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Volume 17 No 7 | April 1 – May 7, 2012FOR OPENERS6. The Opera of the Spheres | david perlmanFEATURES10. The One and the Many | PAUla CITRONBEAT BY BEAT12. On Opera | CHriSTOPHer HOILE14. Classical & Beyond | sharna Searle18. Art of Song | david perlman21. Choral Scene | Benjamin Stein25. Early Music | Simone DesileTS27. In With the New | david perlman29. Music Theatre | ROBERT WallaCE31. World View | ANDREW Timar32. Jazz Notes | jim galloway33. Bandstand | Jack MacQUARRIE58. Jazz in the Clubs | ORI DAGANLISTINGS36. A | Concerts in the GTA54. B | Concerts Beyond the GTA56. C | In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz)60. D | The ETCeterasMUSICAL LIFE63. Remembering: Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill | gabrielle mclaughlin65. We Are All Music’s Children | mJ buell66. Bookshelf | pamela marglesDISCOVERIES: RECORDINGS REVIEWED67. Editor’s Corner | David Olds68. Vocal69. Classical & Beyond71. Modern & Contemporary72. Strings Attached | terry rOBBins73. Jazz & Improvised75. Something in the Air | Ken Waxman75. Pot Pourri76. Old Wine, New Bottles | brUCe surteesmore6. Contact Information & Deadlines36. Index of Advertisers65. Classified AdsDAVID JALBERTGOLDBERG VARIATIONSACD2 2557“Jalbert dazzles with skill, style and taste …with all the finesse and exuberancea listener could want. — Toronto Star”In This IssueAVAILABLE IN HD ATATMACLASSIQUE.COMSelect ATMA titles now on saleROBERTA BONDARpage 21Bruce KiRKpATRick hillpage 63MUSic’S CHILDRENpage 65

FOR OPENERS / DAVID PERLMANThe Opera of the SpheresPREAMBLEThis longer-than-usual Opener will begin with a coincidence ofdates, and then eventually make its way, in a great wobbly orbit,back to where it began.The coincidence (1): June 8 2004 wasthe last occasion on which, from an earthboundperspective, the planet Venus wasobserved traversing the face of the star wecall our sun. It is a phenomenon known toastronomers as the “transit of Venus,” andit takes place twice in quickish succession(eight years apart) after which it doesn’t happenagain for either another 105.5 years, orelse another 121.5 years. So the previoustwo were in December 1874 and December1882 respectively; and the two following the2004/2012 pair, will be in December 2117and December 2125 respectively.The coincidence (2): June 5 2012 will be the second of the two“transits” in our lifetimes. So for those of us who missed the June 82004 transit, you could accurately say the upcoming June 5 transit hasbecome a “once in a lifetime” opportunity. That being said, June 52012 will also in all likelihood be the start of rehearsals for the PhilipGlass/Robert Wilson opera, Einstein on the Beach, which will kick offToronto’s sixth annual 10-day Luminato Festival at the Sony Centrethree days later (June 8). Einstein on the Beach, while largely composed,Glass says, in New Brunswick, has never been performed in Canada.This too, according to the publicists, will be a “once in a lifetime event.”NOW On WITh the STORYMarch 19, 2012, around 10:30pm, Venus was not tickling Apollo’sfiery chin. She was hanging out with some other shining celestial orb,low in the north-western sky, over Pearson airport. The two pointsof light were so close together that I had to rub my eyes to be sure Iwasn’t drunk. Even once I was sure I wasn’t seeing double, I had tostop and wait, to see if the two points of light would resolve into anoncoming or receding airplane, travelling along my line of sight andtherefore seeming for a moment to hang, still, in the night sky. But no,there they stayed, side by each, almost touching.“Look,” I said to my eldest son. “It’s Venus and Jupiter. So close theyare almost touching.” (I said it with all the authority fathers musterwhen there’s no-one around to contradict.) Aforementioned son, however,whipped out his smart phone. “I have a GPS-based app for that,” hesaid. A few deft wiggles of the app-posable thumbs that I do not possess,and he held the ever-so-clever phone up to the sky. As if by magic, astar map gleamed from its screen, more densely populated with starsthan the light-dimmed city night sky behind it, and with the name ofeach bright star superimposed on the screen. Fascinated, I watched ashe turned slowly to the north west to bring “Jupiter and Venus,” as Icontinued on page 8PHOTO Fred CalverTThe WholeNote The Toronto Concert-Goer’s GuideVolume 17 No 7 | apr 1 – may 7, 2012720 Bathurst St, Suite 503,Toronto ON M5S 2R4Main TelepHOne 416-323-2232Fax 416-603-4791SwiTCHBOard & General Inquiries Ext 21Chairman of the Board | Allan Pulkerdirectors@thewholenote.comPublisher/Editor In Chief | David Perlmanpublisher@thewholenote.comCD Editor | David Oldsdiscoveries@thewholenote.comEvent Advertising/MembershipKaren Ages | members@thewholenote.comAdvertising/Production Support/OperationsJack Buell | adart@thewholenote.comListings DepartmentSharna Searle | Listings Editorlistings@thewholenote.comOri Dagan | Jazz Listings/The ETCeteras Editorjazz@thewholenote.com, etc@thewholenote.comWebsiteBryson Winchester | systems@thewholenote.comCirculation, Display Stands & SubscriptionsChris Malcolm | circulation@thewholenote.comPatrick Slimmon | patrick@thewholenote.comOmdC and The Ontario ArTS COUncilare agencies of the Government of OntarioThanks to this month’s contriBUTOrsCover PhotoPeter OleskevichBeat ColumnsART OF SOng | David PerlmanBandstand | Jack MacQuarriebookshelf | Pamela MarglesclaSSical & beyond | Sharna SearleCHOral scene | Benjamin SteindiSCOveries | David OldsEarly Music | Simone Desiletsin the clUBS | Ori Daganin wiTH the new | David PerlmanJazz nOTes | Jim GallowayMusical life | mJ buellmUSic theatre | Robert WallaceOpera | Christopher HoileWorld Music | Andrew TimarFeaturesPaula Citron, Gabrielle McLaughlinCD ReviewersMax Christie, Janos Gardonyi, Jim Galloway,Wallace Halladay, Richard Haskell,Tiina Kiik, Roger Knox, Jack MacQuarrie,Lesley Mitchell-Clarke, Cathy Riches,Terry Robbins, Michael Schwartz, Bruce Surtees,Andrew Timar, Ken Waxman, Dianne WellsProofreadingSharna Searle, Ori Dagan, Karen AgesListingsOri Dagan, Sharna Searle,Richard Haskell, Adam WeinmannLayout & DesignBrian Cartwright (cover), Uno RamatSUBSCriptions $30 per year + HST (10 issues)Upcoming Dates & DeadlinesFree Event Listings Deadline6pm Sunday April 15Display Ad Reservations Deadline6pm Monday April 16Advertising Materials Due6pm Wednesday April 18Publication DateMonday April 30Next issue, Volume 17 No 8covers May 1 to June 7, 2012WholeNote Media Inc. accepts no responsibility orliability for claims made for any product or servicereported on or advertised in this issue.Printed in CanadaCouto Printing & Publishing ServicesCirculation StatementApril 2012: 30,000 printed & distributed.Canadian Publication Product Sales Agreement1263846ISSN 14888-8785 WHOlenOTEPublications Mail Agreement #40026682Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to:WholeNote Media Inc.503-720 Bathurst StreetToronto ON M5S 2R4CopyrigHT © 2012 WHOlenOTe Media Incwww.thewholenote.com6 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

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had proclaimed them to be, into alignment with the cosmos he held inhis hands. The authority of fatherhood hung by a thread. “Jupiter andVenus” the smart phone said. Whew.I pushed my luck. “Lucky the phone uses Roman rather thanScandinavian mythology” I said, “or Fricka would get jealous, andbloody Wagner would go on and on about it.”“I’m not even going to ask,” he said.The name John Percy deserves to ring as many bells for readersof this magazine as the name Gustav Holst should for (ear-)budding astrophysicists with iPods. Devotees of Tafelmusik, Idaresay, will be more likely than most to already know the nameof this University of Toronto Professor Emeritus of Astronomyand Astrophysics. It was John Percy, after all, who mentoredTafelmusik’s The Galileo Project, and subsequently nominated itas Canada’s entry in the International Year of Astronomy’s 2009Prize for Excellence in Astronomy Education and Public Outreach.Following this, in April 2009, as we diligently reported back then,the International Astronomical Union named a newly observedasteroid after Tafelmusik.I would have been reminded of John Percy yesterday if he hadn’talready been in my mind. Because yesterday Tafelmusik Mediaannounced the release of The Galileo Project: Music of the SpheresTMK1001DVDCD (1DVD & 1 CD music soundtrack). “Conceived,programmed and scripted by Tafelmusik bassist Alison Mackay,” therelease proclaims, “[this] … fully-integrated concert program combinesprojected high-definition images from the Hubble telescopeand Canadian astronomers with music by such composers as Bach,Monteverdi, Rameau, and Handel — performed completely frommemory, exploring the fusion of arts, science and culture in the 17thand 18th centuries.”So as I say, I would have been reminded of John Percy, if I hadn’thad a letter from him, just the other week, about the U of T’s upcomingApril 28 symposium on, wait for it, the “forthcoming June 5transit of Venus at which we shall have Victor Davies give a shortpresentation about his opera The Transit of Venus. I’m really excitedby this linkage of astronomy and music/theatre.”Winnipeg composer Victor Davies’ opera, The Transit of Venus,was based on a stage play with the same name by Canadian playwrightMaureen Hunter (who wrote the libretto for the opera aswell). The play was first produced in 1997, the opera ten years later).But the particular transit that is their subject matter was not the 2004transit, but the 1761/1769 pair — an event in the life of nations asfitting a backdrop for grand opera as any that one could imagine.It was, after all, the equivalent of the space race, nation pittedagainst nation, using all the technological resources at their disposal,throwing “the works” into the battle for bragging rights to theprecious information about the cosmos, its size and mysteries, thatcould be gleaned from precisely measuring and triangulating themarch of Venus across the face of the sun.Of course, opera for its purposes requires not only the stars butthe star-crossed. In the case of Davies’ and Hunter’s opus, this is“the unfortunate Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer,” who,according to Wikipedia, “spent eight years travelling in an attemptto observe either of the transits, [and whose] … unsuccessful journeyled to him losing his wife and possessions and being declared dead.”The symposium on the transit of Venus takes place Saturday April 28,2012, in Alumni Hall 400 at St. Michael’s College, from 10am to5pm. The symposium is free and no registration is required.Other than, perhaps, excerpts from the CBC recording of Davies’opera during the coffee break, I offer no guarantee of music duringthe event (although Davies, I hear, will give a short presentation).But “opera” which is the focus of this issue, means “the works,”after all. In the case of science, I’d venture to say, that means opennessto art, and for art, to science. There’s all kinds of stuff in thisissue that reflects this.So a toast to “the works”: to the sphere of opera, and to the operaof the spheres!—David Perlman, publisher@thewholenote.comHear all that you’ve been missingE u r o p E ’ s L E g E n d a r y p i a n o sAs well as authentically restoredSteinway and rare historical pianoswww.remenyi.com210 Bloor St. West,(w. of Avenue Road, Customerparking in rear off Bedford Rd.)8 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

“A Feast for the Earsand the Eyes!”- Classical 96.3FMANDRE WATTSWed., Apr. 18, 2012 8pmKoerner Hall”Mr. Watts has big sound,big technique and naturalmusicality.” (New YorkTimes) The piano superstarperforms for the first timeat Koerner Hall.GIL SHAHAMPLAYS BACHSat., Apr. 21, 2012 8pmKoerner Hall“A virtuoso and a player of deeplyintense sincerity” (The New YorkTimes) Combining flawless techniquewith inimitable warmth and agenerosity of spirit, award-winningviolinist Gil Shaham performs anall-Bach solo recital on the 1699“Countess Polignac” Stradivarius.EMANUEL AXSun., May 13, 2012 3pmKoerner HallCalled “a poet of the piano,”Ax performs Variations byCopland, Haydn, andBeethoven, along withSchumann’s Symphonic Etudes.“One of Ax's great strengthsas a performer, in fact, is hisability to blend tenderness andmuscle in a single amalgam.”(San Francisco Chronicle)AUSTRALIAN CHAMBERORCHESTRA WITHDAWN UPSHAWSun., Apr. 22, 2012 3pm Koerner HallSoprano Dawn Upshaw, “one of the mostconsequential performers of our time,”(Los Angeles Times) will perform theCanadian premiere of Maria Schneider’sWinter Morning Walks, and works byWebern, Crumb, Schönberg, Schumannand Schubert, with the incomparableAustralian chamber Orchestra.CHRISTIANGERHAHER WITHANDRÁS SCHIFFWed., May 16, 2012 8pmKoerner Hall“A baritone with a rich toneand a seemingly infallibleear for dramatic phrasing”(New York Times) and aniconic pianist performsBeethoven, Haydn, andSchumann’s Dichterliebe.ITZHAK PERLMANWITH THE PERLMANMUSIC PROGRAMSun., Apr. 29, 2012 3pm Koerner HallAs part of his week-long Torontoresidency, superstar violin virtuosoItzhak Perlman comes to Koerner Hallwith some of his students to performMozart: Viola Quintet in G Minor;Shostakovich: Prelude and Scherzo forString Octet; and Mendelssohn: StringOctet in E-flat Major.TICKETS ON SALE NOW! rcmusic.ca 416.408.0208273 Bloor St. W. (Bloor & Avenue Road) Toronto

CHORUS IN OPERA | BY PAULA CITRONThe One and theHere’s a riddle for you. By day they are lawyers, paramedics,marketing mavens, music students, teachers, bus drivers,office managers, dentists and various retirees. By night, theytransform themselves into gypsies, peasants, soldiers, courtesans, nuns,prisoners, factory workers, heavenly angels and the demimondaine.Who are they? And the answer is, a typical opera chorus.That they are indispensible to an opera is a given. “The chorus representsthe community or society that the principal characters inhabit,”explains stage director Tom Diamond. And Opera Hamilton choristerDorothy O’Halloran adds: “We are part of the ongoingstory. We react to the main characters. Infact, we collectively are a character in the opera.”David Fallis, music director/conductor forOpera Atelier, describes two kinds of opera choruses.“In early operas like Monteverdi’s Orfeo,’he says, “the chorus is modelled after a Greekchorus, and comments on the action. They arethe observers who interpret the story. They arean extension of the audience. In Verdi operas, onthe other hand, the chorus is very emotionallyinvolved with the main characters. They can’t beseparated away from the story itself.”This, then, begs the question — is singing in anopera chorus different from singing in a choir? The answer is apparentlyyes, although people struggle to explain the “why” of it.Sandra Horst is chorus master for both the Canadian Opera Companyand the University of Toronto Opera Division. Says Horst: “In a chorus,there’s not so much blend of sound as in a choir, which is a single unitof well-trained voices dedicated to purity of singing. An opera chorushas different ages and different kinds of voices. It’s a sound that istogether, but where the singers are still individuals. They are not alltrying to sound the same. The voices also have to be bigger to be heardabove an orchestra and fill a hall.”Opera Hamilton chorus master Peter Oleskevich agrees that thereis a huge difference between a choir and an opera chorus. “A staticchoir, in a fixed position, blends voices together to produce perfectionof sound and beauty of unity,” he says. “In an opera, you can’t haveOn our cover: Ken Watson, longtimeOpera Hamilton chorus member indress rehearsal for Barber of Seville.the same kind of blend because the chorus is scattered over the stage.It’s a different kind of sound projection. The singing is dramatic. Youwant the chorus to throw caution to the wind in their music making.”Perhaps OH chorus member Ken Watson, pictured on this issue’scover, sums up the difference best: “I regard myself as a performer,not just a singer. A chorus member has to act in costume. You haveto be comfortable on the stage.”In order to find those individual voices who can make beautiful musictogether, opera choruses hold auditions. The COC employs a professionalchorus paid at equity rates, but one that isnot full-time or tenured. COC chorus membersmust re-audition every year. The 200 or so hopefulsbring two arias with them, one in Italian, onein another language. Successful singers, most ofwhom have music degrees, are then offered contractsfor each opera. The average size of an operachorus is 40 people for standard works like Tosca.Mozart operas require only 16 to 20 singers, whileBoris Godunov needs 60, Aida clocks in at 65, andWar and Peace has a whopping 79. In the finalanalysis, Horst is looking for quality of voice andthe needs of the season’s repertoire. “The actingwill take care of itself,” she says.For Horst’s U of T opera chorus, auditions are open to the musicfaculty at large. In this case, she’s looking for students who singbeautifully in key. Explains Horst: “You can’t make up a chorusfrom the opera division alone. There are always many more women,with sopranos being the dominant vocal type. That’s not good if youneed four-part harmony. Undergrads can get a credit for being inthe opera chorus.” And as a side note, the operas performed by theGlenn Gould Professional School at the Royal Conservatory, don’t,generally, have a chorus. Explains faculty member Peter Tiefenbach:“There are only 30 students so, with such a small student body, wetend to choose operas that feature solo singers.” As a case in point,Cavalli’s La Calisto, just mounted by the school at Koerner Hall, has14 roles and no chorus.Opera Hamilton holds yearly auditions to replenish the ranks, butPhotO Peter OleskevichCanadian Opera Company Chorus inaction. Left to right: with MichaelSchade as Oedipus in Oedipus Rex withSymphony of Psalms, 2002; in a scenefrom Aida, 2010; with Tamara Wilsonas Elettra in Idomeneo, 2010 …10 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

Manysuccessful candidatesdo not have tore-audition. The payis a basic honorariumof $300 to $400 perproduction, which, asOH general directorDavid Speers quips,is barely enough to cover gas and beer. Oleskevich keeps on hand aroster of around 60 names. He then consults with the stage director.Explains Oleskevich: “I ask him or her how many choristers are needed.Should they be matronly or nubile or both? Do they need to dance? Ithen send out an email asking who’s available. It’s an amateur chorus,but in the very best sense of the word.”Guillermo Silva-Marin is artistic director of both Opera in Concert,whose chorus sits on stage with their scores, and Toronto OperettaTheatre, whose chorus is part of the action. About 100 singers showup for his yearly auditions. OinC’s chorusis about 40-members strong. Auditioneesbring three pieces in a variety of languages.During the process, chorus master RobertCooper puts the auditionees through exercises,such as having them repeat variouspitches. Cooper is also looking for singerswho can perform comprimario roles. WhileOinC’s auditionees have classical training,TOT hopefuls come mostly from musical theatre backgrounds. Againthere is the potential for small soloist roles, and because operetta involvesspoken text, auditionees also bring a monologue along with theirarias. The average size of the TOT chorus is 16 members. Says Silva-Marin: “Most of our singers are trying to build up stage experience.”The baroque company Opera Atelier employs both an offstage andonstage chorus, each different from the other. In French opera-balletsby Lully and Rameau, stage director Marshall Pynkoski follows thehistorical model and places the chorus offstage (in boxes at the ElginTheatre). Dancers interpret their words on stage. This theatrical conventionis also used for the operas of Gluck, Purcell and Handel. Theoffstage chorus is the highly regarded Tafelmusik Chamber Choirunder Ivars Taurins, lauded for their specialized delivery of baroquestyle, aesthetics and musical language. Nonetheless, as Taurins pointsout, while they may be off stage, the singers must still memorize themusic. “They are visible,” he says. “They are participating in thedrama.” Taurins also relates the fact that the pay scale is much lowerfor a box chorister than for an onstage one. There is a perk, however.The singers actually get to watch the performance.By night, they transform themselvesinto gypsies, peasants, soldiers,courtesans, nuns, prisoners, factoryworkers, heavenly angels and thedemimondaine. WHO ARE THEY?OA holds auditions for the onstage chorus in the Mozart operas,for example. While it’s not a standing chorus, they do keep a list ofpeople that they ask back who don’t have to re-audition. “We havereally rigorous standards in terms of what we’re looking for,” explainsPynkoski. “The company is all about storytelling. The chorus can’tbe just a herd of people on stage making a wall of sound. I don’t havetime in rehearsals to give acting lessons. The singers have to demonstratethat they can react to character and situations quickly.” Pynkoskiand Fallis work together. Once they like the vocal quality of a singer,Pynkoski has to determine his/her movement ability. “It’s importantthat they understand physical relaxation,” he says, “because that’s thekey to comfort on the stage. They also have to be in good shape sothey won’t become breathless.”Pynkoski then sets a “natural” task while the singer is performing anaria. For example, telling them to arrive at a certain chair on such andsuch a line. Says Pynkoski: “You’d be surprised how impossible it isfor some singers to move on cue. The act of singing, the very techniqueof the art, works against natural physicality.”During the extensive rehearsal period,Pynkoski has actually put iron weights onchoristers’ wrists and ankles to force themto relax into gravity, and eliminate tension inthe body. In the following, Fallis describesPynkoski’s process of challenging the auditioneesfor stage worthiness. “If a sopranois singing Zerlina’s aria “Batti batti o belMasetto” from Don Giovanni, for example, Marshall asks her to pretendMassetto is actually in the room and that she is singing to him. Or toshow that she is frightened of Massetto, or that she is seducing him. Ifthey can pick up these little challenges, they’ll be able to pick up thebigger ones that arise in blocking the stage action.”The three people who shape a chorister’s life are the chorus master,the conductor and the stage director. Needless to say, music rehearsalsare week nights and weekends because every member has a day job.Being in a chorus means a strong commitment to long hours as theyfollow the tried and true path of music rehearsals, staging rehearsals,piano run-throughs, and finally the piano dress, the orchestra dress,and at last, the performances themselves.The chorus master prepares the chorus which also includes languagework. In fact, learning the music is child’s play in comparisonto mastering the words of a foreign language. The scores are availablein advance of the first music rehearsal. Members are expectedto be off book by the time they are handed over to the stage director.Memorization is the greatest challenge. Oleskevich finds that if he talkscontinued on page 78… with Jill Grove as Amneris in Aida, 2010; and withVirginia Hatfield as Zerlina in the Canadian OperaCompany’s 2008 production of Don Giovanni.Sandra Horst,chorus master.PhotOS MICHael COOperApril 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 11

Month of theSeldom SeenchristOPher hOILEAs this column has frequently noted, April has developed intothe most opera-heavy month of the year. This year, becauseof an early Easter, many companies like Opera Kitchener andOpera York staged their season finales in March. Yet, even so, Aprilstill presents quite a heady concentration of opera. Opera Hamilton,for instance, presents Verdi’s Il Trovatore starring Richard MargisonApril 14, 17, 19 and 21. Toronto Operetta Theatre closes its seasonwith a medley of Gilbert and Sullivan tunes called Topsy-Turvydomfrom April 27 to 29 replacing the previously announced H.M.S.Pinafore. Opera Belcanto presents Puccini’s Tosca at the RichmondHill Centre for the Performing Arts on April 5 and 7. AndOpera by Request has two favourite operas in concert — Mozart’sThe Marriage of Figaro on April 20 and Don Pasquale onApril 25 — both at the College Street United Church.What is surprising this month is that the larger opera companiesare offering works seldom or never seen in Toronto. Even Operain Concert, which specializes in rarely-heard operas, outdoesitself this month with Die Freunde von Salamanka (The Friends ofSalamanca) by Franz Schubert (1797–1828), surely one of the mostobscure pieces they’ve ever presented. Schubert, who died at age 31,composed nine symphonies, innumerable chamber and piano piecesand over 600 Lieder, still managed to complete nine operas. DieFreunde von Salamanka was written in 1815, but, like many of hisoperas was not staged during his lifetime. It had to wait until 1928,the 100th anniversary of his death, for its premiere.Freunde is a comic opera in the form of a Singspiel (like TheMagic Flute) where spoken dialogue connects the arias. Threefriends — Alonso, Diego and Fidelio — all try to help the CountessOlivia to break off her engagement to the foolish Count Tormes,whom she has never met. Shannon Mercer sings Olivia, JamesMcLean is Alonso and Michael Ciufo is Diego. Kevin Mallon conductsthe Toronto Chamber Orchestra. The opera is sung in Germanwith surtitles in English. For tickets, see www.stlc.com.While the role of Opera in Concert is regularly to fill in gaps inour operatic experience, this month the Canadian Opera Companytakes on a similar task. From April 10 to May 14 it presents TheTales of Hoffmann (1881) by Jacques Offenbach and from April 26to May 25 it presents the Canadian premiere of A Florentine Tragedy(1917) by Alexander Zemlinsky coupled with Puccini’s comic oneactopera Gianni Schicchi (1918). With Hoffmann, COC generaldirector Alexander Neef has clearly studied the production historyof the company, and has seen that certain aspects of the repertorywere neglected under his great predecessor Richard Bradshaw. Forexample, it was no secret that Bradshaw was not a fan of operetta.So when the COC performs Die Fledermaus beginning October 4this year, it will be the first operetta the company has staged sinceThe Merry Widow in 1987. Die Fledermaus was once one of thecompany’s most popular works. Its previous COC staging in 1986was the seventh since the COC was formed. Bradshaw also did notcare much for 19th-century French opera and programmed onlyBerlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict, Bizet’s Carmen and Verdi’s Frenchversion of Don Carlos during his tenure as general director. In thecase of the upcoming Hoffmann, it will be the first time the COChas staged that work since 1988.It’s a strange fact that many successful operetta composers havefelt the compulsion to prove themselves by writing a full-scale opera.Arthur Sullivan was obsessed with his Victorian duty as composerand produced the noble failure Ivanhoe (1891). EvenFranz Lehár longed to see one of his works on thestage of the Vienna State Opera and was pleased whenthe company produced Giuditta in 1934. Though thework, unlike Ivanhoe, is still performed, the consensusat the time was that it was too grand to be an operettayet too light to be an opera. Jacques Offenbach(1819–80) then, is the only major operetta composer(he wrote over 100 of them!) to have achieved thegoal, with Hoffman, of also writing a grand opera.Offenbach died four months before the opera premieredwhich has meant that the work had been presented inwidely varying versions ever since.The most common scenario has three acts with aprologue and epilogue. In the Prologue, we meet theGerman writer E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) himself,his muse who appears as his best friend Nicklausse, hisunobtainable love Stella and his nemesis CouncillorLindorf. In the three ensuing acts, Hoffmann recountsone of his great loves, each based on one of Hoffmann’s fantastictales (which would later influence those of Edgar Allen Poe amongmany others). In Act 1 Hoffmann falls in love with Olympia, who,unknown to him, is an automaton created by the mad scientistCoppélius. Act 2 focusses on Hoffmann’s second love, Antonia, whois doomed to die if she sings for too long. The evil Dr. Miracle,however, encourages Antonia to do just that in the guise of a cure.In Act 3, Hoffmann falls in love with the mysterious Giulietta, whois only seducing the writer under orders from the nefarious CaptainDapertutto, who wants her to steal his reflection.Offenbach intended that the four soprano roles be sung by thesame soprano and the four villains be sung by the same bassbaritone.While the second requirement has become standard, thefirst is considered a daunting tour de force. In the COC production,borrowed from De Vlaamse Opera, John Relyea will sing all fourvillains. The four sopranos, however, will be sung by separateartists — Ambur Braid as Stella, Andriana Churchman as Olympia,Erin Wall as Antonia and Keri Alkema as Giuletta. Russell Thomaswill sing Hoffmann and Lauren Segal will sing Nicklausse. OnMay 3 and 8, David Pomeroy substitutes for Thomas.The COC’s second spring offering breaks new ground. Not onlywill the Florentine/Schicchi double bill represent the first professionalproduction of a Zemlinsky opera in Canada, but it will also bethe first time these two works have been presented as a double bill inNorth America. (The Wuppertaler Musiktheater presented the samepairing in 2010.) When Neef announced the 2011/12 season last year,he said that this was a combination he had always wanted to stage.There are valid reasons to combine the two. While one is a tragedyand the other a comedy, both take place in Florence and both werewritten during the same period and premiered within two years ofeach other, thus affording many fascinating points of comparisonand contrast. Gianni Schicchi is one part of a triple bill by Puccinientitled Il trittico (The Triptych) that premiered at the MetropolitanOpera in New York in 1918. The triptych begins with the melodramaIl tabaro (The Cloak), continues with the sentimental story of SuorAngelica and concludes with Schicchi. The COC has never presentedIl trittico as Puccini intended and has instead combined each of theone-acters with other operas — Il tabaro with Pagliacci in 1975 andwith Cavalleria rusticana in 2001, Suor Angelica with Pagliacci in1991 and Schicchi with Pagliacci in 1996.Florentine composer Alexander Zemlinsky (1871–1942) was apupil of Anton Bruckner and teacher of Arnold Schoenberg who becameZemlinsky’s brother-in-law when he married Zemlinsky’s sister.Zemlinsky conducted the premiere of Schoenberg’s Erwartungin 1924. Zemlinsky was one of the many artists who fled CentralEurope with the rise of fascism and whose works, condemned bythe Nazis as “degenerate music,” have only been rediscovered inthe last two decades. In Europe Eine florentinische Tragödie isusually paired with another Zemlinsky one-acter, Der Zwerg (TheDwarf) from 1922. The two make a sensible double-bill since bothare based on lesser-known plays by Oscar Wilde. By coincidence, it12 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

Opera Atelier: Armide.QUATUORBOZZINIMusic TORONTOPhoto BrUCe Zingerhappens that Isabel Bayrakdarian is singing the soprano roles in thisvery double-bill at the Liceu in Barcelona in April, leading one towonder if Alexander Neef has plans to stage Der Zwerg coupled withanother part of Il trittico.The new production will be directed by famed soprano-turneddirectorCatherine Malfitano. The conceit behind the productionis that the same palazzo, designed by Wilson Chin, will serve asthe site of the events in both operas — events in the 16th centuryfor Zemlinsky and in the 14th century for Puccini. In Zemlinsky’sopera, Bianca, the wife of the merchant Simone, is having an affairwith Guido Bardi. Given the title we know that it will not end happily.Malfitano links Zemlinsky’s opera to Puccini by having two ofits singers appear in the second opera. In the Zemlinsky, Alan Heldsings Simone, Gun-Brit Barkmin is Bianca and Michael König isGuido. In the second work, Held sings the title role while Barkminsings the minor role of Nella, the wife of Gherardo (sung by AdamLuther), cousin to the dying Buoso Donato, whom Schicchi isimpersonating. The primary female role is that of Lauretta (sung bySimone Osborne), who sings the most famous aria of the piece “Omio babbino caro.” The last time the COC presented the work anover-enthusiastic audience interrupted the short aria at least fivetimes, mistakenly thinking at every pause that it was over. If you arein doubt, just wait until the conductor, Andrew Davis, puts down hisbaton. Then you will know for sure that the lovely aria has ended.For tickets and more information, visit www.coc.ca.Turning towards rarities of the Baroque, in 2012 only three citiesin the world will see a production of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Armide(1686) — Toronto from April 14 to 21, Versailles from May 11 to13 and Cooperstown, New York (i.e. Glimmerglass Opera) fromJuly 21 to August 23. As one may have guessed, it is Opera Atelier’sproduction, first seen here in 2005, that has been invited by theother two opera houses.The topic of the love between the Christian knight Renauld andthe Muslim princess Armide against the backdrop of the Crusadeshas only become more reverent over time. Colin Ainsworth returnsto sing Renault, Peggy Kriha Dye is Armide and they join JoãoFernandes, Aaron Ferguson, Vasil Garvanliev, Carla Huhtanen andOlivier Laquerre, among others, and the full corps of the artistsof Atelier Ballet. David Fallis conducts the Tafelmusik BaroqueOrchestra and Chamber Choir, Marshall Pynkoski directs andJeannette Lajeunesse Zingg choreographs. Opera Atelier claimsthat the partnership with Glimmerglass has allowed it to add majordesign elements to make Armide “the most sumptuous productionin OA history.” That is quite a statement coming from a companyalready renowned for its sumptuous productions. For more information,visit www.operaatelier.com.All in all, April again lives up to its reputation as Toronto’s mostexciting month for opera.Christopher Hoile is a Toronto-based writer on opera andtheatre. He can be contacted at opera@thewholenote.com.aCanadianHeritageatThursdayApril 5at 8 pmCONTEMPORARY CLASSICSprogrammePatrimoinecanadienwww.music-toronto.com416-366-7723 1-800-708-6754order online at www.stlc.comMusic TORONTODinnerwithWine-tastingandSilent Auctionat Scaramouche RestaurantSunday May 6, 2012 - 6 pmin support of Music TORONTO.For 24 years, this special eveninghas been our only fundraising event.A special menu paired with wines, anda silent auction of items fun to fabulous.$200 per person; charitable donationtax receipt for the maximum allowed416-214-1660Strictly limited to 100 people.April 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 13

Beat by Beat / Classical & BeyondProdigy, Pianist,and the MastersSHARNA SEARLEBefore i launch into April’s offerings, a few bits of follow-upfrom last month’s column are in order: Nathan Brock, theconductor who made his “homecoming” debut with the TSOon March 24 — and what a splendid evening it was! — was presentedfrom the stage that same evening with the Heinz Unger Award, an$8,000 prize established to encourage and highlight the career ofa “young to mid-career Canadian conductor.” It was a big night forBrock as it was also announced that he has been promoted fromassistant conductor to resident conductor of the Orchestre symphoniquede Montréal, and will begin that post in September 2012.Bravo Maestro Brock!Also last month, my online search failed to come up with theJuilliard String Quartet’s last Toronto performance. Music Toronto’sJennifer Taylor has since informed me that the JSQ played for MusicToronto 11 times between 1973 and 2000, and that 2000 may wellhave been the JSQ’s last year here. Thank you, Jennifer, for fillingin the blanks.Connect the Dots: And now to the month at hand. In preparingthe column, I found myself connecting some “musical dots” amongthose performers on whom I was focussing. One is a violin prodigy,Mercedes Cheung, making her orchestral debut — she played for(and was praised by) Itzhak Perlman who was on her JuilliardSchool entry jury. Perlman, of course, is in town this month for anextended visit with the TSO — he’ll be performing with his formerJuilliard student, the TSO’s Peter Oundjian.And then there’s pianist Ishay Shaer, making his Toronto debut inearly April. Shaer, like Perlman, was born in Israel and studied musicat Tel Aviv University. In 2009, Shaer performed with acclaimedcellist Mischa Maisky. Guess what? Maisky (who also happens tohold Israeli citizenship) makes his first appearance in Toronto in 34years, in early May.And now, from the dots to the details.The Prodigy: Something rather special is happening in RichmondHill on April 8. That’s the night violinist Mercedes Cheung performs“Winter” from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, in her debut withthe Markham Symphony Orchestra under the baton of her father,Ephraim Cheung, MSO’s music director. Father and daughter willshare the stage at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts.Did I mention that Mercedes is ten years old?I asked the young guest soloist (and Markham resident) to sharesome of her thoughts on the upcoming debut with her father. Wasshe excited? Nervous? Here’s what she wrote:“It’s so exciting to perform with my Daddy. Nervous? Never!Excited? Ye….s! It will be another kind of feeling … Fresh!!!! Hehas been teaching me violin since I was a baby, and he continuesto teach me together with Mr. Weilerstein at the Juilliard School.I’m so happy that I will have achance to watch him rehearsewith me & the orchestra … I havebeen waiting & looking forwardto this chance … He is my violinteacher, father and best friendand … my conductor!”Cheung is no stranger to thestage, having given her recital debutat age six and performed numeroustimes since. The dizzyinglist of her achievements, awards,performances and media spots takesup almost two letter-sized piecesof paper (single-spaced and smallprint). Mercedes’ mother, NancyTye, (herself a pianist, pedagogueand Royal Conservatory examiner)Mercedes Cheung.informed me that Mercedes is currently enrolled in Juilliard’s Pre-College Division – Young Talented Program and travels to New Yorkevery weekend to take classes. She sees her teacher, noted violinistDonald Weilerstein every other weekend in Boston, en route toJuilliard. (Weilerstein is on faculty at both Juilliard, where he holdsthe Dorothy Richard Starling Chair, previously held by Perlman —yet more dots — and the New England Conservatory of Music.)From that aforementioned mind-boggling list, I gleanedthat Mercedes was seven years old when she passed the RoyalConservatory’s Grade 10 violin exam, eight when she passed theGrade 9 piano exam — uh huh, piano, too — and nine when she completedher ARCT in violin performance — all with distinction. AndI would be remiss if I didn’t mention that the Grade 5 Sir WilfridLaurier Public School student (French immersion, of course) willmake her Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Hall on November 3, 2012,in a performance of Paganini’s 24 Caprices for Solo Violin. (Phew!)Photo Island PhotographyCHOREOGRAPHYMUSICLIVE PERFORMANCESETLIGHTINGfleck dance theatre harbourfront centre 207 QUEENS QUAY WESTbox office 416-973-4000 TICKETS $15 TO $40 www.tdt.orgphoto: pulga muchochoma in RIVERS by guntar kravismade possible withthe support of the estateof david pitblado14 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

Photo Joey COHenClearly, this is a little girl with big plans who appears to have thenecessary drive, discipline and diligence to succeed; that, and anextraordinary musical gift.The Pianist: Tel Aviv-based Ishay Shaer is considered one of theleading young Israeli pianists, “young” being a relative term at thispoint: after all, he’s almost three times Cheung’s age! When he arrivesin Toronto to perform two sets of Beethoven bagatelles (Op.126and Op.119), Chopin’s Twelve Études Op. 25 and Harry Somers’Piano Sonata No.1, it will be, he tells me, his “first performance inCanada, and moreover my first visit to the country.” Syrinx SundaySalons is presenting Shaer at the Heliconian Hall on April 8 at 3pm(giving you time to head over to Richmond Hill that evening to catchIshay Shaer.the Cheungs).One of Syrinx’ main objectives isto promote the music of Canadianclassical composers, hence theSomers on the program. Shaerprovides these comments about hischoice to perform the esteemed,late Canadian composer’s sonata:“I was given a number of suggestionsfor a Canadian work byMs. Dorothy Sandler-Glick fromthe Syrinx Sunday Salons. It wasan opportunity for me to do someresearch, as I had never playedany Canadian music before. Assoon as I heard Somers’ first pianosonata it became quite clear to methat I wanted to study and performit. I usually find it fascinating to examine different approaches tocomposition of 20th century music, and especially of those innovatorsembedded in more conservative environments. To me Somers’particular case seems a very interesting one.”Shaer has won numerous prizes and has performed in the UK,Poland, Puerto Rico, the USA, all over South America and, ofcourse, Israel, to name but a few countries. And he keeps someserious musical company. As alluded to earlier, Shaer, for his prizewinningefforts at the 2009 International Beethoven Competition inBonn, also won the privilege of playing Beethoven’s Cello SonataNo.1 in F Major with Maisky; he consults, when the opportunityarises, with Daniel Barenboim; he attended a masterclass withMurray Perahia; and was recently invited by Shlomo Mintz toperform at the prestigious Sion Festival in Switzerland this comingSeptember. I was very curious about (and envious of) the masterclasswith Perahia (a favourite pianist I have long-admired). So Iasked Shaer about it:“That master class with Murray Perahia took place in 2007 in theJerusalem Music Centre … I recall having performed Chopin’s thirdpiano sonata there for the first time … He shed light on [its] structure… and his demonstrations on the piano were a true revelation forme …”I wonder if we’ll hear traces of Perahia’s “revelations” when Shaertackles the Chopin études. He strikes me as a sensitive, intelligentartist who deeply absorbs the wisdom of his musical elders.The Masters: So much has been written about Mischa Maiskythat his story is storied. Many of you probably know that he has thedistinction of being the only cellist in the world to have studied withboth Rostropovich and Piatigorsky; that despite being a prizewinnerat the Tchaikovsky Competition (1966) he was later imprisoned in alabour camp near Gorky for 18 months (1970); and that throughouthis celebrated career he has collaborated often with the likes ofpianists Martha Argerich and Radu Lupu. But did you know thathe started to play the cello the same year that he quit smoking … atage eight? In 2007, Maisky gave a wonderfully candid and colourfulinterview to the Internet Cello Society’s Tim Janof. It’s a fascinatingread, during which you’ll learn, among other things, about his shortlivedsmoking habit. www.cello.org/Newsletter/Articles/maisky/maisky.htm.As for his long-overdue return to Toronto, Maisky will be guest115 T HA N N I V E R S A R Y S E A S O N1213MUSIC IN THEAFT E R NOONW O M E N ’ S M U S I C A L C L U B O F T O R O N T OOCTOBER 18, 2012 | 1.30 PM | TORONTO DEBUTPAU LLEWISpianoWalter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, Museum SubwayNOVEMBER 29, 2012 | 1.30 PMD U OCONCERTANTENancy Dahn, violin; Timothy Steeves, pianoFEBRUARY 14, 2013 | 1.30 PMT H E D U K EPIANO TRIOMark Fewer, violin; Thomas Wiebe, cello;Peter Longworth, pianoMARCH 28, 2013 | 1.30 PM | CANADIAN DEBUTT I P P E T TQUARTETJohn Mills, violin; Jeremy Isaac, violin;Julia O’Riordan, viola; Bozidar Vukotic, celloMAY 2, 2013 | 1.30 PM 115TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT AT KOERNER HALLJAMES RUSSELL CAROLYNEHNES BRAUN MAULEviolin baritone pianoKoerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and LearningThe Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 Bloor Street West, TorontoCommission sponsor of new workby John Estacio: Roger D. 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SinfoniaTorontoNURHAN ARMANMUSIC DIRECTORToronto’s Chamber OrchestraMay 11 8 pmGlenn Gould StudioBEETHOVENANYA ALEXEYEV PianistTEEHAN Commissioned workBEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4DVORAK Quintet op. 77Masterpiece SeriesGLENN GOULD STUDIO250 Front St. West$39 ad $32 sr $12 st416-872-4255sinfoniatoronto.comApril 13 8 pm Glenn Gould StudioEINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIKEUGENE SKOVORODNIKOV PianistVICTOR KULESHOV ViolinistCHAUSSON Concerto for Violin and PianoSHAHRIMANYAN SerenadeMOZART Eine kleine NachtmusikFirst Prize winnerat TchaikovskyCompetitionNarekHakhnazaryanCellistsoloist with the Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra, which, withfounder, conductor and violist Yuri Bashmet, performs at RoyThomson Hall on May 3, as part of its 20th anniversary tour.Schubert’s Quartet in D Minor “Death and the Maiden” (arrangedby Mahler) and Brahms’ Quintet in B Minor for Viola and Strings(arranged for small orchestra) are on the program. Maisky performsthe Cello Concerto No.1 in C Major by Haydn and Tchaikovsky’sNocturne in D Minor for Cello and Orchestra.Once Itzhak Perlmanarrives for his April 25to 28 residency with theTSO, you’ll have severalopportunities to catchthis master violinist.“In April, my dearfriend and formerteacher Itzhak Perlmanjoins the TSO for twoPeter Oundjian and Itzhak Perlman,very special programmes,which highlight hisversatility as both con-Carnegie Hall, March 26 2011.ductor and soloist” wrote Peter Oundjian to me. “He will performBeethoven’s Violin Concerto and, in a very special concert whichhe also conducts, he and I will join forces to perform J.S. Bach’sConcerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra. I’m sure it will be adeeply meaningful experience. Itzhak will also be working with theToronto Symphony Youth Orchestra and other young Toronto musiciansduring his residency.”Perlman plays the Beethoven on April 25 and 26 at Roy ThomsonHall in a program that also includes two Khachaturian suites andTchaikovsky’s symphonic poem Francesca da Rimini. Followingtheir performance of the sublime Bach double violin concerto(April 28), Oundjian and Perlman will engage in a conversationfrom the stage. That same night, Perlman will also conduct Mozart’sOverture to Don Giovanni and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5.In addition to his visit with the TSO, Perlman will be joined bystudents of the Perlman Music Program for an afternoon concert ofchamber music at Koerner Hall on April 29. On the program areworks by Mozart, Shostakovich and Mendelssohn’s remarkable Octetin E-Flat Major Op.20.Lucky are they who get to partake of (and take part in) any aspectof Perlman’s extended visit to Toronto.And lucky are we to have such an abundance of auspiciousmusical fare in April. There’s much more to be found in this month’slistings. Peruse, pick a few, step out into spring and enjoy!Sharna 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.Photo John LoperOpens Sinfonia Toronto’s 2012-13 seasonOctober 27, 2012 George Weston Recital HallVisit sinfoniatoronto.com for details of our 2012-13 season16 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

Glionna Mansell PresentsOrder your Festival pass Today6 Gala Concerts!www.organixconcerts.ca12A Music Festival unlike any otherwww.organixconcerts.caMay 7 to June 6, 2012Gordon D. Mansell, M.Mus.Producer and Artistic DirectorORGANIX is a yearly festival of concerts featuring the King ofInstruments and the finest Canadian and world-stage organists. Hear andsee great music-making, and be awe-struck by the diversity of sound!Experience15 great performances and events at even greater value!• 6 gala concerts! Massimo Nosetti, Nigel Potts and Jeremy Filsell, Christian Lane, MarekKudlicki, Maxine Thévenot, Diane Bish;• A theatre organ concert at Casa Loma with Jelani Eddington;• 5 stunning free lunch-time concerts: David Alexander Simon, Renée Anne Louprette, JohnGrew, Aaron James, Andre Rakus & Michael Barth;• Organ builder Alan T. Jackson (a Doors Open event);• The Nigel Potts Lecture;• The Young Organist Competition, Royal Canadian Collegeof Organists;• Closing celebration concert with world renowned Diane Bish.Dates, venues and programme details are available atwww.organixconcerts.caMassimo Nosetti, OrganOpening Gala Concert - May 9,6:30pm, at St Paul's Anglican ChurchWorld-renowned organist Massimo Nosettifrom Turin, Italy, performs Bossi's OrganConcerto in A minor Op. 100 and Rheinberger'sOrgan Concerto No. 2, Op. 177, both with a 32piece orchestra, under the direction of MaestroPhilip Sarabura. Virtuoso trumpeter MichaelBarth will perform Jean Rivier's Aria forTrumpet and Organ.ORGANIX a music festival unlike any other!416-769-3893 www.organixconcerts.caMichael Barth,trumpetPhilip Sarabura, conductorMedia Sponsors:Sponsors:Glionna Mansell Foundationwww.glionnamansell.comConsulate Generalof the Republic of Polandin TorontoIstitutoItalianodiCulturaItalian Cultural Institutewww.rcco.caWilliam O’MearaChurch of the Holy Trinityhttp://holytrinitytoronto.org/m beithPrint and Graphicsmbeith5@gmail.com

