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Summer 2006 Vol. 4.4 

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The Music Scene ■ Summer 2006 ■ 

6 Gryphon Trio 

IN HARMONY 

NEWS & PERFORMANCE 

5 Notes 

9 Philippe Jaroussky 

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JAZZ 

30 Jazz Festival Picks 

32 Jazz CD Reviews 

REVIEWS 

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CANADIAN SUMMER 

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Kat Hammer, Michael Vincent 

PETITION FOR FAIR TAX CREDITS 

D. B. Scott of Cambridge,Ontario,is taking on the Stephen Harper's $500 tax 

credit for sports lessons because he believes it is fundamentally unfair. "Playing 

organized sports is one thing. But learning the piano or modern dance or how 

to sing in a youth choir is just as important," he told CBC Radio. Scott has started 

an online petition called "Towards the fair treatment and support of all children" 

to ask the federal government to extend the credit to art and music lessons. 

So far, it has garnered strong grassroots support. As of June 8, the petition 

had recorded 30,000 signatures, adding about 1,500 new signatures per day.To 

sign the petition, visit the link at www.scena.org (Selected Links section). 

This is the latest dissent over the treatment of the arts in Harper's budget. 

Under the new budget, the Canada Council will receive a boost $50 million 

over the next two years, a far cry from the $300 million over three years promised 

by the Liberals before the last election. In effect, the arts community lost 

$250 million under the Harper plan, despite assurances present Heritage 

Minister Bev Oda gave to Radio-Canada during the election campaign. On a 

positive note, the budget contained a provision to eliminate capital gains 

taxes for donation of stocks to registered charities. Currently, donation of 

securities represents about 3.9% of all donations. 

LA SCALA ANNOUNCES DANIEL BARENBOIM AS CONDUCTOR 

Daniel Barenboim will be the principal guest conductor at Milan's La 

Scala opera house. Barenboim's appointment with the opera will begin 

with a concert of Verdi's Requiem scheduled for Nov. 9, 2007, and the 

opera's season opener, a performance of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde' in 

December 2007, and continuing through a complete performance of 

Wagner's Ring cycle in 2011. Barenboim will be stepping partly into the role 

vacated by former musical director Ricardo Muti, who resigned amid controversy 

last year. 

La Scala and Barenboim have deliberately left Barenboim's new role with 

La Scala undefined. The conductor commented on the new role saying, 

“There is no title, there's no contract, there's nothing, and because of this, 

there's everything.” He will conduct two operas per season, plus concerts of 

the orchestra and chorus, and will also appear as a soloist. 

Barenboim will remain as music director of Berlin's Staatsoper and the two 

opera companies will have a close relationship, including co-producing 

Wagner's Ring cycle. Barenboim is also Music Director of the Chicago 

Symphony Orchestra, a position he will be leaving at the end of this season. 

NEW PRESIDENT FOR EMI CLASSICS 

EMI Classics has named Costa Pilavachi as president, to succeed 

Richard Lyttelton, who is retiring this summer. Pilavachi is currently president 

of Decca Records, a position he has held since 1999. Prior to Decca, 

Pilavachi was president of Philips Music Group. 

EMI Classics is one of the largest classical music companies, with a catalogue 

that includes recordings by the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna 

Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, Placido Domingo, and Itzhak Perlman. Last 

year EMI release “Best Mozart 100” reached number 5 on France's pop music 

charts and their release of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde sung by Placido 

Domingo and Nina Stemme received much critical acclaim. 

HALIFAX RESEARCHES REVIVE MEDIEVAL BELGIAN MANUSCRIPT 

Jennifer Bain, music professor at Dalhousie University, is preparing a 

medieval score for its first performance in centuries. The score for the 

Salzinnes Antiphonal from the Cistercian Abbey of Salzinnes in Namur, 

Belgium, was written in 1554. Bishop William Walsh, the first Archbishop 

for the Catholic Diocese of Halifax, brought it to Canada in the 1840’s. In 

the early 1970's Archbishop James Hayes discovered the manuscript in the 

attic of the archbishop's residence in Halifax and donated it to the Patrick 

Power Library at St. Mary's University. 

The Cistercian Abbey of Salzinnes was constructed in 1202, destroyed 

and rebuilt later that century, and finally destroyed in 1797. When this 

antiphonal was written there were 34 nuns living in the abbey, all noblewomen, 

who are illustrated and named in the antiphonal.The volume consists 

of 480 pages printed on parchment. The extensive illustrations and 

excellent condition of the volume are attracting international attention. 

Judy Dietz, retired Associate Curator of Historical European Art at the Art 

Gallery of Nova Scotia, is writing her master's thesis on the Salzinnes 

Antiphonal and preparing an English translation. For the 2007 Scotia Festival 

of Music, Jennifer Bain is analysing and transcribing it for performance by an 

Australian choir specialising in early music. 

PAVAROTTI CANCELS CANADIAN DATES 

Luciano Pavarotti has recently announced the cancellation of four 

upcoming concerts across Canada and one in the US affecting his 

farewell tour. While undergoing physiotherapy in a New York hospital, 

Pavarotti contracted a serious infection that has hindered his recovery 

from a back injury which had prompted the singer to cancel eight concerts 

in April 2005. 

Canceled dates will include 

upcoming shows in 

Montreal on June 3, 

Toronto on June 6, Calgary 

on June 11, Vancouver on 

June 16, and Washington, 

D.C., on June 21. All five concerts 

have been rescheduled 

for October. Terri 

Robson, Pavarotti’s manager, 

said in a statement, 

"Luciano apologizes to his 

many disappointed fans 

for having to reschedule 

these concerts—happily, 

he is now well on his way 

to recovery and very much 

looks forward to continue 

celebrating his career with 

the Pavarotti worldwide 

farewell tour.” MV 

LOOKING FOR THE NEXT GREAT CANADIAN TENOR 

The Canadian Tenors, a new musical experience uniting the elements of 

the tenor voice with classical, popopera and live theatre, has launched a 

national search for new talent. Founder Jill Ann Siemens, started the 

Canadian Tenors in Victoria, BC, as a two-year development project which 

has built a solid fan base, and has garnered interest from Warner Music. 

The chosen talent will be provided with professional artistic and commercial 

representation, undertake a national tour for the 2006 – 2007 season 

and an international tour for the 2007 – 2008 season as well as have the 

opportunity to receive extensive media coverage and recording opportunities. 

Deadline for applications is June 15. Visit www.canadiantenors.com 

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The Gryphon Trio 

IN HARMONY 

The Gryphon Trio has been playing together for 

13 years, and even speaking to them individually by phone, the 

close connections of this chamber ensemble are evident. Their 

stories interlace like musical phrases, and they constantly 

reference one another for elaboration, like passing a motive from 

part to part. Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin, Roman Borys, 

cello, and Jamie Parker, piano, all speak of the group and their 

professional and personal lives in a way that suggests the same 

musical harmony they project on stage. 

PHOTO BY SHIN SUGINO

CLAIRE MARIE BLAUSTEIN 

The trio began as just two, when Patipatanakoon and Borys met at the Banff 

Center as teenagers, and both ended up at the world renowned Indiana 

University School of Music. While there, they joined a pianist and studied 

with Beaux Arts Trio founder Menahem Pressler. After several years with this 

developmental ensemble, they called upon pianist Jamie Parker to fill in for 

several concerts, and according to Patipatanakoon, “everything just went 

from there.” 

PHOTO BY DONALD LEE 

But with constant stories of chamber groups breaking up 

and lawsuits over instruments, there is always the question 

of how well the group gets along. In particularly, this 

trio has the potential for conflict, as Patipatanakoon and 

Borys married about a year ago. But as Parker put it, “they 

deal with things in the way that they deal with things, and 

it’s fine – nothing gets in the way of us making music 

together.” 

Being in a chamber group is different from playing with a 

larger ensemble, as the quarters are considerably closer. 

“In an orchestra, if there’s someone you don’t get along 

with, that’s bad, but you don’t have to spend a lot of time 

directly working with that person,” says Parker. “We’re very 

fortunate that we still enjoy each other’s company.” 

Throughout everything, there seems to be a healthy line 

of communication that can bridge potential disagreements, 

both personally and musically. 

“Communication is key,” says Patipatanakoon. “We try and 

make sure that if something is a concern to someone, it 

comes out so that it doesn’t fester or cause bigger problems 

down the road.” 

Not everything has been easy. “Of course there have been 

lots of hurdles over the years,” Borys said. “It’s just that 

the passion for the art form always fuels the stamina 

required to come up with the solutions – with ways to 

overcome them.” 

They all agree that traveling can be the most stressful part 

of any musician’s career. Occasionally, other aspects of life 

intrude on an active performing career, as they have for 

Parker, who has a new baby boy, and certainly doesn’t 

want to miss him growing up. “Sometimes my wife and boy 

can travel, and usually they’ll come with us on the summer 

festival circuit in Ontario. My wife probably won’t come 

with me to the prairies in February, though [laughs].” It 

can be a struggle to maintain that lifestyle. “There’s no 

question that at times it hurts.” 

Naturally, there is a silver lining. “It’s great traveling around 

with people who have witnessed or experienced with you 

challenges as well as successes, whether they be particularly 

successful performances, or awkward moments taking 

your cello through an airport,” Borys laughs. 

Through the years, the Gryphon Trio has developed a 

name synonymous not just with excellent playing, but also 

experimentation and innovation. Part of that has been a 

dedication to collaborative projects that take chamber 

music into new contexts and new spaces. 

Both Patipatanakoon and Parker cited Borys as the “career 

developer” – the one who tended to push the group to 

some of their larger projects. 

“I try and keep a bit more of my schedule free in order to 

dream up and administer and conceive and produce various 

initiatives, whether they be education things for 

young composers, or concerts for kids, or new commissions 

for us, or projects like Constantinople,” explains 

Borys. 

Constantinople has been the largest of the group’s recent 

efforts – a multimedia presentation written and composed 

by Christos Hatzis. After rave reviews at its premiere in 

Banff, the group will be making the European premiere at 

London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in March 

2007. 

“It’s a big effort to put chamber music in a slightly different 

context and open it up to a new audience.” Said Borys. 

“Some might come at the piece with an appreciation for 

contemporary theatrical events, or perhaps from the side 

of the vocalists, or perhaps it’s young composers who are 

interested, or the combination of technology and arts.” 

“We’ve also found that contemporary works seem to work 

very well in education contexts with young people who 

haven’t had a lot of experience with classical music,” says 

Borys. “Because to them it’s all foreign – whether it’s 

Beethoven or a piece that Gary Kalesha wrote for us yesterday. 

And in some ways they’re more comfortable with 

contemporary work – maybe because they can relate to 

the energy it gives off.” 

Trying to reach new audiences is the focus of many of the 

group’s projects – from their Chamber at the Lula series, 

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where they perform alongside Latin artists like Hilario Duran and 

Roberto Occhipinti, to the many commissioned works the group plays. 

But Borys emphasized that the realization of their collaborations and 

desire to play for new groups of people doesn’t end with the artists 

involved. “We wouldn’t be able to do those programs without support – 

reaching new audiences, in a sense, is a collective priority developed 

alongside Music TORONTO.” 

Besides active performing schedules, all three are also faculty members 

at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. When school is out for the 

summer, their attention shifts from university work to summer festivals. 

Festivals are an important part of any developing artist’s career. All three 

members of the trio attended the Banff Centre and had high praise for 

its influence on their lives. Parker spent 10 summers there through his 

high school and university years, studying with Marek Jablonski. “Banff 

was a great constant in my life, during my formative years. I’d spend anywhere 

from 2 to 5 weeks there every summer. It’s a very special place 

…you go to this very beautiful, spiritually powerful (from a nature point 

of view) place. You toss in all sorts of intensely artistic, creative personalities, 

and you just sort of stir the pot and all sorts of magic happens.” 

At Banff, as well as the hundreds of other festivals across North America, 

part of the magic comes from mundane aspects – that most festivals 

occur in concentrated periods, when students can focus exclusively on 

their playing. The times spent can be incredibly intense, but also offer a 

chance for students to be around their peers. 

In the process, more can develop than just greater performing skills. “I 

met my wife at the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival,” Parker 

laughed. “She had worked for the festival, and we ended up just hanging 

out after concerts – ordering an extra pitcher or two at the bar. So that’s 

probably the best memory for me.” All in all, festivals allow the young 

professional a chance to blossom into their potential: “It’s about fueling 

motivation, opening up ears, opening up the mind, and just learning. 

Learning repertoire, learning about interpreting, learning about being 

an artist.” 

The Gryphon Trio returns to many of the festivals to perform and teach. 

In addition to stints at the Festival of the Sound and the Ottawa 

OCMF CONCERT HALL PROJECT 

The Ottawa Chamber Music 

Festival, the largest chamber 

music festival in the world with 120 

concerts, is moving ahead with a new 

925 seat concert hall in downtown 

Ottawa, slated to open in the summer 

of 2008. In addition to serving as 

the main venue for future chamber 

festivals, the hall will provide a 

world-class mid-size venue in Ottawa 

for local chamber ensembles. The 

$27.5 million project has secured 

funding from both the city of Ottawa 

($6.1 m) and the Ontario government 

($6.5 m). Since the last election, 

federal support ($6.5 m 

needed) has been put in limbo. The 

OCMF has already raised over $1m 

towards the $8.5 million community 

share of the project’s cost. WKC 

To help support the project: 

www.chamberfest.com. 


Chamber Music Festival, the trio will be part of the faculty at the newly 

formed Toronto Summer Music Academy directed by Agnes Grossman. 

“She wants to create an environment which will serve the students’ many 

needs, establish a high standard, and focus the participants on achieving 

that high standard.” Borys says. “We’re very enthusiastic about what 

might happen.” 

Parker is enthusiastic about the TSMA’s amateur program – a one-week, 

intensive chamber music workshop that will allow experienced ensembles 

to study and play with the faculty of the festival, as well as young 

professional students. He says, «it is rare for amateurs to find a place to 

study, and be taken seriously as students.” As Patipatanakoon explains, 

“There are dedicated audience members in Toronto who play for the 

love of it, and we want to encourage them as well – give something back 

to them.” p 

Gryphon Trio Summer Concert Schedule 

› JULY 22- 30 

Ottawa Chamber Music Festival - 

Ottawa, ON 

www.chamberfest.com 

› JULY 25 

CBC Radio Studio Sparks - Ottawa 

Live interview and performance, 

with Eric Friesen 

www.cbc.ca 

Info: www.gryphontrio.com 

› AUGUST 1-4 

Festival of the Sound 

Parry Sound, ON 

www.festivalofthesound.ca 

AUGUST 9TH 

Waterside Summer Series 

Amherst Island, ON 

www.amherstisland.on.ca 

AUGUST 11TH 

Toronto Summer Music 

Academy & Festival - Toronto, ON 

www.tsmaf.ca 


PHOTO: PASCAL LYSAUGHT 

COUNTER-TENOR PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY’S FIRST 

visit to Quebec hasn’t gone unnoticed—and for 

good reason: he’s star material. Like Cecilia Bartoli, 

the 28-year-old sings without a score, making 

instant contact with his audience, who are 

entranced by the breadth of his expressive range 

and colour palette:his crystal-clear,high notes,daring 

vocalizing, and expressive phrasing. All the 

magic of baroque theatre is present, combined 

with an overriding sense of naturalness; he can 

look forward to a magnificent career. 

LSM: When did you discover your vocation as 

a singer? 

PJ: I began as a violinist. Then, at 18, I heard a counter-tenor 

in concert, and I said to myself I could do 

the same, that I had it in me. I found a voice coach 

with whom I’m still studying and I began meeting a 

lot of people—Jean-Claude Malgoire, then Gérard 

Lesne, who asked me to sing in Scarlatti’s oratorio 

Sedecia. I was 21 at the time, and it was my first 

appearance on a CD! I’ve been very lucky to have 

inspired confidence at such a young age. It enabled 

me to work when I was still a student, something 

that’s not given to everyone. 

The best counter-tenors have very distinct 

voices. James Bowman, René Jacobs, and Lesne, 

for example, each seem to have a timbre and 

technique that is all their own. 

Yes, that’s very true. It’s the same for Dominique Visse, 

Andreas Scholl,and many others.You can’t help recognizing 

them! The counter-tenor voice doesn’t get the 

traditional lyric treatment, so it can be approached in 

a very personal way at the outset of training. 

But then how do you find “your” voice when 

you develop in this register, and how to you 

make it special? 

