of West & Mississaga Sts. 800-6838747. $30,$27. For complete run see music theatre listings. Monday July 04 — 12:15: Viola Camp 2005 Concert. David Rose, viola and Ann Rose, piano. Kreisler: Midnight Bells; Praeludium and Allegro; Sarasate: Introduction and Tarantella; works by Telemann, A.Rose, Arad. The Chapel, First United Church, King & William Sts., Waterloo. 519-743-8946. Freewill donation. — 8:00: Gryphon Theatre. They’re Playing Our Song. By Neil Simon; music by Marvin Hamlisch. Georgian College, 1 Georgian Dr., Barrie. 705-728-4613. $28. For complete run see music theatre listings. Tuesday July 05 — 12:15: Viola Camp 2005 Concert. Kelvin Enns, viola. Stravinsky: Elegy; jazz standards. The Chapel, First United Church, King & William Sts., Waterloo. 519-7438946. Freewill donation. — 8:00: Bill Askew and his Orchestra. Summer Concert. McLaughlin Bandshell, Memorial Park, Oshawa. 905-579-2220. Free. — 8:00: Concert Band of Cobourg. Victoria Park Bandshell, Cobourg. 888-2626874, 905-372-0679. Free. Wednesday July 06 — 7:30: Stone Fence Theatre. Al Capone’s Hideout (in Quadeville!) Musical. Golden Lake ON. 866-310-1004. $20 before July 1, $22 after. For complete run see music theatre listings. OPERA AND MUSIC THEATRE Back to Ad Index Sun: 2:00. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 416-872-1111. $59. Bye Bye Birdie. Kids on Broadway. By Strouse & Adams. June 3 & 4: 7:00. Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr. 416-237-9738. $14,$12. City-Odessa Stories. Gesher Theater. Stories of Isaac Babel with original music & songs. June 4: 8:00, June 5: 2:00 & 7:00. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-872-1111. Dads 2: The Toddler’s Revenge. Thousand Islands Playhouse. Musical by More & Doyle. June 15-July 16. Tues-Sat: 8:00, Wed, Sat, Sun: 2:30. Springer Theatre, 690 Charles St. South, Gananoque. 866-382-7020. $30,$28, $15(child/st). Dads! The Musical. Victoria Playhouse Petrolia. To June 11. Victoria Hall, Greenfield St., Petrolia. 800-717-7694. $18-$28. Dora the Explorer Live: Dora’s Pirate Adventure. Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts. Musical for children. June 1-3: 7:00, June 2: 10:30am; June 4: 10:00am, 1:30 & 5:30; June 5: 10:00am & 1:30. 1 Front St. East. 416-872-2262. $25-$52, group rates. Evita. Mirvish Productions. By Lloyd Webber/Rice. Starring Kathy Voytko, Bradley Dean, Philip Hernandez, Gabriel Burrafato & Kate Manning. To June 5. Tues-Sat: 8:00, Wed & Sun: 2:00. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King St. West. J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 872-1212. $46-$94. Fit For A Queen. MusicMakers. Gilbert & Sullivan: excerpts from The Gondoliers, H.M.S. Pinafore, Iolanthe, The Mikado, Patience & other operettas. June 24: 7:00; June 25, July 1,2: 8:00; June 25,26, July 2: 2:00. Victoria Hall, Concert Hall, 55 King St. West, Cobourg. 905-372-2210. $20(eve), $18(mat). Five Guys Named Moe. Theatre Cambridge. Book & lyrics by Louis Jordan; starring Denis Simpson, Joe Sealy & Matthew Brown. June 28-July 16. Cambridge Arts Theatre, 47 Water St. South. 800-265-8977. To $29.50. 42nd Street. King’s Wharf Theatre. By Warren & Dubin. Alex Mustakas, director. Song and dance extravaganza. To June 25. 97 Jury Dr., Discovery Harbour, Penetanguishene. 888-449-4463. $34, $20(18 & under), group rate. Give My Regards To Broadway. King’s Wharf Theatre. Created by & starring David Rogers; musical arrangements by Mark Camilleri; Alex Mustakas, director. June 28-July 9. 97 Jury Dr., Discovery Harbour, Penetanguishene. 888-449-4463. $34, $20(18 & under), group rate. Gypsy. Shaw Festival. By Styne & Sondheim. Starring Nora McLellan & Julie Martell; Paul Sportelli, musical director. To October 30, various times. Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-onthe-Lake. 800-511-7429. $42-$82. Happy End. Shaw Festival. By Weill/ Brecht. Featuring Glynis Ranney, Benedict Campbell & Jay Turvey; Paul Sportelli, musical director. To October 28, various times. Royal George Theatre, 85 Queen St., Niagara-on-the-Lake. 800-511-7429. $42$82. Heaven’s Little Honky Tonk. Port Stanley Festival Theatre. By McHarge & Stewart. Tribute to Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Minnie Pearl & others. To June 11. Tues-Sat: 8:00, Wed & Sat: 2:00. 302 Bridge St., Port Stanley. 519782-4353. $25(eve), $23(mat). Hello Dolly. Stratford Festival. Music & lyrics by Herman. To November 6, various times. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen St., Stratford. 800-567-1600. $55-$100. Into the Woods. Stratford Festival. Music & lyrics by Sondheim. To October 30, various times. Avon Theatre, 99 Downie St., Stratford. 800-567-1600. $55-$100. Jesus Christ Superstar. Sunshine Festival Theatre Company. By Lloyd Webber & Rice. June 30-July 30, various times. Orillia Opera House, corner of West & Mississaga Sts. 800-683-8747. $30,$27. Job: The Hip-Hop Saga. Globus Theatre. Written & performed by Jerome Sable & Eli Batalion. June 28: 8:00. Academy Theatre, Lindsay. 877-888-0038. $25,$20(st), group rate. My Fair Lady. Civic Light Opera Company. By Lerner & Loew. Joe Cascone, Catherine Uy, David Haines, Lloyd Dean, Julie Lennick & other performers; Joe Cascone, artistic director. June 9- J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index 11,15-18,22-25: 8:00; June 12,19,25,26: 2:00. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Drive. 416-755-1717. $20, $17.50(sr/ st, Tues-Thurs). Rapunzel. Westben Arts Festival Theatre. By Brian Finley. Donna Bennett, soprano; Michael Burgess, tenor; Gabrielle Prata, mezzo; Robert Longo, baritone & other performers; Brian Finley, music director. June 10,14,17: 7:00; June 11,12,16,18,19: 2:00. The Barn, 3 km northwest of Campbellford on County Road 30. 705-653-5508, 877-883-5777. $20$40. Seussical – The Musical. Etobicoke School of the Arts. June 1,2,3: 7:30. 675 Royal York Rd. 416-394-6910. $20,$15. Sitting Pretty. Lighthouse Festival Theatre. Musical by Foster & Thomas. June 7-25. 247 Main St., Port Dover. 519583-2221. $19, $18(previews/Sat mat), group rates. Stardust Follies. Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts. Song-dance-comedy revue. To June 29. Wednesdays: 2:00. 88 Dalhousie St., Brantford. 519-758-8090, 800-265-0710. $30. The Midnight Court. Queen of Puddings Music Theatre. Music by Ana Sokolovic; Dáirine Ni Mheadhra & John Hess, artistic directors; Shannon Mercer, soprano; Krisztina Szabó, mezzo; Alexander Dobson, baritone. June 11,14,16,18: 8:00. Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000. $45. The Perfect Life. Poor Alex Theatre. Musical by Jet Matas. Sean K. Andrews, Susan Dunstan, Aaron Kyte, Michael Lazarovitch, Jet Matas & other performers; Wayne Gwillim, musical director. June 10July 3. Thurs to Sat: 8:00; Sun: 3:00 except Pride Sunday: 7:00. 296 Brunswick Ave. 416-817-7498. $30(opening night), $12(Tues with Industry ID), $20(Wed-Sun), $12(st). The World Goes ‘Round. Drayton Festival Theatre. Songs of Kander & Ebb. David Rogers, director. June 8-July 9, various times. 33 Wellington St. South, Drayton. 888-449-4463. They’re Playing Our Song. Brockville Arts Centre. By Neil Simon; music by Marvin Hamlisch. June 22-July 3. 235 King St. West, Brockville. 877-342-7122. They’re Playing Our Song. Gryphon Theatre. By Neil Simon; music by Marvin Hamlisch. July 4-9: 8:00; July 6: 2:00. Georgian College, 1 Georgian Dr., Barrie. 705-728-4613. $28. Tosca. Orchestra London/Pacific Opera Victoria. By Puccini. Christiane Riel, soprano; Marc Hervieux, tenor; John Avey, baritone; Timothy Vernon, conductor. June 3,5,7,9,11: 7:30. Grand Theatre, 471 Richmond St., London. 519-672-8800, 800-265-1593. $45-$125. JAZZ: CLUBS IN THE JAZZ LISTINGS ... continued from page 28 Chris Plock’s band continues their rin will host a Q&A with the sturegular Tuesday night swing ex- dents afterwards. And speaking of wonderful (and travaganza at Alleycatz. In addition, Swing Rosie has a regular affordable) opportunities for stuSunday afternoon gig this month dents.… After July 3rd, The Top at the Rex (although anyone want- O’ the Senator will finish its reguing to dance may be hard pressed lar programming. I would like to personally thank the wonderful peoto find the space!) ple there. Half-price student Share the Music is an initiative Wednesdays will be sorely missed which provides free concert tickby me, and many other students tryets and workshops for selected ing to hear world-class jazz on a shows at Roy Thomson/Massey tight budget! Hall, to high schools across the GTA. Lucky students were given Finally a quick note to presenters: the opportunity to go to the Chick WholeNote publishes a double isCorea concert back in October, and sue for July/August. Our deadline now they will wrap up the year for both months is June 18th. Listings should be sent to: with an opportunity to see worldjazznotes @thewholenote.com renowned vocalist Bobby McFerCheers! rin (June 10). In addition, McFerAlleycatz 2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865 Every Mon Salsa Night. Every Tue Chris Plock Swing Extravaganza. Every Wed Joni Nehrita & Co. Every Thu The Flow. Every Fri and Sat Funk, Soul, Reggae, R&B, Top 40. Jun 3,4 Soular. Jun 10, 11 Soular Jun 17, 18 Lady Kane. Jun 25 Lady Kane. Alto Basso 718 College Street, (416) 534-9522 Every Sun Trans Mod Airways. Ben Wicks 424 Parliament 416-961-9425 www.benwickspub.com All shows start at 8 or 8:30. No cover. First Sat/month Myrna & Nick Van Weezerdenburg & the Downtown Jazz Band. Every 2nd Sat/ month Fern Lindzon Trio. 4th Sat/month Janine Blanchard. Black Swan 154 Danforth Avenue, (416) 469-0537 Boiler House 55 Mill Street (416) 203-2121 C’est What 67 Front St. E. 416-867-9499 Saturday afternoon traditional jazz from the Hot Five Jazzmakers. Chick N’Deli 744 Mount Pleasant Rd (416) 489-3363 Big Band Music every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. Gate 403 403 Roncesvalles 416-588 2930 www.gate403.com Graffiti’s Bar & Grill 170 Baldwin St. 416-506-6699 Every Wed. (6-8pm) James and Jay. Grasshopper Jazz & Blues Bar 460 Parliament St. 416-323-1210 Music starts at 10 No Cover. Grossman’s Tavern, 379 Spadina Ave, 416-977-7000. www.grossmanstavern.com Founded and led by Kid Bastien until his death in early 2003, the Happy Pals are still rocking the house Saturdays 4:00 to 8:00 pm, or later. WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM Jun 1 Mike McDonald Jam. Jun 2 Kirk Broadbridge. Jun 3 D’Nile Blues Band. Jun 4 Happy Pals. Jun 5 Nicola Vaughan Jam, The Nationals. Jun 6 Laura Hubert Band. Jun 7 Chris Caddell. Jun 8 Mike Macdonald Jam. Jun 9 Healthy Scratch. Jun 11 Happy Pals. Jun 12 Nicola Vaughan Jam, The Nationals. Jun 13 Laura Hubert Band. Jun 14 Chris Caddell. Jun 15 Mike McDonald. Jun 16 Straight Shooter. Jun 17 Steve Grisbrook Band. Jun 23 The Fire Numbers. Downtown Jazz Jun 24 The Swinging Blackjacks. Jun 25 Happy Pals. Jun 26 Nicola Vaughan, The Nationals. Jun 27 Laura Hubert Band. Jun 28 Pete Schmidt & Shane Scott. Jun 29 Mike McDonald Jam. Jun 30 Clifton David. Home Smith Bar The Old Mill, 21 Old Mill Road, 416-236-2641 www.oldmilltoronto.com Jun 3 Lorne Lofsky Duo. Jun 10 Jake Langley Trio. Jun 17 Mike Murley Trio. Jun 24 Sean Bray Trio. Hot House Café Market Square 416-366-7800 Jazz brunch every Sunday, alternating weeks: Ken Churchill Quartet, 5spot. Hugh’s Room 2261 Dundas West 416-531-6604 www.hughsroom.com Le Saint Tropez 315 King St W. 416-591-3600 Live music, 7 days a week. Liberty Bistro 25 Liberty St. 416-533-8828 Jun 3, 4 Karen Manion. Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas West. www.lula.ca Jun 1 Feast of the East. Jun 2 Music Africa. Jun 3 Oojami. Jun 4 La Salsa De Hoy. Jun 5 Jane Bunnett Presents. Jun 7 Borealis Records Presents Le Vent Du Nord. Jun 9 Franco Fete with Chango Family. Jun 10 Brazilian Dance Party. Jun 11 Salsa Saturday W/ Marron Matizado. JAZZ CLUBS CONTINUE .... 41 JAZZ CLUBS, CONTINUED Jun 15 Red. Jun 17 Salsa Friday w/ Cache. Jun 18 Salsa Saturday w/ Café Cubano. Jun 19 Norman Amadio. Jun 20 Bury the Dead. Jun 21 Sky’s the Limit Fundraiser Featuring Matisse. Jun 22 Eliana Cuevas Quintet. Jun 23 Hilario Duran All Star Big Band +Trio. Jun 24 Salsa Friday W/ Café Cubano. Jun 25 Salsa Saturday w/ Ricky Franco. Jun 29 Evaristo Machado +Friends. Jun 30 Adam Solomon &Tikisa in Concert. Mezzetta 681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687 “Wednesday Concerts in a Café” Sets at 9:00 and 10:15 pm. Reservations recommended for first set. Jun 1 Richard Whiteman, Lee Wallace. Jun 8 Bernie Senensky, Bill McBirnie. Jun 15 Kevin Barret Duo. Mezzrows 1546 Queen St. W. 416-535-4906 Parkdale neighborhood pub featuring jazz and blues on Saturday afternoons, Sunday evenings and a live jam every other Wednesday. Michelle’s Brasserie 162 Cumberland St 416-944-1504 www.labrasserie.ca Montreal Bistro 65 Sherbourne 416-363-0179 www.montrealbistro.com May 31-Jun 4 Phil Nimmons Quartet. Jun 6 June Garber Quintet. Jun 7-11 Peter Appleyard Quintet. Jun 13 Neil Donell Sextet. Jun 14 Bett and Braid. Jun 15 Billy Newton Davis Quartet. Jun 16-18 Lori Cullen Quartet. Jun 20 Angela Scappatura Quartet. Jun 21 Richard Whitehouse Trio. Jun 22 Nimmons ‘N’ Nine NOW. Jun 23 Canadian Jazz Quartet. Downtown Jazz. Jun 24-26 Kenny Barron and Anne Drummond. Jun 27 Dick Hyman. Jun 28 Dick Hyman and Peter Appleyard. Jun 29 Dick Hyman and Randy Sandke. Jun 30 Sophie Milman Quintet. N’Awlins Jazz Bar and Dining 299 King St. W. 416-595-1958 Cajun style cooking and New Orleans style jazz. Orbit Room 508A College St. 416-535-0613 Every Fri The Stickmen. Every Sat The Dexter. Every Sun Dave Murphy Band. Every Mon Kevin Breit and the Sisters Euclid. Every Tue School of Roots. Every Wed LMT Connection. Every Thu De La Funk. Pilot Tavern 22 Cumberland 416-923-5716 One of Toronto’s oldest watering holes, established in 1944 with a tradition of live jazz every Saturday afternoon. The Queen Of Hearts 390 Steeles Ave W. 905-881-7732 Reservoir Lounge 52 Wellington 416-955-0887 www.reservoirlounge.com Every Tue. Tyler Yarema and his Rhythm. Every Wed Bradley and the Bouncers. Every Thu Janice Hagen. Every Fri. Chet Valient. Every Sat Tory Cassis. Revival 783 College St. www.revivalbar.com Rex Jazz and Blues Bar 194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475 www.jazzintoronto.com Sun-Fri 2 shows/evening, Sat, 3 shows/day Jun 1 Andrew Boniwell Trio, Nathan Hiltz Sextet. Jun 2 Kevin Quain, Amanda Martinez Latin Jazz Ensemble. Jun 3 Avram Fefer and Bobby Few, Exitman. Jun 4 Ed Vokurka Swing Ensemble, Pat Carey’s Jazz Navigators, Adam Smale Trio, Kieren Overs Septet. Jun 5 Uof T workshop, Les Singes Bleus, Swing Rosie, Christine Bougie. Jun 6 Michael Skeete Quartet, John Cheesman Big Band. Jun 7 Richard Whiteman Trio, Classic Rex Jam. Jun 8 Exitman, Rob Mosher Quartet. Jun 9 Kevin Quain, Norman M. Villeneuve Quintet. Jun 10 Melissa Stylianou, Victor Bateman Quartet. Jun 11 Ed Vokurka Swing Ensemble, Bruce Cassidy’s Hotfoot Orchestra, Adam Smale Trio, Jennifer Ryan and Cash Cow. Jun 12 Humber College Music School, Swing Rosie, Michelle Gregoire Quintet. Jun 13 Michael Skeete Quartet, TJO. Jun 14 Richard Whiteman, Classic Rex Jam. Jun 15 Exitman, David Hutchinson Trio. Jun 16 Kevin Quain, Manuel Vallera. Jun 17 Melissa Stylianou Triol Manuel Vallera. Jun 18 Ed Vokurka Swing Ensemble, Jerome Godboo, Cam McCarroll Trio, Emilie-Claire Barlow. Jun 19 UofT Workshop Jam, Upper Canada Big Band, Swing Rosie, Jean Baudet Trio. Jun 20 Tim Hamil Quartet, David Braid. Jun 21 Richard Whiteman Trio, Rex Jazz Jam. Jun 22 ExitMan, Annual Rex Player’s Party. Jun 23-30 Downtown Jazz Festival. Jun 26 Swing Rosie. Safari Bar & Grill 1749 Avenue Rd 416-787-6584 Every Tue Encore Jazz. Sassafraz 100 Cumberland 416-964-2222 Thu-Sun Washington Savage. Sat, Sun (brunch) Roy Patterson Trio. Spezzo Ristorante 140 York Blvd Richmond Hill 905-886-9703 Live Jazz every Thursday. 1055 Restaurant and Bar 1055 Yonge St. 416-482 8485 Top O’ the Senator 253 Victoria St. 416-364-7517 www.jazzintoronto.com Jun 2-5 Brian Dickinson Trio. Jun 9-12 Hilario Duran Trio. Jun 16-19 Steve Coven Trio. Jun 22-26 Tim Ries Rolling Stone Project. Jun 27-30 Benny Green/Russel Malone. Jul 1-4 Sheila Jordan. The Trane Club 964 Bathurst St. 416-913-8197 www.tranestudio.com Every Tue Acoustic Soul Tuesdays. Every Wed The Blue Trane Sessions. Every Thu Doug Richardson Quartet. Jun 17 Southbound2. Jun 20 Jazz@Trane featuring the York Jazz Ensemble. The Tranzac 292 Brunswick Ave. 416-923-8137 Zazou 315 King St. W. Live Jazz every Friday and Saturday. ANNOUNCEMENTS, LECTURES/SYMPOSIA, MASTERCLASSES, WORKSHOPS, ETCETERA ANNOUNCEMENTS *June 2 6:30: RCM Community School. BayStock: Baystreet’s charitable battle of the bands! Beverages, food, auction; featured performers: The Biznoids, the Dynamics, Unitholder, The Sound Solutions, the Bay Street Rollers; Gord Martineau, Master of Ceremonies. Design Exchange, 234 Bay Street. 416-599-2550. $100. In support of the RCM Community School & several other children’s charities. *June 4 3:00: Neeraj Prem’s Ragaffaire. Performance at Muhtadi Drumming Festival, Queen’s Park. 416-895-3624, 905-529-7865. Free. *June 4 8:00: Universal Music Canada/ Warner Music Canada/TSO. 3rd Annual Sonic Bloom. Gala fundraising concert and party in support of the TSO. Performers include Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist; Ron Sexsmith, singer/songwriter; Esthero, singer/songwriter/dancer. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. 416-593-4828, www. sonicbloom.ca $30-$150, group rates. *June 5 1pm-9pm: Bellefair United Church. Bach-a-thon. Senior Choir and Friends, led by Mervin Fick, Minister of Music, in varied hourly programs (Coffee Cantata at 4pm). Choral works, solos, ensembles, organ & piano. 2000 Queen St. E. 416-691-3951. $20. Church fundraiser. *June 6 11am: Amadeus Choir. Fore! 2nd Annual Golf Tournament. Round of 18 holes. Includes cart, lunch, 6:30pm dinner, shower, locker & prizes. Guest: Dave Devall. Cardinal Golf Club, Hwy 9, 2 kilometres east of Hwy 400. 416-446-0188. $180. In support of the Amadeus Choir. *June 10 6:30: Lakeshore Arts. Brass in the Grass Fundraising Gala. Silent/live auction; performances by Hannaford Street Silver Band with guest artists Al Kay, trombone & Joan Watson, horn; Alicia Kay-Markson, host. Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive. 416-201-7093. $75. *June 11 11am-8pm & June 12 11am6pm: Lakeshore Arts. Brass in the Grass Music & Art Festival. 2-day community event with performances on 3 stages, children’s activities, strolling musicians & buskers, open air market place & midway. DAY CAMP FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS August 29- September 2 Ages 4-18 (ages 4-6, mornings only) Singing, instrumental music, drama, crafts Experienced instructors Fees $120/60 for the week, subsidies available Contact: Dr. Patricia Wright Metropolitan United Church 56 Queen St. East, Toronto 416-363-0331 www.metunited.org WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 42 Back to Ad Index Lakeshore Grounds, Kipling Ave & Lake Shore Blvd. West. 416-201-7093. Free. *June 12 2pm-5pm: Toronto Early Music Players’ Organization. 20th Annual Tea & Silent Auction. 85 Glengrove Ave. West. 416-322-7879. *June 17 7:00: Collingwood Music Festival. Pavlo Gala Fundraiser. Food, drink & entertainment by Pavlo: Flamenco, Latin, classical & Mediterranean guitar music. New Life Brethren in Christ Church & Firehall Pizza Co., Collingwood. 888-283-1712. $45. *June 18 7:00: Toronto Starlight Orchestra. United Way Fundraising Banquet Performance. Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, 1 Harbour Square. 416-616-8998. *June 19 4:00: Peterborough Folk Festival. Father’s Day Blues Cruise. Featuring the Rick Fines Trio: Rick Fines, singer/songwriter; Rob Phillips, piano; Richard Simpkins, bass. Liftlock Cruises, next to the Holiday Inn on Little Lake. 705-745-8364. *June 21 8:00: 2005 National Jazz Awards. Hosts: Joe Sealy & Heather Bambrick; Jake Langley Septet; performances by Marc Jordan, Jeff Healey’s Jazz Wizards, David Braid Sextet & others. Dinner 6:00. Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410 Sherbourne St. 416-870-8000. $65-$95. *June 25 10am-2:00: Ontario Registered Music Teachers’ Association. Sale of Used Music. Out-of-print items, old favourites, music of by-gone days, choral music, sheet music, collections, white elephant items. St. John’s Norway Church, 470 Woodbine Ave. 416-694-5969. Proceeds will benefit students in such activities as recitals and scholarships. *June 25 1pm-5pm (raindate June 26): Elora Centre for the Arts. Jazz on the Grand Fundraiser. Kaitalin Kiss Band and friends. Jazz, art, food. Princess St. by the Grand River, Elora. 519-846-9698. $30(advance), $35(door). *June 26 12 noon-4pm: Spadina Historic House and Gardens. Strawberry Festival. Performances by James Thompson, flute & Pearl Schachter, harp; participatory music & movement workshop for children. 285 Spadina Road. 416-392-6910. $3. *June 27 8:00: Toronto Alliance for the J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Performing Arts. Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Honouring the creators of over 200 theatre, dance and opera productions. 6:00: Pre-Show; 10:30pm: After party. Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge St. (PreShow: Holiday Inn, 370 King St. West.) 416-536-6468 x26., www.tapa.ca *June 30: Opera Ontario. 10th Annual Golf Classic. Beverly Golf & Country Club. 905-527-7627 x233. *Ruth Watson Henderson Choral Composition Competition/Choirs Ontario. Biennial competition for new choral works; 2005: 4-8minute works for SSA treble voice choirs. Winning entry announced Nov 2005. Scores must be postmarked no later than Sep 1, 2005. For more information please contact Choirs Ontario: [email protected]; www.choirsontario.org *June 28,29,30 all day: RCM Community School. Art of Teaching: Conference for Music Educators. Annual conference to discuss and share ideas & issues relevant to today’s teaching environment. Discounts available for ORMTA members, & teachers who work in the Toronto District School Board. 90 Croatia St. 416-408-2825. TORONTO WIND ORCHESTRA SUMMER BAND CAMP 2005 JULY 11 – JULY 15, 2005: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Toronto’s summer band day-camp for more advanced players (3 or more years experience) MASTER CLASSES *June 19 11am-12:30: Toronto English Country Dancers. Musicians’ Master Class in the playing of English Country Dance Music. Aspiring and accomplished musicians w. good reading skills or a quick ear are welcome; no previous knowledge of English Country Dance music required; players of contra music welcome. Led by Debbie Jackson, Anne Ogren & Martha Stokely of Childgrove. Venue TBA. 416-762-0598, LECTURES/SYMPOSIA www.interlog.com/~cedar $12. *July 5,6,7: Westben Arts Festival *June 3-5: Soundstreams Canada. Northern Voices Choral Conference, Week- Theatre. Sound Haven: Chamber Music end One: Creation. Panel discussions, work- Master Classes with the Penderecki Quarshops, etc.: Is there a northern aesthetic?