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Volume 7 #7 April 1 to May 7, 2002 

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T•O. 'MUSICAL DIARY 

March 8, 2002: Quo Vadis, TCA 

A press release from the Toronto 

Centre for the Arts pops up in my . 

e-mail. In starkly direct words, the 

communique states that the 

classical and jazz series at the 

TCA "will be suspended until 

2003/2004 or until adequate funding 

and resources are in place." 

Continuing, the release says 

that the results of a fundraising 

campaign "have been disappointmg.,, 

Then, with just" touch of 

optimism, it's noted that if funding 

is found for the year after next, the 

series will be reinstated. 

Is this really the end of the 

line for North York/Ford/Toronto 

Centre's music series? Has the 

series that raised Toronto to the 

musical heights in the mid-1990s - 

only to crash when its parent 

company, Livent, went bankrupt, 

and then bounce back thanks to 

civic and private donations -- . 

finally run its course? 

March 14, 2002 

At a performance by the Toronto 

Philharmonia in the TCA's George 

Weston Recital Hall, I'm reminded 

of the news I received last week. 

Sitting in the splendid auditorium, 

it's hard not to recall some of the 

great musicians who have graced 

its stage: Kiri Te Kanawa,, who 

sang·the opening recital; Kathleen 

Battle, Yo-Yo Ma, Isaac Stem and 

Alfred Brendel, to name a few . 

I also recall my initial · 

skepticism when the concert series 

was launched in 1993. I felt uneasy 

about its emphasis on star talent{ 

and glitzy advertising, annoyed l\y 

its location in the new hall way hp 

. Yonge Street, and distrustful of its 

private-enterprise foundations/ 

Happily, my first two objections 

were unwarranted: the concerts 

turned out to be serious, highc 

minded affairs; and the hall is not, 

in fact, hard to get to. But I can't 

help wondering if my thirq concern 

isn't at the root of problerris that 

still haunt the series. ' 

March JS, 2002 

To find out how bad things really 

are, I phone David Kingwell, llie 

direetor of the concert series at the 

TCA. He acknowledges that 

because the series staned out as a · 

private vev,ture, the pu~lic simply 

isn't used to the idea of donating to 

it. As well, he adds, "fndividual 

support comes when there's a 

sense of ownership, ahd when 

there's a recognizablJ figurehead 

by Colin Eatock 

like Richard Bradshaw at the 

COC. Organizations develop a 

sense of family over a very long 

time.' 1 

And what would it take to 

keep the series going? "Anywhere 

from $300,000 to $400,000 would 

have made it possible to put 

together a new season similar to 

this year," he explains. "Corporate 

support was overwhelming, but 

individual support was not - the 

few thousand dollars we raised 

was not going to take us anywhere." 

Kingwell insists that the TCA 

is not throwing in the towel, but he 

offers little in the way of reassurance. 

"There are no guarantees. 

We will have to find so!Jle · 

people with personal resources or 

corporate connections. As we sit 

here right now, they aren't 

blatantly obvious." Finally, with an 

audible note of frustration in his 

voice, Kingwell remarks that "it's 

·unfortunate the suspension has 

generated more press than the 

series did." 

Compared to the millions of 

dollars raised annually by the 

larger musical orgaruzations in this 

city, the amount that the TCA 

needs is modest and reasonable. 

.t\nd, to take an.optimistic view, 

it's possible that news of the 

suspension will shake the tree hard 

enough to loosen the needed funds. 

Time will tell, soon enough, · 

, whether Toronto wants a concert 

series at the TCA. I'd like to think 

the city does - but if it d~sn't, local 

music-lovers will have only 

themselves to blame for the loss of 

a musical treasure. 

Colin Eatock is a Toronto-based 

composer and journalist who 

· frequently writes for The Globe and 

Mail. You can reach him via 

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by Allan Pulker 

Tafelmusik 

Now approaching the end of its 23rd 

season, Tafelmu8ik is one of Toronto's 

musical success stories. One reason 

is that artistic director, Jeanne 

Lamon, has never taken success for 

granted or been content to rest on her 

many laurels. In explaining how she 

develops the plan for a concert season 

she said that a major consideration was 

"to show Toronto what is out there". 

One way she does this is by 

bringing to the Tafelmusik stage authorities 

on period performance 

practice, such as Andrew Parrott, 

"one of the most intelligent and probing 

musicians I've ever worked 

with." Another is by keeping abreast 

of the latest musicological research 

and incorporating it into her programming. 

In the last six years, for 

example, knowledge of Joseph 

Boulogne, Le Chevalier de Saint 

Georges, a contemporary of Haydn 

and Mozart, has surfaced. 

Tafelmusik will feature his music, 

notable for its wealth of melodic invention, 

April 10 to 14. 

Fred Gaviller 

Another remarkable man, the late 

Fred Gaviller, was such a committed 

supporter of music and musicians 

that when he died a group of'his 

friends established a fund in his name 

"to help establish or further careers 

of talented performers in the form 

of professionally presented recitals." 

The Fund is presenting pianist, 

Antonin Kubalek, in recital on 

April 27 at the Gleim Gould Studio, 

to raise money for this very worthy 

cause. Mr. Kubalek will be playing 

the same program at this concert that 

he will play in May at the Prague 

Spring International Music Festival. 

The Herzog Duo 

Two teenage prodigies, violinist, 

William Herzog, and cellist, Andrea 

Herzog, may some day soon be the 

beneficiaries of the Gaviller Fund. 

The winners of countless Kiwanis 

Festival and Canadian Music Competitions 

awards, they are acutely 

aware of their need for high level noncompetitive 

performance opportuni- 

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NareUe Martinez. soprano Stuart Hamilton, piano Rebecca Hass. matzo-soprano 

Operatic duets from Cosi fan tutte, Pique Dame, Aida, and Norma'. 

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musicians of all ages, they 

have rented Armour Heights Presbyterian 

Church for a joint recital on 

Saturday, April 27. 

· I asked their father, Bruce 

Herzog, about his children's musical 

education. "It's a family thing," 

he told me. "When they were infants 

I played the guitar for them 

every night". When they were young 

children he took them to concerts by 

the North York Symphony. As a result 

they wanted to play instruments 

at a very young age, and were reading 

music before they had learned to 

read English. By the time Andrea 

was seven he knew he had a responsibility 

to nurture their ability and has 

given them lessons with the best 

teachers he could find. At the moment 

their teachers are Mayumi 

Seiler and Shauna Rolston. 

Andrew Aarons 

Since the Herzogs plan to continue 

presenting concerts, perhaps they will 

join forces in one of them to form a 

piano trio with the Glenn Gould Professional 

School scholarship piano 

student, Andrew Aarons. Andrew 

has won numerous awards and has 

Andrew Aarons 

even already had his Carnegie Hall 

debut last May, one of the "Young 

Virtuosos" recitals. Andrew will 

perform Mozart's Piano Concerto 

#24 in c minor on May 4 with the 

Oakville Symphony Orchestra, and 

will also perform in the Beethoven 

Society's concert in Scarborough on 

May5. 

Appleyard and Famon, 

Mississauga Symphony 

One of Canada's greatest losses in 

the S~ond World War was the Toronto 

composer, conductor,. pianist 

Women's Muskal Club of Toronto 

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Daedalus String Quartet Thurs. Oct. 24, 2002 

Gallois-Jackson-Swan Trio Thurs. Nov. 14, 2002 

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Katherine Chi, piano Thurs. Dec. 12, 2002 

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Mezzo-Soprano 

Catherine Robbin Thurs. Jan. 23, 2003 

Celebrating a great career 

Amsterdam Loeki Thurs. Mar. 20, 2003 

Stardust Qu~rtet 

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and trumpeter, Robert Farnan. Arranger 

for the likes of Percy Faith, 

Andre Kostelanetz and Paul 

Whiteman in the late 1930s, and 

composer of two symphonies premiered 

by the TSO in the early 40s, 

he went to England during the War 

as musical director of The Army 

Show and conductor of the Canadian 

Band of the Allied Expeditionary 

Forces on the BBC. After the War 

the BBC, recognizing his talent, 

made him an offer he could not 

refuse and he stayed on in England 

to make his living writing and arranging 

music for radio, tv and film. 

Canadian vibraphonist, Peter 

Appleyard, heard Famon's broadcasts 

during the War in his native 

England, but the two did not meet until 

the early 1980s when Appleyard was 

hired to play in a recording session 

for a Farnan film score. The two 

have been great friends ever since. 

In a recent conversation Appleyard 

told me people like Andre Previn, 

Johnny Mandel, John Williams and 

Henry Mancini have admired and 

imitated Famon's work. 

A couple of years ago Farron sent 

Peter nine new arrangements for a recording 

project they were planning. The 

recording has not yet been made, but 

Appleyard and the Mississauga Symphony 

Orchestra will perfonn them 

on April 19, conducted by Skitch 

Henderson WQO is among other things 

the conductor of the New York Pops 

Orchestra, and will be joined by guest, 

Carol Weisman. That concert will be 

more than music; it will be history! 

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Saturday, April 6, 8 pm 

Magical Miniatures 

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Bach/Stokowski Mein Jesu, Prelude 

Mirzoyan Theme & Variations 

Grant Symphonie estrienne 

Mozart Adagio & Fugue 

Schubert German Dances 

Saturday, May 4, &pm 

Chopin Spring 

Legendary pianist ROBERT SILVERMAN 

interprets a_ favourite Romantic concerto 

Chopin Piano Concert,o N° 2 

Weiner Divertimento in a 

Weinzweig Interlude 

Dvorak The Cypresses 

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Works by Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Suk & Smetena 

· This is a preview of his program 

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Three concerts, three venues, each Last month J explained a namemore 

ambitious than the last! Start- change for this column from Overing 

at the George Weston last fall, view to Quodlibet. Anditwa5n't long 

fllen on to Massey Hall for a Decem- before I received the following! by Frank Nakashima 

ber seasonal concert, David Opera? Isn't that where people sir 

Warrack's Canada Pops Orchestra Hello,Allan 

loud and high-pitched music in a lru 

takes-its eclectic but thoroughly pro- I see you're now calling your col- guage that you can't understanc 

fessional act to the Hummingbird umn in WholeNote "Quodlibet", Well, that may be true sometime 

Centre April 24th._Part of the fla- from the Latin meaning "whatever but it certainly wasn't the case a fe 

vour will be decidedly Down East, you like," a fine title for a wide- centuries ago. 

in the shape of Men of the Deeps. ranging column about music. 

For instance, take The Retu; 

But a Warrack coneert menu is al- This is so you, should know that of Ulysses (April 5, 6) by Claud,v 

ways full of surprises. "Quodlibet" also refers to Toronto's Monteverdi (1567-1643), basedon,an William Hite 

Briefly noted newest chamber choir, which gave episode from Homer's Odyssey. (Minerva), Kevin Skelton 

-The Royal Conservatory Orches- its inaugural concert, "Magnificat" Monteverdi is accredited with hav- (Telemachus), David Arnot, Peter 

trawill g\ve a coneert in memory of . in December ,and which will present ing catapulted vocal music to ~ew Mahon, Katherine Hill and John Pepthe 

late Samuel Dolin on April 18. its second concert, "LoveSong" at 8 heights of expression and refine- per. These singers, directed by David 

--A new work by Brian Finley, cO- pm on April 26, 2002, at St. . ment. This fledgling form which de- Fallis, will be accompanied by a full, 

arnstic director of the Westben Fes- Leonard's Church. The program of- veloped into what we now know as by 17th century standards, orchestra 

consisting oflute, theorbo, harp, or 

gan, harpsichord, strings, recorders 

tival, RequiemforaMillennium will fers a diverse collection of opera, showcased the talents and virbe 

performed at Donway Covenant madrigals,glees and chansons as well tuosity of solo singers. 

Church on April 6. as English, Canadian and American Ulysses (tenor William Hite, and percussion. 

--Three of the OnStage Series recit- folksongs. making his Toronto Consort debut Another Monteverdi opera, The 

als this month are already sold out. I don't-know whether you want to and replacing the originally-scheduled Co . . 

Couldn't an arrangement be made, I mention this fact in the next issue, Paul Agnew) returns home after 20 ronatr.onof Poppea (April 24, 2~, 

wonder, which would allow the most to avoid any possible confusion, and, if years and slays a legion of suitors to· 27 ' 28 ), is also beu;g perfoFmed this 

popularOnStageeventsto be moved it pleases you, do come and hear our reclaim both his Wife (and great month. Taf~lmusik . Baroque ~r- 

. to the, .alas, soon-to-be under-utilized lively new sixteen-voice ensepible! singer) Penelope (mezzo-soprano chestra aga~ combme forces with 

Weston Recital Hall? All the best, Laura Pudwell) and his throne. Other Opera At~he~ and French. conduc- 

Arthur Wenk, Director, Quodlibet singers include Suzie LeB!anc tor Herve .~iqu~t to bnng you 

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love and ambition, power and greed. 

What more coul~ you ask for? Directed 

by Marshall Pynkoski and 

choreographed by Jeannette Zingg, 

this operatic tour de force, a co-production 

with the Houston Grand Opera, 

features artists of the Atelier 

Ballet along with soloists Meredith 

Hall (Poppea), Michael Maniaci 

(Nero)," Matthew White (Ottone), 

Ste?hanie Novacek (Ottavia), Peggy 

Knha Dye (Drusilla), Kelly 

Campbell, Alain Coulombe, Rufus 

Miiller, Michie! Schrey, Jackalyn 

Short, Vicki St. Pierre, Curtis 

Sullivan. 

Arbor Oak's semi-staged presentation 

of Handel's Acis and Galatea 

(April 12, 13) adds an evening of 

beautiful tunes to this month's ex. 

travaganza of operas. Joining Arbor 

Oak will be La Belle Danse Baroque 

Dancers, along with Michie! Schrey 

(Acis), Teri Dunn (Galatea), and 

Paul Grindlay (Polyphemus). 

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The COC contribution to the mix 

is H~ndel's Julius Caesar in Egypt 

(Apnl 6, 10, 12, 16, 18, 21) originally 

created for the Florida Grand 

Opera. Interestingly, the production 

shares with the month's two 

Monteverdi operas the fact that it 

CLASSICAL COMl\IENT 

was in large part made possible by 

generous support from the Baroque 

Opera Fund, founded by the late Peter 

E. Sandor. Kenneth Montgomery 

conducts a wonderful cast 

including Ewa Podles (Giuli~ 

Cesare), Isabel Bayrakdarian (Cleopatra), 

Daniel Taylor (Sesto), Brian 

Asawa (Tolomeo), and Marie 

Nicole Lemieux (Cornelia). 

Visit www.coc.ca. 

"Le Mozart noif" is how Le 

Chevalier de Saint-George was 

known in his day .Born in Guadeloupe 

to an aristocratic Frenchman 

and a slave of Senegalese descent, 

Joseph Boulogne grew up in Paris, 

travelled in the highest social circles 

and taught music to Marie 

Antoinette. Tafelmusik brings you 

the music of this talented composer 

'.lld ~!so w.orks of his contemporaries, 

mcludmg one of Haydn's Paris 

Symphonies (April 10- 14). 

Visit www.tafelmusik.org 

And there's a marvellous collaboration 

(April 10) at the Toronto 

Centre for the Arts - Anne Sofie von 

Otter (mezzo-soprano) and Les 

Musiciens du Louvre (Marc 

Minkowski, conductor)- each highlyacclaimed 

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plishments -- in a program of 

Rameau, Handel, and Bach. 

"Musically Speaking", presented 

by the Toronto Early Music 

Centre, is a free, one-hour, enlightening 

program.of historical performance 

at the Church of the Holy Trinity. 

This month, April 14, SineNomine 

(Andrea Budgey, ' Randall 

Rosenfeld, Bryan Martin;· Janice 

Kerkkamp) present a program titled 

"Royal Poets, Singing Nuns, and 

Dancing Pilgrims" --monophonic 

songs of sacred and secular love, 

plainchant ornamented with polyphony, 

devotional narratives set to 

music, and "prescriptive songs for 

pilgrimage" from 13th and 14th century 

Iberia. They will also perform 

parts of this program in their own 

series later in the month (April 19) 

Music of Medieval Iberia. 

The Skye Consort is the only 

group I know performing and exploring 

the Celtic repertoire using countertenor 

voice and baroque strings instruments. 

Following the release of 

its first CD recording, "Traditional 

Celtic Melodies" on Disques ATMA 

Classique last year, the Skye Consort 

appears in a free concert at St. 

Paul's Anglican Church (April 26). 

The performance features countertenor 

Matthew White, who has a 

night off from "The Coronation of 

Poppea" (see above). Other distinguished 

eilSemble members include 

baroque violinist Alex Kehler, baroque 

cellist Amanda Keesmaat, 

cittem player Sean Dagher, and double-bassist 

Andrew Horton. 

The group brings their distinctive 

early sound to beaJ on contemporary 

folk music from Scotland, 

Ireland, England, Sweden, France, 

andQuebeC in brand new "old" arrang~Tent~ 

by members Sean 

Dagher and Alex Kehler. 

You' 11 not find a happier combination 

of instruments than in Joyous 

Music for Choir (April 26) - 

Sackbuts & Strings. The sackbut, 

CLASSICAL COM\IE:'llT 

CHORAL 

SCENE 

by Larry Beckwith 

immediate ancestor of the trombone, 

was often used to enrich and support While WholeNote celebrates the April 

the choral sound in Renaissance and operatic explosion in Toronto, several 

.early baroque music. This concert significant choral works - and an imperformed 

by the Te Deum Or- portant premiere - will be performed 

chestra & Singers includes happy this month in Toronto and environs, as 

music by Bach, Monteverdi and thecitygearsupformajorchoralevents 

Biber. 

in May and June of this year. 

Other noteworthy concerts: The weekend of April 6 and 7 

Toronto's resident early music choir, features a nwilberofhigh-profile cho 

The Tallis Choir, presents master- ral performances. On the 6th, Sir 

pieces of the 17th and 18th century David Willcocks makes an appear 

Germany - Treasures of the German ance to conduct the Amadeus Choir 

Baroque (May 4). Duo in Bach's Mass in B Minor at the 

L'Intemporel (Mylene Guay, ba- George Weston Recital Hall. If 

roque flute; David Sandall, harpsi- you've never heard the work, this is 

chord) perform music by mostly a wonderful opportunity to experi 

German composers on April 20. And ence it in magnificent acoustics. 

Critical Mass continues its monthly · Other concerts taking place on 

series with yet another rarely-heard the same evening include the Jubilate 

work, Willaert's Missa gaude Singers in a performance of 

Barbara (April 30). Admission by Haazen's hybrid Missa Luba and a 

freewill offering; proceeds to "Out collection of other choral music from 

of the Cold." 

the Americas; and the Toronto 

. And a local modem orchestra, Mendelssohn Youth Choir, sharing 

Sinfonia Mississauga, performs all the stage (and raising the roof) with 

six wonderful Brandenburg Cancer- · Karen Burke's Toronto Mass 

tos (April 6), with several noted early Choir. (With the sudden departure, 

music soloists - Colin Tilney, harp- at the end of last season, of the 

sic!: xd; Ruth Fazal, violin; Norman TMYC's longtime 'musical director 

Engel, trumpet; Matthew Jones & Robert Cooper, the choir has kept a 

Avery MacLean, recorders; Carol somewhat lower profile this season. 

Savage, flute; Hazel Newton, obOe; We all hope to hear soon liJ1 an 

John Barnum conducts. · nouncement of a new permanent con 

Frank T. Nakilshima, President of the 

non-profit charitable Toronto Early Music 

Centre, can be reached at 

franknak@interlog.com. The TEMC is 

a non-profit charitable organilJJtion which 

promotes the appreciation of historicallyinformed 

performances of early musie,. 

ductor and fresh vision for Toronto's 

major youth choir.) 

Two monster programs take 

place on the afternoon of the 7th. John 

Tuttle's Hart House Choir tackle 

the brilliant Coronation Mass of 

Mozart and the Rac~off Vespers. 

And V ocalPoint, one ofToron~ 

to' s best chamber choirs, directed by 

Ian Grundy, offers a program of 

French choral masterpieces of the 

20th century by . Faure, Poulenc, 

Durufle and Messiaen. · 

'" 

Mississauga connections:; 

On April 9 in Mississauga, conductor 

Chrys Bentley and the Mississauga 

Choral Society give the premiere 

of Requiem, by Toronto composer 

Derek Holman. It is a setting 

of the traditional Mass for the Dead 

(minus the Dies Irae sequence). 

Holman told me that the only restriction 

he had for the commission was 

that the orchestration'had to stick to 

that of Haydn's Harmoniemesse, 

which is also on the program. 

A Holman premiere is lil.way,s 

an exciting event and the choir ,is hard 

at work, tackling the admittedly dif" 

ficult score, getting ready for what 

is sure to be grand occasion at 

Harnmerson Hall. • 

Later in the month, the 

Mississauga Choral Society renews 

its acquaintance with pops legend 

Erich Kunzel and the Toronto Symphony 

for performances celebrating 

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Consider welcoming spring 

on April 19th and 20th, with the 

Georgetown Choral Society, con:.' 

ducted by Dale Wood. They are presenting 

two performances of the 

Missa Gaia. Compiled in 1980 by the 

Paul Winter Consort, the work is a 

New Age celebration of the earth 

featuring taped wolf, whale and loon 

calls, magnificent choral sections and 

jazzy improvisations by a consort of 

instruments. Canadian Paul Halley 

- who is a member of the Winter 

Consort - will be present at tbe keyboard 

for these performances. For 

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with the Haydn Te Deum with orchestra 

and a fine crop of soloists on 

Saturday and Sunday April 27 and 28. 

Are you in the mood for an 

·intensive four-day choral marathon? 

You're in luck: Podium 2002 is coming 

to Toronto in May. The bi-ennial 

conference of the Association of 

Canadian Choral Conductors takes 

place from May 16-19, but don't be 

intimidated by the word "confer~ 

ence". It's an in-depth series of concerts, 

workshops and parties that will 

excite and intrigue both the professional 

choral musician and the amateur 

"fan". On the bill are four 

"World Voices Ambassadors", including 

the charismatic Englishman 

Bob Chilcott, Juan Tony Guzman 

from the Dominican Republic, the 

tireless .Susan Knight, conductor of 

the Newfoundland Symphony Youth 

Choir, and Doreen Rao, Elmer 

Iseler chair of Choral Studies at the 

U ofT FacultyofMusic. 

CLASSICAL COl\IMENT 

The conference will feature 

performances by the National Youth 

Choir - a collection of 40 of .the 

brightest and best young singers in 

the country -- this year conducted by 

Lydia Adams, the Nathaniel Dett 

Chorale, the Exultate Chamber 

Singers and special Honour Choirs 

of children ·and youth that are coming 

together under the direction of 

Bob Chilcott and Doreen Rao. 

There will also be fascinating, 

,Niki Gqldschmidt, architect of the 

sometimes interactive workshops Joy of Singing festival will be 

given by leading national and inter- profiled in May's WholeNote 

national choral experts and plenty of you can get a good sense of what's 

opportunities to meet people and party upcoming by visiting their website at 

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It should be an absolute blast and it's And I can always be contacted 

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(New Music) 

by Paul Steenhuisen 

Theatre is the involuntary reflex 

of the ideas of the crowd 

- Sarah Bernhardt / 

Fides Krucker 

Whereas last month featured an 

unusually high number of orchestral 

pre.mieres and performances, April 

is nddled with intriguing music theatre 

and multi-disciplinary performances 

from start to finish. 

m~ical works on tape, and music for 

The girl with no door on her vmces and metal percUssion to be permouth 

is an inter-disciplinary formed by the dancers, in combinaelectroacoustic 

music event with tion and alternation with the taped 

music by Bryars, Wiens & Bartley, material. In performance, the seven 

and performed by the darkly charis- dance~s interact with Chartier's fiftymatic 

Fides Krucker (Theatre Passe one silver sculptures, inspired by 

Muraille Backspace, April 10 to 28). sources as disparate as stacks of sheet 

I

·, 

Woodwind Qu~nf~! 9 .P.2 ( 1959) • flute, obbe, cl9rin~t. horn, bO.ssoon 

Bagatelles Op.14

N.:w M11s1c 

tion and reading. on this interesting Quick mentions only, therefore, of 

composer can be found at: · 

COMPOSER To CoMPoSER: 

Bra.dyworks at the Music Gallery on 

http://www.ce-review.org/00/12/ April 6; Udo Kasemets' AutoBiowillsonl2.html 

Musics: CODA, featuring music by 

http:/ lwww.karadar.com/Diction~ L.C. Sn1ith&Kase11.1ets at The Chapel, 

Emmanuel College on April 14; 

arylkurtag.html 

interviewed by Paid Steenhuisen 

http://www.interl.og.coml- rune/ the TSO's new commissioned work 

by Jeff Ryan for violin & orchestra 

As always, space, or rather the on April 17;Tapestry New Opera 

lack of it, interferes with my giving Works Opera To Go, on April 22; 

everything in the montti its due here. and at the Music Gallery again, 

Janice Jackson, voice & Eve Egoyan, 

piano on April 27. 

And May 7 Soundstreams 

Canada/Music Toronto co-present 

an intriguing program featuring the 

Gryphon Trio along with Douglas 

Perry, viola, and Michael Redhill, 

narrator and Omar Daniel, the subject 

of this month's Composer to 

Composer interview, which is as they 

say, "coming up next. " . 

