Volume 18 Issue 3 - November 2012

Vol 18 No 3CONCERT LISTINGSfor NOVEMBER 2012IcarusAloftConductor Brian Current

12.13Baroque Orchestra and Chamber ChoirJeanne Lamon, Music Director | Ivars Taurins, Director, Chamber Choir CONCERT SEASONMOZART’SWORLDwith Gottfried von der Goltz,Guest Director and Violin SoloistWed Nov 7 at 7pmThu Nov 8, Fri Nov 9, Sat Nov 10 at 8pmSun Nov 11 at 3:30pmTrinity-St. Paul’s CentreJoin us for a glimpse into the world in which Mozart lived,guest directed by Gottfried von der Goltz – the talentedviolinist and director of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.Witness the sheer joy of Mozart’s radiant Violin Concertoin A Major, K. 219, Haydn’s dramatic Symphony no. 52,and music by Josef Kraus, the “Swedish Mozart.”Wed Dec 5 at 7pmThu Dec 6, Fri Dec 7, Sat Dec 8 at 8pmSun Dec 9 at 3:30pmTrinity-St. Paul’s CentreFRENCHBAROQUECHRISTMASDirected by Ivars TaurinsTafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber ChoirWelcome the Christmas season with sumptuous choralmusic by the 17th-century French master, Marc-AntoineCharpentier, featuring his exquisite Christmas oratorioIn nativitatem Domini canticum as well as his gloriousmass for double choir and orchestra.Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre Tickets:416.964.6337 tafelmusik.orgSeason Presenting Sponsor

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Volume 18 No 3 | November 1 – December 7, 2012FOR OPENERS6. Roadmaps and Rants | DAVID PERLMANFEATURES8. Icarus Aloft: Brian Current | PAULA CITRON11. Behind the Scenes: Anton Kuerti | REBECCA CHUABEAT BY BEAT12. Classical & Beyond | SHARNA SEARLE17. In With the New | DAVID PERLMAN19. Early Music | SIMONE DESILETS21. Choral Scene | BENJAMIN STEIN24. Art of Song | HANS DE GROOT25. On Opera | CHRISTOPHER HOILE27. Music Theatre | ROBERT WALLACE28. World View | ANDREW TIMAR30. Jazz Notes | JIM GALLOWAY31. In the Clubs | ORI DAGAN31. Bandstand | JACK MacQUARRIELISTINGS34. A | Concerts in the GTA51. B | Concerts Beyond the GTA54. C | In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz)56. D | The ETCeterasMUSICAL LIFE60. We Are All Music’s Children | MJ BUELL70. @TheWholeNote: Music & the Movies | PAUL ENNISDISCOVERIES: RECORDINGS REVIEWED61. Editor’s Corner | DAVID OLDS62. Vocal63. Early & Period Performance64. Classical & Beyond64. Strings Attached | TERRY ROBBINS65. Modern & Contemporary66. Jazz, Eh? | STUART BROOMER66. Something in the Air | KEN WAXMAN67. Pot Pourri68. Old Wine, New Bottles | BRUCE SURTEESMORE6. Contact Information & Deadlines33. Blue Pages: Addendum33. Index of Advertisers58. Classified AdsCover Photograph AIR’LETH AODHFINACD2 2670ACD2 2655Good Night,Good Night,Beloved !A tribute to theMontreal Mendelssohn Choir,a pillar of the city's musical lifein the late 19th century.LevantThe fascinating and mystifyingsounds and colours of Levant,the “region of the rising Sun”.IN THIS ISSUEAVAILABLE IN HD ATATMACLASSIQUE.COMSelect ATMA titles now on saleMILTON BARNES 21 LINA ALLEMANO 31 MUSIC’S CHILD? 60

FOR OPENERS | DAVID PERLMANRoadmaps and RantsTrue to the spirit of the individual and organization inquestion, the announcement from Jeanne Lamon camefirst not as a press release but as a letter to Tafelmusik’ssubscribers. “After more than thirty years at the helm ofTafelmusik, I feel it is time for me to move on to the nextstage. You, as a member of our audience, are one of ourmost loyal supporters and I wanted you to be among the first to know.”What she wanted us to know was that in 2014 she will be steppingdown as full-time music director of Tafelmusik “to focus more on ourartistic training programs which are at a very exciting crossroads.”And she went on to talk about a “national and international searchfor a successor” and ambitious plans for the next two years, including“acoustical renovations to our beloved home venue at Trinity-St. Paul’sCentre, more great recordings on our new Tafelmusik Media label, andthe establishment of the Tafelmusik International Baroque Academy.The latter has been a long-standing dream of mine and it will take alot of dedication, time and commitment to take this initiative to thenext level. I feel very passionate about this undertaking and want todevote the time it fully deserves.”So I had been all set this month to launch this opener with a paeanof praise for Jeanne Lamon. But then I saw that my colleague, CD Discoverieseditor David Olds, had already beaten me to the punch, inEditor’s Corner on page 61. So I think I will let it go, for now. Besides,right now I am green with envy at the thought of anyone having a successionroadmap that stretches all the way out to 2014. The only thingI know clearly about 2014, for crying out loud, is that sometime in thecourse of that year I will throw away my 2013 calendar.For another thing, having followed Lamon’s, and Tafelmusik’s, fortunesfor the better part of three decades, I am quite sure she’s goingto remain so busy and so involved, for the foreseeable future, that prematureeulogies will look ridiculous. So instead I’m going to jumpthe gun and talk about another pioneer who is about to step down,after 40 years of incalculable service to Canadian music, on Monday,December 31, 2012—CBC producer extraordinaire David Jaeger.Jaeger joined the CBC in 1973, hot out of a Masters Degree in compositionat University of Toronto. He worked first as a programmer forthe program Sounds Classical, and a year later, moved on to produce acontemporary music program called Music of Today (hosted by NormaBeecroft). From the ten programs he produced with Glenn Gould onthe music of Arnold Schoenberg, soon after arriving at the CBC, to hisrole in the commissioning and production of John Cage’s seminal work,A Lecture on the Weather, a radio-phonic work observing the Americanbicentennial, to the almost 30 years he produced the program TwoNew Hours, contemporary music was the backbone of his CBC career.The numbers alone are staggering. He had a hand in commissioningmore than 300 new works, and over 1,200 concert recordings. 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facts behind the numbers are even more impressive. In 1975 he wasnamed the English Radio Coordinator of the National Radio Competitionfor Young Composers, a post he held for 27 years. He representedCBC English Radio as a delegate to the International Rostrum of Composers(IRC) in Paris for more than 20 years and, from 2002 to 2008,was the only non-European ever to preside over that body.He commissioned R. Murray Schafer’s iconic String Quartet No.3 forTwo New Hours, produced Schafer’s Wolf Music at Wildcat Lake in theHaliburton Forest & Wildlife Reserve, and Schafer’s opera, The Palaceof the Cinnabar Phoenix, in the woods near Pontypool, Ontario. Hecreated the CBC partnership with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestrato establish their New Music Festival and initiated live broadcastingof that event all the way up to 2006. He also created the partnershipwith Soundstreams Canada to establish their Encounters series inGlenn Gould Studio, a series of radio-sponsored concerts with worksby high-profile international composers sharing the stage with musicby significant Canadian composers.It is not possible to overstate the importance of his role in givingpresence and heft to contemporary music in Canada.For him, as for Lamon, the kudos will undoubtedly follow. ForLamon, I predict, the highest praise will be in the extent to whichTafelmusik continues to build upon the foundation she laid.I sure wish I could hope the same for the CBC.—publisher@thewholenote.comNovember 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 7

A Q&A with composer Brian Current by Paula CitronAward-winning, Ottawa-born composer/conductor Brian Current hashad his works performed and broadcast in over 35 countries. His honoursinclude a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Barlow Prize for Orchestral Music,and Italy’s Premio Fedora Award for his chamber opera Airline Icarus.The Premio prize led to a fully staged production in Verbania, Italy in 2011.PHOTOGRAPHS BY AIR’LETH AODHFINCurrent is one of Canada’s busiest men of New Music,and November is a particularly rich month for his activities.As artistic director of the New Music Ensemble atthe Royal Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School, he will beconducting two of his students in a concert at the RichardBradshaw Amphitheatre on November 20. On the afternoonof November 25 at Mazzoleni Hall, Current leads anall-star cast in his opera-oratorio Airline Icarus, whichwill be followed that evening by a commercial recordingsession. Finally, on November 30, the Banff Centre’sGruppo Montebello performs the newly minted chamberensemble version of Current’s piano solo Sungods,titled Sungods 2012.The WholeNote met up with the 40-year-old Currentat the Royal Conservatory before a rehearsal of his NewMusic Ensemble.How did you get into New Music?I used to be in a rock band in suburban Ottawa. Weplayed 70s style classic rock. It was hard for me to get theguys to do what I wanted because I didn’t know how towrite down music — so I enrolled in the music programat McGill. It changed my life. I had a fantastic professorcalled John Rea. He tore my world apart by keeping us inthe library, pouring over scores of composers like Berio,Stockhausen and Ligeti.Your graduate work was in conducting.Why UC Berkeley?My mother had family in the Bay area, and the Berkeleymusic program is strong. I didmy MA and Ph.D. there. Mythesis was scenes from AirlineIcarus, so that opera has beenwith me since 2001. I call it “TheBlast from the Past.” The doctoralwritten exam was three hourslong and covered 50 books. Afterall that reading, I was the smartest I’ve ever been in my life.What’s your creative process like?I picture myself sitting in the audience and not beingbored. I want to astonish the audience.What exactly is your role with the RCM’sNew Music Ensemble?One of my many jobs is identifying new artists. Forexample, the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre concertfeatures pianist Ryan McCullough performing Frenchcomposer Martin Matalon’s piano concerto, and sopranoLucy FitzGibbon singing works by Korean composerUnsuk Chin. Both are wonderful young talents. The NewMusic Ensemble is a compulsory course for graduate students,so another of my jobs is taking them out of theircomfort zone. By introducing them to New Music in aresponsible way, they won’t freak out when they haveto play a contemporary piece during their professionalcareers. I want them to get rid of their nervousness aroundNew Music. I also want to introduce them to unfamiliarwork. Part of my job is demystifying the art form.What is your demystifying process?The first question I address is, Why does New Music soundso weird? I show the students that New Music is parallelto the visual arts being regarded as weird. I then pointout that composers are trying to share with us what it isto be alive in this time, just like modern art does. Just likespecific composers reflected Vienna of the 1800s, or Parisof the 1900s. Contemporary composers are breaking with8 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

the past in the true spirit of the avant-garde — the originalmeaning of the French term — advance guard — sothat the soldiers in the forefront get mowed down so thatothers can follow.You also have many workshops with composers.Absolutely. I want them in the classroom, because the levelof playing goes up when a living composer is in the room.The students can also equate the music with a real person.I hope this carries over to their classical gigs, and they seethose composers as real people as well. I also take the studentsthrough the commissioning process, like applyingfor grants etc. I want them to develop a passion for commissioningnew work.Let’s talk about your opera-oratorio Airline Icarus.What was the inspiration?It was a mention in theGlobe and Mail about theshooting down of a KoreanAir Lines flight by the Russiansin 1983 over the Sea ofJapan. They thought it was aspy plane. I was particularlystruck by the descriptionof the last moments of theplane — that it turned inspirals like a falling leaf for 12 to 15 minutes. That mademe think about a 12 to 15 minute lullaby for the passengers.There was also the image of Icarus flying too closeto the sun, and the space shuttle Challenger disappearinginto a flash of light in 1986.Your librettist is the famedAmerican-Canadian playwright Anton Piatigorsky.How did that come about?Anton is a good friend, and one time when we were hangingout in 2001, he mentioned that he had written a poemabout how nuts the experience of flying is. His themewas that we’re eating processed chicken inside the planewhile a freezing death is waiting just outside the window.I, in turn, mentioned the Globe article, and the excruciatingimage of the passengers’ slow death. We had alwayswanted to work together, so Anton seemed like the logicalcollaborator. Anton is terrified of flying, and so is the tenor,his alter ego in the opera.What is the storyline?Anton set certain rules. Noone gets stabbed. The planegoes to an unexotic place,so we chose Cleveland.(Incidentally, the piece isabout the same length asa flight to Cleveland — 55minutes.) And finally, thecharacters don’t talk to eachother, so the opera is mostlymade up of interior monologues. There are four principalcharacters — all very Anton-like. He always writesabout the human condition, warts and all. The soprano isa successful ad executive, a lonely workaholic who countscalories. The mezzo-soprano is the flight attendant who’drather be going to Paris than Cleveland. She wants to meetsomeone. The baritone is a businessman who hates himselfand his job. He sells highspeed computer access. Thetenor is a scholar who’s just written a paper on Icarus,so the myth is very much on his mind. And finally, a secondarybaritone sings both the disgruntled baggage guyand the optimistic pilot. He’s sort of the jester role. Thesmall chamber choir doubles as a Greek chorus and passengerson the plane. The point is, everyone is acting sonormal, yet flying is a terrifying experience. The airline isCurrent Air — that’s Anton’s joke. My joke is writing thesafety demo in accelerando.November 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 9

That’s quite a starry cast you’ve assembledfor Airline Icarus.It’s the A+ team in this city. Soprano Carla Huhtanen,mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó, baritone AlexanderDobson. There’s 22 professional artists in all. The concertmasteris Benjamin Bowman from the ballet orchestra, andthe musicians are all top players from the TSO, the COCand the National Ballet. I also have rising stars in tenorGraham Thompson and baritone Geoffrey Sirett. PianistClaudia Chan is opening the concert with the pianosolo of Sungods, which is an early version of the overtureof the opera.There is a very important technologycomponent in the work.Yes. The singers perform in front of videoscreens depicting a dreamlike airplane inflight. The screens change according to thepoint of view of the drama. Over the courseof the work, the plane becomes brighterand brighter and eventually vanishes.Airline Icarus certainly seems tohave a shelf life. You’ve already hadexcerpts performed in Toronto and NewYork, and that production in Italy.And I’m very grateful. It’s going to be featured at the FortWorth Opera’s New Frontiers Festival in 2013, and SoundstreamsCanada is planning a production in 2014. Theremay also be a tour of France.Your own company, Maniac Star, is a co-producer ofthe concert. Where did that unusual name come from?It’s the name of a bookstore café outside Kyoto, Japan, andit really caught my fancy.You’re about to fly off to an InternationalSociety for Contemporary Music conference inBelgium as a delegate of the Canadian Leagueof Composers. What has made you such apassionate advocate in the cause of New Music?The Canadian League of Composers really got galvanizedunder James Rolfe, and I’m part of its advocacy arm. I goto New Music conferences with a suitcase full of discsof Canadian composers. One of the big tragedies in thiscountry is that wonderful music is being written here andnobody knows about it. I want to get the word out. Weshould be proud to be Canadians. In 2001, I revised my1998 orchestral piece called This Isn’t Silence, which hasbecome my mantra. It speaks to my desire to improve thestatus of New Music. When the CBC dropped Two NewHours, contemporary composers were devastated. We lostour presence on the air. On the other hand, it’s an excitingtime to be a composer. We don’t have to wait for theCBC to pick up our concerts because there is YouTubeand SoundCloud. We can broadcast around the worldwith our smartphones.Why do you think that New Musichas such a small audience?Because people don’t understand the art form. You haveto walk them through it. The mistake they make is thinkingthat New Music is one big constant melody. Insteadthey should be listening for texture, or lots of melodies,and colour, which is the sound of the different instruments.They should understand that a composer thinksvery carefully about the timbre he gives to a French horn,for example. The more we can connect audiences to composers,the better.Paula Citron is a Toronto-based arts journalist.Her areas of special interest are dance, theatre,opera and arts commentary.10 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

BEHIND THE SCENESMooredale’sAnton KuertiBY REBECCA CHUAThere was anton kuerti, with his nimbus of unruly hair, inthe auditorium of Walter Hall on a balmy Sunday afternoonlooking for all the world like a latter-day Einstein. Except thiswas no theoretical physicist nor amateur musician but a manwho has been called one of the truly great pianists of this century,a pianist who has been lionized in practically every one ofthe almost 40 countries he has played and whose name is very nearlysynonymous with Beethoven’s great “Emperor” Concerto.Surrounded by theprincipal players ofthe Toronto SymphonyOrchestra as they deftlyperformed excerpts fromSchubert’s Octet andSpohr’s Nonet, he surveyedthe forest of handsthat shot up in answer tohis gently probing questionsand fielded a volleyof eager responses fromyoung children and theirfamilies. It was quite anintroduction to the firstconcert in Mooredale Concerts’Music & Truffles series, one specifically designed to acquaintfirst-timers with classical music.It is easy to forget, in taking a measure of the man — when that manis Anton Kuerti — that he is not simply a concert pianist par excellence.Impresario, talent scout, chief copywriter, principal website and ticketingstrategist, entrepreneur: these are just some of the hats he has addedto his repertoire after assuming the mantle of artistic director of MooredaleConcerts five years ago following the death of his wife, the cellistKristine Bogyo.The genesis of these concerts began in 1986 when their son Julianwas ten years old and Bogyo was looking for a youth orchestra wherethe young violinist could further hone his skills. Then, as now, notesKuerti dryly, “it’s very important and worthwhile to have as part ofmusic education (but) there’s a scarcity of chamber music opportunitiesfor outstanding young artists.”By the second year, the ten children Bogyo started with when shedecided to grow her own youth orchestra in the family’s living room,had trebled, prompting a move to Mooredale House. “Kristine had theknack for making young people love music and understand it,” Kuertisays, citing the letters parents and the young musicians themselves continueto write, even after they go on to professional careers.In the intervening years, the single orchestra has blossomed intothree. Clare Carberry, a fellow cellist, joined Bogyo 21 years ago andnow conducts the intermediate orchestra. Bill Rowson conducts boththe junior and senior orchestras while Kuerti himself leads the seniororchestra’s summer concert. Mooredale Concerts continues to provideopportunities and bursaries for those who need them.The youth orchestras have an enviable reputation not just among themusic teachers who entrust their young charges but among the youngmusicians themselves who, says Carberry, “experience the joy of performingbut also make friends as well.” Bogyo’s sister Esther, whoseown children have been a part of the orchestras, agrees: “It lets the kidssee each other as very cool and that it’s okay to love music.”continues on page 60MARTIN TOSOIANNovember 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 11

Beat by Beat | Classical & BeyondCalling AllConcert-GoersSHARNA SEARLELast october, flush with the excitement of the new season in fullswing, I wrote about some recent artistic appointments, focussingparticularly on conductor Uri Mayer’s new role as artistic directorand principal conductor of the Toronto Philharmonia Orchestra.Mayer had exciting and ambitiousplans for the ensemble. Fast forward tothis past October and its future appearssignificantly different than the oneMayer had envisioned. Like so manyarts organizations (both large andsmall) plagued with money worries inthese economically difficult times, theToronto Philharmonia’s very survival isnow in jeopardy due, in great part, toits ongoing financial problems.In an interview with John Terauds(see musicaltoronto.org) October 16,the TPO’s president, Milos Krajny, said:“We are not opening the season becausewe couldn’t raise enough money.”According to Terauds, Krajny sentout an urgent plea to the orchestra’spatrons and friends on September 10but the appeal came up short of the$150,000 required to open the season.As for the organization’s uncertain future, Krajny told Terauds ofthe two options “on the table:” putting the season opening on hold toJanuary 25 ... or contemplating shutting the orchestra down. Hopefully,the latter does not come to pass; Toronto’s musical community wouldbe the poorer for it, if it does.A Clarion Call: In the meantime, as we acknowledge these disappointingand challenging times for the Toronto Philharmonia,and wish the organization the best possible outcome, let this be ourclarion call to action: to steadfastly support our local and regionalorchestras; to go out and hear this great music performed live; tobuy concert tickets and season subscriptions, not just for ourselvesbut also for our friends and relatives; to attend fundraisers and makeregular (or irregular) donations. There’s no mistaking that we’ve gotto do our part if we want to see these orchestras through to their nextseason and the next ...TSO music director Peter Oundjian and violinistItzhak Perlman perform Bach’s Concerto for Two Violinswith the TSO on April 28, 2012.In November and early December, there are no less than 18 orchestrasperforming over 30 concerts. All, no doubt, would welcome oursupport (and our bums in their seats). Here, in no particular order,are a few suggestions as to where you may choose to spend yourmoney, and you’ll find several more in the Quick Picks at the end ofthe column:My first piece of writing for The WholeNote appeared in theNovember 2010 issue, when I reviewed pianist Ian Parker’s debut CDof works by Ravel, Stravinsky and Gershwin; I thought his recordingof the Ravel Piano Concerto in G just shimmered. So, those luckyenough to catch him playing the Ravel in his debut with the HamiltonPhilharmonic Orchestra, November 10, are in for a treat. ConductorMarcello Lehninger will also lead the orchestra in Ravel’s MotherGoose Suite and Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5. The 7:30pm concertis at Hamilton Place.Competing for those hard-earned dollars of yours, a week later onNovember 17, the Oakville SymphonyOrchestra features its concertmaster,Joseph Peleg, in the glorious BrahmsViolin Concerto, Op.77. The ensemblewill also perform Mendelssohn’sSymphony No.3, the “Scottish,” underthe baton of its music director, RobertoDe Clara. The concert begins at 8pm atthe Oakville Centre for the PerformingArts and will be repeated the next day,on November 18.In its mission to “bring music tothe people,” the Toronto ConcertOrchestra, its website tells us, “goesbeyond the geographic boundaries ofthe Greater Toronto Area, beyond theboundaries of age, cultures, socio-economicdivides and the accepted moresof a symphony orchestra to offer classicalmusic with edge; preludes withpersonality ... symphony for fun.” You’llhave more than one opportunity to check out the fun when the TCOperforms its program of all-Scandinavian works over a four day period,in four different locations. On November 2, 3, 4 and 5, TCOfounding maestro, Kerry Stratton, conducts Grieg’s Piano Concertoin A Minor, Op.16, featuring Swedish pianist Carl Petersson, Lars-ErikLarsson’s Pastoral Suite and Dag Wirén’s Serenade, in Milton, Barrie,Orillia and Toronto, respectively.TSO at home and on the road: Speaking of road trips, the TorontoSymphony Orchestra will be taking one right after its November 14and 15 Roy Thomson Hall performances of Beethoven’s Concertofor Violin, Cello and Piano in C Major, Op.56, the “Triple” Concerto,Shostakovich’s Symphony No.12, “The Year 1917,” and PierreMercure’s Triptyque. On November 17, 18 and 19, respectively, theorchestra takes the program to Brockville, Montreal and Ottawa; inMontreal, the TSO will perform in the new Maison symphoniqueDALE WILCOX12 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

KOERNER HALL IS:“A beautiful space for music ”THE GLOBE AND MAILSAT. NOV. 10, 2012 8PM KOERNER HALLMarc-AndréHamelin and theTakács QuartetThe Takács Quartet plays by Schubertand Britten. Hamelin joins them forShostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G Minor.“Mr. Hamelin brings both [braininessand finger power] to his work in amplemeasure, and he plays with heart aswell.” (The New York Times)SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2012 2PMMAZZOLENI CONCERT HALLJennifer Koh“[A] risk-taking, high-octaneplayer of the kind who grabs thelistener by the ears and refusesto let go.” (The Strad) In thisrecital, Koh presents works byBach, Bartók, and a worldpremiere Partita for Solo Violinby Phil Kline.FRI. NOV. 16 & SAT. NOV. 17, 2012 7:30PMMAZZOLENI CONCERT HALLThe Glenn Gould SchoolFall Opera Double Bill:Three Sisters WhoAre Not Sisters andLe LauréatStudents from The Glenn Gould School’s vocalprogram present a delightful evening of opera,including Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters, NedRorem’s surreal, non-linear murder mystery, andLe Lauréat, François-Joseph Vézina’s story of Pauland Pauline, who are in love and want to marry butfamily intervenes. Peter Tiefenbach is Music Director.FRI. NOV. 23, 2012 8PMKOERNER HALLTaiwan NationalChoirconducted byAgnes GrossmannToronto welcomes back Agnes Grossmannas she leads the extraordinary voices ofthe Taiwan National Choir in their KoernerHall debut.Presented in partnership with Taiwanfest.Generously supported by theD&T Davis Charitable Foundation.SUN. NOV. 25, 2012 2PMMAZZOLENI CONCERT HALLBrian Current’sAirline IcarusHear the Canadian premiere ofAirline Icarus, international awardwinningcomposer Brian Current’snew opera-oratorio about theintersecting thoughts of passengersaboard a commercial flight.SUN. NOV. 25, 2012 3PMKOERNER HALLPiotrAnderszewskiThe astonishing, Grammy nominatedpianist will perform an all-Bachprogram. “The delicacy and controlof Anderszewski’s pianissimoplaying [are] sources of wonder.”(The Guardian)TICKETS START AT ONLY $15! 416.408.0208 www.performance.rcmusic.ca273 BLOOR STREET WEST (BLOOR & AVENUE RD.) TORONTO

de Montréal for its first time; in Ottawa, the orchestra returns to theNational Arts Centre for its annual gig.Three of Canada’s most esteemed (and in demand) soloists havebeen brought together to form the “piano trio” for Beethoven’smajestic “Triple”: TSO concertmaster Jonathan Crow, pianist AndréLaplante and cellist Shauna Rolston — no small feat given their incrediblybusy schedules! I spoke with TSO music director, Peter Oundjian,who described the Beethoven as “a sublime piece,” and reported that“all three musicians were very pleased to be asked to play ittogether.” Oundjian wanted a “fully Canadian cast.” Andtrue, it’s not often that soloists are put together likethis, and an existingtrio could just as easilycould have beenasked ... “or these three.”I could hear the satisfiedsmile in his voice.“They will find theircommon thread intheir own special way,”he told me. And whilehe can’t say exactlywhat to expect — afterall, they’ve neverdone this before — heIan Parker will playthe Ravel PianoConcerto in Gwith the HamiltonPhilharmonic onNovember 10, noton November 3,as it appears inour listings.knows that what’s being created here is a “very exciting situation,” an“unpredictable meal.” For Oundjian, there’s also another level of connection,making this an even more meaningful collaboration: he andLaplante were at Juilliard together; Rolston (who is at the U of T andhas played quite regularly with the TSO) he’s known since she was 16;and Crow, of course, is his concertmaster. It’s indeed a “collaborationof virtuosos,” as noted in a recent TSO press release, with each performancedestined to be a thrilling event.I was also intrigued by the choice of the Shostakovich No.12 on theprogram given that the TSO had just performed his No.11, “The year1905,” one late night back in June, at Luminato. “It is an immenselypowerful piece,” Oundjian said of the Twelfth, “a good tour piece”; asopposed to the Eleventh (which clocks in at 62 minutes), the Twelfthis a “condensed 40 minutes,” and Oundjian felt that it, along withthe Beethoven and Mercure’s “brilliantly conceived” Tryptique, just“fit in.”It’s an impressive and diverse program, the only way Oundjianwould have it: “I like to really create eclectic programming. There’s aresponsibility to keep things as interesting as possible for everyone.”And, clearly, to keep us wanting to come back and hear the next excitingconcert and the next.I had the privilege and pleasure of asking Peter Oundjian a fewquestions. Perhaps you’ll have yours during the Q&A led by Oundjian,with the soloists on hand, following the November 14 and 15 concerts.With so much more to learn, I’m definitely staying for this one!Oundjian on Perlman: Itzhak Perlman is back! Yes, just a little oversix months since his five-day residency with the TSO at the end ofApril, the celebrated violinist returns to Roy Thomson Hall, this timefor an afternoon recital, November 18. John Terauds calls it “one of themost significant dates of the season.” (And by the way, while it mightnot be an orchestra in need, the Corporation of Massey Hall and RoyThomson Hall also depends on our support through ticket sales, evenwhen it presents a legend like Perlman.) With pianistRohan De Silva, Perlman will perform Mozart’sSonata in A K526, the Sonata No.1 by Fauré andStravinsky’s Suite Italienne.Peter Oundjian and I also spoke about his dearfriend, colleague and former teacher, Itzhak Perlman.First, he confirmed something for me that I hadn’tbeen absolutely certain about when he and Perlmanplayed the splendid Bach “Double” Violin Concerto,in April: it was the first time they had ever shared thestage together as violinists. The evening was an historicmoment in time, and the regard and affectionthat each holds for the other was palpable. That thiswas also Oundjian’s first public appearance on theviolin in 16 years, made it all the more special. As an aside, and witha quick laugh, Oundjian said that it was “probably the last time” he’llplay publicly. We’ll see.In the meantime, he offered this of his good friend:“Something extraordinary happens to people when Itzhak steps onstage: [people respond deeply to] his personality, his aura, his heartwarming,beautiful playing; the way he relates to all the musicians onstage. And by himself, in recital, there’s an even greater focus on hisvery special personality.”Oundjian said that people had this type of reaction to Perlmaneven when he (Perlman) was a youngster. And while the two met atJuilliard in 1975, Oundjian remembers, as a youngster himself, listeningto Perlman in the late 1960s. He said that the “memory still excitesme and it was well over 40 years ago!”Oundjian suggested that Perlman’s playing in recital may not beas rare an occasion as I might have thought, and he was right: forexample, just prior to his arrival in Toronto, Perlman will have performedseveral recitals in South America, also with Rohan De Silva.;and he’s scheduled to do others in 2013 (including one here in March,in collaboration with Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot; another story foranother column). Clearly, the man is tireless, yielding as ever to hisyrinx concerts torontowww.syrinxconcerts.caDecember 9, 2012William Aide, Anya MallingerDavid HetheringtonFebruary 3, 2013Kai GleusteenCatherine Ordronneau2012-2013SeasonJanuary 13, 2013Peter LongworthMarch 10, 2013Melanie ConlyAnita KrausePeter LongworthApril 7, 2013 Trio Arkel:Teng Li, Winona Zelenka, Marie Berard3pm Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton AvenueTickets $25 Students $20 info: 416-654-0877www.totix.ca14 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

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irrepressible joy in making music.I asked Oundjian about the difference inpreparing for a solo recital versus a concerto.He offered that while they are “very differentactivities in many ways,” in the end, “youhave the violin, the technique, the ability toinspire.” He then mentioned reading a novelabout performing wherein the author “wrotesomething like, ‘a good artist expresses feelings;a great artist evokes feelings in others.’”And so it will be when the great ItzhakPerlman steps on stage November 18. André Laplante, violinst Jonathan CrowConcert. P.C. Ho Theatre, 5183 Sheppard St.E., Scarborough.!!November 10 8:00: NYCO SymphonyOrchestra. Season Premiere. Centre forthe Arts, St. Michael’s College School, 1515Bathurst St. 7:30: Pre-concert chat.!!November 17 8:00: York SymphonyOrchestra. Mozart’s Vienna: City of Musicand Dreams. Trinity Anglican Church,79 Victoria St., Aurora. Also Nov 18(Richmond Hill).!!November 18 3:00: Georgian BayIn addition to Perlman’s highly anticipated and cellist Shauna Rolston performSymphony. Two Clarinets and Some Strings.recital and the other concerts I’ve noted, Beethoven’s “Triple” Concerto with theMeaford Hall, 12 Nelson St. E., Meaford.TSO conducted by Peter Oundjian.there are dozens and dozens more to explore!!November 21 8:00: Kitchener-Waterlooand discover in the listings. So, let’s all do our part to ensure thefuture of live, classical music performance, whether by a symphony,a soloist, or something in between. You know what to do: Choose.Spend. Enjoy!Symphony Orchestra. Haydn’s Wife? First United Church, 16 WilliamSt. W., Waterloo. Also Nov 23 (Guelph), Nov 24 (Cambridge).!!November 24 8:00: Mississauga Symphony. An die Musik. LivingArts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga.!!November 30 8:00: Ontario Philharmonic/Mooredale Concerts.ORCHESTRAL QUICK PICKS!!November 04 2:30: Orchestra Kingston. In Concert. Salvation ArmyCitadel, 816 Centennial Dr., Kingston.!!November 04 3:00: Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra. InConcert. Centre for the Arts, St. Michael’s College School, 1515Bathurst St.!!November 10 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra. InMajestic Brahms. Regent Theatre, 50 King St. E, Oshawa. Also Dec 4(Toronto).!!December 01 7:00: Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra. FestiveMusic from Around the World. Salvation Army Scarborough Citadel,2021 Lawrence Ave. E., Scarborough. 7:15: Pre-concert chat.!!December 01 8:00: Counterpoint Community Orchestra. InConcert. Saint Luke’s United Church, 353 Sherbourne St.!!December 07 8:00: Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra. WinterWonderland. Seasonal and classical favourites. Humber Valley UnitedChurch, 76 Anglesey Blvd., Etobicoke. 7:00: Silent auction.Associates of theToron to SymphonyOrchestra2013 SeasonSubscribe to the Five Small Concert Series ~an ideal gift for your family, friends and yourself!Monday, January 21, 2013, 7:30 p.m.Arnold Schoenberg Transfigured Night, Op. 4Johannes Brahms String Sextet no 2 in G major Op.36Monday, February 25, 2013, 7:30 p.m.W. A. Mozart Flute Quartet No.1 in D major K285Benjamin Britten Phantasy Quartet in F for oboe andstring trio, Op.2Giacomo Puccini Crisantemi elegy for String QuartetGustav Holst Fugal Concerto for flute, oboe and strings,op 40, No.2, H.152Alexander Borodin String Quartet No.2 in D majorMonday, March 4, 2013, 7:30 p.m.Ensembles from the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestrawill present a varied program.Monday, April 22, 2013, 7:30 p.m.Franz Berwald Septet in B flat majorLudwig van Beethoven Septet in E flat major for Strings andWind Op. 20Monday, May 13, 2013, 7:30 p.m.W. A. Mozart String Quartet No.17 in B flat major“The Hunt” K.458Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op.115Five Small Concert Series: $75 / $65; single tickets $20 / $17All Concerts at Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W.Box Office 416-282-6636 www.associates-tso.orgSharna Searle trained as a musician and lawyer, practised alot more piano than law and is listings editor at The WholeNote.She can be contacted at classicalbeyond@thewholenote.com.PETER SCHAAF16 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

Beat by Beat | In With the NewLearningListeningDAVID PERLMANOf all the concerts I didn’t get out to last month theone I regret most missing was Continuum ContemporaryMusic’s October 22 program at the Music Gallery titled“Finding Voice.”“Communication, as well as the historical lens, is at thecore of a concert that presents two linked theatricalworks by Dutch composer Martijn Voorvelt” read thealways entertaining Continuum blurb. “[It is] basedon the tangled up story of Sir Morell MacKenzie,inventor of the tracheotomy, and his treatment of themute and dying German Emperor Friedrich III.”Because Voorvelt is a self-taught composer, drawingat will on literature and theatre, I was lookingforward to an evening of music that dipsy-doodlesacross the line between genres, using sound in waysthat are more instinctual than intellectual. It was a qualitythat smacked me right between the eyes last year duringVingko Globokar’s visit last season, and I was looking forward toexploring it further: the connections between the innate musicality ofvoice and the inherent storytelling capacity of music.Training the ear to listen to new music by invoking the nuances ofspoken work — cadence, intonation, pitch, pace — seemed like a finetopic for a rainy day, and may well still be. But I will have to proceedwithout my prime example, and I’m sorry for it.That being said, there’s no shortage of material this month for anexploration of the topic. For one thing, I could revisit our cover story’sManiac Star/Royal Conservatory November 25 co-production of BrianCurrent’s Airline Icarus. (Current’s final comment on the challengeof educating the new music audience’s ear is certainly a propos). Butlet’s look for some other examples.Nine days earlier, on November 16 and 17, in the selfsame venue, forexample, the Royal Conservatory Opera School presents a double billof Ned Rorem’s Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters and Joseph Vézina’sLe Lauréat. In Rorem’s work, in particular, drama and music seemalways shyly (or should that be slyly?) fascinated bedfellows, withoutever quite figuring out what the attraction is. Three Sisters takes forits libretto a Gertrude Stein play of the same name and it makesfor an interesting match. Bernard Holland, in The NewYork Times, Oct 1, 1994, writes about the Stein/Roremwork, and makes the following interesting observation:“Stein’s little game of mock murder makes senseof a sort, but making sense is not its business. It is thearrangement of her simple declarative sentences thatpleases. Mr. Rorem’s terse music and its skillful, imitativeensembles ... successfully explain a literary artin which form is everything and matter matters little.Every musical gesture Ned Rorem has ever made hassomething of the human voice behind it.”“Musical gesture with the human voice behind it” isSir MorellMacKenzie.a good description of the thing I am tryingto describe, and it can be found acrossthe musical spectrum. An example: aNovember 8 noonhour recital at University of Guelph College ofArts titled “Problems with Love.” It features a consummate musicalraconteur, mezzo-soprano Patricia Green, wrapping her innate storytellingskills around “songs by Canadian composers, touching onNovember 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 17

poignant and funny sides of love.” And another example: a SundayNovember 18 7:30pm presentation at the Arts and Letters Club bythe Toronto Chapter of the American Harp Society titled “A Score toSettle,” written by K. Gonzalez-Risso, and billed as “a musical monologuefor solo harp” featuring harpist and comic actress Rita Costanzi.In entirely different ways, these performances, informed by principlesas different as comedy and cabaret, offer opportunities for thewilling listener to explore how an understanding of the rituals andcadences of storytelling can inform musical choice, no matter howabstract, by composer and listener alike.Choral common ground: If music theatre is the most dramaticexample of the interplay between different modes of listening, thenchoral music is the most pervasive. Indeed choirs, more than almostany other presenters, are at the forefront of commissioning new work,of mixing repertoire across generations in the same programs, andputting experiencing a work of music ahead of judging it as good orbad. With an estimated 20,000 individuals participating in choirs inThe WholeNote catchment area, this is no small fact, especially giventhat choristers, more so than concert band members, for example,tend also to be avid concert-goers. Not a bad way of educating peopleto broaden theirunderstanding of whatmakes music music!Nowhere willyou see this moreclearly illustratedthis month than inthe November 11Soundstreams Canadapresentation of theLatvian Radio Choir atKoerner Hall, in a programranging fromRachmaninoff to Cage,to young Canadiancomposer Nic Gothamand more.Or take asanother example theRuth Watson Henderson.November 17 Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers’ “Made in Canada”concert with music ranging from a new commission by PatrickMurray to works by Healey Willan and Harry Somers. And check outthe November 10 Cantabile Chamber Singers concert titled “Lux” anddescribed as an “a capella concert on the themes of light, love andnight featuring works by L. Silberberg, C. Livingston and B. J. Kim.”Or, finally, consider the November 3 University of Toronto Facultyof Music concert titled “Choirs in Concert: When Music Sounds:Celebrating the 80th birthday of Ruth Watson Henderson.”Henderson, one of Canada’s pre-eminent choral composers, talksabout the links between text and music in a recent interview (onthe Choral Canada website), with Dean Jobin-Bevans, president ofChoirs Ontario.“It is all about taking a text that I find inspiring and thinking abouthow it can be presented in a way that can express some importantfeelings and ideas to a large number of listeners” she says. “The mostimportant thing for me when I am writing is the text; if I get a goodtext, then all of my ideas come from the text. I am not very good atputting things into words, I am much better at hearing things musically,and so when I cannot express myself when speaking with words,I find that I can express myself much better through music; by puttingideas down on paper and writing choral works.”Follow the Bob! Regular readers of this column will know that Ioften pick a particular venue and catalogue what’s happening there asa way of providing a cross-section of what is happpening. It’s sometimesequally instructive, though, to follow an individual musicianthrough a month’s worth of perambulation from one venue to another.Take New Music Concerts’ Robert Aitken for example. The eveningof November 11 will find him at the Music Gallery, albeit in the capacityof genial host rather than performer, for a New Music Concertspresentation of Ensemble contemporain de Montréal, VéroniqueLacroix, conductor, in a program titled GENERATION 2012: ECM+.Four days earlier, he features as flutist, along with musical chameleon,accordionist Joseph Macerollo, in a Canadian Music Centre/New Music Concerts event titled “Secret of the Seven Stars.” It’s a CDlaunch, featuring works by Hope Lee and David Eagle, and providingan early opportunity to check out the new and improved ChalmersHouse performing space, one which one hopes will join the array offine little performance venues for cutting edge music.And, going from little tolarge, Sunday November 18VéroniqueLacroix.Aitken will appear as flutistin Esprit Orchestra’s secondKoerner Hall Concertof the season, titled“Exquisite Vibrations,” ina work titled Concerto forFlute and Orchestra byFrench composer Marc-André Dalbavie.The universities: mindyou, you can’t go wrongby familiarizing yourselfwith the key venuesfor new music either.Starting with the universities,I count nofewer than ten concertsat the University of Toronto thismonth that could be of interest to new music followers,most of them at Walter Hall: November 4there is a concert, “In Memory of Gustav,” dedicatedto the works and legacy of Gustav Ciamaga,composer, educator and electronic music pioneer;composer/teacher Norbert Palej shows up as a composeron November 5 (in another concert featuringaccordionist Macerollo), and then on November 21as conductor of the U of T Faculty of Music’s gamUTEnsemble ... and the list goes on, for U of T as forits Philosopher’s Walk neighbour to the north, theRoyal Conservatory. Same goes for York and others.Small venues: as for the smaller venues, check out the MusicGallery (November 10, 15, 17; December 1 and 7); Gallery 345(November 4, 8, 10, 16, 18, 22, 23 and 27); the Tranzac (November 7,8 and 9) for the 416 Toronto Creative Improvisers Festival; and theWychwood Barns on three consecutive Mondays (November 12, 19 and26) for New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA)’s SOUNDplay, featuringlive video music performances.And make a special point of checking out the newest intimate spaceon the map, the Array Space at 155 Walnut St. On November 19 at 7pm,it’s a concert titled “Passport Duo,” featuring works by Hatzis, Wilson,Forsythe and O’Connor. And on November 26 it’s the 14th in a seriesof evenings of improvised music, with Array director Rick Sacks and aroster of always interesting guests.Subversion: I started by talking about how spoken language potentiallyprovides different, sometimes less daunting and even enrichingaccess points to new music. It’s not the only tool in the shed, though.There’s also the thoroughly mixed program (such as that promisedby Scaramella on December 1, in the Victoria College Chapel, whichoffers “animal-themed music, from baroque to the 21st century”).Or perhaps even more to the point, consider a November 9 offeringfrom a collective, group of twenty-seven, called “The SubversionProject” which on this occasion, at Grace Church on-the-Hill, offersworks by Beethoven, Prokofiev, Zorn and Buhr in a deliberate effort toenable listeners to hear the familiar anew, and to modulate the strangethrough the familiar.Sounds like a fine idea, don’t you think?David Perlman has been writing this column for the past season(and a bit) and is willing to entertain the notion that it’s someoneelse’s turn. He can be reached at publisher@thewholenote.com.18 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

Beat by Beat | Early MusicMasqued MagicSIMONE DESILETSNovember is a month when many concert series have their seasonopeners — a good chance for me to talk about some of myfavourite groups.Definitely in this category is Toronto Masque Theatre (TMT). Thiscompany is touched by magic — the magic of the masque, both ancientand contemporary, which they present inmyriad entertaining productions that fuse differentaspects of the performing arts; since2003 they’ve staged close to 25 criticallyacclaimed multimedia productions rangingin repertoire from the late Renaissance to themodern day.Their upcoming show, “Fairest Isle,” showcasesthe wealth and breadth of Purcell’sgenius with pieces drawn from his semioperas:The Fairy-Queen, Dido and Aeneas,King Arthur and The Indian Queen, alongwith music he composed for the Church andCourt. TMT’s press release promises that it willbe “an exhilarating combination of dance, theatre, orchestral musicSalvador Dali & Rhino:Scaramella’s first concertis all about animals.and song: a chance for audiences to glimpse the baroque splendour ofthe work Purcell created for London’s theatre of the time.”Henry Purcell is obviously dear to the heart of TMT. In an ambitiousfive-year program, they’ve produced all of Purcell’s majortheatre works, culminating in performances of, and a symposium on,King Arthur in 2009 to mark the 350th anniversary of the composer’sbirth. Artistic director Larry Beckwith comments enthusiastically:“Purcell’s music is full of genius, craft, warmth and humour. He wasso adept at supporting the meaning of the great — and sometimes notso great! — texts he worked with. The tunes are memorable and moving,the instrumental writing is first-rate, and the overall thrust of hiswork is lively and full of humanity.”There’s a real treat in store if you go to see them! Performances areon November 16 and 17 at the Al Green Theatre. Pre-show chats featuringBeckwith and special guests take place 45 minutes beforeeach show.A look at the package in which Scaramella’s 2012-2013 seasonis wrapped will give you an idea of the artistry, ingenuity and carepoured into each of their concerts. Go to the opening page of the brochureor the website, and you’re spun insideon the fronds of an exquisite spiral — actuallya photograph of a staircase inside the lighthousein Eckmuhl, Brittany (reminiscent ofthe scroll of a musical instrument, muses artisticdirector Joëlle Morton). Once landed,you’ll find your eye alighting on a set of particularlyattractive images, each of whichpoints in some way to the overall theme ofthis season: innovation and technology — atheme that takes on a variety of guises.A photo of Salvador Dali engaged in seriousdiscussion with a rhino gives some ideaof what’s in store for their first concert. It’sall about animals and the ways that have been found to depict theirsounds on musical instruments. As Morton says, “Our multi-talentedmusicians will be called upon to conjure cows, horses, ducks, frogs,geese, pigs, chickens, dogs, doves, frogs, bees, sheep, a stag, a snake,cicadas and cats.” They’ll do this in a multitude of pieces, from composerssuch as Biber, Bach, Handel and Copland to Elton John, GeorgeHarrison, Loudon Wainwright and traditional tunes. And who arethese multi-talented performers? They include Elyssa Lefurgey-SmithPHILLIPPE HALSMANNovember 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 19

