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CONTENTS
6 This Month's

COVER STORY
Jennifer Waring & Continuum
by David Perlman
The date is November 1719'J9;
the place is Walter Hall on the U of
T campus; the occasion a composers'
forum midway through the
week-long Massey Festival of New
Music. Composers Paul Dolden,
Scott Irvine, Jeffrey Ryan, John
Weinzweig, and Pascal Dusapin are
on stage, about two thirds of the
way into an hour-long panel discussion,
moderated by fellow composer
Paul Steenhuisen.
The discussion has covered some
usual ground: where the individual
composers get their ideas; their compositional
tecinriques and interests;
the extent to which composers cater
to their audiences.
Suddenly the discussion takes a
turn, the tone becomes a bit querulous.
The panelists are deep into a
discussion of whether European audiences
care about Canadian new
music, and, conversely, whether
Canadian composers' should care
what European audiences think.
"The BBC ill London has no interest
in the art of ex-colonials ... we
should have no interest in the music
of Europe" .... "Our biggest problem
is that we' re trying to impress
Europeans .... " "Are you just going
to stay home forever?" "I'll go to
Europe, I like the pastries ... , but I'm
not going to attend those boring· festivals
anymore." "To accept feeling
insecure is just ridiculous. .. . I go
into the comers with my elbows
up."
The moderator attempts to restore
order. "You know," he says, "my
feeling is, I don't even care if we
pursue this question any further, I
Clarinetist Peter
Stoll rehearsing
ektenes III [1995-1]
for clarinet, tape _ ·
and live electronics
by alcides Lanza.
Left to right in the
backgound are Paul
Hodge, audio
engineer at the
Music .Gallery, Scott
Wilson, composer
and Continuum's
technical coordinator,
and
Jennifer Waring.
(Nov. 2002)
PHOTO: MICHAEL MITCHELL
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think it's a waste of tiine." An audience
member who has so far been silent
intervenes.
"No!" calls out Jennifer Waring,
founder and artistic director of Continuum
Contemporary Music Ensemble.
"We want to!" And for a little
while the discussion continues.
***
Flash forward four years. The
Massey Hall new music festival is a
thing of the past, but Europe is still
very much on Jennifer Waring's
mind.
I caught her in the throes of preparing
for Continuum's first international
tour - two and a half
weeks; Amsterdam and Leeuwarden
in the Netherlands, then London and
Huddersfield in the UK, back to
Holland to Den Bosch, and finally
on to Ghent, in Belgium.
"Setting up a tour is much like
putting on concerts - at least that's
what I told myself at the outset, to allay
my fears" she said. "You make a
list, do everything on it and solve
problems as they come up."
But the list is longer, the problems
bigger, the stakes higher. "It's a different
context, a different opportunity
for our composers and for us - concerts
in places like the ljsbreker in
Amsterdam and the Huddersfield
Contemporary Music Festival, and
radio exposure from the BBC and
VPRO."
"What stands out so far is the
ready interest of European presenters,
and their willingness to go with
us based on our work rather than our
reputation, which is insignificant internationally.
Conversely, the experience
of getting support from the Canadian
government for the tour has
been horrendous. I won't go into
the details because our specific situation
is not the issue. The real problem
is the general indifference to and
lack of understanding of the value of
eX1J9rting our cultural product - participating
internationally. There
needs to be real change in this area."
I show her the little anecdote from
Massey Hall 1999 that I'm planning
to use as an intro. She reflects on it.
"The situation vis a vis Canadian
music has changed (I.think that panelist's
comments were out of date
even at that time). A Canadian
,group touring Europe today doesn't
go for validation of its ensemble, or
Canadian repertoire, or the fragile
Canadian ego. In fact, quite a few
of the composers we are touring - .
Michael Oesterle, Allison Cameron
Scott Wilson - have international '
reputations already. We are recognized
sources of interesting work in
an international 'musical culture. The
time has passed, when we needed to
defiantly proclaim our independence
through disdain."
Defiant proclamation of a different
sort attended Continuum's birth in
the musical hotbed of mid-eighties
University of Toronto. As the story .
goes, composition students could
count on one official concert a year
to showcase their work. But in
1985 it was cancelled. A number of
composition majors, along with the
performance majors most supportive
of new work, decided the concert
would go a,head anyway, and Continuum
was born.
"Sasha Rapoport, Omar Daniel,
Ron Smith, Clark Ross, Michael
Bloss, George Thurgood, Colin Eatock,
Martin Vandeven, James
Rolfe, Tim Knight, Wendy Prezament"
are names that come readily to
Jennifer's mind. "I was a flutist, one
of the performance majors," she
says, "not a composer. I arrived at
university having discovered Stravinsky
at ten, ahd having grown up (in
Gatineau) surrounded by people
with strong artistic interestS in modernism
if not music. I was interested
in both. The two grew together."
The name Continuum, she recalls
"was Colin Eatock's idea, named for
a work by Gyorgy Ligeti, an expression
of the desire for the contin­
. uation of composition."
The group has evolved from thos~
early collective beginnings, with a
structure now similar to other established
new music ensembles in town
- New Music Concerts, for example,
or Esprit, or Arraymusic-an ar-
tistic director, a core ensemble (flute,
oboe, violin, cello, piano, percussion),
other artists added as needed,
and a mandate to commission and· ·
perform new works by emerging and
established composers, mainly Canadian.
"There are always things that
make groups distinct from one another"
she says. "There is the history
and culture of the group, for one.
As a collectively run organization
turned hierarchical, we have retained
the idea of consultation (consulting
with and picking the brains of many
far-flung colleagues). But because of
early frustration with the slow pace
of consensual decision making,
there's now a certain dictatorial quality
to the operation - but only in the
best sense, I hope."
The interests and predilections of
the artistic director are obviously also
significant. "The fact that I am not a
composer is probably reflected in
programming. I am not tied strongly
to a personal aesthetic so my programming
may be more broad-ranging."
Composer Scott D. Wilson, whose
work 13 Angels will tour, is blunter.
"Jennifer, to my mind, is probably
the most scrupulous person I've
ever dealt with in the new music
world" he says, "and it may be that
not being a composer helps her to
be that way." A lot of stuff in that
world happens for political reasons,
based on patterns of 'I'll scratch
your back, and .. .'. Of course it's
not always so venal, probably not
even usually so, but it does tend towards
it." .
He points to Jennifer's success in
creating wide-ranging connections in
diverse places around Canada and
internationally, "not as opportunities
to leverage benefits but to create
sites to be mined: for more information,
the next connection in the network,
the next composer, the next
fresh exciting piece. Certainly she
has her friends, and even favourites
but you feel that those composers '
and works get her attention because ·
of her real love for the music."
'
Continuum's bienniai Call for
Scores is also fundamental to the
group's culture. "Every two years
we get upwards of'200 scores from
Canadians and international composers"
Jennifer says. "Sifting through
it all takes time but we have found
some very important work and have
developed close professional relations
with composers as a result."
James Rolfe was Continuum's
Artistic Director at the time of the
first Call For Scores in 1992 .. "We
NOVEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 7 2003

ended up with three winners-Paul
Steenhuisen, Melissa Hui, and Hugh
Peaker-a diverse group which illustrates
the artistic pluralism that distinguishes
Continuum's programming.
Afterwards we received a number of
unsolicited rejoinders from unhappy
contestants. My favourite came from
Edmonton, to the effect that once
again the West had been screwedthis
in spite of the fact that all three
winners were from British Columbia.
It shows $It being an Artistic Director
is hardly a popularity contest-it's
more like being a lightning rod."
"It takes a huge amount of work
to program effective, balanced, and
affordable concerts," he says, "especially
with a mandate for diversity
such as Continuum's. Jennifer is
very patient in her pursuit, following
leads which may (or may not) bear
fruit several seasons hence. Her
work may be invisible, but the results
are evident - scime of the best
and freshest new music to be heard
in Toronto, and musicians who
make it sound so good."
"She's a real idea person, " Scott
Wilson says, committed to a genuine
. intellectual curiosity about what
she's doing, why she's doing it, and
its place in the broader world. "It's
nice to find someone still excited by
the field after many years of hard
work. : .. There' re a lot of jaded people
out there, people who have devoted
their lives to music, but can't
find a single thing to like in a whole
concert or even a whole festival."
Continuum's ensemble for the tour is
Anne Thompson (f1ute), Peter Stoll
(clarinet), Benjamin Bowman (violin),
Paul Widmer (cello), Laurent
Philippe (piano), Graham Marshall
(percussion) and Rosemary Thomson
(conductor).
"It's hard for people to appreciate
the sacrifice that musicians make by
participating in a tour like this" Jennifer
says. "You have to realize that
Canacta is largely what you'd call a
"gigging culture" for musicians.
They go gig to gig, contract to contract.
Whether it be teaching, stage
shows, the orchestra pit for opera
and ballet, playing with Esprit or
New Music Concerts or Array, -
the list goes on and on - each of
these people is forgoing a significant
part of their revenue stream by being
away."
"So I hope people will take November
6 in the spirit of an invitation
to come and see us off. Setting
up the tohr has been a huge undertaking
and it would be gratifying
if people came out to wish us well.
This is partly because I feel that we
go not only for ourselves but on behalf
of the Canadian community."
Working on behalf of the community
is something gaining ground
among new musi\,: organiz.ations in
town. Continuum has participated
actively in recent efforts to build a
strong local new music coalition. "Is
the increased interaction a result of
the coalition, or is it the other way
round?" I asked.
"It's chicken and egg. There were
a few events and efforts that helped
to break down barriers and promote
There's evident excitement in the
way Jennifer speaks about Continuurn's
upcoming November 6 "Pre-
Tour" concert at the Music: Gallery. · interaetion. The local new music
It's an opj:Jortunity to prepare for the culture was one of mutual suspicion
tour, and a great excuse "for repeat and non-

SNAP
SHOTS
compiled and edited
by David Perlman
Two "snaps" this month, both of
people with a personal take on the
contemporary music scene. As usual
the first three questions were "Say
who you are, what you 're doing
right rww, and something you 're
i1Jvolved in in the ionger tenn. " And
the follow-up questions were by e­
mail.
I'm Teri Dunn, .
an Ottawa native who came to Toronto
at age 18 to go to University.
I've been here ever since. Depending
on which day you ask, I. would say
f'm a soprano, or.a choral conductor.
My formal training was all as a
singer. I hold Undergraduate and
Masters degrees in Vocal Performance
from the University of Toronto
where I had the good fortune of
studying with the incredible Mary
Morrison.
I'm probably best known for my
. performances of baroque and contemporary
repertoire and I've worked
with many local groups including the
TSO, the Bach Consort, Aradia,
New Music Concerts, and the-Mendelssohn
Choir. The conducting is
something that I've fallen into instinctively,
but occupies an important and
special part of my career. It's challenging
in a whole other way and
being with kids and helping them
navigate their ways through their
early musical training is tremendously
rewarding.
I'm on the Faculty at the Royal
Conservatory as a Choral Conductor,
spent several years on the staff of the
Canadian Children's Opera Company,
and am also on the Artistic Staff
of the Toronto Children's Chorus.
way that the humanity of the characters
shines through. For me personally,
this production has several
connections. It's been an opportunity
to work again with several people
with whom 1 haven't worked in
years: John Hess (he played for one
of my graduate recitals · in University!),
Bill Silva (I sang in his Summer
Opera Lyric Theatre programme
several years ago), and
Virginia Reh (with whom I worked
for several years at the Canadian
Children's Qpera Chorus). And of
course, there's the family connection
- John Beckwith is my father-inlaw!
The next thing on my plate is a
chamber music concert with the
Talisker Players. The programme is
incredible! It's all music for voice
and instruments based on the native
people~ of various cultures. I'm
working on pieces in Cree, Saami,
lnuktituk, and from the Brazil. interi­
' or. Mezzo soprano Marion Newman
is also singing several works on the
programme. It's a very challenging
programme, but I love sinking my
teeth into difficult repertoire. Getting
. some gilldance on some of the texts
has proved to be even trickier. After
Right at the moment I'm working on searching the continent really, Mary
Opera in Concert's production of McGeer (manager & co-director of
Night Blooming 'Cereus, by John the Talisker Players) was able to
Beckwith - libretto by James Re- find a Saami speaker. I spent a
aney. (Also on !he programme is whole very interesting morning on
The Fool by Harry Somers.) I'm the phone with her! Besides reading
singing the role of Alice in Cereus. through the text with me, she gave
· It's a one act opera set in a small me a history of the Saami people and
Ontario town, on the night the cereus their challenges in today's Finnish
flower will bloom. (The opera states society, giving me a great sense of
that it happens "once in a hundred the context of the piece. The parallels
years" - in reality, I understand ~t with the stories of Native people in
it blooms one night each year ....)
North America are striking. It's a
Mrs. Brown who owns the plant is daring program.for the Talisker
an old lonely woman whose daughter Players. I'm very impressed that
had run away several years back, they're undertaking it.
never to be heard from again. Alice . FOLLOW-UP: I'm intrigued by
is revealed to be the granddaughter of perfonners - Barbara Hannigan
Mrs. Brown. Musically I love the (another Mary Morrison protege?)
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comes to mind from an earlier interview,
and I run across others all
the time -- who particularly enjoy
flipping between baroque and contemporary
repertoire. VWiat 's the
link for you?
That's a tough question! A few
things come to mind. Perhaps it's
because both genres seem to feature
so much chamber music. I love the
intricacies of fitting into an ensemble,
reading a full score and 'playing'
with the other lines. I also would say
· that in much Baroque music, particularly
Bach, and in many coritemporary
scores the vocal part is very
'instrumental' in nature- that's not to
say the text isn't fascinating or seminal,
but the vocal lines feature unusual
intervals more than in, say, Schubert
or Bellini. There's also something
appealing about working on
music that isn't very well known
This certainly happens more in contemporary
repertoire, but-even in
baroque music there seem to be
countless ·'unknown gems' being
performed. ·
iwiat, for you, makes silch widely
different material equally musical.?
Gayle Young.
I'm editor of Musicworks Magazine,
composer and writer.
Now: I believe it is important to write
about unfamiliar music, so that a
listener can more easily grasp the
inte'ntions of composers, sound
artists and others involved in sound
exploration. The subtitle of Musicworks,
explorations in sound, indi- ·
cates that it includes discussion of the
cultural roles of sound in a broad
sense, not only in concert music but
also in film, theatre, dance and visual
arts.
Near future: Our winter 04 issue,
which we are currently preparing,
features articles on Victoria composer
Rudolf Komorous and Montreal
sound designer Nancy Tobin. These
two articles can be seen as a snapshot
of the magazine, juxtaposing a
well-known composer and a young
sound designer, Vancouver and
Montreal, concert music and sound
in theatre.
Long tenn: This year we are even
more busy than usual because we are
celebrating our 25th anniversary.
Earlier in the year we created a
sound art installation presenting
twenty-five artists, each with a CD
player, headphones and poster - one
for each of our first twenty-five
What makes any material musical?
Music is about speaking to the soul,
about sparking ideas, about inspiring
emotions through sound, and with
vocal musiC through sound and text.
There are so many different ways to
accomplish any of these goals; the
language of music is so broad, and
each composer uses it differently.
As a conductor/teacher, especially of
children, do you think there's a way
to encourage this kind of broadminded
musicality?
Much can be said for leading. by
example! I'try to teach & programme
music that is effective in performance
or has pedagogical value regardless
of its style. I find again and again
that children don't really have preconceived
notions of what vocal
music is supposed to be like, so
they're very open minded.They
enjoy using their voices in a variety
of ways and they recogniz.e if an idea
is effective. If I'm teaching a contemporary
score, I approach it with
the same goals: try to make the
music communicate what I think the
composer's intentions are, try to be
musical no matter what the line looks
like
years. We're producing a set of
twenty-five post card pieces by
Canadian artists, and releasing a CD
of some early Musicworks cassettes
by John Oswald. And on Nov 28th
we're having a benefit at the Gladstone
House with an evening of-­
performances curated by John Oswald.
The last project in our anniversary
year is a book to be co-authored
by me and Ellen Waterman: a listen-·
er's guide to new music in Canada.
When you produce a magazine
and CD every four months you stay
pretty closely involved in the present.
Future plans, more than a year
away? We are planning a travelling
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cnu~,;r1

SNAP SHOTS, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8
show, combining'the post cards, the
John Oswald CD, the book, the
audio art show, concerts, and workshops
for music students. It all
seems rather extravagant at present.
But it will happen, at least on a small
scale.
FOLLOW UP ,
You mention that this is anniversary
number 25. How far back do you go
with the magazine, and in terms of
"original inspiration" who, and
what, is still around?
Musicworks has always been "aPtistrun,"
and I think all of us are still
around, as advisors, writers and
artists. It has been a community
effort from the start, begun by Peter
Anson and Andrew Timar in 1978
in the offices of the Music Gallery. '
I wrote a few articles for it in the
early years. Andrew and Peter asked
me to interview James Tenney in that
first year, which I-did. Much later I
learned ~t this was the first article
published about him - though there
had been a chapter about him in a
book called Desert Plants. that came
out two years earlier.
After a few years John Oswald
became the Musicworks editor then
Tina Pearson, then I became editor
in 1988. It was during Tina's editorship
that she and John came up with
the innovative idea of creating an
audio cassette related to the theme of
each issue. At that time there was no
other magazine linking print with
sound·by including recordings. Each
issue of the magazine had a specific
theme - Electroacoustics, Animals
and Music, Bridging Language,
Cross Cultural Exchange, Sound
Ecology, Radiophonics - sometimes
a provocative one such as John
Oswald:s title for issue 34 "There is
no Reasoll'to Believe that Music
Exists."
Linda C. Smith, Gordon Monahan
and Tim Wilson were occasional
guest editors during that period,
organizing theme issues. More recently
we've adopted what we call
sequential themes, so that a theme
continues from issue to. issue. This
gives an opportunity for readers to
respond, for writers to propose
additional articles, and for themes of
varying lengths to develop, from
three articles to ten or more. We have
guest editors for these as well, for
example John D.S. Adams' series of
articles on David Tudor. We track
the many themes through our back
issue catalogue, where you can look
up a topic like "improvisation" and
get a list of all the related articles in
the. past twenty-five years.
N O VEM BER 1 - D ECE MB ER 7 2003
At WlwleNote we use pretty rough­
'and-ready criteria for what constitutes
"new 11U1Sic ". \.Wien you say
"composers, sound anists involved
in sound exploration" I sense that
you have a clearer idea of who
you'd include. \.Wiere do you draw
lines? ·
Musicworks tries to link adventurous
listeners with innovative forms of
music: music that does not come
with its definition already in place, as
do classical forms of jazz, opera,
bluegrass - the usual categories. Our
articles are about artists who are
heading into unfamiliar areas .• where
a listener can be fairly sure that the
experience will not conform with
pre-existing expectations. In a sense
this is the opposite of the way the
music industry works, where you
usually have to have a category, or
your CD will not be carried in music
stores. "Which section should they
put it in?" is a question sometimes
asked even before anyone listens.
Any experience of sound, whether
in a film or an art gallery, can be
included. But there has to be something
new to say about the role of
sound in the piece. Recordings of
people speaking (included in a lot of
visual arts and video projects) or
sound recordings intended primarily
as illustration (for instance, traffic
sounds accompanying urban visuals)
would not be included.
Sometimes I've said, in jest, that
Musicworks is aliout music you can
talk about. There are many valid
forms of music that exist on their
own terms, independent of language,
that you can describe, and even
theorize about, but you can't really
say much about them beyond that.
This is one of the limitations of the
print medium: you have to line up
your words on a one-dimensional
line, starting here and ending there.
No simultaneity is possible, and thus
reading can never accurately reflect
~e multi-dimensional nature of expenence.
'
Along, with your magazine, what
would you say are the key resQurces
out there for people whose interest
has been sparked by this "snapshot"?
The most important resource is the
,event itself: go out and listen. Experiencing
concerts and sound installations
is the best way to learn more.
There are also other publications and
plenty of web sites. Begin by searching
for the name of an artist you
know something about, and you can
follow that lead into many exciting
and previously ~own territories. •
"Dolin's cello
tone has a '
cQmmanding
intei1sity; ideal
for uncovering
th .. e c.onter!1.plat·1·.·v ..·.·.e
..•.
sources ot the >
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Surtitles an_d Beyond
October 10, 2003: Tonight I attended the. Canadian Opera
Company's Peter Grimes: a thoroughly fascinating production. But
what's up with those on-again, off-again surtitles? The Company
that invented titling technology 20 years ago seemed unable to decide
whether or not it wanted to use surtitles in this show. I can certainly
understand the arguments for and against: on the one hand, Peter
Grimes is an English-language opera; on the.other hand, the
acoustic of the Hummingbird Centre le.aves much to be desired,
where diction is concerned. But why didn't the COC simply make
up its mind to either use them or not - instead of treating its
audience to a distracting game of peek-a-boo?
October 16: The Toronto (formerly Ford, formerly North York)
Centre for the Arts was the venue for launch of a new opera
company. But Royal Opera Canada isn't exactly new:- it's the
Mississauga Opera in disguise, hoping to make a splash in the big
city. Their opening show was Carmen: a thoroughly ordinary
production, if ever there wa,s one. And, once again, what's up with
those surtitles - riddled with spelling and grammar mistakes? But the
surtitles were a small embarrassment compared to the three-quarters
empty hall. If the ROC wants to justify bringing its traditional warhorse
repertoire into Toronto's crowded performing arts market, it
will have to figure out how to put bums in seats. A "populist" opera
company with no audience is a sad and sorry sight.
October 18, 2003: There's nothing like a weekend in Vancouver
this time of year: rain, rain and more rain. But what's up with those
big projection screens at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra? The
VSO has gone one step beyond surtitles, and is projecting images of
its con~erts on big screens in the Orpheum Theatre, as the
performance unfolds. I find that I like them - especially during
Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2, when the camera gets a good
shot of pianist David Jalbert's hands. And the audience seems to
like them too: most of the people I speak to have a positive response
to the screens - and the few who don't, find them a little
underwhelming rather than too obtrusive. But I'm.not sure we really
needed that close-up of Maestro Tovey's foot, during a violin solo.
Will we be looking at big screens at TSO concerts in Roy
Thomson Hall any time soon? ·
October 24: Back in Toronto, at Opera Atelier's lphigenie en
Tauride (a thoroughly delightful production), I chat at intermission
with a small group of discriminating connoisseurs. When I briefly
recount my experience in Vancouver, they are surprised to learn of
the new development. One man - who has enjoyed a distinguished
career in radio broadcasting ·- is skeptical of the VSO's big screens.
"It just sounds like something for lazy listeners," he says, going on
to explain that he still hasn't entirely accepted surtitles.
He's entitled to his opinion, of course (and I wonder if his
years of work in radio, which treats music as an exclusively aural
phenomenon, have influenced his judgement on this point). But I
don't personally feel inclined to declare myself "for" or "against"
new technologies in opera houses or concert halls per se. To me, it
all depends on what's done with it. Technology can detract from the
artistic experience, or enhance it, depending on how it is used.
One last thing: What's up with the bilingual English and
French surtitles at Opera Atelier? Was there a substantial
francophone audience in attendance? Was this a way of
demonstrating the accuracy of the translations? Were they just doing
their bit for national unity? Beats me.
**
Colin Eatock is a composer and writer in Toronto who contributes
to the Globe and Mail and other publications. His T. 0. Musical
Diary is a regular monthly feature of The WholeNote.
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. A mere year and a half after'his third
major choral festival in Toronto,
"The Joy of Singing within the Noise
of the World," the ninety-five year
old Nicholas Goldschmidt has masterminded
"Benjamin Britten: A
Celebration" in honour of the composer's
ninetieth birthday. The event
provides us with an opportunity not
only t0 assess or re-assess Britten's
contribution to music in the Twentieth
Century, but also to examine our
own ideas of what a composer could
or should be, of "modernity"· or
"contemporariness" in music, and the
place of art in life.
The Oxford Dictionary of Music
says of Britten: "Few composers
have caught the public's imagination
in their lifetime as vividly as did
Britten; each new work was eagerly
awaited and absorbed." In 1964 he
was honoured with the first Aspen
Award, which was established the
year before' to honour "the individual
anywhere in the world judged to
have made the greatest contribution
to the advancement of the humanities."
In 1976 he was honoured by
being awarded a life peerage. He
wrote music for the greatest performers
of his time, including Rostropov
ich, Vishnevskaya, Fischer-
. Dieskau, Janet Baker' and Peter Pears
and in his visits to the Soviet Union
became, a friend of Shostakovich,
who dedicated his Fourteenth Symphony
to him.
What perhaps makes these extraordinary
accomplishments all the more
remarkable is that his music was tonal
and therefore stylistically out of the
mainstream.' Retired Dean of Music
at the University of Toronto,. Carl
Morey, who will be giving lectures
on "Britten and the Crisis in Tradition"
as part of the festival, told me
that in 1945- French composer 01-
•ivier Messiaen called Britten brave
for writing tonal music. One of the
problems for post-romantic composers
from Britten's day up to the
present time, Professor Morey told
me, is whether to stay within the
parameters of a tradition considered
moribund and thus rejected by many
composers, or to follow the lead of
those who had broken with the tradition
- in Britten's day Stravinsky
and Schoenberg.
It was Britten's decision to write
tonal music; and, according to Morey,
to work within strict traditional
musical forms. While this may have
QUODLIBET
by Allan Pulker
Benjamin Britten 1975
been courageous it was ultimately a
decision to be true to himself. He
addressed this issue in his acceptance
speech for the Aspen Award:
"There are many dangers which
hedge round the unfortunate composer:
pressure groups which demand
true proletarian music, snobs
who demand the latest avant-garde
tricks ... . [who] may makethe ... composer
self-conscious, .and instead of
writing his own music ... which
springs naturally from his gift and
personality, he may be frightened into
writing pretentious nonsense or deliberate
obscurity." While this decision
resulted in Britten's music never
being highly valued by musical
academia, it did result in music that
audiences were eager to hear.
It is music which, 27 years after
his untimely death, still speaks to
those who hear it. "Benjamin Britten:
A Celebration" will give people
in Southern Ontario many opportunities
to hear some of Britten's greatest
works. The War Requiem,
Noye's F,ludde, The Prodigal Son
and concerts of his solo voice and
chamber music in Toronto, London,
Waterloo, Guelph and Goderich.
Also veiy much in the spirit of
Britten, the festival has commissioned
Canadian composer, Gary
Kulesha, to write a work for the
event. "I believe," wrote Kulesha,
"that the best way for a contemporary
Canadian composer to celebrate
Britten is to be true to the ideals that
he established. Britten often spoke
and wrote about the relationship between
technique and expression, and
articulated a paradigm which perfectly
suits my own beliefs: technique must
be elegant, polished, and detailed,
but subservient to expression."
You can hear the paradigm in action
when Kulesha's Variations on
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a theme by Benjamin Britten for piano
quintet is performed on November
24, 25, 26 and 27 in Toronto,
London, Waterloo and Guelph respectively.
A BRIEF LOOK ATlHE MONTI-l
It is hard to imagine music without
J.S. Bach, and yet his music was
rar-ely performed after his death until
Felix Mendelssohn began to include
it in concert programs in 1829. A
propos of Bach, Britten in his Aspen
Award Speech suggested,
"There should be special music made
and played for all sorts of occasions
... even presentations of awards! I
would have been delighted to have
been greet~d with a special piece
composed for today! It might have
turned out to be another piece as good
as the cantata Bach wrote for the
Municipal Election at Mtihlhausen ...!
Some of the greatest pieces of music
in our possession were written for
special occasions, grave or gay."
The life of Bach, who wroie so
much music for particular occasions,
will be explored from the point of
view of Mrs. Bach, with tongue in
cheek by cheeky (but good) soprano, program will include some rarely
Mary Lou Fallis and Tafelmusik heard music, including The Sufferon
November 9.
ings of the Unfortunate Marie Anfo-
The Toronto Symphony Or- inette, a rediscovered melodrama by
chestra will perform a work by a. Dussek with dialogue for two accomposer,
who like Benjamin Brit- tors written by Ilana Zarankin and
ten was a virtuoso pianist who fre- performed by SouJpepper founding
quently performed his own works. members Nancy Palk and Joseph
The composer is Sergei Rach- Ziegler.
maninoff and the work, the Pjano Also on Sunday November 2 in
Concerto #3, which will be played the afternoon, there will be a celeby
Boris Berezovsky and conduct- bration of the Russian novelist, Lev
ed by Thomas Dausgard on Novem- Nikolaevich Tolstoy, consisting of
ber 5 & 6. The concerto, one of the a lecture, a concert and an art exhimost
difficult in the repertoire, was bition at Walter Hall. The lecture
first performed in 1909 by the New by Tolstoy's great great grandson,
York Philharmonic Orchestra con- Vladimir Ilych Tolstoy will be about
ducted by Walter Damrosch with the Tolstoy and his descendants; the
composer at the piano.
concert will include Beethoven's
TSO concertmaster, Jacques Is- Kreutzer Sonata performed by Scott
raelievitch and his son, Michael, . St. John and Lydia Wong and exwill
perform m1,1sic for violin and cerpts from Prokofiev's opera, War
percussion on November 9. This will and Peace performed by Opera Dibe
a Koffler house concert, but, con- vision students with pianist John
sidering who is performing, it will Hawkins.
no doubt be interesting and well-performed.
Jacques Israelievitch will YORK REGION OPERA
also perform on November 16 at the Another new opera company, York
Sound Post, and can also be heard Region Opera, debuts its activities
at Off Centre Music's French Salon
concert on November 2 along certs in Newmarket and Markham
with two "arias and exceq)ts" con­
with soprano Nathalie Poulin, tenor on November 14 and 28 respectively.
Artistic director Cassandra Bourne
Luc Robert and of course, pianists
Inna Perkis and Boris Zarankin. The has Iaunchetl the new company to
provide performance opportunities
for the many capable young siIJgers .
who are graduating from opera programs
and having difficulty finding
work in their field. Congratulations
to Cassandra on her initiative; let's
hope her enterprise takes root and .
thrives. On many occasfons in this
publication the lack of opportunities
for young Canadian singers has been
raised as a major problem. It is good
to see someone doing something
about it. It is probably worth a mention
here that a more established company,
Opera Ontario, adheres to a
policy of hiring only Canadian singers.
Please get out and give both these
companies your ll!uch deserved support.
And speaking of such things, I
heard that during the big bicycle race
in Hamilton in October, when the
city was thronging with visitors from
abroad, particularly from Europe,
Opera Ontario sold more tickets to
visitors to the city than to residents.
Evidently interest in bicycle racing
and interest in opera are not considered
mutually exclusive in other Pai:ts
of the world! OK all you music fanatics,
get yourself out to a bicycle
race .as soon as possible, and bring
back a bicycle racing fanatic to an
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2003
MAHLER 2
Richard Bradshaw conductor
Susan Platts mezzo-soprano
Frederique Vezina soprano
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Mahler Symphony No. 2 in
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8:00 pm
George Weston Recital Hall,
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ARC presents a weekend of music and lectures
based on the experiences of composers who
either lost their lives in, survived, or were
affected by the eve-nts of the Holocaust.
MUSIC REBORN II
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2003
Featuring the music of Laks, Haas,
Berman, Ullmann, and Weinberg
8:00 pm
Mazzoleni Concert Hall, Royal Conservatory of Music
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MUSIC REBORN IV
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2003
Featuring the music of Schulhoff,
Schoenfield, Smit, and Prokofiev
8:00 pm
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416.408.2824 ext. 321
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Gottfried Wagner lectures on the effect of his
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Friday, December 5, 2003, 2:00 pm
Satruday, December 6, 2003,.2:00 pm
Royal Ontario Museum Theatre
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AT THE UNIVERSITY pF TORONTO
"J.S. BACH IN THE WORLD TODAY"
January 12-16, 2004
Toronto, Canada
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Under the patronage of The German Consulate General
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Germany's cultural icons, Johann Sebastian Bach and
his 21st czntury interpreter, Maestro Helmuth Rilling,
are the focus of a new Bach Festival in Toronto.
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The Great Gala
Saturday, January 31, 2004, 8:00 pm_
Toronto Children's Chorus
Jean Ashworth Bartle, C.M., O.Ont.
Founder/Music Director
With Guest Artists: Sir Andrew Davis, Sir David Willcocks,
Stuart Laughton, Russell Hartenberger,
and Members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Cameo appearances by two of our Honorary Patrons.
Single tickets starting at $45.00 which includes a post
concert champagne reception for all ticketholders.
Come and join the Celebration.
Featuring works by Daley, Elgar, Handel, Honegger,
Schubert, Sir Andrew Davis and Sir David Willcocks.
SINCE 1978
Toronto
Children's
Chorus
jean Ashw'orth Bartle CM., O.Ont
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presided over the Golden Age of
English music. The Toronto
Chamber Choir presents a concert
"Long Live Fair Oriana!".
(Nov 8) which features popular
madrigals written in the Queen's
honour from The Triumphs of Orian