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OMAR DANIEL 

This spring, emerging from Omo.r 

Daniel's composition desk will be 

several new works, including a set of 

cabaret songs for Queen of Puddings 

Music Theatre, and a new chamber 

piece for Ottawa flutist Robert Cram. 

As well, during the Opera America 

conference, Tapestry New Opera 

will premiere a fully-staged version of 

his new 12-ininute horror opera Lisa, 

written with librettist Alex Poch 

Goklin. 

And May 7, Soundstreams' 

Encounters concert pairs Daniel with 

Australian composer Elena Kats 

Chemin. Daniel's music will be 

featured in two works, The Man Who 

Told Lies - a 20-minute fable on a text 

written and narrated by Michael 

Redhill, and The Flaying ofMarsyas 

for violin and live electronics, with the 

composer playing the electronics · 

suspended upside-down on the stage. 

STEENHUISEN: What was your 

inspiration for The Flaying of 

Marsyas? 

DANIEL: I wanted to work with live 

electronics, and create an interactive 

envirorunent in which movement and 

bodily gestures are converted into 

digital information sent to sound 

processors which alter the soun~ of 

the violin. The second inspiration is 

Titian's painting The Flaying of 

Marsyas(1515-76), whichdepictsthe 

final stages of a musical duel between 

the God Apollo and the satyr 

Marsyas. According to Greek 

mythology, Marsyas picked up the 

pan flute when Athena, daughter of 

Zeus, discarded it out of vanity - she 

thought that her face became bloated 

and ugly when she played the 

1 instrument. Becoming an expei;t 

player, Marsyas challenged Apollo, 

the patron of music, to a performing 

contest. Apollo agreed but stipulated 

that the winner could decide the 

punishment of the loser. The judging 

Muses awarded the victory to Apollo, 

who chose to hang Marsyas from a 

tree and flay him alive. His sufferipg 

and death were lamented by earthly 

beings such as animals, other satyrs, 

and nymphs, whose flowing tears 

formed a river named·after him. 

It's no coincidence that in the' 

story and painting Apollo is depicted 

playing a stringed instrument, while 

Marsyas plays flute. In some cirdes, 

string instruments were considered 

more 'divine' by virtue of the 

mathematical principles they c;ould, .. 

easily illustrate, and wind instruments 

were considered 'pagan.' The 

myth is not only a parable on the 

dangers of audacity and prid,e, but 

also the victory of Apollo's noble 

music over the TOIJgh and lascivious . 

piping of his opponent. For my 

piece, I've distilled the Titian painting 

to its essential elements: Apollo 

playing a violin to the left, and 

Marsyas (in this case, the composer) 

hanging upside down in the centre .. 

Fundamentally, throughout the piece 

the god plays, and the satyr reacts, 

physically /electronically. · 

Another related source is 

Andreas Ve:;alius' 1543 collection of 

anatomical etchings entitled De 

Humani Corporis Fabrica. The 

woodcuts' are attlibuted to Titian, and 

the poses of the flayed/dissected 

figures are employed structurally in 

the piece. Marsyas, while hanging, 

adopts the poses of Vesalius' 

characters to demarcate compact 

one-minute sections in the piece. 

STEENHillSEN: Can you describe 

further the relation between the 

myth/painting, and the compcisition? 

DANIEL: To a certain extent, the 

characters in the music are 

representations of the two main 

characters in the myth. When I went 

about composing it, the first thing I· 

did was write a 12-minute solo violin 

piece, which I thought about in 

relation to Apollo playing while 

Marsyas was being flayed. It starts 

off with a virtuoso passage showing 

off Apollo's prowess on the 

instrument. After that first minute 

and a half, the piece moves through 

various compositional stages 

depicting first a type of seduction, 

with Apollo toying with Marsyas as 

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he's ' hanging upside down, then a . piece tends to wallow more in the figures reportedly in an attempt to 

murder/death scene, followed by a 

c0ncluding lament. By the time the 

deaih scene comes around, the . 

electronic alterations to the violin 

~undproduce something very 

;i'~ive and highly noise based, 

niucfrle5s harmoruous than at the 

foginhlng. 

STEENHUISEN: What is the ruitute 

gratuitous than the symbolic. As the 

piece unfolds, interestingly enough, 

the point could be made that in the 

very last section, the lament, the 

samples that are triggered, and the 

proc:esSing that is achieved by the 

hanging musician is the purest in the 

entire piece, so there may be 

something to that. 

remove the person-to-person 

associations and give us the distance 

and emotional detachment to maybe 

allow us to face the satyr, and to 

endure the sight of such a gruesome 

event. It seems the result would be 

quite the opposite in a live perform- 

ance of your piece - hanging upside- 

, down will heighten the torturous 

'arid function of the live electronics? STEENHUISEN: How is the flaying - nature o~ the story. I bring this up 

DANIEL There are two types - one 

reflected in the musical materials and because 111 many Greek sculptures, 

techniques? 

Marsyas is tied upright. Why do you 

is the altered sound of file acoustic 

· think Titian portrayed the figure 

violin, and the second is a collection DANIEL: In terms of the solo violin hanging, and what is your intention in 

qf sampled sounds. A11y time the part, the music goes through phases: replicating this in performance? 

violin is heard through the ~ers, more aggressive toward 'the middle of 

·it's a digitally processed manipulation the piece. Pitch-wise, it becomes DANIEL: I understand your point 

of the sound via the sensors attached more dissonant, the melodic contotir about the Baselitz figures, but if you 

to suspended musician, and triggered becomes more angular, and overall, loolq1t Marsyas in the Titian painting, 

•by body movement. The samples, more violent. In the lament, the and compare it with representations 

which comprise about 2 minutes of music hearkens back to more of him by other artists, Titian's is the 

the piece, reflect Marsyas' cries for consonant material. From the point most chilling, the most uncomfortable 

help, and are based on vocal., metal, 

and flute sounds. The electronic · 

of view of the solo violin part, it's 

what one might consider standard and 

and tortured. What struck me first 

about the painting was the tone and 

movement sensors are as follows: I intuitive dramatic techniques for brutality, and also the architecture of 

have a G-force controUer that senses depicting a; scenario which is it, the layout and geometry - . Apollo 

either gravity or acceleration - one is becoming worse and worse, In upright and to the left, a little higher, • 

attached to the back of my neck, and 

the other to my right wrist. The.re 

are also touch controllers. These 

control things such as the volume of 

what'comes out of the speakers. ·For 

example, when my thumb is straight, 

terms of the el!!Ctronics, the sonic 

quality of the' voice, metal and flute 

samples ha:v,e a sharpness and 

aggressivel)ess to them. Within the 

context of each spmple, there is a 

metallic component, scraping or 

Marsyas hung in exact opposition. 

That is the crux of the concept 

to me, in bringing it to the stage. All 

that is required is a violinist to the 

left, and a simple suspension where 

I'm hung upside-down. It's very 

no sound comes from the speakers. striking metal. uncomfortable form~, especially ~ 

When it is fully bent, the maximum 

. time passes. The blood rushes to 

processed violin sound comes out. 

SfEENHUISEN: The pamter Georg your head for the first two minutes, 

There is also a flange patch, with one 

Baselitz started painting upside-down 

1 

and it's qui~ djfficult, but after that, 

~. 

finger contrqlling delay time, another 

controlling reverberation, and another 

the spatial placement of the sound, 

and so on, effecting, ii1 real time, the 

processed sound of the violin. 

Essentially, the hanging figure is 

reacting to the violin and sending it 

back, so what we're hearing is the 

emotional response to what is being 

done to.Marsyas. 

STEENHUISEN: Why did you 

choose to set the flaying, which takes 

place after the musical duel, as 

opposed to the duel itself? 

DANIEL: That's interesting. I think 

it worked out this way because my 

initial attraction was to Titian's 

painting, which I discovered first. As 

time went on and I delved into the 

myth a little bit, I was most attracted 

to representing the paintrng with a 

c6mposition, but I could see the 

musical competition as a future 

avenue ifl were to expand the piece. 

STEENHUISEN: In the Renaissance, 

flaying symbolized the 

removal of the external self, and the 

peeling away of layers, perhaps 

emotional. Is this reflected? 

DANIEL: I didn't include that in the 

concept, but. .. (laughing) I think the 

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the body adjusts. You have to keep 

the body moving, for circulation, 

which conveniently refates to the 

poses and sensors of the electronics 

part. 

STEENHUI~EN: Apollo was seen 

as a prototype pf Oui.st, the god of 

reason and intellect -- noble music 

based on mathematical science and 

symbolized by strings. Marsyas, the 

pagan, is seen as earthly and rough. 

Does the music reflect this? 

DANIEL: Not so much, but it's the 

kind of thinking I would approach in 

another reflection on this story. I 

have the idea to do a sequence of 

these pieces, maintaining the 

relationship of an immobil,e electronic 

musician in varying associations with 

an acoustic performer or performers. 

Another is~ is the relationship 

between composer and performer,. 

and there's obviously another level of 

subtext there. People who experi- 

. ence tllis piece become concerned, ' 

because they sense the powerlessness 

of the hanging figure within the 

context of the piece. 

This tension interests me. It's 

no mistake that I've chosen myself as 

the composer to be the musician 

' hanging on the stage. It explores 

another level of the multi-dimensional 

relationship between composer and 

performer. 

theComp:re-NCMI presents BRADYWORKS 

April 6 at 8pm ~ St.George the Martyr 

197 John Street' (at Stephanie Street) 

tickets $15~00 I Students & Seniors $10.00 

. Tim Brady surrounds us with sampled, tweaked 

electroacoustics. Layered with textured guitar 

work to Annie Tremblay's seasoned soprano, 

; electronically fused together to create 'a 

masterpiece of sonic resonance. A must attend 

performance for new music lovers.· 

Included will be a special perfonnarice of a newiy 

restored, digitally remastered version of 

R. Murray Schafer's "Music for the Morning of 

the Wor1d." Also Featuring Tim Brady's "Music 

Box Belle Curves (Hello Paris)" and "Sauchiehall 

Street'' and Frederic Roverselli's "Qichotte," 

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by Jim · Galloway 

The Life Of Riley 

Definitely not the opera, but still somedling 

to sing about, is this month 's 

world premiere of a work by Doug 

Riley. His quartet, made up of Doug 

on piano, Chris Mitchell, saxophone, 

Steve Wallace, bass and Terry 

Clarke, drums will be joined on April 

27, by the Toronto Sinfonietta, under 

Matthew Jaskiewicz for the first 

performance of Prince &Jwardlsland 

Suite -A Concerto for Orchestra and 

Jav:. Quartet. 

Doug spends four months a year 

on the island and the sheer beauty of 

the place combined with the warmth 

of the people were his. sources ofinspiration 

when he was commissiorted 

to write a concerto whicb 

would combine the elements of symphonic 

music and jazz. 

Each of the four movements is_ 

· a tone poem describing a particula,r 

aspect of the island with jazz improvisations 

extending the structures 

and harmoni~ employed in the piece. 

JAZZ AND BAND 

Orchestral colours and textures are labour of love as well as a daunting 

used to conjure up the visual and task and he deserves credit for takphysical 

experiences of the island. ing it on. And from what I know of 

The third movement (CEILIDH), the him, I'd be prepared to put money it 

Scherzo, also makes use of some of that the Prince Edward Island Suite 

the indigenous percussion instru- will be well worth hearing. The conments 

found on the island- boron, cert is on Saturday, April 27, 7:30 

. spoons, and Celtic snare drum. pm at the-Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 

.Therehavebeenmanyattempts Charles Street West (across from 

to combine classical music and jazz the ROM). 

- with varying degrees of success.\. 

There are basic di~erences. One The Life of O'Reilly . 

generally has a relauvel~ ~omp~ex By . the time you read this, Ted 

structure and fixed form within which O'Reilly will have resigned from 

there is r~om for interpretation. The Jazz. FM91 After 37 years the staother 

rel~es on the unexpected and tion has lost its most knowledgeable 

on surpns~. The ~hallenge of, sue- and most recognisable personality as 

cessfully mtegratmg the two was well as a piece of its heart and soul. 

take~ up by . sue~ compose.rs as The march towards a homogeneous 

Stravmsky, with his Ebony Suzte for sow 1d suitable for backoround non 

W oody. Herma?, Shost~kovitch, listening goes, relentlessly on. A jazz 

Proko'.1ev, M1lhaud, Le.onard world with a progranimed landscape 

BernstemandGeorgeGershwm. The and no surprises. ,Strike Up The 

results have provoked much de~ate Bland! 

as to how successful. or otherwise, . Not every 0 ne was a fan of Ted. 

they had ~n. . but nobody could ignore him. He had 

. There 1s no doubt ~at Jazz mu- strong opinions about most things and 

sic has had a pr~found infl_u~nc~ on aired them- literally. But he cared 

o.ther,fo~, be 1~ pop musi~ or s7- about the music and brought to the 

nous . W1~out~azz, todays music station a wealthofknowledgewhich, 

would be qmt~

y Merlin Williams 

Player's pet peeves · 

It's been a while since· I aired some 

of.my pet peeves about community 

bands. Regular readers know the 

love I have for bands--playing in concert 

bands was a substantial portion 

of my musical education. So why 

vent? Because I see problems in 

bands that could be easily fixed, thus 

providing a better musical experience 

for performers and their audiences. 

Probably the biggest single 

complaint I have is rehearsals that 

don't stan on time. If I show up to 

7:·30 rehearsal, I expect to be playing 

on time. It's a pain for the people 

who dutifully show up on time when 

they have to wait for the Stragglers, 

wlro invariably disrupt things with 

their late entrance. Add to that the 

fact the the latecomers are rarely, if 

ever warmed up, and you end up 

wasting tremendous amounts of time. 

And while we're on the subject 

of warming up, let's talk about playing 

in tune. It's not the conductor's 

responsibility to tune up the band. 

Players have to take on that duty 

themselves. Tune up every time you 

play or practice to a reliable pitch, 

on a stable note on your instrument. 

' Having the director walk around, 

tuner in hand and tell people to push 

in or pull out wastes massive 

amounts of rehearsal time and rarely 

_ produces satisfactory results. 

Next? Bring a pencil to rehearsal. 

Everyone! People without 

pencils should be fined. Anyone who 

writes on their music in pen (except 

when correcting a misprint) should 

have to buy a new copy of the piece. 

I'm tired of providing the "section 

pencil". , 

I'm not letting conductors 

off the hook either. Yes, players 

should be warmed up before they 

start; but it is important to get the 

group playing together and listening 

right from first downbeat. The best 

way? Start with a inarch, followed 

by a chorale. The march gets the air 

moving, and everyone has plenty of 

things to do. The chorale gets things 

bacl,< under control and gets the players 

focused on tuning and balance. 

When I played with the Chinguacousy 

band way back when, the rehearsal 

often started with the Royal Air 

Force March Past. I think I've still 

got it memorized. 

Set a break time and stick to it. 

If you start at 8 and end at 10, break 

at 9 for 15 minutes, and stick to it. 

People who find a quarter hour an 

inadequate amount of time to socialize 

in should go out for a drink after 

the rehearsal. 

Finish rehearsals on a high 

note. Perform apiece. Don'tjustrun 

through it. Let the players leave the 

room feeling a sense of accomplishment. 

And be prepared. Conductors 

expect players to walk. in to their rehearsals 

having -spent some time 

working on the repertoire. This is a 

reasonable expectation. It only follows 

then that the musicians should 

also expect the music director to have 

done the same kind of homework. 

I've had quite enough of conductors 

reading the score for the first time 

when they have the band start learning 

a new work. Study the scores at 

home, and be able·to give direction 

to your musicians the very first time 

they read the music. 

Bands are expected to play a 

wide range of musical styles these 

days. Marches, classical transcriptions, 

contemporary band composi-. 

tions, pop tunes, Broadway medleys 

and swing numbers are the meat and 

potatoes of band concerts. Both the 

conductor and musicians should be 

familiar with the playing styles of 

these types of music. 

Probably the failing that irks 

me the most is poorly played j¥Z and 

swing arrangements. This type of 

JAZZ AND BAND 

music is nearly impossible to pull off 

without a string bass (electric is a 

poor substitute, though better than 

using tuba cues) and a drumset player 

who is well versed in the style. Don't 

think that playing something faster 

makes it swing better. It doesn't. It 

just gets the piece over with faster 

so the listeners won'.t have to suffer 

through it. 

And another thing lacking in so 

much band concert repertoire today 

is solo numbers ~y players in the 

band. There are plenty of groups using 

guest soloists with the band, but 

the members of the band who have 

the talent for thiS type of playing need' 

the opportunity to shine. 

There. !feel much betternow. Take 

some or all of these suggestions and 

try them. The monetary cost is next 

to nothing, and the benefits potentially 

great. 

There are several band concerts 

worthy of your attention this month. 

Browse the Comprehensive Concert 

Listings commencing page 22. 

And don't forget to check out the Further 

Afield section (page 38-40), and 

the Jazz Listings (page 40-41) too .. 

If you would like an upcoming band 

event to be featured in the Bandstand 

column, feel free to contact Merlin 

at (416) 489-0275; by e-mail, 

merlinw@attcanada.ca; on the web, 

http: //members. attcanada. ca/ . 

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alive and well, and April is 

opera month. Through diligent 

and committed leadership, 

opera in our city now 

extends into the realms of 

OPERA & M11s1c T1rnATRE 

Opera in Toronto: A Flourishing Community Resource 

performance, education and 

composition ~- a multi-disciplinary 

art form combining 

the talents of artists in 

many fields, well established 

and supported by a large, loyal 

and well-informed musical constituency. 

That.was not always the case. In 

the 1880s Toronto could boast of 

two opera houses, used mostly by 

intemation8.J. touring companies. But 

by the 1930s, opera in the city was 

a much reduced artistic force. Its 

recovery and metamorphosis into a 

mature Canadian-based art form took 

many years of patient assembly of 

the educational, artistic and physical 

infrastructure that today makes 

Toronto one of North America's 

liveliest operatic centres. 

For the first time, the citY is to 

have its own month-long Opera Festival, 

from April 5 to May 4, presented 

collectively by five leading 

opera companies. The official Festival 

will have 21 performances of 9 

different' works, and other lyric associations 

have scheduled productiOns 

to coincide with the festivities, 

bringing the total to 75 performances 

of22 works. 

. At the heart of the Festival is the 

prestigious annual Opera America 

conference, in Toronto's downtown 

Hilton, April 20-24. The COC will 

host it; along with Autumn Leaf Per- 

. formance, Opera Atelier, Opera 

Ontario (Hamilton), Queen of Puddings 

Music Theatre, Soundstrearns 

Canada, and Tapestry New Opera 

Works. The event is being held in 

conjunction with the Professional 

Opera Companies of Canada 

(POCC) and Opera Volunteers Intematioiial 

(OVI). 

Collaboration and sharing of 

rbources are the emerging themes 

in Toronto's arts scene. Richard 

Bradshaw, General Director of the 

COC, observes that "this Opera 

Festival can point the way to future 

co-operation, and could be expanded 

to include the planning of joint, 

complementary artistic ventures with 

the ';[oronto Symphony, the National 

Ballet, the Art Gallery of Ontario, 

the Royal Ontario Museum, and 

perhaps Soulpepper Theatr!!. The 

Several other organizations 

have planned performances 

at the same time as 

the Festival, further demonstrating 

Toronto's rich operatic 

environment. Audiences 

can look forward to 

the Toronto Consort's period 

performance of 

Monteverdi's other mature 

work, fl Ritorrl{J d'Ulisse in 

Patria; and to Opera 

n.ame of the game is collaboration spectives and approaches they have Anonymous' program of three one 

... because if one of us is applied to the opera stage. act chamber operas: Riders to the 

languishing, it's bad for the whole Another fascinating highlight will Sea by Vaughan Williams, The Teleartistic 

community." 

be the Production Showcase in which / phone by Menotti, and LG Piz.z.a con 

Opera America Conference opera companies display models, Funghi - a satirical work by the 

The seeds for the Festival were sown ground plans and videos of upcom- American composer Seymour Barab. 

more than a year ago when Opera ing pr~jects, and provide rental in- Commissioning and developing 

formation of costumes and set de- · . . 

America announced that it would signs __ useful in this age of the co- new ";'ork 1s one topic on the Confe;- 

hold its annual conference in Toronto od f . I fr bTty d ence s agenda. For Toronto s 

- the first time since the early pr uc ion. ssues 0 ia 11 an Tapestry New Opera Works - 

1~80's. Organiz~rs say it was a safety ~eas~res are .also to be ex- who produced Iron Road last year 

h th, Id , b d plored m Risky Business: Steps to . ·. th . · . d'' Th . 

c ance at ·cou n t e passe up. Health and Safety Onstage and Off - 1t 1s eir very raison. etre.. err 

"People from the opera business (particularly timely given the recent work encourage~ artists ~o solve 

world-wide," says Bradshaw, "will 'd 1 bl' ,_...,, "-eak 'd t d problems of the mterplay between 

h . . fi h d w1 e y-pu 1cu .... u1· acc1 en ur- b 1 . d . al . · 

ave an opporturuty to see JrSt- an . th M tr !'tan('),..,, , ver a action an music act10n. 

th C d h d I t f mg e e opo 1 '-'l"'ra s open- T , A · · n· w 

at ana a as a great ea o o - ingnightperformanceofProkofiev's apestry s rt1st1c 1rector ayne 

fer." Micheline McKay, Director Wc and 0 ) Strongman has for seven years 

o f Pocc , 1s · c I ose· t o th e p I anrung · ar reace. o ffi ere d a h'ghl 1 y 1nnovat1ve · · senes · o f 

process for the Festival and the Con- Opera F~ival 2002 Composer-Librettist Laboratories 

ference. For her, Toronto is a logi- Leading the Opera Festival's diverse (Lib-Labs) in which participants 

cal choice-since it is "one of the most offerings are three COC productions: work collaboratively with several 

diverse operatic centres on the conti- Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov; partners over a one-week session. 

nent." Claire flopkinson, Ch.air of Handel's Giulio Cesare; and the "It's not for everybody" says 

POCC, and General Ma_nager of concertpremiereofTheScarlet Prin- Strongman, "because many people 

Tapestry, believes it will give the cess by Alexina Louie and David are unable to share that creative 

Toronto region a boost in opera ton- Hwang. Opera Atelier will present space ... Bur if you're ready for it, 

sciousness: "It will tell audiences that Monteverdi's L 'incoronazione di then this exercise opens up new 

they should give opera a chance and Poppea; and Hamilton's Opera possibilities that you've never 

that there are many ways to enter Ontario will present Bizet's Les dreamed of being able to do sitting 

this rich art form." 

Pecheurs de Perles. Tapestry New alone in your studio." 

Opera America is the service Opera Works will launch itS Opera Alexina Louie's six-minute opera 

to Go program, promoted as "four Toothpaste, recently heard in 

organization for opera in North 

America. Its conference, entitled bite-sized" new Canadian works Toronto, had its creative roots in 

Op R ll . U. 't 0 . Ad . commissioned from composer-Ii- Tape~try's frrstLib-Lab, which was 

era . athy. 1 

lJl e,t rgualamze,th - . brettist colleagues trained in the Tap- then organized co-operatively with 

vance, 1s e arges ann ga er- . · th c d' Ope c H 

ing of opera professionals in the estry studio. . . . e ana ian ra ompany. er 

· Id ·th 600 · t t' nal Also, the considerable achieve- new full-length work, The Scarlet 

wor , w1 over m ema 10 f C d' -11 n · · · 'th l'b · D 'd 

d I t Its . ., tu art' ments o ana 1an composers w1 rnncess, wntten w1 1 rettist av1 

e ega es. sess10ns 1ea re 1s- b ., d " Canad' o H H · · 

ti. 1...,,;";" d 1 t ed ti' e ieature m a tan rpera enry wang on a comm1ss10n 

c uau.w1g, eve opmen' uca on, Sha 'th fr . f h coc ·11 . . 

fmance/administration marketing/ wcase, w1 excerpts om pro~- rom t e , w1 receive 1.ts 

. . . ' . nent works of the past 35 years m- premiere concert presentation on 

public rel~tions, technical/producnon, eluding Harry Somers' Louis Riel , April 23, and promises to be one:of 

volunteensm and ~overnance .. The Murray Schafer's RA; Gary thehighpointsoftheOperaAmerica 

keynote spe~er is the Amenc,,an Kulesha' s Red Emma; and John Conference and Festival. 

composer Ph1hp Glass, famous ior E ta . ·, k ""l N 

Building Audiences 

The nurturing of Toronto's future 

audiences is an active concern of the 

opera community. 