You shouldn’t try to find a different voice.You should 

preserve the intrinsic qualities of your natural voice 

and work,instead of getting rid of flaws.The originality 

of my voice lies largely in my high-range harmonics. 

My register is closer to that of a mezzo and even 

of a soprano in its very clear colour. My tessitura is 

very distinct,which means that,for now,I’m not ready 

to attack the alto repertoire. On DVD I’ve sung the 

Speranza in Monteverdi’s Orfeo and Nero in Handel’s 

Agrippina—two roles usually reserved for women. 

Is there a particular counter-tenor whom 

you admire? 

James Bowman was one of the first I heard sing. 

I’ve seen him again recently. He’s incredible, especially 

in the English repertoire. Henri Ledroit, who 

died early, also influenced me. His voice had a great 

deal of warmth and emotional expressiveness. His 

recordings were very distinctive and perfect, even 

today, from the musicological standpoint. Lesne 

actually was greatly inspired by him, to the point 

that there is a real French counter-tenor school, as 

there is an English or American school. In fact there 

are many young counter-tenors everywhere now, 

and you hear about dozens of them. 

You’re one who has a fine recording career 

before you. Are you planning to do your version 

of the most outstanding works such as 

Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater? 

I enjoy presenting little-known works, as in my 

last CD. Even Vivaldi’s cantatas with bass continuo 

are far from being familiar works. However, I’ll 

do the Stabat Mater eventually, when my voice 

has developed its lower range. In July I’ll be 

recording a “Vivaldi album” with the Matheus 

ensemble, like Cecilia Bartoli. It may seem overconfident 

to follow in her footsteps, but my 

recording will be different from hers; none of the 

selections will be the same. 

You’re also bringing out a recording soon 

honouring the castrato Carestini. Was his 

voice similar to yours? 

Yes. He sang for most of his life in the mezzo 

range. People always talk about Farinelli, but he 

doesn’t necessarily represent his period. His 

career was fairly short and he didn’t sing many 

BAROQUE STAR 

PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY 

Philippe Gervais and Pascal Lysaught 

“THE COUNTER-TENOR VOICE DOESN’T GET THE 

TRADITIONAL LYRIC TREATMENT, SO IT CAN BE APPROACHED 

IN A VERY PERSONAL WAY AT THE OUTSET OF TRAINING.” 

masterworks. Consequently, I think it’s interesting 

to familiarize listeners with Carestini’s repertoire. 

He worked for Handel (and was the first to 

sing the role of Ariodante), as well and for 

Porpora and Gluck. 

You attached a lot of importance to the 

libretto, to diction. 

Yes. I like to find just the right stress for a word. I’m 

learning a lot right now listening to French song. In 

opera there’s a tendency toward caricature, where 

when you listen to Jacques Brel,for example,he knows 

how to prepare for the word in his facial expression,to 

anticipate the note,to place the consonants,and finally 

to give it the necessary delineation without exaggerating. 

When I sing the Stabat Mater by Sances, I 

don’t want to illustrate every word, even though the 

text is very visual, because then I’ll lose the magical 

dimension. Bartoli may be my model, but at the 

moment I’m trying to find a natural approach. I want 

to refine my technique and delivery, and to try to 

express more with less. 

You really take recordings to heart! 

It’s my way of leaving a mark, however small. 

Look at how large a place Callas or Menuhin hold 

in people’s imaginations nowadays! I hope that 

my recordings will endure, even if for only a few 

listeners. We performers are like ferrymen who 

keep alive the admiration for geniuses like 

Vivaldi or Handel, who have contributed so 

much to the development of humanity. 

Those who missed Phillipe Jaroussky in 

Montreal or Quebec City last May can catch 

him at the Domaine Forget (www.domaineforget.com) 

for a Vivaldi recital with the Artaserse 

chamber group on August 25 and at Festival 

Vancouver (www.festivalvancouver.ca) on 

August 11. 

[Translated by Jane Brierley] 


2006 

A growing number of festivals appeal to classical music lovers each summer. Located in 

bucolic locations, they aim to please their patrons’s ears and delight their eyes. This 

issue, The Music Scene attempts to capture their unique appeal. 

Summer 

Festivals Guide 

THE BROTT MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Edmonton 

Victoria 

Nanaimo 

Banff 

Vancouver 

Calgary 

Saltspring Island 

Kelowna 

Saskatoon 

Seattle 

Winnipeg 

Thunder Bay 


NEWFOUNDLAND 

GROS MORNE SUMMER MUSIC 

Rocky Harbour, Woody Point, Corner Brook, 

from July 21 to August 21 

709-639-7293, www.gmsm.ca 

Gros Morne Summer Music is one of the most innovative 

young festivals in Canada, bringing top-notch 

performance and Newfoundland charm together in a 

breathtaking environment. Already featured on 

CBC’s ‘Musicraft’, ‘Westcoast Performance’, ‘In 

Performance’ and ‘Sounds Like Canada’, the festival’s 

reputation for producing insightful, entertaining and 

powerful concerts is growing rapidly. Says Stephan 

Brunt of the Globe and Mail: “GMSM combines 

superb, world class musicianship, a smart, challenging 

program and a magical setting… I can’t imagine 

there’s anything else quite like it in Canada.” 

TUCKAMORE CHAMBER MUSIC IN 

NEWFOUNDLAND 

St. John’s, from August 7 to August 20 

709-737-2372 

www.tuckamorefestival.ca 

The Tuckamore Festival offers both an outstanding 

chamber music series of internationally acclaimed 

artists and an inspiring program for emerging 

artists. It provides an intimate and challenging 

environment of intense music-making, collaboration 

and mentoring for young and established 

artists, and presents numerous concerts and master 

classes in a number of superb venues in historic 

St. John’s, Newfoundland. 

MemU-MUS Memorial University School of Music, 230 

Elizabeth Ave: Cook Hall D.F. Cook Recital Hall; PCH 

Petro-Canada Hall 

STAC St. Thomas’ Anglican Church, 8 Military Road 

AUGUST 

9 12:30am. STAC. FA. Free Lunchtime Concert Series. 

Solo and chamber works. Tuckamore Young 

Artists 


Huntsville 

Port Carling 

Parry Sound 

Durham 

Stratford 

Kincardine 

Windsor 

Kitchener 

Chicoutimi 

Québec 

Trois-Rivières 

Rimouski 

Dalhousie 

Fredericton 

Montréal Sherbrooke 

Ottawa 

Elora 

Campbellford 

Toronto 

Niagara-on-the-lake 

Burlington 

Hamilton 

Ancaster 


Artists 

11 8pm. MemU-MUS PCH. $17-20. Evening Series. Solo 

and chamber works. Tuckamore Young Artists 

12 8pm. MemU-MUS Cook Hall. $17-20. Evening Series. 

Grandeur, Grace and Glory. Schubert: Trio in B-flat 

major; Beethoven; R. Murray Schafer. Nancy Dahn, 

violin; Vernon Regehr, cello; Timothy 

Steeves, piano 


Liszt: Tristan and Isolde; Julius Reubke: Piano 

Sonata. Richard Raymond, piano 

15 10am. MemU-MUS PCH. FA. Piano Master Class. 

Richard Raymond, piano 

15 1pm. MemU-MUS Cook Hall. FA. Outreach Concert for 

ages 6 and up. Jupiter String Quartet 

15 3pm. MemU-MUS Cook Hall. FA. Open Rehearsal. 

Jupiter String Quartet 



Artists 

16 2pm. MemU-MUS PCH. FA. Chamber Music Master 

Class. Jupiter String Quartet 

16 8pm. STAC. $17-22. Evening Series. Beethoven: 

Quartet, op.59 #1; Shostakovich: Quartet #8. 

Jupiter String Quartet 



Artists 

17 2pm. MemU-MUS PCH. FA. Viola and Chamber Music 

Master Class. Rennie Regehr, viola 

18 2pm. MemU-MUS PCH. FA. Violin Master Class. 

Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio, violin 


Music for a Summer’s Evening. Mozart: Quartet, 

K.157; Françaix: String Trio; Brahms: Piano Quintet. 

Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio, violin; Rennie 

Regehr, viola 

20 8pm. MemU-MUS PCH. $6-10. Evening Series. 

Festival Finale. Brahms, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, 

Beethoven. Tuckamore Young Artists 

NOVA SCOTIA 

BOXWOOD CANADA 2006 

Lunenburg, from July 22 to July 28 

410-235-6429 

www.boxwood.org/canada.html 

LUNENBURG SUMMER OPERA 

FESTIVAL 

Lunenburg, from June 15 to June 17 

902-634-9140 

www.maritimeconcertopera.com 

A celebration of vocal music on the South Shore of Nova 

Scotia. Two concerts: “I went to a marvellous party” featuring 

English comic songs; and a complete concert 

performance of Puccini’s La Bohème, starring Amber 

Bishop, Lenard Whiting, Janna Pardy and Andrew Tees. 

Lenox 

Lamèque 

MUSIC AT THE THREE CHURCHES 

Mahone Bay, from June 23 to August 25 

902-531-2248 

www.threechurches.com 

MUSIQUE ROYALE 

Province-wide, from July 20 to August 22 

902-420-4462 

www.musiqueroyale.com 

Musique Royale is a summertime celebration of 

Nova Scotia’s musical heritage. A cross-province 

festival, Musique Royale brings performances of 

early and traditional music to settings of historic 

and cultural significance in communities throughout 

the province, from the small fishing communities 

of the south shore to the highlands of Cape 

Breton Island. Artists from the local, national and 

international stage are featured each season. 

MCPA Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, 6199 

Chebucto Road 

SJAC-Lun St. John’s Anglican Church, 81 Cumberland St. 

JULY 

20 7:30pm. SJAC-Lun. $5-15. Bach, Mozart, etc. John 

Tuttle, organ. (f 21 22 23) 

21 7pm. Beacon United Church, 25 Beacon St. $5-15. 

Bach, Mozart, etc. John Tuttle, organ. (h 20) 

22 7:30pm. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 105 

Coleraine St. $5-15. John Tuttle, organ. (h 20) 

23 3pm. Manning Memorial Chapel, Acadia University 

Campus. $5-15. John Tuttle, organ. (h 20) 

23 7:30pm. SJAC-Lun. $17-20. Traditional, baroque. 

Tempest Baroque Ensemble; David 

Greenberg, cond.; Boxwood Ensemble; Chris 

Norman, cond. 

27 8pm. Osprey Arts Centre, 107 Water St. $5-15. 

Traditional. David Greenberg, violin; David 

McGuinness, keyboards 

29 7pm. Malagawatch Church, 4119 Highway 223. $5- 

15. Best of Boxwood 2006. Traditional music of 

Maritime Canada, Scotland and Ireland. 

Musicians from the Boxwood International 

Flute Festival; Chris Norman, cond. (f 30 

31/7, 1 7/8) 

30 2pm. Église St-Pierre, downtown. $5-15. Best of 

Boxwood 2006. . (h 29) 

31 7:30pm. St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bayfield Road. 

$5-15. Best of Boxwood 2006. h 29) 

AUGUST 

1 7:30pm. St. George’s Church, Highway 337. $5-15. 

Best of Boxwood 2006. (h 29/7) 

6 7:30pm. SJAC-Lun. $5-15. Bach, Soler, Rameau, 

Telemann, Mozart. Joseph Petric, accordion; 

Normand Forget, oboe. (f 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 

16) 

7 7:30pm. Village Courthouse, Sherbrooke Village. $5- 

15. Bach, Soler, Rameau, Telemann, Mozart. 

Joseph Petric, accordion; Normand Forget, 

oboe. (h 6) 

7 8pm. Evergreen Theatre, Margaretsville Road. $5- 

15. Best of Boxwood. (h 29/7) 

Saint John's 

Indian River 

Charlottetown 

Halifax 

Mahone Bay 

8 7:30pm. Merigomish United Church, Route 245. $5- 



oboe. (h 6) 

9 7pm. Malagawatch Church, 4119 Highway 223. $5- 



oboe. (h 6) 

10 7:30pm. St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Grand Parade. 

$5-15. Joseph Petric, Normand Forget. (h 6) 

11 7:30pm. St. John’s Anglican Church, Church St. $5- 

15. Joseph Petric, Normand Forget. (h 6) 

13 2pm. Village Historique Acadien, Amphitheatre. $5- 

15. Joseph Petric, Normand Forget. (h 6) 

13 8pm. Osprey Arts Centre, 107 Water St. $5-15. 

Joseph Petric, Normand Forget. (h 6) 

14 7pm. St. George and St. Andrew Church, George St. 

$5-15. Joseph Petric, Normand Forget. (h 6) 

15 6pm. Cecilia’s Retreat, 1199 Oakland Rd. $30. 

Joseph Petric, Normand Forget. (h 6) 

16 7pm. Ottawa House by the Sea Museum, 1155 

Whitehall Road. $5-15. Joseph Petric, Normand 

Forget. (h 6) 

20 7:30pm. SJAC-Lun. $5-15. Caccini, Bach, Purcell. 

Edmund Brownless, tenor; Brian Start, harpsichord. 

(f 22) 

22 7:30pm. MCPA. $5-15. Edmund Brownless, 

tenor; Brian Start, harpsichord. (h 20) 

PIPES BY THE SEA FESTIVAL 

(ROYAL CANADIAN COLLEGE OF 

ORGANISTS, HALIFAX CENTRE) 

Halifax, from July 23 to July 27 

902-443-9819 

halifaxorganfest2006.ca 

Experience the virtuosity of American organist 

Diane Belcher. Hear recitals given by Gayle Martin 

(organ) and Ian MacKinnon (bagpipes and tin 

flute), Robert Quinney (Westminster Abbey, UK) and 

Ryan Jackson (winner, 2005 RCCO National Organ 

Playing Competition). Savour some Mozart as we 

celebrate the 250th anniversary of the composer’s 

birth with John Tuttle (organ), the Festival Chorus 

and a chamber orchestra. Meditate or just be 

uplifted by the haunting music of Sanctuary. 

JULY 

24 10:30pm. St. Mary’s Basilica, 1508 Barrington St. at 

Spring Garden Rd. $15-20. Sanctuary (Jeff Reilly, 

bass clarinet; Christoph Both, cello; Peter 

Togni, pipe organ) 

25 10:30am. St. Matthew’s United Church, 1479 

Barrington St. $8-10. Organ Workshop and Recital. 

Valerie Hall, organ 

25 3:15pm. St. James Anglican Church, Armdale Rotary. 

$8-10. A Celebration of Pipes. Ian McKinnon, bagpipes, 

tin whistle; Gayle Martin, organ 

25 8pm. First Baptist Church, 1300 Oxford St. $15-20. 

Pipes Hymn Festival. Jan Overduin, organ; Scotia 

Brass; Festival Chorus; Giles Bryant, MC 

26 3pm. St. George’s Anglican Round Church, 2222 

Brunswick St. $8-10. Robert Quinney, organ 

26 8pm. St. Matthew’s United Church, 1479 Barrington 

St. $15-20. Diane Belcher, organ 

27 1:30pm. First Baptist Church, 1300 Oxford St. $8-10. 

The Next Wave. Ryan Jackson, organ 

27 8pm. All Saints Cathedral Church, 5732 College St. 

$15-20. 250th Mozart Gala Celebration. Mozart. John 

Tuttle, organ; Festival Chorus; Festival 

Soloists; Festival Chamber Orchestra 

SCOTIA FESTIVAL OF MUSIC 

Halifax, from May 28 to June 11 

800-528-9883 

www.scotiafestival.ns.ca 

NEW BRUNSWICK 

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE 

MUSIQUE DE CHAMBRE DE LA 

BAIE DES CHALEURS 

Dalhousie, from July 6 to 9 

506-684-5825, 888-414-5111 

www.fmcbc.nb.ca 

Mozart à la mer! Le Festival célèbre son 10e 

anniversaire où le grand Mozart sera de la fête. 

Choeur et orchestre de chambre, trio avec piano, 

danse, projections et poésie, quintette de cuivres 

et quatuor de harpe. Une programmation qui 

soulignera le 250e de Mozart avec des surprises 

étonnantes et des transcriptions en première 

mondiale. Sans oublier un programme Jeune public 

et la nouvelle série-tremplin “Jeunes Artistes”. 

Un festival invitant! 

ÉLER École L.E.R., 390 Adélaïde: Th Théâtre 

JULY 

6 20h. Église St-Jean-Baptiste, 340 Church Lane. 22- 

25$. Divin Mozart. Mozart: Divertimento, K.136; 

Serenata notturna, K.239; Eine kleine Nachtmusik; 

Exultate jubilate; Ave verum corpus; Sancta Maria 

mater Dei, K.273; Regina coeli, K.108. Choeur 

Beauséjour; orchestre du Festival; Monique 

Richard, dir.; Chantale Dionne, soprano 

7 20h. ÉLER Th. 22-25$. Une pause en Espagne. Turina: 

Circulo, op.91; Granados: Trio, op.50; Piazzolla: tangos. 