(baroque violin), Katherine Hill (soprano), Joëlle Morton (violas dagamba), Sara-Anne Churchill (harpsichord) and Kirk Elliott (aptlydubbed “one-man-band”). “Lions and Tigers and Bears, O My!” takesplace at Victoria College Chapel on December 1.Two violinists in Toronto on the same weekend approach the performanceof early music from different perspectives. November 7 to11, one of the foremost international baroque violinists appears withTafelmusik: Gottfried von der Goltz began his career as a “modern”player but decided to switch to the baroque style; in so doing,he found everything he needed to build an international career.Now violinist and director of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, he isTafelmusik’s guest in “Mozart’s World,” as soloist in the Mozart ViolinConcerto in A and as director in works by Haydn, Franz Beck andJosef Kraus.Also on November 11, a violinist you may haveheard last June in Toronto’s Luminato Festivalperforming the solo violin role of Einstein inPhilip Glass’ opera Einstein on the Beach,appears in recital at RCM’s Mazzoleni Hall.Jennifer Koh is a consummate and verythoughtful artist who believes strongly thatconnections exist in all music from early tomodern, since music reflects humanity’s commonexperiences in every society and every age.This conviction has led to the evolution of her project“Bach and Beyond” — a set of three recitals thatseeks to reveal the connections in solo violinrepertoire, from Bach’s six Sonatas andPartitas through to newly commissionedworks. Her recital in Torontois the second of these. She’ll performtwo solo works by Bach,plus the Bartók Solo Sonata anda world premiere: Kline’s PartitaJennifer Koh.for Solo Violin, written for her.internationally renowned bass viol duo Les Voix Humaines. Theirconcert titled “The Sun Queen” refers to King Louis XIV’s favouriteinstrument, the viola da gamba, and includes original compositionsand arrangements of French chamber music of the 17thcentury. This is music which (in their words) “reflects thegrowing taste for private pleasures, making use of a languagewhich is at once moving and discreet, evoking a worldwhere freedom and intimacy go hand in hand.”!!Choral concerts involving early music are well represented;here are a few of them: Cantemus Singers: “MakeWe Merry!” (November 17 and 18); Georgetown BachChorale: Handel’s Messiah (November 17 in Goderich,November 18 in Brampton, November 23 and 25in Georgetown); Melos Choir and ChamberOrchestra: “Celebrating the Diamond Jubileeof Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II”with Handel’s Coronation Anthems(November 18 in Kingston);Larkin Singers: “Bach Motets”(November 24); Elmer IselerSingers: Handel’s Messiah(November 30); Tafelmusik:“French Baroque Christmas”(December 5, 6, 7, 8, 9);U of T Schola Cantorum: Handel’sCoronation Anthems (December 7).For details of all these and more, pleasesee The WholeNote’s daily listings.Simone Desilets is a long-time contributorto The WholeNote in several capacitieswho plays the viola da gamba. She can becontacted at earlymusic@thewholenote.com.JANETTE BECKMANOTHERS!!November 17 at the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society:Canadian pianist Shoshana Telner has enjoyed a flourishing career assoloist, chamber musician and teacher and currently teaches in themusic faculty of McMaster University. In this concert she performsBach’s Six Keyboard Partitas — music (described by one listener) thatputs you “within that holy moment.”!!November 17 and 18 (Toronto), November 24 (Hamilton): CapellaIntima was founded in 2008 by the talented tenor and baroque guitarist,Bud Roach, expressly to present vocal chamber music of the 17thcentury. Roach has recently been immersed in research into the lostart of the self-accompanied singer, work that’s resulted in a beautifulrecording of secular arias by Grandi. (Go to Capella Intima’s websiteto hear excerpts and find out more about the project.) Some ofthis music will be presented in the three upcoming performances:intimate arias by Grandi, Sances and Strossi, featuring soprano EmilyKlassen and tenor Bud Roach, who also accompanies the songs onbaroque guitar.!!November 18: Organist Philip Fournier came to Toronto from theUSA in 2007, bringing with him an impressive history of scholarshipand experience in the fields of organ performance and choral directorship.He gives a recital, “Organ Music of the 17th Century,” on themagnificent three-manual mechanical action organ at The Oratory,Holy Family Church — music by Praetorius, Sweelinck, Scheidt,Frescobaldi, Byrd and Bach.!!November 18: The Windermere String Quartet on period instrumentscontinue their journey through the “Golden Age” of stringquartets with a performance dedicated to youthful works. In “YoungBlood” they play works by Mozart, Schubert and Arriaga — musicalgeniuses who, by the age of 19, had already displayed their mastery ofthe form. Lucky for us that they were so precocious because they hadnot much time to develop: they all died tragically young.!!November 27 also at the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety: Lovers of the viol should flock to this concert given by the20 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

Beat by Beat | Choral SceneRepeat After MeBEN STEINCOURTESY CMCMilton Barnes.Paintings and sculptures occupy physical space. Da Vinci’sMona Lisa and Michelangelo’s David reside in the Louvre inperpetuity, guarded and revered, physical manifestations of“great art” in a hallowed space, ready for us to come and venerate.Music, by contrast, is a manipulation of sound and time and livesin our minds and ears. Music is a physical experience not a physicalobject. Without our minds and ears to translate, it cannot exist.Music needs to be iterated and reiterated to continue to live. Thegiants of the musical canon seem inviolate and firmly rooted, but evenestablished musical giants have been as subject to trend and fashionas any other musician. Bach needed Mendelssohn to reintroduce hiswork to the world. Mahler’s work was headed for obscurity when itwas championed by musical lion Leonard Bernstein. Vivaldi’s inescapableFour Seasons was actually a forgotten work at the beginning ofthe 20th century. Its rise in popularity corresponded with the rise ofrecording technology and turned a relatively obscure composer into ahousehold name.Because of its need to be constantly renewed, music is subject to theworld’s often wayward and chaotic currents of artistic fashion (as isliterature, theatre and architecture). Economics, technology, trend andfashion play a greater role in shaping our tastes than we understand orwill admit to.In Canada, a young nation swamped by European and Americancultural and economic influence, we are continually remindingourselves and each other that what we create here is worthy of advocacy.Canadian musicians whose careers may not have extended pastnational or even regional borders need and deserve our continuedinterest and awareness, especially after they are no longer in a positionto promote themselves.Barnes: One such composer isMilton Barnes who had a rich andvaried career centred in SouthernOntario but ranging over NorthAmerica. He had fruitful associationswith many musicians, ensemblesand dance companies. Trainedin modernist compositional techniques,he ultimately moved to amore accessible style that factoredin his background as a jazz drummer,his ease with popular musicand his knowledge of traditionalJewish music.Eleven years after his death, itwould be easy for Barnes’ work to pass into disuse — new composersare fighting for space in a crowded local and global market andCanadian artistic history is so young it is hard to conceive of it as atradition to be fostered, celebrated and renewed.So it is good to see two Toronto choirs collaborating in a concertThe Rose of ChristmasFeaturing “Fantasia on Christmas Carols”by R. Vaughan Williams, accompanied by British organistPeter Andrew Barley, (Limerick Cathedral)plus community carolling & “O Holy Night” by candlelightFred Kimball Graham, (Music Director)Sunday December 9 at 7 p.m.Eglinton St George’s United Church, 35 Lytton Blvd at DuplexFreewill offering to benefit “Out of the Cold”416-481-1141 ext 250, or www.esgunited.orgNovember 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 21

Moonrise Kingdom:Listening to Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.A CHORUSCHRISTMAS– DANCING DAYSSat. Dec. 15 2:00 p.m.Roy omson HallAlumni carollingin the Lobby from 1:15 p.m.This annual holiday favouritewill feature all choirs of the TCC andour Alumni Choir performing a joyousseasonal repertoire. Guest artistsJudy Loman (harp), Andy Morris (percussion),Chris Dawes (organ), and The True North Brasswill join with us to celebrateour 35th Anniversary season.in part devoted to Barnes’ music. The Jubilate Singers have consistentlycreated unusual and inventive programs. The Jewish Folk Choiris one of Toronto’s most long-running groups and has a long, variedand fascinating history of social and political engagement. It has beena staunch advocate for Jewish-Canadian music.The two groups’ collaboration is named “L’khayim: A Celebrationof Jewish Music,” and takes place on November 25. The concert showcasesworks in Yiddish, Ladino (a linguistic amalgam of Hebrew,Spanish and Aramaic influences) and Hebrew. Klezmer ensembleShtetl Shpil are the guest instrumentalists. It will feature Barnes’ livelySefarad, a tuneful suite that he wrote in 1996 to celebrate the 3,000thanniversary of the City of Jerusalem.Soundstreams: Contemporary composition has also needed fierceadvocacy, in part because of the fierceness with which audiences haveresisted it. Over the course of the 20th century, the idea of the inherentsuperiority of European-derived composition has broken downcompletely and those who desire an intellectual component to musichave been able to find it in various types of world music, jazz andother areas of popular music.To remain relevant, contemporary music groups have had tobridge gaps between the European tradition and other stylistic areas.Toronto’s Soundstreams, which celebrates its 30th anniversary thisyear, has never wavered from its contemporary music mandate. But ithas certainly expanded both its own and its audience’s understandingof what contemporary music entails. Their programs are notablyfree of pretension and over-seriousness; their mandate to involveand inspire young musicians gives their season a sense of livelinessand fun.As part of its anniversary celebrations, Soundstreams is hostinga concert with the Latvian Radio Choir, considered to be one of theworld’s top choral ensembles. A truly professional outfit, they giveover 60 concerts a year. Choral aficionados definitely don’t want tomiss this one.The icing on the cake: as part of its commitment to outreachand education, Soundstreams will host four choirs from Canadianuniversities for this concert which will allow young musicians theexperience of working with the Latvian Radio Choir in a mentorshipcapacity. The concert includes a number of Russian and Latvian works,PETER MAHONSales Representative416-322-8000pmahon@trebnet.comwww.petermahon.comNIKO TAVERNISE COURTESY EONE FILMSFor Tickets Call 416-872-4255 www.roythomson.com22 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

a piece by John Cage and music by a nice range of contemporaryCanadian composers.OTHER CONCERTS OF NOTEOn November 3 the Hamilton Children’s Choir gives a fundraisingconcert in support of the choir’s performance at the XinghaiInternational Choir Championships. Please come out and supportthis endeavour.On November 17 and 18 the Cantemus Singersperform an early music program that includesCharpentier’s In Nativitatem Domini.The recent Wes Anderson film MoonriseKingdom (now available on DVD) brilliantly utilizedthe music of Benjamin Britten throughout,including Britten’s wonderful and popular children’sopera Noye’s Fludde. On November 23there is an opportunity to hear this work live,as the VIVA! Youth Singers take part in astaged version.In a similar vein, the Elora Festival Singersperform Menotti’s festive Amahl and the NightVisitors on November 25. This opera is a touchingand humorous work and an excellent introductionto opera for children.As we head into the Christmas season, manychoirs gear up for seasonal concerts. Nextmonth, there is an astonishing number of concerts taking place onDecember 1, too many to list effectively. Please have a look at the listingsto see how many varied and interesting choices there are on thatSaturday evening.Ben Stein is a Toronto tenor and theorbist.He can be contacted at choralscene@thewholenote.com.Visit his website at benjaminstein.ca.The Elmer Iseler SingersLydia Adams, ConductorHandel’s MessiahFriday, November 30, 2012 at 8:00 pmMetropolitan United Church56 Queen Street East, Toronto (at Bond Street)We welcome you to this yearlytradition of presenting Handel’s“text painted” sacred oratorio,which was written in just 24 daysto the libretto of Charles Jennens.Join us for a pre-concert dinner at thehistoric Albany Club for $55 per person.Phone 416-217-0537 to reserve.Special Guest Artists:The Amadeus Choir, Lydia Adams, ConductorLeslie Fagan, Soprano; Lynne McMurtry, Mezzo SopranoColin Ainsworth, Tenor; Geoffrey Sirett, BassRobert Venables and Robert DiVito, TrumpetsPatricia Wright, Organist; and OrchestraLeslie FaganSopranoLynne McMurtryMezzo SopranoColin AinsworthTenorTickets: $55; Seniors $50; Students $20Geoffrey SirettBass416-217-0537 www.elmeriselersingers.comONTARIO ARTS COUNCILCONSEIL DES ARTS DE L’OTARIOCanada Councilfor the ArtsConseil des Artsdu CanadaNovember 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 23

Beat by Beat | Art of SongOn Singers andTheir TeachersHANS DE GROOTAs the latin epigram has it, Poeta nascitur, non fit: “a poet isborn, not made.” Is that also true of singers? Up to a point, yes.When one hears outstanding artists like Karina Gauvin or ColinAinsworth, one senses that there is an innate musicality which wouldsimply have to come out. Yet a young raw talent will not be ready for asolo career, not even Ainsworth (who studiedwith Darryl Edwards) or Gauvin (who whilestill a teenager studied with Catherine Robbin,later with Marie Daveluy in Montreal andPamela Bowden in Glasgow).There are several institutions in Torontoand elsewhere in Ontario that offer trainingto young singers. In the Faculty of Musicat the University of Toronto, Darryl Edwardsis the head of voice studies and LornaMacDonald holds the Lois Marshall chair. Theuniversity directory lists another ten voiceinstructors; they include a very senior figurein Mary Morrison along with well-knownmusicians such as Jean MacPhail and NathaliePaulin. There are also teachers of diction andpianists who provide vocal coaching. Onewill be able to get a sense of what the universityoffers in the Tuesday performance classesfor singers in the Edward Johnson Buildingon November 6, 20, 27 and December 4 atWalter Hall from 12:10pm to 1pm and alsoin the masterclasses with Edith Wiens inWendy Nielsen,right, with KristinaSzabó in theVancouver Opera’s2011 productionof La Clemenzadi Tito.the Macmillan Theatre November 5 from 4pm to 6pm and AdriannePieczonka in Walter Hall (art songs November 14 at 7pm; operaticarias on November 15 at noon).York University also has an extensive teaching program for singers.Catherine Robbin is the director of the classical voice studies programand other teachers include Stephanie Bogle, Norma Burrowesand Janet Obermeyer. On November 20 baritone Peter McGillivray willgive a masterclass from 11:30am to 2:30pm and he will be followedby soprano Wendy Nielsen on November 23 from 11:30am to 4pm.Both events will be at the Tribute Communities Recital Hall, AccoladeEast Building.Other strong music faculties in Ontario are those of Wilfrid LaurierUniversity in Waterloo (Kimberley Barber, Leslie Fagan, BrandonLeis, Daniel Lichti) and the University of Western Ontario in London(Gwenlynn Little, Anita Krause, Frédérique Vézina and many others).In London there will be workshops for singers and vocal masterclasseson November 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 in Talbot College, Room 100 at1:30pm, a voice studio recital by Gloria Gassi on November 9 at 6pmand a masterclass with Adrianne Pieczonka on December 1 from noonto 2pm, both events in von Kuster Hall, UWO Music Building.Not all singers go through a university degree in music. IsabelBayrakdarian, who has a degree in engineering, studied withMacPhail, her first and only teacher. MacPhail has a very impressiveteaching record: Wallis Giunta was another of her students and it wasMacPhail who turned Giunta, an aspiring soprano, into a mezzo. Shealso taught Miriam Khalil and, among the most recent generation ofsingers, Erin Bardua, Beste Kalender, Sara Schabas and Taylor Strande.A complaint I have heard from voice students is that academicprograms are often so dominated by the requirements of the curriculumthat there is not enough time for vocal technique or points ofinterpretation. Clearly there is a lot to be said for the sustained pupilteacherrelationship that Gauvin enjoyed with Robbin or Bayrakdarianwith MacPhail. An alternative to study in a university program (orpossibly a supplement) is offered by the Glenn Gould School at theRoyal Conservatory. Here teachers include MacPhail (of course) andmany other distinguished artists such as Ann Monoyios, RoxolanaRoslak and Monica Whicher. Vocal coaching is provided by RachelAndrist and Brahm Goldhamer. Some indication of the quality ofadvanced students will be given this month by an evening of opera onNovember 16 and 17 in Mazzoleni Concert Hall at 7:30pm. (Later thisseason there will be a concert of opera arias and songs on February 2in Mazzoleni Concert Hall as well as the annual staged opera inKoerner Hall on March 20 and 22).What happens after a music degree or a conservatory diploma?Toronto Summer Music and the Toronto Summer Opera Lyric Theatreand Research Centre offer further training as does the graduate diplomaprogram offered by the Opera School at the University of Toronto.Some of the best young singers will be ableto enter the Ensemble Studio of the CanadianOpera Company. The Aldeburgh Connectionand Opera in Concert will always be lookingfor emerging talents; amateur choirs willneed soloists. Yet the road towards a full-timeprofessional career is not always easy, evenfor the most talented singers. One hopes thatnewly emerging singers will not have to go toEurope to have a career as has happened inthe past with Lilian Sukis, James McLean and(until recently) Adrianne Pieczonka.SOME OTHER EVENTSOn November 8 at 2pm Annamaria Eisler willperform a free concert of songs by MarleneDietrich at the Toronto Public Library, 40Orchard Blvd.On November 16 artists of the U of TFaculty of Music with guest AdriannePieczonka, soprano, will present “AnEvening of Song,” a free concert at 7:30pm inWalter Hall.At the Glenn Gould Studio on November 18 Off Centre Music Salonpresents “American Salon: Syncopated City – The Magic of New York,”with works by Sondheim, Gershwin, Bernstein and others, withsoloists Sarah Halmarson and Ilana Zarankin, sopranos, and VasilGarvanliev, baritone.There will be a free concert at Walter Hall at 12:10pm onNovember 22. Lorna MacDonald soprano, with Susan Hoeppner, flute,Stephen Philcox, piano, and Peter Stoll, clarinet, will perform musicby Gaveux, Roussel, Beckwith, Hoiby, Corigliano and Cook.On November 25 at 2pm in Mazzoleni Concert Hall, Carla Huhtanenwill be one of the soloists in a concert performance of Brian Current’sopera-oratorio Airline Icarus. (See cover story.)Also on November 25 Danielle Dudycha, soprano, and Martin Dubé,piano, will perform works by Rachmaninoff, Poulenc, Dvorak, de Fallaand Duparc at Gallery 345 at 8pm.On November 28 John Holland, baritone, and William Shookhoff,ALEX WATERHOUSE-HAYWARD24 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

piano, will perform works by Ravel, Donizetti, Dvorak, Mozart andothers at 7:30pm in the Heliconian Hall.On November 29 from 6pm to 8pm the Canadian Opera Companywill hold its second Annual Ensemble Studio Competition in theRichard Bradshaw Amphitheatre.The Messiah season will be upon us in December but the ElmerIseler Singers are anticipating the annual flood by presenting theirperformance on November 30 in the Metropolitan United Churchat 8pm. The soloists will be Leslie Fagan, Lynne McMurtry, ColinAinsworth and Geoffrey Sirett.In Walter Hall on December 2 at 2:30pm the Aldeburgh Connectionwill be giving its second concert of the season with “MadameBizet: from Carmen to Proust.” The singers are Nathalie Paulin andBrett Polegato.On December 2 Carolyn Hague, soprano, and Marie-Line Ross,piano, will perform songs from musical theatre and from the classicalrepertoire in the Heliconian Hall at 2pm.On December 4 the Canadian Opera Company, in its free vocal series,will present arias and duets inspired by the Brothers Grimm in theRichard Bradshaw Amphitheatre at 12 noon.On December 7 at 7:30pm Aurélie Cormier, soprano, and BrunoCormier, baritone, will offer a free recital of French carols and otherChristmas music at the Newman Centre.AND BEYOND THE GTAOn November 8 at noon Patricia Green, mezzo-soprano, will be thesoloist in a free program of love songs by Canadian composers in theGoldschmidt Room, 107 MacKinnon Building, University of Guelph.On November 25 Monica Whicher, soprano, and Judy Loman, harp,will give a concert at Trinity United Church in Huntsville at 2pm.Hans de Groot is a concert-goer and active listener,who also sings and plays the recorder.He can be contacted at artofsong@thewholenote.com.Beat by Beat | On OperaMore to the MixThan MainstageCHRISTOPHER HOILENovember sees the continuation of the large scale operas thatopened in October from the Canadian Opera Company andOpera Atelier and adds to the mix fully staged operas fromsmaller companies and opera schools. Enriching the month still furtheris the impressive number and variety of operas in concert — somewith orchestra, some with piano.The operas continuing from October are Johann Strauss’s DieFledermaus and Opera Atelier’s period instrument production ofCarl Maria von Weber’s Der Freischütz, both of which concludeon November 3. For a fully staged professional opera productionthe next option is Opera York’s staging of Verdi’s La Traviata onNovember 1 and 3 at the Richmond Hill Centre for the PerformingArts (operayork.com). Mirela Tafaj is Violetta, Ricardo Iannello isAlfredo and Jeffrey Carl is Germont. Sabatino Vacca conducts andPenny Cookson directs. The wood-lined auditorium of the RichmondHill Centre seats only 600 and makes an ideal venue for opera.Opera Schools: For other fully staged opera performances one hasto look to the various opera schools busy preparing the stars of tomorrow.The University of Toronto Faculty of Music Opera Division (music.utoronto.ca) is presenting Gaetano Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore fromNovember 22 to 25. The work, one of the most popular of all comicoperas, hasn’t been seen fully staged in Toronto since 1999. It tells ofGIOACHINO ROSSINIARMIDAin Italian with English SurtitlesIN TE NSE . V IR TUOSIC . F IE RY.A C A NA DIAN PR E MIERE.Edgar Ernesto Ramírez, Raphaëlle Paquette,Michael Ciufo, Christopher MayellMichael Rose, Music DirectorRobert Cooper, Chorus DirectorSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2:30 PMGEORGE FRIDERIC HANDELORLANDOin Italian with English SurtitlesDavid Trudgen, Virginia Hatfield, The Aradia EnsembleKevin Mallon, ConductorSU NDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2:30 PMNovember 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 25

NICOLA BETTSthe naive peasant Nemorino, who attempts to woo a wealthy youngwoman with the help of a love potion (only alcohol) bought from avisiting charlatan. Sandra Horst, best known as the chorus master forthe COC, is the conductor; Michael Patrick Albano directs.Over at the Royal Conservatory, the Glenn Gould School (performance.rcmusic.ca)has quite an unusual double bill on offer. OnNovember 16 and 17 the students present Three Sisters Who Are NotSisters (1968) by American composer Ned Rorem (born 1923) andLe Lauréat (1906) by Québécois composer François-Joseph Vézina(1849-1924). For Three Sisters, a 1943 play by Gertrude Stein providesthe libretto. The work is a nonlinear murder mystery about three sisters(who are not sisters since they are orphans) and two brothers(who are brothers) who decide to play a game of murder. During theBeste Kalender, who appears in the upcoming Glenn Gould School productionof Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters, is shown, far right, in the Glenn GouldSchool 2011 production of The Magic Flute. Inset: Sandra Horst, conductor ofthe University of Toronto Faculty of Music Opera Division’s L’Elisir d’amore.course of the 35-minute work, four of the five characters are killed orfound dead, yet at the end the voices of all five are heard. They wonder,“Did we act it? Are we dead?” Coincidentally, or not, the only characterto remain alive tells the others that it is time to sleep, raising the questionof whether the action we’ve seen is real or imagined.Le Lauréat is one of three opéras comiques along with Le Rajah(1910) and Le Fétiche (1912) that Vézina completed before his death.Vézina is perhaps best known as the conductor of the first-ever performanceof “O Canada” in 1880. The libretto by Félix-GabrielMarchand (the 11th premier of Quebec) concerns the love of Paul andPauline, who are about to graduate from university. Pauline however,is penniless, and Paul’s uncle threatens to disinherit him shouldhe marry her. The situation is saved by a deus ex machina in theform of a letter containing new information about Pauline. For bothworks Peter Tiefenbach is music director and Ashlie Corcoran is thestage director.In Concert(1): For those who enjoy operas in concert with orchestra,there are two attractive choices. On November 1 and 3, the TorontoSymphony Orchestra (tso.ca) presents the hour-long, one-act operaLa vida breve (1913) by Manuel de Falla (1876–1946) in Spanish withEnglish surtitles. The all-Spanish cast includes mezzo-sopranos NancyFabiola Herrera, Cristina Faus and Aidan Ferguson, along with flamencomusicians and dancer Núria Pomares. The libretto writtenby Carlos Fernández-Shaw in Andalusian dialect concerns the gypsySalud (Herrera) who is in love with the wealthy man Paco. He has ledher on, not telling her he is already engaged to be married to a womanof his own class. Salud’s uncle and grandmother know Paco’s secretand try to dissuade Salud from interrupting Paco’s wedding. But allis in vain and tragedy results. The conductor is Rafael Frühbeck deBurgos. The program also includes Beethoven’s Symphony No.8.Those who seek out new music need look no further than theCanadian premiere of Airline Icarus by award-winning composerBrian Current on November 25. Co-presented by the RoyalConservatory, where Current has been a faculty member since 2006,Airline Icarus is an opera-oratorio about the intersecting thoughtsof passengers on a flight aboard a commercial airline. It is scored fornine musicians and nine singers. In 2005 it won Italy’s internationalPremio Fedora Award. Last year Current conducted the first fullystaged performance in Verbania, Italy. The Toronto performance willinclude such well-known singers as Carla Huhtanen, Krisztina Szabóand Alexander Dobson. Jennifer Parr is the stage director and Currentconducts. The Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council will helpfund a recording of the work.In Concert(2): Thismonth opera in concertwith piano accompanimentis especially wellrepresented.Thosewho seek out raritiesby well-known composersshould headto the performanceof Rossini’s Armida(1817) by VOICEBOX:Opera in Concert(operainconcert.com) onNovember 25. Toronto opera-goers areprobably most familiar with the story from thepresentations of Lully’s French baroque operaArmide (1686) staged by Opera Atelier earlierthis year and in 2005. The plot of Rossini’sArmida is inspired by the same sections ofTorquato Tasso’s epic poem GerusalemmeLiberata as Lully’s Armide. It should be fascinatingto see how Rossini approaches thematerial. The work fell into neglect until 1952when Maria Callas appeared in its first modernproduction. Since then June Andersonand Renée Fleming have sung the title role.For VOICEBOX, Raphaëlle Paquette takes on Armida, Edgar ErnestoRamirez sings Rinaldo, Christopher Mayell is Goffredo and MichaelCiufo is Genardo. Michael Rose is the music director and pianist.Robert Cooper directs the chorus.While Opera In Concert has been around since 1974, Toronto OperaCollective (torontooperacollaborative.com) will embark on its firstseason with a performance of Beethoven’s Fidelio on November 10at the Bloor Street United Church. Kristine Dandavino sings the titlerole, Jason Lamont is Florestan and Michael Robert-Broder is the villainousDon Pizarro. Nichole Bellamy is the pianist and conductor.For quite a different style of German opera, Essential Opera (essentialopera.com)begins its third season on November 7 with TheThreepenny Opera by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht. Jeremy Ludwigsings Macheath, Maureen Batt is Polly, Erin Bardua is Lucy, David Rothis Peachum, Heather Jewson is Mrs. Peachum and James Levesque isthe Narrator. Cathy Nosaty is the music director, pianist and accordionist.The performance in German and English takes place atHeliconian Hall in Yorkville.Finally, Opera by Request (operabyrequest.ca), where the singerschoose the repertory, has a wide range of operas in concerton offer. On November 3 it presents Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore,on November 9 Mozart’s Don Giovanni, on November 16 and 25Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and on November 17 Bizet’s LesPêcheurs des perles. All performances, except Onegin on the 16th,take place at the College Street United Church and are conducted bythe indefatigable William Shookhoff from the piano.Christopher Hoile is a Toronto-based writer on opera andtheatre. He can be contacted at opera@thewholenote.com.26 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

Beat by Beat | Music TheatreSmall PleasuresWith just three seasons under its belt, Toronto’s AngelwalkTheatre has built a record of success that makes it a companyto watch. Dedicated to producing “off-Broadway”musical theatre that integrates established Canadian professionalswith emerging artists, the resident company of the StudioTheatre at the Toronto Centre for the Arts has accumulated 11 DoraMavor Moore nominations andgarnered accolades from audiencesand critics alike — mostrecently, two Dora nominationsfor I Love You Because, amusical I discussed in this columnlast April. Producing justtwo shows per season, thenot-for-profit enterprise commitsits modest resourcesto small scale, characterdrivenshows whose minimalinstrumentation and sparestaging work to maximumeffect. The company’s productionof Ordinary Daysthat opens on November 29for a two-week run providesa perfect example,with one important caveat:the show is co-producedwith the Winnipeg StudioTheatre (WST), a signal thatAngelwalk is branching out.ROBERT WALLACEKayla Gordon, WST artistic director.Ordinary Days, a one-act musical by American writer and composerAdam Gwon, premiered to mixed reviews in a production byNew York’s Roundabout Theatre in 2009 where it caught the attentionof Brian Goldenberg, artistic producer of Angelwalk, and KaylaGordon, artistic director of WST, a company whose mandate resemblesAngelwalk’s except that it includes plays as well as musicals. Thetwo first connected via Altar Boyz, a musical comedy by Gary Adlerand Michael Patrick Walker about a fictitious Christian boy band, thattheir companies produced separately. By the time they discoveredOrdinary Days, “We had come to a decision that we wanted to producesomething together,” Goldenberg tells me. “It was just a questionof what.” Gordon adds, “We’ve been trying to find just the right projectfor a while.”With a cast of four, a contemporary urban setting, an innovativescore, and an emphasis on character, Ordinary Days fits the aestheticof both companies to a T. For Gordon, the show “takes us somewherenew mainly because so much of the story is told through songs ... . Ithas a very contemporary feel to it, much like the work of Jason RobertBrown ... .” Goldenberg agrees with her comparison and he shouldknow: he produced Brown’s The Last Five Years in Angelwalk’s inauguralseason and staged the American composer’s Songs for a NewWorld in March 2011. (Toronto audiences also may remember Brown’sParade that Acting Up Stage Company co-produced with Studio 180Theatre in January 2011). “The music is stunning,” Goldenberg says ofOrdinary Days, before admitting that it was Gwon’s lyrics that reallysold him on the show. “Gwon creates characters through songs withsome of his lyrics working like dialogue. He’s not afraid to push theboundaries of musical theatre — but gently, without flash.” The samemight be said of Angelwalk itself.Ordinary Days tells two stories simultaneously, using a pair of trajectoriesthat have two separate couples affecting each other withoutcrossing paths. For Charles Isherwood, a critic at the New York Times,the result is “a sad-sweet comment on the anonymity of life in the city,where it is possible to change other people’s fates without actuallygetting to meet them.” The older couple, Claire (Clara Scott) and Jason(Jay Davis), struggle to maintain their relationship after moving intogether and discovering that each has more baggage than they realized.More interesting is the odd couple bonding of Warren (JustinBott), a gay would-be artist, and Deb (Connie Manfreddi), a graduatestudent writing a dissertation on the novels of Virginia Woolf. AfterWarren finds (and reads) Deb’s lost notebook, he arranges to returnit to her at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Repeatedly, Gwon placeshis quartet of lost souls inside the Met where, in “song after song,[they] struggle to pull their way into rapturous melody, parallelingtheir struggles to cement a place in the cement jungle,” as Bob Veriniwrites in Variety. Viewing painting after painting, the charactersreveal the particularities of their ordinary lives like so many pointillistdots on an impressionist canvas. “What am I doing here?” one ofthem asks. The question haunts the show.For Kayla Gordon, who directs as well as co-produces thepiece, the charm of Ordinary Days lies in the characters’ searchfor space within intimacy, calm within disorder. “It’s a universalsubject in our busy lives,” she says, “taking the time to look at thelittle joyous things in life, and to appreciate them more.” Her challengeas director is “to create the stillness of those special momentsof discovery — the feeling of a person standing and admiring apiece of art while the whole world is erupting around them ... tofind that special moment of introspection.” This requires that thecast “keep all the stories as honest as possible,” and that she connect“all the many facets of the characters’ lives in a fluid way, so as not tostop the momentum ... .”Ordinary Days is a genuine co-production. Rather than merelycombine their budgets and place one company in charge, the twosmall theatres have amalgamated creative resources to achievean equitable split of time and talent. The production premieres inWinnipeg on November 21 in the Tom Hendry Warehouse Space of theNovember 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 27

CHRIS MUELLERManitoba Theatre Centre (MTC) where Winnipeg native Paul DeGurse,as musical director, will use orchestrations by Joseph Aragon, whosemusical Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare I discussed in my columnlast month. Instrumentation includes piano, cello and violin.The set and costumes for the show are designed by Torontonian ScottPenner who, like lighting designer Siobhan Sleath, created the imaginativeset of I Love You Because for Angelwalk last season. Unlikethat set, this one will be built professionally in the shop of MTC thenshipped from Winnipeg afterthe show’s brief run there intime for the Toronto opening.Gordon acknowledges thechallenge of “mounting theshow in a space in Winnipegand then taking it to a smallervenue in Toronto,” but sheconsiders that “it will keepthe show fresh, which is greatfor the actors.” Goldenbergsees other benefits of aco-production that is “artistically-driven.”Noting that“cost savings are incidental,”he suggests that “the primaryAdam Gwon,writer and composerof Ordinary Days.benefit to both companies isthe exposure that our artistsgain in a different city,” andhe muses about how it might“open doors” to opportunitiesfor all of them. But perhaps the biggest winners in this undertakingare the audiences in Winnipeg and Toronto for each of whom theshow will introduce a new company, as well as a new musical. Byexpanding horizons and combining resources, Angelwalk and WSTare helping to widen Canada’s musical theatre community in bothsize and vision.Fundraisers: One of the methods that small companies such asAngelwalk use to build funding and raise awareness for their work isthe celebrity showcase. Earlier this year, Angelwalk produced Dianneand Me, a solo show that was a hit at the 2011 Vancouver FringeFestival. A portrait of mothers, daughters and the sacrifices they make,the tiny musical starred award-winning actress, Elena Juatco (I LoveYou Because; Canadian Idol top 10 finalist). Next February, the companyoffers something more ambitious — “Villains and Vixens,” aconcert featuring songs by some of the most infamous charactersin musical theatre, from Javert in Les Misérables to Sally Bowles inCabaret, all performed by Angelwalk stalwarts.This month, Acting Up Stage Company mounts a similar one–nightonly fundraiser on November 26 in Koerner Hall at the Telus Centrefor Performing and Learning. “Tapestries: The Music of Carole Kingand James Taylor” continues the tradition of compilation concertsthat Acting Up introduced several years ago, a hit series that includessuch sold out concerts such as “Both Sides Now,” a celebration of thesongs of Joni Mitchell and “Long and Winding Road,” a tribute to themusic of Lennon and McCartney. Under the stellar music direction ofReza Jacobs, these one-off evenings showcase some of the best performerscurrently working in Canadian musical theatre. “Tapestries,”for example, will present performances by Bruce Dow, Cynthia Dale,Arlene Duncan, Jake Epstein, Sara Farb, Kelly Holiff, Sterling Jarvis,Amanda LeBlanc, Eden Richmond, and Josh Young, among others.Blurring distinctions between cabaret, musical theatre and pop concerts,these evenings feature original orchestrations and new vocalarrangments (also by Reza Jacobs) that foreground the performers’voices and talents in a format that appeals to a wide audience. To addpanache to the procedings, Elenna Mosoff oversees continuity andstaging. While the affair is informal, it is by no means casual in itsapproach. Consider it my hot tip for the month.Based in Toronto, Robert Wallace writes abouttheatre and performance. He can be contacted atmusictheatre@thewholenote.com.Beat by Beat | World ViewUnexpectedlyANDREW TIMARPerhaps one of the most unexpected venues for regular worldmusic performance in our town is the Richard BradshawAmphitheatre at the Four Seasons Centre for the PerformingArts. As a performance space it is both casually chic and spatially flexible.This month, with two concerts scheduled, I thought it wouldbe an opportune time to examine both the institutional frameworkand artistic talent which serves up this perennially bountiful worldmusic smorgasbord.The COC has hosted a noon hour World Music concert series sinceits inaugural season in 2006, an integral component of their larger seriesof free concerts. Its ambition as noted in a COC press communiquéis to “reflect in its programming the richness of Toronto’s cultural fabricand create an opportunity for people to experience the artistic excellenceand cultural diversity of the city.” Over the past seven years it hasbecome a dependable showcase for international music, very often performedby top musicians who make their home in the GTA.If success can be measured by audience attendance then the WorldMusic concert series is a runaway hit; whenever I’ve attended there hasappeared to be a full house. COC stats show that some 15,000 peopleannually enjoy the various free concerts on offer from September toJune. This is no mere fluke. Obvious care has been put into the curationof the series, reflecting both what our performing artists are producingtoday and what will convince audiences to make the trek at noon to witnessin person. If success can be measured by community engagementthen a compelling case can readily be made for the concerts’ collectivebreadth and depth. It’s personally satisfying to see that Nina Draganic,the programming director of the free World Music concert series, hasnot forgotten the often neglected “c” word — challenge — in the rush tomaximize patron numbers.This season the series encompasses nine diverse concerts embracingmusic blanketing the earth. I counted music from South Asia, EastAsia, Western Europe, the Caucasus, North Africa, South America andthe Caribbean.On November 6 under the rubric “Many Strings Attached: Spotlighton Sarangi” Aruna Narayan, a pioneering sarangi virtuosa, headlinesat the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre. The sarangi is a NorthIndian bowed 39-string instrument of considerable vintage, its playingtechnique challenging to tackle and supremely difficult to master.Ms. Narayan, the only woman to play this instrument professionally, isthe daughter of the renowned sarangi master Pandit Ram Narayan. Hesingle-handedly established the sarangi, formerly exclusively used toaccompany vocalists, as a soloist in Hindustani classical music. She willperform in the classical khyal manner a concert of ragas selected fromthose appropriate to the time of day, accompanied by the drummedmetric framework provided by the tabla and by the tambura, theplucked string instrument that establishes the indispensable dronethroughout the performance.What is she doing when not performing at the COC? Narayan maintainsan active sarangi teaching atelier at her home just north of the cityand teaches it at regional schools. She also keeps up an internationalconcert career, having appeared in recent years with her father at theBBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall and on India’s Doordarshan TV, as well aspremiering the sarangi part in Nolan Ira Gasser’s World Cello for Celloand Orchestra with the Oakland East Bay Symphony. Nor has Narayanneglected home town audiences in her globetrotting. She’s appearedin the Music Gallery’s World Avant series, and crossed yet moremusical borders in her 2007 performance with Toronto’s TafelmusikBaroque Orchestra in a novel intercultural interpretation of Vivaldi’sFour Seasons.Darbazi: November 13 the COC’s World Music concert series presentsthe Darbazi Georgian Choir directed by the charismatic tenor ShalvaMakharashvili. The title of the concert, “Gideli,” means a grape har-28 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

vest container. It’s not an unlikely thematic basket given that in Georgiafall is grape harvest season and the time to make the country’s favouritebeverage from its juice. Many Georgian songs praise the vineyard,the grape and wine as divine gifts. Such songs are also characteristic ofthe supra–but more of that later. The Darbazi choir’s appearance in theCOC series is a sharp counterpoint to the solo virtuoso concert traditionexemplified by Aruna Narayan, reflecting instead a kind of music makingwhich is community based and polyphonic,Founded 17 years ago in Toronto, theDarbazi ensemble passionately and exclusivelyfocuses on performing the traditionalpolyphonic music of the various regionsof Georgia, a mountainous country at thecrossroads of Europe and Asia. Darbazi’sconcerts typically mine rich repertoirewhich ranges from meditative sacredOrthodox ecclesiastical chants to exuberantsongs meant for horse riding, field working,drinking, dancing and general partying.An exciting new feature of their recentToronto performances has been the additionof the Georgian dance group, Kakheti,with their elegant couple dances and hyperextendedmale leaps and spins fuelled bysheer machismo.When not performing at the COC,Darbazi — the core of which is composedof three women and seven men — does itsToronto choir Darbazibeing fêted at a supra,Republic of Georgia,September 2012.share of gigs which include Toronto’s Fete de la Musique and First Night,Montreal’s World Music Festival, concerts in St. John’s, Newfoundlandand New York City. Yet over the years, no matter the gigs on the table,the choir has been on a quest for an ever deeper understanding of theplace of music in Georgian heritage and identity. Furthering this keymission, Darbazi returned last month from its latest visit to the Georgianmotherland where they learned new song repertoire from legendaryGeorgian cantors. They were also featured performers at the RecitalHall of the Conservatoire in the country’s capital, Tbilisi, appeared onthe Georgian TV channel, Imedi, and were feted at several supras — thatmost Georgian of feasts — a key site for social and cultural interactions.Back in Toronto Darbazi also does weddings, baby showers and funerals.I’ve attended a number of Darbazi-powered Toronto supras. In fact animpromptu supra-like moment sprang up at one of my recent birthdayparties. I always felt it was at these community events — after the stagedconcert — that these songs came to vivid, palpable life.Other Concert Picks: At the top of the month is the Day of the DeadFestival, Mexico’s celebration of all that has passed, especially one’sancestors — our Halloween. Harbourfront Centre is marking it with awide range of daytime cultural events on November 3 and 4. Musicalperformers at the York Quay Centre include the guitarist Pedro Montejo,the Café Con Pan group, Jorge Salazar, Viva Mexico Mariachi andJorge Lopez.Also on November 3, Small World Music presents the well-knownCuban singer and guitarist Eliades Ochoa at the Danforth Music HallTheatre. First propelled to international attention as a member of theunlikely chart-topping Buena Vista Social Club, Ochoa is considered oneof Cuba’s top soneros. Proudly displaying his guajiro roots, his folksymusic exemplifies one of the streams which feed into the powerfulcurrent of Cuban music. His repertoire includes songs in the son, Afro-Cuban, bolero, changüi and guaracha genres.Staying with Cuban music, on November 9 Alex Cuba performs atKoerner Hall. The Cuban-Canadian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalistis launching his latest album Ruida in el Sistema (Static in theSystem), combining tasty elements of rock, pop, soul and Latin funk.In 2010, Alex Cuba was awarded a Latin Grammy for Best New Artist inaddition to a nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Album, so we know hehas studio and vocal chops galore. In his new CD, four tracks in Englishdemonstrate that he is settling nicely into his adopted land — yes, really,in Smithers, B.C.November 7 at St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church, Concertsat Midday presents Viktor Kotov on the haunting sounding duduk, anArmenian double reed instrument, accompanied by Raisa Orshanskyon tsimbaly, a trapezoidal hammer dulcimer from Belarus andUkraine. Kotov’s arrangements of European classical instrumentals,jazz standards, blues, Broadway and film music serve as a basis for hisimprovisatory style of playing the duduk.November 10 and 11 we move musically to an island at the other endof the globe, Japan. Toronto group Nagata Shachu, led by Kiyoshi Nagata,performs “Work Songs” at their 14th annual live show at the EnwaveTheatre. Artistic director Kiyoshi Nagata,whose career spans 30 years, explains: “InJapan there is a saying, ‘Where there is work,there is song’ ... often cheerful and uplifting.”The concert, featuring many types ofJapanese taiko, gongs, bells, wooden clappers,shakers, bamboo flutes and voice, is atribute to labourers, farmers and fishermen.The Métis Fiddler Quartet plays atthe Alliance Française de Toronto onNovember 24. This young bilingual French-English group specialises in fresh andenergetic interpretations of Canadian Métisand Native old style fiddle music passeddown by elder masters from across Canada.This under-represented music chock full ofwit, spirit and joy is worth searching out.Touching on a few concerts early inDecember, on December 1 the RoyalConservatory presents Amanda Martinez atKoerner Hall. What more can I add to Metro’s assessment of Martinez’sCanadian-Latin singer-songwriter music, “reminiscent of the Latinsongstress of days of old ... strong and defiant while soft and vulnerable.”In this concert, featuring influences of flamenco and Afro-Cubanrhythms, bossa nova and Mexican folk music, she collaborates withSpanish producer Javier LimónDecember 6 the University of Toronto Faculty of Music stages itsannual free “World Music Ensembles Concert” at the MacMillan Theatre,Edward Johnson Building. This year’s student ensembles includeAfrican Drumming and Dancing directed by Ghanaian master drummerKwasi Dunyo, Klezmer by “klezpert” Brian Katz, and Japanese TaikoDrumming by sensei Kiyoshi Nagata. I used to attend this annual worldmusic roundup eagerly when younger. Just two examples of my earlydiscoveries were Balinese gamelan Semar Pegulingan and SouthwestIranian coastal folk music. What in the world will you discover?Andrew Timar is a Toronto musician and music writer.He can be contacted at worldmusic@thewholenote.com.LUCA MAKHARASHVILI, ANDREW TIMARNovember 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 29