"At the COC, we've spent a lot 

of time trying to get away from the 

notion that opera is for people over 

55 with big bank accounts," says 

Richard Bradshaw. "Our audiences 

are getti~ significantly younger, 

20 

h. I d k " ·,, ·i s c10 snewwor rt umena. ew 

1s an mar · portrait tn ogy, C ct· d 'd f h 

· · h Saty .~i.~ ana 1an-ma e v1 eos o s ort op- 

E1nstem on the Beac , agrwiu ill be · · · 

d Akhnat eras w on view m a session 

an ~~ts Margaret Atwood, organized by Autu~n Leaf Perfor- 

At E D . LeBI , d. mance and Bravo. FACT. Roundom 

goyan, 1ana ancj an . , th F · al ffi · ill be 

Randolph Peters will come together mg out e estiv 0 ermg~ w . 

in a seminar led;by Opera America's the man~atory Opera 9mz with 

President and CEO Marc Scorca ~veryo~~~avounte quiz master: 

entitled Opera's Magnetic Force, tuart · on. 

offering insights to the individual perwww.thewholenote.com 


season by season, and we're attracting 

them with 'risky' works that are 

challenging and adventurous. For 

Salome this year, 38 % of our audience 

were under 30 years of age, and 

for our recent double bill production 

ofBluebeard 's Qistle and Envartwig, 

itwas40%." 

. To develop very young children's 

understanding of lyric theatre, the 

CDC's Esso Kids Afterschool Opera 

Program has youngsters design, 

rehearse and perform IO-minute 

works (written especially for them 

by Canadian composer Dean Burry). 

Another innovator is Giuseppe 

Macina, for 35 years artistic director 

of the grassroots Toronto Opera 

Repertoire program which performs 

in: Board of Education locations 1 • 

Believing that the presence of opera 

fh non-traditional venues such' as 

muse~ gives children a clear and 

imaginative signal designed to arouse 

their curiosity' he jumped at the 

chalice to have his students participate 

in the Royal Ontario Museum's 

Sunday concert series. On April 21, 

and in conjunction with the Coro 

Verdi of the Centro Scuolo e Cultura 

Italiana of Columbus Centre, he will 

present a semi-staged production of 

Verdi's fl Trovatore, free with 

museum admission. 

Opera is once again a living 

artistic force in Toronto, and Festival 

2002 offers a wide range of 

opportunities to sample this great art 

form. It also gives us an extended 

opportunity to appreciate the 

· contribution of Toronto's, lyric 

associations to community life. They 

deserve. our fullest support. 

Dorith Cooper may be reached at 

dorith@sympatico.ca. For Festival 

and Conference details, . visit 

www.opera.ca 

0PFRA & M1rs1c THEATRE 

OPERA GALORE AND A TOUCH OF TABLA 

By Sarah B. Hood 

Triple excitement in the realm 

of 11ew opera productions this 

month! 

First, from April 10 to 28, Fides 

Krucker's new company Good Hair 

Day Productions presents a threepart 

performance made up of a reprise 

of Gavin Bryars' The \Wzite 

Lodge; the Toronto premiere of The 

Mercy Suite, based on the Rainer 

Weins opera Down Here On Earth, 

and, title piece for the show, the 

world premiere of Wende Bartley's 

The girl with no door on her mouth, 

about the relationships between voice 

and gender roles. 

Krucker (who sings all three 

works) elaborates on the "new opera" 

designation - which she says 

could apply to her current project - 

as follows: "I trained at Banff, and 

they called this form music theatre. 

But in a lot of work that is called 

'new opera', I feel that' the use of 

the voice hasn't evolved from what 

was defined back in Verdi's time. 

The word 'opera' is still an inflated 

word for me; this piece is so 

intimate." An important element, she 

says, is the exploration of the flow 

between live and recorded sound, 

light and design. "We try and 

immerse the space as well as myself 

into the visual realm." 

On April 22 Tapestry New Opera 

Works present the saucily-titled Opera 

To Go, a showcase of four short 

works: Erik Ross and Jovanni Sy's 

Haiku Moments; Jeffrey Ryan and 

Michael Lewis MacLennan's The 

Laurels; Omar Daniel and Alex 

Poch-Goldin's Lisa, and Melissa 

Hui and Jovanni Sy's The Cell.qr 

Attention All Friends, Singers and· Musicians! 

The NOCC is starting ah exciting project: a workshop on the famous 

Queen of Spades, by P.I. Tchaikovsky. (Sung, of course, in Russian) 

Roles are still available, as this workshop will be double-cast. We are 

planning to start rehearsing in the second half of April, and to perform at 

the end of July 2002. Efficient Russian diction help will be provided. 

All those interested should contact us via e-mail at nocc@hotmail.coni or 

by, phone (416-604-1557) to arrange auditions or to ask any questions. 

Please spread the word to potentially interested singers. We are also 

looking for volunteers to help with administrative work ahd PR 

Best regards, 

Mila Fialtova, Director, The NOCC 

Tel : 416-604-1557 


\ 

E-mail: nocc@hotmail.com 

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Door. ThefollowingnighttheCOC Mississauga's full-scale Aida at. 

Orchestra and Chorus perform the Mississauga's Living Arts Centre 

debut of The Scarlet Princess, a runs on four dates betWeen April 27 

brand-new, ,Kabuki inspired opera- and May 4. (If you've always 

by composer Alexina Louie and pictured yourself on the other side 

playwright David Henry Hwang. of the footlights, give Opera 

Mussorgsky to Menotti Mississauga a call at 905-465-3900, 

Among a host of other operatic of-. because at time of writing they were 

ferings this month are the COC's ·seeking women from 16 to 18 and 

Boris Godunov by Modest men 16 and older to act as supemu 

Mussorgsky, running in repertoire meraries (extras) in Aida. Rehearswith 

Handel's Julius Caesar from als are April 18 to 25, with shows 

April 5 to 14. Boris stars Gidon April 27 to May 4). 

Saks, who began his career with the . And furthermore ... 

COC ensemble, and has previously Opera Ontario is offering Bizet's 

performed the· role in London and The Pearl Fishers from April 20 to 

Dublin, in both English and 27 at Hamilton Place and on May 4 

Russian. The bass-baritone says he's at The Centre in the Square in 

pleased to be rt;turning to the original Kitchener. L' Atelier iyrique de 

Russian fortheTorontoproduction, L'Opera de Montreal presents 

although to his ear "it's a challenge Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte on April 5 

for singing tender emotions." at the Oakville Centre for the Per- 

" I have these sweet, tender scenes forming Arts. And, one of the 

with my children" he says "and it month's mostunusualoperaevents, 

sounds like I'm spewing invective." Opera Anonymous presents a tri 

Verdi fans take note 

There is a family friendly concert 

version of It Trovatore at the ROM 

on April 21 and Opera 

ple bill entitled Three One Act Operas 

in English, coming up from 

April 19 to 21 at The Theatre Centre 

•'• AND A TOUCH OF TABLA 

CONTINUES ON PAGE 44 

The Toronto Consort presents 

HE 

- 

RETURN 

OF ULYSSES · 

by Claudio A:fonteverdi 

in concert 

April 5 &. 6, 2002 at Bpm 

Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear 

this operatic masterpiece. 

David Fallis directs a full 17th-century 

orchestra of lutes, guitar, harp, keyboards, 

strings and recorders. 

With William Hite as · Ulysses, 

.Laura Pudwell as Penelope, 

Suzie LeBlanc as Minerva and 

Kevin Skelton as Telemachus. 

With the generous support of the Estate of 

Mr. Peter Sandor. 

Trinity-St. Paul's C hurch, 427 Bloor St. West

Sixth annual series of 

LUNCHTIME CHAMBER 

at · 

CHRIST CHURCH DEER 

·...-.------------- 

April 4: Marc Van Heteren, tenor (from the 

Netherlands); Ron Greidanus, piano. 

Songs by Schumann and Quilter. 

April 11: Wolf Trio: Phoebe Tsang, Greg 

Millar, piano; Meran Currie-Roberts, 

cello. Brahms Trio in b-minor Op.8. 

April 18: Nata Belkin, cello, with David 

Louie, piano. Brahms 5bnata 

in e-minor Op. 38 No. 1 

April 25: Alexander Jacob, piano 

May 2: Sunrise Quartet. String Quartets by 

Borodin (No.2 in D-major) and 

Mozart 

1570 Yonge St (at Heath), Toronto 

re; 

FACULTY 

ofMUSIC 

Aprll 

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Of ~' TORONTO 

20012 

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GODZILLA EATS LAS VEGAS 

5, 8 pm. MacMiiian Theatre. $1 2, $6 

Wind Ensemble and-Concert Band - Jeffrey Reynolds & 

Denise Grant. conductors 

Eric Whltacre's hilarious musical depiction of the 

Invasion of Las Vegas by the fabled monster-creature. 

Also Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis. 

ONTARIO SINGS! 

Aprll 6, 8 pm. MacMiiian Theatre. $12. $6 

University of Toronto Choirs and Ontario School and 

O'-, -1;0 Youth Choirs In Carl Orffs Carmina Burana. 

1"011.0"' 

'Lorna MacDonald. soprano; Darryl Edwards. tenor; 

Peter Barnes, bass; Doreen Rao, Robert Cooper, 

Darryl Edwards. conductors. 

WILLIAM AIDE RECITAL 

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I'- Aprll 12, 8 pm. Waller Holl. $20, $10 

(V) 

Distinguished Canadian pianist P,erforms music by 

' 

Brahms, Schumann and Chopin. 

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U OFT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

"tj" Aprll 13, 8 pm. MacMiiian Theatre. $16, $8. 

w 

Raff! Armenian conducts Rachmaninoff's Plano 

Concerto No. 2, B(ahms' Academic Festival Overture / 

(_) and Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements. · 

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0 NOEL ·co'wARD: BITTER SWEET 

x Aprll 26 & 27, 8 pm. MacMiiian Theatre. $12. $6. 

0 Two evenings of_operetta wrap up the opera season. 

co Sponsored by ~a nk of Montreal 

Monday April 01 

- 5:30 & 7:30: York University Dept of Music. 

Student Recital. Student solOOts ii ·the classical 

perfomiance program Mclaugijin Performance 

Hal 050 MclauglHi Colege, 4 700 Keele St. 416- 

736-5186. Free. 

Tuesday April 02 

- 12:30: York University D'epartment of 

Music. Chamber Music Ensembles. 

Mclaughlin Performance Hall, 050 

Mclaughlin College, 4700 Keele St. 416-736· 

5186. Free. 

- 1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. lunch Hour 

at St. James'. Paul E. Jessen, organ. 65 

Church St. 416-364-7865 ext.224. Free. 

- 5:30 & 7:30: York University Dept of Music. 

Student Recital. Student soloists ii the classical 

performance program. Mclaug!Wn Performance 

Hall, 050 Mclaug!Ui Colege, 4700 Keele St. 416- 

736-5186. Free. 

- 7:30: Toronto Symphony Youth 

Orchestra. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture; 

Mozart: Horn Concerto #2; Hindemith: 

Symphony Metamorphosis; Smetana: The 

Moldau; H61st: Mars '& Jupiter from The 

Planets. George Weston Recital Hall, 5040 

YongeSt.416-870-8000. $20,$15. 

' - 8:00: On Stage. Anton Kuerti, piano; St. 

Lawrence String Ouartet. Program to include 

Dvorak: Quintet for Piano and Strings in A, 

Op. 81 . Glenn Gould Studio,' 250 Front St. · 

West. 416-205-5555. $30. *SOLD OUT* 

- 9:00: Music Gallery. Composer Now 

St. James' Cathedral 

presents 

LUNCH HOUR 

CONCERTS 

Free half-hour concerts 

on Tuesdays at 1:00 pm 

April2 


April 16 

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Paul E. Jessen, organ (St. 

Matthew's United Church) 

Alexander Jacob, piano 

Bach, Beethoven, Liszt 

William Lupton, organ 

(Huron College, London ON) 

Daniel Rubinoff, saxophone 

Christopher Dawes, organ 

(St. James' Cathedral) 

Music by Denis Bedard 

P. John H. Stephenson, 

organ (St. James' Gath.) 

The City of Ugh! - Music by 

Franck, Messiaen and Vierne 

Zygmunt Strzep, organ 

(Germany) 

Sonata Eroica - Jongen 

King Sl. I:.d:>l \dl LllUICh) 

416-364-7865 Ext. 224 

www.stjamescathedral.on.ca 

Series: VLN PNO. Works by Cage, Clark, 

Kagel, Kane, Kurtag, Priest, Sherlock & 

Thorpe. Rebecca van der Post; violin; Maria 

Antonia Garcia, piano. St. George-the-Martyr 

Church, 197 John St. 416-204-1080. 

$15,$10. 

Wednesday April 03 

- 12:30: York University Department of Music. 

Chamber-Music Ensembles. Mclaughlil 

Performance Hal 050 Mclaughlin CoDege, 4 700 

Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free. 

- 12:30: Yorkminster Park Church. 

l)loonday Recital John Stephenson, organ. 

1585 Yonge St.416-922-1167. free. 

- 8:00: Edward Morysiak, tenor & Derek 

Hampton, piano. Vocal works spanning the 

Baroque to the 20th century. The Stone 

Church, 45 Davenport Rd. 416-832-8469. 

$17,$14. 

- 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. 

Elgar: In the South (Alassio); Tchaikovsky: 

, Piano Concerto #1; Respighi: Roman 

Festivals; Innocent Ear work. Alexander 

Toradze, piano; Gianandrea Noseda, 

conductor. Massey Hall, 15 Shuter. 416-593- 

4828. $26-$90. 

- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Fairport Convention. 

35th Anniversary tour. 2261 Dundas West. 

416-531 -6604. $55. 

- 8:45pm & 1 Opm: Mezzetta Cafe 

Restaurant. Lorne lofsky, guitar & Kieran 

Overs, bass. 681 St. Clair West. 416-658- 

5687. $6. 

Thursday April 04 

- 12:] 0: St. Paul's Anglican Church. Bany 

Peters & Ian Tulip. 227 _Bloor St. East. 416- 

961-8116. Free. 

- 12:10: University ofToronto Faculty of 

Music. Thursdays at Noon: Student 

Chamber Ensembles. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's 

Park. 416-978-3744. Free. 

-12:30 & 5:30: York University Dept. of 

Music. Student Recital Student soloists in 

the classical performance program. Mclaughlin 

Performance Hall, 050 Mclaughlin College, 

4 700 Keele St. 416-736-5186. Free. 

- 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Marc 

Van Heteren, tenor; Ron Breidanus, piano. 

Songs, by Schumann & Quilter. 1570 Yonge 

St. 416-920-5211. Admission by donation. 

- 7:30: Ashton Meadows P.S./Sir Ernest 

MacMillan Sr. P.S./Sir Samuel B. Steele 

P.S./William Berczy P.S. 5th Annual 

Ashton Meadows Music Festival Individual 

& joint per(ormances by school bands. 

Markham Theatre for Performing Arts, 171 

Town Centre Blvd. 416-396-6575. $12. 

- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music 

Glenn Gould Professional School. Music 

by Bach, Brahms, Scriabin & Shostakovich. 

Steven Dann, viola; Andrew Burashko, 

piano. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 

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Students from 

li!iPerformance 

l~j;$7 I $5

Bloor St. West. 416-408-2824 x321. 

$15,$12. 

- 8:00: Soundstreanis Canada/CBC Radio 

Two. Canada -Australia. Sculthorpe: 

Island Dreaming; Maranoa Lullaby; Morin: 

D'un chateau l'autre; Clone. Rosemarie van 

der Hooft, mezzo; Simon Docking, piano; 

Douglas Perry, viola; Encounters Quartet. 

7:00: Pre-concert event. Glenn Gould Studio, 

250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555.

Yonge SI. 416-870-8000. $40,$45; 

$35,$40(sr/st). 

- 8:00: Annex Singers. ·Night of the 

Gypsies. Brahms: Zigeunerlieder Op.103; arr. 

Goudge: Cornflowers; Oh We Have Lost our 

Freedom; songs by Donato & Morley. Saint 

Thomas's Church, 383 Huron SI. 416:466- 

6540. $12,$8. 

- 8:00: Canadian Opera Company. Handel· 

Julius Caesar. Ewa Podles, Isabel 

Bayrakdarian, Daniel Taylor, Marie-Nicole 

Lemieux & other performers; Kenneth 

Montgomery, conductor. 7:15: Preperformance 

chat. Hummingbird Centre for 

the Performing Arts, 1 Front St. East. 416- 

872-2262. $38·$135. For complete run see 

Music Theatre listings. 

- 8:00: Jubilate Singers. From Africa to 

America. Haazen: Missa Luba; Hatfield: 

African Celebration; works by Guillen, 

Matamoros" Grenet, Copland, Thompson & 

Healey; spirituals. Isabel Bernaus, director; 

Sherry Squires, accompa~ist. St. Leonard's 

Church, 25 Wanless Ave. 416-223-3629. 

$15,$12, $10(children 12 & under). 

- 8:00: Music at Donwav Covenant. 

Requiem for a Millennium. Music by Finley. 

Donna Bennett, soprano; Kim Coulson, 

mezzo; Tom Sharpe, tenor; Gary Relyea, 

bass; Westben Chorus; Brian Finley, piano 

& conductor. Dortway Covenant United 

Church, 230 The Donway West. 416-44ft· 

8444. $15,$12. . 

- 8:00: Music Gallery. Bradyworks. Brady: 

Music Box Belle Curves (Hello Paris); 

Sauchiehall Street; Roverselli: Qichotte; 

Schafer: Music for the Morning of the 

World. Annie Tremblay,.soprano; Tim 

Brady, guitar. St. George-the-Martyr 

Church, 197 John St. 416-204-1080. 

$15,$10. 

- 8:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra. 

Orchestral Fireworks. Dvorak: Slavonic 

Dances Op.46 #s 7 & 8; Cello Concerto; 

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade. Elspeth 

Poole, cello; Roberto De Clara, conductor. 

Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, 130 

Navy St., Oakville. 905·815-2021. 

$23,$18.50. 

- 8:00: Orchestra Toronto. Bernstein: 

Candide Overture; Brown: special 

commission for viola & orchestra; Copland: 

Appalachian Spring; Ridout: Ballade for 

Viola and Orchestra; Schumann: Symphony' 

No. 1, Spring. Bridget LaMarche Brown, 

viola; Errol Gay, conductor. Leah Posluns 

Theatre, 4588 Bathurst St. 416:467-7142. 

$25,$23. 

- 8:00: Sinfonia Mississauga. Bach: The 

Six Brandenburg Concertos. Colin Tilney, 

harpsichord; Ruth Fazal, violin; Norman 

Engel, trumpet; Matthew Jones & Avery 

Maclean, recorders; Carol Savage, flute; 

Hazel Newton, oboe; John Barnum, 

conductor. Hammerson Hall, 4141 Living 

Arts Drive, Mississauga. 905-306:6000. $25, 

$ 1 O(balcony). 

- 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Magical 

Miniatures. Mozart: Adagio and Fugue; 

Grant: Symphonie estrienne; Bach/ 

Stokowski: Mein Jesu, Prelude in b; 

Mirzoyan: Theme and Variations; Schubert: 

German Dances. Nurhan Arman, conductor. 

' Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 

416·205-5555. $29, $24(sr), $ 18(st). 

- 8:00: Toronto Consort. Monteverdi: The 

Return of Ulysses. Trinity-St. Paul's Church. 

See Apr. 5. 

-8:00: Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir. 

Singing Praises. Gospel singing. Guests: 

Toronto Mass Choir; Karen Burke, 

conductor. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 

Lonsdale Rd. 416-598-0422. $30;$25. 

- 8:00: University of Toronto Faculty of 

Music. Ontario Sings! Orff: Carmina 

Burana; other works. U of T Choirs; Ontario 

School and Youth Choirs; Lorna MacDonald, 

soprano; Darryl Edwards, tenor; Doreen 

Rao, Darryl Edwards, conductors. 

MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's Park. 416· 

978·3744. $12,$6. 


· Music at Donway Covenant 

presents the only Toronto performance of 

Requiem for a Millennium 

by Brian Finley 

Donna Bennett,. soprano, Kim Coulson, mezzo, 

Tom Sharpe, tenor & Gary Relyea, bass with the 

75-voice Westben Chorus, Brian Finley, piano & conductor 

Saturday, April 6, 2002 at 8 p.m. 

The Donway Covenant United Church 

230 The Donway West Tickets: $15/12 

For more information, please call the church: 416-444-8444 

CONCERT LISTINGS - GTA 

Music. Percussion Ensembles. Robin 

Engelman, director. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's 

Park. 416·978-3744. Free. 

Sunday April 07 

- 10:30am: Rosedale Presbyterian 

Church. Music at Rosedale. Bach: Easter 

Cantata #4 Christ Lay in Death's Dark 

Prison. Dan Bickle, organ; Earl Haig 

Chamber Strings; Soloists & Choir of 

Rosedale Presbyterian Church; Mary Legge, 

director. 129 Mount Pleasant Rd. 416-921 · 

1931 . Freewill offering. · 

- 11 :ooam & 2:00: Solar Stage Children's 

Theatre. Pure Water (Pure Heart). By Bill 

Martyn; music by Zach Florence. Musical 

adaptation of an lncan folktale. For children 

ages 2· 10. Madison Centre, 4950 Yonge St .. 

lower level. 416-368-8031. For complete run 

see music theatre listings. 

..:. 1:30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery. 

Sunday Concert: Peter Appleyard Ouartet. 

10365 Islington, Kleinburg. 905·893· 1121. 

$12,$9, ·family rates. 

- 2:00: Oakville Symphony Orchestra. 

Orchestral Fireworks. Oakville Centre for the 

Performing Arts. See Apr 6. 

. - 2:00: Royal Conservatory of Music 

Community School. RCM Guitar .Ensemble. 

Ettore Matzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. 

Wesl.416:408-2824x321. $5,$3. 

- 2:00: Royal Ontario Museum. George 

Gao, erhu. "Fusion of Chinese and Western 

music, classical and contemporary. 100 

Queen's Park. 416·586-8000. Free with 

museum admission: $15, $ lO(sr/sl), $8(ages 

5-14), children 4 & under free. 

- 2:00: Trinity College. Harmonia Al!tiqua 

Ouartet. Baroque & Renaissance music. The 

Chapel, 6 Hoskin Ave. 416·978-2651. 

$20,$10(sl). 


Music. Electroacoustic Music. Recent 

compositions_ by faculty, graduate students 

and guests. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 

416-978-3744.Free. 

' 

- 2:00: Visual and Performing Arts 

Newmarket. True North Brass. Newmarket 

Theatre, 505 Pickering Cres. 905-953-5122. 

$20,$15 .. 

- 2:30 & 7:30: Scarborough Bel Canto 

Choir. Music Theatre & Broadway. Songs 

from Broadway shows & music theatre; 

instrumental selections by guest woodwind 

quartet SI. Dunstan of Canterbury Church, 

56 Lawson Rd, West Hill. 416-757-9590 . 

. $ 12. In support of The Kids Help Phone. 

- 2:30: Off Centre Music Salon. 1th 

Annual Schubertiad. Music of Schubert. 

Michael Colvin, tenor; Monica Whicher, 

soprano; Jacques lsraelievitch, violin; Inna 

Perkis & Boris Zarankin, piano; Stuart 

Hamilton, host. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 

Front St. West. 416-205-5555. $35,$25. 

- 3:00: Hart House Chorus. Mozart: 

Coronation Mass in ·C; Rachmaninoff: All· 

Night Vigil (selections); English part-songs. 

John Tuttle, director. Great Hall, 7 Hart 

House Circle. 416-978-6315. Free. 

SUnday, April 7 at 2qo pm 

Glenn Gould Studio, CBC, 250 Front St. W. 

7th Annual Schubertiad 

Of£Centre Tenor Michael Colvin, soprano Monica 

J J music salon Whicher, and TSO Concertmaster violinist . 

Jacques Israelievitch join pianist Inna Perkis 

and Boris Zarankin to celebrate the genius of Franz Schubert and 

bring this season to a close. Stuart Hamilton will return as Host. 

Tickets: $35 adults, $25 seniors and students 

Call Glenn Gould Studio Box Office at 416-205-5555 to order tickets. 

For further information visit www.offcentremusic.com or call 416·466· 1870 

VocdlPoint Chamber Choir 

Mt 

Ian d \iL ndy, conductor 

;::,~,~

-3:00: VocalPoint Chamber Choir.20th 

Century French Masterpiel:es. Poulenc: Mass 

in g; Litanies a la Vierge Nair; Faure: .Messe 

Basse; Cantique de Jean Racine; Ourufle: 

Quatre Motets; Messiaen: 0 Sacrum 

Convivium. Ian Grundy, music director. 

Grace Church on-the-Hill, 30© Lons.dale Rd. 

416484-0185. $15,$10. 

- 4:30: St. Anne's Church. Great Music at 

Saint Anne's: Choral Evensong. Music by 

Ives and Stanford: 270 Gladstone Ave. 416· 

536-3160. F.lonation. 

- 5:00: Unh1ersity ofJ oront11 F~culty ~J 

Monday, Apri.I 8, 2002 7:3.0pm 

Trinity-St. Paul's United Church 

427 Bloor Street West 

Music. Student Composers Concert. Walter 

Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978-3744. Free. 

- 7:00: Mississauga Big Band Jazz 

Ensemble. Annual Spring Concert. Living · 

Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Drive, 

Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $15. 1 

- 8:00: Artword Theatre. Eugene's Sunday 

Series. Improvisational series. Eugene 

Martynec, host. 75 Portland. 416-408-2783. 

$5. 

- 8:00: Esprit Orchestra. Messages. 

