PRICELESS! Vol 20 No 5 CONCERT LISTINGS | FEBRUARY 1 - MARCH 7 2015 Hannigan Ascending BACH ST. JOHN PASSION BACH ST. JOHN PASSION BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! HOUSE OF DREAMS DIRECTED BY IVARS TAURINS Mar 19-22, 2015 Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall DIRECTED BY Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra JEANNE LAMON and Chamber Choir CONCEIVED, SCRIPTED, AND Julia Doyle, soprano PROGRAMMED BY Daniel Taylor, countertenor ALISON MACKAY Charles Daniels, tenor Peter Harvey, baritone Feb 11-15, 2015 Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall “A testament to his faith, Bach’s Passions speak to us of the Journey to the meeting places of baroque art and music fea- turing music by , , , and more. greater human experience through music Bach Handel Vivaldi of powerful drama and profound beauty.” Don’t miss this stunning multimedia — IVARS TAURINS event before it goes on tour to Australia! A CO-PRODUCTION WITH Stage Direction by Marshall Pynkoski Production Design by Glenn Davidson Projection Design by Raha Javanfar 416.964.6337 Narrated by Blair Williams tafelmusik.org SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR The TSO and festival curator George Benjamin join forces with Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan for new sounds, cutting-edge drama, and 7 premières! A Mind of Winter SAT, FEB 28 AT 8pm Peter Oundjian, conductor and host George Benjamin, conductor Barbara Hannigan, soprano Jonathan Crow, violin Dai Fujikura: Tocar y Luchar (CANADIAN PREMIÈRE) George Benjamin: A Mind of Winter (CANADIAN PREMIÈRE) Vivian Fung: Violin Concerto No. 2 “Of Snow and Ice”(WORLD PREMIÈRE/TSO COMMISSION) Dutilleux: Métaboles Pre-concert Performance, Intermission Chat, and Post-concert Party in the Lobby. let me tell you WED, MAR 4 AT 8pm Peter Oundjian, conductor and host George Benjamin, conductor Barbara Hannigan, soprano Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, piano Chris Paul Harman: Lieder und Arien (WORLD PREMIÈRE/TSO COMMISSION) George Benjamin: Duet for Piano and Orchestra (CANADIAN PREMIÈRE) Hans Abrahamsen: let me tell you (NORTH AMERICAN PREMIÈRE) Pre-concert Performance, Intermission Chat, and Post-concert Party in the Lobby. Written on Skin SAT, MAR 7 AT 7:30pm George Benjamin, conductor and host Barbara Hannigan, soprano Krisztina Szabó, mezzo-soprano Iestyn Davies, countertenor Isaiah Bell, tenor Christopher Purves, baritone BARBARA HANNIGAN, George Benjamin: Written on Skin SOPRANO (opera-in-concert in English with SURTITLES™) (CANADIAN PREMIÈRE) Pre-concert Performance in the Lobby. Post-concert On-stage Chat with the composer and cast, followed by a Post-concert Party in the Lobby. TICKETS FROM $33 | 416.593.4828 | NEWCREATIONSFESTIVAL.COM SUPPORTED BY MARCH 7 PERFORMANCE SPONSOR OFFICIAL AIRLINE SPECIAL FESTIVAL GRANT 416 866 8666 SOULPEPPER.CA CONCERT SERIES JACKIE RICHARDSON A MOVABLE MUSICAL MARITIME FEAST:* p.E.I.’s Mike Ross and his musical guests celebrate the extraordinary musical life of Eastern Canada. PERFORMANCES ON FEBRUARY 15, 20, 22 AMERICAN PIE – A SONGBOOK INVESTIGATION*: An investigation of the meaning and musical references of Don McLean’s folk-rock anthem. PERFORMANCES ON FEBRUARY 27, MARCH 1, 8 THE NINA PROJECT: Jackie Richardson, Shakura S’Aida and Kellylee Evans celebrate the life and legend of Nina Simone. PERFORMANCES ON FEBRUARY 16, APRIL 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ROUTE 66 – THE HEARTLAND*: A journey through the heartland of America on the backs of Woody Guthrie, Jack Kerouac and the blues. PERFORMANCES ON MARCH 17, 20, 24, 25 concert series *concert sponsor sponsor PLEASE VISIT SOULPEPPER.CA FOR FULL 2015 SEASON 2015 lead sponsors photo: jason hudson Volume 20 No 5 | February 1 to March 7, 2015 FEATURES 6. For Openers: The Black, White & Grey Of The February Blues | DAVID PERLMAN 8. Barbara Hannigan - Being the Music | WENDALYN BARTLEY Piano Quintets by French 10. Remembering: Jim Galloway | TED O’REILLEY composers LOUIS VIERNE and 48. Just the Spot: The Array Space | ANDREW TIMAR GABRIEL PIERNÉ 53. On The Road | SARA CONSTANT 55. Musical Life: We are all Music’s Children | MJ BUELL QUATUOR ARTHUR-LEBLANC Stéphane Lemelin PIANO BEAT BY BEAT 11. Classical & Beyond | PAUL ENNIS 14. In with the New | WENDALYN BARTLEY 16. World View | ANDREW TIMAR 18. Mostly Jazz | ORI DAGAN 19. On Opera | CHRISTOPHER HOILE 21. Art of Song | HANS DE GROOT 23. Early Music | DAVID PODGORSKI 25. Choral Scene | BENJAMIN STEIN 27. Bandstand | JACK MACQUARRIE LISTINGS 28. A | Concerts in the GTA ACD2 2384 41. B | Concerts Beyond the GTA 43. C | Music Theatre 45. D | In the Clubs (Mostly Jazz) 49. E | The ETCeteras DISCOVERIES: RECORDINGS REVIEWED 56. Editor’s Corner | DAVID OLDS 57. Vocal 58. Early Music & Period Performance 58. Classical & Beyond 60. Strings Attached | TERRY ROBBINS 61. Modern & Contemporary 62. Jazz & Improvised 