Volume 9 Issue 4 - December 2003

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Thur 18 Dec 2003 8:00 pm Massey Hall 

Christine Brandes soprano 

Susan Platts mezzo soprano 

Michael Slattery tenor 

Neal Davis baritone 

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Canadian Brass' Annual Christmas Concert 

Tues 23 Dec 2003 8:00 pm Roy Thomson Hall 

With their unbeatable blend of virtuosity, fun and on-stage antics, the famous fivesome 

brightens the Christmas season with classical favourites, beloved seasonal tunes, and a 

rousing sing-along finale. 

Girls Choir of Harlem 

Sun 14 Dec 2003 2:00 pm 

Roy Thomson Hall 

Experience the angelic voices of the critically 

acclaimed counterpart to the B,oys Choir of Harlem 

in an enchanting program of classical, popular, 

gospel and jazz music. 

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Festival of Carols 

WITH THE 

TORONTO MENDELSSOHN CHOIR 

NOEL EDISON, CONDUCTOR 

Sun 7 Dec 2003 7:30 pm 


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with family and friends in this delightful! 

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sing-alongs and storytelling. 

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A Chorus Christmas 

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Rejoice in 400 youthful voices lifted in joyous 

celebration featuring Benjamin Britten's 

A Ceremony of Carols and Canadian narratives 

recounting the very first Christmas morning.

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CONTENTS 

6 Cover Story: Snapshots 

Gabrielle McLaughlin, Howard Dyck, and Johanne 

Goyette interviewed fry .David Perlman 

14; 62 CD DISCOVERIES: Introduction by David Olds 

16 T.O. Diary: Colin Eatock 

18 Quodlibet: Allan Pu/ker 

18 Messiah quick list by Karen Ages 

20 Early Music: Frank Nakashima 

22 Choral Scene: Larry Beckwith 

23 Walk of Fame - the case for lseler by Alison Roy 

23 Toronto Hear and Now : 

23 Composer Companion: Jason van Eyk 

24 New Music Quick Picks 

25 Coalition of New Music Presenters 

26 Composer to Composer: Juliet Palmer 

Interviewed by Paul Steenhuisen 

28 Jazz Notes: Jim Galloway 

28 Bandstand: Merlin Williams 

30 On Opera: Christopher Hoi/e 

31 Opera on DVD by Phil Ehrensaft 

32 Music Theatre Spotlight: Sarah B. Hood 

33 Book Shelf: by Pamela Marg/es 

34 Education Front: David Perlman 

COMPREHENSIVE LIVE LISTINGS 

34-54 Daily Concert Listings (GT A) 

55-56 Daily Concert Listings (Further Afield) 

56 Opera and Music Theatre 

57 Jazz Concert Quick Picks 

57 Jazz Clubs 

58-60 Announcements, Lectures, ... Etcetera 

61 (Un)classifieds 

62- DISCOVERIES: (CD Reviews) 

62 Early and Period Performance 

64 Classical & Romantic 

66 Opera and Vocal Music 

68 20th Century and Beyond 

72 Jazz 

7 4 Pot Pourri 

7 4 Seasonal Fare 

78 Stocking Stuffers 

34 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 

CALENDAR OF EDITORIAL SPECIALS 

February 04 (Jan 29*) Music and Health 

March 04 (Feb 26*) Summer Music Education 

April 04 (Mar 25*) Opera 

May 04 (Apr 29*) Choral Celebration 

June 04 (May 27*) Summer Music: Overview 

July/August 04 (June 25*) Summer Music: Details 

September 04 (Aug 26*) Music Education 

October 04 (Sept 30*) Members' Profiles 

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Give the gift of music. 

Treat yourself, friends and family to 

great concerts with the TSO. 

Susan Graham 

Angela Hewitt 

Nicholas McGegan, conductor 

Angela Hewitt, piano 

Weber: Overture to Oberon 

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor 

Mozart: "Chaconne" from Ballet Music 

from Idomeneo 

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 

Wed. Dec. 10 at 8 pm 

Thurs. Dec. 11 at 2 pm 

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post-concert reception 

Tickets: Evening: $32 - $98 

Matinee: $31 - $62 

AIM Tri mark December Concert Series 

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Choral Splendour 

Helmuth Rilling, conductor 

Simone Nold, soprano 

Anke Vondung, mezzo-soprano 

Fredrika Brillembourg, mezzo-soprano 

James Taylor, tenor 

Michael Dean bass-baritone 

University of 'roronto MacMillan Singers 

with the Elmer Iseler Singers 

Bach: Magnificat, BWV 243 

Mozart: Mass in C Minor, l

COVER STORY: SNAPSHOTS 

compiled anil edited by David Perlman 

As always these three interviews, conducted by e-mail, commenced with the 

the same three-part request: Say who you are, as if for someone who 

doesn't know you; say something about what you 're doing now; say something 

about what you 're working on in the longer term. Follow-up was then 

as varied as the initial responses. Meet Gabrielle Mcwughlin; Howard 

Dyck; anil Johanne Goyette. 

SNAPSHOT #1 

We are I FURIOSI Baroque Ensemble. We 

consist of two violins, cello and soprano and 

we focus primarily on the Baroque period, 

but like to mix it up with "crossover" pieces, 

sometimes pop, sometimes jazz, sometimes 

traditional. You may recognize us as the ; 

group in the leather. We wear a lot of leather I~ 

and PVC and try to resuscitate some of the 

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sex appeal of the Baroque era that has been " 

lost in academia. We tend to perform pieces 

that are rarely heard on stage, and look for 

appropriate visual accompaniment in our attire. 

Our members: me, Gabrielle 

McLaughlin, soprano; Aisslinn 

Nosky, violin; Julia Wedman, violin; 

Felix Deak, violoncello. 

At the moment we have just begun 

our 2003/2004 season. We are 

hoping our audiences will throw 

themselves into our somewhat more 

daring themes of the year: Italian 

Psycho (January 7) focusses on 

DonCarlo Gesualdo - a composer 

known also for having been quite a 

ruthless murderer. Instruments to 

Plague Us will feature music from 

the times of great plagues, and a 

new piece written in the time of 

SARS. Gloriously Drunk looks unabashedly 

at alcohol and complete, 

unadulterated intoxication thereby. 

Longer term: Several tours are in 

the works right now, as is a recording. 

We plan to continue our Toronto 

concert series and also to perform 

many concerts in places we 

have never been. We have toured 

parts of the United States and Great 

Britain, and have interest from other, 

warmer areas of the earth which we 

plan to explore in great detail. We 

are working on total world domination, 

but it seems it might be at least 

another few months. We'll let you 

know. 

FOLWW-UP: 

One of your concert releases afew 

seasons ago talked about your approach 

as "brazen refinement" - to 

deal with baroque's contradictions. 

You called it "an age in which the 

tenuous marriage between the Sacred 

and the Profane scandalized 

and intoxicated the European Nations." 

Are "scandalize anil intoxicate" 

still achievable? If so, how, if not, 

then what saves the "sex-and leather" 

from being dismissed as just a 

stunt? 

Scandal and intoxication are certainly 

still achievable. By placing the music 

into the appropriate contexts, it 

can be as scandalous and exciting as 

it was meant to be when it was written. 

Early Music tends to be linked 

with dried fruit and Birkenstocks in 

many people's minds, whereas a lot 

of it was written in very vivacious 

times when figures of power were 

throwing people's senses of morality 

and acceptability into a tailspin. 

Sex and leather is only one way in 

which our society today tries to continue 

to stretch the limits of moral 

acceptance. We seem to forget that 

sex was a tool used to grasp curiosity 

long before the 20th century, and 

it's only by updating that tool that I 

FURIOSI can reveal the tantalising 

nature of many of the works of the 

past. 

-"'7U2! makes this the right music 

for your instrument (your voice)? 

Partly it is simply the nature of my 

instrument itself, being straighter and 

more inclined toward word colouration 

than toward large, operatic, vibratic 

tone. I also have such a passion 

for the music that what makes it 

right for my voice is my love of it 

and my desire to perform it so that 

people will love it as much as I do. 

-How do your concert themes 

emerge? Choosing music for 

themes, or finding themes in the 

chosen music? 

Themes emerge from any one member's 

inspiration about things we find 

we are relating with on a daily basis. 

When planning a season, we find 

we have been harbouring certain 

themes that we are desperate to do 

because there is so much great music 

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that centres around it. We occasionally 

need to find extra music to fit the 

theme, but it usually breeds itself. 

-Can you say something about differences 

in audience reaction here 

and elsewhere you've performed? 

Our audiences here are used to our 

style, and have grown to expect us 

to throw in a few quirky musical 

plays on the normal. They will approach 

us on the street and tell us 

what they have recently enjoyed. 

Abroad we seem to shock a little bit 

more, as the people who come 

thought that the posters were just 

ways to sell tickets, and not actually 

how we would appear on stage. After 

that they seem thrilled that we 

My name is 

Howard Dyck, and I wear 

two hats. I'm the host of two programmes 

on CBC Radio 

Two ... Choral Concert and Saturday 

Afternoon at the Opera. And I'm 

also the conductor and artistic director 

of Kitchener Waterloo Philharmonic 

Choir and Consort Caritatis. 

In addition I'm married to Maggie; 

we have three children and one 

7 year old grandson. 

Right now I'm recovering from 

an exhilarating 3 performances of 

BenjaDiin Britten's War Requiem, 

and starting to think about next 

month (December) when I'll be conducting 

three performances of Handel's 

Messiah with the Winnipeg 

Singers and the Winnipeg Symphony 

Orchestra in the Manitoba capital, 

followed by 2 Messiah performances 

with the KW Philharmonic choir. 

And I'm starting to gather my 

strength for that day-long live to air 

broadcast on Dec. 21 when 11 EBU 

countries present Christmas music 

representing many European traditions. 

Longer term, I'm hard at work 

planning a Consort Caritatis tour to 

look like that and sound good. We 

make some friends for life through 

our travels as the audiences abroad 

love the vigour of our take on Early 

Music. 

-So, last, along the path to world 

dominaJion if you could stage an 

event (funded fJy an angel) - any venue, 

any collaborators, what might 

you think of to do? 

Personally, I would have The Consort 

of Musicke, II Giardino Armonico, 

Sinead O'Connor, Coldplay and 

I FURIOSI at the Royal Albert Hall 

and do a Pastiche of Oratorio and 

Opera and Pop/Rock (never all at the 

same time) that would knock the 

socks off of the Queen's Jubilee. 

Portugal and Spain in July 2004, and 

another tour to Switzerland, Southern 

France and Spain in 2005. In terms 

ofrepertoire, there are two works 

coming up in early 2004 which I'll 

be conducting for the first time: Prologue 

to Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito 

and Requiem by Antonin Dvorak. 

That's my bed-time reading for the 

next while!! 

FOLWW-UP 

- "Mostly Music" goes back to 

1976, and "Saturday Afternoon at 

the Opera" goes back to 1987. So, 

you 're a musical "fixture" for a lot 

of us! How have you managed to 

juggle hats given the size of the 

broadcasting commitment over the 

years? 

Several reasons, actually. 

1. I love my work, so the harder I 

work. the happier I am. 

2. I'm in extremely good health and 

I have lots of energy. Working just 

makes me feel better! 

3. I'm married to a wonderful woman 

who shares my interests and passions, 

so that on occasion when I'm 

spending more time working than 

perhaps I should, she understands. 

- Your KW Philharmonic Chamber 

Choir Messiah (Dec 13 and 14) has 

an extraordinary "cast" this year. 

First: I'm wondering what it took to 

get them together. Second, more 

generally, in our December listings 

there will be over 40 performances 

of Handel's Messiah in and around 

Toronto. I'm interested in your take 

on how this phenomenon has come 

to be. 

1. Actually the Kitchener Waterloo 

Philharmonic Choir has a long-standing 

tradition of getting only the very 

best soloists. They love to come, 

because of the choir, the orchestra, 

and most assuredly, our concert hall, 

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Sunday December 21, 2003 

Celebrate the Christmas spirit with a day-long concert of live music from churches 

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Join host Howard Dyck at 7am and hear seasonal songs from the European 

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the Centre in the Square, which is a to perform Messiah (the 2nd persinger's 

dream, is still regarded as formance in the history of the Peo- 

Canada's finest, acoustically speak- . pie's Republic) together with the 

ing. I find that agentS know about K- Kunming Symphony Orchestra. In 

W for all of these reasons. Ben Hep- 2000, we retillned to Europe as Canpner 

happens to be a good friend, so ada's representative to Prague, desig-' 

when we had dinner together back in nated Europe's millennium city of 

February following one of his Ber- culture. We performed and recorded 

lioz (Les Troyens) performances at Beethoven's Missa Solernnis. Iri 

the Met, he remarked that it had been 2002, we were in Russia and Finsome 

time since he had sung Messi- land, performing and recording the 

ah. Well, we checked our calendars Brahms German Requiem. Last 

and discovered that indeed he's avail- summer we were in Prague, Salzable 

on the 13th and 14th of Dec. burg and Vienna with the Prague Ra- 

We booked him tout suite!! The oth- dio Symphony Orchestra (Mozart 

er soloists had already been booked Requiem), and next summer we'll be 

some time previously. It should be in Portugal and Spain for a series of 

interesting, to say the least, to hear Haydn's Creation performances. The 

Suzie LeB!anc, Daniel Taylor, Ben concept has grown a lot in these 9 

Heppner, and James Westman, on years! 

the stage together! 

-Last, as 1 expect you know, a 

2. As far as Messiah's enduring ap- former teacher of yours, HelmµJh 

peal is concemect, I think sometimes, 

Rilling, is in town for an ambitious 

because we do the work so often, Bach Cantata project at U of TJan 

we lose sight of the fact that it's actu- l2-J7. Any thoughts on or plans for 

ally a fantastic oratorio, a master- the occasion? 

piece, and that's why people like to 

hear it. Of course it's also assumed a All I can say, having studied with 

kind of iconic status in our society ... Helmuth, and having learned so 

Christmas just isn't complete for a lot much from him during my student 

of folks without the annual Messiah days, is that participants are in for the 

"fix". We're not complaining. ... 

most intense, exhausting, exhilarating 

Messiah is always good for box of- experience of their lives. It's somefice 

sales! 

thing they'll never forget. Bach, you 

-Consort Caritatis arose, as 1 un- know, is the centre of the musical 

universe. Everything revolves around 

derstand it, out of a 1994 recording him! 

of the Messiah: Could you have foreseen 

where Consort Caritatis would 

be ten years on? 

' SNAPSHOT #3 

That first Messiah recording project 

was supposed to have been a one-off 

project. The choir initially didn't even 

have a name! But we had such a 

good time rehearsing and recording, 

the choir was so dam good, and we 

sold so many recordings (20,000 

plus) and got so much media atten- , 

tion (Morningside with Peter 

Gzowski, apd a full-length doc:umentary 

with Adrienne Clarkson on 

CBC TV), that we began to think 

maybe this choir had legs! 

Then, in late '95, I was invited to 

take a choir to the Ci.ech Republic, 

Poland, Hungary and Austria, to do 

a series of Mozart Requiem performances. 

And so I decided to reincarnate 

the choir which by now, at the 

insistence of Sony Classical (who 

requested that they be given a chance 

to market our Messiah recording!), 

was known as Consort Caritatis. The 

name is a Latin reference to the fact 

that we raise funds for humanitarian 

causes through our CD sales. So, we 

toured in '96, we were invited back 

to Central Europe in '98 (Verdi Requiem 

and Haydn Creation). In '99 

we were invited to Kunming, China 

Johanne Goyette. 

I am the managing director of 

ATMA, a cd label established in 

Montreal almost 10 years ago. That 

is my official occupation when I go 

to negotiate a line of credit! However, 

the way I like to see myself is as 

a producer and sound designer, 

somebody who makes a disc exist. 

Before starting ATMA, I was a 

musician, piano and Ondes Martenot 

(that strange beast used by Messiaen 

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A series reflecting Toronto's diversity and 

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Dec 11 Klezm€r...: Beyond the Pale 

Feb 19 Tasa with specia·I guest Kiran Ahluwalia 

Mar 11 Strike the Harp: Sharlene Wallace 

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(that is not my goal), but very dynamic, 

rich and original artistically, 

and powerful enough to support 

many major projectS, such as the 

Bach cantata cycle, baroque operas, 

and orchestral recordings involving 

many great Canadian and international 

musicians. I am now 51 , old 

enough to see things with objectivity, 

and young enough to still have the 

guts to realize dreams, as we say... . 

FOLWW-UP 

Just a couple of things: I was wondering 

about the name A'IM4 itself. 

the origins of it; and I was trying to 

see if there is a pattern.to the. 

projects you choose. 

Atma means Soul in Sanskrit ... Soul 

of Music. 

As to a pattern, it is true that 

.I have a passion for Early music; it 

has proven to be behind the success 

of the label and I love it because it 

leaves a huge space for creativity. 

But I arri trying to build a catalogue 

that will establish a personality for 

ATMA, even if it covers wide-ranging 

repertoire from the Middle-Ages 

to contemporary music. In the latter, 

ATMA currently supports the Molinari 

quartet, SMCQ (Sociere de Musique 

contemporaine du Quebec), · 

NEM (Nouvel Ensemble· Modeme) 

and ECM (Ensemble Contemporain 

Cle Montreal). I had some nice surprises 

with such titles as the Schafer 

quartets, Claude Vivier and Elliot 

Carter works. I work closely with . 

artists and groups to construct 

projects in partnership with their concert 

seasons. I am faithful to the 

people who contribute to my label - 

~d I often follow their own desires. 

For example, the Mahler.4th 

doesn't correspond to my definition 

oforiginal repertoire. However, as I 

have future plans with conductor 

Yannick Nezet-seguin, I followed 

. Yannick'sowndream, and, indeed, 

he has something to say in that 

music. The Bach cantatas on the.other 

hand are. my' own -I should 

say- need: that music gives meaning 

to my life. So, there are no real 

. rules, rather' mainly intuition and enthusiasm. 

I love voices, nice voices 

and I like players with strong personalities. 

I like projects that bring 

me pleasure to work on. 

ATMA reflects the Canadian musical 

scene as Hyperion reflects the 

British scene, and Bis the Swedish 

scene. More and more, however, 

ATMA will be open to the best 

musicians, regardless of where they 

come from. 

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BY DA VJD OLDS 

Well it's a bumper crop of reviews this month, just in time for the 

holiday season. We ' ve replaced the Discs of the Month section with 

Seasonal Fare in which Sarah Hood provides a look at some of the 

Christmas CDs that have crossed our desk and Phil Ehrensaft and 

Tiina Kiik give their suggestions for seasonal giving. A~d a number 

of reviewers have contributed their suggestions in our Stocking 

Stuffers, section ..: brief notes on some of their favourite things. In 

additioµ there are more than 40 i:liscs reviewed, and still there was 

neither room nor time for all titles we would have liked to cover. 

One late arrival was the much-anticipated 

Remembrance (Marquis 7 74718 

1307 2 3), Stuart Laughton's contemplative 

trumpet disc featuring collaborations 

with pianist Peter Tiefenbach, works · 

by Britten, Hovhaness, Tomasi and 

Canadians J. Scott Irvine, John Burge, 

Alexina Louie, Howard Cable and R. 

Murray Schafer. Highlights include 

Tiefenbach's Remembrance, commissioned 

by Toronto's ubiquitous new music aficionado Roger D. 

Moore especially for this project, and The Silver Rose featuring the 

haunting voice of Patricia O'Callahan. 

Johanne Goyette's ATMA label (see our 

Snapshots section) released two titles in 

its "SMCQ Live" series this past-month, 

featuring Canada's longest running new 

music organization, the Societe ·de 

musique contemporaine du Quebec, under 

the direction of Walter Boudreau. Trois 

Concertos (ACD2 2282) features three 

of Montreal's finest young contemporary 

performers - violinist Julie-Anne 

Demme •. pianist Marc Couroux and 

trombonist Alain Trµdel - performing 

new works by Isabelle Partneton, Sean 

Ferguson and Vincent Collard. Les . 

Laureats (ACD2 2281) presents a 

selection of the winners of the "Prix 

Quebec-Flandre", an international 

collaboration between the SMCQ and the 

Vooruit Cultural Centre in Belgium that 

is awarded in recognition of a talented composer or performer 

specializing" in contemporary music. The laureates in on this collection 

include pianist Louise Bessette, performing a work by Andre 

Villeneuve, and the Jules, Leger prize-winning young composer 

Andre Ristic, along with Belgian composers Wim Henderix, Peter 

Swinnen and Annelies van Parys. Both these discs provide valuable 

a·nd welcome insights into the contemporary music scene of La belle 

province. 

One disc I don't feel so bad about missing is pianist Alain Lefevre's 

recording "Concertos - Mathieu, Addisell & Gershwin" (Analekta 

AN 2 9814) with the Orchestre symphonique 

de Quebec and Yoav Talmi. 

According to October reports, Lefevre 

was the top selling classical artist in 

Canada, so obviously word of this 

excellent recording has gotten out without 

our help. I'm especially pleased to know . 

that Andre Mathieu's virtually unknown 

Concerto de Quebec is deservedly 

finding a large new audience. 

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Arriving an hour early 

The pre-concert lecture has - for those who wish to avail themselves 

.of it - become a staple of Toronto's musical life. These days, many 

organizations in the city precede their performances with a knowledgeable 

speaker offering insight into the evening's programme. Unfortunately 

such lectures generally pass unnoticed by the press - so let's 

change that right here. 

November 3, 2003: New Music Concerts has a history of presenting 

discussions with some of the biggest names in modern music: Elliott 

Carter, Pierre Boulez and John Cage have spoken in the past, usually 

in conversation with NMC artistic director Robert Aitken. · 

. Tonight, several dozen people showed up at the CBC's Glenn 

Gould Studio for a lobby chat by the visiting German composer Helmut 

Lachenmann, preceding a concert of his music. Surprisingly, 

among those present were some inusic students from Rochester's 

Eastman School of Music, who chose to come to Toronto when 

American immigration officials refused to allow the composer to enter 

the USA. Lacheninann, a gaunt, soft-spoken man in his late 60s, replied 

to Aitken's questions with mystical utterances: "After h·earing a 

piece of music, I should be a different person than I was before." 

And, "The question, of understanding or not understanding does not 

exist." 

There was little that he said to directly describe the way his 

music sounded. However, based on the first half of the concert it 

sounds as though Lachenmann writes the kind of 1960s atonal stuff 

that frankly leaves me cold. By intermission I had heard enough, but 

as I discreetly .exited the CBC building, I thought about the pre-perforniance 

chat. While it didn't seem to do anything to help me "appreciate" 

the music, I do think that it gave me some respect for the composer 

- a man who stands by his 40-year-old musical convictions, apparently 

unconcerned w!th popularity and the winds of fashion. · 

There's something sad but admirable about that. 

November 5, 2003: Alas, the composer was unable to attend tonight's 

pre-concert lecture, before a concert by the Toronto Mendelssohn 

·Choir: Felix Mendelssohn died in 1847.·Instead, a small crowd of 

perhaps 200 heard a talk by the CBC's Rick Phillips - delivered in 

that blend of slick professionalism and down-to-earth folksiness that is 

a trademark of our national broadcaster. 

v 

Phillips covered his topic - the oratorio Elijah - Well: he talked 

about the Mendelssohn's career as a c'omposer and conductor, about 

his work in establishing the Leipzig conservatory, about the composer's 

choice of subject matter and his use of counterpoint. He even 

touched briefly on Felix's talented sister, Fanny. But one point made 

by Phillips stood out in my mind: "To the Victorians, this work was 

only behind Messiah in its status." When a member of the audience 

asked if the piece is still done much today, Phillips replied that in 

North America it has become a rarity. 

Times have changed: a century ago, Elijah would have been a 

major musical event in Toronto. On this occasion, giving just one 

performance - and in Massey, rather than the larger Roy Thomson 

Hall - the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir only managed to sell about 

three-quarters of the seats for this masterpiece by its namesake. And 

in this harsh light, the TMC's splendid reading took on an added aspect 

of box-office bravery. There's something sad but admirable about 

that, too. 

It seems that pre-concert chats appeal only to a minority of 

concert-goers, who have the time and interest to show up an hour early 

for a performance. Of course there's nothing wrong with not 

showing up - ultimately; music should be able to speak for itself. But 

at their best, pre-concert lectures and chats are an art form in their 

own right, with the power to enrich our perceptions of what we hear. 

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. He can be reached 

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QUODLIBET 

by Allan Pulker 

I read in today's newspaper that 

over 50,000 people went to watch a 

hockey game between "old timers" 

from the Edmonton Oilers and Montreal 

Canadiens hockey teams from 

the 1980s, and that 900,000 people 

wanted to attend. I like to think at 

least that many would line up to 

listen to another "old timer," Johann 

Sebastian Bach, were he able to make 

a "comeback" and give a recital and 

a pre-concert talk. 

Helmuth Rilling 

The "Great One" of music will he said was that Rilling's approach 

not be making an appearance on Plan- is driven not by his or anyone else's 

et Earth any time soon; but Helmuth study of performance practice~ ~f 

Rilling, a man whose life and thought Bach's time but by the text. This_ 1s 

have been shaped by the music and. not to say that he has not been aware 

theology of J.S. Bach will be in of the Bach scholarship of the past 

Toronto for The Bach Festival at the four or five decades. He has been 

University of Toronto, "J.S. Bach listening to what the scholf"s have 

is extremely charismatic. He memorizes 

everything he conducts, which enables 

him to be liberated and spontaneous 

in performance. In performance 

he looks at the choir, not at a score, 

which helps the choristers to be ~ught 

up in the whirlwind of performance 

excitement. This is something Cooper 

speculated that he might have learned 

from Leonard Bernstein with whom 

he studied in 1%7 in Tanglewood. In 

rehearsal he is quite different- understated 

and quiet, his gestures contained. 

Robert Cooper spoke of the things 

he had received from Rilling: an understanding 

of the preparation/rehearsal/performance 

dynamic; a sense of the 

possibility of taking the music to another 

level in performance; dedication 

to the ongoing study of what is going 

Messiah Quicklist 

in the World Today", five days of had to say and he has changed ahd by Karen Ages 

lectures, symposia, rehearsals and developed over the years, which is As mentioned in the "Snapshot" of 

-concerts from January 12 to 16. why he has recorded many ofBach's Howard Dyck (p.8,lO), there are 

Rilling is a legendary conductor major works two or three times. some 40 or more perfomances of 

and student of Bach and the artistic Underly fog that, however, is his Handel's Messiah this December in 

director of the International Bachakad- wish to perform the music the way . the GT A. The quicklist of presenters 

ernie Stuttgart, of the Gachinger Kan- Bach might have wanted to hear it below is proof of this work's endurtorei 

and Bach-Collegium Stuttgart today. 

ing appeal. An asterisk denotes exand 

of the Oreg~n Bach Festival. I He works for a flexible and a full cerpts. For full details, please see the 

doubt ifthere has been anyone since choral sound and above all relates Concert Listings. GTA listings be 

Albert Schweitzer, whose landmark the text to the music. As a student, gin on page 35; Further Afield listtwo 

volumes on Bach were first pub- Cooper said, Rilling was a theology ings begin on page 55 . 

lished one hundred years ago, who major and this comes out in his ap- . December 

has so completely absorbed and un- proach to the music. In rehearsals 05 7:30: Elmer fseler Singers 

derstood not only the music of Bach he would always talk about how the 06 7:30: Annex Singers of Toronto• 

but also its historical, philosophical music, resonated with the text and 06 7:30: Arca~y 

and theological context. 

historically speaking what it would 06 8:00: Brampton Festival Singers/ 

Robert Cooper, a CBC Radio have meant to people in Bach's time; · Symphony Hamilton 

Two producer as well as the con- "opening [our] awareness to what 07 3:00: Concertsingers 

· h " 07 3:00: Sacred Music Society 

ductor of several choirs, studied with was going on behmd t e notes. . 07 7:00: Burlington Civic Chorale 

Rilling for t\vo years in the 1970s at Speaking from his own experience 10 7:30: Arcady 

the Frankfurt Hochschule and sang conducting Bach's music, Cooper 10 7:30: Toronto Choral Society 

in his Bach Collegium in Stuttgart. I commented that it is "uncanny, how 13 5:00: St. James' Choral Society• 

asked him for his impressions of every note is related to the text, the 13 7:30: Alexander Singers• 

Rilling and his contribution to the theology." . . 13 8:00: Symphony Hamilton/ 

legacy of J.S. Bach. The first thing As a performer/conductor Rillmg Brampton Festival Singers 

on behind the notes (so easy to lose 

sight of in the obsession just to learn 

the notes); and an awareness of the 

world of theological and philosophical 

understanding that informed the composition 

of Bach's music and which 

needs to inform its interpretation as well. 

"Rilling has so much to offer" he 

added. "EveryoneshouldgototheBach 

Festival with a notepad and a handful 

of pencils and try to go away with as 

much as they possibly can." 

Rilling will stay in Toronto for another 

week to conduct three performances 

by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 

the Elmer Iseler Singers and 

the University of Toronto MacMillan 

Singers of Bach's Magnificat and 

Mozart's Mass in C Minor, K. 427 

on January 22, 24 and 25. 

14 3:00: Mississauga Ch.oral Society 

17, 18, 19,20 7:30: Tafelmusik ' 

17,18,20 8:00: TSO/Toronto Mendelssohn 

18 8:00: Massey Hall, Violon Du Roi 

19 8:00: Sacred Music Society 

20 8:00: Scarborough Philharmonic* 

21.2:00: Tafelmusik. Sing-Along Messiah 

21 3:00: TSO/Toronto Mendelssohn · 

FURTHER AFIELD 

01 7:30: Brott Music Festival. Hamilton 

05 7:30: Arcady. Aylmer 

07 3:00: Symphony Hamilton/ 

Brampton Festival Singers. Hamilton 

07 7:30: Achill Choral Soc.iety. Orangeville 

12 7:30: Waves of Sound. London 

13 7:30: Ba~rie Concerts. Barrie 

13 7:30: Kitchener Waterloo 

Philharmonic Choir. Kitchener 

13 7:30: Sacred Music Society. 

Peterborough , 

14 2:30: Kitchener Waterloo 

Philharmonic Choir. Kitchener 

14 3:00: Elora Festival Singers. Elora 

14 3:00: Peterborough Singers. Lindsay 

14 3:30: Waves of Sound. London 

15 7:30: Peterborough Singers. 

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20 7:30: Arcady. Brantford 

20 8:00: Guelph Chamber Choir. Guelph 

21 4:00: Sacred Music Society. Whitby 

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by Fra1,1k Nakashima 

Handel's Messiah is of course December's 

biggest story, quality and 

quantity-wise. At risk of giving it less 

than its due, I am simply going to 

refer you to the Quick List on page 

18 which will enable you to discover 

the story for yourself in our concert 

listings.* 

J-Iere instead are some stories 

which might otherwise get lost, during 

December and beyond. 

The Christmas Oratorio is comprised 

of six c_antatas which tell the 

story of the nativity. Although meant 

to be heard on six different occa- . 

sions spanning the twelve days of 

Christmas, Tafelmusik will condense 

th~ experience for your Iisten 

'ing pleasure and tell the story over 

the course of two nights! Directed 

by Ivar.s Taurins and featuring Rufus 

Millier as the J;:vangelist, the 

jubilant choruses and pastoral arias 

are sure to sweep you away as the 

choir and orchestra of Tafelmusik 

usher in the holiday season with one 

of Bach's great masterpieces (December 

4 - 7). 

In one of the more creative programs 

this year; "Noels from France and 

New France" (December 6), the 

Aradia Ensemble has decided to 

use the noels as a focal point for 

their Christmas concert. In fact, the 

French noels will be presented in_ 

versions still alive in Ontario and 

Que~c. In addition, recent research 

has apparently brought to light 18thcentury 

versions (from French and 

English) translated _into the Cree language. 

The foatured work will be 

. *(For a unique spin on ihe seasonal 

Messiah-fest, you might 

want to check the "Further 

Afield" listings for what Nota 

Bene and Tactus are ·doing in 

Kitchener and Waterloo December 

12 and 13. Their "alternate 

Messiah" . strings together various 

settings by Henry Purcell of 

se.veral of Handel's key texts.) 

Charpentier's Pastoral sur lanaissance 

de Notre Seigneur Jesus 

Christ. 

Imagine an early 19th-century 

· arrangement of 

Beethoven's Seventh Symphony 

for wind· octet! In the program 

"Ludwig: Seven for 

Eight" (January 10), presented 

by Baroque Music Beside 

Toronto Consort's latest Yuletide the Grange, you'll have the 

proj~ct. is to .rec.reate the joyful eel~- . rare opportunity to hear the globrat10n 

of Christmas Vespers as It rious and colourful sound of 

mig.ht have ?een heard u~de~ the di- period instrument wind octets . 

recuonofM1chael Praetonus m17_th- playing "the Seventh" as well 

century Germany. The Praetorius as music from Mozart's op 

Christmas Vespers (December l~, 

13) assembles singers, recorders, v1- 

eras in contemporary arrangements. 

olins, cornetti, sackbuts, theorjJos 

and keyboards arranged around the The combined talents of Canadian 

balconies and stage of Trinity-St. 

Paul's Church (the centrepiece of the 

"service" is the sumptuous Magnificat 

for triple choir and instruments). 

The 6-member period ensemble 

grows to 63 when it is joined by 

guest vocal soloists Michele De Boer, 

Paul Grindlay, David Arnot and 

Kevin Skelton, The Toronto Chamber 

Choir, and a host of rarely heard 

period instruments, to recreate a 17thcentury 

soprano Isabel 

Bayrakdarian and the Tafelmusik 

Baroque Orchestra 

have.the makings of a fantastic 

concert program - see "Cleopatra 

with Isabel Bayrakdarian" (January 

10, 11, 15, 16). The story of 

the legendary Cleopatra was the perfect 

vehicle for the baroque composers, 

Handel, Hasse, and Graun, the 

music of whom you will hear upon 

Lutheran Christmas service. this.occasion. · 

If you would like to compare it 

with a-Venetian Vespers, you might 

The Toronto Early Music Centre 

want to attend an actual service at 

begins another series of "Musically 

the Church of the Redeemer where 

Speaking" presentations, a onehour 

enlightening program of his 

The Musicians In Ordinary, the 

clergy, choir and guests, are developing 

an annual tradition of recreattorical 

performance. Admission is 

free to this event. The first presentation 

features the ensemble "Musick's 

ing a 17th-century Italian service 

(December 7) with music by Claudio 

Monteverdi, Alessandro Gran 

Hand-maid" (January 11) - Janet 

Scott (harpsichord) with Valerie Sylvester 

(violin), Sheila Smyth (violin) 

di, Adriano Banchieri and other conand 

Laura Jones (gamba). 

temporaries. 

1 

A week-long performance festial and 

The English romance "Sir Clege" educational symposium featuring retakes 

place in an atmosphere of nowned Bach specialist Helmuth 

almsgi~ing, . 9uest, :"1d the miracu- Rilling, soloists Darryl Edwards, 

Jous,. m which mmstrels feature Lorna MacDonald (Lois Marshall 

pro~mently · Around the fi;amework ·Chair in Voice Studies), violinist Scott 

of ~1s rom~ce, Tor?nto. s ensem- St. John, the MacMillan Singers, 

ble ,or medieval music, Sme Norn- members of the Elmer Iseler Singine, 

has cre~ted a programme of ers the Bach Festival Orchestra and 

delig.htful I.4th and l?th cen~ry sp;cial guests Russell Braun and 

Engl.1sh Christmas ~us.IC for v01ces Daniel Taylor. "J.S. Bach in the 

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In the late Middle Ages, the dukes 

of Burgundy created a domain which 

was the most powerful political entity 

in Western Europe, and a centre 

of exuberant cultural activity. At the 

pinnacle of this extravagance was the 

supreme musical master Guillaume 

Dufay whose music will be the focus 

of the Toronto Consort concert 

"The Splendour of Burgundy" 

(February 6, 7), featuring his 

masterwork, Missa Ecce Ancilla 

Domini, sung by a small ensemble 

of elite singers such as performed at 

the Burgundian court. The program 

also includes instrumental songs and 

dances from the early 15th century. 

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Singers, recorders, violins, cornetti, sackbuts, 

theorbos and keyboards arranged around the 

balconies and stage of Trinity-St. Paul's Church, 

recreating the joyful celebration of Christmas 

Vespers as it might have been heard under the 

direction of Michael Pr.aetorius in 17-th century 

Germany, this is the Toronto Consort's latest 

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February 6 & 7, 2004 

In the late Middle Ages the dukes of'Burgundy created 

a domain which was the most powerful political - 

entity in Western Europe, al)d a centre of exuberant 

cultural activity. At the pinnacle of~his extravagance 

was the supreme musical master Guillaume Dufay, 

whose music will be the focus of this concert, featuring 

his masterwork, the Missa' Ecce Ancilla Domini, 

sung by a small ensemble 

of efite singers such as 

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· by Larry Beckwith 

I remember as a kid I used to lie 

awake with the light of a street 

/amp streaming into my room doc 

ing the math once again and trying 

to figure out how old I'd be 

when the year 2000 cdme around. 

The 21st century seemed so far 

away at that point. But here we 

are - unbelievably - on the threshold 

of December, 2003, with choral 

concerts abounding once again 

in the city that loves to sing. 

Children's choirs, big choirs, gay 

choirs, chamber.choirs and smaller 

"consorts" all offer concerts 

celebrating light ·:.._ whether it's the 

birth of the Christ, light of the 

world, or the purification and rededication 

of the Temple of Jerusalem 

(Hannukah: festival oflights) 

or the possibility that lies before 

us at the Winter Solstice, the longest. 

night of the year. For one reason 

or another, year after year, this 

of view of several different cultures. 

The St. Nicholas theme continues 

on December 7 with a performance 

of Britten's cantata St. Nicholas 

by the VocalPoint Chamber 

Choir, with tenor Geoffrey Butler 

in the title role. Mark Bell's impressive 

Riverdale Youth Singers 

contribute the treble parts. Also 

on the 7th, the Musicians in Ordimiry 

team up with the Church 

of Redeember Chancel C\loir .to 

recreate a Venetian Christmas Vespers 

service from the 17th centu 

. ry, complete with instrumental, 

solo vocal and choral elements. 

And speaking of recreated Vespers 

services, .on December 12 and 13 

the Toronto Consort and Toronto 

Chamber Choir present a service 

as it might have"been heard in 

composer Michael Praetorius' day, 

congregational warbling and all. 

is the month of singing; and for The Elmer Iseler Singers team up 

attending choral concerts and ap- with the Oakville Children's 

predating the miraculous sound of -Choir for a performance of Britvoices 

making music together. ten's A Boy was Born on pecember 

12 and that same night, the man 

The Tafelmusik Chamber Choir with the long white beard, infecis 

busy in December, offering per- tious laugh and ample belly visits 

formances of Bach's Christmas the Exultate Chamber Singers. I 

Oratorio at the beginning of the mean Giles Bryant, of course, back 

month - 3 cantatas per night, with for another Giles- Christmas in 

additional chorale settings by ear- Tales, where he will regaie the 

lier German composers .: and Han- audience with Christmas readings, 

WALK OF FAME 

The case for Elmer Iseler 

by Alison Roy 

Dr. Elmer Iseler was a pioneer in 

the world of choral music. It is 

through his perseverance and devotion 

to professionalism in choral 

music that professional and community 

choirs are flourishing in 

Canada. He had the knowledge 

and expertise, fifty y:ears ago, to 

found the Festival Singers of Canada 

in 1954, the Ebner Iseler Singers 

in 1977,, to lead the TorontO 

Mende~hn Choir beginning in 

1964 and bring a professional core 

to it in 1967. 

A staunchly proud Canadian, he 

traveled extensively to every part 

of Canada, believing that all communities 

should enjoy the live choral 

experience, sharing the same sound and 

enthusiasm with small communities in 

northern Ontario or British Columbia 

or Saskatchewan that he took to larger 

audiences in the United States, Asia 

and Europe. He brought Canadian 

content and promoted Canadian composers 

to foreign ears. He was an 

educator and coached young conducting 

students at universities on choral 

techniques but also on finding their own 

"voice" in conducting. 

He is History. It is through his 

devotion to choral music that this year 

we are celebrating 50 years of professionalism 

in choral music in Canada. 

It is too easy to forget our past, our 

beginnings and to take for granted pioneers 

we should acknowledge for making 

our own achievements possible. 

His funeral was one testimony to 

his legacy. He had been involved in 

the choral world since 1954. He died 

in 1998. ThecongregationatStJames 

Cathedral in Toronto was at capacity 

seating for the funeral. One thousand 

voices strong, forty four years of trained 

professional . singers that had all been 

touched by Elmer as a choral conductor, 

sang the.hymns in four part harmony 

and with every nuance that Elmer 

had once instructed. The police led a 

large procession of cars from Toronto 

to his beloved Caledon hills· for the 

burial. A funeral fit for the ambassador 

of choral music. 

Now there is another opportunity to 

acknowledge him. There is an ongoing 

petition to have a star on Canada's 

Walle ofFame presented posthumously 

to Dr. Elmer Iseler in recognition of 

his contributions to choral music in Canada, 

and professionalism in choral 

music in North America. 