Beat by Beat / Art of SongVoices RaisedDAVID PERLMANIt’s a funny thing how an event can suddenly explode onto thescene with little or no prior buzz, emerging fully formed andready to rumble. A case in point: the first annual SING! a cappellavocal festival, set to debut April 13–15 at Harbourfront Centre,comes accoutred not just with the necessary headliners (like lastsummer’s abortive BlackCreek faux summer festival), but also witha fine array of local talent, and a very healthy mix of workshops,singalongs and other opportunities for the public to feel part of it all.Needless to say, the illusion that SING! sprang up out of nowhere isjust that — an illusion.“Informally, the festival has been a going concern since March2011,” says Aaron Jensen, SING!’s artistic director. “The idea wasfirst bounced around by myself and J-M Erlendson, the businessmanager of Countermeasure — a Toronto-based a cappella ensemblethat I direct. We then approached entertainment agent, Pat Silverand artist manager, Paul Ryan. Shortly thereafter, the HarbourfrontCentre came on as business partners, and bit by bit, we enlisted anall-star board of directors made up of some of Toronto’s top artsagents, marketing experts, sponsorship co-ordinators and innovators,including Robert Missen, Patti Jannetta Baker, the Hon. SarmiteBulte …” (Demonstrating at least one of the skill sets necessaryfor the helmsman of an enterprise like this, he goes on to namethem all.)Jensen has been an active member of the Toronto vocal communitysince moving to the city in 2001 (he was born in Prince Albert,Saskatchewan). “I’ve done so as a performer (Cadence, Retrocity,Countermeasure, The Amadeus Choir, WIBI, Dina Ledi), as acomposer (I was the composer-in-residence for Univox Choir from2007–2009, and have written commissioned choral works for TheSwingle Singers, Vox Humana, Windago, Serenade! WashingtonDC Choral Festival, etc.), and as a music educator and clinician(U of T, CAMMAC, and various arts schools through Prologue tothe Performing Arts.)”Why a cappella? “Arguably a cappella vocal music is the foundationof all music,” he says. “Every genre of music can be traced backto a vocal tradition. Also it doesn’t hurt that television programslike Glee and The Sing Off have popularized a cappella music for awhole new demographic. In the midst of this vocal renaissance, wefelt that the time is ripe to launch an a cappella festival, becausedespite this resurgence of interest in a cappella music, festivals areoften slow to include vocal groups in their series. This initiative willbe the first international a cappella vocal festival held in Toronto.”“Through my involvement in these circles, I have become acquaintedwith the abundance of vibrant and exciting singing groupsthat Toronto has to offer.With so much talent andvariety, it seemed a shamethat there was no platformthat celebrated this wealthof talent. It is our goal withSING! to host a large-scaleinternational a cappellafestival that will act as asummit for singers, educators,and all lovers of vocalmusic,and in doing so, tocultivate a growing audienceand body of patrons.”Beyond the headliners(Swingle Singers, Nylons,New York Voices) andoutstanding supportingcast (Cadence, Darbazi,Cantores Celestes, Iselers,Toronto Chamber Choir), itis the festival’s extensiveoutreach that fires Jensen’sevident enthusiasm forSING!’s Aaron Jensen.the job.“Educational Outreach is a cornerstone. In addition to the Fridayschool outreach event, we’ve also programmed eleven masterclassesgeared toward singers of all ages and skill levels, led by top vocaleducators such as the Swingle Singers, Heather Bambrick andOrville Heyn. We have launched a YouTube Contest that will givegroups the opportunity to open for the Nylons, and whose prizingincludes a guaranteed showcase opportunity in Canadian MusicWeek 2013. We’ve also planned a Mass Sing-Along which will beopen to everyone attending the festival.”And again he emphasizes that the time is right. “The fact that theToronto District School Board is opening two special interest vocalarts academies in the fall speaks to Toronto’s growing appetite forvocal music.”For more detail on the festival’s concert component see our GTAconcert listings, and for more on the festival’s extensive non-concertcomponent, our “ETCeteras” (commencing page 60).Serious Star Power: in terms of visiting star power on the vocalscene, April is turning out to be a stunner. Bobby McFerrin bringshis incomparable and indescribable vocal act to Roy Thomson Hall,April 16. Dawn Upshaw, whose interpretive gifts have made modernrepertoire not only accessible but beautiful to audiences worldwide,is at Koerner Hall, April 22, with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.Friday April 20, Renée Fleming comes to Roy Thomson Hall withpianist Harmut Höll, in a very fresh program including works byZemlinsky, Schoenberg, Korngold, Duparc and others. And, intwo concerts added very recently to the calendar, on April 19 atthe Marham Theatre and April 20 at Trinity-St. Paul’s, MeashaTHE OPERA EXCHANGEA Wilde Time: Zemlinsky’s A Florentine TragedyLocal and international academics including Ted Chamberlin (UofT), SherryLee (UofT), and Christopher Hailey (Princeton), explore Zemlinsky’s ravishinglate-Romantic score and the literary connection with Oscar Wilde’s play. WayneGooding (editor, Opera Canada) hosts a candid discussion with the director ofthe COC’s new production, Catherine Malfitano.coc.ca/Explore416-363-8231SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 201210 a.m. to 1 p.m.Walter Hall, Faculty of MusicUniversity of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park$23FREE UofT Faculty/StudentsPresented in partnership withFACULTY OF MUSICCreative: Endeavour18 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

Bobby McFerrin, seen here giving a workshop on vocal improvisationat the Art of Jazz Brampton Global Jazz & Blues Festival last August.April 13 - 15, 2012TORONTO'S INAUGURAL A CAPPELLA FESTIVALConcerts, Workshops, Mass Sing-AlongTICKETS ON SALE NOW at www.tvaf.capHOTO SaxeBrueggergosman launches her I’ve Got A Crush On You CD.Brueggergosman’s new CD is not your standard opera diva repertoire.“I’ve looked for pieces that are an extension of myself,” sheexplains. And the extensions in this case include a hefty dose of jazzstandards (the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Errol Garner), some Lerner& Loewe, spirituals, some Feist, Joni Mitchell, Ron Sexsmith andmore. Supporting cast (on the album at least) includes Holly Coleperennial sidemen, Aaron Davis (who co-produced) and Rob Piltch,as well as bassist George Koller and Davide Direnzo on drums (toname just a few). Expect Brueggergosman, to paraphrase the wordsof one of the songs on the album, to “spread her wings and do athousand things (well, at least 14) she’s never done before.”On the topic of jazz vocalists, Nikki Yanofsky comes to MasseyApril 21, Lauren Margison is at the Bradshaw amphitheatre in a“New York state of mind” April 24, and Kellylee Evans is at theGlenn Gould Studio April 27. And there will be two opportunitiesto catch Adi Braun, jazz “offshoot” of a famous operatic family,swingle singersHOST HOTELSponsored by:Measha_WholeNote_col.v2:Layout 1 3/21/12 12:17 PM Page 1E. Paul Yanover, C.A.April 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 19

who just keeps getting better and better. Her main appearance is aspart of the Kabaret at Koerner series April 15 with Jordan Klapman(piano), George Koller (bass) and Daniel Barnes (drums). Her otherappearance will be two days earlier April 13 at a fundraiser for theCanadian Children’s Opera Company (see our “ETCeteras” on page60) where Braun and Klapman will share the billing with vocalistSophia Perlman and pianist Adrean Farrugia (to whose indisputablecollective talents our editorial rules on nepotism forbid me tosing praise).And speaking of solo vocal turns at galas and benefits: April 11the luminous Adrianne Pieczonka, with Stephen Ralls on piano,headlines a VIVA! Youth Singers gala evening at St. LawrenceHall; and May 6 Shannon Mercer, soprano, Krisztina Szabó, mezzo,Keith Klassen, tenor, and Roderick Williams, baritone, frontline PaxChristi’s 25th Anniversary Gala Concert presentation of Elgar’s TheKingdom at Koerner Hall. Stephanie Martin conducts.All this, and I have not even scratched the surface of the art songrecital treasury that waits to be discovered in the month’s listings.Those quick off the mark will not want to miss MooredaleConcerts’ April 1 Walter Hall presentation of Stéphane Lemelin,piano, and Donna Brown, soprano, performing works by Debussy,Fauré, Schubert, Mahler and Wolf. Ottawa-born Brown, betterknown on the concert stages of Europe than in her own home, is anall-too-infrequent visitor.And those wanting to be quick off the mark in spotting anup-and-comer should circle soprano Layla Claire’s May 3 GlennGould Studio appearance in the Massey/ RTH Art of Song series,performing works by Britten, Canteloube, Strauss and Golijov, withStephen Philcox on the piano. Claire will make a splash, I predict,in early 2013, performing Mozart with the TSO, so grab somecareer-spotting bragging rights while the getting’s good.It’s a good month too for Toronto’s longest established practitionersof salon-style concertizing, Aldeburgh Connection and OffCentre Music.April 29, at Walter Hall, Aldeburgh Connection presents the finalconcert of this, their 30th anniversary concert season. It’s titled “ACountry House Weekend: an English idyll,” and features sopranoLucia Cesaroni, mezzo Krisztina Szabó and baritone Peter Barrett,with Stephen Ralls and Bruce Ubukata at the piano.And May 6 Inna Purkis’ and Boris Zarankin’s long-runningOff Centre Music Salon makes its usual Sunday afternoon GlennGould Studio touch-down with a salon titled “Spanish Balladewith a Russian Interlude.” Soprano Joni Henson, baritone PeterMcGillivray and mezzo Leigh-Anne Martin do the vocal honours.Aaron Jensen had it right. “Vocal renaissance” is indeed a goodway to describe the current state of things.David Perlman can be reached at publisher@thewholenote.com20 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

Grain of the VoiceWould you like toexperience “TotalVocal Pleasure” thelikes of which you havenever dreamed possible?You don’t have to be ableto sing “O Mio BabbinoCaro” or “Nessun Dorma.”You don’t have to join aclassical ensemble andparticipate in the executionof intricate motets, cantatasor oratorios. You don’tneed to know how to tunejazz vocal harmonies likediminished ninths andsharp elevenths.Total Vocal Pleasure maybe achieved very simply,benjAMIN stEINBridging solitudes: Roberta BondarApril 21 with the Amadeus Choirand the Elmer Iseler Singers.and anyone can do it. The secret: imitate Tom Waits singing “Feedthe Birds” from Mary Poppins. Careful, though — this pastime isaddictive, and after a few tries in the shower or the car, you will findyourself alarming people in checkout lines and buses, as you growland croon about little birds and tuppence and saints and apostleslooking down.Why do singers move us so much? What is it about the voice thatmakes us respond? Why are the airwaves not filled with glamorousoboe or viola players? Well, aside from the fact that glamorous oboeand viola players do not actually exist, the voice is like no otherinstrument in its ability to inspire loyalty or antipathy, horror or love.The phrase “the grain of the voice” gives us this month’s theme.It is the title of an essay by Roland Barthes, a French critic andtheorist influential in academic circles and pretty much avoidedeverywhere else. “Grain” refers very generally to vocal timbre, butBarthes’ essay is a complex investigation into the subtle signals andhidden meanings that vocal timbre can convey.Barthes’ ideas have been used in studies of popular music toexplore the appeal of voices that are not stereotypically “beautiful,”when beautiful is understood to mean smooth and even — Tom Waits,Bob Dylan, Maria Callas, Shane MacGowan, Billie Holiday andDiamanda Galas, to name a few. These are voices with edges, roughspots, potholes and speedbumps.In a non-operatic choral context, these types ofvoices are almost useless — there is no way to makethem blend as choral voices must, though an entirechoir of singers who sound like Bob Dylan has a certainappeal. Still, many choirs experiment with vocaltimbres and techniques that lie outside a traditionalWestern classical music aesthetic, and, eschewing traditionalor popular programming choices, commissionand program unexpected and unusual repertoire.The Aradia Ensemble’s May 3 concert, “The Grainof the Voice,” (a free COC noonhour Vocal Seriesconcert) combines motets by Monteverdi and Gesualdo(the latter responsible for some of the most macabreItalian renaissance vocal works ever written) with guestchoir Darbazi, a Toronto vocal ensemble specializingin music from the Eastern European Caucasus regionof Georgia. Traditional Georgian music has a tuning!"#$#%"&%#'(#)$*+%"('",-.$#/0"+1(#$-")$02%#&3%+%Pax Christi Chorale!" !" AnniversarySeason############################$%&&'$%&$ELGAR - THE KINGDOM45*6$78"9$7":8";

system and timbral aesthetic utterly at odds with what most peopleunderstand to be a standard choral sound. Aradia’s conductor, KevinMallon, has composed a new work that will blend these ensemblestogether, uniting these apparently irreconcilable musical elements.Aradia presents a full-length version of the same concert May 5 atGlenn Gould Studio.Two upcoming music festivals also explore varied vocal techniques.Contemporary music organization NUMUS is based out ofWaterloo, and is pretty consistently ignored by Toronto music critics.This is a shame, because its programming is easily the match ofany Toronto new music organization. NUMUS presents the ElementChoir on May 5, with “new works for improvisational choir”. Thisalone ought to draw an intrigued audience, because improvisation,rare in classical circles, is almost unheard of in a choral context.Read more about NUMUS at www.numus.on.ca.NUMUS is in part the creation of composer Glen Buhr, whoseworks bring an agreeable touch of humour to a contemporary musicscene that is often whimsy-challenged. In a more sombre mood,however, is his Ritchot Mass, which was dedicated to Canadianswho lost their homes in the 1997 flood of theRed River Valley in Manitoba. Hamilton’s JohnLaing Singers will perform this work, andothers in “Dreams and Dances” on April 28.The other vocal festival that lovers of vocalmusic really should not miss this month isSING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival atHarbourfront Centre from Friday April 13 toSunday April 15.This festival, curated with Harbourfront’scustomarily polyvalent approach to programming,is a kind of snapshot of the diversity ofvocal styles available to singers. The weekendwill combine performances with workshops andmasterclasses, the majority of which will befree of charge. The Canadian choirs participatingare Elmer Iseler Singers, Lachan JewishChamber, Choir, the Allegria Choir, Darbaziand Cantores Celestes; jazz and pop vocalensembles Countermeasure and the Nylons willbe there as well. Guest groups will include therenowned Swingle Singers and the New YorkVoices, among others. For a schedule of theweekend’s events, see www.torontovocalartsfestival.com.Moving beyond the column’s theme to otherinteresting concerts: although the phrase “artsand science” is commonly heard in universitycurricula, in reality these two areas are oftenstratified. British writer C.P. Snow coined theterm “the two solitudes” in reference to theisolation that he saw between arts and sciencestudies in both academia and general culture.His thesis, briefly, was that artists needed tounderstand more about science, if for no otherreason than to understand the profound effectthat science has had on culture in the past century.Bridging the gap between these solitudes, at least for the durationof a concert program, is “Music of the Spheres: A Fusion of Music,Art and Science.” This April 21 concert commemorates the 20th anniversaryof Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar’s spaceflight. Theconcert features conductor Lydia Adams’ two principal ensembles,the Amadeus Choir and the Elmer Iseler Singers. For the occasion,Adams has composed music to a text by Bondar entitled, Light inthe Darkness – The Earth Sings. Another Canadian piece on theprogram is Jason Jestadt’s And Yet it Moves, presumably a referenceto the defiant (although likely mythical) quote from astronomerGalileo Galilei, after being forced to recant his assertion that theearth moved around the sun.The inventive poetry of English clergyman George Herbert (1593–1633) has attracted many choral composers. Religious in themeand intent, Herbert’s work is introspective and intense, avoidingthe dual traps of unreflective piety and facile celebration that oftencharacterize sacred lyrics. Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songsis one of the best known settings of Herbert’s poetry. The LarkinThe Last Nightof the PROMSAT ST. JAMES CATHEDRALPETER MAHONSales Representative416-322-8000pmahon@trebnet.comwww.petermahon.com22 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

a rtistic director Roger BergsThe John Laing Singers presentDreams and Danceswith special guestsPenderecki String Quartet & Andrei Streliaev, piano/organfeaturing Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music,Glenn Buhr’s Richot Mass, a tango by Piazzolla, andthe world premiere of In the Eerie Play of Moonlightby Oakville’s Hunter Coblentz• Saturday, April 28, 7:30 pmCentral Presbyterian Church,165 Charlton Avenue West, Hamilton• Sunday, April 29, 3:30 pmSt. Aidan’s Anglican Church,318 Queen Mary Drive, OakvilleThe John Laing Singers gratefully acknowledge the support of:Buy tickets online atwww.johnlaingsingers.comor call 905-628-5238.Adults: $20 in advance, $25 at the doorStudents: $10Hamilton’s Community Partnership Programfor CultureThe Ontario Trillium Foundation is an agencyof the Government of OntarioApril 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 23

The BACH CHILDREN’S CHORUSand the BACH CHAMBER YOUTH CHOIRThe Linda BACH Beaupré, CHILDREN’S Conductor Eleanor CHORUS Daley, Pianistand the BACH CHAMBER YOUTH CHOIRTHLinda 25 Beaupré, ConductorANNIVERSARYSEASONEleanor Daley, PianistIt takesIt takesa villagea villageSaturday, May 12, 2012 at 7:30pmSaturday,Toronto Centre for the ArtsGeorge Weston Recital HallMay 5040 Yonge 12, Street (north 2012 of Sheppard at Ave.)7:30pmToronto Centre for the Arts5040 Yonge Street (north of Sheppard Ave.)Company in Residence at the Toronto Centre for the Artsbachorus.orgTickets: $24 and $26 atthe Toronto Centre box office orTicketMaster at 1-855-985-2787bachorus.orgPhoto by Flickr user Sherri Lynn Wood. Used under Creative Commons licence.A CHORALCONCERTTickets: $24 and $26at the Toronto Centre box officeor TicketMaster at 416.870.8000Graphic Design by David Kopulos www.davidkopulos.comPhoto by Flickr user Sherri Lynn Wood. Used under Creative Commons licence.Company in Residence atthe Toronto Centre for the ArtsCANARYALERT2012Are you a choir looking for new members orpublicity? A singer, amateur to professional, lookingto join a choir?The WholeNote annual Canary Pages is the placeto be! Published every May (and remaining onlineyear-round), the 2012 Canary Pages directory willpresent profiles of choirs Ontario-wide, catering toall ages and levels of ability.To find out more about having your choir listedin the upcoming Canary Pages, please contactcanary@thewholenote.com or 416-323-2232 x26.To see our current Canary Pages, read profiles orsearch choirs by category, please visitwww.thewholenote.com, click on “Directories,” then“Canary Pages.”Singers perform this work on April 21, and conductor MatthewLarkin steps into a composer’s role with his own Herbert settingsas well. The Larkin Singers, incidentally, is one of Toronto’s newerchoral ensembles worth checking out — it boasts strong singers verycommitted to choral work, and programs interesting music.Late composer Srul Irving Glick wrote many works for Canadianchoirs, and on April 29 the Elora Festival Singers present VisionsThrough Darkness, a work that they commissioned from Glick in1988. This composer had strong connections with choral ensembles,and it is good to see that his legacy continues to be fostered. Forthose who like to hear more of Glick’s music, a memorial concertdevoted to his work will take place at Holy Blossom Temple onApril 22. For information, see www.holyblossom.org.The Pax Christi Chorale celebrates its 25th anniversary seasonon May 6 with a rare performance of Elgar’s The Kingdom. A choirwith roots in the Canadian Mennonite choral tradition, the PaxChristi Chorale is a vital part of the local vocal scene, with solidprogramming and a commitment to generating new choral commissions.The Kingdom, just over a hundred years old, is a wonderfulexample of the grand, late romantic oratorio. The last time it wasperformed in Canada was over 25 years ago, and this concert is arare opportunity to hear this work performed live.In difficult economic times, it is tremendously important toremember that music lessons are a luxury that many familiescannot afford. All over Toronto, there are musicians giving theirtime and expertise to help another generation foster their creativityand discipline through music. Reaching Out Through Music is anorganization devoted to bringing music to the community of St.Jamestown in downtown Toronto. The choir of the Church of St.Simon-the-Apostle takes part in a fundraising concert for ROTM onApril 28. Find out more at www.reachingoutthroughmusic.org.Two other benefit concerts of note: on April 6 the CantabileChorale of York Region performs to raise funds for social servicesin York Region; April 12 the Guelph Youth Singers team up withLes Jeunes Chanteurs d’Acadie to raise money for Bracelet of Hopecharity, a group that provides medical care to HIV/AIDS patientsin Africa.The Tallis Choir performs “The Glory of the English Anthem” onMay 5. I will write about this concert in more detail next month.Two final notes regarding members of the Toronto choral community:choirmaster and organist Douglas Bodle has directed,coached and inspired several generations of singers in this city. Hecelebrates 40 years of directorship at St. Andrew’s PresbyterianChurch on April 27, with an archival CD launch and notable guestsoloists, some of them past members of the St. Andrew’s choir.Lastly, some tragic late-breaking news: Toronto choral director,organist and singer Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill passed away suddenlyand unexpectedly as this column was going to press. Bruce was awell-known and well-loved member of Toronto’s choral scene, andour thoughts are with his family and friends. Read a tribute to Bruceon page 63.Ben Stein is a Toronto tenor and theorbist.He can be contacted at choralscene@thewholenote.com.Visit his website at benjaminstein.ca.24 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

Eliciting HistoryThrough Musicsimone desiletsOf course we know we are not the only ones to stand aghastat the magnitude of the heavens, to question our role in thescheme of things, to revel in our youth, be lovestruck anddevious and wicked, to worship ourCreator. Medieval Man did all thistoo; but how to fathom the point ofview of ancient cultures from ourvantage point, so far removed fromtheirs? Much of the knowledge andthought existing in the Middle Ageshas filtered down to the presentday through music; and we’re veryfortunate that people of tremendousscholarship and talent are continuingto bring this music to life. Three ofthis month’s concerts give fascinating insights into several aspects ofthe music and philosophy of medieval times.First to appear, inviting us to enter a deeply devotional realmexpressed in music both ancient and modern, is Anonymous 4, thetruly remarkable women’s vocal quartet, who celebrate their 25thanniversary with the concert program “Anthology 25” at KoernerHall on April 11. Renowned for both their historical scholarship andthe sheer liquid silver beauty of their vocal blend, they’re currentlytouring a program that in a way sums up the work they’ve doneover the past quarter century, for it presents offerings from 20 (ifI counted right) of their recordings — including everything from12th-century chant and polyphony to 15th-century carols to earlyAmerican folk hymns to recently composed works, and more. Theyresearch, write about and perform their music with such meticulousness,yet with such joy; it’s no wonder they’ve developed a huge andenthusiastic audience over a quarter century.As in the present day, when we are increasingly awestruck by thevastness of the cosmos, so in medieval times people sought explanationsto questions arising from the phenomena they observed. Theyfound answers in ancient philosophy, in which music and astronomywere closely linked — the harmonious proportions of sound werebelieved to echo the harmonious movements of the planets and stars.Anonymous 4.Metaphors based on astronomypermeated medieval religious andphilosophical expression. Some ofthe wealth of music that reflects this,including music by Dunstable (theEnglish composer, astronomer andmathematician) and Landini (theblind Italian composer, philosopherand astrologist) will be presentedby Sine Nomine Ensemble in theirconcert, “Music of the Spheres:The stars moving in concert,”which takes place on April 27 at St. Thomas’s Church.In the collection of 13th- and 14th-century songs known as theCarmina Burana — the Songs of Benediktbeuren — we’re showna colourful diversity of medieval life. These are lyrical poems inLatin, medieval German and French, some 300 in all, gatheredprobably by wandering scholars. Some celebrate springtime andlove, or gambling and drinking; some are satirical or moralistic, orKevin MallonPerformsaradia enSeMble Director Kevin Mallonwith special guests darbaziThe Grainof The2:30pM Sunday april 1StSchubert’s Die Freundevon SalamankaToronto Chamber Orchestra &opera in Concertwww.operainconcert.com8pM Friday april 27thHandel’s Giulio CesareThirteen Strings, Ottawawww.thirteenstrings.caVoice8:00pM May 5thGesualdo and Monteverdi madrigals, Georgiantraditional repertoire and a new work by Kevin MallonGlenn Gould Studio | 250 Front St. West | Tickets $15 - $35Roy Thomson Box Office | 416-872-4255 | www.aradia.caApril 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 25

set forth religious feeling; and to borrowthe words of one writer, “the pagan spiritinspiring most of the poems reminds usthat the rough, intense world of medievalEurope was anything but a Sunday Schoolpicnic.” Though some indications exist ofhow they were to be sung, bringing themto life takes some imagination. Eminentlyequipped for this task, the musicians of theToronto Consort will set their voices, fiddle,recorder, hurdy-gurdy, lute and harp to theirperformance in a trio of concerts, titled “TheOriginal Carmina Burana,” April 27 to 29 atTrinity-St. Paul’s Centre.Lumière Quartet.STRING QuartetsFast forwarding to the 18th and even the 19thcentury, we find concerts this month by noless than three string quartets devoted toperiod performance:On April 22 the Eybler Quartet shouts“Hey, I’m Mozart, too!” — and in readingthe biographies of the three composersrepresented alongside Wolfgang Amadeus we find out why: JosephMartin Kraus (1756–1792), sometimes called “the Swedish Mozart,”Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806–1826), dubbed “the Spanish Mozart,”and Joseph Boulogne, le Chevalier du Saint-George (1745–1799), “leMozart noir,” all were precocious classical composers who had veryshort lives. Uncannily also, Kraus was born in the same year asMozart; and Arriaga was born on what would have been Mozart’s50th birthday.On April 28, in a presentation of the Academy Concert Series, theLumière Quartet commemorates “Schubert’s Final Journey” — hiscreative journey to his own imminent death — performing his “Deathand the Maiden” String Quartet in D Minor,and the glorious, posthumous two-celloString Quintet in C Major, the last piece ofchamber music he wrote.On April 29, the Windermere StringQuartet, on period instruments, concludetheir seventh season with “Turning Points,”featuring works that exemplify pivotal momentsin history and in music — by JosephBoulogne (le Chevalier du Saint-George),Beethoven and Schubert (again, his two-celloquintet — the same work as will be heardthe at the Academy Concert Series the nightbefore; but, like the finest wine, it’s deliciousenough to be sampled twice in two days!).As if all these weren’t enough, there’s lotsmore this month to tempt you:• April 7: Fairest Isle, all isles excelling, thatgave us the genius of both Henry Purcell andthe Beatles! But did you know that the twoare linked artistically? Scaramella reveals thetruth in this, illustrating some of the manyparallels between the two famous Englishentities with lovely and beguiling music by both, in their last concertof the season, “Imagine.” Gambist/artistic director Joëlle Morton isjoined by Brazilian guests, Paulo Mestre, countertenor, and SilvanaScarinci theorbo, as well as multi-instrumentalist Kirk Eliott, sitar,bouzouki and accordion.• April 13: Once again, I FURIOSI is in an uproar — this time it’sabout families. Of course in Baroque days, even while bursting withcreative musical genius, they could be as unruly as ever. Join thefuror of “I FURIOSI’s Family Jewels” as guests Jed Wentz, flautotraverso, and Olivier Fortin, harpsichord, come for the I FURIOSIdysfunctional family reunion.~E TO|oNTOCºNSO|tpresentsT‰ O|iGINALCARMINA BU|aNAApril 27 & 28 at 8 pmApril 29 at 3:30 pmThe original Carmina Burana is one of the mostbeautiful collections of medieval song, datingfrom the 13th and 14th centuries. Songs of love,songs of springtime, drinking songs, spiritualsongs and lively dance tunes all grace thisanthology. The Toronto Consort brings alivethese glimpses of an earlier era, with voices,fiddle, recorder, lute and harp.For Tickets call 416-964-6337 or order onlinetorontoconsort.orgTrinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. West26 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

PHOTO BOyd HagenGil Shaham.• April 21: In his KoernerHall debut, Israeli-Americanviolinist Gil Shaham playsan all-Bach solo recital —thepartitas in e major and dminor, and the Sonata forSolo Violin in C Major. One oftoday’s most engaging classicalartists, he’s been describedby The New York Times as “avirtuoso and a player of deeplyintense sincerity.”• April 29: Toronto’s ownCommunity Baroque Orchestragives its “Spring Concert,”performing music by Handel,Biber, Leclair and Vivaldi.Violinist Elyssa Lefurgey-Smith leads the group, andthe soloists in Vivaldi’sConcerto in C Major for twoflutes are Roseen Giles andGregory Kirczenow.• May 2 to 6: A description of the artistry of British violinist RachelPodger runs: “(She) is known for her highly accurate, virtuosic playing,outstanding musicianship and understanding of period style, anda cheerful, warm and decidedly non-stuffy stage presence.” All verygood reasons to check out her guest appearances with Tafelmusikin their five concerts titled Bach and the Violin. Podger has heldpositions as leader with the English Concert, the Orchestra of theAge of Enlightenment and the Academy of Ancient Music, amongother groups; she’ll perform with Tafelmusik as director and soloistin works by Bach, Vivaldi and Telemann.• May 3 and 5: Aradia’s “The Grain of the Voice” features twogroups of very different vocal “grains”: the choir and orchestra ofAradia who will perform motets by Monteverdi and Gesualdo, andguests, the Toronto-based Georgian choir Darbazi who will presenttraditional Georgian repertoire (a uniquely beautiful polyphony).Artistic director Kevin Mallon unites the two with a new compositionof his own. (May 3 is a free noonhour concert presented by theCOC; May 5 is at the Glenn Gould Studio.)• May 5: In its final concert of the season, the Tallis Choir presents“The Glory of the English Anthem,” tracing the a cappella anthem’s500-year presence in the Chapel Royal, cathedrals and colleges ofEngland. Tallis’ Lamentations of Jeremiah and Byrd’s Sing Joyfully,as well as 20th-century works, will be performed.For full details of all these, and more, please peruseThe WholeNote’s daily listings.Simone Desilets is a long-time contributor to The WholeNote inseveral capacities who plays the viola da gambaShe can be contacted at earlymusic@thewholenote.com.Composer ann southam, who died November 25, 2010,continues to live through her music, appearing on concertprograms with an insistent frequency far beyond the initialspate of “tribute concerts” one might have expected. What isbecoming clearer with the passage of time is that the music, as muchas the memory, is of enduring value. That being said, two giftedpianists in the community, Christina Petrowska Quilico and EveEgoyan, are doing much to keep the Southam legacy alive, boththrough their recordings and through live performance.This month, for example, on April 1, with the Kindred SpiritsOrchestra in Markham, the indefatigable Petrowska Quilicoperforms three Southam works as part of Kindred Spirits’ one-night“New Music festival” concert. And then, April 25–28, she providesthe entire accompaniment to a new ballet, Rivers, choreographedto Southam’s music by Toronto Dance Theatre’s Christopher House.Egoyan, meanwhile, brings Southam’s Simple Lines of Enquiry to abenefit concert for MusicWorks magazine, April 19 at Gallery 345.Both are events worth saying more about.I firstbecame awareof the TDTRivers projectlast fall duringa 20-minutevideo interviewI did withPetrowskaQuilico for TheWholeNote’songoing videoBeat by Beat / In With the NewRivers,Toy Pianos,and the TPLdavid perlmanToronto Dance Theatre.interview series, Conversations@TheWholeNote.com, (which readerscan find by going directly to The WholeNote’s YouTube channel).I have to admit, the scope of the undertaking didn’t fully registerat the time. House has worked for a year with Petrowska Quilicoand then TDT’s ten dancers to create what he calls “a fluid andunpredictable counterpoint to the music, reflecting the rushing cascades,luxuriant eddies and attentive stillnesses in the score … alternatingbetween large-scale, kinetic strokes and intricately-craftedmovement conversations. I hope to build a work” he says, “in whichboth music and dance retain autonomy yet their marriage feelssurprisingly, deliciously inevitable.”Photo GUNTar KRAVISJoseph Macerollo & Ina Henning performAndrew Staniland – Pentagramswww.NewMusicConcerts.comInformation416.961.9594Robert AitkenartisticdirectorMonday April 23 2012 @ 7pm • free public event with Arraymusic & New Music ConcertsNew Music 101 Series @ Elisabeth Beeton Auditorium, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St.photo: André LeducYoko Hirotasmall isbeautifulpiano music by Schoenberg,Morel, Cherney, Radford,Lemay & CurrentFriday April 27 2012Gallery 345 @ 8pm345 Sorauren Ave.$35/25/10April 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 27

“I think that is a brilliantToy Piano Composers.quote” says Petrowska Quilico.“Christopher and I have met manytimes during the year and beganwith a first rehearsal in September.It was a revelation for the dancersto perform with live music. Theyhad previously been using myCentrediscs CD of the completeRivers. I felt an unbelievableelectricity while playing. AlthoughI couldn’t really watch the dancersI felt the vibrations of their movementsor their stillness. This is realchamber music, intimate, structured yet spontaneous in a mutualgive and take. The dancers take their cue from my music and tempoand I adjust the music and tempo to their movements.”Southam’s music, she says, is what makes it all possible. “I believethat this is her masterpiece, written in her prime and showingher mastery of fast and slow music. I love performing these piecesmore than any other of her works. I never tire of the changing patternsand the spontaneous and improvisatory mood of the music.”House and Petrowska Quilico collaborated on the choice of musicstructuring it so there is an ebb and flow. Rivers will play as anhour long piece “with swirling fast sections and reflective intimateand introspective segments” Petrowska Quilico says. “I can’t wait toperform with the dancers.”As mentioned, Rivers will play at the Fleck Dance Theatre,Harbourfront, April 25–28.See the listings for details.By comparison, Eve Egoyan’s evening of Ann Southam this monthwill be a very intimate affair, with all eyes on the piano, and in avenue entirely befitting the piece. Of Egoyan’s earlier performanceof Simple Lines of Enquiry in November 2009, reviewer StanleyFefferman wrote, for showtimemagazine.ca, “being in the concertUnheard OfMemoirs of aCanadianComposerJohnBeckwith$29.95 Paper • 408 pp.74 b/w photos, 8 music examples978-1-55458-358-4Life Writing seriesIn this fascinating personal and professional odyssey,John Beckwith delivers rich cultural history, openinga wide window on Canadian musical and educationalinstitutions of the mid-to-late twentieth century. Thebook’s wryly modest title reflects its author’s gentle wit,but don’t be misled: Unheard Of chronicles a life of highprofessional visibility and intellectual engagement.– Carol J. Oja, Department of Music,Harvard UniversityWILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY PRESSfacebook.com/wlupress | twitter.com/wlupresstoll-free 1-866-836-5551 | www.wlupress.wlu.cahall while Eve Egoyan plays the12 movements of Ann Southam’sSimple Lines of Enquiry for solopiano is like being in an art gallerywhere 12 abstract canvases hang onwhite walls. Just as the experienceof visual art occurs in a silentgallery, so these sound paintingsgenerate an atmosphere of silence.This results in a kind of melting ofthe affections, as if Ms. Egoyan’sconcentrated discipline developsa musical posture that enables asense of fluidity to flow towardsrelaxation and the possibility of bliss.”Fitting, then, that this performance should actually be in a gallery,with paintings on the walls. Gallery 345 continues to develop as amusical venue, attracting an eclectic range of performers with itsintimacy and (literal as well as metaphoric) lack of veneer. Great,too, that the event is a benefit for MusicWorks magazine, a trueoriginal and one of the best little magazines around.Speaking of intimate events, I’ll be holding my breath that theToronto Public Library labour dispute resolves itself speedily (andsatisfactorily), because the Toronto Reference Library is gettingset to host the second annual New Music 101 — four consecutiveMonday evenings, in the Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium, commencingApril 23. The series, devised and curated cooperatively by theToronto New Music Alliance, was hosted last year by music journalistJohn Terauds, formerly a Torstar standout, and now, amongother things, the host of one of the better (and busier) musical blogsaround — musicaltoronto.org. “The only reason I’m not back thisyear is that I’d committed myself to teaching on Monday eveningsbefore they asked me to return for this year’s series” Teraudsexplained. “I thoroughly enjoyed last year’s series. It ended up providinga cross section of new music genres and performance styleswhile also providing people with an intimate setting in which tointeract with the artists.” (This year’s host will be another Torontojournalistic standout, Robert Everett-Green.)Format this year will be the same as last year: the events runfor one hour, with two new music presenters sharing the time. Ashort work, or work in progress, is introduced and performed, withtime for discussion afterwards. April 23, for example, New MusicConcerts will reprise a commissioned work for two accordions,performed by Joe Macerollo and Ina Henning, from their openingconcert of the season. And the Array Ensemble will serve up selectionsstill being rehearsed, for an upcoming concert (in partnershipwith Toy Piano Composers), April 28 at the Music Gallery.“This [approach] is, in my opinion, the best way to break downmany of the inhibitions people have about sampling new music,”Terauds says. Best of all, because the Library itself does the outreachto its members, the series reaches a genuinely new audience.So, as I say, I’m holding my breath that the current ugliness ofcity hall politics doesn’t cut off at the knees a truly hopeful initiative.Getting back to the aforementioned Array/Toy Piano Composerconcert at the Music Gallery April 28, Toy Piano Composers maysound like a flippant name, but the collective’s intentions, whileinfused with light-heartedness, are certainly not flip. Formed byMonica Pearce and Chris Thornborrow in July 2008, TPC is nowa a ten-composer group, has presented 12 concerts and 85 newworks, and has collaborated with TorQ Percussion Quartet, junctQínkeyboard collective, and the Sneak Peek Orchestra to name a few.Co-Founder Thornborrow had this to say about the upcoming MusicGallery event. “We are honoured to be collaborating with the ArrayChamber Ensemble. They have been dedicated to the performanceof new music for 40 years and it’s very exciting for us to be writingfor an ensemble that has been so inspirational with their daringconcerts and composers’ workshops. I think the audience is in forquite a memorable evening.”David Perlman can be reached at publisher@thewholenote.com.28 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

Beat by Beat /Music TheatreA Capella Alchemyrobert wallaceFans of a capella singing are in for another treat. Following faston the heels of Obeah Opera, whose unabashed vocal prowessthrilled audiences and critics last month, another new play filledwith similarly skilful, unaccompanied singing opens this month(April 18) at Toronto’s Factory Theatre, courtesy of Artistic Fraud,the innovative Newfoundland company known for its large-scale,chorus-based work. Created by founding members Jillian Keiley,artistic director and director, and Robert Chafe, artistic associateand playwright, the company’sproduction of Oil and Wateropened in St. John’s last yearPHOTOS PAUL DALEYRobert Chafe and JillianKeiley. Artistic Fraudof Newfoundland’sOil and Water atFactory Theatre.to rave reviews; nowit is touring Canadaand Newfoundland tostanding ovations.Oil and Water,like Obeah Opera,unites disparatemusical traditionsin an original score(composed specificallyfor this production byAndrew Craig) that relies on an unlikely blend — Newfoundland folksongs and African-American gospel. More an underscore than songswithin scenes, the music augments the emotional impact of the scriptby Robert Chafe (2010 Governor General’s Award winner for drama)that uses a cast of ten to dramatize the true story of Lanier Phillips,the sole African-American survivor of the USS Truxton, a militaryship that sank off the shores of Newfoundland’s Burin Peninsulain 1942. “Often the cast stand in the shadows singing wordlesslyor humming, which is moving enough in itself,” critic Rob Ormsbywrites of the show. “But when we hear, for instance, ‘There is aBalm in Gilead,’ the power of the words and the longing for deliverancewith which they are conveyed are simply overwhelming.”Indeed, Oil and Water concerns much more than the wreck ofthe USS Truxton. Rather than merely document Phillips’ terrifyingexperience of the disaster, Chafe expands the narrative to depict themess-hand’s desperate efforts to send his daughter to an integratedschool in Boston two decades later. As well, he introduces Phillips’great grandmother’s live as a slave to counter-point the harsh existenceof the St. Lawrence mining families who rescued 46 of theTruxton’s crew. His aim, Chafe explains in an interview with CBCRadio, is to contrast the villagers’ acts of kindness with the racistattacks that Phillips and his family suffered throughout their lives inthe United States.Ironically, until the 1980s, many Newfoundlanders were reluctantto talk about the heroic deeds of the people of St. Lawrence onthe fateful night of the ship-wreck, if for one reason only: VioletPike, the woman charged to clean the oil from Phillips’ body afterhe was rescued, kept scrubbing needlessly at his skin becauseshe didn’t realize it was black. “For a long time the experienceApril 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 29

of what happened between Violet Pike and LanierPhillips, and her lack of awareness of Africanpeople — black people — was viewed by a lot ofNewfoundlanders as a source of shame: it was a‘Newfie Joke’.” Chafe notes that it was Phillipshimself who changed this attitude. “WhenLanier started coming back to Newfoundlandin the Eighties, and went to St. Lawrence andtold his story, he changed this perception. He’sthe person who contextualized what happenedbetween him and this woman as a moment of innocenceand incredible beauty.”Oil and water don’t mix, or so the adage goes. Inthe case of Oil and Water, they alchemically fuse tobring about not only one man’s redemption, but thatof a whole town as well — a statement that might seemgrandiose were it not for Phillips’s life-long praise ofhis Newfoundland saviours. Until his death last month,Lanier Phillips continued to credit the 48 hours hespent with the people of St. Lawrence 70 years ago formore than his life. In countless talks and testimonials,he claimed, without qualification, that the encounterrenewed his belief in human kindness and inspired hisfight for civil rights. When he died, Artistic Fraud issued a pressrelease expressing their regret at his passing; they also explained howdifficult it was for them to convey “how much [this man] has donefor us. Lanier Phillips was a friend unlike any other to the people ofNewfoundland and Labrador, an unparalleled champion of this place.The way he saw us changed forever the way we saw ourselves.”Following the wreck of his ship in 1942, Phillips fought tobecome the first black sonar technician in the U.S. Navy, eventuallyenjoying a career in marine research that he worked to achieve asstrenuously as he campaigned for civil rights. To dramatize Phillips’struggle, Chafe uses two actors, Ryan Allen, who plays Phillips at19, and Jeremiah Sparks, who depicts him as an older man. JillianKeiley cast her net wide across Canada to secure actors who couldhandle the complex demands of the script: “It would be helpful itthey all were acrobats, as well as actors and singers,” she remarks asshe describes the challenges of the set that is dominated by a giantrepresentation of a sextant. As in all of her work with Artistic Fraud,the accomplished director takes an imagistic approach to staging,effecting stylized activity that often requires the precision of dance.The style is as visually stunning as it is physically difficult.A more traditional approach to staging, as well as to singing,characterizes Ragtime, an equally significant production that theShaw Festival previews this month (beginning April 10) prior to itsofficial opening in late May. Based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow(1976), the musical premiered in Toronto in 1996 and transferredto Broadway in January 1998 where it won Tony Awards for itsscore (Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens) and book (TerrenceMcNally), as well the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awardsfor best musical and best score. Although a “book musical” in theconventional sense, Ragtime shares similarities with Oil and Waterin the way it turns to the past to make sense of the present — in thiscase, the arrival in the United States of immigrants from diversecultural backgrounds at the beginning of the 20th century, peoplewhose values and customs, not to mention skin colours, often led tomisunderstanding and conflict. Explaining her choice of the show toinaugurate the Shaw’s 51st season, Jackie Maxwell, artistic directorof the Festival and director of the production, opines that Ragtime“is essentially an examination of the beginnings of the modernAmerican nation [that] captures perfectly a period in history that hashad a huge impact on the way we live now.”McNally’s book for Ragtime, mainly sung-through, interweavesthe rise and fall of three American families in New York city — awhite, upper-middle-class household in New Rochelle, an African-American musician and his wife and child in Harlem, and anEastern European artist and his daughter in the Lower EastSide — to dramatize the struggles and successes of the period.Intersecting these characters’ stories are incidents involving famousPaul Sportelli, Ragtime!personalities that include magician Harry Houdini, civilrights leader Booker T. Washington, political activistEmma Goldman, business mogul J.P. Morgan, inventorHenry Ford and performer Evelyn Nesbit. McNally’sgoal, like Doctorow’s, is to illustrate how ordinarypeople connect with celebrities, and with history, andhow, as a result, each is culpable for shaping the livesof the other.This is an ambitious project, one that McNally locatesin the tradition of Showboat and South Pacific,shows, he suggests, that have “a lot of plot, a moralfabric to the center of them, and a real involvementwith the society we live in.” The production alsorepresents a big undertaking for the Shaw, a factthat music director, Paul Sportelli, is well awareof as he rehearses the largest cast ever assembledby the Festival for a musical — 28 adults and fourchildren. Sportelli will conduct an orchestra of15 musicians from the pit, “essentially takingthe same approach in terms of my orchestraladaptation that I did to My Fair Lady lastseason: being as faithful to the original [instrumentation]as possible, and using keyboards as discreetly as I can — alwaysgoing for a balanced blend of what is acoustic and what is synthetic.Except of course for the piano writing, which figures prominently inthe orchestration, and will not be discreet!”The score for Ragtime, as intricate as the narrative is complex, isa major achievement in contemporary musical theatre, primarilybecause it allows Flaherty to work with a variety of styles. Whilethe primary motif is, of course, ragtime, the composer also introducesa wide range of additional musical elements appropriate tothe diversity of the characters: Eastern European klezmer music,Western European operetta, Victorian parlour music, gospel, jazz,Tin Pan Alley — all receive serious attention. For Sportelli, “it’salways interesting doing a musical that involves historical forms,”and this is especially the case here where “you can see that thehistory of forms such as ragtime, the cakewalk, and gospel, havebeen shaped by the history of African-Americans and race relationsbetween blacks and whites.” With wit and insight, Ahrens’ lyricsadd depth to the enterprise, helping to establish the context of thethree fictional families even as they foreground the tensions thatensue when their paths intersect.But perhaps the ultimate achievement of the score of Ragtime isthe opportunity it gives the cast for choral singing on a grand scale.“The entire ensemble sings together at times,” Sportelli exclaimswith excitement, “and the wall of sound is fantastic!” Indeed, thescore of Ragtime is as powerfully complex in its harmonies as itis rich in melody and form. Like Oil and Water, it offers a surfeitof outstanding choral composition, all the more exciting because ittempers emotion with ideas.There’s MORE!An expanded version of this column can be found at www.thewholenote.com,including details of several one-off concerts featuringsongs from the musical theatre repertoire that pop up like springflowers all through the month. On April 1 at the Toronto Centrefor the Arts, Encore Entertainment gets things started with “Songsin the Key of Stephen”; the same evening at Koerner Hall, ActingUp Stage Company continues to blur the lines of rock, cabaret andmusical theatre that it began two years ago with “Both Sides Now,”in “The Long and Winding Road”; April 23 at the Al Green Theatre,the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre toasts 60 years of contributionsto the cultural evolution of downtown Toronto with “Starson Spadina,” including the singers of Countermeasure, a hot newvocal group whose eclectic use of the contemporary songbook defiesnotions of genre in its pursuit of originality.Based in Toronto, Robert Wallace writes abouttheatre and performance. He can be contacted atmusictheatre@thewholenote.com.Photo David COOper30 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

Pick of a Rich Cropandrew tIMARWorld music concerts this month launch with the culminationof the Toronto association Bharathi Kala Manram’s 40thAnnual Thyagaraja Music Festival at the SVBF Auditoriumin Etobicoke. Thyagaraja (1767–1847) was a singer and prolificcomposer and remains among the most influential figures in theCarnatic (South Indian classical) musiccanon. On Sunday April 1 at 4pm,Thyagaraja’s musical legacy is markedin a concert featuring the Indianvocalist P. Unnikrishnan, accompaniedby Embar Kannan, violin and AnandAnathakrishnan, mridangam (handdrum). As well as being considered oneof India’s great composers, often comparedto Beethoven, he dedicated hislife to the devotion of the divine. ManySouth Indians thus consider him thepatron saint of Carnatic music and his widespread diasporic legacyis celebrated every year in presentations of his songs.Our remarkably early and pleasant spring weather this year iscertainly a cause for celebration of another, more secular kind. (Theweather’s distractions might also explain the fact that this next concert,by the Sarv Ensemble, as well as that of the Baarbad Ensembleon April 15, discussed below, came to my attention too late toconvey to The WholeNote listings department.)On April 5 the Sarv Ensemble presents a concert marking thearrival of spring and the Persian New Year at Trinity-St. Paul’sCentre. Comprised of young musicians playing Persian instrumentsthis ensemble was formed two years ago in Toronto. Its music drawsinspiration from diverse classical and folk music traditions fromacross Iran, freely incorporating new compositions, yet strivingto remain faithful to the tradition of the radif, the primary tonalorganizational principle of Persian music. The eight-member SarvEnsemble is joined by the York University ethnomusicologist IreneMarkoff as vocalist and baglama player.That same April 5 night, around the nose of Lake Ontario inSt. Catharines, three top Canadian guitarists share the stage at theCentre for the Arts, Brock University. P.R.O. is pan-Mediterraneanspecialist Pavlo, Canadian Rock Hall of Famer Rik Emmett andmulti JUNO Award winner Oscar Lopez. Each musician has carvedout a career specializing in a particular guitar-centric niche mixinghis passion for pan-Mediterranean, rock, Latin, “nouveau flamenco”and fusion music genres. Another passion — one they share withtheir many fans — is an abiding love for the six-string, fretted instrumentthey’ve built their careers on.On April 12, Small World Music/Batuki Music Society presentthe trio called Bombino, whose music is billed as “blues from theSaharan desert” at Toronto’s Lula Lounge. Born in 1980 at a nomadiccamp near the North African desert town of Agadez, the guitaristand songwriter Omara “Bombino” Moctar grew up during an eraof armed struggle for Tuareg independence. His electric guitar riffs,once considered a symbol of Tuareg rebellion, draw on the guitarismof fellow North Africans Tinariwen and Ali Farka Touré, as well asthe American rock and blues of Jimi Hendrix and John Lee Hooker.Bombino, with his intense guitar virtuosity backed with drivingdrum kit and electric bass, is renowned throughout the Sahara. Notonly are his bootleg tapes treasured and traded among fans in theregion, but in recent years his guitar prowess has been increasinglynoticed internationally. In 2006, Bombino recorded with the RollingStones’ Keith Richards and Charlie Watts.On the same day, April 12, at the Harcourt Memorial UnitedChurch in Guelph, and with no guitars in sight, the Guelph YouthSingers headline a concert titled “United for Africa.” Joined by theGuelph Community Singers and Les Jeunes Chanteurs d’Acadie, theGYS program includes three African dances, the marching songSiyahamba, and songs from the traditional Acadian repertoire. Theconcert proceeds go to the Bracelet of Hope charity, providingmedical care to HIV/AIDS patients in Africa.The Irshad Khan World Ensemble performs on April 13 at theLiving Arts Centre, Mississauga. Of impeccable North Indianmusical lineage, Irshad Khan, a resident of Mississauga, is aformidable sitar and surbahar master whose career is rooted in classicalHindustani music. In this, his latest East-West fusion project,however, he has infused his sitar playing with the talents of localmusicians John Brownell on drum set, Dave Ramkissoon on tabla,guitarist Brian Legere, Mark Weston keyboards and bassist Dave Field.Together they explore the lighter sideof world-beat, playing Irshad Khan’scompositions that will “be decidedspontaneously on the stage.”Also on April 13 the PerimeterInstitute in Waterloo presents internationalpipa (Chinese lute) virtuoso WuMan with the Shanghai String Quartetas part of their Classical World ArtistsOmara “Bombino” Moctar, April 12 at Lula Lounge.Series. Wu Man is an eloquent advocateof traditional and avant-garde Chinese music who is best knownto international audiences as a champion of the pipa in the works ofcontemporary composers. Performing for nearly three decades, thepolished Shanghai Quartet has toured major music centres throughoutthe globe and collaborated with some of the world’s leadingcomposers and musicians. Together they perform a mixed programof music by both European and Chinese composers.April 15, the Persian music Baarbad Ensemble in collaborationwith Sinfonia Toronto and Moussou Folila, stage an ambitiousseven-part music program at the Glenn Gould Studio. Titled “ThePhoto RON WymanApril 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 31

