Volume 19 Issue 9 - June/July/August 2014

some young up-and-coming musicians. On Sunday July 13 at 4pm,members of the New York-based period chamber ensemble Gretchen’sMuse will present Haydn’s String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op.33 No.2(“The Joke”), and Beethoven’s Quartet in C Major, Op.59 No.3. AbigailKarr is the leader of this ensemble and she will be joined by VitaWallace on violin, Kyle Miller on viola and guest cellist Beiliang Zhu.Zhu also holds the singular honour of being the first person ever towin the Leipzig Bach Competition on a period instrument, so it willbe very interesting to hear her perform in a quartet. They will also beappearing the next day at Music Mondays’ free noon-hour concert atthe Church of the Holy Trinity. The Music Garden will also be showcasinganother fine young baroque cellist later this summer – KateBennett Haynes. Haynes is performing Bach’s six suites for unaccompaniedcello in installments at the Music Garden; Thursday August 28at 7pm will see her performing Bach’s Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Majorin a mixed program that includes Britten and Oesterle. Haynes alsohappens to be an exceptional artist, and this concert promises to be anintimate and passionate experience.Finally, a great local group that I’m proud to be playing with willkick off the summer with a concert in Parkdale. Rezonance’s nextconcert, “Birds, Beasts, and Rustic Revelry,” taking place at ArtscapeYoungplace, 180 Shaw St. #202, on June 14 at 8pm, is a program thatexplores Baroque composers’ depictions of nature, and will feature allmanner of musical foolishness from the 17th century, including musicby Veracini, Schmelzer, Biber and Couperin. Rezonance is led by theyoung virtuoso violinist Rezan Onen-Lapointe and will be joined bylutenist Ben Stein and cellist Kerri McGonigle. A chance to hear somebrilliant performances at this concert, and the music on the programdefies anyone to take classical music too seriously.David Podgorski is a Toronto-based harpsichordist, musicteacher and a founding member of Rezonance. He canbe contacted at earlymusic@thewholenote.com.2014-2015 SEASONPA|iS CºNFIDENTIALNovember 7 & 8, 2014~E LI#LE BA|lEY-CºRNEYuletide Revels from the RenaissanceDecember 12, 13 & 145CONCERTSFROM $97SPLENDºURS oƒ~E EMPE|oR’S CHAPELFebruary 6 & 7, 2015DºW¬ND IN DUBLINwith Michael Slattery and La NefMarch 27 & 28~E P¬Y oƒ DANIELMay 22, 23 & 24Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall427 Bloor St. WestSubscribe Now and Save! • Call 416-964-6337 • TorontoConsort.orgthewholenote.com June 4, 2014 – Sept 7, 2014 | 29