(the year before
Mendelssohn's
death). The Toronto
Mendelssohn
Choir
gives a performance
of Elijah on
November 5.
Canada's veteran
bass-baritone
Gary Relyea inhabits
the title
role, as he has on
so many occasions
across· the
country. With his
commanding
presence and stentorian
sound, Relyea
provides a
solid centre
around which the
choir, orchestra
and other soloists
can revolve.
A little more Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
than a century
after Mendelssohn gave us Elijah, Two significant cop.certs take place
Benjamin Britten wrote a powerful
setting of the text of the Requi­
featuring performances of Harry
on the same night (Novembed5)
em Mass interspersed with antiwar
poetry by poet Wilfrid Owen, Lydia Adams conducting) and a
Somers' Gloria (Amadeus Choir,
who was killed at the age of 25, new piece by Laryssa Kuzmenko
one week before ihe epd of World (Vesnivka Choir, Toronto
War I. Britten's "War Requiem" Ukrainian Male Chamber .
was given its premiere at the reconsecration
of Coventry Cathedral Kuzmenko's piece is entitled
Choir, Gary Kulesha conducting).
in 1962 at what must have been a "1933" and is in memory of the
tremendously moving occasion. famine-genodde in the Ukraine in
Howard Dyck will conduct a 1933.
troupe of musicians from the Kitchener-Waterloo
area in a performance
of the work at Roy Thomson people sing not only to express joy
In many cultures in the world,
Hall on Remembrance Day (November
11). Britten's theme was to grief and anguish, as well. The
and happiness, but to give voice
reconciliation and "the pity of war" themes of many of these concerts
and his message is as pertinent and are not pleasant, but we know surely
that art is more - much more -
poignant today as it was 41 years
ago.
than entertainment, more than revenue-generating
for the hotel and
The month of November begins restaurant business, more than
with performances on the 1st and something to clap along to. At our
2nd of Ruth.Fazal's new "Oratorio
Terezin", using biblical texts horror and grief, art can take us
time of greatest need, calamity,
and poetry by the children detained by the hand and give us succour,
and eventually slaughtered at a concentration
camp in Czechoslovakia. the mind with ever new and in­
comfort and hope. "Two things fill
creasing wonder and awe", wrote
Soundstreams Canada continues the 18th century philosopher Imits
tradition of bringing in fine choirs · manuel Kant, "the starry heaven
this month, with two performanc- above me and the moral law withes
(November 7 and 9) by the re- in me". I would add to that "the
nowned Estonian Philharmonic power of human voices joined to­
Chamber Choir and their conductor
Paul Hillier. Focussing on new
music, the choir will collaborate
with the Elmer Iseler Singers in
the second program.
NOVEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 7 2003
gether to make music".
Bravo, Toronto. What an impressive
line-up of choral concerts.
La.rry Beckwith can be reached via
choralscene@thewholenote.com
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Special Guests: The Elm.er lseler Singers
Friday, December 12, 2003, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 13, 2003, 7:30 p.m.
St. John's United Church, Oakville
Annual Christmas Carol Sing
Pron•1•1h to the Kerr Street Ministries
Sunday, December 21, 2003, 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 22, 2003, 2:00 p.m.
The Meeting Place, Oakville
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COMPOSER COMPANIONS
The new music community is rich
with activity this November as presenters
and ensembles forge further
into their seasons, creating a wide
range of adventurous opportunities
for the Toronto concertgoer. This
month, Composer Companions
highlights three upcoming new music
concerts and continues to give
you the opportunity to attend with
some of our most accomplished local
composers as your own personal
audio "tour guide".
by Jason van Eyk
Early in the month Sounds.treams
Canada brings to Toronto an international
choral collaboration for the
first concert of its 2003 ·Raise Your
Voices series. On November 9th at
the Metropolitan United Church, the
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber
Choir, conducted by Paul Hillier,
and Canada's Elmer Iseler Singers,
conduct~d by Lydia Adams, will
present a combined program influenced
by sacred music. The concert
will include a North American premiere
from internationally renowned
composer Henryk Gorecki, entitled
Salve, Sidus, Polonarum, music of
the Russian Orthodox tradition, compositions
by California-based Canadian
composer Melissa Hui and a
world premiere performance of a new
work by Toronto-based emerging
composer Craig Galbraith. Mr. Galbraith's
work, entitled Cradle Song,
has been specifically commissioned
for the forces of both the Estonian
and Canadian choirs combined.
Based on a poem by William Blake
of the same title, and punctuated with
lines from Latin motets, Galbraith's
latest work musically explores the
soft lullaby in juxtaposition with indirect
but
obvious references to
Christ's
death
present in
Blake's
text. Local
composer
James
Rolfe, also
known for
his vocal
compositions,
has
agreed to be
the compos-
ing journey: "Udo Kasemets is a
composer who, after exploring tonal,
atonal, and serial music, came to
a turning point when in the early
1960's he read the book Silence: lectures
and writings by John Cage.
This book can be found at the Toronto
Reference Library, along with
. many other recordings and writings
by John Cage. In addition, Udo
Kasemets is a regular writer for Musicworks
magazine, whose current
and back copies can be found at both
the Canadian Music Centre, and the ··
music library of the University of
Toronto, in the Edward Johnson
Building. Recordings of his work
are similarly available". Chris Paul
er compan- Craig Galbraith Harman and Linda Catlin Smith,
ion for this
along with local · composers Juliet
concert. For more information, visit Palmer and Wende Bartley, have
.Soundstreams Canada's website at offered to be composer companions
www.soundstreams.ca, or call 416- · for this concert. For more informa-
504-1282. tion, visit Arraymusic's website at
Quatuor Molinari
commercially recorded this complete
cycle of. quartets (on the Atma label),
and to grearcritical and audience
acclaim. Local composer John
Oswald, who says he has "known
R. Murray Schafer for 30 years
now", and emerging composers Bri-
Nearer the end of the month, Arraymusic
will be delivering a fullevening
work by Canadian experimental
composer Udo Kasemets.
Composer Linda Catlin Smith describes
Kasemets as " an inventive
composer, dedicated to finding new
ways to communicate with sound.
His work is very beautiful and very
unusual. I fii;id that Udo's approach
to making music always opens up
my ears to new ways of thiriking
and hearing."
On November 29th, the Arraymusic
ensemble, accompanied by
three guest narrators, will take over
the Music Gallery to tackle Kasemets'
multi-disciplinary performance
piece Symphosium . . This concert
should be a true adventure for the
concertgoer, traveling through Kasemets'
diverse inspirations for this
work, including Rabindranat)l Tagore
in conversation with Albert Einstein,
James Joyce's "Thunderclaps" and
the Mayan calendar. Local composer
Chris Paul Harman offers these
tips to help prepare for this far-rangwww.arraymusic.com,
or call 416-
532-3019.
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NEWS FROM THECOALITION
OF NEW Music PRESENT,ERS
by Keith Denning
November has been traditionally
considered New Musk Month in
Toronto. This year is no exception,
with our members offering a
wide range of intriguing events
during the month.
New Music Concerts bookends
the month nicely with two major
concerts. On November 3, they
bring the German composer Helmut
Lachenmann to Toronto for
an evening of his music. On November
30, they're back with a
major contribution to Canadian
culture, the performance of all eight
string quartets by R. Murray
Schafer. Both concerts take place
at the Glenn Gould Studio.
Continuum presents a concert
at the Music Gallery on November
6. Titled Reverse Osmosis, the
concert previews their upcoming
European tour, offering works by
C_ameron, Demers, Oesterle, Ayres,
Hannan & Harrison.
The Music Gallery, with. Two
New Hours, will present soprano
Stacie Dunlop and pianist Kong Kie
Kjo on November 13. Repertoire
includes the premiere of a Canadian
commissioned work, works by
Kurtag, and.more. And on Novem·
ber 22, the Glass Orchestra performs
at the Music Gallery.
Other significant events include
Arraymusic's presentation of Udo
Kase{Ilets' SYMPHOSIUM: time,
truth, beauty, peace, a work inspired
by Tagore, Einstein, James
Joyce, and the Mayan calendar. It
will be presented at the Music
Gallery on November 29.·
There are, it goes without saying,
many other events in this busy
month, so do yourself a favour and
experience something new. The
"Quick Picks" guide following this
column offers a handy short-cut to
the comprehensive concert listings
in the magazine .
tional angle, reflecting the goals of
many of the Coalition's member
groups. Many of our members
have educational outreach programs,
doing such things as performing
in schools, offering classes
and seminars, and offering discounted
CheapSeats tickets to students
for our regular ·shows. In
keeping with our interest in music
education this year, the Coalition
will have .a presence at the annual
meeting of the Association of
Music Educators.
This month also brings us the
debut issue of M[a]Gizone, a newmusic
magazine published by the
Music Gallery Institute. In it, you
will find articles such as. Scott Wilson's
"New Music ... Why Bother?",
an enjoyable look at the attitudes
that surround new music today,
and David Olds' overview of
our new music culture entitled
"Toronto's New Music Scene".
Finally, November sees significant
progress in the launch of the
newly redesigned website
torontohearandnow .com, which
will serve as the official Coalition
website. November is a big month
indeed!
NEW Music Qu1cKP1cKs
compiled by Davili Olds
the codes:
NNN - thoroughly contemporary
NN - some serious contemporary
NI - new/improvised music
For details of these listings consult the
Comprehensive Concert Listings
commencing on page 35. Additionally, the
website www.torontohearandnow.com
~ontains details of all these, as well as dozens of
additional listings coded .
N (at least some contemporary repertoire),
N? (insufficient information, but probably newl.
Saturday November 01
NNN 8:00: Oratorio Terezin.
In other Coalition news, we have NN 8:00: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir.
launched our Directory, an initia- NNN 9:00: Rough Idea. Gert-tan Prins.
Sunday November 02
tive spearheaded by Barry Prophet NNN 3:00: Oratorio Terezin.
of the· Music Gallery Institute. Monday November 03
This directory will be distributed NNN 8:00: Goethe lnstitut Toronto/New Music
to schools and will be widely avail- . Concerts.Helmllflachemnann
able to the public, giving informa- Thursday November 06
tion about new music, the Toron- NNN 2:00:JaliskerPlayers.Spir#Dreaming.
to New Music Coalition, and its NNN8:00:Continuum.Reverse0smosis.
members and associates.
NN8:00:MusicToronto.BrentanoStmgOua11et
Friday November 07
If you are interested in getting NNN 7:30: soundstreams Canada/CBC Radio
. copies, please contact me at Two.EstonianPhil!UJrmonicChamberChoir.
directory@earshotconcerts.ca.
The directory has a distind educa·
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NN 8:00: Eros Cllamber Music Toronto.
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2003/04 season continues ...
Sunday November 9 .
STACIE DUNLOP (soprano, all-premiere programme!)
The Composer Now series
8PM $12 regular/$8 member/$5 student + senior
Tuesday Novembe~ 11
AROS (Dutch/Canadian avant-jazz)
What The Dutch/What.Next series
8PM $15 advance/$20_ door
Saturday November 22
GLASS ORCHESTRA
The Composer Now series
8PM $15 regular/$10 member/$5 student + senior
Sunday November 23 - Members' Night
LAKSHMI RANGANATHAN
(veena player)
Master Musicians from the East
8PM $15 regular/$7 member/$5 ~~~--
student + senior ' , .~
Sunday November 30
ARISING PHOENIX:
AMANTA SCOTT +
DAVID TOMLINSON
(sound sculpture performance)
, Fresh Ears family series
3PM $5/person (ages 7 + up)
Free Lunch Music
;
·~
Free concerts every Wednesday from 12:30 to 1:30pm
Presented by The Music Gallery Ii:istitute ancj St . George the Martyr
November 5 - Parish Concert Series
DAN KERSHAW (singer-songwriter)
November 12 - Parish Concert Series ·
MAX WOOl.AVER (singer-songwriter)
November 19 - Parish Concert Series
CHRIS McKOOL + KEVIN LALIBERTE
(violin + guitar)
November 26 - Inventors & Innovators
ALLISON CAMERON (amplified objects)
RENT.
The 'Music Gallery
The atmospheric, flexible, barrierfree
150-capacity St. George~the- ·
Martyr Church is available for
rehearsals, recordings and
performances. See our Space
Rental/Equipment page at
www.musicgallery.org for details,
or contact. Clarissa DeYoung at
416-204- 1080 to book.
The Music Gallery co -ordinates:
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NEW Music Qu1cKP1cKs, coNTINuw
Sunday November 09
NNN 7:30: Elmer lseler Singers/
Soundstreams Canada/CBC Radio Two.
NNN 8:00: Music Gallery/CBC Two New
Hours. Stacie Dunlop.
Tuesday November l 1
NN 8:00: Benjamin Britten/RTH.
NI 8:00: Music Gallery. Aros. ·
Wednesday November 12
NNN 8:00: Talisker Players. Spirit Dreaming.
Friday November 14
NI 7:30: York U Dept of Music. lmprovSoiree
NNN 8:00: Kiyoshi Nagata Ensemble.
Saturday November 15
NN 6:30: Ve5nivka Choir/Toronto Ukrainian
Male Chamber Choir. Memorial Concert
NN 7:30: Amadeus Choir. Gloria!
NNN 8:00: U ofT. F of M. Student Composers rt.
Sunday November 16
NN 7:00: Les AMIS Concerts.
Monday November 17
NNN 7:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Nexus
Friday November 21
NN 8:00: Benjamin Britten.Noyesfludde
Saturday' November 22
NNN 8:00: Music Gallery. Glass Orchestra.
NN 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Khachaturian
Monday November 24
NN 903 24 8:00: U ofT. F of Music. Britten
Tuesday November 25
NNN 12:30: York U Dept of M. Composer forum
NNN 8:00: Goethe-lnstitut Toronto. Adorno.
Wednesday November 26
NNN 12:30: Music Gallery Institute. Free lunch
NNN 12:30: York U Deiit of Music. Caelo Tactus
• Saturday November 29
NNN 8:00: Arraymusic. Kasemets' Symphosium
NNN 8:00: Jubilate Singers. Winter Solstice.
NN 8:00: Mississauga Symphony. Guy Few.
Sunday November 30
NNN 3:00: Alliance for Canadian New Music
Projects. Showcase & Presentation of Awards.
NNN 3:00: Music Gallery. Arising Phoenix:
Amanta Scott & David Tom5nson.
NNN 3:30: New Music Concerts. Schafer­
Cycle of String Guartets Part One • •
NN 8:00: Benjamin Britten. The Prodigal Son.
NNN 8:00: New Music Concerts. Schafer­
Cycle of String Ouartets Part Two.
Thursday December 04
NNN 12:10: U ofT .FofM. Contemporary Opera
NNJl:OO: Dancemakers. TziganesCrackedDpen:
NNN 8:00: Music Gallery. YuriZaidenberg.
Saturday December 06
NN 8:00: RC M. ARC Festival: Music Reborn.
NNN 3:00: Music Gallery. Trio Phoenix.
NN 8:00: Ramona Carmelly and Friends.
FURTHER AFIELD
Thursday November 06
NN 7:30: Ontario Band Association.
Friday November 07
NN 7:30: Waves of Sound.
Sunday November 09
NN 3:00: McMaSter University Chamber
Orchestra. 20th Century Gems.
NN 8:00: Benjamin Britten
Wednesday November 12 ,
NN 8:00: Benjamin Britten. War Requiem.
Saturday November 15
NN 8:00: Renaissance Singers. Britten.
· Sunday November 16
NN 3:00: Renaissance Singers. Britten
Tuesday November 25
NN 8:00: Benjamin Brittert Chamber Ensemble.
Wednesday November 26
NN 8:00: Benjamin Britten. Chamber Ensemble.
Thursday November 27
NN 8:00: Benjamin Britten: A Celebration.
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CorvlPOSER TO CoMPOSER
HELMUT
LACHENMANN
INTERVIEWED·BY PAUL STEENHUISEN
Composer Helmut Lachenmann
(1935) was born into qfamily of
Evangelical ministers in Stuttgart,
Germany. Following conservatory
studies and time at Darmstadt, he
worked with Luigi Nono in Venice.
Since then, he has consistently
written some·of the most interesting,
challenging, and perplexing
music imaginable. On November
3, Toronto 's New Music Concerts
· will present a portrait concert of
his work. Their upcoming.concert,
on which both Lachenmann
and his wife (pianist Yukiko Sugawara)
will pelform, provided me
the special opportunity to talk with
this fascinating artist.
SIBENHUISEN: You've g9ne
to great effort to find new types of
sounds in your music. lWzat was
your intention?
LACHENMANN: It's true that
I'm trying to search for new
sounds, but this is not my aesthetic
aim or credo as an artist. With
conventional ot unconventional
sounds, the question is haw to
create a new, authentic musical situation.
The problem isn't.to
search for new sounds, but for a
new way of listening, of perception.
I don't know if there are still
new sounds, but what we need is
new contexts. One attempt was
dodecaphonic music, which was
an incredibly courageous step by
Schoenberg, trying to" separate conventional
from formality. It
wasn't perfectly received in society,
because occidental society kept
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]Jeing administrated by the
tonal conventions, until today.
In our everyday life,
we are surrounded by an art
and entertainment service
which is dominated by the
tonal music tradition.
I was raised with the Second
Viennese School of Schoenberg,
and of serialism,
for those of us in Europe, as
well as with the aleatory
techniques of John Cage,
which seemed to be a sort of
redemption of our serialistic
attempt. I felt that I needed ·
to find my own concept of
" music. When I searched for
• it in the late sixties, I called
it musique concrete instrumentale.
The original musique
concrete, as developed
by Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre
Henry, uses life's everyday noises
or sounds, recorded and put together
by collage. I tried to_ apply
this way of thinking, not with the
sounds of daily life, but with our
instrumental potentialities. Thinking
that way, the conventional
beautiful philharmonic sound is the
special result of a type of sound
production, not of consonance or
dissonance within a tonal system.
In that context, I had to search for
other sound sources,. to bring out
this new aspect of musical signification.
STEENHUISEN: At the same
time, you don't make electronic
music. You don't make musique
concrete.
LACHENMANN: I am working
with the energetic aspect of
sounds. The pizzicato note C is
not only a consonant event in C
major or a dissonant event in C
flat major. It might be a string
with a certain tension being lifted
and struck against the fingerboard.
I hear this as. an energetic process.
This way of perception is normal
in everyday life. If I hear two cars
crashing - each against the other -
I hear maybe some rhythms or
some frequencies, but I don't say
"Oh, what interesting sounds!" I
say, "What happened?" The aspect
of observing an acoustic event
from the perspective of "What
happened?" - this is what l call
musique concrete instrumentale.
35 years ago, electronic music
was for me uninteresting because
what you hear is voltage all
through the same membrane of a
loudspeaker. A loudspeaker is a
totally sterile instruinent. Even the
most exciting sounds are no longer
exciting when projected through a
loudspeaker. There's no danger in
it·anymore. When I was 30 years
old I worked in the electronic music
sttidio in Ghent, and today all
iny students have to work in the
studio because it helps to ~pen
their minds to all dimensions of
sound and time. But what I'm ·
talking about is the experience of
sound in the here and now.
STEENHUISEN: You've said
that with electronic music, the
sound is imprisoned in the speakers.
Don't you think that the
sound of the violin is trapped within
its tradition?
LACHENMANN: Yes. That's
true, but this is a wonderful prison
which invites us to separate its
walls. If I bring together the pizzicato
violin string with a plucked
string on a piano and a harp, at
that moment, it's no longer just a
traditional violin - it's part of another
family of sound. I have the
ambivalence of a sound, which
may be familiar to me, but I hear it
in a new way. With electronics,
there is no ambivalence. There is
no history there. I went to IR­
CAM several times, listening to
and seeing all the great inventions
of electronic music, but I left it,
saying to myself it's not for me.
The problem of new sounds is a
dialectical problem. Everything
that's alive is new. AC major
chord in Palestrina's music isn't
the same as a C major chord in
.Wagner's Der Meistersinger.
Every tremolo, or interval, or
tam-tam noise is as intensive and
new as the conti;:xt you stimulate
for it. To liberate it, for a moment
at least, from the historic implications
loaded into it, this is the real
challenge. l (s about breaking the
old context, ·by whatever means, to
break the sounds, looking into
their anatomy. Doing that is iln
.incredible experience, full of this
ambivalence I mentioned. You
can still see that you knew that
sound before, but now it has
changed. The creative spirit did
something with it This is the
only reason for me to make music
- to hear, in a new way, what you .
knew before. To remember the
human mind, and what we could
call spirit, or creative intensity. .
It's the transcendental and humanistic
aspect. All that other stuff -
to participate in the service of culture,
to write another symphony or
another avant-garde work, or to
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organize one more minimal music
piece, to exploit the great supermarket
of fascism and add another
nice piece to it - such music
would be replacable.
STEENHUISEN: So it's a rejection
of habit?
LACHENMANN: You could
say it like that. Refusing, maybe.
Balls breaking it, and opening it
It's not a destructive process, but
rather a dec9nstructive process.
When we come to Toronto,. my
wife will play a 30-minute piano
piece of mine. At the premiere,
people expected I would use the
piano strings, or "prepare" the pi­
~o. but I didn't. I worked directly
with intervals, and resoriance.
STEENHUISEN: Is this Ein
Kinderspiel?
LACHENMANN:~ Ein Kinderspiel
is another, older piano piece,
and I'll play that one myself when
I'm there. It uses a lot of pre-established
patterns. But it's not really
about the pitches. The music .
is not the pitches.
STEENHUISEN: lW1Gt is. it then?
LACHENMANN: Exactly!
This is the best thing you could
say. Maurice Ravel said "Maybe
Bolero is my best piece, but unfortunately
it doesn't contain any music."
You see, this is the wonderful
question - "What is it then?"
If someone says to me that what I
do isn't music, I say "Wonderful".
.
Finally, we have not music.
The whole world is full of soc
called music. You can't find any
place where you can be away from
it. A train station, an airport, everywhere.
Finally, you make a situation
in which you have to reflect
again, to ask again, "What is music?"
With Ein Kinderspiel, you
hear the chromatic notes from top·
to bottom, but you hear the piano
in a different way. It's a different
instrument now, you hear each key
anew. Each of the seven pieces
uses a different pattern, and the
patterns are totally unmusical - banal
or primitive to such a degree
that you're able to hear what actually
happens in the background of
that sound. And then you hear
resonance in a different way. The
last piece gives, through resonance,
hallucinations or imagined
melodies that the pianist can't even
control, because it comes through
the resonances, which give you
many other lower frequencies. If
it's not music, I'd say it's a situa-
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tion of perception, which provokes
you to wonder "What is music?"
For me, this is the deepest experience.
When people first heard
Schoenberg's Kammersymphonie,
they said it wasn't music, and they
were right, because they saw that
it was a completely different way
of moving on, with,the old means.
When Johann Sebastian Bach
wrote ha!Jllonizations of the good
old Lutheran chorales, people said
he should be fired from his post ~at
the church, because he destroyed
their beautiful music, which they
habitually used to pray to God.
They were angry, yet today we are
fascinated by the intensity of these
pieces. These composers changed
the idea of music, and this is our
occidental musical tradition - that
music is changed by the authentic
creative invention of composers.
Look what Beethoven did with the
same sounds used in the more aristocratic
music of Mozart or Haydn.
He used it in another way,
maybe because it was a time of
revolution, maybe because he was
. a little bit crazy. The whole
change of styles and means in. European
music, from the first monodic
music until today, follows
the idea bf destroying the conventional
idea of music.
STEENHUISEN: Do you find
that peif orming your music in a
different geographical context
changes the perception of your
work?.
LACHENMANN: I think so,
yes. It's clear. I had some experience
with this in Japan. I am
totally a European musician.
(laughs) I can't help it. And why
should I, it's okay. But in looking
for other ways of thinking
about time, for instance, or of
sound, my music resonated in a
certain sense with the traditional
Japanese music. Many Japanese
people felt a connection with their
own music that has large timespans,
and some raw elements,
like in Noh theatre, or Gagaku.
had my opera per.formed there ·3
years ago, in Tokyo. And it was
incredible, even for me. It was
like a different piece, because of
the situation. It wasn't the same
as in my home. They are open to
iong time dimensions, which the
Europeans, like many, may have
problems with. They can breathe
with that. The idea of something
being totally simple is in Zen a
very deep idea. I always ask my
students to make the sounds empty.
Every sound is full of expres-

sion before the composer even 9ther, and they're both part of our you talk about magic,
touches it. Each tam-tam, each entertainment service. For every again you're at the problem
of entertainment. We
harp, has an idyllic view and aura ·vulnerable person, for anyone who
before the composer does any- is unprotected, serenity is m~ch should be rational, the rational
is helping us, but
thing. Making the sounds empty more touching than a harlequin or
of all the connotations that fill them a messiah. I love Don Quixote, we shouldn't forget the
is a very deep idea.
and I believe in the little girl with transcendental, which is
the matches. The story of this lit~ the ,crucial point of art.
STEENHUISEN: How will the tie girl, just trying to live, to find Without it, it doesn't deserve
the word art.
elements of social critique transfer her own way; who sees a vision
when you have your· music per- in the light of the matches and then
STEENHUISEN: It has
formed in North America? dies, is rriuch more provocative
been said that your music
LACHENMANN: We shouldn't than a story that starts out to make is "negative". Do you
talk too much about social critique. a better world. That you can leave agree?
If a piece is authentic, it's automat- to the pop artists. People can pay
ically a critique of our standardized them for that 1 and think it is wonculture,
without even the intention derful or whatever, but that in the ten see myself described
LACHENMANN: I of­
of being. Our culture is full of ·end, that is conimerciai music. as a composer who is
standardized elements. A compos- STEENHUISEN: You've written against, who is destructive,
refusing. But to .
er is not a missionary. A compos~ and lectured extensively on your
er is not a prophet. A composer mU.sic, while at the same time, adis
not John the Baptist, who made mit that your trust in language is you have to remove what
view things more clearly, With New Music Concerts' Robert Aitken, 1982
critiques to the people, saying
is preventing you from ·
"You are all sinners". This politi- receding.
cal aspect is an illusion. If I LACHENMANN: I can talk seeing. Therefore, each decision beauty is the word intensity.
thought music was a higher mes- with a student, and when they also has a negative component. search for this in music.
But rejection? I'm allergic to
sage, then I think I must give want to know something, then I'm
some sort of political message, of using intellectual means to 'defreedom,
ofliberty. My teacher scribe the music. But we know e-Verything.
Did Schoenberg reject tonality be­
STEENHUISEN: That's part of the idea that my music is rejection.
cause he made atonal music? No.
was Luigi Nono, a communist. exactly that the intellect is only one LACHENMANN: Yes. Tonality ·He was going with what h~ had
He always had the hope of touch- part of our mind, and one very was something that wasn't rejected, learned from tradition. The whole
ing people, and changing their limited part. I try to make a preconsciousness.
I think art does cise definition of that which can be to find riew antenna~ !n .ourselves, ing on from tradition by provoca-
but had to be overcome. We have direction of occidental music is go-
such things, bu.t the composer who de.fined by language, to keep the to listen more, an~ this is a wonder- tion. Provoking humankind to
wants to manipulate the spirit, or mind free for what cannot be exconscience
of another will always pressed by language.
my music has as much beauty as this is beautiful this is serene, and
ful adventure of discovery. For me, new experiences. This is human,
fail. It's not possible. In Toronto STEENHUISEN: The irrational? any conventioTI?1 music'. ma~be it requires the p~rticipation of the
once I listened to the Sunday
more. Beauty 1s a precious idea. listener in this adventure. Provowant
to liberate this term from the cation in this sense is not a nega-
morning TV evangelists. That is / LACHENMANN: Exactly. The
entertainment. An artist should irrational, the transcendental, all the standardized categories. - tive thing. Society's laziness crenot
be that.
things we can't define. It's impos- I'll give you ~ little example. I ates these polemical situations.
.If he's sensitive about his musi- sible. I speak about the means I · used to teach children, and I p(e- I've had such scandals because of
cal, structural, material purity, then use. ii) composition, why I use sented them the musi~ of Sto_ck- these thoughts, where people were
whatever he does shall have such them, I try to analyze the cultural hausen, etc . . They said _tha,t it_ . angry because, on the one hand
an effect of touching people. But situation in which we're living and wasn't beautiful, they d1~n t like it. they Jove pmsk, and this was a .
through the other side, which he are formed by. I try to make a I asked them what they liked, what music they couldn't follow, they
doesn't control. Each fugue or diagnosis of all those things, then I they thought was beautiful, and they were Jost, and on the other hand,
invention of Johann Sebastian try to explain structure, and the first hesitantly ·named some pcip mu- they preferred a comfortable way
Bach was not done to. make the construction, because composing is sic. The next wee_k, I wen~ there of thinking about music. Maybe
world better, but it did make the about describing time, with the and brought two p1_ctures with me. they need such comfort, because
world better, by switching in a help of sounds, or vice-versa. One w~ an attracu~e photograph of they are full of fear in everyday
certain way, because it was one of These are totally practical probthe
documents of totally concentrat- !ems, like an architect has, or an other was a drawing by AI?recht phes. Going to an opera or conthe
movie star Sophia Lor.en. The life, there are so many catastro-
, ed, totally free human spirit. Not , engineer, but we speak abou.t it not Diirer, who had drawn~ picture of cert hall, they don't want to be
more, not less.
tQ make a design or a construction his mother: very old, with a long .confused. But I think in that situano~e,
and bi_tter looking face. ·. She tion, you shouldn't have fear of
I made an opera which has a · for itself, because the elements
social critique story (H!ffiS Chris- we're working with are full of sigtiah
Andersen's The Little Match nifications. I try to link the atten- full of wrinkles. I showed the two glad to be confused. It's the most
had a har~ life, and her face was being confused. You should be
Girl). It's subject is the coldness tion to what is behind it. So if pictures and asked "Who is more active way to live. Confusion is
of society, and ignorance towa~d you want to explain the secret of beautiful?" They were totally con- to discover oneself in a new way.
the poor, or the outsider. But at Mozart's music - how can you? fused, and then came the "."onderful This is my dialectic of provocation
the same tjme,.it's the perfect fairy You can describe the formulas that ~w~r I'll never_ forget - _it w~ 1;?e and beauty, and music as a great
tale. Because at the same time it's he didn't even invent, because he highlight of my hfe. A girl said I and wonderful adventure. I like to
such a sad and serene story, it's was a child of his time. But you think the ugly one is more beauti- speak of music in positive terms.
much more touching than any pa- can analyze it whatever way you ful". This is the dialectical way. I was so happy when you asked
thetic message told directly. 30 want. ' Then you listeri, and you Loo~g at this ~icture, one feels the me if it's not music, what is it
years ago, in a programme note at realize that you didn't speak about precise observation o'. her son_. Not. then. This is a question we
Donaueschingen, I wrote that I what really happened as you were to make it more beautiful, not ideal- should cultivate. I wait for pieces
hate Messiahs. I hate harlequins. Jistening to it. It's the best way to ized, just showing it. . It was full of that bring me to this existential
One is a deformed variation of the not mystify the irrational. When intensity. To me, as important as question.
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JAZZ NOTES
by Jim Galloway
This month I'm on the rqad which
gives me the opportunity to report
back on the jazz scene in another
part of the world.
I spent a few days in London,
England, where the nightlife is, to
say the ·least, vibrant. The crowds
around Piccadilly Circus and Covent
Garden at 1 :00 o'clock in the
morning are indeed something to
behold- a multi-national throng
milling around; enjoying the sights
and sounds and imparting a magnetic
feeling to the city that would
be hard to match anywhere else.
Normally I am not one for throngs,
but I have to confess that I got
caught up in the atmosphere - the
hustle-bustle of thousands of people
out to enjoy themselves.
Getting about in London is always
an experience. There is the
ubiquitous London taxi and unlike,
for example, a lot of New
York City cab drivers, your London
cabbie knows the city like the
back of his hand - indeed that is a
qualification for getting the job.
The London double-decker bus
is also a pretty good means of
transportation. There are bus lanes
throughout central London, which
make it a relatively fast way of
getting around and also seeing the
city, especially if you manage to
bag a front seat on the upper deck.
It then becomes, as described by
musical humorists of yesteryear,
Flanders and Swann, a "transport
of delight". And don't forget. the
underground, or tube, as it is
known locally; the London system
is one of the largest in the
world. It is an amazing network
Toronto singer Beverly Taft
performs Nov 6th at the Arbor
Cafe in Oakville, Nov 22nd at
Amato's and Nov 30th at Lisa's
Cafe. See page 54 for more details
for these shows - and all the other
great jazz in Toronto this month!
of tunnels criss-crossing underneath
the city. Some of the tunnels
are so deep that one almost expects
to see a bunch of miners coming
off shift! It is also safe at any hour'
of the day. ·
But, be warned - for this is sure-
1 y one of the most expensive cities
in the world - the exchange rate
doesn't do you many favours and
if you go about doing a conversion
from pounds to dollars in your
head it will turn out to be a very
depressing exercise!
Jazz? Well, there is still Ronnie
Scott's in the heart of Soho: It has
been around for 44 years, consistently
featuring '11ame' players, often
from the United States; the
week I was in town ~e headliner
was Roy Ayres, while a five
minute walk away, the Pizza Express
had Geoff Keezer, familiar
to Toronto audiences for his appearances
at the Montreal Bistro
and Top O' The Senator.
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Then there is the grandfather of
all the London jazz clubs - 100
Oxford Street which was a Mecca
for traditional jazz during the post
WW2 revival - long before many
of the readers of this publication
were born! It has perhaps seen its
glory days, but still soldiers on,
although it is 'best to check who's
playing before committing.
Moving away from Soho, there
is the Jazz Cafe in Camden, which,
in, spite of its name, doesn't always
present jazz. (This is either
an indication that the management
can't make money on a steady diet
of jazz or yet more evidence of how
meaningless the word is today.)
That said, it is worth noting that
two nights before I arrived, the Jazz
Cafe featured Phil Woods with the
National Youth Jazz Orchestra.
Now, I wish I had seen that!
As in Toronto, .after the main
clubs featuring largely import artists,
there are quite a few jazz venues
spread around the suburbs, operating
sometimes on a once per
week basis ~hich means that you
really have to check them out before
making the trip - and given
the magnitude of London, it can
be quite a cross-country expedition,
making the distance between, say,
The Rex and Gate 403 here in
Toronto seem like crossing the
street. Quite often your destination
will turn out to be that time honoured
institution, a British pub -
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the bar to place the order; many of
these places do not have table service
and it is a common sight to see
a customer making his or her way
·through the crowd carrying an order
of drinks to the table.
A few of these outposts of jazz,
with, I might add, some quaint
names, are Shino's, Trafalgar Tavern,
Le Quecum Bar, 606 Club,
Two Halfs, Vortex, Half Moon
Putney and J2K at George IV. You
won't find yourself listening to
household ·names in jazz if you
decide on an evening in ·one of the
suburban spots, but you might just
find something well worth hearing
and you'll certainly pick up on some
local colour.
Buy a copy of one of the local
publications such as Time Out and
prepare to be staggered at the huge
amount of entertainment available
in this amazing, but oh so expen-.
sive city.
By the way, if anyone is "still"
interested, I found a shop in Soho
that stocks 700 different single
malts!
NOTES FROM HOME
Some weeks back Toronto lost one
of its true pioneers of traditional
jazz with the passing of bassist/
bandleader Jim McHarg. Before
coming to Canada from his native
Glasgow, Jim was an important
figure in British "tract" circles. A
catalyst, rather than a star player,
Jim made things happen, often in
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said it was too much of a
long shot and would 'never work.
But then Jim never did back away
from a challenge. His name was
synonymous with one of Britain's
leading traditional bands during the
"tract boom", the Clyde Valley
Stbmpers and Jim also· enjoyed
moderate success as a songwriter
with a folksy little song called ·
"Messing About On The River".
Like a number of his fellow musicians,
Jim made his way to Canada
and -chose Toronto as his new
home. He immediately set about
creating his own "jazz scene" in
this town and the relative success
of traditional jazz in Toronto from
the 60s right through into the 80s
was, in no small part, due to Jim
McHarg's terrier-like determination.
Throughout his career he
more than once ruffled the feathers
of those who did not share his
own unswerving views on jazz, but
no one could ever question his sincerity
and love of the music.
He is probably arguing the toss
in that big jazz club in the sky with
some other departed muso right
now!
You will be long and mostly
fondly remembered, Jim McHarg.
On a brighter note, one of the
most attractive little performing.
spaces in Toronto is the Heliconian
Hall on Yorkville's Hazelton
Avenue. It is the oldest building
in that area and is a charming and
intimate performance space. I did
Fern lindzon
a concert tµere years ago with a
band . that,· if I recall correctly,
included Milt Hinton, Marty Grosz
and Ralph Sutton.
On November 15th the vaulted
ceiling will reverberate to sounds
of a slightly different nature when
"Even Divas Get The Blues" is
performed by pianist/singer (and
scrabble player extraordinaire!)
Fern Lindzon, bassist Laura Cesar,
visiting from Switzerland where
she now lives, and special guest
Kathryn Moses, whom I enjoy as
a singer, flautist and . saxophone
player. I'm not sure whether she
is being one or all of the above on
this otcasion. In addition, poet
Myna Wallin will be reading some
of her own work. Sounds like an
interesting evening and if you are
interested, you can find out more
by calling (416) 225 6977.
Check out the listings on page 54
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BAND STAND
by Merlin Williams
November is shaping up to be who play in a concert band setting
an interesting month for me. I'm to gain some knowledge about
looking forward to sleeping in on working in the jazz idiom. Alex's
at least a couple of weekdays, just sense of humour (\nd encouraging
because I'll have the freedom to manner ·makes all of his clinics
do so. I've taken an early leave enjoyable.
package froin the Toronto District Check out his website at
School Board in order to pursue www.alexdean.ca for more info on
my musical career. It will also mean Alex's credentials and experience.
time to do some more composing Daniel
and arranging for concert band and ·Rubinoff
small ensembles.
I got the bug to write again last
February. The Brampton Concert
Band was scheduled io play for a
civic awards ceremony, and I'd
gotten a bit tired of the same old
fanfares being used for the presentations.
I put my mind to the task
and managed to turn out a dozen
fully scored fanfares (score and
parts) ·in one weekend. I'm determined
to see ifl can produce something
viable in the way of a work
for band. Lord knows I've played
enough published material that
barely merits the paper it's printed
on. (A discussion on this would
probably fill an entire Bandstand
column!)
Long and McQuade again offers
their very popular fall clinic series
starting on the first Saturday of the
month. Jazz saxophonist Alex Dean
is presenting a beginning improvisation
clinic entitled "I Can't Get
Started!" on Saturday, Nov. 1.
This is a chance for those of you
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tals of saxophone playing: tone,
technique and articulation. This is
a must for every concert band saxophonist
in the area. This is like
getting a free group lesson from
one of the top classical saxophone
players in Canada. Make sure to
bring your horn!
On November 22, Don Johnson,
master brass player and teacher
will be at Long and McQuade's
offering .one-on-one coaching to
brass pl.ayers seeking help with
their embouchure,-tone and technique,
as well as signing copie.s of
his book: "A Comprehensive Practice
Routine for the Aspiring Brass
Player." This is a golden opportunity
to meet with a man who is
widely acknowledged as one of the
brass diagnosticians anywhere. For
that matter, Don is able to diagnose
breathing problems and tone
production problems for just ab'out
any wind musician. When I was
at Humber ·College in the early
eighties, Don was able to spot and
suggest a remedy for the breathing
and phrasing difficulties I was having
on clarinet at the time. Thanks
Don!
There are a number of promising
so4nding programs being offered
by bands in the · GT A this
month. The University of Toronto
Wind Ensemble, The York
University Wind Symphony and
The Hart House Symphonic
Band are all offering programs
featuring significant band works.
Hard-working and dedicated
chorus has an immediate
opening for a director. All 38
members are goal, oriented
and committed to musical
excellence. Our management
and musical leaders are
strong and well qualified. Our
rehearsal facility, located in
Scarborough, Ontario, is
within easy reach of all main
highways.
If you have the ability to teach,
have well developed people
skills and fhe desire to push
your musical talents to the
limit with a group that is
anxious to sing and perform
barbershop harmony - then.
we should talk!
For further information or to
set up an audition, please
contact: Marg Otter
Phone: 416-225-9929
E-mail:
marg.otter@muscle.ca
Make sure you check the complete
concert listings and the Further
Afield section, as The Burlington
.and Hamilton Concert
l,l11nds are aiso presenting concerts
this month.
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sclxophoni$t Merlin Williams is a
private woodwind teacher and an
'Ariist/Clinician for Jupiter Music
Canada . .If you would like an upcoming
band event to be featured·
in the Bandstand column, feel free
'to 'contact Me'rlin by e-mail,
merlinw@allstream.net; on the
web, http://www.allstream.net/
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listings for December and January
to listings@thewholenote.com
by no later than November 15.

