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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Editor's Op (family Fare) 8 

Cover Story The Brass's Chuck Daellenbach David Perlman 9 

Snapshot Analekta's Mario Labbe 11 

DISCOVERIES: CD Forum 13, 14; 74·92 

13 Editor's Corner David Olds 

74-86 CD Reviews 

7 4 Opera, Choral and Vocal 

75 Early Music and Period Instruments 

76 Classical and Beyond 

82 Canadian; 84 Jazz; 86 Pot Pourri; 

86 Urban Carols & Historical Hymns Sarah Hood 

CONCERT NOTES: 16 -26 

16 T.O. Musical Diary Colin Eatock 

18 Quodlibet Allan Pulker 

20 Early Music Frank Nakashima 

22 Choral Scene Larry Beckwith 

25 World View Karen Ages 

HEAR ANO NOW: Focus on New Music 26-31, 68 

26 Some Thing New Jason van Eyk 

28 November New Music Roundup Keith Denning 

30 Composer to Composer: 

Jim Harley interviewed by Paul Steenhuisen 

68 New music concert quick picks David Olds 

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32 Band Stand Merlin Williams 

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70 In the Listings Sophia Perlman 

OPERA AND MUSIC THEATRE: 35-37 

35 On Opera Christopher Hoile 

37 Opera at Home Phil Ehrensaft 

MUSICAL UFE: 38-43 

38 News from the TMA Brian Blain 

38 Book Shelf Pamela Margles 

40 "How I Met My Teacher" Masha Buell 

43 Janusian Pairs Chris Dawes 

44 Music's Children Masha Buell 

LIVE LISTINGS, ETCETERA 45-72 

45-65 Live concerts (GT A) 

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68 New Music Quick Picks 

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Editor's 0 

Reflections on "Family fare" 

SOMETIMES our announced "Special Focuses" in WholeNote are 

pretty straightforward, such as the three for February at the foot of 

page 5. 

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A theme like "Music and Health" bas obvious variations: 

staying healthy as a performer, music as therapy, the role of music 

in mental development, keeping your "instrument" in good repair. 

But it doesn't spiral out of control. The editorial department can collaborate 

in a focused task. 

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Once in a while, however, we choose a "focus" like this 

month's "Family Fare" that proves to be a shapeshifter. We thought 

it would provide a way of stepping back from our individual trees to 

view the wonders of the musical forest as a whole. Instead we found 

ourselves flat on our backs in the bushes under a shapeless canopy 

of endless green. 

This month's deceptively friendly theme has provoked (variously) 

paroxysms of despair, glee, and claustrophobia in our ranks. 

Despair: "But we've announced 'Family Fare' as our theme, 

and there's no mention of it anywhere in the magazine except in this 

little 'Op Ed' piece." 

Glee: there are more than six hundred performances mentioned 

in this issue. More than x of them have a specifically familycentered 

theme, more than y take place during the day, more than z 

are either free or with prices for children, students and seniors less 

than the cost of a typical movie ticket. 

Claustrophobia: "Just about everything in the issue could be 

taken to be about the theme. Look at the nice mother/daughter thing 

with Mary Lou Fallis and Anne Madgett in 'How I Met My Teacher'; 

or the WholeNote Dec 6 salon (titled, what else, Family Fare) - 

- a rare early evening opportunity for the WholeNote family (staff, 

readers, advertisers, contributors and their families) to meet, greet 

and even make music on our all-ages open stage; or our cover story 

about an ensemble, the Canadian Brass, that bas done so much to 

convert "children of all ages" to the love of music; or ... the list 

goes on and on. 

Granted, a lot of programming at this time of year celebrates midwinter 

festivals and communal gatherings of one kind or another. 

(guest columnist Chris Dawes has some sobering and inspiring 

thoughts on this topic on page 43). We could have called it "lighter 

fare" instead-- an antidote to the season's heavy meals! But that description 

certainly doesn't apply to all the concerts between now and 

the new year. And besides, we potentially do as much damage as 

good by implying that music has to be jazzed up or dumbed down to 

appeal to children. 

The second thing to beware of with a theme like this is what 

you might call the "Groundhog Day" effect. There's a danger in tipping 

an annual hat to "Family Fare", like Groun.dhog Day. After 

all, what do we go back to doing with the little critters after that? 

So my point? The turning of the year is a fine time for all of us to 

compile an inventory of where music fits, and doesn't fit, in our 

own and our society's plans. As always WholeNote is a fine resource 

to assist in this stock-taking exercise. There's evidence here 

to justify celebratory back-slapping all round. Forty-four live music 

events on December 5th alone! But there's also cause for discomfort 

-- provision for music in our schools is at its lowest ebb in decades. 

Our research for this planned survey of the "Family Fare" 

forest revealed extraordinary things: innovative audience outreach 

programs of many kinds; people living inspirational musical lives. 

The bad news is that in this issue we barely scratch the surface. The 

good news: every day is Groundhog Day in WholeNote! We'll be at 

it all year round. 

Have a blast! Over-indulge (musically). We'll be back in 

late January. 

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SJft talk & 

big schtick 

Chuck 

Daellenbach 

and the 

Canadian Brass 

by David Per/111011 

IN A PREv1ous LIFE as a school 1ex1 book edi1or I was once given the assignment 

of gathering photographs for a book on lhe Russian Revolu 

Lion. It was 1977, the same year that, in the "cultural thaw" that followed 

the arrest of the "Gang of Four," China sent the Shanghai Ballet 

to Canada. Ottawa had to reciprocate. It sent to China, on a fourteenday 

founeen-city lour, the largest ensemble it could muster for the 

$25,000 the Depanment of External Affairs could find in its contingency 

budget - a scruffy-looking fivesome called the Canadian Brass. 

Times being what they were in '77, when J called the Soviet embassy 

in Ottawa to ask if 1hey had pictures of the Russian revolution, J ran 

into a fair bit of suspicion. But I got what I wanted, eventually - a book 

containing fifty years of wonderful photos, 1905-1955, from the Novosty 

Press Archives. At some point I noticed something odd, though. A 

bloke called Stalin was completely missing. Eventually I found one reference 

to him. On one page there was an outdoor balcony photo of nine 

unifomled people, with a caption something like Cemral C.Ommittee, 

such and such a d(lfe. Pony member Josef S1ali11 is fifth from Left. 

Ever since then I've had a radar that goes off when something 's 

missing, and ii went off November 2, when we received !he press re 

lease that go1 us interested in doing this story on the Canadian Brass. It 

was a two-pronged release. First it announced I.he Canaclian Brass's 

new CD, Magic Horn, lheir first on Sruan Laugh1on's home-grown 

Opening Day label. Chuck Daellenbach and Stuan are joining forces 

on the recording front. Bringing the Brass with I.heir 30-year, 50 album 

track record into the fold is a huge boost. 

Second prong of the Nov 2 release was an aru1ouncemem of the 

Brass's upcoming December 23 Roy Thomson Hall concen. And that's 

where my radar wenc off. The release said: 

Three original mcmberSt-Gene Waus, 1rombone; Chuck Daellenbach, 

tuba; and S1uan Laugh1on. Lrumpe1-are s1ill with the group, and have 

been joined by Joe Burgsialler, trumpet. and Jeff Nelsen, horn. 

You see, in any en5emble with the 

Stuart Laughton, first Lrum- 

pet, the press release's third "orig- 

longevity of the Canadian Brass 

lhe player personnel door tends to 

revolve more than twice in 35 

with !he group since 2003, replacyears. 

Of the five who will take !he 

Roy Thomson stage on Oec 23, 

two are indeed group Moriginals" 

inal" ha actually only been back 

ing Ryan Anthony (2000-03), who 

replaced Ron Romm ( 1970-2000), 

who replaced Sruan in the Brass's 

very first year, when Siuan decidin 

every sense of the word: Chuck ed that Philadelphia's Cunis lnsti 

Daellenbach on tuba. who's been tute was a smaner bet at the time. 

there every day since day one; and The other 1wo current Brassers, 

Gene Watts on trombone, who's Jeff Nelsen on horn, and Joe 

been there even longer, if you count Burgstaller, second oumpe1, are 

the couple of years he carried the 

idea around in his head, kicking 

joined in 2000 and 2001 respecthings 

back and fonh with trum- 

peter Freel Mills in !heir Stratford 

Festival days in 68. where they'd 

pull together basemem brass quin- 

also relative newcomers, having 

tively. 

Burgstaller's three predecessors 

were Jens Lindeman (1996-2001), 

Fred Mills (72-96) and Bill PhiJtets 

for fun and recreation. lips (70-72). 

great chamber music 

down town 

FREDERIQUE VEZINA, 

soprano 

sings German, French and 

Spanish songs 

in her Toronto recital dcbut 

Thursday, January 13 at 8 p.m. 

HEATHER SCHMIDT, 

pianist and composer 

plays Schumann and 

Rachmaninoff, 

Alexina Louie and 

Heather Schmidt 

Tuesday, January 18 at 8 p.m. 

DEBUSSY STRING QUARTET 

plays Lckcu, Faure and Mozart 

in its Toronto debut 

Thursday, January 27 at 8 p.m. 

GRYPHON TRIO 

performs 

La1ysa Kuzmenko's 

Dreams 

with the 

ELORA FESTIVAL 

SINGERS 

Tuesday, February 1 

at 8 p.m. 

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As for french horn: that's 

where the door has revolved most 

of all; Jeff Nelsen is the founh 

horn player to work with the Brass 

since founding hornist Graeme 

Page left in 1983. 

using on this parnde of hornists, 

m a chatty 1993 book on the Brass 

by Rick Walters (called, what else, 

The Canadian Brass Book) trombonist 

Gene WattS said: 

well they're really a different 

breed - different insll'\Jment, different 

technique. different auitude. I 

mean in orchestra literallJtC they're 

often gemng to be a hero, playing 

some famous noblt solo, and we're 

sitting in the lxtck row counting our 

242nd measure of rest .. . We've come 

up with rules for hiring horn players ... 

they have to look far more phot0genic 

tran I.he rest of us. And !hey have to 

wear a it.e 40 suit· 

(To complete the record, the other 

three other men who have worn 

Page and Nelsen's sii.e 40 homist's 

suit are Manin Hackleman 

('83-86) : 

David Ohanian (86-98), 

and Chns Cooper (1998-2000). 

I tNTERVlEWtD TUBA Pl..A YER 

Chuck Daellenbach for this article 

right at the beginning of November 

just before the Brass hightailed 

it out of town on the European leg 

of a tour designed to suppon the 

new CD. I commented on how 

easy it had been on the Brass website 

10 figure out who the various 

members of the group had been. 

"There's a real sense on the site 

that they still belong" I said. 

"I'm delighted to hear you say 

that" he said. "It's something you 

hope people will notice, but you 

can't know for sure. One of the 

things that has made the Brass 

what we are is that throughline of 

genuine affection." 

Since talking that day, the 

Brnss have been to Europe and are 

now packing again. "From U.S. 

giving to New Year every 

year 1s nonstop" Chuck said. ·we 

still do better than a hundred concertS 

a year." 

Teir pre-new ycar swing bears 

out his words. Between the time 

this anicle gocs to press (Nov 27) 

and their Dec 23 Toronto da t e 

they will do a 27-day, 18 concn. 

16 city tour that takes them clear 

across the continent and back. 

ranging from an appearance in Toledo. 

Ohio with the Toledo Symphony, 

to an appearance at Avery 

Fisher Hall with the 

Philharmonic Brass. 

ew York 

It's what wc've tx..oen doing 

from day one Chuck says. 

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"Schools, universities, Carnegie 

Hall. I guess we've always had the 

feeUng that it shouldn't make a difference." 

Tn£RE'S A TEMPTATION when doing 

a good-news story, wh.ich Lhis one 

mstly is, to ask about "turning 

pomts", t11osc little "if it hadn't 

been for .... " momentS, lf External 

had had $250,000 in the 1977 

tour pot instead of $25.000, for 

example, who'd have gone to China 

instead? Or "if Chuck hadn't 

gone to Toronto 10 teach ... ". 

So I asked. Chuck didn't hesitate 

for a moment. "If it hadn't 

been for Betty Webster and the 

Hamilton plan" he said "then I'd 

say none of this would have happened." 

Betty Webster, who went on 10 

head Orchestras Canada until her 

etiremem from that organization 

LO 200 l , and now sits on the board 

of Boris Bron's National Academy 

Orchestra, was, from 1969 to 

1974, executive director of the 

HPO (Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.) 

"Her plan, the Hamilton Plan, 

was to arrange for at least three 

different professional musical ensembles 

y ar to .visit every single 

school Wtthtn a thmy mile radius 

of the city of Hamilton, and to use 

that as a way of building tile orchestra." 

Chuck explains. 

It was brillianlly simple. Hire 

professional section leaders for the 

HPO at a decent wage, then make 

them earn their keep by sending 

them out into the schools. "I think 

it was strings that can1e first, then 

winds, then us. It was a pretty fair 

wage for the time. $12,000 a year. 

enough to lure Fred Mills away 

from Ottawa." 

There was one significant hurdle, 

though. It had been fairly easy 

for Beuy to sell the powers that be 

on the idea of creating ensembles 

made up of orchestral section leaders. 

"A string quartet was a no 

braincr," says Chuck "and a wind 

ensemble -- even trumpets. trombone 

and horn. But a rubar The 

orchestra was basically a chamber 

orchestra still, and the idea of a 

chamber orchestra with a resident 

tuba player was a tougher sell. 

Eventually it was Chuck's PhD 

in education and stint at the U of T 

that did it. Given that they were 

planning this ambitious school 

campaign it made sense to have an 

educator in the group! 

Bt:TTY WEBSTER confirms Chuck·s 

recollection. "Our first ensemble 

was called the Ci.ech Quanet" she 

said. "Milan Vitek, Rudolf Kalup. 

Jaroslav Karlovsky, and Zdenek 

Konicek. They had been the 

Prngue Quartet, but came a year 

after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovalda 

in 1968. The Ontario 

ArtS Council made their coming 

possible. The cellist Zdenek Konicek 

is still a stalwan in the community 

- a story in his own right." 

I mentioned to Betry Chuck's 

cont about the Hamilton plan 

as havmg been formative for the 

Brass ... Yes." she says, "but only 

because they were musicians with 

a cenain kind of conuniunent. 

"For some musicians the kind 

of stuff we were doing was hard," 

Chuck says, "literally three hundred 

shows in a school year. Some 

people's inclination would be to 

walk through it. But I can honestly 

say we never saw it that way. 

Children are honest. If you can 

have a child not only sit quietly 

through three minutes of Bach but 

x rience the musician's pleasure 

m 11. then what audience are you 

not ready for? School gym. Carnegie 

Hall. We just never saw it as a 

contradic1ion." 

"The more typical musician's 

attitude" Betty says "is that somehow 

this kind of community stuff 

detracts from their professional 

Status. The things that work wheo 

musicians see themselves as builders 

of an orchestra don·t necessarily 

work once they think of the orchestra 

as having been built for 

them . .. 

T1t£ HAULTON Pt.As, rr HAS TO BE 

SAID, is no more. and music in the 

schools is at a low ebb. "Back 

then the union, the AFM, used to 

put money into school concertS if 

you can believe it," Betty says. 

"Now the union itself is in financial 

trouble. What's in Lhe schools 

now is pathetic. Hamilton doesn't 

even have a fully funded coordinator 

of music ... 

But the plan gave the Brass five 

years. and for five years it gave 

thousands of people, young and 

old, the unique gifi of the Brass. 

The ensemble emerged from it 

with a sense of musical mission 

that has given the ensemble a durable. 

sustainable idemity through 

the years. even as individual musicians 

have come and !!One -- the 

mission of having pe;ple experience 

the joy of music. 

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V101.1sr Dol·cus PERRY. for one. 

studied with them in Hamilton at 

the shon-livcd Hamilton Institute 

a school for young professional ' 

musicians which Chuck and Gene 

added 10 their already full work- 

load. "It was an amazing year,. 

says Douglas. "I met Takemitsu, 

Shumsky, Perlman, Nexus. and 

others, played some fantastic mtsic, 

from experimental (a viola 

solo piece, topless with a mask 

and with music hanging from the 

ceiling) to 'high brow' serious, all 

ver intimate and musically pos- 

111ve circumstances. The most signicant 

thin_& that l came away 

w1Lh was th.is: be responsible for 

your life and your career. My university 

time fme-runed my perfo 

skills, but I really knew 

nothing else. The Institute showed 

me that to realize my dreams I 

must think, act and be respoible 

for au aspects of my music life. 

From the music you play, t0 what 

you say on stage. to how the PR 

looks, etc .... " 

And to conclude, this: from a 

WholeNote colleague reflecting on 

the "big schtick, soft talk" title we 

saddled the story with before 11 

was written - the cover of the 

magazine goes 10 the printer before 

the story geLS written . you 

see. 

"I'd call it sucking and blowing" 

she said. "First they'd suck 

you in :- lure you imo listening to 

something you couldn't have imagined 

hearing, like Flight of Lhe 

Bumblebee on a tuba, or some 

genre you'd already decided you 

couldn't stand. 

. .. And then having sucked you 

LO, they'd blow you away with the 

pure brilliance of what they did. 

The perfect ensemble work, the 

sheer vinuosity, the thrill of how 

mu h fun they were having and 

gettmg you to have, Lhe way they 

could take a piece of music where 

the structure necessitated instruments 

trading themes, and rum it 

into a game of stealing themes and 

then chairs from each other according 

to what the music dictated. 

And never miss a beat. 

"But I'll tell you even more 

what they did for people like me. 

They set in motion the liberation 

and the vindication of the bandroom 

geek. Tons of us out there 

by their example, discovered we1 

were entitled 10 arrange things for 

ourselves. Not just the pieces of 

music. but the places 10 make music 

happen. We didn't need a conductor 

to play together. heck we 

didn't even need a room. 

"By their example we discovered 

ensemble playing and put it 

on like a cloak of visibility!" 

They're still sening Lhat example. 

And it's wonh taking in. 

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ANALEKTA 

FOUNDER 

Mario 

Labbe 

Who am I? 

In the early 80's; 

I was responsible 

for the interna- 

11onal career of 

the Ballets Jazz de 

Montreal and was 

SNAP. Shot 

acting as an impn.:sario 

in Canada, bringing ovcr major acts such as the Kirov Ballet, 

Martha Graham Dance Company. Kiri Tc Kanawa, Philip Glass 

and the Red Army Chorus 

In 1988 I formt:d the classical recording company Analekta. In 

1hosc days. there ""ere nm many recording companies in Canada. I 

lclt thi country produced an exceptional number of outstanding musicians, 

artists of 1nterna11onal calibre. and I wanted to offer them a 

platform to showcase thcir t:ilen1. My desin: to promote our best 

musicians grew into a passion, and became my artistic mission. 

Analekla quickly becamc the most important Canadian classical recording 

compan). \\ llh a cruising rhythm or around 25 releases a 

year. 

Nowadays. a top-quality recording is a musician's calling card. an 

indispensable tool. Our goal is to build a discographic career for the 

country's greatest musicians, which will help them emerge on the 

international scene. So Analckta can be llescribcd as an "artistbranded 

. . company. promollng Canadian musicians. Today, Analekia 

artists act as cultural ambassadors world-wide. making all of us 

proud After all. Analcl..ia is a Greek word which roughly translates 

as ·a collection of the best works', so we try to live up to the name! 

One of the 20 independent classical recording companies in the 

world. Analekta has been recognized by mtcrnational accolades, including 

two Cannes Classical Awards in 2002 and 2004. 

What am I doi11g right 11ow? 

Presently Analekta focuses on two points: 

We are consolidating our imernational distnbution in North America. 

Asia. the Pacific Rim and Western Europe, with particular emphasis 

on our t::

... srl.lpshot: mario labbe 

Music Library, Archambault.Zik, Pure Track, I Tune. I think music 

lovers will always want to buy music. but in the future there will no 

longer be a unique way to access the music 1hey want to hear. In 

that view Analekta tries to follow the tendency of the market very 

closely. 

(Analekta is distributed in 1he following countries: Canada. USA. 

Mexico, Australia, New Zealand. Japan. Korea. Hong Kong, China. 

United Kingdom. France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, 

Portugal, Italy.) 

Come cek6rate tlie 

!Jlo{itfag Season at tlie 'TCft! 

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A few follow-up questions 

1. In moving from impresario to establishing a record label, I imagine 

there must have been some key 1/1ings thac persuaded you it was 

a viable move - not just waking up one moming and saying I think 

I'll do records instead. " Can you pinpoim something? 

2. I understand your poim about the quality recording as an indispensable 

calling-card for the musician, and also your point about 

how such musicians become culrurai ambassadors, and rherefore 

one would expect governments that support the arts to support such 

endeavours. I'm curious as to your perspective on this question; 

comparing Quebec to the rest of Canada, and Canada overall to 

other countries. 

3. (Fi11ally) I'm imerested in your decisio11-making process in terms 

of who you take 011 as artists, and areas of repertoire to explore. 

You were imo early music from the start/or example, and I notice a 

recent foray into jau. 

Two incidents triggered my decision to establish a record label: ln 

1987, I approached a major label, trying to get a world recording 

contract for Angele Dubeau. She was just ready to sign and do her 

first recording. I negotiated for over a year. But a new president 

came into function in this major label, and declared they would no 

longer sign 'regional' artists: if you don't live in New York, London 

or Paris, you are out. 

I said to Angele, "Don't worry, we will do the recording anyway". 

So we licensed it to another major label. I was on good Lerms 

with recording companies, as l was bringing major attractions and 

musicians' contracts to all of them. I went and recorded her first 

disc, Sonates franaises. I tried to license it, along with two other 

masters: the first one was a digital recording of The Red Army Chorus 

(a live recording of the five performances of the ensemble I was 

presenting at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver); the other one was 

the soundtrack of the movie, Le Maftre de Musique, starring Jose 

van Dam. But none of these three masters triggered enough interest 

with these recording companies. That's when I realized that Canada 

really needed a recording company specializing in classical music. 

So, foolishly, I founded Analekta without knowing what I was do· 

ing ...!A year later I had sold over 110,000 copies of the abovementioned 

recordings. That's all how it started! 

Government support in the Canadian cultural industry is ari absolute 

need. The music industry - much like the TV or film industries 

- requires the government's assistance to develop and promote our 

Canadian heritage on the international level. The support of our industry 

is no bigger. or less big, than most of industrialized European 

countries. 

The decision-making process is simple: we choose musicians who 

combine outstanding talent, exquisite musicianship and a compelling 

sLage presence - the finest Canadian artists! It is a privilege when 

such high-calibre artists are willing to embark on a recording venture 

with us! 

The repertoire depe"1S on what the artists are willing to record. If 

they feel inspired. it will be a good recording, and that's why I like 

to have their input. But we always try to bring something new 10 the 

classical repertoire. 

• 

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EDITOR'S CORNER 

by David Olds 

Last month due lO space constraints 

we had lO omit lhe chatt) introduction 

in which I welcomed John 

Beckwith back to the fold after a 

yearlong hiatus. and I'm pleased 

to say that he has contributed again 

this month with a review of his colleague 

John Burke's new Centrediscs 

release. I also noted that 

one reviewer whose voice is too 

seldom heard in these pages is baroque 

specialist Alison Melville. 

As director of Baroque Music Beside 

the Grange and a virtuoso 

baroque flute and recorder player, 

Alison is such an active member 

of the international early music 

scene that it is hard 10 find recordings 

in the field where she 

does not feel some conflict of inlcrest. 

Fortunately we were able 

to find one again this month n: 

leased by the German recorder 

ensemble Trio Viaggio. In this issue 

we also welcome a new voice 

to the DISCoveries pages, jazz musician 

and WholeNote intern Eli 

Eisenberg. whose eclectic tastes 

introduce us to new relt:ases by 

Toronto violinist Lenny Solomon 

and the Montreal fusion group S 

Mos Quimet. 

Following her success in Christos 

Halzis' Constantinople which 

enjoyed four sold out performances 

at Harbourfront last month. 

Maryem Tollar·s new CD "Book 

of Lile" is reviewed by Whole 

Note's World Music columnist 

Karen Ages. Our other World 

Music specialist. Annelle Sanger. 

turns her ears to the Evergreen 

Club's new Naxos CD "Sunda 

Song" and our very own "Santa's 

liule helper", Sarah Hood, gives us 

a rundown on a new crop of discs 

for the holiday the season. We also 

have n:views of seasonal offerings 

from Phil Ehrensaft (A Hanukka 

Celebration) and WholeNote publisher 

Allan Pulkcr (the Elmer lseler 

Singers Puer natus in Bethlehem). 

Mr. Pulker first expressed 

an imerest in reviewing this CD 

shortly after it arrived last December 

just a week 100 late for inclusion 

in last year's Christmas edition. 

When he renewed his bid 

again last month I knew that this 

disc must have deeply moved him 

(and also realized that it's always 

a good idea to humour the boss) so 

I readily agret:d to the assignment. 

As always you will find diverse and 

eclectic offerings in the following 

pages. 

My O\\ n listening this month was 

commandeered by the recent release 

of Mendelssohn's Chamber 

Music - Complete (Brilliant Classics 

99983). Once again the Brilliant 

label has impressed me with 

its thoroughness. standard or exct:llcnce 

and value. I came across 

the release somewhat inadvertently 

while scarch111g for repertoire 

for my own chamber ensemble. On 

a visit to the Metro Reference Library 

I discovert.!d that Felix Mendelssohn 

had composed three piano 

quartets in his youth (Opp. 1- 

3) and I subsequently went in 

search of rt:cordings. The only 

ones currently available feature the 

fabulous Schubert Ensemble of 

London (whom I'd had the pleas· 

ure of interviewing during my tenure 

at CJRT-FM) and an: only to 

be had as pan of a I 0 CD set. Fortunately 

when dealing with Brilliant 

Classics you can get 10·cDs 

for about the same price as 3 discs 

on any other major label. The set 

includes Mcndelssohn's string 

quartets, quintets and octet. piano 

trios, quartets and sextet. along 

with the sonatas for viol111. viola, 

cello and clarinet and several other 

miscellaneous chamber works. 

Brilliant has compiled earlier recordings 

of performances by the 

Banok Quartet, cellist Claude 

Starck with pianist Christophe Eschenbach, 

violist Ulrich Koch, 

clarinetist Rainer Schumacher and 

pianist Ronald Keller with recent 

performances by the Schubert Ensemble 

and new recordings featuring 

the Sharon Quanet, violist Petra 

Vahle, violinist Joan Berkhemer 

and pianist Kyoko Hashimoto. 

Three weeks after the purchase I'm 

still listening. and still enthralled! 

CONTINUES NC)(T PACE 

[December I January Highlights 

University of Toronto Symphonic Band 

Wednesday, December I - 8 pm. MacMillan Theatre.$ 13 ($7) 

Grepy Burton. director. Music by Gra1nr. Holst. Copbnd and others 

Vocal Jazz Ensemble 

Friday, December 3 • 8 pm. Walter Hall. $13 ($7) 

uu Marunell director 

"Christmas Gahu" Choral Concert 

Saturday, December 4 • 8 pm. MacMillan Theatre. $13 ($7) 

Aro Afro-centm; evening of singing. dancing ;ind drumming 

World Music Ensembles 

Monday, December 6. 12: I 0 pm· MacMiiian Theatre. FREE 

Fe;ituring ppanese taiko ensemble. Chinese tndltional music 

ensemble :and Afnan drumming and dancing ensemble 

University of Toronto Guitar Ensemble 

Monday, December 6 • 8 pm. Walter Hall. FREE 

Jeffrey Mcfadden. director 

University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra 

Wednesday, Dec:ember 8 • 8 pm. MacMillan Theatre. $17 ($9) 

Scott St. John and Shauna Rolston perform Brihms Double Concer10. 

conducted by 1Uff1 Armenian. With Schube1 t Rosomunde Overwre and 

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when opera-trained voices take on 

lighter fare. The disc also includes 

the lovely Serenade for Strings. 

Samuel Barber's first published 

work. 

Another treat that came my way 

this month is entitled "English Fancy"' 

(Analekta AN 2 9905) with a 

Montreal period instrumem ensemble 

I was not previously aware of, 

Masques, founded by artistic director 

Olivier Fonin and featuring soprano 

Shannon Mercer. This 

charming collection includes such 

vocal gems as Purcell's Nymphs 

and Shepherds and Music for a 

While, and Campion's Come Away 

and Her Rosie Cheeks, cleverly 

interspersed with instrumental selections 

by Purcell and John 

Jenkins. Highly recommended. 

Concert Note: Music of Campion 

(and Dowland) will be featured in 

the Musicians in Ordinary presentation 

"Contayning Divine and 

Moral! Songs" on January 29. 

Jumping forward several centuries 

and leaping an ocean as well, we 

come to the CBC Records release 

"So much to tell'" (SMCD 5234) 

which features the exceptional 

voice of Canadian soprano Measha 

Brueggergosman. Accompanied 

here by the Manitoba Chamber 

Orchestra under the direction of 

Roy Goodman, Brueggergosman 

seems particularly at home in the 

mid-century American an song 

re.pertoire presented: Copland's 

Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson 

and Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 

1915, a setting of James Agee's autobiographical 

stream-of-consciousness 

text. She is equally comfortable 

with the three Gershwin 

songs included here in orchestral 

arrangements by Adrian Williams: 

Embraceable You: By Strauss and 

I've Got a Crush 011 You. These are 

performed in a totally convincing 

manner and don't suffer from the 

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work for electric guitar by 

Montreal composer Tim Brady. 

The title work from "Playing Guitar: 

Symphony #1" (Ambiances 

Magnetiques AM 125 CD) was 

composed for Lorraine Yaillancourt's 

Nouvel Ensemble Moderne. 

Al times Brady's guitar with 

its many electronic extensions is 

fully integrated into the 15-piece 

ensemble and at times this is more 

of a concerto, with guitar solos and 

an extended cadenza. Clocking in 

at nearly 50 minutes Playing Guitar 

varies from energy-driven, 

quasi-minimalist "wall of sound" 

movements that present Brady at 

his most boisterous and ebullient, 

to lengthy contemplative sections 

dominated by mournfully tuneful 

brass instruments and "weeping" 

guitar - this really is a work of 

symphonic scale. 

Concert Note: Tim Brady will be 

in Toronto performing with Bradyworks 

at the Music Gallery on 

December 12. On January 22 and 

23 New Mµsic Concerts presents 

his chamber opera Three Cities in 

the Life of Dr. Norman Bethune. 

That evening will also include guitar 

works by Wende Bartley, R. 

Murray Schafer and Rene Lussier. 

along with a solo guitar movement 

from Brady's Playing Guitar: 

Symphony# 1. 

We welcome your feedback and invite 

submissions. Catalogues, review 

copies of CDs and comments 

should be sent to: The WholeNote, 

720 Bathurst St.. Suite 503, Toronto 

ON M5S 2R4. We also welcome 

your input via our website. 

www.thewholenote.com. 

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Editor, DlSCoveries 

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Sunday, December I 2th, 2004, 3 :00 p.m. 

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The CMC Picks Up the Tempo 

For those who might not know, Lhe Canadian Music Centre is a kind 

of library and information service for Canadian composers. Its Toronto 

office is located in a sLately old house on St. Joseph Street. containing 

scores and recordings by more lhan 600 Canadian composers. 

The problem, lhough. has always been getting those scores out 

of the library and into the hands of musicians willing to play them - and 

for some years I've been rather skeptical of the CMC's ability to a11rac1 

much auention to itself. In moments of unbridled cynicism, I've even 

been known to refor to it as the "Tomb of the Unknown Composer." 

But recent developments indicate that 1he CMC is showing stronger 

signs of life. 

November 10, 2004, 10:00 am: I receive a communique in the morning's 

mail from the Canadian Music Centre's librarian, Stacy Allison 

Cassin, containing some encouraging news about the demand for Canadian 

scores from the CMC. "We handle hundreds of loans a month 

through our five libraries. and music is sent across Canada and around 

the world." And it seems that a substantial number of these requests are 

coming from beyond Canada's borders - from Swi12erland. Italy and 

five American states in the last week alone. 

November JO, 2004, 10:00 pm: Al a post-perfonnance reception for 

Christos Haczis's Co11stami11ople (an astonishing work, if I may digress), 

I spot Jason van Eyk, the CMC's Ontario Regional Director. 

And he confinns that there's been, in the last year, a substantial rise in 

requests for scores from the Centre: from 50 per week to about 300. He 

attributes this six-fold increase not to a complex shift in cultural geopolitics, 

but to something as simple as a website. 

November 15, 2004: Curious, I decide to drop in on the Canadian Music 

Centre's offices. to find ou1 more about lhis remarkable phenomenon. 

There I meet with Allison-Cassin. who confinns that. since the 

CMC launched its new website a year and a half ago, the number of 

visits 10 the site has increased from 4,581 in June 2003 10 49,224 in 

October 2004. 

The CMC had a website before June 2003, but it was nothing 

like what now pops up at www.musiccentre.ca. There you'll find hundreds 

of biographies, repertoire lists and sound-samples: you can search 

for a composer, alphabetically. or for compositions by instrumentation. 

and much more. (Have a look!) Best of all. seems that the effons the 

Centre put into this massive project are generating results. 

"It's much easier to obtain the music than it was before - our 

response-time is much faster through e-mail," explains Allison-Cassin . 

"But it goes beyond an increased demand for scores: it's also an increased 

demand for information and resources. We're trying to make 

our site the main resource for Canadian music." 

She goes on LO mention a few "for-instances": perfonnances of 

Canadian works in Wisconsin and Texas that began with on-line inquiries 

to the CMC; and also a commission for a new work by Montreal 

composer Timothy Brady from Denmark's Corona Guitar Kvanet. But 

what impressed me most was a request for information from the Aviv 

Quartet, for a Canadian piece to include on their February 24 appearance 

on the Music Toronto concert-series. As a result, this Israeli ensemble 

will perfonn Sir Ernest MacMillan's Two Sketches for String 

Quanet, in addition to works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and 

Prokofiev. 

There's a cradition of louring groups playing works by their host countries 

- a tradition that's not. unfortunately, observed much here in Canada. 

Only very rarely do foreign musicians make the effort to pro- 

gramme a Canadian score while visiting this country. In the case of the 

Aviv Quartet, their decision probably has something to do with the fact 

that their cellist, Rachel Mercer, is Canadian. But it's a good start - and 

A 

if the folks at the Canadian Music Centre helped make it happen. 

they·ve earned their week's pay. 

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Quoolibet 

by Allan Pulker 

The month of December, as always, 

brings with it a host of performances 

of Handel's Messiah. The first 

this month according to our listings 

will be by the 180-voice Mennonite 

Massed Choir on December 3 

in Kitchener's marvellous Cent re in 

the Square. The core of this choir is 

Kitchener's Menno Singers, who 

are celebrating their 50th season. 

I asked Dr. Peter Nikiforuk, the 

choir's conductor, about reasons for 

Messiah's enduring and perennial 

'popularity. In his view the quality 

of the music icself combines with the 

work's effective conveyance of its 

theological message 10 elicit a very 

visceral response from performers 

and audience alike. He says that even 

his colleague, Howard Dyck, after 

innumerable performances of the 

work, still loves it. 

He pointed out too that far from 

being hackneyed, the Messiah actually 

has a lot of rarely heard music: 

"Having previously been involved 

only in chamber choirs - including 

the Exultate Chamber Singers for 

fifteen years -·I had never performed 

a complete Messiah until 2000. I was 

astonished by how much of parts 2 

and 3 almost never get sung. This 

year we are doing everything, leaving 

out only a couple ofDa Capos." 

I asked what he was looking for 

in his soloists. "Tone colour that corresponds 

to the music. In preparing 

the choir for this year's performance 

I have been cultivating a clear, light, 

and agile singing s'tyle, so of course 

was looking for compatible soloists. 

The soprano who can do Messiah is 

not necessarily the one T would 

choose to do the Verdi Requiem. Of 

course I want the soloists 10 be a 

balanced quartet and, in the Menno 

Singers we want to use Mennonite 

talent as much as possible." 

Implicit in everything Peter Nikiforuk 

said is that, above all, Messiah 

is so singable. His massed choir, 

for example, is made up primarily 

of volunteers, amateurs. who pay a 

fee just to join the choir for the Messiah 

rehearsals and performance. 

And then, of course, there are the 

sing-along versions, in which the 

entire audience joins in for the choruses. 

So, whether you go to sing 

or just to liten, any of the Messiahs 

coming up in December offer an 

evening of memorable and stirring 

music-making. 

You can find a "Quick Pick 

Chrylarkfeawres the work of 

Oskar Morawetz 

EARLY JN TtlE M01"fH 

A new presenter this season, Atelier 

S, is presenting baritone, Stuart 

Graham in recital with pianist Jose 

Hernandez on Dec 1 at Christ 

Church Deer Park. The program, 

which is built around the theme of 

fate, includes works by Rachmaninoff, 

Poulenc and Mahler. 

On Dec 2, 3 and 4 at Sainte 

Marie Among the Hurons near 

Midland the "First Light" pre 

Christrnas event offers a variety of 

activities for the whole family, including 

music. The musical compo 

·nent will showcase local-area talent 

sharing their seasonal repertoire. The 

Huronia Harmonizers will be featured 

on December 2, La Cle d'la 

Baie on December 3, and Vox Huronia 

on December 4. The beautiful 

Huron Carol wiU be sung by artist 

Adam MacMillan in the Sainte 

Marie Chapel. and the Christian Island 

Native Drum Group will. perform 

in the Sainte-Marie longhouse 

over all three evenings. For more 

information phone 705-526-7884 or 

visit the SMAR website at 

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CH.RYLARK SERIE.S 

The third Chrylark Series begins 

on December 5 at the Heliconian 

Hall with a solo recital by pianist, 

Peter Longworth of music by Schubert, 

Morawetz and Brahms. This 

year's series focuses on the music 

of celebrated Czech/Canadian composer, 

Oskar Morawetz, who left his 

post as assistant conductor of the 

Prague Opera to come to Canada in 

1940, becoming a professor of theory 

and composition in 1946 at the 

University of Toronto, a position he 

held until his retirement in 1982. A 

self-avowed traditionalist, he has embraced 

several of the compositional 

trends of the 20th Cenrury to devel 

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such outstanding talents as Zubin 

Mehta, Seiji Ozawa, Kun Masur. 

Glenn Gould, Jon Vickers and Louis 

Quilico. In 1987 he was the first 

composer to receive the Order of 

Ontario and was awarded the Order 

or Canada in 1989. 

The second concen in the series. 

February 6. 2005. will feature the 

Veritas Piano Quartet. performing 

music by Mozart. Brahms and 

Morawetz. 

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Lecture by Canadian musicologist Simon Morrison (Princeton) 

4 pm, Walter Hall, UofT Music Bldg. Free admission 

4 FRI. JAMIE, SCOTT & FRIENDS PLAY PROKOFIEV 

Faculty artists James Parker, piano and Scott St. John, violin 

8 pm, Walter Hall (Museum station). Free admission 

ALSO: A CELEBRATION OF SLAVIC MUSIC 

UofT Symphonic Band plays Prokofiev, Dvorak, Bestibaev 

8 pm, MacMillan Theatre, UofT Music Bldg. $13, $11 

Russell Bra1111 

Anotht:r conct:rt to look forward to 

in the new year is Amici's c:oncert 

at Glenn Gould Studio on January 

21st with guest artist, baritone, Russell 

Braun. The program, built 

around the themt: of "Vocal Expression. 

M will include some: interesting 

repenoire. including Malcolm Forsyth 

·s So11gs ill Times of Cri.is for 

baritone. clarinet, cello and piano. 

and Charles Loemcr"s Rhapsodies 

for baritone. clarinet. viola and piano. 

This will be an excellent opportunity 

to hear Russell Braun. who 

is in demand in opera houses all over 

the world. To his already extensive 

discography he is adding a soon to 

be released Das lied ''Oil der Erde 

with the Smithsonian Chamber Players 

on the Dorian Label. Die Wi11- 

1erreise and songs by Noel Coward 

and lvor Novello, both on the CBC 

Records label in 2005. 

ThANSFORMUSIC 

Back in Feb 2004 I wrote about an 

International Compos111on Competition 

in Hungary. Called "Transfor 

Music. M it was inviting submissions 

of works of Mserious music based 

on or derived from "light" music. 

such as rock. musical theatre or popular 

music. We recently received 

notification that the competition reet:ived 

61 submissions from composers 

in 27 countries. For those of you 

who have been wondering, among 

the four winners was a Canadian. 

Roussi Draguiev Tarmakov, whose 

winning composition was called 

"'With Feeling of the Beauty of the 

Ta11go" for amplified violin and orchestra. 

The other winners were 

from Hungary (2) and the USA. 

DECEMBCR 1 20041 • °Ff11RUARI' 7 2005 

5 SAT. NEW LIGHT ON A MODERN MASTER 

All-day symposium examines the composer's life & work. 

TOPICS: Choreographing Prokofiev; His Unreleased Films; 

Prokofiev & the Piano; Anti-Realism in Opera, Theatre & Ballet; 

His Unknown Ltfe under Stalin; Was He a 'Soviet Composer'? 

PRESENTERS & PANELISTS INCLUDE: 

Christopher Barnes • James Kudelka • William Littler • 

Paul Mitchinson • Simon Morrison • Sofia Moshevich • 

Selma Odom • Michael Pisani • Lesley Anne Sayers • 

lain Scott· Jiri Smrz ·Tamara Trojanowska 

9:30 to 12:30 & 1 :30 to 5, Town Hall, Innis College, 

Sussex Ave. at St.George. Free & open to the public 

6 SUN. A RARE PROKOFIEV OPERA IN CONCERT 

His satiric comedy L'AMOUR DES TROIS ORANGES. 

sung in French. Music director Raisa Nakhmanovich, 

Chorus dir. Robert Cooper, Artistic dir. Guillermo Silva-Marin 

BACKGROUNDER at 1 :45 pm, lain Scott, with Michael Pisani 

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J MON. RESTORING A MODERNIST CLASSIC 

Lesley Anne Sayers (Open University, UK) presents her 

work on the upcoming re-creation of Prokofiev's historic 

1926 ballet Le pas d'acier. A special open session of the 

joint York I Uofr seminar on Dance & Modernism. 

10 am, Robert Gill Theatre, 214 College St. Free. 

PROKOFIEV FESTIVAL • February 3 to 1 • University of Toronto 

Faculty of Music • Centre for Russian & East European Studies • Dept. of Slavic Languages & literatures 

in collaboration with: Opera in Concert • National Ballet of Canada • YorkU Graduate Program in Dance 

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Roman Borys, cello 

Canada's finest join together tn a tribute 

to one of the best-loved violinists, Fritz 

Kreisler. They will play music written by 

and associated with the great 

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TUESDAY. MARCH 15/05-8 P.M. 

A Night at the Old 

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Kiosque a musique 

Mary Lou Fallis, soprano 

Peter Tiefenbach. piano 

Kiosque a musique team up with Canada's 

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accompanist Peter Tiefenbach in everything 

from popular overtures and operatic 

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TUESDAY, MARCH 29/05 -8 P.M: 

Six-String Serenade 

Daniel Bolshoy, guitar 

Julie Nesrallah. soprano 

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in l 7th-century France? The answer 

is to be found in the Tafelmusik 

Chamber Choir and Orchestra 

performance of his exquisite Christmas 

oratorio, In nativitatem domini 

canticum, and the glorious Missa As· 

sumpta est Maria (December 1-5). 

Visit: www.tafelmusik.org 

As to be expected, there are several 

exciting choral alternatives to 

The Messiah, this Christmas season. 

Still, there are many good reasons 

to hear Tafelmusik's presentation 

(December 15· l 8) of this great 

work, and panicipate in the Singalong 

Messiah (December 19). 

where the reincarnation of the Maestro 

Handel himself has been known 

to appear. I should also mention their 

program, Mozart Gran Partita, for 

wind instruments (January 20-23), 

actually 12 winds and double bass 

to be exact, which reveals Mozart 

at his most charming and playful 

self .. 

If Renaissance choral mus ic is 

more to your taste this season, then 

why not consider attending the Toronto 

Chamber Choir's Renaissance 

Christmas (December 5) - 

including some of the most beautiful 

music ever written for Christmastime 

motets and carols from England, 

Spain, Italy and Gennapy, and 

works by William Byrd, Tomas Luis 

de Victoria, Orlando di Lasso and 

Michael Praetorius. See the website: 

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Speaking of Praetorius, the Toronto 

Consort recreates the Christmas 

Vespers as it might have been 

heard under the direction of Michael 

Praetorius in l 7ch-century Gem1any 

(December 10, 11) with lots of 

instrumems - recorders, violins, 

cornetti, sackbuts, theorbos, keyboards 

and voices. Their website: 

www.torontoconsort.org 

And we have the world-renowned, 

The Tallis Scholars (Pt

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Acclaim for Aradia 

ToRONTo's orm:R baroque orches- 

1ra. 1he Anidia Ensemble. under the 

direction of Kevin Mallon (a former 

Talt:lmusik principal violinist) celebrates 

this Christmas c;cason wi1h 1hc 

acred muic or Amonio Vivaldi. 

They are joined by alto soloist Marion 

Newman and soprano solois1 

Tracy Smi1h Besseue in the beautiful 

seuing of St. Paul's Basilica 

where their concen '"'ill be recorded 

for broadcast by CBC Radio and 

Sall & Light Television (Dec 12). 

Aradia has been receiving significant 

imerna1ional acclaim through 

reviews of their recordings and arti- 

clcs in both the BBC and Gramophone 

magazines. Their recent CD. 

Dietrich Buxtehude "Sacred Cantatas 

has received considerable 

praise. This December concert 

marks 1he launch of their latest CD. 

"Vivaldi Sacred Music, volr. Lhe 

first of ten volumes being recorded 

on 1he Naxos label. 

One of the most notable aspects 

of the Dec 12 concen is Aradia's 

outreach. They will be providing 

fret: ticke1s to organizations such as 

Inner City Angels and the Regem 

Park School of Music in an effort to 

strengthen 1he community through 

live classical music. 

In 1he new year. Aradia will 

perform Georg Frideric I landel's 

Water Music and the 

Royal Fireworks Music (Jan 

9). one of lhe ensemble· s most 

ambi1iou projec1s to date. 

calling for an orchestra of thirty-four 

musicians. comprised 

of horns. trumpets. oboes. 

tlutes. recorders and strings. 

This concen is being presented 

as a benefit for Casey 

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Alexander Dobson, bass . t>aritone. Matthew Larkin, organ. With orchestra. 

SHARING THE VOICES Friday, March 18, 2005, 7:30 pm 

St. Basil's Church, 50 St. Joseph St. (at Bay) Toronto 

Guest Artists: The Bach Choir from the University ofToronto Faculty 

of Music, Doreen Rao, conductor. 

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Brahms, Three Motets op 29 and 110, Mozart, Mlsss Brevfs In F Major 

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CHORAL Scene 

by Larry Beckwith 

SMOKE'S BEGl ... NING TO CURL out of 

the 1op of my computer with the 

number of announcements. press 

releases. ''friendly reminder e 

mails", etc. concerning choral concerts 

in Toronto, 1his month. As 

usual, all of our major professional, 

semi-professional and communi1y 

choirs are active with Christmas 

concerts of one kind or anoth· 

er (including many performances 

of Handel's Messiah. as discussed 

in Allan Pulker's column elsewhere 

in 1hese pages). It's astounding and 

gra1ifying to imagine how many 

thousands of singers will be raising 

their voices this month in observance 

of a time-honoured sacred/secular 

1radition. 

Since this is a double-issue of 

WholeNote, I find my eyes being 

drawn past all the .carol sings and 

major seasonal works being performed, 

in venues great and small 

by choirs and choral groups of all 

shapes and sizes, to an announcement 

of a benefit concert taking 

place at the beginning of February. 

The 

performers include the Just 

Singers Chamber Choir and a 

church choir from Hamilton and 1he 

beneficiary is the University Settlement 

Music and Arts School in 

downtown Toronto. There's one 

work on 1he program, 1itled The 

Armed Man, by a Welsh composer 

called Karl Jenkins. II seems that 

Jenkins is an aging hippie who once 

played in a progressive rock band 

in England and has since made a 

comfortable living wriling jingles 

and other commercial musical wallpaper. 

Lately, he has ventured inco 

1he so-called "serious" world of 

composition and The Armed Man, 

wriuen in 1999, is his sincere response 

to the victims of I.he horri f 

ie contlict in Kosovo which took 

place through the latter part of the 

l 990s. Jenkins has used 1he late 

Medieval folk tune L'homme arme 

- as many Renaissance .. parody 

Mass" composers did - as a basis 

for this full-scale oratorio exploring 

the mindless futility of armed 

conflict. 

If one visits Mr. Jenkins' personal 

website, there is information 

about the dozens of performances 

of this piece. lt has apparently 

struck a sympathetic chord with 

audiences and perfonners in North 

America and Western Europe. The 

upcoming local performances (it's 

also being performed in Hamilton) 

will be only the second North 

American performance of the 

work, also scheduled to be performed 

at Carnegie Hall in June. 

It strikes me that there is a stark 

contrast between Karl Jenkins' musical 

response to the horrors of war 

and our own perennial musical celebration 

of the Christmas story. 

Consider the elements of this story: 

the mysterious conception of a 

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John E. Govedas, Accompanist 

Guest Artist: Julie Ranti, flute 

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helpless baby who is also a king. 

the birth in a ''rude and lowly'' stable 

in Bethlehem (the '·city of David). 

the surrounding shepherds, 

animals, angels and a particularly 

bright star, and finally the appearam:e 

of rich and powerful kings 

who bow down and shower the infant 

with lavish gifts. All the attendant 

themes of the story resonate 

with heart-breaking clarity: the 

possibilities for change. the "hopes 

and dreams of all the years", the 

raising up of the meek and the triumph 

of peace and love. 

There are all rhe other elements, 

of course. which quickly colour rhe 

story with biuer irony: Herod's 

slaughter of all new born babies in 

the area in a desperate a11empt to 

retain his power. the eventuai murder, 

33 years later, of this "Prince 

of Peace" and the-subsequent reading 

and gross mis-reading of the 

meaning of the whole thing by religious 

leaders over 1he pas1 two 

millennia. (I'm reminded of Max 

von Sydow·s line in Woody Allen's 

Hannah and Her Sisters: "if Chris! 

came back 1oday and saw all 1he 

1hings being done in his name he 

wouldn't stop throwing up".) 

This is all to say tat I have intense 

admiration for 1he efforts and 

plans and elaborale events that will 

iake place over the next few weeks. 