Wayfarers of This Long Pilgrimage,” the evening is intended torepresent “the seven stages of ancient mysticism.” This multiculturalperformance showcases the premiere of compositions byPersian santur player Mehdi Rezania and kamanche master SaeedKamjoo. New arrangements of the folk music of Iran and the Balkanregion by Hossein Alizadeh and Hans Zimmer enrich the musicaltexture and ethno-historical resonance. Involving a large group ofover 25 musicians the ensemble also features guest Toronto worldmusic vocalist Brenna MacCrimmon, Hossein Behroozinia on barbat(Persian lute), and djembe player Anna Malnikoff.Ritmo Flamenco Dance and Music Ensemble present “VidaFlamenco” at the Al Green Theatre on April 21. Directed by RogerScannura who serves as lead flamenco guitarist and composer, theshow features Anjelica Scannura as lead dancer and choreographer.The Scannura family has made flamenco a way of life and areamong Canada’s foremost exponents of the art form.This month intrepid Toronto world music fans can feast on musicand dance: the multi-venue Bulgarian Arts Festival demonstratesthe many faces of that country’s culture. Titled “Soul Journey toBulgaria,” the festival’s events include not only visual arts exhibits,classical concerts, poetry, theatre and film screenings, but alsoseveral folklore dance and world music concerts. I can mention onlya few concerts here; for a complete listing of the many scheduledevents please visit the festival’s website. On Saturday April 21, theEurovision-esque singing style of Bulgarian pop stars RossitzaKirilova and Kaloyan Kalchev headline the concert along withthe engaging folk based music of the Bulgarian Children’s groupBulgarche at the Great Hall of the Macedono-Bulgarian EasternOrthodox Cathedral. The venue changes on April 27 to St. George’sMacedono Bulgarian Church. That concert showcases the folkloricmusic and dance of the Dimitrovche group, with Grammy winningkaval (end-blown Bulgarian flute) virtuoso and composerTeodosii Spassov.On the following Saturday, April 28, from 3pm to 10pm, theBulgarian Arts Festival takes over Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre. Afew highlights rounding out the afternoon: the Bulgarche children’sgroup and Irene Markoff’s York University Balkan Music Ensemble.At 8pm the Teodosii Spassov Ethno Jazz Trio swings into theBrigantine room. The trio’s moniker couldn’t be more descriptive.Led by kaval maestro Spassov, a soloist at the Bulgarian NationalRadio and with ten solo albums to his credit, the trio explores hispatent merger of traditional Bulgarian folk music with jazz, classicaland popular genres. He has been hailed by the Chicago Tribunefor making music “… like a jam session between Ian Anderson andThelonius Monk.” With his brilliant and innovative playing, Spassovhas taken what was originally a shepherd’s flute into 21st-centuryconcert halls around the world.Also on April 28, unfortunately, the Grammy Award winningBuena Vista Social Club’s guitarist Eliades Ochoa performs withhis band at Toronto’s Opera House. The Toronto-based Latin singerLaura Fernandez guests. For Cuban song (and Wim Wenders’ film)aficionados like me it’s a rare opportunity to experience one of thismusic’s godfathers live on Queen St. E.Andrew Timar is a Toronto musician and music writer.He can be contacted at worldmusic@thewholenote.com.NOW IT’SEASIER THANEVER TOOWN AGIBSON!Extended financing available.Rental specials and more.Details online at long-mcquade.comSpring is Herejim gALLOWAyI’m not sure why, but when April rolls around I find myself thinkingabout songs. (Of course, I think of songs every day of everymonth, but there is something about April that triggers a reactionwithin me. Maybe it’s the promise of spring.And there is quite a clutch of songs out there to sing about thismonth — April Showers, April In Paris, I’ll Remember April, AprilLove — an integral part of each being the lyric, which brings us tothe topic of singers: Bessie Smith, Alberta Hunter, Billie Holiday,Ella Fitzgerald and Blossom Dearie were all born in April (as weresome very significant musicians — Lionel Hampton, Charles Mingus,Joe Henderson, Count Basie and Duke Ellington to name only a few).By the way, one of my favourite April songs is April In My Heartfrom 1937, composed by Hoagy Carmichael and with lyrics byHelen Meinardi who was Hoagy’s sister-in-law at the time. There isa great recording of it by Billie Holiday. If you don’t know the songyou should check it out.I regularly have spoken about the importance of melody. Add tothat the significance of a song’s lyric. Most of the great standardsongs had a verse, chorus and lyric. Great players like Lester Youngand Sonny Rollins are on record as stating that it is importantto know what the lyric is about. Without that understanding, theinterpretation of the song will be less than it might be. Rollins wouldeven sometimes recite the lyrics to a song for his musicians.If you look at this month’s concert listings you will find a strongpresence of the vocal art, with jazz and jazz-based music more thanpulling its weight.On April 15, as part of SING! Toronto Vocal Arts Festival, twoa cappella groups, the Swingle Singers and Countermeasure, aToronto group in the same mould, will be at Harbourfront Centre’sEnwave Theatre at 8pm. Also on the 15th, at Koerner Hall, AdiBraun and her trio present “Noir,” a concert of music from the eraof film noir, with Jordan Klapman, piano, George Koller, bass andDaniel Barnes, drums. Then on the 16th, Bobby McFerrin will bringhis vocal pyrotechnics to Roy Thomson Hall. Nikki Yanofsky willbe at Massey Hall on April 21 and on the 27th Kellylee Evans willbe at Glenn Gould Studio.And we are not finished yet. On April 28 at Walter Hall, it is timefor the Toronto Duke Ellington Society’s 15th Annual ScholarshipConcert featuring the Brian Barlow Orchestra with Robi Botos,• St. Philip’s Anglican ChurchA casual, relaxing hour of prayer + great musicwith the city’s finest musicians● Sunday, April 15, 4pmPeter Togni Trio● Sunday, April 22, 4pmJoy Lapps-Lewis Trio● Sunday, April 29, 4pmChris Robinson Trio● Sunday, May 13, 4pmHilario Duran Trio• St. Philip’s Anglican Church | Etobicoke25 St. Phillips Road (near Royal York + Dixon)416-247-5181 • www.stphilips.net32 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

piano, Heather Bambrick, vocals and tap dancer David Cox.So, you see, quite the month for pipes — no, Jock, not that kind, Imean vocal pipes!But let’s not forget instrumental jazz. On Apr 14 at 8pm JoshuaRedman and Brad Mehldau will be at Koerner Hall; and lookingahead on May 5, also at Koerner Hall, the Hilario Durán Latin BigBand, with guest saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera, will perform.If I may, while I’m still on my “trumpeters should know thelyrics” soapbox, let me add one more element, and that is tempo. Ilearned a huge amount from some of the great swing veterans withwhom I was lucky enough to work. Choosing the correct tempo fora piece was so important to them and could make all the differencein finding just the right “slot” for a tune. Too slow or too fast andsomething was lost. Forexample, in my opinion, AllThe Things You Are is abeautiful ballad. The wordssay it all :“You are the promised kissof springtimeThat makes the lonelywinter seem long.You are the breathlesshush of eveningThat trembles on thebrink of a lovely song.”It begs to be played asa ballad, and yet so manymusicians play it at theHeather Bambrick.speed of light. It might be a wonderful exhibition of technique, butit sure as hell loses the meaning of the song. Please don’t misunderstandme — technique is important; it’s just that it isn’t all-important.I am not laying down a hard and fast rule. For example, Indiana is asong that lends itself to a bright tempo, but I also love to play it as aballad. If you are a player, try it some time.I’ll stick my tongue firmly in my cheek and tell the story about themusic teacher who says to a student who has just played a long solocontaining many notes but no substance: “I’ve got some good newsand some bad news. The good news is you’ve got a lot of technique.The bad news is you’ve got a lot of technique.”To end with, here’s a quote from Paul Desmond: “I tried practisingfor a few weeks and ended up playing too fast.”Happy listening and please try to take in some live jazz. Our clublistings starting on page 56 are the best around. So no excuses.Hannaford’sBrassFest is Backjack macquARRIEAs i sit down and stare at the blank screen, we have had our fourbeautiful days of summer complete with crocuses in the gardenand it’s now back to the reality of spring. It’s time to come outfrom under the rocks and see what is happening in the band world.For many, it’s transition time from the more formal concert formatof the fall and winter programming before the summer events begin.For others there is probably still a final spring concert looming first.Unfortunately, Murphy’s Law seems to be working in our bandworld this spring. We have two significant major concerts the samedate and time in downtown Toronto.This leads us to the one big spring event in our band world. It’sthe Hannaford Street Silver Band’s annual Festival of Brass 2012version from Friday April 13 through Sunday April 15. It’s biggerthan ever this year. As in past years, on the Friday eveningthere will be “Rising Stars” at the Church of the Redeemer wheremembers of the Hannaford Youth Program will perform under thedirection of Anita McAlister. This concert will also include thefinal round of their annual Solo competition. The winner of this willperform with the HSSB on the Sunday concert.On Saturday afternoon it will again be “Community Showcase”where community bands from across Ontario and beyond willperform a wide range of repertoire. Some bands will also vie for theHannaford Cup, the HSSB’s annual award for excellence. IndividualJim Galloway is a saxophonist, band leader andformer artistic director of Toronto Downtown Jazz. Hecan be contacted at jazznotes@thewholenote.com.April 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 33

members of some of these groups willcompete in the band’s annual SlowMelody contest. The winner of thiscompetition will perform with the HSSBon Sunday. On Saturday evening, theCanadian Staff Band of the SalvationArmy, under the direction of bandmasterJohn Lam returns to the festival.As soloist, tuba showman extraordinaire,Patrick Sheridan, will dazzle the audiencewith his virtuosity .As in past seasons, the grand finalewill be the Sunday afternoon concert,Hannaford Street Silver Band.“Dreaming of the Master.” Here, Sheridan will switch roles fromsoloist, and make his debut as guest conductor of HSSB. In thisconcert there will be two soloists. Canadian trumpet virtuoso, JensLindemann, will return to the Hannaford stage in a performanceof Canadian composer, Allan Gilliland’s Dream of the Master forTrumpet and Brass Band. The other soloist will, of course, be thewinner of the Youth Band’s Solo competition.As if this were not enough, this year HSSB has added some newfeatures. On Thursday April 12 there will be “Education Concerts”for students at 11am and 1pm at the Toronto Centre for the Arts.We have heard rumours that the morning event is already sold out.The other new event will be a masterclass on Saturday April 14 at9:30am at the Jane Mallett Theatre. This will be a free public eventwhere Lindemann and Sheridan join forces to impart their wealth ofmusical performance expertise to all in attendance.The Hannaford Street Silver Band is to be congratulated for itsefforts in bringing the unique sounds of the brass band to a wideraudience, and for its outstanding contribution to the enrichment ofthe musical lives of the participants in their junior bands.For a very different kind of band music we have the SilverthornSymphonic Winds and their concert offering of “Ballet, Broadway,and the Big Screen.” This concertwill feature the world premiere ofa new transcription of SherwoodLegend, for solo French horn and windensemble, by Canadian composer andoboist Elizabeth Raum. This transcription,commissioned by SilverthornSymphonic Winds, will feature artistin-residenceChristopher Gongos onFrench horn. The concert takes place at2pm, Sunday April 22 at the RichmondHill Centre for the Performing Arts. Afree pre-concert talk with composerRaum and Gongos will begin at 1:15pm.Another event of interest to band musicians offered by SilverthornSymphonic Winds is a free public music clinic, in conjunction withthe Westmount Collegiate Music Department and Arts WestmountMusic. Led by Gongos, “Brass Boot Camp and Beyond” willprovide tips on musicianship, technique and ensemble playing.The clinic takes place on Thursday April 12, 7pm, at WestmountCollegiate Institute, 1000 New Westminster Dr., Thornhill.Brass musicians should bring their instruments to participate inan ensemble led by Gongos. Other musicians will also benefit fromthe clinic and are encouraged to attend as audience members. Thecontent of the clinic will be geared toward high school instrumentalistsand adult amateur musicians. It is free and open to the public.For more information, contact pr@silverthornsymphonicwinds.ca.This is the kind of effort which could, and should, be undertaken bymore community musical groups. It is the sort of initiative that willfrequently qualify for funds from granting agencies and will endearthe band to the community at large.The Royal Regiment of Canada, the biggest Reserve regiment inthe Canadian Army, is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year(which they didn’t tell our listings department about, alas). In anycase, on Sunday, April 15, 2pm, the Regimental Band will presentits “150th Anniversary Gala Concert” at Koerner Hall at the RoyalConservatory. The concert will feature the Band of The RoyalRegiment of Canada, emcee Jacquie Perrin of the CBC, and specialguests the Pipes and Drums of the 48th Highlanders of Canada,singer-songwriter Jon Patterson, vocalist Danielle Bourré, and aspecially-formed Regimental Chorus composed of Afghanistanveterans and other serving infanteers. To dovetail with the concert,the Band of The Royal Regiment of Canada will be releasing a newdouble-CD, Saeculum Aureum (Golden Age), their sixth recording inthe last 15 years. And there will be a pre-concert luncheon in HartHouse on the University of Toronto campus.Who said that community bands were dead? Last month I reportedon the formation of the new Aurora Concert Band, and hope to visitthem some Sunday evening soon. Now, a few days ago, I heard froma band that has been operating for over a year, but has just contactedus. The Columbus Centre Concert Band, under the direction ofLivio Leonardelli was formed in November 2010 and has grownto more than 40 regular musicians. They performed five concertsin 2011 and have currently booked for five in 2012. Their diverserepertoire ranges from Verdi and Puccini through Count Basieand Sinatra, to Broadway musicals. They rehearse every Tuesdayevening from 7:30pm to 9:30pm at the Columbus Centre and areparticularly interested in attracting a few more low brass players.For information contact Fred Cassano at fred.cassano@ca.pwc.comor at 416-828-3733.DEFINITION DEPARTMENTThis month’s lesser known musical term is The Right of Strings: TheManifesto of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Violists.We invite submissions from readers. Let’s hear your daffynitions.Jack MacQuarrie plays several brass instruments andhas performed in many community ensembles. He canbe contacted at bandstand@thewholenote.com.Photo Robert Divito34 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

La Fille du RégimentSun, Apr 1, 2:30 pm. MacMillan TheatreThe Opera Division presents the final OperaTea featuring a special abridged versionof Donizetti’s Daughter of the Regiment, adelightful comedy of an orphan girl raisedby a regiment of musical soldiers.UTSO Season FinaleThurs, Apr 5, 7:30 pm. MacMillan TheatreDavid Briskin conducts the UTSO in its finalconcert of the season featuring Tchaikovsky’ssymphonic fantasia Francesca da Rimini,Prelude for Orchestra by student composerElisha Denburg and Beethoven’s ViolinConcerto, with James Kruspe, violin.Felix Galimir AwardMon, Apr 23, 7:30 pm. Walter HallSince 2000, the Felix Galimir Chamber MusicAward has helped launch the careers of suchensembles as the Tokai and Cecilia Quartets.This concert features the 2012 Award winner.Proceeds will benefit the Felix Galimir ChamberMusic Award Scholarship. Pay what you can.INDEX OF advertISERSAcademy Concert Series 48Aldeburgh Connection 49Alexander Kats 62Amici Chamber Ensemble 45Amoroso 76Annex Quartet 42Aradia Ensemble 25Art of Time Ensemble 29Associates of the TSO 50ATMA 5Aurora Cultural Centre 47Bach Children’s Chorus 24, 61Beaches Presbyterian Church 22Canada Sings 62Canadian Children’s Opera Company61Canadian Men’s Chorus 53Canadian Opera Company 18Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra41Chamber Music Society ofMississauga 41Christ Church Deer Park Jazz Vespers33Church of St. Andrew, Scarborough52Church of St. Mary Magdalene 37Colleen Kennedy 53Cosmo Music 34David Occhipinti 49DCAT Chorus 62Diana McIntosh 46Elmer Iseler Singers 23Elora Festival Singers 55Ensemble Vivant 42Eybler Quartet 45Gallery 345 37George Heinl 24Grace Church on-the-Hill 41Guelph Youth Singers 62Heliconian Hall 63Humbercrest United 38I FUriOSI Baroque Ensemble 40John Laing Singers 23Jubilate Singers 62Kindred Spirits Orchestra 52Larkin Singers 44L’atelier Grigorian 67Leon Belov 64Liz Parker 62lizpr 56Long & McQuade 32Markham Theatre 19Massey Hall & Roy Thomson Hall 80Metropolitan United Church 39Miles Nadal JCC 46Mississauga Festival Choir 51Mississauga Symphony 20Mooredale Concerts 37Music Toronto 7, 13, 38New Music Concerts 27, 47Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation 38No Strings Theatre 60Nocturnes in the City 42Norm Pulker 64Northdale Concert Band 48Oakham House Choir 47Off Centre Music Salons 52Orchestra Toronto 43Organix 17Oriana Women’s Choir 53Orpheus Choir 51Our Lady of Sorrows 38Pasquale Bros 63Pattie Kelly 64Pax Christi Chorale 21Peter Mahon 22Reaching Out Through Music 48Remenyi House of Music 8Richmond Hill Centre for thePerforming Arts 50Royal Conservatory 9ScatCat Productions / Ori Dagan 57Sheila McCoy 64Show One Productions 79Silverthorn Symphonic Winds 45Sine Nomine 47Sinfonia Toronto 16Sing! Toronto Vocal Arts Festival 19Soundstreams 50St. John’s Music 33St. James’ Cathedral 22St. Olave’s Church 45St. Philip’s Jazz Vespers 32St. Stephen in-the-Fields AnglicanChurch 16St. Thomas’ Church 60Steve’s Music Store 31Sue Crowe Connolly 64Syrinx Sunday Salons 39Tafelmusik 2, 3Tafelmusik Media 4Talisker Players 43Tallis Choir 51TD Toronto Jazz Festival38, 57, 59The Sound Post 20Toronto Centre for the Arts 36Toronto Chapter, American HarpSociety 44Toronto Classical Singers 52Toronto Consort 26Toronto Dance Theatre 14Toronto Mendelssohn Choirs 39Toronto Philharmonia 47Toronto Symphony Orchestra 77University of Toronto, Faculty ofMusic 35, 59Via Salzburg 40viva! Youth Singers 39, 61VOCA Chorus 21Vocal Arts Academy at RyersonCommunity School 19Wilfrid Laurier University Press 28Windermere String Quartet 48Women’s Musical Club of Toronto 15Yamaha Music School 64York University Baroque Ensemble 43April 1 – May 7, 2012 thewholenote.com 35

A. Concerts in the GTAThe WholeNote listings are arranged in four sections:A.GTA (GREATER TORONTO AREA) covers all of Torontoplus Halton, Peel, York and Durham regions.B.BEYOND the GTA covers many areas of SouthernOntario outside Toronto and the GTA. In the currentissue, there are listings for events in Alliston, Barrie,Brantford, Cambridge, Cobourg, Dundas, Guelph, Hamilton, Huntsville,Kingston, Kitchener, London, Midland, Niagara-on-the-Lake, OwenSound, Peterborough, Port Hope, Port Rowan, St. Catharines, Stratfordand Waterloo. Starts on page 54.C.In the CluBS (MOSTly JAZZ)is organized alphabetically by club.Starts on page 56.D.The ETcETERAS is for galas, fundraisers, competitions,screenings, lectures, symposia, masterclasses,workshops, singalongs and other music-related events(except performances) which may be of interest to our readers.Starts on page 60.A general word of cautiON A phone number is provided withevery listing in The WholeNote — in fact, we won’t publish a listingwithout one. Concerts are sometimes cancelled or postponed; artistsor venues may change after listings are published. Please checkbefore 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 listing iseligible to appear.LISTINGS DEADliNE The next issue covers the period from May 1,2012, to June 7, 2012. All listings must be received by 6pm SundayApril 15.ListiNGS can be sent by e-mail to listings@thewholenote.com or byfax to 416-603-4791 or by regular mail to the address on page 6. Wedo not receive listings by phone, but you can call 416-323-2232 x27for further information.liSTiNGS zone map Visit our website to see a detailed version ofthis map: www.thewholenote.com.Sunday April 01• 9:30am and 11:00am: Church of St. MaryMagdalene. Holy Week at St. Mary Magdalene’s:Palm Sunday. Procession and FolkMass (9:30am); Procession and Solemn Mass(11am). 477 Manning Ave. 416-531-7955. Religiousservice.• 1:15: Mooredale Concerts. Music and Truffles:Stéphane Lemelin, piano and Donna Brown,soprano. Hour-long interactive concert for ages5–15. Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80Queen’s Park. 416-922-3714 x103. $12• 2:00: Angelwalk Theatre. I Love You Because.Music by J. Salzman, book and lyricsby R. Cunningham. Musical twist on Austen’sPride and Prejudice. With Jeff Madden, ElenaJuatco, Jay Davis, Gabi Epstein, Michael DeRoseand Cara Leslie; Darcy Evans, stage director;Lily Ling, music director. Studio Theatre,Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St.416-872-1111. $35–$45. Also Apr 3–7, 10–14, 15(mat).• 2:00: City Centre Musical Productions.The Drowsy Chaperone. Music and Lyrics byLambert and Morrison; book by Martin andMcKellar. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315 MontevideoRd., Mississauga. 905-615-4720 x2588.$26.00; $24.00(sr/st). Final performance.• 2:00: Encore Entertainment. Songs in theKey of Stephen. Tribute to the legacy of StephenSchwartz and Stephen Sondheim. WithSarah Haley Matte, Shawn Henry, Donna Jacobs,Sergio Calderon, Katie Wise and others;Ellen Kestenberg, musical director; MarioD’Alimonte, stage director. George Weston RecitalHall, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040Yonge St. 1-855-985-2787. $40.75–$50.75.• 2:00: Onstage Productions. Hello, Dolly!Music and lyrics by Herman. J.T.M. Guest Theatre,Bayview Glen Upper School, 85 MoatfieldDr. 416-556-9552. $26; $24(sr); $20(st). Finalperformance.• 2:00: Royal Conservatory. Erika Raum, violinand Dianne Werner, piano. Beethoven: SonataNo.10; Janáček: Sonata for violin and piano;and other works. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $31.50.• 2:00: University of Toronto Scarborough.Arts and Events: Spring Awakening I. FeaturingConcert Choir, Concert Band and String Ensemble.Rm.AC223, 1265 Military Trail. 416-208-4769. Free.• 2:00: Varley Art Gallery. The Varley Suite:Concert and Exhibition Tour. Bartók: Rhapsodyfor Violin and Piano No.1; Chatman: VarleySuite for Solo Violin (inspired by 6 paintings byFrederick Varley). Laura D’Angelo, violin; EmilyChiang, piano. 216 Main St., Unionville. 905-477-9511. $5; $4(sr/st).• 2:00: Visual and Performing Arts Newmarket.Mary Lou Fallis, soprano/comedienne.Newmarket Theatre, 505 Pickering Cres.,Newmarket. 905-953-5122. $26; $20(sr);$10(st).• 2:30: Musideum. Iven Simonetti, hang. 401Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. PWYC.• 2:30: Opera in Concert. Die Freunde vonSalamanka. Schubert (Canadian premiere).Shannon Mercer, soprano (Olivia); JamesMcLean, tenor (Alonso); Michael Ciufo, tenor(Diego); Opera in Concert Chorus, Robert Cooper,conductor; Toronto Chamber Orchestra,Kevin Mallon, conductor. Jane Mallett Theatre,GeorgianBayLakeHuron672 15Lake Erie83 4City of TorontoLake Ontario36 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St.E. 416-366-7723 or 1-800-708-6754. $52–$73. English surtitles. 1:45: Pre-concert backgrounderwith Iain Scott.• 2:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic (Opera Division). Opera Tea: La Fille duRégiment. Donizetti. Abridged version. Mac-Millan Theatre, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. $30.• 3:00: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Nancy White: April Fool.100A Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747. $30(reserved);$25; $20(st/industry with ID).• 3:00: Oakville Ensemble. The Last Words.Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ. Guest:Oakville Literary Alliance. Mary Mother of GodCatholic Church, 2745 North Ridge Trail, Oakville.905-825-9740. $35/$25(adv); $25(sr/st)/$15(adv); $70(family)/$50(adv).• 3:15: Mooredale Concerts. Stéphane Lemelin,piano and Donna Brown, soprano. Debussy:Preludes Book 1; Fauré: selected nocturnes;songs by Schubert, Mahler and Wolf. WalterHall, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park.416-922-3714 x103. $30; $25(sr/st).• 3:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra andChamber Choir. Choral Anniversary: Celebrating30 Years. Works by Bach, Purcell, Rameau,Handel, Poulenc, Rolfe and others. Ivars Taurins,director. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. $39–$89; $35–$79(sr); $20–$79(30 and under).• 4:00: All Saints Kingsway AnglicanChurch. Concert Series: Requiem. Fauré: Requiem;and works by Parry, Daley, Holst andHenderson. Amadeus Choir of Toronto; AllSaints’ Choir; Lydia Adams, conductor; ShawnGrenke, organ. 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-233-1125. $25.• 4:00: Bharati Kala Manram. 40th AnnualThyagaraja Music Festival: Carnatic Vocal Concert.P. Unnikrishnan, vocals; Embar Kannan, violin;Anand Anathakrishnan, mridangam. SVBFAuditorium, 84 Brydon Dr., Etobicoke. 905-956-0102. $25; $10(st).• 4:00: Victoria Scholars. Tenebrae. Ronan:Tenebrae. Our Lady of Sorrows, 3055 Bloor St.W. 416-231-6016. Free.• 4:30: Royal Conservatory. Glenn GouldSchool Chamber Music Competition Finals. Featuringperformers from the Glenn Gould School.Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.Free.• 7:00: Knox Presbyterian Church. TheDeath of Jesus. Graun: The Death of Jesus. SeniorChoir and Soloists of Knox PresbyterianChurch, with strings and organ, Roger Bergs,conductor. 630 Spadina Ave. 416-921-8993.Freewill offering.• 7:30: Acting Up Stage Company. The Longand Winding Road. Tribute to music and partnershipof Lennon and McCartney. FeaturingThom Allison, Jackie Richardson, MichaelTherriault, Graham Abbey, Sara Farb, Kelly Holiff,Jeigh Madjus and others. Reza Jacobs, musicdirector; Elenna Mosoff, stage director.Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.$40–$80; $30(st/arts worker).• 8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. MarkhamNew Music Festival. Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat “Dumbarton Oaks”; Current: Concertinofor flute and strings; R. Strauss: Suite in B-flatOp.4; Southam: Rivers (3rd set) No.4; Rivers(2nd set) No.7; Glass Houses No.5; works byBartók and Honegger: Pastoral d’été; . ChristinaPetrowska Quilico, piano; Jaye Marsh Graham,flute; Kristian Alexander, conductor.Markham Theatre for the Performing Arts, 171Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-305-7469.$25; $15(sr/st/child). 7:30: Pre-concert chat.Monday April 02• 12:30: York University Department ofMusic. Music at Midday: Instrumental MasterclassConcert. Patricia Wait, director. TributeCommunities Recital Hall, Accolade EastBldg., 4700 Keele St. 416-736-2100 x22926.$15; $5(sr/st).• 6:00: Musideum. Adam Hay, percussion, andBartosz Hadala, piano. Live CD recording, nightone. 401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $15.345 Sorauren Avenue[Dundas/Roncesvalles]■ David Buchbinder,Dave Restivo, BillGilliam, CharlieRingas, MichelangeloIaffaldano,Musicworks, EveEgoyan, BlythwoodWinds, Passport Duo,King Creosote,Michael Johnston,David Schotzko,Jacques Israelivitch,ChristopherMokrzewski, ErikaCrino, EwaDownarowicz, JoseLopez, Laura Wilcox,LUSH Cello Quartet■ for monthlyperformances go towww.gallery345.com/performances■ 416.822.9781 forreservationsModern, Classical, Jazz,Folk, World, RentalsTuesday April 03• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Chamber Music Series: Primitive Forces. Saariaho:Graal Théâtre; Sherkin: Whirlwave (worldpremiere). Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble,Brian Current, director. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre forthe Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 6:00: Musideum. Adam Hay, percussion,and Bartosz Hadala, piano. Live CD recording,night two. 401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $15.• 7:30: University of Toronto Scarborough.Arts and Events: Spring Awakening II. Featuringthe UTSC Jazz Orchestra. Leigha LeeBrowne Theatre, 1265 Military Trail. 416-208-4769. Free.• 8:00: Angelwalk Theatre. I Love You Because.See Apr 1.• 8:00: Markham Theatre. Chick Corea, solojazz piano. 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham.• 8:00: National Ballet of Canada. 60th AnniversaryConcert of the National Ballet of CanadaOrchestra. Borodin: Polovetsian Dances;Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts); Stravinsky:The Firebird (excerpts); Talbot: Alice’sAdventures in Wonderland (excerpts); and otherworks. David Briskin, conductor; Colm Feore,host. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416 408-0208. $30 and up.Wednesday April 04• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Vocal Series: Songs of Brahms and Zemlinsky.Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio,Liz Upchurch, director. Richard BradshawApril 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 37

Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for thePerforming Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:00 noon: Hart House Music Committee.Adam Piotr Żukiewicz, piano. Haydn: Sonatain D HobXVI:33; Liszt: Sonata in b; Scriabin:Valse Op.38; Bizet: Carmen Fantasy (arr.Horowitz). Hart House Music Room, 7 HartHouse Circle. 416-978-2452. Free.• 12:15: Our Lady of Sorrows. WednesdayConcert Series. Daniel Norman, organ. 3055Bloor St. W. 416-231-6016. Free.• 7:00: Toronto Secondary School MusicTeachers’ Association. 61st Annual Soundsof Toronto Concert. Works by Bolden, Mighton,Handel, Lennon/McCartney, Swearingenand others. Featuring two grand finales with1000+ student voices, bands and strings from25 TDSB secondary schools. Massey Hall, 178Victoria St. 416-393-0190 x20085. $10.• 7:30: Iron Strings Quartet. Iron StringsPlays Borodin. Grieg: String Quartet No.1 in gOp.27; Haydn: String Quartet No.27 in D Op.20No.4; Borodin: String Quartet No.1 in A. HarunaMonri, violin; Sal Alberti, violin; Jack Chao,viola; Lynn Wei, cello. Hart House Music Room,7 Hart House Circle. 647-968-3035. $5 suggesteddonation.• 8:00: Angelwalk Theatre. I Love You Because.See Apr 1.• 8:00: Church of St. Mary Magdalene.Holy Week at St. Mary Magdalene’s. Tenebrae.477 Manning Ave. 416-531-7955. Religiousservice.• 8:00: Musideum. Mike Evin, singer-songwriter.401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $15.• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. Kabaret atA. Concerts in the GTAKoerner! Ute Lemper and the Vogler Quartet.Works by Weill, Piazzolla, Schulhoff, Piaf andothers. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $39 and up.• 8:00: TDJ Special Projects. Easterween:A 21st Century Tale Set to 19th Century Street-Cabaret Songs. Music by J. Southworth, arrangementsby A. Downing. John Southworth,voice; Andrew Downing, cello; Peter Lutek,clarinet; Kevin Turcotte, trumpet; William Carn,trombone; and others. Lower Ossington Theatre,100 Ossington Ave. 416-915-6747. $15.Also Apr 5.• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. BronfmanPlays Brahms. Bruckner: Symphony No.3;Brahms: Concerto No.2. Yefim Bronfman,piano. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828 or 416-593-0688(Chinese). $35–$145. Also Apr 5.Thursday April 05• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Piano Virtuoso Series: Extase Religieuse. Liszt:Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude; Messiaen:Vingt Regards sur l’énfant Jésus (selections).Christopher Mokrzewski, piano. RichardBradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centrefor the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 6:00 and 8:30: Church of St. Mary Magdalene.Holy Week at St. Mary Magdalene’s.Solemn Liturgy of Maundy Thursday (6pm);Tenebrae (8:30pm). 477 Manning Ave. 416-531-7955. Religious service.• 7:30: Opera Belcanto. Tosca. Puccini.David Babayants, baritone (Scarpia); HovhannesAyvazyan, tenor (Cavaradossi);Gayané Mangassarian, soprano (Tosca). DavidVarjabed, artistic director; Sabatino Vacca,conductor. Richmond Hill Centre for the PerformingArts, 10268 Yonge St., Richmond Hill.905-787-8811. $25–$55. Also Apr 7.• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty ofMusic. U of T Symphony Orchestra: BeethovenViolin Concerto. E. Denburg: Prelude for Orchestra;Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini Op.32;Beethoven: Violin Concerto. James Kruspe, violin;David Briskin, conductor. MacMillan Theatre,Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park.416-408-0208. $20; $15(sr/st).• 8:00: Angelwalk Theatre. I Love You Because.See Apr 1.• 8:00: Mississauga Symphony. Classic AlbumsLive: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts ClubBand. Classic Albums Live ensemble with membersof the orchestra. John Barnum, conductor.Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre, 4141Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000 or1-888-805-8888. $40–$75.• 8:00: Music Toronto. Quartet Series: QuatuorBozzini. Stravinsky: Three Pieces for StringQuartet; Oesterle: Alan Turing; Britten: QuartetOp.94 No.3. Jane Mallett Theatre, St.Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E.416-366-7723 or 1-800-708-6754. $47.50–$52; $10(st; accompanying adult pays halfprice); pay-your-age(ages 18–35 plus $6facility and handling fee).• 8:00: TDJ Special Projects. Easterween.See Apr 4.• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. BronfmanPlays Brahms. See Apr 4.Friday April 06• 10:00am and 12:00 noon and 8:00: Churchof St. Mary Magdalene. Holy Week at St.Mary Magdalene’s: Good Friday. Stations ofthe Cross for Children (10am); Solemn Liturgy(noon); Tenebrae (8pm). 477 Manning Ave.416-531-7955. Religious service.• 11:00am: Humbercrest United Church.Good Friday Liturgy. Franck: Solemn Mass in A.Erica Warder, soprano; Christian Farahat, tenor;Joshua Whelan, baritone; Marie Gelinas,cello; Janice Lindskoog, harp; Doreen Porter,organ; and choir; Melvin Hurst, conductor. 16Baby Point Rd. 416-767-6122. Freewill offering.Religious Service.• 11:00am: Royal York Road United Church.Choirs of Royal York Road with Cello Quartetand Soprano Saxophone. Whitbourn: RequiemCanticorum. 851 Royal York Rd. 416-231-9401. Freewill offering. Religious service.• 4:00: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. The Good FridayConcert: Music for a Most Holy Day. MatthewCoons, organ; soloists and choir of Christwww.sorrows.ca416-231-6016Pastor:Rev. Fr. Nino Cavoto3055 Bloor Street West, justwest of Royal York RoadFree Lunchtime OrganConcert SeriesWednesdays 12:15 – 1:00April 4Daniel NormanMusic and Artistic DirectorGordon D. MansellApril 11 April 18Paul Jessen Sherman HesselgraveApril 25 May 2Simon Walker Alison ClarkOne of the most stunning Baroqueinstruments in the worldNine Sparrows Arts Foundation & Christ Church Deer ParkPresentThe Good Friday ConcertMusic for a Most Holy DayFriday April 6, 2012 - 4:00 p.m.Christ Church Deer Park1570 Yonge Streetat Heath StreetSpecial GuestRoman Borys cello(Gryphon Trio)Matthew Coons organAdmission Free - Donations WelcomeSoloists & Choir ofChrist Church Deer ParkEric Robertson music director9sparrowsarts@gmail.comhttp://sites.google.com/site/9sparrowsarts/http://www.christchurchdeerpark.org/38 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

Church Deer Park, Eric Robertson, music director;guest: Roman Borys, cello. 1570 Yonge St.416-241-1298. Free.• 7:30: Cantabile Choral of York Region.Good Friday Charity Benefit Concert. Raney:We Remember Calvary. Robert Richardson, director.Thornhill United Church, 25 Elgin St.,Thornhill. 905-731-8318. Admission by donation.Fundraiser for selected social services inYork Region.• 7:30: Metropolitan United Church. Bach-Fest IV: Mass in B Minor. Metropolitan FestivalChoir and Orchestra, Patricia Wright, conductor;Lesley Bouza, Gisele Kulak, sopranos;Christina Stelmacovich, mezzo; Charles Davidson,tenor; James Baldwin, baritone. 56 QueenSt. E. 416-363-0331 x51. $30.• 7:30: Toronto Beach Chorale. BeautyVoiced – Music for Light, Hope and Peace. Fauré:Requiem; and other works. Mervin Fick,conductor. Kingston Road United Church, 975Kingston Rd. 416-778-0949 x2. $20; $10(under18).Sacred Musicfor a SacredSpaceGood Friday,April 6, 2012 | 7:30 pmToronto Mendelssohn Choir atSt. Paul’s Basilica83 Power Streetwww.tmchoir.org• 7:30: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. SacredMusic for a Sacred Place. Vaughan Williams:Mass in g; Martin: Mass for Double Choir; Willan:How they so softly rest; Purcell: Hear myprayer; Morales: Parce Mihi. John Johnson,saxophone; Matthew Otto, associate conductor;Noel Edison, conductor. St. Paul’s Basilica,83 Power St. 416-598-0422. $50; $45(sr);$20(VoxTix – 25 and under).• 8:00: Angelwalk Theatre. I Love You Because.See Apr 1.• 8:00: Batuki Music Society. Malian GriotSountougoumba Diarra. NOW Lounge, 189Church St. 416-364-1301. $10.• 8:00: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Pam Hyatt. 100A OssingtonAve. 416-915-6747. $30(reserved); $25;$20(st/industry with ID).• 8:00: Reynold Nathaniel Presents. HeartStrings: The Musical. Musical set in Ireland inthe early 20th century. Written and directed byReynold Nathaniel. The Annex Live, 296 BrunswickAve. 416-929-3999. $25/$20(adv). AlsoApr 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28.• 8:00: Thin Edge New Music Collective.Unusual Spectrums. Works by Catlin-Smith,Cage, Takemitsu, Adams, Storring, Giles andothers. Placebo Space, 1409A Bloor St. W.647-456-7597. $10. Donation to local foodbank also accepted.Saturday April 07• 7:30: Opera Belcanto. Tosca. Puccini. SeeApr 5.• 8:00: Angelwalk Theatre. I Love You Because.See Apr 1.• 8:00: Green Door Cabaret at the LowerOssington Theatre. Michael Burgess. 100AOssington Ave. 416-915-6747. $30(reserved);$25; $20(st/industry with ID).• 8:00: Reynold Nathaniel Presents. HeartStrings: The Musical. See Apr 6.• 8:00: Scaramella. Imagine. Music by Purcelland the Beatles. Paulo Mestre, countertenor;Joëlle Morton, viola da gamba; Silvana Scarinci,theorbo; Kirk Elliot, sitar and bouzouki.Victoria College Chapel, 91 Charles St. W. 416-760-8610. $30; $25(sr); $20(st).• 9:00: Church of St. Mary Magdalene. HolyWeek at St. Mary Magdalene’s. Great Vigil ofEaster. 477 Manning Ave. 416-531-7955. Religiousservice.Sunday April 08• 9:15am and 11:15am: Eglinton St. George’sUnited Church. Music for Easter. Choir withthe Trillium Brass. 35 Lytton Blvd. 416-481-1181 x250. Freewill offering. Religious service.• 9:30am and 11:00am: Church of St. MaryMagdalene. Holy Week at St. Mary Magdalene’s:Easter Day. Procession and FolkMass (9:30am); Procession and Solemn MassVIVA! YOUTH SINGERS OF TORONTOPRESENTSA GALA EVENING WITHADRIANNEPIECZONKASTEPHEN RALLS, PIANISTTON BEAU STRING QUARTETSyrinx Sunday SalonsIshay ShaerpianoBeethoven: Six Bagatelles, Op. 126Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119Chopin: Twelve Etudes, Op. 25Harry Somers: Piano Sonata No. 1Sunday April 8, 2012 3pmHeliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton AveHOST IAIN SCOTTOF OPERA-ISAPRIL 11 TH , 20126:00 PM, ST. LAWRENCE HALL$125/TICKET416-788-8482INFO@VIVAYOUTHSINGERS.COMTickets $25 Students $20info: 416-654-0877 www.syrinxconcerts.orgApril 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 39

(11am). 477 Manning Ave. 416-531-7955. Religiousservice.• 2:00: Halton Museum Foundation. Jazz atthe Museum. Margot Roi, jazz vocals. HaltonRegion Museum, 5181 Kelso Rd., Milton. 905-875-2200 x27. $20. Includes light appetizers.• 3:00: Syrinx Sunday Salons. Ishay Shaer,piano. Beethoven: Bagatelles Op.126 andOp.119; Somers: Sonata No.1; Chopin: TwelveEtudes Op.25. Heliconian Hall, 35 HazeltonAve. 416-654-0877. $25; $20(st). Receptionfollowing to meet the artist.• 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Twilight Recitals. Andrew Adair, organ. 65Church St. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewilloffering.• 8:00: Markham Symphony-StringChamber Orchestra. A Revival CelebrationConcert. Vivaldi: Winter (from Four Seasons);also classic favourites, tangos and love tunes.Ephraim Cheung, conductor; guest: MercedesCheung, violin. Richmond Hill Centre for thePerforming Arts, 10268 Yonge St., RichmondHill. 905-787-8811 or 905-887-9909. $35;$20(sr/st).A. Concerts in the GTAMonday April 09• 7:00: Musideum. Sean Bray, acoustic guitarand mandolin, and Mark Dunn, bass. 401 RichmondSt. W. 416-599-7323. $15.Tuesday April 10• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Chamber Music Series: Plays of Light – TrioArkel. Beethoven: String Trio in G Op.9 No.1;Saariaho: Cloud Trio. Marie Bérard, violin; TengLi, viola; Winona Zelenka, cello. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Musicat Midday: Ad nos, ad salutarem undam.Andrew Ager, organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewill offering.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Talesof Hoffman. Offenbach. Russell Thomas, tenor(Hoffman – Apr 10, 14, 18, 21, 27, May 6, 14);David Pomeroy, tenor (Hoffman – May 3, 8);Lauren Segal, mezzo (The Muse, Nicklausse);Andriana Chuchman, soprano (Olympia); ErinWall, soprano (Antonia); Keri Alkema, sopranoI FURIOSI’SFAMILY JEWELSFriday April 13th 2012 8:00pmguests: uncle JED WENTZ - flauto traversobig brother OLIVIER FORTIN - harpsichord$20 / $10 ticketsonly available at the doorifuriosi.comNEW VENUE: EASTMINSTER UNITED CHURCH310 DANFORTH AVENUE (near Chester TTC)(Giulietta); Lee Blakeley, stage director; JohannesDebus, conductor. Four Seasons Centrefor the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W.416-363-8231. $12–$318. Also Apr 14(mat),18, 21, 27, May 3, 6(mat), 8, 14.Wednesday April 11• 12:15: Our Lady of Sorrows. WednesdayConcert Series. Paul Jessen, organ. 3055 BloorSt. W. 416-231-6016. Free.• 6:00: VIVA! Youth Singers. A Gala Eveningwith Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano. Fundraisinggala concert. With Stephen Ralls, piano;Ton Beau String Quartet; Iain Scott, host. St.Lawrence Hall, 157 King St. E. 416-788-8482.$125(includes dinner). (SEE AD ON PREVI-OUS PAGE).• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. Anonymous 4.Twentieth anniversary celebration concert ofa cappella medieval music. Koerner Hall, 273Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $33.50 and up.• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Tchaikovsky & Verdi. Verdi: Overture to La forzadel destino; Pace, pace mio dio; Ballet Musicfrom Macbeth; Tchaikovsky: Polonaise andLetter Scene from Eugene Onegin; SymphonyNo.6 “Pathétique.” Sondra Radvanovksy,soprano; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor. RoyThomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828or 416-593-0688(Chinese). $35–$145. AlsoApr 14.Thursday April 12• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Dance Series: IZM. Street dancing performanceby Boyizm dance company, Crazy Smooth, director.Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, 145Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic: Trio Kokopelli. Aheli Pimienta Barajas,flute and alto flute; Catherine Gray, viola;Ko-Ni Choi, harp. Christ I furiosi Church Deer Park,1570 Yonge St. 416- just 241-1298. can’t Free, donationswelcome. quit you.• 12:15: Metropolitan United Church. Noonat Met. Thomas Gonder, organ. 56 Queen St. E.416-363-0331 x26. Free.• 2:00: Toronto Public Library NorthernDistrict. Nuno Cristo & Alvaro Oyarce. Spanishand Portuguese guitar. 40 Orchard View Blvd.,Rm. 224. 416-393-7619. Free.• 7:30: Brampton Music Theatre. Guys andDolls. Music and lyrics by F. Loesser; written byJ. Swerling and A. Burrows. Sharon Vandrish,music director; Joe Gomes, stage director.Rose Theatre Brampton, 1 Theatre Ln., Brampton.905-874-2800. $28; $24(sr/st); $18(12and under). Also Apr 13, 14(mat and eve).• 7:30: Small World Music/Batuki MusicSociety. Bombino. Blues from the Saharan desert.Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-536-5439. $20/$15(adv).• 8:00: Markham Theatre for the PerformingArts. Canadian Brass. 171 Town CentreBlvd. 905-305-7469 or 1-866-768-8801.$64–$69.Friday April 13• 7:00: St. Andrew’s United Church. InternationalTrombone Week Recital. Raum: OlmutzConcerto; Romance; Ravel: Piece en forme deHabanera; Sandstrom: Sang till Lotta: Tchaikovsky:Romance; and other works. Dale Sorensen,trombone; Vanessa May-lok Lee, piano;and others. 117 Bloor St. E. 416-929-0811.$15; $10(sr/st/artists); $25(family). In supportof church organ campaign.• 7:30: Brampton Music Theatre. Guys andDolls. See Apr 12.• 7:30: Hannaford Street Silver Band. Festivalof Brass: Rising Stars: Members of theHannaford Youth Program. Anita McAlister, director.Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St.W. 416-366-7723 or 1-800-708-6754. $15;$10(sr); $5(st); festival pass: $90; $70(sr);$50(st).• 8:00: Canadian Children’s Opera Company.Jazzing it Up. Adi Braun, jazz vocals; withJordan Klapman, piano; Sophia Perlman, jazzvocals; with Adrean Farrugia, piano. CrescentSchool Creative Learning Centre, 2365 BayviewAve. 416-366-0467. $125. See listingssection D, “The ETCeteras” under Galas &Fundraisers.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall and RoyThomson Hall. Buddy Guy, blues guitar and vocals.Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255. $49.50–$69.50.• 8:00: Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra.The German Romantics. Wagner: Preludeand Liebestod; Weber: Clarinet Concerto No.1;Brahms: Symphony No.3. Zoltan Kalman, clarinet;Sabatino Vacca, music director. ScarlettHeights Entrepreneurial Academy, 15 TrenhorneDr., Etobicoke. 416-239-5665. $25;$20(sr); $10(st). 7:30: Pre-concert chat.• 8:00: French Connection. In Concert. TraditionalCreole songs and works by Papineau-Couture, Debussy, Fauré, Satie, Charpentierand others. Jane Blackstone, Louise Morleyand others, piano; Barbara Fris and others, soprano;Allan Pulker, flute; Elizabeth Macmillanand Velma Ko, violin. Heliconian Hall, 35 HazeltonAve. 416-922-3618. $20–$25.• 8:00: Gallery 345. David Buchbinder, trumpet,and Dave Restivo, piano. 345 SoraurenAve. 416-822-9781. $25; $15(st).40 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