ON OPERA
by Christopher Haile
Ro v A L Jo r ER A . I c A N A o · A
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CHORUS AUDITIONS
AIDA FESTIVAL CHORUS
2003-2004 Season
Rehearsals for Aida Festival Chorus begin January 2004
Carmen
Oct 2(s), 4, 5(m), 7, 9, 11 LAC
Oct 14(s), 16, 18, 23, 25 TCA
'lfze Jvlagic J'fute
Feb 19(s), 21, 22(m),
24, 26, 28 LAC
Mar 2(s), 4, 6, 11, 13 TCA
:Nabucco
Nov 13(s), 15, ·16(mJ,
18, 20, 22 LAC
Nov 25(s), 27, 29 Dec 4, 6 TCA
Aida
Apr 22(s), 24, 25(m),
27, 29, May 1 LAC_
. May 4(s), 6, 8, 13, 15 TCA
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February 2004
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competition to select 2 casts to sing performances of Madama
Butterfly with·ROC in Ontario and Italy January- March 2005.
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The most unusual events of
November are related to
"Benjamin Britten: A Celebration",
a month-long fesc
tival in Southern Ontario,
organized by the indefatigable
Nicholas Goldschmidt.
About Brfr~en, who would
have turned 90· on November
22, 2003, Goldschmidt
says, "The range of his
work is extraordinary: its
strong lillk to literature; its
· sturdy moral base; its musical
richness; and its imaginative
theatrical qualities
recommend it for celebration.
His themes, highlighted
in-this festival, include
peace, forgiveness, and rebirth,
poignant in these
times."
In addition to a festival
of his chamber music and
Mask design by David Owen Lucas for
"Noye's Fludde"
performances of his War Requiem vember 29, at the North Street
in Kitchener, Toronto and London, United Church in Goderich and at
two of Britten's church operas are 4pm, November 30, at the River
featured. First up is Noye 's Fludde Run Centre in Guelph. For tick­
(1958), a setting of the medieval ets, phone 1-877-520-2408 in
Chester mystery play of the same Guelph or 519-679-8778 for Lonname.
The cast is made ·up of chil- don.
dren (played by the Bach Chil- In addition, Colin Graham, who
dren's Chorus) as the various has directed all but one of Britanimals,
with adults Gary Relyea ten's operas including the world
as Noah, Marcia.Swanston as Mrs. premieres of Noye's Fludde and
Noah and actor Douglas Campbell The Prodigal Son, will give a lecas
the Voice of God. Goldschmidt ture on "Staging Britten's Operhimself
will conduct and Joy as" in Toronto, Guelph, London
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For tickets, phone 416-872-1111
or order online on their website at
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Meanwhile, Opera Atelier's
production of Gluck's 1779 masterpiece,
lphigenie en Tauride, continues
its run at The Elgin Theatre
on November 1 and 2 (phone 416-
872-5555). Opera Atelier fans
seeking a bit of exotic travel could
follow the company on its tour to
Seoul, South Korea. Opera Atelier
has been invited to the Seoul Arts
Centre to commemorate 40 years
of diplomatic relations between
South Korea and Canada. Its production
of Don Giovanni was chosen
as the grand finale for the yearlong
celebrations. David Fallis will
conduct the Korean Symphony
Orchestra for the four performances
from November 25 to 2~, 2003.
Back in Toronto three operas will
be presented in concert. TrypTych
Productions presents the Canadian
premiere of a rarity in the form
of Lieder-composer Hugo Wolfs
only opera Der Corregidor (1896)
performed in German with English
surtitles. Performances take
Hugo Wolf
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Toronto Centre for the Arts (phone
416-763-5066) on November 22
at 8pm and November 23 at 3 pm
under the music direction of William
Shookhoff.
·opera in Concert will perform
Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani at 2:30
on November 30 at the.Jane Mallett
Theatre (phone 416-366-7723).
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Markham Theatre for the Performing
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Music THEATRE SPOTLIGHT
by Sarah B. Hood
Big Month for Music~1 ·Openings
So far, this Noyember seems like
a banner month for music theatre
fans, with a crowded slate of openings
that's well balanced between
focal and impo~ted work, new productions
and revivals. For instance,
Montreal's hip-hop humoris.ts
Jerome Saibil and Eli Batalion
are bringing Job: The Hip-Hop
Sagq to the Tarragon Extra
Space, begimiing November 18. ·
·It's a combination of their two extremely
popular Fringe hits that
riffed wittily on the Biblical tale of
Job. On November 11, Tarragon
Theatre brings back Karen Hines'
romantic satire Hello ... Hello, while
Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for
Young People remounts Jacob
Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
from November 8 on. Also ...
Kevin Quain
in the Tex-Mex and country idioms.
However, Quain's also
known for his collaborations with
theatre and dance artists, so it's not
surprising that he's adapted his
most recent CD as an unorthodox
retelling of Pagliacci set in a remote
Mexican desert town. Under
the direction of Ted Dykstra, Tequila
Vampire Matinee opens at
Theatre Passe Muraille on November
13.
CAFFEY'S GOOKIN'
Florida performer/writer/director
Marion J. Caffey is in town for
CanStage to direct his acclaimed
show Cookin' at the Cookery,
based on the career of blues singer
Alberta Hunter. Caffey's previous
creations include Street Corner
Symphony, a soul-flavoured pastiche
of '60s and '70s hits like "R- BROADWAY'S PRODUCERS
E-S-P-E-C-T" and "-Midnight The hard-to-get Broadway ticket is.
Train to Georgia", which ran on soon to become just as coveted in
Broadway. Recently Caffey also ·Toronto when The Producers beassembled
the vodi talents of Vic- gins previews at the Canon Thetor
Trent Cook, Rodrick Dixon and atre on November 21 (with an of­
Thomas Young for an extremely ficial opening on December 11).
successful African American an- In the Toronto cast of this multiswer
to the success of the Three pie award-winning show' Sean
Tenors called Three Mo' Tenors, Cullen plays the flamboyant Broadwhich
was taped for the PBS Great way impresario Max Bialystock,
Performances Series. Cookin' at the who conspires with retiring ac­
Cookery opens on November 13 countant Leo Bloom (Michael
at the Bluma Appel Theatre with Therriault) to stage a musical that's
powerful local blues diva Jackie bound to flop in the hopes of prof­
Richardson in the title role and iting by the losses. Funnyman'
musical direction by veteran piano Cullen made his ffrst big career
man Joe Sealy.
move performing live as a member
of Toronto's Corky and the Juice
BLOODSUCKERS
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WITH LEMON-WEDGES? sion spots as NBC's Late Friday,
On any given night the odds are The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,
better than even that musician and This Hour Has 22 Minutes and
songwriter Kevin Quain will be his very own The Sean Cullen
playing somewhere in this town - Show. Therriault is a Stratford
most likely someplace with a liq- Festival stalwart (Camelot, Fiddler
uor .license. He's perhaps best On The Roof and maJJy others).
known for his Sunday night gigs He's also performed in summer
at the Cameron House with The musicals around Ontario, like West
Mad Bastards, but he and his ac- Side Story at Huron Country Playcordion
are also frequently to be house, She Loves Me at the Drayfound
at The Rex, Rancho Relaxo ton Festival and You're A Good
and Graffiti's in Kensington Mar- Man Charlie Brown at the Grand
ket with a variety of collaborators. Theatre in London.
AND SINCE
CHICAGO SOLD OUT ...
Stephen Sheffer. Cabaret "Emcee"
If you've caught any of that recent ·
WNED program . about classic
Broadway, you may have seen
Joel Grey, who originated the role
of the Emcee in Cabaret, performing
the signature tune with an "allgirl"
band. If so, like me, you may
have an itch to see the whole show
again. Well, we're in luck! It may
not star Joel Grey, but Lloyd Allison
Entertainment is presenting
a completely new productiop of the
classic Kander and Ebb show in a
very suitable, intimate location, the
little New Yorker Theatre on
Yonge Street. It promises a modest
budget, a local cast and a goodsized
live band. Cabaret runs from
November 14 to December 6.
IN THE WINGS
The Shaw Festival has announced
that its musicals for next summer
will be Pal Joey by Rodgers, Hart
and O'Hara at the Royal George
and the much lesser known Floyd
BOOK
SHELF
by Pamela Margles
With so many special musical
events going on this month -
from a rare concert by Oscar
Peterson and an opportunity to
hear all eight of R. Murray
Schafer's great string quartets,
to the massive festival celebrating
the music of Benjamin Britten, .
organized by the Herculean Nicholas
Goldschmid(, it's good
to have these four significant
books to set the scene and enhance
our enjoyment of the music.
BRITTEN
Paul Kildea
Britten on Music
edited by Paul Kildea
Oxford University Press
456 pages
hardcover $90.00
Collins by Adam Guettel and Tina Though his musical ideas provid­
Landau at the Court House Theaed
an unstoppable flow of ·
tre. (This rarity is inspired by the works, Benjamin Britten was not
true story of a Kentucky man who a particularily prolific writer.
was trapped in a narrow cave, to Paul Kildea has done a superb
the burning interest of the media job of collecting his words from
and the general public, in 1925.) speeches, radio broadcasts, inter-
Also, Mirvish Productions views, concert notes, and even
has announced that Disney's The letters to the editor. He has wise­
Lion King will close definitively ly arranged them chronologically,
on January 4, 2004. Meanwhile, with introductions, biographical
Mamma Mia! continues at the summaries, annotations and
Royal Alex u~til at least Fe?ru~ry cross-references.
29. Now stamng as ~onna is K.m~ _ Britten's writings prove inval­
Huffma~, a two-time Gemim uable for shedding light on his
A ward w1,nner for her appearanc- creative process and his role in
es on TV s Traders.
twentieth century music.·
Sarah B. Hood's new book Toron- Throughout, he offers tributes
to: The Unknown City, cowritten to cruci.al figures in his life like
with Howard Akler, is now availa- his beloved teacher, Frank
ble in bookstores around town. Bridge, his longtime performing
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and life partner, tenor Peter
Pears, his friend and colleague
Mstislav Rostropovich, Artur
Schnabel, "the greatest pianist I
ever heard", and Verdi, who
"seems to have discovered the
secret of perfection".
His writing is elegant, honest
and generous. Following
Bridge's advice to be true to
yourself and develop the technique
to be able to express yourself
clearly, Britten avoided both
sardonic wit and vitriolic attacks.
Included are interviews with [R.]
Murray S_chafer and Ruby Mercer,
a programme note about the
adventurous Canadian composer
and pianist Colin McPhee, unfortunately
identified as American,
and a warm t.ribute to Boyd
Neel, founder of the Hart House
Orchestra. Truly a book to treas-
. '
ure.
'
Britten: A Celebration takes
place in venues throughout
southern Ontario from November
9 to November 30.
JAZZ
A Jazz Odyssey:
The Life of Oscar Peterson
by Oscar Peterson
Continuum
400 pages
$45.00 hardcover; $27 .95 paperback
PATRIA
Patria: The Complete Cycle
by R . . Murray Schafer'
Coach House Books
272 pages
paperback $22.95
This collection of writings by R.
Murray Schafer describes the cycle
of ten operatic works, plus .
prologue and epilogue, that has
occupied him since 1963.
Illustrated with pages from
Schafer's beautifully decorated
scores, production photos, performance
notes, and diagrams,
these brilliant writings illustrate
his working methods. Every
page reflects his broad learning
and passion for ideas.
He reveals how he constantly rethinks
every aspect of opera,
right from the setting, starting
time and duration of performances
(especially significant to
those of us who spent all night at
the Ontario Science Centre for
Ra, and watched the sun rise at
Heart Lake during The· Princess
nique are fascinatihg. His talents
were recognized right from his
early beginnings in Montreal,
and he soon was working with
the greatest musicians, especially
as a key member of his frie"nd
and mentor Norman Granz's
Jazz at the Philharmonic.
Peterson offers eloquent anc)
amusing appreciations of colleagues
like Lester Young cracking
everyone up by consulting
his imaginary psychologist, Dr.
Willis, the unfazable Charlie
Parker meeting a particularly
tricky musical cliallenge "as if
someone had pulled the plug underneath
a 2000-gallon tank of
music", and Ella Fitzgerald,
who, for Peterson, "could do no
wrong". His colourful descriptions
of musical passages are
virtuosic in their use of language,
as are his inspired poems.
Peterson offers invaluable insight
into the life of a working
jazz musician - the camaraderie,
the practical jokes, the nick-
One of the principal delights of
this extraordinary autobiography ' names, and inevitably, the poiis
that it sounds like Oscar Peter- sonous racJsm that he had to
son's music - expressive, soul- deal with constantly.
ful, playful, complex, and altogether
beautiful.
The Oscar Peterson Quartet
Peterson's detailed descriptions performs at Roy Thomson Hall
of the painstaking development on Friday, Nov 14 at 8 pm
of his amazing 'twofisted' tech-
of the Stars).
Schafer, an indefatigably
imaginative cultural
nationalist, keeps
trying to shake us up.
He even offers readers
an invitation to join the
· Wolf Project, a temporary
but ongoing utopian
community built on
his passion for the Canadian
wilderness. Is
he ca·nada,'s answer to
Wagner? Surely a production
of Patria, or at .
least segments, would
be an amazing way to
celebrate the Canadian
Opera Company's new
hall.
Coach House has
done a particularly fine
job of producing" this
book, beautifully printed
on fine paper with a
sturining cover and
beautiful plates.
R. Murray Schafer's eight string Quartets will be presented at ~he .
Glenn Gould Studio by New Music Concerts with Quatuor Molinari
and soprano Marie-Danielle Parent on Sunday, November 30
INDEFATIGABLE
Niki Goldschmidt: ·
A Life in Canadian Music
By Gwenlyn Setterfield
University of Toronto Press
222 pages
hardcover $50.00
Gwenlyn Setterfield does a thorough
job of documenting Nicho- .
las Goldschmidt's remarkable accomplishments
on the Canadian
music scene, as opera director,
conductor, impresario, singer,
pianist, and above all, visionary
director of music festivals across
Canada. With his colourful backround
anc;l rich experiences,
Goldschmidt makes a fascinating
subject.
Setterfield comes up with wonderful
anecdotes aboµt Gold- .
schmidt's ability to inspire others
with· his enthusiasm, and make
things happen. But what is missing
is a sense of the man himself.
Fewer press reports, more
probing interviews with Goldschmidt
and deeper research
would have provided insight into
what motivates him intellectually,
and what moves him musically.
One of Goldschmidt's greatest
coups was engaging Krzysztof
Penderecki, one of the finest
composers of our day, to conduct
his own works - twice. But
Setterfield identifies him only as
Goldschmidt
a "Polish composer", and comments
merely that his momentous
first visit in 1976 drew a standing
ovation and put Guelph on
the map. Benjamin Britten is the
current focus of Goldschmidt's
irrepressible energy. Yet, although
Goldschmidt has protluced
many of Britten's works
ov.er the years, including significant
North American premieres,
and continue to champion his
music, we learn little about Goldschmidt's
relationship to BritteIJ's
music beyond what, when,
where and how.
Nicholas Goldschmidt is Artistic
Director of the Britten Celebration
taking place throughout
southern Ontario from November
9 to November 30
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:rr
Jazz Series
A tasty set of five concerts featuring heavy
Canaci'ian talent.
Nov 13 George Evans
$15 adults, $10 students and seniors
Dec 04 Laila Biali-The Crossings Quartet
$15 adults, $10 students and seniors
I
Feb 05 Eliana .Cuevas Sextet
$15 adults, $10 students and seniors
Apr 29 Renee Rosnes & RCM Honour
Jazz Orchestra
$25 adults, $15 students a.nd seniors
World Music Series
A series reflecting Toronto's d·iversity and
celebrating the creation of the new World
Music Centre. ·
Nov 27 Miguel de la Bastide: Flamenco
Dec 11' Klezmer- Beyond the Pale
Feb 19 Tasa with special guest Kiran Ahluwalia
Mar 11 Strike the Harp: Sharlene Wallace
with guests Anne Lederman, Loretto
Reid, Brian Taheny & Leon Taheny
Series Admission $25 adults, $15 students
and seniors.
CONC E RT LOCATION & TIME
Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 8:00pm
273 Bloor Street West
RCM BOX OFFICE
416.408.2824 ext.3'21
www.rcmusic.ca
EDUCATION FRONT
compiled by Da_vid Perlman
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Welcome to WholeNote's
Live Listings
Readers please note:
Presenters' plans change; and we occasionally make mistakes!
Please always use the phone numbers provided to call ahead.
For Concerts Further Afield (outside the GTA) see pages 50-52.
For Music Theatre and Opera Listings see page 53.
For Jazz Listings see page 54.
CONCERTS IN THE GTA
Saturday November 01
- 2:00: Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for
Young People. Jacob Two- Two Meets the
Hooded Fang. By Richler, Lee, Balsam & Betts;
directed by Allen Macinnis. For ages 7 to 107.
Mainstage, 165 Front St. East. 416-862-
2222. $18(preview). For complete run see
music theatre listings.
,.- 7:30: Earl Nelham Singers. The Earl ,
Ne/ham Singers in Concert. Show tunes, jazz
from the 50's-60's & pop. Earl Nelham,
director/pianist. Christ the King Church, 475
Rathburn Rd. 905-608-9786.
- 8:00: Brampton Symphony Orchestra.
Fanfare for the Common Man. Copland:
Fanfare; Rodeo Hoedown; Butterworth: Two
English Idylls; Weber: Concertina for Clarinet·
Rossini: William Tells All Suite; Khachaturia~:
Sabre Dance. Carmen Gassi, clarinet; Bill
Cowie, narrator; Robert Raines, conductor.
Heritage Theatre, 86 Main St. North,
Brampton. 905-874-2800. $25, $15(sr/st),
$5(under 12).
- 8:00: Cantabile Chorale of York
Region. Concert of Alumni and Present Choir.
Thornhill Presbyterian Church, 271 Centre St.
905-731-8318.
- 8:00: Deer Park Concerts. Jacques
Boucher, organ & Anne Robert, violin in ·
Recital William Wright, artistic director. Deer
Park United Church, 129 St. Clair West. 416·
481-2979. $20.
- 8:00: Eunjung Jeon. Vocal Recital. Songs
from Italy, Germany, France & Korea
accompanied by European classical chamber
ensemble & traditional Korean instruments.
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-534-
1683. $15,$10.
- 8:00: Hummingbird Centre for the
Performing Arts.Amjad Ali Khan, sarod.
Indian classical music. 1 Front St. East. 416·
872-2262. *CANCELLED*
- 8:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra.
Opening Grandeur. Brahms: Symphony #4;
Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto #2 in g. Andrew
Aarons, piano; Roberto De Clara, conductor.
Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, 130
Navy St. 905-815-2021. $24,$20,$12.
-8:00: Oratorio Terezin. By Ruth Fazal.
Huw Priday, tenor; Daniel Lichti, baritone;
Teresa Gomez, soprano; children's choirs from
Toronto & Prague; Kirk Trevor, conductor.
George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St.
416-870-8000. $45,$35.
- 8:00: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth
Choir. Youth Remembers. Faure: Requiem;
Cantique de Jean Racine; Zeisl: Requiem
Ebraico; works by Daley, Chatman, Aitken &
Raminsh. Guests: Voices; Glynis Ratcliffe,
Kate McGee & Alexander Hajek, soloists;
Richview Secondary School Orchestra; Ron Ka
Ming Cheung, conductor. St. Anne's Church,
270 Gladstone. 416-598-0422. $30,$25.
- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Prokofiev: Symphony #1 Classicaf,
Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra;
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1 in b flat
Op.23. Lars Vogt, piano; Andrey Boreyko,
conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.
416-593-4828. $32-$98.
- 9:00: Rough Idea. Gert-Jan Prins. Guests:
Alison Cameron & Mike Hansen. New Work
Studio, 319 Spadina Ave. 416-204-1080.
$10.
Sunday November 02
- 1 :30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery.
SundayConcert:FionaSesodova Trio. Music
with a tango theme. 10365 Islington Ave.
905-893-0344. Free with admission to the
gallery: $15, $9(sr/st), $25(families).
- 2:00: Chamber Music Society of
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Mississauga. Beethoven: Septet; Berwald:
Septet; Nielsen: Serenata In Vano; Mozetich:
Procession. Royal Bank Theatre, 4141 Living
Arts Dr. 905-306-6000. $24, $18(sr),
$12(st).
- 2:00: Mississauga Pops Concert Band.
Goy & Ghouls. Celebrating the atmosphere of
Halloween. Guest: Luba Goy; Denny Ringler,
conductor. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315
Montevideo Rd. 905-615-4720 x2588.
$20,$15.
- 2:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra.
Opening Grandeur. Oakville Centre for the
Performing Arts. See Nov 1.
- 2:00: Off Centre Music Salon. French
Salon: Oid it end with the Guillotine? Dussek:
The Sufferings of the Unfortunate Marie
Antoinette; wo.rks by Poulenc, Chausson,
Debussy & Ravel. Nathalie Paulin, soprano;
Luc Robert, tenor; Jacques lsraelievitch, violin;
Inna Perkis & Boris Zarankin, pianists; Joseph
Ziegler & Nancy Palk,' actors. 'Glenn Gould
Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555.
$35,$25.
- 2:00: Scarborough Civic Centre. Youth
Wind Orchestra. 150 Borough Drive. 416-
396-7810. Free.
- 3:00: Hart House Music Committee.
Sunday Concert: Roberta Janzen, cello. Works
by Prokofiev, Beethoven & Debussy. Peter
Longworth, piano. Great Hall, 7 Hart House
Circle. 416-978-2452. Free.
- 3:00: Oratorio Terezin. George Weston
Retital Hall. See November 1.
- 3:00: Symphony Hamilton. The New
World. Dvorak: Symphony #9 in e Op.95;
Haydn: Concerto for cello in C; Mozart:
Concerto for flute in D. Gertrude Trinh, cello;
CHRISTCHURCH DEE
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October 30: Earl Brubacher, flute;
Merry-Anne Hutton, soprano;
Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill, piano and
organ. Songs and sonatas by Frank
Martin, Jehan Alain, and others. /
November 6: Elizabeth Beckman, violin;
Helena Bowkun, piano. Cesar Franck
Violin Sonata and other works.
November 13: Gregory Millar, piano.
Selections from Edvard Grieg,
Lyric Pieces: ·
November 20: I Furiosi: The human form
divine. Music by Dowland, Couperin
and others.
November 27: Lenard Whiting, tenor;
Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill, piano.
Robert Schumann Dichterliebe ..
Jonathan Rogers, flute; Junior String
Orchestra, Hamilton Suzuki School of Music;
Marlene Dankiew-Bath, music director;
James R. McKay, music director/conductor.
St. Christopher's Church, 662 Guelph Line,
Burlington. 905-526-6690. $22, $17,
$5(under 12).
-.3:00: U of Toronto Department of
Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Concert in Celebration of the 175th
Anniversary of Tolstoy's birth. Beethoven:
Kreutzer Sonata; excerpts from Prokofiev:
War and Peace. Scott St. John, violin; Lydia
Wong, piano; singers from the Faculty of
Music opera division; John Hawkins, piano.
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park.416-978-
3744. $25,$15.
- 4:30: Christ Church Deer Par k. Jazz
Vespers: Rob Pitt.ch Ouo. 1570 Yonge St. 416-
920-5211. Free (donation).
- 4:30: St. Clement's Church. Commemo·
ration of All Souls. Vaughan Williams: music
from Massing; Lang: Kontakion; Durufle: In
Paradisum. Thomas Filches, director. 59 Briar
Hill Ave. 416-483-6664 #26.
- 7:30: Julie Shier, ba.ssoon in Recital.
Works by Weill, Jacob, Castelnuovo-Tedesco
& others. Special guests. Beaches
Presbyterian Church, 65 Glen Manor Dr. 416-
561-4727. $20,$15.
- 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. Maeve
Donnelly. T ranzac, 292 Brunswick. 416-41 O·
3655.
Monday November 03
- 8:00: Goethe lnstitut Toronto/New
Music Concerts. Helmut lachenmann,
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composer/narrator/piano in Concert . ... Zwie
Gefiihle ... (Musik mit Leonardo) (Canadian
premiere); Serynade; Pression. Guests: Yukiko
Sugawara, piano; David Hetherington, cello;
New Music Concerts Ensemble; Robert
Aitken, director. 7:15: Illuminating
introduction. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front
St. West. 416-205-5555. $25, $15(sr),
$5(st).
- 8:00: Toronto Theatre Organ Society/
Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma. Wurlitzer
Pops at Casa Loma. Fr. Andrew Rogers, organ:
1 Austin Terrace. 416-421-0918. $15.
Tuesday November 04
- 12: 10: U ofT Faculty !If Music. Voice
Performance Class. Student performances.
Waller Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978·
3744. Free.
- 12:30: York University Dept of Music.
Singing Our Song. Classical voice festival.
Singers from the studios of Catherine Robbin,
S~ephanie Bogle, Norma Burrowes and Karen
Rymal; Raisa Nakhmanovich, piano; Catherine
Robbin, director. Mclaughlin Performance
Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St.
416· 736-5186. Free.
- 1 :OOl St. James' Cathedral. lunch Hour
Concert: Sander van Marion, organ. Guilmant:
Paraphrase fr.om a theme of Handel's Judas
Maccabaeus; Franck: Andantino; Widor:
Allegro Cantabile from Symphonie #5; DuBois:
Toccata; van Marion: Improvisation. 65
Church St. 416-364-7865. Free.
Wednesday November 05
- 12:30: Music Gallery Institute. Free
lunch Music. Dan Kershaw. 197 John St.
416-204-1080. Free.
- 12:30: York University Dept of Music.
Singing Our Song. See Nov 4.
- 12:30: Yorkminster Park Church.
Noonday Recital· William Maddox, organ.
1585 Yonge. 416-922-1167. Free.
- 8:00: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.
Mendelssohn: Elijah. Donna Brown, soprano;
Krisztina Szabo, mezzo; Robert Breault, tenor;
Gary Relyea, bass-baritone; TMC Orchestra;
Noel Edison, conductor. 7:00: Pre-concert chat
with Rick Phillips. Massey Hall, 15 Shuter.
416-872-4255. $36-$80.
- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Ravel: La Valse; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto
#3 in d Op.30; Sibelius: Symphony #2 in D
Op.39. Boris Berezovsky, piano; Thomas
Dausgaard, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60
Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $32-$98.
- 8:30: U of T Faculty of Music. Small
Jazz Ensembles. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's
Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
Thursday November 06
-12:00 noon: Glenn Gould Studio. Music
Around Us Young Artist Series: Benjamin
Bowman, violin & Vadim Serebryany, piano.
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata inf Op.BO; T artini: 1
Devil's Trill Sonata; music by Paganini. 250
Front St. West. 416-205-5555. Free.
- 12: 10: U of T Faculty of Music. Oave
Young Jazz Duarte!. Kevin Turcotte, trumpet;
Gary Williamson, piano; Anthony MicheUi,
drums; Dave Young, bass. Walter Hall, 80
Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
- 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park.
lunchtime Chamber Concert: Elizabeth
Beckman, violin & Helena Bowkun, piano.
Franck: Violin Sonata in A & other works.
1970 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free
(donations accepted~.
- 12:30: York University Dept of Music.
Singing Our Song. See Nov 4.
- 2:00: Talisker Players. Spirit Oreaming.
Modern musical settings of aboriginal texts,
for strings, percussion, flute & voice. Northern
District Library, 40 Orchard View Blvd. 416·
393-7610. Free. ·
- 8:00: Continuum. Reverse Osmosis.
Works by Cameron, Demers, Oesterle, Ayr,es,
Hannan & Harrison. Music Gallery at St.
George the Martyr, 197 John. 416-924-
4945. $20, $10, $5(cheapseats).
- 8:00: Music Toronto. Brentano String
Duartet: The Bach Project. Bach: Art of the
Fugue; works by 10 composers commissioned
to write companion pieces to various sections
of the Bach masterpiece. Jane Mallett
Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416-366-7723.
$43,$39,$5.
- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
Great Artist Series: Martiri Beaver, violin.
Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West.
416-408-2824x321. $25,$15.
- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchest.ra.
Roy Thomson Hall. See Nov 5.
- S:OO: University of Toronto Faculty
Recital. Amsterdam's Branches- Organ
literature from· the Sweelinck School Kevin
Komisaruk, organ. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's
Park. 416-978-3133. Free.
· Friday November 07
Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000.
$22-$32.
- 7:30: Soundstreams Canada/CBC
Radio Two. Estonian Phi/harmonic Chamber
Choir. Music by Part, Tormis, Kreek, Norgard
& Sisask. Paul Hillier, conductor. Metropolitan
United Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416-366-
7723. $40, $30(sr), $20(st). See ad page 10.
- 8:00: Canadian Children's Opera
Chorus. Opera Excerpts. Workshop
production. Music from Fiddler on the Roof &
The Marriage of Figaro. Timothy Eaton
Memorial Church, 230 St. Clair West. 416-
366-0467. $10, $25(family of 4). For
complete run see music theatre listings.
Saturday November 08
- 8:00: Eros Chamber Music Toronto. - 3:00 & 8:00: Ontario Heartland
Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time; Chorus. Moments in Time -A Musical
readings from Shakespeare, Milton, Revelation · Journey through life's memorable moments.
& more. Joanne Mitchell, host & reader; Guest: Fred (Barbershop Quartet). Mead-
Michael Westwood, clarinet; Phoebe Tsang, owvale Theatre, 6315 Montevideo Rd.,
violin; Amy Laing, cello; Megumi Okamoto, Mississauga. 905-495-7892. $18(mat).
piano. The Stone Church, 45 Davenport Ave. $20(eve).
416-653-1172. $15,$5. - 7:00: Bach Chamber Youth Choir/
- 8:00: Etobicoke Philharmonic Fideles Senior Choir of Peoples
Orchestra. The Oarkness and the light. Christian Academy. Youth Sing! Guests:
Wagner: Flying Dutchman Overture;
Amherst Bel Canto Youth Choir; Festival Youth
M.ussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain; Saint- Singers; Fort Wayne Youth Choir; La Chorale
Saens: Danse Macabre; Mendelssohn:
De La Salle; Laurence Ewashko, conductor.
Symphony #5 in D Reformation. Tak Ng.Lai, Canada Christian College, 50 Gervais Dr. 416·
conductor. Kipling Collegiate Institute, 380 222-3341 x 105. $10. Proceeds to benefit
The Westway. 416-239-5665. $20,$15. Caravan Ministries in Mexico. .
- 8:00: I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble. The - 7:30: Burlington Concert Band. We
Souls of Blood. Elegies for the exalted Remember Them. A Concert honouring
deceased. Julia Wedman, Aislinn Nosky, veterans of the Army, Navy, Air Force and
violins; Gabrielle Mclaughlin, soprano; Felix Merchant Navy featuring Big Band Tunes,
Deak, cello. Knox College Chapel, 59 St. Marches, Vocals and Pipes. Wellington Square
George St. 416-252-8740. $15,$10. United Church, 2121 Caroline St., Burlington.
-8:00: Massey Hall. Cesaria Evora. Guests: 905-637-1661. Proceeds of donations to
Jane Bunnell & The Spirits of Havana. 15 benefit Juno Beach Centre.
Shuter St. 416-872-4255. $39.50-$59.50. - 7:30: Mississauga Children's Choir.
- 8:00: ~ of T Faculty of Music. Faculty Oown by the Riverside. Thomas Bell, director.
Artist Series: Kiyoshi Nagata Ensemble. First United Church, 151 Lakeshore West,
Japanese Taiko drumming ensemble. Walter Missi~sauga. 905-624-9704. $10,$5.
Hall, 80 Queen'-s Park. 416-978-3744. - 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
$21, $11. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #3 in d Op.30;
- 8:30: Living Arts Centre. Susie Arioli Sibelius: Symphony #2 in D Op.39. Boris
Band. With guitarist Jordan Officer. 4141 Berezovsky, piano; Thomas Dausgaard,
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Guest artists: Helmut Lachenmann, composer, narrator and pianist • Yukiko Sugawara, piano
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416·593·4828. $31·$61.
- 8:00: A~oustic Harvest Folk Club. Bill
Usher. Birch Cliff United Church, 33 East Rd.
416·264·2235. $12.
- 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony
Orchestra. Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture;
co~certo tba; Mendelssohn: Symphony #3
Scottish. CBSO/RCM concerto winner.
Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute, 2450
Birchmount Rd. 416·879-5566. $20,$15.
- 8:00: Mooredale Concerts. Brahms.
Clarinet Trio; Bach·Busoni: Chaconne;
Kuzmenko: Entre Amis; Finzi: Five Bagatelles
for Clarinet & Piano. Peter Longworth, piano;
Kristine Bogyo, cello; Young Artist: Robert
Spady, clarinet. Willowdale United Church,
349 Kenneth Ave. 416·922·3714 x103.
$20,$15.
- 8:00: North 44 °. A Remembrance Oay
Concert. Faure: Requiem; narrative with
music; audio & visuals. Donna Bennett,
soprano; Bruce Kelly, baritone; William
O'Meara, organ; Kerry Stratton, narrator;
Jenny Grober, accompanist; Ge.offrey Butler,
artistic director. Runnymede United Church,
432RunnymedeRd. 905-764-5140. $20.
Partial proceeds to Royal Canadian L~gion.
- 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.
Fundraising Concert: The Mrs. Bach Show.
pres~nts
Guest: Mary Lou Fallis. Trinity·St. Paul's
Centre, 427 Bloor St. West. 416-964-6337.
$35-$100. See ad page 19.
- 8:00: Toronto Chamber Choir. long live
Fair Oriana! Byrd: Mass For Four Voices;
Tallis: motet If Ye Love Me; madrigals by
Bennet, Gibbons & Weelkes; fantasias &
compo.sitions by King Henry VIII. Guests:
Recordare; David Fallis, conductor. 7:00: Preconcert
lecture. Christ Church Deer Park,
1570 Yonge. 416-690-4681. $25,$16, pre·
concert lecture $5.
Sunday November 09
· -9:45am & 11:15am: First Unitarian
Co_ngregation of Toronto. Works for Solo
Violin (Sonatas and Partitas) by JS Bach.
Mark Fewer, violin. 175 St. Clair Ave. West.
416·924-9654. Freewill offering.
- 1 :00: Jeunesses Musicales of Ontario/
Harbourfront C~ntre. Music with Bite:
Montreal Guitar Trio: Around the World
in 1B Strings. Brigantine Room, York Quay
Centre, 235 Queens Quay West. 416-973-
4000. $8.
- 1:00: Mooredale Concerts. Music &
Truffles. Brahms & music for the clarinet. For
children four & up. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's
Park. 416·922-3714 x103. $10.
RTH 44°
- 2:00: Koffler School of Music Salon
Series. Jacques lsraelievitch, violin &
Michael lsraelievitch, percussion. Location tba.
416·636-1880 x228. $65.
- 2:00: Leaside Concert Series. Recital
of popular arias from opera & music theatre.
Rosalind Mills, Maria Riedstra, Zorana Sadiq
& James Mclennan, soloists; William
Shookhoff, piano. Briton House Retirement
Centre, 720 Mount Pleasant Ave. 416·488-
2588. $15,$10.
- 2:00: Scarborough Civic Centre.
Corporate Remembrance Oay. 150 Borough ·
Drive. 416-396· 7810. Free.
-· 2:00: Toronto Latvian Concert
Association. Vilma Indra Vitals, mezzo &
Maria Thorburn, soprano in Recital. Program
of songs and arias. Glenn Gould Studio, 250
Front St. West. 416·205-5555. $28.
-· 2:00: Visual & Performing Arts
Newmarket. Joe Trio. Music by Beethoven,
Mozart, Mendelssohn & Wilson. Cam Wilson,
violin; laura McPheeters, cello; Allen Stiles,
piano. Newmarket Theatre, 505 Pickering
Cres. 905·953·5122. $22,$17.
- 3:00: Choir of Christ Church Deer
Park. Programme of Sacred Italian Music for
Remembrance. Palestrina: Missa Paoae
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Saturday
November 8, 2003
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Bluffs
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Orchestra
Robert Raines
Principal Conductor
Music Director
A Remembrance Day Concert
- featuring -
Faure Requiem
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"The larks, still bravely singing ... "
(McCrac 4; In Flanders Fields)
- a World War II perspective -
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Artistic Director - Geoffrey Butler
Accompanist -"1enny Crober
Guest Artists: Donna Bennett, Soprano
Bruce Kelly, Baritone
William O'Meara, Organ
Kerry Stratton, Narrator
8:00 p:m: - Saturday, November 8, 2003
Runnymede United Church ·
432 Runnymede Road (north of Bloor)
$26.oo
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1570 Yonge St (at Heath, north of St Clair)
All tickets $15 (416) 920-5211
Marcelli; Verdi: Pater Noster; Pizzetti: Messa
di Requiem (Canadian premiere). Bruce
Kirkpatrick Hill, organ/director of music. 1570
Yonge. 416·920·5211 x28. $15.
- 3:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band.
Euphoria. Wilby: Euphonium Concerto; Ireland:
A Downland Suite; Glennie: A Little Prayer;
Graham: Brilliante. David Childs, euphonium;
Robert Childs, guest conductor. 2: 15: Pre·
concert Chat with Robert & David Childs.
Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416·
366·7723. $28, $24(sr), $18(st). See ad page
13.
- 3:00: Mooredale Concerts. Brahms.
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. See Nov 8.
- 3:00: NiV Classical Records. Tzvi Erez,
piano. Chopin: Ballad in g Op.23; Fantasielmpromptu
Op.66, Nocturnes Op.9 #2 &
Op.55#1; Waltzes Opp.64 #1, 69 #1 & 2;
Polonaise Op.40 #1 Military & other music.
Toronto Symphony members String Quartet.
George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St.
416-250-3708, 4i6-8]2. 1111. $52,$42.
- 3:00: Toronto Camerata Chamber
Choir. In Remembrance. Canadian settings of
"In Flanders Fields"; Daley: Requiem; readings
by Jack Cahan. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300
Lonsdale Rd. 416-488-7884 x 17. $15, $12,
group rates.
- 3:00: Trinity College Chapel Choir. In
full Voice: Organ refurbishment benefit
concert. Haydn: Missa Brevis St. Joannis de
Deo; Vivaldi: Magnificat; Rachmaninoff:
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Trinity music
students; Christopher Ku, organ; Dr. Willis
Noble, director of music. 6 Hoskin Ave. 416-
978-3611. $10,$5.
- 7:30: Elmer lseler Singers/Sound·
streams Canada/CBC Radio Two.
Internationally Chqral Galbraith: world
premiere; Gorecki: Cantata (2000) (Toronto
premiere); Hui: Night ori Earth. Guests: '
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir;
Lawrence Cherney, English horn; Paul Hillier &
Lydia Adams, conductors. Metropolitan United
Church, 56 Queen St. East. 416·217·0537.
$40, $30(sr), $20(st).
- 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. fiddlesong
Trio. T ranzac, 292 Brunswick. 416·410·
3655.
- 8:00: Music Gallery/CBC Two New
Hours. Stacie Oun/op. Freedman: Flamenco·
influenced songs (text by Bindig); Schafer:
Aubade for two voices; Penard: Chansons
Pornophoniques; Kessler: is it?; Saariaho:
Lohn. Stacie Dunlop, soprano; Michael Oike,
piano; Peter Lutek, multi·instrumentalist.
197 John. 416·204· 1080. $12, $8(member),
$5(st/sr).
Monday November 10
- 8:00: CanStage. Cookin' at the Cookery.
The music and times of Alberta Hunter. Bluma
Appel Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416-367-
8243. For complete run see music theatre
listings.
Tuesday November 11
- 12: 10: U of T Faculty of Music. Voice
Performance Class. Student performances.
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's park. 416-978-
3744. Free.
In JR.e1ne1nbrance
Music fo Commemrnraif:e
T~ ·wse Wlh.o Gave itlbeiir JL D.ves
Sunday, N ovem"ber 9th a.f 3:00pm
Featuring
Special readings by Jack Caban CD, RCA F
Eleanor Daley's Requiem .
Canadian settings of In Flanders Fields
Saturday December 6, 2003 7:30 pm
A Festival of Carols
A Fun Choral Evening to Bring in the Season
A Christmas Silent Auction 'of delightful gifts
will be on preview at 7:00
Grace Church on-the-Hill
300 Lonsdale Road at Russell Hill Rd., Toronto
Web site: www.torontocamerata.org
For information call: 416-488-7884 Ext.17
Organ refur6isfiment 'Benefit concert
with The Trinity College Chapel Choir,
Trinity Music Students,
Cathrin Carew, Soprano,
Leah Gordon, Soprano, and
Christopher Ku, Bevan Organ Scholar
'3:00 p.m. Sunday, 1\[pvember 9
Missa Brevis St. Joannis de Deo, Haydn
Magnificat; Vivaldi
The Liturgy- of St. John Chrysostom,
Rachmaninoff
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- 12:30: York University Dept of Music.
Classical Piano Festival Solos & duets by
Debussy, Beethoven, Chopin and·others.
Musicians from the studios of Christina
Petrowska Quilico, Alma Petchersky and .
other faculty members. Mclaughlin
Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College,
4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free.
- 1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. lunch Hour
Concert: Nicholas Fairbank, organ. Bruhns:
Praeludium in e The Great; How: Elegy;
Fairbank: Trio, Poem &Jig; Taylor: Ayre on a
Ground; Bedard: Adagio: Mendelssohn:'Sonata
Op.65#1inf.65 Church St. 416-364-7865.
Free.
- 8:00: Benjamin Britten: A Celebration{
Roy Thomson Hall. Britten: War Requiem.
Barbara Livingston, soprano; Michael Schade,
tenor; Russell Braun, baritone; Orchestra
London; Kitchener·Waterloo Symphony; choir
of 250; Howard Dyck, conductor. 60 Simcoe
St. 416-872-4255. $29.50·$ 79.50.
- 8:00: Music Gallery. Aros. Jazz,
classical & new music with hints of tango,
minimalism & improv. 197 John. 416·204-
1080. $15(advance), $20(door).
- 8:00: Rat·A·Tat·TatlTheatre Passe
Muraille. Tequila Vampire Matinee. By Kevin
Qµain .. Retelling of the opera Pagliacci. J ~ O.
Nicholsen, Amy Rutherford, Shelley Simester,
Stephen Sparks, Brendan Wall & other
performers; directed by Ted Dykstra.
Mainspace, 16 Ryerson Ave. 416-504-7529.
$25. Preview. For complete run see music
theatre listings.
Wednesday November 12
- 12:30.: Music Gallery Institute. Free
lunch Music. Max Woolaver. 197 John St.
416-204-1080. Free.
- 12:30: York University Dept of Music.
Classical Piano Festival See Nov 11 .
- 12:30: Yorkminster Park Church.
Noonday Recital· Catherine Willard, organ.
1585 Yonge. 416·922-1167. Free.
- 8:00: Talisker Players. Spirit Dreaming.
Somers: Kuyas; Freedman: Anerca;
Sculthorpe: Island Dreaming; Whiiehead: Pao;
linjama: Five Sarni Songs; Villa Lobos: Suite
for Voice and Violin; Ravel: Chansons
madecasses; Eastmiln: Old Cherikee Woman's
Song. Guests: Teri Dunn, soprano; Marion
Newman, mezzo; Peter Longworth, piano.
Trinity·St. Pauls Centre, 427 Bloor St. West.
416-466-1800. $25, $20(sr), $1 O(st).
- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance Op.46#1;
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto #1 Op.99;
Brahms: Symphony #1 inc Op.68; Christi~n
Tetzlaff, violin; Tfiomas Oausgaard, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416·593·
4828. $32-$98.
- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Opera
Series: Mozart- Casi fan tutte. Agnes
Grossman, conductor; Michael Patrick Albano,
director. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's
Park. 416-978-3744. $26,$16. For complete
run see music theatre listings.
- 8:30: U of T Faculty of Music. Small
Jazz Ensembles. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's
Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
Thursday November 13
- 12:00 noon: Glenn Gould Studio. Music
Around Us Young Artist Series: Etsuko
Kimura & Thomas Cosbey, violins; Mari
Ogawa, piano; Jonathan Tortolano, cello.
Handel-Halvorsen: Duo; Sarasate: Navarra;
Dvorak: Bagatelles. 250 Front St. West. 416· .
205-5555. Free.
-12:10: U ofT Faculty of Music.John
Kruspe Piano Recital. Beethoven: Les Adieux;
Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy; Prokofiev: Third
Sonata. Walter ~all, 80 Queen's Park. 416-
978-3744. Free.
- 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park.
lunchtime Chamber Concert: Gregory Millar,
piano. Selections from Grieg: lyric Pieces &
other works. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211.
Free (donations accepted).
- 12:30: York University Dept of Music.
Classical Piano Festival. See Nov 11.
- 2:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Roy Thomson Hall. See Nov 12. $31-$62.
- 8:00: Brampton Music Theatre. Bye Bye
Birdie. By Stewart, Strouse & Adams. lester
B. Pearson Theatre, 150 Central Park Or.,
Brampton. 905-874-2800. $20, $17(strfst),
TALISKER
PLAYERS
CHAMBER
MUSIC
$14(10 & under). For complete run see music
theatre listings.
- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
George Evans, jazz vocals. Mazzolenl Concert
Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408-2824
x321. $25,$15.
- 8:00: Toronto Philharmonia; last Night
of the Proms. Rule Britannia, land of Hope and
Glory, London Suite and more. Vicki St. Pierre,
mezzo; la Jeunesse Youth Orchestra. Toronto
Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416- 733-
9388, 416-870-8000. $20-$52.
Friday November 14
- 7:30: Orion House Concerts{ Pamana
Cultural Foundation. lilac & Friends: A
Classical Cabaret. Music by Brahms, Wolf,
Ravel, Porter, Berlin & others. lilac Caiia,
soprano; Duo Kutrowatz; Ardeleana Chamber
Trio; Paul Oros, bass baritone. The Stone
Church, 45 Davenport Rd. 416-410-1808.
$20,$15.
- 7:30: St. Elizabeth Scola Cantorum
·Choir & Orchestra. All Mozart Program.
Mozart: Coronation Mass K.317; Te Oeum
laudamus K.141;'Magnificat K.193; laudate
Oomi~um K.339. St. Elizabeth Church, 432
Sheppard Ave. East. 416-225·3300.
- 7:30: York University Dept. of Music.
lmprov Soiree: Narrow Escapes. through Small
Musical Openings. Young artists from the
improvisation studios of Casey Sokol.
Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050
Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-
5186. Free.
- 8:00: Amici Chamber Ensemble.
Hungarian Rhapsody. Bartok: Hungarian Folk
Melodies for violin & cello; Sonata #2 for
violin & piano; Brahms: Quintet Op.115 for
clarinet & strings. Ida Kavafian & Scott St.
John, violins; Max Mandel, viola; Patricia Parr,
piano; Joaquin Yaldepeiias, clarinet; David
Hetherington, cello. Glenn Gould Studio, 250
Front St. West. 416-205-5555. $40, $35(sr),
$10(st).
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. - 8:00: Etobicoke Musical Productions.
Joseph.and the Amazing Technicolor
Oreamcoat. By Lloyd Webber & Rice.
Burnhamthorpe Auditorium, 500 The East
Mall: 416-248-0410. $22, $16(youth), group
rates. For complete run see music theatre
listings.
- 8:00: Kiyoshi Nagata Ensemble.
Explorations: New Works and Collaborations.
Guests: Patrick Graham & Aki Takahashi.
Brigantine Room, Harbourfront Centre, 235
Queens Quay West. 416-973-4000.
$20,$15.
-8:00: New Yorker Theatre. Cabaret. By
Kander & Ebb. Jordan Allison, director;
Gretchen Helbig, musical director; 18-member
cast with orchestra. 651 Yonge s·1. 416-872-
1111. $46-$57. For complete run see music
theatre listings.
- 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Oscar Peterson
Duarte!. Oscar Peterson, piano; Niels-Henning
Orsted ~ederson, bass; Ulf Wakenius, guitar;
ORION HOUSE ARTISTS presents:
fl ( lassieal
\ abaret
with
Teri Dunn, soPRANo
Marion Newman, MEZZo soPRANo
Peter Longworth, PIANO
The Talisker Players
November 12, 2003, 8 p.m.
Trinity St. Paul's Centre
Tickets: $25 / $20 / $10
Information: 416-466-1800
www.taliskerplayers.ca
Lilac Caiia (soprano)
Paul Oros (bas~ -baritone)
and featuring
Piano Duo Kutrowat;z {Vienna, Austria)
kdeleana Chamber Trio
The Stone Church, ·45 Davenport Rd. Toronto
Friday, Nov. 14, 2003; 7:30 pm
Tickets 820/15 at the door, or at 416 410-1808
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Martin Drew, drums; guests: Molly Johnson
and her duo. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.
$45-$150.
- 8:00: Toronto Consort. laura Pudwel/,
mezzo-soprano & Ellen Hargis, soprano, in
recital Works by Bingen, Machaut, Landini,
Ciconia, Schutz, Rossi, Strozzi and
Monteverdi. Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427
Bloor St. West. 416-964-6337. $14-$40.
- 8:00: Victoria College Choir. Fall
Concert. Celtic folk songs; Spanish carols;
- selected sacied Russian choral works &
more. Taylor Sullivan, conductor. Victoria
College Chapel, 93 Queen's Park Cres.
416-585-4589 x 1. Free.
- 8:00: York Region Opera. Debut Opera 1
Gala. Selection of favourite arias & opera
excerpts. Soloists; students from Unionville
High School, chorus; Martin Dube, music
director; Cassandra Bourne, artistic director.
Newmarket Theatre, 505 Pickering Cres.
905-953-5122. $32.50. For complete run see
music theatre listings ..
Saturday November 15
- 6:30: V~snivka Choir/Toronto
Ukrainian Male Chamber Choir.
The Toronto Consort presents
Memorial Concert commemorating the
10th anniversary of the Famine-Genocide of
1933 in Ukraine. Kuzmenko: 1933 & other
works. Guest: Katerina Tchoubar, soprano;
Composers' Orchestra; Gary Kulesha &
, Halyna Kvitka Kondracki, conductors.
Runnymede United Church, 432 Runnymede
Rd.416-763-2197. $20,$15.
- 7:30: Amadeus Choir. Gloria! Gabrielli:
Magnificat; Delio Joio: A Psalm of David;
Sanders: The Reproaches; Somers: Gloria;
music by Watson Henderson & Willan.
Eleanor Daley, organ; Lydia Adams,
conductor. Yorkminster Park Church. 1585
LAURA PUDWELL & ELLEN HARGIS
Two of North
America's leading
early music singers ,
join forces for an
extraordinary recital
· of early music! Don't
miss this vocal
display!
Novepiber 14 &
in Recital
15, 200J at Bpm
For\ Tickets call 416-964~633 7
Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St. West
Yonge St. 416-446-0188. $35,$30.
- 7:30: Roberta Laking & Friends.
Recital in support-of rhe Stop (formerly
Stop 103). Works by Mozart, Mussorgsky,
Brahms & Nin. Mila Filatova, piano; Baird
Knechtel, viola; Roberta laking, soprano;
Peter Treen, piano; Heather Chen, mezzo;
Daniel Zhang, b,aritone. Victoria-Royce
Church, 190 Medland Ave. 416-769-6167.
Free-will offering. '
- 7:30: Royal Opera Canada. Verdi:
· Nabucco. Hammerscin Hall, 4141 Living
Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000.
$14-$120. For comolete run see music
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theatre listings.
- 8:00: Academy Concert Series. There is
only one Beethoven. Beethoven: Cello Sonata
Op.5 #1; Sonate pour le Forte·piano avec un
Cor ou Violoncelle Op.17; Trio inc Op.1 #3.
Trio Con Brio: Christina Mahler, cello; Nicolai
Tarasov, clarinet & basset·horn; Glenn
Hodgins, fortepiano. Eastminster United
Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416·889·5414.
$15,$10.
- 8:00: Fern Lindzon, piano/vocals;
Laura Cesar, bass. Even Divas Get the
Blues. Standards & original jazz. Guests:
Kathryn Moses, flute/s~x/vocals; Myna Wallin,
poet. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416·
225·6977. $15,$10.
- .8:00: Toronto Consort. laura Pudwel/,
mezzo-soprano & Ellen Hargis; soprano, in
recital. Trinity-St. Paul's Centre. See Nov 14.
- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
'Roy Thomson Hall. See Nov 12.
- 8:00: Trillium Brass Quintet. Release
Concert for Revecy CD. Music by Lassus,
Bach, Brahms, Debussy & Sampson. St.
George the Martyr Church, 197 John. 416-
204· 1080 xl. $15,$10.
- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Student
Composers Concert. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's
Park. 416·978·3744. Free.
Sunday November 16
- 9:45am & 11: 15am: First Unitarian
Congregation of Toronto. Works for Solo
rts
presents
R~ICt Sere.t\ade;
November 16 at 2:30 pm
Humbercrest United Church
16 Babypoint Rd, Toronto
TSO violinist Terry Holowach will
join forces with pianist Ilona Beres
to play Beethoven's Kreuzer .
Sonata, Richard Strauss songs
and Beethoven's concert aria 'Ah­
Perfido' sung by Narelle Martinez.
Narelle
Martinez,
Artistic
Director
of Calyx
Concerts
For information and reservations
call 416 -531-3'668
Violin (Sonatas and Partitas} by JS B,ach. Mark
Fewer, violin. 175 St. Clair Ave. West. 416:
924-9654. Freewill offering:
- 1:30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery.
Taffanel Wind Ensemble. 10365 Islington
Ave. 905·893·0344. Free with gallery
admission: $15,$9, $25(family).
-2:00: Juan Tomas. Variety Show. Music
by Shania Twain, ABBA, Nai King Cole &
others. Carolyn Vadum, Rea Paulite, Juan
Tomas Show Band; guests: Gladys Ho, piano;
Fiona Almeida, jazz vocals. Scarborough Civic
Centre, 150 Borough Drive. 416·396· 7810.
Free.
- 2:00: Music at Metropolitan. Patricia
Wright, organ in Recital. Music by Bach,
Robertson, Franck, Durufle & others. 56
Queen St. East. 416-363-0331. $20.
- 2:00: The Sound Post Sunday
Concerts. Jacques lsraelievitch, violin.
Selections from his new CD Solo Suite for
solo violin. 93 Grenville St. 416·971 ·6990.
Free.
- 2:30; Calyx Concerts. Romantic
Serenade. Beethoven: Kreutzer Sonata;
concert aria Ah Perfido; R.Strauss:·songs.
Terry Holowach, violin; Claire Hoeffler & Ilona
Beres, piano; Narelle Martinez, soprano.
Humbercrest United Church, 16 Baby Point
Rd. 416-531·3668. $20,$18.
- 3:00: Baroque Music Beside the
Grange. Venetian Treasures. Sonatas &
toccatas by Castello, Fontana, Marini, Bertoli
& Schmelzer. Genevieve Gilardeau & Linda
Melsted, violins; Dominic Teresi, dulcian;
Lucas Harris, theorbo; Borys Medicky,
harpsichord. St. George the Martyr Church,
197 John. 416-588-4\301. $20,$15.
Sunday, November 16 2:00 p.m.
PATRICIA WRIGHT
organist
plays a recital of Bach, Robertson, Franck,
Durufle and others in celebration of the fifth
anniversary of Metropolitan's gallery organ
division.