Ensemble Neptune (Pascale Gagnon, 

violon; Sheila Hannigan, violoncelle; Lucille 

Ouellette, piano); Julie Duguay, danseuse; 

Jean-François Gagnon, comédien 


8 20h. ÉLER Th. 22-25$. Mozart triomphant. Tylman 

Susato: Basse Dance Bergeret; Prokofiev: Romeo et 

Juliette, Morning Dance; Lieutenant Kijé, Troika; 

Albinoni: Sonate pour violon et continuo, op.6 #5 (e); 

Dvorák: Danse slave #1, op.46; Tchaikovsky: Cassenoisette 

(e); Falla: El Amor Brujo, Danse rituelle du 

feu; Mozart: Rondo alla turca; Anthony Holborne: 

Gigue; Gerswhin: Porgy and Bess, Summertime; 

Meredith Willson: The Music Man, “76 Trombones”; 

Duke Ellington: It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got 

that swing; Copland: Appalachian Spring (e). 

Empire Brass (Rolf Smedvig, Marc Brian 

Reese, trompette; Michelle Perry, cor; Mark 

Hetzler, trombone; Kenneth Amis, tuba) 

9 11h. ÉLER Th. EL. Tremplin Jeunes Artistes. Kristan 

Toczko, harpe 

9 15h. ÉLER Th. 22-25$. Le Mozart des Anges. Vivaldi: Les 

Quatres Saisons; Mozart: Quatuors, K.159, K.589. 

Four Seasons Harp Quartet (Caroline 

Leonardelli, Caroline Lizotte, Jennifer 

Swartz, Lori Gemmell, harpe) 

LAMÈQUE INTERNATIONAL 

BAROQUE MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Lamèque et Moncton, from July 20 to July 30 

506-344-5846, 800-320-2276 

www.festivalbaroque.com 

Under the theme “Discoveries!”, the entire island of 

Lamèque will be in a festive mood this summer 

when the Festival presents its 31st season. The public 

will be invited to evenings rich in musical discoveries 

where, as always, internationally acclaimed 

artists perform the vast repertoire of ancient music, 

from popular music to the essentials of High 

Baroque, as well as a few delicious rarities, all of 

which will make this another remarkable season. 

ÉSCPRÎ Église Ste-Cécile de Petite-Rivière-de-l’Île, 

Route 313, Lamèque 

ÉSSAlex École Soeur St-Alexandre, 65 de l’École, 

Lamèque 

JULY 

20 10:30am. Théâtre L’Escaouette, 170 rue Botsford, 

Moncton. 5$. La ballade de Robin des Bois racontée à 

la Reine (concert-spectacle jeunesse). Viviane 

LeBlanc, Madeleine Owen, luth. (f 2pm) 

20 2pm. ÉSSAlex Salle Mathieu-Duguay. EL. La ballade 

de Robin des Bois racontée à la Reine (concert-spectacle 

jeunesse). (h 10:30am) 

26 7:30pm. ÉSCPRÎ. 25$. Voies inédites. J.C.F. Bach: 

Quatuor, op.1; Giuseppe Maria Cambini: Quatuor 

pour un violon, deux altos et basse, op.20; Mozart: 

Quatuor en sol majeur, K.80 (73f); Henri-Joseph 

Rigel: Quartetto en sol mineur, op.10 #1; Haydn: 

Quatuor en sol mineur, Hob. III: 33. Quatuor 

Franz Joseph (Olivier Brault, Jacques-André 

Houle, violon; Hélène Plouffe, alto; Marcel St- 

Cyr, violoncelle) 

27 7:30pm. ÉSCPRÎ. 25$. Secrets de trois nations. Philip 

Rosseter, Robert de Visée, Telemann. Matthew 

Wadsworth, luth; Claire Guimond, flûte 

baroque 

28 7:30pm. ÉSCPRÎ. 100$ concert bénéfice. Les Trésors 

cachés de Telemann. Telemann: Concerto pour hautbois 

d’amour, cordes et continuo, TWV 55: E2; 

Ouverture en la majeur, TWV 55: A7; Jauchzet, Jubilier 

und Singe, TWV 15: 5a (oratorio). Orchestre du 

Festival; Choeur de la Mission Saint-Charles; 

Jaap Ter Linden, chef; Pascale Beaudin, 

soprano; Sarah Myatt, mezzo; Éric Thériault, 

ténor; Dion Mazerolle, basse. (f 29 30) 

29 3pm. ÉSSAlex Salle Mathieu-Duguay. 25$. Sonate en 

thé; Marais dans tous ses états. Marais: La Sonnerie 

de Ste-Geneviève-du-Mont à Paris; IIIe et IVe Livres 

pour viole et basse continue (e); Tableau de 

l’Opération de la Taille; Les Relevailles; Couplets des 

Folies d’Espagne (e). Ensemble Masques (Elin 

Söderström, viole de gambe; Mélisande 

Corriveau, viole de gambe, flûte à bec; 

Olivier Fortin, clavecin) 

29 7:30pm. ÉSCPRÎ. 25-35$. Les Trésors cachés de 

Telemann. (h 28) 

30 11am. ÉSSAlex Salle Mathieu-Duguay. 35$. Brunch 

en musique. Musique et danse baroques. Marie- 

Nathalie Lacoursière, Carlos Fittante, 

danseurs; Ensemble Masques 

30 2pm. Capitol Theatre, 811 Main St., Moncton. 25- 

35$. Les Trésors cachés de Telemann. (h 28) 

NEW BRUNSWICK SUMMER 

MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Fredericton, from August 14 to August 26 

506-453-4697 

unb.ca/FineArts/Music/NBSMF 

The New Brunswick Summer Music Festival is a 

chamber music festival which features some of 

Canada’s top classical musicians. Each season, the 

festival features one well-known and one lesserknown 

composer. The 2006 festival will feature the 

music of Mozart and Le Chevalier de Saint-George. 

As part of the festival, a series of noon-hour concerts 

will be featured in the downtown of 

Fredericton as well as a free outdoor concert in 

Officers’ Square. 

ChStAC Charlotte Street Art Centre, Charlotte St. 

UNB University of New Brunswick: MH Memorial Hall 

AUGUST 

14 16 21 12am. ChStAC. $5-10. Who is Mozart 

Series (informal lecture-recitals). (f 16 21) 

17 7:30pm. Officers’ Square. FA. Mozart in the Park 

18 12am. Christ Church Cathedral. FD. Sally Dibblee, 

soprano 

23 24 25 26 7:30pm. UNB MH. $15-25. Main Series. 

Mozart, Joseph Boulogne (Chevalier de Saint 

Georges). Phillipe Djokic, violin; Sally Dibblee, 

soprano; St. John String Quartet; Richard 

Hornsby, clarinet; David Parker, horn; 

Suzanne Lemieux, oboe. (f 24 25 26) 

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 

INDIAN RIVER FESTIVAL 

Indian River, from July 2 to August 27 

902-836-3733, 866-856-3733 

www.indianriverfestival.com 

Our 11th season. “Music you can hear with your 

heart”. Classical, jazz, maritime and international 

music interpreted by the world’s finest musicians 

and brought to life through the breathtaking 

acoustics of St. Mary’s Church in Indian River, PEI. 

Concerts are held on Friday and Sunday evenings. 

Midsummer Magic Weekend is from Aug 3 to Aug 6. 

MONTRÉAL ET ENVIRONS 

CANADIAN VOCAL ARTS 

INSTITUTE 

Montréal, from August 14 to August 26 

514-343-6427 

musique.umontreal.ca 

As part of the 3rd edition of its international 

advanced program for young singers, the 

Canadian Vocal Arts Institute presents 6 master 

classes with internationally-renowned guests, 

such as vocal coaches Joan Dornemann and 

Denise Massé (of the Metropolitan Opera), mezzosoprano 

Mignon Dunn, cond. Julius Rudel and 

stage director John Norris; the opera Docteur 

Miracle, by Bizet (a new feature this year); and a 

final concert with more than 40 singers. All events 

will take place at the Faculty of Music of the 

Université de Montréal. 

UdeM-MUS Université de Montréal, Faculté de 

musique, 200 Vincent-d’Indy (métro Edouard- 

Montpetit): B-484 B-484 (Salle Serge-Garant) 

AUGUST 

14 19h30. UdeM-MUS B-484. 15$. Cours de maître. 

Denise Massé, coach vocal 


Joan Dornemann, coach vocal 


Julius Rudel, chef d’orchestre 


John Norris, metteur en scène 


Joan Dornemann, coach vocal 


Mignon Dunn, mezzo 

25 19h30. UdeM-MUS Salle Claude-Champagne. 25$. 

Bizet: Docteur Miracle. Stagiaires 

26 19h30. UdeM-MUS Salle Claude-Champagne. 50$ 

(100$ incluant cocktail). Concert final. Stagiaires 

CONCERTS POPULAIRES DE 

MONTRÉAL 

Montréal, from June 21 to July 26 

514-899-0938 

www.orgueetcouleurs.com 

Les Concerts populaires de Montréal veulent 

rendre accessible la musique symphonique. Ce 

rendez-vous estival se distingue par son lieu de 

diffusion inusité (centre Pierre-Charbonneau) qui 

donne aux concerts une ambiance décontractée, 

mais aussi par la possibilité de se restaurer avant 

et pendant les prestations musicales. En 2006 sont 

invités: l’Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand 

Montréal (ensemble officiel des Concerts populaires), 

I Musici de Montréal, l’Ensemble 

Appassionata et la Sinfonietta de l’Île. 

CPChar Centre Pierre-Charbonneau, 3000 Viau 

JUNE 

21 19h30. CPChar. 17-25$. Orff: Carmina burana. 

Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal; 

Choeur de l’OM; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, chef; 

Lambroula Maria Pappas, soprano; 

Sébastien Ouellet, baryton; Pascal 

Charbonneau, ténor 

28 19h30. CPChar. 17-25$. Divin Mozart. Mozart: 

Concerto pour violon #4; Divertimento en fa, K.138; 

Symphonie #29. Ensemble Appassionata; 

Daniel Myssyk, chef; Darren Lowe, violon 

JULY 

5 19h30. CPChar. 17-25$. Esprit français. Saint-Saëns: 

Carnaval des animaux; Bizet: Symphonie en do; 

Jeux d’enfants. Orchestre Métropolitain du 

Grand Montréal; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, 

chef; Christopher Hall, narrateur 

12 19h30. CPChar. 17-25$. Célèbres tableaux. 

Moussorgsky: Tableaux d’une exposition; Mozart: 

Divertimento en fa, K.138; Divertimento en ré, 

K.136; De Falla: Suite folklorique espagnole. I 

Musici de Montréal; Yuli Turovsky, chef 

19 19h30. CPChar. 17-25$. Fougueuse Italie. Vivaldi: Les 

Quatre Saisons; Respighi: Il Tramonto; Airs et 

danses antiques. Jonathan Crow, violon; 

Sinfonietta de l’île; Alain Trudel, chef; 

Mariateresa Magisano, mezzo 

26 19h30. CPChar. 17-25$. Carte blanche à Marie-Josée 

Lord. Handel, Puccini, Verdi, Gounod, Gershwin. 

Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal; 

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, chef; Marie-Josée 

Lord, soprano 

FESTIVAL CAMMAC 2006 

Harrington, from July 2 to August 20 

888-622-8755, 819-687-3938 

www.cammac.ca 

Chaque dimanche de l’été à partir de 11h00, des 

artistes de renommée internationale vous présentent 

les concerts-brunch du Festival CAMMAC. Du 2 

juillet au 20 août, venez découvrir le site exceptionnel 

du Centre musical du lac MacDonald, sa 

toute nouvelle salle de concert et son nouveau 

pavillon écologique où vous sera servi un brunch 

des plus copieux. Situé sur la route 327 à seulement 

35 minutes de Lachute et de Mont- 

Tremblant, le Festival CAMMAC vous invite cet été à 

une opportunité idéale de faire une halte culturelle 

et gourmande au cœur d’une des plus magnifiques 

régions des Laurentides. 

FESTIVAL DE MUSIQUE DE 

LACHINE 

Lachine, from July 13 to July 22 

514-637-7587 

concertslachine.ca 

Chaque année, les dix concerts de musique classique 

gratuits du Festival de musique de Lachine 

attirent plus de 4 500 personnes. Depuis sa création 

en 1975, Le Festival de musique de Lachine a 

accueilli les plus grandes formations et les plus 

talentueux musiciens du Québec et du Canada. 

PavE Pavillon de l’Entrepôt, 2901 boulevard St-Joseph 

(entrée par la Maison du Brasseur) 

JULY 

13 20h. Aréna, 1925 St-Antoine. EL. Mozart: Symphonie 

#40; Eine kleine Nachtmusik; airs d’opéras. 

Orchestre philharmonique de l’Île; Marc 

David, chef; Étienne Dupuis, baryton 

14 20h. PavE. EL. Mozart, Mendelssohn, etc. Quatuor 

Cartier 

15 20h. PavE. EL. Schumann, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, 

etc. Yegor Dyachkov, violoncelle; Jean 

Saulnier, piano 

16 20h. PavE. EL. Schubert. Jonathan Crow, violon; 

David Heatherington, violoncelle; Sara 

Laimon, piano 

17 20h. PavE. EL. Rachmaninov, Ravel, Schubert, etc. 

Dominique Morel, Douglas Nemish, pianos. 

(25e anniversaire du duo) 

18 20h. PavE. EL. Voyage autour du monde en musique. 

Bach, Pärt, etc. Ensemble vocal VivaVoce; Peter 

Schubert, chef 

19 20h. PavE. EL. Tangos. Ensemble Romulo Larrea 

20 20h. PavE. EL. Granados: Goyescas. Paul Stewart, 

piano. (avec projections sur écran) 

21 20h. PavE. EL. Ravel, Rachmaninov, Schumann. Trio 

Dautremer 

22 20h. Sanctuaire Ste-Anne, 1300 boul. St-Joseph 

Chapelle. EL. Soirée à l’Italienne. Vivaldi: Les Quatre 

Saisons; Respighi: Il Tramonto; Airs et danses 

anciennes. Sinfonietta de l’Île; Alain Trudel, 

chef; Jonathan Crow, violon; Mariateresa 

Magisano, soprano 

FESTIVAL DES BELLES SOIRÉES 

D’ÉTÉ 

Pointe-Claire, from June 28 to August 16 

514-630-1220 

www.ville.pointe-claire.qc.ca 

Notre Festival des belles soirées d’été a lieu en 

plein air (apportez votre chaise!), en bordure du lac 

Saint-Louis, sur le site enchanteur du parc Stewart 

entourant le Centre culturel Stewart Hall de Pointe- 

Claire, Stewart Hall. Tous les spectacles sont offerts 

gratuitement les mercredis soirs, à 19 h lorsqu’ils 

sont pour la famille et à 20 h pour les concerts. 

StewH Centre culturel de Pointe-Claire Stewart Hall, 

176 chemin du Bord-du-Lac: Park Parc 

JUNE 

28 20h. StewH Park. EL. Concert classique. V’là l’bon 

vent. Leclerc, Vigneault, Lavallée, airs traditionnels. 

Buzz Quintette de cuivres (Frédéric Gagnon, 

Sylvain Lapointe, trompette; Marc-Antoine 

Corbeil, cor; Jason De Carufel, trombone; 

Sylvain Arseneau, trombone basse) (apportez 

votre chaise) 

JULY 

12 20h. StewH Park. EL. Jazz. Julie Lamontagne Trio 

(Julie Lamontagne, piano; Dave Watts, 

contrebasse; Richard Irwin, batterie) (apportez 

votre chaise) 

19 20h. StewH Park. EL. Musique du monde. Gadji- 

Gadjo. Musique klezmer et tzigane de l’Europe de 

l’Est. Jean-Sébastien Leblanc, clarinettes; 

Pierre-Olivier Dufresne, violon, mandoline; 

Mélanie Bergeron, accordéon; Mathieu 

Deschenaux, contrebasse; Jean Desrochers, 

guitare; Ivan Bamford, percussion. (apportez 

votre chaise) 

26 20h. StewH Park. EL. Concert classique. Ernesto 

Lecuona, Mozart, Schumann. Quatuor Alcan 

(Laura Andriani, Nathalie Camus, violon; Luc 

Beauchemin, alto; David Ellis, violoncelle); 

Louise Bessette, piano. (apportez votre chaise) 

AUGUST 

2 19h. StewH Park. EL. Spectacle famille. Deux parfaits 

inconnus (spectacle bilingue). Musique, acrobaties. 