/ tet. For adult amateur musicians. The Barn, National identity in an age of global culture/ 3k northwest of Campbellford on County Road 30. For details: 877-883-5777. $10. Why write choral music?/The relationship between composers, performers and audiWORKSHOPS ences. Opening Address: Governor General *June 4 9am-11am: Commission Project. Adrienne Clarkson; Key Note Address: R. Swing ‘n Jazz VIII: Jazz Vocal and InstrumenMurray Schafer. Designed for the choral community – choristers, conductors & edu- tal Education Workshops. For students of all cators. Trinity College, 6 Hoskin Ave.; Wal- ages. Bring your instruments and friends to ter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park; Trinity-St. Paul’s listen to, play with & learn from some of the world’s leading musicians. Featuring David Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-504-1282, www.soundstreams.ca/conference05.html Antonetti, Aleck Brinkman, Paquito D’Rivera, Sean Joseph, Josh Rutner, Tim Sullivan & $133.75(one weekend), $214.00(two many others. 7 venues in Rochester New weekends). York, including Eastman, Arcadia High School, *June 10-12: Soundstreams Canada. Hochstein Music School & other locations. Northern Voices Choral Conference, Week585-377-1566, [email protected] Free. end Two: Community Engagement. The Choir as Paradigm for the Creative City/ ANNOUNCEMENTS, ETC CONTINUES ... Cross-Cultural Collaborations/ Educational Perspectives from North America and Europe. Key Note Address: Ann Meier Baker; The Weekend to other participants. Trinity College, 6 Hoskin End Breast Cancer Ave.; Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park; TrinityBENEFITING St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416Princess Margaret Hospital 504-1282, www.soundstreams.ca/ conference05.html $133.75(one weekend), Keeping the Headlites Brite presents $214.00(two weekends). A BENEFIT CONCERT *June 15 6:30: Toronto Public Library. Featuring members of the One Love! Musicologist Norman Otis RichOrpheus Choir of Toronto mond examines the works of R&B artist, Sunday July 10, 4 pm singer/songwriter Curtis Mayfield and the The Music Gallery Impressions and Reggae artist, singer/song197 John Street, Toronto writer Bob Marley & the Wailers. Theatre lobby, York Woods Library, 1785 Finch Tickets $25 Call 416-204-1080 West. 416-395-5980. Free. ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ Ensemble coaching, full band, plus individual instrument workshops Ear training and skills development Camp participants receive a free season pass to attend the 2005-2006 Toronto Wind Orchestra concert season. Music Director Tony Gomes, Camp Director Ken Fudurich, plus coaches and clinicians from Toronto Wind Orchestra including Carol Savage, Wallace Halladay, Ira Zingraff … Camp fee: $350 full week tuition. Camp Venue: The Royal Conservatory of Music, 90 Croatia Street, Toronto HOW TO APPLY Info and application forms at: www.towindorchestra.ca By Fax: Send the completed form to 416-408-1955 By Phone: Call 416-408-2825 for phone registration. In Person: At RCM Registration Office Mon – Fr, 10– 5:30 Camp information: 416-461-6681 Band Camp 2005 is hosted by The Royal Conservatory of Music Community School TM R RE EG G II S ST TE ER RN NO OW W !! No Strings Theatre Productions A professional musical theatre training camp for teens (13-19 yrs) is now registering for its summer program, July 6 - 28. This year’s production, July 26 & 27, is Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella at the Al Green Theatre (Spadina and Bloor). Register now for Early Bird rates!... For details: 416-588-5845 or visit www.nostringstheatre.com Final Auditions (lead roles) June 19, 2005 J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 43 ANNOUNCEMENTS, ETC CONTINUES ... *June 4 1:00: The Beach Garden Party. Come sing along to the songs you know & love. Song sheets provided. Kew Gardens, 2075 Queen St. East. 416-699-4238. Free. *June 5,12,19,26 1:00: RCM Community School. Drop-in Workshops & Open Rehearsal/Performances by Escola de Samba de Toronto. Escola de Samba 1 – Iniciantes (Beginner music lesson); Aula de Samba (Samba dance lesson); Open Rehearsal: Ensiaro da Bateria (Bateria rehearsal by members of Escola de Samba de Toronto). Concert Hall, 90 Croatia St. 416-408-2824 x321. Workshops: PWYC, rehearsal free. *June 5 1:30: Toronto Early Music Players’ Organization. Workshop with Larry Beckwith, baroque violin & vocal performer. Bring your early instruments and stand; music available at the door. Lansing United Church, 49 Bogert Ave. 416-487-9261. $20, members & first-time visitors free. *June 12: CAMMAC. Full Day Orchestral Workshop. Led by Tony D. Gomes. 416-3562303 416-421-0779 *CANCELLED* *June 13-15, 20-22: All The King’s Voices. Sight Singing Workshops Level Two. Provides amateur singers w. opportunity to review & strengthen their vocal technique and sight-reading skills, and to build on concepts acquired in Level One. David J. King, instructor. Willowdale United Church, 349 Kenneth Ave. 416-225-2255. $95. *June 15 7:30: Toronto Shapenote Singing from Sacred Harp. Beginners welcome. St. Stephen-in-the-Fields, 103 Bellevue Ave. 416-922-7997 or pleasancecrawford @rogers.com *June 18: Grand River Baroque Festival. Read-a-thon. Amateur musician workshops: 9am-4:30: Getting a Handle on Handel. Led by James MacKay. 12:30-4:30: Recorder workshop w. Alison Melville. Buehlow Barn, Twp Rd. 12, Ayr. 519-743-3799. *June 27 7:30: Toronto Early Music Centre. Vocal Circle. Recreational reading of early choral music. Ability to read music desirable but not essential. 12 Millbrook Cres. 416-920-5025. Members free, $5(non-members). *June 28 8:00: Toronto Folk Singers’ Club. Informal group that meets for performance & exchange of songs. Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave. 416-532-0900. *July 4-6, 11-13: All The King’s Voices. Sight Singing Workshops Level Three. Provides amateur singers with opportunity to review & strengthen their vocal technique and sight-reading skills. Builds on concepts acquired in Level One. David J. King, instructor. Willowdale United Church, 349 Kenneth Ave. 416-225-2255. $95. “How I met my Teacher” continued from page 32 After I graduated from the Paris conservatory, it was Szeryng who arranged for me to study with Josef Gingold, at Indiana University. I got there on November 22nd, 1965, arriving on the same plane as David Oistrakh, whom I met at the Chicago airport. Gringold and his wife were at the Bloomington airport to pick me up, and Oistrakh thought they were there for him! I was seventeen years old. I had just won a prize at the Paganini Competition. I had developed my technique quite a bit. But from my first lesson with Gingold it was obvious that music was the main focus, technique just being a means to an end. Musicianship, music-making, and chamber music became my new life. Under Gingold’s guidance being “only a soloist” could no longer be my goal. For him it was all the same: orchestra parts, chamber music parts, solo parts all got the same great attention, enthusiasm and love. So even though I had been groomed to become a soloist, my new ambition was to become a well-rounded musician. After three years of study I was appointed to the faculty as his assistant. In 1972, at the age of 23, I joined the Chicago Symphony, as assistant concert master. I was the youngest member of the symphony at the time. I also became the conductor of a chamber orchestra and I invited Gingold to play the Bach Double Concerto with me. I am now about the same age as Gingold was when I met him. My hope is to be even half as in- ALEXANDER KATS spiring to my students and colleagues as he was to me. What advice, above all, would you give to someone looking for a teacher for a young person, or for themselves? For a young person I would say look for a teacher with a lot of experience teaching children, because it’s quite a different thing. Although I have had students from the age of 5 to the age of 75, my inclination would be to refer very young people to teachers who specialize in starting young musicians. I feel that it’s a special skill. And it’s Jacques Israelievitch with Josef Gingold, circa 1967, at Indiana University never to late to begin. For an adult I would say look for somebody who will approach the playing of the instrument mostly from a musical/philosophical point of view – as an extension of life rather than Organic and functional taking a purely technical focus. vocal training to gain CLAIM YOUR VOICE Jacques Israelievitch will be giving a concert with his son, percussionist Michael Israelievitch on Fathers’ Day, Sunday June 19 at 4pm. They will be joined by Winona Zelenka (cello) and Ting Li (viola), at Temple Sinai. Jacques and Michael are also giving a recital at Long & McQuade on Bloor Street West (2pm June 18th), and are in the process of making a recording of music for violin and percussion. SINGING LESSONS! Janet B.A. (Yale) M.Mus. (McGill) Active professional singer with 15 years teaching experience Learn to perform with beauty and confidence INSPIRED ACTING! 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COM 45 New Releases Gillmore Music C DISCOVERIES VOCAL AND OPERATIC GLCD 5113 Guild Golden Age of Light Music Mantovani - Volume 2 By Special Request C 600 031 Orfeo Beethoven Symphony #6 Carlos Keliber Bayerisches Staatsorch CDR 90000 082 Cedille Mendelssohn Complete String Qrt Pacifica Quartet Gillmore Music Exclusive distributor of: Supraphon · Accent Orfeo · Columna Musica Somm · Vox · Coviello Marc Aurel · Cavalli · NMC Ars Musici · Divine Art Christophorus · Cedille Raumklang · Aeolus www.gillmoremusic.com [email protected] John Browne - Music from the Eton Choirbook Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips Gimmell CDGIM 036 The music from the Eton Choirbook is perhaps some of the most sublime in the canon of English Renaissance vocal polyphony, and this recording by the Tallis Scholars makes a powerful and moving case for the musical genius of John Browne, a composer whose name isn’t exactly a household word today. The program of this disc comprises five works by Browne (who flourished around 1490), including the two pieces for which he is best known, a Stabat Mater and Salve Regina I. Also included is a Stabat iuxta for four tenors and two basses – and Browne’s use of six voices, all within two octaves of each other, makes for an extraordinary richness of texture and sound. The closing work, a stunning, 8-part O Maria Salvatoris, creates a riveting impact from start to finish, making it easy to understand why the compilers of the Eton Choirbook gave this piece pride of place as the first item in the collection. Browne’s music is remarkable in many ways – clever harmonies, fluid melodic lines, expressive and varied textures - and blends qualities of detached austerity and great tenderness in an evocative and mystical way. This is truly a musical reflection of ‘the many being parts of one whole’. And the Tallis Scholars, under the direction of Peter Phillips, once again demonstrate why they number amongst the superstar interpreters of Renaissance repertoire for voices. Alison Melville Vivaldi – Bajazet Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi Virgin Classics5 45676 2 Artfully assembled, arranged and adapted by Vivaldi who composed all of the recitatives himself as well as some of the arias, this “musica di autori diversi” Bajazet was first performed in Verona in 1735. It’s difficult to imagine assembling as fine a cast as to be found on this recording! Bass-baritone Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (Bajazet), quickly establishes a noble and commanding presence. Soprano Patrizia Ciofi (Idaspe) is capable of delicate purity and the kind of acrobatics normally only associated with alien spacecraft. American countertenor David Daniels (Tamerlano) stands respectably amidst several excellent mezzo-soprani, especially the dramatically intense Marijana Mijanovi (Asteria), vocally assured Elina Garan a (Andronico) and the absolutely stunning pyrotechnics of Vivica Genaux (Irene) in her performance of the great castrato Farinelli’s signature tune Qual guerriero in campo armato. Many listeners are already wellacquainted with Fabio Biondi’s vibrant interpretations of Vivaldi’s music. Together with a bonus (30minute) DVD, filmed during the recording last April, offering an opportunity to observe the singers working with Biondi, extensive historical program notes, full libretto with translations, photos of the singers and musicians, this is an amaz- Schubert – Die schöne Müllerin ing package! Jan Kobow; Kristian BezuidenFrank Nakashima hout (fortepiano) ATMA ACD 2 2315 Vivaldi – Virtuoso Cantatas Philippe Jaroussky; Ensemble Artaserse Virgin Classics 5 45721 2 Of all the instruments, voice is the most controversial. Oh, sure, artists and collectors alike DO get WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 46 Back to Ad Index excited by a Stradivari or Steiner violin or cello. It is, however the human instruments that cause fist fights. After all, even today, some 30 years after her death, Maria Callas’ voice galvanizes the audience. In its time, the vocal colour of the castrato voice had that power over the listening masses. The voice of the castrato apparently had the unique blend of a soprano and countertenor sound, so unique that for the film “Farinelli” the two timbres were digitally “mashed” to create a synthetic equivalent. A new countertenor is on the scene and his voice is likely to evoke emotions on the scale of Farinelli. His name is Philippe Jaroussky and his second solo recording is important not only for what it contains (a fantastic rendition of some of Vivaldi’s 40 cantatas), but also for what it promises. Mr. Jaroussky is only 25 and just 7 years ago he forsook the violin in favour of voice training. There is already every indication that his will be a career to be reckoned with. The flawless technique, effortless delivery and fully controlled breathing, combined with intelligent reading of music, great diction and attention to detail, render each of his recordings almost too perfect. As age and experience add emotional nuance to his singing, I am happy to predict that his will be the “non plus ultra” countertenor voice. And you, a discerning reader of this fine magazine, should get your own copy of this Vivaldi recording, before the listening masses discover Mr. Jaroussky and buy up all the available discs. Robert Tomas Controversy and argument will strain friendships among those who dare play this CD and debate its merits (or transgressions). Berlinborn organist turned tenor, Jan Kobow teams up with fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout to perform J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 • Over 2,700 titles • All digital recordings • New recordings and compositions monthly • Critical acclaim in all key classical publications • Features great Canadian artists All this at an astonishingly low price! what may be the most daring and unconventional Schubert “Müllerin” cycle you’ve ever heard. Kobow’s vocal style immediately suggests that he’s an experienced early music performer. Notes citing his First Prize win at the 1998 International Bach Competition in Leipzig confirm it. Frequent straight tone singing with transitions to vibrato (gratefully) and use of articulate ornamentation make this “Müllerin” interpretation unlike any yet recorded. Kobow and Bezuidenhout have chosen what they argue is an authentic performance style based on early publications and manuscripts that show a free use of embellishment and improvisation by both singer and accompanist. They take this course with conviction and a high degree of musicality. To their credit, their presentation is artistic and intelligent. While plenty of their creative alterations prove tasteful, I’m left wondering whether Kobow’s style that repeatedly evokes Schütz and Palestrina really works for this Romantic cycle of poetry. I do, however, admit that the more I heard the more curious I became to discover how he’d treat the next song. I confess - they hooked me. Whether you end up lunging for the CD player muttering epithets or sit back and explore this most unusual interpretation will be more self-enlightening than a session with a good therapist. Alex Baran Gow Collection of Scottish Dance Music, Alison Melville has skillfully mined the results of this proliferation, choosing 25 ‘traditional airs in an educated style’ for her fourth recording of solo recorder and flute music. With evocative titles such as Busk ye my bonnie bride, The sneez-wort and A rock and a wee pickle Jon, these tunes provide a glimpse into everyday life of the Scottish folk of this period. As always, Alison Melville’s playing is exquisitely executed with warmth, wit and tenderness. Joined by Mary-Katherine Finch, baroque cello; Kirk Elliott, harp and guitar; Ben Grossman, bodhrán, tambourine and snare drums and harpsichordists Michael Jarvis, Paul Jenkins, and Charlotte Nediger, these airs, dance tunes, variations and sonatas are performed with the grace, humour and touching sensitivity inherent in the music. So pour yourself a wee draught to have with your Bannocks of Beer Meal and sweetly recollect The Braes of Ballandyne. Dianne Wells EARLY MUSIC AND PERIOD PERFORMANCE Rameau - Les Cyclopes Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord Avie AV 2056 She Sweetest when she’s Naked Alison Melville (www.early-music.com) Due partly to Scotland’s union with England in 1707, the 18th Century was a time of tremendous publishing activity in Scotland, as the Scots sought to preserve their cultural heritage. From sources such as James Oswald’s Caledonian Pocket Companion, Captain Simon Fraser’s Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and The Isles, Bewick’s Pipe Tunes and The J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index The world’s leading Classical Music Label! Feature of the Month John Stainer - The Crucifixion Choir of Clare College, Cambridge Manuel de Falla El Sombrero de Tres Picos 8557624 Asturias Symphony Orchestra 8557800 Vermeer Quartet Georg Frideric Handel L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato 8557543-44 Joachim Carlos Martini, Conductor Béla Bartók - String Quartets 8557057-58 Pick up your 2005 NAXOS Catalogue NAXOS - Proud distributor of PentaTone Classics Available June 21 Available June 21 “He is a hard man, brutal, inhuman, miserly, a bad father, bad husband and bad uncle” is the blunt depiction of the great French baroque composer offered in Diderot’s Rameau’s Nephew. It is perplexing indeed to reconcile this image of Rameau with the winsome, ever-inventive music to be heard in this excellent program, so full of unexpected turns, exotic wonders, and rustic humour. A highly visible figure as leader of the renowned English Consort for the past three decades and, in Tour de France Musicale Ravel, Fauré, Debussy Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra PTC5186058 Haydn/Beethoven - Symphonies Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam/ BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis, Conductor PTC5186126 63 catalogue titles now available Watch for exciting news about the Canadian launch of PentaTone Classics, the SACD Hybrid label of choice at HMV 333 Yonge St. WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 47 Canada, as the former music director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Trevor Pinnock has recently defected from the podium to resume his career as a keyboard virtuoso with these brilliant performances on the 18th-century GoermansTaskin French harpsichord from the collection of the University of Edinburgh. The generous selection of 80 minutes includes two 1728 Suites in A minor and E minor flanked by six selections (L’Entretien des Muses, Les Tourbillons, Les Cyclopes, L’Enharmonique, L’Egyptienne and La Poule) from Rameau’s most beguiling character pieces. Avie’s recording of this remarkably well-voiced instrument is exemplary. Special recognition is due to the exquisite tuning of the instrument in French unequal temperament by John Raymond, which allows us to truly appreciate the boldness of Rameau’s tonal excursions. Daniel Foley La Casa del Diavolo Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini Naïve OP 30399 Il Giardino Armonico’s new CD, “La Casa del Diavolo” is my kind of disc. It contains works of Gluck, Locatelli, Boccherini and two of the Bach boys. All of the pieces ride on the theme of the furies and hell; spectres are mentioned at one point, Hades and horrible monsters seem to recur frequently. Fabulous. The arc of the programming on this recording works very well, and draws the listener in to the very depths it generates. Il Giardino Armonico has a signature sound, and has found its niche. Directed by Giovanni Antonini, the group has soared to its current height on its tremendous vulgarity, which it has nurtured and cultivated over the years. Many people will remember, or indeed own, the orchestra’s recording of Vivaldi’s “Quattro Staggioni”, the cover of which depicted a violin being shot through with a bullet. The violence portrayed on the jacket was revealed fully in the sound on the disc. The same is found here, and the orchestra does not wimp out on the extremity of violent insanity it can articulate. The pieces are stunning and rarely performed, the soloists are passionate and unreserved, the orchestra is energetic and virtuosic. What more can I say? Il Giardino Armonico represents the Baroque purely and skillfully. If you don’t like this disc, call me at home, and I’ll change your mind. Gabrielle McLaughlin some ten years after the final version of the concerto. Clara toured with her own piano trio and these well crafted four movements demonstrate her real gift for writing for this combination. At Naxos prices, this Trio alone repays the cost of the disc. Bruce Surtees Alice Mary Smith London Mozart Players; Howard Shelley Chandos CHAN 10283 CLASSICAL Chopin – Concertos (chamber version) Janina Fialkowska; Chamber Players of Canada ATMA ACD 2 2291 Clara Schumann Piano Concerto; Piano Trio Francesco