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- 3:30: St. Clement's Church. Tom Filches,
organ in Recital: Music Heroic and Song~ of
Peace. Music of Braga, Franck & Langlais. 59
Briar Hill Ave. 416·483·6664 #26. $15,$10.
- 7:00: Les AMIS Concerts. Works by Bach,
Paganini, Constantinescu & Ligeti. Aisslin
Nosky & Julia Wedman, violins; Steven Dann,
viola; Carina Reeves, cello. Heliconian Hall, 35
Hazelton Ave. 905·773· 7712. $20, $15(sr),
$10(st).
- 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. Eve
Goldberg. T ranzac, 292 Brunswick. 416·41 O·
3655.
Monday November 17
- 7:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Nexus
Percussion Ensemble. Schickele: Percussion
Sonata #2 Woodstock; Hartenberger: The
Invisible Proverb;·improvisation with Phil
Nimmons. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416·
978·3744. $21,$11.
- 7:30: York University Dept. of Music.
World Music Chorus. Traditional vocal music
from around the world. Alan Gasser, director.
Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050
Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 416·736·
5186. Free.
- 8:00: Markham Theatre for Performing
Arts. last Night of the Proms. Toronto
Philharmonia; Vicki St. Pierre, soloist; Kerry
Stra.tton, conductor. 171 Town Centre Blvd.
905·305· 7 469.' $42.
- 8:00: Sounds of Toronto Jazz Series.
RJJsemary Galloway/Jane Fair Ouintet. Ontario
Science Centre,.770 Don Mills Rd. 416·595·
0404x229.
Tuesday November 18
- 12:10: U ofT Faculty of Music. Voice
Performance Class. Student performances.
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416·978·3744.
Free.
-12:30: York University Dept. of Music.
Jazz Fest: Ja11 Ensembles. Directed by Frank
Falco, Mark Eisenman, Mike Murley, Mike
Malone, Sundar Viswanathan & others.
Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 ' .
Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 416·736·
5'186. Free.
- 1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. lunch Hour
Concert: Michael Cumbedand, alphorn &
Cliristopher Dawes, organ. Hambraeus: Le Cor
magique (Toronto premiere); Bovet: Salamanca;
other music. 65 Church St. 416·364· 7865.
Free.
- 7:30: York University Dept. of Music.
Ja11 Fest: York U Jall Orchestra. Al
Henderson, director. Mclaughlin Performance
Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele~t.
416·736·5186. $10,$5.
- 8:00: CBC Radio's OnStage. The Songs of
Ivor Novello and Noel Coward. Russell Braun,
baritone; Donna Brown, soprano; members of
the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra; Peter
Tieienbach, piano/conductor. Glenn Gould
Studio 250 Front St. WestA 16·205·5555.
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.:. 8:00: Sounds of Ton1nto Jazz Series.
Vocal Jm Cabaret Series: John Alcorn. Royal
Bank Theatre, 4141 Living Arts Dr. 416·595·
0404 x229. . '
- .8:00?: Tarragon Extra Space.Job: The
ffip·H~p Saga. By Saibil & Batalion. 30
Bridgman Ave. 416·531· 1827. $16. For
c'omplete run see music theatte listings.
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Wednesday November 19
- 12:30: Music Gallery Institute. Free
Lunch Music. Chris McKool & Kevin Laliberte.
197 John St. 416·204· 1080. Free.
- 12:30: York University Dept. of Music.
Ja11 Fest: York U J{l11 Choirs. Bob Hamper
·& Mim Adams, directors. Mclaughlin
Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College,
4700 Keele St. 416·736·5186'. Free.
- 12:30: Yorkminster Park Church.
Noonday Recital: Peter Nikiforuk, organ. 1585
Yonge. 416·922· 1167. Free.
- 2:00: Peace of Voice. Vivace! Women·~
vocal group. Sharon Tel])ple National Historic
Site, 18974 Leslie St. 905·478·2389. $ l 0.
- 7:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.
A Silver Celebration: The Best of the Baroque.
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #3; Concerto for
2 violins ind. Pachelbel: Canon; Telemann:
Suite from Tafelmusik. Trinity·St. Paul's
Centre, 427 Bloor St. West. 416·964·6337.
$26·$59, $20·$53(sr/st). Seeadpage20.
- 7:30: York University Dept. of Music.
Ja11 Fest: Jal! Ensembles & Vocalists.
Singers frol)l the studios of Rita de Ghent,
Suba Sankaran, Lynn McOonald & Sundar
Viswanathan; Richard Whiteman & Bob
Fenton, directors. Mclaughlin Performance
Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St.
416·736·5186. $10,$5.
- 8:00: Mozart Society. Mozart: Miniature
singspiel & other works. Michael Herren,
tenor; Sterling Beckwitfi, bariton_e; Carolynne
Godin, soprano; Cecilia lgnatieff, piano. First
Unitarian Church, 175 St. Clair. 416·201· .
3338. $15, members free.
- 8:00: N~rth York Concert Orchestra.
Bach/Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue; Saint·
Saens: Cello' Concerto; Dvorak: Symphony #9
From the New World. Beata Csuka, cello;
Stephen Chenette, conductor. York Woads
Public Library Theatre, 1785 Finch Ave.
West. 416·225·4556. $15,$10.
Thursday November 20
~ 12:00 noon: Glenn Gould Stu~io. Music
Around Us YoungArtist Series: Michael
Esch, pianp. Brahms: Variations on a theme by
Handel; music by Liszt & Gougeon. 250
Front St. West. 416·205·5555. Free.
-12:10: U ofT Faculty of Music.David
Occhipinti Jm Ouartet. David Occhipinti,
guitar; Mike Murley, saxophone; Terry Clarke,
drums; Andrew Downing, bass. Walter Hall,
80 Que~n·s Park. 416·978·3744. Free.
- 12:30: Christ Church Deer.Park.
Lunchtime Chamber Concert: I Furiosi: The
. Human Form Divine. Music by Dowland,
Couperin & others. 1570 Yonge St: 416·920·
5211. Free (donations accepted).
- 12:30: York University Dept. of Music.
Ja11 Fest: Jall Vocalists. Richard Whiteman
& Bob Fenton, directors. Mclaughlin ·
Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College,
4700 Keele St. 416·736·5186_. Free. -.~:;,'
- 7:30: V:ork University Dept. of Music.
Ja11 Fest: Jal! Ensembles. Directed by
Frank Falco, Mark Eisenman, Mike Murley,
Mike Malone, Sundar Viswanaihan & oihers.
Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 ' .
· Mclaughlin College, 4700-Keele ~t. 416,,: .
736·5186. $10,$5.
-8:00: MusicToronto.Jacqu11s Thibaud ·
String Trio. Music by Beethoven, Fran~aix, ·Bach/
Mozart & Villa-Lobos. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27
Front St. East. 416-366·7723. $43,$39.
- 8:00: Opera York. Verdi's la 'Traviata in
Concert. Kinga Mitrowska, Peter DeSotto,
Igor Emalianov; Opera York Orchestra; Mark
DuBois, director. Markham Theatre for the
Performing Arts, 171 Town Centre Blvd. 905·
763-7853. $30. See ad page31.
- 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. A
Silver Celebration: The Best of the Baroque.
Trinity·St. Paul's Centre. See Nov 19.
- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Mozart: Symphony #36 in C K.425 linz;
Beethoven: Allegretto in B flat for Piano, Violin
& Cello WoO 39; Cancer.to for Violin, Cello &
Piano in C Op.56. Amanda Forsyth, cello;
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Andrew Burashko, piano; Pinchas Zukerman,
conductor/violin. Roy Thomson Hall, 60
Simcoe St. 416·593·4828. $32·$98.
Friday November 21
- 7:30: Yorkminster Park Church. Gala
Organ Recital. Widor: Symphonie V; works by
Bach & Franck. William Maddox, organ. 1585
Yonge St. 416-925·7312, $20. To ben~!it
Choir Scotland Tour.
- 8:00: Benjamin Britten: A Celebration.
Noye's Fludde. Church opera. Joy Coghill,
·director; Nicholas Goldschmidt, music
director; Gary Relyea, Marcia Swanston,
soloists;.Douglas Campbell, voice; Bach
Children's Chorus; North Toronto Collegiate
Symphony Orchestra. St. Anne's Church, 270
Gladstone Ave. 416:872-4255. $25. For
complete run see music theatre-listings.
- 8:00: Mirvish Productions. The
Producers. Musical adaptation of the Mel
Brooks film comedy. Sean Cullen, Michael
Therriault, Juan Chioran, Paul O'SuUivan,
Sarah Cornell & other performers. Canon
Theatre, 244 Victoria. 416-364-4100. $31 ·
$121. For complete run see music theatre
listings.
- 8:00: Music Theatre Mississauga/
Clarkson Music Theatre. Cabaret. By
Kander & Ebb. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315
Montevideo Rd. Mississauga. 905-615-4720.
For complete run see music theatre listings.
- B:OO: Performing Arts York Region.
Fabulous Fridays: The Azure Winds. Music by
Dvorak & Janacek. Sarah Jeffrey, oboe; Carol
Ann Savage, flute; Colin Savage, clarinet;
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Presbyterian Church, 271 Centre St. 905·
884-3959. $25,$20.
- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
Royal Conservatory Orchestra. Mahler:
- Symphony #2 Resurrection. Susan Platts,
mezzo; FrMerique Vezina, soprano; Toronto
MendelssQ,hn Choir; Richard Bradshaw,
conductor. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040
Yonge.'416-872- 1111. $25,$15. See ad page
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- 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.A
Silver Celebration: The Best of the Baroque.
Trinity-St. Paul's Centre. See Nov 19.
Saturday November 22
-1:30 &3:30: Toronto Sy11Jphony Youth
Orchestra. Stars of the Future- Kids'
Klassics. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.
416-593-4828. $22.
- 7:00: Jeff Vidov, solo Piano. 14
selections from Bach: Goldberg Variations;
music by Beethoven, Chopin & Vidov. Islington
United Church, 25 Burnhamthorpe Rd. 416·
488-3960.
- 7:30: Tallis Choir. Hail, Bright Cecilia!
Palestrina: Missa Veni Sponsa Christi;
Victoria: Veni Sponsa Christi: Phillips: Cecilia
Virgo. Peter Mahon, director. St. Martin-in-the·
Fields, 151 Glenlake. 416-691-8621.
$20,$16. .
- 7:30: University of Toronto at
Scarborough. Music of All latitudes
Concert Series: Adonis Puentes and His Three·
piece Ensemble. ARC Theatre, 1265 Military
Trail. 416-287-7076. Free (reservations
required).
- 7:30: Westminster United Church/
Mississauga Children's Choir. The
Advent of Song. Christmas concert. Thomas
Bell, director. 4094 Tomken Rd., Mississauga.
905-273-9505. $8,$5, family rate.
- 8:00: Acoustic Harvest Folk Club.
Christina Smith & Jean Hewson. Birch Cliff
United Church, 33 East Rd. 416-264-2235.
• $12.
• r - 8:00: Music Gallery. Glass Orchestra.
Eric Cadesky, Paul Hodge, Bill Parsons & Rick
Sacks, performers. 197 John. 416-204·
1080. $15, $10(member), $5(st/sr).
- 8:00: Pax Christi Chorale. Handel: Israel
in Egypt. Natasha Campbell & Leah Gordon,
sopranos; Jennifer Enns & Leo Trottier, alto;
Will Johnson & Jay Lambie, tenors & other
performers; Stephanie Martin, conductor. ·
Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd.
416-494-7889. $25, $22(sr/st), $5(under
12).
- 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Khachaturian
Centenary. Mirzoyan: Poem - Epitaph in
Memory of Aram Khachaturian; Arutunian:
Violin Concerto; S~ostakovich: Sinfonia.
Op. l 18a; Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite.
Movses Pogossian, violin; Nurhan Armari,
conductor ."Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St.
West. 416-205-5555. $33, $27/$18 (sr/st).
- 8:00: Tafelmusik B11roque Orchestra. A
Silver Celebration: The Best of the Baroque.
Trinity-St. Paul's Centre. See Nov 19.
- 8:00: Toronto Biues Society. 17th
Annual Women's Blues Revue. Performances
by female blues vocalists from diverse
musical & cultural backgrounds. _Music Hall,
147 Danforth Ave. 866-871 -9457. $20.
- 8:00:· Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Roy Thomson Hall. See Nov 20.
-8:00: TrypTych Productions. Wolf: Der
Corregidor (The Magistrate}. In concert.
Monica Zerbe, Lenard Whiting, Stephen King,
Edward Franko, Richard Davidson & other
performers; William Shookhoff, music
director. Studio Theatre, Toronto Centre for
the Aits, 5040 Yonge St. 416-872-1111.
$30,$20. For complete run see music theatre
listings,
- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Wind
Ensemble: Wind and Song. Mahler: Um
Mitternacht; Purves-Smith: A Prairie
Schubertiad; Hatch: Wind Horse. Jeffrey
Reynolds, conductor. MacMillan Theatre, 80
Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. $13,$7.
Sunday November 23
- lO:OOam: St. Clement's Church.Patronal
Festival. Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb. Sung by
the.Parish Choirs; Tom Filches, music ·
director. 59 Briar Hill Ave. 416-483-6664
#26.
- 2:00: Scarborough Civic Centre. Oukes
of Harmony. 150 Borough Drive. 416-396·
7810. f(ee. ·
- 2:00: Shevchenko· Musical Ensem·
ble. Mandolins of the World. Toronto
Mandolin Orchestra; Beyond the Pale
(Klezmer, East European folk); Skitnice
Tambura Ensemble (Croatian); Kostas
Apostolakis (Greek Bouzouki). Al Green
Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina
Ave. 416-533-2725. $30:
- 2:00: The Sound Post Sunday
Concerts. Mark Fewerand Friends. Chamber
music for strings. 93 Grenville St. 416-971·
6990. Free.
- 2:00: York Strings Chamber
Orchestra. Bach: Concerto in F BWV 1057
for harpsichord, recorder, strings and continua;
Barber: Adagio; Vivaldi: L'estro armonico;
Parry: English Suite; Samartini: TBA. St. Mary
TALLIS CHOIR
Peter Mahon, Director .
llail, Bright Cecilia!
Phillips Cecilia Virgo
Palestrina Missa Veni Sponsa Christi
Victoria Salve Regina
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Saturday, November 22, 7:30 p.m.
Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Glenlake_ & Keele (1 block north of Keele subway)
Tickets $20 & $16 will be available at the door.
For information call 416-691-8621.
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Stephanie Martin, conductor
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Magdalene Church, 116 Church St.,
Schomberg. 905·898·8077. $.15, $10.
- 2:30: Benjamin Britten: A Celebration/
Aldeburgh Connection. The Heart of the
Matter. Britten: Canticle Ill: Still falls the rain;
songs by Britten, Bridge & Schubert; readings.
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor; Monica Whicher,
soprano; Scott Wevers, horn; Christopher
Newton, narrator; Stephen Ralls & Bruce
Ubukata, piano. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park.
416·444·3976. $40.
- 3:00: Etobicoke Suzuki School of
Music. Winter Concert. General Suzuki violin
& cello repertoire. Humber Valley United
Church, 76 Anglesey. 416·239-4637. Free.
- 3:00: Pax Christi C.horale. Handel: Israel
in Egypt. Grace Church on·the·Hill. See ·
November 22.
- 3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. .
416-870·8000. See Nov 20. $31-$73.
- 3:00: York University Dept. of Music.
York University Wind Symphony. Works by
Jager, Ridout, Jacob & Whitacre. Wi[liam
Thomas, director. Mclaughlin Performance
Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4 700 Keele St.
416·736-5186. $10,$5.
- 3:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestn. A
Silver Celebration: The Best of the Baroque.
Trinity·St. Paul's Centre. See Nov 19.
-4:00: 5th Church of Christ Scientist.
Christmas Concert. Excerpts from Handel's
Messiah; seasonal organ & vocal music. John
Dedrick, organ; Paolo di Santo, soprapo; Derek
Kwan, tenor. 41 Chatsworth Or. 416-488·
4343. Free.
- 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz
Vespers: Adrean Farugia Trio. 1570 Yonge St.
416-920-5211. Free (donation).
- 5:00: Czech Community Centre at
Masaryktown. Music of the 40s & 50s.
George Grosman & his, jazz band Swing Noir.
Prague Restaurant, 450 Scarborough Golf
Club Rd. 416-439-4354. $20.
- 7:00: Fiddles & Frets. All Women's Fiddle
Fest. Christina Smith, Anne Lindsay, Anne
Lederman & other performers. Birch Cliff
United Church, 33 East Rd. 416·264·2235.
$12.
- 8:00: Mariposa/Flying Cloud Folk
Club. Performers tba. Tranzac, 292
Brunswick. 416·410-3655.
- 8:00: Music Gallery. Master Musicians
from the East. Indian classical compositions
from the 17th through 20th centuries;
improvisation on Raga Kapi. lakshmi
Ranganathan, veena; S. Ganapathy,
mrudangam; Ananda Balasubramaniam,
vocals; Anand Srinivasan, violin.197 John.
416-204· 1080. $15, $10(member), $5(st/srl.
Monday November 24
- 7:30: York University Dept. of Music.
York University Concert Choir. Selections
from Handel's Messiah. Albert Greer,
director; George Brough, piano. Mclaughlin
Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College,
4 700 Keele St. 416· 736-5186. $10, $ 5.
- 8:00: Toronto Organ Club. Frank lacino,
organ. Christ Church, 329 Royal York Rd. 905·
824·4667, 905-845-4539. $10, child under
10 free.
- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Britten
Chamber Ensemble Concert. Britten: Solo
Cello Suite; String Quartet #3; Violin Sonata;
Kulesha: Variations on a Theme by Benjamin
Britten. Scott St. John, Erika Raum, violins;
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Steven Dann, viola; Shauna Rolston, cello;
James Parker, piano. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's
Park. 416-872-4255. $15-$35.
Tuesday November 25
.- 12:30: York University Dept. of Music.
Composers' Forum. Original acoustic & digital
compositio~s by York student composers.
Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050
Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 416•736·
.5186. Free.
- 1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. lunch Hour
Concert: Lenard Whiting, tenor & Andrew
Ager, piano. 65 Church St. 416-364·7865.
Free.
- 8:00: CBC Radio's OnStage. Denise
Ojokic, cello & David Jalbert, piano.
Stravinsky: Suite ltalienne; Schumann: Five
Pieces in Folk Style; Vaughan Williams: Six
Studies in English Folk Song. Glenn Gould
Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416·205-5555.
$35.
- 8:00: Goethe·lnstitutToronto. The
Music of Theodor Adorno and hisContempo· .
raries. Adorno: two string quartets;
compositions for piano and voice; selections by
his contemporaries. 7:30: Introduction by
Ptofessor Lydia Goehr. Madawaska String
Quartet & other performers. Goethe-lnstitut,
163 King St. West. 416-593-5257 x16. $5.
- 8:0Q: Music Toronto. Claire-Marie
LeGuay, piano. Janacek: Sonata 1911;
Schumann: Kreisleriana Op.16; Haydn: Sonata ·
Hob.XVI: 49; Stravinsky: Petrouchka. Jane
Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416-366·
7723. ~43,$39,$5 .
- 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. A
Silver Celebration: The Best of the Baroque.
George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 1
416-733-0545. $26-$59. See ffov 19.
- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
The Fiedler Tradition. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody ·
on a Theme of Paganini Op.43; Addinsell:
Warsaw Concerto; oth~r works. Darrell
Zusko, piano; Erich Kunzel, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593·4828.
$31 -$84.
- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Master
Chorale. Victoria College Chapel, 91 Charles
St. West. 416-978-3744. $12,$6.
Wednesday November 26
- 12:30: Music Gallery Institute. Free
lunch Music. Allison Cameron, amplified toy
instruments. 197 John St. 416-204-1080.
Free.
- 12:30: York University Dept. of Music.
Philharmonia de Caelo Tactus. Original student
compositions for electronic orchestra. Colin
McGuire, director. Mclaughlin Performance
Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St.
416-736-5186. Free. -
- 12:30: Yorkminster Paik Church.
Noonday Recital· Janet Macfarlane Peaker,
organ. 1585 Yonge. 416-922· 1167. Free.
- 2:00 & 8:00: Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. Roy Thomson Hall. See Nov 25.
$29-$58(matl, $31-$84(eve).
- 7:30: York University Dept. of Music.
York University Symphony Orchestra. Works
by Bizet, Beethoven & Vaughan Williams.
William Thomas, director. Mclaughlin
Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College,
4700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. $10,$5.
- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. 11
O'Clock Jazz Orchestra, 10 O'Clock Jazz
Orchestra. Terry Promane, Paul Read,
conductors. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park.
416-978-3744. $13,$7.
Thursday November 27
- 12:00 noon: Glenn Gould Studio. Music
Around Us Young Artist Series: Jessica
Bruser, piano. Fantasias by Chopin, Bach,
Scriabin & del Tredici. 250 Front St. West.
416-205-5555. Free.
· - 12: 10: U of T Faculty of Music. Faculty
Saxophone Ouartet. Rob Carli, Alex Dean,
Denise Grant and Paul Read. Walter Hall, 80
Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
- 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park.
lunchtime Chamber Concert: Lenard Whiting,
tenor; Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill, piano. Schumann:
Dichterliebe: 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211'.
Free (donations accepted).
- 12:30: York University Dept. of Music.
Composers' Forum. New music by young
compose'rs. Mclaughlin Performance Hall,
050 Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 416·
736-5186. Free.
- 2:00: Moonstruck Songs. Works by
Faure, Debussy, Head, Stravinsky, Menotti &
Webber. Marilyn Isaac Stewart & Marion
Samuel-Stevens, sopranos. Northern District
library, 40 Orchard View Blvd. 416-393·
7610. Free.
- 2:00: Toronto Senior Strings. Simply
Baroque. Music of Bach, Vivaldi, Corelli 8i
Albinoni. St. Andrew's Church, 73 Simcoe.
416-368-3427. '
- 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Ben Heppner,
tenor. Handel arias; Vaughan Williams: On
Wenlock Edge; songs by Tosti. John Hess,
piano; Roy Thomson Hall Chamber Ensemble.
60 Simcoe St. 416-672-4255. $40-$90.
- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
Miguel de la Bastide, flamenco guitar.
Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West.
416-408-2824 x321. $25,$15.
Friday November 28
- 8:00: Living Arts Centre. Jeff Healey's
J~zz Wizards. 4141 living Arts Dr ..

