Volume 4 Issue 6 - March 1999
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I'JJONCERT<br />
l'JNOTES<br />
Left:<br />
MazaMeze<br />
soloist, and then I Virtuosi dl<br />
Toronto on <strong>March</strong> 28 with<br />
soloist, Mayumi Seiler. Otl1er<br />
orchestras presenting some of t11~<br />
great 19tll Century symphonic<br />
repertoire are tl1e North York<br />
Symphony, tl1e Cathedral Bluffs<br />
Symphoi1y Orchestra and t11e<br />
New Hamilton Symphony, all on<br />
<strong>March</strong> 20, and the York Symphony<br />
Orchestra aild the Counterpoint<br />
Cmmmmity Orchestra on<br />
<strong>March</strong>27.<br />
PIANO RECITALS<br />
Piano recitals seem to have been<br />
among tl1e concerts most<br />
amenable to rescuing in t11is<br />
year's star-crossed Ford Centre<br />
series. (Perhaps tlu!: logistics are<br />
simpler for soloists who don't<br />
even have to transport tl1eir own<br />
insthunents.) Who:s complaining<br />
tl1migh when tl1is montl1 brings<br />
us tl1e likes ofYefim Bronfinan<br />
on <strong>March</strong> 4, Garrick Ohlsson on<br />
<strong>March</strong> 13, and Andras Schiff on<br />
<strong>March</strong> 25.<br />
And on <strong>March</strong> 26 tl1e<br />
Royal Conservatory of Music will<br />
be celebrating one of Canada's.<br />
great pianistic talents, Marak<br />
Jablonski, as part of its "Celebrating<br />
Lifetimes in Music"<br />
series. 1l1e event will feature the<br />
artist in conversation witl1 RCM<br />
president Peter Simon.(The ot11er<br />
event in the same series scheduled<br />
for tl1is month, a celebration<br />
of Canadian composer Harry<br />
Somers on <strong>March</strong> 5, has regrettably<br />
been cancelled because Mr.<br />
Somers is not well.)<br />
DEFYING CLASSIFICATION<br />
Some oftl1is month's concerts are<br />
~efinitely one of a kind.<br />
Maza Meze is an 11-<br />
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ensemble playing music highlighted<br />
by latered, winding<br />
vocals, instrumental excursions<br />
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<strong>March</strong> 6 the Scarborough<br />
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Concert Notes<br />
continues on page 12<br />
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