Volume 9 Issue 10 - July/August 2004

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One INCREDIBLE
English Handbell
Concert!
11th International
Handbell Symposium
Massed Handbell Concert
Saturday, August 7th, 2004
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QUODLIBET
by Allan Pulker
"Early Bird" Concerts
If you're at all inclined to rush off to
a concert moments after picking up
WholeNote (or maybe a day or two
after), there: are plenty of things going
on the first few days of the II19nth
because they fall on the Canada Day
weekend. The Toronto International
Chamber Music Festival
runs from July 2 to 4 - look for its
listings with the summer festivals;
the Latvian Song Festival also has
a number of very interesting events
from July 1 to 4 - you will find them
listed in the regular listing~. The
Music Garden presents the True
North Brass on July 1 and a marimba
duo on July 4. The Canadian
Music Competitions National Finals
Gala will give its audience a
taste of the state of the future of professional
music making on July 3,
Music l\;fondays' wonderfully eclectic
series continues at noon on July
5, and there is plenty of space in the
listings for events at Harbourfront.
The Bells are Ringing
There are few concerts that are once
in a lifetime opportunities. One of
them is the Massed Handbell Concert
presented by the Ontario GuiJd
of English Handbell Ringers, August
7 at the Air Canada Centre.
More than 600 handbell ringers will
play together to make music that will
be quite out of this world!
English handbells were developed
in the 17th century by change ringers
(church bell ringers) so that they
could practise in a more comfortable
location than a bell tower without
everyone within a mile having to listen
to them. They are precision-cast
bronze bells with handles, each tuned
to one note, like the strings on a
piano or a harp. Each ringer holds
two or more bells, rung v.:hen the
corresponding notes appear in the
music. Since a set of bells is played
by a "choir" of ringers led by a conductor,
handbell ringing is very
much a team sport. The August 7
concert will involve literally thousands
of these bells, which range in
size from 1 1/.i" in diameter to 15
1/.i" and will provide not only an aural
experience but a visual one as
well. The program will consist of
both arrangements and original pieces
written specifically for hand bells.
The International Handbell
Symposium is a biennial event that
rotates through six countries (Australia,
UK, Canada, Japan, Korea,
· USA). Two years ago it was in Korea,
and Australia is next.
True North Brass
While we're thinking about bells,
every Wednesday at 5 :00 on the campus
of the University of Toronto
there will be a carillon recital from
the Soldiers' Tower at Hart House.
Orchestral Music
Opportunities to hear orchestral music
will be few and far between during
the summer, so don't miss the
new "Aftamira Symphony under the
Stars" concerts by the Toronto Symphony
Orchestra on July 12, 13
and 15 at Harbourfront, and the National
Youth Orchestra, conducted
by Vancouver Symphony conduct6r
laureate, Kazuyoshi Akiyama,
at Massey Hall on August 17. Also,
on July 17 at the Jackson-Triggs
winery near Niagara on the Lake,
Measha Brueggergosman will perform
with the Niagara Symphony.
Street Scene
I had lunch just last week with someone
who remarked how pleasant
summer weekends in Toronto are,
because the weekend exodus makes
the city remarkably quiet. Well, if
you decide to stay and enjoy the July
10-11 weekend, try to get to at least
part of the Celebrate Toronto
Street Festival at various locations
along Yonge· Street, which is closed
to vehicular traffic and transformed
into a seri~s of performance spaces
with more or less continuous music
all through the weekend. There is
quite a range of music, from renaissance
shawms· and flutes to rock,
funk, soul, reggae and jazz! There
are lots more detail in the listings of
course.
Vocal Recitals
I have found six vocal recitals in the·
listings, two of which are by singers
that are probably familiar to most
WholeNote readers. The first will
be a recital "about the joys and pains
oflove" given by tenor, Colin Ainsworth
and soprano, Rachel Cleland
Ainsworth at Trinity-St. Paul's on
July 7; the second will be by soprano,
Meredith Hall with guitarist
Bernard Farley and pianist,
Keiko Yoden at the Heliconian
Jul Y 1 - SEPT 7 2004