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Summer Music Guide
Museum of
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JUNE
Proper Goodbyes
Peter Oundjian
Reflects on His
14 Years at the TSO
JULY
In the City and
On the Road
Festival Season
Hits Stride
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Lights the Way
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ON OUR COVERS
Volume 23 No 9 | Summer 2018
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH:
Cantates for Luther
BWV 76, 79, 80
PHOTO: CARL MILNER
PHOTO: ED SIMMONS
Polymath Luke Jerram’s
Museum of the Moon will be the
third of his outdoor environmental
art installations to find
its way to John Miller’s 18th
and final edition of Stratford
Summer Music.
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Over Miller’s Stratford page 16
This is the eighth release
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of J.S. Bach in conjunction
with Festival Montréal Baroque.
FEATURES
7 OPENER | Paving not
Planting | DAVID PERLMAN
8 FEATURE | A Proper
Goodbye: Peter Oundjian
Looks Back | DAVID PERLMAN
10 FEATURE | In the City and
On the Road | SARA CONSTANT
12 FEATURE | How to Grow a
Composer | DAVID JAEGER
15 FEATURE | Five’s the Charm
| DAVID PERLMAN
16 FEATURE | Jerram’s Moon
Shines Over Miller’s
Stratford | MJ BUELL
71 WE ARE ALL MUSIC’S
CHILDEN | Summer’s Child:
Ben Heppner | MJ BUELL
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Hélène Brunet soprano
Michael Taylor countertenor
Philippe Gagné tenor
Jesse Blumberg baritone
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ERIC MILNES
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FOR OPENERS | DAVID PERLMAN
“Planting Not Paving”
T he 2018 Toronto Arts Foundation Awards
F
or the 10 or 12 remaining people on the face of the planet who
haven’t yet heard the news, this past May 16 The WholeNote
received the Toronto Arts Foundation biennial Roy Thomson
Hall Award of Recognition for our “role in promoting current
music, emerging artists, and for being vital to the entire music
community.”
We were one of three finalists in our category. Musicworks magazine
and Mitchell Marcus of the Musical Stage Company (formerly
known as Acting Up) were the others.
Our category was one of five. The Arts for Youth Award went to RISE
Edutainment – a youth-led grassroots performance arts and storytelling
movement “in recognition of its role in creating a healthy
and inspiring space for youth, and for challenging systemic barriers
through innovative partnerships.”
The Celebration of Cultural Life Award went to Ruth Howard
– founding artistic director of Jumblies Theatre “in recognition of the
impact, sustainability and legacy of her community-engaged arts
practice.”
The Emerging Artist Award went to Jivesh Parasram – multidisciplinary
artist, researcher and facilitator “in recognition of his ability to
create excellent work that is honest, diverse and collaborative.
And the Toronto Arts and Business Award was shared this year by
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of its first-time contribution to the arts through its sponsorship of the
HopeWorks Connection, covering transportation costs for performers
and offering discounted and VIP services,” and to RBC “in recognition
of its sustained contributions to the arts through its Emerging Artist
Program, making RBC a vital contributor to the arts ecosystem.”
The awards were announced and presented at the 13th Annual
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All finalists were instructed to prepare acceptance speeches around
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say that, as befits my inky stained status in life, I complied to within a
dozen words of the letter of the instruction.
I’m equally pleased to say that the majority of the other recipients
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political moments.
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– street by street, block by block. Thank you for giving us something
to write about. And to the Toronto Arts Council and the Toronto Arts
Foundation, the knowledge that you share our belief in a grass-roots
music city makes this award very special.
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FEATURE
A PROPER
GOODBYE
Peter Oundjian looks
back on 14 years with
the Toronto Symphony
Orchestra
DAVID PERLMAN
Knowing how busy his schedule was going to be over
the course of the spring, I booked my final interview
with Peter Oundjian good and early (Thursday,
March 8, to be precise). He was in town for New
Creations, one of the signature series he created in the
course of his 14 years as the TSO’s conductor and music
director. I’d had a chance to get a sneak-peek look over
the first “post-Oundjian” 2018/19 season before going in
to meet him and what struck me immediately was the
fact that all the Oundjian signatures are conspicuous
by their absence – New Creations, the Decades Project,
and most noticeably, Mozart @, which he had launched
as Mozart@249 the very first year he arrived – stealing
a march on the looming Mozart at 250 hullabaloo, in
that endearing blend of cheeky and canny that has
characterized his stay here.
(As it turned out, he had not looked at the upcoming season at
all and in fact had no hand in putting it together. So rather than, as in
some previous years, the spring interview being with musical director
Peter Oundjian with an enthusiastic agenda of “upcomings” to
promote, this was a rather more leisurely and relaxed ramble through
this and that, looking back as much as forward. Enjoy.)
WN: So 14 years with the Tokyo String Quartet and then 14 years of
this? What’s with that?
Peter Oundjian (laughs): Yes, well it did rather play into my decision
– because I knew the time was coming when everyone would
need to reinvent themselves a little bit on both sides; so then I looked
at that number, 14 years, and said, well, it seems about right. But,
truth be told, we were hopeful we had found a successor so I thought,
Recording the TSO DVD Holst The Planets.
“Well, this is going to be smooth, because you always want to know
that your organization is going to be in good hands when you leave.”
Whenever I wake up at night it’s “What do they need, what could
go wrong, what do they need going forward, what do I do about this
particular personnel issue, conflict, this sound issue, what about
fundraising, why are we not having more success in this area?” There
are just a million things to think about… More than there were with
the [Tokyo] Quartet, actually. I mean with the quartet it was like going
to the moon. “Here’s your schedule for the next two years… Go!” 140
cities every year. Here are the programs. Practise. Rehearse!
If this is Houston it must be Opus 131 again… that kind of thing?
Exactly. Here it’s been different every week. I mean figuring out
the guest conductors. Who the orchestra really enjoys? Who challenges
the orchestra the most? Who simply makes the orchestra feel
good. What’s the right balance? It’s an enormous task, and really challenging
because it’s so multifaceted. There’s a tremendous emotional
input that goes into it – and intellectual. So when you decide the time
has come to move into a different place in your own life and the life of
the organization, the one thing you worry about is – and this is maybe
going to sound a bit self-centred – will people realize how much
attention goes into this? And… You don’t want a vacuum, put it that
way. That’s what you worry about, because when I arrived there was
a serious vacuum. The first few times I conducted this orchestra there
had been serious leadership vacuums on both sides. I mean certainly
we had not had luck with CEOs staying very long, and the right kind
of vision. Jukka-Pekka [Saraste] had left several years before.
Yes, there was an uneasiness at the time. I agree. But is there going
to be less of a vacuum this time round?
Oh I think so. Very much. First of all, Sir Andrew Davis is a great
friend and is somebody everybody trusts implicitly, and he has a
very strong relationship with the city and with the orchestra. But
also I have to say we are in a less tenuous situation. The morale of the
orchestra is in a very different place from where it was in the 90s, and
that’s by the way not to point fingers at Jukka-Pekka in any way. He
came into a very difficult economic situation, where the Canadian
government was backing away not just from support of the TSO but
from the arts in general – and that’s what brought about the tax structure
change, by the way, more of a feeling that the private sector
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should enable it, if we believe in it, then let the private sector, with the
help of the government via new tax structures, show their vision and
prove their worth.
So in those terms, Sir Andrew is coming in as the vacuum cleaner…
Well put! (laughs) Right. I mean, if the orchestra had come to a decision
regarding a conductor in the last two years since I announced my
departure it would have been different, but they didn’t… it was close
but it didn’t happen.
It was close?
It was. But the person took another position.
From an audience perspective these searches are pretty boring
actually – certainly not a public blood sport. I mean, nobody wants to
be known as the shortlisted candidate who didn’t get the job.
Exactly. It’s the opposite of politics, and so it should be. Nobody
should know who’s on the shortlist, and at this point, by the way I
don’t think there’s even a shortlist. There’s a lot of discovery going on.
Listening to you talking about capital gains and tax structures
and the like, is that one of the hats you’ll be hoping to wear less
moving on?
It’s a good question. I mean, I have been music director of two
organizations for almost seven years now – I took on the Royal
Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) officially in 2012 but before that
you’re [still] doing all the planning. I have been working in that kind
of “administrative capacity” for two symphony orchestras for the past
seven years or so. So definitely it was on my mind that now’s the time
to focus more exclusively on musical discoveries, and musical adventures
and musical thinking. Also I will be doing a tiny bit more work
at Yale. Well, I shouldn’t say tiny, more work at Yale anyway. I have
taken over the Yale Philharmonia – the Yale Music School is one of the
postgraduate schools at Yale and it’s the only major research university
in North America that has a dedicated performance music school
and it’s tuition-free so the standard is very high. I’ve been a professor
there since 1981 actually…
Tokyo String Quartet had a Yale residency, right?
Exactly. Part of my obligation as a member of the quartet was
teaching chamber music at Yale.
So I have had a very close affiliation with Yale. It’s very close to
my home in Connecticut and it’s meant a lot to me over the years.
So I was asked if I would take over the program, which is an interesting
ensemble in that they prepare in the same way as a professional
orchestra – all the rehearsals are within one week – six rehearsals. So
not only is it easier for me to be involved, but…
… Also a taste of the real world for the orchestra.
Exactly! And not only that, it means I can bring in international
guest conductors who can give a week, but could never have given two
or three weeks in the old way of preparing.
So tell me a bit more about the RSNO music directorship. I assume
it has its own mix of rewards and challenges, but have there been
transferable solutions from here to there?
The important thing is not to take anything for granted, because if
you go with your expectations rather than with your observations you
are in trouble. Similar and different problems and exciting rewards.
It’s been a wonderful experience with RSNO: it’s an orchestra that
plays with a great deal of expressivity. We’ve been able to tour them
to China and Europe and the United States. And a lot of recordings.
That’s been one of the best things with the RSNO because at
the TSO, as you know, we don’t have a contract that really allows
us to make recordings. The only recordings we have made here are
live, with possibly a patch session. Two performances and you have
to hope there isn’t a bar where things didn’t go well on both nights.
But in the RSNO you actually really record. You go in and you do the
thing and if something goes wrong you work it out. And that allows
people to play with a lot of risk. When you are recording live you want
it to be exciting but the risk element is a really tricky one. I have to
say, though, the TSO has been amazing, really amazing in their live
recordings. If you listen to them… I mean we did The Planets and Rite
of Spring in one night! And I listen to those recordings sometimes
and say “If we had done those in recording sessions, what would have
been more, quote, perfect.” Some of the most exciting recordings are
live; they are not the most perfect but…
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FEATURE
CYLLA VON TIEDEMANN
With kids at Roy Thomson Hall
IN THE CITY
AND ON THE
ROAD
But at least you can hear the hall breathe…
Right. So with the RSNO it’s a different kind of contract, where
a service can mean a rehearsal or it can be a concert or a recording
session. In the States and North America generally, that’s not the case.
Recordings have to be in a separate contract.
Has raising kids in this city helped shape your perspective on what
needed to be done at the TSO to build bridges to that next-generation
audience that everyone talks about as some kind of holy grail?
I’d say first that one’s own children are not a good gauge because
they’ve grown up with music around them all the time and they play
instruments and so on. But for me, reaching out is not just a generational
thing. I have always tried to make the concert hall a friendly
place, a non-elitist place. And sometimes that’s been quite trying,
because when you are about to go out and really perform… I mean,
when an actor’s about to go out and be Hamlet they really don’t want to
go out before and spend five minutes explaining the play. How do you
gain the credibility of then being Hamlet? Obviously it’s not quite the
same when I step onto the podium. I am not becoming another person,
but when I start to conduct I am becoming an interpreter, and hopefully
some kind of transmitter of feeling and atmosphere and everything else.
So it’s a tough transition from “mine genial host”?
Exactly. You’re in two very different modes. And certainly, there
are certain pieces before which I have not spoken. Or have tried to
separate the speaking from the performance in some way. But people
have been generally appreciative of my welcoming them, trying to give
them some sense of what they are listening to and what to listen for.
To demystify the thing…
Right. So to get to your question, if I can help people who might
otherwise not come back, and who might now say “I have friends who
would actually enjoy this,” and even bring someone with them the
next time, then that’s gratifying. And all in all, the size of our audiences
is gratifying.
I remember a performance of the Tchaikovsky Sixth where you
spoke from the front of the stage. The second mezzanine was filled
with first-timers. You were explaining the structure of the piece how
the Third and Fourth Movements are a reversal from the norm.
In terms of character you mean?
Yes, exactly. And you said “So don’t be surprised if you want to
applaud at the end of the third movement.”
Ah yes, I remember.
And then you actually went further – you said “In fact, if you feel
like applauding, go right ahead because this ‘rule’ we have about
not applauding between movements of a symphony actually didn’t
come into effect until a decade after this symphony was written and
performed.”
That’s correct. Yes.
And what was so interesting about that for me was seeing what
you earned from that as conductor later on.
How so?
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What does the summer mean for musicians?
For some, it means a break from a busy
concert season. For others, it means the
busiest time of the year – either touring the summer
festival circuit or running a festival themselves. In
either case, for many arts workers the end of the
“official” concert season marks a break from routine,
and an opportunity to pursue new things.
In this annual series, we interview music-makers from across our
local community to ask them about their summer plans. This year, we
got in touch with pianist Philip Chiu, who will be busy touring the
country as a chamber musician and recitalist; stage director Amanda
Smith, who is preparing for an upcoming season of operatic endeavours;
composer Elisha Denburg, who has new compositions in the
works, in addition to helping organize this year’s Ashkenaz Festival;
and soprano and arts administrator Donna Bennett, who will be
helping to manage the upcoming season at Westben, as the organization
makes the transition from summer festival to year-round music
centre. With all of these artists, their plans for summer vacation, or
lack thereof, provide a hint of exciting musical projects to come – and
a glimpse into the ever-evolving nature of what it means to build a
career, and a life, in the arts.
PHILIP CHIU, pianist
What are we interrupting
(i.e. what music-related activity
are we taking you away from to
write this)?
When I received your email
earlier this week, I was in the
middle of a tour dedicated to
performing in small communities
throughout Ontario and Quebec,
as Trio Corventano (Thomas
Beard, cello and Dakota Martin,
flute). We had a blast playing
an incredibly diverse program
of Gaubert’s Trois Aquarelles,
Haydn’s Trio in G Major, Hummel’s Adagio, Variations and Rondo on
“Beautiful Minka,” and Nikolai Kapustin’s absolutely fiendish Trio.
What, if anything, are you most looking forward to as an audience
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Summer Festival
Season Hits
Stride
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respect for Jonathan’s talent and discipline, and we also share a
passion for never wanting to rehearse too much, so it promises
to be fun.
What are you already preparing for musically beyond the
summer? And (how) do your summer plans tie in with these longer
term plans?
Projects starting this summer and continuing into the fall include
a big Québec tour with my other woodwind trio, Trio Canoë (Marina
Thibeault, viola and Jean-Francois Normand, clarinet), as well as a big
solo project focused on the piano music of Ravel and Debussy.
Finally, there’s a super-secret project with my friend and chef Sean
Murray Smith and co-proprietor Nada Abou Younes of Restaurant Île
Flottante in Montréal. I can’t say too much at the moment, but we’re
looking forward to continuing our collaboration of combining food
and music in unexpected ways.
Pianist Philip Chiu concertizes extensively as one of Canada’s most
sought-after chamber musicians. He performs regularly in recital
with principal members of Canada’s leading orchestras and ensembles,
including Toronto Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Jonathan
Crow, l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal concertmaster Andrew
Wan and Pascale Giguere of Les Violons du Roy.
member between now and September 7?
I’m spending a fair amount of time teaching and performing at two
major music festivals this year, Domaine Forget and Toronto Summer
Music (TSM), so I’ll definitely be taking in concerts at both locations.
During my stay at Domaine Forget, there is no doubt that Orchestre
Métropolitain’s concert with Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony and
flutist Emmanuel Pahud playing Ibert’s Concerto is going to be
outstanding ... I’m already on my feet.
As for TSM, I am looking forward to hearing Angela Cheng and
Alvin Chow in their concert of solo and duo rep, which includes some
of my favourite pieces (Debussy’s Petite Suite and Ravel’s La Valse). It
is sure to be a home-run.
How about as a music maker/arts worker?
I’ll refer to both festivals again: June 29 is my birthday and it turns
out I’ll be in concert at Domaine Forget with a number of wind greats,
including the Philadelphia Orchestra’s principal bassoon Daniel
Matsukawa and the Berlin Philharmonic’s Mr. Needs-no-introduction
Emmanuel Pahud. I have a hard time imagining a better birthday gift.
As for TSM, I’m scattered throughout concerts from July 30 to
August 3, but if I had to choose... it would be my recital with pal
Jonathan Crow in his “Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin.” I have enormous
AMANDA SMITH,
stage director
What are we interrupting?
I always have a few projects
in various planning stages. For
the past few months, I’ve been
working with the Iranian-
Canadian Composers of Toronto
on the early development
stages of a one-woman opera
called Notes of Hope, which
will premiere in the fall. I love
creating new work, so I feel very
fortunate to have been invited to
join the project by this incredible
group at the pre-libretto stage. It has really allowed me to get to know
them and their vision for the project, so I can confidently ensure their
message is heard as I direct the piece.
DAHLIA KATZ
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FEATURE
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DAVID JAEGER
James Rolfe
World premieres are a gift at any time during a
concert season, and there are a few that I’m
looking forward to as the summer season
approaches. One that I’m most anticipating is Toronto
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We Are Angels. This is a major work: nineteen songs
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Soundstreams original production features a dynamic group of singers
under the musical direction of John Hess: soprano Vania Chan,
mezzo Andrea Ludwig, tenor Colin Ainsworth, and baritone Stephen
Hegedus. The accordionist is the remarkable Michael Bridge.
Rolfe based his song cycle on the poetry of Else Lasker-Schüler
(1869–1945). Lasker-Schüler was Jewish-German, associated with the
Blue Rider group of expressionist artists such as Wassily Kandinsky,
Paul Klee and Franz Marc. Rolfe writes that “Lasker-Schüler created a
body of poetry which dealt with romantic and sensual love, as well as
spirituality and Judaism. Only weeks after being awarded Germany’s
highest literary prize in 1933, she was accosted by Nazi thugs in the
streets of Berlin. She immediately fled, first to Switzerland, and finally
to Jerusalem, where she died in 1945.” The songs, Rolfe continues,
describe a journey: “From the youthful celebration of physical, sensual
love, we travel through loneliness and a yearning for God, finally
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arriving at an acceptance of suffering and death.” The vivid, compelling
translations of the German poetry were made by the composer.
This 35-minute song cycle comes on the heels of the successful
production of The Overcoat, the opera by Rolfe and playwright
Morris Panych, which premiered in March. The Canadian Stage and
Tapestry Opera co-production then toured to Vancouver for a run
with Vancouver Opera. Rolfe has become a celebrated composer for
the voice. His operas have been widely performed by several opera
companies: the COC, Toronto Masque Theatre, Tapestry Opera,
Vancouver Opera, Edmonton Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria.
He has also worked with award-winning librettists: André Alexis,
George Elliott Clarke, Anna Chatterton, Paul Bentley, Morris Panych,
Steven Heighton.
I Think We Are Angels was co-commissioned for Soundstreams by
Michael and Sonia Koerner and Stanley H. Witkin. The production
takes place in two performances on June 6 and 7 at the new Crow’s
Theatre in Toronto’s Riverdale neighbourhood. The work is paired on
the program with American composer David Lang’s the little match
girl passion, based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Lang’s
composition won the Pulitzer Prize in music in 2008. But Lang and
Rolfe will have another role together while their respective works
are in preparation in early June. The two composers are co-directing
Soundstreams’ sixth annual Emerging Composers’ Workshop, as
mentors to six young composers from Canada and the USA.
Soundstreams’ artistic director Lawrence Cherney and his team
recognize the importance of investing in each next generation of
creators. The ten-day program, supported by the Koerner Foundation
and the RBC Emerging Artists Project, focuses on creating original
compositions with innovative techniques, introduced during
coaching sessions, collaborative discussions, seminars and rehearsals
with a highly skilled resident performing ensemble. The public will
have an opportunity to hear the resulting compositions in a latenight
performance following the June 6 mainstage presentation of the
little match girl passion and I Think We Are Angels. The six young
composers participating this year are Alexandre David from Montreal;
Toronto composers Christina Volpini, Lieke van der Voort and Tyler
Versluis; New York composer Joshua Denenberg; and Pierce Gradone
from Chicago.
James Rolfe was himself an emerging composer 28 years ago when
he won a prize in the CBC/Radio-Canada National Radio Competition
for Young Composers. His prizewinning work was a much shorter
song cycle, Four Songs on Poems by Walt Whitman, for bass voice
and piano, and it was broadcast in live performance across Canada on
both CBC Radio Two and La Chaîne culturelle de Radio-Canada. Rolfe
considers this award the highest profile he had received to that point
in his career. The encouragement was timely. The following year he
met the poet, George Elliott Clarke (b. 1960), whom he would eventually
collaborate with on what would become a career highlight for
both of them, the 1998 opera Beatrice Chancy. Eleven operas later,
it’s fair to say that Rolfe has become a recognized Canadian operatic
master, even at mid-career.
The support that young composers receive as they emerge into
professional status can be very telling. For example, in August of 1949,
the 23-year-old composer and pianist Harry Somers (1925–1999)
was awarded the amount of $2,000 to enable him to travel to Paris to
study. The award was one of two donated by the Canadian Amateur
Hockey Association for advanced training in the arts – applications in
music, dance and theatre were all eligible. Such awards were altruistic,
and only had the objective of the betterment of Canadian youth in
mind. Composer Brian Cherney, Somers’ biographer, told me that “the
scholarship was handled through an organization called the Canada
Foundation in Ottawa. One of the letters from the Canada Foundation
indicated that Somers was the unanimous choice for the scholarship
he received.”
Somers had previously won scholarships for study at the Royal
Conservatory of Music in Toronto, but this new travel grant was of
significantly greater impact. Cherney says, “I think that the most
important result of the scholarship was that it gave Harry about
nine or ten months to write music in an interesting and stimulating
milieu.” While in Paris he composed his String Quartet No.2,
two piano sonatas and a trio. Following his year in Paris, Somers’
works took on a noticeably greater depth of expression. In 1956 he
composed his Five Songs for Dark Voice, with poetry by Michael
Fram. Commissioned by the Stratford Festival, it was written for
contralto Maureen Forrester and is now considered an early masterpiece.
That same year, he composed his Second Piano Concerto, and
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Andrew Staniland
he completed the full orchestration of his North Country Suite.
Somers returned to Paris in 1960 on a Canada Council fellowship,
seemingly a fully formed, mature composer. He began supporting
himself on his commissions, writing major orchestral compositions,
such as his Lyric (1960) for the Koussevitzky Foundation in New York
and Stereophony (1963) for the Toronto Symphony (TSO). The point of
this is that the support he received as an emerging composer set him
up to make that transition to maturity.
A comparable path can be traced for Alberta-born Andrew
Staniland (b. 1977), who at age 23 moved east to pursue his graduate
degrees in composition at the Faculty of Music of the University
of Toronto. Staniland began winning composition prizes immediately
and steadily. Following two SOCAN prizes in 2002, he then
won the second Karen Kieser Prize in Canadian Music ever awarded
in 2003, as well as the Toronto Emerging Composer Award in 2004.
Staniland went on to win the Pierre Mercure Award in 2005 and the
Hugh Le Caine Award in Electroacoustic Music in 2006. He received
appointments as associate composer to both the National Arts Centre
Orchestra (2002-2004) and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (2006-
2009) and earned a residency at the Centre du Creation Musicale
Iannis Xenakis in Paris in 2005. In 2007, CBC Radio presented his
TSO-commissioned orchestral work Gaia at the International Rostrum
of Composers (IRC) in Paris, resulting in numerous international
broadcasts. At the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s (WSO) New Music
Festival, Staniland won the Prairie Emerging Composer Award in
2008, and in 2009 he was not only Grand Prize winner of the CBC/
Radio-Canada Evolution Composers competition, but also received the
Prix de l’Orchestre de la Francophonie in the same competition.
In 2010, Staniland joined the faculty of the School of Music at
Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, where he
teaches composition and directs the group he created, the Memorial
ElectroAcoustic Research Lab (MERL) and its cross-disciplinary
research team. By the time Staniland was 35 years of age, in 2012, he
had composed 50 works, including his JUNO-nominated Dark Star
Requiem (with poet Jill Battson), nine orchestral compositions, the
large song cycle Peter Quince at the Clavier on poetry by Wallace
Stevens (1879–1955), commissioned by American Opera Projects, and
The River is Within Us, winner of this year’s Classical Composition
of the Year at the East Coast Music Awards. In the six years since
then, his creative output has kept pace. Certainly, if ever there was a
Abigail Richardson-Schulte
Canadian composer since Harry Somers for whom there was evident
cause for support from an early point, it would be Andrew Staniland.
On Canada Day in St. John’s, NL, Staniland’s major new work for
five choirs from across Canada, On the Surface of Water, will receive
its world premiere. The piece uses the writings of Leonardo da Vinci
and was commissioned by Podium, the national choral conference
and festival that has been held by Choral Canada every second year
since 1982. Podium 2018 will be the first time this national conference
and festival has been held in Newfoundland and Labrador, with daily
concerts from June 29 to July 3. The choirs featured in Staniland’s On
the Surface of Water are the Oakville Choir for Children and Youth,
the Elektra Women’s Choir, Ullugiagâtsuk Choir (a student choir from
Nunatsiavut, Labrador), the Choeur de chambre du Québec, and the
Newman Sound Men’s Choir.
Several weeks later on July 28, the Toronto Summer Music Festival
will offer the world premiere of a new string quartet with a historical
program: The Corner House, by Abigail Richardson-Schulte. Whereas
Andrew Staniland was the second winner of U of T’s Karen Kieser
Prize in Canadian Music, Richardson-Schulte was the first, in 2002.
Her winning work, a trio, titled dissolve, was broadcast on CBC Radio
Two, and then submitted by CBC Radio Music to the IRC in Paris,
where it was selected as the best work by a composer under 30 years
of age. This resulted in broadcasts in 35 countries around the world. In
addition, her selection won her a commission from Radio France: her
second string quartet, titled Scintilla. Richardson-Schulte is currently
composer-in-residence with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
(HPO), serves as artistic director of the HPO’s What Next Festival,
hosts community events, and teaches composition for the University
of Toronto Faculty of Music.
These composers didn’t just wake up
one morning ready to give us the new
works that will contribute to our
contemporary point of view. Their
emergence needed support.
Richardson-Schulte thinks of her new work as a sort of tone poem for
string quartet. It’s a programmatic piece, based on the experiences of
Ernest MacMillan during his internment in the Ruhleben prison camp
during WWI. MacMillan had been in Bayreuth, Bavaria, when Canada
declared war on Germany in 1914, and he spent five years interned,
along with over 4,000 men of English, American, Australian and
Canadian descent who just happened to be in Germany when war broke
out. The title of the piece, The Corner House, is taken from the name of
the arts club MacMillan was a member of at the camp. The three movements
depict the contrasting moods and atmospheres representing the
many formative experiences he had while he was there. When I spoke
with Richardson-Schulte, she revealed that, though details have not yet
been made public by TSM, the concert will be a part of this year’s TSM
Academy, where TSM artistic director Jonathan Crow will be featured
as first violin in the work alongside three Academy Fellows. The Corner
House was commissioned by TSM, with the financial assistance of the
Ontario Arts Council. The performance will take place at Walter Hall,
University of Toronto at 7:30pm on July 28.
Investment in support for these composers during their formative
years has made it possible to have these new works this summer.
Richardson-Schulte, Rolfe and Staniland didn’t just wake up one
morning as seasoned composers, ready to give us the new works that
will contribute to our contemporary point of view. One cannot look
past the innate talents and creative work that brought them forward in
their careers, but their emergence needed support, as with all creative
endeavours.
David Jaeger is a composer, producer
and broadcaster based in Toronto.
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FEATURE
FOR THIS FLUTE ENSEMBLE
FIVE’S THE CHARM
DAVID PERLMAN
For flutist Terry Lim, the path towards founding a
professional chamber ensemble started with the
realities of life as an orchestral musician. “The other
members and I knew each other from doing the rounds of
orchestral auditions, bumping into each other all the time,”
he says. “And then we all ended up here in Toronto.”
Those other members were four other flutists – Kaili Maimets, Laura
Chambers, Sarah Yunji Moon and Amelia Lyon – and the group that
they formed was a flute quintet called Charm of Finches, that, with
a perfect blend of playfulness and professionalism (flutes are often
compared to birds, and a group of finches is called a “charm”), has
since established itself firmly in the Toronto chamber music scene.
Sitting down with me at The WholeNote office, Lim talked about
the first impromptu Finches performance, and how right from the
outset, he knew they had found something special. “In 2015, there
was a Canadian Flute Association convention here in Toronto, and we
wanted to play something together for it, just for fun. We didn’t think
it would go any further than that. In the first rehearsal, we played an
arrangement of Daphnis and Chloe for five flutes and, right away, I
thought – oh. This could go somewhere.”
And it did, with concerts and festival appearances over the next
three years in Toronto and across southern Ontario. Since that first
rehearsal they’ve switched out two members, with Tristan Durie and
Katherine Watson replacing Moon and Maimets in the ensemble’s
current iteration. “They both won full-time jobs with orchestras,”
Lim explains. For him, it’s not necessarily a bad thing, either. “Each
year, we’ve had to find a new person because of everyone’s job situations,
that sort of thing,” he says. “And each year, it sounds different
depending on who’s playing with us. It just brings in different musical
qualities all the time – which for me is fascinating.”
The reason for getting together to chat at this particular moment is
the Finches’ upcoming concert, “Circle of Sound,” on June 17 in the
Hart House East Common Room in the University of Toronto. True to
form, that program promises to bridge the orchestral and chamber
worlds, with an arrangement of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, a premiere of a new flute quintet by local composer Bekah
L-R: Terry Lim, Katherine Watson, Amelia Lyon,
Laura Chambers, Tristan Durie.
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Simms, and a popular classic of the (admittedly limited) bona fide
flute quintet repertoire, Derek Charke’s Raga Terah. The show will
also feature David Heath’s flute septet Return to Avalon, where the
Finches will be joined by soloists Kelly Zimba and Camille Watts, from
the flute section of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
I ask if there’s much repertoire available for five flutes. He laughs.
“When we started, we started with almost nothing,” he says. “But
I’m pretty involved in the flute community, so I asked friends. And then
there were a whole bunch of arrangers and composers who decided
they would arrange things for us without charging anything, which was
really helpful in the beginning when we had no money. That’s how we
started building up our repertoire. And each year we try to commission
a new piece. Bekah’s piece on June 17 is our second commission.”
“Which was the chicken and which was the egg?” I inquire, in
connection with Avalon [Heath’s flute septet]. “Did you find the piece
and say oh good, let’s ask Kelly and Camille to play it with us, or did
you say it would be great to play with Camille and Kelly, and then start
looking for a piece to play?”
“Actually I found this piece last year,” he says. “in fact it’s originally
written for two flutes and piano, which Heath arranged for two flute
soloists plus five flutes. I found the piece on YouTube and listened to it
and thought, ok, this piece could work. And that was around the same
time that Kelly won the principal flute position at the TSO. She lives a
couple blocks away from me, so we go out for lunch and stuff like that.
So I asked her if she was interested and then I thought, Camille would
be perfect. Because this piece actually requires the soloists to play
both regular flute and either piccolo or alto flute as well. So Kelly is
going to play the part with alto flute and Camille is going to do the one
with piccolo. So it worked out perfectly. Even better, they both play
Burkart flutes, so Burkart will be sponsoring the event.”
For this upcoming concert, as with all their others, programming
and the rehearsal process are intense and thoughtful.
“There would be no point if we didn’t take it seriously. All of us
have really different schedules. So sometimes it’s almost impossible to
find time. Normally we rehearse every week, once a week. We book it
about a month or two in advance. And for me, even doing once a week
is not enough. To get all of the details in and everything, I find that
it’s almost impossible. But all the musicians are great. A lot of experience
with solo, contemporary music, orchestra. So it just brings many
different ideas all the time. And we do fight. In rehearsal we argue all
the time! That’s a kind of fun part of chamber music.”
Seven flutes sounds like an abundance of riches, I comment.
“People think, oh, seven flutes, that’s weird” he replies. “But I grew
up in Vancouver where I was used to doing ten-flute contemporary
work, every year in different groups out there. And with top-notch
players from the Vancouver Symphony, all pro, and a couple professors
from UBC, so very, very high level playing. That’s what I’m used
to seeing, whereas it’s not quite as common out here. So five or seven
flutes is not that unusual for me.”
And large ensemble doesn’t necessarily mean less challenging
repertoire either: “I think with flute ensemble, people automatically
think of lighter music. But we wanted to make sure that people think
of us as a serious chamber ensemble. Chamber music is a different
kind of playing - much more difficult.”
In the final analysis, this is a group that exists in some ways because
of the high level of orchestral profiency and involvement of its
members, but also as a foil to the particular rigours and constraints
of orchestral playing. It’s an outlet for all kinds of things - chamber
music, commissioning, community projects and, yes, good oldfashioned
arguing back and forth on the path to collective creative
discovery - that an orchestra-size ensemble typically cannot manage.
So it’s a story about flutes and flute players - but it’s also about more
than that: it’s about the small ensembles that grow within the musical
community of our city, in each fertile nook and cranny.
“We keep trying new things,” Lim says. “Finding what works.”
Concert note: for the June 17 concert Amelia Lyon will be replaced by
Anh Phung, who has worked with the group previously. There will be a
masterclass by Kelly Zimba as part of the event prior to the performance.
David Perlman can be reached at publisher@thewholenote.com.
FEATURE
Jerram’s
Moon Shines
Over Miller’s
Stratford
MJ BUELL
Museum of the Moon at OORtreders Festival, Netherlands
Sharp-eyed readers may already have spotted John
Miller’s Hitchcockian cameo appearance as a satyr,
silhouetted against the moon, on the cover of this
year’s Stratford Summer Music program book. It’s a
distinctive profile, almost as distinctive as his artistic
fingerprint on the festival itself – one that he’s curated for
18 years – and this year for the last time.
The moon is a fitting backdrop for Miller’s final appearance as SSM
artistic director, heralding as it does the upcoming appearance at
Stratford of Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon. It will be the third
Jerram creation to be part of Stratford Summer Music; the relationship
cultivated with Jerram over the years is quintessential Miller. He
finds talented people, notices that essential something in them that
works for him, and then having forged the relationship he maintains
it. Artists and performers come back, and so do audiences.
In a recent visit to The WholeNote Miller talked about Jerram’s
first SSM visit in 2007, describing Jerram as “an inventor … a futurist
… a guy who has experiences and then leads them in directions that
most of us would never think of going.” That first visit was with a
project called Sky Orchestra, Miller explains. “It was inspired by a
trip to the Middle East and Jerram’s first experience of hearing, from
several imams simultaneously, the call to prayer; suddenly the sound
of compelling music was everywhere.” Back in the UK Jerram collaborated
with composer Dan Jones to create eight hot air balloons, each
with two speakers attached, which take off at dawn or dusk and fly
across a city of sleeping or waking people. Each balloon plays two
different tracks of a 16-track orchestral score, creating a huge audio
landscape. In the case of Stratford Summer Music the music of Sky
Orchestra flooded the early morning sky as it took off from Stratford
and flew towards St Mary’s.
Jerram’s popular Play Me I’m Yours project – artist-decorated street
pianos, for anyone to play – came to Stratford for the first time in 2012,
and returns in 2018 for a fourth time. So this summer’s Museum of the
LUKE JERRAM
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Moon is Jerram’s third project at Stratford and its premiere Ontario
appearance. Jerram’s 23-foot balloon, illuminated from within, is a
reproduction of the exact surface of the moon: an assembly of actual
photographs taken by NASA cameras from lunar space craft. As part of
its world travels it will float over Stratford’s Tom Patterson Island for
ten August days and nights.
“Since the moon shines everywhere all over the world we will have
heritage world music every night under the moon, including First
Nations artists Jeremy Dutcher, Laura Grizzlypaws and Tanya Tagaq,”
says Miller. “It somehow feels fitting to characterize a festival that
embraces music, dance, literature, movies, family celebrations, photographic
and astrological ideas as being ‘everything under the moon.’”
Jerram’s presence at SSM reflects aspects of how the festival’s own
identity has evolved during the Miller years in two ways particularly
important to Miller. One is about putting music and performance art
in public spaces – like the Jerram projects or Murray Schafer on Tom
Patterson island or the BargeMusic series. The other is the cultivation
of SSM’s own loyal audience, drawn by SSM’s earned reputation for
attracting the finest Canadian and international artists, not just once
but on an ongoing basis. Artists come back because they feel part of a
community: not just as part of a festival circuit. Sometimes it’s their
only Canadian appearance or else one of very few. And their Stratford
experience is not typical of the daily grind of a tour: they walk and
rest, go to the theatre or other performances, enjoy the restaurants
and café brunches and the generally relaxed atmosphere.
Miller has always believed that it was better for music in Stratford
to be its own festival, with its own board, personality, experience and
sense of accomplishment in spite of the original vision of a consolidated
theatre and music festival. He credits his friend, Stratford
Festival’s Richard Monette, for believing in and encouraging variety.
Today SSM both has its own faithful audience and manages to put
itself in the path of the tens of thousands of people who come to
Stratford for “that other festival.”
to perform JS Bach’s entire Well Tempered Clavier in two concerts
over one weekend. Jan Lisiecki takes time out of a now very international
career to make his ninth consecutive appearance, and Jean-
Michel Blais will be featured for a second consecutive year.
Musicologist, music writer/broadcaster Robert Harris returns
for the fifth year of illustrated lectures “Music That Changed the
World”; this July SSM will release their newly published book The
Stratford Lectures: Ten Perspectives about Music by Robert Harris
which includes ten of the Harris lectures in an expanded form. The
book initiative is another example of the kind of artistic relationship
building, and audience building, that is a Millerian hallmark.
Equally a tribute to Miller is the fact that SSM won’t be going out in
a blaze of glory with its founder. There has been nothing last minute
or ad hoc about the process of going about finding a successor. The
orderly process is already complete with the announcement earlier
this year that violinist Mark Fewer will succeed Miller in the post.
Miller will continue in an advisory capacity for a couple of years only:
Fewer will take the helm as artistic director in October.
Stepping down, Miller said, is a little bit like how he imagines
walking one’s daughter down the aisle. “But it feels as though I’m
giving her away under the best possible circumstances” he says.
If Miller’s face on the satyr in front of the moon is this year’s
opening salvo, then perhaps the BargeMusic finale, with the Border
Cities Caledonia Pipe Band, is another whimsical Miller autobiographical
touch. Learning to play the bagpipes has always been on his
bucket list, he explains.
Fittingly, SSM’s final evening festivities – the “J.A.M.boree” – will
be a picnic on Tom Patterson Island with another Miller favourite –
the Lemon Bucket Orkestra, under the August 26 full Sturgeon Moon,
and the Jerram moon. And with J.A.M. (Miller’s initials) as one last sly
signature touch.
MJ Buell, a regular contributor to The WholeNote,
can be reached at musicschildren@thewholenote.com
SCOTT WISHART
John Miller
“It somehow feels fitting
to characterize a festival
that embraces music,
dance, literature, movies,
family celebrations,
photographic and
astrological ideas as
being ‘everything under
the moon.’”
— John Miller
METROPOLITAN
UNITED CHURCH’S
HISTORIC 54-BELL
CARILLON
Miller reflected that during these formative 18 years it was good
that he is not, himself, a musician, because he was able to bring an
open appetite to the task. “It might not have been like that if I’d had a
particular instrument or history that I was bringing along. With music
if you only program what you enjoy then you shut the door to all sorts
of other people. Variety is what a real festival is about.”
Visitors this year can look forward to re-encountering, or meeting,
some returning SSM favourites: the Blind Boys of Alabama, Orchestre
de la Francophonie, John MacLeod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra, the Langley
Ukuleles, the Mzansi Youth Choir of South Africa, to name a few.
And while this year, more than any, Miller is going back to the well in
terms of inviting or re-inviting the artists who have helped make SSM
what it has been over the last 18 years, there will also be artists he’s
finally “landed” after hoping to present them for years.
Four important Canadian pianists who will be featured are a
striking example of this range. Marc André Hamelin makes a longanticipated
SSM debut. Angela Hewitt, featured last summer, returns
Summer Carillon Recital Series
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Scott Allan Orr (Toronto/Oxford)
John Widmann (City Carillonneur,
Frederick, Maryland)
Gordon Slater (former Dominion
Carillonneur, Ottawa)
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Beat by Beat | Classical & Beyond
Summer’s
Premises and
Promises
PAUL ENNIS
Across Toronto, throughout Ontario and into the rest of Canada,
wherever you travel, this summer promises music to suit the
most discerning listener. What follows is meant to augment
our Green Pages supplement, concentrating on the Toronto Summer
Music Festival in particular and highlighting other noteworthy events
beyond the GTA.
Toronto Summer Music
This year’s edition of the Toronto Summer Music Festival (TSM),
July 12 to August 4, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the end
of World War I by focusing on works written during, or inspired by,
wartime. It’s an intriguing premise that makes for some thoughtprovoking
programming. As artistic director and TSO concertmaster
Jonathan Crow put it: “Some of the most beautiful, emotional and
challenging music has been written during times of war and conflict
as artists struggled to find meaning and give expression to the horrors
gripping the world.”
Borodin Quartet
But the programming is not limited to such works; they become
central to or merely part of a greater whole. For example, the
Borodin Quartet’s two concerts that begin the festival do include
Shostakovich’s intense String Quartet No.8 Op.110 (1960) dedicated
“to the memory of the victims of fascism and war,” but overall spotlight
Russian-themed compositions. So the Shostakovich is followed
by Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet No.1 Op.11, which contains the
famous Andante Cantabile melody. The next evening, July 13 in
Walter Hall, Russian pianist Lukas Geniušas joins the Borodins for
Shostakovich’s justly popular Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op.57 written
in 1940 as WWII was just beginning. Geniušas opens the program
with Rachmaninoff’s 13 Preludes (1910) then moves to Prokofiev’s
Sonata No.7 Op.83 (1942). When I interviewed Geniušas two years ago
he called the Prokofiev one of the central pieces of 20th-century piano
music: flawless in form and matchless in its violent brutality inspired
by the outrage of WWII.
The overall arc of this year’s TSM ranges widely over the musical
spectrum, encompassing a myriad of chamber music offerings, big
band vocals, early music, gospel music, the pianism of Angela Cheng,
lyric tenor Christoph Prégardien and a multi-disciplinary musical
journey into the life of Francis Pegahmagabow, the renowned Ojibwe
WWI sniper and decorated officer of the Canadian military. And of
course, a series of concerts by art song and chamber music academy
fellows is back, spotlighting a core element of TSM’s mandate in
which musicians on the cusp of professional careers are mentored by,
and perform with, seasoned artists.
There are many instances where the war theme yields a bounty
of masterpieces. Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat (1918), in which a
naive soldier sells his soul (and his violin) to the devil, is an indelible
concoction filled with memorable tunes and asymmetrical rhythms.
Performed in its full version with narrator and dancer, the July 19
Koerner Hall performance presents a rare opportunity to experience
one of Stravinsky’s masterworks. And what does it tell us about
the human spirit that Copland’s sunny Appalachian Spring, with its
unfailing optimism, was written in the last year of WWII? TSM will
present this enduringly popular work, in its original version for 13
chamber musicians, on the same program.
Messiaen wrote most of the Quartet for the End of Time after being
captured as a French soldier during the German invasion of 1940. The
premiere took place in an unheated space in Barrack 27, where the
German officers of the camp sat shivering in the front row. “This is the
music of one who expects paradise not only in a single awesome hereafter
but also in the happenstance epiphanies of daily life,” Alex Ross
wrote in The New Yorker. “In the end, Messiaen’s apocalypse has little
to do with history and catastrophe; instead, it records the rebirth of
an ordinary soul in the grip of extraordinary emotion. Which is why
the Quartet is as overpowering now as it was on that frigid night in
1941.” Take advantage of the opportunity to hear this spellbinding
work when Jonathan Crow (violin), Julie Albers (cello), Miles Jaques
(clarinet) and Natasha Paremski (piano) perform it in Koerner Hall at
10:30pm on July 19.
Crow and pianist Philip Chiu base their tribute to the great violinist,
humanist and teacher Yehudi Menuhin (in Walter Hall on July 30) on
concerts Menuhin performed at liberated concentration camps and
military bases during WWII. The program, anchored by Beethoven’s
Violin Sonata No.9 in A Major, Op.47 “Kreutzer,” includes works by
Corelli, Ravel and Kreisler. More joyous music, in this case represented
by Schubert’s ineffable “Trout” Quintet, seemingly apart from
TSM’s war theme, is the feature of another Walter Hall recital, July 20.
Taking advantage of the presence of art song mentors, tenor Christoph
Prégardien and pianist Steven Philcox, the evening also includes
Schubert’s song, Die Forelle, which is the basis for the theme-andvariations
fourth movement of the quintet. Filling out the program are
works by Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff (his unforgettable Vocalise) and
Paul Ben-Haim (who fled the Nazi regime for Palestine).
Another unmissable highlight of TSM’s musical abundance includes
the pairing of two recent American classics in a July 24 concert at Lula
Lounge by the New Orford String Quartet: Steve Reich’s haunting
Different Trains, which contrasts the composer’s nostalgic feelings for
the trans-American railway trips he made as a child in the early 1940s
with the horrific train rides that Jews were forced to make at the same
time in Europe, and George Crumb’s searing response to the Vietnam
War, Black Angels (1970), written for electric string quartet. The
following day, July 25 at the Church of the Redeemer, Jonathan Crow’s
soloist role in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is paired with Biber’s Battaglia
(1673), a realistic instrumental depiction of war.
Beethoven’s Sonata No.31 in A-flat Major, Op.110 and Chopin’s
Ballade No.1 in G Minor Op.23 are major pillars of the piano canon.
Angela Cheng performs them July 31 at Walter Hall before being
joined by her husband Alvin Chow for three contrasting French works
for piano four-hands by Debussy, Milhaud and Ravel. Ravel put all his
disillusionment with the horror of WWI into La Valse, which takes
an elegant waltz and ultimately twists it into madness and mayhem.
Brilliant.
The New Orford String Quartet and pianist Pedja Muzijevic’s
program (July 27) mixes Debussy’s Sonata for Cello and Piano,
written in the early days of WWI, and Beethoven’s “Serioso” String
Quartet, which may have been influenced by Napoleon’s occupation
of Vienna the year before it was written, with Elgar’s expansive Piano
Quintet, completed just as WWI was ending.
Chiu, along with violinists Aaron Schwebel and Barry Schiffman,
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are among the musicians taking part in two more chamber music
concerts, one (August 1) bearing the weighty title “War in the 20th
Century” and the other (August 3) focusing on a cornerstone of string
players’ repertoire, Brahms’ Sextet No.1 in B-flat Major, Op.18.
Apart from the mainstage events, there are reGENERATION
concerts, in which TSM academy fellows and mentors perform
together; and members of the academy also participate in lunchtime
concerts. There are pay-what-you-can hour-long late afternoon
performances by TSM artists and daytime chats that provide insight
into the world of classical music. However much you decide to take in
of TSM’s ambitious programming, you will be well-rewarded.
Stratford Summer Music
Founder and artistic producer John Miller’s 18 years at the helm
of Stratford Summer Music come to an end this year (July 16 to
August 26) with a festival filled with something for everyone, from
Bach brunches to the Blind Boys of Alabama, and Tanya Tagaq interpreting
the classic silent film Nanook of the North. My personal
must-see list has Marc-André Hamelin and Jan Lisiecki at the top.
Miller has been trying to book Hamelin since day one; he’s finally got
him in a typical Hamelinesque program that mixes the well-known
-- Schumann and Chopin -- with the lesser-known: Weissenberg
and Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Be assured that Canada’s greatest pianist
will charm and astound. Lisiecki, who has been on a stellar trajectory
over most of his young career, makes his ninth appearance in
Stratford (and Miller warns it may be his last for a while, since he’s in
so much demand).
Montreal Chamber Music Festival
Getting an early start on summer, the Montreal Chamber Music
Festival has several attractive concerts in mid-June. The Rolston
String Quartet continues their Banff Competition grand tour pairing
Shostakovich’s String Quartet No.7 (his shortest at 13 minutes) with
Steve Reich’s powerful Different Trains (June 12). Later that night,
the Rolstons and Andre Laplante perform Schumann’s iconic Piano
Quintet Op.44. Amit Peled plays Bach and Bloch on Pablo Casals’
1733 Matteo Gofriller cello (June 15). Four pianists (Alon Goldstein,
David Jalbert, Steven Massicotte and Wonny Song) in various combinations
play Mozart, Wilberg (his Fantasy on Themes from Bizet’s
Carmen), Stravinsky’s Petroushka and more (June 15). The New York
Philharmonic String Quartet (the principals of the famous orchestra)
make their Canadian debut with a program of Haydn, Shostakovich
and Borodin (June 16).
Festival of the Sound
The 39th edition of the Festival of the Sound is varied and extensive:
from the world premiere of Sounding Thunder, Timothy Corlis
and Armand Garnet Ruffo’s work honouring the renowned Ojibwe
WWI sniper, Francis Pegahmagabow, to a series pairing Bach with
Mozart, Debussy, Dvořák, Schubert, Schumann and Brahms; from
concerts featuring the emerging pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin, to
The Mosaïque Project, for which Ensemble Made in Canada commissioned
14 award-winning Canadian composers to each write a fourminute
movement for piano quartet inspired by a particular province,
territory or region, thus creating a unique musical quilt representing
the diversity of Canada. The breadth and depth of this beloved festival
on the shore of Georgian Bay continues to astonish.
Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival
Under the artistic direction of father-and-son pianists Alexander
and Daniel Tselyakov, Manitoba’s first chamber music festival is a
long weekend of well-chosen repertoire set in Riding Mountain
National Park (July 26 to 29). This year’s highlights include Alexander
Tselyakov performing Mozart’s “Elvira Madigan” Piano Concerto
No.21 K467 arranged for piano and string quartet; an evening of
masterworks by Bruch, Poulenc and Dohnányi with Alexander and
strings; Mozart’s Piano Quartet No.2 K493 with Daniel Tselyakov; and
a midday seriously fun concert complete with coffee and pastries. A
unique festival.
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Ottawa Chamberfest
Ottawa Chamberfest celebrates
its 25th season July 26 to
August 9 with a star-studded roster.
Highlights include Marc-André
Hamelin (July 27) extending his
exploration of the piano music
of Samuel Feinberg (and Chopin)
as well as teaming up with the
exceptional Danel Quatuor for
Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet
Op.57. Israel’s Ariel Quartet
and Banff winners, the Rolston
String Quartet, combine for
Mendelssohn’s great Octet (July 30);
Quatuor Danel (July 29) and the
Rolstons (July 31) each give additional
concerts. OSM concertmaster Andrew Wan and rising-star
pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin play Beethoven sonatas (August 5);
the Gryphon Trio celebrates their own 25th anniversary with an
evening of greatest hits and favourite stories (August 5); the masterful
Pražák Quartet delves into their Czech heritage (August 7); and Angela
Hewitt brightens her visit to her hometown with programs featuring
Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book One (August 4) and Goldberg
Variations (August 6).
TERRY LIM PHOTOGRAPHY
Summer Music in the Garden
An oasis of calm downtown by the lake, Harbourfront’s Music
Garden is one of Toronto’s best kept secrets. And it’s free! Now is the
time to spread the word. Here are some highlights. The Venuti String
Quartet (violinists Rebekah Wolkstein and Drew Jurecka, violist
Shannon Knights and cellist Lydia Munchinsky) performs Ravel’s
breathtaking String Quartet June 28; The New Zealand String Quartet
illuminates Beethoven’s String Quartet No.7, Op.59 No.1 as well as
Cathedral Bluffs
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Debussy Prelude to the
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Arvo Pärt Cantus in Memoriam
Benjamin Britten
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Lehár Overture to The Merry Widow
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Piazzolla The Four Seasons
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Erik Kreem Tone Poem for
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Blythwood Winds
Stravinsky’s little-heard Concertino
for String Quartet July 19;
Blythwood Winds, a classic wind
quintet, present a program spanning
the last century, including
Elliott Carter’s Wind Quintet,
Abigail Richardson-Schulte’s
nature-inspired Emerge and music
from the score to Disney’s Beauty
and the Beast, July 20. Famous for
their marimba-duo version of Ann
Southam’s Glass Houses, Taktus
(Greg Harrison and Jonny Smith)
brings it all back home to Toronto
on July 22. Playing violin, mandolin
and the nine-string hardanger
fiddle, Rebekah Wolkstein and
Drew Jurecka perform music by Brahms, Bartók, Mozart and Grieg,
along with folk music of Norway, August 16.
Paul Ennis is the managing editor of The WholeNote.
The Long Goodbye
In what amounts to its own mini-festival, Peter Oundjian’s 14-year
tenure as TSO conductor and music director comes to a celebratory
conclusion with a rousing series of concerts in June.
!!
June 13 and 14: In addition to Brahms Symphony 1, one of the
grandest of all symphonies, the program includes three dances
from Bernstein’s jaunty, jazzy ballet, Fancy Free, and Gershwin’s
bluesy Piano Concerto in F, featuring the highly regarded Jean-Yves
Thibaudet.
!!
June 16: Russian piano sensation Daniil Trifonov joins the
festivities – for one night only – to perform Rachmaninoff Piano
Concerto 3. The monumental work, one of the most challenging
piano concertos in the classical repertoire (and the bane of many
an aspiring pianist) is framed by Glinka’s Overture to Ruslan and
Lyudmila and Ravel’s magical transformation of Mussorgsky’s
Pictures at an Exhibition.
!!
June 20 and 23: In an evening titled Ax Plays Mozart, pianist
Emanuel Ax (one of Oundjian’s favourite collaborators) captures
the magic of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.17. Oundjian also leads
the orchestra in one of the most achingly Romantic of all symphonies
– Mahler’s Symphony 9. The composer’s last completed work
bids farewell to everything he held dear: love, the dances of the
central European countryside, the bustle of the big city, and finally
life itself. And underlines how crucial Mahler’s place in Oundjian’s
time with the TSO has been.
!!
June 22 at 12:30pm: The TSO – in partnership with Roy Thomson
Hall – presents Thank You, Toronto! In this free one-hour concert,
Oundjian and the orchestra show their gratitude to the people of
Toronto by delivering a program of audience favourites (and a few
surprises) that is sure to evoke some emotions.
!!
June 26: In Christopher Plummer’s Symphonic Shakespeare,
the Academy and Tony Award-winning actor narrates a blend of
Shakespeare’s immortal words from Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Henry V, The Tempest and more, with music by many of
the great composers who were inspired by their magic, such as
Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams, Prokofiev and Beethoven.
!!
June 28, 29 and 30:Beethoven Symphony 9 is one of the enduring
icons of music. Peter Oundjian concludes his 14-year term as music
director with this stirring testament to joy and brotherhood. These
three performances will bring to 14 the number of times Oundjian
has conducted Beethoven’s Ninth with the TSO. An all-Canadian
cast comprising soprano Kirsten MacKinnon, mezzo-soprano
Lauren Segal, tenor Andrew Haji and baritone Tyler Duncan comes
together with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the Orchestra.
Get out your handkerchiefs. – PE
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BO HUANG
Beat by Beat | In with the New
Made in Canada.
New Sounds at
the Sound
WENDALYN BARTLEY
With the arrival of warmer
weather, it’s time to
dive into the world of
summer music festivals. One that
caught my attention this year is
Festival of the Sound, located in
the heart of vacation country, the
town of Parry Sound. This year’s
festival, which runs from July 20 to
August 11, is offering two unique
contemporary music events, both
of which focus on themes related to
cultural identity, history and place.
I’ll be concluding the column with
a summary of a few new music
events happening this summer
within the city of Toronto.
The piano quartet Ensemble
Made in Canada will be premiering
their unique and ambitious
Mosaïque Project at Festival of the Sound on July 26. The ensemble
got their start in 2006 at the Banff Centre for the Arts, when Angela
Park (piano) and Sharon Wei (viola) were inspired to begin a chamber
music ensemble that would enable the two of them to play together
– thus a piano quartet was formed rather than the usual choice for
chamber ensembles, the string quartet. Additional members of the
current quartet include Elissa Lee (violin) and Rachel Mercer (cello),
and it was Lee who I had a conversation with about Mosaïque.
A few years ago, the quartet began brainstorming about future
projects, and had the vision of travelling across the country by train.
Not able to physically manage it – since until recently taking a cello
on VIA Rail was not allowed – they came up with the idea of commissioning
a piece of music that would do it for them.
The original idea was to commission 13 composers (one for each
province and territory), but later this increased to 14 composers, who
were then selected based on the quartet’s attraction to their individual
compositional styles rather than on where they lived. After the
composers were on board, the quartet then came up with a strategy
to allocate a specific province/territory to each composer to serve
as the initial starting point for their compositions. As things turned
out, even though each composer was given free reign to find their
own inspiration related to the assigned province/territory, a majority
of them chose the theme of water as their point of departure. In our
conversation, Lee remarked how nature is “so close to our hearts as
Canadians,” so it’s no surprise that this would emerge as a common
thread amongst the creators. Each of the pieces is four minutes in
length, and in the premiere performance in Parry Sound, all 14 of
these miniatures will be woven together. An extensive tour is planned
across the country after the premiere, with dates and locations scheduled
into the fall of 2019 and a changing set list of Mosaïque selections
for each show. Audiences in Toronto will be able to hear the complete
set of 14 works on November 15, as part of Music Toronto’s concert
season and their full touring schedule is available on their website.
One of the distinctive features of this project is a visually based
Ensemble Made in Canada (from left) Elissa Lee,
Angela Park, Sharon Wei and Rachel Mercer
component that will engage the audience. During the concert, audience
members will have the opportunity to doodle or draw while
listening. Lee explained that many audience members only want to
experience familiar music and are more skeptical of contemporary
pieces. Based on Lee’s own practice of doodling while talking on the
phone, she had the inspiration that if people were doing something
more unconscious like doodling, “they could abstract the music and
be less apt to judge it. By engaging in a drawing experience, people
are able to tap into their own creativity and draw something based on
what they’re hearing to inspire them. It opens up a different approach
to how you digest the music and is much more friendly. People may
find themselves hearing something in the music they would otherwise
miss,” Lee said. The other goal of the visual element is to concretely
capture how the music is inspiring the audiences. “Canada is inspiring
the composers, the composers
are inspiring the ensemble, and
since the concert is travelling
throughout the country, the music
is inspiring a nation-wide audience.
We can capture what is being
created and put it on our website,
creating a visual mosaic as another
layer to how we celebrate and
represent our country.” Through
the Mosaïque Project, Canada’s
diversity and richness are celebrated
not only through the music,
but also through the eyes and ears
of its people.
Sounding Thunder
The second contemporary music
event at the Festival of the Sound
is the world premiere of Sounding
MUSIC, SOUND
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AUGUST 31 –
SEPTEMBER 3,
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 IN
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JULIA MCKAY
Thunder: The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow, composed by Timothy
Corlis and written by Ojibwe poet Armand Garnet Ruffo. Corlis
explained that the work is not an opera,
but rather a story that includes a narrator,
a chamber ensemble of instrumentalists,
three Ojibwe singers and an actor who
plays Pegahmagabow. Performing this role
is Brian McInnes, the great grandson of
Pegahmagabow and writer of an extensive
biography of his great grandfather. Other
direct descendants have acted as advisors
for the project. Pegahmagabow was born
in 1889 on the Parry Island Indian Reserve
(now the Wasauksing First Nation), an
Ojibwe community near Parry Sound,
Ontario. He was considered the most
effective sniper of World War I and was
decorated with various military medals.
The writer Armand Ruffo took great pains
to reference real events in the script, Corlis
told me, using either things commonly
talked about in the family or documentation
from books.
The instrumentation of
the music was designed to
be a copy of what is used
in L’Histoire du Soldat,
Igor Stravinsky’s piece
about World War I. Corlis’
vision is that for future
performances, excerpts of
Stravinsky’s work will be
performed on the same
program, thus presenting
different viewpoints of
this cataclysmic world
event. Sounding Thunder
is divided into three acts,
with the first focusing on
Pegahmagabow’s childhood
and formational
spiritual experiences,
including an encounter
with the spirit of his
clan – the Caribou.
Francis Pegahmagabow
(1945)
Armand Garnet Ruffo
In the music, Corlis has created a Caribou motive using interlocking
patterns invoking the sounds of a large herd. One of the singers
will portray the spirit of the Caribou throughout the work, which
opens with Pegahmagabow acknowledging the four directions while
vocables are sung. At another point, the instruments foreshadow the
war with rippling gunshot sounds on the drum. Act Two takes us to
the battlefield in Europe and musically, the score has many references
to European music and its harmonic traditions. Corlis said that the
music even sounds a bit like Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, yet there is
another unmistakable component – the presence of the drum, which
is played with great force underneath the European-based music. This
was one way Corlis brought together references to both cultures, as
the drum is a significant element in Ojibwe culture and customarily
resides in the home of its owner.
Act Three focuses on Pegahmagabow’s life after returning to his
home after the war. Despite his many accomplishments on the battlefield
and his ability to gain loyalty and trust in his role as an army
sergeant, when back on the reserve, he had to once again face the
systemic racism towards First Nations people. Much of the third act
portrays his struggles with the Indian agent, fighting for the rights
to receive his military pension and for all Indigenous people to have
access to legal advice. Writer Armand Ruffo is a strong activist for
Indigenous rights, and this is very evident in the script. The work ends
with Pegahmagabow’s death, with the instrumentalists surrounding
him onstage while playing gentle light trill motives to represent the
ascension of his spirit, with the finale being the performance of a
traditional Ojibwe song.
City Summertime Listening
Somewhere There: On June 10, at Array
Space, Somewhere There will present the first
screening of Sound Seed: Tribute to Pauline
Oliveros, a performance by Vancouver-based
integrated media artist Victoria Gibson. The
piece draws on Gibson’s 2009 encounter with
composer Pauline Oliveros and members of
the Deep Listening Band, who invited her to
document their 20th anniversary that took
place in the underground cistern in Fort
Worden, Washington with its spectacular
45-second reverberation. This was the site
of the groundbreaking 1989 recording Deep
Listening, which launched both the term
and concepts of Deep Listening, Oliveros’
signature work which invites us to engage
with and contribute to the sonic environment
from a place of inner focus and awareness.
The concert includes a launch of the
DVD along with two sets of music. Vocalist/
composer Laura Swankey opens
the evening, with the closing set
featuring Gibson performing with
Heather Saumer (trombone) and Bob
Vespaziani (electronic percussion), a
version of Gibson’s variable-member
project, Play the Moment Collective.
Contact Contemporary
Music: A unique concert on
June 14 co-presented by ContaQt
and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre,
“Many Faces: We Are All Marilyns,”
will explore the themes of vulnerability,
strength and defiance, topics
that are particularly relevant in light
of recent issues of violence within
Toronto’s queer community. Music
Timothy Corlis
by Eve Beglarian, Amnon Wolman and
John Oswald will be performed, along with choreography by Laurence
Lemieux. Fast forwarding to the Labour Day weekend, Contact’s
annual multi-day festival INTERSECTION takes place from August 31
to September 4, and is a co-presentation with Burn Down the Capital.
This year’s event offers an extensive lineup of musicians, with their
opening concert featuring NYC-based experimental metal guitarist
and composer Mick Barr, the Thin Edge New Music Collective, and
heavy metal band Droid. The day-long event on September 2 will take
place as usual at Yonge- Dundas Square, with music performed in the
midst of an intense urban scene. By contrast, the final concert will
take place at Allan Gardens, with another opportunity to hear Laura
Swankey, amongst others.
Luminato: An exciting new work which combines sound, image
and an unspoken narrative, Solo for Duet: works for augmented piano
and images, will be performed by pianist Eve Egoyan on June 19 and
20. I refer you to my April column, which features a more detailed
description of this work, along with a look at Egoyan’s performances
of long-duration works. On June 24, Icelandic composer and musician
Ólafur Arnalds premieres his new work All Strings Attached,
featuring a wired ensemble of string quartet and percussion, with
Ólafur performing on an array of pianos and synthesizers. A highlight
of this work will be Ólafur’s use of intricate algorithm software,
which he designed to control two self-playing pianos acting as one.
Wendalyn Bartley is a Toronto-based composer and electrovocal
sound artist. sounddreaming@gmail.com.
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Beat by Beat | World View
Release the
Sounds!
Summertime’s
Musical Liberation
ANDREW TIMAR
I
once mused in this column that “summer in the city for me also
means music in the city.” It’s not an especially deep statement, but
it does suggest that experiencing sound in warm outdoor weather is
different from listening indoors. Summer liberates music in Canada in
a way other seasons cannot.
The advent of short sleeves, shorts-and-sandal weather means
music lovers need no longer be confined to indoor spaces. We can
enjoy music at a wide range of outdoor venues this summer. To
name only a few: Harbourfront Centre, North York’s Cultura Festival,
Peeks Toronto Caribbean Carnival (commonly still called Caribana),
Small World Festival, and Ashkenaz Festival. We can also experience
global music at TD Sunfest 2018 in the parkland heart of London,
and at Stratford Summer Music in the Ontario town Shakespeare
made famous.
Many of these concert series feature music which reflects the
diversity we see and hear around us every day.
Summertime concerts often cover a huge cultural range, sometimes
with several genres on a single bill. It’s an ideal opportunity to sample
music you’ve been meaning to try – or never knew existed. The latter’s
a special treat for inveterate sonic explorers.
In this 2018 summer column I’ll explore that en plein air experience
as presented by three Toronto music festivals rich in global sounds.
Harbourfront Centre: Summer Music in the Garden, June 28 to
September 16
We begin our summer global music journey at Harbourfront Centre,
which I once called “the granddaddy of current Toronto summer
music festivals.” It has followed its multicultural mandate for more
than four decades, presenting what it calls a cross-section of the
“mosaic of cultures from within our country and around the world.”
I’ve mentioned here before that I was a Harbourfront Centre earlyadopter.
I hadn’t yet shared, however, that as well as being an enthusiastic
audience member, I also performed there with various groups
from the 1970s on. Bringing my children along when they were young
to Harbourfront Centre’s eclectic high-quality (and mostly free) music
programming proved to be a summertime essential for our growing
family. Along the way I learned a great deal about diverse musics
there. Perhaps our kids did too.
Harbourfront’s concert series Summer Music in the Garden returns
for its 19th year by the shores of Lake Ontario. Located in the Yo-Yo
Ma co-designed Music Garden, the free concerts are scheduled on
most Thursdays at 7pm and Sundays at 4pm. Audiences are encouraged
to sit on the lawn and to bring a blanket or lawn chair since
bench seating is quite limited. Hats, umbrellas and sunscreen are
wise options.
Summer Music in the Garden’s logo is “Our garden is your concert
hall.” It’s an apt description of the relaxed backyard-in-the-city
environment you can expect, though you’d have to be in the upper
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Barbara Croall
one percent to personally own such a waterfront property.
This year’s 18 concerts have been carefully curated by longtime
Summer Music in the Garden artistic director Tamara Bernstein.
They include outstanding local and touring artists performing in a
wide range of music genres. Here are just three picks from the Music
Garden’s abundant 2018 crop.
July 1. Kontiwennenhá:wi and Barbara Croall: “Songs for
the Women.”
It’s very fitting that Bernstein booked Kontiwennenhá:wi and
Barbara Croall for Canada Day. Kontiwennenhá:wi (Carriers of
the Words) have performed at the Toronto Music Garden as The
Akwesasne Women Singers in the past. They return performing both
received songs that are an integral part of Haudenosaunee life, as well
as original repertoire.
Odawa First Nations composer and musician Barbara Croall was
(from 1998 to 2000) resident composer with the Toronto Symphony
Orchestra. Her Summer Music in the Garden set features a performance
of her Lullaby (2008) for pipigwan (traditional Anishinaabe
cedar flute) and voice. The work is dedicated to the many Indigenous
mothers whose children died at residential schools.
July 5. Kongero: “Scandinavian Songlines.”
Formed in 2005, the popular Swedish a cappella group Kongero
consists of four women folk music singers, Lotta Andersson, Emma
Björling, Anna Larsson and Anna Wikénius. They have performed at
major folk music, a cappella and chamber music festivals in Europe,
Asia and the Americas. Their repertoire consists of a mix of traditional
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rhythms and vocal clarity. They playfully call their genre,
“Swedish Folk’appella.”
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but how many a cappella groups can boast a beer named
after them? This quartet can. Kongero is a bottled Saison/
Farmhouse Ale-style brewed by Jackdaw Brewery in
Sweden. Audiences can expect to hear excerpts from
Kongero’s four full-length albums, though sadly I saw no
mention of samples of their eponymous ale.
August 9. Bageshree Vaze, Vineet Vyas and Rajib
Karmakar: Satyam (Truth).
The Indo-Canadian dancer and musician Bageshree Vaze
and tabla soloist Vineet Vyas both studied their respective
art forms with the best in India. They have been part of
the Ontario performing arts scene for over two decades.
Currently based in LA, Rajib Karmakar is an awardwinning
electric sitar musician, educator and digital artist
with ample international touring credentials.
Last year these three artists were commissioned by Opera Nova
Scotia to create Satyam (Truth). Their opera is based on the love story
of Savitri and Satyavan, first found in the Mahabharata, one of the two
major Sanskrit epics of ancient India.