Dozens of concerts and all those 

familiar carols and Christmas 

works. As we sing and lis1en 10 

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RIVERDALE YOUTH nNGER5 

IS LOOKING FOR A NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 

J{iverdale Youth Singers has been a thriving community choir 

since its inception five years ago. We are currently looking for 

someone to lead the RYS Youth division (ages 10-18) and. to 

provide an overall artistic vision for our choral organization. 

Requirements for this position include a strong background in 

choral direction and o thorough knowledge of choral repertoire. 

We ore looking for someone who enjoys working with children 

as well as someone willing to be a part of a strong board of 

community volunteers. 

Deadline for applying: January 15, 2005. 

For more information about RYS. contact Charis Cotter at 

416-461-8142 or charisc@sympotico.ca. 

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h A Community of Faith 

and minds? I truly hope it's more 

than a warm and fuzz.y notion that 

will disappear with the echo of the 

final notes ... 

The tradition of the Nine Lessons 

and Carols (being repeated 

·many cimes at churches across the 

city in December) is that one lone 

young voice begin the service from 

the back of a dark church with the 

familiar simple line ''once in Royal 

David's cicy ... ", beginning, as 

any story would, with the setting 

of a scene. It's funny and strange 

how such a simple. single musical 

line has the potential to fill one with 

happiness and sadness, joy and 

tragedy. hope and foreboding. 

It's a powerful tradition. I hope 

that this Christmas and the coming 

year may bring rrue peace and joy 

and hope to us all, individually and 

in our disparate communities in this 

great city. Thank goodness we can 

sing together. it's hard to imagine 

a world without music. 

Christmas in the Community 

Offsetting cynicism about the crass commercialism of Christmas is the 

indomitable spirit of community chat the celebration engenders. The 

listings this month are filled with special choral events. These are all 

BIG occasions from dedicated organizations, many of whom can't at 

ford a wide-ranging publicity campaign. So. though there are wonderful 

offerings from our stellar groups - Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, 

Tafelmusik, Elmer Jseler Singers. Exultate Chamber Singers, Toront0 

·Children's Chorus - there are also some intriguing concerts featuring 

groups of which we don't hear enough. 

Spiritual community seeks song leader (guitarist/pianist) 

to provide musical leadership for weekly gathering of 

20-30 persons on Sundays ( l 0:30 a.m.- I 2:30 p.m. 

approximately). Queen Street East location (just east of 

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• And much more ... 

All ages. All levels. For everyone. 

In January, The RCM in Toronto is moving to: 

90 Croatia Street, near Bloor & Duffcrin 

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For example, the Scarborough 

Choral Society has a celebratory 

event on December 4 in Markham. 

That same night, the East York 

Choir gives a multi-cultural concert 

in Leaside, and the next afternoon, 

the Penthelia Singers offer 

a really interesting program entitled 

Songs of Peace and Joy. 

The listings of the December 11- 

13 weekend include fascinating 

"happenings" from the Rainbow 

Voices of Toronto, the Counterpoint 

Chorale, Echo Women's 

AUDITIONS 

for the 

2004-2005 season 

The Laehan Jewish 

Chamber Choir announces 

auditions for all voice parts. 

We are looking for qualified 

singers who can read music 

proficiently and commit to 

all rehearsals and concert 

dates. 

Lachan is a 30-voice choir, 

committed to the highest 

level of artistry and to the 

accessible and passionate 

performance of all kinds of 

music that comes out of the 

Jewish culture. 

Please contact Laurence 

Jacobs at 4 I 6 630-1259 

for more infonnation and 

audition appointm7nts. 

Choir and the Riverdale Youth 

Singers. 

Forte, the Toronto Men's Chorus 

wins the "best concert title" 

award ("Don We Now Our Gay 

Apparel") for its Christmas event 

on December 17 and tbe Upper 

Canada Children's Chorus invades 

the Weston Recital Hall on 

December 19 to raise the roof. 

While this selection just scratches 

the surface, it gives you an idea of 

lhe cross-section of concerts on tap 

this month and the positive, energetic 

effon going into music-making 

across the city from people of 

all ages and walks of life. Merry 

Christmas everyone, and let's make 

2005 a year full of lusty singing! · 

- Larry Beckwith 

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WoRLD View 

by Karen Ages 

A \\'Hll,: AGO I was handed one of 

the new twenry dollar bills. On 

examining this more colourful ver- 

sion. with its new ami-coumerfeit 

1.:omponents, holographic strip. 

Gamelan fans can hear the corn- ltal ian-Jewish composer (c. 1565- 

munity ensemble Gamelan Gong 1628) was employed by the ducal 

Sabrang, which specializes in the court in Mantua. The concert feacourtly 

music of Central Java. in tures his Songs of Solomon and 

a fundraising concert December 2 other sacred and secular works. 

' at the Indonesian Consulate. Fea- Arabic-Canadian singer 

tured is guest dancer !ta Dewi Le- 

stari; part of the funds are in sup- 

port of the group's sister ensem- 

Maryem Tollar launches her CD 

"Book of Life" (see CD. review, 

this issue) December 18 at Glenn 

ble. an all-women neighbourhood Gould Srudio. Guests include Rougroup 

in Solo. Central Java. De- la Said and her belly-dance troup 

cember 7, the York University The Rouleues. Not a hworld mu 

Gamelan Ensemble. lead by lman sic" concert but still on a Middle 

Murtadza, will also present a pro- 

gram of Javanese classical dance and 

Peter Skoggard presents his oratraditional 

music. in Winters Senior 

Common Room. They will perfonn 

again on February 4. 

Eastern theme. Elora composer 

torio Bayt Lahm, •·a story of trag 

edy and hope in contemporal'y 

'Bethlehem··. December 28 (with 

Four concerts with African possible repeat on the 29th) at the 

themes: December 4, U of T's ,Rive r Run Centre in Guelph. 

Faculty of Music presents Based on the Palestinian-Israeli 

"Christmas Gahu", with the Mac- contlkt. the work is inspired by 

Mill an Singers. Nathaniel Deu the poetry of Arab women and oth 

Chorale and Ghanaian master ers and the words of an Israeli 

drummer Kwasi Dunyo in an Afro- woman who lost her daughter to a 

centric program of singing, danc- suicide bombing. This challenging 

ing and drumming. The Gemini modern score is realized by eight 

award-winning Nathaniel Dett vocal soloists. members of the 

Chorale. recently back from tour- Guelph Youth Singers and an ining 

BC and performing at Poly- 

follia 2004. an international cho- 

strumental ensemble. 

New Chinese music is presentral 

showcase in France, also per- ed by NUMUS Concerts, Januform 

December 15 & 17, a pro- ary 13 in Waterloo. Performers 

gram titled "An Indigo include the Penderecki String 

Christmas ... De Mornin' Come". 

They explore the rhythms of the 

Caribbean with guests the Signal 

Hill Alumni Choir from Tobago, 

at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. 

Quartet, Pentaedre Wind Quintet 

and others. February 6, the Ca 

nadian Music Centre presents 

Chinese Music - Old and New, 

with George Gao, erhu, and a tra 

The contemporary Ensemble ditional Chinese music ensemble 

Noir. (see interview wirh leader al the ROM. 

Miscellaneous: December 3, 

Small World Music presents vocalist 

Sima Bina & Dasran Ensemble 

in the folk and classical music 

Bongani Ndodana in last month's of Iran (Toronto Centre for the 

issue) opens its 2005 season Janu 

Arts). December 6. U of T's Faculty 

ary 22 at the Winchester Theatre 

of Music holds its end-of-term 

with works by African composer World Music Ensembles concert 

Kevin Volans and others. January in the lobby of the Edward Johnson 

building. December 14. On 

and more aged Elizabeth, I noticed 28, Lakeshore Arts presents 

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A sonic explosion of music by African 

composer Kevin Volans, set against the 

avant-garde music of his teacher 

Karlheinz Stockhausen. Africa meets 

European avant-garde meets Asia. 

2. AFRICAN ALCHEMIES 

Mar 20, 2005 - 7:30 PM 

Winchester Theatre, 80 Winchester St. 

Ensemble Noir presents African 

composer Martin Scherzinger with his 

Rochester-based ensemble for an 

exciting evening of music from Africa 

including transcriptions of mbira music 

{Zimbabwean thumb piano). World 

premieres of new piano trios and string 

*' music by Kevin Volans, Martin 

Scherzinger and Bongani Ndodana. 

3. EASTERN REVIVAL 

May 8, 2005 - 7:30 PM 

Winchester Theatre 

Music by Patricia Morehead, Ruth 

Lomon, Keiko Abe, Yi Liding. 

Evocative music with inspiration from 

China anq. Japan, spiced up with Native 

American influences. 

4. THE ORPHAN BOY 

Co-produced with dancelmmersion 

Choreography: Vivine Scarlet & 

Germaul Barnes 

Ndodana 

Music: Bongani 

May 26 - 28; 8PM Artword Theatre, 

75 Portland St. 

An African Masai tale of transformation 

told through music and dance. 

!Programs rnay change) 

SOME THING New 

Jason van Eyk 

A COMMENT MADE by a Canadian 

composer during a panel event at 

Ergo ProjeclS' recent Canadian - 

Lithuanian composer exchange is 

still resonating with me. Her comment 

was, and I paraphrase here 

from my own memory, that the great 

advantage of being a composer living 

in the Western world, and in such 1 

a multicultural coumry as Canada. 

is the freedom to compose how she 

chooses. 

By this, she meant that she is free 

Lo use whaLever techniques, tools, 

and materials she likes and craft 

them, guided by her artistic vision, 

into music. This remark stood in 

contrast lO the range of compositionaJ 

practices in the predominantly 

mono-cultural Lithuania, and the 

impact lhat a history of occupation 

and Socialist rule has had on the artistic 

development lhere. 

Perhaps, in part, her statement 

also explains why it is has become 

increasingly difficult to classify anything 

such as a comemporary Canadian 

school of composition. While 

the development of a Canadian 

sound" in new music can increasingly 

be identified by location (for 

example, a Victoria sound), the 

overarching description would be 

one of a plurality of "sounds", expressed 

both within compositional 

works and between compositions 

themselves. The one constant principle 

is that of diversity and plurality, 

achieved through freedom. To 

r.onto's December concert line-up offers 

clear examples of this principle. 

ff compositional freedom is an aspirational 

goal in new music, then 

my guess is chat improvised composition 

is one summit of that aspiration. 

Two Toronto concerts 

give us the chance to discover for 

our own ears if this is true. 

On December 3rd at the Music 

Gallery and December 5th at the 

Montreal Bistro, Earshot Concerts 

presents a full evening of 

Michael Hynes' Believe Everything 

You Hear. This suite of eighteen 

structured improvisations draws on 

a diversity of influences ranging 

from James Joyce to Frank Zappa. 

and melds the worlds of rock, 

jazz and avant-garde music. Hynes 

himself will join the Earshot Ensemble, 

the Motion Ensemble from 

New Brunswick, and several other 

guest musicians to perform what is 

Michael Hynes 

Jn between, on December 4th, Arraymusic 

and the Music Gallery 

will co-present shorter works under 

the title of The Composer/Improviser. 

This world-premiere heavy concert 

showcases some of the compositional 

talent hiding within the Arraymusic 

Ensemble, with two new 

works by Robert Stevenson and 

Stephen Clarke. Arraymusic will be 

joined by one of Canada· s most spectacular 

improvisers, composers, and 

perforn1ers, Montreal-based clarinetist 

Lori Freedman, in a world premiere 

of her own creation. Also on 

the programme are works by young 

Guelph-based composer Cam 

McKittrick and John Abram. More 

details: www .arraymusic.com. 

On December 7th, again at the 

Music Gallery, Continuum explores 

the question of musical diversity at 

the concert level, performing new 

and existing works by young and 

established composers from both at 

home and abroad. The concert, appropriately 

titled Conversely, explores 

various musical ideas and 

their flip-sides. Dynamic work is 

contrasted against static, energetic 

against calm, and similar musical 

ideas are explored in pairs of pieces 

that present different solutions. Established 

Canadian composer Allison 

Cameron (who has just announced 

her departure as the Artistic 

Director of Arraymusic) offers a 

new work alongside two young composers: 

Edmonton-based Siaw Kin 

Lee and Argentine-born, Torontobased 

Diego Soifer. Pairs of pieces 

by Irish composer Gerald Barry. 

who has been called "one of the most 

inventive and relentlessly inquiring 

composers of our current generation", 

and British composer Laurence 

Crane, contrast against each 

other while demonstrating the subtle 

inner diversity of exploring the 

described as "darkly beautiful music". 

same musical ideas in their pair of 

separate works. For more detail, 

More details are available at 

contact Continuum at416-924-4945. 

www. earshotconcerts. ea 

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Finally, on December 12th, Tim 

Brady's Bradyworks ensemble offers 

us a concert of Irish, British and 

Canadian work, including a new 

composition by Halifax-based Jerome 

Blais. This concert is presented 

as part of the Music Gallery's 

Composer NOW: On Tour series. 

The Bradyworks ensemble was originally 

created to perform Brady's 

compositions. which brings to the 

forefront this concept of Canadian 

compositional diversity by mixing 

together contemporary chamber 

music, jazz, rock and electroacoustics. 

The group ·s unique sound combines 

electric guitar and saxophone 

with traditional chamber music forces 

and live electronics, drawing on 

diverse performance traditions. For 

more: www.timbrady.ca. 

Looking ahead ro the start of the 

New Year, many concerts seem to 

address the issue raised in this column 

in November. (I enquired why 

the Toronto new music community 

was not rellecting a broader array 

of non-European contemporary music.) 

Either the question was timely 

or premature, as in January we will 

have the chance to S(!e and hear combinations 

of new music eicher originating 

from or inspired by Africa. 

China, and Japan. 

On January 9th, at the Glenn 

Gould Studio, New Music Conce.rts 

presents Canadian premieres of work 

by Japanese composers Toshio 

Hosokawa and Kazuhiko Suzuki,' 

with guest sho vircuoso Mayumi 

Miyata. This concert will also offer 

the audience the chance to hear traditional 

Japanese Gagaku selections 

for solo sho, a tTaditional Japanese 

wood flute. For more details, visit 

www.newmusicconcens.com. 

Starting on January 13th, NU 

MUS, che Penderecki String Quartet. 

Wilfrid Laurier University and 

the Pentaedre Wind Quintet join 

forces to presem a Chinese New 

Music Fescival. The spark of inspiration 

for this collaboration originated 

with Chinese Canadian composer 

Alice Ho. ·who put Jeremy Bell 

(in his dual role as Artistic Director 

ofNUMUS and violinist in the Penderecki 

Quartet) in touch with the 

Hong Kong Composers Guild. This 

contact precipitated a variety of activity, 

including a NU MUS commission 

from Chinese composer Law 

Wing-fai. and a three week tour of 

China by the Penderecki Quartet. 

The overall results have culminated 

in this Festival. which {>tarts on January 

!3th at Wilfrid Laurier University. 

There will be opportunities 

CONflNUES NEXT PACE 

Sunday .January 9 I Spm • Glenn Gould Studio 

Japanese Sh(> l'trtU(-;o 

Mayumi Miyata 

with Robert Aft.ken, flute, Joseph Macerollo, 

acL'Ordion, and rhe Accordes srring quam.:1 

Gagaku selections and music by 

Hosokawa*, Suzuk1• & Cage• 

Sat I Sun .January 22 I 23 I Spm • The Music Gallery 

Three Cities in the Life of 

Dr. Norman Bethune 

a d1arnber npera b\• Tun Brady featuring 

Bradyworks with Michael Donovan. l>aritone. 

With solo eleccric guitar "'ork:- b)' •Brady, 

•Bartley, •Schafer and •Lussier 

Monday February 28 I Spm • Glenn Gould Studio 

Milestones 

Patricia Green, mezzo-'iol)r:;no 

Robert Aitken, solo flute :md mill ucmr 

New Music Concerts Ensemble 

Landmark scort>s b)' •Garant, 

+Morel, •Aitken, •Mather 

and •Trernblay 

Friday April 1 I •• 7pm •• • Glenn Gould Studio 

An E'Vening with Heinz Holliger 

In conjuction with the Facultv of Music, 

NMC presents the Michael :1nsition ·Jt the 

University of Toronto. Works ))' Holliger* 

;ind Ca.rter featuring Patricia Green, 

rhe NMC Ensemble and U of T 

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Wiid, Wired West 

Keith Hamel curates a rnn(en of chamber music 

with compute rs. NMC Ensemble I Robert Aitken 

Joseph Petric, accordion, Max Christie, dariner 

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a Chim:se pipa soloist, pertormances 

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traditional Chinese instruments, a 

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on "East meers West", and a final 

concert of works by Canadian 

composers Alice Ho and Chan Ka 

Nin alongside several works by Law 

Wing-fai. The concen portion of the 

lt:stival then travels to Toronto January 

L4th at the Music Gallery and 

then Montreal. For details, visit 

www. mus1cgallery .org. 

(It should also be noted that the 

Pcnderecki arc soon off to Turin, 

luily to pt:rlorm two concerts that 

include works by Canadian composers 

Peter Hatch, Alice Ho and John 

Oswald. Before they head overseas, 

they will test some of their Italian 

repertoire on Canadian audiences, 

namely Giacinto Scelsi's Quarte1 No. 

4. This performance takes place on 

January 8th at the Music Gallery, as 

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· November 

ereckis appellr in place of the Madawaska 

Quartet, who were to perform 

Scelsi's Quartet No. 3. 

On January 22nd, Ensemble Noir 

will launch their 2004/2005 Sonic 

Revival concert series at the Winchester 

Theatre. The opening concert, 

titled "Contact". features the 

work of Alice Ho and African composer 

Kevin Volans. as well as pieces 

by Volans' teacher, European 

avant-garde pioneer Karlheinz 

Stockhausen. This programme 

promises the sort of cross-cultural 

intersections that the Toronto new 

music scene could create as its hallmark. 

where Africa meets Europe 

meets Asia. For more details visit 

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Coalition of New Music Presenters 

by Keith De1111i11g 

DECEMBER 1s A VERY busy time for musicians in Toronto. A number or 

years back I was ai a friend's pany in December, and he was gening 

alarmed because it was geuing late and very few people had arrived. All 

at once, a large number of well-dressed n1usicians arrived. They had all 

been involved in one or another of the legion performances of Handel's 

Messiah rhat happen in the holiday season! 

Now I love Handel's Messiah, but my ears. like yours, I hope, crave 

something a bit more challenging from time to time. So, in this edition 

of the roundup, may I humbly submit .... 

Earshot Concrts embarks on its exciting new project around the end 

of tfle month, which is a presentation and recording of Michael Hynes' 

improvised suite ''Believe Everything You Hear." After two performances 

in Quebec in late November, Hynes and the Earshot Ensemble. 

joined by members of New Brunswick's Mocion Ensemble and others ' 

will perform and record Hynes work for release in 2005. Toronto 

performances are at the Music Gallery, 197 John St.. on Friday, 

December 3 at 8:00, with a pre-concert talk ar 7: 15. A second concert 

takes place at the Montreal Bistro, 65 Sherbourne St., on Sunday, 

December 5 ac 7:00. 

Right in between thes.e shows is Arraymusic's concert "The 

Composer Improviser". Arraymusic, with special guest clarinetisc Lori 

Freedman, will perform new works by Freedman, Robert W. 

Stevenson, Stephen Clarke, Cam McKittrick and John Abram. This 

concert takes place at the Music Gallery on Saturday, December 4, at 8:00. 

On December 9th, the U of T Percussion Ensemble performs a 

concerc at the Music Gallery featuring works by Kagel. Rick Sacks, 

Payton MacDonald, Eric Richards, and American master Lou Harrison. 

Now, most new music groups do not presenc concens in the few 

weeks surrounding Christmas. The year-end parties, the last-minute 

shopping, eighteen performances of Handel's Messiah, the endless 

rivers of eggnog, the sleep-inducing turkey, it's all too much! But, 

refreshed and revitalized, and resolved to pur yourself more in the 

cultural forefront in 2005, you march forward into a new year ... 

January is a busy month for New Music Concerts. At the Glenn 

Gould Studio on Sunday January 9th, NMC presents Japanese sho 

virtuoso Mayumi Miyata premiering works by Toshio Hosokawa, 

Kazuhiko Suzuki and John Cage. (The sho, for those of you who don't 

kn.ow, is one of a number of traditional Japanese flutes.) Ms. Miyata 

will be joined on stage by Robert Aitken, accordionist Joseph Macerollo 

and the Accordes string quartet. 

Later in the month, NMC presents Tim Brady's chamber opera 

"Three Cities in the Life of Norman Bethune" featuring baritone 

Michael Donovan and the Bradyworks Ensemble. The concert is 

rounded out with Tim Brady performing solo works for electric guitar 

by himself, Wende Bartley, R. Murray Schafer and Rene Lussier. Two 

performances of this chamber opera will be held at the Music Gallecy on 

Saturday and Sunday, January 22 and 23. Both performances start at 8:00. 

On January 14th, NUMUS presents the NUMUS Chinese Festival t 

the Music Gallery, featuring works by Chinese and Chinese-Canadian 

composers including Alice Ho, Richard Tsang, Xiagang Ye and Erhai 

Liang. 'fhe program will be performed by the Pentaedre Wind Quintet, 

the Penderecki String Quartet and others. 

On January 18th. Soundstrearns Canada presents Gravity and 

Grace, with Amici Chamber Ensemble and others performing a 

program of works by Canadian composer Allan Gordon Bell and 

Estonian composer Erk.Id-Sven Tuur. The concert is at 8:00, and is 

preceded at 7:00 by the Young Anist Overture. The Young Artist 

Overture series is a terrific initiative from Soundstreams in which young 

musicians and composers have the opportunity to perform repertoire in 

a concert before the 'main event'. Gravity and Grace takes place at the 

Glenn Gould Studio. 

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A T I T • Q • 0 " • • T II I M A R T Y R 

THE COMPOSER NOW: 

ON TOUR SERIES 

sat 12/11 morris palter 

sun 12/12 bradyworks 

BOTH@ 8PM, $15/$10/$5 EACH 

In December, The Music Gallery presents two 

exciting back-to-back concerts as part of our 

ON TOUR series, designed to bnng Canadian 

new music to a national audience. 

Former Torontonian Morris Palter is known to 

some as the drummer for the rock group Treble 

Charger. Others might have heard him as a 

member of the percussion group Redf1sh 

Bluefish, or as an acclaimed contemporciry solo 

percussionist While this concert will be about 

contemporary percussion, it will also have a 

rock/ragtime bent. Included in this program are 

commissioned works Broken Drum by Matthew 

Burtner and a newly commissioned piece by 

Canadian composer Scott Wilson, plus ?Corporal 

by Vinko Globokar (a wo!Y. performed on one's 

own bO

COMPOSER TO Composer 

Ajier a 1111111ber of years 

away, composer James Harlev 

has retumed 10 Canada 

10 teach at the University of 

G11elph. He brings with him 

a wealth of experience and 

in1eres1, including m(lny engaging 

pieces, and a .1ew 

book 011 the music of lannis 

Xe11akis (Row/edge - 

www.rowledge-ny.com). 

His piece Ponrai1. for solo 

jlwe. can be heard 011 December 

Jrd at the River Run 

Centre, Guelph, and his music 

is also featured on a February 

Jrd Noon Concert Series 

James Harley 

evem aJ the School of Fine Art a11d 

Mmic, Guelp/1. At the latter concert. 

listeners will hear Voyage, 

Chaotika, and the 8-chaimel audio 

a11d video version of his recem 

piece Wild Fmits. 

STEENHUlSEN: Your book 

Xenakis: His Life in Music was published 

in J1111e 2004. W1ry did you feel 

it was necessary to add w the body 

ofwoi* 011 this imporuuu composer? 

HARLEY: I didn'1think 1here 

was a grea1 deal of work about 

him. There are cenainly some 

wriuen publications by him, but he 

barely talks about his music in specific 

terms. and he pretcy much 

gave up 1alking abou1 ii a1 all af1er 

1969. There also wasn't anything 

out there that gave you a chronological 

overview of what he'd 

dont: from start to end - a guided 

tour through his music and some 

reforence to the ideas and techniques. 

It came ou1 of waming to 

understand more of his music be1- 

1er. panicularly as a 101 of his 

work 1s never performed in Nonh 

America. 

STEENH 

l'ffRRVlEWED BY PAUL STEEMIUlSEN 

ISEN: W11y do you 

think it's rarelv played here? 

HARLEY: 

Tha1's a good question, 

because anybody who's 

heard his orchestral music live 

knows that il's incredible music, 

and somt: of 11 is not ou1 of the 

realm of being pt;rformable in the 

usual amount of available rehearsal 

umc. Xt:nak1s' music isn'1 really 

on 1hc radar in Nonh America in 

the \amt: way 1ha1 other European 

compoSt:r arc, like Magnus Lindberl!. 

or Harrison Binwis1le. The 

nun;bcr of Nonh Amt:rican orchestral 

performances of Xenakis' 

music in the past fifty years could 

probably be coumed on your digits. 

It's a shame, because we have 

good orchestras over here. 

STEENHU1SEN: Did you cons11/J 

directly with him for your book? 

HARLEY: At times, yes, bu1 

he's never been really imerested in 

talking abou1 his music, although 

there was the Conversations with 

lannis Xenakis with Andras Balim 

Varga (Faber, 1996). In the period 

that I knew him, he was really 

more interested in wha1 he was doing 

righ1 then, and less imeres1ed 

in dredging up details from decades 

earlier. He was most helpful 

gathering the materials though. It 

is no small task tracking down all 

those recordings and scores. He 

also let me make copies of sketch 

ma1erials. But to go in and say 

"Whal did you do in bar six in tha1 

piece from 1962?" was not something 

you could do with him at all. 

When I was working on the book, 

he was preuy much at the end of 

his abili1y to be communicative. 

The las1 lime I remember having a 

long conversaiion with him was with 

his wite, Francoise, in 1996. II was 

easier for him 10 remember things 

when she was there to help him. 

STEENHUlSEN: Why wasn't lie 

imerested in discussing //is older 

pieces? 

HARLEY: Well. he wanted 10 

look forward. He wasn'1 interested 

in dealing with things he'd already 

done. I remember going 

down 10 Pi1LSburgh in 1996 10 hear 

one of his rare orches1ral performances. 

Somebody was imerviewing 

him onstage beforehand, and 

he literally wanted 10 talk abou1 the 

piece he had jus1 written thac 

hadn't yet been performed. Something 

new he was enthusiastic 

abou1. Bui 1he imerviewer kepi 

trying 10 take him back to srudying 

with Milhaud in 1949, e1c. It was 

such a shame. because he so rarely 

talked publicly abou1 what he was 

doing. 

STEENHUTSEN: 

You heard a 

performance of Dammerschein 

there? 

HARLEY: Yes. It was grea1 to 

hear live. The music really 

doesn't come across the same way 

in the recording a1 all. It was incredibly 

imense, with iLS 40-note 

clus1ers and so fonh. There's 

nothing really shocking about any 

of i1, bu1 when you hear i1 acous1ically, 

the volume of sound and rhe 

way it 1ravels around the orches1ra 

is much more spatial and threedimensional. 

STEENH UISEN: I wish someone 

in this cowury would perfonn it. 

HARLEY: Exactly. Orchestras 

in Canada tend to do their obligatory 

amoum of Canadian music, 

bu1 rarely anything else. When an 

orches1ral score you or I write is 

performed, it's always in a contex1 

of dead European music. 

STEENHUTSEN: Tell me abow 

Xenakis' UPIC system, and what 

it's like lO work with. 

HARLEY: II was a computer for 

creating sound, where the interface 

was a large electromagnetic drawing 

board and an electromagnetic 

pen. You designed your notes and 

your 1imbral waveforms. There 

was a little 1echnique to i1, but no 

programming. In the mid-eighties, 

tha1 was a unique way of 

working. It wasn't a good system 

for doing traditional music. A 1radi1ional 

no1e was represented by a 

horizontal graphic line, but you 

could also draw lines chat weren't 

horizontal, and the computer 

would 1ransla1e your design onto 

wha1ever frequency map you se1 

up. For Xenakis, who was into 

glissandi, he could just draw them 

and they would be realized by the 

compu1er. I did 1wo pieces there - 

Voyage (tape), and Per Forame11 

Acus Transire (Oute and tape). II 

was a real luxury, because I had 

open access to 1he machine. The 

UPIC is really easy to use, bu1 ii 

takes a long 1ime 10 do some1hmg 

tha1 doesn't sound like everybody 

else's UPIC music. I learned a lot 

1here. Some of the ideas in my 

acous1ic music tied into it as well. 

I was trying 10 graphically control 

1ex1urt:s tha1 were generated using 

serial procedures. h overlapped 

wi1h the idea of designing textures 

graphically. 

STEENHUISEN: Wha1 role does 

chaos and chaos 1heory play i11 

your music? 

HARLEY: II came ou1 of those 

years in Paris immersing myself in 

Xenakis' whole approach to music. 

I was working through prototypically 

algorithmic compositional 

procedures, but I wasn't programming 

any computers. I was involved 

wi1h serial procedures and 

sieve 1echniques, and then read an 

anicle abou1 "srrange aurac1ors - 

non-linear chaotic functions. II 

wasn'1 in reference 10 music. but I 

wondered abou1 how it might apply. 

I managed to get my li1tle 

programmable calcula1or to run 

ont: of 1hcse reiterative chao1ic 

func1ions. It just produced numbers, 

but when I looked a1 it, I realized 

that the kind of repeti1ion 

and varia1ion of numerical pauerns 

seemed similar 10 musical patterns 

ofrcpe1ition and variation. You'd 

get a series of numbers, a pauem 

coming back, but one of the numbers 

was different, or one was 

added on, 1hen it would be like the 

original again, and so fonh. 

I thought abou1 how it could be 

applied to music, and I quickly realizt:d 

that ii could be useful 10 ge1 

it off 1he calculator and omo a 

computer, where you could have a 

printou1. Al that time I was living 

in Warsaw, and I worked on the 

procedure with a composer friend 

of mine. We generated some values 

tha1 I yould work with and apply 

10 a composilional procedure. 

I then moved co Momreal and 

worked on it more imensively al 

McGill, developing composi1ional 

algorithms using a chaotic genera- 

1or as 1he basis, and then figuring 

ou1 ways to map those values in 

ways 1hat would be useful to me as 

a composer. 

STEENHUISEN: What is an example 

of a piece in which you employed 

a process like 1hat? 

HARLEY: Piano (1989) is one of 

my first pieces to be written using 

a chao1ic algorithm. For each section 

of the piece. a fixed set of 

pi1ches is determined in advance; 

lhe algori1hm draws upon that se1 

10 create an ordering, and another 

procedure de1ermines the 1emporal 

organization of this succession of 

pi1chcs. On another level, the algori1hm 

was also used to determine 

1he 1empo of the section and 

1he resolution of the 1emporal grid 

(for example, eighth notes ). 

There's more to it, but in this 

case. the unfolding of a quite re 

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stricted set of notes, in essentially 

a monophonic texture, makes it 

easy to hear how the chaotic process 

unfolds, with repetitions of 

notes and phrases, variations, temporary 

closed-loops where a threenote 

phrase is repeated a number 

of times before moving on, etc. 

STEENHUISEN: One conception 

of algorithmic music is that it 

is amusical - that it doesn't 

breathe, and isn't organic. How 

would }'Oll respofld to that criticism? 

order to put one note after another. 

h's never utterly incuitive. Therefore, 

there are rules, which means 

MOST OF TIIE l\f\JSIC I'VE WRITTF.. is pan of it. 

to help me think' I THINK TllAT ' S A GOOD TillNC. 

But in order to get to that point, 

you need a certain level of techni- 

cal facility in order to translate the 

HARLEY: I'm willing to argue 

ideas into computer instructions. 

that all music is algorithmic. 

STEENHUISEN: Meaning? 

STEENHlJISEN: I've heard it 

said that you reinvem yourself with 

HARLEY: Well, what do we every piece. Do you agree? Is 

mean by algorithmic'? Everybody that a goal. or a consequence of 

composes following rules of some how you write? 

kind. Some people work in a 

HARLEY: I guess I would agree 

more subconscious way, but they 

with that, 10 an extent. It's not 

nonetheless follow some rule in 

something I consciously try to do, 

but I do think of music as asking 

scribes the rules. The question. 

then, is 'How algorithmic is it?' 

rithm to run. Xenakis did that 

back in 1962 with the ST algo- 

rilhm and series of pieces. Thai's 

that just rolls out. but I love sound 

and I love the adventure of workone 

ex1reme. I've written music 

that is more along those lines, but 

I'm not scientilic in that sense. 

And that's no1 what I consider a 

definition of algorithmic music to 

be. necessarily. 

Being able 10 use algorithms to 

produce material that you then 

may work with. in a more interac- 

there can be an algorithm that de- 

questions. Wondering about 

something in music... kCan it be 

done? What woul9 it be like to do 

this'?" If it's something I've already 

done, then it's less interest 

There are, of course. examples of 

music that are completely algorithmic. 

where you program some- 

thing and you push the button and 

ing to me. There are composers 

who try 10 cultivate a consistent 

the music comes oul, and the ex- 

style, and that's nOl a concern to 

me. It comes out of wanting to 

explore with a piece, rather than 

do something 1hat I already know 

tent of your involvement is sening 

up the parameters tor the algohow 

to do. 1 don't feel like I have 

any innate Mozartian musical gift 

ing with it. 

STEENHUlSEN: In his article 

on you, Marc Couroux tried to a/- 

tribute the non-linearity of your 

work and W011dering creative per- 

sonaliry to a Canadian idemity. I'd 

like to know your thoughts about 

Canadian idemiry in music. 

tive or intuitive way, is probably HARLEY: I haven't perhaps 

where I'm at now. I don't have thought abou1 it as much as he has, 

any difficulty calling that algorith- bu1 when I lived in Europe, I cermic 

music either. The criticism is tainly was aware that I was not 

that something generated by a European. There were people 

process can be inflexible, I guess. who told me my music sounded 

but you could say that about John North American, and I wasn't ever 

Cage. too. I would argue that his sure about that. But I did write a 

music may be 1he most algorith- few pieces, such as Memories of a 

mic. He setS up rules and follows landscape, in order to become 

them, and the music is lhe out- more aware of where my aesthetic 

come. There are many ways of sensibility came from. Of course 

thinking about it. Can you build that's a big question. which comes 

flexibility into it, and "breathing", not just from the country you grew 

or phrasing, give-and-take, or up in, or the place you lived. 

what you may call "musical" val- When I was away from Canada 

ues? I think you can. Most of the and was thinking about it, I realrnusic 

I've written over the last 15 ized that ii wasn't so much Canayears 

is algorithmic, but in many of da, as my specific environment in 

my pieces, you would never guess 

it. I think that's a good thing. 

It's really interesting to work in 

growing up overlooking a lake, 

looking down the valley to the gla- 

ciers. I'm sure that is much more 

that realm. It involves thinking 

DECEMBER 1 2004 ·FEBRUARY 7 2005 

about what music is. When you important than some abstract sense en, even in the new music world. 

have to create rules, processes and of country. But at the same time, There's not very much support 

procedures, and figure out a way those elements do factor in. The from arts councils, and there are 

to program them so that you can fact that I am from Canada means all fewer situations where ensembles 

work with them, you have to think kinds of things. including the whole program pieces because they find 

very deeply 

geography that them interesting musically. Rather, 

they program a piece because 

about what 

OVER 1liE LAST 15 YEARS IS ALCOyou're 

doing. 

The great nonh, the person who wrote it is politically 

important. or has an institu 

RITHMIC, BUT IN MA1"Y OF MY PIECES, 

These are tools 

and having 

YOU WOULO NEVER CUF.SS IT. 

grown up in the tional connection. That was my 

and explore. -----' west, where civ- sense of things when I lived as a 

the interior of British Columbia, 

ilization was new, but there were 

people living there before - native 

traditions and cultures that are part 

of what I grew up with. And the 

French/Quebec element, which I 

grew up studying. It was part of 

who I was, especially since I lived 

in Paris for twO years, then Montreal 

for eight years. It's a complex network 

of things, and it's not the same 

tor everybody. I've also spent a 

lot of time living in the U.S. and 

I'm surely not American. Without 

being blatantly political, I'm 

thankful for that. I didn't have 

any problem living there, but it 

wasn't part of my idencity. 

STEENHUISEN: As a composer, 

what's it like to be back in Canada? 

HARLEY: 

I'm quite happy 

about it. In terms of looking for 

opportunities, there are more for 

me in Canada. As a composer, I 

have a lot more connections in 

Canada. My work as a composer 

is all about relationships with musicians 

and organizations. My last 

two larger ensemble pieces were 

written for the Montreal group Kappa. 

Bien serre is one of those - 

20 minutes of dense, complicated 

music for big band. They re 

hearsed every week for five months 

before they did it. That's about a 

relationship between me, the group, 

and the music. I'm much more 

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interested in that than the glory of 

having an orchestra play a piece 

that they've barely rehearsed. I 

love the orchestra, and I wish that 

we could all hear this music live, 

so we could believe in it more. 

Like we were talking about with 

Xenakis -when you hear new orchestral 

music live, acoustically, 

it's really amazing. I'd never 

want to give that up, but in terms 

of what I find most fulfilling as a 

composer these days. it's the interaction 

with the other people who 

are pan of the process. Being able 

to be there. to provide feedback, 

and make adjustments, is something 

I find quite rewarding. I had 

a longer time to establish those 

musical relationships in Canada. 

As a general comment, my impression 

of the United States is 

that it's much more product-driv- 

freelancer in Los Angeles - if you 

don't have anything co offer except 

your music you don't have a 

chance in hell of people playing it. 

The music is not programmed because 

it's good, it's programmed 

because it's useful. I know there 

are exceptions to that, but the scenario 

I describe is alien to wha1 

I'm interested in as a composer. 

I'm quite willing to earn my living 

teaching, which I love in any case, 

rather 1han "do wha1 it takes" to 

be successful commercially. Maybe 

tha1's partly what makes me ... 

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Ever) )'ear ahout this time I submil 

my article from Europe since 

i1 1s 1he time of my annual trip 10. 

among other plact:s. Vienna. I 

mt:n11on the home or 1he wait/ only 

becaust: my musical life would be 

incomplete wi1hou1 a visit 10 Jazz. 

land. a club i1ua1cd 111 1he heart 

ot tha1 city ot wine. womi:n and 

J371. wht:rc the owners are Axel 

and Tillie Melhard1. Vienna's 

equivalent of Lothar and Brigiue 

Lang of 1he Momri:al Bis1ro here 

in Toronto. 1t alwayi> seems 10 me 

that a men1ion of what is happt:ning 

on the jazz front in Aus1ria isn '1 

amiss. Afler all. in the momh of 

November alone. Dave Brubeck. 

Keith Jarre11. Jean-Luc Pont). 

Omar Sosa. Richard Galliano and 

Lt:w Tabackin were only some of 

the anis1s appearing in concert or 

in a club in Vienna. 

This year's trip also got me 10 

thinking about 'life on the road' 

and the vagaries of being a 21 st 

century 1roubadour. the ups and 

downs. no pun intcndt:d. of !lying. 

the hardships of driving long 

dis1ances. or li,•ing ou1 of a sui1- 

casi: and still getting up on 1he band 

srnnd or out on a s1age with a smile 

on your face. Then, at tht: end of 

my 1rip I had a first-hand experience 

of tha1 grea1es1 of all challenges: 

MFlying Home . .. 

My night plan had me going 

from Vienna IO Franktun. connec1- 

ing wi1h a !light 10 ToronlO. I dutifully 

got 10 the airport more than 

two hours ahead of lligh1 time and 

checked in: killed some time wandering 

around; and got to 1he gate 

in good 1ime for boarding which 

went smoo1hly. and then .... 

No amount of in1ui1ive awareness 

could have helped. There is 

no way 10 han: "had any comrol. 

The sys1cm has you and your hapless 

flight-mates just where i1 

wants you. Once more 1he a1rlme 

had loaded you onio a plane (clearing 

1he lounge for more unwilling 

vic1ims). in 1he full knowledge 1ha1 

you are no1 going anywhere. 1 say 

once more because i1 ct:nainly is 

no1 the firs1 11me I've had tha1 Irick 

pulled on me. li's the old 'load 

1hem on and let 1hem sil° philosophy. 

So we sat on 1he tarmac ac 

Vienna lmerna1ional Airport on 

Luflhansa !light 3531 for more 

1han an hour wi1hou1 moving. My 

record. by 1he way, is five hours 

a1 JFK wi1hou1 even a glass of 

wa1er being offered! I read a whole 

book on 1ha1 occasion. liule know:_-_lllli 

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ing I was on my way to Belgium 

10 get mugged - which migh1 no1 

have happened if the tligh1 had lefl 

on 1ime. Bui tha1's ano1her s1ory. 

Anyway. 1his wai1 wasjus1 long 

enough IO make i1 preny certain I 

would no1 make my connection in 

Frankfurt. There had been a one 

hour window between connecting 

t1igh1s. so if nights were on schedult: 

in Frankfort. here we were sit- 

1ing and waiting while passengers 

were boarding my flight. my fliglu. 

to Toronto. We eventually took off 

about an hour and a quarter la1e. 

Maybe 1here was hope. One has 

10 be an optimist. We got close 10 

Frankfort - and went into a holding 

pattern. wai1ing to be clearedl 

for landing. 

I was reminded of 1he story 

abou1 the two Irishmen - I say 

Irish. because being a fellow Celt 

gives me some licence - on a flight 

10 New York. Mid-Atlantic the 

captain comes on 10 explain 

they've los1 power in one engine 

so the t1ight will be one hour late. 

but no1 10 worry. A liule later. he 

is on again, to say that ano1her motor 

has died. so they will be 1hree 

hours hue in arriving, but again 

not to worr}. Anyway the punch 

line is that Paddy-turns to Mick 

and says. "Bejabers. Mick. if we 

lose any more engines we'll be up 

here forever! .. 

A glimmer of hope. A flight actendam 

had just told me that outgoing 

tligh1s were also delayed and 

perhaps I could make it aftc:r all. 

We would see, and. as ever, the 

future lay ahead. 

Well. this particular future held 

ror me not a lligh1 10 Toronto. but 

one ro London, to connect with an 

Air Canada flight home. The fact 

1ha1 the Frankfurt-London leg was 

uneventful was in order to lull me 

into a false sense of security. because 

1he fa1es wen: no1 qui1e fin· 

ished with me yet. When I got 10 

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Coming up in 1he nex1 1wo 

momhs 1he one opera on everybody" 

s mind is Siegfried. the 

COC's second installmen1 in 

the firs1-ever Canadian Ring 

Cycle. 

The whole cycle can·1 be 

judged on the basis of Die 

Walktire alone. but the second 

opera will certainly give a hint 

of 1he direction 1he Cycle will 

go. Bt!fore Siegfried opens on 

January 27, though, there are 

several other works in the interim 

10 help remind us that opera 

nt!ed no1 be monumenial to 

be enjoyable. 

First up from Novt!mber 30 

10 Dece::mber 5 is Benjamin 

Britten's de::lightful opera 

Albert Herring perfonm:d by the 

COC Ensemble. Albert Herring 

( 1947). widely regarded as one of 

tht! finest comic ope::ras of the 201h 

century . tells of a small town 

forced 10 choose a boy. A lber1 

Herring, 10 be crowned Queen 

(ra1her King) of the May since 

none:: of the:: local girls art: deemed 

virtuous enough. Albert, howeve::r. 

longs to finally bn:ak free from 

his mother·s apron strings. The:: U. 

ofT. Opera Division presemed 1he 

work in 2001. bu1 the COC has 

not prest!nted it since 1991. Christopht:r 

Newton. former Artistic 

Director of the Shaw Festival. will 

direct. Consult www.coc.ca for 

further information . 

Still in the comic vein is the Toronto 

Operetta Theatre's production 

of Emmerich Kalman's operetla 

Co11111ess Marirw ( 1924 ). The 

works of Kalman (1882-1953), staples 

in germanophone counirics. 

have never enierl!d thl! repertory 

of North American opera houses 

the way that Tiie Merry Widow of 

his great comemporary and fellow 

Hungarian Franz Lehar has done. 

Charles Workma11 in the ritle role 

of rile COC's 199 J rrod11crio11 

Albert Herring. 

Bui the signs are looking up. The 

Ohio Light Opera in Wooster. 

Ohio. is engaged in a traversal of 

Kalman·s complete works; the 

Sama Fe Opera has presented 

"'Mari1za in 1995 and 1999. and 

the Los Angeles Opera s1aged ii 

in 1997. This abundanily tuneful 

work runs December 26. 2004- 

January 6. 2005 and s1ars Elizabeth 

Beeler. Kurt Lehmann. Keith 

Savage and Curtis Sullivan wi1h 

Tapestry Music"s Wayne S1rongman 

conduc1ing. For more infomllltion. 

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On December S, 2004. Opera in 

Concert cominues i1s look at Canada's 

own operatic li1era1ure when 

i1 revives Timo1hy Sullivan's 

.. Dream Play"' of 1988 on a double 

bill with Charles Wilson's 

"The Summoning of Everyman·· 

of 1972. On January 22-23, 2005 

New Music Concerts presems the 

Toronto premiere of Tim Brady's 

chamber opera .. Three Cities in the 

Life of Norman Be1hune" featuring 

Canadian baritone Michael Donovan 

at the Music Gallery. First 

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Opera in a prologue and four acts. 

full of the fantastic and the 

grotesque, the comic and the sad, 

both whimsical and profound. 

Raisa Nakhmanovich, Music Dir./Pianist 

Alain Coulombe, Kelly Winter, 

Miriam Khalil, Renee Winick, Chantelle Grant 

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three cities in question are l\!fontreal 

Madrid and Chin-Ch'a-Chi 

in China. The libretto consists of 

the texts ofBethune's leuers, and 

poems by others wriuen in each 

ciry. As the composer states in bis 

programme note, "As with Bet· 

hune's life from 1935 to 1939, the 

work traces a path starting with 

large social and political issues of 

the era (Immigration, the Depression, 

public health issues, Communism 

versus Fascism), and 

slowly moves towards a greater 

awareness and understanding of 

Bethune's inner life and his search 

for a way to live in balance with 

his own inner demons and his political 

convictions." The orchestra 

will be Brady's. own 9-member 

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tor Pierre Simard with Brady himself 

on electric guitar. 

Finally, January 27-February 11, 

2005 sees the premiere of Siegfried. 

Combining elements of both 

myth and fairy tale, Siegfried, son 

of Siegmund and Sieglinde. repairs 

his father's sword, kills the dragon 

Fafner, who guards a trt:asure 

including the cursed Ring of the 

Nibelungs, battles with his grandfather, 

the god Wotan, and rescues 

Lhe sleeping Valkyrie Brunnhilde. 

Staging such fantastic events in 

the five-hour long work has always 

been a challenge. The COC, natu· 

rally enough, is unwilling 10 reveal 

anything about the look of the 

work, though, of course, Michael 

Levine is the designer of all four 

operas. What COC Associate Publicist 

Jennifer Pugsley would say 

is that director Francois Girard will 

present a "highly psychological" 

view of the work with . . reminiscences" 

of the previous opera. 

Given the archetypal nature of 

Siegfried's quest this should be 

quite intriguing. The COC Orchestra 

meanwhile is busy testing anvils 

to find the one with the right 

sound for the great forging scene. 

Though Wagner demands an orchestra 

of 110, the COC orchestra 

will expand from its usual 60 members 

to 79 since that is the maximum 

the pit at the Hummingbird 

Centre will hold. 

Singing Siegfried will be young 

German Heldentenor Christian 

Franz, who has already sung the 

role in Berlin. Bayreuch, Cologne, 

Dresden and Vienna.' Frances 

Ginzer and Peteris Eglltis return 

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Alben Herring. the almost comic 

sibling of Benjamin Britten's sombre 

Perer Grimes, is Lhe COC's pre 

Chris1mas present 10 Toronto. I say 

"almos1'· because Herring, an intentionally 

Gilbert-and-Sullivanesque 

protagonisL. is as much the derided 

odd-man-ou1 as Grimes. The swift 

and telling fun marches any in Lhe 

history of comic opera. But, had 

Freud been alive when Herring premiered 

in 1947, he would have cited 

it as a prime instance of humour 

as serious work. 

Britten composed Herring in the 

grim shadow of World War II. 

Merry Old bucolic England becomes 

a fishing village with humanity's cruel 

warts. The villagers of Loxford 

cannot find a young woman virtuous 

enough 10 assume che mantle of 

May Q!.leen. So they !Urn to Alhert. 

a naive mother's boy. as May 

King. Albert's rollicking escape 

from virtue has a hard edge exceeding, 

for example. Cosi fan tutre 's bi1- 

tersweet cake on our foibles. 

The first rec.'Ordings of Grimes and 

Herring have an iconic starus. So 

much so that it's courageous for anyone 

to record the works anew. 

Britte::n conducts the original version. 

Peter Pears sings the lead roles he 

pre::miered. and which were composed 

for his unique:: tenor voice. 

Both rt:eordings are in Universal's 

catalogue. 

In the case of Grimes, that would 

have:: been that, were it not for Jon 

Vickers' remarkable transformation 

of Grimes into a menacing. hovering 

force:: of nature. Britten had reservations 

about Vickers' recreation 

of Grimes. Audiences across the 

world did not. It is di fficu h 10 even 

think of Grimes without a mental picture 

of Vickers. 

Kultur's remastering of a live 

1981 Royal Opera Grimes at Covem 

Garden brings the Vickers magic 

co DVD. The sound and visual 

quality show their age. The musicianship 

and camera work do not. I 

would consider my opera DVD collec1ion 

egregiously lacking without 

this Vickers Grimes on 1he shelf. 

Kultur also issued a fine Alberr 

Herring on VHS. Hopefully Kultur 

will remaster it for DVD, as they've 

done for Brinen's Dearh in Venice, 

A Midsunvner Nighr's Dream, and 

a 1994 digital recording of Grimes 

by the English National Opera. 

Adding in The Tum of the Screw 

(ArtHaus/Naxos) and Billy Budd 

(Image) means a good range of Britten's 

masterworks are now on DVD. 

All are wonhy candidates for an opera 

lover's Christmas stocking. 

For Herring. audio recordings 

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1963 Britten-Pears classic has fine 

analogue stereo sound. Many people 

will want to stick with that. In 

1997. Steuart Bedford. a composerconductor 

and friend ofBritten's, led 

an authoritative and delightful digital 

recording for tht: Collins label. 

Now it's availablt: on Naxos. 