Beat by Beat | Jazz NotesSo Little TimeJIM GALLOWAYJohn edwin “jake” hanna, drummer: born Dorchester,Massachusetts April 4, 1931; married 1984 Denisa Heitman; diedLos Angeles February 12, 2010.There have been so many books about jazz it is difficult to knowwhat to buy — histories, biographies, essays,criticisms and some by superior writerssuch as Ralph Ellison, Gary Giddins, NatHentof, Albert McCarthy, Albert Murray andScott Yanow.But very few are as entertaining as JakeHanna, The Rhythm And Wit Of A SwingingJazz Drummer, a new addition to the ranks.Jake Hanna was one of the great drummersbut just as well known for his wit. Hehad an irrepressible sense of humour whichendeared him to audiences and fellow musicians.In the band room he was always acentre of attention and wherever he wasthere was always laughter.It was surely just a matter of time before somebody decided thatthere had to be a book about him and, to borrow the name of a jazzstandard, “Now’s The Time.” The author is Maria S. Judge and sheknew the Hanna family very well–she is, in fact, Hanna’s niece and apublished writer of several books.The early part of the book deals with the Hanna family and no otherwriter could have gone into more detail or have given a better insightinto the environment that produced a man destined to become one ofthe legends of jazz.The bulk of the work consists of anecdotes, remembrances by membersof Hanna’s jazz community and contributions from friends andacquaintances. Together they convey a colourful picture of the drummer/raconteurwho has left an indelible mark on the lives of so manyof us.He was the master of the one-liner on stage and off: “So manydrummers, so little time.” Not all of them were original but somehowHanna took ownership of them. If he liked you it was for life; ifhe didn’t it was also a pretty permanent arrangement. He was straightahead in the way he played drums and straight as a die in the way helived life.Hanna could have been a great stand-up comedian, but was occasionally,in a friendly way, on the receiving end as when drummerDanny D’Imperio saw him come into the club and acknowledged himas “not just any old Tom-Tom Dick Dick or Harry Harry!” For onceHanna had no comeback.It won’t spoil the book for you if I drop in a couple of stories fromit like the time when Hanna was playing the Merv Griffin show and afamous singer agreed to an impromptu performance and said to him,“Give me four bars.” Hanna called out the names of four of the NewYork City bars where musicians hung out: “Charlie’s, Junior’s, JoeHarbors and Jim and Andy’s!”Or the time when Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner were guests andpeople were panicking because Reiner was late. When he got therehe was berated by Brooks. Reiner explained that he had just been tothe doctor and was told he had arrhythmia, to which Hanna promptlyresponded “Who could ask for anything more.”This is also a great “loo” book; in fact you should maybe buy twocopies, one for your bookshelf and another for visitors who have to“spend a penny,” to coin, literally, a saying from my youth.If you ever met Jake Hanna you will want to have this book. If he isonly a name to you please buy it and enjoygetting to know him.Jake Hanna, The Rhythm And Wit Of ASwinging Jazz Drummer. Maria S. Judge.Meredith Music Publications. $24.95 (US) orcheck amazon.com.MR. ED: Jake Hanna was a huge fan of EdBickert, which will come as no surprise toanyone who heard Ed play. After the death ofhis wife Madeline, Ed retired from playing. Iremember the evening very well. I was givinga concert of Ellington’s sacred music thatnight and at intermission we heard aboutMadeline’s passing. After that Ed simplystopped playing; a few years earlier he hadhad a fall on ice and suffered severe injuries to both arms from whichhe never completely recovered and with his wife’s death he simplydidn’t have the will to keep on playing. No amount of coaxing couldmake him change his mind although he still shows up to hear musicianshe likes.I have a lasting memory of a recording session with Ed. The Britishtrumpet player/bandleader Humphrey Lyttelton was in town and JohnNorris decided to make an album with him for Sackville Records.The rest of the band included Neil Swainson on bass, Terry Clarke,drums, myself and Bickert. The music consisted of all originals byHumph, who showed up with no music! He would sing the variousthemes and we would go from there. Ed worked his magic and turnedevery number into music that was beautifully structured harmonically.Like a lot of musicians I rarely listen to my own recordings, butwhen I do hear a track from that session it sounds like it had beenarranged and well rehearsed, largely thanks to Mr. Bickert. And it wasall done in one afternoon.Well, on November 6 at the Glenn Gould Studio, you are invitedto “Ed Bickert at 80: A Jazz Celebration,” with a line-up that includesDon Thompson, Neil Swainson, Reg Schwager, Terry Clarke, OliverGannon and others. Tickets are $45. Proceeds go to the Madeline andEd Bickert Jazz Guitar Scholarship Fund.Happy listening and, as Ted O’Reilly used to say when he signed off,“Think nice thoughts.”Jake Hanna, left, and Jim Galloway.Jim Galloway is a saxophonist, band leader and formerartistic director of Toronto Downtown Jazz.He can be contacted at jazznotes@thewholenote.com.TED O’REILLYSt. Philip’s Anglican Church● Sunday, Nov 11, 4pmZimZumJazz Vespers● Sunday, Nov 25, 4pmPeter Togni TrioJazz Vespers● Sunday, Dec 2, 4pmPat MurrayQuartet Mostly Beatles● Sunday, Dec 16, 4pmBeverly TaftQuartet Christmas JazzSt. Philip’s Anglican Church | Etobicoke25 St. Phillips Road (near Royal York + Dixon)416-247-5181 • www.stphilips.netFeaturing some of Toronto’s best jazz musicianswith a brief reflection by Jazz Vespers ClergyNov. 11Bill McBirnie (ute), Bernie Senensky (piano)Nov. 25MARK EISENMAN TRIO - Mark Eisenman (piano),Steve Wallace (bass), John Sumner (drums)Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211(north of St. Clair at Heath St.)www.thereslifehere.org Admission is free; donations are welcome.30 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

Beat by Beat | In the ClubsSound AdviceORI DAGANTalk about the element of surprise! In November of 2008, Iwas given the task of reviewing Lina Allemano’s third recording,Gridjam. Truth be told, I accepted the assignment wearilyand wasn’t expecting to enjoy the CD nearly as much as I did, if onlybecause at that time I thought I did not like avant-garde jazz. Isn’t itfunny how we think we don’t like a certain genre, be it early music orhip hop, thereby prejudging a whole category of music based on itsstyle, as opposed to its substance? Inevitably this brings one to DukeEllington’s famous quote: “There are only two kinds of music: goodand bad.” The Lina Allemano Four, pictured above, just might make afan out of folks who don’t believe they “like” cutting edge, contemporaryjazz. This month they release Live at the Tranzac, recorded at oneof Toronto’s most essential spaces for creative music.The record is the band’s fourth CD and has already received somenice reviews in Europe according to Allemano. “It’s our first live record,”she adds. “It was recorded on three different nights during ourmonthly residency at the Tranzac in February and June 2012 andNovember 2011 by our faithful and amazing engineer, “Fedge,” whorecorded, mixed, and mastered it. We had great audiences all of thosenights and their enthusiasm is on the recording. Fedge has done abrilliant job of capturing the live sound of the band. It’s released onLumo Records, which is my own label. (Fedge also is responsible forour YouTube videos of the band’s performances at the Tranzac.) Themusic is all my original music which was workshopped during ourvarious performances at the Tranzac.”Allemano’s devilish, deliciously dissonant compositions are just thetip of the cool iceberg: her musical choices are unquestionably exceptionaland she could not ask for a more formidable supporting cast:Brodie West on alto sax, Andrew Downing on bass and Nick Fraseron drums. The group has been playing the Tranzac’s Southern Crossroom once a month since about 2006.“What do we love about the Tranzac? So many things!!!” writesAllemano. “The Southern Cross room sounds amazing acoustically,which is perfect for us as an acoustic avant-garde jazz band. The audiencesare always great — they listen and they give back their energy tothe musicians. The Tranzac has a very comfortable atmosphere thatallows us and the music to breathe and to grow. We can take musicalchances there. There is a real community feeling there ... amazing andsupportive and welcoming. It’s a nonprofit mentality and the programmingsupports all types of music that is generally alternative andnon-mainstream — such an important place for musicians in Toronto,for artistic music to thrive and grow and to push the boundaries. It isjust enough off the beaten path that it has kept a slightly undergroundfeel to it, which I think keeps things real. It’s my favourite place to playin Toronto, and has been for years — it’s a special place and it has beenreally important for me personally to develop all three of my bandsthere over the years. Thank you, Tranzac!!”The Lina Allemano Four’s Live at the Tranzac CD release takes placeright where it was recorded on November 11 at 9:30pm.Meanwhile, a brand new group, the Ken McDonald Quartet, led bybassist Ken McDonald, is starting a monthly residence at the Tranzac’sSouthern Cross room November 20.Sound Advice continues on page 54Beat by Beat | BandstandLibrary BuildingJACK MACQUARRIEIn last month’s column I solicited responses on selecting bandrepertoire and programming. While I would still love to hear frommore readers on these topics, the responses received to date werevery welcome.On the subject of who should have a say in these matters, mostpeople indicated that they would like to have a greater voice, buthad reservations on how to establish a decision making system. FredCassano from the Columbus Centre Concert Band pointed out that,in addition to other considerations, their library is influenced bytheir main sponsor and tailored to their main audiences. Since theColumbus Centre bills itself as “the heart of Toronto’s Italian community,”it is only natural that this band has a greater percentageof Italian music than other bands might have. In fact the band hasalready built a program for next year around the theme of the 150thanniversary of the unification of Italy, and another to honour the200th anniversary of Verdi’s birth. As for additions to our list, theysuggest Neopolitan Overture, Verdi’s Nabucco and Grand March fromAida, Count Basie Salute, Souza marches, Dixieland Band selections(featuring soloists) and music from The Lion King.Last month I also asked for some suggestions to add to a listof “hackneyed or over-performed works.” From responses to date,Harold Walters’ Instant Concert is a front-runner followed closely byhis Hootenanny. However, as Fred Cassano also mentions, InstantConcert is a “crowd pleaser.” It’s a matter of reconciling the differentpreferences between performers and audiences. Personally, havinghad to play each of these works many times per year for the past 45November 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 31

years or more, I would be happy to relegate them to the archives for ayear or so. However, many audience members may have never heardthem and are entertained by a bit of novelty.When it comes to selecting new concert works written specifically forconcert band, while the internet makes it possible to hear what theseworks might sound like, there is little opportunity to assess the challengesthey may present to the performers. There is no relying on recallingfamiliar melodies. On the other hand, if the work is of good quality,not only are the band members rewarded with new reading challenges,but the audiences experience new music.Three works which fall into that categoryhave come to my attention in recent months.Commissioned by the Kobe Symphonic Bandin Japan, Tanczi (2006) is a set of three Russiandances by Belgian composer Jan Van der Roost.Not for the faint of heart, this is an ideal selectionto provide rehearsal challenges to allsections of the band. Once mastered, it is a veryrewarding number for the audience. Anothergood contemporary choice is Concerto d’Amore(1995) by Dutch composer Jacob de Haan. Itis considerably less demanding, but still provideschallenges and entertainment. Anotheris Transformations by American composerRobert Longfield (2003). Commissioned for aschool music festival in Dade county Florida, this work develops a wideseries of variations based on the musical notes DADE in honour of thecounty where it was first performed. While a good reading exercise, it isless entertaining for an audience than the other two.As was mentioned in the September issue, the last weekend inSeptember was designated as the third annual Culture Days weekend.My only foray was to accept the invitation of the Hannaford StreetSilver Band to sit in and join them for an afternoon of music making.With a prior morning rehearsal elsewhere on trombone, I had a choiceCulture Days with the Hannaford Street SilverBand: father and son Noel Samuels,E-flat tuba, Caleb Samuels, clutching cornet.to make. Should I take the trombone and switch from bass clef totreble clef, or should I try something bolder. There was an instrumentlurking in one of my closets which hadn’t seen the light of day for over25 years; an E-flat horn.Some call this E-flat horn an alto horn and some call it a tenor horn.By either name it is normally never seen anywhere but in a brassband. Here was my chance. So, in the space of a couple of hours, itwas a switch from a B-flat slide in bass clef to a three-valve horn intreble clef. “Never fear” thought I, “the Hannaford folks will have simplemusic for us visitors.” The first coupleof numbers were just fine. Hymns arealways a good way to get the tuning settled.Then it happened. In rapid succession, wewent through the two suites for militaryband by Gustav Holst followed by Mozart’sMarriage of Figaro Overture. The parts formy newly adopted instrument were morechallenging than I expected. The “peckhorn,” as it is sometimes referred to withsome derision, gained new respect fromme. If the hospitable hosts of this worthwhileevent do it again next year, I’llbe there.While on the subject of the HannafordStreet Silver Band, they have a very specialtreat for lovers of brass band music. Their first concert of theseason, “Trumpets of the Angels,” on Saturday November 3 at 8pmin the Metropolitan United Church, will feature the renowned Britishcomposer and conductor, Edward Gregson, leading the HSSB in performancesof his brass band masterworks, Trumpets of the Angelsand Rococo Variations. The HSSB will also premiere John Burge’sCathedral Architecture, commissioned by the HSSB, with organ virtuosoWilliam O’Meara, and the beloved overture, Fall Fair, by GodfreyRidout in a newly authorized transcription by Stephen Bulla.As for what is happening on the community band scene, I am happyto report that the new Brampton Youth Concert Band is now in fullswing under the direction of their new music director, Susan BarberKahro. If you live in the area and have a young musician in the family,here’s a great opportunity. For additional information, includinghow to join and membership fees, visit their website at bramptonconcertband.com.Also on the youth band scene, the 2013 NationalYouth Band of Canada will be meeting in New Brunswick and NovaScotia from April 27 to May 5, 2013. Musicians 16 to 21 years of age areencouraged to audition by December 1, 2012. For more informationvisit their website at canadianband.ca.Over the past few weeks we have received far more informationon community band activities than can be included in this month’scolumn. On the New Horizons front, there are now six bands atthree levels with over 100 regular members. This year, the CanadianBand Association (Ontario) held its Community Band Weekend inRichmond Hill on October 13 and 14, with host band, the SilverthornSymphonic Winds. On the first day as many as 50 band membersfrom various community bands across the province, along with theSilverthorn Symphonic Winds, rehearsed seven selections, eachwith a different conductor. The second day featured a concert at theRichmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts.It may be rushing things a bit, but we are already getting informationon Christmas concerts. The Markham Concert Band is presenting“A Seasonal Celebration” on Sunday, December 2, 2012. It will includeTchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite with guest harpist Kate Kunkel, aswell as the Brass Quintet from the band of HMCS York, Toronto’sNaval Reserve Division.DEFINITION DEPARTMENTThis month’s lesser known musical term is Articulosis: to be unableto play staccato. We invite submissions from readers. Let’s hear yourdaffynitions.Jack MacQuarrie plays several brass instruments andhas performed in many community ensembles. He canbe contacted at bandstand@thewholenote.com.JACK MACQUARRIE32 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

October’s magazine contained our annual BLUE PAGESDIRECTORY of concert presenters. The following presenters’profiles “missed the mag” so instead we welcome them hereand online at thewholenote.com:●●LARKIN SINGERSThe Larkin Singers, a 16-voice chamber choir, hasquickly established itself as one of the finest examplesof Canada’s strong choral heritage, dedicatingitself primarily to renaissance and baroque repertoire.Founded in 2008 under the direction ofMatthew Larkin, the choir is formed of professionalchoral scholars from the Toronto area. The LarkinSingers has had successful tours to Bristol, UK (as residentchoir at Bristol Cathedral) and to New York City,and has also presented concerts in Ottawa, Londonand Kingston. In 2008, the Larkin Singers released itsfirst recording, A New Work is Come on Hand, featuringmusic of the Christmas season by Bach, VaughanWilliams, Howells, Ord and others.Now in its fifth season, the Larkin Singers presentsa three concert subscription series as well as outreachand collaborative performances throughout Ontario.Robin McLean, general managerinfo@larkinsingers.comwww.larkinsingers.com●●OAKVILLE CHILDREN’S CHOIRInternationally renowned OCC consists of six choirs,ranging from the Little Notes Preparatory Choir Programto the SATB choir for boys with changed voices,A Few Good Men. The OCC provides a comprehensivemusic education program for 150 auditionedchoristers ages 5 to 24. In addition to rehearsalsand performances,the OCCparticipates inweekend excursionsinvolvingfestivals, retreats,competitionsand workshops.The OCC is a highprofile communityambassador2012|13Blue PagesPresenter ProfilesUPDATED ONLINEand is proud to perform at many public functionsand private events in the Oakville area. Educationalprograms emphasize music theory, stage comportment,choral movement and dance and its YoungLeaders Program teaches mentorship skills. TheOCC’s 2012/13 season’s concerts are “Go Tell It onthe Mountain” (December 8), “Community Carols”(December 15) and “Singing Our Stories” (May 11).The OCC has released several CDs and has wonnumerous awards, most recently two gold medalsat the 2012 World Choir Games and the Cogeco StarsAmong Us Arts Organization of the Year in Oakville.At its artistic helm is music director Sarah Morrison,recipient of the Leslie Bell Award for Conducting.Katherine Hamilton905-337-7140info@oakvillechildrenschoir.orgwww.oakvillechildrenschoir.orgcontinues on page 59INDEX OF ADVERTISERSAcademy Concert Series 48Adam Sherkin 45Airline Icarus 44Aldeburgh Connection25, 49Alex Cuba / CaracolRecords 55Amadeus Choir 21Annex Singers of Toronto51Aradia Ensemble 4Art of Time Ensemble 47Arts & Letter Club 57Associates of the TSO 16ATMA 5Bach Children’s Chorus 21Canadian Children’s OperaCompany 49Canadian Opera Company12Canadian Sinfonietta 44Cantabile Chamber Singers38Cantemus Singers 41Cathedral Bluffs SymphonyOrchestra 38Christ Church Deer ParkJazz Vespers 30Civic Light Opera 27Classical 96.3fm 69Cliff Ojala 59Cosmo Music 31Eglinton St. George’sAnglican Church 21Elmer Iseler Singers 23, 47Esprit Orchestra 11, 42Etobicoke Centennial Choir50Gallery 345 35, 40Grace Church on-the-Hill41Hannaford Street SilverBand 32Heliconian Hall 57John Laing Singers 53Jubilate Singers 45Kindred Spirits Orchestra14Larkin Singers 23Liz Parker 59LIZPR 56Long & McQuade 20Mississauga Symphony 44MNJCC 57Music at Metropolitan34, 44Music Toronto 9, 50Musical Arts Academy 57Musicians in Ordinary 39Nagata Shachu 38Naria 45New Music Concerts 10, 39Nine Sparrows ArtsFoundation 37Norm Pulker 59Oakham House Choir 47Off Centre Salon 42Ontario Philharmonic 15Opera-IS 58Orchestra Toronto 16Oriana Women’s Choir 22Pasquale Bros 57Pattie Kelly 59Pax Christi Chorale 48Peter Mahon 22RCCO, Toronto Centre 43Remenyi House of Music17Rose Theatre 46Roy Thomson Hall 4, 41Royal Conservatory 13Scarborough Philharmonic47Sheila McCoy 59Show One 7Sinfonia Toronto 15, 40Soundstreams 39St. James Cathedral 72St. Michael’s Choir School23St. Olave’s Church 49St. Philip’s Anglican Church30St. Thomas’s Church 37Steinway Piano Gallery 33Steve Jackson Pianos 24Sue Crowe Connolly 59Syrinx 14Tafelmusik 2, 3, 37Tallis Choir 48The Sound Post 29TNMA Passport 7Toronto Chamber Choir 51Toronto Children’s Chorus22, 36Toronto Classical Singers50Toronto Concert Orchestra36Toronto Consort 19Toronto Downtown Jazz 43Toronto Masque Theatre 40Toronto Mendelssohn Choir40Toronto Sinfonietta 53Toronto SymphonyOrchestra 71TorQ Percussion Quartet 39Tyndale University College& Seminary 49University of Toronto 35Via Salzburg 15, 51Village Voices 48Visual and Performing ArtsNewmarket 39Viva! Youth Singers 43Voca Chorus of Toronto 51VOICEBOX: Opera inConcert 25Voices of Colour Music –Denise Williams 59Windermere Quartet 41Women’s Musical Club ofToronto 46Wychwood Clarinet Choir51You and Media 59November 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 33

A. Concerts in the GTAThe WholeNote listings are arranged in four sections:A.GTA (GREATER TORONTO AREA)covers all of Toronto plus Halton, Peel, York andDurham regions.B. are listings for events in Barrie, Brantford, Cambridge,BEYOND THE GTA covers many areas of Southern Ontariooutside Toronto and the GTA. In the current issue, thereCollingwood, Dundas, Elora, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton,Huntsville, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Meaford, Midland,Orillia, Peterborough, Port Hope, St. Catharines, Waterloo andWelland. Starts on page 51.C.IN THE CLUBS (MOSTLY JAZZ)is organized alphabetically by club.Starts on page 54.D. workshops, singalongs and other music-related eventsTHE ETCETERAS is for galas, fundraisers, competitions,screenings, lectures, symposia, masterclasses,(except performances) which may be of interest to our readers.Starts on page 56.A GENERAL WORD OF CAUTION A phone number is providedwith every listing in The WholeNote — in fact, we won’t publisha listing without one. Concerts are sometimes cancelled or postponed;artists or venues may change after listings are published.Please check before you go out to a concert.HOW TO LIST Listings in The WholeNote in the four sections aboveare a free service available, at our discretion, to eligible presenters.If you have an event, send us your information no later than the15th of the month prior to the issue or issues in which your listingis eligible to appear.LISTINGS DEADLINE We are now accepting listings for the periodcovering December 1 2012 to February 7 2013. All listings must bereceived by 6pm Thursday November 15.LISTINGS can be sent by e-mail to listings@thewholenote.com orby fax to 416-603-4791 or by regular mail to the address on page 6.We do not receive listings by phone, but you can call 416-323-2232x27 for further information.LISTINGS ZONE MAP Visit our website to see a detailed versionof this map: thewholenote.com.LakeHuron6GeorgianBay73 42 15Lake ErieCity of Toronto8Lake OntarioMUSICAL THEATREThe following musicals appear only once in our daily concert listings on the date of thefirst performance falling within the date range covered in this issue; first performancedates and times are noted below:November 01• 8:00: Mirvish Productions. La Cage aux Folles. Runs to Nov 18 (GTA)• 8:00: Mirvish Productions. Sister Act. Runs to Nov 4 (GTA)• 8:00: Tarragon Theatre. Miss Caledonia. Runs to Nov 22 (GTA)November 14• 8:00: Mirvish Productions. Jekyll & Hyde. Runs to Nov 18 (GTA)November 23• 7:00: Ross Petty Productions. Snow White: The Deliciously Dopey Family Musical!Runs to Jan 5, 2013 (GTA)Thursday November 01• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Jazz Series: Conversazione. Jazz standardsand original compositions from two continents.Francesco Cafiso, saxophone. RichardBradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centrefor the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic. Matthew Ross, trumpet; Florence Mak,piano. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St.416-241-1298. Free, donations welcome.• 12:10: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Thursdays at Noon: Spotlight on Opera.Preview of Opera Division’s upcoming productionof Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore. Walter Hall,Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-0492. Free.• 12:15: Music at Metropolitan. Noon atMet. Tim Kauk, baritone; Rebecca Booker,piano. Metropolitan United Church, 56 QueenSt. E. 416-363-0331 x26. Free.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. DieFledermaus. Johann Strauss II. Michael Schade,tenor (Gabriel von Eisenstein); Tamara Wilson,soprano (Rosalinde); Laura Tucker, mezzo(Prince Orlofsky); Ambur Braid, soprano (Adele,Nov 1); Mireille Asselin, soprano (Adele, Nov3); and others; COC Orchestra and Chorus;Johannes Debus, conductor; ChristopherAlden, director. Four Seasons Centre for thePerforming Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. $12–$325; $22(under 30). Also Nov3(mat).• 7:30: Opera by Request. Belle Nuit: AnEvening of Arias and Duets. Deena Nickleford,soprano; Sangeetha Ekambaram, soprano;William Shookhoff, piano. College Street UnitedChurch, 454 College St. W. 647-388-6676.$15. Also Nov 3 (West Toronto Baptist Church),4(London).• 7:30: University of Toronto Facultyof Music. University of Toronto SymphonyOrchestra. Liadov: Kikimora Op.63; Sibelius:M u s i cat MetropolitanMetropolitan United Church56 Queen Street East(at Church Street), Toronto416-363-0331 (ext. 26)www.metunited.orgViolin Concerto Op.47 in d; Stravinsky: FirebirdSuite. Emily Kruspe, violin; David Briskin, conductor.MacMillan Theatre, Edward JohnsonBldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. $20;$15(sr); $10(st).• 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. The War ofthe Worlds. Play based on Orson Welles’ radiodrama featuring nine-piece radio orchestra.Sean Cullen, Nicholas Campbell, Marc Bendavid,actors; John Johnson, bass clarinet; Al Kay,trombone; Kevin Turcotte, trumpet; Les Alt,flute; Ben Cruchley, piano; and others; AndrewBurashko, director and conductor. EnwaveTheatre, Harbourfront Centre, 231 Queen’sQuay W. 416-973-4000. $25-$59. Also Nov2–4; start times vary.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall. Bettye LaVette. Blues, souland gospel singer. Winter Garden Theatre, 189Yonge St. 416-872-4255. $29.50–$49.50.• 8:00: Fallen Rock Productions. The RockyHorror Show. Music and lyrics by RichardO’Brien. Scott Pietrangelo, music director;Jason Spetter, stage director; Amanda Nagy,choreographer; and others. Randolph Theatre,763 Bathurst St. 416-978-8849. $20–$50.Also Nov 2, 3.• 8:00: Gallery 345. Shirantha BeddageQuartet: “Identity” CD Release. ShiranthaBeddage, baritone sax; Dave Restivo, piano;Mike Downes, bass; Mark Kelso, drums; guest:Larnell Lewis, drums. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $20; $15(sr/arts worker); $10(st).• 8:00: Lower Ossington Theatre. TheRocky Horror Show. 100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747. $35–$45. Also Nov 2, 3.• 8:00: Mirvish Productions. La Cageaux Folles. Music by J. Herman; book byH. Fierstein. George Hamilton (Georges);Christopher Sieber (Albin); and others. RoyalAlexandra Theatre, 260 King St. W. 416-872-1212. $45–$130. Runs to November 18. Starttimes vary.• 8:00: Mirvish Productions. Sister Act. A.Music by A. Menken; lyrics by G. Slater; bookby C. and B. Steinkellner. Ed Mirvish TheatreNoon at Met - Fall 2012Free informal concerts on Thursdays from 12:15 - 12:45Nov. 1 Tim Kauk, baritoneRebecca Booker, pianoNov. 8 Tom Fitches, organistNov. 15 Federico Andreoni, organistNov. 22 Sarah Svendsen, organistNov. 29 Peter Bishop, organist andAlexa Wing, sopranoDec. 6 Conrad Gold, organist34 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

(formerly the Canon), 244 Victoria St. 416-872-1212. $45–$130. Runs to November 4. Starttimes vary.• 8:00: Musideum. Wendy Lands, singer-songwriter.401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323.$10.• 8:00: Opera York. La Traviata. Verdi.Mirela Tafaj, soprano (Violetta); RiccardoIannello, tenor (Alfredo); Jeffrey Carl, baritone(Germont); and others; Sabatino Vacca, conductor.Richmond Hill Centre for the PerformingArts, 10268 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 905-787-8811. $40–$50. Also Nov 3.• 8:00: Talisker Players. The ConstantLover: The Sweet Anguish of Love. Barab:Lovers; Handel: Sono liete; Füssl: CantiunculaeAmoris; Plant: Sonneto di Gaspara Stampa;Rubbra, Amoretti; Weill: Songs from One Touchof Venus. Anita Krause, mezzo; LawrenceWiliford, tenor; Ross Manson, actor and reader.Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W.416-466-1800. $35; $25(sr); $15(st). 7:15:Pre-concert chat.• 8:00: Tarragon Theatre. Miss Caledonia.One-woman show written by M. A. Johnson,with original score by A. Porter. Young farmgirl, desperate to escape the drudgery of1950’s rural life, dreams of becoming a moviestar and enters as many pageants as possibleto set her on her path. Featuring Melody A.Johnson; Alison Porter, violin accompaniment;Rick Roberts and Aaron Willis, directors. ExtraSpace, 30 Bridgman Ave. 416-531-1827. $48–$53; $38–$43; $27(st/arts worker); $13(rushseats Fri eve and Sun mat); Nov 17(PWYC).Runs to Nov 22. Start times vary.• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Lavida breve: A Spanish Opera. de Falla: La vidabreve (opera in concert with English surtitles);also Beethoven: Symphony No.8. TorontoMendelssohn Choir; Nancy Fabiola Herrera andCristina Faus, mezzo; Vincente Ombuena andGustavo Peña, tenor; Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, guitar;Núria Pomares, flamenco dancer; andothers; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor.Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $29–$145. Also Nov 3.• 8:30: Spectra Musique. Susie Arioli, jazzvocals. With Jordan Officer, guitar; Bill Gossage,bass; Tony Albino, drums; Cameron Wallis,saxophone. Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas St. W.416-531-6604. $27.50/$25(adv).Friday November 02• 7:30: Opera Atelier. Der Freischütz. Weber.Krešimir Špicer, tenor (Max); Vasil Garvanliev,baritone (Kaspar); Meghan Lindsay, soprano(Agathe); Curtis Sullivan, baritone (Samiel);Olivier LaQuerre, bass-baritone (Kuno); andothers; Tafelmusik Orchestra, David Fallis,music director; Marshall Pynkoski, stagedirector. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge St. 1-855-622-2787. $35 and up. Also Nov 3.• 8:00: Amici Chamber Ensemble. Influence& Inspiration. Beethoven: Piano Quintet;“Archduke” Trio for clarinet, cello and piano;Ravel: Habanera; Menotti: Sonata for twocelli and piano. Sarah Jeffrey, oboe; MichaelSweeney, bassoon; Daniel Hass and DavidHetherington, cello; Joaquin Valdepeñas, clarinet;Serouj Kradjian, piano. Mazzoleni Hall,Royal Conservatory, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $45; $40(sr); $10(st).• 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. The War ofthe Worlds. See Nov 1.• 8:00: Aurora Cultural Centre. DavidFrancey. Folk and roots artist. 22 Church St.,Aurora. 905-713-1818. $25.November 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 35

• 8:00: Fallen Rock Productions. The RockyHorror Show. See Nov 1.• 8:00: Gallery 345. Lovers and Coquettes:An Evening of Opera and Song. Leigh-Ann Allen,soprano; Michelle Garlough, mezzo; Mai’kaiNash, piano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781.$20; $15(sr/arts worker); $10(st).• 8:00: Living Arts Centre. José Feliciano.4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $50–$85.• 8:00: Lower Ossington Theatre. TheRocky Horror Show. See Nov 1.• 8:00: Milton Concert Presentations.Scandinavian Serenade. Grieg: Piano Concertoin a Op.16; Larsson: Pastoral Suite; Wirén:Serenade. Carl Petersson, piano; TorontoConcert Orchestra, Kerry Stratton, conductor.Milton Centre for the Arts, 1010 Main St. E.,Milton. 905-854-4028 or 905-854-0919. $40;$35(sr).• 8:00: Victoria College Choir. Fall Concert.Franck: Mass in A; Puccini: Requiem. TaylorSullivan, conductor. Victoria College Chapel, 73Queen’s Park. Free.Saturday November 03• 1:30 to 5:30: Harbourfront Centre. Dayof the Dead Festival. Mexican cultural festival,featuring various activities and performances,including music by Pedro Montejo Jorge Salazar,Café Con Pan, Jorge Lopez and Viva MexicoMariachi. York Quay Centre, 235 Queen’s QuayW. 416-973-4000. Free. Also Nov 4.• 2:00: Art of Time Ensemble. The War ofthe Worlds. Also at 8:00. See Nov 1.WITH ONEVOICE!The Toronto Children’s Chorus& The Bach Children’s Chorushonouring Linda Beaupréin her 25th & final seasonas Music Director of BCCSaturday, November 3, 3pmTrinity St. Paul’s Centre• 3:00: Toronto Children’s Chorus/BachChildren’s Chorus. With One Voice! Worksby Chilcott, Leithead, Patriquin and WatsonHenderson. Elise Bradley and Linda Beaupré,conductors. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 BloorSt. W. 416-932-8666 x231. $25; $20(sr/st);$10(under 13).• 4:30: Canadian Opera Company. DieFledermaus. See Nov 1.• 7:00: Castle Frank House of Melody.Mucho Massenet. Vocal music by Massenet andChausson. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave.416-966-2685. PWYC.• 7:00: Mississauga Children’s Choir.On My Journey Now. Thomas Bell, director.Eden United Church, 3051 Battleford Rd.,Mississauga. 905-624-9704. $18; $12(sr/st).A. Concerts in the GTA• 7:30: Cantabile Chorale of York Region.Eternal Light. Goodall. Requiem in honour ofRemembrance Day. Robert Richardson, director;guest: Chorus Novus. Thornhill United Church,25 Elgin St., Thornhill. 905-731-8318. $25.• 7:30: East End Refugee Committee. ChoirFest ’12. Sacred and secular selections byseven Beach area choirs, individual and massed.Kingston Road United Church, 975 KingstonRd. 416-691-4560 or 416-699-6091. $20;$10(under 12). Proceeds to East End RefugeeCommittee.• 7:30: Oakville Chamber Orchestra.Brilliance and Light. Beethoven: Triple Concerto;Mozart: Symphony No.4. Blakemore Trio (violin,cello, piano); Charles Demuynck, conductor.Central Baptist Church, 340 Rebecca St.,Oakville. 905-483-6787. $30; $25(sr); $20(st);$15(child). Also Nov 4 (mat, St. Simon’sAnglican Church, Oakville).• 7:30: Opera Atelier. Der Freischütz. SeeNov 2.• 7:30: Opera by Request. Belle Nuit: AnEvening of Arias and Duets. Deena Nickleford,soprano; Sangeetha Ekambaram, soprano;Rebecca Foth, piano. West Toronto BaptistChurch, 3049 Dundas St. W. 647-388-6676.$15. Also Nov 1 (College Street United Church),4 (London).• 7:30: Opera by Request. L’Elisir d’Amore.Donizetti. Marissa Solow, soprano (Adina); ZachFinkelstein, tenor (Nemorino); George Ossipov,bass-baritone (Dulcamara); John Holland, baritone(Belcore); Stephanie Ferracane, mezzo(Giannetta); William Shookhoff, piano. CollegeStreet United Church, 452 College St. 416-455-2365. $20.• 7:30: St. John’s United Church. TheVoices of Showtime. Songs of the 40s, 50s and60s. Alan Ely, director. 2 Norbert Rd. 416-491-1224. $25.• 7:30: Stephen Fraser, organ. In Recital.Works by Bales, Vierne, Muffat and S. Fraser.Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-488-7884. Freewill offering.• 7:30: Toronto Beach Chorale. BeautyVoiced: Bach in the Beach. Bach: CantataBWV131 “Aus der Tiefe”; Keyboard Concertoin d BWV1052; also motets and a cantata.Chelsea Säuer, soprano; Mervin Fick, conductor.Calvary Baptist Church, 72 Main St. 416-686-2183. $20; $10(ages 7–18).• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Choirs in Concert: When Music Sounds:Celebrating the 80th birthday of Ruth WatsonHenderson. Watson Henderson: Creation’sPraise; Make Me a World (text by J.W.Johnson). MacMillan Theatre, Edward JohnsonBldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. $20;$15(sr); $10(st).• 7:30: Sonny Ochs. Phil Ochs Song Night:A Benefit for Common Thread CommunityChorus. With Bill Garrett and Sue Lothrop,Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow, Al Parrish,Evalyn Parry and Zach Stevenson. St. Simon’sAnglican Church, 525 Bloor St. E. 416-410-5022. $25; $15(sr/st/unwaged).• 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. The War ofthe Worlds. Also at 2:00. See Nov 1.• 8:00: Chamber Music Mississauga.From Page to Stage: Great Authors and GreatComposers Series. Dickens: A ChristmasCarol. John D. Huston, actor and narrator;guest: The MadriGALS. Great Hall, UnitarianCongregation of Mississauga, 84 South ServiceRd., Mississauga. 905-848-0015. $35; $30(sr);$15(st); $85(family).• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall. Rose Cousins, guitar/piano/singer-songwriter. Glenn Gould Studio, 250Front St. W. 416-872-4255. $29.50.• 8:00: Fallen Rock Productions. The RockyHorror Show. See Nov 1.• 8:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band/ORGANIX. Trumpets of the Angels. Burge:Cathedral Architecture for Organ and BrassBand (world premiere); Ridout: Fall Fare;Gregson: Rococo Variations; Trumpets of theAngels (Canadian premiere). William O’Meara,organ; guest: Edward Gregson, conductor.Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St.E. 416-366-7723 or 1-800-708-6754. $50;$40(sr); $15(st).• 8:00: Harold Green Jewish TheatreCompany. Over the Rainbow with Harold Arlen.Concert celebrating Arlen’s works, includingOver the Rainbow, Get Happy, Stormy Weather,That Old Black Magic, Blues in the Night andothers. With Brent Carver, Cynthia Dale andSterling Jarvis; Mark Camilleri, music director;Avery Saltzman, stage director. George WestonRecital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040Yonge St. 416-250-3708. $60.14 –$107.09.• 8:00: Lower Ossington Theatre. TheRocky Horror Show. See Nov 1.• 8:00: Ontario Philharmonic. ShlomoMintz, Violin Legend: Celebrating 50 Years onStage. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Op.35;Symphony No.5 in e Op.64. Marco Parisotto,director. Regent Theatre 50 King St. E.,Oshawa. 905-721-3399 x2. $45–$56; $34–$45(st/youth). Also Nov 6 (Toronto).• 8:00: Opera York. La Traviata. See Nov 1.• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Lavida breve: A Spanish Opera. See Nov 1.• 8:30: Small World Music. Eliades Ochoa.Cuban singer and guitarist. Danforth Music HallTheatre, 147 Danforth Ave. 416-536-5439.$40 –$50.Sunday November 04• 11:00 am: Windsor Arms Hotel. JazzBrunch. Colleen Allen, saxophone; TrevorGiancola, guitar. 18 St. Thomas St. 416-971-9666. $50; $35(12 and under). Brunchincluded.• 1:30 to 5:30: Harbourfront Centre. Day ofthe Dead Festival. See Nov 3.• 2:00: Art of Time Ensemble. The War ofthe Worlds. See Nov 1.• 2:00: Hugh’s Room. Don Bray CD Release:“I Am Myself”. Done Bray, singer-songwriter;Burke Carrol, pedal steel/lap slide/Reso; RayDillard, percussion; Pat McPhail, bass; DarrinSchott, fiddle and mandolin; Alyssa Wright, celloand harmonies. 2261 Dundas St. W. 416-531-6604. $22.50/$20(adv).• 2:00: Royal York Road United Church.Local Outreach Concert: Gene di Novi &the Generations Trio. 851 Royal York Rd.Griegconductor Kerry StrattonPiano ConcertoCarl Petersson pianoworks by Larsson and WirenNovember 5th, 2012 8:00 pm at Glenn Gould StudioGeneral Admission: $42.50BUY TICKETS NOW – AmazingConcert.com – (416)872-425536 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012KerryStrattonKerryStratton416-231-1207. $20.• 2:00: Trio Bravo. In Concert. Reinecke:Trio in A; Lane: Trio No.2; Beethoven: TrioOp.38. Terry Storr, clarinet; Baird Knetchtel,viola; John Selleck, piano. All Saints’ KingswayAnglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-242-2131. $20; $15(sr/st).• 2:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. In Memory of Gustav. Concert in honourof Gustav Ciamaga, featuring works byCiamaga, Boykan, Duesenberry, Martynec,Silberberg and Staniland. Leigh-Anne Martin,mezzo; Peter Stoll, clarinet; Vanessa May-lokLee, piano; deVah string quartet; and others.Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’sPark. 416-978-0492. Free.• 3:00: Gallery 345. The Art of the Piano:Darrett Zusko. All-Kapustin program. 345Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $25; $15(sr/artsworker); $10(st).• 3:00: Mississauga Choral Society.Malawi Benefit Concert: Voicing Our Care.Music from the modern and classical repertoire,reflecting universal global issues andthemes. William Mervin Fick, conductor. St.Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 295 Queen St.S., Streetsville. 905-567-3674. $20.• 3:00: Oakville Chamber Orchestra.Brilliance and Light. Beethoven: Triple Concerto;Mozart: Symphony No.4. Blakemore Trio (violin,cello, piano); Charles Demuynck, conductor. St.Simon’s Anglican Church, 1450 Litchfield Rd.,Oakville. 905-483-6787. $30; $25(sr); $20(st);$15(child). Also Nov 3 (eve, Oakville CentralBaptist Church).• 3:00: Toronto Symphony YouthOrchestra. In Concert. Tchaikovsky: Suite fromSwan Lake; Shostakovich: Symphony No.5;Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in a. Hugo Lee, oboe;Shalom Bard, conductor. Centre for the Arts,St. Michael’s College School, 1515 Bathurst St.416-593-4828. $16–$27.• 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Twilight Recitals. Andrew Adair, organ. 65Church St. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewilloffering.• 5:00: Nocturnes in the City. ZemlinskyQuartet. St. Wenceslas Church, 496 Gladstone.Ave. 289-234-0264. $25; $15(st).• 8:00: Musideum. Brownman +1.Brownman Ali, trumpet; with surprise guest onpiano. 401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323.$10.Monday November 05• 7:00: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Monday Evening Concerts: Macerolloand Stoll. Telemann: Sonata in a; Palej: QuayQuodlibet; Messiaen: Prayer for the Immortalityof Jesus; Nimmons: Duologue; Staniland:Pentagrams for Two Accordions; Piazzolla:Oblivion; and other works. Joseph Macerollo,accordion; Peter Stoll, clarinet. Walter Hall,

Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-0492. $35; $25(sr); $10(st).• 8:00: Musideum. Sandra Taylor,singer-songwriter. 401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. PWYC, $20 suggested.• 8:00: Toronto Concert Orchestra. InConcert. Grieg: Piano Concerto in a Op.16;Larsson: Pastoral Suite; Wirén: Serenade. CarlPetersson, piano; Kerry Stratton, conductor.Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255. $42.50.• 9:30: Toronto Jazz Orchestra. SingersUnite. With Sophia Perlman and Alex Samaras,jazz vocals; Josh Grossman, conductor. RexHotel, 194 Queen St. W. 416-899-5299. $10.Tuesday November 06• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.World Music Series: Many Strings Attached:Spotlight on Sarangi. Aruna Narayan, sarangi.Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four SeasonsCentre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St.W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:00 noon: University of TorontoScarborough. The Secret of Cantonese Opera.Lecture and performance with members of theStarlight Chinese Opera. Leigha Lee BrowneTheatre, 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough.416-208-2931.• 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Music at Midday: Student Showcase.Featuring range of works including original compositionsperformed. Martin Family Lounge,Rm.219, Accolade East Bldg., 4700 Keele St.416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 7:00: Jennifer “Red” Thorne Presents.Ed Bickert at 80: A Jazz Celebration. NeilSwainson, bass; Reg Schwager guitar; TerryClarke, drums; Oliver Gannon, guitar; KevinTurcotte, trumpet; Mike Murley, saxophone;Don Thompson, bass/piano; and many others;Katie Malloch, host. Glenn Gould Studio, 250Front St. W. 416-872-4255 or 647-694-1160.$45. Proceeds to the Madeline and Ed BickertJazz Guitar Scholarship Fund.• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Small Jazz Ensembles. Upper JazzStudio, 90 Wellesley St. W. 416-978-0492.Free.• 8:00: Ontario Philharmonic. Great Soloists:Shlomo Mintz, Violin Legend: Celebrating 50Years on Stage. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertoin D Op.35; Symphony No.5 in e Op.64. MarcoParisotto, director. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St.W. 416-408-0208. $40 and up. Also Nov 3(Oshawa).Wednesday November 07• 12:30: York University Departmentof Music. York U Chamber Choir. Works byPalestrina, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Barber andothers. Chris MacMartin, conductor; MélisandeSinsoulier, piano. Tribute Communities RecitalHall, Rm.112, Accolade East Bldg., 4700 KeeleSt. 416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.Noon Hour Organ Recital Series. EdwardMoroney, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.• 12:35: St. Stephen in-the-Fields AnglicanChurch. Concerts at Midday: Victor Kotov,duduk, and Raisa Orshansky, tsimbaly. 103Bellevue Ave. 647-638-3550. Free.• 5:00: Canadian Music Centre/New MusicConcerts. Secret of the Seven Stars CDLaunch. Works by H. Lee and D. Eagle. RobertAitken, flute; Joseph Macerollo, accordion.Chalmers House, 20 St. Joseph St. 416-961-6601 x304. Free.• 5:30: Canadian Opera Company. JazzSeries: Broadsway. Heather Bambrick and JulieMichels, vocals; Diane Leah, piano. RichardBradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centrefor the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 7:00: Tafelmusik. Mozart’s World. Haydn:Symphony No.52; Mozart: Violin Concerto in AK219; Symphony No.10; also works by Beckand Kraus. Guest: Gottfried von der Glotyz, conductorand violin. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. $36-$85; $29-$77(sr); $16–$77(35 and under). Also Nov8–11; start times vary.• 7:30: Essential Opera. The ThreepennyOpera (Die Dreigroschenoper). Weill: TheThreepenny Opera; and other works. JeremyLudwig, baritone (Macheath); Maureen Batt,soprano (Polly); Erin Bardua, soprano (Lucy);David Roth, baritone (Peachum); HeatherJewson, mezzo (Mrs. Peachum); Cathy Nosaty,director. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 647-290-7970 or 416-827-3009. $20.• 7:30: Medical Musical Group Chorale andSymphony Orchestra. Canadian-AmericanFriendship Concert: 200 Years of Peaceand Friendship! Foster: The Prayer; Haydn:The Heavens Are Telling; von Suppé: LightCavalry Overture; McCrae: In Flanders Fields;Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture Finale; and otherworks. Mark Masri, tenor; Lacey Purchase, soprano;Deana Martin, vocals; Lindsay Bloom,Kevin Dobson, Kerry Stratton, narrators; andothers; Victor Wahby, conductor. Church on theQueensway, 1536 The Queensway. 1-800-965-9324. $15; $25(reserved).• 9:30: 416 Toronto Creative ImprovisersFestival. 416–2012: 12th Annual 416 Festival.Performers include: Fern Lindzon, vocalsand piano; Heather Segger, trombone; MarkSegger, drums; Chris Cawthray, drums; SimeonAbbott, organ; Bob Vespaziani, electronic wavedrum; Tena Palmer, vocals; Arthur Bull, guitar.Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave. 416-923-8137. $7.Thursday November 08• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Piano Virtuoso Series: Virtuoso Masterpieces.Alexander Seredenko, piano. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for thePerforming Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:00 noon: Jubilee United Church. Musicat Midday: Music for Mary. Half-hour recitalshowcasing the church’s new Phoenix organ.Arthur Wenk, organ. 40 Underhill Dr. 416-447-6846. Free.• 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic. Kathleen Long, cello; Ben Smith, piano.Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free, donations welcome.• 12:15: Music at Metropolitan. Noon atMet. Tom Fitches, organ. Metropolitan UnitedChurch, 56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331 x26.Free.• 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Faculty Spotlight: Jacques Israelievitch,violin, and Christina Petrowska Quilico, piano.Three Mozart sonatas. Tribute CommunitiesRecital Hall, Rm.112, Accolade East Bldg.,4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 2:00: Toronto Public Library, NorthernDistrict. The Extraordinary Life and BeautifulSongs of Marlene Dietrich. Performed byAnnamaria Eisler. 40 Orchard View Blvd. 416-393-7619. Free. Presented as part of theOrchardviewers Series.• 7:30: Brampton Music Theatre. TheSecret Garden. Music by L. Simon, lyrics andlibretto by M. Norman. Rose Theatre Brampton,1 Theatre Ln., Brampton. 905-874-2800. $28;$24(sr/st); $18(under 13). Also Nov 9, 10(matand eve).• 7:30: Iron Strings Quartet. Iron StringsPlays Brahms. Mendelssohn: String QuartetNo.6 in f Op.80; Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in bOp.15. Haruna Monri, violin; Sal Alberti, violin;Jack Chao, viola; Lynn Wei, cello; JongminLee, clarinet. Debates Room, Hart House, 7 HartHouse Circle. 647-968-3035. Free.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall. Chilly Gonzales Solo PianoII. Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge St. 416-872-4255. $29.50–$39.50.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall. Royal Wood, singer-songwriter.Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge St.416-872-4255. $29.50–$39.50.• 8:00: Flato Markham Theatre. 1812:Toronto Concert Orchestra. Beethoven:Symphony No.7 in A Op.92; Mozart: ClarinetConcerto in A K622; Herriot: 1812 (new workfor clarinet and orchestra). Kerry Stratton, conductor;guest: Kornel Wolak, clarinet. 171Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469.$49–$54.• 8:00: Gallery 345. Holger Schoorl, guitar.Original compositions for quartet and trio.With Kyle Brenders, bass clarinet; Germaine Liu,vibraphone and percussion; Mark Zurawinski,percssion; Michael Savona, guitar; RobMacDonald, guitar. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $20; $15(sr); $10(st).• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. Blues Series:Keb’ Mo’. Blues blended with rock, folk andjazz. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $40 and up.• 8:00: Show One Productions. My NameIs Not Carmen! Yana Maizel, dancer; ThiagoVasquez, guitar and vocals; Cristo Cortes,vocals. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. LawrenceCentre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. $35–$65. Also Nov 9.• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Mozart’s World. SeeNov 7.• 9:30: 416 Toronto Creative ImprovisersFestival. 416–2012: 12th Annual 416 Festival.Performers include: Build to Suit; Sarah Peebles,electronics; Colin Fisher, Chinese harp/guzheng/guitar; Emilio Guim, jazz guitar. Tranzac Club,292 Brunswick Ave. 416-923-8137. $7.Friday November 09• 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Music at Midday: Brass Ensemble.Works by Byrd, Belianski, Handel, Bach, Scheidtand others. James MacDonald, conductor.Tribute Communities Recital Hall, Rm.112,Accolade East Bldg., 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 7:30: Brampton Music Theatre. TheSecret Garden. See Nov 8.• 7:30: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. A Concert ofRemembrance. Butterworth: Six Songs from AShropshire Lad; also works by Bach, VaughanWilliams and Elgar. Brendan Cassin, trumpet;Lark Popov and George Vona, piano; Choir ofChrist Church Deer Park, Eric N. Robertson, conductor;guest: Geoffrey Sirett, baritone. ChristChurch Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free, donations welcome.• 7:30: Opera by Request. Don Giovanni.Mozart. John Kirby, baritone (Don Giovanni);Marco Petracchi, bass-baritone (Leporello); ErinStone, soprano (Donna Anna); Lisa Faieta, soprano(Donna Elvira); Charles Sy, tenor (DonOttavio); and others; William Shookhoff, piano.College Street United Church, 452 College St.416-455-2365. $20.ST.THOMAS’S CHURCH383 Huron Street,TorontoFAIRE IS THE HEAVENThe Choirs of St.Thomas’sJohn Tuttle, organist and choirmasterFriday, November 9, 7:30 pmA fundraising concert for thesummer 2013 choir tour to EnglandTickets at door: $20; students/seniors $15Organ RecitalPeter Barley, St. Mary’s Cathedral,Limerick, IrelandFriday, November 30, 7:30 pmTickets at door: $20; students/seniors $15www.stthomas.on.caNovember 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 37

• 7:30: St. Thomas’s Church. Faire Is TheHeaven: Music of Remembrance. St. Thomas’sChurch Choirs; John Tuttle, organ and choirmaster.383 Huron St. 416-979-2323. $20.Fundraiser for 2013 summer tour to England.• 8:00: group of twenty-seven. TheSubversion Project. Beethoven: SymphonyNo.1; Prokofiev: Symphony No.1; Zorn: Cobra;Buhr: and man will only grieve... Nadina MackieJackson, bassoon; Vanessa AvRuskin, narrator;Eric Paetkau, conductor. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 1-800-838-3006. $30;$25(sr); $15(under 30).• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. World MusicSeries: Alex Cuba – “Ruida in el Sistema” AlbumLaunch Tour. Cuban music. Koerner Hall, 273Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $30 and up.• 8:00: Show One Productions. My Name IsNot Carmen! See Nov 8.• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Mozart’s World. SeeNov 7.• 8:00: That Choir. That Choir Remembers.Allegri: Miserere Mei; Gorecki: Totus Tuus;Stanford: Beati Quorum Via; Daley: InRemembrance; and other works. Craig Pike,conductor. St. Patrick’s Church, 141 McCaulSt. 416-419-1756. $25; $15(sr/arts workers);$5(st).• 8:15: Pegaz Art Productions. ZenonLaskowik: Chity dla prosperity. Polish cabaret.Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre, 4141Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 416-306-6000 or1-888-805-8888. $55–$65.• 9:30: 416 Toronto Creative ImprovisersFestival. 416–2012: 12th Annual 416 Festival.Performers include: Michael Snow, piano/synthesizer;Paul Dutton, vocals; John Oswald,saxophone; John Kamevarr, percussion; BrodieWest, alto saxophone; Glen Hall, saxophoneand flute; David Story, piano; Rakesh Thewari,drums. Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave. 416-923-8137. $7.Saturday November 10• 1:00: Brampton Music Theatre. TheSecret Garden. See Nov 8.• 3:00: Neapolitan Connection. MusicalMatinées at Montgomery’s Inn. NataliyaLepeshikina, piano. Montgomery’s Inn, 4709Dundas St. W. 647-955-2108. $22; $12.50(sr/A. Concerts in the GTAchild). Tea, historical tour, cookies included.• 7:00: Art of Life Community HealthCenter/Prater Ensemble. Music of Unity:Classical Music Charity Concert. Works byBrahms, Rachmaninoff, Sarasate, Wieniawski,Tchaikovsky and others. Runnymede UnitedChurch, 432 Runnymede Rd. 416-449-6747.$35–$50; $25(sr/child).• 7:30: Brampton Music Theatre. TheSecret Garden. See Nov 8.• 7:30: Buffalo Master Chorale/Churchof the Redeemer. Dona Nobis Pacem.Works by Gjeilo, Esenvalds, Daley, Pärt andothers. Doreen Rao, conductor. Church of theRedeemer, 162 Bloor St. W. 416-922-4948.$20. All proceeds towards Church of theRedeemer’s Lunch Program.• 7:30: Cantabile Chamber Singers. Lux. Acapella concert on the themes of light, love andnight. Works by L. Silberberg, C. Livingston andB. J. Kim. Trinity College Chapel, 6 Hoskin Ave.647-822-5412. $20; $15(sr/st).• 7:30: Excelsior Ensemble. Got Rhythm?Reich: Clapping Music; Vivaldi: Autumn fromFour Seasons; Schickele: Last Tango inBayreuth; Schubert: Octet in F; Gershwin: threesongs. St. Peter’s Estonian Church, 817 MountPleasant Rd. 416-483-5847. PWYC.• 7:30: Music at Islington. A Day forRemembrance. Music honouring Canada’s veterans.Etobicoke Youth Band Wind Ensemble;Les Dobbin, conductor. Islington United Church,25 Burnhamthorpe Rd. 416-239-1131. $20;$10(st); free(12 and under).• 7:30: Toronto Opera Collaborative.Fidelio. Beethoven. Kristine Dandavino, soprano(Fidelio); Jason Lamont, tenor (Florestan);Marion Samuel-Stevens, soprano (Marzelline);Stephen Bell, tenor (Jaquino); Grant Allert, bass(Rocco); and others; Nichole Bellamy, piano andconductor. Bloor Street United Church, 300Bloor St. W. 905-995-2847. $20.• 8:00: Canadian Men’s Chorus. Honour:We Remember. Sirett: High Flight; Not Dead;also works by Chatman, Gawthrop, Takachand others. Erica Laine, Dot Routledge, RockneCorrigan, Luke Reece and Mike Scott, actors;Pipers’ Quartet; Greg Rainville, director. GlennGould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 647-341-8775.$35/$30(adv).• 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs SymphonyOrchestra. In Concert. Brahms: Piano ConcertoNo.1; Symphony No.3. Peter Longworth, piano;Norman Reintamm, conductor. P.C. Ho Theatre,5183 Sheppard St. E., Scarborough. 416-879-5566. $30–$50; $25–$40(sr/st); free(under12).• 8:00: Gallery 345. The Art of the Piano:Roger Admiral. Works by H. Bashaw. 345Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $20; $15(sr);$10(st).• 8:00: Masterworks of Oakville Chorus& Orchestra/Intrada Brass of Oakville. TheArmed Man: A Mass for Peace. Jenkins: TheArmed Man. Ali Zafar, muezzin; Loralee McGuirl,soprano; Heidi Cyfko, alto; Rudy Knispel, tenor;William Price, bass; Charles Demuynck, conductor.St. Matthew Catholic Church, 1150Monks Passage, Oakville. 905-399-9732. $30;$25(sr); $20(st/child). Also Nov 11(mat).• 8:00: Mississauga Big Band. Music toRemember. Music from the 40s, 50s and 60s.Rob Boniface, conductor; guest: Little Peter andthe Elegants. Port Credit Legion, 35 Front St.N., Mississauga. 905-274-6131. $25.• 8:00: Music Gallery. Post-Classical Series:Frances-Marie Uitti, cello. Harvey: Curve withPlateaux; Gosfield: A Luminour Reflection ofMetallic Direction; Bielawa: Roman HolidayBlues (Canadian premiere); Ueno: Age ofAircraft (Canadian premiere); Stanliand: StillTurning (world premiere); and other works. 197John St. 416-204-1080. $25/$20(adv).• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Mozart’s World. SeeNov 7.Sunday November 11• 10:30 am: Royal York Road UnitedChurch. Blessed are the Peacemakers:Remembrance Day Service. Locklair:Remembrance; Hatfield: Amazing Grace. Juniorand Senior Choirs; soloists; Steven Arsenault,trumpet; Liam Hoyle, bagpipes; Lydia Pedersen,organ; Douglas Brownlee, conductor. 851 RoyalYork Rd. 416-231-9401. Freewill offering.Religious service.• 11:00 am: Windsor Arms Hotel. JazzBrunch. Henry Heillig, bass; Stacie McGregor,piano. 18 St. Thomas St. 416-971-9666. $50;$35(12 and under). Brunch included.• 2:00: Nagata Shachu. Work Songs. SeeNov 10.• 2:00: Royal Conservatory. Strings Series:Jennifer Koh, violin. Bach: Sonata No.1 forSolo Violin in g BWV1001; Partita No.1 for SoloViolin in b BWV1002; Bartók: Sonata for SoloViolin BB124; P. Kline: Partita for Solo Violin(world premiere). Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $40 and up.• 2:00: Toronto Mandolin Orchestra. InConcert. Featuring Alexander Sevastian, bayan(accordion-like instrument); Ira Erokhina, domra(mandolin-like instrument). Glenn Gould Studio,250 Front St. W. 416-533-2725. $35.• 2:00: Visual and Performing ArtsNewmarket. Penderecki String Quartet.Newmarket Theatre, 505 Pickering Cres.,Newmarket. 905-953-5122. $26; $20(sr);$10(st).• 2:00: The Sound Post. Annual Fall SalonConcert. Kevin Fox, cello and voice. 93 GrenvilleSt. 416-971-6990 x244. Free; limited seating,call to reserve. Post-concert reception.• 3:00: Gallery 345. Cecilia Ignatieff, piano,and Matthew Shubin, bassoon. Works by Bach,Brahms and Schumann. 345 Sorauren Ave.416-822-9781. $20; $15(sr); $10(st).• 3:00: Jazz Entertainment. Ed Stephenson.Spanish and nuevo flamenco music. Ed• 8:00: Nagata Shachu. Work Songs.Japanese taiko and music group in a tributeto labourers, farmers and fishermen. EnwaveTheatre. Harbourfront Centre, 231 Queen’sQuay W. 416-973-4000. $25–$35; $20(sr/st).Also Nov 11(mat).• 8:00: NYCO Symphony Orchestra.Season Premiere. Beethoven: Coriolan OvertureOp.62; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in eOp.64; Brahms: Symphony No.1 Op.68. JuliaMcFarlane, violin. Centre for the Arts, St.Michael’s College School, 1515 Bathurst St.416-628-9195. $25; $20(sr); $10(st). 7:30:Pre-concert chat.• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. Marc-AndréHamelin, piano, & Takács Quartet. Schubert:String Quartet No.13 in a D804 Op.29“Rosamunde”; Britten: String Quartet No.1 in DOp.25; Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in g Op.57.Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.$35 and up.38 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

Stephenson, guitar; guest: Sarah Shelton, dancer.RBC Theatre, Living Arts Centre, 4141Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 416-306-6000 or1-888-805-8888. $25/$20(adv); $15(st).• 3:00: Masterworks of Oakville Chorus& Orchestra/Intrada Brass of Oakville. TheArmed Man: A Mass for Peace. See Nov 10.tHE LatVIaNRaDIO CHOIROne of the world’s greatest chamberchoirs + 4 university choirsNOVEMBER 11 at 3:00 pMsoundstreams.ca• 3:00: Soundstreams. The Latvian RadioChoir. Cage: Four²; Auerbach: Psalm 23;Psalm 130; Lullaby; Sokolović: ASAP 4 SATB(world premiere); Gotham: The Fool by theRoadside; Ratniece: Horo horo hata hata; andother works. University Voices: Calixa LavalleeSingers; Madrigal Singers; University ofGuelph Chamber Choir; University of ManitobaChamber Choir; Kaspars Putnins, conductor.Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.$20–$65. 2:00 Pre-concert chat with AnaSokolović.• 3:30: Tafelmusik. Mozart’s World. SeeNov 7.• 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Twilight Recitals. Andrew Adair, organ. 65Church Street. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewilloffering.• 4:00: St. Philip’s Anglican Church. JazzVespers. ZimZum. 25 St. Phillips Rd., Etobicoke.416-247-5181. Freewill offering.• 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. JazzVespers. Bill McBirnie, flute; Bernie Senensky,piano. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211 x22.Freewill offering.• 4:30: Wesley Mimico United Church. The4 Men: Voices for a Caring World. Songs ofremembrance, hope and inspiration with pianoaccompaniment. 2 Station Rd., Etobicoke. 416-251-5811. $20; $15(sr); $10(ages 7–18);free(under 7). Proceeds support the UnitedChurch’s Mission and Service Fund.• 8:00: New Music Concerts. GENERATION2012: ECM+. Dharmoo: Ninaivanjali (2012);Groven: Animaris Currens Ventosa (2012);Maimets: Beatitude (2012); A. Black: Jenny’slast rock (2012). Ensemble contemporainde Montréal, Véronique Lacroix, conductor;Véronique Mathiew, violin; Nicolas Gilbert, host.Music Gallery, 197 John St. 416-961-9594.$35; $25(sr/arts worker); $10(st).• 8:00: TorQ Percussion Quartet. Notesfrom Brazil. Brazilian choro tunes and worksby Duggan, Barrosso, Corea and others. Guest:Mark Duggan, percussion. Lula Lounge, 1585Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307. $20; $15(artsworker); $10(st).Monday November 12• 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Music at Midday: Classical InstrumentalRecital. Tribute Communities Recital Hall,Rm.112, Accolade East Bldg., 4700 Keele St.416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 8:00: Gallery 345. Michael Guttman, violin,and Stefan Sylvestre, piano. Beethoven: SonataNo.4; Brahms: Sonata No.3; Pärt: Fratres;Fauré: Sonata No.1. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $25; $10(st).• 8:00: New Adventures in Sound Art(NAISA). SOUNDplay: The Flight of Birds andSacred Spirits. Live video music performancesby Freida Abtan and Zazalie Z. Christie Studio,Artscape Wychwood Barns, Unit #170, 601Christie St. 416-652-5115. $10–$15.Tuesday November 13• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.World Music Series: Gideli. Georgian vocalmusic. Darbazi Georgian Choir, ShalvaMakharashvili, director. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for thePerforming Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Music at Midday: York U ChamberStrings. Jacques Israelievitch, director. TributeCommunities Recital Hall, Rm.112, AccoladeEast Bldg., 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100x22926. Free.• 1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Music at Midday. Andrew Adair, organ. 65Church Street. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewilloffering.• 7:30: Horatio Alger Association ofCanada. George Perris in Concert. Al GreenTheatre, 750 Spadina Ave. 416-924-6211.$25; $20(sr/st).• 7:30: Musicians in Ordinary. Aria diFiorenza. Music from the court of Ferdinandode’ Medici. Works by Bottegari, Caccini andPeri. Hallie Fishel, soprano; John Edwards, theorboand baroque guitar. Charbonnel Lounge, St.Michael’s College, 81 Saint Mary St. 416-535-9956. $25; $20(sr/st).• 8:00: Les Amis/Gallery 345. The Art of theDuo Piano: Erika Crinó and Ellen Annor-Adjei.Bach: Concerto in c BWV1060; Beethoven:Sonata Op.27 No.2 “Moonlight”; Rachmaninoff:Prelude in c-sharp Op.3 No.2; Lutosławski:Paganini Variations. 345 Sorauren Ave. 905-773-7712 or 416-822-9781. $20; $15(sr/artsworker); $10(st).Wednesday November 14• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Jazz Series: Bet You Can’t Sit Still! R&B selectionsby James Brown, Tower of Power andEarth, Wind & Fire. Humber Groove Merchants,Mark Kelso, conductor. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for thePerforming Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.Noon Hour Organ Recital Series. WilliamMaddox, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.• 7:00: Alchemy. An Hour of Chamber Music.J.C. Bach: Oboe Quartet in B-flat; Borodin:String Quartet in D; Britten: Metamorphoses forOboe; Mendelssohn: Capriccio for String QuartetOp.81 No.3. Cristina Sewerin, oboe; CatherineSulem and John Bailey, violin; Dorothy Pellerin,viola; Susan Naccache, cello. Forest Hill Place,645 Castlefield Ave. 416-316-2570. Free. AlsoNov 15 (Northern District Library).• 7:30: Alliance Française de Toronto.Thibault Cauvin: La guitare par-delà les siècles –et les styles. Concert around the theme of guitarthrough the ages. 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2014 x35. $15; $10(sr/st/under 12).• 7:30: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.Carmina Burana. Orff: Carmina Burana; Dove:The Passing of the Year; Whitacre: Cloudburst.Noel Edison, conductor; guests: TorQ PercussionQuartet; James Bourne, piano; Michel Ross,piano; Lesley Bouza, soprano; ChristopherMayell, tenor; Michael Nyby, baritone. KoernerHall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $53-$87; $47-$81; $25(30 and under).November 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 39

• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Halland Roy Thomson Hall. Jeremy Fisher.Singer-songwriter. Rivoli, 332 Queen St. W.416-872-4255. $19.50.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall and RoyThomson Hall/B.C. Fiedler. Gordon Lightfoot.Massey Hall, 178 Victoria St. 416-872-4255.$45–$85. Also Nov 15–17.• 8:00: Gallery 345. Pugs and Crows. Originalmusic performed by five-piece band. 345Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $25; $15(sr);$10(st).• 8:00: Mirvish Productions. Jekyll &Hyde. Music by Frank Wildhorn, lyrics by LeslieBricusse. Featuring Constantine Maroulis andDeborah Cox. Ed Mirvish Theatre (formerly theCanon), 244 Victoria St. 416-872-1212. $29–$150. Runs to November 18. Start times vary.• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Beethoven Triple Concerto. Mercure: Triptyque;Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello“Triple Concerto”; Shostakovich: SymphonyNo.12 “The Year 1917.” Jonathan Crow, violin;Shauna Rolston, cello; André Laplante, piano;Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $29–$145. AlsoNov 15.Thursday November 15• 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic. Rebecca Lim, viola; Emily Rho, piano.Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free, donations welcome.• 12:15: Music at Metropolitan. Noon atMet. Federico Andreoni, organ. MetropolitanUnited Church, 56 Queen St. E. 416-363-033112/13 SEASONCarmina BuranaNOV 14, 2012 7:30 PMKoerner Hall, TELUSCentre for Performanceand Learning273 BLOOR STREET WESTA. Concerts in the GTAx26. Free.• 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. World at Noon: Flamenco En Vivo.Roger Scannura, guitar; and guests. TributeCommunities Recital Hall, Rm.112, AccoladeEast Bldg., 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100x22926. Free.• 2:00: Alchemy. An Hour of Chamber Music.J.C. Bach: Oboe Quartet in B-flat; Borodin:String Quartet in D; Britten: Metamorphoses forOboe; Mendelssohn: Capriccio for String QuartetOp.81 No.3. Cristina Sewerin, oboe; CatherineSulem and John Bailey, violin; Dorothy Pellerin,viola; Susan Naccache, cello. Northern DistrictLibrary, 40 Orchard View Blvd. 416-316-2570.Free. Also Nov 14 (Forest Hill Place).• 2:00: Toronto Public Library, NorthernDistrict. Orchardviewers. Alchemy ChamberEnsemble. 40 Orchard View Blvd. 416-393-7619. Free.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall/B.C. Fiedler. GordonLightfoot. See Nov 14.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall. The Once. Folk music trio.Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255. $29.50.• 8:00: Gallery 345. The Art of the Piano:Robi Botos. Jazz standards and originals. 345Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $25; $10(st).• 8:00: Music Gallery. Emergents I: AdamScime +Ton Beau Quartet. Scime: Hygieia’sMedicine (for violin and viola); Two Songs onSappho Fragments (for soprano and piano);Rilke Fragments II; and other works; Maimets:Sanctus; Lau: Second String Quartet; and otherworks. 197 John St. 416-204-1080. $10.Noel Edison conductorMatthew Otto associate conductorToronto Mendelssohn ChoirTorQ Percussion QuartetDove: The Passing of the YearWhitacre: CloudburstOrff: Carmina Burana• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Beethoven Triple Concerto. See Nov 14.Friday November 16• 7:30: Opera by Request. Eugene Onegin.Tchaikovsky. James Levesque, baritone (EugeneOnegin); Vilma Vitols, soprano (Tatiana); VanyaAbrahams, tenor (Lenski); Cindy Won, mezzo(Olga); and others; Bluebridge Festival Singers,Catherine Maguire, director; William Shookhoff,piano. Crescent School, 2365 Bayview Ave.416-455-2365. $20. Also Nov 25 (CollegeStreet United Church).• 7:30: Royal Conservatory. Glenn GouldSchool Fall Opera Double Bill. Rorem: ThreeSisters Who Are Not Sisters; Vézina: Le Lauréat.Peter Tiefenbach, conductor. Mazzoleni ConcertHall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $15.Also Nov 17.• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. An Evening of Song. Featuring performancesby faculty members. Guest: AdriannePieczonka, soprano. Walter Hall, EdwardJohnson Bldg., 80 Queens Park. 416-978-0492. Free.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall/B.C. Fiedler. GordonLightfoot See Nov 14.• 8:00: Gallery 345. Brian Yoon, cello, andEliza Ching, piano. Works by Burge, Poulenc,Raum, V. Ho, Kulesha and Louie. 345 SoraurenAve. 416-822-9781. $25; $15(sr); $10(st).• 8:00: Mattaniah Christian Male Choir.Rejoice, Emmanuel.. Andre Knevel, organ;Joyce Postmus, piano; Herman den Hollander,conductor; guest: Benjamin Ho, tenor. 4240Anderson St., Whitby. 905-668-5551. $10;$8(sr). Proceeds to Durham Christian HomesLong-term Care Facilities, Bowmanville.• 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Chopin! Chopin:Piano Concerto No.2 (chamber version);Tchaikovsky: Serenade. Anastasia Rizikov,piano; guest: Berislav Skenderovic, conductor.Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255. $39; $32(sr); $12(st).• 8:00: Sony Centre. The Rat Pack is Back!Tribute show to Frank Sinatra, Sammy DavisJr., Joey Bishop and Dean Martin, backed by12-piece orchestra. A Foggy Day, That’s Amoré,Mr. Bojangles and other songs. 1 Front St. E.1-855-872-7669. $39 and up.• 8:00: Toronto Masque Theatre. FairestIsle. Interdisciplinary performance featuringmusic of Purcell. Lawrence Wiliford, tenor; LarryBeckwith, conductor. Al Green Theatre, 750Experience an excitingchoral-percussioncollaboration in thisconcert of three popularchoral works.TICKETS SENIORS VOX TIX$53–$87 $47–$81 $25416-408-0208www.tmchoir.orgFOR 30 AND UNDERSubscribe to 3 concerts and save!Call TMC 416-598-042240 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

Spadina Ave. 416-410-4561. $40; $35(sr);$20(under 30). 7:15: Pre-concert chat. AlsoNov 17.• 8:00: York University Department ofMusic. Improv Soiree. An evening of improvisationin a participatory open mic setup, hostedby the studios of Casey Sokol; performersand observers welcome. Tribute CommunitiesRecital Hall, Rm.112, Accolade East Bldg.,4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100 x22926. Free.Saturday November 17• 3:00: Capella Intima. In Concert. Musicby Grandi, Sances and Strozzi. Emily Klassen,soprano; Bud Roach, tenor/baroque guitar.Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor St.W. 905-517-3594. $10 suggested donation.Also Nov 18 (Kingston Road United Church), 24(Hamilton).• 7:00: Parish Church of St. Luke. Music atSt. Luke’s: Rhyme and Reason. Bluegrass band.1371 Elgin St., Burlington. 905-632-2918. $35.• 7:30: Cantemus Singers. Make We Merry!Charpentier: In Nativitatem Domini; also renaissancecarols and motets. Michael Erdman,director; guest: Community Baroque Orchestraof Toronto. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10Trinity Sq. 416-578-6602. $20; $15(sr/st). AlsoNov 18 (mat, Church of St. Aidan in the Beach).• 7:30: Grace Church on-the-Hill. JanetObermeyer, soprano, and Leslie De’Ath, piano.Works by Handel, Mozart and Strauss; alsoEnglish songs. 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-488-7884. Freewill offering.• 7:30: Music On The Donway. Sing! Sing!Sing! Yorkminstrels Show Choir. DonwayCovenant United Church, 230 The Donway W.416-444-8444. $20; $12(under 12).• 7:30: Opera by Request. The Pearl Fishers.Bizet. Paul Williamson, tenor (Nadir); AllisonArends, soprano (Leila); Larry Tozer, baritone(Zurga); Henry Irwin, baritone (Nourabad);William Shookhoff, piano. College Street UnitedChurch, 452 College St. 416-455-2365. $20.• 7:30: Royal Conservatory. Glenn GouldSchool Fall Opera. See Nov 16.• 7:30: Thornhill United Church. NovemberDelights. Light music presented by choirs andinstrumentalists of Thornhill United Church. 25Elgin St., Thornhill. 905-889-2131. Freewilloffering.• 8:00: Bell’Arte Singers. In Concert. Churchof St. Simon the Apostle, 525 Bloor St. W. 416-269-5044. $25; $20(st).• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall/B.C. Fiedler. GordonLightfoot. See Nov 14.• 8:00: Guitar Society of Toronto. VladimirGorbach, guitar. Heliconian Hall, 35 HazeltonAve. 416-964-8298. $30; $25(sr/st).• 8:00: Music Gallery/Exclaim! Magazine.Pop Avants Series: Exclaim MagazineDestination Out Showcase. Doom Squad, T HO M A S, Alex Lukashevsky/Felicity Williams/Daniela Gesundheir. Music Gallery, 197 JohnSt. 416-204-1080. $17/$13(adv).• 8:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra.Opening Masterpieces. Brahms: Violin Concerto;Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3. Joseph Peleg,violin; Roberto De Clara, conductor. OakvilleCentre for the Performing Arts, 130 Navy St.,Oakville. 905-815-2021. $51; $46(sr); $26(st).Also Nov. 18.• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. Alfredo RodríguezTrio & Tiempo Libre. Latin jazz. Koerner Hall, 273Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $30 and up.• 8:00: Toronto Masque Theatre. FairestIsle. See Nov 16.• 8:00: York Symphony Orchestra. Mozart’sVienna: City of Music and Dreams. Mozart:The Magic Flute Overture; Piano ConcertoNo.21; Gluck: Gli sguardi trattieni; L’espoirrenaît dans mon âme; Schubert: SymphonyNo.8 “Unfinished”; Haydn: Un certo ruscelletto;Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture.Erin Cooper Gay, soprano; Isaiah Bell, tenor;Elissa Miller-Kay, piano; Ann Cooper Gay, conductor.Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria St.,Aurora. 416-410-0860. $28;$23(sr); $15(st).Also Nov 18 (Richmond Hill).• 9:00 pm: NuJazz Festival. Festival GalaConcert. Billy Martin, drums and percussion; WilBlades, organ. Great Hall, 1087 Queen St. W.416-877-4075. $25.Sunday November 18• 11:00 am: Windsor Arms Hotel. JazzBrunch. Kevin Barrett, guitar; Russ Boswell,bass. 18 St. Thomas St. 416-971-9666. $50;$35(12 and under). Brunch included.416-872-4255. $29.50–$129.50.• 2:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra.Opening Masterpieces. See Nov 17.• 2:00: Off Centre Music Salon. AmericanSalon: Syncopated City – The Magic of NewYork. Works by Sondheim, Gershwin, Bernsteinand others. Sarah Halmarson, soprano; IlanaZarankin, soprano; Vasil Garvanliev, baritone;Jimmy Roberts, piano; Marie Berard, violin.Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 416-466-1870. $60; $50(sr); $25(13–25); $15(under12).• 2:00: Oratory of St. Philip Neri. OrganMusic of the 17th Century. Music by Praetorius,Sweelinck, Scheidt, Frescobaldi, Byrd and Bach.Philip Fournier, organ. The Oratory, Holy FamilyChurch, 1372 King St. W. 416-532-2879. Free.• 3:00: Cantemus Singers. Make We Merry.Charpentier: In Nativitatem Domini; also renaissancecarols and motets. Michael Erdman,• 2:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall. Itzhak Perlman, violin,with Rohan De Silva, piano. Mozart: Sonata inA K526; Fauré: Sonata No.1; Stravinsky: SuiteItalienne. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.Janet Obermeyer sopranoLeslie De’Ath pianoEnglish song, & music of Handel, Strauss & MozartNovember 17, 7:30pmfreewill offeringGrace Church on-the-hill300 Lonsdale Road • 416-488-7884November 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 41

director; guest: Community Baroque Orchestraof Toronto. Church of St. Aidan in the Beach,70 Silverbirch Ave. 416-578-6602. $20;$15(sr/st). Also Nov 17 (eve, Church of theHoly Trinity).• 3:00: Capella Intima. In Concert. Music byGrandi, Sances and Strozzi. Emily Klassen, soprano;Bud Roach, tenor/baroque guitar. KingstonRoad United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. 905-517-3594. 10 suggested donation. Also Nov 17(Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church), 24 (Hamilton).• 3:00: Gallery 345. San Agustin Duo. EmmaBanfield, violin; Diana Dumlavwalla, piano.Works by Dietrich, Schumann, Brahms andJoachim. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781.$20; $15(sr); $10(st).• 3:00: Hart House Music Committee.Sunday Concerts: 654th Concert. Brian Yoon,cello; Eliza Ching, piano. Great Hall, Hart House,7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-2452. Free.• 3:00: Toronto Community Orchestra.Music of the Masters. Includes tribute toFiddler on the Roof. Pride of Israel Synagogue,59 Lissom Cr. 416-226-0111. $15/$10(adv).Fundraiser for Toronto Community Orchestraand Pride of Israel Synagogue.• 3:00: Windermere String Quartet. YoungBlood. Mozart: Quartet in d K173; Arriaga:Quartet No.2 in A; Schubert: Quartet in B-flatD112. St. Olave’s Anglican Church, 360Windermere Ave. 416-769-0952. $20; $14(sr/st).• 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Twilight Recitals. Andrew Adair, organ. 65Church Street. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewilloffering.• 4:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale. Messiah.A. Concerts in the GTAHandel. Christ Church Anglican, 4 ElizabethSt. N., Brampton. 905-877-6569 or 905-873-0352. $30; $10(st). Also Nov 17 (Goderich), 23and 25 (St. Elias Ukrainian Church, Brampton).• 7:30: Toronto Chapter of the AmericanHarp Society. A Score to Settle. Written by K.Gonzalez-Risso. A musical monologue for soloharp. Rita Costanzi, harp and comic actress;Arthur Masella, director. Arts and Letters Club,14 Elm St. 416-781-8206. $25; $20(sr/st).• 7:30: Windermere United Church. 100thAnniversary Concert. 356 Windermere Ave.416-231-9120. Free; goodwill offering tobenefit local individuals and families in need.Reception following performance.• 8:00: Aurora Cultural Centre. PaulNeufeld’s Sunday Jazz Sessions. Paul Neufeld,piano; guest: Sean O’Connor, woodwinds.22 Church St., Aurora. 905-713-1818. $15;$45(family).• 8:00: Esprit Orchestra. Exquisite Vibrations.Harman: Cilla; Pauk: Musiques immergéesfor orchestra and surround-sound digital playbackwith multi-screen photo/film projections;Mather: Concerto Grosso for microtonal ensembleand orchestra; Dalbavie: Concerto for Fluteand Orchestra. Edward Burtynsky, photographer;John Price, filmmaker; Robert Aitken,flute. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $55; $50(sr); $20(under 30). 7:15:Pre-concert talk.• 8:00: Gallery 345. Don Braden/Julie MichelsProject: “Come Together” CD Release. DonBraden, saxophone and flute; Julie Michels,vocals; Dave Restivo, piano; Kieran Overs, bass;Larnell Lewis, drums. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $30; $20(sr/st).• 8:00: Isra-Alien. CD Release Concert. Guitarduo fuses rock, jazz, Israeli music and globalrhythms. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W.416-588-0307. $15/$10(adv).• 8:00: York Symphony Orchestra. Mozart’sVienna: City of Music and Dreams. Mozart:The Magic Flute Overture; PIano ConcertoNo.21; Gluck: Gli sguardi trattieni; L’espoirrenaît dans mon âme; Schubert: SymphonyNo.8 “Unfinished”; Haydn: Un certo ruscelletto;Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture.Erin Cooper Gay, soprano; Isaiah Bell, tenor;Elissa Miller-Kay, piano; Ann Cooper Gay, conductor.Richmond Hill Centre for the PerformingArts. 10268 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 905-787-8811. $30; $35(sr); $15(st). Also Nov 17(Aurora).Monday November 19• 7:00: Passport Duo. Souvenirs ofCanada. Hatzis: Old Photographs; Wilson:Simpsymphony; Forsythe: Eclectic Suite;O’Connor: Shimmering Light (premiere).Guest:Ariel Clayton, violin. The Array Space, 155Walnut Ave. 416-836-3096. $20; $10(st).• 7:30: York University Department ofMusic. York U Concert Choir. Mozart: Massin C K317 “Coronation”; Handel: CoronationAnthem No.3 “The King Shall Rejoice”. LisetteCanton, conductor. Tribute Communities RecitalHall, Rm.112, Accolade East Bldg., 4700 KeeleSt. 416-736-5888. $15; $5(st).• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall and RoyThomson Hall. Gilberto Gil. Brazilian singersongwriter/guitar.Massey Hall, 178 Victoria St.416-872-4255. $29.50–$79.50.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall/Toronto Blues Society.26th Annual Women’s Blue Review. MasseyHall, 178 Victoria St. 416-872-4255. $25–$55.• 8:00: New Adventures in Sound Art(NAISA). SOUNDplay: Videomusic performanceby Max Alexander. NAISA Space, ArtscapeWychwood Barns, Unit #170, 601 Christie St.416-652-5115. $5–$10.Tuesday November 20• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Chamber Music Series: Playful Virtuosity.Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble,Brian Current, conductor. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for thePerforming Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:00 noon: University of TorontoScarborough. Made in China – RepackagingTraditional Chinese Music. Performance andlecture exploring western influences and modernizationof Chinese music. Room AA303, Artsand Administration Bldg., 1265 Military Trail,Scarborough. 416-208-2931. Free.• 1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Music at Midday. David Briggs, organ. 65Church Street. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewilloffering.• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. 10 O’Clock Jazz Orchestra. FeaturingMike Murley, saxophone. Walter Hall, EdwardJohnson Bldg., 80 Queens Park. 416-408-0208.$20; $15(sr); $10(st).Wednesday November 21• 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.Noon Hour Organ Recital Series. Stephen Boda,organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. gamUT Ensemble. Norbert Palej, conductor.Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80Queens Park. 416-978-0492. Free.• 8:00: Steppin’Out Theatrical Productions.Fiddler on the Roof. Music by J. Bock, lyricsby S. Harnick, book by J. Stein. Richmond HillCentre for the Performing Arts, 10268 YongeSt., Richmond Hill. 905-787-8811. $27–$32.Also Nov 22–25; start times vary.• 8:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Montreal Symphony Orchestra: The Rite ofSpring. Haydn: Symphony No.94 “Surprise”;Davies: An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise;Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring. MontrealSymphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, conductor.Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $29–$145.Thursday November 22• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Jazz Series: Myriad. Chris Donnelly, piano; DanFortin, bass; Ernesto Cervini, drums. RichardBradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centrefor the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic: Rising Stars Recital. Performance studentsfrom the University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 YongeSt. 416-241-1298. Free, donations welcome.• 12:10: University of Toronto Facultyof Music. Thursdays at Noon: Arias, Songsand Folksongs. Gaveux: Aria (Polacca) from LeTrompeur rompe; Roussell: Songs for flute andvoice; Beckwith: Aria for flute and voice fromShivaree; Hoiby: Three Women; Corigliano:Three Irish folksong settings; D.F. Cook: ThreeNewfoundland Folk-Songs. Lorna MacDonald,soprano; Susan Hoeppner, flute; Steven Philcox,piano; Peter Stoll, clarinet. Walter Hall, EdwardJohnson Bldg., 80 Queens Park. 416-978-0492. Free.• 12:15: Music at Metropolitan. Noon atMet. Sarah Svendsen, organ. MetropolitanUnited Church, 56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331x26. Free.• 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. R&B Ensemble. Mike Cadó, director.Tribute Communities Recital Hall, Rm.112,Accolade East Bldg., 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 2:00: Toronto Public Library, NorthernDistrict. Orchardviewers. Catherine Sulem Trio.40 Orchard View Blvd. 416-393-7619. Free.• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic (Opera Division). L’elisir d’amore.42 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

