Volume 21 Issue 1 - September 2015

BO HAUNG
Arraymusic will present Love Shards
of Sappho, with music by Barbara
Monk Feldman, and Hieroglyphs by
Linda Catlin Smith. October 6 is “Alma
Innamorata,” a free program of Italian
baroque music about love, composed
by Handel, Corelli and Scarlatti. Free.
The Friends of Gravity perform The
Seven Deadly Sins, a “ballet chanté,”
composed by Kurt Weill to a text
by Bertolt Brecht, on September 25
and 26 at St. Bartholomew Anglican
Church, with Stephanie Conn singing the main part. This work was
first performed in Paris in 1933 with Weill’s wife Lotte Lenya taking
the main role of Anna. It has since been recorded several times by
Teresa Stratas, Ute Lemper and Anne Sofie von Otter. The role of Anna
is split between two performers: Anna One, a singer, and Anna Two, a
dancer. The full title of the work is The Seven Deadly Sins of the Petty
Bourgeoisie: it is Anna’s virtues that are considered sins.
Other Events:
September 10 traditional Welsh folk music will be performed at the
Tranzac Club. The singer will be Bethan Rhiannon.
September 13 Missa Septem Dolorem, a new composition for two
sopranos and organ by Philip Fournier, will be performed at The
Oratory, Holy Family Church. Free.
September 16 to 20 Tafelmusik opens its 2015/16 season with “The
Human Passions.” The mezzo Mireille Lebel will sing arias by Handel
and Vivaldi; the concert will also include instrumental work by Bach
and Vivaldi at Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre.
September 20 instrumentalists of Ensemble Caprice and vocal soloists
from the Theatre of Early Music will perform works by Handel
and Vivaldi. This is a fundraising event for the Early Music/Historical
Performance of the University of Toronto. On September 27 music
students from the Baroque Academy will perform. Both events are in
Adrianne Pieczonka the Trinity College Chapel.
There are several events at the University
of Toronto. On September 22 Michael Albano
will lead a performance class for singers
which will concentrate on the relationship
between song and the spoken word. On
September 24 there will be a discussion of
the mythic, literary and visual art sources
that inspired Barbara Monk Feldman’s opera
Pyramus and Thisbe (to be premiered by the
Canadian Opera Company later in the fall).
With Professors Caryl Clark, Holger Schott
Syme, Alison Syme and Robin Elliott and composers Barbara Monk
Feldman and Norbert Palej. On September 29 graduate students in
vocal music will perform. All three events are free and take place in
Walter Hall.
October 1 the baritone Wilbert Ward will sing a free concert at
Metropolitan United Church. Free. Also on that day there will be a
concert of traditional songs from Mali and of the sounds of ancient
Africa mixed with blues and rock. The singers are Vieux Farka Touré
and Julia Easterlin at Revival Bar.
October 1 and 2 Tim Albery and David Fallis will explore the
dangers of looking too long or too closely, inspired by the Baroque
repertoire at The Black Box Theatre. PWYC.
October 4 Kripa Nageshwar, soprano, and William Shookhoff,
piano, will perform works by Dvorák and Kaprálová at
St. Wenceslaus Church.
And beyond the GTA: October 7 Jennifer Potter, soprano, and Keiko
Kuepfer, piano, will perform in the “Midday Music with Shigeru”
concert at Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, Barrie.
Hans de Groot is a concertgoer and active listener
who also sings and plays the recorder. He can be
contacted at artofsong@thewholenote.com.
2015-2016
Making a
Scene!
Robert Cooper, C.M., Artistic Director
Edward Moroney, Accompanist
PHANTOM OF
THE OPERA
Oct. 30, 2015 7:30 p.m.
Experience the drama of the
1925 silent horror film Phantom
of the Opera featuring Lon
Chaney as the mad, disfigured
composer. The Orpheus Choir,
with organist Edward Moroney’s
inspired improvisations,
performs a live, original choral
soundtrack.
WELCOME
CHRISTMAS
Dec.15, 2015 7:30 p.m.
Rejoice in the spirit of the
season with Orpheus, the
Hannaford Street Silver Band
and JUNO-nominated jazz
and gospel songstress Jackie
Richardson for a glorious
Christmas celebration.
SOUND OF
ETERNITY
Bach Mass in B Minor
March 6, 2016 4:30 p.m.
Rediscover Bach’s Mass in B Minor
with German filmmaker Bastian
Clevé’s dramatic film Sound of
Eternity, 27 short episodes moving
from alpine mountains to glaciers
to peaceful valleys and pulsating
metropolitan cities. A Canadian
premiere of this breath-taking choral
and cinematic tour-de-force.
SUCH STUFF
AS DREAMS ARE
MADE ON!
The Lyrical Shakespeare
April 23, 2016 7:30 p.m.
Revel in the genius of
Shakespeare’s comedies,
tragedies and sonnets
through words, music and
song featuring Stratford Festival
star Geraint Wyn Davies.
Orpheus spotlights the
choral-drama No Mortal
Business, created by
Canadian composer
Allan Bevan, inspired by
The Tempest.
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