On the eve of the fiftieth year of his 

transforming achievement, now is the 

time! Ifyouareachoral singer, young 

or old, you· are probably in a choir 

because of the influence of Dr. Elmer 

Iseler and probably don't realize it. 

Visit the Walk of Fame website at 

www .canadaswalkoffame.com before 

December 31 which is when nominations 

for 2004 will close, Add your 

name to the growing list of supporters 

of Canadian choral music who honour 

Dr'. lseler's legacy. 

Alison Roy is a member of the 

Iseler Singers and a music 

teacher with the Toronto District 

School Board. Her mother, 

Janet Roy, was a member of the 

first Festival Singers Choir 

formed in 1954. 

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by Jason van Eyk 

After a peak of activity in November, the new music community is taking a 

small break this December, allowing just enough time to prepare for a 

full concert calendar in January. In this December/January double-bill, 

Composer Companions highlights five upcoming new music events, all 

of which showcase great Canadian musical talent, whether composer or 

peiformer, or both. As always, we encourage you to attend with one of 

our accomplished local composers as your own personal concert guide. 

Waite~ Buczynski 

Early in December Chrylark Arts 

& Music presents Canadian composer 

and pianist Walter Buczynski 

in a solo piano recital. On December 

7th at the Heliconian Hall, Bilczynski 

will perform a mixed programme 

ranging from Bach to his 

own Autumn Collection - 24 Preludes. 

Like R. M•may Schafer, Buczynski 

celebrates his 70th birthday 

this year, with this concert marking 

the first of many planned throughout 

the season to celebrate some of 

his best compositions. For more information, 

or to purchase tickets, call 

416-651-9380. 

In the middle of the month, The 

Hannaford Street Silver Band 

brings in the holiday cheer with a 

concert that includes original Canadian 

festive works and classic carols 

arranged by Canadian composers. On 

December 16th at St. James Cathe- 

Gary An 

Toronto's Center 

for Clarinets 

and Oboes 

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dral, the Canadian Children's 

Opera Chorus and guest conductor 

Richard Bradshaw will join Hannaford 

for this annual Christmas celebration. 

Come sing beloved carols 

, in great arrangements by Godfrey 

y , Ridout, Morley Calvert, Howard 

·· « Cable and more. 

A special holiday treat will be the 

world premiere of Canadian conductor 

and composer Bramwell Tovey's 

new Magnijicat for band and choir. 

For more information, visit their 

website at www .hannafordband.com 

or call 416-366-7723. 

Heading into the New Year, Toronto's 

new music presenters seem to 

be saving the best for last, as one 

dynamic vocal recital and two minife~tivals 

heat up the cold late-January 

nights. 

First, on January 29th at the Jane 

Mallett Theatre, Music Toronto 

presents stellar new music soprano 

Barbara Hannigan and equally talented 

pianist Linda Ippolito in a prograll1Jlle 

ranging from the 20th-century 

modern to a completely brand 

new work. Hannigan and Ippolito 

will perform a wide range of songs 

from Szymanowksi, Schoenberg, 

Ligeti, Vivier, Andriessen and Ives, 

as well as give the world premiere 

of James Rolfe's Six Illuminations 

based on the poetry of Rimbaud. 

' Rolfe composed this song cycle 

expressly for Hannigan when she 

was having difficulty finding Canadian 

repertoire to match the rest of 

her ambitious programme. Moreover, 

this world premiere marks a thir- 

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teen-year professional relationship 

between Rolfe and Hannigan, with 

the first set of eight Illuminations 

being composed and performed in 

1990, followed by a second set in 

1991 and now this newest set in 

2004. When speaking about the return 

to composing for this very talented 

soprano, Rolfe explained, "It 

is nice to have a sense of circularity 

to a creative project, not always driving 

forward to the next new work, 

but returning to older projects with a 

fresh perspective. As well, very few 

people know of Barbara's strong 

work ethic. This programme is very 

ambitious, and'it is nice to have my 

work interpreted by a performer who 

will match the level of commitment 

with which I composed this ·new 

work." 

For more information visit 

www.music-toronto.com, or for 

tickets call 416-366-7723. 

Starting the same day, and running 

all weekend long, will be Arraymusic' 

s second installment of the 

Scratch! Festival. Inspired by experimental 

composer Cornelius 

Cardew's Scrateh Orchestra projects, 

this year's Scratch! Festival will con- 

tinue to. celebrate improvised and 

experimental music, featuring the 

works of invited Canadian composers 

who currently work in the tradition 

of American composer Christian 

Wolff and Dutch experimentalist 

Gilius van Bergeijk. Wolff, a 

former student of John Cage, became 

widely known as part of the 

mid-20th-century New York School 

of composers, and is most noted for 

his compositions of intricate symbols, 

which are left open to the musicians' 

interpretations. Bergeijk is 

recognized for his work in electronic 

based music, but is also a jazzmusician, 

improviser and conductor 

of his own orchestra 'Gilius' Haagsche 

Hofje'. This combination of 

influences should make for an eyeand-ear-opening 

adventure in Canadian 

musi!:. For more information 

call 416-532-3019 or visit 

www.arraymusic.com. 

vealed a strong 

break with any. and 

all forms of academicism 

and tradition. 

Imagination, 

originality and hum0ur 

are the hallmarks 

of his work, 

which also draw on 

·an inexhaustible 

sense of invention 

and a wide array of 

expressive devices 

to produce provoc- 

Kagel 

Bridging the end of January and 

the beginning of February is the final 

concert highlight, a Mauricio 

Kagel mini-festival presented in joint 

v~nture between the Esprit Orchestra 

and New Music Concerts. Kagel 

is one of the more distinctive composers 

of contemporary music who, 

throughout an already significant creative 

output in many genres, has reative 

results. On January 31st, Esprit 

Orchestra presents a programme 

featuring the world premiere of the 

concert version of Kagel's Das 

Konzert (an operatic flute concerto), 

juxtaposed against works by John 

Rea and Arvo Part. New Music 

Concerts Artistic Director Robert 

Aitken joins Esprit as the invited 

guest soloist. On February 1st, New 

Music Concerts will present a complete 

programme of Kagel's music, 

with the Elmer Iseler Singers as 

guest artists C1I1d Mauricio Kagel himself 

as guest composer and conductor. 

Kagel's personal presence for 

this mini-festival marks another coup 

for New Music Concerts, and for 

the benefit of Toronto's music community, 

following hot on the heels 

of renowned composer 

Helmut Lachenmann's 

visit just this past November. 

With so much dynamic 

contemporary 

work on offer at the end 

ofJ anuary, it definitely 

will be difficult to decide 

what to see and 

hear! But with a little 

ingenuity and careful 

planning, you can create 

your own mini new 

music festival, taking in 

a wealth of incredible new music by 

some of Canada's and the world's 

greatest composers, as performed by 

this city's best performers, ·and all 

in a mere four days! 

Composer Companions will have 

composer guides available to the 

public for all of these concerts. To 

book your composer guide for any 

concert of new music in the Toronto 

area, contact the Ontario Region 

of the Canadian Music Centre at 

composercompanions@musiccentre.ca, 

or by phone at 416-961-6601 x.207 

Jason van Eyk is the CMC's Ontario 

Regional Director. He can be 

reached at 416-961-6601 x. 207 or 

jasonv@musiccentre.ca. 

presents 

The Great 

Toronto Carol Sing 

Tuesday, December 16, 2003, 8 p.m. 

The Cathedral Church of St. James · 

65 Churc;h Street, Toronto 

Richard Bradshaw, the charismatic General Director of the award-winning 

Canadian Opera Company, will lead our annual Christmas celebration in the 

acoustic splendour of The Cathedral Church of St. James. Revel in the sounds 

of the HSSB in combination with the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus under the 

direction of Ann Cooper Gay. Join in the .heart-felt singing of beloved carols and 

listen to the world premiere of Bramwell Tovey's new composition for band and choir, 

entitled Magnificat, commissioned by the HSSB and featuring soprano soloist Laura Whalen. 

"Silver-plated 

music making 

a/I .the way" 

William Littler, 

The TorontoStar 

Call the St. Lawrence Centre Box Office at 

416-366-7723 or 1-800-708-6754, or book on-line at www.stlc.com 

www.hannafordband.com 

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OF NEw Music PRESENTERS 

The next two months are very 

busy ones for the members of the 

Coalition individually and as a 

group. We have been discussing 

the (re)creation of a New Music 

Festival, and will be exploring the 

possibilities of this over the next 

few months. It has been two years 

since the last major new music festival 

in Toronto, and we are excited 

by the possibility of remounting 

this huge undertaking. 

Another very positive development 

in the Toronto new music 

community, and indeed, for new 

music across this -country, is the 

creation of a New Music Touring 

Network. Partners in seven cities 

across Canada (Halifax, Montreal, 

Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, 

Calgary and Vancouver) ·have 

agreed to participate in the. pilot 

stage of the development of the 

network, and we are seeking applications 

from touring artists for 

the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 seasons. 

For the pilot seasons, our activity 

will be limited to Canadfan artists 

performing primarily Canadian 

repertoire, with· a focus on soloists 

or small ensembles. As the 

network expands, we anticipate 

moving into the international arena 

and taking on more ambitious 

projects. 

The lead organization in Toronto 

is the Music Gallery. If you are a 

touring artist or ensemble that would 

like to perform on the network, 

please contact Jim Montgomery 

(jim@musicgallery.org), or send an 

application to the Music Gallery at 

197 John Street, Toronto, Ontario, 

MST 1X6. (You will need to send 

by Keith Denning 

along project descriptions, artists' 

bios, recordings and photos. These 

can be electronic --i.e. mp3s and 

high~qi.lality jpegs.) 

The deadline for applications for 

the 2004-05 season is very soon, 

December 1, 2003, so time is of 

the essence! 

There are a number of notable concerts 

coming up over the next two 

months, with a big crunch at the 

end of January. 

On December 16th, the Hannaford 

Street Silver Band presents 

its Christmas concert at St. James 

Cathedral, featuring the world premiere 

of Magnificat, a new work 

by Bramwell Tovey. From January 

29th through the 31st, Arraymusic 

presents Scratch II at the 

Music Gallery. Also on January 

29th, Music Toronto presents soprano 

Barbara Hannigan singing 

works by Schoenberg, Vivier, 

Ligeti, Ives and more, and the 

world premiere of James Rolfe's 

Rimbaud Songs. 

Finally, two coalition members 

have collaborated to

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NN Dec 07 8:00: Ramona Carmelly 

NN Dec 07 8:00: RCM. ARC Festival· 

Music Reborn 

NN Dec 11 2:00: Northern District 

Library. Ricochet Trio 

CoMPOSER m CoMPOSER 

INTERVIEW WITH 

JULIET 

PALMER 

NN Dec 12 8:00:· Anno Domini Chamber 

Singers. GLORIA 

NNN Dec 14 7:00: Les AMIS Concerts. NOVEMBER 2003 · 

· NNN Dec 19 7:00: The New Music by Paul Steenhuisen 

Piano Recital. 

Born in New l:ealand, Juliet Kiri 

NN Dec ·20 7:30: Amadeus Choir. Rejoice! Pal.mer studied at Auckland Univer- 

NNN Dec 21 4:30: St. Anne's Church. siJy, mut then Princeton, before set- 

Nine lessons & Carols 

tJing in Toronto in the mid-1990's. 

NN Jan 08 12:10: U of T Faculty of Music. Since then, ~she has . be musicallv 

Rapoport, Peter Stoll, Salwyn " 

NNN Jan 11 7:00: New Music Concerts. ·active in Canada, the US, Europe, 

Cuarteto latinoamericano. 

will Oceania, with perfonnances 

NN Jan 12 7:30: Associates of the TSO. from many excellent groups, in- 

Tonal 20th century 

eluding Continuum, Bang on a 

NN Jan 14 8:00: Aldeburgh Connection. Can All-Stars, the Orchestre Met- 

Recital Series: Colin Ainsworth 

ropolitai.n de Montreal, California 

· NN Jan 15 8:00: 0Music Toronto. EAR Unit, and Piano Circus. Jn 

St. Lawrence String Guartet. 

between trips to various perfor- 

NI Jan 16 7:30: York U. Dept. of Music. mances, we made time to discuss 

lmprov Soiree 

her work "on the. rec.orrl". 

NNN Jan 20 12:30: York U. Dept. of 

Music. Musica Electronica. 

STEENHUISEN: In your disser- 

NNN Jan 20 7:30: U of T Faculty of Music. tation, you write that it's "a defense 

New Music Festival Concert 1. and celebration of the playful in mu- 

NN Jan 20 8:00: Music Toronto. sic "and art". You.mention a num- 

Ouo Turgeon 

ber of visual artists (Jeff Koons and 

NNN Jan 2112:30: York U. Dept. of Marcel Duchamp, for example), but 

Music. The Music of Peter laparinuk. I'd like you to talk about examples of 

NNN Jan 21 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. the playful in music. 

New Music Festival Concert 2. - 

NI Jan 22 12:30: York u. Dept. of Music. PALMER: At the time I wrote 

lmprov Ensembles. 

that, I was very excited about 

NNN Jan 22 8:00:. Music Gallery. /an Birse/ C.P.E. Bach's music. Its over-thelaura 

Kavanaugh/Matt Rogalsky. top rate of change borders on the 

NNN Jan 23 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. comic. I wanted to look at his music 

New Music Festival Concert 3. more closely and understand how it 

NNN Jan 23 11 :OOpm: U ofT Faculty of works. I. was also drawn to Franco 

Music.NewMusicFestiva/Concert4. Donatoni's music because his out- 

NNN Jan 24 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. ward stance was so playful, though I 

New M,usic Festival Concert 5. 

NNN Jan 27 12:30: York u. Dept. of suspected it was a kind of deep silli- 

Music. Composer's Forum. 

ness. I wondered how his music 

NNN Jan 29 12:30: York u. Dept. of might manifest that attitude. His 

Music. Composer's Forum. 

piece Refrain hints at jazz, but it isn't 

NNN Jan 29 8:00: Arraymusic. Scratch! 2. 

(Jan29·31}. 

jazz: it teases you into listening in a 

way where you're going to be frus- 

NNN Jan 29 8:00: Music Toronto. trated, or disappointed, or surprised. 

Barbara Hannigan 

That approach intrigues me because 

NNN Jan 30 8:00: Arraymusic. Scratch! 2. I'm interested in music that isn't 

.NNN Jan 31 8:00: Arraymusic. Scratch! 2. what it seems to be. For me there's 

NNN Jan 31 8:00: Esprit Orchestra. no appeal in writing a piece that's a 

Les idlfes fixes. · 

NNN Feb 01 8:00: New Music Concerts. conviilcing example of a particular 

The Music of Mauricio Kagel 

style. I'd rather write a piece that 

NN Feb 05 12:10: u ofT Faculty of Music. seems like it's one thing and then it's 

Toronto Wind Guintet. 

· not. It fools you. Then your whole 

NN Feb 06 12:10: U ofT Faculty of Music. understanding of the genre or style is 

Visiting Artist: Martin /sepp 

.altered. It's that alternation between 

NI Feb 06 7:30: York U. Dept. of Music. different states and different ways of 

lmprov Soiree 

thinking that attracts me. 

NNN Feb 06 8:00: Soundstreams Canada. STEE~EN: It's expectation? 

Beauty on the Edge 

NN Feb 07 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. PALMER: Frustrating expectation. 

Wind Ensemble and Concert Band. I -started thinking about it as an oscillation 

between different states. In 


that oscillation energy is released. · 

NNN Jan 06 8:00: Continuum 

Think about a kid's game like Peekaboo. 

What's so funny about that? I 

Contemporary Music. Souvenir. 

NN Jan 24 3:00: Arcady. A Beckett mean it's just...someone's there, and 

Miscellany. 

then they're not. And yet it's hilarious. 

So, an alternation between two 

extremely different states can bring 

humour but humour i's extraordinarily 

perplexing to comprehend or plan. 

STEENHUISEN: What's an examp~e 

of humour in contemporary 

music? 

PALMER: I find a lot of my own 

music funny. 

Sn;ENHUISEN: Humour is 

pretty subjective though. 

PALMER: It is, and highly.contextual. 

A lot of it has to do with timing, 

but obviously humour relies on 

a language that people share. If 

you're using a gesture, which to that. 

particular audience has become hackneyed 

or a signifier of a certain situation 

or language or style, then the 

..yay you use it can have a humorous 

effect. But if your audience isn't 

party to that, then it's lost. How is 

Beethoven funny? Or the Haydn 

symphonies? It's hilarious how they 

end; there's a convention of the cadence, 

but he repeats it to the nth degree 

so that it becomes ridiculous. .,. 

STEENHUISEN: I've never . 

thought of Beethoven as funny. 

'PALMER: (laughing) 

STE~NHUISEN: What woukl you 

consider to be unplayful in music? 

PALMER: Music that takes itself 

so seriously. Rather, the composer 

takes !11emself so seriously that they 

lose sight of the connections between 

their own art form and the outside 

world, or other art forms. 

STEENHUISEN: How did this 

become an issue for you? Did you 

feel there was an absence of playfulness 

in contemporary' music? 

PALMER: Yeah, that's why I was 

talking ~bout a defense of playfulness, 

beCause I felt there "'.as this 

pre~sure to be serious, to somehow 

embody a particular set of ideals that 

made your work Authentic Contemporary 

Music. That was very interesting 

to me. 

STEENHUISEN: Were you reacting 

to your own choice to go io 

Princeion, one of the serious places? 

PALMER: It is and it isn't. Steve 

Mackey, who I studied with, has an 

incredible amount of humour in his 

pieces. Ideas that are just off the 

deep end. , He has an orchestra piece 

where at one point there's just this 

recording, quite a hokey recording, 

from a boombox, of his dog bark 

!11g, which is so well integrated that 

it goes beyond any gimmick. I guess 

that's what I'm talking about by 

plllyfulness - not necessarily humour, 

but allowing your imagination 

to take flight beyond convention. 

STEENHUISEN:- What's the line 

between that and entertainment? 

PALMER: There's still an element 

of seriousness involved in the en- 

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deav?ur .. What we're playing with is 

our ideas. Before coming to Canada 

I had heard that Cirque du Soleil was 

incredibly postmodern, so when I 

saw them I was really disappointed: 

it's just entertainment. There's no 

rigour to what they're doing. 

STEENHUISEN: How are these 

ideas .evident.in your own work? 

PALMER: Many of my music theatre 

works are obviously playful. 

For instance, back in 1999, I went to 

the composition atelier Voit Nouvel/es 

in France. ·Les Percussions de Strasbourg 

were there that year, and 

~mehow. or other, I ended up hav 

~g to :wite a music theatre piece. I 

unmediately thought of Mauricio Ka" 

gel's music theatre works, but from · 

everything I'd seen, I really disliked 

them. I didn't find them at all fiinny, 

though I felt they were meant to 

be funny. So I took upon myself the 

challenge of exploring that language 

- all the more tricky as the piece 

was entirely in French. It was a 

way too of reappraising Kagel. the 

audience seemed to find the piece 

funny, although the material tljey 

were confronted with was quite 

bleak. Of course humour can be a 

way to approach material you otherwise 

couldn't face head on. In this 

case it was the futurist writings of 

Marinetti glorifying speed and viotlence. 

One stand-Out line says people 

should 'follqw a constant hygiene 

of heroism and every century take a 

glorious shower of blood', a highmacho 

position I wanted to subvert. 

_ STEENIIlJISEN: What's the piece? 

PALMER: It's called Bloodshower. 

I ended up with a weird, almost 

sadomasochistic relationship between 

the two perforiners. They work with 

Marinetti's text, a drumset and some 

very everyday objects: a ton of beer 

bottle caps, a lot of water buckets ' 

chairs, jars ... In the final ~ne ' 

they're just sweeping the floor, 

cleaning up, singing a bizarre love 

song: "and yet it feels so sweet to 

. cause you pain" . It's a painful text 

but it's presented in a humorous ' 

way, so that it sneaks in, and you 

can digest it later. 

STEENHUISEN: Kind of like how 

some games are really borderline 

funny, but also disconcerting? 

PALMER: Disconcerting is a very 

good word to use. Someone once 

said that my music almost grooves, 

but never lets you feel like you've 

quite got a grip on it. Either I'm a 

lousy groover or, more to the point, 

I'm interested on riffing on the idea 

of grcJ

piece. ·1 think if something .is too 

expected, there's no room for anyone 

to enter into a dialogue. You need 

to have some kind of discrepancy or 

flaw that Jets peopl~ into the music. 

STEENHUISEN: Do you think 

things like timing and expectation 

change with _the decades? 

PALMER: Acting and singing 

styles definitely change. And certainly, 

timing is key to a lot of those 

changes . . So, yes, it's certainly possible. 

If you're wondering whether 

those changes might affect how a 

piece is received in the future, I'd 

say I'm not so worried about posterity. 

1bat's more a 'composer-hero' 

thing. But I think performers are 

adept at making sense. of music from 

·the past, at adjusting the music's · 

pace to our own. In 1990 I worked 

with a ,Chinese poet called Gu 

Cheng. His poetry was simple and 

jarring, very present-tense - a bit 

like graffiti. I wrote a couple of pieces 

with him including Se/ffor three 

percussionists. It's a very physical 

piece, where the performers' movements 

embody the text. At one point 

they run as fast as possible around 

the entire percussion battery playing 

and speaking. Their panting afterwa.rds 

is as much a part of the piece 

as the sounds of the gongs. 

STEENHUISEN: When you 're 

talking about the pieces it's as 

though the elasticity of thinking and 

. that quality you 're looking for really 

is concentrated more on theatre than 

it is on how you deal with materials. 

PALMER: No, not necessarily. I 

· think it manifests itself that way in a 

music theatre piece, but in a concert 

piece like Mother Hubbard it was 

the compositional process itself that 

was playful. I wanted to see what 

would happen when I cut together 

instrumental transcriptions of found 

sounds with the original si:>urce materiiil 

from the internet. If I cut them 

into small enough pieces and mixed 

them,. would they start to form a new 

substance? In a way l\m playing a 

game with these materials, and the 

listener and myself get to judge what 

the result of that game is. Does that 

seem like a game to you? . 

STEENHUISEN: It has that quality. 

PALMER: It was an experiment: 

how much would I edit that process 

before it was presented? Mother 

Hubbard is one of the more raw examples 

that I have unleashed to an 

audience. The piece is different every 

time because the ensemble is not 

chained to the CD part. Tiiey're just 

playing along ·separately - when 

they collide, they collide. If something 

beautiful happens that's serendipity. 

· IfI did that piece again, I'd 

like to deal with individual sound 

files and silences, with some trigger- 

DECEMBER 1 2003 - F EB RU ARY 7 2004 

ing from the ensemble or conductor. 

Still playfulness and unpredictability, 

but more causalitY. ' 

STEENHUISEN: One consistent 

factor in your pieces is that they constantly 

wok outside of themselves. 

PALMER: Absolutely. For me to 

sit down and play a chord on the piano, 

starting at the beginning, and to 

go from there plucking pitches from 

some beautiful pure soundworld 

hovering around me ...I don't work 

like that. There will be something 

that strikes me in my everyday life. 

Take the soulld in Mother Hubbard. 

The computer part all comes from 

one little audio clip of the Quebec 

Summit protesters that I found on · 

CNN's website. The other sound is 

a burst of digital distortion which my 

computer added somewhere along 

the line. What pulled my ear to that 

particular clip was the incredible . 

emotional depth in such a flattened 

sound. The sound quality is really 

wretched, but there's this amazing 

sense of so many people gathered 

together to fight this huge machine of 

corporate globali7.ation. Just the 

sounds of their voices and their 

drumming w.ere incredibly moving. 

More recently I wrote a piece for 

J'Orchestre Metropolitain du Grand 

Montreal, and was sandwiched between 

Stravinsky's Firebird and 

, Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. I ended 

· up writing a piece called Buzzard, a 

hideous-looking bird that doesn't 

even sing. The music is completely 

scavenged from those two pieces. 

STEENHUlSEN: So, in woking 

outside 'of the pieces, you 're wanting 

to tap into signification? 

PALMER: Yes, I'm not in~rested 

· in a pure music. I'm very engaged 

in the world around me. I don't 

know if it's a political music. "1bat's 

a very slippery term. I'm not sure 

whether political music even exists. 

But, I certainly can't separate my p6- 

litical concerns from the way I would 

approach music or what would motivate 

me to write a piece. You don't 

want to beat people about the head, 

but I also don't want to put iny time 

and energy into something that is 

simply entertaining o.r decorative. 

STEENHUISEN: Each of the 

pieces you've mentioned also deals 

with juxtaposition? 

PALMER: 1bat's true. 1bat's an 

essential condition of how we live. . 

Particularly now. We're not living 

in a holistic, agrarian culture where I 

grow a tt:ee, make it into the beautiful 

chair, sit on it and eat a bowl of barley 

that I grew in my garden. We 

live in an age of juxtapositions where 

geographic and temporal realities are 

constantly colliding. Those kinds of 

juxtapositions permeate my music .. . 

to me, it seems inevitable. 

STEENHUISEN: Can 

y(JU talk a bit more 

about that, specifically in 

relati,on to Secret Arnold? 

PALMER: When . 

· asked to write the piece 

in 1999, I said, '·'what 

am I listening to?" And 

I was listening to Portishead 

and a fairly obscure 

dub album by Clive 

'Randy' Chin. I wa~ 

also reading Bernstein's 

The Unanswered Question. 

He writes about the last movement 

of Schoenberg's second string 

quartet where the soprano suddenly · 

comes in .out of the blue, singing "I 

feel air from other planets" and the 

language moves us into the new 

realm of the twelve tone. So, in that 

piece, I wanted to create a space 

where these three very different musics 

could cohabit. What was fun 

about it, was that once I started to 

break them down, there were so 

many areas of overlap. It was kind 

of spooky. The Portishead and the 

dub clip, shared this wonderful harmonic 

space, and then the Schoenberg 

formed ii counterpoint. .. it was 

surprising how they opened up to 

each other, like characters finding 

things in common and making music 

together. 

STEENHUISEN: Do you try and 

achieve a Unity oetween them or separately 

amongst them? 

PALMER: At times they're playing 

with each other, so to speak. 

And other times, one strong identity 

interrupts. So, there is that juxtaposition 

of very different musical materials. 

1bat being said, some of·the 

·most extremejuxtapositions are of 

materials derived from the same composer. 

I'm not keeping one person's 

identity So intact that they' re the same 

throughout the piece. It's more what 

happens if you speed the Portishead 

up and slow down the Schoenberg .. 

Do they start to ooze into each other? 

I think of that process as a way of 

re-listening and re-hearing music 

that's already familiar to you. 

STEENHmSEN: Are you seeking 

out corinections between them despite 

their disconnection ? 

PALMER: Yeah, but I don't want 

to bomogenize them into each other. 

It's more an experiment of what happens 

when· they share space. 

STEENHUISEN: How do you 

want it to be pe_rceived? 

PALMER: In that pi~e . I felt there 

were elements of humour in the interpolations 

of the comrasting materials. 

But also there are moments that 

turned out to be very.beautiful, 

where you heard something that in 

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dub is raw and funky, but when orchestrated 

becomes luscious ·and 

Mahlerian. 1bat's fascinating to me 

- a character showing another side 

of themselves that you hadn't realized 

was there. 

STEENHUISEN: That's a recontextualization 

thing ? 

PALMER: Perhaps. I hope that 

people who think these divergent 

musics have nothing in common 

would maybe think again, would 

open their ears in a new way. 

STEENHUISEN: What would 

Schoenberg have .{o say about that? 

PALMER: I'm sure he'd be fine 

with it. I followed dodecaphonic 

procedures throughout (laughing). 

STEENHUISEN: How have these 

ideas come together in your recent .. ' 

work? 

PALMER: I just had a piece mindmeat 

premiered in New York, which 

was for piano and percussion. The 

texts were by Dennis Lee, from his 

new book UN. The players had ' 

wanted something theatrical, but in 

fact, ihe theatricalities ended up being 

pretty subtle. They don't really 

move, other than to play their instruments 

and to,sing and speak the text. 

STEENHUISEN: What is the subject 

matter i>f the texts? 

PALMER: It's a cycle. of 54 very 

short poems. The language itself is 

breaking down and reconstitliting itself 

into words that don't exist, but 

which make absolute sense. It's 

about the destruction of our world. 

There's a cyber-apocalyptic-bebop 

feeling to the whole book: the poems 

are utterly dark yet beau~ifully musical. 

In some movements the words 

aren't heard explicitly, but in others 

the players sing or speak them. The 

performers (Danny Tunick and 

Kathy Supove) were blown away by 

Dennis' poetry. It's very bleak, but 

the energy of the poems sustains you ' 

through that bleakness. · 

I'm also writing a piece for Continuum 

for February. Each of the players 

is keeping a dream diary. It's 

. kind of an alanning prospect, but I 

thought I'd like to hear the music of 

'their dreams. 

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JAZZ NOTES 

by Jim Galloway 

Cruising Along 

Last month I wrote about being on 

the road - l still am, although this 

time on a cruise ship off the coast of 

Mexico, rather than in London. 

From Soho to the Sea of Cortez. 

The association between jazz and 

water has been there for a long time, 

going back to the days of the riverboats 

on the Mississippi, when there 

was regular employment for musicians 

on board those floating houses 

of entertainment. The perceived 

glamour of the time is preserved 

today after a fashion in the showboats 

which still ply the big river, 

but with a passenger list of tourists, 

rather than travellers and cargo. 

Once a year for the past 30 years 

I have gone on a Holland America 

ship for a jazz cruise, taking a group 

to sea with me.(No puns about Sea 

Jam Blues, please!) The beginnings 

date back to the days of my long 

association with Paul Rimstead. For 

those of you who are not familiar 

with "The Rimmer", he was, thirty 

years ago, one of the. most popular 

columnists in Toronto " and not a 

bad drummer. Not a great drummer, 

but not a bad one. He played good 

time and could swing, and, believe 

me, I have known "better" drummers 

who could.do neither! 

The ·first jazz cruise came about 

indirectly out of celebrity cruises on 

Holland America, organised by Jack 

Britton, who had a very successful 

travel agency called Brotherton Travel. 

They featured well-knownmedia 

personalities and Jack's good friend; 

Alan Gleaves, of that cruise company 

suggested doing one with Rimstead. 

Toronto Sun publisher Doug 

Creighton, for whom Paul wrote his 

column was also a crony. of Jack 

Britton and he went along with the 

idea which was for Paul, known for 

his gregarious·approach to life, to 

host a group of his readers on a 

week-long cruise to Bermuda. 

,,ay Christ Chu.rch Deer Park presents 

J'

Whiting & Larry Shields on Dec. 6 sonal music. Conductors Ann Coopin 

ARC Hall, 1265 Military Trail. er Gay and Richard Bradshaw lead 

Admission is free. 

the combined groups at St. James' 

The Cantabile Chorale of York Cathedral on Dec. 16. 

Region's "30th Annual Joy of The RCM Community School 

Christmas" features guest artists the Young Musicians' Band is present 

Metropolitan Silver Band. The ing a concert at the Ettore Mazzoleni 

concert is at Thornhill United Church Concert Hall on Dec. 20 under the 

on Dec. 8; admission is by freewill direction of Stanley Rosenzweig. 

offering/foodbank donation. . Admission is free. 

The Etobicoke Community "A Concert at Christmas Time" 

Concert Band is presenting two is presented by the Scarborough 

seasonal concerts. The first, on Dec. Community Concert Band on 

9 takes place at the Etobicoke Civic Dec. 21 at the Scarborough Civic 

Centre. Guest artists are the Etobi- Centre. Free Admission. 

coke Centennial Choir and the admission 

is free. The band is also Well, I'm out of space. I guess my 

New Year's resolutions will have to 

playing at the Etobicoke Cr.mmuni- wait for the February issue. So much 

ty Auditorium on Dec. 12, _ with for my resolution to plan ahead. 

guest vocalist Kathy Thompson. 

Tickets are $15, $12 senior, $5 stu- Have a great Holiday Season, 

1 dent, children free. whatever you celebrate, and however 

you like to ~elebrate it! ' 

The· Weston Silver Band conducted 

by Larry Shields presents their Saxophonist Merlin Williami is a 

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The Brampton Concert Baiid 'contact Merlin by e-mail, 

are presenting "Winter Holiday" at merliriw@allstream.net; on the web, 

St. Paul's United Church in Bramp- http://www.allstream.net/ -merton 

on Dec. 13. Highlights include linw/. 

Anderson's "Sleighride" and 

"Christmas Festival" as \\'.ell as the 

challenging "Praetorius Variations" 

hy James Curnow. 

The Markham Concert Band is 

presenting "A Seasonal Celebration" 

on Dec. 14 at the Markham Theatre 

for Performing Arts. The program 

includes "Klesmer" by Toronto arranger 

Eddie Graf, highlights from 

"Babes in Toyland" and "A Canadian 

Brass Christmas Suite". 

The Northdale Concert Band, 

with conductor Stephen Chenette are 

presenting their Christmas Concert 

at Willowdale United Churc.h on 

Dec. 14. 

The Hannaford Street Silver 

Band are presenting "The Great 

Toronto Carol Si.ng" with guests the 

Canadian Children's Opera Chorus. 

The program will include "Mag- . 

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The highlights of December 

and January are two 

unusual double bills. In 

December the COC Ensemble 

willipresen~ J.S. 

Bach's "Coffee Cantata" 

with Henry Purc~ll 's 

"Dido and Aeneas". In 

January Opera Ontario 

pairs Francis Poulenc's 

"La Voix humaine" with 

Jules Massenet's "Le Portrait 

de Manon". Except 

for "Cav" and "Pag" and 

parts of Puccini's "II Trittico", 

one-act operas tend 

to be neglected by prof essional 

companies. It's a 

pleasure to see such creative 

programming. 

Henry Purcell's "Dido 

and Aeneas", written in 

1689 for Josiah Priest's 

School for Young Ladies 

at Chelsea, was the first 

great opera in English and 

by Christopher Haile 

Robert Longo as.the Soldier (Bummerli), 

and Shannon Mercer as Nadina in Toronto 

Operetta Theatre's The Chocolate Soldier 

is among the finest of the 17th cen- designed and directed by Cocteau. 

tury. Contrasting with the tragic tone In both play and opera, the sole charof 

Purcell is the light-heartedness of acter known as Elle is continually 

the "Coffee Cantata", DWV 211 by on the telephone trying with increas 

J. S. Bach. Opera was certainly not ing despt>ration to get through to her 

unknown to Bach. Indeed, his Lu- lover, who has clear,ly lost interest 

theran employers called him to task in her. The work is built on the 

more than once for making his sa- irony that a means of communicacred 

works too operatic. His secu- tion has become a symbol of Elle's · 

lar Cantatas, bearing the label "dram- isolation. This gripping tour de force 

ma per musica", were -.yritten for for soprano will be sung by Lyne 

others. -In particular, Bach and mem- Fortin, who wowed audiences in 

bers of the Leipzig Collegium Mu- "Les Pecheurs des perles" last year. 

sicum used to practise and play at Diana Leblanc, who has played the 

Zimmermann's Coffee House ... Per- role of Elle herself in Cocteau 1 s play, 

haps that's why he chose to set his will direct. 

friend Picander.' s 1727 satire about While "Le Portrait de Manon" is 

a father and his coffee-obsessed notamonodramalike"Voix",itdoes 

daughter to mu~ic. 

focus on a single male character. It 

· The double bill will be directed is Massenet's coda to his great opby 

Dmitri Bertman, who had great era "Manon" of 1884, where we 

success with it at his Helikon Opera me~t a middle-aged Des Grieux, livin 

Moscow in 1997. The four per- ing alone with 'his memories of the 

formances- December 1, 3, 5 and great love of his life. Des Grieux 

7-are already sold out. To be put tries to prevent the marriage of his 

on a waiting list, contact the COC at nephew and Aurore, a girl of low 

416-363-8231. birth, who reminds him of Manon, 

but his contemplation of Manon's 

The other intriguing double bill portrait changes his attitude. Theodore 

Baerg sings Des Grieux, Lau 

is Opera Ontario's pairing of Poulenc's 

"La Voix humaine" with Massenet's 

rarely staged "Le Portrait de. the nephew. The Opera Ontario 

ra Whalen Aurore and Louise.Guyot 

Manon". Both works had their premieres 

at the Opera Comique, the January 24, 2004. It then moves to 

production opens in Kitchener on 

Massenet in 1894 and the Poulenc Hamilton for performances on January 

31, February 5 and 7. For 

in 1959. "La Voix humaine", Poulenc's 

setting of Jean Cocteau's play tickets pnone 1-800-575-1381 or else 

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• Toronto Operetta Theatre adds For its winter season the COC 

a new work to its repertoire in De- presents two blockbusters, Puccini's 

cember with Oscar Straus's "The "Turandot" and Verdi's final opera 

Chocolate Soldier" ("Der tapfere · "Falstaff''. "Turandot" stars Eva Ur 

Soldat"). 

· banova as the seemingly heartless prin- 

This fine 1908 operetta based cess, Richard Margison as her suitor 

on George Bernard _Shaw's "Arms Calaf and Serena Farnocchia as Liu. 

and the Man" h·as the strange dis- Ratherthanthefamiliarbutgaudycomtinction 

of being more popular out- pletion by Puccini's pupil Franco Alside 

germanophone countries than fano, this production will present the 

within them. "My Hero" is just Canadian premiere of the 2002 com-· 

the best known of its.series of de- pletion by Luciano Berio based on 

licious melodies. The bright Puccini's original sketches. "Falstaff'' 

young cast includes Elizabeth Bee- stars Pavlo Hunka in the title role with 

·1er, Keith Klassen, Robert Longo Wendy Nielsen and Judit Nemeth as 

and Shannon Mercer. 

the two "merry wives of Windsor". 

It plays December 27, 28, 30 . The operas play in repertory from 

and 31 1, 2003 and January 2 and January 21 to February 7, 2004: For 

3, 2004. For tickets phone 416- ticketsphone416-872-2262orvisitthe 

366-7723. website at www.coc.ca. 

OPERA oN ov·o 

by Phil Ehrensaft 

Last Bows, Done Just Right 

A lifetime of talent, skills and wis- · ed to mount the premier in h_is home. 

OPERA ON DVD, CONTINUED 

While Muti employs mostly 

young or less known but very, very 

talented performers, Levine goes 

for the marquee. Ambrogio Maestri, 

only 31 years o)d at the time of 

his remarkable performance, is totally 

convincing as the aging and 

distended Sir John Falstaff. - Barbara 

Frittoli is a brilliant, bemused 

Mrs. Alice Ford. Shakespeare 

himself would have savored Bernadette 

Manca di Nissa's Mrs. 

Quickly. 

Placido Domin~o as Calaf, Eva 

Marton as Turandot, Leona Mitchell 

as Liu, and Paul Plishka as 

Timur: that's the Met, say no 

more. The performances are 

worthy of the naiµes. 

On the technical side, the visual 

Michael Therriault 

and sonic qualities of )3uroArts' 

brand new Falstaff production are RISING STAR 

knock-down-gorgeous. Thanks Since last issue I've had a chat with 

to a distribution agreement with Michael Therriault, who plays Leo 

Naxos, EuroArts DVD's are now Bloom (the Matthew Broderick part} 

available in North America. Won- in The· Producers, and it turns out 

derful. Cameramen in Italy have that his career is a fascinating sketch 

the longest and deepest experience of the local music theatre scene. The 

of filming opera for both large and Oakville native- graduated from 

small screens. Cinematic compe- Sheridan's music theatre program, 

tence shines here, but _the camera then took a non-paying job in a benwork 

doesn't evoke wows. efit performance of A Chorus Line 

Turandot's camera work, direct- because "it's really important when 

ed by Kirk Browning is wow after you get out of school to keep wor)cwow. 

It's a model of how to use ing," he says. 

cameras to enhance drama. The The benefit led to a paid part in a 

big Levine-Zeffirelli stage can revuecalledLullabyofBroadwayin 

verge on way too many things St. Jacobs, which brought him yet 

going on. Browning knows how more work. Eventually; "I had an 

to makes it coherent on the small audition for Stratford, and at my auscreen. 

In a market still dominat- dition they were ready to let me 

ed by reissues, Deutsche Gramm- leave, but Tim French - who is acophone' 

s Turandot first appeared tually working in this show - he 

in 1988, but this reissue stands out · stood up and said 'Wait-a minute, 

frbm the crowd. Originally filmed Michael, try it this way,' and I got 

and recorded in digital format for the part," says Therriault. 

/ 

Music 

THEATRE SPOTLIGHT 

. by Sa'rah B. Hood 

The Making of a Producer 

BIBBIDl-BOBBIDl-BOO 

Throughout December, while Therriault 

is onstage at the Canon Theatre, 

a couple of his friends are just 

·down the block at the Elgin. In last 

summer's Hunchback of Notre Dame 

at Stratford he played opposite Jennifer 

Gould, who sports glass slippers 

in the Christmas panto Cinderella. 

Also,, "Adan;i Brazier p_lays the 

prince," says Gould, adding that 

"We were all in Camelot together." 