Pantone versionCMYK versionBlack & White version• 8:00: I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble. FamilyJewels. Music by the families of Bach, Purcell,Couperin and others. Guests: Jed Wentz, flautotraverse; Olivier Fortin, harpsichord. EastminsterUnited Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416-910-8740. $20; $10(sr/st).• 8:00: Living Arts Centre. Music of IrshadKhan World Ensemble. Traditional Indian music,jazz, Latin, Indo-blues, world-beat/fusion. IrshadKhan, sitar; John Brownell, drums; DaveRamkissoon, tabla; Brian Leger, guitar; MarkWest, keyboards; Dave Field, bass. RBC Theatre,4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $25 and up.• 8:00: Markham Theatre for the PerformingArts. Alice Tan Ridley. 171 Town CentreBlvd. 905-305-7469 or 1-866-768-8801.$38–$42; $5(st).• 8:00: Reynold Nathaniel Presents. HeartStrings: The Musical. See Apr 6.• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. Royal ConservatoryOrchestra conducted by Uri Mayer. Concertfeaturing wind and brass performers fromthe Glenn Gould School. Varèse: Intergrales;Gounod: Petite Symphonie; Strauss: Serenadefor Winds; Mozart: Clarinet Concerto. KoernerHall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.$22 and up.• 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.Chausson: Concerto for Violin and Piano;Shahrimanyan: Serenade (world premiere);Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Victor Kuleshov,violin; Eugene Skovorodnikov, piano;Nurhan Arman, conductor. Glenn Gould Studio,250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255. $39; $32(sr);$12(st).• 8:00: SING! Toronto Vocal Arts Festival.New York Voices featuring Cadence.Harbourfront Centre, Brigantine Room, 235Queen’s Quay W. 416-973-4000. $35.• 8:00: Via Salzburg. Très rythmé. Ravel:String Quartet; works by Gershwin, Kapustin,Donnelly and others. Guests: Chris Donnelly,piano and composition; Hayley Mitchell,vocals. Rosedale United Church, 159 RoxboroughDr. 416-972-9193. $35; $30(sr); $20(under30); $10(st).Saturday April 14• 12:00 noon: Hannaford Street SilverBand. Festival of Brass: Community Showcase.Performance by bands from across Ontario.Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centrefor the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723 or1-800-708-6754. $35; $30(sr); $16(st); festivalpass: $90; $70(sr); $50(st).• 1:00: SING! Toronto Vocal Arts Festival.Toronto Chamber Choir and Cantores Celestes.Harbourfront Centre, Brigantine Room, 235Queen’s Quay W. 416-973-4000. $28.• 1:00 and 7:30: Brampton Music Theatre.Guys and Dolls. See Apr 12.• 2:00: Walmer Road Baptist Church (OrganCommittee). The Sound of Music with Organand Voice. Sacred and secular program.Imre Olah, organ; Arda Shephard, soprano. 188Lowther Ave. 416-924-1121. Freewill offering.• 2:30: A little OPERA for little BABIES.Family Edition. Opera, music theatre and artsong with a focus on family and child friendlyrepertoire. Cheryl Campbell and JenniferCarter, sopranos; Loralie Kirkpatrick, mezzo;Kent Tisher, tenor; Christopher Burton, piano;and others. Bloor Street United Church, 300Bloor St. W. 416-822-3530. $15; $10(sr/st/under 13); $40(family, available online only).Grace church-On-The-hill300 lo n s da l e roa d (at russell hill roa d), to ro n toproudly presentsa tribute toone night only!SaT. april 142012featuringThe YOrk jazzenSemblewith vocalistsgeorge westerholmand beverly taftshow starts at 7:30 pmtickets $25seniors/students $20cash bar, dance floor,cabaret tablesf o r m o r e i n f o r m at i o n : 416.488.7884www.yje.ca www.beverlytaft.com www.gracechurchonthehill.caProceeds to the Linden Fund and Neonatal IntensiveCare.• 3:30: SING! Toronto Vocal Arts Festival.Retrocity featuring Human Record. HarbourfrontCentre, Brigantine Room, 235 Queen’s Quay W.416-973-4000. $28.• 4:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Talesof Hoffman. See Apr 10.• 7:00: Ella Cheloznova Presents. Baroqueand Jazz. Hass: Solfege; Templeton: PocketSize Sonata No.1; Bach: Aria; Adagio; D. Scarlatti:Three Sonatas for Piano Solo; Harvey:Stomping; Dimidov: Blues; and other works. JulianMilkis, clarinet; Eugene Skovorodnikov, piano.Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St.416-721-4662 or 416-226-9151. $30–$50.• 7:00: Toronto Children’s Chorus. SeniorTreble Choir Festival Concert. St. Anne’s AnglicanChurch, 270 Gladstone Ave. 416-932-8666. $20; $10(child).• 7:30: Aaron Tan, organist. Organ Recital.Works by Prokofiev, Franck, Guilmant,Debussy and others. Aaron Tan, organ; DavidChodoriwsky, piano. Scarborough BluffsUnited Church, 3739 Kingston Rd. 416-267-8265. $15.• 7:30: Grace Church on-the-Hill. A Tributeto Duke Ellington. York Jazz Ensemble; BeverlyTaft and George Westerholm, vocals. 300Londsdale Rd. 416-488-7884. $25; $15(sr/st).• 7:30: Korean Canadian Symphony Orchestra.Young Artist Series: 44th Concert.Puccini: O mio babbino caro; Mozart: SymphonyNo.36 in C “Linz”; Saint-Saëns: Cello ConcertoNo.1 in a Op.33; Beethoven: SymphonyNo.1 in C Op.1. Grace Lee, soprano; San Rim,cello; Richard Lee, conductor. St. Andrew KimCatholic Church, 849 Don Mills Rd. 416-456-3513. $25/$15(adv).• 7:30: Mississauga Choral Society. Soundscapes.Program of contrasting classic andcontemporary repertoire inspired by Italian Renaissance.Peter Stoll, clarinet; IridescenceWind Quintet; and choir. St. Mark’s Church,130 Mineola Rd. E., Mississauga. 905-278-7059. $28; $22(sr); $16(youth, 25 and under).• 7:30: Opera Atelier. Armide. Lully. PeggyCBSO_Ad_March2012 3/13/12 2:04 PM Page 1SATURDAY at 8 pmApril 14, 2012St. Timothy’sAnglican Church4125 Sheppard Ave E, ScarboroughANNUAL FUNDRAISER CONCERTHANDEL Water MusicSAINT-SÄENSCarnival of the Animalswith piano soloists on 2 pianosNorman Reintamm & Tiiu HaamerHAYDNSymphony no. 99 (London)Tickets $25Kriha Dye, soprano (Armide); Colin Ainsworth,tenor (Renaud); João Fernandes, bass(Hidraot); Vasil Garvanliev, baritone (Aronte);Carla Huhtanen, soprano (Phenice/Lucinde);and others; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestraand Chamber Choir, David Fallis, conductor;Marshall Pynkoski, stage director. Elgin Theatre,189 Yonge St. 1-855-622-2787. $35;$20(under 30 with ID). Also Apr 15(mat), 17,18, 20, 21.• 7:30: Singing Together. A Celebration ofCultural Diversity through Choral Music. ChineseCanadian Choir of Toronto, Coro San Marco,Edelweiss Chor, Joyful Singers, Nayiri ArmenianChoir of Toronto, Noor Armenian Children’sChoir, the Caribbean Choral of Toronto. TorontoKorean Presbyterian Church, 67 Scarsdale Rd.416-481-8484. $15.• 8:00: Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra.Annual Fundraising Concert. Handel: WaterMusic; Saint-Saëns: Carnival of Animals;Haydn: Symphony No.99 “London.” NormanCATHEDRAL BLUFFS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAThe Ontario Trillium Foundation is an agencyof the Government of Ontario2011–2012NORMAN REINTAMM artistic directorSATURDAY at 8 pmMay 26, 2012 *P.C. Ho Theatre5183 Sheppard Ave E, ScarboroughRICHARD STRAUSSscenesfromDer RosenkavalierMarion Samuel-Stevens sopranoIris Rodrigues sopranoChelsea Säuer mezzo-sopranoChris Coyne tenorJohn David Jasper baritoneRegular $30 adult, $25 st/sr(under 12 free)Premium $50 adult, $40 st/sr(under 12 free)* Subscription Concert 5cathedralbluffs.com | 416.879.5566April 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 41

Reintamm and Tiiu Haamer, pianos. St. Timothy’sAnglican Church, 4125 Sheppard Ave. E.,Scarborough. 416-879-5566. $25.• 8:00: Chamber Music Society of Mississauga.Mozart and More Great Hall Series.Mozart: String Quartet K465 “Dissonance”;Abigana: String Quartet No.2; Mendelssohn:String Quartet No.2 Op.13. Afiara String Quartet,featuring Adrian Fung, cello. The GreatHall, Unitarian Congregation of Mississauga,84 South Service Rd., Mississauga. 905-848-0015. $35; $30(sr); $15(st); $85(family, 2adults and 2 children).ENSEMBLE VIVANTin CONCERTLATIN ROMANCEPiazzolla, Romero, Nazareth,Guarnieri and othersSaturday, April 14, 8pmGlenn Gould Studio• 8:00: Ensemble Vivant. Latin Romance. Musicby Piazzolla, Romero, Nazareth, Guarnieriand others. Catherine Wilson, piano; EricaBeston, violin; Sybil Shanahan, cello; NormanHathaway, violin and viola; Dave Young, bass.Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255. $48.• 8:00: Gallery 345. Leap in the Dark. Improvisationswith spoken word using the poetry ofLarkin, Brautigan, D. Thomas, Beckett, Nerudaand others. Bill Gilliam, prepared piano; CharlieRingas, percussion; guest: MichaelangeloIaffaldano, various instruments. 345 SoraurenAve. 416-822-9781. $20; $10(st).• 8:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band. Festivalof Brass: Canadian Staff Band of the SalvationArmy. Patrick Sheridan, tuba; John Lam,bandmaster. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. LawrenceCentre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723 or 1-800-708-6754. $20; festivalpass: $90; $70(sr); $50(st).• 8:00: Healy Willan Singers. Women andSongs II. Choral music for women’s ensembleby women composers and poets. Ron KaMing Cheung, conductor; John Stephenson,accompaniment. Church of St. Martin in-the-Fields, 151 Glenlake Ave. 416-519-0528. $20;$15(sr/st).• 8:00: Mississauga Blues and Roots Association/WeeDanMusic. MonkeyJunk. Bluesband. Riverview Room, Royal Canadian Legion,35 Front St. S., Mississauga. 905-271-8998. $25.• 8:00: Musideum. Ros Kindler, jazz vocals.Mark Kieswetter, piano; Ross MacIntyre, bass.401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $15.• 8:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra. InspiredGenius. Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni;Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3; Brahms:A. Concerts in the GTASymphony No.2. Mauro Bertoli, piano. OakvilleCentre for the Performing Arts, 130 Navy St.,Oakville. 905-815-2021 or 1-888-489-7784.$51; $46(sr); $26(st/child). Also Apr 15(mat).• 8:00: Reynold Nathaniel Presents. HeartStrings: The Musical. See Apr 6.• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. Year of GreatSax Series: Joshua Redman/Brad Mehldau Duo.Joshua Redman, saxophone; Brad Mehldau, piano.Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $45 and up.• 8:00: St. Andrew’s Church. Life and MusicSeries: Annex Quartet and Peter Longworth, piano.Brahms: Piano Quintet in f; Bach: Chaconnefor solo violin. 73 Simcoe St. 647-520-9644.$20; $15(sr); $10(st).• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky& Verdi. See Apr 11.• 8:00: York Symphony Orchestra. NorthernImages. Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture;Grieg: Piano Concerto in a; Dvořák: SymphonyNo.6. Maggie Ho, piano; guest: Rafael Luz,conductor. Trinity Anglican Church, 79 VictoriaSt., Aurora. 416-410-0860. $28; $23(sr);$12(st). Also Apr 15 (Richmond Hill).• 8:30: SING! Toronto Vocal Arts Festival.The Nylons. Featuring the SING! YouTubecompetition winners. Harbourfront Centre,Brigantine Room, 235 Queen’s Quay W. 416-973-4000. $35.Sunday April 15• 11:00am: SING! Toronto Vocal Arts Festival.World Music Concert: Darbazi GeorgianChoir and Lachan Jewish Chamber Choir.Harbourfront Centre, Brigantine Room, 235Queen’s Quay W. 416-973-4000. $28.• 1:15: Mooredale Concerts. Music and Truffles:Afiara String Quartet. Hour-long interactiveconcert for children, featuring hip hop, rap andworks by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Bartókand Berg. With David Hetherington, cello. WalterHall, Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’sPark. 416-922-3714 x103. $12.• 1:30: Volunteer Committee of the McMichaelGallery of Canadian Art. Mark UcciJazz Ensemble. 10365 Islington Ave., Vaughan.905-893-1121. $15; $9(sr/st); $25(family).• 2:00: Home Music Club. An Afternoon ofChamber Music. Briton House, 720 MountPleasant Rd. 416-316-2570. Free.• 2:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra. InspiredGenius. See Apr 14.• 2:30: SING! Toronto Vocal Arts Festival.Elmer Iseler Singers featuring High Park Choirsof Toronto; Allegria Choir. Harbourfront Centre,Enwave Theatre, 231 Queen’s Quay W. 416-973-4000. $28.• 2:30: Toronto Early Music Centre. MusicallySpeaking: Musicians in Ordinary. One-hourprogram of historical performance. Hallie Fishel,soprano; John Edwards, lute. St. David’sAnglican Church, 49 Donlands Ave. 416-464-7610. Admission by donation.• 3:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band. Festivalof Brass: Dreaming of the Master. Gilliland:Dream of the Master for Trumpet and BrassBand. Jens Lindemann, trumpet; guest: PatrickSheridan, conductor. Jane Mallett Theatre,St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St.E. 416-366-7723 or 1-800-708-6754. $50;$45(sr); $20(st); festival pass: $90; $70(sr);$50(st).• 3:00: Kingsway Baptist Church. AnnualBenefit Concert – Community of Faith. Contemporarysacred music. Kingsway Baptist Choir;Chapel Singers (St.Catherines); Joyce Rempel,conductor. 41 Birchview Blvd., Etobicoke. 416-239-0812. $10. In support of Stonegate CommunityEcumenical Ministry.• 3:00: Opera Atelier. Armide. See Apr 14.• 3:00: Orchestra Toronto. Sax D’Or. Glazunov:Saxophone Concerto in E-flat; Yoshimatsu:Saxophone Concerto “Albireo mode”; Holst:selection from The Planets; Ravel: La Valse.Wallace Halladay, saxophone. George WestonRecital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040Yonge St. 1-855-985-2787. $39; $34(sr);$14(under 18).• 3:15: Mooredale Concerts. Afiara StringQuartet. Kuzmenko: Rhapsody for String Quartet(world premiere); Dvořák: String QuartetNo.13 in G Op.106; Schubert: String Quintet inC. With David Hetherington, cello. Walter Hall,Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-922-3714 x103. $30; $25(sr/st).• 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. TwilightRecitals. Andrew Adair, organ. 65 ChurchSt. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewill offering.• 4:00: St. Philip’s Anglican Church. JazzVespers: Peter Togni Trio. 25 St. Phillips Rd.,Etobicoke. 416-247-5181. Freewill offering.Religious service.• 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers:Tribute to Clifford Brown. Steve McDade,trumpet; and others tba. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free, donations welcome.• 5:00: Nocturnes in the City. Karolina Kubalek,piano. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in b-flat;Haydn: Sonata in E-flat; Rachmaninoff: ThreePreludes.St. Wenceslaus Church, 496 GladstoneAve. 416-234-0264. $25.• 7:00: Cathy Robinson/Algirdas Kynas.Mozart to Broadway. Cathy Robinson, soprano;Algirdas Kynas, bass; Mila Filatova, piano.Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 905-847-8908. $20.• 7:30: Royal Conservatory. Kabaret at Koerner!Adi Braun and Trio Present “Noir.” Concertof music from film noir era, including songsmade famous by Marlene Dietrich, Doris Dayand Ruth Etting. With Jordan Klapman, piano;George Koller, bass; Daniel Barnes, drums. KoernerHall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.$31.50.• 7:30: SING! Toronto Vocal Arts Festival.The Swingle Singers featuring Countermeasure.Harbourfront Centre, Enwave Theatre, 231Queen’s Quay W. 416-973-4000. $40.• 7:30: York Symphony Orchestra. NorthernImages. Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture;Grieg: Piano Concerto in a; Dvořák: SymphonyNo.6. Maggie Ho, piano; guest: Rafael Luz,conductor. Richmond Hill Centre for the PerformingArts, 10268 Yonge St., Richmond Hill.416-787-8811. $30; $25(sr); $15(st). Also Apr14 (Aurora).Monday April 16• 2:00: Toronto Public Library NorthernDistrict. Catherine Sulem Trio. Chamber music.40 Orchard View Blvd., Rm. 224. 416-393-7619. Free.• 7:30: Royal Conservatory. Musicians fromMarlboro. Ensemble from the Marlboro MusicFestival. Works by Haydn, Mendelssohn andShostakovich. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $31.50.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall and RoyThomson Hall. Bobby McFerrin, vocals. RoyThomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.$49.50–$69.50.• 8:00: Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company.One Night Only: An Evening of Song andLaughter. Fundraiser featuring performancesby Canadian musical theatre performers. JaneMallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for theArts, 27 Front St. E., 416-366-7723. $50–$180. See listings section D, “The ETCeteras”under Galas & Fundraisers.Tuesday April 17• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Chamber Music Series: Spotlight on Young Artists.Winners of 2011 Canadian Music Competitionperform. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Music at Midday. Matthew Whitfield, organ.65 Church St. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewilloffering.• 7:30: Amici Chamber Ensemble. Fly Meto the Moon: Annual Fundraiser. Lauren Margison,jazz vocals; and more. Atelier RosemarieUmetsu, 198A Davenport Rd. 416-901-6279.$100. See listings section D, “The ETCeteras”42 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

under Galas & Fundraisers.• 7:30: Opera Atelier. Armide. See Apr 14.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall. Chilly Gonzales, piano andspoken word. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 FrontSt. W. 416-872-4255. $29.50.• 8:00: Markham Theatre for the PerformingArts. Manhattan Transfer. 171 Town CentreBlvd. 905-305-7469 or 1-866-768-8801.$74–$79.• 8:00: Talisker Players Chamber Music.Muse of Fire: William Shakespeare in Words andMusic. Blake: Shakespeare Songs; Coulthard:Three Sonnets; Stravinsky: Three ShakespeareSongs; Rapoport: Shakespeare’s Aviary; M.Richards: That Time of the Year. Guests: NorineBurgess, mezzo; members of GroundlingTheatre Company, Graham Abbey, director.Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-466-1800 or 416-978-8849. $30; $20(sr);$10(st). 7:15: Pre-concert chat. Also Apr 18.Wednesday April 18• 12:15: Our Lady of Sorrows. WednesdayConcert Series. Sherman Hesselgrave, organ.3055 Bloor St. W. 416-231-6016. Free.• 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.Thomas Fitches, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.• 6:30: Richmond Hill Centre for the PerformingArts. Harps on the Hill Festival. Caravassalis:Illuminatum (world premiere); andworks by Bach, Debussy, Lecuona, Ravel andSalzedo. Andrew T.O. Chan and Erica Goodman,harps; members of Forte Men’s Chorus;Paul Anthony Williamson, tenor; GeorgiaLeung, dancer. 10268 Yonge St., RichmondHill. 905-787-8811. $35; $32(sr).• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Talesof Hoffman. See Apr 10.• 7:30: Opera Atelier. Armide. See Apr 14.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. Written byR. Chafe; music written and arranged by A.Craig. Ryan Allen (Phillips); Neema Bickersteth(Adeline); Petrina Bromley (Violet); Clint Butler(Bergeron); Starr Domingue (Vonzia); and others.Jillian Keiley, stage director; Kellie Walsh,music director. Mainspace, Factory Theatre,125 Bathurst St. 416-504-9971. $30–$40.Also Apr 19–21; 22(mat); 24–28; 29(mat);May 1–5; 6(mat).• 8:00: Markham Theatre for the PerformingArts. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Jazz big band.171 Town Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469 or1-866-768-8801. $65–$69.• 8:00: Musideum. Robi Botos, jazz piano. 401Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $20.• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. André Wattsplays Liszt. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.3;Rhapsody No.13; and other works. AndréWatts, piano. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W.416-408-0208. $39 and up.• 8:00: Talisker Players Chamber Music.Muse of Fire: William Shakespeare in Words andMusic. See Apr 17.Thursday April 19• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Dance Series: Histoire d’amour. BoucharDansedance company: Brendan Wyatt, SylvieBouchard, Adam Paolozza, dancers. RichardBradshaw Amphitheatre, 145 Queen St. W.416-363-8231. Free.• 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic: Rising Stars Recital. Featuring performancestudents from the University of TorontoFaculty of Music. Christ Church Deer Park,1570 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free, donationswelcome.• 12:15: Metropolitan United Church. Noonat Met. Sarah Svendsen, organ. 56 Queen St.E. 416-363-0331 x26. Free.• 7:30: Musicworks. Benefit Concert for Musicworks.Eve Egoyan, piano. 345 SoraurenAve. 416-822-9781. $100. See listings sectionD, “The ETCeteras” under Galas & Fundraisers.• 7:30: Royal Conservatory. Glenn GouldSchool’s New Music Ensemble. Brian Current,host and director. Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $14.50.• 7:30: Soundstreams. Soundstreams Celebrates30: Spring Fundraiser. Shannon Mercer,soprano; Serouj Kradjan, piano; SanyaEng, harp; and others. Integral House, 194Museof Firewilliam Shakespearein words and musicNorine Burgess, mezzo sopranoMembers of the GroundlingTheatre Company, actors/readersTalisker Players, strings, winds, pianoApril 17 & 18, 2012 | 8 pmTrinity St. Paul’s CentreTickets: $30 | $20 | $10416-978-8849 | uofttix.cawww.taliskerplayers.caApril 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 43

Roxborough Dr. 416-504-1282. $150 and up.See listings section D, “The ETCeteras” underGalas & Fundraisers.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. See Apr 18.• 8:00: Markham Theatre. Measha Brueggergosman.“I’ve Got A Crush On You” CD releaseconcert, featuring works by Gershwin, Porter,Lerner & Lowe, R. Sexmith, J. Mitchell, L. Feistand others. 171 Town Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469 or 1-866-768-8801. $49.• 8:00: Sony Centre for the PerformingArts. Riverdance. Celebration of Irish music,song and dance. 1 Front St. E. 1-855-872-7669. $34 and up. Also Apr 20, 21(matand eve).A. Concerts in the GTAFriday April 20• 7:00: Bulgarian Arts Festival. Milena Mollova,piano. Papermill Gallery, Todmorden Mills,67 Pottery Rd. 416-587-3739. $20.• 7:30: Brampton Folk Club. Friday FolkNight: The General Store. Bluegrass band.Sanderson Hall, St. Paul’s United Church, 30Main St. S., Brampton. 647-233-3655. $12;$10(sr/st).• 7:30: Opera Atelier. Armide. See Apr 14.• 7:30: Opera by Request. Le Nozze di Figaro.Mozart. Concert performance. Marc Petracchi,bass-baritone (Figaro); Sara Schabas,soprano (Susanna); Andrew Bolton, baritone(Count); Deena Nicklefork, soprano (Countess);Shulammite Chow, mezzo (Cherubino); FrankdeJong, baritone (Bartolo); and others; WilliamShookhoff, music director and piano. CollegeStreet United Church, 452 College St. 416-455-2365. $20.• 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. Russian in Exile.Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat; Prokofiev:Overture on Hebrew Themes; Glinka: GrandSextet; Schnittke: Piano Quintet. AndrewBurashko, piano; Benjamin Bowman and BarryShiffman, violin; Steven Dann, viola; ThomasWiebe, cello; James Campbell, clarinet; JosephPhillips, double bass; Tess Girard, film. EnwaveTheatre, 231 Queen’s Quay W. 416-973-4000.$39–$59. Also Apr 21.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. See Apr 18.• 8:00: Church of St. Mary Magdalene. APurcellebration. Works by Purcell, performedby the York University Baroque Ensemble. 477Manning Ave. 647-771-2977. PWYC. (SEE ADON PREVIOUS PAGE).• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall. Renée Fleming, soprano.With Harmut Höll, piano. Zemlinsky: FünfLieder; and other works; Schoenberg: JaneGrey Op.12 No.1; Korngold: Sterbelied Op.14No.1; and other works; Duparc: ChansonTriste; and other works; Dutilleux: Deux Sonnetsde Jean Cassou; and other works. RoyThomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.$39.50–$149.50.• 8:00: Eggplant Entertainment. An Eveningwith Measha Brueggergosman. “I’ve Got ACrush On You” CD release concert, featuringworks by Gershwin, Porter, Lerner & Lowe, R.Sexmith, J. Mitchell, L. Feist and others. WithAaron Davis, piano; Robert Piltch, guitar; MartyMelanson, bass; John Johnson and ChrisMitchell, woodwinds; Dave Burton, drums.Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 426 Bloor St. W. 416-870-8000. $49.50.• 8:00: Gallery 345. Blythwood Winds andPassport Duo. Works by Bach, Rubtsov andNielsen. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781.$15; $10(st).• 8:00: Musideum. Amanda Mabro and MirjanaMilovanovic, vocals. 401 Richmond St. W.416-599-7323. $15.• 8:00: Performing Arts York Region. SineNomine Ensemble for Medieval Music: HeavenSounding on Earth – Music of the Spheres. AndreaBudgey, vocals/harp/vielle; Bryan Martin,vocals and lute; Janic Kerkkamp, vocals andflute; Randal Rosenfeld, vielle/gittern/flute/lira de braccio. Thornhill Presbyterian Church,271 Centre St., Thornhill. 905-886-7905. $25;$20(sr); $10(st).• 8:00: Reynold Nathaniel Presents. HeartStrings: The Musical. See Apr 6.• 8:00: Sony Centre for the PerformingArts. Riverdance. See Apr 19.• 8:00: St. Francis of Paola Foundation. Ascoltala mia voce. Music honouring St. Francisof Paola. Federica Graziani, vocals; DianaDi Mauro, soprano; Michael Nasato, tenor;Deyi Ye, piano; and others. St. David’s Parish,2601 Major Mackenzie Dr., Maple. 905-477-2074. $20.Saturday April 21• 1:30 and 3:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.TSYO & TorQ! Toronto Symphony YouthOrchestra; TorQ Percussion Quartet; Alain Trudel,conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 SimcoeSt. 416-593-4828 or 416-593-0688(Chinese).$20–$32.• 2:00 and 8:00: Sony Centre for the PerformingArts. Riverdance. See Apr 19.• 4:00: Larkin Singers. Poetry: The Lyrics ofGeorge Herbert. Vaughan Williams: Five MysticalSongs; Larkin: Four Herbert Portraits(world premiere). Christ Church Deer Park,1570 Yonge St. 416-895-0651. $25; $20(sr);$10(st).• 7:00: Bulgarian Arts Festival. RossiKirilova. Guests: Kaloyan Kalchev; Bulgarchechildren’s group. Great Hall of the Macedono-Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Cathedral, 237Sackville St. 416-587-3739. $20.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Talesof Hoffman. See Apr 10.• 7:30: Cantores Celestes Women’s Choir.Spiritus – Music of Fire and Light. Holst: ChoralHymns from the Rig Veda; Sato: Veni SancteSpiritus; Avni: Kyrie Eleison. Ellen Meyer, piano;William O’Meara, organ; chamber orchestra;Kelly Galbraith, conductor. RunnymedeUnited Church, 432 Runnymede Rd. 416-236-1522. $20.• 7:30: JPEC (Jazz Performance and EducationCentre). Luciana Souza, vocals, andRomero Lubambo, guitar. Opening act: AmandaTosoff Quartet. George Weston Recital Hall,Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St.1-855-985-2787. $35; $15(st with ID).• 7:30: Opera Atelier. Armide. See Apr 14.• 7:30: Singing Together. A Celebration ofCultural Diversity through Choral Music. CoroItalia L’Aquila; Cro Arte Choral; Joyful Singers;Noor Armenian Children’s Choir; Schola Cantorum;St. Elizabeth Scola Cantorum; TKPCGodStar Children’s Choir. Toronto Korean PresbyterianChurch, 67 Scarsdale Rd. 416-481-8484. $15.• 7:30: Toronto Chapter of the AmericanHarp Society/HAADD. Heidi Van HoesenThe Toronto Chapter of the American Harp Society& HAADD (Helping Adults with Autism & Developmental Differences)INTRODUCESThe new Toronto Symphony harpistHEIDI VAN HOESEN GORTONWith a special appearance byJUDY LOMANSaturday, April 21, 7:30PMArmour Heights Presbyterian Church105 Wilson Avenue, Toronto$25 Adults ❖ $20 Students/SeniorsTickets by phone at 533-7579 or 781-8206or online at www.haadd.caSponsored by Lyon & Healy Harps44 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

Gorton, harp. Guest: Judy Loman, harp. ArmourHeights Presbyterian Church, 105 Wilson Ave.416-533-7579. $25; $20(sr/st). Proceeds toHAADD (Helping Adults with Autism and DevelopmentalDisorders).• 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. NationalArts Centre Orchestra. Hétu: AntinomieOp.23; Telemann: Concerto in G for Viola andOrchestra; Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.6in B-flat BWV1051; Schubert: Symphony No.3.Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and viola. RoyThomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828 or416-593-0688(Chinese). $33–$98.• 8:00: Acoustic Harvest. The Laws. St.Nicholas Anglican Church, 1512 Kingston Rd.416-264-2235. $22; $20(sr/st).• 8:00: Art of Time Ensemble. Russian in Exile.See Apr 20.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. See Apr 18.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall and RoyThomson Hall. Nikki Yanofsky, jazz vocals.Massey Hall, 178 Victoria St. 416-872-4255.$39.50–$69.50.• 8:00: Elmer Iseler Singers/AmadeusChoir/Roberta Bondar Foundation/OntarioScience Centre. Music of the Spheres: A Fusionof Music, Art and Science. Celebrating the20th anniversary of Roberta Bondar’s flight inspace. L. Adams: Light in the Darkness – TheEarth Sings (text by Bondar); Jestadt: And Yetit Moves. Lydia Adams, conductor. Guests:Roberta Bondar, speaker; Shawn Grenke, piano.Proctor & Gamble Great Hall, Ontario ScienceCentre, 770 Don Mills Rd. 416-446-0188.$40; $35(sr); $15(st).• 8:00: Irish Choral Society of Canada. TheJourney: An Immigrant Story Presented in Storyand Song. Sinéad Sugrue, director; with PetyaStavreva, piano; Shannon Quinn, fiddle; LeonTaheny, bodhran; Barbara Taylor, recitation.Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel Samuel Smith ParkDr. 416-759-2124. $25; $20(sr/st); $15(child).• 8:00: Reynold Nathaniel Presents. HeartStrings: The Musical. See Apr 6.• 8:00: Ritmo Flamenco Dance and MusicEnsemble. Vida Flamenca. Roger Scannura, flamencoguitar and composer; Anjelica Scannura,lead dancer and choreographer. Al Green Theatre,750 Spadina Ave. 416-924-6211 x0.$40/$35(adv).• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. Gil ShahamPlays Bach. Bach: solo works for violin. Gil Shaham,violin. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $45 and up.Sunday April 22• 1:00: Harbourfront Centre/JeunessesMusicales of Canada. Music with Bite: TorQPercussion Quartet. Interactive show for children.York Quay Centre, 235 Queen’s QuayW.416-973-4000. Free.• 2:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. See Apr 18.• 2:00: Eybler Quartet. Hey, I’m Mozart, Too!Works by Mozart, J.M. Kraus, J.C. Arriaga andJ. Bologne (Saint-George). Heliconian Hall, 35Hazelton Ave. 416-463-2154. $20; $15(sr);$10(st/arts worker).• 2:00: JaneAustinDancing. Tender andImpassioned: Rarely Performed Songs andChamber Pieces from Jane Austin’s PersonalCollection. Kotzwara: Battle of Prague;works by Strekel, Pleyel, Storace, Hook andothers. Barbara Ackerman, flute; StephenFuller, violin; Laura Jones, cello; Dorothy deVal, piano; Susanna McCleary, vocals. Montgomery’sInn, 4709 Dundas St. W. 416-394-8113. $35/$30(adv, before Apr 6); $30(sr/st)/$25(adv, before Apr 6). Includes tea and atour of Montgomery’s Inn.• 2:00: Silverthorn Symphonic Winds. Ballet,Broadway and the Big Screen. Music fromStar Wars, West Side Story, Phantom of theOpera; Stravinsky: Firebird Suite; Debussy:Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; Raum:Sherwood Legend for French horn and windensemble (world premiere); and other works.Andrew Chung, conductor; guest (artist-inresidence):Christopher Gongos, French horn.Sun. 22nd April at 4 p.m.Choral Evensongplus St. George’s Tea andBEST IN CLASSSt. Olave’s Arts Guild and Consortmark this Olympic year withdrama, comedy and music aboutthe competitive worlds of sport andlearning…from Shakespeare, Dickensand Leacock to Chariots of Fire.St. Olave’s ChurchBloor and Windermere416-769-5686Ballet, Broadwayand the Big ScreenArtist in Residence SponsorAndrew Chung,Music Directorfeaturing Artist in ResidenceChristopher Gongos, French HornElizabeth Raum’s Sherwood LegendSunday, April 22, 2012 at 2 pmRichmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts10268 Yonge Street, Richmond HillHighlights include music from Phantom,West Side Story, Prelude to the Afternoonof a Faun and The Firebird Suite.Pre-concert chat with Elizabeth Raumand Christopher Gongos at 1:15 pm.Tickets: $25 reg., $20 stu/sr905-787-8811 or order online at www.rhcentre.cawww.silverthornsymphonicwinds.caApril 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 45

Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts,10268 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 905-787-8811. $25; $20(sr/st). 1:15: Pre-concert chat.• 3:00: Amici Chamber Ensemble. Capriccio!Painting the Music. Schulhoff: Duo for violinand cello; Debussy: Sonata for cello andpiano; Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire (excerpts);Janáček: Capriccio. Jean Stilwell, mezzo; BenjaminBowman, violin; Leslie Newman, flute;David Hetherington, cello; Lavinia Voicu, artist.Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255. $45; $40(sr); $15(30 and under);$10(st).• 3:00: Royal Conservatory. AustralianChamber Orchestra with Dawn Upshaw, soprano.Schnieder: Winter Morning Walks (Canadianpremiere); also works by Webern, Crumb,Schönberg, Schumann and Schubert. KoernerHall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $45and up.• 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. TwilightRecitals. Andrew Adair, organ. 65 ChurchSt. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewill offering.• 4:00: St. Olave’s Church. Choral Evensong.St. Olave’s Choir, Tim Showalter, conductorand organ. 360 Windermere Ave. 416-769-5686. Contributions appreciated. Followed bySt. George’s Tea. Religious service. 5:00: Bestin Class music program; details below.• 4:00: St. Philip’s Anglican Church. JazzVespers: Joy Lapps-Lewis Trio. 25 St. PhillipsRd., Etobicoke. 416-247-5181. Freewill offering.Religious service.• 5:00: St. Olave’s Church. Best in Class.Program of music about the worlds of sportand learning, from Shakespeare, Dickens, Leacockto Chariots of Fire and others. FeaturingPresented byExcluisive Media PartnerA. Concerts in the GTALaura TuckerSt. Olave’s Arts Guild and Consort. 360 WindermereAve. 416-769-5686. Contributionsappreciated.• 7:30: Rosedale Presbyterian Church. Concertin Rosedale. Medhi Ghazi, piano. Schumann:Symphonic Etudes Op.13. RosedalePresbyterian Church, 129 Mount PleasantRd. 416-921-1931. $10. Proceeds to RosedalePresbyterian Church.• 8:00: Michael Johnston/Gallery 345. KingCreosote and Michael Johnston. Debut duo performance.345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781.$20/$15(adv).• 8:00: Musideum. Lara Solnicki, jazz vocals,and Mark Kieswetter, piano. 401 Richmond St.W. 416-599-7323. $15.• 8:00: Toronto Downtown Jazz SpecialProjects. The Thing Is: CD Release Concert.Debut CD by jazz fusion group, led by Tova Kardonne,vocals and composer. 918 BathurstCentre for Culture and the Arts, 918 BathurstSt. 416-538-0868. $20.Monday April 23• 12:00 noon: Corporation of Massey Halland Roy Thomson Hall. Free Choir and OrganConcert Series: The Joy of Singing. HamiltonChildren’s Choir; High Park Choirs of Toronto;Zimfira Poloz, conductor; Shawn Grenke, organ.Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. Free.• 7:00: Toronto New Music Alliance/TorontoReference Library. New Music 101:Program 1. Part one of a four-part lecture/demonstrationseries on contemporary classicalmusic. Host: Robert Everett-Green; guests:Arraymusic; New Music Concerts. ElisabethCountermeasureBeeton Auditorium, 789 Yonge St. 416-961-9594 or 416-393-7131. Free. See listings sectionD, “The ETCeteras” under Lectures &Symposia.• 7:30: Alchemy. An Hour of Chamber Music.d’Indy: Menuet Op.72; Bach: Sonata in C;Cherubini: Sonata in F; Auric: Trio; Dvořák: Serenadein d Op.44 (arr. Rechtman); Sylvia Davis,flute; Cristina Sewerin, oboe; Elizabeth Day,clarinet; Elke Eble, horn; Larkin Hinder, bassoon;Meri Gec, piano. The Dunfield, 77 DunfieldAve. 416-316-2570. Free.• 7:30: Miles Nadal jcc. Stars on Spadina.Tribute to the Miles Nadal Jewish CommunityCentre’s 60-year contribution to the culturalevolution of downtown Toronto. Performers includeTheresa Tova, vocals; Laura Tucker, mezzo;Moshe Hammer, violin; Hilario Durán, piano;Daniel Barnes, drums; Micah Barnes, vocals;Countermeasure; and others. Al Green Theatre,750 Spadina Ave. 416-924-6211 x0. $180.• 7:30: University of Toronto Faculty of Music.Felix Galimir Chamber Music Award Concert.Award presentation and performance bythe 2012 award-winning ensemble. Walter Hall,Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-408-0208. PWYC. Proceeds to benefit the FelixGalimir Chamber Music Scholarship Award.• 8:00: Gallery 345. David Schotzko: PercussionSolo. Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood;Xenakis: Rebonds; Psappha; Scelsi: Ko-tha;Oesterle: new work. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $25; $10(st).• 8:00: Musideum. Sandra Taylor, singersongwriter.401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $15.Tuesday April 24• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Jazz Series: New York State of Mind. LaurenMargison, vocals; Christopher Mokrezeski, piano.Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, 145Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Musicat Midday: Bach Series XV. Andrew Adair,organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865 x231.Freewill offering.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. See Apr 18.Wednesday April 25• 12:15: Our Lady of Sorrows. WednesdayConcert Series. Simon Walker, organ. 3055Bloor St. W. 416-231-6016. Free.• 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.Conrad Gold, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.• 7:30: Jazz.FM91. Jazz Lives. Ramsey Lewis,piano; John Schofield, guitar; Jill Barber,jazz vocals; Curtis Stigers, jazz vocals; HeavyweightsBrass Band; and others; Lou Pomanti,music director. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W.416-408-0208. $27 and up.• 7:30: Opera by Request. Don Pasquale.Donizetti. Raymond Accolas, bass (DonPasquale); Marie Fransceschini, soprano (Norina);William Parker, tenor (Ernesto); DomenicSanfilippo, baritone (Dr. Malatesta); Scott Bell,baritone(Notary); William Shookhoff, music directorand piano. College Street United Church,452 College St. 416-455-2365. $20.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. See Apr 18.• 8:00: Toronto Dance Theatre. Rivers. Newwork by Christopher House, set to music ofAnn Southam. Christina Petrowska Quilico,piano. Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre,207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. $15–$40. Also Apr 26, 27, 28(mat and eve).• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. PerlmanPlays Beethoven. Khachaturian: Suitefrom Masquerade and Spartacus; Tchaikovsky:Francesca da Rimini; Beethoven: Violin Concerto.Itzhak Perlman, violin; Peter Oundjian,conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.416-593-4828 or 416-593-0688(Chinese).$49–$179. Also Apr 26.Thursday April 26• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.World Music Series: Room of Wonders. JaymeStone, banjo, and his band. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.Micah BarnesDaniela NardiDaniel HassMosheHammerRon DaviscoverLiza Balkan, DirectorMarilyn Lightstone, HostDaniel BarnesHilario DuranA musical gala celebrating the heart and soulof the Miles Nadal JCCAPRIL 23, 2012 7:30 PMAl Green TheatreMiles Nadal Jewish Community Centre 750 Spadina Ave., at BloorTheresa Tova46 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

• 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic. Michael Brough, bass; Kathleen Long,cello; Chelsea Shanoff, saxophone; WesleyShen, piano; Olivia Shortt, saxophone. ChristChurch Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free, donations welcome.• 12:15: Metropolitan United Church. Noonat Met. David Rosevear, organ. 56 Queen St. E.416-363-0331 x26. Free.• 7:30: ArtHouse Festival Series. SecondWind: Alex Pangman & the Alley Cats. St.Mildred’s-Lightbourn Studio Theatre, 1080Linbrook Rd., Oakville. 905-467-8551 or 905-845-2386. $40.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. DoubleBill: A Florentine Tragedy/Gianni Schicchi.Zemlinksy: A Florentine Tragedy; Puccini: GianniSchicchi. Alan Held, bass (Simone, GianniSchicchi); Gun-Brit Barkmin, soprano (Bianca,Nella); Michael König, tenor (Guido Bardi);Simone Osborne, soprano (Laurette); René Barbera,tenor (Rinuccio); Catherine Malfitano,stage director; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor.Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. $12–$318.Also May 2, 5, 12(mat), 15, 18, 20(mat), 25.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. See Apr 18.• 8:00: Diana McIntosh, piano, performanceart and composition. Beryl Markham– Flying West With The Night. McIntosh: BerylMarkham – Flying West With The Night (forspoken text, piano and tape); Eliptosonics; You,Me and the Tree (multi-media piece). HeliconianHall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-781-2009. $20;$15(sr/st).• 8:00: Gallery 345/Lush Cello Quartet.Lush Cello Quartet. Jazz standards, musicalhits, Beatles songs and more. Wendy Solomon,arranger. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781.$25; $10(st).• 8:00: Musideum. Briga: Songs in Frenchand English. 401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $15.• 8:00: Toronto Dance Theatre. Rivers. SeeApr 25.• 8:00: Toronto Philharmonia Orchestra.Mozart – Donizetti – Verdi – Puccini. Selectedarias. Joni Henson, soprano; Brennan Guillory,tenor; guest: Christopher Zimmerman, conductor.George Weston Recital Hall, TorontoCentre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 647-439-8787. $55; $45(sr).• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. PerlmanPlays Beethoven. See Apr 25.Friday April 27• 7:00: Bulgarian Arts Festival. Dimitrovche:Folklore music and dance evening. St. George’sMacedono Bulgarian Church, 17 Regent St.416-587-3739. $15.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Talesof Hoffman. See Apr 10.• 7:30: St. Andrew’s Church. Life & MusicSeries: Make Every Note Beautiful – The MusicalLegacy of Douglas Bodle at St. Andrew’s.Celebrating choirmaster and organist DouglasBodle’s 40 years at St. Andrew’s; also CDlaunch of “The Day Thou Gavest,” featuring St.Andrew’s Choir in anthems from 17th to 20thcenturies. Monica Whicher, Nathalie Paulin andAllison Angelo, soprano; Russell Braun, baritone;and other members of eight-voice St. Andrew’schoir. 73 Simcoe St. 416-593-5600x231. $20; $10(st).• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. See Apr 18.• 8:00: Aurora Cultural Centre. Great ArtistPiano Series: Katherine Chi. Works by Rachmaninoff,Arensky and others. 22 Church St.,Aurora. 905-713-1818. $30; $25(sr/st).• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall andRoy Thomson Hall. Kellylee Evans, jazz vocals.GreatArtistPianoSeriespresentsFriday, April 278pmwww.auroraculturalcentre.ca905 713-1818Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255. $29.50• 8:00: Musideum. Gary Diggins and ErnieTollar: Sonica Exotica. Exotic soundscapes includinghangs, horns, flutes, yidaki, ngoni andmore . 401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323.$20.YOKO HIROTAsmall is beautifulNEW MUSIC CONCERTSFRIDAY APRIL 27 8 pmGALLERY 345• 8:00: New Music Concerts. Small is Beautiful:a piano recital by Yoko Hirota. Schönberg:Fünf Klavierstücke Op.23; Cherney:Nachtstücke; Morel: Trinomes; Radford: Roiling;Lemay: Hiroshima mon amour; Current: PianoPiece No.1. Gallery 345, 345 SoraurenAve. 416-961-9594. $35; $25(sr/arts worker);$10(st).• 8:00: Reynold Nathaniel Presents. HeartStrings: The Musical. See Apr 6.• 8:00: Sine Nomine Ensemble for MedievalMusic. Music of the Spheres: The starsmoving in concert. Program highlighting theconnections between music and astronomyin the Middle Ages. Saint Thomas’s AnglicanChurch, 383 Huron St. 416-638-9445. $20;$14(sr/st).• 8:00: Toronto All-Star Big Band. In theMiller Mood. Chattanooga Choo Choo, TuxedoJunction, In the Mood and other Miller favourites.Old Mill Dining Room, 21 Old Mill Rd.416-236-2641. $20.• 8:00: Toronto Consort. The Original CarminaBurana. A collection of 13th and 14th centurysongs with voices, hurdy-gurdy, fiddle,recorder, lute and harp. David Fallis, conductor.Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337. $22–$59; $10(under 30). Also Apr28, 29(mat).• 8:00: Toronto Dance Theatre. Rivers. SeeApr 25.• 8:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. Topsy-Turvydom.Gilbert and Sullivan selectionsfrom Mikado, Gondoliers, Iolanthe, H.M.S. Pinafore,Pirates of Penzance and others. LeslieAnn Bradley, soprano; Marion Newman, mezzo;Christopher Mayell and Keith Savage, tenor;David Ludwig, baritone; Robert Cooper,conductor. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. LawrenceCentre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723. $30–$45. Also Apr 28, 29 (mat).Saturday April 28• 2:00 and 8:00: Toronto Dance Theatre.Rivers. See Apr 25.• 2:30 and 7:30: Ontario Philharmonic. ZoologicalFantasy. Milhaud: Scaramouche; Turina:Rapsodia Sinfonica for piano and orchestra;Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (for orchestraand narrator); Liszt: Hungarian RhapsodyNo.2 (for piano); Saint-Saëns: Carnival of theAnimals. Beatriz Boizan and Joel Zhang, pianos;Christian Pritchard, narrator. Regent Theatre,50 King St E., Oshawa. 905-579-6711.$33–$57.• 7:00: RNS Concert Productions. EliadesOchoa, Cuban guitar and vocals, and his band.The Opera House, 735 Queen St. E. 1-855-985-5000. $62.50.• 7:30: Oakham House Choir of RyersonUniversity/Toronto Sinfonietta. Better IsPeace Than Always War. Jenkins: The ArmedMan – A Mass for Peace; and works by Penderecki,Bacewicz, Zielinski and Zebrowski.Mathew Jaskiewicz, conductor; guests: UnivoxChoir Toronto, Dallas Bergen, conductor; MelanieConly, soprano; Todd Delaney, baritone; AliZafar, muezzin. Metropolitan United Church,sine nomineEnsemble for Medieval MusicMusic of theSpheresbetter is PEACE than always warKarl Jenkins’The Armed Man:A Mass For PeaceApril 28, 7:30 pmMetropolitan United Church56 Queen Street East, Toronto$30 | $25 in advance | $15 students416-960-5551Oakham House Choir of Ryerson UniversityUnivox Choir, Toronto SinfoniettaTodd Delaney, baritone & Melanie Conly, sopranoMatthew Jaskiewicz, music directoralso works by Penderecki, Bacewicz, & ZielenskiFriday, April 27, at 8 pmSaint Thomas's Church383 Huron StreetTickets $20 / $14416-638-9445sine.nomine@3web.comApril 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 47