Mississauga. 905-306-6000.
- 8:00: Massey Hall. Wadaiko Yamato.
Japanese drumming and dance troupe. 15
Shuter St. 4.16-872-4255. $29.50-$59.50.
- 8:00: Toronto Sinfonietta. Opera
Without the Soap. Excerpts from Mozart: Don
Giovanni; Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann;
Verdi: Rigoletto; Delibes: Lakme; Bizet:
Carmen. Kyra Bailey, coloratura soprano; Yana
lvanilova, soprano; Wendy Hatal Foley, mezzo;
Stuart Howe, tenor; Doug McNaughton,
baritone; Matthew Jaskiewicz, conductor.
Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. West.
416-410-4379. $32, $29(sr), $151st).
- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. University
Women's Chorus. Robert Cooper, conductor.
Victoria College Chapel, 91 Charles St. West.
416-978-3744. $12,$6.
· - 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Vocal Jazz
Ensemble. Lisa Martinelli, director. Walter
Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744.
$13,$7.
- 9:00: Hart House Jazz Choir.
Onoscatopoeia. Arbor Room, 7 Hart House
Circle. 416-978-2452.
Saturday November 29
- 7:00: Andrea & Wiiliam Herzog. An
Evening of Classical Favourites. Solo &
chamber music for cello & violin. Armo~r
Heights Church, 105 Wilson Ave. 4 l6-482-
6657. $12,$8.
- 7:00: Toronto Children's Chorus.
Performance at Cavalcade of lights. Nathan
Phillips Square, 100 Queen St. West. 416·
932-8666x113. Free.
- 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride;
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto #3 in C Op.26;
Enescu: Roumanian Rhapsody #1 in A Op.11;
Kodaly: Suite from Hary Janos. Katherine Chi,
piano; Tania Miller, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $31-
$61.
- 8:00: Arraymusic. Udo Kasemets'
Symphosium: Time, Truth, Beauty, Peace.
· Multi-disciplinary performance piece. Richard
Sacks, percussion solo. Music Gallery at .St.
George the Martyr, 197 John. 416·532-
3019. $20,$12. See ad page 25.
- 8:00: Counterpoint Community
Orches'tra. Dvorak: Cello Concerto Op.104;
Tchaikovsky: Slavonic March; vocal
selections; Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody #2;
Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death.
Alan Stellings, cello; Terry Kowalczuk,
conductor. St. Luke's United Church, 353
Sherbourrte St. 416-925-9872. $ l 4(advance),
$ l 7(door).
- 8:00: Duo L'lntemporel. Baroque
Favourites for Flute and Harpsichord. Music by
Bach, Handel, Leclair & others. Mylene Guay,
baroque flute; David Sandall, harpsichord.
Kimbourne Park United Church, 200
Wolverleigh Ave. 416-657-0076. $20,
$15(sr), $ lO(st).
- 8:00: Hart House Symphonic Band.
Armenian Oances. Works by Khachaturian,
Reed, Grainger, Mighton and Andonian.
Great Hall, Hart House, 7 Hart House
Circle. 416-978-2452. Free.
- 8:00: Jubilate Singers. Winter
Solstice. Ligeti: Magany; Gorecki: 3
Lullabies; Part: Ave Bogoroditse Djevo;
works by Ager, Bolden, Hatfield & Halffter.
Isabel Bernaus, director. fastminster
United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416·
615-3120. $15,$1'2.
- ~:00: Mississauga Symphony. Guy
Few. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture;
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto #2; Hetu:
Trumpet Concerto; Bizet: Symphony in C.
Guy Few, trumpet and piano. Living Arts
Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr .. Mississauga.
905-306-6000. $45/$35, $40.50/
$31.50(sr/stl.
-8:00: Musicians in Ordinary.John
Oowland's Third Book of Songs. Hallie Fishel,
soprano; John Edwards, lute; gue5ts: Nancy De
Long, mezzo; Matthew Leigh, baritone; Marc
Michelak, bass. Church of the Redeemer, 162
Bloor St. West..416-603-4950. $20,$15.
The High Park Choi~s of Toronto
•
"LAUDAMUS!"
1 Bth Annual Winter Concert
The High Park Choirs of Toronto
Saturday November 29, 2003 7:·oo PM
Runnymede United Church

- 8:00: Oriana Singers. Collage of Carols.
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; works by
Daley, Edwards, Applebaum. Sany a Eng, harp;
Alison Melville, recorder. Grace Church on· the·
Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416·923·3123. $20,
$15/$1 O(sr/st). ·
- 8:00: Scarborough Philharmonic. Best
of Broadway. Selections from Gypsy, My Fair
Lady, The Music Man, West Side Story,
Brigadoon, Kiss Me Kate, 42nd Street, On the
Town and more. Ross Thompson, baritone;
Howard Cable, conductor. Bond College, 720
Midland Ave. 416·429·0007. $25, $20/
$15(sr/st).
- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Concert
Band. Syler: Fields; R. Strauss: Serenade #7 in
E flat; Feierlicher Einzug der Ritter des
Johanniterordens; Reed Thomas: Magnetic
: en~
William Brown ~
present
Artistic Director
c;;f:~6LLAGE
o~{ carols
SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS
Sanya Eng, harp
Alison Melville, recorder
·Fireflies. Denise Grant, conductor. MacMillan
Theatre, 80 Queen's Park. 416·978-3744.
$13,$7.
- 8:00: York Symphony Orchestra.
Russian and French Jewels. Mussorgsky: A
Night on Bald Mountain; Tchaikovsky: Violin
Concerto; Offenbach: Overture to La Belle'
Helene; Franck: Symphony ind. Joseph
Peleg, violin. Trinity Church, 79.Victoria St ..
Aurora. 416-410 0860. $20,$15, $5(under
12).
- 8:00: Yorkminstrels. Fiddler on th~ Roof.
By Bock & Harnick. Leah Posluns Theatre,
4588 Bathurst. 416-291 ·0600. $22, $20(sr),
$ l 8(st). For complete run see music theatre
listings.
James Bourne
Pianist
Saturday, November 29, 2003 at 8:00 p.m.
Grace Church on-the-Hill
300 Lonsdale Road, Toront~
I
Tickets: $20 Regular $15 Seniors $10 Students
CONTACT US
2106-1055 Bax St., Toronto, ON M5S 3A3 T 416 923-3123 .
E theoria'.nasingers@hotmail.com W wWw.orianasingeis.on.ca
Sunday November 30
- 9:45am & 11:15am: First Unitarian
Congregation of Toronto. Works for Solo
Violin (Sonatas and PartitasJ by JS Bach. Mark
Fewer, violin. 175 St. Clair Ave. West. 416-
924-9654. Freewill offering.
- 1: 15: Associates of the Toronto
Symphony Orchestra. A Musical Tour with
trio Norte. Concert & afternoon tea.Trinity
>Ballroom, Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre, 525
Bay St. 416-221-8342. $50.
- 2:00: Choir of Our Lady of Perpetual
Help Church. Music of the liturgical Year.
Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine; traditional
works and spirituals. Brenda Sullivan, soprano;
Carolynne Godin, alto; Michael Herren, tenor;
Daniel Godin, bass; Boniface Fung, organist.
78 Clifton Rd. 905-883-4491. $10. Proceeds
toward the mainienance & repair of the organ.
- 2:00: JSL Musical Producti.ons.
Celestial Soun(ls and Seasonal Melodies.
Roselyn Brown, flute & Patricia Johnston,
harp. St. Paul's United Church, 30 Main St.,
Brampton. 905-451-1405. $15(advance),
$18(door).
- 2:00: Scarborough Civic Centre. Swing
Shift Band. 150 Borough Drive. 416-396-
7810. Free.
- 2:3Q & 7:30: Scarborough Bel·Canto
Choir. Merry Christmas to You. Music to suit
the season, carol sing-along; selections for
brass. G.uests: Pine Ridge Brass. St. Dunstan
of Canterbury Church, 56 Lawson Rd .. West
Hill. 416-757-9590. $12. Proceeds to The
Kids Help Phone.
- 2:30: Opera in. Concert. Verdi: I Vespri
Siciliani. Maria Knapik, Marcel Beaulieu,
Jeffrey Carl, Giles Tomkins, Joey Niceforo,
performers; Opera in Concert Chorus, Robert
Cooper director; Dixie Ross Neill, music
director and pianist. Pre-concert talk 45 min
The Musicians In Ordinary
for the lutes and Voices present -
John Dowland' s
Third Book of Songs
Saturday November 29/03 at Spm
Church of the Redeemer
Bloor Street and Avenue Road
· 416-603/4950 www.musiciansinordinary.ca
prior to performance. Jane Mallett Theatre,
27 Front St. East. 416-366·7723. $28,$22.
Seeadpage31.
- 3:00: Alliance for Canadian New
Music Projects. Sho~case Concert &
Presentation of Awards. Works by Canadian
composers. Featured performers: outstanding
participants of the Contemporary Showcase
Festivals. Eastminster United Church, 310
Danforth Ave. 416-963·5937. $8, $5(st,sr,
members), under l2 free.
- 3:00: Bordun Entertainment. Traditional
Christmas Classics. Magda Bordun, sopr&no;
David McCartney, piano. Heliconian Hall, 35
Hazelton Ave. 905-278-4175. $15,$12.
- 3:00: Music Gallery. Arising Phoenix:
Amanta Scott & David Tomlinson. Large
sound sculpture installation, found-object
percussion music, vocalizations & movement.
For ages 7 & up. 197 John. 416-204-1080.
$5.
- 3:00: Northdale Concert Band. Benefit
Concert of Seasonal Music. Stephen Chenette,
conductor. Church of St. Jude (Wexford), 10
Howarth·Ave. 416-755-5872. $8, children
under 12 accompanied by an adult free.
- 3:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Colours and
Sounds Young People's Concert. Schiassi:
Christmas Concerto; Boccherini: Cello
Concerto; Torelli: Christmas Concerto.
Jonathan Tortolano, cello; Nurhan Arman,
conductor. Lawrence Park Community Church,
2180 Bayview Ave. 416-499-0403.
$20,$10.
-3:00: Sunrise String Quartet. Schubert:
Quintet in C D956; Haydn: Quartet in D Op.76
#5; Shostakovich: Polka. Guest: Barbara
Morris, cello. College St.,United Church, 454
College. 416-782-4727. $15,$10.
- 3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Roy Thomson Hall. See Nov 29.
- 3:00: York Symphony Orchestra.
Sunday November 30 I Glenn Gould Studio
Cycle ofTwo Concerts@ 330 &.soo pm I Reservations 416-205-5555
Illuminating Introduction with R. Murray Schafer @ 715
·Regul~r $40 (2 concerts), $25 (each) • Senior $25 (2), $15 (each) • Student $5
R. MURRAY SCHAFER
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Russian and French Jewels. See November
29. Markham Theatre for Performing Arts,
171 Town Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469.
- 3:30: New Music Concerts. Schafer -
Cycle of String Ouartets Part One. Schafer:
String Quartets 1-4. Quatuor Molinari. Glenn
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205·
·5555. $25, $15{sr), $5(st), 2-concert prices:
$40,$25,$10.
-4:00: St. James' Cathedral. Advent
Recital Procession with Lessons and Carols.
Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys; Michael
Bloss, director. 65 Church St. 416-364· 7865.
Free.
-4:30: St. Clement's Church. Advent ·
Carols in Procession. Service of Lessons &
Carols with music by Palestrina, Hendrie &
Vaughan Williams. Tom Filches, music
director. 59 Briar Hill Ave. 416-483-6664
#26.
- 5:00: Trinity College Chapel Choir.
Service of lessons and Carols. 6 Hoskin Ave.
416-978-3611. .
- 7:30: Bloor Street United Church
Choir and Soloists with Orchestra.
Vigilate. Motets, verse anthems & cantatas
by Byrd, Bach, Brahms, Stravinsky & at.hers. ,
300 Bloor St. West. 416-924· 7439 x35.
$12, $8(sr/st), $5(unwaged).
- 7:30: Korean Canadian Symphony
Orchestra. Arias and lyrical Songs. Dong·
Kyu Kim, baritone; Richard Lee, music director.
George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St.
647:296-1561. $50,$40, $25(st).
- 7:30: Riverdale Youth Singers. Glad
Tidings. Choral music of the sea.son. Guests:
Ryerson Theatre School Choir, David Walden,
director; Tilman Lewis, cello; Connie Price,
flute; Ian Werker, bass; Mark Bell & Anne
Massicotte, conductors; John Govedas,
accompanist. St. Ann's Church, Gerrard &
DeGrassi. 416-875-1587. Free.
- 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. Battlefield
Band. T ranzac, 292 Brunswick. 416-41 O·
3655.
- 8:00: New Music Concerts. Schafer -
Cycle of String Ouartets Part Two. Schafer:
String Quartets 5-8. fy'larie·Danielle Parent,
soprano; Quatuor Molinari. 7:15: Illuminating
Introduction. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front
St. West. 416-205-5555. $25, $15{sr), ·
$5(st), 2-concert prices: $40,$25,$10.
- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Percussion
Ensemble. Robin Engelman, director. Walter
Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
Monday December 01
-12:10: U ofT Faculty of Music. World.
Music Ensembles. Lobby/MacMillan Theatre, ·
80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
- 7:30: Canadian Opera Company
Ensemble Studio. Bach: Coffee CantiJta;
Purcell- Dido and Aeneas. Luc Robert, Peter
Barrett, Colleen Skull, Frederique Vezina, Peter
McGillivray & other performers; Jan Willem
Jansen, conductor. Imperial Oil Theatre, Joey
and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre, 227Front
St. East. 416-363-8231. $ 55. For complete
run see music theatre listings.
- 8:00: Toronto Philharmonja. Excerpts
from Donizetti, Bizet, Lehar and Mozart.
Michael Schade, tenor; Norine Burgess,
mezzo; Kerry Stratton, conductor. Toronto
Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-733·
9388,416-870-8000. $20-$52. See ad page
15.
- 8:00: Toronto Theatre Organ Society/
Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma. Wurlitzer ·
Pops at Casa lama. Dave Wickerham, organ.
1 Austin Terrace. 416-421-0918. $15.
- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Guitar
Ensemble. Jeffrey Mcfadden, director. Walter
Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free.
Tuesday December 02
-12:10: U ofT Faculty of Music. Voice
Performance Class. Songs of the Season.
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978·
3.744. Free.
- 1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. lunch Hour
Concert: Tim Pypet, organ. 65 Church St. 416·
364-7865. Free.
- 7:00: CIBC presents a Ross Petty
Production. Cinderella - The Sparkling
Family Musical! Performers include Ross
Petty, Don Harron, Erin Davis, Jennifer Gould,
Adam Brazier & others; David Warrack,
music director. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge.
416-872-5555. $47-$67, $37{child).
Preview. For complete run see music theatre
listings. ·
- 8:00: CBC Radio's On Stage. Stewart
Goodyear, piano in Recital. Glenn Gould Studio,
250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. $35.
- 8:00: Music Toronto. Gryphon Trio.
Martinu: Trio #1 Five short pieces; Ives: Trio;
Beethoven: Trio in E flat Op. 70 #2. Jane
Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416-366·
7723. $43,$39,$5.
- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music/
Aldeburgh Connection. Young Artist
Recitals. Leah Gordon, soprano; Philip
Carmichael, baritone; Bruce Ubukata, piano.
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978·
3744. $12,$6.
Wednesday December 03
- 12:30: Yorkminster Park Church.
Noonday Recital· Thomas Fitches, organ. 1585
Yonge. 416-922-1167. Free.'
- 8:00:toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Schubert: Symphony #8 in b D. 759
Unfinished; Mozart: Concerto #10 for 2
Pianos in E flat K.365; R. Strauss: Don Juan
Op.20; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Op.28. Emanuel Ax, piano; Yoko Ax, piano;
Roberto Minczuk, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $32·
$98.
- 8:30: U of T Faculty of Music. Small
Jazz Ensembles. Songs by Duke Ellington.
Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 41!>·978·
3744. Free.
Thursday December 04
- 12: 10: U of T Faculty of Music.
Contemporary Opera Showcase. New works
by student composers performed by members
of the Opera Division. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's
Park. 416-978-3744. Free. ·
- 8:00: Dancemakers. Tziganes Cracked
Open. Excerpts from Bennathan's musical
metamorphoses of the voyaging Tziganes .
from Eastern Europe to Spain, with original
music performed live on stage. JoHn Gzowski,
·composer/performer; Andrew Downing, Rick
Hyslop, Robert Stevenson & Jeff Wilson,
performers. Dancemakers Studio, Distillery
Historic District, 55 Mill St. 416-367-1800.
$15, $12{preview). For complete run see
music theatre listings.
- 8:00: Music Gallery. Yuri laidenberg,
violinplays Schnittke. Schnittke: Suite in the
Old Style; Second Sonata; Silent Night;
Congratulationsrondo. Gregory Millar, piano.
197 John. 416-204-1080 ~ $12, $8(member),
$5(st/sr).
- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
Laila Biali- The Crossings Ouartet. Original
jazz. Laila Biali, piano; Tara Davidson, alto
saxophone; Brandi Disterheft, bass; Sly Juhaf,
drums. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St.
West. 416-408-2824 x321. $25,$15.
- 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.
Bach: Christmas Oratorio. Cantatas 1,2,3.
Rufus Muller, Evangelist; lvars Taurins,
director. Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor
St. West. 416-964-6337. $32-$65, $28·
$58{sr/st). •
- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Roy Thomson Hall. See Dec 3.
Friday December 05
- 7:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
ARC Festival"Music Reborn. Works by
Jewish composers of the Nazi era. Students
of the Glenn Gould School, performers. Royal
Bach, Brahms,
Buxtehude, Byrd,
Gibbons, Purcell.,.
Schlitz, Stravinsk
Telemann
November 30;
300 Bloor St. W. at ·
416-924-7439 x. 35'·
NOVEMBER 1 ·- DECEMBER 7 2003

Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park. 416·
408-2824 x321. Free.
- 7:30: Church of the Holy Trinity. The
Christmas Story. Nativity pageant.
Professional-musicians & volunteer cast. 10
Trinity Square. 416-598-8979. Suggested
donation $10(adults), $5(children). For
complete run see music theatre listings.
- 7:J°O: Elmer lseler Singers. Handel:
Messiah. Kathryn Domoney, soprano; Wendy
Hatala Foley, mezzo; Nils Brown, tenor; Marc
Boucher, baritone; Matthew Lsrkin, organ &
other performers; Lydia Adams, conductor. St.
• James' Cat.hedral, 65 Church St. 416-217·
0537. $45,$25.
- 8:00: Acclarion. Christmas Concert:
Featuring the Wheel O' Tunes. David
Carovillano, accordion; Becky Sajo, clarinet. .
Grace United Church, 156 Main St. North,
Brampton. 905-793-7697.
- 8:00: Music Gallery. Master Musicians
from the East: An Evening of Melody and
Rhythm. Janak Khendry Dance Company. 197
John. 416-204-1080. $15, $10(member),
$5(st/sr).
- 8:00: Roy Thomson Hall. Wayne Newton
- Home for the Holidays Tour. Hit songs &
holiday classics. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-
4255. $49.50-$95.50:
- 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.
Bach: Christmas Oratorio. Cantatas 4,5,6.
Rufus Muller, Evangelist; lvars Taurins,
director. Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor
St. West. 416-964-6337. $32-$65, $28·
$58(sr/st).
-8:00: Tarragon Theatre. Hello ... Hello. By
Karen Hines; musical score & direction by
Greg Morrison. Musical comedy. Main.space,
30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827. $17(preview).
For complete run see music theatre listings.
- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. Faculty
Artist Series: James Parker, piano.
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; other
works. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416· ,
978-3744. $21,$11.
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· Lydia AdamsJ Conductor
Beckett, conductor. Willowdale Christian
Reformed Church, 70 Hilda Ave. 416-250-
7702. $15,$10.
- 7:30: Toronto Camerata Chamber
Choir. A Festival of Carols. Grace Church
on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-488·
7884x17. $15,$12.
- 7:30: York Strings Chamber
Orchestra. Monteverdi: TBA; Bach: Violin
Concerto in E; Handel: Messiah selections.
- 2:00 & 7:3Q: Mississauga Children's Jani Papadimitri, violin. Trinity Anglican
Choir. Merrily on High. Seasonal fare. Church, 79 Victoria St., Aurora. 905-898-
Guest tenor; Thomas Bell, director .. Royal 8077. $15, $10.
· Bank Theatre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., - 8:00: Acoustic Harvest Folk Club.
Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $161mat), Heather Gale's Medieval Christmas Show.
$1 S(eve). Birch Cliff United Church, 33 East Rd. 416·
- 3:00: Univers'ity of Toronto 264-2235. $12. . ·
Scarborough Campus Concert Choir & · - 8:00: Aradia Ensemble. Noels from
Wind Ensemble. Sounds of the Season. France and Nouvelle France. Christmas
Annual holiday concert. Lenard Whiting & music of 17th and 18th century France and
Larry Shields, directors. ARC Hall, 1265 Quebec. St. Andrew's Church, 73 Simcoe
MilitaryTrail.416-287-7076. Free. St.416-872-1212. $13-$22.
- 7:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. - 8:00: Bell' Arte Singers. Candlelight
Schumann: Concerto for Cello in a Op.129; Christmas. Rutter: Gloria; other seasonal
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme favourites; audience carol sing-along with
Op.33; Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an organ and brass ensemble; readings by
Exhibition. Yo· Yo Ma, cello; Peter Oundjian, CBC's Robert Fisher. Eastminster United
conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416-699-5879.
St. 416-593-4828. $55-$120. $25,$15.
- 7:30: Anriex Singers of Toronto. - 8:00: Cantores Celestes Women's
Christmas Concert. Britten: Hymn to St. Choir. Glori;J. Vivaldi: Gloria; arrangements
Cecilia; Handel: Hallelujah Chorus (with of Christmas carols by Cable, Rutter &
audience sing-along); Basque, African, Willcocks; sing-along. Guests: members.of
Mexican & traditional English carols. the Canadian Sinfonietta; Ellen Meyer,
Lawrence Goudge, music director. St. 1 · piano; Jurgen Petrenko, organ; Kelly
Thomas's Church, 383 Huron. 416·761· Galbraith, director. Runnymede United
9665. $15. Church, 432 Runnymede. 416-236· 1522.
- 7:30: Arcady. Handel: Messiah. Ronald $15. Donation to Out of the Cold; please
bring contribution of non-perishable food to
the food bank.
- 8:00: Living Arts Centre. Christmas
with Cantabile. A cappella favourites and
music of the last millennium. 4141 Living
Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000.
$30-$45.
- 8:00: Music Gallery. Master Musicians
from the East: An Evening of Melody and
Rhythm. See Dec 5.
- 8:00: Royal Conservatory 'of Music.
ARC Festival: Music Reborn. La ks:
Passacaille arr.cello & piano; Haas: String
Quartet #3 Op.15; Berman: Poupata songs
Jar bass; Ullmann: Liederbuch des Hafis
Op.30; Weinberg: Piano Quintet Op.18.
Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St.
West. 416-408-2824 x321. $25,$15.
- 8:00: Symphony Hamilton. Handel:
Messiah. Anne L'Esperance, soprano; Mari
Van Pelt, alto; Prabhjot Seehra, tenor;
· Andrew Tam, bass; Brampton Festival
Singers; St'ephane Potvin, conductor. St.
Paul's United Church, 30 Main St. South,
. Brampton. 905-874-2800. $22, $17,
$5(under 12).
- 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.
Bach: Christmas Oratorio. Cantatas 1,2,3.
Trinity-St. Paul's Centre. See Dec 4.
- 8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. U of T
Symphony Orchestra. Brahms: Variations on
a Theme by Haydn; Tchaikovsky: Sleeping
Beauty Suite; Nutcracker Suite; concerto
with student soloist TBA. Raffi Armenian,
conductor. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's
Park. 416-978-3744. $17,$9.
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SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS
Kathryn Domoney, Soprano
ndy Hatala Foley, Mezzo Soprano
Nils Brown, Tenor
Marc Boucher, Baritone
WITH ORCHESTRA
Matthew Larkin, Otgan
Robert Venables and Robert di Vito, Trumpets
Friday, December 5, 2003, 7:30 p.m.
St. James; Cathedral
King & Church Streets
Tickets 416-217-0537
25th Anniversary Season
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Sunday December 07
- 1 :30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery.
Barry Peters, with Choir. 10365 Islington
Ave. 905·893·0344. Free with gallery
admission: $15,$9, $25(family).
- 2:00: Brampton Symphony Orches· ·
tra. Matinee at the Opera. Rossini: Barber
of Seville Overture; Mascagni: Intermezzo
Sinfonico; Bizet: Carmen Suite; operatic
arias. Narelle Martinez, soprano; Robert
Raines, conductor. Heritage Theatre, 86
Main St. North, Brampton. 905-874-2800.
$25, $15(sr/st), $5(under 12). _
- 2:00: Off Centre Music Salon.
Schubertiad: 9 and Counting! Schubert: Die
Schone Miillerin. Michael Colvin, tenor;
William Webster, actor; Inna Perkis & Boris
Zarankin, pianists. Glenn Gould Studio, 250
Front St. West. 416-205-5555. $35,$25.
- 2:00: Toronto Chamber Choir.
Kaffeemusik: Music for the Three Kings.
Music by Lasso, Hassler, Poulenc & Willan;
carol singing. David Fallis, conductor. Christ
Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge. 416-690·
4681. $15,$12.
-12: 15: Royal Conservatory of Music.
ARC Festival: Music Reborn. Works by
Jewish composers of the Nazi era.
Students of the Glenn Gould School,
performers. ROM Theatre, 100 Queen's
Park. 416-408·2824 x321 . Free with
admission to the ROM. \
- 3:00: Chrylark Arts & Music·Series.
Walter Buczynski, pianist. Bach: 3 Preludes
and Fugues; Beethoven: Sonata Op.109 in E;
Buczynski: Autumn Collection - 24
preludes for piano; Chopin: 2 mazurkas, 2
nocturnes, 1 scherzo. Heliconian Hall, 35
Hazelton Ave. 416·651 ·9380. $15.
- 3:00: Collegium Musi cum. Schubert
Celebration. Janka Marjanovic, cello; Borjana
Hrelja, piano; Susan Spier, violin. The
Assembly Hall, l Colonel Samuel Smith Park
Dr.41'6·503·1855. $10,$8.
- 3:00: Concertsingers. Handel: Messiah.
Marion Samuel·Stevens, soprano; Erin
Grainger, alto; tenor tba; Calvin Powell, bass;
Paul Grimwood, organ; Naiman lllis
Reintamm, conductor. Saint Thomas's Church,
383 Huron. 416·769·7991. $16,$12.
- 3:00: Mooredale Youth Orchestra.
Rosedale Heights School. 711 Bloor St. East. .
416·922·3714. $15,$10.
- 3:00: Music Gallery. Trio Phoenix.
Premieres by Larocque, d'Hoe, Xenakis,
Ferguson, Finnissy & Rosen; music by
Boudreau. Lieve Schuermans, flute; Simon
Turner, cello; Brigitte Poulin, piano. 197 John.
416·204-1080. $15, $1 O(member), $5(st/sr).
- 3:00: Orchestra Toronto. _Heroes•and
Conquerors. Dvorak: A Hero's Song Op.111;
Beethoven: Symphony #3 Op.55 in E flat
Eroica. Errol Gay, music director. George
Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416·
467-7142. $30,$25.
- 3:00: Sacre~ Music Society. Handel:
Messiah. Sacred Music Society Chamber
Choir; Sinfonia Sacra Chamber Orchestra. St.
Casimir's Parish, 156 Roncmalles. 416·515·
0767.
- 3:00: Sinfonia Toronto. A Baroque'
Christmas. Schiassi: Christmas Symphony;
Torelli: Christmas Concerto; Boccherini: Cello
Concerto in B flat; Locatelli: Christmas
Concerto. Jonathan Tortolano, cello; Nurhan
Arman, music director. Lawrence Park
Community Church, 2180 Bayview Avenue.
416-205-5555. $25, $20/$1 O(sr/st).
- 3:00: VocalPoint Chamber Choir. St.
Nicolas. Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai; Britten:
Saint Nicolas Cantata. Geoffrey Butler, tenor;
Riverdale Youth Singers; Talisker Players;
Mark Bell & Ian Grundy, conductors. Grace
Church on·the~Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-484·
0185. $25,$15.
- 3:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.
Bach: Christmas Oratorio. Cantatas 4,5,6.
Tri"nity·St. Paul's Centre. See Dec 5.
- 4:00: Concerts at St. George's on· the·
Hill. Of a Rose, a lovely Rose."Music by
Pachelbel, Buxtehude & Warlock; readings,
carol singing. St. George's Choir; Amarilli
Singers; strings, harpsichord & organ; Karen
Rymal, director/keyboard. 4600 Dundas St.
West. 416-463-9284. $15,$12.
- 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz
Vespers: Mike Murley-David Occhipinti Duo.
1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free
(donaiion).
- 7:00: Church of the Redeemer. A
Venetian Vespers Service. Music by
Monteverdi, Grandi, Banchieri & others.
Musicians in Ordinary (Hallie Fisbel, soprano
& John Edwards, theorbo); members of the
Redeemer choir; Christopher Verrette, violin.
162 Bloor St. West. 416-922-4948. Free
(donations to Church of the Redeemer
welcome).
- 7:30: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.
Festiva/ of Carols. Carols; sing along
favourites; seasonal readings. Richard
Ouzounian, narrator; Toronto Mendelssohn
Choir Brass; Noel Edison, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. 416-872-4255.
$30·$50.
- 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club.
Performers tba. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick.
416-410-3655.
- 8:00: Ramona Carmelly and Friends.
Gardiner: De Profundis; C"oulthard: Four ·
Prophetic Songs; Greenberg; Kaddish; songs
by Duparc, Rachmaninoff, Mahler & others.
Ramona Joy Carmelly, mezzo; Jennifer
Tung, piano; guests: Shauna Basiuk, flute;
Noam Miller, clarinet; Elizabeth Mclennan,
cello. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave.
416·256·7057. Free. ·
Presents annual French Salon:
Did it end with the Guillriti11e?
November 2, 2003@ 2:00pm
Soprano Natalie Paulin, tenor
Luc Robert, violinist
Jacques lsraelievitch,
pianists Inna Perkis, Boris
Zarankin, actors Nancy
Palk,,Joseph Ziegler, host
Stuar~ Hamilton.
Tickets at Glenn Gould Box
office: $35/$25 seniors/students
250 Front St W, 416-205-5555.
Sunday December 7. 2003 3pm
George Weston Recital Hall
Toronto Centre of !he Arts
Heroes
and
Conquerers
Dvorak A Hero's Song, Op. 111
Beethoven Symphony #3,
Op.55,
in E Fla! Major "Eroica•·
$30/$25
Join us for our 6/h Annual
Silent Auction: 2:30 pm
George We.ston Lobby
Errol Ga , Music Director and Conductor
Sunday, February 15, 2004 • 1 :30 & 3:30 pm•
Leah Posluns Theatre
Klezmer for Kids &Kids at Heart
Guest Artists Daniel Golden and.members of the Hal Laik9s
K/ezmer Band
Sunday, April 1 a, 2004 • 3:po pm • George V.:eston Recital Hall
·Music of the Gods
&!int-Saens La je11nesse d'Hercule, Op. So
M~hler Symphony I 1, 1 1n D Major "Titan"
Sunday, May 30, 2004 • 3:00 pin • George We-•toll Recital Hall
Season Finale
Erin Cooper-Gay horn
MacMiilan Overture in D ,,.,,
Richard Strauss Hom Concerto No 1. Op. 11, in E Flat Major
Brahms Symphony No1, Op. 68. in C minor
For tickets & subscriptions call: 416 - 467 - 7142
· ?r visit us online: www.orchestratoronto.com
'
Sunday December 7, 2003 - 4:00 pm
St. George's on-the-Hill Choir, the Amarilli Singers,
strings, harpsichord and organ
Karen Rymal-- director/keyboard
'OF A' ROSE, A LOVELY ROSE'
music by Pachelbel, Buxtehude, Warlock and others
seasonal readings, carol singing, sherry and shot1bread
The Church of the Redeemer
presents
A Venetian Vespers
'with The Musicians In Ordinary and
Members of the Redeemer Choir
Sunday December 7 at 7 pm
Church of the Redeemer
Bloor Street and Avenue Road
St. George's on-the-Hill Anglican Church
4600 Dundas St. W. (just east of Islington) $15/$12 416-922-4948 www.theredeemer.ca
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- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.
ARC Festival: Music Reborn. Schulhoff: Five
Piano Pieces; Five Pieces for String Quartet;
Schoenfield: Camp Songs; Smit: Divertimento
for piano four hands; Prokofiev: Overture on
Hebrew Themes. Mazzoleni Concert Hall,
273 Bloor St. West. 416-408-2824 x321 .
$25,$15.
CONCERTS FURTHER AFIELD
{In this issue: Alliston, Ancaster, Aylmer, Barrie, Caledon East, Cambridge, Colgan,
Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Kitchener, Lindsay, _London, Midland, Orangeville,
Oshawa, Peterborough, Port Perry, St. Catharines, St. Jacobs, St. Marys,
Thornbury, -Waterloo)
Toronto Choral Society Community Choir
Katherine
Lynn.Malo
Albert Greer -
Bruce Kelly -Bass
Talisker Players
' North 44" .
WednesCiay December 10, 20
Eifstrninstcr United Church, 310 Danforth
'
(1 Block West of Chester Subway)
Tickets $20
Call 416-410-3509 for information or reservations
Visit Our Website www.torontochoralsociety.org
Saturday November D 1
- 10:45am: City of Hamilton/American
Liszt Society/McMaster University
School of the Arts. Great Romantics ·
Festival: Louis Nagel, piano in Recital.
Schumann: Novelette #1 in F Op.21; Three
Fantasy Pieces Op.111; Piano Sonata #1 inf
sharp Op.11. Centenary United Church,
Hamilton. 905-525-9140 x23674. $20.
- 11 :45am: City of Hamilton/American
Liszt Society/McMaster University
School of the Arts. Great Romantics
Festival: lieder Recital: Schumann & Brahms.
Janet Obermeyer, soprano; Leslie De'Ath,
c1lcc lt7rie> o
:Becky Sajo & David Carovillano
&'ll.f~ e"!'~ 0ffl4'4'i04' II
piano. Centenary United Church, Hamilton.
905-525-9140 x23674. $20.
- 2:30: City of Hamilton/American Liszt
Society/McMaster University School of
the Arts. Great Romantics Festival: Great
Romantics Piano Gala. Music by Chopin.
William Aide, Ian Hobson, Petrone! Malan,
Miriam Gomez-Moran, pianists. Centenary
United Church, Hamilton. 905-525-9140
x23B74. s20.
- 7:30: Chorus Niagara. Absolutely
Passionate.fOrff: Catulli Carmina; Nance:
Mass for a New Millennium. Leslie Fagan,
soprano; Nils Brown, tenor; Niagara
(905) 793-7697
acclarion ahoo.ca
10th Anniversary Concert Season
200312004 .
Come and enjoy selections of holiday
music from around the _world to celebrate
the festive ti~e of year.
Join us on
Saturday. December 13 at 8pm
at
Willowdale United Church
349 Kenneth Avenue, North York
Adult $15, Senior/Student $10
To purchase tickets, call 416-225-2255
· · www.alltheklngsvoices.ca
Supported by the City of Toronto through
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N OVEMBER 1 - D ECEMBER 7 2003

Percussion Ensemble. Calvary Church, 89
Scott St., St. ca·tharines. 905-688-5550
x3257. $25, $23(sr), $12(st).
- 8:00: Lindsay Concert Foundation. True
North Brass. Glenn Crombie Theatre, Sir ·
Sandford Fleming College, Lindsay. 705-328·
0587. $25,$15.
- 8:00: Millpond ~entre. Scott Woods,
fiddle. 106 Victoria St. West, Alliston.
705-435-3092. $14.
- 8:00: Symphony Hamilton. The New
World. Dvorak: Symphony #9 in e Op.95;
Haydn: Concerto for cello in C; Mozart:
Concerto for flute in D. Gertrude Trinh, cello;
Jonathan Rogers, flute; Junior String
Orchestra, Hamilton Suzuki School of Music;
Marlene Dankiew-Bath, music director;
James R. McKay, music director/conductor.
Studio Theatre, Hamilton Place, Summers
Lane. 905-527-7666. $22, $17, $5(under
12).
Sunday November 02
- 7:00: Sacred Music Society/World
Youth Day Choir. Mourt: Requiem.
Sinfonia Sacra Orchestra. St. Peter's RC
Church, 100 Bainbridge Ave .. Woodbridge.
416-515-0767.
Thursday November 06
- 7:30: Ontario Band Association. Bala
Concert. Works by Applebaum, Kamioka, Ito,
Hesketh, Whitacre & Ballenger. Ontario
Provincial Honour Band; University of Western
Ontario Wind Ensemble; Dr. Glenn Price &
David McKinney, conductors. Barrie North
Collegiate, 110 Grove St. 905-940-8840
x481. $7,$5.
Friday November 07
- 7:30: Waves of Sound. London Fanshawe
Symphonic Chorus/Gerald Fagan Singers/
Concert Players Orchestra. Mendelssohn:
Symphony #2 lobgesang; Sirett: Song at
Sunset (world premiere) (commission). Leslie
Fagan & Rachel Snow, sopranos; MarkDuBois,
tenor; Gerald Fagan, director; guests: Pearson
School for the Arts Choir; Rob Cairns &
Wendy Gee, conductors. Centennial Hall, 550
Wellington St .. London. 519-433-9650, 1· ·
866-244-0762. $20,$18. ,
- 8:00: Theatre Ancaster. Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Oreamcoat. Auditorium, ·
Ancaster High School, 374 Jerseyville Rd.
West. 905-304· 7469. $18, $ l 5(sr), $ l 2(st).
For complete run see music theatre listings.
Saturday November 08
- 2:30 & 7:30: Peterborough Singers.
Songs of WW2. With Peterborough Singers
Pop Ensemble; Barbara Monahan, director.
Murray Street Baptist Church, Peterbor·
ough. 705-740-9018. $20,$10.
Sunday November 09
- 2:30: Hamilton Concert Band. Classics
for Band. Keith Kinder & Mary Sobota,
conductors. Emmanuel United Church, 871
Upper Ottawa St., Hamilton. 905-664·
9340. $7,$5.
- 3:00: McMaster University Chamber
Orchestra. 20th Century Gems. Music by
Stravinsky, Sibelius, Poulenc, Bartok & others.
Gregory Burton, conductor. Convocation Hall,
McMaster University; Hamilton. 905·525·
9140 x23333.
- 8:00: Benjamin Britten: A Celebration.
War Requiem. Barbara Livingston, soprano;
Michael Schade, tenor; Russell Braun,
baritone; orchestra; choir of 250; Howard
Dyck, conductor. Centre in the Square, Queen
& Ellen, Kitchener. 519-578-1570, 800·
265-8977. $32-$40.
Wednesday November 12
- 8:00: Benjamin Britten: A Celebration.
War Requiem. Barbara Livingston, soprano;
Michael Schade, tenor; Russell Braun,
baritone; orchestra; choir of 250; Howard
Dyck, conductor. Alumni Hall, U of Western
Ontario, London. 519-679-8778. $29-$42.
Friday November 14
- 8:00: Lynn McDonald Presents.
Beethoven Septet. Music for clarinet, bassoon,
French horn, violin, viola, cello & contrabass.
Guests: Mississauga Chamber Music Society.
Port Perry United Church, 294 Queen St.
705-357 ·2468. $15.
- 8:00: McMaster Celebrity Concert
Series. Broadway Cabaret/Broadway Jazz. A
journey of the Broadway musical from stage
to jazz standard. Music of Rodgers & Hart,
Gershwin, Porter, Arlen & more. Kevin
Power, concert artist; Richard Whiteman, jazz
piano; Melissa Stylianou, jazz vocals.
Convocation Hall, 1280 Main St. West,
Hamilton. 905-525-9140 x23333.
$17,$12.
Saturday November 15
:.. 8:00: Millpond Centre. Jorge Miguel
Flamenco guitar, bass, percussion, voice &
dance.106 Victoria St. West, Alliston. 705·
435-3092. $14.
- 8:00: Renaissance Singers. Happy
Birthday Benjamin - Great Britten and Great
Britain. Choral works by Britten & his peers.
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 54 Queen
·St. North, Kitchener. 519-579-1568. $15,
$ lO(sr), $5(st).
Sunday November 16
- 3:00: McMaster University Concert
Band. Classics for Windband. Music by Holst,
Hansen, Chance, Cable & others. Gregory
Burton, conductor. Convocation Hall,
McMaster University, Hamilton. 905-525·
9140 x23333.
- 3:00: Renaissance Singers. Happy
Birthday Benjamin - Great Britten and Great
Britain. See November 15. Trinity Anglican
Church, 12 Blair Rd, Cambrid_ge.
Tuesday November 18
- 8:00: Wilfrid Laurier University
Faculty of Music. Opo Recital by Frederica
van Stade and Kimberly Barber, mezzo
sopranos. Steven Blier, piano. Maureen
Forrester Recital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier
University, Waterloo. 519-884· 1970
x2150. $40,$20.
Wednesday November 19
- 8:00: Benjamin Britten: A Celebra·
tion/Aldeburgh Connection. The Heart
of the Matter. Britten: Canticle Ill: Still falls
the rain; songs by Britten, Bridge &
Schubert; readings. Benjamin Butterfield,
tenor; Monica Whicher, soprano; Scott
Wevers. horn; Christopher Newton,
narrator; Stephen Ralls & Bruce Ubukata,
society
2003-2004 SeaSOn Chrys A. Bentley Artistic Director
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Wednesday, December 17 at 7pm
Preview: Tuesday, December 16, 3-8pm
Instruments for all levels of
players; pianos by Steinway,
Mason & Risch, Bechstein,
Knabe and Yamaha; violins
by Dallinger (Vienna),
Kuczer (Canada), Collin­
Mezin · (France) and
Horsteiner (Germany); cellos
by Durer (Eisleben,
Germany); bows by German
and French makers, including
Morizot; from the personal
collection of Moe Koffman, a·
fine Haynes gold flute, a fine
Powell silver C piccolo and
two other flutes by Artley and
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piano. Von Kuster Hall, U of Western
Ontario, London. 519-679-8778. $30.
Thursday November 20
- 8;00: Benjamin Britten: A Celebration/
Aldeburgh Connection. The Heart of the
Matter. Britten: Canticle Ill: Still falls the rain;
songs by Britten, Bridge & Schubert; readings.
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor; Monica Whicher,
soprano; Scott Wevers, horn; Christopher
Newton, narrator; Stephen Ralls & Bruce
Ubukata, piano. War Memorial Hall, U of
Guelph. 519· 763-3000, 877-520-2408.
$25.
Friday November 21
- 8:00: Benjamin Britten: A Celebration/
Aldeburgh Connection. The Heart of the
Matter. Britten: Canticle Ill: Still falls the rain;
songs ~y Britten, Bridge & Schubert; readings.
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor; Monica Whicher,
.. soprano; Scott Wevers, horn; Christopher
Newton, narrator; Stephen Ralls & Bruce
Ubukata, piano. Maureen Forrester Hall,
Wilfrid laurier U, Waterloo. 519-578-1570,
800-265-8977. $25.
Saturday November 22
- 7:30: Milton Choristers. A Victorian
Christmas. Works by Rutter, Willcocks &
Beckett. Carolyn Stronks-Zeyl, flute; Sonja van
de Hoel, conductor. Knox ~resbyterian Church,
Main Street, Milton. 905-876-3203.
- 8:00: Barrie Concerts. From Austria: 2
Pianos4Hands. Works by Bernstein,
Gershwin, Rachmaninoff, Milhaud. Eduard &
Johannes Kutrowatz, pianos. Fisher
Auditorium, 125 Dunlop St. West, Barrie.
705-726-4980 or 705-726-1181.
- 8:00: Beaver Valley Concert Society.
Music for Soprano and Piano. Music by
Vivaldi, Copland and others. Gisele Kulak,
soprano; Sabatino Vacca, piano. Grace United
Church, 140 Bruce St., Thornbury. 519·
599-5461. $ 20.
- 8:00: Guelph Chamber Choir. Venetian
Splendour. Monteverdi: Magnificat; Vivaldi:
Gloria; works by Gabrielli, Schutz and
Rosenmiiller. Church of Our Lady, 28 Norfolk
St., Guelph. 519-763-3000, 877-520-2408.
$25,$10,$5(eyeGO)
- 8:00: Toronto All-Star Big Band. Big
Band Showdown. Concert & competition.
Hamilton Convention Centre, Summers Lane.
905-777-9777. $30.
Sunday November 23
- 3:00: Milton Choristers. A Victorian
Christmas. Knox Presbyterian Church, Main
Street, Milton. See Nov 22.
- 3:00: Music for a Sunday Afternoon.
Thames Trio. Works by Brahms, Rota and
Muczynski. Marie Johnson, clarinet; jeff
Garrett, cello; Andreas Thiel, piano. St.
Mary's United Church, 85 Church St. South,
St. Mary's. 519:284-0812. Suggested
donation $10.
- 3:30: Waves of Sound.· Triilium
Christmas. Advent Motets by Bach; works by
Ontario composers. Gerald Fagan Singers;
Concert Players Orchestra; Gerald Fagan,
conductor. St. Peter's Cathedral, 196 Dufferin
Ave., London. 519-433-9650. $20,$18.
Tuesday November 25
- 8:00: Benjamin Britten: A Celebration.
Britten Chamber Music Ensemble. Britten:
Solo CeUo Suite; String Quartet #3; Violin
Sonata; Kulesha: Variations on a Theme by
Benjamin Britten. Scott St. John, Erika Raum,
violins; Steven Dann, viola; Shauna Rolston,
cello; James Parker, piano. Talbot Theatre, U
of Western Ontario, London. 519-679-
8778. $30.
Wednesday November 26
- 8:00: Benjamin Britten: A Celebration.
Britten Chamber Music Ensemble. Britten:
Solo Cello Suite; String Quartet #3; Violin
Sonata; Kulesha: Variations on a Theme by
Benjamin Britten. Scott St. John, Erika Raum,
violins; Steven' Dann, viola; Shauna Rolston,
cello; James Parker, piano. Maureen Forrester
Hall, Wilfrid laurier U, Waterloo, 519-578-
1570, 800-265-8977. $25.
Thursday November 27
-8:00: Arcady. Welcome Yule/Christmas
music of Ronald Beckett. Ronald Beckett,
conductor. Old Town Hall Theatre, 38 John
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bundle of magazines to one concert listed in
WholeNote every issue (10 concerts per year). '
To become a WholeNote Concert Volunteer
please call Sheila McCoy at 416-928-6991.
St. South, Aylmer. 519-773-3496. $20.
- 8:00: Benjamin Britten: A Celebration.
Britten Chamber Music Ensemble. Britten:
Solo Cello Suite; String Quartet #3; Violin
Sonata; Kulesha: Variations on a Theme by
Benjamin Britten. Scott St. John, Erika Raum,
violins; Steven Dann, viola; Shauna Rolston,
cello; James Parker, piano. War Memorial
Hall, U of Guelph. 519-763-3000, 877-520·
z400. $25.
- 8:00: Opera Ontario. Popera. Operatic
excerpts. Four vocal soloists; Hamilton
Philharmonic Orchestra. Hamilton Place,
Summers lane. 905-526-6556.
Friday November 28
- 8:00: Opera Ontario. Popera. Centre in ,
the Square, Kitchener. 519-578-1570. See
Nov 27.
- 8:00: Benjamin Britten: A Celebration.
The Prodigal Son. Church opera. ilary Rideout,
Gary Relyea, Benoit Boutet, Theodore Baerg,
soloists; University of Western Ontario
Chorus; Amabile Children's Chorus; musicians
of Orchestra London; Brian Macdonald,
director; Timothy Vernon, music director.
Dundas St. United Church, 482 Dundas St.,
London. 519-679-8778. $35. For complete
run see music theatre listings.
- 8:00: University of Guelph. Britten: The
Company of Heaven. Britten: The Company of
Heaven; Buxtehude: In Dulci Jubilo; Saint­
Saens: Christmas Oratorio. Natasha Campbell,
soprano; Jessica Lloyd, mezzo; Christopher
Fischer, tenor; Kirk lackenbauer, bass;
University of Guelph Choir & Chamber Choir;
Arcady; Ronald Beckett, guest conductor.
River Run Centre, 35 Woolwich St., Guelph.
519-763-3000. $16,$8,
Saturday November 29
- 8:00: Durham Region Conci;rt
Association. Brass Rings - Time for
Christmas. Salvation Army Temple, 570
Thornton Rd. North, .Oshawa. 905-430·
0815.
- 8:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale.
Advent Concert. Handel: Chandos Anthem #2
In the lord I Put My Trust; Bach: Cantata 109
lch glaube, lieber Herr; Piano Concerto #5
BWV 1056. Knox Presbyterian Church,
Georgetown. 905-877-6569, 905-877-
2711.$20.
- 8:00: Millpond Centre. Tanglefoot.
Celtic, east coast. 106 Victoria St. West,
Alliston. 705-435-3092. $14.
- 8:00: Opera Ontario. Popera. Hamilton
Place. See Nov 27.
- 8:00: The Church Theatre. Fretf.
Eaglesmith. Rock & roll. 1376 King St. North,
St. Jacobs. 519-664-1134. $22.
Sunday November 30
- 2:00: Georgetown Bach, Chorale.
Advent Concert. St. James Anglican Church,
Celedon. East. See Nov 29.
- 2:00: The Church Theatre. Fred
Eaglesmith. Bluegrass. 1376 King St. North,
St. Jacobs. 519:664-1134. $18. /
- 3:00: Centenary United Church. Sing
Along Messiah. Shawn Grenke, Minister of
Music. 24 Main St. West, Hamilton. 905·
522-6843 x26. $12,$10.
- 7:30: Achill Choral Society. Handel's
Messiah. Natasha Campbell, soprano; Lesley
Andrew, alto; Mark Dubois, tenor; Daniel
lichti, baritone; Valen Ensemble; A. Dale
Wood, director; Beverly Foster, accompanist;
St. James RC Church, Colgan. 519-941 ·
5089, 905-936-4719. $20, $17/$8(sr/
youth), $50(family).
Monday December 01
- 7:30: Brott Music Festival. Handel:
Messiah. Jane Archibald, sopr~no; Daniel ·
Cabena, alto; Stuart Howe, tenor; Daniel
Lichti, bass; Elmer lseler Singers. Hamilton
Place, Summers lane. 905-525-7664, 888·
475-9377. $28,$24.
Friday December 05
- 7:30: Arcady. Handel: Messiah. Ronald
Beckett, conductor. St. Paul's United Church,
5 Queen St. North, Aylmer. 519-773-3496.
$20,$15.
- 7:30: Waves of Sound. Christmas
Celebration. Sing-along carols, Christmas
Choral music. London Fanshaw Symphonic
Chorus, Pearson School for the Arts Choir, St.
Thomas Children's Choir, The Percussion Trio.
Peter Garland, master of ceremonies.
Centennial Hall, 550 Wellington St., London.
519-672-1967. $12,$5.
Saturday December 06
- 1 :00: Theatre Aquarius. The Music Man.
By Meredith Willson and Franklin lacy. Irving
Zucker Theatre, 190 King William St.,
Hamilton. 905-522-7529. $20-$48. For
complete run see music theatre listings.
- 7:30: Serenata Choir. Carols with the
Kids/Children's Community Choir; Serenata
Brass Quintet. Knox Presbyterian Church,
Midland. 705-528-0234.
- 8:00: Millpond Centre. Christmas Jazz.
106 Victoria St. West, Alliston. 705-435·
3092. $14.
- 8:00: The Church Theatre. Aengus
Finnan. 1376 King St. North, St. J~cobs.
519-664-1134. $20.
- 8:00: Vox Nouvpau Singers. Angels Are
Singing. Christmas music traditional to
contemporary. St. James' Church, 520 Ellis
Rd. Cambridge. 905-627-2038. $20,$15.
Sunday December 07
- 2:30: Georgian Music. Christmas with
Cantabile. A Cappella group from England.
Central United Church, 54 Ross St., Barrie.
705-726-4980 or 705-726-1181.
- 3:00: Symphony Hamilton. Handel:
Messiah. Anne l'Esperance, soprano; Mari
Van Pelt, alto; Prabhjot Seehra, tenor; Andrew
Tam, bass; Brampton Festival Singers;
Stephane Potvin, conductor. Studio Theatre,
Hamilton Place, Summers lane. 905-527-
7666. $22, $17, $5(under 12).
- 7:30: A chill Choral Society. Handel's
. Messiah. Natasha Campbell, soprano; Lesley
Andrew, alto; Mark Dubois, tenor; Daniel
lichti, baritone; Valen Ensemble; A. Dale
Wood, d.irector; Beverly Foster, accompanist;
St. Timothy RC Church, 48 Centre St.,
Orangeville. 519-941-5089, 905-936·
4719. $20, $17/$8(sr/youth), .$50(family).
PRESENTERS PLEASE NOTE:
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JANUARY COMBINED. DEADLINE
FOR JANUARY LISTINGS IS
THEREFORE NOVEMBER 15.
NOVEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 7 2003