Kurtag: Messages; ... quasi' una 

f~ntasia,,,op,??, for piano & groups of 

BOZZA - Sonatine for Four Horns,, 

HINDEMITH - Horn Quartet 

ZART -Overture to The Magic -Flut~ 

Joan Watson, French Hom 

Harcus Hennigar, French Hom 

Gary Pattison, French _Hom 

Cbristopher Gongos, frE!n 

:-,. '>:':'; ·''";-. - :.·, .. ,.,, 

.GOETHE INSTITUT INTER NATIONES 

presents two of · 

Germany's critically acclaimed soloists: 

Friedrich Gauw~rky, cello 

Homage to John Cage 

TUESDAY, APWL 9 at 7:30 pm 

Goethe Institut, 163 King St. W (St Andrew subway) 

Tel: 416-593-5257 Tickets at the door: $10 

Internationally celebrated master cellist Friedrich Gauwerky 

plays works QY john Cage and other composers who were 

influenced by c;age: Mauriz io Kagel, .Hans-Joachim Hespos 

and Karlheini Stockhausen. 


instruments; Schafer: Four-Forty, for string 

quartet & ctiamber orchestra. Molinari 

Quartet; Alex Pauk, conductor. 7:15: Preconcert 

talk. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front 

St. East.416-366-7723. $26,$12.50 . . 

- 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. Archie 

Fisher. Scottish folk. T ranzac, 292 

Brunswick Ave. 416-410-3655. $18,$16. 


- 7:30: Associates of the Toronto 

Symphony Orchestra. Canadian Horn 

Ouartet & 'Tuba Tyrant''. Bozza: Sonatine 

for Four Horns; Hindemith: Horn Quartet; 

Mozart: Overture ~ to the Magic Flute. Joan 

Watson, Harcus Hennigar, Gary Pattison, 

Christopher Gongos, French horns; J. Scott 

Irvine, tuba. Trinity-St. Paul's Church, 427 . 

. Bloor St. West. 416-693-9953. $15, $12. 

- 7:30: Scarborough Community Concert 

Band. Musicals, Marches, and More. 

• 

Concert to welcome spring. Thomas 

Dowling, conductor. Midland Gardens, 130 

Midland Ave. 416-282-7973. Free. 

-:- 8:00: Markham Theatre for Performing 

. Arts. Bjorn Again. ABBA hits. 171 Town 

Centre Blvd, Markham. 905-305-7469. $30: 

- 9:00: Music Gallery. Rufus Cappadocia, 

solo cello. Near Eastern music, groove, 

blues & jazz sensibilities. St. George-the· 

Martyr Church, 197 John St. 416-204-1080. 

$15. 



at St. James'.· Alexander Jacob, piano. 

Music by Bach, Beethoven & Liszt. 65 

Church St. 416-364· 7865 ext.224. Free. 

- 7:30: Goethe-lnstitut Inter Nationes, 

Toronto. Homage to John. Cage (1912· 

1992). Works by Cage & other composers. · 

Friedrich Gauwerky, solo cello. Kinowelt 

Hall, 163 King St. West. 416-593-5257. $10. 

- 8:00: Markham Theatre for Performing 

Arts. Bjorn Again. See April B. 

- 8:00: Mississauga Choral Society. 

Haydn: Harmoniemesse; Holman: Requiem 

(commission). Nina Scott-Stoddart. mezzo; 

Sharla Nafziger, soprano & other soloists; 

Sinfony Players; Chrys A. Bentley, 

conductor. Hammerson Hall, Living Arts 

Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr. 905-306-6000. 

$22-$32, $15-$27(sr/sl). 

- 8:00: Oakville Centre for the Performing 

Arts. The Arrogant Worms. Folk, acoustic 

rock, Celtic, country, reggae, bluegrass, surf 

music & gospel. 130 Navy St., Oakville. 905· 

815-2021. $27.99. 


.;{i .. J 


Noonday Recital Ran Kim, organ ..,1585 

Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free. · ' ' 

- 7:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. le 

Chevalier de Saint-George. Music of· Joseph 

Boulogne and his contemporaries. Trinity· 

St. Paul's Church, 427 Bloor St. West. 416- 

964-6337. $20-$55. 

- 8:00: Good Hair Day Productions. The 

girl with no door on her mouth. Interdisciplinary 

electroacoustic music event 

with music by Bryars, Wiens & Bartley. 

Fides Krucker, performer. Theatre Passe 

Muraille Backspace, 16 Ryerson Ave. 416> 

504-7529. $25,$20. For complete run see 

Music Theatre listings. · 

- 8°:00: Humber Music Jazz Series. 

Evening with Guido Basso. Guests: Denny ·· 

Christianson's Big Band; Jim Lewis Big ' . 

Band. Humber College Auditorium, 3199 

Lakeshore Blvd. West. 416-675-6622 

ext.3427. $12,$8. 

- 8:00: Oakville Centre for the Performirg : 

Arts. Bjorn Again. fobute to ABBA. 130 · 

Navy St., Oakville. 905-815-2021. $39.~9. 

- 8:00: Theatre Sheridan. Where's 

Charley? Music & lyrics by Frank Loessor; 

book by George Abbott; Rod Maxwell, 

director. Mainstage, 1430 Trafalgar Rd., 

· Oakville. $18(preview). for complete ru.n see 

music theatre listings. 

,, _ 

- 8:00: Toronto Centre for the Arts. Anne 

Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano andies;'.,1; 

Musiciens du louvre. Works by BaGh, · .,_ 

Rameau & Handel. Marc Minkow~k j, , '.;,,' 

conductor. George Weston Recital Hall; 5040 

Yonge St. 416-870-8000. $34-$60 . . · ~' 

- 8:45pm & 1 Opm: Mezzetta Cate .' 

Restaurant. Julie Michels; voca.ls & George 

Koller, bass. 681 St. Clair West. 416-658· 

5687. $6. I 


- 9:30am: Royal Conservatory of Music 

Markus Pawlik, piano 

SUNDAY, MAY 5 at 2:30 pm 

Glenn Go).lld Studi_o, 250 Front St. W 

Box Office: 41 6-205-5555 Tickets: $20, SIS $15 

One of Germany's most talented and praised young pianists 

plays works by Josef Haydn, Frederic Chopin 1]ohannes 

·Brahms and Ichiro Nodaira. The critics have repeatedly 

spoken of "sound-magic" in relation to Pawlik's playing. 

G. F. Handel's 

Acis and cf;alatea 

with 

Colin Ainsworth , Teri Dunn, Paul Grindlay & Michie! Schrey 

Directed by Larry Beckwith 

April 12 & 13 at 8 pm 

Christ Church Deer Park Tickets & Info: 416-778-4923 · 

26 www.t hewho lenote.com April 1 -- M ay 7 2002

Mississauga. Morning Interlude. Adamson 

· Estate, 850 Enola Ave. Mississauga. 905· 

891·7944. Free with donation to 

Mississauga Music Education Foundation. 

-12:10: St. Paul's Anglican Church. 

Jonathan Oldengarm, organ. 227 Bloor St. 

East. 416·961·8116. Free. 

0Jf'1Z:10: University of Toronto Faculty of 

Music. Thursdays at Noon: Student 

Chamber Ensembles. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's 

Park. 416·978·3744. Free. 

- 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Wolf 

Trio. Brahms: Trio in B Op.8. Phoebe Tsang, 

violin; Greg Millar, piano; Meran Currie· 

Roberts, cello. 1570 Yonge St. 416·920· 

5211. Admission by donation. 

- 2:00: Toronto Senior Strings. String 

Ouartets by Opera Composers. Works by 

Mozart, Rossini, Cherubini, Puccini & Danzi. 

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 73 , 

Simcoe.416·221·6090. $12. 

- 8:00: Living Arts Centre. Buddy, the 

Buddy Holly Story. Hammerson Hall, 4141 

Living Arts Drive, Mississauga. 905·30B· 

6000. $59,$49,$39. 

- 8:00: Music Toronto. Penderecki String 

Ouartet. Haydn: Quartet in D Op.71 #2; 

Syzmanowski: Quartet #2; Beethoven: 

, Quartet in E flat Op.127. Jane Mallett 

Theatre, 27 Front St. East. 416·366· 772'3. 

$4~,$39; 18·35 pay your age; students $5/ 

accompanying adult 112 price. 

- 8:00: Oakville Centre for the .Performing 

Arts. Johannes linstead, guitar. Nouveau 

CONCERT LISTINGS - GTA ' 

flamenco. 130 Navy St., Oakville. 905·815· - 8:00: OnStage. The Hilliard Ensemble: 

2021. $26.99. 

Revelations. Music from Latvia, Russia & 

- 8:00: Royal Conservatory of Music the USA; works by Machaut, Lassus, 

Glenn Gould Professional School. Kurtag: Gombert and Jacquet de Mantua. David 

JATEKOK {Games). Gyiirgy Kurtag, Marta James, countertenor; Rogers Covey·Crump; 

Kurtag, piano. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert tenor; John Potter, tenor; Gordon Jones, " 

Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408·2824 baritone. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. 

x321. $15,$12. *CANCELLED* 

West. 416·205·5555. $30. 

- 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. le - 8:00: Tafelmusik Baroque Qrchestra. le 

Chevalier de Saint-George. Trinity·St. Paul's Chevalier de Saint-George. Trinity·St. Paul's 

Church. See Apr 10. 

Church. See, Apr 10. · 

- 8:00: Toronto Philharmonia. The Phil - 8:00: University of Toronto F,aculty of 

Salutes Elgar. Elgar: Concerto for Cello and Music. William Aide, piano. Brahms: Three 

Orchestra in e; Enigma Variations Op.36; Klavierstticke; Schumann: Fantasy in C 

Pomp and Circumstance March #4 in G; The Op.17; Chopin: 24 Preludes Op.28. Walter 

Wand of Youth Suite Op.1 a. Denise Djokic, Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416-978·3744. . 

cello; Kerry Stratton, conductor. George $20,$10. 

Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416· - 8:30: Hugh's Room. The Wyrd Sisters. 

870·8000. $32,37; $26,$32(st/sr). 

2261 Dundas West. 416·531-6.604. 

Friday April 12 

- 7:30: Random Acts of Musi.c. Music of 

Nielsen,· Bottesini, Mozart, Saint·Saens, 

Franck & Poulenc. Joaquin Valdepenas, 

clarinet; Lydia Wong, piano; Susan 

Hoeppner, flute; Kent Teeple, viola; Cynthia 

Woods, double bass. Eastminster United 

Church, 310 Danforth Ave. 416·260·9302. 

$20;$10, family rates. Proceeds to Daily 

Bread Food Bank. 

- 8:00: Arbor Oak. Handel· Acis and 

Galatea. Michie! Schrey, Teri Dunn, Paul 

Grindlay, performers; La Belle Danse 

Baroque Dancers. Christ Church Deer Park, 

1570 YongeSt.416·778-4923. $18,$12. 

- 8:00: Clarkson Music Theatre. 

· Broadway Heroes and Villains. Excerpts 

from Beauty and the Beast, Into the Woods, 

Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Miss Saigon and 

mor~. Clarkson Music Theatre Chorus; 

soloists; Darryl Burton, music director. 

Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr,, 

Mississauga. 905·306·6000. $20,$18. For 

complete run, see Music Theatre listings. 

- 8:00: Fiddles & Frets Music. Lynn Miles 

& Keith Glass. Bellefair United Church, 2 

Bellefair Ave. 416·264·2235. $15. 

- 8:00: Living Arts Centre. Bjorn Again. 

Hammerson Hall, 4141 Living Arts Drive, 

Mississauga. 905·306·6000. $40,$35,$30. 

- 8:00: Music Gallery. Toca loca with 

Simon Docking. Travers: Monolith; Kurtag: 

Jatekok; Vivier: Shiraz; premieres by 

Demers, Ho & Koontz. Simon Docking & 

Greg Oh, piano; Aiyun Huang, percussion. 

St. George·the·Martyr Church, 197 John St. 

416·204·1080: $10. 

Concerts at St. George's on-the-Hill 2001-2002 season 

-- 

Exciting Fundraising Event 

lnfonnatlon: 416-463-9284 

4600 Dundas Stre'et West 

SI. George's on-the-Hill 

(Islington & Dundas) 

Tickets: $50 Adult 

$45 Student & Seniors 

Friday April 12, 2002 8 pm 

Gershwin and the Guys 

Karen Rymal - Director 

Indulge in a fun filled evening of 1940's nostalg!a 

and enjoy the live sounds of this fascinating era. 

Champagne, buffet, and cash bar. 

Proceeds to benefit the continuation of 

Concerts at St. George's 

Saturday April 13 

- 12:00 noon: Royal Conservatory Of 

Music. lobby Concert. Informal concert 

featuring RCM students of all ages and 

levels. 273 Bloor St. West. 416·408-2824 

ext.321.Free. 

-2:00: TrypTych Productions/Victoria· 

Royce Church. An Ode to Spring. Part 

songs by Haydn, Beethoven & Brahms. 

Caroline Kuehn, soprano; Vanessa Gramt, 

mezzo; Ed franko, tenor; Ross Darlington, 

baritone; William Shookhoff, piano. 190 

Medland St. 416·769·6176. Free (donations 

accepted). 

- 7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. 

Young Art/st Series: The Young Artists 

Performance Academy Gala Concert. Ettore 

" I ' w. . J I I SI « , ' LE 

. ;i 

Susan Hoeppner, flute; Kent Teeple, vio)a; Cynthia Woods, double bass 

Special Guests: Joaquin Valdepefias 1 clarinet; Lydia Wong, piano 

PARTNERING WITH THE DAILY BREAD FOOD BANK 

Works by Mozart, Poulenc, Saint Saens, Bottesini 

Friday, April 12, 2002 at 7:30pm 

Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. (at Chester) 

Tickets: $20/S&S $10/Family(up to 5) ·$50 416-260-0329 

THE 

HILLIARD 

ENSEMBLE 

Friday, April t2/02 

. at 8pm 

David James, countertenor 

Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor 

John Potter, tenor 

Gordon Jones, baritone 

"Revelations" . 

Founded in 197 4, this is one of the world's finest 

vocal ensembles with a reputation unsurpassed in 

the field of both early and contemporary music. With 

its highly distinctive style and finely-honed oneness 

of sound, the The Hilliard Ensemble present a 

program of music from Latvia, Russia and the USA. 

SINGLE TICKETS $30.00 

Glenn Gould Studio Box Office 

(416) 205-5555 

' Fax (416) 205-5551 

E-mail: ggstix@toronto.cbc.ca 

1 250 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario 

' in the Canadian Broadcasting Centre 

CBC•!fe>radiQ)NE 

CBC(il~·radi~ 

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Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 27!3 Bloor St. West. 

41 a40s.2024 x321. $7,$5.\ 

- 7:30: St. Luke's Church. A Victorian 

Musical Evening. Parlour songs & mu~ical 

presentations depicting the life & times of 

the era from 1818 to 1918. Clntario,Street, 

Burlington. 905·639· 7643. $15. 

- 8:00: Academy Concert Series. The 

Golden Age of Chamber Music. Music of 

Mozart & Beethoven. Toronto Classical 

Players: Rona Goldensher, violin; Anthony 

Rapoport, viola; Sharon Burlacoff, 

fortepiano. Eastminster United Church, 310 

Danforth Ave. 416·889·5414. $1S,$10. 

- 8:00: Anno Domini Chamber Singers. He 

is Risen! Alleluia! Eastertide music for choir 

& brass quartet. David Jafelice, director. 

Holy Name Cliurch, 71 Gough. 416~ 696· 

0093. $15,$10. . ' . 

- 8:00: Arbor Dak. Handel· Ads and 

Galatea. "Christ Church Deer Park. See Apr 12. 

- 8:00: Music Gallery. Vlatkovitch/Garcia/ 

Mott. lmprov. Michael Vlatkovitch, 

composer/trombone; Chris Garcia, 

percussion; David Mott, baritone sax. St.. 

George·the·Martyr Church, 197 John St. 

416· 204-1080. $15. 

- 8:00: New Music Concerts. The Music 

of Gyorgy Kurtag. Chamber and vocal 

works. Ingrid Attrot, soprano; Accordes 

String Quartet; New Music Concerts 


Ensemble; Robert Aitken, flute/conductor. 

7:15: Illuminating Introduction. Glenn Gould 

Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416·961 ·9594. 

$20, $1 O(sr/st), $5(cheapseats). 


Arts. Susie Arioli Swing Band. 130 Navy 

St., Oakville. 905·815·2021. $26.99. 

- 8:00: Royal York Road United Church. Park. 416-978·3744. $16,$8. 

Jazz at Royal York Rd.: Richard Whiteman 

Ouartet. Richard Whiteman, piano; David 

Occhipinti, guitar; Neil Swainson, bass; 

Barry Elmes, drums. Fund raising concert. 

851 Royal York Rd. 416·231· 1207. $16,$12. 

- 8:00: St. George's Church. Chris 

Vanhaverbeke, classical guitar in Recital 

5350YongeSt.416·225·1922. $15,$12. 


Chevalier de Saint-George. Trinity·St. Paul's 



Music. University of Toronto Symphony· . 

Orchestra. Brahms: Academic Festival 

Overture; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto .#2; 

Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements. 

Angela Park, piano; Raffi Armenian, 

conductor. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's ' 

'' 

- 8:00: Wang Yang & Ti Zhang Violin & 

Piano Recital. Waxman: Carmen Fantasie; 

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz; Ysaye: Violin Sonata 

Op.27 #3; Franck: Sonata in A. George 

Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416· 

870·8000. $22-$70. 

- 8:00?: Toronto Sinfonietta/Oakham 

House Choir of Ryerson Polytechnic 

University. Handel· Messiah. Bloor Street 

United Church, 300 Bloor St. West. 416· 

4104379. . 

Cliris o/anliav,erbe/(g 

. C[assica[ (juitar 

.9Lpri{ 13, 2002 8:00 ) 

'Tickfts $12 & $15 

St. (jeorge s .91..ngfican Cliurcfi · 

5350 Yonge Street, Two traffic lights south of Finch, 

For Tickets & Information Call 416-225-1922 

celebrate spring with a 

~undroise; 

0 ',Oen Ho0~i 

a~ . 

2035 Yonge St. 

ii"' 416-440- 1986 

nday, April 14, 1:00PM- 4:00PM 

cfh.e #old.en. ofae of e/tam.he'l. df.~ic 

~ Masterworks by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, 

~ Mendelssohn and Schubert 

The Toronto Classical 

Players 

Guest soloist 

Jana lvanilova, soprano 

Saturday, April 13th at 8 p.m. 

310 Danforth Avenue, Toronto (Eastminster 

United Church, just west of the Chester subway); 

Tickets: $1 5 (r~g.),1$ 1 0 (sr./st.) 

Call 416.889.5414 

"series of the AMICI CHAMBER ENSEMBLE. 

us appetizers ond hospltollty of Roberto 

on dinner, lunch, coffee with celebrities at 

other great Items/ 

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. -1:00: Royal Ontario Museum.Marylou 

Fallis. Canadian song. Peter Tiefenbach, 

piano. 100 Queen's Park. 416·586-8000. Free 

. with museum admission: $15, $1 O(sr/st), 

$8(ages 5· 14), children 4 & under free. 

- 1 :00-4:00: Amici. fund Raiser and Open 

House. ·Guests:,The Honourable Bob Rae & 

Linda Ippolito, piano; Joaquin Valdepeiias, 

clarinet; David Hetherington, cello; Patricia 

.Parr, piano. Two performances. Grano, 2035 

Yonge St. 416·440· 1986. $50. 

- 2:00: Calvin Presbyterian Church. 

Spring in Spain: Songs of Manuel de Falla. 

Dawn Musselan, soprano; William 

Shookhoff, piano. 26 Delisle Ave. 416-923· 

9030. Free. 


Community School. Franz Schubert: A Life 

in Song. Joel Katz, bass; Brahm Goldhamer, 

piano; Jayne Smiley, Deirdre Fulton, Oliver 

Dawson & other performers. Ettore 

Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 

416·408-2824 x321. $12,$8, $5(under 18). 

- 2:00: Toronto Latvian Concert 

· Association. Juris Adamsons, baritone & 

lrisa Purene, piano in Recital. Glenn Gould 

Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. 

$27. 

, 2:00: Toronto Sinfonietta. A Musical 

Gallery. Toronto Sinfonietta Reed Trio; art 

exhibitions. One Eleven Avenue Road. 416· 

4104379. $12. 

. CONCERT LISTINGS - GTA 

- 2:30: Calyx Concerts. A Garden of Song. 

Mysic of Debussy, Sczymanovski, 

Tchaikovsky & Berlioz. Atis Barikas, violin; 

Narelle Martinez, soprano; Marianna 

Humetska, piano. Humbercrest United 

Church, 16 Baby Point Rd. 416-531-3668. 

$15. 

- 2:30: Toronto Early Music Centre. 

Musically Speaking: Royal Poets, Singing 

Nuns, and Dancing Pilgrims. Songs, 

plainchant, devotional narratives from 13th 

& 14th century Iberia. Sine Nomine 

0 

Ensemble: Andrea Budgey, Randall 

Rosenfeld, Bryan Martin & Janice 

Kerkkamp. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 

Trinity Square. 416-966-1409. Free 

(donations gratefully accepted). 

- 3:00: Heliconian Hall. Heliconian Recital.· 

fantasy, Prayer, Romance, Impressions in 

Water Colours. Music by Gaubert, Ravel, 

Greenberg, Delius & Mompou. Ramona 

Carmelly, soprano; Judy Chang, flute; 

Janusz Borowiec, cello; Louise Morley, 

piano. 35 Hazelton Ave. 416-603-2834. $10. 

- 3:00: Mooredale Youth Orchestra. 

Mozart: Symphony #39 in E flat K.453; 

Corelli: Sonata da Chiesa Op.3 #5; 

Geminiani: Concerto Grosso Op.3 #2. 

Kristine Bogyo, Clare Carberry & Etsuko 

Kimura, conductors. Rosedale Heights 

School, 711 Bloor St East. 416-922·3714. 

$20,$15. 

- 3:00: T ryp Tych Productions. Madrigals, 

Motets and More! Ensemble TrypTych; 

Lenard Whiting, music director. Victoria· 

f'resp~teriPvn 

(!,, fi:u rel\, 

Royce Church, 190 Medland St 416· 763· 

5066. ~20,$15. 

- 3:00: Udo Kaseriiets. AutoBioMusics: 

CODA. Music by LC. Smith & Kasemets . 

Udo Kasemets, piano; Susan Layard, singer/ 

narrator; Linda Catlin Smith, narrator; 

Richard Sacks, percussion. The Chapel. 

Emmanuel College, 75 Queens Park. 416· 

929-5849. Free. 


Chevalier de Saint-George. T rinity·St. Paul's 


- 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz 

Vespers: Phil Dwyer, piano. 1570 Yonge St. 

416·920·5211. Free (donations accepted). 

- 8:00: Artword Theatre. Eugene's 

Sunday Series. Improvisational series. 

Eugene Martynec, host. 75 Portland. 416· 

408-2783. $5. 

- 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. Alistair 

Brown with Ian Bell. Folk & original tunes 

with fiddle, guitar, button accordion, 

mandolin, wooden flute & other instru· 

ments. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick Ave.' 416· 

410·3655. $14,$12. 





Dowling, conductor. Scarborough 

Retirement Centre, 148 Markham Rd., 

Scarborough. 416-282·7973. Free. 



at St. James'.· William Lupton, organ. 

Program TBA. 65 Church St. 416-364· 786~ 

ext.224. Free. 

- 8:00: OnStage. Angela Hewitt, piano. 

Bach: Toccata in e; Toccata in G; Beethoven: 

Sonata No. 15 in D, Op.28 "Pastorale"; 

Ravel: Sonatina; Schumann: Sonata No.1 in 

f sharp, Op.11. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 

Front St. West. 416-205·5555. $30. *SOLD 

our· 



Noonday Recital. Brent Fifield, organ. 1585 

Yonge St. 416·922· 1167. Free. 

- 7:30: Canadian Music Competitions. 

Gala Concert. Works from Mozart to 

Scriabin. Winners from the 2001 National 

Finals; Isabel Bayrakdarian, host. Glenn 

Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 416-205· 

5555. $15,$10: 

-'- 7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. 

Young Artist Series: Spring Concert. Glenn 

Gould Professional School Choir; RCM 

Community School Repertory Chorus; Willis 

Noble, director. Eastminster United Church; 

310 Danforth Ave. 416408-2824x321. 

$7,$5. 


Dvorak: Slavonic Dances; Ryan: TSO 

commission for violin & orchestra; Brahms: 

Symphony #l.' Jacques lsraelievitch, violin; 

Samuel Wong, conductor. Massey Hall, 15 

Shuter. 416-593·4828. $26-$90. 

- 8:45pm & 1 Opm: Mezzetta Cafe 

Restaurant. Don Thompson, bass & Reg 

Schwager, guitar. 681 St. Clair West. 416· 

658-5687. $6. 


""12:10: St. Paul's Anglican Church.John 

Tuttle, organ. 227 Bloor St. East 416·961 · 

8116. Free. 1 

- 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Nata 

Belkin, cello & Oavid Louie, piano in Recital. 

1570 Yonge St. 416·920-5211. Admission by 

donation. 

- 2:00: Studio of Lawrence Pitchko. Piano 

Recital. Works ·by Debussy, Rachmaninoff 

& Mompou. David Lee & Jane Blackstone, 

piano. Northern District library, 40 Orchard 

View Blvd. 416-393·7610. Free. 