56 Queen St. E. 416-960-5551. $30/$25(adv);$15(st).• 7:30: Oakville Chamber Orchestra. SplendidIntimacy Concert Series: Classic Comedy.Telemann: Canary Cantata; Mozart: A MusicalJoke; Bach: Coffee Cantata. Clodagh Earl, soprano;Jason Hales, tenor; Michael York, bass.Central Baptist Church, 340 Rebecca St.,Oakville. 905-483-6787. $25; $20(sr); $15(st);$10(child). Also Apr 29(mat, St. Simon’s AnglicanChurch, Oakville).• 7:30: Oakville Choral Society. Mozart’sCoronation Mass and Handel’s Ode for the Birthdayof Queen Anne. With NYCO Symphony Orchestra;David Bowser, music director; AnneMarie Leonard, accompanist; and guest soloists.ClearView Christian Reformed Church,2300 Sheridan Garden Dr., Oakville. 905-339-0682. $25; $15(st); free(12 and under).• 7:30: Reaching Out Through Music. FundraisingConcert. Gryphon Trio; Emma Meinrenken,violin; Mary Lou Fallis, soprano andcomedienne; ROTM Children’s Choir, DeborahGriffin, conductor; Patricia Parr and KathleenPenny, piano; Ron Davis, jazz piano andhost; and others. Church of St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor St. E. 416-923-8714 x205.$100(patron); $40; $30(sr); $10(st).Hosted by Ron DavisROTM Children’s ChoirDeborah Griffin, choirmasterGryphon Trio"""#$%$&'()%*+%',-.',/'.#%*(!A. Concerts in the GTA• 7:30: Royal Conservatory. Academy ChamberOrchestra. Students of the Young ArtistsPerformance Academy perform. MazzoleniConcert Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.$22 and up.• 8:00: Academy Concert Series. Schubert’sFinal Journey. Schubert: String Quartet Op.14in d D810 “Death and the Maiden”; String Quintetin C D956 “Cello Quintet.” Lumière Quartet;Kerri McGonigle, cello. Eastminster UnitedChurch, 310 Danforth Ave. 416- 629-3716.$17; $11(sr/st).• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. See Apr 18.• 8:00: Bulgarian Arts Festival/HarbourfrontCentre. Soul Journey to Bulgaria. TheodosiiSpassov Ethno Jazz Trio. BrigantineRoom, 231 Queen’s Quay W. 416-587-3739.$34; $27.50(sr/st).• 8:00: Kir Stefan the Serb Choir. The MostBeautiful Star. Slavic sacred and traditionalmusic. Jasmina Vučrović, conductor; guest: Beyondthe Pale. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W.416-408-0208. $30–$40/$25–$35(adv).• 8:00: Music Gallery/Arraymusic. Toy PianoComposers. World premieres by Clorey,Thornborrow, Denburg, F. Ryan, Floisand andGuechtal. Array Ensemble. 416-204-1080.Reaching Out Through Musica music outreach program for inner city childrenConcert & Silent AuctionSat., April 28, 2012 Silent Auction Viewing 6:45, Concert 7:30The Church of St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor Street EastPatrons $100 ($60 tax receipt) | Adults $40 | Seniors $30 | Students $10Charitable registration number: 85691 2696 RR0001Tickets: 416-923-8714 ext. 205St. Simon’s ChoirPatricia Parr & Kathleen PennyRon Davis with Daniela NardiMary Lou Fallis with Peter TiefenbachEmma Meinrenken, violinjamierotm@hotmail.com!"#$%&'()*$+"*!!!!F0./O()$P#*Q&'"B*R7/)'(I**,%-'.&"**/$&'()*0%#&$"$1* 0'$-1,/+2!!3/.!2"#$+*#(4*$+"*=#'4"(*!.-,/+2!41$,-'-!56#!789:;!",/!?%31@',-!&/.%*A','&!3'!"$.!"9#%8"*9&:;7($#'("6*3'78'(*"/$"+&'?@(#*=#+8"&6*A"887*-3'!B$.-!F/'%'!*G!%3$(@',!(1./%!3'!5'$+*",*-'!@'G*,'!3/.!&'$-3#!B"&&'*=AC7(')8"6*A"887*/#,0+%#(1234+.526712689622**D1EE*($#?**C33*H/I*7'B&'(*"$*!!!"#$#%&'($)*$&+,-&+.&-"$)'*7)*0"BB*/#*"$*J3KLKMNL2D3K*$30; $20(sr/st).• 8:00: Musideum. Neil Wiernik, electronics.401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $10.• 8:00: Reynold Nathaniel Presents. HeartStrings: The Musical. See Apr 6.• 8:00: ScatCat Productions. Ori Dagan CDRelease Concert: Less Than Three (

• 2:00: Northdale Concert Band. Time Passages.R. Strauss: Four Last Songs; alsoworks by Vaughan Williams, Grainger, Saint-Saëns and others. Leslie Fagan, soprano; DavidBourque, music director. St. Michael’s CollegeSchool Centre for the Arts, 1515 Bathurst St.416-652-2077. $25.• 2:00: Toronto All-Star Big Band. Dancingby the Lake. Harbourfront Centre Lakeside Terrace,235 Queen’s Quay W. 416-973-4000.PWYC ($15 suggested minimum).• 2:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. Topsy-Turvydom. See Apr 27.• 2:00: University Settlement Music andArts School. Benefit Concert: A Festival of Musicand Culture. Erhu music, Klezmer, Iraniansongs. Adrian Anantawan, violin; Darrett Zusko,piano; Klezmer band; students and facultyof the school. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 FrontSt. W. 416-598-3444 x243. $45; $20(sr/st).Includes silent auction.• 2:30: Aldeburgh Connection. A CountryHouse Weekend: an English idyll. Works by Ireland,Bridge, Warlock, Walton and Britten. LuciaCesaroni, soprano; Krisztina Szabó, mezzo;Peter Barrett, baritone; Stephen Ralls andBruce Ubukata, piano. Walter Hall, EdwardJohnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-735-7982. $50; $12(st rush).• 3:00: Durham Community Choir. Last Nightof the Proms. Celebration of the annual Britishevent. John-Charles Coolen, conductor. KingsviewUnited Church, 505 Adelaide St., Oshawa.905-579-6866 or 289-240-6986. $20;$14(under 12).• 3:00: Gallery 345/Erika Crino. Ewa Downarowicz,violin, and Erika Crino, piano. Liszt:Campanella; Brahms: Sonata for Violin and PianoOp.108. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781.$20; $15(sr); $10(st).• 3:00: Oakville Chamber Orchestra. SplendidIntimacy Concert Series: Classic Comedy.Telemann: Canary Cantata; Mozart: A MusicalJoke; Bach: Coffee Cantata. Clodagh Earl,soprano; Jason Hales, tenor; Michael York,bass. St. Simon’s Anglican Church, 1450 LitchfieldRd., Oakville. 905-483-6787. $25;$20(sr); $15(st); $10(child). Also Apr 28(eve,Central Baptist Church, Oakville).• 3:00: Royal Conservatory. Itzhak Perlmanwith the Perlman Music Program. Mozart: ViolaQuintet in g; Shostakovich: Prelude and Scherzofor String Octet; Mendelssohn : String Octetin E-flat. Itzhak Perlman, violin; and PMPstudents. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $61.50 and up. Part of Perlman’sfive-day TSO residency.• 3:00: St. Bride’s Anglican Church. SonjaGustafson & Friends In Concert. Varied programof classical, jazz, spiritual and gospel music.Sonja Gustafson, vocals; with piano and bassaccompaniment. 1516 Clarkson Rd. N., Mississauga.905-822-0422. $10.• 3:00: Windermere String Quartet. CD ReleaseConcert: Turning Points. Saint-George:Quartet in g Op.1 No.3; Beethoven: Trio in DOp.9 No.2; Schubert: Cello Quintet in C D956.Guests: Emily Eng, violin; Rebecca Morton,cello. St. Olave’s Anglican Church, 360 WindermereAve. 416-769-0952. $20; $14(sr/st).• 3:30: John Laing Singers. Dreams andDances. Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music;Buhr: Richot Mass; Coblentz: In the EeriePlay of Moonlight; tango by Piazzolla. Guests:Penderecki String Quartet; Andrei Streliaev,piano and organ; Roger Bergs, conductor. St.Aidan’s Anglican Church, 318 Queen MaryDr., Oakville. 905-628-5238. $25/$20(adv);$10(st). Also Apr 28 (Central PresbyterianChurch, Hamilton).• 3:30: Toronto Consort. The Original CarminaBurana. See April 27.• 3:30: Vesnivka Choir & Toronto UkrainianMale Chamber Choir. Tango. Popular songs ofI.B. Vesolowskyj. Guest: Burya Band. TridentBanquet Hall, 145 Evans Ave., Etobicoke. 416-246-9880 or 416-763-2197. $45; $30(sr/st).• 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. TwilightRecitals. Andrew Adair, organ. 65 ChurchSt. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewill offering.• 4:00: Elmer Iseler Singers. Sing for Spring.Lydia Adams, conductor. Bloordale UnitedChurch, 4258 Bloor St. W., Etobicoke. 416-620-5377 or 416-358-4504. $30.• 4:00: St. Philip’s Anglican Church. JazzVespers: Chris Robinson Trio. 25 St. PhillipsRd., Etobicoke. 416-247-5181. Freewill offering.Religious service.• 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers:Tribute to Thelonious Monk. Robi Botos,piano; Scott Alexander, bass; Brian Barlow,drums. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free,donations welcome.• 8:00: Community Baroque Orchestra ofToronto. Spring Concert. Handel: Overture toAgrippina; Concerto Grosso in F Op.3 No.4; Biber:Battalia; Leclair: Sonate en trio in F Op.4No.4; Vivaldi: Concerto in C for two flutes,strings and continuo RV533. With Elyssa Lefurgey-Smith,violin. Farmer Memorial BaptistChurch, 293 South Kingsway. 416-604-3440.Admission by donation.• 8:00: Cuntrera Productions. Ottmar Liebert,guitar. Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas St.W. 416-531-6604. $60/$55(adv).• 8:00: Gallery 345/Jose Lopez. Laura Wilcox,viola. With Jose Lopez, piano. Vanhal: Sonatain E-flat; Kojs: Instillness for solo piano;Shatin: Doxa; Bartley: Visitation from the SevenHathors; Feld: Sonata for viola and piano.345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. 20; $15(sr);$10(st).• 8:00: Musideum. Jessica Stuart Few, vocals.401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323. $15.Monday April 30• 7:00: Toronto New Music Alliance/TorontoReference Library. New Music 101:Program 2. Part two of a four-part lecture/demonstration series on contemporary classicalmusic. Host: Robert Everett-Green; guests:Soundstreams; Canadian Music Centre. ElisabethBeeton Auditorium, 789 Yonge St. 416-961-9594 or 416-393-7131. Free. See listingssection D “The ETCeteras” under Lectures &Symposia.• 7:30: Associates of the Toronto SymphonyOrchestra. Quartet Through theAges. Haydn: String Quartet in D Op.76 No.5;Brahms: String Quartet No.3 in B-flat Op.67No.3; Sibelius: String Quartet in D Op.56 “VocesIntimae”; Corigliano: Postcard. Paul Meyer,violin; Wendy Rose, violin; Kent Teeple, viola;Marie Gélinas, cello. Church of the Redeemer,162 Bloor St. W. 416-282-6636. $20; $17(sr/st). (SEE AD ON NEXT PAGE)• 7:30: David Occhipinti/Camera Ensemble.An Evening of Chamber Music. New compositionsby David Occhipinti, guitar. Glenn GouldStudio, 250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255. $18;$10(sr/st).• 7:30: East York Concert Band. A Spring inMax Christie – clarinetRobin Dann - voiceSteven Dann - violaAndrew Downing - bassAmanda Goodburn - violinDavid Hetherington – celloAline Homzy - violinBeverley Johnston - marimbaNadina Mackie Jackson - bassoonDavid Occhipinti - guitar/compositionsDavid Occhipinti - Cameraan evening of Chamber MusicMon. April 30, 2012 - 7:30pmGlenn Gould Studio $18/$10250 Front St W Toronto, ONtickets: www.roythomson.com416-872-4255www.davidocchipinti.comApril 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 49

A. Concerts in the GTAYour Step: Annual Spring Concert. Emily Summers,director. On the Park Centennial Ballroom,1095 Leslie St. 416-439-3542. $15;free(12 and under).Tuesday May 01• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Vocal Series: Maidenflowers: An Afternoon ofStrauss. Erin Wall, soprano. Richard BradshawAmphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for thePerforming Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Music at Midday. Giles Bryant, organ. 65Church St. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewilloffering.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. See Apr 18.• 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Sci-Fi Spectacular. Themes and suites from StarTrek, Star Wars, E.T., Avatar, Close Encountersof the Third Kind, The Day the EarthStood Still and others. Kristen Plumley, soprano;Etobicoke School of the Arts Chorus;Jack Everly conductor; George Takei, host.Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828 or 416-593-0688(Chinese). $29–$109.Also May 2(mat and eve).Wednesday May 02• 12:15: Our Lady of Sorrows. WednesdayConcert Series. Alison Clark, organ. 3055 BloorSt. W. 416-231-6016. Free.• 12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.Sharon L. Beckstead, organ. 1585 Yonge St.416-922-1167. Free.• 2:00 and 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Sci-Fi Spectacular. See May 1.• 7:00: Tafelmusik. Bach and the Violin. Bach:Violin Concerto in E BWV1042; BrandenburgConcerto No. 4 BWV1049; Vivaldi: Concertofor Violin in A from La Cetra; Telemann: Concertofor 3 Violins in F from Musique de tableII; Concerto for Flute and Recorder in e. Guest:Rachel Podger, director and violin. Trinity-St.Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-964-6337.$35–$84; $29–$76(sr); $15–$76(30 and under)Also May 3, 4, 5, 6(mat).• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. DoubleBill: A Florentine Tragedy/Gianni Schicchi.See Apr 26.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. See Apr 18.• 8:00: Musideum. Mike Evan, singer-songwriter.401 Richmond St. W. 416-599-7323.$10.SOUNDSTREAMS 11/12 CONCERT SERIESTHE GISMONTISFriday, May 4, 2012 at 8pmKoerner Hall in the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning,273 Bloor St. WestEgberto Gismonti (composer/piano/guitar), Alexandre Gismonti (guitar),and jazz flutist Jane Bunnett (Canada) perform a seamless blend of classical,jazz, and Brazilian popular music.Single tickets starting at $47 // Under 35 & Artists $28For tickets call 416.408.0208 or visit www.rcmusic.caWWW.SOUNDSTREAMS.CA50 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

• 8:00: Richmond Hill Centre for the PerformingArts. Haiou Zheng, piano. 10268Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 905 -787-8811.$35; $32(sr/st).Thursday May 03• 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.Vocal Series: The Grain of the Voice. Motets byMonteverdi and Gesualdo; traditional Georgianmusic; new work by K. Mallon. Darbazi, Georgianchoir; Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon, conductor.Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, FourSeasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145Queen St. W. 416-363-8231. Free.• 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/Christ Church Deer Park. Lunchtime ChamberMusic. Kathleen Long, cello; Younggun Kim,piano. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 YongeSt. 416-241-1298. Free, donations welcome.• 12:15: Metropolitan United Church. Noonat Met. David Simon, organ. 56 Queen St. E.416-363-0331 x26. Free.• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. The Talesof Hoffman. See Apr 10.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. See Apr 18.• 8:00: Corporation of Massey Hall and RoyThomson Hall. Layla Claire, soprano. Works byBritten, Canteloube, Strauss and Golijov. StevenPhilcox, piano. Glenn Gould Studio, 250Front St. W. 416-872-4255. $29.50.• 8:00: Rose Cousins, singer-songwriter.We Have Made A Spark: CD Release Tour. TheRivoli, 334 Queen St. W. 416-596-1908. $18.• 8:00: Show One Productions. Moscow Soloists20th Anniversary Tour. Schubert: Quartetin d “Death and the Maiden” (arr. Mahler);Brahms: Quintet in b for Viola and Strings (arr.for small orchestra); Haydn: Cello ConcertoNo.1 in C; Tchaikovsky: Nocturne in d for Celloand Orchestra. Moscow Soloists ChamberOrchestra, Yuri Bashmet, conductor and viola;guest: Mischa Maisky, cello. Roy ThomsonHall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $55–$115.• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Bach and the Violin. SeeMay 2.Friday May 04• 7:30: Church of St. Simon-the-Apostle.On Wings of Song. Cantata arias, lieder, cabaretshow tunes and instrumental concerti,performed by students of Scott Paterson’s RecorderStudio and St. Simon’s Choir. 525 BloorSt. E. 416-923-8714. $15; $10(sr/st).• 7:30: St. James Cathedral. Last Night ofthe Proms. Band of the Royal Regiment of Canada;Cathedral Choir of St. James; St. JamesParish Choir; Cathedral Children’s Choir; GilesBryant, emcee. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865.$30–$35.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. See Apr 18.• 8:00: Gallery 345. Jacques Israelievitch, violin;Christopher Mokrezewski, piano. Works byJanáček, Messiaen, Stravinsky, Schoenberg,Pärt and Adams. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $25; $10(st).• 8:00: Soundstreams. The Gismontis. Worksby E. Gismonti, Villa-Lobos and Buhr (worldpremiere). Egberto Gismonti, composer/piano/guitar; Alexandre Gismonti, guitar; Bianca Gismontiand Claudia Castelo Branco, piano duo;Jane Bunnett, flute. Koerner Hall, 273 BloorSt. W. 416-408-0208. $47–$73; $28(under35/artist).• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Bach and the Violin. SeeMay 2.• 8:00: Upper Canada Choristers. Sanctus.Fauré: Requiem; Carrillo: Missa sine nomine.Guests: Mark Ruhnke, baritone; ChristopherDawes, organ; choirs from Swansea PublicSchool. Laurie Evan Fraser, conductor. GraceChurch on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-256-0510. $25/$20(adv); free (child).Saturday May 05• 2:00 and 8:00: Mississauga FestivalChoir. Coast to Coast to Coast. Sacred, contemporaryclassics, First Nations and folk musicfrom every region of Canada. RBC Theatre,Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr. 905-306-6660. $28; $25(sr/st); $20(child).COASTTO COASTTO COASTMississauga Festival Choir presents a joyfulcelebration of Canada featuring everything fromtraditional sacred to contemporary classics,music from our First Nations and traditionalfolk songs from every regionThe RBC Theatre, Living Arts Centre4141 Living Arts Centre Drive, Mississauga · 2 & 8 pmTickets: Adults: $28Students/Seniors: $25Children under 12: $20Box Office: 905-306-6000or www.livingartscentre.ca05.05.12April 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 51

A. Concerts in the GTA• 7:30: Canadian Opera Company. DoubleBill: A Florentine Tragedy/Gianni Schicchi.See Apr 26.• 7:30: Orpheus Choir of Toronto. Light andJazzy … Mass Exploration. Toronto premieresof masses by Orban and Miskinis. Robert Cooper,conductor. Christ Church Deer Park,1570 Yonge St. 416-530-4428. $30; $25(sr);$15(st).• 7:30: Tallis Choir. The Glory of the EnglishAnthem. Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah;Byrd: Sing Joyfully; Stanford: Three Motets;Harris: Faire is the Hevene. Peter Mahon, director.St. Patrick’s Church, 141 McCaul St. 416-286-9798. $30; $25(sr); $10(st with ID). (SEEAD ON PREVIOUS PAGE)• 7:30: Toronto Children’s Chorus. Mysteryand Mastery. Works by Daley, Patriquin, Halley,Handel, Schumann and others. Toronto Centrefor the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. 416-872-1111.$34.50–$44.50.• 7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Gershwin & Beyond. Bernstein: Overture toCandide; Adams: The Chairman Dances: Foxtrotfor Orchestra; Gershwin: Rhapsody inBlue; Tower: Fanfare for the UncommonWoman; Barber: Adagio for Strings; Copland:Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo. Todd Yaniw,piano; Joana Carneiro, conductor. Roy ThomsonHall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-593-4828 or416-593-0688(Chinese). $30–$82. Also May6(mat).• 7:30: Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir.Spring Gala Concert. Guest: Venise Kousaie,voice. St. George Antiochian Church, 9116Bayview Ave. 416-410-2254 or 877-410-2254. $25.• 7:30: Westben. Lovin’ Dat Westben! Worksby Mozart, Puccini, piano solos and Broadwaysongs from Show Boat and My Fair Lady.Donna Bennett, soprano; Brian Finley, piano.Wexford Heights United Church, 2102 LawrenceAve. E., Scarborough. 416-757-0676x21. $25.• 7:30: York Region Community Choir.Showbiz. Music from stage, screen, opera andTV. Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria St.,Aurora. 905-853-9542. $10.• 8:00: Aradia Ensemble. The Grain of theVoice. Madrigals by Monteverdi and Gesualdo;traditional Georgian music; new work byK. Mallon. Darbazi Georgian choir; Aradia Ensemble,Kevin Mallon, conductor. Glenn GouldStudio, 250 Front St. W. 416-872-4255.$15–$35.• 8:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. See Apr 18.• 8:00: Georgetown Choral Society. Songsfrom the Heart. Inspirational melodies andheartwarming songs. A. Dale Wood, conductor.Georgetown Christian Reformed Church,11611 Trafalgar Rd., Georgetown. 905-877-7795. $25/$20(adv); $50(family). Partial proceedsto Georgetown Hospital Foundation.52 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

• 8:00: Mississauga Symphony. The GrandFinale. Lau: Concertante for Orchestra (worldpremiere); Fazal: Song from The River (premiereof orchestral version); Holst: The Planets(Mars, Venus and Jupiter); Elgar: Enigma VariationsOp.38. John Barnum, conductor (finalperformance as MSO’s conductor and musicdirector); guest: Ruth Fazal, violin. HammersonHall, Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living ArtsDr., Mississauga. 905-306-6660. $51.50;$46.25(sr); $25(ages 16–26); $15(ages 15and under).• 8:00: Music Gallery. Emergents III: DanielMorphy + Diego Espinosa. Percussion double-header.Nørgård: I Ching; Dillard: Five on 5;world premieres by Adamcyk and Velickovic.416-204-1080. $10; $5(sr/st).• 8:00: Royal Conservatory. Year of GreatSax Series: Hilario Durán Latin Big Bandwith special guest Paquito D’Rivera. PaquitoD’Rivera, saxophone; Hilario Durán, piano. KoernerHall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208.$39 and up.• 8:00: Tafelmusik. Bach and the Violin. SeeMay 2.• 8:00: Toronto Heliconian Club. Lee-LoucksFour-Hand Piano. Mozart: Sonata in C K521;Schubert: Lebensstürme D947; Dvořák: SlavonicDances Op.72. Jodie Lee and Kevin KwanLoucks, piano. Heliconian Hall, 35 HazeltonAve. 416-922-3618. $20–$25.• 9:00: Do Right Music/Nufunk.ca. LeeFields, funk and soul vocals. Canadian albumrelease of Faithful Man. Opening act: MayleeTodd, vocals. Great Hall, 1087 Queen St. W.416-573-8055. $22.50.Sunday May 06• 2:00: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Factory Theatre. Oil and Water. See Apr 18.• 2:00: Canadian Opera Company. The Talesof Hoffman. See Apr 10.• 2:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. BroadwayKids Live! Children’s favourites including musicfrom The Sound of Music, The Little Mermaid,The Wizard of Oz, Mary Poppins, Beauty andthe Beast and others. Marta Herman, mezzo;Keith Reid, conductor; June Garber, narrator;Jobert Sevilleno, director. Markham Theatrefor the Arts, 171 Town Centre Blvd. 905-604-8339. $25; $15(sr/st/child).• 2:00: Mississauga Pops. In Concert. Promsfavourites and more. Guest: Justus choir.Meadowvale Theatre, 6315 Montevideo Rd.,Mississauga. 905-615-4720. $20; $18(sr/st);$12(child).• 2:00: Off Centre Music Salon. Spanish Balladewith a Russian Interlude. Songs by Spanishand Russian composers. Joni Henson, soprano;Peter McGillivray, baritone; Leigh-Anne Martin,mezzo. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W.416-466-1870. $60; $50(sr/st).• 2:00: Trio Bravo. Mozart: Clarinet and PianoQuartets. Velma Ko: violin; John Trembath,cello. All Saints’ Kingsway Anglican Church,2850 Bloor St. W. 416-242-2131. $20; $15(sr/st).• 2:30: Georgetown Bach Chorale. Mozart’sRequiem Mass in D Minor. Holy Cross CatholicChurch, 14400 Argyll Rd., Georgetown. 905-873-9909. $30; $10(st).• 2:30: Toronto Early Music Centre. MusicallySpeaking: Elena Spanu, baroque violin.One-hour program of historical performance.St. David’s Anglican Church, 49 Donlands Ave.416-464-7610. Admission by donation.• 2:30 and 7:30: Bel Canto Singers. It’s aGrand Night for Singing! Linda Meyer, director.St. Dunstan of Canterbury Church, 56 LawsonApril 1 – May 7, 2012Rd., Scarborough. 416-282-8260. $15.• 3:00: Pax Christi Chorale. 25th AnniversaryGala Concert – Elgar: The Kingdom. ShannonMercer, soprano; Krisztina Szabó, mezzo;Keith Klaasen, tenor; Roderick Williams, baritone.Stephanie Martin, conductor. KoernerHall, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or 416-491-8542. $35–$60.• 3:00: Syrinx Sunday Salons. Made in CanadaPiano Quartet. Mahler: Piano Quartet ina; Burge: Piano Quartet; Brahms: Piano Quartetin c Op.60. Elissa Lee, violin; Rachel Mercer,cello; Angela Park, piano; guest: TawnyaPopoff, viola. Heliconian Hall, 35 HazeltonAve. 416-654-0877. $25; $20(st). Receptionfollowing to meet the artists.• 3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.Gershwin & Beyond. See May 5.• 3:30: Tafelmusik. Bach and the Violin. SeeMay 2.• 4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.Twilight Recitals. Andrew Adair, organ. 65Church St. 416-364-7865 x231. Freewilloffering.• 4:00: Toronto Classical Singers. SingingTimeless Treasures for 20 years. Verdi: Requiem.Allison Arends, soprano; Mia Lennox-Williams,mezzo; Lenard Whiting, tenor; BruceKelly, bass. Talisker Players Orchestra; JurgenPetrenko, conductor. Christ Church DeerPark, 1570 Yonge St. 416-443-1490. $30;$25(sr/st).• 7:00 Church of St. Andrew, Scarborough.Spring Concert. Classical, baroque, folkand popular music. St. Andrew’s Choir; TorontoMandolin Orchestra; and other guests.Church of St. Andrew, 2333 Victoria ParkAve. 416-447-1481. $20; free(under 16).• 8:00: Musideum. Brownman & DJ Cutler.Jazz trumpeter with DJ. 401 Richmond St. W.416-599-7323$15.Monday May 07• 12:15: ORGANIX Concerts. David AlexanderSimon, organ. Church of the Holy Trinity,10 Trinity Sq. 416-763-3893. $10(suggesteddonation).• 7:00: Toronto New Music Alliance/TorontoReference Library. New Music 101:Program 3. Part three of a four-part lecture/demonstration series on contemporary classicalmusic. Host: Robert Everett-Green;guests: Contact Contemporary Music; ContinuumContemporary Music. Elisabeth BeetonAuditorium, 789 Yonge St. 416-961-9594or 416-393-7131. Free. See Section D “TheETCeteras” under Lectures & Symposia.• 7:30: Elmer Iseler Singers. Subscribers’Bonus Concert. Get Music! Gala Concert.Works by Canadian and international composers.With participating secondary school conductorsand choirs; Lydia Adams, conductor.Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St.E. 416-217-0537. $25; $10(st); free(seasonsubscribers).• 8:00: ORGANIX Concerts/Toronto TheatreOrgan Society. Jelani Eddington, theatreorgan. Popular show tunes. Casa Loma, 1 AustinTerrace. 416-763-3893. $21/$20(adv).• 8:00: Pleiades Theatre/Red Boots Canada.Luba, Simply Luba. Autobiographical journeyof Ukrainian-Canadian comedienne LubaGoy. Written by D. Flacks with L. Goy andA. Tarasiuk. Performed by Luba Goy; VictorMishalow, vocals and bandura. Andrey Tarasiuk,stage director. Berkeley Street TheatreDownstairs, 26 Berkeley St. 416-368-3110.$33. Also May 8, 10–12, 14–18, 19(mat andeve), 21(mat), 22–25, 26(mat and eve).FROM DARKNESSCOMESLightColleen Kennedy, oboeHeather Morrison, pianoFriday May 11 at 7:30 p.m.St. Thomas’sAnglican Church,383 Huron StreetMusic for oboe and pianofeaturing the works ofBach, Schumann, Saint-Saëns,Haas & GlickAdmission $20or pay what you canIn support of St Thomas’sParish Garden andcommunity food programCanadianMen’s ChorusGreg Rainville, ADO u t o f t h e D e p t h sA n E x p l o r a t i o n o f S a c r e d M u s i cWorld Premiere Performance:Book of Lamentations by Patrick MurraySunday, May 13 4:00PM Glenn Gould StudioTickets $30 NO SERVICE FEESwww.canadianmenschorus.ca or at the door.thewholenote.com 53

Sunday April 01• 2:00: Garden City Productions. Cabaret.Kander and Ebb; book by Masteroff. JeromeBlack (Emcee); Todd Melville (CliffordBradshaw); Kathie Gosen (Fraulein Schneider);Peter Holley (Herr Shultz); Katie Profijt-Fazio(Fraulein Kost); Angela Scappatura (SallyBowles); and others; Wendy Leard, director andchoreographer; Tom Inglis, music director. MandevilleTheatre, Ridley College, 2 Ridley Rd.,St. Catharines. 905-682-1353. $28; $18(st).Final performance.• 2:00: University of Waterloo Departmentof Music. UW Stage Band. Michael Wood, director.Great Hall, Conrad Grebel UniversityCollege, 140 Westmount Rd., Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24226. $10; $5(sr/st).• 3:00: Georgian Bay Symphony. Musicin the Afternoon: Silver Line Trio. Piazzolla:Four Seasons of Buenos Aires; Ravel: Trio.Matt Swoboda, cello; Rosabel Choi, piano; EdwinHuizinga, violin; John Barnum, conductor.Georgian Shores United Church, 997 4th Ave.W., Owen Sound. 519-372-0212. $18.50;$16(sr); $5(under 25).• 3:00: Grand River Chorus. Gospel Glory.Guest: Jessica Lloyd, mezzo. St. Pius RomanCatholic Church, 9 Waverly St., Brantford.519-442-3458. $25; $20(sr); $5(high school/child).• 3:00: Guelph Symphony Orchestra. Tourthe World: French Masters. Berlioz: Roman CarnivalOverture; Ravel: Piano Concerto in G;Franck: Symphony in D. Sarah Whynot, piano;Judith Yan, conductor. River Run Centre, 35Woolwich St., Guelph. 519-763-3000. $32;$16(st); $10(child); $5(eyeGO).• 3:00: University of Guelph. Chamber Ensemble.Henry Janzen, instructor. MackinnonBldg., Rm.107 (Goldschmidt Rm.), 50 Stone RdE., Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991. Free.• 7:30: Arcady. A Baroque Messiah. RonaldBeckett, conductor. Port Rowan MennoniteBrethren Church, 465 Concession 1 Rd.,Messiah’s Corners, Port Rowan. 519-586-2835. $20.• 7:30: University of Waterloo Departmentof Music. UW Instrumental Chamber Ensembles(ICE). Ben Bolt-Martin, director. Great Hall,Conrad Grebel University College, 140 WestmountRd., Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24226.Free. Reception to follow.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Mercer-Oh Trio: Haydn’s BirthdayConcert. Haydn: selected trios (tba). KWCMSMusic Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $35; $30(sr); $25(st).Monday April 02• 7:30: University of Waterloo Departmentof Music. UW Instrumental Chamber Ensembles(ICE). Ben Bolt-Martin, director. Great Hall,Conrad Grebel University College, 140 WestmountRd., Waterloo. 519-885-0220 x24226.Free. Reception to follow.Tuesday April 03• 12:00 noon: Brock University Departmentof Music. Music@Noon. Recital of piano students.Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, 500 GlenridgeB. Concerts Beyond the GTAIN THIS ISSUE: Alliston, Barrie, Brantford, Cambridge, Cobourg,Dundas, Elora, Guelph, Hamilton, Huntsville, Kingston, Kitchener,London, Midland, Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Orangeville,Owen Sound, Peterborough, Port Hope, Port Rowan, St. Catharines,Stratford and Waterloo.Ave., St. Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3257.Free.• 7:30: Brock University Department ofMusic. University Wind Ensemble: A Weekendin New York. Works by Sparke, Zaninelli andothers. Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, 500 GlenridgeAve., St. Catharines. 905-688-5550x3257. $5.Wednesday April 04• 7:30: Brock University Department ofMusic. Jorgo Kalo, piano. Student recital. SeanO’Sullivan Theatre, 500 Glenridge Ave., St.Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3257. Free.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Jacob Braun, cello and Grace Fong,piano. Brahms: F.A.E. Scherzo; Bloch: Prayer;Barber: Sonata; Korngold: Tanzlied des Pierrot;Rachmaninoff: Sonata. KWCMS Music Room,57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673.$25; $20(sr); $15(st).Thursday April 05• 12:10: University of Guelph. Thursdayat Noon Concert Series: Student Soloist Day.Applied Music students. Mackinnon Bldg.,Rm.107 (Goldschmidt Rm.), 50 Stone Rd E.,Guelph. 519-824-4120 x52991. Free.• 7:30: Centre for the Arts, Brock University.Pavlo, Rik Emmett and Oscar Lopez. SeanO’Sullivan Theatre, 500 Glenridge Ave., St.Catharines. 905-688-5550 x3257. $49.• 8:00: University of Guelph. Jazz Ensemble.Ted Warren, conductor. Manhattan’s PizzaBistro and Jazz Club, 951 Gordon St. Guelph.519-767-2440 x52991. $2 cover.Friday April 06• 7:30: Georgian Bay Concert Choir. In Concert.Mozart: Requiem. Claire Morley, soprano;Vicki St. Pierre, mezzo; Adam Bishop, tenor;Andrew Tees, bass; Regan MacNay, director.Georgian Shores United Church, 997 4th Ave.E., Owen Sound. 519-422-0876. $20; free(st,grades 1–12).• 7:30: Grand Philharmonic Choir. St. MatthewPassion. Bach. Benjamin Butterfield,tenor (Evangelist); Douglas Williams, bass-baritone(Christus); Meredith Hall, soprano; DanielTaylor, countertenor; Cory Knight, tenor;Daniel Lichti, baritone; Kitchener WaterlooSymphony; Mark Vuorinen, conductor. Centrein the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener.519-578-1570 or 1-800-265-8977.$20–$65; $18–$58(sr); $10(under 30); $5(st,high school).Saturday April 07• 1:30: University of Guelph. ContemporaryMusic Ensemble. Joe Sorbara, conductor. MacdonaldStewart Art Centre, 358 Gordon St.,Guelph. 519-767-2440 x52991. $5 Cover.Tuesday April 10• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. Music by S.Flaherty; lyrics by L. Ahrens; book by TerrenceMcNally; based on the novel by E. L. Doctorow.Performed by Benedict Campbell (Father); PattyJamieson (Mother); Evan Alexander Smith(Younger Brother); Guy Bannerman (Grandfather);and others; Paul Sportelli, music director;Jackie Maxwell, stage director. Shaw FestivalTheatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-onthe-Lake.1-800-511-7429. $27.12–$84.75.Also (in previews) Apr 13, 14, 25, 26, 27(eve),28, May 2–5. Opens May 26 and runs to October2012.Wednesday April 11• 12:00 noon: Seniors Serenade. Fun withClassics. Ben Smith, piano. Central UnitedChurch, 54 Ross St., Barrie. 705-726-1181.Free.• 8:00: Sanderson Centre for the PerformingArts. Canadian Brass. 88 DalhousieSt., Brantford. 519-758-8090 or 1-800-265-0710. $44.Thursday April 12• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. Music by H. Warren; lyrics by A.Dubin; book by M. Stewart and M. Bramble;based on the novel by B. Ropes. With Sean Arbuckle(Julian Marsh); Kyle Blair (Billy Lawlor);Cynthia Dale (Dorothy Brock); Jennifer RiderShaw (Peggy Sawyer); Naomi Costain (Anne“Anytime Reilly”); and others; Michael Barber,music director; Gary Griffin, stage director.Festival Theatre, 55 Queen St., Stratford.1-800-567-1600. $49–$76. Also (in previews)Apr 18, 21, 23, 25, 28, May 2, 4, 5. OpensMay 29 and runs to October 2012.• 7:00: Guelph Youth Singers. United for Africa.Popular, African and Acadian repertoire includingHere’s to Song and Siyahamba. GuelphYouth Singers; Guelph Community Singers;guest: Les Jeunes Chanteurs d’Acadie. LindaBeaupré, Sarah Garrett and Nadine Hébert,conductors. Harcourt Memorial United Church,87 Dean Ave., Guelph. 519-341-8576. $15;$40(family). Proceeds to Bracelet of Hopecharity, providing medical care to HIV/AIDS patientsin Africa.• 7:00: NUMUS. Spring Vaudeville Show: ANumus Fundraiser. Jazz cabaret, PendereckiString Quartet and more. The Jazz Room atthe Huether Hotel, 59 King St. N., Waterloo.519-896-3362. $75(suggested); $10–20(suggested,st). For further details See listingsSection D, “The ETCeteras,” under Galas &Fundraisers.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Laurier Alumni Trio. Mozart: Trio in E-flat K563 (Divertimento); Purves-Smith: StringTrio for Joan Hysen. Pierre-André Pashley, violin;Jeremy Bauman, viola; Sarah-Jane Johnston,cello. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St.W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $20; $15(sr);$10(st).• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See Apr 10.Friday April 13• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Salutingthe Big Bands … Past & Present. Musicby Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Glenn Millerand Quincy Jones including In the Mood and ItDon’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)and other selections. Matt Catingub, saxophone/vocals/conductor.Centre In The Square,101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or1-888-745-4717. $19–$85. Also Apr 14.• 8:00: NUMUS. Eight Songs for a Mad King.Davies: Eight Songs for a Mad King. KimberlyBarber, mezzo; Tyler Fitzgerald, baritone(King George III). Conrad Centre for the PerformingArts, 36 King St. W., Kitchener.519-896-3362. $30; $24(sr); $18(under 29);$10(st rush).• 8:00: Perimeter Institute. Classical WorldArtists Series: Wu Man, pipa and ShanghaiQuartet. Mozart: String Quartet No.17 in B-flatK458 “The Hunt”; Wu Man: solo work tba; LeiLiang: Five Seasons (for pipa and string quartet);and work by Ravel. Mike Lazaridis Theatreof Ideas, 31 Caroline St. N., Waterloo. 519-883-4480. $80; $55(st, with ID).Saturday April 14• 10:00am and 11:00am: Kitchener-WaterlooSymphony. Kinderconcerts: Fly With Us Ona Magic Train. Conrad Centre for the PerformingArts, 36 King St. W., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $13; $11(child).• 2:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.Youth Orchestra Concert. Performances byKWS Youth Orchestra Program Ensembles includingYouth Orchestra, Valhalla Brass, YouthSinfonia, Youth Strings and Preludium Strings;guest: Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir. CentreIn The Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener.519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $13;$11(child).• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See Apr 10.• 7:00: St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church. MyHeart Will Go On. Classical and romantic songs;also Canadian premieres of two pieces by Uzbekistancomposer G. Mushel. Ian Morton, organ;Peter Parthun, cello; Kathy Axcell, flute;Beverley Bell, soprano; Children’s Hand BellChoir. 131 Walton St., Port Hope. 905-885-2262. $25• 7:30: Barrie Concerts/Colour of Music.Piano Celebration. Celebrating the donation ofa new nine-foot Shigeru Kawai concert grandpiano from Helen Stollar. Works by Rameau,Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel, Liszt and Chopin.Mari Kodama, piano. Central United Church, 54Ross St., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $25; $10(st).• 7:30: Opera Hamilton. Il Trovatore. Verdi.Richard Margison, tenor (Manrico); Joni Henson,soprano (Leonora); James Westman, baritone(Conte Di Luna); Emilia Boteva, mezzo(Azucena); Mia Lennox-Williams, alto (Inez);Valerie Kuinka, stage director; Opera HamiltonOrchestra and Chorus, David Speers, conductor.Dofasco Centre for the Arts, 190 KingWilliam St., Hamilton. 905-527-7627 x236or x221. $62–$125; $57(sr); $37–$100(30ishand under). Also Apr 17, 19, 21(mat).• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Heidi Wall, piano, with Miriam Stewart-Kroeker,cello. Bach: Partita No.1; Debussy:Preludes Book I (complete); Crumb: Vox Balaenae.Guest: Daria Binkowski, flute. KWCMSMusic Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $20; $15(sr); $10(st).• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Salutingthe Big Bands … Past & Present. SeeApr 13.Sunday April 15• 7:30: Cuckoo’s Nest Folk Club. Lee Murdock:Songs of the Great Lakes. Chaucer’sPub, 122 Carling St., London. 519-473-2099.$18/$15(adv).Tuesday April 17• 8:00: Opera Hamilton. Il Trovatore. SeeApr 14.Wednesday April 18• 12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrew’s. DavidPalmer, organ, and Gillian MacKay, trumpet. St.Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 47 Owen St.,Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5; free(st).• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See Apr 12.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Penderecki String Quartet. Beethoven:54 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

String Quartet in G Op.18 No.2; String Quartetin Eb Op.127 No.12; Mozetich: Lament ina Trampled Garden. KWCMS Music Room, 57Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $35;$30(sr); $25(st).Thursday April 19• 7:15: Skyliners Big Band. Concert andDance. Swing music, Latin standards and ballads.With Maria Branje, vocals. Barrie CityHall, 70 Collier St., Barrie. 705-487-2574.Free.• 8:00: Acoustic Muse Concerts. Tom Paxton,folksinger-songwriter. Aeolian Hall, 795Dundas St., London. 519-672-7950 or 519-672-1967. $35/$30(adv).• 8:00: Opera Hamilton. Il Trovatore. SeeApr 14.Friday April 20• 7:30: Dr. John M. Denison SecondarySchool. Choral Sounds of the Prairies: LutherCollege High School Choir. Varied choral repertoire.St. John’s United Church, 56 Victoria St.E., Alliston. 705-435-6732. Freewill offering.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. MozartFestival: Mozart’s World. Mozart: Overtureto Don Giovanni; Piano Concerto No.23 inA; Violin Concerto No.1; Symphony No.38 in D“Prague.” Stephen Sitarski, violin; Sara DavisBuechner, piano; Edwin Outwater, conductor.Centre In The Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener.519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $19–$79. Also Apr 21.Saturday April 21• 2:00: Opera Hamilton. Il Trovatore. SeeApr 14.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See Apr 12.• 7:30: Centre for the Arts, Brock University.Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Sean O’SullivanTheatre, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines.905-688-5550 x3257. $55; $20(st); $5(highschool st).• 8:00: Achill Choral Society. Pomp and Circumstance.Music for grand occasions, includingMozart’s Coronation Mass K317. A. DaleWood, conductor. St.Timothy’s Roman CatholicChurch, 42 Dawson Rd., Orangeville. 705-435-1091. $25; $15(13 and under). Also May6 (Bolton).• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. MozartFestival: Mozart’s World. See Apr 20.Sunday April 22• 2:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. MozartFestival: My Favourite Mozart. Mozart:Symphony No.36 in C “Linz”; Overture to Lenozze di Figaro; Ave Verum Corpus; Concerto inC for Flute and Harp (excerpts); DivertimentoNo.2 in D (excerpts); Magic Flute (excerpts); Cimarosa:Overture to Il matrimonio segreto. LoriGemmell, harp; Thomas Kay, flute; Grand PhilharmonicChoir; Edwin Outwater, conductor.Centre In The Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener.519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $19–$79. Also Apr 21.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Arkel String Trio. Beethoven: StringTrio Op.9 No.1; Martinů: String Trio; Saariaho:Cloud Trio; von Dohnányi: Serenade for StringTrio Op.10. Marie Bérard, violin; Teng Li, viola;Winona Zelenka, cello. KWCMS Music Room,57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673.$30; $25(sr); $20(st).Monday April 23• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See Apr 12.Wednesday April 25• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See Apr 10.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See Apr 12.• 8:00: Cuntrera Productions. Ottmar Liebert,guitar. Market Hall, 336 George St. N.,Peterborough. 705-749-1146. $49; $64(VIP).• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Julie Baumgartel, violin, Margaret Gay,cello, and David Louis, piano. Mozart: Trio in GK496; Beethoven: Trio Op.1 No.1; Hummel: TrioNo.1 in E-flat Op.12. KWCMS Music Room, 57Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $25;$20(sr); $15(st).Thursday April 26• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See Apr 10.• 8:00: Cuntrera Productions. Ottmar Liebert,guitar. Capitol Theatre, 20 Queen St. N.,Port Hope. 905-885-1071. $59.Friday April 27• 8:00: Cuntrera Productions. Ottmar Liebert,guitar. Molson Canadian Studio, 1 SummersLn., Hamilton. 905-546-3100. $57;$67(VIP).• 8:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See Apr 10.Saturday April 28• 2:00: Jubilate Singers of Kingston. AsTime Goes By. Old and new favourites. Cook’s-Portsmouth United Church, 200 Norman RogersDr., Kingston. 613-389-8110. Freewilloffering.• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See Apr 10.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See Apr 12.• 7:30: Barrie Concerts. Legendary CanadianBrass. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 AnneSt. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181. By subscriptiononly.• 7:30: Brock University Department ofMusic. Viva Voce Choral Series: There Is SweetMusic Here. Avanti Chamber Singers, HarrisLoewen, conductor. St. Barnabas AnglicanChurch, 31 Queenston St., St. Catharines.905-688-5550 x3817. $20; $15(sr/st); $5(13and under/high school st).• 7:30: Georgian Bay Symphony. 40th AnniversaryRussian Spectacular. Prokofiev: PianoConcerto No.3; Shostakovich: Symphony No.5.Kati Gleiser, piano; John Barnum, conductor.OSCVI Regional Auditorium, 1550 8th St. E.,Owen Sound. 519-372-0212 $28; $26(sr);$15(z-seats); $5(under 25).• 7:30: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.Pop Series: When Swing Was King. CarlTopilow, clarinet and conductor. HamiltonPlace, 1 Summers Ln., Hamilton. 905-526-7756. $18–$64; $10(under 30); $5(child).• 7:30: John Laing Singers. Dreams andDances. Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music;Buhr: Richot Mass; Coblentz: In the Eerie Playof Moonlight; tango by Piazzolla. Guests: PendereckiString Quartet; Andrei Streliaev, pianoand organ; Roger Bergs, conductor. CentralPresbyterian Church, 165 Charlton Ave. W.,Hamilton. 905-628-5238. $25/$20(adv);$10(st). Also Apr 29 (mat, St. Aidan’s AnglicanChurch, Oakville).• 8:00: Cuntrera Productions. Ottmar Liebert,guitar. Aeolian Hall, 795 Dundas St. W.,London. 519-672-7950. $57.• 8:00: Guelph Chamber Choir. Bach’s Massin B Minor with the Guelph Chamber Choir.Musica Viva Orchestra; Virginia Hatfield, soprano;Jennifer Enns Modolo, mezzo; Willis Bote,tenor; Michael Adair, baritone; Gerald Neufeld,conductor. River Run Centre, 35 Woolwich St.,Guelph. 519-763-3000. $30; $10(st). 7:00:Pre-concert talk with Christopher Dawes.• 8:00: Ontario Welsh Festival. Cor CwmniDa from Pembrokeshire, Wales. Mixed voicechoir. Marriot Gateway on the Falls Hotel,6755 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls. 613-725-2704. $25.• 8:00: Port Hope Friends of Music. Ang Li,piano. Concert Hall at Victoria Hall, 55 King St.W., Cobourg. 905-797-2295. $40; $37(sr);$13(st).• 8:00: Renaissance Singers. Misa Criolla.Sacred music from Spain and Latin America.Ramirez: Misa Criolla; works by da Victoriaand others. St. John the Evangelist Church, 23Water St. N. Kitchener. 519-745-0675. $20;$15(sr); $10(st).Sunday April 29• 2:00: Concert Association of Huntsville.Pivot Chamber Trio. Winston Choi, piano; withviolin and clarinet. Trinity United Church, 33Main St. E., Huntsville. 705-787-1918. $25;free(12 and under).• 2:00: Gallery Players of Niagara. Let theCycles Begin. A new cycle of piano trios by Mozart,Beethoven and Hummel. Julie Baumgartel,violin; Margaret Gay, cello; David Louie,piano. St.Barnabas’ Church, 33 Queenston St.,St. Catherines. 905-468-1525. $26-$29.• 3:00: Elora Festival Singers. I Saw Eternity:CD Pre-Launch Concert. Works by Tiefenbach,Watson Henderson, Halley, Buhr,Raminsh and others. Noel Edison, conductor.St. John’s Church, 36 Henderson St., Elora.519-846-0331 or 519-747-7550. $35.• 3:00: Friends of Music. Sundays @ 3 Series:Classically Choral. Handel: Chandos AnthemNo.7 – My Song Shall Be Always; ChandosAnthem No.11 – Let God Arise. Mozart: MissaBrevis in B-flat; Laudate Dominum. DublinChancel Choir, Martin Anderle, conductor; TaliskerPlayers (quintet of strings and winds);Jennifer Taverner, soprano. Dublin StreetUnited Church, 68 Suffolk St. W., Guelph.519-821-0610. $20; $5(st).• 3:00: Mohawk College Community Choir.Grace & Gratitude. Dvořák: Te Deum; Fauré:Requiem. Melanie Conly, soprano; Fabian Arciniegas,baritone; Lucy Bledig, organ and piano.David Holler, conductor. St. Paul’s UnitedChurch, 29 Park St. W., Dundas. 905-526-7938. $20; $15(sr/st).• 3:00: Wellington Winds. Gandalf MeetsGodzilla. Music by Chance, Whitacre, de Meij,Pryor and Hartman. John Monkhouse, trombone;Jim Edwards, euphonium; Daniel Warren,conductor. Grandview Baptist Church, 250 OldChicopee Dr., Kitchener. 519-579-3097. $20;$15; free(st). Also May 6 (Waterloo).• 7:30: Cuckoo’s Nest Folk Club. Finest Kind.Folk trio. Chaucer’s Pub, 122 Carling St., London.519-473-2099. $18/$15(adv).• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety. Toronto Serenade String Quintet.Brahms: Quintet No.2 in G Op.111; Bruckner:Quintet in F. Arkady Yanivker and Peter Seminovs,violin; Eric Nowlin and Diane Leung, viola;Alistair Eng, cello. KWCMS Music Room, 57Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $30;$25(sr); $20(st). 1Wednesday May 02• 12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru.Outstanding Participants of the Barrie KiwanisMusic Festival. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church,50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $5;free(st).• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See Apr 10.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See Apr 12.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Baroque& Beyond: Musical Jokes. Biber: Battalia;Mozart: Ein musikalischer Spass (a MusicalJoke); Telemann: Grillen-symphonie (CricketSymphony); Haydn: Symphony No.45 “Farewell.”Stephen Sitarski, conductor. First UnitedChurch, 16 William St. W.,Waterloo. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $31. Also May 4(Guelph) and May 5 (Cambridge).April 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 55