Small World Festival at Harbourfront Centre, August 17 to 19.
Harbourfront Centre is the venue for several other festivals this
summer. For three days in August, this year’s Small World Festival
takes over Harbourfront’s facilities for the first time. Placing its 17th
annual festival at the height of the summer season in one of the
city’s premier summer cultural and tourist destinations is a bold and
perhaps even risky move for Small World Music. On the other hand,
the fit feels organic. The weekend celebration of “diversity through
music” suits the mandates of both organizations well.
In a recent telephone interview with Alan Davis, SWM’s executive
director, he told me that this year’s Small World Festival is inspired
by the 30th anniversary of WOMAD. Founded by Peter Gabriel in the
UK 36 years ago, World of Music Art and Dance was first produced
in Canada at Harbourfront Centre in 1988. (I recall that WOMAD
particularly well. I performed a concert there with Evergreen Club
Gamelan on the outdoor Tindall stage, a stone’s throw from busy
Queens Quay.)
Davis noted that the “inspiration [WOMAD] provided created a
direct line to the formation of Small World ten years later. Three
decades on, this festival explores its legacy and how it resonates in
multicultural 21st-century Toronto.”
Small World’s annual signature concert series is known for its
“eclectic mix of top artists from around the globe and around the
corner, representing the state of the-art in global sound,” continued
Davis. “Taking place on multiple stages, the mostly free program will
attract a wide range of demographics, ranging from audiences that
identify culturally with the music onstage, to mainstream music fans,
families and tourists seeking a global cultural experience.”
Davis makes a case for providing “a predominately free program
in one of Toronto’s premier summer locales helping to reduce the
barriers in celebrating multiculturalism and enriching the cultural
tapestry of our city.” He projects the weekend will “draw over 25,000
participants from markets beyond the GTA, including Southern
Ontario, Montreal and American border-states.”
What will audiences see and hear? Davis aims “to continue to
feature the high-quality presentations that the festival is renowned
for. This includes international and Canadian artists from a diverse
range of cultures, including but not limited to Korean, South
Asian, Iranian, Latin American, Portuguese and Afro-Caribbean.”
Given that the Small World Festival will be held in the middle of
August, Davis was reluctant to nail down programming months prior
to the festival. When pressed, however, he revealed to The WholeNote
readers the acts booked at press time.
The wide-ranging mix includes Daraa Tribes (Morocco), which
present a fusion of the ancestral tribal music at the heart of the
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Moroccan Sahara; DJ Lag
(South Africa), a pioneer
of the explosive dark
techno movement out of
Durban; and one of Italy’s
hottest bands, Kalàscima,
purveyors of a unique
brand of “psychedelic
trance tarantella.” Also
confirmed is the East
LA band Las Cafeteras,
which fuses spoken
word and traditional Son
Jarocho, Afro-Mexican
and zapateado dancing
into a joyous celebration
of Chicano culture.
The Malian singer and
guitarist Vieux Farka
Touré may be the bestknown
Small World
Festival headliner to
Toronto audiences. Carrying on the musical legacy of his Grammywinning
father Ali Farka Touré, Vieux’s latest album Samba (2017)
was praised in the Monolith Cocktail Blog: “This is the devotional,
earthy soul of Mali, channelled through a six-string electric guitar.”
Canadian groups include Toronto’s Surefire Sweat, a diverse and
multi-generational roster of musicians who feature the danceable
original music of drummer Larry Graves which draws on “an
amalgam of New Orleans brass band, funk, jazz, blues and Afrobeat.”
The Montreal-Moroccan outfit De Ville will also take the stage. More
Canadian and international acts will be announced during the
summer, so keep an eye out.
Ashkenaz Festival at Harbourfront Centre, August 28 to
September 3.
The 12th biennial Ashkenaz Festival happens over the final week
of the summer, wrapping on Labour Day Monday. Following the
template established in previous editions, this year kicks off with an
assortment of events at venues across the GTA before Ashkenaz segues
to Harbourfront Centre over the Labour Day weekend.
The 2018 festival features over 90 performances, with more than
250 individual artists coming from across Canada and at least a dozen
countries. Following the lead of previous iterations, the festival showcases
diversity and cross-culturalism within the Jewish music world.
This year the festival also features the enhanced participation of
women performers, “spotlighting the role of women as prominent
performers, innovators and key custodians of various Jewish musical
traditions from around the globe.”
Given the vast scope of the festival I can only provide a few picks.
On August 28, Yiddish Glory (Russia/Canada) is the festival opener
at Koerner Hall. The show is built on songs and poetry from the
Holocaust era, rediscovered in a Ukrainian archive a decade ago. The
songs and texts are presented in a concert format featuring jazz chanteuse
Sophie Milman, Psoy Korolenko and Trio Loyko.
Other acts have been confirmed, though their festival appearance
dates have not yet been released. Here’s but a taste.
Frank London, Grammy-winning group Klezmatics’ co-founder and
one of the godfathers of the new Yiddish culture scene, is this year’s
Theodore Bikel artist-in-residence. Fronted by trumpeter London,
the band Sharabi has been dubbed “a Yiddish-Punjabi bhangra-funkklezmer
party band.” (Would I kid you?)
Salomé: Woman of Valor (Canada/USA) was created by London and
Adeena Karasick. This new work is a multidisciplinary spoken word
opera incorporating the interplay of poetry, music and dance. It seeks
to refute Oscar Wilde’s “misogynist and anti-Semitic interpretation
and re-casts [Salomé] as a powerful revolutionary matriarch, translating
the renowned myth to one of female empowerment, sociopolitic,
erotic and aesthetic transgression.”
Gili Yalo, making his
North American debut, is
one of the most intriguing
new artists in Israel’s
world music scene. Yalo
mashes his Ethiopian
roots with soul, reggae,
funk, psychedelia and
jazz, forging an energetic
new sound.
Neta Elkayam, a leading
researcher and performer
of Moroccan Jewish
music, presents songs
with Andalusian, Berber
and Middle Eastern influences.
Her latest project
is a multimedia concert
tribute to the great
Vieux Farka Touré Moroccan-Jewish singer
Zohra Al Fassia, featuring
11 musicians..
Choro Das Tres (Brazil) is a virtuoso instrumental ensemble
comprised of three sisters and their father who perform choro, Brazil’s
first popular music. The group pays tribute in this concert to Brazilian-
Jewish mandolin master Jacob do Bandolim, on the 100th anniversary
of his birth.
No matter which festival or open-air concert you choose, I wish you
a pleasant global musical summer!
Andrew Timar is a Toronto musician and music writer. He
can be contacted at worldmusic@thewholenote.com.
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MARIE BYERS
Beat by Beat | Jazz Notes
When Music
Meets the Summer
the Jazz Gets
Festive
STEVE WALLACE
The 32nd TD Toronto Jazz Festival will run June 22 to July 1, with
23 ticketed shows in various venues and approximately 150 free
concerts. For the second straight year, the festival will be centred
around Bloor-Yorkville, with seven core
venues: outdoor stages on Cumberland
St. and Hazelton Ave., The Pilot Tavern,
Josh Grossman
Heliconian Hall, the Church of the
Redeemer, the Isabel Bader Theatre and the
Village of Yorkville Park. This year’s festival
also has some new initiatives, including
four ticketed concerts at Trinity-St. Paul’s;
an opening night celebration co-produced
with the Royal Ontario Museum called
“Jazz Club,” in which the ROM will
be transformed into a giant nightclub
featuring jazz, swing and dancing
throughout the evening; and a partnership
with CBC Music and the JUNOs rotating
between two Yorkville stages and
highlighting Canadian musicians who were
either nominated for, or won, JUNO awards
this past year. The showcase will feature
eight bands on June 30, including David
Braid/Mike Murley, the Okavango African
Orchestra, Hilario Durán, Shirantha
Beddage, Autorickshaw, Beny Esguerra and
New Tradition, and more.
With the festival fast approaching, I
sat down for a conversation with Josh
Grossman, now in his ninth year as artistic
director, about this year’s festival and its
continuing evolution.
WN: Walk us through the move away
from Nathan Phillips Square into Yorkville, which began last year.
What has this change brought to the festival?
JG: There were programming-flexibility and other issues involved in
having the big tent in Nathan Phillips Square as the festival’s central
venue. These involved noise by-law requirements which limited us
to three shows a day – one at noon, one in the late afternoon and one
in the evening – and we wanted to be able to present more. Also, the
tent held 1,200 people and the pressure of filling it for ten straight
days proved to be a challenge. The sound was often less than ideal and
so was the atmosphere – we lacked the budget to decorate the square
to give it more of a festival feel as it had during the Pan-Am Games.
The move to Bloor-Yorkville allows us to present smaller shows,
but more of them, and in a variety of indoor and outdoor venues
that provide more flexibility and variety. Also, with its pre-existing
history, Yorkville provides a village-within-a-city feel that makes a
jazz festival feel like more of a festival, which is hugely important. It
has a built-in community and neighbourhood vibe and offers many
other advantages. It’s in the centre of the city, easily accessible by
public transit and, with seven venues, it offers a flexibility of programming.
It’s also close to some of the hard-ticketed venues such as the
Danforth Music Hall, Koerner Hall, the ROM and Trinity-St. Paul’s,
so there’s a sense of concentration. We want people to be able to
catch a variety of shows each day by simply walking or taking a short
subway ride. Because Yorkville is relatively small, many of the venues,
even the outdoor ones, offer an intimacy which suits the music being
presented. Heliconian Hall for example, where we’ll be presenting
ten free concerts, holds just 100 people, has wonderful sound, a good
grand piano and a great stage. The Church of the Redeemer is similar
and both these venues have a history within the city, which it’s nice to
take advantage of.
What has response from the Yorkville community been like?
Local councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam and the Bloor-Yorkville BIA have
been very supportive, which has allowed us to increase the Yorkville
footprint of the festival this year. It’s helped that CEO Howard Kerber,
who formerly ran TIFF in the community for several years, has been
involved. There are still noise by-law issues – no more than 85 decibels
and nothing past 11pm – but most shows will wind up by ten.
And the local businesses certainly appreciate
the influx of 5,000 people into the
neighbourhood.
Apart from affordability, availability
and avoiding repetition from year to
year, what drives your selection of acts
for the festival?
We focus on the audience in Toronto,
being aware of who’s popular in the
city, and of the increasing cross-cultural
aspect of the community with an eye
toward promoting this. With the ticketed
big-name shows we look for variety; we
want the acts to be exciting and vibrant
as well as financially viable. It’s certainly
not a matter of me as artistic director
just indulging my own tastes; there have
been many times I’ve wanted to bring in
an artist I love but have been shot down
by the board. It’s surprising, but there
are a number of artists with huge international
jazz reps who simply don’t
sell well in Toronto. The free concerts
are easier because there’s no box
office pressure and the possibilities are
almost endless.
There’s a perception that the festival
has grown smaller in the last couple of
years – is this true?
Not entirely. There have been slightly
fewer big-name, hard-ticketed events the past couple of years, but
the total number of presentations has held steady at 170 to 180. Part
of the perception that we’re smaller is we no longer involve, under
the festival umbrella, many clubs which present jazz part time. This is
largely because they didn’t allow us input into their booking of artists.
The exceptions this year are the Home Smith Bar, The Rex (which
does its own booking but we wanted to maintain a partnership with
because it presents so much jazz year-round) and The Pilot Tavern, an
obvious choice given its location and long history.
I’ve often thought that with jazz festivals, smaller can be better.
Yes, we’re finding that can be true – that musical quality and variety
matter more than size.
You’re likely sick of this question – as am I – but what do you say
to the inevitable criticism that there are acts in the festival that aren’t
really jazz?
So when we bring in someone like Willie Nelson, or Alison Krause
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this year … I’m not going to argue that they’re jazz artists, but they
serve a certain purpose in attracting large audiences, which helps the
bottom line, which in turn helps us afford other artists. But whether
they’re jazz or not, nobody can argue that they’re not great musical
artists. And there’s a hope that their fans, who may not have been
exposed to jazz before, may catch some other shows and say “Hey, I
like this, why haven’t I heard this before?” Also, it’s not really fair,
because those critics often seize on one or two artists out of the 170
being presented, most of which in some form are legitimately jazz.
The music has evolved and cross-pollinated so much that it now
comprises many elements of world music, R&B, soul, blues, funk
and so on, so who can say anymore
in absolute terms what jazz is, or
isn’t? Particularly in the summer, jazz
becomes a bigger, more inclusive tent.
Besides, some of these more popular
artists can surprise you – for example,
a few years ago the Steve Martin
booking was roundly criticized, but in
my opinion his performance offered
more improvisational content than a
lot of the so-called “straight jazz” ones
did that year.
How long does putting together
each festival take?
With all the logistical challenges
and coordination of booking, organizing
and planning, it’s pretty much
a year-long process. The team generally allows itself some time off to
bask in the afterglow of the current festival, then it’s on to organizing
the next one.
Bettye Lavette
What would you like to say about this year’s festival?
I’m pretty excited about it, the expanded presence in Yorkville and
some of the new venues, artists and initiatives being offered, such
as blues legend Bettye Lavette heading up a Blues Revue for the first
time in the festival and the first-ever Toronto appearance by The Bad
Plus featuring their new pianist, Orrin Evans; the Industry Exchange,
a new series being held in the Stealth Lounge of The Pilot, aimed at
promoting emerging local talent from diverse musical backgrounds.
The Yorkville venues have given us the flexibility to present a lot of
Canadian talent, both established and lesser-known. I feel we’re
offering a program with a lot of range, featuring some legends such
as Herbie Hancock as well as some newer artists, in some of the city’s
most attractive venues.
All told, you’ve done seven or eight of these, so what do you
consider a successful jazz festival to be – how does that look?
Well, attendance and the bottom line are important of course and
it helps if the weather cooperates. But mostly, it’s the vibe of the
festival, the feeling of its interaction with the city itself, positive feedback
from audiences, seeing familiar faces and some new ones at the
shows. Having artists express an interest in returning is always nice
and often happens because this is such a vibrant city with so much
musical talent. And it’s a good sign when I see a lot of local musicians
in the audience.
Full disclosure! Aside from playing two
Yorkville concerts with Reg Schwager’s
Songbook and the Barry Elmes Quintet, I
plan on being one of the local musicians in
the audience Josh Grossman spoke about. I
like the eclecticism and look of this year’s
lineup, some of the new initiatives and the
overall scope and size of the festival. Above
all, I feel its setting allows for some musical
intimacy and the potential to be what a
jazz festival should be at the end of the
day – festive. I wish everybody an enjoyable
time at this year’s festival and a happy
summer of listening.
To see more detail about this year’s
lineup and schedule, visit
torontojazz.com.
Toronto bassist Steve Wallace writes a blog called “Steve
Wallace jazz, baseball, life and other ephemera,” which
can be accessed at Wallace-bass.com. Aside from the topics
mentioned, he sometimes writes about movies and food.
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Beat by Beat | Art of Song
MARCO BORGGREVE
When Better Than
the Dog Days to
Dive Right In?
LYDIA PEROVIĆ
In the dog days of Toronto’s musical summer, while the halls are
lying dormant and musicians gigging on the Ontario festival circuit,
two weeks of intense art song training will take place at the Toronto
Summer Music Festival (TSM). Out of 90 applicants this year, eight
singers and four pianists chosen by video auditions will work on all
aspects of art song with international mentors, Christoph Prégardien
and Julius Drake, and the head of Collaborative Piano at U of T and
Canadian Art Song Project co-artistic
director Steven Philcox. Tuition fees are
covered by scholarships, which in turn are
underwritten by TSM donors. Each week of
work will be crowned with a group recital,
in a program that will emerge organically
from the training repertoire tackled.
There will also be the opportunity for the
Art of Song Institute singers and pianists to
join forces with the fellows of the Chamber
Music Institute, the other arm of the
Toronto Summer Music Academy. A lucky
precedent was set last year, explains Steven
Philcox when I phone him on an early
morning in May; song students enjoyed
working with string players and TSM
artistic director Jonathan Crow so much
that a repeat was in order. This year, two
pieces that call for inter-Institute collaboration
will be in the final concert: a Menotti
number and Chausson’s Chanson perpétuelle
for soprano, piano and string quartet.
Each of the international mentors is
here for one week, though their time will
overlap enough to allow for a Prégardien-
Drake recital on July 17. Their young
mentees will be required to prepare eight
songs for each week of the program, 16
songs total. “There will be daily sessions
with Christoph, Julius and myself, and a lot
of focused diction and language study,” says
Christoph Prégardien
Philcox. “Michael Albano, resident stage director at the U of T Opera,
will give a full session on recitation of poetry, away from the music –
getting back to the words – and this is both for singers and pianists.
They’re all required to prepare a piece of poetry from memory.”
What songs exactly the singers end up working on during those
two weeks of close collaboration with Drake, Prégardien and Philcox
depends in part on their own interests. The repertoire is discussed
early on in the selection process. “We audition everybody through the
Young Artist Program tracker, and singers can upload their videos and
submit their repertoire online. That way we can audition internationally.”
The TSM artistic panel then looks at the applications and makes
the selection.
Both the Festival and its Academy are loosely programmed around
a theme each year, and this time it’s Reflections of Wartime. “At least
some of the songs that the singers bring will be required to fit the
festival theme. I ask the singers for 16 to 20 songs and out of those I
am able to assemble the rep,” says Philcox. The final list of songs will
also depend on who the mentors are and what their area of specialization
is. “Christoph Prégardien’s wish was to focus on German
lieder and we’ll have quite a bit of Schubert and Schumann – and a
lot of students really wanted to work on Schubert with him.” There
are two tenors, two sopranos and four mezzos, and in the self-generated
repertoire there wasn’t much overlap. “Even within the same
voice type,” he adds. “One mezzo happens to be closer to alto and
she’s looking at some of the Mahler Kindertotenlieder and Debussy’s
Chansons de Bilitis.”
Here is the class of 2018: pianists Frances Armstrong, Leona
Cheung, Pierre-André Doucet and Jinhee Park, sopranos Maeve
Palmer and Karen Schriesheim, tenors Joey Jang and Asitha
Tennekoon, and mezzos Lyndsay Promane, Danielle Vaillancourt,
Renee Fajardo and Florence Bourget. A couple of the local names will
be familiar to Torontonians – Promane and Palmer certainly, as well
as tenor Asitha Tennekoon, who has just wrapped up in the first run
of the newly composed The Overcoat at Canadian Stage here and in
Vancouver.
The young tenor moved to Toronto only four years ago, but since
then we’ve seen him in roles in just
about all the core companies of the
indie scene: Tapestry, Against the Grain
Theatre, MY Opera, Opera Five and
Bicycle Opera Project. I caught up with
him over Skype while he was travelling
through BC to ask him about
his interest in the art of song and the
kind of detailed work that the TSM
Academy offers.
“My first TSM Academy was two years
ago, actually,” he says. “This year when I
found out who the mentors are going to
be, I decided to apply again. I’ve listened
to Prégardien for a long time, and know
his work. Whenever I have to work on
Bach cantatas and passions, I look for his
versions. As a tenor, I think I might end
up doing a lot of rep that he’s done.”
Tennekoon’s rep this year will be
British songs and a lot of Schubert lieder.
“I’ve done Schumann, I’ve done Wolf,
but somehow never taken the time to
study Schubert.” And since working
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on Schubert’s larger song cycles would be somewhat impractical in
the context of a two-week summer school, he ended up choosing a
few songs from Schwanengesang. “I love those pieces; they speak to
me,” he says.
“Lieder in general. There’s something about the way those songs
delve into human psyche that really engages me. How the poet and
the character in the song put something across, deal with something
in a matter of just a couple of minutes – and often so powerfully. That
really makes me want to work on it and figure out why and how this
happens.”
Part of it, he says, is that there are no operatic visuals, no plot
development and no colleagues onstage to help build the character
and help you make your case. “There’s an immediate spotlight – you
dive straight in. I love that challenge. You can’t move around, there’s
nowhere to go.”
One particular song from Schwanengesang in particular drew him
in: Der Doppelgänger. “When I first heard it, it surprised me that it
was Schubert. The way the harmonies worked, it all felt like Mahler –
that sense of pathos and death to it.”
After the Academy and in addition to Schubert, Tennekoon will
continue to explore Britten’s vocal opus. “I love the way [Britten]
writes for the voice,” he says. “I’ve already done a bunch of Britten
songs and would like to continue singing Britten as much as possible.”
Schumann too, and the French rep eventually. Contemporary music
almost goes without saying. “Doing new music is the most enjoyable
thing about my time in Toronto so far. Working with Tapestry, you
kind of get thrown into it and I absolutely love it. Taking part in something
out there that’s never been heard before, getting to talk to the
composer and librettist and ask them questions and suggest your own
ideas – it’s one of the most exciting parts of this business.”
But first , back to Bach. Tennekoon returns to Stratford Summer
Music for the Coffee Cantata later in the summer, and there are a few
solos in the Matthew and John Passions in the near future. And in the
spring of 2019, a house debut at the Opéra de Montréal in what’s been
billed as a jazz opera with boxing, Champion.
The joint reGENERATION recitals by the Art Song and Chamber
Music fellows take place on July 14 and 21, 1pm and 4pm on each day
in Walter Hall, Toronto; tickets are available at TSM’s website.
June Pick
Tapestry Opera is partnering with Pride Toronto for a three-day
festival of naughtiness titled “Tap This” on June 7, 8 and 9. Soprano
Teiya Kasahara will subvert operatic tropes about female characters
in her haute butch style. Joel Klein (as his drag alter Maria Toilette),
Kristina Lemieux (as Vadge) and Gutter Opera Collective will present
“Cocktales”: salacious and tender first-person retellings of early sexual
experiences. There’s more: the complete program and tickets can be
found on Tapestry’s website.
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Beat by Beat | On Opera
Ontario Summer
Broadens Opera’s
Range
CHRISTOPHER HOILE
Opera performances in Southern Ontario in the summer are
becoming more numerous every year. This year, a few young
companies are taking opera to some municipalities that once
had opera companies and to others that never had them. This is all to
the good in broadening the audience for opera as well as broadening
notions of what opera is, as the offerings mix standards and rarities
with brand-new works.
June
Nota Bene:
June 2018 begins
with a rarity. The
Nota Bene Baroque
Players of Waterloo
team up with Capella
Intima of Toronto
and the Gallery
Players of Niagara
to present Folly in
Love (Gli equivoci
nel sembiante) from
1679, the first opera
written by Alessandro
Scarlatti (1660-1725).
The first performance
takes place
in Kitchener on
June 1, the second
in Hamilton on
June 2 and the third
in St. Catharines
on June 3.
The opera concerns Rachel Krehm
two nymphs, Lisetta
and Clori, who are
both in love with the same shepherd Eurillo. When a new shepherd
Armindo arrives, the nymphs change their affections to him. After
much confusion, the four sort themselves into two happy couples.
Sheila Dietrich and Jennifer Enns sing the two nymphs, Bud Roach
is Eurillo and David Roth is Armindo. Roach also conducts the sixmember
ensemble of period instruments. The opera is presented in
concert in Italian with English surtitles.
Vera Causa: Also outside Toronto, the young opera company Vera
Causa Opera is presenting an unusual double bill of new Canadian
operas by women composers. The first is an opera in Croatian and
English, Padajuća Zvijezda (The Fallen Star) by Julijana Hajdinjak,
and the second is The Covenant by Dylann Miller. The first opera is
inspired by a short story by the composer’s sister Danijela about two
lovers in a celestial kingdom where love has been outlawed and is
punished by banishment to Earth. It features Allison Walmsley as
Luna, Melina Garcia Zambrano as Aurelia, Gabriel Sanchez Ortega
as Solaris, Katerina Utochkina as Astra and Philip Klaassen as Stello.
Rachel Kalap is the stage director and Dylan Langan conducts a fivemember
ensemble plus chorus.
The second opera concerns witches, lesbians and priests and is
about “empowering women to embrace their true selves from the
perspective of a teenage girl in a small town.” In it Allison Walmsley
sings Cate, Chad Quigley is Father Andrew, Kimberley Rose-Pefhany
is Keira, Autumn Wascher is Delaney, Stephanie O’Leary is Lilith and
Sam Rowlandson-O’Hara is Cate’s Mother. Rebecca Gray is the stage
director and Isaac Page conducts a small instrumental ensemble and
chorus. The operas will be performed on June 22 in Waterloo and on
June 23 in Cambridge. As both the Nota Bene and the Vera Causa opera
productions show, opera companies whose goal is to serve their local
communities are springing up outside of Toronto.
By Request: In Toronto, Opera by Request has two presentations
in June. The first on June 2 is Mozart’s Don Giovanni. The second on
June 9 is Donizetti’s daunting Anna Bolena. In the Mozart, Lawrence
Cotton sings the title role, Evan Korbut is Leporello, Laura Schatz is
Donna Elvira, Carrie Gray is Donna Anna and Risa de Rege is Zerlina.
Kate Carver is the pianist and music director. In the Donizetti,
Antonina Ermolenko sings the title role, John Holland is Enrico VIII,
Monica Zerbe is Giovanna Seymour and Paul Williamson is Lord Percy.
William Shookhoff is the pianist and music director.
Opera 5: On June 13, 15 and 17, Toronto’s Opera 5, which up to
now has focused on presenting rarities such as its Dame Ethel Smyth
double bill last
year, makes its first
foray into a fulllength
opera from
the standard repertory,
Rossini’s The
Barber of Seville.
Johnathon Kirby
sings the title role,
Kevin Myers is the
Count Almaviva,
Stephanie Tritchew
is his beloved
Rosina, Jeremy
Ludwig is her
jealous guardian
Don Bartolo and
Giles Tomkins is
her music teacher
Don Basilio.
As
Opera 5 general
director Rachel
Krehm says, “The
show will be set in
the spring of 1914
in Spain just before
the Last Great
Summer (in which Spain declared its neutrality in World War I, a decision
that would later seriously divide the country). A big feature of
the set will be golden gates which symbolize Rosina’s entrapment –
the outside world just out of reach. The comedy will come at you from
every angle: the colours onstage, the physicality – but always inspired
by the comedic genius from the score.” The opera will be fully staged
and directed by Jessica Derventzis, with Evan Mitchell conducting an
11-piece ensemble.
Two from Luminato: The Luminato Festival has two opera-related
offerings. From June 16 to 19 it presents Tables Turned, a remount
of one of Tapestry Opera’s experimental Tap:Ex series from 2015.
Soprano Carla Huhtanen and percussionist Ben Reimer join forces
with Montreal composer, turntable artist and electronics specialist
Nicole Lizée for a performance blending live and pre-recorded music
with projections from classic films. Luminato’s other opera-like work
is the production-in-progress Hell’s Fury, The Hollywood Songbook.
The story follows the life of composer Hanns Eisler (1898-1962), who
escaped Nazi Germany for the US in only to be rejected for his adherence
to Communism in 1948 and forced to return to Europe, finally
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settling in the new East Germany. The opera, conceived and directed
by Tim Albery, constructs a song cycle of Eisler’s many lieder to tell
the story. Baritone Russell Braun is the soloist and Serouj Kradjian is
the pianist. The sole performance is on June 23, but Soundstreams has
scheduled the work for a full production in June 2019.
Llandovery Castle: Finishing June in Toronto is an opera workshop
of The Llandovery Castle by Stephanie Martin on June 26 and
27 in association with Bicycle Opera. The title refers to the name of
a Canadian hospital ship that was torpedoed on June 27, 1918, by a
German U-boat in the North Atlantic. Fourteen Canadian nurses from
all across Canada were among the casualties. Paul Ciufo’s libretto
focuses on the lives of Minnie “Kate” Gallaher, Rena “Bird” McLean
and Matron Margaret “Pearl” Fraser. The characters also include
Sergeant Arthur “Art” Knight and Major Tom Lyon (two of the 24 men
who survived the sinking) and German U-boat commander Helmut
Patzig. The opera is directed by Tom Diamond and Kimberley-Ann
Bartczak conducts a chamber orchestra. The June 27 performance will
mark the 100th anniversary of the tragedy.
July
S.O.L.T Going Strong: Straddling July and August is the Summer
Opera Lyric Theatre in Toronto, founded in 1986. The training program
culminates in staged concert performances of three operas. This year
the operas are Jules Massenet’s Manon (1884) on July 27, 29, August 1
and 4; George Frideric Handel’s Semele (1743) on July 28, August 1, 3
and 4; and a version of Mozart’s Così fan tutte (1789), renamed Fior
and Dora after the heroines Fiordiligi and Dorabella, on July 28, 31,
August 2 and 5.
Brott: This year the Brott Music Festival will again present a fully
staged opera as part of its schedule from June 21 to August 16. This
summer’s opera will be Mozart’s The Magic Flute, presented for one
night only in English on July 19 at the FirstOntario Concert Hall.
Anne-Marie MacIntosh sings Pamina, Zachary Rioux is Tamino, Holly
Flack is the Queen of the Night, Max van Wyck is Papageno and Simon
Chalifoux is Sarastro. Patrick Hansen directs the steampunk-designed
production and Boris Brott conducts the Brott Festival Orchestra.
Music Niagara: Meanwhile, Music Niagara has two mainstream
operas on offer. On July 9 it presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni in
Niagara-on-the-Lake, starring Alexander Dobson in the title role
supported by young Canadian talent. On July 21 it is presenting a
version of Bizet’s most popular opera styled as Carmen on Tap, starring
CBC Radio host Julie Nesrallah in the title role with tenor Richard
Troxell as Don José. The twist with this production is that the opera is
abridged and is set in the cellar of Old Winery Restaurant in Niagaraon-the-Lake.
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intimate view of the classic work.
Julie Nesrallah
Coffee Time: Shifting to another
successful music festival, Stratford
Summer Music will be presenting a
staged version of a secular J.S. Bach
cantata not in a restaurant but in the
Revel Caffe in downtown Stratford.
The work is, of course, Bach’s
so-called Coffee Cantata of 1733, in
which a father tries to prevent his
daughter from becoming addicted
to her favourite pick-me-up. Simon
Chalifoux, Elizabeth Polese and Asitha
Tennekoon are the three singers and
Peter Tiefenbach provides the staging
and the keyboard accompaniment for
the three performances on July 27,
28 and 29.
Then, in early August, SSM presents
a brand new response to The Coffee
Cantata in the form of The Cappuccino
Cantata, by the suspiciously pseudonymous
“J.S. Bawk.” Set in Stratford
in 2018, Gordon, who manages a coffee bar, is smitten with his barista,
Stephanie, but she has a crush on the “boy with the MacBook” who
comes in every day. Katy Clark, Adam Harris and Zachary Rioux are
the singers and again Peter Tiefenbach provides the staging and the
keyboard accompaniment. Performances are on August 10, 11 and 12,
also at the Revel Caffe.
Also in August
Highlands Opera: In Haliburton, the Highlands Opera Studio is
presenting three operas. On August 16 and 17 it presents an unusual
double bill of two 20th-century Canadian comic operas by Tibor
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Polgar (1907-93). Polgar was born in Budapest and
was a pianist and conductor with the Hungarian
Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1925 to 1950. He fled
Hungary after the Russian invasion, first to Germany
and then to Canada, where he became a citizen in
1969. He was an instructor at the University of Toronto
Opera Division from 1966 to 1975.
First on the double bill is The Glove, Polgar’s most
performed opera, commissioned by the CBC in 1973.
The libretto is based on the 1797 ballad by Friedrich
Schiller about a princess who asks a knight to enter an
arena of lions to fetch her fallen glove. Andy Erasmus
sings the Ringmaster, Grace Canfield the Princess and
Matthew Dalen the Knight. Second on the bill is The
Troublemaker from 1968, based on a tale from The
Thousand and One Nights. Matthew Dalen sings Abu
Hussein, Andy Erasmus is Sherkan, Maria Lacey is
Tamatil, Emma Bergin is Nushmet and Joseph Trumbo
is The Cadi. On August 24 through 27 the Highlands
Opera Studio presents Puccini’s La Bohème with
two casts, one on August 24 and 26 and the other on
August 25 and 27.
Opera Muskoka: The second summer opera
company in cottage country is Opera Muskoka, now in its ninth year.
On August 21 it presents a concert performance of Mozart’s Così fan
tutte in Italian with English surtitles at the Rene M. Caisse Theatre in
Bracebridge. Soprano Sharon Tikiryan is the producer and will sing
the role of the calculating maid Despina.
All of this operatic activity all over the province is certainly enough
to occupy any Southern Ontarian opera-goer until the fall.
Christopher Hoile is a Toronto-based writer on opera and
theatre. He can be contacted at opera@thewholenote.com.
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Beat by Beat | Music Theatre
KATHERINE HOLLAND
Home Town
Engagement High
on the List for
Luminato’s
Josephine Ridge
JENNIFER PARR
In May, two shows stood out for me for different reasons. Picnic in
the Cemetery at Canadian Stage’s intimate upstairs Berkeley Street
Theatre was an unusual theatrical concert with a whimsical heart
and setting, combining often-sublime chamber music (by composer
Njo Kong Kie) with simple props,
a dancer, short films and onscreen
poetic introductions to the various
compositions. The beautiful playing
by violinist Hong Iat U and cellist
Nicholas Yee (supported by the
composer on the piano) stood
out as enigmatic conversations
between their instruments, in
much the same way that author
Patrick O’Brian describes the often
improvisatory, lyrical, shipboard
violin and cello duets played by
his famous characters Captain Jack
Aubrey and Stephen Maturin.
A more traditional musical
theatre outing was the TSO’s
concert presentation of Leonard
Bernstein’s musical Candide This
was a wonderful opportunity to
hear and see the exquisite Tracy
Dahl as Cunegonde, with her crystal
clear tone, perfect technique, and
delightful acting and star mezzo
Judith Forst in great comedic form
as the lively Old Lady.
Looking ahead to June, there is
no shortage of music theatre on
Josephine Ridge
offer but the most striking cluster of offerings is concentrated under
the umbrella of the Luminato Festival. I took the opportunity to meet
artistic director Josephine Ridge to ask her about her approach and
goals for the festival as she nears the beginning of her second season
in Toronto.
WN: Looking at the upcoming Luminato program, what really
struck me was how much music there is, but also, and this seems
new this year, how politically and socially engaged the whole festival
is. Is that because of the current atmosphere we are living in?
JR: It’s actually deeper than that; it’s about the way I view the role
of a festival within its home city – that a festival needs to be relevant
to the inhabitants of its city and therefore we need to engage with
the ideas that are in the public realm of discussion. We need to think
about what are the issues, the concerns and the enthusiasms and in
other words really what’s in the ether, because if we’re not a festival
that is distinctly about Toronto and of Toronto then it means that we
are not contributing and adding to the cultural landscape in the way
that I believe we should as a festival.
It’s something that I was very proud to have been able to do when I
was at the Melbourne Festival.
And it takes time to explore and get to know a new city.
That’s part of the excitement of course, and I think, as in all things,
with fresh eyes one has a different perspective, perhaps, as well – and
that certainly for me adds to the interest in terms of the conversations
that I have.
You have talked before about wanting to have conversations with
as many of the arts organizations as possible in the city.
Yes, this is the other side of the engagement and connection that
we were just talking about. This is really about understanding what
Toronto artists and companies are doing now, and how can we add
to that and perhaps together achieve something which each can’t on
their own.
There is already growing excitement about that approach from
some of the artists I’ve spoken to – at Tapestry Opera for example.
In fact, Tapestry is a good case in point. I quickly came to understand
the work that Michael Mori and his company are doing, so the
conversation with Michael about this year was around work that they
have produced in the past that is really deserving of a wider audience
and being revisited and seen in an
international festival context. We
very quickly got to Nicole Lizée’s
multimedia piece Tables Turned.
It’s one of the important components
of a platform we have created
this year called Illuminated Works,
which is all about fulfilling one
of Luminato’s founding briefs –
which was to throw a spotlight on
the creativity of Toronto and take
Toronto arts to the world. We are
bringing a large group of international
and Canadian presenters
and producers to come and look
at a whole range of work, with a
view to it being picked up and given
national and international touring
opportunities. We can’t work with
everybody every year but we can
make a start and really make sure
that over time we engage as widely
as we can.
Will you be continuing with
these conversations, looking for
companies you haven’t yet met,
and new artists emerging onto
the scene?
Definitely. One of the important roles we have is not only to present
work that is complete but also to recognize the proper support that is
required for the creative development process of new work, and so in
the program this year we have four works that are works in progress.
We’re giving those artists an opportunity to put their work in front
of an audience so they can feel how it sits with that audience and feed
that learning into the way they then take the work forward for future
development.
This will be exciting for audiences, too, to be in on the development
process on the ground floor.
Yes, and I think the works we have chosen are far-ranging: Dr.
Silver: A Celebration of Life, Hell’s Fury, The Ward Cabaret, and
Balaklava Blues.
And they’re all music theatre – as we define it at The WholeNote
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NEIL-SILCOX
Dr. Silver: A Celebration of Life
– where music is an integral element in telling a theatrical story. This
year the mix is very interesting and even more experimental than last
year. Do you see music theatre as always being an essential part of
the Luminato recipe, particularly as it crosses borders and genres?
Well, I’m particularly interested in artists and their work where
they are not working in art-form silos; and distinctions between the
definitions of particular art forms now are so blurry. Also, music to
me is really central so it’s not surprising that so many works that we
are looking at are cross-genre. I also think that the ability that music
has to speak to audiences who perhaps might not think of themselves
as being a “theatre audience” or a “dance audience,” for example,
is exciting.
How did you choose the music theatre pieces this season? Did
you start with one that was a cornerstone, the Irish Swan Lake, for
example, or did you begin with the underlying themes and ideas you
wanted to engage with this season and go from there?
I think it’s partly that I am always drawn to music and so there
is no one answer to that. I have a long relationship with Teaċ Daṁsa,
Michael Dolan’s company (Swan Lake), and have seen a lot of
Michael’s work over the years as a director and choreographer. He is,
I think, a unique and important voice, and Toronto audiences and the
artists working in Toronto should see the works that he is creating
The excerpts that I have seen online look wildly theatrical.
It’s a completely original reading of such a well-known work, and
all the elements of the Swan Lake story are there, but of course it is
completely transformed into this really poor community in Ireland.
There are no kings and queens and princes here, and the music
is original Irish music (with folk references) played live onstage.
Somehow even with all of that transformation, the classic story is
there, which to me is just magical.
And the Canadian pieces – how did you choose those, Dr. Silver
for example?
In the case of Dr. Silver, A Celebration of Life I was invited by
Mitchell Cushman of Outside the March, very soon after I arrived in
Canada (the middle of 2016), to go to a day of workshops they were
holding, and this was one of those works in a very raw form. I met
and talked with Mitchell and then also with Mitchell Marcus of The
Musical Stage Company, as it was absolutely evident to me that Britta
and Anika Johnson are a real creative force. I was interested in not
just the direction of that work but of whatever else they were doing,
and wanted to signal that I would be interested in finding a way for
Luminato to be part of that story to support those artists. Although Dr.
Silver has its official presentation in September as a finished work, I
asked if it would be useful for them to have an opportunity on the way
through to put it in front of an audience, so that’s how that conversation
went.
Hells Fury: The Hollywood Songbook [Tim Albery’s concept based
on the life and songs of composer Hanns Eisler], on the other hand,
came to us as an idea from Lawrence Cherney at Soundstreams. He
said “We want to create this work and need a partner.” So, there are
many ways in which these projects can come to life. You have to be in
the room, seeing work, having the conversation for these outcomes to
even occur.
And if artists are interested in having a conversation with you how
should they approach you?
I try to go to see artists working at all scales and at all types of work,
so people do tend to find me in foyers, but I can also be easily be
contacted at Luminato.
The Ward Cabaret you mentioned is also a work in progress – can
you tell me a bit more about it?
I think it’s a really important piece because it comes from the recent
book The Ward from Coach House Books that deals with the importance
of the Ward [an area bounded roughly by Queen and College,
Yonge and University] and the cultural diversity of its original inhabitants
as being the real basis of Toronto’s cultural diversity today. What
David Buchbinder (the show’s originator) has done is have a musical
response to that material, and I think it’s going to be really interesting
and very rich.
Now that playwright Marjorie Chan and director Leah Cherniak
are newly involved in the collaboration, is there any sense yet of how
theatrical it is going to be?
What we have now is really a cabaret concert performance, but
eventually it will be a fully staged theatrical experience. I can’t tell you
when that will be but we are certainly there for the journey.
Before we finish, could you tell me a bit more about Riot, the other
show you are bringing from Ireland? It sounds like a smorgasbord of
different genres, including music theatre, all mixed together.
Riot is uplifting. It’s funny, energetic, has got real heart and soul,
and deals with – going back to your first questions – issues and ideas.
It covers quite a lot of really important territory of social politics, in
particular, but does it in a way that is very entertaining and lightly
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CONOR HORGAN FOR THISISPOPBABY
done. I think you’ll
find a lot of connection
to Toronto audiences
because of the territory
it covers and because it
is so entertaining.
And because of the
contrast in style with
everything else?
That’s why we are
running it a bit longer
– so it has a chance
to bridge a lot of the
other works that are
taking place.
The whole festival
is longer this year. Is
there extra programming
or are you
spreading things out?
It’s more about pace,
allowing there to be
some air in between, so
hopefully people can see
Up & Over It in Riot.
more but also connect the
various aspects of the festival. It’s also structural: with only two weekends
you begin and you end; with three weekends now we have a
beginning, middle and end, and we’re telling a story.
Luminato runs from June 6 to 24 at various venues around Toronto.
Follow our online blog for more previews and reviews of music
theatre around Ontario this summer.
Quick Picks
June 1 to 10: Frame by Frame. A new collaboration between international
theatrical innovator Robert Lepage with Canadian choreographer
Guillaume Côté, celebrating and showcasing excerpts
of Canadian filmmaker Norman McLaren’s groundbreaking films.
National Ballet of Canada at the Four Seasons Centre, Toronto.
June 6, 7: Soundstreams finishes its 35th season with an exciting
two-part music theatre program, the world premiere of James Rolfe’s
I Think We Are Angels, with a libretto based on the poems of Else
Lasker-Schüler, and a new theatrical version of David Lang’s The Little
Match Girl Passion led by music director John Hess and stage director
Jennifer Tarver. At Crows Theatre, 345 Carlaw, Toronto.
June 16: Tony Award-winning Scottish actor Alan Cumming (of The
Good Wife and many other shows) comes to Massey Hall for one night
only with his new cabaret show Legal Immigrant, built around stories
and songs of his life and loves in his adopted homeland, the USA.
June 26: A rare chance to see Canadian stage and film star
Christopher Plummer live at the TSO, in Christopher Plummer’s
Symphonic Shakespeare, at Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto.
July 13 to August 12: Rosalynde (or As You Like It). Driftwood
Theatre places one of Shakespeare’s most musical comedies in Canada
in 1918, with the songs given new musical settings to fit the period
by music director and composer Tom Lillington. In parks around
Ontario; see driftwoodtheatre.com/bards-bus-tour for details.
Toronto-based “lifelong theatre person” Jennifer (Jenny)
Parr works as a director, fight director, stage manager and
coach, and is equally crazy about movies and musicals.
The Summer
Music Road Map
Has No Wrong
Turns
MATTHEW WHITFIELD
Music and nature are closely intertwined, the beautiful sights,
sounds and smells of our planet inspiring musicians for
centuries, even millennia. The ancient philosophical concept
of a Harmony of the Spheres as proposed by Pythagoras suggests that
the sun, moon and planets all emit their own unique pitch frequency
based on their orbital revolution, and that the quality of life on
Earth reflects the harmony of celestial sounds which are physically
imperceptible to the human ear. Although Aristotle later contested
this theory, the idea of Harmonia mundi continues to be reinvented
and interpreted by composers in new and exciting ways. For
example, in 1996 the Dutch composer Joep Franssens premiered his
massive Harmony of the Spheres for chorus, combining minimalist
and spectralist approaches to create a work that captures both the
profound immensity of the universe and the bright shimmer of
far-off stars.
Between Pythagoras and Franssens lies a wealth of nature-inspired
music, from silly and serene to severe and stormy. Birds in particular
have been a source of inspiration: German Baroque pipe organs
contained special stops such as the nightingale, which produced a
fluttering, high-pitched whistle (the organ at Metropolitan United has
a nightingale stop, a generous donation from an organ aficionado),
while French Baroque musicians such as Daquin and Rameau wrote
imitations of birds in works such as Le Coucou and La Poule. Perhaps
the greatest ornithological composer in history is Olivier Messiaen,
who faithfully transcribed bird calls noting the species and location,
and wove these threads into masterful pieces of music. It is nearly
impossible to find a late work of Messiaen that does not incorporate
bird song as an integral and essential component.
Bach and Handel used the pastoral as a musical model, illustrating
idyllic scenes of shepherds tending their sheep. Mozart wove birds into
The Magic Flute through the character of Papageno, an earthy birdcatcher
who, when he finds his perfect match in Papagena, rejoices
with an imitation of bird-like courting sounds. Beethoven and
Brahms both enjoyed long walks through the woods, put to paper in
Beethoven’s case in Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral,” portraying everything
from bubbling brooks and bird calls to a violent thunderstorm.
Mahler used his mountain retreat as his summertime escape from
Vienna, hiking, walking, rowing and composing his greatest works
in a nearby hut, mirroring the intensity of his temperament and the
immensity of the mountains in his large-scale symphonies.
Summer continues to be a time of escape and refuge for many,
whether braving traffic on Highway 400 to reach a familiar lakeside
cottage hideaway or taking a road trip and exploring new and exciting
places. While many use the summer months as a chance to get away
and recharge, musicians sometimes seem to grow busier over July and
August, as evidenced by the plethora of festivals and concert series
that continue to increase in number and scale each year. A quick
glance at the Green Pages in this issue of The WholeNote provides
some idea of the sheer number of exciting opportunities available
to hear new, old and endearingly familiar masterpieces. Regardless
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of where your travels take you, there is something to see and listen
to. Here is a brief overview of this summer’s early music festivals
and events:
June
May and June offer season-ending performances by organizations
across the city, grand finales showcasing great ensembles and
equally great musical works. As seasons end, others begin, and this
June serves as the starting point for numerous summer programs and
concerts.
The Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute (TBSI), a worldrenowned
training program for advanced students, pre-professional
and professional musicians in instrumental and vocal Baroque
performance practice, is led by some of the world’s finest musicians
in the field. This year’s TBSI runs from June 10 to 23 and features
five separate performances by faculty and students at venues across
Toronto’s Bloor-Annex corridor, including Jeanne Lamon Hall and
Walter Hall, with the grand finale at Grace Church on-the-Hill. As a
former participant in this superb training program, I cannot speak
highly enough of the quality of repertoire and tutelage each participant
receives, and strongly encourage lovers of early music to attend
at least one of these performances. Keep the program, too – you’ll
be amazed at how many names return as fully formed performers in
following years!
focusing on rarely heard music including the complete keyboard
works, the complete sonatas for flute, recorder, violin and gamba,
the complete trio sonatas, concerti for violin, organ and harp, and
rarely heard oratorios and masques, performed by many of Montreal’s
Baroque ensembles, established and novice, as well as invited guests.
Taking inspiration from Berlioz’s description of Handel as a “tub of
pork and beer,” the Montreal Festival events will include food and
wine tastings. (Handel, a famously corpulent person, was a wellknown
epicurean famed for downing two bottles of red each evening
– he eventually developed a serious case of gout!)
July
Elora and Parry Sound: If June is the month of Handel, July
presents a mixed-bag assortment of much-loved early music. The
Elora Festival, renowned for its varied and eclectic programming,
offers performances by both guest ensembles and the resident Elora
Singers and Festival Orchestra. This year’s guests include the Studio
de Musique Ancienne de Montréal in a concert of three settings of
Lamentations by the prophet Jeremiah, written by the 16th-century
composers Tallis, Morales and de Lassus; the renowned English
ensemble The Gesualdo Six, making their Canadian debut; and two
concerts by the Elora ensembles, featuring Bach’s Lutheran Masses,
Handel’s Dettingen Te Deum and Mozart’s Mass in C.
Further north, the Festival of the Sound presents six concerts from
July 25 to 27, pairing works by Bach with pieces by other canonic
composers such as Mozart, Schumann, Brahms and Debussy. This
series (titled “Papa Bach”) explores Johann Sebastian Bach’s influence
on subsequent generations of musicians, as each concert features a
solo cello suite followed by a work from a composer who was inspired
by his music. Featuring a wide range of performers playing on modern
instruments, this varied series presents an interesting contrast with
the Baroque specialists featured throughout June’s festivals.
THE GREAT MASTER
OF DRAMA INSPIRES
A SUMPTUOUS PANOPLY
OF HIS MOST EXTRAVAGANT
AND INTIMATE WORKS!
Alison Melville, recorder player and flutist of North Wind
Concerts, when she hosted CBC Radio 2’s This Is My Music
North Winds Do Blow! On June 16, some of Canada’s most celebrated
Baroque music specialists play a cornucopia of beautiful
tunes from Handel operas and oratorios. ”Handel: Airs for the
Theatre” showcases tunes from Rinaldo, Acis & Galatea, Riccardo
Primo, Orlando, Admeto and other Handelian hits, arranged by
Toronto’s own Colin Savage after 18th-century models, as well as
a few 18th-century arrangements published by Handel’s contemporary,
John Walsh. Featuring Baroque woodwind wizards from
across the city playing a diverse and colourful array of period instruments,
this concert is an ideal celebration of summer’s arrival, and the
debut performance of North Wind Concerts, an evolution of the group
formerly known as Baroque Music Beside the Grange. Taking place at
St. Thomas’s Anglican Church, this concert is perfectly located, just
down the road from Tafelmusik’s Summer Institute.
Montréal Baroque: If you are planning a trip to Montreal in June,
make sure to explore the 2018 Festival Montréal Baroque’s “Hallelujah
Handel,” taking place from June 21 to 24. This overview of Handel’s
output from his solo sonatas to opera will be a first for Montreal,
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KEITH SAUNDERS
August
Stratford Summer Music: Although August marks the beginning of
the end of summer (and back-to-school ads appear earlier and earlier
each year), the music continues – notably in the Stratford Summer
Music series. Angela Hewitt returns to Stratford on August 11 and 12
to present Books One and Two of Bach’s inspiring keyboard work The
Well-Tempered Clavier. Through two performances, Hewitt will play
the complete 48 preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys.
Seldom heard live in its entirety, The Well-Tempered Clavier is an
astonishing masterpiece and this will be a rare and memorable opportunity
to experience one of the world’s most profound works of creativity
performed by one of today’s leading Bach interpreters.
Music Garden:Tucked away in Toronto’s waterfront, the Toronto
Music Garden was conceived by internationally renowned cellist Yo-Yo
Ma and landscape designer Julie Moir Messervy in partnership with
the City of Toronto’s Parks and Recreation department. Through its
labyrinthine landscape, the garden interprets Bach’s Suite No.1 in G
Major, BWV 1007 for unaccompanied cello. Each summer the Toronto
Music Garden is home to Summer Music in the Garden, presenting
a tremendous range of chamber and world music. On August 19,
“Sunday Afternoon at the Opera” offers scenes and arias from Mozart
operas; late medieval love songs, including works by Guillaume de
Machaut and Johannes Ciconia, are the focus of the August 23 concert
“Elas mon cuer”; and on August 26, a program of chamber music and
dance from the French Baroque is presented in “Confluence: Baroque
Dance in the Garden.”
Navigating the Summer
As anyone who has travelled to an unfamiliar place knows well,
navigating is often the trickiest part of going somewhere new. This
issue of The WholeNote serves as your musical road map, helping you
traverse the winding roads of summer music in all its forms without
a GPS shouting “Recalculating!” With so many opportunities to hear
splendid music, it is impossible to make a wrong turn and I encourage
you to delve into some of these magnificent concerts and festivals.
If you have any questions or want to hear my two cents on anything
early music this summer, send me a note at
earlymusic@thewholenote.com. See you in September!
Matthew Whitfield is a Toronto-based harpsichordist and organist.
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Beat by Beat | Bandstand
The Global Reach
of Bands,
Brass and Big
JACK MACQUARRIE
A
few months ago I mentioned a trip to Ukraine by Bob Gray, a
local band conductor, teacher and trumpet player. What he
learned on that trip inspired him to pay another visit, with two
primary goals in mind. The first was to investigate the feasibility of
start-up brass bands in Ukraine during his eight-week stay in Kiev.
The second was to be there for the celebration of the 25th anniversary
of the Salvation Army’s ministry in Ukraine. In a recent email from
Kiev, Bob reported on how things are going there, and unfortunately
his first goal is not working out as easily as he had hoped. The idea
was to investigate the feasibility of establishing new brass bands there.
However, at present, there are no Salvation Army bands in Ukraine
to use as models. Since there is no tradition upon which to build,
there are no qualified leaders or instructors already active within
the Salvation Army organization, making it difficult for some of the
congregations to sustain and support the start and development of any
band. Other setbacks: he has also learned that their music for worship
in Salvation Army services differs greatly from the rest of the Salvation
Army world. There are no brass band arrangements of the songs used
there. Even for Christmas, the carols used in many places elsewhere
differ from those familiar and popular in Ukrainian culture.
His second purpose for his extended trip will likely have a happier
outcome. He will be there for the celebration of the 25th anniversary
of The Salvation Army’s ministry in Ukraine. This event will take place
on the weekend of June 8 to 10 in Victory Park and Hotel Bratislava.
For this occasion, the Salvation Army band from Winton Corps, in
Bournemouth, England will be participating. Bob has been asked to
sit in with that band, as one of their cornet players is unable to make
the journey to Kiev. It is the hope that the activities of this well-established
band will stir some interest in resurrecting the brass band
movement within the ranks of the Salvation Army in Ukraine. We
wish him every success, and hope to hear of the establishment of new
bands there in the near future.
performed on June 27.”
In typical Henry Meredith style, he outlines the program in one of
his poems.
This little rhyme will explain the reason
Why we established a new summer season
It also provides a few hints about
The music which you will enjoy, without doubt.
The concert, “Summertime Musical Adventures” (June 27, 7:30pm
at Byron United Church, 420 Boler Rd., London), will include such
band favourites as Ringling Bros. Grand Entry, Barnum and Bailey’s
Favorite, Bernstein’s Candide and The Whistler and his Dog by
Arthur Pryor.
A Musical Movie
Something entirely new appeared on my radar screen recently: a
Russian-Canadian film production company that is in the process of
making a documentary about Benny Goodman’s historic tour of the
USSR in 1962. Now, over 55 years later, this story is still alive in the
minds of people who remember those concerts of the jazz orchestra of
Benny Goodman, those “strange” but incredibly attractive American
musicians. They remember the joy of buying scarce tickets and
enjoying music, and screaming “encore” up to ten times. The whole
world as we knew it was struck by the headline at the time. “The
King of Swing Benny Goodman Plays Yankee Doodle Dandy on Red
Square.” Certainly Russians had never seen anything like that before.
Strings Attached
From messages about all-brass music thousands of miles away, we
move to news about all-strings music right here in town. We have just
heard from Ric Giorgi about the next concert of the Strings Attached
Orchestra, their final concert for this year on June 3, again at the
Isabel Bader Theatre. As usual, the program was designed to span a
wide spectrum of music from such classics as Handel’s Arrival of the
Queen of Sheba and Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.6 to Ashokan
Farewell and the Best of ABBA.
The Plumbing Factory
Speaking of all-brass bands, we also just had a message from Henry
Meredith of the Plumbing Factory Brass Band where he referred to the
“devastating and relentless winter” we’ve all just been through. Rather
than paraphrase what he said, here is his musical response to Mother
Nature, verbatim: “Because of the ice storms only a week before
our ‘spring’ concert, and the snowstorm on the night of our dress
rehearsal, the PFBB has now decided to expand our concert season
into the late spring and early summer. It is hoped that this will make it
easier on both us and our audience, not to have to battle the weather
to prepare and enjoy our brass band music. So we have decided to
keep rehearsing, and to develop a brand new concert for you, to be
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This full-length feature
film, Trojan Jazz, will retell
the events of the exchange
of talented musicians
between the US and the
Soviet Union. The anticipated
appeal is to jazz enthusiasts
in both English- and
Russian-speaking cultures.
The concept of Trojan Jazz
likens the Benny Goodman
Orchestra to members of a
Trojan horse that brought
Western jazz culture into an
isolated Eastern jazz culture.
The impact was unpredictable.
Jazz musicians of
both cultures exchanged written ideas, which began a collaboration
second to none.
Local concert clarinetist Julian Milkis, son of former TSO concertmaster
Yasha Milkis, is cast as Benny Goodman. Milkis actually
studied with Goodman while attending the Juilliard School of Music
in New York City. He can be seen in a variety of ensembles recreating
some of Goodman’s hit songs.
To illustrate the Goodman legacy of playing big band music
continuing to this day in community groups around the world, the
producers wanted to show such a group in rehearsal So, all of a
sudden, one evening a few weeks ago, I and my bandmates found
ourselves being bombarded by bright studio lighting and surrounded
by at least a half-dozen cameras. The Toronto-based rehearsal band
Swing Machine, of which I have been a member for many years, was
chosen and filmed to exemplify this ongoing tradition. There we were
many years later, still enjoying the performance of big band music. We
haven’t heard anything of when or where this movie might be seen,
but I am told a visit to https://firstjazztourinussr.com will provide
more in-depth information as the project develops.
Julian Miklis (at left)
Mikhail Sherman
A few weeks ago, at a regular rehearsal of the Swing Machine Big
Band, I looked across at the saxophone section. The usually very reliable
baritone saxophone player, Mikhail Sherman, was missing. We
later learned that he had decided to have a nap before leaving for the
rehearsal, but never woke up.
Born in the USSR, Mikhail grew up with a love of music in a country
famed for great classical musicians. After serving time in the army
and playing in a military band, he went on to become the principal
clarinet and saxophone player for the
famed Moscow State Circus, City of
Lviv, for seven years.
In 1979 he left and came to Toronto
to pursue more opportunities. He
started his life here as a refugee
with nothing. He washed dishes and
became a cook at the Windfields
Restaurant. His love for music led
him in another direction. It was
here that he met Frank Fermosi and
Rocco Nufrio, the owners of the thensuccessful
Saxophone Shop. They
quickly spotted Mikhail’s love for
music. He, in turn, showed a keen
ability to learn the trade of repairing
instruments. They offered him a job
and training, in which he quickly excelled!
In 1986, when the Sax Shop closed, Mikhail decided to would open
his own shop in North Toronto. Still with little in his pocket, he started
Mikhail Sherman Music Service, which was to become one of the most
successful woodwind repair shops in Canada, servicing the educational
system and many top professional musicians. Mikhail passed
away peacefully and suddenly in his sleep on April 26, 2018. Many
of the great musicians and music educators in the GTA will miss his
quick response and expertise. A true rags-to-riches story.
Uxbridge Community Concert Band
After a year’s absence from the local band scene and some questions
about the band’s rebirth, the Uxbridge Community Concert Band,
with Steffan Brunette at the helm, has now had its first rehearsal.
Steffan took a year off to study composition and to do some travelling.
Rather than assume all of the many duties required to operate a
band successfully, Steffan now has an executive team to help with the
many details, but it is, once again, a superbly organized band. After
their first rehearsal it became evident that a few more trumpets would
be welcome. The band is a summertime-only group that rehearses
in Uxbridge on Wednesday evenings. For information, email uccb@
powergate.ca.
Toronto Summer Music Festival
On Sunday, July 29 at 2pm, the 2018 Toronto Summer Music Festival
will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI with
a concert titled “Reflections on Wartime” at The Bentway. This will
include a full afternoon of events with a feature performance by the
“Canadian National Brass Project.” For those not familiar with it, The
Canadian National Brass Project brings together many of the best brass
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players from professional symphony orchestras throughout North
America, and each summer this all-star ensemble, led by conductor
James Sommerville, joins forces and performs across the country.
The program will include Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, Mussorgsky’s
Pictures at an Exhibition, and Mars from Gustav Holst’s The Planets.
Concertgoers can also take in the sights and sounds of the Fort York
Guard, enjoy a demonstration of artillery firepower, and hear military
music by the Fort York Drums. There will also be a “Musical Petting
Zoo” for children to test out a variety of musical instruments. For
those not familiar with it, The Bentway, 250 Fort York Boulevard adjacent
to Old Fort York, is being described as Toronto’s most exciting
new outdoor concert venue.
A few days later, on Thursday, August 2 at 7:30pm
in Koerner Hall, TSM will present “A Big Band
Celebration,” which will focus on music of World
War II. During the darkest days of the war the big
band music of Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Glenn
Miller and others was a major source of entertainment
for life on the home front. As the presenters
suggest, these familiar tunes became a metaphor
for the way of life soldiers were fighting to preserve.
This promises to be a stimulating evening of the best
of the big band era as interpreted by music director
Gordon Foote and featuring JUNO Award-winning
jazz singer Ranee Lee.
Coming Events
By the time this issue is available in print, some
of the events mentioned below will have taken
place, but for the record and for online users, they
are included here. Now that summer is close at
hand, Resa Kochberg’s three musical groups have
announced their current concert plans:
On Sunday, May 27 at 7:30pm, Resa’s Pieces
Concert Band will perform at the Flato Markham Theatre, 171 Town
Centre Blvd., Markham.
On Sunday, June 3 at 7:30pm, Resa’s Pieces Strings Ensemble will be
at St. Basil College School, 20 Starview Ln., North York.
On Monday, June 4 at 7:30pm, Resa’s Band will present another
concert at Mel Lastman Square in Toronto.
On Monday, June 11 at 8pm, Resa’s Singers Ensemble will perform at
Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue, 100 Elder St., North York.
Jack MacQuarrie plays several brass instruments and
has performed in many community ensembles. He can
be contacted at bandstand@thewholenote.com.
FREE
SUNDAY, JULY 29
We’re thrilled to invite you to our first
ever Community Day, a day of free
concerts for Toronto!
TORONTOSUMMERMUSIC.COM
2:00pm: Canadian National Brass Project
The Bentway, Free
The Canadian National Brass Project is a group of the best brass players
across Canada who join forces each summer from orchestras across
North America. Programme will include Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.
PLUS
• Take in the sights and sounds of the Fort York Guard – students
representing the Canadian Regiment of Fencible Infantry (circa 1815).
Enjoy a demonstration of artillery firepower and hear military music
by the Fort York Drums (a fife & drum corps).
• Musical Petting Zoo for the kids
7:30pm: National Youth Orchestra of Canada
Koerner Hall, Free
After touring across the nation as a part of the Canada 150 celebrations
in 2017, NYO Canada (National Youth Orchestra) returns to Koerner Hall
as a part of their Migrations 2018 TD Tour. Come hear the 95-musician
Orchestra perform works by Strauss, John Estacio and Alison Yun-Fei.
Repertoire subject to change. Tickets must be reserved in advance through the RCM Box Office, available as of May 9.
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Most immediately, I’ve been working with the rest of the FAWN
Chamber Creative team to get ready for a week-long workshop for
Pandora in June. This is an opera-ballet triple bill with librettos by
David James Brock and music by David Storen, Joseph Glaser and Kit
Soden (and is the direct result of a workshop FAWN hosted last year).
It’s a really exciting project for me because I have a strong interest in
alternative methods of creating opera and we’re doing exactly that.
What are you most looking forward to as an audience member
between now and September 7?
I’m so often taken away in the summer and always regret not
getting to see what’s on at Luminato. I’m fortunately only away for
two weeks this year to direct the scenes for Cowtown Summer Opera
Academy, so I’m looking forward to taking in as much as I can during
the festival.
How about as a music maker/arts worker?
I view them as the same. Even when I go to an electronic
music show, I’m there as both an audience member and an artist
ready to learn.
What are you already preparing for musically beyond the summer?
I’m actually getting married early September, so I expect that will be
taking up a lot of my summertime. Alongside that, I will be planning
for Notes of Hope, creating concepts for Pandora with my creative
team and working on my plans for the production of Massenet’s
Cendrillon that I am directing at Wilfrid Laurier University in the
winter of 2019. It’s looking to be a really exciting summer.
Amanda Smith is a Toronto-based stage director and founding
artistic director of FAWN Chamber Creative. With FAWN, she
commissions, produces and directs new Canadian operas and interdisciplinary
works that correlate new classical music with other
contemporary art forms.
ELISHA DENBURG,
composer/arts
administrator
What are we interrupting?
Right now I’m taking a
coffee break from my duties as
community relations manager at
the Ashkenaz Foundation. This
year we are launching the 12th
biennial edition of the Ashkenaz
Festival, a huge gathering of
Jewish-global music, arts and
culture! It takes place this year
from August 28 to September 3
in Toronto.
My job involves a lot of different tasks, from coordinating volunteers,
to booking vendors, ads, and writing grants for the foundation.
If you’ve never been, do check it out! Visit ashkenaz.ca to find out
more (and hey, maybe you wanna volunteer?).
What are you most looking forward to as an audience member
between now and September 7?
I’m really looking forward to attending what I can of the Open Ears
Festival in Waterloo Region – in particular, Katerina Gimon’s outdoor
installation and Jason Doell’s CD release party [on June 2]. As well,
the Toronto Creative Music Lab always produces some very interesting
collaborations and fosters interaction between some very talented new
artists. I’m always excited to hear what they come up with.
How about as a music maker/arts worker?
Definitely the Ashkenaz Festival! This will be the culmination of
months of hard work and I am so excited to see it come to fruition,
which for me will be the first time. Others who have been working
at the festival for a long time expect this to be the biggest and best
Ashkenaz yet! Most of the events are free, so if you’re around before
and on Labour Day weekend, come join us!
What are you already preparing for musically beyond the summer?
In the new year, I’m looking forward to starting a piece commissioned
by the Orchid Ensemble in Vancouver, in celebration of
the 70th birthday of my uncle Moshe Denburg, who is likewise a
composer steeped in the traditions of Jewish music. So, I plan to keep
my ears open at the Ashkenaz Festival to help fuel the inspiration and
ideas for this upcoming work.
Elisha Denburg’s music has been played across Canada and the
US. His catalogue focuses on vocal/chamber works, and is often
informed by Jewish liturgical and folk traditions. He currently works
at the Ashkenaz Foundation.
DONNA BENNETT, director
of marketing, Westben
What are we interrupting?
Well, I was just having a
meeting with the head of our
volunteers, sorting out what
volunteers are going to be used
for our season. We have a new
series on Saturdays this year
called Dare to Pair, where, before
concerts, patrons can come and
have wine tastings, with lunch
by a local chef and conversations
with musicians. We’re doing that
for six Saturdays – so, I was going
to the volunteers and talking about how many tables we need, and
tablecloths, and wine glasses – all of that stuff.
What are you most looking forward to as an audience member
between now and September 7?
I’ll be pretty busy with Westben – we have 30 concerts over two
months this summer. But I’m looking forward to our production
of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. We have
a 100-member cast, and it features two of the choirs that I run
throughout the year. So I’m looking forward to seeing them get
up onstage.
How about as a music maker/arts worker?
I’m a soprano and I’ll be singing on July 21 at Westben in a Scottish
program, with tenor Colin Ainsworth and my husband Brian Finley,
Westben’s artistic director, on piano. I’m really looking forward to
preparing for, and performing in, that concert.
What are you already preparing for musically beyond the summer?
Now that we’re a year-round centre, we have concerts coming up
in September as well. [That transition] has been really exciting: just
calling ourselves a “centre for connections and creativity through
music” opens the door to so many possibilities. We’ve added more
programming like house concerts, we’ve started some residency
programs – such as a performer-composer residency this July that our
son Ben Finley is organizing.
We’re coming up to our 20th anniversary in 2019, and it seemed
that we needed to develop; we couldn’t just stay the same. We’d
already naturally been doing more events year-round, and we realized
that what Westben does is bring people together through music. So we
thought that becoming [year-round officially] this year would open up
possibilities to develop that. We want to get Westben more out in the
community – all year, both digitally and physically.
MELANIE ELLIOTT
Soprano Donna Bennett has performed in operas, musical theatre
and recitals across Canada, the USA and Europe. Her favourite stage
is at the Westben, near Campbellford, Ontario, the home of Westben
Concerts at The Barn, which she and her husband Brian Finley
co-founded in 1999. Donna directs five choirs, teaches privately and
is the director of marketing at Westben.
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14th Annual Summer Music Guide

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SUMMER MUSIC GUIDE
The WholeNote’s 14th annual Green Enjoy everything musical and more this
Pages provides an essential overview beautiful summer season!
of festivals and various musical events
across the province and beyond from
June to August. For classical, opera,
jazz, folk, world music and beyond – the
Green Pages provides a summary for
those looking to catch all of the musical
happenings around the GTA and afar. THE 2018 GREEN PAGES TEAM
PROJECT MANAGER Karen Ages
Here you will find 46 distinct festivals, PROJECT EDITOR Karen Ages
described by the presenters themselves. PROOFREADING Danial Jazaeri
You can also visit these Green Pages LAYOUT & DESIGN Susan Sinclair
online at thewholenote.com/green WEBSITE Kevin King
for the latest information – from
interactive social media links to up-todate
descriptions of upcoming festival contact karen@thewholenote.com or
For more information on our Green Pages,
programs and more, on our ever-evolving phone Karen at 416-323-2232 x26
online platform.