- 8:00: Curtain Call Players. How to 

$ucceed in Business Without Really Trying. 

Music & lyrics by Frank Laesser; book by 

Abe Burrows, ·Jack Weinstock and Willie 

Gilbert. Fairview library Theatre, 35 

Fairview Mall Dr.416-703-6181. $18. For 

complete run- see Music Theatre listings. 

- 8:00: Ritmo Flamenco. Sueno de Jerez. 

Traditional & modern flamenco with 

Canadian Music Competitions 


Apri121 


May 5 

Dawn Mussellam, soprano 

William Shookhoff, piano 

Spring in Spain: Songs of Manuel de F:alla 

Allison Lynn, soprano 

William Shookhoff, piano 

Operetta highlights 

Linda Falvy, soprano; David Smith, piano 

Dvorak Gypsy Songs, Copland, Yivaldi 

North Toronto Women's Chamber Choir 

Anne Yardley, conductor 

Our free series continues Sundays at 2pm 'til June 9th 

fffaia 

'" 

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Hosted by Soprano 

~~ 

Isabel Bayrakdarian, 

a CMC Alumnae 

Featuring Top National Finalists 

of the 2001 Competitio_n 

Wednesday, April 17 at 7:30 pm 

Glenn Gould Studio 

250 Front Street West, Toronto 

Admission: $15 ($ 10 students) 

Phone Glenn Gould Box Office: 416-205-5555 

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original score by Roger Scannura; Vaferia 

Scannura, artistic director/choreographer. 

Winchester St. Theatre, 80 Winchester. 416· 

870-8000. $25. For complete run see music 

theatre listings. 


Dedicated to the Memory of Dr. Samuel J. 

Dolin. Dolin: Symphony No.4; A Rhapsody 

for Orchestra; Mahler: Symphony No.5. 

Royal Conservatory Orchestra; Simon 

Streatfeild, conductor. Glenn Gould Studio, 

250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. $15,$12. 


- 8:00: Mississauga Symphony 

Orchestra. Peter's Vibes. Farnon: world 

premiere. Peter Appleyard, vibraphone. 

Hammers on Hall, Living Arts· Centre, 4141 

Living Arts Drive. 905-306-6000. $50,$45. 

- 8:00: New Adventures in Sound Art. 

Deep Wireless: A Celebration of Radio Art: 

Radio in Concert. Electroacoustic concert 

presented in a radio format featuring live & . 

recorded sound. Works by Parmegiani, 

Harrison, Bartley & Cage. Theatre Passe 

Muraille Backspace, 16 Ryerson Ave. 416· 

504. 7529. $15. 

- 8:00: Opera Anonymous; Three One Act 

Operas in English. Menotti: The T_elephone 

(directed by Ed Franko, music director 

Bill Shookhoff); Bar~b: La Pizza con Funghi 

(Mushroom Pizza) (directed by Nina Scott 

Stoddart. music director Ross Carey); 

Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea 

. CONCERT LISTINGS - GTA 

(directed by David Mosey, music director 

Yulia Levin). Amber Bishop, Stephen King, 

Alexa Wing, Erin Bardua, Nina Scott· 

Stoddart & other performers. The Theatre 

Centre, Dovercourt south of Queen. 416-923- 

4236. $20,$15. For complete run see music 


- 8:00: Scarborough Gilbert & Sullivan 

Society. Ruddigore. David & Mary 

Thomson Collegiate, 2740 Lawrence Ave. 

East. 416-267-5411 . $15,$10. For complete 

run see music theatre listings. 

- 8:00: Sine Nomine. Music of Medieval 

Iberia. Andrea Budgey & Randall Rosenfeld, 

artistic directors. St. Thomas's Church, 383 

Huron St. 416-638-9445. $12,$8. 

- 8:00: St. James' Cathedral. 'To Thee 

My Country"· Last Night of the Proms 

2002. Gant: Hymn for'the Golden Jubilee; 

music by Parry & Handel; Canadian folk 

songs & sacred music. Cathedral Choral 

Society; Men and Boys of St. James' 

Cathedral Choir; guests: Band of the Royal 

Regiment of Canada. 65 Church St. 416· 

364,7865. $20,$15. 

- 8:00: Toronto Centre for the Arts. Antje 

Weithaas, violin. Schubert: Rondo Brilliant 

in b D.895; Prokofiev: Sonata No.1 in f 

Op.BO; Beethoven: Sonata Op.47 Kreutzer. 

Gerald Fauth, piano. George Weston Recital 

Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416-870-8000. $27· 

$40. 

- 8:00: Toronto Operetta Theatre. Gilbert 

& Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance. Jane 

Archibald, Fred Love, Alexander Dobson, 

Vicki St. Pierre, performers; TOT Music 

Ensemble and Chorus; Guillermo Silva 

Marin, stage director. Jane Mallett Theatre, 

27 Front St. East. 416-366-7723. $28-$59. 

For complete run see Music Theatre listings. 

- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Bobby Watt CD 

Release Concert. 2261 Dundas West. 416- 

531-6604. 


- 12:00 noon: Royal Conser,vatory of 

Music. Lobby Concert. Informal c.oncert 

featuring RCM students of all ages and 

levels. 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408-2824 

ext.321.Free. 


Massey Hall. See.April 17. 

- 7:30: Royal Conservatory of M.usic. 

Young Artist Series: Chamber Music 

Extravaganza' 2. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert 

Hall, 273 Bloor St. We~t. 416-408-2824 

x321. $7,$5. 

- 8:00: Acoustic.Harvest Folk Club. 

Scarlett, Washington & Whiteley. Folk, 

blues & swing. Birch Cliff United Church, 33 

East Rd . .416·264-2235. $12, sliding scale ,, 

available. 

- 8:00: Canto[es Celestes. Hands Across 

the Border. Berkey: Cantate 2000 (Canadian 

premiere); music by Canadian & American 

composers. Guests:· Ellen Meyer, piano; 

. Jurgen Petrenko, keyboard; Bob Weir, 

double bass; Andy Morris,. percussion & 

other performers; Kelly Galbraith, 

conductor. Runnymede United Church, 432 

Runnymede. 416-236-1522. $15. Donation 

will be made to Chef School for Teens with 

Developmental Disabili_ties. 

- 8:00: Duo l'lntemporel. Music by mostly 

sine nominc €'lnscmb~e for Medieval Music 

Music of 

Medieval 

Iberia 

Friday, April 19, 8 p.m. 

. I 

Saint Thomafs Anglican Church, 383 Huron St. 

Tickets $i2 / $8 students and seniors 

Information and.reservations: 416-638-9445 

The Brandenburg Concertos 

Hosted by Veronica Tennant 

Saturday, April 6 8 PM 

Ha~merson Hall Tickets: $25/$10 

Sinfonia Mississauga performs all s_ix Brandenburg Concertos in one 

spectacular concert! 

Peter's Vibes 

.1~ ·-v.;~ ~ 

,......,,...~-. 

A Tribute to Robert Farnan 

M EDI A SPO N SO R 

Peter Appleyard with . 

Guest Conductor Skitch Henderson 

Friday, April 19 8 PM 

Hammerson Hall Tickets: $50/$40 

The world's greatest vibraphonist, brings us "Peter's Vibes". 

American Rhapsody 

Saturday, May 11 8 PM 

Hammerson Hall Tickets: $40/$30 

George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Aaron Copland's brass 

feature, A Fanfare for the Common Man and Rodeo, Peck's 

Upward Stream, Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings .. 

Dt10 14'111le1111lorel 

Mylene Guay - baroque flute 

David Sandall -.harpsichord 

Music Mostly by German 

Masters 


8:00pm 

Trinity College Chapel 

6 Hoskin A venue, Toronto 

TTC Museum 

tickets: $15/$10 

info and reservations: 416-657-0076 or 

duolintemporel@sympatico.ca 

A pr~ I 1 -- M ay 7 2002

German composers. Mylene Guay, baroque 

flute; David Sandall, harpsichord. Trinity 

College Chapel. 6 Hoskin. 416·657·0076. 

$15,$10. 

- 8:00: Music at St. John's. Onyx Wind 

Ouintet. Katherine Anderson, flute; Stephen 

Koshurba, oboe;~Susan Strunc, clarinet; 

Lake Porter, horn; Graham Martin, bassoon. 

St. John's Church; 288 Humberside Ave. 

416·763·2393. $20,$15, $5lchild). 

- 8:00:.Toronto Wind Orchestra. 

American. Made. Guest conductor: Colonel 

Timothy Foley. Church of the Redeemer, 

162 Bloor St. West.416·698·7098. $12,$8. 

- 8:00: Yorkminstrels. Anne of Green 

Gables. Elizabeth Beeler, director; Ori Siegel, 

musical director; Sandy Lindsay, Bill 

Bowen, Sarah Angus & other performers. 

Leah Posluns Theatre, 4588 Bathurst St. 

416·291-0600. $21, ~19{sr), $161youth), 

group rates. For complete run see music 

theatre listings. · 

- 8:30: Living Arts Centre. Casually Jazz · 

Susie Arioli. Swing. Food & beverages; 

THE YORKMINSTRELS 

present 

. the heart-warming, family musical 

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES 

Co-Written by DONALD HARRON and NORMAN CAMPBELL 

Additional Lyrics by MAVOR MOORE and ELAINE CAMPBELL 

April 20, 25*, 26, 27 at 8 p.m. 

April 21 ·and 28* at 2 p.m. _ 

·;~ASL int~rpre.ting services for these performances ~ 

Leah Posluns Theatre 

4588 Bathurst Street (Lot~ or Free Parking) 

$21, $19(senior), $16(student) 

Box Office: 416-291-0600 

or visit: www.yorkminstrels.com . 

Saturday, April 20 8:30 p.m. 

Royal Bank Theatre $29/$19.50 

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. 

A diva of swing, Arioli combines sweet 

accents, suave rhythms and a velvet voice 

with pre-war tunes, and delivers them -all ·. 

with a delicious swing flavour. · 

Thursdily, May 16 8 p.01. 

Hamnierson Hall $35/$29/$19.50 

Internatfonally acclaimed singer ::ind pi;i. 

, Welsman not only has a dynam:k stage: 

presence, she has created a style all;hef 

ranging from sineWy sensuousness fo " · 

infectiously energetic. 

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doors open at 7:30. Royal Bank Theatre, 

4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga. 905· 

306-6000. $29,$19.50. 


-11:30am &2:30: The Children's Trio. 

The Happy Prince. Written by Leslie Arden. 

Musical adaptation of the Oscar Wilde story. 

For ages 6 and up. The Studio, Lorraine 

Kimsa Theatre for Young People, 165 Front 

St. 416-862·2222. $14. For comolete run see 

,liAToronto 

U Wind 

Orchestra 

TWO Season Finale 

Dr. Denise Grant 

Guest Conductor 

Gregson - Celebrations 

Stravinsky - Circus Polka 

Casterede - Divertissement d'ete 

Grantham - Bum's Rush 

Persichetti - Chorale Preludes 

April 20, at 8 pm 

Church of the Redeemer 

162 Bloor St. W. 

info: 416-698-7098 

Music Theatre listings. 

- 1 :30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery. 

Sunday Concert: Eddy Graf Ouartet. Jazz. 

10365 Islington, Kleinburg. 905-893-1121. 

$12,$9, family rates. 

- 2:00: Calvin Presbyterian Church. 

Operetta Highlights. Allison Lynn, voice; 

William Shookhoff, piano. 26 Delisle Ave. 

416·923·9030. Free. 

- 2:00: Royal Ontario Museum/Columbus 

Centre. Verdi: II Trovatore. Concert version. 

Giuseppe Macina, director. 100 Queen's 

Park. 416-586-8000. Free with museum 

admission: $15, $10lsr/st), $8lages 5-14), 

children 4 &. under free. 




Dowling, conductor. St. Dunstan of 

Canterbury Church, 56 Lawson Rd. 416·282· 

7973. $3,$2. 

..:. 2:00: Toronto Children's Chorus. 

International Conductors' Concert. Music of 

Holst. Rutter, Willcocks, Freedman, Glick. 

TCC Training Choir Ill; Central Children's 

Choir of Ottawa; Judy Loman, harp; Sir 

David Willcocks; delegates from the 7th 

International Choral Conductors' 

Symposium. St. James Cathedral, 65 

Church St. 416-932-8666 ex.111 : $15-$20, 

$10·$151sr/st). 


Young Artist Series: Opera Extravaganza. 

Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. 

West. 416-408-2824 x321. $7,$5. 

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~ 2:30: Trinity-St. P·aul's Vocal Concert Music by Contemporary Ukrainian dancer; Lori-Anne Dolloff, director; Andrea 

Seri~s. All About Alma .. Mahlec o·as Composers. Works of Stankowych, Grant, piano. Royal Bank Theatre, 4141 

KnaberrWunder.horn (excerpts); choral Stetsenko & Nel

- 7:00: Tranzac. Back to the Dirt Benefit 

Concert for Earihday Canada. Aengus 

Finnan, Daisy Debolt, Wendell Ferguson, 

Nonie Crete, Norm Hacking & other 

performers. 292 Brunswick Ave. 416-923· 

B137.$12. 

- B:OO: Toronto Cen~re f~r the Arts. The · 

Scarlet Princess. Kabuki inspired opera by 

composer Alexina Louie and playwright 

David Henry Hwarig. Canadian Opera 

Company Orchestra and Chorus; Richard 

Bradshaw, conductor. George Weston 

Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416-B70·8000. 

$35-$55. 

- B:OO: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. 

_ ltzhak Perlman, violin in Recital Massey 

Hall, 15 Shuter. 416·593-4B2B. $2B-$B4. 



Noonday Recital James Calkin, organ. 1585 

Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Free. 

- 7:30: Opera Atelier/Tafelmusik Baroque 

Orchestra. Monteverdi: The Coronation of 

Poppea. Meredith Hall, Matthew White, 

Peggy Kriha Dye, Michael Maniaci & other 

performers; Marshall Pynkoski, director; 

Herve Niquet, conductor. Elgin Theatre, 1 B9 

Yonge St. 416·B72-5555, $25-$95. For 

complete run see Music Theatre listings. 

- B:OO: Canada Pops Orchestra. Guests: 

Men of the Deeps; Pam Gerrard, vocals; 

Shane Cook, fiddler;, Tiffany Fewster, step 

dancer; David Warrack, cond. Hummingbird 

Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front St. 

East. 416-872-2262. $40·$60. 

- 8:45pm & 10pm: Mezzetta Cafe 

Restaurant. Don Ross, guitar & vocals. 6B 1 

St. Clair West. 416-65B·56B7. $8. 


- 12: 10: St. Paul's.Anglican Church. Vicky 

Chang, organ. 227 Bloor St. East. 416-961- 

B 116. Free. 

- 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park. , 

Alexander Jacob, piano. Music by Beethoven 

and others. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. 

Admission by donation. 

- 7, 8, 9, 10 pm: Theatre 2.0. BREATH[e/. 

Multi-media art installation. Designed and 

directed by Steve Lucas; music by Steve, 

Gordon Marsh; associate lighting designer 

Sandra Marcroft; Naomi Campbell, 

producer. The Theatre Centre, 1 OB7 Queen 

St. West. 416-504· 7529. $12. For complete 

run see Music Theatre listings. 


Corner Brook Trio. Tristan Gurney, violin; 

Blair Lofgren, cello; David Maggs, piano. 

Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. 

West.416-40B·2B24x321. $10,$7. 

- 8:00: Hennie Bekker and Friends. Hennie 

Bekker, piano/keyboards; ~ob Gusevs, 

keyboards; Johnnie Johnson, woodwind/ 

reeds; Rick Shadrach Lazar, percus"sion; Bob 

DiSalle, drums/percussion. Ontario Science 

Centre, 770 Don Mills Rd. 416·B70-BOOO. 

$30(advance), $32.50(door). 

- 8:00: Lee Pui Ming. Hundun. 

Multidisciplinary music·dance event. Lee .Pui 

Ming, composer/pianist/percussion; Peter 

Chin, choreographer/dancer; Yvonne Ng, 

dancer; Victor B.ateman, bass; Mark 

Duggan, percussion & other performers. 

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 

Alexander. 416-975·B555. $23, $1 B. For 


- B:OO: Music Gallery. Composer Now 

Series: Ellen Band, sound artist/composer. 

St. George·the·Martyr Church, 197 John St. 

416-204-lOBO. $10. 



- B:OO: New Adventures in Sound Art. 

Deep Wireless: A Celebration of Radio Art: 

RADIO in THEATRE. Audience participation 

live radio show including surround-sound 

radio dramas: MacEwen: "Terror and 

Erebus"; Strindberg: "A Dream Play"; 

Williard: News in a Blender. Voices of Ken 

Kramer & Alison Sealy·Smith, actors & 

Jean Stilwell, n:iezzo. Theatre Passe 

Muraille Backspace, 16 Ryerson Ave. 416- 

504-7529. $15. 

- 8:00: Performing Arts York Region. 

Claude/ Guartet. Elaine Marcil, Marie Josee 

Arpin, violins; Annie Parent, viola; Jeanne de 

Chantal Marcil, cello. Thornhill Presbyterian 

Church, 271 Centre St., Thornhill. 905-889- 

4359. $20,$15. . 

- B:OO: Ouodlibet. loveSong. Madrigals, 

glees & chansons; English, Canadian & 

American folksongs. Arthur Wenk, director. 

St. Leonard's Church, 25 Wanless Ave. 416- 

.4BB:6235. $12:$10. 

- B:OO: University of Toronto Faculty of 

Music. An Evening of Operetta. Coward: 

Bitter Sweet. MacMillan Theatre, BO 

Queen's Park. 416-97B-3744. $12,$6. For 


- B:OO: University of Toronto Faculty of 

Music. Felix Galimir Chamber Music Award 

Gala. Murphy: Give me Phoenix Wings to 

Fly; Dvorak: Piano Trio in f Op.65; Brahms: 

Piano Trio in B Op.B. Victoria Lindsay, Kerry 

- 7:30: Royal Conservatory of Music. DuWors, violins; Nadia Klei~ Rachel 

Young Artist Series: Monster -Voice Concert. Pomedli, cellos; Angela Park, Erica Tang, 

Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. piano. Walter Hall, BO Queen's Park. 416-· 

West.416-40B·2B24x321. $7,$5. 

97B-3744. Suggested donation $10. 

- 7:30: St. Paul's Foundation for the Arts/ Proceeds to benefit the Ensemble-in- ' 

Toronto Early Music Centre. Skye Consort. Residence· programme. 

Traditional Celtic Melodies. Matthew White, - B: 15: Etobicoke Philharmonic 

countertenor; Alex Kehler, baroque violin; Orchestra. Mendelssohn: Fingal's Cave; 

Amanda Keesmaat, baroque cello; Sean . Mahler: ·Symphony No.5. Tak·Ng Lai, music 

Oagher, cittern; Andrew Horton, double director. Scarlett· Heights. Academy, 15 

bass. St. Paul's Church, 227 Bloor St. East. T rehorne Dr. 416-239:5665. $ 20, $15 

416-966· 1409. free (donations gratefully· 

received). 

- 8:00: Etobicoke Musical Productions. 

Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of 

Music. Burnhamthorpe Auditorium, 500 The 

East Mall.416·24B-0410. $21, $15(st), 

group rates. For complete run see music 


- B:OO: Fiddles & Frets Music. Alan 

Rhody. Bellefair United Church, 2 Bellefair 

Ave.416-264-2235. $15. 

Mary Bella, soprano 

Lynne McMurtry, alro 

(students under 16 free if accompanied by 

an adult). 

- B:30: Hugh's Room/Richard Flohil. 

Stacey Earle. 2261 Dundas West. 416-531 · 

6604. 


- 1 :30 & 3:30: Toronto Symp.hony 

Orchestra. Kick Up Your Heels! Orchestral 

favourites; Celtic dance tunes. Susan Haig, 

conductor. Massey Hall, 15 Shuter. 416·593· 

4B2B. $1B. 

- 2:00: Victoria-Royce Church. Second 

Saturday Concert: Baroque Masters, Handel 

and Gluck. Mathieu Marcil, countertenor; 

Genevieve Proulx, soprano; Tori Owen, oboe; 

Rena Szczerbowicz, bassoon; Peter Treen, 

piano. 190 Medland St. 416-769-6176. free. 

- 7:00: Andrea & William Herzog. An ' 

Evening of Classical Music. Solo & chamber 

music for violin & cello. Armour Heights 

Church, 105 Wilson Ave. 416-4B2-6657. 

$12,$8. 

- 7:30: St. Matthew's Church. A Joyous 

Ring. Light classical, popular & religious 

favourites. The Bells of St. Andrew's 

handbell choir; Joanne Mclennan & David 

Keith, directors. 729 St. Clair Ave. West. 

416-653·5711. $12,$10. 

- 7:30: Toronto Sinfonietta. Symphony of 

Jazz. Royer: Overture to an Unscripted 

Movie (commission); Riley: Prince Edward 

Island Suite: Concerto for Orchestra and 

Jazz Quartet (world premiere); music by 

Barber, Copland & Gershwin. Doug Riley, 

piano; Chris Mitchell, saxophone; Steve 

Wallace, bass; Terry Clarke, drums; 

Matthew Jaskiewicz, conductor. 6:30: 

Instrument Tasting: tip·close, hands-on 

session for youth audience. Isabel Bader 

Theatre, 93 Charles St. West. 41'6-410-4379: 

$29-$60, children under 12 free. 

\ 

David Pomeroy, tenor 

Philip Carmichael; bass 

. I 

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FACULTY 

o/MUSIC 

r~~ 

~i 

UNIVERSITY 

OF TORONTO 

University of Toronto 

Faculty of Music 

presents 

2001-2002 

FELIX GALIMIR 

CHAMBER MUSIC AWARD 

l 

Friday, April 26, 2002 

8 pm.' Walter Hall 

Showcasing the recipients of the annual chamber music award in 

memory of the late violinist Felix Galimir, one of the most revered and 

influential chamber musicians and teachers whose legacy has blessed the 

world with several generations ofworld-class chamber musicians. 

2002 AWARD RECIPIENTS 

1 • Victoria Lindsay, violin 

Nadia Klein; cello 

Angela Patk, piano , 

BRAHMS Trio in B major, Op. 8 

MURPHY Give me Phoenix Wings 

to Fly 

Kerry DuWors, violin 

Rachel Pomedli, cello 

Erica Tang, ,piano 

DVORAK Trio in F minor Op. 65 

Tickets at the door. • Suggested admission: $10 

Additional donation welcome 

Proceeds from this concert will benefit the Faculty's Ensemble-in-Residence programme. 

Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen's Park Crescent 

Box office: 416-978-3744 

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www.thewholenote.com. Apri I 1 -- May 7 2002

· - 7:30: Trinity Chamber Ensemble. Dirges, 

Dreams and Dances. Music by Dowland, 

Elgar, Akpabot, Hindemith, Lekeu, Mozart, 

Handel, Zinn & Foster. Guests soloists from 

Col Canto Wind Ensemble. Morningside· 

High Park Church, 4 Morningside. 416-588· 

1292. $12,$10 .. 

- 8:00: CathPdral Bluffs Symphony 

Orchestra. Spain and France. Falla: El 

Amor Brujo; Rodrigo: Concerto Serenata; 

Chabrier: Espana; Debussy: Prelude to the 

Afternoon of a Faun; Bizet: Carmen Suite 

No.2; Somers: Picasso Suite. Sanya Eng, 

harp; Robert Raines, conductor. Stephen 

Leacock Collegiate Institute, 2450 

Birchmount Rd. 416-879-5566. $15, $12 

(children under 12 free). 

- 8:00: Deer Park Concerts. Organ Recital. 

Music of 19th and 20th century France. 

Michael Capon, organ. Deer Park United · 

Church, 129 St. Clair Ave. West. 416-962· 

3381. $20. 

- 8:00: Fred Gaviller Memorial Fund. 

Prague Spring in Toronto: Antonin Kubalek, 

piano. Works by Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Suk 

& Smetana. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front 

St. West. 416-205-5555. $30,$20, 

$75(supporter level: call 416-769-6278). 

Proceeds to the Fred Gavilier Memorial 

Fund. 

- 8:00: Music Gallery. Janice Jackson, 

voice & Eve Egoyan, piano. Doolittle: 

premiere; Satie: works for voice & piano. St. 

George-the-Martyr Church, 197 John St. 

416-204-1080. $15,$10. 

- 8:00: Opera Mississauga. Verdi: Aida. 

Micaela Carosi, soprano; Dwight Bennett, 

conductor. Hammerson Hall, Living Arts 

Centre, 4141 Living Arts Centre Drive. 905· 

306-6000. $28-$87, $20-$79(sr/st). For 


- 8:00: Pax Christi Chorale. Masterpieces 

of Viennese Classicism. Mozart: Requiem; 

Haydn: Te Deum. Mary Bella, soprano, 

Lynne McMurtry, mezzo-soprano; Michael 

Colvin, tenor; Philip Carmichael, bass; with 

orchestra. Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 

LonsdaleRd.416-494-7889. $20,$17, 

$5(under 12). 

- 8:30: Hugh's Room. Susan Werner. 2261 

Dundas West. 416-531-6604. 