Nicolisi Alma Mahler Sinfonietta; Stefania Rinaldi Naxos 8.557552 Surely we all know about Clara Schumann, nee Wieck. She was the daughter of Schumann’s teacher in Leipzig who strongly opposed her marriage to the young Robert. Bottom line: they did marry, had many children, he achieved fame as a composer and she became the greatest woman pianist of her time who, it is said, was Liszt’s equal. Also she appeared with the legendary Jenny Lind in Vienna in 1846. She championed her husband’s piano music but, as was posthumously revealed, she often changed the tempo markings on Robert’s scores in order to display her virtuosity. We gather that musicologists have now restored the originals. She was a facile composer who managed to write quite a host of works while keeping house, rearing her eight surviving children and coping with Robert’s declining mental condition. The Concerto in A minor started off as a single piece which she gave to Robert to orchestrate. Later she prefaced it with two more movements which she orchestrated herself. It is somewhat Schumanesque in scoring, as were most of her compositions, but I don’t hear any attributes that just might have advanced it to first rate. Incidentally this 20+ minutes opus was premiered with Felix Mendelssohn conducting. The major work on this disc turns out to be the Piano Trio, op.17 from 1846, Chamber Version? Correct. We know historically that Chopin, like many other composers, had versions of his orchestral works set for performance with smaller forces where budgets couldn’t provide for full orchestras. Documents also show that he even played these two piano concertos as solos pieces! Based on careful research, Fialkowska and friends found early scores for piano and string quintet. Wind parts are marked as cues for the string players to parcel out as they wish. Major brass passages, however, appear absent suggesting that perhaps Chopin may have improvised them from the keyboard when more power was needed. Happily, these familiar orchestral items in chamber version fare much better than expected. In fact it’s the familiarity of the piano part that helps “sell” the quintet as a creditable orchestral partner- albeit a modest one. The greatest impact of this setting is its significantly heightened sense of intimacy. In the slow movements of both concertos, the E minor especially, these sparse strings make the piano line compellingly poignant – breathtaking at times. Expect a sniffle and some tears. This is wonderful playing. What’s more remarkable and equally moving is the memory that Janina Fialkowska has made an astonishing comeback from a recent bout with a cancerous tumour in her left arm. Surgical removal, a muscle transplant and determined recovery have succeeded in bringing her back to the performing world. Judging by this recording, we are listening to a miracle. Alex Baran WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 48 Back to Ad Index Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884) was the first British woman to have written a true symphony and heard it performed. In her day, women were considered incapable of writing music of more substance than a nice little item to be played during afternoon tea. An accomplished pianist, she was a symphonist who wrote several concert overtures, a movement for piano and orchestra, string quartets and a fully scored operetta. She wrote a clarinet sonata, the Adagio movement of which she orchestrated as a concert piece. The Symphony in C minor was written when she was 24 years old and was very favourably reviewed at the first performance in November 1863. The Illustrated London News said that “Miss Smith’s symphony, especially coming from the pen of a young lady, was a striking proof of the sound studies and high attainments of the female votaries of the art in this country.” The later Symphony in A minor is equally resolute and effective. Almost a century and a half later, thanks to pianist turned conductor Howard Shelley, Chandos offers convincing proof of Smith’s authoritative mastery of orchestral writing. None of the three works is derivative although without knowing the author, a listener would guess at an unfamiliar piece from the time of Mendelssohn and Schumann. Presented in excellent sound, these works reward repeated hearings. Bruce Surtees Brahms – Concertos and Piano Pieces Anton Kuerti Analekta AN 2 9205-7 Toronto pianist Anton Kuerti’s new J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 recording of Brahms’ late piano pieces confirms his place in the top rank of pianists today. These brief works are ‘spontaneous, simple and natural’, as Kuerti writes in his enjoyable booklet notes. Kuerti’s restrained tempos, judicious use of pedal, and natural-sounding rubato emphasize the poetic aspects of these exquisite works. Kuerti is a warm, persuasive artist. By going beyond Brahms’ surface complexities and getting at the heart of his introspective yearning, Kuerti achieves ineffable poignancy. He brings out Brahms’s constantly shifting perspectives, from the playfulness of the Capriccio Op. 76 no. 2, the soul-searching of the Intermezzo Op. 76 no. 7, the tumultuous passion of the Rhapsodie Op.79 no. 2, and the profound tranquility of the Intermezzo Op. 119 no. 1. In Brahms’ two piano concertos, the relationship with the orchestra tends to be intense and volatile. Kuerti forges a real dialogue. Rescigno and the Orchestre Métropolitain provide responsive support, with fine solos, especially from the timpani in the first concerto, and the cello in the second. This is a most attractive and desirable set. Yet there is no mention in the booklet or on the case that the piano concertos were previously released by Analekta in 1998. Only the disc of solo works is a new release. The photo of Kuerti on the cover is terrific. Pamela Margles Dvorak – Symphonies (complete) Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vladimir Valek Supraphon SU 3802-2 With influences from Brahms, Smetana, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Czech folk music, Dvorak is a distinctive composer with a natural freshness and a great gift for melody. Unlike Brahms, his chief mentor, Dvorak didn’t procrastinate in composing his first symphony, forging ahead in youthful fashion unconcerned about the consequences. His first two symphonies show compositional weaknesses, but there are also inklings of greatJ UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index ness that increase with each successive work. The 2nd symphony is already a vast improvement over the meandering 1st. It is over 50 minutes long with an abundance of melodies, in a restless, rhapsodic, ever pulsating style full of dynamic contrasts and great forward momentum sustained very well by this conductor. The heavenly melody in the last movement will win many converts to this neglected work. By the heroic 3rd Symphony, his originality and exuberance begin to assert themselves and he gets into full stride with the “Pastoral” 5th, noticeably different even in the very first notes. His final 5 symphonies show fully developed compositional strength and a masterly handling of the orchestra, especially the woodwinds and the brass. By this time Dvorak had established an international reputation and the 6th symphony was commissioned by the Vienna Philharmonic. Much inspired by the Brahms 2nd, this a wonderfully relaxed work and is a joy to listen to. At the beginning the full orchestra bursting out ff is like the sun coming out from the clouds. The very Brahmsian second subject truly sings on the cellos and the flutes in the development section sound like birds twittering. Valek builds solidly to a Coda where his brass rings out in full glory. After the lovely cantilena, a long sustained string melody in the 2nd movement, comes a typical Dvorak scherzo, this time a Furiant, a wild country dance played with full-blooded spirit. In the last movement the playful second subject goes through many ingenious transformations and the symphony builds to an exciting finale. A fine performance. Vladimir Valek is a talented, energetic conductor passionately in love with Czech music. Unfortunately his exuberance sometimes backfires like the last movement of the sombre 7th. It is so furiously driven it harms the performance. The beautifully idyllic account of the 5th symphony is eroded by the long awaited final punch of the main subject not accentuated enough. But just listen to those four glorious trumpets at the first bars of last movement of the marvelous 8th symphony…! And at the end of the set we are amply compensated by a vivid, exciting performance of the New World Symphony that I will not hesitate to listen to over and over again. Janos Gardonyi WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 49 Concert Note: The TSO performs Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2 on June 8 and 9 at Roy Thompson Hall. Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4; Berlioz - Le Corsaire; Ravel - Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2 New Mexico Symphony Orchestra; Guillermo Figueroa New Mexico Symphony Orchestra NMSO 5 (www.nmso.org) These live recordings were made at the first concerts given by the New Mexico Symphony under music director Guillermo Figueroa. Clearly, there was immediate rapport between them. The orchestra is terrific, and the conductor dynamic. In Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 Figueroa builds up exciting dramatic momentum. Yet even in the most emotionally weighty passages, his phrasing is graceful and his textures clear. Berlioz’s Le Corsaire Overture effectively contrasts the tenderness of Berlioz’s gorgeous melodies with the extravagantly propulsive rhythms. Figueroa’s brilliant handling of the evocative colours, sumptuous harmonies and intricate rhythms of Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2 recalls the origins of this score, with its detailed scenario, in an extended ballet. The spectacular sunrise is accompanied by the sounds of bird songs and splashing waterfalls. Daphnis and Chloe enact the story of Pan and Syrinx, ending with Pan’s mournful flute solo, splendidly played here. The orchestra brings down the house in the increasingly wild Dance générale. The natural, realistically balanced sound does justice to Figueroa’s carefully shaped textures. But it also reveals that audiences in balmy Albuquerque cough as much as freezing Torontonians. This recording certainly creates an awareness of a committed and spirited ensemble. Other, more well-known orchestras, like the London Symphony, have successfully produced their own recordings, and the Philadelphia Orchestra is apparently about to try. The rejuvenated Toronto Symphony, now sounding better than ever, should take note. Pam Margles [the music will] degenerate into the confused, chaotic, disoriented motions of an oaf!” This strikingly brisk and sure-footed account is a welcome breath of fresh air, the perfect antidote to the habitually cloying interpretations this work has attracted in the past. The excellent pacing of the lengthy, turbulent first movement and the superbly controlled crescendo of the slow, ecstatic finale has rarely sounded so architecturally convincing. The vocal fourth and fifth movements feature exceptional singing by soprano Anne Sophie von Otter and the Vienna Boys Choir. Daniel Foley Mahler – Lieder Quasthoff; Urmana; von Otter Wiener Philharmoniker; Pierre Boulez Deutsche Grammophon 00289 477 5329 Mahler Symphony No.3 Anne Sophie von Otter; Wiener Philharmoniker; Pierre Boulez Caprice Deutsche Grammophon 474 038-2 Sylvia Shadick-Taylor, piano Arktos 200482 This Mahler Lieder album is among the many outstanding new This disc is indeed a great DISCovreleases from Deutsche Grammo- ery. Sylvia Shadick-Taylor is a phon in celebration of Pierre Boul- young, very talented virtuoso pianez’ 80th birthday. There is both ist from Alberta who has toured genuine sorrow and unfeigned ela- Canada, US, Germany and Japan tion in baritone Thomas Quast- and even played Carnegie Hall. hoff’s moving interpretation of the This, her third CD, is an ambitious youthful Lieder eines fahrenden and extremely difficult yet enterGesellen. Soprano Anne Sophie taining programme. As the unifyvon Otter brings a similar intensi- ing title suggests the ten pieces ty to the disturbingly morbid played here are “caprices” or “caKindertotenlieder song cycle; her priccios”. They are all whimsical heart-felt interpretation of the cat- and light hearted, sometimes aclysmic finale, In diesen Wetter, dreamy, even passionate and none is particularly harrowing. Regret- are easy - a great way to showcase tably, the Latvian contralto-turned- pianistic talent. She immediately captivates with soprano Violeta Urmana does not her delicate touch and freewheelrise to the same dramatic standard with her pedestrian reading of the ing spirit in Moszkowski’s Caprice 5 Rückert-Lieder. Boulez proves Espagnol especially in the “leggiyet again what a superb vocal ac- eramente” central part with its companist he is in these perform- Spanish rhythms. Pieces by Mendelssohn and Weances, which are stunningly reber follow but with her delectable, corded and authoritatively played idiomatic playing of the Brahms by this supreme orchestra. Boulez’ previous recording with Capriccio it seems as if she is pokvon Otter dates back to the 2003 ing fun at good old Brahms. Comrelease of Mahler’s Third Sympho- ing from this pianist, I am sure he ny. This is not your grandfather’s would not have minded at all. From this point on the disc Mahler. Pierre Boulez’s lucid interpretation of the sprawling, six- seems to take off like a bird and movement work exemplifies the her youthful exuberance is catchstand he outlined in his 1976 es- ing. In Gottschalk’s Caprice de say on the performance of Mahl- Printemps she shapes the rondo er’s music: “The more one gives Mazurka so lovingly that one in to impudent ecstasy, even in the thinks that her playing is better hysteria of the moment, the more than the work itself. In the monuthe initial motivation is disturbed… mental Liszt A Capriccio she conWWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 50 Back to Ad Index quers all technical difficulties and is truly inspired although the length and difficult overall shape of this work may require more maturity. She sails effortlessly through Dohnanyi’s incredibly difficult Konzertetude where the already fast tempo just keeps doubling and tripling as it goes on. Wow! Need I say anything more? Most enjoyable and satisfying indeed. Janos Gardonyi MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY Le Sacre du Printemps A silent movie to the music of Igor Stravinsky A film by Oliver Herrmann Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle Arthaus Musik 100333 Oliver Hermann’s 2002 silent movie, accompanied by Le Sacre du printemps, illustrates the archaic Santeria religion’s maxim that “Heaven is our House, Earth is our Marketplace.” Here is an outline of the plot: God is a black woman working in her kitchen making little people from goop poured into pastry moulds and popped into oven until done. The balance of the movie follows these now human creations as they go about their every-day, albeit outrageously bizarre lives, while God, at her kitchen window, keeps an eye on things through a telescope. A 75 minute collection of illustrations and explanations intended to clarify what is going on includes a long interview with conductor Rattle. Sir Simon does his best to respect the concept and the completed film, but to these eyes the movie is an elaborate example of Euro-trash. Or could it be that the events are too enigmatic to be understood by a nonmember and the music is actually irrelevant? An interesting question. The production, which has garnered many awards, has been exhibited to appreciative audiences around the world, including Calgary. The performance of Le Sacre, recorded specially for this film, is quite exceptional… worlds beyond Rattle’s 1987 recording with his J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Birmingham Orchestra on EMI. In 5:1 sound, every line of Stravinsky’s score can be heard without any spotlighting or exaggerated balances. We hear what Rattle heard. As it is unlikely that this performance will be issued in any other way, if you want to own an uncommonly persuasive Le Sacre that hold’s your attention, get this DVD and if you don’t wish to watch the movie again, don’t look, just listen. Bruce Surtees ferent), Boulez is said to call the third concerto the ‘Cinderella of the family’. Its ‘mildness’ makes it his least favorite. While it may be the least innovative, in Hélène Grimaud’s strongly characterized performance with the vibrant London Symphony Orchestra, it is anything but mild. The gorgeously meditative Adagio religioso, and the thrilling final Allegro vivace makes it every bit as great. Pamela Margles Concert Note: Hélène Grimaud performs Ravel’s Concerto in G Major with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra on June 8 and 9 at Roy Thompson Hall. Bartòk – The Piano Concertos Krystian Zimerman; Leif Ove Andsnes; Hélène Grimaud Chicago Symphony; Berliner Philharmoniker; LSO; Pierre Boulez Deutsche Grammophon 00289 447 5330 Nightingales for Katy Karin Aurell, flute Independent KA001 (Canadian Music Centre DistriAs a young composer who called bution www.musiccentre.ca) all non-progressive music useless, If you are one of the fortunate who Pierre Boulez was considered out- have experienced the New Brunsrageously radical. But today the wick-based Motion Ensemble’s French conductor and composer is wonderfully balanced sound when – rightly - venerated as one of the they were on tour, then you cannot dominant figures of twentieth cen- be unaware of the sonic mastery tury music. This disc is part of the of flautist Karin Aurell. Her CD ongoing celebrations of his eighti- of solo flute pieces is a thing of sineth birthday. It presents Boulez gular beauty. Repertoire on this conducting three of today’s most disc ranges from the very old, of interesting pianists, each with a Bach and Telemann, to the very different orchestra, in Bartok’s new, works by Gilles Tremblay three piano concertos. and New Brunswick’s own RichKrystian Zimerman gives a po- ard Gibson. etic, intense performance of the Aurell opens with Debussy’s first concerto. He is never harshly Syrinx, in a marvelous performaggressive, no matter whether the ance that rivals Debost and Ramtextures are highly energized and pal. Gibson’s Nightingales for percussive, as in the dynamic first Katy is a sparkling, imaginative movement, or rhapsodic, as in the work that explores much of the stringless Andante, where the su- flute’s resources, and Aurell mainperb winds and percussion of the tains admirable control throughout Chicago Symphony represent the even the most taxing of the pasorchestra. sages. Tremblay’s 1994 Envol Leif Ove Andsnes humanizes might well have one of its best the spiky edges of the second con- readings here. The late Swedish certo with insightful subtlety. The master Sven-Erik Back’s Sonata extended duet with the timpani in for Flute Solo is one of the major the Adagio is thrilling, and the works on the disc, and Honegger ending of the final movement is and Ibert are represented. splendidly boisterous, with the Recorded in the peaceful sancBerlin Philharmonic in its element. tuary of the Mount Allison UniIn the English and German ver- versity Chapel in Sackville NB, sions of the booklet notes, (the one could get the impression that notes in French are altogether dif- Aurell has played there all her life; J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM RECORD YOUR DEMO (specializing in recording classical & jazz artists) - warm acoustic room wonderful grand piano high quality demos and CDs live concert recording editing & mastering $65.00/hr 416-461-0635 www.toreadorrecords.com 51 it seems so very apt. High praise is owed to producer Gibson and engineer Kevin Herring for their contributions. The accompanying booklet has notes by Karin Aurell herself, complete with a full French translation. The flute maker is credited. A fine, fine CD. John S. Gray usual allegiance to conventional tonality. Harry Freedman and Harry Somers also contribute exceptionally fine pieces. Popular composer Michael Conway Baker’s Op. 2 Sonata is interesting as it comes from very early in the composer’s canon, yet strongly foreshadows his later output. The balance between the instruments is, to my ear, weighted a just little too much in favour of the flute, but it is well within the normally accepted practice of producers. The Maureen Forrester Recital Hall in Waterloo proves to be an excellent recording venue, and this to be an exceptionally fine disc. John S. Gray Canadian Music for Flute and Piano Amy Hamilton; Beth Ann de Sousa CML Productions CD 101 (Canadian Music Centre Distribution www.musiccentre.ca) Who could have imagined a collection of Canadian works giving so much pleasure? Hamilton and de Sousa chose the entire repertoire from within our own borders, and on this meretricious point alone they should be awarded a medal. One work that invites repeated hearings is Srul Irving Glick’s 1983 Sonata. Jacques Hétu is represented twice, with his 1965 Quatre Pieces, Op. 10 and his later Aria, Op. 27. The 1958 Sonatina is from the earliest part of R. Murray Schafer’s output, and in view of later developments, it displays un- take it on your own to understand. The heart has its reasons is a risky project launched among countless floundering pseudo spiritual recordings. Honest and serious musicianship is what keeps it afloat. It demands an honest listening and is worth hearing when you’re in the right frame of mind. Alex Baran Estrapade Morceaux de Machines No Type IMNT 0413 (www.notype.com) Rose Bolton - Elements Janice Jackson, soprano; Rose Bolton; John Sherlock; Paul Stillwell; Michael Dobinson; Christopher Foley Independent RB0401 (Canadian Music Centre Distribution www.musiccentre.ca) The Heart Has Its Reasons Sanctuary (Jeff Reilly; Peter Togni; Christoph Both) Sanctuary String Orchestra; Alain Trudel Warner Classics 2564 62019-2 New Age noodling has done serious damage to East-West musical crossovers. At issue is not so much the actual music as its structure and intent. We Westerners expect and prefer the statement-argument-conclusion approach to our music. It’s linear, logical and takes us neatly from one point to the next. Remember, getting there is half the fun. The intent to dwell upon and explore the “moment” is where other musical forms become foreign and usually lose