Les frères Brochu. (apportez votre chaise) 

9 20h. StewH Park. EL. Musique du monde. Musique 

cubaine. Gran Orquesta Cubana de Montreal; 

Osmundo Calzado, percussion. (apportez votre 

chaise) 

16 20h. StewH Park. EL. Jazz. Blues. Kevin Mark; 

Rolling The Dice. (apportez votre chaise) 

FESTIVAL D’ÉTÉ DE LA MAISON 

TRESTLER 

Vaudreuil-Dorion, from July 5 to August 23 

450-455-6290 

www.trestler.qc.ca 

Dans le site enchanteur de cette Maison-Musée centenaire, 

joyau du patrimoine canadien, sur les bords 

du lac des Deux-Montagnes, sont présentés des 

artistes de réputation internationale d’ici et d’Europe 

soit en récital, soit en formation de musique de 

chambre tous les mercredis de juillet et d’août. 

MaTr Maison Trestler, 85 chemin de la Commune 

JULY 

5 20h. MaTr. 18-23$. Scriabine, Chopin, 

Bizet/Horowitz, Tchaikovsky. Dang Thai Son, 

Zheng Yu Chen, Hong Gen Cui, piano 

12 20h. MaTr. 18-23$. Haydn, Dvorak, Ives, Brahms. 

Trio Triple Forte (Jasper Wood, violon; Yegor 

Dyachkov, violoncelle; David Jalbert, piano) 

19 20h. MaTr. 18-23$. Haydn, Chostakovitch, Ravel. 

Trio Dautremer (Camille Dautremer, violon; 

Sarah Ledoux, violoncelle; Miren Adouani, 

piano) 

26 20h. MaTr. 18-23$. Mozart, Schumann. Quintette 

de Montréal (Alexandre Da Costa, Alejandra 

Poggio Lagares, violon; Jean-Philippe 

Tremblay, alto; Benoit Loiselle, violoncelle; 

Jimmy Brière, piano) 

AUGUST 

2 20h. MaTr. 18-23$. Ragtime. Mimi Blais, piano 

9 20h. MaTr. 18-23$. Mozart, Debussy, Takemitsu, 

Jolivet. Claire Marchand, flûte; Jennifer 

Schwartz, harpe 

16 20h. MaTr. 18-23$. Sainte-Colombe, Marin Marais. 

Les Voix Humaines (Susie Napper, Magaret 

Little, viole de gambe) 

23 20h. MaTr. 18-23$. Musique des Juifs itinérants de 

l’Europe de l’Est. Ensemble Kleztory (Airat 

Ichmouratov, clarinette; Alain Legault, guitare; 

Mark Peetsma, contrebasse; Elvira 

Misbakhova, violon; Henri Oppenheim, 

accordéon) 


LANAUDIÈRE 

Joliette et région de Lanaudière, 

from July 8 to August 6 

800-561-4343, 450-759-4343 

www.lanaudiere.org 

Un des événements les plus prestigieux en 

Amérique du Nord dans le domaine de la musique 

classique, le Festival de Lanaudière s’assure la participation 

de solistes de grand renom de la scène 

nationale et internationale. Les concerts et récitals 

ont lieu à l’Amphithéâtre de Lanaudière, situé à 

Joliette, et dans plusieurs églises de la région. 

Amph-Lan Amphithéâtre de Lanaudière, 1575 boulevard 

Base-de-Roc, Joliette 

JULY 

8 20h. Amph-Lan. 15-43$. Divin Mozart, glorieux Liszt! 

Mozart: Missa solemnis, K.337; Liszt: Concerto pour 

piano #1; Concerto pour piano #2; Psaume XIII 

pour ténor, choeur et orchestre. Orchestre 

Métropolitain du Grand Montréal; Choeur du 

Festival; Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand 

Montréal; Choeur de l’OM; Yannick Nézet- 

Séguin, chef; Nicholas Angelich, Gabriela 

Montero, piano; Karina Gauvin, soprano; 

Michèle Losier, mezzo; Frédéric Antoun, 

ténor; Étienne Dupuis, baryton 

9 14h. Amph-Lan. 12-23$. Bach en Tango. Bach. 

Quartango 

10 20h. Église Ste-Geneviève, 780 Montcalm, coin 

Gilles-Villeneuve, Berthierville. 25$. L’art du piano. 

Haydn: Sonate en si mineur, Hob. XVI: 32; Brahms: 4 

Ballades, op.10; Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux, 

op.39. Nicholas Angelich, piano 

11 20h. Église, 1095 rue Notre-Dame, St-Sulpice. 25$. 

Chemins imprévus. Chopin: Nocturne en mi bémol 

majeur, op.55 #2; Nocturne en do mineur, op.38 #1; 

Schumann: Carnaval, op.9; Montero: improvisations 

sur des thèmes de Bach. Gabriela Montero, piano 

13 20h. Église, 8 Brassard, St-Paul. 25$. Duparc, 

Chausson, Tosti, Rachmaninov, Strauss, Liszt: mélodies. 

Frédéric Antoun, ténor; Martin Dubé, 

piano 

14 20h. Amph-Lan. 15-43$. Le charme de la miniature. 

Chopin: Variations sur “Là ci darem la mano”, op.2; 

Mendelssohn: Capriccio brillant pour piano et 

orchestre; Schumann: Introduction et Allegro 

appassionnato; Symphonie #4. O.S. de Québec; 


Yoav Talmi, chef; Katherine Chi, piano 

15 20h. Amph-Lan. 15-43$. En toute fantaisie. Schubert: 

Fantaisie en fa mineur (orchestration Mottl); 

Fantaisie Wanderer (orchestration Liszt); Bruch: 

Fantaisie écossaise pour violon et orchestre, op.46; 

Tchaikovsky: Roméo et Juliette, Fantaisie-Ouverture. 

O.S. de Montréal; Gregory Vajda, chef; Corey 

Cerovsek, violon; Marc-André Hamelin, piano 

16 14h. Amph-Lan. 12-23$. Le gospel, un hymne à la joie. 

Spirituals, gospel, folk. Nathaniel Dett Chorale; 

Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, chef 

17 20h. Église, 153 du Portage, L’Assomption. 25$. Le 

chant du voyageur. Dukas: Sonate en mi bémol 

mineur; Schubert: Sonate en si bémol majeur, 

D.960. Marc-André Hamelin, piano 

18 20h. Église, 1341 Notre-Dame, Lavaltrie. 25$. Ainsi 

font-elles, ainsi font-ils… une expérience théâtrale 

unique. Mozart: Così fan tutte. Ensemble 

Pentaèdre; Omnibus (compagnie de mimes) 

20 20h. Église, 960 Notre-Dame, St-Alphonse-Rodriguez. 

25$. Mozart: Sonate en mi bémol majeur, 

K.302; Salonen: Lachen Verlernt; Schumann: Sonate 

#1 en la mineur, op.105; Adams: Road Movies; 

Ravel: Sonate en sol. Jennifer Koh, violon; Reiko 

Uchida, piano 

21 20h. Amph-Lan. 15-35$. Adoration au clair de lune. 

Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine; Requiem, op.48; R. 

Strauss: Der Abend; Beethoven: Grande fugue, op.133. 

Orchestre et Choeur de chambre du Festival; 

Jean-Marie Zeitouni, chef; Pascale Beaudin, 

soprano; Aaron St. Clair Nicholson, baryton 

22 20h. Amph-Lan. 15-43$. Sur la route, avec le violon 

rouge. Dvorák: Danse slave, op.72 #1; John 

Corigliano: Le violon rouge, chaconne; Respighi: Les 

fontaines de Rome; John Adams: The Dharma at 

Big Sur; Ravel: Rhapsodie espagnole. O.S. de 

Montréal; James Judd, chef; Jennifer Koh, 

violon; Tracy Silverman, violon électrique 

23 14h. Amph-Lan. 12-23$. Cent Suisses en concert. 

Rossini: Guillaume Tell, ouverture; Jean Balissat: Les 

Gursks; Derek Bourgeois: Concerto pour trombone; 

Bert Appermont: Egmont; Edgar Etter: Les trois 

tours; Khatchaturian: Soviet Police March; Oser: 

Beguine for band, Granada (arrangement Morita); 

Marcel Peeters: All blue; Samuel Hazo: Ride. La 

Landwehr (corps de musique officiel de 

Fribourg, Suisse); Adrian Schneider, chef 

24 20h. Église, 6171 Principale, St-Zénon. 25$. Trois 

fêtes en un soir. Mozart: Duo pour violon et alto #1, 

K.423; Chostakovitch: Quintette pour piano et 

cordes; Schumann: Quintette pour piano et cordes 

en mi bémol majeur, op.44. Quintette de 

Montréal (Alexandre Da Costa, Alejandra 

Poggio Lagares, violon; Jean-Philippe 

Tremblay, alto; Benoit Loiselle, violoncelle; 

Jimmy Brière, piano) 

25 20h. Église, 6292 Principale, St-Calixte. 25$. Bach, 

Marais, Sainte-Colombe, Pandolfo. Paolo 

Pandolfo, viole de gambe 

27 20h. Église, 350, rue Principale, Ste-Émélie-del’Énergie. 

25$. Keiko Abe, Bach, Emmanuel 

Séjourné, Kazunori Miyake, Pat Metheny, Piazzolla, 

Saint-Saëns. Anne-Julie Caron, marimba; 

Akiko Tominaga, piano 

28 20h. Amph-Lan. 15-43$. Contes et chants nordiques. 

Debussy: La cathédrale engloutie; La terrasses des 

audiences au clair de lune; Grieg: 5 mélodies; 

Sibelius: 3 mélodies; Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales; 

Rachmaninov: Danses symphoniques, 

op.45. Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand 

Montréal; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, chef; Randi 

Stene, mezzo 

29 20h. Amph-Lan. 15-43$. Gala Mozart. Mozart: 

Symphonie #38 “Prague”; Concerto pour piano #23, 

K.488; Concerto pour clarinette en la majeur, K.622, 

adagio; Misericordias Domini, K.222; Ave verum corpus, 

K.618; airs de concert et airs d’opéra. Les 

Violons du Roy; Vancouver Chamber Choir; 

Jean-François Rivest, chef; Jane Archibald, 

Donna Brown, soprano; Martin Carpentier, 

clarinette; Alain Lefèvre, piano 

30 14h. Amph-Lan. 12-23$. Grands classiques symphoniques 

du cinéma. Bob Lowden: La Magie de Disney; 

Calvin Custer: Arrangements des thèmes de James 

Bond; Harold Arlen: Over the Rainbow; Richard 

Rodgers: The Sound of Music; John Williams: Harry 

Potter, Schindler’s List, Star Wars; Klaus Badelt: 

Pirates des Caraïbes. O.S. de Longueil ; Marc 

David, chef 

31 20h. Église St-Joseph, 3 rue Picotte, Lanoraie. 25$. 

Tous les âges de la musique. Denis Stevens: 

Worcester Fragments; Jacobus Gallus: Ave verum 

corpus; Elisabethae vero impletum est tempus; 

Peter Berring: Five poems; Jackson Berkey: Arma 

Lucis (The Armour of Light); R. Murray Schafer: Rain 

Chant; Auric: chansons françaises; Ernst Toch: 

Geographical Fugue; Steven Sametz: The Heroine 

Triumphant. Vancouver Chamber Choir; Jon 

Washburn, chef 

AUGUST 

1 20h. Église de la Purification, 445 Notre-Dame, 

Repentigny. 25$. Suk: Meditation, op.35; Beethoven: 

Quatuor #11 en fa mineur, op.95; Zemlinsky: 

Quatuor #2 en ré mineur, op.15. Quatuor 

Zemlinsky 

3 20h. Église, 910, rue Principale, Ste-Mélanie. 25$. 

Mozart: Quatuor en do majeur, K.170; Quintette 

pour clarinette et cordes en la majeur, K.581; 

Dvorák: Quatuor #14, op.105. Quatuor 

Zemlinsky; Martin Carpentier, clarinette 

4 20h. Amph-Lan. 15-35$. Schnittke: Gratulations 

Rondo; Mozart: Concerto pour violon #2 en ré 

majeur, K.211; Concerto pour violon #1 en si bémol 

majeur, K.207; Concerto pour violon #5 en la majeur, 

K.219; Raskatov: 5 minutes in the Life of W.A.M. 

Kremerata Baltica; Gidon Kremer, violon 

5 20h. Amph-Lan. 15-43$. Carte blanche à Franz-Paul 

Decker. Bach/Elgar: Fantaisie et fugue en do mineur; 

Beethoven: Ouverture Leonore #3; Brahms: 4 

Danses hongroises; Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, 

Prélude et Liebestod; Götterdämmerung, Voyage 

de Siegfried sur le Rhin, Marche funèbre, Finale. O.S. 

de Montréal; Franz-Paul Decker, chef 

6 14h. Amph-Lan. 12-23$. Hommage à Ray Charles. 

Grands succès de Ray Charles. Montréal Jazz Big 

Band; Philippe Hudon, chef; Jeff Simons, 

voix 

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DES 

GRANDES ORGUES DE NOTRE- 

DAME DE MONTRÉAL 

Montréal, from July 16 to August 27 

514-842-2925 

basiliquenddm.org 

Série de 7 concerts d’orgue tous les dimanches 

soirs de 19 h à 20 h, du 16 juillet au 27 août inclusivement. 

Offrande volontaire. Organistes invités: 16 

juillet, Jean Willy Kunz (France); 23 et 30 juillet, Pierre 

Grandmaison, organiste titulaire; 06 août, Isabelle 

Demers (Montréal); 13 août, Christopher Jackson 

(Montréal); 20 août, Pierre Grandmaison, organiste 

titulaire; 27 août, Jonathan Oldengarm (Montréal) 

LACHINE INTERNATIONAL CLAS- 

SICAL GUITAR FESTIVAL AND 

COMPETITION 

Lachine, from August 4 to August 6 

514-637-0215, 514-910-1942 

www.guitarelachine.com 

Guitarists from around the world compete for prizes. 

Free Friday and Saturday night concerts feature world 

known guitarists. The public is welcome to attend all 

activities free of charge. The Optimist Youth competition 

also offers prizes to young guitarists. 

LE MONDIAL CHORAL LOTO- 

QUÉBEC 

Laval, from June 16 to July 2 

450-680-2920, 866-680-2920 

www.mondialchoral.org 

Le Mondial Choral Loto-Québec est de retour à 

Laval cet été. Plusieurs surprises, toujours plus 

d’invités et encore plus de chœurs! Des concerts 

gratuits à tous les soirs, des milliers de choristes 

aux quatre coins de la ville et de la musique pour 

tous les goûts. Ce sera l’occasion d’être ébloui par 

des chœurs, des Orchestres symphoniques, des 

artistes populaires, des feux d’artifices…Ne manquez 

pas le rendez-vous national et international 

du chant choral à Laval en juin 2006, surveillez la 

sortie de la programmation au www.mondialchoral.org 

ou encore en composant le 1.866.680.2920 

JUNE 

24 20h30. Centre de la nature, 901, Avenue du Parc. EL. 

Tchaikovsky: Ouverture 1812; André Mathieu: 

Rhapsodie romantique; 4 pièces chorales; 

Bernstein: Chichester Psalms. Choeur de l’église 

de St. Andrew & St. Paul; O.S. de Montréal; 

Julian Wachner, dir.; Alain Lefèvre, piano 

MONTREAL BAROQUE 

Montréal, from June 22 to June 25 

514-845-7171, 800-845-7171 

www.montrealbaroque.com 

A year to celebrate! Two birthdays! Two dazzling 

musicians: Marais and Mozart. Two destinies, two 

universes, two styles, but one commitment to musical 

perfection, depth, delicacy and humor in a legacy 

of works as moving today as yesterday. Join the 

Montreal Baroque Festival and internationally-acclaimed 

musicians as they animate Old Montreal with 

parades, concerts, recitals, theatre, commedia 

dell’arte, conferences, masterclasses, a baroque fare, 

circus acts, children’s shows, and more. And for the 

first time ever in Montreal, hear newly edited works 

performed for the first time since the seventeenth 

century; an authentic male soprano; a glass harmonica 

recital; two fortepianos together onstage! 