- 9:00: Opera York. Romance & Passion: 

From Opera to Broadway. Guest: Maureen 

Forrester, contralto; Mark DuBois, tenor; 

Suzanne Kompass, soprano; Gisele Fredette, 

mezzo; Bruce Kelly, baritone & other 

performers. Famee Furlane, 7065 Islington 

Ave., Woodbridge. 905-763-7853. 

$65(includes 6:30pm reception/silent auction 

& 7:30pm dinner). 


- 2:00: Calvin Presbyterian Church. Linda 

Falvy, soprano & David Smith, piano. 

Dvorak: Gypsy'Songs; Copland: Elizabethan 

Songs; songs by Vivaldi. 26 Delisle Ave._416· 

923-9()30. Free. 

- 2:00: Mississauga Pops Concert Band. 

Belting Out Broadway · A Trip Down the 

Great White Way. Guest: Dinah Christie, jazz 

vocals. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315 

Montevideo Rd., Mississauga. 905-821 · 


0090. $15,$12. 


Mississauga. Danielle Cumming, guitar in 

Recital Adamson Estate, 850 Enola Ave. 

Mississauga. 905-891-7944. $10,$5. 

- 2:30: Aldeburgh Connection. Music for 

.the Masseys. Monica Whicher, soprano; 

Daniel Neff, baritone; John Fraser, narrator. 

Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park. 416·444·3976. 

$3.0,$25. 

--' 3:00: Hannaford Street Silver Band. 

Virtuoso Brass. Works by Re'dhead, 

Catherwood, Forsyth, Kulesha, Ellerby, 

Allen & Ballantine. David Daws, cornet 

soloist; William Himes, conductor. 2: 15: Pre· 

Concert Chat with Brian Burditt & David 

Daws. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front St. 

East. 416·366-7723. $25, $22(sr), $15(st). 

- 3:00: Pax Christi Chorale. Masterpieces 

of Viennese Classicism. Grace Church on-the 

Hill. See Apr 27. 

- 4:00: Chrylark Arts and Music Series. 

Stefan Glick, cello & Dorothy Sandler Glick 

piano in Recital Bach: 3rd Gamba Sonata 

for cello & piano; Hindemith: Sonata; 

Prokofiev: Sonata. Heliconian Hall, 35 

Hazelton Ave. 416-652-4459. $10. 

- 4:00: Music Gallery. What is Spring? 

Duet to septet. Bill Grove, saxophone, 

clarinet, electric guitar; Anne Lindsay, violin; 

Rob Clutton, contrabass; Bob Fenton, piano; 

Rick Sacks, drums, vibraphone & other 

performers. St. George-the-Martyr Church, 

197 John St. 416-204-1080. $10. 

- 4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz 

Vespers: Nancy Walker, piano; Kieran Overs, 

bass. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Free 

(donations accepted). 

- 7:00: Polish-Canadian Society of Music. 

Slavic Voices. Music for string orchestra by 

Tchaikovsky, Kilar, Czyz, Mozetich & 

Karlowicz. Woodstock Strings; Michael 

Newnham, conductor. Glenn Gould Studio, 

250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. $26, 

$22(members), $15(st). 

- 7:00: Rasik Arts. Musical Benefit 

Concert. Aditya Verma, sarod; Vineet Vyas, 

tabla; Ravi Naimpally, tabla/composer. 

Medical Sciences Auditorium, 1 King's 

College Circle. 416-654-9231. $25(VIP 

seating), $20,$15. 

- 7:30: Church of St. Simon-the-Apostle. 

Haydn: Toy Symphony, Vivaldi: Gloria; 

motets by Byrd & Bell. St. Simon-the· 

Apostle Choir; guest orchestra; Tom Bell, 

music director. 525 Bloor St. East. 416-923· 

8714. $20, st/sr discounts. 

The Joy of Bells 

S~turday April27 1 h , 7:30 p.m.· 

in the renowned aeons tics of ' 

St Matthew's United Church 

Designed by the architects of Massey Hall 

729 St Clair Avenue West 

Hear 35 handbell 1;erfonners of The Bells of St Andrew's in a 

variety prog1'ammeof light classics, popuhr, & religious fuvourites. 

Admission: $12 ($1 O Stu.dents & Seniors)· 

Information : 41 6-41 9-6904 http://w3.arobas. net!- jessEnp/stm-con.htm 

Ad generously don.ate:J by "l/t;,.;d' '??h11 !ll!akrJ 

69(~ ~);1~:r':v 0 e 6 w ... · :__., _. 

1 block east of St Mathew's. . .. . /~ 

Complimentary co flee with , • '/l ~ !"' .. 

bur dessert or meal with this ad. 

Wednesday May 22•d 

Get to Know a Policeman 

Toronto Police Association 

Male Chorus

- 7:30: Trinity Chamber Ensemble. Dirges, 

Dreams and Dances. See April 27. Church of 

the Transfiguration, 111 Manor Road East. 

~ 8:00: Flying Cloud Folk Club. Performers 

TBA. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick Ave. 416-410· 

3655.$18,$16. 

·, Monday April 29 · - 

- 8:00: Toronto Organ Club. Don Malcolm, 

Hammond X66 organ. Christ Church, 329 

Royal York Rd. 905-824·4667. $10. 

~ 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra/ 

Mississauga Choral Society. Remembering 

Richard Rodgers. Selections from The King 

and I, South Pacific, The Sound of Music 

and more. Kathleen Brett, soprano; Mark 

DuBois, tenor; Daniel Narducci, baritone; 

Erich Kunzel, conductor. Massey Hall, 15 

Shuter St. 416·872-4255. 


- 12: 10: Critical Mass. Willaert: Missa 

gaude barbara. Christ Church Deer Park, 

1570 Yonge St. 416-778-4923. Freewill 

o(fering. ,Proceeds to, Out of the Cold. 

- 1 :00: St. James' Cathedral. Lunch Hour 

at St. James'.· P. John H. Stephenson, 

organ. Music by Franck, Messiaen & Vierne. 

65 Church St. 416·364-7865 ext.224. Free. 

- 8:00: OnStage. Richard Margison, tenor; 

Steven Phi/cox, piano. Arias by Puccini, 

Verdi and Massenet; art songs by Strauss, 

Bononcini, Giordano, Rossini and Duparc. 

Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. West. 

416-205-5555. $30. *SOLD OUT* 

- 8:00: TSO/Mississauga Choral Society. 

Massey Hall. See April 29. 

Wednesday May 01 


Noonday Recital. Edward Connell, organ. 

1585 Yonge St.416·922· 1167. Free. 

- 2:00 & 8:00: Toronto Symphony 

Orchestra/Mississauga Choral Society. 

Remembering Richard Rodgers. Massey 

Hall. See April 29. 

- 8:30: Hugh's Room. The Travellers. 2261 

Dundas West. 416·531-6604. 

· Thursday May 02 

-12:10: St. Paul's Angl.ican Church. Eric 

Robertson, organ. 227 Bloor St. East. 416· 

961-8116, Free. 

- 12:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Sunrise 

Ouartet. String quartets by Mozart and 

Borodin. 1570 Yonge St. 416·920-5211. 

Admission by donation. 

- 7:30: Sir. John A. Macdonald C. I. 

Chamber Music Night. Vivaldi: Gloria. 

Christine Lee, soprano; Erica Iris Huang, 

mezzo; Tina ·Lee, violin; Kahyen Cheung-Ong, 

cello; orchestra & choirs; Carol W. Ratzlaff, 

conductor. 2300 Pharmacy Ave. 416·396· 

6793. $5,$3, family rates. 

- 8:00: Scarborough Music Theatre. My 

fair Lady. Music by Frederick loewe; hook 

and lyrics tiy Alan Jay Lerner. Scarborough 

Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd. 4.16-396· 

4049. $21,$18. For complete run see Music 

Theatre listings. 

-8:00: Toronto Wagner Society.Jesse 

Clark, baritone in Recital. Arts and Letters 

Club, 14ElmStreet.416·593·8557. 

Donation of $5·$10 suggested. 

Friday May 03 

- 7:30: Leaside United Church. Sing Ye, 

Hymns for all Time · A Hymn Festival. 

Leaside Chancel Choir; guest choirs; Sharon 

L. Beckstead, director. 822 MillVl(ood Rd . • 

416-425-1253. Freewill offering. 



Young Artist Series: A Celebration of 

Chamber Music 2. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert 

Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408·2824 

x321. $7,$5. 

- 8:00: Amici. Stravinsky, L'Histoire du 

soldat; Carter: Figment; Forsyth: Phantom 

Sketches; Dvorak: Trio in e Op.90 Dumky. 

Yehonatan Berick, violin; Patricia Parr, 

piano; Joaquin Valdepefias, clarinet; David 

Hethering!On, cello; John Rudolph, 

marimba. Glenn . Gould Studio, 250 Front St. 

West. 416·205-5555. $27, $24(sr), $12(st). 

- 8:00: Toronto Centre for the Arts. Isabel 

Bayiakdarian, soprano. Works by Vivaldi, 

Montsalvatge, Barber, Ravel & 

Khatchaturian. Martin Katz, piano. George 

Weston Recital Hall, 5040 Yonge St. 416· 

870·8000. $23·$45. 

Saturday May 04 · 

, 


Wagner: Prelude to Act Ill of Lohengrin; 

Mercure: Kaleidoscope; Tchaikovsky: Piano 

Concerto #1; Dvorak: Symphony #9 from 

the New World. Darrett Zusko, piano; Victor 

Feldbrill, conductor. Massey Hall, 15 Shuter. 

416-593-4828. $27-$55. 

- 7:15: Peel Choral Society. Swing Into 

Spring. Music of the 50's, 60's and 70's. 

Mervin Fick, conductor. Hansa House, 6650 

Hurontario St .. Mississauga. 905-840-6547. 

$20. 

- 7:30: Oakville Chamber Orchestra. 

Picasso: Music and Images. Mozart: Piano 

Concerto #24 in c; Somers: Picasso Suite; 

Handel: Water Music Suite #2 in 0. Andrew 

Aarons, piano; Charles Demuynck, 

conductor. Central Baptist Church, Rebecca · 

& Morden, Oakville. 905·822·7926. $15,$12. 

- 7:30: ~oyal Conservatory of Music 

Community School. Suz'tiki Festival · o: 

Concert. Faculty & students of the RCM "· 

Suzuki program. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert 

Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416·408·2.824 

x321. $9,$6. 

- 7:30: Toronto Children's Chorus. Eighty 

Balloons for Harry Freedman! Music of 

Freedman including Music of the Spheres, 

Keewaydin and Rhymes from the Nursery. 

TCC Training Choics; Leslie Fagan, soprano; 

Catherine Robbin, mezzo.soprano. 6:45: Pre· 

concert chat with Harry Freedman. George 

Weston Recital Hall, 5040. Yonge St. 416· 

932-8666 ex.111. $18-$~5. $16.25·$22.50(sr/ 

st). 

- 8:00: All the King's Voices. Choral 

Classics. Faure: Requiem; other works. ;1 

David J. King, conductor. Willowdale United · 

Church, 349 Kenneth Ave. 416·225·2255. 

$15,$10. 

- 8:00: Music Umbrella Chamber 

Concerts. Pan & Telyn. Music by Ravel & 

T akemitsu for solo harp, solo flute and flute 

& harp. Lori Gemmell, harp; Carol Ann 

Savage, flute. Eastminster United Church, 

310 DanforthAve.416·461·6681. $12,$10, 

$5(children under 12). 


Arts. Tafelmusik. Jeanne Lamon, music 

Experience 

Timeless Music ;~. 

CHORAL 

.CLASSICS 

Selections include Faun~'s Requiem 

and other choral favourites by Mozart, 

Vivaldi, Purcell, Bach, Handel, 

Haydn & Schubert. 

Saturday, May 4 at 8pm 

at 

w· wdale United Church 

enneth Avenue, North York 

ult $15, Senior/Student $10 

For information and tickets, 

~./ call 416-225-2255 

-www.allthekingsvoices.ca 

for tickets call (416) 410-19 

adu~s $35 seniors $30 students $1 

www .amiciensemble.co 

Supported by the Toronto Arts Council 

and Heart Health Network. 

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director. 130 Navy St., Oakville. 905-815· 

2021. $39.99. 

- 8:00: Oriana Singers. Rose Trilogy. 

Works by Daley." Conte, Eben, Henderson, 

Halley, Dvorak, lshimaru, Gordon, Page, 

Gilpin. Colin Savage, Alison ~elville, 

recorders; William Brown, conductor. Grace 

Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416· 

742-7006. $18, $15,$8(sr/stl. 

SINFONIA TORONTO 

NURHAN ARMAN. Conductor 

ROBERT SILVERMAN, Pianist 

CHOPIN Piano Concerto N° 2 

Saturday, May 4 - 8 pm 

Glenn Gould Studio 416-205-5555 

- 8:00: Sinfonia Toronto. Chopin Spring. 

Weinzweig: Interlude in' an Artist's Life; 

Chopin: Piano Concerto #2 in f; Weiner: 

'Divertimento #2 in a; Dvorak: The 

Cypresses. Robert Silverman, piano; Nuihilil 

Arman, music director. Glenn Gould Studio, 

250 Front St. West. 416-205-5555. $29, 

$24sr), $18(st). 

'- 8:00: Tallis Choir. Treasures of the 

German Baroque. Bach: Komm, Jesu, 

Komm; Handel: Missa Pater Noster; works 

by Schutz, Buxtehude and Praetorius. Peter 

Walker, director. Church of St. Martin-in· 

the-~ields, 151 Glenlake Ave. 416·92~·0311 . 

$20,$16. 

· - 8:00: toneArt 'Ensemble. Only Canadian. 

Rapoport: Quartet for piano & strings; 

Baker: new work for guitar & strings; 

TALLIS CHOIR 

Peter Walker, Director 

Treasures of the 

German Baroque 

Bach Komm, Jesu, Komin 

Handl Missa Pater Noster 

& works by Schatz, 

Praetorius and Buxtehude 

SATURDAY, MAY 4 

8:00p.m. 

Church of 

St. Martin-in~the-Fields 

1 block north of Bloor/Keele subway 

Information: 416-691-8621 

Tickets - $20 & $16 at the door 

Apri I 1 -- May 7 2002 

Kenins: Piano Quartet No.2. Corey Gemmell, 

violin; Danielle Cumming, guitar; Kathy 

T remils, piano; Tom Mueller, cello; 

Jonathan Craig, viola. Heliconian Hall, 35 

Hazelton Ave. 416-485-5084. $20,$15, 

$1 O(under 12). 

- 8:00: York Symphony Orchestra. Great 

Classics. Mozart: Overture to lmpressario; 

Grieg: Piano Concerto in a; Dvorak: 

Symphony #9 From the New World. Sarah 

Silverman, piano; Roberto De Clara, 

conductor. Burton Auditorium, York 

University, 4 700 Keele St. 416-410-0860. 

$20,$15, $5 children under 12. 

Sunday May 05 

- 1 :00: Harbourfront Centre. Cushion 

Concerts: Nathaniel Oett Chorale. Classical 

to spiritual to jazz, folk & blues. Brainerd 

Blyden· Taylor, conductor; Barbara Budd, 

host. du Maurier Theatre Centre, 231 

Queen's Quay West. 416-973-4000. $8. 

- 1:30: CAMMAC/McMichael Gallery. 

Sunday Concert: Priscilla Wright Trio. 

10365 Islington, Kleinburg. 905-893-1121. 

$12,$9, family rates. 

- 1 :30: Spadina Historic House and 

Gardens. Music in the Orchard. Music 

demonstrating changes in flute design. 

Jamie Thompson, flute. 285 Spadina Rd. 

416-392-6910 ext.311. Free. 

- 2:00 & 4:00: Living Arts Centre. Elliot 

Moose. Children's ,musical production. 

Hammerson Hall, 4141 Living Arts Drive, 

Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $22,$18,$16.50 

(kids $3 off). 

- 2:00: Calvin Presbyterian Church. North 

Toronto Women'.s Chamber Choir. Anna 

Yardley, conductor. 26 Delisle Ave. 416-923· 

9030. Free. 

- 2:00: Chamber Music Society of 

Mississauga. Sounds Sensations! New 

MUSIC UMBRELLA 


presents 

Pan & Telyn 

Music by 

Ravel & 

Takemitsu 

Featuring 

Lori Gemmell, harp 

& Carol Ann Savage, 

· flute 

\ May4, 8pm\ 

Eastminster 

United Church 

310 Danforth Ave. 

$12, $10, $5 

(for children under 5) 

Tickets at door 

Phorie: 41.6-461-6681 

work by Rapoport/Royer for sound 

sculptures, voice, poetry and strings; Biber: 

Sonata for violin and continuo; Tavernor: 

Quartet for string and handballs. Peggy 

McGuire, David McFadden, violins; Marie 

Peebles, viola; Marsha Moffitt, cello; 

Jennifer Tung, soprano; students from Holy 

Name of Mary High School; members of , 

Mississauga Youth Orchestra; Christ Church 

Hand Bell Choir. Royal Bank ,Theatre, Living 

Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Drive, 

Mississauga. 905-306-6000. $24,$18. 

- 2:00: Metropolitan Silver Band/Music at 

Metropolitan. Shall We Dance. Guests: 

Nancy Richardson Highland Dancers; Jason 

Briscoe, piper; Alan Moody, conductor. 

Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. 

East.416-757-8697. $10,$8. 

- 2:00: Song Circle. F.rom Schoenberg to 

the Blues, cabaret songs. Linda Maguire, 

mezzo; Brahm Goldhamer·. artistic director. 

Arts and Letters Club, 14 Elm St. 416-422· 

1489. $20,$15. 

- 2:30: Goethe·lnstitut Inter Nationes, 

Toronto. Markus Pawlik, piano in Recital 

Music by Haydn, Nodaira, Chopin & 

Brahms. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front St. 

West.416-205-5555. $20,$15. 

- 3:00: Concertsingers. Brahms and 

Mozart: Rhapsody and Requiem. Mozart: 

Requiem K.626; Brahms: Alto Rhapsody 

Dp.53. Guests: Dawn Willingham, soprano; 

Lisa Gaasenbeek·Spain, mezzo; Mervin Fick, 

tenor; Stephen King, bass baritone; Ronald 

Jordan, organ; Dean Perry, conductor. Saint 

Thomas's Church, 383 Huron. 416-769· 

7991. $16,$12. 

- 3:00: Markham Concert Band. 

Kaleidoscope. Brass, woodwind & jazz 

ensembles; concert band music. Markham 

Theatre for Performing Arts, 171 Town 

Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469. $15,$10, family 

rates. 

- 3:00: Toronto Camerata Chamber Choir. 

The German Connection. Hassler: Messa a 8; 

Bach: Der Geist Hilft Unser Schwachheit; 

Brahms: Fest und Gedenksprueche Op. l 09; 

motets by Bruckner and Mahlei: Melva 

THE NORTH TORONTO INSTITUTE OF MUSIC 

presents the 

LEASIDE CONCERT SERIES 

Join our (}a/a ·5-unJrai:S.ing Concerf 

featuring faculty members 

with specia~ guest star Luba 

Goy ofCBC'sAir Farce. 

Enjoy a program of music 

by Liszt, Dvorak, Gilbert 

and Sullivan, and Rogers 

and Hart. Mary Gardiner's 

"Legend of the First Rabbit" 

will be performed wl.th Ms. 

Goy as narrator. 

Reception to follow. 

Sunday, May 5 at 7 pm 

Leaside Presbyterian Church 

670 Eglinton Ave. E. 

Tickets available at the door: $25, Senior/Student $20 

For information, please call the Institute at 

416-488-2588 

BEETHOVEN SOCIETY FOR PIAN 

GREATER TORONTO CHAPTER 

Tenth Annual Festival 

. Rising Young Artists in Recital 

featuring pianists Philip Pfeiffer, Elissa Miller-Kay, 

Andrew Aarons; and Jan Viljoen, violin, 

Joey Viljoen, viola and Katherine Vartchenko, cello 

Sunday, May 5, at 4pm 

Taipei Economic Centre. 888 Progress Ave., Scarborougt;r1 

Tickets: $7.50 or FREE to members of the Beethoven Society 

and to Associates of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre 

www.thewholenote.com 37

Treffinger Graham, artistic director. Grace 

Church on·the·Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd. 416- 

534-2493. $15,$12. 


Massey Hall. See May 4. 

- 3:30 & 7:30: St. John's York Mills. 

Musicfest. Music for handballs, choir & 

instruments. 19 Don Ridge Dr. 416-225· 

6611.$10,$5. 

- 4:00: Beethoven Society for Pianists. 

Recital of Rising Young 'Artists. Andrew 

The Toronto Choral Soi;iety 

In Tune With Your Community 

"Community T une·Up" Concert & Sing·A·Long 

w. Street Haven Women's Choir and special guests 

Elgar's Coronation Ode plus favourite tunes. 

2pm, Sun May 5; Eastminster United Church 

Pay-What-You-Can 

Info: 416 410-3509 

:lCAME. N 

Aarons, Philip Pfeiffer, Elissa Miller-Kay, 

piano; Ian & Joey Viljoen, violin & viola; 

Khaterina Vartchenko, cello. Taipei 

Economic & Cultural Centre, 888 Progress 

Ave. 905-731-5336. $7.50 (members free). 

- 4:00: Concerts at St. George's. The 

Power of Musick. Madrigals, chansons and 

·part songs. Amarilli Singers; Niagara Vocal 

Ensemble (women's choir); Karen Rymal and 

Harris Loewen, conductors. St, George's on· 

the-Hill, 4600 Dundas St. West. 416-463- 

928:4. $12,$10. 

- 4:00: Toronto Classical Singers. Haydn: 

The Creation. Kathryn Domoney, soprano; 

Stephen McClare, tenor; Bruce Kellw 

baritone; Talisker Players; Jurgen Petrenko, 

conductor. Christ Church D~er Park, 1570 

Yonge St.416-443-1490. $20,$15. 

- 4:30: St. Anne's Church. Great Music at 

Saint Anne's: Choral Evensong. Music by 

ATAJI: 

Chamber Choi~ . 

Melva Treffinger Graham, Director 

Bach : Motet 2 Der Geist hilft 

Hassler - Missa a 8 

Brahms - Fest-und Gedanksprliche 

Bruckner - Three Graduals 

Mahler - lch binder Welt 

300 Lonsdale Road - corner of Russell Hill Road 

near St Clair West station 

Tickets $15/$12 


Stanford and Faure. 270 Gladstone Ave. 

416-536-3160. Donation. 

- 7:00: North Toronto Institute of Music. 

leaside Concert Series: Gala fundraising 

·Concert. Solo & chamber works. Guest: 

Luba Goy; faculty members. Leaside 

Presbyterian Church, 670 Eglinton East. 

416488-2588. $25,$20. 


Community School. RCM Jazz Ensemble & 

flute Choir. Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall, 

273BloorSt. W.416-408-2824x321. $5,$3. 

- 7:30: York Symphony Orchestra. Great 

Classics. See May 4. Markham Theatre, 171 

Town Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469. 

Monday May 06 

- 7:30: Associates of the Toronto 

Symphony Orchestra. Great Sax! · Music 

for Strings & Saxophone. Vaughan 

Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong; 

Busch: Quintet for Alto Sax and Strings; 

Beethoven: String Quartet Op.59 No.3 in C. 

Robert Carli, saxophone; Jim Wallenberg, 

Bridget Hunt, violins; Angela Rudden, viola; · 

Winona Zelenka, cello. Trinitv·St. Paul's 

Sunday, May 5 

2p.m. 

From Schoenberg 

to the Blues: 

cabaret songs 

Great music, . 

intimate setting; 

a real highlight 

for opera I.overs! 

Brahm Goldhamer presents 

SONG CIRCLE 

,'I', .;,}; 

Ghurch, 427 Bloor .St. West. 416,693-9953. 

$15,$12. . ' 

- 7:30: North Toronto Comm1foity Ba~d/ ; 

Lawrence P~rk Stage Band~ .Big band, ,* 

jazz, classical, Broadway music.' Lawrence 

Park Collegiate, 125 Chatsworth Dr. 416- 

,c.~~ " 

481-1978.$10,$5. l 

Tuesday May 07 

- 1 :00: St. James' ,Cathedral. lunch Hour 

at St. James'.· lygmunt Strzep, organ. 

Jongen: Sonata Eroica. 65 Church St. 416· 

364-7865 ext.224. Free. 

- 8:00: Soundstreams Canada/Music . 

T jlronto. Daniel/Redhill: The 'man who iold 

lies; Daniel: The Flaying of Marsyas; Kats· 

Chemin: Variations in a serious black dress; 

Russian Rag; Gypsy Ramble; world 

premiere. Omar Daniel, electronics; Douglas 

Perry, viola; Gryphon Trio; Michael Redhill, 

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violin; David Riley, piano. St. John's United Rossini: Overture to William Tell; Prokofiev: 

Church, Campbellford. 1-877-883-5777. Lieutenant Kije; Beethoven: Symphony No.3, 

- 9:30pm: Guelph Jazz Festival. Fridays of Eroica. James McKay, conductor. Tivoli 

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- 8:00: Queensville Players/Stephen 

Leacock Theatre. Brigadoon. 130 

Gwendolyn Blvd, Keswick: 905-476-0193. 

$14,$12. For complete run see music theatre 

listings. 


- 8:00: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. 