us. It takes really fine musicians to pull this off successfully and the ensemble “Sanctuary” fortunately has them. Reilly, Togni, Both and Trudel are creative and refreshing in their collaboration. Whether playing, composing or directing there is always a sense of purpose in the music. It’s definitely contemporary and complex at times but frequently evokes a simpler past. There’s good arranging with balanced and effective use of instrumental colour. Using jazz influences as tools to open periods of improvisation supported by both harmony and countermelody, this Suite for organ, cello, bass clarinet and strings is a deliberately and artfully crafted journey. Where? Best I can say is “there and back”. You’ll have to Award-winning young composer Rose Bolton has finally produced her own CD. It is vintage Music Gallery in general idiom, but executed with the most exquisitely delicate poise. Instruments, many of them unconventionally played, whispered and/or spoken text, are the rule. The five tracks are movements of the work Elements, and as a whole it runs over 50 minutes. Poetry by Gwendolyn MacEwen and Marjorie Pickthall form the foundation of the vocalizations, with a guest appearance by singer Janice Jackson. Bolton’s colleagues from the Canadian Electronic Ensemble all make contributions to this effort, notably Paul Stillwell and Michael Dobinson on electronic instruments. Pianist Christopher Foley’s playing adds and supports at various intervals. If there’s one criticism I can venture, it is only that Bolton’s own fluid violin playing, so riveting in the CEE concerts, is seldom heard on Elements. Hats off to engineer Paul Hodge for this one: most of us have heard wonderful music at the Church of Saint George the Martyr, only to have a noisy car or truck interrupt the quietest passage in a concert. They must have blocked off McCaul Street to record this, or done most of the work at 5 AM on a Tuesday. The cover drawing is striking. Congratulations, Rose! John S. Gray WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 52 Back to Ad Index MUSIQUE ACTUELLE I was warned - the music of Montreal duo Morceaux_de_Machines would be loud. What I wasn’t told was just how unbearably surprising it could be. The duo made up of long-time radio collaborators on Montreal’s CKIA, Aimé Dontigny and Erick D’Orion, obviously enjoy their noise with a side of the twitchings. Ever-shifting landscapes permeate their music from beginning of the disc to its’ closing 75 minutes later. Turntables, prepared CDs, live electronics, computers, samplers, drum machines - it’s all here in its most primal glory. Sampling queen Diane Labrosse appears on three tracks, as do turntable artists Otomo Yoshihide and Martin Tetreault. I don’t think the word noise does this duo proper justice. After all, what is defined as noise by one person is not necessarily noise to others. I found many of the pieces calming in their own bizarre way. The drones and highpitched squeaks are in some strange way oddly appealing. Weird structure actually exists in this madness if you’re willing to listen. Feedback and ear-piercing sounds need not be your enemy. These can actually be your friends. The question remains, are you willing to take the first step towards cementing this relationship? If your answer is yes, then “Estrapade” [French word for a cruel form of torture used in medieval times] is waiting for your friendship now. Tom Sekowski JAZZ Norman Granz’ Jazz In Montreux: Solo ‘75 Oscar Peterson Eagle Eye DVD EE39090-9 Oscar Peterson’s power and energy at the piano has always come through on his records, and it has always sounded easily-done. To some, even glib. The hard work that was involved wasn’t evident on disc, but this J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 recordedfor-TV DVD from July 17, ‘75 shows you the sweatinghard work playing that well takes. The thousands of hours of study, etudes, practice and rehearsal that made the pianist are on screen in this programme of standards and jazz tunes. At 39, looking fit in a cream-coloured suit, and at his playing peak, a relaxed Peterson absolutely cruises through an hour of highlights. On display is his greatest quality, knowledge: of the piano, and the music. You want range?: the delicacy of The More I See You or the unmaudlin If I Had You is matched by the stompingly authentic 8 Bar Boogie Blues (his own composition), or the stride of Indiana. Oscar’s overview of the arc of a composition is displayed on At Long Last Love. He starts slowly, accelerates into overdrive and comes full circle to end calmly. Two great musical minds are at work on a medley of seven tunes from the world of Ellington which includes the rarely-heard beauty Lady Of The Lavender Mist. Minor caveats: The source is thirty years old, so the sharpness of the video is not up to current standards; the sound is sometimes a little fluttery on sustained notes. Ted O’Reilly Solos and Duets Jay McShann Sackville SK2CD-5012 Another in Sackville’s welcome reissue series, this two-CD set contains all the music from the three solo (and duet) albums Jay McShann made for the label. The original LPs were A Tribute to Fats Waller, Kansas City Hustle and Tuxedo Junction. (The latter’s the one with the duets: Don Thompson plays bass on four titles.) Most interesting is the Fats Waller tribute. This one offers a fascinating take on Waller’s own compositions, and an assortment of tunes associated with the Harlem stride J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index master. Jazz pianists of every school have played Waller’s pieces but generally the powerful influence of Fats himself has coloured their interpretations. Not so with Jay McShann. His mastery of the southwestern piano style frees him to play Waller’s music in a forthright, bluesy manner that displays Waller’s music in a fresh light. It’s sort of like Harlem stride with a Kansas City accent. Most of the performances from the Kansas City Hustle and Tuxedo Junction albums are steeped in the blues. But while McShann is a consummate master of blues piano, he also happens to be a highly sophisticated jazz musician, for too many years stereotyped as “just another blues player”. Check out his explorations of ‘Round Midnight, Rockin’ Chair, and Willow Weep For Me to hear the full breadth of McShann’s talent. And the veteran’s duet performances with Don Thompson are pure delight. Mary Lou Williams would be delighted with their treatment of Froggie Bottom. Don Brown KC style blues-jazz with the puckish trumpeter Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison leading a great sextet highlighting Ben Webster’s excellent tenor. The rhythm section keeps great relaxed time, and contributes great solos from guitarist Barney Kessel and Jimmy Rowles on piano. The band’s also comfortable with the three standards, heard alongside the six blues compositions. (That balance seems j-u-s-s-t right!) While “Sittin’ In” has trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie’s name on it as leader this time around, it’s a pure JazzAt-The-Philharmonic-style jam sesAl Cohn Quintet featuring Bob sion for Verve from mid-1957 with tenors abounding. Included is Paul Brookmeyer Gonsalves, rarely heard outside the Al Cohn Ellington orchestra, and often disapVerve B0003935-02 pointing in those different circumSweets stances. Not this time: he seems to Harry Edison and his Orchestra have taken a look at the other saxes Verve B0003936-02 — merely Coleman Hawkins and Stan Getz — and distinguishes himSittin’ In self. There’s a solid trio featuring a Dizzy Gillespie young Wynton Kelly (how under-acVerve B0003937-02 knowledged he remains!), Wendell Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements Gene Krupa Verve B0002022-02 Marshall and that fine swing-to-bop drummer J.C. Heard. There are only 4 tracks, but 12 tunes: two ballad medleys of five tunes each; and two lengthy burners, Gillespie’s riffy Dizzy Atmosphere and The Way You Look Tonight. For many, Gene Krupa was the first name that came to mind as a drummer. His breakthrough with Benny Goodman at the beginning of the swing era as a flashy entertainer launched a thousand drum solos, for better or worse. His own big bands from the late ‘30s through the early 1950s were very popular, and fairly successful at keeping up to date with some boppish arrangements by a young Gerry Mulligan in the late ‘40s. Those charts were dug out again for a Verve stereo taping in late 1958. “Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements” has Mulligan directing a top-line big band of New York players, the likes of Phil Woods, Hank Jones, Doc Severinsen, Marky Markowitz, Jimmy These four CDs, replica reissues of the original LPs, are a good indication of the depth of the vaults of the Universal Records monolith. This group of albums draws on the catalogues of the Coral, Clef and Verve labels. (We’ll look at four more from the current release next month). From the east coast Coral Records firm, originally a part of Decca, comes Al Cohn Quintet, a late 1956 set of a dozen tunes under the helm of a master musician, Al Cohn. The tenor man did half the arrangements, including three originals; and valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer did the same. A great sense of humour is on display here, from the entire band, which includes Mose Allison’s thentrio as the rhythm section. Can you ‘ease along briskly’? That’s the feeling I get from this enjoyable set. “Sweets” may have been recorded in Los Angeles (in 1956 for Clef, a Norman Granz label), but it is pure WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 53 Cleveland and others. Unfortunately, it’s Krupa who’s not quite up to par, to my ears, sounding tired and a bit out of date. It’s nice to hear those charts well-recorded — they stand up well — but this needn’t be on your must-have list. When it comes to Compact Discs, I must say I like the jewel box packaging. It keeps the discs and booklets safer than sleeves, and while they certainly are breakable, they are easily replaceable and your package looks like new. The cardboard replica packaging of these reissues looks fine at the beginning, but favourite albums soon get the covers abraded, and the little grippers that hold the discs always break on me. That said, the designer has done something to overcome the tiny booklets: these all have a folded replica of the back cover, measuring about 9½ inches square. Would that they had done it double-sided, and reproduced the front, too… Next month, some more releases from this series, by Max Roach, Joe Newman, Buddy Rich and Xavier Cugat(?!). Ted O’Reilly POT POURRI Silver Rain Marcus Miller Koch Records KOC-CD-5779 Since the early 1980s, bass guitarist/producer Marcus Miller has been a Tour de Force on the American and international music scene, working with industry icons Miles Davis, David Sanborn, and Luther Vandross, to name a few. In addition to bass, Miller also plays keyboards, drums, and bass clarinet throughout his latest solo release “Silver Rain”. The list of guests is long, with appearances from behind the scenes session players to pop stars Macy Gray and Eric Clapton. “Silver Rain” showcases all of Miller’s musical talents in stellar fashion and almost makes one wonder why the electric bass is so often ignored as a legitimate instrument, particularly in the world of jazz. Original compositions comprise half of the disc, with Donny Hathaway’s daughter Lalah offering a haunting vocal performance on La Villette, a tribute to the Parisian ‘hood’ where part of the album was recorded. Miller’s cover material includes Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Lady, Stevie Wonder’s Boogie on Reggae Woman, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, and Prince’s Girls and Boys. Eclectic? You bet! As with all of Marcus Miller’s efforts, his signature funky, percussive bass work is the driving force throughout. An unmistakable voice, often imitated, never duplicated. Check out this disc! Eli Eisenberg also mentions her classical training which is obvious in her interpretation of the songs’ melodies. It will be interesting to see if “Standard Time” motivates other cellists to take on the unfamiliar world of jazz improv. Not for the faint of heart. Time will tell! Eli Eisenberg Editor’s note: Of course Kye Marshall is not the first to play jazz on the cello. Many jazz bass players, including Oscar Pettiford, Ray Brown and Ron Carter have used the instrument on occasion, and in the 1950s cellist Fred Katz worked with Chico Hamilton’s chamber jazz groups. “Googling” Jazz Cello I found quite a thorough article on the subject by Chris White at www.jazzhalo.com. I would also mention that Toronto’s Cheryl O is another example of someone who uses the cello in a variety of improvisational settings – check her out at www.cellojuice.com. Standard Time Kye Marshall Trio Zephyr/Westwind Productions (www.keymarshall.com) ZWP305 Hats off to cellist/psychotherapist, that’s right, cellist and psychotherapist Kye Marshall, for perhaps being the first on her instrument to ever tackle the standards of the American songbook. With the help of veteran bassist/pianist Don Thompson, guitarist Dan Ionescu and percussionist Mark Duggan, Marshall’s aptly titled “Standard Time” contains Have You Met Miss Jones, Here’s That Rainy Day, Thelonious Monk’s ‘Round Midnight, Herbie Hancock’s Dolphin Dance, George Gershwin’s Summertime, and four others of equal renown. As always, Don Thompson’s technique and interpretation is magnificent. It’s refreshing to hear a cello playing the melody in a jazz setting. No doubt Marshall is challenged by the task, as timing, note choice, and intonation occasionally fall into question, but it’s intriguing to hear an instrument that hasn’t been a part of the jazz tradition improvise on the changes. A quick trip to kyemarshall.com reveals how she has incorporated music and improvisation into her psychotherapy practice. The website Milonga d’automne Norteño Tango Nuevo quintet Independent CD3917 …au parfum de tango L’art de passage featuring Helmut Lipsky BuschFunk/Eclectra Buschfunk 00272 Ah, the sultry appeal of tango. Who would have thought that the tangos my parents danced to such as La Cumparsita and El Choclo would become the springboards for Tango Nuevo, a musical genre loved worldwide by musicians, dancers and listeners alike? This is undoubtedly due to the remarkable performance and compositional skills of Astor Piazzolla, a prolific composer whose multilayered works have sparked a creative flame in countless musicians. “...au parfum de tango”, featuring the amazing Montreal-based Swiss expatriate Helmut Lipsky on violin, is a high-energy, joyous and at times hilarious take on tango. Lipsky and his bandmates Tobias Morgenstern on accordion, Stefan WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 54 Back to Ad Index Kling on piano and Wolfgang Musick on double bass are strong classical players who take these influences and successfully incorporate them into tangos. There are numerous classical musical references in their improvising which act to solidify their collective massive technique. But mostly, one just wants to dance and chuckle. Recorded both live and in studio in Berlin, both players and audience are exuberant in their responses. The Piazzolla tracks are amazing (of note La Muerte del Angel) but it is Tobias Morgenstern’s Sons et parfums aux quatre vents which is the highlight of the disc. This 17 minute track is a showpiece for each band member to shine and enjoy themselves as a soloist. In contrast, Norteno’s “Milonga d’autome” is a carefully executed, well thought through and highly contemplative take on Piazzolla’s work. This Canadian band’s recording is more traditional in approach and instrumentation. Pierre-Paul Provencher’s lyrical bandoneon playing is in the forefront of a gifted ensemble featuring Laurie Rosewarne on piano (who is an accomplished accordionist in her own right), Sylvie Rocheleau on violin, Garry Elliott on electric guitar and Nicolas Tremblay on double bass. This is a group that excels in tight ensemble playing and a more symphonic sense of Tango Nuevo. A sense of calm and control radiates throughout this high quality recording done at the Auditorium of Ottawa’s Library & Archives Canada. Even though there are originals by Provencher and Elliott, it is Norteno’s vision of Piazzolla’s music that drives this release. Different in so many ways, L’art de passage and Norteno are two groups who are successfully expanding and elaborating on Tango Nuevo and specifically, the compositions of Astor Piazzolla. Both recordings should be heard and respected. Take out your dancing shoes and enjoy! Tiina Kiik How I Feel Samina Orange Music OMCD-5537 Samina is a Quebec-based jazz singer with no last name and a really lovely voice. She’s from the Peggy Lee/Sade school of singers, leaning as she does to sultry, moody ballads like Leonard Cohen’s Dance Me to the End of Love, J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Jobim’s Corcovado, and Porter’s You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To. Her breathy tone and laid back style suit the slow tunes, but even on the more up-tempo tunes, of which there are only a few on this disc, she still manages to chill out. The production on “How I Feel” is top-notch and the musicians lend lots of variety to even the tunes that have been done to death. When I first read the liner notes and saw that “programming” was credited on nearly every tune, I thought, “uhoh”. But the electronica is used judiciously and lends an appealing modernity, especially to some of the chestnuts. I love what they’ve done with Day by Day, with bossa-style acoustic guitar, double-time congas and an electric guitar solo giving it a kind of 60’s Latin American feel. Very cool. This feels like a very collaborative record and I like how Samina and the musicians make an effort to enhance the songs rather than overwhelm them. Producer credit is given to Guy Debuc and Marc Lessard, (who also play keyboards and drums and percussion respectively) as well as Louis Côté (guitars and keyboards) and Claude Simard. Particular mention also must be made of Guy Kaye who turns in some really interesting guitar work. It is refreshing to hear performers focusing on the music and the lyrics rather than their own performances, and “How I Feel” will be in heavy rotation on my CD player. Cathy Riches Silk Road Journeys - Beyond the Horizon Yo-Yo Ma; Silk Road Ensemble Sony Classical SK 93962 and directed by the eminent cellist Yo-Yo Ma. From its informal beginnings at the Tanglewood Music Festival in 2000, where a number of musicians from different cultures began to share their music and ideas, the Silk Road Project has blossomed into a dynamic enterprise involved in concert tours, festivals, and workshops, as well as its impressive recordings. The music and musicians featured on “Beyond the Horizon” are incredibly diverse, which is not surprising given the vastness of the Silk Road, stretching from the eastern Mediterranean, through Iran and Central Asia and into China. Rather than presenting a traditional musical portrait, this CD introduces fifteen new works (including one ensemble improvisation) by composers/arrangers from India, Armenia, Iran, the U.S. and China. One of China’s leading composers, Zhao Jipin — featured here on four tracks — will be familiar to readers who know his film scores for Raise the Red Lantern and Farewell My Concubine. We are treated to a fascinating array of instruments that are masterfully played by these excellent musicians. Each track presents a different eclectic ensemble, some of them quite large: for example track 1, Mohini (Enchantment) includes tabla and sarangi (fiddle) from India, Japanese shakuhachi (flute), Chinese pipa (lute), Persian ney (flute), Central Asianstyle singing, Tibetan prayer bowls, Armenian duduk (shawm) as well as Western violins, viola, cellos, bass, vibraphone and other percussion. An ambitious and imaginative recording that takes the concept of fusion in world music to new levels. Enjoy! Annette Sanger name by Eugène Labiche and Marc Michel, is the second recording by The National Ballet Orchestra. The ballet premiered last month at the Hummingbird Centre to rave reviews. Michael Torke was commissioned to compose this, his second score for James Kudelka and the National Ballet of Canada. In 2002 Mr. Torke collaborated with Mr. Kudelka on the ground-breaking ballet, The Contract, and a CD of the music was released in 2003. A number of New York choreographers, including Peter Martins, Alvin Ailey, Jiri Kylian and Glen Tetley, have created dance to Torke’s compositions. Kudelka also created Terra Firma to three movements of his Color Music for San Francisco Ballet in 1995, which was staged for The National Ballet of Canada in 1997. Like all farces, the story begins with a mishap which threatens to expose an indiscretion. On the way to his wedding, Ferdinand takes his horse on a ride in the park. The horse eats a straw hat belonging to Anaïs, a married woman meeting her lover. If Anaïs returns home without the hat, her husband will become suspicious and so she declares that Ferdinand’s wedding will not take place until the hat has been replaced. Chaos ensues. The music vacillates between the cartoonish, frenetic pace inherent in farce, to lyrical passages depicting tender moments between lovers. Conducted by Ormsby Wilkins, the National Ballet does a fine job on this recording. Dianne Wells DISCS OF THE MONTH Beethoven - Sonata in f minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata” Lambert Orkis Bridge 9169 Unlike the many previous recordings of this favorite Beethoven work, this CD includes no other music. Orkis plays Opus 57 three times, on three different instruments in turn: a replica of a Viennese fortepiano of 1814-20; a modern Bösendorfer concert grand; and a second replica, also VienHeard in sequence with the nese, after a model of circa 1830. modern grand, the two historic Torke – An Italian Straw Hat National Ballet Orchestra; Ormsby Wilkins Ecstatic Records (www.michaeltorke.com) ER 092207 This is the third CD produced by An Italian Straw Hat, a ballet adaptthe Silk Road Ensemble, founded ed the French farce of the same J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 55 DISCS OF THE MONTH continued from page 55 replicas illustrate sharp differences — wood, not steel, frames; leather, not felt, hammers. Beethoven’s score contains no specific indications for the soft pedal, but Orkis applies the device in the opening bars of the sonata and