THE AUGUST ORGAN
➤ August 2 to 30
Gravenhurst, ON
Each Thursday in August, join us from 12:15-12:45pm for a free-will offering
lunchtime concert featuring aspects of our newly restored and refurbished Casavant
pipe organ. This year, Trinity United Church in Gravenhurst welcomes
British knight, Sir Thomas Ingilby, with the Tewit Youth Band from Harrogate,
England on opening day! Our 2018 line-up includes organist Matthew Whitfield’s
birthday concert, an ensemble of Happy Jack Yoga musicians presenting
spiritual kirtans from India, organist Christopher Dawes honouring the organ
music of Canadian composer Healey Willan, and the finale features jazz saxophonist
Mitch Beube accompanied on organ and piano by The Real Dan McCoy
who is co-founder and Artistic Director. New this year: two 70-inch TV displays.
705-205-9005
www.trinity.isourchurch.com/the-august-organ-2018.html
BEACHES INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
➤ July 6 to 29
Toronto, ON
Toronto’s biggest jazz music celebration, The Beaches International Jazz
Festival, is celebrating its 30th year. We are based in the Beaches neighbourhood,
one of Toronto’s most beautiful communities. With three weekends of
park concerts and two street festivals, there is something for everyone! Music
lovers unite and let’s make our 30th Anniversary the best that it can be!
July 6-8: 3rd Annual Sounds of Leslieville & Riverside in Jimmie Simpson Park
July 6-8: Inaugural Sounds of Leslieville & Riverside Block Party
July 13-15: 3rd Annual Latin Carnival in Woodbine Park
July 20-22: TD Presents: 30th Annual BIJF in Woodbine Park
July 26-28: StreetFest (Queen St. E from Beech Ave to Woodbine Ave)
July 27-29: OLG Presents: 30th Annual BIJF in Woodbine Park
416-698-2152
www.beachesjazz.com
BRAVO NIAGARA! PRESENTS MILOŠ:
THE VOICE OF THE GUITAR
➤ August 18
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
Bravo Niagara! is dedicated to presenting the world’s leading Canadian and international
artists in Niagara-on-the-Lake and the surrounding Niagara wine country.
On August 18th, Bravo Niagara! presents classical guitarist Miloš Karadaglić,
hailed as “one of the most exciting and communicative classical guitarist today”
(New York Times), at the historic 1792 St. Mark’s Anglican Church in Niagaraon-the-Lake.
The program entitled The Voices of the Guitar features special guest
Marc Djokic (violin) and his quartet performing works by Bach, Boccherini,
Granados, De Falla, Rodrigo, Piazzolla, Villa Lobos, as well as George Harrison,
John Lennon and Paul McCartney! Don’t miss this rare recital featuring MILOŠ
- his only Canadian appearance of 2018!
289-868-9177
www.bravoniagara.org
Elora Festival, Elora, ON
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BROOKSIDE MUSIC FESTIVAL OF THE BAY
➤ July 12 to August 23
Midland, ON
Brookside Music hosts ‘Festival of the Bay’ at the Midland Cultural Centre. On
July 12, The Toronto All Star Big Band kicks off the festival in a lively fashion,
followed by “First Lady of Musical Theatre” Louise Pitre performing La vie en
rouge, a tribute to Edith Piaf July 19. On July 26, the Rolston String Quartet show
us why they were winners of the 2018 Cleveland Quartet Award. Then join our
fundraiser on board Miss Midland on August 10 for Huronia Hot Strings’ Gypsy
Jazz featuring vocalist Jessica Lalonde. August 16 come for a Taste of Vienna
featuring violinist Wolfgang David while feasting on a Viennese dessert. Lastly
on August 23, pianist Takeshi Kakehashi and Wolfgang David team up to bring
you Beethoven, Brahms and Strauss for a passionate finale.
705-527-4420
www.brooksidemusic.com
BROTT MUSIC FESTIVAL
➤ June 21 to August 16
Hamilton, ON
Now entering its 31st season, the Brott Music Festival (est. 1988) is the largest
non-profit orchestral music festival in Canada, and, the only festival with a fulltime,
professional orchestra-in-residence. The Brott Music Festival is renowned
for its extremely high artistic standard, world class soloists, its exuberant young
orchestra and its eclectic mix of orchestral, chamber, jazz, pops and education
concerts at various venues across Southern Ontario. We have attracted world
class soloists and other artists/personalities to Hamilton, including James Ehnes,
Anton Kuerti, Pinchas Zukerman, Marc Garneau, Karen Kain, Valerie Tryon,
former Prime Minister Kim Campbell, Mordecai Richler, Roberta Bondar and
Michael Ondaatje, to name only a few.
905-525-7664
www.brottmusic.com
CLEAR LAKE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
➤ July 26 to 29
Brandon, Erickson & Riding Mountain National Park, MB
The 13th Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival, under the artistic direction of
Canadian pianists Daniel Tselyakov and Alexander Tselyakov, has become an
important part of Canada’s cultural calendar. The most exciting and first of its
kind that Manitoba has to offer, this festival is a celebration of summer with
classical music, jazz and outstanding musicians in the natural beauty of Riding
Mountain National Park, Manitoba. The festival will take place the third week
of July. For tickets or more information contact us by phone or email tselyakov@
hotmail.com. See directions on our website.
204-571-6547
www.clearlakefestival.ca
ELORA FESTIVAL
➤ July 13 to 29
Elora, ON
The Elora Festival invites you to three weeks of vocal/choral/chamber music
delights in one of the prettiest towns in Southern Ontario. Welcome to our 39th
season! Join us for The Elora Singers, Chantal Kreviazuk, Ben Heppner, Isabel
Bayrakdarian, Rolston String Quartet, Jackie Richardson, André Laplante, Sultans
of String, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Louise Pitre, a Family Series, and so much
Festival Montreal Baroque Montreal, PQ
more. The Elora Festival has encompassed all forms of classical music, jazz, world
music and folk since 1979. All concerts take place in gorgeous Elora, Ontario,
with its natural beauty, vibrant cultural scene, shopping, restaurants and lodgings.
519-846-0331
www.elorafestival.ca
FESTIVAL CLASSICA
➤ May 25 to June 16
Saint-Lambert, South Shore of Montréal,
Montréal, North Shore of Montréal, QC
For its 8th edition, Festival Classica will present 60 indoor and outdoor concerts.
Under the theme of “From Schubert to the Stones,” the Festival will run from
May 25 to June 16, 2018 in Saint-Lambert, several cities on the South Shore,
and on the island of Montreal and the North Shore. Festivalgoers will be treated
to exceptional performances by numerous renowned artists, including Stéphane
Tétreault, Guillaume Andrieux, Jean-Philippe Sylvestre, Russell Braun, Alice
Ader, the Solistes de l’OSM, the Orchestre Métropolitain and Marc Martel.
Unique concerts will be presented in tribute to remarkable composers: André
Mathieu, Claude Debussy and Jacques Hétu!
888-801-9906
www.festivalclassica.com
FESTIVAL MONTRÉAL BAROQUE
➤ June 21 to 24
Montréal, QC
For Montreal Baroque’s 16th year, Georg Frederic Handel will inspire a sumptuous
menu including a panoply of rare works by the great master of drama!
From June 21 to 24, the 16th edition of the Montreal Baroque Festival returns
with Hallelujah Handel!, bringing the city to life with the sounds of baroque
bonbons known and loved by all as well as unknown works by the great master
and music that he would have heard down at the pub! Hallelujah Handel! will
reflect Handel’s flamboyant character with unique performances of rarely heard
works performed in unusual settings.
514-845-7171
www.montrealbaroque.com
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FESTIVAL OF THE SOUND
➤ July 20 to August 11
Parry Sound, ON
Concerts – Cruises – Talks. Canada’s finest Jazz and Classical Summer Music
Festival. Experience world-class chamber, jazz and folk music combined with
the beautiful landscape of Georgian Bay! In its 39-year history, the Festival of
the Sound has become a go-to destination for musicians and music lovers alike.
The festival is internationally recognized by various organizations, including by
the CBC as one of Canada’s Top Summer Festivals, and by Festivals & Events
Ontario as one of the Top 100 Festivals or Events in Ontario. From July 20 to
August 11, the Festival of the Sound hosts over 60 events, with over 70 musicians
and 20 ensembles from Canada and around the world. Contact our box
office at 1-866-364-0061 and book your tickets today.
705-746-2410
www.festivalofthesound.ca
THE FOREST FESTIVAL
➤ August 15 to 19
Haliburton, ON
The magic begins. The Forest Festival…five days, seven outstanding all-Canadian
musical artists, one unforgettable experience. Join us August 15 through 19 for
a celebration of the senses that will connect you with music and nature and
leave you spellbound. Imagine sitting in an amphitheatre overlooking a wilderness
lake deep in the heart of Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve; or in the
rustic intimacy of the Historic Logging Museum with the warm acoustics only
a vintage wood and timber building can offer. The 2018 lineup features something
for all musical tastes: from celtic to roots to blues and much more. Don’t
miss: Susan Aglukark, Sarah Harmer, Cowboy Junkies, Rob Lutes, The Sultans
of String, BMC Organ Trio with special guest Ian Hendrickson-Smith and Leahy.
800-631-2198
www.theforestfestival.com
GUELPH JAZZ FESTIVAL
➤ September 12 to 16
Guelph, ON
Join us to celebrate our 25th Anniversary with five days of world-class creative
music in one of Ontario’s loveliest cities. Our intimate community-powered
festival features the best in contemporary improvised music, offers ticketed
concerts plus a free outdoor series on Friday and Saturday in Market Square,
and hosts free educational programming with panel talks and artist interviews.
Some of the artists featured include: Darius Jones’s Le bébé de Brigitte (Lost in
Translation), Steve Swell’s Soul Travelers, Jean Derome’s Somebody Special:
Music of Steve Lacy, Satoko Fujii’s This Is It!, Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones,
Agustí Fernández & Yves Charuest, Konk Pack, Nick Fraser Quartet with Tony
Malaby, and many more.
519-763-4952
www.guelphjazzfestival.com
HERITAGE MUSIC FESTIVAL
➤ August 8 to 12
Shelburne, ON
The Heritage Music Festival, featuring the 68th Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle
Championship, will take place August 8-12, 2018 in Shelburne, Ontario. Sponsored
by the Rotary Club of Shelburne, the event features a variety of entertainers,
including The Trews, the Beckett Family, and Louis Schryer, as well as Canada’s
top fiddlers in competition for thousands of dollars in prizes. Community events
include camping, Bands and Brews at the Fiddle Park, a giant fiddle parade, a pork
bbq, an open air market, and non-denominational church service. Proceeds of
the Heritage Music Festival support Shelburne Rotary’s many charitable projects.
519-941-1114
www.heritagemusicfestival.ca
HIGHLANDS OPERA STUDIO
➤ July 26 to August 27
Haliburton, ON
Join us for our 12th season! Hear the best emerging professional voices from
across Canada in the beauty of the Haliburton Highlands, only 2 1/2 hours northeast
of the GTA. Established in 2007 by internationally-acclaimed Canadian
tenor Richard Margison and Canadian stage director/violist Valerie Kuinka,
Highlands Opera Studio is an advanced intensive professional training and
networking program for emerging opera professionals. Chosen from 150+ applicants
from across Canada and into the States, the 2018 participants can be heard
in public masterclasses, multiple concerts, community events, and three fullystaged
operas: La Bohème, and a double-bill of comic Canadian operas, The
Glove and The Troublemaker. Love to sing yourself? Get involved in the Highlands
Opera Community School!
855-455-5533
www.highlandsoperastudio.com
2018 HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
➤ 30 August to 8 September
Calgary, AB
Honens discovers, nurtures, and presents Complete Artists—21st century pianists
for 21st century audiences. The Honens International Piano Competition
takes place every three years and is considered one of the world’s most prestigious
events of its kind. Honens prepares its Laureates for the rigours and realities
of professional careers in music and creates opportunities for growth and
exposure. The annual Honens Festival is one of Canada’s premier classical
music events, intended to share Mrs. Honens’ love of world renowned music
with Albertans every year.
403-299-0130
www.honens.com
HUGH’S ROOM LIVE - SUMMER NIGHTS FESTIVAL
➤ June 15 to August 25
Toronto, ON
Not taking that summer road trip? Didn’t get tickets for that festival? Cottage
burnt down? Hugh’s Room Live has a concert outing to offer you! Please join
us at the Summer Nights Festival, a wide-ranging program of international and
local luminaries from the folk, blues, jazz and world music spectrum. Featured
within the Summer Nights Festival are two new series. Solo Piano Double is a crazy
quilt of styles including artists such as Jenie Thai to Robi Botos. Our Songwriting
Sessions series matches songcrafters Ariana Gillis, Jon Brooks among many more.
From the Barra MacNeils to the Shuffle Demons to David Bromberg, come on
out to Dundas West for music from overseas and around the block. Make us your
destination for Summer Nights!
416-533-5483
www.hughsroomlive.com
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HUNTSVILLE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
➤ July 6 to August 17
Huntsville, ON P1H 1A1
Entering its 26th season of presenting excellence in the performing arts, the Huntsville
Festival will once again feature a series of international, national and local
performing arts concerts. The eclectic lineup features Jim Cuddy, Downchild
Blues Band, country stars Doc Walker, blues man Matt Andersen, jazz pianist
Michael Kaeshammer and alt rockers Whitehorse among others and will feature
tributes to Stuart McLean, Oscar Peterson, and the music of 60’s/70’s folk artists
from James Taylor to Bob Dylan. A special Choir!Choir!Choir! evening will be
held at Deerhurst Resort on July 13. Daytime concerts, children’s shows and the
return of Nuit Blanche North are highlights.
705-789-4975
www.huntsvillefestival.ca
KENSINGTON MARKET JAZZ FESTIVAL
➤ September 14 to 16
Toronto, ON
Described as “wildly successful” by The Globe and Mail, the inaugural Kensington
Market Jazz Festival debuted in style the second weekend of September 2016,
when over 200 Toronto musicians performed over 100 shows at 9 venues in Kensington
Market. Founder Molly Johnson and her team developed this festival to
celebrate the neighbourhood’s cultural history, as well as Toronto’s world-class
musical fabric of professional musicians. The festival is a not-for-profit organization
committed to presenting live musical excellence. The 2018 edition will
take place September 14, 15, 16, where KMJF will present over 400 artists, in
over 24 venues - CASH ONLY at the door. This year we have some very exciting
new venues. Subscribe to our newsletter at kensingtonjazz.com for more details.
347-789-2034
www.kensingtonjazz.com
KINCARDINE SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL
➤ August 12 to 17
Kincardine, ON
Celebrating its 27th anniversary, KSMF is known for excellent programming. The
Festival presents fabulous concerts starring award-winning artists. 2018 JUNO
award winner Mike Downes Quartet, August 13, Whiskey Jack, August 14, All
Day Breakfast String Band and Scottish Fling, August 15, trailblazing violinist
Andrea Tyniec, August 16, Heavyweight Brass Band, August 17. Don’t miss the
free 4 O’Clock in the Park concerts August 12 - 17 in downtown Victoria Park.
KSMF music education classes run daily August 13 to 17 for everyone from beginners
to experienced players, age 7 to adult. Guitar, Strings, Bands and Vocals on
the shores of Lake Huron - Music and the Beach! Kincardine Summer Music
Festival – creating fabulous musical experiences for 27 years!
519-396-9716
www.ksmf.ca
LEITH SUMMER FESTIVAL
➤ June 30 to August 25
Leith, ON
Leith Summer Festival presents five concerts in the Historic Leith Church, 12 km
from Owen Sound on Georgian Bay. It’s a wonderfully intimate venue with superb
acoustics enjoyed by musicians and audiences alike. The LSF begins Saturday,
June 30 with songs by Julie Nesrallah, mezzo, and Robert Kortgaard, piano.
Lulaworld Toronto, ON
On Saturday, July 14, Robi Botos, piano, and Paul Novotny, bass, play innovative
traditional jazz. The Penderecki String Quartet performs Schafer, Grieg and
Beethoven on Saturday July 28. Jonathan Crow, violin, Philip Chiu, piano and
Gabriel Radford, horn play Schumann and Brahms on Saturday August 11, while
the piano quartet Ensemble Made in Canada closes the season on August 25. All
concerts at 7:30 pm. Tickets at Roxy Theatre, Owen Sound.
519-371-5316
www.leithchurch.ca
LULAWORLD
➤ May 31 to June 10
Toronto, ON
The annual LULAWORLD festival showcases new work and collaborations by
local and international Latin, Brazilian, jazz, folk and global artists. In addition to
three CD releases, highlights of LULAWORLD 2018 include a community brass
band that you can perform with, special guest salsa artists from Puerto Rico, Los
Angeles and Montreal, a residency with Olodum’s Mestre Memeu direct from
Brazil, indigenous reggae, rock and blues by Shauit and Digging Roots, Philadelphia-based
jazz poet Ursula Rucker, and a music and street mural exchange with
Valparaiso, Chile. The festival includes ten free, family friendly outdoor performances
on June 1 and 2 in collaboration with the Dundas West Fest community
street festival. LULAWORLD is presented by Lula Music and Arts Centre.
416-588-0307
www.lulaworld.ca
MARKHAM VILLAGE MUSIC FESTIVAL
➤ June 15, 16, 17
Markham, ON
The Markham Village Music Festival is back on the third weekend in June on
the Main Street of Markham Village. On June 15 & 16, the Festival will be held
on Markham Road, north of Highway 7. The Festival features four stages of
entertainment, craft and food vendors, Farmers’ Market and a Kids’ Zone in
Morgan Park. Morgan Park (one block east of Main Street) will feature the
carnival rides that will operate on Friday evening, Saturday and NEW this year,
Sunday afternoon. On Saturday the petting zoo will be back, and there will be
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great entertainment on the Youth Stage on Saturday and Sunday featuring the
winners of the Markham Youth Expo. There will be crafts and swimming in
Morgan Pool. Great family fun!
647-983-9054
www.markhamfestival.com
MONTREAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
➤ June 1 to 17
Montreal, QC
The Montreal Chamber Music Festival presents its 23rd season, offering a
wonderful array of gems from the chamber music repertoire, exciting premieres,
and new collaborations, with performances by many of our most revered artists
along with brilliant new discoveries. Beginning with a new spring series at The
Ritz-Carlton Montreal in April and May, the Festival moves to Pollack Hall for
the TD JAZZ and classical series in June. With our theme “Droit au Cœur!”
(Straight to the Heart!), we emphasize our love for chamber music, the most
intimate and collaborative of art forms. Highlights include the Canadian premiere
of the New York Philharmonic String Quartet and special events to celebrate the
“Year of the Cello” in concert and film.
514-489-7444
www.festivalmontreal.org
MUSIC AT PORT MILFORD
➤ July 21 to August 11
Prince Edward County, ON
2018 marks Music at Port Milford’s 32nd year of bringing internationallyrenowned
artist faculty to Prince Edward County to create an inspiring summer
music experience. Saturday Chamber Music Series: Tickets: $30 adult, $10 student,
$5 Youth (12 and under); Season Pass: $100 adult, $30 Student, $15 Youth (12
and under). July 21, 7:30 p.m, Phenomenal Woman: Tokai String Quartet, joined
by pianist, Angela Park; soprano, Rebecca Kenneally; actor, Joan McBride.
July 28, 7:30 p.m, Form, Balance, Motion: Quatuor Saguenay (Alcan) with pianist,
Allison Gagnon. August 4, 7:30 p.m, Ludwig meets Dizzy: Harlem String Quartet.
August 11, 7:30 p.m, Folk Connection: Port Milford Chamber Players.
613-476-7735
www.musicatportmilford.org
MUSIC FROM SCRATCH
➤ August 27 to 31
Toronto, ON
In partnership with the Canadian Music Centre, Music From Scratch is a free
week-long music creation workshop for people between the ages of 18 and
25. Facilitated by Jerry Pergolesi and guest composer/sound creator Giorgio
Magnanensi, and guided by the Contact ensemble, participants engage in creative
listening, writing, movement and improvisation exercises, leading to the performance
of a series of collaborative sound works. Music From Scratch helps participants
develop new skills and the confidence to take risks both as listeners and
creators. No experience necessary! Just a willingness to learn and explore your
own inner creativity.
416-961-6601 x207
www.musicfromscratch.org
MUSIC MONDAYS
➤ May 7 to September 3
Toronto, ON
A lunchtime concert series at the Church of the Holy Trinity – welcome to our
27th season! Music Mondays has served as a launching pad for emerging talent
since its inception in 1992. Our concerts take place in the warm acoustics of Holy
Trinity Church, just steps away from the Eaton Centre. We feature an eclectic mix
of everything from classical solo and chamber music to jazz, fusion and world
music. Our goal is to provide the highest possible musical experience to a paywhat-you-can
downtown Toronto audience. Please join us. Bring your lunch –
and a friend – every Monday at 12:15pm from May to Labour Day.
416-598-4521 x223
www.musicmondays.ca
OPERAMUSKOKA FESTIVAL
➤ August 21 to 24
Bracebridge, ON
The 9th Annual OperaMuskoka Festival takes place August 21-24 2018, in Bracebridge,
Ontario. The opening night opera will be Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, produced
by Sharon Tikiryan, M.Mus. Sharon will also sing the role of the calculating
maid. Wednesday August 22 will be our Annual Stars of Tomorrow Concert,
featuring young people from Toronto and the surrounding area of Muskoka.
Both these events take place at the Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre. At the
Pinegrove Fellowship Church in Bracebridge on Thursday August 23, the Festival
will feature a Vocal Masterclass with Jennifer Tung of the Royal Conservatory of
Music, followed by her concert in the evening. The Festival concludes on Friday
August 24, with a Violin Masterclass with Moshe Hammer, and an evening
concert also at Pinegrove Fellowship Church, 295 Taylor Rd.
705-764-1381
www.muskokachautauqua.com
OTTAWA CHAMBERFEST
➤ July 26 to August 9
Ottawa, ON K2P 0W7
This year presenting pianists Marc-André Hamelin and Angela Hewitt, Danel,
Rolston, and Ariel Quartets, improvisational violinist Roby Lakatos, folk group
The Fretless, and many more! Celebrating 25 years, Ottawa Chamberfest brings
together the boldest names in ensemble and solo performance for musical celebration
in the nation’s capital throughout the year with a Concert Series and
Community Engagement and Education programming, culminating in the
Chamberfest summer festival. The world’s largest festival of its kind, the Ottawa
Chamberfest summer festival is a 2018 Festivals and Events (FEO) Ontario
“Top 100” and winner of seven consecutive Lieutenant-Governor’s Awards
for the Arts.
613-234-6306
www.chamberfest.com
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
➤ September 7 to 16
Picton, ON
Now in its 15th season, the festival will open with a concert featuring our new
artistic directors, the renowned New Orford String Quartet, and a special work
by composer John Burge, Death of a Lady’s Man - a world premiere with a nod to
Leonard Cohen. The following evening will be devoted to renaissance and baroque
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music with Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal. The weekend will end with
a piano recital by André Laplante. The second weekend begins with Erin Wall,
in an evening of song and operatic arias. The next evening features Mark Fewer
and his jazz trio, David Braid piano, Joseph Phillips bass. In our last concert,
Mark Fewer is joined by classical musicians Bénédicte Lauzière, Eric Nowlin,
Joseph Johnson and Wonny Song to perform chamber music.
613-645-2250
www.pecmusicfestival.com
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY JAZZ FESTIVAL
➤ August 14 to 19
Prince Edward County, ON
This year’s festival main stage shows are deep in big-name Juno and Grammy
royalty - Robi Botos, Carol Welsman, and the Brian Barlow Big Band - we’ll
showcase saxophonists Tara Davidson, the JUNO-winning Allison Au, bassist
Marika Galea, violinist Drew Jurecka, and pianist Adrean Farrugia. The festival
makes it a point to support emerging artists, and we bring back outstanding young
performers who have a history with us. Marika Galea will be playing every day
this year. She came to us first as part of her high school band that participated
in our jazz education program, and then won the Rising Young Star award, and
later performed on our stage with her own groups. Drew Jurecka returns after
his highly-acclaimed run as our featured artist in 2017.
613-399-2477
www.pecjazz.org
SAINT JOSEPH’S ARTSFEST 2018
➤ May 27 to June 10
Hamilton, ON
Saint Joseph’s ArtsFest brings music and theatre performances to the GTHA
area. In the superior acoustics of Saint Joseph’s Church in Hamilton, this year’s
festival brings together artists not only from Canada, but also from Estonia and
the Czech Republic. Both of these European countries are celebrating their
100th anniversaries. Highlights of the Festival will include the Prague Mixed
Choir (Conductor: Jiří Petrdlík) and Aare Tammesalu (cellist from Estonia).
We are also pleased to present A Man for All Seasons under the stage direction of
Lana Borsellino. Featured will be works by Haydn, Smetana, Arvo Pärt, and the
sublime Miserere by Allegri with Julie Ludwig. Come to a concert or stage play,
then enjoy an evening meal on trendy Locke Street in Hamilton.
905-528-0019
www.stjoesartsfest.ca
17TH ANNUAL SMALL WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL
➤ August 17 to 19
Toronto, ON
For three days in August, the Beat of the Globe comes to the Heart of Toronto, as
Small World Music reinvents its annual festival program, moving its 17th edition
to the waterfront at the height of the summer season. Inspired by and celebrating
the 30th anniversary of WOMAD, which first took place at the same venue in
1988, expect an eclectic mix of international artists and local greats informed
by the notion of ‘intersections’ – connecting communities and juxtaposing traditional
and cutting-edge forms. Highlights include Daraa Tribes (Morocco), Vieux
Farka Touré (Mali), Las Cafeteras (USA), DJ Lag (South Africa) and Surefire
Sweat (Toronto). Music-focused films and family-friendly workshops will also
be on offer, looking to the past and the future of culturally diverse music.
Music at Port Milford Port Milford, ON
416-536-5439
www.smallworldmusic.com
SOMETHING ELSE! FESTIVAL
➤ June 13 to 17
Hamilton, ON
World-renowned artists from all over North America & Europe will head to
Hamilton to play a wide array of vital, adventurous, creative music; newer traditions
in jazz, free, improvised music & much more, over 5 days, 7 ticketed events,
30 sets of music & dance. Artist-in-residence, master percussionist Jesse Stewart
will perform with iconoclasts Eugene Chadbourne (US), William Parker (US),
Joe McPhee (US) & Michael Snow... highly revered musicians David Mott,
Nicolas Caloia, Kevin Breit, Matt Brubeck & tap dancer Heather Cornell (US)
+ Parker/Nicholson’s Hope Cries for Justice (US), The Young Mothers (US/
NO), Artifacts Trio (US), Susan Alcorn (US) & Amy Brandon, Will Guthrie
(FR), Monicker (UK/CA), Sick Boss + Löve (SE/CA), Gord Grdina Quartet
(US/CA), ++! Tickets: $20-35; Passes: $100-125
289-993-1993
www.zulapresents.org
SOUTH COAST JAZZ & BLUES
➤ Aug 17 to 19
Port Dover, ON
Norfolk County’s Official Premier Festival: Friday August 17, Riverfront Park,
52 Harbour St. 5-10 pm Chuck Jackson /Tyler Yarema. Saturday 18, Port Dover
Community Center, 801 St. George St. 5-11 pm Kellylee Evans, Heather Bambrick,
Brian Dickinson, Host Dini Petty. Sunday 19, Burning Kiln Winery, 1709 Front
Rd. (Near Turkey Point Beach) Dave Young & more. World class live music,
farm fresh food & fun! VIP tickets starting at $25. Saturday Main Event includes
catered dinner & three Headliners-$70! VIP weekend passes only $99! Book now!
Accommodations also available.
519-774-2787
www.southcoastjazz.com
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STRATFORD SUMMER MUSIC
➤ July 16 to August 26
Stratford, ON
Canadian & international musicians of excellence return to Stratford Summer
Music for our 18th season of concerts and events. Featured artists include Blind
Boys of Alabama, Jeremy Dutcher, Angela Hewitt, Jan Lisiecki, Ron Sexsmith,
Tanya Tagaq, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Stéphane Tétreault. There will
also be Friday night cabarets at Revival House, Bach Musical Brunches at The Prune
Restaurant on Saturdays and Sundays, free lunchtime BargeMusic, early morning
BachWalks, and making its Canadian debut, The Moon Museum, a 27-foot replica
of the moon by artist Luke Jerram, set on Tom Patterson Island and featuring free
programs of world music from August 16-25. Make music part of your Stratford
experience today. Visit our webpage or call our box-office for more information.
866-288-4313
www.stratfordsummermusic.ca
SUMMER MUSIC IN THE GARDEN
➤ June 28 to September 16
479 Queens Quay West
Toronto, ON M5V 3M8
The popular Summer Music in the Garden concert series returns for its 19th season
by the shores of Lake Ontario. Treat yourself to 18 free concerts this summer,
featuring outstanding artists and a wide range of musical styles. Concerts take
place in the Toronto Music Garden on most Thursdays at 7pm and Sundays at
4pm, and are approximately one hour in length. Bench seating is limited, so feel
free to bring a lawn chair – and don’t forget your hat or umbrella and sunscreen
as shade is also limited. Concerts proceed weather permitting. Please call our
info desk at 416-973-4000 for up-to-the-minute rain call.
416-954-4502
www.harbourfrontcentre.com/summermusic
SUMMER OPERA LYRIC THEATRE
➤ July 27 to August 5
Toronto, ON
Founded in 1986, Summer Opera Lyric Theatre has been bringing together young
vocalists, professional singers and teachers of great stature. SOLT features the
stars of tomorrow, as our young artists advance towards careers at the national
and international level. The SOLT 2018 Opera Workshop presents three great
works for the stage: Manon by Massenet, Semele by Handel, and Mozart’s Fior
and Dora (Così fan tutte). The diversity of roles and the amazing variety of style,
both vocal and dramatic, makes this summer opera festival a special treat for
Toronto’s opera fans. Toronto’s Mini Opera Summer Festival at Robert Gill
Theatre is conveniently located in the heart of the city. Please add SOLT 2018
to your summer calendar!
416-366-7723
www.solt.ca
SUN LIFE FINANCIAL UPTOWN
WATERLOO JAZZ FESTIVAL
➤ July 20 to 23
Waterloo, ON
Bringing the community together through jazz! For its 26th season, the Sun Life
Financial UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival is exploring improvisation in music
and art including an improvised aerial act performed to live music, and a visual
artist creating a work based on one of our performances in full view of our
patrons. Artists include Manteca, Jim Gelcer, Fern Lindzon, Turboprop, Chelsea
McBride’s Socialist Night Club, Coco Love Alcorn, Francisco Pais, Mark Kelso
& the Jazz Exiles, Mike Downes, Marito Marques and Ted Warren. Events begin
Friday July 20 at 5:30 pm and continue through to Sunday July 22 at 4:30 pm.
519-279-0189
www.uptownwaterloojazz.ca
SWEETWATER MUSIC FESTIVAL
➤ September 21 to 23
Owen Sound and Meaford, ON
SweetWater marks 15 years of world-class music in 2018 celebrating a legacy
of unforgettable performances. Artistic Director Mark Fewer is bringing back
many vets including James Campbell, Matthias Maute, Guy Few, Denise Djokic,
Aiyun Huang, Mark Edwards, Douglas McNabney, and Dean McNeil. Others
will make their SweetWater debuts including soprano Suzie LeBlanc and Alexander
Tselyakov. Plus, discover tomorrow’s music stars such as Yolanda Bruno
and Quatuor Despax. There are also free, interactive activities including Mozart
for Munchkins, Classical Jam, Luthier Exhibit, and Luthier Performance. Opening
Gala ($50), Saturday Early Evening & Sunday Matinee ($35), Saturday Matinee
& Late Night Jazz ($30). Festival Celebration Pass (5 Concerts) $165. Saturday
Sunday Pass (4 Concerts) $120.
519-371-2833
www.sweetwatermusicfestival.ca
TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE SUMMER FESTIVAL
➤ June 11 to 23
Toronto, ON
Musicians from around the world gather in Toronto for the annual Tafelmusik
Baroque Summer Festival, featuring the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and
Chamber Choir, and presented in conjunction with the Tafelmusik Baroque
Summer Institute. Join us for a series of five free concerts in Jeanne Lamon Hall,
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre; Walter Hall, University of Toronto; and Grace Church
on-the-Hill. All concerts are open to the public. Tickets required for “Opening
Night” on June 11 and “The Grand Finale” on June 23. For tickets and more
information, visit tafelmusik.org/TBSF
416-964-6337
www.tafelmusik.org/TBSF
TD MARKHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL
➤ August 15, 17 to 19
Markham, ON
The TD Markham Jazz Festival is an exciting and vibrant 3 ½ day event featuring
well known professional jazz musicians performing on three stages on beautiful
Main Street Unionville, in Markham. The Festival starts on Wednesday August 15
with a ticketed Opening Night concert, including a reception and silent auction
at the intimate Varley Art Gallery. From August 17-19, Main Street comes alive
with 30+ free performances all day and evening on outdoor stages, on the street,
and in bars and restaurants. Enjoy acclaimed Canadian and International artists
performing all styles of jazz and blues. Early confirmed artists include Dee Dee
Bridgewater, Deva Mahal, Dan Hill, Ian Hendrickson-Smith, Jaymz Bee’s Tiki
Collective, Barbra Lica, and Adrean Farrugia with Brad Goode.
905-471-5299
www.markhamjazzfestival.com
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TD NIAGARA JAZZ FESTIVAL
➤ July 19 to 29
Niagara-on-the-Lake & St. Catharines, ON
Recently named ‘Best New Festival in Ontario’ the TD Niagara Jazz Festival
is an exciting jazz festival dedicated to celebrating the art form of jazz in the
Niagara Region. Inspiring, educating & developing future jazz audiences while
combining live jazz with a Niagara experience – food, wine, culture & natural
wonders. Festival events occur throughout the calendar year with a focus on a
summer festival in July in the Niagara Region. (July 19 - 29). The TD NJF features
3 FREE outdoor events with food, wine, craft beer, artisans & a kids zone; high
caliber ticketed events in wineries & a Dixieland Jazz Cruise. This year’s featured
performers include: Heather Bambrick, Phil Nimmons, David Braid, Al Muirhead,
Denielle Bassels & more...
1-844-LIV-JAZZ (548-5299)
www.niagarajazzfestival.com
TD SUNFEST ‘18: CANADA’S PREMIER
CELEBRATION OF WORLD CULTURES
➤ July 5 to 8
London, ON
Celebrate the enchantment of summer with Canada’s premier festival of the
global arts. Now in its 24th year, FREE-admission, TD Sunfest transfigures
London’s Victoria Park into a culturally diverse jewel, where over 35 top world
music and jazz groups from all corners of the planet entertain on five stages.
2018 headliners range from red-hot bands like Liniker e Os Caramelows (Brazil)
and Hannah Williams & The Affirmations (UK), to legendary acts like Orlando
Julius & The Heliocentrics (Nigeria/UK). New this year is the Government
of Ontario-supported program “Roots, Riddims & Reggae,” showcasing the
diverse sounds of the Caribbean. And with 225+ exhibitors, TD Sunfest ’18 will
continue to whet festival-goers’ appetites for scrumptious international cuisine
and unique crafts & visual art.
519-672-1522
www.sunfest.on.ca
TD TORONTO JAZZ FESTIVAL
➤ June 22 to July 1
Toronto, ON
TD Toronto Jazz Festival, running from June 22 to July 1, celebrates its 32nd
edition as it returns to the Bloor-Yorkville area, the hub of the Festival. This
summer, legendary musicians such as Herbie Hancock, Bela Fleck and all the
original Flecktone members, Gregory Porter, Holly Cole, The Bad Plus will headline,
joining rising stars like Elise LeGrow, Cécile McLorin Salvant and Lake
Street Dive. Yorkville will play host to over 175 free concerts, featuring the very
best in jazz from Toronto, across the country and around the world. Experience
forward thinking musicians pushing the boundaries of jazz at Heliconian Hall,
a showcase highlighting JUNO winners and nominees, and everything from big
bands to samba to New Orleans brass bands.
855-985-5000
www.torontojazz.com
TORONTO SUMMER MUSIC
➤ July 12 to August 4
Toronto, ON
Reflections of Wartime - 2018 marks 100 years since the end of WWI and this
TD Niagara Jazz Festival Niagara, ON
year’s Festival will explore music written during or inspired by times of war and
conflict, past and present. Don’t miss performances by the Borodin Quartet, New
Orford Quartet, a staged L’Histoire du Soldat featuring the TSO Chamber Soloists,
Ben Heppner’s tribute to Gospel Music, a World War II Big Band Concert, and
a celebration of Vivaldi at the Church of the Redeemer and much much more
including many free, PWYC, and educational events.
647-430-5699
www.torontosummermusic.com
WESTBEN CONCERTS AT THE BARN
➤ June 9 to August 5
Campbellford, ON
Experience music in a natural setting at Westben. Now in its 19th season, Westben
is where the best of music and nature spring to life! Nestled amongst the peaceful
hills of Northumberland County two hours east of Toronto, near Campbellford,
Westben’s primary performance venue is a custom-built, timber-frame barn. The
Barn seats 400 and combines state-of-the-art acoustics with a rustic yet sophisticated
atmosphere. On sunny days from June to August, massive walls and
doors roll away allowing music to waft over the surrounding meadow. Westben’s
19th season features classical, broadway, jazz, folk and fiddle music, with
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Sarah Harmer, Colin Mochrie, Michael Kaeshammer,
Vancouver Chamber Choir, Danel String Quartet, Wallis Giunta, Alexander
Dobson and more.
877-883-5777
www.westben.ca
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Summer Festivals
Summer Festival Listings
Welcome to The WholeNote’s Summer Festival listings.
The following pages contain basic listings for these festivals,
where available at time of printing:
The August Organ.....................................................Aug 2 to 30
Beaches International Jazz Festival............................Jul 26 to 29
Brookside Music Festival of the Bay.....................Jul 12 to Aug 23
Brott Music Festival...........................................Jun 21 to Sept 27
Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival...........................Jul 26 to 29
Elora Festival.............................................................Jul 13 to 29
Festival Classica................................................May 25 to Jun 16
Festival Montréal Baroque........................................Jun 21 to 24
Festival of the Sound..........................................Jul 20 to Aug 11
Forest Festival..........................................................Aug 15 to 19
Guelph Jazz Festival.................................................Sep 12 to 16
Heritage Music Festival..............................................Aug 8 to 12
Highlands Opera Studio............................................Aug 1 to 27
Honens International Piano Competition...........Aug 30 to Sep 8
Hugh’s Room Live - Summer Nights Festival.....Jun 15 to Aug 25
Huntsville Festival of the Arts...............................Jul 6 to Aug 17
Kensington Market Jazz Festival...............................Sep 14 to 16
Kincardine Summer Music Festival..................May 24 to Aug 17
Leith Summer Festival......................................Jun 20 to Aug 25
LULAWORLD....................................................May 31 to Jun 10
Markham Village Music Festival................................Jun 15 to 17
Montreal Chamber Music Festival...............................Jun 1 to 17
Music at Port Milford..........................................Jul 21 to Aug 12
Music from Scratch.................................................Aug 27 to 31
Music Mondays....................................................May 7 to Sep 3
OperaMuskoka........................................................Aug 21 to 24
Ottawa Chamberfest............................................Jul 26 to Aug 9
Prince Edward County Chamber Music Festival.........Sep 7 to 16
Prince Edward County Jazz Festival.........................Aug 14 to 19
Saint Joseph’s ArtsFest 2018..............................May 27 to Jun 10
Something Else Festival of Creative Music.................Jun 13 to 17
South Coast Jazz & Blues.........................................Aug 17 to 19
Stratford Summer Music.....................................Jul 16 to Aug 12
Summer Music in the Garden............................Jun 28 to Sep 16
Summer Opera Lyric Theatre...............................Jul 27 to Aug 5
Sun Life Financial UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival.....Jul 20 to 23
SweetWater Music Festival.......................................Sep 21 to 23
Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival.......................Jun 11 to 23
TD Markham Jazz Festival........................................Aug 15 to 19
TD Niagara Jazz Festival............................................Jul 19 to 29
TD Sunfest ‘18:
Canada’s Premier Celebration of World Culture............Jul 5 to 8
TD Toronto Jazz Festival........................................Jun 22 to Jul 1
Toronto Summer Music........................................Jul 12 to Aug 4
Westben Concerts at the Barn..............................Jun 9 to Aug 5
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The August Organ
August 2 to 30
Trinity United Church, 290 Muskoka Rd. N.,
Gravenhurst, ON
705-205-9005
www.trinity.isourchurch.com/
the-august-organ-2018.
Concerts are at 12:15pm.
●●Aug 2: Tewit Youth Band.
●●Aug 9: Matthew Whitfield, organ.
●●Aug 16: Meditative kirtan using ancient
Indian chants. Happy Jack Yogis.
●●Aug 23: Works by Willan. Christopher
Dawes, organ.
●●Aug 30: Jazz saxophone with organ and
piano. Mitch Beube, saxophone; Dan McCoy,
organ and piano.
Beaches International Jazz Festival
July 6 to 29
Toronto, ON
416-698-2152
www.beachesjazz.com
J – Jimmie Simpson Park, 870 Queen St. E.
W – Woodbine Park, 1695 Queen St. E.
●●July 6-8: 3rd Annual Sounds of Leslieville &
Riverside. J.; Inaugural Sounds of Leslieville &
Riverside Block Party.
●●July 13-15: 3rd Annual Latin Carnival. W.
●●July 20-22: TD Presents: 30th Annual
Beaches International Jazz Festival. W.
●●July 26-28: StreetFest (Queen St. E from
Beech Ave to Woodbine Ave).
●●July 27-29: OLG Presents: 30th Annual
Beaches International Jazz Festival. W.
Brookside Music Festival of the Bay
July 12 to August 23
Midland, ON
705-527-4420
www.brooksidemusic.com
All concerts are at 7:30pm.
MCC - Midland Cultural Centre, 333 King St.,
Midland.
SP – St. Paul’s United Church, 308 King St.,
Midland
●●Jul 12: Toronto All-Star Big Band: Swing,
Swing, Swing. SP.
●●Jul 19: Louise Pitre: La vie en rouge. MCC.
●●Jul 26: Rolston String Quartet. SP.
●●Aug 16: Wolfgang David, Violin: Taste of
Vienna - A Viennese Salon Concert. MCC.
●●Aug 23: Takeshi Kakehashi and Wolfgang
David. Works by Beethoven, Brahms and
Strauss. MCC.
Brott Music Festival
June 21 to August 16
Hamilton, ON
905-525-7664
www.brottmusic.com
All concerts are at 7:30pm.
B – Burlington Performing Arts Centre,
440 Locust St., Burlington
F - FirstOntario Concert Hall, 1 Summers Ln.,
Hamilton.
H – Hamilton Convention Centre, 1 Summers
Ln., Hamilton.
LRW - L.R. Wilson Concert Hall, McMaster
University, 1280 Main St. W. , Hamilton.
LS – Liuna Station, 360 James St. N.,
Hamilton.
●●Jun 21: Music of the Night. Eva Tavares, soprano;
David Curry, tenor; National Academy
Orchestra; Boris Brott, conductor. B.
●●Jun 28: The Infinite Sky. National Academy
Orchestra; Boris Brott, conductor. B
●●Jun 29: Fab 4 Forever. Jeans N Classics;
National Academy Orchestra; Boris Brott,
conductor. H.
●●Jul 05: Blame It on the Champagne.
National Academy Orchestra; Boris Brott,
conductor. LS.
●●Jul 12: PopOpera. Arias, duets and ensembles
from favourite operas. Cast members of
Magic Flute opera production; National Academy
Orchestra; Boris Brott, conductor. F.
●●Jul 19: The Magic Flute. BrottOpera Cast;
National Academy Orchestra; Boris Brott,
conductor. F.
●●Jul 26: Natural Wonders. Valerie Tryon,
piano; National Academy Orchestra; Boris
Brott, conductor. LRW.
●●Aug 02: Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
National Academy Orchestra; Boris Brott,
conductor. H.
Celebrating 31 years!
June 21 - August 16
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Annual High Tea
The Magic Flute
An Evening in Vienna
West Side Story
and more!
905-525-7664
Brottmusic.com
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●●Aug 16: West Side Story. Soloists; National
Academy Orchestra; Boris Brott, conductor. F.
Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival
July 26 to 29
Brandon, Erickson & Riding Mountain
National Park, MB
204-571-6547
www.clearlakefestival.ca
E - Erickson Lutheran Church, 30 Third St.
SW, Erickson.
L - Lorne Watson Recital Hall, Brandon
DANIEL
TSELYAKOV, Piano
JULY 26, 7:30PM
Lorne Watson Recital Hall,
Brandon University
clearlakefestival.ca
University, School of Music, 270-18th St.,
Brandon.
W - Wasagaming Community Arts Gallery,
110 Wasagaming Dr., Wasagaming (Clear
Lake), Riding Mountain National Park.
●●Jul 26 7:30: Opening Night: Daniel Tselyakov
and Alexander Tselyakov with Friends. Alexander
Tselyakov, piano; Joyce Lai, violin, Katie
Gannon, violin; Ian Clark, viola; Andras Weber,
cello; and others. L.
●●Jul 27 7:30: Chamber Masterworks. Daniel
Tselyakov, artistic director, piano; Alexander
Tselyakov, artistic director, piano; Joyce Lai,
violin, Katie Gannon, violin; Ian Clark, viola;
and others. L.
●●Jul 28 11:00am: Coffee Concert - Serious
Fun! Daniel Tselyakov, artistic director,
piano; Alexander Tselyakov, artistic director,
piano; Cathy Wood, clarinet; Chelsea Chimilar,
mezzo-soprano, Joyce Lai, violin; and
others. E.
●●Jul 28 7:30: Jazz Concert: Greg Gatien with
Friends. W.
●●Jul 29 3:00: Festival Grand Finale. Daniel
Tselyakov, artistic director, piano; Alexander
Tselyakov, artistic director, piano; Cathy
Wood, clarinet; Chelsea Chimilar, mezzo-soprano,
Joyce Lai, violin, Ian Clark, viola; Andras
Weber, cello; Graydon Cramer, drums; Alla
Turbanova and Paul Shore hosts. E.
Elora Festival
July 13 to 29
Elora, ON
519-846-0331
www.elorafestival.ca
GB - Gambrel Barn, Corner of Country Rd. 7
and 21, Elora.
SJ - St. John’s Anglican Church (Elora),
36 Henderson St., Elora.
W - Wellington County Museum,
0536 Wellington Rd. 18, Fergus.
July 14 I 1pm
St. John's Church, Elora
●●Jul 13 7:30: Opening Night Opera Gala. Isabel
Bayrakdarian, soprano; Danika Lorén,
soprano; Andrew Haji, tenor; Samuel Chan,
baritone; Elora Singers; Festival Chorus; Festival
Orchestra; Judith Yan, conductor. GB.
●●Jul 14 11:00am: The Shoestring Magic Flute.
W.; 1:00: Isabel Bayrakdarian: Amor y Pasión.
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano; Robert Kortgaard,
piano. SJ.; 4:00: Studio de Musique
Ancienne de Montréal: The Tears of Exile
- The Lamentations of Jeremiah. Andrew
McAnerney, artistic director. SJ.; 7:30: Ben
Heppner and Toronto Mass Choir: Oh Happy
Day! GB.
●●Jul 15 11:00am: Sunday Service. SJ.; 2:00:
Bach: Lutheran Masses in G Major and G
Minor. Elora Singers; Festival Chamber Players;
Mark Vuorinen, conductor. GB.; 4:30:
Vancouver Chamber Choir: Moods and
Modes - Emotion in Music. Jon Washburn,
conductor & artistic director. GB.; 7:30:
Museum Series: Lesley Bouza Sings Joni (and
More). Lesley Bouza, soprano. W.
●●Jul 19 5:00: Choral Evensong. Elora Singers.
SJ.; 7:30: Healey Willan through Song,
Word, and Images. Elora Singers; Matthew
Larkin, organ; Mark Vuorinen, conductor;
Giles Bryant, narrator. SJ.
●●Jul 20 5:00: Simona Genga, Mezzo. SJ.;
7:30: Sultans of String. GB.
●●Jul 21 11:00am: Family Series: Chris
McKhool’s Fiddlefire! Chris McKhool, violin.
10am: free pre-concert activities. W.; 1:00:
Bernstein: A Choral Tribute. Elora Singers;
Mark Vuorinen, conductor. SJ.; 4:00: Bénédicte
Lauzière: Dance and Romance. Bénédicte
Lauzière, violin; Janelle Fung, piano. SJ.;
7:30: Louise Pitre Sings the Songs of Judy
Garland: Chasing Rainbows. GB.
●●Jul 22 11:00am: Sunday Service. SJ.; 2:00:
Mendelssohn Organ Sonatas and Choral
Works. Elora Singers; Matthew Larkin, organ;
Mark Vuorinen, conductor. SJ.; 4:30: Sounding
Thunder: The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow.
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Armand Garnet Ruffo. Festival of the Sound
Ensemble: Mark Fewer, violin; Joel Quarrington,
double bass; Guy Few, trumpet;
Rachel Thomas, trombone; and others. GB.;
7:30: Museum Series: The Elora Singers
Unplugged. W.
●●Jul 26 5:00: Choral Evensong. Elora Singers.
SJ.; 7:30: Gesualdo Six in Recital. Owain
Park, director. SJ.
●●Jul 27 7:30: Look Ahead: Robi Botos, Paul
Novotny and Jackie Richardson. GB.
●●Jul 28 11:00am: Family Series: Platypus Theatre
- How the Gimquat Found Her Song. W.;
1:00: André Laplante, Piano: In Recital. SJ.;
4:00: Rolston String Quartet: In Recital. SJ.;
7:30: Chantal Kreviazuk. GB.
●●Jul 29 11:00am: Sunday Service. SJ.; 3:00:
The Majesty of Handel and Mozart. Claire
de Sévigné, soprano; Elora Singers; Festival
Orchestra; Mark Vuorinen, conductor. GB.
Festival Classica
May 25 to June 16
Saint-Lambert, South Shore of Montréal,
Montréal, North Shore of Montréal, QC
888-801-9906
www.festivalclassica.com
●●May 25 7.30: Schubert and Puccini. Choir
and Orchestra of the Société Philharmonique
du Nouveau Monde; Michel Brousseau,
conductor.
●●May 26 7:30: Celebrating Jacques Hétu.
Soloists of the MSO.
●●May 29 7:00: Debussy Impressions.
CORDÂME.
●●May 31 7:00: The Return of André Mathieu.
JULY 20 TH – AUGUST 11 TH , 2018
Summer Festivals
Jean-Philippe Sylvestre; piano; Orchestre
Métropolitain, Alain Trudel, conductor.
●●Jun 1 7:00: Winterreise. Russell Braun, baritone;
Carolyn Maule, piano; 8:00: Al’mira.
Ensemble Al’mira (voice, flamenco guitar
and oriental percussion); 9:00: Stradivarius
and Bandoneon. Stéphane Tétreault and
Denis Plante.
●●Jun 2 10am: Dodo et le fantôme d’à côté.
Natalie Choquette, Ariane Lagacé, Alexandru
Sura and soloists of the Orchestre Nouvelle
Génération; 1pm: Schubert and Schumann,
Contrasts and Contradictions. Marina Thibeault,
viola; Janelle Fung, piano; 2pm: Violin
Xtreme. Alexandre Da Costa; 3pm: Chamber
Rolling Stones. Marc Djokic, violin; Stéphane
Tétreault, cello; clarinettist Airat Ichmouratov,
clarinet; Elvira Misbakhova, viola; 4:30pm:
Flûte passion: Schubert. Nadia Labrie, flute;
Mariane Patenaude, piano; 7pm: Canadian
Guitar Quartet; 8pm: Libertango. Natalie Choquette,
soprano; Dominic Boulianne, piano;
Dominic Painchaud, cello.
●●Jun 3 10am: Dodo et le fantôme d’à côté.
Natalie Choquette, Ariane Lagacé, Alexandru
Sura and soloists of the Orchestre Nouvelle
Génération; 1:30pm: Trios. Valérie Milot, harp;
Antoine Bareil, violin, Stéphane Tétreault,
cello; 3:30pm: Intimate Schubert. Alice Ader,
piano. 3:30pm: Mathieu’s Unpublished Chamber
Music. Stéphane Tétreault, cello; Elvira
Misbakhova, viola; Andrea Tyniec, violin; Marc
Djokic, violin; Jean-Philippe Sylvestre, piano;
8pm: Handel Love Duets. Suzie Leblanc, soprano;
Daniel Taylor, countertenor; Orchestre
symphonique de Longueuil; Marc David,
conductor.
PARRY SOUND, ONTARIO
CLASSICAL & JAZZ
CONCERTS • CRUISES • TALKS
JAMES CAMPBELL, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
60 EVENTS • 70 MUSICIANS • 20 ENSEMBLES
Including Canadian Guitar Quartet,
Charles Richard-Hamelin, Elmer Iseler Singers,
Elora Festival Singers, Ensemble Made in
Canada, Gryphon Trio, Hogtown Syncopators,
Jonathan Crow, Lafayette String Quartet,
New Zealand String Quartet,
Penderecki String Quartet, Slocan Ramblers,
Stewart Goodyear & many, many more!
SWING, BLUEGRASS & JAZZ ISLAND QUEEN CRUISES
www.festivalofthesound.ca 1.866.364.0061
●●Jun 5 7pm: Sacred music and Discoveries.
La Petite Bande de Montréal; Orchestre de
chambre de la Montérégie; Martin Dagenais,
conductor.
●●Jun 6 7pm: Polyphony of the Alps. Corou
de Berra.
●●Jun 8 7pm: Pelléas et Mélisande (Concert
version). Orchestre de la Francophonie; La
Petite Bande de Montréal vocal ensemble
and soloists.
●●Jun 10 4pm: Recital. Song cycle finalists.
●●Jun 12 7pm: Concerto de Québec. Dedicated
to André Mathieu. Orchestre Métropolitain;
Alain Trudel, conductor.
●●Jun 14: 4pm: A Pianothon of Virtuosos!
Jean-Philippe Sylvestre, Philippe
Prud’homme, Matt Herskowitz, Ammiel
Bushakevitz and Delphine Bardin, piano.
●●Free outdoor concerts: Jun 1, 2, 3, 16
Festival Montréal Baroque
June 21 to 24
Montréal, QC
514-845-7171
www.montrealbaroque.com
Listings not available at time of publication.
For general description, see Green Pages.
Festival of the Sound
July 20 to August 11
Parry Sound, ON
705-746-2410
www.festivalofthesound.ca
IQ - Island Queen Cruise Ship, 9 Bay St., Parry
Sound.
SC - Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing
Arts, 2 Bay St., Parry Sound.
SV - Seguin Valley Golf Club, 144 Badger Rd.,
Parry Sound.
●●Jul 20 7:30: Gala Opening Concert: Times
of Trouble, Times of Joy. Mark Fewer, violin;
James Campbell, clarinet; Guy Few, trumpet;
James McKay, bassoon; Larry Beckwith, conductor
& actor; and others. SC.
●●Jul 22 2:30: Chamberfest at 25: Times of
Trouble, Times of Joy. Gryphon Trio: Annalee
Patipatanakoon, violin; Roman Borys, cello;
Jamie Parker, piano. SC.; 7:30: Elmer Iseler
Singers: Times of Trouble, Times of Joy. Lydia
Adams, conductor. SC.
●●Jul 23 6:00: Island Queen Cruise: Swing.
Hogtown Syncopators: Terra Hazelton, vocals
& percussion; Drew Jurecka, vocals & violin;
Jay Danley, guitar & vocals; Richard Whiteman,
piano; James Thompson, bass. IQ.; 7:30:
Sounding Thunder. Text by Armand Garnet
Ruffo. James Campbell, clarinet; Musicians
from Festival of the Sound. SC.
●●Jul 24 3:30: Young Ears - A Look Into The
Future: National Youth Orchestra. Chamber
music groups from the NYO; Jonathan
Mak, piano. SC.; 7:30: A Look Into The Future.
National Youth Orchestra of Canada; Jonathan
Darlington, conductor. SC.
●●Jul 25 3:30: Bach – Debussy. Rolf Gjelsten,
cello; Cameron Crozman, cello; Glen Montgomery,
piano; New Zealand String Quartet.
SC.; 7:30: Chopin Concertos I. Charles
Richard-Hamelin, piano; Elissa Lee, violin;
Monique Lapins, violin; Sharon Wei, viola;
Cameron Crozman, cello; New Zealand String
Quartet. SC.
●●Jul 26 1:30: Bach – Dvořák. Rolf Gjelsten,
cello; Sharon Wei, viola; Cameron Crozman,
cello; New Zealand String Quartet. SC.; 3:30:
Bach – Schubert. Rachel Mercer, cello; James
Campbell, clarinet; New Zealand String Quartet.
SC.; 7:30: Chopin Concertos II. Charles
Richard-Hamelin, piano; Ensemble Made in
Canada; New Zealand String Quartet. SC.
●●Jul 27 1:30: Bach - Schumann. Rachel Mercer,
cello; Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano.
SC.; 3:30: Bach - Brahms. Cameron Crozman,
cello; Ensemble Made in Canada. SC.; 7:30:
Inspired by Folk Music. Patricia O’Callaghan,
vocals; James Campbell, clarinet; Graham
Campbell, guitar; Cameron Crozman, cello;
Bob Mills, double bass; and others. SC.
●●Jul 28 7:00: The StepCrew. Celtic dance.
SC.
●●Jul 29 1:30: James Keelaghan: Live in Concert.
SC.; 6:00: Folk on The Island Queen. The
Slocan Ramblers. IQ.
●●Jul 31 1:30: The Magic of Schubert. Leslie
Fagan, soprano; Leopoldo Erice, piano; Lafayette
String Quartet. SC.; 3:30: Beethoven
and Grieg. Leopoldo Erice, piano; Penderecki
String Quartet. SC.; 7:30: The Genius of J.S.
Bach. Elora Festival Singers; Elora Festival
Baroque Orchestra.
●●Aug 01 11:00am: Mozart in Paradise. James
Mason, oboe; Julie Baumgartel, violin; Yariv
Aloni, viola; Penderecki String Quartet; Lafayette
String Quartet. SC.
●●Aug 01 3:30: Festival Baroque. SC.; 7:30:
Beethoven, Mendelssohn & Mozart. Leslie
Fagan, soprano; Yehonatan Berick, violin;
Penderecki String Quartet; Festival Chamber
Orchestra. SC.
●●Aug 02 1:30: Your Daughter Fanny. Caroline
Schiller, soprano; Duo Concertante;
James Mason, oboe; Julie Baumgartel, violin;
Yariv Aloni, viola; Pamela Highbaugh Aloni,
cello. SC.; 3:30: Brahms and Ravel. Lafayette
String Quartet; Yariv Aloni, viola; Yehonatan
Berick, violin, Leopoldo Erice, piano. SC.; 7:30:
Russian Masters. Stewart Goodyear, piano;
Penderecki String Quartet; Lafayette String
Quartet; Festival Chamber Orchestra. SC.
●●Aug 03 1:30: Brahms Masterworks. Yehonatan
Berick, violin; Leopoldo Erice, piano;
Stewart Goodyear, piano; Penderecki String
Quartet. SC.; 7:30: Songbook. Patricia
O’Callaghan, vocals; Penderecki String Quartet;
and others. SC.
●●Aug 04 7:30: Jazz Canada with Strings.
Dave Young Trio; Penderecki String Quartet;
Noah Franche-Nolan, piano. SC.
●●Aug 05 2:30: Gene at 90. Gene DiNovi,
piano; James Campbell, clarinet; Drew
Jurecka, violin; Dave Young, bass. SC.; 7:30:
Swing Hits. Toronto All-Star Big Band. SC.
●●Aug 06 6:00: Island Queen Cruise: Jazz
Standards. Koszorus Krisztina “Koszika”,
singer-songwriter; Dave Young, double bass;
Kevin Turcotte, trumpet; William Carn, trombone;
Dave Restivo, piano; and others. IQ.
●●Aug 07 1:30: Two Bass Hit. Joel Quarrington,
double bass; Dave Young, double bass;
John Novacek, piano. SC.; 3:30: Brahms,
Haydn & Schumann. Jonathan Crow, violin;
Gabriel Radford, horn; Philip Chiu, piano;
Tiberius String Quartet. SC.; 7:30: Schubert,
Mozart & Brahms. James Campbell, clarinet;
Gabriel Radford, horn; Jonathan Crow, violin;
Joel Quarrington, bass; Philip Chiu, piano;
and others. SC.
●●Aug 08 1:30: The Rondo. Bergmann Piano
Duo and surprise guests. SC.; 3:30: The
Russian Soul. Cheng² Duo. SC.; 7:30: Mozart,
Brahms & Schubert. Bergmann Piano
Duo; Cheng² Duo; James Campbell, clarinet;
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Tiberius String Quartet. SC.
●●Aug 09 1:30: The Sonata. Suzanne Shulman,
flute; James Campbell, clarinet; John
Novacek, piano; Cheng² Duo. SC.; 3:30: Canadian
Guitar Quartet. Canadian Guitar Quartet;
Suzanne Shulman, flute; James Campbell,
clarinet. SC.; 7:30: Haydn, Brahms & Dvořák.
Koszorus Krisztina “Koszika”, vocalist;
Suzanne Shulman, flute; John Novacek, piano;
Cheng² Duo; Tiberius String Quartet; Canadian
Guitar Quartet. SC.
●●Aug 10 1:30: A Musical Offering. Canadian
Guitar Quartet; Suzanne Shulman, flute; Tibor
Molnár, violin. SC.; 3:30: Great Melodies for
Piano. Marcel and Elizabeth Bergmann, Silvie
Cheng, John Novacek, pianos. SC.; 7:30:
Tonight, Tonight. Leslie Fagan, soprano;
Koszika, vocalist; Canadian Guitar Quartet;
Festival Ensemble. SC.
●●Aug 11 7:30: National Academy Orchestra.
John Novacek, piano; National Academy
Orchestra of Canada; Boris Brott, conductor.
SC.
The Forest Festival
Aug 15 - Aug 19, 2018
7
INCREDIBLE
SHOWS!
in
5
AMAZING
DAYS!
www.theforestfestival.com
August 15 to 19
Haliburton, ON
800-631-2198
www.theforestfestival.com
B - Bone Lake Amphitheatre, 1095 Redkenn
Rd, Haliburton.
L - The Logging Museum, 1095 Redkenn Rd,
Haliburton.
●●Aug 15 8:00: Susan Aglukark. B.
●●Aug 16 8:00: Sarah Harmer. B.
●●Aug 17 8:00: Cowboy Junkies. L.
●
● Aug 18 2:00: Rob Lutes. L.; 8:00: Sultans of
String. L.
●●Aug 19 2:00: BMC Organ Trio Featuring Ian
Hendrickson-Smith. L.; 8:00: Leahy. B.
Guelph Jazz Festival
September 12 to 16
Guelph, ON
519-763-4952
www.guelphjazzfestival.com
Listings not available at time of publication.
For general description, see Green Pages.
Heritage Music Festival
August 8 to 12
Shelburne, ON
519-941-1114
www.heritagemusicfestival.ca
CD - Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex,
200 Fiddle Park Lane, Shelburne.
FP – Fiddle Park, 515677 County Rd. 11,
Shelburne.
●●Aug 08 7:00: Country Jamboree with Greg
Holmes. All ages welcome. CD.
●●Aug 09 7:30: The Beckett Family. CD.
●●Aug 10 7:30: The Trews with The Pop
Machine. CD.
●●Aug 11 10:00am: 68th Canadian Open Old
Time Fiddle Championship - Playdowns. CD.
●●Aug 11 2:30: Bands and Brews in the Fiddle
Park. FP.
●●Aug 11 6:30: 68th Canadian Open Old Time
Fiddle Championship - Finals. CD.
●●Aug 12 10:00am: Non-denominational
Church Service. The Barrel Boys; Shelburne
Fiddlers. Religious service. CD.
Highlands Opera Studio
July 26 to August 27
Haliburton, ON
855-455-5533
www.highlandsoperastudio.com
MU - Minden United Church, 21 Newcastle
St., Minden.
NL - Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion,
5358 County Rd. 21, Haliburton.
SG - St. George’s Anglican Church (Haliburton),
617 Mountain St., Haliburton.
●●Aug 01 8:00: From Opera to Broadway. SG.
●
● Aug 04 8:00: More Opera to Broadway.
MU.
●●Aug 09 8:00: Celebrations! Honouring
Leonard Bernstein, Gioachino Rossini, and
others! SG.
●●Aug 16 7:00: The Glove & The Troublemaker.
Music by Tibor Polgar. Opens Aug 16,
7pm. Also Aug 17. NL.
●●Aug 20 8:00: Alumni Concert. SG.
●●Aug 24 7:30: La bohème. Also Aug 25(7:30);
26(2:00); 27(7:30). NL.
2018 Honens International
Piano Competition
Aug 30 to Sep 8
Calgary, AB
403-299-0130
www.honens.com
Listings not available at time of publication.
For general description, see Green Pages.
Hugh’s Room Live
Summer Nights Festival
June 15 to August 25
Toronto, ON
416-533-5483
www.hughsroomlive.com
See detailed listings in Section D – In the
Clubs.
Huntsville Festival of the Arts
July 6 to August 17
Huntsville, ON
705-789-4975
www.huntsvillefestival.ca
All concerts are at 8pm.
Algonquin Theatre, 37 Main St. E., Huntsville:
●●Jul 6: Next Generation Leahy
●●Jul 7: Madison Violet
●●Jul 11: ONES Beatles Tribute
●●Jul 14: Kyung-A Lee
●●Jul 18: Downchild Blues Band
●●Jul 19: Jim Witter
●●Jul 20 & 21: Brilliance
●●Jul 25: Jim Cuddy
●●Jul 27: Remembering Stuart McLean
●●Aug 2: Micah Barnes at The Sands
●●Aug 3: Michael Kaeshammer
●●Aug 4: Oscar Peterson Tribute
●●Aug 8: Mad Dogs & Englishmen
●●Aug 10: Whitehorse
● ● Aug 15: Doc Walker
●●Aug 16: Goitse
●●Aug 17: Matt Andersen
Deerhurst Resort, 1235 Deerhurst Dr.,
Huntsville:
●●Jul 13: CHOIR!CHOIR!CHOIR!
●●Aug 9: Alan Doyle
Kensington Market Jazz Festival
September 14 to 16
Toronto, ON
347-789-2034
www.kensingtonjazz.com
Listings not available at time of publication.
For general description, see Green Pages.
Kincardine Summer Music Festival
August 12 to 17
Kincardine, ON
519-396-9716
www.ksmf.ca
All concerts at 7:30pm
K – Knox Presbyterian Church, 345 Durham
St., Kincardine
L – Royal Canadian Legion, MacDonald Branch
183, 219 Lambton St., Kincardine
●●Aug 13: Mike Downes Quartet. K.
●●Aug 14: Whiskey Jack. K.
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● Aug 15: All Day Breakfast String Band. L.
● Aug 16: Andrea Tyniec: Solo Violin Recital. K.
● Aug 17: Heavyweights Brass Band. K.
Leith Summer Festival
June 30 to August 25
Leith, ON
519-371-5316
www.leithchurch.ca
All concerts are at Historic Leith Church,
419134 Tom Thomson Lane, Leith.
●●Jun 30 7:30: In Concert. A mix of classical,
opera, torch songs and theatre music. Julie
Nesrallah, mezzo; Robert Kortgaard, piano.
●●Jul 14 7:00: In Concert. Paul Novotny, bass;
Robi Botos, piano.
●●Jul 28 7:00: Chamber Music Concert. Penderecki
String Quartet.
●●Aug 11 7:30: Chamber Music Concert. Jonathan
Crow, violin; Philip Chiu, piano; Gabriel
Radford, horn.
●●Aug 25 7:30: Ensemble Made in Canada.
May 31 to June 10
Toronto, ON
416-588-0307
www.lulaworld.ca
LULAWORLD
See detailed listings in Section D – In the
Clubs.
Markham Village Music Festival
June 15, 16, 17
Markham, ON
647-983-9054
www.markhamfestival.com
Listings not available at time of publication.
For general description, see Green Pages.
Montreal Chamber Music Festival
June 1 to 17
Montreal, QC
514-489-7444
www.festivalmontreal.org
Listings not available at time of publication.
For general description, see Green Pages.
Music at Port Milford
July 21 to August 11
Prince Edward County, ON
613-476-7735
www.musicatportmilford.org
CR - 89 Colliers Rd., Milford.
SM - St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church,
335 Main St., Picton
●●Jul 21 10:00am: MPM Takes to the Streets!
Various streets in Picton
●●Jul 21 7:30: Tokai String Quartet with
Angela Park, Piano. SM.
●●Jul 22 2:00: Sunday Student Matinee: On
the Deck. CR.
●●Jul 29 2:00: Sunday Student Matinee. SM.
●●Aug 04 7:30: Harlem String Quartet. SM.
●●Aug 05 2:00: Sunday Student Matinee: On
the Deck. CR.
●●Aug 11 7:30: Port Milford Ensemble. SM.
Music From Scratch
August 27 to 31
Toronto, ON
416-961-6601 x207
www.musicfromscratch.org
Listings not available at time of publication.
For general description, see Green Pages.
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Music Mondays
May 7 to September 3
Toronto, ON
416-598-4521 x223
www.musicmondays.ca
All concerts are at 12:15pm at Church of the
Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity Sq., Toronto
●●May 07: Payadora Tango Ensemble.
●
● May 14: A Medieval Spring. Andrea Gerhardt
and Michael Franklin, vocals, harp,
flute, recorders, hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes and
percussion.
●●May 21: Spring Serenade. Warren Nicholson,
guitar; Mark Whale, violin.