63. Something in the Air | KEN WAXMAN 65. Jazz, Eh? | STUART BROOMER ACD2 2689 66. Pot Pourri 68. Old Wine, New Bottles | BRUCE SURTEES SOFIA GUBAIDULINA a Russian-Tatar composer MORE 6. Contact Information & Deadlines and a remarkable figure in 7. Index of Advertisers contemporary music 52. Classified Ads QUATUOR MOLINARI Cover Photograph Elmer de Haas Louise Bessette PIANO AVAILABLE IN HD AT ATMACLASSIQUE.COM STUDIO CD QUALITY MP3 QUALITY Select ATMA titles now on sale JUST THE SPOT 48 ON THE ROAD 53 MUSIC’S CHILDREN 55 FOR OPENERS | DAVID PERLMAN The Black, White & Grey Of The February Blues ebruary sits in the musical calendar like a trailhead parking lot we start getting tantalizing glimpses of what the next full season in a fine provincial park. From it you can set out on any one of (2015/16) will have to offer. In both cases, these early whispers will Fa number of paths, depending on whether you are interested in crescendo to a dull roar over the course of the spring, but even now explorations of the short, medium or long-term kind. they threaten to distract us from the task of living, mindfully, in the The most immediate of the outlooks February offers is what’s present musical moment. going on within the month itself. But be warned. For the shortest Regarding thoughts of summer, as Sara Constant points out in month of the year, this issue’s listings pack quite a punch! This may her introduction to On The Road (page 53), planning for summer be because, as Jack MacQuarrie speculates in Bandstand on page 27, music education tends to fall into place the earliest, for educators and “all the behind-the-scenes efforts of winter rehearsals ... spring into students alike. So we are starting On the Road a full month earlier this a variety of programs well before Mother Nature takes her own leap year, with a couple of early educator interviews to get the ball rolling. into spring.” Or it may be that we, the audience, hardwired for friv- Even more distracting than thoughts of summer in terms of staying olity during the silly season, have shown ourselves over the years to be in the musical moment, this is also the time when the town’s musical good and ready for something more sustaining once the days begin to biggies make with their 2015/16 season announcements, an act akin lengthen. Or that resigned to a month of daily grind, only music (and to waving a Dufflet dessert menu in the face of diners still rewardingly lots of it) will do to keep the February blues away. ruminating over their mains. Another interesting way to view this month is that it is the The Canadian Opera Company was, as usual, the first out of the launchpad for the whole second half of the concert season – so if, blocks with a mid-January launch. (Chris Hoile summarizes the fuelled by your own resolve, you set out this month to make some essentials in On Opera on page 19.) Incidentally, this year’s COC new musical acquaintance, it’s early enough in the new year that you launch set the bar very high for events of this kind; a 90-minute will have other opportunities to seek out that artist or presenter or hosted event in the FSCPA main hall, with full orchestra and solo- composer or venue again, before the end of the regular season. ists onstage, providing musical emphasis for each reveal. (The audi- Beyond these two paths of inquiry, February is also the starting ence was not your usual sprinkling of scribblers, corporate sponsors point for two other longer-term inquiries: first, it’s never too early, and board members either – more like 800 to 1000 subscribers and it seems, to begin planning for summer; second, right now is when donors packed the lowers rings of the hall, many of whom were lining ™ The WholeNote THANKS TO THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS Upcoming Dates & Deadlines VOLUME 20 NO 5| FEBRUARY 1, 2015 – MARCH 7, 2015 Beat Columnists Centre for Social Innovation Hans de Groot, Jack MacQuarrie, Benjamin Stein, Free Event Listings Deadline 720 Bathurst St., Suite 503, Toronto ON M5S 2R4 Paul Ennis, David Olds, David Podgorski, 6pm Sunday February 8 PHONE 416-323-2232 | FAX 416-603-4791 Ori Dagan, Wendalyn Bartley, Display Ad Reservations Deadline mJ buell, Christopher Hoile, Andrew Timar 6pm Sunday February 15 Publisher/Editor In Chief | David Perlman [email protected] Features Classifieds Deadline Sara Constant, Paul Ennis, 6pm Monday February 23 | Chairman of the Board Allan Pulker Ted O’Reilley, Andrew Timar [email protected] Advertising Materials Due CD Reviewers 6pm Tuesday February 17 EDITORIAL Adam Scime, Alison Melville, Andrew Timar, Bruce Publication Date Managing Editor | Paul Ennis Surtees, Cathy Riches, Ivana Popovic, Janos Friday February 27 [email protected] Gardonyi, Karen Ages, Ken Waxman, Lesley Volume 20 No 6 covers Recordings Editor | David Olds Mitchell-Clarke, Lise Olds, Max Christie, Paul March 1, 2015 to April 7, 2015 [email protected] Steenhuisen, Dr.