Gould, who also played the title 

role in Stratford's Gigi this past year, 

says she's enjoying her first panto 

experience. "It's a lot of fun to be 

backstage. If you're rehearsing King 

Jennifer Gould 

Lear, nobody's backstage peeing says he was drawn to Hunter betheir 

pants with laughter," she points cause of the "pure, unadulterated joy 

out by way of comparison. for what she does and the ability to 

Cinderella features original songs make that contagious among the peoby 

music theatre veteran David War- · pie experiencing her. " Seems Richrack, 

as well as "songs pulled' from ardson channels the same quality. 

other ·musicals," she says. "Noth- Also, ' you have until December 

ing so recognizable that it takes you 15 to catch Tequila Vampire Mati 

Ol)t of the experience; a few of the nee at Theatre Passe Muraille. This 

songs that I sing are out of musicals writer enjoyed its affectionate genre 

like Sunset Boulevard and The Se- stacking, with plenty of borrowings 

cret Garden." 

from .vaudeville, opera and movie 

NIETZSCHE IS PIETZSCf-!E musicals (there's a number that's es- 

Job: The Hip' -Hoip Saga runs until sentially an extended homage to Donald'O'Connor's 

"Make 'Em Laugh" 

December 14. In case you think of 

hip-hop as a lowbrow genre, know bit in Singin' in the Rain). "I think 

that autllor/performers Jerome Sai- it's clear to me that musicals are combil 

and Eli Batalion are no intellectu- ing·back, big-tinle," says author/coma! 

pushovers. poser Kevin Quain. "I don't think 

Their first show was a hip-hop -they went anywhere." 

retelling of the Book of Job, while BRING ON THE.GIRLS! 

their second focuses on the charac- Two more shows of note: Damien 

ters of MCs Cain and Abel: How- Atkins bdngs Real Live Girl back 

ever, reports Saibil, "thete isn't a to Buddies in Bad Times from Declose 

association with Cain and Abel cember 11 to 21. It's been slightly 

in the Bible. In fact there's a close revamped (no pun intended) since it 

a technically excellent Laser Disk, The show was Camelot and the 

it is now even better on DVD. part was Mordred. "Bill Hutt came association with a Nietzschean con- won Doras fot Outstanding New 

Both DVDs record live perform- and saw that show and he was thinkances. 

For Faust, it's evident that ing of doing The Tempest a year nal Recurrence. Basically, Nietzsche ance last year. The original featured 

cept knwn as the Demon of Eter- Musical and Outstanding Perform 

the audience is tickled-pink by the later and he said he wanted me for challenged his readers 'What if one such numbers as "Roxy" from Chiday 

a demon would come up to you cago; "Wigin a Box" from Hedwig 

intimate performance. For Turan- Ariel." Therriault has spent seven 

dot, the typical Met audience "show years with Stratford, with winters at and tell you that the whole of your and the Angry Inch; "Just One Step" 

me; I'm from New York or just theatres like The Grand or Theatre life would be repeated exactly as you from Songs for a New World, and 

flew over from Berlin" dissolves Orangeville. "A lot of those smaller have done it - would you fear this "The Blonde Song" from Gun Metdemon 

or would you welcome him?' al Blues. "They're all united because 

into rampant, unrestrained enthu- companies, they're great to work for 

siasm. Domingo's Nessun Dor- and they do great, great' plays,". he We're also going to be writing a they say something about femininimajor 

rock opera inspired by some ty," says Atkins, who performs the 

ma brings forth a rare shower of asserts. "Just the fact that they don't 

program notes, flowers, and bra- have a giant budget doesri't mean of the concepts of rationality and ir- piece solo. 

vos. Multiple curtain calls respond that you won't have a great evening." rationality," he confide~ . 

to a crowd that really is quite be- Of course Therriault is delighted 

Finally, Artword Theatre presents 

side itself. 

to be appearing in what may well be LAST CALLS . 

Sur from November 27 to Decem 

The Met Turandot, more than this year's biggest musical opening Cookin' .at the Cookery has been ber 14. Adapted by Ronald Weihs 

any other operapvD_ that I've seen in southern Ontario. "It is a precarto 

date, and that's qmte a few, gets ious business," he says, adding that Jackie Richardson has been wow- (A Wizard of Earthsea), it uses orig 

extended to December 6, since star from a story by Ursula K. Le Guin 

closest to the magic of a one-in-a- part of the joy of a steady job is ing ·Crowds with her portrayal of inal music to tell the "what-if' tale 

thousand live performance. being able to afford to pick and blues diva Alberta Hunter. The of a group of women who set out to 

choose later contracts. 

show's creator Marion J. Caffey conquer the South Pole in 1910. 

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·BooK 

SHELF 

by Pamela Marg/es 

"! wriggle with Puccini", Glenn 

Gould once told an interviewer, 

adding that Pu,ccini 's music made 

him "intensely uncomfortable''. 

Puccini would undoubtedly have 

been outraged by Gould's co'! 

tempt for composers' markings. 

But both Gould and Puccini move 

audiences in a way few other CO"fposers 

and performers ever have. 

These outstanding biographies go 

a· long way towards elucidating 

what makes their work so compelling 

and enduringly popular. 

GOUL-9 

Wondrous Strange: The Life 

· and Art of Glenn Gould 

by Kev~n Bazzana 

McClelland & Stewart 

534 pages $39.99 

T!if f..h'i• (1>:d ··'Irr ,•/ 

GLENN 

GOULD 

the humanity and sense of moral 

mission that permeates his work. 

To Bazzana, this organized modernist 

was at heart a romantic idealist. 

Some of Gould's notorious eccentricities, 

according to Bazzana, 

actually served his music making - 

though others might well have 

shortened his life, Because of the 

position it forced him to sit in, .the 

famous low tilting chair, made by 

his father, that Gould took everywhere 

fostered his determination to 

"challenge rather than seduce or 

intoxicate his audience" with a 

playing style where precise articulation, 

transparent textures a?d extremes 

of tempo were more important 

than volume. 

Bazzana explori;!s the unacknowledged 

influence of Gould'.s 

only piano teacher apart from his 

mother, Alberto Guerrero, who 

emphasized the strength and independence 

of fingers. Bazzana's. 

system of annotations is confusmg 

and leads to writers like Schoen- 

, berg and Northrop Frye, among 

others, being quoted with no . 

sources noticeably attributed. The 

revealing photographs are a welcome 

addition to this largely su- 

. perb book. 

PUCCINI 

Puccini: His Life·and Works 

by Julian Budden · 

Oxford University Press 

537 pages $64.00 

Puccini: A Biography 

by Mary Jane Philips-Matz 

Northeastern University Press 

364 pages $45.00 

Of the six operas the Canadian . 

Opera Company is producing ~1s. 

year, two are by Giacomo Puccm1. 

Puccini's operas invariably attract 

sell-out crowds, more so th~n 

those of any other composer. 

These two superb new musical bi- 

ographies provide insights into the 

evolution of Puccini's distinctive 

voice. 

, . Both Mary Jane Phillips-Matz 

The amount of literature concerning 

Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, 

who died suddenly in 1982 at the 

age of fifty, is overwhelming. 

Kevin Bazzana himself has published 

a detailed analysis of 

Gould's performance style. But his and Julian Budden have written 

definitive new biography of Gould extensively on Verdi, and they 

provides a remarkably balanced both are immersed in Puccini's life 

perspective on both the man and and music, Budden in particular as 

his music. 

· President of the Centro Studi Gi- 

Bazzana, the editor of acomo Puccini in Puccini's Tuscan 

GlennGould Magazine, has done hometown of Lucca. Both books 

an enormous amount of research. benefit from outstanding research, 

Above all, he has studied Gould's and feature generous quotations, 

recordings, as well as his pioneer- especially from Puccini's letters 

ing 'contrapuntal' radio and televi:· and, in Budden's case, scores. But 

sion documentaries. Bazzana eluc1- these two books are quite differdates 

Gould's musical ideas with ent. Indeed, they complement each 

clarity and elegance, underlining other. 

D ECEM BER 1, 200J - FE BRU A RY 7 2004 

Philips-Matz gives a vibrant s~nse 

of Puccini·'s character. A styhsh, 

witty writer, she has a knack for 

desctiptivfC colour and anecdote. 

She has a strong feeling for the 

locale where Puccini grew up in a 

family of church organists. She 

shares her passion for the performance 

history of each opera, 

using her extensive experiences . 

interviewing performers and family 

members, including Puccini's 

adored grand-daughter, Elvira, 

who herself gained fame as the 

fashion designer Mme. Bikki, and 

soprano Gilda Dana Riz~a, the 

first Magda in La Rondme. 

Budden is masterful at describing 

Puccini's music, and articulating 

what makes it so gr~a.t. For 

him, it is the way Puccm1 uses a 

recurring musical motif "like a 

prism giving out a dif~erent.col?u.r 

according to the way m which 1t is 

tilted". His detailed analyses of 

how Puccini brilliantly matches the 

music to the dramatic action are 

fascinating enough for us to forgive 

his calling the beloved Canadian 

tenor Edward Johnson, who 

sang in the Italian premiere of II 

trittico, an American.(Phillips-Matz 

gets it right). 

Phillips-Matz:s favorite Puccini 


opera is La fanciulla del West. 

Budden, who defends Alfano's 

completion of Turando~, ~hoos~s 

that opera, which Puccm1 was JUSt 

finishing when he died, as the 

"summit of Puccini's achievement". 

But Puccini.himself; while, 

working on Turandot, in a letter 

quoted by Phillips-Matz, called La 

Rondine "my- most beautiful op~ 

era". ·" 

LAUGHS 

The Music Lover's 

Quotation Book 

by David Barber 

Sound And Vision 

186 pages $19.95 

Opera 

Arfo !'t-~iy ·foi: l1 ku1gh'l. 

'•·"'·"'"'""'······ 

.,_1...,..t-::.,...,r•w• 

.Quotable Opera: · 

Aria ready for l\ laugh? 

by Stephen and Nancy Tanner 

Sound And Vision 

136 p~ges $16.95 

These two new collections ·of quotations 

and anecdotes will amuse, 

entertain and even edify. Inevitably, 

some entries will appeal to individual 

readers more than others., 

Some are hilarious, some quite 

moving, and some I just don't get 

at all. But someone will, and that 

is the charm of collections like 

these. 

Both books are organized 1 

around topics, with indices and illustrations. 

I am puzzled that Quotable 

Opera includes the wor~ 

'Laugh' in the title, when s?me ~f 

their most piquant quotes, hke this 

from Puccini to the librettist of 

Turandot, "Create for me something 

that will make the world 

weep", are quite seri?us. · . 

The Music Lover's Quotation 

'Book offers the advantage of a 

broader range of topics. Barbe~ includes 

the sources of'his quotes, 

as do tJle Tanners, but Barber also 

identifies them. 

As tenor Leo Slezak said (quoted 

in Barber's book) when the mechanical 

swan in Lohengrin left 

, ~ithout him, "What time is the 

next swan?" 

• 

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Welcome to WholeNote's 

Live Listings 

Readers . please note: 

Presenters' plans change; and we occasionally make mistakes! 

Please always use the phone numbers provided to call ahead. 

For Concerts Further Afield (outside the GTA) see pages 55-56. 

For Music Theatre and 01>era Listings see page 56. 

For Jazz Listings see page 57. 

CONCERTS IN THE GTA 

Monday December D 1 

-12:10: U ofT Faculty of Music. World Mu· 

sic Ensembles. Lobby/MacMillan Theatre, 8.0 

Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. 

- 7:30: Canadian Opera Company Ensem· 

hie Studio. Bach: Coffee Cantata; Purcell· Dido 

and Aeneas. Luc Robert, Peter Barrett, Colleen 

Skull, Frederique Vezina, Peter McGillivray & • 

other performers; Jan Willem Jansen, conductor. 

Imperial Oil Theatre. Joey and Toby Tanenbaum 

Opera Centre, 227 Front St. East. 416-363· 

82~ 1. $55. For complete run see music theatre 

listings. *SOLD OUT* 

- 7:30: LOFT Community Services. 50th 

Annual Christmas Concert. Guido Basso, jazz 

trumpet/flugelhorn; Adi Braun, jazz vocals; Ron 

Davis, jazz piano; Linda Ippolito, piano; Trillium 

Brass; James Westman, baritone & other per· 

formers; Christopher Dawes, artistic director. St. 

James' Cathedral. 65 Church St. 416-979-1994 

x233. $100,$30. To raise funds for supportive 

housing, outreach & community support services 

for the homeless. 

- 7:30: York University Dept. of Music. 

York University Women's Choir. Barnes: madri· 

gals; Eatock: Stabat Mater. Alan Gasser, direc· 

tor; Susan.Black, piano. Mclaughlin Performance 

Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 

·416-736-5186. $10,$5. 

- 8:00: East York Concert Band. Christmas 

Celebrating the art of song 

www.aldeburghconnection.org 

LEAH GORDON soprano 

PHILIP CARMICHAEL baritone 

Sponsored by 

II!] Bank Financial Group 

DECE MBE R 1 2003 - FEBRUARY 7 2004 

Concert. Traditional Christmas music; carol sing· 

along; selections from the light classics. Ernie 

Walker, conductor. Blue Danube.Restaurant, 

1,686 Ellesmere Rd. 416-266-1958. $10, chil-. 

drenfree. 

- 8:00: Toronto Philharmonia. Excerpts 

from Donizetti, Bizet, Lehar and Mozart. Michael 

Schade, tenor; Norine Burgess, mezzo; Kerry 

Stratton, conductor. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 

5040,Yonge St. 416· 733-9388, 416-870-8000. 

$20-$52. 

- 8:00: Toronto Theatre Organ Society/ 

Kiwanis Club of Cas ~ Loma. Wurlitzer Pops 

at Casa Loma. Dave Wickerham, organ. 1 Austin 

Terrace: 416·421-0918. $15. 

- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Guitar En· 

seillble. Jeffrey Mcfadden, director. Walter Hall, 

80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. 

Tuesday December 02 

- 12:00 noon: University of Toronto Art · 

Centre/University of Toronto Faculty of 

Music. Singing from Medieval Notation. Vocal 

performance by Sine Proprietate. 15 King's Col· 

lege ~ircle . 416-946· 7089. Free. 

- 12: 10: U of T Faculty of Music. Voice Per· 

formance Class. Songs of the Season. Walter 

Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. 

- 12:30: York l,lniversity Dept. of Music. 

Music at Midday: Classical Chamber Ensembles. 

Woodwind ensemble, Patricia Wait & Sundar 

.Uth 

The Faculty of Music 

University of Toronto 

YOUNG ARTIS'IS 

RECITALS· 

Songs and 

duets by 

Bach, Wolf 

and Britten 

Tuesday 

December 2, 

Sp.m. 

WALTER HALL 

Ti ckets $12/$6 

(416) 978-3744 

Viswanathan, directors; flute choir, Kim Morris, 

director; percussion ensemble, John Brownell, 

director; guitar ensemble, Annette Chretien, direc· 

tor; string ensemble, Peggy McGuire, director. 

Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin 

College, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free. 

- 1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. lunch Hour 

Concert: Tim Pyper, organ. 65 Church St. 416· 

364· 7865. Free. · ' 

- 7:00: CIBC presents a Ross Petty Pro· 

duction. Cinderella- The Sparkling Family Musi· 

calf Performers include Ross Petty, Don Harron, 

Erin Davis, Jennifer Gould, Adam Brazier & oth· 

ers; David Warrack, music director. Elgin Thea·. 

tre, 189 Yonge. 416-872-5555. $47-$67, 

$37(child). Preview. For complete run see rflusic 

theatre listings. 

.- 8:00: CBC Radio's On Stage. Stewart 

Goodyear, piano in Recital Mozart: Piano Sonata 

in A K.331; Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Barber: 

Excursions Op.20; Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata 

~2 in b flat Op.36. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front 

St. West. 416·205·5555. $35. 

GILES BRY~NT, 

Works by Pifttcy 

Joseph Jongen 

f 

MICHAEL Btc> 

A French Christ 

MICHAEL BLOSS; organ 

An Epiphany Ljgh( r. 

PETER NIKl ~oR.uk! ~ rgan 

St. Peter's Lutheran .,. ~i tch e n er 

WILLIAM MADD0~~1~ rg an • 

Yorkminster Pa.rk Baptist, Tor. 

ALEXANDER J.~dls . piano 

Handel: Lesson'Jn ~ min or 

3 Beethoven soila!as 

\ :iJ 

stjamescathedral.on.ca 

- 8:00: Music Toronto. Gryphon Trio. Martinu: 

Trio #1 Five short pieces; Ives: Trio; Beethoven: 

Trio in E flat Op. 70 #2. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 

Front St. East. 416-366-7723. $43,$39,$5. 

- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music/Aldeburgh 

Connection. Young Artist Recitals. Leah Gor· 

don, soprano; Philip Carmichael, baritone; Bruce 

Ubukata, piano. Waltef Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 

416-978-3744. $12;$6. 

Wednesday December 03 

- p :30; Yorkminster Park Church. Noon· 

day Recital· Thomas Fitches, organ. 1585 Yonge. 

416·922· 1167. Free. 

A Celebration of 

Composer, Pi.anist 

v\lalter Buczynski 

We will celebrate 

Walter Buczynski's l ath birthday 

after the concert 

December 7, 200:-J 

Waller Buczynski, piano 

pc rl'onns 

Buch. Bccl hovcn, 

Buczynski, & Chopin 

i:ebruary1, 2004 

Mark Fewer; violin 

l'cler Long\vorth, piano 

perform 

Mozarl, Buczynski, & Bac·h 

March 7, 2004 

(;rcgory Oh. piano 

1 performs 

1. layd n, Buczynski & Schumann 

April 4, 2004 

Lorna MacDonnld. soprano 

Waller Bm:zynski, piano 

pc1forrn 

lfondel. Finzi, Buczynski , 

Rodgers, Ke rn. & (;erslrni n 

May 2, 204 

M•ll'ie Bera rel Qua rlL'l 

pe rforms 

Mozurl. Buczynski , & Bni hms 

/\II performanct's arc he ld on 

S und a ~ ·s at a :oopm at t he 

Hclkonia n Hall 

;~ !) H a zel t o n Avenue (Yorkville) 

Tickets $15, students $ 12 call 

416.651.9;380 

35

C(8'~J~~~ 

. Lydia Adarps) Conductor . 

SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS 

Kathryn Uomoney, Soprano 

dy Hatala Foley, Mezzo Soprano 

Nils Brown, Tenor 

Marc Boucher, Baritone 

WITH ORCHESTRA 

Matthew Larkin, Organ 

Robert Venables and Robert di Vito, Trumpets 

Friday, December 5, 2003, 7:30 p.m. 

St. James' Cathedral 

King & Church Streets 

Tickets 416-217-0537. 

25th Anniversary Season 

- 7:30: Justus - Streetsville Musicorp Inc. 

Our Kind of Christmas. Well-loved Christmas 

music. Hammerson Hall, 4141 Living Arts Dr., 

Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $15,$12. 

- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. 

Schubert: Symphony #8 in b D. 759 Unfinished; · 

Mozart: Concerto #10 for 2 Pianos in E flat 

K.365; R. Strauss: Don Juan Op.20; Till Eulenspiegels 

lustige Streiche Op.28. Emanuel Ax 

&Yoko Ax, piano; Roberto Minczuk, conductor. 

Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416·593· • 

4828. $32·$98. 

- 8:30: U of T Faculty of Music. Small Jazz 

Ensembles. Songs by Duke Ellington. Walter Hall, 


Thursday December 04 

- 12:10: U of T Faculty of Music. Contemporary 

Opera Showcase. New works by student · 

composers performed by members of the Opera 

Division. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416- 

978-3744. Free. 

- 8:00: Alex Eddington. Evil Diva: Death to 

the Butterfly Dictator! Monodrama for soprano & 

chamber ensemble; Schonberg: Book of the Hang· 

ing Gardens. Kristin Mueller, soprano; Alex Eddington, 

conductor; Eugenia Yesmanovich, piano; 

Christian Robinson, violin; Marem Swoboda, viola 

& other performers. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's 

Park. 416-535-2504. Free. 

- 8:00: Dancemakers. Tziganes Cracked 

Open. Excerpts from Bennathan's musical meta· 

morphoses of the voyaging Tziganes from Eastern 

Europe to Spain, with original music performed 

live on stage. John Gzowski, composer/ 

performer; Andrew Downing, Rick Hyslop, Robert 

Stevenson & Jeff Wilson, performers. Dancemakers 

Studio, Distillery Historic District, 55 

Mill St.416-367-1800. $15,$121preview). For 

complete run see music theatre listings. 

- 8:00: Music Gallery. Schnittke: Complete 

Works for Violin and Piano. Schnittke: Sonata #1; 

Sonata #2 Ouasi una sonata; Suite in the Old 

. Style; Stille Nacht; Gratulationsrondo; Sonata #3. 

Yuri Zaidenberg, violin; Gregory Millar, piano. 197 

John. 416-204· 1080. $12, $8(member), $5(st/ 

sr). 

- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Lai/a 

Biali- The Crossings Ouartet. Original jazz. Laila 

Biali, piano; Tara Davidson, alto saxophone; Brandi 

Disterheft, bass; Sly Juhaf, drums. Mazzoleni 

Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408- 

2824 x321. $15,$10. 

- 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. 

Bach: Christmas Oratorio. Cantatas 1,2,3. Rufus 

Muller, Evangelist; !vars Taurins, director. Trinity· 

St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St. West. 416·964- 

6337. $32-$65, $28-$581sr/st). 

- 8:00: Theatre Unlimited. Christmas 

. Tapestry. Christmas variety show with song~ & 

stories for the whole family. Meadowvale 

Theatre, 6315 Montevideo Rd., Mississauga. 

905·615-4720. $15,$12.50. . 

- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Roy 

Thomson Hall. See Dec 3. 

Friday December 05 

- 7:00: Roy~I Conservatory of Music. ARC 

Festival· Music Reborn. Works by Jewish composers 

of the Nazi era. Students of the Glenn 

Gould School, performers. Judaica Gallery, Royal 

· Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park.416408· 

2824 x321.Free.. . 

- 7:30: Church of the Holy Trinity. The 

Christmas Story. Nativity pageant. Professional 

musicians & volunteer cast. 10 Trinity Square. 

419·598-8979. Suggested donation $1 O(adults), 

Th-e f enth-elicx., :5inqer5 

;\{M•1 Le'!'!t-, Pi4.c.tPr _,.... 

' •'/ ,• 

A-- Me~iev~t o. 

e~fi.rist»i~5 

feitf~

$5(children). For complete run see music theatre 

listings. 

- 7:30: Elmer lseler Singers. Handel: Messi· 

ah. Kathryn Domoney, soprano; Wendy Hatala 

Foley, mezzo; Nils Brown, tenor; Marc Boucher, 

baritone; Matthew Larkin, organ & other P,erformers; 

Lydia Adams, conductor. St. James' 

Cathedral, 65 Church St. 416·217-0537. 

$45,$25. 

- 7:30: Peter Margolian. Chamber Music 

Concert. Music by Zaninelli, Philidor, Fricker, 

Schnittke & Chadwick. Ken Hodge, bassoon; 

Peter Margolian, piano; Elana Guriachev, flute; 

Hazel Boyle, oboe; Carol Moyer, tympani & other 

performers. Sunderland Hall, First Unitarian Con· 

gregation, 175 St. Clair West. 416·250-5475. 

Free. 

. - 8:00: Acclarion. Christmas Concert: Candy 

Cane Classics. David Carovillano, accordion; 

Becky Sajo, clarinet. Grace United Church, 156 

Main St. North, Brampton. 905-793-7697. 

- 8:00: Heritage Theatre. The Brass Rings. 

Classicallrbased brass quintet with costumes, 

choreography and singing. 86 Main St. North, 

Brampton. 905-874-2800. $32,$30. 

- 8:00: Music Gallery. Master Musicians. 

from the East: An Evening of Melody and 

Rhythm. Janak Khendry Dance Company. 197 

John. 416·204-1080. $15, $ lO(member), $ 5(st/ 

sr). •CANCELLED• , 

- 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Wayne Newton - 

Home for the Holidays Tour. Hit songs & holiday 

classics. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $49.50- 

$95.50. 


Bach: Christmas Oratorio. Cantatas 4,5,6. Rufus 

Muller, Evangelist; lvars Taurins, director. Trinity 

St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St. West. 416-964- 

6337. $32·$65, $28-$58(sr/st). 

- 8:00: Tarragon Theatre. Hello ... Hello: By 

Karen Hines; musical score & direction by Greg 

Morrison. Musical comedy. Mainspace, 30 Bridg· 

man.416·531-1827. $17(preview). For complete 

run see music theatre listings. 


Tapestry. Meadowvale Theatre. See December 

4. 

- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Faculty Artist 

Series: James Parker, piano. Mussorgsky: 

Pictures at an Exhibition; other works. Walter 

Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. 

$21,$11. 

Saturday December 06 

- 12:00 noon: RCM Community School. 

lobby Concert. Students of the Royal Conservatory. 

Mauoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 

416-408-2824 x474. Free. · 

- 2:00 & 7:30: Mississauga Children's 

Choir. Merrily on High. Seasonal fare. Guest 

tenor; Thomas Bell, director. Royal Bank Theatre, 

4141 Living Arts Dr .. Mississauga. 905-306- 

6000. $16(mat), $18{eve). 

- 3:00: Penthelia Singers. A Meflieval and 

Renaissance Christmas. Works by von Bingen, 

Bornelh, Daley, Orban & Willan; arrangements by 

Anonymous 4 & Mathias. Guests: Earl Haig 

Dance Ensemble; Mary Legge, director. Rosedale 

Presbyterian Church, 129 Mount Pleasant Rd. 

416-229-0052. $15,$10. 

- 3:00 & 8:00: Scarborough Choral 

Society. The Sounds Of Christmas. Markham 

Theatre, 171 Town Centre Blvd.416·293-3981. 

$20, $ l 8(sr). $12{child). 

- 3:00: University of Toronto Scarbor· 

ough Campus Concert Choir & Wind En· · 

semble. Sounds of the Season. Annual holiday 

concert. Lenard Whiting & Larry Shields, direc· 

tors. ARC Hall, 1265 Military Trail. 416·287- 

7076. Free. 


Schumann: Concerto for Cello in a Op.129; 

Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme 

Op.33; Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibi· . 

lion. Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Peter Oundjian, conductor. 

Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593- 

4828. $55-$120. 

- 7:30: Annex Singers of Toronto. Christmas 

Concert. Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia; Han· 

del: Hallelujah Chorus (with audience si~g·along); 

Basque, African, Mexican & traditionalfnglish 

carols. Serena Kemball, soprano; Lawrence 

Goudge, music director. St. Thomas's Church, 

383 Hu'ron. 416-532-9886. $15,$10. 

- 7:30: Arcady.Handel· Messiah. Ronald Beckett, 

conductor. Willowdale Christian Reformed 

Church, 70 Hilda Ave. 416·250-7702. $15,$10. 

- 7:30: Bach Children's Chorus/Bach 

Chamber Youth Choir. Come Colours Rise! 

Seasonal music from South Africa & around the. 

world. Linda Beaupre, conductor; Eleanor Daley, 

piano. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge 

St. 416-870·8000. $22,$20. 

- 7:30: Toronto Camerata Chamber Choir. 

A Festival of Carols. Christmas music & singalong 

carols. Grace Church on· the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale 

Rd. 416-488-7884x17. $12, $10,$6. 

- 7:30: Toronto Northern Lights Chorus. 

CHRISTMAS with the Northern lights. Guests: 

Canadian Stall Band of the Salvation Army; An· 

gela Hustins & Tammy Snow, vocals; David 

Chown, classical guitar. Metropolitan United 

Church, 56 Queen St. East.1-866·744·7464. 

$15. 

- 7:30: Village Voices. A European Christmas. 

Traditions of Great Britain & Continental 

Europe through narration and song. Guests: Village 

Brass; Joan Andrews, director. Central United 

Church, 131 Main St., Unionville. 905·294· 

8687. $12, child 12 & under free. Contributions 

for the Markham Food Bank appreciated. 

- 7:30: York Strings Chamber Orchestra. 

Bach: Violin Concerto in E; Handel: Messiah selections; 

music by Monteverdi. Jani Papadimitri, 

violin.Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria St., . 

Aurora. 905-898-8077. $15,$_10. 

- 8:00: Acoustic Harvest Folk Club. Heather 

Oale's Medieval Christmas Show. Birch Cliff 

United Church, 33 East Rd. 416-264-2235. $12. 

- 8:00: Aradia Ensemble. Noiils from France 

and Nouvelle France'. Christmas music.of 17th 

and 18th century France and Quebec. St. An· 

drew's Church, 73 Simcoe St. 416·872-1212. 

$13·$22. 

- 8:00: Bell' Arte Singers. Candlelight Christmas. 

Rutter: Gloria; other seasonal favourites; 

audience carol sing·along with organ and brass 

ensemble; readings by Robert Fisher. Eastminster 

United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416-699· 

• 5879. $25,$15. 

- 8:00: Brampton Festival Singers/Symphony 

Hamilton. Handel· Messiah. Anne 

L'Esperance, soprano; Mari Van Pelt, alto; Prabhjot 

Seehra, tenor; Andrew Tam, bass; Stephane 

Potvin, conductor. St. Paul's United Church, 30 

Main St. South, Brampton. 905·874-2800. $22, 

$17, $5{under 12). 

- 8:00: Cantores Celestes Women~s Choir. 

Gloria. Vivaldi: Gloria; arrangements of Christmas 

carols by Cable, Rutter & Willcocks; sing·along. 

Guests: members of the Canadian Sinfonietta; 

Ellen Meyer, piano; Jurgen Petrenko, organ; Kelly 

Galbraith, director. Runnymede United Church, 

43f Runnymede. 416-236-1522. $15. Donation 

to Out of the Cold; please bring contribution of 

non-perishable food to the food bank. 

- 8:00: Forte - The Toronto Men's Chorus. 

School for Santas. Musical celebration of international 

tr~ditions shared during the holiday season. 

Guest': Mary McCandless. St. Andrew's United 

Church, 117 Bloor St. ~ast. 416-763-3783. 

$20(door), $.18{advance). 

- 8:00: Heritage Theatre. Natalie MacMaster. 

Cape Breton fiddler and step dancer. 86 Main 

St. North, Brampton. 905-874-2800. 

$49.50,$47.50. 

- 8:00: Living Arts Centre. Christmas with 

Cantabile. A cappella favourites and music of the 

last millennium. Hammerson Hall, 4141 Living 

Arts Dr .. Mississauga. 905·306-6000. $10· 

$45. 

- 8:00: Music Gallery. Master Musicians 

from the East: An Evening of Melody and 

Rhythm. See Dec 5. •cANCELLED• 

- 8:00: Radio-Canada. Un spectacle de Noiil 

Christmas concert including French songs, tales 

& more. Singers, actors, choirs & hosts from 

Radio·Canada, performers. Glenn Gould Studio, 

250 Front St. West. 416-534-6604. $20. Proceeds 

to the Christmas fundraising campaign to 

help needy francophone families in Toronto. 

- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. ARC 

Festival: Music Reborn. Laks:·Passacaille arr.cello 

& piano; Haas: String Quartet #3 Op.15; Berman:'Poupata 

songs for bass; Ullmann: Liederbuch 

des Hafis Op.30; Weinberg: Piano Quintet 

Op..18. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. 

West. 416-408·2824 x321. $25,$15. · 


Bach: Christmas Oratorio. Cantatas 1,2,3. Trini· 

ty-St. Paul's Centre. See Dec 4. 


Tapestry. Meadowvale Theatre. See Dec 4. 

- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. U of T Symphony 

Orchestra. Brahms: Variations on a Theme 

·by Haydn; Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite; 

Nutcracker Suite; Mozart: Piano Concerto ind 

K466. Donna Lee, piano; Raffi Armenian, conductor. 

MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's Park. 416- 

978·3744. $17,$9. 

Sunday December 07 

- 1:30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery. 

Barry Peters & Choir. 10365 Islington Ave. 905- 

893-0344. Free with gallery admission: $15,$9, 

$25{family) • 

- 2:00: Brampton Symphony Orchestra. 

'Matinee at the Opera. Rossini: Barber of Seville 

Overture; Mascagni: Intermezzo Sinfonico; Bizet: 

Carmen Suite; operatic arias. Narelle Martinez, 

soprano; Robert Raines, conductor. Heritage Theatre, 

86 Main St. North, Brampton. 905-874- 

2800. $25, $15{sr/st), $5(under 12). 

- 2:00: Off Centre Music Salon. Schubertiad: 

9 and Counting I Schubert: Die Schiine Mfillerin. 

Michael Colv[n, tenor; William Webster, actor; 

Inna Perkis & Boris Zarankin, pianists. Glenn 

Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205- 

5555. $35,$25. 

- 2:00: Toronto Chamber Choir. Kaffeemusik: 

Music for the Three Kings. Music by 

Lasso, Hassler, Poulenc & Willan; carol singing. 

David Fallis, conductor. Christ Church Deer Park, 

1570 Yonge. 416-690-4681. $15,$12. 

- 2:00: Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra. 

Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra; Britten: 

Soirees Musicales; Bottesini: Concerto #2 for 

Double Bass; Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo 

and Juliet Suite. Calum Macleod, double bass; 

Timothy Vernon, conductor; Peter Oundjian, guest 

conductor. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's Park. 

416-593-7769 x372. 

- 2: 15: Royal Conservatory of Music. ARC 

Festival· Music Reborn. Works by Jewish composers 

of the Nazi era. Students of the Glenn 

Gould School, performers. ROM Theatre, 100 

·Queen's Park. 416-408-2824 x32l Free with 

admission to the ROM. 

- 2:30: Scarborough Choral Society. The 

Sounds Of Christmas. Markham Theatre: See 

·Dec 6. $20. 

- 3:00: Chrylark Arts & Music Series. 

Walter Buczynski, pianist. Bach: 3 Preludes and 

Fugues; Beethoven: Sonata Op.109 in E; Buczynski: 

Autumn Collection - 24 preludes for piano; 

Chopin: mazurkas, nocturnes, scherzo. Heliconian 

Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-651-9380. 

$15,$12{st). 

- 3:00: Collegium Musicum. Schubert Cele· 

bration. Janka Marjanovic, cello; Borjana Hrelja, 

The Church of the Redeemer 

presents 

A Venetian Vespers 

with The Musicians In Ordinary and 

Members of the Redeemer Choir 

Sunday December 7 at 7 pm 

Churc;h of the Redeemer 

Bloor Street and Avenue Road 

416-922-4948 www.theredeemer.ca 

Sunday December 7, 2003 - 4:00 pm 

St. George's on-the-Hill Choir, the Amarilli Singers, 

strings, harpsichord and organ 

Karen Rymal - director/keyboard 

'OF A ROSE, A LOVELY ROSE' 

music by Pachclbcl, Buxtehude, Warlock and others 

seasonal readings, carol sing in g, sherry and shortbread 

St. George's on-the-Hill Anglican Church · 

4600 Dundas St. W. Uust cast of Islington) $1SI$12 


piano; Susan.Spier, violin. The Assembly Hall, 1 

Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr. 416·503· 1855. 

$10,$8. 

- 3:00: Concertsingers. Handel: Messiah. 

Marion Samuel·Stevens, soprano; Erin Grainger, 

· alto; tenor TBA; Calvin Powell, bass; Paul Grim· 

wood, organ; Norman lllis Reintamm, conductor. 

Saint Thomas's Church, 383 Huron. 416·769· 

7991. $16,$12. 

- 3:00: Mooredale Youth Orchestra. 

Rosedale HeightsSchoql, 711 Bloor St. East. 

416·922·3714. $15,$10. ' 

- 3:00: Music Gallery. Trio Phoenix. Pre· 

mieres by Larocque, d'Hoe, Xenakis, Ferguson, 

Finnissy & Rosen; music by Boudreau. Lieve 

Schuermans, flute; Simon Turner, cello; Brigitte 

Poulin, piano. 197 John. 416·204· 1080 .. $15; 

$10(member), $5(st/sr). 

- 3:00: Orchestra Toronto. He(oes and Con· 

querors, Dvorak: A Hero's Song Op.1 11; 

Beethoven: Symphony #3 Op.55 in E flat Eroica. 

Errol Gay, music director. George Weston Recital 

Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416-467.]142. $30,$25. 

- 3:00: Sacred Music Society. Handel· Mes· 

siah. Sacred Music Society Chamber Choir; Sinfo· 

nia Sacra Chamber Orchestra. St. Casimir's Par· 

ish, 15.6 Roncesvalles. 416·532·2822. $20. 

- 3:00: Sinfonia Toronto. A Baroque Christ· 

mas. Schiassi: Christmas Symphony; Torelli: 

1 : :.j~l-0J!.J5" H E s T Al-~ 11 CONCERT S.EASON 

·"(J_ij tt~rontu 2003. 2004 

Sunday December 7. 2003 3pm 

George Weslon Rl."Cilal Hall 

Toronto Centre of the Arts 

Heroes 

and 

Conquerers 

Dvorak A Hero's Song, Qp.111 

· Beethoven Symphony #3, 

Op.55. 

in E Flat Major ~£roica 1 • 

$30/$25 

Join us tor our 6th Annual 

Silent Auction: 2:30 pm 

George Weston Lobby 

Errol Ga , Music Director and Conductor 

Sunday, February 15, 2004 • I :30 & 3:30 pm • 

Leah Posluns Theatre 

Klezmer for Kids &Kids at Heart 

Guest Artists Daniel Golden a~d members of the Hot Latkes 

• Klezmsr Band 

Sunday, April 18, 200.I • 3:00 pm·• George Weston Recital Half 

Music of the Gods 

Seint·Saens La ieunesse d'Hercu/e, Op. 50_ 

Mahler Symphony # 1. in 0 Major "Titan" 

Sunday, May 30, 2004 • 3:00 pm • George Weston Recital Hall 

Season Finale 

Erin Cooper-Gay horn 

MacMiiian Overtum in 0 

Richard Strauss Hom Concerto No 1. Op. 11, in E Flat Major 

Brahms Symphony Not, Op. 68. in C minor 

For tickets & subscriptions call: 416 • 467 - 7142 

: ~f visit us online: www.orchestratoronto.com 

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We welcome singers to audition for our .2004 season. 

Please visit our website tor more information 

www.counterpointchorale.com 

Christmas Concerto; Boccherini: Cello Concerto in 

B flat; Locatelli: Christmas Concerto. Jonathan 

Tortolano, cello; Nurhan Arman, music director. 

Lawrence Park Community Church, 21 BO Bay· 

view Avenue. 416·499·0403. $25, $20(sr), 

$10(st). 

- 3:00: VocalPoint Chamber Choir. St. 

Nicolas. Haydn: Miss~ Sancti Nicolai; Britten: 

Saint Nicolas Cantata. Geoffrey Butler, tenor; 

Riverdale Youth Singers; Talisker Players; Mark 

Bell & Ian Grundy, conductors. Grace Church on· 

the·Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-484·0185. 

$25,$15. 

- . 3:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. 

Bach: Christmas Oratorio. Cantatas 4,5,6. Trini· 

ty·St. Paul's Centre. See Dec 5. 

- 4:00: Concerts at St. George's on·the· 

Hill. Of a Rose, a lovely Rose. Music by Pachel· 

bel, Buxtehude & Warlock; readings, carol sing· 

ing. St. George's Choir; Amarilli Singers; strings, 

harpsichord & organ; Karen Rymal, director/key· 

board. 4600 Dundas St. West. 416-463·9284. 

$15,$12. 

- 4:30 & 7:00: Salvation Army. The Gift of 

· Christmas. Presentation of the Christmas story 

with brass ban~. massed ch.airs, vocal solos & 

drama. Salvation Army Temple Band & Song· 

• sters; Cawthra Park School Choir. Hammerson 

Hall, 4141 Living Arts Dr. 905·306·6000. Free. 

- 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Ja11 Ves· 

Schubertiad: 9 & Counting! 

December 7, 2003@ 2:00pm . 

Tenor Michael Colvin, 

pianists Inna Perkis, Boris 

Zarankin, actor William 

- Webster, director Joseph 

Ziegler and host Stuart 

Hamilton. 

Tickets at Glenn Gould 

Studio Box Office: 

$35/$25 senibrslstudents 

250 Front St W, 416-205-5555. 

pers: Mike Murley·Oavid Occhipinti Duo. 1570 

Yonge St. 416·920·5211. Free (donation). 

- 4:30: St. Andrew's United Church. Serv· · 

ice of Nine lessons and Carols. DexterRoberts, 

music director. 117 Bloor St. East. 416·929· 

0811. 

-;- 4:30: St. Anne's Church. Advent Procession 

with Carols. Music by Archer, Bach, Gold· 

scbmidt, Guest, Manz, Palestrina & Vierne. St. 

Anne's Choir; John Stephenson, director; Peter 

Orme, organ. 270 Gladstone Ave. 416·767· 

7290. Free. 

- 7:00: Burlington Civic Chorale. Messiah 

Sing-Along. Dr. Gary Fisher, director. St. Christo· 

pher's Church, 662 Guelph Line, Burlington. 905· 

333.5342. s 1 o. 

