Volume 26 Issue 3 - November 2020
Alanis Obomsawin's art of life; fifteen Exquisite Departures; UnCovered re(dis)covered; jazz in the kitchen; three takes on managing record releases in times of plague; baroque for babies; presenter directory (blue pages) part two; and, here at the WholeNote, work in progress on four brick walls (or is it five?). All this and more available in flipthrough HERE, and in print Tuesday Nov 3.
Alanis Obomsawin's art of life; fifteen Exquisite Departures; UnCovered re(dis)covered; jazz in the kitchen; three takes on managing record releases in times of plague; baroque for babies; presenter directory (blue pages) part two; and, here at the WholeNote, work in progress on four brick walls (or is it five?). All this and more available in flipthrough HERE, and in print Tuesday Nov 3.
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Schubert: “Erlkönig,” D.328 Op.1 (arr. Berlioz);<br />
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Op.36,<br />
second movement; Schubert: “Ihr Bild”<br />
from Schwanengesang D.957 (arr. Webern)<br />
and others. Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre,<br />
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or rcmusic.<br />
com/performance. $55-$100. LIVE &<br />
LIVESTREAMED.<br />
Friday December 4<br />
● 7:30: Upper Canada Choristers/Cantemos.<br />
Comfort and Joy: A Holiday Offering.<br />
Livestreamed from Grace Church on-the-<br />
Hill, Toronto on YouTube and on Facebook.<br />
With Hye Won Cecilia Lee, piano. Works<br />
include Vivaldi’s Gloria and the song “Comfort<br />
and Joy” with music by Laurie Evan Fraser<br />
and words by Jacqui Atkin, co-founders<br />
of the Choristers and Cantemos. The song<br />
is dedicated to the memory of beloved tenor<br />
chorister Bill Briggs, who passed away in September<br />
after a lengthy illness. Cantemos will<br />
sing three Villancicos de Navidad (Christmas<br />
Carols) from Spain written in 1556: Dadme<br />
albricias hijos d’Eva, No la devemos dormir,<br />
and Riu, Riu, Chiu. The audience will also be<br />
invited to sing along with some favourite carols.<br />
For information visit the Upper Canada<br />
Choristers Website at uppercanadachoristers.org,<br />
email info@uppercanadachoristers.<br />
org or call 416-256-0510. LIVESTREAM.<br />
● 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music. Music<br />
Mix Series: Ashley MacIsaac with Special<br />
Guests Jully Black & Madison Violet. Koerner<br />
Hall, TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-<br />
0208 or rcmusic.com/performance. $40-<br />
$105. LIVE & LIVESTREAM.<br />
Saturday December 5<br />
● 7:00: Orchestra Toronto. An Indigo Christmas:<br />
Great Joy II with the Nathaniel Dett<br />
Chorale. Michael Newnham, conductor.<br />
George Weston Recital Hall, Meridian Arts<br />
Centre (formerly Toronto Centre for the<br />
Arts), 5040 Yonge St. 416-733-0545. $25-$45;<br />
$39(sr); $19(OTOpus); $15(child). LIVE.<br />
● 8:00: The Elora Singers. A Quiet Village.<br />
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; Tawnie Olson:<br />
Scel Iem Duib; and Marie-Claire Saindon:<br />
Constellation. Julia Seager-Scott, harp; Mark<br />
Vuorinen, conductor. For tickets, www.elorasingers.ca.<br />
Choose your price. ONLINE. Available<br />
to watch to Jan 3.<br />
Sunday December 6<br />
● 3:00: Royal Conservatory of Music.<br />
Beethoven 250 Festival & Chamber Music<br />
Concerts Series: Gryphon Trio with Jon<br />
Kimura Parker. Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat<br />
Op.1 No.1, Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet,<br />
Horn and Bassoon in E-flat Op.16, Piano Trio in<br />
B-flat Op.97 “Archduke”. Koerner Hall, TELUS<br />
Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208 or<br />
rcmusic.com/performance. $45-$90. LIVE &<br />
LIVESTREAM.<br />
● 8:00: New Music Concerts. NMC 50th<br />
