Volume 16 Issue 5 - February 2011

TMBLUE PAGES UpdateWelcome New Members!As our readers know, we publish ourannual Blue Pages directory of WholeNotemember concert presenters in a supplementto our October issue, a directory whichremains online year round. But it’s (almost)never too late to join. Below is a shortPRESENTER PROFILES 2010/2011THEBLUEPAGESe.The talent is here.e.updated onlinenTHEWHOLENOTE.COMWish OperaWish Opera is a young company with a mature vision. Byincorporating elements of contemporary fashion and design, thecompany presents opera that is vibrant, current, and relevant in thepresent day, while maintaining the integrity and intentions of theissues which stimulate and challenge today’s audiences, and lead tocontemplative introspection.Wish Opera performs at the John Bassett Theatre in the MTCC.info@wishopera.cawww.wishopera.caTo see the full version, and profiles of over 175 other presenters,go to our website (www.thewholenote.com) click on “Directories,”then “Blue Pages.” For more information on the Blue Pages andthe benefits of WholeNote membership, please contact members@thewholenote.com or 416-323-2232 x26.2011CANARY ALERT 2011!canary@thewholenote.com www.thewholenote.comBook ShelfPublicity, press kits& image consultingfor performers416.544.1803www.lizpr.comPAMELA MARGLESLeonard Bernstein At Work: His Final Years, 1984 – 1990photographs by Steve J. ShermanAmadeus Press192 pages, photos; $34.99 USLeonard Bernstein was a trail-blazingconductor, a superb pianist, a composer ofboth Broadway hits and classical masterworks,a communicative writer, and aninnovative educator. As his assistant CraigUrqhart says in this splendid book, “Helife and work have been well-documented.But Steve Sherman’s ability to captureBernstein’s remarkable charisma, both on and off stage, makes this1990 especially powerful.Bernstein was strikingly photogenic. The toll that his years ofintense living took on him is evident here, especially in the casualshots. But the photos of him conducting reveal the spontaneity, intelligence,joyfulness, wit and intensity that made his performances sothrilling. They show how Bernstein became a conduit for the music,not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself,” he is quoted wide-angle two-page shot of Bernstein conducting the ChicagoSymphony at Carnegie Hall in 1988, almost every member of theorchestra is watching the conductor intently. There’s a poignantwith his arm around the other’s shoulder. There’s an amusing photo thbirthday gala at Carnegie Hall in 1988 wearing a purple featherboa and sunglasses. The most dramatic photo here is of Bernsteinconducting the Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall in 1988, armsreaching out to the camera. daughter Jamie which makes clear just what his energetic commitmentto whatever he was doing cost him. Comments from a numberof associates of Bernstein, culled from interviews done over theyears by the photographer’s father, writer and broadcaster RobertSherman, complement this beautifully produced and well-pricedvolume.The New York Philharmonic: From Bernstein to Maazelby John CanarinaAmadeus Press495 pages, photos; $29.99 US Canarina relates how someone at a public forum in 1991 suggested58 thewholenote.comFebruary 1 - March 7, 2011