- 7:00: Church of the Redeemer. A Venetian 

Vespers Service. Music by Monteverdi, Grandi, 

Banchieri & others. Musicians in Ordinary (Hallie 

Fishel, soprano & John Edwards, theorbo); mem· 

bers of the Redeemer Choir; Nancy De Long, mez·· 

zo; Michael Barrett, tenor; Christopher Verrette, 

violin & other performers. 162 Bloor St. West. · 

416·922-4948. Free (donations to Church of the 

Redeemer welcome). 

- 7:00: Mississauga Big Band Jazz Ensem· 

hie. Our Annual Christm(IS Concert. Royal Bank 

Theatre, Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr. 

905·306·6000. $15. 

- 7:00: Saint Paul's United Church • .4 Celtic 

Christmas Celebration. Music, dance, traditions. 

Jim Thomson, piper; Gin Lane Celtic band; Moira 

Nelson, harp; Elena Jubinville, cello & voice & 

other performers. 85- 31st St., Long Branch. 

416·259·6541. $10. 

- 7:30: Echo Women's Choir. Tr~e of life. 

McCorriston: Matty's Lullaby; shaped note, Shak· 

er songs & other traditional numbers from Amer· 

ica. Alan Gasser & Becca Whitla, conductors. 

Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square. 

416·537·2526. $12(advance), $15(door), $5(sr, 

child, un(der)waged). 

- 7:30: Leaside United Church. Carols and 

Readings for Christmas. Music by Bairstow, 

Willcocks. Davies, Rutter & Tavener. Junior 

Chqir directed by Karen Kitchen; Chancel Choirs 

directed by Sharon L. Beckstead; C Flats Jazz 

Band directed by Cynda Fleming. 822 Millwood 

Rd. 416-425· 1523. Offering in support of the 

Out of the Cold Program. 

- 7:30: Peel Choral Society. flnce Upon A 

Christmas. St. Mary's Church, 66A Main St. 

South; Brampton. 905· 796·6398. $15,$12. 

- 7:30: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir/Roy 

.Thomson Hall. Festival of Carols. Carols; sing 

St. Andrew's United Church 

Dexter Roberts, Music Director 

proudly present their fifth annual 

Service of Nine iessons and Carols 

on 

Sunday, December 7, at 4:30 pm 

Reception to follow 

·st: Andrew's United Church 

117 Bloor Street East 

(beside the Alliance Films building) 

416-929-0811 

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along favourites; seasonal readings. Richard 

Ouzounian, narrator; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir 

Brass; Noel Edison, conductor. Roy Thomson 

Hall, 60 Simcoe. 416·872-4255. $30·$50. 

- 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. Bilge Rats. 

Sea shanty evening. T ranzac, 292 Brunswick. 

416·410·3655. $12,$10. 

- 8:00: Ramona Carmelly and Friends. 

Gardiner: De Profundis; Coulthard: Four Prophetic 

Songs; Greenberg: Kaddish; songs by Duparc, 

Rachmaninoff, Mahler & others. Ramona Joy 

- Carmelly, mezzo; Jennifer Tung, piano; guests: 

Shauna Basiuk, flute; Noam Miller, clarinet; Eliza· 

beth Mclennan, cello. Heliconian Hall, 35 Aazel· 

ton AveA 16·256-7057. Free. 

--; 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. ARC 

Festival: Music Reborn. Schulhoff: Five Piano 

Pieces; Five Pieces for String Quartet; Schoen· 

field: Camp Songs; Smit: Divertimentofor piano 

four hands; Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew 

Themes. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. 

West. 416-408·2824 x321. $25,$15. 

Monday December 08 

- 7:30: Cantabile Chorale of York Region. 

30th Annual Joy of Christmas. Guests: Metro· 

politan Silver Band; Robert Richardson & Fran 

Harvey, conductors; Lona Richardson, accompa· 

nist. Thornhill United Church, 25 Elgin St. 905· 

731·8318. Freewill offering & donation to food 

bank . . 

- 8:00: Forte - The Toronto Men's Chorus. 

Schoo/for Santas. St. Andrew's United Church. 

See December 6. 

- 8:00: Sound of Toronto Jazz Series. Trib· 

ute To Moe Koffman. Ontario Science Centre, 

770 Don Mills Rd. 416·595·0404 x229. 



Concert: Giles Bryant, organ. Works by Whitlock 

& Jongen .. 65 Church St. 416·364· 7865. Free. 

- 7:00: Etobicoke Community Concert 

Band/Etobicoke Centennial Choir. Christ· 

mas music & ca~ol sing. Etobicoke Civic Centre, 

399 The West Mall. 416-410· 1570. Free. 

- 7:30: Humbervale United Church. The 

Singing Sanctuary: Christmas Celebration. Etobi· 

coke Youth Choir; Louise Jardine, music director; 

Pascal Du Perron, accompanist. 1447 Royal York 

Rd.416·249·2821. $10. 

· - 8:00: CBC Radio's OnStage. Words & 

Music: Al Purdy at the Ouinte Hole/. Purdy's life 

& words expressed in a variety of musical styles. 

Gordon Pinsent, actor; Phil Dwyer, music direc· 

tor; Dave Carley, writer. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 

Front St. West. 416·205·5555. $25. 

- 8:00: Heritage Theatre. Cantabile. A cap· 

pella Classics from England. 86 Main St. North, 

Brampton. 905 · ~74·2800. $38,$36. 

her: Overture to Oberon; Schumann: Piano Con· 

certo in a, Op.54; Mozart: Chaconne from Ballet 

Music from ldomeneo; Beethoven: Symphony #1 

in C, Op.21. Angela Hewitt, piano; Nicholas 

McGegan, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 

Simcoe St. 416·593-4828. $32·$98. 

- 2:00: Northern District Library. Ricochet 

Trio. Works by Copland & Shostakovich; selection 

of short pieces. Andrew Rethazi, piano; Rebecca 

Brenner, violin; Matthew Dvorak, cello. 40 Or· 

chard View Blvd. 416·393· 7610. Free. 


Thomson Hall. See Dec 10. $31·$62. 

- 7 :00: T utti·Flutti. Christmas Concert. Pro· 

gram of holiday music for flute ch.air. North York 

Central Library, 5120 Yonge. 416·395·5535. 

Free. 

- 8:00: Civic Light Opera Company. Christ· 

mas on Broatfway. Musical Review spotlighting 

the movies and musicals that celebrate the holi· 

days. Created & directed by Joe Cascone; star· 

ring Bob Deutsch, David Haines, Carol Kugler, 

Julie Lennick & other performers. Fairview Li· 

brary Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall Dr. 416-469· 

8450. $17.50,$15. For complete run see music 


- 8:00: Mariposa Folk "Foundation/Koffler 

School of Music. A Family Holiday Celebration. 

Israeli jazz & world music. Mattan Klein & 

Seeds of Sun: Mattan Klein, flute; Michal Cohen, 

· vocals; Yoav Polachek, piano; ltamar Ziegler, 


Women's Musical 

Club of Toronto 

AFTERNOON CONCERT 

Kungsbacka 

bass; Yuval Lion, drums. Leah Posluns Theatre, 

P · Tri 4588 Bathurst ·st. 416·636· 1880 x228. 

Ia.no · 0 $30(advance), $35(door), $15(child under 14). 

TORONTO DEBUT - 8:00: Markham Theatre for Performing 

Works by Rehnquist, Mnrtinu, Arts.NatalieMacMaster.171 Town Centre 

Mendelssohn, nnd Beethoven ·Blvd. 905-305·7469. $44. *SOLD OUT* 

Thursday. December 11, 1 :~O pm - 8:00: Music Gallery. Trio BraamdeJoode· 

L--------------' Vatcher. Michiel Braam, piano: Wilbert deJoode, 

- 1:30: Women's Musical Club of Toronto. 

Kungsbacka Piano Trio. Works by Rehnquist, 

Martinu, Mendelssohn & Beethoven. Walter Hall, 

80 Queen's Park. 416·923·7052. $28. 

bass; Michael Vatcher, drums. 197 John. 416· 

204-1080. $15(advance), $20(door). 

- 8:00: Oakville Centre for the Perform· 

ing Arts. Christmas with Cantabile. Vocal quar· 

tet. From medieval carols to modern pop hits. 

130 Navy Street. 905·815·2021. $44.99 . 

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Toronto Choral Society Community Choir 

Presents 

- 8:00: Music Toronto. Marc·Andre Hamelin, 

piano. All·Albeniz program. Jane Mallett Theatre, 

27 Front St. East. 416·366:7723. $43,$39. 

Wednesda~ber 10 

- 12:30: Yorkminster Park Church. Noon· 

dayRecital:lmreO/ah, organ. 1585 Yonge.416· 

922· 1167. Free. 

- 7:30: Arcady.Handel· Messiah. Ronald Beck· 

ett, conductor. St. Gabriel's Church, 2261 Park· 

way Dr;, Burlington. 905·336·7144. $15,$10. 

Proceeds to Carpenter Hospice. 

- 7:30: Claude Watson/Earl Haig Music 

Program. Music Showcase. George Weston 

Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416·870·8000. 

- 7:30: Toronto Choral Society. Handel: 

Messiah, and Carols. Kathryn Domoney, soprano; 

Lynn Maloney, alto; Albert Greer, tenor; Bruce 

Kelly, bass; Talisker Players; Geoffrey Butler, 

director. Eastminster United Church, 310 Dan· 

forth Ave. 416·410·3509. $20. 

- 8:00: Massey Hall. Colours of Christmas. 

Peabo Bryson; Irene Cara, Christopher Cross, 

Sheena Easton, singers; gospel choir & orchestra. 

15 Shuter St. 416·872-4255. $48.50·$98.50. 

- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. We· 

Kathryn D 

Lynn Malone 

Albert Greer -T 

Bruce Kelly -Bass 

Talisker Players 

North 44'' Vocal Ensemble 

Wednesday D~cember 10: -.200'3·~7,:~ppm 

Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth A''e, 

(1 Block West o( Chester Subway) \\ 

Tickets $20 \ 

Call 416-410-3509 for information or reservations 

Visit Out Website www.torontochoralsociet .or

- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Friday December 12 

Beyond the Pale -Klezmer. Fusi~n of east _ 7:30: Humberside Collegiate Institute. 

European folk styles with North American Annual Christmas Concert. Seasonal favour· 

bluegrass, reggae & funk. Eric Stein, mandolin, ites by Handel, Anderson, Torme & others. 

cimbalom; Martin van de Ven, clarinet; Bogdan Student choirs, bands & orchestras. 280 Que· 

Djukic, violin; Milos Popovic, accordion; Bret bee Ave. 416·393·8122 x20100. $6,$5. 

Higgins, bass. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Please bring an item for the food drive. 

Bloor St. West. 416-408·2824 x321. _ 7:30: Oakville Children's Choir. A Boy 

$25, $15. Was Born. Guests: Elmer lseler Singers. St. 

- 8:00: Via Salzburg. Christmas Via Salz· John's United Church, 262 Randall St., 

burg. Biber: Battalia; Mendelssohn: Octet for Oakville. 905·337-7104. $20,$15. 

Strings Op.20; C.P.E. Bach: Sonata for Glass - 7:30: St. Elizabeth Scola Cantorum & 

Armonica and Cello; Mozart: Adagio and Ron· Orchestra. Christmas at St. Elizabeth. 

do K617 for Glass Armonica and Strings; Christmas carols sung in Latin, Hungarian & 

Bach: Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra English. St. Elizabeth Church, 432 Sheppard 

ind. Dennis James. Glass Armonica; The Seil· . Ave. 416·225-3300. $10,$5. 

er Strings Chamber Orchestra. Glenn Gould . - 7:30: Upper Canada Choristers. With a 

Studio 250 Front St. West. 416-205·5555. Touch of Brass. Christmas and Hanukkah mu· 

$43, $J8(sr), $29(sl). sic; traditional carols with audience participa· 

lion. Guests: Toronto Horn Club, Barbara 

Bloomer, director; Laurie Evan Fraser, artistic 

director. Salvation Army North Toronto Com· 

munity Chur~h. 7 Eglinton Ave. East. 416- 

256·0510. $12(advance). $15(door), child half 

price. Please bring a donation of non·perishable 

food for the Salvation Army Food Drive. 

- 8:00: Anno Domini Chamber Singers. 

GLORIA: A Festival of Christmas Music. 

Vivaldi: Gloria; Lauridsen: 0 Magnum Mysteri· 

um; °Christmas music by Rutter, Darke & oth· 

ers. Marjorie Sparks & Rhonda Hanson, solo· 

· ists. Holy Name Church, 71 Gough.Ave. 416· 

696·0093. $15,$10. 

- 8:00: Canadian Singers. In A Christmas 

Mood. Songs by Coughlan, Berlin, Ambrose & 

Parry. Montgomery's Inn. 4709 Dundas St. 

West. 416·394·8113. $12, $10(Friends of 

Etobicoke's Heritag~). Advance registration 

recommended. 

- 8:00: Etobicoke Community Concert 

Band. Tribute to the festive season. Guest: 

Kathy Thompson, vocals. Etobicoke Com11Juni· 

ty Auditorium, 86 Montgomery Rd. 416-410- 

1570. $15, $12(sr), $5(st), children free. 

- 8:00: Etobicoke Philharmonic Drches· 

. tra. Musical Fantasies. Bizet: L' Arlesienne 

Suite 113; Haydn: Cello Concerto in D; 

Prokofiev: Lt. Kije Suite Op.60; Christmas 

medley. Rafael Hoekman, cello; Tak Ng Lai. 

conductor. 7:00: Silent auction. Humber Valley 

United Church, 76 Anglesey. 4°16·239-5665. 

$20,$15. 

- 8:00: Exultate Chamber Singers. A 

Giles Christmas in Tales Ill. Christmas reper· 

toire and readings. Giles Bryant, raconteur;. 

John Tuttle, conductor. Saint Thomas' Church, 

383 Huron St. 416·971 ·9229. $20, $17(sr), 

$l 2(sl). 

- 8:00: Heritage Theatre. Michelle Wright 

Holiday Concert. ·A Country Christmas with 

Michelle. 86 Main St. North, 9rampton. 905- 

874·2800. $43,$41. ' 

- 8:00: neither/nor composers 

collective ensemble. Works by Priest, 

Sherlock, Thorpe, Kane, C.Clark, E.Clark, 

Giesbrecht, Chenaux, Edwards, Barone, 

Ferster. Dancemakers Studio •. The Case Goods 

Warehouse, Studio 313, 55 Mill St. 416·504· 

2327. $7. 


ing Arts. Na_,talie MacMaster. Cape Breton 

fiddle. 130 Navy Street. 905·815·2021. 

'•saLD OUT* 

- 8:00: Oakville Choral Society. Christmas 

Baubles! Christmas favourites; carol 

sing·along. Margaret Evans, guest soloist; J. 

Bev Stainton, director; lmre Olah, organ. Christ 

Church, 1700 Mazo Cres., Mississauga. 905· 

845-5359. $20,$10. 

- 8:00: Oueensmen of Toronto Male 

Chorus. Chri$tmas Concert. Guests: Jonathan 

Estabrooks, baritone & The Yorkminster 

Brass. Thornhill United Church, 25 Elgin St. 

905-731·9362. $15. 

- 8:00: Ouodlibet. 0 Magnum Mysterium. 

Motets by Poulenc, Hand!, Gabrieli, Morales, 

Victoria & Byrd; Frenc~. German, English & 

Spanish carols. Arthur Wenk, director. St. 

Leonard's Church, 25 Wanless Ave. 416-488- 

6235. $12,$10. 

- 8:00: St. Michael's Choir School. The 

Voices of Christmas. Carol arrangements by 

Cable; music by Praetorius, Mathias, Rutter, 

Bruckner, Watsor. Henderson, Owolabi & Ronan; 

Susa: Christmas Garland. Brian Rae, Dr. 

Jerzy Cichocki & Marie-Claire Gervasoni, 

conductors. Massey Hall, 15 Shuter. 416- 

872-4255. $18.50·$29. 

- 8:00: Toronto Consort. The Praetorius 

Christmas Vespe,rs. Magnificat for triple choir 

and instruments; Christmas hymns. Guests: 

Michele De Boer, Paul Grindlay, David Arnot 

& Kevin Skelton; Toronto Chamber Choir; Dav· 

id Fallis, artistic director. Trinity-St. Paul's 

Centre, 427 Bloor St. West. 416·964-6337. 

$14·$44. 

- 8:00: Via Salzburg. Christmas Via Salz· 

burg. Glenn Gould Studio. See Dec 11. 


- 1 :00 & 3:00: Toron.to Star. Annual Carol 

Concert. St. Paul's Bloor St., 227 Bloor St. 

East. 416·367-2000. Free. 

.l_ 0th Anniversary Celebration 

cxuftate 

LJOMNTUTTLl.COWDU

- 1 :30 & 3:30: Toronto Symphony Or· 0333. $12,$10, child under 12 free .. 

chestra. It's a Miracle!-Kids' Holiday Con· - 7:30: Mississauga Festival Youth 

cert. Robinovitch: Bone Button Borscht; other Choir. Holiday Greetings from Around the 

works. Finjan, klezmer band; Barbara Budd, World. Royal Bank Theatre, 4141 Living Arts 

narrator; Gary Kulesha, conductor. Roy Thom· Dr. 905-306-6000. $15. 

son Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $30. - 7:30: Oakham House Choir. Beethoven: 

- 2:00: RCM Community School. Guitar Mass in C; Britten: A Ceremony of Carols. Erin 

Ensembles. William Beauvais, director: Maz· Bardua, soprano; Margaret Maye, mezzo; Pe· 

zoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416· · ter Collins, tenor; Robert Gleadow, baritone; 

408-2824 x474. Free. Toronto Sinfonietta; Matthew Jaskiewicz, 

- 2:00: Toronto All-Star Big Band/The music director. Bloor Street United Church, 

Serenaders. Big Band Christmas Show. 300 Bloor St. West. 4 l 6W9·5000 x6043. 

Seasonal favourites, holiday story reading, $18(advance), $22(door). 

popular songs, traditional carols. Guests: Ali· - 7:30: Oakville Children's Choir. A Boy 

son Smith, reader & others. Jane Mallett The· Was Born: St. John's United Church, Oakville. 

atre, 27 Front St. East. 416-366· 7723. See December 12. 

$29.99. - 7:30: Oakville Symphony Orchestra. 

- 2:00: Victoria-Royce Church. Baroque Family Christmas Concert. Music of the sea· 

for Christmas. Christmas music by Vivaldi, son & audience carol sing-along. Guests: Tern· 

Bach & Handel. Mathieu Marcil. counter-ten· pus Choral Society; Roberto De Clara, conduc· 

or; Genevieve Proulx, soprano; Jenny Grober, tor. Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, 

piano; Barbara Bolte, oboe d'amore. 190 Med· 130 Navy St. 905-815-2021. $12,$6. 

land Ave. 416· 769·6'176. Freewill offering. - 7:30: RCM Community School. Vox 

- 5:00: St. James' Choral Society. Family Continental Linda Eyman, director. Chapel, 

Messiah and Carols. Part 1 of Handel's Messi· Royal St. George College, 120 .Howland. 416· 

ah.with soloists and orchestra; Christmas 408,2824 x474. Free. 

carols, Christmas anecdote. Michael Bloss, - 7:30: Toronto Chinese Youth Orches· 

artistic director. Cathedral Church of St. tra. Christmas Concert. Humperdinck: Prelude 

James, 65 Church St. 416-366:1728, 416· to Hansel & Gretel; Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso 

364-7865. $20,$15. ind; Schumann: Spring Symphony & other 

- 7:00: Rainbow Voices of Toronto. Gifts music. Guest: Markham Chinese Baptist 

We Bring. St. Luke's United Church, 353 Sher- . Church Children's Choir; Tak-Ng Lai. music 

bourne St. 416-944-2611. $15,$12, acconi· director. Bond International College, 720 Midpanied 

children free. land Ave. 905-887-7828. $10. 

- 7:30: Alexander Singers. Seasonal Con· - 7130: Weston Silver Band. Annual 

cert: Handel: excerpts from Messiah; songs, Christmas Concert. Larry Shields, director. 

carols, sing-along, opera arias. Angela Ha· Central United Church, 1995 Weston Rd. 416- 

waleshka, coneductor. Celebration Presbyteri· 253-9422. $12, $1 O(sr/st), child 12 & under 

an Church, 500 Ooldstream Ave. 416· 785· free when accompanied by an adult. 

Family Messiah {Part 1) & Carols 

ST. JAMES' CATHEDRAL 

CHORAL SOCIETY 

5:00 p.m 

Saturday, December 13th 

Come, sing carols with us 

Tickets $20/$15 

Cathedral Gift Shop 

Ph: 416-364-7865 

- 8:00: Acclarion. Candy Cane Classics. 

Lighthearted Christmas favourites and works 

by Faure, Bizet, Brahms, Monteverdi and oth· 

ers. Becky Sajo, clarinet; David Carovillano, 

accordion. Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 

Delisle Ave. 905· 793· 7697. $12,$7(kids 1 O 

under);.$10,$5(advance). 

- 8:00: All The King's Voices. Songs of the 

Season. Soloists; David J. King, conductor. 

Willowdale United Church, 349 Kenneth Ave. 

416-225-2255. $15,$10, $5(child). 

- 8:00: Brampton Concert Band. Winter 

Holiday. St. Paul's United Church, 30 Main St. 

South, Brampton. 905-451-017 4. 

- 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Or'. 

chestra. Opera arias by Verdi, Puccini & . 

Bizet; Wagner.: Tannhauser Overture; Gray: 

Episodes for Orchestra #1 (premiere); Elgar: 

Enigma Variations. James Bernard, baritone; 

Stuart Howe, tenor; Robert Raines, conductor. 

Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute, 2450 · · 

Birchmount Rd. 416-879-5566. $20,$15, 

child under 12 free. 

- 8:00: Coro San Marco/Esprit Alliance 

Orchestra/Vaughan Chamber Players/ 

St. Paschal Baylon's Church Children's 

Choir. laudate Oominum. Music by Handel, 

Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart & other traditional 

Christmas songs. St. David's Church, 2601 

Major McKenzie Dr., Maple. 905-832-5595. 

- 8:00: Kammermusik Toronto/Earl 

Grey P.S. Senior Choir. Sing We All Noel. 

Evening of Christmas music & sing-along car· 

ols. Keith Muller & Nicole Alexander, direc· 

tors. Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth 

Ave. 416-778-1898. $15,$10. ' 

- 8:00: Markham Theatre for Perform· 

ing Arts. Michelle Wright Christmas. 171 

Town Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469. $42. 

- 8:00: Maryem Tollar & Mernie! love 

and War- Songs from here and there - 

Mernie! Music from the Arab world, India, 

Africa, Latin & North America. Maryem & 

Ernie T ollar; guests: Roula Said, dance; Mark 

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Saturday, 

December 13, 2003 

8:00 p.m. 

Pre-concert talk: 7:30 p.m. 

St. Thomas 

Anglican Church 

383 Huron Street 

(south of Bloor, ea~t of Spadina) 

Tickets $15, $10 SIS 

Available at the door. 

VOICES 

49 Wellington Street East 

Toronto, Ontario 

Tel: (416) 924-0753 

http/Noiceschoir. tripod. com 

CELEBRATE 

THE SEASON 

WITH VOICES 

Tomas Luis de 

Victoria: 

-Missa 0 Magnum 

Mysterium 

-Selected Motets 

Plus a selection of 

Victorian Christmas 

Carols 

Conducted by 

Ron Ka Ming 

Cheung 

Also on t he program: 

Eigar's Enigma Variations and opera ar·ias indud!ng the Pearl 

Fishers duet w ith tenor Stuart Howe and b,1ritone James Bernard. 

See listings under December 13 for details. 

Voices, a 20-voice chamb'er choir, is a, dynamic, young group fo, 

its eighth season. Under thedirectio'n:.of ~on KaMing Cheuqg' 

the choir performs m;iinly"a capella yvorks ·from the J6€h1 

through 21st centyries, and has received local, national/ arid; 

internatio(lal .recognition. · . , 

Voices is currently auditioning tenor voices. For more. 

information, please contact Ron Ka Ming -Cheung 'at! 

416-924-0753. 

DECEMB ER 1 2003 ·FEBRUARY 7 2004 

WWW . THEWHO LE NOTE.COM

Duggan, percussion. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 

Front St. West. 416·205-5555. $15,$10. 

- 8:00: Montgomery's Inn. Sandy Macintyre 

Celtic Christmas Concert.4709 Dundas St. 

West 416-394-81 ·13_ $15, $12(Friends of Etobicoke's 

Heritage). Advance registration recommended. 

- 8:00: Oakville Choral Society. Christmas 

Baubles! Christ Church, Mississauga. See December 

12. • 

- 8:00: St. Michael's Choir School. The 

Voices of Christmas. Massey Hall. See Decem· 

ber 1°2. 

- 8:00: Symphony Hamilton/Brampton 

. Festival Singers. Handel: Messiah. Anne 

L'Esperance, soprano; Mari Van Pelt, alto; P.rabhjot 

Seehra, tenor; Andrew Tam, bass; Stephane 

Potvin, conductor. St. Christopher's Church, 662 

Guelph line, Burlington. 905-526·6690. $22, 

$16(sr/st), $5(child under 12). 

- 8:00: Toronto Consort. The Praetorius 

Christmas Vespers. Trinity·St. Paul's Centre. S.ee 

1£.enam~~- 

'-si1recf Natus Est 

Dec 12. 

- 8:00: Voices. A Victoria Christmas. Music of 

Victoria; Christmas carols from the Victorian 

era. Ron Ka Ming Cheung, artistic director. 7:30: 

Pre-concert talk. S.t. Thomas's Church, 383 

Huron. 416·924·0753. $15,$10. 

- 9:00: neither/nor composers 

collective ensemble. Works of Couroux copresented 

with Rat-Drifting Rockford: a 

natural history of Los Angeles c. 1975 and 

Blowback at Breakfast: A Doctor Kissinger 

Mystery or "the unconstitutional takes a little 

longer". Arraymusic Studio, 60 Atlantic Ave. 

Suite 218. 416·504·2327. $5. 


- 9:45arri & 11: 15am: First Unitarian Congregation 

of Toronto. Works for Solo Violin 

.(Sonatas and Partitas/ by JS Bach. Mark Fewer, 

violin. 175 St. Clair Ave. West. 416-924-9654. 

Freewill offering. 

~ 11 :OOam & 2:00: Living Arts Centre. 

Hodie Christus 

Come hear motets of great adoration-to the nativity, as well as some 

silver-belled songs of a Jess sacred tone. · 

Saturday, Dec. Uth, 

Sunday, Dec. 14th, 

St. Andrew's Presbytefian Trinity Anglican Chur:ch, 

Church; 54 Queen St. N. 

12 Blair Rd. 

Kitchener.IS pm 

Cambridge. (Galt) I 3pm 

Tickets are available from Twelfth Night Music Store in Waterloo,and Kelly Greens 

Flowers and Etcetera (Cambridge) 

Presented by SPAENAUR 

• Les 

• 

AMIS c ·oncerts 

• 21th Season 2003 - 2004 

Michael Pepa 

Founding Anistic Director 

- He/iconian Hall 

35 Hazelton Ave., Toronto 

admission: $20 adults; $15 seniors; $10 students 

For information call: 905 773-7712 

www.lesamisconcerts.org 

Sunday, December 14/03 - 7:00 pm 

Kio Seiler, violin 

Goran Goyevich, clarinet 

Vadim Serebryany, piano 

Bart6k 

Sonata for Solo Violin 

Contrasts 

Out of Doors Suite 

Pepa Moldovenesca "Klezmer Trio" ( 2003) 

World· Premiere 

Sunday, February 22/04 - 7:00 pm 

. Milica Jelaca Jovanovic, piano 

Prokofiev Sarcasms, Op. 17 

McConnell Pia.no Sonata No. 1 

Schumann · Davidsb0ndlf!rl8nze ., Op. 6 

Jack Grunsky. Songs, rhythms, rhymes & $52. 

chanis. Recommended for ages 3·6. Royal Bank - 2:30: Harmony Singers. A Holly Jolly 

Theatre, 4141 living Arts Dr., Mississauga. Christmas! Seasonal favourites. Guest: Rob 

905-306-6000. $19, kids $3 off. Christian, flute; Harvey Patterson, conductor; 

- 1 :00: Jeunesses Musicales of Ontario/ Bruce Harvey, accompanist. Martin Grove United 

Harbourfront Centre. Music with Bite: En- Church, Martin Grove & Mercury. 416-239- 

semble Caprice: Travelling Through Time. Music 5821. $10. 

by Rameau, Purcell & Corelli; dance & theatre. - 2:30: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth 

Brigantine Room, York Quay Centre, 235 Queens • Choir. Celebrate the Season! Sing-along celebra- 

"Quay West. 416-973-4000. $8, $25(1amily4· lion for the whole family. Guests: Toronto Mass 

pack). 

Choir; Ron Ka Ming Cheung, conductor. Timothy 

- 2:00: East York Choir. Christmas Fantasia. Eaton Memorial Church, 230 St. Clair West. 

Buxtehude: The Infant Jesus; Bach: Christmas 416-598-0422. $35. 

· Oratorio Part 2. lindy Pinto, soprano; Marion - 3:00 & 8:00: Singing OUT! Annual Holiday 

Newman, contralto; Michael McBride, tenor; Concert: What Sweeter Music. Patrick Huang, 

Paul Wright, bass; William Graham, conductor; artistic director; Beth Hanson, accompanist. Jane 

Jenny Crober, accompanist. St. Cuthbert's Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416·924· 

Church, 1399 Bayview Ave. 416-759-3043. ·6859. $ 20. · 

$15. · - 3:00: Halton Family Services. Sharing 

- 2:00: National Shevchenko Ensemble. Christmas -A Concert of Music and Christmas 

Christmas Concert. Traditional carols, folk songs Readings. Mitch Seekins, tenor; Sharlene Wal· 

& dances. Shevchenko Choir & Dancers; guests: lace, harp; Joan Browne, flute; Eric Mckay, piano. 

Hahilka Ukrainian & Beryozka Russian Choirs. St. Jude's Church, 160 William St .. Oakville. 

Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence West. 416- 905-844-3972. $15, $ lO(sr), $5(st). Proceeds 

533-2725. $15,$12. to help supportthe work of Halton Family Servic· 

- 2:00: Roy Thomson Hall. The Girls Choir of es. 

Harlem. Classical, popular, gospel, spirituals & - 3:00: Hart House. Sunday Concert: Hampton 

jazz. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $36.50- Avenue. Vocal jazz harmony. 7 Hart House·Cir- 

$76.50. cle. 416-978-2436. Free. 

- 2:00: Scarborough Civic Centre. Roy{JI · - 3:00: Markham Concert Band. A Seasonal 

Regiment of Canada. 150 Borough Dr. 416·396_- Celebration. Anderson: Christmas Festival; Graf: 

7810. Free. Klesmer; carols, singalong. Markham Theatre for 

- 2:00: Toronto Philharmonia. Christmas in Performing Arts, 171 Tow'n Centre Blvd. 905- 

Vienna. Carols from Austria; Strauss: Fledermaus 305-7469. $_20,$15. 

Overture; Lehar: Merry Widow; Waldteufel: Skat· - 3:00: Mississauga Choral Society. Haner's 

Waltz; Mozart: Sleigh Ride. Laura Whalen, def: Messiah. Chrys A. Bentley, artistic director. 

soprano.Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Hammerson Hall, 4141 living Arts Drive, Mis- 

Yonge St. 416-733-9388, 416-870-8000. $20- sissauga. 905-306'6000. $35,$25, $30,$15(sr/ 

society 

2003-2004 Season Chrys A. Bentley Artistic Director 

Capture the Spirit, of Christmas! 

messiah G.F.Handel 

Sunday, December 14, 2003, 3 pm 

Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre 

4141 Living Arts Drive (Hwy. 10 & 403), Mississauga 

Full orchestra, 70-voice choir & special guest soloists 

·Reserve for your sea_t for an aftemoo11 

of stirring, joyous & majestic music! - 

Tickets: $35/$25 (Students & Seniors $30/$15) 

Living Arts Centre Box Office: 905-306-6000 

For AUDITIONS, call 905-278-7059 

www .misschorsoc.com 

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- 3:00: Pax Christi Chorale. lessons and 

Carols. Carols & readings for Advent & Christ· 

mas. Stephanie Martin, conductor. Grace Church 

on·the·Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416·494·7889. , 

$12,$10, $5(child under 12). 

- 4:00: Toronto Classical Singers. Vaughan 

Williams- Hodie. Plus favourite Christmas car· 

ols. Sandra Boyes, mezzo soprano; Geoffrey But· 

ler, tenor; Gregory Dahl. baritone; members of 

the Crescent School Boys Choir; The Talisker 

Players; Jurgen Petrenko, conductor, Christ 

Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416·443· 

1490. $20,$18. 

- 4:30: YorkminsJer Park Church. Carols by 

Candlelight. Yorkminster Park Church Choir & 

soloists; William Maddox, director; Ronald Jor· 

dan, organ. 1585 Yonge. 416·922· 1167. 

-7:00: Les AMIS Concerts. Bartok: Sonata 

for Solo Violin; Contrasts; Out of Doors Suite; 

Pepa: Moldovenesca (Klezmer Trio) (world pre· 

miere). Kio Seiler, violin; Garan Goyevich, clarinet; 

PazCLriati 

CL.or-ale 

. · Vadim Serebryany, piano. Heliconian Hall, 35 

Hazelton Ave. 905·773·7712. $20, $15(sr), 

$10(st). 

- 7:00: Northdale Concert Band. Christmas 

Concert. Stephen Chenette, conductor. Willow· 

dale United Church, 349 Kenneth Ave. 905·8.86· 

0858. $10,$8, child 12 & under free. 

- 7:00: Trtptych.Handel· Saul. Martin Elliot, 

Lenard Whiting, Edward Franko, Heidi Breier, 

Julie Bryenton;Ross Darlington & other perform· 

ers. Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2737 Bayview 

Ave. 416-763·5066 x3. $25,$20. 

- 7:30: Alexander Singers. Seasonal Con· 

cert. Celebration Presbyterian Church. See De· 

cember 13. · 

- 7:30: North Bramalea United Church. 

Soulful Silent Night. Favourite Christmas music. 

NBUC house band; choir, soloists, ensembles; 

guests: Galore Trio; four handed piano due; Jose 

Shapero, director. 363 Howden Blvd, Brampton. 

905-450·8003. Freewill offering. 

- 7:30: Trinity Chamber Ensemble. Music 

presents 

CELEBRATE 

THE SEASON! 

with guests 

The Toronto Mass Choir 

.Join the TMYC and the Toronto .. 

Mass Choir for a celebration of 

seasonal cheer featuring · 

traditional and gospel favourites! 

Sunday, Dec. 14 • 2:30pm · 

St. Anne's Anglican Church 

270 Gladstone Avenue 

FOR TICKETS CJ\LL 416.598.0422 

Adults - $35 Students/Seniors - $15 

Group rates also 'available 

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416--494-7889 

Lesson.s 

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ti. 

Sw.cla1:1. December 14 • .3 pm 

Grace Church 011- the- liill, Toronto 

for Advent & Christmas: 

fn tLe beloved 11e1110D41 tradition 

f eoluriug the C D releoseofSeoeo11t of tb.~Splrlt : 

, a musicaljo11me y t/1 m 111Jl1 tire C/1ristiau yenr 

Our Hylllll-a - tli.011 is back 

wit/1 Trillium Brass Quiulc l 

Saturday, Ma rch '27. JOom-•lpm ~ i 

Rouge Valley MeuuonileChurch )1'-1\ ; 

' Sint)in8 lor tlieso11! .. md lw 111e 111.'Jcle •; M:OAY, l>ECEMBER 19TH AT 7 PM 0 

ST ANl>REW'S UNITEI> CHURCH 

117 BLOOR ST EAST 

FOR TICKETS CALL (416) 975 5231 

OR EMAIL 

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Guest: Alex Pangman. Swing, blues, jazz. Royal 

Bank Theatre. 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississau· 

ga. 905·306-6000. $22·$32. 


- 2:00: RCM Community School. lyric Singers 

& Silver Singers. Linda Eyman, director. Mazzoleni 

Concert Hall. 273 Bloor St. West. 416- 

408-2824 x474. Free. 

- 2:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Toronto Children's 

Chorus -A Chorus Christmas. Britten: A Cere· 

mony of Carols & other selections. Judy Loman. 

harp; True North Brass. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872- 

4255. $26·$38. 

- 3:00 & 8:00: York Symphony Orchestra. 

YSO Holiday Concerts. Music of the season and 

sing'.along. Guests: Trinity Youth Choir. Tlinity 

Church, 79 Victoria St., Aurora. 416-410-0860. 

$20,$15. $5lunder 12). 

- 6: 10: St. Patrick's Church. 3rd Annua/' 

Christmas Organ Recital See December 17. 

- 7:30: Amadeus Choir. Rejoice! Lauridson: 0 

Magnum Mysterium; music from the winners of 

the 17th annual Christmas Carol & Chanukah 

Song Writing Competition; seasonal music. 

Guests: Bach Children's Chorus; Linda Beaupre & 

Lydia Adams, conductors. George Weston Recital 

Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416-870·8000. $25-$35. 

- 7:30: North44° Ensemble, Christmas 

Cheer. Favourite Christmas treasures. Guest: 

Rodrigo Chavez; Jenny Grober, accompanist/ 

assistant conductor; Geoffrey Butler. artistic 

director. All Saints RC Church, 1415 Royal York 

Rd. 905·764·5140. $20. 

- 7:30: Orpheus Choir of Toropto. Welcome 

Yule! Mathias: Ave Rex carol sequence; Ohrwall: 

Gaudete; other seasonal works. Robert Cooper. 

artistic director. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 

Lonsdale Rd. 416·530-4428. $20. $18isrJ, 

$101st). 

- 7:30: RCM Community School. Young 

Musicians' Band. Wind and br~ss s.tudents. 

Stanley Rosenzweig, director. Mazzoleni Concert 

Hall. 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408·2824 x474. 

Free. 

- 7:3q: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. 

Handel's Messiah.Trinity-St. Paul's Centre. See 

Dec 17. 

- 8:00: Canadian Sinfonietta. Albinoni: Adagio; 

Bach: Piano Concerto in g; Dvorak: Serenade 

for Strings. Alexander TselyakQv, piano. Newtonbrook 

United Church. 53 Cummer. 905· 707 · 

1200. $30,$25. 

- 8!00: lntensky String Quartet. String 

quartets by Haydn, Beethoven. T urina & 

Prokofiev. Church of the Redeemer. 162 Bloor St. ' 

West. 416-458-0881. $15,$8. 

- 8:00: Massey Hall. Barra MacNeils' Cape 

· Breton Christmas. Holiday favourites and Celtic 

classics. Guest: Rita MacNeil. 15 Shuter St. 

416-872-4255. $29.50·$45.50. 

- 8:00: Mississauga Symphony. Annual 

Christmas Concert. Seasonal favourites and audience 

sing-along. Mississauga Choral Society; 

Chrys Bentley, music director. Living Arts Centre, 

4.141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905·306· 

6000. $45/$35, $40.50/$31.50isr/st). 

- 8:00: Scarborough Philharmonic. Christ· 

mas Pastorate. Paray: Pastorale de Noel; Handel: 

Messiah !selections). Mary Lou Fallis, soprano; 

Catherine McKeever, mezzo-soprano; David Troiano, 

tenor; Chris Grapentine, baritone; Bell' Arte 

Singers; Jerome Summers, music director. St. 

Boniface Church. 142 Markham Rd. 416-429· 

0007. $21, $19/$121sr/st). 

- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra/To· 

EJwci.J Ma•aieq 

Accompanisl 

Artistic Director - Geoffrey Butler 

Ac.companist - J enny Crober 

with special guest 

Rodrigo Chavez 

44 

7:30 p.m. - Saturday, December 20, 2003 

All Saints Roman Catholic Church 

1415 Royal York Road 

(one block north of Eglinton) 

Admission: $20.00 

For more information. call 905 764-5140 

,•\ftil:a,t~~ of T orontO Choral ::>oc:ely

onto Mendelssohn Choir. Handel· Messiah. 

Roy Thomson Hall. See Dec 17. 


- 10:30am: Humbervale United Church. 

lessons & Carols fot 2003. Christmas carols & 

familiar readings. Joan Lowey Chlebus & Barbara 

McCrindle, soloists. 1447 Royal York Rd. 416- 

249·282L 

- 1 :00: CBC Radio's OnStage. A Seasonal 

. Celebration. Isabel Bayrakdarian, Measha Briiggergosman, 

Karina Gauvin, sopranos; Russell 

Braun, baritone; Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto · 

& othef performers. Barbara Frum Atrium, 250 

Front St. West. 416-205·5555. *SOLD OUT* 

- 2:00: Scarborough Community Concert 

. Band. A Concert at Christmas Time. Wide varie· 

ty of musical selections & sing-along of Christ· 

mas songs. Scarborough Civic Centre Rotunda, 

150 Borough Dr. 416-396-7810. Free. 

- 2:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra 

Sing-Along Messiah. Soloists, Chamber Choir & 

Orchestra. Massey Hall, 15 Shuter St. 416-964- 

6337 $25, $20(st/sr). 