BasND Basilique Notre-Dame, 110 Notre-Dame Ouest 

Caf-Propos Café À Propos, 300 Notre-Dame Est 

Centaur Centaur Theatre, 453 St-François-Xavier 

CNDBS Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, 400 St- 

Paul Est 

MChRam Musée du Château Ramezay, 280 Notre- 

Dame Est 

PDauv Place de la Dauversière, angle Notre-Dame et 

place Jacques-Cartier 

JUNE 

22 14h. MChRam. EL. Cours de maître. L’art de la voix. 

Monika Mauch, soprano (Allemagne); 

Stephan MacLeod, baryton (Suisse) 

22 19h. rue St-Paul, de la Place Jacques-Cartier à la 

Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours. EL. Défilé 

d’ouverture. Danseurs baroques, artistes de la 

rue, DJs, etc. 

22 20h. CNDBS. 15-30$. Marais le magnifique. Marin 

Marais: Sémélé (e). La Bande Montréal 

Baroque; Studio de musique ancienne de 

Montréal; Wieland Kuijken, dir. 

22 22h. CNDBS Crypte. 15-30$. Charles Daniels’ Song 

Book. Chansons anglaises du XVIe et XVIIe siècles. 

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS 

ATLANTIC CANADIAN FESTIVALS 

Christopher Bourne 

Canada’s Atlantic provinces possess a well-earned reputation for hospitality. 

During festival season, Maritimers and Newfoundlanders open their 

doors and communities to visitors from all over Canada and abroad. 

Traditional music from the region is often balanced against sophisticated 

classical offerings. The contrast demonstrates a love of all things musical 

that locals are very happy to share with one and all. An excursion through 

the Atlantic provinces will give you a chance to breathe in fresh air and 

enjoy energetic performances of musical favourites old and new. 

The New Brunswick Summer Music Festival continues its annual tradition 

of featuring one famous and one lesser-known composer. The music of 

Mozart will counterpoint that of the relatively unknown Chevalier de St. 

Georges, an afro-French composer, violinist and fencer. Phillipe Djokic and 

Sally Dibblee perform. The festival runs August 14-26. 

unb.ca/FineArts/Music/NBSMF 

The Lamèque International Baroque 

Music Festival, July 20-27, offers its 

usual high-quality baroque works. 

Artists this year include Viviane 

LeBlanc et Madeleine Owen from La 

Nef, le Quatuor Franz Joseph, and 

Claire Guimond, Baroque Flautist. 

www.festivalbaroque.com 

The Festival international de musique de chambre de la Baie des Chaleurs 

celebrates its 10th anniversary this summer and serves up Mozart, Piazzola, 

Prokofiev, Copland and many others. Featured artists include award-winning 

soprano Chantal Dionne and the world-renowned Empire Brass. The 

festival runs in Campbellton and Dalhousie from July 6 to 9. 

www.fmcbc.nb.ca 

This year’s Charlottetown Festivals runs from June 19 until the beginning of 

October and presents a number of outstanding performances including 

Anne of Green Gables: the Musical, Celtic Blaze and the Confederation 

Brass Quintet. confederationcentre.com 

The Indian River Festival 2006 features "Music you can hear with your 

heart" July 2-Aug 27. Soprano Suzie LeBlanc and pianist Robert Kortgaard 

open this important festival, and a variety of choral and chamber music, 

jazz, musical theatre, and Maritime music round out the month. 

www.indianriverfestival.com 

The Pipes By The Sea festival will be presented by the Royal Canadian 

College of Organists July 23-27. Organists Diane Belcher, Gayle Martin, 

Robert Quinney, Ryan Jackson and John Tuttle will be featured, offering a 

variety of Mozart and other works. www.halifaxorganfest2006.ca 

Musique Royale celebrates its 21 st season bring of bringing music across the 

province of Nova Scotia, throughout the months of July and August. Nova 

Scotia’s own Tempest Baroque Ensemble and soprano Lorna MacDonald 

are of particular note, but all offerings are worth investigating. www.musiqueroyale.ca 

Gros Morne Summer Music presents some of the world’s most beautiful 

music in one of Canada’s most beautiful natural settings July 18 - August 21. 

www.gmsm.ca 

The Tuckamore Festival offers chamber music in St. John’s August 7 - 20. A 

challenging programme of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Martinu and others 

includes performances by the Jupiter Quartet, violinist Stephanie 

Sant’Ambrogio and pianist Richard Raymond. www.tuckamorefestival.ca 


Charles Daniels, ténor; Nigel North, luth 

22 23h. Caf-Propos. EL. Concert de fin de soirée. 

Improvisation. Ensemble La Fiorenza 

23 10h. MChRam. EL. Cours de maître. Les vents. 

Ensemble Zefiro, hautbois, basson (Italie) 

23 11h30. PDauv. EL. Foire Montréal Baroque. Événement 

multidisciplinaire. Musiciens, animateurs 

“historiques”, danseurs, conteurs, artistes 

de cirque baroque, etc. (Pique-niquez sous le 

chapiteau en assistant au spectacle) (f 24 25) 

23 13h. PDauv. EL. Papageno et la flûte enchantée (pièce 

de théâtre musical pour toute la famille). Mozart: La 

flûte enchantée (e) en français. Lawrence Cotton, 

baryton; Ariane Girard, soprano; La Bande 

Montréal Baroque. (f 24 25) 

23 14h. CNDBS. 5-30$. Exposition. Foire aux instruments. 

Louis Bégin, archets; Jean-Luc Boudreau, 

flûtes à bec; Johanne Gautier, cordes; Boaz 

Berney, flûtes traversières; Charrette et 

Cossette, violons; Archambault, partitions 

de musique; Éditions Marie-France, facsimile. 

(jusqu’à 17h) (f 24 25) 

23 14h. MChRam. 15-30$. Opéra en solo. Marin Marais: 

Alcide (e). Martin Robidoux, clavecin 

23 15h15. MChRam. EL. Conférence. Marais et Lully ou 

“La guerre opératique”. Gérard Geay, Jean Duron, 

Jeanne Bovet, Bruce Haynes, musicologues 

23 17h. Caf-Propos. 15-30$. Marin Marais: L’Opération 

de la taille. Ensemble Masques 

23 20h. BasND Chapelle Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur. 

15-30$. La Viole angélique. Marais: Suites à trois 

violes; Sainte-Colombe: Concerts à deux violes. Les 

Voix humaines; Wieland Kuijken, viole de 

gambe; Nigel North, luth; Eric Milnes, clavecin 

23 22h. BasND Chapelle Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur. 

15-30$. Cantates pour la Vierge. Bach: cantates, BWV 

1, 82, 147. La Bande Montréal Baroque; Eric 

Milnes, dir.; Monika Mauch, soprano; Charles 

Daniels, ténor; Stephan MacLoed, baryton 


Improvisation. Rona Nadler, clavecin 

24 9h. Caf-Propos. EL. Trio de flûtes à bec (jeunes 

musiciens) 

24 10h. MChRam. EL. Cours de maître. Les cordes graves. 

Wieland Kuijken, viole de gambe, violoncelle 

baroque (Belgique) 





chapiteau en assistant au spectacle) (h 23) 

24 13h. PDauv. EL. Papageno et la flûte enchantée (pièce 

de théâtre musical pour toute la famille). Mozart: La 

flûte enchantée (e) en français. Lawrence Cotton, 

baryton; Ariane Girard, soprano; La Bande 

Montréal Baroque. (h 23) 

24 14h. MChRam. 5-30$. Exposition. Foire aux instruments. 

Louis Bégin, archets; Jean-Luc 

Boudreau, flûtes à bec; Johanne Gautier, 

cordes; Boaz Berney, flûtes traversières; 

Charrette et Cossette, violons; Archambault, 

partitions de musique; Éditions Marie- 

France, facsimile. (jusqu’à 17h) (h 23) 

24 14h. MChRam. 15-30$. Opéra à 4. Mozart: Don 

Giovanni (arr. d’époque). Quatuor Franz-Joseph 

24 15h15. MChRam. EL. Conférence. Mozart et la transition 

du baroque au romantique en interprétation. 

Malcolm Bilson, Alfredo Bernardini, Tom 

Beghin, Bruce Haynes, musicologues 

24 17h. Centaur. 15-30$. Virtuosité et improvisation 

(Reconstitution du célèbre concours opposant Mozart à 

Clementi devant Joseph II). Improvisation. Tom 

Beghin, Erin Helyard, pianoforte 

24 20h. Centaur. 15-30$. Un vent fort. Mozart: extraits 

d’opéras (arr. d’époque). Ensemble Zefiro 

(octuor à vent, Italie) (Suivi d’une dégustation 

d’huiles d’olive) 

24 22h. Centaur. 15-30$. Pian’piano. Mozart: Sonates 

pour pianoforte à deux et quatres mains. Malcolm 

Bilson, Tom Beghin, pianoforte 


Improvisation. Les Feux d’archetistes 

25 7h. CNDBS Crypte. 15-30$. Un verre de mélancolie. 

Mozart, etc. Autour de la flûte; Dean Shostak, 

harmonica de verre. (Suivi d’un petit-déjeuner 

avec les musiciens au Café À Propos) 

25 10h. MChRam. 5$-10$. Concours Étoiles Galaxie- 

CBC 2006. Demi-finale. 





chapiteau en assistant au spectacle) (h 23) 

25 13h. Place des Vestiges, au sud du Marché 

Bonsecours. EL. Papageno et la flûte enchantée h 23) 

25 14h. CNDBS. 5-30$. Exposition. Foire aux instruments. 

Louis Bégin, archets; Jean-Luc Boudreau, 

flûtes à bec; Johanne Gautier, cordes; Boaz 

Berney, flûtes traversières; Charrette et 

Cossette, violons; Archambault, partitions 

de musique; Éditions Marie-France, facsimile. 

(jusqu’à 17h) (h 23) 

25 14h. MChRam. 5$-10$. Concours Étoiles Galaxie- 

CBC 2006. Finale. Lauréat du concours; 

Ensemble La Rota 

25 15h. Place des Vestiges, au sud du Marché 

Bonsecours. EL. Papageno et la flûte enchantée (h 23) 

25 17h. Caf-Propos. 15-30$. Le jeune Mozart, son oiseau 

et la famille Bach. Mozart, J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, F. 

Couperin, Daquin, etc. Ensemble Caprice 

(Matthias Maute, Sophie Larivière, flûte à 

bec, flûte traversière; Erin Helyard, clavecin) 

14 Summer 2006 

25 20h. CNDBS. 15-30$. Plein feux sur Mozart 1: Mozart a 

Milano, festa teatrale. Mozart: La Finta Giardiniera, 

K.196 (e); Lucio Silla, K.135 (e). Académie baroque 

de Montréal; I Confidenti; Alex Weimann, 

dir.; Michael Maniaci, Suzie LeBlanc, sopranos; 

Tyler Duncan, baryton; Dorothéa 

Ventura, Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, comédiennes. 

(Suivi d’un goûter italien) 

25 23h. CNDBS. 15-30$. Plein feux sur Mozart 2: Mozart a 

Milano, concerto sacro. Mozart: Exultate jubilate; 

Allegri/Mozart: Miserere. Académie baroque de 

Montréal; I Confidenti; Studio de Musique 

Ancienne de Montréal; Alex Weimann, dir.; 

Michael Maniaci, Suzie LeBlanc, sopranos; 

Tyler Duncan, baryton 

25 23h59. Caf-Propos. EL. Finale du Festival, grande fête 

MONTREAL CHAMBER MUSIC 

FESTIVAL 


514-489-7444, 514-489-3444 

www.festivalmontreal.org 

Created in 1995, the Montreal Chamber Music Festival 

is dedicated to promoting chamber music in all its 

diverse forms through collaborations with other artistic 

disciplines. Performances in historic sites by renowned 

international artists and rising stars emphasize 

Montreal’s cultural richness and diversity. 

SJUC St. James United Church, 463 Ste-Catherine Ouest 

UdeM-MUS Université de Montréal, Faculté de 

musique, 200 Vincent-d’Indy (métro Edouard- 

Montpetit) 

JUNE 

9 19h30. SJUC. 18-45$. Série jazz Assurance Chubb. 

Bert Boldon, steelpans; Dave Watts, Errol 

Walters, basses; Nasyr Abdul Al Khabyr, batterie; 

Lionel Charles, guitare; Adi Braun, voix; 

John Sadowy, piano; Richard Irwin, batterie 

10 20h. UdeM-MUS Salle Claude-Champagne. 18-45$. 

Le pouvoir de l’alto. Mozart: Quintette #2, K.515; 

Quintette avec clarinette en la majeur, K.581; 

Brahms: Quintette #2, op.111; Schumann: Quintette 

en mi bémol majeur, op.44; Glazounov: Quintette 

en mi majeur, op.39; Dvorak: Quintette en mi 

majeur la majeur, op.81. Quatuor Alcan (Laura 

Andriani, Nathalie Camus, violon; Luc 

Beauchemin, alto; David Ellis, violoncelle); 

Bruno Giuranna, Siegfried Führlinger, alto; 

Denis Brott, violoncelle; André Moisan, clarinette; 

Jean Saulnier, Maneli Pirzadeh, piano 

12 19h30. SJUC. 18-45$. Beethoven: Sonate pour piano, 

op.2 #3; Sonate pour violon en do mineur, op.30 #2; 

Grosse Fugue, op.133 (version pour piano quatre 

mains); Grosse Fugue, op.133 (version quatuor). 

Jonathan Crow, Elizabeth Pitcairn, violon; Neil 

Gripp, alto; Denis Brott, violoncelle; Wonny 

Song, André Laplante, Orion Weiss, piano 

15 19h30. SJUC. 18-45$. Le Violon rouge. Kreisler: 

Praeludium et Allegro; Fanny Mendelssohn: Trio en 

ré majeur, op.11; John Corigliano: Le Violon Rouge, 

chaconne et suite; Mozart: Variations “Salve tu 

Domine”, K.398; Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen. 

Elizabeth Pitcairn, violon; Denis Brott, violoncelle; 

Orion Weiss, piano 


Dione Taylor, voix; ensemble 

17 19h30. SJUC. 18-45$. L’oreille de Van Gogh. Debussy: 

Beau soir; Des Fleurs; Quatuor en sol mineur, scherzo; 

Sonate pour violon et piano en sol mineur, allegro 

vivo; Fauré: Quatuor pour piano #2, op.45; 

Automne, op.18 #3; Toujours, op.21 #2; Prison, 

op.83 #1; Chausson: Chanson perpétuelle, op.37; 

Trio pour piano, op.3, pas trop lent animé; Franck: 

Quintette en fa mineur, allegro non troppo; 

Quintette #2, op.115, allegro moderato. Ensemble 

for the Romantic Century; Eve Wolf, dir.; 

Michiel Schrey, ténor; Désirée Halac, mezzo; 

Simon Fortin, acteur 

20 19h30. SJUC. 18-45$. Luna Pearl Woolf: Orpheus on 

Sappho’s Shore; Impromptu; Brahms: Sextette en sol 

majeur, op.36. Julieanne Klein, soprano; Michiel 

Schrey, ténor; Valerie Gratton, flûte; Martin 

Gauvreau, clarinette; Carmelle Préfontaine, 

basson; Ilya Kaler, Olga Kaler, Noémi Racine- 

Gaudreault, violon; Marcus Thompson, 

Douglas McNabney, Marie-Lou Hains- 

Robitaille, alto; Matt Haimovitz, Chloé 

Dominguez, Katerina Juraskova, violoncelle; 

Sara Laimon, piano; Philip Hornsey, percussion 

22 12h. SJUC. 18-45$. Marathon Mozart. Mozart: 

Sonates pour violon et piano, K.379, 377 et 526; 

Sonate pour piano, K.281. Mayumi Seiler, violon; 

Kyoko Hashimoto, piano 

22 14h. SJUC. 18-45$. Marathon Mozart. Mozart: Trio en 

mi bémol majeur, K.498; Quintette pour clarinette, 

K.516; Fantasie, K.594 et 608; Fugue en sol mineur, 

K.401. James Campbell, clarinette; Rachel 

Barton Pine, Ilya Kaler, Olga Kaler, Jonathan 

Crow, violon; Marcus Thompson, Douglas 

McNabney, alto; Denis Brott, violoncelle; 

Sylvie Poirier, Philip Crozier, orgue; Kyoko 

Hashimoto, piano 

22 16h. SJUC. 18-45$. Marathon Mozart. Mozart: Adagio 

et Rondo, K.617; Quatuor à cordes, K.465 et 478. 