●●May 28: Double-Double Duo. Michael
Bridge, accordions; Kornel Wolak, clarinet.
●●Jun 04: From Barcelona to Brazil. Serenade
Duo (Michelle LaPorte, flute; Gerry Saulter,
guitar).
●●Jun 11: Is Three a Crowd? junctQín keyboard
collective (Stephanie Chua, Elaine Lau
and Joseph Ferretti).
●●Jun 18: Catalyst Ensemble. Jesse Dietschi,
bass and composer; and others.
●●Jun 25: Matthew Larkin, Organ.
●●Jul 02: Florian Hoefner Trio. Florian Hoefner,
piano; Andrew Downing, bass; Nick Fraser,
drums.
●●Jul 09: Tony Yike Yang, Piano.
●●Jul 16: The Music and Sounds of Persia.
Padideh Ahrarnejad, tar; Ali Massoudi,
percussion.
●●Jul 23: Allison Au Quartet.
●●Jul 30: Romanza: Music of Spain and South
America. Azuline Duo (Sara Traficante, flute;
Summer Festivals
Emma Rush, guitar).
●●Aug 06: Eastern European Romantics.
Sheng Cai, piano.
●●Aug 13: Ardan Duo. Danielle Sum, percussion;
Arthur Tang, piano.
●●Aug 20: Bedford Trio. Alessia Disimino,
violin; Andrew Ascenzo, cello; Jialiang Zhu,
piano.
●●Aug 27: Emily Rho and Britton Riley. Emily
Rho, piano; Britton Riley, cello.
●●Sep 03: Concordo. Sheila Smyth and Valerie
Sylvester, baroque violins; Ondrej Golias, bassoon/dulcian;
Ron Greidanus, harpsichord.
Opera Muskoka Festival
August 21 to 24
Bracebridge, ON
705-764-1381
www.muskokachautauqua.com
All concerts are at 7:30pm.
PFC – Pinegrove Fellowship Church,
295 Taylor Rd., Bracebridge
RMC - Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre,
100 Clearbrook Trail, Bracebridge
●●Aug 21: Così fan tutte. RMC.
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● Aug 22: Stars of Tomorrow Concert. RMC.
● Aug 23: Jennifer Tung in Concert. PFC.
● Aug 24: Moshe Hammer in Concert. PFC.
Ottawa Chamberfest
July 26 to August 9
Ottawa, ON K2P 0W7
613-234-6306
www.chamberfest.com
New Orford String Quartet ~ Artistic Directors
Erin Wall
15 th
SEASON!
SEPTEMBER 7-16
St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church
335 Main Street, PICTON
6 INSPIRED CONCERTS
featuring
Erin Wall
André Laplante
New Orford String Quartet
Studio de musique
ancienne de Montréal
Mark Fewer ...and others!
www.pecmusicfestival.com
B - Beechwood, the National Cemetery of
Canada, 280 Beechwood Ave., Vanier.
CH - Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave. W.,
Ottawa.
DC - Dominion-Chalmers United Church,
355 Cooper St., Ottawa.
DLS - École secondaire publique De La Salle,
501 Old St. Patrick St., Ottawa.
GD - La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins,
333 King Edward Ave, Ottawa.
NG - National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex
Drive, Ottawa.
●●Jul 26 7:00: La Passion: Roby Lakatos Quartet.
DC.
●●Jul 27 1:00: Molto Piano. James Parker,
piano; Nicole Presentey, piano. DC. 5:30: Siskind
Snapshot: Z.E.N. Trio. Zhang Zuo, piano;
Esther Yoo, violin; Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello.
DC.; 7:00: Marc-André Hamelin with Quatuor
Danel. DC; 10:00: Roby Lakatos Quartet @
Chamberfringe. DLS.
●●Jul 28 1:00: The Tears of Exile: Lamentations
of Jeremiah. Studio de musique
ancienne de Montréal; Andrew McAnerney,
conductor. DC.; 1:00: Rising Stars. GD.; 7:00:
Z.E.N. Trio. DC.; 10:00: “I’ve Got Rhythm”: Buzz
Brass and Matt Herskowitz Salute Gershwin.
Matt Herskowitz, piano. GD.
●●Jul 29 11:00am: Buzz Brass with Valérie
Milot. Valérie Milot, harp. B.; 1:00: Quatuor
Danel. NG.; 7:00: Chamberfest 25th Anniversary
Mashup. DC.; 10:00: The Fretless. GD.
●●Jul 30 7:00: Ariel Quartet with Rolston
String Quartet. DC.; 10:00: And So It Goes:
Brett Polegato and Robert Kortgaard. Brett
Polegato, baritone; Robert Kortgaard, piano.
GD.
●●Jul 31 1:00: Rolston String Quartet. NG.;
7:00: Sounding Thunder: The Songs of Francis
Pegahmagabow. DLS.; 10:00: Tom Allen’s
Judgment of Paris. GD.
●●Aug 01 10:00am: Bring the Kids!: Bedford
Trio. CH.; 1:00: Music from the Sound. James
Campbell, clarinet; Cheng² Duo; Tiberius
String Quartet. NG.; 7:00: Gli Angeli Genève.
DC.; 10:00: Transcontinental Drift. Koszika,
vocalist. GD.
●●Aug 02 1:00: Hinrich Alpers and Friends:
Debussy, Ravel and the Impressionists. Hinrich
Alpers, piano; SOMA Quartet. NG.; 7:00:
¡Duende!: Lorca, Cohen, and the Spirit of
Spain. Patricia O’Callaghan, vocals; Maryem
Tollar; vocals; David Braid, piano; Canadian
Guitar Quartet; Gryphon Trio. DC.; 10:00:
Algonquin Ensemble: Tom Thomson’s Voice
Through Music. DLS.
●●Aug 03 10:00am: Bring the Kids!: Sonic
Escape. Maria Millar, violin; Shawn Wyckoff,
flute. CH.; 1:00: National Youth Orchestra
Canada Chamber Marathon. NG.; 7:00:
National Youth Orchestra Canada. DLS.;
10:00: Sonic Escape. Classical and Celtic
music. GD,
●●Aug 04 10:00am: Xenia: Ensemble Made in
Canada. Designed to be welcoming for children
on the autism spectrum and their families.
DC.; 1:00: Mosaïques: Ensemble Made in
Canada. NG.; 7:00: Angela Hewitt: Bach Odyssey
V. DC.
●●Aug 05 11:00am: Fiorè. Elinor Frey, cello;
Suzie LeBlanc, soprano. B.; 1:00: Andrew
Wan and Charles Richard-Hamelin. NG.; 7:00:
Gryphon Trio 25th Anniversary Mashup. DC.;
10:00: Bernstein @ 100. Elizabeth & Marcel
Bergman, piano duo. GD.
●●Aug 06 10:00am: Les Pastoureaux: Petit
Chanteurs de Waterloo en Belgique. Sacred
songs to choral arrangements of modern
classics. DC.; 12:00 noon: New Music Now I:
Sky High. GD.; 1:30: New Music Now II: Minimal
Excess. GD.; 3:00: New Music Now III.
GD.; 7:00: Angela Hewitt: Bach Odyssey VI.
DC.; 10:00: Golnar and Mahan Tjrio with
Mona Matbou Riahi. DG.
●●Aug 07 1:00: Pentaèdre Wind Quintet. NG.;
2:45: Canadian Guitar Quartet. NG.; 7:00:
Pražàk Quartet. DC.; 10:00: Payadora Tango
Ensemble with Drew Jurecka. GD.
●●Aug 08 10:00am: Bring the Kids!:
Pentaèdre Wind Quintet. Learn about Mozart’s
incredible Magic Flute. CH.; 1:00: Mozart!
Suren Barry, piano; Yolanda Bruno, violin;
Prazak Quartet; Gryphon Trio; Pentaèdre
Wind Quintet. NG.; 7:00: Simone Osborne and
Gordon Bintner with Michael McMahon. DC.;
10:00: Synthesis with Justin Gray. GD.
●●Aug 09 10:00am: Bring the Kids!: SOMA
Quartet. CH.; 1:00: SOMA Quartet. NG.; 7:00: I
Musici de Montreal. Cameron Crozman, cello.
DC.; 10:00: Last Call: DJ/Violinist Brendan
Speltz with the SOMA Quartet. GD.
Prince Edward County
Chamber Music Festival
September 7 to 16
Picton, ON
613-645-2250
www.pecmusicfestival.com
All concerts at St. Mary Magdalene Anglican
Church, 335 Main St., Picton.
●●Sep 07 7:30: New Orford String Quartet.
●
● Sep 08 7:30: Choir of Studio de musique
ancienne de Montréal.
●●Sep 09 2:00: Piano Recital: André Laplante.
●●Sep 14 7:30: An Evening of Song. Erin Wall,
soprano.
●●Sep 15 7:00: Jazz with Mark Fewer, David
Braid and Joseph Phillips.
●●Sep 16 2:00: Ad Hoc Chamber Music. Mark
Fewer, violin; Eric Nowlin, viola; Joseph Johnson,
cello; Wonny Song, piano; Benedicte
Lauziere, violin.
Prince Edward County Jazz Festival
August 14 to 19
Prince Edward County, ON
613-399-2477
www.pecjazz.org
Listings not available at time of publication.
For general description, see Green Pages.
Saint Joseph’s ArtsFest 2018
May 27 to June 10
Hamilton, ON
905-528-0019
www.stjoesartsfest.ca
All concerts at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church,
260 Herkimer Street, Hamilton.
●●May 27 4:00: Festival Opening Night. In
celebration of the 100th anniversary of the
Czech Republic and the 50th anniversary of
the Prague Spring. Prague Mixed Choir; Jiří
Petrdlík, conductor.
●●Jun 01 7:30: Artistic Director’s Evening. A
celebration of Estonian connections. Aare
Tammesalu, cello; Norman Reintamm, piano;
Stillman Matheson, piano; St. Joe’s Quartet;
Members of the Cathedral Bluffs Symphony
Orchestra.
●●Jun 07 7:30: Festival Trio. Sadie Fields,
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violin; Paul Pulford, cello; Ken Gee, piano.
●●Jun 08 7:30: Jazz at St. Joe’s: Mike Malone
and Friends. Cool jazz on a summer’s night.
Mike Malone, trumpet; Nancy Walker, piano;
Kieran Overs, bass; Kevin Dempsey, drums.
●●Jun 10 4:00: Festival Closing Concert. Julie
Ludwig, soprano; Aare Tammesalu, cello;
Members of the Cathedral Bluffs Symphony
Orchestra.
17th Annual Small World Music Festival
August 17 to 19
Toronto, ON
416-536-5439
www.smallworldmusic.com
Listings not available at time of publication.
For general description, see Green Pages.
SOMETHING ELSE! Festival
June 13 to 17
Hamilton, ON
289-993-1993
www.zulapresents.org
H – Hamilton Public Library, 55 York Blvd.,
Hamilton.
Z – Zula, 126 St. N., Hamilton.
●●Jun 13 7:00: Opening Concert. Jesse Stewart,
drums & percussion; Earth Wind & Choir;
Banguisa X Tarjo; Chadbourne/Parker/Stewart;
and The Young Mothers. Z.
●●Jun 14 7:00: Edgardo Moreno, strings, electronics,
video; Hope Cries for Justice; Artifacts
Trio; and Sonoluminescene Trio. Z.
●●Jun 15 7:00: Mike Hansen, electronics;
Eugene Chadbourne, guitar, banjo, vocals;
Joe McPhee, saxophones, pocket trumpet;
Cluttertones; and McPhee/Caloia/Stewart. Z.
●●Jun 16 12:00 noon: Free Concert. Snow &
Stewart. Michael Snow, piano; Jesse Stewart,
drums, percussion. H.
●●Jun 16 2:00: Taps & Traps; Gennaro/Hundevad;
and Heather Cornell Workshop. Z.
●●Jun 16 7:00: Chadbourne/Guthrie; Monicker;
Susan Alcorn, pedal steel guitar; and
The Revival Ensemble. Z.
●●Jun 17 2:00: Lee/Palmer/Bennett + Stewart;
Sick Boss + Love; Will Guthrie, drums, percussion;
and Alcorn/Brandon. Z.
●●Jun 17 7:00: Faster; Eucalyptus; Gord Grdina
Quartet; and Stretch Trio. Z.
South Coast Jazz & Blues
Aug 17 to 19
Port Dover, ON
519-774-2787
www.southcoastjazz.com
Listings not available at time of publication.
For general description, see Green Pages.
Stratford Summer Music
July 16 to August 26
Stratford, ON
866-288-4313
www.stratfordsummermusic.ca
AP - Arden Park Hotel, 552 Ontario St.,
Stratford.
AUC - Avondale United Church, 194 Avondale
Ave., Stratford.
BH - The Bruce Hotel, 89 Parkview Dr.,
Stratford.
MB - MusicBarge, Avon River at York St.,
Stratford.
MT - Masonic Temple Stratford, 15 Church
St., Stratford.
P - Prune, 151 Albert St., Stratford.
REV - Revel, 37 Market Place, Stratford.
RH - Revival House, 70 Brunswick St.,
Stratford.
SMS - Stratford Market Square, 1 Wellington
St., Stratford.
TJD - T.J. Dolan Natural Area, 117 Sir Adam
Beck Rd., Stratford.
TPI – Tom Patterson Island, Stratford.
●●Jul 16 8:00: Opening Night: Grand Illumination
and Music for a Midsummer’s Night. Vancouver
Chamber Choir. TPI.
●●Jul 17 10:00am: Opening Day: Play Me, I’m
Yours. Daily until Aug 19. SMS.
●●Jul 18 7:00: Wolaastoqiyik: Songs of My
People. Jeremy Dutcher, tenor. AUC.
●●Jul 20 2:00: Stéphane Tétreault: Solo
Recital. Includes post-concert afternoon tea.
BH.; 9:00: Cabaret: Bruce Dow in A Funny
Proposition. RH.
●●Jul 21 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Winona
Zelenka, Cello. P.; 3:00: L’Orchestre de la
Francophonie. Maxim Bernard, piano; Stéphane
Tétreault, cello; Jean-Philippe Tremblay,
conductor. AUC.
●●Jul 22 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Winona
Zelenka, Cello. P.; 7:00: L’Orchestre de
la Francophonie. Monika Dongmo, soprano;
Jean-Philippe Tremblay, conductor. SMS.
●●Jul 25 7:00: Keyboard Series: Marc-André
Hamelin. AUC.
●●Jul 26 12:00 noon: BargeMusic: Shane Cook
& Co. Also Jul 27, 28, 29(all 12noon); 28, 29(all
3pm). MB.; 7:00: Live from the Rock with The
Ennis Sisters & Shanneyganock. VIP includes
premium seating with $25 tax receipt and
exclusive post-performance Kitchen Party.
AUC.
●●Jul 27 11:00am: Bach: Coffee Cantata. Elizabeth
Polese, soprano; Asitha Tennekoon,
tenor; Simon Chalifoux, bass; Peter Tiefenbach,
keyboard & stage director. Also Jul 28,
29. REV.; 12:00 noon: BargeMusic: Shane
Cook & Co. Also Jul 26, 28, 29(all 12noon); 28,
29(all 3pm). MB.; 9:00: Cabaret: John Mac-
Leod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra. RH.
●●Jul 28 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Sharlene
Wallace, Harp - Bach and Beyond. P.; 11:00am:
Bach: Coffee Cantata. Elizabeth Polese, soprano;
Asitha Tennekoon, tenor; Simon Chalifoux,
bass; Peter Tiefenbach, keyboard &
stage director. Also Jul 27, 29. REV.; 12:00
noon: BargeMusic: Shane Cook & Co. Also
Jul 26, 27, 29(all 12noon); 28, 29(all 3pm). MB.
●●Jul 29 9:00am: BachWalk No.1. Ondine
Chorus. TJD.; 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Sharlene
Wallace, Harp - Bach and Beyond. P.;
11:00am: Bach: Coffee Cantata. Elizabeth
Polese, soprano; Asitha Tennekoon, tenor;
Simon Chalifoux, bass; Peter Tiefenbach, keyboard
& stage director. Also Jul 27, 28. REV.;
12:00 noon: BargeMusic: Shane Cook &
Co. Also Jul 26, 27, 28(all 12noon); 28, 29(all
3pm). MB.
●●Jul 30 7:00: Blind Boys of Alabama. AUC.
●●Aug 02 12:00 noon: BargeMusic: Autorickshaw.
Also Aug 3, 4, 5(all at 12noon); 4, 5(all
3pm). MB.
●●Aug 03 7:00am: Music for an Avon Morning.
TorQ Percussion Quartet; and others.
Also Aug 4 & 5. TPI.; 12:00 noon: BargeMusic:
Autorickshaw. Also Aug 2, 4, 5(all 12noon); 4,
5(all 3pm). MB.; 7:00: Whiskey Jack + Special
Guests: Stompin’ Tom Salute. Lena Connors
and Cindy Church. MT.
●●Aug 04 7:00am: Music for an Avon Morning.
TorQ Percussion Quartet; and others. Also
Aug 3 & 5. TPI.; 11:00am: Musical Brunch:
Bruno Roussel, Guitar - Bach Classics. Also
Aug 5. P.; 12:00 noon: BargeMusic: Autorickshaw.
Also Aug 2, 3, 5(all at 12noon); 4,
5(3pm). MB.; 3:00: TorQ Percussion Seminar
Finale. AUC.
●●Aug 05 7:00am: Music for an Avon Morning.
TorQ Percussion Quartet; and others. Also
Aug 3 & 4. TPI.; 11:00am: Musical Brunch:
Bruno Roussel, Guitar - Bach Classics. Also
Aug 4. P.; 12:00 noon: BargeMusic: Autorickshaw.
Also Aug 2, 3, 4, 5(3pm). MB.
●●Aug 06 8:00: Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
Also Aug 7. 7pm: Ballroom Breeze dance sessions.
AP.
●●Aug 09 12:00 noon: BargeMusic: Asiko
Afrobeat Ensemble. Also Aug 10, 11, 12(all at
12); 11, 12(3pm). MB.
●●Aug 10 11:00am: Cappuccino Cantata. Created
by Peter Tiefenbach. Katy Clark, soprano;
Zachary Rioux, tenor; Adam Harris,
baritone; Peter Tiefenbach, keyboard & stage
director. Also Aug 11 & 12. REV.
●●Aug 10 12:00 noon: BargeMusic: Asiko Afrobeat
Ensemble. Also Aug 9, 11, 12(all at 12); 11,
12(3pm). BM.; 9:00: Cabaret: Carole Pope’s
Mystery Tour. RH.
●●Aug 11 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Julia Wedman,
Violin. Also Aug 12. P.; 11:00am: Cappuccino
Cantata. Created by Peter Tiefenbach.
Katy Clark, soprano; Zachary Rioux, tenor;
Adam Harris, baritone; Peter Tiefenbach, keyboard
& stage director. Also Aug 10 & 12. REV.
●●Aug 11 12:00 noon: BargeMusic: Asiko Afrobeat
Ensemble. Also Aug 9, 10, 12(all at 12); 11,
12(3pm). MB.; 3:00: Angela Hewitt Performs
the Complete Well-Tempered Clavier, Books
1 & 2, by J.S.Bach. Angela Hewitt, piano. Also
Aug 12. AUC.; 3:00: BargeMusic: Asiko Afrobeat
Ensemble. Also Aug 9, 10, 12(all at 12); 11,
12(3pm). MB.
●●Aug 12 9:00am: BachWalk No.2. Ondine
Chorus. TJD.; 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Julia
Wedman, Violin - Bach Sonata No.1. Also
Aug 11. P.; 11:00am: Cappuccino Cantata. Created
by Peter Tiefenbach. Katy Clark, soprano;
Zachary Rioux, tenor; Adam Harris,
baritone; Peter Tiefenbach, keyboard & stage
director. Also Aug 10 & 11. REV.; 12:00 noon:
BargeMusic: Asiko Afrobeat Ensemble. Also
Aug 9, 10, 11(all at 12); 11, 12(3pm). MB.; 3:00:
Angela Hewitt Performs the Complete Well-
Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2, by J.S.Bach.
Angela Hewitt, piano. Also Aug 11. AUC.
●●Aug 14 7:00: Phillip Addis: The Andrée
Expedition - A Doomed Arctic Journey. Phillip
Addis, baritone; Emily Hamper, piano. AUC.
●●Aug 16 12:00 noon: BargeMusic: Cadence.
Also Aug 17, 18, 19(all at 12); 18, 19(3pm). MB.
●●Aug 17 9:00: Cabaret: Heather Bambrick’s
Jazz Ceilidh with Special Guests. RH.
●●Aug 18 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Julia Seager-Scott,
Harp - Bach & His Composer Sons.
Also Aug 19. P.
●●Aug 18 12:00 noon: BargeMusic: Cadence.
Also Aug 16, 17, 19(all at 12); 18, 19(3pm). BM.;
3:00: Path of Miracles with Daniel Taylor.
Trinity Choir; Daniel Taylor, conductor. AUC.;
3:00: BargeMusic: Cadence. Also Aug 16, 17,
18, 19(all at 12); 19(3pm). BM.
●●Aug 19 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Julia
Seager-Scott, Harp - Bach & His Composer
Sons. Also Aug 18. P.; 12:00 noon: Barge-
Music: Cadence. Also Aug 16, 17, 18(all at 12);
18, 19(3pm). BM.; 3:00: ORIGINS. Canadian
Arabic Orchestra + Guest Artists. AUC.; 3:00:
BargeMusic: Cadence. Also Aug 16, 17, 18,
19(all at 12); 18(3pm). MB.
●●Aug 20 7:00: Ron Sexsmith Presents Songs
from Deer Life. AUC.
●●Aug 21 7:00: Stratford Summer Music Vocal
Academy Finale. AUC.
●●Aug 22 3:00: Jean-Michel Blais. AUC.; 7:00:
Mzansi Chamber Choir: Tribute Concert
for 100th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s
Birth. AUC.
●●Aug 23 12:00 noon: BargeMusic: Langley
Ukulele Ensemble. Also Aug 24, 25, 26(all
at 12); 25, 26(3pm). MB.; 7:00: Drew Santini:
A Recital for Stratford. Drew Santini, baritone;
Riko Higuma, piano; Andrew Chung, violin.
AUC.
●●Aug 24 12:00 noon: BargeMusic: Langley
Ukulele Ensemble. Also Aug 23, 25, 26(all at
12); 25, 26(3pm). MB.; 7:00: Mzansi Chamber
Choir. Relaxed performance. AUC.
●●Aug 25 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Cristina
Zacharias, Violin. Also Aug 26. P.; 12:00 noon:
BargeMusic: Langley Ukulele Ensemble. Also
Aug 23, 24, 26(all at 12); 25, 26(3pm). MB.
3:00: Jan Lisiecki. AUC.
●●Aug 26 11:00am: Musical Brunch: Cristina
Zacharias, Violin. Also Aug 25. P.; 12:00
noon: BargeMusic: Border Cities Caledonian
Pipe Band. BM.; 3:00: Stratford Sings:
Season Finale. Phillip Addis, baritone; Sara-
Jeanne Hosie, soprano; Eliza Johnson, soprano;
Howard Dyck, master of ceremonies;
Emily Hamper, music director/accompanist;
and others. AUC.
Summer Music in the Garden
June 28 to Sept 16
479 Queens Quay West
Toronto, ON M5V 3M8
416-954-4502
www.harbourfrontcentre.com/
summermusic
●●Jul 01 4:00: Songs for the Women.
Kontiwennenháwi (“Carriers of the Words”–
formerly known as the Akwesasne Women
Singers).
●●Jul 05 7:00: Kongero: Scandinavian Songlines.
Swedish a capella vocal group take
Scandinavian traditional music into the 21st
century. Kongero (Lotta Andersson, Anna
Wikenius, Anna Larsson and Emma Björling).
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●●Jul 08 4:00: Minerva’s Cello. Featuring little-known
music for early cello. Elinor Frey,
cello; Joëlle Morton, viola da gamba/violone;
Lucas Harris, theorbo.
●●Jul 12 7:00: Crossroads. Debut of trio of
young traditional Québécois musicians. La
Croisée d’Antan (Jordan Bélanger, fiddle, foot
percussion, voice; David Lefrançois, accordion,
harmonica, foot percussion, voice;
Anthony Vacchio, keyboard and voice).
●●Jul 19 7:00: To Russia With Love. New Zealand
String Quartet.
●●Jul 22 4:00: Mirrored Glass. Taktus
Marimba Duo.
●●Jul 26 7:00: Blythwood Winds: Flights of
Fancy.
●●Jul 29 4:00: From Baghdad to Brittany. Featuring
music from the Middle-Eastern desert,
Celtic plains of France and Carpathian Mountains
of the Balkans. Moskitto Bar (Tangi
Ropars, accordion/voice; Ahmed Moneka,
percussion/voice; Nadjem Fethi violin/kora;
Demetrios Petsalakis, oud).
●●Aug 02 7:00: Kakki (Spirit). Nagata Shachu.
●●Aug 09 7:00: Satyam (Truth). Classical
South Asian story of Savitri, a young woman
who fights the Lord of Death to save her
beloved. Bageshree Vaze, vocals/Kathak
dance; Vineet Vyas, tabla drums; Rajib
Karmakar, sitar.
●●Aug 12 4:00: Fiddles and Banjos and Guitars,
Oh My! Bombadils (Luke Fraser and
Sarah Frank).
●●Aug 16 7:00: Faces of the Violin. Featuring
music from the Austrian court to the fjords
of Norway to the villages of Eastern Europe.
Rebekah Wolkstein and Drew Jurecka, classical
and traditional violin, mandolin, 9-string
hardanger fiddle.
●●Aug 19 4:00: Sunday Afternoon at the
Opera. Cénacle (Karim Nasr, historical clarinets;
Jennifer Thiessen, viola; Francis Palma-
Pelletier, violone).
●●Aug 23 7:00: Elas mon cuer: Intabulations
Summer Festivals
of Music of love and hearts from the Middle
Ages. Instrumental versions of late medieval
love songs. InTabula (Katelyn Clark, clavisimbalum;
Esteban La Rotta, lutes).
●●Aug 26 4:00: Baroque Dance in the Garden.
Chamber music and dance from the
French Baroque. Confluence (Marie-Nathalie
Lacoursière, dancer; Emma Hannan,
soprano).
●●Sep 09 4:00: Luna Nueva. The first new
moon of autumn inspires music to reflect on
new cycles, harvests, patterns and beginnings.
New Flamenco Quartet (Tamar Ilana
and Shirlita La Pili, voice/dance; Matt Sellick,
flamenco guitar; Jessica Hana Deutsch,
violin/voice).
●●Sep 16 4:00: Youth and Passion. Early works
by composers who would become renowned
masters. Madawaska String Quartet.
Summer Opera Lyric Theatre
July 27 to August 5
Toronto, ON
416-366-7723
www.solt.ca
All performances are at Robert Gill Theatre,
University of Toronto, 214 College St.
●●Jul 27 8:00: Manon. Music by Massenet.
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille.
Suzy Smith, music director. Also Jul 29(2pm);
Aug 1(2pm); 4(8pm).
●●Jul 28 2:00: Così fan tutte. Music by Mozart.
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. Valentina
Sadovski, music director. Also Jul 31(8pm);
Aug 2(8pm), 5(2pm).
●●Jul 28 8:00: Semele. Music by Handel.
Libretto by William Congreve. Christopher
Bagan, music director. Also Aug 1(8pm);
3(8pm); 4(2pm).
Sun Life Financial
Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival
July 20 to 23
Waterloo, ON
519-279-0189
www.uptownwaterloojazz.ca
Listings not available at time of publication.
For general description, see Green Pages.
Sweetwater Music Festival
September 21 to 23
Owen Sound and Meaford, ON
519-371-2833
www.sweetwatermusicfestival.ca
Listings not available at time of publication.
For general description, see Green Pages.
Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival
June 11 to 23
Toronto, ON
416-964-6337
www.tafelmusik.org/TBSF
All concerts are free admission on a firstcome,
first served basis with donations
appreciated. Seating is subject to the capacity
of the venue.
GC - Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale
Rd.
TSP - Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon
Hall, 427 Bloor St.
WH - Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building,
University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park.
●●Jun 11 8:00: Opening Night. William Sharp,
baritone; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
and Chamber Choir; Elisa Citterio and Ivars
Taurins, directors. TSP.
●●Jun 16 12:30: Baroque Portraits. Members
of the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute
Faculty. WH.
●●Jun 17 12:30: Many Strings Attached. Viola
d’Amore Workshop participants; Thomas
Georgi, leader. WH.
●●Jun 20 1:00: Toronto Baroque Summer
Institute Orchestras and Choirs. Tafelmusik
Baroque Summer Institute Orchestra and
Choir; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and
Chamber Choir; Elisa Citterio, Jeanne Lamon
and Ivars Taurins, directors. WH.
●●Jun 23 7:30: The Grand Finale. Tafelmusik
Baroque Summer Institute Orchestra and
Choir; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and
Chamber Choir; Elisa Citterio, Jeanne Lamon
and Ivars Taurins, directors. GC.
TD Markham Jazz Festival
August 15, 17 to 19
Markham, ON
905-471-5299
www.markhamjazzfestival.com
Listings not available at time of publication.
For general description, see Green Pages.
TD Niagara Jazz Festival
July 19 to 29
Niagara-on-the-Lake & St. Catharines, ON
1-844-LIV-JAZZ (548-5299)
www.niagarajazzfestival.com
F – FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre,
250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines, 905-688-0722
HP – Henry of Pelham Winery, 1469 Pelham
Rd., St. Catharines, 905-684-8423
HW – The Hare Wine Company,
769 Niagara Stone Rd., Niagara-on-the-Lake,
905-684-4994
L – Lakeside Park, 1 Lakeport Rd., St. Catharines,
905-688-5601
M – Mahtay Café, 241 St. Paul St., St. Catharines,
905-685-4040
P – Pier 61 Restaurant, 61 Lakeport Rd., St.
Catharines, 905-397-7771
SM – St. Mark’s Anglican Church, 41 Byron St.,
Niagara-on-the-Lake, 905-468-3266
SP – Simcoe Park, Picton St., Virgil,
905-468-3266
W – The Warehouse, 11 Geneva St., St. Catharines,
905-988-5408
●●Jul 02 8:00: Twilight Jazz in the Clubs: Eric
St. Laurent Trio. M.
●●Jul 05 7:00: Dave Brubeck Tribute: Sax in
the Vineyard. Bobby Millitello, sax. HP.
●●Jul 19 9:00: Twilight Jazz in the Clubs: Duncan
Hopkins Trio. W.
●●Jul 20 9:00: Twilight Jazz in the Clubs:
James Bryan Trio. W.
●●Jul 22 11:00am: World Music on the Beach.
Live music, children’s activities, food trucks,
wine, craft beer and artisan vendors. L.; 8:00:
Live Music Jam. Live music, children’s activities,
food trucks, wine, craft beer and artisan
vendors. TD Niagara Jazz Festival House
Band Trio. P.
●●Jul 27 7:30: Jazz in the City: Flagship Event
- Singin’ with the Big Band. Indigenous ceremony
before the concert. Jim John’s Swing
Shift Big Band with Christopher Alan Graves.
F.; 9:00: Twilight Jazz in the Clubs: Heillig
Manoeuvre. M.
●●Jul 28 11:00am: Jazz in the Park. Live music,
children’s activities, food, wine, craft beer and
artisan vendors. SP.. Also Jul 29; 8:00: Jazz
Masters: Timeless Clarinet. Phil Nimmons
and David Braid. SM.; 8:00: Soul Jazz in the
Vineyard. HW.
●●Jul 29 11:00am: Jazz in the Park. Live music,
children’s activities, food, wine, craft beer
and artisan vendors. SP. Also Jul 28; 7:00:
Jazz on the Lake: Dixieland Jazz Event. Surprise
location.
TD Sunfest ’18: Canada’s Premier
Celebration of World Cultures
July 5 to 8
London, ON
519-672-1522
www.sunfest.on.ca
Listings not available at time of publication.
For general description, see Green Pages.
TD Toronto Jazz Festival
June 22 to July 1
Toronto, ON
855-985-5000
www.torontojazz.com
C – Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W.
DMH – Danforth Music Hall, 147 Danforth Ave.
DML – Don Mills Library, 888 Lawrence Ave. E.
E – Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge St.
HS – Home Smith Bar, The Old Mill, 21 Old Mill
Rd., Etobicoke
HT – Horsehoe Tavern, 370 Queen St. W.
K – Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. W.
OLG – OLG Stage on Cumberland.
PT – The Pilot, 22 Cumberland St.
PX – The Phoenix, 410 Sherbourne St.
ROM – Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s
Park.
S – Sony Centre for the Performing Arts,
1 Front St. E.
T – Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 417 Bloor St. W.
●●Jun 13 7pm: Luis Mario Ochoa Quartet.
DML.
●●Jun 22 5:30pm: Hector Quartet. OLG.;
7pm: ROM Friday Night Live: Jazz Club. ROM;
7:30pm, Heather Bambrick & Friends with
Russ Little Quartet featuring Guido Basso. HS.
Also Jun 23.
●●Jun 23 8pm: Seal. S.; 8pm: Liona Boyd &
PRÉGARDIEN
& DRAKE in recital
July 17 at Walter Hall
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Friends - A Tribute to Yorkville in the Sixties.
C; 9pm: Toronto Poetry Slam. PT.
●●Jun 24 8:30pm: The Bad Plus. T.
●●Jun 25 7pm: Lake Street Dive. DMH.; 8pm:
Alison Kraus. S.; 8pm: Gregory Porter. E.;
8pm: Blues Revue featuring Bettye LaVette.
K.; 9pm: ART the Band. PT.
●●Jun 26 7pm: Snarky Puppy. DMH.; 8pm:
Savion Glover featuring Marcus Gilmore. K.;
8:30pm: Elise LeGrow. T.; 10pm: KNOWER
(Anomalie opening). HT.
●●Jun 27 7pm: Bela Fleck & The Flecktones.
DMH; 8:30pm: Cécile McLorin Salvant. T.;
9pm: Weaves. PX.
●●Jun 28 8:30pm: Holly Cole. T.
●●Jun 29 7:30pm: Heather Bambrick &
Friends with Russ Little Quartet feat. Melissa
Stylianou. HS. Also Jun 30; 8pm: Herbie
Hancock. S.
Toronto Summer Music
July 12 to August 4
Toronto, ON
647-430-5699
www.torontosummermusic.com
BW - The Bentway, 250 Fort York Blvd.
CR - Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W.
KH - Koerner Hall, Telus Centre, 273 Bloor
St. W.
LL - Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W.
WH - Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building,
University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park.
●●Jul 12 7:30: Opening Night Concert: Borodin
Quartet. KH.
●●Jul 13 7:30: Mother Russia. Lukas Geniušas,
piano; Borodin Quartet. WH.
●●Jul 14 1:00: reGENERATION. Singers, pianists
and chamber musicians from the Toronto
Summer Music Academy’s Art of Song program
and Chamber Music Institute. Also
4pm. WH.; 7:30: Chamber Music reGENER-
ATION. Toronto Summer Music Fellows and
Academy mentors. WH.
●●Jul 16 7:30: Tears of Exile. Studio de
musique ancienne de Montréal; Andrew
McAnerney, conductor. WH.
●●Jul 17 7:30: Prégardien and Drake in Recital.
Christoph Prégardien, tenor; Julius Drake,
piano. WH.
●●Jul 18 11:00am: Classical Kids Concerts
Series: Kinan Azmeh City Band. Presented
in English and Arabic for ages 4-10. Kinan
Azmeh, clarinet. WH.; 7:30: Kinan Azmeh City
Band. Kinan Azmeh, clarinet. WH.
●●Jul 19 7:30: L’Histoire du Soldat. TSO Chamber
Soloists; Derek Boyer, narrator; Jennifer
Nichols, dancer/choreographer; Alaina Viau,
director and designer; Jonathan Crow, violin
and leader. KH.; 10:30: TSM Late Night
Encore. Jonathan Crow, violin; Julie Albers,
cello; Miles Jaques, clarinet; Natasha Paremski,
piano. WH.
●●Jul 20 7:30: The Trout. Christoph Prégardien,
tenor; Steven Philcox, piano; Scott
St. John, violin; Yehonatan Berick, viola; Julie
Albers, cello; and others. WH.
●●Jul 21 1:00: reGENERATION. Singers, pianists
and chamber musicians from the Toronto
Summer Music Academy’s Art of Song program
and Chamber Music Institute. Also
4pm. WH.; 7:30: Chamber Music reGENER-
ATION. Toronto Summer Music Fellows and
Academy mentors. WH.
●●Jul 23 7:30: Sounding Thunder. Text by
Armand Garnet Ruffo. James Campbell, clarinet;
Musicians from Festival of the Sound.
WH.
●●Jul 24 7:30: Different Trains. New Orford
String Quartet. LL.
●●Jul 25 11:00am: Classical Kids Concerts
Series: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. For ages 4-10.
TSM Festival Orchestra; Jonathan Crow, violin;
Joanna Kellam, host. WH.; 7:30: Vivaldi’s
Four Seasons. TSM Academy Fellows; Jonathan
Crow, violin. Post-concert reception. CR.
●●Jul 26 7:30: O Happy Day. Gospel favourites.
Ben Heppner, tenor; Toronto Mass Choir. KH.
●●Jul 27 7:30: New Orford String Quartet.
New Orford String Quartet; Pedja Muzijevic,
piano. WH.
●●Jul 28 4:00: Chamber Music reGENERA-
TION. Toronto Summer Music Fellows and
Academy mentors. Also 7:30pm. WH.
●●Jul 29 2:00: TSM Community Day: Reflections
of Wartime. Canadian National Brass
Project. Includes Musical Petting Zoo. BW.;
7:30: TSM Community Day: National Youth
Orchestra of Canada - Migrations. KH.
●●Jul 30 7:30: A Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin.
Jonathan Crow, violin; Philip Chiu, piano. WH.
●●Jul 31 7:30: Angela Cheng. Angela Cheng,
piano; Alvin Chow, piano. WH.
●●Aug 01 11:00am: Classical Kids Concerts
Series: Music from Wartime. For ages 4-10.
Eric Nowlin, viola; Ani Aznavoorian, cello;
Philip Chiu, piano; Alexander Kerr, violin.
WH.; 7:30: War in the 20th Century. Aaron
Schwebel, violin; Alexander Kerr, violin; Barry
Shiffman, violin; Stephen Dann, viola; Ani
Aznavoorian, cello; and others. WH.
●●Aug 02 7:30: A Big Band Celebration. Ranee
Lee, vocals; Gordon Foote, music director. KH.
●●Aug 03 7:30: Brahms Sextet. Aaron
Schwebel, violin; Alexander Kerr, violin; Barry
Shiffman, violin; Eric Nowlin, viola; Stephen
Dann, viola; and others. WH.
●●Aug 04 7:30: TSM Finale. Performances by
TSM Artists, Academy Fellows, and Community
Academy participants. WH.
Westben Concerts at The Barn
June 9 to August 5
Campbellford, ON
877-883-5777
www.westben.ca
B - The Barn, 6688 County Road 30,
Campbellford.
C - Clock Tower Cultural Centre, 36 Front St.
S., Campbellford.
●●Jun 09 2:00: Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat. Music by Andrew Lloyd
Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice. Adam Fisher
(Joseph); Kimberly Dafoe, narrator; Caroline
Smith & Brian Finley, co-directors; Brian Finley,
music director; Westben Youth, Teen and
Festival Choruses. Also Jun 10(2pm); 15(7pm);
16(2pm); 17(2pm). B.
●●Jul 06 7:00: Schumann Liederabend. Sung
in German, with English translations. Wallis
Giunta, mezzo; Alexander Dobson, baritone;
Brian Finley, piano. 6pm: pre-concert
chat on Schumann’s Lieder. Concert repeats
at 9pm. B.
●●Jul 07 2:00: Don Giovanni in Concert. Joel
Allison (Leporello); Leanne Kaufman (Donna
Anna); Alexander Dobson (Don Giovanni);
Matthew Li (Masetto/Commendatore); Colin
Ainsworth (Don Ottavio); Teiya Kasahara
(Donna Elvira); Vania Chan (Zerlina); Andrea
Grant, music director & pianist. 1pm: preconcert
chat. B.
●●Jul 08 2:00: Chopin Celebration - Robert
Silverman. Robert Silverman, piano. 1pm:
pre-concert chat. B.
●●Jul 12 7:00: New Now: Performer-Composer
Showcase Concert. 1pm: pre-concert
chat. B.
●●Jul 14 2:00: Vancouver Chamber Choir.
1pm: pre-concert chat. B.
●●Jul 15 2:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band
Tentet. B.
●●Jul 18 2:00: Broadway at the Barn: Crazy
for Gershwin. Caitlin Wood, soprano; Marjori
Maltais, mezzo; Adam Fisher, tenor; Clarence
Frazer, baritone; Brian Finley, piano. Also
Jul 19, 25, 26. B.
●●Jul 20 7:00: British Invasion. Celebration of
the British Invasion & The American Revolution.
Andy Forgie and Big Black Smoke. B.
●●Jul 21 2:00: Taste of Scotland. Scotch tasting,
a good meal, the sound of the pipes, and a
concert featuring Scottish tunes. Donna Bennett,
soprano; Colin Ainsworth, tenor; Brian
Finley, piano; Port Hope & District Pipe Band;
Jamie York, pipe major. B.
●●Jul 22 2:00: John McDermott. John
McDermott, tenor; Jason Fowler, guitars;
Mark Lama, keyboards, melodia, accordion.
B.
●●Jul 25 2:00: Broadway at the Barn: see
Jul 18. B.
●●Jul 27 7:00: Sarah Harmer. B.
●●Jul 28 2:00: Marc-André Hamelin with The
Danel String Quartet. Marc-André Hamelin,
piano; Marc Danel, violin; Gilles Millet, violin;
Vlad Bogdanas, viola; Yovan Markovitch, cello.
1:15pm: Pre-concert chat. B.
●●Jul 29 2:00: The StepCrew. Cara Butler,
step-dancer; Jon Pilatzke, step-dancer;
Nathan Pilatzke, step-dancer; Christine Carr,
tap dancer; Alyth McCormack, vocals; and
others. B.
●●Aug 02 7:00: New Now: A Little Off the
Sides. New sounds coming from the sidestreets
of Montreal. Alexia Avina, singer/
songwriter; and others. C.
●●Aug 03 7:00: Turbo Street Funk. Casey Van;
vocals, guitar & harmonica; Juan Manuel
Arce, alto sax; Joel Eric Szabo; horn; Camilo
Gallon, drums; Ian Feenstra, sousaphone. B.
●●Aug 04 2:00: Michael Kaeshammer, Piano.
B.
●●Aug 05 2:00: Montreal Jubilation Gospel
Choir: Celebrate! B.
L’HISTOIRE
DU SOLDAT
July 19 at Koerner Hall
KINAN AZMEH
CITYBAND
July 18 at Walter Hall
BEN
HEPPNER
O HAPPY DAY
July 26 at Koerner Hall
A BIG BAND
CELEBRATION
with RANEE LEE
August 2 at Koerner Hall
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performance types where words and music are in some
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IN THE CLUBS (MOSTLY JAZZ)
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Starts on page 66.
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LISTINGS
Friday June 1
Lake Ontario
●●12:00 noon: Jewish Music Week in
Toronto/Zoomer Media/Canada-Israel Culture
Foundation. Classical Jazzed-Up! Live
from Zoomer Hall: Berkovsky-Mirzoev-Sarid
Trio. Works by Israeli composers. Lyric Theatre,
Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge
St. 416-638-4492. Free with ticket (www.jewishmusicweek.com).
On-air live radio performance
for The New Classical 96.3 FM.
●●2:00: Jewish Music Week in Toronto. Sicilian
Jewish Jazz Project. Works highlighting
the 15th century contribution of Jews
to Sicilian culture and music prior to 1492.
Michael Occhipinti. Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues
Bar, 194 Queen St. W. 416-638-4492. Free.
Refreshments available for purchase.
●●7:30: Gallery 345. A la vie, à l’amor. An
evening of French and Spanish sounds, celebrating
life and love. Works by Bizet, Délibes,
Granados and others. Melanie Taverna, soprano;
Alvaro Vasquez Robles, tenor; Angela
Maria Sanchez, soprano; Jennifer Tung,
piano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. By
donation.
●●7:30: Inglorious B Productions. Inglorious
Women: Toronto. St. Andrew’s Church
(Toronto), 73 Simcoe St. 647-637-7491.
$20/$15(adv). All proceeds in support of Barbra
Schlifer Commemorative Clinic.
●●7:30: Italian Canadian Heritage Foundation.
Omaggio a Puccini. Puccini: selection of
arias from his operas. Jonelle Sills, soprano;
Christopher Dall, tenor; Coro San Marco;
Rolando Nicolosi, conductor. St. Peter’s
Church (Woodbridge), 100 Bainbridge Ave,
Woodbridge. 905-850-2269. $10 or PWYC.
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Frame
By Frame. Created by Robert Lepage and
Guillaume Côté, based on work of Norman
McLaren. Four Seasons Centre for
the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. 416-
345-9595. $39-$265. Opens Jun 1, 7:30pm.
Runs to Jun 10. Thurs/Sat/Sun(2pm),
Tues-Sat(7:30pm).
●●8:00: Caliban Arts/Remix Lounge. Michael
Arthurs Quintet. Michael Arthurs Quintet;
Kamil Andre, vocalist. Remix Lounge,
1305 Dundas St. W. 647-722-4635. $30;
$20(adv).
●●8:00: Lawrence Park Community Church.
Fridays @ 8. Rutter: Gloria; hymn arrangements.
North York Temple Band (Glenn Barlow,
conductor); Choir of Lawrence Park
Community Church (Mark Toews, conductor).
2180 Bayview Ave. 416-489-1551 x28. $20.
●●8:00: SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival.
SING! Celebrates Gospel. Resound; University
of Toronto Gospel Choir; The Chitans.
Little Trinity Church, 425 King St. E. 416-783-
6103. Free.
●●10:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld
2018. Rojitas and Yani Borrell. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Saturday June 2
●●9:45am: SING! The Toronto Vocal
Arts Festival. Ruach Singers at Shabbat
Beth Sholom. Beth Sholom Synagogue,
1445 Eglinton Ave. W. 416-783-6103. Free. Saturday
morning religious service.
●●2:00: Festival Wind Orchestra. Bernstein’s
Birthday Bash! Bernstein: Slava!; Candide
Suite; A Simple Song (from Mass); Gilliland:
Fantasia on Themes from West Side Story;
Bass: Casey At The Bat (featuring Dan Riskin,
narrator). Keith Reid, conductor. North
Toronto Collegiate Institute, 17 Broadway Ave.
festivalwindorchestra.com/tickets/. $20;
$15(sr/st); free(under 13).
●●2:00: National Ballet of Canada. Frame
By Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 2(7:30pm);
3(2pm); 5(7:30pm); 6(7:30pm); 7(2pm);
7(7:30pm); 8(7:30pm); 9(2pm); 9(7:30pm);
10(2pm).
●●2:00: Oliver Peart. Piano Recital. Oliver
Peart, piano. St. Barnabas Anglican Church,
361 Danforth Ave. 416-463-1344. $20; $10(sr/
st).
●●6:00: Villa Charities. Ermanno Mauro
Masterclass Series Gala. Puccini: Act 3 from
La bohème; and other works. Nicole Bellamy,
piano/music director. Joseph D. Carrier Art
Gallery, 901 Lawrence Ave. W. 416-789-7011
x248. $130. Includes gourmet dinner. A portion
of proceeds support Villa Colombo.
●●6:30: VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto.
Ambe...Welcome! Featuring VIVA!’s six choirs
for singers from the age of 4 to adults. Trinity-St.
Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-788-
8482. $2​5; $​20​(sr/st).
●●7:30: Elmer Iseler Singers. In Concert.
Lydia Adams, conductor. St. Paul’s United
Church (Brampton), 30 Main St. S., Brampton.
905-451-1405. $30.
●●7:30: Etobicoke Centennial Choir. Oh Canada!
Celebrating diverse repertoire by Canadian
composers and arrangers. Glick: Sing
unto the Lord; Hatfield: selected songs; Halley:
selected songs; Chatman: Songs of a
Prospector. Angela Schwarzkopf, harp;
Carl Steinhauser, piano; Henry Renglich,
conductor. Humber Valley United Church,
76 Anglesey Blvd., Etobicoke. 416-779-2258.
$25.
●●7:30: Jubilate Singers. Choral Bridges.
McLaughlin: Across the Bridge of Hope;
Bridges: My Spirit Sang All Day; Simon (arr.
Shaw): Bridge over Troubled Water; Traditional
(arr. Nees): Sur le pont d’Avignon; and
works by Finzi and others. St. Simon-the-
Apostle Anglican Church, 525 Bloor St. E. 416-
485-1988. $25; $20(sr); $20(st); free(under
13).
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Frame
By Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 3(2pm);
5(7:30pm); 6(7:30pm); 7(2pm); 7(7:30pm);
8(7:30pm); 9(2pm); 9(7:30pm); 10(2pm).
●●7:30: Opera by Request. Don Giovanni.
Mozart. Carrie Gray, soprano (Donna Anna);
Reese de Rege, soprano (Zerlina); Laura
Schatz, soprano (Donna Elvira); Jay Lambie,
tenor (Don Ottavio); and others; Kate Carver,
piano and conductor. College Street United
Church, 452 College St. 416-455-2365. $20.
●●7:30: Resonance (part of Mississauga
Festival Choir family). Resonance in Performance.
First United Church (Port Credit),
151 Lakeshore Rd W., Mississauga. 416-986-
5537. $30; $25(sr/st); $15(child).
●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Water
Music. Handel: Alla Hornpipe from Water
Music Suite No.2; J. Strauss II: Blue Danube
Waltz; Schubert: Die Forelle (The Trout)
for Soprano and Orchestra; Dvořák: Song
to the Moon from Rusalka; Britten: Four Sea
Interludes from Peter Grimes; and other
works. Leslie Ann Bradley, soprano; Christoph
Altstaedt, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $30.75–$107.00.
Also Jun 3(3pm).
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●●8:00: Acoustic Harvest. Steel Rail. Opening
set: Over the Moon. St. Nicholas Birch Cliff
Anglican Church, 1512 Kingston Rd. 416-729-
7564. $25/$22(adv).
●●8:00: Canadian Sinfonietta. Symphony
Night. Chen Gang & He Zhan-Hao: The Butterfly
Lover’s Violin Concerto; Pepa: Yakami Variations
for Piano and Orchestra; Brahms:
Symphony No.4 in e. Joyce Lai, violin; Erika
Krinò, piano; Tak Ng Lai, conductor. Glenn
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. 647-812-0839.
$40; $35(sr); $30(st).
●●8:00: Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan.
Three Decades of Canadian Degung.
Celebrating Evergreen Club Contemporary
Gamelan’s music in Toronto and Munich. Intson:
Rainforest (arr. ECCG); Duggan: Evocation
… gentle rain falling; Suratno: Anjeun
(arr. ECCG); Lou Harrison: Ibu Trish (arr.
ECCG); Thibault: L’angoisse des machines; and
other works. Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave.
450-807-1179. $15.
●●8:00: Greater Toronto Philharmonic
Orchestra. Love Stories. Elgar: Salut
d’amour; Hillario Duran: Suite Latino; Acker
Bilk: Stranger on the Shore; Bette Midler: The
Rose; Sidney Bechet: Petite fleur; and other
works. Michael Bridge, accordion; Kornel
Wolak, clarinet; Jean-Michel Malouf, conductor.
Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St.
W. 647-238-0015. $30; $25(sr); $20(st).
●●8:00: Labyrinth Musical Workshop
Ontario. Tzvetanka Varimezova and Bassam
Bishara: Two Concerts in One.
Tzvetanka Varimezova, voice; Bassam Bishara:
Arabic ‘oud. Eastminster United Church,
310 Danforth Ave. 647-702-8680. $30.
●●8:00: Nagata Shachu. Shamisen Taiko.
Masahiro Nitta, shamisen. Harbourfront Centre
Theatre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-
4000. $27-$37; $20(sr/st).
●●8:00: North York Concert Orchestra.
Jonathan Crow Plays Beethoven. Beethoven:
Violin Concerto; Verdi: Overture to La forza
del destino; Bizet: L’Arlésienne Suite. Rafael
Luz, conductor. Yorkminster Citadel, 1 Lord
Seaton Rd., North York. 416-628-9195. $25;
$20(sr); $10(st).
●●8:00: SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival.
SoundCrowd and Friends. SoundCrowd
Chorus; Countermeasure; Cadence; Retrocity.
Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre
for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-1656.
$30.
●●8:00: Spectrum Music/Toronto Composers
Collective. No Place Like Home. From
Toronto to China: Contemporary music meets
traditional Chinese instruments. Patty Chan,
erhu; Di Zhang, yangqin; Cynthia Zimen Qin,
gu zhang. Alliance Française de Toronto,
24 Spadina Rd. 416-937-6180 or bemusednetwork.com/events/detail/486.
$20/$15(adv);
$15(st)/$10(st adv).
●●10:15: Jewish Music Week in Toronto.
Community Melaveh Malka Celebrating Israel
at 70! Works from Israel. Holy Blossom Trio
Temple Choir, Temple Singers, Lachan Jewish
Chamber Choir; Beny Maissner, cantor and
conductor; Shir Harmony; Susan Michaels,
conductor; Temple Kol Ami Choir; Mathias
Memmel, conductor; and others. Temple
Sinai, 210 Wilson Ave. 416-638-4492. Free.
●●10:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/
Toronto Hispano. Lulaworld 2018. Yan Collazo
with Sean Bellaviti & Conjunto Lacalu.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Sunday June 3
●●10:30am: Jewish Music Week in Toronto.
Cool Kids Concert. Interactive silly songs,
rhymes and traditional children’s songs.
Mark Weinstock. Bialik Hebrew Day School,
2760 Bathurst St. 416-638-4492. Free.
●●1:30: Toronto Early Music Centre. Musically
Speaking. 16th-century Italian Madrigals.
Works by Arcadelt, Banchieri, Donato, Festa,
Marenzio, Rore and Wert. Canto Madrigali
(Iris Krizmanic, Sheila McCoy, Valdis Jevtejevs,
Frank Nakashima). St. David’s Anglican
Church, 49 Donlands Ave. 416-464-7610.
Admission by donation.
●●2:00: National Ballet of Canada. Frame
By Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 5(7:30pm);
6(7:30pm); 7(2pm); 7(7:30pm); 8(7:30pm);
9(2pm); 9(7:30pm); 10(2pm).
●●2:00: Pocket Concerts. Pocket Concert at
Only One Gallery. Schulhoff: Duo for Violin
and Cello; Schoenberg: “Transfigured Night”
for String Sextet. Mark Lee and Yolanda
Bruno, violins; Rory McLeod and Keith Hamm,
violas; Leana Rutt and Julie Hereish, cellos.
Only One Gallery, 5 Brock Ave. 647-896-8295.
$48; $30(19-35); $15(under 19); $100(special
supporter). Reception to follow.
●●3:00: St. Paul’s Bloor Street Anglican
Church. Organ Recital. Simon Walker, organ.
227 Bloor St. E. 416-961-8116. Free.
●●3:00: Toronto Chamber Choir. The Memory
Palace of Matteo Ricci: When East Met
West. Guests: China Court Trio; Wen Zhao,
director; Elizabeth Anderson. Church of the
Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W. 416-763-1695.
$30; $25(sr); $12.50(under 30).
●●3:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Water Music. Handel: Alla Hornpipe from
Water Music Suite No.2; J. Strauss II: Blue
Danube Waltz; Schubert: Die Forelle (The
Trout) for Soprano and Orchestra; Dvořák:
Song to the Moon from Rusalka; Britten: Four
Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes; and other
works. Leslie Ann Bradley, soprano; Christoph
Altstaedt, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $30.75–$107.00.
Also Jun 2(7:30pm).
●●3:00: Tudor Consort. Wonders of the English
and Italian Renaissance. Works by Josquin,
Palestrina, Byrd, Monteverdi, Dowland
and others. Leaskdale Church, 11850 Durham
Regional Rd. 1, Leaskdale. 705-357-2459.
Donations in support of the Lucy Maud Montgomery
Society of Ontario.
●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Twilight
Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church St.
416-364-7865. Free.
●●4:00: Church of St. Mary Magdalene
(Toronto). Organ Fireworks. Andrew Adair,
organ. 477 Manning Ave. 416-531-7955. Free.
●●4:00: Penthelia Singers. Bach to Broadway.
Bach: Bist Du Bei Mir; Cantata No.124.
Beautiful: Carole King Musical (selections);
Hamlisch: A Chorus Line; A Tribute to Cole
Porter. Rosedale Presbyterian Church,
129 Mt. Pleasant Rd. 416-579-7464. $20; pay
age(under 13).
●●4:00: Royal Botanical Gardens. VIP Soirée.
Intimate performance by Matt Dusk in the
Rock Garden. Hendre Park, 1131 Plains Rd.
W., Burlington. 905-527-1158 x223. $350
(includes dinner and reception). 7:30pm:
Matt Dusk sings Sinatra at benefit concert in
Hendre Park.
●●4:00: St. Olave’s Anglican Church. Choral
Evensong for the Queen’s Coronation.
360 Windermere Ave. 416-769-5686. Free.
Donations welcomed. Royal Festive Strawberry
Tea to follow Evensong.
●●5:00: Aga Khan Museum. Dhrupad By Uday
Bhawalkar. Pandit Uday Bhawalkar, vocalist;
Sri Pratap Awad, pakhawaj. 77 Wynford
Dr. 416-628-5603. $40; $36(Friends of the
Museum).
●●5:00: St. Olave’s Anglican Church. Crowns
and Coronets. Music with royal connections
from the time of Elizabeth I and John Dowland
to the popular and classical music of our
present Queen’s reign celebrating the 65th
anniversary of the Coronation. Doug Hibovski,
guitar. 360 Windermere Ave. 416-769-5686.
Free. Donations welcomed.
●●7:00: Jewish Music Week in Toronto.
Closing Night: Amos Hoffman/Noam Lemish
Quartet. Kurdish, Yemenite, Moroccan,
Ladino, Russian and Israeli songs; and
other works. Amos Hoffman, oud and guitar;
Noam Lemish, piano; and others. Lula
Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. 416-638-4492.
$25/$20(adv).
●●7:00: Strings Attached Orchestra.
2018 Annual Family and Friends Season
Finale Concert. Jazz and pop to Classical and
Romantic and more. Ric Georgi, conductor.
Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. W. 416-
473-5377. $20.
●●7:00: Timothy Eaton Memorial Church.
Last Night of the Proms. God Save the Queen,
O Canada, and other patriotic favourites!
Northdale Concert Band (Joseph Resendes,
director), Massed Choirs Timothy Eaton
Memorial Church (Elaine Choi, director),
Grace Church on-the-Hill (Stephen Frketic,
director) and Christ Church Deer Park (Matthew
Otto, director); Stephen Boda, organ;
Giles Bryant, MC. 230 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-
925-5977. $20; $40(Family = 2 adults + children);
$15(sr/st). Don’t forget to dress fancy,
bring your flags, balloons, and your singing
voices!
●●7:30: Lirit Women’s Chamber Choir. Sing a
New Song: Music for Women’s Voices. Works
by Jewish composers: Copland, Glick, Clearfield,
Naplan, and others. Ellen Meyer, piano,
Beth Silver, cello; Renée Bouthot, soprano/
conductor. Temple Emanu-El, 120 Old Colony
Rd., North York. templeemanuel.ca. $10.
●●7:30: Royal Botanical Gardens. Matt Dusk
Sings Sinatra. Benefit concert. Sinatra-era
classics and other works by Dusk. Hendre
Park, 1131 Plains Rd. W., Burlington. 905-527-
1158 x223. $75. 4pm: VIP Soirée in the Rock
Garden.
●●9:00: Tone Music Festival/Mechanical
Sound Forest. In Concert. Manas; Clarinet
Panic Redux; Kurt Newman’s Nashville Minimalism
Unit. Baby G, 1608 Dundas St. W. 416-
546-8840. $12/$10(adv).
●●9:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre/Jewish
Music Week. Lulaworld 2018: Sharon Musgrave
CD Release. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Monday June 4
●●12:00 noon: Roy Thomson Hall. Choir and
Organ Concerts: Ring of Fire. Hamilton Children’s
Choir; Toronto Children’s Chorus.
60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. Free.
●●12:15: Music Mondays. From Barcelona to
Brazil. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●7:00: SWEA Toronto. An Evening of Nordic
Music. Kine Sandtrö, soprano; Julia Sjöstedt,
piano. Enoch Turner Schoolhouse, 106 Trinity
St. 905-751-5297. $20.
●●7:30: Resa’s Pieces Concert Band. Concert
Under the Stars. Featuring rock and roll,
classical music, jazz standards and marches.
Audience encouraged to clap, cheer and sing
along. Resa Kochberg, conductor. Mel Lastman
Square, 5100 Yonge St., North York.
416-565-7321. Free.
Tuesday June 5
●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime
Chamber Music. Sonya Harper-Nyby,
soprano. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church,
1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free; donations
welcomed.
●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.
Music at Midday. Manuel Piazza, organ.
65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free.
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Frame
By Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 6(7:30pm);
7(2pm); 7(7:30pm); 8(7:30pm); 9(2pm);
9(7:30pm); 10(2pm).
●●8:00: Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld
2018: Let Yourself Go. Ori Dagan + Alex
Pangman + Natasha Powell. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●9:00: Tone Music Festival. In Concert.
Waclaw Zimpel & Kuba Ziolek;
Joseph Shabason; Nick Storring. Baby
G, 1608 Dundas St. W. 416-546-8840.
$15/$12(adv).
Wednesday June 6
●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints Kingsway.
Kingsway Organ Concert Series.
Hanné Becker, organ. All Saints Kingsway
Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-571-
3680. Freewill offering.
●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.
Noonday Organ Recital. John Palmer CSV,
organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Frame By
Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 7(2pm); 7(7:30pm);
Lunchtime Concerts
Pay-what-you-can
June 4 - Serenade
Duo, flute and guitar
June 11 - junctQín
keyboard collective
June 18 - Catalyst
Ensemble, jazz
June 25 - Matthew
Larkin, organ solo
Church of the Holy Trinity
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8(7:30pm); 9(2pm); 9(7:30pm); 10(2pm).
●●8:00: Lula Music and Arts Centre/Latinjazznet.
Lulaworld 2018: Valeria Matzner
CD Release. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Luminato/Teac Damsa. Swan Lake/
Loch na hEala. Created by Michael Keegan-
Dolan. Bluma Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence
Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-368-
4849. $31-$95. Opens Jun 6, 8pm. Runs to
Jun 10. Wed-Sat(8pm), Sun(2pm).
●●8:00: Soundstreams. The Little Match
Girl Passion. Music and text by David Lang.
Also a work by James Rolfe. Crow’s Theatre,
345 Carlaw Ave. 647-341-7390. From $22.
Also Jun 7.
Thursday June 7
●●2:00: National Ballet of Canada. Frame
By Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 7(7:30pm);
8(7:30pm); 9(2pm); 9(7:30pm); 10(2pm).
●●7:00: Tapestry Opera. Queers Crash the
Opera. Queer-themed opera curated by
David Eliakis. Teiya Kasahara, soprano; Derek
Kwan, tenor; Catherin Carew, mezzo; Alain
Coulombe bass; David Eliakis, piano. Ernest
Balmer Studio, Distillery District, 9 Trinity St.
416-537-6066. $25. Also Jun 8.
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Frame
By Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 8(7:30pm);
9(2pm); 9(7:30pm); 10(2pm).
●●8:00: Gallery 345. James Hill, Piano. Original
compositions. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-
822-9781. $15; $10(st). Cash only at the door.
●●8:00: Lula Music and Arts Centre/Caliban
Arts Theatre. Lulaworld 2018: Ursula Rucker.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Luminato/Teac Damsa. Swan Lake/
Loch na hEala. See Jun 6. Also Jun 8, 9,
10(2pm).
●●8:00: Small World Music Society. Ihtimanska.
Bulgarian and Turkish folk and
urban music as well as Sephardic storytelling
and songs. Ariane Morin, saxophone; Yoni
Kaston, accordion. Guests: Brenna MacCrimmon,
voice; Ariel Balevi, storyteller. Small
World Music Centre, Artscape Youngplace,
180 Shaw St. 416-536-5439. $20/$15(adv).
●●8:00: Soundstreams. The Little Match
Girl Passion. Music and text by David Lang.
Also a work by James Rolfe. Crow’s Theatre,
345 Carlaw Ave. 647-341-7390. From $22.
Also Jun 6.
●●9:00: Tapestry Opera. Queer of the Night.
Teiya Kasahara, soprano; David Eliakis,
piano. Ernest Balmer Studio, Distillery District,
9 Trinity St. 416-537-6066. $25. Also
Jun 9(4pm).
Friday June 8
●●7:00: Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada. Friday
Night Jazz. Hey Love. 288 Bremner Blvd. 647-
351-3474. $30; $19.25(sr/6-13); $7(3-5).
●●7:00: Tapestry Opera. Queers Crash the
Opera. Queer-themed opera curated by
David Eliakis. Teiya Kasahara, soprano; Derek
Kwan, tenor; Catherin Carew, mezzo; Alain
Coulombe bass; David Eliakis, piano. Ernest
Balmer Studio, Distillery District, 9 Trinity St.
416-537-6066. $25. Also Jun 7.
●●7:30: Blythwood Winds. Blythwood
Blitz. Villa-Lobos: Quintet; Janáček: Mladi;
Pärt: Quintettino; Husa: Five Poems; Abrahamsen:
Walden. Tim Crouch: flute; Elizabeth
Eccleston: oboe; Anthony Thompson: clarinet;
Kevin Harris: bassoon; Curtis Vander Hyden:
A. Concerts in the GTA
horn. Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave. 416-
999-6097. PWYC.
●●7:30: Lowville Festival. Sarah Harmer
in Concert. St. George’s Anglican Church,
7051 Guelph Line, Milton. 905-632-6047.
$60/$50(adv). Festival runs June 8-10.
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Frame
By Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 9(2pm);
9(7:30pm); 10(2pm).
●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto. Wagner: Prelude and
Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde (June 8
only); Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Dvořák:
Symphony No.8. Vadim Gluzman, violin;
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $34.75–
$148.00. Also Jun 9.
●●8:00: Gallery 345. The Art of the Piano:
Robi Botos. A rare solo performance.
345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $35; $15(st).
Cash only at the door.
●●8:00: Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld
2018. 8pm Davila Sisters. 10:30 Adan
De Dios with Charangon del Norte. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Luminato/Teac Damsa. Swan Lake/
Loch na hEala. See Jun 6. Also Jun 9, 10(2pm).
●●9:00: Tone Music Festival. In Concert.
Anthony Coleman; c_RL. Array Space,
155 Walnut Ave. 416-532-3019. $18/$15(adv).
Saturday June 9
●●2:00: National Ballet of Canada. Frame
By Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 9(7:30pm);
10(2pm).
●●4:00: Tapestry Opera. Queer of the Night.
Teiya Kasahara, soprano; David Eliakis, piano.
Ernest Balmer Studio, Distillery District, 9 Trinity
St. 416-537-6066. $25. Also Jun 7(9pm).
●●7:00: Opera by Request. Anna Bolena.
Donizetti. Antonina Ermolenko, soprano
(Anna Bolena); Monica Zerbe, mezzo (Giovanna
Seymour); John Holland, bass-baritone
(Enrico VIII); Paul Williamson, tenor (Lord
Percy); and others; William Shookhoff, piano
and conductor. St. Andrew’s United Church,
117 Bloor St. E. 416 455-2365. $20.
●●7:30: Brampton Chamber Music Concert
Series. In Concert. Jennifer Tran, saxophone;
Celia Tang, clarinet; Luke Welch, piano. St.
Paul’s United Church (Brampton), 30 Main St.
S., Brampton. 904-450-9220. PWYC.
THE CHOICE
Sat June 9 & Sun June 10
7:30pm Heliconian Hall
corunumensemble.com
.
●●7:30: Cor Unum Ensemble. The Choice.
One-of-a-kind storytelling concert. Audience
determines the outcome of the adventure.
Story by Ruth Denton. Erik Samuel, narrator;
baroque chamber orchestra; soloists. Heliconian
Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 226-980-9828.
$20; $15(st/arts worker). Reception following.
Also Jun 10.
●●7:30: Counterpoint Community Orchestra.
Grand Finale. Reinecke: Flute Concerto;
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
Overture; Brahms: Symphony No.4. Stephen
Tam, flute. Church of St. Peter and St. Simonthe-Apostle,
525 Bloor St. E. 416-919-1063.
$25/$20(adv).
●●7:30: Lowville Festival. Ben Heppner in
Concert with the Lowville Festival Choir.
Musical theatre favourites, folksongs, spirituals
and other songs. St. George’s Anglican
Church, 7051 Guelph Line, Milton. 905-632-
6047. $60/$50(adv). Festival runs June 8-10.
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Frame By
Frame. See Jun 1. Also Jun 10(2pm).
●●7:30: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto. Tchaikovsky: Violin
Concerto; Dvořák: Symphony No.8. Vadim
Gluzman, violin; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-
872-4255. $34.75–$148.00. Also Jun 8.
●●8:00: Alliance Française de Toronto. At
the Water’s Edge: Lyricism and the Belle
Époque. Works by Fauré, Debussy, Chausson
and Duparc. Christina Tannous, soprano.
24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2014 x37. $15; $10(sr/
st/member).