Benjamin Britten: A Celebration. Noye's
F/udde. Church opera. Joy Coghill, director;
Nicholas Goldschmidt, music director; Gary
R!llyea, Marcia Swanston, soloists; Douglas
Campbell, voice; Bach Children's Chorus; North
Toronto Collegiate Symphony Orchestra. Nov 21
8:00, Nov 22-2:00 & 8:00. St. Anne's Church,
270Gladstone Ave. 416·8724255. $25(eve),
$20(ma1).
Benjamin Britten: A Celebration. The
Prodigal Son. Church opera. Gary Rideout, Gary
Relyea, Benoit Boutet, Theodore Baerg, soloists;
University of Western Ontario Chorus; Amabile
Children's Chorus; musicians of Orchestra
London; Brian Macdonald, director; Timothy
Vernon, music director. Nov 28 8:00 at Dundas
St.United Church, 482 Dundas St., London. 519·
679·8778. $35. Nov 29 8:00 at North Street
United Church, 56 North St., GodBrich. 519·24-
2103. $40. Nov 30 4:00 at River Run Centre, 35
Woolwich, Guelph. 519·763-3000. $30·$35.
Brampton Music Theatre. Bye Bye Birdie. By
Stewart, Strouse & Adams. Nov 13· 15, 20·22:
8:00, Nov 16 & 22: 2:00. Lester B. Pearson
Theatre, 150 Central Park Dr .. Brampton. 905·
874·2800. $20, $17(str/s1), $14(10 & under).
Canadian Children's Opera Chorus. Opera
Excerpts. Workshop production. Music from
Fiddler on the Roof & The Marriage of Figaro. Nov
7 & 8: 8:00. Timothy Eaton Memorial Church,
230 St. Clair West.'416·366·0467. $10,
$25(family of 4).
Canadian Opera Company Ensemble
Studio. Bach: Coffee Cantata; Purcell: Dido and
Aeneas. Luc Robert, Peter Barrett, Colleen Skull,
Frederique Vezina, Peter McGillivray & other
performers; Jan Willem Jansen, conductor. Dec
1,3,5: 7:30, Dec 7: 2:00. Imperial Oil Theatre,
Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre, 227
Front St. East. 416·363·8231. $55.
CanStage. Cookin' at the Cookery. The music
and times of Alberta Hunter. Nov 10·Dec 6.
Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416·
367·8243. $25·$51.
Church of the Holy Trinity. The Christmas
Story. Nativity pageant. Professional musicians
&volunteercast. Dec.5·7, 12·14, 19-21.Fri&
Sat evenings: 7:30, Sat & Sun matinees: 4:30.
10 Trinity Square. 416-598-8979. Suggested
donation $1 O(adults), $ 5(children).
CIBC presents a Ross Petty Production.
Cinderella - The Sparkling Family Musical!
Performers include Ro.ss Petty, Don Harron, Erin
Davis, Jennifer Gould, Adam Brazier & others;
David Warrack, music director. Dec 2-30. Elgin
Theatre, 189 Yonge. 416-872-5555. $47-$67,
$37(child). Preview. For complete run see music
theatre listings.
Curtain Call Players. A Sentimental Joumey.
Musical Salute to the Big Band Era. GT A Swing
Band. Nov 1: 8:00. Fairview Library Theatre, 35
Fairview Mall Dr. 416·703-6181. $20.
Dancemakers. Tziganes Cracked Open.
Excerpts from Bennathan's musical metamorphoses
of the voyaging T ziganes from Eastern
Europe to Spain, with original music performed
live on stage. John Gzowski, composer/
performer; Andrew Downing, Rick Hyslop,
Robert Stevenson & Jeff Wilson, performers.
Dec 4-6: 8:00. Dancemakers Studio, Distillery
Historic District, 55 Mill St. 416-367-1800.
$ l 5,$.l 21previews).
Etobicoke Musical Productions. Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. By Lloyd
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OPERA AND MUSIC THEATRE LISTINGS
Webber & Rice. Nov 14, 15,21,22,28: 8:00; Nov
16,23,29: 2:00. Burnhamthorpe Auditorium,
500 The East Mall. 416-248-0410. $22, ·
$161youth), group rates.
Hamilton Theatre Inc. Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. By Lloyd
Webber &Rice. Nov 1,7,8: 8:00, Nov 2: 2:00.
140 MacNab St. North, Hamilton. 905-522·
3032. $20. '
Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young
· People. Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded
fang. By Richler, Lee, Balsam & Betts; directed
by Allen Macinnis. For ages 7 to 107. Nov 1 to
Jan 4, various times. Mainstage, 165 Front St.
East. 416-862-2222. $18-$28.
M. Rubinoff Productions. Les Miserables:
School Edition. Performed by youth ages 8-19.
Nov 1: 7:30, Nov 2: 2:00 & 7:00. Betty Oliphant
Theatre, 404 Jarvis St. 416-366· 7723.
Mirvish Productions. Mamma Mia! Musical
based on the songs of ABBA. Music & lyrics by
Benny Andersson & Bjiirn Ulvaeus; book by Catherine
Johnson; directed by Phyllida Lloyd. To Feb 29.
Tues-Sat 8:00; Wed, Sat & Sun 2:00. Royal Alexandra
Theatre, 260 King St. West. 416-872-1212.
$26to $94.
Mirvish Productions. The lion King. Stage mu·
sical of Disney's 1994 animated feature. To Jan 4.
Wed·Sat: 8:00; Wed & Sat:2:00; Sun: 1 :00& 6:30.
Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King St. West. 416-
872-1212. $21 to $116.
Mirvish Productions. The Producers. Musical
adaptation of the Mel Brooks film comedy. Sean
Cullen, Michael Therriault, Juan Chioran, Paul
O'Sullivan, Sarah Cornell & other performers.
Begins Nov 21. T ues·Sat: 8:00, Wed, Sat, Sun:
2:00. Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria. 416·364-
4100. $31-$l21.
Music Theatre Mississauga/Clarkson
Music Theatre. Cabaret. By Kander & Ebb. Nov
21,22,27-29: 8:00; Nov 23,29: 2:00.
Meadowvale Theatre, 6315 Montevideo Rd.
Mississauga. 905-6154720.
Music Theatre Mississauga/Theatre
Unlimited. Anything Goes. By Bolton,
Wodehouse, Lindsay, Crouse & Porter. Nov 1:
2:00 & 8:00. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315
Montevideo Rd. Mississauga. 905·6154720.
New Yorker Theatre. Cabaret. By Kander &
Ebb. Jordan Allison, director; Gretchen Helbig,
musical director; 18-member cast with
orchestra. Ncrv 14-Dec 6. Tues·Sat: 8:00, Thurs,
Sat & Sun: 2:00. 651 Yonge St. 416·872-1111.
$46·$57.
Opera Atelier/Tafelmusjk Baroque
Orchestra. Gluck: lphiglfnie en Tauride. Krisztine
Szab6, Daniel Belcher, Colin Ainsworth, Olivier
Laquerre, Jackalyn Short & other performers;
Andrew Parrott, conductor. Nov 1: 7:30; Nov 2:
3:00. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge. 416-872-5555.
$25-$99.
Opera in Concert. Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani.
Maria Knapik, Marcel Beaulieu, Jeffrey Carl,
Giles Tomkins, Joey Niceforo, performers; Opera
in Concert Chorus, Robert Cooper director; Dixie
Ross Neill, music director and pianist. Nov 30:
2:30. Pre·concert talk 45 min prior to
performance. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St.
East.416·366-7723. $28,$22.
Opera York. Verdi's la Traviata in Concert.
Kinga Mitrowska, Peter DeSotto, Igor Emalianov;
Opera York Orchestra; Mark DuBois, director.
Nov 30: 8:00. Markham Theatre for the
Performing Arts, 171 Town Centre Blvd. 905-
763-7853. $30.
Rat·A·Tat·Tat/Theatre Passe Muraille.
Tequila Vampire Matinee. By Kevin Quain.
Retelling of the opera Pagliacci. J.D. Nicholsen,
Amy Rutherford, Shelley Simester, Stephen
Sparks, Brendan Wall & other performers;
directed by Ted Dykstra. Previews Nov 11, 12,
regular run Nov 13-Dec 7. Tues-Sat: 8:00, Sun:
2:30 & 7:00. Mainspace, 16 Ryerson Ave. 416-
504· 7529. $251T ues-Thurs & Sun eve), $341Fri
& Sat eve), $16(advance) or PWYC (previews &
Sun mat).
Royal Opera Canada. Verdi: Nabucco. Nov
15, 18,20,22: 7:30; Nov 16: 3:00 at Living Arts
Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905·
306-6000. Nov 27,29, Dec 4,6: 7:30 at Toronto
Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-S72-
1111.$14-$120 . •
Scarborough Music Theatre. Oliver! Music,
lyrics & book by Bart. Nov 1, Nov 6·8, 13-15:
8:00; Nov 2 & 9: 2:00. Scarborough Village
Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd. 416·3964049.
$21, $ l 8(st/sr, Thursdays & Sundays).
Shaw Festival. On the Twentieth Century. Book
& lyrics by Comden & Green; music by Coleman;
direction by Hamilton & Moore; musical direction•
by Paul Sportelli. To November 2. Royal George
Theatre, Niagara ~on-the·Lake. 1-800·5 ll-7429.
$42-$77. .
Stratford Festival. Gigi. By Lerner & Loewe.
Director: Richard Monette; musical director:
Berthold Carriere.To November 1. Avon Theatre,
Stratford. 1·800·567·1600. $49.48-$.l 05.40, sr/
.;t & discount rates.
Stratford Festival. The King and l By Rodgers
and Hammerstein. Director: Susan H. Schulman;
musical director: Berthold Carriere. To November
9. Festival Theatre, Stratford. 1·800-567-1600.
$49.48-$105.40;sr/st & discount rates.
Tarragon Extra Space.Job: The Hip-Hop
Saga. BySaibil &Batalion. Nov 18-Dec 14. 30
Bridgman Aye.416-531-1827. $16-$27.
Tarragon, Theatre. Hello ... Hello. By Karen
Hines; musical score & direction by Greg
Morrison. Musical comedy. Previews from Nov
5, regu[ar run Nov 11-Dec 14.T ues·Sat 8:00, Sat
& Sun mat 2:30, Wed mat 1 :30. Mainspace, 30
Bridgman. 416-531-1827. $10·$32, previews
$17.
Theatre Ancaster. Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat. Nov 7-22. Auditorium,
Ancaster High School, 374Jerseyville Rd. West.
905-304-7469. $18, $15(sr), $12(s1).
Theatre Aquarius. The Music Man. By
Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacy. Dec
6,7, 13, 14,20·23,26-28: 1:00; Dec 10-13, 17·
19,21,23,27,28: 7:00. Irving Zucker
Theatre, 190 King William St., Hamilton. 905-
522· 7529. $20-$48.
T ryp Ty ch Productions. Walt Der Corregidor
(The Magistrate). In concert. Monica Zerbe,
Lenard Whiting, Stephen King, Edward Franko,
Richard Davidson & other performers; William
Shookhoff, music director. Nov 22: 8:00, Nov 23:
3:00. Studio Theatre, Toronto Centre for the
Arts, 5040 Yonge St.416:872-1111. $30,$20.
U of T Faculty of Music. Opera Series: Mozart
- Casi fan tutte. Agnes Grossman, conductor;
Michael Patrick Albano, director. Nov 12-15:
8:00. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's Park. 416-
978-3744. $26,$16.
York Region Opera. Debut Opera Gala.
Selection of favourite arias & opera excerpts.
Soloists; students from Unionville High School,
chorus; Martin Dube, music director; Cassandra
Bourne, artistic director. Nov 14 at Newmarket
Theatre, 505 Pickering Cres. 905·953-5122;
Nov 27 at Markham Theatre for Performing
Arts, 171T own Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469.
$32.50.
Yorkminstrels.Fiddleron the Roof. By Bock &
Harnick. Nov 29, Dec 3·6: 8:00, Nov 30, Dec
6,7: 2:00. Leah Posluns Theatre, 4588 Bathurst.
416·291-0600. $22, $20(sr), $18(s1).
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$80 afterward
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JAZZ CLUB LISTINGS
Every month studenJs in the variousjau.programs arowui Toromo
scrounge up their small change, and try and get out to the clubs where their
teachers perform on a regular basis. This month, there are lots of opponunities to
see these students take the stage, as the Rex features student ensembles from the
University ofToronJo 's Jau. Performance program. There's also a new listing this
momhfor the "Jau.at Oscar's" series in the Arbor Room at the University. And
of course, the various jam sessions around the city are great places to hear much
of the wonderful talent Toronto 'sjau. scene'has to offer-both old and new.
Alleycatz 2409 Yonge St. 416-481 ·6865 . Nov 1 Cachlf Nov 2 Bateria Open Esco/a Oe
Every Mon Salsa Night w/ OJ Fiank Bischun Samba Rehearsal, Sugar Daddies 'the Remix"
Every Tue Christopher Plock Jazz Trio, Every Nov 3 Oanceteria, Nov 5 Feast of the East,
Wed The Outlaws Jazz, Blues and Motown, Nov 6 O.l.A.S Urban Showcase, Nov 7 Noite
Every Thu The Flow w/ Carlos Morgan Every Brasileira Nov 9 Bateria Open Rehearsal, Nov
Sun Jam Session w/ Tony Springer Band 1. 0 Dancetwia, Nov 12 Samba Squad Nov 14
Nov ·1 Mischief, Nov 7 Soular, Nov 18 Shasta Nick Ali & Marron Matizado Nov 15 Cache,
Jade Nov 14SoularNov 15 Groove Yard Nov Nov 16 BateriaOpenRehearsa/, Nov 17
21 SoularNov 22 Disco Night w/ Disco Inferno Oanceteria Nov 19 Habanasax, Nov 24
Band Nov 28 Soular Nov 29 Groove Yard Oanceteria Nov 27 Pueblito's Annual Fiesta Nov
Amato's Pizza
673 St. Clair Ave W. 416·65i6350
Nov 22 Beverly Taft Trio
Arbour Cafe 266 Lakeshore Rd. E.,
Oakville. 905·844-1840
Nov 1 Chris Wilson Ouartet featuring Brenda
lewis, Nov 6 Beverly Taft Trio Nov 7 Margo
Jamieson Trio, Nov 8 Sandy Faux Trio, Nov 13
Vivian Clement duo, Nov 14 Tim Shia Trio Nov
15 Colleen Jones Ouartet, Nov 20 Jim Slanski
Duo Nov 21 Michael Keys Duo, Nov 22 Blue
label Ouintet.
Ben Wicks 424 Parliament 416·961-9425
Cameron House
408 Queen St. W.416-703·0811
C'estWhat 67 Front St. E.416·867·9499
Saturday afternoon traditional jazz from.the Hot
Five Jazzmakers
Chatt's Bar & Grill
368 Bayly St Ajax. 905·686·2428
Nov 26 The George lake Big Band
Gate 403 403 Roncesvalles 416·588 2930
Every Sun. Ron Davis Jam Session
Nov 1 Mark Cushion Jazz Trio, Nov 7 Sweet
Oeriick Blues Duo Nov 14 Whitney Smith
Ouartet, Nov 15 laura Hubert Jazz Trio Nov 21
Lynne Tremblay Jazz Ouartet
Grossmans
279 Spadina Ave. 416·977-7000
Hot House Cafe Market Square
416·366· 7800
Ja~z brunch every Sunday. alt~rnating weeks:
Ken Churchill Quartet, 5spot
Hugh's Room
2261 Dundas West416·531 ·6604
Jazz at Oscar's Friday Nights in the Arbor
Room, 7 Hart House Circle 416·978·2452
Nov 7 RichardUnderhil/, Nov 14 11 O'Clock
Band, Nov21100'ClockBand, Nov28Hari
House Jazz Singers ·
L'Arte Bar and Gallery 416 ~ 535 · 3181
Lisa's Cafe 245 Caflaw Ave. 416·406·6470
Every Fri Martini and Manicure (5pm1pmJ
Nov 1 Max Woo/aver Band Nov 2 Chris
Mckhool Trio, Nov 7 Jason Crawford Nov 9
Aura Borealis Nov 13 www.voidshow.com
Nov 14 Tim Booth Trio Nov 16KarenManion
Combo, Nov 20Jazz .fam w. Brian Li & Robin
Pitts, Nov 21 Nick Ali Trio Nov 23 Peter
S(Tlith Trio Nov 27 www.voidshow.com Nov
28 Arlen Torlakovic & Nicolle Stoff man Gypsy
Jazz Trio Nov 29 Trevor Jones Nov 30 Beverly
Taft& Roland Hunter
Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas West. Call 416·
588·0307 for further times and info.
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Mezzetta
681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416·658·5687
"Wednesday Concerts in a Cafe" Sets at 9:00
and 10:15 pm. Reservations recommended for
first set. Nov 5 Thomas Handy Nov 12 Rob
Piltch/Brian Katz, Nov 19 Norman liota, .
Cameron Collyer Nov 26 lenka Lichtenberg,
Brian Katz
Mezzrows
1546 Queen St. W. 416·535-4906
Parkdale neighborhood pub featuring jazz and
blues on Saturday afternoons, Sunday evenings
and a live jam every other Wednesday.
Montreal Bistro
65 Sherbourne 416·363·0179
Nov 1 Bonnie Brett w/ the Mark Eisenman Trio
Nov 4·8 Time Warp w/ Barry Elmes, Al
Henderson, Kelly Jefferson, Kevin Turcotte Nov
1 0 David Occhipinti Ouartet w/ Terry Clarke,
Andrew Downing & Mike Murley Nov 11·15
Oon Thompson/Phil Dwyer Ouartet w/ Terry
.Clarke & Jim Vivian, Nov 17 Dave Young
· Ouartet w/ Phil Dwyer, John Obercian & Reg
Schwager Nov 18 -22 Pat laBarbera Ouartet w/
Brian Dickinson, Neil Swainson & Bob Mclaren,
Nov 24 Third Annual Moe Koff man Memorial
Jazz Scholarship Benefit (for tickets call
University of Toronto 416·946·3580/ Nov 25·
29 Special Presentation: Bill Mays Trio w/ Terry
Clarke & Neil Swainson.
N'awlins Jazz Bar and Dining
299 King St. W. 416·5.ll5· 1958
Cajun style cooking and New Orleans style jazz
Oasis 294 College St.
Occasional Jazz. Call for details.
Orbit Room .
508A College St. 416-763-3470
PilotT avern 22 Cumberland 416·923·5716
One of Toronto's oldest watering holes,
established in 1944 with a tradition of live jazz
every Saturday afternoon.
Ouigleys 2232 Queen E. 416-699·9998
Reservoir Lounge
52 Wellington E 416·955·0887
Every Mon Bradley and the Bouncers, Every
Tue Tyler Yarema Every Wed Guest
Performer Night, Every Thu Janice Hagen
Every Fri Chet Valiant Combo, Every Sat
Tony Cassis
Rex Jazz and Blues Bar
194 Queen St. W. 416·598-2475
Tues - Fri 2 Shows/Evening, Sat, Sun 3 or 4
Shows/day. Nov 1 Swing Shift Big Band,
Amanda Martinez, Murley & Turcotte, Nov 2
UofT Jazz Workshop, Club Ojango-Jraditional
Sextet Kira Callahan. Creation Dream Nov 3
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Peter Hill, UofT Student Jazz Ensembles, Nov 4
Swing Street, Classic Rex Jazz Jam w/ Jack
Zarovsk£ Nov 5Janie Reynolds & Exitman, Bob
Brough & Stan Fomin Present: Carol McCartney,
Nov 7 Melissa Stylianou, Dixie Demns, Nov BJohn
Cheesman Big Barxl, Paul Neufeld, Ian Bargh, Nov 9
UofT Jazz Workshop, Michael Herring Sextet, Kira
Callahan, Jim Firiaysflfl Ouartet, Nov 10 Petfl' Hil,
UofTStudent Jazz Ensembles Nov 11 Swing
Street, Classic Rex Jazz Jam w/ Nick A/£ Nov 12
Jarrie Reynolds & Exitman, Jorrfon Sali_Nov 13
KevinOuain, ChrisGaleOuintet, Nov 14HollyC/ark,
Clvis Gale Ouintet Nov 15.Stephen Frank & "Noises
from the Too/shed' Amanda Martinez, Victor
Bateman, Nov 16 UofT Jazz Workshop, BeBop
Cowboys, Kira Calahan, Artie Roth Ouintet, Nov 17
Peter Hill, UofT Student Jazz Ensembles, Nov 18
Swing Street Classic Rex Jazz Jam w/ Brandi
Oisterheft, Nov 19JarrieReynokls&ExitlTliln,
Peter T umer Trio, Nov 20 Kevin Ouain, Katherine
Bates Sextet, Nov 21 M£flSSil Styianou, Ted WiJm'(I
Conmission, Nov 22lallf8 Hubert Barxl, Amanda
Martinez, Kingsley Etienne Trio, Nov 23 UofT
Student Jazz Ensembles, Freeway Dixieland Septet,
Kira Calahan, Ouadruped, Nov 24JohnMacleod's
Rex Hotel Orchestra, Nov 25 Swing Street Classic
Rex Jazz Jam w/UofTStudent Jazz Ensembles,
Nov 26 Jamie Reynolds & Exitrnan, CO Refl!ilse
PartyGregOeDenus, Nov27 KevinOuain, WiDiam
Cam, Nov 28MelissaStyianou, Jonathan Rossman,
Nov 29 Raoul & the Big T UTJe, Amanda Martinez,
Michelle Mele, Nov 30 UofT Student Jazz, Ernesto
Cetvin£ Kira i:aDahan, Peter Van Huffril CD Rriease
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1496 Yonge St. 416·968·9315
Live Jazz Thu·Sat, 7:30pm. Nov 1 Adrean
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8 San Murata, Neville Barnes, Lenny Boyd Nov
13 Norman Amadio, Diane Miller Nov 14 Frank
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Nov 21 Norman Amadio, Janine Blanchard Nov
22 Simone Johnson, Jim McBirnie, Nov 27
Danny McErlain, Bill McBirnie, Nov 27 Danny
McErlain, Bill McBirnie, Nov 28 Kirk
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Judy Tate.
Rockit 120 Church St. 416·947-9555
Downtown club featuring contemporary jazz and
blues every night except Sunday and Monday.
Sassafraz 100 Cumberland 416· 364 7517
Located in the heart of fashionable Yorkville is
this European style bistro with live jazz on
weekends.
Top O' the Senator 416·364· 7517
Nov 1, 2, Doug Wamble Ouartet, Nov 4·9 Geoff
Keezer Ouintet, Nov 11 Diane Alcorn Ouintet,
·Nov 12-16 Bill McBirnie Ouartet, Nov 28·23
Daniel Barnes Ouartet Nov 25·30 Jake
Wilkinson Ouintet.
TheTranzac
292 Brunswick Ave. 416·923·8137
Mon 9pm· 12 Open nike w/ ad am blair, Thu 1 O·
1 Mighty Gill (Show jazz originals/Fri 5· 7
classic jazz matinee w. The Foolish Things,
Victory Cafe
581 Markhamst.416·516·5787
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Thursday night home of Club Django.
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Details are in the main listings
Sunday November 02
4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz
Vespers: Rob P17tch Duo.
Wednesday November 05
8:30: U of T. Small Jazz Ensembles.
Thursday November 06
12:10: U ofT Faculty of Music. Dave
Young Jazz Ouartet.
Monday November 10
8:00: CanStage. Cookin' at the Cookery
Tuesday November 11 ·
8:00: Music Gallery. Aros.
Wednesday November 12
8:30: U of T. Small Jazz Ensembles.
Thursday November 13 /
. 8:00: RCM. George Evans, jazz vocals.
Friday November 14
8:00: RTH. Oscar Peterson Ouartet.
Sunday November 16
2:00: Juan Tomas. Variety Show.
Monday November 17
8:00: Sounds of Toronto Jazz Series.
Rosemary Galloway/Ja(le Fair Ouintet.
Tuesday November 18
12:30: York University Dept. of Music.
Jazz Fest: Jazz Ensembles.
7:30: York University Dept. of Music.
Jazz Fest: York U Jazz Orchestra.
8:00: Sounds of Toronto Jazz Series.
Vocal Jazz Cabaret Series: John Alcorn.
Wednesday November 19
12:30: York University Dept. of Music.
Jazz Fest: York U Jazz Choirs.
7:30: York University Dept. of Music.
Jazz Fest: Jazz Ensembles & Vocalists.
Thursday November 20
12:10: U of T Faculty of Music.David
Occhipinti Jazz Ouartet.
12:30: Yor.k University Dept. of Music.
Jazz Fest: Jazz Vocalists.
7:30: York University Dept. of Music.
Jazz Fest: Jazz Ensembles.
Saturday November 22
8:00: Toronto Blues Society. 17' Annual
Women's Blues Revue.
Sunday November 23
4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz
Vespers: Adrean Farugia Trio.
5:00: Czech Community Centre at
Masaryktown. Music of the 40s & 50s.
Wednesday November 26
8:00: U of T Faculty of Music. 11 O'Clock
Jazz Orchestra, 10 O'Clock Jazz Orchestra.
Friday November 28
8:00: Living Arts Centre. Jeff Healey's
Jazz Wizards.
8:00: U ofT. Vocal Jazz Ensemble.
9:00: Hart House Jazz Choir.
Onoscatopoeia.
Sunday November 30
2:00: Scarborough Civic Centre. Swing
Shift Band.
Wednesday December 03
8:30: U of T. Small Jazz Ensembles.
Thursday December 04
8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Lai/a
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Sunday December 07
4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz
Vespers: Mike Murley-David Occhipinti Duo.
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Friday November 14
8:00: McMaster Celebrity Concert
Series. Broadway Cabaret/Broadway Jazz.
Saturday December 06
8:00: Millpond Centre. Christmas Jazz.
NOVEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 7 2003

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•November 1 1 :DD: Cantabile Chorale of
York Region. Reunion rehearsal. For all former
choir members. 6:00: Buffet dinner prior to 8:00
concert (see daily listings). Thornhill Presbyterian
Church, 271 Centre st: To register: 905-731 ·
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•November 1: Opera Atelier. Evening at
Versailles Gala. Annual fund raising event in sup·
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silent auction. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge.416·
703·3767 x24. $250.
•November 1 7:DD: Brenda Muller/Arde·
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•November 1 7:DD: Vox Nouveau Singers.
Silent Auction. With performance by the Singers.
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Dundas. 905-627-2038. $20,$15.
•November 7 7:3D: Gilbert & Sullivan
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St. Anne's Church, 651 Dufferin. 416-922·
4415. Free.
•November 8 7:DD: Toronto All·Star Big
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Music, dimer and dancing. Canadian Warplane
Heritage Museum, 9280 Airport Rd, Mount
Hope. 905-679-4183 x221 . $30.
November 9 12:DD noon: Sinfonia Toronto.
Music and Art Brunch. Music, art and fine foods.·
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416-499-0403. $40.
•November 14 7:DDam onwards to Novem·
her 16: Peter Anthony of Peter Anthony
Hair Design/Jesse's Foundation for Music
and Dance Therapy. Jesses Scissors in Mo·
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critically ill children. Peter Anthony will cut hair
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setting a record for cutting hair. First come, first
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•November 22 8:DD: Etobicoke Swing Or·
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raiser. Music by Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington,
Tommy Dorsey & others; dancing; raffle; dessert
& coffee. John Edward Liddle, conductor. Assem·
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1570. $25. To benefit the Etobi~oke Community
Concert Band.
•November 28: 5th Annual Canadian Abo·
riginal Music Awards. Gala evening of con· ..
certs & awards honouring Aboriginal musicians
& bands from across Canada in all musical gen·
res. John Bassett Theatre, 255 Front St. West.
416-870-8000. $30,$25.
•November 29·3D: 10th Annual Canadian
Aboriginal Festival and Poyv Wow. Multi·
disciplinary arts event showcasing Aboriginal
heritage, culture & enterprise. Over 1000 danc·
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Way. 41~870 -8000 . $7-$25. '
•December 3 12:3D: GTA Music Educators/
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Music Industry/Coalition for Music Educa·
tion in Canada. 12th Annual Christmas Tuba
Festival and Choir Sing·Along, Participation is
·open to students, teachers, private instructors,
professionals and anyone else who plays the tuba
or likes to sing. Arrangements by Scott Irvine.
Conductors: Jayne Evans & Jeff Reynolds; em·
cee: Orin Isaacs. Nathan Phillips Square, 100
Queen St. West. Registration by November 28.
416-222-8282 x2164 or
karen.brinkos@tcdsb.org
•December 5 7:DD: Sacred Music Society/
World Youth Day 2DD2 Choir. First Annual
Gala Christmas Wassail Fundraiser. Guest per· ·
formers: Russell Braun, baritone; Lilac Caiia, so·
prano; John Sherwood, jazz pianist & others.
Silent auction, door prizes, gifts, hors d'oeuvre,
wine tasting & waltzing to a Viennese string
quintet. Knights of Columbus Mansion, 582 Sher·
bourne St. 416-515·0767. $50.
•December 7 2:DD: Elmer lseler Singers.
Sherry and Shortbread. Silent auction and music
of the holiday season. Albany Club, 91 King St.
East. Call for information or tickets: 416-217-
0537. $75.
LECTURES/SYMPOSIA
•November 11 D:DDam: City of Hamilton/
American Liszt Society/McMaster Univer·
sity School of the Arts. Great Romantics Fes·
tival.· From the British library Sound Archive:
Some lisztian Treasures. By Jonathan Summers.
Centenary United Church, 24 Main St. West,
Hamilton. 905-525·9140 x23674. $20.
•November 5 7:3D: University of Guelph.
Britten and Dpera. Lecture by Linda and Michael
Hutcheon. Macdonald Stewart Art Gallery, U of
Guelph. 519-824·4120 x52991.
~November 9 2:DD: Toronto Opera Club.
Great Tenors ofour Time. Audio/visual presenta·
tion with guest speaker David Stanley-Porter.
Room 330, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen's
Park. 416-924-3940. $12(non-members).
•Benjamin Britten: A Celebration. Ben·
jamin Britten and the Crisis of Tradition. Lecture
by Carl Morey. Nov 1D: 7:DD at Walter Hall,
University of Toronto; Nov 12: 4:DD at Von
Kuster Hall, University of Western Ontario, Lon·
don; Nov 13: 7:DD at Wilfrid Laurier University,
Waterloo; Nov 18: 7:DD at Macdonald Stewart
Art Centre, University of Guelph. 416-397-9677,
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•November 21 &:DD: Toronto Reference
Library. Talk by Alex Pauk, composer, conduc·
tor and founder of the Esprit Orchestra. 789
Yonge St. 416-395·5577. Free.
•Benjamin Britten: A Celebration. Staging
Britten's Dperas. Lecture by Colin Graham. Nov
24: 12:DD noon at Walter Hall, University of
Toronto; Nov 24: 8:DD at Macdonald Stewart
Art Centre, University of Guelph; Nov 25: 4:DD
at Von ~uster Hall, University of Western On·
tario, London; Nov 25: 8:DD at Wilfrid Laurier
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··November 25 2:DD: Goethe·lnstitut Toron·
to. Symposium with Professor Lydia Goehr &
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DISC VERIES·
Introduction
This month Toronto and places as far afield as Guelph, Waterloo,
.London and Goderich will'play host to "Benjamin Britten - A
Celebration". Organized by impresario extraordinaire Nicholas
Goldschmidt, these events mark the 90th anniversary of the birth of.
.the celebrated English composer. The reviews in this month's
DISCoveries include only two mentions of Britten's work, both in the
midst of Pamela Margles' essay about four new cello releases, so I .
want to take this opportunity to mention a number of other Britten
discs that I feel are particularly worthy of note. Two older releases on
the local Marquis Classics label are dear to my heart, and they relate to
the upcoming events: the Aldeburgh Connection's "Britten -The
Canticles" (MAR 81185) features the voice of Benjamin Butterfield
who will perform Cantir;le III~ Still falls the rain in Toronto on Sunday
November n; and the Penderecki String Quartet's recording '.'Britten
11nd Shostakovich - Quartets No.3" (MAR 81173). Although the
PSQ is not invqlved in the festival, Britten's third quartet will be perforr:ned
by a stellar line-up that includes violinists Scott St. John and
Erika.Ra.um, violist Steven Dann and cellist Shauna Rolston, who will
also be featured in the Suite No.3 for solo cello. The Toronto performance
is November 24. And speaking of the Britten solo cello suites,
I we!Come you to revisit the review of recordi_mgs \Jy Pieter Wispelwey
(Channel Classics CCS I 7198), TrulS M0rk (.Virgin Class.ics 724;3 5
45399 2 3) and Mstislav Rostropovich (DECCA London 421 859-2)
which appeared in our February 2002 issue, whi¢h you can find online
at www.thewholenote.com. One final.personal note on the music of ·
Benjamin Britten regarding a piece that I have admired since first encountering
a recording by Harold Gomberg
in my formative years: the Phantasy
Quartet, Op.2 for oboe and strings. I'm
pleased to report that this under-recorded
gem is iricluded on a new Hyperion/Helios
recording entitled "Benjamin Britten: '
Music for Oboe/Music for Piano"
(CDH55154) featuring excellent performances
by oboist Sarah Francis, pianist Michael
Dussek and members of the Delme Quartet.
.~.:;-*~ri:t
Odgim1ls
From the mea culpa file, I note that with
the plethora of jazz guitar discs reviewed
last month I missed an opportunity to cover
a mostly contemporary classical guitar disc.
U of T alumna. Vincea McClelland, who
now makes her home in France, gave a ,.
recital for the Toronto Guitar Society on
October 25 and sent me a copy of her re- ,
cording "Guitar Originals" well in advance.
In the shuffle of WholeNote's office move
I must confess that I misplaced the disc and only found it again afte;
the October issue went to print. I'm especially disappointed because
I have been enjoying the disc immen-sely ever since it resurfaced.
Among such mme expected names as Joaquin Rodrigo and Austin
Barrios Mangore, the disc includes works by ,Lennox Berkeley and
distinguished Canadian composer Harry Somers. Although released
on the Luxembourg-based label Cod.a Productions (9402-1),
"Guitar Originals" is available through
the Canadian Music Centre's Distribution
Service (www.musiccentre.ca).
Another missed opportunity. was the
chance to tie in a review of a new release,
"Harvard Composers" (BIS-SACD-
1264), to the October appeararice of Mario
Davidovsky as the Roger D. Moore
Distinguished Visitor iri Composition at
'
the University of Toronto. This excellent BIS recording features the
Mendelssohn String Quartet performing surprisingly lyrical (at least
for such a seemingly "academic" collection) works by Walter Piston,
Leon Kirchner, Bernard Rands and the aforementioned Mario
Davidovsky. They are joined by soprano Lucy Shelton for three
lovely settings of poems by Verlaine and Baudelaire by Earl Kim .
•And speaking of string quartets, I'd I ike to draw your attention to a
pair of concerts that are very special to me in my other capacity as
general manager of New Music Concerts. On November 30 NMC
will present the Quatuor Molinari performing all eight of R. Murray
Schafer's string quartets at Glenn Gould Studio. The Molinari is the
only group in the world to have undertaken Schafer's complete cycle .
since the demise of the renowned Orford Quartet which disbanded
when Schafer's quartet oeuvre included only five works. The
Molinari have recorded all eight quartets for the ATMA label and
you can revisit our reviews of those discs ·from July I August 200 I
(Nos.1 - 7, ATMA ACD 2 2188/89) and September 2003 (No.8,
ATMA ACD 2 2201) at our website as noted above.
Since. the days of the now defunct
Massey Hall New Music Festival, in
all its various guises, November has
traditionally been new music month in
. Toronto and.in this magazine. With that
in mind, in closing I'd like to mention
another new ATMA release ("Forum
· 2000/2002", ATMA ACD 2 2328)
which features one of this country's
most important new music initiatives:
'the International Forum for Young