When I received a new Herring 

rt:cording by Richard Hickox conducting 

the London Sinfonia, I wondered 

why they ventured into such 

competitive waters. Then I listened 

IQ rhe rich sound quality for which 

the Chandos label is rightly famous. 

The performance shines. This fullpriced 

set is wonh i::very penny. 

Since this WholeNote is a double 

December-January issue, I'll make 

brie::f reference IQ DVDs for the 1wo 

works that kick off the operatic new 

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Siegfried at the COC. 

The reigning alchemist of historic 

opera restoration. Ward Marston, 

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and Beniamino Gigli (Naxos). 

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Galloway at 416 421-1020, or rgalloway@torontomusicians.org if 

you are interested in this program. We will connect you with the 

Toronto Training Board. 

Instruments Wanted and To Loan 

The TMA committee continues to develop the student instrument 

loan program. To date we have gratefully received some instruments 

with a recent lead to many more not being used by a school now 

closed. We hope to have those instruments available in the near future. 

We do have some instruments to distribute! We are looking for 

a student who needs a violin. While these instruments are not very 

valuable, they will allow a student to have an instrument for practice 

purposes at an early stage of their development. We are looking for 

specific instruments too: we have a request for a cello for a very 

promising student in high school now using a school instrument. In 

addition a request for band instruments for a family interested in taking 

music lessons together. H you have instruments to loan or donate 

please call Corkie Davis at 416-503-3106, or e-mail at 

corkie.davis@sympatico.ca 

A Note from the Country 

Popular TMA member Jack Mcfadden recently fulfilled a lifelong 

dream, and moved co the country. He writes, "I'm about a half hour 

south of Owen Sound, on a small lake, or about 2 hours north of 

Toronto. I'm hoping co keep working with my old friends from 

town, and have been busier than ever, since' I moved. I just did a 

recording with Bob deAngelis, and another with Debbie Fleming." 

Jack plays every Thursday at Sgt. Pepper's in Markham, with Ted 

Roberts, Frank Wright, and Don Vickery. sometimes with extra 

guests. 

Performing Arts Lodge 

The Performing Arts Lodge, located ac 110 the Esplanade, right in 

the heart of downtown Toronto, has a number of bachelor and one 

bedroom units which it is required co rent at market price. These are 

very attractively priced for such a central location. The great majority 

of apartments in the building are reserved for those qualifying for 

a rent which is geared to their income and the waiting list for such 

units is long. However, right now, the waiting list for apartments at 

market rent is very short and the chances of obtaining one quickly 

are g_ood. 

The Performing Arts Lodge has a mandate to provide housing 

exclusively for members of the performing arts communicy (proft:ssional 

performing artist or as a member of an associated profession 

- e.g. production, writing. promotion, administration, education 

on or for the performing arts, or representing performing artists). If 

you think you qualify and would like to live in a bright, cheerful. 

well maintained building with locs of community spirit please contact 

the Building Manager at 4"16-955-4645 to find out more. 

We'd like to hear from you 

The Toronto Musicians· Association invites WholeNote readers to 

give us your li:edback on this new column. If you have any suggestions 

for m:ws items relating to members of the Toronto Musicians' 

Associa1ion. please forward them to Brian@Blain.com. Please inducle 

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What We Do: 

The Tallis Scholars 

by Peter Philips 

BooK Shelf 

The Musical Times Publications 

256 pages $25.00 US 

available from 

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Peter Philips was once asked after 

a concert , "What do you really 

do?" His outrage sparked him to 

write this delightful and fascinating 

look at what being the director 

of a pioneering ensemble devoted 

to renaissance vocal music actually 

involves. 

Philips formed Th·e Tallis Scholars 

over thirty years ago to take 

renaissance polyphony out of the 

church and into the concert hall. 

He is not, he emphasizes, trying 

to save souls, but to bring the 

music to life. 

Bue he was also keen co show 

that 'serious music does not have 

to consist only of 

the Germanic 

orchestral tradition and evenings 

at the opera'. He does admit chat, 

LO relax, he listens to romantic 

symphonies. But he really dislikes 

opera. 

With his quintessentially British 

wit and mischievous humour, 

Philips is thoroughly entertaining. 

A publisher, columnist, scholar, 

organist and record producer, he 

offers fascinating details on the 

process of recording, rehearsing, 

conducting, building a program 

and touring. He describes what 

renaissance polyphony is, how it 

should be performed, and above 

all why it should be heard. In doing 

so, he opens a window onto 

how great performers make their 

art. 

The Tallis Scholars under rile direcrion 

of Peter Philips 

perform 

ar Roy Thomson Hall on Tuesday 

Dec. 7 ar 8. 00 

by Pa.meta Margles 

Scripts: Librettos For Operas 

and Other Musical Works 

by James Reaney 

edited with an introduction by 

.John Beckwith 

Coach House Books 

360 pages $24. 95 

The Canadian spirit has never 

manifested itself more resonantly 

or less earnestly than in these 

opera librettos by James Reaney. 

Many are based on actual events, 

and all are full of local colour, 

but they are so personal, elegant, 

and hilarious they transcend legend. 

In true Canadian style, Reaney 

is absorbed by the daunting physical 

presence of this country. In 

Canada Dash, Canada Dor he 

takes us across the Great Lakes, 

and up Yonge Sc. to the Sharon 

Temple, where a number of these 

works were performed, along the 

way celebrating icons like Bon 

Ami cleansing powder, 'the first 

indication that the country was 

bilingual', and rhapsodizing over 

a Government publication describing 

all the weeds of the 

country. 

Reaney creates a whimsical 

and surrealistic landscape, as 

though Gertrude Stein visited 

Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga 

Country. But Reaney's rich poetic 

imagination reveals an expressive 

vision thal transcends its 

Canadian roots. 

Of the nine opera librettos collected 

here, eight were set co music 

by the editor of this volume, 

John Beckwith, a masterly composer 

whose roots also run deep 

into the spirit of this country. 

The fine paper, spacious lay-out. 

and wonderful illustrations, including 

Reaney's own drawings, 

give this volume the presentation 

it deserves. 

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Living with Jaz7,: A Reader 

by Dan Morgenstern 

Pantheon 

732 pages $50.00 

This collection of writings on jazz. 

including interviews, reviews, and 

liner notes. is as much a declaration 

of love as a critical commentary. 

While so many critics resort to 

grumpy. exhibitionist target-shooting. 

Dan Morgenstern celebraces. 

ieeling no need to hide his passions. 

Morgenstern divides the world 

into enemies of jazz (mainly vicious 

scribes, full of prejudices 'bred of 

tear and insecurity· who try to undermine 

it) and friends. He has the 

unapologetic enthusiasm of an outsider 

with no axes co grind. politically. 

racially or musically. As a 

Jewish boy growing up under the 

Nazis in richly cultural Vienna, where 

Alban Berg was a family friend. jazz 

symholized freedom - and even 

more so when he had ro escape. 

He has no fear of aesthetic values. 

praising Duke Ellington·s untler-ratcd 

piano playing for its ability 

to ·coax hcau1y·. He describt!s a 

mcsmt:rizing set by Helen Humes 

and Buddy Tate wholly in terms of 

its emotional impact. He unhesitatingly 

calls Louis Armstrong. 'the 

greatest musician of our time'. who 

would 'imbue each note he played 

with the essence of music". And the 

essence of music is what Mornenstem 

communicates so eloquently. 

Encyclopedia of Opera on 

Screen: A Guide to More Than 

lOO Years of Opera Films, 

Videos, and DVDs 

by Ken Wlaschin 

Yale University Pr 

885 pages $70.00 

Somer's Serineue, is listed. Unfor 

Ken Wlaschin documents virtually 

every sighting of opera on film, from 

television broadcasts and recordings 

of live performances to Hollywood 

movies, from a full production to a 

snippet. Inevitably a 101 of his mate- 

rial. like Caruso's first silent appear- 

ances, parallel the history of cine- 

ma. He uncovers the 1ruly obscure. 

like Dargomyzhsky's The Sro11e 

taries. and happily picks out his Favorite 

films. He doesn '1 worry about 

distinctions between opera, operetta 

and musical, which works out 

well. But his freedom with superlatives 

gets him into questionable exaggerations, 

as when he calls Lorenz 

Hart ·1he greatest song lyricist'. 

He comes up with clever entries 

like Worst Opera on Film and Tmaginnry 

Operns i11 Films. which uncovers 

thirty-one operatic segmems 

wriuen especially for movies by 

composers like Korngold. Weill, 

Nino Rota and Bernard Herrmann 

The frequent cross-references. 

well-organized bibliography, and 

thorough index help make this an 

exhaustively fascinating and highly 

readable treasure. 

CONCLUSION 

This month's new books all make 

great presents, and each would pair 

up perfectly with one of the many 

CDs and DVDs mentioned by the 

authors. 

The Tallis Scholars have produced 

over forry rewrdings on their own 

label, Gimell. I would go for their 

wonderful recording of Thomas 

Tallis' forty-pan Spem i11 Ali um, any 

of their seasonal recordings. or their 

new DVD, Liw in Rome. featuring 

works of Palestrina. whose Missa 

0 Magnum Mysteri11111 they will be 

performing here. 

Wlaschin marks his favourites 

films with stars - these include 

Jonathan Miller's influential production 

of Rigoleuo. Carlo Rossi's · 

Carmell and Franco Zefferelli's la 

Traviata. He rightly calls The Marx 

Brothers' A Night at tile Opera 'the 

funniest of all tit ms about opera'. 

Only one recording of an opera 

with a libretco by Reaney, Harry 

tunately no recordings of the operas 

composed by Beckwith appear to be 

available. 

For Morgenstern, Ellington's Sev 

emieth Birthday Concert is 'the most 

outstanding release in m·odern 

times'. He has plenty of Armstrong 

recordings to recommend, although 

the early Hot Five/Seven/Savoy 

Guest. and even provides a source Ballroom sessions from the 1920's 

to buy it on DVD. 

Wlaschin doesn ·1 just compile. He 

set the standard. But he also offers 

less known endorsements, like the 

offers lively, controversial commen- great Jaki Byard: Solo Piano. • 

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My name is Anna Madgeu and I 

am curremly starring as Sophie 

Sheridan in the hit musical 

"Mamma Mia!" playing at the 

Royal Alexandra Theatre in 

dowmown Toronto. I would like 

to share with you how I ·met' 

my lirst teacher, my mother. 

My mother is Canadian soprano 

diva Mary Lou Fallis and 

needless to say I come by performing 

honestly from having 

her as my morn. My mother was 

always very encouraging when it 

came to performing. I'd say that 

I've been working with my 

mother on singing since I was 

about six years old and I don't 

think I will ever stop learning 

from her. 

I grew up in the beaches area 

of Toronto and we had a huge 

back deck that my father (TQrOn· 

to Symphony double bassist) Peter 

Madgett built. When I was 

about six my friends and I 

thought it had a better use - a 

stage of course! We would perform 

our favourite cheesy pop 

songs and I had 10 be the lead 

singer. My girlfriends and I 

would perform these "concerts" 

for our parents. I would always 

ask my mother for criticisms and 

"notes"' on how 10 make the per- , 

formance beuer. 

I think the first time my morn 

realized that I was serious about 

performing was when I was seven 

years old and I heard a radio 

announcement for auditions for 

the musical "Les Miserables." I 

begged her to let me audition and 

linally she agreed. I ended up 

getting 1he part of young Co· 

sette. I would say that I owe it 

all to my mother. my teacher. 

She has taught me many tech· 

nical lessons to do with singing 

but I think the most impor1ant 

are the practical ones. One of the 

most memorable lessons I 

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pick a focus point in ihe room 

such as an emergency exit 

sign , to keep yourself' grounded 

- it's something that I do even 

today when performing. 

I think 

the most important lessons I've 

learned from my morn were by 

example. I would watch her perform 

and learned how t0 carry 

myself . stand and look pro fes 

ional on stage. 

My mmher has also taught me 

discipline. Growing up I realized 

more and more that she had to 

make sacrifices to be s uccess ful. 

Alex Dean 

musician and educator 

Being a Jazz musician I had a lot 

of teachers, depending on my focus 

at the time. My father was a 

musician but mostly self-taught. 

So gelling a good grounding in 

the actual mechanics of playing 

the saxophone was important 10 

him, I suppose because he never 

had that. He sent me to Paul 

Brodie when I wa s about 14. 

Paul was known and is still 

known as a great cla ssica l or European 

an music performer. I 

think I may have had some ability 

at the time but I had no concept 

of the discipline required 10 

be a player and Mr. Brodie had 

to work preuy hard 10 instill that 

in me. I think as I look back now 

I probably had an auitude about 

being a jazz musician and nothing 

else. We worked our way 

I've learned a lot from just 

growing up with the parents that 

I was blessed with. Music was a 

huge pan of my life as a child 

and both my parents were nonjudgmental 

in my choice to become 

a performer even at such a 

young age. In closing, I would 

like to say that I think people can 

learn more from their parents 

than they think - no matter what 

career path they choose to follow. 

The lessons and advice that 

they have is more valuable than 

you know. 

through a lot of the standard repertoire 

for the saxophone over 

almost 6 years and he opened my 

eyes to a lot of stuff. 

I guess my most important 

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l'vc had a lot of teachers - Phil 

Nimmons. Frank Falco and a lot 

of othcrs. Kirk Macdonald 

shO\\ cd me something the other 

day that changes the way I hear 

music. I guess with music you're 

always studying. 

I'd havc to say that Phil Nimmons 

taught me to have run with 

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Anna 

The advice that I would give to 

any person looking for a teacher 

would be to shop around. Every 

teacher is different and choosing 

one is a very personal thing. So 

don't simply take another person's 

advice about a teacher. 

Just because they were righ1 for 

one person they migh1 not be 

right for you. I also think it's 

important to have a teacher who 

has technical knowledge but with 

some practical experiences which 

they can share with you in order 

to help you learn. 

for a teacher for a young person or for themselves? 

Advice I would give to a parent 

whose child loves to perform 

would be nurture it, but also be 

encouraging of other interests 

they may have - keep many 

doors open. Try not to be judgemental 

of their interest in performing. 

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a doctor or a lawyer. So my one 

piece of advice would be to nurture 

and e::xplore your child's desire 

to perform. 

Alex 

I guess if you're looking for a 

teacher you· d ask around and see 

who everyone likes. Maybe see 

if they actually connect with 

their students and if they're patient. 

It depends on how serious 

and how old the student is. I 

chink a good teacher is different 

for everyone. Once you pick a 

teacher it's a good idea to listen 

to what they say and do what 

they ask and not try to second 

guess them all the time. You'll 

learn more. 

And to hear them, live ... 

Anna Madgett 

Anna is in her second year starring 

as Sophie in the Toronto 

production of Mamma Mia at the 

Royal Alexandra Theatre. 

On December l lth , 2004 Anna 

and her mom, Mary Lou Fallis 

will be co-hosting a Family 

Christmas Concert with the Toronto 

Symphony Orchestra at 

Roy Thomson Hall. (two concerts, 

I :30 and 3:30 pm) The 

programme will include Leroy 

Anderson's Sleigh Ride. excerpts 

from the Nutcracker. Victor Herbert's 

-March of the Toys. 12 

Days of Christmas and of 

course. an audience sing-a-long! 

Anna and Mary Lou will 

sing both togetht:r and solo. 

Alex Dean will be at the Montreal 

Bistro with his own band 

DEW east (a band with \\horn 

he's recordt:d 3 CDs) from 

Decl4 to Dec 18th. He'll be at 

the Rex with Rob McConnell's 

tentet on Dec 8th and 9th. 

ATld fi11ally a few words from 

the other side of tile equation 

"This is a kind of sentimental 

"full circle event for me, in that 

J made my debut with the TSO 

when I was the same age as 

Anna is now. 

I'm excited and proud that 

we'll be performing together for 

the first time in public. Do join 

us if you can. Bring a child or a 

grandparent, come as a family 

and make an afternoon of it." 

Mary Lou Fallis 

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Darkness and Light. Death and Binh. Old 

and New. The ullegorical dying Old Man and 

the newborn baby. Janus· double-faced, toic 

consider:nion of past and future. At 1he turn 

of :111111her year . 

the antonymic binary. the 

juxtaposition of opposites. reigns supreme. 

This is 1i1anic stuff. 

So how is it that New Year·s. holding 

such connicted content. can seem so hollow 

and mvial'! How many January I sts have we 

awoken feeling. not reborn. bu1 rather more 

like a tired (or worse) version of ourselves 1)n 

December 31 st? Why do new years in al I 

their newness so strikingly resemble old 

ones. other than being disappointingly darker 

and more quiet'! Why do writers annually 

recommit w 1he gra1ui1ous use of dangling 

rhetorical questions·! 

A ··year .. . whether retail. calendar. profcs· 

i.i111rnl. r..:ligious. academic or mher tlavour. i 

a revolving construction which builds up. and 

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word .. holy .. in the broadest possible sen:.c lO 

cmoracc nol just faith, but joy. prosperity. 

sickncs. fn.:ne1icism. achievement and other 

ideas so 1rnnsforma1ive that 1hey dominate 

our experience - they . . take over . . life. at least 

for a time. 

Christmas can make you sick, or well. or 

ho1h. The laM two weeks of a s1uden1·s fall 

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par1ic arc all-encompassing. but 1hey 100 

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WE ARE ALL Music's CHILDREN 

by Masha Buell 

December's Child 

"Music is well said 10 be 

Ille speech of angels. • 

Thomas Carlyle 

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Mel Hinch. direqors. Markham Theatre lor 

Performing Arts, 171 Town Centre Blvd. 

416·293-3981. $25, $22(srJ, S20(stJ. 

$15(12 & under). 

- 3:00: U of T Scarborough Concert 

Choir & Concert Band. Bach: Magnificat; 

Rutter: When Icicles Hang; Willcocks: 

Chri:amas Pudding; popular arrangements 

for band; sing along with band & choir. 

1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7179. Free. 

- 4:00: North York Temple Bandl 

Massed Choirs of 100 Voices. Christmas 

Spectacular 2004. Favourite carols and 

readings. Guesls: Fanfare Trumpeters of 

the Governot General's Horse Guard Regi· 

ment. Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. 230 

St. Clair Ave. West. 416·870·8000. 

- 5:00: Lynette Jenkins. A11 Evening with 

Lynette and Friends. Artists from the Ki· 

wanis Music Feslival and guests. St. 

James' Cathedral, 65 Church St. 416·281· 

8758. $ 10. Benefit in support of Sleeping 

Children Around the World. 

t.. 7:30: City of Brampton Concert Band. 

A Family Christmas. St. Paul's United 

Church. 30 Main SI. South, Brampton. 905· 

451·0174. 

- 7:30: Common Thread Community 

Chorus/Shevchenko Choir & Kaniv 

Dancers. In the Spirit of Frienr!ship: A Cho· 

ral & Oance Concert. Folk songs & dances; 

songs of love & friendship; songs of Cana· 

da. Isabel Bernaus, Alexander Veprinsky, 

conductors; Andrei Pendik, dance director. 

Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC. 750 

Spadina Ave. 416·533·2725. $15, $I 3(sr), 

$7(unwaged). 

- 7:30: Etobicoke Youth Band. December 

Musicale. Martingrove Collegiate Institute, 

50 Winterton Or. 416·725-5361. $5. 

- 7:30: Etobicoke Youth Choir. Sing Out 

In Joy. Holiday season choral music. Louise 

Jardine. director; Pascal Ou Perron. accom· 

panist. St. Luke's United Church. 516 The 

Kings way. 416-233-5437. $10, children 

under 12 free. 

- 7:30: Toronto Welsh Male Voice 

Choir. Music of Christmas. Christmas mu· 

sic. traditional Welsh favourites. Broadway 

show tunes. Marcia Bunston, soprano; 

Lenard Whiting, tenor. Glenview Church. 1 

Glenview Ave. 416-410·2254. $20. 

- 7:30: U of T Gospel Choir. TOth Annual 

'1tk 

tUec w.n..:.eJ'. Ji.oi-t- & ,,(ru) n..-..eni..f.Je • 

Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 3 pm 

Tht) 1\RC Tiieatre, Uni\'crsity of To10nto at St'.arhorough $ 

1265 Military Trail {South of HW'f 401 at Morningslde) 

• 

UTSC Concert Choir 

Directed by Lenard Wllitlng 

UTSC Wind Ensemble 

Directed by Lynn Tucker 

UTSC String Ensemble 

Andrew el pianisl/continuo 

Guest Artists 

MlcflaelT01on1ow • . 

1enor 

Karen Olynik. allo 

. .. 

Free Admission 

The donation of a non· perishable/canoed good 

will act as admiss ion to lhe concert. 

All are welcome 

Entertainment for Ille whole family! Come out ID 

celebrate the 'sounds of lhe season' In this 

annual holiday concert. 

Music selections to include 

The Magniticat (J.S. Bacil), When k:icles Hang 

(J. Rutter), Christmas Puddin g (J. Willcocl

so in g Op.6 #8 Chn'stmas Concerto; Char· 

pentier: Messe de Minu11 sur des Airs de 

Noel; Pergolesi: Magnificat in B flat; Lue· 

beck· Chnstmas Cantata; Bach: Christmas 

Cantata (excerpts). Guests: Bell' Arte Sing· 

ers; lee W1lhngham. guest conductor. St. 

Boniface Church, 142 Markham Rd. 416· 

429·0007. $21. $ l9(sr). $12(youthl. 

- 8·00: Tafelmus ik Baroque Orchestra. 

A French Baroque Christmas: Celebrating 

Charpentier. Trinity·St. Paul's Centre. See 

Dec I. 

- 8:00: TSO.A Wagnerian Journey. Roy 

Thomson Hall See Dec 2. 

- 8:00· University of Toronto Faculty of 

Music. Chnstmas Gahu. An Afro-centric 

evening of singing, dancing and drumming. 

MacMillan Singers, Nathaniel Dell Chorale, 

Ghana1an Master Drummer Kwasi Dunyo. 

MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's Park. 416· 

978 3744 S 13,$7. 

- 8:00'. Voices. Gaudete - A Christmas 

Celebration. Music by Ohrwall, Pinkham, 

Streit. Matthias & others. John Stephen· 

I 

son, organ; Ron Ka Ming Cheung, conduc· 

tor. 7:30: Pre·concert talk. St. Thomas's 

Church, 383 Huron St. 416·924·0753. 

$20,$15. 

Sunday December 05 

- 1:30: McMichael Gallery. Tara David· 

son, fau saxophone. 10365 Islington Ave .. 

Kleinburg. 905·893· 1121. Gallery adm1s 

sion; $I S,$9, $2511amily rate). 

- 2:00: Brampton festival Singers. Chi/· 

dren's Concert. Original music with related 

stories & games. Stephane Potvin. director. 

Holland Christian Homes, 7900 Mclaughlin 

Rd .. Brampton. 905-459-3333. S 10. 

- 2:00· Off Centre Mus ic Salon. Viva 

Viola II. Music by Schumann, Brahms & 

Clark. Ata1 Arad, viola; Giles Tomkins, ban 

tone; Scou St. John. violin; Winona Zelen· 

ka. cello; lnna Perk1s & Boris Zarankin, 

pianists Glenn Gould Studio. 250 Front St. 

West. 416 205 5555. S40. $35(srl. 

S25!stl 

- 2:00: Toronto Chamber Choir. A Ren· 

aissance Christmas. Byrd: 0 magnum mys· 

terium; Lasso: V1dentes stellam; Victoria: 0 

magnum myster1um; Hassler: Tribus miracu· 

lis; Marenzio: Hodie Christus natus est; 

Chrylark Arts & Music 

PETER LONGWORTH 

in a solo piano recital 

Franz Schubert - Moments Musicaux, Op. 94 

Oskar Morawetz - Four Contrasting Moods 

Johannes Brahms - Piano Sonata No. 3 

in F minor, Op. 5 

Praetonus: Wachet aul. rult uns die 

Stimme; Renaissance carols. David Fallis. 

conductor. Christ Church Deer Park. 1570 

Yonge. 416·690-4681. $251$23. $181 

$16(sr/sr). 

- 2:30: Aldeburgh Connection. The 49th 

Parallel. Words & music of Canada and 

USA. Monica Whicher, soprano; Megan 

Latham. mezzo; Colin Ainsworth, tenor. 

Walter Hall. 80 Queen' s Park. 415.735 . 

7982. $40. 

- 2:30: Koffler Salon Series. Francine 

Kay. piano. Windsor Arms Hotel, 18 St. 

Thomas St. 416·636-1880. S50. 

- 2:30: Opera in Concert. Sullivan: 

Dream Play: Wilson: The Summoning of 

Evtryman. One·act chamber operas. Marcel 

van Neer, Rachel Cleland Ainsworth, Lynne 

McMurtry & Thomas Fleming, performers; 

orchestra ensemble; Alex Pauk, conuctor. 

1 :45; Backgrounder with host lain Scott. 

Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 

416·366·7723. $45,$35. 

- 2:30; Scarborough Choral Society. 

So1111ds of Christmas. Markham Theatre lor 

Performing Arts. $25. See Dec 4. 

- 3:00 & 7;30: Scarborough Bel Canto 

Choir. Sou11ds of Christmas. Christmas 

carols. oratono selections & seasonal mu 

sic Guests tba. St. Dunstan of Canterbury 

Church, 56 Lawson Rd, West Hill. 416· 757 

9590. $15. To benefit The Kids Help 

Phone. 

- 3:00: C hrylark Arts & Music Series. 

Peter Longworth, piano. Music by Schu· 

bert, Moraweu & Brahms. Heliconian Hall, 

35 Hazelton Ave. 416-654-0877. $15. 

- 3:00: Contemporary Showcase Festi· 

vals. Showcase Concert and Presenmio11 

of Awards. Works by Canadian composers. 

Performe1s include outstanding partici· 

pants. Eastminster United Church. 310 

Danforth Ave. 416-963·5937. SS. $5(sr/st/ 

members), children under 12 free. 

- 3:00: Hart House. Hart House Singers. 

Great Hall, 7 Hart House Circle. 416·978· 

2452. Free. 

- 3:00: High Park Choirs of Toronto. In 

the Holiday Spirit. Guest: Juhe Ran11. flute; 

Z1mf11a Poloz, conductor; John E. Govedas, 

accompanist Humbercrest United Churcfl, 

16 Baby Point Rd. 416·762 0657. 

$15,$10. 

- 3:00: Pax Christi Chorale. The Messi· 

ah Cometh. Grace Church on·the·H1ll. See 

Oec 4. 

- 3:00: Pe nthelia Singers. Songs of 

Peace and Joy. Music for women's voices. 

Clarke: Chorus from Shelley's He/fas; Owolabr 

Song of Peace; Orban: Lauda; Carter: Marta 

CONCERT LISTINGS: GTA ... 

THE 

For ticket tnformation call 

(416) 735-7982, or go to 

--·-1$1WM www.aldeburghconnectton.org 

Celebrating the art of song 

Our next two Sunday Series concerts 

Sunday, December 5, 2004, 3:00pm 

Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Avenue 

Adults $15 Students $12 For more info call 

416.654.0877 

The 49th Parallel December 5 

Exploring musical connections between Canada and the USA 

through the eyes of composers and poets - from early folksongs 

and turn-of-the-century parlour music, to pastoral 

and urban scenes painted in song. 

with Monica Whither, Vilma Vitols and Colin Ainsworth 

VIVA VIOLA II 

Sunday, December 5, 2004 at 2pm 

The Paganini of the viola - Atar Arad is back! 

He will be joined by: violinist Scott St. John, 

cellist Winona Zelenka, baritone Giles Tomkins 

and pianists lnna Perkis and Boris Zarankin. 

Valse des fleurs January 23 

The title is from a novella by Sachevt:rell Sitwell. Set in I B68 

in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, it brings to life the 

whole fantastic and imperial world of counts and countesses, 

cossacks, monks, peasants and Czars. Music is from the composers 

of romantic Russian song - Glinka, Oargomyzhsky, 

Mussorky, Tchaikovsky and others. 

with Donna Brown, Anita Krause and Michael Colvin 

Both concerts take pince nt 2:30 pm m Walter Hnll 

Our next Young Artists Recital - 

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• •• CONCERT LISTINGS: GTA 

Walks Among the Thoms; Thompson: 

Choose Something Like a Star; seasonal 

carols & audience carol sing-along. Mary 

Legge. director. Rosedale Presbyterian 

Church, 129 Mount Pleasant Rd. 416-229· 

0052. $15.S t 0. 

- 3:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Christmas 

P e:n the.lip., 

:5in 1 

er5 

MM11Lune, 

Pire.c.tor 

Treats. Corelli: Christmas Concerto; Handel: 

Pila from Messiah; Mozart: Divertimen· 

to K 138; Grant: Bhajan for Cello and Or· 

chestra: Reger: Christmas Music; Purcell: 

Christmas; Faure: Nocturne for violin & 

orchestra: Rebikoff: Waltz from The Chrisl 

mas Tree. Andras Weber. cello; Nurhan 

Arman. conductor. Lawrence Park Commu· 

nily Church. 2180 Bayview Ave. 416-499· 

0403. $25. S20(sr). $ lO(sl). 

- 3:00: Trinity Presbyterian Church. 

Deck the Halls. Community carol sing-along 

with local choirs. brass and organ. Donations 

to food bank appreciated. 2737 Bay· 

view Ave. 416-447·5136. 

- 3:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. 

A French Baroque Chrisrmas: Celebrating 

Charpentier. Trinity·SI. Paul's Centre. See 

Dec I. 

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

Hill. T//e Mystery of Bethlehem. Seasonal 

choral music by Willan. Mathias. Biebl: in· 

strumental works by Bach & Vivaldi; read· 

ings; carol singing. Christine Mourre, flute; 

Patricia Wait, clarinet; Janusz Borowiec, 

cello; Karen Rymal. director/organ. 4600 

Dundas West. 416·463-9284. S 15,S 12. 

- 4:00: St. James' Cathedral. Twilight 

Recital Series: Marty Smyth, organ. 65 

Church SI. 416·364·7865. Free. 

- 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. JaZI 

Vespers: Mark Eisenman, piano; Steve Wal· 

lace, bass; John Sumner. drums. 15 70 

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

- 4:30: St. Anne's Church. Advent Pro· 

cession with Carols. Music by Archer, Gib· 

bons. Goldschmidt, Lloyd, Sirreu. Wood, 

Bach & Vierne. Choir of St. Anne's; guest: 

Peter J. Orme, organ; P. John H. Stephen· 

wholenote 

Magazine presents 

son, director of music. 270 Gladstone Ave. 

SALON NUMBER THREE 

"A Family Affair" 

WholeNote's all-ages celebration 

of the season, ourselves, 

and the music community. 

Bring your instrument, your voice, your 

family and friends. Meet, greet and be 

musical! Light refreshments provided. 

Young people's Open Stage 6:30-7:00pm 

Open Stage continues 7:30-9:00pm 

Monday, December 6, 2004, 

5:00 to 9:00 pm 

The Music Gallery 

at St. George the Martyr Church, 

197 John Street, Toronto 

Admission Free 

Information: 416-323-2232 

416·767-7290. Freewill offering. 

- 4:30: St. James' Cathedral. Choral 

Eve11song. Men of the Cathedral Choir of 

Men & Boys. 65 Church S1. 416·364· 

7865. Free. 

- 5:00: Resolute Winds. A blend of visual 

art and music. Shauna Basiuk, flute; 

Stephen Koshurba, oboe; Michele Jacot, 

clarinet Catherine McGowan. bassoon; 

Lake Porter, horn.Three 30·minute shows 

tlll 9 pm. The Looking Glass. 582 Church 

SI. 416·209· 1596. By donation. 

- 7:00: Earshot Concerts. Believe Every· 

thing You Hear. See Dec 3. Montreal Bistro. 

65 Sherbourne St. S 15, S 1 Olsr). S5(sl). 

- 7:00: Mississauga Big Band Jazz En· 

semble. Our Annual Christmas Concert. 

Royal Bank Theatre, living Arts Centre. 

4141 living Arts Drive. Mississauga. 905· 

306·6000. $15. 

- 7:00: Music at Metropolitan. Carols 

United. Favourite carols & carols from 

around the world with audience participa· 

tion. Metropolitan Silver Band; Patricia 

Wright, organ. 56 Queen St. East. 416·363· 

0331 x26. Donations accepted for Metro· 

politan's Community Services Ministry. 

- 7:00: St. Paul's United Church. A Celt· 

ic Christmas Celebration. Music. dance, 

traditions from England. Ireland, Scotland & 

Wales. Buttonville Strings (Lena Simpson & 

Alan McKnight, fiddles; Larry Lougheed, 

piano); Jim Thomson. piper; Graham School 

of Irish Dancing; Gin Lane Celtic band; 

Moira Nelson, harp; Elena Jubinville, cello & 

other performers. 85·31st Street. 416· 

259·6541. $15. 

- 7:30: Leaside United Church. lessons 

and Carols. Carols and Readings fro Christ· 

mas. Helgen: Keep Silence; Praetorius: A 

Great and Mighty Wonder; Sirett: When 

Christ was Sorn of Mary Free; Berlioz: 

Shepherd's Farewell; Rutter: Star Carol; 

other works. Junior Choir, Chancel Choirs, 

C Flats Jazz Band. 822 Millwood Rd. 416· 

425· 1523. Offering in support of Out of the 

Cold Program. 

- 7:30: Peel Choral Society. Home For 

Christmas. Selections from the CD The 

World at the Manger. Guest choir & solo· 

ists. SI. Mary's Church, 66A Main St. 

South, Brampton. 416·961 ·6444. 

$15,$12. 

- 8:00: Church of St. Martin·in·the· 

Fields. Advent Carol Service. lessons and 

carols by Oaquin, Cleobury & Howells. St. 

Martin's Choir; Jack Hattey, directo'; as· 

sisted by Or. Elixa Mangina. 151 Glenlake 

Ave. 416·767·7491. Collection donated to 

The Stop Community Food Centre. 

- 8:00: flying Cloud Folk Club. Bilge 

Rats. Sea shanty evening. Members of To· 

ronto Morris Men. TRANZAC, 292 Bruns· 

wick Ave. 416·410-3655. S 12,S 1 O. 

- 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Keith Jarrell, 

piano; Gary Peacock, bass; Jack Oe· 

Johnette, drums. Contemporary jazz. 60 

Simcoe. 416·872-4255. $49.50-$124.50. 

- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Patricia 

O'Callaghan. 2261 Dundas St. West. 416· 

531·6604 for reservations. S 17(advance), 

$20(door). 

Monday December 06 

- 12: 10: University of Toronto Faculty 

of Music. World Music Ensembles. Japanese 

1aiko; Chinese traditional music; Afri· 

can drumming and dancing ensembles. Main 

lobby, Edward Johnson Building, 80 

Queen's Park. 416·978·3744. Free. 

- 5:00: Whole Note Magazine. Nine Mondays 

Salon: A Family Affair. Music by and for 

all ages. open stages. St. George the Martyr 

Church. 197 John. 416·323-2232. free. 

- 7:30: Loft Community Services. 14th 

Annual Christmas Concert: A Season of 

Hope. Trillium Brass & other performers; 

Dini Petty, host St James' Cathedral, 65 

Church St. 416·979-1994 x233. Funds 

raised help support loll programs in the 

community. 

- 8:00: Cantabile Chorale of York Re· 

gion. 30th Annual Joy of Christmas. Sea· 

sonal music, carol singing. Guest violins. 

trumpets & flutes. Thornhill United Church. 

25 Elgin St 905·731-8318. Admission is a 

donation to Richmond Hill Food Bank: silent 

offering. 

- 8:00: East York Concert Band. Annual 

Christmas Concert. Blue Danube Restau· 

rant, 1686 Ellesmere Rd. 416·266· 1958. 

$ l 0, child 12 & under free. 

- 8:00: Jazz FM91. Sound of Toronto 

Jail Concert Series: Roberto Occhipinti 

Ouintet fea//lring Hilario Duran. Ontario 

Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Rd. 416· 

696· 1 OOO. $ 15. 

- 8:00: Toronto Theatre Organ Society/ 

Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma. Wur/iuer 

Pops at Casa loma: George Heldt & Cole 

Holland, organ. 1 Austin Terrace. 416-421· 

0918. $15. 

- 8:00: Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra. 

Yuletides Worldwide. Music by Reed, Wagn· 

er, Anderson & others. Grace Church on· 

the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416·712-6582. 

$15,$12. 

- 8:00: University of Toronto Faculty of 

Music. U of T Guitar Ensemble. Jeffrey 

McFadden, director. Walter Hall, 80 

Queen's Park. 416·978·3750. Free. 

- 9:00: Toronto Jazz Orchestra. The 

Music of Stan Kenton. Original arrangements 

of the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Mon· 

01< (MBlR 1 2004 -FEBRUARY 7 2005

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treal 81stro, 65 Sherbourne. 416· 363· 

0179. $10,$5. 

Tuesday December 07 

- 12:00 noon· Roy Thomson Hall. Noon 

Hour Concert: Elmer Isa/er Singers. Andrew 

Ager. organ; l yd1a Adams, conductor. 60 

Simcoe. 416-872-4255. Free. 

- 12:10: University of Toronto Faculty 

of Music. Vorce Performance Class: Songs 

of the Season. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's 

Park. 416-978·3744. Free. 

- I :00: St. James' Cathedral. Music at 

Midday: David Ph11/1ps, organ. 65 Church 

St 416-364-7865 Free. 

- 4:30: York University Dept. of M usic. 

Game/an Orchestra. Evening ol Javanese 

classical dance & tradiuonal gamelan piec· 

es. Nur lntan Murtadza, d11ector. Winters 

Senior Common Room. 021 Winters Col 

lege, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free? 

- 7·30· York Mills Collegiate. Seasonal 

Concert. Students ol the Band, Strings, 

Gullar and Keyboard programs. 490 York 

Mills Road. 416·395·3340 x20144. $5. To 

support the music department. 

- 8:00: Conti nuu m Contemporary Mu· 

sic. Conversely. Comm1ss1one d works by 

Cameron, S1aw Kin lee & Soifer; paus ol 

works by Barry & Crane. Continuum ensem· 

ble. Music Gallery at St. George the Martyr 

Church, 197 John. 416-924·4945. $20, 

$ IO(sr}. $5(sl). 

- 8:00: living Arts Centre Mississauga. 

Barra MacNe1ls. Cape Breton celllc. Ham· 

merson Hall, 4141 l1vmg Arts Drive. 905· 

306-6000. $35·$49. 

- 8:00: OnStage. Words & Music: Emile 

Nelligan - Variations. Riean J. Cournoyer, 

Louise Pitre, actors; la Bottine Souriante, 

music direction; Michel Bastlieres, writer; 

Shelley Solmes, host. Glenn Gould Studio, 

250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. $25. 

- 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Tallis Schol 

ars. Music of Palestrina, lassus, Zielenski 

& others. Peter Phillips. director. 60 Sim· 

coe. 416·872-4255. $28-$48. 

- 8:00: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. 

Festival of Carols. Cl"rtStmas lllJSic, sing 

along & seasonal anecdotes. Bin Richardson, 

narrator; TMC Brass; Noel Edison. conductor. 

Yorkminster Park Church, 1585 Yonge. 

416-598-0422. $30-$50, sr/st rates. 

- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Jane Siberry. 2261 

Dundas St. West. 416·53 I 6604 !or reser· 

vauons. $25. 

Wednesday December 08 

- 12:30: Music Gallery Institute. lunch 

Music: MG/ Percussion Ensemble & Open 

Jam. St. George the Martyr Church, 197 

John St. 416-204-1080. Free. 

- 12:30: Yorkminster Park Church. 

Noonday Recital: lmre Olah, organ. 1585 

Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free. 

- 6:00: St. Patrick's Church. Annual Or· 

gan Christmas Concert. Works of Handel, 

Mozart, Corelli, Mundra & others. Surinder 

Mundra, organ; Iris Rodrtgues, soprano; 

Emese Hegedus, viohn. 141 McCaul St. 

416-598-3269. Voluntary donations !or the 

restoration ol the organ appreciated. 

- 7:30: Toronto Choral Society. Handel: 

Messiah. Norma Churchill, soprano; Chris· 

line Stelmacovich, alto; Oliver Dawson, 

tenor; Bruce Ketty, baritone; Talisker Play· 

ers; Geoffrey Butler, d11ector. Eastminster 

United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416· 

410·3509. $20. 

0£CfM8ER 1 2004 • FEBRUllKY 7 2005 

- 8:00: Brampton Heritage Theatre. 

Steve Kabakos: Chustmas with Elvis. 86 

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

- 8:00: Canon Theatre. Cats. Music by 

Lloyd Webber. 244 Vi ctoria St. 416·872 

1212. S51-s71. For complete run see mu· 

sic theatre hsungs 

- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. 

Oavis Conducts S1be/1us. Haydn: Sy mphony 

#99; Stravinsky: Viohn Concerto; Sibelius: 

Symphony 115. Kyoko Ta.kezawa, violin; Sir 

Andrew Davis. conductor. Roy Thomson 

Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $32· 

$100. 


Music. U of T Symphony Orchestra; Raffr 

Armenian, conductor. Schubert: Rosamunde 

Overture; Brahms: Concerto !or Violin, Cello 

& Orchestra; Beethoven: Symphony #3 

Erorca. Scott St. John. violin; Shauna Rol· 

ston, cello. MacMtllan Theatre, 80 Queen's 

Park. 416-978 3744. $17,$9. 

- 8:00: University of Toronto. A Uo/T 

Christmas Carol. live dramatic reading wtth 

performance of holiday music. Hart House 

Chorus; Craig K1elburger, David Gardner, 

Mary Anne Chambers, Avril Benoit & Or. 

Roben Buckman, readers. Great Hall. 7 

Hart House Cucle. 416·978-B849. $20, 

$ l 5(sl). To raise funds for the UofT Food & 

Clothing Bank. 

- 8:30: Hugh's Roo m. Jane Siberry. See 

Dec 7. 

Thursday December 09 


of Music. Kevin Kom1saruk, organ; Sandra 

Lau Martins, piano. Music by Schoenberg, 

Young composers gleaned 

from Continuum's most 

recent Call for Scores 

and mature practitioners, 

Canadian and international. 

A programme pitting frenetic 

against serene, and 

presenting iterations in 

different guises. 

New works by 

Allison Cameron 

Siaw Kin Lee 

Diego Soifer 

Pairs of works by 

Gerald Barry (lr) 

Laurence Crane (UK) 

Continuum Ensemble 

Tuesday December 7, 8pm 

Music Gallery at 

St. George the Martyr Church 

179 John Street (at Stephanie) 

Tickets $20/$10; $5 students 

Information (416) 924-4945 

Hindemith, Scriabin and Barber. Walter 

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

Free. 


Davis Conducts Sibelius. Roy Thomson Hall. 

See Dec 8. $25·$65. 

- 7:30: Toronto Symphony Youth Or· 

chestra. Smetana: Sarka from Ma Vlast; 

R1msky·Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol; Cop· 

land: Rodeo; other works. Alain Trudel, 

con ductor. George Weston Recital Hall, 

5040 Yonge St. 416·593-7769 x372. 

- 8:00: Hu Tsa Tsa. Well Tempered 

Klezmoom. New arrangements of well· 

known klezmer gems. CO launch concert. 

Jonno lightstone, clarinet; Eric Stem. 

tsimbalom & mandocello; Rona Goldensher, 

violin; Bret Higgins, string bass. Robert Gill 

Theatre. 214 College St. 416-978· 7986. 

$15. 

- B:OO: Music Gallery. U of T Percussion 

Ensemble - 

The Composer Now. Kagel: 

Rrrrrr .... six duets for three percussionists; 

Sacks: Sample ol Drums, for Octopads and 

nine triggers; MacDonald: Second Concerto 

!or Tabla & Percussion Quartet; Richards 

arr. Engelman: The Unravelling of the Field 

for percussion quartet; Harrison: First Con· 

certo for Flute & Percussion. Shawn Mat· 

ivesky, tabla; Annick Santchi, flute. St. 

George the Martyr Church, 197 John Sl. 

4 I 6·204-1080. 

- B:OO: Via Salzburg. Christmas Via Sa/1· 

burg. Oesterle: world premiers; Bach: 

Brandenburg Concerto #3; Concerto for 

Violin & Orchestra m E; Britten: Simple 

Symphony; Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Vio· 

lins. Via Salzburg Chamber Orchestra; 

Mayumi Seiler. artistic director/violin. Glenn 

Gould Studio. 250 Front St. West. 416· 

205-5555. $43, $3B(sr), $29(st). 

- 8:30: Hugh's Roo m. Gamet Rogers. 

2261 Dundas St. West. 416·531·6604 for 

reservations. s20(advancel. $22(door}. 

Friday December 10 


Jall Concert Series: Dione Taylor. Royal 

Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park. 416· 

696· 1000. Free (limited seating· tickets 

issued). 

- 7:30: Humberside Collegiate lnsti· 

tute. Annual Christmas Concert. Seasonal 

favourites by Handel, Vivaldi, Berlin & oth· 

ers. Student choirs. bands & orchestras. 

280 Quebec Ave. 416-393-8122 x20100. 

$5,$4. Items collected for food drrve al 

concert. 

- 7:30: Music at Metropolitan. Christ· 

mas with the Poculi ludique Societas, and 

Recordare Ensemble. Ollicium Stellae; The 

Second Shepherd's Play. Metropolitan Unit· 

ed Church. 56 Queen St. East. 416·363· 

0331. $20 (child 12 & under free). 

- 7:30: Oekville Choral Society. Hallelu· 

jahl It's Christmas. Handel: Messiah, pan I; 

seasonal favourites, audience sing-along 

With baroque orchestra. Glen Abbey 

Church, 1469 Notllnghill Gate, Oakv1lle. 

905·845 5359, 905-842·3737. $20,$15, 

s 10(12 and under). 

- 7:30: Oueensmen of Toronto Male 

Chorus. Christmas Concert. Guests; 

Jonathan Estabrooks, baritone; Yorkminster 

Brass. Martmgrove Church. 35 Hedges 

Blvd. 905-731-9362. $15. 

- B:OO: Etobicoke Centennial Choir. 

Landey: Magnihcat; Britten: Ceremony ol 

Carols. Dennis Giesbrecht, tenor; Melanie 

leBlanc. soprano; Julia Seager, harp; Leslie 

Atreo, organ; Harris Loewen, conductor. St. 

Olave's Church, 360 Windermere Ave. 416· 

239-1131 x49. $20. 

- B:OO: Etobicoke Community Concert 

Band. Christmas Pops. Classic carols & 

seasonal songs. Guests: Etobicoke Youth 

Choir; Louise Jardine & John Edward 

Liddle, conductors. Etobicoke Collegrate 

Auditorrum, 86 Montgomery Rd. 416·4 IO· 

1570. $15, $12(srl. $5(st}. children free. 

- 8:00: Etobicoke Philharmonic Orches· 

Ira. Christmas fantasy and Auction. 

Menotti: Introduction, March and Shep· 

herd's Dance from Amahl and the Night 

Visitors; Mozart: Flute Concerto in G 

K.313; Hutchison: Carol Symphony; Christ· 

mas sing·along. Emma Elkinson. flute; Tak 

Ng Lai, conductor. 7:00: auction. Humber 

Valley Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd. 416-239· 

5665. $20,$15(sr). students under 16 lree 

with adult accompaniment. 

- 8:00: Exultate Chamber Singers. 0 

Magnum Mysterium. Wo rks by Pinkham, 

Poulenc. Gabrieli and Lauridsen. Guests: 

Trillium Brass Quintet. St. Thomas' Church, 

383 Huron St. 416-971-9229. $20, 

$I 7(sr}, $I 2(st). 

CONCERT LISTINGS: GTA • • • 

0 Magnum Mysterium 

Five traditional Latin Nativity texts interpreted through the 

ages. With guests Trillium Brass Quintet. 

Exultate Chamber Singers - John Tuttle, Conductor 

Friday, December 10, 2004 - 8:00 p.m. 

Saint Thomas's Anglican Church


- B OO· Markham Theatre for the Per· 

forming Arts. George Fox Chflstmas. Tra· 

d111onal & holiday favourites & other music. 

171 Town Centre Blvd. 905·305·7469 

- B:OO: The Canadian Singers. A Shining 

Chnstmas. Music of the season by War· 

rack. Lowe, Hardy & Fleming. Harvey Pat· 

terson, director. Montgomery's Inn. 4709 

Dundas West. 416·394·8113. $12, 

$34 $ lO(Friends of Etobicoke's Heritage!. 

- B:OO· St. Michael's Choir School. - 8:00: Toronto Consort. The Proetori11s 

What Sweeter M11s1c. Sacred & secular 

Christmos Vespers. Music for recorders, 

violins. cornelli, sackbuts. theorbos, viola 

Christmas music by Ruller, Holst, Brahms, 

da gamba. keyboards & voices. Michelle 

Mendelssohn. B1111en, Willan, Daley, Bissell. 

DeBoer, Katherine Hill. David Arnot. Jason 

Anderson. Arpm & others. Jerzy Cichocki, 

Nedecky, Kevin Skelton, Toronto Chamber 

M.ue Clane Gervasom & Buan Rae, con 

ductors Massey Hall, 15 Shuter 416·B72 

4255 S 18.50 $30. 

Chou. Trimty·St. Paul's Centre. 427 Bloor 

St. West. 416·964 6337. $20·$4B, $15· 

$40(sr/sl). 

lIE PM-ETOR!US 

CHR!STMAS 

VESPERS 

December 10 & 11, 2004 at Bpm 

With rec1111/('l'.1'. l'io/i11s. ,·ome11i . . wcklm1.1-. 1heorhos. 

keybowrl.1 m1c/ 1•oice.1, the ·nm111to Co11.111rt recrc•c11e1· the 

)o_\[11/ cl!/ebratio11 of Chrilffll{f\ Vespen as it might llm•e 

l>ee11 heard under the dire£'litm of M1clwel Prae1om11 in 

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I 7th-nmtury Gemw11). 

- B:OO: University of Toronto Faculty of 

Music. Fac11/ty Artis! Sefles: Nex11s. Hatz· 

1s: Four Rituals for Percussion Quintet. Cho· 

rus and Audience. Bill Cahn. Bob Becker, 

Robin Engelman. Russell Har1enbe1ger. Gar· 

ry Kvistad, performers. Walter Hall, 80 

Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. $21,$11. 

- B:OO: Via Salzburg. Christmas Vis Sofz. 

b11rg. Glenn Gould Studio. See Dec 9. 

- 8: 15: Operatic Cabaret Review. Mogi· 

ea! Jo11rney from Mo1art to M11sicals. Heh· 

conian Hall. 35 Hazelton Ave. 416·927· 

9800. $25. 

- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Tanglefool. 2261 

Oundas St. West. 416-531-6604 lor reser· 

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I ldiconian Theatre I lall 

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Vocal Studies Annual 

Christmas Concert 

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Sunday, Dec. 12 at 2 pm 

Helieonian Theatre I lall 

35 Hazelton Ave 

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For Reservations and Info 

vations. $ l 8(advance), $20(door). 

Saturday Oecember 11 

- 1:30 & 3:30: Toronto Symphony Or· 

chestra. Sugar & Spice - Kids' Chris/mos 

Concerts. Traditional Twelve Days of 

Christmas sing·along; selections from Pri· 

madonna on a Moose; Tchaikovsky: ex· 

cerpts from The Nutcracker & other music. 

Anna Madgell, soprano: Mary Lou Falhs. 

host/soprano. Roy Thomson Hall. 60 Sim· 

coe St. 416·593·4B28. $23.50-$32. 

- 2:00: Toronto All·Star Big Band. A 

Chflstmas Special. See Oec 3. Jane Malle11 

Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416·366·7723. 

$32. 

- 2:00: Victoria.Royce Church. Seco nd 

So111rday Concert: Chris/mas Pipes. Recital 

of organ music for Christmas. Music by 

Bach, Daqu1n & Bedard. Peter Treen. pipe 

organ. 190 Medland St. 416· 769 6176. 

Free (dona11onJ. 

- 4:00: St. James' Cathedral Choral 

Society. A Fam11y Christmas. Readings and 

congregational carols; Christmas Cantata 

"Still was 1he Night"; gilts & games for 

children. 65 Church St. 416-364·7865. $5, 

child under 13 lree. 

- 6:00: St. Patrick's Church. Ann110/ Or · 

gan Chnstmas Concert. See Dec 8. 

- 7:00: Choir of Knox United Church - 

Agincourt. The Mogic of Christmas. 

Christmas music and carols. 2569 Midland 

Ave. 416·293·4424. Admission by dona1ion 

(lood or cash! to the Agincourt Community 

Services Association local food bank. 

- 7:00: Rainbow Voic,es of Toronto. 

Gifts We Bring. St. Luke's Church, 353 

Sherbourne St. 416·925·9872 x.2166. 

$15,$12. child under 12 lree. unwaged 

pwyc. 

- 7:30: Alexender Singers and Players 

Festival Choir. Seasonal Concert. Vivaldi: 

Gloria; opera excerpts; sing·along of well 

known carols; spirituals. Angela Hawalesh· 

ka, director. Celebration Church, 500 Cold 

stream Ave. 416·7B5·0333. $12,$10, 

Music at Metropolitan presents 

Patricia Wright, Director of Music and Organist 

Christmas with the Poculi Ludique Societas 

and the Recordare Ensemble 

Officium Stellae (12th century) and 

The Second Shepherd's Play (tSth century) 

Friday, December 10 at 7:30 p.m. 

Admission: $20 - children 12 and under free 

accompanied by an adult 

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r/ \ 56 Queen Street East at Church Street, Toronto 

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'Jv(usic for .9l.avent and Cfiristm.as 

7:30 p.m. Saturday, December 11. 2004 

"[fie Cliri.strmi.< prcJgn1mme e;qifort.• tf1e glories of 'fi.j:r uss1l11U 

and ear(y 'Baruque nws1r cdr.brawrg tfie hrrtfi of Jl!jrt - 

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'The Cfiurcfi of St. Mary Magtia[ene 

477 Manning Ave. Toronco, Ontario 

Tickers $15/$12 

S'O WWW.THEWHOLENOrE.COM DECEMBER 1 2004 - FEBRUAl

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

Chamber Youth Choir. Holiday Concert. 

Seasonal music. Linda Beaupre, conductor. 

George Weston Recital Hall. 5040 Yonge 

St. 416-870-8000. $22,$20. 

- 7:30: Mississauga Festival Youth 

Choir. Songs of Praise and Prayers for 

Peace. Music lrom around the world. Oebo· 

rah Bradley, artistic director. Royal Bank 

Theatre. 4141 Living Arts Or., Mississauga'. 

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

- 7:30: North 44° Ensemble. Repeat the 

Sounding Joy. Pinkham: Christmas Cantata; 

Charpentier: Song of the Birth of Our Lord 

Jesus Christ; Rutter: Brother Heinrich's 

Christmas. Brass; Jenny Crober. accompa· 

nist/assistant conductor; Geoffrey Butler. 

artisuc director. All Saints Church, 1415 

Royal York Rd. 905·764·5140. $20,$15. 

- 7:30: Oakham House Choir of Ryerson 

University/Toronto Sinlonietta. Mozart: 

Requiem; Regina Coeli; Exultate Jubilate. Eun· 

sil Chol, soprano; Romina Farrell, mezzo; Craig 

Ashton, tenor; Grant Allert, baritone; Matthew 

Jaskiewicz, director. Bloor Street United 

Church, 300 Bloor St. West. 416-979·5000 

x6043. $ l8(advancel. $22(door). 

- 7:30: Oakville Symphony Orchestra. 

OSO Family Christmas. Music of the sea· 

son; audience carol sing-along. Guests: 

Tempus Choral Society; Oakville Children's 

Choir; Roberto De Clara, conductor. 

Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, 

130 Navy St. 905·B15-2021. $12, $6(sr/ 

St/child). 

- 7:30: Tonia Cianciulli/Anne Marie 

Ramos, sopranos. Home For The Holidays. 

Holiday music & other classics. Mia Bach. 

accompanist. The Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel 

Samuel Smith Or. 416-516-5198. $20, 

$ I O(sr), children under 8 free. Donation of 

proceeds to Women's Habitat sheltes. Unwrapped 

toys, certificates & other items accepted. 

- 7:30: Toronto Camarata. A Season of 

Festivity - Music for Advent and Christ· 

mas. Hassler: mass; motets. carols & 

chant. Church ol St. Mary Magdalene, 477 

Manning Ave. 416-972-5735. $15,$12. 

- 7:30: Toronto Northern lights Cho· 

rus. Christmas With the Northern lights. 

Guests: Canadian Staff Band of the Salvation 

Army; Mirage; The Fixx. Metropolitan 

United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 866· 

744-7464. $15. 

- 7:30: Weston Silver Band. Christmas 

Crackers. Guests: lnvictones male choir. 

Larry Shields, director. Central United 

Church, 1 King St.. Weston. 416-249· 

6553. $12,$10 (child 12 & under free). 

- 8:00: Academy Concert Series. Schu· 

bert, Weber & Mendelssohn - Speaking in 

CONCERT LISTINGS: GTA ••• 

Anno Domini Chamber Singers 

The Bach Children's Chorus 

and the Bach Chamber Youth Choir 

Linda Beaupre, Conductor 

Eleanor Daley, Pianist 

A festive 180-voice concert featuring 

Parry's "To Bethlehem" with 

steel drums, accompanied 

by our special guests. 

Saturday, December 11, 200".t 

at 7:30 Pfl'. 


George Weston Recital Hall 

5040 Yonge Street


Tones. Schubert· String Trio in B flat 

D581, Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat 

Op.34, Mendelssohn· Quintet in B flat 

Op.87. David Stewart & Paule Prefontaine, 

violins; Stephen Marvin & David Rose, v10· 

las; Chris11na Mahler. cello; Nicolai Taras· 

ov, clarinet. Eastmmster United Church, 

310 Danforth Ave. 416·889·5414. 


- 8:00: Anno Domini Chamber Singers. 

Christmas with Brass. Pinkham: Christmas 

Cantata; Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on 

Christmas Carols: trad111onal carols wnh 

brass arr Holman. W1llan & Bel!efeu1lle. 

Paul Massei, baritone, members of Tallsker 

Players; David Jafehce. conductor. Holy 

Name Church, 71 Gough 416-696-0093. 

$20, $15fsrlsll. $1 Ofchildl. 

- 8:00: Brampton Symphony Orchestra. 

Holiday lights. Music by Corelli, Tcha1ko· 

vsky; Chinese. Jewish & Japanese trad1· 

tional music. Giovanni Amenta. tenor; Rob· 

ert Rames, conductor. Heritage Theatre. B6 

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

$20. $15(sr/stl. $5(ch1ld under 121. 

- 8:00· Chamber Music Concert. Clarke: 

Cousins for trumpet, trombone & piano; 

Khatchatu11an: Tuo for clannet, violin & 

piano; Wilder: Sonata #2 for bassoon & 

piano; Constant: Danse for guitar & piano; 

Lalo: Tllo for violin, cello & piano. John 

McGuigan, trumpet; Kent Bowman. trom· 

bone; Peter Margolian, piano; Art Forer, 

clarinet; Steve Prime & Gina Maenhaut. 

violins & other performers. Victoria College 

Chapel. 91 Charles St. West. 416·769· 

5253. Free. 

- 8:0D: Etobicoke Centennial Choir. St 

Dlave's Church. See Dec 10. 

- 8:00: Markham Theatre for the Per· 

forming Aris. Toronto Children's Chorus. 

Holiday season music. Jean Ashworth Bar· 

tie, director. 171 Town Centre Blvd. 905· 

305·7469. $35. 

Weber & Mendelssohn 

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Tones 

Extraordinary Works for Strings and Clarinet 

Mendelssohn: Quartet Op. 44 #2 and 

Quintet Op. 8; Weber Clarinet Quintet Op. 34 

David Stewart/Paule Prefontaine (violin) 

Stephen Marvin/David Rose (viola) 

Christina Mahler (cello)/ Nicolai Tarasov (clarinet) 

Saturday, December 11, 2004 at 8 p.m. 

Eastminster United Church, 

310 Danforth Avenue $15/$10 416-889-5414 

- 8:00: Music Gallery. Morris Palter. solo 

percussion. Wilson: new work; Gordon: XY; 

Alvarez: Temazcal; Globokar: Corporel. St 

George the Martyr Church, 197 John. 416· 

204· 1080. $15. $ lO(member/srl. $5(stl. 

- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. 

Academy Symphony Orchestra. Students of 

the Young Artists Performance Academy; 

Rennie Regehr, conductor. 90 Croatia St. 

4 I 6·408·2824 x.321. $10,$5. 

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

What Sweeter Music. Massev Hall. See 

Dec 10. 

- 8:00: Toronto Children's Chorus. Mu· 

sic for the holiday season. Markham Theatre. 

171 Town Centre Blvd .. Markham. 

905·305· 7 469. $ 35. 

- 8:00· Toronto Consort. The Praetoous 

Chflstmas Vespers. Trinity-St. Paul's Cen· 

tre. See Dec 10. 

- 8:00: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth 

Choir. Noell Noell Noell Charpentier. 

Messe de Minun. Ron Ka Ming Cheung, 

conductor. Calvin Church, 26 Delisle Ave. 

4 I 6·598·0422. $30,$15. 


- 1 :OO(English) & 3:00(French); Brampton 

Symphony "Rose Garden" Orchestra. 

Young People's Concert. Prokofiev: Peter 

and the Woll; Haydn: Toy Symphony Rob· 

ert Rames. conductor. Heritage Theatre. 86 

Mam St. North, Brampton. 905·874·2800. 

$1 O. $5(ch1ld under 14). 

- 1:00: Harbourfront/Jeunesses Muslcales 

of Ontario. Music with Bite: fom1/y 

Sunday Concerts: True North Brass. Ch11st· 

mas music. Ravmond Tizzard & Barton 

Woomert, trumpets; Joan Watson. horn; 

Alastair Kay, trombone; Scott Irvine. tuba. 

lakeside Terrace. 235 Queens Quay West. 

4 I 6·973·4000. $8, $25(family of 41. 

- 1 :OD: Hugh's Room. Nancy White. lmda 

Gflfliths, Erika Ritter. 2261 Dundas St. 

West. 416·531 ·6604 for reservations. 

$14(advancel. S 16(doorl. 

- 2:00: Brown laMarche Duo. Music by 

andel. Rolla. Albeniz. Brown. James 

Brown, guitar; Bridget laMarche, viola. 

Edward Day Gallery, 952 Queen St. West. 

416·530·2426. $20,$15. 

- 2:00: New School of Classical Vocal 

Studies. Annual Christmas Recital. Helico· 

nian Hall. 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-927-9800. 

$ t 5,$12.50. 

- 2:00· Northdale Concert Band. The 

Spmt of Chostmas: Music for the Holidays. 

Stephen Chenette. music director. St. 

Jude's Church (Wexford). 10 Howarth Ave 

9D5·8B6·085B. $10. $8(sr/stl. children 

under 12 free. 

- 3:00 & 8:00: Singing OUT! Holiday 

Concert. Traditional & favourite Christmas 

music. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. 

East. 416·967·2759. $20. 

- 3:00: Aradia Ensemble. Christmas Con· 

cert: Vivaldi Sacred Music. Marion New· 

man, alto; Tracy Smith Besse11e. soprano; 

Kevin Mallon. director. St. Paul's Bas1hca, 

83 Power St 800·461·3333. $20.$12. 

- 3:0D: Bell' Arte SingerslToronto 

Masque Theatre. A Christmas Masque. 

Charpentier: Messe de Minuit; Christmas 

music by Pergoles1. Praetorius & Poulenc; 

modern & baroque dance; readings. Edgar 

Tumak & Natasha Royka. dancers; Christo· 

pher Verrette & Rona Goldensher. baroque 

violins & other performers; Larry Beckwith, 

BELL' ARTE 

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host; lee Wilfingham, director. Eastminster 

United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416· 

4 I 0-4561. $20. 

- 3:00: Counterpoint Chorale/Counter· 

point Chamber Players. Together for the 

Season. Bach: Cantata 11140 Wachet au!!. 

Guests: Taras Kulish, baritone; Agnes Zig· 

ovics, soprano; William Woloschuk, direc· 

tor. Eglinton St. George's United Church, 

35 Lytton Blvd. 416·253·4674. $15,$10. 

- 3:00: Hart House. Linda Maguire, Mel· 

1o·Soprano. Great Hall, 7 Hart House Cir· 

cle. 416·978·2452. Free. 

- 3:00: Markham Concert Band. A Sea· 

sonal Celebration. Anderson: Christmas 

Festival; Shostakovich: Festive Overture; 

carols, singalongs. Markham Theatre, 171 

Town Centre Blvd. 905·305· 7469. 

$20,$15. 

- 3:00: Mississauga Choral Society. 

Handel: Messiah; Passmore: Majors Cana· 

mus. Sharla Nafziger, soprano; Lynne Mc· 

Murtry. mezio; Peter McCutcheon, tenor; 

Michael Downie, baritone; Sinfony Players; 

Chrys A. Bentley, conductor. Hammerson 

Hall. 4141 living Arts Drive, Mississauga. 

905·306·6000. S35/S25, $30/S 15(sr/st). 

- 3:00: Mooredale Youth Orchestras. 

Featuring performers ages 6· 18. Rosedale 

Heights School. 711 Bloor St. East. 416· 

922·3714 x103. $15,$10. 


OSO Family Christmas. Oakville Centre for 

the Performing Arts. See Dec 11. 

- 3:00: Orchestra Toronto. Viennese 

Holiday. Mozan: Magic Flute Overture; 

Beethoven: Violin Concerto; music by 

J.Strauss Jr., Kreisler, Lehar & Sieczynski. 

Jacques lsraelievitch, violin; Kurt Lehmann, 

tenor; Errol Gay, music director. 2:00: Pre· 

concert talk by Artist·in·Residence Cather· 

ine Manoukian. George Weston Recital Hall, 

5040 Yonge St. 416·872· 1111. $30, 

s 25(srlst), S 1 Olchildlyouthl. 

- 4:00: St. James' Cathedral. Sunday Tw1: 

light Recital Series. Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill, 

organ. 65 Church St. 416·364· 7865. Free. 

- 4:00: Toronto Classical Singers. Han· 

de/.· Messiah /highlights/. Nancy King, so· 

prano; Sandra Boyes. mezzo; Stephen Mc· 

Clare, tenor; Bruce Kelly, bass; Talisker 

Players Orchestra; Jurgen Petrenko, con· 

ductor. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 

Yonge St. 416·443· 1490. $22,$20. 

- 4:30: All the King's Voices. Christmas 

for Kids. Guests: Lawrence Park Communi· 

ty Church Children's Choir; David J. King, 

conductor. Willowdale United Church, 349 

Kenneth Ave.416·225·2255. $15,$10. 

$5(childl. 

- 4:30: Yorkminster Park Church Choir. 

Carols by Candlelight. William Maddox, con· 

ductor; Ronald S. Jordan, organ. 1585 

Yonge St. 416·922· l 167. Free. 

- 7:00: Ensemble Tryptych Chamber 

Choir & Sinfonia Instrumental Ensem· 

hie. Karols, Korales, & Kris Kringfe - A 

Christmas Concert. Music by Bach, Britten, 

Sweelinck, Handel & 'others. Lenard Whit· 

ing, director. Trinity Church. 2737 Bayview 

Ave. 416·763·5506. $15, children tree. 

- 7:30: Alexander Singers and Players 

Festival Choir. Seasons! Concert. Celebra· 

tion Church. See Dec 11. 

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presents 

CHRISTMAS FOR KIDS 

Featuring the Lawn?1ce Park 

Camm1111ity Clwn:h Childrc11 s Choir 

Sunday, Dec 12 al 4:30pm 

SONGS FROM THE HEART 

Saturday, Feb 26 at 8:00pm 

illowdale United Church, 349 Kenneth Ave. 

Adults $15 Scnior/S1uden1s $10 Chjldrcn S5 

Call 416-225-2255 

Sunday, December 12 at 3:00 pm 

St. George United Church, 35 Lytton Blvd., Toronto 

Oust west of Yonge St., north of Eglinton Ave.) 

Tickets $15, Students $10

ERROL GAY, MUSIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR 

Catherine Manoukian, Artist-in-Residence 

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Mozart - Magic Flute Overture 

Beethoven - Violin Concerto 

Strauss • Champenger Polka 

L Mozart • Sleighride 

Kreisler - Caprice Viennois, Liebeslied, Tambourin Chinois 

Lehar • "Oien is! ganzes Herz• 

Siecznsk1 · "Wien, Wien, nur du allein" 

Pre-concert talk by Artist-in-Residence, one hour before concert. 

ALL CONCERTS AT THE GEORGE WESTON RECITAL HALL 

TORONTO CENTRE FOR THE ARTS 

TICKETS; $30/25/10 Call 416-467-7142 

www.orchestratoronto.ca 

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- 7:30: Echo Women's Choir. Winter 

Songs. Songs of peace and healing; tradi· 

tional music from Quebec, the Republic of 

Georgia, Latvia & America; carols & songs 

for the winter & holiday season. Alan Gas· 

ser & Becca Whitla. conduclors; Becca 

Whitla, piano. Church of the Holy Trinity, 

10 Trinity Square. 416-537-2526. $ l 2(ad· 

vance), $15(door), $ 5(sr/child/ 

un(der)wagedl. 

- 7:30: North Bramalea United Church. 

Christmas Joy 2003 Revisited. Favourite 

Christmas music. NBUC house band. choir, 

soloists. ensembles; Jose Shapero, leader. 

363 Howden Blvd, Brampton. 905-450· 

8003. $10, children & youth free. 

- 7:30: St. Andrew's Presbyterian 

Church. Annual Chrtstmas Concert. Five 

English Handbell Choirs of the Bells of St. 

Andrew's; Children's Chime Choir; St. An· 

drew's Vocal Choir; other performers. 115 

SI. Andrew's Rd., Scarborough. 416·438· 

4100. Freewill offering. 

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- 7:30: Trinity Chamber Ensemble. 

Rameau: Incidental Music from Dardanus; 

Corelli: Concerto Op.6 116; Albinoni: Concer· 

to in C Op. 7 # 12; Purcell: Music from Ah· 

delaiar. Guest: Senya Trubashmk, oboe. 

Church of the Transfiguration, 111 Manor 

Rd. East. 416·229·0496. $15,$12. 

- 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. Hannu· 

kah with Pomegranate. TRANZAC, 292 

Brunswick Ave. 416·410·3655. $14,$12. 

- 8:00: Music Gallery. Bradyworks. 

Blais: new work; Canadian, Irish & British 

new music. Tim Brady, guitar; Andre Ler· 

oux, saxophone; Philip Homsey, percussion; 

Lori Freedman, clarinets; Annie Tremblay, 

soprano & other performers. St. George the 

Martyr Church, 197 John. 416-204· 1080. 

$15, $10(member/sr), $5(st). 


Music. Percussion Ensemble. Robin Engelman. 

director. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's 

Park. 416-978-3744. Free. 


- 7:30: Riverdale Youth Singers. Songs 

of the Season. Seasonal favourites with 

brass. Guests: Brasslully Yours: Uri Rozen, 

Jeremy Legault, trumpet; Travis Nixon, 

horn; Sashi Ramu. trombone; Oan Manley, 

tuba; Anne Massicotte, conductor. SI. 

John's Church, 415 Broadview Ave. 416· 

B75-1587. Free. 

- 8:00: Healey Willan Singers. A New 

Child. Buxtehude: Oas neugeborne Kindel· 

ein; other seasonal music. Ron Ka Ming 

Cheung, conductor. Heliconian Hall, 35 Ha· 

zelton Ave. 416-924-0753. $25,$15. 

presents 

The Great 

Toronto Carol Sing 

Tuesday, December 14, 2004, 8 p.m. 

The Cathedral Church of St. James 

We are proud to present Maestro Richard Bradshaw, General Director of 

the Canadian Opera Company. and the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus 

directed by Ann Cooper Gay, In an evening of heart-felt carol singing in the 

beautiful a::ousuc splendour of the Cathedral Church of St James. This concert 

will feature the prem1ere ol Verbum Caro Factum Est. A Chnstmas Cantata, by the 

celebrated Canadian composer Derek Holman, featuring the young Canadian Tenor Colin 

Ainsworth. comm1ss1oned by the HSSB 

William Uttler, 

The TorontoStar 

Call the St. Lawrence Centre Box Office 

416-366-7723 

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

www.hssb.ca 

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- 1 :00: St. James Cathedral. Music at 

Midday. Britten: A Ceremony of Carols. 

Katharine Hall·Phillips, Katy Hedalen, so· 

pranos; Elaine Robertson, mezzo-soprano; 

David Phillips, piano. 65 Church Sl. 416· 

364· 7865. Free. 

- 8:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band. 

The Great Toronto Carol Sing. Holman: Ver· 

bum Caro Factum Est, A Christmas Cantata 

(commission); carol singing. Colin Ains· 

worth, tenor; Canadian Children's Opera 

Chorus; Ann Cooper Gay, director; Richard 

Bradshaw, conductor. Cathedral Church of 

St. James. 65 Church St. 416·366· 7723, 

800-708-6754. $25, $22(sr), S20(stl. 

group rates. 

- 8:00: OnStage. fado/ Portuguese blues. 

Catarina Cardeal, vocals; Mike Siracusa, 

Portuguese guitar; Jane Bunnell, saxo· 

phone; Spirits of Havana: Shelley Solmes, 

host. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. 

West. 416·205·5555. $25. 

- 8:30: Hugh's Room. The Nylons. 2261 

Dundas St. West. 416·531·6604 for reser· 

vations. $30(advance), $32(door). 


- 7:00: Ensemble Tryptych Chamber 

Choir & Sinfonia Instrumental Ensem· 

ble. Karols, Korales, & Kris Kringle -A 

Christmas Concert. See Dec 12. St. Martin 

in·the·Fields Church, 151 Glenlake. 


Handel: Messiah. Gillian Keith, soprano; 

Matthew White. countertenor; Rufus 

Muller, tenor; Brett Polegato. baritone; 

Tafelmusik Chamber Choir & Orchestra; 

lvars Taurins. director. Trinity·St. Paul's 

Centre. 427 Bloor St. West. 416-964- 

6337. $29-$69. 

- B:OO: Nathaniel Dett Chorale. An Indigo 

Christmas ... Oe Momin' Come. Contem· 

porary choral arrangements in Caribbean 

rhythms. Guests: Signal Hill Alumni Choir, 

John Arnold, director; Brainerd Blyden· Tay· 

lor, artistic director. George Weston Recital 

Hall, 5040 Yonge St 416·340·0550. 

$26.50-$38.50. 

- 8:00: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir/ 

Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Handel: 

Messiah. Erin Wall, soprano; Marie-Nicole 

Lemieux. contralto; Stuart Neill, tenor; 

James Westman. bass; Martin Haselbock, 

conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. 

416·598·0422. $35·$95. 

- 8:30: Hugh's Room. The Nylons. See 

Dec 14. 



Handel: Messiah. Trinity·Sl. Paul's Centre. 

See Dec 15. 

- B:OO: fabrik Company/Chartier Danse/ 

Goethe lnstitutJDanceWorks. Screaming 

Popes. Tale of power, vanity, desire, tor· 

men!, faith & grace with interaction be· 

1ween performers & composer/live musi· 

cian. Danny Wild, Michael Sean Marye, 

Sven Till, performers; Alex Nowitz, compos· 

et/musician. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 

12 Alexander St. 416-975·8555. $20,$17. 

For complete run see music theatre listings. 



Messiah. Roy Thomson Hall. See Oec 15. 

- 8:00: Toronto Philharmonia. Sounds of 

the Season. Prokofiev: Lt Kiie Suite: 

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite; Robino· 

vitch/Budd: Bone But1on Borscht. Guests: 

Barbara Budd, narrator: Beyond the Pare 

Klezmer Band; Kerry Stratton, conductor. 

George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge 

St. 416·870·8000. $20·$59. 

- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Ouartel/e. 2261 

Dundas St. West. 416·531·6604 lor reser· 

vations. $ 20(advance), $22(door). 

Friday December 17 

- 7:30: Oakville Children's Choir. Place 

of the Blest. Senior Choir with orchestra; 

Glenda Crawford, music director. St John's 

United Church, 262 Randall St., Oakville. 

905.337. 7104. $20,$15. 


Handel: Messiah. Trimty·St. Paul's Centre. 

See Dec 15. 

- 8:00: Brampton Festival Singers. first 

Nowells: Original music for Chflstmas. 

Stephane Potvin, director. St. Paul's United 

Church. 30 Main St. South, Brampton. 905· 

874-2800. $20, $17, $ IO(child under 12). 

- 8:00: Forte, The Toronto Men's Cho· 

rus. Oon We Now Our Gay Apparel. Pas· 

tiche of popular & classic holiday songs. 

Guests: Stephen Ericson, tenor; Yorkville 

Station vocal trio. St. Andrews United 

Church, 117 Bloor St. East. 416-961-5708. 

$18(advancel. $20(door). 

- 8:00: Montgomery's Inn. A Celtic 

Ch(istmas. Sandy Macintyre, fiddle & 

Steeped in Tradition. 4709 Dundas West. 

416·394·8113. $15, $12(Friends of Etobi· 

coke's Heritage!. 

- 8:00: Nathaniel Dett Chorale. An lndi· 

go Christmas ... Oe Momin' Come. George 

Weston Recital Hall. See Dec 15. 

- 8:00: Oueensmen of Toronto Male 

Chorus. Christmas Concert. See Dec 10. 

Thornhill United Church, 25 Elgin Ave., 

Thornhill. 905· 731-9362. 

- 8:00: Sine Nomine Ensemble for Me· 

dieval Music. Christmas in Court and 

Chapel. Christmas music from late·Gothic 

courts. St.,Thomas' Church. 383 Huron St. 

416·638·9445. $15,$10. 


- 12:00 noon: RCM Community School. 

Students in Concert. Solo recitals. lobby, 

273 Bloor St. West. 416·408·2824 x321. 

Free. 

- 2:00: Toronto Children's Chorus. A 

Chorus Christmas. Briuen: Missa Brev1s; 

Holman: Sir Christemas; contemporary car· 

ols by Canadian composers. TCC choirs and 

CONCERT LISTINGS : GTA ... 

Sine nomtne Cfnsemble for ebieba( Usie 

hristmas in ourt 

and hapd 

Friday, December 17, 8 p.m. 

@rrt,; 

Saint Thomas's Church, 383 Huron St. 

Tickets SIS I SIO st11de111s, se11iors 

For information and reservations, 

call 416-638-9445. 

Free Underground Parking 

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True North Brass 

with the Mississauga Philharmonic 

January 22, 2005 

Tickets: $45/$35 

8p.m. 

Living Arts Centre, Mississauga 

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.JO Years of Joyous Music! 

Carols and Lullabies 

aturday December 18th, 2004, 7:30 p.m. 

George Weston Recital I !all, 


5040 Yonge Street, in North York 

A Ceremony of Carols. Benjamin Britten 

Carols and Lullabies. Conrad Sua 

A sampler of winning carols from seasons past by 

Eleanor Daley and Mm·k Sirett 

Christmas and Cl1a11.ukal1 Competition winners 

Tlie 8acl1 Children s Chorus. Linda Beaup'"'. director 

EriCCI GoO

250 Front St. W. 416 205·5555. $15,$10. 

- 8:00: Mississauga Symphony Orches· 

tra. Festive favourites & Chnstmas stoues 

Leslie Fagan. soprano; Holy Name of Mary 

School Concert Chou· Deborah Smith. con· 

ductor; John 8arnum, music director. Ham· 

merson Hall, 4141 living Arts Duve, Mis· 

s1ssauga. 905·306-6000. $45,$35. 

- 8:00: Tempus Choral Society. Sleigh 

Ride - A lively Mus/Ca/ Celebration for the 

Holidays. Guests: Tim Hart Jazz Quartet. 

St. Michael's Church, 181 Sewell Or., 

Oakville. 905 510 5713. $15,$10(sr/ch1I· 

dren 12 & under). 

- 8·00: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir/ 

Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Handel· 

Messiah. Roy Thomson Hall See Dec 15. 


M11c Jordan, smger·songwmer. Royal 

Bank Centre Theatre, 4141 Living Arts Dr 

905·306 6000. $25·$39. 



Si11g·Along Messiah. Gillian Keith, soprano; 

Matthew White, countertenor; Rufus 

Muller, tenor; Brett Polegato, baritone; 

Tafelmus1k Chamber Choir & Orchestra; 

Maestro Handel. conductor. Massey Hall, 

15 Shuter 416 872-4255. $27,$20. 

- 3:00· Concerts at St. George's on·the· 

Hill. lessons and Carols. Works by Head, 

Haydn, Mathias & others. Women's voices 

of St. George's Cho11. 4600 Ound3s St. 

West. 416·463-9284. 



MeSS1sh. Roy Thomson Hall. See Dec 15. 


Church. lessons & C110/s. St. Andrew's 

Choir. 73 Simcoe St. 416·593·5600. Offer· 

1ng to The Boarding Homes Ministry. 

- 4:00: St. James' Catheilral. Sunday 

Twilight Rec11BI Se11es. David Phillips, or· 

gan. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free. 

- 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jill 

Vespers: Sadow 81ass & Drums. Brian Bar· 

low, drums; Chase Sanborn & Brian 

O'Kane, trumpet; Russ little & Terry Pro· 

mane, trombone; Doug Burrell, tuba. 1570 

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

- 4.30: St. Anne's Church. Nine lessons 

and Ca10/s. Music by Archer, Darke, lhff, 

Joubert, Lloyd, Ord, Rutter. Cho11 of St. 

Anne's; guest: Peter J. Orme, organ: P. 

John H. Stephenson. dnector of music. 270 

Gladstone Ave. 416·767·7290. Freewill 

offeung 

- 4:30: Yorkminster Perk Church Choir. 

fesrival of Nine lessons and Carols. William 

Maddox. organ & director of music. 1585 

Yonge St. 416·922· 1167. Free. 

- 6:00: Salvation Army Yorkminster 

Citadel. Christmas Celebration & CM 

dren's Pageant. 1 Lord Seaton Rd. 416· 

222·9110. Freewill offering. 

- 7:00: Music at Metropolitan. Candle· 

light Service of lessons and Carols. Metro· 

pohtan Choirs. Metropolitan United Church, 

56 Queen St. East. 416-363·0331. Freewill 

offering. 

- 7:00: Toronto Swedish Singers. 

Swedish Christmas Concert. Traditional 

Swedish & English Christmas carols; sea· 

sonal instrumental music; audience partici· 

pation. Lloyd Thompson. director. Agricola 

Finnish Lutheran Church, 25 Old York Mills 

Rd. 416·229·4489. $12, children free. 

- 7:30: Humber Valley United Music 

Program. Candlelight Service. Saint Saens; 

Chnstmas Oratorio; lessons and carols Man· 

anne Sasso, soprano; Shannon Butcher. mei· 

zo; Joan Cotton, alto: David Amlirose, tenor & 

other performers; Debbie Bradley, conductor. 

Humber Valley Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd. 

416·231-2263. Free (good will offering). 

- 7:30: Peel Choral Society. Fundraisfng 

Christmas Concert. Emmanuel United 

Church, 420 Balmoral Dr., Brampton. 416· 

96 I ·6444. Free will offering. 

- 7:30: Upper Canada Children's Cho· 

rus/York Region Schools. The Spi11t of 

Christmas. Brian Rawlins. music director. 

George Weston Reena! Hall. 5040 Yonge 

St. 416-870-8000. $20,$15. 

- 8:00: Forte, The Toronto Men's Cho· 

rus. Oon We Now Our Gay Apparel. See 

Dec 17. Winchester Dance Theatre. 80 

Winchester. 

- 8:00: Victoria Scholars Men's Choral 

Ensemble. Masters in this Hall. Carols 

from Christmas past & present arranged by 

composers from Canada & around the 

world. Robert Pomakov, bass; Jerzy C1· 

chocki, conductor; William O'Meara, accom· 

pamst. Our Lady of Sorrows Church. 3055 

... 

: victoria 

; scholars 

;: 

men'schoralle 

;: 

Bloor St. West. 416·761-7776. $25,$20 


- 11 :OOam & 2:00: Really little Theatre 

Company. Mote! (The Greedy PrmcessJ. 

Book & lyrics by Curne: music by Wingrove 

Rock & roll musical comedy. Ages 4· 10. 

Solar Stage Children's Theatre, 4950 

Yonge St. 416·36B-8031. $13. For corn· 

plate run see music theatre listings. 

- B:OO: Jazz FM91. Sound of To1onto 

Jan Concert Series: Jim Galloway & 

friends "Swing into Christmas". Ontario 

Science Centre. 770 Don Mills Rd. 416 

696-1000. $20. 


- 1:00: St. James' Cathedral. Music at 

Midday: A French Ch11stmas Celeb11t1on. 

Michael Bloss, organ. 65 Church St. 416· 

364·7B65. Free. 

- 2:00: Oakville Children's Choir. Sto· 

ries of Christmas. Stories from winners of 

Community Story Writing Competition; tra· 

ditional Christmas carols; carol sing. Guest: 

Dinah Christie, narrator; Glenda Crawford, 

music director. The Meeting House, 25-171 

Speers Rd .• Oakv1lle. 905·337·7104. $10. 

Proceeds to Big Sisters of Oakv1lle. 

CONCERT LISTINGS: GTA ... 

Sunday, Dec. 19,2004 8pm 

A programme of favourite carols from Chrfstmas 

past and Christmas present arranged by 

composers from Canada and around the world. 

Jerzy Cichocki, conductor 

William O'Meara, accompanist 

Robert Pomakov, bass 

Our Lady of Sorrows Church 

3055 Bloor Street West. Toronto 

Adults $25, Seniors & Students $20 

for tickets call 416.761.7776 

DEER PARK CONCERTS 

129 St. Clair Avenue West Uusl east of Avenue Road) 

Christmas Eve 

December 24 

10:00 - 10:45 p.m. 

William Wright performs a recital of 

Christmas music 

Free Admission 

Next concert in Saturday-night recital series 

Organist 

Douglas Cleveland 

February 5, 2005, 7:30 p.m. 

Call 416-481-2979 for ticket infom1ation or visit 

www.deerparkunitedchurch.ea, click "Concerts" 

Parking courtesy of Imperial Oil next to concert venue. 

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- 3:00 & 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. John 

McDermott: Christmas Memories. Classic 

ballads, seasonal favouri1es & stories. 

Gues1s: Guido Basso. flugelhorn; Erika 

Raum, violm; The Mistletones. 60 Simcoe. 

416-872-4255. $29.50-$69.50. 

- 8:00: Civic Light Opera Company. 

Yours, Aone. By Cohen & Futterman. Kelly 

Sanders. Susan Sanders, Bob Deutsch. 

David Haines, Carol Kugler & other per· 

formers; Joe Cascone. artistic director. 

Fairview library Theatre. 35 Fairview Mall 

Drive. 416-755· 1717. $20. For complete 

run see music theatre listings. 

Thursday December 2 3 

- 8:00: Massey Half. Blind Boys of Ala· 

bama ChrJstmas Show and Mavis Staples: 

A Tribute to Mahalia Jacksoo Holiday 

Show. 15 Shuter St. 4 I 6·872-4255. 

$49.50·$69.50. 

- 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Caoadian 

Brass: Annual Christmas Concert. Classics. 

1azz. holiday hits. sing-along. 60 Simcoe. 

416-872-4255. $29·$55. 


- 4:00: St. James' Cathedral. Tile 

Christmas Recital. David Phillips, organ. 65 

Church SL 416·364· 7865. Free. 

- 4:30: St. James' Cathedral. First Even· 

song of Christmas sung by the Cathedral 

Choir ol Men and Boys. 65 Church St. 416· 

364-7865. Free. 

- 6:00: Salvation Army Yorkminster 

Citadel. Caodles and Carols Christmas Eve. 

1 lord Seaton Rd. 416·222·9110. Freewill 

offering. 

- IO:OOpm: Deer Park Concerts. Christ· 

mas Eve with William Wright. Music by 

Bedard. Bach, Messiaen & Callahan. Wit· 

liam Wright, organ. Deer Park Church, 129 

St. Clair Ave. Wes I. 416-481-2979. Free. 

See ad page 53. 


- 2:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. Ka· 

Iman: Countess Maritza. Kurt Lehmann, 

Elizabeth Beeler. Keith Savage. Curtis Sulli· 

van. performers; Wayne Strongman, con· 

ductor. Jane Mallett Theatre. 27 Front St. 

East. 4 I 6·366-7723. $35·$55(preview). 

For complete run see music thealre listings. 


- 8:00: Brampton Heritage Theatre. A 

C11n11di110 Tribute to Gleon Miller. 86 Main 

S1 Norlh. Brampton. 905-874-2800. 

- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Ooo Ross. 2261 

Dundas St. West. 416·531-6604 for reser· 

vauons. $20tadvance). S22(door). 

Saturday January 01 

- 11 :OOam & 2:00: Solar Stage Chi I· 

dren's Theatre. Tall Tales: The Boy Who 

Cried Wolf. By Currie. Musical retelling. 

Ages 4· 10. 4950 Yonge St. 416·368-8031. 

S 13. For complete run see music theatre 

listings. 

- 2:30: Attila Glau Concert Produc· 

tions/Roy Thomson Half. Salute to Vieo· 

na. Traditional songs from Viennese operet· 

1as; waltzes & polkas by the Strauss family 

& 01hers. Full orchestra, operetta soloists, 

ballet dancers. 60 Simcoe. 1 ·800·545· 

7807. $55 $125. 

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Sunday January 02 

- 1:30: McMichael Gallery. Peter Stoll, 

clarinet. 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg. 

905·893· 1121. Gallery admission: $15,$9, 

$25ffamily rate). 

- 4:30: St. Anne's Church. Epiphany lessoos 

& Carols. Music by Barnard. Britten. 

Cleobury, Victoria, Willan, Woodward. Choir 

of St. Anne's; guest: Peter J. Orme, organ; 

P. John H. Stephenson, director of music. 

270 Gladstone Ave. 416-767-7290. Free· 

will offering. 

Tuesday January 04 


of Music. Voice Performeoce Class: Six 

Weeks 10 Cunait1! Walter Hall, 80 Queen's 

Park. 416·978·3744. Free. 

- 1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. Music et 

Midday. Joanne Averill-Rocha. flute; Mari· 

anne Turner, piano. 65 Church St. 416· 

364· 7865. Free. 

Wednesday January 05 

- 8:00: Brampton lyric Opera. Oooizetti: 

II Campanello di Notte. Followed by operatic 

favourites in concert. Guests: Brampton Festi· 

val Singers. Herilage Theatre. 86 Main St. 

North, Brampton. 905·450·3140. $ l 5·$25. 


Friday January 07 

- 8:00: Baroque Music Beside the 

Grange. Eavesdropping at the Collegium. 

Works by Weckmann, Bertali, Schmelzer & 

others. Kiri Tollaksen, cornetto; Linda Mel· 

sted. violin: Greg Ingles, sackbut; Dominic 

Teresi, dulcian; Borys Medicky. organ. St. 

George the Martyr Church. 197 John. 416· 

588-430 I. $22, $15. 

- 8:00: Royal York Road United Church. 

Meootti'.-Amahl aod the Night Visiiors. Va· 

nessa Gran1, John·Michael Schneider, 

Michael Morgan. Paul Schillaci. John Smith 

& other performers; Lydia Pedersen, music 

director. 851 Royal York Road. 416-231· 

9401. $20, family rate. For complete run 

see music theatre listings. 


- 2:00: Victoria·Royce Church. Second 

Saturday Coocert: Trillium Brass Ouimet io 

Recital. 190 Medland St. 416· 769-6176. 

Free {donation). 

GEORGE FlE:l:B::t: 

ORGAN, HARPSICHORD, PIANO 

Everything you always wanted 

to know about keyboards 

but were afraid to ask. 

Music from the Baroque, 

Classical, Romantic and 

Pop-jazz Traditions 

Sat., January 8, 2005, 7:30 pm 

St Mark's Presbyterian Church 

1 Greenland Road 

(Don Mills Rd. & Donway East) 

Adults SlS; Children SB 

Tickets at door or reserve 

by phone: 416-444-6762 

- 7:30: Music at St. Mark's. George 

Heldt, orgao, harpsichord, piaoo: Everythiog 

You Always Waoted to Koow About Keyboards 

But Were Afraid to Ask. Music from 

the baroque. classical, romantic & pop·jazz 

tradilions. St. Mark's Church. 1 Greenland 

Rd. 416-444-6762. $15, $8(chtld). 

- 8:00: Li Delun Music Foundation. New 

Year's Coocert. Music by Rachmaninoff. 

J.Strauss & other composers. Mary Liu, so· 

prano; Jared Welsh. saxophone; Sheng Yuan. 

piano; Toronlo Festival Orchestra & other 

performers. George Weston Recital Hall. 

5040 Yonge St. 416·733·9388. $22-$48. 

- 8:00: Music Gallery/Music Umbrellal 

lstituto Italiano di Cultura. Scelsi Ceote· 

nary Project: Celehratioo of the I OOth 

Birthday of ltaliao Composer Giacioto Seel· 

si. Scelsi: Kya; Rucke di Guck; Okanagon; 

Piano Suite # 10 Ka; String Quartet #4. 

Wallace Halladay, saxophone; Stephen 

Clarke, piano; Ryan Scott, percussion; Sanya 

Eng, harp; Penderecki String Quartet. 

7:15: Pre-concert talk. St. George the Mar· 

tyr Church, 197 John. 416·204-1080. 


- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Connie Kaldor. 

2261 Dundas St. West. 416-531-6604 tor 

reservations. $18(advance). $20(doorl. 


- 2:30: Toronto Early Music Centre. 

Musically Speakiog. Bach: Orgelbilchlein. 

Kevin Komisaruk, organ. Church of 1he Holy 

Trinity, 10 Trinity Square. 416-966-1409. 

Free. 

- 3:00: Vesnivka Choir. A Ukraioiao 

Christmas. Gues1s: Toronto Ukrainian Male 

Chamber Choir. Islington United Church, 25 

Burnhamthorpe Rd. 416·763·2197. 

$20,$15. 

- 3:30: Aradia Ensemble. Handel: Water 

Music aod Royal Fireworks Music. Kevin 

Mallon, director. Metropolitan Uniled 

Church, 56 Gueen St. East. 800·461·3333. 

$20,$12. Benefit for Casey House Hospice. 

- 4:00: St. James' Cathedral. Sunday 

Twilight Rec1ial Series. 65 Church St. 416· 

364-7865. Free. 

- 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz 

Vespers: Richard Whiteman Trio. 15 70 

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

- 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. Enoch 

Kent CO Release. TRANZAC. 292 Bruns· 

wick Ave. 416·410·3655. 

HEW MUSIC CONCERTS 

presents 

Japanese sho virtuoso 

Mayumi Miyata 

- 8:00: New Music Concerts. Mayumi 

Miyata. Hosokawa: Bird Fragments Ill; 

Cloudscapes; Moon Night; landscape V; 

Suzuki: new work; Cage: One; traditional 

Gagaku selections for solo shO. Mayumi 

Miyata, she; Robert Aitken, flute; Joseph 

Macerollo, accordion; Accordes String 

Ouartel. 7:15: Illuminating lniroduction. 

Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. Wesl. 

416-205·5555. $25, S 15(srl. $5fst cheap· 

seats]. 

- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Conoie Kaldor. See 

Jan 8. 

Monday January 10 

- 7:30: Associates of the Toronto Sym· 

phony Orchestra. Wiodsong. Daozi. Wmd 

Quintet in B flat; Debussy: Syrinx for solo 

flute; lbert: Tro1s Pieces Breves; Arnold: 

Trio for Flute, Oboe & Clarinet; Farkas: 

Ouinlet, Ancienl Hungarian Dances; Mo· 

zart: Andan1e in F. K.616; Nielsen: Guintet 

for Winds. Kathleen Mclean. bassoon; Julie 

Ranti, flute; Keith Atkinson. oboe; Harcus 

Hennigar, French horn; Joseph Orlowski. 

clarinel. Trimly·St. Paul's Church. 427 

Bloor SI. Wes1. 416·423·2133. 416-482· 

6452. $15,$12. 

- 8:00: Jazz FM91. Sound of Torooto 

Jou Concert Series: Marc Jordao. Ontario 

Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Rd. 416· 

Associates of Toro rt to Symphony Orchestra 

Five Sma II Concerts Series 

Wincfsong 

• Franz Oanzi : Wind Quintet lr> B F4tt, Op. 56 No. i 

• Claude Debussy : Syrinx ror Solo "flute 

• Jacques l bert ; Tro1s Ples Breves 

• Malcolm Arnold . Trio for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet 

• Ferenc Farkas : Quintet 'Ancient Hungarian Dances' 

.. W. A. Mozart : Andante in -P Major, K. 616 

• Carl Nielsen : Quintet for WIMS, Op. 43 

Musicians frpm Toronto Symphony Orchestra 

Kathleen McLean - Bassoon Julie Ranti - Flute 

Keith Atkinson - Oboe Joseph Orlowski --Clarinet 

Harcus Henn1gar - French Horn 

Mondoy, Jonuory 10, 2005 7:30prn. 

Trinity-St. Poul's Uniled Church 

427 Bloor Slreel Wesl (81oor/Spodino) 

,,,,. Tickets $15112tSenior::;/Sludent;;) 

Call 416-42?.-2 Ul 

www associntes-tso.org 

4 · E B R U A R Y 7 2005

696· 1 OOO. $25. 


forming Arts. Colin James, singer/songwriter/guitar. 

171 Town Centre Blvd. 905· 

305-7469. $44. 


- 12:00 noon: Roy Thomson Hall. Noon 

Hour Concel(: Nathaniel Oett Chorale. 

Tedde Gibson, organ; Brainerd Blyden·Tay· 

lor, conductor. 60 Simcoe. 416-872-4255. 

Free. 

- 12: 10: University of Toronto Faculty 

of Music. Voice Performance Class: Arias 

for lunch. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 

4 l 6·978·3744. Free. 

- 12:30: York University Department of 

Music. East Meets West. York University 

lute Choir. Kim Morris director. Mclaugh· 

lin Performance Hall. 4700 Keele St. 416· 

736·5186. Free. 

- 1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. Music at 

Midday: An Epiphany Oau!ing. Michael 

Bloss. organ. 65 Church St. 416-364· 7865. 

Free. 

- 7:30: Nathaniel Dett Chorale. Tedde 

Gibson Organ Recital Organ music for spir· 

ituals. Church of St. Clements, 59 Briar 

Hill. 416·340-7000. $15. 


forming Arts. Colin James, singer/song· 

writer/guitar. See Jan l 0. 

- 8:00: On Stage. Tropic of Capricorn. 

Celso Machado, guitar & percussion; Duo 

Similia, flute & guitar duo; Montreal Guitar 

Trio; Shelley Solmes, host. Glenn Gould 

Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205· 

5555. $25. 

- 8:00?: M irvish Productions. Oa Kink In 

My Hair. Story told in words, music and 

dance. Trey Anthony, Zena Brown, Raven 

Dauda, Miranda Edwards, Ouancetia Hamil· 

too & other performers; Weyni Meogesha, 

director. Princess of Wales Theatre, 100 

King St. West. 416·872-1212. For corn· 

plete run see music theatre listings. 



Music. The Passion of Flamenco. Roger 

Scannura, guitar; Kevin Quevedo Smith, 

percussion; Valerie Scannura, dancer. 

Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 4700 Keele 

St. 416-736-5186. Free. 


Mozart's Grace & Melody. Mozart: Symphony 

#25 in g K.183; Voi avete un cor 

Jedele K.217; arias from The Marriage of 

Figaro; Divertimento for Strings in 0; Ch'io 

mi scordi di te - Non temer; Piano Concerto 

#15 in B flat K.450. Angela Hewitt, piano; 

Karina Gauvin, soprano; Peter Oundjian, . 

conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe 

St. 416·593·4828. $32·S l l0. 

Thursday January 13 

- 12: l 0: University of Toronto Faculty 

of Music. Chamber Music from McGill. 

Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978· 

3744. Free. 


Music. Anthony MichtJ/li Jazz Ensemble. 

Mclaughlin Performance Hall. 4 700 Keele 

St. 416·736-5186. Free. 

- 8:00: Music Toronto. Frederique Vtizi· 

na, 

soprano. Mozart: Lieder; Berg: Sieben 

Friihe Lieder; Chaminade: French chansons; 

Granados, Obradors: Spanich songs. Jane 

Mallet Theatre, 27 Front St. 

. 

East. 416· 

366· 7723. $12. 

- 8:00: Toronto Masque Theatre. 

Masques for a Reaney Oay. Beckwith: In 

the Middle of Ordinary Noise: An Auditory 

Masque;·Reaney: One-Man Masque; Rich· 

ardson: Two Songs (world premiereJ. Teri 

Dunn, soprano; Alexander Dobson, baritone; 

Robert Kortgaard & Peter Tiefenbach, pian· 

ists; Peter Stoll, clarinet; Larry Beckwith. 

artistic director. 7: 15: Pre-concert talk. 