B. Concerts Beyond the GTA C. In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz)Thursday May 03• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See Apr 10.Friday May 04• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See Apr 10.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See Apr 12.• 8:00: Eggplant Entertainment. An Eveningwith Measha Brueggergosman. “I’ve Got ACrush On You” CD release concert, featuringworks by Gershwin, Porter, Lerner & Lowe, R.Sexmith, J. Mitchell, L. Feist and others. WithAaron Davis, piano; Robert Piltch, guitar; MartyMelanson, bass; John Johnson and ChrisMitchell, woodwinds; Dave Burton, drums.Grand Theatre, 218 Princess St., Kingston.613-530-2050. $42.50–$49.50.• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Baroque& Beyond: Musical Jokes. Biber: Battalia;Mozart: Ein musikalischer Spass (a MusicalJoke); Telemann: Grillen-symphonie (CricketSymphony); Haydn: Symphony No.45 “Farewell.”Stephen Sitarski, conductor. HarcourtUnited Memorial Church, 87 DeanAve., Guelph. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $31. Also May 2 (Waterloo) and May 5(Cambridge).Saturday May 05• 2:00: King Edward Choir. Feathers on thePage. World premiere of commission by playwright/composerLeslie Arden. Hi-Way PentecostalChurch, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie.705-252-5212. $22/$20(adv); $10(17 andunder); $55(concert and gala). See listingssection D, “The ETCeteras,” under Galas &Fundraisers.• 2:00: Shaw Festival. Ragtime. See Apr 10.• 2:00: Stratford Shakespeare Festival.42nd Street. See Apr 12.• 7:30: Northumberland Orchestra & Choir.A Feast of Baroque. Handel/Hardy: Water MusicSuite; Vivaldi: Summer and Winter fromThe Four Seasons; Bach: Magnificat. MichaelNewnham, conductor; guest: David Shewchuk,violin. Trinity United Church, 284 DivisionSt., Cobourg. 905-372-2210. $28;$25(sr); $12(st); free(under 12, with accompanyingadult).• 7:30: Serenata Community Choir. SpringSongs. Selection of sacred and secular music.Gary Heard, conductor. St. Paul’s UnitedChurch, 308 King St., Midland. 705-526-4724. $20; $15(st).• 8:00: Da Capo Chamber Choir. CelebratingHome. Works by Schafer, Chatman andother Canadian composers. Guest: CatherineRobertson, piano. St. John the Evangelist AnglicanChurch, 23 Water St. N., Kitchener.Publicity, press kits& image consultingfor performers416.544.1803www.lizpr.com519-725-7549. $20; $15(sr/st); $5(eyeGO).Also May 6(mat).• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Baroque& Beyond: Musical Jokes. Biber: Battalia;Mozart: Ein musikalischer Spass (a MusicalJoke); Telemann: Grillen-symphonie (CricketSymphony); Haydn: Symphony No.45 “Farewell.”Stephen Sitarski, conductor. CentralPresbyterian Church, 7 Queens Sq.,Cambridge. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717. $31. Also May 2 (Waterloo) and May 4(Guelph).• 8:00: NUMUS. The Element Choir. Newworks for improvisational choir. Element Choir,Christine Duncan, director; Jean Martin, percussion;William Parker, bass; Jim Lewis,trumpet; Eric Robertson, organ. Knox UnitedChurch, 50 Erb St. W., Waterloo. 519-896-3362. $30; $24(sr); $18(under 29); $10(strush).Sunday May 06• 2:30: Georgian Music. Nathaniel Dett Chorale.Spiritual, gospel, jazz, blues and classicalworks. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 AnneSt. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181. By subscriptiononly.• 2:30: Orchestra Kingston. Light-heartedClassics. David: Concertino for Trombone No.4;and works by von Suppé, Strauss, Tchaikovsky,Palmer and Copland. John Palmer, conductor;guest: Taylor Donaldson, trombone. SalvationArmy Citadel, 802 Centennial Dr., Kingston.613-382-2276. $15; $10.• 3:00: Da Capo Chamber Choir. CelebratingHome. See May 5.• 3:00: Wellington Winds. Gandalf MeetsGodzilla. Music by Chance, Whitacre, de Meij,Pryor and Hartman. John Monkhouse, trombone;Jim Edwards, euphonium; Daniel Warren,conductor. Knox Presbyterian Church, 50 ErbSt. W., Waterloo. 519-579-3097. $20; $15;free(st). Also Apr 29 (Kitchener).• 7:30: Achill Choral Society. Pomp andCircumstance. Music for grand occasions, includingMozart’s Coronation Mass K317. A.Dale Wood, conductor. Christ Church Anglican,22 Nancy St., Bolton. 705-435-1091. $25; $15(13 and under). Also April 21(Orangeville).Monday May 07• 8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo ChamberMusic Society. Made in Canada Piano Quartet.Brahms: Piano Quartet No.3 in c; Dvořák:Piano Quartet No.2 in Eb Op.87. Angela Park,piano; Elissa Lee, violin; Tawnya Popoff, viola;Rachel Mercer, cello. KWCMS Music Room, 57Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $30;$25(sr); $20(st).Alleycatz2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865www.alleycatz.caEvery Mon 8pm Salsa Night w DJ Frank Bischun,w lessons. Every Tue 8:30pm Carlo Berardinucciand the Double A Jazz Swing Band,with lessons $5 Cover. Every Wed 8:30pmSwingin’ Jazz and Blues, Funky R&B w GraycefulDaddies. Every Thu Soul, R&B and Reggae;$4 Refreshments, No Cover. Fri and SatFunk, Soul, Reggae, R&B, Top 40 $10 Coverw/out dinner reservations. Apr 1 Local Musicis Sexy. Apr 6 Ascension. Apr 7 Soular. Apr12 Lady Kane. Apr 13 Real World Film FestivalMusic Night. Apr 14 Soular. Apr 19, 20,21 Lady Kane. Apr 26 Firesound. Apr 27, 28Uptown.Aquila Restaurant347 Keele St. 416-761-7474Live Blues Wednesday to Saturday Nights 9pm.Open Jam Sundays 4-8pm.Artword Artbar15 Colbourne St., Hamilton. 905-543-8512www.artword.netApr 5 8pm Lost & Found Showcase. PWYC.Apr 11 8pm Little City; Shawn Clarke. $10.Apr 12 8pm Beg to Differ Jazz Trio $10. Apr14 8pm Mark McNeil CD Launch $TBA. Apr15 8pm What the Folk? $TBA. Apr 18 8pmSean Dowhaniuk Group PWYC. Apr 19 8pm SophiaPerlman (vocals); Adrean Farrugia (piano)$15/$10(st). Apr 20 8pm Kori Pop, vocals;Ophelia Syndrome CD Release $10. Apr 21 8pmBrenna MacCrimmon & Friends. $15/$10(adv).Apr 26 7pm Singalong with Jane and SamPWYC ($5-$10 sugg).Azure Restaurant & Barat the Intercontinental Hotel225 Front St. W. 416-597-3701www.azurerestaurant.caEvery Thu, Fri, Sat 5:30-10:30pm Dan BodanisTrio w Bernie Senensky and SteveWallace.Black Swan, The154 Danforth Ave. 416-469-0537Every Wed 9:30pm The Danforth Jam w JonLong and Friends.Bon Vivant Restaurant1924 Avenue Rd. 416-630-5153www.bonvivantdining.comEvery Thu Bill Naphan Solo Guitar 6-9pm.Every Fri 6-9pm Margaret Stowe Solo Guitar.Castro’s Lounge2116 Queen St. E. 416-699-8272www.castroslounge.comNo Cover/PWYC.Every Sun 4pm Live jazz. Every Mon 9:30pmRockabilly Night. Every Tue Quiet Revolution:acoustic songwriter jam night w/ host Andrea deBoer. Every Wed 9:30pm Smokey Folk (Bluegrass/Rockabilly).Every Thu 9:30pm JerryLegere and the Situation.C’est What67 Front St. E. 416-860-9000www.cestwhat.com (full schedule)Sun Apr 1, 15, 29 3-6pm Jazz with Del Dakoand Guests No Cover/PWYCSat Apr 7, 21 3-6pm Hot Five Jazzmakers $5.Chalkers Pub, Billiards & Bistro247 Marlee Ave. 416-789-2531www.chalkerspub.com (full schedule)Every Tue 7:30-10:30pm Grand Tuesdays:Robi Botos on solo piano. Every Wed 8pm-midnightGirls Night Out Vocalist-Friendly Jazz Jamw host Lisa Particelli (vocals/flute); Peter Hill(piano); Ross MacIntyre (bass); Norman MarshallVilleneuve (drums) PWYC. Apr 1 7-10pmJoel Hartt (vocals); Reg Schwager (guitar); DuncanHopkins (bass) $10. Apr 7 6-9pm DaveYoung Quartet $10. Apr 14 6-9pm Mike MurleyTrio: Murley (tenor sax); Reg Schwager (guitar);Jim Vivian (bass) $10; 9:30pm-2am Soul StewNo Cover. Apr 15 7-10pm Maureen Kennedy(vocals); Reg Schwager (guitar); Steve Wallace(bass) $10. Apr 21 6-9pm NMV Quintet: NormanMarshall Villeneuve (drums); Gordon Sheard(piano); Aaron Carter (bass); Stephen Hall(tenor sax); Alexander Brown (trumpet). Apr28 6-9pm Lorne Lofsky Trio: Lofsky (guitar); KieranOvers (bass); Barry Romberg (drums) $10.Apr 29 7-10pm Hillcrest Valley Choir: Tribute toDuke Ellington $10.Cherry Street Restaurant, The275 Cherry St. 416-461-5111All shows 7:30-10:30pm. $10 Coverwww.cherryst.caApr 5 Eric St. Laurent Trio. Apr 12 Alex Pangman& Her Alleycats. Apr 19 Morgan ChildsTrio. Apr 26 Ilana Waldston Quartet.Classico Pizza & Pasta2457 Bloor St. W. 416-763-1313Every Thu 7pm Jazz Guitarist Nate RennerNo Cover.Cobourg, The533 Parliament St. 416-913-7538Jazz Sundays 9pmNo CoverCoco Rogue Chocolate Lounge, The2097 Yonge St. 416-901-2626www.coco-rogue.comEvery Thu John Campbell No Cover. Every Friand Sat Alex James No Cover.Communist’s Daughter, The1149 Dundas St. W. 647-435-0103Every Sat 4-7pm Gypsy Jazz w Michael Johnson& Red Rhythm: Michael Louis Johnson(trumpet/vocals) Roberto Rosenman (guitar)Terry Wilkins (bass).DeSotos1079 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-651-2109Every Thu 8pm-midnight Open Mic Jazz Jam,hosted by Double A Jazz. Every Sun 11am-2pm Brunch w Double A Jazz and Guest.Dominion on Queen500 Queen St. E. 416-368-6893www.dominiononqueen.comEvery Sun 11am-3pm Rockabilly Brunch.Every Tue 8:30pm Corktown Django Jam whost Wayne Nakamura PWYC. Every WedCorktown Uke Jam. Every Sat Ronnie Hayward4:00-7:30pm. Apr 7 8:30pm Brian RoseLittle Big Band $10. Apr 13 9pm Sly Blue $10.Apr 14 9pm Jordana Talsky $10. Apr 20 8pmIan McGillivray: 5 Cent Candies CD Release $5.Apr 27 9pm Havana to Toronto $10. Apr 289:30pm Jerome Godboo $15. Apr 29 7-11pmMusical Theatre Cabaret PWYC.56 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

April 1 – May 7, 2012Dovercourt House805 Dovercourt Rd. 416-537-3337www.odd-socks.org (full schedule)Fri Apr 20 9:10pm-1am 3rd Friday Blues DanceParty with Roberta Hunt & the Gents. Dance$10; $13 with class. Every Sat 9pm-1am SaturdayNight Swing: Dance featuring Live SwingBands and dance lessons. Dance $13; $15 withone class, $18 with both.Emmet Ray, The924 College St. 416-792-4497All shows 9pm unless otherwise noted. PWYC.www.theemmetray.com (full schedule)Apr 1 Tyler Emond Group. Apr 2 Sam DickinsonTrio. Apr 4 Alistair Christl Group. Apr 5 JohnWayne Swingtet. Apr 8 Mark Paterson BadBoyz Trio. Apr 9 David French (sax); MichaelDavidson (vibes); Dan Fortin (bass); Fabio Ragnelli(drums). Apr 11 Peter Boyd & Friends. Apr12 Box Full of Cash. Apr 16 Phill Albert: CD Release.Apr 18 Alistair Christl. Apr 19 Vokurka’sVicarious Virtuoso Violin. Apr 23 Max SennettGroup. Apr 25 Alistair Christl. Apr 26 9pm MikkoHilden’s Gypsy Swing Trio. Apr 30 JesseMalone Quintet.Flying Beaver Pubaret, The488 Parliament St. 647-347-6567www.pubaret.com (full schedule)Apr 26 7:30pm Julie Michels $20/$15(adv).Gallery Studio, The2877 Lake Shore Blvd., Etobicoke.416-253-0285www.thegallerystudiocafe.caEvery Tue Jazz Jam with Humber College walumni house band: Riley O’Connor (drums);Scott Kemp (bass); Scott Metcalf (piano); ShiranthaBeddage (saxophone); Lee Wallace (guitar).Every Thu 7pm Kirk MacDonald/AlHenderson Duo $7. Every Sat 4:30-7pm TheCooking Channel No Cover. Every Sun 1:30pmBirds of a Feather; 4pm Fair Trade; 7pm ElizabethMartins Quartet No Cover. Apr 6 8pm BoraLim. Apr 7 7pm Andrew Jackson Quintet $5;8pm JT Kim Quintet $5. Apr 11 7:30pm UptownSwing Band $8. Apr 13 8pm Hayley RyersonQuintet $5. Apr 14 8pm Hanna Kim Trio$5. Apr 20 8pm Emergence Trio $10. Apr 268pm Andrew Green Quartet with Robin Jessome$7/$5(st). Apr 28 Jaclyn Guillou Quintet $10.Gate 403403 Roncesvalles Ave. 416-588-2930www.gate403.comAll shows: PWYC.Apr 1 5pm Water Colorist with Jazz PianoSolo; 9pm Nicole Aube. Apr 2 5pm Mat Mac-Donald Jazz Band; 9pm Richard Whiteman/Laura Hubert Band. Apr 3 5pm Mary CatherineMcNinch-Pazzano Duo; 9pm Julian FauthBlues Night. Apr 4 5pm Brian Cobert/Aslan GotovBlues Duo; 9pm Kurt Nielsen/Richard WhitemanJazz Band. Apr 5 5pm Melissa Lauren JazzBand; 9pm Mikko Hilden Standards Jazz Quartet.Apr 6 5pm Elizabeth Martins Jazz Trio; 9pmReide Kaiser: Doc Barrister’s Harlem Rhythm.Apr 7 5pm Bill Heffernan & Friends; 9pm AlanLeatherman Jazz Band. Apr 8 5pm Jeff ScarrottJazz Band; 9pm Valeria Matzner and Sabor LatinJazz Band. Apr 9 5pm Denis Schingh; 9pm RichardWhiteman/Laura Hubert Jazz Band. Apr10 5pm Noam Lemish Jazz Band; 9pm JulianFauth Blues Night. Apr 11 5pm Brian Cobert/Aslan Gotov Blues Duo; 9pm Ken Kawashima &Bob Vespaziani Blues Band. Apr 12 5pm AlexSamaras Jazz Band; 9pm Kevin Laliberté. Apr13 5pm Sarah Kennedy & Matt Pines; 9pmSweet Derrick Blues Band. Apr 14 5pm BillHeffernan & Friends; 9pm Donna Greenberg JazzBand. Apr 15 5pm Joanne Morra & the FranceSt. Trio; 9pm Kristin Lindell Jazz Band. Apr 165pm Brendan Davis Jazz Band; 9pm RichardWhiteman/Laura Hubert Jazz Band. Apr 17 5pmByung-Gul Jung Jazz Band; 9pm Julian FauthBlues Night. Apr 18 5pm Brian Cobert/Aslan GotovBlues Duo; 9pm Rommel Reyes Jazz Duo.Apr 19 5pm Carol Oya Jazz Band; 9pm BartekKozminski El Mosaico Flamenco Jazz Fusion.Apr 20 5pm Bobby Hsu Jazz Band; 9pm FraserMelvin Blues Band. Apr 21 5pm Bill Heffernan& Friends; 9pm Patrick Tevlin’s New OrleansRhythm. Apr 22 5pm Anything Goes; 9pm RobinBanks Jazz Band. Apr 23 5pm Jake KoffmanJazz Band; 9pm Richard Whiteman/Laura HubertJazz Band. Apr 24 5pm Andy Malette PianoSolo; 9pm Julian Fauth Blues Night. Apr 255pm Brian Cobert/Aslan Gotov Blues Duo; 9pmBlakeley Walker Trio. Apr 26 5pm Dan MockTrio; 9pm Cyndi Carleton Jazz Band. Apr 275pm Andy de Campos Plus Trio; 9pm DenielleBassels Jazz Band. Apr 28 5pm Bill Heffernan& Friends; 9pm Donné Roberts Band. Apr 295pm Bari’d Alive; 9pm Brownman Akoustic Trio.Apr 30 5pm Noah Sherman Jazz Band; 9pm RichardWhiteman/Laura Hubert Jazz Band. iGladstone Hotel1214 Queen St. W. 416-531-4635www.gladstonehotel.comApr 1 2pm: Great Canadian Fiddle Session NoCover. Apr 5 9pm Toronto Blues Society Presents:Layla Zoe No Cover. Apr 6 9pm Tim BastmeyerTrio No Cover. Apr 11 9pm Swing Nightwith Combo Royale No Cover. Apr 27 9pmOri Dagan "Less Than Three" CD ReleaseSaturday April 28 at 8pmwith special guest Jane BunnettAl Green Theatre, 750 Spadina Ave.Buy tickets online at www.algreentheatre.caor by phone at 416-924-6211$30(door)/$25(adv), $25(senior/student)/$20(adv).www.oridagan.comJohnny Cash Tribute No Cover. Apr 28 9pm JoanneMackell & Tru Grit No Cover.Grossman’s Tavern“Toronto’s Home of the Blues”379 Spadina Ave. 416-977-1210www.grossmanstavern.com (full schedule)All shows: No Cover.Every Sat 4-8pm The Happy Pals matinee.Every Sun 9:30pm-2am The Nationals w BrianCober: Double Slide Guitar Open Stage Jam.Every Mon 9:30 No Band Required. Apr 2 MizDebbie and the Don Valley Stompers. Apr 6Sandie Marie; City Soul. Apr 7 Fried Angel. Apr13 Tone Dogs. Apr 14 Chloe Watkinson and theCrossroads. Apr 21 Porch Dog. Apr 27 FrankieFoo. Apr 28 Caution Jam.Harlem Restaurant67 Richmond St. E. 416-368-1920www.harlemrestaurant.com (full schedule)All shows: No Cover.Every Mon 8pm-12am Open Jam Night withCarolyn T Band with opening guest. Every Fri/Sat 7:30-11:30pm Jazz/Blues. Apr 6 Jake Wilkinson.Apr 7 Maiko Watson. Apr 13 Dan Mc-Lean Jr. Apr 14 Gyles feat James King. Apr 20Josh Lehman. Apr 21 Joanna Mohammed. Apr27 Treson. Apr 28 Canali Duetto.Harlem Underground Restaurant/Bar745 Queen St. W. 416-366-4743www.harlemrestaurant.com/undergroundEvery Tue John Campbell. Every Thu CarlBray Trio. Every Fri, Sat Carl Bray.Hirut Restaurant2050 Danforth Ave. 416-551-7560thewholenote.com 57

PHOTO Ori DAGANBeat by Beat / In the ClubsJune Garberori daganWere jazz baseball, vocalistJune Garber would be anall-star slugger. Vocally she’sgot chops aplenty, but what keeps thebandleaders calling and the audienceshollering is more than just her voice.It’s a smile that can melt melancholy,and sincerity that makes every lyricsparkle. Born in South Africa and aTorontonian since 1975, her rich and varied performance career hastaken the singer/actress across the globe. Since 2004, she has beenfocused on jazz, starting off with Bill King’s diva showcases andeventually singing with a handful of local big bands. Now the hotFloridian sun calls, permanently, as of July. Luckily for the sunshinestate, she plans on singing for many years to come.You sing with many big bands — is this very different from singingwith a trio? Oh yes. It’s a lot more structured. If you’re working witha trio you can follow them or they can follow you. But with a bigband you can’t make a mistake. If you lose your way, you’re gone!The horns will keep playing so you have to have a really good earand know where you are.You went for 15 years without singing or acting, returning to thestage in 2004. What prompted you to return to the stage? Well, Istarted going nuts (laughs). I was finding all sorts of creative outlets:gardening, cooking, and then painting oils, acrylics, you name it.But it was never enough. The husband of the woman running a hospiceI was volunteering for in Markham played bass and she invitedme to check out his band. And I got into jazz.How did you work on being such a great entertainer? I think thegenerosity of spirit in which you wish to include people and makethem feel at ease, that’s the most important thing. And then the connection,I really look into people’s eyes when I’m singing. I think Iactually need to connect and get feedback, so that if there is warmthcoming back, that’s like heaven to me …Studying theatre growing up and doing a lot of plays at university— and also when I came to Toronto I did a lot of theatre — youlearn to inhabit and take ownership of your space.What or who inspired you to become a singer? Thank you so muchfor asking that (wipes tear) … you can see me welling up. That’s allI ever wanted to do is sing. When I was a kid, I would sing all thetime. And I didn’t know where this came from — it certainly wasn’tat home. In fact, I was discouraged. It was not to happen. Everytime I had a musical thing, unless it was attached to a school, it wasnot to happen. My father — my real father — was killed in a planecrash when I was three. My mother married the stepfather threemonths after he was killed. I was not allowed to even mention myfather — never saw a photograph, nothing. I could never sing whenmy stepfather was alive. After he died, we were in dire financialstraits. My mother said, when you finish school, you cannot sing,you have to do secretarial work or be a teacher. So I became ateacher. Years later when we came to Canada, and I had a website,we got an email from someone that said, “If you’re June Garber, thedaughter of Eric Garber, I want you to know that he was the bestjazz drummer in South Africa.” It was so painful to have all thoseyears wasted … and I didn’t even know that my father was such afabulous musician. It’s crazy ... but I do think I was born with it.”On May 6, June Garber will narrate and sing with the KindredSpirits Orchestra at the Markham Theatre. Catch her while you can.Ori Dagan is a Toronto-based jazz vocalist,voice actor and entertainment journalist. He canbe reached at jazz@thewholenote.com.Every Wed 8pm Open Mic with Gary 17. EverySat 2pm Open Jam.Home Smith Bar – See Old Mill, TheHot House Café35 Church St. 416-366-7800www.hothousecafe.comEvery Sun 11am-3pm. Brunch with Jazz ZoneNo Cover.Hotel Ocho195 Spadina Ave. 416-593-0885www.hotelocho.comEvery Wed Twosomes & Threeways Series: allshows 8pm $5. Apr 4 Gosia Faryna Trio. Apr11 Kevin Barrett (guitar) and Sharron McLeod(vocals). Apr 18 Lesley Young (vocals) and JohnMcKay Clements (guitar). Apr 25 Carey Cousineau(vocals and guitar), Celina Carrol (vocals)and Sharron McLeod (vocals).Hugh’s Room“Toronto’s home of live Folk and Roots”2261 Dundas St. W. 416-531-6604www.hughsroom.com (full schedule)All shows start at 8:30pm unless otherwisenoted.Apr 1 2pm Ken Whiteley’s 9th Annual GospelMusic Series $22.50/$20. Apr 4 Shane Koyczanand the Short Story Long $20/$17(adv).Apr 5 Eric Andersen: 40th Anniversary of BlueRiver $32.50/$30(adv). Apr 7 Time They AreA Changin’: Tribute to Bob Dylan feat KevinBreit, Suzie Vinnick, Jory Nash, David Gillis,Ariana Gillis and others $27.50/$25. Apr10 Kat Goldman CD Release $25/$20(adv).Apr 11 Spirits of Music Benefit Concert featJane Bunnett and the Spirits of Havana, MollyJohnson, Heavyweights Brass Band andothers $27.50/$25(adv). Apr 12 Craig Cardiff$22.50/$20(adv). Apr 13, 14 Jesse Winchester$35/$32.50(adv). Apr 15 12pm MichaelJohnston Music Student Recital & Spring Celebration$8/$4(child); 8:30pm Jesse Winchester$35/$32.50. Apr 16 Garrett Mason andKeith Hallett $20/$17.50(adv). Apr 17 GoldTop Guitar Summit with Donna Grantis, TristanClark and Emile d’Eon $15; $12(adv); 2 for1(st). Apr 18 “Autism is a Pain in the Aspergers”benefit to Autism with Heather Bambrick,Neil Crone, The Frantics, Bill King, Judy Marshakand others $30/$25(adv). Apr 19 Oh Susanna$22.50/$20(adv). Apr 20 Tom Paxton$32.50/$30(adv). Apr 21 Mike Stevens CD Release:Push Record $25/$22(adv). Apr 22 DavidArchibald’s Titanic: Pride of the White Star Line$27.50/25(adv). Apr 25 Lee Oskar, David Rotundo& Enrico Crivellaro $22.50/$20(adv).Apr 26 Gretchen Peters CD Release: HelloCruel World $22.50/$20(adv). Apr 27Double Bill: Don Ross & Brooke Miller CD Release$32.50/$30(adv). Apr 28 Globe andMail Open House Festival: Torn from the Pages.$15. Apr 29 2:00 and 8:30: Ottmar Liebert$60/$55(adv).Jazz Room, TheLocated in the Huether Hotel, 59 King St. N.,Waterloo. 226-476-1565www.kwjazzroom.comAll attendees must be 19+; opening acts at6pm, headliners (listed below) at 8:30pm.Apr 6 Rebecca Binnendyk Quintet $15. Apr 7Kim Ratcliffe Quartet $18. Apr 13 Paul MorrisonQuintet $15. Apr 14 Tara Davidson Quartet$18. Apr 20 Avi Granite Quartet $16. Apr 21C. In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz)Jayme Stone Quartet $20. Apr 27 Jaclyn GuillouQuartet. Apr 28 Mike Downes Quartet $18.Joe Mama’s317 King St. W. 416-340-6469Live music every nightAll shows: No Cover.Every Sun 7-11pm Nathan Hiltz Trio & SpecialGuests. Every Mon 7:30-11:30pm SoulMondays. Every Tue 7-11pm Blue Angels.Every Wed 8pm-12am Blackburn. Every Thu8:30pm-12:30am Blackburn. Every Fri 10pm-2am The Grind. Every Sat 10pm-2am Shugga.Latinada Restaurant & Jazz Bar1671 Bloor St. W. 416-913-9716www.latinada.comEvery Wed Milonga Night: The Latinada Triofeat Alex Gajic (violin). Every Thu Latin Jazz.Every Fri Cuban Jazz with Ruben Vazquez &Friends. Every Sat Traditional Cuban Musicwith Onelvis Fernandez.Liberto Bistro, The25 Liberty St. 416-533-8828www.libertobistro.caEvery Tue Open Mic w Big Rude Jake. EveryWed Noah Zacharin.Lula Lounge1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307www.lula.caApr 5 10pm Quique Escamilla & Aline Morales$15. Apr 6 8pm Hilario Duran Trio; Salsa withChanguy Havana $15. Apr 12 8:30pm Bombino$20. Apr 13 8pm Roland Hunter (latin jazz guitar);Salsa with Son Ache. $15. Apr 20 8pmAlithea Cameron (jazz and R&B vocals); Salsawith Tipica Toronto $15. Apr 22 6:30pm LemonBucket Orchestra $TBA.Manhattan’s Music Club951 Gordon St., Guelph. 519-767-2440www.manhattans.caMelange Restaurant172 Main St. 416-686-4795Apr 5 7pm Norman Marshall Villeneuve (drums);Danny McErlain (keys); Rob McBride (bass) NoCover. Apr 12 7pm Norman Marshall Villeneuve(drums); Rob Cappelletto (guitar); Mike Pelletier(bass) No Cover. Apr 19 7pm Norman MarshallVilleneuve (drums); Reg Schwager (guitar); MarkCashion (bass) No Cover. Apr 26 7pm NormanMarshall Villeneuve (drums); Bruce Smith (keys);Aaron Carter (bass) No Cover.Mezzetta Restaurant681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687www.mezzettarestaurant.comEvery Wed Jazz Series: sets at 9pm and10:15pm. $7-$10 Cover.Apr 4, 11, 18 no music. Apr 25 Bill McBirnie(flute); Louis Simao (guitar and vocals).Momo’s Bistro664 The Queensway, Etobicoke.416-252-5560www.momosbistro.comEvery Wed 8pm Open Mic.Monarchs PubAt the Delta Chelsea Hotel33 Gerrard St. W.www.monarchspub.ca416-585-4352Every Tue Acoustic Open Mic Night. 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Wed Jazz Wednesdays. Every Thu BluesThursdays.April 1 – May 7, 2012Much Me816 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-651-0009Every Thu 8-11pm Ben D’Cunha, piano andvocals No Cover.Nawlins Jazz Bar & Dining299 King St. W. 416-595-1958www.nawlins.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.NOW Lounge, The189 Church St. 416-364-1301Every Sat 9pm Ken Skinner (piano); Lee Hutchinson(bass); Grant Lyle (guitar); Owen Tennyson(drums) and guests. No Cover.Old Mill, The21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641www.oldmilltoronto.comThe Home Smith Bar: No Reservations NoCover. $20 minimum per person. All shows7:30-10:30pm. Every Thu Sizzling Solo PianoSeries. Every Fri Something to Sing AboutSeries Every Sat Jazz Masters Series. Apr 5John Sherwood (piano). Apr 6 no music. Apr 7Russ Little Trio: Little (trombone); Reg Schwager(guitar); Scott Alexander (bass). Apr 12 JohnSherwood (piano). Apr 13 George Evans Trio:Evans (vocals); Nancy Walker (piano); Pat Collins(bass). Apr 14 Lenny Solomon Trio: Solomon(violin); Bernie Senensky (piano); PatCollins (bass). Apr 19 John Sherwood (piano).Apr 20 Shannon Butcher Trio: Butcher (vocals);Mark Kieswetter (piano); Ross MacInytre (bass).Apr 21 Rosermary Galloway Trio: Galloway(bass); Jane Fair (saxophones); Nancy Walker(piano). Apr 26 John Sherwood (piano). Apr 27Arlene Smith Trio: Smith (vocals); Mark Eisenman(piano); Terry Lukiwski (trombone). Apr 28Tom Szczesniak Trio: Szczcesniak (piano); NeilSwainson (bass); Bob McLaren (drums).Pantages Martini Bar & Lounge200 Victoria St. 416-362-1777Every Fri Robert Scott; Every Sat Solo Piano:Various artists.Pilot Tavern, The22 Cumberland Ave. 416-923-5716www.thepilot.ca (full schedule)Jazz Saturdays 3:30pm–6:30pm. No Cover.Apr 7 Mike Murley Quartet. Apr 14 Gene PoolBoys. Apr 21 Dave Young Quartet. Apr 28 RichardUnderhill Quartet.Quotes220 King St. W. 416-979-7697Every Fri Fridays at Five w Canadian JazzQuartet: Gary Benson (guitar), Frank Wright(vibes), Duncan Hopkins (bass) Don Vickery(drums) and featured guest: Apr 6 no music.Apr 13 Steve Crowe (trumpet). Apr 20 MarkPromane (sax). Apr 27 William Carn (trombone).Reposado Bar & Lounge136 Ossington Ave. 416-532-6474www.reposadobar.comAll shows: PWYC.Every Wed 9:30pm Spy vs Sly vs Spy EveryThu, Fri 10pm The Reposadists Quartet.Reservoir Lounge, The52 Wellington St. E. 416-955-0887www.reservoirlounge.comEvery Mon Sophia Perlman and the Vipers;Every Tue Tyler Yarema and his Rhythm; EveryWed Bradley and the Bouncers; Every Thu Alysha& the Brilltones. Every Fri DeeDee & theDirty Martinis; Every Sat Tyler Yarema and hisRhythm. Early shows: Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday 7-9pm including Apr 2 Alex Pangman& Her Alleycats.Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar, The194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475www.therex.ca (many shows PWYC; covercharge applies to selected evening shows,call ahead)Apr 1 12pm Hart House & Jazz.FM91 YouthBand; 3:30pm Club Django; 7pm Ugly Beauties;9:30pm Ben Monder with Barry Romberg Trio.Apr 2 6:30pm U of T Student Jazz Ensembles;9:30pm Humber College Student Ensembles.Apr 3 6:30pm Norman Marshall Villeneuve’sJazz Message; 9:30pm Classic Rex Jazz Jam.Apr 4 6:30pm Trevor Giancola Trio; 9:30pmJohn Russon Quintet. Apr 5 6:30pm RichardWhiteman Five; 9:30pm Morgan Childs Quartet.Apr 6 4pm Hogtown Syncopators; 6:30pmArtie Roth Trio; 9:30pm Kieran Overs Eleven.Apr 7 12pm Danny Marks & Friends; 3:30pmChris Hunt Tentet +2; 7pm Sara Dell; 9:30pmMelissa Stylianou CD Release. Apr 8 12pm ExcelsiorDixieland Jazz Band; 3:30 TBA; 7pmUgly Beauties; 9:30pm Zach Brock Trio. Apr 96:30pm KØGGING; 9:30pm Jerry Johnson Tribute:Al Kay’s Torontobones. Apr 10 6:30pmNorman Marshall Villeneuve’s Jazz Message;9:30pm Classic Rex Jazz Jam. Apr 11 6:30pmTrevor Giancola Trio; 9:30pm Boptarts feat SeamusBlake. Apr 12 6:30pm Richard WhitemanFive; 9:30pm Boptarts feat Seamus Blake.Apr 13 4pm Hogtown Syncopators; 6:30pmArtie Roth Trio; 9:45pm Tara Davidson Quartet.Apr 14 12pm Danny Marks & Friends; 3:30pmSwing Shift Big Band; 7pm Sara Dell; 9:45pmBlue Note Tribute. Apr 15 12pm Excelsior DixielandJazz Band; 3:30pm TBA; 7pm Ugly Beauties;9:30pm Jake Wilkinson: Live Vinyl. Apr 166:30pm Peter Hill Quintet; 9:30pm Mike MaloneJazz Orchestra. Apr 17 6:30pm Norman MarshallVilleneuve’s Jazz Message; 9:30pm ClassicRex Jazz Jam. Apr 18 6:30pm Trevor GiancolaTrio; 9:30pm Scott Suttie Group. Apr 196:30pm Richard Whiteman Five; 9:30pm RobBotos: Side ‘B’ Band. Apr 20 4pm HogtownSyncopators; 6:30pm Artie Roth Trio; 9:45pmJoel Miller Quartet. Apr 21 12pm Danny Marks& Friends; 3:30pm Laura Hubert; 7pm Sara Dell;9:30pm Avi Granite’s Verse. Apr 22 12pm ExcelsiorDixieland Jazz Band; 3:30pm Dr. Nick &the Rollercoasters; 7pm Ugly Beauties; 9:30pmAve Granite’s Verse. Apr 23 6:30pm Peter HillQuintet; 9:30pm Gray Matter. Apr 24 6:30pmNorman Marshall Villeneuve’s Jazz Message;9:30pm Classic Rex Jazz Jam. Apr 25 6:30pmTrevor Giancola Trio; 9:30pm Dave Young Quintet.Apr 26 6:30pm Richard Whiteman Five;9:30pm Dave Young Quintet. Apr 27 4pm HogtownSyncopators; 6:30pm Artie Roth Trio;9:45 Rez Abbasi, Dave Binney and Dan Weiss.Apr 28 12pm Danny Marks & Friends; 3:30pmGeorge Lake Big Band; 7pm James BrownDuo; 9:45 Rez Abbasi, Dave Binney and DanWeiss. Apr 29 12pm Excelsior Dixieland JazzBand; 3:30pm Freeway Dixieland Band; 7pmUgly Beauties; 9:30pm Jaclyn Gillou. Apr 306:30pm Peter Hill Quintet; 9:45pm John Mac-Leod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra.Ristorante Roma1090 Bloor St. W. 416-531-4000All shows: PWYCEvery Thu Open Jam. Every Fri Live Jazz: Apr6 Victor Monsivais Jazz Trio: Monsivais (guitarand vocals); Brendan Cassidy (tenor saxand flute); Frank Sants (bass). Apr 13 8pmBossa Tres. Apr 20 Victor Monsivais Brazil-LatinQuartet feat Sarah Begin (vocals); John Farrell(guitar); Frank Sants (bass). Apr 27 8pmBossa Tres.Le Saint Tropez315 King St. W. 416-591-3600Live piano jazz 7 days a weekwww.lesainttropez.comSomewhere There227 Sterling Rd. Unit #112 416-763-0890All shows: $10 Cover or PWYC.www.somewherethere.org (listings andpersonnel)Apr 1 5pm Aldcroft / Liu Residency. Apr 2 8pmNOW Series. Apr 3 8pm Marian Jago Quartet.Apr 4 8pm Colin Anthony’s Dreamdance.Apr 5 8pm Mark Segger (solo drums). Apr 6Leftover Daylight Series. Apr 7 8pm HolgerSchoorl (classical guitar). Apr 8 5pm Ken AldcroftQuintet Residency. Apr 9 8pm Gone FishingSeries. Apr 10 8pm Rebecca Bruton (violin/viola/singing/storytelling). Apr 11 8pm ColinJuly 3-6, 2012Students age14-19Jazz Downtown WorkshopIn this 4-day intensive program, high school students work closelywith University of Toronto jazz faculty members on a daily basis.The experience includes beginner to advanced improvisation andcombo workshops, small group rehearsals, and performances.Faculty includes Terry Promane, Mike Murley, Jim Lewis, ChaseSanborn, and others. Visit www.uoftjazz.ca or call 416-978-3741.thewholenote.com 59

C. In the ClubsAnthony’s Dreamdance. Apr 12 8pm Mark Segger(solo drums). Apr 14 8pm Not So SpecialGuests. Apr 15 5pm Kel Aldcroft Quintet Residency;Somewhere There Monthly Rent Party:Solo Piano feat. Ali Berkok, Tania Gill and CaseySokol. Apr 17 8pm Victor Bateman (bass);Peter Lutek (woodwinds). Apr 18 8pm Colin Anthony’sDreamdance. Apr 19 8pm Mark Segger(solo drums). Apr 20 8pm Leftover DaylightSeries. Apr 21 8pm Jack Vorvis (drums); KenAldcroft (guitar); Andy Yue (analog synth); andothers. Apr 22 5pm Ken Aldcroft Quintet Residency.Apr 24 8pm Alan Bloor & Friends. Apr25 8pm Colin Anthony’s Dreamdance. Apr 268pm Mark Segger (solo drums). Apr 28 8pmEminent Domain: Experimental ElectroacousticSeries. Apr 29 5pm Ken Aldcroft QuintetResidency.Trane Studio964 Bathurst St. 416-913-8197www.tranestudio.com (full schedule)Apr 1 8pm Steve Hall Group $10. Apr 3 8pmLorenzo Ca5telli $10. Apr 4 8pm Noah ZacharinNo Cover. Apr 6 8pm Shelley Hamilton:Spring is Sprung $15. Apr 7 8:30pm SharonMusgrave $15. Apr 8 8pm KØGGING $10. Apr9 8pm Son Roberts $5. Apr 10 8pm DenielleBassels Quintet $5. Apr 11 8pm Noah ZacharinNo Cover. Apr 12 8pm Patrick Cooke CD Release$10. Apr 13 Owens & Wright Experience$20/$15(adv). Apr 14 8:30pm Brownman &Gruvasylum $15. Apr 15 8pm Martin Loomer’sOrange Devils Big Band $10. Apr 17 8pm Circles& Parc-X Trio $10. Apr 18 8pm Noah ZacharinNo Cover. Apr 19 8pm Willful Blues $10.Apr 20 8:30pm Graceful Daddies: City Soul$15. Apr 21 8:30pm Liz Tanzey Group $15.Apr 22 8pm Spoke N’ Heard $10. Apr 23 8pmSon Roberts $5. Apr 24 8pm Taylor Cook QuintetJazz Jam. PWYC. Apr 25 8pm Noah ZacharinNo Cover. Apr 26 8pm Ivan Garzon Quartet$10. Apr 28 8pm Trane Studio 9th Anniversary:Sharron McLeod Fauxtet Tribute to AbbeyLincoln $10.Tranzac292 Brunswick Ave. 416-923-8137www.tranzac.org (full schedule)3-4 shows daily, various styles; most showsPWYCEvery Mon 7pm This is Awesome; 10pm OpenMic. Every Fri 5pm The Foolish Things. EverySat 3pm Jamzac. Multiple performancesnightly, including: Apr 1 5pm Monk’s Music.Apr 3 10pm Peripheral Vision with Nick FraserTrio. Apr 8 Lin Allemano Four. Apr 10 10pmStop Time. Apr 24 10pm Drumheller. Apr 269:30pm Michael Davidson. Apr 27 10pm RyanDriver Quartet. Apr 29 10:30pm Steve WardPresents.Whitlock’s Restaurant & Wine Café1961 Queen St. E. 416-691-8784www.whitlocks.caEvery Fri 8-10pm Gerry Mackay, solo jazz guitarNo Cover.Zemra Bar & Lounge778 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-651-3123www.zemrabarlounge.comEvery Wed Open Mic and Jam.Every Fri Live Music Fridays.D. The EtceterasDoctor Canon’s Cure, by Derek Holman and Robertson Davieswas commissioned by the Canadian Children’s Opera Company in1982. The CCOC gala on April 13 (listed below) will feature AdiBraun with Jordan Klapman, Sophia Perlman and Adrean Farrugia.GALAS & FUNDRAISERS• Apr 04 7:00: Sabrina Bitton Presents.Show Your Heart: A Benefit for the Heart andStroke Foundation. Wear red to enter the cashraffle; silent auction; music by Laura Robinsonand David Johanns. Toronto Lawn Tennis Club,44 Price St. 416-923-6566. $45/$40(adv).• Apr 07 8:00: Scaramella. 6th Annual SilentAuction. As an addition to the Imagine Concert,a silent auction in support of Scaramella’s seasonalactivities. Victoria College Chapel, 91Charles St. W., 2nd floor. 416-487-9261.• Apr 12 6:00: Canadian Opera Company.COC Fine Wine Auction. 13 Annual Fine WineFundraiser, featuring rare wines from privatecollections presented by Stephen Ranger. DesignExchange, 234 Bay St. 416-306-2305.$100.• Apr 12 7:00: NUMUS. Spring VaudevilleShow: A NUMUS Fundraiser. Jazz cabaret byKimberly Barber and Glenn Buhr’s Ebony TowerTrio; Penderecki String Quartet; Beatles musicperformed by Peter Oldridge and the UrbanMonks, plus live and silent auctions, new musickaraoke, raffle, busk-a-thon and more. TheJazz Room at the Huether Hotel, 59 King St.N., Waterloo. 519-896-3662. Free admission;suggested donation: $75; $10–$20(st).• Apr 13 8:00: Canadian Children’s OperaCompany. Jazzing it Up. Intimate performances,wine and cheese, and silent auction.Adi Braun, jazz vocals; Jordan Klapman, piano;Sophia Perlman, jazz vocals; Adrean Farrugia,piano. Crescent School Creative Learning Centre,2365 Bayview Ave. 416-366-0467. $125.• Apr 16 8:00: Harold Green Jewish TheatreCompany. One Night Only: An Evening ofSong and Laughter. Performances by Thom Allison,Micah Barnes, Mitch Smolkin, Gabi Epstein,Jeff Madden and others; Mark Camilleri,music director; Linda Kash and Sheila McCarthy,hosts. Jane Mallett Theatre, St. LawrenceCentre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E.. 416-366-7723. $50; $180(VIP, includes dinner).• Apr 17 7:30: Amici Chamber Ensemble. FlyMe to the Moon: Annual Fundraiser. Performanceby Lauren Margison and the Amici Ensemble,plus a display of three paintings by artistLavinia Voicu. Atelier Rosemarie Umetsu, 198ADavenport Rd. 416-901-6279. $100.• Apr 19 7:30: Soundstreams. SoundstreamsCelebrates 30: Spring Fundraiser. Mix and minglewith R. Murray Schafer, silent auction, performancesby Shannon Mercer, soprano; SeroujKradjian, piano; Sanya Eng, harp. IntegralHouse, 194 Roxborough Dr. 416-504-1282 orchristina@soundstreams.ca. $150; $225 (premiumticket) includes tour of Integral House.• Apr 19 7:30: Musicworks. Benefit Concertfor Musicworks. Eve Egoyan performs AnnSoutham’s Simple Lines of Inquiry, in supportof Musicworks magazine. Gallery 345, 345Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $100. Limitedtickets must be pre-ordered at www.musicworks.ca,include concert, reception and silentauction.• Apr 20 5:00; Apr 21 and 22 10:00am-4:00:Guitar Society of Toronto. Eli, a Retrospective.Exhibit of artworks by Eli Kassner, founderof the Guitar Society of Toronto, with liveguitar performances. 57 Lewis St. 416-964-8298. Admission by donation, to benefit theGuitar Society of Toronto President’s BursaryFund.• Apr 20 7:00: Larry Kosowan. Fundraiserfor Scarborough Women’s Centre. Larry Kosowanwill go completely bald, and play guitar,in support of the Scarborough Women’sCentre. Working Dog Saloon, 3676 St. ClairAve. E. 416-694-4513. $20 gets tax deductiblereceipt.• May 05 1:00: Cantabile Chorale of YorkRegion. TEA for TWO (pianos). Bob and LonaRichardson, pianos. Three seatings, approximatelyone hour each, in Thornhill (call for exactlocation). 905-731-8318. $10 suggesteddonation, includes refreshments.• May 05 6:00: King Edward Choir. 60th AnniversaryGala. Following “Feathers on thePage” concert at Hi-Way Pentecostal Church,the choir celebrates 60 years with a gala dinnerfeaturing entertainment. Liberty BanquetHall, 100 Caplan Ave. Barrie. 705-252-5212.$55(includes 2:00 concert and gala).• May 06 6:00: Music Toronto. Dinner withWine-Tasting at Scaramouche Restaurant. 24thannual fundraising event. 1 Benvenuto Pl.Summer Orff CampJoseph the DreamerThe Adventures of the Biblical Patriarch JosephA week of music (by Kim Kendrick, a Master Orff-Schulwerk Specialist), crafts, and story-telling for 5-9year-oldsJuly 23-27, 2012, 9 AM–12 NoonSt. Thomas’s Anglican Church, 383 Huron Street, TorontoRegistration fee: $50For more information or to register: 416–979–2323 x5Free event listings:listings@thewholenote.com60 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