elsewhere in pianissimo passages; its silvery color in the fortepianos is perfect for the Appassionata’s wild contrasts. For the theme of the central Andante con moto variations, there is even something called a bassoon stop, an interesting period rattle perhaps veering towards quaintness. The sonata relishes the bunching of low bass notes into chords, especially at loud moments, and here the 1830 instrument offers surprising force and clarity. The equivalent effects on the modern piano are, of course, wonderfully resonant but require careful control: Orkis says he was surprised that his Bösendorfer performance was marginally slower than the other two. Beethoven Sonatas at the Library of Congress Henryk Szeryng; Gary Graffman Bridge 9165 These performances have been remastered from original Library of Congress LPs, recorded in the early 1970s. Henryk Szeryng is one of the great “worldly” Eastern European violinists, born near the beginning of the 20th century and deeply connecting music with life experience, especially during World War II. During his charmed upbringing near Warsaw, he studied with an assistant of Leopold Auer’s, knew Paderewski and eventually moved to Berlin to study with Carl Flesch. A few years later (early 1930s) he was in Paris, studying violin with Gabriel Bouillon and composition with Nadia Boulanger. He is quoted in the liner notes of this recording as saying “violinists should obtain a good general education, particularly in the humanities, in history, and languages. The study of music should include the sciences of acoustics and mathematics. Their musical education should include harmony, counterpoint, piano, orchestra, opera, etc. A violinist can learn a good deal from singers and from pianists.” Here, here. Well, this recording, with its slightly inferior sound quality and rough edges, is a joy. Gary Graffman, a fine American pianist born Orkis is an experienced and versatile U.S. artist. He plays the sonata with a fine appreciation of its special expressive ambience, its insistence, and its exaggerated loud/ soft swings. Appassionata was not the composer’s title, but “passionate” seems the right word for those terrific sweeps up and down the keyboard in movements 1 and 3, and for that whirling gypsy song just before the end. Orkis delivers it all with impressive precision, and follows Beethoven’s sometimes-eccentric pedal markings – with strikingly different results in the three instruments. However, his interpretation of movement 2’s tempo (Andante con moto = “moving along”) reduces this oasis of tranquility to mere plainness, at least in the fortepiano versions: the modern-piano performance inserts a few personal rubato touches. All in all an uncommonly worthwhile release. John Beckwith OLD WINE… NEW BOTTLES One frequently asked question, in Canada at least, is “What happened to Ofra Harnoy?” Ofra is a cellist who was front and centre throughout the 1980’s until she withdrew to raise a family in the early 1990s. For RCA Red Seal her first undertaking was to record Vivaldi cello concertos with ‘The Toronto Chamber Orchestra’, an ad hoc group assembled for the occasions by conductor by Paul Robinson. Paul was familiar voice on CJRT-FM and also conductor of the CJRT Orchestra and The Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra. The recordings received enthusiastic reviews everywhere. BMG has a new four disc set which happily returns these gems, which have lost none of their sparkle, to the catalogue at budget price [82876678862]. The late Claudio Arrau’s admirers will be pleased to know that Music & Arts has a new CD [CD1158] of the two Chopin concertos. The first with Otto Klemperer and the Cologne WDR Orchestra from 25 October 1954; the second with Fritz Busch and The New York Philharmonic from the U.N. Human Rights Day Concert of 10 December 1950. Arrau was not the usual titan of the keyboard who felt the need to flaunt his considerable technique but a thoughtful musician who did not put himself between the composer and the listener. He treated every note as important and one has only to listen to these performances to know exactly what that means. Klemperer is rather gruff for Chopin but it is Arrau on whom we focus. No complaints about the sound which is remarkably clean and clear and not restricted in dynamics. Another artist who plays more than just the notes is violinist Ida Haendel, well known for her recording of the Sibelius concerto on EMI. Supraphon has a new CD of recordings made in 1959 and 1965 in Prague [SU3782]. The pleasure in hearing her play results from her sensitivity to what the music is saying and passing it on to us. Included is the Glazunov and the Wieniawski 2nd concertos, and for violin and piano, Stravinsky’s Divertimento and Tartini’s Devil’s Trill Sonata. An exceptional disc. Louisville First Edition recordings are back! The original First Edition LPs were just that, introducing music-hungry collectors to composers and compositions which they would never hear in concert nor find elsewhere on the dealers’ shelves. They commissioned works from famous and not so famous composers, introducing us to composers Tobias Picker, Joan Tower, Christopher Rouse, Lou Harrison, John Harbison, and others. There are about 50 CDs out now. An excellent 17 track sampler [FEDC0032] has music by all the above composers and others. Mostly in stereo, each of the tracks samples a disc that, quite likely, would be passed over on a dealer’s shelf. My instant reaction to each track was that I must have this disc. Five more Mercury Living Presence hybrid SACDs are out and I must say that I was startled by the sound of the CD tracks. Audiophiles tumbled over each other fawning over the original digital transfers while invoking the name of Wilma Cozart Fine. The DSD transfers, employing new three-track playback heads to read the original tapes, are superior. I listened to the five of them as CDs and find it difficult to prefer one over the other… the Roumanian and Hungarian Rhapsodies, or Janos Starker’s Dvorak. Byron Janis’s mighty Prokofiev 3rd and Rachmaninoff 1st were recorded in Moscow, as was Balalaika Favorites with the Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra. “Screamers and March Time” with Frederick Fennel is a riot. Bruce Surtees in 1928, gives solid partnership in these remarkable pieces, but my biased ears keep turning to Szeryng. I’ve never heard the famous opening of the Kreutzer sonata played with such a magnificent mixture of technique and soul… and in fact the two become one throughout this recording. Szeryng’s expression through dazzling technique is intriguing and wholly satisfying to listen to. That’s not to say the performances are not without their flaws. They’re live recordings, after all, with a certain “seat of the pants” excitement which occasionally elicits some bloopers, but these are wonderfully in the spirit of the whole thing. Ultimately, the genius of Beethoven shines through: what tremendous and deep insight that man had, and what a miracle it is that we are able to connect to it so fully and intimately in this very Editor’s Note: Reviewer John Beckwith will different day and age. take a closer look at the Louisville Orchestra Larry Beckwith First Edition re-issues next month in DISCoveries. WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM 56 Back to Ad Index J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 NEWfrom Deutsche Grammophon Pierre BOULEZ Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 2 Frédéric Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 Barcarolle, Berceuse On the occasion of his 80th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon celebrates with this release performed by the young Finn, Paavali Jumppanen. “Lays claim to be the most consistently satisfying of the complete sets currently available” Gramophone May 2005 As reviewed in these very pages “Grimaud’s fiery temperament, superb technique, great interpretive skills, inspiration and intuition have made her one of the most exciting and sought after pianists today” DISC OF THE MONTH – WholeNote May 2005 In concert with the TSO June 8 & 9 Hélène Grimaud LANG LANG LANG LANG’S RECENT TORONTO PERFORMANCE OF THE PAGANINI WON OVER THE HEARTS OF THE CROWD AND THE CRITICS! RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI THE PERFECT SOLOIST FOR THIS VIRTUOSO ENSEMBLE —THE GLOBE AND MAIL A PIANIST BORN TO PLAY —THE NATIONAL POST YES, YES—LANG LANG HAS CLAIM TO GREATNESS —TORONTO STAR SERGEI RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2; Pick up your CD of this young master to hear what all the acclaim was about! Georges Bizet Carmen The famous film of the world’s best loved opera, directed by Herbert von Karajan, features the three greatest exponents of their respective roles at the time: Grace Bumbry’s magnificently seductive Carmen, Mirella Freni’s ineffably lovely Micaëla and Jon Vicker’s thrillingly manic-depressive Don José. First time on DVD. JUNE IS DEU TSCHE GRAMMOPHON MONTH AT L’ATELIER GRIGORIAN 20% Back to Ad Index OFF ALL DG CD AND DVD Excludes Special Imports. Sale ends June 30. Toronto • London • Oakville Exciting New Titles From Universal Classics RENÉE FLEMING HAUNTED HEART: A VERY PERSONAL ALBUM OF SONGS THAT SPEAK TO - AND FROM – THE HEART. 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Now you can see your favourite Classical Crossover group in action with sizzling music videos and photo gallery! A must have for all Bond fans! www.bondmusic.net – Available June 28th The Decca soundtrack features original music by 6-time Academy Award® nominee Thomas Newman (Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Road To Perdition, American Beauty)… plus some vintage 1930’s songs featured in the film performed by Eddie Cantor, Bud Freeman and His Windy City Five, Miff Mole and His Molers and Roane’s Pennsylvanians. – Available Now ATMAclassique The International Label from Canada SUZIE LEBLANC ACD2 2387 records for ATMA Classique Internationally-renowned Canadian soprano Suzie LeBlanc has recorded 15 albums for ATMA Classique. This specially-priced sampler CD includes works by Bach and Handel, and comes with the 52-page ATMA 2005 complete catalogue. SACD2 2400 ACD2 2330 ACD2 2260 ACD2 2225 More Suzie Leblanc on ATMA: Celebrating 10 years of great Canadian music-making GREAT ARTISTS GREAT MUSIC GREAT SOUND www.atmaclassique.com J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM 59 saugeenshores small town, great lake ideal getaway Saugeen Shores (the communities of Port Elgin and Southampton) is an historic town surrounded by natural beauty, culture and the arts. Inspire your self on a personal shoreleave of exploration and discovery. Register today, either online or call us toll-free, for your chance to win an exclusive cultural getaway package. www.shoreleaves.com 1-800-387-3456 shoreleaves the water s edge is ’ just our beginning 60 Back to Ad Index merry MEETINGS II: DAVE YOUNG continued from page 11 toured with a grant for more than five years. Three years ago he toured with his Mingus quintet, the group that will play at this year’s Downtown Jazz Festival, but did not get a grant. He was able to find an ‘angel’ who donated several thousand dollars so that the tour would not collapse. By the end of the tour the exercise had cost Dave an equal amount of money, so that he was in fact subsidising his own music. Unfortunately, his is not a unique experience. The old joke of how to make $1 million in jazz – start with $2 million – has a grain of truth in it. David likes festivals and thinks that they are a good thing for the music, but definitely feels that there should be more support available for travelling in this country. Geographically Canada is a very difficult country in which to tour. The United States and Europe have much more concentrated areas of population, whereas we have something like a ‘thin red line’ of target destinations spread out over 3000 miles, often making travel costs prohibitive. It’s also a lot easier to tour as a member of a group than as leader and Dave certainly knows the truth of that from experience. Let’s face it, when he tours as Oscar Peterson’s bass player, all he has to think about is the music. Somebody else takes care of setting up the tour dates, arranging travel, accommodation and taking care of the finances. But when he tours across Canada with his own quintet, all of those responsibilities fall on his shoulders and sometimes the last thing on your mind is the music. Another important lesson that all of us who spend time on the road have learned: every time you go on to play, no matter how you might be feeling, you have to be ‘up’ for your audience, because you only have one shot at it and the impression that audience leaves with is one that will stay with them. They don’t know or care about any problems you might have. If that sounds hard, it is reality. In recent years Dave has spent three to four months a year on the road, down from the six months he used to. He remains committed to it. He feels that being on the road helps to give that edge to his playing. Dave Young is one of the best bassists in the world and a completely rounded musician. He comes from the school that believes a musician owes something to his audience and no matter how large or small that audience, you always give your best. He has been treated like a king in, for example, Brussels and a couple of weeks later, might be playing some small town in Saskatchewan, but you focus on your music in exactly the same fashion, no matter where. He offered Oscar Peterson and Oliver Jones, with whom he has often worked, as good examples. Every time they play, it’s for keeps. His very sound advice to younger musicians is to get as much experience as possible and not to confine it to jazz. Accept different types of engagements. Be aware of different styles; build a repertoire; play with as many of your peers as possible, as well as experienced players. By the same token, he believes established players should spend time with younger musicians. The learning experience can go both ways. It is also important to try and develop a personal sound. All the greats had it and in any case why would you want to sound like 100 other musicians off a production line? One other thing is perhaps worth mentioning. Don’t go into a career in jazz expecting to get rich. My talk with David was, in fact, very timely. On July 1 he is off to Europe for five weeks with Oscar Peterson. This time he won’t lose money. W W W . THEWHOLENOTE . 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Take a glimpse into the infinite Elora Festival Singers Latvian Radio Choir Norwegian Soloists’ Choir Pro Coro Canada 8pm | Saturday | June 4 Norwegian Soloists’ Choir Grete Pedersen, Conductor Pro Coro Canada Richard Sparks, Conductor Images of Canada Elmer Iseler Singers Lydia Adams, Conductor Nathaniel Dett Chorale Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, Conductor and Chura Churum by Harry Somers featuring 8 soloists conducted by Les Dala 8pm | Friday | June 10 Tafelmusik Chamber Choir Frieder Bernius, Guest Conductor and explore the choral music of 3pm | Sunday | June 5 8pm | Saturday | June 11 the circumpolar world during Latvian Radio Choir Voices of Youth Hamrahlid Soundstreams Canada’s Kaspars Putnins, Conductor 8pm | Monday | June 6 Northern Voices Festival & Conference. 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This is your one-stop resource. It includes: a 4-page, 102-festival chart listing information (and websites) for each summer festival; profiles, in their own words, of 17 diverse festivals; detailed concert listings for festivals taking place between June 1 and July 7; and several short feature articles to whet your appetite. There is also summer festival coverage in the other parts of the magazine this month, including our cover stories, mention of festivals in many of our regular columns, and advertising throughout. A word about “A la Carte” — our festival chart, commencing on page G4. It covers festivals in Canada, mainly in Ontario and Quebec but also major festivals in other provinces. It includes mainly classical, jazz, and world music festivals, but we also incorporated folk, blues, celtic festivals and more. Festivals are listed alphabetically within each region. The Ontario region, because it is our home base, is divided into four zones, as you can see from the adjacent map – southwest, central, east, and north. One of the four zone numbers on the map appears next to the name of each Ontario festival in the chart. This way you can use the zones for deciding which festivals to get sidetracked by along the way if you are planning a trip to a certain part of Ontario this summer! We’re aware that alphabetical listings are not as helpful as dates when planning a musical excursion. So we’ve also included, below, a list of festivals by starting date. Note that a dash (–) between the dates refers to a festival that is inclusive of those days and an ellipsis (…) between the May 25… Jun 18 Montreal Chamber Music Festival, PQ Jun 02– Jun 05 Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival, ON Jun 03–Jun 05 Muhtadi International Drumming Festival, ON Jun 03– Jun 12 Northern Voices Choral Festival, ON Jun 05...Jun 19 Music in the Orchard, ON Jun 10–Jun 19 Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival, ON Jun 10–Jun 12 Brass in the Grass, ON Jun 12 Hamilton International Tattoo, ON Jun14...Jun 18 The Enbridge Mozart Effect, AB Jun 17... Aug 12 Banff Summer Arts Festival, AB Jun 17–Jun 19 Barbados on the Water, ON Jun 17... Aug 12 Collingwood Music Festival, ON Jun 17–Jun 19 Markham Village Music Festival ON Jun 17... Sep 25 Music at Sharon, ON Jun 17– Jun 19 Taste of Little Italy, ON Jun 18 Brampton Folk Festival, ON Jun 18 UpTown Country Festival, ON Jun 23– Jun 26 Montreal Baroque Festival PQ Jun 23–Jul 03 Ottawa International Jazz Festival, ON Jun 24–Jun 26 Grand River Baroque Festival, ON Jun 24–Jul 03 TD Canada Trust Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival, ON Jun 24– Jun 26 Tottenham Bluegrass Festival, ON Jun 25... Aug 27 Domaine Forget International Festival, PQ Jun 25– Jul 03 Festival de Musique Anglaise, PQ Jun 26... Jul 31 Festival Alexandria, ON Jun 26...Sep 18 Summer Music in the Garden, ON Jun 29... Jul 27 Festival Mozart Plus, PQ Jun 29– Jul 06 Waterloo Viola Camp Concerts, ON Jun 30– Jul 10 Montreal Jazz Festival, PQ Jul 01...Aug 18 Brott Summer Music Festival, ON Jul 01– Jul 03 Extravaganza! A Feast for the Senses, ON Jul 01...Sep 05 Unionville Summer Concert Series, ON, Jul 02–Jul 24 Huntsville Festival of the Arts, ON, Jul 02–Aug 01 Westben - Concerts at The Barn, ON, Jul 03–Jul 10 Festival 500: Sharing the Voices, NF, Jul 03...Aug 28 Indian River Festival, PEI Jul 05...Aug 23 Jazz in the Park, ON Jul 05–Jul 08 Toronto Summer Chamber Music Festival, ON dates refers to a festival that has concerts intermittently between the listed dates, for example once a week or only on weekends. Summer music festivals offer a wonderful opportunity to hear extraordinary music in out-of-the-ordinary settings: barns, like Westben, Grand River and Elora; the open air, like Lanaudière; outdoors in the city, such as the Downtown and Uptown Toronto Jazz Festivals, and Baroque Montreal. We hope these green pages will help you take advantage of the summer’s bounty! Hop to it! A glorious summer awaits! Catherine Muir (2) 69 11 Back to Ad Index 400 (1) (3) Toronto London 401 Ottawa (4) 401 LAKE ONTARIO 406 ERIE 102 Festivals: by start date Jul 07–Jul 10 Baie des Chaleurs Int’l. Chamber Music Festival, NB Jul 07–Jul 17 Festival d’été de Quebec, PQ Jul 07–Jul 10 Sunfest ‘05: Celebration of World Cultures, ON Jul 07–Jul 10 UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival, ON Jul 07–Jul 10 Winnipeg Folk Festival, MN Jul 08...Aug 20 Artspring Festival: Sizzling Summer Nights, BC Jul 08–Jul 10 Beats, Breaks & Culture: Electronic Music, BC Jul 08–Jul 10 Canterbury Folk Festival, ON Jul 08–Jul 10 Celebrate Toronto Street Festival, ON Jul 08–Jul 17 Cisco Systems Toronto Bluesfest, ON Jul 08–Jul 10 Corso Italia Toronto Street Festival, ON Jul 08...Jul 31 Elora Festival, ON Jul 08–Jul 10 Mariposa Folk Festival, ON Jul 08–Jul 10 Northern Lights Festival Boréal, ON Jul 08...Aug 13 Orford Festival, PQ Jul 08–Jul 10 Uptown Jazz Festival, ON Jul 09–Aug 07 Festival de Lanaudière, PQ Jul 09–Jul 10 Great Canadian Town Band Festival, ON Jul 09...Aug 13 Music at Port Milford, ON Jul 14–Jul 24 Beaches International Jazz Festival, ON Jul 15–Jul 17 All Over the Map: A Feast of Global Sounds, ON Jul 15–Jul 17 Almaguin Music Festival, ON Jul 15–Jul 24 Atlantic Jazz Festival, NS Jul 15–Aug 7 Festival of the Sound, ON Jul 15–Jul 17 Home County Folk Festival, ON Jul 15–Jul 17 Stewart Park Festival, ON Jul 17...Aug 28 Festival des grandes Orgues de Notre-Dame, PQ Jul 17...Aug 13 Musique Royale, NS Jul 21–Jul 24 Calgary Folk Music Festival, AB Jul 21–Jul 24 London Early Music Festival, ON Jul 21–Jul 31 Vancouver Chamber Music Festival, BC Jul 22–Jul 24 Dim Sum: Sampling Contemporary Chinese Culture, ON Jul 22–Jul 24 Hillside Festival, ON WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM G2 QUEBEC GEORGIAN Parry Sound BAY Muskoka NEW YORK STATE Jul 22–Jul 24 Mission Folk Music Festival, BC Jul 22–Jul 24 Wine, Blues And All That Jazz, ON Jul 23–Aug 06 Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, ON Jul 24–Aug 13 Vancouver Early Music Festival, BC Jul 25–Aug 17 Niagara International Chamber Music Festival, ON Jul 27–Jul 31 Festival International de Musique de Lameque, NB Jul 27–Aug 14 Stratford Summer Music, ON Jul 29–Jul 31 Festival Mémoire et Racines, PQ Jul 29–Jul 31 Mill Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music, ON Jul 31–Aug 13 Kincardine Summer Music Festival, ON Jul 31–Aug 14 Mountain View Festival of Song and Chamber Music, AB Aug 01–Aug 14 Festival Vancouver, BC Aug 02–Aug 13 Muskoka Lakes Music Festival, ON Aug 05–Aug 07 Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival, ON Aug 05–Aug 07 Goderich Celtic Roots Festival, ON Aug 05–Aug 07 Live From the Rock Folk Festival, ON Aug 11...Aug 20 Southern Ontario Chamber Music Institute, ON Aug 12–Aug 14 Trout Forest Music Festival, ON Aug 18–Aug 21 Prince Edward County 2005 Jazz Festival, ON Aug 19–Aug 21 Alexander Keith’s East Coast Rhythms, ON Aug 19–Aug 21 Summerfolk Music & Crafts Festival, ON Aug 25–Aug 28 CKCU Ottawa Folk Festival, ON Aug 26–Aug 28 Eaglewood Folk Festival, ON Aug 26–Aug 28 Peterborough Folk Festival, ON Sep 02–Sep 04 Fiesta del Sol ‘05, ON Sep 07–Sep 11 Guelph Jazz Festival, ON Sep 