Tarragon Extra Space. 30 Bridgman. 416· 

410-4561. $25,$15. For complete run see 

music theatre listings. 


Mozart's .Grace & Melody. Roy Thomson 

Hall. See Jan 12. 


- 12:30: York ·university Department of 

Music. Blue and Sentimental. Jazz vocal· 

ists from the studios of Rita di Ghent. Lynn 

McDonald and Sasha Williamson. Richard 

Whiteman, Bob Fenton, directors/accompa· 

nists. Mclaughlin Performance Hall. 4700 

Keele St. 4 16· 7 36·5186. Free. 

- 4:00: Opera in Concert. Oomietti: II 

Furioso al/'a Isola de San Oomingo. Edward 

Jackman Centre, 947 Queen St. Eas1. 2nd 

floor. 416·922-2147. $15. 


Jazz Concert Series: Alex Pangman. Royal 

Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park. 416· 

696· 1 OOO. Free (limited seating · lickets 

issued). 

- 7:30: Arts Richmond Hill. Festival Gala 

Concert. Performances of music festival 

winners. Community Church of Richmond 

Hill, 45 Crosby Ave. 905·508·0789. S 10. 

- 7:30: York Univers ity Department of 

Music. lmprov Soiree: Fleetlngs. Musi c 

'made in the moment' by students from the 

studio of Casey Sokol. Mclaughlin Performance 

Hall, 4700 Keele St. 416·736·5186. 

Free. 

- 8:00: Milton Concert Series. Peter 

Appleyard, vibraphone. Jazz. St. Paul's 

United Church, 123 Main St .. Milton. 905· 

878·4732. $30,$24. 

- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Gordon Lightfoot 

Tribute. J.P .Cormier, Rick Fines. Aengus 

Finnan, Mike Ford, David Matheson & other 

performers. 2261 Dundas St. West. 416· 

MASQUES FOR A 

Reaney Day 

One Man Masq11e 

by James Reaney 

l11 the Middle of Ordinary 

Noise: An Auditory Masque 

by John Beckwith 

(text by Reaney, inspired by 

writings of Nonhrop F1ye) 

Two Songs 

by Abigall Richardson 

(world premiere. texts by Reaney) 

Teri Dunn, soprano 

Alexander Dobson, bariLone 

Robert Kortgaard and 

Peter Tiefenbach, pianists 

Peter Stoll, clarinet 

January 13 to 15 at 8 p.m. 

January 16 at 2:30 p.m. 

(pre-concerl talks 45 min. prior) 

Tarragon Theatre Extra Space 

JO Bridgman Avenue, Toronta 

$251$15 seniors & students 

Tickets: 416·410-4561 

53 l ·6604 for reservations. S25(advance). 

$27(door). 


- 11 :OOam & 2:00: Solar Stage Chil· 

dren's Theatre. Family Concert Series: 

Markus. Children's singer. Ages 3·6. 4950 

Yonge St. 416·368·8031. S 13. 

- 7:00: Eli Eisenberg. Laun Soulstice. Elr 

Eisenberg, guitar; guests: Nancy Walker, 

piano; Alan Hetherington, drums & percus· 

sion. Helicon1an Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 

416·8 l 7·9560. $ l 5. 

- 7:00: Opera in Concert. Oon!letti: II 

Furioso all'a Isola de San Oomingo. Edward 

Jackman Centre. See Jan 14. 

- 7:00: Steelpan Showcase. Snowflakes 

& Steel. Leah Posluns Theatre. 45B8 

Bathurst. 416-293-9310. $20,$ lO(child). 


One .. Two .. Three Pianos/ Mozart: Overture 

to The Impresario; Piano Concerto 119 in E 

flat K.271 Jeunehomme; Overture to The 

Marriage of Figaro; Concerto for Two Pian· 

os in E flat K.365; Overture to The Magic 

Flute; Concerto for Three Pianos in F 

K.242. Andre Laplante, Angela Hewitt, Louis 

Lortie, pianos; Peter Ound1ian, conductor. 

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

4828. $23-$64. 

- 8:00: Brampton Heritage Theatre. 

Co!tn James. 86 Main St. North, Brampton. 

905·874·2800. 

- 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. Chris 

L angan. TRANZAC, 292 Brunswick Ave. 

416·410·3655. 

- 8:00: Peter McCutcheon in Concert. 

My Heart's in the Highlands: A Robert 

Burns Celebration. Peter McCutcheon, ten· 

or. 6:00: reception; 6:30: supper. Toronto 

Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, 141 Wil· 

son Ave. 416·260·9500. $80(supper & 

concert). 

- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Gordon Lightfoot 

Tribute. See Jan 14. 


- I :30: McMichael Gallery. Canzona 

Wind Ouartet with Pie no. 10365 Islington 

Ave., Kleinburg. 905·893· 1121. Gallery 

admission: $15,$9, $25(family rate). 

- 2:00: Visual and Performing Arts 

Newmarket. Young Artists' Showcase. 

Sheng Cai, piano; Janice Lamarre, viola; 

Vivace! vocal group; St. Robert H.S. Senior 

Concert Band. Newmarket Theatre, 505 

Pickering Cres. 905·953· 5122. $15. 


forming Arts. Oon Half on and his Jubilee 

Friends. Seniors' entertainment showcase 

featuring singers. dancers, musicians & 

comedians; Don Harron, host. 171 Town 

Centre Blvd. 905·305·7469. $39. 


M usic. Opera Tea: Viv_a Verdi! Opera and 

tea on the theatre stage. MacMillan Thea· 

tre, 80 Queen's Park. 416·978·3744. $26. 


One .. Two .. Three Pianos! Roy Thomson 


- 3:30: Steelpan Showcase. Snowflakes 

& Steel. Leah Posluns Theatre. See Jan 15. 


Twillght Recital Series. 65 Church St. 416· 

364· 7 865. Free. 

- 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. Chris 

Langan. TRANZAC, 292 Brunswick Ave. 

416·410·3655. 

CONCERT LISTINGS: GTA ...

• • • CON CERT LISTINGS: GT A 

- 8:30; Hugh's Room. Gordon light foot 

Tributf!.,-See Jan 14. 



of Music. Voice Performance Class. Per· 

formances by first year students. Walter 

Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416·978·3744. 

Free. 

- 12:30: York University Department . of 

Mlisif....F rench Art Songs. Perfomed by 

siuderus from the studios of Catherine Rob· 

bin. Norma Burrowes, Stephanie Bogle, 

Chrisune Stelmacov1ch and Karen Rymal. 

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Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West 

Piano accompaniment by Raisa Nakhmanov· 

ich and Susan Black. Mclaughlin Perform· 

ance Hall, 4700 Keele St. 416·736·5186. 

Free. 

- 1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. Music at 

Midday. Performers tba. 65 Church St. 

416·364· 7865. Free. 


Music. New Music Festival. Music of gr ad· 

uate student composers; presentation of 

Karen Kieser Prize in Canadian Music. St. 

George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 

416·978·3744. Free. 

- 8:00: Music Toronto. Heather Schmidt, 

composer/pianist. Schmidt: Sol u s; Shimmer; 

Musi< for chamber ensemble fr chamber or,hestra 

Trails of Gravity and Groce, Sweetgross, 

Auroges: Seven Ephemera, Allan Gordon Bell 

Symbiosis, Oxymoron, Piano Trio, Erkki-Sven Tiiiir 

Michelle Mourre, conductor 

Amici Chamber Ensemble: 

Patricia Parr, piano; 

Joaquin Valdepei'las, clarinet; 

David Hetherington, cello 

Robert cram, flute 

Douglas Perry, viola 

Joel Quarrington, double bass 

Ryan Scott, percussion 

S25 adulls/S20 seniors/SS studenls 

Tickets available from the 

Glenn Gould Sludio Box Office. 

250 Front St. w. Mon-Fri 11 am-6 pm 

(excepr uarurory holidays) 

CALL 416.205.5555 

l1cket holders may 1010 

us 101 ou1 prNoncert 

Young Altrsl Ovellure 

at 7 pm, teatuung 

loronto's best and 

brrgh1es1 young 

musicians pe1form1ng 

works by Bel 1uur and 

studenl compows. 

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Sp1int; Schumann: Sonata /11 in f sharp 

Op.11; Rachmaninoff: Elude-tableau in c 

Op.39 /ll; Prelude in E flat Op.23116; Prelude 

in c Op.23 117; Louie: Scenes from a 

Jade Terrace - Warrior, Memories in an 

Ancient Garden, Southern Sky. Jane Mallet 

Theatre, 27 Front St. East 416·366-7723. 

$43,$39. 

- 8:00: Soundstreams Canada/CDC Radio 

Two New Hours. Gravity and Grace: 

the music of Allan Gordon Bell and Erkki· 

Sven Tiiiir. Bell: Trails of Gravity and 

Grace; Sweetgrass; Aurages: Seven Ephem· 

era; TUiir: Symbiosis; Oxymoron; Piano 

Trio. Amici Chamber Ensemble; Robert 

Cram, flute; Douglas Perry, viola; Michelle 

Mourre. conductor & other pe1formers. 

Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. Wesl. 

416 205-5555. $25. $20(sr), $5(stl. 



Music. French Art Songs. Mclaughlin Performance 



Oauling Mozart. Mozart: Serenade for 

Wind Octet in c K.388; Piano Concerto #24 

in c K.491; Horn Concerto /13: Symphony 

/138 in 0 K.504 Prague. Louis Lortie, piano; 

James Sommerville. horn; Peter Oundjian, 

conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe 

St. 416·593·4828. $32·$110. 


Music. New Music Festive/. Music of Kelly· 

Marie Murphy. Walter Hall. 80 Queen's 

Park. 416-97B·3744. Free. 



of Music. New Music Festival. Contempo· 

rary opera showcase. Sandra Horst, conductor. 

Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416- 

978·3744. Free. 


Music. Songs of the People. Folk songs. 

anthems. shouts and blues, perfomed by 

student vocalists. Mclaughlin Performance 

Hall, 4700 Keele St. 416·736·5186. Free. 

- 2:00 & 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. 

Dazzling Mozan. Roy Thomson 

Hall. See Jan 19. Eve: $32-$110: mat: 

. $25·$65. 

- 8:00: Brampton Heritage Theatre. Les 

freres Oiouf. 86 Main St. North, Brampton. 

905-874-2BOO. 

- 8:00: NU MUS Concerts. Chinese New 

Music Festival. law Wing·lai: Ink Spirit for 

pipa and string quartet; Wind Oance (2004) 

for l 0 players; flowing Fancies for pipa 

(2002); Ho: Evolving Elements for marimba 

& slting quanet 12004) (premiers); Ka Nin 

Chan: Natureinurture for wind quintet & 

marimba (2002). Pentaedre Wind Quintet; 

Penderecki String Quartet; Ching Wong, 

pipa; Beverley Johnston, percussion; Evan 

Mitchell, conductor. Music Gallery at St. 

George the Martyr Church, 197 John. 416· 

204- l 080. $20,$12. 


MoZBrt: Gran Pertira. Serenade for 12 

winds & double bass. Trinity-St. Paul's 

Centre, 427 Bloor St. West. 416·964· 

6337. $20·$62. 



Music. Torch Songs & love Ballads. Jazz 

vocalists from lhe studios of Rita di Ghent, 

Lynn McDonald and Sasha Williamson. Richard 

Whiteman, Bob Fenton, directors/accompanists 

. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 

4700 Keele St. 416·736·5186. Free. 

- 8:00: Amici Chamber Ensemble. Vocal 

Expression. Loeffler: Rhapsodies for bari· 

tone, clarinet, viola & piano; Fo1syth: Songs 

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Mozart Madness 

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K.488 

Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 

World Premiere 

Pepa Variations for Piano and Chamber Orchestra 

in Time of C1isis for baritone, clarinet. cello 

& piano; Faure: Quartet 112 in g for piano & 

strings. Russell Braun, baritone; Andrew 

Burashko. piano; Scott St. John, violin; 

Steven Dann, viola; David Hetherington, 

cello; Joaquin Valdepenas. clarinet. Glenn 

Gould Studio. 250 Front St. West. 416· 

205·5555. $40. $35(sr), $1 O(st). 


Mozart: Gran Partita. Trinity·St. Paul's 

Centre. See Jan 20. 

- 8:00: Theatre Unlimited. Nme. Musical 

version of the Casanova story. Meadowvale 

Theatre, 6315 Montevideo Rd. 905·615· 

4 720. $ 21, $19. For complete run see mu· 

sic theatre listings. 

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

Music festival. Reich: Music for 18 Musi· 

cians. Russell Hartenberger. director. Mac· 

Millan Theatre. 80 Queen's Park. 416·978· 

3744. Free. 


- 11 :OOam & 2:00: Solar Stage Chil· 

dren's Theatre. family Concert Series: 

Ideas Thst Sing. Song with a wide array of 

instruments. Kim & Jerry Brodey, perform· 

ers. Ages 2-6. 4950 Yonge St. 416·368· 

8031. $13. 

- 2:00 & 8:00: University of Toronto 

Faculty of Music. New Music festival. 

Works by student composers. Walter Hall, 

80 Queen's Park. 416·978·3744. Free. 

- 7:30: Ensemble Nair. Contact. Stock· 

hausen: Kontakte; Volans: Three Etudes, 

Akrodha; Ho: Miao. Winchester Theatre, 80 

Winchester St. 416·923·9400. $25,$17. 

- 8:00: Acoustic Harvest Folk Club. Bill 

Ga"ett & Sue Lothrop. Birchdiff Bluffs Unit· 

ed Church, 33 East Rd. 416·264·2235. $15. 

- 8:00: Canadian Sinfonietta. Mozart 

Madness. Mozart: Piano Concerto #23 in A 

K.488; Symphony #40 in g K.550; Pepa: 

new work for piano & orchestra. Angela 

Park, piano. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front 

St. West. 416·205·5555. $30,$25. 

- 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. The Ban· 

JO Special. TRANZAC, 292 Brunswick Ave. 

416·410·3655. 

- 8:00: Mississauga Philharmonic. 

Strong and free. Cross·Canada musical 

tour. Guests: True North Brass; John Bar· 

num, music director. Hammerson Hall. 

4141 living Arts Drive. Mississauga. 905· 

306·6000. $45,$35. 

- 8:00: New Music Concerts. Three Cit· 

ies in the lifs of Or. Norman Bethune. 

Chamber opera by Tim Brady; plus works 

for solo elec111c guitar by Schafer, Bartley, 

Lussier & Brady. Michael Donovan, bari· 

tone; Bradyworks: Pamela Reimer, piano; 

Andre Leroux, saxophones; Phil Hornsey, 

percussion; Clemens Merkel, violin & other 

performers. 7: 15: Illuminating Introduction. 

St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John. 

416·204· 1080. $25, $15(sr), $5(st cheap· 

seats). For complete run see music theatre 

listings. 

- 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Salvatore 

licitra, tenor in Recital. Eugene Kohn, pi· 

ano. 60 Simcoe. 416·872-4255. $35·$95. 

- B:OO: Royal Conservatory of Music. 

World Music Series: Kiyoshi Nagata Ensem· 

ble. Japanese taiko drumming ensemle. 90 

Croatia St. 416·408·2824 x321. $15J 10. 


Mozart: Gran Psrtita. Trinity·St. Paul's 



- 1:00: Hugh's Room. Oare the Oevil 

Gre8t Canadian fiddling. Anne Lindsay, 

Shane Cook. Bring your fiddle for closing 

jam session. 2261 Dundas St. West. 416· 

531 ·6604 for reservations. $10. 

- 2:00: Canadian Opera Company. Puc· 

cini: la Boheme. Elena Kelessidi, Biilent 

Kuleki. Krisztina Szab6, Gabriele Viviani, 

Peter McGillivray, Cornelis Opthof & other 

performers; David T. Heusel, conductor. 

1: 15: Opera chat. Hummingbird Centre, 1 

Front St. East. 416·872-2262. $40·$175. 


- 2:00: Off Centre Music Salon. Schu· 

bertiad. John Perry. piano; Monica Whicher, 

soprano; Olivier Laquerre. bass baritone; 

Stuart Howe, tenor; Jacques lsraelievitch, 

violin; lnna Perkis & Boris Zarankin, pian· 

ists. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 

4 I 6·205·5555. $40, $30(sr), $25!st). 

- 2:30: Aldeburgh Connection. Valse des 

fleurs. Music by Glinka, Oargomyzhsky. 

Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky & others. Donna 

Brown. soprano; Anita Krause. mezzo; 

Michael Colvin, tenor. Walter Hall, 80 

Queen's Park. 416··735·7982. $40. 

- 3:00: Hart House. Sunday Concert. 

Great Hall, 7 Hart House Circle. 416·978· 

2452. Free. 

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Les AMIS Concerts 

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Michael Pepa, Founding Artistic Director 

Lynn Kuo, Chef de !'ensemble Les AMIS 

Heliconian Hall 

35 Hazelton Ave., Toronto 

admission: $20 adults, $15 semors; $10 students 

Sunday, January 23, 2005 7:30 pm 

Claire.Jeanne Martin, Violin 

Svetlana Marinovic, Piano 

GYPSY FAVOURITES 

Ernst: AIRS HONGROIS, Op. 22 

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10 

Sarasate: ZIGEUNERWEISEN, Op. 20 

Michael Pepa: Fantaisie bohemien (2004) wor1d premiere 

Ravel: Tzigane 

Carlos Gardel: "Por una Cabeza" (Tango) 

Sunday, February 13, 2005 7:30 pm 

Les AMIS Chamber Ensemble 

Lynn Kuo, Violin 

Emily Marlow, Clarinet 

Rafael Hoekman, 'Cello 

Angela Park, Piano 

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time 

Kelly-Marie Murphy: Trio (VINc/Pn) 

Beverly Grigsby: Trio (Vl/Cl/Pn) 

Les AMIS Tel 416 929-6262 

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Mozart: Gran Partita. Trinity·St. Paurs 



Twilight Recital Series. Tom Fitches, organ. 

65 Church St. 416·364· 7865. Free. 

- 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz 

Vespers: Jofm Johnson Ouartet. 1570 

Yonge St. 416·920·5211. Free ldonationl. 

- 7:30: Les AMIS Concerts. Gypsy Fa· 

vouotes. Ernst: Airs Hongrois Op.22; Lisz t: 

Hungarian Rhapsody #10; Sarasate: Zige· 

unerwe1sen Op.20: Pepa: Fanta1sie bohem 

ien (world premiere); Ravel: Tzigane; 

Garde!: Por una Cabeza (Tango). Claire· 

Jeanne Martin, violin; Svetlana Marinovic, 

p1aoo. Heliconian Hall. 35 Hazelton Ave. 

416·929·6262. $20, S 15(sr), $1 O(st). 

- 8:00: flying Cloud Folk Club. The Ban· 

jo Special. TRANZAC. 292 Brunswick Ave. 

416·410·3655. 

- 8:00: New Music Concerts. Three 

Cities in the Life of Or. Norman Bethune. 

St. George the Martyr Church. See Jan 22. 

Monday January 24 


Jail Concert Series: David Braid. Ontarro 

Science Centre. 770 Don Mills Rd. 416· 

696· 1 OOO. $ 25. 



of Music. Voice Performance Class. Stu· 

dent performa'Oces. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's 

Park. 416·978·3744. Free. 


Mus ic. Early Music Ensemble. Stephanie 

Martin. director. Mclaughlin Performance 

Hall. 4700 Keele St. 416·736·5186. Free. 

- l ·OO: St. James' Cathedral. Music at 

Midday. Willlam Lupton, organ. 65 Church 

St. 416-364· 7865. Free. 

- 8:00: OnStage. Johannes Brahms - 

liederabend. Brahms: Rhapsody for Alto. 

Male Chorus & Orchestra & other works. 

Susan Platts, mezzo; Andre Laplante. piano; 

COC Orchestra and Male Chorus; Richard 

Bradshaw, conductor; Shelley Solmes, 

host. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. 

West. 416-205·5555. $35. 


Broadway Divas. Selections from Les Mis· 

arables. Oreamgirls. My Fair Lady, Funny 

Girl, Hello Dolly!. Cabaret, Annie. Chicago 

and mo1e. Symphonic Pops Consortium vo· 

calists; Jack Everly, conductor. Roy Thomson 

Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 4 l 6·593·4828. 

$30·$9 \. 

- 8:00: Weston Silver Band. Melodies & 

Arias. 8th Annual Slow Melody Concert and 

Competition. Central United Church, 1 King 

St., Weston. 416·249·6553. Free. 



M usic. Jau Ensembles. Lorne lofsky, di· 

rector. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 4700 

Keele St. 416· 736·5186. Free. 

- 2:00 & 8:00: TSO. Broadway Divas. 

Roy Thomson Hall. See Jan 25. Eve: $30· 

$91; $25.25-$60. 




Music. Jazz Ensembles. Mark Eisenmann. 

director. Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 

4700 Keele St. 416·736·5186. Free. 

- 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble/Peggy 

Baker Oance!Soufpepper. "If Music 

Be ....... • Music, words & dance inspired by 

Shakespeare. Music by Br ahms. Cage, Ko· 

rngold. Prokofiev & others. Peggy Baker, 

Ted Dykstra. Andrew Burashko, Patrick 

Lavoie. Tanya Howard & other performers. 

Betty Dhphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis. 416- 

504-7529. $35,$25. 

SCHUBERTIAD: OUR 10TH! 

January 23, 2005 at 2pm 

Pianist John Perry, soprano Monica Whicher, bass baritone 

Olivier Laquerre and tenor Stuart Howe join violinist 

Jacques lsraelievitch with pianists lnna Perkis and 

Boris Zarankin. This concert is always a season highlight! 

Come and enjoy the intimacy of 1if' Century Salorr 

with our ''special blend" of music, poetry and pastry. 

Tickets: $40/$35/$25 adults/seniors/students 

www.offcentremusic.com 

ART OF TIME ENSEMBLE 

in association with 

PEGGY BAKER DANCE PROJECTS 

& SOULPEPPER 

prennls 

Music, Words & Dance 

inspired by Shakespeare 

The music, words & choreography of: 

Peggy Baker. Jorge Luis Borges, 

Johannes Brahms, John Cage. 

Charles Darwin, Erich Korngold, 

James Kudelka. Boris Pasternak, 

Scrgci Prokofiev, and many others. 

Two Performances Only 

Friday January 28th at 8:00 pm 

Saturday January 29th at 8:00 pm 

Tickets: $35, $25 (students and seniors) 

Betty Oliphant Theatre 

404 Jarvis Street (south of Wellesley), Toronto 

Call the Arts Box Office at 416-504-7529 

www.artsboxoffice.ca 

- 12:10: U of T Faculty of Mus ic. Music 

& Poetry. Britten: Canticles Ill, IV. Scott 

Belluz. countertenor; Stephen Erickson, 

tenor; Giles Tomkins. bass; Gabriel Radford. 

horn; John Hawkins. piano; Eric Oomville, 

commentator. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's 

Park. 416·978·3744. Free. 


Music. Jazz Ensembles. Sundar Viswanath· 

an, director. Mclaughfrn Performance Hall. 

4700 Keele St. 416·736·5186. Free. 

- 6:30: Canadian Opera Company. Wag· 

ner: Siegfried. Christian Franz. Frances 

Ginzer. Peteris Eglitis, Robert Kiinzli, Pavlo 

Hunka, Mette Ejsing, performers; Richard 

Bradshaw, conductor. 5:45: Opera chat. 

Hummingbir d Centre, 1 Front St. East. 416· 

872-2262. S40·S 175. For complete run see 


- 8:00: Music Toronto. Debussy Ouartet. 

Lekeu: Meditation for string quartet; Faure: 

String Quartet in' e Op.121; Mozart: String 

Quartet in C K.465. Jane Mallet Theatre, 

27 Front St. East. 416·366-7723. 

S4S,S39. 

- 8:00: I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble. 

Sleep Furiously. Guests: Genevieve Gilar· 

deau. violin; Lucas Harris, lute & theorbo; 

Julia Wedman & Aisslinn Nosky, violins; 

Gabrielle Mclaughlin, soprano; Felix Deak, 

cello. Calvin Church, 26 Delisle Ave. 416· 

652·5483. S 15,$10. 

- 8:00: Lakeshore Arts. Njacko Backo. 

African music & songs with hand drums & 

kalimba. Assembly Hall. 1 Colonel Samuel 

Smith Dr. 416·201·7093. $20,$16, family 

pack $60. 

- B:OO: St. Anne's Music & Drama Soci· 

ety. Gilbert & Sullivan: Iolanthe. Laura 

Schatz. director: Ori Siegel, music director. 

St. Anne's Parish Hall, 651 Dufferin St. 

4 I 6·922·4415. $15(first night). For complete 

run see music theatre listings. 


- 1:3D & 3:30: Toronto Symphony Or· 

chestra. The Twins and the Monster - 

Young People's Concert. Dandi Productions, 

African story by T ololwa Molle!; music by 

John Estacio. Norma Lewis, storyteller; 

Gary Kulesha. conductor. Roy Thomson 

Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416·593·4828. 

$23.50,$14.50. 

- 3:30: Sinfonia Toronto. Young People's 

Concert ·Meet the Strings. Schubert: Five 

Menuets & Six Trios: Dvorak: Waltzes; Suk: 

Serenade. Nurhan Arman, conductor. Walm· 

er Centre, 188 Lowther Ave. 416-499- 

0403. $20, s 10. 

- 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble!Peggy 

Baker Oa nce/Soulpepper. "If Music 

Be ....... • Betty Oliphant Theatre. See Jan 

28. 

• EBRVARY 7

- 8:00: Guitar Society of Toronto. Jas· 

on Vieaux. guitar. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazel· 

ton Ave. 416·922·8002. $25, $20(mem· 

berl. $ lO(sr/st). 


forming Arts. Preservation Hall Jau Band. 

Traditional & present day New Orleans 

jazz. 171 Town Centre Blvd. 905-305· 

7469. $64. 

- 8:00: Musicians in Ordinary. Contayn· 

ing Divine pnd Mora/I Songs. Music by Alli· 

son, Campion & Dowland. Hallie Fishel, 

soprano; John Edwards, lute. Church of the 

Redeemer, 162 Bloor West. 416·603·4950. 

$20,$15. 


Music. U of T Symphony Orchestra, Mac· 

Millan Singers & Elmer lseler Singers. We· 

ber: Euryanthe Overture; Cimarosa: Concer· 

to for 2 flutes; Mendelssohn: Symphony #2 

Lobegesang. Laura Chambers & Emma El· 

kinson, flutes; Ralli Armenian, Doreen Rao, 

conductors. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's 

Park. 416·978·3744. $17,$9. 

- 8:00: York Symphony Orchestra. 1 

Serenade. 3 Soloists & 2 Suites. Dvorak: 

Serenade for Winds; Bach: Brandenburg 

Concerto 114; Bizet: L' Arlesienne Suites 1 & 

2. livio Rattner, violin; Ingrid Takahashi & 

Joan Voros, flutes; Jeffrey Pollock, music 

director. Trinity Church, 79 Victoria St., 

Aurora. 416·410-0860. $22,$17. $5{child 

under 12). 


Alex Pangman, vocals and her Alleycats. 

Classic Jazz & traditional swing. 414 I Liv· 

ing Arts Dr. 905·306·6000. $25·$39. 


- 11 :OOam & 2:00: Living Arts Centre 

Mississauga. Eric Nagler. Family-friendly 

music & stories. Recommended ages 4· 10. 

Royal Bank Centre Theatre, 4141 living 

Arts Dr. 905·306·6000. $19, $16{child}. 

- 3:00: Udo Kasemets. Project SYMPHO· 

SIUM: alphabets & algorithms. Msic by 

Kasemets with words of B.P.Nichol, Millar, 

Zukofsky, Pound. Udo Kasemets, piano; 

Susan layard, singer; Richard Sacks, per· 

cussion. Emmanuel College Chapel. Victoria 

University, 75 Queen's Park. 416·929· 

5849. Free. 


Twilight Recital Series. Michael Bloss. or· 

gan. 65 Church St. 416·364· 7865. Free. 

- 7:30: York Symphony Orchestra. 1 

Serenade, J Soloists & 2 Suites. See Jan 

29. Anthony Roman Centre, Markham The· 

atre for the Performing Arts, 171 Town 

Centre Blvd. 905·305·7469. 



Music. Chamber Music Series: eighth 

blackbird. Fitzell: violence; Higdon: Zaka; 

Perie: Critical Moments II; Rzewski: Les 

Moutons des Panurge; music by Bermel. 

Michael Maccaferri, clarinet; Molly Alicia 

Barth, flute; Matthew Albert, violin; Nicho· 

las Photinos. cello; Lisa Kaplan, piano; Mat· 

thew Duvall, percussion. Walter Hall, 80 

Queen's Park. 416·978·3744. $21,$11. 

- B:OO: Flying Cloud Folk ClublMaripo· 

sa. Performers tba. TRANZAC, 292 Bruns· 

wick Ave. 416·410·3655. 

- 8:00: Toronto Organ Club. Melanie 

Barney. St. James Church, 400 Burn· 

hamthorpe Rd. 905·824·4667, 905·845· 

4539. $I 0 {child under 10 free). 

Tuesday February 01 


of Music. Voice Performance Class: Vocal 

Gems from rhe Stratton Colfection. Room 

330, Edward Johnson Building, BO Queen's 

Park. 416·978·3744. Free. 


Music. Student Composers in Concert. 

David Mott, director. Mclaughlin Perform· 

ance Hall, 4700 Keele St. 416-736·5186. 

Free. 

- 8:00: Aldeburgh ConnectionlU of T 

Faculty of Music. Young Artists Recital. 

Laura Albino & Tyrsa Gawrachynsky, so· 

pranos; Jonathan Estabrooks, baritone; 

Bruce Ubukata, piano. Walter Hall. 80 

Queen's Park. 416·97B·3744. $12,$6. 

- B:OO: Humber Music Jau Series. Dave 

Holland, Artist in Residence. Humber Con· 

temporary Jazz Workshop; Humber Studio 

Jazz Ensemble. Humber lakeshore Auditori· 

um, 3199 lake Shore Blvd West. 416-675· 

6622 x.3427. $35. 

- 8:00: Music Toronto. Gryphon Trio, 

Elora Festival Singers. Mozart: Piano Trio in 

G, K.496; Kuzmenko: Dreams; Bridge: Trio 

#2. Jane Mallet Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 

416·366·7723. $43,$39. 

The Musicians In Ordinary 

for the Lutes and Voices present - 

Contayning Divine and Morall Songs 

Wednesday February 02 

- 12:30: Music Gallery Institute. lunch 

Music: Inventors & Innovators Series. 

Works for guitar, percussion & electro· 

acoustic instruments. William Beauvais & 

Barry Prophet, performers. St. George the 

Martyr Church, 197 John St. 4 I 6-204· 

1080. Free. 


Music. Oo·La·La! French melodies per· 

formed by students from the studios of 

Catherine Robbin, Norma Burrowes, Steph· 

anie Bogle, Christine Stelmacovich and 

Karen Rymal. Piano accompaniment by Rai· 

sa Nakhmanovich and Susan Black. 

Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 4700 Keele 

St. 416·736·5186. Free. 


The Worlds of Salamone Rossi with Emma 

Kirkby. Rossi: Songs of Solomon & other 

sacred & secular works. Emma Kirkby, so· 

prano; consort of singers; members of the 

Tafelmusik Orchestra. Trinity-St. Paul's 

Centre. 427 Bloor St. West. 416·964· 

6337. $29-$69. 

Thursday February 03 


Music. Student Composers in Concert. Bill 

Westcott, director. Mclaughlin Perform· 

ance Hall, 4700 Keele St. 416·736·51B6. 

Free. 

- 1:30: Women's Musical Club of To· 

ronto. Sonia Chafl, piano. Chan Ka Nin: 

Rhythm of life; works by Chopin. Walter 

Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416·923·7052. 

$29. 

Women's Musical : 

Club of Toronto 

AFTERNOON CONCERT 

February 3, 20051.30P," 

SONIA CHAN, piano 

Works by Chopin and the 

premiere of Rhythm of Life. 

a new work by Chan Ka Nin 

Sponsor: WMCT Centennial Foundation 

- 8:00: Holy Trinity Cultural Series/ 

Small World Productions. Kitka. Music 

from Eastern Europe. 8·women vocal en· 

semble. 10 Trinity Square. 416-598·4521 

x223. $20,$15. 


The Worlds of Salamone Rossi w1ih Emma 

Kirkby. Trinity·Sl. Paul's Centre. See Feb 2. 


An American in Paris. Milhaud: La Creation 

du monde; Gershwin: Piano Concerto; An 

American in Paris; lbert: Flute Concerto. 

Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Jeffrey Kahane. 

conductor/piano. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 

Simcoe St. 416·593·4828. $27·$105. 

- B:OO: UC Follies Musical Company/ 

Hart House Theatre. Godspel/. By 

Schwartz & Tebelak. 7 Hart House Circle. 

416·978·B668. $12,$10. For complete run 

see music theatre listings. 

Friday February 04 


Music. Game/an Ensemble in Concert. lntan 

Murtadza, director. Mclaughlin Perform· 

ance Hall, 4 700 Keele St. 416· 736·5186. 

Free. 


Music. lmprov Soiree: Fleetings. Music 

'made in the moment' by students form the 

studio of Casey Sokol. Mclaughlin Perform· 

ance Hall, 4 70D Keele St. 416· 736·5186. 

Free. 

- B:OO: Centre for Russian & East Euro· 

pean Studies/University of Toronto Fae· 

ulty of Music. Jamie, Scott and Friends 

play Prokofiev. James Parker, piano; Scott 

CONCERT llSTINGS : GTA • •• 

THE TORONTO ORGAN CLUB 

continues its seventh season of concerts, featuring 

Montreal's own Melanie Barney at the magnificent 

Hammond x-66. A wide variety of popular and 

classical music will be on the agenda. 

Monday January 31, 2005 at 8:00 pm 

Church of the Redeemer 

Bloor Street and Avenue Road 

www.musiciansinordinary.ca 416-603-4950 

St. James United Church in Etobicoke 

400 Burnhamthorp Rd. (just east of 427, south side) 

SlO at the door. children under 10 free 

Free refreshments, free parking at the back of the church 

Further information: 905-845-4539 

www.toorganclub.ca 

DECEMBER 1 2004 - FEBRUARY 7 2005 WWW . T HEWHOLENO TE.COM

••• 

CONCERT LISTINGS : GTA 

Si. John, violin & other performers. Walter 

Hall. 80 Queen's Park. 416·978·3744. 

free. 

- 8:00: Centre for Russian & East Euro· 

pean Studies/University of Toronto Fae· 

ulty of Music. Celebration of Slavic Music. 

Music by Prokofiev. Dvorak and Bestibaev. 

U of T Symphonic Band; Jeffrey Reynolds, 

conductor. MacMillan Theatre. 80 Queen's 

Park 416·978·3744. $13,$11. 


The Worlds of S11/11mone Rossi with Emm11 

Klfkby. Trin11y·St. Paul's Centre. See Feb 2. 

Saturday February 05 

- 2:00 & 7:30: Amadeus Choir. A Robert 

Burns Celebration. Favourite Scollish songs 

and stories. Enoch Kent, host; Lydia Adams. 

conductor. Richmond Hill United Church, 

10201 Yonge SI. 416·446·0188. $30,$25. 

Benefit to support the artistic programmes 

of the Amadeus Choir. 

- 6:00: VIVA! Youth Singers of Toron· 

to. Smg·11fong Mikado in Concert. Merry 

Ann Hu11on. Fred Turner & other soloists. 

Carol Woodward Ratzlaff, music director. 

New Horizons Tower. 1140 Bloor St. West. 

416· 788·8482. S 12,$7, age 4 & under 

lree. 

- 7:30: Oeer Park Concerts. Douglas 

Clevel11nd, org11n. 129 St. Clair West. 416· 

481·2979. $20. 

- 7:30: Just Singers Chamber Choir/ 

Choir of Centenary United Church, Ham· 

ii ton. Jen/ans: The Armed Man: A Mass for 

Peace. Shawn Grenke. conductor. St. 

George the Martyr Church, 197 John. 64 7 · 

222·5250, 905·522·6843 x26. $20. Por· 

tion of the proceeds to benefit the Universi· 

ty Settlement Music and Aris School. 


Church. Bells a·Ringingl Original and ar· 

ranged music for English Handbells. The 

Bronze Foundation (ensemble of ringers 

lrom across southern Ontario). 115 St. 

Andrew's Rd., Scarborough. 905·686· 

5676. $I 0. 

- 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Or· 

chestra. Beethoven: Fidelio Overture; 

Franck: Symphony in d. Canadian Music 

Competitions concerto winner tba; Robert 

Raines, conductor. Stephen Leacock Colle· 

giale Institute. 2450 Birchmount Rd. 416· 

879·5566. $20.$15, child under 12 free. 

- 8:00: Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band. 

Oavid Buchbinder, Marilyn Lerner, Dave 

Wall, Victor Bateman, Robert Stevenson & 

specral guests. Isabel Bader Theatre. 91 

Charles St. West. 416·872-1212. $20. 

- 8:00: Mississauga Symphony Orches· 

tra. Dances m Time. Brahms: Variations on 

a Theme of Haydn; Royer: Dances with 

Time; Mozart: German Dances; Kodaly: 

Dances of Galanta; Faure: Fantasy for Flute 

& Chamber Orchestra: Popper: Hungarian 

Rhapsody. Shauna Rolston, cello; Louise 

DiTullio, flute; John Barnum, music direc· 

tor. Hammerson Hall, 4141 living Arts 

Drive. Mississauga. 905·306·6000. 

$45,$35. 


Espana. Falla: Ritual Fire Dance; Granados: 

Intermezzo from Goyescas; Danzas Espano· 

las; Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Ravel: Pa· 

vane; Verdi: Overture to la Forza del Desti· 

no. Guest: Lindsay Deutsch, violin; Roberto 

Oe Clara. conductor. Oakville Centre for the 

Performing Arts, 130 Navy S I . 905·815· 

2021. $26, $2llsr}, $12(st). 

- 8:00: OnStage. Chamber Music Series. 

Mark Fewer, Annalee Patipalanakoon. Erika 

Raum, violin; Scott SI. John. violin/viola; 

Roman Borys. cello: Shelley Solmes. hos!. 

Glenn Gould Studio. 250 Front St. West. 

416·205·5555. 

- 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Bel Canto Via· 

fin. Schubert: Five Minuets & Six Trios: 

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in d; Suk: 

Serenade; Dvorak: Two Waltzes. Judy 

Kang, violin; Nurhan Arman, conductor. 

Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front SI. West. 

416·205·5555. $37, $29(sr}, $1 B(st). 


The Worlds of Salamone Rossi with Emma 

Kirkby. Trinity·St. Paul's Centre. See Feb 2. 


An American in Paris. Roy Thomson Hall. 

See Feb 3. 


Music. Wind Ensemble; Gregory Burton, 

conductor. Music by Mazlanka. Kulesha, 

Mahr and Bukvich. MacMillan Theatre, BO 

Queen's Park. 416·978·3744. $13,S 7. 

Sunday February 06 

- 1:30: McMichael Gallery. 'Christina 

Ariss·Birch & Dwane Webster, vocalists. 

Classical & musicals. 10365 Islington Ave .. 

Kleinburg. 905·893· 1121. Gallery admis· 

sion: $15,$9, $25(family rate}. 

- 2:00: Canadian Music Centre/U of T 

Faculty of Mu sic. New Music in New 

Places: Chinese Music - Old & New. Tradi· 

tional and new works for Chinese ensem· 

ble. George Gao, erhu; Dunhuang Tradition· 

al Chinese Music Ensemble. Royal On1ario 

Museum. 100 Queen's Park. 416·946· 

3463. Free. 

- 2:00: Chamber Music Society of Mis· 

sissauga. Comical and Conical. Wind oc· 

lets by Krommer & Hummel; Rossini: Bar· 

ber of Seville Overture; Dvorak: Slavonic 

Dances & other music. Peter Shackleton. 

Colin Savage. clarinet; Sarah Jeffrey, oboe: 

Lisa Griffiths. Christian Sharpe, bassoon; 

James McDonald. Neil Spaulding. horn. 

Royal Bank Theatre, 4141 living Arts 

Drive. Mississauga. 905·306·6000. $24, 

$I 81sr). $121stl. 


Espana. Oakville Centre for the Performing 

Arts. See February 5. 

- 2:00: Shevchenko Musical Ensemble. 

Toronto Mandolin Orchestra. Vocal and 

instrumental soloists; Alexander Veprinsky, 

director. Leah Posluns Theatre, 4588 

Bathurst St. 416·533·2725. 

- 2:30: Centre for Russian & East Euro· 

pean Studies/Opera in Concert. 

Prokofiev: L 'Amour des Trois Oranges. Col· 

in Ainsworth, Alain Coulombe, Alexander 

Dobson & other performers; Opera rn Con· 

cert Chorus: Robert Cooper. chorus direc· 

tor; Raisa Nakhmanovich, music director & 

pianist. 1 :45: Backgrounder with host lain 

Scolt. Jane Mallell Theatre. 27 Front SI. 

East. 416·366·7723. $32,$25. 

- 3:00: Chrylark Arts & Music Series. 

Veritas Piano Ol!artet. Music by Mozart, 

Morawetz & Brahms. Heliconian Hall. 35 

Hazelton Ave. 416·654·0877. $15. 

- 3:00: Mozart Meets Manhattan. Mo· 

zart's Gloria to Broadway Show Tunes. 

Eclectic program for the community. Choir 

& soloists; Ruth Watson Henderson, direc· 

Just Singers Chamber Choir with . 

The Choir of Centenary United Church 

Present 

Karl Jenkins' 

The Armed Man: 

A Mass tor f eace 

A co111pelli11g epic of war n11d pence destined to be n111011g the 

great clrornl works of the early 21'1 century 

Saturday February 5, 2005, 7:30 p.m. 

St. George the Martyr Anglican Church 

197 Joh n St. (below Grange Park), Toronto 

I\ portion of the proceeds will benefit the 

University Settlement Music and Ans School. 

Sunday February 6, 2005, 7:30 p.m. 

Centenary United Church 

24 Main St. W. (at McNab), Hamilton 

f\ portion of the proceeds will benefit local music 

outreach projects in downtown Hamilcon. 

Tickets $15 available in advance and at the door. 

For tickets or information, contact (647)222-5250 or 

(905)522-6843 x26, or email adam.adler@utoronto.ca or 

shawn.grenke@utoronto.ca 

wholenote 

Magazine presents 

SALON NUMBER FOUR 

"Old Music, New Ideas" 

A soiree with soine of Toronto's 

eminent early music performers 

hosted by 

Toronto Early Music Centre president, 

Frank Nakashima. 

Monday, February 7, 2005, 8:00 pm 

The Music Gallery 

at St. George the Martyr Church 

197 John Street, Toronto 

Admission $12, $8 (sr/st/family rate) 

12 and under free. 

Tickets and information: 

416-323-2232 

64 WWW. ntEWHOLfNOH .COM 004 • FEBRUARY 72005

tor/accompanist. Kingsway·lambton United 

Church, 85 The Kingsway. 416-233·5437. 

$10. children under 12 free. 


The Wotfds of Salamone RoSSJ with Emma 

Klfkby. Trinity·St. Paul's Centre. See Feb 2. 

- 4:00: Proteus World Music. Masters 

of South lnd11n Fusion. Music by Ravikiran, 

Sankaran & Oemuynck; trad111onal South 

Indian music Chnravma N. Rav1k11an. chi 

travina; Trichy Sankaran, mrdangam. 3:30: 

Pre·concell chat. Burton Auditorium. York 

Umverslly, 4700 Keele St 416·872-1212. 

130,$20 

- 4:30: St. Anne's Church. Choral Even· 

song. Brewer Evening Service in D; Wood: 

E>pectans Expectavi; organ music by How· 

ell;. Choir of St. Anne's; guest. Peter J. 

Dr111e, organ; P. John H. Stephenson. direc 

tor f music. 270 Gladstone Ave. 416·767· 

7290. Freewill offering. 

Monday February 07 

- 7:30: Associates of the Toronto Sym· 

phony Orchestra. Permutations of Strings. 

lutoslawsk1: Bucolics for Viola & Cello; 

Wieniawski: Duos for Two Violins; 

Dohnanyi: Serenade in C. Op. I 0 for String 

Trio; Mozall: String Ouartet m G, K.387. 

Angelique Toews, Budget Hunt, violin; Dan· 

1el Blackman, viola. Audrey King, cello. Trin· 

ity·St. Paul's Church, 427 Bloor St. West. 

416-423-2133. 416·482·6452. $15,$12. 

- 8:00: Jazz FM911 York University 

Department of Music. Sound of Toronto 

Jazz Concert Series: York University Stu· 

denr Concerr. Ontario Science Centre. 770 

Oon Mills Rd. 416·696· 1 OOO. $12. 

- 8:00: WhoteNote Magazine. Nine Mon· 

days Salon: Concert of Early Music. Hosted 

by Frank Nakashima. St. George the Mar· 

lyr Church, 197 John. 416·204-1080. 

$12.$8, family rate. 

CONCERT LISTINGS: GTA ••• ENO 

Associates ofToronto Symphony Orchestra 

Five Small Concerts Series 

-tso.01"g 

 

Makowicz 

Jazz Reflections @ 

an evening of lush harmonies 

and rhythmic virtuosity 

Welcome to WholeNote's 

CONCERTS BEYOND THE GT A 

l'kaw ahn1' ue the phone numbers prO\ided to rnll ahead. 

In this issue: 

Alliston, Ancaster. Barrie. Belleville, Bolton, Bowmanville, 

Bracebridge. Brantford. Caledon Village, Cambridge, Campbell· 

ford, Cobourg, Collingwood, Dundas, Elora, Georgetown, Guelph, 

Hamilton, Jordan. Kingston, Kitchener, Lindsay, London, New· 

castle, Orillia, Orona. Oshawa, Owen Sound, Peterborough, Port 

Hope. St. Catharines. Sudbury, Sydenham, Uxbridge, Waterloo, 

Whitby 

For GT.\ (·oncerts Sl"l' pages -'5-(15. 

For \11"k Thl'atn· and 01wra Listings Sl'l' page 69. 


- 1 :30: Smile Theatre. Home for the Holi· 

days. Conceived by Tom Kneebone; written 

& directed by Sandra Margolese: starring 

Rachel Fischer & Michelle Piller. Story of 

Canadian Army Show entertainers set lo 

music of the era. Clarington Older Adults, 

26 Beech Ave., Bowmanville. 905-697· 

2856. For complete run see music theatTe 

listings. 

- 2:00: Port Hope Festival Theatre. 

Jack & the Beanstalk. Music, comedy & 

mayhem for the entire family. Based on the 

traditional British "Pan10•. Capitol Theatre, 

20 Queen St., Port Hope. 905-885-1071, 

800·434-5092. $20, $1 S(sr). $ l 2(sl). For 

complete run see music theatre listings. 

- 2:00: Sanderson Centre. The Walters 

Family Chr istmas. Seasonal traditional 

songs with fiddle. step dancing. 88 Dalhou· 

sie St .. Brentford. 519·758-8090, 800· 

265-0710. $25. 

- 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber 

Music Society. 30th Birthday Celebration! 

Schubert: Octet; lbert: 3 Short Pieces for 

Wind Quintel; Debussy: Syrinx for solo 

flute; Mozart: Quartet for oboe and strings 

K.370. James Mason, oboe; James Camp· 

bell, clarinet; Thomas Kay, flute; Nina 

Brickman. horn; Penderecki String Quartet 

& other performers. Emmanuel United 

Church, Dorset al Bridgeport. Waterloo. 

519·886-1673. $25, $ 20(sr). $15(st). 

For Jazz Listings sel' pages 70,71. 


- 2:30: Cellar Singers. Handel: Messiah. 

Kathryn Domoney, soprano; Susan Cooper, 

meuo; Mark DuBois, tenor; John Doding· 

ton. ba.ss: Albert Greer. conductor. Orillia 

Opera House. 20 Mississauga St 705·326· 

BO 11. $25,$12. 

- 6:45: Cambridge Kiwanis Boys' Choir. 

Krist kindle M81ket Concert. James Kropf. 

choirmaster. Cny Hall Kitchener 519· 

622·4897. Free. 

- 7:30: Fanshawe Chorus London. 

Christmas Celebration. Seasonal music. 

Guests: The Percussion Trio wnh Jeff 

Christmas. Rob Inch & Greg Mainprize; St. 

Mary's School Choir; Children's Audience 

Choirs; Peter Garland, MC & other perform· 

ers; Gerald Fagan, conductor. Centennial 

Hall. London. 519 433-9650, 866 244· 

0762. $12, $5(12 & under). 

- 7:30: Jubilaires Women's ChoirlBona· 

chords Men's Choir. Chr istmas Concert. 

Arlene Gray, director. Murray St. Church. 

175 Murray St., Peterborough 705·748· 

5393. $1 O. children under 12 free. 

- 7:30: Menna Singers. Handel: Messiah. 

Stephanie Kramer, Jennifer Enns Modolo. 

Terence Mireau & Steven Horst, soloists; 

Mennonite Mass Chou; Kitchener-Waterloo 

Symphony; Dr. Peter Nikiforuk, conductor. 

Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. North, 

SOUTHERN ONTARIO, CONTINUES ••• 

Toronto Sinfonietta 

Maestro MatthewJaskiewlcz 

sensational jazz pianist Adam Makowicz 

Adam Makowicz, Reflections on Chopin 

George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue 

Camille Saint-Saens, Allegro Appasslonato 

with Adam Osinski, classical pia no 

Leonard Bernstein, Excerpts from On the Town 

Saturday, February 12, 2005, 8 pm 

Isabel Bader Theatre 

93 Charles Street West 

Box Office 416-410-4379 

For details, see www.torontosinfonietta.com 

 

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... SOUTHERN ONTARIO, CONT I NUED 

Kitchener. 519·578· 1570, 800·265·8977. 

$28, S25(sr/st). $22(child). 

- 7:30: Sound Investment Community 

Choir. Symbols and T1ad11i ons of the Sea· 

son. All Saint's Church, Elgin St.. Colling· 

wood. 705·445·0863. $10, $5(child under 

121 

- 8:00: Brampton Festival Singers. Fits/ 

Howells: Origin11/ music for Chrtslmss. 

Stephane Potvin, director. Knox United 

Church. corner of Hwys 10 & 24, Caledon 

Village. 905·874·2800. $20. $17, 

$1 O!child under 12). 

- 8:00: Hamilton Theatre Incorporated. 