Quatuor Claudel-Canimex (Elaine Marcil, 

Marie-Josee Arpin, violon; Annie Parent, alto; 

Jeanne de Chantal-Marcil, violoncelle) 

22 18h. SJUC. 18-45$. Marathon Mozart. Mozart: Sonate 

pour quatre mains, K.381; Quatuor à cordes, K.421; 

Ave Verum Corpus; Laudate Dominum; Messe du 

Couronnement, K.317. Kyoko Hashimoto, Wonny 

Song, piano; Quatuor Claudel-Canimex 

(Elaine Marcil, Marie-Josee Arpin, violon; 

Annie Parent, alto; Jeanne de Chantal-Marcil, 

violoncelle); Chorale St-James 


Quintette pour clarinette, K.581. James 

Campbell, clarinette; Rachel Barton-Pine, 

Andy Simionescu, violon; Marcus Thompson, 

alto; Denis Brott, violoncelle 

22 20h45. SJUC. 18-45$. Marathon Mozart. In Search of 

Mozart (documentaire de Phil Grabsky, 2006, 

Royaume-Uni, 128 min.) 


Divertimentos pour cordes, K.136-138. Quatuor 

Claudel-Canimex (Elaine Marcil, Marie-Josee 

Arpin, violon; Annie Parent, alto; Jeanne de 

Chantal-Marcil, violoncelle); Jonathan Crow, 

Virginie Gagné, Ilya Kaler, Olga Kaler, Andy 

Simionescu, violon; Douglas McNabney, 

Marcus Thompson, alto; Denis Brott, 

Katerine Juraskova, violoncelle; Eric Lagacé, 

contrebasse 


Étoiles de Jazz du Québec. Quatuor Fortin- 

Léveillé-Donato-Nasturca; Rémi Bolduc, 

saxophone alto; John Roney, piano; Sheila 

Hannigan, violoncelle; Chet Doxas, Erik 

Hove, Joel Miller, Remi Bolduc, saxophone 

26 19h30. SJUC. 18-45$. Rendez-vous avec le diable ! 

Paganini: 24 Caprices. Rachel Barton Pine, violon; 

Jean Marchand, narrateur 

27 19h30. SJUC. 18-45$. Deux compositeurs, une même 

adresse ! Clara Schumann: Trio en sol mineur, op.17; 

Robert Schumann: Quatuor en mi bémol majeur, 

op.47; Quintette en mi bémol majeur, op.44; lecture 

de lettres et extraits de journaux intimes. 

Rachel Barton Pine, Andy Simionescu, violon; 


Zuill Bailey, Katerina Juraskova, violoncelle; 

Awadagin Pratt, Wonny Song, piano; Arlen 

Bonner, Dorothée Berryman, narrateurs 

29 19h30. SJUC. 18-45$. C’est à ton tour cher violoncelle ! 

Popper: Requiem; Arensky: Quatuor en la mineur, 

op.35; Schubert: Quintette en do majeur, D.956. 

Andy Simionescu, Rachel Barton Pine, violon; 


Katerina Juraskova, Zuill Bailey, violoncelle; 

Wonny Song, piano 


Ranee Lee, voix; Dave Laing, batterie; Dave 

Mossing, trompette; Dave Grott, trombone; 

Chet Doxas, sax ténor; Richard Ring, guitare; 

Zachary Lober, contrebassse; Jon Sadowy, 

piano 

MOZART PLUS FESTIVAL 

Montréal, from June 28 to August 2 

514-842-9951 

www.osm.ca 

On this anniversary year, join the O.S. de Montréal in 

magnificent surroundings as it celebrates the eternal 

beauty of Mozart’s concertos, performed by Louis 

Lortie. Despite the centuries past, Mozart still can 

move performers and music lovers. Find out why! 

Also, this summer, to celebrate in style this 250th 

anniversary, you are invited to extend your musical 

evening by attending an intimate chamber music 

concert, at no extra charge. Share the magic! 

BasND Basilique Notre-Dame, 110 Notre-Dame Ouest 

JUNE 

28 19h30. BasND. 15-45$. Mozart: Concertos pour 

piano, K.451, K.453; Idomeneo, “Solitudini amiche, 

aure amorose”; Messe en do mineur, K.427 (417a) 

“Et incarnatus est”; Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht. 

O.S. de Montréal; Louis Lortie, chef, piano; 

Hélène Guilmette, soprano 

JULY 

5 19h30. BasND. 15-45$. Mozart: Concertos pour 

piano, K.175, K.503; Ch’io mi scordi di te? Non 

temer, amato bene, K.505; Wagner: Wesendonck 

lieder. O.S. de Montréal; Louis Lortie, chef, 

piano; Michaela Schuster, mezzo 

12 19h30. BasND. 15-45$. Bach: Partita pour violon en 

ré mineur, “Chaconne”, BWV 1004; Mozart: Sinfonia 

concertante, K.364 (320 d); Brahms: Sérénade #2, 

op.16. Orchestre du Centre national des Arts; 

Pinchas Zukerman, chef, alto; Viviane 

Hagner, violon 

19 19h30. BasND. 15-45$. Mozart: Symphonie #35 

“Haffner”, K.385; Schubert: Rondo en la majeur pour 

violon et cordes; Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen; 

Moussorgski/Ravel: Tableaux d’une exposition. O.S. 

de Montréal; Jacques Lacombe, chef; Scott 

St. John, violon 

26 19h30. BasND. 15-45$. Debussy: Danse sacrée, 

danse profane; Mozart: Concerto pour deux pianos 

#7, K.242; Concerto pour piano #24, K.491; Ravel: Ma 

mère l’Oye, suite. O.S. de Montréal; Louis Lortie, 

chef, piano; Hélène Mercier, piano; Jennifer 

Swartz, harpe 

AUGUST 

2 19h30. BasND. 15-45$. Milhaud: La Création du 

monde; Ravel: Concerto pour piano en sol; Mozart: 

Symphonie #39, K.543. O.S. de Montréal; 

Bernhard Klee, chef; Alain Lefèvre, piano 

MUTEK 2006 

Montréal, from May 31 to June 4 

514-844-3500 

www.mutek.ca 

OUTGAMES CHORAL FESTIVAL 

Montréal, from July 29 to August 5 

514-252-5858 

www.montreal2006.org/chorales.html 

SUMMER ORGAN RECITALS 

Montreal, from July 6 to August 31 

514-842-3431 

www.standrewstpaul.com 

QUÉBEC ET ENVIRONS 

FESTIVAL BACH À QUÉBEC 

Québec, from July 23 to July 28 

418-681-0655 

www.festivalbach.com 

Un événement estival présenté tous les deux ans à 

Québec. Une grande semaine de concerts à la 

mémoire de l’un des plus grands maîtres de la 

musique de tous les temps, Jean-Sébastien Bach. 

Aubade dominicale, Concerts-midi, Musiques du 

crépuscule, Grands concerts de soirée, en tout une 

quinzaine de concerts variés, tant par les artistes 

présentés que par le répertoire sélectionné. En 

cette année 2006, qui marque le 250e anniversaire 

de la naissance de Mozart, la quatrième édition 

du Festival Bach accordera une place de choix à ce 

grand compositeur. 

ÉSTA Église St-Thomas d’Aquin, 2125 Louis-Jolliet 

PVis Parc/site historique de la Visitation, 2825 chemin 

Ste-Foy (angle route de l’Église), 

JULY 

23 11h30. PVis. EL. Aubade dominicale. Bach et ses fils, 

Mozart: sonates. Ensemble Caprice; Mathias 

Maute, dir.. (Concert commenté) 

23 20h. ÉSTA. 20-25$. Les Grands concerts de soirée. 

Concert d’ouverture. Bach: Cantates BWV 211, 115, 58 

(e); Mozart: Exultate Jubilate; airs d’opéra. 

Orchestre du Festival; Richard Lee, dir.; 

Hélène Guilmette, soprano 

24 12h30. ÉSTA. EL. Concerts-midi. Bach: Les Carnets 

d’Anna-Magdalena Bach. Marie Coulombe, 

soprano; Normand Paradis, clavecin, orgue 

positif. (Concert commenté) 


Bach, Mozart. Jean Guillou, orgue 

24 20h. PVis. EL. Musique du crépuscule. Mozart, 

Müthel, Clementi, W.F. Bach. Louise Bouchard, 

clavecin; Pierre Bouchard, pianoforte 

25 12h30. ÉSTA. EL. Concerts-midi. Bach. Dany 

Belisle, orgue. (Concert commenté) 


Bach, Mozart: quatuors. Quatuor Alcan 

25 20h. PVis. EL. Musique du crépuscule. Mozart. 

Véronik Carrier, soprano; Karina Laliberté, 

violon; Eve-Amélie Dufour, piano. (Concert 

commenté) 

26 12h30. ÉSTA. EL. Concerts-midi. Mozart. François 

Ferland, flûte; Louise Fortin-Bouchard, pianoforte. 

(Concert commenté) 


Mozart: Messes, K.49, 192, 220, 259. Ensemble de 

musique sacrée; Richard Duguay, dir.; 

Ensemble Polyphonia; Claude Léveillé, dir.; 

Ensemble vespéral de Québec; Richard 

Boisvert, dir.; Choeur Les Rhapsodes; David 

Rompré, dir. 

27 12h30. ÉSTA. EL. Concerts-midi. Bach, Mozart. 

Andrea Armijo Fortin, violon; Robert-Patrick 

Girard, orgue. (Concert commenté) 

27 20h30. Parc Roland-Beaudin, angle chemin des 

Quatre-Bourgeoys et route de l’Église. EL. Les 

Grands concerts de soirée. Sérénade à la lune. 

Mozart: Sérénade “Gran Partita”; Bach. Ensemble 

Sérénade; René Joly, dir. 

28 12h30. ÉSTA. EL. Concerts-midi. Mozart. Véronik 

Carrier, soprano; Karina Laliberté, violon; 

Eve-Amélie Dufour, piano. (Concert commenté) 


Bach: 5 motets. Studio de musique ancienne 

de Montréal; Christopher Jackson, dir. 

LE DOMAINE FORGET 

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 

Saint-Irénée, from June 23 to August 26 

418-452-3535, 888-336-7438 

www.domaineforget.com 

The 2006 International Festival season celebrates 

the 10th anniversary of the Françoys-Bernier 

concert hall and its remarkable acoustics: 27 

concerts, 4 evenings of jazz and one of dance, a 

festive Sunday celebration, the benefit concert, 14 

public masterclasses, 11 Academy concerts. Come 

celebrate 10 special years in the Françoys-Bernier 

concert hall! 

DomFor Le Domaine Forget de Charlevoix, 5 rang St- 

Antoine: SFBe Salle Françoys-Bernier 

JUNE 

17 20h. DomFor SFBe. 20$. Avant-goût du Festival. 

Grondahl, Gershwin, Mitushin, Rossini, Barboteu, 

Boehme. Jens Lindemann, trompette; 

Ricardo Casero, trombone; ensembles de 

cuivres du Domaine Forget 

23 20h30. DomFor SFBe. 35$. Les Grands Concerts. 

Gounod, Hindemith, Ligeti, Spohr. Emmanuel 

Pahud, flûte; Hansjörg Schellenberger, 

hautbois; Larry Combs, clarinette; Daniele 

Damiano, basson; Louis-Philippe Marsolais,

cor; Catherine Dallaire, violon; François 

Paradis, alto; Blair Lofgren, violoncelle; Jean 

Michon, contrebasse 

24 20h30. DomFor SFBe. 35$. Les Grands Concerts. M. 

Haydn, Mozart. Emmanuel Pahud, flûte; 

Hansjörg Schellenberger, hautbois; Larry 

Combs, clarinette; Daniele Damiano, basson; 

Louis-Philippe Marsolais, cor 

28 20h30. DomFor SFBe. 28$. La Musique ancienne. 

Mozart. Ensemble Zefiro 

30 20h30. DomFor SFBe. 28$. La Musique de chambre. 

Ensembles à vent du Domaine Forget; 

Jeffrey Khaner, flûte 

JULY 

1 20h30. DomFor SFBe. 35$. Les Solistes. Wolf, 

Wagner, Liszt, Richard Strauss. Jan Vogler, violoncelle; 

Louis Lortie, piano 

5 20h30. DomFor SFBe. 30$. Les Solistes. Rodrigo, 

Villa-Lobos, Tarrega, Ivanovic, José. Denis 

Azabagic, guitare 


Bartok, Komitas, Cassado. I Musici de Montréal; 

Kleztory; Yuli Turovsky, violoncelle, dir. 

8 20h30. DomFor SFBe. 30$. L’Art vocal. Liszt, Wagner. 

Michaela Schuster, mezzo; Louis Lortie, 

piano 

12 20h30. DomFor SFBe. 30$. Les Concerts Jazz 

Industrielle Alliance. Michel Donato, contrebasse; 

François Théberge, saxophone; Piotr 

Wojtasik, trompette; Michael Felberbaum, 

guitare; Karl Jannuska, batterie 

14 20h30. DomFor SFBe. 30$. Les Solistes. Mozart, 

Guastavino, Gnattali, Mignone, Fabini, Anido, 

Montaña, Riera, Bellinati. Fabio Zanon, guitare 

15 20h30. DomFor SFBe. 35$. Les Grands Concerts. Talmi, 

Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann. O.S. de Québec; 

Yoav Talmi, chef; Katherine Chi, piano 

19 20h30. DomFor SFBe. 30$. Les Solistes. Scarlatti, 

Ravel, Chopin. Alexandre Tharaud, piano 


Industrielle Alliance. Oliver Jones, piano, et son 

trio 


Beethoven, Chostakovitch, Franck. Marie Bérard, 

David Stewart, Gwen Thompson, violon; Paul 

Silverthorne, alto; Yegor Dyachkov, Carole 

Sirois, Philippe Muller, violoncelle; 

Alexandre Tharaud, piano 


Kodaly, Mozart, Dvorak. Zukerman Chamber 

Players 

26 20h30. DomFor SFBe. 30$. Les Solistes. À l’occasion 

de son 75e anniversaire. François Rabbath, Paul 

Ellison, Étienne Lafrance, Ali Yazdanfar, 

contrebasse 


Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, 

Scriabine, De Falla, Balakirev. Abdel Rahman El 

Bacha, piano 


Bartok, Brahms, De Falla. Régis Pasquier, violon; 

Abdel Rahman El Bacha, piano 

AUGUST 


Industrielle Alliance. Sophie Milman, voix; quintette 


Clermont Pépin, Karl Frühling, Chostakovitch. Duke 

Trio (Mark Fewer, violon; Thomas Wiebe, violoncelle; 

Peter Longworth, piano) 

5 20h30. DomFor SFBe. 30$. Les Découvertes. 

Beethoven, Ravel, Mercure, Richard Strauss. 

Orchestre nationale des Jeunes du Canada; 

Jacques Lacombe, chef 

6 16h. DomFor SFBe. 50$. Concert bénéfice pour le 

fonds de bourse Jacqueline et Paul Desmarais. 

Mélodies, airs d’opéra. Hélène Guilmette, 

soprano; Peter McGillivray, baryton; Martin 

Dubé, piano 


Industrielle Alliance. John Pizzarelli, guitare; trio 


Telemann, Corigliano, Vaughan Williams, Suk. 

Yehonatan Berick, Oleg Pokhanovski, violon; 

Martha Strongin Katz, Karine Rousseau, 

alto; Matt Haimovitz, Blair Lofgren, violoncelle; 

Ali Yazdanfar, contrebasse; Stéphane 

Lemelin, piano 


Liszt, Wagner. Louis Lortie, piano 

15 20h30. DomFor SFBe. 28$. Les Découvertes. Vivaldi. 

Ensemble Artaserse; Philippe Jaroussky, 

contreténor 

19 20h30. DomFor SFBe. 30$. L’Art Vocal. Bach, tango, 

etc. Quartango (Nancy Coulombe, soprano; 

Christine Harel, alto; Erich Thériault, ténor; 

Marc Belleau, basse); Chantal Simard, percussions 

23 20h30. DomFor SFBe. 28$. Les rencontres de 

musique nouvelle en Charlevoix. Schoenberg, Jean 

Lesage, Denis Bouliane. Quatuor Bozzini; Ingrid 

Schmithüsen, soprano 


musique nouvelle en Charlevoix. Compositions des 

étudiants stagiaires. Nouvel Ensemble 

Moderne; Lorraine Vaillancourt, chef; stagiaires 

de l’Académie 


musique nouvelle en Charlevoix. Gilles Tremblay, 

Yannick Plamondon, Julien Bilodeau, Michael 

Denhoff. Nouvel Ensemble Moderne; Lorraine 

Vaillancourt, chef; Michel Ducharme, baryton 


Warlock, Respighi, Skalkotas, Brahms, Britten, 

Weiner. Les Violons du Roy; Jean-Marie 

Zeitouni, dir. 