Donizetti. Sandra Horst, conductor; MichaelPatrick Albano, stage director. MacMillanTheatre, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’sPark. 416-408-0208. $35; $25(sr); $10(st).Also Nov 23, 24, 25(mat).• 7:30: York University Department ofMusic. York U Symphony Orchestra. Works byGlinka, Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky. TributeCommunities Recital Hall, Rm.112, AccoladeEast Bldg., 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888.$15; $5(st).• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall. Jesse Cook: The BlueGuitar Tour 2012. Massey Hall, 178 VictoriaSt. 416-872-4255. $45.50–$64.50; $125(VIPpackage).• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall. Old Man Luedecke, singersongwriter,banjo player. Glenn Gould Studio,250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255. $29.50.• 8:00: Gallery 345. Thin Edge New MusicCollective: Free Form Constructs. Vivier: PulauDewata; also new works by F. Evans and A.Hostman. With Jason Sharp, saxophones. 345Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $20; $10(st).• 8:00: Steppin’Out Theatrical Productions.Fiddler on the Roof. See Nov 21.• 8:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz/Al GreenTheatre. Hadar Noiberg Trio: A ShowcaseWhere Middle East Meets Western Influence.An evening of jazz improvisation. Hadar Noiberg,flute; Edward Perez, double bass; Yoni Halevy,drums. Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina Ave.416-924-6211. $25.Friday November 23• 7:00: Ross Petty Productions. SnowWhite: The Deliciously Dopey Family Musical!Graham Abbey, Eddie Glen, Reid Janisse,Melissa O’Neil and Ross Petty. Elgin Theatre,189 Yonge St. 1-855-599-9090. $27–$85;$27–$59(under 12); $236(family 4-pack). Runsto Jan 5, 2013. Start times vary.• 7:30: Royal Canadian College ofOrganists/University of Toronto. Hans-OlaEricsson, organ. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10Trinity Sq. 416-363-0331 x26. $25.• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Opera: L’elisir d’amore. See Nov 22.• 7:30: VIVA! Youth Singers. Noye’sFludde. Britten. Justin Welsh, baritone; GaryRelyea, bass-baritone; Marion Newman, mezzo;Kingsway Chamber Strings, Elyssa Lefurgey-Smith, director; Brad Ratzlaff, conductor; DavidAmbrose, stage director. Trinity-St. Paul’sCentre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. $25;$12(youth). Also Nov 24(mat and eve) and 25.• 7:30: York University Department ofMusic. York U Gospel Choir. Works by V.Mitchell, H. Walker, L. Campbell and D. Walker.Corey Butler, keyboards and rhythm sectionleader; Karen Burke, conductor. Sandra Faireand Ivan Fecan Theatre, Rm.110, AccoladeEast Bldg., 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. $15;$5(st). Also Nov 24.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall. The Lost Fingers. Gypsyjazz guitar trio. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 FrontSt. W. 416-872-4255. $29.50.• 8:00: Gallery 345. The Art of the Piano:Joel Hastings. Works by C. Pann, includingThe Piano’s 12 Sides (world premiere). 345Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $25; $10(st).• 8:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale.Messiah. Handel. St. Elias Ukrainian Church,10193 Heritage Rd., Brampton. 905-877-6569 or 905-873-0352. $30; $10(st). AlsoNov 17(Goderich), 18 (Christ Church Anglican,Brampton), 25 (St. Elias).• 8:00: Rose Theatre Brampton. TheMidtown Men: Four Stars from the OriginalBroadway Cast of Jersey Boys. Hits of the1960s, including songs by the Beatles, BeachBoys, Temptations, Jackson 5 and the FourSeason. Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, DanielReichard and J. Robert Spencer, vocals. 1Theatre Ln., Brampton. 905-874-2800. $75–$85. Also Nov 24(mat).• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. Taiwan NationalChoir conducted by Agnes Grossmann. Bruckner:Locus iste; Ave Maria; Christus factus est; MassNo.2 in e for chorus and winds; Schumann: DreiGedichte Op.29; Brahms: Zigeunderlieder Op.13;Taiwanese folk songs. Koerner Hall, 273 BloorSt. W. 416-408-0208. $30 and up.• 8:00: Steppin’Out Theatrical Productions.Fiddler on the Roof. See Nov 21.Saturday November 24• 1:30: All Saints’ Kingsway. Caroling on theKingsway. Guest: Trillium Brass Quintet. OurLady of Sorrows Catholic Church, 3066 BloorSt. W. 416-233-1125. Freewill offering.• 2:00: Rose Theatre Brampton. TheMidtown Men: Four Stars from the OriginalBroadway Cast of Jersey Boys. See Nov 23.• 2:00: Steppin’Out Theatrical Productions.Fiddler on the Roof. Also at 8:00. See Nov 21.• 2:30: VIVA! Youth Singers. Noye’s Fludde.Also 7:30. See Nov 23.• 4:00: Larkin Singers. Bach Motets. Bach:Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied; Jesu, meineFreude; Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden; Toccata,Adagio and Fugue in C. Church of the HolyTrinity, 10 Trinity Sq. 416-895-0651. $30;$25(sr); $15(under 30).• 7:30: Alliance Française de Toronto. Unquatuor pas comme less autres. Métis FiddlerQuartet. 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2014 x35.$15; $10(sr/st/under 12).• 7:30: Bach Children’s Chorus. In Concert.Scarborough Bluffs United Church, 3739Kingston Rd. 416-267-8265. $15.• 7:30: Dillon Parmer and ChristopherBurton Present. Fall Fantasies. Works byVerdi, Franck, Schubert, Strauss, Massenet,Beethoven, Gershwin and others. Dillon Parmer,tenor; Michelle Odorico, violin; ChristopherBENJAMIN BRITTEN’S OPERANOYE’SFLUDDEBrad Ratzlaff + David Ambrose, Directorswith Peter Barley, organToronto Centre,Royal CanadianCollege of Organistsand the Faculty of Music,University of Toronto presentHans-Ola Ericsson, organist, in recitalSwedish organist Hans-Ola Ericsson is newlyappointed to the organ faculty of McGill Universityin Montreal, in his rst Canadian appearance.Friday, November 23, 7:30 pmThe Church of the Holy Trinity, Eaton CentreAdmission at the door: $25/15 for RCCO membersR.H. THOMSON as the Voice of GodJUSTIN WELSH, Bass-BaritoneMARION NEWMAN, Mezzo-SopranoVIVA! Youth Singers of TorontoCarol Woodward Ratzlaff, DirectorKingsway Chamber StringsElyssa Lefurgey-Smith, DirectorNOV 23 • 7:30 PMNOV 24 • 2:30 & 7:30 PMNOV 25 • 2:30 PMTRINITY- ST. 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RCM_WHOLENOTE_Nov_ Current_PhotoBurton, piano. Oriole York Mills United Church,2609 Bayview Ave. 416-462-9601. $30;$20(sr/st); free(under 12).• 7:30: Music at Metropolitan. Baroque andBeyond! – Music by Chopin and Rachmaninoff.Arnold Tirzits and Oscar Morzsa, piano.Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. E.416-363-0331 x26. $20.• 7:30: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.High Strings, Deep Voice. Works by Schubert,Music at MetropolitanpresentsBaroque and Beyond!Music by Chopin and RachmaninoffM u s i cat MetropolitanA. Concerts in the GTAWolf and Haydn. Rupert Bergman, bass-baritone;Katharina Radlberger, violin; Martin Dubé,piano. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 73Simcoe St. 416-593-5600 x231. $20; $10(st).• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Opera: L’elisir d’amore. See Nov 22.• 7:30: VIVA! Youth Singers. Noye’s Fludde.Also 2:30. See Nov 23.• 7:30: York University Department ofMusic. York U Gospel Choir. See Nov 23.Arnold Tirzits and Oscar Morzsa, pianoSaturday, November 24 7:30 pmAdmission: $20Metropolitan United Church56 Queen Street East (at Church Street), Toronto416-363-0331 (ext. 26) www.metunited.orgCanadian SinfoniettaCS LOVES THE VIOLAYoung Artist’sConcertRivka Golani violaTak Ng Lai conductorwith members of the CSYOGlenn Gould StudioSat Nov 24, 8 PM• 8:00: Canadian Sinfonietta. Young ArtistsConcert: CS Loves the Viola. Bach: BrandenburgConcerto No.6 in B-flat BWV1051; VaughanWilliams: Fantasia on a Theme for ThomasTallis; Finch: Concerto for Viola and ChamberOrchestra “Night Love Song”; A.G. Bell: BearChild for Viola and Orchestra and Narrator (textby F. Stenson). Rivka Golani, viola; Tak Ng Lai,conductor; members of the Canadian SinfoniettaYouth Orchestra. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 FrontSt. W. 416-872-4255. $35; $30(sr); $20(st).• 8:00: Mississauga Symphony. An dieMusik. Beethoven: Leonore Overture No.3;Schnittke: Concerto for Piano and Strings;Schumann: Symphony No.3 “Rhenish”. AndrewBurashko, piano; Stephen Sitarski, guest conductor.Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre,4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $48–$62; $43.20–$55.80(sr);$30(16–26); $20(under 15).• 8:00: Steppin’Out Theatrical Productions.Fiddler on the Roof. Also at 2:00. See Nov 21.• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Haydn and Beethoven. Haydn: SymphonyNo.101 “The Clock”; Piano Concerto in D;Beethoven: Symphony No.1 in C Op.21.Alexandre Tharaud, piano; Bernard Labadie,conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.416-593-4828. $29–$145. Also Nov 25 (mat,George Weston Recital Hall).Sunday November 25• 10:15 am: St. John’s United Church.World Music Sunday. Sacred classics and newcompositions. Peter Togni Trio. 416-491-1224.2 Nobert Rd. Free.• 11:00 am: Windsor Arms Hotel. JazzBrunch. Adrean Farrugia, piano; Bob Brough,saxophone. 18 St. Thomas St. 416-971-9666.$50; $35(12 and under). Brunch included.• 2:00: Maniac Star/Royal Conservatory.Brian Current’s Airline Icarus. Opera-oratorioabout the intersecting thoughts of passengersaboard a commercial flight. Fifteen-memberensemble includes Carla Huhtanen, soprano;Kristztina Szabó, mezzo; Alexander Dobson,baritone; Claudia Chan, piano; Brian Current,conductor. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, RoyalConservatory, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $32.• 2:00: S.H.A.R.E. Agriculture Foundation/St. Paul’s United Church. Toronto WelshMale Voice Choir Benefit Concert. 30 Main St.,Brampton. 905-451-1405 or 905-838-0897.Brian Current’sAirline IcarusCANADIAN PREMIERESunday, November 25, 2012 2pmMazzoleni Concert Hall273 Bloor Street West, TorontoTICKETS ONLY $32! 416.408.0208www.performance.rcmusic.ca$25. In support of S.H.A.R.E. and St. Paul’s.• 2:00: Steppin’Out Theatrical Productions.Fiddler on the Roof. See Nov 21.• 2:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Opera: L’elisir d’amore. See Nov 22.• 2:30: VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert.Armida. Rossini. Raphaëlle Paquette, soprano(Armida); Edgar Ernesto Ramirez, tenor(Rinaldo); Christopher Mayell, tenor (Goffredo);Michael Ciufo, tenor (Genardo); and others;Michael Rose, conductor and piano accompaniment;Robert Cooper, chorus director. JaneMallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for theArts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723 or 1-800-708-6754. $35.40–$46.02.• 3:00: Campbellville Chamber Concerts.All the Ends of Earth. Music by Schubert,Rachmaninoff, Granados, Bolling, Reed,Piazzolla. Marion Samuel-Stevens, soprano;Rosanne Warren, flute; Larisa Gulenco, piano.St. David’s Presbyterian Church, 132 Main St.N., Campbellville. 905-528-5395. $20; $15(sr);$10(st).• 3:00: Durham Community Choir.Christmas Classics. Bach: Magnificat; Vivaldi:Gloria. Erin Bardua, soprano; Vicki St. Pierre,mezzo; Talisker Players; J.C. Coolen, conductor.College Park Seventh-day Adventist Church,1164 King St. E., Oshawa. 905-983-9494.$20; $14(12 and under).• 3:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale.Messiah. Handel. St. Elias Ukrainian Church,10193 Heritage Rd., Brampton. 905-877-6569 or 905-873-0352. $30; $10(st). AlsoNov 17 (Goderich), 18 (Christ Church Anglican,Brampton), 23 (St. Elias).• 3:00: John Laing Singers. Yesterday,Today, Tomorrow: The Timeless Music ofChristmas. J.C.F. Bach: Come Arise; Penfound:Hodie Christus Natus Est (premiere); music byRheinberger, Taverner, Lauridsen and others.Roger Bergs, conductor. St. Matthew on-the-Plains Anglican Church, 126 Plains Rd. E.,Burlington. Also Nov 24 (Dundas).• 3:00: Mooredale Youth Orchestra. InConcert. Grieg: Holberg’s Suite; Barber: Adagiofor Strings; Valentini: Christmas Symphony;marches by Schubert and Handel. WilliamRowson and Clare Carberry, conductors.Rosedale Heights School of the Arts, 711 BloorSt. E. 416-922-3714 x103. $15; $10(sr/st).• 3:00: Penthelia Singers. 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Elizabeth’s “Ave.” Alice Malach, conductor.Rosedale Presbyterian Church, 129 MountPleasant Rd. 416-921-1549. $20.• 3:00: Royal Conservatory. Piano Series:Piotr Anderszewski. Bach: English Suite No.3in g BWV808; English Suite No.6 in d BWV811;French Suite No.5 in G BWV816; ItalianConcerto BWV971. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St.W. 416-408-0208. $40 and up.• 3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Haydn and Beethoven. Haydn: SymphonyNo.101 “The Clock”; Piano Concerto in D;Beethoven: Symphony No.1 in C Op.21.Alexandre Tharaud, piano; Bernard Labadie, conductor.George Weston Recital Hall, TorontoCentre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge Street. 416-593-4828. $43.50–$98.50. Also Nov 24 (eve,Roy Thomson Hall).• 3:00: York University Department ofMusic. York U Wind Symphony. Works byReed, Bernstein, Whitacre and others. WilliamThomas, conductor. Tribute CommunitiesRecital Hall, Rm.112, Accolade East Bldg.,4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. $15; $5(st).• 3:30: Jubilate Singers/Toronto JewishFolk Choir. L’khayim: A Celebration of JewishMusic. Celebrating the 80th birthday of MiltonBarnes. Barnes: Sefarad (three part a capellasuite in Ladino; words from Sephardic texts);Dos Naye Lid (The New Song), klezmer suite;and additional Jewish music including Chanukahsongs. Jubilate Singers, Isabel Bernaus, conductor;Sherry Squires, piano; Toronto JewishFolk Choir, Alexander Veprinsky, conductor;Lina Zemelman, piano; Shtetl Shpil, klezmerensemble. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300Lonsdale Rd. 416-485-1988 or 905-669-5906.$25/$20(adv); $15(sr); $10(st); free(12 andunder).• 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Twilight Recitals. David Briggs, organ. 65Church Street. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewilloffering.• 4:00: St. Philip’s Anglican Church. JazzVespers. Peter Togni Trio. 25 St. Phillips Rd.,Etobicoke. 416-247-5181. Freewill offering.• 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. JazzVespers. Mark Eisenman Trio (Mark Eisenman,piano; Steve Wallace, bass; John Sumner,drums). 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211 x22.Freewill offering.• 7:30: Naria. In Concert. Female classicalcrossover vocal group. Popular operaticHeliconian Hall,7:30 PMNovember 25favourites and original classical crossover compositions.Katya Tchoubar, Anna Bateman,Michelle Danese and Annaliese Jelilian, vocals;guests: Oleksandra Fedyshyn, violin; DanielPicillo, drums. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave.416-727-2143. $20.• 7:30: Oakville Ensemble. RenaissanceChristmas. Coventry carol; Gloucester wassail;Palestrina: Hodie Christus Natus Est;Mouton: Noe, noe, psalite; Victoria: O magnummysterium; and other works. Grace LutheranChurch, 304 Spruce St., Oakville. 905-825-9740. $35/$30(adv); $30(sr)/$25(adv); $15(st);$70(family)/$60(adv). Non-perishable food itemscollected for the Salvation Army of Oakville.• 7:30: Opera by Request. Eugene Onegin.Tchaikovsky. James Levesque, baritone (EugeneOnegin); Vilma Vitols, soprano (Tatiana); VanyaAbrahams, tenor (Lenski); Cindy Won, mezzo(Olga); and others; Bluebridge Festival Singers,Catherine Maguire, director; William Shookhoff,piano. College Street United Church, 452College St. 416-455-2365. $20. Also Nov 16(Crescent School).• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Percussion Ensemble. Walter Hall,Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queens Park. 416-978-0492. Free.• 7:30: VIVA! Youth Singers. Noye’s Fludde.See Nov 23.• 8:00: Gallery 345. Danielle Dudycha,soprano; Martin Dubé, piano. Works byRachmaninoff, Poulenc, Dvořák, De Falla andDuparc. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781.$25; $10(st).Monday November 26• 7:00: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Monday Evening Concerts: CeciliaString Quartet with Menahem Pressler, piano.Brahms: Piano Quintet; and other works. WalterHall, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queens Park.416-408-0208. $35; $25(sr); $10(st).• 7:30: York University Department ofMusic. Jazz Festival. Combos directed by LorneLofsky and Mark Eisenman. Martin FamilyLounge, Rm.219, Accolade East Bldg., 4700Keele St. 416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 8:00: Acting Up Stage Company.Tapestries: The Music of Carole King and JamesTaylor. Includes I Feel The Earth Move, Fire andRain, It’s Too Late, Sweet Baby James, You’veGot a Friend and other songs. Cynthia Dale,Arlene Duncan, Jake Epstein and Josh Young,vocals; and others; Reza Jacobs, director/vocalarrangements/orchestrations. Koerner Hall, 273Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $40–$80; $30(st/arts worker).• 8:00: Arraymusic. Array Session #14.Improvised music. Rick Sacks, director, andguests. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 416-532-3019. Free, donations welcome.• 8:00: New Adventures in Sound Art(NAISA). Time and Space: Works from the Jeude Temps / Times Play Competition. M. Corbeil-Perron: Fragments; M. Perron: Effervescence/Somnolence; J. Hoff: Scratch; D.A. Valencia:Canción de Otraparte; G. Barrette: Parasite; G.Campion: eige cendre; D. Copeland: Elephants,Birds and Bats (world premiere). Christie Studio,Artscape Wychwood Barns, Unit #170, 601Christie St. 416-652-5115. $10–$15.Tuesday November 27• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Chamber Music Series: Rising Stars. RoyalConservatory’s Young Artists PerformanceAcademy featuring classical musicians betweenthe ages of 9 and 18. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for thePerforming Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Jazz Festival. Vocal ensembles directedby Mike Cadó. Martin Family Lounge, Rm.219,Accolade East Bldg., 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Music at Midday. Andrew Adair, organ. 65Church Street. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewilloffering.• 6:00: Adam Sherkin. CD Launch: “As AtFirst.” Works for solo piano by Sherkin. AdamSherkin, piano. Academy of Spherical Arts, 1Snooker St. 416-532-2782. Free. 5:00: Preconcertreception.• 7:30: Daniela Nardi Presents. EspressoManifesto. Arrangements of songs by PaoloConte. Daniela Nardi, vocals; Ron Davis, piano;Kevin Barrett, guitars; Larry Crowe, drums; andothers; guest: Fabrizio Bosso, trumpet. GlennGould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255or 416-703-6371. $34.50.• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofNovember 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 45

Music. Small Jazz Ensembles. Upper JazzStudio, 90 Wellesley St. W. 416-978-0942.Free.• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Student Composers Concert. WalterHall, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queens Park.416-978-0942. Free.• 7:30: York University Department ofMusic. Jazz Festival. Jazz choirs directed byBob Hamper and Mim Adams; followed by jazzcombos directed by Kelly Jefferson. MartinFamily Lounge, Rm.219, Accolade East Bldg.,4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 8:00: Les Amis/Gallery 345. The Art of thePiano: Erika Crinó. Ravel: Valse nobles et sentimentales;Pepa: Invenzioni – for Erika (worldpremiere); D. Occhipinti: The Land and the Sky;Gubaidulina: Sonata. 345 Sorauren Ave. 905-773-7712 or 416-822-9781. $20; $15(sr/artsworker); $10(st).Wednesday November 28• 10:00 am: Chamber Music Mississauga.Tales and Tunes for Twoonies: Peggy’s Violin,a Butterfly in Time. Musical presentation withorchestra for students in Grades 2–6. 4141Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000.$2. Also 12:15 (in French) and Nov 29.• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Jazz Series: Me ‘N’ Mabel. Suzie Vinnick, singersongwriter.Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:15: Chamber Music Mississauga.Tales and Tunes for Twoonies: Le violon dePeggy, une histoire de papillon. French languagemusical presentation with orchestra forA. Concerts in the GTAstudents in Grades 2–6. Living Arts Centre,4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $2.• 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.Noon Hour Organ Recital Series. Michael Bloss,organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.• 6:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Don Quixote. Mendelssohn: Overture to AMidsummer Night’s Dream; Strauss: DonQuixote. Teng Li, viola; Joseph Johnson, cello;Sir Andrew Davis, conductor; Tom Allen, host.Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828. $29–$82.• 7:30: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Opening Night Gala.David Warrack, piano; and others; guest: JudithLander. 100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747.$30(reserved); $25; $20(arts worker). Benefitfor PAL.• 7:30: Thom McKercher presents. TorontoRecital Debut: John Holland, baritone. Songsand arias by Ravel, Donizetti, Dvořák, Mozartand others. William Shookhoff, piano. HeliconianHall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-424-1376. $25.• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Vocal Jazz Ensemble; 11 O’Clock JazzOrchestra. Christine Duncan, Jim Lewis, conductors.Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 QueensPark. 416-408-0208. $20; $15(sr); $10(st).• 7:30: York University Department ofMusic. Jazz Festival. Vocal and instrumentalensembles directed by Frank Falco, Artie Rothand Anthony Michelli. Martin Family Lounge,Rm.219, Accolade East Bldg., 4700 Keele St.416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 8:00: Rose Theatre Brampton. JaneBunnett and the Spirits of Havana. Guests:Hilario Durán, piano; Heavyweights Brass Band.1 Theatre Ln., Brampton. 905-874-2800.$49–$59.Thursday November 29• 10:00 am: Chamber Music Mississauga.Tales and Tunes for Twoonies: Peggy’s Violin, aButterfly in Time. Also at 12:15. See Nov 28.• 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic. Amahl Arulanandam, cello; SuhashiniArulanandam, violin; Florence Mark, piano.Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free, donations welcome.• 12:15: Chamber Music Mississauga.Tales and Tunes for Twoonies: Peggy’s Violin,a Butterfly in Time. Also at 10:00am. SeeNov 28.• 12:15: Music at Metropolitan. Noon atMet. Alexa Wing, soprano; Peter Bishop, organ.Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. E.416-363-0331 x26. Free.• 12:30: York University Departmentof Music. Music at Midday: Classical PianoShowcase. Tribute Communities Recital Hall,Rm.112, Accolade East Bldg., 4700 Keele St.416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Jazz Festival. Vocal ensembles directedby Richard Whiteman. Martin Family Lounge,Rm.219, Accolade East Bldg., 4700 Keele St.416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 1:30: Women’s Musical Club of Toronto.Duo Concertante. Works by Schumann, Mozart,Beethoven and Schafer. Nancy Dahn, violin; TimSteeves, piano. Walter Hall, Edward JohnsonBldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-923-7052. $45.• 7:00: Vocal Music Academy at RyersonCommunity School. Inaugural Concert andGala Opening Celebration. Choral music of variousstyles and genres. Students of the VocalMusic Academy; Marlys Neufeldt, SarahParker and Abby Pierce, conductors. RyersonCommunity School, 96 Denison Ave. 416-393-1340. Free. Pre-concert silent auction.• 7:30: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. A Steamy Night in NewOrleans. Roberta Hunt, piano and vocals. 100AOssington Ave. 416-915-6747. $30(reserved);$25; $20(arts worker).• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Percussion Ensemble. Walter Hall,Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queens Park. 416-978-0492. Free.• 7:30: York University Department ofMusic. Jazz Festival. Vocal ensembles directedby Jim Vivian, Roy Patterson and KevinTurcotte. Martin Family Lounge, Rm.219,Accolade East Bldg., 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 8:00: Angelwalk Theatre/WinnipegStudio Theatre. Ordinary Days. Music andlyrics by A. Gwon. With Justin Bott, JayDavis, Connie Manfredi and Clara Scott; KaylaGordon, stage director. Studio Theatre, TorontoCentre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-250-3708. $41.25–$51.75; $36.25(Nov 29 only);$31.25(under 30). Also Nov 30; Dec 1, 2(mat),4–8, 9(mat).• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Davis Conducts Schumann and Strauss.Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night’sDream; Schumann: Piano Concerto; Strauss:Don Quixote. Jan Lisiecki, piano; Teng Li, viola;Joseph Johnson, cello; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor.Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.416-593-4828. $29–$145. Also Dec 1(7:30).Friday November 30• 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Music at Midday: Opera Arias andScenes. Tribute Communities Recital Hall,Rm.112, Accolade East Bldg., 4700 Keele St.416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 7:00: Maria Dolnycky. Music on Canvas.Works by Poulenc, Fauré, Rota, Mouquet andFranck. Julie Ranti, flute; Maria Dolnycky,piano. KUMF Art Gallery, 2118A Bloor St. W.416-621-9287. $20; $15 (sr/st).• 7:30: Alliance Française de Toronto.Claude Debussy entre les lignes. MichelleSimmons, mezzo; Daniel Hass, cello; JeanieChung, piano; Annex Quartet. 24 Spadina Rd.416-922-2014 x35. $15; $10(sr/st/under 12).• 7:30: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Rachel Persaud, vocals.100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747.$30(reserved); $25; $20(arts worker).• 7:30: St. Thomas’s Church. Organ Recital:Peter Barley. 383 Huron St. 416-979-2323.$20; $15(sr/st).• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Wind Symphony. Gregson: Festivo;Herberman: The Fish Who Died in His Bed;McGraw: Memories of the San BernadinoFreeway; Marshall: An Emily Dickinson Suite;Rosauro: Concerto for Vibraphone and WindEnsemble. Claudia Oliverira, vibraphone. JeffreyReynolds, conductor. MacMillan Theatre,Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. $20; $15(sr); $10(st).• 7:30: York University Department ofMusic. Jazz Festival. Jazz Orchestra, MikeCadó, conductor. Martin Family Lounge,Rm.219, Accolade East Bldg., 4700 Keele St.416-736-2100 x22926. Free.• 8:00: Angelwalk Theatre/WinnipegStudio Theatre. Ordinary Days. See Nov 29.• 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. The BigBand Show. 26-piece big band. Ellington: NutCracker Suite; Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto;Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No.1. AndrewBurashko, conductor; guests: Mike Murley,saxophone; Al Kay, trombone; Kevin Turcotte,trumpet; John MacLeod, trumpet; JamesCampbell, clarinet; and others. Enwave Theatre,Harbourfront Centre, 231 Queen’s Quay W.416-973-4000. $25–$59. Also Dec 1.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall. Aretha Franklin. RoyThomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.$59.50–$199.50.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy46 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

Thomson Hall. Dala. Canadian folk duo. WinterGarden Theatre, 189 Yonge St. 416-872-4255.$29.50–$39.50.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall and RoyThomson Hall. Molly Johnson and Friends.Jazz and soul. Guests: Elizabeth Shepherd andDenzal Sinclaire, vocals. Massey Hall, 178Victoria St. 416-872-4255. $19.50–$59.50.MessiahElmer Iseler SingersLydia Adams, ConductorwithThe Amadeus ChoirNov. 30, 8:00 p.m.Metropolitan United Church• 8:00: Elmer Iseler Singers. Messiah.Handel. Leslie Fagan, soprano; Lynne McMurtry,mezzo; Colin Ainsworth, tenor; Geoffrey Sirett,bass; Patricia Wright, organ; Robert Venablesand Robert Di Vito, trumpet; with orchestra;guest: Amadeus Choir, Lydia Adams, conductor.Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. E.416-217-0537. $55; $50(sr); $20(st). Preconcertdinner at Albany Club, 91 King St. E.,$55; call to reserve.• 8:00: Ontario Philharmonic/MooredaleConcerts. Majestic Brahms. Brahms: PianoConcerto in B-flat Op.83; Symphony No.4 in eOp.98. Anton Kuerti, piano; Marco Parisotto,conductor. Regent Theatre, 50 King St. E,Oshawa. 905-721-3399 x2. $45–$56; $34–$45(st/youth). Also Dec 4 (Toronto).• 8:00: Paquin Entertainment. Tom Jacksonin the Huron Carole. Christmas stories andsongs of hope, harmony and optimism. RBCTheatre, Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living ArtsDr., Mississauga. 416-306-6000 or 1-888-805-8888. $40–$60.• 8:00: Rose Theatre Brampton. ShannonButcher, jazz vocals. With Michael Shand, piano;Ross MacIntyre, bass. 1 Theatre Ln., Brampton.905-874-2800. $30.• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. RoyalConservatory Orchestra conducted by YoavTalmi. Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture No.9;Bizet: L’Arlésienne (excerpts); Shostakovich:Symphony No.5 in d Op.47. Koerner Hall, 273Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $25 and up.• 8:00: Tempus Choral Society. WelcomeYule. Knox Presbyterian Church, 89 Dunn St.,Oakville. 905-842-1673. $15. Also Dec 1 (mat,Clearview Christian Reformed Church, Oakville).Saturday December 01• 2:00: Mississauga Festival Choir. AWinter Rose. Seasonal music about women.Rutter: Magnificat; and others. RBC Theatre,Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr.,Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $28; $25(sr/st);$20(under 12). Also 8:00.• 2:30: Tyndale University College andSeminary. Christmas in the Chapel with theElora Festival Singers. Menotti: Amahl andthe Night Visitors. Morrow Park Chapel, 3377Bayview Ave. 416-218-6721. $50.• 3:00: Tempus Choral Society. WelcomeYule. Clearview Christian Reformed Church,2300 Sheridan Garden Dr., Oakville. 905-842-1673. $15. Also Nov 30, (eve, KnoxPresbyterian Church, Oakville).• 3:00: University of Toronto Scarborough.Sounds of the Season. Classical and contemporaryrepertoire. UTSC Concert Choir; UTSCConcert Band. Meeting Place, 1265 MilitaryTrail, Scarborough. 416-208-2931. Free.• 6:30: Canadian Children’s OperaCompany. Winter Celebrations. Featuringexcerpts from A Dickens of a Christmas, andchoral works by Brahms, Daley, Fauré andothers. Ann Cooper Gay, conductor; guest:James McLean, tenor. St. Paul’s Basilica, 83Power St. 416-366-0467. $30; $20(sr/st);$5(child).• 7:30: Cantores Celestes Women’s Choir.Sweet with Starlight: Classical, Choral and JazzChristmas. Music by Chilcott and Hatfield. EllenMeyer, piano; Peter Togni Trio. RunnymedeUnited Church, 432 Runnymede Rd. 416-236-1522. $20. Portion of proceeds to go to “PutUp Your Dukes.”• 7:30: Etobicoke Youth Choir. WelcomeYule! Seasonal favourites. Margaret Parsons,accompaniment; Louise Jardine, music director.The Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel Samuel SmithPark Dr., Etobicoke. 416-231-9120. $20;free(12 and under).• 7:30: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Fado, The Soul ofPortugal. Performed by Jessie Lloyd and LouisSimao. 100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747.$30(reserved); $25; $20(arts worker).• 7:30: Mississauga Choral Society. Soundsof Christmas. Seasonal and inspirational holidayfavourites. William Mervin Fick, conductor.First United Church, 151 Lakeshore Rd. W.,Mississauga. 905-278-7059. $22; $18(sr);$10(under 18). Proceeds in support of theCompass Food Bank.• 7:30: Oakham House Choir of RyersonUniversity. Crowns, Toys, and Songs forChristmas. Mozart: Coronation Mass, ReginaCoeli; Angerer: Toy Symphony; French choralfavourites. Jennifer Tung, soprano; DanielleMacMillan, mezzo; Andrew Haji, tenor; ClarenceFrazer, baritone; Toronto Sinfonietta; MatthewJaskiewicz, music director. Calvin PresbyterianChurch, 26 Delisle Ave. 416-960-5551. $25;$20; $15(st).• 7:30: Pax Christi Chorale. In Concert.Rheinberger: Star of Bethlehem; Seasonalfavourites. Bethany Horst, soprano; MichaelRobert-Broder, baritone; Stephanie Martin,conductor. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300Lonsdale Rd. 416-491-8542. $25–$35. 6:45:Pre-concert chat. Also Dec 2.Crowns, Toys, and Songs for ChristmasW. A. Mozart – Coronation Mass, Regina CoeliE. Angerer – Toy SymphonyFrench choral favouritesJennifer Tung, Danielle MacMillan, Andrew Haji, Clarence FrazerOakham House Choir of Ryerson UniversityToronto SinfoniettaMatthew Jaskiewicz: Music DirectorSat., Dec. 1, 2012, at 7:30 p.m.Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave., Toronto$25, $20, $15 | www.oakhamchoir.ca |416 960 5551November 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 47

A. Concerts in the GTA• 7:30: Tallis Choir. Christmas at the TudorCourt. Tallis: Missa Puer Natus Est, VideteMiraculum; Byrd: This Day Christ was Born;Lullaby; also works by Sheppard, Weelkes,Kirbye. Peter Mahon, conductor. St. Patrick’sChurch, 141 McCaul St. 416-286-9798. $30;$25(sr); $10(st).• 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. DavisConducts Schumann and Strauss. See Nov 29.• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Wind Ensemble. Grainger: Green Bushes;Puckett: It Perched for Vespers Nine; Adams:Grand Pianola Music. 2x10 piano duo (MidoriKoga and Lydia Wong); U of T SaxophoneEnsemble, Wallace Halladay, director; GillianMacKay, conductor. MacMillan Theatre,Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. $20; $15(sr); $10(st).• 7:30: Village Voices. Gloria. Rutter: Gloria;other seasonal works and carol sing-along. JoanAndrews, conductor. St. Andrews PresbyterianChurch, 143 Main St., Markham. 905-294-8687. $20; $15(sr/st); free(under 12).• 8:00: Academy Concert Series. Quint-Essential Brahms. Brahms: String Quintet in GOp.111; Clarinet Quintet in b Op.115. NicolaiTarasov, clarinet; Edwin Huizinga and ElizabethLoewen Andrews, violin, Emily Eng andShannon Knights, viola; Kerri McGonigle, cello.Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave.416-629-3716. $20; $14(sr/st).• 8:00: Angelwalk Theatre/WinnipegStudio Theatre. Ordinary Days. See Nov 29.• 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. The Big BandShow. See Nov 30.• 8:00: Counterpoint Community Orchestra.In Concert. Dvořák: Slavonic Dances Op.46 No.2;Monti: Czardas; Enesco: Romanian RhapsodyNo.1; Mozart: Symphony No.39 K543. SaintLuke’s United Church, 353 Sherbourne St. 416-926-9806. $20; $7(13 and under).• 8:00: Mississauga Festival Choir. AWinter Rose. Seasonal music about women.Rutter: Magnificat; and more. RBC Theatre,Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr.,Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $28; $25(sr/st);$20(under 12). Also 2:00.• 8:00: Music Gallery/Manifesto Arts. JazzAvant Series: House of Spirit: Mirth – PheeroanakLaff with Ian Kamau. Music Gallery, 197John St. 416-204-1080. $25/$20(adv).• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. AmandaMartinez. Latin-Canadian singer-songwriter.Guest: Javier Limón, various instruments.Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.$30 and up.A Christmas celebration featuring John Rutter’s Gloria,with guest brass and percussion. The concert will includetraditional seasonal music and our popular sing-along carols.Saturday December 1, 2012 at 7:30 pm.St. Andrews Presbyterian Church143 Main Street Markham North.Adults $20. Seniors and Students $15. Under 12 free.At the door, or call 905.294.8687 to reserve tickets.Come for a visit at www.villagevoices.ca Get to know us better48 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

• 8:00: Scaramella. Lions and Tigers andBears, Oh My! Animal-themed music, frombaroque to the 21st century. Katherine Hill,soprano; Elyssa Lefurey-Smith, baroque violin;Joëlle Morton, violas da gamba; Sara-AnneChurchill, harpsichord; Kirk Elliott, one-manband.Victoria College Chapel, 91 Charles St. W.416-760-8610. $30; $25(sr);$20(st).• 8:00: Scarborough PhilharmonicOrchestra. Festive Music from Around theWorld. Shostakovich: Festive Overture; Rimsky-Korsakov: Polonaise from Christmas Eve Suite;Traditional Christmas music from around theworld; Chinese folk songs. North 44° Ensemblechamber choir; Yiping Chao, soprano; HowardCable, conductor and host; guest: GeoffreyButler, conductor. Salvation Army ScarboroughCitadel, 2021 Lawrence Ave. E., Scarborough.416-429-0007. $30; $25(sr); $15(st). 7:15:Pre-concert chat. Free underground parking.Sunday December 02• 2:00: Angelwalk Theatre/WinnipegStudio Theatre. Ordinary Days. See Nov 29.• 2:00: Carolyn Hague. Love, Sweet andSassy: Songs of the Heart. Works from musicaltheatre and classical repertoire. Carolyn Hague,soprano; Marie-Line Ross, piano. Heliconian Hall,35 Hazelton Ave. 416-459-7859. $20.• 2:00: Markham Concert Band. A SeasonalCelebration. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite;other seasonal Christmas and Chanukah classics;also a sing-along with a member of theUnionville Theatre Co. Kate Kunkel, harp; HMCSYork Brass Quintet; Doug Manning, conductor.Flato Markham Theatre, 171 Town Centre Blvd.,Markham. 905-305-7469. $22; $17(sr/st).• 2:00: Paul Mercs Concerts. Raffi:BelugaGrads Concert. Family concert. RoyThomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.$27.50–$32.50; $55(includes post-show meetand greet).• 2:30: Aldeburgh Connection. MadameBizet. Music by Bizet, Hahn, Poulenc and others.Nathalie Paulin, soprano; Brett Polegato, baritone;Fiona Reid, Mike Shara, readers; StephenRalls and Bruce Ubukata, piano. Walter Hall,Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-735-7982. $50; $12(student rush seats).• 2:30: Bel Canto Singers. There’s a Songin the Air. Christmas Concert. GuildwoodPresbyterian Church, 140 Guildwood Parkway,Scarborough. 416-286-8260. $15. Also at7:30.• 2:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Choirs in Concert: Gloria! Seasonalmusic across the centuries. U of T Women’sChorus, Ana Alvarez, conductor; U of T Men’sChorus, David Holler conductor; U of T Women’sChamber Choir, Hilary Apfelstadt, conductor.MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. $20; $15(sr);$10(st). 2:00: Pre-concert lobby performance bythe High Park Choirs, Zimfira Poloz, conductor.• 3:00: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Scott Walker: AmericanSongbook. 100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747. $30(reserved); $25; $20(arts worker).• 3:00: Pax Christi Chorale. In Concert. SeeDec 1. 2:15 Pre-concert chat.• 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Twilight Recitals. David Briggs, organ. 65Church Street. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewilloffering.• 4:00: St. Olave’s Church. Advent ChoralEvensong, with St. Olave’s Choir and TimShowalter, organ. Featuring the music of C.V. Stanford. Followed by Christmas Tea andClarinet at Christmas. Reade: Victorian KitchenGarden suite; Stanford: Sonata in B-flat forclarinet. Helen Russell, clarinet; Karen Quinton,piano. 360 Windermere Ave. 416-769-5686.Donations welcome.• 4:00: St. Philip’s Anglican Church. JazzVespers. Jazz arrangements of songs by theBeatles. Pat Murray Quartet. 25 St. Phillips Rd.,Etobicoke. 416-247-5181. Freewill offering.• 4:00: Toronto Classical Singers. InNovember 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 49

Concert. Bach: Magnificat BWV243; Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio Op.12. JenniferTaverner, soprano; Sandra Boyes and DanielleMacMillan, mezzo; Zachary Finkelstein, tenor;Peter McGillivray, baritone; Talisker Players.Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-443-1490. $30; $25(sr/st).• 4:00: Vivace Vox. Songs of Light. Worksby Vivaldi, Rutter, Berger and others. ChristineKim, piano; Linda Eyman, director. Trinity-St.Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-455-9238.$15; $10(sr/st); $35(family).• 7:00: Show One Productions. DenisMatsuev, piano: all-Russian program.Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Op.37b; MeditationOp.72 No.5; Dumka Op. 59; Rachmaninoff:Prelude in g Op.23 No.5; Prelude in g-sharpOp. 32 No.12; Stravinsky: Petrouchka (threemovements). Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W.416-408-0208; $55–$125.• 7:30: Bel Canto Singers. There’s a Song inthe Air. See 2:30.• 7:30: Church of St. Timothy, Anglican.Amahl and the Night Visitors. Menotti. Dramaticreading by Marilyn Lightstone, David Fox andothers; also choral interludes and carol singing.Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, director. 100 OldOrchard Grove. 416-488-0079. $25/$20(adv);$12(sr/st)/$10(adv).• 7:30: Jubilee United Church. JOSEPH:Jubilee Organ Sunday Evening Program Hour.Includes opening march, music by Bach and19th century masters, organ transcriptionsand other works. 40 Underhill Dr. 416-447-6846. Free.• 7:30: Yuan Tian Presents. MusicalA. Concerts in the GTAMoments: Yuan Tian Solo Piano Recital.Debussy: General Lavine (eccentric); Peixun:Autumn Moon Over the Calm Lake; Schubert:Wanderer Fantasy; Chopin: Grande PolonaiseBrillante Op.22; Liszt/Verdi: RigolettoParaphrase. Merriam School of Music RecitalHall, 2359 Bristol Circle, Oakville. 905-829-2020. $20; $15(sr/child).Monday December 03• 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Music at Midday: Wind Masterclassin Concert. Patricia Wait, director. TributeCommunities Recital Hall, Rm.112, AccoladeEast Bldg., 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100x22926. Free.• 3:00: University of Toronto Scarborough.Small Chamber Ensemble Recital. UTSC studentsperform solo and ensemble pieces. Room AA303,Arts and Administration Bldg. 1265 MilitaryTrail, Scarborough. 416-208-2931. Free.Tuesday December 04• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Vocal Series: GrimmFest: Happily Ever Opera.COC artists perform operatic arias and duetsinspired by the Brothers Grimm. RichardBradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centrefor the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Music at Midday. Michael Bloss, organ. 65Church Street. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewilloffering.• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Small Jazz Ensembles. Upper JazzStudio, 90 Wellesley St. W. 416-408-0208.Free.• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Small Jazz Ensembles. Upper JazzStudio, 90 Wellesley St. W. 416-978-0942.Free.• 8:00: Angelwalk Theatre/WinnipegStudio Theatre. Ordinary Days. See Nov 29.• 8:00: Ontario Philharmonic/MooredaleConcerts. Great Soloists: Majestic Brahms.Brahms: Piano Concerto in B-flat Op.83;Symphony No.4 in e op.98. Anton Kuerti, piano;Marco Parisotto, conductor. Koerner Hall, 273Bloor St. W. 416-922-3714 x103. $40 and up.Also Nov 30 (Oshawa).Wednesday December 05• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.World Music Series: GrimmFest: Fairy Talesfrom Faraway Lands. Maryem Tollar, vocals;Roula Said, vocals/dance/percussion; NaghmehFarahmand, percussion and vocals; WaleedAbdulhamid, bass/percussion/vocals. RichardBradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centrefor the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.Noon Hour Organ Recital Series. Giles Bryant,organ; Beverley Bell, soprano. 1585 Yonge St.416-922-1167. Free.• 7:00: Civic Light Opera Company. TheSound of Music. Rodgers and Hammerstein.Finnie Jesson (Maria); Joe Cascone (Captainvon Trapp); Barbara Boddy (Mother Abbess);David Haines (Max); Stephanie Douglas (Elsa);and others; Joe Cascone, director. York WoodsLibrary Theatre, 1785 Finch Ave. W. 416-755-1717. $28. SOLD OUT. Also Dec 6–9, 12–16;start times vary.• 7:00: Tafelmusik. French BaroqueChristmas. Charpentier: In nativitatem Dominicanticum (Christmas oratorio); mass for doublechoir and orchestra. Tafelmusik BaroqueOrchestra and Chamber Choir, Ivars Taurins, director.Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St.W. 416-964-6337. $39–$89; $35–$79(sr);$20–$79(30 and under). Also Dec 6–9.• 7:30: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Barbra Lica, vocals. 100AOssington Ave. 416-915-6747. $30(reserved);$25; $20(arts worker).• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. Guitar Ensemble. Jeffrey McFadden,conductor. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg.,80 Queens Park. 416-978-0942. Free.• 8:00: Angelwalk Theatre/WinnipegStudio Theatre. Ordinary Days. See Nov 29.Thursday December 06• 12:15: Music at Metropolitan. Noon at Met.Conrad Gold, organ. Metropolitan United Church,56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331 x26. Free.• 7:30: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. David Warrack’s NewFaces. 100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747.$30(reserved); $25; $20(arts worker).• 7:30: University of Toronto Facultyof Music. World Music Ensembles. AfricanDrumming and Dancing, Klezmer, and JapaneseDrumming ensembles. MacMillan Theatre,Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. Free.• 7:30: Royal Conservatory. Glenn GouldSchool New Music Ensemble. Celebration ofKorean music. Sukhi Kang: Mosaicum Visio;Unsuk Chin: Acoustic Wordplay; Matalon:Trame IV; Harman: Der Tag mit seinem Licht.Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano; Ryan McEvoyMcCullough, piano; Brian Current, conductor.Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $15 and up.• 8:00: Angelwalk Theatre/WinnipegStudio Theatre. Ordinary Days. See Nov 29.• 8:00: Civic Light Opera Company. TheSound of Music. See Dec 5.• 8:00: Music Toronto. Quartet Series:Gryphon Trio. Rachmaninoff: Trio elegiac(1892) in g; Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a; newwork from Student Composers’ program. JaneMallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for theArts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. $50–$55; $10(st; accompanying adult half price);pay-your-age (ages 18–35, plus $6 facility andhandling fees).• 8:00: Tafelmusik. French BaroqueChristmas. See Dec 5.Friday December 07• 7:30: Brampton Folk Club. Friday FolkThe Etobicoke Centennial ChoirHenry Renglich, Music Directorecc Sacred TraditionsETOBICOKECENTENNIAL CHOIRand festive carols to celebrate the Christmas season.Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 7:30 pmHumber Valley United Church, EtobicokeTickets: 416-769-9271with choir and soloistsFeaturing Haydn’s St. Nicholas Mass,Britten’s Ceremony of Carolswww.etobicokecentennialchoir.ca50 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

Night: A Winter Night with Wendell Fergusonand Katherine Wheatley. Sanderson Hall,St. Paul’s United Church, 30 Main St. S.,Brampton. 647-233-3655. $12; $10(sr/st).• 7:30: Bruno Cormier, Aurélie Cormier,Marty Smyth. Airs de Noel – a ChristmasRecital. French Christmas carols and otherholiday favourites. Aurélie Cormier, mezzo;Bruno Cormier, baritone; Marty Smyth, piano.Newman Centre, 89 St. George St. 416-963-5137. Freewill offering. Portion of the proceedsto the Newman Centre Piano Fund.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. TheBrothers Grimm. Burry. Family friendly, one-actopera. Regent Park Arts & Cultural Centre, 585Dundas St. E. 416-363-8231. $25; $15(under16). Also Dec 8(mat and eve).• 7:30: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Geoffrey Tyler, vocals.100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747.$30(reserved); $25; $20(arts worker).• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. U of T Schola Cantorum and Theatreof Early Music. Handel: Coronation Anthems.Daniel Taylor, conductor. Trinity College Chapel,6 Hoskin Ave. 416-408-0208. $20; $15(sr);$10(st).• 7:30: Whitby Brass Band. ChristmasBrass. Guest: Nuance Vocal Ensemble. HebronChristian Reformed Church, 4240 Anderson St.,Whitby. 905-430-8392. $15; $10(sr/st).• 8:00: Angelwalk Theatre/WinnipegStudio Theatre. Ordinary Days. See Nov 29.• 8:00: Civic Light Opera Company. TheSounds of Music. See Dec 5.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall and RoyThomson Hall. Go Tell It On The Mountain:The Blind Boys of Alabama Christmas Show.Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $39.50–$69.50.• 8:00: County Town Singers. ChristmasConcert. Barbara Ouellette, music director.St. Thomas Anglican Church, 101 WinchesterRd. E. Brooklin. 905-725-1499. $20; $15(sr)$10(st). Also Dec 8.• 8:00: Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra.Winter Wonderland. Seasonal and classicalfavourites. Amelia Lyon, flute; Andrew Tees,baritone; Sabatino Vacca, conductor. HumberValley United Church, 76 Anglesey Blvd.,Etobicoke. 416-239-5665. $25; $20(sr);$10(st). 7:00: Silent auction.• 8:00: Milton Concert Presentations.Elmer Iseler Singers: Holiday Season ChristmasConcert. Milton Centre for the Arts, 1010 MainSt. E., Milton. 905-878-6000. $40; $35(sr).• 8:00: Music Gallery. Emergents II: ClaudiaChan, piano + Veronique Mathieu, violin. Chin:Etudes; Current: Sungods; Carter: Two Thoughtsabout the Piano; Boulez: Anthèmes 1; Felder:Another Face; Yun: Gasa; and other works. 197John St. 416-204-1080. $15/$10(adv).• 8:00: Tafelmusik. French BaroqueChristmas. See Dec 5.• 8:00: Upper Canada Choristers. TomorrowShall Be My Dancing Day. Rutter: The ReluctantDragon; and other works. Valerie Abels, narrator;Laurie Evan Fraser, conductor; guest: Cantemos.Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-256-0510. $25/$20(adv); free(st/child).• 8:00: Via Salzburg. A Warm Place. Muffat:Concerto No.6 “Quis Hic?”; Mozetich: Postcardsfrom the Sky; Mendelssohn: Symphony No.9 inC; Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Cello in B-flat.Mayumi Seiler, violin and leader. RosedaleUnited Church, 159 Roxborough Dr. 416-972-9193. $40; $25(under 30); $10(st).B. Concerts Beyond the GTAIN THIS ISSUE: Barrie, Brantford, Cambridge, Collingwood, Dundas,Elora, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Huntsville, Kingston, Kitchener,London, Meaford, Midland, Orillia, Peterborough, Port Hope,St. Catharines, Waterloo and Welland.SHINING NIGHTJENNY CROBER, Artistic DirectorELIZABETH ACKER, AccompanistMARY-ELIZABETH BROWN, violinRACHEL POMEDLI, celloDANIEL RUBINOFF, saxophoneRAY DILLARD, percussionCHARLIE ROBY, guitarSAT., DEC. 15, 2012, 7:30 pmEastminster United Church310 Danforth Ave.$20 / $15 Sr. / $10 St.www.vocachorus.caWychwood Clarinet ChoirTORONTO’S PREMIERCLARINET ENSEMBLEHoliday ConcertDecember 9 th at 3:30pmChurch of St. Michaeland All Angels611 St. Clair Ave. Westat Wychwood Ave.Thursday November 01• 12:00 noon: University of Guelph Collegeof Arts. Thursday at Noon: San Agustin Duo.Works by Brahms, Joachim and Schumann.Emma Banfield, violin; Diana Dumlavwalla,piano. Goldschmidt Room, 107 MacKinnonBldg., 50 Stone Rd. E., Guelph. 519-824-4120x52991. Free.• 8:00: Aeolian Hall. Rik Emmett. 795 DundasSt. E., London. 519-672-7950. $43/$39(adv).Friday November 02• 7:30: Acoustic Muse Concerts. KarenSavoca with Pete Heitzman: Acoustic SoulMusic. Landon Library, 167 Wortley Rd.,London. 519-672-1967 or 519-672-7950.$18/$15(adv).• 8:00: Aeolian Hall. Judy Collins. 795Dundas St. E., London. 519-672-7950.$54/$49(adv).• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.Sci-Fi Fantasy: An Evening of Blockbusters.Film score music from popular science-fictionand fantasy movies. Guests: Sam’s StepsDance Centre; Cameron Heights CollegiateChoir; Victor Vanacore, conductor. Centre inthe Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711. $19–$86. Also Nov 3.Saturday November 03• 2:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.Youth Orchestra Concert #1. Ensembles fromthe KWS Youth Orchestra Program. Centre inthe Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711. $13; $11(under 12).• 7:30: Barrie Concerts. ScandinavianSerenade. Grieg: Piano Concerto in a Op.16;Larsson: Pastoral Suite; Wirén: Serenade. CarlPetersson, piano; Toronto Concert Orchestra;Kerry Stratton, conductor. Hi-Way PentecostalChurch, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181.By subscription: $160; $35 (st); $85(singleticket).• 7:30: Hamilton Children’s Choir. ChinaTour Fundraising Concert. Fundraiser for thechoir’s performance at the Xinghai InternationalChoir Championships. Zimfira Poloz, conductor.Cathedral Place, 252 James St. N., Hamilton.905-527-1618. $25; $20(sr); $15(st).• 7:30: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.Masterworks Series: Ravel and Shostakovich.Ravel: Suite from Mother Goose; PianoConcerto in G; Shostakovich: SymphonyNo.5. Ian Parker, piano; Marcello Lehninger,conductor. Hamilton Place, 1 Summers Ln.,Hamilton. 905-526-7756. $22–$65; $20–$62(sr); $12(under 35).• 8:00: Guelph Chamber Choir.Remembrance and Peace. Nickel: Requiemfor Peace; Patriquin: Titanic Requiem; Gjeilo:Dark Night of the Soul; and other works. WithMadawaska String Quartet; DuO Percussion;wind instruments and harp; Gerald Neufeld, conductor;Alison MacNeil, piano accompaniment.River Run Centre, 25 Woolwich St., Guelph.519-763-3000. $30; $10(st); $5(eyeGO).• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Trio Voce. Suk: Trio in c Op.2; Martin:Trio on Popular Irish Tunes; von Zemlinsky: Trioin d Op.3. Jasmine Lin, violin; Marina Hoover,cello; Patricia Tao, piano. KWCMS Music Room,57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673.$30; $25(sr); $20(st).• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.Sci-Fi Fantasy: An Evening of Blockbusters.See Nov 2.Sunday November 04• 2:30: Chorus Niagara. Best of Broadway:Our Favourite Things – An Afternoon of Rodgersand Hammerstein. Broadway hits from The Kingand I, Oklahoma, Carousel, South Pacific, theSound of Music and others. Allison Angelo, soprano;Adam Fisher, tenor; Philip Kalmanovitch,baritone; Niagara Symphony Orchestra; RobertCooper, conductor. J.M. Ennis Auditorium,Centennial Secondary School, 240 Thorold Rd.,Welland. 905-688-5550 x3257 or 1-866-617-3257. $35; $33(sr); $15(st).November 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 51