Clearly Canadian. Music of Gordon 

Lightfoot, Paul Anka, Joni Mitchell, Anne 

Murray and more. J,im Witter, singer/ 

songwriter; Michael Reason, conductor. 

Hamilton Place, 1 Summers Lane. 905-526- 

6556. $24-$45, $22·$40(sr/st), $10-$20(1~ & 

under). 

- 8:00: Heritage Theatre. Bjorn Again. 

ABBA tribute band. 86 Main St. North, 

Brampton. 905-874-2800. $39.50. 

·_ 8:00: Westben Arts Festival Theatre. 


- 7:30: Oriana Singers (Northumberland). 

What a Wonderful World. Jazz standards & 

classic works for brass & chorus. Guests: 

Pine Ridge Brass; Marie Anderson, · 

conductor; Robert Grandy, accompanist. St. 

Andrew's Church, 200 King St. West, 

Cobourg. 905-372-2210. $15,$13. 

- 8:00: Mohawk College Singers. The 

Magic of Mozart, the Beauty of Bach. Bach: 

Easter Oratorio BWV 249; Mqzart: Missa 

Brevis in C Sparrow Mass K.220. Carolyn 

Sinclair, soprano; Jo-Anne Bentley, mezzo; 

Dennis Giesbrecht, tenor; Daniel Lichti, bass; 

17-piece orchestra; Michael Jarvis, 

conductor. Ryerson United Church, 842 

Main St. East, Hamilton. 905-575-2044. 

- 6:00: Hamilton Children's Choir. Songs of 

Hope. Guest soloists: Sonia Reid, Leslie Kent 

& others; HCC Concert, Chamber & 

Preparatory Choirs. Stoney Creek Alliance 

Church, 605 Hwy. #B, Stoney Creek. 905-643- 

4140. $10, family rates. Proceeds to Stoney 

Creek Alliance School of Music &"HCC. 

- 7:00: Amis du Jazz. Daniel Barnes, 

drums; Robert Botos, piano; Mark Rogers, 

bass. The Church in Sonya, 13 km north of 

Port Peny. 705-357-246b. $10. 

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- 8:00: Heritage Theatre. Johann.es 

Linstead. Guitarist. 86 Main St. North, 

Brampton. 905-874-2800. $28. 

. Thursday April 11 

- 8:00: Brampton Music Theatre. The, 

Pirates of Penzance. Gilbert & Sullivan. Lester 

B. Pearson Theatre, 150 Central Park Dr., 

Brampton. 905-874·2800. $ ll,$14. For 



- 7:30: Apollo Chamber Orchestra. Spring 

Serenade. See April 7. Trinity United Church, 

Newmarket. 

- 8:00: Arkell Schoolhouse. Tanglefoilt. 

Acoustic folk. 843 Watson Rd. South Arkell. 

519-763-7528. $20. 

- 8:0.0: John Laing Singers. BeautY, 

Memories, & Enjoyment. Renaissaince rrotets 

and anthems by Phillips, Tomkins, Guerrero and 

Allegri; Schubert: l.ebenslust; Grieg: Ave Maris 

Stella; Finzi: My spirit sang aB day; Rivers: The 

Oxen; Rappaport: Three Cat Songs; T avener: 

Hyim to the Mother of God; Barber: Under the 

Willow Tree. Christ's Church Cathedral, 252 

James St. North, Hamilton. 905·628-5238, 

877-628·5238. $20,$17. 

- 8:00: The Millpond Centre. Dou/a. Middle 

Eastern music. Six piece band led by Maryem 

Toller and Roula Said. 106 Victoria St. W. 

Alliston. 705435-3092. $161door). 

$14(advailce). 


- 3:00: Tapestry Chamber Choir/Huron 

Heights Music Dept. York Region Choral 

Feast. Mozart: Coronation Mass; Poulenc: 

Gloria; selections by Vivaldi & Bruckner. 

Massed choir; Talisker Players. Marylake 

Shrine, Keele St. & Bloomington Sideroad, 

King City. 905-895· 2385 ext.331. $15. 

- 7 :OD: Amis du Jazz. Bob Brough, 

saxophone; Stan Fomin, piano; Artie Roth, 

bass; Kevin Dempsey. drums. The Church in 

Sonya, 13 km north of Port Perry. 705-357· 

2468. $10. 

- 8:00:, Georgetown Choral Society. Missa 

Gaia. Music by Paul Halley & Paul Winter 

Consort. Guests: Paul Halley, piano & organ; 

Alana Bridgewater. soprano; Georgetown 

Children's Chorus; jazz combo; A. Dale Wood, 

director. Holy Cross Church, 224 Maple Ave., 

Georgetown. 905-873-2559. $20, $181sr). 

$151st). 

- 8:00: Victorian Operetta Society. Guys 

and Dolls. Victoria Hall Concert Hall, 55 King 

St. West. Cobourg. 905-372-2210. $20. For 


• Friday April 19 

- 8:00: Georgetown Choral Society. Missa 

Gaia. Holy Cross Church, Georgetown. See 

April 18. , 

- 8:00: Lynn McDonald. Jeff Healey & The 

Jazz Wizards. Port Perry United Church, 294 

Queen Street, Port Perry. 705·357·2468. $20. 

· ' Saturday April 20 

.,.. 7:30: Oshawa-Durham Symphony. The 

Man With Twenty Fingers. Rachmaninov: 

40 

Piano Concerto #2 in c Op.18; Tchaikovsky: 

Symphony #1 Winter Dreams. Alexander 

Markovich, piano; Marco Parisotto, 

conductor. Calvary Church, 300 Rossland Rd. 

East, Oshawa. 905-579-6711. $25,$10. 

- 8:00: Brampton Symphony Orchestra. 

High, Bright and Clear. de Falla: Three Dances 

from The Three Cornered Hat; Haydn: 

Trumpet Concerto; Mendelssohn: Symphony 

#3 in A Scottish. Paul Ottway, trumpet; 

Charles Demuynck, conductor. Heritage 

T~eatre, 86 Main St. North, Brampton. 905· 

8742800. $15,$10. 

- 8:00: Friends of Music. Nathaniel Dett 

Chorale. Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, director. 

Capitol Theatre, 14 Queen St., Port Hope. 

905-885-1071 . $25, $10. 

- 8:00: Opera Ontario. Bizet: ThePear/ 

Fishers. Lyne Fortin, Manuel Beltrand·Gil, 

Gaelan Laperriere, AlexandQr Savtchenko, 

performers; Daniel Lipton, conductor. 

Hamilton Place, 1 Summers Lane, Hamilton. 

800-575-1381 . For complete run see Music 

Theatre listings. 

• Sunday April 21 

- 7:00: Amis du Jazz. Boogie Down! Spring · 

dance with Full Count Blues Band. The 

Church in Sonya, 13 ~m north of Port Perry. 

705·357-2468. $15. 


- 2:00: Sanderson Centre fQr the 

Performing Arts. Kings of Swing. A salute 

to the Big Band era. 88 Dalhousie St., 

Brantford. 519-758-8090; 800·265·0710. $28. 

- 8:00: Clearly Classics ·concerts. Virtual 

Vacation. Multimedia event with film & music 

by Handel, Elgar, Mozart, Rossini, Piazzolla 

& Borodin. Michele Irion, violin; George 

Kozub, bass; Mark Thompson. clarinet; 

Susan Lee, piano. St. Paul's United Chwch, 

29 Park St. West, Dundas. 905-5284508. 

$18,$16: 

- 8: 15: Te Deum Orchestra & Singers. 

Joyous Music for Choir, Sack/Juts & Strings .. 

Bach: Cantata #4 Christ lag in Todesbanden;. 

Monteverdi: Beatus vir; Biber: Sonata a 3; 

Schein: Maria Magdalena. Richard Birney· 

Smith, conductor. 8:00: Chat from the Stage 

. with Richard Birney-Smith. Christ's Church 

Cathedral, 252 James St. North, Hamilton. 

905·6284533. Advance: $23,$18, $8lchildren 

under 12); door: $25,$20, $10(children under 

12). ' 


- B:OO: Achill Choral Society. Here's To 

Song. A." Dale Wood, director; Marty Smyth, 

accompanist. Tottenham Community Centre, 

Queen St. N .. Tottenham. 905· 729-2480. $14, 

$12(st), $5(16 & under), family rates. 

• Sunday April 28 

FURTHER AFIELD - JAZZ 

- 8:00: Achill Choral Society. Here's To 

Song. See April 27. Christ Church Anglican, 

22 Nancy St., Bolton. 519·942-2580. $14, 

$1~(sr).,$5(16 & under), family rates. 

Thursday May 02 

- 8:00: Melodymakers. Go/deilAge 2D02. 

The Heritage Theatre, 86 Main St., Brampton. 

905-874-2800. $10. 

Friday May 03 

- 8:00: Hamilton-Philharmo~ic Orchestra. 

Jazz at the Phi/harmonic. Symphonic. and Big 

Band Jazz. Hamilton All Star Jazz Band, 

Russ Weil, director; Michael Reason, 

conductor. Hamilton Place, 1 Summers Lane. 

905-526-6556. $24-$45, $22·$40(sr/st), $10· 

$20112 & under). 

- 8:00: Melodymakers. GoldenAge 2002. 

The Heritage Theatre, 86 Main St., Brampton. 

905-8742800. $10. 

- 9:30pm: Guelph Jazz Festival. Fridays of 

Jazz Series. Ken Ald~roft Group: Ken Aldcroft. 

guitar; Lina Allemanoi trumpet; Rob Clutton, 

double bass; Anthony Mi~helli, drums. Black 

Mustard Bistro-Lounge, 16 Wyndham St. 

North, Guelph. 519· Z63-4952. $12. 

Saturday May 04 

- '7:00: La Jeunesse Youth Orchestra. An 

American Spirit. Anderson: Piano Concerto. 

Catherine Wilson, piano. Victoria Hall, 55 

King St. West, Cobourg. 905-885-2782. 

$15,$10 . .. 

- 7:30: ~urham Chamber Orchestra. 

Salieri: Sinfonia in D; Quilter: Three Danc~s; 

Ch.abrier: Espana Rhapsody; work for solo 

oboe. Katrina Mahy, oboe; John .:~raus, 

conductor. St. Mark's United C~urch, 201 

Centre Street South, Whitby. 7,05-749-5839. 

- 8:00: Achill Choral Society. Here's To · 

Song. See April 2.7. St. John's Church, sou!H· 

side of Hwy #9, east of Orangeville. 519:94z., 

2580. $14, $121sr), $5116 & under), family 

"'?t'f ' ~ 

rates. · ,. .1.· '

Front St. West 5 pm: Apr 2·5 Steve Koven Trio; 

Apr 8· 12 Nancy Walker Trio; Apr 15· 19 Rob Clutton 

Trio; Apr 22·28 Steve Koven Trio - 

Gabriel Art Caffe, 762 St. Clair W. 

Sundays: llios Stelyannis 

Gate 403, 403 Roncesvalles Avenue (416) 

588·2930. Sun: Jazz'J.am hosted by Ron Davis; Apr 

3 & 10 Adi Braun & R9n Davis Trio; Apr 6 Bob 

Mover Trio; Apr 19 Lyne Tremblay w/Scott Marshall 

Gro5sman's, 379Spadinil14161977-7000. 

Every Sat Mat: Kid Bastien & Happy Pals; Every 

Mon Laura Hubert 

Hot House Cafe, Market Square (416) 

366-7800. Sun Jazz Brunch w/Ken Churchill 

Hugh's Room, 2261 Dundas W. (4161531· 

6604. Apr 25 Susie Arioli Swing Band 

Jubilee Pavilion, 55 Lakeview Pk Ave. 

Oshawa (416) 223·0344. Apr 20, 8:30 Doc Green 

18-piece big band. $15. 

L'Arte Bar & Gallery, 2060 Dundas St. 

W(416)535-3181. Thurs to Apr 18, 9:30: Bob 

Mover 

Lisa's Cafe, 245Carlaw14161406-6470. 

Eve~ Sun: Jazz brunch w/Marni Levitt 

Manhattan's Pizza, 951 Gordon St. & 

Kortright Guelph (519) 767-2440. Tues: John 

Zadra 

Mezzetta, 681 St Clair W. (416) 658·5687. 

Apr 3 Lorne°Lofsky/Kieran Overs; Apr 10 Julie 

Michels/George Koller; Apr 17 Don Thompson/Reg 

Schwager; Apr 24 Don Ross 

Mezzrow's, 1546 Queen W. (4161535· 

4906. Call for infonnation · 

Montreal Bistro and Jazz Club, 65 

Sherbourne St (416) 363-0179. Apr 1 Simone 

Johnson Ort; Apr 3 Kollage; Apr 4-6 Kenny Barron; 

Apr 9-13 Adam Makowicz; Apr 16· 20 Ted Quinlan 

Quintet; Apr 23·27 Gene DiNovi & Dave Young; Apr 

30-May 4 Peter Appleyard 

,N'Awlins Jazz Bar & Dining, 299 King 

W. (416)595· 1958. Thurs, Fri, Sat Real Deal; Mon· 

"rues Dave MtMorrow; Wed." Sun Jim Heineman 

Orbit Room. 580A College 1416) 763·3470. 

Su~: Dave Murphy; Mon: Sisiers Euclid; Wed: LMT 

Connection; Thurs: Planet Earth 

Pilot Tavern, 22 Cumberland (416) 923· 

5716. Call for infonnation 

0 Club, 1574Queen E.(416)469-3660. Apr 

12 Alex Pangman 

Ouigley's, 2232 Queen E. (4161699·9998. 

Apr 7, 4 pm Bob Mover; Apr 22 Kollage 

RQServoir Lounge, 52 Wellington E. (416) 

955-0887. Mon: Bradley & The Bouncers; Tues: 

Tyler Yarema; Thurs: Janice Hagan; Fri: Chet Valiant 

Combo; Sat: Tory Cassis 

Rex Jazz & Blues Bar, 194 Oueen St. 

West (416) 598·2475. Mon: Carey West; Tues: 

6:30.Cindy Fairbank/lnite) Jau Jam; Wed 6:30 Chris 

Gale; Thurs 6:30 Rancho Misterio; Fri 6:30 Melissa 

Stylianou Trio; Sat 7 pm Leah State; Apr 3 Thennal 

Quartet; Apr 13 Bob Mover Quartet; Apr 14 Beverly 

Taft Trio; Apr 20 Alex Pangman; Apr 26 Leah State 

w/Craig Harley/Andrew Downing; Apr 27 Swing 

Shift Big Band 

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Rhodes Restaurant 1496 Yonge St 

(416) 968·9315. Apr 3 San Murata & Ian Bargh; 

Apr 4 Ben Jansson & Lee Wallace; Apr 5 Reg 

Schwager & Neil Swainson;Apr 6 Bob George, Roy 

Styffe & Pat Collins; Apr 10 Mark Zaret & Michael 

Stuart; Apr 11 Fred Duligal & Ian Bargh; Apr 12 

Norm Amadio & Bob Price; Apr 13 San Murata, 

Neville Barnes & Bob Price; Apr 17 Dave Occhipinti 

& Pat Collins; Apr 18 Tony Ouarrington & Kirk 

MacDonald; Apr 19 Gary Benson & Pat Collins; Apr 

20 Simone Johnson, Jim Mc Birnie & Mike Smith; 

Apr 24 Danny McErlain & San Murata; Apr 25 Ken 

Fornetran & David Occhipinti; Apr 26 Bill McBirnie & 

Robert Botos; Apr 27 Frank Wright, Gary Benson & 

Bob Price 


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River Restaurant 413 Roncesvalles 14161 

535·3422. Thurs B pm: Julie Michels/Kevin Barrett; 

Apr 19, 7pm Kevin Barrett Group 

Rockit 120ChurchSt(416)947·9555. Tues: 

Lance Anderson/Mike Sloski; Wed: Adam Smale & 

Friends; Thurs: Lou Pomanti & The Groove; Fri: Kfrk 

MacDonald; Sat: Ricky Day & The Montereys; Apr 5 

Kirk MacDonald/Lorne Lofsky/Kieran Overs/Jerry 

Fuller; Apr 12 Kirk MacDonald/Brian Dickinson/Neil 

Swainson/T erry Clarke; Apr 19 Mike Murley/Kirk 

MacDonald/Steve Wallace/Jerry Fuller; Apr 26 Kirk 

MacDonald/Lorne Lofsky/Neil Swainson/T erry Clarke 

Royal York Road United Church, 851 

Royal YorkRd.(416)231 ·1207.Apr 13, 8pm The 

Richard Whiteman Quartet 

Le Saint Tropez, 315 KingW.14161591· 

3600. Wed to Sun: Andree Bernard; Mon and Tues: 

I 

French Cabaret 

Sassafraz, 100Cumberland1416) 964-2222. 

Sat/Sun 11 :30 am-4 pm Brunch w/Ken Taylor Duo 

Sax on Yonge, 545 Yonge St 14161968· 

7665. Wed 5:30 Voices at Twilight/Salon for Jazz 

Singers & Songw ~iters w/Whitney Smith/Rob 

McBride/Adrian Farrugia; Fri 5:30 Cabaret Jau w/ 

Melanie Phillipson/Whitney Smith 250 Strings; Apr 4, 

5:30 Gary Williamson Duo; 9:30 Kenji Omae 

Quartet; Apr 5 Nick Ali Quartet; Apr 6 Jaustory w/ 

Tim Posgate/Lina Allemano; Apr 11, 5:30 Reg 

Schwager Duo; Apr 12 Whitney Smith Sextet a 

Tete; Apr 13 Andr~w Downing's Road Atlas; Apr 

18, 5:30 Roy Patterson Duo; 9:30 Russ Little 

Ouartet; Apr 19 Jake Wilkinson Quartet; Apr 20 

Brownman & GruvasyluJTi (Jau Hip-Hop); 

Apr 25, 5:30 Robert Botos Duo; 9:30_Chris Mitchell 

Quartet; Apr 26 Quinsin Nachoff Ouartet; Apr 27 

Jukejoint 

Top O' the Senator 249 Victoria St (416) 

364-7517.Apr 2.J Rob McConnell Tentet; Apr 10· 

14Hot Club of CowTown;Apr 16·21 ChrisTarry's 

Collective Conscience; Apr 23-28 Gary Williamson 

Trio; Apr 30-May 5 Peters Drury Trio 

Toronto Colony Hotel, 89 Chestnut St. 

(416) 861 -0288. Apr 13 Kings of Swing Dance 

The Tranzac, 292 Brunswick Ave. 14161923· 

8137. Every Wed: Grande Bouche Swingtette; 

Every Thurs: Brian Blain Acoustic Blues w/guests; 

Apr 4 Brent Titcomb 

Victory Cafe, 581Markham14161516·5787. 

Apr 4 Alex Pangman and her Alleycats; Apr 11 Club 

Ojango 

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OPERA AND MUSIC THEATRE LISTINGS. · · 

Brampton Music Theatre. ThePiratesofPenzance. space, 16 Ryerson Ave. 416-5047529. $25,$20, 

Gibert'& Sullivan. Apr 11-13, 18, 19: 8:00; Apr 14,20: Sundays PWYC(suggested $10). 

2:00. Lester B. Pearson Theatre, 150 Central Park H en ·ta ge Th ea tr e. rn o'ed , riO u t.and"·'· M · I"·- 

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OPERA & MUSIC THEATRE LISTINGS 

David & Mary Thomson Collegiate, 27 40 Law· 

• rmceAve.East.416-267·5411.$15,$10. 

Scarborough Music Theatre. My Fair LDdy. Music 

by Frederick Loewe; book and lyrics by Alan Jay 

Lerner. May 24,9· 11. 16-18: 8:00; May 5, 12: 2:00. 

Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd. 

416-3964049. $21,$18. 

Solar Stage Children's Theatre.Pure Water(Pure 

Heart). By Bill Martyn; music by Zach Florence. 

Musical adaptation of an lncan folktale. For chil 

!ten ages 2· 10. Apri 7-May 11. Saturdays & Sun· 

. days, 11 am & 2pn Madison Centre, 4950 Yonge 

St., lowerlevel.416-368·8031. 

Tapestry New Opera Works. Opera To Go. Ross/ 

Sy: Haiku Moments; Ryan/Maclennan: The Lau· 

rels; Daniel/Poch-Goldin: Lisa; Hui/Sy: The Cellar 

Door. AJri 22: 8:30. Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles 

St. West. 416-537-6066. $30-$50(student & artist 

discounts available). 

The Children's Trio. The Happy Ptince. Written by 

Leslie Arden. Musical adaptation of the Oscar Wilde 

story. For ages 6 and up. AJri 21 & 28, May 5: 

11 :30am & 2:30. The Studio, Lorraine KiTisa Thea· 

tre for Young People, 165 Front St. 416-862-2222. 

$14. 

Theatre Sheridan. Whenls Charley? Music & lyr· 

ics by Frank Loessor. book by George Abbott; Rod 

Maxwell, dir. April 10-13, 17-20, 24-27: 8:00. 

Mainstage, 1430 Trafalgar Rd., Oakville. $13-$24. 

Theatre 2.0. BREA TH[e}. Multi-media art 

installation. Designed and directed by Steve 

Lucas; music by Steve Gordon Marsh; associate 

lighting designer Sandra Marcroft; Naoni 

COOlJbell, JYOducer. Apr 25 - May 18. Tues· 

Thurs 7,8,9,and 10pm; Fri-Sat 7,8,9, 10,and 

11 pm; Sun 2,3,4, 7,8,and 9pm. The Theatre 

Centre, 1087 Queen St. West. 416-504-7529. $12. 

Toronto Centre for the Arts. The Scarlet Princess. 

Kabuki inspired opera by compoSer Alexina Louie 

and playwright David Henry Hwang. April 23: 8:00. 

Canadian Opera Company Orchestra and Chorus. 

George Weston Recital HaU, 5040 Yonge St: 416· 

87().8()()(). $35-$55. 

Toronto Consort. Monteverdi: The Retw;n of 

Ulysses. Laura PudweD and Wil~cm Hite, vocarists; 

17th century orchestra; David Fallis, music direc· 

tor. April 5 & 6: 8:00. T rinity·St. Paul's Church, 427 

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new_ music concert scene, featuring reviews by 

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member of our editorial panel; 

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the month's concert activities. 

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DISCOVERIES 

IN DISCOVERIES THIS ISSUE 

CONCERT PREP 

pag? 47-48 

- Handel: Giulio Cesare -Jennifer Larmore/Barbara Schlick, 

Concerto Kiiln/Rene Jacobs 

· Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov - Kirov Opera/Valery 

Gergiev ~ 

·Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov - Ezio Pinza, Metropolitan 

Opera/Ettore Panizza 

NEW AND RECENT RELEASES 

pages48·50 

- Severn Meadows-Songs by Ivor Gurney - Paul Agnew/ 

Ju.lius Drake 

·Still Soft Voiced Heart: New Jewish Lieder- Marilyn 

Lerner/David Wall 

-Tsirkus: Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band 

· Klezmer Suite: Music of Sid Robinovitch - Finjan, Saxology 

Canada, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra/Bramwell Tovey 

-Vivaldi Bassoon Concertos - Michael McGraw, Seattle 

Baroque Orchestra/Ingrid Matthews 

- Saint-Saens: Music for Violin and Piano - Jasper Wood/ 

James Parker 

- Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, Nisi Domin us, Longe Mala - David 

Daniels/Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi 

- Musica Mystica: Mystic Women of the Middle Ages - 

. 'Ensemble La Volta 

- Invocation - Musica lntima 

- And It Really Was -The Brigham Phillips Big Band 

WORTH REPEATING 

pages 51-52 

, Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Antar - L'Orchestre de 

la Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet 

- Spirit Song: The Vocal Music of Harry Freedman 

INDEPENDENT & SMALL LABEL RELEASES 

page 52-53 

-Who's Playing - Lee Pui Ming 

-Thoughts and Fancies -Voyces Past ; 

- Twin Souls - Barry Truax 

-The Nearness of You: Music of Heagy Carmichael - Cindy 

Church/George Killer/Joe Sealy 

- Niagara Brass Ensemble: Brass Feast 

DISCS OF THE MONTH 

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- Berlioz: Les Troyens - Ben Heppner/Michelle De Young; 

London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Colin Davis 

- Margison Sings Verdi - Candian Opera Company 

. Orchestra/Richard Bradshaw · 

-Joyous Light - Isabel Bayrakdarian/ Elmer lseler Singers/ 

Ratti Armenian 

CONCERT PREP 

Handel: Giulio Cesare 

Jennifer Larmore; Barbara Schlick; 

Concerto Koln; Rene Jacobs 

Harmonia Mundi/WDR 901385.87 

The London audience privileged to attend the 

opening of Handel's Giulio Cesare in 1724 was 

rightly stunned. Handel stretched the envelope 

of opera seria along every dimension. The 

genre.'s formalism, rooted in late Renaissance 

readings of Greek: philosophy and theatre, had a 

beautiful symmetry but also a restrained. musical 

dramatization of the human plight. Parallel to 

Shakespeare's jnnovations in theatre, Handel 

invented musical means to express psychological 

complexity within the parameters of big stories 

about big figures in history. 