Anniversary Commissioning Series. Commissions<br />
for Distanced Ensemble. New works<br />
by Kotoka Suzuki, Eliot Britton, and James<br />
Callaghan. Broadcast from Koerner Hall.<br />
Information: newmusicconcerts.com. Free.<br />
LIVESTREAM.<br />
● Arts@Home. A vibrant hub connecting<br />
Torontonians to arts and culture. Designed<br />
to strengthen personal and societal resilience<br />
through the arts. Visit artsathome.ca<br />
to learn more about this exciting collaborative<br />
initiative.<br />
● Kevin Barrett. Live from Lockdown. Kevin<br />
Barrett does a live-streamed set of solo guitar<br />
tunes, coming directly from lockdown<br />
in his studio in Kensington Market, Toronto.<br />
Tune in to Kevin’s Facebook page on Friday at<br />
facebook.com/kevin.barrett.165470. If you<br />
can’t join live, the video will be available afterwards<br />
on Kevin’s page with each week’s episode<br />
archived on his YouTube channel at<br />
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX5pxf-Eb_<br />
cgnAMKTNHgPiNATLYffRk3O.<br />
● Classical Jukebox Founded as a response<br />
to the days of COVID-19 social separation,<br />
this site is designed to provide you the ability<br />
to sing and perform your favorite classical<br />
pieces from the comfort of your own<br />
home, with accompaniments by organ and<br />
piano accompanist, Matthew Larkin. In addition,<br />
Classical Jukebox offers another service<br />
- assisting with the creation of Virtual Choirs<br />
and virtual choir videos for those missing that<br />
collaborative and artistic outlet in their lives.<br />
Further information can be found at classicaljukebox.ca.<br />
Continuing ETCetera<br />
● New Music Concerts. Sonic Grace: An<br />
NMC Audio Diary. Listen to David Hetherington<br />
perform Carter’s Figment recorded live<br />
with New Music Concerts at the Music Gallery<br />
on Dec. 18, 2007, by visiting interlog.<br />
us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d3c18<br />
6f0181e65b8a97d8f739&id=73d892b45a&e<br />
=ebb8b805ad.<br />
● Ottawa Chamberfest. Chamber Chats: At<br />
Home / Chez vous. Tuesdays and Thursdays<br />
at 2pm. Hosted by celebrated broadcaster/<br />
writer Eric Friesen. Interactive episodes<br />
combine chat with pre-recorded and live<br />
performances and feature guest artists and<br />
lecturers from all over the world. For information:<br />
613-234-8008. Visit the website at<br />
chamberfest.com/.<br />
● Recollectiv: Currently holding on-line<br />
meetings. A unique musical group made up<br />
of people affected by memory challenges<br />
caused by illness (such as dementia) or brain<br />
injury (stroke, PTSD, etc.) and their care partners.<br />
Volunteers of all ages also form part of<br />
the band, making this a positive intergenerational<br />
experience for all. Participation is free<br />
with pre-registration. Contact info@recollectiv.ca<br />
for meeting times, information and<br />
registration. Richmond Hill Centre for the<br />
Performing Arts. a•P•art {of} performance<br />
series, every Thursday at 7:30pm at facebook.com/RHCPA.<br />
A reimagined online Christmas series.<br />
A<br />
Nativity<br />
Festival<br />
For tickets, go to:<br />
www.elorasingers.ca<br />
A Quiet Village<br />
DECEMBER 5 | 8PM<br />
Featuring Britten’s Christmas masterpiece "A Ceremony of<br />
Carols", with harpist Julia Seager-Scott, Ēriks Ešenvalds’<br />
"Stars", and Marie-Claire Saindon’s "Constellation".<br />
A Village Messiah<br />
DECEMBER 12 | 8PM<br />
Handel’s joyful Messiah with arias sung by members of<br />
The Elora Singers, accompanied by the Festival Orchestra.<br />
A Festival of Carols<br />
DECEMBER 19 | 8PM<br />
An Elora Singers tradition! Celebratory and familiar<br />
music of the season with whimsical stories read by<br />
Canadian celebrities, from their homes!<br />
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