22–Sep 24 Prince Edward County Classical Music Festival, ON Sep 23–Sep 25 All Canadian Jazz Festival, ON Sep 23–Sep 25 Sweetwater Music Weekend, ON Sep 24–Oct 03 Colours of Music, ON J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 merry MEETINGS III Olivier Fortin: Continuo motion E-mail interview by Masha Buell Hello Olivier! Where are you now? And what does your summer look like? Thanks for your email! I’m on the road in northern Ontario, but I am happy to let you know what my “crazy” schedule will be in the next few months! May 23rd: a three-harpsichord concert with Skip Sempé and Pierre Hantaï in Brest, France; June 3-10: teaching at the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute; June 22-29: PHOTO: JEAN-FRANCOIS CRAUSTE concerts - Montreal Baroque Festival and Domaine Forget; July 10: concert in St-Michel-en-Thierarche (France) with Capriccio Stravagante; July 16: concert in Madrid (Spain) with Capriccio Stravagante; July 28-31: 4 concerts at Stratford Summer Music Festival with Masques Ensemble and soprano Cassie Webster; August 2- 4: Christmas recording in Montreal with Masques for Analekta; August 13- 22: US tour with Tafelmusik; August 31- September 5: Germany (Irsee) with Tafelmusik. I think that’s most of it. Have to find some time to practice here and there and also enjoy the sun! Home is… ? Home is Montréal, in our beautiful Little Italy area. But my partner lives in Paris, where I spend lots of time during the year, especially in summer. Who are you expecting to encounter over the summer? In Europe I’ll be working with Skip Sempé’s ensemble, Capriccio Stravagante. It’s more or less always the same people, some of whom I met when I studied in Amsterdam 6 years ago. I also work with a fantastic young ensemble, Opera Quarta, which specializes in trio sonata repertoire. They are based in London/Amsterdam. The first violinist of this ensemble, Sophie Gent, also works with my Montreal ensemble, Masques; I work with Sophie on both sides of the Atlantic. The Christmas CD and the Stratford concert, Masques with Cassie Webster, will include musicians I work with in Toronto, like violinist Geneviève Gilardeau (we made our “debut” together more than 10 years ago), luthenist Lucas Harris, and violinist Aisslinn Nosky. I also work with Aisslinn occasionally and her ensemble I Furiosi. Compare summer to the rest of the year? Summer is a great time for musicians. For those like me who teach – I teach in Quebec’s Conservatory of Music – it’s a time you don’t have to worry about being home every week or so for your students. I don’t want to be misunderstood – I love teaching! But in the summer so many great festivals happen all around and we get fantastic opportunities to travel. I play 70 percent of my concerts during the summer season. The best thing is that you get to know people over the years and then you keep working with the ones you like the most, wherever they live! How is it, travelling as a harpsichordist? Sometimes you have great surprises, like sometimes an instrument that can barely be called a harpsichord. You usually don’t have time to explore the instrument and anyways, in the case of a bad instrument, it is better not to fight with it for too long....You take a deep breath and make the best you can out of it. I am very, very difficult with the choice of instruments and sometimes I get quite unhappy. And tuning – tuning is just part of the job. All this is part of a harpsichordist’s life: if you travel, you have to accept it. So what’s your idea of a holiday? One great thing is that I sometimes use the opportunity of summer concerts to stay where work brings me. For instance, after the concert that I have in Madrid this summer, I will probably go for a few days in the Sevilla region and enjoy a few days off. J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM G3 A LA CARTE — 102 FESTIVALS, ONTARIO AND BEYOND FESTIVAL NAME TYPE OF MUSIC LOCATION Alexander Keith’s East Coast Rhythms All Canadian Jazz Festival All Over the Map: A Feast of Global Sounds Almaguin Music Festival Barbados on the Water Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival Beaches International Jazz Festival Beats, Breaks & Culture: Electronic Music Brampton Folk Festival Brass in the Grass Brott Summer Music Festival Canterbury Folk Festival Celebrate Toronto Street Festival Cisco Systems Toronto Bluesfest CKCU Ottawa Folk Festival Collingwood Music Festival Colours of Music Corso Italia Toronto Street Festival Dim Sum: Sampling Chinese Culture Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival Eaglewood Folk Festival Elora Festival Extravaganza! A Feast for the Senses Festival Alexandria Festival of the Sound Fiesta del Sol ‘05 Goderich Celtic Roots Festival Grand River Baroque Festival Great Canadian Town Band Festival Guelph Jazz Festival Hamilton International Tattoo Hillside Festival Home County Folk Festival Huntsville Festival of the Arts Jazz in the Park Kincardine Summer Music Festival Live From the Rock Folk Festival London Early Music Festival Mariposa Folk Festival Markham Village Music Festival Mill Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music Muhtadi International Drumming Festival Music at Port Milford Music at Sharon Music in the Orchard - City of Toronto Muskoka Lakes Music Festival Niagara International Chamber Music Fest. Northern Lights Festival Boréal Northern Voices Choral Festival Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival Ottawa International Chamber Music Fest. Ottawa International Jazz Festival East Coast, Celtic Jazz World Bluegrass, Jazz Bajan Jazz, Blues Jazz & more Electronic Folk Jazz Classical, Jazz, Chamber, Pops Folk Variety Blues Folk, Roots Classical, Jazz, World Classical Classical, Salsa & more Chinese Jazz Folk Classical, Jazz World Chamber Classical/Chamber, Jazz Latin American Celtic Baroque Wind, Brass, Military Bands Jazz Military Bands Folk, Pop, Jazz, World Folk Classical, Jazz, Choral & more Jazz Jazz, Classical, Blues & more Folk, Blues Early Opera, Chamber Folk Jazz, Folk & more Traditional Folk Drumming Chamber Folk, Classical, & Jazz Variety Classical, Jazz & more Chamber/Classical Jazz, Folk & more Choral Jazz, Blues Classical/Chamber Jazz Toronto (3) Fri Aug 19–Sun Aug 21 Port Hope (4) Fri Sep 23–Sun Sep 25 Toronto (3) Fri Jul 15–Sun Jul 17 Sundridge (2) Fri Jul 15–Sun Jul 17 Toronto (3) Fri Jun 17–Sun Jun 19 Barrie (2) Fri Jun 10–Sun Jun 19, many concerts and venues daily Toronto (3) Thu Jul 14–Sun Jul 24, many concerts and venues daily Toronto (3) Fri Jul 8–Sun Jul 10 Brampton (1) Sat Jun 18 Toronto (3) Fri Jun 10–Sun Jun 12 Hamilton & area (1) Fri Jul 1–Thu Aug 18 Ingersoll (1) Fri Jul 8–Sun Jul 10 Toronto (3) Fri Jul 8–Sun Jul 10 Toronto (3) Fri Jul 8–Sun Jul 17, many concerts and venues daily Ottawa (4) Thu Aug 25–Sun Aug 28 Collingwood (2) Fri Jun 17–Fri Aug 12, 13 concerts, mainly on weekends Barrie (2) Sat Sep 24–Mon Oct 3, 44 concerts in total Toronto (3) Fri Jul 8–Sun Jul 10 Toronto (3) Fri Jul 22–Sun Jul 24 Oakville (1) Fri Aug 5–Sun Aug 7 Georgina (2) Fri Aug 26–Sun Aug 28 Elora (1) Fri Jul 8–Sun Jul 31, concerts mainly on weekends Toronto (3) Fri Jul 1–Sun Jul 3 Alexandria (4) Sun Jun 26–Sun Jul 31, Sundays at 3pm Parry Sound (2) Fri Jul 15–Sun Aug 7 London (1) Fri Sep 2–Sun Sep 4 Goderich (1) Fri Aug 5–Sun Aug 7 Ayr (1) Fri Jun 24–Sun Jun 26 Orono (3) Sat Jul 9–Sun Jul 10, Tattoo Jul 10 at 8pm Guelph (1) Wed Sep 7–Sun Sep 11 Hamilton (1) Sun June 12 Guelph (1) Fri Jul 22–Sun Jul 24 London (1) Fri Jul 15–Sun Jul 17 Huntsville (2) Sat Jul 2–Sun Jul 24, concerts almost every day Wasaga Beach (2) Tue Jul 5–Tue Aug 23, Tuesdays at 7pm Kincardine (1) Sun Jul 31–Sat Aug 13, concerts daily Red Rock (2) Fri Aug 5–Sun Aug 7 London (1) Thu Jul 21–Sun Jul 24 Orillia (2) Fri Jul 8–Sun Jul 10 Markham (1) Fri Jun 17–Sun Jun 19 Cambridge (1) Fri Jul 29–Sun Jul 31 Toronto (3) Fri Jun 3–Sun Jun 5 Prince Edward Co. (4) Sat Jul 9–Sat Aug 13, concerts on weekends Sharon (3) Fri Jun 17–Sun Sep 25, weekend concerts, & Sundays 2pm Toronto (3) Sun Jun 5–Sun Jun 19, Sundays at 1:30pm Port Carling (2) Tue Aug 2–Sat Aug 13, daily concerts Niagara-on-the-Lake (1) Mon Jul 25–Wed Aug 17, concerts daily Sudbury (2) Fri Jul 8–Sun Jul 10 Toronto (3) Fri Jun 3–Sun Jun 12, concerts daily Orangeville (1) Thu Jun 2–Sun Jun 5 Ottawa (4) Sat Jul 23–Sat Aug 6, 120 concerts in total Ottawa (4) Thu Jun 23–Sun Jul 3, concerts daily at many venues G4 Back to Ad Index WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM DATES JUNE 1 - JULY 7 2005 GET PROGRAM DETAILS FROM OVER 100 WEBSITES PHONE E-MAIL WEBSITE PRICES 416-973-4000 905-885-1938 416-973-4000 800-668-5849 416-973-4000 N/A 416-698-2152 416-973-4000 647-233-3655 416-201-7093 905-525-7664 519-485-5763 416-395-0490 866-258-3748 613-230-8234 888-283-1712 705-726-4980 416-922-4459 416-973-4000 905-844-4520 705-437-2976 519-846-0331 416-973-4000 514-484-9076 866-364-0061 519-672-1522 519-524-8221 800-265-8977 800-294-1032 519-763-4952 905-523-1753 519-763-6396 519-432-4310 800-663-2787 705-429-2247 866-453-9716 807-886-1091 519-685-6526 705-329-2333 905-472-2022 519-621-7135 416-504-3786 613-476-7735 905-478-2389 416-392-6910 888-311-2787 905-468-5566 800-465-6655 416-504-1282 519-941-7875 613-234-8008 613-241-2633 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] no email [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.harbourfrontcentre.com www.allcanadianjazz.ca www.harbourfrontcentre.com no website www.harbourfrontcentre.com www.barriejazzbluesfest.com www.beachesjazz.com www.harbourfrontcentre.com www3.sympatico.ca/bramptonfolk www.brassinthegrass.ca www.brottmusic.com www.canterburyfolkfestival.on.ca www.city.toronto.on.ca www.ottawa-bluesfest.ca www.ottawafolk.org www.collingwoodmusicfestival.com www.coloursofmusic.ca www.torontofiesta.com www.harbourfrontcentre.com www.oakvillejazz.com www.eaglewoodfolk.com www.elorafestival.com www.harbourfrontcentre.com no website www.festivalofthesound.ca www.sunfest.on.ca www.celticfestival.ca www.grbf.ca www.townbandfestival.com www.guelphjazzfestival.com www.hamiltontattoo.ca www.hillside.on.ca www.homecounty.ca www.huntsvillefestival.on.ca www.wasagabeach.com/visitors/ www.ksmf.ca www.livefromtherock.com www.londonearlyopera.ca www.folk-festival.org www.markham-festival.org www.millracefolksociety.com www.muhtadidrumfest.com www.mpmcamp.org www.sharontemple.ca www.toronto.ca/culture/events.htm www.artsinmuskoka.com www.niagaramusicfest.com www.northernlightsfestival.com www.soundstreams.ca www.orangevillebluesandjazz.ca www.chamberfest.com www.ottawajazzfestival.com free free-$30, plus park admission free $12-$20 free TBA free free free free $25-$38, subscriptions available free free gold circle pass $250, w/end $60, day $25 all-event pass $55/$65 $32-$45, youth concerts $5-$10, pass $160 $20-$40, festival passport $20-$55 free free free, $35 Molly Johnson passes: day $20-$30, w/end $40-$60 $10-$45, passports and memberships available free $10-$15; season tickets $75 and $50 $30, passes $130-$575 free day pass $20-$25, w/end $40-$55 adults $15-$30, students $10-$20 free, tattoo $10 TBA, tickets go on sale July 2 $15-$27 w/end pass $60-$80, day/eve pass $30-$50 free $20-$45; free offerings daily free $15-$20, 13-concert series available passes - $35 day, w/end $40-$65 $15, $12 students/seniors, festival pass $40 $40-$45/day, w/end pass $29-$75 free free free $8-$15, 4-concert pass $24-$45 $5-$20 free $20-$35, season pass $175, double pass $300 TBA $50 w/end pass, $7 daytime, $20-$25 evening $13-$40 free adult passes $70-$80, student passes $40-$50 $10-$47.50, passes $90-$175 JUNE 1 - JULY 7 2005 WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM G5 A LA CARTE – 102 FESTIVALS, ONTARIO AND BEYOND (Continued) FESTIVAL NAME TYPE OF MUSIC LOCATION DATES PHONE E-MAIL Thu Aug 11–Sat Aug 20, four concerts over nine days Fri Jul 15–Sun Jul 17 Wed Jul 27–Sun Aug 14, 56 concerts over three weeks Sun Jun 26–Sun Sep 18, Thu at 7pm & most Sun 4pm Fri Aug 19–Sun Aug 21 Thu Jul 7–Sun Jul 10 Fri Sep 23–Sun Sep 25 Fri Jun 17–Sun Jun 19 Fri Jun 24–Sun Jul 3, concerts daily at many venues Tues Jul 5–Fri Jul 8 Fri Jun 24–Fri Jun 26 Fri Aug 12–Sun Aug 14 Fri Jul 1–Mon Sep 5, weekends and holidays Sat Jun 18 Fri Jul 8–Sun Jul 10 Thu Jul 7–Sun Jul 10 Wed Jun 29–Wed Jul 6, four weekday concerts Sat Jul 2–Mon Aug 1 Fri Jul 22–Sun Jul 24 705-749-1130 416-920-3341 613-476-7792 613-476-7042 905-842-5865 613-264-1190 800-567-1600 416-973-4000 519-371-2995 519-672-1522 519-376-3517 416-240-9338 416-928-2033 416-205-5555 888-258-4727 866-876-8833 905-477-0117 519-885-1921 905-889-6567 519-885-1921 519-742-2604 877-883-5777 519-469-8221 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] no email [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Sat Jun 25–Sat Aug 27, many concerts Sat Jul 9–Sun Aug 7, concerts daily Sat Jun 25–Sun Jul 3, classes and concerts Sun Jul 17–Sun Aug 28, Sundays at 7pm Thu Jul 7–Sun Jul 17 Fri Jul 29–Sun Jul 31 Wed Jun 29–Wed Jul 27, Wednesdays at 7:30pm Thu Jun 23–Sun Jun 26 Wed May 25–Sat Jun 18, concerts mainly on weekends Thu Jun 30–Sun Jul 10, concerts daily at many venues Fri Jul 8–Sat Aug 13, 18 concerts-1 opera-mainly w/ends 888-336-7438 450-759-7636 819-821-8040 866-842-2925 888-992-5200 888-810-6798 514-842-9951 800-845-7171 514-489-3444 888-515-0515 800-567-6155 [email protected] www.domaineforget.com [email protected] www.lanaudiere.org [email protected] www.usherbrooke.ca/musique [email protected] www.basiliquenddm.org [email protected] www.infofestival.com [email protected] www.memoireracines.qc.ca no email www.osm.ca [email protected] www.montrealbaroque.com [email protected] www.festivalmontreal.org [email protected] www.montrealjazzfest.com [email protected] www.arts-orford.org $5-$25, season (10 tickets) pass $240 TBA TBA free TBA day/evening $10-$35, w/end pass $25-$50 $16-$36 passes:$100/$75/$50; 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Classical Music Festival Classical Picton (4) Prince Edward County Jazz Music Festival. Jazz Picton(4) Fri Aug 26–Sun Aug 28 Sun Jul 10 at 3pm Thu Sep 22–Sat Sep 24 Thu Aug 18–Sun Aug 21 Southern Ontario Chamber Music Institute Chamber/Classical Stewart Park Festival Folk, Bluegrass, Jazz & more Stratford Summer Music Classical, Cabaret, Opera Summer Music in the Garden Classical, New, Jazz, World Summerfolk Music & Crafts Festival Folk Sunfest ’05: A Celebration of World Cultures World, Jazz Sweetwater Music Weekend Classical/Chamber Taste of Little Italy Classical, Salsa & more TD Canada Trust TO Downtown Jazz Festival Jazz Toronto Summer Chamber Music Festival Classical/Chamber Tottenham Bluegrass Festival Bluegrass Trout Forest Music Festival Bluegrass, Gospel, Folk Unionville Summer Concert Series Swing, Jazz, Opera & more UpTown Country Festival Country Uptown Jazz Festival Jazz UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival Jazz Waterloo Viola Camp Concerts Classical Westben - Concerts at The Barn Classical, Jazz & more Wine, Blues And All That Jazz Jazz & Blues Oakville (1) Perth (4) Stratford (1) Toronto (3) Owen Sound (2) London (1) Owen Sound (2) Toronto (3) Toronto (3) Toronto (3) Tottenham (1) Ear Falls (2) Unionville (1) Waterloo (1) Toronto (3) Waterloo (1) Waterloo (1) Campbellford (4) Woodstock (1) GET PROGRAM DETAILS FROM OVER 100 WEBSITES WEBSITE PRICES www.peterboroughfolkfestival.org www.pauljenkins.ca/events.asp www.pecmisicfestival.com www.pecjazz.org www.socmi.on.ca/index.html www.stewartparkfestival.ca www.stratfordsummermusic.ca www.harbourfrontcentre.com www.summerfolk.org www.sunfest.on.ca www.swmw.ca www.tasteoflittleitaly.com www.torontojazz.com www.mgam.com/festival/press.htm www.tottenhambluegrass.ca www.troutfest.com www.unionvilleinfo.com www.uptowncountrywaterloo.com www.uptownjazzfestival.com www.uptownwaterloojazz.ca www.viola.ca/violacamp www.westben.on.ca www.winebluesjazz.com free and ticketed events $20 in advance or at the door $10-$20, passes $25-$50 $30 $15-$25, 4-concert series $45-$75 free free-$25, all-performance pass $200 free day $25-$45, w/end pass $50-$80 free $20, $50 w/end pass free free to $125.50; passes $40 to $280.50 $30, stud./arts workers $10, $110 series pass w/end pass $50-$65, $15-$25 day/night day and w/end passes $10-$60 free free free (July 9-10), gala $40-$45 July 7 gala $25, July 8-10 free admission by donation $15-$40, jazz w/end pass $75 one day $25, two days $40, three days $60 QUEBEC Domaine Forget International Festival Festival de Lanaudière Festival de Musique Anglaise Festival des grandes Orgues de Notre-Dame Festival d’été de Quebec Festival Mémoire et Racines Festival Mozart Plus Montreal Baroque Festival Montreal Chamber Music Festival Montreal Jazz Festival Orford Festival Classical, Jazz Classical Choral Organ Classical, Popular, Electronic Traditional Quebec Classical Baroque Classical/Chamber Jazz & more Classical Atlantic Jazz Festival Baie des Chaleurs Chamber Music Festival Festival 500: Sharing the Voices Fest. International de Musique de Lamèque Indian River Festival Musique Royale Artspring Festival: Sizzling Summer Nights Banff Summer Arts Festival Calgary Folk Music Festival Festival Vancouver Mission Folk Music Festival Mountain View Festival The Enbridge Mozart Effect Vancouver Chamber Music Festival Vancouver Early Music Festival Winnipeg Folk Festival Jazz Chamber/Classical Choral Baroque Classical, Jazz, World & more Early, Traditional Choral, Jazz, World, Classical Classical, Jazz & more Folk Classical, World, Jazz Folk Classical/Chamber Classical Classical/Chamber Early, Chamber Folk Saint-Irénée Joliette Sherbrooke Old Montreal Quebec City Joliette Old Montreal Montreal Montreal Montreal Orford OTHER PROVINCES G6 Back to Ad Index Halifax, NS Dalhousie, NB St. John’s, NF Lamèque Island, NB Indian River, PEI Nova Scotia Salt Spring Is., BC Banff, AB Calgary, AB Vancouver, BC Mission, BC Calgary, AB Edmonton, AB Vancouver, BC Vancouver, BC Winnipeg, MN WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM JUNE 1 - JULY 7 2005 JUNE 1 - JULY 7 2005 www.jazzeast.com www.fmcbc.nb.ca www.festival500.com www.festivalbaroque.com www.indianriverfestival.com www.musiqueroyale.com www.artspring.ca/festival.htm www.banffcentre.ca/bsaf/ www.calgaryfolkfest.com www.festivalvancouver.bc.ca www.missionfolkmusicfestival.ca www.mountainviewfestival.com www.edmontonsymphony.com www.vanrecital.com www.earlymusic.bc.ca www.winnipegfolkfestival.ca WWW.THEWHOLENOTE.COM G7 2005 SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVALS A bout 180 music presenters are members of WholeNote magazine. Annually, in our October issue, we publish profiles of these members in our “blue pages”. For the presenters which are only active during the summer months, however, we print the profiles in our June issue. Following are seventeen short profiles of summer music festivals, in their own words. This is not meant to be a comprehensive group of festivals; see our “A la carte” chart of 102 festivals across Canada for a better overview of all summer 2005 festivals. These descriptions will give you a taste of what summer has to offer musically this year, however, as the festivals profiled here are representative of the spectrum of what is happening this summer: they range from jazz to classical, from urban to country settings, and from downtown Toronto to rural Quebec settings. B ROTT S UMMER M USIC F ESTIVAL Hamilton, Ontario Brott Music Festival, from July 1 to August 18, 2005, celebrates its 18th season as Canada’s largest orchestral music festival and opens Boston Pops-style. Its “boutiquestyle” programming also includes jazz, chamber music, pops and family/education concerts throughout the Hamilton, Burlington, and Muskoka regions. Founded in 1988 by conductor Boris Brott, the 2005 program includes a “Connect the Classics” series, which explores the musical connec-tions between composers over the centuries. Package subscriptions available. The 2005 lineup includes world-class soloists, jazz artists and the National Academy Orchestra. The orchestra, founded by Brott, is recognized as Canada’s National Orchestral School for its pairing of young music graduates with seasoned professionals from Canada’s finest orchestras. [email protected] 888-475-9377 905-525-7664 www.brottmusic.com squarely on Canada’s musical map. This is the first time the Elora Festival Singers have released their full season schedule along with announcing the line-up for the Elora Festival. The Singers’ 26th season features a collection of choral masterworks including Vivaldi’s Gloria, Bach’s St. John Passion and Handel’s Messiah, along with innovative programs such as Mozart’s Letters, Amahl and The Night Visitors, and a salute to composers from the British Isles. [email protected] 519-846-0331 www.elorafestival.com F ESTIVAL DE L ANAUDIÈRE Joliette, Quebec Festival de Lanaudière is the largest classical music festival in Canada, enjoyed by more than 50,000 visitors each year. Lanaudière is proud to have presented in the past the likes of Cecilia Bartoli, Maxim Vengerov, Renata Scotto, Itzhak Perlman, Mitsuko Uchida, Karita Mattila, Mstislav Rostropovich and so many others. Located in the city of Joliette, about thirty minutes from the eastern tip of the Island of Montreal, its covered 2000-seat Amphitheatre is truly unique. The site takes the form of a shallow basin in a vale belted by hundred-year-old trees, where open-air symphonic concerts are transformed into truly exceptional musical and acoustical experiences. The 2005 season runs from July 9 to August 7, hosting superstars such as pianists Nikolaï Lugansky and Alain Lefevre, singers Ben Heppner and Deborah Voigt in romantic opera duets, Angela Hewitt with the Autralian Chamber Orchestra, and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore and soprano Mary Dunleavy in bel canto duets. [email protected] 1-800-561-4343 www.lanaudiere.org F ESTIVAL OF THE Parry Sound, Ontario Welcome to the 26th annual Festival of the Sound! The Festival of the Sound is a treasure, combining the beautiful landscape of the Parry Sound waterfront with world-class chamber music. The Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, a spectacular new concert hall on the shores of Georgian Bay, is home to the festival. James Campbell, artistic director with the festival for over two decades, is carrying forward with many of our traditions in the 2005 summer season, promising “musical offerings that will stimulate your mind and open your heart.” Throughout the festival, you will discover “collaboration” concerts. Each of these introduces an exciting meeting of creative musical