• 2:30: Orchestra Kingston. In Concert.Copland: Outdoor Overture; Borodin: PolovtsianDances; Bizet: L’Arlesienne Suite No.1; Mozart:Violin Concerto No.3. Guest: Sandra Smith, violin.Salvation Army Citadel, 816 Centennial Dr.,Kingston. 613-389-3525. $15; $10(sr/st).• 2:30: Orillia Concert Association. TorontoConcert Orchestra. Grieg: Piano Concertoin a Op.16; Larsson: Pastoral Suite; Wirén:Serenade. Carl Petersson, piano; Kerry Stratton,conductor. Orillia Opera House, 20 MississaugaSt. W., Orillia. 705-325-1757. By subscriptiononly.• 4:30: King Edward Choir/Lyrica Choir/Bravado Show Choir/Huronia Symphony.Choralfest. Jenkins: The Armed Man – a Massfor Peace; Beethoven: Coriolan Overture;Symphony No.9 “Ode to Joy” (fourth movement).Oliver Balaburski, conductor. W.A. FisherAuditorium, Barrie Central Collegiate Institute,125 Dunlop St. W., Barrie. 705-721-4752 or705-739-4299. $22.50; $12.50(under 18).• 7:30: Cuckoo’s Nest Folk Club. Alan Reidand Rob van Sante. Chaucer’s Pub, 122 CarlingSt., London. 519-473-2099. $18/$15(adv).• 7:30: Opera by Request. Belle Nuit: AnEvening of Arias and Duets. Deena Nickleford,soprano; Sangeetha Ekambaram, soprano;Rebecca Foth, piano. Fairmont UnitedCommunity Church, 29 Tweedsmuir Ave.,London. 647-388-6676. $15. Also Nov 1 and 3(both in Toronto).Monday November 05• 7:30: Orillia Wind Ensemble/Soldiers’Memorial Hospital Volunteer Association.Joint Effort 2012. Fundraiser Concert.Performances by the Hawkestone Singers,Orillia Wind Ensemble, Jazzamatzz, LizAnderson, Even Steven and others. Orillia OperaHouse, 20 Mississauga St. W., Orillia. 705-326-8011. $25.Wednesday November 07• 12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru.Lance Anderson, piano. Oscar Peterson:Hymn to Freedom; and other works. Hi-WayPentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie.705-726-1181. $5; free(st).• 8:00: Jeunesses Musicales Ontario/Brookside Music Association. GuitarNomads. Midland Cultural Centre, 33 King St.E., Midland. 705-527-4420. $28; $11(sr);free(13 and under).Thursday November 08• 12:00 noon: University of Guelph Collegeof Arts. Thursday at Noon: Problems with Love.Songs by Canadian composers, touching onpoignant and funny sides of love. Patricia Green,mezzo; Stephen Runge, piano. GoldschmidtRoom, 107 MacKinnon Bldg., 50 Stone Rd. E.,Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991. Free.Saturday November 10• 8:00: Da Capo Chamber Choir. Thresholdof Night. S. Rose: Song of Invocation. Guests:University of Waterloo Chamber Choir; MarlinNagtegall, organ; Miriam Stewart-Kroeker, cello.Church of St. John the Evangelist, 23 Water St.N., Kitchener. 519-725-7549. $20; $15(sr/st); $5(high school/12 and under). Also Nov 11(mat, Waterloo).• 8:00: Eggplant Entertainment. Alex Cuba:“Ruida in el Sistema” Album Launch Tour.Cuban music. Market Hall, 140 Charlotte St.,Peterborough. 705-742-9425. $34.50.B. Concerts Beyond the GTA• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Attacca String Quartet. Haydn:Quartet Op.64/3; Thomas: Quartet; Ravel:Quartet. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St.W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $35; $30(sr);$20(st).• 8:00: Port Hope Friends of Music. TorontoSymphony Orchestra. Britten: Simple SymphonyOp.4; Copland: Appalachian Spring; Beethoven:Romance No.2 in F; Mozart: SinfoniaConcertante in E-flat. Jonathan Crow, conductor.Port Hope United Church, 34 South St.,Port Hope. 905-885-1071 or 1-800-434-5092.$45; $10(13-29).Sunday November 11• 2:30: Georgian Music. The FrenchConnection. Works by Thomas, Ravel and Saint-Saëns. Attaca String Quartet; Ian Parker, piano.Central United Church, 54 Ross St., Barrie.705-726-1181. By subscription: $85; $25(st);65(single ticket).• 3:00: Caskey School of Music. The Artof the Concert Pianist. Music by Chopin, Liszt,Ravel, Rachmaninoff. Alexei Gulenco, piano.First Unitarian Church, 170 Dundurn St. S.,Hamilton. 905-528-5395. $20; $10(st).• 3:00: Da Capo Chamber Choir. Thresholdof Night. S. Rose: Song of Invocation. Guests:University of Waterloo Chamber Choir; MarlinNagtegall, organ; Miriam Stewart-Kroeker,cello. Knox Presbyterian Church, 50 Erb St. W.,Waterloo. 519-725-7549. $20; $15(sr/st);$5(high school/12 and under). Also Nov 10 (eve,Kitchener).Monday November 12• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Russian Duo: Oleg Kruglyakov,balalaika; Terry Boyarsky, piano. Handel:Passacaglia; Boccherini: Menuet; Trostyansky:Grotesque and Reflection; Daquin: Kukushka;Andreyev: Polonaise; Oginski: Polonez;Korobushka: Concert Variations; Selection ofRussian and Soviet Songs. KWCMS MusicRoom, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $25; $20(sr); $15(st).Wednesday November 14• 2:30: Seniors Serenade. A Stroll DownMemory Lane. Cabaret repertoire. MarilynReesor, piano and vocals. Central UnitedChurch, 54 Ross St., Barrie. 705-726-1181.Free.Thursday November 15• 12:00 noon: University of Guelph Collegeof Arts. Thursday at Noon:Jeng Yi. Koreanpercussion and dance ensemble. GoldschmidtRoom, 107 MacKinnon Bldg., 50 Stone Rd. E.,Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991. Free.• 7:15: Skyliners Big Band. In Concert atBarrie City Hall. Big band standards and otherselections. Maria Branje, jazz vocals; RonRobbins, director. Barrie City Hall Rotunda, 70Collier St., Barrie. 705-487-2574. Free, donationswelcome.• 7:30: Centre for the Arts, BrockUniversity. Matt Dusk. Sean O’SullivanTheatre, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines.905-688-5550 x3257. $46.Friday November 16• 7:30: Brock University Department ofMusic. ENCORE! Professional Concert Series:TorQ Percussion Quartet. Sean O’SullivanTheatre, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines.905-688-5550 x3257. $28.50; $22.50(sr/st);$5(eyeGO).• 8:00: Garden City Productions. Nunsense.Book, music and lyrics by D. Goggin. KathieGosen (Sister Mary Regina); Betsy Tauro (SisterMary Hubert); Kylie Whissell (Sister RobertAnn); Chelsea DiFranco (Sister Amnesia); BretonLalama (Sister Mary Leo); Tom Inglis and JohnValleau, music directors; Di Nyland, stage directorand choreographer. Mandeville Theatre,Ridley College, 2 Ridley Rd., St. Catharines.905-682-1353. $28/$23(preview); 23(st/child)/$18(preview); $5(eyeGo). Also Nov17(opens), 18, 23–25, 30, Dec 1, 2; starttimes vary.• 8:00: McMaster School of the Arts.Celebrity Concert Series. Adi Braun, jazzvocals. Convocation Hall, Rm.213 UniversityHall, McMaster University, 1280 Main St.W., Hamilton. 905-525-9140 x24246. $20;$15(sr); $5(st).Saturday November 17• 7:30: Georgetown Bach Chorale. Messiah.Handel. North United Church, 56 North St.,Goderich. 905-877-6569 or 905-873-0352.$25; $10(st). Also Nov 18, 23, 25 (all inBrampton).• 7:30: Grand Philharmonic ChamberSingers. Made in Canada. P. Murray: Summer,A Twilight Hymn (world premiere); also worksby Willan, Somers, Teehan, Halley and Enns.Mark Vuorinen, conductor; guest: WillemMoolenbeek, saxophone. Church of St. John theEvangelist, 23 Water St. N., Kitchener. 519-578-1570. $10–$25.• 8:00: Garden City Productions. Nunsense.See Nov 16.• 8:00: Karen Schuessler Singers. ThePeacekeepers. Celebration of Canadian contributionsto world peace. Works by Bach, VaughnWilliams, Daley and Seeger. Christian Haworth,voice; Ted Barris, host. Wesley-Knox UnitedChurch, 91 Askin St., London. 519-455-8895.$20; $18(sr); $10(st); free(under 12).• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Shoshana Telner, piano. Bach: TheSix Keyboard Partitas, BWV825–830. KWCMSMusic Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $30; $25(sr); $20(st).Sunday November 18• 2:00: Gallery Players of Niagara. InConcert. Beethoven: Piano Trio Op.1 No.2;Mozart: Piano Trio K502; Schubert: Notturno.Julie Baumgartel, violin; Margaret Gay, cello;David Louie, piano. St. Barnabas’ Church, 33Queenston St., St. Catharines. 905-468-1525.$27–$30.• 2:00: Garden City Productions. Nunsense.See Nov 16.• 3:00: Georgian Bay Symphony. TwoClarinets and Some Strings. Music byTelemann, Mendelssohn and Williams. Rob Titeand Christine McLean, clarinet; John Barnum,conductor. Meaford Hall, 12 Nelson St. E.,Meaford. 519-372-0212. $18.50; $15(sr);$5(under 25).• 3:00: Metropolitan United Church.Music@Met: Choral Evensong. MetropolitanUnited Senior Choir. 468 Wellington St.,London. 519-432-7189 x27. $20 suggesteddonation.• 3:30: Melos Choir and ChamberOrchestra. Celebrating the Diamond Jubileeof Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Handel:Four Coronation Anthems; Suite in F (fromWater Music); Stanford: Te Deum; and introitsand anthems by McKie, W.H. Harris and C.H.Parry. St. George’s Cathedral, 270 King St. E.,Kingston. 613-549-7125. Free.Wednesday November 21• 12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrews.Ian Sadler, organ. St. Andrews PresbyterianChurch, 47 Owen St., Barrie. 705-726-1181.$5; free(st).• 7:00: University of Guelph Collegeof Arts. U of G Concert Winds Ensemble.John Goddard, conductor. University CentreCourtyard, 50 Stone Rd. E., Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991. Free.• 8:00: Acoustic Muse Concerts and TheAeolian. Nathan Sings Stan: The RogersLegacy Continues. Nathan Rodgers and band.Aeolian Hall, 795 Dundas St., London. 519-672-7950. $30/$25(adv).• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo SymphonyOrchestra. Haydn’s Wife? Boccherini: CelloConcerto in B-flat; Symphony in A; Handel:Concerto grosso in F; Concerto grosso in D.Catherine Anderson, cello; Evan Mitchell, conductor.First United Church, 16 William St. W.,Waterloo. 519-745-4711. $32. Also Nov 23(Guelph), 24 (Cambridge).Thursday November 22• 12:00 noon: University of Guelph Collegeof Arts. Thursday at Noon: Guitars of Fire.Johannes Linstead and Geoff Hlibka, guitars.Goldschmidt Room, 107 MacKinnon Bldg., 50Stone Rd. E., Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991.Free.• 7:30: Great Canadian Fiddle Show.On Tour. Celina Di Cecca, Cindy Thompson,Kyle Charron and Alanna Jenish, fiddle; JakeCharron, piano and guitar; Tony Nesbitt-Larking,guitar and percussion. Sydenham StreetUnited Church, 82 Sydenham St., Kingston.416-402-1642. $28/$25(adv). Also Nov 23(Peterborough).Friday November 23• 7:30: Great Canadian Fiddle Show.On Tour. Celina Di Cecca, Cindy Thompson,Kyle Charron and Alanna Jenish, fiddle; JakeCharron, piano and guitar; Tony Nesbitt-Larking, guitar/percussion. Market Hall, 140Charlotte St., Peterborough. 416-402-1642.$28/$25(adv). Also Nov 22 (Kingston).• 8:00: Garden City Productions. Nunsense.See Nov 16.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo SymphonyOrchestra. Haydn’s Wife? Boccherini: CelloConcerto in B-flat; Symphony in A; Handel:Concerto grosso in F; Concerto grosso in D.Catherine Anderson, cello; Evan Mitchell, conductor.Harcourt Mermorial United Church, 87Dean Ave., Guelph. 519-745-4711. $32. AlsoNov 21 (Waterloo), 24 (Cambridge).Saturday November 24• 3:00: Capella Intima. In Concert. Music byGrandi, Sances and Strozzi. Emily Klassen, soprano;Bud Roach, tenor/baroque guitar. MacNeillBaptist Church, 1145 King St. W., Hamilton.905-517-3594. $10 suggested donation. AlsoNov 17 (Toronto), 18 (Toronto).• 7:30: Barrie Concerts. Christmas withAngèle Dubeau & La Pietà. Hi-Way PentecostalChurch, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181.By subscription: $160; $35 (st); $85(singleticket).• 7:30: John Laing Singers. Yesterday,Today, Tomorrow: The Timeless Music ofChristmas. J.C.F. Bach: Come Arise; Penfound:Hodie Christus Natus Est (premiere); music byRheinberger, Taverner, Lauridsen and others.52 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

Roger Bergs, conductor. St. Paul’s UnitedChurch, 29 Park St. W., Dundas. 905-628-5238. $25; $15(st). Also Nov 25 (Burlington).• 7:30: Peterborough Singers. Carols withBrass. Venabrass brass quintet; Sydney Birrell,conductor. George Street United Church, 534George St. N., Peterborough. 705-745-1820.$30; $10(st).• 8:00: Garden City Productions. Nunsense.See Nov 16.• 8:00 Kitchener-Waterloo SymphonyOrchestra. Haydn’s Wife? Boccherini: CelloConcerto in B-flat; Symphony in A; Handel:Concerto Grosso in F; Concerto Grosso in D.Catherine Anderson, cello; Evan Mitchell, conductor.Central Presbyterian Church, 7 QueensSq., Cambridge. 519-745-4711. $32. Also Nov21 (Waterloo), 23 (Guelph).• 8:00: Kingston Symphony. Making of aMaestro. Favourite pieces from the conductor’syouth. David Stewart, violin; Glen Fast,conductor. Grand Theatre, 218 Princess St.,Kingston. 613-530-2050. $20–$49.Sunday November 25• 2:00: Concert Association of Huntsville.In Concert. Monica Whicher, soprano; JudyLoman, harp. Trinity United Church, 33 Main St.E., Huntsville. 705-787-1918. $25; free(under18).• 2:00: Garden City Productions. Nunsense.See Nov 16.• 3:00: Elora Festival Singers. Amahl andthe Night Visitors. Menotti. Noel Edison, conductor.Knox Church, 55 Church St., Elora.519-846-0331 or 1-888-747-7550. $35.• 3:00: University of Guelph College ofArts. U of G Chamber Ensemble. Henry Janzen,conductor. Goldschmidt Room, 107 MacKinnonBldg., 50 Stone Rd. E., Guelph. 519-824-4120x52991. Free.• 3:00: Dublin Street United Church(Friends of Music). Sundays @ 3: InAnticipation of Christmas. Dublin ChancelChoir, Martin Anderle, conductor; Jane Watsonand Blythe Watson, seasonal readings; guest:Trillium Brass. 68 Suffolk St. W., Guelph. 519-821-0610. $20; $5(st). Donations to ChalmersCommunity Services Centre Food Programgratefully accepted.• 7:00: Guelph Concert Band. A ChristmasFestival. Colin Clarke, conductor. HarcourtMemorial United Church, 87 Dean St., Guelph.519-824-0022 x73660. $15; $10(sr/st);$5(child).Tuesday November 27• 12:30: McMaster School of the Arts. FreeLunchtime Concert Series. Troy Milleker, doublebass; Naomi Barron, cello. Convocation Hall,Rm.213 University Hall, McMaster University,1280 Main St. W., Hamilton. 905-525-9140x27038. Free.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Les Voix Humaines: The SunQueen – Music of the 17th Century. Worksby by Sainte-Colombe, Couperin, Rameau andCorrette. Margaret Little and Susie Napper,violas da gamba. KWCMS Music Room, 57Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $30;$25(sr); $20(st).Wednesday November 28• 7:30: Centre for the Arts, BrockUniversity. Colm Wilkinson. Sean O’SullivanTheatre, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines.905-688-5550 x3257. $69.Thursday November 29• 12:00 noon: University of Guelph Collegeof Arts. Thursday at Noon: Student SoloistsDay. Featuring applied music students.Goldschmidt Room, 107 MacKinnon Bldg., 50Stone Rd. E., Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991.Free.• 8:00: University of Guelph College ofArts. U of G Jazz Ensemble. Ted Warren, conductor.Manhattans Pizza Bistro and JazzClub, 951 Gordon St., Guelph. 519-824-4120x52991. $2.Friday November 30• 7:30: Arcady. Welcome Yule! Christmasmusic of R. Beckett. Carolyn Stronks-Zeyl,flute; Rebecca Booker, piano; Ronald Beckett,conductor. St. Andrew’s United Church,95 Darling St., Brantford. 519-752-5823.$10–$20.• 8:00: Garden City Productions. Nunsense.See Nov 16.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo SymphonyOrchestra. Edwin and Gustav: An Invitation.Schubert: Entr’acte No.3 from Rosamunde;Mahler: Symphony No.5 in c-sharp. EdwinOutwater, conductor. Centre in the Square, 101Queen St. N., Kitchener. $19–$80. 519-745-4711. Also Dec 1.Saturday December 01• 7:30: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.Pops Series: Wicked Divas. Music from Carmen,Wicked, Chicago, Titanic, My Fair Lady andother Broadway, opera and popular music selections.Alli Mauzey and Nicole Parker, vocals;Matthew Kraemer, conductor. Hamilton Place,1 Summers Ln., Hamilton. 905-526-7756.$22–$65; $20–$62(sr); $12(under 35).• 7:30: Mohawk College Community Choir.In Concert. Mozart: Coronation Mass in C.guest: Mercredi Musique Chamber Orchestra ofNiagara. St. Paul’s United Church, 29 Park St.W., Dundas. 905-526-7938. $20.• 8:00: Garden City Productions. Nunsense.See Nov 16.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo SymphonyOrchestra. Edwin and Gustav: An Invitation.See Nov 30.• 8:00: University of Guelph College ofArts. U of G Symphonic & Women’s Choir:The Mystery of Bethlehem. Marta McCarthyand Lanny Fleming, conductors. Church of OurLady, 28 Norfolk St., Guelph. 519-824-4120x52991. $15; $10(sr/st).Sunday December 02• 2:00: Garden City Productions. Nunsense.See Nov 16.• 3:00: Wellington Winds. Bringing inthe Christmas Season. Traditional and seasonalfavourites by Vaughan-Williams, Bach,Holst, Corelli, Curnow and Prokofiev. Guest:Kevin Ramessar, guitar. Daniel Warren, conductor.Knox Presbyterian Church, 50 Erb St.W., Waterloo. 519-579-3097. $20; $15(sr);free(st).• 7:30: Metropolitan United Church.Music@Met: RCCO Lessons and Carols.Featuring the Salvation Army Band. 468Wellington St., London. 519-432-7189 x27.$20 suggested donation.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Olena Klyucharova, piano; MarcusScholtes, violin: all-Prokofiev. Piano SonataNo.3; Suite from Romeo and Juliet; Marchfrom Love of Three Oranges; Violin SonataNo.1. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St.W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $25; $20(sr);$15(st).Monday December 03• 8:00: Acoustic Muse Concerts and TheAeolian. The Kruger Brothers. Aeolian Hall,795 Dundas St., London. 519-672-7950.$30/$25(adv).Tuesday December 04• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Mårten Falk, guitar. Villa-Lobos:Selections from Preludes, Chôros, and Etudes;Britten: Nocturnal, Op.7; Miller: In MemoriamJoseph Brodsky; Vetrov: Canzona; Sychra:Etude; Orekhov: Sokolov Polka. KWCMS MusicRoom, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $30; $25(sr); $20(st).Friday December 07• 7:30: Sound Investment CommunityChoir. A Christmas Gift. Rutter: Gloria; alsoWhite Chrismas, Christmas Song, otherChristmas classics and sing-along. Trillium BrassQuintet, Brian Rae, conductor; Keiko Yoden-Kuefper, accompaniment. Trinity United Church,140 Maple St., Collingwood. 705-293-0573.$20; free(12 and under). Also Dec 8(mat).Search listings by genre online at thewholenote.comNovember 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 53

SOUND ADVICE continued from page 31C. In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz)McDonald, a graduate of York University’s Jazz CompositionMaster’s program, is also a big fan of the Tranzac: “I love playing andseeing live music here. I think it’s one of the few places in Torontowhere music of all styles and levels of creative expression is welcomed.You can drop by any time not knowing exactly what you’regoing to see but knowing you’ll see something good.” The quartetis rounded off by Demetri Petsalakis on guitar, Paul Metcalfe onsaxes and Lowell Whitty on drums. Expect tunes that draw fromboth the modern and classic jazz traditions, both orchestrated andfreely structured.416 Festival: November 7 to 10, the Tranzac is also home tothe 12th annual 416 Festival, dubbed “the best music you’ve neverheard.” According to the press release that we received in a timelyfashion (presenters, please send all your listings by the 15th of themonth prior to your event to listings@thewholenote.com for ourFREE listings service!), the 416 Festival was created “in 2001 as acounterbalance to the lack of innovative music programming at localjazz festivals.” I asked the founder and director, Glen Hall, if he feelsthat anything has changed since 2001 on Toronto’s jazz scene regardingthis issue:“Local jazz festivals continue to feature mostly traditional-based,tonal, metrical music of the genre widely understood and called jazz.In addition, they have added popular music forms which have littlein common with the improvisationalcore of authentic jazz. However, theToronto Downtown Jazz Festival hasincluded some offerings by improvisersassociated with the Associationof Improvising Musicians Toronto(AIMToronto). But, to my knowledge,these are with little or no financialcommitment on the festival’s part: ahalf-hearted, qualified support. So,the ‘lack of innovative programming’has not changed appreciably since theinception of the 416 Festival. This doesnot apply in the case of the Guelph JazzDavid Story, Rakesh Thewariand Glen Hall will beperforming at the Tranzacon November 9 as part ofthe 416 Toronto CreativeImprovisers Festival.Festival, which has been bold and adventurous in its programmingchoices. (Non-tonal, arhythmic, sound-based improvisation byToronto improvisers is seldom heard outside of the 416 Festival.)”It’s fantastic that the 416 exists to showcase the incredibly richdiversity of non-traditional creative improvised music. Musiciansdo frequently wonder what an artistic director is looking for whenbooking, a question Glen is happy to answer:“Some selections are made according to who approaches us andwhat their goals are. Also, new groups form constantly and I keeptabs on who is doing what and try to give them opportunities to beheard in a supportive environment. Some musicians I know personally;others are recommended to me. For instance, last year anew music aficionado suggested the neither/nor collective. While Iwas aware of them, it previously hadn’t occurred to me to ask themto participate as improvisation is a part, not the entirety, of whatthey do (they were an audience favourite). Quartetto Graphica wasinteresting because they use graphic scores which demand improvisationalinterpretation. This year CCMC is featured because theyembody the essence of what the 416 Festival presents: fearless,risk-taking, improvised music making. We are always open to improvisation-basedartists wanting to perform at the 416.”Artists appearing at the festival this year include vocalist/pianistFern Lindzon’s trio featuring trombonist Heather Segger and drummerMark Segger; drummer Chris Cawthray’s improvised rootsduo with organist Simeon Abbott; electronic wave drummer BobVespaziani with vocalist Tena Palmer and guitarist Arthur Bull — andthat’s on opening night alone! See our listings section for completedetails and for more information visit 416festival.com.Here’s to the best music you’ve never heard!Ori Dagan is a Toronto-based jazz vocalist and an associate editorat The WholeNote. He can be contacted at jazz@thewholenote.com.Alleycatz2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865 alleycatz.caEvery Mon 8pm Salsa Night w/ Frank Bischunand free lessons. Every Tue 8:30pm CarloBerardinucci Band. No Cover. Every Wed8:30pm City Soul Swinging Blues & VintageR&B. No Cover. Every Thu 9pm Soul and R&B(bands alternate weekly; Collateral Jammagefirst Thursday of every month). Every Fri/Sat 9:30pm Funk, Soul, R&B, Top 40. $10after 8:30pm. Nov 1 Collateral Jammage. Nov2 Ascension. Nov 3 Soular. Nov 8,22 MarkJoseph Band. Nov 9, 10, 30 Lady Kane. Nov15, 16, 17 James King. Nov 23, 24 Ascension.Nov 29 Run it For Marty.Artword Artbar15 Colbourne St., Hamilton. 905-543-8512artword.net (full schedule)Azure Restaurant & Bar225 Front St. W. 416-597-3701azurerestaurant.caNov 1, 2, 3 5:30-10:30pm Dan Bodanis Trio w/Bernie Senensky & Steve Wallace.Bon Vivant Restaurant1924 Avenue Rd. 416-630-5153bonvivantdining.comEvery Thu 6-9pm Bill Naphan Solo Guitar.Every Fri 6-9pm Margaret Stowe Solo Guitar.Castro’s Lounge2116 Queen St. E. 416-699-8272castroslounge.com No Cover/PWYC.Every Sun 4pm Live jazz. Every Mon 9pmRockabilly Night w/ the Cosmotones. EveryTue 8pm Smokey Folk; 10:30pm blueVenus.Every Wed 8pm Mediterranean Stars. EveryThu 9pm Jerry Legere & the Situation. EveryFri 5pm Ronnie Heyward. Every Sat 4:30pmBig Rude Jake.Chalkers Pub, Billiards & Bistro247 Marlee Ave. 416-789-2531chalkerspub.comEvery Wed 8pm-midnight Girls Night Out JazzJam w/ host Lisa Particelli. PWYC. Nov 36-9pm Dave Young Quartet $10. Nov 10 6-9pmGNOJAZZ Fundraiser $10. Nov 17 6-9pm RobiBotos Trio $10. Nov 18 6-9pm Carter BrodkorbTrio $10; free(under 16). Nov 24 6-9pm LorneLofsky Trio $10.Cherry Street Restaurant, The275 Cherry St. 416-461-5111 cherryst.caNov 1 8:30pm Ilana Waldston Trio $10. Nov8 7:30pm Julie Mahendran Trio $10. Nov 157:30pm The Spirit of Jazz $10. Nov 22 7:30pmWorst Pop Band Ever $10. Nov 29 7:30pmSophia Perlman Quartet $10.Classico Pizza & Pasta2457 Bloor St. W. 416-763-1313Every Thu 7pm Nate Renner. No Cover.Communist’s Daughter, The1149 Dundas St. W. 647-435-0103Every Sat 4-7pm Gypsy Jazz w MichaelJohnson & Red Rhythm. PWYC.DeSotos1079 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-651-2109Every Thu 8pm-midnight Open Mic Jazz Jam,hosted by Double A Jazz.Dominion on Queen500 Queen St. E. 416-368-6893dominiononqueen.comEvery Sat 4-7:30pm Ronnie Hayward.Every Sun 11am-3pm Rockabilly Brunch w/Alistair Christl. Every Tue 8:30pm Hot Clubof Corktown Django Jam w/ host WayneNakamura. PWYC. Every Wed 8pm CorktownUkelele Jam $5. Nov 1 9pm Havana to Torontowith host Joaquin Nunez Hidalgo $10. Nov5 Good Neighbours Open Mic Night. PWYC.Nov 6 8pm USA Election Night “Working ClassHero” Night of Protest Songs. Nov 9 9pm RobinBanks Birthday Party $10. Nov 11 4-7pmJazz Jam w/ Noah Leibel. Nov 16 9pm AimeeButcher Band $5. Nov 17 9pm Sonic BluesSeries: Dylan Wickens $10. Nov 23 9:30pmQue Isso? $5. Nov 29 9pm Shafton ThomasGroup $5. Nov 30 9pm Swamperella $TBA.Dovercourt House805 Dovercourt Rd. 416-537-3337odd-socks.org (full schedule)Every Sat 9pm-1am Saturday Night Swing:Dance featuring Live Swing Bands and dancelessons. Dance $13; $15 with one class, $18with both. Saturday Bands: Nov 3 JordanKlapman Swing Band. Nov 10 Swing Out toVictory: WWII Remembrance Day Party w/Toronto All-Star big Band $20; $23 with oneclass; $25 with both. Nov 17 TBA. Nov 24Mike Daley Swing Band.EDO Sushi484 Eglinton Ave. W. 416-322-3033All shows: Thursday 7:30-10:30pm. No Cover.Nov 1 Sharon Smith Trio. Nov 8 SerafinLaRiviere Trio. Nov 15 Laura Fernandez Trio.Nov 22 Vincent Wolfe Trio. Nov 29 LaraSolnicki Trio.Ellington’s Music and Café805 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-652-9111.Every Mon, Every Wed 9am and Every Sat 2pmSunny Choi (piano).Emmet Ray, The924 College St. 416-792-4497theemmetray.com (full schedule)All shows: 9pm. PWYC.Nov 1 John Wayne Swingtet. Nov 4 GrahamPlayford. Nov 5 Parker/Abbott Duo. Nov 7Alistair Christil and the Lonely. Nov 8 Box Fullof Cash. Nov 11 Alan Soddy. Nov 12 JeffLaRochelle’s Original Ensemble. Nov 14 PeterBoyd & The Mutant Duo. Nov 15 Vokurka’sVicarious Virtuoso Violin. Nov 18 Union Duke.Nov 19 Will Fisher Coastal Quartet. Nov 21Alistair Christl and The Lonely. Nov 22 PatrickBrealey. Nov 25 Tropical Punch. Nov 26 JonMaharaj Trio. Nov 28 Alistair Christ and theLonely. Nov 29 Johnny Ferguson.Flying Beaver Pubaret, The488 Parliament St. 647-347-6567pubaret.com (full schedule)Nov 1 7:30pm Ori Dagan’s Jazz JamCabaret. PWYC. Nov 2 9pm Chris TsujiuchiReturns! $10. Nov 3 7pm Ros Kindler Trio$15/$10(adv); 9pm Sarah Smith & LucasSilveira $20/$15(adv). Nov 4 7pm All StrungUp.$5 suggested. Nov 7 7:30pm JohnAlcorn Trio $15/$10(adv). Nov 8 7:30pmTracey Dey Trio$15/$10(adv). Nov 9 7pmGeorge Evans $15/$10(adv); 9pm Adi Braun$20/$15(adv). Nov 14 7:30pm John Alcorn54 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

Trio $15/$10(adv). Nov 16, 17 7pm BillMerryweather $20/$15(adv). Nov 17 9pmPeggy Jane Hope Quintet $20/$15(adv). Nov22 7:30pm Julie Michels $20/$15(adv). Nov 239pm John McGillis CD Launch $20/$15(adv).Nov 24 9pm Sonya Jezebel Côté $20/$15(adv).Gallery Studio, The2877 Lake Shore Blvd., Etobicoke.416-253-0285thegallerystudiocafe.caGate 403403 Roncesvalles Ave. 416-588-2930gate403.com All shows: PWYC.Nov 1 5pm Roberta Hunt; 9pm Mélanie Brûlée.Nov 2 5pm Mike Field; 9pm Max Senitt Y SusAmigos. Nov 3 5pm Bill Heffernan & Friends;9pm Melissa Boyce. Nov 4 5pm Joel Hartt;8pm Dave Martin. Nov 5 5pm Tom McGill; 9pmRichard Whiteman. Nov 6 5pm Kelsey McNulty;9pm Julian Fauth. Nov 7 5pm Brian Cober; 9pmKurt Nielsen & Richard Whiteman. Nov 8 5pmSarah Calvert; 9pm Kevin Laliberté. Nov 9 5pmKalya Ramu & Felix Wong; 9pm Fraser MevlinBlues. Nov 10 5pm Bill Heffernan & Friends;9pm Six Points Jazz Orchestra. Nov 11 5pmDarlene Stimson; 9pm Robin Banks. Nov 125pm Denis Schingh; 9pm Richard Whiteman.Nov 13 5pm Carol Oya; 9pm Julian Fauth. Nov14 5pm Lowell Whitty; 9pm Victor Monsivais.Nov 15 5pm Shae & Lorne; 9pm String Theory.Nov 16 5pm G Street Jazz; 9pm Sweet Derrick.Nov 17 5pm Bill Heffernan & Friends; 9pmPatrick Tevlin’s New Orleans Rhythm. Nov 185pm Cindy Urech; 9pm Andy De Campos. Nov19 5pm Erica Romero; 9pm Richard Whiteman.Nov 20 5pm Melissa Lauren; 9pm JulianFauth. Nov 21 5pm Patrick Hewan; 9pm LaraSolnicki. Nov 22 5pm Eric Lambier R&B Blues;9pm Elizabeth Martins. Nov 23 5pm SamBroverman; 9pm Denielle Bassels. Nov 24 5pmBill Heffernan & Friends; 9pm The Upside Trio.Nov 25 5pm Meagan de Lima; 9pm BrownmanAkoustic Trio. Nov 26 5pm Annie Bonsignore &Dunstan Morey; 9pm Richard Whiteman. Nov27 5pm Chris Reid; 9pm Julian Fauth. Nov 285pm Joe Amato; 9pm Teri Parker. Nov 29 5pmDonna Greenberg; 9pm Alex Samaras. Nov 305pm Ken Kawashima Sugar Brown Blues Band;9pm Gia & the Unpredictable Update Trio.Gladstone Hotel1214 Queen St. W. 416-531-4635gladstonehotel.com (full schedule)Every First Thu 9-11:30pm Toronto BluesSociety’s Blues Series. Free.Nov 8 8pm Amy McConnell & WilliamSperandei CD Release $30 (includes CD). Nov25 8pm Ilana Waldston CD Release $15.Grossman’s Tavern“Toronto’s Home of the Blues”379 Spadina Ave. 416-977-1210grossmanstavern.com (full schedule)All shows: No Cover/PWYC.Every Sat 4-8pm The Happy Pals matinee.Every Sun 4:30-8:30pm New OrleansConnection Allstars; 9:30pm-2am TheNationals.Harlem Restaurant67 Richmond St. E. 416-368-1920harlemrestaurant.com (full schedule)All shows: No Cover/PWYC.Every Mon 8pm-midnight Carolyn T’s OpenJam Night. Every Fri/Sat 7:30-11pm Jazz/Blues. No Cover. Nov 2 Reece. Nov 3 LuandaJones. Nov 6 Obama Party. Nov 8 AlmaQuartet. Nov 9 Jazz Lovers Society. Nov 10Aria. Nov 16 Shelley Hamilton. Nov 17 ChrisRouse. Nov 23 Shelley Hamilton. Nov 24Humble. Nov 30 Carl Bray.Harlem Underground Restaurant/Bar745 Queen St. W. 416-366-4743harlemrestaurant.com/undergroundEvery Mon Daniel Gagnon. Every Tue JohnCampbell. Every Thu Carl Bray Trio. Every FriJake Wilkinson. Every Sat Carl Bray.Hirut Restaurant2050 Danforth Ave. 416-551-7560Every Wed 8pm Open Mic with Gary 17.Every Sun 2:30pm Open Jam.Home Smith Bar – See Old Mill, TheHugh’s Room2261 Dundas St. W. 416-531-6604hughsroom.com (full schedule)All shows: 8:30pm (unless otherwise noted).Nov 1 Susie Arioli $27.50/$25(adv). Nov3 Jory Nash CD Release $25/$22.50(adv).Nov 4 2pm Don Bray CD Release:$22.50/$20(adv). Nov 4 Ian Thomas CDRelease $30/$27.50(adv). Nov 5 Pam HyattCD Release $22.50/$20(adv). Nov 6 PeterKarp & Sue Foley $22.50/$20(adv). Nov7 The Dardanelles $25/$20(adv). Nov 8Gandalf Murphy & Slambovian Circus ofDreams $22.50/$20(adv). Nov 9 Dave YoungQuintet. Nov 10 Jimmy Webb $50/$45(adv).Nov 11 Children’s Beacon of Hope Fundraiser$30/$25(adv). Nov 12 International GuitarNight $27.50/$25(adv). Nov 13 Eilen Jewell$22.50/$20(adv). Nov 14 Jason Wilson &David Swarbrick $22.50/$20(adv). Nov 15Bowser & Blue $32.50/$28.50(adv). Nov 16Gregg Stafford $35/$25(adv). Nov 17 DianeLee-Clemons $25/$22.50(adv). Nov 18 JorgeMartiniez $29/$24(adv). Nov 19 André RoyTrio CD Release: DarkBright $18/$15(adv).Nov 20 Nathan Rogers $25/$22.50(adv) Nov21 Genticorum $25/$22.50(adv). Nov 22Tom Russell. $32.50/$30(adv). Nov 23 JullyBlack $27.50/$25(adv). Nov 24 Tom WaitsTribute $30/$25(adv). Nov 25 2pm KenWhiteley’s Gospel Matinee $22.50/$20(adv).Nov 27 Shaman Ayerhart CD Release. Nov30 The McFlies $22.50/$20(adv).Intersteer, The357 Roncesvalles Ave. 416-588-8054Nov 10, 17 4-7pm Laura Hubert Trio. NoCover/PWYC.Jazz Room, TheLocated in the Huether Hotel, 59 King St. N.,Waterloo. 226-476-1565kwjazzroom.com (full schedule)All shows: 8:30pm; attendees must be 19+Nov 2 rinsethealgorithm $18. Nov 3 Jazz andSpoken Word $15. Nov 9 Jason Raso Quintet:Head Hunter Tribute $15. Nov 10 TrevorGiancola Quartet $18. Nov 16 Greg PriorQuartet $12. Nov 17 Melissa Stylianou $18.Nov 23 Ron McClure Quartet $20. Nov 24Rebecca Binnendyk Quintet $18. Nov 30 NewVibes Quartet $12.Joe Mama’s317 King St. W. 416-340-6469Live music every night; All shows: No Cover.Every Sun 7-11pm Organic Quartet. EveryMon 7:30-11:30pm Soul Mondays. EveryTue 7-11pm Blue Angels. Every Wed 8pm-12am Blackburn. Every Thu 8:30pm-12:30amBlackburn. Every Fri 10pm-2am The Grind.Every Sat 10pm-2am Shugga.Lula Lounge1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307lula.ca (full schedule)Nov 1 8pm Love Letters Cabaret: Bacchanal$30/$25(adv). Nov 2 8pm JP Saxe Trio $15;10:30pm Salsa Dance Party w/ ChanguiHavana $15. Nov 3 10:30pm Salsa Saturdayw/ Salsotika. Nov 9 8pm Maria Farinha Trio;Salsa Dance Party w/ Son Ache. Nov 10 SalsaSaturday w/ Ricky Franco. Nov 11 Notes fromBrazil w/ TORQ Percussion Quartet. Nov 168pm Roberto Riveron Trio; Salsa Dance Partyw/ Yani Borrell and the Clave Kings. Nov 17Salsa Saturday w/ Café Cubano. Nov 18 Israel-Alien. Nov 21 8pm Jorge Miguel 10pm CaféCon Pan. Nov 22 Lido Pimienta and HectorBuitrago. Nov 23 8pm Laura Fernandez Trio;9:45pm Salsa Dance Party w/ Changui Havana.Nov 24 Salsa Saturday w/ Confunto Lacalu.Nov 28 Alain Perez: Direct from Madrid. Nov30 8pm Alexander Brown Trio; Salsa Saturdayw/ Roberto Linares Brown Orchestra.Mezzetta Restaurant681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687mezzettarestaurant.comEvery Wed Sets at 9pm and 10:15pm. JazzSeries. Cover $7-$10.Nov 7 Vida Flamenca $10. Nov 14 Hartzdike-Lieder. Nov 21 Klezmer Meets Free Improv.Monarchs PubAt the Delta Chelsea Hotel33 Gerrard St. W. 416-585-4352monarchspub.caEvery Wed Live Jazz. Every Thu Live Blues.Nawlins Jazz Bar & Dining299 King St. W. 416-595-1958nawlins.caEvery Tue Stacie McGregor; Every Wed JimHeineman Trio. Every Thu Blues Night w GuestVocalists. Every Fri/Sat All Star Bourbon St.Band; Every Sun Brooke Blackburn.Nice Bistro, The117 Brock St. N., Whitby. 905-668-8839nicebistro.comNov 21 San Murata $39.99 (includes dinner).Old Mill, The21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641oldmilltoronto.comThe Home Smith Bar: No Reservations. NoCover. $20 minimum. All shows: 7:30-10:30pm.Every Thu Thursday Night Jazz Party. EveryFri Something to Sing About Series. EverySat Jazz Masters Series. Nov 1 Jazz Partyw/ Lenny Solomon and guests. Nov 2 PeggyMahon Trio. Nov 3 Terry Promane Trio. Nov 8Jazz Party w/ Gord Sheard and guests. Nov 9Margot Roi Trio. Nov 10 Tara Davidson Duo.Nov 15 Terra Hazelton Trio. Nov 16 RobinBanks Trio. Nov 17 Fred Duligal Trio. Nov22 Jazz Party w/ Debbie Fleming and guests.Nov 23 Sheree Jeacocke Cerqua Trio. Nov 24Amanda Tosoff Trio. Nov 29 Mike Murley TrioNov 30 Ros Kindler Trio.Pantages Martini Bar & Lounge200 Victoria St. 416-362-1777Every Fri, Every Sat 9:30pm-12:30am SoloPiano. No Cover/PWYC. Nov 2, 3 Steve Koven.Nov 9, 10 Richard Whiteman. Nov 16, 17Mark Eisenman. Nov 23, 24 Steve Koven. Nov30 Steve Koven.November 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 55

