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Emily Eng, cellist Kerri<br />
McGonigle and harpsichordist<br />
Lysiane Boulva. musicians in Ordinary.<br />
! February 9, 12 and<br />
16: The Velvet Curtain<br />
Ensemble with director<br />
Douglas Rice, orchestra<br />
and guest artists presents<br />
Purcell’s opera<br />
Dido and Aeneas.<br />
Among the stated values<br />
of this group is “to<br />
believe in our potential<br />
to shape the<br />
future of our diverse<br />
cultures and civilization<br />
by bringing<br />
strength and confidence<br />
to future generations who<br />
will endeavor to define humanity through the arts.”<br />
! February 10: In Kitchener, a celebration of food — for the ear and<br />
for the palate, as Nota Bene Baroque presents “If Music Be the Food of<br />
Love...” with food-related music by Schmelzer, Legrenzi, Bernier and<br />
others, and guest soprano Stephanie Kramer.<br />
! February 12: The Musicians In Ordinary are busy people — not<br />
only do they present their regular concert series at Heliconian Hall<br />
(March 2, mentioned above) but they are also ensemble-in-residence<br />
at U of T’s St. Michael’s College. In this capacity they present “Hail<br />
Bishop Valentine!” performing love songs from the time of the wedding<br />
of Princess Elizabeth, daughter of James I, to Frederick, Elector<br />
Palatine. Guest reader is David Klausner.<br />
! February 21 to 24: “Shrouded in mystery and speculation since<br />
Mozart’s death, the Requiem is a masterpiece for all time ...”<br />
begins Tafelmusik’s press release for their next concerts. Mozart’s<br />
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. West<br />
Requiem features four wonderful soloists: soprano Nathalie Paulin,<br />
mezzo Laura Pudwell, tenor Lawrence Wiliford and baritone<br />
Nathaniel Watson; the Tafelmusik<br />
Orchestra and Chamber Choir<br />
are directed by Ivars Taurins.<br />
! February 22: Sine Nomine<br />
Ensemble takes you to medieval<br />
Iberia, whose musical culture<br />
was greatly influenced by that<br />
of both North Africa and neighbouring<br />
Europe. In “Musica<br />
Yspanica: Spanish music of pilgrimage<br />
and praise” you’ll hear<br />
how some of these colourful influences<br />
manifested themselves, in<br />
songs of courtly love, cantigas in<br />
praise of Mary, sacred music from<br />
the royal nunnery at Las Huelgas<br />
and songs of popular devotion from<br />
Spanish pilgrimage centres.<br />
! March 3: “Out of the depths have<br />
I called unto you, O Lord” begins<br />
Psalm 130, a stunning poem of entreaty that has inspired composers<br />
through the ages. In “Kaffeemusik,” a concert which seeks to inform<br />
and enlighten as well as entertain, the Toronto Chamber Choir presents<br />
several settings of this text by composers including Schein,<br />
Sweelinck, Schütz and Bach.<br />
Please consult The WholeNote’s daily listings for details of all these,<br />
and others not mentioned.<br />
Simone Desilets is a long-time contributor to The WholeNote<br />
in several capacities who plays the viola da gamba.<br />
She can be contacted at earlymusic@thewholenote.com.<br />
~E LOVES of<br />
APOLLO AND DAPHNE<br />
February 15 & 16 at 8 pm<br />
For Tickets call 416-964-6337 or order online<br />
www.torontoconsort.org<br />
40 ANNIVERSARY<br />
SEASON 2012-13<br />
presents<br />
Francesco Cavalli was a brilliant composer whose<br />
operatic masterpieces were the 17th-century<br />
equivalents of Rossini and Verdi. The Consort<br />
presents the Canadian premiere of Cavalli’s ironic<br />
and erotic tale of Apollo’s unrequited love for<br />
the nymph Daphne. Sung in Italian, this opera in<br />
concert features Charles Daniels as Apollo,<br />
Katherine Hill as Daphne, Laura Pudwell as<br />
Venus and Michele DeBoer as Aurora.<br />
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