minds. E LORA F ESTIVAL Elora, Ontario The Elora Festival and the Elora Festival Singers start their next 25 years on July 8, 2005, with Haydn’s masterful Creation as the annual summer Elora Festival brings to southern Ontario an unmatched programme celebrating the best of the human voice. From the vivid beauty of Haydn to the power and joy of the Harlem Gospel Choir and the serene luminescence of Christine Brandes, the month-long 26th Elora Festival presents a showcase of singers and songs in a tradition that has put the beautiful Ontario village of Elora Festival de Lanaudière WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM G8 Back to Ad Index S OUND These unique musical innovations are a festival specialty! You will notice an intensification of “Music from the Inside Out.” This program gives you the opportunity to enjoy learning as well as listening while becoming more intimate with the musicians and the music they play while at the Festival of the Sound. Join us for over 70 performances in three-and-a-half weeks, from July 15 to August 7, 2005. James Campbell, Artistic Director 42 James Street, Parry Sound, Ontario P2A 2Z1 [email protected] 1-866-364-0061 705-746-2410 www.festivalofthesound.ca G RAND R IVER B AROQUE F ESTIVAL Ayr, Ontario The Grand River Baroque Festival’s fourth exciting season in the rustic Buehlow Barn begins Friday with a spectacular selection of J.S. Bach’s greatest works and culminates Sunday with the St. Matthew Passion conducted by Victor Martens. Saturday’s period instrument concerts focus on the Realm of Nature, with Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Boismortier’s Fall and Spring and works by Rameau, Tartini, Zavateri and Biber. Friday and Saturday evening’s Moonlight Concerts feature solo harpsichordist David Louie presenting Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, preceded on Saturday by the “WellTempered Trifles” reception. This year’s petting zoo features the bassoon. The annual Festival Feast and Baroque Coffee House add a special culinary touch to the weekend. Artists include Julie Baumgartel, Pascal Charbonneau, Farran James, Daniel Lichti, James Mason, Linda Melsted, Jennifer Enns Modolo, Sharla Nafziger, Laura Pudwell, Gary Relyea, Joseph Schnurr, Dominic Teresi, Julia Wedman, and the GRBF Ensemble and Chorus. The annual Readathon (amateur musician workshops) is June 18, 9am-4:30pm, with James McKay “Getting a Handle on Handel” and Alison Melville’s recorder workshop. Buehlow Barn, Twp Rd 12, Ayr, ON Box Office: Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N, Kitchener, ON N2H 6P7 [email protected] 519-578-1570 1-800-265-8977 www.grbf.ca J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 James Campbell Artistic Director Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts Parry Sound, Ontario FES∏IVAL of πhe SOU±D july 15 ~ augusπ 7, 2005 Parry Sound’s world renowned summer Festival offers classical music and jazz in a spectacular new concert hall right on the Parry Sound waterfront! highlights Penderecki String Quartet Gala Opening Concert, Les Violons du Roy ~ july 15 Winston Choi, Stockey Young Artist ~ july 17 Gryphon Trio performs the complete cycle of Mozart Piano Trios ~ july 27 ~ 29 collaborations ~ unique meetings of musical minds Winston Choi Quartetto Gelato with the Arthur LeBlanc String Quartet ~ july 19 Jane Bunnett and Spirits of Havana & Penderecki String Quartet ~ july 31 Dancetheatre David Earle with Penderecki String Quartet ~ august 5 sunset on the bay ~ musical cruises West Side Stories: Bernstein, Joplin and Gershwin ~ july 17 Music of the Swing Era ~ august 1 Quartetto Gelato Elmer Iseler Singers ~ august 7 For a brochure, call 1-866-364-0061 705-746-2410 FAX: 705-746-5639 BOX OFFICE: 42 James Street, Parry Sound E-MAIL: [email protected] WEB SITE: www.festivalofthesound.ca TEL: J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 FOTS_05_Wholenote_final.indd 1 Back to Ad Index WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM G9 5/18/2005 3:17:35 PM H UNTSVILLE F ESTIVAL OF THE A RTS Huntsville, Ontario For the past twelve years, the Huntsville Festival of the Arts has hosted top-notch local, national, and international artists. From its early beginnings as a classicallybased music festival at Deerhurst Resort, the festival has grown and diversified to present artistic offerings in jazz, pop, choral, celtic, country, orchestral, and classical music as well as theatre, written word, poetry, and the visual arts. The 2005 season includes Quebec’s renowned Les Violons Du Roy, Sinatra-style crooner Matt Dusk, Michael Burgess, the smooth jazz sounds of Carol Welsman and Denzal Sinclair, the Canadian Tribute to Glenn Miller, and the sultry vocals of Amy Sky and Marc Jordan. For the thirteenth straight season Maestro Kerry Stratton will conduct the fully-professional Festival Orchestra over two evenings, the first featuring Spanish music, including the Rodrigo Concerto played by celebrated The attractions at Huntsville include Jazz artist Carol Welsman guitarist Daniel Bolshoy and Carmen arias sung by Julie Nesrallah. The second concert, ‘The Last Night at the Proms’ features the Warsaw Concerto. Also look for comedy duo Bowser & Blue, South American flute group Sisa Pacari, and an evening with retired General Romeo Dallaire. [email protected] 705-789-4975 www.huntsvillefestival.on.ca ages can rent and learn the instrument of their choice, experienced students can develop their skills, and advanced students can challenge themselves in jazz, chamber music or vocal classes. [email protected] 1-866-453-9716 519-396-9716 www.ksmf.ca K INCARDINE S UMMER M USIC F ESTIVAL Cambridge, Ontario Join us in celebrating traditional forms of folk music and dance from various world cultures. Set in the historic and downtown core, this festival is inspired by similar events in the UK and Europe. There are four stages, including a dance stage, a children’s stage, arts and crafts, and two concert stages. One concert stage is located in the historic civic square adjacent to one of Canada’s oldest farmer’s markets. The other is set in an outdoor amphitheatre built on the ruins of a stone mill overlooking the Grand River. This year’s festival includes both local and international performers. Performers this year include the Anna Massie Band, Crucible, Hair of the Dog, Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, Roger Scannura and Ritmo Flamenco and many more, including various dance groups. All this is within easy walking distance in this attractive historic setting. For festival information, see the contact information below. For information regarding directions, accommodations, etc., phone 1-800749-7560 or go [email protected] [email protected] 519-621-7135 www.millracefolksociety.com Kincardine, Ontario One of the largest music festivals in Ontario, the Kincardine Summer Music Festival, July 31 to August 13, 2005, has been a prime destination for musicians of all ages and proficiency from all over North America since 1992. Highlights at the festival include Renee Rosnes, Jazz Artist in Residence and four-time Juno award winner, performing during the Jazz Concert series August 1– 5, and the Gryphon Trio joining Artists in Residence ArthurLeBlanc Quartet, and Peter Allen, piano; in the Chamber Music and Orchestral Concert series August 8– 13. The Jazz Program is led by artistic director Alex Dean, and faculty this year includes artists Mike Malone, Dave McMurdo, Brian Dickinson, Pat Collins, Barry Elmes, Lorne Lofsky, and Lisa Martinelli. KSMF offers daytime classes and evening concerts to aspiring musicians ages 7–adult. Participants choose from 18 instrumental and vocal classes, including new class “Scottish Fiddle Orchestra”. Beginners of all XÄÉÜt Yxáà|ätÄ July 8 to 31, 2005 XÄÉÜt Yxáà|ätÄ f|ÇzxÜá Oct. 22, ‘05 to May 14, ‘06 Haydn’s Creation i Harlem Gospel Choir i Missa Gaia i Matt Dusk i Verdi’s Requiem i The Proms i Mozart’s Letters i Messiah i Gloria i www.elorafestival.com 519-846-0331 1-800-265-8977 M ILL -R ACE F ESTIVAL OF T RADITIONAL F OLK M USIC M ONTREAL B AROQUE Montreal, Quebec Montreal Baroque is an initiative of Susie Napper, Montreal cellist and gambist who was nominated “Personality of the Year 2002” by the Conseil Québecoise de la Musique. Old Montreal’s Early Music Festival, Montreal Baroque offers a unique opportunity to hear music of the 17th and 18th centuries, performed by Canadian and international celebrities, in appropriate and unusual settings. Snaking through the narrow streets of the Old City to the sound of a hundred flutes at the festival’s Grand Parade, relaxing at a garden concert, catching a choral concert in a chapel or simply enjoying a street performance, this original WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM G10 Back to Ad Index festival gives a new cultural identity to Old Montreal, attracting international tourists and local music lovers as well as novices to early music. Thirty events at the festival include fireworks, parades, dances, masterclasses, instrument exhibition, a baroque fair, open air concerts, garden concerts, main concerts, intimate concerts, banquet, Festival cafe, and Galaxie Competition. [email protected] Simon Blanchet: 1-800-845-7171 x2 www.montrealbaroque.com M USIC Sharon Temple AT S HARON 2005 Sharon, Ontario The summer concerts at Music at Sharon, presented at the Sharon Temple of Peace, National Historic Site, offer musicians and audiences an experience that is truly unique. Performers and visitors from around the world praise the combination of the historic temple’s extraordinary architecture and sublime acoustics. This season we feature a diverse program that ranges from classical to folk to jazz. Stephen Fearing, an exceptional guitarist whose rich voice and spellbinding lyrics have earned him four Juno nominations, will perform a benefit concert at the Temple. Music Alive will showcase some of its most promising participants, and the Canadian Singers will present a medley of popular traditional and contemporary Canadian songs. New this season are our Acoustic Afternoons, offered to artists interested in presenting a casual performance in the Temple. These informal afternoon concerts will feature some of the Greater Toronto Area’s young, upcoming talent. Come early and enjoy a picnic lunch under the Temple maples and tour our historic buildings. As we like to say, the Sharon Temple is “music and history in perfect harmony”. 18974 Leslie Street Sharon, Ontario L0G 1V0 [email protected] 905-478-2389 www.sharontemple.ca J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index stratfordsummermusic.ca photo of “summer music” hosta by robin wilhelm Ottawa Chamber Music Festival Canadian authors Robert Munsch and Bill Richardson. Other highlights at Stratford Summer Ottawa, Ontario The 12th Ottawa International Music this season are Montreal’s Chamber Music Festival, from July Renaissance ensemble Masques, 23 to August 6, the world’s largest presenting the music of Shakeschamber music festival, presented peare, and After-Theatre Cabarets by the Ottawa Chamber Music in The Church Restaurant featuring Society, promises to be outstanding, stars of the Festival Theatre. with 120 concerts featuring cutting- Monday August 1 is a special Tattoo tribute to veterans. edge, innovative programming. Sunday night, August 14, One of the greatest music ensembles of the 20th and 21st centuries, the Stratford Summer Music wraps up Borodin Quartet from Russia, will with From Motown to Heaven, a perform the complete string quartets great choral celebration with the Brazeal Dennard Chorale and of Shostakovich in five concerts. Other highlights include the world- guests Measha Brueggergosman renowned Emerson String Quartet; and Doug Riley. the legendary Canadian Brass; Peter [email protected] 1-800-567-1600 Wispelwey, one of the world’s www.stratfordsummermusic.ca leading cellists, with pianist Dejan Lazic; Britain’s Nash Ensemble; the Gryphon and Vienna Piano Trios; S WEETWATER M USIC W EEKEND Daniel Taylor with the Theatre of Meaford Early Music; and P.D.Q. Bach. & Owen Sound, Ontario Canadian superstars pianist Louis The annual SweetWater Music Lortie and the St. Lawrence String Weekend is happening this year on Quartet will combine forces in their September 23, 24 and 25, 2005. As first-ever collaboration. in 2004, organizers will be Adult Festival passes are $80 each presenting three chamber music and student passes are $50. Special concerts, two of which will occur advance prices of $70 for adults and again at the acoustically-precise $40 for students will be available historic Leith Church (in the until Thursday, June 30. Pass-Plus picturesque Municipality of tickets are an additional $20 per Meaford) and the third in a new person. location, St. George’s Anglican Ottawa Chamber Music Society, Box Church (in the scenic city of Owen 20583, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 1A3 Sound). The tradition of the highest [email protected] quality of performers will 613-234-8008 continue—this year ’s roster www.chamberfest.com includes Scott St. John, violin, viola; Mark Fewer, violin; Douglas McNabney, viola; Virginia Barron, S TRATFORD S UMMER M USIC viola; Matt Haimovitz, cello; Stratford, Ontario Rosanne Wieringa, flute; and Peter Stratford Summer Music is a Longworth, piano –with some comprehensive festival of fifty-six performances on instruments concerts spread over three weeks created by Canadian luthiers. The from July 27 to August 14, 2005. program reads like a Who’s Who of The festival features Canadian musical history: Brahms, Britten, Brass, soprano Measha Bruegger- Bach, Bach/Busoni, Dohnanyi, gosman, and Vatican organist Dvorak, Glick, Haydn, Ligeti, James Goettsche, who played for Mozart and Schulhoff. Luna Pearl the recent ceremonies in Rome. Woolf of Montreal has been Quarteto Gelato is also playing with commissioned to compose a new O TTAWA I NTERNATIONAL C HAMBER M USIC F ESTIVAL Featured Artists Thom Allison | Brazael Dennard Chorale Measha Brueggergosman with Cameron Stowe Canadian Brass | Anne-Julie Caron & Joelle Saint-Pierre Dan Chameroy | Andrew Craig Alexandre Da Costa with Matt Herskowitz Bruce Dow | Jonathan Goad | James Goettsche Kokopelli Choir | Masques | Robert Munsch nancy ray-guns | Quartetto Gelato Bill Richardson | Doug Riley Campbell Trowsdale (Harry Somers Lecture) Laura Vinson & Free Spirit Tattoo bands including Tivoli Boys Guard Band, Copenhagen 48th Highlanders and Dancers | Royal Regiment of Canada Canada's National Band of the Naval Reserve 5 th season july 27 to august 14 t1-800-567-1600 ickets 5 6 c o n c e rt s i n d o o r s a n d o u t WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM G11 work for the event. Another feature of this remarkable weekend will be the free workshops and master classes hosted by the performers. [email protected] 519-376-3517 www.swmw.ca TD C ANADA T RUST T ORONTO D OWNTOWN J AZZ F ESTIVAL Toronto, Ontario The TD Canada Trust Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival takes place June 24 to July 3, 2005 in the heart of downtown Toronto. From Nathan Phillips Square it spreads out to over 30 clubs and restaurants across Toronto. From cool jazz to future jazz, see Diana Krall, Arturo Sandoval, Sonny Rollins, Joshua Redman, Toronto’s Real Divas, Dr. John and so much more. Come spend the day on the square where jazz is in the air. Free daytime concerts to delight all music lovers, open air patios, an artisan’s village, intimate artist workshops, Canada Day festivities and more. [email protected] 416-928-2033 (information) 416-870-8000 (tickets) www.torontojazz.com T HE T ORONTO S UMMER C HAMBER M USIC F ESTIVAL Toronto, Ontario The Toronto Summer Chamber Music Festival will take place July 5–8, 2005 at the Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front Street West in Toronto. Under the artistic direction of celebrated violinist Michael Guttman and managing director Marilyn Gilbert of Marilyn Gilbert Artist Management, this thrilling new festival will include four themed concerts including “Precocious Geniuses Who Died Young” on July 5, “An Evening of Brahms, Masterpieces of the String Repertoire” on July 6, “Composers Inspired by Folk Music” on July 7 and “The Sounds and Colours of French Music” will close the festival on July 8. The Toronto Summer Chamber Music Festival will feature some of Canada’s finest soloists and chamber musicians including pianist Richard Raymond, violist Rivka Golani, bassist Joel Quarrington, harpist Judy Loman, flutist Susan Hoeppner, clarinettist James Campbell, and cellist Yegor Dyachkov. Also appearing at the festival are the Arriaga Quartet, the leading string quartet in Belgium, and Cajun music from Toronto’s own Swamperella. Tickets are $30 and a series subscription is $110. 33 Isabella St., Suite 112, Toronto, ON M4Y 2P7 416-205-5555 www.mgam.com Lastman Square (Yonge & Sheppard) on July 8, 9 and 10, 2005. This family affair is in its second year and continues to build on last year’s buzz with an unforgettable line-up. The festival opens with a Gala night on Friday July 8 at 8 pm, when Sue Vinnick, Liberty Silver and North York’s own Carol Welsman take over the stage at the George Weston Recital Hall. Tickets are $39.95–$44.95 (Ticketmaster: 416-870-8000). The Gala sets the stage for the rest of the weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, enjoy free entertainment at Mel Lastman Square, where artists tantalizing both 416’ers and 905’ers Uptown with the smooth sounds of jazz include Alex Walker, Rick Lazar’s Montuno Police, and newcomer Jillian Cameron. Also listen for the infectious beats of the Demo Cates Band, Kalabash and Eddie Bullen and Friends. [email protected] 905-889-6567 www.uptownjazzfestival.com U PTOWN J AZZ F ESTIVAL Toronto, Ontario This summer downtown comes uptown with hot moves and smooth grooves for a Toronto jazz festival that’s like no other. The Uptown Jazz Festival changes the concept of the city’s core by bringing its distinct sound and style to Mel The Barn at Westben WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM G12 Back to Ad Index WESTBEN–CONCERTS AT THE BARN Campbellford, Ontario Imagine…an “out-of-city” experience! Welcome to world class music in wide open countryside. The Westben Arts Festival Theatre just outside of Campbellford, Ontario is home to Concerts at The Barn, where the best of music and nature spring to life in your company. Season 2005 highlights include Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, and the world premiere of artistic director Brian Finley’s new musical Rapunzel featuring Donna Bennett and Michael Burgess. Other artists include Gerald Finley, Mark DuBois, the Gryphon Trio, the Montreal Guitar Trio, and Rob McConnell. Nestled amongst the peaceful hills of Northumberland County, ninety minutes east of Toronto, Westben’s primary performance venue is a custom-built, timber-frame barn. The Barn seats 400 and combines state-of-the-art acoustics with a rustic yet sophisticated atmosphere. On sunny days from June to September, massive walls and doors roll away allowing music to waft over the surrounding meadow. Our picnic grounds are open 90 minutes prior to each performance, so pack a lunch or better still pre-order a Westben picnic basket. [email protected] 1-877-883-5777 www.westben.on.ca J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Some Jazz With Your Festival? by Eli Eisenberg FOR THOSE WHO JUST can’t get enough jazz during the summerFor more information, log on to www.huntsvillefestival.on.ca, time, there are ample opportunities to attend festivals across Ontario phone 1-800-663-ARTS, or e-mail [email protected]. from early June right up to the Labour Day weekend. Two more festivals that take place in mid-July are The Great CaBut if you prefer your jazz in moderation, or if you like to mix it in nadian Town Band Festival in Orono, Ontario, and the Elora Music with other musical styles, notably classical music, there are many Festival in Elora, Ontario. chances during the warm months to enjoy a cross-section of Canadian As the name implies, The Town Band Festival specializes in band jazz artists throughout Ontario and Western Quebec. music with a jazz appearance by a band called The Dixieland Jazz The first such festival, Brass In The Grass, begins its jazz proCats on Saturday, July 9. Information is accessible on the internet at gramming on Saturday, June 11 at 2pm with a show by Canadian www.townbandfestival.com, by calling the toll-free number 1-800trumpet icon and all-round gentleman Guido Basso. Basso will be fol- 294-1032, or emailing [email protected]. lowed at 6pm by jazz-rock outfit Primal Therapy. And on Sunday, The Elora Festival has a generous supply of classical, choral, and June 12, Cuban born pianist Hilario Duran showcases his unique baroque performers along with five shows by Starlight Jazz and Blues blend of salsa-tinged jazz at 2pm. Additional information is available on July 15, 16, 22, and 23. For more information, go to their website on-line at www.brassinthegrass.ca, by phone at 416-201-7093, or by at www.elorafestival.com, telephone 1-519-846-0331, or e-mail e-mail at [email protected]. [email protected]. Three weeks later, on Sunday, July 3, Canadian piano legend Oliver Domaine Forget is a Quebec music festival that ‘has re-united Jones comes out of retirement to perform at Hamilton’s Art Deco world-renowned musicians… and has earned an enviable reputation Railway Station as part of the renowned Brott Music Festival. Go …’ From mid-July to early August, various Quebec jazz artists will to www.brottmusic.com, and you will find that Brott is entering its be performing, including Trio Daniel Marcoux, David Jacques, Car18th season as Canada’s largest orchestral music festival. men Genest and Sylvain Neault. Domaine Forget’s website is Nearly three weeks after Oliver Jones, on Friday, August 12, young www.domaineforget.com and their toll-free number is 1-888-336vocal sensation Dione Taylor will no doubt delight fans at Hamilton’s 7438. Carnegie Gallery. Also in Quebec, at Festival de Lanaudière, legendary Montreal Further information is offered toll free at 1-888-475-9377, or by e- bassist Michel Donato will be playing with Fortin Leveille, a ‘gypsy mailing [email protected]. jazz’ quintet on Sunday, July 17 at 2pm. This festival takes place in A three-hour drive north of Toronto will take you to the HuntsJoliette, Quebec, approximately 90 minutes north-east of Montreal. ville Festival of the Arts, which features two of Canada’s most Lanaudière’s website is www.lanaudiere.org, and their