- 3:00: Mississauga Festival Choir. A leg· 

endary Christmas. Rutter: Brother Heinrich's 

Christmas; Britten: St. Nicholas (excerpts); 

Christmas carols and songs from around the 

world. Lori-Anne Dolloff, director; Western New 

York Children's Chorus. John Fleischman: St. 

. Peter's Handball Ringers; orchestra. living Arts 

Centre, 4141 living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905· 

306-6000. $25,$20,$18(sr/child 12 & under). 

- 3:00: Oakville Children's Choir. Annual 

Christmas Carol Sing. The Meeting Place, 25- 

171 Speers Rd., Oakville. 905-337·7104. $10. 

Proceeds to the Kerr Street Ministries. 

- 3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra/ 

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Handel: Messi· 

ah. Roy Thomson Hall. See Dec 17. 

- 4:00: St. Andrew's Church. A Service of 

lessons & Carols for Christmas. Carol singing, 

choral anthems, bible readings. Douglas Bodle, 

director. 73 Simcoe. 416-593-5600. Free (donations' 

for community Boarding Homes Ministry 

appreciated). 

- 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Christmas 

Jazz Vespers: Brass & Drums Ouintet featuring 

Guido Basso & Brian._Barlow, drums. 1570 Yonge 

St. 416-920-5211. Free (donation). 

- 4:30: St. Anne's Church. Nine lessons & 

Carols. Music by Archer, Berkeley, Cleobury, 

Darke, Iliff, Ord, Rutter, Tavener, Willcocks & 

Wood. St. Anne's Choir; John Stephenson, director; 

Peter Orme, organ. 270 Gladstone Ave. 416- · 

767-7290. Free. 

- 4:30: Yorkminster Park Church. festival 

of Nine lessons and Carols. Yorkminster Park 

Church Choir & soloists; William Maddox, director; 

Ronald Jordan, organ.1585 Yonge. 416-922- 

1167. Free. 

- 7:00: Music at Metropolitan. Annual Candlelight 

Service oflessons and Carols. With the 

Metropolitan Choir. 56 Queen St. East. 416-363- 

0331 . Freewill offering. 

. f!!!i;. Mississauga Festival Choir 

with Western New York Children's Chorus, 

St. Peter's Handball Ringers with Orchestra 

A legendarlJ Chridmas 

Lori-Anne Dolloff, John Fleishman Conductors 

Featuring 

Rutter's Brother Heinrich's Christmas 

excerpts from Britten's St. Nicholas, 

songs and carols ,about the legends of Christmas 

Sunday 21 December, 3:00 p .m. 

Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre, Mississau ga 

$25, $20, $18 Seniors and Children 12 and younger 

LAC Box Office (905) 306 6000 · 

www.livingarts.on.ca 

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in a settiny of Cawf{e{ifJftt 

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Sund51y "e\ ening 

December 2·1, 2006 at 7:30 pm 

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treet at Montg~mery Road, l . 

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416~239-2.381 

CONCERT VOLUNTEERS 

WANTED 

We are looking for regular concert-goers to bring a 

bundle of magazines to one concert listed in 

Whole Note e.very issue ( 10 concerts per year). 

To become a WholeNote Concert Volunteer 

please call Sheila McCoy at 416-928-6991. 

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- 2:00: Oakville Children's Choir. Annual 

Christmas Carol Sing. The Meeting Place, 

Oakville. See December 21. 

- 3:00 & 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. John 

McDermott - Christmas Memories. Traditional 

carols, folk music and ballads. 6-piece band and 

surprise guests. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. 

$32.50-$66.50. 

- 6130: Bach Consort. 3rd annual benefit 

concert & dinner. J.S. Bach: Christmas 

Oratorio. Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor; 

Monica Whicher, soprano; Elizabeth Til(nbull, 

contralto; Pascal Charbonneau, tenor; Denis 

Giesbrecht, tenor; Sean Watson, baritone. 

Eglinton St. George's United Church, 35 

· Lytton Blvd. 416-481 ·114 l; x250. $45. 

- 8:00: RCM Community School. World 

Music Chorus with RCM Game/an. Recital Hall, 

·273 Bloor St. West. 416-408-2824 x474. Free. 


- 12:00 noon: City of Toronto. Holiday Choral 

Celebration: Palestrina Chorus. ·Holiday tunes in a 

variety of languages. City Hall Rotunda, 100 

Queen St. West. 416-392-4674. Free. 

- 12:00 noon: Roy Thomson Hall. Choir & 

Organ Concert: Elora Festival Singers. Matthew 

Larkin, organ; Noel Edison, conductor. 60 Simcoe 

St. 416-872-4255. Free. 

- 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Canadian Brass' 

Christmas Concert. Light classics, jazz & season· 

al favourites. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. 

$29-$55. 


- 11 :30am: City of Toronto. Holiday Choral 

Celebration. Toronto Mass Choir; Toronto Chil· . 

dren's Chorus; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir & 

Mendelssohn Youth Choir; Tower Brass. City Hall 

Rotunda, 100 Queen St. West. 416-392-4674. 

Free. · 

- 4:00: St. James' Cathedral. The Christmas 

Recital.· Tim Pyper, organ. Program tba. Followed 

by the First Evensong of Xmas sung by the Cathe· 

dral Choir of Men and Boys. 65 Church St. 416· 

364· 7865. Free. 

- 10:45pni: Deer Park Concerts. 

Christmas.Eve w1~h William Wright. Bach: 

Canonic Variations on Varn Himmel Hoch; 

Walther: In dulci jubilo; Balbastr,e: Premier •.. 1 

Suite de Noels; Morancon: Two Noels from . 

the Provence; Ferguson: Three Noels for 

Organ; Callahan: Christmas Suite. 1-29 St. 

Clair West. 416-481·2979. Free. 


- 8:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. The 

·Chocolate Soldier. By Oscar Strauss. Keith Klas· 

sen, Shannon Mercer, Elizabeth Beeler, Robert 

Longo, performers; Wayne Strongman, conductor; 

Guillermo Silva-Marin, stage director. Jane Mal· 

lett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416,(366· 7723. 

$35-$ 75. Preview. For complete run se~ Music 

Theatre listings. 

George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 

416-872-1111. $20-$88. 


- 7:30: Markham Theatre for Performing 

Arts. The Nutcracker. Ballet Jiirgen. 171 Town 

Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469. $28,$24(child). 



Arts. The Nutcracker. See Dec 30. 

Thursday January 01 

- 2:30: Attila Glatz Concert Productions/ 

Roy Thomson Hall. Salute to Vienna. Ingrid 

Mankhof, soprano; Otoniel Gonzaga, tenor; Hun· 

garian National Ballet; Symphony Canada; Karl 

Sollak, conductor. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. 

$55-$125. 

Saturday January 03 

- 2:00 & 7:30: Living Arts Centre. Sing-Along 

Wizard of Dz. Recommended for ages 6 and 

· up. Hammerson Hall, 4141 Living Arts Dr .. Mis· 

sissauga. 905-306-6000. $10-$30. ' 

Sunday January 04 



--7:30: Chinese Canadian Music Society Shoko Inoue, piano. 10365 Islington Ave. 905· 

of Ontario/Chinese Artists Society ofT O· 893-0344. Free with gallery admission: 

ronto/Li Delun Music Foundation. New $15,$9,$25(family). . 

Year's Concert 2004. Selections from The White - 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Ves- 

Hair Girl Suite; Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto; pers. Musicians tba. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920- 

Carmen Fantasy, theme from Schindler's List; ' 5211. Free (donation). 

Blue Danube Waltz & other music. Anna Guo, - 4:30: s·t. Anne's Church. Epiphany lessons' 

yangqin; Wang Yang, piano; Zhang Ti, violin; To· & Carols. Music by Bach, Barnard, Messiaen, · 

ronto Cantata Chorus; Toronto Festival Orchestra Monteverdi, Purvis, Sumsion & Victoria. St. 

& other performers; Tak Ng Lai, conductor. Anne's Choir; John Stephenson, director; Peter 

Orme, organ. 270 Gladstone Av~.416-767· 

7290. Free. 

Tuesday January 06 


Concert: Michael Bloss, organ. Program tba. 65 

Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

Wednesday January 07 


Richard Whiteman Trio. Mclaughlin Perform· 

ance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele 

St. 416· 736-5186. Free. 


.- 12: 10: U of T Faculty of Music. Katharine 

Rapoport,· violin/viola; Peter Stoll clarinet; Barry 

Salwyn, piano. Alwyn: Conversations for violin, 

clarinet and piano~Clarke: Prelude, Allegro and 

Pastorale for clarinet and viola; Schumann: Fairytale 

Pictures for clarinet, viola and piano. Walter 

Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. 

- 7:30: RCM Community School. World 

Music Showcase. Students of the RCM World 

Music Centre; Paul Houle, director. Mazzoleni 

Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408- 1 

2824 x474.Free. 

Friday January 09 

- 8:00: I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble. Italian 

Psycho. Music by Gesualdo. Knox College Chapel, 

59 St. George. 416-252-8740. $15,$10. 


- 7:30: Gilbert & Sullivan Society of 

Toronto. Annual Songfest. Main auditorium, 

St. Anne's Parish Hall, 651 Dufferin. 416· 

922-4415, Free. 

- 8:00: Baroque Music Beside 'the 

Grange. Ludwig: Seven for Eight. 

Beethoven: Symphony 117 (arr. for wind octet); 

music from Mozart's operas in contemporary 

arrangements. Washington McClain & Kath· 

leen D~guet, oboes; Colin Savage & Peter 

Shackleton, clarinets; Michael McCraw & . 

Mathieu Lussier, bassoons & other performers. 

St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John: 

416-588-4301. $ 20,$15. 


Cleopatra with Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano. 

Works by Handel, Hasse and Graun. Trinity-St. 

Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St. West. 416-964· 

6337. $32-$65, $28-$58(sr/st). 

Ludwig: Seven for Eight 

BEETHOVEN's exhilarating 7th Symphony, and 

music of MOZART, for period wind octet and double bass 

C. SAVAGE, P. SHACKLETON, W. McCLAIN, K. DUGUET, 

~ M. McCRAW, M. LUSSIER, D. CONROD, S. WEVERS & 

C. SCHESCHUK 

Saturday January 10/04 at 8 pm 

SL George the Martyr Church 

INF0:,416-588--4301 . ADMISSION $20 /15 

Presented by BAROQUE MUSIC BESIDE THE GRANGE 

One of the world's greatest s'oprapos 

This captivating diva performs leading roles 

with the Metropolitan Opera and the coc; 

EVA URBANOVA 

sings arias and songs 

by Dvorak, Smetana and Janacek 

Proudly presented by Masaryk Institute 

in the third series of Czech music 

on Sunday, January 11th 2004 at 5:00 

at Church of st. Wenceslaus 

496 Gladstone Ave. (Bloor/Dufferln) 

Giner.I Admiioon I ~.00 

FOR RESERVATIONS CALL 416-439-4354/Julie 



- 3:00: Vesnivka Choir/Toronto 

Ukrainian Male Chamber Choir. A 

Ukrainian Christmas. Halyna K vitka Kondracki, 

conductor. Islington United Church, 25 

Burnhamthorpe Rd. 416-763-2197. $20,$15. 

- 3:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. . 


Trinity-St. Paul's Centre. See Jan 10. 

- 5:00: Czech Community Centre. Eva Urbanova, 

soprano & Steven Phi/cox, piano. Songs by 

Dvorak, Smetana & Janacek; operatic arias. St. 

Venceslaw Church, 496 Gladstone Ave. 416- 

439-4354. $40. 

Stimme. Helmut Rilling, conductor/lecturer. Walter 

Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. 

$20,$10 (5-day festiv~I pass $195,$99). 

- 7:30: Associates ohhe Toronto Sympho· 

ny Orchestra. Five Small Concerts: Tonal 20th 

Century-Don't be Afraid! Bryars: String Quartet 

#2; Shostakovich: String Quartet #3; Riley: Sunrise 

of the Planetary Dream Collector; Mendelssohn: 

String Quartet in D Op.44 #1. Carol 

Lynn Fujino, Virginia Chen Wells, violins; Daniel 

Blackman, viola; Kirk Worthington, cello.Trinity 

St. Paul's United Church, 427 Bloor St. West. 

416·423·2133. $15,$12. 

- 8:00:.Sound of Toronto Jazz Series. Ca· 

nadian Jazz Ouartet. Ontario Science Centre, 

770 Don Mills Rd. 416-595-0404 x229. 



Concert: Peter Nikiforuk, organ. Program tba. 65 

Church St. 416-364· 7865. Free. 

- 6:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Festival of 

Bach's Sacred Cantatas: J.S. Bach in the World 

Today. Cantata 105 Herr, gehe nicht ins Gerich!. 

Helmut Rilling, conductor/lecturer. Walter Hall, 

80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. $20,$10 (5- 

day festival pass $195,$99). 

- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. A 

Cole Porter Celebration. Porter: Anything Goes, 

Kiss Me Kate, Red Hot and Blue, The New Yorker, 

Paris, The Pirates and more. Cynthia Watters, 

soprano; Kevin Anderson, tenor; Daniel Narducci, 

baritone; Mississauga Choral Society; Erich 

Kunzel, contluctor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe 

St. 416-593-4828.-$31-$84. . 


- 12:30: Yo_rk University Dept. of Music. 

· Caribbean Music Ensemble. Lindy Burgess, direclliiliMill~ii~lilillllillill~lll 

tor. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 

- 7:00: New Music Concerts. Cuarteto latinoamericano. 

Works by Evangelista, Gutierrez, 

Ortiz, Lavista, Pauk & Luzuriaga. Robert Aitken, 

solo flute. 7:15: Pre·concert introduction by Rob· 

ert Aitken & several of the composers. St. 

George the Martyr Church, 197 John. 416-204- 

1080. $5-$25. 

- 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. Spraol 

T ranzac, 292 Brunswick. 416-410-3655. 

Monday January 12 



Today. Cantata 140 Wachet auf, ruff uns die 

Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 416-736- 

5186. Free. 

- 2:00 & 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. 

Roy Thomson Hall. See Jan 13. $29-$58. 



Today. Cantata 26 Ach wie fliichtig, ach wie 

nichtig. Helmut Rilling, conduc_tor/lecturer. Walter 

Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. $20,$10 

(5-day festival pass $195,$99). 

- 8:00: Aldeburgh Connection. Rec1~al Series: 

Colin Ainsworth, tenor & Stephen Ralls, 

piano. Holman: The Heart Mislaid; music by Britten. 

Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 

416·205-5555. $40. 

m111~i•a~i11-.11r11r111111111111a11t11t~1r+11:,:,:~ 

Ton'al 20th Century ~ Don't be afraid 

Terry Riley 

Gavin Bryars 

Shostakovich 

Britten 

Monday, January 12, 2004 7:30pm 

Trinity-St. Paul's United Church 

427 Bloor Street West (Bloor/Spadlna) 

Sun rise of the Planetary 

Dream Collector 

St ring Quartet No. 2 

St rin g Quartet No. 3 

Three Divertimenti for 

String Quartet 

Carol Lynn Fujino - Violin Virginia Chen Wells - Violin 

Daniel Blackman - Viola Kirk Worthington - Cello 

(Musicians from Toronto Symphony Orchestra) 

........................................................................... 

Tickets $1 5/$12(Seniors/Students) 

For more information and tickets, p_lease call 416-693-9953 

http://www.associates-tso.org 


WWW. THEWHOLENOTE. COM 



Esco/a de Samba. Latin jazz. Brasilian music 

ensemble; Rick Shadrach Lazar, director. 


College, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free. 


Bach's Sacred Cantatas: J.S. B{!ch in the World 

Today. Cantata 67 Halt im Gedachtnis Jesum 

Christ. Helmut Rilling, conductor/lecturer. Walter 

Hall, 80 Queen's-Park. 416-978-3744. $20,$10 

{5-day festival pass $195,$99). 

Music TORONTO 

- 8:00: Music Toronto. St. Lawrence String 

Ouartet. Ravel: Quartet; Golijov: Yiddishbbulr. 

Instructions for String Quartet; Dvorak: Quartet 

in C Op.61. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. 

East. 416-366-7723. $43,$39. 

- 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra,, 


Trinity-St. Paul's Centre. See Jan 10. 




Today. Cantata 172 Erschallet, ihr lieder. Helmut 

presents 

COLIN AINSWORTH 

tenor 

STEPHEN R ALLS 

\ . 

piano 

Come and hear this young 

tenor, acclaimed for his expressive 

lyrical powers, in an 

all .English-language recital of 

songs by Bri tten, Q uilter, 

Grainger, and Derek Holman . 

Rilling, conductor/lecturer. Walter Hall, 80 

Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. $20,$10 (5-day 

festival pass $195,$99). 


lmprov Soiree: Sounds for Sail· Used Instruments 

-New Music - Coming about on the winds of 

serendipity. Music by young artists, from the 

improvisation studios of Casey Sokol. Mclaughlin 

Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 

4700 Keele St.416-736-5186. Free. , 



Trinity-St. Paul's Centre. See Jan 10. - 


- 11 :OOam, 2:00 & 7:00: Solar Stage Children's 

Theatre. Bloom. Interactive music and 

storytelling. For ages4-7. Zak Morgan, performer. 

Madison Centre, 4950 Yonge St. 416-368- 

3196. $12. 

- 7:00: Brampton Symphony Orchestra. 

Tomorrow's Stars Tonight. Robert Raines, conductor. 

Heritage Theatre, 86 Main St. North, 

Brampton. 905·874-2800. 


Vivaldi: Concerto in b for Four Violins, Op.3 #1 O; 

Bach: Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042; Mozart: 

Symphony #29 in A, K.201; Rossini: Overture to 

Semiramide. Adele Armin, Sergei Nikonov, Amalia 

Joanou-Canzoneri, violins; Jacques lsraelievitch, 

conductor/violin. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Sim· 

coe St. 416-593-4828. $31-$61. 

- 8:00: CBC OnStage. Studio Jazz. Denzal 

Sinclaire, Susie Arioli, Karen Plato & Bonnie 

· Brett, vocals; Mark Eisenman Quintet. Glenn 

Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205- 

5555. $35. . 

- 8:00: Mooredale Concerts. Mozart & 

Beethoven. Mozart: Piano Quartet; Baethoven: 

String Trio; Coulthard: Piano Quartet. Scott St. 

John, violin; Emily Morrison Eng, viola; Kristine 

Bogyo, cello; Young Artist: Donna Lee, piano. 

Willowdale United Chun:h, 349 Kenneth Ave. 

416-922-3714. $20,$15. 


- 1 :00: Mooredale Concerts. Music & Truffles. 

Music of Mozart & Beethoven. For children 

four & up ~ Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416- 

922-3714 x103. $10. 

CONTINUES 

Celebrating 

the Art of Song 

. www.aldeburghconnection.org 

W ED., JANUARY 14, 8 PM 

Glenn Gould Studio 

Tickets $40 - (416) 205-5S55

- 1:30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery. Roy 

Feuerherdt, Brass Ouintet. 10365 Islington Ave. 

905·893·0344. Free with gallery ad_mission: 

$ l 5,$9,$25(family). 

- 2:00: Corinne Potter,Allan Shantz, Dora 

Krizmanic. Trios for clarinet, cello & piano by 

Fruhling & Rota. St. George the Martyr Church, 

197 John. 416·694-8610. $15,$10. 

- 2:00: Living Arts Centre. Sharon, Bram & 

Friends. Recommended for ages 5·8. Hammerson 

Hall, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905· 

306-6000. $10-$22. 

- 2:30: U of T Faculty of Music. Opera Tea: 

Donizetti- Oon Pasquale. MacMillan Theatre, 

80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. $26. 

- 3:00: Mooredale Concerts. Mozart: Piano 

Ouartef; Beethoven: String Trio. Walter Hall, 80 

Queen'-s Park. See Jan 17. 

- 3:00: RCM Community School. Orff Ensemble. 

Storytelling, music & movement. Catherine 

West & Alison Kenny·Gardhouse, directors. ' 

Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 

416-408-2824 x474. Free. 

- 3:00: Toronto,Symphony Orchestra. Roy 

Thomson Hall. See Jan 17. 

- 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers. 

Musicians tba. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920- 

5211. Free (donation). 

- 8:00: Hart House. 600th Anniversary Con· 

cert. Trio Lvra; William Aide, piano; Andrew 

www.MooredaleConcerts.com 

J\llozart 1Yiano Q11artet 

1Jeethoven - , 

Str[ns 'Trio 

Scott St. John, violin 

" ... brimming with 

extroverted spirit ... " 

- Pittsburp;h Pwss 

"'.ilh 

Kristine Bogyo, cello 

and o thers 

Young Artist: 

Donna Lee, /Jiano 

Saturday, January 17 at 8 pm - Willowdale United 

Sunday, January 18 at 3 pm - Walter Hall, U of T . 

at 1 pm for children - Music and Truffles - $10 

Affordable tickets! $20, ($15 St./Sr.) 416-922-3714 x103 

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Dawes, violin; Michael Colvin, Mary Bella, sing- · 

ers & other performers. 7 Hart House Circle. 

416-978-2436. Free. 


- 12: 10: U of T Faculty of Music. Voice Performance 

Class. First year students. Walter Hall, 


- 12:30: York University Dept. of M~sic. 

Musica Electronica. Original works composed & 

performed by students in the digital music program. 

Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 

Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 416·736· 

5186. Free. 

- 1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. Lunch Hour 

Concert: William Maddox, organ. Program tba. 65 

Churc~ St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

- 7:30: U of.T Faculty of Music. New Music 

Festival Concert I .Works by student and faculty 

composers. The Music Gallery, St. George the 

Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-978-3744. 

Free. 

- 8:00: CBC OnStage. Flying Bu/gar Klezmer 

Band. Guest: John Johnson, saxophone. Glenn Gould 

Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416·205-5555. $25. 

- 8:00: Music Toronto. Ouo Turgeon, pianos. 

Piazzola: Le Grand Tango; Hindemith: Sonata 

1938; Sullivan: Two Pianos; Guastavino: las 

Ninas; Mozart: Andante and Variations in G 

K.501; Rachmaninoff: Suite #2 for 2 Pianos 

Op.17. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 

416-366-7723. $43,$39. 


- 12:30: York Ulliversity Dept. of Music. 

The Music of Peter laparinuk. Christina · 

Petrowska Quilico, piano; David Mott, saxophone. 


Mclaughlin College, 4 700 Keele St. 416-736- 

5186 . Free. 

- 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Puccini: 

Turandot. Eva Urbanova, Richard Margison, Sere- , 

na Farnocchia, Gregory Dahl, Luc Robeit, Michael 

Co!vin, John Kriter, f'eter Barrett, Peter Collins, 

performers; Richard Bradshaw, conductor. Hum· 

1Tiingbird Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front 

St. East. 416-872-2262. $40-$160. For complete 

run see music theatre listings. 

- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. New Music 

Festival Concert 2. Works by student and faculty 

composers. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416- 

978-3744. Free. 

Inaugural Organ Recital 

January 18th, 2004 at 8:00 pm 

Please join our Gala celebration on the occasion of 

the 600th Sunday Concert as we usher in our 82nd 

year of great concert performances at Hart House! 

Featuring stellar perfonna.nces by classical icons: 

William Aide 

Andrew Dawes, accompanied by Jane Coop 

Trio Lyra 

And COC members Michael Colv.in and Mary Bella 

Please RSVP to the Hall Porters' Desk for FREE 

tickets at 416.978.2452 from Dec.12th onwards. 

Limit 2 tickets per person. Limited tickets will be available 

before showtime. 

Please Note: If reserved tickets are not picked up one week prior 

'to show they will be released back into the. geperal pool. 

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Join us to hear the magnificent, new three-manual, 

~9-rank, Casavant Freres pipe organ 

Friday, January ~3, ~004 

8:00 p.m. 

John Bell Chapel at Appleby College 

Tickets: $~5 

905-845-4681, ext. 400 

artsevents@appleby.on.ca 

540 Lakeshore Road West. Oakville 

www.appleby.on.ca 

DECEMBER 1 2003 - FEBR UARY 7 2004


-12:30: York University Dept. of Music. 

lmprov Ensembles. Casey Sokol, director. 


College, 4?00 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free. 

- 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. Verdi: 

Falstaff. P~vlo Hunka, Wendy Nielsen, Elena 

Voznessenskaia, Judi! Nemeth, Riccardo Botta, 

Franco Pomponi, John Kriter, Alvin Crawford 

performers; Richard Bradshaw, conductor. H~mmingbird 

Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front 

St. East. 416·872-2262. $35·$145. For com· 

plete run see music theatre listings. 

- 8:00: Music Gallery. Ian Birse/laura Ka· 

vanaugh/Matt Rogalsky. Electro-acoustic music 

& video. 197 John. 416-204-1080. 

- 8:00: Toronto Philharmonia. Rossini: Bar· 

ber of Seville. Colin Ainsworth, Marion Newman, 

Alexander Dobson, Charles Baxter, Vicki St. 

Pierre, Van Abrams; performers; lain Scott, host. 

Toronto.Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 

416-733-9388, 416-870-8000: $20·$52. 


Bach: Magnificat, BWV 243; Mozart: Mass inc, 

K.427. Simone Nold, soprano; An.ke Vondung, 

mezzo-soprano; Fredrika Brillemb'ourg, alto; 

James Taylor, tenor; Martin Dean, bass; Univer· 

sity ofT oronto MacMillan Singers; Elmer lseler 

Singers; Helmuth Rilling, conductor. Roy Thom· 

son Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $3,2· 

$98. . 


- 8:00: Amici Chamber Ensemble. En 

Franpais. Debussy: Sonata for violin &.piano; 

Premiere Rhapsody for clarinet & piano; Ravel: 

Sonata for violin & cello; Messiaen: Abinie des 

oiseaux from Quartet for the End of Time for solo 

clarinet; Farrenc: Trio in E flat Op.44 for clarinet, 

cello & piano. Guest: Scott St. John, violin; 

Joaquin Valdepeiias, clarinet; David Hetherington, 

cello; Patricia Parr, piano. Glenn Gould Studio, 

250 Front St. West. 416·205·5555. $40, 

$35(sr). $10(st). 

- 8:00: Appleby College. Inaugural Organ 

Recital. Michael Bloss, organ. John Bell Chapel, 

540 Lakeshore Rd. West, Oakville. 905-845· 

4681.$25. 

- 8:00: Saint Anne's Music & Drama Soci· 

ety. Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers. Laura 

Schatz, director; Ori Siegel, music difector. Saint 

Anne's Parish Hall, 651 Dufferin St. 416-922: 

4415. $20,$15. For complete run see music 


- 8:00: Theatre Unlimited. A Funny Thing 

Happened on the Way to the Forum. By Sondhe· 

im, Shevelove & Gelbart. Meadowvale Theatre, 

· 6315 Montevideo Rd., Mississauga. 905·615· 

4720. For complete run see music theatre list· 

ings. 

- 8:00: Toronto Sinfonietta. TS Strings with 

Peter Appleyard Jazz Ouintet. Buczynski: Diver· 

tissement for accordion, tuba & strings (pre· 

miere); jazz standards by Berlin, Farnon, Car· 

. michael, Appleyard & Hacke!. Matthew Jaskie· 

wicz, conductor. Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 

Charles St. West. 416·410-4379. $32, $29(sr), 

$15(st). . · 

- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. New Music 

Festival Concert 3: Works by student and faculty 

composers. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416· 

978-3744. Free. 

- 11 :OOpm: U of l Faculty of Music. New 

Music Festival Concert 4. Terry Riley: In C. Wal· 

ter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. 

Saturday January 24 Sunday January 25 

- 11 :OOam & 2:00: Markham Theatre for 

Performing Arts. Al Simmons. Comedy show 

with so'ng, dance, magic and music. (Recommend· 

ed for chitdren 3·7). $17.50,$15. 

- 2:00 & 8:00: Canada Pops Orchestra. Ole 

Ehl With Samba Squad, Jed by Rick Shadrach 

Lazar. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040Yonge 

St. 416-872-1111. $44-$69(eve), $39· 

$64(mat). 

- 8:00: Acoustic Harvest Folk Club. Trevor 

Mills. Birch Cliff United Church, 33 East Rd. 416· 

264·2235. $12. 

- 8:00: Deer Park Concerts. William 

O'Meara, organ in Recital. Music by Bach, 

Franck, Durufle, Gagnon, Fleury and Mule!. Deer 

Park United Church, 129 St. Clair West. 416· 

481-2975. $20. 

- 8:00: Mississauga Philharmonic. A Trib· 

ute to Benny Goodman. Bob DeAngelis, clarinet, 

Carol McCartney, vocals; John Macleod, ar· 

rangements. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living 

Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $45/ 

• $35, $40.50/$31.50(sr/st). 

- 8:00: Newtonbrook United Church. 

James Gordon, singer/songwriter. Sandy Horne, 

bass guitar/vocals. 53 Cummer Ave. 416·222· 

5417. $20. In support of the ministry of Newton· 

brook UC. 


Thomson Hall. See Jan 22. 

' 

- 8:00: 0 of T Facility of Musjc. New Music · 

Festival Concert 5. Works by student and faculty 

composers. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416· 

978-374"'. Free. 

- 8:30: Living Arts Centre. Marc Jordan. 

Jazz. 4141 Living Arts Dr., JYlississauga. 905· 

306·6000. $22-$32. 

' 

- 1 :00 & 3:30: Oakville Centre for the 

Performing Arts: Family Series: Al Simmons. 

Music· filled show for the whole family. 130 

Navy Street. 905-815·2021. $19:99. 

- 2:00: Off Centre Music Salon. Doctors and 

Music: "Mesmerizingr Program highlights: 

Rachmaninoff: Second Piano Concerto; Mozart: 

Sextet from Cosi fan tutte; Brahms: Liebeslieder· 

Waltzer. Shannon Mercer, Yana lvanilova,'sopran, 

os; Helene Couture, mezzo; Stuart Howe, te ~or ; 

Gile~ Tomkins, baritone; Olivier Laquerre, bass; 

Kerry DuWors, violin; Si.man Fryer, cello; Inna 

Doctors & Music: Mesmerizing! 

January 25, 2004@ 2:00pm 

With 

Soprano Shannon Mercer, 

Bass Olivier Laquerre, · 

pianists Inna Perkis, Boris 

Zarankin, Dr. David 

Goldbloom and host Stuart 

Hamilton · 

Tickets at Glenn Gould 

Studio Box Office: 

$35/$25 seniors/students 

250 Front St W, 4I6-205-5555. 

Deer Park Concerts 

William Wright, Artistic Director 

presents 

CHRISTMAS E VE 

10:00 - 10:45 p.m. 

1 William Wright performs a recital 

of Christmas music. · 

FREE ADMISSION 

UPCOMING CONCERTS INCLUDE: 

William O'Meara 

January 24, 2004, 8:00 p.m. 

Marnie Giesbrecht, March 6, 2004 

William Wright, May 29, 2004 

1 General admission $20.00 

Call 416-481-2979 for ticket information 

Deer Park Concerts 

129 St. Clair Ave. W: 

Uust east of Avenue Road) 

Parking courtesy of Imperial Oil next to concert venue 

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Perkis & Boris Zarankin, piano. Special appear· 

ances by doctors David Goldbloom and Nicholas 

Rathe. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 front St. West. 

416·205·5555. $35,$25. 

- 2:30: Aldeburgh Connection. Caliban's 

Cave. Music by Berlioz. Donna Brown, soprano; 

Norine Burgess, mezzo; Benjamin Butterfield, 

tenor; Bruce Ubukata & Stephen Ralis, pianists. 

Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416· 735· 7982. 

$40. 

- 3:00: RCM Community School. Junior 

Children's Choir & Senior Ch(ldren's Choir. Music 

from the Baroque era to 20th century. Teri Dunn, 

director. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. 

West. 416-408·2824 x474. free. 

- 3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. See 

. Jan 22. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 

Yonge St. 416·870·8000. $73,$62. 

- 8:00: RCM Community School. Jazz En· 

semble. Bruce Redstone, director. Mauoleni 

Concert Hall, 273.Bloor St. West. 416-408· 

2824 x474. free. 

Monday January 26 

• - 8:00: Canadian Opera Company/CBC 

On Stage. Vienna, the City of Dreams. Arias & 

duets by Lehar, Johann Strauss Jr. & others. 

Michael Schade, tenor; Sally Dibblee, soprano; 

Canadian Opera Company Orchestra; Richard 

Bradshaw, conductor. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 

front St. West. 416·205·5555. *SOLD OUT* 

- 8:00: Toronto Organ Club. Joe Carlo (to be 

confirmed). Christ Church, 329 Royal York Rd. 

905·824·4667, 905·8454539. $10, child un· 

der 10 free. 


- . 12:30: York University Dept. of Music ~ 

Composer's Forum. Origi~al acoustic & digital 

compositions by student composers. Mclaughlin 

Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 

4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. free. 

- 1 :00: S.t. James' Cathedral. lunch Hour 

Concert: Alexander Jacob, piano. Handel: Lesson 

in g; Beethoven: Sonata quasi una fantasia Op.27 

#2 Moonlight; Sonata Op.13 Pathetique. 65 

Church St. 416-364-7865. free. 

- 8:00: CBC OnStage. Piano Fantasy. Piano 

fantasies by C.P.E. Bach, Schubert, Haydn, Rach· 

maninoff, J.S. Bach, Chopin, Mozart & Liszt. 

Katherine Chi, David Jalbert, Libby Yu & David 

Louie, piano. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 front St. 

West. 416·205·5555. $35. 

- 8:00: Sounds of Toronto Jazz Series. 

Vocal Jazz Cabaret Series: George Evans. Royal 

Bank Theatre, 4141 Living Arts Dr. 4 l6-595· 

0404 x229. 

- 8:00: Weston Silver Band. Melodies & 

Arias. 7th annual slow melody concert & compe· 

titian. Central United Church, 1995 Weston Rd. 

416· 253-9422. Free. 


- 12:00 noon: Hart House. Midday Mosaics. 

Performers tba. 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978· 

2436.free. 

- ·12:30: York University Dept. of Music. 

Cuban Music Ensemble. Michael Marcuzzi, director. 


Mclaughlin College, 4 700 Keele St. 416-736· 

5186. free. 


Arts. Blind Date. An evening of music with three 

differentsurprizemusicalacts. 171 Town Cen· 

tre Blvd. 905-305· 7469. $19. 


- 12:10: U ofT Faculty of Music. Mark Fewer 

Violin Recital. Bach: Partitas in E and d for solo 

violin. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978· 

3744. Free. 


Composer's Forum. Original solo & ensemble 

·works by student composers. Mclaughlin Per· 

formance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4700 

Keele St. 416· 736-5186. free: . 

- 8:00: Arraymusic. Scratch! 2. (Jan 29-31}. 

Improvisations on the works of Christian Wolff. 

Arraymusic Ensemble. Music Gallery, 197 John 

St. 416-204-1080. 3-day pass: $30,$20; each: 

$1.5,$10. 

-8:00: Music Toronto. Barbara Hannigan, 

soprano.with pianist Linda Ippolito. Music by 

Schoenberg, Ligeti, Vivier, Nieder, Szymanowski, 

Ives, Rolfe & Andriessen. Jane Mallett Theatre, 

27 front St. East. 416-366-7723. $12. 

Friday January JD 

- 8:00: Arraymusic. Scratch! 2. (Jan 29-31}. 

Works by Thorpe, Tielli, Driver, Chenaux, and van 

Bergeijk. Robert Stevenson, clarinets; Michael 

White, trumpet; Rick-Sacks, Blair Mackay, per· 

cussion; Stephen Clarke, piano; Rebecca van der 

Post, violin; Peter Pavlovsky, double bass; Henry 

Kucharzyk, conductor. Music Gallery, 197 John 

St. 416-204-1080. 3-day pass: $30,$20; each: 

$15,$10. 

-:- 8:00: Heritage Theatre. April Verch - VER· 

CHuosity! Canadian fiddle champion. 86 Main St. 

North, Brampton. 905-874-2800. $32,$30. · 

- 8:00: Oakville Centre for the Performing 

Arts. The Musical Box - Genesis: Selling 

England by the Pound Tribute band. 130 Navy 

Street. 905-815-2021. $54.99. 

. - 8:30: Living Arts Centre. Jennifer Valentyne. 

Jau. Royal Bank Theatre, 4141 Living Arts 

Dr., Mi.ssissauga. 905-306-6000. $22-$32. 


Ensembles. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416· 

978-3744. free. 


- 7:30:, Grace Church on-the-Hill. Holy Jazz 

Ill. Barlow: There Was Setting, There Was Dawn· 

ing; Byrd: Mass for four Voices. Alex Dean, saxo· 

phone; Brian Barlow & Dick Smith, percussion; 

Tom Szczesniak, piano; Scott Alexander, bass; 

Choir of Gentlemen & Boys & St. Cecilia Choir of 

Grace Church on-the-Hill; Melva Treffinger'Graham, 

director. 300 Lonsdale Ave. 416488-7884 · 

x17. $20,$15. 

- 7:30: Music at St. Mark's. The Baroque 

Sonata. Exploration of the genre from its 17th 

century beginnings to the works of Bach. Alison 

Melville, recorder & historical flutes; Borys 

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Medicky, harpsichord. 1 Greenland Rd. 416·444· 

6762. $15, $1 O(child under 12). 

- 8:00: Arraymusic. Scratch! 2. (Jan 29:31). 

Wolff: Burdocks; Bratislava. Robert Stevenson, 

clarinets; Michael White, trumpet; Rick Sacks, 

Blair Mackay, percussion; Stephen Clarke, piano; 

Rebecca van der Post, violin; Peter pavlovsky, 

double bass; Henry Kucharzyk, conductor. Music 

Gallery, 197 John St. 416-204· 1080. 3;day 

pass: $30,$20; each: $15~$10. 

- 8:00: Canadian Sinfonietta. Rossini: Sona· 

ta for Strings; Elgar: Serenade for Strings; Gang 

Situ: Concerto for Violin, Erhu and Strings; solo 

pieces for erhu. George Gao, erhu; Joyce Lai, 

Also on the program: 

Brahms Tragic Overture 

Cozens Orchestral Miniatures 

Schumann Symphony #3 (Rhenish) 

For details see iistings for January 31 

violin. Newtonbrook United Church, 53·Cummer. 

905-707· 1200. $30.~25. 

- 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Or· 

chestra. Brahms: Tragic Overture; Tchaikovsky: 

Violin Concerto; Cozens: Qrchestral Miniatures; 

Schumann: Symphony #3 Rhenish. Amy Park" 

violin; Robert Raines, conductor. Stephen Leacock 

Collegiate Institute, 2450.Birchmount Rd. 416· 

879-5566. $20,$15, child under 12 free. 

- B:OO:'CBC OnStage. Kol/age. Archie Alleyne, 

drums; Dougie Richardson, tenor saxophone; Ron 

Johnson, bass; Michael Shand, piano; Alexis 

Baro, trumpet. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. 

West, 416-205·5555. $35. 

Cathedral 

Bluffs 

Symphony 

Orchestra 

CBSO/CMC Concerto Competition winner 

Amy Park playing the 

Tschaikowsky Violin Concerto 

- 8:00: Esprit Orchestra. Les idlies fixes. Great Gala: A Silver Anniversary Celebration. 

Kagel: Das Konzert, for flute, percussion & Music by Daley, Elgar, Handel, Honegger, Schu· 

strings; Les ideas fixes; Part: Cantus in Memory bert, Davis & Willcocks. Stuart Laughton, Russell 

of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; Hartenberger, members of the Toronto Sympho· 

Rea: Treppenmusik. Robert Aitken, flute; Mauri· , ny Orchestra, performers; Sir Andrew Davis & 

cio Kagel, guest composer. 7: 15: pre-concert talk. Sir David Willcocks, conductors. Roy Thomson 

MacMillan Theatre, BO Queen's Park. 416-366· HalJ, 60 Si'mcoe St. 416-593·4828. $45-$90. 

7723. $26, $12.50(sr),$5(slcheapseat). 

-' 8:00: Heritage Theatre. The Musical Box - 

A Tribute to Genesis. 86 Main St. North, Bramp· 

ton. 905-874-2800. $43,$41 . 

' - 8:00: Oakville Centre for the Perform· 

ing Arts. The Jennifer Valentyne Swing Band. 

Classic jazz standards, swing tunes & original 

songs. 130 Navy Street. 905-815-2021. 

Sunday February 01 

- 11 :OOam & 2:00: Solar Stage Children's 

Theatre. The Alphabet Show. Vignettes about 

· each letter of the alphabet with music, songs & · 

puppets. Written & performed by Tom Vanden· 

berg. Madison Centre, 4950 Yorige St. 416-368· 

3196. $12. For complete run see music theatre 

$28.99. 

listings. 

• 

- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. 