●●8:00: Arraymusic. Array Social: Come Feel
the Beat with Us. An Evening of Interactive
Percussion. One short performance on each
hour between 8pm-11pm followed by time to
eat, drink and socialize. Kendall Kiddie, Rick
Sacks, SlowPitchSound and Pantayo. Array
Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 416-532-3019. $20.
Cash bar and silent auction.
I FURIOSI
BAROQUE ENSEMBLE
I FOUGHT
THE LAW
SAT. JUNE 9, 2018, 8PM
www.ifuriosi.com
●●8:00: I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble. I Fought
the Law. Works by Telemann, Handel and
others. Guests: Kris Kwapis, trumpet and cornetto;
Christopher Bagan, harpsichord. Calvin
Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave. 416-923-
9030. $25; $15(sr/st/underemployed).
●●8:00: Luminato/Teac Damsa. Swan Lake/
Loch na hEala. See Jun 6. Also Jun 10(2pm).
●●8:00: Small World Music Society. Tich
Maredza Band 10 Year Anniversary. Tichaona
Maredza, lead vocals, acoustic guitar, nyunga
nyunga, marimba percussion; Tichaona
Gombiro, bass; Gordin Mapika, drum; Larry
Lewis, lead guitar; Andrew Mark, percussion,
mbira. Small World Music Centre, Artscape
Youngplace, 180 Shaw St. 416-536-5439.
$25/$20(adv).
●●8:00: Voices Chamber Choir. Unsung
Heroes. A celebration of choral music by
composers who have greatly influenced
music education. Works by Kodály, Orff and
other music educators. Church of St. Martinin-the-Fields,
151 Glenlake Ave. 416-519-0528.
$20; $15(sr/st); $10(member, Ontario College
of Teachers).
●●9:00: Tone Music Festival. In Concert.
Jessica Moss; Tryal; Manticore. Burdock,
1184 Bloor St. W. 416-546-4033. $15/$12(adv).
●●10:30: Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld
2018: Ricardo Lemvo. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Sunday June 10
●●2:00: Gallery 345. Artis Duo. Works by
Franck, Ravel, Bartók, Skoryk, Fedyshyn and
others. Oleksandra Fedyshyn, violin; Anna
Shalayevych, piano. 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-
822-9781. $25; $10(st). Cash only at the door.
●●2:00: Luminato/Teac Damsa. Swan Lake/
Loch na hEala. See Jun 6.
●●2:00: National Ballet of Canada. Frame By
Frame. See Jun 1.
●●2:00: Scarborough Parks and Recreation.
Light Jazz, Soft Rock, Blended with Flamenco
Guitar. Marylou Malicdem, vocals;
Juan Tomas, flamenco guitar; Lorne Hendel,
rhythm guitar; Frank Sant, bass; Steve
Farrugia, drums. Scarborough Civic Centre,
150 Borough Dr., Scarborough. 416-485-
2056 or 647-609-8291. Free.
●●3:00: Orchestra Toronto. Skøl Scandinavia.
Sibelius: Symphony No.1; Nielsen: Flute
Concerto; Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite (selections).
Laura Chambers, flute; Kevin Mallon,
conductor. George Weston Recital Hall,
5040 Yonge St. 1-855-985-2787. $45; $39(sr);
$19(under 29). 2:45pm: pre-concert chat.
●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Twilight
Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church St.
416-364-7865. Free.
●●4:00: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers.
William Carn Trio: William Carn, trombone;
Nancy Walker, piano; Kieran Overs,
bass. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Freewill
offering. Religious service.
●●4:00: St. Paul’s Anglican Church
(Uxbridge). Evensong. Traditional choral
evening prayer. Tudor Consort Choir.
59 Toronto St. S., Uxbridge. 905-852-7016.
Donations appreciated. Guest preacher: The
Venerable Stephen Vail, Archdeacon of Trent
Durham and Incumbent of All Saint’s, Whitby.
●●7:00: Lowville Festival. Truth and Illusion:
Two Forces Present in Every Moment.
Musical workshop/presentation (premiere).
June Cupido, director; Michael Mulrooney,
musical director. Lowville United Church,
5800 Guelph Line, Burlington. 905-632-6047.
$35/$30(adv). Festival runs June 8-10.
●●7:00: Lula Music and Arts Centre. Lulaworld
2018: Andrew Collins Trio CD Release.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Cor Unum Ensemble. The Choice.
One-of-a-kind storytelling concert. Audience
determines the outcome of the adventure.
Story by Ruth Denton. Erik Samuel, narrator;
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aroque chamber orchestra; soloists. Heliconian
Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. 226-980-9828.
$20; $15(st/arts worker). Reception following.
Also Jun 9.
LARK
ENSEMBLE
JUNE 10
7:30PM
CORKIN GALLERY,
DISTILLERY DISTRICT
●●7:30: LARK Ensemble. Prelude to Summer.
Beethoven: Serenade, Op.25; Jaeger: Two
Short Pieces for Solo Flute; Debussy: Six épigraphes
antiques; Dohnányi: Serenade, Op.10.
Leslie Allt, flute; Aaron Schwebel, violin; Keith
Hamm; viola; Roberta Janzen, cello. Corkin
Gallery, 7 Tank House Ln. 416-979-1980. $35;
$20(st). Advance tickets at brownpapertickets.com.
Refreshments included.
●●7:30: Somewhere There. Victoria Gibson’s
“Sound Seed: Tribute to Pauline Oliveros”
DVD release. Laura Swankey, voice and electronics;
and Play The Moment Collective
(Victoria Gibson, voice, guitar, electronics;
Heather Saumer, trombone; Bob Vespaziani,
WaveDrum). Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave.
416-532-3019. $10 or PWYC; $15(DVD).
Monday June 11
●●12:15: Music Mondays. Is Three a Crowd?
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival.
Opening Night. See Summer Festival
TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE
SUMMER FESTIVAL
OPENING NIGHT
JUNE 11 AT 8PM
JEANNE LAMON HALL,
TRINITY-ST. PAUL’S
CENTRE
tafelmusik.org/TBSF
Listings, pages 44-51.
Tuesday June 12
●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime
Chamber Music: Allan Pulker, flute. Yorkminster
Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St.
416-241-1298. Free; donations welcomed.
●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.
Music at Midday. Sae Yoon Chon, piano.
65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free.
Wednesday June 13
●●12:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.
Noonday Organ Recital. Eric Robertson,
organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free.
●●7:00: Lula Music and Arts Centre. Jeremy
Ledbetter Trio “Got a Light!” CD Release! Jeremy
Ledbetter, piano; Rich Brown, bass; Larnell
Lewis, drums. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas
St. W. 416-588-0307. $20/$15(adv). Dinner
reservations guarantee seating.
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Brahms Symphony 1. Bernstein: Three
Dances from Fancy Free; Gershwin: Piano
Concerto in F; Brahms: Symphony No.1. Jean-
Yves Thibaudet. piano; Peter Oundjian, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.
416-872-4255. $34.75–$148.00. 7:15: free preconcert
performance by Singing Out. In partnership
with Pride Toronto (Jun 13 only). Also
Jun 14.
Thursday June 14
●●7:00: Brampton Folk Club. Sunshine on My
Shoulders. Carlos Medina, Barry Mulcahy and
Joanne Hodgson. Peel Art Gallery, Museum
and Archives, 9 Wellington St. E., Brampton.
905-791-4055. Free with museum admission.
●●8:00: Contaqt. Many Faces: We Are All
Marilyns. Part of Queer Pride 2018. Works
by John Oswald, Laurence Lemieux, Amnon
Wolman, Eve Beglarian and Jerry Pergolesi.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander
St. 416-975-8555. $20; $10/PWYC(st/sr/arts).
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Brahms Symphony 1. Bernstein: Three
Dances from Fancy Free; Gershwin: Piano
Concerto in F; Brahms: Symphony No.1. Jean-
Yves Thibaudet. piano; Peter Oundjian, conductor.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.
416-872-4255. $34.75–$148.00. 6:45: free
pre-concert performance by The TSO Chamber
Soloists (Jun 14 only). Also Jun 13.
Friday June 15
●●12:00 noon: Music at Metropolitan. Carillon
Recital. Scott Allan Orr. Metropolitan
United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E.
416-363-0331. Free; donations welcomed.
Donations go to the Metropolitan’s carillon
renovation project.
●●8:00: Aga Khan Museum. Four Skies, Four
Seasons: Under the Persian Musical Sky.
Constantinople; Kayhan Kalhor. 77 Wynford
Dr. 416-646-4677. $40; $36(Friends). Includes
museum admission.
●●9:00: Tone Music Festival/Wavelength
& Boiler Records. In Concert. Efrim Manuel
Menuck; Fet.Nat; Fresh Snow; Scattered
Clouds. Jam Factory, 2 Matilda St. 647-478-
9526. $18/$15(adv). All ages.
Saturday June 16
●●11:00am: Luminato Festival. Instruments of
Happiness. Brookfield Place, 181 Bay St. 416-
368-4849. Free. Also 12:30pm; 2pm; 2:30pm.
●●12:00 noon: Family Fun Festivals Group.
Chinese Family Day 2018. Mel Lastman
Square, 5100 Yonge St., North York. 416-
500-0007. Free.
●●12:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival.
Baroque Portraits. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●2:00: National Ballet of Canada. Paz de la
Jolla & The Man in Black with Cacti. Music
by Bohuslav Martinů, Johnny Cash, Joseph
Haydn and others. Justin Peck, choreographer.
James Kudelka, choreographer. Alexander
Ekman, choreographer. Four Seasons
Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen
St. W. 416-345-9595. $39-$265. Opens
Jun 16, 2pm. Runs to Jun 22. Sat/Sun(2pm),
Wed-Sat(7:30pm).
●●3:00: Toronto Tabla Ensemble. Student
Recital. Palmerston Library Theatre,
560 Palmerston Ave. 1-888-958-2252. $20.
●●7:00: Link Music Lab. Mohsen Namjoo and
Faraualla. St. Andrew’s Church (Toronto),
73 Simcoe St. 416-223-0850. $55-$100.
●●7:00: Tapestry Opera. Tables Turned. Created
by Michael Hidetoshi Mori and Nicole
Lizée. Carla Huhtanen and Ben Reimer with
Nicole Lizée. Ernest Balmer Studio, Distillery
CONTAQT
Many Faces
We are all Marilyns
THURSDAY,
JUNE 14, 8PM
Buddies in
Bad Times Theatre
12 Alexander St, Toronto
$20 REGULAR /
$10/PWYC STUDENTS,
SENIORS, ARTS WORKERS
FEATURING WORKS BY
John Oswald and
Laurence Lemieux
Amnon Wolman
Eve Beglarian
Jerry Pergolesi
Part of Queer Pride 2018 at
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
June 8-24
BOX OFFICE 416-975-8555
buddiesinbadtimes.com/pride
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District, 9 Trinity St. 416-368-4849. $35.
Opens Jun 16, 7pm. Runs to Jun 19. Sat-
Tues(7pm), Sun(2pm).
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Paz
de la Jolla & The Man in Black with Cacti.
See Jun 16. Also Jun 17(2pm); 20(7:30pm);
21(7:30pm); 22(7:30pm).
●●7:30: North Wind Concerts. Handel: Airs
for the Theatre. Music from Handel’s operas
arranged for Baroque winds. Colin Savage,
chalumeau/recorder; John Abberger,
oboe; Marco Cera, oboe/oboe d’amore; Alison
Melville: traverso/recorder; Dominic Teresi,
bassoon; Paul Jenkins, chamber organ/
harpsichord. St. Thomas’s Anglican Church
(Toronto), 383 Huron St. 416-588-4301. $30;
$25(sr/st/arts); $10(child).
●●8:00: Church of St. Peter and St. Simonthe-Apostle.
Flutuosity. Works by C.P.E. Bach,
Telemann, Jolivet and Aitken. Ross Pearson,
flute. 525 Bloor St. E. 416-469-5781. $20;
$15(sr/st); PWYC.
●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. L’Histoire
du Soldat. Stravinsky: L’Histoire du soldat
(The Soldier’s Tale). Sophie Goulet, narrator;
Philippe van de Maele, actor (The Soldier);
Nicolas van Burek, actor (The Devil);
Kristian Alexander, conductor. Cornell Recital
Hall, 3201 Bur Oak Ave., Markham. 905-604-
8339. $10.
●●8:00: Toronto Creative Music Lab/Music
Gallery. TCML 2018 Showcase. 10 new works,
developed by TCML participants in the week
leading up to the concert. 918 Bathurst Centre
for Culture, Arts, Media and Education,
918 Bathurst St. 647-230-3272. $15/$12(adv);
$10(members).
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto 3. Glinka: Overture
to Ruslan and Lyudmila; Rachmaninoff: Piano
Concerto No.3; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an
Exhibition (orch. Ravel). Daniil Trifonov, piano;
Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson Hall,
60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $34.75–$148.00.
Sunday June 17
●●12:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival.
Many Strings Attached. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●1:00: Bernard Betel Centre. Father’s Day
A. Concerts in the GTA
Concert. Choral music with soloists. Coro San
Marco. 1003 Steeles Ave W. 225-2112. $20.
●●2:00: National Ballet of Canada. Paz de
la Jolla & The Man in Black with Cacti. See
Jun 16. Also Jun 20(7:30pm); 21(7:30pm);
22(7:30pm).
●●2:00: Tapestry Opera. Tables Turned. See
Jun 16. Also Jun 17, 18, 19.
●●3:00: Aga Khan Museum. Home with Ara-
Best, Moskitto Bar, Frazer Sundown and the
Ukwehuwe Connection. 77 Wynford Dr. 416-
628-5648. $25; $22.50(Friends); $20(sr/st).
SUNDAY JUNE 17, 2018 | 3 PM
RUSSIAN-SPANISH SALON:
MADRID >> MOSCOW
offcentremusic.com
●●3:00: Off Centre Music Salon. Russian-
Spanish Salon: Madrid-Moscow. Lara Dodds-
Eden, Joni Henson, Sheila Jaffé, Inna Perkis,
Brett Polegato, and others. Trinity-St. Paul’s
Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-466-6323. $50;
$40(sr/st); $15(young adult); $5(child).
●●3:00: Upper Canada Choristers. Strawberry
Social Fundraiser Concert. Gershwin:
Selections from Porgy and Bess - Bess You Is
My Woman Now, I Got Plenty of Nothin’ and
My Man’s Gone Now; Gershwin Medley including
Someone to Watch Over Me, They Can’t
Take That Away From Me, and Ev’ry Time We
Say Goodbye; Porter: Begin the Beguine, Let’s
Do It, and Night and Day; and other works.
Guests: Cantemos; Valerie Abels, staging
and narration. Grace Church on-the-Hill,
300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-256-0510. $40. Finger
foods and strawberry shortcake.
●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Twilight
Recital. Manuel Piazza, organ. 65 Church
St. 416-364-7865. Free.
●●4:00: Toronto Children’s Chorus. Tour
Send-Off Concert: Ring of Fire. TCC’s touring
choir’s final concert before singing at Choral
Canada’s national Podium Conference and
Festival in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle
Ave. 416-932-8666 x231. $25; $20(sr/st);
$10(child).
●●4:00: Villa Charities. “O mio babbino caro”
Omaggio a Puccini: Opera Arias. Works by
Puccini. Jonelle Sills, soprano; Christopher
Dallo, tenor; Rolando Nicolosi, piano. Joseph
D. Carrier Art Gallery, 901 Lawrence Ave. W.
416-789-7011 x320. Free.
●●7:00: Tapestry Opera. Tables Turned. See
Jun 16. Also Jun 18, 19.
●●7:30: Charm of Finches. In Concert. Music
for flute ensemble, including piccolos, alto
and bass flutes. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer
Night’s Dream; Simms: First Came The Temple
(Premiere); Heath: Return to the Avalon.
Charm of Finches (Laura Chambers, Tristan
Durie, Terry Lim, Anh Phung and Katherine
Watson); Guests: Kelly Zimba and Camille
Watts. East Common Room, Hart House,
7 Hart House Circle. 647-892-8251. $25;
$15(st/arts worker).
●●8:00: Luminato Festival. Arturo O’Farrill
and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. Phoenix
Concert Theatre, 410 Sherbourne St. 416-
368-4849. $50.07; $32.25(arts).
●●8:00: The Music Gallery. Chino Amobi
and myst milano. 918 Bathurst St. 416-204-
1080. $18/$13(adv); $10(st/members). 7:30:
doors open.
●●8:00: Tone Music Festival. In Concert. The
Revival Ensemble; Sick Boss Löve. Tranzac
Club, 292 Brunswick Ave. 416-923-8137.
$12/$10(adv).
Monday June 18
●●12:15: Music Mondays. Catalyst Ensemble.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:00: Tapestry Opera. Tables Turned. See
Jun 16. Also Jun 19.
Tuesday June 19
●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime
Chamber Music: Tost String Quartet.
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge
St. 416-241-1298. Free; donations welcomed.
●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.
Music at Midday. Kennedy Kimber-Johnson,
organ. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free.
●●7:00: Luminato Festival/Eve Egoyan. Solo
for Duet. Linda Catlin Smith: Thought and
Desire for piano and amplified voice; Nicole
Lizée: David Lynch Études for amplified piano,
amplified voice/foot stomping/guitar and
soundtrack with video; Michael Snow: EVƎ for
solo piano; John Oswald: Homonymy for prepared
disklavier, voice, movement and video;
Eve Agoyan and David Rokeby: Surface Tension
for disklavier and real-time video; Eve
Egoyan: Duet for solo piano. Eve Egoyan,
piano. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge St. 416-368-
4849. $81.32. Also Jun 20.
●●7:00: Tapestry Opera. Tables Turned. See
Jun 16.
●●8:00: Tone Music Festival/Music Gallery’s
Departure Series. In Concert. Oren
Ambarchi & Will Guthrie; Jazz Bras Dot Com
& Retired. Jam Factory, 2 Matilda St. 647-478-
9526. $18/$15(adv).
Wednesday June 20
●●12:00 noon: Yorkminster Park Baptist
Church. Noonday Organ Recital. Nicholas
Schmelter, organ. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-
1167. Free.
●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints Kingsway.
Kingsway Organ Concert Series.
Imre Olah, organ. All Saints Kingsway Anglican
Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-571-3680.
Freewill offering. 45-minute concert.
●●1:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival.
Toronto Baroque Summer Institute
Orchestras and Choirs. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:00: Luminato Festival/Eve Egoyan. Solo
for Duet. See Jun 19.
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Paz de
la Jolla & The Man in Black with Cacti. See
Jun 16. Also Jun 21(7:30pm); 22(7:30pm).
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Ax
Plays Mozart. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.17 in
G K453; Mahler: Symphony No.9. Emanuel Ax,
piano; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $34.75–
$148.00. Also Jun 23.
Thursday June 21
●●12:00 noon: Music at Metropolitan. Carillon
Recital. John Widmann. Metropolitan
United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E.
416-363-0331. Free; donations welcomed.
Donations go to the Metropolitan’s carillon
renovation project.
●●7:30: Brott Music Festival. Music of the
Night. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Paz de
la Jolla & The Man in Black with Cacti. See
Jun 16. Also Jun 22(7:30pm).
●●7:30: North York Concert Band. Concert
Under the Stars. John Edward Liddle, conductor.
Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge St.,
North York. 416- 533-9481 x394. Free. Also
July 10 (Earl Bales Park
Friday June 22
●●12:00 noon: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Thank You, Toronto! Repertoire to be confirmed.
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-
872-4255. Free.
●●7:00: Toronto Summer Opera Workshop.
Dvořák’s Rusalka. Local talent and visiting
young professionals. Church of St. Peter and
St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor St. E. 856-
607-9578. Freewill offering. In Czech with
English subtitles. Also June 23, 24.
●●7:00: University Settlement Music & Arts
School. End of Term Student Concert. St.
George the Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-
598-3444 x243. Free with donation. Also
Jun 23(10am & 12pm).
●●7:30: National Ballet of Canada. Paz de
la Jolla & The Man in Black with Cacti. See
Jun 16.
●●8:00: Borealis Big Band. It Might as Well Be
Spring. Contemporary big band music. Gord
Shephard, conductor. Newmarket Old Town
Hall, 460 Botsford St., Newmarket. 905-717-
3319 or borealisbigband@gmail.com. $20.
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●●8:00: Thin Edge New Music Collective/
Music Gallery. Fusing: Premieres VII. Works
by Kaie Kellough + Jason Sharp, Rebecca
Leonard, Juro Kim Feliz, Amy Hull, and others.
Music Gallery at 918 Bathurst, 918 Bathurst
St. 647-456-7597. $25; $20(members/sr/
arts); $15(st).
●●9:00: Tone Music Festival. In Concert.
Charles Gayle; Ways. Array Space, 155 Walnut
Ave. 416-532-3019. $18/$15(adv). All ages.
Saturday June 23
●●10:00am: Family Fun Festivals Group. Canada
Music Festival 2018. Multicultural festival.
Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge St.,
North York. 416-500-0007. Free. Until 10pm.
Also Jun 24.
●●10:00am: University Settlement Music &
Arts School. End of Term Student Concert.
St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St.
416-598-3444 x243. Free with donation. Also
Jun 22(7pm), 23(12pm).
●●12:00 noon: Family Fun Festivals Group.
Global Village Festival 2018. Mel Lastman
Square, 5100 Yonge St., North York. 416-
500-0007. Free.
●●12:00 noon: University Settlement Music
& Arts School. End of Term Student Concert.
St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St.
416-598-3444 x243. Free with donation. Also
Jun 22(7pm), 23(10am).
●●7:00: Shevchenko Musical Ensemble.
Together. Folk music and songs in English,
Ukrainian, Russian, French and Czech. Mixed
Voice Choir; Toronto Mandolin Orchestra;
Alexander Veprinsky, conductor. Trinity-St.
Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. 416-533-2725.
$35; $20(st).
●●7:00: Toronto Summer Opera Workshop.
Dvořák’s Rusalka. Local talent and visiting
young professionals. Church of St. Peter and
St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor St. E. 856-
607-9578. Freewill offering. In Czech with
English subtitles. Also June 22, 24.
●●7:30: Organix Concerts. In Concert. Loreto
Aramendi, organ. Christ Church Deer
Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-571-3680. Freewill
offering.
●●7:30: Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival.
The Grand Finale. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Gallery 345. Payadora Tango Ensemble.
Rebekah Wolkstein, violin/voice; Robert
Horvath, piano; Joseph Phillips, bass; Drew
Jurecka, bandoneon; Elbio Fernandez, vocals.
345 Sorauren Ave. 416-822-9781. $25; $15(st).
Cash only.
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Ax
Plays Mozart. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.17 in
G K453; Mahler: Symphony No.9. Emanuel Ax,
piano; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy Thomson
Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255. $34.75–
$148.00. Also Jun 20.
Sunday June 24
●●10:00am: Family Fun Festivals Group. Canada
Music Festival 2018. Multicultural festival.
Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge St.,
North York. 416-500-0007. Free. Until 10pm.
Also Jun 23.
●●4:00: Cathedral Church of St. James. Twilight
Recital. Ian Sadler, organ. 65 Church St.
416-364-7865. Free.
●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers:
The Sacred Music of Duke Ellington.
Brian Barlow Big Band. 1570 Yonge St. 416-
920-5211. Freewill offering. Religious service.
●●7:00: Luminato Festival. Ólafur Arnalds: All
Strings Attached. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge St.
416-368-4849. $81.32.
●●7:00: Toronto Summer Opera Workshop.
Dvořák’s Rusalka. Local talent and visiting
young professionals. Church of St. Peter and
St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor St. E. 856-
607-9578. Freewill offering. In Czech with
English subtitles. Also June 22, 23.
●●7:30: Richmond Hill Philharmonic Orchestra.
Last Night at the Proms. Holst: The Planets
Op.32 (excerpts); Grainger: Country
Gardens; Handel in the Strand; Shepherd’s
Hey; Lunn: Downton Abbey Suite; Vivaldi:
Gloria in excelsis Deo; Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance
March No.1. Jessica Kun, conductor.
Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing
Arts, 10268 Yonge St., Richmond Hill. 905-
787-8811. $29; $24(sr/st).
Monday June 25
●●12:15: Music Mondays. Matthew Larkin,
Organ. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
Tuesday June 26
●●12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation/
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. Lunchtime
Chamber Music. Suhashini Arulanandam,
violin. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church,
1585 Yonge St. 416-241-1298. Free; donations
welcomed.
●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.
Music at Midday. Owen Spicer, organ.
65 Church St. 416-364-7865. Free.
●●6:30: The Painted Lady. Willard Bond:
Jiggery Pokery CD Release. 218 Ossington
Ave. info@thepaintedlady.ca. No cover.
JUN 26
Peter Oundjian, conductor
TSO.CA
SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Christopher Plummer’s Symphonic Shakespeare.
Wagner: Overture to Das Liebesverbot;
Debussy: King Lear Fanfare;
Mendelssohn: Selections from A Midsummer
Night’s Dream Op.61; Berlioz: Overture
to Béatrice et Bénédict; Walton: Selections
from Henry V Suite; and other works. Christopher
Plummer, narrator; Peter Oundjian,
conductor. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.
416-872-4255. $59.00–$199.00.
Thursday June 28
●●7:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Parallel Lives: Music
from La Belle Époque in England and France.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Brott Music Festival. The Infinite Sky.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Love
and Faith. Ravel: Boléro; Elgar: Violin Concerto
Op.61; Prokofiev: Symphony No.3 in
c Op.44. Kristian Alexander, conductor;
Andrew Sords, violin. Flato Markham Theatre,
171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham. 905-604-
8339. $30-$40; $25(sr); $15(youth). 7:15pm
pre-concert recital; 7:30pm pre-concert talk;
intermission discussion with Andrew Sords.
BEETHOVEN
SYMPHONY 9
JUN 28, 29 & 30
Peter Oundjian, conductor
TSO.CA
SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Beethoven Symphony 9. Beethoven: Symphony
No.9. Kirsten MacKinnon, soprano;
Lauren Segal, mezzo; Andrew Haji, tenor;
Tyler Duncan, baritone; Toronto Mendelssohn
Choir; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.
$45.00–$169.00. Also Jun 29, 30(7pm).
Friday June 29
● ● 12:00 noon: Music at Metropolitan. Carillon
Recital. Gordon Slater. Metropolitan
United Church (Toronto), 56 Queen St. E.
416-363-0331. Free; donations welcomed.
Donations go to the Metropolitan’s carillon
renovation project.
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Beethoven Symphony 9. Beethoven: Symphony
No.9. Kirsten MacKinnon, soprano;
Lauren Segal, mezzo; Andrew Haji, tenor;
Tyler Duncan, baritone; Toronto Mendelssohn
Choir; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.
$45.00–$169.00. Also Jun 28, 30(7pm).
Saturday June 30
●●7:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Beethoven Symphony 9. Beethoven: Symphony
No.9. Kirsten MacKinnon, soprano;
Lauren Segal, mezzo; Andrew Haji, tenor;
Tyler Duncan, baritone; Toronto Mendelssohn
Choir; Peter Oundjian, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-4255.
$45.00–$169.00. Also Jun 28, 29(both 8pm).
●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Ravel’s
Bolero. Ravel: Boléro; Elgar: Concerto for Violin
and Orchestra; Prokofiev: Symphony No.3
in c Op.44. Andrew Sords, violin; Jan Miłosz
Zarzycki, conductor. Glenn Gould Studio,
250 Front St. W. 416-645-9090. $30; $25(sr);
$15(youth).
Sunday July 1
●●4:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Songs for the Women.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Kindred Spirits Orchestra. Unionville
Canada Day Celebration. Beethoven:
Overture to King Stephen Op.117; J. Strauss,
Sr.: Radetzky March; Ravel: Boléro; Brahms:
Hungarian Dance No.1; Saint-Saëns: Dance
macabre; Tchaikovsky: The Year 1812, festival
overture in E-flat Op.49. Michael Berec, conductor;
Alexander Gangurean, violin. Unionville
Millennium Bandstand, 143 Main St.,
Unionville. 905-604-8339. Free.
Monday July 2
●●12:15: Music Mondays. Florian Hoefner Trio.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Wednesday July 4
●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints
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Kingsway. Kingsway Organ Concert Series.
Simon Walker, organ. All Saints Kingsway
Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-571-
3680. Freewill offering. 45-minute concert.
Thursday July 5
●●7:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Kongero: Scandinavian
Songlines. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Hart House Singers. Love Life. Choral
versions of classical, music theatre and R&B
songs. R&B band; Conrad Gold, piano; David
Arnot-Johnston, conductor. Hart House,
Great Hall, 7 Hart House Circle. 416 978-2452.
Free; food bank donations to UofT Foodbank
welcomed.
Friday July 6
●●12:00 noon: Toronto Reference Library.
Summer Music @ the Library Series: A Tribute
to Nat King Cole. Multimedia program:
jazz music and music videos. Ori Dagan;
Nathan Hintz. 789 Yonge St. 416-393-7175.
Free.
Sunday July 8
●●4:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Minerva’s Cello. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:00: Cathy Yang presents. Yoona Kang
& Cathy Yang in Recital. Ravel: Violin Sonata
No.2; Chaminade: Piano Sonata Op.21; Ysaye:
Sonata for Solo Violin No.5; and other works.
Yoona Kang, violin; Cathy Yang, piano. Canadian
Music Centre, 20 St. Joseph St. 519-774-
6988. $20; free(under 12).
Monday July 9
●●12:15: Music Mondays. Tony Yike Yang,
Piano. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●7:30: Organix Concerts. In Concert. Jeremy
Woodside, organ. Our Lady of Sorrows
Lunchtime Concerts
Pay-what-you-can
July 2 - Florian
Hoefner Trio
July 9 - Tony Yike
Yang
July 16 - Padideh
Ahrarnejad & Ali
Massoudi
July 23 - Allison Au
Quartet
July 30 - Azuline Duo
Church of the Holy Trinity
www.musicmondays.ca
A. Concerts in the GTA
Church, 3055 Bloor St. W., Etobicoke. 416-
571-3680. Freewill offering.
Tuesday July 10
●●7:00: North York Concert Band. Concert
Under the Stars. John Edward Liddle, conductor.
Earl Bales Park Community Centre,
4169 Bathurst St. 416- 533-9481 x394. Free.
Also June 21 (Mel Lastman Square).
Thursday July 12
●●7:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Crossroads. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
BORODIN
QUARTET
July 12 at Koerner Hall
●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. Opening
Night Concert: Borodin Quartet. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Friday July 13
●●12:00 noon: Toronto Reference Library.
Summer Music @ the Library Series: Duet
Duologue. Works by J. S. Bach, Fauré, Piazzolla,
Rosenblum and Petitpas. Nathan
Petitpas, percussion, marimba; Suhashini
Arulananadam, violin. 789 Yonge St. 416-393-
7175. Free.
●●7:30: Junction Trio and Friends. Flute
Duets. Works by Horn, Aitken, Hovhaness,
Bach, Fukushima, Evans and Szervánszky.
Jamie Thompson, flute. Thomas Foster
Memorial, 9449 Concession Rd. 7, Uxbridge.
416-922-1167. By donation.
●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. Mother Russia.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
Saturday July 14
●●1:00: Toronto Summer Music. 1pm
reGENERATION. Also 4pm. 7:30 Chamber
Music reGENERATION. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Cathedral Church of St. James. Choir
of Christ’s College, Cambridge. 65 Church St.
416-364-7865. $35/$30(adv); $25/$20(adv)
(st).
Monday July 16
●●12:15: Music Mondays. The Music and
Sounds of Persia. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●12:30: Choir of Christ’s College,
Cambridge. Lunchtime Recital. St. Paul’s
Bloor Street, 227 Bloor St. E. 416-961-8116.
Freewill donation.
●●12:30: Lunchtime Recital. In Concert.
227 Bloor St. E. David Rowland, director. St.
Paul’s Bloor Street, 227 Bloor St. E. 416-961-
8116. Freewill offering.
●●7:30: Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge.
In Concert. Works by English and European
composers from the 16th to the 20th centuries.
St. Clement’s Anglican, 70 St. Clements
Avenue. 416-483-6664. Freewill donation.
●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. Tears of
Exile. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
Tuesday July 17
●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. Prégardien
and Drake in Recital. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
Wednesday July 18
●●11:00am: Toronto Summer Music. 11am
Classical Kids Concerts Series: Kinan Azmeh
City Band. 7:30 Kinan Azmeh City Band. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●12:30: Organix Concerts/All Saints Kingsway.
Kingsway Organ Concert Series.
Nicholas Wanstall, organ. All Saints Kingsway
Anglican Church, 2850 Bloor St. W. 416-571-
3680. Freewill offering. 45-minute concert.
Thursday July 19
●●7:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: To Russia With Love. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music/Loose Tea
Music Theatre. L’Histoire du Soldat. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●10:30: Toronto Summer Music. TSM Late
Night Encore. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Friday July 20
●●12:00 noon: Toronto Reference Library.
Summer Music @ the Library Series: Autorickshaw.
Canadian Indo-fusion, jazz, funk
and folk. Suba Sankaran, vocals; Ed Hanley,
tabla; Dylan Bell, bass. 789 Yonge St. 416-393-
7175. Free.
●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. The Trout.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Saturday July 21
●●1:00: Toronto Summer Music. 1pm
reGENERATION. Also 4pm. 7:30 Chamber
Music reGENERATION. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
Sunday July 22
●●4:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Mirrored Glass. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Monday July 23
●●12:15: Music Mondays. Allison Au Quartet.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. Sounding
Thunder. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Tuesday July 24
●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. Different
Trains. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
Wednesday July 25
●●11:00am: Toronto Summer Music. 11am
Classical Kids Concerts Series: Vivaldi’s Four
Seasons. 7:30 Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Thursday July 26
●●7:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Blythwood Winds:
Flights of Fancy. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. O Happy
Day. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
Friday July 27
●●12:00 noon: Toronto Reference Library.
Summer Music @ the Library Series: Bon-Ton
String Quartet. Works by Debussy, Turina and
Komitas. Bijan Sepanji and Jeremy Potts, violins;
Alex McLeod, viola; Sarah Steeves, cello.
789 Yonge St. 416-393-7175. Free.
●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. New Orford
String Quartet. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre.
Manon. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
Saturday July 28
●●2:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. 2pm
Così fan tutte. 8pm Semele. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●4:00: Toronto Summer Music. Chamber
Music reGENERATION. Also 7:30. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
in concert
Saturday July 28
7:30pm
stjamescathedral.ca
●●7:30: Cathedral Church of St. James. The
Gesualdo Six. 65 Church St. 416-364-7865.
$30.
Sunday July 29
●●2:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre.
Manon. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●2:00: Toronto Summer Music. TSM Community
Day. 2pm Reflections of Wartime.
7:30 National Youth Orchestra of Canada -
Migrations. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●4:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: From Baghdad to Brittany.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
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Monday July 30
●●12:15: Music Mondays. Romanza: Music of
Spain and South America. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. A Tribute to
Yehudi Menuhin. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Tuesday July 31
●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. Angela
Cheng. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●8:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. Così
fan tutte. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
Wednesday August 1
●●11:00am: Toronto Summer Music. 11am
Classical Kids Concerts Series: Music from
Wartime. 7:30 War in the 20th Century. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●2:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. 2pm
Manon. 8pm Semele. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
Thursday August 2
●●7:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Kakki (Spirit). See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. A Big Band
Celebration. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. Così
fan tutte. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
Friday August 3
●●12:00 noon: Toronto Reference Library.
Summer Music @ the Library Series: ACTA
Recorder Quartet. Works by Bach, Telemann,
Fiala, Staeps and others. Alison Melville, Colin
Savage, Tatsuki Shimoda and Anne Massicotte.
789 Yonge St. 416-393-7175. Free.
●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. Brahms
Sextet. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●8:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. Semele.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
Saturday August 4
●●2:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. 2pm
Semele. 8pm Manon. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Toronto Summer Music. TSM Finale.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Sunday August 5
●●2:00: Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. Così
fan tutte. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
Monday August 6
●●12:15: Music Mondays. Eastern European
Romantics. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●5:00: Mount Pleasant Group. For Those
Who Died Trying. A 35-movement musical
elegy for victims who were killed or went missing
because of their effort to stop powerful
interests who wanted to destroy their community’s
environment and impede human
rights. Horvat: The Thailand HRDs (world premiere).
Mivos Quartet. Gathering Hall, Mount
Pleasant Funeral Centre, 375 Mount Pleasant
Rd. 416-485-9129. Free.
Thursday August 9
●●7:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Satyam (Truth). See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Friday August 10
●●12:00 noon: Toronto Reference Library.
Summer Music @ the Library Series: Linda
Flavy. Medieval music Voice/Instrumental
Project. 789 Yonge St. 416-393-7175. Free.
●●7:00: Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada. Friday
Night Jazz. Lady Be Good. 288 Bremner
Blvd. 647-351-3474. $30; $19.25(sr/age 6-13);
$7(age 3-5).
Sunday August 12
●●4:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Fiddles and Banjos and
Guitars, Oh My! See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Monday August 13
●●12:15: Music Mondays. Ardan Duo. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Thursday August 16
●●7:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Faces of the Violin. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Friday August 17
●●12:00 noon: Toronto Reference Library.
Summer Music @ the Library Series:
Shawna Caspi, Guitar. Caspi: Original works.
789 Yonge St. 416-393-7175. Free.
Sunday August 19
●●4:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Sunday Afternoon at
the Opera. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Monday August 20
●●12:15: Music Mondays. Bedford Trio. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Lunchtime Concerts
Pay-what-you-can
Aug 6 - Sheng Cai
Aug 13 - Danielle
Sum & Arthur Tang
Aug 20 - Bedford
Trio
Aug 27 - Emily Rho
& Britton Riley
Sept 3 - Concordo
Church of the Holy Trinity
www.musicmondays.ca
Thursday August 23
●●7:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Elas mon cuer: Intabulations
of Music of love and hearts from the
Middle Ages. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Friday August 24
●●12:00 noon: Toronto Reference Library.
Summer Music @ the Library Series:
TOST String Quartet. Catherine Sulem and
Gretchen Paxson-Abberger, violins; Elizabeth
Morris, viola; Stephen Buck, cello. 789 Yonge
St. 416-393-7175. Free.
Sunday August 26
●●4:00: Harbourfront Centre. Summer
Music in the Garden: Baroque Dance in the
Garden. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
Monday August 27
●●12:15: Music Mondays. Emily Rho and Britton
Riley. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
Friday August 31
●●12:00 noon: Toronto Reference Library.
Summer Music @ the Library Series: Mark
and Steven Sparling. Free Jazz improvisations.
789 Yonge St. 416-393-7175. Free.
Monday September 3
B. Concerts Beyond the GTA
●●12:15: Music Mondays. Concordo. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
IN THIS ISSUE: Barrie, Belleville, Bracebridge, Brantford,
Campbellford, Elora, Fergus, Gravenhurst, Haliburton,
Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, Leith, London, Midland, Milford,
Minden, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ottawa, Parry Sound, Picton,
Shelburne, St. Catharines, Stratford, Vanier, Virgil, Waterloo.
Friday June 1
●●11:00am: Open Ears Festival of Music and
Sound. Emerging Composer Piece: Katerina
Gimon. Victoria Park Pavilion, 80 Schneider
Ave., Kitchener. info@openears.ca. Free.
●●6:00: Open Ears Festival of Music and
Sound. How Is Your Pony?: The Music of
Frank Zappa and His Echoes. Zappa: Improvised
Concerto for Bicycle, Prerecorded Tape
and Instrumental Ensemble; and Works by
Firth, Varèse, Stockhausen, and others. Studio
Dan. Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick
St., Kitchener. info@openears.ca. $29;
$20(arts); $10(sr/st).
●●7:30: St. Joe’s ArtsFest. Artistic Director’s
Evening. A celebration of Estonian connections.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. Stereoscope: Open Ears Concert.
Hulse: Untitled; Simms: Black Star; Lemay:
Fragments noirs; Bautista: Untitled; Morasco:
Werewolf; and other works. KWCMS Music
Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-
1673. $25; $20(arts workers); $15(st).
Saturday June 2
●●1:00: Open Ears Festival of Music and
Sound. No Hay Banda Presents shifting
states. Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St.,
Kitchener. info@openears.ca. $19; $10(arts);
$10(sr/st).
●●5:00: Open Ears Festival of Music and
Sound. “...amid the cannon’s roar”: CD
Release of Music by Jason Doell. Registry
DARAA TRIBES
(Morocco)
Small World Music
Festival - August 17
Harbourfront Centre
smallworldmusic.com
Theatre, 122 Frederick St., Kitchener. info@
openears.ca. $19; $10(arts); $10(sr/st). Audience
members will receive a complimentary
copy of the new album.
●●7:30: Barrie Concert Band. The Classics.
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture; Wagner:
Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral from
Lohengrin; Handel: Suite from the Music for
the Royal Fireworks; Beethoven: Egmont
Overture; Dvořák: Finale from the New World
Symphony; and other works. 55 member concert
band consisting of woodwinds, brass,
reeds and percussion led by Music Director
Peter Voisey. Hi-Way Church, 50 Anne
St. N., Barrie. 705-481-1607. $20; $10(st);
free(under 5).
●●8:00: Open Ears Festival of Music and
Sound. Nico Muhly and Nadia Sirota. Nico
Muhly, piano; Nadia Sirota, viola. Zion United
Church, 32 Weber St. W., Kitchener. info@
openears.ca. $29; $20(arts); $10(sr/st).
●●9:30: Open Ears Festival of Music and
Sound. Onion Honey. TWH Social, 1 King St.
W., Kitchener. info@openears.ca. TBA.
Sunday June 3
●●1:00: Open Ears Festival of Music and
Sound. Awaken: States of Human Consciousness
Interconnected with Nature. Works by
Barbara Croall. Nü Ears Ensemble; Barbara
Croall, Indigenous flute. Walper Hotel Gallery,
20 Queen St. S., Kitchener. info@openears.
ca. $19; $10(arts/sr/st).
●●3:00: Open Ears Festival of Music and
Sound. Nova Voices: New Music for Choir.
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Works by Muhly, Burhans, Vivier, Cage, Lang
and Shaw. Mark Vuorinen, conductor. Zion
United Church, 32 Weber St. W., Kitchener.
info@openears.ca. $19; $10(arts/sr/st).
●●3:30: Rosewood Consort. A Tudor Tapestry.
Music of Tudor England. Stephane Potvin,
recorders, viola da gamba, harpsichord,
music director; Guest: Ben Stein, lute, theorbo.
Grace Lutheran Church (Hamilton),
1107 Main St. W., Hamilton. 905-648-5607. By
donation; $20 suggested.
●●5:00: Open Ears Festival of Music and
Sound. Ilimaq with Ben Reimer. Music by
John Luther Adams. Ben Reimer, drums.
Apollo Cinema, 141 Ontario St. N., Kitchener.
info@openears.ca. $19; $10(arts/sr/st).
Wednesday June 6
●●12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru.
Luke Welch, piano. Beethoven: Two Rondos;
Chopin: Scherzos Nos.1 & 3; Schumann:
Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Carnival Jest of
Vienna) Op.26. Hi-Way Pentecostal Church,
50 Anne St. N., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $10;
free(st).
●●12:15: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
(Kitchener). Wednesday Noon-Hour Concerts
Spring 2018. Pam Patel, vocals and
guests. 54 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 226-647-
1290. Free. 11:30: Lunch available in the foyer
or BYO.
Thursday June 7
●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral. Summer
Concerts: Triola Trio. Gisèle Dalbec
Szczesniak and Melinda Raymond, violins;
Eileen Beaudette, viola. St. George’s Cathedral
(Kingston), 270 King St. E., Kingston. 613-
548-4617. Freewill offering.
●●7:00: TD Niagara Jazz Festival. Sarah
Vaughan Tribute: Vaughan in the Vines. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: St. Joe’s ArtsFest. Festival Trio. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Friday June 8
●●7:30: St. Joe’s ArtsFest. Jazz at St. Joe’s:
Mike Malone and Friends. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival.
Ellington’s Suite Tooh. Fern Lindzon, piano
and vocals; Colleen Allen, sax/flute/clarinet;
George Koller, bass; Nick Fraser, drums. Barrie
City Hall Rotunda, 70 Collier St., Barrie.
bjbfest@bconnex.net. No cover.
●●8:00: QuartetFest. QuartetFest 1: AYR Trio.
Tchaikovsky: Trio in a; Shostakovich: Trio No.2
in e. Angela Park, piano; Yehonatan Berick,
violin; Rachel Mercer, cello. KWCMS Music
Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-
1673. $35; $20(st).
Saturday June 9
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●7:30: Arcady. Voices of Summer. Works by
Ronald Beckett, Katharina Gimon, Ian Guthrie
and Haley Woodrow. Arcady Emerging Artists
2018. Central Presbyterian Church (Brantford),
97 Wellington St., Brantford. 1-800-
838-3006. $25; $10(st); free(under 12).
●●8:00: QuartetFest. QuartetFest 2: Penderecki
String Quartet, Artists of Quartet-
Fest, Yehonatan Berick, violin. Mendelssohn:
B. Concerts Beyond the GTA
Violin Concerto; and other works. Maureen
Forrester Recital Hall, 75 University Ave.,
Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $35; $20(st).
Sunday June 10
MASTERWORKS
AND EXOTIC
INSTRUMENTS
Sunday, June 10
2 p.m.
CHAMBER
MUSIC
HAMILTON.CA
●●2:00: Chamber Music Hamilton. Masterworks
and Exotic Instruments. Beethoven:
Serenade in D for flute, violin and viola; Richardson-Schulte:
When Words Fail; Martinů:
Fantasia for string quartet, piano, oboe
and theremin; Traditional: Catalan Song of
the Birds; Saint-Saëns: The Swan. Michael
Schulte, violin and theremin; David Hetherington,
cello and musical saw; Caitlin Boyle,
viola; Leslie Newman, flute; Christina Petrowska
Quilico, piano. Art Gallery of Hamilton,
123 King St. W., Hamilton. 905-525-7429. $35;
$30(sr); $15(st).
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●4:00: St. Joe’s ArtsFest. Festival Closing
Concert. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Tuesday June 12
●●8:00: K-W Community Orchestra. In Concert.
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.5;
Massenet: Meditation from Thaïs; Shostakovich:
Romance for Violin; and other works.
KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.
519-886-1673. $20; $10(st).
Wednesday June 13
●●12:15: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
(Kitchener). Wednesday Noon-Hour Concerts
Spring 2018. Luke Welch, piano.
54 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 226-647-1290.
Free. 11:30: Lunch available in the foyer or
BYO.
●●2:30: Seniors Serenade. CHROI Celtic
Band: Celtic Now - Music and Life for Livin’.
Christopher Dawes, piano; Jenna Gallagher,
fiddle; Doug MacNaughton, guitar; Geoff Ball,
cello; Gord Simmons, bodhran. Grace United
Church (Barrie), 350 Grove St. E., Barrie.
705-726-1181. Free. 3:30: tea & goodies $5.
●●7:00: Zula. Something Else! Festival: Opening
Concert. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber
Music Society. Sadie Fields, violin and Ken
Gee, piano. Dvořák: Sonatina in G, Op.100;
Grieg: Sonata for Violin and Piano in c, Op.45;
Bartók: Rumanian Folk Dances; First Rhapsody;
Kodaly: Adagio. KWCMS Music Room,
57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673.
$35; $20(st).
Thursday June 14
●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral. Summer
Concerts: Montreal Piano Duo. Tatiana
Dardykina and Anna Peletsis, piano. St.
George’s Cathedral (Kingston), 270 King St. E.,
Kingston. 613-548-4617. Freewill offering.
●●7:00: Zula. Something Else! Festival.
Edgardo Moreno; Hope Cries for Justice;
Artifacts Trio; and Sonoluminescene Trio. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: QuartetFest. QuartetFest 3: Young
Artists of QuartetFest. KWCMS Music Room,
57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673.
$15; $10(st).
Friday June 15
●●7:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●7:00: Zula. Something Else! Festival. Mike
Hansen; Eugene Chadbourne; Joe McPhee;
Cluttertones; and McPhee/Caloia/Stewart.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Saturday June 16
●●12:00 noon: Zula. Something Else! Festival.
12pm Free Concert: Snow & Stewart. 2pm
Taps & Traps; Gennaro/Hundevad; and Heather
Cornell Workshop. 7pm Chadbourne/
Guthrie; Monicker; Susan Alcorn; and The
Revival Ensemble. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●8:00: QuartetFest. QuartetFest 4: Penderecki
String Quartet, Artists of Quartet-
Fest, Leopoldo Erice, Piano. Elgar: Piano
Quintet. Maureen Forrester Recital Hall,
75 University Ave., Waterloo. 519-886-1673.
$35; $20(st).
Sunday June 17
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●2:00: Zula. Something Else! Festival. 2pm
Lee/Palmer/Bennett + Stewart; Sick Boss +
Love; Will Guthrie; and Alcorn/Brandon. 7pm
Faster; Eucalyptus; Gord Grdina Quartet; and
Stretch Trio. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●3:00: QuartetFest. QuartetFest 5: Young
Artists of QuartetFest. KWCMS Music Room,
57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673.
$15; $10(st).
●●8:00: QuartetFest. QuartetFest 6: Young
Artists of QuartetFest. KWCMS Music Room,
57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673.
$15; $10(st).
Wednesday June 20
●●12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrews.
Andrew Adair, organ. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church (Barrie), 47 Owen St., Barrie.
705-726-1181. $10; free(st).
●●12:15: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
(Kitchener). Wednesday Noon-Hour Concerts
Spring 2018. Debra Lacoste, trumpet;
Ann-Marie MacDairmid, organ. 54 Queen
St. N., Kitchener. 226-647-1290. Free. 11:30:
Lunch available in the foyer or BYO.
Thursday June 21
●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral. Summer
Concerts: Montreal Viola and Piano Duo. J.S.
Bach: Sonata in g; Bloch: Suite Hébraïque;
Bowen: Sonata in c; Benjamin: Jamaican
Rumba. Marcus Thompson, viola; Tomoko
Inui, piano. St. George’s Cathedral (Kingston),
270 King St. E., Kingston. 613-548-4617. Freewill
offering.
Saturday June 23
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. Marko Pejanovic, Piano. KWCMS
Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo. 519-
886-1673. $20; $10(st).
●●8:00: Pinnacle Playhouse. Night Kitchen
Too. Invited musicians, poets and spoken
word artists. Pinnacle Theatre, 256 Pinnacle
St., Belleville. 613-849-1976. $10.
Wednesday June 27
●●7:30: Plumbing Factory Brass Band. Summertime
Musical Adventures. Barnhouse:
Ringling Bros Grand Entry; Sousa: Liberty
Bell; Donizetti: O Summer Night; Bernstein:
Overture to Candide; Baker: Soft Summer
Rain; and other works. Henry Meredith, conductor.
Byron United Church, 420 Boler Rd.,
London. 519-471-1250 or 519-659-3600.
$15/$13(adv); $10(st)/$7(st adv). Refreshments
and conversation to follow.
Thursday June 28
●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral. Summer
Concerts: Horn and Organ Duo. Laurin:
Sonata for horn and organ; and other works.
Justin Bush, horn; Michael Capon, organ. St.
George’s Cathedral (Kingston), 270 King St. E.,
Kingston. 613-548-4617. Freewill offering.
Friday June 29
●●7:30: Brott Music Festival. Fab 4 Forever.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Saturday June 30
●●7:30: Leith Summer Festival. In Concert. A
mix of classical, opera, torch songs and theatre
music. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Monday July 2
●●8:00: TD Niagara Jazz Festival. Twilight
Jazz in the Clubs: Eric St. Laurent Trio. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Wednesday July 4
●●12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru.
Tabitha Johnson, piano. Works by Bach,
Haydn, Schubert and Rachmaninoff. Hi-Way
Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie.
705-726-1181. $10; free(st).
Thursday July 5
●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral. Summer
Concerts: Piano Recital. Works by J.S. Bach,
Chopin and Rachmaninoff. Leonid Nediak,
piano. St. George’s Cathedral (Kingston),
270 King St. E., Kingston. 613-548-4617. Freewill
offering.
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●●7:00: TD Niagara Jazz Festival. Dave Brubeck
Tribute: Sax in the Vineyard. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Brott Music Festival. Blame It on the
Champagne. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Friday July 6
●●7:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.
Schumann Liederabend. Also 9pm. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Saturday July 7
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn. Don
Giovanni in Concert. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. Italian Baroque. Works by Dall/
Abaco, Vandini and Streich. Elinor Frey, cello;
Lucas Harris, theorbo; Joelle Morton, gamba.
KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.
519-886-1673. $35; $20(st).
Sunday July 8
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn. Chopin
Celebration - Robert Silverman. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Wednesday July 11
●●2:30: Seniors Serenade. In Concert. Music
by Gershwin and Carmichael. Noel Banavage,
saxophones; Chris Ness, piano. Bethel Community
Church, 128 St. Vincent Street, Barrie.
705-726-1181. Free.
●●7:00: Kira Braun and Melissa-Marie
Shriner. Two Sopranos, One Voice. Duets
by Fauré, Mozart, Handel, Monteverdi, Vivaldi
and others. Kira Braun, soprano; Melissa-
Marie Shriner, soprano; Brahm Goldhamer,
piano. St. Thomas Anglican Church (St. Catharines),
99 Ontario St., St. Catharines. 416-
786-3109. $20/$17(adv).
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. David Sinclair, Flamenco Guitar.
KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.
519-886-1673. $30; $20(st).
Thursday July 12
● ● 12:15: St. George’s Cathedral. Summer
Concerts: Clarinet and Bassoon Duo. Cheryl
Bruce, clarinet; Patrick Headley, bassoon. St.
George’s Cathedral (Kingston), 270 King St. E.,
Kingston. 613-548-4617. Freewill offering.
●●7:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn. New
Now: Performer-Composer Showcase Concert.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●7:30: Brookside Music Association.
Toronto All-Star Big Band: Swing, Swing,
Swing. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●7:30: Brott Music Festival. PopOpera. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Friday July 13
●●7:30: Elora Festival/Canadian Opera Company.
Opening Night Opera Gala. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Saturday July 14
●●11:00am: Elora Festival. 11am The Shoestring
Magic Flute. 1pm Isabel Bayrakdarian:
Amor y Pasión. 4pm Studio de Musique
Ancienne de Montréal: The Tears of Exile
- The Lamentations of Jeremiah. 7:30 Ben
Heppner and Toronto Mass Choir: Oh Happy
Day! See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn. Vancouver
Chamber Choir. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:00: Leith Summer Festival. In Concert.
Jazz and show tunes. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
Sunday July 15
●●11:00am: Elora Festival. 11am Sunday Service.
2pm Bach: Lutheran Masses in G Major
and G Minor. 4:30 Vancouver Chamber
Choir: Moods and Modes - Emotion in Music.
7:30 Museum Series: Lesley Bouza Sings Joni
(and More). See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn. Hannaford
Street Silver Band Tentet. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. Daniel Tselyakov, Piano and Toronto
Philharmonia Quartet. Works by Mozart and
others. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W.,
Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $35; $20(st).
Monday July 16
●●8:00: Stratford Summer Music. Opening
Night: Grand Illumination and Music for
a Midsummer’s Night. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
Tuesday July 17
●●10:00am: Stratford Summer Music. Opening
Day: Play Me, I’m Yours. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
Wednesday July 18
●●12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrews. Marty
Smyth, organ. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church (Barrie), 47 Owen St., Barrie. 705-
726-1181. $10; free(st).
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.
Broadway at the Barn: Crazy for Gershwin.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:00: Stratford Summer Music. Wolaastoqiyik:
Songs of My People. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber
Music Society. New Zealand String Quartet.
Beethoven: String Quartet No.7 Op.59 No.1;
Stravinsky: Concertino; Debussy: String
Quartet. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St.
W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $40; $25(st).
Thursday July 19
●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral. Summer
Concerts: Organ Recital. Jeff Moellman,
organ. St. George’s Cathedral (Kingston),
270 King St. E., Kingston. 613-548-4617. Freewill
offering.
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.
Broadway at the Barn: Crazy for Gershwin.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●5:00: Elora Festival. 5pm Choral Evensong:
Elora Singers. 7:30 Healey Willan through
Song, Word, and Images. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Brookside Music Association. Louise
Pitre: La vie en rouge. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Brott Music Festival. The Magic Flute.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●9:00: TD Niagara Jazz Festival. Twilight
Jazz in the Clubs: Duncan Hopkins Trio. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Friday July 20
●●2:00: Stratford Summer Music. 2pm Stéphane
Tétreault: Solo Recital. 9pm Cabaret:
Bruce Dow in A Funny Proposition. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●5:00: Elora Festival/Canadian Opera Company.
Simona Genga, Mezzo. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●5:30: UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival. Jazz
Concerts. Theatre Arcturus, Marito Marques
and Mike Downes. Waterloo City Hall Parking
Lot, 100 Regina St. S., Waterloo. 519-279-
0189. Free. Until 10:30pm.
●●7:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn. British
Invasion. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Elora Festival. Sultans of String. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Festival of the Sound. Gala Opening
Concert: Times of Trouble, Times of Joy. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●9:00: TD Niagara Jazz Festival. Twilight
Jazz in the Clubs: James Bryan Trio. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Saturday July 21
●●10:00am: Music at Port Milford. 10am
MPM Takes to the Streets! 7:30 Tokai String
Quartet with Angela Park, Piano. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●11:00am: Elora Festival. 11am Family Series:
Chris McKhool’s Fiddlefire! 1pm Bernstein:
A Choral Tribute. 4pm Bénédicte
Lauzière: Dance and Romance. 7:30 Louise
Pitre Sings the Songs of Judy Garland: Chasing
Rainbows. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●11:00am: Stratford Summer Music. 11am
Musical Brunch: Winona Zelenka, Cello. 3pm
L’Orchestre de la Francophonie. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●1:30: UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival.
Jazz Concerts. Jim Gelcer; Turboprop; Chelsea
McBrides’ Socialist Night Club; Fern Lindzon;
Ted Warren; Manteca. Waterloo City Hall
Parking Lot, 100 Regina St. S., Waterloo. 519-
279-0189. Free. Until 10:30pm.
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn. Taste
of Scotland. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Sunday July 22
●●11:00am: Elora Festival. 11am Sunday
Service. 2pm Mendelssohn Organ Sonatas
and Choral Works. 4:30 Sounding Thunder:
The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow.
7:30 Museum Series: The Elora Singers
Unplugged. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●11:00am: Stratford Summer Music. 11am
Musical Brunch: Winona Zelenka, Cello. 7pm
L’Orchestre de la Francophonie. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●11:00am: TD Niagara Jazz Festival. 11am
World Music on the Beach. 8pm Live Music
Jam. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●12:00 noon: UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival.
Jazz Concerts. Coco Love Alcorn; Francisco
Pais; Mark Kelso & the Jazz Exiles.
Waterloo City Hall Parking Lot, 100 Regina
St. S., Waterloo. 519-279-0189. Free. Until
4:30pm.
●●2:00: Music at Port Milford. Sunday Student
Matinee: On the Deck. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn. John
McDermott. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●2:30: Festival of the Sound.
2:30 Chamberfest at 25: Times of Trouble,
Times of Joy. 7:30 Elmer Iseler Singers:
Times of Trouble, Times of Joy. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber
Music Society. Alexander Tselyakov, Piano
and Toronto Philharmonia Quartet. Brahms:
Piano Quintet; Dohnyanyi: Piano Quartet.
KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.
519-886-1673. $40; $25(st).
Monday July 23
●●6:00: Festival of the Sound. Island Queen
Cruise: Swing. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Tuesday July 24
●●3:30: Festival of the Sound. 3:30 Young
Ears - A Look Into The Future: National Youth
Orchestra. 7:30 A Look Into The Future. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Wednesday July 25
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.
Broadway at the Barn: Crazy for Gershwin.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●3:30: Festival of the Sound. 3:30 Bach –
Debussy. 7:30 Chopin Concertos I. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:00: Stratford Summer Music. Keyboard
Series: Marc-André Hamelin. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. Antiang Jiang, Piano. Handel: Suite
No.3; Louie: Fast Forward; Beethoven: Sonata
Op.2 No.2. KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St.
W., Waterloo. 519-886-1673. $25; $15(st).
Thursday July 26
●●12:00 noon: Stratford Summer Music.
12pm BargeMusic: Shane Cook & Co. 7pm
Live from the Rock with The Ennis Sisters &
Shanneyganock. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral. Summer
Concerts: Cranberry Dixie Band. St. George’s
Cathedral (Kingston), 270 King St. E., Kingston.
613-548-4617. Freewill offering.
●●1:30: Festival of the Sound. 1:30 Bach –
Dvořák. 3:30 Bach – Schubert. 7:30 Chopin
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Concertos II. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.
Broadway at the Barn: Crazy for Gershwin.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●5:00: Elora Festival. 5pm Choral Evensong:
Elora Singers. 7:30 Gesualdo Six in Recital.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:00: Ottawa Chamber Music Festival. La
Passion: Roby Lakatos Quartet. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Brookside Music Association.
Rolston String Quartet. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Brott Music Festival. Natural Wonders.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
Friday July 27
●●11:00am: Stratford Summer Music. 11am
Bach: Coffee Cantata. 12pm BargeMusic:
Shane Cook & Co. 9pm Cabaret: John Mac-
Leod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●1:00: Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.
1pm Molto Piano. 5:30 Siskind Snapshot:
Z.E.N. Trio. 7pm Marc-André Hamelin with
Quatuor Danel. 10pm Roby Lakatos Quartet
@ Chamberfringe. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●1:30: Festival of the Sound.
1:30 Bach - Schumann. 3:30 Bach - Brahms.
7:30 Inspired by Folk Music. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.
Sarah Harmer. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Elora Festival. Look Ahead: Robi
Botos, Paul Novotny and Jackie Richardson.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: TD Niagara Jazz Festival. 7:30 Jazz in
the City: Flagship Event - Singin’ with the Big
Band. 9pm Twilight Jazz in the Clubs: Heillig
Manoeuvre. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Saturday July 28
●●11:00am: Elora Festival. 11am Family Series:
Platypus Theatre - How the Gimquat
Found Her Song. 1pm André Laplante, Piano:
In Recital. 4pm Rolston String Quartet: In
Recital. 7:30 Chantal Kreviazuk. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●11:00am: Stratford Summer Music. 11am
Bach: Coffee Cantata. 11am Musical Brunch:
Sharlene Wallace, Harp - Bach and Beyond.
12pm BargeMusic: Shane Cook & Co. Also
3pm. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●11:00am: TD Niagara Jazz Festival. 11am
Jazz in the Park. 8pm Jazz Masters: Timeless
Clarinet. 8pm Soul Jazz in the Vineyard. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●1:00: Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.
1pm The Tears of Exile: Lamentations of Jeremiah.
1pm Rising Stars. 7pm Z.E.N. Trio. 10pm
“I’ve Got Rhythm”: Buzz Brass and Matt Herskowitz
Salute Gershwin. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.
Marc-André Hamelin with The Danel String
Quartet. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●7:00: Festival of the Sound. The StepCrew.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:00: Leith Summer Festival. Chamber
B. Concerts Beyond the GTA
Music Concert. Penderecki String Quartet.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Sunday July 29
●●9:00am: Stratford Summer Music. 9am
BachWalk No.1. 11am Bach: Coffee Cantata.
11am Musical Brunch: Sharlene Wallace, Harp
- Bach and Beyond. 12pm BargeMusic: Shane
Cook & Co. Also 3pm. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●11:00am: Elora Festival. 11am Sunday Service.
3pm The Majesty of Handel and Mozart.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●11:00am: Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.
11am Buzz Brass with Valérie Milot. 1pm
Quatuor Danel. 7pm Chamberfest 25th Anniversary
Mashup. 10pm The Fretless. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●11:00am: TD Niagara Jazz Festival. 11am
Jazz in the Park. 7pm Jazz on the Lake: Dixieland
Jazz Event. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●1:30: Festival of the Sound. 1:30 James
Keelaghan: Live in Concert. 6pm Folk on The
Island Queen. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●2:00: Music at Port Milford. Sunday Student
Matinee. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn. The
StepCrew. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Monday July 30
●●7:00: Ottawa Chamber Music Festival. 7pm
Ariel Quartet with Rolston String Quartet.
10pm And So It Goes: Brett Polegato and Robert
Kortgaard. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●7:00: Stratford Summer Music. Blind Boys
of Alabama. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Tuesday July 31
●●1:00: Ottawa Chamber Music Festival. 1pm
Rolston String Quartet. 7pm Sounding Thunder:
The Songs of Francis Pegahmagabow.
10pm Tom Allen’s Judgment of Paris. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●1:30: Festival of the Sound. 1:30 The Magic
of Schubert. 3:30 Beethoven and Grieg.
7:30 The Genius of J.S. Bach. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Wednesday August 1
●●10:00am: Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.
10am Bring the Kids!: Bedford Trio. 1pm
Music from the Sound. 7pm Gli Angeli Genève.
10pm Transcontinental Drift. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●11:00am: Festival of the Sound. 11am
Mozart in Paradise. 3:30 Festival Baroque.
7:30 Beethoven, Mendelssohn & Mozart. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru.
Vlad Soloviev, piano. Beethoven: Waldstein
Sonata; Bach-Busoni: Chaconne in d
BWV1004, Debussy: Les Estampe. Hi-Way
Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N., Barrie.
705-726-1181. $10; free(st).
●●8:00: Highlands Opera Studio. From Opera
to Broadway. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Thursday August 2
●●12:00 noon: Stratford Summer Music.
BargeMusic: Autorickshaw. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral. Summer
Concerts: Viola and Piano Duo. Works by J.S.
Bach, Clarke and Bunch. Nora Krohn,viola;
Tracy Stuchbery, piano. St. George’s Cathedral
(Kingston), 270 King St. E., Kingston.
613-548-4617. Freewill offering.
●●12:15: Trinity United Church (Gravenhurst).
The August Organ. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●1:00: Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.
1pm Hinrich Alpers and Friends: Debussy,
Ravel and the Impressionists. 7pm ¡Duende!:
Lorca, Cohen, and the Spirit of Spain. 10pm
Algonquin Ensemble: Tom Thomson’s Voice
Through Music. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●1:30: Festival of the Sound. 1:30 Your
Daughter Fanny. 3:30 Brahms and Ravel.
7:30 Russian Masters. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.
New Now: A Little Off the Sides. See Summer
SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
THURSDAYS IN
AUGUST 2018
12:15 – 12:45 PM
TRINITY UNITED CHURCH,
GRAVENHURST
290 MUSKOKA ROAD NORT H
August 2
TEWIT YOUTH BAND
from Harrogate,
North Yorkshire, England
August 9
MATTHEW WHITFIELD
Birthday organ recital
August 16
HAPPY JACK YOGIS
Meditative kirtan using
ancient Indian chants
August 23
CHRISTOPHER DAWES
Healey Willan organ recital
August 30
MITCH BEUBE &
DAN McCOY
Jazz saxophone with
organ & piano
The August Organ
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Brott Music Festival. Star Wars: The
Force Awakens. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Friday August 3
●●7:00am: Stratford Summer Music. 7am
Music for an Avon Morning. 12pm Barge-
Music: Autorickshaw. 7pm Whiskey Jack +
Special Guests: Stompin’ Tom Salute. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●10:00am: Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.
10am Bring the Kids!: Sonic Escape. 1pm
National Youth Orchestra Canada Chamber
Marathon. 7pm National Youth Orchestra
Canada. 10pm Sonic Escape. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●1:30: Festival of the Sound. 1:30 Brahms
Masterworks. 7:30 Songbook. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.
Turbo Street Funk. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Saturday August 4
●●7:00am: Stratford Summer Music. 7am
Music for an Avon Morning. 11am Musical
Brunch: Bruno Roussel, Guitar - Bach Classics.
12pm BargeMusic: Autorickshaw. Also
3pm. 3pm TorQ Percussion Seminar Finale.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●10:00am: Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.
10am Xenia: Ensemble Made in Canada. 1pm
Mosaïques: Ensemble Made in Canada. 7pm
Angela Hewitt: Bach Odyssey V. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.
Michael Kaeshammer, Piano. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Festival of the Sound. Jazz Canada
with Strings. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Music at Port Milford. Harlem String
Quartet. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●8:00: Highlands Opera Studio. More Opera
to Broadway. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music
Society. Perimeter Trio. Brahms: Op.8 in B;
Schubert: No.2 in E-flat. Ian Le, piano; Shira
Chapman, violin; Adam Chapman, cello.
KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young St. W., Waterloo.
519-886-1673. $25; $15(st).
Sunday August 5
●●7:00am: Stratford Summer Music. 7am
Music for an Avon Morning. 11am Musical
Brunch: Bruno Roussel, Guitar - Bach Classics.
12pm BargeMusic: Autorickshaw. Also
3pm. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●11:00am: Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.
11am Fiorè. 1pm Andrew Wan and Charles
Richard-Hamelin. 7pm Gryphon Trio 25th
Anniversary Mashup. 10pm Bernstein @ 100.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●2:00: Music at Port Milford. Sunday Student
Matinee: On the Deck. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●2:00: Westben Concerts at The Barn.
Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir: Celebrate!
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●2:30: Festival of the Sound. 2:30 Gene at
90. 7:30 Swing Hits. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
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●●10:00am: Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.