And what musical means! The Oxford 

Dictionary should change its primary definition 

of the word sumptuous to read: "Handel's music 

for Giulio Cesare." Cesare and Cleopatra are 

given eight arias each, which cover wide 

emotional and moral ranges. The harmonic 

complexity, the instrumentation used to express 

it, and the way both drove the drama was a 

wonderful surprise. · 

Jacobs' superb production of Giulio Cesare 

lasts four hours without a single musical lull. 

This happens despite the fact that the first two 

of three acts anomalously conclude with routines 

by minor ·characters, most likely because of 

pressure from the prima donnas who· originally 

sang these roles. 

Jacobs' sensitive conducting reflects his status 

as a leading countertenor in Baroque opera 

performance. Not having Handel's access to 

castrati, Jacobs cast Jennifer Larmore in the 

role of Cesare. Her performance is literally 

heroic. Schlick switches brilliantly into eight 

different emotional gears for each of Cleopatra's 

arias. Together they are wondrous in a final 

duet as fine as any in the operatic repertoire. 

' 

Philip Ehrensaft 

Concert note: The Canadian Opera Company 

presents Giulio Cesare on April 6, 10, 12, 16, 

18 and 21 at the Hummingbird Centre. 

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Dl.\CO\ !·.RIES 

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov 

(1869 and revised 1874 versions) 

Kirov Opera; Valery Gergiev 

Philips 2894622302 

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov 

(Ri'msky-Korsakov's second 

orchestration, 1904) 

Ezio Pinza; Metropolitan Opera; 

Ettore Panizza 

Naxos Historical 8.110044 

NEWAND 

RECENT RELEASES 

Severn Meadows - Songs By Ivor Gurney 

Paul Agnew, tenor; Julius Drake, piano 

Hyperion CDA67243 

Scottish tenor Paul Agnew's recent appearances 

in Toronto with the Toronto Consort; Tafelmusik 

and Les Arts Florissants have been unfor- 

If Boris Godunov is generally considered the gettable . Currently he is in great demand by 

greatest Russian opera, a big question remains leading conductors like Gardiner and Christie 

as to wj1ich of the multiple versions of Boris is for baroque music. But his most recent 

the greatest in question: the original 1869 version ' recordings include an irresistible set of 

rejected by the Imperial Theatre because it was Beethoven's folk-song arrangements, as well as 

too radical; the 1874 revision that added the love this collection of early twentieth century art 

interest and dances expected by Russian songs by one of Britain's most tragic composers, 

audiences; or one of the two Rimsky-Korsakov Ivor Gurney . 

re-orchestrations that "corrected" Mussorg- Gurney wrote over .three hundred songs before 

sky's path-breaking unorthodoxies? 

he was silenced by mental illness brought on by 

The Rimsky-Korsakov re-orchestration the effects of the shell shock and poison gas he 

("gross distortion" is more appropriate) was received fighting in World War I. The first album 

dominant during the first half of the twentieth devoted entirely to his vocal works, this is an 

century, largely because it was performed by. important collection of exquisite songs . 

Chaliapin as he became the ultimate Boj:is . Tears inevitably invokes English renaissance 

During the second halfofthe century there was composer John Dowland's setting of the same 

a return to one ofi:he two original versions, with text. The way Agnew shapes long notes and 

a glaring exception: the Bolshoi Opera, which extended phrases on one syllable, adjusting his 

adhered to the now traditional Rimsky- tempos jn response to the text, reflects ~is 

Korsakov. Go figure. 

experience in early music. Agnew's ardour is 

Philips and Naxos present performances at so persuasive that Gurney's most .poignant 

opposite poles of the Boris Godunov spectrum. moments are shattering, such as the final line of 

The former is the mother of all recordings that By a Bierside, '~It is most grand to die," or the 

. return to the original Mussorgsky scores. Both plea to "Let me know some little joy" in Sleep . 

the 1869 and 1874 versions are presented in a 5- In contrast, I Will Go With My Father A 

. CD set which is generously sold for the price of Ploughing is a joyful ballad whose folk spirit 

3 discs. Listeners can program the CDs to Agnew pulls off with charact~r. Julius Drake is 

combine elements of the two versions, parallel

Robinov:itch's mastery and admiration 

of folk music, jazz and popular music 

are evident throughout. Perhaps the 

most delightful instance is the counter 

pJay betwee!J Tango and Klezmer 

elements in the fourth movement of the 

title piece. 

Philip Ehrensaft 

Editor's Note: Robinovitch 's Suite for 

Klezmer Band and Orchestra is 

nominated for a JUNO Award in the . 

category Best Classical Composition. 

The award ceremony will be broadcast 

on CTV on April 14 at 8:00. 

DISCOVERIES 

Vivaldi Bassoon Concertos 

Michael McCraw; Seattle Baroque 

Ingrid Matthews, Music Director; 

Byron Schenkman, Artistic 

Director 

Centaur CRC 2538 

We've all heard the old saw that Vivaldi 

didn't compose 600 concertos, he only 

composed one 600 times. The recent 

disc Bassoon Concertos from Seattle 

Baroque Orchestra and bassoonist 

Michael McCraw goes a long way in proving that his 70 works for bassoon 

are not mere cookie cutter compositions. 

, Seattle Baroque is a youthful orchestra that is not afraid of making bold 

interpretive choices. Dynamic markings and phrasing inspire sudden, 

dramatic effects: a "piano", for example, is not merely quiet but eerie. 

Such attentions highlight the variety within and among the concertos 

recorded here. 

In almost every instance, the players' risks pay off. Their 

accompaniments are sympathetic yet assertive, jockeying for equal status . 

with McCraw's bassoon in the back-and-forth of Vivaldi's concertos. The 

final ciaccona of their brief solo moment, the disc-opener Concerto in C 

Major RV114, feels mannered at times, but their choices surprise and 

delight with each bass repetition. 

McCraw, the former Tafelmusik bassoonist, attacks his concertos with 

the bravura of an Italian diva. In his hands, the bassoon is never a retiring 

instrument. It percolates, sings, meditates, and teases. McCraw's line. is 

malleable and beautifully shaped, sculpted with expert, often playful 

articulation. 

' Several soloists share the spotlight with McCraw, including another 

former Tafelmusik member, oboist Washington McClain .. The interspersal 

of these other contributions among McCraw's three solo offerings 

(concertos in A miiior, the haunting D Minor, and F Major) creates a 

well-balanced, delightful disc. 

Brian McMillan 

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Saint-Saens: Music for Violin and Piano 

Jasper Wood; James Parker 

Disques Pelleas CD-0110 

Proust, according to Barry Corber's excellent 

progr.amme notes for this CD, greatly admired 

Saint-Saens, calling him a "musical humanist." 

Certainly the term is apt. The composer's style 

is brilliant,. yet erudite, at times even academic; 

in an age that looked for the great romantic 

gesture, his essential taste was for wit and 

clarity. , 

Jasper Wood and James Parker beautifully 

illuminate the, strengths and negotiate the 

contradictions of this music. Wood's palette is 

broad, ranging from full-blooded virt.uosity •to 

ravishing delicacy, but his playing is above all 

intelligent, clean and balanced. Parker is his 

match, in both musical sensibility and technical 

command. One could occasionally wish for a 

little more presence from him, especially in slow 

movements, but that is a minor quibble. These 

players revel in romantic sound, colour and 

mood, but maintain a clear sense of line and 

structure, and are never self-indulgent. 

, The CD includes the two violin sonatas; 

Triptyque, a slight but charming late work 

dedicated to Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (an 

accomplished violinist); and the Danse macabre, 

a character piece best known in its orchestral 

version. These are works that, while certainly 

not unknown, are infrequently performed. Wood 

and Parker convincingly make the case for them, 

and delight the listener along the way. 

If anyone needs a good argument for public · 

support of the arts, this recording produced with 

the assistance of the Ontario Arts Council (and 

indirectly the Canada Council which owns the 

violin on loan to Jasper Wood), provides one. 

Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, 

Nisi Dominus, Longe Mala 

David Daniels, countertenor 

Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi 

Virgin Veritas 7243 5 45474 2 3 

Mary McGeer 

DISCOVERIES 

Galante, whose previous recording credits 

include the most exciting version of Vivaldi's 

The Four Seasons on disc (Virgin Veritas 7243 

5 45465 2 5). In the Stabai Mater, Vivaldi's 

earliest known sacred work, their distinctive 

articulation gives sensuous shape to each line, 

and their flexible tempos create immediacy. 

The Nisi Dominus, a showpiece for alto voice, 

is also featured on German countertenor 

Andreas Scholl's recent Vivaldi album. Beautiful 

as Scholl 's singing is, Daniels offers a more 

compelling performance, highlighted by 

moments like the eloquent intertwining of his 

voice with Biondi's viola d'amore in the Gloria 

Patri, and the atmospheric word-painting of the 

Cum Dederit Dilectis, where Daniels brings out 

the beguiling quality of the chromatic-,.Jines. 

Striking string effects evoke the exotic and 

mysterious influence of Vivaldi's Venetian roots. 

The less well-known motet Longe Mala is a 

bravura tour-de-force. After this recording, it 

is' sure to be heard more often. 

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WORTH RE PEA Tl NG 

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Antar 

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande;. Ernest 

~nsermet 

DISCOVERIES 

first stereo recording but there is nothing 

tentative, either abou\ the recording or the 

performance. 

Check out others in this series. 

Bruce Surtees 

Decc~ Legends 470253-2 

1 Spirit Song: The Vocal Music of Harry 

This is from the latest batch in Decca's Freedman · 

continuing Legends series, re-introducing some 

of the best recordings from those halcyon days 

when no expense need be spared to document 

the finest performers of the time. Prominent 

was Ernest Ansermet. The mathematicianturned-conductor's 

recordings set new standards 

of excellence in both performance and stunning 

realism of sound. 

As only to be e)\pected, reviewers become, 

shall we say, a little jaded. Oh no! Not another 

Scheherazade might be an oft-heard exclani.ation. 

Surprise! After a few bars it is only too 

apparent that this is not just 

another Scheherazade. 

Sonically, this disc is 

exemplary ... dynamic from 

bottom to top, from side to 

side, from front to back. That . 

would be to no avail if the 

performance were less than 

masterfully conceived and 

shaped. This is high drama. 

Ansermet's unerring pace 

gives the work a real sense 

of the unfolding stories told 

by. Scheherazade to ensure 

she has a tomorrow. 

Tqe first violin of the 

orchestra, now a respected 

musician in Toronto, was 

Lo.rand Fenyves. As the 

voice of Scheherazade he 

portrays her as a real 

enchanter.. No wonder she 

saves her neck. 

Rimsky's less familiar but 

dramatic Antar was taped in 

June 1954. This was Decca's 

wqe !Uusic 

Otqamber 

217 Danforth Ave. 

(416) 406-1641 

Newand Used 

Classical and 

Jazz CDs 

Various artists 

Centrediscs CMC-CD 6700 

Celebrating his 80'h birthday this month, Harry 

Freedman remains one of Canada's most 

performed and prolific composers. This 2000 

Ceritrediscs release presents a wide selection 

of his vocal works in authoritative performances, 

closely supervised by the composer. 

Freedman typically employs the voice as a 

musical instrument rather than a narrative 

device. He is fond of the practice of vocalising 

qn nonsense 

syllables and 

himself points 

to Duke Ellington's 

evocative 

Creole love 

Call as the 

ancestor of the 

earliest wo.rk on 

this disc, the 

Two Vocalises 

composed for his wife Mary Morrison in 1953. 

An accomplished pe.rformer of the most 

difficult vocal music imaginable, Morrison also 

happens to be a highly gifted teacher. All the 

outstanding voices to be heard on this recording 

are graduates of her studio at the University of 

Toronto. Barbara Hannigan, who gives expert 

performances of both Two Vocalises and Toccata 

(with flutist Dianne Aitken), is but one example 

of her mentoring. 

Trade-ins 

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Freedman's 1966 song cycle, Anerca, is an 

acknowledged landmark of Canadian vocal 

writing. It is given an aptly edgy rendition by 

soprano Wendy Nielsen. The.upper register of 

Ms Nielsen's versatile voice is also heard to 

good effect in the Trois poemes de Jacques 

Prevert for voice and string guartet from 1962, 

with the superb Accordes quartet. 

The title track of this album, Spirit Song, is to 

my mind Freedman's greatest achievement in 

the vocal genre. Here his use of phonemes, 

formed from "an abstraction, of various 

aboriginal languages combined with some actual 

aboriginal place names in the Americas," serves 

a profound structural purpose. The performance 

by Valdine Anderson and the Penderecki String 

Quartet is stunning, and the atmosphere of the 

work is enhanced by a subtle manipulation of 

the resonance of the hall by a veteran production 

team from CBC's Two New Hours. 

Daniel Foley 

INDIE LIST (Small and 

Independent Labels) 

Who's Playing 

Lee Pui Ming, piano 

DAME/ ACTUELLE CD AM 098 

http://www.actuellecd.com 

In the sparse text adorning the inside. cover of 

her new CD, Lee Pui Ming writes "when one is 

completely present in the moment - playing, or 

listening - who, then, in that moment, is playing; 

and who, is listening." This statement propagates 

subtle questions of communication, transference, 

projection, osm9sis, intuition, and collectivity, 

establishing a soundscape-building process 

inclusive. of critical extra-temporal reflection. 

Not only is she questioning what is happening, 

but how, and the multifarious contributions of 

time, moment, and influence. Having lived and 

studied in then-British Hong Kong, Minnesota, 

and Washington prior to settling in Toronto, 

diversity of influence is a key (though jagged 

and unkempt) factor in her work, revealing the 

acknowledged involvement with the music of 

McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Prokofiev; 

Bartok, and · 

Chinese traditional 

and pop 

musics . 

Interestingly, 

the success of 

the improvisations 

documented 

on this 

recording directly 

corresponds 

with Lee's 

distance from the piano keyboard (her primary 

instrument). The most keyboard-centric pieces 

display rigidity and reliance on perpetual motion 

that primarily focuses attention. onto the 

permeating square rhyJhmic grid negatively 

imprinted with syntheses of Webern, 

Nancarrow, and Sorabji. With distance from the 

lh.\COVERIES 

keyboard, and movement onto the strings and 

wood of the instrument, using the body and voice 

as sound sources, comes a liberation of 

expression. The de-emphasis of pitch allows for 

the successful confluence of further-reaching, 

expressive, organic and magnetic, timbre~based 

gestures that. display a. playful and exploratory 

approach to sound. Overall, the weaknesses are 

mildly diffused by the sensitive ordering of the 

whole, but not dissolved by the otherwise 

inventive diversity. 

Paul Steenhuisen 

Concert Note: lee Pui Ming's music is featured 

·in Hundun, a multidisciplinary music and dance 

event at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre beginning 

April 25. . 

Thoughts and Fancies 

Voyces Past 

VPTF 2001 (www. voycespast:com) 

Immediately, the voices ofYoyces Past (Karen 

Elkin, Penny Sparling, Michele DeBoer, Suba 

Sankaran) capture the listener's ear with their 

winning, youthful, stunrting, almost-genetic blend. 

Focusing primarily on the a cappella repertoire 

of secular and sacred music of the European 

Renaissance, they opt for modern pronunciation 

of English, French, church-style Latin. Pastim.e 

with Gude Companye, The Silver Swan, Come 

again! Sweet love doth now invite, Mon coeur se 

recommende a vous and The Nightingale are 

some of the more familiar selections, all sung 

with requisite clarity and momentum. My 

favourites, despite a few technical difficulties 

and vocal challenges, Some Men Desire Spouses 

(Thomas Weelkes), fl est bet et bon (Passereau) 

and Hof Who Comes Here? (Thomas Morley) 

offer more spontaneous, vibrant and colourful 

performances. 

It is interesting to hear several Canadian 

compositions by Keith Bissell, Godfrey Ridout, 

Eleanor Daley, Nancy Telfer and Ruth Watson. 

Henderson, espeeially .in the .\context of this 

recording. The tonal and rhythmic contrast of 

these modern works, particularly Bissell's 0 by 

the by, Henderson's The lamb, and Telfer's High 

Flight offered some relief from an encroaching 

fatigue caused by an interpretive complacency 

in the early repertoire. One might have wished 

for a wider range of voca1 expression and 

dynamic even in the course of a very modest 

41 :41 total time. However, I would still 

recommend this CD for an opportunity to hear a 

rather remarkable vocal ensemble. 

Frank T. Nakashima 

Twin Souls 

Text-based Electroacoustic Music by Barry 

Truax 

Cambridge Street Records CSR-CD0102 

With Song of Songs, Barry Truax made a 

departure in his music. He was previously 

identified strongly with the cerebral world of 

North American computer n1usic in the 19SO's. 

Song of S9ngs opened his Pillette up to 1p vorid of 

lushness and sensuou s ne~s -·a welcoriied change 

for those growing tired of the clinical inwardness 

of contemporary music before the' celebrated 

success of composers like Gubaidu.lina, Goree~, 

and Part.. " 

Song of Songs is not on this disc, but it surfaces 

through the subtext of many of the works on Twi1t 

Souls, which is a CD devoted .to works with love 

poetry and texts on sexual identity. Le?~ing Twill 

Souls off with a gentle touch is Wings of fire 

with cellist Frances Marie lJitti softly guiding 

the lyricism of the piece and responding to the 

precise measured words of BC poet Joy Kirsti11 

read by Ellie Epp. Another highlight is 

Androgyne, Mon Anwur for double bassist Robert 

Black. This piece is a setting of six poems by 

Tennessee Williams read by Douglas Huffman . 

The poems dictate the music. Even when the 

words are placed in the background, their 

rhythms and vocal nuances invite the instrument 

and tape part to fuse sympathetically into one 

body and. voice. Eerie and sparse, the final 

synthesis embodies the terrible loneliness 

endured by Tennessee Wili'iams in his later 

years. 

' 

Darren Copeland 

The Nearness Of You - A Tribute To The 

Music Of H.oagy Carmichael 

Cindy Church; George Koller; Joe Sealy 

Seajam Recordings Inc. SJ1007-2 

So you take one of the great song writers and 15 

of his best compositions played by pianist Joe 

Sealy and bassist George Koller, add singer 

Cindy Church; let the men sing some too, be 

syµ1pathetic to the genre, et voila, you have the 

recipe for close to an hour's worth of enjoyable 

listening. The CD was recorded from a concert 

at Glenn Gould Studio· a little over .a year ago 

and has a sense of intimacy to it as well as that 

mix of the sophisticated and folksy that is so 

evident in the music of Hoagy Carmichael. 

Cindy Church, although a well-established 

singer, is not particularly well known as a jazz 

performer, but on this outing she lends the songs 

a great deal of chartn and understanding, mak,ing 

her voice a fitting third instrument. Much lessknown 

for their singing abilities, and although 

maybe not a challenge to Bing Crosby or Nat 

;'King" Cole, George and Joe nevertheles~ carry 

off their vocal chores admirably and with wit 

and warmth. New Orle'ans is the only 

instrumental- even although it too has a great 

lyric. All the others - and they include some bf 

Carmichael's classic hits such as Stardust, 

Skylark and The Nearness Of You as well as a 

few lesser-known but wonderful songs like Ole 

Buttermilk Sky (nicely interpreted by George) 

and f'Get Along Without You - make good use of 

the talents of great lyricists like Johnny Mercer, 

Mitchell Parish, Frank Laesser and , of course, 

Hoagland Howard Carmichael himself. 

This may not be a groundbreaking album, but 

it certairily serves to remind us that good music 

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can also be good fun . 

. Jim Gallflwav 

Concert Note: Bassist George K'ouer 

accompanies singer Julie Michels at Mezzetta 

on April 10. 

The Niagara Brass Ensemble 

Brass Feast 

Echiquier Records ECD 007 

This CD, the second by the Niagara Brass, is a 

welcome addition to my listening library. The 

recording is a selection of new Canadian music 

for brass. Not just for quintet either - out of the 

total track time Gust under 64 minutes) just under 

half is devoted to works for solo horn or trumpet 

with piano accompaniment. 

I was immediately transfixed by the sound of 

the quintet on the opening cut, Ceremonial 

Fanfare by J. Scott Irvine. The blend and balance 

of the players is excellent. The group has a 

wonderful big warm sound with just enough edge 

to it. 

I particularly enjoyed Morley Calvert's Three 

Dance Impressions. The titles of the movements 

- With Dignity, With Elegance and With Humour 

were perfectly matched to the music. 

My favourite composition on this CD has to 

be Shannon Thomson's Sketches for Brass 

Quintet. Thomson's jazz influences shine 

through clearly in the second movement, while 

the first is a wonderful bit of neo-Baroque 

DISCOVERIES 

counterpoint. 

In addition to 

the composers 

already mentioned, 

Brass 

Feast includes 

works by Alexander 

Rapoport, 

Michael 

Horwood, 

Penelope Walcott, 

Colin 

Eatock and Michael Hynes. 

I highly recommend this CD - the writing and 

playing are first rate. 

Merlin Williams 

DISCS OF THE MONTH 

Berlioz: Les Troyens 

Ben Heppner; Michelle De Young; 

London Symphony Orchesta and Chorus; 

Colin Davis 

LSO LIVE 0010 (4 CDsf 

ls the major attraction of this package the 

presence of Ben Heppner? To find out how many 

people are willing to acquire a four CD set of 

French Opera of this magnitude, I checked with 

Universal who recorded Les Troyens under 

Du to it in 1993. The net sales were quite 

surprising, far more than I had imagined. 

This new set was assembled from public 

performances given on four evenings in 

December 2000 in London's Barbican Centre. 

The luminaries were Heppner as Ern~e (Aeneas) 

and soprano Michelle De Young as Didon (Dido). 

There are 16 other sung roles and a hearty 

chorus. The sound is first class, natural, suitably 

dynamic and spacious. 

This was Heppner's last major role before his 

vocal troubles began. He is well cast, his voice 

lyrical and ringing where called for. He never 

overpowers the lines, always singing from within 

the character he portrays. I first heard De Young 

in Houston some years ago in an overwhelming 

Gurrelieder and have been a fan since. 

This is Davis's second complete recording of 

Les Troyens. His Philips set was recorded in 

1969 with a cast from the Royal Opera House, 

Covent Garden featuring another Canadian, Jon 

Vickers, the premier helden-tenor of his day. 

This earlier set 

remains in the 

catalogue, so 

those who wish 

to compare the 

two may do so. 

This new set 

clearly conveys 

the tension of the 

drama unfolding 

in the real time 

of the mounted

production. Each singer lives his or her 

character, contributing to the heady atmosphere 

that, even without visuals, holds the listener's 

attention throughout. This performance has a 

pulse. It lives! Hats off to Sir Colin! 

Bruce Surtees 

Margison Sings Verdi 

Richard Margison; Canadian Opera 

Company Orchestra; Richard Bradshaw 

CBC Records SMCD 5213 

Joyous Light 

Isabel Bayrakdarian; Elmer Iseler Singers; 

Raffi Armenian 

CBC Records SMCD 5215 

Dozens of top-notch Canadian singers regularly 

grace the stages of the leading international opera 

houses these 

days. From 

Salzburg 

and Vienna 

to Paris and 

New York, 

the names 

Braun, 

Wiens, 

Schade, 

Fin 1 e y, 

Heppner, 

Margison 

DISCOVERIES 

and Bayrakdarian are setting the standard for 

modernday operatic performances. 

CBC Records has been following the careers 

of these superstars and two new releases feature 

the golden tenor voice of Richard Margison in 

his prime and the luminescent tones of Isabel 

Bayrakdarian, a soprano commencing what is 

sure to be a sensational career. 

The Margison disc offers a generous collection 

of thrilling arias by Giuseppe Verdi. In his 

characteristic fashion, senior producer Neil 

Crory has assembled a program of serious 

operatic fare, not the "greatest hits" that we're 

often fed from the commercial labels . I especially 

enjoyed the arias, hitherto unfamiliar to 

me, from Attila and I due Foscari. Margison is 

at the top of his form throughout, with 

miraculous renditions of heavy numbers from 

Luisa Miller, Un ballo in maschera and Il 

Trovatore. Another emerging Canadian star, 

baritone James Westman, makes an appearance 

in the thrilling duet from Don Carlo. The COC 

orchestra sounds great under Richard Bradshaw 

with special mention of clarinetist Stanley 

McCartney and violinist Marie Berard for the 

solos they offer on the CD. 

The CD of Isabel Bayrakdarian is a completely 

different animal. Entitled Joyous Light, it is a 

collection of traditional sacred music of the 

Armenian Christian church. 2001 marked the 

1700th anniversary of the founding of the 

Christian church in Armenia and I remember 

being present 

at a service 

at St. James' 

Cathedral in 

honour of this 

anniversary, 

attended by 

the Catholicus 

of Armenia 

and at which 

Ms. Bayrakdarian 

sang 

some of these hymns. This is heart-felt, devout 

music with a fascinating combination of 

influences . Bayrakdarian is clearly at home with 

the style (having sung this music since she was 

a child) and her utterly beautiful tone is on display 

constantly. I sincerely hope this CD represents 

a new direction at CBC Records and that we 

can expect recordings from leading Canadian 

performers of other traditions. 

For gorgeous, intelligent, emotional singing 

of the highest order, one need look no further 

than these two discs. 

Larry Beckwith 

Concert Note: Isabel Bayrakdarian hosts the 

Canadian Music Competitions Gala Concert at 

Glenn Gould Studio on April 17 and can be heard 

in recital at the Toronto Centre for the Arts on 

May3.

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