Great Artist Series: Leon Fleisher, piano. Brahms: 

Piano Quartet #2 in A. Guests: Erika Raum, vio· 


Coby Stoller, Jazz Ensemble. 10365 Islington 

Ave. 905-893-0344. Free with gallery admis· 

lin; Rennie Regehr, viola; Bryan Epperson, cello. sion: $15,$9,$25(family). , 

Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 

416-408·2824 x321. $25,$15 . • 

- 8:00: Toronto Children's Chorus. The 

- 2:30: Opera in Concert. The Tsar's Bride, 

By Rimsky-Korsakov (in Russian). Marina 

Shemesh, Margaret Maye, Nikolay Che.kasov, 

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Ch~lark Arts & Music Series 

Mark.Fewer, violin 

Peter Longworth, piano 

playing music by Mozart, Bach and Buczynski 

Sunday, February 1, 2004, 3:00 pm 

' Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Avenue 

Tickets $15.00 at the door, $12 for students 

For more information call 416.65i.9380 

Music for 'cand[emas 

The Gallery Choir of the 

Church of St Mary Magdalene, 

with The Trinity College Chapel Choir, 

Victoria Hathaway & Gillian Howard, oboe 

" Jonathan Ingham, gamba, ana 

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Keith Klassen, Michael Meraw, performers; 

Raisa Nakhmanovich, music director and pianist; 

Opera in Concert Chorus; Robert Cooper, chorus 

director. Informative talk 45 minutes prior to 

performance. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. 

East. 416·366·7723. $28,$22. 

- 3:00: Choirs of the Church of St. Mary 

Magdalene & Trinity College Chapel 

Choir. In Dulci Jubilo: Music for Candlemas. 

· Schein: Missa Christus Natus Est; Grandi: Hodie 

Nobis de Caelo; Hassler: Verbum Caro Factum 

Est; Schroeder/Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo. Victo· 

ria Hathaway & Gillian Howard, oboe; Jonathan 

Ingham, gamba; Christopher Ku, continuo; Dr. 

Willis Noble, director of music. Church of St. 

Mary Magdalene, 477 Manning. 416·978·3611. 

$15,$11). 

- 3:00: Chrylaik A'rts and Music Series. 

Mark Fewer, violin; Peter Longworth, piano. Mo· 

zart: Sonata for piano & violin in A KV526; Bue· 

zynski: Sonata for violin & piano; Bach: Partita in 

d BWV 1004 for solo violin. Heliconian Hall, 35 

Hazelton Ave. 416·651·9380. $15. 

- 3:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Young People's 

Concerts: Meet a Composer. Excerpts from Core· 

Iii: Sarabande, Gigue and Badinerie; Ager: Inter· 

mezzo; Rossini: Sonata 115; Elgar: Introduction 

and Allegro. Nurhan Arman, conductor. Law· 

rence Park Community Church, 2180 Bayview 

Ave. 416·499·0403 $20,$10. 

- 4:30: St. Anne's Church. Choral Evensong. 

Aston: Evening Service'in F; Byrd: Senex Puerum; 

Wood: Expectans Expectavi. St. Anne's Choir; 

John Stephenson, director; Peter Orme, organ. 

270 Gladstone Ave. 416·767·7290. Free. 

- 8:00: New Music Concerts. The Music of 

Mauricio Kagel Kagel: Burleske; Schwarzes . 

Madrigal; Stucke der Windrose (Norden; West· 

en). Elmer lseler Singers; Lydia Adams, conduc· 

tor; Mauricio Kagel, guest composer/conductor. 

7: 15: Pre·concert introduction by Robert Aitken 

and the composer. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front 

St. West. 416·205·5555. $5·$25. 

Monday February 02 

- 7:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Ying Ouartet. 

Mozart: Quartet ind, K.421; Bartok: Quartet 112; 

Tchaikovsky: Quartet 111 in D, Op.11. Walter 

Hall, 8UQueen's Park. 416·978·3744. 

$21,$11. 

Tuesday February 03 

- 12: 10: U of T Faculty of Music. Voice Per· 

formance Class. Oratorio Ensemble. Walter Hall, 

80 Queen's Park. 416-978·3744. Free. 


Balkan Music Ensemble. Traditional choral re per· 

toire of the Balkan region. Irene Markoff, director. 

Mclaughlin Perform~nce Hall, 050 Mclaughlin 

College, 4700 Keele St, 416-736-5186. Free. 


Concert: Michael Bloss, organ. Program Iba. 65 

Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music/Aldeburgh 

Connection. Young Artist Recital. Allison Bent, 

soprano; Kathryn Knapp, mezzo; Michael Mc· 

Bride, tenor; Jason Nedecky, baritone; Stephen 

Ralls, Bruce Ubukata, piano. Walter Hall, 80 

Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. $12,$6. 

Wednesday February 04 


Early Music Ensemble. Sacred & secular medieval 

and renaissance music. Judith Cohen, direc· 

tor. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 

Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 416-736- 

5186. Free. 

- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Per· 

ron: L' Autre Silence; Beethoven: Violin Concerto in 

D, Op.61; Saint-Saens: Symphony 113 inc Op.78 

Organ Symphony. Leonidas Kavakos, violin, Patricia 

Krueger, organ; Jacques Lacombe, conductor. 

Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593· 

4828. $32-$98. 



978·3744. Free. 

Thursday February 05 

- 12: 10: U of T Faculty of Music. Toronto · 

Wind Ouintet. Chan: Nature, Nurture, for quintet 

and percussion. Douglas Stewart, flute; Clare 

Scholtz, oboe; Stephen Pierre, clarinet; Harcus 

Hennigar, horn; Kathleen Mclean, bassoon; Beverley 

Johnston, percussion. Walter Hall, 80 

Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. 


Middle East Ensemble. Classical & folk music 

drawn from Arab, Persian & Turkish traditions. 

Rob Simms, director. Mclaughlin Performance 

Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 

416· 736-5186. Free. 

- 7:30: CDC. A Special Evening of Brahms and 

Wagner. Wagner: excerpts from Lohengrin; Siegfried 

Idyll; Brahms: Piano Concerto 111. Peter 

Collins, tenor; Anton Kuerti, piano; Canadian Opera 

Company Orchestra; Richard Bradshaw, con· 

ductor. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge 

St. 416-872-11 11. $55·$65. 

- 8:00: Drury lane Theatrical Productions. 

Olde Tyme Music Hall Vaudeville & melo· 

drama. Eleanor Belton, director/choreographer; 

Don Simpson, music director. Drury Lane Theatre, 

2269 New Street, Burlington. 905-637· 

3937. $23,$21, $15(12 &under), group rates. 

For complete run see music theatre listings. 

- 8:00: Music Toronto . .Philharmonia Ouaitett 

· Berlin. Schulhoff: Quartet 111; Brahms: Quartet in 

B flat Op.67; Beethoven: Quartet inf Dp.95. 

Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416· 

366-7723. $43,$39. 


ing Arts. Ian Tyson. 130 Navy Street. 905-815- 

2021. $45.99. 

- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Eli· 

ana Cuevas Sextet. Samba, salsa. Mazzoleni 

Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408- 

2824 x321. $15,$10. 

- 8:00: Scarborough Music Theatre. Assassins. 

By Weidman & Sondheim. Scarborough 

Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd. 416-396· 

4049. $21. For complete run see music theatre 

listings. 


Thomson Hall. See Feb 4. 

Friday February 06 

.:.. 12:10: U of T Faculty of Music. Visiting 

Artist: Martin lsepp -A Britten Showcase. Ex· 

cerpts from Britten's operas performed by members 

of the Opera Division under the direction of 

• Martin lsepp. Walter Hall, 8(}Queen's Park.'416· 

978-3744. Free. 


lmprov Soiree:: No Signs of Repeat: Music by 

students in the improvisation studios of Casey 

Sokol. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 

Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 416-736· 

5186. Free. 

- 8:00: Oakville Centre for, the Performing 

Arts. Swamperella. Traditional & contempo· 

rary Cajun for fiddle, button accordion, guitar & 

triangle. 130 Navy Street. 905-815-2021. 

$28.99. 

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Music on the Donway Presents: 

For the Love of Jazz 

Featuring the Daniel Rubinoff Jazz Trio 

Daniel Rubinoff, sax, David Braid, piano 

Artie Roth, acoustic bass 

Saturday, Feb. 7, 8:00 p.m. 

Donway Covenant United Church, 

230 The Donway West, 416-444-8444 

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$15, $12. 

- 8:00: Performing Arts York Region. Fabulous 

Fridays: Joaquin Valdepeiias, clarinet & 

Peter Longworth, piano. Thornhill Presbyterian 

Church, 271 Centre St. 905·884·3959. 

$$25,$20. . 

- 8:00: Soundstreams Canada. Beauty on 

the Edge -Music of Maja Ratkje (Norway) and 

Melissa Hui (Canada). Maja Ratkje, voice; Frode 

Hilltli, accordion; Annalee Patipatanakoon, Carol 

Fujino, violins; Roman Borys, 'cello; Robert Cram, 

flute. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 

416·205-5555. $25, $20(sr). $15(st). ' 

- 8:00: Toronto Consort. The Splendour of 

Burgundy. Dulay: Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini; 

instrumental·songs and dances from the early 

15th century. Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor 

St. West. 416-964-6337. $14-$40. 

- 8:30: U of T Faculty of Music. Small Jau 


978-3744. Free. 

Saturday February 07 

- 7:30: Amadeus Choir. A Robert Burns Celebration. 

Scottish choral music; Scottish songs and 

stories. Guest: Enoch Kent, Master of Ceremo- · 

nies; Lydia Adams, conductor. 6:30: Silent auction. 

Richmond Hill United Church, 10201 Yonge 

St. 416-446-0188. $30,$25. Benefit to support 

the artistic work of the Amadeus Choir. 

- 7:30: Music at Metropolitan. Valentine Variety! 

Arrual Variety Show by Metropolitan Choir and 

friends. Tinothy Eaton Menorial Church, 230 St. 

Clair West. 416-363-0331. $20. 


Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op.61; Saint-Saens: 

SyJ11lhony U3 int Op.78 Organ Symphony. Leonidas 

Kavakos, violin, Patricia Krueger, organ; Jacques 

Lacombe, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 SiTicoe 

St.416-593-4828. $31-$61. 

- 8:00: Mississauga Symphony. Adrian 

Anantawan. Smetana: The Moldau; Tchaikovsky: 

Violin Concerto; Sibelius: Symphony 112: Adrian 

Anantawan, vioiin; Misha Rohac, guest conduc· 

tor. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr .. 

Mississauga. 905-306·6000. $45/$35, 

$40.50/$31.50(sr/st). 

- 8:00: Music on the Donway. For the 

love of Jazz Featuring the Daniel Rubinoff 

Jau Trio. Music by Porter, Gershwin & Originals. 

Daniel Rubinoff, saxophone; David Braid, 

piano; Artie Roth, bass. Donway Covenant 

United Church, 230 The Donway West. 416-. 

444-8444. $15, $12. 

- 8:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra. 

Romantic Adventure. Brahms: Academic Festival 

Overture; Mahler: Adagietto.from Symphony 115; 

Bruch: Violin Concerto 111; Shostakovich: Suite 

from The Gadfly. Rebecca Brenner, violin; Roberto 

De Clara, conductor. 7:15: Pre-concert talk. 

Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, 130 

Navy St. 905-815-2021. $24,$19. 

- 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Four Centuries of 

Melody. Corelli: Sarabande, Gigue and Badinerie; 

Bao~: Piano Concerto ind; Ager: Intermezzo; 

Rossini: Sonata 115; Elgar: Introduction and Alie· 

gro. Dayid Jalbert, piano; Nurhan Arman, music 

director. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. \\'.est. 

416-205-5555. $33, $27/$18(sr/st). 

- 8:00: Toronto Consort. The Splendour of 

Burgundy. T rinity·St. Paul's Centre. See Feb 6. 

- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Wind Ensem· 

· ble and Concert Band. Schwantner: " ... and the 

mountains rising nowhere"; Copland: Quiet City; 

Casterede: Divertissement D'Ete; Ticheli: Blue 

Shades; Coakley: Lyric Essay; Cable: Ontario 

Pictures. Denise Grant and Jeffrey Reynolds, 

conductors. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's 

Park. 416-978-3744. $13,$7. 

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CONCERTS FURTHER AFIELD 

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(in this issue: Alliston, Aylmer, Barrie, Brantford, Cambridge, Campbellford, Cobourg, 

Elora, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Kitchener, Lindsay, London, Lynedoch, Midland, 

Orangeville, Orillia, Oshawa, Peterborough, Port Dover, Port Hope, Port Perry, Sim· 

coe, Sonya, St. Jacobs, ·st. Catharines, Whitby) 

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- 7:30: Brott Music Festival. Handel· Messi· 

ah. Jane Archibald, soprano; Daniel Cabena, alto; 

Stuart Howe, tenor; Daniel lichti, bass; Elmer 

lseler Singers. Hamilton Place, Summers lane. 

905-525-7664, 888-47_5-9377. $28,$24. 


- 2:00 & 8:00: Sanderson Centre for the 

Performing Arts. A Maritime Christmas with 

The Rankin Sisters. Celtic-flavoured Christmas 

songs. Raylene, Heather & Cookie Rankin, vocals; 

guests: Scott Ferguson, percussion; Clarence 

Deveau, guitar; Bruce Jacobs, bass; Mairi Rankin, 

fiddle. 88 Dalhousie St., Brantford. 519· 758· 

8090, 1-800-265-0710. $30. 

- 7:30: Arcady. Handel: Messiah. Ronald Beck· 

ett, conductor. St. Paul's United Church, 5 Queen 

St. North, Aylmer. 519-773-3496. $20,$15. 

- 7:3D: Waves of Sound. Christmas Celebra· 

tion. Sing-along carols, Christmas Choral music. 

London Fanshaw Symphonic Chorus; Pearson 

School for the Arts Choir; St. Thomas Children's 

Choir; The Percussion Trio; Peter Garland, mas· 

ter of ceremonies. Centennial Hall, 550 Welling· 

ton St., London. 519-672-1967. $12,$5. 


- 1:00: Theatre Aquarius. The Music Man. 

By Meredith Willson and Franklin lacy. Irving 

Zucker Theatre, 190 King William St., Hamil· 

ton. 905-522-7529. $20-$48. For complete rl(ll 

see music thea.tre listings. 

- 2:00: Westben Arts Festival Theatre. 

Sound the Trumpets! Favourite Christmas music. 

Hannaford Street Silver Band; Westben Festival 

Chorus. The Barn near Campbellford. 705· 

653-5508, 1-877-883-5777. 

- 7:30: Serenata Choir. Carols with the Kids! 

Children's Community Choir; Serenata Brass 

Quintet. Knox Presbyterian Church, Midland. 

705-528-0234. 

- 8:00: Friends of Music. Elmer lseler Singers 

& Erica Goodman, harp. Lydia Adams, conductor. 

Port Hope United Church, Brown & South 

Streets. 905-885-1071. 1-800-434-5092. 

$25,$10. 

- 8:00: Millpond Centre. Christmas Jazz. 

106 Victoria St. West, Alliston. 705.435. 

3092. $14. 

- 8:00: Mohawk College Singers. love · 

Came Down at Christmas. festive musi~ for 

choir, organ, piano & brass. ~uests : Sanvidotti 

Brass Ensemble; Paul Grimwood, organ; David 

Peaker, piano; Michael Jarvis, conductor. Ryer· 

son United Church, 842 Main St. East, Hamil· 

ton. 905-575-2044. $20,$15. Please bring an 

unwrapped toy to be donated to the Wesley Ur· 

ban Ministry's Christmas Outreach Program. 

- 8:00: The Church Theatre. Aengus Finnan. 

1376 King St. North, St. Jacobs. 519-664· 

1134. $20. 

- 8:00: Vox Nouveau Singers. Angels Are 

Singing. Christmas music traditional to contempo· 

rary. St. James' Church, 520 Ellis Rd. Cam· 

bridge. 905-627-2038. $20,$15. 


- 2:00: Capitol Theatre. The Canadian Sing· 

ers. Traditional & contemporary Christmas 

songs. 20 Queen St., Port Hope. 1·800-434· 

5092. $20,$16(sr). 

- 2:00: Westben Arts Festival Theatre. 

Sound the Trumpets/The Barn near Campbell· 

ford. See Dec 6. 

- 2:30: Georgian Music. Christmas with 

Cantabile. A Cappella group from England. Central 

United Church, 54 Ross St.. Barrie. 705· 726· 

4980 or 705· 726-1181. 

- 3:00: Symphony Hamilton/Brampton 

· Festival Singers. Handel· Mes~iah. Anne / 

l'Esperance, soprano; Mari Van ee11, alto; Prabh· 

jot Seehra, tenor; Andrew Tam, bass; Stephane 

Potvin, conductor. Studio Theatre, Hamilton 

Place, Summers lane. 905-527-7666. $22, 

$17, $5(under 12). 

- 7:00: Amis du Jazz. Laila Dian· Trio. The 

Church at Sonya. Simcoe St., 13km north of 

Port Perry. 705-357-2468. $12.50-$15. 

- 7:30: Achill Choral Society. Handel's Mes· 

siah. Natasha Campbell, soprano; Lesley Andrew, 

alto; Mark Dubois, tenor; Daniel lichti, baritone; 

Valen Ensemble; A. Dale Wood, director; Beverly 

Foster, accompanist; St. Timothy RC Church, 48 

Centre St., Orangeville. 519-941-5089, 905· 

9364719. $20, $17/$8(sr/youth),.$50(family). 


- 7:30: Waves of Sound. Handel's Messiah. 

Soprano tba; Vicki St. Pierre, alto; Stephen Har· 

land, tenor; Roland Fix, baritone; London Fanshaw 

Symphonic Chorus; Concert Players Orchestra; 

Gerald Fagan, conductor. Centennial Hall, 550 

Wellington, London. 519-672-1967. $23. 

- 8:00: Nota Bene Period Orchestra/ 

TACTUS Vocal Ensemble. Christmas in 

Baroque Europe. Purcell: an "alternate" Messiah; 

Charpentier: Messe de Minuit pour Noel; Schutz: 

T rostet mein Volk. Stephen Marvin, director. 

Parkminster United Church, 275 Erb St. East, 

Waterloo. 519-743-4362. $20, $18[sr), 

$12(st). 


- 7:30: Barrie Concerts. Handel's Messiah. 

Ann Monoyios, soprano; Matthew White, coun· 

ter·tenor & other soloists; Elora Festival Singers 

and Orchestra; Noel Edison, conductor. Fisher 

Auditorium, 125 Dunlop St. West, Barrie. 705· 

7264980 or 705-726-1181. · 

- 7:30: Chorus Niagara. Bach: Christmas 

Oratorio. Meredith Hall, soprano; Anita Krause; 

alto; Colin Ainsworth, tenor; Sean Watson, bass; I 

Furiosi Baroque Ensemble; Robert Cpoper, artistic 

director. Calvary Church, 89 Scott St., St. Ca· 

tharines. 905-688-5550 x3257. $25, $23(sr), 

$12(st). 

- 7:30: Guelph Youth Singers/Guelph 

Chamber Choir/Guelph Symphony Orches· 

tra. Christmas legends. Britten: Saint Nicolas 

Cantata; Rutter: Brother Heinrich's Christmas; 

Holst: Christmas Day. Glyn Evans, tenor; Ro· 

salind and Keith Slater, narrators; Linda Beaupre, 

Gerald Neufeld & Simon Irving, directors. Church 

of Our lady, 28 Norfolk St.; Guelph. 519-763· 

3000. $20, $ lO(st) $5(eyeGo). 

- 7:30: Kitchener Waterloo Philharmonic 

Choir. Handel· Messiah. Soloists: Suzie leBlanc, 

soprano; Daniel Taylor, countertenor; Ben Heppn· 

er, tenor; James Westman, bass-baritone; 

Howard Dyck, conductor. The Centre in the 

Square, 101 Queen St. North, Kitchener. 519· 

578-1570, 1-800-265-8977. $9-$44. 



nia Sacra Chamber Orchestra. Selwin Outreach 

Centre, Hwy 28, Peterborough. 705-741· 

4023. $20. 

- 8:00: Arcady. Welcome Yule!- Christmas 

Music of Ronald Beckett. Town Hall, Centre for 

the Performing Arts, 15398 Simcoe St., Port 

Perry. 905-985-1965. $25. 

- 8:00: Georgetown Choral Society. A 

Jou;ney Through Christmas. Guest accompa· 

~ists: Christopher Dawes & Bev Foster. Christ 

The King Secondary School, Guelph Street, Geor· 

getown. 905-873-2559. $18,$15. 

- 8:00: John Laing Singers. A Ceremony of 

Carols. Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; motets by 

Deering, Sweelinck, Walther; Palestrina: Missa 

Hodie Christus Nat~s Est; carols by Johnson, 

Joubert, Rutter. Mathias; Distler: choral varia· 

tions on lo, how a rose e're blooming. Julia 

Shaw;harp. Christ's Church Cathedral. 252 

James St. North, Hamilton .. 905-628·5238, 1 · 

877-628-5238. $22,$.19. 

- 8:00: Nota Bene Period Orchestra/ 

TACTUS Vocal Ensemble.' Christmas in 

Baroque Europe. See December 12. Guelph Youth 

Music Centre, 75 Cardigan Rd., Guelph. 

- 8:00: Renaissance Singers. Hodie Christus 

Natus Est. Motets to the Nativity & other music. 

St. Andrews Church, 54 Queen St. North, Kitch· 

ener. 519-579·1568. $15,$10. 


- . 2:30: Kitchener Waterloo Philharmonic 

Choir. Handel· Messiah. See December 13. 

- 3:00: Centenary United Church. A Christ· 

mas Fanfare. Christmas choral music of.Rutter. 

Harlequin Singers; Vox Nouveau Singers; Cente· 

nary United Church Choir; Shawn Grenke, Minis· 

ter of Music. 24 Main St. West, Hamilton. 905· 

522-6843 x26. 

- 3:00: Elora Festival Singers. Handel· Mes· 

siah. Ann Monoyios, soprano; Matthew White, 

alto & other soloists; Elora Festival Orchestra; 

Noel Edison, conductor. St. Mary's Church, Elo· 

ra. 519-846-0331. $35. 

- 3:00: Northumberland Orchestra. Russian 

Troika. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker; Rimsky-Korsak· 

ov: Christmas Eve Polonaise; Rapaport: Winter 

Solstice & other seasonal favourites. Trinity 

United Church, Division St., Cobourg. 905-342· 

9295. $18, $16(sr), $15(st). 

- 3:00: Peterborough Singers. Handel· 

Messiah. Soloists: Leah Gordon, Marianne Bindig, 

Mark DuBois, Fr. Paul Massei; Ian Sadler, organ; 

Sydney Birrell, director. Cambridge St. United 

Church, Lindsay. 705-740-9018. $20,$10, 

family rate. 

- 3:00: Renaissance Singers. Hodie Christus 

Natus Est. See December 13. Trinity Church, 12 

Blair Rd., Cambridge. 

- 3:30: Waves of Sound. Messiah ~,t St. Pe· 

ter's. Soprano tba; Vicki St. Pierre, alto; Stephen 

Harland, tenor; Roland Fix, baritone; Gerald Fagan 

Singers; Concert Players Orchestra; Gerald fa· 

gan, conductor. St: Peter's Cathedral, 196 Dul· 

ferin Ave., London. 519433-9650. $23. 

- 7:00: Amis du Jazz. Peter Smith Band. 

Christmas jazz. The Church at Sonya. Simcoe 

St., 13km north of Port Perry. 705-357-2468. 

$12.50-$15. 

- 8:00: Georgetown Choral Society. A 

Journey Through Christmas. Christ The King 

Secondary School, Georgetnwn. See Decem· 

ber 13. 


- 7:30: Peterborough Singers. Handel· 

Messiah. See December 14. George St. United 

Church, Peterborough. 


- 5:00 & 8:00: Elora Festival Singers. Festi· 

val of Carols. Noel Edison, conductor. St. John's 

Church, Elora. 519-846-033 1. $25, $15(st/ 

child). 

- 8:00: Arcady. Welcome Yule! - Christmas 

Music of Ronald Beckett. Trinity Church, 80 Col· 

borne St. South, Simcoe. 519426-0501. 

$20,$15. 

- 8:00: Canadian Orpheus Male Choir. 

Christmas Concert. Seasonal sacred & secular 

songs. Guests: Hamilton Philharmonic Youth 

Orchestra; Hamilton Children's Choir; David Dav· 

is, music director. Hamilton Place, Summers 

lane. 905-645-5000. $15,$13. 

- 8:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale. Christ· 

mas Coni:ert. Elizabethan and Renaissance Car· 

ols, other seasonal music accompanied by cello, 

harpsichord and recorder. 157 Main St. South, 

Georgetown. 905-877-6569, 905-877-2711. 

$35(advance tickets only). 

- 8:00: Vox Nouveau Singers. Angels Are 

Singing. Christmas music traditional to contempo· 

rary. St. Paul's Church, 1140 King St. West, 

Hamilton. 905-627-2038. $20,$15. 


- 7:30: Arcady. Handel: Messiah. Ronald Beck· 

ett, conductor. St. Andrew's United Church, 95 

Darling St., Brantford; 519· 752-5823. · 

$20,$15. 

- 8:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale. Christ· 

mas Concert. See Dec 19. 

- 8:00: Guelph Chamber Choir. Handel's 

Messiah. Janet Obermeyer, soprano; Jennifer 

Enns, alto; Terence Mireau, tenor; Michael Dono· 

van, bass; baroque orchestra. River Run Centre, 

35 Woolwich St., Guelph. 519· 763-3000. 

$25,$10(st)$5(eyeGo). 




nia Sacra Chamber Orchestra. Holy Family 

Church, 91 Ribblesdales Dr., Whitby. 905-665· 

6470. $20. 

- 7:00: Arcady. Cranberry Creek Christmas. 

Natasha Campbell, soprano; Ronald Beckett, pi· 

ano & other performers. Cranberry Gardens, 

~ynedoch. 519-582-1418. $25. 



Hamilton Place. Salute to Vienna. Patricia 

Nessy, soprano; Wilfried Scha ~ f. zither; Ballet 

Jiirgen; Strauss Symphony of Canada; Chri$tian 

Schultz, conductor. Summers lane, Hamilton. 

905-527-7666. $29.50-$75. ' 


The Centre In The Square. Salute to Vienna. 

T atjana Schullern, soprano; Andras Kaldi, tenor; 

Ballet Jiirgen; Kitchener Waterloo Symphony 

Orchestra; Rolph Bertsch, conductor. 101 Clueen 

St. North, Kitchener. 519-578-1570. $45· 

$65. 


- 8:00: Barrie Concerts. Toronto All Star Big 

Band. Swing hits of the 1930' s & 40' s; Good· 

man, Dorsey, Miller, Lombardo; vocals by The 

Serenaders. Fisher Auditorium, 125 Dunlop St. 

West, Barrie. 705· 726-4980 or 705· 726· 

1181. 


- 7:30: St. Paul's Chancel Choir. Amahl and 

the Night Visitors. Mary Lou F~llis , Jay Fallis, 

performers. St. Paul's United Church, 62 Peter 

St. North, Orillia. 705·327 · 7333. Preview 

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admission by ticket with free-will offering. For 

complete run & prices see music theatre listings. 

- 8:00: Continuum Contemporary Music. 

Souvenir. Film and live musi.c performance. Mu· 

sic by Bouchard, Smith, Oesterle, Ho & Morlock. 

Guests: Tamara Hummel, soprano; Krisztina 

• Szabo, mezzo; Anne Thompson, flute; Angela 

Rudden, viola; Peter Pavlovsky', bass & other 

performers. Followed by a screening ofArcheolo· 

gy of M~mory by filmmaker Gary Popovich & 

composer Randall Smith. The Registry Theatre, 

122 Frederick St., Kitchener. 416.·9244945. 

$20,$10, $5(st). · 


- 7:30: Rik Emmett in Concert. Jazz, classi· 

cal, blues, rock. Guest: Rick Wharton, comedian. 

Oshawa Little Theatre, 62 Russett Ave. 905· 

576·5'114. $26(advance), $30(Dec 13·Jan 9). 

Saturday January 24 • 

- 2:00 & 8:00: Theatre Aquarius: Come by 

the Hills. Scottish Heritage Story. Written and 

performed by Brian McKay. Irving Zucker Thea· 

tre, 190 King William St., Hamilton. 905·522· 

7529..$20·$27. For complete run see music 


.- 3:00: Arcady. A Beckett Miscellany. Heather 

Fleming, recorder, soprano; Paul Earle, violin; 

Ronald Beckett, keyboard. Wolf Performance 

Hall, London Public Library. 519474-7444. 

$15,$10. 

- 8:00: Capitol Theatre. Jennifer Valentyne. 

Jazz standards, contemporary & original selec· 

tions. 20 Queen St., Port Hope. 1·800434· 

5092. $25. 

- 8:00: Opera Ont~rio. Poulenc: la Voix Hu· 

maine; Massenet: II Portrait de Manon. Lyne 

Fortin, Ted Baerg, Louise Guyot, Steeve Michaud, 

Laura Whalen, performers; Diane Leblanc, direc· 

tor; Kitchener·Waterloo Symphony. Centre in the 

Square, Kitchener. 519·578· 1570. For com· 

plate run see music theatre listings. 


- 3:00: Elora Festival Singers. Soup Con· 

cert. Byrd: Mass for Four Voices. Jurgen 

Petrenko, organ; Noel Edison, conductor. 2:30: 

Pre·concerttalk. St. John's Church, Elora. 519· 

846·0331. $20. 

- fao: Arcady.A Dinner Miscellany. Heather 

Fleming, recorder, soprano; Paul Earle, violin; 

Ronald Beckett, keyboard. St. Paul's Church, 302 

St. George, Port Dover. 519·583· 1984. 

$10,$6, family rate. 


- '8:00:. Lindsay Concert Foundation. Show· 

case- The Annual Gala Concert. Performing 

artists from the City of Kawartha Lakes. Venue 

TBA, Lindsay. 705·328·0587. 


- 7:00: Voula's Dance Co. Mystique. Middle 

Eastern music and dance. River Run Centre, 35 

Woolwich Ave., Guelph. 519·763·3000. $24. 

- 8:00: Players' Guild of Hamilton. love In 

A Minor Key. Musical devised by Willard 

Boudreau & bas~_d on the music & lyrics of Lees· 

Blakey; Gary Smith, director. Studio Theatre, 

Hamilton Place, Summers Lane. 905·529· 

0284. $20,$18. For complete run see music 


Saturday February 07 

- 8:00: Capitol Theatre. The Nylons. A capel· 

la. 20 Queen St., Port Hope. 1 ·80043H092. · 

$37. 

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Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Stu· · 

dio. Bach: Coffee Cantata; Purcell· Dido and Ae· 

neas. Luc Robert, Peter Barrett, Colleen Skull, 

Frederique Vezin@, Peter McGillivray & other 

performers; Jan Willem Jansen, conductor. Dec 

1,3,5: 7:30, Dec 7: 2:00. Imperial Oil Theatre, 

Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre, 227 

Front St. East. 416·363·8231.$55. *SOLD 

OUT* 

Canadian Opera Company. Puccini·'Turan· 

dot. Eva Urbanova, Richard Margison, Serena. 

Farnocchia, Gregory Dahl, Luc Robert, Michael 

Colvin, John Kriter, Peter Barrett, Peter Collins, 

performers; Richard Bradshaw, conductor; Derek 

Bate,eot\ductor Feb 3 & 6. Jan 21,24,29, Feb 

3,6: 7:30; Feb 1: 2:00. Hummingbird Centre for " 

the.Performing Arts, 1 Front St. East. 416·872- 

2262. $40·$160. 

Canadian Opera Company. Verdi· Falstaff. 

P~vlo Hunka, Wendy Nielsen, Elena Yoznessen· 

skaia, Judit Nemeth, Riccardo Botta, Franco Pomponi, 

John Kriter, Alvin Crawford, performers; 

Richard Bradshaw, conductor. Jan 22,27,30, Feb 

4,7: 7:30; Jan 25: 2:00. Hunmingbird Centre for 

the Performing Arts, 1 Front St. East. 416-872- 

2262. $35·$145. . 

CanStage. Cookin' at the Cookery. The music 

and times of Alberta Hunter. Starring Jackie 

Richardson & Montego Glover. To Dec 14. 

Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416· 

368·3110. $20·$77. 

CBC Radio's OnStage. Words & Music:· Al 

Purdy at the,Ouinte Hotel Purdy' s life & words 

expressed in a variety of musical styles. Gordon 

Pinsent, actor; Phil Dwyer, music director; Dave· 

Carley, writer. Dec 9: 8:00. Glenn Gould Stupio, 

250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. $25. 

Church of tlie Holy Trinity. The Christmas 

Story. Nativity pageant. Professional musicians 

&volunteercast.Oec.5-7, 12-14, 19-21.Fri& 

Sat evenings: 7:30, Sat & Sun matinees: 4:30. 

10 Trinity Square. 416·598·8979. Suggested 

donation $1 O(adults), $5(children). 

CIBC/Ross Petty Production. Cinderella - 

The Sparkling Family Musical! Performers in· 

elude Ross Petty, Don Harron, Erin Davis, Jenni!· 

er Gould, Adam Brazier & others; David Warrack, 

music director. Previews Dec 2 & 3, regular run 

Dec 4·30. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge. 416·872- 

5555. $47·$67, $37(child). 

Civic Light Op_era Company. Christmas on 

Broadway. Musical Review spotlighting the mov· 

ies and musicals that celebrate the holidays. D~c 

11· 13, 17·21: 8:00; Dec 14,20: 2:00. Fairview 

Library lheatre, 35 Fairview Mall Or. 416469· 

8450. $17.50,$15. (FrLSat,Slin all seats 

$17.50) 

Dancema'kers. Tziganes Cracked Dpen. Ex· 

cerpts from Bennathan' s musical metamor· 

phases of the voyaging T ziganes from Eastern 

Europe to Spain, with original music performed 

live on stage. John Gzowski, composer/perform- 

. er; Andrew Downing, Rick Hyslop, Robert Steven· 

son & Jeff Wilson, performers. Dec 4·6: 8:00. 

Oancemakers Studio, Distillery Historic District, 

,55 Mill St.416·367·1800. $15,$12(previews). 

Drury Lane Theatrical Productions. Dlde 

Tyme Music Hall Vaudeville & melodrama. 

Eleanor Belton, director/choreographer; Don Simp· 

1 

son, music director. Feb 5-7, 12-15, 19-22,26-29, 

Mar4-7, l 1· 13. Drury Lane Theatre,2269 New 

Street, Burlington. 905-637-3937. $23,$21, 

$15(12 & under), group rates. 

OPERA AND MUSIC THEATRE LISTINGS 

WWW. THEWHO LENOTE. COM 

Jeunesses Musicales of Ontario/Har· 

bourfront Centre. Music with Bite: Ensemble 

Caprice: Travelling Through Time. Music by Rameau, 

Purcell & Corelli; dance & theatre. Dec 14 

1 :00. Brigantine Room, York Quay Centre, 235 

Queens Quay West. 416·973-4000. $8, 

$25(family4·pack) . 

-Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People.Jacob 

Two- Two Meets the Hooded Fang. 

By Ric~ler, Lee, Balsam & Betts; directed by 

Allen Macinnis. For ages 7to107. To Jan 4, 

various times. Mainstage, 165 Front St. East. 

416·862-2222. $'18-$28. 

Markham Theatre for Performing Arts. Al 

Simmons. Comedy show with song, dance, magic 

and music. (Recommended for children 3-7). Jan 

24: 11 :~Oam & 2:00. $17 .50, $15. 

Markham Theatre for Performing Arts. 

The Nutcracker. BalletJiirgen. Dec30: 7:30; 

.Dec 31: 2:30. 171 Town Centre Blvd. 905-305· 

7469. $28,$24(child). 

Mirvish Productions. Mamma Mia! Musical 

based on the songs of ABBA. Music & lyrics by 

Benny Andersson & Bjiirn Ulvaeus; book by Catherine 

Johnson; directed by Phyllida Lloyd.To Feb 29. 

Tues-Sat 8:00; Wed, Sat & Sun 2:00. Royal Alexan· 

dra Theatre, 260 King St. West. 4 I 6·872-1212. 

$26to $94. 

Mirvish Pro~uctions. The lion King: Stage musical 

ofOisriey's 1994 animated feature. To Jan 4. 

Wed-Sat: 8:00; Wed & Sat: 2:00; Sun: 1 :00 & 6:30. 

Princess' of Wales Theatre, 300 King St. West. 416- 

872-1212. $21to $116. 

Mirvish Productions. The Producers. Musical 

adaptation of the Mel Brooks film comedy. Sean 

Cullen, Michael Therriault, Juan Chioran, Paul· 

O'Sullivan, Sarah Cornell & other performers. 

Tues-Sat: 8:00, Wed, Sat, Sun: 2:00. Canon Thea· 

tre, 244 Victoria. 416-3644100. $31 -$121. , 

New Yorker Theatre. Cabaret. By Kander & 

Ebb. Jordan Allison, director; Gretchen Helbig, 

musical director; 18-member cast with arches· 

tra. To Dec 6. Tues-Sat: 8:00, Thurs, Sat & Sun: 

2:00. 651YongeSt.416·872-1111. $46-$57. 

Opera in Concert. The Tsar's Bride. By Rim· 

sky-Korsakov (in Russian). Marina Shemesh, Mar· 

garet Maye, Nikolay Chekasov, Keith Klassen, 

Michael Meraw, performers; Raisa Nakhmanovi· 

ch, music director and pianist; Opera in Concert 

Chorus; Robert Cooper, chorus director. lnforma· 

live talk 45 minutes prior to performance. Feb 1: . 

2:30. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 

416-366-7723. $28,$22. 

Opera Ontario. Poulenc: la Voix Humaine; ".. 

Massenet: II Portrait de Manon. Lyne Forti~. Tlm 

Baerg, Louise Guyot, Steeve Michaud, Laura Wha· 

len, performers; Diane Leblanc, director; Kitchen· 

er-Waterloo Symphony. Jan 24: 8:00 at Centre in 

the Square, Kitchener. 519·578-1570.Jan 31, 

Feb 5, 7: 8:00 at Hamilton Place, Summers Lane. 

905-526-6556. 

Players' Guild of Hamilton. Love In A Minor 

Key. Musical devised by Willard Boudreau & 

based on the music & lyrics of Lees-Blakey; Gary 

Smi!h, director. Feb 6.J.12-14: 8:00, Feb 14: 

2:00. Studio.Theatre, Hamilton Place, Sunmers · 

Lane. 905-529-0284. $20,$18. 

Rat-A-Tat-Tat/Theatre Passe Muraille. 

Tequila Vampire Matinee. By Kevin Quain. Retell· 

ing of the opera Pagliacci. J.D. Nicholsen, Amy 

Rutherford, Shelley Simester, Stephen Sparks, 

Brendan Wall & other performers; directed by 

Ted Dykstra. To Dec 7. Tues-Sat: 8:00, Sun: 

~:30 & 7:00. Mainspace, 16 Ryerson Ave. 416· 

504-7529. $25(T ues-Thurs & Sun eve), $34(Fri 

& Sat eve), $16(advance) or PWYC (previews & 

Sun mat). 

Royal Opera Canada. Verdi· Nabucco. Dec 

4,6: 7:30. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 

YongeSt.416-872-1111. $14-$120. 

Saint Anne's Music & Drama Society. Gilbert 

& Sullivan: The Gondoliers. Laura Schatz, 

director; Ori Siegel, music director. Jan 

23,24,29-31: 8:0'0, Jan 24,25,31: 2:00. Saint 

Anne's Parish Hall, 651 Dufferin St. 416-922· 

4415. $20,$15. 

Scarborough Music Theatre. Assassins. By 

Weidman & Sondheim. Feb 5-7, 12 -14, 19· 21: 

8:00; Feb 8 & 15: 2:00. Scarborough-Village 

Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd. 416·3964049. 

$21, $18(st/sr, Thursdays & Sundays). 

Solar Stage Children's Theatre. The Alpha· 

bet Show. Vignettes about each letter of the al· 

phabet with music, songs & puppets. Written & 

performed by Tom Vandenberg. For ages 5 & up. 

Feb 1,7,8: 11 :OOam & 2:00. Madison Centre, 

it950 Yonge St. 416-368-3196. $12. 

St. Paul's Chancel Choir. Amahl and the 

Night Visito;s. Mary Lou Fallis &Jay Faiiis, per: 

formers.Jan 8(preview),9, 10: 7:30. St. Paul's 

United Church, 62 Peter St. North, Orillia. 705- 

327· 7333. $20,$10, (preview: ticket with freewill 

offering). 

Tarragon Extra Space.Job: The Hip-Hop 

Saga. By Saibil & Batalion. To Dec 14. 30 Bridg· 

man Ave.416-531· 1827. $16·$27. 

Tarragon Theatre. Hello ... Hello. By Karen 

Hines; musical score & direction by Greg Morrison. 

Musical comedy. Aurora Browne, Karen · 

Hines, Steven Morel & Peter .Ol~ring, performers. 

To Dec 14.T ues-Sat 8:00, Sat & Sun mat 

2:30, Wed mat 1 :30. Mainspace, 30 Bridgman. 

416-531-1827. ~10-$32, previews $17. 