I
. I
Pinchas Zukerman playing Mozart, with and without the National
Arts Centre Orchestra; Angela Hewitt's Hyperion double CD release
of Bach's "English Suites"; a potpourri of seasonal releases; and
rriuch, much more. Until then I wish you "happy listening!"
We welcome your feedback and _invite submissions. Catalogues,
review copies of CDs and comments should be sent to: WholeNote,
503 - 720 Bathurst St. Toronto ON M5S 2R4. We also welcome
your input via our website, www.thewholenote.com.
David Olds
Editor, DISCoveries
EARLY MUSIC AND
PERIOD PERFORMANCE
Lost is My Quiet - English
Songs from Purcell's Time
Nancy Argenta/Daniel Taylor
ATMA ACD22300
Bach - Suites a Violoncello Solo
senza basso
Ophelie Gaillard
Ambroisie AMB9905/6
Canada's international independent label
LOST-IS MY QUIET
Two of the most accomplished singers
Canada has produced share their love
of English song from Purcell's time.
"Lost is my quiet for ever" is Henry
Purcell's 1691 duet, and one of
two duets performed on this CD.
The other, "My Dearest, My Faii- Bach_ Six unaccompanied
est", is by Purcell's little-known Cello Suites
younger brother Daniel. It is a treat Sergei Istomin
to hear Nancy Argenta and Daniel Analekta FL 2 3114/5
Taylor featured together on disc for
the first time, recorded at the same Bacli - Solo Cello Suites
time as concert performances earlier Jaap ter Linden
this year in Montreal, Guelph and Harmonia Mundi 2907346/47
Toronto. They are joined' by musi- The recordings liere reviewed offer
cians from the respective places they us a presentation of how Bach's
call home, London and Montreal: dance suites might·have sounded to
Adrian Butterfield and Helene his ears, without the excesses of
Plouffe, violins; Margaret Little, romantic interpretation. Bach is
viola; Susie Napper, cello; Matthias known to haye numbered as personal
Ma,ute and Sophie Lariviere, record- friends several dancing maste~s and
ers, Christopher Jackson, harpsi- there is little doubt that he was ac-
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customed to French dance steps. The
dances repr(fsented in his instrumental
duets by Henry and Daniel Purcell, music would have been designed
John Blow, and John Eccles, there with these dance steps in mind.
are lively instrumental suites by Henry Jaap.ter Linden's harmonia mundi
Purcell.
· set is recorded beautifully, the cello
These two singers are well known having a rich clear quality. Sergei
for delightful interpretations of this Istomin's playing portrays a sense
repertoire, which here ranges from of nostalgia and melancholy and this
such languishing airs of unrequited
love as "Oh! That mine eyes would
melt into a flood" and "See the forsaken
fair with streaming eyes" to
playful vignettes such as "As Cupid
roguishly one day ... stole out to
play". A wonderful collection of
court and theatre music from the 17th
Century.
Dianne Wells
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Bernstein: Jewish Legacy
Achron: 0 Violin Concerto
Klezmer Concertos
Yiddish Theatre Songs
C-Tedesco: Naomi & Ruth
Weill: The Eternal Road
A Hanukka Celebration
Jewish Voices in New World
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seems to suit the slightly muted qua!-
ity of the Anal~kta release - recorded
in Saint John's Anglican Church,
Elora. Ophelie Gaillard's ambroisie
recording is, like her playing, slightly
in your face - this can be extraordinarily
exciting, but more often sounds
a bit relentless.
The most interesting issue seemed
to be the degree to which the player
could balance the music as a simple
dance movement - which with Bach
they never are - with the ability to
bring out subtle shadings of sound
and tone to go beyond the · music.
The Sarabande of the 5th suite is a
good example of this. The music is
very sparse, no double-stopping and
very few notes. The expressive gesture
of the melody has to act as melody
and bass. It is like raw, simple
emotion - Zen and the art of the
Sarabande. With Linden, the most
experienced of the players here, this
is portrayed as simpl.Y as
the structure of the music.
Sergei Istomin's playing is often
similar, and yet there is a humanity
. that he brings to the music. The
Prelude to the 2nd suite could not be
played in more touching a fashion.
The music at the same time seems
naive and yet tortured. You are led
beyond the music and notes to one's
own imagination.
Ophelie Gaillard' s recording
suffers from the excesses of many
modern "baroque" performances -
the fast movements are often too fast
and the sarabandes are often too slow
even for dance. She does have an
admirable exuberance however, and
should be congratulated for CD presentation
- with exquisite cardboard
packaging - and for being the first
female baroque cellist to record the
suites.
This. old romantic though, still pre-
thoroughly satisfying program of viol
solos from the German High Baroque.
For those who might find the idea
of a solo recordiqg NOT devoted to
Bach to be a potential bore, this CD
will prove them wrong. The pro­
'gram is well varied and beautifully .
paced; the recording quality is topnotch;
and the performance is one
of great musical integrity, expressiveness,
and technical excellence. I've
always thought of the baroque viol
as having both noble and intimate
qualities, and this recording displays
both in perfect balance. In fact, the
only thing I was disappointed with
was the rudimentary liner-notes ..
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-87), a
viol virtuoso famous for his collaboration
with Johann Christian Bach
in I 8th-century London, is represented
by about one-third of his "27
solos", played here with engaging
elegance and expressive virtuosity,
which Abel himself was reputed to
have displayed. G.P. Telemann'sDmajor
sonata from the "Getreue
Musikmeister" receives an insightful
and focused performance, particularly
in its curious recitative-andaria
third movement, and in the
rhythmic and melodic energy of the
closing Vivace. And two sonatas
from Amsterdam-born Johannes
Schenk's "L'echo du Danube" (op.
9), with their exptic writing for the
viol, display lstomin's formidable
technique and the eloquent musicianship
that it serves.
Alison Melville
Graupner: Partien 1718 &
Galanteries
Partitas for Harpsichord, Vol.2
Genevieve Soly
Analekta FL 2 3164
fers the set by Pablo Casals!! · Graupner: Cantate, Sonate,
Kevin Mallon Ouverture - Instrumental and
Vocal Music, Vol.2
Ingrid Schmithiisen
Virtuoso Solos for the Viola da Helene Plouffe
Gamba
L'ensemble des ldees heureuses
Sergei Istomin
Genevieve Soly
Analekta FL2 3144
Analekta FL 2 3180
This new release from Analekta fea- The baroque revival continues. It has
tures violist da gamba Sergei lstomin, been a great adventure over the last
a former Toronto resident now !iv- few decades - so much scholarly and
ing in France, in an ambitious and , musical talent devoted to bringing the
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masters of the past to us. The most
pleasant of surprises is that there are
so many past masters of which we
previously .knew nothing at all.
Thanks to Genevieve Soly for he.r
efforts on behalf of one such unsung
hero, Christoph Graupner.
Graupner, like his contemporaries
Bach, Handel, and Telemann, was
required by his position to provide a
lot of music for ceremonies, liturgies,
celebrations, etc. His harpsichord
music though, replete with
keyboard gymnastics, was written
for himself and his students. and
thanks to the great technical and
musical abilities of Genevieve Soly,
we have here a real treat. ,
The Partitas on this CD are dance
suites that never tire the ear or the
imagination - the virtuosity serves
the m.usic (not the reverse), With lots
of power, and lots of charm too.
The writing is distinctive and interesting,
and the performances are
spectacular. The harpsichord, by
Henrick Broekman, is perfect for this
music. It's a really substantial instrument
after one by Haas - each of
the registers has a very distinctive
voice, and are all used to great effect
and variety. Listen with headphones
and hold on tight.
!just couldn't sit still for this one.
You have to hear it to believe it. Go
buy it right away. Get a bunch of
them for Christmas presents.
Den Ciul
Editor's Note: Genevieve Soly 's
efforts to bring Graupner to the attention
of the musical public also
'include a series of recordings devoted
to his instrumental (i.e. ensemble)
and vocal music. Analekta
has recently released a second
volume in this set, featuring soprano
Ingrid Schmithilsen with Helene
Plouffe and L 'ensemble des ldees
heureuses under Soly 's direction.
Den Ciul reports: "Graupner wrote
over 1,400 cantatas. "Die Krankfleit,
so mich drilckt" for Soprano
and ensemble is a calm, serene
work .. . Ingrid Schmithilsen is quite
dramatic, but her interpretation is
appropriate to the text ... [In the
Ouverture in D minor GWV 426]
the viola d 'amore of Helene Plouffe
is warm and rich. . . Overall, this is
NOVEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 7 2003

a relaxing. uncomplicaJed collection.
Well executed, charming, and calm
in a way that otherwise did not
survive the 18th century."
Scarlatti/Vivaldi/ Avison
Marie-Nicole Lemieux;
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra;
Jeanne Lamon.
Analekta FL 2 3171
St~AilU,>\Tl~
*~% ·~s~
Mozart Keyboard Sonatas
K.281, K.545, K.310
Ludwig SemerJian, fortepiano
ATMA ACD22243
Now in its 25th anniversary season,
the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
continues to amaze with stylish, wellinformed,
passionate performances
ofrepertoire covering the 17th, 18th
and early 19th centuries. Their
impressive "discography" includes
dozens of recordings from outstanding
performances of Corelli, Geminiani,
Vivaldi, Handel and Bach to
later Classical and early Romantic
works of Gluck, Haydn, Mozart and
Beethoven.
This latest effort showcases the
prodigious talents of the Canadian
contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, a
prizewinner who is active in concert
halls and recording studios all over
the world, working with some of
the leading conductors and
orchestras.
This is a seductively entertaining
disc, considering that the musical
material is very thin on significance
and meaning. Lemieux performs two
extended settings of standard
religious texts: the Salve Regina of
Domenico Scarlatti and Vivaldi's solo
setting of the Stabat Mater. The
former piece is somewhat interesting
as 'a rare example of vocal music
from the master of the Italian harpsichord.
The latter is - I'm afraid - a
rather forgettable youthful exercise
and I fear the Red Priest might be
horrified to know it was still being
performed.
Like the proverbial "great actor
reading the phone book", however,
Lemieux and Tafelmusik give absolutely
outstanding performances of
these pieces. The shimmer. of the
strings, the glorious timbre of the
voice: with each changing chord tears
came to my eyes. This disc is a clinic
in the sheer art of performance and
is recommended if the buyer is
interested in surrounding him/herself
with beautiful sounds. \
Larry Beckwith
N OVEMBER 1 - D ECE MBER 7 2003
There are three Mozart Piano Sonatas
recorded here on an· original
Viennese fortepiano by Anton
Walter, 1790. Hopefully, we are,
most of us, acclimated to the sound
of a Viennese piano so that we may
judge the quality of performance and
not be so surprised at the sounds
made by such an instrument. Still,
there are important considerations
regarding historically informed performance
. .
The action is completely different
from a modem piano - an action that
does not have anywhere near the
power of the modem instrurnent, but
is very light and a great deal more
sensitive to the touch ::- with hammerheads
that are covered, not with
felt, but with layers of leather. The
strings are finer and the bass is strung
in brass wire; and not overwound
with copper.
A fortepiano has a much richer'
overtone structure than a modem
instrument, but much less "fundamental"
tone. This produces a much
brighter sound with a lot less ·bass
booming. There is nowhere to hide
with a fortepiano, the sound is clearer
and cleaner. These differences raise
many issues regarding dynamics,
phrasing, ornaments, and the use of
the sustain and moderator mechanisms.
In the case of this recording
however, the difference that is most
noticeable is not the sound of the
instrument but the interpretation of
the score.
Of the three sonatas included here
it is K. 310 that is most distinctive,
very different from any other recording,
on any piano. The tempo is
slower, but strident, emphasizing the
"martial'.' element of the work, grim,
serious. While Malcolm Bilson's
approach_(on a Walter copy) is rapid
and driving, Semerjian is almost
relentless - little variation in rhythm
or tempo. The effect is, in fact, quite
surprising, a very different sort of
Mozart.
The perf9rmances are interesting,
the piano is particularly fine. If you
are looking for a different approach

to familiar music, this is a good
choice.
Den Cui/
CLASSICAL AND
ROMANTIC
Concert Note: The Zehetinair
Quartet had been scheduled to
perform Schumann for Music
Toronto at the Jane Mallett Theatre
on November 20, but they have
cancelled, and have been replaced
by the Jacques Thibaud Trif!. ,
Schumann: Quartets 1 & 3
Zehetmair Quartet
ECM New Series 472 169-2
Grieg/Schumann
Piano Concertos
Leif Ove Andsnes
Berliner Philharmoniker;
Mariss Jansons
EMI Classics 7243 5 57562 2 0
Thomas Zehetmair is one of the most
versatile violinists around today. The
Austrian violinist's mastery 9f baroque
period style and the techniques
of contemporary music as well as Every once in a while, a CD comes
the virtuosic romantic repertoire, leads along to dispel all one's preconcephim
to enthrallingly transparent tex- tions regarding the same old familiar
tures and an exciting dynamic edge. warhorses. As luck would have it,
His extensive experience as a con- this brilliant recording of the Grieg
ductor results in a thrilling balance and Schumann concerti came across
among the individual voices that my desk recently. Pianist Leif Ove
make up his tight ensemble. Andsnes, a frequent guest of the
This is one of the finest chamber TSO, is no stranger to Canadian
recordings to come along in a long audiences, especially after his actime.
The four excellent string play- claimed appearances at Vancouver's
ers set up the ideal ofa conversation Chan Centre in January 2002 and
between equally eloquent partici- October 2003.
pants. The sound this group pro- · Both works are respectfully
duces is refined and beautiful. Their treated, with orthodox readings.
pacing is natural yet highly dramat- fiowever, there is a fiery verve here
ic, especially in Schumann's tricky that makes one take notice. Mariss
rhythmic shifts.
Jansons, well known as the "hardest
Schumann's Quartets are complex, working man in classical music"
~ut full of gorgeous melodies and displays a command of the Berliner
compelling rhythms. The Zehetmair Philharmoniker that is nothing short
Quartet captures Schumann's fragile of astounding. I hear an oboe
romanticism, with its poignant un- passage in the Grieg that I don't recall
dercurrent of conflicted yearning. having heard before. With steely
But, in spite of the. weighty rriateri- polish on every line, it nonetheless
al, they produce textures of elegant doe•sn 't seem contrived. The
lightness. The second movement of Steinway Dis remarkably even across
the Quartet No. 1 shows their terrif- the scale, more so than any that I've
ic ensemble work, with breathtak- encountered "in the flesh".
ing clarity in the inner voices. They The recording, production and eneven
manage in the third movement gineering team deserve praise, having
to restrain their intuitive expressive- successfully captured Andsnes and
ness in order to suggest the exquisite Jansons' efforts. The included bookpossibility
of things left unexpressed. let's covering essay o.n the concerti,
The sound is clear, yet richly bur- by Jeremy Siepmann, reads in a
nished. The miking is so close that ll!anner that virtually assumes that
you can hear breathing, but ti} is_ the listener has a previous recording
makes for exciting immediacy. The of the two works. My ancient Grieg/
comprehensive liner notes offer a Schumann Concertos LP with Leon
refreshingly intellectual perspective. Fleischer and George Szell must fi­
Attractive photos are included, but nally take a back seat with the arrivno
biographical material on these al of this CD.
remarkable young musicians.
Pam Marg/elf.
John S. Gray
N O VEMBER 1 ~ D E C EM B E R 7 2003

Lalo - Symphonic espagnole,
Op.21; Saint-Saens; Ravel
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Philharmonia Orchestra
Antonio Pappano ·
EMI Classics 7243 5 57593 2 0
and thematic invention that Ravel
bring~ to bear is brought out
wonderfully in this performance, as
well.
A good deal of the history of the
violin - Stradivari, gypsy rooµi; Sar.·
asate, Hungarian and Spanish }gfl·uences
- meld with the promise of its
future in this brilliant recording. I'd
recommend it highly.
Larry Beckwith
Conversations (Brahms; Elgar;
Saint-Saens ...) ,
Alain Trudel, trombone; Y anick
Nezet-Seguin, piano
This recording is indeed a classic.
ATMA Acm22s9
The Siberian-born violinist Vengerov
is among the top violinists .under the
age of 30 in the world to~ay and
could easily capitalize on his fame
and srmply "chum out the hits". This
recording is no knock-off, however.
The connections .abound in the
carefully-chosen program: the Saint­
Saens Concerto No.3 and Lalo's
Symphonie espagnole were both
written for the important 19th century
Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate I took an Alain'Trudel CD into one
and Ravel's Tzigane is one of the of the schools I work at recently and ·
more substantial short pieces in the played it for s01ye stu~ents. They
violin repertoire, exploring as it does listened reasonably attentively, for an
the "gypsy" roots of the fiddle. eighth grade class. The thing that
The CD opens with Lalo's five- really made them sit up and pay atmovement
Spanish-flavoured musi- tention was when I told them that
cal essay. Vengerov handles the was a trombone they were hearing.
flashy episodes with aplomb and Their reaction? "So THAT'S what
injects maxrmum excitement into the a trombone is supposed to sound
proceedings. The orchestra never like!"
overpowers hrm; rather, one gets ~e Adults seem t 0 have a slightly mod•
feeling Vengerov could hold his ified response; something along the
own opposite an ensemble of twice lines of "I never knew a trombone
the size! Conductor Pappano takes could sound that beautiful." My own
full advantage of his soloist's poise . reaction to Alain Trudel's playing
·and really lets the orchestra loose at seems to encompass both of these
several points. In the more poignant points of view. Trudel's work on
moments, Vengerov lets his Strad "Conversations" has just reinforced
, sing and plumbs the depth of Lalo's that opinion once again.
lyrical lines. - The material on this CD is made
The wonders conti~u~ in 'Saint- up of shorter recital pieces and v~­
Saens' underrated 3rd v1ohncon~rt?. calizes (the longest single track 1s
The opening phrase~ from the v10lm . just over eight minutes). Each piece
introduce several different colo~rs is performed with an achingly beauthan
we heard in the Lalo, confirmmg tiful sound, and technique that is so
Vengerov's large palette. M~ .only precise that it doesn't call attention
quibble here conce~ns ~urpns1~gly to itself. The interplay between Truquestionable
intonation m the wmds del and Nezet-Seguin is practically
of the o:ches~ in the first move~ent, telepathic. .
but all is well m the rest of the piece Such traditional recital favountes
- a hint perhaps that the first move- as Faure's Sicilienne and Saint-Saens'
ment was rec?rded in a separate Le cygne are presented along with
session? The third movem~~t .1s han- music by Bruch, Brahms, Gliere and
died with remarkable sens1t1v1ty: ~e Kreisler; all of it with impeccable
dynamics and balance between solmst musicality.
and orchestra are truly thrilling.
Ravel's Tzigane rounds out the
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disc and Vengerov dives into it with
abandon. One never forgets this is
vfrtuosic writing, but the harmonic
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Recorded in 1973, this is the only
rendering of Delius's opera about life
on the Mississippi in Louisiana.
Delius completed it in Paris in 1897
but he had spent part of his youth in
Florida and it was there the idea was "Baltic Voices" features exciting new
born. By the time he completed Ko- repertoire sung by one of the world's
anga he had already finished Irme- finest choirs. This

music of Part) with the Tallinn
Chamber Orchestra.
In their second recording together,
"The Powers of Heaven," Paul Hillier
leads the Estonian Philharmonic
Chamber Choir through a selection
of sacred choral masterworks from
the Slavic Orthodox tradition of the
17th & 18th Centuries, sung in their
original language.
The title track, Now the Powers
of Heaven, by Giuseppe Sarti ( 1729-
1802) is a tour de force for the formidable
talents of this choir. Their
rich full-bodied tone, powers of declamation,
and surprising dynamic
range make it hard to believe that
this is really only a "chamber" choir
of about 28 in number.
. When Baldassare Galuppi ( 1706-
1785) was invited by Peter the Great
to visit Russia, he brought with him
his Venetian style and form which
had a great influence on Sarti and
also Dmitry Bortniansky (17 51-
1825), one of the most prolific composers
of this Orthodox repertoire.
Jn the Flesh Thou Didst Fall Asleep
by Galuppi clearly illustrates the
"Western" musical concepts. Several
other pieces by Bortniansky demonstrate
an adoption ofWestemharmonic
conventions and style, drawing
musical parallels to music of the
Venetian masters.
This is clearly a virtuoso choir
under the masterful direction of Paul
Hillier.
Frank Nakashima
Concert Note: Sound.streams Canada
presents Paul Hillier and the
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber
Choir in two Toronto performances
this month. On November 7 they will
present a program of contemporary
sacred music from the Ba/tics by
Patt, Tormis, Kreek, Norgard and
Sisask. On November 9 they will join
the Elmer /seler Singers and director
Lydia Adams in the North American
premiere of Henryk Gorec.ki 's
monumental cantata Salve, Sidus
Polonarum, works by Canadian
composers Melissa Hui and Craig
Galbraith, plus music from the
Russian Orthodox tradition.
now, 15 quartets again with the
Borodin Quartet but with one
important difference: Rostislav
Dubinsky, their founder and first
violin had left and been replaced by
Mikhail Kopelman.
A few years ago at the Summer
Festival in Round Top, Texas we
had the pleasure of spending several
evenings with Dubinsky and his
pianist wife, Luba Edlina, who were
then also faculty members of the
music department at Indiana
University. He spoke quite freely and
as we talked about the Shostakovich
Quartets it was clear that he had a
special closeness with the composer
and with these works. Dubinsky was
more than a contemporary, a
colleague, a friend. He understood.
How else can one explain the spirit
of these performances, how one can
hear right through to the composer
without the musicians getting in the
way? In their hands Shostakovich's
dots on the stave lines become completely
comprehensible and Music is
confirmed as the international language.
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The original Borodin Quartet was
one of the very finest of its time,
playing with absolute security and,
where called for, alarming intensity
or the utmost delicacy. ,
This is such an important set because
it is also a documept of the
performing traditions at the time. It
should be part of any chamber music
or Shostakovich collection.
Bruce Surtees
Canadian Premieres
The Gryphon Trio
Analekta FL 2 3174
Shostakovich String Quartets
Borodin Quartet
Chandos CHAN 10064
When these Melodyia recordings first
appeared here in June 1974 on six
LPs from EMI, they comprised Shostakovich's
complete quartets as the
last two had not yet been written.
Barelo/ had these been released when
Melodyia began recording the, by
Toronto's esteemed Gryphon Trio
has a long-standing interest in Canadian
repertoire that has not previously
been represented in their recordings
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for the Analekta label. Here at la~t
are four prominent examples of the
Gryphon Trio's most successful
commissions.
Kelly-Marie Murphy's propulsive
Give Me Phoeni.x Wings.to Fly opens
the disc with a burst of frenetic en­
·ergy reminiscent ofBartok at his most
barbaric. The trio, propelled by Jamie
Parker's deft pianism, performs this
music with absolute conviction.
Chan Ka-Nin's and the masks
evolve ... is an elaborate tone poem
portraying the composer's interest in
certain aspects of Aboriginal culture.
It is a sprawling and occasionally
chaotic work which, thanks to a consistently
engaging performance,
succeeds despite itself. I feel however
that we deserve a programmatic justification
that is missing from the liner
notes for the extended solos on what
sounds to me like a musical saw.
Christos Hatzis's Old Photographs
is a fragment from his grandiose
Constantinople multi-media spectacle
and as such incorporates visual
elements that are incomprehensible
in the recorded medium. I know not
what these Photographs are meant
to depict, but I can assure you that
the music (a brazen pastiche of
Brahms and Piazzolla) is decidedly
Old.
Kelly, Chan and Hatzis share a
fondness for extra-musical elements
and an arden~, hyper-kinetic sensationalism
that seems intent on making
a glitt

successful. It is difficult to see the
large picture of each composer which
is located on the inside of the sleeve
containing the package and the CD
is held by a folded piece of glossy
cardboard with a tab. Even though
the bilingual liner notes are well written,
informative and thorough, the
small print on the production details
section of the liner notes is difficult
to read. (I recently had my eyes
checked so I don't think it is me!)
But once again, the music is
great. Both first-time and seasoned
electroacoustic listeners are well advised
to check out both discs.
Tiina Kiik
JAZZ
Cafe Varze Jazz - Music of Don­
. aid Anthony\ Varze
Sandro Dominelli Quintet
Varze Records VRCDOI
has lovely alto ~ork by Kent Sangster,
elsewhere heard on tenor and
soprano. Throughout, bassist Mike
Lent is solid, both in the ensemble
and soloing. Percussionist Tilo Paiz
enhances the bossa, salsa, calypso
and samba tracks.
. It's all very well recorded, and
Varze's compositions are easily
accepted and repetition-friendly.
As a small label, this CD could be
hard to find in shops. Try
www.varzejazz.com on the internet.
Ted O'Reilly
Blue Browne
Brian Browne Trio
Seajam Recordings SJ 1012-2
From out of Canada's West
comes ... LatinJazz? Well, that's what
Donald Anthony Varze composes,
for the most part, so that's what's
played by the band-for-hire, the Sandro
Dominelli Quintet. But both the
music and the band are flexible, so
this Edmonton se~sion is not just
Latin, nor just a quintet.
The non-playing composer/producer
offers 11 originals totalling a
generous 73 minutes, with 5 tunes
from the Latin genre and the
remainder ranging from a lilting jazz
waltz to anothet more formal '.J4 tune,
and a sort of Nouveau-Dixie-Swing.
While I hadn't heard of the drummer/leader
Sandro Dominelli previously,
he proves. himself to be a
talented musician, comfortable in all
settings and time signatures.
I know the work of most of the
others via recordings, and standout
Toronto pianist David Restivo from
many situations. He's very effective
on tlie last selection, a quiet trio tune,
Primo 's Waltz. (Chris Andrew replaces
him on three of the selections.)
Bob Tildesley is on trumpet and
flugelhorn, and sounds wonderful,
espeeially on his quartet feature Blu~s
Plus Four, a tribute to Miles Davis.
When Roses Bloom was written with
Pierre Trudeau's lapel in mind, and
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Brian Browne can sure get in a
groove! That's been the Montrealborn
pianist's forte over the years,
and it's a talent that has never failed.
This new release also shows another
of his strengths: take material from
all over, and mould it into earthybut-sophisticated
bluesy jazz.
The title track's an original blues,
as is a delightful little solo Here's
Your Hat; What's Your Hurry -
otherwise it's somewhat familiar
ground, but with Browne's own
harmonic touch the music is
redefined. Scarborough Fair and
Just The Way You Are sound fresh
in his hands, and Baubles, Bangles
and Beads, usually played by jazzers ~
at a bright tempo is slowly caressed
in a piano-and-bass version. Of the
nine tunes, only Georgia (On My _
Mind) seems a bit tired, though the
very slow tempo may add to that
feeling.
Brian Browne has had an interesting
and wide-ranging career, with
youthful time spent in Ottawa, then
Toronto, Peterborough and New
York, returning to Ottawa 'about five
years back. "Blue Browne" was
recorded in Toronto about a year
ago, with drummers Archie Alleyne
or Barry Elmes, and bassist/prcxiucer
Paul Novotny.
Novotny's warm and intimate liner
notes remember that Browne was the
first major pianist the 19-year-old
musician played with, in his native
Peterborough, and became his mentor.Twenty-four
years later, it's still

a thrill for Paul to hear Brian. And
it's.the same for me.
Ted O'Reilly
DISCS OF THE MONTH
One soprano and more cellists
than you could shake a stick at
Solo Piano
Richard Whiteman
Cornerstone Jazz CRST CD 120
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away,"' says Cassandra Wilson.
when you're transfixed and your eyes
If ol.ll-of it. This album captures the feeling
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bf originals and adventurous covers, picking material by
Nefson, Muddy Waters and Abbey Lincoln. "Down South, 111usicians
lraveJo be able tdplay, in many different circumstances q.nd in many contexts;" she says.
play jazz, they have to integrate the blues; and they have to know country.
are kinda blurry sometimes, 'cause that's what everybody want$' IQ hear."
ognizea as an umi9uajed vocalist, a ·
yle and darin
earned
albtlrns, a Grammy
med
.l\merica 's Best
GREAT NEW JAZZ RECORDINGS
DIANNE REEVES
A Little Moonlight
Following her Gramrny'ytinoing orchesc
tral album The Calling: Celebrating
Sarah Vaughan, Dianne Reeves wanted
to return to a simpler, all-acoustic
setting. So in December 2002, Reeves
entered the studio to record an intimate
collection of ten tunes featuring her
touring trio.
This is the album that critics and fans
have been waiting for Dianne to make,
Focused on romantic standards done fn
a simple setting, this is the true showcase
for her voice.
Tracks include I Concentrate On You ·
Skylark · What A Little Moonlight
Can Do · Darn That Dream · Lullabye
Of Broadway · You Go To My Head
Ron Cartefis atnong the most original,
prolific and influential bassists in jazz
history. W.ith more than 2500 tracks to
his credit .•. lie recorded with m11ny
of jazz's " he Golden Striket is)
his latest
CHUCHO VA.t.Df;S
New Conception's
Legendary Cuban piario master Chucho
Valdes has earned international fame
and a devoted audience as an \magtnafive
composer 1 vl(tqo~o if!lproviser.
commanding bandleader, .and i9valuable .
~qllaborator, lrtnisJa~~strele~$er ·
Chucho appears.with h}s . q1:1artet.ini!rt
Afro•Cuban feast.

hythms, as well as Britten's
evocative Russian folksongs. Her
producer, Stephen Moccio, has
provided the decidedly bewildering
program notes, with their puzzling
metaphors, malapropisms, and inscrutable
musings.
Why devote a whole disc to
transcriptions of late nineteenth
century French violin works?
Certainly Yo-Yo Ma is by no means
the first cellist to record these works,
especially Franck's much-loved
Sonata in A Major. And, ultimately,
Ma's exquisite playing disarms
objections. His unmatched mastery
of the infinite nuances of vibrato and
bowing gives a vital edge to each
note and an eloquent shape to each
phrase. He accords Franck's
mark in gs, 1 ike "espressivo"
"dramatico" and "passionato", their
full impact, without romantic excess.
The beauty of his sound high on
the fingerboard, especially in his own
transcription of Faure' s Sonata in A
mojor, where he plays at the same
pitch as the violin, is breathtaking.
The Saint-Saens is thrilling in the best
virtuosic tradition. But a cello, no
matter how beautiful, is simply not
credible as the voice of Thais, the
young priestess who, in Massenet's
opera, is onstage with her thoughts
during the famous Meditation.
The booklet includes a welcome
biography of the pianist, Kathryn
Stott, who provides sensitive and
beautifully textured accompaniment,
but, apart from a reference to his
childhood in Paris in the rather pompous
program notes, none of Ma.
The indomitable spirit of Mstislav
Rostropovich looms over a fascinating
program from the poetic Dutch
cellist Pieter Wispelwey. In his
engaging, if quirky, booklet notes
Wispelwey compares Shostakovich's
SonaJa ind minor to "a wolf roaming
through the city". Subtly he captures
the ironic tone, with pianist Dejan
Lazi contributing vivid contrasts of
mood in the demanding final
movement.
In Prokofiev's Sonata in C major,
"a Rolls Royce in the Russian countryside",
Wispelwey, with his full,
richly nuanced sound, brings out the
romantic soul of this modernist work.
Britten's Sonata in C major, "a
unicorn in the back yard'', is assertively
uncompromising, with a
rhapsodic, tenderly religious quality
reminiscent of the War Requiem from
the same year. In the third movement
Elegia, Wispelwey ardently brings
out the darkness underlying the rather
deceptive folk-like quality.
Channel Classics provides an
exemplary booklet, including
examples from the score. The sound
perfectly balances clarity with
spacious ambience.
In taking on Brahms' magnificent
cello sonatas, Russian-Canadian
cellist Yegor Dyachkov joins some
pretty formidable predecessors, including
Ma and Wispelwey [and
Canadian Dennis Brott, whose
recording for this same label is still
in print - Analekta FL 2 3009].
Dyachkov has a beautiful sound -
perhaps too beautiful. In his
reluctance to take dramatic risks, or
to produce a wide variety of timbres,
he underplays the melodies, and
barely acknowledges Brahms' own
markings for dynamics and
articulation.
But Dyachkov's incisive musical
insight leads to vibrant contrapuntal
textures in the canons, and his elegant
sound effectively creates wistful
dialogues with Jean Saulnier's lovely
piano. In the Adagio of the Sonata
in D major, originally written for
violin and arranged either by Brahms
or with his approval, Dyachkov
achieves a wonderfully sensitive
tenderness .
Pam Margles
Concert Notes: Denise Djokic performs
with pianist David Jalbert at
Glenn Gould Studio in the OnStage
series on November 25.
Yo-Yo Ma will once again show
his fondness for the city of Toronto
and his ongoing support of the TSO
in a special gala performance with
the orchestra on Saturday December
6 at 7:00. He will perform the
Schumann Cello Concerto and
Tchaikovsky's Variations on a
Rococo Theme with the TSO 's new
director Peter Oundjian.
Later in the season David Jalbert
will give a piano recital for the
Women's Musical Club in Walter
Hall at the Faculty of Music,
University of Toronto on Tuesda_v
March 25 at 1:30 pm and Yegor
Dyachkov plays with Via Salzburg
on Thursday April 29 and Friday
April 30 at the Glenn Gould Studio.
Editor's note: Yo-Yo Ma's most
recent CD release is a collaboration
with producer/arranger Jorge Calandrelli
entitled Obrigado Brazil (Sony
SK89935) which features works by
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Antonio Carlos
Jobim, Egberto Gismonti et al, and
includes performances by Sergio and
Odair Assad, Paquito D'Riviera and
Roberto Gismonti among other
luminaries.

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