10am Les Pastoureaux: Petit Chanteurs de
Waterloo en Belgique. 12pm New Music Now
I: Sky High. 1:30 New Music Now II: Minimal
Excess. 3pm New Music Now III. 7pm Angela
Hewitt: Bach Odyssey VI. 10pm Golnar and
Mahan Tjrio with Mona Matbou Riahi. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●6:00: Festival of the Sound. Island Queen
Cruise: Jazz Standards. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Stratford Summer Music. Tommy
Dorsey Orchestra. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Tuesday August 7
●●1:00: Ottawa Chamber Music Festival. 1pm
Pentaèdre Wind Quintet. 2:45 Canadian Guitar
Quartet. 7pm Pražàk Quartet. 10pm Payadora
Tango Ensemble with Drew Jurecka.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●1:30: Festival of the Sound. 1:30 Two
Bass Hit. 3:30 Brahms, Haydn & Schumann.
7:30 Schubert, Mozart & Brahms. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Stratford Summer Music. Tommy
Dorsey Orchestra. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Wednesday August 8
●●10:00am: Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.
10am Bring the Kids!: Pentaèdre Wind
Quintet. 1pm Mozart! 7pm Simone Osborne
and Gordon Bintner with Michael McMahon.
10pm Synthesis with Justin Gray. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●1:30: Festival of the Sound. 1:30 The Rondo.
3:30 The Russian Soul. 7:30 Mozart, Brahms
& Schubert. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●2:30: Seniors Serenade. Ainsley McNaught,
piano. Works by Miles Davis, Oscar Petersen,
Nat King Cole, Stevie Wonder, Chopin and
Liszt. Bethel Community Church, 128 St. Vincent
Street, Barrie. 705-726-1181. Free.
●●7:00: Heritage Music Festival. Country
Jamboree with Greg Holmes. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Thursday August 9
●●10:00am: Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.
10am Bring the Kids!: SOMA Quartet. 1pm
SOMA Quartet. 7pm I Musici de Montreal.
10pm Last Call: DJ/Violinist Brendan Speltz
with the SOMA Quartet. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●12:00 noon: Stratford Summer Music.
BargeMusic: Asiko Afrobeat Ensemble. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral. Summer
Concerts: Trio Taco Flute Ensemble. Works
by Charke, Tedman, Behrens, and Martins. St.
George’s Cathedral (Kingston), 270 King St. E.,
Kingston. 613-548-4617. Freewill offering.
●●12:15: Trinity United Church (Gravenhurst).
The August Organ. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●1:30: Festival of the Sound. 1:30 The
Sonata. 3:30 Canadian Guitar Quartet.
7:30 Haydn, Brahms & Dvořák. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Heritage Music Festival. The Beckett
Family. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Highlands Opera Studio. Celebrations!
Honouring Leonard Bernstein,
Gioachino Rossini, and others. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Friday August 10
●●11:00am: Stratford Summer Music. 11am
Cappuccino Cantata. 12pm BargeMusic: Asiko
Afrobeat Ensemble. 9pm Cabaret: Carole
Pope’s Mystery Tour. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●1:30: Festival of the Sound. 1:30 A Musical
Offering. 3:30 Great Melodies for Piano.
7:30 Tonight, Tonight. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Heritage Music Festival. The Trews
with The Pop Machine. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
Saturday August 11
●●10:00am: Heritage Music Festival. 11am
68th Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship
- Playdowns. 2:30 Bands and Brews
in the Fiddle Park. 6:30 68th Canadian Open
Old Time Fiddle Championship - Finals. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●11:00am: Stratford Summer Music. 11am
Cappuccino Cantata. 11am Musical Brunch:
Julia Wedman, Violin. 12pm BargeMusic:
Asiko Afrobeat Ensemble. Also 3pm. 3pm
Angela Hewitt Performs the Complete Well-
Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2, by J.S.Bach.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Festival of the Sound. National Academy
Orchestra. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Leith Summer Festival. Chamber
Music Concert. Jonathan Crow, violin; Philip
Chiu, piano; Gabriel Radford, horn. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Music at Port Milford. Port Milford
Ensemble. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Sunday August 12
●●9:00am: Stratford Summer Music. 9am
BachWalk No.2. 11am Cappuccino Cantata.
11am Musical Brunch: Julia Wedman, Violin
- Bach Sonata No.1. 12pm BargeMusic: Asiko
Afrobeat Ensemble. Also 3pm. 3pm Angela
Hewitt Performs the Complete Well-Tempered
Clavier, Books 1 & 2, by J.S.Bach. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●10:00am: Heritage Music Festival. Nondenominational
Church Service. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●2:00: Music at Port Milford. Sunday Student
Matinee. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Tuesday August 14
●●7:00: Stratford Summer Music. Phillip
Addis: The Andrée Expedition - A Doomed
Arctic Journey. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Wednesday August 15
●●12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrews. Simon
Walker, organ. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church (Barrie), 47 Owen St., Barrie. 705-
726-1181. $10; free(st).
●●8:00: Forest Festival. Susan Aglukark. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Thursday August 16
●●12:00 noon: Stratford Summer Music.
BargeMusic: Cadence. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral. Summer
Concerts: Guitar Recital. Works by Albeniz,
Barrios, Tarrega, Peros and Pritsker. Warren
Nicholson, guitar. St. George’s Cathedral
(Kingston), 270 King St. E., Kingston. 613-
548-4617. Freewill offering.
●●12:15: Trinity United Church (Gravenhurst).
The August Organ. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:00: Highlands Opera Studio. The Glove &
The Troublemaker. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Brookside Music Association. Wolfgang
David, Violin: Taste of Vienna - A Viennese
Salon Concert. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Brott Music Festival. West Side Story.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Forest Festival. Sarah Harmer. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Friday August 17
●●12:00 noon: Stratford Summer Music.
12pm BargeMusic: Cadence. 9pm Cabaret:
Heather Bambrick’s Jazz Ceilidh with Special
Guests. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●7:00: Highlands Opera Studio. The Glove &
The Troublemaker. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Forest Festival. Cowboy Junkies. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Saturday August 18
●●11:00am: Stratford Summer Music. 11am
Musical Brunch: Julia Seager-Scott, Harp
- Bach & His Composer Sons. 12pm Barge-
Music: Cadence. Also 3pm. 3pm Path of Miracles
with Daniel Taylor. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
MILOŠ
“The Voice
of the Guitar”
with the
Marc Djokic
Quartet
●●2:00: Forest Festival. 2pm Rob Lutes. 8pm
Sultans of String. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts.
Miloš: The Voice of the Guitar. Works by
Bach, Boccherini, De Falla, Granados, Rodrigo
and others. Miloš Karadaglić, classical
guitar; Marc Djokic Quartet. St. Mark’s Anglican
Church (Niagara-on-the-Lake), 41 Byron
St., Niagara-on-the-Lake. 289-868-9177.
$60-$80.
Sunday August 19
●●11:00am: Stratford Summer Music. 11am
Musical Brunch: Julia Seager-Scott, Harp
- Bach & His Composer Sons. 12pm Barge-
Music: Cadence. Also 3pm. 3pm ORIGINS.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●2:00: Forest Festival. 2pm BMC Organ
Trio Featuring Ian Hendrickson-Smith. 8pm
Leahy. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
Monday August 20
●●7:00: Stratford Summer Music. Ron Sexsmith
Presents Songs from Deer Life. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●8:00: Highlands Opera Studio. Alumni Concert.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
Tuesday August 21
●●7:00: Stratford Summer Music. Stratford
Summer Music Vocal Academy Finale. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Opera Muskoka Festival. Così fan
tutte. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
Saturday August 18, 7:30pm
St. Mark’s Anglican Church,
Niagara-on-the-Lake
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Wednesday August 22
●●3:00: Stratford Summer Music. 3pm Jean-
Michel Blais. 7pm Mzansi Chamber Choir:
Tribute Concert for 100th Anniversary of Nelson
Mandela’s Birth. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Opera Muskoka Festival. Stars of
Tomorrow Concert. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
Thursday August 23
●●12:00 noon: Stratford Summer Music.
12pm BargeMusic: Langley Ukulele Ensemble.
7pm Drew Santini: A Recital for Stratford. See
Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral. Summer
Concerts: Cello Recital. Paul McCulloch,
cello. St. George’s Cathedral (Kingston),
270 King St. E., Kingston. 613-548-4617. Freewill
offering.
●●12:15: Trinity United Church
B. Concerts Beyond the GTA
(Gravenhurst). The August Organ. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Brookside Music Association. Takeshi
Kakehashi and Wolfgang David. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Opera Muskoka Festival. Jennifer
Tung in Concert. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Friday August 24
●●12:00 noon: Stratford Summer Music.
12pm BargeMusic: Langley Ukulele Ensemble.
7pm Mzansi Chamber Choir. See Summer
Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Highlands Opera Studio. La bohème.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Opera Muskoka Festival. Moshe
Hammer in Concert. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
Saturday August 25
●●11:00am: Stratford Summer Music. 11am
Musical Brunch: Cristina Zacharias, Violin.
12pm BargeMusic: Langley Ukulele Ensemble.
Also 3pm. 3pm Jan Lisiecki. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Highlands Opera Studio. La bohème.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
●●7:30: Leith Summer Festival. Ensemble
Made in Canada. See Summer Festival Listings,
pages 44-51.
Sunday August 26
●●11:00am: Stratford Summer Music. 11am
Musical Brunch: Cristina Zacharias, Violin.
12pm BargeMusic: Border Cities Caledonian
Pipe Band. 3pm Stratford Sings: Season
Finale. See Summer Festival Listings, pages
44-51.
●●2:00: Highlands Opera Studio. La bohème.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Monday August 27
●●7:30: Highlands Opera Studio. La bohème.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
Thursday August 30
●●12:15: St. George’s Cathedral. Summer Concerts:
Organ Recital. Patrick McElcheran, organ.
St. George’s Cathedral (Kingston), 270 King St. E.,
Kingston. 613-548-4617. Freewill offering.
●●12:15: Trinity United Church (Gravenhurst).
The August Organ. See Summer Festival
Listings, pages 44-51.
Wednesday September 5
●●12:00 noon: Midday Music with Shigeru.
Bedford Piano Trio. Alessia Disimino, violin;
Andrew Ascenzo, cello; Jialiang Zhu, piano.
Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N.,
Barrie. 705-726-1181. $10; free(st).
Friday September 7
● ● 7:30: Prince Edward County Chamber
Music Festival. New Orford String Quartet.
See Summer Festival Listings, pages 44-51.
C. Music Theatre
These music theatre listings contain a wide range of music theatre types including
opera, operetta, musicals and other performance genres where music and
drama combine. Listings in this section are sorted alphabetically by presenter.
●●Belleville Theatre Guild. Annie Get Your
Gun. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, book
by Dorothy Fields and Herbert Fields. Pinnacle
Playhouse Theatre, 256 Pinnacle St, Belleville.
613-967-1442. $25; $22(sr); $10(st).
Opens May 31, 8pm. Runs to Jun 17. Wed-
Sat(8pm), Sun(2pm).
●●Bicycle Opera Project. The Llandovery
Castle. Music by Stephanie Martin, libretto
by Paul Ciufo. Calvin Presbyterian Church,
26 Delisle Ave. llandoverycastle.ca. $40(adv);
$45(door); $20(under 30). Pre-concert chat
at 7pm. Opens Jun 26, 8pm. Also Jun 27.
●●Brott Music Festival. PopOpera. Arias,
duets and ensembles from favourite operas.
FirstOntario Concert Hall, 1 Summers Ln.,
Hamilton. 905-525-7664. $44; $39(sr);
$25(Brott35); $15(st). Jul 12, 7:30pm.
●●Brott Music Festival. The Magic Flute.
Music by W. A. Mozart, libretto by Emanuel
Schikaneder. FirstOntario Concert Hall,
1 Summers Ln., Hamilton. 905-525-7664.
$55; $50(sr); $25(Brott35); $20(st). Jul 19,
7:30pm.
●●Civic Light Opera Company. Oklahoma!
Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar
Hammerstein II. Zion Cultural Centre,
1650 Finch Ave. E. 416-755-1717. $28. Opens
May 30, 7pm. Runs to Jun 10. Wed(7pm),
Thurs-Sat(8pm), Sun(2pm).
●●Dancyn Productions. We Will Rock You.
Features music of Queen, book by Ben Elton.
Regent Theatre, 50 King St. E., Oshawa. 905-
721-3399. $45. Opens Jul 11, 7:30pm. Runs to
Jul 28. Wed-Sat(7:30pm), Sat(1:30pm).
●●Dancyn Productions. All Shook Up. Features
songs of Elvis Presley, book by Joe
DiPietro. Regent Theatre, 50 King St. E., Oshawa.
905-721-3399. $44. Opens Aug 15,
7:30pm. Runs to Aug 26. Wed-Sat(7:30pm),
Sat-Sun(1:30pm).
●●Drayton Entertainment. West Side Story.
Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen
Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents,
conception by Jerome Robbins. St. Jacobs
Country Playhouse, 40 Benjamin Rd. E., Waterloo.
1-855-372-9866. $27-$46. Opens
May 9, 7:30pm. Runs to Jun 2. Tues-Thurs/
Sat/Sun(2pm), Thurs-Sat(7:30pm).
●●Drayton Entertainment. Irving Berlin’s
Holiday Inn. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin,
book by Gordon Greenberg and Chad
Hodge, based on the film. Drayton Festival
Theatre, 33 Wellington St. S., Drayton.
1-855-372-9866. $27-$55. Opens May 16, 2pm.
Runs to Jun 3. Tues-Thurs/Sat-Sun(2pm),
Thurs-Sat(7:30pm).
●●Drayton Entertainment. Cinderella:
The Panto. King’s Wharf Theatre. King’s
Wharf Theatre, 97 Jury Dr., Penetanguishene.1-855-372-9866.
$27-$46. Opens
Jun 6, 10:30am. Runs to Jun 30. Tues-
Wed(10:30am), Thurs/Sat/Sun(2pm),
Thurs-Sat(7:30pm).
●●Drayton Entertainment. West Side Story.
Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen
Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents,
conception by Jerome Robbins. Huron County
Playhouse, RR1, 70689 B Line, South Huron.
1-855-372-9866. $27-$46. Opens Jun 7, 2pm.
Runs to Jun 23. Days and times vary. Visit
draytonentertainment.com for details.
●●Drayton Entertainment. Kings and Queens
of Country. Huron Country Playhouse II, RR1,
70689 B Line, South Huron. 1-855-372-9866.
$27-$46. Opens Jun 13, 2pm. Runs to Jun 30.
Days and times vary. Visit draytonentertainment.com
for details.
●●Drayton Entertainment. Cruisin’ Classics.
Huron County Playhouse, RR1, 70689
B Line, South Huron. 1-855-372-9866. $27-
$46. Opens Jun 27, 2pm. Runs to Jul 7. Tues-
Sat(2pm), Wed/Thurs/Sat(7:30pm).
●●Drayton Entertainment. Cinderella: The
Panto. Huron Country Playhouse II, RR1,
70689 B Line, South Huron. 1-855-372-9866.
$27-$46. Opens Jul 5, 2pm. Runs to Jul 22.
Wed-Sun(2pm), Wed-Thurs, Sat(7:30pm).
●●Drayton Entertainment. Cruisin’ Classics.
Hamilton Family Theatre Cambridge.
46 Grand Ave. S., Cambridge. 1-855-372-
9866. $27-$46. Opens Jul 11, 2pm. Runs to
Jul 21. Days and times vary. Visit
draytonentertainment.com for details.
●●Drayton Entertainment. The Little Mermaid.
Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard
Ashman and Glenn Slater, book by Doug
Wright. St. Jacobs Country Playhouse,
40 Benjamin Rd. E., Waterloo. 1-855-372-
9866. $27-$46. Opens Jul 18, 2pm. Runs to
Aug 4. Days and times vary. Visit
draytonentertainment.com for details.
●●Drayton Entertainment. Cruisin Classics.
King’s Wharf Theatre, 97 Jury Dr., Penetanguishene.
1-855-372-9866. $27-$46. Opens
Jul 25, 2pm. Runs to Aug 4. Tues-Thurs/Sat-
Sun(2pm), Wed-Sat(7:30pm).
●●Drayton Entertainment. The Little Mermaid.
Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard
Ashman and Glenn Slater, book by Doug
Wright. Huron County Playhouse, RR1, 70689
B Line, South Huron. 1-855-372-9866. $27-
$46. Opens Aug 9, 2pm. Runs to Sep 2. Days
and times vary. Visit draytonentertainment.
com for details.
●●Drayton Entertainment. Hairspray. Music
by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman
and Marc Shaiman, book by Mark O’Donnell
and Thomas Meehan, based on the film.
King’s Wharf Theatre, 97 Jury Dr., Penetanguishene.
1-855-372-9866. $27-$46. Opens
Aug 9, 2pm. Runs to Sep 1. Days and times
vary. Visit draytonentertainment.com for
details.
●●Drayton Entertainment. Cruisin’ Classics.
Drayton Festival Theatre. Drayton Festival
Theatre, 33 Wellington St. S., Drayton. 1-855-
372-9866. $27-$46. Opens Aug 22, 2pm. Runs
to Sep 1. Days and times vary. Visit draytonentertainment.com
for details.
●●Festival of the Sound. Tonight, Tonight.
Bernstein: Songs from West Side Story; Rodrigo:
Concierto de Aranjuez; Piazzolla: Ten to
Tango including Libertango; Donizetti: Mad
Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor. Leslie
Fagan, soprano; Koszika, vocalist; Canadian
Guitar Quartet; Festival Ensemble. Charles W.
Stockey Centre, 2 Bay St, Parry Sound. 705-
746-2410/1-866-364-0061. $39-$44; $34-
$39(sr). Aug 10, 7:30pm.
●●Gravenhurst Opera House. The World
Goes Round. Music by John Kander, lyrics
by Fred Ebb. Gravenhurst Opera House,
295 Muskoka Rd. S., Gravenhurst. 1-888-
495-8888. $30-$60.. Opens July 18, 2:30pm.
Runs to August 24. Tues-Thurs(2:30pm), Wed-
Sat(8pm). Note: no shows Aug 3-4.
●●Grease Toronto. Grease. Music, lyrics and
book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Winter
Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge St. 416-314-
2884. $20-$169. Opens May 24, 7:30pm.
Runs to June 17. Tues-Sat(7:30pm), Wed/Sat/
Sun(1:30pm).
●●Harbourfront Centre. Summer Music in
the Garden: Sunday Afternoon at the Opera.
Scenes and arias from Mozart’s operas.
Cénacle (Karim Nasr, historical clarinets;
Jennifer Thiessen, viola; Francis Palma-Pelletier,
violone). 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-
4000. Free. Aug 19, 4pm.
●●Highlands Opera Studio. From Opera to
Broadway. St. George’s Anglican Church,
617 Mountain St, Haliburton. 1-855-455-
5533. $32.50. Aug 1, 8pm.
●●Highlands Opera Studio. More Opera
to Broadway. Minden United Church,
21 Newcastle St, Minden. 1-855-455-5533.
$32.50. Aug 4, 8pm.
●●Highlands Opera Studio. Celebrations! St.
George’s Anglican Church, 617 Mountain St,
Haliburton. 1-855-455-5533. $32.50. Aug 9,
8pm.
●●Highlands Opera Studio. The Glove & The
Troublemaker. Music by Tibor Polgar. Northern
Lights Performing Arts Pavilion, Haliburton.
1-855-455-5533. $37.50. Opens Aug 16,
7pm. Also Aug 17.
●●Highlands Opera Studio. Alumni Concert.
St. George’s Anglican Church, 617 Mountain
St, Haliburton. 1-855-455-5533. $32.50.
Aug 20, 8pm.
●●Highlands Opera Studio. La bohème.
Music by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Luigi
Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Northern Lights
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Performing Arts Pavilion, Haliburton. 1-855-
455-5533. $37.50. Opens Aug 24, 7:30pm.
Runs to Aug 27. Fri/Sat/Mon(7:30pm),
Sun(2pm).
●●Italian Canadian Heritage Foundation.
Omaggio a Puccini. Puccini: selection of arias
from his operas. Jonelle Sills, soprano; Christopher
Dall, tenor; Coro San Marco; Rolando
Nicolosi, conductor. St. Peter’s Church
(Woodbridge), 100 Bainbridge Ave, Woodbridge.
905-850-2269. $10 or PWYC. Jun 1,
7:30pm.
●●Kira Braun and Melissa-Marie Shriner.
Two Sopranos, One Voice. Duets by Fauré,
Mozart, Handel, Monteverdi, Vivaldi and
others. Kira Braun, soprano; Melissa-Marie
Shriner, soprano; Brahm Goldhamer, piano.
St. Thomas Anglican Church (St. Catharines),
99 Ontario St., St. Catharines. 416-786-3109.
$20/$17(adv). Jul 11, 7pm.
●●Lower Ossington Theatre. Roald Dahl’s
Willy Wonka the Musical. Music and lyrics by
Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, book by
Tim McDonald based on the film and book.
Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington
Ave. 1-888-324-6282. $54.99-$64.99.
Opens Jun 7, 7:30pm. Runs to Aug 26. Thurs-
Sat(7:30pm), Sat(3:30pm), Sun(12pm, 4pm).
●●Luminato. Hell’s Fury, the Hollywood Songbook.
Conceived and directed by Tim Albery,
with music by Hanns Eisler. Arts and Letters
Club, 14 Elm St. 416-368-4849. Free (reservation
required). Jun 23, 6pm.
●●Mirvish. Come From Away. Music, lyrics
and book by Irene Sankoff and David Hein.
Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King St. W. 416-
872-1212. $69 and up. Opens Feb 13, 8pm.
Runs to Jan 20. Tues-Sat(8pm), Wed(1:30pm),
Sat/Sun(2pm).
●●Mirvish. Annie. Music by Charles Strouse,
lyrics by Martin Charnin, book by Thomas
Meehan. Ed Mirvish Theatre, 244 Victoria
St. 416-872-1212. $29-$200. Opens Apr 24,
7:30pm. Runs to Jun 3. Tues-Sat(7:30pm),
Wed/Sat/Sun(1:30pm).
●●Mirvish. Motown the Musical. Princess of
Wales Theatre, 300 King St. W. 416-872-1212.
$29-$129. Opens May 22, 8pm. Runs to Jun 3.
Tues-Sat(8pm), Wed(1:30pm), Sat/Sun(2pm).
●●Mirvish. The Phantom of the Opera. Music
by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles
Hart and Richard Stilgoe. Princess of Wales
Theatre, 300 King St. W. 416-872-1212. $69-
$220. Opens Jun 7, 1:30pm. Runs to Jun 30.
Tues-Sat(8pm), Wed(1:30pm), Sat/Sun(2pm).
●●Mirvish. Chicago. Music by John Kander,
lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Fred Ebb and Bob
Fosse. Ed Mirvish Theatre, 244 Victoria St.
416-872-1212. $39-$199. Opens Jun 12, 8pm.
Runs to Jun 17. Tues-Sat(8pm), Wed(1:30pm),
Sat/Sun(2pm).
●●Mirvish. Wicked. Music and lyrics by Stephen
Schwartz, book by Winnie Holzman,
based on the novel. Ed Mirvish Theatre,
244 Victoria St. 416-872-1212. $59 and up.
Opens Jun 20, 7:30pm. Runs to Aug 5. Tues-
Sat(7:30pm), Wed/Sat/Sun(1:30pm).
●●Mirvish. The King and I. Music by Richard
Rodgers, lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein
II. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King
St. W. 416-872-1212. $59-$225. Opens
Jul 10, 8pm. Runs to Aug 12. Tues-Sat(8pm),
Wed(1:30pm), Sat/Sun(2pm).
●●Mirvish. Mamma Mia! Music and lyrics by
Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and some
songs with Stig Anderson. Book by Catherine
Johnson. Ed Mirvish Theatre, 244 Victoria St.
416-872-1212. $29-$175. Opens Aug 9, 1:30pm.
Runs to Aug 19. Tues-Sat(8pm), Wed(1:30pm),
Sat/Sun(2pm).
●●Music Niagara. Don Giovanni. Music by
Mozart. Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. Alexander
Dobson, baritone(Don Giovanni). Niagara
United Mennonite Church, 17905 Niagara
Stone Rd., Niagara-on-the-Lake. 905-468-
5566, $40. Jul 9, 7:30pm.
●●Musical Theatre Productions. Broadway
to the Max. Wave, Western University.
1151 Richmond St., London. 519-672-8800.
$48. Opens Jun 20, 8pm. Runs to Jun 23.
Wed-Sat(8pm), Sat(2pm).
●●National Ballet of Canada. Frame by Frame.
Created by Robert Lepage and Guillaume
Côté, based on work of Norman McLaren.
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,
145 Queen St. W. 416-345-9595. $39-$265.
Opens Jun 1, 7:30pm. Runs to Jun 10. Thurs/
Sat/Sun(2pm), Tues-Sat(7:30pm).
●●National Ballet of Canada. Paz de la Jolla
& The Man in Black with Cacti. Music by
Bohuslav Martinů, Johnny Cash, Joseph
Haydn and others. Justin Peck, choreographer.
James Kudelka, choreographer. Alexander
Ekman, choreographer. Four Seasons
Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen
St. W. 416-345-9595. $39-$265. Opens
Jun 16, 2pm. Runs to Jun 22. Sat/Sun(2pm),
Wed-Sat(7:30pm).
●●Nightwood Theatre Lawyer Show. The
Drowsy Chaperone. Music and lyrics by Lisa
Lambert and Greg Morrison, book by Bob
Martin and Don McKellar. St Lawrence Centre
for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 416-366-7723.
$60-$80. Opens Jun 7, 8pm. Runs to Jun 9.
Thurs-Sat(8pm).
●●Nota Bene Baroque Players/Gallery Players
of Niagara/Capella Intima. Folly in Love.
Music by Alessandro Scarlatti. Sheila Dietrich,
soprano; Vicki St. Pierre, mezzo; Bud
Roach, tenor; David Roth, bass; Bud Roach,
stage director. St. John the Evangelist Anglican
Church, 23 Water St. N., Kitchener.
1-866-303-0009. $35. Jun 1, 7:30pm. Also
Jun 2(Hamilton); 3(St. Catharines).
●●One Little Goat Theatre Company. Music
Music Life Death Music: An Absurdical. Created
by Adam Seelig. Tarragon Theatre Extra
Space, 30 Bridgman Ave. 416-531-1827. $20-
$35. Opens May 25, 8pm. Runs to Jun 10.
Tues-Sat(8pm), Sun(2:30pm).
●●Opera 5. Barber of Seville. Music by Rossini.
Stephanie Tritchew(Rosina); Johnathon
Kirby(Figaro); Kevin Myers(Il Conte
d’Almaviva); Jeremy Ludwig(Bartolo); Giles
Tomkins(Basilio); Megan Miceli(Berta); Danlie
Rae Acebuque(Fiorello); Jessica Derventzis,
stage director. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst
St. 416-504-9971. $38; $25(st); $48(VIP).
Jun 13, 7:30pm. Also Jun 15(7:30pm); 17(2pm).
●●Opera by Request. Don Giovanni. Music
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by
Lorenzo Da Ponte. Carrie Gray, soprano
(Donna Anna); Reese de Rege, soprano (Zerlina);
Laura Schatz, soprano (Donna Elvira);
Jay Lambie, tenor (Don Ottavio); and others;
Kate Carver, piano and conductor. College
Street United Church, 452 College St. 416-
455-2365. $20. Jun 2, 7:30pm.
●●Opera by Request. Anna Bolena. Music by
Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Felice Romani.
Antonina Ermolenko, soprano (Anna Bolena);
Monica Zerbe, mezzo (Giovanna Seymour);
John Holland, bass-baritone (Enrico
VIII); Paul Williamson, tenor (Lord Percy);
and others; William Shookhoff, piano and conductor.
St. Andrew’s United Church, 117 Bloor
St. E. 416 455-2365. $20. Jun 9, 7pm.
●●Opera Muskoka Festival. Così fan tutte.
Music by W. A. Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo
da Ponte. Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre,
100 Clearbrook Trail, Bracebridge. 705-765-
1048. $35. Aug 21, 7:30pm.
●●Orangeville Music Theatre. Anne of Green
Gables. Music by Norman Campbell, lyrics by
Don Harron, Elaine Campbell, Mavor Moore,
book by Don Harron based on the novel. Town
Hall Opera House, 87 Broadway, Orangeville.
519-942-3423. $25; $20(st). Opens Jun 16,
7pm. Runs to Jun 24. Fri(8pm), Sat(7pm),
Sun(2pm).
●●Outside the March/Musical Stage Company.
Dr Silver: A Celebration of Life. Book,
Music & lyrics by Anika Johnson & Britta
Johnson. Secret location. 416-368-4849. $15.
Opens Jun 14, 8pm. Runs to Jun 19. Thurs-
Sun(8pm). Tues(2pm).
●●Port Hope Festival Theatre. Fiddler on
the Roof. Music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by
Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein.
Cameco Capitol Arts Centre, 20 Queen St,
Port Hope. 1-888-732-1680. $24-$40. Opens
May 29, 2pm. Runs to Jun 24. Tues-Thurs/Sat-
Sun(2pm), Thurs-Sat(8pm).
●●Port Hope Festival Theatre. The Little
Mermaid. Music by Alan Menken, lyrics
by Howard Ashman with Glenn Slater, book
by Doug Wright. Cameco Capitol Arts Centre,
20 Queen St, Port Hope. 1-888-732-1680.
$24-$40. Opens Aug 14, 2pm. Runs to Sep 9.
Tues-Thurs/Sat-Sun(2pm), Thurs-Sat(8pm).
●●Randolph Academy. A Little Night Music.
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim,
book by Hugh Wheeler. Randolph Theatre,
736 Bathurst St. 416-924-2243. $22. Opens
Aug 3, 8pm. Runs to Aug 11. Thurs-Sat(8pm),
Sat(2pm).
●●Shaw Festival. Grand Hotel. Music and
lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest,
additional music and lyrics by Maury Yeston,
book by Luther Davis. Festival Theatre,
10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-the-lake.
1-800-511-7429. $30 and up. Previews begin
May 3, 2pm. Runs to October 14. Days and
times vary. Visit shawfest.com for details.
●●Stratford Festival. The Music Man. Music,
lyrics and book by Meredith Willson. Donna
Feore, director and choreographer. Festival
Theatre, 55 Queen St, Stratford. 1-800-
567-1600. $25 and up. Previews begin Apr 17,
2pm. Runs to Nov 3. Days and times vary. Visit
stratfordfestival.ca for details.
●●Stratford Festival. The Rocky Horror
Show. Music, lyrics and book by Richard
O’Brien. Donna Feore, director and choreographer.
Avon Theatre, 99 Downie St, Stratford.
1-800-567-1600. $25 and up. Previews
begin Apr 27, 8pm. Runs to Oct 31. Days and
times vary. Visit stratfordfestival.ca for
details.
●●Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. Manon.
Music by Jules Massenet, libretto by Henri
Meilhac and Philippe Gille. Suzy Smith, music
director. Robert Gill Theatre, University of
Toronto, 214 College St. 416-366-7723. $28;
$22(sr/st). Opens Jul 27, 8pm. Runs to Aug 4.
Days and times vary. Visit solt.ca for details.
●●Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. Così fan
tutte. Music by W. A. Mozart, libretto by
Lorenzo da Ponte. Valentina Sadovski, music
director. Robert Gill Theatre, University of
Toronto, 214 College St. 416-366-7723. $28;
$22(sr/st). Opens Jul 28, 2pm. Runs to Aug 5.
Days and times vary. Visit solt.ca for details.
●●Tapestry Opera. Queers Crash the Opera.
Queer-themed opera curated by David Eliakis.
Teiya Kasahara, soprano; David Eliakis, piano.
Ernest Balmer Studio, Distillery District,
9 Trinity St. 416-537-6066. $25. Opens Jun 7,
7pm. Also Jun 8.
●●Tapestry Opera. Queer of the Night. Teiya
Kasahara, soprano; David Eliakis, piano.
Ernest Balmer Studio, Distillery District,
9 Trinity St. 416-537-6066. $25. Opens Jun 7,
9pm. Also Jun 9(4pm).
●●Tapestry Opera. Tables Turned. Created by
Michael Hidetoshi Mori and Nicole Lizée, performed
by Carla Huhtanen and Ben Reimer
with Nicole Lizée. Ernest Balmer Studio, Distillery
District, 9 Trinity St. 416-368-4849.
$35. Opens Jun 16, 7pm. Runs to Jun 19. Sat-
Tues(7pm), Sun(2pm).
●●Teac Damsa/Luminato. Swan Lake/Loch
na hEala. Created by Michael Keegan-Dolan.
Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front St. E. 416-368-
4849. $31-$95. Opens Jun 6, 8pm. Runs to
Jun 10. Wed-Sat(8pm), Sun(2pm).
●●Toronto Summer Opera Workshop.
Dvořák’s Rusalka. Local talent and visiting
young professionals. Church of St. Peter and
St. Simon-the-Apostle, 525 Bloor St. E. 856-
607-9578. Freewill offering. In Czech with
English subtitles. Opens Jun 22, 7pm. Also
Jun 23, 24.
●●Tweed and Company Theatre. Hastings!
The Musical. Village Playhouse, 5 Hastings
St. S., Bancroft. 613-332-8014. $30; $20(st).
Opens Aug 7, 7:30pm. Runs to Aug 11. Tues-
Sat(7:30pm), Thurs/Sat(2pm). Also in Perth
Aug 14-15 and Belleville Aug 17-18.
●●Tweed and Company Theatre. Hastings!
The Musical. Studio Theatre, 63 Gore
St. E., Perth. 613-267-2181. $30; $20(st).
Aug 14(2pm, 7:30pm), Aug 15(2pm). Also in
Bancroft Aug 7-11 and Belleville Aug 17-18.
●●Tweed and Company Theatre. Hastings!
The Musical. Empire Theatre, 321 Front
St., Belleville. 613-969-0099. $30; $20(st).
Aug 17(7:30pm), Aug 18(2pm, 7:30pm). Also in
Bancroft Aug 7-11 and Perth Aug 14-15
●●Vera Causa Opera. Padajuća Zvijezda.
Music by Julijana Hajdinjak, libretto by Julijana
and Danijela Hajdinjak. Knox Presbyterian
Church, 50 Erb St. W., Waterloo.
Vcopera.ca. $15. Jun 22, 7pm. Also Jun 23 in
Cambridge.
●●Vera Causa Opera. Padajuća Zvijezda.
Music by Julijana Hajdinjak, libretto by Julijana
and Danijela Hajdinjak. Cambridge Centre
for the Arts, 60 Dickson St., Cambridge.
Vcopera.ca. $15. Jun 23, 7pm. Also Jun 22 in
Waterloo.
●●Villa Charities. “O mio babbino caro”
Omaggio a Puccini: Opera Arias. Works by
Puccini. Jonelle Sills, soprano; Christopher
Dallo, tenor; Rolando Nicolosi, piano. Joseph
D. Carrier Art Gallery, 901 Lawrence Ave. W.
416-789-7011 x320. Free. Jun 17, 4pm.
●●Wavestage Theatre. The Hunchback of
Notre Dame. Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by
Stephen Schwartz, based on the novel. Isabel
Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. W.
wavestagetheatre.com. $38; $28(st). Opens
Jul 6, 7:30pm. Runs to Jul 8. Fri/Sat(7:30pm),
Sat(2pm), Sun(1pm).
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120 Diner
120 Church St. 416-792-7725
120diner.com (full schedule)
All shows: PWYC ($10-$20 suggested)
Alleycatz
2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865
alleycatz.ca
All shows: 9pm unless otherwise indicated.
Call for cover charge info.
Every Mon 8:30pm Salsa Night with DJ
Romantico with free lessons No cover before
9pm. Every Tue 8:30pm Bachata Night with
DJ FR Bischun with free lessons Ladies free
before 10:30pm. Every Wed 7pm Midtown
Blues Jam hosted by Andrew “Voodoo” Walters.
Every Thurs 7:30pm Canadian Discovery
Series. Fri & Sat 9:30pm Funk, Soul, R&B
Top 40 $10 cover after 9pm.
Jun 1 Sound Parade. Jun 2 Urban Jive.
Jun 8 Lady Kane. Jun 9 3pm The Red Peppers;
9pm Lady Kane. Jun 15 Unrequest
Live. Jun 16 3pm Danny’s 11; 9pm Gyles Band.
Jun 22 Red Velvet. Jun 23 3pm York Jazz
Ensemble; 9pm Lady Kane.Jun 29 Parkside
Drive. Jun 30 3pm The Red Peppers; 9pm Von
Band. July 6 Red Velvet. July 7 Lady Kane.
July 13 Unrequest Live. July 14 3pm York
Jazz Ensemble; 9pm Soular. July 20 Lady
Kane. July 21 3pm Danny’s 11; 9pm Sound
Parade. July 27 Parkside Drive. July 28 Urban
Jive. Aug 3 Red Velvet. Aug 4 Gyles Band.
Aug 10 Unrequest Live. Aug 11 3pm Boom
Jazz Quartet; 9pm Lady Kane. Aug 17 Urban
Jive. Aug 18 3pm York Jazz Ensemble; 9pm
Soular. Aug 24 Gyles Band. Aug 25 3pm
Danny’s 7; 9pm Lady Kane. Aug 31 Parkside
Drive. Sep 1 Lady Kane. Sep 7 Gyles Band.
Artword Artbar
15 Colbourne St., Hamilton. 905-543-8512
artword.net (full schedule)
All shows at 8pm unless otherwise noted.
The Blue Goose Tavern
1 Blue Goose St. 416-255-2442
thebluegoosetavern.com (full schedule)
Every Sun 4pm Blues at The Goose. Big
Groove featuring Downchild`s Mike Fitzpatrick
& Gary Kendall with Special Guests.
Jun 3 Morgan Davis & Al Lerman.
Bloom
2315 Bloor St. W. 416-767-1315
bloomrestaurant.com
All shows 7pm 19+. Call for reservations.
Burdock
1184 Bloor St. W. 416-546-4033
burdockto.com (full schedule)
Jun 1 Her Crooked Heart & Hayley Sabella.
Jun 1 Georgian Bay “Courage” Album Release.
Jun 2 NUA. Jun 6 Bloom. Jun 7 Tejas w/ Mali.
Cameron House
408 Queen St. W. 416-703-0811
thecameron.com
Castro’s Lounge
D. In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz)
As we work towards listing club events with our main listings in an integrated
searchable format, some listings here are less complete than they were previously.
Please visit the website addresses provided for specific venues or use the phone
number provided for more detailed information. We apologize for this temporary
inconvenience.
2116 Queen St. E. 416-699-8272
castroslounge.com (full schedule)
All shows: No cover/PWYC
C’est What
67 Front St. E. (416) 867-9499
cestwhat.com (full schedule)
All concerts are PWYC unless otherwise
noted.
Jun 3 7pm Song Studio Open Mic. Free. 19+.=
Emmet Ray, The
924 College St. 416-792-4497
theemmetray.com (full schedule)
All shows: No cover/PWYC
Every Fri 10:00 DJ What chu Want Playing
What You Like Weekly Themes.
Grossman’s Tavern
379 Spadina Ave. 416-977-7000
grossmanstavern.com (full schedule)
All shows: No cover (unless otherwise noted).
Every Sat 4:30pm The Happy Pals Dixieland
Jazz Jam. Every Sun 4pm New Orleans Connection
All Star Band; 10pm Sunday Jam with
Bill Hedefine. Every Wed 10pm Action Sound
Band w/ Leo Valvassori.
Hirut Cafe and Restaurant
2050 Danforth Ave. 416-551-7560
hirut.ca (for full schedule)
Every Sun 3pm. Hirut Sundays Open Mic
Last Mon of June/July/August 7:30pm:
The Tequila Mockingbirds Community Singalong.
Free.
First and third Tues of June/July/August
8pm: Finger Style Guitar Association PWYC.
Second Fri of June/July August 8:30pm:
E=Jazz and Latin Jazz w/ Don Naduriak and
friends PWYC/By donation.
Last Fri of June/July/August 9pm: Hirut
Hoot Comedy Cabaret $5.
Jun 30 8pm: 2017 International Fingerstyle
Guitar Champion Christie Lenée $25
fingerstyleguitar.ca.
Home Smith Bar – See Old Mill, The
Hugh’s Room
2261 Dundas St. W 416 533 5483
hughsroom.com
All shows at 8:30pm unless otherwise noted.
Summer Nights Festival: Jun 15-Aug 23
Jun 2 Byrds, Byrds, Byrds $30/$25(adv).
Jun 6 Mary Gauthier $35/$30(adv).
Jun 7 Jordan Officer $30/$25(adv).
Jun 8 Albert Lee and Band $45/$40(adv).
Jun 9 The Wildest: A Tribute to Louis Prima
and Keely Smith $40/$35(adv). Jun 14 Brian
Gladstone (CD Release) $30/$25(adv).
Jun 15 Stevie Wonder Tribute. Jun 16 Jory
Nash $30/$25(adv). Jun 21 National Indigenous
Peoples Day. Jun 22 Wintergarten
Orchestra $35/$30(adv). Jun 23 The
Barra MacNeils $50/$45(adv). Jun 24 The
John Cleats. Jun 26 Davis Rogan & Chris
Butcher. Jun 26 The Dustbowl Revival
$25/$20(adv). Jun 28 Johnny Burgin &
Sugar Brown People Blues Army Band
$30/$25(adv). Jun 29 Menzie + McCullam
+ Stewart. Jul 3 Solo Piano Double with
Jenie Thai & Hilario Duran. Jul 4 Gord
Grdina’s Haram; Jul 4 Mélisande [électrotrad]
$30/$25(adv). Jul 5 Seems Like
Only Yesterday: Jesse Winchester Tribute
$35/$30(adv). Jul 6 Shuffle Demons +
Kandy Guira $30/$25(adv). Jul 7 Kruger
Brothers $40/$35(adv). Jul 9 Ilaria Graziano
& Francesco Forni. Jul 10 Songwriter
Session featuring Paul Reddick, Noah Zacharin,
Tanya Philipovich & Ariana Gillis.
Jul 11 Solo Piano Double with Daniella Nardio
& Jeremy Ledbetter. Jul 12 Twelfth Day
$25/$20(adv). Jul 17 Solo Piano Double with
Suba Sankaran & Robi Botos. Jul 18 Gabacho
Maroc. Jul 19 Jim Lauderaute. Jul 20 Alfie
Zappacosta $55/$50(adv). Jul 21 SongStudio
Faculty Showcase. Jul 22 Sam Baker.
Jul 24 Solo Piano Double with Elizabeth
Shepherd & Aaron Davis. Jul 26 SongStudio
Student Showcase. Jul 27 Jeff Daniels
+ Ben Daniels Band USA $65/$60(adv).
Jul 31 Solo Piano Double with Marilyn Lerner
& Lance Anderson. Aug 2 Hannah
Saunders and Ben Savage. Aug 5 The Hut
People. Aug 7 Cantrip + Dan MacDonald.
Aug 8 Solo Piano Double with Laura Fernandez
& Bob Wiseman. Aug 9 David Bromberg
$60/$55(adv). Aug 11 Robert Gordon &
Chris Spedding $65/$60(adv). Aug 13 Solo
Piano Double with Treasa Levasseur & Jesse
Whiteley. Aug 14 Songwriter Session with
Jon Brooks, David Leask, Andrea Ramolo,
and Dayna Manning. Aug 16 Calan + Vishten.
Aug 17 Jim Kweskin $25/$20(adv). Aug 18 Tri-
Continental (Madagascar Slim, Bill Bourne,
Lester Quitau) $35/$30(adv). Aug 21 Solo
Piano Double with Sarah Hasgen & Tyler
Yarema. Aug 22 Primary Colours (Doug Cox,
Linda McRae, Kim Rickey) + Beppe Gambetta.
Aug 23 WeBanjo3.
Jazz Bistro, The
251 Victoria St. 416-363-5299
jazzbistro.ca (full schedule)
Jazz Room, The
Located in the Huether Hotel, 59 King St. N.,
Waterloo. 226-476-1565
kwjazzroom.com (full schedule)
All shows: 8:30-11:30pm unless otherwise
indicated. Attendees must be 19+. Cover
charge varies (generally $12-$25)
Jun 1 Tara Kannangara $20. Jun 2 Eliana
Guevas $20.
Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas St. W. 416-588-0307
lula.ca (full schedule)
Every Fri 7:30pm Early Jazz & World Sessions
free before 8pm; Every Fri 10:30pm
Havana Club Cuba Libre Fridays $15; Every
Sat 10:30pm Salsa Saturdays $15.
LULAWORLD 2018 (JUN 1-10)
All concerts at 10:30pm unless otherwise
noted. Jun 1 Yani Borrell + Rojitas &
DJ Jimmy Suave $15. Jun 2 Yan Collazo with
Sean Bellaviti & Conjunto, Lacalu & DJ Santiago
Valasquez. Complimentary dance lesson
with Angela Seth at 9:15pm .$20. Jun 3
9:30pm Sharon Musgrave $25/$20(adv).
Jun 5 8pm Let Yourself Go: Ori Dagan + Alex
Pangman + Natasha Powell from Holla Jazz
$25/$20(adv). Jun 6 8pm Valeria Matzner
CD Release $20/$15(adv). Jun 7 8pm Ursula
Rucker $40; $30(adv); $25(early bird). Jun 8
7:30pm Dávila avila Sisters Free(before 8pm);
$15(after 7:30pm). Jun 8 Adan de Dios + Charangon
del Norte + DJ Jimmy Suave. Complimentary
dance lesson $15. Jun 9 Ricardo
Lemvo & DJ Santiago Valasquez. Complimentary
dance lesson $20. Jun 10 7pm
Andrew Collins Trio $25/$20(adv). Jun 13
8pm Jeremy Ledbetter Trio CD Release
$25/$20(adv). Jun 14 7:30pm Regeneration
Community Services: Annual Big Band
Benefit $35. Jun 15 Changui Havana + DJ
Suave. Dance lesson with Adriana Marichales.
$15. Jun 16 La Borinqueña + DJ Santiago
Valasquez $20. Jun 21 7:30pm Celebrating
the Music of Lionel Richie $25/$20(adv).
Jun 22 Cafe Cubano + DJ Suave. Complimentary
dance lesson with Dailyn Martinez. $15.
Jun 23 Charles y sus Estrellas + DJ Santiago
Valasquez. Dance lesson with Dance to
Live. $20. Jun 29 Marta Elena & Salsa Star +
DJ Suave. Dance lesson with Dailyn Martinez.
$15. Jul 12 8:30pm Liniker e os Caramelos
$20(Early Bird); $40/$33.50(adv). Jul 13 Yani
Borrell + DJ Suave. Dance lesson with Santos
Lee. $15; women free before 10pm.
Jul 14 Ricky Franco + The P-Crew Orchestra
& DJ Santiago Valasquez $20. Jul 20 10:30pm
Papiosco y los Ritmicos & DJ Suave. Dance
lesson with Adriana Marichales. $15; women
free before 10pm. Jul 21 La Gran Colombia
Orchestra & DJ Santiago Valasquez $20.
Jul 24 7:30pm Different Trains – New Orford
String Quartet $20. Jul 27 Café Cubano + DJ
Suave. Dance lesson with Dailyn Martinez.
$15; women free before 10pm. Jul 28 La Borinqueña
+ DJ Santiago Valasquez. Dance lesson
with Dance to Live. $20. Aug 10 Yani
Borrell + DJ Suave. Dance lesson with Santos
Lee. $15; women free before 10pm. Aug 11
10:30pm Ricky Franco + The P-Crew Orchestra
& DJ Santiago Valasquez $20.
Manhattans Pizza Bistro & Music Club
951 Gordon St., Guelph 519-767-2440
manhattans.ca (full schedule)
All shows: PWYC.
Every Tue Open Stage hosted by Paul, Pete
& Ron.
Mây Cafe
876 Dundas St. W. 647-607-2032
maytoronto.com (full schedule)
Mezzetta Restaurant
681 St. Clair Ave. W. 416-658-5687
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mezzettarestaurant.com (full schedule)
All shows: 9pm, $8 (unless otherwise noted).
Every Wed 9 & 10:15pm Wednesday Concert
Series. Cover $12.
Mazetta’s Musical Festival
Jun 6 Angela Turone & Chris Platt Bossa Duo.
Jun 13 Jorge Miguel.
Monarch Tavern
12 Clinton St. 416-531-5833
themonarchtavern.com (full schedule)
Every Tues 9pm Vinyl Night $5; Every
Thu 10pm Monarch Karaoke $5.
Jun 5 8pm Belleville Ville.
N’awlins Jazz Bar & Dining
299 King St. W. 416-595-1958
nawlins.ca
All shows: No cover/PWYC.
Every Tue 6:30pm Stacie McGregor. Every
Wed 7pm The Jim Heineman Trio. Every Thur
8pm Nothin’ But the Blues with Joe Bowden.
Every Fri & Sat 8:30pm N’awlins All Star
Band; Every Sun 7pm Brooke Blackburn.
Nice Bistro, The
117 Brock St. N., Whitby. 905-668-8839
nicebistro.com (full schedule)
Live jazz and dinner @ $39.99 per person.
Dinner from 6pm and music from 7 to 9pm.
Jun 6 Zoé Chilco Duo.
Old Mill, The
21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641
oldmilltoronto.com
The Home Smith Bar: No reservations. No
cover. $20 food/drink minimum. All shows:
7:30-10:30pm
Every Tues, Thu, Fri, and Sat.
Jun 1 Canadian Jazz Quartet & Friends.
Jun 2 Jake Wilkinson Trio. Jun 5 Gene
DiNovi, piano & vocals. Jun 7 Bonnie Brett
Trio. Jun 8 Alexis Baro Quartet. Jun 9 Brian
Blain’s Blues Campfire Jam with Guests.
Jun 14 Andrew Scott Trio. Jun 15 Shannon
Gunn Trio. Jun 16 Dave Young Quartet.
Jun 21 Luis Mario Ochoa Quartet. Jun 22 &
23, 29 & 30 Heather Bambrick & Friends.
Jul 6 Drew Jurecka Trio. Jul 7 Duncan Hopkins
Homecoming Trio. Jul 13 Vern Dorge
Quartet. Jul 14 Lisa Martinelli & Kevin Turcotte
Quartet in Tribute. Jul 20 Will Jarvis
“Con Gracias” Quartet. Jul 21 Steve Amirault
Trio. Jul 27 Alex Dean Quartet. Jul 28 Morgan
Childs Quartet. Aug 3 Pat Collins Trio.
Aug 4 Jake Koffman Trio. Aug 10 Lina Allemano.
Aug 11 Jay Danley Trio. Aug 17 Vaughan
Misener Trio. Aug 18 Emily Steinwall Quartet.
Aug 24 Jack McFadden Trio. Aug 25 Worst
Pop Band Ever. Aug 31 William Carn Quartet.
Sep 1 Lenny Solomon Trio.
Only Café, The
972 Danforth Ave. 416-463-7843
theonlycafe.com (full schedule)
Pilot Tavern, The
22 Cumberland Ave. 416-923-5716
thepilot.ca
All shows: 3pm. No cover.
Every Sat 3pm Saturday Jazz.
Poetry Jazz Café
224 Augusta Ave. 416-599-5299
poetryjazzcafe.com (full schedule)
Reposado Bar & Lounge
136 Ossington Ave. 416-532-6474
reposadobar.com (full schedule)
Reservoir Lounge, The
52 Wellington St. E. 416-955-0887
reservoirlounge.com (full schedule).
Every Tue & Sat, 8:45pm Tyler Yarema and
his Rhythm. Every Wed 9pm The Digs. Every
Fri 9:45pm Dee Dee and the Dirty Martinis.
Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar, The
194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475
therex.ca (full schedule)
Call for cover charge info.
Every Fri 4pm (3pm on Jun 22 & 29) Hogtown
Syncopators.
Jun 1 9:45pm Jenna Marie – R&B. Jun 2
12noon The Sinners Choir; 3:30pm Chris
Hunt Tentet + 2; 7pm Alex Coleman A/C Unit;
9:45pm Joe Bowden Sextet. Jun 3 12noon
Humber Community Music Student Jazz
Recitals; 4:30pm Club Django; 7pm Julian
Anderson-Bowes; 9:30pm Ilios Steryannis
Quartet. Jun 4 6:30pm Peter Hill Quintet;
9:30pm Mike Malone & Writers Jazz Orchestra.
Jun 5 6:30pm Trevor Giancola Quartet;
9:30pm PSC Trio. Jun 6 6:30pm Worst Pop
Band Ever; 9:30pm Jesse Ryan’s Bridges.
Jun 7 6:30pm JV’s Bugaloo Squad; 9:30pm
Kandinsky Effect. Jun 8 6:45pm The Jivebombers;
9:45pm Soul Stew. Jun 9 12noon
The Sinners Choir; 3:30pm Jerome Godboo;
7pm Alex Coleman’s A/C Unit; 9:45pm Jake
Chisholm Group. Jun 10 12noon Excelsior
Dixieland Jazz; 3:30pm Red Hot Ramble; 7pm
Julian Anderson-Bowes; 9:30pm Barry Romberg
Group. Jun 11 6:30pm Peter Hill Quintet;
9:30pm Steve Farrugia & Big City Band.
Jun 12 6:30pm Trevor Giancola Quartet;
9:30pm Classic Rex Jazz Jam. Jun 13 6:30pm
Worst Pop Band Ever; 9:30pm Brad Cheeseman.
Jun 14 6:30pm JV’s Bugaloo Squad;
9:30pm Uncertainty Principle. Jun 15 6:45pm
The Jivebombers; 9:45pm Russ Nolan. Jun 16
12noon The Sinners Choir; 3:30pm Swing
Shift Big Band; 7pm Alex Coleman’s A/C Unit;
9:45pm Alex Pangman. Jun 17 12noon Excelsior
Dixieland Jazz; 3:30pm Dr. Nick – Blues;
7pm Julian Anderson-Bowes; 9:30pm Gabriel
Palatchi Trio. Jun 18 6:30pm Peter Hill Quintet;
9:30pm Mike Hunt’s OTR Big Band. Jun 19
6:30pm Trevor Giancola Quartet; 9:30pm
Classic Rex Jazz Jam. Jun 20 6:30pm Worst
Pop Band Ever. Jun 21 5pm Emily Steinwall;
8pm Will Vinson Trio; 10pm Shaun Martin Go
Go Party. Jun 22 5pm The Jivebombers; 8pm
Pat LaBarbera Quartet; 10pm Paris_Monster.
Jun 23 12noon The Sinners Choir; 3:30pm
Laura Hubert Band; 8pm Joy Lapps Project;
10pm Paris_Monster. Jun 24 12noon Excelsior
Dixieland Jazz; 3:30pm Freeway Dixieland;
8pm Becca Stevens; 10pm Rinse the
Algorithm. Jun 25 5pm Robert Diack; 8pm
Soul Jazz Revue; 10pm Breastfist. Jun 26
5pm Harley Card; 8pm Mike Murley; 10pm
Breastfist. Jun 27 5pm Alison Au; 8pm Geoffrey
Keezer Trio; 10pm Dan Weiss & Starbaby.
Jun 28 5pm Neon Eagle; 8pm Gray Matter;
10pm Dan Weiss & Starbaby. Jun 29 10pm
Ghost Note. Jun 30 12noon Humber Community
Music; 3:30pm Paul Reddick; 8pm Joe
Policastro; 10pm Gogo Penguin. Jul 1 12noon
Excelsior Dixieland Jazz; 3:30pm Club Django;
7pm Alison Young Quintet; 9:30pm Radiohead
Jazz Project.
Salty Dog Bar & Grill, The
1980 Queen St. E. 416-849-5064
Galas and Fundraisers
●●Jun 9 11am: Dundas Valley Orchestra.
Musical Café Fundraiser. Musical entertainment
by members of the Dundas Valley
Orchestra and friends. Includes Silent Auction.
The Healthy and Happy Food Market, 24 King
St. W., Dundas. dundasvalleyorchestra.ca.
●●Jun 9 7:30pm: Symphony on the Bay. A
Summer Serenade: Fundraising Chamber
Concert. Musicians and friends of Symphony
on the Bay playing works by Handel, Haydn,
Mozart, Warlock, Kevin Lau and others.
Reception to follow. Brant Hills Presbyterian
Church, 2138 Brant St., Burlington. Tickets
available through symphonyonthebay.ca or
at the door $30(families); $20(adults); $10(12
and under).
●●Jun 9 8pm Arraymusic. Come Feel the Beat
with Us. Featuring Rick Sacks, re-creating
“Life in the Factory.” This piece features a conveyor
belt that Sacks outfitted himself with
found objects. There will be food, a cash bar,
silent auction, and a surprise interactive art
piece to which you are invited to contribute.
E. The ETCeteras
thesaltydog.ca (full schedule)
Every Tue 7-10pm Jazz Night. Every
Thu 8:30pm Karaoke. Every Fri 9:30pm
Blues Jam - house band with weekly featured
guest.
Sauce on Danforth
1376 Danforth Ave. 647-748-1376
sauceondanforth.com
All shows: No cover.
Every Mon 9pm Funky Mondays. Every
Tue 6pm Julian Fauth Plays Barrel-House
Jazz. Every Thursday 8pm An Evening of
Music with Steven Koven and Artie Roth.
Every Sat 4pm Saturday Matinees.
Jun 2 Michelle Rumball.
The Senator WineBar
249 Victoria St 416 364-7517
thesenator.com
All shows with $10 cover charge
Tranzac
292 Brunswick Ave. 416-923-8137
tranzac.org (full schedule)
3-4 shows daily, various styles, in four different
performance spaces. Mostly PWYC.
Every Mon 10pm Open Mic Mondays. Every
Tues 8pm Annex Ukelele Jam. Every Thur
7:30pm Bluegrass Thursdays. Every Sun 7pm
The Rhythmicaturgically Syncopated Social
Hour Jazz Jam.
Arraymusic, 155 Walnut Ave. 416-532-3019.
$20.
●●Jun 10 1pm: Niagara Symphony Orchestra.
Face to Face and Fabulous. Meet Toronto
Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Jonathan
Crow at an intimate gathering in a
charming vineyard setting for a memorable
afternoon to benefit the NSO. Hosted by
NSO music director Bradley Thachuk, guests
and friends will revel in an elegant 3-course
luncheon, sample a selection of marvellous
wines, meet and chat with Jonathan Crow,
and enjoy Jonathan’s fabulous performances!
The Pavilion Trius Winery at Hillebrand,
1249 Niagara Stone Rd., Niagara-on-the-
Lake. Seating is limited. For reservations call
905-687-4993 ext. 221. $125.
●●Jun 10 7:30pm: Storytelling Toronto. Fundraising
Benefit for Storytent. Curated program
and open stage featuring Rubina Sinha,
Sarah Abusarar, Ruth Danziger and others.
Contact Pat Bissett at 647-346-1907 for tickets.
$20. For dining reservations call 416-967-
1078. Free Times Café. 320 College St, $20.
Sunday, June 10 at 4:30pm
William Carn Trio:
William Carn (trombone)
Nancy Walker (piano)
Kieran Overs (bass)
Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St.
(north of St. Clair at Heath St.)
Admission is free; donations are welcome.
Featuring some of Toronto’s best
jazz musicians with a brief reflection
by Jazz Vespers Clergy
Sunday, June 24 at 4:30pm
Brian Barlow Big Band
“The Sacred Music of
Duke Ellington” (Beginning of
the TD Toronto Jazz Festival)
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●●Jun 14 6:30 Regeneration Community Services.
Annual Big Band Benefit. Please join us
for an evening of fun and entertainment featuring
the Toronto All-Star Big Band. Revive
the spirit of the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Silent auction
to follow. In support of Regeneration
Community Services. For dinner reservations
and to guarantee seating, contact Lula
Lounge at 416-588-0307 or www.lula.ca. Lula
Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. $35.
●●Jun 17 3-5pm: Upper Canada Choristers.
Strawberry Social Fundraiser. Featuring the
popular songs of George Gershwin and Cole
Porter, with staged performances of some
of their best-loved numbers. Special guests:
Cantemos. Parish Hall of Grace Church onthe-Hill,
300 Lonsdale Rd. 416-256-0510. For
more information visit uppercanadachoristers.org.
$40
●●Jun 24 1pm: Westben. Garden Gala. At
a garden near Castleton. Barbra Lica Trio;
Howard Baer & Michael Monis. 705-653-
5508. $125 per person; $895 for a table of 8.
●●Jul 18 7pm: Elora Festival. 39th Anniversary
Fundraiser Dinner. Come celebrate our
39th anniversary in style! Dine with us in the
newly inaugurated Wellington Room of the
Elora Mill. What better way to toast the past
and build the future than an intimate evening
of fine dining and comic opera antics with
Millan & Faye in this world-class venue. Cocktails
at 5:30pm and dinner at 7pm. Elora Mill
Hotel & Spa, 77 Mill St. W., Elora. 519-846-
0331 or 1-888-747-7550. $225 per person
($150 tax receipt).
E. The ETCeteras
Lectures, Salons and Symposia
●●June, July, and Aug 7pm Classical Music
Club Toronto. During June, July and August,
the club will meet on one Saturday evening a
month. Individual programs and dates were
not available at the time of printing and will
be finalized in the coming weeks. For further
information, visit theclassicalmusicclubtoronto.org
or call John Sharpe at 416-898-
2549. Annual membership: $25(regular);
$10(sr/st). Free for first-time visitors. Donations
accepted for refreshments.
●●Jun 01 10am: Jewish Music Week. The Record
Men. Alan Edelstein introduces the Jewish
businessmen who played prominent roles
creating early rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’
roll. Featuring three of the most important –
The Chess Brothers of Chess Records in Chicago,
Art Rupe of Specialty Records in Los
Angeles, and Syd Nathan of King/Federal in
Cincinnati. Jazz FM91 Studioo, 4 Pardee Ave,
Suite 100, Liberty Village (south of King). 416-
638-4492. Free (ticket required).
●●Jun 03 2pm: Toronto Opera Club. Is The
Internet Destroying Opera? Guest speaker:
Robert Harris. Room 330, Faculty of Music,
Edward Johnson Building. 80 Queen’s Park
Cr. W. 416-914-3940. $10.
●●Jun 12 7pm: The Toronto Chapter of the
Duke Ellington Society. Montgomery’s Inn,
corner of Dundas St. W. and Islington Ave.
Anyone interested in Ellington’s music and his
contributions to the art of jazz is welcome.
Information at torontodukeellingtonsociety.
com or 416-239-2683. Membership fee is $35
per person or $50 per couple, with one free
initial visit.
●●Jun 30 2pm: Westben. Tafelmusik Baroque
Orchestra: Bach and His World. Who
are the baroque craftsmen who helped J.S.
Bach realize his genius? Who carved the violins?
Who hand-pulled brass harpsichord
strings, and who tapped pine trees for the
resin that would set gut strings into vibration?
Explore the wonderful world of Bach
and his times through the master’s music,
narration and video projections with Canada’s
premiere Baroque Orchestra and narrator
Blair Williams (Shaw Festival). Featuring
the works by Bach, including Sinfonias from
BWV 249a, the Third Brandenburg Concerto
& excerpts from the Goldberg Variations. The
Barn, 6698 County Road 30 North, Campbellford.
705-653-5508. $75(adult); $74(adult
wing); $73(sr); $72(sr wing); $15(st & under
30); $5(under 19).
●●Jul 14 10:30pm: Westben. Nocturne Under
the Stars. An exploration of the Chopin Nocturnes
with Westben’s Artistic Director, Brian
Finley, and author Helen Humphreys reading
from her memoir, Nocturne. The Barn,
6698 County Road 30 North, Campbellford.
705-653-5508. $44(adult); $43(adult wing);
$42(sr); $41(sr wing); $15(st & under 30);
$5(under 19).
●●Jul 18 10am: Stratford Summer Music.
Robert Harris Illustrated Musical Lecture
Series: Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. Tchaikovsky’s
work is both loved and hated. It is
his most famous piece, and his most reviled.
Robert Harris will examine both composer
and work to discover that juswt about everything
we think about him is wrong. University
of Waterloo Stratford Campus, 125 St. Patrick
St., Straford. 519-271-2101. $25.
●●Jul 30 1pm: Ottawa Chamberfest. What
Makes It Great?: Beethoven’s Archduke Trio.
Composer and educator Rob Kapilow sheds
light on the inner workings of one of Beethoven’s
most eloquent and compassionate
chamber works. National Gallery of Ottawa,
380 Sussex Dr., Ottawa. 613-234-8000. $25.
●●Jul 30 2pm: Stratford Summer Music
Community Percussion Workshop. DIY
Recording for Percussion: Lecture by Ray
Dillard. Intended for college-level percussionists,
this intense but rewarding week of
rehearsals, discussions, master classes, creation,
and performance is under the direction
of the TorQ Percussion Quartet (Richard
Burrows, Adam Campbell, James Drake, and
Daniel Morphy). Avondale United Church,
194 Avondale Ave., Stratford. 519-271-2101.
PWYC.
●●Jul 31 2:45pm. Ottawa Chamberfest.
Chamber Chats: The Story of Francis Pegahmagabow.
Learn the story behind the multiamedia
performance of Sounding Thunder:
The Songs of Francis Pegahmagabow. Dominion-Chalmers
United Church, 355 Cooper St.,
Ottawa. 613-234-8000. Free.
●●Aug 1 10am: Stratford Summer Music.
Canadian Percussion Music: An Illustrated
Lecture. Presented by TorQ Percussion Quartet
(Richard Burrows, Adam Campbell, James
Drake, and Daniel Morphy). Avondale United
Church, 194 Avondale Ave., Stratford. 519-
271-2101. PWYC.
●●Aug 8 10am: Stratford Summer Music.
Robert Harris Illustrated Musical Lecture
Series: Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. Bach’s
masterpiece is the foundation on which
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Western music for the past 300 years has
been built. Robert Harris will guide us to
unravel some of the manifold mysteries of
this work. University of Waterloo Stratford
Campus, 125 St. Patrick St., Stratford. 519-
271-2101. $25.
●●Aug 22 10am: Stratford Summer Music.
Robert Harris Illustrated Musical Lecture
Series: Our Beloved CBC – The Future
Meets the Past. An examination of the history,
current state, and possible future of one
of the most significant cultural institutions
in Canada. University of Waterloo Stratford
Campus, 125 St. Patrick St., Stratford. 519-
271-2101. $25.
Master Classes
●●Jun 21-23 9am: Westben. Vocal Intensive
with Michael Warren. One of New York City’s
top vocal experts, Dr. Michael Warren returns
for another powerful 3-day immersion
experience designed for all levels and genres
of singers, age 16 and older. Sessions seek to
heighten a singer’s vocal and artistic development
in group and private settings. Working
one-on-one with this gifted and positive vocal
coach, participants can choose to participate
in master classes or private lessons. Clock
Tower Cultural Centre, 36 Front St. S., Campbellford.
Contact the Westben Box Office at
705-653-5508 for schedule, fees and availability.
Space is limited, so book early).
●●July 26-28 7pm: Highlands Opera Studio.
Master Classes with Richard Margison.
Meet the singers of Highland Opera Studio
2018 and hear them work with internationally
acclaimed Canadian tenor Richard Margison.
This is a great opportunity for those interested
in singing to learn more about what
makes a great performance even better. If
you like watching The Voice or American Idol,
you’ll love the Master classes! St George’s
Anglican Church, 617 Mountain St, Haliburton.
1-855-455-5533. Tickets $15.
●●Jul 31 5pm: Stratford Summer Music.
Open Master Class I. This master class is
open to the public. Intended for collegelevel
percussionists, this intense but rewarding
week of rehearsals, discussions, master
classes, creation, and performance is under
the direction of the TorQ Percussion Quartet
(Richard Burrows, Adam Campbell, James
Drake, and Daniel Morphy). Avondale United
Church, 194 Avondale Ave., Stratford. 519-
271-2101. PWYC.
●●Aug 2 2pm: Stratford Summer Music.
Open Master Class II. This master class is
open to the public. Part of a week-long program
intended for college-level percussionists
under the direction of the TorQ
Percussion Quartet (Richard Burrows, Adam
Campbell, James Drake, and Daniel Morphy).
Avondale United Church, 194 Avondale Ave.,
Stratford. 519-271-2101. PWYC.
●●Aug 15 10am: Stratford Summer Music.
Vocal Academy: Voice Master Class with
Krisztina Szabo. Open to the public. Avondale
United Church, 194 Avondale Ave., Stratford.
519-271-2101. PWYC.
●●Aug 16 2pm: Stratford Summer Music.
Vocal Academy: Master Class with Johannes
Debus. The Music Director of the Canadian
Opera Company with lead a master class in
opera and career mentoring. Open to the
public. Avondale United Church, 194 Avondale
Ave., Stratford. 519-271-2101. PWYC.
●●Aug 17 10am: Stratford Summer Music.
Vocal Academy: Voice Master Class with Phillip
Addis. Open to the public. Avondale United
Church, 194 Avondale Ave., Stratford. 519-
271-2101. PWYC.
●●Aug 18 10am: Stratford Summer Music.
Vocal Academy: Oratorio Master Class with
Howard Dyck. Open to the public. Avondale
United Church, 194 Avondale Ave., Stratford.
519-271-2101. PWYC.
●●Aug 18 10am: Stratford Summer Music.
Vocal Academy: Voice Master Class with
Nathalie Paulin. Open to the public. Avondale
United Church, 194 Avondale Ave., Stratford.
519-271-2101. PWYC.
●●Aug 23 1-4pm: Opera Muskoka Festival.
Vocal Master Class with Jennifer Tung.
Pinegrove Fellowship Church, 295 Taylor Rd.,
Bracebridge. 705-765-1048. $100; $10(audience).
Concert at 7:30pm. 705-765-1048. $25.
●●Aug 24 1-4pm: Opera Muskoka Festival.
Violin Master Class with Moshe Hammer.