People’s Chicken, The744 Mount Pleasant Rd. 416-489-7931peopleschicken.ca All shows: No Cover.Every Sat 4-7pm Climax Jazz Band. EveryMon Big Band Night: Nov 5 Advocats. Nov 12Bob Cary Big Band. Nov 19 George Lake BigBand. Nov 26 GTA Swing Band.Pilot Tavern, The22 Cumberland Ave. 416-923-5716thepilot.caAll shows: 3:30-6:30pm. No Cover.Nov 3 Ernesto Cervini. Nov 10 Alison Young.Nov 17 Kollage. Nov 24 Pat LaBarbera.Quotes220 King St. W. 416-979-7697Every Fri Fridays at Five w/ Canadian JazzQuartet and guest: Nov 2 John MacLeod. Nov9 Alastair Kay. Nov 16 Bill McBirnie. Nov 23Steve McDade. Nov 30 Alex Dean.Reposado Bar & Lounge136 Ossington Ave. 416-532-6474reposadobar.com All shows: PWYC.Every Wed 9:30pm Spy vs Sly vs Spy. EveryThu, Fri 10pm The Reposadists Quartet. Nov3, 1710pm Rob & Bob’s Power Duo. Nov 10,24 10pm Bradley & the Bouncers.Reservoir Lounge, The52 Wellington St. E. 416-955-0887reservoirlounge.com (full schedule); call for moreinformation.Every Tue 9:45pm Tyler Yarema and hisRhythm. Every Wed 9:45pm Big Rude Jake.Every Thu 9:45pm Alysha and the Brilltones.Every Fri 9:45pm Dee Dee and the DirtyMartinis. Every Sat 9:45pm Tyler Yarema andhis Rhythm. “Apres Work” Series Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursdays 7-9pm, including: Nov 1Alex Pangman & Her Alleycats. Nov 8 BeverlyTaft & Her Swell Fellas.Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar, The194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475therex.ca (call for cover charge info)Nov 1 6:30pm Kevin Quain; 9:45pm A.B.L.E.(Andy Ballantyne Large Ensemble). Nov 2 4pmHogtown Syncopators; 6:30pm Chris Gale Four;9:45pm A.B.L.E. Nov 3 12pm Danny Marks;3:30pm Laura Hubert; 7pm Justin Bacchus;9:45pm Live recording: Chris Hunt Tentet +2.Nov 4 12pm Excelsior Dixieland; 3:30pm RedHot Ramble; 7pm Michael Herring Trio. Nov5 6:30pm U of T Student Jazz Ensembles;9:30pm Toronto Jazz Orchestra: Singers Unitefeat Sophia Perlman & Alex Samaras. Nov 66:30pm Peter Hill Quintet; 9:30pm Classic RexPublicity, press kits& image consultingfor performers416.544.1803www.lizpr.comC. In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz)Jazz Jam w/ host Norman Marshall Villeneuve.Nov 7 6:30pm Travelling Wall-Barries; 9:30pmNir Felder Quartet. Nov 8 6:30pm KevinQuain; 9:45pm Nir Felder Quartet. Nov 9 4pmHogtown Syncopators; 6:30pm Chris GaleFour; Dave Neill Quintet. Nov 10 12pm DannyMarks; 3:30pm Bharath Rajakumar; 7pm JustinBacchus; 9:45pm Alain Bedard & Zaldivar.Nov 11 12pm Excelsior Dixieland; 3:30pmRed Hot Ramble; 7pm Michael Herring Trio;9:45pm Alain Bedard & Rafael Zaldivar. Nov12 6:30pm U of T Ensembles; 9:30pm MikeMalone Jazz Orchestra. Nov 13 6:30pm PeterHill Quintet; 9:30pm Classic Rex Jazz Jamw/ host Norman Marshall Villeneuve. Nov 146:30pm Travelling Wall-Barries; 9:30pm ShuffleDemons. Nov 15 6:30pm Kevin Quain; 9:45pmBarry Elmes Quintet. Nov 16 4pm HogtownSyncopators; 6:30pm; Chris Gale Four; 9:45pmBarry Elmes Quintet. Nov 17 12pm DannyMarks; 3:30pm Homeless Blues Band; 7pmJustin Bacchus; 9:45pm Run Stop Run. Nov 1812pm Excelsior Dixieland; 3:30pm Dr. Nick &the Rollercoasters; 7pm Michael Herring Trio;9:30pm Melissa Stylianou. Nov 19 6:30pmU of T Ensembles; 9:30pm Shannon Graham.Nov 20 6:30pm Peter Hill Quintet; 9:30pmClassic Rex Jazz Jam w/ host Norman MarshallVilleneuve. Nov 21 6:30pm Travelling Wall-Barries; 9:30pm Ted Warren Quartet. Nov 226:30pm Kevin Quain; Ted Warren Quartet. Nov23 4pm Hogtown Syncopators; 6:30pm ChrisGale Four; 9:45pm Dave Young Quintet. Nov 2412pm Danny Marks; 3:30pm Swing Shift BigBand; 7pm Justin Bacchus; 9:45pm KC Roberts& the Live Revolution; 12:45am rinsethealgorithm.Nov 25 12pm Excelsior Dixieland;3:30pm Freeway Dixieland; 7pm MichaelHerring Trio; 9:30pm Peter Lutek’s Engine.Nov 26 6:30pm U of T Ensembles; 8:30pmRex Hotel Orchestra. Nov 27 6:30pm Peter HillQuintet; 9:30pm Classic Rex Jazz Jam w/ hostNorman Marshall Villeneuve. Nov 28 6:30pmTravelling Wall-Barries; 9:30pm Myriad Trio CDRelease. Nov 29 6:30pm Kevin Quain; 9:30pmAndre Leroux Quartet. Nov 30 4pm HogtownSyncopators; 6:30pm Chris Gale Four; DavidBuchbinder Sextet.Somewhere There227 Sterling Rd. Unit #112 416-262-2883somewherethere.org (full schedule)All shows: 8pm (unless otherwise indicated).$10 Cover or PWYC.Every Sun 5pm The Friends of MarkosResidency; 8pm NOW Series. Every Wed 8pmArnd Jürgensen Residency feat. Mary MargaretO’Hara & Aiden Cross. Every Thu 8pm ColinAnthony’s Dream Dance Residence. EveryFri 8pm Leftover Daylight Series. Nov 5 8pmPanic! Nov 12 8pm Gone Fishing.Statlers Lounge487 Church St. 416-922-0487All Shows: No Cover/PWYCEvery Mon 9:30pm-1am SINGular Sensation:Musical Theatre Open Mic w/ Jennifer Walls,Donovan LeNabat & Jamie Bird. Every Tue10pm Top Star Tuesday: Talent Night. EveryWed 6-10pm Kendall Partington. Thu 9:30pmDonovan LeNabat & Jamie Bird. Every Sat10pm-1:30am Kendall Partington.Tranzac292 Brunswick Ave. 416-923-8137tranzac.org (full schedule)3-4 shows daily, various styles. Mostly PWYC.Every Mon 7pm This is Awesome; 10pmOpen Mic. Every Fri 5pm The Foolish Things.Every Sat 3pm Jamzac. Nov 4 12pmBroadway Goes Jazz $20/$5(child). Nov 610pm Peripheral Vision w/ Myriad Trio. Nov7, 8, 9, 10 416 Toronto Creative ImprovisersFestival (see listings section A). Nov 117:30pm Mark Segger Sextet; 10pm LinaAllemano Four CD Release. Nov 13 10pmHarley Card & Michael Davidson. Nov 147pm Corin Raymond CD Release. Nov 16,GALAS & FUNDRAISERS• Nov 08 7:30: Da Capo Chamber Choir.NewWorks 2012 Gala Celebration. Clay &Glass, 25 Caroline St. N., Waterloo. 519-725-7549. $20. tickets@dacapochamberchoir.ca• Nov 24 1:00: Chris McKhool Presents.Fundraising Family Concert for the Daily BreadFood Bank & ArtsCan Circle. Church of St.George the Martyr, 197 John St. 416-624-3466. Free, donations and non-perishable fooditems appreciated.COMPETITIONS• Nov 24 application deadline: TorontoSinfonietta. 2012 Young Musicians ConcertoCompetition. For application and information,visit torontosinfonietta.com• Nov 29 6:00: Canadian Opera Company.COC Ensemble Studio Competition. Final roundof auditions for the 2013/14 COC EnsembleStudio. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, FourSeasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. $15–$40.SCREENINGS• Nov 16 7:00: Bloor Cinema. I Am Not aRock Star. Feature documentary about pianistMarika Bournaki, who will perform a mini-recitalfollowing the screening. 506 Bloor St. W. 416-637-3123. $11; $8(members).• Nov 26 8:00: Somewhere There. MonthlyMovie Monday. Film series curated by Andy Yueand Tomasz Krakowiak featuring experimentalfilm and music documentary. 227 Sterling Rd.Unit #112. 416-262-2883. $10 or PWYC.LECTURES & SYMPOSIA• Nov 01 7:00: Tafelmusik. Tafelmusik Talk:Handel’s Messiah. Ivars Taurins discussesthe oratorio across the centuries. North YorkCentral Library Auditorium, 5120 Yonge St.416-395-5639. Free.• Nov 04, 11, 18 2:00–4:00: Opera IS. Art& Opera. Combined lectures by Mary Redekop& Iain Scott about historical paintings, buildings,sculptures, and the operas they inspired.D. The ETCeteras23 7:30pm David Woodhead. Nov 17 10pmPhillip Albert. Nov 18 5pm Monk’s Music.Nov 20 10pm Ken McDonald Quartet. Nov22 9:30pm Greg Hambleton CD Release. Nov25 10:30pm Steve Ward Presents. Nov 2710pm Drumheller. Nov 30 10pm Ryan Driver.Windsor Arms Hotel, The18 St. Thomas St. 416-971-6666Every Sun 11am-2pm Jazz Brunch. $50;$35(12 and under). Includes brunch.Nov 4 Colleen Allen & Trevor Giancola. Nov11 Henry Heillig & Stacie McGregor. Nov 18Kevin Barrett & Russ Boswell. Nov 25 AdreanFarrugia & Bob Brough.Zemra Bar & Lounge778 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-651-3123zemrabarlounge.comEvery Wed Open Mic and Jam w/ All Nighters& Irene Torres. Nov 2 Patrick Hewan Trio. Nov16 Blues and Trouble. Nov 30 Errol Fisher.Zipperz72 Carlton St. 416-921-0066Every Mon, Tue 10pm-12am and Every Fri7-9pm Roxxie Terrain w/ Adam Weinmann. NoCover/PWYC.Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-924-6111. $150 for 3 lectures. opera-is.com• Nov 06 1:30–3:30: Opera IS. Verdi’s Aida.Lecture with Iain Scott. Miles Nadal JewishCommunity Centre, 750 Spadina Ave. 416-924-6111. opera-is.com• Nov 08 12:10: University of TorontoFaculty of Music. Thursdays at Noon Lecture:The Real Experience Behind Oliver Sacks’Stories. Concetta Tomaino lectures on musictherapy. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. Free.• Nov 10 9:00am–4:30pm: Universityof Toronto Faculty of Music/Room 217Foundation. Music Care Conference. Issuesand themes around caring for people withmusic. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80Queen’s Park. 905-852-2499. room217.ca• Nov 10 10:00am–2:00pm: NewAdventures in Sound Art. Artist Talk. Artist:Zazalie Z. NAISA Space, Suite 252, 601Christie St. 416-652-5115. PWYC.• Nov 21 7:00: North York Central Library.A Taste of Handel. Duncan Chisholm discussesHandel’s choices in food, drink and companions.5120 Yonge St. 416-395-5639. Free.• Dec 02 2:00: Music Gallery. The #BAMSummit featuring Pheeroan akLaff + IanKamau. Discussing the hashtag #BAM, standingfor Black American Music. 416-204-1080.Manifesto Space, 37 Bulwer St. Free.• Dec 06 7:00–8:00: Canadian OperaCompany. Opera Talks: The Brothers Grimm.Lecture by the opera’s composer, Dean Burry.North York Central Library Auditorium, 5120Yonge St. 416-395-5639. Free.MASTERCLASSES• Nov 05 4:00: University of TorontoFaculty of Music. Edith Wiens, soprano. WithU of T music students. MacMillan Theatre,Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park.Auditors welcome. 416-408-0208. Free.• Nov 14 7:00: University of TorontoFaculty of Music. Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano.Songs masterclass featuring studentsin the U of T Faculty of Music. 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Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park.Auditors welcome. 416-408-0208. Free.• Nov 15 12:00: University of TorontoFaculty of Music. Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano.Arias masterclass with U of T musicstudents. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg.,80 Queen’s Park. Auditors welcome. 416-408-0208. Free.• Nov 18 2:00–5:00: Singing Studio ofDeborah Staiman. Masterclass. Musical theatre:audition preparation. Yonge & Eglintonarea, call for exact location. 416-483-9532.singingstudio.ca• Nov 20 11:30: York UniversityDepartment of Music. Peter McGillivray, baritone.With York University music students.Tribute Communities Recital Hall, Accolade EastBldg., 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. Free.• Nov 23 11:30: York University Departmentof Music. Wendy Nielsen, soprano. With YorkUniversity music students. Observers welcome.Tribute Communities Recital Hall, Accolade EastBldg., 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5888. Free.• Nov 24 10:00am: Royal Canadian Collegeof Organists/University of Toronto. Hans OlaEricsson, organ. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10Trinity Sq. 416-363-0331 x26. $5.• Nov 26 4:00–7:00: New Adventuresin Sound Art/Canadian ElectroacousticCommunity. Kevin Austin. Sound artists seekingfeedback on their work invited to bringmusic files in aif or wav format on a USB drive.NAISA Space, Suite 252, 601 Christie St. 416-652-5115. PWYC.• Nov 27 10:00am: University of TorontoFaculty of Music. Menahem Pressler, piano.With U of T music students. Walter Hall EdwardJohnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. Auditors welcome.416-408-0208. Free.WORKSHOPS• Nov 02 3:00 and Nov 03 10:00am: MarilynI. Walker School of Fine and PerformingArts. Setting Career Goals for Musicians, PartI. Workshop led by Joan Watson. ConcordiaSeminary Chapel, Brock University, 470Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines. $5; free(st).mroyal@brocu.ca• Nov 03 2:00–5:00: All Together Now.Exploring Vocal Harmony. Workshop by JaneLewis and Sam Turton. Artword Artbar, 15Colbourne St., Hamilton. 519-763-5881. $45.• Nov 03 2:00: CAMMAC. Double ReedsWorkshop with Barbara Bolte. Toronto PublicLibrary, Northern District, 40 Orchard ViewBlvd. 416-386-0258. $30; $25(members).• Nov 04 1:00 to 4:00: Artists’ HealthAlliance. Psychology of Performance.Madeleine Hallé, facilitator. Visualization, emotionalcontrol and concentration. Suite 500, 250The Esplanade. 416-351-0239. artisthealth.ca• Nov 04 1:30–4:00: Toronto Early MusicPlayers Organization. Instrumental Workshop.Colin Savage, coach. Bring your recorders, earlyinstruments and music stand; scores availableat the door. Armour Heights Community Centre,2140 Avenue Rd. 416-245-3413. $20.• Nov 10 10:00am: 416 Toronto CreativeImprovisers Festival. Free Music Improvising.Glen Hall, facilitator. Palmerston Library, 560Palmerston Ave. 416-393-7680. $7 or PWYC.• Nov 16 7:30: CAMMAC RecorderPlayers’ Society. Renaissance and BaroqueWorkshop. Informal group session for playersof the recorder and other early instruments.Church of the Transfiguration, 111 Manor Rd.E. 416-480-1853. $15 (first meeting free).• Nov 17 10:30am–1:00pm: TorontoMendelssohn Choir. Singsation Saturday withRoss Inglis, conductor. Music provided; participantscan register at the workshop. CameronHall, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585Yonge St. 416-598-0422 x24. $10 includesrefreshments. Register online: tmchoir.org• Nov 25 2:00: CAMMAC. Reading forSingers and Instrumentalists. Bach: Cantatas80 and 147. Daniel Norman, conductor. ChristChurch Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 905-877-0671. $10; $6(members).• Dec 02 1:30–4:00: Toronto Early MusicPlayers Organization. Instrumental Workshop.Avery McLean, coach. Bring your recorders,early instruments and music stand; scores availableat the door. Armour Heights CommunityCentre, 2140 Avenue Rd. 416-245-3413. $20.• Dec 02 2:00: Arraymusic. An EnchantingChildren’s Workshop. Led by Rick Sacks. ArraySpace, 155 Walnut Ave. 416-532-3019. $10.• Dec 07 7:30: CAMMAC Recorder Players’Society. Renaissance and Baroque ChristmasWorkshop. Avery McLean, coach. Group sessionfor players of the recorder and other earlyinstruments. Church of the Transfiguration, 111Manor Rd. E. 416-480-1853. $20; $5(members).Refreshments included.SALONS• Nov 05 7:30: Soundstreams. Salon 21:The Mystique of Russian Choral Repertoire.Meet and greet with Lawrence Cherney and artistsfrom the Latvian Radio Choir Concert (Nov11). Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park. Free.Register online at soundstreams.ca• Nov 27 1:00–5:00: New Adventuresin Sound Art/Canadian ElectroacousticCommunity. Toronto Artist Salon with KevinAustin. NAISA Space, Suite 252, 601 ChristieSt. 416-652-5115. PWYC.MUSIC SALES• Dec 02 11:00–4:00: Arts & Letters Clubof Toronto. December Show & Sale of Art,Books and CDs. 14 Elm St. 416-597-0223.artsandlettersclub.caVenue Rental• in the heart of Yorkville• historical heritage building• Steinway Grand Piano• recital and special events• lighting and sound systems• accomodates caterers• reasonable ratesTHE ARTS & LETTERSCLUB OF TORONTODecember Show & Saleof Art, Books and CDsSun., Dec. 211am - 4pm35 Hazelton Avenue, Heliconian Hall416-922-3618 rentals@heliconianclub.orgFREEAdmissionVisit the Arts & Letters Club’s uniquehistoric venue, enjoy our festive showand purchase original small works bythe club’s artists, writers and musicians.14 Elm Street, Toronto(416) 597-0223www.artsandlettersclub.caNovember 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 57

D. The ETCeteras (continued)Classified Advertising | classad@thewholenote.comSINGALONGS• Nov 04 3:00–5:00: Eglinton St. GeorgeUnited Church Choir. Amazing Grace: aCommunity Hymn Sing. Family-friendly eventsfeaturing hymns old and new. 35 Lytton Blvd.416-481-1141 x210. Free.• Nov 10 2:30: Scarborough MusicTheatre. Special Singalong Performance.Audience encouraged to dress up and sing withcast of The Wizard of Oz. Scarborough VillageTheatre, 3600 Kingston Rd., Scarborough.416-267-9292. $25.• Nov 11 7:00: Shelter Valley Shape-noteSingers. Second Sunday of Every MonthSingalong. Singing harmony from The SacredHarp tradition; all voices welcome, no musicalexperience required. Grafton CommunityCentre, 135 Old Danforth Rd., Grafton. 905-349-2042. Free.• Nov 13 7:00–8:00: Canada Sings/Chantons Canada! Toronto-Riverdale.Neighbourhood Singalong. Mark Bell, songleader;Marjorie Wiens, piano. RiverdalePresbyterian Church, 662 Pape Ave. 416-778-0796. Free, donations accepted. canadasings.ca• Nov 18 2:30: Foster Memorial. SpecialChristmas Program: “A Christmas Carol.”Seasonal singalong. 9899 Regional Rd.1,Uxbridge. Bus tours can be arranged at 905-640-3966. Free, donations welcome.• Nov 21 7:30–9:30: Toronto Shape NoteGroup. Singing Get-Together. Singing from TheSacred Harp, 1991 revision song book. Singersof varying levels are welcome and loaner booksavailable. Music Room, Bloor Street UnitedChurch, 300 Bloor St. W. 416-922-7997. Free.OPERA-ISTRAVEL AND LEARNINGWITH IAIN SCOTTJanuary 4 - 8April 9 - 25May 1 - 6May 7 - 15May 15 - 20June 19 - 28July 7 - 19INSTALLATIONS• Nov 03 to 26 10:00am–2:00pm: NewAdventures in Sound Art. SOUNDplayVideomusic Installation. Collection of videomusicworks on the theme of “About Time.”NAISA Space, Suite 252, 601 Christie St.416-652-5115. PWYC.OPEN HOUSES• Nov 06 11:30am–2:30pm: Artists’ HealthAlliance. 10th Anniversary Open House.Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst St.416-351-0239. Free.ANNOUNCEMENTS• Nominations now accepted: Glenn Gouldfoundation. Tenth Glenn Gould Prize Laureate.Call to the public for nominations honouring aleading figure in the arts; leading candidates ofany nationality are eligible. Nominations closeDecember 15, 2012. glenngould.caETCETERA: MISCELLANEOUS• Dec 01 to Dec 30: Casa Loma/OperaAtelier. Mozart’s Magical Castle. The sightsand sounds of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, includingperformances, workshops, interactions,scavenger hunts, tours, bake sales and otheractivities. Some events require pre-registration.647-725-7070. casaloma.org• Dec 07 7:00: Canadian Opera Company.The Brothers Grimm 500th Performance Party.Party to celebrate Dean Burry’s opera. RegentPark Arts & Cultural Centre, 585 Dundas St.E. 416-363-8231. Free with ticket to theDecember 7 performance.OPERA TOURS 2013NEW YORK : THE TROJANSCARMEN’s SEVILLEA WEEK IN PARISVIENNA AND BUDAPESTMOZART AT LA FENICEVERONA PLUSEXOTIC TURKEYAs usual, my wonderful travel agent will beBILL ANDREWS at NEW WAVE TRAVEL(416) 928 3113 william@newwavetravel.net6 Blythwood Gardens, Toronto ON M4N 3L3www.opera-is.com (416) 486 8408iain@opera-is.comAUDITIONS/OPPORTUNITIESALL VOICES WELCOME: St Matthew’sIndependent Anglican Cathedral (Queen andLogan) seeks choir members. Inquiries (416)465-2880. Email stmatthews1934@gmail.comCOUNTERPOINT COMMUNITYORCHESTRA (www.ccorchestra.org)welcomes volunteer musicians: Mondayevening rehearsals, downtown Toronto.Especially looking for French horns,trombones and strings.Email info@ccorchestra.orgKINDRED SPIRITS ORCHESTRA hasavailable pro bono positions for: principaltrumpet, 2nd bassoon, 3rd horn, 4th horn,violins, violas, cellos, and double basses.This full size symphony orchestra rehearseson Monday evening at Old Unionville LibraryCentre in Markham and gives 6 subscriptionconcerts to sold-out audiences and standingovations at Markham Theatre. For moreinformation e-mail Jobert Sevilleno atinfo@KSOrchestra.caNEW COMMUNITY BROADWAY CABARETGROUP needs experienced singers all ranges,especially alto/bass. Call Ian 905-471-3173, orian@ceresconsulting.comNYCO SYMPHONY is looking for the followingto play in 4 subscription concert season: allstrings, horn, trombone, tuba, harp & flute.Rehearsals are Wednesday nights at York MillsCI, Don Mills. For contact info visit NYCO.on.caSILVERTHORN SYMPHONIC WINDS, ahigh level, auditioned wind ensemble, seeksinstrumentalists for 2012/2013, with openingsfor tuba, euphonium, percussion and Frenchhorn. Rehearsals Tuesdays, Dufferin/Steeles.membership@silverthornsymphonicwinds.ca formore information.VOICES OF COLOUR MUSICseeks a senior level piano and theory teacher.Inquiries 416- 588-5845 Ext 2, orvoicesofcolourmusic@gmail.comINSTRUCTIONDICTION COACHING / TUTORING for singersand actors: Dutch, English, French, German,Italian, Spanish, and Latin – across from HighPark subway station. 416-769-0812FLUTE, PIANO, THEORY LESSONS: RCMexam preparation. Samantha Chang, RoyalAcademy of Music PGDip, LRAM, ARCT.416-293-1302, samantha.studio@gmail.comwww.samanthaflute.comJAZZ / IMPROVISATION LESSONS: Classicalmusicians, all Instrumentalists welcome! Piano,Theory, Composing, Popular Styles, Creativeapproach. Barry Livingston 647-240-4858pianoandimprov@yahoo.comMAKING MUSIC WITH THE RECORDER.After 30 years at The Royal Conservatory,Scott Paterson has opened his own studio. Allages; private lessons and ensembles. Centrallocation. Mus. Bac. Perf. (U of T), ARCT,member ORMTA. 416-759-6342 (cell 416-268-1474) wspaterson@gmail.comPIANO LESSONS: The Juilliard School (BM,MM), The Glenn Gould School (AD), Universitéde Montréal (D.Mus.). www.joypianostudio.com(647) 286-4867 Spadina/BloorPIANO LESSONS: Beginners – advanced.All levels Royal Conservatory of Music andbeyond. Intensive course for adults. Lessonsare given on a 9 foot Steinway concertgrand. 416-449-1665PIANO LESSONS: personalized instructionby experienced teacher, concert pianistEVE EGOYAN (M. Mus., L.R.A.M., F.R.S.C.).All ages and levels. Downtown location.eve.egoyan@bell.net or 416- 603-4640PROFESSIONAL CLASSICAL THEATRETRAINING for young people aged 8-15.Classes in Toronto. Full production in May2013. 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My students havenever won any prizes, except for love of music.(And loyalty.)MUSICIANS AVAILABLEBARD – EARLY MUSIC DUO playing recorderand virginal available to provide backgroundatmosphere for teas, receptions or otherfunctions – Greater Toronto Area. For rates andinfo call 905-722-5618 or email us atmhpape@interhop.netELEGANT MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS:weddings, parties, corporate events. Violin,viola, piano, from Solo to 4 musicians or more.Artunovitz@hotmail.com, 647-231-2553SERVICESACCOUNTING AND INCOME TAX SERVICEfor small business and individuals, to save youtime and money, customized to meet yourneeds. Norm Pulker, B. Math. CMA.905-251-0309 or 905-830-2985DO YOU HAVE PRECIOUS MEMORIES LOSTON OLD RECORDS, TAPES, PHOTOS etc.?Recitals-gigs-auditions-air checks-family stuff.78’s-cassettes-reels-35mm slides-etc.ArtsMediaProjects will restore them on CD’s orDVD’s. Call George @ 416-910-1091VENUESARE YOU PLANNING A CONCERT ORRECITAL? Looking for a venue? 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continued from page 33●●ST. OLAVE’S CHURCHSt. Olave’s is an Anglican church in the PrayerBook tradition, with Communion or MorningPrayer sung Sundays at 10:30am, Evensong (forfestivals) and extras at Christmas and Easter. It’snoted for a fine organ and excellent acoustics,making it home for performing groups like theWindermere String Quartet.Choral Evensongs (on certain Sundays at 4pm)are linked to afternoon tea and a music event, aslisted in The WholeNote: visiting choirs leading theservice, illustrated music talks or recitals by guestsingers, solo musicians, instrumental ensemblesor our Arts Guild. Sung Evensongs (various weekdaysat 6pm) are followed by supper and talks ontravel, history, applied religion, etc.We’ve just launched a campaign to expand ourchoir. Anglican services include much singing(hymns, canticles, psalms, anthems), so we needa strong choir to lead the congregation. Rehearsalsare Thursdays 7:30pm to 9pm, with a warmupSundays at 10am. There are still several paid andvolunteer places for sopranos, altos, tenors andbasses. Perhaps you?Judy Beal, administratorTimothy Showalter, music director416-769-5686stolaves.ca●●TORONTO CHILDREN’S CHORUSThe Toronto Children’s Chorus marks its sixthyear under the baton of internationally renownedconductor Elise Bradley and celebrates its 35thanniversary this season! Founded by Jean AshworthBartle, the TCC has given thousands ofyoung people the opportunity to sing, perform,tour, record and make lifelong friends. Auditionsare in May and early September for membershipin the Main Choir or one of four Training Choirs.Non-auditioned Kinderchor sessions for children3 to 6 are held September through April.This season features performances by all 320TCC choristers, aged 6 to 17. Collaborations withsuch guest artists as the Nagata Shachu taikodrummers (October 27), the Bach Children’sChorus (November 3), harpist Judy Loman andthe True North Brass (December 15), the CanadianChamber Choir (February 8), Serbian dance troupeOplenac (February 23), and concerts in MazzoleniHall (April 13 and June 1) and the Toronto Centrefor the Arts (May 4) will delight audiences. TheChamber Choir will perform in Montreal, Ottawaand Toronto with Soundstreams Canada in March,and will travel to South Africa next summer onthe TCC’s 26th international tour!Elise Bradley, artistic directorCaroline Suri, managing directorBox Office: 416-932-8666 x231caroline@torontochildrenschorus.comwww.torontochildrenschorus.com●●UNIVOX CHOIR TORONTOUnivox is a mixed-voice community choir foryoung adults, with singers in their 20s and 30s.The organization holds relationship building,social responsibility and musical excellence asits core principles. Most new choristers have previouschoral experience or have some musicalproficiency. Regular attendance and ticket sellingare expected. Selected repertoire spans five centuries,including choral classics, contemporaryworks and popular music, ranging from GabrielFauré to Daft Punk. Potential choristers areinvited to observe a rehearsal after initial contact.Rehearsals: Tuesdays 5:45pm to 8pm at New Horizons/DovercourtBaptist, 1140 Bloor St. W. Ourseason runs September to June.Dallas Bergen, artistic director416-697-9561membership@univoxchoir.orgwww.univoxchoir.org● ● VOCAL MUSIC ACADEMY @RYERSON COMMUNITY SCHOOLThe Vocal Music Academy (VMA) is a public schoolwithin the Toronto District School Board and providesa full academic day program which alsoseeks to develop our future musicians and artists.Singing, performing and learning aboutmusic are at the core of the VMA program forboys and girls. Music is integrated into all areasof the curriculum.Students have the opportunity to: sing everyday; engage in reading, writing, creating and listeningto music; perform in the school and in thecommunity through glee clubs, large and smallensemble singing groups, choirs, musical theatre,chamber ensembles and solo performances;develop their musical knowledge and ability bystudying musical styles from many cultures andtime periods.No previous training in music is required.The Vocal Music Academy is located in the heartof the Kensington Market area, steps from the ArtGallery of Ontario, Chinatown and the excitingQueen Street West neighbourhood.Craig Tsuji, principal; Mark Bell, vice principalSarah Parker, Abby Pierce, Marlys Neufeldt,teachers/conductorsLorrie Parrott, office administrator416-393-1340schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/vocalmusicacademyryersonMarketPlace | marketplace@thewholenote.comMUSIC FOR YOURHOLIDAY PARTY, WEDDING,OR ANNIVERSARYAny combination of sax, clarinet,flute, guitar, piano, bass and drums.Please call to discuss your plans!Cliff 416-874-7159Reasonable rates. 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WE ARE ALL MUSIC’S CHILDRENKEVIN HALPENNYWho isDecember’sChild?She’ll be rockin’Massey HallNovember 30!That smilehasn’t changed.Early birds cancatch her warm,bluesy voice onCBC Radio 2, weekendmornings.Know our MysteryChild’s name? Sendyour best guess tomusicschildren@thewholenote.comby November 21.Win concert ticketsand recordings!I Feel Lucky!Toronto, 1963.November’s Child Kevin MallonMJ BUELLKevin Mallon grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland.He is artistic director (and a founder) of the AradiaEnsemble, which tours widely and records extensively,and conductor of the Toronto Chamber Orchestra,with upwards of 50 NAXOS recordings. Mallon’s recentappointments are as music director of the ThirteenStrings Chamber Orchestra (Ottawa) and conductor of thenewly formed West Side Chamber Orchestra (New York).Mallon specializes in baroque music but conducts andis known for his fresh vigorous approach to a wide rangeof repertoire.Absolute earliest memories of music? My mother playingthe piano — we used to love it when she played the“Sabre Dance” from Khachaturian’s ballet Gayane! Alsomy father playing the piano and singing songs of the JohnMcCormack repertoire —“Roses of Picardy.” My fatherwas a big listener of the old tenors — Caruso, Björling,McCormack. He had a big collection of records and 78s,many of which I inherited. Indeed I got my love of recordsand being a collector from him. When I was about 14, hehad a stroke and couldn’t talk. Interestingly he lost interestin vocal music then and became an avid listener oforchestral music. This too was a big influence on me.Kevin Mallon lives in bothToronto and Ottawa, thelatter with his fiancéeLisa Drouillard, herdaughter Olive, two pugsand one cat! Kevin is anavid reader, a gregarioussocializer and a writerin his spare time.My uncle Kevin played theclarinet. He didn’t stick withit his whole life although heis a great lover of music anda great supporter of mine.Kevin was an electronicengineer genius (went to universityto do such at 17). Hemade my grandfather a stereogramin the 1960s, with arecord player, a reel-to-reeland radio all built in — somethingelse I inherited. Alongwith this he bought one ofevery type of record he couldthink of. (As kids we werealways amazed that granddahad a Beatles LP!) Among those was a record ofMenuhin playing the Beethoven concerto. I put it on oneday, at the age of ten, and thought it was the most beautifulthing I had ever heard. I absolutely insisted then,that I get a violin and have lessons ...Kevin Mallon continues at thewholenote.com.CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS! HERE’S WHAT THEY WONAradia’s unique “The Dublin Messiah” lovingly reconstructs the premiere performance ofHandel’s Messiah: “The Ladies who honour this Performance with their Presence would be pleasedto come without hoops, as it will greatly encrease the Charity by making room for more company.The Gentlemen are desired to come without their Swords.” (the Dublin Journal, April 10, 1742). Thesame protocols apply at the Glenn Gould Studio, December 22, to Sharon Barclay and Rick Earlsand their guests! Handel’s Rinaldo (NAXOS 8.660165-67): “One of three complete baroque operasperformed and recorded with Aradia and Opera in Concert – Rinaldo is the middle project and oneof which I am very proud.” This 3-CD recording features Kimberly Barber, Laura Whalen, BarbaraHannigan and Sean Watson. A copy each for Joan Rosenfield and Laura Brocklebank!GRAHAM LINDSEYMusic’s Children gratefully acknowledges Rick, Emily, Mary and Ken, Suzanne and John, and Toutou.BEHIND THE SCENES continued from page 11Bogyo realized, from the outset, that it wascrucial to the growth and development of thefledgling musicians not just to play, but also tolisten. “Take Beethoven’s Fifth,” says Kuerti, “Toyou and me, it’s perhaps too well known, buteverybody hears it for the first time. And everymusic lover should have a chance to hear it live.”Thus was born the Concert Series as anopportunity to showcase home-grown talent,providing a platform for collaboration with artistssuch as Isabel Bayrakdarian and MeashaBrueggergosman long before they became wellknown. Kuerti continues this fine tradition byinviting the winners of the Young CanadianMusicians Award, on which jury he sits, to performin concert.Whereas Bogyo concentrated on home turfwith special attention to the Canadian landscape,Kuerti works from a broader palette,deepening the variety and range of works presented.When he invited nine of the TorontoSymphony Orchestra’s first chair players toopen the current season in what would turnout to be a sold-out concert, they already hadtheir work cut out for them. It was Kuerti whosuggested that they play Schubert and Spohr.“He’s a music scholar many times over,”says Christina Cavanagh, Mooredale Concerts’managing director. Kuerti views his taskas not merely one of programming an audiencefavourite such as Schubert, but giving anoverlooked master like Spohr his due. “He wasan incredible violinist himself and there is alot of virtuoso writing in the Nonet,” Kuertipoints out.Only two words guide Kuerti’s programming:“Great music.” As an artistic director heis intent on “presenting something people willbuy and love: some Canadian, so far as it’s reallygood, but also 20th and 21st century music.”And as with any impresario worth his salt, healso keeps a canny eye on breaking new ground.A case in point: booking the Dali StringQuartet for a concert next February. This younggroup, schooled in Venezuela’s El Sistema,focuses on Latin American music, in particularthe work of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, but plays the traditional string quartetrepertoire as well. Kuerti is just as enthusiasticabout Pierrot Moonstruck, where poetryand mime will, for the first time, be marriedto piano music and the soprano voice in a programthat evokes turn of the century Paris usingmusic by Chopin, Fauré, Debussy and Ravel.On December 4 Mooredale Concerts subscriberswill be ushered into Koerner Hallto hear Kuerti play yet another concerto,Brahms’ Second, as part of an a program thatalso includes the composer’s Symphony No.4,when he reunites with Marco Parisotto and theOntario Philharmonic. It will be another tributeto his stewardship of what began a quarterof a century ago as a mother’s quest and onewoman’s act of creative imagination: the openingsalvo in a continuing celebration of greatmusic.Rebecca Chua is a Toronto-based journalistwho writes on culture and the arts.60 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

DISCOVERIES | RECORDINGS REVIEWEDAs i sit down to write this I have justread the shocking news of JeanneLamon’s announcement of her intentionto retire as music director of TafelmusikBaroque Orchestra in 2014. After more thanthree decades at the helm of this flagshipCanadian orchestra it is hard to imagine theorganization without her. Although steppingdown from the first chair (or stand as thecase may be), she will evidently be staying onto help with the creation of the TafelmusikInternational Baroque Academy. Of course theorchestra is such a well-oiled machine thatthere is no doubt it will continue to flourish,but the search is on for a new leader.Under Lamon’s direction a fledgling semiprofessionalensemble grew to become one ofthe world’s great period instrument orchestrasand we are blessed with a wealth ofrecordings documenting her tenure. Althoughmany of the original Sony releases have beendiscontinued, a number of key titles are nowavailable again on the orchestra’s own imprintTafelmusik Media which was launched earlierthis year. The bulk of the early TMreleases have been reissues of such importantclassics as Bach’s Brandenburg Concertosand Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, but this monthmarked an important new phase with recentlive recordings from Koerner Hall. You willfind a review of the 2011 Handel Messiah innext month’s issue but in recent weeks I havebeen enjoying performances of Beethoven’sEroica and Mendelssohn’s Italian symphoniesrecorded in May of this year under thedirection of Bruno Weil (TMK1019CD). Theglorious sound of both the orchestra and theconcert hall are captured expertly by Germantone-meisters Stephan Schellmann and PeterLaenger. While Beethoven is not unfamiliarterritory for Tafelmusik — they have recordedall of the concertos for Sony’s Vivarte labeland Symphonies Five through Eight forAnalekta — I believe this is their first recordingof the music of Mendelssohn. I will leavethe question of whether a baroque orchestrahas any business venturing into the 19th centuryfor others to debate. For my ears thesebrilliant and lively performances are totallysatisfying. On this occasion the orchestralforces were supplemented to include 7-6-4-4-3 players in the string section with doublewoodwinds and trumpets and four horns.These latter are particularly worthy of note:Scott Weavers, Ronald George, StéphaneMooser and David Parker for their impeccableintonation on that most difficult to controlinstrument, but well-deserved kudos go toall involved.There is a Koerner Hall connection to thenext disc as well, Shostakovich & ShchedrinDAVID OLDS– Piano Concertos with Denis Matsuev andthe Mariinsky Orchestra under the directionof Valery Gergiev (Mariinsky SACDMAR0509). By the time this goes to printValery Gergiev’s performance with theStradivarius Ensemble will have come andgone, but we can look forward to Matsuev’sKoerner Hall debut in an all-Russianprogram on December 2.On that occasion the dynamicyoung pianist, winner of the1998 International TchaikovskyCompetition in Moscow, willperform a solo recital of musicby Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoffand Stravinsky. On the currentrecording he is featured as soloist inmore recent Russian works,including the introspectivePiano Concerto No.5 by RodionShchedrin (b.1932) which waswritten around the same time asMatsuev’s Tchaikovsky competitionwin. The disc opens with thefamiliar Piano Concerto No.1 whichShostakovich wrote in 1933, withits ebullient rhythms and obbligatotrumpet, and continues withhis Piano Concerto No.2 from1957. As the extensive liner notesin four languages point out, theseworks reflect rare happy periodsin the composer’s often troubledlife. Their allegro and even allegrobrio movements seem almostout of character to my earswhich are more accustomedto the languor and angst of hislater compositions (culminatingin the final string quartet with itsfive adagio movements only brokenup by the inclusion of an adagiomolto Funeral March). Matsuevseems to enjoy this playful sideof Shostakovich and embracesthe jollity of these works in crispand exuberant performances. Theunfamiliar Shchedrin concerto ismore pointillistic and subdued,with darker colours from both thepiano and the orchestral accompaniment.It is an extended work — more thanhalf an hour in duration — with a slow middlemovement of touching lyricism and hintsof gamelan melodies. The rousing finale usesmodal scalar passages, but this time allegroassai, in a pianistic molto perpetuo, withorchestral interventions somewhat reminiscentof Messiaen, that builds and builds overa nine minute crescendo. The soloist’s playingis superb and Gergiev’s control of the orchestraoutstanding. Like the virtuoso ensembleitself, the Mariinsky Theatre boasts wonderfulsound and it is captured here in allits splendour. Concert goers at Matsuev’supcoming Toronto performance can look forwardto a similar sonic treat in the acoustic ofKoerner Hall.Last month I wrote about a disc of chambermusic by Finnish composer MagnusLindberg which featured cellist AnnsiKarttunen on each of its tracks. Karttunenappears again this month on a disc of Triosby Kaija Saariaho (Ondine ODE 1189-2), onceagain in every piece with otherwise diverseinstrumentation. In May 2011 the TorontoSymphony Orchestra presented theCanadian premiere of Saariaho’sMirage for soprano Karita Mattilaand cellist Karttunen with orchestra,a work written in 2007.Concurrently Saariaho produced atrio version of the haunting piecefor soprano, cello and piano whichwas premiered in 2010 by, anddedicated to, the musicians whojoin Karttunen to reprise their performanceon this disc, soprano PiaFreund and pianist Tuija Hakkila.The intimacy of this chamberversion of Mirage is simplystunning. Another near-TSOconnection occurs in the nextpiece, Cloud Trio, performed by theZebra Trio which includes formerTSO principal violist StevenDann, Karttunen and violinistErnst Kovacic. The eerie etherealstring timbres in this aptlynamed work have to be heard tobe believed. Dann, Karttunen andHakkila are featured in Je sensun deuxième coeur, a five movementwork based on Saariaho’s2003 opera Adriana Mater. Itwas originally intended to createmusical portraits of four charactersfrom the opera but when“she began to adapt the materialfor viola, cello and piano — adarker version of the traditional pianotrio — the music began to distanceitself from the opera.” It is certainlyan effective chamber worknot dependent on the programmaticinspiration for appreciation.The other offerings are Cendresfor alto flute, cello and pianowhich involves extended techniquesand vocalisms from theflutist (Mikael Hesasvuo), and Serenatas forpercussion (Florent Jodelet), cello and piano.The latter once again draws on other Saariahoworks as points of departure, in this case thecello concerto Notes on Light and, bringingthe disc full circle, the opening piece Mirage.The simplicity of the title Trios notwithstanding,this recording presents a wealth ofdiverse textures and instruments with definitiveperformances by musicians who havecollaborated extensively with Saariaho, oneNovember 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 61