416-214-1660. $200.COMPETITIONS• Apr 06 application deadline Orchestra Toronto.Orchestra Toronto Concerto Competition:The 2012 Marta Hidy Prize for Cello. Contest forCanadian virtuosos aged 23 and under. Applicationsmust be completed online atwww.orchestratoronto.ca. 416-757-2988.• Apr 13 11am-7:30pm (preliminaries) and April14 2:00-8:30pm (finals): Show Choir Canada.Show Choir Canada Nationals. High school gleeclubs and choirs from across Ontario showcasetheir vocals, dance moves and musicianship.Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 FrontSt. E. 1-855-872-6779. Preliminaries: $18–$25; Finals: $25–$35.www.showchoirscanada.com.• Apr 30 application deadline Rotaract Clubof Mississauga/Mississauga Arts Council.Rotaract Singfest Vocal Competition. Competitionfor up and coming Mississauga vocalistsage 14-24; the prize: studio recording time atMetalworks. Enter online at www.singfest.rotaractmississauga.com.647-206-5272.SCREENINGS• Apr 01 4:00: Toronto Silent Film Festival.A Thousand Laughs: Playmates. Screeningof shorts featuring silent comedy greats. BillO’Meara, piano. The Fox Theatre, 2236 QueenSt. E. 416-461-9287. $12; $10(sr).• Apr 02 8:00: Toronto Silent Film Festival/Toronto Theatre Organ Society. The ItalianStraw Hat (1927). Clark Wilson, Wurlitzer organ.Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-461-9287. $20.• Apr 03 8:00: Toronto Silent Film Festival.Variety (1925). Laura Silberberg, piano. InnisTown Hall, 2 Sussex Ave. 416-461-9287. $15.• Apr 12-14: Toronto Flamenco Festival.Lorca, Copla Spain, A Cara o Cruz, Morente,Kumpania, and Orson Welles & Goya. NFB Mediatheque,150 John St. 905-832-7780. $10-$12. www.torontoflamencofestival.com.• Apr 13 8:00: St. Thomas Anglican Church.Silent Film: Safety Last. Accompanied by WilliamO’Meara, organ. 101 Winchester Rd.,Brooklin. 905-655-3883. $10; $5(child).• Apr 20 8:00: Trinity Senior Choir. TheCameraman. With accompaniment by WilliamO’Meara, organ. Trinity United Church, 461Park Ave., Newmarket. 905-895-4851. $15;$30(family). Refreshments to follow.• Apr 21 8:00: Images Festival. 25th AnniversaryGala. Sounds of Science: French filmsby Jean Painlevé (1929-1965, 35mm) with livesoundtrack by Yo La Tengo. Toronto UndergroundCinema, 186 Spadina Ave. 416-971-8405. $30/$25(adv); $15(sr/st/members).LECTURES & SYMPOSIA• Apr 07 11:00am: Northumberland LearningConnection. Opera Brown-bag Lunch Talk:Massenet’s Manon. Thais Donald gives a halfhourtalk ahead of Metropolitan Opera HDbroadcast. 20 Queen St., Port Hope. 905-349-3402. $5 (includes coffee/tea).• Apr 11 7:00: Kingsway Conservatory ofMusic. Suzuki Strings Info Night. Learn aboutthe “Talent Education” philosophy of ShinichiSuzuki, and the violin and cello programsfor 4-10 year olds at Kingsway. Great Room,Kingsway Conservatory of Music, 2848 BloorSt. W. 416-234-0121. Free.• Apr 14 7:30: Toronto Gilbert and SullivanCanadian Children’s Opera CompanyAnn Cooper Gay, Executive Artistic DirectorCCOC Annual Open HouseSunday, April 15, 3:00 – 5:30pmFirst Unitarian Congregation175 St Clair Ave WAuditions for 2012/13 Season begin May 4Call 416-366-0467 to schedule your audition todayPhoto: Christine Custodio (Musikverein)The Bach Children’s Chorus invites applications forArtistic DirectorLocation: Toronto, Ontario, CanadaStart Date: June 1, 2013Salary: Commensurate with experience/qualificationsApplications Due: June 1, 2012Founded by Linda Beaupré and currently in its25th season, Bach Children’s Chorus is anaward-winning group of children’s and youth choirs.See www.bachorus.org for more information.Interested applicants should submit:• résumé• cover letter describing experience and philosophyabout music education for children• three reference letters with contact information• audio and video recordings of two recentperformances/rehearsalsBy email to: BCCArtisticDirectorSearch@gmail.comShort-listed candidates will be invited to attendinterviews in Toronto in June 2012.April 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 61

Jubilatesingersmusic director: isabel bernausThinking ofjoining a choir?Audition this June for our2012/13 Concert Season!We’re a chamber choir withan eclectic, multilingualrepertoire: interesting musicand great people!All voices are welcome.Good blend, pitch and somesight reading required.Rehearsals are on Tuesdays,7:30 pm at St. Leonard’s Church,25 Wanless Ave.(near Yonge & Lawrence).Call to arrange for afriendly audition orto sit in on a rehearsal!416-286-8927Society. Lecture. On the revamped Savoy Hotelin London, Churchill’s ascension to power in the1940s and a Gilbert & Sullivan musical presentation.St. Andrew’s Church, 117 Bloor St. E.416-763-0832. $5 for visitors.• Apr 22 10:00am: Canadian Opera Company/Universityof Toronto. A Wilde Time:Zemlinsky’s A Florentine Tragedy. Lectures byTed Chamberlin and Sherry Lee, U of T; ChristopherHailey, Princeton; and others. Walter Hall,Edward Johnson Bldg., 80 Queen’s Park. 416-363-8231. $23; $17(faculty); $12(st).• Apr 23 7:00: Toronto New Music Alliance/TorontoReference Library/Arraymusic/NewMusic Concerts. New Music101: Program 1. Staniland: Pentagrams – Fivepieces for two accordions. A glimpse into ArrayEnsemble April 28 concert in collaborationwith the Toy Piano Composers. Composerswill speak about the material. Elisabeth BeetonAuditorium, 789 Yonge St. 416-303-7131.Free.• Apr 30 7:00: Toronto New Music Alliance/Toronto Reference Library/Soundstreams/Canadian Music Centre. New Music 101: Program2. A.P.Y. Ho: Shī (poetry). New music/dance composition for solo dancer and electronictape. Emily Cheung, choreographer;Bridgett Tsang, dancer. Also, Soundstreamswill illustrate its approach to programming newmusic through audio/video excerpts and liveperformance, focusing on contemporary repertoireand including a discussion about extendedvocal techniques. Elisabeth Beeton Auditorium,789 Yonge St. 416-303-7131. Free.Toronto-RiverdaleNeighbourhood SingalongTuesday May 8, 2012Neighbourhood Unitarian Church79 Hiawatha Road7 – 8 p.m. FREEFrederick Kwasi DunyoMaster DrummerThe joyful “call & response”singing of GhanaCOME SING WITH US!www.canadasings.caD. The EtceterasCanadaSings!ChantonsCanada!• May 07 7:00: Toronto New Music Alliance/TorontoReference Library/ContactContemporary Music/Continuum ContemporaryMusic. New Music 101: Program 3. M.Gordon: Light is Calling for violin, with film byB. Morrison; C. Butterfield: L’Eléphant de mer;E. Doolittle: Why the parrot repeats humanwords; Stranvisky: L’Histoire du soldat, compressedfor clarinet, violin, viola and percussion.Contact Contemporary Music exploresthe symbiotic relationship between sound andvision; Continuum Contemporary Music explorescontemporary expression of narrationunderpinned by music. Elisabeth Beeton Auditorium,789 Yonge St. 416-303-7131. Free.MASTERCLASSES• Apr 12 7:00: Silverthorn SymphonicWinds/Westmount Collegiate Music Department/ArtsWestmount Music. BrassBoot Camp and Beyond. Free clinic with ChristopherGongos, French horn, focused on musicianship,technique and ensemble playing.Geared toward high school instrumentalistsand adult amateur musicians. Westmount CollegiateInstitute, 1000 New Westminster Dr.,Thornhill. 647-830-4029 pr@silverthornsymphonicwinds.ca.• Apr 13 1:30: Hannaford Street SilverBand. Festival of Brass: The Breathing Gym.Patrick Sheridan presents breathing conceptsfor all musicians. Long & McQuade, 925 BloorSt. W. 416-425-2874. PWYC.• Apr 14 9:30am: Hannaford Street SilverBand. Festival of Brass: Masterclass with JensALEXANDER KATSA rst class Russian-trainedconcert pianist/teacheris accepting students forregular private lessons orrepertoire coaching, fromadvanced (ARCT, university)to all grades of RCMincluding theoryCall: (416) 340-1844alexander.kats@sympatico.caLindemann and Patrick Sheridan. Jane MallettTheatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27Front St. E. W. 416-425-2874. Free.• Apr 29 2:30: ORMTA Central TorontoBranch. Masterclass with Jennifer Snow.Music Gallery, 197 John St. 416-532-1539.$20; $15(members.• May 02 6:00: Remenyi House of Music.Violoncello Masterclass with Mischa Maisky.Advanced violoncello students will be consideredfor participation on an individual basis.Limited seating open for auditors. 210 Bloor St.W. 416-961-3111 x222. $20.• May 05 1:00–3:30: Tafelmusik. Guest ArtistMasterclass: Rachel Podger, violin. Trinity-St.Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. $10.416-964-9562 x241. For information on howto participate: mentors@tafelmusik.org.WORKSHOPS• Apr 02 7:00 and 8:30: La Belle Danse. BaroqueDance Class – Beginner and IntermediateClasses. The basics of baroque dance, includingthe minuet, sarabande, bourrée and gigue, aswell as an introduction to 18th century Feuilletdance notation. Winchester Street Theatre,80 Winchester St. 416-324-9118. $18 per 90minute class. info@labelledanse.com.• Apr 13 3:00: Canadian Children’s OperaCompany. CCOC Open House. Performancesand participatory workshops in drama, propmakingand African music, for ages 3-18. Callahead for complete schedule of events. FirstUnitarian Congregation, 175 St. Clair Ave. W.416-366-0467. Free.• Apr 14 and Apr 15 9:30am-5:30pm: SING!Toronto Vocal Arts Festival. FacilitatedWorkshops. Songwriting 101; Introduction toSouth Indian Music; The Business of Music;Beatboxing and Vocal Percussion 101; Singer’sPlayground (Performance Workshop); ScoreMarking for Choristers and Conductors; SacredHarp: An Introduction to Shape Note Singing;Creating Instrumental Sounds A Cappella;Singing Without a Safety Net; The Vocalistas a Performer; The Singer’s Body. BrigantineChildren'sPianoLessonsFriendly, approachable -and strict!Liz Parker416.544.1803liz.parker@rogers.comQueen/Bathurstwww.jubilatesingers.ca62 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

Room, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queen’sQuay W. 416-973-4000. $25 per workshop.For full details: www.torontovocalartsfestival.com.• Apr 15 1:30–4:00: Toronto Early MusicPlayers Organization. Coached Workshop.Coach: Elin Soderstrom. Bring recorders, viols,early instruments and music stand; musicavailable at the door. Armour Heights CommunityCentre, 2140 Avenue Rd. 416-245-3413. $20.• Apr 22 1:30–5:00: CAMMAC RecorderPlayers’ Society. Spring Workshop. AlisonMelville, coach. For recorders and otherearly instruments. Church of the Transfiguration,111 Manor Rd. E. 416-480-1853. $30;$25(members).• Apr 22 2:00: CAMMAC. Reading for Singersand Instrumentalists. Duruflé: Requiem.Brad Ratzlaff, conductor. Christ Church DeerPark, 1570 Yonge St. 416-551-5183. $10;$6(members).• May 06 1:30–4:00: Toronto Early MusicPlayers Organization. Coached Workshop.Coach: Marie-Laurence Primeau. Bring your recorders,viols, early instruments and musicstand; music available at the door. ArmourHeights Community Centre, 2140 Avenue Rd.416-245-3413. $20.MUSIC-MAKING & SINGALONGS• Apr 03 8:15: Kingsway Conservatory ofMusic. Adult Drum Circle: Open Circle. Kick-offto a 9-week drum circle program, including Latin,African and Middle-Eastern grooves. No experiencenecessary. Great Room, KingswayConservatory of Music, 2848 Bloor St. W. 416-234-0121. Free.• Apr 18 7:00: Kingsway Conservatory ofMusic. Sax Ensemble: Open Rehearsal. For reedplayers with a minimum 2 years of experience.A mix of classical and contemporary works includingBeethoven, Piazzolla, Mancini, Elfmanand others. Pre-registration requested. GreatRoom, Kingsway Conservatory of Music, 2848Bloor St. W. 416-234-0121. Free.Venue Rental• in the heart of Yorkville• historical heritage building• Steinway Grand Piano• recital and special events• lighting and sound systems• accomodates caterers• reasonable ratesETCETERA: MISCELLANEOUS• Apr 10 4:00: University of Toronto Facultyof Music. Memorial for Helmut Kallmann.Remembering the Chief of the NLC Music Division1970-86 and co-founder/editor of The Encyclopaediaof Music in Canada. Performancesby Elaine Keillor and U of T doctoral students,brief speeches, informal conversation over wineand snacks. Edward Johnson Building lobby, 80Queen’ Park. robin.elliott@utoronto.com.• Apr 11, 17–19, 10am–3pm: Arts andEvents Programming & the Ontario BandAssociation. UTSC/OBA Chamber Music Festival.Ensemble chamber music groups fromaround Ontario perform and receive feedbackfrom adjudicators. University of Toronto Scarborough,Room AA 303, 1265 Military Trail.416-287-7118. aep@utsc.utoronto.ca. Free.• Apr 16 7:00pm Soundstreams. Salon 21:Music Matters! “The experience of inspiringemerging musicians.” Gardiner Museum, 111Queen’s Park. Free, donations welcome. Registeronline at www.soundstreams.ca.• Apr 20 7:00: JaneAustenDancing. A Weekendwith Jane Austen: Jane Austen at Fort York.Lamplight tour, Regency supper, fashion showand dance demonstration. Fort York, 250 FortYork Blvd. 416-392-6907. $55/$45(adv, beforeApr 6); $50(sr/st)/$40(adv).• Apr 21 10:00am–10:30pm: JaneAustenDancing.A Weekend with Jane Austen: Lecturesand Workshops, Evening Ball. Life aboard shipin Austen’s navy; dancing in the novels of Austenand Burney; late 18th century portraiture;letter-writing workshop; dance workshop; ballwith live music. St. Barnabas Anglican Church,361 Danforth Ave. 416-929-0513. $40–$110.Full details: www.janeaustendancing.ca.• Apr 22 11:00am–4:00pm: JaneAustenDancing.A Weekend with Jane Austen: Jane Austenat Montgomery’s Inn. Georgian breakfast;historical lacemaking; concert (see listings sectionA, Apr 22 at 2:00). Montgomery’s Inn,4709 Dundas St. W. 416-394-8113. $30–$60.Full details: www.janeaustendancing.ca.35 Hazelton Avenue, Heliconian Hall416-922-3618 rentals@heliconianclub.orgPremiere Source for HigH quality food(416) 364-7397 www.pasqualebros.comRememberingBruce Kirkpatrick Hill1963–2012Many years ago, my good friend Stephanie Martin introducedme to her husband. A professorial man with a LyttonStrachey-esque appeal nodded briefly at me. I soon learned ofthe warm and affectionate soul which lay beneath the bushy beardand patched elbows of Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill. He and Stephaniewere married for 22 years, and their kind and patient partnershipwas an inspiration to all around them.Known for his work as music director of Christ Church Deer Parkfor 11 years, Bruce was also a freelance accompanist — working withthe Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Pax Christi and many others overthe years. He could also be heard singing at Holy Blossom Templeduring the High Holy Days and at the Oratory of the Holy Family atspecial services.Bruce had many nicknames (Juicy, Bruce Two-Dinners …) andwas usually found outdoors. His great love for sailing was nurturedon his boat, the Hemiola. Even throughout his illness, he rode hisVespa each morning to Pain Perdu on St. Clair for his daily croissants,orange juice and café au lait. Bruce’s desire for fresh air wasalso exhibited by his frequent sporting of a kilt and sporran, thelatter of which contained a copy of Robbie Burns’ Ode to a Haggis,read at his and Stephanie’s yearly Hogmanay celebrations.Toronto grieves with Stephanie for the loss of this loyal and reliableforce in choral and church music. Bruce was an aesthete to theend and took risks to attain excellence in everything he sought — beit music, croissants or travelling. He passed away Sunday, March 18,at the Vladimir Ilich Lenin Hospital in Cuba, in the company of hiswife. Bruce is survived by Stephanie Martin and the Martin family;his mother Gillian Hill; two brothers, Andrew and Christopher Hill,and their wives and families.—Gabrielle McLaughlinBut mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,The trembling earth resounds his tread,Clap in his walie nieve a blade,He’ll mak it whissle;An’ legs, an’ arms an’ heads will sned,Like taps o’ thrissle—Robbie BurnsApril 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 63

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We Are All Music’s ChildrenApril’s Child Lydia Adamsmj buELLWho is May’s Child?Discovered by music only at theend of high school, he has twospecial reasons to sing expressively,with impeccable diction.In “high” demandinternationally, he’s made twoAldeburgh connections thisseason, joins Orchestra Torontofor Beethoven’s Symphony No.9in May, and in all his sparetime he’s training for that“someday” half-marathon.Know our mysterychild’s name?Send your best guess to musicschildren@thewholenote.com.Provide your mailing addressin case your name is drawnfrom correct replies received bymidnight on April 20, 2012.This spring and summer, Ithink I’ll be a Christian knight,impervious to feminine allure!Starting in Toronto, I’lltravel to the Opéra Royal deVersailles, France, and TheGlimmerglass Festival in NewYork State!Near Newmarket, Ontario, 1980.If a friendly fellowtraveller askedabout your work …?I would say that Ihave the privilegeof conducting twogreat choirs, theAmadeus Choir andthe Elmer IselerSingers and havethe great honour ofpresenting wonderfulmusic withfantastic people. I’dsay how much I lovewhat I am doing andwould invite them toa concert. I’d have abrochure for each choir on hand!About your childhood photo …? It was my tenthbirthday. I had on my ‘Festival Dress’ (sent tome by my Aunt and Uncle in Chicago!) and I hadjust received my new full-sized violin from myparents as my birthday gift.Up to that point, I had been playing on athree-quarter-sized violin. My dad, Bob Adams,snapped the shot with his Brownie.What do you remember? So many memories —my mother, Florence Adams was an integral partof my musical life. It is so appropriate that sheis in this picture with me and that Dad is alsorepresented as the photographer and supporter, arole he took on his whole life.My mother created a musical hub in that room.There was always music here. It’s where shehosted legions of students for their piano lessonsand where the Piano Examiner, Carleton Elliottfrom Mount Allison University, would come forthe yearly exams.There were many parties in this room, usuallycentered around great music-making and greatfriends. Many of these musicians went on to acareer in music. Many others went on to othercareers but have kept music as a central part oftheir lives.It is actually a wonder that we lived. I wouldgo down to the ocean as a young child with myConductor, composer, pianist, violinist andraconteuse Lydia Adams, on tour with the ElmerIseler Singers, in British Columbia (March 2012).best friend, MaryClare MacKinnon,(a pianist and singerwho also practiceslaw) and jump theice floes (a verydangerous practicecalled ‘Squishing’).We also engaged inmany other dangerouspractices at theocean — wanderingout far on thereef and we alsocreated situationswhere the FireDepartment had tobe called — what agreat time we had! The Atlantic and all around itwas our playground!We only stopped to make music.Where did hearing music fit into your life as achild? CBC was a musical lifeline to us in CapeBreton, as well as in most parts of the country, Isuspect. We listened to everything: Elmer Iselerconducting Handel’s ‘Messiah’ each Christmas;the Christmas Eve service from King’s College,Cambridge, with David Willcocks conducting;the marvellous voices of Lois Marshall andMaureen Forrester, people I later knew andworked with. It’s amazing that I also realized mydream of working with both those conductorsas well.My parents also took me to hear the AtlanticSymphony and Community Concerts series, andone such concert proved to be a life changingexperience. It was held in Baddeck at the HighSchool gym, a two hour drive for us. I was 5 or 6years old and remember vividly hearing a youngMaureen Forrester sing. I placed myself in thefront row and almost clapped my hands off, Iwas so excited. On the way home, I declared tomy parents that I wanted to be a musician …A full-length version of Lydia Adams’interview continues at www.thewholenote.com.pHOTO Jessie IselerCONGRATulATIONS TO OUR WINNERS! HERE’S WHAT THEY WONMusic of the Spheres (April 21, 8pm). The Amadeus Choir and the Elmer Iseler Singers, conducted by Lydia Adams,join forces at the Ontario Science Centre for two world premieres. Beyond Earth by Lydia Adams, text byRoberta Bondar, with images from Dr. Roberta Bondar’s photographic explorations, along with And Yet ItMoves, by Jason Jestadt. Meet guest speaker Dr. Bondar and enjoy some special star-gazing afterwards!Andrew Kellogg and Helen Spiers each win a pair of tickets. Sing all ye joyful: Music of Ruth WatsonHenderson. This Elmer Iseler Singers’ recording, conducted by Lydia Adams, is devoted entirelyto the choral music of Ruth Watson Henderson. Recipient of several awards, perhaps the greatesthonour paid to her is that choirs from all over the world, and at home in Canada, sing her musicand sing it often. (CBC Records MVCD 1167) A copy goes to Dale Sorensen. Songs of the Spirit features the AmadeusChoir performing Eleanor Daley’s Requiem, works by Srul Irving Glick and Barry Peters, and the world premiere recordingof Missa 4 Vocum by Andrea Gabrieli. Lydia Adams, conductor. (ama9900) A copy goes to Lilli Killian.Music’s Children gratefully acknowledges Beth and Adrian, Florence and Bob, Olena, Jessie, Caroline, Peter and Verity.April 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 65

PAMELA MargLESUnheard of: Memoirs ofa Canadian Composerby John BeckwithWilfrid Laurier University Press408 pages, photos, musical examples;$29.95 paperAt 85 years ofage, Canadiancomposer JohnBeckwith can lookback from a singularvantage point.Because his lifeis so intertwinedwith the developmentof modernmusic in Canada,and since he hasbeen so productivein many aspects of it, his memoir has aparticularly wide range of material to cover.He describes his early childhood years inVictoria, his complicated first marriage andfamily life, his experiences as a professorand Dean of the Faculty of Music at theUniversity of Toronto, his years workingat the CBC during its heyday, his extensivewritings as a music critic, most recently reviewingCDs for this magazine, and, aboveall, his achievements as the composer of over150 works.In describing his most significant works,he offers a revealing glimpse into how hecreated them. Taking a Stand, which hewrote for the then newly-formed CanadianBrass, shows the spirit of adventure thathe brought to a great deal of his music. It’sinteresting to see how operas like Crazy toKill, Night Blooming Cereus and Taptoo!were born out of a deep friendship. Beckwithwrote them with poet James Reaney, whomhe describes as “a writer who understoodmusic.” In the case of his Quartet, writtenfor the Orford Quartet, “Ideas came rapidly,as if I had a quartet inside me waiting to bewritten down.”Throughout his career, Beckwith’s writingshave been marked by his outspokenness— what he himself calls his “habitualcritical bitchiness.” But here, though he isuncommonly candid about his own shortcomingsand outright failures, he is surprisinglytolerant of the shortcomings of others.Since Beckwith has already written extensivelyabout figures in Canadian musiche knew best, it’s understandable that he isreluctant to cover the same territory againhere. He recently contributed a delightfulportrait of his teacher John Weinzweig tothe collection of essays about Weinzweighe edited with fellow Weinzweig studentBrian Cherney. And he has explored hisrelationship with Glenn Gould extensively,especially in his biography of AlbertoGuerrero, who taught both of them piano.Yet the experiences with friends and colleagueshe does recall here — such as thetime fellow Canadian composer BarbaraPentland demanded that Beckwith be given afree ticket for a concert which featured oneof his compositions — tell so much about thecharacters and issues involved. These arestories that would otherwise never be heard,and I’d love to hear more.The extensiveendnotes, index,and score excerptsall contribute tothe considerablepleasure of readingthis beautifullywrittenmemoir.The collection ofphotos includes a terrific ad from 1968 forthe Toronto Symphony Orchestra. It featuresa photo of a Volkswagon Beetle, and reads,“The bug and John Beckwith.” By the end ofthis memoir Beckwith is ready to admit thathe does, perhaps, exaggerate his obscurity.“Unheard Of”? — hardly. “Unheard” — undoubtedly;though what Canadian composerfeels otherwise? “Essential” would be morelike it.The Beauty of Belaieffby Richard Beattie DavisClef Publishing384 pages, colour plates; $125.00available at www.beautyofbelaieff.comBy the end of this memoirBeckwith is ready to admit thathe does, perhaps, exaggerate hisobscurity. ‘UNHEARD OF?’ —HARDLY…While researchinglate 19thcentury Russianmusic, musicologistRichard BeattieDavis was struckby the elaboratetitle pages thatadorned many ofthe original scores.He soon recognizedhow the chromolithographedtitle pages published by Mitofan PetrovichBelaieff stood out for their exquisite artistry.It wasn’t just that they were so beautiful.As Davis points out in this definitive studyof Belaieff’s title pages, they were clearlyintended to be more than decorative, sincethey revealed important information aboutthe music itself. At their best, he writes, theycan “illuminate one’s comprehension, evenintensify one’s appreciation” of the music.Belaieff was a wealthy timber merchant,music lover and amateur violinist living inSt. Petersburg. By the time he started publishingmusic in 1885, he had already beensupporting composers like Glazunov andScriabin, organizing concerts, and hostinghis legendary Musical Fridays — gettogetherswhere a string quartet, usuallywith Belaieff playing viola, would tryout new compositions by composers likeTaneyev, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakovand Glazunov.During a period of 16 years Belaieff publishedsome of the most important orchestral,chamber, operatic, vocal and instrumentalworks of this immenselyrich periodin Russian music,including 80 fullscores of orchestralworks alone.Combining the expertiseof a scholarwith the obsessivenessof a collector, Davis managed to trackdown most of the original scores Belaieffpublished. Of the almost 200 title pages thatBelaieff is estimated to have produced, over150 are reproduced here.Balakirev’s influential collection of folksongs,which introduced the Volga BoatSong, bears a surprisingly simple title page.But the intricate title page for Borodin’sPrince Igor manages to encapsulate thestory of the opera. The unusual title pagefor Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnolfeatures a dedication to the orchestra whichperformed at the premiere under the composer’sdirection. Underneath, the namesof all 67 orchestra members are engraved.Davis notes that for the second performanceTchaikovsky played the castanets (so hisname is not on the list).The detailed essays that Davis pairs witheach artwork add up to a veritable history oflate-19th-century Russian music. But somedetails do nonetheless get left unexplainedbecause of the format. He mentions thatBelaieff published many operas, includingseven by Rimsky-Korsakov alone. Andaccording to Davis, Belaieff consideredhis edition of Prince Igor to be the jewelamong his publications. Yet elsewhere Daviswrites — with no further explanation — thatBelaieff had an aversion to opera.An epilogue to this beautifully-producedvolume points out how Belaieff’s publishingventure, which had ceased by thetime of his death in 1904, once againthrives in Germany today as M.P. BelaieffMusikverlag, publisher of Blacher andPärt — though they no longer produce suchmagnificent title pages.Pamela Margles is a Toronto-basedjournalist and frequent contributor toThe WholeNote. She can be contactedat bookshelf@thewholenote.com.66 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

Editor’s CornerDAVID OLDSTSO principal cellist Joseph Johnson andhis section mates were featured duringthe recent New Creations Festival inthe North American premiere of the CelloConcerto Grosso by festival curator PeterEötvös. Johnson took that occasionto launch his first compactdisc which features twostaples of 20th century cellorepertoire, the RachmaninovSonata for Cello and Piano inG Minor Op.19 and Sonata No.2in D Minor Op.40 by DmitriShostakovich. Johnson is accompaniedby Victor Asuncion withwhom he has been performing since 2009.The partnership seems to have been made inheaven if the music making heard here is anyindication. Balance and interplay are impeccableand these interpretations are obviouslyfrom the heart. As it says on the homepageof Asuncion’s website (www.victorasuncion.com) “Victor is a collaborator. Don’t get lostin a forest of blandness. Opt for an enthusiasticartistic partner working with you, notjust for you.” Joseph Johnson (www.joecello.com) has obviously done just that.The independent release (JVCD-01) wasrecorded last winter in Minneapolis whereJohnson previously played in the MinnesotaOrchestra and the MinneapolisQuartet. As the verypersonal liner notes tellus, the session tookplace just days afterwhat could have beena disastrous accidentat Roy ThomsonHall whenJohnson’s cello fellout of its case and the neck ofthe 1747 Guillami instrument snapped off.Thanks to the experts at Toronto’s Geo.Heinl and Co. temporary repairs were madeand the session was able to proceed. There isno suggestion of distress in the sound of thecello captured on this beautiful recording.My only criticism is the assumption that thismusic is so well known it speaks for itself.There is not a scrap of information aboutthe pieces or the composers to be found inthe notes.The latest from the Canadian MusicCentre is Still Image – Music by OwenUnderhill (Centrediscs CMCCD 17412) whichfeatures works involving string quartet performedby Quatuor Bozzini. They are joinedby François Houle and Jeremy Berkmanon clarinet and trombone respectively. StillImage is an apt description of the disc aswell as being the title of a piece commissionedin 2007 by Houle and revised in 2011for this recording. Underhill’s music generallyhas an underlying stillness although itis often tinged with tension. Quarter-tonesand multiphonics in the clarinet writingextend the tonality here.There are two one-movementstring quartets which representthe earliest and most recentworks on the disc. Both arevery personal and emotionalofferings. String Quartet No.3 –The Alynne was written in 1998after the birth of a daughter withchromosomal abnormalities.String Quartet No.4 – The Night was commissionedby Quatuor Bozzini in 2011. Ittakes its title and inspiration from a poemby Henry Vaughan which includes the lines“There is in God (some say) / A deep, butdazzling darkness.” Underhill says “Thestriking contrast and integration of darknessand dazzling light in the poem helped guidethe overall concepts of alternating slow andfast sections.”The World’s FinestClassical and Jazz MusicDestinationCanada’s other teen sensation!Jan Lisiecki’s debut onDeutsche Grammophon• Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 21Specially PricedOnly $ 9.98Available April 17 th• 70 Yorkville Avenue, Toronto, M5R 1B9(416) 922-6477• Town Square, 210 Lakeshore Road E.,Oakville, L6J 1H8 (905) 338-2360April 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 67

The opening of the Trombone Quintetwhich dates from 1999 is suggestive of adistorted Renaissance consort of viols whosemicrotonal chord drones could be mistakenfor an accordion over top of which the longtone melody of the trombone soars. Thesecond movement has the strings in a dancelikeaccompaniment as Berkman sings intohis muted trombone. A contemplative andlyrical third movement is followed by an extendedfourth which begins percussively butgradually gives way to stillness which bringsthe disc to a close. QuatuorBozzini has an obvious affinitywith this music and Underhill isvery well served by this disc.Concert Note: Quatuor Bozziniperforms music of Stravinsky,Oesterle and Britten in MusicToronto’s Quartet Series at JaneMallett Theatre on April 5.I was pleasantly surprised toreceive a new disc by theSpanish Trio Arbós and findthat it contained an extendedwork by Canadian composerMarjan Mozetich. Scales of Joyand Sorrow was commissionedby the Ottawa Chamber MusicFestival and Roger D. Moore forthe Gryphon Trio who premieredit in 2007. The three-movement20 minute work has obviouslygone on to have an internationallife of its own and listening tothis rollicking performance it iseasy to see why. The Non ProfitMusic release (NPM 1012 www.nonprofitmusic.org) is entitledPlay it Again and it is full of attractiveand approachable contemporaryworks for piano trio. Not quite “bonbons”but certainly designed as crowd pleasers,this repertoire — including works byKenji Bunch, Jorge Grundman, ElenaKats-Chernin, Paul Schoenfield and ChickCorea — is enthusiastically embraced andebulliently played by Trio Arbós.Concert Note: The Penderecki StringQuartet will perform Marjan Mozetich’sJUNO award winning Lament in a TrampledGarden along with works of Beethoven forthe Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber MusicSociety on April 18.ATMA Classique of Montreal continues toput out excellent discs at a prodigious rate.One of the more recent releases is particularlyappropriate to the Easter season thismonth, Bach’s St. John Passion (ACD2 2611).Featuring Les Voix Baroques and ArionOrchestre Baroque under the direction ofAlexander Weimann, international soloistsinclude tenor Jan Kobow as the Evangelistand three basses, Stephan MacLeod as Jesus,Joshua Hopkins as Peter and NathanielWatson as Pilate. All are in great formhere, with particular kudos to choristersoprano Shannon Mercer who shines in thearia “Ich folge dir gleichfalls mit freudigenSchritten.” From the motoric opening “Herr,unser Herrscher” through the recitatives,arias and choruses of the “Betrayal andArrest,” “Denial of Peter,” “Interrogationand Scourging,” “Condemnation andCrucifixion,” “Death of Jesus” and “Burial”of Christ to the peaceful final chorale “AchHerr, lass dein leib Engelein” (Ah Lord, letthine own angels dear…) almost two hourslater, our attention is held without flaggingin this glorious performance. The comprehensivebooklet includes thorough programnotes and texts in three languages.Concert Note: Although I wasunable to find any local performancesof the St. John Passionthis month, Bach’s St. MatthewPassion will be presented bythe Grand Philharmonic Choirat the Centre in the Square inKitchener on April 6.And a final local concert note.On April 11 Toronto audiencescan experience the pure tonesof the predominantly medievalgroup Anonymous 4 at KoernerHall. This a cappella femaleensemble has been charmingaudiences for 25 years andthe “Anthology 25” programwill highlight ancient, traditionaland modern works from theirrepertoire. The recent HarmoniaMundi release Secret Voices(HMU 807510) features chantand polyphony from the HuelgasCodex, c.1300 with selectionsdivided into “First Light,”“Morning,” “Mass,” “Evening”and “Night.” If you are not alreadyfamiliar with Anonymous4 this would be a great place to start.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 www.thewholenote.comwhere you can find added featuresincluding direct links to performers, composersand record labels, “buy buttons” foron-line shopping and additional, expandedand archival reviews.—David Olds, DISCoveries Editordiscoveries@thewholenote.comVOCALDowland in DublinMichael Slattery; La NefATMA ACD2 2650Was DowlandIrish or English? Wewill probably neverknow but it hasnot stopped tenorMichael Slatteryfrom working withLa Nef in givingsome of Dowland’s compositions “a simple,Celtic flavour.” Slattery in turn looked fora drone sound to accompany himself. Hefound it in the shruti box associated withIndian prayers …The contrasts in this selection emerge early;the second track, Now, O Now, a stalwartof Elizabethan farewells, is sung unchangedbut its musical accompaniment is composedby Slattery and La Nef! Behold a WonderHere is slightly altered — slowed down — butagain the accompaniment is far from thecourts of Europe.This is no conventional recital ofDowland. Some of his songs are performedas purely instrumental pieces — but effectively.Fine Knacks for Ladies is one such;its setting would grace any Elizabethanball. And then there are those thoughtful,introspective and melancholy songs forwhich Dowland is most often rememberedwhich are included despite the artists’ aimof “lightening up” his music. Come HeavySleep is performed by Slattery with thedignity its words deserve, equally respectfullyaccompanied by flute, lute, cittern andviol da gamba — there are some songs (HisGolden Locks is another) that can neverbe changed.Tenors are often the unsung heroes ofDowland’s music, overshadowed by bass,soprano or countertenor parts. Whether ornot listeners approve of the arrangementshere, Martin Slattery’s tenor voice excels.—Michael SchwartzDuettiPhilippe Jaroussky; Max Emanuel Cencic;Les Arts Florissants; William ChristieVirgin Classics 5099907094323Les ArtsFlorissants datefrom 1979. FounderWilliam Christiehas identified two ofthe finest youngercountertenors,Philippe Jarousskyand Max EmanuelCencic, and devoted a whole CD to 24 duettifrom the Italian Baroque. It is encouragingthat many of the composers included arebeing rediscovered. There is, for example,a magnificent stately quality to the openingpiece, Pietoso nume arcier, a duet byGiovanni Bononcini.Longest of the tracks is the eightminuteduet Quando veggo un’usignolo byFrancesco Bartolomeo Conti. Demonstratingthe countertenors’ skills at their most testing,its dialogue is a clever “echoing” of the twosets of lyrics, in turn accompanied by thebaroque ensemble at its most expressive.Two further composers, Nicola Porporaand Benedetto Marcello, supply five andeight more duets, respectively. While relativelyshort in duration, they combine cheerfulnessand interpretative difficulty and are,perhaps, a fine introduction to the Italian68 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

aroque countertenor. The informative notesdescribing the importance of each composerreinforce this.Sometimes the tracks feature one singeronly, but there is accompaniment in variouscombinations of violin, cello, lute, theorbo,harpsichord and organ. This is demonstratedclearly in Philippe Jaroussky’s performanceof Francesco Mancini’s Quanto mai sariapiu bello.Full credit to William Christie for researchingthe composers, realising the talentof both countertenors and selecting piecesthat so amply display their skills.—Michael SchwartzRememberGuelph Chamber Choir; Gerald NeufeldIndependent Gcc2011-6www.guelphchamberchoir.caIn this fifthrecording by theGuelph ChamberChoir, we are invitedto rememberloved ones and payhomage to our countryand the roots ofthose who built itthrough choral arrangements of favorite folksongs, spirituals and art songs. As directorGerald Neufeld writes in the informativeand well-researched liner notes, “Music isa potent medium for remembering our past,our joys and sorrows, and those we love.Songs marry poetry to music’s passion, thusconjuring a strong potion that takes us backin time to where we feel the thoughts of abygone era.”The title track is delivered by the choirwith all the heartfelt sentiment and sensitivityChristina Rossetti’s famous verseand Steven Chatman’s setting deserves.Similarly, Kurt Besner’s Prayer of theChildren is deeply moving in its portrayalof war’s innocent victims. A Canadian landscapeis evoked beautifully through EleanorDaly’s Paradise (Song of Georgian Bay)and we experience all the thrilling soundsof the railway in Jeff Smallman’s setting ofE. Pauline Johnson’s Prairie Greyhounds.Ian Tyson’s Four Strong Winds and JamesGordon’s Frobisher Bay work especially wellin choral arrangement.The men’s chorus demonstrates its acappella strength and range admirably inStan Rogers’ Northwest Passage. A nodto the underground railroad is given withthe inclusion of escape song Wade in theWater followed by Worthy to be Praisedwhich (though some of the syncopations andhemiolas could benefit from a more naturaldelivery) provides a rousing finale to a wellcraftedprogram.—Dianne WellsKarl Jenkins – The PeacemakersVarious ArtistsEMI Classics 0 84378 2While this discwas recorded in studio,it is of note thatover 300 musiciansand a full housegathered this pastJanuary at CarnegieHall to participate inthe live premiere ofThe Peacemakers by Karl Jenkins, offered aspart of Martin Luther King Day celebrations.The 17-movement work includes textsby Shelley, Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, TerryWaite, Mother Teresa, Albert Schweitzer,St. Francis of Assisi, Sir Thomas Malory,Rumi, Nelson Mandela, Bahá’u’lláh andAnne Frank. As witnessed in previousworks (Adiemus comes to mind), Jenkins hasalways proved masterful at enhancing thewestern orchestra/chorus with ethnic instrumentation.In many movements of this work,birthplaces of these messengers of peace areevoked by use of, for example, the bansuriand tabla for Gandhi, shakuhachi andtemple bells with the Dalai Lama, Africanpercussion in the Mandela and a jazzy bluesaccompaniment to Martin Luther King.Uilleann pipes and bodhrán drums complete“A Celtic prayer.”While a profound sense of devotion andmeditative reverence is felt throughout themusical settings, this is offset by momentsof playful lightness (somewhat like the “Inparadisum” movement of Jenkins’ Requiem).Jenkins’ music is full of hope, remindingand inspiring the listener to once again,against all odds, embrace the spirit of peace.—Dianne WellsConcert Note: On April 28 the OakhamHouse Choir of Ryerson University andToronto Sinfonietta present “Better Is PeaceThan Always War” which includes KarlJenkins’ The Armed Man – A Mass forPeace and works by Penderecki, Bacewicz,Zielinski and Zebrowski.classicAL & beyONDSomething Almost Being Said –Music of Bach and SchubertSimone DinnersteinSony Classical 88697998242For someone whosupposedly “brokeall the rules” whenit came to preparingfor a concertcareer, New Yorkbasedpianist SimoneDinnerstein hasbeen remarkablysuccessful. She dropped out of the JuilliardSchool at 18 (only to return later) and by30 she had neither management nor bookings.Nevertheless, her talents ultimatelytriumphed, and she has been able to achievewhat she calls “a normal life” with internationalappearances to great acclaim.Her latest recording, featuring the firsttwo partitas by Bach, and Schubert’s FourImpromptus Op.90, is titled SomethingAlmost Being Said, the name taken from apoem by Philip Larkin. Dinnerstein explainsin the notes that, in her opinion, the nonvocalmusic of both composers has a strongnarrative element to it, with a resultingeffect of “wordless voices singing textlessmelodies.” While her full command of themusic is evident from the opening of the cminor partita, this is decidedly Bach witha difference. Her approach is convincinglylyrical, proving that Bach need not be playedwith metronomic rigidity, as is sometimesthe case. Indeed, the melodic lines of suchmovements as the Sarabande in the secondpartita, or the Praeludium in the first, havea wonderful vocal-like quality to them fullyin keeping with the premise of the recording.This declamatory quality is further evidentin the four impromptus, coupled at timeswith a mood of quiet introspection. Bravurafor its own sake is refreshingly absent; instead,Dinnerstein chooses to let the musicspeak for itself.In all, this is a fine recording from someonewho manages a balanced life — andindeed, balance is a key issue here. Beautifulmusic elegantly played — we can hardly askfor more.—Richard HaskellHenri-Paul Sicsic en recital à ParisHenri-Paul SicsicIndependentwww.henripaulsicsic.comHenry-Paul Sicsic,Canadian pianist andprofessor at the U ofT Faculty of Music,is a remarkable artistwho “thrills audiencesacross NorthAmerica and Europewith his intense,passionate and imaginative performances.”He is not short of impressive credentialsand there is a thread that connects him tothe legendary Alfred Cortot via his teacherJuliette Audibert-Lambert who herself hadbeen a student of the master. Sicsic’s remarkableinternational concert career and thetop prizes he’s won are well documented onhis website but we must emphasize also hisachievements as a teacher and his uncannyability to inspire the younger generation.His second solo recording was done inthe aptly named Salon Cortot in Paris. Thisrecent disc has been issued to commemoratethe 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth.About half of the program is devoted toChopin, short pieces of which the passionateNocturne in C Minor of brooding intensityfollowed by the sunny, brilliant and bravuraValse in A-Flat Major stand out. Thecentrepiece is the famous Piano Sonata No.2April 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 69