telephone prominent jazz vocalists, Denzal Sinclaire on July 8, and Carol Wels- number is 1-800-561-4343. man on July 16. Both shows take place at Huntsville’s Algonquin Back in Ontario, a quintet led by Toronto saxophonist Paul PacTheatre. SOME JAZZ ... CONTINUES NEXT PAGE J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 Back to Ad Index WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM G13 SOME JAZZ WITH YOUR FESTIVAL continued from page G13 anowski will play at the Collingwood Music Festival on Friday, July 15 at 2pm. Further information is available at www.collingwoodmusicfestival.com, by calling 1-888-283-1712, or emailing [email protected]. Parry Sound’s Festival of the Sound celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2004, and will begin its jazz programming with a concert by trombonist Alistair Kay on July 15. The mid-summer long weekend hosts the Jazz Canada Weekend in Parry Sound, and jazz concerts will take place from July 29-31. Performances will include Dave Young, Ranee Lee, Phil Nimmons, Peter Appleyard, and Jane Bunnett. For more information, go to www.festivalofthesound.on.ca , call toll-free 1-866-364-0061, or e-mail [email protected]. The event that could be the highlight of the summer is the Kincardine Summer Music Festival, which combines classical and jazz concerts as well as a series of workshops and educational events designed for students of all ages and levels. This vacation destination on Lake Huron will feature jazz vocalist Lisa Martinelli on Monday, August 1, Malone, McMurdo, and Dean on August 2, guitar great Lorne Lofsky on August 3, pianist Renee Rosnes on August 4, and a jazz student concert on August 5. Kincardine’s toll-free number is 1-866-453-9716, their website is www.ksmf.ca, and the festival’s email address is [email protected]. Welcome to WholeNote’s SUMMER FESTIVAL LISTINGS READERS PLEASE NOTE: Presenters’ plans change; and we occasionally make mistakes! Please always use the phone numbers provided to call ahead. For Concerts in the Greater Toronto Area see pages 33-39. For Concerts Beyond the GTA see pages 39,40. For Music Theatre and Opera Listings see pages 40,41. For Jazz Listings see pages 41,42. SUMMER FESTIVALS: JUNE 1 TO JULY 7 BRAMPTON FOLK FESTIVAL 647-233-3655 [email protected] www3.sympatico.ca/bramptonfolk Gage Park, Main Street (Hwy 10), Brampton June: 18 12:00 noon-11:00pm: Mainstage line-up: Murray McLauchlan; The Three Headed Trio; Finest Kind; Doula; Aditya Verma; General Store; Lady Racers; Alfie Smith; Eve Goldberg; Shawn Sage; Ken Brown, host. Free admission. EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC 585-274-1100, 585-454-2100 www.rochester.edu/Eastman/concerts 26 Gibbs Street, Rochester NY: Ciminelli Lounge CI Howard Hanson Hall HH Kilbourn Hall KH June: 26 7:30: Practical Harpist Recital. Kathleen Bride, harp. Free. HH 27 7:30: Dave Kivello Jazz Ensemble. Free. KH Many, if not all of these festivals have something to offer fans 27 7:30: Eastman Trumpet Rising Stars. from a variety of musical backgrounds, including jazz. The towns Free. CL BROTT MUSIC FESTIVAL are rural, picturesque, and the music will no doubt be sweet and 27 7:30: Practical Harpist Recital. Jan 905-525-7664, 888-475-9377 swinging. A definite consideration for summer leisure activities. Jennings, harp. Free. HH www.brottmusic.com 29 7:30: Practical Harpist Recital. Kerry Liuna Station: Renzoni, harp. Free. HH 360 James St. North, Hamilton LS 30 7:30: Gene Bertoncini, jazz guitar & guest Dofasco Centre for the Arts: Frank Vignola. Free. KH 190 King William St., Hamilton DC July: July: 01 7:30: New Music Concert. Free. KH 03 7:30: Hot Jazz with Oliver Jones. Jazz 01 7:30: Practical Harpist Final Student standards. $30-$35. LS Concert. Free. HH 06 7:30: Connect the Classics I: The Legacy 02 7:30: Brazil, Guitar, and Friends. Peter of Beethoven. Brahms, Beethoven. $25-$30. by Phil Ehrensaft Kodzas, guitar. Free. KH DC GREATER TORONTO’S Golden Horseshoe is spilling across the Concerts continue in July & August. 02 4:00: Eastman Bass Day Concert. Free. Rm 120 Canada-U.S. border and joining forces with a corridor that runs from 02 4:00: Eastman Drum Set Day Concert. Buffalo through Syracuse along the southern shore of Lake Ontario. DOMAINE FORGET Free. Rm 120 Music lovers in Canada’s economic capital are well advised to INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 05 7:30: Eastman Summer Sing: Mozart: keep abreast of the rich opportunities that await us in the 418-452-3535, 888-336-7438 Coronation Mass. Free. KH www.domaineforget.com Horseshoe’s southern wing, particularly during the summer music 05 7:30: High School Jazz Students open Françoys-Bernier Concert Hall, masterclass/performance with Ralph Lalama. festival season. On the western tip of the corridor, there’s the Saint-Iréneé, Charlevoix, Québec Free. Rm 120 venerable Chautauqua Institute, an hour’s drive from Buffalo. The June: 06 7:30: Bob Sneider, jazz guitar. Free. KH landmark Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, N.Y., located in 18 8:00: Domaine Forget Horn Quartet, 07 3:00: High School Jazz Studies Student Syracuse’s eastern hinterland, anchors the other tip. Brass Quintet & Brass Ensemble. Auger, Combo Concert. Free. KH To put the driving time into perspective, the distance from Sibelius, Strauss, Tippett, Turina. $20. 07 7:30: Paul Hofmann, faculty recital. Free. 25 8:30: Les Violons du Roy. Bach, Locatelli, KH WholeNote’s offices at Bathurst and Bloor to Montreal’s Place des Monteverdi, Purcell. Maurice Bourgue, oboe Concerts continue in July & August. Arts is actually a bit longer than the distance to the farthest point d’amore; Shannon Mercer, soprano; Jeanof the Horseshoe, Cooperstown (542 km vs. 517 km). Marie Zeitouni, conductor. $34. GRAND RIVER BAROQUE FESTIVAL Log in another 130 km beyond the Golden Horseshoe South and 29 8:30: Toronto Consort; Les Voix 519-578-1570, 1-800-265-8977 you’re in Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony’s resplendent Humaines; Théâtre Lavallière et Jabot. Vecchi: www.grbf.ca summer home. Make that 160 km and you’ve arrived at the Bard Un Bal Masqué. $27. Buehlow Barn, Twp Rd. 12, Ayr ON July: Music Festival, a highlight of New York’s musical season. Its June: 01 8:30: Mathieu Dufour, flûte; Denise Pépin, concerts and seminars focus on the works and larger cultural context 24 7:30: Incomparable Bach. Suite #3 in D; piano; Domaine Forget Wind Octet. Doppler, of a specific composer. Last year featured Shostakovich. This year Cantatas 12 & 21. $25,$15. Franck, Lachner, Strauss. $29. 24 11:00pm: Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier it’s Aaron Copland. 02 8:30: Jean-Philippe Collard, piano. Chopin Book 2/Part 1. $15,$10. The closest gem is the 25th anniversary of the University at & Moussorgski. $30. 25 2:30: Nature: Idyll and Tempest. Vivaldi, Buffalo’s eminent new music festival (June 6-11). Morton Feldman 06 8:30: Roland Dyens, guitar; Quartet Tartini, Biber, Zavateri, Rameau. $20,$12. Arthur-LeBlanc. Sor, Chopin; Barrios, Gillespie, created this concert/workshop festival during his 15-year stint at 25 5:00: Festival Feast (3-course dinner.) Porter, Garner, Kern, Dyens. $28. the university. Now called June in Buffalo, the 2005 edition $40. 07 4:00: Luluk Purwanto & the Helsdingen features a most impressive roster of composers: Simon Bainbridge, 25 7:30: Nature: The Changing Seasons. Trio “Tulipe 2005”. Jazz group from Holland. Vivaldi & Boismortier. $20,$12. David Felder, Brian Ferneyhough, Alvin Lucier, Philippe Manoury, Casino Charlevoix. Free. 25 11:00pm: Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier CONTINUES Concerts continue in July & August. Book 2/Part 2. $15,$10. WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 G14 Yankee gold? Exploring the other horseshoe Back to Ad Index Exploring the other horseshoe June: 23 8:30: Harry Connick, Jr. & National Arts CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Centre Orchestra CP and Christopher Rouse. The university also hosts an international 23 10:30pm: Jonas Kullhammar Quartet flute festival and training institute, Pantasmagoria (July 7-15). NAC 24 6:30: Mark Ferguson & Hugh O’Connor Chautauqua was, and is, an important force in creating an American HUNTSVILLE CP passion for continuing education and the democratization of high FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 24 8:30: Hugh Fraser’s Vancouver Ensemble culture. Founded in 1874, the Institute provided a bucolic setting 800-663-2787, 705-788-2787 of Jazz Improvisation CP where vacation time was devoted to a heady mixture of literature, www.huntsvillefestival.on.ca 24 10:30pm: Andrew Scott Sextet NAC Algonquin Theatre, 37 Main St., Huntsville music, art, religion and physical exercise. On an average summer day, 25 4:00: Ed Thigpen Scantet LA July: 7,500 people attend an event or a class. The musical component 25 6:30: Lorraine Desmarais: le Big Band CP 02 8:00: The Glengarry Bhoys. Celtic music. 25 8:30: David Murray & The Gwo-Ka includes a resident symphony orchestra, opera, and chamber music. I $25. Masters Creole Project CP especially recommend Robert Ward’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera, 03 2:00: Canadian Tribute to Glenn Miller. 25 10:30pm: Ensemble en pièces NAC The Crucible, based on the Arthur Miller play (July 22 and 25). $32. 26 4:00: Moutin Reunion Quartet LA Rochester hosts the Eastman School, the serious contender to 06 8:00: Bowser & Blue. Comedy & music. 26 6:30: Blues Gitan CP $25. Julliard as America’s premier conservatory. That crown jewel is the 26 8:30: Sonny Rollins CP 07 8:00: Sisa Pacari. South American Andes 27 4:00: Bud Shank & Bill Mays LA nucleus of a musical life which could not be imagined in any other city flute music. $22. 27 6:30: Michel Côté Lapon Baleze CP of equivalent size, or even larger. Watch their web site, listed below, Concerts continue in July. 27 8:30: Benny Golson Quartet CP for summer concert listings. 27 10:30pm: Robert Marcel Lepage’s Tribute Jazz, however, is the big news in Rochester’s summer season. First MONTRÉAL to Pee Wee Russell NAC there’s a benefit, Swing ‘n Jazz, for The Composer Project, a 28 4:00: Dave Young Mainly Mingus LA INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL wonderful foundation that brings professional musician/composers 28 6:30: Quatuor Jean-Pierre Zanella CP 866-908-9090 into high schools and colleges (June 3-5). That’s followed by 28 8:30: Trio! Stanley Clarke, Béla Fleck, www.montrealjazzfest.com Jean-Luc Ponty CP Rochester’s new jazz festival, founded by Canadian jazz saxophonist June 30-July 10 28 10:30pm: Trio Derome-GuilbeaultJohn Nugent. It has achieved heavy-hitter status in just four years, 150 indoor concerts, 350 free outdoor Tanguay NAC concerts at various venues in Montréal featuring the likes of Sonny Rollins, Bill Frisell, Chick Corea and John 29 4:00: BED LA 2000 jazz musicians including Pat Metheny, Scofield (June 10-18). 29 5:00: Bernard Primeau Montréal Jazz Mark Knopfler, Madeleine Peyroux, Charlie My personal favourite in the Golden Horseshoe South corridor is Ensemble CP Haden, Paul Anka, John Mayall & Omara Glimmerglass, the king of summer opera in the U.S. The 29 7:00: Denzal Sinclaire CP Portuondo. 29 8:30: Diana Krall CP Cooperstown High School auditorium was the humble site of the first 29 10:30pm: Octurn NAC Glimmerglass productions in 1975. Since 1987, home base is an MUSIC AT SHARON 2005 30 4:00: Jon Ballantyne 4tet LA 905-478-2389 acoustic and visual jewel, the Alice Busch Theater, featuring sliding 30 6:30: Flight of Whimsy CP www.sharontemple.ca side walls that permit the hall to open up to the great outdoors. 30 7:00: Doug Wamble CP 18974 Leslie Street, Sharon ON The rise of Glimmerglass from a community event to national 30 9:00: Terence Blanchard CP June: prominence is inextricably linked to the unusual career path of its 30 10:30pm: Atomic NAC 17 8:00: Stephen Fearing, guitar. $20. brilliant artistic director, Paul Kellogg. Originally a French teacher in 19 2:00: Acoustic Afternoons: In The Mood. July: Manhattan, Kellogg resigned in 1975 to write and manage his farm in Vivace sings jazz gems & big band favourites. 01 4:00: Lynne Arriale Trio LA 01 10:30pm: Quartettones NAC $10. Cooperstown. Glimmerglass asked him to become its general manager 02 2:00: Bonobo CP 26 2:00: ArtsLink Music Alive. 12,000 in 1978, and the rest is history. Kellogg’s innovations at Glimmerglass 02 4:00: Adrian Cho Impressions in Jazz musicians from across York Region. $15,$10. led to an appointment as both general and artistic director of a Nonet LA Concerts continue in July, floundering New York City Opera in 1996. The City Opera is very August and September. 02 4:00: Herbaliser CP 02 6:30: Galaxie Winners CP much revived and enjoys close links with Glimmerglass, where 8:30: Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers CP Kellogg continues to work his wonders. ORFORD ARTS CENTRE FESTIVAL 02 02 10:30pm: Sophie Milman & Group NAC The aesthetic emphasis at Glimmerglass is a delightful reversal of 819-843-9871, 800-567-6155 03 2:00: Gangbé Brass Band CP the usual priorities in opera house programming: 1) modern; 2) lesser www.arts-orford.org 03 4:00: Sakesho CP Salle Gilles-Lefebvre, 3165 chemin du Parc, known; and 3) familiar operas. The modern works this year are 03 7:00: David Sanchez CP Orford Britten’s Death in Venice and Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine. The lesser 03 9:00: Joshua Redman CP June: 03 10:30pm: Steve Haines Quintet NAC known are Lucie de Lammermoor, the revised Paris version of 23 8:00: Kuerti, Colours and Contrasts. Donizetti’s Lucia, and Massenet’s Le Portrait de Manon. The familiar Beethoven: Sonata Op.27 #1; Schubert: TD CANADA TRUST TORONTO is Cosi Fan Tutti. Lead roles are typically allocated to excellent vocal Sonata D.958; Brahms: 2 Rhapsodies Op.79; talents on their way up, but not yet marquee names. Klavierstücke Op.119; Mendelssohn: Andante DOWNTOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL 416-928-2033 and Rondo Capriccioso Op.14. Anton Kuerti, Glimmerglass is also a mentoring experience for over 200 young www.torontojazz.com piano. $30. professionals in every dimension of activity that makes opera tick. Mainstage events: Toronto Star Stage, Nathan 30 8:00: Mozart and Lortie in Concert. The atmosphere is permeated by the wonderful optimism of young Phillips Square, 100 Queen St. West TSS Mozart: Serenade Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; talent about to tackle the world. Piano Concerto #16 in D; Piano Concerto #17 Hummingbird Centre: 1 Front St. East HUM Massey Hall: 15 Shuter MH in G; Wolf: Italian Serenade. Louis Lortie, Golden Horseshoe South web sites: conductor/piano. 7:00: Pre-concert lecture by Phoenix Concert Theatre: 410 Sherbourne St. PH Carol Bergeron. $30. June in Buffalo www.music.buffalo.edu/juneinbuffalo/2005 June: Pantasmagoria (Buffalo) www.pantasmagoria.com 22 8:00: RJD2. $20,$16.50. PH TD CANADA TRUST OTTAWA Chautauqua www.ciweb.org 23 9:00: Antibalas. $15(advance), $18(door.) INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL Rochester PH 613-241-2633 www.rochester.edu/Eastman/concerts/calendar.php 24 7:30: Matt Dusk/Jacksoul. SOLD OUT. www.ottawajazzfestival.com www.rochesterjazz.com TSS Library and Archives Canada: 395 Wellington 24 8:00: Sonny Rollins.$49.50-$89.50. MH www.swingnjazz.org/index.html St. LA 25 8:00: Keren Ann/Arturo Sandoval. $30. Glimmerglass Opera (Cooperstown) www.glimmerglass.org National Arts Centre Studio: 53 Elgin St. TSS Tanglewood (Lennox, MA) www.bso.org NAC 25 11:59pm: Jimmy Bowskill Band. $10. Bard Music Festival (Annandale-on-Hudson) Confederation Park: Elgin St. at Laurier Ave. TSS CP www.bard.edu/bmf/2005 LISTINGS continue next page WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM G15 J UNE 1 - J ULY 7 2005 26 10:30am: Baroque Coffee House. Blow, Locke, Purcell, Handel. $30. 26 2:00: Bach: St. Matthew Passion. $30,$20. Back to Ad Index merry MEETINGS IV Guy Few: Have trumpet, will travel interview by Masha Buell Where are you now? And what does your summer look like? Home, practising – preparing for the first two festivals. This involves about 8 or 9 hours a day, trumpet and piano… then May 27June 13: Halifax. Nova Scotia Summer Music Festival (“Scotiafest”) piano and trumpet; June 1620: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Provincial Music Festival - Brass Judge; June 24-July 12: Eugene, PHOTO: JAMES STEELE Oregon Bach Festival – 10th year as principal trumpet with Helmut Rilling; July 13: Toronto - recording with Nadina Mackie Jackson and Caliban; July 23: ORMTA Provincial Young Artist Competition - Judge; through to August 6: Ottawa Chamber Festival Home is…? Lovely Elora; conservation area, artistic community, and a tourist town. Today I’m practising Bach on piccolo trumpet, “entertaining” the patrons on the Desert Rose Café patio. But every summer festival becomes home. I stay in a house or university with other performers, perform as well as socialize, spend positive time together, go to the same gym, for example. Festivals have “families” – we drop right back into friendships from the year before – like summer camp. At ’Scotiafest I often share a house with Mark Fewer and Alain Trudel. I see Alain all the time (Kiosk, Bellows and Brass) but not Mark, who’s the concert master for the Vancover Symphony. So we spend time together, chat, drive to the grocery store at midnight. At Ottawa Chamber Festival: I’ll be playing trumpet and piano, also piano 4 hands with collaborative pianist Stephanie Mara. Any night after a concert wherever the performers are going, I’ll see Julian Armour cellist and the artistic director. Festivals have special events that connect students, soloists, and other musicians – like the lobster party at ’Scotiafest or the Patrons Dinner at the Bach Festival. An event might be called a “reception”, including audience, but usually transcends this. Unsung festival heroes keep everybody happy and organized: people like amazing Chris Wilcox, co-director with Mark Fewer at ’Scotiafest, and all the volunteers. These are maybe the people I most look forward to seeing again. They are the spirit and the energy. Each festival’s different personality reflects the core group. These people are my good friends. Compare summer to the rest of the year? I decided not to be so crazy this summer. It’s the first time I’ve ever not done Festival of the Sound. Last summer I played 35 concerts, this year 25. The regular season is more a combination. I teach trumpet, piano, and conducting at Wilfred Laurier, trumpet at Western. I play about 40 concerts September to May, around university schedules, travel and rehearsals. Other people are busier! How is it, travelling with a trumpet ? Staying in a house with other performers you have to be aware of their needs and schedules - make sure you don’t practice really late or early! I usually travel with at least two trumpets. For Halifax I’ll need two trumpets. Oregon - I’ll have three trumpets and a corno. Traveling with more than two I have a big rolling case that goes in cargo. The corno da caccia - like a modern hunting horn - is always my carry on. It’s very very fragile - built for me, and has to be handled like a baby. So what’s your idea of a holiday? I may go back to Saskatchewan in August: I can’t really visit with family when I’m working there. My parents are coming to celebrate their 50th anniversary and enjoy some of the Bach Festival. You know, I work in such great places with wonderful musicians and conductors that going somewhere doesn’t feel like a holiday. For “time off” I really do like to come home. It’s more restful. I have friends to dinner, go to the gym, watch the flowers grow. 26 8:00: Dave Young Mingus Quintet/Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Tribute Band. $40. TSS 27 8:00: Diana Krall. $69.50-$125.50. HUM 27 8:00: Folk Alarm Trio/Medeski, Martin & Wood. $30. TSS 28 8:00: Diana Krall. $69.50-$125.50. HUM 28 8:00: Roberta Gambarini/Roy Hargrove’s RH Factor. $35. TSS 29 8:00: Robi Botos Trio/Stanley Clarke/Bela Fleck/Jean-Luc Ponty. $40. TSS 30 8:00: Kenny Garret Quartet/Joshua Redman’s Elastic Band. $35. TSS July: 01 8:00: Real Divas. $25. TSS 02 8:00: Madeleine Peyroux/Lhasa. $30. TSS 02 11:59pm: Rita Chiarelli. $10. TSS 03 8:00: Carlos del Junco/Dr. John. $30. TSS Back to Ad Index WESTBEN ARTS FESTIVAL THEATRE 705-653-5508, 877-883-5777 [email protected] www.westben.on.ca The Barn, 3 km northwest of Campbellford ON on County Rd. 30 June: 10,14,17: 7:00, June 11,12,16,18,19: 2:00: Finley: Rapunzel. Donna Bennett, Michael Burgess, Gabrielle Prata, Robert Longo, Anthony Paton & others. $20-$40. 30 7:00: Young Musicians on the Horizon. Members of the Campbellford District High School Band & friends.$10. July: 02 2:00: 2 Fifths of Bach & Beethoven. Bach: TORONTO SUMMER Brandenburg Concerto #5; Beethoven: CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Symphony #5 & other music. Westben Festival Orchestra, soloists & chorus. $30Michael Guttman, artistic director $60. 416-205-5555 03 11:00am: Für Elise: Beethoven Lives at www.mgam.com Westben. Favourite piano music of Beethoven. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West Brian Finley, piano. $12-$25, family rates. July: 05 8:00: Precocious geniuses who died young. 03 2:00: 2 Fifths of Bach & Beethoven. See July 2. Music by Arriaga, Lekeu & Mendelssohn. 05 7:00: Strings of the Night. Haydn: String Richard Raymond, piano; Joel Quarrington, Quartet Op.54 #2; Shostakovitch: String double bass; Michael Guttman, violin. $30. Quartet #13; Beethoven: String Quartet 06 8:00: Brahms. Sextet #2 for strings; Op.131. Penderecki Quartet. $15-$30. Quintet #2 for strings. Rivka Golani, viola; Westben Arts Festival Theatre events Yegor Dyachkov, cello. $30. continue in July. July 31 to August 13 RENEE ROSNES, Jazz Artist in Residence, pianist and composer; ALEX DEAN, Jazz Artistic Director, sax; MIKE MALONE, trumpet/ composition, DAVE MCMURDO, trombone/composition; PAT COLLINS, bass; BARRY ELMES, drums; Lorne Lofsky, guitar; LISA MARTINELLI, vocals ARTHUR-LEBLANC QUARTET, Chamber Music Artists in Residence; PETER ALLEN, piano; GRYPHON TRIO, Guest Artists Jazz & Blues • Chamber Music Intermediate Adult Chamber Music Strings & Bands: beginner- advanced Senior Choir, Junior Choir Guitar • Children's Music NEW! Scottish Fiddle Orchestra www.ksmf.ca WWW . THEWHOLENOTE . COM G16 07 8:00: Folk Music. Music by Dvorak, Piazzola & Bloch. Richard Raymond, piano. $30. Concerts continue July 8. 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