Pinegrove Fellowship Church, 295 Taylor Rd.,
Bracebridge. 705-765-1048. $100; $10(audience).
Concert at 7:30pm. 705-765-1048. $25.
Open Houses
●●Jun 24 10am-6pm: Royal Conservatory of
Music. Wide Open House. Join us for our free
all-ages event! Highlights include a courtyard
party with performances by Cadence A Cappella,
an instrument petting zoo, an activity
zone for children, sample lessons and classes
for all ages, music appreciation sessions, free
concerts in Koerner Hall, and a music trade
show! For information visit rcmusic.com/
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Outdoor Experiences
●●Jul 8 7am: Westben. One-of-a Kind Experiences:
Find the Birds, Find the Pianist. Local
bird watching as the sun rises then find Brian
Finley who will be serenading the forest and
you on a hidden piano somewhere close by.
Ferris Provincial Park, Campbellford. 705-
653-5508. $55.
●●Jul 17 10am: Stratford Summer Music. Play
Me, I’m Yours Street Pianos. Daily until Aug 19
from 10am to 7pm, weather permitting. Four
beautifully decorated pianos painted by local
artists James Colbeck, Allan Dhingra, Lasha
Mutual and Maxine Noel. Downtown Stratford.
519-271-2101. Free.
Screenings
●●Aug 13 7pm: Tanya Tagaq: Interpreting
Nanook of the North. Experimental vocalist
and artist Tanya Tagaq is a forceful advocate
for her Inuit brothers and sisters. Her creativity
blends Inuit throat singing with electronic,
classical, punk and rock. A screening
of the 1922 silent docudrama Nanook of the
North will be presented accompanied by
Tanya Tagaq’s live vocal interpretations. Avondale
United Church, 194 Avondale Ave., Stratford.
519-271-2101. $40.
Sing-alongs, Jams, Circles
●●Jun 12 7pm: Villa Charities. Canta Italia
Tuesday Series. Join us for weekly Italian
classic sing-alongs as we celebrate Italian
Heritage Month. These lively events feature
renowned Italian-Canadian musician Claudio
Santaluce who was an active member of
the Columbus Centre community. This will
be a great opportunity to bring the whole
family out to participate in Italian heritage
and culture. Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery,
901 Lawrence Ave. W. 416-789-7011 x248.
Free. Also Jun 19 & 26.
Workshops
●●Jun 03 2:00: CAMMAC Toronto Region.
Reading for Singers and Instrumentalists.
Mozart: Opera choruses from La Clemenza
di Tito, The Abduction from the Seraglio,
Idomeneo, and The Magic Flute. Erna
Van Daele, conductor. Christ Church Deer
Park, 1570 Yonge St. 416-482-6562. $10;
$6(members).
●●Jun 15 7:30: Toronto Recorder Players
Society. Renaissance and Baroque Workshop.
For recorders and other early instruments
and Annual General Meeting. Mount
Pleasant Road Baptist Church, 527 Mount
Pleasant Rd (entrance off Belsize). (416) 480-
1853. Guests: $15. Refreshments included.
http://www.rpstoronto.ca/
●●Jun 15-16. Parent-Child Mother Goose.
Teacher Training Workshop. Learn rhymes,
songs and stories from around the world
and build skills to start running a program in
your community. For more information, visit
nationalpcmgp.ca/training/calendar/.
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Summer’s
Child
Ben
Heppner
MJ BUELL
Ben Heppner’s unmistakable voice, warm
and relaxed, is instantly familiar to CBC
listeners as the host of Saturday Afternoon
at the Opera, and Backstage with Ben
Heppner, sharing his great love for this music
and a wealth of stories about the musical
lives involved. Heppner first gained national
attention in 1979 as winner of the CBC Talent
Festival and went on to become one of the
world’s most celebrated dramatic tenors,
renowned for heroic performances in a wide
range of the most challenging operatic and
concert repertoire – Wagner in particular.
A Companion of the Order of Canada,
Heppner is the recipient of numerous other
awards and honours as a performer and
recording artist. The Ben Heppner Vocal
Academy, a TDSB elementary school in
Scarborough is named for him, as is the
main street in Dawson Creek BC – Ben
Heppner Way.
Heppner announced his retirement
from singing in 2014, but still performs
occasionally. This summer he will headline
the Lowville Festival on June 9, alongside
the Lowville Festival Choir, and he has
two summer festival engagements with the
Toronto Mass Choir in a gospel program called
“O Happy Day,” concerts which return to the
music of his childhood.
Heppner is the youngest of nine children
born in 1956 to a Mennonite farming family
in Murrayville BC (now part of the city of
Langley).Today he lives in Toronto with his
wife, Karen.
I’ve had a very interesting career as an
opera and concert singer. I’ve travelled extensively
and got to sing with some of the best
singers, conductors and orchestras in the
world. Now I’ve gone to the dark side and
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!
TICKETS: I’m going back to my roots a bit and singing
some gospel music …
“O Happy Day” is a joyous celebration of traditional
and contemporary gospel music featuring the Toronto
Mass Choir and Ben Heppner. This concert is
presented by the Elora Festival on July 14, and Toronto
Summer Music on July 26. MARION ANDERSON
has won a pair of tickets for July 14;
KWAN-WAH INGLIS and
MARY MARSHALL have each won
a pair of tickets for July 26.
WE ARE ALL MUSIC’S CHILDREN
have a career as a broadcaster. I love riding my
Honda Gold Wing motorcycle and spending
time with my five grandkids.
About your childhood home life? My
dad (Ben) worked out in the barn and the
fields and my mom (Kae) held down the fort
with the kids and domestic concerns. I was
what people called an “afterthought.” (after,
they wished they’d thought). I’m five years
younger than my next sibling. It’s complicated
but, by the time I was nine or ten I had
the house all to myself. My family moved to
the Peace River region of BC when I was two
and a half. First we lived in a remote place
called Clayhurst. But after I burned down the
house we relocated to the bustling hamlet of
Doe River. My dad retired from farming when
I was eight years old and we moved to the
metropolis of Dawson Creek. (Trust me it’s
not like the TV show!) I graduated from the
South Peace Senior Secondary School in 1973.
How did music fit into your childhood?
In my childhood home you would have been
given away to another family if you couldn’t
sing. We sang in church, doing the dishes and
even driving in the car. Music was something
that was made not listened to. There was no
record player at home: I heard vinyl LPs only
at other people’s houses, or the library. It was
at the library that I found things to satisfy my
music cravings.
First recollections of making music? When
I was about three my family was asked to sing
in church. I practised with my Mom and my
brother and sisters all week long. When it was
time for my family to sing – I was told to stay
behind in the pew with Dad. I was bummed.
But once the music started, I stood like a tin
soldier on the church pew and belted out the
alto part. I remember a solo with the kids’
RECORDINGS: The recording ship has sailed – but I’m
happy kept busy recording my shows on CBC Music.
My two favourite recordings of mine are: My Secret
Heart and Mahler’s Eighth.
JOAN ZAMORA and EILEEN BEST each win a copy of
My Secret Heart: Songs of the Parlour, Stage and Silver
Screen. (RCA Red Seal 09026635082):
Heppner in 1999 singing with his heart
on his musical sleeve, with the London
Philharmonic Orchestra, Jonathan
Tunick, conductor.
CBC
TODAY, WHILE THE BLOSSOMS
STILL CLING TO THE VINE…
There’s no new contest for the summer, when
everyone should be trying to get outside: hearing,
making and sharing live music; making sunny
musical memories that sustain.
Here’s one of mine.
I wasn’t really camp material when I was seven.
But I got better at it over time and learned a lot of
important things because while it wasn’t a music
camp there was lots of singing. I learned a song that
first summer that I still sing, that I sang to my own
kids when they were babies. Here's the last verse:
I can’t be contented with yesterday’s glory
I can’t live on promises winter to spring
Today is my moment and now is my glory
I’ll laugh, and I’ll cry, and I’ll sing …
So here’s the challenge: seize the days and
nights; find music wherever this summer takes you;
and find something you can take away, for keeps.
We’ll have a new contest in September: your
suggestions are welcome.
musicschildren@thewholenote.com
choir at church: I stuffed my hands in my
pockets and refused to look up.
Do you remember seeing an orchestra
for the first time? An opera? I remember
standing in front of the TV and imitating the
conductor. Remember – I grew up in Dawson
Creek – so there were no shows to see. Quite
frankly I detested opera. It wasn’t until I
started to train at the U of T Opera School
that I started to like it.
Do you remember thinking you’d do
something else? After the policeman/fireman
stage I thought of being a minister. That’s
why I went to theological school first. After
a year of theology in Regina I mounted my
campaign to conquer the world from the
University of BC I thought I would be a high
school music teacher.
How did music fit into your own children’s
lives? We sang a lot – like when I was growing
up. I made the kids take piano lessons and
we encouraged any type of music they liked.
Country music is forbidden, however. …
Ben Heppner’s full interview can be read
at thewholenote.com/musicschildren
PETER LANGBALLE and LEONARD ROSMARIN each
win a copy of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 in E-flat Major
– Symphony of a Thousand (Decca 4786130): Heppner
in 2013 with Jane Eaglen, Anne Schwanewilms,
Ruth Ziesak (sopranos), Sara Fulgoni, Anna Larsson
(contraltos), Peter Mattei (baritone), Jan-Hendrik
Rootering (bass); Prague Philharmonic
Choir, Netherlands Radio Choir,
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra,
conducted by Riccardo Chailly.
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DISCOVERIES | RECORDINGS REVIEWED
DAVID OLDS
When a new recording of the Bartók Viola
Concerto crossed my desk recently it
immediately caught my attention. Begun in
1945 and left incomplete at the time of his
death – actually it was just a few sketches –
this was the composer’s final composition.
Although in the words of Grove’s Dictionary
of Music and Musicians Bartók’s assistant
Tibor Serly’s completion of the concerto
“cannot be considered definitive,” it has always been a favourite of
mine. Motherland (Warner Classics 0190295697693 warnerclassics.com)
features young superstar violist David Aaron Carpenter
performing concertos by Dvořák, Bartók and Walton, plus a number
of concerted works by Kiev-born, New York City resident Alexey Shor
(b.1970) with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Carpenter, born in NYC in 1986, has had a remarkable career,
winning the 2005 Philadelphia Orchestra Young Artists Competition,
the Walter W. Naumburg Viola Competition the following year and
an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2010. His first recording, Elgar
and Schnittke concertos, was praised highly in these pages in
October 2009 by Terry Robbins, and two subsequent outings met with
similar attention in Robbins’ Strings Attached column in recent years.
With that in mind, I had no qualms about holding back Carpenter’s
latest recording for my own collection. Of course I had to start with
the Bartók, and I was immediately transported back to the heights
I first scaled when introduced to this work by Yehudi Menuhin’s
performance with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Antal Dorati’s
direction half a century ago. We’ll likely never know just how much
of this atypical work is Bartók’s and how much that of Serly. Strangely
though, it is a much more original work than Serly’s own Rhapsody
for Viola and Orchestra which is replete with borrowings from his
master. Carpenter’s stunning performance reminds us why, its questionable
pedigree notwithstanding, this concerto is a staple of the
viola repertoire.
The first CD (of two) opens with Joseph Vieland’s transcription of
Dvořák’s masterful Cello Concerto, to which Carpenter has added
his own refinements. It is very effective, but as a cellist I can’t help
but notice that the power and anguish of the cello’s upper register,
its chanterelle range, is not equalled when the viola plays the same
pitches. That being said, it is still a captivating performance, with the
orchestra under Kazushi Ono in fine form. Especially noteworthy
are the horn solos. The second disc begins with William Walton’s
concerto, which was commissioned by Lionel Tertis in 1929. Tertis was
not convinced and declined to premiere the work but later, in words
of Andrew Morris “was good enough to admit his mistake.” Tertis said:
“The innovations in [Walton’s] musical language, which now seem so
logical and so truly in the mainstream of music, then struck me as farfetched.”
To our modern ears it seems hard to imagine this lush and
romantic work being received as anything but a masterpiece.
There is more than an hour of music by Shor dispersed across
the two discs, and frankly I don’t know why. The inclusion of his
Seascapes, a four-movement work for viola and orchestra, would
have more than sufficed. His motion-picture soundtrack sensibility
makes even the Dvořák and Walton sound modern, and the 13-movement
Well Tempered Chanson, a compendium of encores written for
Carpenter, seems like just too much dessert. The Bartók, however, is
worth the price of admission.
Speaking of film scores and people named Shor(e)… last year Canadian
superstar film composer Howard Shore took time out from his day job
to compose a celebratory cantata to honour Canada’s
sesquicentennial. Sea to Sea/D’un ocean à
l’autre was commissioned by the New
Brunswick Youth Orchestra (nbyo-ojnb.
com) and was first performed on July 2, 2017
at the Canada 150 Stage, Riverfront Park,
Moncton. That performance featuring New
Brunswick’s pride and joy, soprano Measha
Brueggergosman, and the Choeur
CANADA150 Choir was recorded and is now
available from Leaf Music (LM217 leaf-music.ca). With bilingual lyrics
by Elizabeth Cotnoir, the nine-minute work opens with a horn fanfare
to set the stage and then launches into jubilant praise for our fair land.
After the bombastic opening there is a contemplative middle section
gently declaring “We hold a vision.” The final section is a return to the
opening exuberance, this time en français. The CD single also includes
two “radio edit” versions, just under three minutes each, one in
English and one in French.
The latest project from the 2016 Canadian
Folk Music Awards Best Instrumental
Group of the Year – Andrew Collins Trio –
is the cleverly named pair of CDs Tongue
and Groove (andrewcollinstrio.com).
The first is a departure for the band, with
11 tracks featuring lead vocals by multimando
frontman Collins for the most part,
with harmonies and occasional lead lines
provided by bass player James McEleney. The
third member of the trio, Mike Mezzatesta,
keeps busy on guitar, mandolin, fiddle and
mandola. It’s an eclectic collection of traditional
“down homey” numbers, novelty
songs, cover versions and a few originals. Of
particular note are Collins’ own reworking
of Marijohn Wilkin and Danny Dill’s Long
Black Veil and Roger Miller’s The Hat. But for me it is the instrumental
disc Groove that really shines. Replete with some of the finest bluegrass
pickin’ you’re likely to find this far north, there’s also a mix of
styles, including some very Django-like vibes to which the double
strings of Collins’ mandolin give a new twist, a beautiful lullaby and
a couple of fiddle tunes. Standouts include Poplar Bluff, Kentakaya
Waltz, Badabada Ba Ba and Big Toaster.
Concert note: Andrew Collins Trio launches Tongue and Groove at
Lula Lounge on June 10 as the final event in this year’s edition of
Lulaworld.
It seems that every month we receive a
dozen or more CDs from the Parma
Recordings group, which includes the labels
Ravello, Big Round, Asonica and, in this
case, Navona Records. Although my current
activities as an amateur cellist are focusing
on string-only ensembles, quartets and at
the moment a trio, for many years I also
played with pianists in the traditional piano
trio formation – violin, cello and piano.
Beginning with the classics, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn (Felix
and Fanny), Schumann (Robert and Clara), but eventually moving into
the 20th century with Debussy, Shostakovich and contemporary
Canadians including Colin Eatock and Daniel Foley – both of whom
will be familiar to readers of The WholeNote – I spent countless hours
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exploring the repertoire with friends. So I was quite interested when a
new double CD from Trio Casals, Moto Bello (nv6156 navonarecords.
com) arrived. The Moto series “represents a curated collection of
contemporary music by living composers with the traditional instrumentation
of the acclaimed Trio Casals.” The group’s acclaim began in
1996 at the Pablo Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, from which I assume
their name derives. There are ten composers included in this two-disc
package, none of whom were previously known to me. The repertoire
runs the gamut of contemporary styles, from approachable melodic
works, through minimalism to craggy modernist sensibilities, and
although most utilize the full trio resources, there are several solo and
duo pieces. Of particular note is Beth Mehocic’s Somewhere Between
D and C# for solo cello, with its exploration of ambiguous resolution.
L. Peter Deutsch’s Ocean Air is a lovely suite in three movements
harkening back to the late 19th century. Giovanni Piacentini’s Ondine
begins in quiet Debussy-like arpeggiation that gradually builds into a
stormy tempest before calming to gentle seas again. Each of the ten
composers brings an individual voice to the medium, making for a
varied and satisfying program. The playing is convincing and
committed throughout. I was especially impressed by how complete
the package was: a simple folded cardboard cover containing two CDs
and a 12-page booklet with composer bios and program notes. I only
wish that there was more information about the trio itself, and that
the composers’ names were more discernable – pale blue type on a
blue background is hard to read.
Another Navona recording that arrived
recently looked strangely familiar to me. The
Eloquent Saxophone featuring Toronto (now
Cobourg) saxophonist, professor and
founding member of the pioneering band
Lighthouse, David Tanner and pianist Marc
Widner (nv6158 navonarecords.com). It’s a
charming collection of mostly French repertoire
from the early 20th century, but also
including more recent works by American
Leslie Bassett and Gene DiNovi – a saxophone ensemble piece
achieved through overdubbing the various parts. The disc begins with
another saxophone quartet, the aptly named Serenade comique by
Jean Françaix. Although most of the works were written for the saxophone,
there is an effective transcription of Debussy’s Syrinx (originally
for solo flute) in a warm and thoughtful rendition. Widner is the
perfect accompanist for this repertoire, whether playing original piano
lines or, in the case of Paule Maurice’s Tableaux de Provence, subbing
for an entire orchestra. Also of note is Charles Koechlin’s Etude No.VIII
from a set of saxophone and piano studies that were not published
until 1970, 20 years after the composer’s death. The credits tell us that
the recordings were made in 1988 in Toronto, the multi-tracking at
Axon Music Productions and the rest in Walter Hall. That’s when I
figured out what was so familiar. I checked my file card catalog of LP
recordings, and sure enough, I have the original vinyl version of this
disc put out on Apparition Records. Even the cover art is the same. The
brief performer bios have been updated nominally and the order of
the tracks has been modified – it used to start with Syrinx – but with
the exception of the program notes, unfortunately missing from the
CD reissue, the recording is the same. It was a welcome addition to my
collection three decades ago, and it is welcome again now.
One final note, an intriguing percussioncentric
disc of music by Baljinder Sekhon.
Places & Times (innova 988 innova.mu) is,
in the words of the composer, “no ordinary
album of percussion ensemble music.
These compositions explore a wide spectrum
of possibilities offered by the percussion
family, from the aggressive noise of a
cymbal on piano strings and peaceful meditations
created by finger cymbals gently buzzing on a vibraphone,
to the curious thump of a person falling on a bass drum.” The disc
features three percussion ensembles: Los Angeles Percussion Quartet;
McCormick Percussion Group and Line upon Line Percussion.
Three of the tracks include soloists: Dave Gerhart, steel pan; Dieter
Hennings, guitar and Eunmi Ko, piano. Musica Casera, a 12-minute
track that features guitar holding its own against a battery of percussion
instruments, through delicate passages and thunderous sections,
is particularly captivating. Another highlight is Sun for three percussionists
all equipped with similar outfits: one keyboard, one skin,
one wood and one metal instrument. They all share access to a large
cymbal in centre stage, presumably the namesake of the piece. Despite
similar resources, the combinations provide a very broad spectrum of
sound and range.
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What we're listening to this month:
thewholenote.com/listening
Tongue & Groove
Andrew Collins Trio
Modern mandolin-forward fare
that nods to the likes of Grisman
dawg music & Punch Brothers
eclecticism – trailblazing new
acoustic roots from this 7x CFMA
winner.
The Eloquent Saxophone
David Tanner
Comprised of performances of
repertoire for piano and saxophone,
these expressive melodies have
a timeless quality that gives each
composition an exciting sound.
Felix Mendelssohn: Complete
Works for Cello and Piano
This new recording presents
Mendelssohn's complete output
for cello and piano, performed by
leading virtuosi Marcy Rosen and
Lydia Artymiw
AXIOMS: MOMENTS OF TRUTH
Axiom Quartet
An axiom is a self-evident truth.
This album represents aspects
and shades of truth. Axiom
Quartet delivers a deeply satisfying
statement on truth and inner
fulfillment.
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STRINGS
ATTACHED
TERRY ROBBINS
There’s another outstanding set of the J.S.
Bach Sonatas & Partitas for Violin, this
time by the New York violinist Johnny
Gandelsman, a member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk
Road Ensemble, on his own In a Circle
Records label (ICR010 johnnygandelsman.
com). No stranger to crossover styles,
Gandelsman cites Irish fiddle bowing and
Béla Fleck banjo left-hand chord shapes
as influences on his approach to the problems posed by these astonishing
works, and there’s certainly a freedom, vitality and a strong
sense of character that makes the performances immensely satisfying.
Gandelsman uses gut strings on a modern violin and a transitional
bow – YouTube footage of his concert performances shows him
holding it a few inches above the frog – and his bowing is effortlessly
smooth and controlled, dancing through the faster movements and
surmounting the multiple-stop issues with clarity and ease. He’s never
afraid to take the time to let phrases breathe, but never loses a fine sense
of melodic line or rhythmic pulse. Nothing ever sounds heavy or forced.
It’s simply brilliant playing, on a par with the very best in an
intensely competitive field.
The 2-CD set Mozart: Violin Sonatas Vol.5
is the final issue in the complete series of
Mozart’s sonatas for keyboard and violin
– including the 16 juvenile sonatas – by
the outstanding duo of violinist Alina
Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien
(Hyperion CDA68175 hyperion-records.
co.uk). This disc has the Sonatas in G major K11 and A Major K12, the
two Sonatas in E-flat Major K302 and K380, the Sonata in A Major
K526 and the Variations in G Major K359. An interesting addition is
the Sonata in B-flat Major K570, Mozart’s penultimate piano sonata
that appeared in print some five months after Mozart’s death with an
added anonymous violin accompaniment.
This is the first volume from this set that I’ve heard, and the
previous volumes garnered rave reviews. It’s easy to hear why: this
duo always works so well together, and can find depth and expression
in even the simplest movements. Judging by this beautifully recorded
final issue it’s a set that will bear comparison to any.
There’s another truly lovely set of the Brahms
Three Violin Sonatas, this time with the
outstanding English violinist Tasmin Little
and her regular partner Piers Lane (Chandos
CHAN 10977 chandos.net). There’s a beautifully
measured opening to the Sonata in G
Major Op.78 – always a good indicator of
what’s to come – with full, warm playing and
a finely judged pulse and tempo. There’s lyricism,
expression and passion when called for in all three sonatas.
The rich tone of Little’s 1757 Guadagnini violin is matched by Lane’s
Steinway Model D concert grand in as satisfying a set of these works as
you could wish to hear.
Four Strings Around the World is a quite stunning solo CD from
the Romanian-born violinist Irina Muresanu that features diverse
musical styles from across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and both
North and South America (Sono Luminus DSL-92221 sonoluminus.
com). Muresanu introduced her Four Strings
Around the World project in 2013 after
her difficulty in learning Mark O’Connor’s
Cricket Dance led her to explore worldwide
non-traditional violin styles.
Enescu’s Airs in Romanian Folk Style
opens the disc, with works by Ireland’s Dave
Flynn, Iran’s Reza Vali, India’s Shirish Korde
and China’s Bright Sheng surrounding
Paganini’s 24th Caprice, Kreisler’s Recitativo and Scherzo Op.6 and
a strongly melodic reading of the Bach D Minor Chaconne. Then
it’s Piazzolla’s Tango Étude No.3 and a work by Chickasaw Nation
composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate before the short Cricket
Dance that apparently gave Muresanu so much trouble.
Not that you would know it – complete with foot stomps, it’s a
simply dazzling end to one of the best solo CDs I’ve heard.
There are another two sets of the unaccompanied
Bach cello works: Bach Cello Suites
with Dariusz Skoraczewski, the principal
cellist of the Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra (Analog Arts dskora.com);
and Johann Sebastian Bach The Six Cello
Suites Revisited with the Danish cellist
Toke Møldrup (Bridge 9503A/B bridgerecords.com).
Møldrup plays a David Tecchler cello (Rome 1697) and, for Suite VI
and the Suite I Revisited a mid-18th-century cello rebuilt as a fivestring
by Birger Kulmbach in 2016. Skoraczewski’s gorgeous tone is
from a 1702 Carlo Giuseppe Testore cello on loan from Marin Alsop.
Recording ambience is fine for both, with a touch more resonance
in the Skoraczewski. Individual movement and suite timings vary
– the bigger differences probably due to the handling of repeats – but
despite Møldrup being faster in 23 of the 36 tracks it’s Skoraczewski
who has the smoothest line and who really dances through the suites.
Møldrup, incidentally, produces a continuous percussive sound from
his left-hand fingers hitting the fingerboard.
The Møldrup comes with copious booklet
notes on the approach to the interpretation
(turning the score “into three separate layers
– melody, chordal structure and bass line”)
and an additional track in Viggo Mangor’s
Suite I Revisited, a reworking of the G-major
suite transposed to D major for two violins,
cello and chamber organ “to give an insight
into our working method.”
The Skoraczewski comes with virtually no notes at all, with all
aspects of the CD production – recording, engineering, editing,
graphics, photography – credited to him. In this particular case, less is
definitely more.
The Spanish academic-musician Guadalupe
López Íñiguez is the Baroque cello soloist in
Domenico Gabrielli & Alessandro Scarlatti
Complete Cello Works on an excellent Alba
Super Audio CD (ABCD 412 alba.fi). Baroque
cellist Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, Baroque
guitarist and archlutenist Olli Hyyrynen and
harpsichordist Lauri Honkavirta provide
varied continuo support where appropriate.
The Gabrielli works are the Sonatas for cello and basso continuo
in G major (two versions) and A major, the seven Ricercari for solo
cello and the Canon for two cellos. Scarlatti is represented by his
three Sonatas for cello and basso continuo in D minor, C minor and C
major respectively.
In her excellent booklet notes Iñiquez discusses her approach to
the early music genre as well as the issues of sources, pitch, temperament,
articulation, vibrato and scordatura, the latter employed in
the Gabrielli-major sonata (first version) and the Ricercari numbers
4, 6 and 7.
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The American duo of cellist Marcy Rosen
and pianist Lydia Artymiw is featured on
Felix Mendelssohn Complete Works for
Cello & Piano (Bridge 9501 bridgerecords.
com). Rosen plays with a smooth singing
tone and a fine sense of line in the
Variations concertantes Op.17, the two
Sonatas – No.1 in B-flat Major Op.45 and
No.2 in D Major Op.58 – the Lied ohne
Worte Op.109 and the brief musical fragment
Assai tranquillo. Artymiw’s contribution is outstanding, full of
nuance and sensitivity and with a fine dynamic range. The Molto
allegro e vivace finale of Sonata No.2 is a standout on an excellent CD.
Germany’s Schumann Quartett – the
three Schumann brothers Erik, Ken and
Mark along with violist Liisa Randalu –
presents works by Robert Schumann, Felix
Mendelssohn and the German composer
Aribert Reimann on Intermezzo (Berlin
Classics 0301058BC berlin-classicsmusic.com).
Schumann’s String Quartet No.1 in A
Minor Op.41/1 has long been a part of their repertoire, and their deep
understanding of the work is evident in a striking performance.
Aribert Reimann is a direct descendant of Franz Richarz, the doctor
who treated Robert Schumann in the asylum near the end of his life.
His Adagio in Memory of Robert Schumann from 2006 is based on
two wordless chorales that Schumann left unfinished. The soprano
Anna Lucia Richter is the excellent soloist in Reimann’s effective
setting of Schumann’s Six Songs Op.107, written during the first
severe onset of his mental illness.
Schumann dedicated his three Op.41 quartets to Mendelssohn, and
the latter’s String Quartet in E-flat Major Op.12 completes a
thoughtful and intelligent recital. Again, there’s an excellent feel for
the music, with lightness, agility, clarity and – especially in the Molto
allegro e vivace final movement – what Randalu describes as the
opportunity for “wild joy in playing.”
Two of the three late chamber masterpieces
by a French composer who received virtually
no public acclaim during his lifetime are
presented on César Franck String Quartet
and Piano Quintet by the Quatuor Danel
and pianist Paavali Jumppanen (CPO 555
088-2 naxosdirect.com/labels/cpo).
The String Quartet in D Minor, premiered
in 1890 just months before Franck’s death,
was the first work of his to win unbridled
public acclaim. It’s a huge and difficult work, which may account
for its not being heard more often; this impassioned performance,
though, makes you wish it were.
The Piano Quintet in F Minor made little impact at its 1879 premiere
but quickly won over Franck’s colleagues, inspiring similar works by
an array of French composers. Again, it’s a passionate and sensuous
piece that elicits exemplary playing from Jumppanen and the
ensemble.
Axioms – Moments of Truth is the new CD
from the Houston-based Axiom Quartet
(Navona Records NV6151 navonarecords.com).
Although there are short works
ranging from Monteverdi through Bach, Ives,
Billie Holiday and Fleetwood Mac to Bob
Dylan, the driving creative force here is the
composer Karl Blench, who not only made
all the arrangements but also provided the
short pieces that act as transitions between
the named works; he also wrote the final title track.
Played without a break, it’s a fascinating program from an ensemble
known for its mixing of traditional repertoire with transcriptions of
music from a wide variety of popular genres. They’re clearly in their
element here.
Duos for violin and double bass features
violinist Elina Vähälä and bassist Niek de
Groot in a diverse and fascinating selection
of contemporary works by Krzysztof
Penderecki, the late Isang Yun, Jaakko
Kuusisto, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Alfred Huber,
György Kurtág and Wolfgang Rihm (audite
97.732 audite.de).
Composition dates range from 1989 to
2012, with the differing approaches to the possibilities presented by
these two apparently incompatible instruments creating a remarkable
program that Vähälä and de Groot handle with complete technical and
musical assurance.
The Fifth Row – An Acoustic Tour of
Historic Theaters (Ravello Records RR7988
ravellorecords.com) is a highly original
concept album from the American classical
guitarist Stuart Weber that acknowledges
that a player’s awareness of their physical
surroundings is crucially important. “Our
ears,” says Weber, “have to be in the house.
The Fifth Row, to be precise.”
Weber decided to indulge his fascination with old theatres and their
unique acoustic qualities by recording the 11 tracks in 11 historic
theatres in Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and Idaho. It’s difficult
to discern any real acoustic differences between the tracks, but no
matter – it’s a highly entertaining, if brief (35 minutes) program of
arrangements of short pieces by Dvořák, Bartók, Weiss, Telemann and
others interspersed with five of Weber’s own excellent compositions.
Another relatively brief but high quality
guitar CD features Michael Poll playing the
Lute Suites Nos.1 and 4 on 7-string Bach
(Orchid Classics ORC100082 orchidclassics.
com). Recorded in the legendary Studio 3
at London’s Abbey Road Studios, Poll plays
with a warm, rich and full tone in his own
arrangements of the Lute Suite No.1 in E
Minor BWV996 and the Lute Suite No.4 in
E Major BWV1006a, the latter Bach’s own adaptation of the musical
material in his Partita III for solo violin.
Poll plays a seven-string guitar, the additional string making it
possible to play these works in their original register.
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Winterreise
Randall Scarlata, Gilbert Kalish
The distinguished baritone Randall
Scarlata regularly performs the
German song repertoire with
pianists including Cameron Stowe,
Jeremy Denk, Laura Ward and
Gilbert Kalish
Confidences
Caroline Gélinas / Olivier Godin
French-Canadian mezzo-soprano
Caroline Gélinas presents her first
solo recital on the ATMA Classique
label. Olivier Godin accompanies
Gélinas in a program of French
mélodies.
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Keyed In
ALEX BARAN
Aldo Ciccolini, who died in 2015 at age
89, is remembered for his specialization
with classical repertoire as well as modern
French music, especially Satie. His collaborations
with Yannick Nézet-Séguin in 2009
and 2011 have yielded a recording of these
live concerts: Mozart Piano Concerto No.20,
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2; London
Philharmonic Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-
Séguin (LPO 0102 lpo.org.uk/recordings).
The recorded performances are wonderful documents, slowed a bit
by advanced age, but utterly perfect in every other way. Ciccolini, even
in his 80s, had the lightness and clarity of touch to navigate Mozart
with supreme elegance. Yet the power needed to battle through the
Rachmaninoff Concerto No.2 seems undiminished. Ciccolini plays
with a discernible affection for the music, without hasty completion
of ideas. Every slightly lingering moment seems so appropriate.
The concerts must have been remarkable events, and judging from
the audience response, being there was an unforgettable privilege.
Wolf Harden continues his productive career
on the Naxos label with his latest CD Busoni
- Piano Music - Vol.10, Piano Transcriptions
of works by Bach, Brahms, Cramer, Liszt
and Mozart (Naxos 8.573806 naxos.com).
Busoni’s transcriptions have a distinctive
sound. They are big and often dense, but
always reflect his abiding respect for the form
and structure to which his subject composers
adhered. Harden is obviously at home in this genre but equally comfortable
with exploiting Busoni’s style for its Italianate swells of emotion.
The most intriguing tracks on this recording are the Brahms Chorale
Preludes for Organ Op.122 in which Brahms’ Romanticism is
augmented by Busoni’s often heroic keyboard style. Harden plays this
with such perfect balance, preserving the sacred nature of the chorales
while allowing Busoni to restate them in his own unique terms.
Brahms sometimes buried the chorale melody rather deeply in his
harmonic mix but Harden never loses his grip of it, keeping the line
prominent and easy to follow.
Lars Vogt appears as pianist and conductor
on his latest release Beethoven Piano
Concertos 2 & 4; Royal Northern Sinfonia
(Ondine ODE1311-2 ondine.net). Directing
from the keyboard, Vogt leads the orchestra
in a highly energized performance of
these familiar works. The RNS is a midsize
ensemble well suited to the classical
repertoire, and despite the size of their
home concert hall, they maintain a satisfying sense of intimacy in
their playing.
Both concertos are a delight to hear but the Concerto No.4 really
shows the composer as a mature tunesmith. The players sound as
if they take some special delight in driving forward the powerful
rhythms of this concerto. Vogt is brilliant at the keyboard. His playing
is articulate, fluent and sensitive. Rapid ornaments roll from his
fingers with astonishing ease. It’s an exciting and bracing recording.
Norman Kieger’s latest release Brahms Piano Concerto No.2, Piano
Sonata No.1; London Symphony Orchestra; Philip Ryan Mann (Decca
DD41142/481 4871 decca.com) meets the high expectations raised by
its cover. From the opening French horn solo
to the concerto’s final chords, orchestra and
soloist are perfectly balanced. The fabled
third movement cello solos are as beautifully
played as you’d ever hear, and the ensemble
playing throughout is flawless. The disc also
includes the Sonata No.1 in C, Op.1. Even
though the two works were recorded in
different locations, the relative audio presence
of the piano and the space around it are almost identical. This
consistency reflects the label’s high production values and contributes
to the exceptional quality of this recording.
Goran Filipec is a powerhouse pianist, and
it’s just as well because no less would do for
the repertoire on his latest recording
Paganini at the Piano – Arrangements and
Variations by Hambourg, Busoni, Zadora,
Friedman, Papandopulo (Grand Piano GP
769 grandpianorecords.com). Paganini’s
music and virtuosity, especially his Caprices
for solo violin, had considerable impact on
his piano playing and composing contemporaries.
Filipec selects a fine sampling of these inspired keyboard
works beginning with a huge set of variations by Hambourg on
perhaps the best-known Caprice, No.24. Friedman’s Studies on the
same thematic material are equally long, challenging and impressive
for their creative originality. Along with the disc’s other tracks you’ll
be left breathlessly awestruck by Filipec’s playing.
Welsh pianist Llŷr Williams last year
completed a Beethoven concert cycle at
Wigmore Hall which was recorded and
recently released as Beethoven Unbound
(Signum Classics SIGCD527P signumrecords.com).
The 12-CD box set represents an
enormous three-year recording project that
documented the complete piano Sonatas,
Bagatelles and Beethoven’s several sets of
Variations. In all, there are nearly 14 hours
of music to satisfy the most demanding Beethovenian consumer.
Williams is supremely capable in this repertoire and possesses a
formidable keyboard technique. His artistic vision for this music is to
lift it above the struggle we almost naturally assume underlies all the
composer’s writing, and set it free in a much larger space. Here is
where Williams decides that joviality, tenderness, passion and genius
all have a place in Beethoven’s universe. While Beethoven Unbound is
a welcome addition to the world of complete sets, it’s a significant
re-visioning of music we have perhaps known too well.
Anne-Marie McDermott’s latest recording
is Haydn Sonatas, Vol.2 (Bridge 9497
BridgeRecords.com) and contains four
Sonatas, 37, 39, 46 and 48, Hoboken XVI,
from the composer’s mid- to late-career
years. The immediately arresting thing
about McDermott’s playing is her speed
and clarity. Her fast tempos are as quick as
most performers can manage, yet entirely
without loss of articulation. Her phrasings
are impeccable and artfully crafted to lift in all the most effective
places. She imbues a sense of whimsy and playfulness into Haydn’s
music, replacing the too-often heard mechanical approaches that
many performers take for the composer. She assumes that the music
is already all there and she just needs to find it and reveal it. Even
more interesting is the way McDermott brings a kind of retro-romance
to Haydn. Imagine Chopin or Debussy playing these, blending the
perfection of classicism with the passions of their subsequent eras.
It’s a beautiful and fresh approach by a supremely gifted pianist who
needs to be more widely heard.
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Orion Weiss adds a new release to his
current handful of recordings with
Presentiment (orionwiess.com). Weiss’s
program captures the foreboding felt
in the years before the First World War.
This anxiety is only subtly present in the
Granados Goyescas, but Weiss finds it in the
music’s shadows and teases it out into the
open. He’s a seductive performer; a charmer
of sorts. Only in the final two movements does he fully explore what
Granados has only been hinting in his earlier pages. Weiss plays
Goyescas with an easy lightness that makes many of its phrases pure
dance. The best I’ve heard in a long time.
Progressively, more of the early-20th century’s angst reveals itself in
Janáček’s In the Mists. Weiss uses the deep melancholy of this work’s
plaintive melodies to lead up to the disc’s final piece, Scriabin’s Sonata
No.9 Op.68 “Black Mass.” Here there’s no longer any doubt about
what the world is about to experience. Weiss portrays it all with a
mature and measured confidence.
Monica Chew is a gifted player with an
affinity for deeply sensitive expression. Her
debut recording Tender & Strange – A Piano
Recital: Bartok, Janáček, Takemitsu,
Messiaen, Scriabin (Chronicalicious CHR
170001 monicachew.com) conveys this in a
powerful way and her program title aptly
reflects her recital’s intentions. Each of her
chosen pieces has some passages where this
inner search is evident, but she makes the deepest impression with the
Messiaen Le baiser de l’enfant-Jesus. Here she speaks the composer’s
language fluently. Similarly, both of Takemitsu’s Rain Tree Sketches
capture a contemplative other-worldliness. No.2 in particular, In
Memoriam Olivier Messiaen, holds the listener in suspense through its
numerous sustained chordal clusters that fade over extended fermatas,
each followed by total silence before the next notes sound. Chew plays
these final pages of the piece with impeccable timing and musicality.
Michael Korstick has several dozen recordings
to his credit and his latest is Dmitri
Kabalevsky – Complete Piano Sonatas (CPO
555 163-2 naxosdirect.com/labels/cpo).
Kabalevsky’s piano music suffers the fate of
being overshadowed by that of other
Russian contemporaries like Prokofiev and
Rachmaninoff, but the artistic commitment
of performers like Korstick and labels like
CPO make this music both available and worth hearing. Kabalevsky’s
three sonatas are his only efforts for solo piano in a large form. The
What we're listening to this month:
first dates from 1927 and the other two from 1945 and 1946 respectively.
Kabalevsky wrote the Sonata No.2 Op.45 for Emil Gilels, who
premiered it in the Soviet Union in 1945. Vladimir Horowitz
performed the American premiere at Carnegie Hall in 1947. It’s the
most engaging of the three sonatas, with some devilishly difficult
passages in the final movement. On the whole, it’s a beautifully
written piece and offers so much that repeated plays are a necessity.
Korstick does a fabulous job performing it.
Organist and composer Zvonimir Nagy has a
new recording of his recent works. Angelus
– Music for Organ (Ravello Records RR7987
ravellorecords.com) begins with the title
track Angelus, and establishes the profoundly
meditative nature of this disc’s program. The
recording was made on the four-division
pipe organ in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit
at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where
Nagy is associate professor of music. It’s a modestly sized instrument
and well-balanced for the acoustic space the chapel offers.
There is a marked minimalism in Nagy’s writing. He uses the instrument’s
broad dynamic range and colourful stop list to create some
very beautiful moments. Even while he concentrates on form, writing
movements that are inversions and retrogrades of each other, he is
always focused on creating the meditative atmosphere he wants for
works like Litanies of the Soul and Preludes for a Prayer.
Alexander Melnikov is a graduate of the
Moscow Conservatory. His new recording
Claude Debussy – Préludes du 2e Livre,
La Mer (Debussy version for four-hand
piano) (Harmonia Mundi HMM 902302
harmoniamundi.com) includes pianist Olga
Pashchenko in the transcription of La Mer.
Debussy accepted his publisher’s request
to write the transcription, and created a
work that blends an astonishing amount of orchestral colour into
the capabilities of a single keyboard with two players. Melnikov and
Pashchenko are wonderful partners in this recording. They play with
a deeply shared artistic sensibility and deliver both the power and rich
palette of the orchestral score.
Melnikov plays the Préludes Book II leaving the impression that he
understands exactly what Debussy intended to convey. His technique
is impressively clean and crisp, and his interpretations are completely
convincing. He plays with great attention to colour and emotion, and
takes advantage of Debussy’s frequent harmonic densities and other
devices to make this a completely captivating disc. Melnikov favours
authenticity in performance and has chosen to play an Érard in this
recording.
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Vivaldi:Recorder Concertos
Vincent Lauzer is featured in this
new album devoted to Vivaldi
recorder concertos, accompanied
by Arion Baroque Orchestra
under the direction of Alexander
Weimann.
Schubert:
Piano Trios D. 929 and 897
Trio Vitruvi
Trio Vitruvi returns to Schubert's
gem, giving us the original
(longer) version of the score in an
impassioned reading.
Emergence Trilogy, vol. 1 – Chambers
Kenneth Newby with the Flicker
String Quartet and Chamber
Ensemble
The Emergence Trilogy – vol. 1:
Chambers; vol. 2: Elegeia; and vol. 3:
spectral (golden) lyric – are available
at iTunes, Amazon, cdbaby, etc.
RASP
Stephen Altoft
Microtonal Projects is delighted
to announce the release of RASP -
Stephen Altoft’s second solo CD on
which he exclusively plays music
written for his unique 19-division or
19 note-per-octave trumpet.
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VOCAL
Beethoven – Missa Solemnis
Ann-Helen Moen; Roxana Constantinescu;
James Gilchrist; Benjamin Bevan; Bach
Collegium Japan; Masaaki Suzuki
Bis BIS-2321 SACD (bis.se)
!!
Masaaki Suzuki
has made a large
number of recordings,
both as a
keyboard player and
as the conductor of
the Bach Collegium
Japan. Many
of these are of
works by J.S. Bach (they include a complete
set of the cantatas) but Suzuki has ranged
further and has recorded Handel’s Messiah,
Monteverdi’s Vespers and, more recently,
Mozart’s Mass in C Minor.
Beethoven wrote two masses: the Missa
Solemnis Op.123 and the Mass in C, Opus 86.
In the past I have much preferred the latter
since the Missa Solemnis seemed to me
pompous and overblown. Well, one of the
advantages of being a CD reviewer is that it
forces one to re-examine what is often no
more than a prejudice. This is a passionate,
full-blooded performance leading up to a
beautiful Agnus Dei.
Hans de Groot
Schubert – Winterreise
Randall Scarlata; Gilbert Kalish
Bridge Records 9494 (bridgerecords.com)
!!
It was the great
lieder exponent and
baritone Dietrich
Fischer-Dieskau,
who put possibly
the most indelible
stamp on one
of Schubert’s most
famous song cycles.
Over the course
of Wilhelm Müller’s 24 poems Winterreise
describes grief over lost love which progressively
gives way to more general existential
despair and resignation. The beloved is
directly mentioned only halfway into the
work and the literal winter’s journey is arguably
in part allegorical for this psychological
and spiritual one. Wintry imagery of cold,
darkness and barrenness consistently serve to
mirror the feelings of the isolated wanderer.
With wonderful control, Randall Scarlata’s
big dramatic voice clearly grasps every
subtlety of the various shades of gray and
black described by Müller’s dark poetry.
Scarlata breathes life into the rejected lover on
the verge of madness, as we follow his lonely
peregrinations through the snowbound landscape.
Several tenors have played the role, and
some believe the contrast between vocal tone
and meaning has enhanced the drama. But
Scarlata’s dark-chocolate-like baritone epitomizes
the darkness in the work perfectly.
Pianist Gilbert Kalish is no shrinking violet
either. Although one does not have to wait
very long to experience his fulsome participation
in the cycle, the Einsamkeit vignette is a
superb example of the perfect partnership he
strikes with Scarlata as Kalish emerges from
the shadows cast by the baritone to dramatize
the cruel and unsympathetic fate with
forceful emotional veracity.
Raul da Gama
Confidences
Caroline Gélinas; Olivier Godin
ATMA ACD2 2781 (atmaclassique.com)
!!
Mezzo-soprano
Caroline Gélinas,
having recently
received the honour
of Révélation Radio-
Canada in the classical
category, is, as
an alumna of Atelier
Lyrique de l’Opéra
de Montréal, already
known for her “magnetic stage presence,
rich timbre and authentic and moving interpretations.”
And listening to the emotively
complex repertoire chosen for this debut solo
recording, one couldn’t agree more. Having
chosen to sing the roles of strong women
acting ingeniously in difficult situations and
tragic circumstances, Gélinas demonstrates
an enormous dramatic range whilst maintaining
exquisite vocal tone. As the three
songs of Ravel’s Shéhérazade progress, the
singer increases the intensity to portray the
storyteller’s ingenious effort to prolong her
life. For Debussy’s Trois Chansons de Bilitis,
her voice floats freely as if in a dream over
a more structured accompaniment, beautifully
executed by pianist Olivier Godin.
Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart by Robert
Schumann is a song cycle which spans 26
years of Mary Stuart’s life, from young girl to
mother to imprisoned queen. Gélinas demonstrates
a poignantly exquisite tenderness
in the last movement as Mary prays while
awaiting execution.
As a final offering on this recording,
Gélinas tackles, and does great justice to, one
of Maureen Forrester’s favourite cycles, The
Confession Stone by Robert Fleming, based
on poems by playwright and teacher Owen
Dobson. Gélinas deftly changes character
with each segment, portraying Mary, Joseph,
Mary Magdalene, Jesus, Judas and God.
Dianne Wells
Sacred and Profane: Benjamin Britten;
William Cornysh
The Sixteen; Harry Christophers
CORO COR16159 (thesixteen.com)
!!
The music on this disc by The Sixteen,
the United Kingdom-based choir and period
instrument orchestra founded by Harry
Christophers,
includes work from
various recordings
that date back
to 1991. Guided by
Christophers, The
Sixteen displays a
technical command
of polyphony and
counterpoint matched only by the eloquence
of their singers, memorably arrayed in this
sacred and secular music from William
Cornysh and Benjamin Britten.
Sacred and Profane is a sublime exaltation
of the human voice in formal and more
adventurous settings. The work of Cornysh
(father and son) and Britten takes flight in
these voices. Christophers and The Sixteen
bring new renown to the Cornysh music
marked by their more old-fashioned florid
melodic style and Christophers and The
Sixteen bring new renown to the Cornysh
music, marked by their more old-fashioned
melodic style and proto-madrigalian manner,
as revealed in lucid and dynamic performances
of Salve Regina and the celebrated Ave
Regina, Mater Dei.
Britten’s choral music – the dark elements
are rarely far from the surface, especially
in the Sacred and Profane sequence – is
superbly cast and performed. The Hymn to
St Cecilia is quintessential Britten, with text
by W.H. Auden and a setting that emphasizes
not just the emotional and aesthetic power
of music, but its eroticism as well. Britten’s
music, like Auden’s poem, combines a classical
tightness of form with a complexity of
ideas about the role of the artist in the face
of a disintegrating civilization. The Sixteen’s
voices are clear and pure, and this acoustic
gives the music the right amount of bloom.
Raul da Gama
CLASSICAL AND BEYOND
Vivaldi – Concertos pour flûte à bec
Vincent Lauzer; Arion Baroque Orchestra;
Alexander Weimann
ATMA ACD2 2760 (atmaclassique.com)
! ! Vivaldi’s recorder
concertos have long
been respected –
and enjoyed. Enter
soloist Vincent
Lauzer, who comes
with a whole
slate of achievement
awards.
Lauzer tackles his
first soprano concerto with relish, meeting
the challenge of a demandingly fast Allegro
and Allegro molto; in between these two he
charms us with a soothing Largo, testing the
full gamut of the soprano recorder.
Turn now to the five movements of the
treble recorder concerto from the La Notte
suite. Once again, a Largo breathes intensity
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into Vivaldi’s music. Lauzer conducts us
through a somewhat sinister composition; as
La Notte implies there is indeed something of
the night about it.
Of course, this pattern of serious Largos
should not be taken as typical, as there is a
lightness and pleasure in the Largo movement
of Lauzer’s choice of another soprano
concerto. This time, too, an Allegro draws on
all the soloist’s expertise – it is breathless for
both performer and listener.
Lauzer absolutely sails through this repertoire,
although we should not forget the
strings and basso continuo. Listen indeed
to the Largo e cantabile of Lauzer’s final
choice for treble recorder. It is as though with
anything Vivaldi composed, no matter how
complex Vivaldi intended it to be, Lauzer
performs it with a passion. He enjoys total
mastery of his recorders. And we are the
highly fortunate listeners.
Michael Schwartz
Kuhlau – Grandes Sonates Opus 71 & 83
Mika Putterman; Erin Helyard
Analekta AN 2 9530 (analekta.com)
!!
Born in
Hamburg and
later based in
Copenhagen,
Friedrich Kuhlau
(1786-1832) was
encountered by
my generation
mainly as a piano
sonatina composer. In his time, however,
he succeeded best with music for the flute.
Montreal-based specialist Mika Putterman
here provides an exemplary demonstration of
the Romantic flute’s beauties, in collaboration
with Australian fortepianist, conductor and
musicologist Erin Helyard. In Kuhlau’s Grand
Sonata for Fortepiano and Flute Obbligato,
Op. 71 in E Minor (1825) and the similarly
named Op. 83, No. 1 in G Major (1827) the
duo also practises tempo modification, i.e.
speeding up or slowing down beyond what
is specified in the score. It takes
time to get used to this, as is
usual with unfamiliar historically
informed performance practices.
I particularly enjoyed the
E-minor sonata for its instrumental
interplay, florid display
and melodic attractiveness.
Putterman plays with pure, nonvibrato
tone that can be sweet
or sad, and is very affecting in
the slow movement’s melody.
Helyard is a confident fortepianist,
though sometimes his
solid chords are over-prominent.
Both are excellent technically
and their ensemble is tight. The
G-major sonata’s middle movement
is a set of variations, where
each player impresses with the
ability to play fast passages with
convincing expressive touches. Of the outer
movements I preferred the first, and must
mention Helyard’s fluent double-thirds here
and elsewhere. Along with specialists, I think
this disc would appeal to those open to new
challenges for performers and listeners alike.
Roger Knox
Beethoven – Works For Flute 1
Kazunori Seo; Patrick Gallois; Mitsuo
Kodama; Asuka Sezaki; Koichi Komine
Naxos 8.573569 (naxos.com)
!!
Japanese flutist
Kazunori Seo takes
centre stage in
this recording of
Beethoven’s windfocused
chamber
music. First up on
the program are
three duos for flute
and bassoon, transcribed by Seo to substitute
a flute for the clarinet originally called for on
the upper part. It’s not certain that these duos
are really Beethoven’s, and they don’t display
the complexity of the other two pieces which
follow them here – but their transparent
simplicity is charming. Seo and bassoonist
Mitsuo Kodama play with grace and attentiveness
here, but are perhaps a little too cautious
in their interpretation. That said, Seo’s sound
on his wooden modern flute is lovely, his use
of vibrato as a decorative choice is exemplary,
and the instrumental blend is top-notch.
Much less reserve can be heard in the Duo
in G Major for two flutes, played by Seo and
Patrick Gallois with strongly shaped phrasing,
dramatic shifts of dynamic range, and expressive
use of articulation and ornament. The
conversation’s saltier and the results are
definitely fun!
The interpretive thoughtfulness continues
with Serenade in D Major for flute, violin and
viola, Op.25, which receives a nuanced and
intrepid performance in its original scoring.
This is a wonderful piece of chamber music
and it’s good to hear it played with such
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Pardes
Amos Hoffman & Noam Lemish
Pardes offers an inspired blend
of jazz and Jewish folk melodies.
Joyous, uplifting, texturally rich
music, filled with groove, lyrical
melodies and outstanding solos.
Rosewood Café
Margaret Herlehy
Fusion lovers will enjoy the Big
Round Records debut of oboist
Margaret Herlehy in this fresh, new
collection of Latin-inspired jazz.
polish and spirited engagement.
Alison Melville
Schubert – Piano Trios
Trio Vitruvi
Bridge Records 9510 (bridgerecords.com)
!!
Hailing from
Denmark, Trio
Vitruvi had both
their Carnegie Hall
debut performance
and the official
release of their
debut album with
Bridge Records in
April this year. After
winning two chamber music competitions
and several awards in 2014, the ensemble
began touring and found its unique voice in
the process – their playing is polished and
noble, sophisticated, astute and spirited, open
to improvising in the moment yet respectful
of musical traditions. The trio’s name comes
from Roman architect and philosopher
Vitruvius, whose concepts regarding beauty,
structure and proportions the trio adopted
and applied to their understanding of music
and interpretations. Niklas Walentin (violin),
Jacob la Cour (cello) and Alexander McKenzie
(piano) are not only talented but also highly
attuned to Schubert’s music.
Schubert’s final piano trio (D.929) is
rich, monumental, ingenious, surprisingly
intimate at times, a masterpiece of structural
and harmonic genius, and one of my
favourite pieces of music. I cannot help but
note the parallel between the Vitruvian
Triad (as written in De Architectura) and the
trio’s interpretation of Schubert’s music: it
seems that both Vitruvius and Vitruvi aspired
to make their creations solid, useful and
beautiful. Vitruvi takes it one step further –
they infuse Schubert’s music with a sense
of adventure and limitless colours. Here we
are treated to the original, longer version
of the fourth movement, which makes this
recording even more precious. Notturno,
written in the same year, makes
for the lush, lyrical conclusion
of this album.
Ivana Popovic
Wagner – Orchestral music
from Der Ring des Nibelungen
Buffalo Philharmonic
Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta
Naxos 8.573839 (naxos.com)
! ! Apart from having a great
sense of theatre, Wagner was
also a tremendous orchestrator,
much of it self-taught.
He increased the size of the
orchestra, invented new instruments
(e.g. Wagner tuba), and
like Debussy later, created a
new sound, new orchestral
colours, and had definite ideas
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as to the placement
of the orchestra
in relation to the
stage. He was also
the first one who
thought of turning
off the lights in
the auditorium
during performance.
Naturally the orchestra became an integral
part of his music dramas and much of his
orchestral music can be independently played
at concerts.
The Ring has ample scope for this, collected
now on a single CD by Naxos with the Buffalo
Philharmonic and their current music
director, JoAnn Falletta. It’s primary purpose
most likely is to show off the virtuosity of this
fine ensemble and its conductor and perhaps
give an introduction to the uninitiated at a
low price. The excerpts evoke some of the
great scenes, like the Entry of the Gods into
Valhalla over a rainbow bridge or the Ride of
the Valkyries where you can hear the shrieks
of laughter of the warrior maidens and the
neighing of the horses, or the wondrous
Magic Fire Music with its shimmering curtain
of sound. We can even hear the waves of
the mighty Rhine carrying Siegfried to his
eventual doom.
Given the enormous popularity of the Ring
today and dozens of new video versions,
this modest CD is a good reminder of
the timeless musical beauties that might
escape the hurried wayfarers of our digital,
plug-in world.
Janos Gardonyi
Mahler – Symphony No.1
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker; Ádám Fischer
Avi-Music 8553390 (avi-music.de)
!!
It started innocently
enough.
Our stalwart editor
kindly brought
me this Mahler
disc conducted by
a fellow named
Fischer. I presumed
his first name was
Iván, well known
for the excellence of his Mahler recordings
with his Budapest Festival Orchestra;
but what was he doing in Düsseldorf? Well,
I was (not so) sadly mistaken; Iván has
an elder brother, named Ádám, who has
been the music director of the venerable
Düsseldorf orchestra since 2015. And what
of the Düsseldorf ensemble? Established 200
years ago, it was led in its early days by the
likes of Mendelssohn and Schumann. Though
their symphonic profile is unfortunately
overshadowed these days by their onerous
commitments to the local opera house, they
are an aristocratic ensemble of outstanding
sensitivity that deserves a far greater international
reputation.
In fact, I was so impressed by the excellence
of this recording of Mahler’s fledgling
symphony I eagerly sought out and strongly
recommend their earlier volumes of this
ongoing cycle as well, which Fischer boldly
launched in 2015 with the most under-appreciated
of Mahler’s symphonies, the sphinxlike
Seventh. I was floored by that 2015
performance, which is amongst the finest I
have ever heard. From start to finish Fischer
never loses sight of the connecting threads of
this highly sectional work, expertly driving it
to a triumphal conclusion. I was reminded of
an incident in 1976 when I was astonished to
witness a high school band sauntering down
Bloor Street during the annual Christmas
parade, blasting away the principal theme
of the finale of this work. Mahler himself
would have been delighted to have witnessed
that event; his time had indeed come! That’s
exactly how joyously the conclusion of this
work reaches its spirited apotheosis.
The subsequent volume featuring the
Fourth Symphony is equally fine, a beautifully
sculpted sonic landscape imbued with
the effervescent spirit of Haydn, over which
passing clouds of mock menace occasionally
appear. No detail is overlooked and
the performance is full of personality with
a chamber-music-like delicacy. It rivals
my sentimental favourite performance by
George Szell.
The recordings in this ongoing cycle are
edits of live performances captured by
German Radio. The sound is excellent and
the audience is undetectable, though at times
the lower frequencies seem slightly indistinct
(notably in the First Symphony), likely
due to the unusual spherical design of the
Düsseldorf Tonhalle, a repurposed, massive
planetarium constructed in 1926. Fischer
himself contributes his own provocative
thoughts in the program notes.
A fourth volume devoted to the Fifth
Symphony was released in March. Digital
downloads are available at avi-music.de.
This series promises to rank among the
most compelling of Mahler cycles in a very
crowded field.
Daniel Foley
Prokofiev – Symphony No.7; Orchestral
works
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Marin
Alsop
Naxos 8.573620 (naxos.com)
!!
Sergei Prokofiev
made a disastrous
decision in 1936 to
return to his homeland,
the Soviet
Union. Already a
much celebrated
composer and
pianist in the West,
he was hoping the Stalinist repression and
terror wouldn’t apply to him like it did to
Shostakovich, who kept a packed suitcase by
his bedside to be ready when the KGB showed
up. It didn’t, but Prokofiev’s creative genius
was much curtailed and, plagued with ill
health, financial and marriage problems, he
was driven to an early death in 1953 (a day I
remember), a few hours before Stalin died.
The Seventh Symphony that stems from
this period shows no sign of the lessening of
his talents, although it was aimed at pleasing
the regime. What makes it so beautiful is
his melodic gifts par excellence combined
with tremendous skill in counterpoint, with
countermelodies going in the opposite direction
in the lower registers against the main
subjects in the upper strings. The effect is
remarkably original, and made transparent
here by Marin Alsop. She recorded the entire
set of Prokofiev’s symphonies with the Sao
Paulo Symphony Orchestra, with which
she seems to have special affinity. Alsop
takes a relaxed approach, somewhat slower
than expected, revelling in the lyricism and
beauties of the score, but gathers momentum
in the last movement with an inimitable,
energetic yet graceful style that I had the
good fortune to witness when I last saw her
with the TSO.
In addition, there are two excerpts from
the opera Love for Three Oranges, with the
Scherzo delightfully driven in good humour
and devil-may-care abandon, and the
Lieutenant Kije Suite, where Alsop conjures
up a monumental brass fanfare from pianississimo
in steady crescendo to a formidable
fortississimo, a remarkable feat by the Sao
Paulo brass and Naxos engineers.
Janos Gardonyi
Sweet Dream
Jean-Louis Beaumadier
Skarbo DSK4165 (piccolo-beaumadier.com)
! ! How much
repertoire is out
there for the piccolo
player? Through
extensive discoveries,
adaptations
and commissioning,
Jean-
Louis Beaumadier
continues to amaze
us with the breadth of musical possibilities
that his oft-maligned little flute possesses.
Sweet Dream, the most recent addition to his
fine collection of nearly 20 recordings devoted
entirely to the piccolo, offers fresh new
works rendered with the captivating artistry
we have come to expect from this musician
whom Jean-Pierre Rampal once dubbed “the
Paganini of the Piccolo.”
In Guarnieri’s Estudo, Guiot’s Sweet
Project, and Damase’s For Piccolo,
Beaumadier’s continuing partnership
with pianist Jordi Torrent is the source of
outstanding rhythmic precision, impeccable
intonation and synchronicity of nuance. In
particular, the jazzy, technical wizardry of
Mike Mower’s Sonata is executed with effortlessly
cool nonchalance. Carla Rees with her
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Kingma quarter-tone alto flute joins them
in Véronique Poltz’s four expressive and
inventive miniatures, Midnight with Pan.
Although employing flutter-tongue, wholetone
and quarter-tone passages, this music is
engagingly accessible; movement three, Sweet
Dream, exudes utter serenity.
The controlled beauty of Beaumadier’s
pianissimo is featured in Flint Juventino
Beppe’s A Piccolo Poem. William Bardwell’s
gamelan-inspired gem, Little Serenade, uses
the percussive textures of the mandolin and
xylophone to contrast and support some very
lyrical piccolo playing. Rounding out the disc
are Gordon Jacob’s Introduction and Fugue
for piccolo, flute and alto flute, Magalif’s
infectiously cheerful piccolo duet Tarantella
and the improvisatory-like duet, Naomi for
piccolo and flute with voice, by Magic Malik
(Malik Mezzadri).
This CD is highly recommended for both
the piccolo aficionados and its skeptics!
Nancy Nourse
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY
Alan Hovhaness – Music for Winds &
Percussion
Central Washington University Wind
Ensemble; Larry Gookin; Keith Brion; Mark
Goodenberger
Naxos 8.559837 (naxos.com)
!!
This spellbinding,
beautyfilled
CD, featuring
several world
premiere recordings,
will delight
Hovhaness’ fans
(like me). For
anyone unfamiliar
with Hovhaness’ luminous exoticism, these
ten short, varied works spanning the years
1942-1985 are a perfect introduction.
Hovhaness’ amazing output over his long
life (1911-2000) includes 67 symphonies (!)
among 434 opus numbers (!), many drawing
upon his father’s Armenian heritage, as well
as other Eastern musical traditions. Mystically
inclined, the Massachusetts-born composer
revered mountains as sacred, referencing
them in the titles of over 30 works, including
two on this CD.
October Mountain for six percussionists
highlights the marimba in music recalling
Balinese ceremonial song and dance. In
Mountain under the Sea, a chanting saxophone
floats above throbbing harp and
percussion, suggesting magma welling from
an underwater volcano. The Overture to
Hovhaness’ opera The Burning House, scored
for flute and percussion, evokes the austere
stateliness of Japanese court and theatre
music. Vision on a Starry Night for flute, harp
and percussion is sweet and dreamy, while
melancholy informs Meditation on Ardalus
for solo flute and The Ruins of Ani for eight
clarinets, a threnody for a medieval Armenian
city destroyed by the Turks.
The most lustrous gems in this musical
jewel box are works for band. Hovhaness
exulted in solemn, incantatory brass and
woodwind melismas, spotlighted in the
Armenian processional Tapor No.1, Three
Improvisations on Folk Tunes (from India
and Pakistan), Hymn to Yerevan and the sixmovement
Suite for Band.
A truly entrancing disc!
Michael Schulman
Michael Daugherty – Dreamachine; Trail of
Tears; Reflection on the Mississippi
Amy Porter; Evelyn Glennie; Carol Jantsch;
Albany Symphony; David Alan Miller
Naxos 8.559807 (naxos.com)
!!
Among the
younger composers
prominent in the
fecund musical
topography of
the United States,
Michael Daugherty
stands out as being
fascinating, compelling
and yet profoundly revolutionary in his
ability to use the timbral palette of orchestral
instruments, squeezing haunting and intuitive,
drone-like modalities to evoke feelings
of sadness and joy, nostalgia and anticipation,
on a grand and sweeping scale. His music
on this disc has been rendered with urbane
and stylish theatre by the Albany Symphony
conducted by David Alan Miller.
The cloudy sound masses of Trail of Tears
have been created out of microscopic tangles
of intrepid instrumental lines. These gradually
become clearer as the work progresses
through its ferociously revelatory second
movement. This micropolyphony of the
melodic line, pursued by flutist Amy Porter,
entwined with the percussive outbursts of the
Albany Symphony, comes to a mighty resolution
in the finale.
In Dreamachine and Reflections on the
Mississippi – considerably darkened by the
Delta’s history – Daugherty summons his
visionary skills to create a compelling musical
world, at once eerie and beautiful. The music
receives an epic fillip with the inclusion of
Dame Evelyn Glennie on percussion and
Carol Jantsch on tuba. Orchestral tensions
mount in the darkened imagery of Reflections
on the Mississippi; the visceral drama of
Dreamachine is completely re-contextualised
in Glennie’s inimitable manner and expressed
in a magisterial rhythmic style, where
complex layers of tempi are used to drive the
music forward.
Raul da Gama
George Perle – Orchestral Music (1965-
1987)
Jay Campbell; Seattle Symphony; Ludovic
Morlot
Bridge Records 9499 (bridgerecords.com)
!!
Christopher
Hailey’s excellent
accompanying
notes to this release
quote American
composer George
Perle (1915-2009)
on his intentions:
“Music that was
going to do what music used to do, with its
basis being the 12-tone scale instead of the
diatonic [seven-note] scale.” Based on these
premiere recordings, Perle succeeds with
clear phrasing and textures, melodic and
rhythmic interest, consistent pitch content
and colourful, inviting instrumental groups.
The Sinfonietta 1 (1987) exemplifies these
traditional virtues, opening with a propulsive
neo-classical feel. Perle’s string writing
is exemplary both in part-writing and mood
creation; in the second movement, the Seattle
Symphony’s string section supports a questioning
clarinet solo beautifully. Other works
differ; A Short Symphony (1980) is more
influenced by Alban Berg’s expressionism,
especially in the intriguing last movement
where Perle’s in-depth involvement and
analytical insight into Berg’s works produce
remarkable results.
Six Bagatelles (1965) are miniatures. No.5
is notable for its otherworldly high divisi
strings that surge and recede. In No.4, a solo
cello emerges powerfully, contrasting with
sustained woodwinds. This piece led to the
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1966),
where the solo-orchestra juxtaposition
becomes a natural fit with Perle’s style. He
contrasts one orchestra section with another
or with the cello in an idiomatic and imaginative
way. American cellist Jay Campbell
is expressive and assured, conductor
Ludovic Morlot balances all wonderfully,
and the Seattle Symphony shines. The
clever Dance Fantasy (1986) rounds off this
remarkable disc.
Roger Knox
Aaron Jay Kernis – Dreamsongs: Three
Concertos
Paul Neubauer; Joshua Roman; Royal
Northern Sinfonia; Rebecca Miller
Signum Classics SIGCD524
(signumrecords.com)
! ! In these three
very disparate
concertos,
composed between
2009 and 2014,
Pulitzer Prize
laureate Aaron Jay
Kernis has drawn
inspiration from
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very disparate sources, ranging from African
instruments to Bach, Schumann and Yiddish
folk song.
Bittersweet melodies pervade the threemovement
Viola Concerto, dedicated
to and performed by superb violist Paul
Neubauer, former principal of the New York
Philharmonic. The 32-minute concerto is
dominated by its third movement, A Song My
Mother Taught Me, lasting nearly 20 minutes,
in which Kernis elaborates on the Yiddish
song Tumbalalaika and the Fughette from
Schumann’s Klavierstücke Op.32.
The 26-minute, two-movement
Dreamsongs is dedicated to and performed by
virtuoso cellist Joshua Roman. The first movement,
Floating Dreamsongs, pits dreamily,
plaintive melodies in the cello against orchestral
textures featuring harp, marimba and
vibraphone. Kora Song, the second movement,
is more animated, cello pizzicati
evoking the sound of the kora, a plucked
gourd, with the orchestra augmented by a
West African djembe drum.
Echoes of Bach’s Brandenburgs inhabit
the16-minute Concerto with Echoes, scored
without soloist or violins. Its three movements
encompass a vigorous Toccata, a
poignant passacaglia (Slowly) and a nostalgic
Aria that gently fades away.
Many critics, myself included, have
commented in the past that Kernis’ lyrical
lines often lapse into sentimentality, as can
be heard on this CD. I’m convinced, however,
that this very sentimentality has actually been
the basis of his music’s audience appeal and
the key to the ongoing success of his compositional
career.