of the most distinctive voices in the music ofour time.In brief: Toronto’s premiere MiddleEastern-South Asian fusion band Jaffa Roadhave just released Where the Light Gets In(JR0002 www.jaffaroad.com), a welcome follow-upto their 2009 release Sunplace. Thedistinctive vocals of Aviva Chernick, singingin English, Hebrew, French and Ladino,are complemented by multi-instrumentalistsAaron Lightstone, Chris Gartner, JeffWilson and Sundar Viswanathan playinga plethora of Western and Middle Easternplucked, blown and struck acoustic and electricinstruments. All share writing credits forthe bulk of the material, although one notableexception is Through the Mist of YourEyes by the group’s “friend and teacher YairDalal, a master Iraqi-Israeli musician wholives in Galilee.” The text is sung in Hebrewby Chernick and repeated in Arabic byguest artist Hazan Aaron Bensoussan. It isquite striking how different the same poemsounds in the two languages. All in all JaffaRoad’s creative blending of sacred and secularJewish songs, classical Arabic and Indianinfluences with a variety of Western musicalstyles makes them an innovative force on theToronto scene and Where the Light Gets In isa worthy testament to this.As noted in September’s issue, 2012 marksthe 80th anniversary of Glenn Gould’s birthand the 30th of his untimely death. Sonyseems determined to make every note thathe ever recorded available to us on compactdisc and the commemorative sets have begunarriving in volume. You’ll find Dianne Wells’take on his Richard Strauss recordings furtheron in this section but one set that I reservedfor myself is Glenn Gould plays Sonatas,Fantasies, Variations (88725413742), fourCDs that include a lot of music that doesn’tnecessarily come to mind when we think ofGlenn Gould. Of particular interest to me arethe Canadian composers included: IstvanAnhalt, Jacques Hétu, Oskar Morawetz andBarbara Pentland. The disc which includesthese pieces also features Alban Berg’s PianoSonata Op.1 and Ernst Krenek’s Sonata forPiano No.3, providing an interesting mix ofmodern Romantics and some spikier fare.Another disc is devoted to Russians AlexanderScriabin and Sergei Prokofiev while Finlandand Norway are represented on another withmusic of Sibelius and Edvard Grieg, a composerGould claimed to be related to throughhis maternal great-grandfather. Perhaps mostout of character is the inclusion of RobertSchumann’s Quartet for Piano, Violin, Violaand Cello with members of the JuilliardString Quartet. Although Gould did recordthe complete Hindemith brass sonataswith members of the Philidelphia BrassEnsemble and the Bach gamba sonatas withcellist Leonard Rose, there really isn’t muchin the way of chamber music in his discography,and as far as I know, no other musicof Schumann. This final disc also includesanother surprise — the Premiere Nocturneand Variations chromatiques de concertby Georges Bizet. While all of this materialhas been previously released over the years,it is an impressive list of rarities when collectedtogether in a set like this, providing atimely reminder of Gould’s eclecticism andinnate curiosity.We welcome your feedback and invitesubmissions. CDs and comments should besent to: The WholeNote, 503–720 BathurstSt., Toronto ON M5S 2R4. We also encourageyou to visit our website, thewholenote.com,where you can find added features includingdirect links to performers, composers andrecord labels, and additional, expanded andarchival reviews.VOCAL— David Olds, DISCoveries Editordiscoveries@thewholenote.comPrima DonnaKarina Gauvin; Arion Orchestre Baroque;Alexander WeimannATMA ACD2 2648!!The sopranoKarina Gauvin has anextensive recordedrepertoire whichranges from Purcellin the 17th century toBritten in the 20th,but it is the music ofHandel with whichshe is most closely associated. She has performedin the recording of three completeoperas (Alcina, Ezio and Ariodante) aswell as in a solo recital and a recording ofduets from Handel’s oratorios with Marie-Nicole Lemieux.The decision to centre a recording onone of Handel’s singers is not new. In 1996Harmonia Mundi brought out a collectionof four discs, each of which containedmusic composed by Handel for specific singers:the soprano Francesca Cuzzoni, themezzo Margherita Durastante, the castrato IlSenesino and the bass Antonio Montagnana.The disc under review is, however, the firstrecording to centre on Anna Maria Strada delPò. It contains six arias by Handel with theaddition of one piece by Vivaldi and anotherby Leonardo Vinci.There have in recent years been a numberof recorded anthologies of baroque arias,by Handel and by others, but this disc rankswith the best: Gauvin is equally at home withthe coruscating swiftness of “Scherza in Mar”(from Lotario) as with the sustained pathos of“Verdi piante” (from Orlando). For some yearsmuch music from the opere serie by Handeland Vivaldi has been available but it is good tosee that a not so well-known composer likeLeonardo Vinci is beginning to get his due.—Hans de GrootOpera Arias: Gluck; Haydn; MozartMarie-Nicole Lemieux; Les Violons du Roy;Bernard LabadieNaïve V5264!!Review is not theright word. This pieceof writing should bemore like an extendedand exalted praise fora childcare workerfrom Quebec turnedstar mezzo-sopranoof the highest calibre.Lemieux has distinguished herself timeand time again ever since her big win at the“Queen Elizabeth” in Belgium in 2000 andoffers began pouring in. And today she is stillyoung, only 37.Her most recent recording on the prestigiousFrench label, naïve, is an adventureinto the 18th century, the world of Mozart,Gluck and Haydn. For the average listener herselections of this repertoire, apart from a fewexceptions, will be mostly unknown, but letme assure you that same listener will becomea devotee by listening to them all.Lemieux immediately plunges into aspirited attack of early Mozart (“Mitridatedi Ponto”), a fiendishly difficult aria whereshe shows off some miraculous deep notesin full forte reminding me of the greatMarilyn Horne. This is followed by beautiful,lyrical, restrained piano singing from arather unknown Haydn opera (L’isola disabitata).Already a considerable feat, butmore surprises are coming. With Iphigenieen Aulide by Gluck she is in familiar, i.e.French, territory where she creates shockwavessinging Clytemnestra’s fire-eating ariawith fierce passion. There will be many moregreat moments by the time she finishes withHaydn’s “Sudo il guerriero,” another bravurashowstopper. To make things even better, andeven more Canadian, she is accompaniedby the world class Les Violons du Roi underBernard Labadie, a group I’ve had the privilegeof reviewing before in these pages. Anunconditionally excellent recommendation.—Janos GardonyiSchoenberg – Complete SongsClaudia Barainsky; Melanie Diener;Konrad Jarnot; Christa Mayer;Markus Schafer; Anke Vondung; Urs LiskaCapriccio 7120! ! A collection ofcomplete songs by onecomposer is a fascinatingobject. As muchof a record as it is akey to the composer’sdevelopment, it allowsthe listener to tracethe styles, fascinationswith different poets and composers, homages,pastiches and breakthrough moments. Whenthe composer is someone as misunderstoodand still controversial as Schoenberg, such a62 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

collection can be nothing short of a revelation.This 4-CD edition traces his involvementin lieder from the self-taught early fascinationwith Brahms, the “apprenticeship” underZemlinsky, the influence of Wagner, the pushtowards the “end of tonality” and finally, the1933 coda of the Three Songs, Op.48 — theonly dodecaphonic songs written by him andindeed, his last foray into the genre.Throughout his life, Schoenberg struggledfor acceptance of his new ideas aboutmusic, but for the most part his supporterswere his fellow composers. Zemlinsky,Mahler and Schoenberg’s students, Webernand Berg, were his greatest proponents. Thegeneral public remained indifferent and attimes hostile to his ideas and music. This collectionreveals a composer who at times wasas poignant and romantic as Schubert, asdramatic as Brahms and as tuned to humanemotions as Mahler. What helps are twoartistic choices: firstly, all of the songs arepresented with piano-only accompaniment,even the Gurrelieder, better known in theirlater orchestral renditions. The second choiceis equally fortuitous: one great pianist, UrsLiska, and six diverse, but equally talentedsingers. This edition is a must-have in anymusic lover’s library.—Robert TomasJanetHelen PridmoreCentrediscs CMCCD 17512!!This is an albumof works created forand performed by theBritish-born, NovaScotia resident, singerand teacher HelenPridmore. Its greatstrength is a closerthan usual collaborationbetween an extraordinary performer andher chosen composers.In Emily Doolittle’s Social Sounds FromWhales at Night, we are often unsure whereactual recordings of humpback whales endand Helen Pridmore’s vocalism begins — aneloquent and effective way to deliver thiswork’s message of the seamless continuitybetween life forms on Earth. The humpback’ssongs (or calls or conversations) translatedinto human vocal music provide Pridmorewith the opportunity to display her veryaccurate microtonal ear.Martin Arnold’s Janet is built of shortphrases that are electronically “gated” so that,as Pridmore sings, we hear all the piece’selements — two vocal tracks plus banjo andelectric guitar along with ambient environmentalsounds — at the same time. But whenshe pauses, all sounds pause with her. Themelodies — vaguely modal-sounding toreflect the Scottish ballad which inspiredthis piece — eventually turn on themselves toprovide passages of effortless-sounding dissonance,while a long and clear downwardmelodic drift ensures formal cohesion. Thebanjo’s timbre brings a certain hominess tothe music which was recorded, in fact, in severalrooms of Pridmore’s home.Another striking piece on this recording isIan Crutchley’s Helen Pridmore Sings, andSings and Sings! wherein the soloist is invitedto perform fragments of a broad and deliberatelybewildering variety of songs and stylesfrom Handel to Marlene Dietrich to the themefrom (70s TV series) Happy Days and evenfrom Emily Doolittle’s composition on thissame album.Clearly, the composers have all beenattracted to Pridmore’s unique skill set andmanner of working. The resulting music takesfull advantage of her attractive and flexiblevoice, impressively extended technical andstylistic range and — perhaps most importantof all — adventuresome spirit.—Nic GothamGlenn Gould plays StraussGlenn Gould; Elizabeth Schwartzkopf;Claude RainsSony 88725413702Richard Strauss: SongsFelicity Lott; Graham JohnsonChamps Hill Records CHRCD037Richard Strauss: Three Hymns; Opera ariasSoile Isokoski; Helsinki Philharmonic;Okko KamuOndine ODE 1202-2!!Glenn Gouldwas an enthusiasticadvocate ofRichard Strauss, asexpressed in performances,writings,lectures and documentaries,but justa handful of recordings.The Sony 2-discset Glenn Gould PlaysStrauss features therare and unique performanceshe choseto record. As he onceexpressed surprisethat so few concertpianists performedthe Piano Sonata in BMinor, Op.5, it seemsfitting that this wasthe very last workthat Gould recordedbefore his death. Thesonata, and the FivePieces, Op.3 featuredon this recording, were romantic, nostalgicworks of Strauss’ youth, and Gould’s playingmasterfully enhances by turn all the inherentinnocence, angst, rapture and exuberance.Included in this collection is Gould’s firstStrauss recording of an obscure melodramabased on a blank verse poem by Tennyson.Enoch Arden, a romantic triangle resulting ina mariner’s unhappy loss, is narrated by actorClaude Rains with Gould on piano deftly andsensitively interpreting the orchestral score.Equally fascinating is the uneasy collaborationin 1966 with Elisabeth Schwarzkopfon the Ophelia Lieder, Op.67. In addition todealing with an overheated studio with airfar too dry for singing, the famed sopranowas forced to comply with Gould’s insistenceon improvising the accompaniment.Nevertheless, she soldiered on, producing anexquisite performance in which she imbuesthe madness of Ophelia with a tremulous,eerie quality that never diminishes her richtonal palette.In Richard Strauss: Songs, recorded in2003 and just rereleased by Champs Hill, sopranoFelicity Lott includes no less than 26Strauss lieder, also including a marvellousand dramatic performance of the Opheliasongs, with piano accompaniment (superblyunadulterated) by pianist Graham Johnson.This and the other repertoire presented asa program divided into five thematic sections,seems a virtual tribute to Strauss’ wifePauline de Ahma. Married in 1894, Strauss’wedding gift to his bride was the four Op.27songs, and these as well as many of the othersincluded on this CD were written for her. Thecouple gave many recitals together until sheretired from singing in 1906, after which hertemperamental and fiery nature continuedto be an inspiration for the female charactersin his operas. Through emotive colouringand smooth sensuality, Lott artfully navigatesthe difficult terrain offered by this demandingand breath-defying repertoire.For our third Strauss selection, we move toorchestral accompanied songs: Three Hymns/Opera Arias featuring another expert Straussinterpreter, Finnish soprano Soile Isokoskiwhose powerful and luminous voice soarsover the Helsinki Philharmonic in excerptsfrom Ariadne auf Naxos, Der Rosenkavalierand Capriccio. Although the Three Hymns,Op.71 is a work rarely recorded because ofits almost excessive demands for the soloist,Isokoski clearly has the fortitude to carry off abrilliant performance.It might be mentioned at this point that allthree of our featured sopranos recorded theseworks in their 50s. It makes me wonder if alifetime of experience is a requirement for theeffective interpretation of and stamina to executethe highly emotive and electrifying songsof this composer.—Dianne WellsEARLY & PERIOD PERFORMANCEMusic from the Eton ChoirbookTonus PeregrinusNaxos 8.572840!!The Eton College Choirbook is one ofpre-Reformation England’s greatest glories.English composers rejoiced in their settingsof music that were as joyful as the architecturein which they were performed was lofty.The Choirbook required the skins of “112November 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 63

average-sized calves”to produce; none diedin vain, as this recordingproves.Two composersincluded here, Lambeand Browne, probablyhad connectionswith Eton. Lambe’sNesciens mater a 5 is so exhilarating it couldbe used at any modern service — and theChoirbook likely dates from 1500!William, Monk of Stratford, gave hisMagnificat a 4 an ebullient character. TonusPeregrinus uses 13 voices, five upper and eightlower, initially alternating but ultimatelycombined. Occasionally William’s polyphonyuses strange examples of either lost or extrabeats — is the lost beat between “the rich” and“he hath sent away empty” a deliberate ploy?A second Magnificat, by Hugh Kellyk, isnot as strident as William’s. It is nonethelessvery demanding on the higher voices.Tonus Peregrinus’ already high reputation isonly enhanced by its interpretations of theEton Choirbook.The opening pages of Richard Davy’sSt. Matthew Passion have been lost. Jesusstands before Pilate and the events leadingto crucifixion are recounted. Davy uses thearrangement soprano, alto, tenor, bass forboth Pilate and Pilate’s wife. The bass part forboth characters is, perhaps strangely, sung byone singer, Nick Flower. This certainly doesnot detract from the sheer forcefulness ofDavy’s interpretation.John Browne’s Stabat mater also uses 13voices. Emphasis is placed on the sopranovoices in what is a very powerful setting;mention must be made, however, of thebass parts, which are omnipresent if somewhatovershadowed.Naxos is celebrating its 25th anniversary thisyear. It describes this recording as “perhaps thejewel in the crown of its series of Milestonesof Western music.” Only “perhaps?”—Michael SchwartzChauvon – Les nouveaux bijouxWashington McClean; Alison Melville;Julia Wedman; Michael McCraw;Charlotte Nedigerearly-music.com EMCCD-7773www.early-music.com!!A virtual who’swho of NorthAmerican early musicspecialists jump headfirstinto the cleverand charming worldof French baroquecomposer FrançoisChauvon, whose namemay be unfamiliar to the reader. A studentof Couperin, he composed a small numberof chamber and vocal works between 1710and 1740.Tibiades (1717) is a collection of suites forbaroque oboe and flute, with some suitesincluding violin. Influenced by the Italianconcertato texture style of the time, the instrumentsto be played were specified, but whichline for each was not indicated. The performersare at liberty to choose their part, andwhen to play tutti and solo. Here, the performersnot only choose their parts, but expandtheir choices by the addition of bassoon andcontinuo. The resulting instrumentation createscharming and distinct settings.Eight suites are featured. Each is shortin duration, with the occasional movementunder one minute. The 44 second“Arpégement, le Pièche (gracieusement)” isa memorable harpsichord interlude from thePremière Suite. Chauvon also dabbled withprogrammatic titles. The “la Mélancholique”movement from the Troisième Suite is slowand somewhat glum in notation and theselected instrumentation.As to be expected, all the performers arespectacular. I especially marvel at AlisonMelville’s breath control on recorders andtraverse flute and harpsichordist CharlotteNediger’s extraordinary continuo expertise.This recording is early music at its best.—Tiina KiikCLASSICAL & BEYONDHaydn – Piano Sonatas IIIMarc-André HamelinHyperion CDA67882!!Few Canadianpianists have producedsuch an eclectic catalogueof recordings asMarc-André Hamelin.Ever since his firstCDs featuring musicby composers such asClaude Caron, StephenAlbert and William Bolcom, he has demonstrateda decided affinity for music a little offthe mainstream. Yet this isn’t to suggest thatthe Montreal native has ever ignored the standard“old masters” either, and indeed, hislatest offering on the Hyperion label is a casein point, a fine two-disc compilation of Haydnpiano sonatas from the HobXVI series.This is actually the third volume of Haydnpiano sonatas Hamelin has recorded, the firsttwo appearing in 2007 and 2009. For thisset, he chose 11 sonatas mainly dating fromHaydn’s middle period of the 1760s and 70s.This was a time when the 30- and 40-something-year-oldcomposer was prodigiouslycreating string quartets and full scale operaswhile in the service of the Esterhazy family.Not surprisingly, these sonatas are true modelsof classical form. While they present nohuge technical demands on the part of theperformer, Hamelin approaches them in anintelligent manner, his playing finely nuancedwith the subtleties so integral in musicfrom this period. Yet not all is rococo galanteriehere. Many of the slow movementsdemonstrate a deep melancholia, clearlyforeshadowing romanticism, and once againHamelin has no difficulty in conveying thecontrasting moods through his finely shapedphrases and sense of timing.An added bonus in this set is the inclusionof two divertimentos, later publishedas Sonatas 1 and 6 in the Hoboken XVI catalogue,and also a short sonata in D major, nowknown as “#51.” The sonata was a product ofHaydn’s second visit to London in 1794 anddemonstrates a much greater sense of stylisticfreedom, as if Haydn was by now attemptingto go beyond the restrictions of traditionalViennese classicism. He was to live only 15more years and by 1809 the European musicalworld had very much moved on.This set of finely crafted music elegantlyplayed is a wonderful addition to the catalogue,proof once again (if proof is needed),of Hamelin’s outstanding musicianship andability to excel at anything he chooses to play.—Richard HaskellMahler – Symphony No.1Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan FischerChannel Classics CCS SA 33112Mahler – Symphony No.1Baltimore Symphony Orchestra;Marin AlsopNaxos 8.572207! ! The preliminaryversion ofGustav Mahler’s FirstSymphony (describedat the time as aSymphonic Poem infive movements) waspremiered under thecomposer’s directionin Budapest in 1889.Its unfamiliar polystylisticcollage andinexplicable programmaticelements utterlybaffled the audienceof the day. ConductorIván Fischer, in hisnotes to this newrecording with his elite Budapest FestivalOrchestra, writes that ever since “at each performancewe Hungarians have a moral dutyto convince audiences that this is a perfectand exceptionally beautiful masterpiece.”Mission accomplished! This is a performanceof remarkable sensitivity, ranging fromthe intimacy of chamber music to the mostpowerful, heaven-storming explosions, masterfullyrecorded in first class studio sound.The dynamic range is exceptionally vivid,tempos are flexible without ever becomingneurotic and the interpretation is thoroughlyconvincing throughout. The near doublingof the tempo in the closing pages provides anovel and exhilarating conclusion to a trulyadmirable performance, one of the very bestI’ve heard in decades.Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphonypaint this score with a much broader brush. In64 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

such grandiose music this blunt approach stillworks marvelously, thanks to the enthusiastic,gritty response from the orchestra and theirequally feisty conductor who for the mostpart seems happy to be carried along with thetide. I take exception however to their use ofa recent edition of the score that proposes, onextremely flimsy evidence found not in thescore itself but in a set of contested orchestralparts, that the celebrated contrabass solothat so poignantly launches the funereal thirdmovement was intended to be played by theentire bass section. It is known that Mahlerevidently tried it this way just once in arehearsal with the New York Philharmonic in1909 but quickly abandoned the idea, describingtheir bass section as “just ONE bass playerand seven cobblers!” While these infamouslyhigh pitched eight bars (to the tune of thewell-known Frére Jacques) have now becomestandard audition material, to pull such astunt simply because standards of bass playinghave since greatly improved strikes meas a poetic crime of the highest order. I wasbothered as well that the recording level hasbeen audibly heightened for this movement,proof positive that the additional basses donot result in a richer tonal experience. This isa generally quite satisfying live performancefrom quite some time ago (2008), unfortunatelymarred by notably muddy sound andless than stellar production values.—Daniel FoleySTRINGS ATTACHEDTerry Robbins’ Strings Attached columncan be found at thewholenote.com.This month Terry reviews Americanconcertos performed by Israeli violinistIttai Shapira, Nordic concertos featuringcellist Jakob Jullberg, a new recording ofSchubert’s String Quintet in C with theArcanto Quartet and Olivier Marron andthe Alias Chamber Ensemble’s BoilingPoint, music by American Kenji Bunch.MODERN & CONTEMPORARYCelebrating Women! Music for Fluteand Piano by Women ComposersLaurel Swinden; Stephanie MaraIndependent LBSCD2012www.laurelswinden.com!!The flute and pianoduo has never hadsuch a powerful andmemorable momentas in this collection ofmusic by women composersfrom past andpresent. Flutist LaurelSwinden has a sweetand distinct tone which, when combinedwith pianist Stephanie Mara’s full piano colour,creates a truly beautiful sound. The twomusicians are remarkably tight and in sync asan ensemble. In sections of matching rhythmsand harmonies, I thought I was hearing athird new instrument in the mix!The more classical genre works are representedby Mel Bonis, Anna Bon di Venezia,Cécile Chaminade and Lili Boulanger. Thoughperhaps not household names, each composer’swork stands the test of time. Swinden andMara perform them with elegance.However the musicians really shine inthe more contemporary works. HeatherSchmidt’s Chiaroscuro is filled with mysteriousharmonies and tension-filled rhythms.A technically challenging work, it is also thehighlight. The duo creates a sense of sweepingmoods in their performance. In contrast,Cecilia McDowall’s Piper’s Dream has bothinstruments emulate the sound of the pipesand draws on traditional folk music for itsmelodies and ambience. Swindon’s lengthyheld notes are breathtaking in colour andduration. Anne Boyd’s minimalistic BaliMoods, Jean Coulthard’s Where the TradeWinds Blow and Katherine Hoover’s wittyTwo for Two complete the collection.The production quality is clear, capturingeven the most subtle of Swinden’s andMara’s distinct musical nuances andtechnical abilities.—Tiina Kiikbetween the shore and the ships –The Grand-Pré RecordingsHelen Pridmore; Wesley FerreiraCentrediscs CMCCD 17912! ! The fallout fromthe Acadian expulsionhaunts Canadianamour-propre tothis day. That is thefact lurking behinda release fromCentrediscs calledbetween the shoreand the ships, a loose cycle of settings forvoice and clarinet by eight Eastern-Canadiancomposers and performed with fitting solemnityby Helen Pridmore and Wesley Ferreira.The texts are varied and range from an extractfrom Longfellow’s Evangeline to contemporaryreflections like Mouvence by GeraldLeblanc. The compositional range is somewhatnarrower and though the pairing ishighly effective — composers have often beendrawn to the matching character of sopranoand clarinet — the material rarely strays fromdour and dreary elongations of vocal line andwandering clarinet decoration. A welcomechange is the above-mentioned Mouvence asset by Jérôme Blais. The text is mysterious andfresh; he sets it for spoken voice and largelyimprovised bass clarinet. Interestingly, theonly francophone composer to be includedchooses a text that “carries the essence of theAcadian tragedy without ever referring to itdirectly.” Could the rest be too earnest in theirexpressions of retroactive guilt?Singer Pridmore is fearless faced withrepeated demands for expressive vowelizationsentwining with a clarinet accompaniment thatis sometimes played for pleasing dissonances:a challenge for the singer and usually rewardingfor the listener. Her tone is on occasionnasal and raw and her pitch suffers in a numberof instances, most noticeably the RobertBauer setting of the Dykes of Acadie. Ferreirahas a beautiful and controlled sound that heuses to support as well as he can the sopranoand which he highlights beautifully in his solopassages. The overall effect is strong, but Ihave the urge to go hear some Zydeco and eatsome blackened catfish just to feel better.—Max ChristieSecret of the Seven Stars:Music of Hope Lee and David EagleStefan Hussong; New Music Concerts;Robert AitkenCentrediscs CMCCD 18012!!Three of thisrecording’s five selectionsfeature Germannew music accordionvirtuoso StefanHussong. Hope Lee’sSecret of the SevenStars is performedby the New MusicConcerts Ensemble with Joseph Macerollo assoloist. Hussong’s sound highlights a brighter,more metallic area of the instrument’s timbralrange, while Macerollo’s accordion isdeliciously deep and mellow sounding.Composer David Eagle’s works make upthe first half of the program and each relieson an electronically enhanced sense of acousticspace. This music requires a good deliverysystem, i.e. headphones or home stereo.Computer speakers won’t cut it, and MP3is less than adequate, so buy a full qualitydownload or, better still, the physical CDto get the added benefit of extensive printedinformation in a very nice package. (The samegoes for my review of Janet elsewhere in thesepages.) Eagle pursues an inventive array ofstrategies and techniques in combining andcounterposing the live accordion with thecomputer’s “responses.” In his 2009 work forflutist Robert Aitken, Fluctuare, the computerinteractivity elegantly supports Aitken’s warmand masterful interpretation of the solo part.Hope Lee’s spiritually inspired, highly gesturalstyle is featured in Secret of the SevenStars and the unaccompanied solo and theend is the beginning. Here, the accordion’sextended resources are on display: pitchbending, bellows shaking and other titillatingaccordion exotica. Both works trace theemergence of entire soundworlds from asingle, sustained pitch — a process the composerrepeats in a consistently fascinatingvariety of ways. Lee’s approach to the contemporaryquasi-concerto format in SevenStars is more to combine solo and ensemblevoices than to counterpose them, making heracoustic music sound just as “interactive” asEagle’s electronica.—Nic GothamNovember 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 65

Rewind (linus 2 7 0 1 5 5 ) is ElizabethShepherd’s first CD devotedto standards, but theyaren’t everybody’s standards;rather they’re a carefullyif quirkily chosen personalselection, including Frenchchanson (Pourqois tu vis), artsong (Kurt Weill’s eerie LonelyHouse) and jazz tunes (from LionelHampton’s Midnight Sun to BobbyHutcherson’s When You AreNear, the latter with Shepherd’sown lyrics). It’s a deeply involvingalbum — there’s an insistentintimacy in Shepherd’s light, highvoice and her subtle combinationof the articulated and the withheld.The matching of voice toband is perfect — Shepherd herselfplays various pianos, beatboxand “tuned mixing bowls andmuted pestle” — with consistentlydeft arrangements. Highlightsinclude Poinciana, with RegSchwager’s lilting guitar accompaniment,and the soul jazz classicSack of Woe with Andrew Downing’splucked cello and Shepherd’s periodWurlitzer electric piano.Toronto saxophonist KirkMacDonald is doing a fine jobof maintaining the modern bigband tradition. His last recordingDeep Shadows was a 2012JUNO nominee and he’s followedit with another performance byhis Jazz Orchestra, Family Suitefor Large Ensemble (AddoAJR013). Here trombonist TerryPromane has taken on the challengeof arranging MacDonald’s2008 quartet album Family Suitefor an 18-piece band, emphasizingbrass lustre with five trumpets andfour trombones. Promane successfullyadopts MacDonald’s complexoriginal lines to the weightier textures, burnishingthem with greater emotional depth,and MacDonald the soloist is clearly inspiredanew. The quality of the writing is emphasizedby the performances of an all-starband that includes alto saxophonist P.J.Perry, guitarist Lorne Lofsky and trumpeterKevin Turcotte.Pianist Brian Dickinson wears his influenceson his track list, opening his OtherPlaces (Addo AJR011) with a blazing andpercussive Unreal McCoy and a harmonicallycomplex Shorter Days, clear homagesto Tyner and Wayne respectively. The CDmight not win awards for originality, but itcould for sheer drive, featuring the intenseSTUART BROOMERBoston tenor saxophonist JerryBergonzi — a master of a later JohnColtrane style in which rapid, convolutedphrases are driven by atight vibrato and a slightly gravellytone. The rhythm section ofbassist Jim Vivian and drummerSteve Wallace is up to thetask and the result is charging,inspired music. Dickinson’s Tagine demonstratesthe pianist’s rhythmicinvention, an expansive take on aNorth African theme.Hexentrio (Intakt CD 205) presentsVancouver pianist PaulPlimley in outstanding internationalcompany, with Englishbassist Barry Guy and Swissdrummer Lucas Niggliexpanding the idea ofthe piano trio. Themethodology is freeimprovisation butthere’s no limit to thestyles or techniqueof the music, a brillianttapestry of 17short pieces that moves from dramaticthree wayconversations — likethe tumultuous FloVi Ru and RailwaysRear Viewed in MagicMirror that bracket theprogram — to dreamlikeepiphanies andspontaneous chromaticrhapsodies. Plimleyis an improviser of rare resourcefulnessand in this company he isable to launch tonal systems atwill, assured of empathetic andapt response. Niggli possessesan aggressive approach andan ability to suggest multiplerhythmic environments, while BarryGuy is simply the most articulate bassist apiano trio might have, embellishing the brillianttradition launched by Scott La Faro withBill Evans over 50 years ago.More than 500 kilometres northeast ofMontreal on the St. Lawrence River, Rimouskimight strike you as an unlikely spot for cuttingedge free improvisation, but you wouldn’tbe accounting for the resourcefulness of electricbassist Éric Normand whose quintetmixes Montreal visitors with Rimouski residents.Sur un Fil, released on the Italian labelSetola Di Maiale (www.setoladimaiale.net),matches Jean Derome (on flute, alto saxophoneand birdcall) and Michel F Côté (drumsand feedback) with James Darling (cello)and Antoine Létourneau-Berger (vibes andcymbals). The mood is avant-garde chambermusic, with subtle textures set up byNormand’s compositions expanded with afree hand by everyone in the band, from glitteringvibraphone to sometimes squallingsaxophone, creating a music that can be aselemental as Rimouski’s rocky shore or asabstract as a composition by Boulez.Alto saxophonist Brodie West has spentsubstantial time with the celebrated andwhimsically independent founders ofAmsterdam free jazz, studying with composerMisha Mengelberg and playing withdrummer Han Bennink. West inturn has developed his own distinctapproach. When West turnsto standard forms, he does so witha lyrical directness reminiscentof Lee Konitz and free of the polishand rote learning that oftencompromise contemporary mainstreamapproaches. That approachis in high relief with the Chris BanksTrio on the unusual Softly as in aMorning Sunrise (S/R www.chrisbankstrio.blogspot.ca)as West,bassist Banks and pianist TaniaGill play standards and olderjazz tunes from Jitterbug Waltzand Undecided to Soul Eyes.The absence of drums emphasizesan intimate and deliberate dialogue and thegenuine spirit of improvisation.Another side of West is apparent onCompound Eyes (S/R www.cluttonmichelliwest.blogspot.ca)by the trio of Clutton/Michelli/West, with the emphasis on a minimaliststyle of improvisation that oftenmatches West’s repeating whistles and vocalsmears with bassist Rob Clutton’s pulsing,repeating figures and drummer AnthonyMichelli’s spare accents and subtly insinuatedgrooves. It’s fresh and challenging work,and even here West manages to reference thetradition, inserting an attenuated phrase fromWhat’s New? in the title track.Something in the Air | Clarinet Resurgence in JazzAt the height of jazz’s popularity, duringthe Big Band era of the 1930s and1940s, one of the most common imageswas of a resplendent clarinettist, instrumentshining in the spotlight, taking a hot solo.Subsequent styles found the so-called licoriceKEN WAXMANstick relegated to a poor cousin of the saxophone,with few reed players brave enough tokeep the clarinet as a double, let alone concentrateon its unique timbres. Howeverattacks on conventional sounds, coupled withan appreciation for unique instrumental66 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

textures starting in the 1960s, spurred a rediscoveryof the wooden reed instrument. Rightnow there are probably more CDs extant featuringthe clarinet than at any time since theheyday of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw andWoody Herman.Similar in some wayto what a jam sessioninvolving Goodman,Shaw and Hermanwould have entailed isThe Clarinet Trio 4(Leo Records CD LR622 www.leorecords.com). Besides theobvious difference that the trio members areGerman, rather than American, additionalfactors characterize this trio of reed players asa 21st Century juggernaut not a 1930s revivalband. For a start, each man plays a differentmember of the clarinet family: Jürgen Kupke,regular clarinet; Michael Thieke, clarinet plusalto clarinet; and Gebhard Ullmann, bassclarinet. Plus nearly all the tunes are Ullmannoriginals rather than standards. Unlike earlierreed players who depended on rhythm sectionaccompaniment however, the 11 trackson this CD feature nothing but clarinet timbres.Interludes which result from anarrangement like this are put into boldestrelief on Collectives #13 #14 and GeringeAbweichungen von der Norm. The latter iscarefully unrolled at adagio tempo, with balancedreed vibrations and understatedmotion as staccato slurs and pitch-slidingsmears appear at the same time, finally meldinginto a tremolo narrative. In contrast,Collectives #13 #14 is rife with pinched notesfrom the straight clarinet, snarling quiversfrom the alto clarinet and inner-directed bassclarinet growls. Eventually a mellow interfacefrom the higher pitched reeds surmountsthese chirps and quacks as Ullmann continuesto tongue slap and masticate tones.Other tunes such as Blaues Viertel and Watersexplore variations in legato tone blending andburbling reverberations, as triple vibrationsare showcased in broken octave, chromaticlines. The climatic triple reed definition isNews No News however. As abrasive, tremololines from each reedist progressively alignagainst one another the finale finds all ultimatelydiminishing to silence. Before that, threesingular melodies have been cross-vibratedand intertwined, while staccato lines maintaineach player’s individuality.Another trio, butthis one includingstring and brassinstruments aswell as reeds, is onClarino Cookbook(Red Toucan RT9345 www3.sympatico.ca/cactus.red). This time the CD matches the clarinetof Belgian Joachim Badenhorst with thetrumpet of German Thomas Heberer, whoalso composed the dozen selections, plusGerman-French bassist Pascal Niggenkemper.Although the lineup is the same as if it were acombo of Goodman, trumpeter Harry Jamesand bassist Artie Bernstein, Heberer’s graphicnotation wouldn’t have been recognizableby those earlier jazzers, though they wouldhave been impressed by the breadth of thistrio’s technique. Encompassing a modicumof unanticipated tranquil passages, especiallyfrom muted trumpet and fluid clarinet lines,the fundamental object lies in revealing asmany contrasting tones as they intersect. Forinstance a track such as Nomos, introducedby ringing double bass tones, develops newmotifs as a busy trumpet limns the bouncingtheme. Moderated with clarinet squeaks,the piece is cleanly concluded with bowedstrings. More adventurous, Bogen is concernedwith melding air bubbled throughboth horns’ body tubes with arco swipes fromNiggenkemper, whose well-shaped noteslater underscore Heberer’s brassy yelps andBadenhorst’s rhythmic tongue slaps. Evenmore dissonance is present on Erdbär withthe bull fiddle barely audible.For an extended review of Clarino andother clarinet discs featuring François Houlewith Gordon Gridna, and Laurent Dehorswith Matthew Bourne, see the continuationof this column at thewholenote.com.POT POURRIAdvice from a Misguided ManColin MaierIndependent CMCD001www.colinmaier.com!!Colin Maier is farfrom misguided as anartist. He is comfortablein a wide rangeof musical styles as isclearly evident for listenersfamiliar withhis work as the oboistfor Quartetto Gelato.In this solo project, Maier is joined by a numberof special guests in an eclectic collectionof music.Maier, with pianist Allison Wiebe, issensitive and articulate in Saint-Saëns’Oboe Sonata. Musical puns abound inPasculli’s take on Donizetti operas, withaccordionist Alex Sevastian providing a solidaccompaniment. The traditional The Pipesis arranged by Maier and Mark Camillerifor small ensemble with oboe providing aconvincing bagpipe timbre. Maier createsthe ambiance in his steady long tones.Rousing versions of Hilario Durán’s Songfor Magdalena and the oboist’s compositionBakon showcase Maier’s ample Latin chops.Based on two contrasting Canadian folksongs, Aura Pon’s lyrical Songs of the NorthWoods, No.1 is simultaneously soothingand dramatic. The idiosyncratic collectionof short “songs” by the composer RebeccaPellett and lyricist Liza McLellan (Gelato’scellist) are dispersed as tracks throughout.Everything from new music to poetry todramatic melodies, the songs are uniquetwists in sound and attitude. There is nothingbland here.Colin Maier is a multi-talented musicianwho plays oboe with a gorgeous tone andsuperimposes his sense of seriousness andhumour into all he performs. You would bemisguided not to listen to this release.—Tiina KiikTambanavo (Dance With Them)Zhambai TrioIndependent n/awww.zhambai.com! ! The exhilaratingdebut CD by theVancouver groupZhambai Trio showcasesboth thetraditional music ofthe Shona culture ofZimbabwe and that ofits transplanted son,Kurai Blessing Mubaiwa, the group’s leader.Mubaiwa is not only an outstanding mbiradza vadzimu (“thumb piano”), marimba,ngoma (hand drum) and hosho (maraca)player; he is an eloquent and powerful singeras well.Joined by Canadians, world drummerextraordinaire Curtis Andrews and dancerpercussionistNavaro Franco, the ZhambaiTrio’s music is deeply steeped in the traditionalmbira music of Zimbabwe. The musicalform is typically cyclic, while also markedthroughout by evolving, interlocking, dualinstrument variations. Characteristic vocalsolos and choral responses are usually sungover the continuous instrumental patterns,which in the case of Chinzvenga Mutsvairo,builds into a very satisfying, densely woven,polyphonic texture. That and other tracksremind us how closely identified with theessence of music-making the voice is inmuch of West Africa. The expressive voices,so prominent on this CD, make a compellingcase as the real stars here, despite the evident“rightness” and even virtuosity of much of theinstrumental playing.The online notes refer to the “trance-y”nature of the performance in its homeland.Traditionally sought after in Shona ceremonies,trance states are used to communicatewith ancestor spirits and to offer insightsto problems of community members. Thelyrics on this CD however offer less dramatic,reassuring advice to youth, “you can also dowhat your elders can” (Chipundura). Anothersong urges people to get along with theirgrandmothers, who they rely on for comfortand warmth (Dangurangu).While the Zhambai Trio was formed asrecently as 2010, this CD is clear evidenceof an infectious brand of contemporaryZimbabwean-inflected music emerging fullyformed from our west coast.—Andrew TimarNovember 1 – December 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 67

Old Wine, New Bottles | Fine Old Recordings Re-ReleasedBRUCE SURTEESArguably the most illustriousachievement in Decca’s history,and in the industry’s, was therealization of a staged for stereo productionof Wagner’s The Ring ofthe Nibelungen featuring the world’s eminentWagnerian voices to be supported bythe incomparable Vienna PhilharmonicOrchestra. EMI had recorded the Karajancycle live in Bayreuth in 1951 but gettingit to market didn’t get beyondthe planning stage. Some years latera tentative release date for the completecycle was announced butthe project was shelved when, as Iunderstand the situation, EMI wasunexpectedly required to pay all themusicians involved with a fee equalto what they would be paid if theywere to record it at this later date.Fortunately, EMI secured the rightsand issued the Furtwangler Ringrecorded in Rome in October andNovember 1953. The story of gettingthat cycle to disc is a saga in itself.In addition to engaging singers theDecca project required a conductorof stature. Hans Knappertsbusch wasconsidered but Georg Solti was thefinal choice. John Culshaw was theproducer who led the Decca teamresponsible for everything necessaryto get some 16 hours of intensemusic making onto a finished tape.To commemorate the 200th anniversaryof the composer in 2013and the conductor’s 100th this year,Decca has assembled an extraordinarilyopulent edition with manyextras that are listed at the bottom ofthis review.Das Rheingold was recorded inthe Sofiensaal during September andOctober 1958 with an all-star castincluding George London (Wotan),Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), SetSvanholm (Loge), Paul Kuen (Mime), GustavNeidlinger (Alberich) and other luminaries ofthe day. The closing scene following Donner’ssummoning the thunder is most impressivewith London the perfect Wotan who hasunknowingly set in motion the inevitabilityof the far off twilight of the gods. Manyof us looked forward to London’s Wotan inWalküre and Siegfried but it was Hans Hotterwho sang the role in both.Initially, there were very real concerns asto whether demand at retail would be largeenough to make the project worthwhile.After all, there had never been an undertakingof this magnitude. Decca/London’sclassical manager in the United States, TerryMcEwan, was very positive about the salespotential and it is claimed that his enthusiasmand initial first order ended any doubtsThe Solti Ring, Deluxe Anniversary Limited EditionDecca 0289 4783702, 19 discs and more: A new 2012remastered edition on 14 CDs of the original tapes, morefinely detailed and veritable than ever heard from theoriginal LPs and recent CDs; PLUS the entire cycle on asingle 24-bit lossless Blu-ray disc; Solti conducting Wagnerovertures plus The Siegfried Idyll and Kinderkatechismus;John Culshaw’s celebrated book, The Ring Resounding;Deryck Cooke’s original 2-CD introduction to the Ringwith identification and development of each motif; Thecomplete libretti with line by line English translations; ADVD of The Golden Ring, the BBC documentary and filmingof the November 1964 final sessions of Götterdämmerung;Photographs and reprints of the original reviews in TheGramophone; Facsimiles of pages from Solti’s annotatedscores; All packaged in four luxurious LP size hard coverbooks within a matching slipcase.about the future of the cycle. The three LP setof Das Rheingold was issued in 1959 to universalacclaim, both artistically and sonically.No one had ever heard a recording to matchthe realism of Decca’s “Sonic Stage” stereosound and such opulence from the ViennaPhilharmonic Orchestra. It was a milestone. Ithas been in the catalog ever since as LP, thentape and finally CD ... well not quite finally asrelated below.In Die Walküre the real story begins asSigmund (James King) and Sieglinde (RegineCrespin) are thrown together, discover thatthey are brother and sister, fall madly inlove and run off into the woods and conceiveSiegfried. Hunding is sung by GottlobFrick, Wotan by Hans Hotter, Birgit Nilsson isBrunnhilde and Christa Ludwig is Fricka. Theeight Valkyries include Brigitte Fassbaenderand Helga Dernesch who would laterbe Karajan’s Brunnhilde in his cyclefor DG. Die Walkure was recordedafter Siegfried during October andNovember 1965. Siegfried had beenset down in May and October in 1962.The legendary Wolfgang Windgassenis really into the role of Siegfriedwho knows not fear, slays the dragonFafner (Kurt Bohme), kills Mime(Gerhard Stolze) then learns of andfinds the sleeping Brunnhilde thanksto the Wood Dove (Joan Sutherland).Nowhere better is the opulentsound and full glory of theVienna Philharmonic heard than inGötterdämmerung, where all themachinations are paid for, all theprincipal mortals killed off, Loge hashis revenge on the gods as Valhallaburns and the gold is restored to theRhine Maidens.There are, of course, many passagesin this recording of a very long andcomplex work that the listener maywish to compare favorably or unfavorablywith another performance orperformances. That’s what collectorsand music lovers do and enjoy.The Solti Ring is a living tribute,a monument, to everyone involved;the singers, the orchestra and toSolti himself and of course Wagner,the librettist and composer. All perpetuatedby Decca who had theremarkable foresight to hand overreigns to producer John Culshawand a totally enrolled support team.I must comment on the single Blu-ray audiodisc that contains the entire cycle. There is atotal absence of any processing artifacts andthe listener is immediately and unmistakablyright there in the acoustic of the Sofiensaal,witnessing the nuances and dynamics of alive performance. I have heard every incarnationfrom the stereo LPs on, and this soundreally is a fresh experience.68 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

Right: Quartet’s stars, PaulineCollins and Maggie Smith.Below: director Dustin Hoffman.In the September issue of The WholeNote,Paul Ennis previewed a selection of TIFFfilms from a musical perspective. Post-TIFF,the coverage continues: here is an excerptfrom his latest entry to The WholeNote blog.Now that a few weeks have passed since thefinal screening of the 2012 edition of theToronto International Film Festival (TIFF),TIFF’s impact is really just beginning. Severalof its almost 300 feature films have alreadyopened in theatres with many more to followin the months ahead. It’s the gift thatkeeps on giving with a half-life of at least ayear. With a number of pre-screenings inaddition to the festival itself and post-TIFFopenings, I’ve managed to see more than 75of TIFF’s offerings. What follows is a snapshotof a score of movies in which music plays anintriguing role.Quartet (set to open January 11, 2013 andMUSIC & THE MOVIES @TheWholeNoteThe High (and Low) Notessure to be a crowd pleaser) is a rarity. RonaldHarwood’s screen adaptation of his 1997 playmanages to fuse the acting talents of someof the UK’s finest (and the directorial debutof 75-year-old Dustin Hoffman) with a cornucopiaof musical excerpts from Verdi’s LaTraviata and Rigoletto, Puccini’s Tosca, G&S’sThe Mikado, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville,Haydn’s “Sunrise” quartet and “Military”symphony, a Boccherini string quintet andthe Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Bach.Harwood was inspired by Tosca’s Kiss,Daniel Schmid’s loving documentary depictionof the residents of the Casa di Riposo perMusicisti, which Verdi founded in Milan asa residence for elderly singers who neededmaterial help.Music percolates everywhere in BeechamHouse (named after Sir Thomas) with MaggieSmith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, PaulineCollins and Michael Gambon playing outBette Davis’ maxim “Old age is not for sissies.”As a group of opera singers preparingfor a house fundraiser, their love of life isinfectious. And with many of the home’s residentsplayed by musicians, from sopranoDame Gwyneth Jones (unforgettable in “Vissid’arte” from Tosca) to former BBC Symphonyprincipal clarinetist Colin Bradbury and versatiletrumpet player Ronnie Hughes (hisresume even includes the Beatles’ “Martha,My Dear”), the quality of the musical contentis guaranteed. Be sure to stay through thebeginning of the credits where many of themusicians are pictured in their youth.—Paul Ennis, October 30, 2012The rest of this story, featuring such filmsas Terrence Malick’s “To the Wonder,” PeterMettler’s “The End of Time,” Paul ThomasAnderson’s “The Master,” and 16 others, canbe found at thewholenote .com/blog.THEWHOLENOTE.COM/BLOG is whereyou will findconcert reviews,concerted rants,videos,expandedcontentand …CONTESTS!Enter to win a New Music AlliancePassport simply by emailing us atcontests@thewholenote.com with thesubject line “WIN WIN WIN!!!” TheNew Music Alliance Passport grantsyou $5 access to a show from each ofthe following presenters: Arraymusic,Continuum Contemporary Music,Esprit Orchestra, New Music Concerts,Spectrum, Toy Piano Composers.FROM OUR BLOGLegendary jazz vocalist Mark Murphy visitedToronto last month, presented by Jazz.FM91at the Old Mill Inn. Mim Adams and HollyClark reviewed the concert for our blog:Watching Mark Murphy slowly weave his waythrough the Old Mill dining room to the stage,leaning on the arm of a helpful young man,is surely a testament to his own comment,“I’m eighty!” As he was seated carefully on hischair centre-stage with his music stand closeby, I felt the wistful sadness of seeing thisicon, a survivor of the classic era of jazz andone of a select few who can call themselves aninnovator, on the decline. Yet Murphy’s firstwords to the audience were fully disarmingand the opening phrase of “What Is This ThingCalled Love” completely erased my uneasiness.His is still the voice we know and love.His characteristic tone — the way he almostcries out his notes, how he dips into his lowerregister then soars effortlessly into his falsetto— is clear and energetic. Age has notdiminished his breath control, his ability tohold a straight note or his time feel. He singswith a seemingly careless ease.His trio of relatively young players supportedhim flawlessly, consisting of AlexMinasian on piano, and two Canadians,Morgan Moore on bass and Jim Doxas ondrums. Doxas’ sensitive syle was particularlyimpressive, with seamless dynamicphrasing and flowing sounds that seem tosimply appear.Murphy is an expert craftsman whosqueezes all there is from every syllable ofa lyric. And squeeze the lyric he did on hisaching performance of another Cole Porterstandard, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin.” Heintroduced Porter as being “the best” and a“consummate composer” because he “controlsall parts of the music,” referring ofcourse to Porter composing the chords, melodyand lyric of each of his songs. WhileMurphy sang his unorthodox arrangementthe room was silent. It was a spacey, tenseversion of the standard with an almost skeletalaccompaniment by Murphy’s trio.—Mim Adams and Holly Clark,October 4, 2012Read the full blog at thewholenote.com/blog.70 thewholenote.com November 1 – December 7, 2012

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