A Ch11s1m11s Survivsf Guide. Musical look at 

the stresses of the holiday season. with 

Christmas standards & new songs. Written 

& conceived by James Hindman & Ray Rod· 

enck. Studio Theatre. 140 McNab St .• 

Hamilton. 905·522·3032. $20. For com· 

plete run see music theatre listings. 

- 8:00: Theatre Ancaster. Rodgers & 

Hammerstein: D*lahomal Theatre Auditori· 

um, Ancaster High School, 374 Jerseyville 

Rd. West. 905·304·7469. 


- 2:00: Toronto All·Star Big Band . .II 

Ch11s1mas Special. Holiday revue with jazzy 

tunes, storytelling. Roxy Theatre, 251 

Nrnth St. East, Owen Sound. 519·371 · 

2833, 888·446·7699. $22-$27. 

- 3:00: Georgian Bay Children's Choir. 

Sounds of the Season - Concett & Carol 

Smg·Along. Rutter: Brother Hernrich's 

Christmas. Delarne Smith, narrator; Claire 

Baker. oboe; Sterling MacNay, bassoon; 

A.G. "Bert" Hood, organ; members of the 

St. Andrew's Church Choir; Linda Hawkms. 

conductor. St. Andrew's Church. lst Ave. 

West between 9th St. W. & 10th St. W .• 

Owen Sound. 519·371-4627. $ IJ.$ IO(ad· 

vance). $ J5,S 12(door), family & choir alum· 

ni rates. 

- 7:30: Arcady. A Baroque Memah. 

Gab11elle Mclaughlin, soprano; Jennifer 

Enns Modolo, alto; Joseph Schnurr. tenor; 

Trevor Bowes. baritone; Ronald Beckett, 

conductor. Immanuel Church. 2900 4th 

Ave .• Jordan. 905·563·5596. $20, $15. 

Proceeds to Vineland Migrant Worker Out· 

reach. 

- 7:30: London SingerslH.B.Beal Sing· 

ers. Bach: Magnific81 & Rutter: Mess of 

1he Children. Daniela Marentette & Rachel 

Snow. sopranos; Lauren Phillips, mezzo; 

Kevin McMiiian, tenor; Greg Wagland. bass 

ba11tone; Oav1d Weaver, conductor & other 

perlormers. Dundas Centre United Church, 

Dundas at Maitland, London. 519·452· 

2700. $15,$ IO(advance), $20,$15(door). 

- 7:30· Menno Singers. H11ndel: Messiah. 

Centre 1n the Square, Kitchener. See Dec 

3 

- 7:30: Mohawk Collage Singers. Han· 

de/: Messiah. Complete version. Carolyn 

Srnclair, soprano; Laura Pudwell. alto; Eric 

Shaw, tenor; Andrew Tees, barrtone; 

Michael Jarvis, conductor. Mcintyre Thea· 

tre, Mohawk College. 135 Fennel Ave. 

West, Hamilton. 905·388·9614. $20, 

$I 5(st). 

- 8:00: Arkell School House Concert 

Series. Mose Scarlett, vocals/acoustic 

guitar; Jackie Washington, vocals/ piano/ 

acoustic guitar; Ken Whiteley, vocals/man· 

doffn/guitar/piano. Guelph Youth Music Cen· 

- 

66 

tre, 75 Cardigan St..' Guelph. 519·763· 

3000. $22. 

- B:OO: John Laing Singers. Rejoice/ 

Mendelssohn: Te Oeum; Byrd: Rejoice, Re· 

joice!; This day Christ was born; Leighton: 

Lulla. Julia; Ramirez: Navidad nuestra; 

Vaughen Wrlliams: Fantasia on Christmas 

Carols; choral arrangements. traditional 

carols. Marsha Moffitt. cello; Chris Dawes. 

organ, Michael Downie. bass. Christ's 

Church Cathedral, 252 James St. North, 

Hamilton. 905·628·5238. $22.$19. 

- 8:00: Music on the Mount Concert 

Series. DUO. Margot Rydall, flute; Ivan 

Zllman, guitar. Mt. Zion ChUTch. 29 Wesl· 

mount Rd. South, Waterloo. 519·886· 

5820. 519·273· 1105. $ J 5. 

- 8:00: Theatre An caster. Rodgers & 

Hammerstein: Oklahoma! Ancaster High 

School. See Dec 3. 

- 8:00: University of Guelph Choirs. 

Voices of Hope: The lord Nelson Mass. 

Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass; music by Willan, 

Daley & Evans. Renee Winick, soprano; 

Lesley Bouza & Louisa Cowie, mezzos; Lan· 

ny Fleming. tenor; Benjamin Covey, bari· 

tone; members of the Guelph Symphony 

Orchestra; Marta McCarthy, conductor. 

Church of Our Lady, 28 Norfolk St., 

Guelph. 519·824·4120 x52257. $15.$12. 


- 2:00: Brantford Folk Club. Heather 

Dale's Medieval Chris/mas. Best Western 

Brant Park Inn. 19 Holiday Or.. Brantford. 

519· 759·7676. $14 in advance. 

commissions, orchestral favourites. Guests: 

la Jeunesse Girls Choir. Port Hope United 

Church, 34 South St. 905·885·0610. 

$I 5,$12, family rate. 

- 8:00: Cellar Singers. Handel.· Messiah. 

See Dec 3. St. Joseph's Church, 1 IB Mur 

ray St., Bracebridge. 705·326·2619. 

- 8:00: Kitchener·Waterloo Chamber 

Music Society. Baird Ttio. KWCMS Music 

Room, 57 Young St. West. Waterloo. 519· 

886· 1673. 


- 2:00: Sanderson Centre. Memories of a 

Don Messer Chrtstmas. Songs of the sea· 

son. 8B Oalhous1e St .• Brentford. 519· 

758·8090. 800·265·0710. $30. 


- 7:30: Hamilton Concert Bend. Annual 

Christmas Concert. Gerald Stephenson, 

director. Pioneer Memorral Church, 1974 

King St. East, Hamilton. 905·545·9552. 

$7,$5, $20(familyl. 

- 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. 

Baftic Ba1oque. Planet Baroque. Stephen 

Sitarski. leader; Leslie Newman, flute. First 

United Church, 16 William St., Waterloo. 

519·578·1570. 800·265·8977. $26,$12. 


- 8:00: Capitol Arts Centre. The Irish 

Rovers. 20 Queen St., Port Hope. 905· 

885· I 071. $ 39. 

Friday December 10 

- 3:00: Clarington Concert Band. Annual - 7:30: Chorus Niagara. Handel· Messiah. 

Chrtstmas Conceit. Newcastle United 

Laura Whalen, soprano; Laura Pudwell, alto; 

Church, Mill St.. Newcastle. 905·697· Nils Brown, tenor; Mark Pedrotti, bass; I 

8956. Freewill offering. Furiosi Baroque Orchestra; Robert Cooper, 

- 3:00: Durham Community Choir. Bach: ar11s11c director. Calvary Church. 89 Scott 

Magnificat; Handel: Messiah (selections). St., St. Catharines. 905·688·5550 

Suzanne Kompass. soprano; Saridra Boyes. x3257. $30. 

mezzo; James Leatch, tenor; Bruce Kelly, 

bass; Talisker Players; John·Charles 

Coolen, conductor. College Park Seventh· 

day Adventist Church, 1164 King St. East. 

Oshewa. 905·668·0998. $15, $ IO(child 

- 7:30: Fanshawe Chorus London. Han· 

de/: Messiah. Donna Bennett. soprano; Ani· 

ta Kruse, alto; Nrls Brown, tenor; Marc 

Boucher. baritone; Concert Players Orches· 

tra; Gerald Fagan, conductor. Centennial 

12 & under). Hall, London. 519·433·9650, 866·244· 

- 3:00: Symphony Hamilton. Chris/mas 0762. $25. 

with My Symphony. Corelli: Christmas Con· - 8:00: County Town Singers. Our Childcerto; 

L.Mozart: Toy Symphony; Respighi: 

hood Christmas. Salvation Army Temple. 

Trittico Bollicelliano; Anderson: Sleigh 570 Thornton Rd. North;Oshawa. 905· 

Jig, accompanist; Belly Wagner, director. 

Grace United Church, Stagecoach Rd., 

Sydenham. 613·384· 1528. Admission by 

donation. Food Bank offerings gratefully 

accepted. 

- 7:30: Oriana Singers of Northumbar· 

land. Revelation. Rutter: Magnificat; music 

by Chilcott. Sirett, Hatfield; traditional 

Christmas music. Katie McNeil, soprano. 

Trinity United Church, 15 Chapel St., Co· 

bourg. 905·372-2210. $15,S 13. 

- B:OO: Bach Elgar Choir. Handel: MesSI· 

ah. Janet Obermeyer, soprano; Gaynor 

Jones, contralto; Lenard Whiting. tenor; 

Roben Hall. bass; Hamilton Philharmomc 

Orchestra; Ian Sadler. director. Christ's 

Church Cathedral, 252 James St. North. 

Hamilton. 905·527·5995. $25.$20, chrld 

under 12 lree. 

- 8:00: Friends of Music. Vesnivke Choir 

and Toronto Ukrainian Male Chamber Choir. 

Halyna Kvitka Kondracki, conductor. Port 

Hope United Church, 34 South St. 905· 

885· I 071. 800·434·5092. $30,$15. 

- 8:00: Kitchener·Waterloo Symphony. 

Christmas with Brian. Centre in the Square, 

Kitchener. See Dec 10. 

- 8:00: Millpond Centre. Chtistmas Jan. 

I 06 Victoria St. West. Alliston. 705.435 . 

3092. $15. 

- 8:00: Peterborough Symphony Or· 

chestra. Waflling·ln /he Season. J.Strauss 

Jr: Emperor Waltzes; Overture to Fleder· 

maus; Wiener Blul; J.Strauss Sr: Radettky 

March; Weber: Invitation 10 the Dance; Mil· 

haud: Scaramouche. Daniel Rubinoff. saxo· 

phone; Michael Newnham. conductor. 7: 15: 

P1e·concert chat. Showplace Pe1formance 

Centre, 290 George St North, Peterbor· 

ough. 705·742·7469. $29.50,$26. 

$ l 5(sl). 

- 8:00: Renaissance Singers. 0 Magnum 

Mysterium: All Nature Worships Him. St. 

Andrews Church, 54 Queen St. North, 

Kitchener. 419·579-1568. $20,$15. 

- 8:00: Uxbridge Chamber Choir. Brit· 

ten: A Ceremony of Carols. Plus music by 

Palestrina. Willan. Gibbons, Sweelinck & 

Baker. Harp soloist; Thomas Baker, direc· 

tor. St. Paul's Church. 65 Toronto St .. Ux· 

bridge. 905·852·2676. $15,$12. 


Ride; sing along Christmas carols. Joanna 509·4111. $15,$12. - 2:00: Peterborough Symphony Or· 

Tang, violin; Marion Samuel, soprano; Jen· - 8:00: Georgetown Choral Societyl chestra. Diamonds in the Snow. Family 

na Rak, flute; James McKay. music direc· True North Brass. A True North Christ· concert. Music by J.Sirauss Jr. J.Strauss 

tor. Studio Theatre, Hamilton Place. 905· mas. Shawn Grenke, organ. Holy Cross Sr & Weber. Michael Newnham, conductor. 

527·7666. $22,$15. $5(under 12). Church, 224 Maple Ave .. Georgetown. Showplace Performance Centre. 290 

- 3:00: Wellington Winds. Autumn Gold 905·877-0482. $20,$15. George St Norh. Peterborough. 705·742· 

and Win/er Snow. Boyd McDonald, piano; - B:OO: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber 7469. $29.50.$26, $ J 5(st). 

Ted Follows. narrator; Wellington Winds Music Society. FfBncine Kay, plBno. KWC· - 2:30: Quinte Symphony. Community 

Saxophone Quartet. St. Peter's Church, MS Music Room, 57 Young St. West. Wa· Spirit Youth Choir. Seasonal music. Empire 

810 Kings St. East. Cambridge. 519·669· terloo. 519·886· 1673. Theatre, Belleville. 613-060-0099. 

4409. $15,$10. - 8:00: Kitchener·Waterloo Symphony. - 3:00: Cambridge Kiwanis Boys' Choir. 

- 4:00: Dublin Street United Church. Christmas with Bflan. Orchestral Pops. Family Christmas Concert. Performance & 

G/ori11/Vivaidi: Gloria; Saint·Saens: Christ· Miriam Clouthrer. soprano; Brian Jackson. Training Choirs. James Kropf, choirmaster. 

mas Oratorio. Kate Millie & Melanie Schro· conductor. Centre in the Square, 101 St. Clement Church, Duke St1eet, Cam· 

der, sopianos; Mary Lynne Whyte, contral· Queen St. North, Kitchener. 519·57B· bridge·Preston. 519·622-4897. $10,$7, 

to; Glenn Peirson, tenor; John Watson, 1570, 800·265·8977. $38-$50. family rate. 

bass; Dublin Street Senro1 Choir; Christo· 

- 3:00: Clarington Concert Band. Orono 

pher Fischer. director & organ. 68 Suffolk 

United Christmas Concert. Orono United 

St. West, Guelph. 519·821·0610. $10. - 7:30: Chorus Niagara. Handel: Messiah. Church, Church Street. Orona. 905·697 . 

$5(stl. s25tfamilyl. Calvary Church. St. Catharines. See De· 8956. Freewill offering. 

- 7:30: Acill Choral Society. Christmas cember I 0. - 3:00: Elora Festival Singers. Handel: 

Concert. A. Dale Wood, director. Christ - 7:30: Frontenac Women's Chorus. Messiah. Kathryn Oomoney, soprano; Jenni· 

Church Anglican, Bolton. 905·936·4 719, Rejoice/ - Around the World. Christmas fer Enns Modolo, alto; Michael Colvin, ten· 

519·941 ·5089. $15. celebrated in many languages from many or; Alexander Dobson. bass; Elora Festival 

- 7:30: la Jeunesse Youth Orchestra. musical eras. Guests: Valerie Hamilton, Orchestra; Noel Edison, conductor. St. 

Home for the Holidays. Traditional carols, percussion; Anne Archer, flute; Andrea Kis· Mary's Church. 267 Geddes St., Elora. · 

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519·846·0331, 800·265·8977. $35. 

- 3:00: Renaissanc e Singers. 0 Magnum 

Mysteflum: All Nature Worships Him. See 

Dec 11. T11m1y Church, 12 Blair Rd., Cam· 

bridge. 

- 3:00: Wellington Winds. Autumn Gold 

and Winter Snow. See Dec 5. First United 

Church, 16 Wtlltam St., Waterloo. 519· · 

669·44D9. $15,$10. 

- 3:30: Gerald Fagan Singers. Messiah 

at St. Peter's. Donna Bennett, soprano, 

Anita Krause. alto; Nils Brown, tenor; Marc 

Boucher. baritone; Concert Players Orches· 

tra; Gerald Fagan, conductor. St. Peter's 

Cathedral, 196 Duller in Ave .. London. 

519·433-9650, 866·244·0762. $25. 

- 7:30: Georgetown Choral Society/ 

True North Brass. A True North Christ· 

mas. Holy Cross Church. Georgetown. See 

Dec 10. 


- 7:30: Peterborough Singers. Handel: 

Messiah. Sally Dibblee, Marianne Bindig, 

Peter Blanchet. Fr. Paul Massei. soloists; 

Ian Sadler, organ; Sydney Birrel), music 

director. George St. United Church, 534 

George St. North. Peterborough. 705-740· 

6116. $22,$11. 


- 7:30: Peterborough Singers. Handel· 

Messiah. George St. United Church. Peter· 

borough. See Dec 13. 


- 7:30: Kingston Choral Society. Han· 

de/: Messiah. St. Mary's Cathedral. King· 

ston. 613·546·9729. $20. 


Christmas with Brian. See Dec 10. River 

Run Centre, 35 Woolwich St., Guelph. 

519-763-3000. $41.$37. 

- 8:00: Westben Arts Festival Theatre. 

True North Brass. St. John's United 

Church. Campbellford. 416·20 I ·9893. 

Benefit concert for Westben Arts Festival. 


- 7:00: Hamilton Piece. Rita MacNei/. 

Guests: The Men of The Deeps. Great Hall. 

1 Summers lane, Hamilton. 905·546· 

4040. $40.50·$45.50. 

- 7:30: Theatre Ancaster. Holiday Music 

at the Old Town Hall. Theatre Ancaster 

musicians & singers. Ancaster Old Town 

Hall, 300 Wilson St. 905·304-7469. Dona· 

lions to The Ancaster Information Services 

Christmas Fund gratefully received. 


- 3:00: Sanderson Centre. Rita MacNeil 

and The Men of The Deeps. 88 Dalhousie 

St .. Brentford. 519·758·8090, 800-265· 

0710. $45. 

- 8:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale. 

Christmas Concert. Pe riod carols, selected 

readings, harpsichord & cello accompani· 

ment. 157 Main St. South, Georgetown. 

905·877-8321, 905·877-6569. $35 ad· 

vance sales only. 

- 8:00: Canadian Orpheus Male Choir/ 

Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Drches· 

tra/Hamilton Children's Choir. Annual 

Chflstmas Concert. Great Hall, Hamilton 

Place, 1 Summers lane, Hamilton. 905· 

527-7666. $15,$13. Proceeds to the Spee· 

tator Summer Camp Fund. 

DECCMOER 1 2004 - FEBRUARY 7 2005 


- 7:30: Arcady. Welcome Yule! Beckett: 

Christmas music; seasonal readings. Alex· 

andra Presbyterian Church. 4 10 Colborne 

St .• Brantford. 519·753· 1602. $20,$15. 

- 7:30: Hamilton Philharmonic. The Glo· 

ry of Christmas. Guests: Anne Marie lnneo. 

soprano; Centenary United Church Choir: 

Michael Reason & Shawn Grenke, conduc· 

tors. Centenary United Church, 24 Main St. 

West. Hamilton. 905·526-6556. $24. 

- 7:30: Kitchener Waterloo Philharmon· 

le Choir. Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium 

/Christmas Oratorio/. Suzie Leblanc, so· 

prano; Laura Pudwell, mezzo; Scott Weir, 

tenor; Bruce Kelly, baritone; Kitchener· 

Waterloo Symphony; Howard Dyck, conduc· 

tor. The Centre m the Square, 101 Queen 

St. West, Kitchener. 1·800·265·B977. 

$29·$35, $5(eyeGD & children 12 & un· 

der). 

- 8:00: Barrie Concerts. Christmas 

Around the World. Robert Pol]lakov. bass; 

Victoria Scholars; Jer.zy Cichocki. conduc· 

Jor. Fisher Audito rium. 125 Dunlop St. 

West. Berrie. 705· 726·4980. 

- 8:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale. 

Chflstmas Concert. 157 Main St. South. 

See Dec 17. 

- 8:00: Hamilton Place. John McOer· 

moll: Memofles of a Fam11y Christmas. 

Great Hall. 1 Summers lane. Hamilton. 

905·546·4040. $29.50·$39.50. 

- 8:00: MusicMakers. Glad Tidings of 

Great Joy. Guests: Pine Ridge Brass; Gwen 

Darling, musical director. Victoria Hall Con· 

cert Hall, 55 King St. West. Cobourg. 905· 

372·2210. $12, $10. Proceeds to H ospice 

Northumberland Lakeshore. 


- 2:00 & 7:00: Concert Band of Co· 

bourg. Annual Christmas Show. Victoria 

Hall Concert Hall. 55 King St. West. Co· 

bourg. 905·372-2210. $1. 

- 2:30: Kingston Chamber C hoir. A Oick· 

ens' Christmas. Music by Rachmaninoff & 

Postons; carols; readings from Dickens' 

Christmas Carol. Sydenham United Church. 

Kingston. 613·531·9413. $15. 

- 7:00: Cambridge Kiwanis Boys' Choirl 

Choir of Trinity Church. Festival of Les· 

sons and Carols. James Kropf, choirmas· 

ter. Trinity Church, 12 Blair Rd., Cam· 

bridge·Galt. 519·622-4897. Free will of· 

fering. 

- 8:00: Paul Tobey. Christmas at the Pi· 

ano. Traditional holiday classics. Paul To· 

bey, piano; 5·piece orchestra; Gord Paynt· 

er, comedian. River Run Centre. 35 Wool· 

wich St., Guelph. 519·763·3000, 877- 

520·2408. $32.50. 


- 7:30: Sanderson Centre. Festival of 

Carols. Music & tales. Elora festival Sing· 

ers; Noel Edison, conductor; Canon Robert 

Hulse. speaker. 88 Dalhousie St., Brant· 

ford. 519·758·8090, 80D·265-0710. $28. 


- B:OO: Peter Skoggard/Guelph Arts 

Council. Bayt Lahm - a dramatic oratorio. 

Story of tragedy & hope in contemporary 

Bethlehem. Music by Skoggard; words by 

R.A.D. Ford, W.H.Auden & others. 8 vocal 

soloists; members of the Guelph Youth 

Singers; instrumentalists. Co·operators 

Hall, River Run Centre. 35 Woolwich St.. 

Guelph. 519·763·3000, 877-520·2408. 

$20,$18. 


- 5:30: St. James Anglican Church. 

Boar's Head Fe$//val. Concert & dinner. 

137 Melville, Dundas. 905-627-1424. 

Concert free, dinner $15. 

- 8:00: Peter Skoggard. Bayt Lahm - a 

dramatic orBlorio. River Run Centre. 

Guelph. See Dec 28. ·TENTATIVE - 

PLEASE PHONE AHEAD TO CONFIRM· 


- 10:00pm: Sanderson Centre. Kings of 

Swing. Big band show. Music of Smatra, 

Andrew Sisters. Harry James, Arlie Shaw, 

Glenn Miller & others. Galaxy All-Star Or 

chestra; Robtn lea. vocals; The Moonglows 

& other performers. 88 Oalhousie St .• 

Brantford. 519·758·8090. 800·265·0710. 

$35·$42. 


- 2:30: Attile Glatz Concert Produc· 

tions. Salute to Vienna. Traditional songs 

from Viennese operettas; waltzes & polkas 

by the Strauss family & o thers. The Centre 

m the Square. 101 Queen St. West, Kitch· 

ener. 1.aoo.545.7901. $38·$65. 

- 2:30: Attila Glatz Concert Produc· 

tions/Hamilton Place Theatre. Saluie to 

Vienna. Tradillonal songs from Viennese 

operettas; waltzes & polkas by the Strauss 

family & others. 10 MacNab St. South, 

Hamilton. 1·800·545·7807. $29.50·$75. 


- 2:30: Attila Glatz Concert Produc· 

tions. Salute to Vienna. Traditional songs 

from Viennese operettas; waltzes & polkas 

by the Strauss family & others. Centennial 

Hall, 550 Wellington St., London. 1 ·800· 

545·7807. $39-$70. 



Ragtime, Funk & Stravinsky. The New Or· 

chestra; Broken Songs Cabaret Ensemble. 

The Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St., 

Kitchener. 519·578· 1570, 800·265·8977. 

$20,$12. 


- 8:00: Barrie Concerts. Saint·Saens: 

Carnival of the Animals. And music by Pou· 

lenc. Shostakovich, McPhee & Tiefenbach. 

Robert Kortgaard & Peter Tiefenbach. duo 

pianists & other performers. Fisher Audito· 

rium. 125 Dunlop St. West, Barrie. 705· 

726·4980. 


- B:OO: Kitchener·Waterloo Symphony. 

Reflections of the North. Judy Kang. violin; 

Douglas Bostock, conductor. River Run 

Centre, 35 Woolwich St., Guelph. 519· 

763·3000. $41,$37. 

- 8:00: NUMUS Concert!

BEYOND THE GTA 

••• SOUTHERN ONTARIO, CONTINUED 

er. 519·578· 1570, 800·265·8977. 

$16,$14. 

- 3:00: Elora Festival Singers. Soup 

Concert: Music of Healey Willan. Noel Edi· 

son, conductor. 1 :30: Lunch; 2:30: Pre· 

concert Talk with Christine Mather & Noel 

Edison. St. John's Church, Smith & Hender· 

son Sts .. Elora. 519·846·0331, 800·265· 

8977. $20, S30(including lunch). 


- 8:00: McMaster Celebrity Concerts. 

Alicia Sviga/s, violin & Peter Rushefsky, 

banjo. Klezmer. University Hall 213. Convoca11on 

Hall. McMaster University, 1280 

Mam St. West, Hamilton. 905-525-9140 

x24246. $17, S12(sr), $5tst), 

- 8:00: Sanderson Centre. Kaha:wi. Contemp 

orary & traditional Iroquoian song & 

dance. First Nations singers, songwriters & 

musicians. 88 Oalhousie St .. Brantford. 

519-758-8090, 800-265-0710. $25,$20. 


- 8:00: Arkell School House Concert 

Series. Garnet Rogers, singer/songwri ter. 

Guelph Youth Music Centre, 75 Cardigan 

St .. Guelph. 519-763-3000. $22 . 


- 2:00: Canadian Music Centre. New 

Music in New Places: Cultural lntersec· 

tions. Artistic unions involving combinations 

of music, poetry and dance from Canada, 

Spain. Iran, Europe and America. Rotunda 

of City Hall, 200 King St. West. Kitchener. 

519-884· 1970 x.2228. Free. 

- 2:30: Georgian Music. Schubert: Oie 

Winterreise. Russell Braun, baritone; 

Joseph Petric. accordion; Pentaedre woodwind 

ensemble. Central United Church, 54 

Ross St .. Barrie. 705· 726-4980. 


- 12:30: McMaster School of the Arts. 

lunchtime Concert: Bob Shields Trio. Jazz 

standards & original music. Bob Shields. 

guitar; Mark Ounn, bass; Oave O'Neill, 

drums. Convocation Hall. McMaster Univer· 

sity, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton. 905- 

525-9140 x24246. Free. 

Saturday February 05 

- 7:30: Durham Youth Orchestra. 

Warmth and Passion for a Winter's Evening. 

Elgar: Enigma Variations (excerpts); songs 

by Vaughan Williams & Britten; arras by 

Verdi & Puccini; Neapolitan songs. Guests: 

Giovanni Secondini, tenor; Marianne Turner, 

piano; John Beaton, music director. Hebron 

Church, Anderson Street North of Taunton 

Rd .. Whitby. 905-435-0110. $10, $8(sr), 

$5(st/child). 

- 8:00: Lindsay Concert Foundation. 

Violin Virtuosos. Mark Fewer, Erika Raum, 

Scott St. John & Annalee Patipatanakoon, 

violins; Angela Park, piano. Glenn Crombie 

Theatre. Fleming College, Lindsay. 705- 

878-5625. $25, $5(st). 

- 8:00: Opera Ontario. Mozart: Abduction 

from the Seraglio. Benjamin Butterfield, 

Pascal Charbonneau, Madeline Bender & 

Sookhyung Park, performers. The Centre in 

the Square, 101 Queen St. West, Kitchener. 

1·800·265·8977. For complete run see 


- 8:00: Peterborough Symphony Or· 

chestra. Fire and Ice. Haydn: Sinfonia Concertanle; 

Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Op.60; 

Vaughan Williams: Concerto Grosso for 

Strings; Stravinsky: Firebird. Guests: Ka· 

wạrtha Youth Orchestra; Tak Kwan. violin; 

Zuzia Chomicka·Newnham, cello; Tori 

Owen, oboe; Ben Bell, hassoon; Michael 

Newnham, conductor. 7: 15: Pre·conce?t 

chat. Showplace Performance Centre, 290 

George St North, Peterborough. 705·742· 

7469. $29.50,$26, $15(st). 

Sunday February 06 


That's All Folks. Light Classics. Stephen 

Sitarski. violin; Daniel Warren. conductor. 

Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. North, 

Kitchener. 519-578· 1570. 800·265·8977. 

$25-$37. 

- 3:00: La Jeunesse Youth Orchestra. 

In The Spotlight. LJYO alumni & current 

members as soloists, arrangers, composers 

& conductors. Port Hope United Church, 

34 South St. 905·885-0610. $15,$12, 

family rate. 

- 7:30: Just Singers Chamber Choir/ 

Choir of Centenary United Church, Ham· 

ii ton. Jenkins: The Armed Man: A Moss for 

Peace. Shawn Grenke, conductor. Cente· 

nary Unite Church, 24 Main St. West, 

Hamilton. 647-222-5250, 905-522-6843 

x26. $15. Portion of the proceeds to bene· 

fit local music outreach projects in the 

downtown Hamilton core. 

BEYOND THE GT A ... END 

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NEW MUSIC QUICK PICKS WMPIUD B 0,1110 Ows 

The Codes: NN - some serious contemporary repertoire; NNN - thoroughly contemporary; NI - new/improvised music 

For details see the comprehensive listings commencing page 45. A more detailed version of this list at www.thewholenote.com includes listings for concerts'with 

some contemporary repertoire (NJ, and concerts for which there was insufficient information provided, but some contemporary repertoire seems likely (N?J. 

NNN - 12:30: Music Gallery Institute. 

L.unch Music: Future Traditions. 

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

Music of the Masters. 

Thu Oec 02 

NN - 8:00: Canada·lsrael Cultural 

Foundation. Carmel Trio. 

NN N - 8:00: Music Toronto. 

Ardilli Ouartet. 

Fri Dec 03 

NNN - 8:00: Earshot Concerts. 

Believe Everything You Hear. 

Sat Dec 04 

NI - 8:00: Arraymusic. The Composer/ 

Improviser. 

NN - 8:00: Cantores Celestas. 

W/1e11 the Night is Sweet with Starlight. 

Sun Dec 05 

NN - 3:00: Chrylark Arts & Music 

Series. Peter Longworth, piano. 

NNN - 3:00: Contemporary Showcase 

Festivals. Showcase Concert 

NN -3:00: Penthelia Singers. Songs 

of Peace and Joy. 

NNN -7:00: Earshot Concerts. 

Believe Everything You Hear. 

Tue Dec 07 

NNN - 8:00: Continuum Contemporary 

Music. Conversely. 

Wed Dec 08 

NI - 12:30: Music Gallery Inst. Lunch 

Music: MG/ Perc11SSion Ensemble & Open Jam. 

Thu Iiec 09 

NNN - 8:00: Music Gallery. U of T 

Percussion Ensemble - The Composer Now. 

NN - 8:00: Via Sallburg. Christmas 

Via Salzburg. 

Fri Oec 10 

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

What Sweeter Music. 

NN - 8:00: The Canadian Singers. 

A Shining Christmas. 

NN - 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Nexus. 

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NN - 8:00: Via Salzburg. Christmas Via 

Salzburg. 

Sat Dec 11 

NN - 8:00: Chamb.er Music Concert. 

NNN - 8:00: Music Gallery. Mo"is Patter 

Sun Oec 12 

NNN - 8:00: Music Gallery. Bradyworks. 

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Tue Oec 14 

NN - 8:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band. 

The Great Toronto Carol Sing. 

Thu Dec 16 

NI - 8:00: fabrik Company/Chartier 

Danse/Goethe lnstitut. Screaming Popes. 

Sat Dec 18 

NN - 2:00: Toronto Children's Chorus. 

A Choflls Christmas. 

NN - 7:30: Amadeus Choir. 

Carols and lullabies. 

NNN - 7:30: Annex Singers Choir. 

Goudge: A Cycle of Solstice Songs . 

Fri Oec 24 

NN - 10:00pm: Deer Park Concerts. 

Christmas Eve with William Wright. 

Sat Jan 08 

NNN - 8:00: Music Gallery/Music 

Umbrella/lstituto Italiano di Cultura. 

Scelsi Centenary Project 

Sun Jan 09 

NNN - 8:00: New Music Concerts. 

Mayumi Miyata. 

Thu Jan 13 

NNN - 8:00: Toronto Masque Theatre. 

Masques for a Reaney Oay. 

fri Jan 14 

NI - 7:30: York University Department of 

Music. lmprov Soiree: Fleetings. 

Tue Jan 18 

NNN - 7:30: University of Toronto 

Faculty of Music. New Music Festival. 

NNN - 8:00: Music Toronto. Heather 

Schmidt, composer/pianist. 

NNN - 8:00: Soundstreams Canada/CBC 

Radio Two New Hours. Gravity lJf1d Gtace: the 

music of Allan Gordon Bell and Erkki.Sven Tiiik. 

Wed Jan 19 


Faculty of Music. New Music Festival 

Thu Jan 20 

NNN- 12:10: University of Toronto 

Faculty of Music. New Music Festival 

NNN - 8:00: NUMUS Concerts. Chinese 

New Music Festival 

Fri Jan 21 


Faculty of Music. New Music Festival. 

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Sat Jan 22 

NNN - 2:00 & 8:00: University of Toronto 

Faculty of Music. New Music Festival . 

NNN - 7:30: Ensemble Noir. Contact. 

NNN - 8:00: New Music Concerts. Three 

Cities in the Ute of Or. Norman Bethune. 

Sun Jan 23 

NN - 7:30: Les AMIS Concerts. 

Gypsy Favour i tes. 

Fri Jan 28 

NN - 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble/Peggy 

Baker Dance/Soulpepper. •1t Music Be ....... • 

Sat Jan 29 

NN - 1:30 & 3:30: TSO. The Twins and the 

Monster- Young People's Concert. 

NN - 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble/Peggy 

Baker Oance/Soulpepper. •!f Music Be ....... • 

SunJan30 

NNN - 3:00: Udo Kasemets. Project 

SYMPHOS/UM: alphabets & algorithms. 

Mon Jan 31 

NNN - 7:00: U of T Faculty of Music. 

Chamber Seties: eighth blackbird 

Tue Feb 01 

NNN 1- 12:30: York University Dept of 


NN - 8:00: Music Toronto. Gryphon Trio, 

Elora Festival Singers. 

Wed Feb 02 

NNN - 12:30: Music Gallery Institute. 

lunch Music: Inventors & Innovators Series. 

Thu Feb 03 

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NNN - 12:30: York University Dep of 

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NN - 1:30: Women's Musical Club of 

Toronto. Sonia Chon, piano. 

Fri Feb 04 

Nl-7:30: York U Oept of Music. /mprovSoiree 

Sat Feb 05 

NNN - 7:30: Just Singers Chamber 

Choir ... Hamilton. Jenkins: The Armed Man 

NN - 8:00: Mississauga Symphony 

Orchestra. Oances in Time. 

NN - 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Wind 

Ensemble; Gregory Burton, conductor. 

Sun Feb 06 

NN - 2:00: Canadian Music Centre. New 

Music in New Places: Chinese Music 

Beyond the GTA 

(in this issue, Barrie, Cobourg, Guelph, 

Hamilton. Kitchener, Sudbury, Waterloo) 

Fri Oec 03 

NN - 8:00: Hamilton Theatre 

Incorporated. A Christmas Survival Guide. 

Sat Dec 11 

NN - 7:30: Oriana Singers of 

Northumberland. Revelation. 

Tue Dec 28 

NN - 8:00: Peter Skoggard/Guelph Arts 

Council. Bayt Lahm - a dramatic oratorio. 

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Wed Oec 29 

NN - 8:00: Peter Skoggard. Bayt Lahm. 

Sat Jan 08 

NN - 8:00: Barrie Concerts. Carnival of 

the Animals 

Thu Jan 13 

NNN - 8:00: NUMUS Concerts. Chinese 

New Music Festival 

Sat Jan 15 

NNN - 8:00: 5·Penny New Music Concerts. 

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SunJan30 

NNN - 2:00: Canadian Music Centre. New 

Music in New Places: Cultural Intersections. 

Sun Feb 06 

NNN - 7:30: Just Singers Chamber 

Choir ... Hamilton. Jenkins: The Armed Man. 

DECEMBER 1 2004 -FEBRUARY 7 2005

Brampton Heritage Theatre. Forever 

Plaid. Dec 2 & 3: 8:00. 86 Main St. Jorth, 

Brampton. 905·874·2800. $35. 

Brampton Lyric Opera. Ooni/8/ti: II 

Campanella di Notte. followed by operatic 

favourites in concert. Guests: Brampton 

Festival Singers. Jan 5·8: 8:00. Heritage 

Theatre, 86 Main St. North, Brampton. 

905·450·3140. $15·$25. 

Brampton Music Theatre. The Ule and 

Adventures of Santa Claus. Family musical. 

Dec 2-4: 7:30; Oec 4: 2:00. Cyril Clark 

library Theatre, 20 loafers lake Lane, 

Brampton. 905-874·2800. $15, $131sr/st/ 

group), $121children 10 & under). 

Fundraiser for Brampton Music Theatre. 

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Yapping 

Out loud. Nicole Stamp, director; Mirha· 

Soleil Ross, performer; music composed & 

performed by Reena Katz. To Dec 5. 12 

Alexander St. 416-975-8555. $10·$20, 

Sundays pwyc. 

Canadian Opera Company. Britten: Albert 

Herring. Ensemble Studio production. Luc 

Robert. Victor Micallef, Joni Henson, 

Michelle Bogdanowicz, Peter Barrett & 

other performers. Dec 2,3: 7:30; Dec 5: 

2:00. Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 231 

Queens Quay West. 4 I 6·363-8231. $40· 

$60. 

Canadian Opera Company. Puccini: la 

Boheme. Elena Kelessidi, Biilent Kuleki. 

Krisztina Szabo, Gabriele Viviani, Peter 

McGillivray & other performers; David T. 

Heusel, conductor. Opera Chat: 45 minutes 

before each performance. Jan 23, Feb 6: 

2:00; Jan 26,29, Feb 1,4, 10, I 2: 7:30. 

Hummingbird Centre, 1 Front St. East. 416· 

872-2262. $40-$175. 

Canadian Opera Company. Wagner: 

Siegfried. Christian Franz, Frances Ginzer, 

Peteris Eglitis, Robert Kiinzli, Pavlo Hunka, 

Mette Ejsing, performers; Richard 

Bradshaw, conductor. Opera Chat: 45 

minutes before each performance. Jan 27, 

Feb 2,5,8, I I: 6:30; Jan 30: 2:00. 

Hummingbird Centre, 1 Front St. East. 416· 

872-2262. $40·$175. 

Canon Theatre. Cats. Music by Lloyd 

Webber. Dec 8· 19. Tues-Sat: 8:00, Wed, 

Sat, Sun: 2:00. 244 Victoria St. 416-872- 

. 1212. $51·$81. 

CanStage. Side by Side by Sondheim. 

Music by Sondheim, Bernstein, M.Rodgers, 

A.Rodgers & Styne; lyrics by Sondheim. To 

Dec 18. Mon·Sat: 8:00, Wed: I :30, Sat & 

Sun: 2:00. Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front 

St. East. 416·368·3110. $36·$80. 

Centre for Russian & East European 

Studies/Opera in Concert. Prokofiev: 

l 'Amour des Trois Oranges. Colin 

Ainsworth, Alain Coulombe, Alexander 

Dobson & other performers; Opera in 

Concert Chorus; Robert Cooper, chorus 

director; Raisa Nakhmanovich, music 

director & pianist. Feb 6: 2:30. l :45: 

Backgrounder with host lain Scott. Jane 

Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416· 

366·7723. $32,$25. 

Church of the Holy Trinity. The 

Christmas Story. Nativity pageant. 

Professional musicians & volunteer cast. 

Dec 3·5, 10-12, 17·19. fri & Sat: 7:30, 

OPERA AND MUSIC THEATRE 

Sat & Sun matinees: 4:30. 10 Trinity 

Square. 416·598·8979. Suggested 

donation $1 Oladults}, $ 51children}. 

Civic Light Opera Company. Yours, Anne. 

By Cohen & Futterman. Kelly Sanders, 

Susan Sanders, Bob Deutsch, David Haines, 

Carol Kugler & other performers; Joe 

Cascone, artistic director. Dec 22.23, 28· 

30, Jan 5·8: 8:00; Dec 26,31, Jan 2,6,8: 

2:00. Fairview library Theatre, 35 Fairview 

Mall Drive. 416-755-1717. $20, $17.SOlsr/ 

st. Tues-Thurs). 

Etobicoke Musical Productions. Mame. 

Dec 3,4, I 0: 8:00; Dec 5, 11: 2:00. 

Burnhamthorpe Auditorium, 500 The East 

Mall. 416·248·0410. $22, $16(youth}, 

group rates. 

fabrik Company/Chartier DanselGoethe 

lnstitut/OanceWorks. Screaming Popes. 

Tale of power, vanity, desire, torment, faith 

& grace with interaction between 

performers & composer/live musician. 

Danny Wild, Michael Sean Marye, Sven Till, 

performers; Alex Nowitz, composer( 

musician. Dec 16· l 9: 8:00. Buddies in Bad 

Times Theatre, 12 Alexander St. 416-975- 

8555. $20,$17. 

Hamilton Theatre Incorporated. A 

Christmas Survival Guide. Musical look at 

the stressses of the holiday season, with 

Christmas standards & new songs. Written 

& conceived by James Hindman & Ray 

Roderick. Dec 3.4. 10, 11, 17, 18: 8:00; Dec 

12, 19: 2:00; Dec 31: 6;00 (New Years Eve 

Gala· dinner, show & dance}. Studio 

Theatre, 140 McNab St., Hamilton. 905· 

522·3032. $80(Gala), $20,$18, group 

rates. 

Mirvish Productions. Oa Kink In My Hair. 

Story told in words, music and dance. Trey 

Anthony, Zena Brown, Raven Dauda, 

Miranda Edwards, Quancetia Hamilton & 

other performers; Weyni Mengesha, 

director. Jan I I-Feb 7, various times. 

Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King St. 

West. 416·872-1212. 

Mirvish Productions. Mamme Mia! Musical 

based on the songs of ABBA. Music & lyrics 

by Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus; book 

by Catherine Johnson; directed by Phyllida 

Lloyd. To February 13. Tues·Sat 8:00; Wed, 

Sat & Sun 2:00. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 

260 King St. West. 416·872-1212. $26 to 

$94. 

Michael Donovan, baritone; Bradyworks: 

Pamela Reimer, piano; Andre Leroux. 

saxophones; Phil Homsey, percussion; 

Clemens Merkel, violin & other performers. 

7: 15: Illuminating Introduction. Jan 22 & 

23: 8:00. St. George the Martyr Church, 

197 John. 416-204· 1080. $25, $15(sr}, 

$5(st cheapseats}. 

Opera in Concert. Ooniietti: II Furioso al/'a 

Isola de San Domingo. Jan 14: 4:00, Jan 

15: 7:00. Edward Jackman Centre, 947 

Queen St. East, 2nd floor. 416·922·2147. 

$15. 

Opera in Concert. Sullivan: Dream Play; 

Wilson: The Summoning of Everyman. One· 

act chamber operas. Marcel van Neer, 

Rachel Cleland Ainsworth, l ynne McMurtry 

& Thomas Fleming. performers; orchestra 

ensemble; Alex Pauk, conductor. Dec 5: 

2:30. I :45: Backgrounder with host lain 

Scott. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. 

East. 416·366· 7723. $45, $35. 

Opera Ontario. Mozart: Abduction !tom 

the Seraglio. Benjamin Butterfield, Pascal 

Charbonneau, Madeline Bender & 

Sookhyung Park, performers. Feb 5: 8:00 

at The Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. 

West, Kitchener. I ·800·265-8977. Feb 

12, 17, 19: 8:00 at Hamilton Place, 105 

Main St. East. 800·575· 1381. 

Operatic Cabaret Review. Magical 

Journey from Mozart to Musicals. Dec I 0: 

8: 15. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 

416·927·9800. 

Port Hope Festival Theatre. Jack & the 

Beanstalk. Music, comedy & mayhem for 

the entire family. Based on the traditional 

British "Panto". Dec 1·19. Capitol Theatre, 

20 Queen St., Port Hope. 905·885· 1071, 

800·434-5092. S20. $18(srl. $121st}. 

Really little Theatre Company. Morel 

(The Gteedy Princess}. Book & lyrics by 

Currie; music by Wingrove. Rock & roll 

musical comedy. Ages 4· 10. Dec 2D·23, 

26-30: 11 :OOam & 2:00. Solar Stage 

Children's Theatre, 4950 Yonge St. 416· 

368·8031. $13. 

Ross Petty Productions. Aladdin, the 

Magical Family Musical. Starring Jennifer 

Dale, Adam Brazier, Bret "Hilman• Hart. 

Oerek McGrath, Ross Petty; Ted Dykstra. 

director; David Warrack, music director. 

Dec 2·31, various times. Elgin Theatre, 189 

Yonge St. 416·872-5555. $4].$67, child 

$37. family & group rates. 

Royal York Road United Church. 

Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors. 

Vanessa Grant, John·Michael Schneider, 

Michael Morgan, Paul Schillaci, John Smith 

& other performers; Lydia Pedersen, music 

director. Jan 7,8,9: 8:00. 851 Royal York 

Road. 416·231·94D1. $20, family rate. 

Sanderson Centre for the Performing 

Arts. Stardust Follies. Song·dance-comedy 

revue. To May/05. Wednesdays: 2:00. 88 

Dalhousie St., Brantford. 519·758-8090, 

800· 265-0710 . 

Smile Theatre. Fred & Adele. Written by 

Tom Kneebone; directed by Dinah Christie; 

starring William Orlowski & Susan 

Cuthbert. Story of Fred & Adele Astaire. 

Jan 20 7:30 at Rockway Gardens Senior 

New Music Concerts. Three Cities in the 

life of Or. Norman Bethune. Chamber opera 

by Tim Brady; plus works for solo electric 

guitar by Schafer, Bartley, Lussier & Brady. 

Citizens Centre, 1405 King St. East. 

Kitchener. 519-741·2510. Jan 26 1:45 at 

Cummer lodge Adult Day Program, 205 

Cummer Ave. 416·392-9502. Jan 29 1:30 

at West Scarborough Neighbourhood 

Community Centre, 313 Pharmacy Ave. 

416·755·9215. Feb 2 1:30 at Clarington 

Older Adults, 2 Beech Ave., Bowmanville. 

905·697 ·2856. Feb 7 12: 15 at Older 

Adults In Action, 22 Water St., Markham. 

905· 294-5111. 

Smile Theatre. Home for the Holidays. 

Conceived by Tom Kneebone; written & 

directed by Sandra Margolese; starring 

Rachel Fischer & Michelle Piller. Story of 

Canadian Army Show entertainers set to 

music of the era. Dec I I :30 at Clarington 

Older Adults, 26 Beech Ave., Bowmanville. 

905-697-2856. Dec 3 I :30 at Fairfield 

Seniors Centre, 80 Lothian Ave, Etobicoke. 

4 I 6·394·8687. Dec 6 12: 15 at Older 

Adults in Action, 22 Water St., Markham. 

905-294-5111. Dec 9 7:00 at First Place 

Seniors Centre, 3rd floor, 350 King St. 

East, Hamilton. 905·525·9800. Dec 11 

1 :30 at West Scarborough Neighbourhood 

Community Centre, 313 Pharmacy Ave. 

416·755·9215. Dec 14 2:00 at Sir John 

Colborne Recreation Centre, 1565 Old 

lakeshore Rd., Oakville. 905·815-5960. 

Dec 16 8:00: Public Showcase 

Performance at Al Green Theatre, Miles 

Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Ave. 416·599· 

8440. $12. Dec 17 2:00 at Vera M. Davis 

Community Centre, BO Allan Drive, Bolton. 

905·857·0975. Dec 20 1:30 at Allan 

Reuter Centre, 507 King St. East, 

Cambridge. 5 I 9·65J.8822. 

Solar Stage Children's Theatre. Tall 

Tales: The Boy Who Cried Wolf. By Currie. 

Musical retelling. Ages 4· I 0. Jan 

1,2,8,9, 16,23,29,30: 1 l;OOam & 2:00. 

4950. Yonge St. 416-368·8031. $13. 

St. Anne's Music & Drama Society. 

Gilbert & Sullivan: Iolanthe. Laura Schatz. 

director; Ori Siegel. music director. Jan 

28,29, Feb 3·5: 8:00; Jan 29,30, Feb 5: 

2:00. St. Anne's Parish Hall, 651 Dufferin 

St. 416-922-4415. $20, $15(sr/st, Jan 28 

& Feb 5). 

Theatre Unlimited. Nine. Musical version 

of the Casanova story. Jan 21,22, 27-29: 

8:00; Jan 23,29: 2:00. Meadowvale 

Theatre, 6315 Montevideo Rd. 905-615· 

4720. $21,$19. 

Toronto Masque Theatre. Masques for a 

Reaney aay. Beckwith: In the Middle of 

Ordinary Noise: An Auditory Masque; 

Reaney: One-Man Masque; Richardson: 

Two Songs (world premiere). Teri Dunn, 

soprano; Alexander Dobson, baritone; 

Robert Kortgaard & Peter Tiefenbach, 

pianists; Peter Stoll, clarinet; Larry 

Beckwith, artistic director. Pre·concert 

talk, 45 minutes before each performance. 

Jan 13· I 5: 8:00, Jan 16: 2:30. Tarragon 

Extra Space, 30 Bridgman. 416·410-4561. 

$25,$15. 

Toronto Operetta Theatre. Kalman: 

Countess Marilla. Kurt Lehmann, Elizabeth 

Beeler, Keith Savage, Curtis Sullivan, 

performers; Wayne Strongman, conductor. 

Oec 28,31, Jan 7,8: 8:00; Dec 26,29, Jan 

2,5: 2:00. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 front 

St. East. 416·366·7723. $35- 

$55(preview}, $35·$75(regular run). 

UC Follies Musical Company/Hart House 

Theatre. Godspell. By Schwartz & 

Tebelak. Feb 3· 12. Week I: Thurs-Sat 

8:00, week 2: Wed·Sat 8:00, Sat 2:00. 7 

Hart House Circle. 416·978·8668. 


Yorkminstrels. The Wizard of Oz. Dec 2·4: 

8:00, Dec 4,5: 2:00. Leah Posluns Theatre, 

45B8 Bathurst St. 416·291-0600. 

S24,$20(sr), $17{sl), group rate. 


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In the Listings 

h\· Sophia Perlman 

Someumes the 1emp1acion to be self 

5erving wi1h a column like this is 

too much 10 take - especially when 

1he first concert in this issue's concert 

quick-picks is one that you're 

in. December lst, Humber College 

foaturcs 1he srudent ensembles of Pat 

LaBarhera and 1he vocal jazz ensemble 

of Trish Coller - which I get to 

smg with! 

Ac1uall) • December and Januaf) 

are grea1 for vocal jazz in Toronto 

at man) different levels - the next 

mght. tcoumerpartensemble from 

Uof T perlorms at Waller Hall, under 

1he dm:ction of Lisa Martinelli, 

and York Uni"ersity features its 

apiringjazz vocalists in January (the 

141h and 21s1). And just to redeem 

the sclf-Strving opening to this column. 