Theatre Aquarius. Come by the Hills. Scottish 

Heritage Story. Written and performed by Brian 

McKay. Jan 24,26-31: 8:00; Jan 24,31: 2:00; 

Jan 28: 1 :00. Du Maurier Ltd. Centre, 190 King 

William St., Hamilton. 905-522-7529. $20-$27. 

Theatre Aquarius. The Music Man. By Me· 

redith Willson and Franklin Lacy. Dec 

6,7, 13, 14,20-23,26-28: 1:00; Dec 10-13, 17- 

19,21,23,27,28: 7:00. Irving Zucker Theatre, 

190 King William St., Hamilton. 905-522· 7529. 

$20-$48. 

Theatre Ufllimited. A Funny Thing Happened 

on the Way. to the Forum. By Sondheim, 

Shevelove & Gelbart. Jan 23,24,29-31: 8:DO, 

Jan 25,31: 2:00. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315 

Montevideo Rd., Mississauga. 905·6154720. 

Toronto Operetta Theatre. The Chocolate 

Soldier. By Oscar Strauss. Keith Klassen, Shan 

. non Mercer, Elizabeth Beeler, Robert Longo, per· 

formers; Wayne Strongman, conductor; Guillermo 

Silva-Marin, ~tage director. Dec 26 (preview),27,31, 

Jan 2,3: 8:00; Dec 27,28,30: 2:00. 

J.ane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416· 

366-7723. $35-$75. 

U of T Faculty of Music. Dpera Tea: Donizetti 

- Don Pasquale. Jan 18: 2:30. MacMillan Thea· 

tre, 80 Queen's Park.416·978-3744. $26. 

Yorkminstrels.Fiddler on the Roof. By Bock & 

Hamick. Dec 3-jl: 8:00, Dec 617: 2:00. Leah 

Posluns Theatre, 4588 Bathurst. 416-291- 

0600. $22, $20(sr), $18(st) . . · · 

D ECEMBER 1 2003 - FEBR UARY 7 2004

AZZ Cl B LI TINGS 

It's difficult sometimes to get the club listings together in time for 

WholeNote. Clubs are often finalizing their lineups right to the last minute, 

well after the magazine has gone to press. And so it's virtually impossible to 

get listings two months in advance, although we do our best. But there are 

still lots of ways to find out what's going on in the clubs. At 

www.jazzintoronto.com, or at any one of the multitude of websites for 

individual clubs, listings are posted as soon as they become available. Check 

these sites or call individual clubs for more information! 

Alleycatz 2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865 

Mon Salsa Night w/ OJFrank Bischun, Tues 

Christopher Plock Jazz trio, Wed The Outlaws 

Jazz, Blues and Motown, Thurs The Flow W. 

Carlos Morgan Sun Jam Session w/ Tony 

Springer Band. Dec 5 Soular Dec 6 The Flow 

Dec 11 Disco Night w/ Disco Inferno Band, Dec 

12 The Flow Dec 13 Mischief Dec 19 lady 

Kane Dec 20 lady Kane, Dec 26 Motor City, 

Dec 27 Mischief Dec 31 New Years Party w/ 

The Flow Jan 2 lady Kane Jan 3 lady Kane. 

Ben Wicks 424 Parliament 416-961-9425 

Cameron House 408 Queen St. 416· 703· 

0811 

C'est What 67 Front St. E. 416-867-9499 

Saturday afternoon traditional jazz from the Hot 

Five Jazzmakers 

Gate 403 403 Roncesvalles 416-588 2930 

Every Sun. Ron Davis Jam Session 

Dec 19 lyne Tremblay Jazz Quartet 

Grossmans 279 Spadina Ave. 416-977-7000 

Hot House Cate Market Square 416-366· 

7800. Jau brunch every Sunday, alternating 

weeks: Ken Churchill Quartet, 5spot 

Hugh's Room 2261 Dundas West 416-531· 

6604 

L'Arte Bar and Gallery 416-535-3181 

Lisa's Cafe 245 Carlaw Ave. 416-406-6470 

Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas West. Call 416· 

588-D307 for further times and info. 

Dec 1 Oanceteria, Dec 2 Equity Showcase 

Performance, Dec 3 Feast of the East Dec 4 

Brasilian Noite Dec 5 Cache Dec 6 Ricky Franco, 

Dec 7 Bataria, Dec 8 Oanceteria Dec 9 Son 

Ache Dec 10 Red Theatre Cabaret Dec 11 

O'Talle Dec 12 Cimaron Dec 13 Proyecto 

Charanguero Concert Dec 14 Bataria Dec 15 

Oanceteria Dec 17 Havana Rumba Dec 18 

Cache Dec 19 BO's Concert Dec 20 Pancade 

Dec 21 Bataria Dec 22 Oanceteria Dec 26 

Dave Cambell OJ Soul Party Dec 27 Nick Ali & 

Marron Matizado Dec 28 Bataria Dec 29 

Oanceteria Dec 31 lula's New Years Bash 

Mezzetta 681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687 

"Wednesday Concerts in a Cate• Sets at 9:00 

and 10: 15 pm. Reservations recommended for 

first set. Dec 3 Kye Marshall Solo Cello (sets at 

8:45, 1 O pm) Dec 10 Michael Occhipinti (guitar), 

Kevin Turcotte (trumpet), Dec 17 Ted Quinlan 

(guitar) Pat Collins (bass) 

Mezzrows 1546 Queen St. W. 416-535-4906 

Parkdale neighborhood pub featuring jazi and 

blues on Saturday afternoons, Sunday evenings 

and a live jam every other Wednesday. 

Montreal Bistro 65 Sherbourne 416-363· 

0179. Dec 1 Kingaw/TheOon Thompson Trio 

w/ Terry Clarke and Jim Vivian, Dec 3 Cal Dodd 

Quintet w/ Scott Alexander, Phil Dwyer, Bob 

Mclaren & Tom Szczesniak, Dec 8 Norm 

Amadio and Bobby Venton Quintet wl,-lenny 

, Boyd, Mark Hathaway & Bruce Campbel/Dec 9· 

13 Emily Claire Barlow and the Barlow Group, 

Dec 15 The Club Ojango Sextet of Toronto, Dec 

16- 20 "O.E W. "East [Oe{Jn, Elmes, Wallace] w/ 

Reg Schwager Dec 22 The Dave McMurdo Jazz 

Orchestra-Christmas Special Dec 23 Maureen 

Kennedy Quartet w/ Antliony Michelli, Kieran 

DECEMBER 1 2003 - F EBRUARY 7 2004 

' Overs & Nancy Walker Dec 26, 27 Ian Barg/I 

Trio w/ Fred Ouligal & Neil Swainson, Dec 29 - 

to Jan 3 (closed Jan 11 Jim Galloway Trio w/ 

Ian Barg/I & Rosemary Galloway, Jan 5 laila. 

Biali Trio w/ Brandi Oisterheft & Sly Juhas Jan 

6-10 CO Release, Mike Murley Quintet w/ David 

Braid, John Macleod, Jim Vivian and Ted 

Warren, Jan 12 Hip Hip Hooray Fundraiser 

featuring Norman Amadio Ouartet w/ Vocalist 

Diane Miller, Jan 13-17 Junior Mance Trio w/ 

Archie Alleyne and Don Thompson, Jan 19 Don 

Glaser Trio w/ Neil Swainson & John Sumner 

Jan 20-24 Mark Eisenman Trio w/ John Sumner 

& Steve Wallace, Jan 26 Nimmons 'N' 

Nine ... Now! A tribute to Phil Nimmons 

N'Awlins Jazz Bar and Dining 299 King St. 

w. 416-595-1958 

Cajun style cooking and New Orleans style jazz 

Oasis 294 College St. 

Occasional jazz. CallJor details. 

Orbit Room 508A College St. 416-763-3470 

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. 

Ouigleys 2232 Queen E. 416-699-9998 

Reservoir Lounge 52 Wellington 4-15.955. 

0887. Every Mon Bradley and the Bouncers, 

Every Tue Tyler Yarema Every Wed Guest 

Performer Night, Every Thu Janice Hagen 

Every Fri Chet Valiant Combo, Every Sat 

Tony Cassis 

Rex Jazz and Blues Bar 194 Queen St. W. 

416-598-2475. Mon-Fri 2 shows/evening, Sat 

3 shows/day, Sun 4 shows/day. Dec 1 Peter 

Hill UofT Student Jazz Ensembles, Dec 2 

Swing Street, Jazz Jain w/ Nick Ali Birthday 

Celebration, Dec 3 Jamie Reynolds & Exitman, 

Rob McConnell Tentet, Dec 4Jake Wilkinson, 

Rob Mconnell Tentet Dec 5 Holly Clark, Laila 

Biali Dec 6 Pat Carrey's Jazz Navigators, lea/I 

State, Rob Campbell, Dec 7 UofT Jazz 

Workshop, Club Ojango Traditional Sextet, Nick 

Fraser Tr(os, Pat Murray, Dec 29 Peter Hill The 

Four Mikes, Dec 30 Swing Street, Jazz Jam w/ 

John Obercian Dec 31 New Years Eve: Colour of 

Soul 

Rhodes Restaurant 1496 Yonge St. 416-968- 

9315. Dec 4 Fred Ouligal (sax) Ian Barg/I (piano), 

Dec 5 Bill McBirnie (flute}, Neville Barnes (guitar) 

Dec 6 San Murata (violin), Neville Barnes (guitar) 

Lenny Boyd (bass}, Dec 11 Norman Amadio 

(piano) Diane Miller (vocals), Dec 12 Frank 

Wright (vibes) Ian Barg/I (piano) Dec 13 Clark 

Johnson (bass}, Gary Benson (guitar) Dec 18 San 

Murata (violin) Neville Barnes (guitar) Dec 19 

Norman Amadio (piano) Janinie Blanchard 

(vocals) Dec 20 Simone Johnson (vocals) Jim 

McBirnie (piano) Clark Johnston (bass), Dec 25 

Oanny McErlain (oiano), Bill McBirnie (flute) Dec 

26 Kirk MacOonald (sax), Lorne lofsky (guitar), 

Dec 27 Gary Benson (guitar), Judy Tate (vocals) 

Dec 31 live New. Years Eve Jazz featuring 

Norman Atnadio (piano), Ron Johnson (bass) 


- 7:30: LOFT Community Services. 50th 

Annual Christmas Concert 



Ensembles. 


- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Laila 

Biali - The Crossings Quartet. 


- 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz 

Vespers: Mike Murley-David Occhipinti Duo. 

- 7:00: Mississauga Big Band Jazz 

Ensemble. Our Annual Christmas Concert. 

- 7:30: Leaside United Church. Carols and 

Readings for Christmas. 


- 8:00: Mariposa Folk Foundation/Koffler 

School of Music. A Family Holiday Celebration. 


.:. 2:00: Roy Thomson Hall. The Girls Choir of 

Harlem. 

- 3:00: Hart House. Sunday Concert: Hampton 

Avenue. 


- 7:30: RCM Community School. Percussion 

Ensembles 

- 8:00: Sound of Toronto Jazz Series. 

Vocal Jazz Cabaret Series: Bonnie Brett. 

Fraser Trios, Julie Mahendran, Dec 8 Peter Hill Thursday December 18 

UofT Student Jazz Ensembles, Dec 9 Swing - 8:00: RCM Community School. Jazz 

Street, Jazz Jam, Dec 10 Jamie Reynolds & Choir. 

Exitman, Private Party: Featuring: The Sintones, Friday December 19 

Dec 1.1 Kevin Quain, 1003 Juno Award Winners - 8:30: Living Arts Centre. Carlos Del Junco 

Richard Underhill Sextet, Dec 12 Melissa Sunday December 21 

Stylianou, Richard Underhill Sextet, Dec 13 .- 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Christmas 

David Buchbinder, Leah State, 1003 Prix du Jazz . Jazz Vespers: Brass & Drums Ouintet featuring 

Winner: Nancy Walker, Dec 14 UofT Jazz Guido Basso & Brian Barlow, drums. 

Workshop, FreewayOixiela~d~eptet, Nick Tuesday December 23 

Fraser Trtos, John _Ma/Iara/ Trto De~ 15 Peter _ 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Canadian Brass' 

Hill Ali Berkok Qumtet, Dec 16 Sw1?g Street, Christmas Concert. 

Jazz Jam w/ Norman M Villeneuve s Annual 

XMAS Bash Dec 17 Jamie Reynolds & Sunday Jan_uary 04 . 

Exitman, Ho Ho Nojo, Dec 18 Jake Wilkinson, - 4:30: Chnst Church Deer Park. Jazz 

Mandy Lagan, Dec 19 Melissa Stylianou, Vespers , 

Roberto Occhipinti, Dec 20 Or. Kick and the Monday January 12 

Rollercoasters, Leah State, Nehring, Koller & - 8:00: Sound of Toronto Jazz Series. 

Braid, Dec 21 UofT Jazz Workshop, Be-Bop Canadian Jazz Quartet. 

Cowboys, Nick Fraser Trios, "Swing Rosie'; Dec Thursday January 15 

22 Peter Hill Ernesto Cervini Quartet, Dec 23 - 12:30: York University Dept. of Music. 

Swing Street, Jazz Jam w/ Tim Hamil Dec 26 EscoladeSamba 

TBA, Jamie Reynolds Quartet, Dec 27 Jake & Saturday January 17 

the Blue Midnights, Leah State, laura Hubert, 

Dec 28 UofT Jazz Workshop, Sarah John, Nick 

_ 8:00: CBC On Stage. Studio Jazz. 


JAZZ CONCERT QUICK PICKS 

Rockit 120 Church St. 416-947-9555 

Downtown club featuring contemporary jazz and 

blues every night except Sunday and Monday. 

Sassafraz 100 Cumberland 416- 364 7517 

Located in the heart of fashionable Yorkville is 

this European style bistro with live jazz on 

weekends. 

Top O' the Senator 253 Victoria Street 416- 

364-7517. Dec2-7 MelissaStylianouDec27, 

28, 30, 31, Jan 2, 3,JohnAlcorn 

The Tranzac 292 Brunswick Ave. 416-923· 

8137. Mon 9pm-12 Open mike w/ adam blair, 

Thu 1 0-1 Mighty Gill (Show jazz originals) Fri 5-, 

7 classic jazz matinee w. The Foolish Things, 

Victory Cafe 581 Markham St. 416-516· 

5787. Located beside Honest Ed's this spot is 

the Thursday night home of Club Django. 

Wildfire Steakhouse and Wine Bar 3438 

Yonge St. 416-483-4800. Every Tues. 6:30· 

9:30 Dick Felix/Dan Ionescu 


- 8:00: Toronto Sinfonietta. TS Strings with 

Peter Appleyard Jazz Ouintet. 


- 2:00 & 8:00: Canada Pops Orchestra. Ole, 

Ehl . 

· - 8:00: Mississauga Philharmonic. A 

Tribute to Benny Goodman. 

- 8:30: Living Arts Centre. Marc Jordan. 


- 8:00: RCM Community School. Jazz 

Ensemble. 


- 8:00: Sounds of Toronto Jazz .Series. 

Vocal Jazz Cabaret Series: George Evans. 

. Friday January 30 


Ensembles. 



ing Arts. The Jennifer ValentyneSwing Band · 

Sunday February 01 


Coby Stoller, Jazz Ensemble 

Wednesday Fe_bruary 04 


Ensembles. 



Ensembles. 


(in this issue: Alliston, Barrie,' Oshawa, 

Port Hope, Sonya,) 


- 8:00: Millpond Centre. Christmas Jazz., 

Alliston. 


- 7:00: Amis du Jazz. Laila Biali Trio. Sonya 


- 7:00: Amis du Jazz. Peter Smith Band. 

Sonya. 


- 8:00: Barrie Concerts. Toronto All Star Big 

Band. Barrie 


- 7:30: Rik Emmett in Concert. Oshawa 

Saturday January 24 · 

- 8:00: Capitol Theatre. Jennifer Valentyne. 

Port Hope 

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ANNOUNCEMENTS, LECTURES/SYMPOSIA, 

MASTER CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, ETCETERA 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

•December 3 9:30pm: Staircase Theatre. 

Film composer/director Nathan Fleet wi[I perform 

live musical score using electric guitars, 

kev.boards, percussion & voice, to Hitchcock'.s 

1927·silent film The Lodger. 27 Dundurn St. 

N,arth~ Hamilton. 905-529-3000. $8. 

*December l 12:30: GTA Music Educators/ 

Music Industry/Coalition for Music 

Education in Canada. 12th Annual Christmas 

Tuba Festival and Choir Sing-Along. Participation 

is open to students, teachers. private instructors, 

profeSsionals·and anyone else who plays the tuba 

or likes to sing. Arrangements by Scott Irvine. 

Conductors: Jayne Evans & Jeff Reynolds; 

emcee: Orin Isaacs. Nathan Phillips Square. 100 

Queen St. West. Registration: 41 B-222-8282 

. x2164 or karen.brinkos@ttdsb.org 

•December 5 6am·6pm: CBC Radio One. 

Day of Holiday Cheer. Live seasonal 

entertainment all day long. Performers include: 

Joe Sealy Trio, Eliana Cuevas, David Rudder & 

others. CBC, 250 Front St. West. 416-205· 

5555. Free. In support of the Daily Bread Food 

Bank & the Toronto Fir~fighters Toy Drive. 

*December 5 7:00: Sacred Music Society. 

Gala fundraiser/Christmas Wassail Party. Guest 

performers include Russell Braun, baritone, Lilac 

Cana, soprano; John Sherwood, piano; Sacred· 

Music Society Chamber Choir. Silent auction; 

hors d'oeuvres, wine tasting & more. Knights of · 

Columbus Mansion. 582 Sherbourne St. 416· 

515-0767, 1-877-692-4647. $50. Tobe 

confirmed. 

*December 6 1 Dam-12 noon: Etobicoke 

Community Concert Band. Performance in 

the Etobicoke Lakeshore Christmas Parade, 

Lakeshore Rd. 416410-1570. Free. 

• Qecember 7 2:00: Elmer lseler Singers. 

Sherry and Shortbread. Silent auction and music 

of the holiday season. Alb~ny Club, 91 King St. 

East. Call for information or tickets: 4 Hl-217· 

0537. $75. 

*December 1 O 7:l0: Toronto Children's 

Chorus. Performance at Holiday Festival on Ice. 

Other performers include: Canadian Ice Skaters, 

Kurt Browning, Jamie. Sale & David Pelletier. 

Jennifer Robinson & Brian Orser. Ricoh 

Coliseum, 4100 Yonge. 416-870·8000. $60· 

$85. . 

*December 21 5:00: Amis du Jan. 

Christmas Party. Howand Ross and the Full 

Count Blues Band. The Church at Sonya. RSVP to 

705-357-2468. $12.50-$15 . ./ 

*December 31 5:30: Toronto Operetta , 

Theatre. New Year's Eve Gala. Reception, 

buffet dinner, Bpm performance of the The 

Chocolate Soldier at Jane Mallett Theatre (see 

music theatre listings), followed by New Year's 

Eve champagne & dance at Hot House Caf6, 35 

Church. 416-366· 7723. $145 (performance 

ticket extra). 

•January 17 12:00 noon-10:30pm: Historic 

Fort York. Oueen Charlotte's Birthday Ball 

Celebration of late 18th century music, food & 

dance with afternoon workshops, historical 

supper, elegant evening ball. 100 Garrison Rd. 

416-392-6907 xl 00. $75(before Dec.31), 

$80(afterward). 

•January 28: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. 

Stars in Song.Gala. Celebrate the 110th season 

with an' evening of dinner, auction & 

performances. Featured artist: tenor Richard 

Margison. The Carlu, 444 Yonge St., 7th floor. 

416·598·0422. $250, group rate. 

•January 29 7:00: Church of the Holy 

Trinity/first Unitarian Congregation of 

Toronto. Village Square Series. Participatory 

(\ Celebration of lote '18th Century Music, Food {i Dance 

Sat., Jan. 17, 2004 • Noon to 10:30 pm 

HISTORIC FORT YORK 

' •Afternoon \.Yorkshops 

·'•Historical Supper 

.• Elegant Evening Ball 

:Pre-r:egister Now! 

· $75 before Dec. 31 

• '$80 afterward 

Liceµsed. C~sh Bar. 

~~TORONTO Culture 

www.toronto.ca/culture 

Live Music! 

Costumes 

Historic I;ort York : 100 Garrison Road 

41(,-392-6907 ext. 100. Free Parking. 

public activity featuring community singing 

traditions from North America and around the 

world. Alan Gasser & Becka Whitla, co·leaders. 

10 Trinity Square. 416-59-4521. Freewill 

offering. 

•January 31 6:00: Toronto Children's 

Chorus. Great Gala: Pre-Concert Black Tie 

Dinner. Fundraising dinner for the TCC's Artistic 

Endowment Fund. Includes pre-concert reception, 

dinner & preferred concert seating. Roy Thomson 

H~ll. 60 Simcoe. 416-932-8666 x222. $1000. 

•January 31 6:30: VIVA! Youth Singers. 

Mary Poppins Sing-along Fundraiser. Come and 

sing all the hits from the show. Includes food, 

silent auction & raffle prizes. Miles Nadal 

Jewish Community Centre, Spadina & Bloor: 

416-788-8482. $12,$7, child under 4 free. 

*February-6 & 7 6;45: Toronto Consort 

Board of Directors. Midwinter Marvel Silent 

auction. Bid. on a va(iety of items including iicket 

vouchers for musical & theatrical events, gift · 

certificates etc., before The Splendour of 

Burgundy concerts or during intermission (see 

daily listings). Gymnasium, Trinity-St. Paul's 

Centre, 427 Bloor West. 416-530-4735. 

*National Youth· Orchestra of Canada. 

Deadline for receipt of all audition applications for 

the 2004 NYOC session is December 15, 

2003. u~e auditions will be held in the third & 

fourth weeks of January 2004, in over 30 

locations across Canada. For more information: 

416·532-4470, 1-888-5324470, 

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LECTURES/SYMPOSIA 

•December 5 4:30: Ro'yal Conservatory of 

Music. History, Fam17y and the legacy of the 

Third Reich: The Wagner Paradigm. Lecture by 

Gottfried Wagner, musicologist and great· 

grandson of Richard Wagner. Mazzoleni Concert 

Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416408-2824 x321. 

Free. 

*December 6 2:00: Royal Conservatory of 

Music. From Wagner to Hitler. lecture by 

Gottfried Wagner, musicologist and great·' 

grandson of Richard Wagner. Royal Ontario 

Museum, 100 Queen's Park. 416408-2824 

x321. Free with admission to the ROM. 


Music. Jewish Musicians and their Music In 

Nazi Germany and Beyond Lecture by Prof. 

Michael.Kater. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 

Bloor St. West. 416-408-2824 x321. Free. 

•December 7 1 :DO: Royal Conservatory of 

Music. The Music of Terezin, BBC 

Documentary. Film. ROM Theatre, 100 Queen's 

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music from the Holocaust & author of the texts 

used by Paul Schoenfield in Camp Songs. 

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•January 12-16, 12:00 noon·late 

afternoon: University of Tor.onto Faculty 

of Music.J.S. Bach in the World Today. Daily 

lectures & panel discussions examining questions , 

of art, science, theology & politics implicit in the 

history & performance practice ofBach's sacred· 

cantatas. Noon: Let's Talk: Artists & scholars in ' 

conversation with Helmuth Rilling; 1 :15: 

Discovery l· Masterclasses with solo artists & 

conducting students; 3:15: Discovery ll· 

Rehearsals with the choir, orchestr~ & soloists; 

5:00: Cantata Cafe: Pre-concert refreshmenis in 

the Walier Hall foyer. 6:00: Intimate Evenings: 

Lecture/concerts of Bach's sacred cantatas (see 

daily listings). G.uest: Helmuth Rilling, conductor · 

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978-3744. $195/$99(st): five-day festival pass, 

$ 50/ $ 25(st): one-day festival pass, $ 20/$1 O(st): 

one lecture-concert pass. 

•January 19 12:00 noon: University of 

Toro.nto at Scarborough. Peking Opera 

lecture/demonstration with William Lau. 1265 

Military Trail. 416-287-7076. Free. 

*January 22 12:10: University of Toronto 

Faculty of Music. The beat goes on: Reflections 

on my Percussion Concerto. Lecture by Joseph 

Schwantner. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416· 

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EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION 

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 . 

In the Stocking Stuffers section 

Phil Ehrensaft lists Bridge · 

Records' latest installment in its 

series of Elliott Carter discs, and 

as a supplement to that I'd like to 

mention a new Montaigne CD, 

Elliott Carter - Homages & 

Dedications (Naive MO 782089) . 

This exceptional disc featur~s 

i 983- l 997 performed by, members 

of the Ni~uw Ensemble under the 

direction of Ed Spanjaard. Highlights 

include Luimen ·'for the 

Nieuw Ensef!lble ". Scrivo in vento 

'for Robert Aitken" performed by 

Harrie Starreveld and Esprit rude, 

Esprit doux II 'for Pierre Boulez ". 

And as a final note I wiB mention 

several upcoming events involying 

members of our stalwart review 

staff: Kevin Mallon and the Aradia 

Ensemble will launch a new Naxos 

reco.rding of Charpen!ier's Messe 

de Minuit at its December 6 

concert "Noels from France and 

New France" at.St. 'Andrew's 

Church (King and Simcoe); composer 

John S. Gray will have a 

new work, Episodes for Orchestra, 

performed by the Cathedral 

Bluffs Symphony under the 

direction of Robert Raines on 

December 13 at Stephen Leacock 

High School audi- to~ium; . 

recorder virtuoso Abson Melv11le 

(and friends) will launch a new 

CD, "Archipelago", featuring 

works of Bach, Boismortier, 

}l.otteterre,' Telemann and ~thers . 

at the December 12-13 performances 

by the Toronto Consort at 

Trinity-St. Paul's Centre; and 

lastly, Daniel Foley was on7 of 

the composers chosen to wnte a 

variation on La Folia to be performed 

later this season by 

Tafelmusik as part of its 25th 

anniversary celebrations, and on 

March 7, New Music Concerts 

will premiere his Souvenances, 

~ommissioned by the CBC. 

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VE RIES 

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We welcome your feedback an~ 

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~ebsite, www.thewholenote.com. 

David Olds 

Editor, DISCoveries 

EARLY MUSIC AND 

PERIOD PERFORMANCE 

Reformation & Renaissance: 

Psalms, Motets & Dances 

Calvin Choir & Recordare 

Ensemble 

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opportunities to develop his decidedly 

flawed character. Laurent Nouri 

- is magnificent, tenderly expressive 

in the top notes of 'Sibilar l'angui', 

and breathtaking in the notorious twoand-a-hal 

f octave leaps of 'Fra 

i 'ombre'. He is nimble and strong . 

throughout his huge range, playing up 

both the comedy and the danger. 

When the buffoonish Polyphemus 

shows up in the second act of Acis & 

Galatea, he is already a lascivious, 

murderous thug. Nathaniel Watson, 

who delivers the great line 'I rage - I 

melt - I burn' with effective irony, 

gives a wonderfully characterized 'O 

ruddier than the cherry'. 

In Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, Aci is 

a soprano - presumably the part was 

written for a castrato. Sandrine Piau 

is sublime in Aci's exquisite dying 

aria, 'Verso gia !'alma'. As Acis, 

tenor Marc Bleeke is compellingly 

ardent, particularly delightful in the 

air· 'Love in her eyes'. 

Sµzie LeBlanc gives the Galatea 

of Acis & Galatea an endearingly 

plaintive quality, with depth and shading 

enriching her sparkling soprano, 

whereas gorgeous contralto Sara 

Mingardo offers a wiser, less girlish 

Galatea in Aci, Galatea e Polifemo. 

Along with the soft-edged tenor 

Marc Molomot as a shepherd 

Damon, the soloists oi· Acis & 

Galatea make a colourful, wellmatched 

chorus. 

Both ensembles play, on period instruments, 

with verve, momentum 

and dramatic style, led from the harpsichord 

by their skilled leaders, 

Emmanuelle Haim and Eric Milnes. 

These two superb new recordings 

are both well produced, with fine 

booklet notes and librettos with 

translations. 

Pamela Margles 

J.S. Bach: Leipsiger 

Weichnachtskantaten 

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JS Bach: The English Suites 

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Angela Hewitt, piano 

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1708 and l 7'17, predating both 

the French Suites and the Partitas, 

and tJiey number amongst Bach's 

most celebrated and popular keyboard 

works. 

Ottawa-born pianist Angela 

Hewitt, in some ways a successor to 

Glenn Gould in carrying the Bachan-the-piano 

torch, has recorded. 

almost alt of Bach's important keyboard 

repertoire for Hyperion, and 

her playing of the English Suites on 

these discs refle_cts the integrity, musicality 

and technical ma·stery for 

which she is celebrated. Her focus 

is clearly upon the musical delineation 

of each movement and the structure 

of each suite as a whole, and 

she plays with great fluidity and elegance. 

· 

From the tender simplicity of Suite 

V's 'sarabande,' to the virile flashiness 

found in the bourees, gigues and 

the prelude of Suite II, Hewitt's playing 

is thoughtful and well-contolted 

throughout. I could quibble a bit about 

her tempos, and certain aspects of 

rhythmic practice, but these are 

small complaints. The booklet notes, 

provided by the performer, are detailed 

and helpful. 

Alison Melville 

CLASSICAL AND 

ROMANTIC ERA 

Mozart: Orchestral and 

Chamber Music 

National Arts Centre Orchestra 

Pinchas Zuckerman, conductor 

and solo violin 

CBC Records SMCD 5230-2 

Classical 96.3 FM presents A 

Little Smart Music for Kids 

(Mozart excerpts) 

Academy of St. Martin in the 

Fields; Sir Neville Marriner 

Two new CDs of the music of Mozart 

serve different purposes, but 

achieve the same goal, namely fi lling 

the air with fine renderings of 

some of the most dramatic and 

poignant music ever written. 

The National Arts Centre has 

greatly benefited from the musical 

leadership of Pinchas Zuckerman 

since his appointment as the conductorof 

NACO in 1998. He's led tours, 

spearhead~d education programs and 

brought a real flair to the orchestra's 

playing, both live and on record. 

This new two-CD set features welt 

known orchestral and· chamber 

music by Mozart in exciting performances 

from Zuckerman 's 

charges. The familiar D Major divertimento 

(K 136) breezily opens the 

program, making way for Zuckerman 

's muscular reading of the 5th 

Violin Concerto (K 219). Surely, this 

is a piece he's played hundreds of 

times before, but it sounds fresh and 

vital, if somewhat flat-footed in plac" 

es. The orchestra makes_a splendid 

impression in the Symphony No. 29 

(K 201), and my only qualm is that 

Zuckerman seems to have slightly too 

firm a grip on the tempi and phrasing, 

not letting the orchestra really 

"sing" in places. The chamber music 

disc consists of the G Minor 

String Quintet (K 516) and the Clarinet 

Quintet (K 581), two of Mozart's 

later gems. Both are giv~n high quality 

performances, with the clarineti-st 

Kimball Sykes (NACO principal) 

deserving special mention for his 

sensitive, polished playing. 

Classical 96's disc is a curiously 

packaged fundraiser for The Canadian 

Feed the Children foundation. 

The liner notes urge parents to 

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enrich their children's education by 

having them listen to classical music, 

especially that of Mozart, who 

was an exceptional child himself, 

don't you know. Listening to the CD 

took me back to the days of my 

youth, when I would lie awake listening 

to some of these same recordings 

(Neville Marriner, especially) 

on "Classics till Dawn", hosted by 

the inimitable De B. Holly on CFRB. 

Like a "Mozart channel" on an intlight 

broadcast, we get a generous 

helping of Mozart's finest music, 

from the Figaro overture to horn, 

piano and clarinet concerto movements, 

piano sonata excerpts and the 

first movement of the G Minor symphony 

(K 550). 

There's something about the drive 

and desire to make our kids smarter 

that is disturbing and it's upsetting 

that marketers use Mozart to that end. 

That said, I'm all for making this miraculous 

music available to as wide 

a segment of society as possible. This 

recording does exactly that, at a budget 

price while raising mm1ey for a 

worthy cause at the same time. 

· Larry Beckwith 

several of his pieces. The Duo for 

Clarinet and Piano, Op. 15 is a beautiful 

work, made even more so by 

Campbell and Sylvestre's sensitive 

performance. 

The work on this CD that stands 

out the most for me is Schumann's 

Three Romances, Op. 94. This is a 

very frequently recorded piece; I've 

got versions of it performed on clarinet, 

oboe, saxophone and even tuba! 

The performance here by James 

Somerville and Stephan Sylvestre 

has an energy and.dynamic range that 

I've not heard in other recordings. 

This is a thoroughly enjoyable recording, 

and it's liable to stay ora my 

CD turntable for quite some time. 

Merlin Williams 

Berlioz - Harold in Italy; Ballet 

Music from Les Troyens. 

Tabea Zimmermann, viola 

The London Symphony Orchestra; 

Sir Colin Davis 

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Cad Reinecke and Friends; 

Chamber Music of the 

Romantic t:ra 

James Campbell, clarinet; 

James Sommerville, horn; 

Rena Sharon, piano; 

Stephan Sylvestre, piano 

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Carl Reinecke is one of those unfortunately 

overlooked composers from 

the Romantic Era. It's too bad that 

the composers who are best remembered 

are the ones who either wrote 

for orchestra or just wrote reams of 

music for everything. 

The Trio in B flat for clarinet, 

horn and piano, Op. 274 is an excellent 

way to introduce yourself to.the 

music of Reinecke. The four movement 

work shows the influences of 

his friends Brahms, Schumann and 

Mendelssohn: 

With the kind of luck Norbert 

Burgmuller had, it's surprising that 

any of his music survives today. 

Burgmuller only lived until age 26, 

yet his music attracted the attention 

of Mendelssohn, who performed 


Harold in Italy, based on the wanderings 

of Byron's "Childe Harold," 

was commissioned by Paganini to be 

a showpiece for his prodigious technique 

but he initially dismissed the 

finished work as insufficiently flamboyant. 

True to Byron's Harold, an 

undercurrent of melancholy and unresolved 

yearning flavours Berlioz's 

viola concerto. 

This is Colin Davis's third recording 

of Harold, the first was with 

Yehudi Menuhin in 1962 and later 

with Nabuko Imai in 1972. Thirty 

years on Davis has new insights .. '. 

rhythms have been trimmed and 

tempos usually sound faster and 

more animated with everything moving 

along at a comfortable clip. The 

gentle gradations of quieter dynamics 

are nothing short of poetic. Davis 

now has the splendid Tabea Zimmermann 

blend into the orchestra 

more, rather than always in the starring 

rule. The three minute orchestral 

introduction in the first movement 

sets the stage for Harold (the 

viola) to venture onto the scene 

where Zimmermann plays with unequalled 

delicacy reflecting exactly 

the searching innocence of the original 

Harold. The middle two movements 

maintain that sense as he pass- 

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shocked into reality in the all 

out Orgy of the Brigands. 

Taken down live over. two performances 

earlier this year~ this 

vital performance confirms'Davis as 

the master of the Berlioz repertoire. 

This is the way I want to hear 

Harold in Italy. 

Bruce Surtees 

outstanding technique from the soloist. 

Listening to Da Costa's record, 

one can think of no better candidate 

for the work. 

Michelle Assay Eshglzpour 

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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; 

Ysaye: Sonata No.3 for violin solo 

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Two of Joseph Haydn's late symphonies, 

the No. 103 and No. 104 are 

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·comedy is broad, but the commentary 

on the human condition i's painfully 

profound. 

No concept-driven stage director 

or star singer can undermine the preeminence 

of the orchestra and its 

conductor in this opera, and on its 

most recent recording/ the ·Berlin 

Philharmonic under Claudio Abbado 

propel things alon'g with breathless 

momentum. Their · expressive 

precision play up Verdi's amazing 

orchestral effects, no~ably when the 

whole orchestra joins in on Falstaff's 

'the trill invades the world', atier he 

is dumped in' the river. 

Baritone Bryn Terfel's outsized 

theatrical personality can be too unsubtle 

for some roles, but he is splendid 

here as the buffoonish but canny 

Falstaff. Thomas Hampson, generally 

a more refined and thoughtful 

baritone than Terfel, makes a dramatically 

nuanced Ford. 

One of the highlights of this recording 

is the luminous and witty Alice 

Ford of Canadian soprano Adrianne 

Pieczonka. Soprano Dorothea 

Roschmann is a 'sweetly lyrical 

Nannetta, well matched by tenor 

Daniil Shtoda, while mezzo Larissa 

Diadkova as Quickly is wonderfully 

versatile. All the voices in this truly 

international cast are well contrasted, 

creating vivid clarity in the breathtakingly 

intricate ensembles. 

The generous booklet is a pleasure, 

with great notes by Abbado and 

Andrew Porter, libretto with translations, 

and, too rare today, biographies 

of the performers. · 

Pamela Marg/es 

of Lieder lovers, Hahn nevertheless 

becomes a quickly acquired taste af 

' ter just a single hearing. These 

French songs wiil be a delightful discovery 

for many. 

Hahn's career bridged the 19 and 

ZOth centuries, was rooted in.the style 

of Saint Saens and never took up the 

innovations of Debussy. He displayed 

an innate ability to capture poetic 

sadness and tenderness to such an 

extent that Marcel Proust praised his · 

songs as the finest since Schumann 

for their truth, humanity and absolute 

beauty. 

Quebec baritone Marc Boucher 

takes to this medium instinctively. His 

voice is light-weight yet tonally rich. 

Whether singing one of Hahn's 

baroqu.e parodies or more contemporary 

songs his interpretive match 

to the text is magical with a warm, 

lyricism balanced through his range. 

Boucher holds an impressive list of 

opera roles to his credit and his work · 

with oratorio and song repertoire 

makes him a well-rounded performer. 

· 

The unusually titled Montreal 

record label of XX/ has issued 

Boucher's first recording dedicated 

to the melodies of Reynaldo Hahn 

and plans 2 others of French song by 

Faure and Massenet. 

Alex Baran 

Ideate: Songs of Paolo Tosti 

Ben Heppner, tenor 

Members of the London Symphony 

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as L 'alba Separa, with a text by Tos- is art song delivery in the service of to forge his new idiom from Polish and John Zorn. The criteria for inti 

's friend, patriot and poet Gabriele the cabaret genre. folklore, fusing characteristic tea- clusion are that compositions build 

D' Annunzio, demands sustained pas- While occasionally too polite and tures of 'Goral' (highland) music witfi upon Jewish musical materials ot 

sion. In Vorrei morire! Heppner dis- cultured, Stilwell nevertheless ofters his own original musical language. deal with the quandaries of Jewish 

plays the intensity of his sound even consistent artistry that suits her in- Writing in his own voice, Szyman- life and history. ' 

in quiet passages. His Goodbye! is strument. Support comes in fuH col- owsky employs an incredible rhyth- The first CD features selections 

irresistibly ardent. our and feeling from the ensemble mic liberty in the context of whole- ·from Kurt Weill's The Eternal Road, 

Heppner doesn't shy away from of piano, violin, accordion, bass and , tone and pentatonic figures: The CD a magister.ial 6-hour pageant. A pothe 

unabashed sentimentality of songs percussion. Pianist Robert Kortgaard also features the two isolated Maz- gromerupts and the Jewish commulike 

Pierrot's Lament, which is es- offers several solo tracks of exqui- urkas of Op. 62 which happen to be nity gathers in a synagogue to await 

pecially moving in the dialogue with site playing in Reger's Con Moto last works the ailing composer man- its fate. While waiting, they recall 

the solo violin. But he does resist tum- and Hollander's Melodie Perverse. aged to complete before tuberculo- their people's history from Genesis 

ing them into operatic tours de force, Among the mostly 20th century sis stopped his earthly journey. onwards. Weill, born into an emieven 

though they do provide plenty . repertoire, Schumann's Du bist wie Hamelin is incredible in exploring nent German-Jewish clerical famiof 

opportunity to display his ringing eine Blume seems out of place until the emotional centre of each mazur- ' ly, had the deep knowledge to pull 

Italianate fortissimo. Even the exqui- Stilwell places it squarely in the ethos ka and turning each single miniature this off. He hoped the pageant would 

site Lasciami!, with its soaring me!- of the rest of the programme. This into a poetic expression of compos- mobilize American public opinion to 

odies and distinctive harmonies rem- compilation is, at first blush, adven- er's love for his native Poland. His save Europe's Jews. 

iniscent of Puccini, is contained in turous for Stilwell ·but she and the performance has all the necessary· 

scale, in spite of its recitative-like cabaret band under Peter Tiefen- virtuoso qualities but at the same time 

passages and operatic structure. bach's direction make it memorable. is never detached from musical im- 

Although Tosti wrote pis accom- . 

Alex Baran agination and sensibility. 

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Editor's Note: ·The other five compositions, including a definitive 

Milken/Naxos releases are Mario performance of Copland's El Salon 

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Choral Music Mexico; Barber'sAdagio for Strings, 

(8.559404); Abraham Ellstein: Great _ Ives' The Una11Swered Question, and 

Songs of the Yiddish Stage, Vol. I Gershwin's Rhapsody·in Blue .. ~ow~ 

(8.559405); Introducing The World erful performances of Stravinsky, 

of American Jewish Music Ravel, Bartok, Shostakovich and 

(8.559406); Leonard Bernstein: A Mahler are inducted as well . 