that shows off the pianist’s talents with itscomplex structures and varied moods. Howbeautifully he makes the piano sing in theslow section of the Scherzo or in the trio ofthe ubiquitous Marche Funebre!The remainder of the program is devotedto the impressionist sound-world of Raveland evocations of Spain by Albeniz. A surprisetreat is I Leap through the Sky withStars by the Toronto composer AlexinaLouie that appears to be influenced by Ravelat first, but almost imperceptibly loses itstonal centre as it develops and becomes morelike “new music.” It receives grand applausefrom the Paris audience.—Janos GardonyiKatsaris plays Liszt, Volume 1Cyprien KatsarisPiano 21 P21 041-Nwww.cyprienkatsaris.netLiszt! What do wethink of when oneof the most flamboyantcomposersof the 19th centurycomes to mind?Swooning ladies?Technical brillianceon an almost superhumanscale? Whatever image we have, the200th birthday of this legendary pianist/composer from Raiding was celebrated in2011, and among those marking the occasionwas French-Cypriot pianist CyprienKatsaris, who issued a splendid two-disc settitled Katsaris Plays Liszt on his own label,Piano 21.Internationally famous since his debut inParis in 1966, Katsaris has been the recipientof several prizes for his recordings, includingthe Grand Prix du Disc Franz Liszt in1984 and 1989, and the German Record ofthe Year in 1984. This set — recorded overa 39 year period — is bound to appeal to anyLiszt aficionado. The first disc, titled Gypsyand Romantic, is mainly devoted to his earlierworks, including four of the HungarianRhapsodies, the well-known Liebestraum,and the Piano Concerto No.2 with theGerman Radio Symphony of Berlin, AridRemmereit conducting. Here, Katsaris handlesthe technical demands of the repertoirewith ease and panache, easily upholding hisreputation as a fleet-fingered virtuoso.Yet the set is not all tinsel and glitter. Thesecond disc, titled Avant Garde, Hommageà Wagner, The Philosopher, is considerablymore introspective and features music fromLiszt’s late period. This was a time whenthe composer was very much “pushing theboundaries.” Indeed, Grey Clouds, TheLugubrious Gondola 1 and 2 and At RichardWagner’s Grave stylistically look to the future,with Katsaris perfectly conveying thedark, almost sinister quality of the music.As this set is designated as “Volume I,”may we assume there are more to come?We can only hope so, in light of the highstandards and intriguing programming presentedin this one.—Richard HaskellBerlioz – Les Nuits d’Été; Harold en ItalieAnne Sofie von Otter; Antoine Tamestit;Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble;Marc MinkowskiNaïve V 5266I was introducedto “Harold” bythe Victor recordingwith WilliamPrimrose thatSerge Koussevitzkyand the BostonSymphony madein 1944. Hearingthis was a thrilling discovery and repeatedencores did not diminish its impact.Particularly winning was Primrose’s patricianelegance and focused performance thatwould define the role for me.As it turns out, the genius of Berlioz benefitsfrom a large, well oiled virtuoso orchestra,as the two Primrose recordings with theBoston Symphony in its prime, conducted byKoussevitzky and the 1958 Charles Munch(RCA 88697 08280, hybrid CD/SACD), somagnificently demonstrate. I have also heardmany excellent European performances withdifferent soloists, the most notable of whichare conducted by Colin Davis.This new recording with a somewhatsmaller orchestra (about 50 players) wouldseem to lack the splendour and power wehave come to expect in a worthy Berliozperformance. Minkowski and his group,however, have a thorough understanding ofBerlioz’ musical essence and convey a persuasiveenthusiasm, overriding any misgivingsabout size. Tempos in each of the fourmovements are well judged and unerringlybalanced. Some unusual accents flavour abeautifully constructed performance playedwith immaculate ensemble. Acclaimed violist,Antoine Tamestit, delivers a compelling,deeply felt performance with a deliciousviola sound throughout.The Les nuits d’été (a work that contrastswith the hectic finale it follows) is one of thefinest versions of this enchanting song cycleto come my way. The program concludeswith the strange narrative “The King ofThulé” from The Damnation of Faust, withthe viola intertwining with Anne Sophie vonOtter’s voice in this haunting Gothic lullaby… a master stroke of programming. Thisdisc is a treasure.—Bruce SurteesCharles Tournemire – TrinitasVincent BoucherATMA ACD2 2472The organ music of Charles Tournemire(1870–1939) is a revelation. The youngeststudent of César Franck, Tournemire developedtowards modernism with a mysticalbent and was admiredby Messiaen.The Triple Choral(1910) is a key workin his journey to individuality.OrganistVincent Boucher’sperformance is wellpaced and his expressiverubato is tasteful. I was especiallymoved by the sense of growth in the stirring,ecstatic middle section, followed by the contrastingmeditative ending. In conveying thetone-palette of Tournemire’s music, Boucheremploys to full advantage the magnificentCasavant organ and acoustics of the Churchof St. John the Baptist in Montreal; thesound on this recording is glorious.The two other major works on the disc areOffices from L’Orgue Mystique (1927–1932),organ music for each Sunday in the liturgicalyear to be played between sung sections ofthe mass. In the first, for Trinity Sunday,Boucher handles confidently the final recessionalwith its colouristic wave-like openingand its working of three themes in the introspectivemood characteristic of Tournemire’slater works. Boucher captures the improvisationalfeel of Tournemire’s style in thesecond — music that is unearthly at times,seemingly in-the-moment explorations conveyingstriking visions. Here tone-content,texture and timbre together produce myriadeffects of light, of brilliant rays, glimmeringpulsations, murky depths. Three briefPostludes for antiphons of the Magnificatround out this deeply reflective disc.—Roger KnoxCanadian Brass Takes FlightCanadian BrassOpening Day Records ODR 7416www.openingday.comIt’s yet anotherrecording by theubiquitous CanadianBrass, and as thetitle suggests, theCanadian Brassdoes take flight onthis new release,departing fromwhat we are used to in a number of ways.First, it is a new Canadian Brass. In 1970,over 40 years ago, with tuba virtuoso ChuckDaellenbach at the helm, the Canadian Brassbegan the journey of introducing the worldto brass music. Now, with four new permanentmembers, and Daellenbach performingbetter than ever, we are treated to someoldies in new arrangements and some departuresfrom what we have come to expect.The Brass is as stunning as ever with suchold favourites as The Flight of the Bumblebeeand The Carnival of Venice in sparklingnew arrangements. In particular, I enjoyedthe versions of La Cumparsita and Mozart’sTurkish Rondo, works not usually consideredpart of the brass repertoire. Having played70 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

in a brass quintet for a few years, I wasparticularly humbled by their rendition ofScheidt’s Galliard Battaglia. Having attemptedthat arrangement in rehearsal, I nowknow how it should sound. The finale on thisCD is their long-time favourite Just a CloserWalk with Thee.The stunning sparkle is still there, butthere is also a new warmth and mellow feelingin several of the slower numbers on thisrelease. As for technique, this new youngteam of Daellenbach’s doesn’t have to take aback seat to anyone. It’s a top notch group tocarry on the Canadian Brass name. For fansof brass, this one is a must.—Jack MacQuarrieConcert Note: The Canadian Brass is featuredin three regional concerts this month.On April 11 they will be at the SandersonCentre for the Performing Arts in Brantford,on April 12 at the Markham Theatre for thePerfoming Arts and on April 28 in a subscriptiononly performance at the Hi-WayPentecostal Church presented by BarrieConcerts (705-726-1181).PastoralJean-Louis Beaumadier; Various ArtistsSkarbo DSK4117As spring arrivesand thoughts turnto the outdoors,Pastoral makesan apt musicalcounterpart. Aboveall it is French piccoloistJean-LouisBeaumadier’s playingthat is memorable for perfectly-tunedlong tones, controlled dynamic changesand technical virtuosity. Two short chamberpieces on the disc specify use of thepiccolo; otherwise, Beaumadier has assembleda group of pastoral 20th-centuryworks originally written for the pipe or theflute. Of special interest are seldom-heardminiatures for pipe by such composers asRoussel, Poulenc and Milhaud, publishedin the volume Pipeaux 1934. I particularlyenjoyed the Poulenc Villanelle which has aquality of quirky sentiment. A number ofcomposers included have associations withBeaumadier’s native Provence. Henri Tomasi(1901–1971) wrote Le tombeau de Mireillefor galoubet (tabor) and tambourin (pipe),evocative of the medieval Provençal world oftroubadours and chivalry. (Note: the tabor’srattle takes getting used to.)In the flute works, the piccolo’s pure, focusedtimbre shows to advantage, conveyingwell the birdsong, whistle, outdoor piping,dance and amatory elements of the pastoralgenre. The soloist moves assuredly throughcontrasts of melody and rapid filigree inPhilippe Gaubert’s tender Andante pastoral.He captures the intimate and pensive feelingin Germaine Tailleferre’s Pastorale, with itsgently rocking piano accompaniment. Thebest is saved for last: the Sicilienne et burlesque(1914) by Alfredo Casella remindingus of the significant accomplishment of thisneglected modernist.—Roger KnoxStorytellerTine Thing Helseth; Royal LiverpoolPhilharmonic Orchestra; Eivind AadlandEMI Classics 0 88328 2Seraph – Trumpet ConcertosAlison Balsom; Scottish EnsembleEMI Classics 6 78590 2Having received,within days of eachother, two CDs withmuch in common,it was decided toinclude them in adouble review. Thefirst is Storyteller,trumpet solos performedby TineThing Helseth withthe Royal LiverpoolPhilharmonicOrchestra andEivind Aadland,piano. The otheris Seraph, trumpetconcertos playedby Alison Balsom with various accompaniments.The commonality is that both containperformances by young women trumpetplayers and both depart from the “traditionalrepertoire” usually associated with trumpets.Storyteller is an apt title for the first CD.Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helsethtakes a very different approach to the trumpetand her repertoire. As she describes herapproach in the program notes, “My soundis my voice.” There are no “show off” selectionshere. You won’t find Carnival of Veniceor similar traditional trumpet technicalchallenges to display the soloist’s virtuosity.Without exception, the works performed werenot written for trumpet. Most were originallyfor voice by such composers as Rachmaninov,Dvořák, Delibes. Sibelius, Grieg, Mahler andSaint-Saëns. The soloist is singing her storiesto her audience through her trumpet.As I scanned the list of titles on the disc,one stood out above all others for me. Herewas my all-time favourite operatic aria witha different voice: “Mon coeur s’ouvre à tavoix” from Saint-Saëns’ Samson et Dalila.Ms. Helseth’s trumpet voice came as a surprise.Rather than the usual tone with anedge usually associated with the trumpet, hertone is warmer and mellow, more like thatof a cornet. Most of the time her lyric passagesare smooth and appear effortless, buton occasion her tonguing is assisted by thetechnique of a slight bit of valve flicking. Forme this did not detract in any way from myenjoyment. In all, it is an excellent departurefrom the usual trumpet fare.Of the 22 tracks on the CD, Kurt Weill’sJe ne t’aime pas and Grieg’s eight-movementThe Mountain Maid are with piano accompaniment.All others are with full symphonyorchestra.In contrast, Seraph, with one exception,contains works written for trumpetby such 20th-century composers as JamesMacMillan, Toru Takemitsu, AlexanderArutiunian and Bernd Alois Zimmerman.The one exception is a slow haunting arrangementof the Negro spiritual Nobodyknows. That latter selection is followed by,and contrasted with, a trumpet concerto byZimmerman entitled Nobody knows de troubleI see based on the same spiritual theme.These are definitely not your standardtrumpet fare, and for me at least, will requirerepeated listening to determine my level ofapproval. From a performance standpoint,as with her other recordings, Alison Balsomexcels. As a passionate champion of contemporarymusic, she highlights the many voicesof her instrument that are not normally heard,and introduces them to her audience.—Jack MacQuarriemodern & cONtEMPORARyChild’s Play – Stories, Songs and DancesKelly JohnsonPotenza Music PM1014www.potenzamusic.comThe crossoverset of Americancontemporary musicwhich features soloclarinet and at thesame time appealsto the young (thepost-infant, pretween)crowd, mustbe very small indeed. To hold any appealfor wee ones, the music must have a degreeof bounce and action. These qualities canbe found in the more rhythmically intricateofferings on Child’s Play, a well-executedselection of challenging pieces recorded byKelly Johnson.As judged by my own four year old,the more action the better. He lost interestquickly during the more languid pieces, andhad no time at all for the cutesy revisionistnursery tales called Story Hour, by composerPhillip Parker. No wonder. Poet SaraHay ought to know that irony is a tricky sellwith children. Kids laugh at The Simpsons,but most only start really getting the humourwhen they leave childhood behind.Johnson has a deft technical ability, herrhythm is tight and her tone fluid. She has agood stable of collaborators, notably DrewIrwin as the violinist in the opening duo.Another work by Phillip Parker, MerryMusic sounds like Bernstein and Milhaudhad drinks and then went dancing. Parker’sGrooves is also successful if once againcontinued on page 73April 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 71

Strings AttachedApart from the single-movementSonatensatz written when he was just15, Schubert’s works for piano, violinand cello all date from 1827, the year beforehe died. Two of the three works fromthat year — the E-Flat MajorPiano Trio Op.100 and the singlemovementAdagio or Notturno,also in e-flat — are featured ona new CD from Trio Latitude 41(ELOQUENTIA EL 1129).The Op.100 is a large, fourmovementwork that makes animmediate impression and clearlyhas a great deal of depth. Thebooklet notes quote RobertSchumann’s 1836 descriptionof the trio as a work that“blazed forth like some enragedmeteor,” with an opening movement“inspired by deep indignationas well as boundless longing.”The artists here — Canadianpianist Bernadene Blaha, violinistLivia Sohn and cellist LuigiPiovano — find all this and morein a memorable performance. Afinely-nuanced and highly effectiveperformance of the Notturnocompletes an excellent recitaldisc. Recorded at the RolstonRecital Hall in the Banff Centre,the balance and ambienceare perfect.The first thing that comesto mind whenever I receivea CD of the Tchaikovsky andMendelssohn Violin Concertosis: do we really need yet anotherrecording of these classic works?Well, yes, of course we do: establishedartists often find somethingnew to say, and all new artists have to measurethemselves against these cornerstonesof the repertoire. For the young violinistRay Chen, the choice of these works for hissecond Sony CD (SONY 88697984102) — hisfirst with orchestra — was easy: he won theMenuhin Competition in 2008 playing theMendelssohn concerto, and the prestigiousQueen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in2009 with the Tchaikovsky.The first words I wrote down while listeningto the Tchaikovsky were “relaxedtempo/approach in first movement,” so itwas interesting to read “relaxed and peaceful… that is also what Ray Chen demands ofhis interpretations of the two concertos” inthe booklet notes. That’s very much how theworks come across, although that certainlyshouldn’t be taken to imply any absenceof line or a lack of intensity when needed.Chen’s playing is expansive, warm andTERRY ROBBINSsympathetic, and he communicates a clearempathy for these works.The conductor of the Swedish RadioSymphony Orchestra is the outstanding DanielHarding, whose name on a CD virtuallyguarantees a top-notch accompaniment,and that’s certainlythe case here. Great balance anda lovely recorded ambience makefor an impressive CD that promisesa great future for Chen.The latest CD in the outstandingHyperion series TheRomantic Violin Concerto isVolume 11. It features the worksfor violin and orchestra by MaxReger in terrific performancesby Tanja Becker-Bender andthe KonzerthausorchesterBerlin under Lothar Zagrosek(Hyperion CDA67892).Reger, who was only 43when he died in 1916, trod a highlyindividualistic road as a composer.As was the case with Mahler,who had died exactly five yearsearlier, his main exponents andinterpreters left Germany in the1930s, but, unlike Mahler, hismusic and reputation failed togain a foothold on foreign soilafter the Second World War.The Violin Concerto in A Major,Op.101, from 1907, is a simplyhuge, melodic and immediatelyaccessible work, almost an hourlong, and clearly in the post-Brahms tradition. The TwoRomances in G Major and DMajor, Op.50, written in 1900and scored for a smaller orchestra thanthe concerto, were a deliberate attempt to securemore concert performances in the majorGerman cities. Wolfgang Rathert’s excellentbooklet notes refer to their “fusion of contrapuntaltexture and flowing melody,” whichis a pretty good description of Reger’s musicin general. They are simply gorgeous works,reminiscent of Brahms and Bruch, and theyreceive sympathetically beautiful performancesby Becker-Bender and Zagrosek.Reger still tends to be criticized for thecomplexity and turgidity of his compositions,but it’s really more a case of an overabundanceof creative ideas making it difficult forthe listener to discern the overall shape andform. It’s quite beautiful writing, however,and if you don’t know any of his music thenthe three lovely works on this terrific CD offerthe perfect opportunity to put that right.It’s really difficult to know what to sayabout Silence, on joue! A Time for Us, thenew CD from Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà(ANALEKTA AN 2 8733). It’s a collection ofmovie themes quite clearly aimed at a massmarket — and, sure enough, it’s already beingenthusiastically played on a certain TorontoFM radio station.Film music is an extremely important areaof contemporary composition, of course,and the big names are here in force: JohnWilliams, James Horner, Howard Shore,Erich Korngold, Ennio Morricone, NinoRota, John Barry. The problem is that thereseems to be little of any real substance: ofthe 20 tracks, 12 are under four minutesin length, and only one exceeds five minutes— just. It’s unrelenting easy listening,with no real “bite” anywhere, although thismay well be due to the fact that virtually allof the 15 basic tracks (there are five “bonus”tracks from previous Dubeau CDs) are –hardly surprisingly — transcriptions, adaptationsor arrangements.Tracks include My Heart Will Go On,Over the Rainbow, Smile, the Love Themesfrom Romeo and Juliet and CinemaParadiso, and music from The EnglishPatient, Lord of the Rings and Danceswith Wolves. The bonus tracks includethe “Cavatina” from Stanley Myers’ TheDeer Hunter and the main themes fromSchindler’s List and The Mission.Dubeau, clearly a top-notch player, isapparently the only Canadian “classical”musician to have earned two gold recordsfor album sales exceeding 50,000 in oneyear. This CD will probably do equally well,although one may hopefully be excused forpondering the relationship between quantityand quality, and wondering whether or notDubeau’s undoubted talents could be put tobetter use.Strings Attached continues at www.thewholenote.com with the latest from theNew York orchestra The Knights with worksby Schubert, Satie and Philip Glass amongothers.FEEliNG LUCKY?THREE WAYS TO WINCDs, tickets and othermusical prizes courtesy ofThe WholeNote1. Join our mailing list byregistering atwww.thewholenote.com2. Like us on Facebook3. Follow us on Twitterthewholenote.com72 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

continued from page 71derivative, this time of jazz and rock styles(Sultry Waltz should have been called “TakeFive Plus One”).Eric Mandat’s piece The Moon in MyWindow was inspired by one of the greatunderstated works written for the disc’starget demographic: Harold and the PurpleCrayon, by Crockett Johnson. Mandat’smusic is direct and fun for kids, and dangeddifficult to boot. It features extended techniquesthat Johnson (the performer, not thechildren’s author) handles with only occasionaltrouble, mostly with impressive ease.Packaging notwithstanding, this is not somuch a children’s disc as it is a resource forclarinettists looking for new and difficultrecital repertoire from the United States. Isit just me or does most of it sound the same?—Max ChristiePhilip Glass; Michael Nyman –Works for Saxophone Quartetsonic.art Saxophone QuartetGenuin GEN 11222The second recordingof sonic.art SaxophoneQuartet (based inGermany) featuresminimalist musicof Philip Glass andMichael Nyman.Glass’ StringQuartet No.3 “Mishima” is a suite of musicfrom a film documentary about a novelistwho — fearing an increasing Western influencein Japan — embraced a samurai lifethat ended in a ritual suicide. I do not findGlass’ music programmatic, but as concertmusic it exudes the “high minimalism” ofthe composer mid-career. The homogeneityof the saxophone quartet lends itself well totranscription, especially considering that theartists can circular breathe.With writing that is much more idiomatic,and allows the individual playersto diverge from the texture as soloists,Glass’ Saxophone Quartet is a reworkingof the Concerto for Saxophone Quartet andOrchestra. I find the lack of orchestral accompanimentto be more intimate, as thewriting is more contrapuntal than we mightnormally expect from Glass. (I comparedthis with the Raschèr Quartet recording withorchestra, on Nonesuch).Songs for Tony by Michael Nyman alsofeatures previously composed Nyman material,although the work is originally forsaxophones. Again, the individuals shine inaria-like sections, and in the last two movementsthe alto switches to baritone; the deepsonority is haunting and mournful.This is excellent saxophone quartet playing.Clean articulation and superb intonationhelp to explain sonic.art’s numerousaccolades, including Best New Ensemble atGermany’s Jeunesses Musicales in 2010.—Wallace HalladayConcert Note: Reviewer Wallace Halladayis the featured saxophone soloist withOrchestra Toronto in concertos by Glazunovand Yoshimatsu on April 15 in the GeorgeWeston Recital Hall at the Toronto Centrefor the Performing Arts.John Cage – Variations ViiJohn CageE.A.T. & ARTpiXwww.9evenings.org/variations_vii.phpIn October 1966the series “9 Evenings:Theatre &Engineering” tookplace at New YorkCity’s 69th RegimentArmoury. A collaborationbetweenten New York artistsand 30 engineersand scientists fromBell Telephone Laboratories, the performancesfeatured dance, music and theatre. Allwere documented, and are now released in aseries of ten DVDs.Variations VII by John Cage is an importantarchival, educational and entertainingDVD release from this artistic happening.Cage wanted to use “only those soundswhich are in the air at the moment of performance”so ten hooks-off telephoneswere positioned around the city to pick upthe “music” and fed into a sound modulationsystem, along with six onstage contactmicrophones.The resulting performance is filmed withsensitivity and detail. Watching Cage andhis engineers manipulate, mix and alterthe latest technology amidst the monstrousamount of cables on tables is a feat of coordinationand a modern dance piece initself. The power of the “soundscape” ofmusical sounds and lighting is reflected inthe amazing clips of audience member facialreactions. Most amazing is how the senseof the vast space of the Armoury setting iscaptured on film.A documentary section includes recentinterviews with some of the participants anda lengthy audio-only track of the music.Cage’s pants apparently started smoulderingfrom the stage lights during thisperformance. This DVD is equally hot andsmouldering in its successful documentationof the great John Cage.—Tiina KiikEditor’s Note: This year marks the centenaryof John Cage who was born on September 5,1912, and we anticipate a wealth of recordedmaterial and live performances celebratingthe iconic composer/philosopher in the comingmonths.Cycles – New Music for Tabla by Ledroit,Lizée, Paquet, Hiscott & FrehnerShawn Mativetsky; Marie-Hélène Breault;Catherine Meunier; Xenia Pestova;Windsor Symphony Orchestra;Brian Currentombu 1015www.shawnmativetsky.comMontreal percussionistShawnMativetsky has madea specialty of performingon the tabla(twin hand drums),not only in musicindigenous to itsHindustani (NorthIndian) roots but also with dance, Westerninstruments and orchestras. As a leadingCanadian disciple of the renowned ShardaSahai he has serious tabla street cred. OnCycles however Mativetsky presents his culturemash-up side in six commissions datingfrom the last decade by mostly Quebecoiscomposers. The works admirably showcasehis timbral, temporal control and musicalsensitivity on the tabla alone, and as supportedby a series of duo, chamber musicand orchestral forces.While individual pieces variously drawinspiration from Western and Hindustanimusical sources, they also clearly reflect thepersonalities and musical aesthetics of theircomposers. Metal Jacket (2005) for tabla& harmonium by the busy Montreal composerNicole Lizée is an excellent example.This smart, crafty and playful work pushesboundaries of groove, drone, repetition,phrase augmentation and diminution — allessential features of traditional Hindustanimusic — and overlaps them with characteristicsfound in electronic mediated music: glissandos,fades and extreme distortion effects.Mativetsky’s project reflected on thisCD is not unlike that of other Canadianswho have combined musical instrumentsand genres from afar and presented themalongside the classical music traditionsof the “West.” Toronto’s Evergreen ClubGamelan’s 1980s pioneering work and thatof the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestrain the 2000s come to mind. Cycles willdelight both world music and new musicaficionados alike.—Andrew TimarJAZZ & IMPROVISEDSteal the NightHolly ColeAlert Music Inc. 61528-10449For a performerwith as much stagepresence as veteranToronto jazz singerHolly Cole, a DVD-CD package of a liveperformance seemslike an ideal vehicle.Steal the Night wasApril 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 73

ecorded live at Glenn Gould Studio in 2011,and is a fine representation of the gamut ofmusical charms of Cole and bandmates JohnJohnson, reeds, Davide DiRenzo, drums,Rob Piltch, guitar, Aaron Davis, piano andDavid Piltch, bass.We’re treated to some of her classic repertoiresuch as Calling You and I Can SeeClearly Now plus the newer You’ve Got aSecret and a smokin’ version of Charade.However with most of her between-songpatter edited out of the footage, Cole’s bigpersonality doesn’t come through as much asone might hope. So where the DVD reallyshines is in the short documentaries in theextras section. Holly in Japan is a fascinatingglimpse into a slice of Japanese cultureand Cole’s many fans there. Coming toToronto is a mini-biography with interviewsof Cole, jazz broadcaster Ross Porter and,most revealingly, Cole’s family. Best of allThe Trio digs into the evolution of the uniquesound of the band and provides a well-deservedtribute to the contributions long-timecollaborators Aaron Davis and David Piltchmade to the musical force that is Holly Cole.—Cathy RichesKaeshammer Live!Michael KaeshammerAlert Music Inc. 61528-10439MichaelKaeshammer is aprolific guy. Since2001 he has releasedsix studio albums,the latest in 2011,and much of thempopulated with hisown songwriting.Add to that this DVD-CD of a live performance,and that’s quite a body of work forsomeone of his relative youth. The otherstriking thing about Kaeshammer is hislove — one might even say obsession — forNew Orleans-style music. It comes across inhis songwriting as well as in his philosophytoward performing, which, despite his monsterskills on piano, is more about having agood time than extended jazz soloing.Having seen Kaeshammer play live, Ihave first-hand experience of what a joyfulperformer he is. Even when it’s just him atthe piano, he can command a room with hischarisma and energy. Watching a DVD ofone of his concerts isn’t a substitute, but itcomes close. Especially since KaeshammerLive! was recorded in an “in the round” settingin an intimate hall in Toronto, so thecameras were able to get in close and capturea variety of angles of the band (which includesthree horns and two backing singers).Drummer Mark McLean’s expressive playingis especially fun to watch, and the “cuttingcontest” between him and Kaeshammeron a Fats Waller tune is one of the highlightsof the concert.Kaeshammer Live provides a concise samplingof the personal and musical journeythis ever-evolving musician has taken fromsmokin’ hot boogie woogie piano player,to romantic balladeer and back again to amusical place that is uniquely his.—Cathy RichesBoomerangAndrew Boniwell and the UncertaintyPrincipleIndependentwww.andrewbonniwell.comI enjoyed thisCD — I have toadmit that very oftenwhen I see a releasewith all originalcompositions I approachit with sometrepidation, but thereis no uncertaintywith this recording. The compositions areinventive and the musicians all bring a cohesiveand creative energy to the music. Ihope that the leader/composer doesn’t mindif I say that some of the pieces bring to mindthe work of Horace Silver; it is certainlymeant as a compliment.The musicians who lend their talents tothe music of Mr. Bonniwell are bassist MarkCashion, drummer Mike McClelland, KevinTurcotte on trumpet and Richard Underhillon alto sax.This recording is yet another good exampleof the fine talents right here on ourown doorstep.—Jim GallowayAnatomical SignaturesGia & The Unpredictable UpdateIndependent GIA 00008www.giaionesco.comDon’t let thesomewhat unwieldytitle put you off.This is a double CDof music describedby Romanian bornGia as “jazz meetssymphonic meetsrock meets balkanicmeets world music.” And indeed it is aneclectic program of original compositions bythe leader. Approach it with open ears andyou will find much to enjoy.The group comprises Pat LaBarbera(saxes), Johnny Johnson (saxes), LevonIchkhanian (guitar), Wilson Laurencin(drums), Alan Hetherington (assortedpercussion), Pat Kilbride (bass), CliffordOjala (saxes/clarinet) and Gia Ionesco onkeyboards. An all-star line-up indeed andI would have liked more information in thesparse liner notes.There are, not surprisingly, Europeaninfluences in the music and while you won’tend up singing many of the themes, you willbe moved by the musicianship on this album.—Jim GallowayDusted MachineryJohn Butcher; Toshimaru NakamuraMonotype Records mono 041www.monotyperecords.comClassic man versusmachine improvisation:Britishsaxophonist JohnButcher matches hisskills against the distinctiveaudio feedbackproduced froma so-called no-inputmixing board given near-anthropomorphiccunning through the manipulations ofJapan’s Toshimaru Nakamura. By connectingthe board’s input to its output, Nakamura’sblurry oscillations evolve in ever-changingtextural pitches from grinding croaks to earsplittingyowls. It’s a tribute to the talents ofButcher that his perceptive reed thrusts andrejoinders evolve as appropriately as theydo. Although by the final track he adoptsa mechanized strategy by adding feedbackloops to his reed playing, on the other piecesNakamura’s signal processing, oscillationsand indistinct mechanical static confrontwhat Butcher can produce only with tongue,lips, mouth, throat and fingers.On Maku for instance, while motor-drivendrones pulsate from thunderously loud toblurry fuzz tones, Butcher’s tenor saxophonesequences involve smears and expansivevibratos so that each Nakamura-originatedtexture meets a responsive sonic action.Moreover, while the machine’s voltage flangesmay be so powerful that they’re nearlyvisible, the reedist’s multiphonic overblowingproduces equivalent timbres that in splitseconds leap from dog-whistle-like altissimoto basso growls, and from pianissimo to fortissimo.Overall, Butcher uses flutter-tonguedintensity to chip away at the board-createdsolid sound block.Using the soprano saxophone on Kneadand Nobasu respectively, Butcher’s nasalsplit-tones, nephritic growls, key percussionand surprisingly lyrical interludes substantiatehis human-ness. Conclusively he demonstratesthat with original ideas and profoundtechniques man can lead machine to cooperatein creating a memorable sound program.—Ken WaxmanBecause She HopedBenoît Delbecq; François HouleSonglines SGL 1592-2www.songlines.comDazzlinglyinteractive, thisthird duo disc byVancouver clarinettistFrançois Houleand Parisian pianistBenoît Delbecqexposes rugged aswell as impressionistictextures. Delbecq, who often prepares74 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

his strings with implements, and Houle,whose extended techniques include circularbreathing and split tones, are modest as well.They allow the improvisations to evolveorganically rather than calling attention totheir skills.Yet two versions of the clarinettist’sPour Pee Wee end up being completely distinct.Houle smears intense vibrations atopDelbecq’s uninterrupted wooden key clicksin 120 seconds during the first variant; thesecond, three times as long, finds the pianist’ssour and percussive motifs enlivenedby passing chords and staccato asides, ascircling glissandi and tremolo flattementpresage a final swinging pulse from Delbecq.This unforced jauntiness is also expressedon the un-clichéd Clichés, composed bysaxophonist Steve Lacy who influenced themboth. Delbecq’s marimba-like string pops areperfect down-to-earth accompaniment to theconcentric and jaunty melody elaborated byHoule. When reed squeaks and syncopatedlines unite for the finale the textural releaseilluminates the note-perfect, yet moderatedplaying of both.Throughout, unmatched textural commandfrom the two maintains a melodic flow.Whether the base performance encompassesatmospheric liquid clarinet runs and sympathetickeyboard chording on Duke Ellington’sThe Mystery Song, or turns Delbecq’s castanet-likepolyrhythms plus Houle’s tremolopitchslides on the pianist’s Ando atonal, afinal variant reveals an innate modern tonality.The reedist’s title tune similarly demonstratesthat sympathetic romanticism caneventually result from a narration that beginswith tongue slaps and key clipping.—Ken Waxmanthe string player’s sul tasto strumming endup creating other tableaux elsewhere, withsly references to half-recalled ballads, or incontrast, intricate multiphonics. Lambert’sdrum versatility is given expanded showcaseson Fluctus …, the first part of Tableau 10,and Praestigator, the introduction to Tableau19. Praestigator features kettle drum popsand faux gamelan-like resounds playing offrhino-like snorts from the maïkontron; theirregular counterpoint of Fluctus … matchesclarinet shrieks with hand slaps and pats,suggesting congas and steel drums.An expanded version of Something in the Aircan be found at www.thewholenote.com.POT POURRISomething in the Air Common GroundCANADIAN and RUSSIAN IMPROVISERSUnlike many Canadian improvisers,François Carrier is no homebody.Peripatetic, the Montreal-based altosaxophonist spent months gigging in Italyand England, was one of the few Westernersto play the Kathmandu JazzFestival, and most recently hasput out discs recorded duringhis 2010 Russian concert tour. Asession such as All Out (FMR CD321-0911 www.fmr-records.com),recorded with his long-time associate,Toronto drummer MichelLambert, and St. Petersburgpianist Alexey Lapin, is not onlynotable musically, but also showshow erudite players from two ofthe world’s northern hemispherenations have much in common.Carrier’s reed strategy includeselements of Cool Jazz note glidingas well as avant garde dissonance,and the Russian pianistconstructs proper responses withalacrity. Ride, for instance, leaves the bombdropping and clattering to Lambert’s kit asLapin’s multi-fingered kinetic runs syncopatealongside Carrier’s spiky vibrationsand false-register nasality plus dexterousexplorations in the tenor register. Despite thesaxophonist squeezing out multiple themevariants until he reaches conclusive downwardruns, Lapin stays the course with unflappablechording as the drummer balancesboth men’s lines with military precision. Inthe solo spotlight, Lambert approximatesthe power of Art Blakey on Wit with crossstickingrim shots and bass drum thumps,the better to later mix it up with Lapin’sdynamic cadenzas plus Carrier’s stutteringrubato lines and quivering split tones. TheKEN WAXMANpercussionist also asserts himself on OfBreath with a mallet-driven solo of whacks,bangs and ruffs, leading to the crescendo ofhigh intensity further propelled by Lapin’smetronomic pulsing and Carrier’s flattementand triple tonguing.Lambert’s talent is givenfull reign on the MaïkontronUnit’s Ex-Voto (Rant 1140 www.jazzfromrant.com). Although heand Carrier often seem like theinseparable Damon and Pythiasof Canadian Jazz, this trio CDfeatures the drummer withbassist/cellist Pierre Côté andsaxophonist/clarinettist MichelCôté. Both Lambert and reedistCôté also play the maïkontron, avalves and keys reed instrumentwith a range below the bass saxophone’s.Lambert has dividedthe CD into tableaux based onimages from Hieronymus Bosch,although the performance isactually less programmatic thanintuitive, with straightforward pulsing aswell as dissonant timbre extensions. Despitea forbidding title, a track such as Marinus(Tableau 9) for instance, is an out-and-outswing piece. It features pin-pointed snarework and clean cross sticking from Lambert,unbroken vibrations from the bassist andMichel Côté’s clarinet exploring the themewith mid-range chirping and tonguing. Othertunes such as Votivae Noctes (Tableau 4) areslow paced and constrained, as Côté’s suppleclarinet line contrasts markedly with the maïkontron’sblurred snorts and an at first quivering,then walking, cello line from PierreCôté. As reed split tones accelerate, they’reexposed nakedly beside splayed string motions.The reeds’ burbling and puffing plusUncharted WatersEnsemble PolarisPipistrelle Music PIP1212With their thirdand latest release,Uncharted Waters,Toronto-based,multi-cultural,multi-instrumental,quantum worldmusic groupEnsemble Polariscontinues to delight on all levels — conceptually,musically and creatively. Co-producedby Patrick Jordan and the ensemble, the CDcontinues the group’s mandate of exploringthe “idea of the North” and includes 18intriguing and visceral tracks that embracethe folk music of Scandinavia, the Balkans,France, Italy and even Venezuela. Utilizing amind-numbing array of ethnocentric instruments(including Swedish pipes, bouzouki,recorders and accordions) as well as the rich,sumptuous voice of Katherine Hill, the ensembleachieves a musical cohesion and levelof communication and symmetry that mightnot seem possible on paper, given the diversityof the elements involved.One of the strongest tracks is guitaristMarco Cera’s Ninin. This stirring violinfeature is dedicated to his Italian greatuncle — an avid violinist. Also of note is atraditional Orkney Islands air, re-worked asGet Him, and sung stunningly by Hill in hersoulful, pitch-pure alto. The rhythmic DryToes Waltz is an infectious (dry?) toe-tapper,re-imagined by Jew’s harpist Ben Grossman,and the haunting Norwegian Lullaby JegLegges I Min Vugge Nu is a precisely set gem,presented simply and beautifully as a movingduet between Hill and Alison Melville’srecorder. Also noteworthy are the sensualEl Domador De Tarenque (a fusion of anArgentinean Tango and an Italian Tarantella)and Steklat Fran Sarna — a traditionalSwedish wedding banquet song, renderedmasterfully on Swedish pipes by Kirk Elliott.—Lesley Mitchell-ClarkeApril 1 – May 7, 2012thewholenote.com 75

Old Wine, New Bottles | Fine Old Recordings Re-ReleasedEMI continues to issue well-chosen performancesby the greatest musicians ofthe recent past in artist-driven compilationsof recordings from the 1930s forward.Their most ambitious collection was the2008 issue of the complete EMI audio recordingsby Herbert von Karajanin two boxes: the complete orchestralrecordings on 88 CDsand the operas and vocals on asecond box of 72 discs. In all ofthese compilations the most up todate transfers from their own archivesare utilized making theseboxed sets the ultimate sourcefor acquiring and listening tothe individual performances by deservedlylegendary artists doing what theydid best. All of the sets come in neatclam-shell packaging with informativebooklets at about $5 per disc.It was said of Bruno Walterthat he could make any orchestrahe conducted sound like theVienna Philharmonic. In BrunoWalter – The Early Recordings(EMI 679026 2, 9 CDs) wehear him with the ViennaPhilharmonic in performancesfrom 1935 to 1938. These performancesset the standard by whichothers were judged for years tocome and music lovers everywhereargued the “correctness”of Walter versus Toscanini, particularlyin Mozart. This collectionincludes some recordings with theBritish Symphony Orchestra, the BBCSymphony and the Paris ConservatoryOrchestra but the real gems are withthe Vienna Philharmonic, recorded inthe Musikvereinssaal. In addition toworks by Mozart, Schubert, Haydn,Johann Strauss and Wagner withLotte Lehmann and LauritzMelchior, there are the celebratedrecordings of Mahler,including Kindertotenliederwith Kathleen Ferrier and DasLied von der Erde, live from1936 with Kerstin Thorborg andCharles Kullmann. Also thatremarkable live Mahler Ninthdating from January 1938 whenthe atmosphere in Vienna beforethe Anschluss was fearfullychaotic. I still find this performance utterlydevastating although, after the war, Walterexpressed some discomfort with how hisinner turmoil and apprehension was clearlyreflected in the recording. Those sentimentselevate this Ninth from an historic performanceto an irreplaceable historic document.The final CD, Remembering BrunoBRucE SURTEESWalter is an interesting appreciation.Not as widely appreciated as he well deservedto be was Rudolf Kempe (1910–1976),born in Dresden and in 1929 appointedfirst oboe of the Gewandhaus Orchestra inLeipzig. He was a master conductor in everysense of the word. An engagementin 1951 by the ViennaState Opera spring-boarded himto international acclaim and hewas soon in demand in operahouses and concert halls aroundthe world. He declined the earnestinvitation to become musicdirector of Covent Garden. Theknowledgeable listener will be,I believe, delighted withthe instrumental balancesin familiar works whichemerge here as ensemblepieces involving everyplayer without the necessityof any spotlighting of a particularinstrument or sectionfor heightened effect. Thevarious engineers involvedover the many orchestrasfeatured appear to have documentedexactly what they heard.I confess that I did not fullyappreciate these qualities in theperformances/recordings asthey were issued over the years.Beethoven’s First, Third,Fifth and Sixth Symphonies(Munich Philharmonic)are followed by the Thirdand Fourth of Brahms(Royal Philharmonic).One needs only to hearthe beautifully turned andpolished account of theusual four excerpts fromMendelssohn’s incidental musicto A Midsummer Night’s Dream(Royal Philharmonic), particularlythe feather-like transparencyof the Overture, to know thatthere is indeed something veryspecial about the conductor. Inthe four Richard Strauss tonepoems, Don Juan, Don Quixote(with Paul Tortelier), TillEulenspiegel, Ein Heldenleben,and in Tod und Verklärung plusDance of the Seven Veils (allwith the Staatskapelle, Dresden), we againhear the transparency, even in the tuttis, thatis one of Kempe’s trademarks. It takes a veryrare sensibility to have the closing momentsof Heldenleben unfold across the orchestraand bloom rather than merely getting louder.Karajan could do it and so does Kempe. EMIincluded generous helpings of Wagner, bothorchestral and operatic, and two discs ofwhat Beecham termed lollipops, all in fullrangecorrectly balanced sound. This admirablecollection, Rudolf Kempe, Shy Genius ofthe Podium (EMI 629557 2) contains 11 CDsand this listener wishes there were more.Frederick Delius (1862–1934), for thosewho may not know, was an English composerwho spent his last years in Francewhere he gradually became blind, relyingon his amanuensis Eric Fenby to writedown the scores as he dictated them. Inthe pre-LP days the music of Delius wasesoteric, the recordings were few and farbetween and almost exclusively conductedby Beecham on Columbia 78s funded by theDelius Trust which was financed by Delius’late widow Jelka who had willed her entireestate to the dissemination of her husband’smusic (phew!). Beecham was named tohave complete authority over every aspect.Some of these Beecham recordingshave been assembled, together with othersfrom the 1930s forward, in a Delius 150thAnniversary Edition (EMI 8417527) comprising18 mono and stereo CDs. Included arecritically esteemed performances of concertos,tone poems, operas, choral and chambermusic. Conductors include Beecham,Barbirolli, Sargent, Groves, MeredithDavies, Mackerras, Hickox, Marriner,Handley and the aforementioned Fenby. Thecomplete details of this definitive editionwith detailed track listings can be found atemiclassics.com.DECCA also has a commemorative editionof Delius essentials in contemporary recordingson eight CDs (4783078) which will satisfythe less committed collector. Check thispackage on deccaclassics.com.In 1968 the late Ken Russell made a remarkablysensitive movie of Delius’ lastfive years in collaboration with Eric Fenby,with Max Adrian as Delius and ChristopherGable as Fenby. The Song of Summer isavailable on DVD in Ken Russell at the BBC(300001708), a collection of six of Russell’sBBC films. Whether you care for Delius ornot, this is a must see.76 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

416.593.4828tso.caCONCERTS AT ROY THOMSON HALLBronfmanPlays BrahmsWed, April 4 at 8:00pmThu, April 5 at 8:00pmPeter Oundjian, conductorYefim Bronfman, pianoBrahms: Piano Concerto 2Bruckner: Symphony No. 3Tchaikovsky& VerdiWed, April 11 at 8:00pmSat, April 14 at 8:00pmGianandrea Noseda, conductorSondra Radvanovsky, sopranoVerdi: Overture & Aria fromI vespri sicilianiVerdi: Ballet Music from MacbethTchaikovsky: Polonaise and LetterScene from Eugene OneginTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”Perlman PlaysBeethovenWed, April 25 at 8:00pmThu, April 26 at 8:00pmPeter Oundjian, conductorItzhak Perlman, violinKhachaturian: Suite fromMasquerade and SpartacusTchaikovsky:Francesca da RiminiBeethoven: Violin ConcertoAn Eveningwith ItzhakSat, April 28 at 8:00pmItzhak Perlman, conductor and violinPeter Oundjian, violinMozart: Overture to Don GiovaniJ.S. Bach: Concerto for Two Violinsand String Orchestra, BWV 1043Conversation from the Stagewith Peter Oundjian & Itzhak PerlmanTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5NationalArts CentreOrchestraSat, April 21 at 7:30pmPinchas Zukerman,conductor and violaEric Friesen, hostNational Arts Centre OrchestraHétu: Antinomie, Op. 23Telemann: Viola ConcertoJ.S. Bach: BrandenburgConcerto No. 6Schubert: Symphony No. 3

THE ONE AND THE MANY continued from page 11about motivation, and deconstructs themusic’s architecture, that this deeperunderstanding helps the chorus cometo grips with the composer’s intentions,or as he says, converts the scoreinto “living music.” O’Halloran has herown little memory trick. “I tape justthe chorus numbers off a CD, and keepplaying it over and over.”COC chorister Karen Olinyk describeshow Horst tries to second-guesswhat the conductor’s wishes might be.“Sandra has us practise the music indifferent tempi,” she explains. “We trythings both slow and fast, and soft andloud. We have to be flexible to accommodatethe conductor.” In fact, so ingrained does the music becomein the skin, as it were, that choristers report that when they performthe same opera several years down the line, it is almost instant recall.States Watson: “I know what I’ll be singing on the next page, and Ihaven’t turned the page yet.” Oleskevich tells the astonishing story of anOtello performance where the curtain failed to open on the storm scene,although the conductor had begun the music. Even though the choruscould not see the conductor, they sang the words without missing a beat.In the course of my interviews, I learned a new word — sitzprobe.Explains Speers, who will be conducting OH’s upcoming Il Trovatore:“The word literally means ‘seated rehearsal.’ It is the first time thatthe soloists, chorus and orchestra come together. Everyone is sittingin a chair. The focus is on tempi and dynamics. The purpose is theintegration of all the musical forces.”Which brings us to the thorny question of the stage director. Thechorus masters and conductors attend every stage rehearsal. They arethere primarily to protect the music. As Olinyk says: “Sandra andthe conductor save us from the directors.” Negotiation is the key. Forexample, the staging has to allow the chorus to see the conductor at alltime. They have to get on and off the stage as the music permits. AddsSpeers: “The further away from the conductor, the more problems therewill be. Even with today’s technology that includes monitors and closedcircuit television, a director has to be careful in placing the chorus.”Directors, it seems, tend to put acting first, but in reality, musicalconcerns have the final override. Says Oleskevich: “I can rememberone director who created such complicated patterns for the male chorusin a Trovatore that the men kept bumping into each other with theirspears. The stage manager had to step in to redo it.” And then thereare the irritating so-called traffic cops who just tell the chorus to movehere and go there. What really upsets most choristers, however, are thedirectors who are clearly unprepared. “Bring a good book,” declaresWatson, “because it’s going to be a long wait while they figure outwhat they’re doing.”Opera in Concert Chorus (2010–2011).Choristers, in fact, are willing, eveneager, to partake of any stage business,within reason, that a director wants toput on stage. There are, however, strictrules concerning safety issues. With aseasoned chorus like the COC, smartdirectors allow the choristers to guidethem. Explains chorister John Kriter:“We’re good at what we do. We cansupply character. If they give us anoutline of who we are, we’ll figure outour own story. We also know who we’recomfortable with doing love scenes orfight scenes. We’ve developed theserelationships over the years, whichmakes it easier for directors to use usin the blocking.”Diamond is a veteran stage director. Over the years, he’s workedout a successful modus operandi when it comes to opera choruses.“The first time I meet the chorus,” he says, “I talk about the opera,and where they fit in. I give character and intention which gives themownership. I learn their names which builds a closer relationship withthem. I pay attention to everyone, and not just the principal singers.”Diamond describes a Manon Lescaut for Pacific Opera which he set inVichy France. “The town had been bombed by the Allies and everyonein the chorus had a job to do. Some were the clean-up crews. Otherswere patrons and workers at a café. I had each person figure out whattheir purpose was on stage, as well as their life story.”And a final question. What draws singers to audition for an operachorus? An absolute given is that they like to sing, dress up and beonstage. The choristers mention the enthralling music they get to perform,and the thrill of interacting with the glorious voices of operastars (who may be, as O’Halloran drolly says, either on their way upor their way down). There are also harrowing stories of quick changesin hallways, and misplaced objects on the prop table. For women, thegreatest problem seems to be trains on Edwardian ball gowns, particularlyfinding the wrist band that raises the train. Big hats are alsocumbersome. For men, there is the 40 pounds of weight they carrywhen a heavy leather soldier’s costume has to fit over a thick woolpeasant’s costume because they don’t have time to change betweenscenes. Women in nuns’ costumes have trouble hearing the music.Ditto for soldiers in helmets.Overall, however, being in a chorus is a marvellous adventure. “I’m aformer teacher,” says O’Halloran, “and when I’d go into the staff roomthe day after a chorus rehearsal, and look at my colleagues, I’d say tomyself, they don’t have a clue about the wonderful life I’m leading.”Paula Citron is a Toronto-based arts journalist. Her areas of specialinterest are dance, theatre, opera and arts commentary.PhotO Gilberto PriosteToronto Operetta Theatre Chorus in 2012 production of John Beckwith’s and James Reaney’s Taptoo ;Dorothy O’Halloran, Opera Hamilton Chorus, with Hugh Russell as the Barber in Barber of Seville(and in the chair Brian O’Halloran, supernumerary).PhotO GARY BeecheYPhotO Peter Oleskevich78 thewholenote.com April 1 – May 7, 2012

The Grammy Award WinningMoscow Soloists Chamber OrchestraYuri Bashmet, Viola and ConductorFeaturingMischa Maisky, CelloThe legendary cellist makes his long-awaitedToronto return after 35 years!Three musical superstarsin one magnificent concert!THURSDAY, MAY 3, 8 PMROY THOMSON HALLwww.roythomson.com • 416-872-4255Presented by Show One Productionswww.showoneproductions.ca

ROY THOMSON HALL PRESENTSTHEARTOFSONGSuperstar SopranoRenéeFlemingHartmut Höll, pianoFri Apr 20, 8pmA recital of highly dramatic andpassionate French, German and Englishsongs, including selections from Poèmes,her latest CD.Sponsored byLayla Claire, sopranoThursday May 3, 8pmGlenn Gould StudioFor Tickets call 416.872.4255Online roythomson.com