I should also point out that 

Hampton A venue 4 is also performing 

December lst, over at Hugh's 

Room. 

Top Of the Senator learures up 

and cmning singer Sophie Milman 

with the Bill King Quartet (Dec 7- 

1055 Restaurant and Bar 

1055 Yonge St. 416·482 8485 

Every ThulFri Stacyb +Uglow Jan Every 

Sun Richard Uglow. 

Alleycatz 

2409 Yonge St. 416·481·6865 

Every Mon Sals8 N(Jht w/ flank 8isdlun. Ev. 

TueChnstqih!f Plod Trio. Ev. Wed TheOut· 

liws JilO Bhes Jlld Motown. Ev. Thu The flow 

w/ Carlos Morgan flKI*. SrM, R&B BfKI Regg;Je. 

Ev. Sun J8111 Se$S10ll w/ Tony Spmp Band. 

Alto Basso 

718 College Street. 1416) 534-9522 

Ev ery Sun Trans Mod Airways 

Ben Wicks 

424 Parl1amen1 416·961·9425 

www.benwickspub.com 

All shows start at 8 or 8:30. No cover. 

First Sat/month Myrne & Nick Van 

We111erdenblJ(g & the Oowntown Ja11 Band. 

Second Sat/month Ge01g1a Ambros. 4th 

Sat/month Janine Blanch4rd 

Black Swan 

154 Danforth Avenue. (416)469·0537 

Boiler House 55 Mdl Street 1416} 203·2121 

Cameron House 

408 Queen St. 416 7D3·0811 

C'est What 67 Front St. E. 416-867·9499 

Saturday afternoon traditional jazz from the 

Hot five Jazzmakers 

Chick N'Deli 

744 Mount Pleasant Rd (416) 489·3363 

81g Band Music every I st and 3rd Monday of 

the month. Every Sun Rhonda SiWer. Dec 6 

Advocats Bl!I Band. Dec 20 GeOfge lake Big 

Band. Jan 3 Advouts 8Jg 8arrJ. Jan 17 George 

lake 8Jg 8arrJ. Jan 24 Doc Green Band. 

Gate 403 

403 Roncesvarles 416·588 2930 

www.gate403.com 

 

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JAZZ: CLUB LISTINGS AND CONCERT QUICK PICKS 

Sophie Milman 

11) and Heather Bambrick the next 

wt:ek "nh the Richard Whiteman 

Trio . Over at the MontrI Bistro, 

Adi Braun plays one night only (January 

l Oth) There are also quite a few 

singers with regular performances 

worth checking out - The Rex features 

Kevin Qua in on Thursdays 

and Mclisi,a Stylianou on Fridays 

(both at 6:30). 

Most clubs didn't have complete 

listings available for January at time 

of press. but they'll be updating 

websites as soon as they've finalized 

their lineups. In the meantime. happy 

listening! 

JAZZ: CLUBS 

Graffiti's Bar & Grill 

17D Baldwin St. 416 506-6699 

Every Wed. 16·8pm) James and Jay 

Grasshopper Jazz & Blues Bar 

460 Parliament St. 416-323· 12 IO 

music stans at 10 No Cover. 

Dec 4 CristJn LmdeH Tflo. Dec 11 Eanh/y 

Soul Dec 18 Donkey. 

Grossman's Tavern, 

379 Spadma Ave, 416-977-7000. 

www.grossmanstavern.com 

Founded and led by Kid Bastien unt his death 

in early 2003. the Happy Pals are still rock· 

ing the house Saturdays 4:00 to 8:00 pm, or 

later. Dec 1 Mike MacDonald Open Stage 

Jam. Dec 2 Kirk Broadbridge. Dec 4 Happy 

Pals. Fullerton. Dec 5 Nicola Vaughafl Acous· 

llc Jam, The Nationals with Briafl Cober. Dec 

& Laura Huben Band (Les5e Spft Treeo). Dec 

7 Ch11s Caddell. Dec 8 Mike MacDonald Open 

Stage Jam. Dec 9 Heahhy Scratch. Dec 10 

O'N1/e Blues Band. Dec 11 The Happy Pals, 

Jahmalama. Dec 12 Nicola Vaughan. The 

Nationals. Dec 13 Laun Huben Band. Dec 14 

Chris Caddell. Dec 15 Mike MacDonald Open 

Stage Jam. Dec 17 Silver Dollars with Mike 

McKenna. Dec 18 The Happy Pals, Espanola 

Slim. Dec 19 Nicola Vaughan, The Netionals. 

Dec 20 Laura Huben Band. Dec 21 Chris 

Ceddell. Dec 22 Mike MacDonald Open Stage 

Jem. Dec 26 Nicola Vaughan. The Nationals. 

Des 27 Lsura Huben Band. Dec 28 Chris 

Caddell. Dec 29 Mike Mac0ol18/d Open Stage 

Jam. Jan 15 Cmdy Booth Blues Band. Jan 

21 /.Jttle Bo/Jby and the Jumpstarts. 

Honey Supper lounge 

115 John Street 41 &977-9994 

Hot Ho use Cale 

Markel Square 416-366-7800 

Jazz brunch every Sunday. alternating weeks: 

Ken Churchill Quartet, 5spot 

Hugh's Room 

2261 Dundas West 41 &531-6604 

www.hughsroom.com 

Dec 1 Hampton Avenue four. Dec 5 Sunday 

Gospel lunch. Dec 17 Marc Jordan. 

Jazz at Oscars 

Arbor Room. Hart House, U of T. 

Jen 7 Beverly Taft. Jan 14 Toronto Jau 

Orchestra. Jen 21 Kenny Kirkwood. Jen 28 

Kye Marshall 

le Saint Tropez 

315 King St W 416·591·3600 

Live music, 7 days a wee. 

liberty Street Cale 

25 liberty St. Unit 100 416-533-8828 

Lula Lounge 

1585 Dundas West. 

www.lula.ca 

Dec 2 Af11can Guitar Summft. Dec 3 Salsa 

Friday w/ Cache. Dec 4 Salsa Saturday w/ 

Marron Mati1ado. Dec 9 Salsa Thursday w/ 

Cache. Due 10 Salsa Friday w/ Ru/Jen 

Va1que1. Dec 11 Diego Marulanda + PaG · 

ande. Dec 15 Red: A Night of Live Perform· 

ance. Dec 17 Cubafl Dance Party w/ Eva11sto 

Machado. Dec 31 New Years w/ Cache. 

Meuetta 

681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687 

·wednesday Concerts in a Cale" Sets at 9:00 

and I 0: 15 pm. Reservations recommended for 

lust set. Dec 1 Norman Liota, Cameron Colly· 

er. Dec 8 Ben O'Cunha, Bob Fenton. Dec 15 

Mike Murley, David Occhipinti. Jan 12 Bernie 

Sencnsky and Bill McBirnie 

Mezzrows 

1546 Queen St. W. 416-535·4906 

Parkdale neighborhood pub featuring jazz end 

blues on Saturday afternoons, Sunday evenings 

and a live jam every other Wednesday. 

Michelle's Brasserie 

162 Cumberland St 416·944-1504 

www.labrasserie.ca 

Montreal Bistro 

65 Sherbourne 416-363-0179 

www.montrealbistro.com 

Dec 1 ·4 John Abercrombie and Don Thomp· 

son Duo. Dec 5 Michael Hynes. Dec 6 TorOfl· 

to Jau Orchestra. Dec 8 Michael Dunston 

Ouanet. Dec 9 Tommy Ambrose Ouintet. Dec 

10 John Neudorf. Dec 13 Swing into the Holt: 

day Season. Dec 14· 18 0.£. W. East and Reg 

Schwager. Dec 20 Georgia Ambros Quintet. 

Dec 32 Gary MOlgan & PanAmericane. Dec 

22, 23 Ed Vokurka Jm Violin Ensemble. Dec 

28-Jan 1 Jim GaHoway Trio. Jan 5 Dave 

Young Octet. Jan 6·8 laila Biali Trio. Jan 10 

Adi Braun. Jan 11-15 Mike Murley Ouanet. 

Jan 17 Pat Collins Ouanet. Jan 18-22 Mark 

Eisenman Trio. Jan 24 Oeb/Jie Flemiflg Ouin· 

tet. Jan 25. 26 Swing Rosie Septet Jan 27· 

29 Cedar Wahoo Trio. Jan 31 Jay Boehmer Trio. 

WWW, ntEWHOLENO H .COM 

N'Awlins Jau Bar and Dining 

299 King St. W. 416-595-1958 

Caj111 style cookirrJ and New Orleans style jazz 

Orbit Room 

508A College St. 416-535-0613 

Every Fri The Stickmen, Every Sat The Dex· 

ters, Every Sun Oare Murphy Band, Every 

Mon Kevin Breft and the Sisters Euclid, Every 

Tue School of Roots, Every Wed LMT Con· 

nection, Every Thu Oe l e Funk, 

Pilot Tavern 

22 Cumberland 4 I 6·923-5 716 

One of Toronto's oldest watering holes, estab· 

l1shed in 1944 with a tradition of five 1azz 

every Saturday afternoon. 

Quigleys 

2232 Queen E. 416-699-9998 

Reservoir Lounge 

52 Welli ngton 416-955-0887 

www.reservoirlounge.com 

Every Mon Bradley and the Bouncers. Every 

Tues Tyler Yarema and his Rhythm, Every 

Wed Guest Performer Night. Every Thu Jan 

ice Hagen Every Fri Chet Valiant Combo, 

Every Sat Tony Cassis 

Rex Jau and Blues Bar 

194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475 

www.1auintoronto.com 

Sun·Fri 2 shows/evening. Sat, 3 shows/day 

Dec 1 EXlfman. Tyler Summets Ouartet. Dec 2 

Kem 01J8111. Shanon Mcleod Ouartet. Dec 3 

Me/Jssa Styfianou Trio, Davide VrefJs Presents: 

from New YOik: J8SlKI Palmer 81/d Warren Wolf. 

Dec 4 Ed Vokurka Swil!J Trio, Pat CIJfey's J1111 

NovigatOfS, Arnand8 Manine1 lstir1 Joa Ensem· 

ble. 01H1Can Hopkins Ouanet. Dec 5 Coorinenta/ 

Rhythm. Club Ojango, POfk Chops fOf Dimer. Dec 

6 Carey West Trio. UofT Student Jan Ensembles. 

Dec 7 Tony OUNrir!jtoo & StWig Street ClasSIC 

Rex Jall Jam w/ Nick Ai Dec 8 Eritman. Ro/J 

Mcconnel Tentet. Dec 9Kevin0ua;i. Ro/JMc 

Connel Tentet. Dec 10MemaStyfanou Tm. 

Anl6 Roth Ocintet. Dec 11 Ed Vok11ka S 

T no. l8U18 Hubett 8arrJ. Dec 12 Kevil Hifftch & 

The 5 Spot. Dec 13 Carey West T no, Bruce Cos· 

SK/y'sHotfootOrchestra. Dec 14 Tony0llllf· 

ringtOfl & Sw Street Rex Jall Jam w/ Julie 

Moherldran. Dec 15 Eritman, Joe Sha/Jason 

Ouanet. Dec 16 Kevin Ouain. Dec 17 Melissa 

Styianou Trio. Dec 20 Carey West Trio. Dec 21 

T ooy Ouarringtoo & Switr} Street. Dec 22 Exit· 

man. Dec 23 Kevin 0118in. Dec 24 Melssa 

Styjanou Trio. Dec 27 C8teY West Trio. Dec 28 

Tony Ocamgtoo & StWig Street. Dec 29 Exit· 

man Dec 30 Kevin Ouain. Dec 31 The Rex's 

Aflllll/ New Yew's Eve Bash: "Groweyanl". Jan 

26 CMao. Jan 27 Cruzao. 

Safari Bar & Grill 

1 749 Avenue Rd 41 6-787-6584 

Every Tues: Encore Jazz 8· 11 

Sassafraz 

100 Cumberland 416·964·2222 

Thu·Sun Washington Savage Sat, Sun 

(brunch) Roy Patterson Trio 

Spezzo Ristorante 

140 York Blvd Richmond Hill 905-886- 

9703. Live Jazz every Thursday. 

Top D' the Senator 

253 Victoria St. 41&364·7517 

www.jazzintoronto.com 

Dec 2 Toru Dado. Dec 3 Oaiki Yasuksgawa, 

Dec 4, 7 ·9, 11 Sophie Milman w/ Iha Bill Klng 

Ouartet. Dec 14· 19 Heather Bambrick w/ the 

Richard Whiteman Trio 

The Trane Club 

964 Bathurst St. 416-913·8197 

T he Tranzac 

292 Brunswick Ave. 41 &923-8137 

Every Mon 9pm-12 OpenMic w/AdamBmil. 

Every Thu 10· 1 Mighty Gil (Show f811 origi 

nals) Every Fri 5· 7 Classic Jm Matinee w. 

The foolish Things 

Zazou 

315 KingSt. W. 

live Jazz every Friday and Saturday. 

0EC£MU£K l 2004 -fEBRUAY l 2005

:, 

JAZZ: CONCERT QUICK PICKS 

For details on these concert quick picks, see the main concert listings: GTA, pages 45-65; further afield, pages 65-68 


8:00: Humber Music Jazz Series. Student 

Ensembles of Trish Colter & Pat leberbera. 

. 8:00: University of Toronto Feculty of 

Music. Small Jall Ensembles. 

8:30· Hugh's Room. Hamptofl Avenue 4. 


8;00: Toronto All·Star Big Band. A Chrtst· 

masSpeaal 

. 8:00: University of Toronto Faculty of 

Music. Vocal Jail Ensemble, Lisa MartmeHi, 

d11ector. 


8:00: East York Choir. Songs of Comfort & 

Joy. 


1·30: McMichael Gallery. Tara Oav1dson. 

J8ll saxophone. 

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

pers: Mark Eisenma11, pia110; Steve Wallace, 

bass; John Sumner, drums. 

·7:00: Mississauga Big Band Jazz Ensem· 

ble. Our Annual Christmas Concert. 

7:30: Leaside United Church. lessons and 

Carols. 

8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Keith Jarrett. 

p18no; Gary Peacock. bass; Jack OeJohnette, 

drums. 

Monday Decembes 06 

·8:00: Jazz FM91. Sound of Toronto Jail 

Concert Series: Roberto Occhipinti Oumtet 

featurmg Hilano Our an. 

·9:00: Toronto Jaz.z Orchestra. The Music 

of Stan Keflton. 

Friqay December 10 

-7:00: Jazz FM91. Sound of TorontoJau 

Concert Series: Oione Taylor. 


·2:00: Toronto All·Star Big Band. A Christ· 

mas Special. 


8:00: Tempus Choral Society. Sleigh Ride - 

A lively Musical Celebration for the Holidays 


4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jau Ves· 

pers: Barlow Brass & Orums. 


8:00: Jazz FM91. Sound of TorontoJm 

Concert SerHJs: Jim GaHoway & Friends 

*Swing into Chflstmas· 


8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Canadian Brass: 

Annual Christmas Concert. 


-7:30: Music at St. Mark's. George Heldt, 

organ. harpsichord.p18no: Everything You 

Always Wanted to Know AbOllt Keyboards 

But Were Afraid to Ask. 


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

pers: Richard Whiteman Tflo. 

Monday January 10 

-8:00: Jazz FM91. Sou nd of Toronto Jazz 

Concert Series: Marc Jordan. 


· 12:30: York University Department of 

Music. Anthony Michelli Jell Ensemble. 


·12:30: York University Department of 

Music. Blue and Sentimental. 

·7:00: Jazz FM91. Sound of Toronto Jazz 

Concert Series: Alex Pangman. 

-8;00: Milton Concert Series. Peter Apple· 

yard, vibraphone. 


12:30: York University Department of 

Music. Torch Songs & love Ballads. 


·4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jan Ves· 

pers: John Johnson Ouartet. 


·8:00: Jazz FM91. Sound of Toronto Jazz 

Concert Series: Oavid Braid. 



Music. Jazz Ensembles. 



Music. Jazz Ensembles. 



Music. Jau Ensembles. 


·8:00: Markham Theatre for the Perform· 

Ing Arts. Preservation Half Jall Bond. 

-8:30: living Arts Centre Mississauga. 

Alex Pangman, 


·B:OO: Humber Music Jazz Series. Oave 

Holland, Artist in Residence 

Monday February 07 

·8:00: Jazz FM911 York University Depart· 

ment of Music. Sound of Toronto Jeu Co11· 

cert Ser ies: York University Student Concert. 

Beyond the GTA 

(in this issue: Alliston, Hamilton, 

Lindsay, Owen Sound) 


2:00: Toronto All-Star Big Band. A Chr1St· 

mas Special. Owen Sound. 


·B:OO: Millpond Centre. Chflstmas Jazz. 


8:00: Lindsay Concert Foundation. Show· 

case Gale. Lindsay. 


· 12:30: McMaster School of the Arts. 

lunchtime Concert: Bob Shields Tno. Hamil· 

ton. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS, LECTURES SYMPOSIA, MASTERCLASSES, WORl

••• ANNO U NCEMENTS, LECTURES SYMPOSIA ••• ElUIERA 

•Jan 22 10am·12:30 & 2:00·4:30: ACM 

Glenn Gould Professional School. Brass 

master class with Mark Gould. trumpet. 273 

Bloor St. West. 'PLEASE CAll 416-408·5010 

TO CONFIRM ClASS TIMES & LOCATION .• 

·Jan 25 2:30: York University Dept. of Mu· 

sic. French melodies vocal master class w soprano 

Oonna Brown. Mclaughlin Perlormaoce HalL 

4 700 Keele St. 416-736·5186. Free. 

·Jan 27 9:30am: York University Dept. of 

Music. Jazz masterclass w tenor saxophonist 

Mike Murley. Mclaughlin Performance Hall. 

4700 Keele St. 416:736·5186. Free. 

·Jan 28 9:30am· 12:00 & 2:00·4:00: ACM 

Glenn Gould Professional School. Piano mas· 

ter class with Marc Durand. 273 Bloor St. West. 

'PlEASE CALL 416·408·5010 TO CONFIRM 

CLASS TIMES & LOCATION.· 

·Jan 28 lOam· 1:00: ACM Glenn Gould Pro· 

fessional School. Master class with Opera 

Atelier's Marshall Pynkoski and Jeamette Zingg. 

273 Bloor St. W. 'PLEASE CALL 416·408·5010 

TO CONFIRM CLASS TIMES & LDCA TION. • 

·Feb 4 9:30am· 12:00, 2:00·4:00 & 5:00· 

6:30: ACM Glenn Gould Professional 

School. Piano master classes w Evelyne Bran· 

call. 273 Bloor St. W. 'PLEASE CALL 416·408· 

5010 TO CONFIRM CLASS TIMES & LOCATION.· 

' Feb 4 10am·12:30 & 5:00·7:00: ACM Glenn 

Gould Professional School. Violin master class 

with Andres Cardenes. 273 Bloor St. W. 

'PLEASE CALL 416·408·5010 TO CONFIRM 

CLASS TIMES & LOCATION.' 

•Feb 5: lindsay Concert Foundation. Violin 

& viola master classes wilh Mark Fewer, 

Scolt . St. John, Erika Raum & Annalee Palipa· 

tanakoon. Glenn Crombie Theatre, Fleming 

College, Lindsay. 705·878·5625. 

WORKSHOPS 

'December 5, 12 & 19: ACM Community 

School. Orop·in workshops and open rehears· 

ol/per/ormance by Escoto de Samba de Toran· 

to. 1 :00: Workshop: Esco/a de Samba I - 

/11iciantes. (Beginner music le.sson}; 2:30: Au/a 

de Samba. !Samba Dance Lesson}; Open Re· 

35 male voice choir 

Stoutfville, Ontario 

Seeks a dynamic leader 

for position of 

Music Director 

• Bachelor of Music 

or equivalent 

• 5+ years choral experience 

• Conducting proficiency 

Visit us at: 

www.menofnote.com 

Send resume to: 

Search Commitlee 

directorsearch@rnenofnote.com 

55 Church Street 

hearsal: Ensiaro da Bateria (Bateria rehearsal 

by members of Escola de Samba de Toronto). 

Concert Hall, Ursula Franklin Academy, 90 

Croatia St. 416-408·2824 x321. Workshops 

pwyc, open rehearsal free. 

•Dec 5 1:30: Toronto Early Music Players' 

Organization. Workshop with Scott Paterson. 

recorder teacher. Bring your early instruments and 

stand; music available at the door. Lansing Unit· 

ed Church, 49 Bogert Ave. 416 778·7777. $20. 

•Dec 7 7:00: Canadian Music Centre. CMC 

Professional Reading Proiocr: Chamber ensem· 

ble works. Esprit Orchestra, cond. Alex Pauk. 

reads previously unperformed works by Alexi· 

na Louie and Micheline Ro1. Heliconian Hal 35 

Hazelton Ave. 416·961·6601 x207. Free. 

·oec 1 O 7:30: Recorder Players Society 

IT oronto). Christmas Workshop. For players of C 

and F instruments. Church of the Transfiguration, 

1 11 Manor Rd. East. 416·536·5750. 

S4fCAMMAC members}, $6(non·membersl. 

•Dec 12 1 :00: RCM Community School. 

Arts for AH Sundays: African Owmrning. Work· 

shop with master dnmner Kwasi O unyo. 273 

Bloor St. W. 416·408·2824 x343. Free. 

•Dec 12 2:00: CAM MAC. Reading of Han· 

del"s Water Music for instrumentalists. led by 

Jeanne lamon. Christ Church Deer Park. 

157.0 Yonge. 416·421·0779. $5(non·memberl. 

$ 3(member). 

·Dec 14 8:00: Miles Nadal JCC. Open Kiel· 

mer Jam. For instrumentafists. Led by clarinet· 

ist Martin van de Ven. Al Green Theatre, 750 

Spadina Ave. 4 l 6·924·6211. $10 (pre·regis· 

tration advised). 

•Dec 15 7:30: Toronto Shapenote Singing 

the·Fields, 365 College St. 416·922·7997. 

•Jan 7 7:30: Recorder Players Society 

(Toronto}. For players of C and F instwments. 

Church of the Transfiguration, 111 Manor Rd. 

East. 416'536·5750. $4(CAMMAC mem· 

hers), S6fnon·members}. 

·Jan 9 1:30: Toronto Early Music Players' 

Organization. Workshop wilh John Abberger, 

baroque oboist. Bring your early instruments and 

stand; music available at 1he door. Lansing Unit· 

ed Church. 49 Bogert Ave. 416·778·7777. $20. 

•Jan 9 time tba: CMC. CMC Professional 

Reading Pro1ec1: Works for Piano/sl and Elec· 

Ironies. Cecile Desrosiers and Cristobel Pinto 

read previously unperformed works by Christ· 

ien Ledroit in a public workshop setting. Con· 

vocation Hall, McMaster University, Hamilton. 

416·961·6601 x207. Free. 

•Jan 10 1:30: York University Dept. of 

Music. Yoga workshop for musicians, direct· 

•Jan 23 3:00: Royal Canadian College of 

Organists. Handbell workshop w Randy Mills, 

organist of Trinity College School. Followin g 

demonstration, audience will have an opportu· 

nitV to try out ihe4·octave set of Malmark hand· 

bells. Choir room. Trinity College School. Ward 

Street, Port Hope. 905·355·3116, northumber· 

landorganmusic @yahoo.ea Freewill donation. 

•Jan 27 7:00: Village Square. Community 

Singing from Around the World. Join leaders 

Alan Gas5er, Becca Whitla and guests singing 

spnitual music in harrrony from aroood the world, 

including NorthAllll!lican shapenote n11s1c, Shak· 

er tunes, South African choruses, rrusic from 

Eastern Europe & more. 10 Trinity Square. 416· 

598·4521 x223. $ l 0 suggested donation. 

•Jan 28 7:30: Recorder Players Society 

(Toronto}. For players of C and F instruments. 

Church of the Transfiguration, 111 Manor Rd. 

East. 416·536·5750. $4!CAMMAC mem· 

ed by Anna Gormley. Mclaughlin Performance hers}. $6(non·members). 

Hall, 4700 Keele St. 416· 736·5186. Free. •Jan 30 2:00: CAMMAC. Reading of works 

·Jan 13 9:30am: York University Dept. of for wind orchestra. Led by Ke it h Reid. Christ 

Music. Jazz vocal workshop with Bonnie Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge. 416-421· 

Brett. Mclaughlan Performance Hall. 4700 

Keele St. 416· 736·5186. Free. 

·Jan 15 1Oam·12 noon, 1 :00·3:00: CAM· 

MAC. Celtic harp workshop with Sharlene 

Wallace. Lansing United Church, 49 Boger1 

Ave. 416·421 ·0779. 

•Jan 16 2:00: CAMMAC. Reading for sing· 

ers & instrumentalists of Bach's Cantata 131 

& Pergolesi' s Magnificat. led by Mervin Fick. 

Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge. 416· 

421·0779. S5!non·member), S3!member). 

·Jan 19 7:30: Toronto Shapenote Singing 

from Sacred Harp. Third Wednesday of eve· 

ry month. Beginners welcome. St. Stephen·in· 

from Sacred Harp. Thitd Wednesday of every 

month. Beginners we.lcome. St. Stephen·in· the·fields, 365 College St. 416·922·7997. 

HOLD YOUR . NEXT RECITA - 

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A beautiful restored Ca:(penter's Gothic board and batten church 

bajlding in the heart.ofYorkville can be rented at reasonablt 

rates for 1,!lusical event$. Steinway Grand piano in

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begins 

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AAA+ OPPORTUNITY FOR VOCA.LISTS & 

MUSICIANS With the Toronto Starlight Orcheslra 

... one of Canada's finest ballroom dance 

orchestras!!! Openings available in violin, 

lrumpel, trombone, saxophone and rhythm sections 

for our second new orchestra. Visit our 

website ot www.slorlightorchestro.ca and coll 

Andrew today @ (416)712-2555. 

ACCOUNTING AND INCOME TAX S.ERVICE 

for small business and individuals, to save 

you lime and money, customized to meel your 

needs. Norm Pulker, B. Moth. CMA. 905-250- 

0309 or 905·830-2985. 

BARD-EARLY MUSIC DUO playing recorder 

and virginal available to provide background 

atmosphere for teas. reteptions or other func· 

lions-greater Toronto area. For roles and Info 

call 905-722-5618 or email us at 

mhpape@interhop.net 

CliLLEGE GUITAR Former Humber College 

instructor will prepare you for college oudi· 

lion while progressing through my book "A 

Cullar Player's Workbook". Also ideal for 

guitarists wishing to improve musicianship 

and playing skills. Free first consultation. 

Tom Taylor 905-855-0839 

tom-tee@rogers.com 

COPYIST AVAILABLE: lull scores, orchestral 

parts, transpositions (vocal, inslrumenlal); 

good roles; professional results; phone or e· 

mail for info/roles. Attila (416)575-7397 

lakenoledme@holmail.com 

EVE EGOYAN seeks advanced, commit· 

led piano students (emu@interlog.com 

or 416-504-4297). 

EAR TRAINING, MUSICIANSHIP, SIGHT· 

SINGING. THEORY, JAZZ THEORY. All levels. 

professionaVserious beginners. Arl Levine, MA. 

ARC!. Host. "Art Music", CBC. 30 years experience: 

RCM. UofT, York. 4 I 6-924 -8613. 

www.ortlevine.com; artlevine@sympalico.ca 

FESTIVAL WIND ORCHESTRA bas immedi· 

ale openings for oboe, bassoon, mollel percussion 

and baritone sax. Professional conductor. 

Rehearsals on Tuesdays, 7:30pm-9:30pm. 

Yonge/Sheppard area. For details, phone 

(416)491:1683 or visit 

www. i estivalwindorcheslra.com 

FOR SALE, C'lNSORT OF RENAISSANCE 

RECORDERS by Peler Noy (descanl, treble, 

ACCOMPANIST 

AVAILABLE 

fifteen years experience 

•vocalists 

•choirs 

•classical, pop 

and Broadway 

A[eesa Sutton 

BA., A.R. C. T. 

(416) 221-7614 

charmthefinch@hotrnail.com 

U NCLASSIFIED ADVERTISING · 

tenor. bass). o =440. Good condition. Maker's 

current price $5465 US. Asking SSOOO Cana· 

dion. Information, piclures or lriol. call or 

e-mail Peler (905-469-9770. 

pelernewton@canado.com}. 

HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO SING, 

thought you wouldn't or couldn't, or do you 

just wont a place la ploy with the possibilities 

ol your voice. Small groups. 6 • $75. Johanne, 

416-461-8425. 

MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS! Small ensern· 

hies. Dance Bond, Big Band; Cocktail Hour. 

Dinner music, Concerts. Shows; Classical. 

Contemporary, Dixieland, Traditional and 

Smooth Jazz! JSL Musical Productions 905· 

276-3373 

The PERFORMING EDGE Performance enhancement 

training in lension management. 

concentration, goal selling, imagery. lndivid· 

uolized to meet your performance situolion. 

Kole f'. Hays, praclising clinical and perform· 

ing arls psychoJogy. 416-961-0487. 

www.lheperformingedge.com 

PIANIST, ACCOMPANIST, OPERATIC 

VOCAL COACH wilh Italian music educa· 

lion available for concerts, exams, lessons, 

gigs. Adolfo De Sanlis, 416-499-4416 or 

adesanlis@rogers.com 

PIANO AND THEORY LESSONS taught by 

experienced and qualified teacher (ARCT, 

B. Mus). $30.00/hour, oil ages/levels welcome. 

Call Govan, 416-922-6014. 

PIANOS FOR SALE. Pre-owned Yamaha, 

Kawoi & others. Top condition, reasonably 

priced, free delivery, tuning, warranly. 

Affordable lunlng/repair. Victor Marlin, 

cert. piano lechnician/pianisl. Bus: 416- 

877-6021, 416-265-0381. Open dally 

10om-4pm. 

RIVERDALE STAGE BAND. a fun, semi seri 

ous bunch of guys and gafs need. a trumpet 

and trombone player. Greal tunes and director 

(inlermediate level). Mike 416-804-516lc, 

416·699-6888h. 

SIMONE TUCCI PIANO TUNER-TECHNI 

CIAN - Complete Piano Care Service. Al· 

filialed with The Royal Conservalory of 

Music piano service staff. Registered with 

O.G.P.T. Servicing Toronto and GTA areas. 

Coll: 416-993-6332 

TLC for 

. . 

musicians 

bya 

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Endurance • Brtath 

Posture • Muscle Release 

Dr. Katarina Bulat 

CHIROPRACTOR 

Private Practice: 

Danforth Et Coxwell 

Tel: 416.461.1906 

-· Serenity and Strength 

SAXOPHONE/CLARINET LESSONS- Mer· 

Jin Williams is accepting new studenls. All 

levels welcome, beginner lo advanced. Proper 

lone production, !ethnique develapmenl and 

good music reoding skills stressed. Central 

locallon, reasonable roles. 416-803-0275 or 

merlinwilliorns@sympolico.ca. 

SELMER (PARIS) ALTO SAXOPHONE for 

sole. The SlfPER ACTION Model mode in 

Porls, f'ronce in 1951 Rare inslrumenl in 

original condilion with leather tripack case. 

S2500.00. 905-823-8800. 

SWEET! DOUBLE F HORN (professional). 

Prololype by Reynolds for Selmer (circa 

1978) immaculate condilion .. 416.603.0190 

(res) 416.323.2232 (bus) Mosho 

TRUMPET PLAYER looking to form Jazz 

Standards group dawntown Toronto. Need 

bass guitar, drums, piano. vocalist. Please 

coll 416-967-3587 tfh@sympatico.co 

YORKMINTRELS SHOW CHOIR MEN 

WANTED FOR SATB CHOIR. light Broadway, 

Weekly Wednesday evening rehearsals. About 

2 concerts each month Coll Joel al 416-490- 

1611, e-mail: joelstanbrook@sympalico.ca 

Depth Psychology 

Elisabeth Pomes 

416-769-8511 

Performance Anxiety: 

A gentle approach 

Dr. Mickeler is o member of the rforming Arts 

Medicine Association ond speaks regularly on the topic 

of musician's injuries: prevet:ition ond treatment. 

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Relaxation 

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OPERA, CHORAL AND 

VOCAL MUSIC 

Rameau - Les Boreades (DVD) 

Opera National de Paris; 

William Christie 

BBC Opus A.rte DVD OA 0899 D 

continued from page 14 

THIS MONTH'S REVIEWS 

This productioh 

of Ramei.. 

's Les 

Boreades 

from the 

P a r i s 

Opera is 

daringly 

contemporary. 

Butdirector 

Roben 

Carsen. an ex-Torontonian. nt:ver 

tlistons the music.: or the lihre110 10 

Iii his concept. It's not just thoroughly 

effec1ivt:. but unfailingly 

1rue to Rameau's great opera. 

High tenor Paul Agnew lights 

up 1he stage wiih an ardent lieux 

deso/ees and 1he playfully jaunty 

Jo11i"sso11s. Soprano Barbara Bonney 

maintains a severe presence, 

even when she literally lets her hair 

down. But her light, clear soprano 

is unfailingly lovely. Baritont: Laurent 

Naouri brings a charmingly 

buffoonish t0uch to his complex. 

brilliant entrance aria. Obiissez. 

Carsen brings in the innovative 

choreographer Eduard Lock and 

his remarkable dancers, La La La 

Human Steps. from Montreal. Dividing 

up each beat with their angul11r. 

hyper-kinetic movements. 

they provide a tremendously exciting.off-centre 

connection 10 Rameau's 

rhythmically intricate dance 

music. 

Under the pioneering William 

Christie. the outstanding period 

instrument ensemble Les Arts Florissams 

is exquisitely buoyant. The 

chorus members manage to sound 

and look terrilic, even though they 

are kept busy with umbrellas and 

hrooms, spreading, then sweeping 

up, stagefuls of flowers. leaves, 

snow. and rain. These seasonal 

props were designed by Torontonian 

Michael Levine, as were the 

stylized costumes of exaggerated 

black business suits and !lowing, 

rumpled white linen. 

The generally close camera 

work catches wiuy detai Is of staging 

like an angry suitor st-ubbing 

out his cigareue in the oversize: wedding 

cake. 

Pamela Margfes 

Performance note: Levine is designer 

of the Canadian Opera Company's 

complete Ring cycle. His 

designs for Siegfrie.d will be seen 

in performances in January and 

February at the Hummingbird. He 

will direct Das Rhei11goftl in September 

2006 in the new Four Seasons 

Centre. 

Haydn - The Seasons 

RIAS Kammerchor; 

Freiburger Barockorechester 

Rene Jacobs 

Harmonia Mundi HMC 

901829.30 

Just as Handel's Messiah appears 

continually at Christmas. Haydn's 

oratorio The Seasons is perfect for 

celebrating the New Year. And 

Rene Jacobs' ne·w recording is the 

most joyfully celebratory yet on 

disc. 

Jacobs puts his distinctive stamp 

of clear tcxwres and buoyant accents 

on Haydn's glorious orchestrations, 

with their innovative use 

of slide trombones, clarinets, timpani, 

and tambourine. In Simon's 

hunting aria Sehr auf. colourfully 

sung by baritone Dietrich Henschel, 

Jacobs even adds gunshol. 

His tempos are brisk, and he happily 

takes off wildly when Haydn 

asks for pit( moto. But he is equally 

inclined to drawn out a slow aria. 

The Seasons is Haydn's final 

great work. The three soloists, Simon. 

a farmer. his daughter Hanne, 

and Lukas, comment on !he 

seasons and their effects on people 

and the countryside. When 

Hanne and Lukas surprise us by 

declaring their love in lhr Schone11. 

soprano Marlis Petersen and tenor 

Werner Gura perfectly capture the 

mood of affectionate tenderness. 

All three singers have engagingly 

light, flexible voices. They freely 

add ornaments. as does the busy 

keyboard continuo, but the effect 

is natural. Under Jacob's direction 

the recitatives come alive as integral 

to the drama unfolding. 

The energetic period instrument 

ensemble Freiburger Barockorchester, 

with its wonderful natural 

horns and terrific winds. enables 

Jacobs 10 capture the frozen 

stillness of the dense fog in the Introd11ctio11 

to Winter. a masterpiece 

of atmospheric writing. The fleeting pleasures from Samson. 

fresh-sounding choir. the RIAS and heart-breaking in lascia from 

Kammerchor. colours the words Rinaldo. 

with irrepressible gusto. 

Handel 


Renee Fleming 

Orchestra of the Age of Enlight-. 

enment; Harry Bicket 

DECCA 4755472 

Handel Arias 

Lorraine Hunt" Lieberson 

Orchestra Age of Enlightenment; 

Harry Bicket 

Avie AV 0030 

On these two collections of Handel 

arias, both soprano Renee 

Fleming and mezzo Lorraine Hunt 

Lieberson reveal how Handel. as 

Fleming says in her booklet note, 

"expresses every possible nuance 

of the human condition". They 

share the same orchestra, the remarkable 

Orchestra of the Age of 

Enlightenment, and the same stylish 

conducwr, Harry Bicket. But 

their approaches to this music 

couldn't be more different. 

Fleming is not a spontaneous singer. 

and her voice, heavy for chis 

repertoire, lacks natural agility. Her 

much-criticized mannerisms - overworking 

each syllable, gulping, 

sliding and swooping into notes - 

can be intrusive. But there is no 

more gorgeous voice to be heard 

today, and Fleming uses every facet 

of it to produce phrases chat are 

not just irresistibly beautiful, but 

deeply moving. Technically peerless, 

she pulls off exquisite trills 

and beguilingly soft high notes. 

And her mannerisms actually work 

in her favour in this repertoire. 

In the familiar Ombrn mai fil 

from Serse, unfortunately sung 

here without the recitative. she 

spins oul breathless long lines. 

Scoglio. from the unfamiliar opera 

Scipione. shows her magnificent 

transitions of mood between 

sections. In Ritoma from Rodeli11- 

da, which she is singing at the Met 

throughout December. she shapes 

each phrase with exquisite delicacy. 

She is tauntingly cruel in To 

Loraine Hum Lieberson does not 

have the most naturally beautiful 

voice. What makes her one of most 

thrilling singers around is her direclly 

personal engagement with the 

music. With searing intensity she 

creates a whole character. She does 

have exciting natural agility and 

huge range of colours that give a 

dynamic edge to Handel's coloratura 

passages. 

The five sublime arias from 

Handel's late oratorio Theodora revisit 

a staging at Glyndebourne, 

where Lieberson performed under 

Bicket with this orchestra. In As 

with rosy steps, one of Handel's 

most harmonically inspired arias. 

she subtly but urgently suggests the 

agitation underlying an apparently 

serene melody. 

The rarely heard chamber cantata 

lucrezia is a highlight, with 

its lovely continua accompaniment. 

Lieberson is at her most 

poignantly dramatic in moments 

like che cragic final phrase, "la mia 

vendetta. 

Like Fleming. she sings the 

ever-popular Ombra mai fi'.t, but 

she includes the recitative to provide 

context. Se bramante, also 

from Semele, shows her ability to 

pull off the most elaborate da capo 

arias with a minimum of ornamentation. 


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Biber - Requiem 

Gabrieli Consort & Players; 

Paul McCreesh 

Archiv Produktion 00289 474 

7142 

Poer natus in Bethlehem. 

Alleluia! 

Elmer lseler Singers; 

LvdiaAdams 

c·BC Records MVCO 1165 

Concert 

ote: The Elmt:r lseler 

Singers perform Handel's Messiah 

on December 3 at Metropolitan 

Uni1ed. They will also perform a 

frt:e noon hourconcen 1ha1 is bound 

10 include seasonal fare at Roy 

Thomson I lall on December 7. 

realm of spiri1.) e1 have wi1h very 

uifferenl focuses. One represems 

1ht: olu tradilions sung by young 

'oic.:t:s. 1he 01her offers a mixiure 

of modern and anciem m) siicl\m. 

The 11rt. "Heaven! \'oices .. lea· 

ture Choral Amhems sung w11h 

purit) and grace by The Boys of 

King' Collctge Choir. Cambridge. 

let.I by Su:phen Cleobury. Selections 

on offer an: by Mendelsohn. 

Franck. Faure and 01hers reprcst:nt· 

ing fairl) \landard repenoirt:. 20th· 

centur r1ece\ b) Pairick Hat.lie) 

and John lrdanu. Tht: lx.i) s !P' e a 

\IUlllllng [lCrlorma11ce. 

Our other disc features works by 

John T;l\ener sung by Polyphony 

directed b) S1ephtn Lay1on. In his 

offering. Tavemr has departed 

somewhat Imm Grtek Orthodoxinspircu 

'' ork.ure 

u that 1he comfort or 1radition 

live on, on lht: 01ht:r hand wi1h 

Tavencr'i. work, ii is i?ood 10 sec 

sp1rilual demems of mny regions 

no1 uni> finding common ground, 

but melding imo a multi-faceted 

glimpse ot tht: ht:avt:nly realms. 

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Dia1111e Wells 

When young people l>lUd} music 

hiswry. 1he) learn 1ha1 the Renais· 

''ctra ·• startt:d 111 1600. as if some· 

one !lipped as .. itch and 1he whole 

in1rica1e s1yle ot writing and per· 

forming mu"c \ . \as changt:t.I overnight. 

For 1he paM 10 years the 

)Oung Engli'>h comlucwr and cdhst 

Paul Mc:Crce\h ha\ been rein· 

'1gora1ing the early music "sct:ne" 

wi1h perl'ormanci: tha1 examine 

what is acM1lly a long transition 

period in lhc laic 16th and early 171h 

cemuries, involving radicals and 

conserva1ives. nt:w and old performing 

traditwns and musical 

forms. This nc\\ recording b) hi 

Gabrieli Consort leaiurt:' 1wo mass 

St:llings by 1he highl) imagin . a1ivc 

and inventive compocr Heinrich 

Biber, one of which '>ClS lht: 1radltional 

Requiem or Mass of the 

Dead. Though wrillcn in the la1e 

I 71h cemur) in Salzburg. this is 

music remimscclll of lht: master 

polyphonis1s of 1he late 16th centu· 

ry as well as hringing 10 mind 1he 

grand choral music of cnmempornries 

such as Schull ant.I Buxtehuue. 

McCreesh mal.e performance 

decisions baed on extensive research. 

acwmpanying the vocal 

parts with combina1ions of strings, 

organ and 'ackbul'>. In addi1ion 10 

Biber's worki., !here art: instru· 

mental pieces by his collt:agues 

Georg Muffa1 and fohann Ht:inrich 

Schmelzer includeu. as well as two 

profound mott:ls by the grea1 Orlanuo 

Lasso. It's all performed 

with breathiaking passion, precision 

and skill. 

One of 1hc main solo participants 

on the CD is the young Canadian 

high 1enor Daniel Auchincloss. 

who was 1rained al the University 

of Toronto and has lived and 

worked in and around London, 

England for the pa t several years. 

/,,arry Beckwith 

Does the world need ano1her 

Chrisimas CD'? If the CD is the 

sance -t:ra •· t:nt.led and the Baroque Elmer lseler Singers' . . Put:r Na- 

1us in Bethlehem, Alleluia!" my 

answer is a resounding Yes! On it 

the lseler Singers perform carols 

by Canadian compost:rs commissionl.'d 

for 1he recording - four orig· 

inal compositions . an arrangt:ment 

of the Huron Carol and eleven new 

arrangemt:ms of carols from the 

.. 

1582 collection . Piae Camiones'" 

by lht: Swedish monk, Thcodoricus 

Peirus of Nyland. Published in 

England in 1853, its timeless mel· 

odies have permeated tlle church 

music ol the English-speaking 

world. According 10 Ken Winters' 

informa1ive lint:r notes lhc only 

work on 1he program no1 commissioned 

by 1he Singers is I lealey 

Willan ' s miniaiure mastt:rpiecc, 

Resonet in laudibus, also from 

.. 

. Piae Cantiones .. 

Each carol is a highly individual 

exploration of musical beauty. 

Exquisi1e dissonanct:s propel 

Eleanor Daley's harmonizaiion or 

Ave Maris Stella: Eric Robertson 

asionishes with his symphonic vision 

of Puer Nntus in Bethlehem; 

Derek Holman's modal counlt:r· 

poi111 10 1he syncopaiions of Gaudete 

bursts with energy; Donald 

Patriquin's folk song 1rea1mt:111 of 

Puer Nobis Nasci111r is fresh and 

unexpected; Peter Togni's arrange· 

mt:nt of Corde Nat us - Of the Fa· 

tiler's love begotten moves wi1h 

deft assurance from 1wo-pan simplicity 

to a grand multiphonic con· 

eluding Amen. 

The Elmer lseler Singers con· 

ducied by Lydia Adams. and 1he 

instrumentalists who join them in 

several pieces, are as good as 1he 

music: their tlawless intonation, 

rhythmic vitality and grea1 sensi· 

tivity to the expressive power of 

phrasing, communicate sublime 

religious feeling much needed in 

1his distressed lime. 

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A Hanukka Celebration: 

Traditional Songs and Original 

Settings 

Cantors Moshe Haschcl and 

Simon Spiro; Carolina Chamber 

Chorale; University of 

Cincinnati Wind SymphOn); 

New London Children's Choir, 

Ronald Corp, conductor; 

Schola Hebraeica and Coro 

Hebraeico, Neil Levin, 

Director; Southern Chorale, 

Timothy Koch, director 

Naxos/Milken Archive 8.559-'10 

Jewish Voices in the New World 

Hazzan Ira Rohde, Schola 

Hebraeica, The New London 

Children's Choir, 

Neil Levin, conductor 

Naxos/Milken Archive 8.559411 

Hanukka is ont: of the annual Jewish 

festivals that celebra1e key his· 

torical/liturgical events or the 

earth's cycles. II marks a viciorious 

guerilla movement against 1he 

Grt:co-Syrian Empire's desecraiion 

of 1ht: Tt:mple and violent supprt:s· 

sion of the Jewish religion. Jewish 

musicians have had 2139 years 10 

get the celebralion right. and indeed 

1hey have. 

Naxos/Milkcn 's Hanukka disk is 

a gem among the 29 Jewish music 

gems issued 10 date. Twelvt: 

Hanukkah composi1ions. da1ing 

from the Rt:naissance to lhe present, 

are performt:d impeccably. Dr. Neil 

Levin, Milken's Artistic director . 

provides 18 pages of real liner 

noies. Standout tracks involve his 

Schola Hebraeica, and Zavcl Zil· 

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hcn·s Yiddish an song seuing of a 

poem by .. lhe pool of lhe swealshop. 

·· Morris Rosenfeld. 

On ·Jewish Voices". Levin conducts 

the 17-18lh cemury Wes1ern 

Sephardic Jiturg} lhal was sung at 

Ne" York's Spanish and Portuguese 

S}nagogue, the continent's 

oldest. Identical music resonated in 

Canada's first synagogue. also a 

Spanish and Portuguese congrega- 

11on. founded in Montreal in 1768. 

Hanukkah geld indt!Cd. 

Phil Eltrensaft 

EARLY MUSIC AND 

PERIOD INSTRUMENT 

Also included in 1he program are 

1wo Baroque offerings by B.oismonier 

and Dorne I. which are somewhat 

incongruous and have a less 

beau1iful recorded sound. Bui these 

questions aside. this is still a most 

pleasant listening experience. and 

1 look forward to funher recordings 

of this group. 

Alison Melville 

Les Sept Sauts - Baroque 

Chamber Music at the 

Stuttgart Court 

Ensemble Caprice; 

Matthias Maute 

ATMA Baroque ACD2 2344 

Proporcions to the minim 

Trio Viaggio 

Coviello Classics 20204 

Founded in 1999. Trio Viaggioconsists 

of three young women who 

studied lhe recorder toge1her in 

Bremen. Their goal in founding 

their ensemble was 10 rediscover 

ensemhlt: music for lhe ins1rument 

and ··to revive it in a colourful, lively 

way. Their program on lhis. 

1hc:ir debul CD, fealures a dc:ligh1- 

ful program of c:arlier repertoire, 

- including music by Du fay, Dunstable, 

Baldwin, lkvin, Tye, Ruffo, 

Isaac and others, mos1 of which is 

performed wilh a well-balanced, 

well-in-LUne and beautiful instrumental 

sound, and with obvious 

enthusiasm. Particularly enjoyable 

are the works by Bononia and Tye, 

and the two versions each of la 

Martinelfa and Browning make for 

in1eres1ing comparisons. Trio Viaggio 

's interpretation of their chosen 

program is musical, thoughtful and 

impressively auentive to detail. and 

they play very well as an ensemble. 

However, I would rather that 

the rhythmic and metric nexibili1y 

of this music were 1reated as such, 

rather than as syncopation, and that 

the phrasing and articulation more 

closely resembled lhe vocal nature 

of pieces such as Dufay's splendid 

Vergi11e be/la and lhe Benedictus 

by Isaac. 

This new CD recording caprures 

the atmosphere of chamber music 

making at the Sruugart Court. Srudy 

has shown that the music here was 

significantly influenced by the notable 

art and cullure of France and 

Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries. 

The original two-voice sketches 

of the eigh, Co11trada11se parisie1111es 

and the Balleni di Venezia, 

provide ample material for this ensemble's 

creative talents. In particular, 

the "piccolo" rwitterings of 

nimble-fingered virtuoso Mauhias 

Maute cheerfully animate Le 

Poivre and Les Sep1 Saws of the 

contradanses. As to be expected, 

lhe more formal Balleui. intended 

for professional dancers, were not 

always toe-rapping settings. but 

throughout these dances, there 

were both elements of courtly elegance 

and bacchanalian revelry. 

The five movements of Sebastiano 

Bodino's Trio Sonata E flat 

major are miniature gems. Theodor 

Schwanzkopffs Chaco1111e, an 

ever-popular form, kindly does not 

strain one's endurance of repetitions, 

particularly with Lhe added 

embellishments. 

At times, Maute's expressive 

pitch-bending solo recorder work 

challenges the ear's tolerance for 

tuning, but still his musical intentions 

are clear, and one can be truly 

thankful for having been introduced 

to a previously long-lost repertoire. 

Matthias Maute, who founded 

the ensemble in.Germany in 1986, 

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Sophie Lariviere (recorder and 

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(violin), Michael Spengler (viola da 

· gamba), Maria Grossmann (harpsichord), 

Hubert Hoffmann (lute) 

and Rafik Samman (percussion). 