Jewish Legacy (8.559407); and 

'Jose.ph Achron: Violin Concerto No. 

I ·and The Golem (8.559408). 

A Total Embrace: The 

Conductor Leonard Bernstein 

Sony Classical Legacy S3K 90578 

A Total Embrace: The 

Composer Leonard Bernstein 

. Sony Classical Legacy S3K 90582 

Following on its series of premium 

Volumes, The Bern.stein Century, 

SONY has delved into their extensive 

catalogue of Columbia ·recordings 

yet again to bring us these two 

inexpensive 3-disc compilation vol- · 

umes, timed to coincide with what 

would have been Bernstein's 85th 

birthday. Excerpts are generous and 

well thought out, in general allowing 

for complete movements from symphonies 

and concertos. Most of the 

performances were recorded during 

B!!rnstein's regime at the New York 

Philharmonic, though curiously the 

outside packaging makes no mention 

of the orchestra. The standard tepertoi 

re is well represented with 

characteristically bold and dynamic 

performances of Mozart, Haydn, 

Tchaikovsky and Brahms. One particularly 

felicitous stroke of pro- 

/ gramming finds the whip-snap, isolated 

chords that end Sibelius' Fifth 

Symphony in E-flat leading directly 

into the analogous opening of 

Beethoven's Third. ' 

American music, a central component 

of Bernstein's career, is repr.esented 

by a handful'.of complete 

70 

VolumeTwoisdevotedtoBemstein 

the composer, and covers \lis stage 

music of the late 1950s with highlights 

from the priginal Cast recordings-of 

West Side Story, On The Town, Candide 

and Wonderful Town, as well as 

portions of his controversial Mass of 

1971 . His instrumental music is represented 

with excerpts from theJer~ 

emiah and Age of Anxiety Sympho- 

-nies along With smaller chamber 

works. 

Although Bernstein was unquestionably 

a towering figure in American 

music.and an inspiration to many, 

the legend adorning this volume proclaiming 

him to be "the most beloved 

composer of the 20th Century" is', 

not unlike the man himself, way over 

the top. 

Daniel Foley 

Alan Hovhaness 

Celestial Fantasy 

Slovak R!ldio Symphony 

Orchestra (Bratislava); 

Kerry Stratton, conductor 

Dorian Recordings DOR 93166 

this sound like a mere academic exercise. 

The Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio 

in Bratislava is a warm envir~nment 

to record an ensemble such as 

these players; the sound is as impressive 

under headphones as it is on de 

. cent speakers. Stratton has done 

well, as have the engineers. Happy 

are we who once had to contend with 

a rag-tag collection 9f indifferent rewww.electrocd.com 

if you're curious. 

What I personally appreciate is 

Oswald's invitation to tune into a particular 

musical sound-world, and 

·then to follow its effects upon one's 

own inner world. ·Kudos to empreintes 

digitales for i}roviding us with 

the opportunity. 

Alison Melville 

cordings just to get these works. Newschool 

The notes included tell us much Jean-Francois Gu~y 

about Hovhaness, hinting at his dis- Fidelio FACD009 

missal at the hands of such august 

·~rnscHOOI. 

figures as Lukas Foss and Leonard . 

Bernstein in the l 950's. Each of the 

works has a paragraph of notes. The. 

cover is nothing less than an image 

from NASA, a detail from the Lagoon 

Nebula. Highly recommended. 

Aparanthesi 

John Oswald 

empreintes digitales 

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John S. Gray 

Montreal-based saxophonist Jean~. 

Franc,:ois Quay's "New School" is 

precisely that. Guay is 'clearly influenced 

.by his teacher's - the great 

Jean-Marie Londeix - philosophy: 

"i(the piece wasn't written in your 

lifetime, don't play .it". Thankfully 

for us, Jean-Franc,:ois also grew up 

listening to Supertramp, the British 

"" studio band of the 70s and 80s. This 

reviewer may already be sold. 

Louis-Noel Fontaine has revisited 

Supertramp's School and Hide in 

Your Shell (1974 alburq "Crime·of 

I first discovered this label through the Century"). The musical setting 

"Humeur de Facteur", an electro- is clever: Quay's flexible sound reacoustic 

recording created by Yves calls the wailing harmonica and the 

B~aupre from the various sounds 'cello matches well. I'm not sure how· 

made during construction ot" a harp- convincing the text "recitation" 

.sichord. It was a fascinating and rev- works, but~ must-hear nonetheless. 

elatory experience, and Aparanthesi Franc,:ois Rosse is well known to 

by John Oswald is no less so. saxophone players worldwide, and 

Oswald, born in 1953 to what he deserv.es wider recognition from all 

qescribes as "a profoundly amusical contemnorary music enthusiasts. Le 

Hovhaness fans, reJOICe. Kerry " 1am1 ·1 y ". , IS · a " 1am1 ·1· 1ar C ana d' 1an t- ig- Frene Egare " comes from his earlier 

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electroacoustic works on which Guay 

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Guay proves that he is one of Canada's 

finest performers of contemporary 

music. 

Wallace Halladay 

Canadian Composer Portrait: 

Barbara Pentland 

Various artists 

Centrediscs CMCCD 9203 

Canadian· Composer Portrait: 

Norma Beecroft 

Various· artists 

Centrediscs CMCCD 9303 

Ovation 3 (Tremblay; Kenins; 

Beecroft; Beckwith; Pentland) 

Various artists 

CBC Records PSCD 2028-5 

The recent release of "Portraits'.' of 

Barbara Pentland and Norma 

Beecroft brings the total in this excellent 

series, a joint initiative of the 

Canadian Music Centre and the 

CBC, to 15 thus far. These portraits 

include a one-hour radio documentary 

prepared by CBC producer Eitan 

Cornfield and an additional disc 

or two of (mostly) archival recordings. 

The CBC "Ovation" series provides 

an additional CD of repertoire 

from each of the featured composers. 

As might be expected from such 

a broad-ranging project, some of the 

discs feel more like a pot-pourri than 

a c9hesive whole, but this is probably 

a~ inherent problem when trying. 

to portray careers that span half-centuries. 

After all, if the music all 

seemed cut from the same cloth it 

would not speak well for the creators 

of a supposedly "new" music. 

We are treated to a thirty-year 

span of Pentland' s uncompromising 

creative output, from the Concerto 

for Piano and Strings and Symphony 

for Ten Parts of the mid-1950s 

through chamber music of the 60s, 

70s and 8@s. The Ovation disc extends 

this portrait by including a 

number of solo piano works (among 

other things) including Angela 

Hewitt's performance of the 1941 

Studies in line, a piece which the 

documentary tells us cost Pentland a 

job at the University of Minnesota 

when she played it for the hiring committee 

who had otherwise considered 

her "a nice girl". The Portrait gives 

. us the composer's own performance 

of Shadows - Ombres and Three 

Duets after Pictures by Paul Klee 

(with protege Robert Rogers). Also 

featured are a number of significant 

chamber works with the Purcell 

String Quartet, accordionist Joseph 

Macerollo, the Vancouver New 

Music Ensemble, harpist Erica 

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Goodman and flutist Robert Aitken. 

Robert Aitken also has a prominent 

role in the Pprtrait oL Norma 

Beecroft, with whom he founded 

New Music Cohcerts back in 1971. 

Both the .Portrait and Ovation discs 

begin with flute works: Tre Pezz.i 

Brevi features Aitken and his pianist 

wife Marion Ross, and the Improvvisazioni 

Concertante No. J, a nearconcerto, 

features Aitken's mentor 

TSO principal flute Nicholas Fior~ 

(although Fiore is unacknowledged 

in the booklet). Beecroft's pioneering 

efforts in the integration of electronic 

media into concert works is 

well represented in such "mixed" 

works as the 1964 From Dreams of 

This latter work is the fruit of a 

program initiated by the Canada 

Council in which composers are 

jointly commissioned by three (or 

more) orchestras that each commit 

to perform the work. In 'this instance 

it was the Victoria Symphony, the 

· Hamilton Philharmonic (heard in this 

performance under Victor Feldbrill's 

direction) and the Winnipeg 

Symphony Orchestra. Canadian composers 

are rarely given the opportunity 

to write extended orchestral 

works (R. Murray Schafer's title No 

longer than ten minutes aptly outlining 

the usual stipulation). This initiative 

gave composers not only the opportunity 

to write for larger forces, 

but more importantly guaranteed a 

number of performances of the 

work, thus taking a major step 

toward building a living Canadian 

repertoire. The same could be said 

of the current recording project. 

Praise and congratulations are due 

to all concerned. 

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Shade 

Holly Cole 

Alert Records 6152810392 

Brass for narrator, soprano chorus Holly Cole's latest CD, the aptly 

orchestra and tape, through, Co/lag; .name "Sha~e", gives us a very cool 

'76 (which integrates a number of and r~freshmg place to hang out for 

intermediary works) to Amplified a while, .for a ?u~ber of .reasons. 

String Quartet with Tape, complet- ~he first is her smgmg. While lots of 

ed in 1992. Another late work Ev- smgers seem preoccupied with voocations: 

Images of Canada, c'reat- cal gymnastics and higher/louder/ 

ed entirely in the digital realm , is fas~er, Ms. Cole understands how to 

less successful, lacking the compiex- dehver ~ so~g :-V!th~ut ~ett!ng in its 

1ty of the acoustic sound sources that way, whlle still m1ectmg 1t with plenty 

Beec~~ft has previously used injux- of style and personali'.Y.. . 

tapos1t10n with synthetic colours. 

A~othe.r strength of this CD 1s her 

The CBC Ovation box set also in- ~ho1ce of songs. Instead of the same 

eludes discs devoted to Gilles Trem- tired ol~ ~tandards, we get a mix of 

blay, Talivaldis Kenins and John the fam1har and the not so familiar 

Beckwith, whose "Portrait" discs '.rom.several di~ferent genres. Case 

were released (and reviewed in these m pomt: the mam theme of the CD is 

pages) earlier this year. Highlights heat and summer, yet she has not 

include Tremblay's challenging eel- included t~~ do~e-to-death Summerlo 

concerto from 2000 Les Pierres time. Sure it s a tme song, but enough 

crieront, Kenins' Quartet No_j for already. (Joke stolen from Rob Mcpiano, 

violin, viola and cello (the ne- Conn.ell: "Ho~ many girl singers 

glected companion to the oft-per- does it take to smg Summertime? All 

formed Quartet No. 2) and Beck- of ~en_i, appar~ntly. ")Instead we get 

with's Round and Round. a s1zzhng, douole-time-feel version 


oflrving Berlin's saucy, Heatwave; 

a melancholy and sultry Something 

Cool; and a sad and beautiful rendering 

of Brian Wilson's God Onlv 

&o~. . 

Much credit for the freshness and 

inventiveness of this record should go 

to the musicians and the freedom 

they've apparently been given to create 

and contribute. The core band is 

John Johnson on saxes, flute and 

clarinet, George Koller. bass, Mark 

Kelso, drums and Holly's long time 

collaborator, Aaron Davis on piano. 

There is lots of great work from the 

guests to.o, such as, Guido Basso's 

rich tlugelhorn, and the distinctive 

guitar sounds of Kevin Breit. 

If you find yourself wandering in a 

musical desert and need relief, seek 

out some "Shade". 

Cathy Riches 

Music Of The Twenties 

David Olds Rob McConnell Tentet 

Justin Time JUST 196-2 

When the bandleader tells you "This 

is the best band I ever pad", you listen 

to him. When it's Rob McConnell, 

who led one of the world's 

greatest big bands, The Boss Brass 

for over 25 years, you may dare t~ 

ask for proof. He could offer "Music 

Of The Twenties" as primafacie 

evidence and win over any jury. 

This is old-fashioned music in 

many ways: the tune selection the 

straight-ahead ungimmicky re~ording, 

the acoustic instruments and the 

pure craftsmanship of the players. 

And what players they are! Guido 

Basso and Steve McDade are on 

trumpe\ and tlugelhorn, McConnell 

and Terry Promane play trombone, 

and the saxes have P.J, Perry on 

alto, with teriorists Mike Murley and 

Alex Dean. The driving rhythm sec 

. tion is Dave Restivo at the piano, 

Steve Wallace on bass, and drummer 

Terry Clarke. This is a band 

of All Stars! 

The solo work is well spread 

around great, long-lived compositions 

by masters like Gershwin, Berlin, 

Rodgers (not Rogers, as the cover 

says) and Porter. They are familiar 

titles, but beautifully arranged by the 


leader, and his co-producer Rick 

Wilkins who delivered a Basie-like 

chart on Remember that seems to play 

itself. · 

McConnell's writing, as always, 

distinguishes itself in the little things 

as well as the big: subtle key changes 

that lift things at just the right 

time; an unexpected tempo change; 

or even a complete change of tune, 

as when Guido Basso is suddenly 

heard playing Tristeza in the middle 

of Always, or the inclusion of Summenime 

(with a bang-on nod to Miles 

from Guido) at the end of Indian Summer. 

And, speaking of endings, look 

out for the gong at the end of ... well, 

just be prepared! 

Be prepared to appreciate a band 

that can cruise like a Bentley, then 

downshift to roar around a corner, 

Porsche-I ike. 

Ted O'Reilly 

Maple Groove (Songs From The 

Great Canadian Songbook) 

Ranee Lee 

Justin Time JUST 194-2 

Ranee Lee is one terrific performer. 

She comes on stage with authority, 

wins the audience over immediately, 

and carries you through to the 

end with a well-paced set. The musical 

integrity holds, too. Ms. Lee is 

a delight in person, but there's a bit 

of a problem with her newest CD, 

the all-Canadian "Maple Groove". 

Some of the music is not appropriate 

for a jazz artist to work with, no 

matter how great Rick Wilkins' new 

arrangements are, or the original 

version may be. 

To my ears, Lightfoot's If You 

Could Read My Mind is best left to 

the composer: it resists swing. This 

is also true to a lesser extent of Bruce 

Cockburn's My Beat, which sounds 

a bit out-of-date, as does Spinning 

Wheel from David Clayton-Thomas. 

Oscar Peterson's Hymn To Freedom 

(with vocal ensemble) seems a bit 

out of place and lacking the usual 

gospel depth. 

The majority of the choices work 

however, with first-rate musicianship 

under guitarist Richard Ring's direction. 

Bill Evans' Waltz For Debby 

(Canadian Gene Lees is the lyricist) 

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is warmly done, and Percy Faith's 

Maybe September is treated reverently. 

Going 'way back, Ranee has 

fun with Some Of These Days, and 

the late-night reading of Put Your 

Dreams Away. She finds jazz in Jann 

Arden's It Looks Like Rain, and gives 

Undun by Randy Bachman a light Latin 

sound. 

Get this release, and be sure to 

take it with you for an autograph 

when you see Ranee in performance. 

Everything works when she's right 

in front of you. 

Ted O'Reilly 

Riverside Original 

Jazz Classics Sampler 

Various Artists 

Riverside OJCCD-3706-2 

I've never understood the value of 

those multi-disc CD players, or the 

shuffle playback feature. I've always 

wanted to hear the music the way the 

artist or producer wanted it presented: 

track 1 through to the end. Since 

someone has worked hard to present 

a sequence of different moods, keys 

and tempos, and maybe a storyline, 

it's always seemed wrong, somehow, 

to change that. 

I know some think that's boring, 

but here's a solution: a well-crafted 

sampler, such as this "Riverside 

Original Jazz Classics" which features 

17 different tracks. 

In the '50s and early '60s, the label 

was one of the active independents 

along with Blue Note and Prestige, 

though less stylized than those 

labels. Orrin Keepnews was the 

main producer, and he brought to the 

label both under-recognized artists 

and those on their way up. 

Represented here are talents like 

Thelonious Monk, Cannonball 

Adderley, Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery, 

Sonny Rollins and even 

Duke Ellington in a piano duet with 

Billy Strayhorn. Singers include 

Abbey Lincoln, Eddie Jefferson and 

Mark Murphy. 

It's a lovely selection of talent and 

tunes, and serves its purpose perfectly: 

great listening on its own, and 

as an introduction to the many releases 

in the OJC series. 

Ted O'Reilly 

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World class early music on period instruments 

Maria, Madre di Dio 

Agnes Mellon. soprano Matthew White. countertenor 

Arion directed by Monica Huggett 

" The voices are gorgeous, 

and perfectly matched. 

But ultimately ifs the 

conjunction of sensual 

beauty and intense 

sorrow that floors 

the listener " 

(The National Post) 

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Hank Knox. clavecytherium 

Hank Knox travels through 

these pages[ ... ] with the 

precision. the skillful technique 

and the imagination of a 

great harpsichordist " 

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Solo 

Evergreen Club Contemporary 

Gamelan 

Artifact Music ART 027-1 

For twenty years the Evergreen Club 

has been performing contemporary 

Western art music on a set of instruments 

- known as Gamelan Degung 

- from the Sundanese cultural area 

of West Java. Up to now, Evergreen 

has only made the occasional foray 

into the rich traditional repertoire for 

this ensemble. However, with this 

new CD, we are treated to six Sundanese 

pieces, and the exquisite suling 

(bamboo flute) playing of guest 

Indonesian performer, Burhan Sukarma. 

Gamelan Solo, by Evergreen 

member Mark Duggan, is the only 

Canadian piece. 

As usual, the playing is outstanding, 

and the interweaving textures of 

gongs, drum, metallophones, zither 

and flute are translucent and fluid. 

Occasionally, too, the music takes 

on a more percussive and rhythmic 

focus as in track 14, Rengga-Renggi, 

composed by Burhan Sukarma. 

Duggan's piece is much the longest, 

lasting 20 minutes, and spanning nine 

continuous tracks each with a oneword 

descriptive title like "delicate" 

(track 5) and "buzz" (track 6). Stylistically 

it is not at all Indonesian, as 

the liner notes confirm, and therefore 

Gamelan Solo provides strong 

aesthetic contrast. 

It is a pity that there are no liner 

notes for any of the Sundanese pieces, 

or even translations of the track 

titles. Many ofEvergreen's usual or 

potential audience may be unfamiliar 

with Sundanese music, and some 

background information would enhance 

the listening experience. Nevertheless, 

this CD is highly recommended; 

an ideal seasonal gift sure 

to provide a warm and alluring 

soundscape for a cold winter's day. 

Annette Sanger 

Spring any day now 

David Greenberg 

David McGuinness 

Concerto Caledonia 

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Don't be fooled by this recording's 

description, "Music of 18th century 

Scotland and elsewhere." Unlike 

Greenberg's usual presentation of 

jigs and reels, this one leans to "the 

wild side." With Greenberg playing 

violins, McGuinness on various keyboards, 

and Concerto Caledonia, the 

listener is in for a very special treat. 

The title track, a 1980s tune by 

Fred Frith, is the first surprise. My 

favourite, Echidna 's Alf (of You) by 

Frank Zappa, is filled with signature 

musical mood swings which acquire 

a "classical rock" quality in this arrangement. 

Even 16th century 0 lusty 

May has the sparkle and freshness 

of a good old Dixieland jam session 

in the hands of these performers. 

The traditional offering includes 

tunes from William Christie's 1820 

collection. With harmonium accompaniment, 

some tunes take on an almost-jug-band 

mountain country feel. 

The harpsichord is also used effectively 

throughout, and the moving solo 

melodica sets the mind to thinking of 

far off places. 

This is not really a complaint, but 

a lot of this recording is just not Scottish! 

So, I say, "Buyer beware!" 

You just might freak out when you 

hear this. Not your ordinary fiddle 

recording. 

Frank Nakashima 

Revecy 

Trillium Brass Quintet 

Stonehouse Sound SDA TBQ03 

I've always been intrigued by artists 

who depart somewhat from the 

accepted norms in their work. The 

usual instrumentation of a brass quintet 

is two trumpets, a horn, a trombone 

and a tuba. The Trillium Brass 

Quintet uses a bass trombone in place 

of the tuba to achieve a leaner sound 

that still has a wonderful depth. This 

difference in colour immediately sets 

the sound of this group apart from 

the many other brass quintets I've 

heard. 

The opening track, Revecy Venir 

du Printans by Claude LeJeune is 

. wonderfully energetic and cleanly 

played. Jennifer Schofield's horn 

playing in particular is startling in its 

agility. The group keeps up the high 

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standard of playing in the opening 

track through an accessible program 

of music ranging from the Renaissance 

up to the Impressionist 

period. 

Many of the works on the disc 

were transcribed for brass quintet by 

members of the group, and all of 

them are welcome additions to the 

repertoire. The twenty-six tracks on 

this CD include a Mozart Divertimento, 

a Brahms Intermezzo as well 

as music by Debussy, Dvorak and 

Bach. 

This is a fine debut CD from an 

accomplished group of young musicians, 

and I hope to see another recording 

from them in the not too distant 

future. 

Merlin Williams 

Sien to 

Miguel de la Bastide 

La Bastide Productions 

LBCD-0003 

Flamenco music has undergone many 

incarnations since it originated some 

200 years ago. Originally, if you 

didn't have a singer or, secondarily, 

a dancer, you really didn't have flamenco. 

Then, around the middle of 

the last century, guitar gradually 

started coming to the fore, and became 

less of an accompanying instrument. 

These days the guitar is the 

star, and players like Paco de Lucia 

are practically household names. 

Here in Toronto, we are very fortunate 

to have an authentic flamenco 

guitar master of our own, Miguel 

de la Bastide. "Siento", his second 

CD, is a gratifying collection of eight 

original songs, designed to appeal to 

both the aficionado and the mainstream 

listener. The tracks alternate 

between traditional style, acoustic 

flamenco, with guitar, palmas (handclaps) 

and percussion, and more 

accessible "coffee bar" flamenco 

with electric bass, saxophone and 

even African percussion instruments, 

which lend depth and exotic 

appeal to the songs on which they 

appear. But it all works, because the 

unifying thread is Mr. de la Bastide's 

impeccable technique and clear, 

crisp style. Whether you're a fan of 

dazzling million-note-a-minute runs, 

or the slow groove, you 'II find it here. 

With this disc, Miguel de la 

Bastide proves himself both a solid 

composer and a skilled guitar player. 

If we're lucky, he'll stick around 

and continue to enrich Toronto's 

musical landscape with his brand of 

authentic flamenco. "Siento" can be 

found at www.labastide.ca 

Cathy Riches 

SEASONAL FARE 

Songs for a Winter's Night: 

A sampling of seasonal CDs 

Yuletide Fires 

Chor Leoni; Diane Loomer 

Skylark SKY0303 

From Vancouver comes Chor Leoni's 

new release "Yuletide Fires". 

This male vocal ensemble gives a 

robust flavour to medieval material 

like Hodie Christus Natus Est, but is 

equally well equipped to handle a 

spiritual like Rise Up Shepherd. With 

well over an hour of music, this CD 

is a feast of lesser-known and more 

solemn Christmas repertoire. It teatures 

an especially stirring and lovely 

Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Lo 

How a Rose E'er Blooming). 

The Mystery of Christmas 

Elora Festival Singers 

Noel Edison 

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The world's reigning soprano returns 

with By Request, a greatest hits collection including two 

previously unreleased tracks; Verdi's Ah fors ... sempre 

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A similar treat is "The Mystery of 

Christmas", originally recorded by 

the Elora Festival Singers in 1997. 

Accompanied by the rich and resounding 

organ accompaniment of 

Michael Bloss (at Toronto's Timothy 

Eaton Memorial Church), it offers 

a fine mixture of familiar carols, 

Canadian compositions, traditional 

folk tunes and work by such 

composers as Britten and Poulenc. 

The arrangements are embellished 

by some sublime descant (especially 

in 0 Come All Ye Faithful and Hark 

the Herald Angels Sing), while the 

final selection, John Tavener's God 

is with Us -A Christmas Proclamation, 

influenced by Orthodox church 

music, evokes real awe and mystery. 

A Song for All Seasons 

Toronto Children's Chorus; Sir 

David Willcocks 

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The Toronto Children's Chorus has 

just released "A Song for All Seasons''. 

As the title suggests, it doesn't 

specifically feature Christmas music. 

Instead, it showcases the talents 

of this exceptional ensemble in 15 

well-chosen works loosely linked by 

themes of nature and seasonal change 

by Bach, Elgar, Holst, Debussy and 

others. The finale is Paul Halley's 

heartfelt Song/or Canada, which, rendered 

by the true young voices, really 

does sound like "a new song" as it 

exorts us: "You happy neighbours, 

form but a single chorus In order to 

blend all your tones". 

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Sweet Songs of Christmas 

Mississauga Children's Choir 

Independent 

Meanwhile, the Mississauga Children's 

Choir offers "Sweet Songs of 

Christmas", a collection of familiar 

songs and a few fresh tunes, almost 

all focusing on the baby in the manger 

and the imagery of the little 

lambs, the gentle mother, the angels 

and the star. The opening Noel Nouvelet 

is an arrangement by Howard 

Cable at his best, with lots of vocal 

interest but not too showy a style. One 

of the nicest things about this recording 

is that the overall vocal tone lets 

the children sound like kids (and 

Canadian ones at that, who, in 0 

Come All Ye Faithful, address the 

"cit-a-zins" of heaven above.) 

Love Came Down at Christmas 

Stacey Clark 

Independent SCCCD-1102 

Finally, I'm of two minds about 

"Love Came Down At Christmas" 

by soprano Stacey Clark. Clark has 

some technical flaws (a tendency to 

bite off the ends of words in an overhasty 

trot through the Huron Carol, 

for instance). However, she has a 

warm, sweet voice and she's made 

a fresh selection of gentle French 

and English carols. Ultimately I 

found it very pleasant, despite initial 

doubts. 

Rhymes Reveries Rimes 

Tracy Dahl, soprano 

Shannon Hiebert, piano 

Erica Goodman, harp 

CBC Records MVCD 1163 

This enchanting recording is jam 

packed full of children's songs geared 

to kids of all ages. A joint effort between 

Winnipeg coloratura soprano 

Tracy Dahl and pianist Shannon Hiebert, 

both mothers themselves, the 

quest for songs began with German 

and French material and their 

research has resulted in a selection 

of multilingual works. 

I must admit that this type of repertoire 

makes me go weak at the 

knees. From the traditional "My 

Love is like a red, red rose" to 

Brahm's Wiegenlied opus 49 no. 4, 

the opportunities to hum and/or sing 

along are endless (thanks also the 

words included in the liner notes!). 

Of note, is the inclusion of such 

selections as l.B. Veselovsky's 

haunting Cradle Song to my favourite, 

Sing, Smile, Slumber, with words 

of Victor Hugo. 

The performers are all in fine 

form. Dahl's operatic voice lends itself 

well to the material and shines 

brightly on the Strauss, Bizet and 

Brahms selections. Pianist Shannon 

Hiebert's accompaniement is always 

on the mark while a nice touch is the 

addition of Erica Goodman on harp, 

especially on the Irish numbers. 

"Reveries" is a wonderful panorama 

of selections. With the holiday 

season rapidly approaching, make 

sure to add this release to your giftgiving 

list. I know I am (but I'm not 

telling for who!). Happy Holidays and 

a Happy New Year! 

TiinaKiik 

The World's Very Best Opera 

for Kids ... in English. 

Michael Schade; Jean Stilwell; 

Allan Monk; Tracy Dahl; Daniel 

Taylor; Suzie Leblanc 

The Children's Group 2 84341 

Hallelujah Handel 

Classical Kids 

Sarah B. Hood The Children's Group 2 84263 

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A Classical Kids Christmas 

Classical Kids 

The Children's Group 2 84354 

North America's leading producer 

of classical recordings for children 

is Toronto's own Children's Group. 

The company, now in its fourteenth 

year, is well known to educators via 

its Classical Kids and Mozart Effect 

series. The Children's Group's re- 

cordings should be assured of the wid< 

audience they deserve via a new dis 

tribution arrangement with Naxos 

The three titles reviewed here ar' 

prime candidates for musical Christ 

mas gifts. They've been pre-tested 

with a both thumbs up rating, by m: 

grandson and his child psychologist 

classical pianist mother. 

The World's Very Best Opera is ai 

unusually ambitious and creative el 

fort in children's recordings. Marl 

Goldman, the producer, employel 

the full Budapest Concert Orchestr; 

rather than the synthesizers or re 

duced forces typical for juvenile re 

cordings. The librettos of the four· 

teen selected arias were translatec 

and then beautifully adapted for youn~ 

minds by playwright David Libman. 

Goldman lined up eleven of Canada's 

rising opera stars from different 

regions of the country. There's 

a bonus of five sing-along tracks for 

the young or not-so-young Karaoke 

opera singer in your family. 

Hallelujah Handel is exemplary of 

the Classical Kids model for perking 

children's ears. A good yarn 

progresses through twenty tracks of 

selections from Handel's instrumental, 

operatic and choral repertoire. 

In this case, it's an elderly and gentle 

Handel recalling a story of a young 

orphan who could sing like an angel, 

but not speak, until he heard the first 

performance of Messiah. A little far 

fetched for an impresario notorious 

for keeping temperamental opera 

singers in line by occasionally hanging 

them out of upper floor windows, 

but, hey, it's Christmas. A cast of 

Toronto singers, actors, chamber 

orchestra and the High Park Girls' 

Choir turns out a wonderful performance. 

A Classical Kids Christmas belongs 

in every family's holiday collection. 

Susan Hammond, the producer, sees 

the recording as " ... my personal attempt 

to bring back the magnificence 

and reverence of Christmas through 

story, poetry and musicians." She 

succeeds. The mission is accomplished 

with the High Park Choirs, a 

chamber orchestra and singers who 

inspire ears of all ages to take in 

more classical music. Hallelujah. 

Phil Ehrensaft 

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heyday. Captured on film, the February 22, 1985 event proved to be a rousing triumph, both 

for the participants (it was a welcome reunion for many of the performers) and the audience. 

which was treated to an epic concert of historic significance. 

This historic and exciting concert is now available for the first time on DVD Video. 

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PAT MARTINO THINK TANK 

One of the most Important jazz guitarists today, Pat Martino 

appears here as leader on his fourth album for Blue Note. Think 

Tank features an all-star lineup of today's top jazz musicians: 

tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano, pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, bassist 

Christian McBride and drummer Lewis Nash. 

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On CD at last, this is Mobley's second-to-last Blue Note session 

and it took place in Paris with Dizzy Reece, Slide Hampton, Vince 

Benedetti, Alby Cullaz and Ph!lly Joe Jones. 

SAM RIVERS FUCH SIA SWING SONG 

Rivers' magnificent debut album with Jaki Byard, Ron Carter and 

Tony Williams is pure chemistry by four masters. A classic album 

of taste, spirit and discovery with four alternate takes. 

LEE MORGAN SONIC BOOM 

This marvelous 1967 date with David Fathead Newman, Cedar 

Walton, Ron Carter and Billy Higgins was not released until 1980. 

This is its first CD issue with a bonus session made in 1969 with 

George Coleman, Julian Priester and Harold Mabern. 

LARRY YOUNG MOTH ER SHIP 

Larry Young's final Blue Note session with Lee Morgan, Herbert Morgan 

and Eddie Gladden has the instrumentation and exploratory feeling 

of "Unity" combined with the Intensity and power of Tony Williams' 

Lifetime, of which Larry was a member. On CD for the first time. 

CASSANDRA WILSON GLAMOU RED 

Cassandra Wilson Is recognized as an unequaled vocalist, a jazz 

singer for a new generation. Her distinctive style and daring 

aesthetic have earned her wide recognition, Including chart-topping 

albums, a Grammy and countless media accolades, such as 

Time Magazine's 2001 pick for America's Best Singer. 

Her latest album features her trademark mix of originals and 

adventurous covers, picking material by Sting, Bob Dylan, W!llie 

Nelson, Muddy Waters and Abbey Lincoln. "Down South, musicians 

have to be able to play In many different circumstances and 

in many contexts," she says. "They have to play jazz, they have 

to Integrate the blues, and they have to know country. And the 

lines are kinda blurry sometimes, 'cause that's what everybody 

wants to hear." 

CHARLIE ROUSE BOSSA NOVA BACCHANAL 

Rouse was the consummate hard-bopper, but he had an affinity for 

the delicate melodies and irresistible rhythms of Brazilian samba 

music. This 1962 album with Kenny Burrell, W!llie Bobo and Patato 

Valdes among others was his firs t foray Into the genre and his 

muscular lyricism suits the material perfectly. 

ANDREW HILL PASSING SHIPS 

This amazing 1969 nonet session, released here for the first time, 

features spectacular writing by H!ll that presages his current big 

band. A real find! 

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Larry Beckwith: 

- I'm not generally a fan of Tavener's 

music, but here are three of 

his strongest works given absolutely 

first-rate performances: "John 

Tavener: Ikon of Light/Funeral Ikos/ 

The Lamb" (The Tallis Scholars; 

Chillingrian String Quartet, Gimell 

Records CDGIM 005). 

- Thrilling, committed, emotionally 

charged, intelligent interpretations by 

a great cellist: Anner Bylsma "J.S. 

Bach: Suites for Violoncello Solo" 

(SONY Vivarte S2K 48047) - Light 

a candle, turn off the phone and listen 

for the voice of God. 

- OK, I'm abusing my privilege 

slightly here, but "John Beckwith: Selected 

Works" (Centrediscs CMC 

CD 5897) is a terrific CD, with firstrate 

performances of some of my father's 

most significant and challenging 

works, including the String Quartet, 

which is a Canadian classic!! Performers 

include William Aide, Jane 

Coop, Patrick Wedd and the Orford 

Quartet. 

Bruce Surlees: 

- Although I already had a few of 

the single releases, when Stephen 

Kovacevich's complete set of 

Beethoven piano sonatas (EMI 72435 

62700-2) arrived I took it with me in 

the car to dip into some discs at random 

to get a general impression. A 

miscalculation. I found it impossible 

to leave a complete sonata, never 

mind a single movement, until the 

end. Returning home, the second 

movement of the Pathetique had just 

started. I sat in the garage to hear all 

three movements. Indoors, with each 

it was the same story. One 

does not need to endlessly compare 

this or that passage in countless 

recordings to know that Kovacevich 

has completely absorbed the 

Beethoven behind the notes and is 

very able to pass it on. A desert 

island choice. 

- The dilemma remains at DG as 

how to fill the void left by von 

Karajan who was responsible for 

more than 50% of the company's 

sales. Christian Thielemann might 

turn out to be that man and DG is 

recording him with various orchestras 

around the world in solid German 

repertoire. In 2001, Richard 

Strauss' s Alpine Symphony, recorded 

live with the Vienna Philharmonic 

offered unequalled orchestral 

playing in state of the art sound. The 

more familiar Ein Heldenleben (DG 

474192-2), again live with the Vienna 

Philharmonic is at least the equal 

of the earlier disc in every aspect. 

One cannot conceive of better playing. 

The 22-minute Symphonic Fantasy 

from "Die Frau ohne Schatten" 

is a generous and attractive bonus. 

The sound borders on staggering. If 

you want to really hear the Vienna 

Philharmonic this is your best 

chance. An audiophile's Nirvana. 

- A claim that the Modern Jazz Quartet 

was the most highly esteemed jazz 

quartet of its time may be moot but 

there is no question that they were 

the sovereigns of their genre. They 

were internationally recognized and 

those who appreciated their always 

pristine renditions will be delighted 

with this well documented set: "The 

Complete Prestige and Pablo Recordings" 

(Prestige 4PRCD4438-2). 

The 55 jazz ballads and original tunes 

included all sound improvised, which 

they were to some extent, but played 

as one man with the precision of a 

Swiss watch. 

Sarah B. Hood: 

- Canadian folk label Borealis 

(www.borealisrecords.com) has 

released some great discs this year, 

and I have three recent favourites. 

"Six Strings North of the Border" 

(Volume 2) is an eclectic sampling 

of Canadian guitar talent in idioms 

ranging from ragtime to swing to 

flamenco. Mose Scarlett's "Precious 

Seconds" is a lively and upbeat 

collection of material like 

Darktown Strutters Ball and Somebody 

Stole My Gal sung by Scarlett 

somewhat after the manner of Leon 

Redbone, with a sensational roster 

of guitar collaborators like Jeff 

Healey, David Wilcox and Ken 

Whiteley. Best of all is "Beautiful: 

A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot", the 

compilation of familiar Lightfoot 

tunes covered by the likes of The 

Tragically Hip, Blue Rodeo, Cowboy 

Junkies, Connie Kaldor and 

Bruce Cockburn. It's great to be 

able to savour the lifetime work of 

such a prolific songwriter while 

he's still with us. 

Merlin Williams: 

- If you've been lucky enough to get 

tickets to see "The Producers", treat 

yourself to a warmup by getting the 

DVD of the original Mel Brooks film 

that the show is based on. 

- The "All Music Guide to Jazz" is 

one of the best overviews I've seen 

of jazz on record. It's a great reference 

book to have around. 

Ted O'Reilly: 

- My first suggestion as a Stocking 

Stuffer might very well fill one of 

Santa's boots: it's a book with nearly 

a thousand pages. The softcover 

version of Alyn Shipton's "A New 

History of Jazz" (Continuum, ISBN 

0-8264-6338-X) will find a welcome 

place on any jazz fan's shelf, and 

provide a year's worth of information 

for less than a buck a week. 

- For free, there are websites that 

offer some fine jazz content. Try 

musician Mel Martin's for his own 

content as well as some great links: 

http://melmartin.com. There's also 

interesting research by Michael Fitzgerald, 

including biographies and 

free discographies, at http:// 

www.eclipse.net/ -fitzgera 

- If you've been searching for jazz 

recordings, especially from Europe, 

your best source is could be John 

Norris' mail service. Fax your requests 

to 416 .465. 9093. Ask for 

his catalogue, too. 

Phil Ehrensaft: 

- The Glimmerglass Opera Company's 

wonderful production of Robert 

Kurka's The Good Soldier Schweik 

(Cedille Records CDR 90000 

062) underlined contemporary opera's 

terrible loss when Kurka died 

prematurely from leukemia in 1957. 

Jaroslav Hasek's novel was a landmark 

for literary modernism. Kurka's 

music lived up to this high standard, 

as did the libretto by Abel 

Meeropol (who penned the antilynching 

song Strange Fruit), forced 

to write under the psuedonym Lewis 

Allen because of McCarthy's witchhunt. 

- The latest installment of Bridge's 

complete edition of George Crumb's 

works (Vol. 6, Bridge 9127) includes 

the first digital recording of the orchestral 

piece, Echoes of Time and 

the River, which earned the Pulitzer 

Prize in 1968. There's also a remastering 

of mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani' 

s performance of Crumb's important 

vocal work, Lux Aeterna, and 

Pastoral Drone, which pushes the 

organ beyond known boundaries. Not 

to be missed. 

- "The Music of Elliott Carter", Volume 

5 (Bridge 9128) shows Elliot 

Carter continuing to push the envelope 

as he moves from his 86th to 

94th birthdays. This volume includes 

five premieres and would be worth 

purchasing just to have Charles 

Rosen's perfonnances of Two Diversions 

( 1999) and Retrouvailles (2000). 

Pamela Margles: 

- Gyorgy Ligeti is surely one of the 

greatest living composers, and the 

latest release in the ongoing project 

to record his complete works (The 

Ligeti Project III, Teldec - 

8573876312) contains four of his 

most engaging compositions: Cello 

Concerto; Clocks and Clouds; Violin 

Concerto; Sippal, Dobbal, 

Nddihegedq'vel. The superb perfonners 

include the Asko and Schonberg 

Ensembles under Reinbert de 

Leeuw, and one of the quiet heroes 

of modern music, the great German 

cellist Siegfried Palm, to whom the 

Cello Concerto was originally dedicated 

36 years ago. 

- Dutch soprano Elly Ameling has 

always been one of my favorite singers. 

"The Artistry of Elly Ameling" 

(Philips 473 451-2) is a generous 5- 

CD set that covers the full range of 

her repertoire, including stylish Bach 

and Vivaldi and luminous Haydn. Her 

unforgettable voice, enticingly but deceptively 

pure and sweet, manages 

to suggest worlds of meaning, making 

her an ideal lieder singer. But the 

big surprise here is how gloriously 

natural she sounds in Gershwin and 

Porter. 

- Several years after the demise of 

the fruitful partnership between 

Charles Dutoit and the Montreal 

Symphony, a recording from 1995 

of Berlioz's early version of La 

Damnation de Faust ("Huit Scenes 

de Faust", Decca 475 097-2) has finally 

been released. Susan Graham 

is magnificent in one of the most 

thrilling arias ever written, the Romance 

de Marguerite. Among the 

delectable fillers is the debonair 

Fran~oix Le Roux singing Berlioz's 

arrangement of Martini's Plaisir 

d'amour. 

Performance Notes: Susan Graham 

is featured in Berlioz's Les Nuits 

d'ete with the Toronto Symphony 

on February 11 and 12 at Roy Thomson 

Hall. Elly Ameling is giving a 

series of Master Classes in Walter 

Hall at the Faculty of Music, University 

of Toronto, March 9 and 10. 

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