Michael Schulman
Finn Mortensen – Symphony Op.5
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra; Peter
Szilvay
SSO Recordings 3917-2 (sso.no)
!!
Weighty
Brucknerian
moods and gestures
imbue the darkhued,
dramatic
Symphony
by the previously
unknown
to me Norwegian
composer Finn Mortensen (1922-1983),
enhancing a powerful and rewarding
listening experience, so much so that I played
and enjoyed it again immediately after my
first hearing.
A restless, long-lined chromatic melody
in the lower strings launches the Allegro
Moderato. A gentle English horn solo then
creates a moment of calm before a storm of
prolonged, repeated thunderbolts, followed
by a return to the grumbling opening theme.
Finally, a solo flute breaks through the gray
clouds with a ray of sunlight and the movement
ends in radiant glory.
The Adagio continues the pervading
noir-ness, a gripping musical counterpart to
the popular, bleakly brooding Nordic detective
novels. The scherzo, marked Allegro
Vivace, alternates dancing, light strings and
woodwinds with heavy, ponderous brass and
percussion. In the final Allegro Moderato,
an aggressive fugue leads to the English
horn melody of the first movement, now
transformed into a triumphant concluding
brass chorale.
This tempestuous, late-Romantic music
receives a full-blooded performance from the
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, conducted
by Peter Szilvay, who first fell under the
Symphony’s potent spell as a teenage violist
performing it with a Norwegian youth
orchestra. At only 37 minutes, this CD may
seem less attractive than the two other CDs of
the Symphony, both of which include additional
Mortensen works; nonetheless, this
splendid recording of this splendid symphony
is well worth your consideration.
Michael Schulman
Kenneth Newby – Chambers: Emergence
Trilogy Volume 1
Flicker String Quartet; Flicker Ensemble
MP3-320 digital edition, CD Baby, Spotify,
iTunes, Apple Music
(flickerartcollaboratory.org)
!!
A member of
the Computational
Poetics research
group, British
Columbia
composerperformer,
media
artist and senior
researcher at UBC’s
Centre for Culture
and Technology, Kenneth Newby’s music is
not well known among the general audience
on this side of the country. Newby’s music
uses computational techniques in combination
with acoustic ones, marked by his
training in classical and improvised musics,
as well as his extensive music studies in Bali
and Java during the 1980s. His current work
involves interdisciplinary collaborations in
the creation of audiovisual installation works
that represent complex images of multicultural
identity. The composer writes that his
Emergence Trilogy is “the culmination of
a five-year research-creation process that
involved the formulation of a personal theory
of music which guided the development
of a set of generative processes for music
composition...”
Consisting of 23 primarily aphoristic tracks,
Chambers is the first album of Newby’s
Emergence Trilogy, the other albums being
Elegeia, and Spectral (Golden) Lyric, also
available for download. The works are
performed with precision and panache by the
Flicker String Quartet and Flicker Ensemble.
For Mingus is Newby’s longest composition
at just under ten minutes. It is also the most
varied texturally and timbrally. It prominently
features the double bass – as one might
expect given the title – the prepared piano,
a lacey battery of bells, bowed cymbals and
other metal percussion, plus an inventive use
of winds. The pointillistic texture is revealed
over time via a motoric rhythm, lending the
colourfully orchestrated work an attractive
forward momentum. For Mingus exhibits
several facets of Newby’s advanced transcultural
musical aesthetic where echoes of
gamelan mingle successfully with Edgard
Varèse and John Cage. It certainly deserves to
be more widely heard and performed.
Andrew Timar
Seán Mac Erlaine – Music for Empty Ears
Seán Mac Erlaine; Jan Bang; Eivind Aarset;
Sadhbh Ní Dhálaigh
ergodos ER28 (ergodos.ie)
! ! Music for Empty
Ears gives the
perfect hint to what
you are about to
hear on this new
release by Dublinbased
woodwind
instrumentalist,
composer and
producer Seán Mac Erlaine. It comes as no
surprise that he was noted as one of the most
progressive musicians of his generation in
Ireland – his music is truly unique. On this
album, Mac Erlaine collaborated with two
Norwegian artists, live sampling pioneer Jan
Bang and guitarist Eivind Aarset. Together,
they have created a sonic story that will play
with your perceptions of time and space, and
make your ears beat with pleasure.
I was immediately taken by the first track
on this album, Winter Flat Map. The music
ushered me into the post-apocalyptic space
of pulsating sound waves, enriched with
ethereal clarinet lines. This tune was followed
by The Melting Song, featuring tranquil vocals
(the fantastic Sadhbh Ní Dhálaigh) and gentle
minimalism. And so the journey begins into
the world of Mac Erlaine. Although sparse at
times, the music is so richly textured that one
truly needs to start listening with empty ears
or, rather, without any preconceived notion
or expectations. Layers upon layers are laid
down with a variety of woodwind instruments,
electronics, guitar, keyboards and
vocals, creating a world of wonders, surprises,
haunted melodies and melancholic impressions.
This album is a gem.
Ivana Popovic
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RASP (trumpet in 19 divisions of the octave)
Stephen Altoft
Microtonal Projects MPR008
(microtonalprojects.com)
!!
Stephen Altoft
is an explorer who
draws maps of
musical terrain with
his trumpet. The
title track, his own
composition Rasp,
is a slow motion
expansion from
a breathy hiss to an intense broken buzz,
like an angry housefly on a window pane.
The logic of the progression is as stark as the
material itself: a fearless opening statement
and sensible at the same time, announcing to
the listener “this is what I work with.”
The following tracks (especially the tenth,
Studie by Manfred Stahnke) demonstrate
the microtonal potential of Altoft’s remarkable
customized trumpet. An extra valve and
tubing permit him to divide the scale into 19
pitches without the guesswork of constantly
adjusting a tuning slide mid-phrase. The
effect is both comforting and disconcerting:
one hears unusual pitches securely nailed
instead of groped for, and wonders if one
is hearing the “normal” tuned notes or the
“altered.” And that’s the point, I believe – to
re-normalize the various tunings that equal
temperament has hidden behind its bland
reductiveness.
I’d love to better understand the effects
produced on many of the tracks. Electronics
play a significant role in some, including
the MalletKat, a digital marimba. Despite a
promise on the jacket, I could unearth no
information on the site about the 11 different
composers or their pieces. Nevertheless, the
succession of short pieces (none more than
eight minutes, most five or less) provides
a fascinating trip through this new (or
forgotten) country.
Max Christie
On & Between – New Music for Pipa &
Western Ensembles
Lin Ma; Zhen Chen; Various
Navona Records NM6146
(navonarecords.com)
!!
In On &
Between, composer
and pianist Zhen
Chen weaves the
musical tale of a
Chinese immigrant
newly
arrived in America.
Employing conservative
tonal language
and instrumentation (except for the pipa, the
Chinese lute), the work deftly demonstrates
Chen’s bicultural sensibility.
In a recent China Daily.com.cn interview,
pipa soloist Lin Ma outlined the work’s
narrative. “The pipa is the main character
[threading] through the whole album,” Ma
explained. “It stands for a Chinese girl who
just came to New York City. She wandered,
struggled and went through phases of growth.
After years, she finally gained a foothold in
the new land.” It sounds quite cinematic, and
the music would be effective at the movies.
Several times in the suite Chen quotes
the well-known English horn melody from
Dvořák’s Symphony No.9 “From the New
World” (1893), composed while Dvořák
worked in the USA. In 1922 it was adapted
for the song Goin’ Home by Dvořák pupil
William Arms Fisher. For Chen it represents
the “respect and sense of promise the United
States [has] in the hearts of new immigrants.”
It’s interesting to note that Chen’s setting
of the melody owes as much to neo-
Romantic 20th-century Chinese patriotic
compositions for Western orchestra such as
the Yellow River Piano Concerto, as much
as it does to Fisher’s song with lyrics cast in
dialect and Dvořák’s original setting.
Then there’s my favourite track, Cocktails.
It features just Ma’s cantabile pipa playing
and Chen’s grand piano, effectively evoking
a sophisticated, languid hybrid pipa-spikedlounge
jazz-meets-Satie atmosphere.
Andrew Timar
JAZZ AND IMPROVISED
No Fuss, No Muss
Kollage
G-THREE GT0012 (kollage.ca)
!!
If Norman
Marshall
Villeneuve’s bands
from the 1980s and
90s earned him the
title of Canada’s (or
at least Toronto’s)
Art Blakey, then
drummer Archie
Alleyne (1923-2015) would certainly have
been this city’s Philly Joe Jones. Dependably
swinging and, or at least it seemed, often
employed, Alleyne had catholic tastes and
could be heard accompanying singers,
hard-hitting ensembles, musical veterans
or new faces alike at an unending series of
clubs, pubs, Ethiopian restaurants and pizza
joints. He was a major force in Toronto’s
jazz community. Full disclosure, I knew
and admired Archie, having worked alongside
him on a number of projects. He was
equally fun both on and off the bandstand
and, similar to the musicians he most
admired, had sly turns of phrase. If a musician
had gained a few pounds since their
last meeting, Archie would coyly tell them
they were looking prosperous. And when he
gave musical direction, not that it happened
very often, it was “No Fuss, No Muss,”
meaning, swinging, joyful music delivered
in an authentic and non-pretentious manner
without unnecessary complications.
No Fuss, No Muss is about as close to a
mission statement as a jazz musician could
have, and congratulations to producer/label
owner Greg Gooding and the assembled cast
of very fine musicians whom Archie either
worked with in Kollage or supported as a
mentor for their work here. This recording
both continues and punctuates the hard bop
legacy of Kollage begun by neighbourhood
friends Alleyne and Doug(ie) Richardson. By
the sound of things, their musical legacy is in
good hands for many years to come.
Andrew Scott
Lattice
James Hall
Outside In Music OiM 1801
(jameshallmusic.com)
! ! Lattice, the
sophomore release
from New Yorkbased
trombonist/
bandleader James
Hall, is, as the title
implies, an album
whose themes
are rooted in the
productive promise of intersectionality. As a
metaphor for improvised music, latticework
– with its criss-cross construction, multiple
points of intersection, and inherently open
form – seems so apt that it is a wonder that
the term has not seen wider use. Beyond
Hall’s compositional skills (he wrote six of
the album’s eight tracks) and trombone, the
strands that constitute this particular Lattice
are Jamie Baum (flute and alto flute), Deanna
Witkowski (piano and Rhodes), Tom DiCarlo
(bass) and Allan Mednard (drums), with
the addition, on Black Narcissus and Brittle
Stitch, of special guest Sharel Cassity (alto
saxophone).
Shoy, the album’s first track, begins with a
beautiful melody, played by Hall and Baum.
The combination of trombone and flute is
another unusual but apposite element of
Lattice: the direct, lower-register trombone
and the breathy, higher-register flute
create an unexpectedly compelling texture.
The propulsive, swinging Brittle Stitch showcases
the talents of Witkowski and Cassity,
both of whom take memorable, concise solos,
with the assistance of DiCarlo and Mednard,
who are excellent here and throughout the
album. Traveller, another Hall original, builds
intensity slowly but surely, and features
brief marvels from Witkowski and Mednard.
Beyond its strong compositions and performances,
Lattice also scores points for its high
production quality: special mention to
engineer Aaron Nevezie, mixing/mastering
engineer Katsuhiko Naito, and to Ryan
Keberle (who co-produced with Hall).
Colin Story
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Libération – Jazz Flute
François Richard
Effendi Records CMFR004
(effendirecords.com)
!!
How many
times can one
reach the pinnacle
of his compositional
and fluteplaying
powers?
Well, if you are the
Québécois virtuoso
François Richard,
then the answer is probably several times; in
fact, it might even be a bit risqué to suggest
a definitive figure. He may scale even greater
heights in future, but if he never achieves
anything better than Libération he still has
ample reason to be proud. Richard’s take on
the lineage of the cool, spacey flute is infinitely
less than conventional here, seeing him
summoning woody tones from the instrument
that float benignly over Guillaume
Martineau’s languid piano, the growling gravitas
of Rémi-Jean Leblanc’s contrabass and the
delicate thunder of Martin Auguste’s drums.
Each musician takes turns adding rich and
not entirely predictable harmonic inventions
to the music. The opener Ponctuation
is a joyous, dancing piece which engages
the senses. It’s followed by Winter Blues, a
slow, slightly mysterious and ballad-edged
tune with a rueful feel. Winter Blues features
a thoughtful melodic solo by Richard, as
does Une tempête, which reminds one of
the leaping virtuosity of the late, great Eric
Dolphy. Richard continues to ring in the
changes in mood, structure and tempo,
making Libération a program of constantly
interesting repertoire.
The considerable degree of balance and
integration of melody, harmony and rhythm,
of composition and improvisation, of exploration,
individuality and tradition, is impressively
maintained throughout.
Raul da Gama
Pardes
Amos Hoffman; Noam Lemish
Independent (hoffmanlemish.com)
!!
Pardes
(pronounced
par-DES) is the
Hebrew word
for orchard or
“fruit garden”
and, according to
the liner notes,
the origin of the
word “paradise.” This makes a lot of sense:
listening to Pardes, the Amos Hoffman and
Noam Lemish Quartet’s first collaborative
CD release, it’s easy to feel like you’ve
been transported to a musically intoxicating
Garden of Eden.
Both Israeli-born and exceptional musicians,
oudist, guitarist and innovator
Hoffman, now based in South Carolina, and
Toronto-based pianist and composer Lemish,
have been collecting Jewish melodies from
around the world for over 20 years. With
Pardes, Kurdish, Ladino, Yemenite, Moroccan,
Russian, Bukharian and Israeli songs have
been uniquely transformed by Hoffman
and Lemish’s shared jazz sensibilities and
inspired arrangements. The results? These
songs – many well-known and beloved – have
been reimagined into sultry, sexy, evocative,
compelling and just plain gorgeous jazzinfused
jewels.
Each track is worthy of its own review
but for now, some “quick pick” standouts:
Hoffman’s stunning oud work on
Adon Haslichot; Lemish’s exhilarating
piano on Dror Yikra; the exquisite contribution
by guest clarinettist Jacob Gorzhaltsan
on Äji Tü, Yormä, Äji?; the exuberant
exchanges between guitar and piano on
Tchol Hamitpachat; and the deeply expressive
work by both Lemish and Hoffman on
Ets Harimon. Guest tombak player, Pedram
Khavarzamini, adds yet another layer of
beauty on three tracks, and the Gray brothers,
Justin (bass) and Derek (drums and percussion),
round out this remarkable quartet with
their skilful and sensitive musicianship.
Plug into Pardes and enjoy your stay
in paradise!
Sharna Searle
Concert note: The Amos Hoffman/Noam
Lemish Quartet performs at Lula Lounge on
June 3, co-presented by Jewish Music Week
in Toronto and Lulaworld 2018; June 7, 8pm
Silence in Guelph; June 8-9 Diese Onze,
Montreal; June 10, 9pm Black Squirrel Books,
Ottawa; June 24, 12pm Toronto Jazz Festival
OLD Stage Yorkville Park.
Blued Dharma
Adrean Farrugia; Joel Frahm
GB Records GBCD1804 (gbrecords.ca)
!!
It was while
on tour with
drummer Ernesto
Cervini’s band in
2014 that the idea
of recording a duo
album emerged
for Toronto-based
pianist Adrean
Farrugia and New York City-based saxophonist
Joel Frahm. Fortunately for us, Blued
Dharma, released last month, is the result of
a splendid idea taken seriously and brought,
beautifully, to fruition.
Farrugia and Frahm are masterful musicians
and improvisers. And clearly, these
two mutual fans and musical friends revel in
playing together. Simpatico, musical connection,
uncanny understanding, empathy –
call it what you will – these two have it,
and it permeates the CD. Of the album’s
eight tracks, five are originals by Farrugia –
as insightful a composer as he is a pianist
– two are utterly refreshing and intriguingly
different turns on Roy Noble’s Cherokee, and
track five is Farrugia and Frahm’s joyful jaunt
through Kern and Hammerstein’s Showboat
classic, Nobody Else But Me; listen for the
brief, playful nod to Over the Rainbow. The
title track sounds like what you’d imagine
something called Blued Dharma would:
contemplative, expressive, deeply personal.
The third track, For Murray Gold, is a heartaching
ballad. If someone ever writes a piece
of music for me, please let it be that gorgeous!
Farrugia and Frahm do not merely improvise.
They complement, interact with,
enhance, cajole, inspire, coax and charm
each other. Blued Dharma is nothing short of
magical. You, too, will be charmed.
Sharna Searle
Plant
Éric Normand & Jim Denley
Smeraldina-Rima 26/Tour de Bras
TDBLP990002 (tourdebras.com)
! ! Quebec’s smaller
cities sometimes
spawn radical
music. Michel
Levasseur has
produced 34 annual
editions of the epic
FIMAV festival in
Victoriaville, while
Éric Normand has created an extraordinarily
active scene – complete with record label and
improvising orchestra – even further afield in
Rimouski. One of Normand’s ongoing collaborations
is with Australian saxophonist/flutist
Jim Denley: they first recorded together in a
Rimouski quintet in 2010 on Transition de
Phase. Plant, available as a beautifully packaged,
limited-edition LP or a download,
presents the two in a 2013 performance. If the
title suggests organic growth, a first hearing
suggests it’s a pun, linking garden and industrial
plants.
If the combination of flute or saxophone
and electric bass might suggest sparse work,
that’s hardly the case here. There are dense,
sustained sounds, whether alternating or
layered, coming from Normand’s electric bass
and Denley’s “field recordings” of a clothing
factory. Whether playing flute or saxophone,
Denley often focuses on the slow alternated
notes and trills, sometimes sustained with
circular breathing. Normand and the field
recordings suggest the factory, Denley’s winds
in the glade.
Together they create a kind of post-industrial
pastoral in which the vibrating amplified
strings and machinery ultimately fuse
with Denley’s minimalist, gestural language,
his flute sound almost a kind of first brush
with music in a primeval forest. The result is
an extended meditation on the nature and
meaning of sound, its threats, codes and
ambiguities transfigured into resonant repose.
Stuart Broomer
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Returnings
Jakob Bro
ECM 2546 (ecmrecords.com)
!!
Danish guitarist
Jakob Bro appears
here in a stellar
quartet that
includes two elders
of Scandinavian
jazz, trumpeter/
flugelhornist Palle
Mikkelborg and
Norwegian drummer Jon Christensen. The
result is a classic program in the Nordic
school that ECM has perfected, a clear,
spacious essay in spare melodies, nuanced
emotions and subtle background shadings.
While Christensen and American bassist
Thomas Morgan supply optimum, empathetic
foundations with subtle comments
and suggestions only occasionally coming
to the fore, much of the music feels like a
close collaboration between Bro and the
77-year-old Mikkelborg, who composed and
produced the orchestral suite Aura with Miles
Davis in 1985 when Bro and Morgan were
young children.
The profound affinity between guitarist
and trumpeter even inflects their luminous
timbres as well as their economy of line, Bro’s
electric guitar sound clarified to the point that
it might be a brass instrument. Their empathy
is apparent immediately in the opening
tracks in which the two develop ballads with
contrasting moods. The opening Oktober
is pensive and introspective, foregrounding
Mikkelborg’s Harmon-muted trumpet,
while Strands is pure reflection in pastoral
hues. The title track provides contrast: it’s a
collaborative composition between Bro and
Mikkelborg with an edge of metallic feedback
to the guitar and an echoplex for the
trumpet, summoning up something of Miles
Davis’ electric period. The concluding track,
Mikkelborg’s yearning Youth, restores the
dominant texture.
While this description might suggest background
music, the CD would likely prove too
distractingly beautiful for that.
Stuart Broomer
Masters Legacy Series Volume 2
Emmet Cohen featuring Ron Carter
Cellar Live CL062917 (cellarlive.com)
!!
Masters
Legacy Series
Volume 2, from New
York-based pianist
Emmet Cohen,
represents a confluence
of multiple
productive collaborations.
The first:
between Cohen, drummer Evan Sherman,
and bassist Ron Carter, the latter of whom,
for the unfamiliar, is the titular master whose
legacy is being celebrated. Now 81, Carter has
appeared on over 2000 recordings, and came
to prominence in the 1960s as a member
of Miles Davis’s “second great quintet,”
along with Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams
and Wayne Shorter. The second collaboration:
between Cohen and Vancouver-based
record label Cellar Live, helmed by Cory
Weeds. Initially a label that predominantly
released live recordings made at the nowdefunct
Cellar Jazz Club in Vancouver, Cellar
Live has grown into an independent powerhouse,
with over 120 releases since its inception
in 2001. The third collaboration, in a
somewhat broader sense: between New York
and Vancouver. Weeds and Cohen first met in
2016, as part of an annual Weeds-conducted
jazz-centric tour of New York, and Masters
Legacy Volume 2 was recorded at Vancouver’s
Pyatt Hall.
With 12 tracks and over 70 minutes of
music, the album is packed with interesting
material. All Of You kicks things off, recalling,
in its tasteful, playful minimalism, the work
of Ahmad Jamal, another living jazz master.
The Carter-penned blues It’s About Time is
an album highlight, with strong, swinging
playing from the trio, and a fiery, temposhifting
Joshua closes the show, showcasing
Carter’s propulsive facility. A strong album,
both in concept and execution.
Colin Story
Ninety-Nine Years
Satoko Fujii Orchestra Berlin
Libra Records 211-047
Bright Force
Kira Kira (Satoko Fuji)
Libra Records 204-048 (librarecords.com)
!!
The brilliant
Japanese avantgarde
composer and
improviser Satoko
Fujii, who happens
to play piano and
accordion and
conduct three
separate orchestras
on three continents, celebrates her 60th year
in 2018. Japanese tradition calls it kanreki,
which is best explained to a Eurocentric as
literally coming full circle in life. The Japanese
(lunar) calendar, unlike our Gregorian one,
completes a whole cycle covering 12 junishi
or animals – mouse, cow, tiger and so on.
But with each animal comes the mystical
elements, measures of space and time or five
jikhan which, when factored in means that
a person completes a life cycle at 60 (12x5).
And so Satoko Fujii has been born again. To
mark the fire and brimstone of youth Fujii
has decided to celebrate her 60th year with 12
new albums, one for each junishi.
This very unique and year-long Japanese
birthday fête also means that we get to
experience the full force of Fujii’s creativity.
It’s clear from the fecund surge in the music
of two of the 12 albums that Fujii’s music
comes from a part
of her being that
is highly imaginative.
The music that
ensues is audacious
and is propelled
through her body to
the nerve endings
of her fingertips,
from where
it explodes out of the instruments that she
plays. Magically, on the music of Ninety-Nine
Years with Orchestra Berlin and on Bright
Force with the quartet Kira Kira, the spark of
the Fujii-electricity also reaches the members
of both ensembles in such a manner as to
ignite each one like a nuclear burst from the
corona of the sun.
On the former recording Fujii simply acts
as conductor; the proverbial catalyst in the
detonation of her musical bombs. There
are five songs on Ninety-Nine Years – each
forming a vignette in an unravelling scroll
that begins with a mystery in Unexpected
Incident, and ends with another one, Follow
The Idea, as well. Meanwhile each work on
the disc is linked to the other like a series of
arresting complexes of musical events characterized
by movement, from immobility
through acceleration, to a vanishing point
propelled by both metronomic pulses and
effusive lyricism. The music of Bright Force –
as the album title suggests – emerges from its
own proverbial solar explosion and is resolved
in the quietude of the mysterious Luna
Lionfish suite, a strikingly lyrical feature that
closes an extraordinarily edgy album.
Raul da Gama
Globe Unity – 50 Years
Alexander von Schlippenbach; Globe Unity
Orchestra
Intakt Records CD 298/2018 (intaktrec.ch)
! ! Recorded at
Jazzfest Berlin in
2016, this CD marks
the half-century of
an experiment that
has become a great
instrument and a
flexible institution.
In 1966, pianist
Alexander von
Schlippenbach was invited to present a free
jazz big band at the same festival. He created
the 13-member Globe Unity Orchestra,
combining and expanding the Manfred
Schoof Quintet and the Peter Brötzmann
Trio. The group has frequently reconvened,
with nine to 19 members, demonstrating
that minimal organization and committed
listening can create both order and ecstatic
chaos. By current standards of inclusion, it
represents a small “globe,” but it celebrates an
ambition that began in the European Union
and crossed the Iron Curtain.
This edition has 18 members – three
from the 1966 assembly (Schlippenbach,
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saxophonist Gerd Dudek and Schoof, the
band’s eldest member at 80 in 2016) and
seven significantly younger newcomers.
Among the members are some of the most
lyrical of improvisers (Dudek and trumpeter
Tomasz Stańko [both joined in 1970])
and great sonic explorers (saxophonist
Evan Parker [also 1970] and trumpeter Axel
Dörner [2006]).
From the pointillist beginnings in which
the members assemble in pecking isolation,
the work moves organically through subensembles
and solo turns and moments of
full-tilt incandescent glory. The trumpeters
and trombonists – functioning with nothing
resembling a conventional score – stretch
a swing-era harmonic model to a mindmelding
vision. The ultimate 44-minute piece
celebrates the joy of untrammelled improvisation,
testimony to the invention, openness
and generosity of its members.
Stuart Broomer
Echo Painting
Peggy Lee
Songlines SGL1626-2 (songlines.com)
!!
The artistic
genius of
Vancouverbased
composer/
performer/leader
Peggy Lee is in
top form in Echo
Painting, a suite
commissioned
by the 2016 Vancouver International Jazz
Festival. The Lee-composed tracks touch on
free improvisation, jazz, and classical genres,
providing her new ten-piece ensemble
(comprising veteran and younger Vancouver
area musicians) eloquent music to interpret.
The opening Incantation sets the stage
with mellow, slow, full ensemble held-note
soundscapes and a jazz-tinged tenor saxophone
solo against florid drumming. A
Strange Visit touches on many styles with
its fast, almost minimalistic string opening
leading to a slower atonal improvisational
section, and finishing with a march-like
groove. More diverse style references emerge
in Snappy, as Lee’s opening cello improvisation
leads to atonal squeaks and repetition. A
surprise polka-sounding section with string
lead follows, with more fun in the subsequent
wall-of-sound drum section. It all ends
with crackling new music sounds. Hymn
is a relaxing, reflective work with classical
tonal harmonic changes. which develops
into a more modern-day jazz number. All
but three tracks were composed by Lee, the
most notable being a straightforward cover of
Robbie Robertson’s The Unfaithful Servant
sung by guest vocalist Robin Holcomb, a
surprising yet gratifying closing musical
moment.
Lee and her musicians move seamlessly
between musical ideas with tight ensemble
playing whether from notated scores or
improvising. This is an original, detailed,
unique recording.
Tiina Kiik
The Core-Tet Project
Dame Evelyn Glennie; Jon Hemmersam;
Szilárd Mezei; Michael Jefry Stevens
Naxos 8.573804 (naxos.com)
!!
All of us who
love to free improvise
(and all the
rest of you too)
need to listen to
The Core-tet Project
improvising over 70
minutes of in-themoment
illuminating,
live musical sounds. Members Dame
Evelyn Glennie (percussion), Jon Hemmersam
(guitar), Szilárd Mezei (viola) and Michael
Jefry Stevens (piano) are each musical superstars,
but the big surprise here is how well
they create music together.
From the initial piano ping in Steel-Ribbed
Dance, each soloist joins the cohesive tight
group with virtuosic rapid lines, beating
repeated notes and tinges of guitar and piano
jazz flavours. The Calling is a quieter, slower
soundscape. I love the hypnotic percussion
and piano opening leading to a classic middle
free improv section with piano and percussion
strikes, guitar lines and viola slides. A
sense of humour and individuality shines
in Walk of Intensity. From the opening
pacing piano feel, each instrumentalist
runs at their own pace, building to a higher
pitch, then gradually subsiding to a final
piano note. Silver Shore is a moving, expressive
piano and viola duet with its counterpoint
and harmonies emulating a notated
piece of music. Black Box Thinking features
a wall-of-sound setting with the percussion
and viola in a “Who will win this percussive
banging conversation?” contest. The closing
Rusty Locks has a fun groove-driven upbeat
dance feel.
The booklet notes, penned by Glennie and
Stevens, give a sneak peek to each track.
Recording is clean and alive. Enjoy!
Tiina Kiik
D’Agala
Sylvie Courvoisier Trio
Intakt Records CD 300 (intaktrec.ch)
!!
Nearly 15 years
of collective rumination
about the jazz
trio tradition has
led to this collection
of original
compositions by
Swiss pianist Sylvie
Courvoisier, dedicated
to many of her inspirations. Here,
Courvoisier is joined by her American associates,
bassist Drew Gress and drummer
Kenny Wollesen. Intense, but not insensate,
Courvoisier’s tunes are unique enough
to equally incorporate brooding meditations,
solemn threnodies and springy
acknowledgments.
Dedicated to pianist Geri Allen, for
instance, D’Agala is actually more reminiscent
of Bill Evans’ trio elaborations, where
emphasized keyboard tones move forward
crab-like, as each texture is shadowed by
connective double bass thumps and underscored
by echoing bell-tree-like and chainshaking
percussion that frames each carefully
thought-out pattern. Éclats for Ornette,
honouring saxophonist Coleman, jostles with
a wobbly effervescence as the semi-blues
melody and walking bass emphasis work into
a clanking climax that’s as self-possessed as
it is solid. South Side Rules for guitarist John
Abercrombie is as sparse, distant and darkened
as his work, yet each isolated note is
kept from formalism by cymbal swirls and
drum shuffles; while Fly Whisk, for Irène
Schweizer, isolates the celebrated pianist’s
distinctive keyboard tapestry, relieved by
bursts of forceful chording, without every
compromising Courvoisier’s singular identity.
Immersing herself in these nine demonstrations
of jazz trio wizardry, the pianist
does more than appropriately honour her
important influences. Her playing and
compositions confirm her membership
in the coterie of innovative improvising
keyboardists.
Ken Waxman
Thoughts Become Matter
Zero Point
MTM 006 (zeropoint-music.com)
! ! Controlled free
improvisation of
the precise kind,
this quartet demonstrates
that free
music doesn’t have
to reach zero point
– the lowest form
of energy – to foam.
Harmonized like a chemical formula, without
one element missing, the band is Swiss
guitarist Marius Duboule, Canadian bassist
Michael Bates, plus Americans, drummer
Deric Dickens and multi-instrumentalist
Daniel Carter.
Never exceeding the boiling point on any
track, the group improvisations are nudged
along by Bates’ paced and responsive thumps
and Dickens’ mediated shuffles and nerve
beats. From that point, sound actualization
usually depends on whether Duboule
is accenting his acoustic guitar strings or
crunching rough timbres from his electric
instrument, as Carter moves with equal
facility among flute, clarinet, trumpet or
soprano, alto and tenor saxophones. Carter
slips from one to another with such discretion
that he’ll often be playing another instrument
instants before you’ve finally identified
the first. Arabesques and flutter tonguing
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from his flute highlight storytelling beauty
on Go for the Gold, with the same skill that
his muted trumpet has on Crystal Lattice, as
it hovers beside vibrating guitar strums until
they harmonize at the perfect moment. Even
Duboule’s electric projections on the title
track simply contrast with alto saxophone
refinement long enough to ensure Carter’s
subsequent harmonizing defines the piece as
ductile and dense.
The CD’s one drawback is that its longest
track is shorter than eight minutes. Fewer
tracks and more protracted improvising
would allow Zero Point to stretch its imaginative
concepts still further.
Ken Waxman
Shine Sister Shine
Ian Shaw
Jazz Village JV550005
(pias.com/labels/jazz-village)
!!
Consummate
jazz vocalist and
pianist Ian Shaw
first emerged onto
the international
jazz scene after his
warm and agile
voice was heard on
the soundtrack of
Richard Curtis’ hit film, Four Weddings and
a Funeral. Since his auspicious debut, the
Welsh-born and London-based Shaw has
created some of the most intriguing jazz vocal
recordings in recent memory – and his latest
offering is no exception. In his own words,
Shine Sister Shine is a “celebration of the
actions and art of extraordinary women.”
Shaw – who arranged the CD and is joined
by his fine trio of Barry Green on piano, Mick
Hutton on bass and David Ohm on drums –
is also an activist, focused on working with
refugees. He contributes two original compositions
here, Keep Walking (dedicated to a
brave Eritrean mother) and Carry On World,
written in praise of women and their steely
strength. The other fine tracks on the CD
include Shaw’s innovative interpretations
of compositions by Peggy Lee, Joni Mitchell,
Phoebe Snow and Carly Simon.
Things get cooking with Carry On World
(Starring Everyone), which is a supple,
contemporary jazz tune with luscious multitracked
backing vocals by Shaw. Shaw’s pitchperfect
baritone is recognizably his, while
still manifesting nuances of iconic jazz vocalists
such as the late Mark Murphy. On Not the
Kind of Girl, Shaw demonstrates his innate
and compassionate ability to communicate
the deepest of human feelings. The closer, a
piano/voice re-imagining of Carly Simon’s
Coming Around Again, is a triumph. Without
question, this is one of the finest jazz vocal
recordings of the year.
Lesley Mitchell-Clarke
POT POURRI
(Ex)Tradition
The Curious Bards
Harmonia Mundi HMN 906105
(thecuriousbards.com)
!!
Hands up, those
organizing an Irish
ceilidh or Scottish
Burns Night. Look
no further for your
music. These pieces
were performed
for the most part
in the 18th century and what emerges is a
highly individual blend. The Curious Bards
received formal training in Baroque musical
instruments. They have gone on to apply their
expertise – and such instruments as the viola
da gamba – to perform Irish and Scottish
music which has emanated from a variety
of sources.
The Curious Bards start with three Scottish
reels collected by Robert Bremner in 1757:
see if your guests can keep up with the raw
energy of The Lads of Elgin! The Irish are not
to be dissuaded, with their own opening trio.
While some pieces are more melancholic than
their Scottish counterparts, The High Road
to Dublin displays the spirited quality of the
works of Ireland’s renowned bard Carolan.
The most imaginative arrangements on
the CD must be the Highland Battle. Just as
other Renaissance composers, for example,
Byrd and Susato, set the sounds of a battle to
music, so the Caledonian Pocket Companion
of 1750 conveys the battle via flute and violin,
even down to the mournful Lamentation for
the Chief.
And so the jigs and reels continue (not least
the Reel of Tulloch), enough for an evening’s
Irish and Scottish celebrations. This choice
by Baroque-trained musicians is strange, but
it should not deter anyone. There is a crispness
to the interpretations, which that very
training brings out.
Michael Schwartz
Rosewood Café
Margaret Herlehy
Big Round Records BR8950
(bigroundrecoreds.com)
!!
In Rosewood
Café, a small
band of Latin jazz
performers, fronted
by an oboe of all
things, presents a
sweet collection of
songs in the South
American popular
idiom. Oboist
Margaret Herlehy has a lively sense of rhythm
and phrase. She matches well with the more
typical elements of a Latin jazz combo:
drums, guitar and piano.
The CD title gives a good indication of one
likely market for this product: it’s exactly
the sort of fresh sound one might hear for
the first time over a latté in the local coffee
haunt, played slightly below the surrounding
murmur of conversation and clicking of
laptop keyboards. One approaches the server
to inquire and one sees that it does indeed
feature the oboe in this atypical mix, and
one revisits one’s sense of what exactly the
oboe can or should do. It’s lovely to hear the
pairing of oboe and flute racing to the finish
of track six, Diabinho maluco by Jacob do
Bandolim, the only really uptempo cut on the
collection, by.
Apart from the final track, Astor Piazzolla’s
Café 1930, the composers featured are fairly
unknown to the non-aficionado of popular
Latin music, and in spite of a promise of
an online listing, neither the disc nor the
website provide any great detail about
them. Interesting to note that the one most
often featured is Brazilian guitarist Celso
Machado, who lives, according to Google, in
British Columbia.
Max Christie
Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa
Jeremy Dutcher
Independent jd003 (jeremydutcher.com)
! ! Jeremy Dutcher
is a multi-gifted
artist who also
expresses his
humanity as an
activist and musicologist.
Dutcher
is a member of
the Tobique First
Nation in New Brunswick, and he began this
remarkable project by transcribing Wolastoq
songs from vintage 1907 wax cylinders at the
Canadian Museum of History in Halifax. The
voices and souls of Dutcher’s people reached
out to him through those cylinders, which
were rife with unfamiliar songs and lore.
The 11 deeply moving compositions on this
CD are the result of Dutcher’s “collaboration”
with those ancestral voices, as well as his
almost classical piano approach and dynamic
vocal instrument. Each track is also enhanced
and integrated with Wolastoq spoken word
and singing that was preserved on those
cylinders. Dutcher has surrounded himself
here with a scintillating wall of sound,
including himself on piano and vocals, Devon
Bate on electronics and an array of strings,
brass and percussion – all the voices of a classical
orchestra. He has said that he is doing
this remarkable work in part because there
are only about 100 Wolastoqey speakers left,
and “It’s crucial for us to make sure that we’re
using our language and passing it on to the
next generation.”
In the initial track, Mehcinut/Death Chant,
Dutcher’s voice soars in power, strength
and purity, moving contiguously with the
voice from a wax cylinder recording. Other
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stunning compositions include Ultestakon/
Shaker Lullaby, which has a simply gorgeous
melody and sonorous percussion that evokes
a comforting heartbeat; and also Love Song,
which is arranged with angelic and complex
vocals that act as sonic waves of uplifting
awareness and oneness.
Lesley Mitchell-Clarke
ID
MAZ
Bleu 44 BLEUCD-4445 (mazworld.ca)
!!
Montreal group
MAZ has many
accolades under
their belt. With this,
their third album,
there should be
many more to come
as the group tastefully
takes Québécois traditional music in a
new direction, as the group self-describes, “in
a flow of trad, jazz and electro.”
Each member is a superb performer/
composer. Leader/electric guitarist/banjoist
Marc Maziade plays and sings with confidence
and originality. His opening zippy clear vocals
in the traditional tune La guenille foreshadow
what the future tracks will bring, with a fastdriving
bass groove by Hugo Blouin, great
fiddling by Pierre-Olivier Dufresne, and
Roxane Beaulieu on keyboards. The rest are
original tunes which feature interesting style
developments. Love the club dance feel of
Projet 4, as a touch of folk is supported by
solid low-end bounce and electro music. Le
fléau moves at a nice walking pace as traditional
music is modernized with a nice accelerando,
bouncy melody, instrumental solos
and closing squeaks. Le cercle dives into more
contemporary sounds with its larger interval
leap melodic lines, multi-rhythms and quasiatonal
harmonic changes. The fun upbeat
closing of ID 4/4 – reel du chemin moves
subtly from pop vocals and grooves to a more
traditional reel so we can all remember where
their music came from!
MAZ members are so respectful of each
other that the multi-genre styles they are
transforming and combining never feel
contrived and produce fresh, accessible,
inventive Québécois world music.
Tiina Kiik
Three Rivers
Jordan Officer
Spectra Musique SPECD-7866
(spectramusique.com)
!!
Perhaps like
many outside of
Quebec, I first
discovered guitarist
Jordan Officer by
way of his association
with vocalist
Susie Arioli. First
impacted by the
authenticity of his guitar playing and by how
deeply he had drunk from the well of Charlie
Christian, Carl Kress and Django Reinhardt,
Officer established a high bar of excellence
for guitarists in Canada, playing meaningfully
and without unnecessary sentimentality
in what I might describe as “roots” music; a
performative style that foregrounds acoustic
timbres, period-piece instruments and nondigitally
mediated sounds to conjure up a
place and space of yesteryear.
Said commitment continues here on Three
Rivers, but, like many broad musical thinkers,
Officer is now beyond genre in his approach.
While there are clear flourishes of jazz
throughout, this recording is an expansive
musical undertaking that employs the blues,
country, a connection to hymns, and gospel
singing with whimsically expressive lyrics
scattered throughout. It sounds like a road
album or a travelogue with sights and sounds,
all quintessentially American, created sonically
or in the mind’s eye. I was not familiar
with Officer as a singer before this recording,
but am not surprised to discover that he is
talented, expressive and, most of all, musical
in his delivery. This is a thoroughly enjoyable
recording, both musically and sonically,
and one that should earn Officer heightened
accolades and fans.
Andrew Scott
7 Billion
Kiran Ahluwalia
Independent KM2018 (kiranmusic.com)
!!
Steeped in the
vocal traditions of
India and Pakistan,
Kiran Ahluwalia
has, in the course
of six albums, restlessly
explored
world music genres
featuring collaborations
with Celtic fiddler Natalie MacMaster,
Malian group Tinariwen, Portuguese fado
masters and jazz guitarist Rez Abbasi. Her
discs have garnered her two JUNO Awards
and other significant accolades.
Over six songs, with music and lyrics
by Ahluwalia, 7 Billion explores yet more
musical crossroads in search of the human
condition with the help of her five-piece band
of electric guitar, electric bass, keyboards,
tabla and drum kit. “When you take different
styles and merge them together… then you’re
really developing a new hybrid genre,”
Ahluwalia says. “For me it’s important to
blur the musical boundaries between my
Indian background, influences from Western
sounds and… Mali. It’s incredibly invigorating
when I feel a connection in expressions
from different cultures and then figure
out ways to connect them seamlessly in my
music,” she states. Her lyrics speak of realizing
female desire without shame, the perils
of love, and raging against the institutionalization
of religion.
Recorded in a Toronto studio, Ahluwalia’s
We Sinful Women caps the album. Its
lyrics use a 1991 Urdu feminist poem by
Kishwar Naheed (translated by Rukhsana
Ahmad, the Pakistani novelist, playwright
and poet). A powerful indictment of male
oppression of women, it’s also a rocker
with a hook-y chorus, with room to feature
driving jazz breaks by electric guitarist
Abbasi and organist Louis Simao. It’s worth
another listen.
Andrew Timar
Something New
Michael Kaeshammer
Linus Entertainment 270337
(linusentertainment.com)
! ! There can be
no question that
talented pianist and
vocalist Michael
Kaeshammer has
been on a trajectory
of excellence
since his first JUNO
nomination in 2001.
Having entered the jazz world as a wunderkind,
Kaeshammer is now a fully realized
mature artist, and with his latest release
(which he also produced) he has plumbed
the depths of the New Orleans sound. He is
bolstered on this heady trip down South by
some of the finest jazz musicians on either
side of the Mason-Dixon Line, including Cyril
Neville, George Porter Jr., legendary drummer
Johnny Vidacovich, Mike Dillon, the New
Orleans Nightcrawlers Brass Band and bassist
David Piltch. Other noted guests include
Colin James, Randy Bachman, Curtis Salgado,
Jim Byrnes, Amos Garrett and Chuck Leavell
of the Rolling Stones.
Of the original 11 tracks on this CD, ten
were penned by Kaeshammer and all were
recorded at the historic Esplanade Studios,
located in the heart of New Orleans’ Treme
District. Kaeshammer has unapologetically
blurred the musical lines here between
boogie-woogie, trad jazz, blues, straight
ahead jazz, Zydeco and more. The CD kicks
off with Scenic Route. On this groovy cooker,
Kaeshammer sings with a new depth and
intensity. The tight horn section and relentless,
skilled drumming from Vidacovich make
this track a standout.
Also wonderful is Do You Believe – where
meaty vocals and harmonica from Salgado
and the brilliant horn arrangement by saxophonist/pianist
Phil Dwyer ensure that this
track is a thing of beauty. Also of note is the
melancholy Weimar, which parenthesizes the
project, and puts Kaeshammer’s lyrical and
romantic piano chops firmly on centre stage.
Lesley Mitchell-Clarke
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Free Yourself Up
Lake Street Dive
Nonesuch 2 567158 (nonesuch.com)
!!
I first came
across Lake Street
Dive when I caught
their (viral) YouTube
cover of The Jackson
Five hit I Want You
Back, shot live on
a street in Boston.
I was immediately
drawn in by lead singer Rachael Price’s throaty,
soulful voice. Add to that the four-piece band’s
tight vocal harmonies, groove and cohesion
and I was hooked. But that was six years ago
when doing cool covers in jazzy/R&B style
was their main thing. Now the group’s songwriting
is at the fore with their latest release,
Free Yourself Up, and their sound has shifted
to a more swaggering electric/soul/pop feel.
Vocal harmonies, however, are still a strong
and endearing feature of the band.
Bass player Bridget Kearney (formerly of
Joy Kills Sorrow) did most of the songwriting
on the album either alone or with bandmate
Mike Olson (trumpet, guitars). Her specialty is
breakup songs and she and the band manage
to make them driving and soulful yet still
melodic, as in Good Kisser and the beautiful
Musta Been Something. The songs co-written
by Olson and drummer Mike Calabrese are
lyrically a little more insouciant but still clever,
as in the very funky Red Light Kisses and
Doesn’t Even Matter Now. Generally the album
is a head-bopping ride and I bet this band
would be a lot of fun to see live. Details of their
extensive tour – including a stop in Toronto on
June 25 as part of the TD Toronto Jazz Festival –
can be found at LakeStreetDive.com.
Cathy Riches
Concert note: Lake Street Dive performs at
the Danforth Music Hall on June 25.
Something in the Air
The Continued Relevance of
Composer/Performer Roscoe
Mitchell
KEN WAXMAN
More than a half-century after his recording debut, multi-reedist
Roscoe Mitchell shows no sign of slowing down as a player or
composer. One of the founders of the Association for the
Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and the Art Ensemble of
Chicago (AEC), Mitchell, who also teaches, keeps the AEC going
alongside experiments with ensembles ranging from duos to big bands.
Many of the bigger configurations are pliable, however, so what at first
appears to be a large ensemble turns out to be several subsets of
musicians who more faithfully portray some of Mitchell’s thornier
compositions.
Bells for the South Side (ECM 2494/2495
ecmrecords.com), a two-CD set, is an
example of this. Although an additional eight
players are featured interpreting a dozen
Mitchell originals, the band members –
percussionists Tani Tabbal, William Winant
and Kikanju Baku, trumpeter Hugh Ragin,
reedist James Fei, keyboardist Craig Taborn,
bassist Jaribu Shahid plus Tyshawn Sorey,
who plays trombone, piano and drums – are usually divided into
various-sized groups featuring Mitchell on soprano, sopranino, alto or
bass saxophones, flute, piccolo, bass recorder and percussion. The
resilient Winant skilfully employs tubular bells, glockenspiel, vibes and
marimba during the 11 Chicago-recorded tracks, either in contrast to
other instrumental motifs or as a clanging continuum. On the title
track, for instance, his combination of bell shakes and bell-ringing
echoes alongside washboard-like scrubs as a perfect backdrop for
equivalent honks from Fei’s contralto clarinet and delicate storytelling
from Ragin’s piccolo trumpet. Meanwhile, Spatial Aspects of the Sound,
the leadoff track, demonstrates how tubular bell-hammering plus
segmented scrapes from other players (using Mitchell’s specially
constructed percussion cage) serve as discerning contrasts to formalist
timbres from pianist Taborn and Mitchell’s piccolo. These sorts of
meaningful challenges meander throughout the discs, as when Fei’s
sopranino and Mitchell’s bass saxophone move from shrill peeps and
tongue slaps to a pastoral-sounding coda; or when Shahid, Tabbal,
Ragin, one pianist and Mitchell on The Last Chord work brass tweets,
reed snarls, keyboard asides and bass-and-drum deliberations into a
theme that extends the concept of how a free-oriented group should
sound, offering simple swing and timbre scrutiny in equal measure.
Slippery reed and brass excursions are as common as carefully harmonized
and calming horn sequences here, as are delicate passages from
vibes and piano which set off equally intense drum forays pulsating
from any or all of the percussion kits. The extended and concluding Red
Moon in the Sky/Odwalla wraps up these sound currents, then
expands the program. Taborn’s and Fei’s electronically pushed waveform
pulsations and space-invader-like wiggles give way to martial
drumming and screaming reeds that amplify the wistful, contemporary
jazz narrative suggested earlier on Prelude to the Card Game, Cards for
Drums, And the Final Hand, but with Ragin’s cascading grace notes
and Mitchell’s nasal vibrations rejuvenating the narrative still further.
Finally, the gentle swing of Odwalla, an AEC classic, is the setting for
Mitchell’s mournful alto solo and some drum pitter patter.
A decade previously in Sardinia (2005),
Mitchell, playing alto and soprano saxophone
plus flute, met pianist Matthew Shipp, with
whom he had been collaborating for more
than a dozen years, for seven variations on
Accelerated Projection (RogueArt Rog 0079
roguart.com). In these pure improvisations,
the players alternate solo passages with those
moments where their thought processes
could be that of a single mind. Feeling out
each other’s dynamics and drawbacks, they
experiment with sweeping and clattering keyboard lines, pinched reed
peeps and augmentations in solo and duo configurations. By the time
the fourth track arrives, though, they’ve worked out an interactive
concoction. At that point, just as they’ve serenely probed every musical
nuance, they rev up to hardened staccato with so many timbres packed
into their playing that they threaten to overflow the sound limits.
Accelerated Projection VI is the climactic synthesis, where after experimenting
with inner-piano-string pulls plus ethereal flute somersaults,
they limit themselves to the keyboard and saxophones. On soprano,
Mitchell’s honks and split tones vibrate every note and its extensions
to the limit, as Shipp turns from key dusting and caressing to highfrequency
chording that echoes and links to the reed output. From that
point on, an exercise in smoothing out key jiggles and overblown reed
shrills leads to an instance of sophisticated tonal fusion.
Flash forward 11 years to Toronto and Ride the Wind (Nessa ncd-40
nessarecords.com) preserves a concert Mitchell was involved in,
featuring an 18-piece Montreal-Toronto Art Orchestra (MTAO) specially
assembled by trombonist Scott Thomson and bassist Nicolas Caloia to
play expanded arrangements, transcribed and orchestrated from some
of the saxophonist’s compositions, many of which were previously
recorded with Taborn and Baku in trio form. With Gregory Oh as
conductor, Mitchell supervises rather than plays, except for a brief
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sopranino saxophone solo of boomeranging
circular breathing on They Rode for Them-
Part Two. So how do the Ontarians and
Quebeckers fare? Quite well, especially on
the CD-ending runthrough of Mitchell’s
vintage Nonaah, played by a quartet of
Caloia, trumpeter Craig Pedersen, alto saxophonist
Yves Charuest and clarinetist Lori
Freedman. A squirming chipper compendium
of string bounces, tongue slaps, nimble trumpeting and reed
whistles, the head gives way to a harmonized middle section, while
sombre asides maintain the tune’s ambulatory pace. It’s a nimble
confection to complete the multi-course sonic banquet served by the 18
players on the preceding six tracks. The sonic half-dozen pieces are preeminently
group music, although Charuest, bassoonist Peter Lutek and
pianist Marilyn Lerner, among others, manage brief interpolations.
Offering the flavors derived from both notated and improvised sounds,
sometimes, as on Ride the Wind, the accumulated vamps are almost
symphonically orchestral, with a rumbling trombone/tuba intro
booming like the initial motif of Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 before the
darkened textures are balanced by decorative reed smears plus sunnier
respites from flute peeps, cymbal raps and chromatic stopping from
piano and vibes. More dissonant, with intermittent pacing, the other
tracks include twinned instrumental passages, some as challenging as
Jean Derome’s piccolo face-off with Isaiah Ceccarelli’s snare drum on
They Rode for Them-Part Two, after which drum ratamacues usher in
surround sound from the MTAO that takes up every remaining open
space. The key instance of this mass movement is RUB, which moves
without pause into Shards and Lemons. Profoundly abstract, the
expressive squeaks, gurgles and small animal cries on RUB undulate
sporadically until superseded by the spiritual tone poem that is the
latter tune. The placid surface of orchestral harmonies is sometimes
upset by trumpet peeps and trombone slurs until a harsher interlude
weighted towards percussion and lower-pitched reeds enlarges the
unrolling slow-motion, culminating in a crescendo that distinctively
connects understated, stentorian, shrill and lowing textures into a
pulsating whole.
Mitchell’s influence as a polymorphous
soloist and composer is enormous and is
reflected in the work of other master musicians
such as Daniel Carter. On the threepart
improvisation Seraphic Light (AUM
Fidelity AUM 106 aumfidelity.com), Carter
plays soprano, alto and tenor saxophones,
clarinet, flute and trumpet with frequent
Mitchell collaborators Shipp and bassist William Parker. Obviously less
structured than Mitchell’s work often is, Seraphic Light does confirm
how an integrated combination of motion and emotion can create a
narrative both spellbinding and stirring. Initially graceful and formal
due to Carter’s muted trumpet grace notes, the tune shortly becomes
foot-stomping swing due to Parker’s crunching and buzzing bass line,
Shipp’s repetitive chording and Carter’s riffs that sprawl from moderato
to altissimo. With Carter switching among so many horns and the
others playing percussive when appropriate to bypass the need for a
drummer, the three sometimes recalls a miniature AEC. The program’s
apogee occurs midway through Part II, when carefully thought-out
polyphony means that a groove is established even as each of the players
creates a separate, though related, theme variation. The track culminates
with this layered mass dividing into a walking bass line, segmented
reed textures and connective keyboard comping. A coda as well as a
culmination, Part III allows a pause to acknowledge applause on this
live set, and then miraculously picks up where the previous tune ends,
reaching the same energetic groove. Then the track is slowly allowed to
fade via rolling piano textures, string slams from the bassist and breathy
up-and-down flutter tonguing from Carter’s tenor saxophone.
The musical advances which Mitchell helped pioneer are still being
showcased and extended by himself and others, 50 years on.
Old Wine,
New Bottles
Fine Old Recordings Re-Released
BRUCE SURTEES
Exciting beyond words! A friend asked me
about Universal’s omnibus collection of the
recordings of Birgit Nilsson (La Nilsson - The
Complete Decca · Deutsche Grammophon ·
Philips Recordings Decca 4832787) to which
I answered impulsively, “Exciting beyond
words.” Just consider the contents drawn
from the archives of DG, Decca, Philips,
the BBC, the ORF and the Metropolitan
Opera. On 79 CDs and two DVDs there are 27 complete operas, four
by Richard Strauss and 12 by Wagner (including two Rheingolds that
do not feature Nilsson!) in addition to those by Mozart (Don Giovanni,
two versions, Leinsdorf and Böhm), Beethoven (Fidelio, Maazel), Verdi
(Un Ballo in Maschera, Solti; Macbeth, Schippers and Aida, Mehta),
Puccini (Tosca, Maazel; La Fanciulla del West, Matacic and Turandot
with Jussi Bjoerling and Renata Tebaldi, Leinsdorf) and Weber
(Oberon, Kubelik and Der Freischütz, Heger). Also many recitals,
duets, arias and rehearsals.
As for any staged work, the supporting cast in any opera is hardly
of minimal importance and the producers of these original performances
certainly knew their jobs. First out of the box is the Tristan und
Isolde from September 1960 with Fritz Uhl (Tristan), Regina Resnik
(Brangäne), Tom Krause (Kurwenal) and Arnold van Mill (King Mark).
The Vienna Philharmonic is conducted by Georg Solti. John Culshaw
produced. (After Nilsson’s heartbreaking Mild und leise, the informative
CD that follows, telling us in perhaps too much detail “how the
watch was made,” somewhat breaks the spell. There is a second version
of Tristan conducted by Böhm, live from Bayreuth in August 1966
with Wolfgang Windgassen, Christa Ludwig, Eberhard Wächter and
Martti Talvela. Also a CD of excerpts from Tristan conducted by Hans
Knappertsbusch, who was Decca’s first choice to conduct the complete
Ring, an honour that defaulted to the less experienced Wagnerite, Georg
Solti. Next up is Die Walküre from September 1961 with the LSO under
Leinsdorf. Nilsson is Brunnhilde, Jon Vickers is Sigmund and George
London is Wotan. 1958 saw the first installment of the Decca/Culshaw
Ring with the VPO, Das Rheingold without Nilsson but with Kirsten
Flagstad as Fricka. A very nice gesture by producer John Culshaw to
employ Flagstad, the greatest Brunnhilde of her day, then aged 63.
Walküre follows from 1966/67 with the cast for the full cycle: Nilsson,
Hans Hotter (Wotan), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Christa Ludwig
(Fricka) with the Ortlinde sung by Helga Dernesch who would be
Brunnhilde in Karajan’s Ring Cycle for DG. In Siegfried the Forest Bird
is sung by Joan Sutherland. The famous BBC video of the final session of
Gotterdämmerung in Vienna in 1965 with Solti, Nilsson and the horse
is included.
Further along in this Nilsson treasury, there is the live Böhm Ring
from Bayreuth in 1966/67 with Nilsson’s Brunnhilde and Theo Adam
as Wotan. When asked of their own favourite roles in all opera, both
Kirsten Flagstad and Birgit Nilsson named Brunnhilde, particularly in
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Gotterdämmerung, which demands both a heroic singer and dramatic
actress. Also, Nilsson stated that her best recorded performance in
the role was this live Bayreuth production with Böhm. Under Böhm’s
direction, there is palpable tension and drama. Tannhäuser from 1969
recorded in the Jesus Christus-Kirche in Berlin is conducted by Otto
Gerdes with the Deutschen Oper Berlin featuring Wolfgang Windgassen
as Tannhäuser, Nilsson as Elizabeth and Venus, Theo Adam as Hermann
and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Wolfram von Eschenbach.
The first of the Richard Strauss operas is Salome, recorded in the
Sofiensaal in Vienna during 1961. Again John Culshaw is the producer.
As conducted by Solti, Nilsson’s Salome is wanton, Gerhard Stolze
is an incestuous Herod and Grace Hoffman is a scheming Herodias.
Eberhard Wächter is the unfortunate Jochanaan. This is an astonishingly
realistic, atmospheric recording with, it seems, virtually
unrestrained dynamics that bring the goings-on right into the room.
The book tells us that this is a 2017 remaster. What an exceptional
performance and recording this is!
The first of two recordings of Elektra dates from 1966, also in the
Sofiensaal, and features, of course, Nilsson as Elektra with Regina
Resnik as Klytämnestra, Marie Collier as Chrysothemis, Gerhard
Stolze as Aegist and Tom Krause as Orest. Nilsson is Elektra and once
again the recording of the often ferocious score is well up to the above
Salome. The second version of Elektra is a DVD of the live performance
at the Met in February 1980 with Mignon Dunn as Klytämnestra,
Regina Resnik as Chrysothemis and Donald McIntyre as Orest. That
was some 14 years after the version above, but Nilsson’s artistry and
presence remained intact; and watching her and Resnik made this a
performance to remember. Elektra’s death scene is unique. There are
some bonus tracks on the DVD including Nilsson delivering a curtain
speech at a MET Anniversary Gala on April 27, 1996 honouring James
Levine. Finally, Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten, conducted by Karl
Böhm in 1977 with the Vienna State Opera chorus and orchestra has
Nilsson as Sein Weib and the last change of scene includes James King,
Leonie Rysanek, Lotte Rysanek and Walter Berry.
The very impressive, 200-page hardcover art book contains a biography
of Nilsson, lavishly illustrated with lots of full-page photographs
and full details of the recording sessions. This is not merely a collection
of recordings but a fitting homage to a great artist. Uniquely
boxed, La Nilsson is a 100th anniversary limited edition of 79 CDs and
2 DVDs with 27 complete operas and bonus features
(Universal 8327874).
Hänssler has issued a set of the Mozart
Complete Sonatas for Piano and Violin
played by Dmitry Sitkovetsky, accompanied
in 2006 by Antonio Pappano and by
Konstantin Lifschitz in 2007/8/9 (Hänssler
HC17013, 4 CDs). The sonatas on disc one
with Pappano, K304, K305, K380 and K454,
were recorded in Potton Hall, Suffolk and
the rest, all with Lifschitz, originated in
the studio in Heidelberg. The brisk tempos
in some of the sonatas give them an attractive quality but on the
other hand are often too fast to develop the phrasing in the accepted
Mozart style.
The slower tempo sonatas K378 and K301 and some others are ideal.
The two-movement K304 in E minor, the only sonata in a minor key,
is a charmer, particularly the first theme of the first movement sung
without vibrato. Altogether, a pure delight. As is K403 on CD4… as are
all 17 sonatas.
There are other complete recordings that give more attention to the
intrinsic Mozart style. But Sitkovetsky has more than enough interesting
qualities to justify this one. They are truly presented as sonatas
for piano and violin, offering correct recorded balances throughout… a
very nice job by the engineers, wherein for the most part the piano is
leading. Sitkovetsky is not a flamboyant performer but is eloquent and
compact, maintaining a consistent and satisfying presentation. He is
an excellent chamber music player.
Audite continues to issue historic live
performances from the Lucerne Festival in
the mid-20th century. These recordings are
the first issues to be taken directly from the
original master tapes recorded by the Swiss
Radio and Television, the SRF, at the
International Music Festival. The latest issue
is a concert from August 16, 1953 conducted
by Wilhelm Furtwängler of Schumann and
Beethoven. The recordings are so fresh, dynamic and realistic that for
the listener (at least this one) the intervening years evaporate, and
then is now. This two-disc set is available in two forms, as a 2CD set
(23-441) or on 2 SACDs (91-441). The concert consisted of the dramatic
Schumann Overture to Manfred, Op.115, followed by a mighty
performance of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony as only a Furtwängler
could inspire. The Schumann Fourth Symphony performance is
another triumph in which, from the very first bar, everything about it
reflects a real sense of occasion… which indeed it is. The playing of the
Swiss Festival Orchestra is, of course, inspired and the dynamics of the
recording take us right inside the Lucerne Kunsthaus.
To celebrate Aaron Copland’s 75th birthday
on November 14, 1975, the Los Angeles
Philharmonic Orchestra engaged him to
conduct his own works in their home, the
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Naxos has issued
a Blu-ray video of that concert as it was
broadcast across the continent (Copland
Conducts Copland Naxos NBD0068V). The
concert opens, rather appropriately, with a
fanfare, the Fanfare for the Common Man,
written at the request of his friend, conductor Eugene Goossens. We
know this because, in a voiceover, Copland says a few words to introduce
each piece to the audience at home. Also on the concert were
El salón México, the Clarinet Concerto with the dedicatee Benny
Goodman as soloist and Hoe Down from Rodeo. For the concluding
work, a suite from his opera, The Tender Land, the sizeable Los
Angeles Master Chorale joined the orchestra for the work’s finale The
Promise of Living. The composer’s beat and cues to the players are
clearly observed, resulting in a good time had by all.
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DALE W
Peter Oundjian and violinist Itzhak Perlman perform
Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins with TSO
Well, you got to hold the silence at the end of the final movement
way, way longer – maybe eight, ten seconds of…
Of meaningful atmosphere. Right.
So I’m really interested to know where you stand on the whole
etiquette thing, because what that particular intervention at the
beginning did was to disentitle the purists in the audience from
being your glare police. And from where I sit, the rewards of that
kind of recalibration of what’s okay far outweigh the disadvantages.
Right. So, I’m not convinced that the house rules, developed by
Mahler and Schoenberg really, have the same relevance now as they
did then. And by that I mean that people behaved pretty badly in
concerts then. People talked a lot in the 19th century. It was much
less formal, from the reports we hear. And in opera, too. I mean, at
La Scala there was cooking and eating going on in the boxes. So they
were frustrated that people were not really listening during the movements,
and they wanted to take control, to say “No! You’re going to be
quiet, and even between the movements you’re going to be silent and
not talk because otherwise we can’t get your attention back.” I may be
exaggerating slightly, but I think that it was really a reaction to failed
listening. Otherwise, how did movements get encored in Beethoven’s
time? Because people applauded like crazy. They thought it was so
amazing. “Play it again. Play it again. We want to hear that movement
again!” Obviously there was a huge reaction to each movement.
That’s a delightful thought.
Now obviously there are certain pieces, certain movements that,
when they end – first movement of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto for
example – it’s just plain awkward when it’s silent after that, it so calls
for a response. Nobody has any problem with that at the opera. People
applaud after the big arias; nobody looks at them and says “What
are you doing?” That hasn’t changed. I don’t think applause necessarily
interrupts the flow of a symphonic performance. But it depends
on the symphony and it depends on the movement. Now I happen to
like applause at the end of the third movement in Tchaik Six because I
then get to completely destroy their good mood, by hearing when that
applause is going to die and then bringing in that devastating chord.
I think it’s incredibly dramatic. Much more dramatic than bringing it
in out of silence. Personally. But then I come from a family of different
kinds of performers too so… I mean you know who my cousin is?
You mean Eric [Idle]?
Exactly. Of all the Monty Python guys he’s the one they all trust
with putting on the shows because he understands how people react
and what order to do things in. Anyway, all this to say, understanding
the theatre of things is very important.
Now, do I want applause after the Adagietto? Of course not. It’s
not the end of anything. The silence is very, very powerful. So I think
I know when applause is okay and when it’s not, and I hope what I
have developed is a kind of trust from people.
And one last thing to say: people with a real love for the symphony,
when other people react and clap after a first movement, they should
be saying “Wonderful – there are new people in the audience tonight!”
Going way back, the first time I interviewed you, you were
standing in the hallway of your house in Connecticut waiting for the
movers – Tippett Richardson I’m guessing – to arrive....
(Laughs). You’re right, it was Tippett Richardson. In fact, it was
John Novak’s son Dave, who was one of the movers. John has been a
fantastic supporter of the TSO.
So on the subject of houses – this is a bit roundabout, but bear
with me – when people are selling a house they have lived in, realtors
will advise that, yes, it needs to be furnished, but it really shouldn’t
be too personal.
Staged.
Yes, exactly. And looking at the upcoming 2018/19 season, that’s
what it feels like. Functionally furnished for whoever the new occupants
are going to be.
Right, and that’s possibly exactly what it is. As I say I haven’t seen
the brochure (not for any intentional reason, I just haven’t got round
to it), but that may well be the thinking behind it, because the new
person wants to come with a vision.
The Oundjian branding is gone. New Creations is gone. The
Decades Project is gone. The Mozart@ series is gone.
Yes, Well the Decades Project, I never really got to complete. I
actually loved that project. I have to say I wish it had intrigued people
more. It intrigued the people who came, for sure, but I thought it
was just so fascinating. It was a good example of the things I like
to do. Bartok/Strauss is another example. You know, programming
unlikely contemporaries. Or Rachmaninoff and the Impressionists. Or
Stravinsky/Brahms. Stravinsky/Brahms was especially indulgent on
my part, because Stravinsky was 16 when Brahms died, and I was 16
when Stravinsky died, so I thought “Wow, was Brahms to Stravinsky
in his head that great contemporary, living composer?” And yes,
he was! As Stravinsky was to me when I was a young man hearing
Stravinsky premieres. So I was fascinated by that. It’s all about ways of
framing programs. Of storytelling.
So to get back to my point, this coming season doesn’t have
that curated, storytelling feel to it. I’m assuming that in a transitional
year, with 20 different conductors coming in – I listed them
all if you’d like to look – some of whom one might infer are under
consideration for the new appointment, one way to truly evaluate the
chemistry between candidates and the orchestra is to say “Let’s see
what the new people do with the old stuff.”
Very much so. Part of the thinking is you need to see these
conductors under the same observational umbrella. It’s sensible. And
it’s exciting in a different way. Clearly a lot of the conductors on this
list have never been here before. Some of course are old friends. So
it’s clear what the concept is. There are some people coming simply
because we like to hear them make music with the orchestra –
Gunther [Herbig], Pinky [Pinchas Zuckerman], Sir Andrew of course.
Others may be under the microscope in some sense. But it’s not a
shortlist or anything like that.
And you are completely gone from the picture for the entire
season, I see, although I gather you’ll be part of the picture for the
2019/20 again.
That’s right, yes.
So is that part of the “getting the previous occupant out of the way”
blank-slate thing we were talking about?
Yes. I think a lot of conductors don’t really step aside properly,
it seems to me. I mean, you can look at all kinds of examples. You
know, huge farewell and then a couple of weeks later they’re back on
the podium again and you’re wondering, well, what was that farewell
about then? So it made sense to me to have the announcement
of the new season, which I had no hand in, while I’m still in farewell
mode, or whatever you want to call it; and to include me in the
announcement as music director would not have seemed right. And as
for the season, obviously they’re going to be looking at a lot of people
over time, and also inviting back well-loved, trusted friends of the
orchestra who’ve been here quite a bit and whom they really know.
And the following season, all going well, I’ll be back as one of those!
A longer version of this interview will be available for reading on
our website, thewholenote.com.
David Perlman can be reached at publisher@thewholenote.com.
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Van Kuijk Quartet
Juilliard Quartet with
Marc-André Hamelin
Lafayette and Saguenay Quartets
Ariel Quartet
St. Lawrence Quartet
PIANO
Oct. 2
Nov. 27
Feb. 5
Mar. 5
Apr. 2
Marc-André Hamelin
Louise Bessette
Juho Pohjonen
Danny Driver
Hilario Durán, The Hilario Durán Trio,
Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin, and
Roman Borys, cello
Marc-André Hamelin
FULL SEASON OF 12 CONCERTS $463, $425.
Other combinations available. Subscription prices include
Handling Charges and HST. All concerts at 8pm
TICKETS: 416.366.7723 | www.stlc.com
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REFLECTIONS
OF
WARTIME
JUL 12 - AUG 4
An exploration of music written during or
inspired by times of war; past and present.
BORODIN QUARTET
CHRISTOPH PRÉGARDIEN & JULIUS DRAKE
KINAN AZMEH CITYBAND
A TRIBUTE TO YEHUDI MENUHIN
O HAPPY DAY with BEN HEPPNER
A BIG BAND CELEBRATION
ANGELA CHENG, NEW ORFORD STRING QUARTET,
LUKAS GENIUŠAS, and more!
Many concerts sold out last year.
Don’t be disappointed – buy your tickets now!
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