Frank T. Nakashima 

CLASSICAL AND 

BEYOND 

Jacqueline du Pre in Portrail 

(DVD) 

Elgar Cello Concerto; 

Beethoven Ghost Trio 

BBC Opus Arte DVD OA 

CN0902 0 

beautiful 

ing much 

ducted various orchestras around There were about JOO CDs issued 

Europe bu1 after the Nazi occupa- by RCA remastered as Living 

This is a 

1ion he was sent lO Terezin to lead Stereo. mainly classical. featuring 

the prisoners' orchestra. He was their prized conductors and their 

film cell 

later moved to Auschwi12. which orchestras, their distinguished inhe 

survived but his wife and six strumentalisls and singers. In spite 

of the month old baby did not. He met of all the advances in technology. 

musical 

his second wife in 1he camp and most, or perhaps all, or those rethey 

side of 

married after the liberation. cordings sound as remarkable 10- 

life of Following the departure of Vaclav day as 1hcy most certainly did then. 

the late Talich from The Czech Philhar- These and all other SACDs u1imonic, 

cc I Ii s t 

David Oistrakh suggested Jize a new process, DSD (Direct 

who died 

that Ancerl should take over. He Stream Digi1al), developed by 

in 1987, 

became established and guest con- Sony and Philips which by samducted 

the victras 

with distinguished orches- pling at 2,822,400 times per sec 

including The Berlin Philhar- ond dramatically increases possimonic 

and The Concertgebouw ble frequency range five-fold and 

Orchestra. But he never really re- dynamics by 24 db. The ne1 result 

covered from his horrific WW2 is that SACD is, at least for now. 

experiences and after the Russian ihe ultimate way to hear the origi 

tim of MS. hu1 whose all too few 

recordings are still held in the highest 

universal esteem. 

In 1his production we see her 

first well after she stopped performing 

in 1973 and then back to 

her receiving her first cello as a 

four year old. We learn tha1 she 

could sing in 1une before she could 

1alk. l-lighligh1s of her career are 

touched on including her spiritual 

association wi1h the Elgar Cello 

Concerto, and we are treated lo lhe 

complete broadcast video of the 

concerto conducted by husband 

Daniel Barenboim. This is in black 

and while, which seems to enhance 

the experience. The Ghost trio is 

in colour. 

Wi1h lots of interviews and wonderful 

candid videos of che musicians 

a1 work and ac "play", this 

exemplary biography by Christopher 

Nupcn is one DVD that will 

be experienced many Limes over. 

Jacqueline du Pr(! is someone you 

would like to have known and 

those of us who heard and saw her 

live will forever be grateful. 

Bruce Surtees 

Karel Ancerl Gold Edition: 

Karel Ancerl and the Czech Philharmonic 

Orchestra; 

various distinguished soloists 

42 Supraphon CDs (so far) 

This honoured conductor's recordings 

are available on various labels 

but Supraphon is the home·· label 

Vol.33 has 1he Mahler Ninth; 

Vol.31 has the Brahms Double Conceno 

and Second Symphony: Vol.29 

has an auractive collection of famous 

overtures; and Vol.27 has 

Scllelomo and the Schumann Cello 

Concerto with Andre Navarra. 

Bruce Surtees 

and has documented a considera- The RCA Living Stereo SA CDs 

ble number or his performances. 

RCA SACD mid price 

During 1he 1930s Ancerl con- remastcrings 

occupation of his country in 1968 

he decided 10 never go back. He 

became conductor of the Toronto 

Symphony, a post he held un1il 1he 

on SACD players for the full ex 

perience. Even on CD players the 

year of his death in 1973. 

His were neither controversial 

nals. The hybrid Living Stereo 

discs have two layers and may be 

played on regular CD players or 

improvement over the originals is 

nor heaven-storming performanc- unquestionable. At budge1 price, 

cs but clearly true 10 the score. He the SACD layer may be considered 

balanced the orchestra so that no a bonus for now or later. 

instrumental line was left unheard In the initial 10 releases, a few 

nor given uncalled-for prominence stand out as absolutely spectacular: 

and his sense of rhythm and phras- Pictures at an Exhibition with Reining 

was not always conventional. 

er and the Chicago Symphony; 

Supraphon has issued some 42 Saini - Saens' Organ Symphony, La 

Gold Edition discs, carefully re- Mer. and £scales with Munch and 

mastered using 1he latest 1echnol- the Boston Symphony; Munch again 

ogy and I have been I istening to a conducting 1he comple1e Daplmis et 

dozen or SQ of the newer releases. 

Chloe; and Chopin's four Ballades 

One quickly becomes auuned to and Scherzos played by Arthur 

the conductor mannerisms and Rubinstein. Van Cliburn plays the 

soon Ancerl's characteristic ways Tchaikovsky First and the Rachsound 

perfectly logical. These Su- maninoff Second concertos; and 

praphon discs are rich wilh Czech 

Heifetz and Munch play the 

composers. many unavailable else- Beethoven and Mendelssohn conwhere. 

but there are many stand- cenos. The most famous disc of all 

ard repertoire items: Volume 9 has is Also Sprach Zarathustra and £in 

the Shostakovich First and Fifth; Heldenleben conducted by. of 

Vol. 36 has Alexander Nevsky; course, Fritz Reiner in Chicago. 

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Some aficionados will buy all ten 

discs. 

Getting imo SACD is as inexpensive 

as $1299 for a live channe 

I 

DVDISACD/CD/MP3 

oream System- from Sony. complete 

with speakers and a powerful 

sub-wooter. It turns any TV into 

a complete surround sound theatre. 

I bought one. 

Bruce Surtees 

Concert Note: Sir Andrew Davis 

conducts TSO performances of Sibelius 

Symphony No.5 on December 

8 and 9. 

Sibelius - Symphonies S & 6 

London Symphony Orchestra 

Sir Colin Davis 

LSO Live LS00037 

It inust be terrifying for an orchestra 

to perform for an audience with 

n:cording engineers hanging around 

as well. h is a testament to the high 

standards of orchestras these days. 

and to the wizardry of modern recording 

equipment, that these products 

are hitting the market so frequently. 

This Sibelius disc was recorded 

in the Barbican Centre, on 

the London Symphony Orchestra's 

own LSO Live label. But I'm not 

convinced of an audience's presence 

during these recordings, as 

there is nary a cough nor a sneeze 

10 be heard. and any live audience 

would have to be .stupefied with 

tranquilizers to refrain from applauding 

from performances as 

exciting as these. However you can 

faintly discern the conductor trying 

to suppress his urge to sing, but 

nothing like the excesses of the late 

Glenn Gould in that regard. 

That being said, this is a very valuable 

addition to the collection, and 

would also be an excellent choice 

for one's first Sibelius 5th in a junior 

collection. The LSO displays its 

usual finely crafted roar on the climaxes. 

The discipline of the woodwinds 

must be heard to be believed. 

The less popular 6th Symphony is 

particularly satisfying on this disc, 

and it holds up well next to the Berglund 

and Sarasce readings. At only 

57 minutes, one might have expected 

them to toss in Finlandia or another 

tone poem, but that is the 

record business. 

John S. Gray 

Bruckner - Symphony No.7 

Orchestre des Champs-Elysees 

Philippe Herreweghe 

Harmonia Mundi BMC 901857 

Volumes could be written about 

interpretations of this monumental 

symphony. which first put Bruckner 

on the international scene. In 

fact there are at least 15 recordings 

in existence conducted by the 

greatest conductors of past and 

present and the public and critics 

alike welcome a new recording 

with great anticipation. 

Philippe Herreweghe, discovered 

by Nicholas Harnoncoun, already 

has a great reputation in 

Europe. He is a scholarly conductor 

who thoroughly researches his 

work. He advances some new ideas 

about performing Bruckner, 

advocating cutting away the mysticism 

and treating it purely as music. 

The orchestra of period instruments 

sounds every bit as powerful 

as any modern one due to magnificent 

acoustics, a perfect balance 

and the brilliance of the instruments. 

With clear textures and 

tempi faster than usual, the conductor 

keeps tight control, concentration 

and unwavering interest. 

The wonderful first theme is 

presented with the utmost sensitivity. 

The buildup to the mighty 

brass at the end of the first movement 

is very effective. 

The Adagio moves along with 

richness and great feeling, well 

paced to the two great climaxes. 

The cymbal crash is missing in the 

second climax, but theJ!f effect is 

there. The Scherzo is electrifying 

with its military trumpet calls and 

the underlying menace of the obsequious 

string theme. In the Finale 

the main theme is light on its 

feet, the unison trombone subject 

Strong and menacing and the symphony 

ends with a tremendous, 

uplifting brass peroration. Excellent 

digital sound. 

J011os Gardo11yi 

DECEMBER t 2004 - FuUARY 7 20.05

Ediior's 

01e: I was curious as to 

just wfiat was meant by -period 

instrument- in 1he context of 

Bruckner's music. According 10 

the conductor's CD liner notes the 

llu11:s. ro\ewood bassoons. French 

horns and trumpets da11: from the 

1880s and other winds are copies 

or period models. Gut strings are 

us 10 achieve natural balance with 

these lightly less powerful wind instruments. 

In addition. a smaller 

stnng section conforms 10 the proporuon.\ 

ued in the period. 

Hummel 

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London Mozart Players 

Chando CHAN I 0255 

Oohnanyi - Concertos 

Ho,1ard. 

Shelley; James Ehnes; 

Clifford Lalltaff 

BBC Philharmonic; 

Matthias Bamert 

Chandos CHAN 10245 

Johann Nepomuk Hummel, a composer 

almost forgouen after his 

dea1h, eems to be enjoying a great 

revival these days. Thanks to Chando\ 

· enes of excellent recordings. 

presenting his works with the London 

Mozart Players. we can now 

hclatedly discovt:r this charming. 

expertly writtt:n and most enjoyablt: 

music. 

He was a child prodigy and acquired 

great fame traveling 10 the 

capitals of Europe. just like Motan. 

whose pupil he was. Unlike 

Mozart however, Hummel was 

much mon: successful in obtaining 

prestigt: and highly paid posi- 

1mns. His music, unforcunately, 

failed 10 auain the greatness of his 

contemporaries Mozart, Haydn, 

Weber and Mendelssohn. 

Potpourri IOr viola and orchestra 

is a delightful medley or arias from 

contemporary operas ol Mozan "nd 

Rossini. skillfully composed" ith 

ingenious variauons and embellihments. 

interesung tempo and l..ey 

changes and a thorough grip on 

counterpoint in 1he Fugue secuon 

The Piano Variations, somewhat 

reminisceOI of Weber's Konzerts111ck. 

has varia1 ions of progressively 

increasing complexity ith 

some beautiful mood changes, is 

wonderfully playcd by Ho'' ard 

Shelley. The Violin Concerto 

shows Mendelsohn 's inllut:nce 

and is played with great style and 

panache by the } oung. accomplished 

Canadian virtuoso. James 

Ehnes. 

As a parallel to 1he Hummel 

there is a similar series dedicated 

10 the Hungarian composer. Erno 

Dohnanyi. In a way both composers 

shared the same fa1e: great 

fame in their lifetimes that uedined 

sharply after their deaths. 

Dohnanyi was an enormou:.ly 

talented and prolific composer as 

well as a pianist. conductor. orchestrator 

and teacher. He JOmed 

his two contemporaries, Banok 

and Kodaly as the prim\.' expont:nts 

of Hungarian music in the 20th 

century. While Bartok and Km.la· 

ly cut an original path with the 

organic and innovative usc of Hungarian 

folk tunes. Dohnany1. as a 

musical conservative, remamed 

behind. 

For me the "piece de resistaocc ·· 

is the Second Piano Concerto 

Played with grca1 aplomb b) 

Howard Shelley. this 1s perhaps the 

last of 1hc great romantic piano 

concertos. It is strongly influenced 

by Rachmaninov bu1 a1 1ht: same 

time is full of original touches, interesting 

melodics and a distinct 

Hungarian flavour. 

In the Second Violin Concerto 

Dohnanyi employs the 111teresting 

device of omining the violins from 

the orchestra thu accemuating the 

soloist. The solo 'iolin is beautifully 

handled as a romanuc. rhapsodic 

instrument and Hungarian 

inlluences are again highly noticeable. 

Ehnes plays it with lovt: and 

affection and 1he concluctor. Mathias 

Bamert has great affinity to 

Dohnanyi 's music. Excellent recordings, 

well up to Chandos exacting 

standards. 

Mosaics 

Trio Lyra 

Marquis 74728 13332 

Janos Gardm1yi 

Musique de chambre franaise 

Susan Hoeppner, flute; 

Judy Loman, harp; and friends 

Marquis 74718 13232 

Mosaics from Toronto's top-notch 

Trio Lyra consists largely of tasteful 

transcriptions for this uncommon 

collection of instruments: 

!lute. viola and harp. They range 

from five sing-songy trines by 

Cesar Cui, a cobbled LOgether and 

rather busy sounding Trio by Mo 

L:art and the wisrfully nostalgic 

Deux /111erl11des by Jacques lbert, 

in which Suzanne Shulman 's wellfocused 

tlute sounds particularly 

gorgeous. 

Works expressly composed for 

the Trio Lyra include Tango 99. an 

affable pastiche of Spanish dance 

numbers by Lhe late Toronto composer 

Milton Barnes. and Ontarian 

Marjan Mozetich 's intriguingly 

effusive Goodbye My Friend, which 

reveals harpis1 Erica Goodman at 

her best . The sense of ensemble 

and dialogue is excellent throughout 

in these well-recorded performances, 

though the bookleL is a disappointingly 

skimpy and haphazard 

foldout. 

Marquis's Trio Lyra album. 

Lhough pleasant enough. clearly 

panders 10 the pernicious "Des- 

1 ined for Disc Drive" segment of 

Lhe market. Musique de chambre 

franraise is a considerably more 

substanLial affair than that, featuring 

tlutist Susan Hoeppner and 

preeminent Canadian harpist Judy 

Loman along with some of Canada's 

finest musicians in an aJluring program 

of French masterpieces of the 

early 20th century. 

Violist Steven Dann lends a capable 

hand to a superb interpretation 

of Debussy's Trio for flute, 

viola and harp, and is joined by 

violinist Erika Raum and cellist 

Amanda Forsyth in. the Serenade 

by Albert Roussel. A riveting performance 

of that perfect jewel of 

the harp repertoire, Maurice Ravel's 

!111rod11c1io11 and Allegro, includes 

a suave contribution from 

clarine1is1 Joaquin Vadepei'las. 

Hoeppner's striking account of 

Andre Jolivel's immensely difficult 

quintet Cham de linos leaves no 

tone unturned. Keith Horner provides 

the thoughtful program notes 

as well as serving as product:r of 

this fascinating album. 

Passion 

Daniel Foley 

Angele Dubeau & La Pieta 

Analekta AN 2 8724 

Angele Dubeau is one busy artist - 

between regularly recording CDs, 

leading in performance across 

Canada and abroad this ensemble 

she created in 1997 and serving as 

a host of a weekly musical program 

on the Radio-Canada television network. 

she also serves as the artistic 

director of an annual music festival 

in Tremblant, QC. 

II seems that when you want 

something done. you ask a busy 

person. In the latest recording. the 

busy person" and her ensemble 

tackle a vast repertoire from Bizet 

10 Sarasatc and Enescu to Gershwin. 

La Pieta, an all-female group, 

sometimes a sextet, on occasion an 

octet. plays well together, creating 

a uniform sound, with 

Dubeau's "Des Rosiers" Stradi-. 

varius from 1733 sounding particularly 

entrancing in the Bizet. The 

Carmen arrangement, which opens 

the album. has been reworked very 

successfully by Louise-Andree 

Baril, La Pieta's piano player. She 

contributed most of the competent 

arrangements on the album. 

It seems strange then Lhat the album 

title is "Passion", as that is 

one quality lacking in this otherwise 

polished recording. The selections 

are familiar, Lhe sound 

clear and pleasing and an occasional 

nourish adds excitement - still, 

it is an album best paired with a 

great, gourmet meal. It will soothe 

the listeners, provide great background 

to intimate conversation and 

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might fail. As for passion, you will 

need to supply your own. 

Robert Tomas 

is a truly moving example of a fine 

orchestra's dedication to their conductor 

and rheir arr. 

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CLASSICS 

The second, eagerly awaited volume 

of the masses by 

J.N. HUMMEL (1778-1837) 

Mahler Symphony No.9 

Royal Concertgebouw 

Orchestra; Riccardo Chially 

Decca 475 6191 

My first encoumt:r with compact 

disc technology was a rt:cording of 

Mahler's Nimh Symphony. The 

soft. renrative opening measures, 

unfolding it seemt:d from nowhere, 

were a revelarion, and the power. 

volume, and lack of distortion in 

Mahler's huge climaxes were 

overwhelming. I sat transfixed for 

an hour and a half, basking in the 

glory and par hos of rhis music. 

Mahlt:r was at a creative peak 

in 1909 when he completed this 

huge symphonic work within a single 

year. He explored new formal 

ground in rhe outer movemems - 

the opening Andante is a vast tlucruacion 

between a long lyrical 

theme in a major tonality and interruptions 

in minor mode which 

lead to a variety of climaxes, but 

ultimarely no resolution - we are 

left tloaring. The Landlers and 

waltzes of the 2nd movemenc are 

marked "Somewhac clumsy and 

very crude" and the Concengebouw 

achieves just the right balance 

of elephantine charm to carry 

ir off. The Rondo-Burleske 3rd 

movement definitely moves past 

irony into the caustic sound realm 

of Shostakovich, based on a frenzy 

of unpredictable and dissonant 

counterpoint, including some spectacular 

clarinet playing. The final 

Adagio seeks to resolve rhe 

weighty questions posed in the lsc 

movemenc, but after much harmonic 

rumination on a melody based on 

the simplesr of turns, Mahler marks 

the coda 

"ersterbend" (dying 

away), and the symphony expires. 

In the pasr 15 years under Chailly, 

rhe Concengebouw Orchestra 

has become known for wonderful 

interpretations of lace romantic and 

rwentieth century repertoire. This 

new recording, Chailly's lasr as 

principal conductor, takes the level 

or involvement even higher and 

Kremerlan d 

Kremerata Baltica - 

Gidon Kremer 

Deutsche Grammophon 00289 

4748012 

There are only two 1ypes of lisreners 

when it comes to Gidon Kremer: 

his fans and his fans. I count 

myself among che latter. One of the 

most interesring. accomplished and 

just plain brilliant violin players of 

our rimes. Kremer has done it all 

- solo recordings. rrios. quartets. 

qu imets and larger ensembles, concertos 

with orchestra and a staggering 

breadth or reperioire. He is 

lO modern violin playing what Yo 

Yo Ma is to cello and Martha Argerich 

co piano. Through the years, 

his artistic integrity triumphed over 

market demands and Kremer 

champions Schninke and Gubaidulina 

over Brahms and the rest of 

the standard reperroire. Still, he 

plays Schubert better than many 

and is a true virtuoso. as documented 

on "Kremerland ft. 

The latesr recording with his 

Kremerata Baltica. an ensemble sec 

up as his own 50th birthday present 

and comprising exclusively musicians 

from the Baltic srates, is another 

tribute to the Soviet music - 

Soviet, because the composers 

come not only from Russia. but 

also from what used to be the Soviet 

Union - Latvia, Georgia, 

Moldova. The only nod 10 the West 

is a riveting arrangement of Liszt 

by Sergiei Dreznin. 

There is a reason why the 

world's greates1 conducwrs (Rattle, 

Eschenbach, Temirkanov, Nagano) 

wam to work with Kremerata 

Baltica - they are simply one 

of the best contemporary chamber 

orchestras on the planet. Let them 

and their captain, Gidon Kremer, 

rake you for an exotic tour of Kremerland 

you'll never forger. 

Roberl. Tomas 

Mass No. 2, Op. 80 in E flat major 

Te Deum for chorus, orchestra and organ 

Quod in orbe, Op. 88 

SUSAN GRITTON soprano • ANN MURRAY mezzo-soprano 

JAMES GILCHRIST tenor • STEPHEN VARCOE baritone 

COLLEGIUM MUSICUM 90 • RICHARD HICKOX 

Rarely recorded works by 

ANTONIO VIVALDI C1678-174H 

In furore justissimae irae 

laudate pueri, Dominum 

Concerto a quattro "Madrigalesco" 

Suonata e Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro 

Concerto a quattro, Op. 12 No. 3 

CATHERINE BOTT soprano 

THE PURCELL QUARTET 

STEPHEN PRESTON flute • JANE ROGERS viola 

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Orche here, completely 

sewre in her wide-ranging lechnique ... ·one 

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lucky eoough to review. 

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Remember Your Poll'er is an hourlong 

septet (three winds. 1hree 

s1rings. piano) whose 1hree movements 

an: separately titled .. The 

Call.- "Remember Your Power:· 

and '"Re1urn - In a program essay . 

1he composer acknowledges the 

intluence of a collaborating music 

therapist as well as a mythologist 

and recem expens in "Lhe rela1ionship 

of sound and consciousness." 

Researching one therapeutic meLhod. 

Burke says he formed a "notion 

of developing music expressly 

for this purpose, which otherwise 

uses recorded classics that 

unfold in conventional ways. - 

Though experienced by its first 

audience on yoga ma1s, Remember 

Your Power has little in common 

with 1he therapists' soolhing 

or feel-good repertoire. Its contempla1ive 

continuity is fresh and challenging: 

the composer pursues his 

intentions with deep seriousness. 

Morton Feldman's music for the 

Ro1hko Chapel in Houston comes 

to mind, as does Karlheinz Stockhausen's 

Stimrmmg (in the long crystal-gong 

coda). 

Listening while sitting up (rather 

than, as recommended. prone), 

you can approach the piece as you 

might almost any fully developed 

instrumental music in the modern 

1radition. Permutations of a fournote 

chord knit the stray strands of 

1he first movement; in the second. 

a piano gesrure. like the wave of a 

wand, punc1uates a series of slow 

sta1ements by subsections of the 

ensemble; in the third, quasi-vocal 

fragments suggestive of yearning 

evolve imo a long stretch of cluster 

1remolos, changing colour imperceptibly. 

The exiraordinary tiveminute 

coda. based solely on overtones 

of that gong, may work beuer 

if you' re prone on a mat. 

The performing ensemble is 

first-rate. Jane Hayes, in the crucial 

piano role. is especially persuasive. 

Burke's Quartet. 1995 winner of 

the Jules Leger Prize. is a short 

one-movement work whose intensity 

and energy seem to develop 

na1urally from 1he instruments' 

open strings. Burke mostly 1reats 

1he players as contributors to a 

sound-mass rather than as indinduals. 

John Beckwith 

Selected Works, 1961-1969 

James Tenney 

New World Records 80570 

James Tenney - Postal Pieces 

The Barton Workshop; James 

Fulkerson, director 

New World Records 80612-2 

"When John Cage, who s1udied 

wi1h Schoenberg. was asked in 

1989 who he would srud) v. ith if he 

were young today. he replit!d: 

'Jamt!S Tennt!y' .. . The quote is 

from Kyle Gann's seminal book on 

twen1ieth century American 

music. 11 's a fine index of where 

Tenney's innova1ions rank in con- 

1emporary composition. It was 

Canada's very good foriune 1ha1 

Tenney spent 1976-2000 1eaching 

at York University. 

Recorded music by . . America's 

mos1 famous unknown composer". 

to borrow Larry Polansky·s apt 

phrase. has been shamefully 

sparse. New World Records has 

closed an irnponam pan of the 

gap. "Selec1ed Works·· covers the 

electronic compositions of Tenney·s 

early years at Bell Laboratories. 

He was the firs1 composer 

10 systematically employ Max 

Mathews' pioneering music soflware. 

MPostal Pieces . . focuses on 

instrumental music composed during 

Tenney·s·first year teaching at 

CalArts. 1970-71. The transition 

from digital composing on mainframes 

to twirling knobs on 1he 

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mainframe sounds from acoustic 

instrumems. The resultant sonorities 

are a marvel. 

The tracks on "Selected Works" 

were origmally issued on LP by the 

Frog Peak composers' 

collective. You will want to spin 

this disk on the best available! 

S1)und system to catch all that Ten- 

1H::y conjures from a 

mainframe. Here Tenney begins 

the unfolding stochastic structures. 

percussive pulses. microtonalities 

and anemion to psychoacoustics 

that arc his hallmark. My favourite 

track is the acoustic Music for 

Pla)'er Piano (1963), which anticipates 

symbiosis between Tenney's 

reigning expertise on Conlon Nancarrow 

and his own vocabulary. 

The place to start on .. Postal 

P1e1.:es" is a composition for solo 

contrabass. Beast. The intense 

range of wholly new contrabass 

!>Ounds, rhythmic drive and the riveting 

auemion that Tenney auracts 

within a gradually flowering structure 

are beyond imagination until 

one first hears them. Performing 

Tenney's music is no walk in the 

park. The musicians of the Barton 

Workshop rise to the challenge 

with great aplomb. "Postal Pieces" 

is important, provocative and 

altogether a sheer pleasure. 

JAZZ 

Phil Ehre11saft 

The Centennial Collection 

(CD+ DVD) 

Coleman Hawkins 

Bluebird 82876-60086-2' 


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Artie Shaw 

Bluebird 82876-60092-2 


(CD+DVO) 

Benny Goodman 

Bluebird 82876-60088-2 

Swing Music was Popular Music in 

the 1930s. and Hollywood jumped 

on trends even then. so many artists 

appeared in films and shore sub· 

jects. These clips are the source of 

most of the 30-40 minute DVD 

special extra added free bonus 

gifts". It's interesting, though, that 

it's CD packaging, with the visuals 

tossed in. Other than Ellington and 

maybe Basie, black anists fared 

less well. and the Hawkins material 

is from TV in the '50s. 

A slight drawback in preparing Belgian concert. 

"greatest performances" packages 

is that you 're restricted to the 

vault of one company, which 

means that label-hopping artists 

leave their offerings scauered 

about. Still, in the swing era there 

were fewer labels, and RCA and 

Bluebird were major, so things 

aren't too bad wi1h this series. 

Coleman Hawkins is the most-affected, 

but his smash Body and Soul 

of 1939 is here. along with a 

strings-laden 1956 vers . ion. Solos 

with McKinney·s Couon Pickers, 

Mound City Blut: Blowers (a great 

integrated studio jam from 1929), 

Fletcher Henderson and all-star 

sessions add up to a 70-minute feast 

of the first great tenor man of jazz. 

As "The King of Swing'' Benny 

Goodman was a huge star in the 

'30s and '40s with his earliest success 

documented by RCA, and 

good choices were made for this 

release. Big band hits prevail (King 

Porter Sromp, Goodbye. Bugle Call 

Rag). but there are small group 

things (Body and Soul, Opus) and 

guest appearances on sideman sessions 

by Gene Krupa and Lionel 

Hampton. The accompanying DVD 

for this one is the most diverse, with 

movie and TV clips and even some 

documentary footage of a 1966 

Another clarinetist, Artie Shaw, 

bumped Goodman from the top by 

the late 1930s by virtue of his 

smoother style, both musically and 

personally. 

Begin The Beguine. 

Frenesi and Swr Dusr represent the 

big band hits, and the Gramercy 

Five is represented by Summit 

Ridge Drive and The Grabtown 

Grapple. Radio airchecks stand 

beside srudio recordings, showing 

how jazz can come alive with an 

audience. 

A handsome and intelligent man, 

he was a prototype for today's tabloid 

stars: successful, rich and oflmarried. 

However, he walked 

away from fame and fortune by 

the mid- I 950s, unsatisfied in most 

every way, it would seem from his 

life-long crankiness. An interesting 

2001 interview taped to accompany 

an earlier boxed-set release 

is the most interesting part of the 

video, as he honestly discusses art 

vs. popularity and success itself. 

The whole "Centennial Collection" 

is nicely packaged with de· 

tailed and informative booklets. 

and excellent sound transfers. If 

you're looking for overviews of 

artists' careers you'll be satisfied 

with this series. 

The Piano 

Hcrbie Hancock 

Ted O'Reilly 

Columbia/Legacy CK 87083 

This lovely release, making its first 

appearance outside of Japan, is 

pretty much self-describing: Herbie 

Hancock, and a piano. 

Recorded direct-Lo-disc 26 years 

ago, "The Piano" is transitional 

technically, commercially and personally, 

for Hancock. 

On Lhe technical side, analog 

tape and vinyl had prelly much 

reached its limitations, yet digital 

recording was not yet perfected 

and the CD was still in the future. 

On the business side, corporations 

were looking for a Sales 

Hook. Direct-to-disc, even with all 

irs limitations had one benefit: only 

the best musicians were wanted on 

the studio side of the glass. 

Enter Hancock, ready to take on 

a new challenge after years with 

Miles Davis, leader projects, the 

all-star VSOP band and duets with 

Chick Corea. He was ultra familiar 

with the material, having played 

My F111111y Vale111i11e. On Green 

Dolphin Streer and Someday My 

Prince Will Come so often with 

Davis. Originals made up side rwo: 

Harvesr Time, Sonrisa, Manha11a11 

Island and Blue Orarzi. 

This was Herbie's lirst real solo 

piano album, and he came through 

shiningly, meeting all the measures. 

The music's bluesy, boum;y 

or beautiful as needed. Four alternative 

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1hy. proving rha1 1he anisr did not 

work out his solos or even his approach 

to the music ahead of time. 

The sound quality is intimate, yet 

rich, showing the pianists' lovely 

1ouch. h makes a piano fan wonder 

why Hancock ever embraced 

electronic keyboards. 

Ted O'Reilly 

Transparency 

Lenny Solomon 

Independent 

(www .lennysolomon.com) 

After listening to Canadian jazz 

violinist Lenny Solomon's "Transparency" 

I was both entertained 

and even a little surprised by the 

album's stylistic diversity. What 

really stood out, in addition lo great 

playing, was the range of styles, 

from standards and bebop, ro more 

recent. impressionistic forms. 

Traditional works, such as Oh 

Susanna are treated with respeci 

and sensitivity, while producer 

Shelly Berger's The Reel Thing and 

Oliver Nelson's Hoe Down bring 

in subtle elements of American 

folk. country, and bluegrass. 

The title track Transparency, 

composed by Solomon, allows for 

some effective improvisational interplay 

between Solomon, pianist 

Phil Dwyer, and guitarist Geoff 

Young. Don't Tell Me What To 

Do, a Solomon-Berger collaboration, 

bears testimony to the violinist's 

firm grounding in traditional 

jazz performance and composition. 

while renditions of Sweet 

Georgia Brown, 1 Got Rhythm 

(with a hint on Anthropology). and 

The Nearness of You gives further 

even evidence of Lenny Solomon's 

jazz mastery. 

It is rare for virtually any instrumentalist 

10 be able to play convincingly 

and authentically in as many 

different genres as Lenny Solomon 

does. The only uncertainty that one 

might have after listening to 

"Transparency" is whether or not 

Solomon, in future endeavours. will 

attempt to hone in on a signature 

style and/or sound, or if he will 

continue to explore the multitude of 

musical forms, jazz. classical. and 

otherwise. that he has at his fingertips. 

My guess is the larrer. 

Eli Eisenberg 

Play it Loud! 

S Mos Quintet 

Cristal Records CRCD04-13 

Imagine just for a moment the classic 

jazz quintet of piano. bass, 

drums, trumpet. and saxophone. 

Then slowly trace the evolution of 

jazz from bebop to post-bop to 

avant-garde, to modern jazz to fusion 

and add a dash of popular 

dance music forms and you pretty 

much have the ingredients of a new 

band out of Montreal called the S 

Mos Quintet. S Mos is the keyboardist, 

composer and bandleader, 

and in spite of his traditional 

instrumentation, his debut album 

"Play It Loud" is anything but tri\ditional. 

All ten tracks on the disc 

are written by Mr. Mos and they 

combine a very funkified sound of 

upbeat, keyboard driven grooves 

with Brecker Brothers style horn 

arrangements. Soloing is plentiful 

yet well managed throughout. 

Two of my favourite moments 

on the disc occur early on. The 

second track. Energic contains 

impressive Latin-style blowing by 

trumpeter Brice Moscardini, and 

track number three. Up To The 

Top, goes back and forth between 

a fast funk and a slow half-time 

groove with very little warning. 

Although S Mos is the obvious 

leader. bandmates Moscard ini. 

saxophonist Adrien Daoud. bass 

guitarist Yann Gourhand. and 

drummer Julien Serie contribute a 

great deal to the band's sound. It 

might be nice in future recordings 

to hear bassist Gourhand explore 

some of his instrument's subtleties 

during his solos. but overall the 

CD is a fine effort by a great group 

of young Montreal musicians. 

New York Forever - 

Jazz in the Big Apple 

Various Artists 

Cristal Records CR 304 

Eli Eisenberg 

As more and more recordings 

move out of copyright' in Europe 

anything over fifty years old is considered 

public domain - record 

companies continue to take full advantage 

of the situation. In the jazz 

and blues field this vast treasure 

trove is being pillaged to assemble 

complete editions of the work of 

various artists as well as collections 

showcasing schools and styles. 

Then there are those ubiquitous 

theme sets: the "Joe Blow Plays 

Jazz For Lovers" kind of thing. · 

"New York Forever", while not 

really a historical overview. at 

least manages to display the wide 

range of jazz heard over the years 

in New York City. It contains recordings 

made between 1930 and 

1953. 

The artists range from Fletcher 

Henderson to Milt Jackson. Included 

are a fine 1945 version of Harlem 

Air Shafr by Duke Ellington 

as well as a delightful romp - 46 

West 52 - by Chu Berry and Roy 

Eldridge. Then there are vocal selections 

b"y Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. 

Ethel Waters. Billie Holiday. 

Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinarra. 

And Cab Calloway. Nat 

Cole, Luis Russell. Benny Goodman, 

Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie 

Parker. Louis Armstrong, Chick 

Webb, Teddy Wilson, Wardell 

Gray, Lester Young. Clifford 

Brown and Illinois Jacquet all make 

appearances. But what makes the 

set more interesting than most is 

the excellent choice of material. 

The CD's producer has managed 

to pick outstanding, yet not obvious, 

performances by all concerned. 

Don Brown 

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Taking a Chance on Love 

Jane Mooheit 

Son) Classical K 92495 

ii is imeresting to note that the la1- 

est jaz1 singing phenomenon . Jane 

Monheit. cites one of her big influences 

as being Ella Fitzgerald. Ella 

wa often cri1icized for her lack or 

-soul . . . despi1e her abundant talent. 

and Jane Monhei1 suffc!rs from the 

same shom:oming. She has a lovely 

voice. huge range and spot-on 

pit

When musicians decide it is time 

to flex their muscles and vemure 

imo new musical territories, the 

results may vary. When the musical 

superstars take a jab at new 

horizons. they have the clout behind 

them to release and market the 

product regardless of the quality. 

Both Yo-Yo Ma and Elvis Costello 

are great musicians in their 

own right and I have admired, respected 

and been inspired over and 

over by their artistry. musicality 

and vision. When they have expanded 

their musical boundaries in 

the past· of note Ma's Silk Road 

Project and Costello ·s work with 

the Brodsky Quartet - they continued 

to amaze me. Maybe that is 

why I am more disappointed here 

than I expected. 

"Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone" 

features the cellist as the 

soloist in Morricone's own orchestral 

arrangements of his film 

scores. These "suites·• highlight 

utS from his prolific film-composing 

career. The Good. The Bad 

and The Ugly segment from the 

Sergio Leone Suite is the strongest, 

with a moving symphonic accompaniment 

to Ma's emotional 

playing. The rest of the release 

lacks this depth even though rhe 

lush cello quality is consistently 

aurally pleasing. 

Elvis Costello composed the 

music for Il Sogno as a commission 

for a dance adaptation of "A 

Midsummer Night's Dream" by 

the Italian dance company 

Aterballeuo. Rearranged for this 

record ng. this is his first composmon 

for orchestra. The performance 

here is admirable and the detailed 

liner notes clearly support 

and explain his musical choices. 

But as Costello writes in the liner 

notes, "I'm just using common 

sense and writing down what I 

wanr to hear." This is exactly what 

comes across. Even with his 

changes, the dance element is still 

apparent in the fragmented 

riting. II is neither classical, pop; 

Jazz nor rock but the composer 

utilizes these genres freely 

throughout. I'm inrerested in hearing 

what future compositional ideas 

will develop from Costello's 

experience here. 

Both recordings niay not be each 

musician's best work, but certainly 

consider them if you are looking 

for a holiday gift with a lighter 

touch. 

TiinaKiik 

SundaSong 

Evergreen Club Contemporary 

Gamelan 

Naxos World 76061-2 

This latest CD by the Evergreen 

Club is part of an eclectic world 

music series now out on the Naxos 

label. "Sund a Song·· is a collection 

of pieces from West Java (Sunda), 

arranged by members of Evergreen 

for their degu11g gamelan 

ensemble of keyed me1allophones. 

gongs/gong chime. drums. xylophone. 

flute, and zither. 

The songs. arrangements and 

playing are all quite wonderful - 

just as we have come w expect 

from Evergreen. The musical texture 

is gentle, finely blended 

sometimes sparse but more ofte 

ornate. As one would expect in this 

music, the bamboo flute's delicate. 

mellifluous embellishments and the 

c isp brightness of rhe plucked 

Zither stand out against the underlying 

percussion patterns and deep. 

warm cones of various ·gongs. 

Of the eight tracks. three are by 

one of West Java's most prolific 

composers of pop S1111da, Nano 

Suratno. The rest are drawn from 

classical and traditional repertoire. 

The excellent liner notes include 

background iqformation, title 

translations (except, curiously. for 

track 4, Arang Arang), and Lhe 

essence of the beautiful, though 

melancholy, lyrics about lost or 

nrequited love. One minor regrec 

is that there is no singer on "Sunda 

Song", and yet five of the tracks 

were riginally designed to include 

a vocalist. Admittedly a suicable 

singer would be a rare find in 

North America, but it may be a 

onsiderati 

n for a future project 

m the ongomg musical evolution 

of this dynamic ensemble. 

Book of Life 

Maryem Tollar 

Independent 

Annette Sanger 

(www.maryemtollar.com) 

Maryern Hassan Tollar's CD "Book 

o 

_ 

f Life" is a personal and impas 

 

1oned exploration of themes significant 

to her as an Arab-Canadian 

woman. Sung in Arabic or English, 

some of the songs reflect the painfuJ 

realities of our troubled times. 

The opening track Shalam Salom 

[plays with che words (Salam, Shalom) 

for greetings and peace in 

Arabic and Hebrew, and is a plea 

for mutual recognition of the other's 

humanity on boch sides of the 

Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Rachel 

is a tenderly sung tribute to American 

activist Rachel Corrie who 

died while trying to defend a Palescinian 

home from demolition by 

an Israeli army bulldozer. Baghdad 

1258 compares the contemporary 

bombing of that city to its l3th century 

destruction by the Mongols. 

This tune is in a lively triple meter, 

with relentless percussion and 

jazz saxophone accompaniment. 

The Tallis Choir 

presents 

SpCencfours of the 

H191i Renaissance 

Other songs are non-political: Ya 

Habibi, dedicated to a departed family 

friend, opens with a prelude in 

Arabic which best displays the silken 

beauty of Maryem 's voice and 

the beauty of the language itself. 

There is also a song in Arabic about 

September in Montreal, from a 

poem by llya Abu Madi who visited 

the city in the early l 900's, the 

earliest known Arabic poem about 

Canada. As on her previous release 

with the band Mernie (featuring 

husband Ernie Tollar). 

"Flowers of Forgiveness", this 

rec9rding ends with a playful sono 

to Tollar's daughter Omneya. wh 

makes a cameo appearance. 

Back-up vocals are provided by 

long-time colleagues Jayne Brown, 

Sophia Grigoriadis and Yvette 

Tollar, and a well-known cast of 

mulri-insrrumentalists representing 

a variety of middle-eastern traditions 

lend their talents to this highly 

accomplished, soulful recording. 

Karen Ages 

Concert note: Maryem Tollar's 

CD release concert is December 

18 at Glenn Gould Studio. 

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The Mau in tl1e Red Suit 

.Joe Seal) and Paul Novotny 

SeajamS.11011-2 

Tht:se nine sclei.:tions from jazz 

vc1crans Joe Sealy and Paul Novotny 

an: grown-up Christmas musii.: 

\\ ith a sense of wonder and dt!light. 

Simple. sophisticaced. heanreh 

and playful, they include Novotny's 

n.:visiting of' Howard Blake's theme 

lor the lilm "The Snowman" that 

has the gentle couch of snowllakes 

melting on your tongue. Sealy's 

arrangement of the traditional We 

Three Kings nicely complements 

his origmal The Dunes, which envisions 

1he three mysterious visitors 

in their dest:n travels, with 

strong Arabic and African flavours. 

Novotny's uplifting Good 

Folks more than once riffs on the 

bel()ved hymn Go Tell It 011 tlze 

Mo11111ai11. Among the collaborators 

arc Archie Alleyne, Mark Kelso, 

Walccd Abdulhamid. Debbie 

Fleming, and Molly Johnson who 

upplit:s lyrics for.a sexy. bluesy 

cold-weather song called It Started. 

A Ceremony of Carols 

The Toronto Children's Chorus 

Marquis 81327 

Fiftv Years of Christmas Music 

Chir of St. Simon-the-Apostle, 

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Among this year·s standouts are 

two distinguished compilations from 

local choirs that feature children's 

voices. "A Ceremony of Carols'' 

is mainly a reissue of previously 

released material, bui it goes to town 

wich a lineup of stirring 1raditional 

carols like Es is ei11 Ros' e111spnmge11 

and Noel 11011vele1. 

Most of the 65-mimue recording 

is taken up with two major 

suites: John Rutter's Dancing Day 

(with invigorating harp accompaniment 

by Judy Loman) and Benjamin 

Briuen's A Ceremony of 

Carols. The choir performs these 

demanding pieces with a crystalclear 

diction and attention to dynamics. 

which is a1 the same time 

never sterile. 

Toronto's Choir of St. Simonthe-Apostle 

has accrued a century 

of performance in the English choral 

tradition. Unfortunately, the 

group. made up of men and boys 

for mos1 of its his1ory, has only 

been recording for hal r thal lime. 

In ''Fifty Years ofChrisunas Music", 

tht: ensemble presents 14 

works recorded at various periods. 

Recording qualities vary greatly 

from selection to selection, as one 

might expect. Howl;lvcr. the calibrt; 

of arrangemen1s and performance. 

as. well as the selection of 

unusual repertoirt: - including Provenal 

and medieval songs - makes 

this disc well wonh hearing. 

Concert Notes: The Toromo Children's 

Chorus presents ''Music for 

the Holiday Season" in Markham 

on December 11. In Toromo they 

perform "A Chorus Christmas" 

including Britten's Missa Brevis on 

December 18. Britten's A Ceremony 

of Carols will receive a number 

of performanct:s this month: Etobicoke 

Centennial Choir December 

10: Uxbridge Chamber Choir December 

11 (further afield listings); 

St. James Cathedral "Music at 

Midday" December 14 and the 

Amadeus Choir on December 18. 

Noel Pianissimo 

Duo Campion-Vachon 

Aoalekta 2 9818 

Guy Campion and Mario Vachon 

specialize in piano for four hands, 

and this disc is their dexterous tour 

1hrough 25 classic carols and coniemporary 

Christmas tunes. They 

open with five heartfelt and slightly 

jazzy renderings of old-fashioned 

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carols that might serve as accompaniment 

for an intimate Yuletide 

soiree a deux. But then they get 

frisky with the next ten pieces. 

whkh are done "in the style of" 

such composers as Ravel; Mendt:lssohn 

and Liszt. (Some of the 

bes1 are We 

Wish You a Merry 

Christmas a Ja Bach and the Gershwin-styled 

Let fr Snow! Let It 

Snow! Let It Snow.1). Then the duo 

settles down again, more or less. 

into ten more traditional renditions. 

Odd. but fun. 

A Winter's Night - The Best 

of Nettwerk Christmas 

Various artists 

Nettwerk 30379 

Maybe This Christmas Tree 

Various artists 


Two compilations by contemporary 

Canadian artists. Although both include 

a few cheerful standards. the 

overall mood evokes the loneliness 

and disaffection of urban, post 

Christian Christmas. "A Winter's 

Night" features such big names as 

Barenaked Ladies, Ron Sexsmith, 

Sarah Mclachlan, Avril Lavigne 

and Chantal Kreviasuk (the latter 

two collaborate on a plaintive and 

unadorned 0 Holy Night). Meryn 

Cadell performs a heartbreaking 

L ENl/OT•e. 

Cat Ct1rol; The Be Good Tanyas 

sing about a homeless man in Rudy, 

and Martina Sorbara leaves us 

wondering how cynically we should 

take her assertion that It's rile Most 

Wonderful Time of the Year. 

The title of ''Maybe This Christmas 

Tree" is a pun: it's the third 

in a series thal started with ''Maybe 

This Christmas". Except for 

Lisa Loeb, the artists are less well 

known: The Polyphonic Spree. 

Death Cab for Cutie. Jars.of Clay. 

Belasana and others. They give us 

songs of crowded sidewalks, intimate 

dinners and sparkly lights that 

may not hold a promise of peace 

or redemption, but at leas1 of a 

good 1ime. Pilaie's upbeat Fairytale 

of New York exemplifies this 

quality. Also of note: Polyphonic 

Spree· s faith fu 1-to-the-origi nal 

Happy Xmas (War Is Over). 

The Mario Lanza Christmas 

Album 

Mario Lanza 

Naxos Nostalgia 8.120720 

There's nothing ironic or cynical 

about this recording, whi(;h offers 

20 numbers originally laid down by 

the beloved Hollywood belter bet 

we en I 950 and 1952. The repertoire 

includes carols, religious 

standards like Ave Maria and some 

inspiring songs of the period like 

You 'II Never Walk Alone from the 

musical Carousel. Lanza's fullthroated 

and unabashed renditions 

of songs about guardian angels and 

rosaries. lushly backed up with full 

orchestra. chorus and a few church 

bells for good measure, reveal how 

much North American religious 

attitudes have changed in the past 

few decades. While many will flnd 

this recording unbearable, others 

will breathe a nostalgic sigh, 

Puer natus est 

Concerto Palatino; Studio de 

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Praetorius - Christmas Vespers 

Toronto Consort with 

instrwnental ensemble & the 

Toronto Chamber Choir 

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Genevieve Soly 

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Jn du lei jubilo. Here it is performed 

as a stately offering of thanks, 

whereas its English counterpart is 

often sung at a fast gallop. Most of 

these solemn, thoughtful works 

deserve to be better known, especially 

several charming carols that 

have not found their way to prominence 

in the English-language choral 

repertoire. Among these is the 

tender, tuneful Joseph lieber, 

Joseph mein, in which the Virgin 

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most overlooked character in the 

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newborn Jesus. 

For those fatigued by endless renditions 

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repertoire, these four discs offer 

rich musical accompaniment to the 

season from less familiar composers. 

"Puer Natus Est" presents 14 

hymns in honour of the Virgin Mary 

and the Nativity by Giovanni Gabrieli 

and his contemporaries: Claude 

Goudimel, Giovanni Picchi, Sebastian 

Aguilera de Heredia, Johann 

Hennann Schein, Juan de Esquivel 

Barahona, Giovanni Baptista Grillo 

and Pedro Rimante. Gabrieli, an 

organist at St. Mark's Basilica in 

Venice, is C-Onsidered to represent 

the height of Italian musical composition 

for his period (1550s-1612), 

and his works are imbued with the 

majestic and inspiring spirit of their 

subject matter. 

"Christmas in Darmstadt" continues 

Genevieve Soly's explorations, 

with her ensemble Les Id6es Heureuses, 

into the oeuvre of a later 

German Lutheran, Christophe 

Graupner ( 1683-1760). This recording 

assembles five major compositions, 

including complete Cantatas 

written for church services on 

the First Sunday of Advent, the 

First Sunday after Christmas and 

the Third Day of Christmas. 

Graupner was almost exactly contemporary 

with Handel, whose 

Messiah is such a seasonal staple, 

and his music offers the same Baroque 

purity of soaring voices and 

driving strings, ornamented in this 

case with particularly lovely recorder 

work from Natalie 

Michaud. The beauty of the German 

lyrics (handily translated in the 

liner notes) and the opulent simplicity 

of the musical arrangements 

evoke a spirit of faith, rectitude and 

confidence in the power of good 

over evil in this world and the next. 

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includes a few recogniza- French composer Marc-Antoine 

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comprise the Ring Cycle are available 

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Ensemble recreates his Midnight 

Mass for Christmas Eve, perhaps 

first performed in 1694. The recording 

opens with a surprisingly 

martial roll of drums for the Prelude 

to the Te Deum (the rest is much 

more restful!). The Mass itself, 

written for eight soloists, chorus 

and orchestra, includes ten noels or 

popular carols of the period, interpolated 

between liturgical pieces. 

These are darker, older tunes that 

spring from plainsong and folk 

music, and their inclusion imparts 

a rich texture to the work. Canadians 

will recognize the Advent tune 

"O Come, Divine Messiah" (very 

much better known in French). 

And, since the work was performed 

in a Jesuit church, it 

should not seem so surprising to 

hear Jesus Ahatonhia ("The 

Huron Carol") with its original 

Huron lyrics: even before 1700, 

Canadian culture was evidently 

making its way to Europe. 

Concert Notes: The Toronto 

Chamber Choir presents "A Renaissance 

Christmas" on December 

5 and The Toronto Consort 

presents "The Praetorius Christmas 

Vespers" on December 10 

and 11. There will be a number of 

performances of Charpentier's 

Christmas music this month: Tafelmusik' 

s "A French Baroque 

Christmas: Celebrating Charpentier" 

December 1- 5; Scarborough 

Philharmonic's "A Baroque 

Christmas" on December 4; and 

Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir 

December 11. Aradia performs a 

"Christmas Concert: Vivaldi Sacred 

Music" on December 12. 

Mistletoe & Wine 

Medieval Baebes 


For the Wiccans and Goths sets, 

perhaps, a CD of mainly Christian 

content, but with a pagan heart. 

The Medieval Baebes are an ensemble 

of musicological minxes 

who specialize in songs of the Middle 

Ages: as in a bevy of Kate Bush 

clones who are really into madrigals. 

This disc combines many previously 

released selections with 

some new content, little of which 

would otherwise be familiar to 

most listeners (except The Holly 

and the Ivy and Coventry Carol). 

Accompaniment includes recorders, 

glockenspiel and bodhran-style 

percussion, which nicely offsets 

the Baebes' rather breathy and occasionally 

treacly trademark sound. 

One caution: the CD is imprinted 

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The Storyteller's Bag 

Text by Mark Brownell; 

Music by Ronald Royer, 

Alexander Rapoport, 

Keith Bissell 

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Mississauga 

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Finally, this one's not just for 

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Cheri Maracle, with full musical 

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