SEPTEMBER 

1 20h. DomFor SFBe. La Saison du Domaine. 

Quatuor Claudel-Canimex; Anne-Marie 

Dubois, piano 

2 20h. DomFor SFBe. La Saison du Domaine. 

Quintette Yves Léveillé; Jeri Brown, voix 

MUSIQUE DE CHAMBRE À 

SAINTE-PÉTRONILLE 

Sainte-Pétronille, from June 29 to August 17 

418-828-1410, 418-643-8131 

iledorleans.com 

Depuis 1983, la notoriété de Musique de chambre 

à Sainte-Pétronille ne cesse de croître. Ses concerts 

d’été, présentés dans un site patrimonial exceptionnel, 

ont attiré des milliers de personnes venues 

y découvrir plus de 250 musiciens provenant d’une 

dizaine de pays ; jeunes artistes, lauréats de 

concours et artistes réputés sur la scène nationale 

et internationale. Ensemble, ils découvrent les qualités 

acoustiques exceptionnelles et la chaleureuse 

intimité de l’église de Sainte-Pétronille. Baroque, 

classique, romantique ou moderne seront au programme… 

à vous de choisir ! 

ÉSPétr Église, 21 rue de l’Église 

JUNE 

29 20h30. ÉSPétr. 30$. Mozart: Sonate pour piano, 

K.282; Schumann: Papillons; Chopin: Mazurkas, 

op.63; Fantaisie en fa mineur; Beethoven: Sonate 

pour piano, op.53. André Laplante, piano 

JULY 

6 20h30. ÉSPétr. 30$. Hahn; Chausson; Debussy; 

Enesco. Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto; 

Michel McMahon, piano 

13 20h30. ÉSPétr. 30$. Debussy: Sonate pour violoncello 

et piano; Beethoven: Douze Variations sur “Ein 

Mädchen oder Weibchen”; Sept Variations sur “Bei 

Männern, welche Liebe fühlen”; Schumann: 

Fantasiestücke; Prokofiev: Roméo et Juliette, Danse 

des Antillaises (transcription A.Vlasov) Mort de Tybalt 

(transcription Jean Saulnier) Les adieux de Roméo et 

Juliette (transcription Jean Saulnier); Stravinsky: 

Suite italienne pour violoncelle et piano. Yegor 

Dyachkov, violoncelle; Jean Saulnier, piano 

27 20h30. ÉSPétr. 30$. De la Rue: Magnificat sexti toni; 

Bach: Lobet den Herrn; Arvo Pärt: Magnificat; 

Swayne: Magnificat; Patriquin: 3 chansons folkloriques; 

Takemitsu: 3 chansons folkloriques; etc. 

VivaVoce; Peter Schubert, dir. 

AUGUST 

10 20h30. ÉSPétr. 30$. Hahn: Quand je fus pris au 

pavillon; À Chloris; Trois jours de vendanges; 

L’énamourée; Le printemps; Poulenc: Deux poèmes 

de Louis Aragon; Métamorphoses; Les chemins de 

l’amour; Lionel Daunais: Les mots d’amour; 

Fantaisie dans tous les tons; Schubert: Auf dem 

Strom, D.943; Beethoven: Sonate en fa majeur pour 

cor et piano, op.17; Glière: Quatre pièces pour cor et 

piano, op.35; Romance #6; Valse triste #7; Nocturne 

#10; Intermezzi #11; Cooke: Rondo en si bémol 

pour cor et piano. Hélène Guilmette, soprano; 

Pierre-Antoine Tremblay, cor; Maurice 

Laforêt, piano 

17 20h30. ÉSPétr. 30$. Bartok: Danses roumaines (arr. 

Szekely); Szekely: Sonate pour piano et violoncelle, 

op.4; Brahms: Trio #2, op.87. Jonathan Crow, violon; 

Matt Haimovitz, violoncelle; Stéphan 

Sylvestre, piano 

QUEBEC CITY INTERNATIONAL 

FESTIVAL OF MILITARY BANDS 

Québec, from August 23 to August 27 

418-694-5757 

www.fimmq.com 

The best military bands from Canada and foreign 

countries have a rendez-vous on the most gorgeous 

scenes in town, for the Québec City 

International Festival of Military Bands. Almost 600 

musicians join the rhythm for numerous events, 

such as the Festival Parade, the Grand Concert and 

the Québec City Military Tattoo. Bands perform a 

wide and accessible repertory, so military music 

lovers and profanes can capture the richness of 

military music. 

GTQ Grand Théâtre de Québec, 269 boulevard René- 

Lévesque Est 

AUGUST 

23 17h. Place George-V, Wilfrid-Laurier et Grande Allée. 

EL. Cérémonie d’ouverture. Marches militaires. 600 

musiciens militaires 

24 19h30. GTQ. 25-40$. Grand Concert. Musique 

Royale de la Marine belge; Musique du Royal 

22e Régiment de Québec 

25 19h30. Colisée, 250 boul. Wilfrid-Hamel. 29-49$. 

Tattoo militaire de Québec (musique, chorégraphie, 

exercices militaires, maniement d’armes). 600 musiciens 

militaires. (f 26) 

26 19h30. Colisée, 250 boul. Wilfrid-Hamel. 29-49$. 

Tattoo militaire de Québec (musique, chorégraphie, 

exercices militaires, maniement d’armes). 600 musiciens 

militaires. (h 25) 

27 11h30. Place George-V, Wilfrid-Laurier et Grande 

Allée. EL. Pique-nique musical en famille. Musique 

Royale de la Marine belge; Musique centrale 

LES FESTIVALS AU QUÉBEC 

Réjean Beaucage et Isabelle Picard 

FMCM (du 9 au 30 juin) 

Le 11 e Festival de musique de 

chambre de Montréal s’ouvre le 10 

juin, par un concert présenté en 

collaboration avec le 34 e Congrès 

international d’alto qui se tient à 

l’Université de Montréal. Le pouvoir 

de l’alto fera entendre le 

Quatuor Alcan et ses invités dans 

un programme d’œuvres de 

Mozart, Brahms, R. Schumann, 

Dohnanyi et Dvořák. Le lendemain, nous aurons le plaisir d’entendre 

pour la première fois l’interprétation sur une scène montréalaise 

de la Grande fugue, opus 133, de Beethoven, dans l’arrangement 

pour piano quatre mains (Wonny Song et Orion Weiss) qu’il a luimême 

réalisé et dont le manuscrit n’a été redécouvert qu’au début du 

siècle. www.festivalmontreal.org 

CONCERTS POPULAIRES (du 21 juin au 26 juillet) 

L’Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal (OMGM) a connu 

ces derniers mois des problèmes financiers sérieux qui ont fait 

craindre pour sa survie. Le nuage a cependant 

été traversé sans encombre et l’OMGM 

aura, à son habitude, un été passablement 

occupé. On le retrouvera trois fois dans la 

série de six programmes présentés au Centre 

Pierre-Charbonneau dans le cadre de la 42 e 

saison des Concerts Populaires de Montréal, 

dont Yannick Nézet-Séguin est aussi directeur 

artistique. Ce dernier dirigera pour 

ouvrir la série le 21 juin les célèbres Carmina 

Burana de Carl Orff ; il dirigera un programme 

français le 5 juillet et offrira une carte 

blanche à la soprano Marie-Josée Lord le 26. 

www.orgueetcouleurs.com 

MONTRÉAL BAROQUE (du 22 au 25 juin) 

Cette quatrième édition s’ouvre le 22 juin sur ce qui est déjà une tradition, 

soit le Défilé Montréal Baroque, qui s’ébranle de la Place 

Jacques-Cartier à la chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours dans un 

joyeux tintamarre! Parmi les concerts, notons ceux du 23 juin à la 

Chapelle du Sacré-Cœur de la basilique Notre-Dame : d’abord, à 

20 h, Wieland Kuijken (viole de gambe), Nigel North (luth) et Eric 

Milnes (clavecin) se joindront aux Voix humaines pour interpréter 

les suites à trois violes de Marais, des concerts à deux violes de Sainte- 

Colombe, et le tombeau composé par Marais en hommage à Sainte- 

Colombe ; puis, à 22 h, Eric Milnes dirigera la Bande Montréal 

Baroque dans l’interprétation de cantates de Bach. www.montrealbaroque.com 

MOZART PLUS (du 28 juin au 2 août) 

Après être passé dans le tordeur de la grève des musiciens de l’OSM 

l’année dernière, le Festival Mozart Plus revient en force avec une innovation 

intéressante : histoire de souligner dignement le 250 e anniversaire 

de vous-savez-qui, chaque concert sera suivi d’un bref récital des 

solistes invités, ce qui offrira au public des occasions d’entendre Louis 

Lortie, invité comme chef et pianiste, se produire en duo avec la soprano 

Hélène Guilmette (28 juin), la mezzo Michaela Schuster (5 juillet) 

et la pianiste Hélène Mercier (26 juillet), avec laquelle Lortie aura 

interprété le Concerto pour deux pianos n o 7, K. 242. Le 19 juillet, 

Jacques Lacombe reviendra devant l’OSM avec le violoniste Scott 

St. John, le 2 août, le chef Bernhard Klee y sera avec Alain Lefèvre, 

et le 12 juillet, c’est tout l’orchestre qui sera remplacé par celui du 

CNA, présent avec son chef, Pinchas Zuckerman, et la violoniste 

Viviane Hagner. Les concerts ont lieu à la basilique Notre-Dame. 

www.osm.ca 


des Forces armées de la République 

tchèque. (Apportez votre pique-nique) 

27 15h. rue Grande-Allée et chemin St-Louis, depuis 

Taché jusqu’à l’Hôtel de Ville. EL. Défilé du Festival. 

600 musiciens militaires 

QUÉBEC CITY SUMMER FESTIVAL 

Québec, from July 6 to July 16 

418-523-4540, 888-992-5200 

www.infofestival.com 

A signature event for Québec, the Québec City Summer 

Festival transforms old Québec into a brilliant outdoor 

stage for 11 days. Hundreds of shows set the tone, 

offering festivalgoers a thrilling selection of world 

sound, classical music, new trends, Francophone song, 

and street performances. Over 400 artists from some 

twenty countries show off their talents at some ten 

venues, all within easy walking distance. Rediscover 

your world at the Québec City Summer Festival! 

GTQ Grand Théâtre de Québec, 269 boulevard René- 

Lévesque Est 

JULY 

10 20h30. GTQ Salle Louis-Fréchette. 35$. Série classique 

de la Capitale-Nationale. Rossini, Offenbach, 

Puccini, etc. O.S. de Québec; Yoav Talmi, chef; 

Marie-Josée Lord, soprano; Jean-François 

Lapointe, baryton 

12 20h30. GTQ Salle Octave-Crémazie. 30$. Série classique 

de la Capitale-Nationale. Le Poème 

Harmonique. Musique ancienne (début du XVIIe 

siècle surtout). Vincent Dumestre, chef 


de la Capitale-Nationale. Mozart, Prokofiev. 

Lise de la Salle, piano 


de la Capitale-Nationale. Extraits d’opéras, 

mélodies françaises et américaines, etc. Frederica 

Von Stade, mezzo; Samuel Ramey, basse 

SAQ NEW FRANCE FESTIVAL 

Québec, from August 2 to August 6 

418-694-3311, 866-391-3383 

www.nouvellefrance.qc.ca 

With all the concerts, parades, plays, and other festivities 

at the SAQ New France Festival, you’ll be 

transported back to the 17th and 18th centuries. 

From August 2 to 6, come celebrate inside the walls 

of Old Québec with this year’s theme, France - New- 

France. The only one of its kind in North America, 

the SAQ New France Festival will transport you to 

another era with its re-enactments, atmosphere, 

and hundreds of costumed festival goers. And you 

won’t want to miss the ball and parades! Not to be 

missed for the 10th anniversary, many surprises 

and novelties for this exceptional celebration! 

SUMMER CONCERTS AT DOMAINE 

JOLY-DE LOTBINIÈRE 

Sainte-Croix, from June 25 to September 3 

418-926-2462 

domainejoly.com 

Enchanting classical music in a romantic nineteenth-century 

setting awaits music lovers during the 

summer concerts at Domaine Joly-De Lotbinière. 

Presented every Sunday morning at 11:00, from 

June 25th until September 3rd, these concerts are 

held at Maison de Pointe Platon. Built in 1851, 

Maison de Pointe Platon also accommodates an 

art gallery and exhibitions with period artefacts, 

pictures and furniture. Escape your daily routine 

and experience a nature-culture-garden adventure 

you will never forget! 

DomJDL Domaine Joly de Lotbinière, 7015 route 

Pointe-Platon 

JUNE 

25 11h. DomJDL. 9-18$. Tangos et musique latine. 

Sylvain Neault, violon; David Jacques, guitare 

JULY 

2 11h. DomJDL. 9-18$. Jazz. Roxane Tessier- 

Ferland, hautbois; Jean-François Derosby, 

guitare 

9 11h. DomJDL. 9-18$. Duos de tous les temps. 

Michèle Bergeron, flûtes; Guy Bergeron, 

mandoline, guitare 

16 11h. DomJDL. 9-18$. Un bouquet de classiques. Bach, 

Handel, Joplin, etc. Karine Laliberté, violon; 

Caroline Goulet, violoncelle 

23 11h. DomJDL. 9-18$. Badineries et galanteries, divertissement 

dans un salon parisien. Marlène 

Couture, soprano; Pierre Bouchard, clavecin 

30 11h. DomJDL. 9-18$. Geneviève McKinnon, guitare 

AUGUST 

6 11h. DomJDL. 9-18$. Musique romantique. David 

Jacques, guitare 

13 11h. DomJDL. 9-18$. Gisèle Guibord, Robin 

Grenon, harpes celtiques et paraguayennes 

20 11h. DomJDL. 9-18$. Musique de France et de 

Nouvelle-France. Ensemble Stadaconé (instruments 

d’époque) 

27 11h. DomJDL. 9-18$. Flûtes alors ! Trois flûtes, trois 

siècles et trois octaves de haute voltige ! Richard 

Roberto, Catherine Fiset, Katia Durette, 

flûtes traversières 

SEPTEMBER 

3 11h. DomJDL. 9-18$. Bach, Mozart. Anne 

Thivierge, flûte traversière baroque; Louise 

Fortin-Bouchard, clavecin 

ELSEWHERE IN QUÉBEC 

BORÉ-ART 

Nominingue, from July 1 to August 12 

514-738-5452, 819-278-4083. 

Le Festival de musique classique Boré-Art permet 

chaque année à la population des Hautes 

Laurentides d’entendre dans sa région des musiciens 

et des artistes de renommée internationale. 

Sa mission est avant tout de contribuer à l’enrichissement 

de la vie culturelle de la région des Hautes 

Laurentides et à l’amélioration de la qualité de vie 

de ses habitants permanents et saisonniers. 

É-Nomi Église, 2265 Sacré-Coeur (Hautes-Laurentides) 

JULY 

1 20h. É-Nomi. 20$. Noche Latina. Musique d’Espagne 

et d’Amérique latine. Julie Nesrallah, mezzosoprano; 

Daniel Bolshoy, guitare 

8 20h. É-Nomi. 20$. Complot à quatre. Mozart, Ravel, 

Chostakovitch. Olivier Thouin, violon; Aleksey 

Dyachkov, alto; Yegor Dyachkov, violoncelle; 

Jean Saulnier, piano 

15 20h. É-Nomi. 20$. De Mozart à Gershwin. Mozart, 

Beethoven, Brahms, Borodin, Gershwin. Long 

Island Piano Duo (New York) (Yelena 

Polezhaev, Vladimir Polezhaev) 

22 20h. É-Nomi. 20$. Sonatineries. Bach, Mozart, 

Dvorak, Lutoslawski. Normand Forget, haubois; 

Joseph Petric, accordéon 

29 20h. É-Nomi. 20$. Quatre archets sur seize cordes. 

Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven. Quatuor Alcan 

AUGUST 

5 20h. É-Nomi. 20$. Folies d’Europe, musique à la cour 

de Stuttgart. Sammartini, Couperin, Kapsberger, 

Purcell, Telemann. Ensemble Caprice 

12 20h. É-Nomi. 20$. Passionnément Tango! Musique 

du monde; tangos. Ensemble Quartango 

CONCERTS AUX ÎLES DU BIC 

Bic, St-Fabien, St-Fabien-sur-mer, from 

August 5 to August 13 

418-869-3311 

www.bicmusique.com 

Pour son 5e anniversaire, Concerts aux Iles du Bic 

vous donne rendez- vous du 5 au 13 août pour 

vivre la musique de chambre au cœur de notre 

coin de pays. Sous la dir. artistique de James 

Darling et Élise Lavoie, la région de Bic et de St- 

Fabien sera envahie de la musique de chambre en 

réservant une place privilégiée à Mozart . Pour 

ouvrir notre saison toute spéciale en grand, Alain 

Lefèvre sera des nôtres le 5 août. Suivront quatre 

grands concerts du 10 au 13 août, le cabaret du 

vendredi soir pour les amateurs d’ambiance et 

pour la famille, n’oubliez pas le pique-nique du 

dimanche! 

ÉSC-Bic Église Ste-Cécile, 88 pl. de l’Église, Bic 

AUGUST 

5 20h. ÉSC-Bic. 20-25$. Grand concert d’ouverture. Alain 

Lefèvre: extrait de son disque Fidèles insomnies. 

Alain Lefèvre, piano 

10 20h. ÉSC-Bic. 15-25$. Vers la tourmente. Mozart: 

Quintette pour cor et cordes, K.407; Schumann: 

Adagio et Allegro pour cor et piano, op.70; 

Shostakovitch: Quintette pour piano et cordes, 

op.57. Louis-Philippe Marsolais, cor; Renée- 

Paule Gauthier, violon; Steeve St-Pierre, violon, 

alto; Susan Sayle, alto; Norman Adams, 

violoncelle; David Jalbert, piano 

11 20h. Vieux-Théâtre, 109 1ere rue, St-Fabien. 15-25$. 

Les bois s’éclatent. Mozart: Così fan tutte (extraits, arr. 

Pentaèdre); Rossini: Barbier de Séville, ouverture 

(arr. Pentaèdre); Quatuor à vent; Mathieu Lussier: 

Dos Tropicos; Milhaud: Scaramouche; Denis Plante: 

Suite Pentango. Quintette à vent Pentaèdre; 

Benoit Plourde, saxophone 

11 22h30. Vieux-Théâtre, 109 1ere rue, St-Fabien. 10$. 

Cabaret juste avant minuit. (Surprises au programme) 

12 20h. ÉSC-Bic. 15-25$. Tableaux viennois. Mozart: 

Quatuor pour piano et cordes, K.478; Schubert: 

Quintette pour piano et cordes “La truite”, D.667. 

Élise Lavoie, violon; Yukari Cousineau, alto; 

James Darling, violoncelle; Yannick 

Chênevert, contrebasse; Maurice Laforest, 

piano 

13 11h. Ferme Rioux, 3382 route 132 ouest, Parc du 

Bic. EL. Quatuor en herbe. Mozart, etc. Quatuor en 

résidence 

13 15h. Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Murailles, 59A chemin 

de la Mer ouest, St-Fabien-sur-Mer. 15-25$. 

Fougue et finesse. Mozart: Quintette à cordes, K.516; 

Brahms: Quintetteà cordes, op.111. Renée-Paule 

Gauthier, Élise Lavoie, violon; Yukari 

Cousineau, Susan Sayle, alto; Norman 

Adams, violoncelle 

CONCOURS DE MUSIQUE DU 

CANADA 

Rimouski, from June 11 to July 4 

418-723-4202, 418-723-8202 

www.rimouskiweb.com/cmc 

Présentation à Rimouski de la Finale nationale du 

Concours de musique du Canada du 19 juin au 3 

juillet 2006 et du Tremplin international : Première 

et deuxième épreuve du 11 au 18 juin 2006, épreuve 

finale les 22 et 23 juin 2006. Concert Gala le 4 

juillet 2006. 

Ceg Rim Cégep de Rimouski, 60 de l’Évêché Ouest: 

SGB Salle Georges-Beaulieu 

Desj-Telus Salle Desjardins-Telus, 25 St-Germain 

Ouest 

JUNE 

11 9h. Ceg Rim SGB. EL. Tremplin international. 

Première épreuve. (f 12 13 14 15) 

17 9h. Ceg Rim SGB. EL. Tremplin international. 

Deuxième épreuve. (f 18) 

19 9h. Ceg Rim SGB. EL. Finale nationale. (f 20 21 22 

23 25 26 27 28 29 30/6, 2/7) 

22 19h. Ceg Rim SGB. EL. Tremplin international. Épreuve 

finale. (f 23) 

JULY 

4 20h. Desj-Telus. 10$. Concert gala. Orchestre du 

Concours de musique du Canada 2006; 

James Darling, chef; lauréat du Tremplin 

international 2006; lauréats de la Finale 

nationale 2006 

FESTIVAL CLASSIQUE DES 

HAUTES-LAURENTIDES 

Mont-Laurier et environs, 

from June 17 to August 19 

888-597-2442, 514-388-7281. 

Diffusant dans 5 municipalités à tour de rôle, le 

Festival classique des Hautes-Laurentides présente 

cette année 15 concerts de qualité internationale 

dans des lieux où l’acoustique et les décors sont 

enchanteurs. La majorité des spectacles sont offerts 

avec buffet, animation et 60 places gratuites réservées 

au moins de 18 ans. Certains événements sont 

en plein air, et 4 concerts destinés à la clientèle 

enfants-famille sont gratuits. À seulement 3 heures 

de Montréal et 2 heures d’Ottawa, le FCHL offre, 

dans sa région, toutes les commodités d’hébergement 

moderne et de nombreux bons restaurants. 

ÉNDLaus Église, 66 rue Principale, Notre-Dame-du- 

Laus 

ÉNDLou Église Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Lac-du-Cerf 

JUNE 

17 19h. ÉNDLaus. 0-23$. Bonne fête Mozart! Mozart: 

Divertimento, K.138; Concerto pour violon #4, K.218; 

Symphonie #29, K.201. Ensemble instrumental 

Appassionata; Daniel Myssyk, chef; Darren 

Lowe, violon. (comprend un goûter) 

24 16h30. Aréna Ben-Leduc, Ferme-Neuve. EL. La trompette 

sous toutes ses formes (concert-animation). 

Frédéric Demers, trompette 

24 20h. Aréna Ben-Leduc, Ferme-Neuve. EL. Les tambours 

japonais classiques. Musique traditionnelle du répertoire 

taiko. Orchestre de tambours Arashi Daiko 

JULY 

2 14h. Église de L’Annonciation, Rivière-Rouge. EL. Le 

Ménétrier. Musique médiévale. Philippe Gélinas, 

vielle à roue, saqueboute, harpe, luth, cornemuse 

8 20h. ÉNDLou. 0-23$. Le violoncelle virtuose. Bach: 

Suite pour violoncelle #1, BWV 1007; Brahms: 

Sonate pour violoncelle et piano, op.108; 

Boccherini: Sonate en la majeur #6; Franck: Sonate 

pour violoncelle et piano en la majeur. Velitchka 

Yotcheva, violoncelle; Patrice Laré, piano. 

(comprend un goûter) 

14 20h. Église, Ferme-Neuve. 0-23$. Mi-jazz, mi-classique. 

Stéphane Dupuis: Una Salsa por favor; 

Mathieu Gaulin: Consommation; Glazounov: 

Quatuor, op.109; Louis-Noël Fontaine: Histoire québécoises; 

Duke Ellington: Caravan (arr. M. Gaulin); 

Jacques Brel: La Quête (arr. M. Gaulin); Nino Rota: 

Godfather Medley (arr. L.N. Lafontaine). Quatuor 

de saxophones Nota Bene (Mathieu Gaulin, 

saxophones soprano et alto; Étienne 

Thivierge, saxophone alto; Isabelle 

Choquette, saxophone ténor; Samuel Blais, 

saxophone baryton) (Comprend un goûter) 

15 19h. ÉNDLaus. 0-23$. Nuit baroque à la cour de 

Stuttgart. Froberger, Theodor Schwartzkopff, 

Sebastiano Bodino, Louis Detri, Handel, Vivaldi, 

Couperin. Ensemble Caprice (Matthias Maute, 

Sophie Larivière, flûte; Erin Helyard, clavecin; 

Ziya Tabassian, percussion) (Comprend un 

goûter) 

16 19h30. Église de L’Annonciation, Rivière-Rouge. 

0–23$. Les classiques du Ragtime. Zez Confrey: Dizzy 

Bumble Bee Fingers; Tom Turpin, Scott Joplin, Willie 

Eckstein, Jean-Baptiste Lafrenière. Mimi Blais, 

piano. (Comprend un goûter) 

22 20h. ÉNDLou. 0-23$. Carte blanche au baryton Marc 

Boucher. Mozart: 3 airs de concerts; Schumann: 

Dichterliebe; Poulenc: Le Bestiaire; Théodore 

Dubois: Musique sur l’eau. Marc Boucher, baryton; 

Olivier Godin, piano. (Comprend un goûter) 

28 20h. Cathédrale, 435 de la Madone, Mont-Laurier. 

0–23$. Soirée symphonique. Beethoven: Ouverture 

Leonore #3; Pierre Mercure: Triptyque; Ravel: 

Rhapsodie espagnole; R. Strauss: Don Quichotte. 

Orchestre National des Jeunes du Canada; 

Jacques Lacombe, chef. (f 29) 

29 19h30. Centre sportif et communautaire, Rivière- 

Rouge. 0-23$. Soirée symphonique. Beethoven: 

Ouverture Leonore #3; Pierre Mercure: Triptyque; 

Ravel: Rhapsodie espagnole; R. Strauss: Don 

Quichotte. Orchestre National des Jeunes du 

Canada; Jacques Lacombe, chef. (h 28) 

30 15h. ÉNDLaus. EL. Bach: Contrapunctus #1; Susato: 

Danse de la Renaissance; J.B. Arban: Carnaval de 

Venise; Morley Calvert: Suite montérégienne; 

Khatchaturian: Gayaneh, Danse du sabre (arr. Bill 

Holcombe); Samul Scheidt: Battle Suite; Calixa 

Lavallée: La Rose Nuptiale. Quintette de cuivres 

Impact (Samuel Véro, Frédéric Demers, 

trompette; Maude Lussier, cor; Jean-Michel 

Malouf, trombone; Hugo Bégin, tuba) 

AUGUST 

5 20h. ÉNDLou. 0-23$. Festin tzigane. Musique roumaine, 

hongroise, ukrainienne et russe. 

Orchestre tzigane Mondo Rhapsody; Sergei 

Trofanov, chef. (Comprend un goûter) 

12 19h. ÉNDLaus. 0-23$. Debussy: Suite bergamasque; 

Schubert: 3 Impromptus; Chopin: Fantaisieimpromptu, 

op.66; Rossini: Un petit train de plaisir. 

Laura Nocchiero, piano. (Comprend un goûter) 

19 20h. ÉNDLou. 0-23$. Bach: Concerto italien, BWV 

971; Beethoven: Sonate #3, op.31; Papineau- 

Couture: Rondo; Brahms: 4 Ballades, op.10; 

Debussy: 4 Préludes. Amandine Savary, piano. 

(Comprend un goûter) 

FESTIVAL DE MUSIQUE 

ROMANTIQUE 

Sherbrooke, from June 24 to July 2 

800-267-8337 

www.usherbrooke.ca/musique/festival 

FESTIVAL DES ARTS DE SAINT- 

SAUVEUR 

St-Sauveur-des-Monts, from August 3 to 12 

450-227-9935 

www.artssaintsauveur.com 

FESTIVAL DU LAC MASSAWIPPI 

North Hatley, from April 23 to August 27 

819-842-2784 

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL 

D’ORGUE ET DE CLAVECIN 

DE RIMOUSKI 

Rimouski, from July 8 to July 12 

418-724-6887, 418-725-3929 

www.rimouskiweb.com/orgue&clavecin 

Le Festival international d’orgue et de clavecin de 

Rimouski présente sa 11e saison de concerts du 8 

au 12 juillet 2006. Ce festival est présenté dans le 

cadre d’une académie qui réunit des étudiants en 

orgue et en clavecin autour des deux professeurs 

invités, Blandine Verlet au clavecin et Jean-Guy 

Proulx à l’orgue, et de trois clavecinistes-organistes, 

Josée April, Luc Beauséjour et Olivier Fortin. 

Le public peut assister aux cinq concerts en soirée 

et aux trois concerts midi. Passeport 35-50$ pour 

les 5 concerts de soir. 

Cath-Rim Cathédrale St-Germain, 11 St-Germain 

Ouest 

Desj-Telus Salle Desjardins-Telus, 25 St-Germain 

Ouest 

ÉSR-Rim Église St-Robert, 243 rue St-Laurent Ouest 

JULY 

8 20h. Desj-Telus. 12-15$ ou passeport. Couperin: 7e 

et 8e ordres. Blandine Verlet, clavecin 

9 20h. Cath-Rim. 12-15$ ou passeport. Stefanie 

True, soprano; Mélisande Corriveau, viole de 

gambe; Lysiane Boulva, clavecin 

10 12h. ÉSR-Rim. CV. Concert midi. Bach: Chorals de 

Leipzig. Rémi Martin, orgue. (f 11 12) 

10 20h. Cath-Rim. 12-15$ ou passeport. Louis 

Marchand: Dialogue en ut sur les grands jeux; 

Denis Bédard: Ode à la mémoire de Jean M. 

Renaud; Franck: Deuxième Choral en si mineur; 

Alexandre Guilmant: Première sonate, op.42. Jean- 

Guy Proulx, orgue 


Leipzig. Rémi Martin, orgue. (h 10) 

11 20h. Cath-Rim. 12-15$ ou passeport. Bach: 

Concertos pour 2, 3, 4 clavecins. Josée April, Luc 

Beauséjour, Olivier Fortin, clavecin 


Leipzig. Rémi Martin, orgue. (h 10) 

12 20h. Cath-Rim. 12-15$ ou passeport. Stagiaires 

de l’Académie, clavecin, orgue baroque. (2e 

partie, Cathédrale St-Germain: stagiaires en orgue 

symphonique) 

FESTIVAL ORFORD 

Orford, from June 23 to August 13 

819-843-3981, 800-567-6155 

www.arts-orford.org 

Depuis 55 ans, le Centre d’arts Orford invite musiciens, 

grands maîtres, artistes, visiteurs et spectateurs 

à respirer le grand air et découvrir de grands 

airs! Cet été encore, le Festival Orford vous convie 

à une célébration de la musique, des arts et de la 

nature dans un environnement exceptionnel. Au 

programme, huit semaines de grands rendez-vous 

musicaux : Alain Lefèvre, André Laplante, Anton 

Kuerti, Jean-François Latour, Maneli Pirzadeh, 

Yannick Nézet-Séguin et une nouvelle série jazz. 

CAOrford Centre d’arts Orford, 3165 chemin du Parc: 

SGL Salle Gilles-Lefebvre 

ÉSPat Mag Église St-Patrice, 215 Merry Nord 

JUNE 

23 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-35$. Des airs de fête. Fauré: 

Pavane, op.50; Bizet: Jeux d’enfants, op.22; 

Symphonie #1 en do majeur; Ravel: Concerto pour 

piano en sol majeur. O.S. de Montréal; 

Stéphane Laforest, chef; Alain Lefèvre, piano 

25 16h. CAOrford SGL. 10-30$. Mozartissimo. La ten- 


dresse de Mozart. Mozart: Sonate en do majeur, 

K.330; Sonate en do mineur, K.457; Sonate en si 

bémol majeur, K.333; Fantaisie en do mineur, 

K.475. Ludwig Semerjian, pianoforte 

30 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-30$. Piano Maestria. Waldstein 

et compagnie. Beethoven: Sonate #21 en do majeur 

“Waldstein”, op.53; Sonate pour violoncelle et piano 

en fa majeur, op.5 #1; Debussy: Sonate pour piano 

et violoncelle en ré mineur. André Laplante, 

piano; Brian Manker, violoncelle 

JULY 

7 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-30$. Mozartissimo. Mozart au 

féminin. Mozart: Adagio et Fugue pour cordes en do 

mineur, K.546; Sonate en mi mineur pour violon et 

piano; Kodaly: Sonate pour violon et violoncelle, op.7; 

Dvorák: Quatuor pour piano et cordes en mi bémol 

majeur, op.87. Mayumi Seiler, violon; Jutta 

Puchhammer-Sédillot, alto; Heidi Litschauer, 

violoncelle; Maneli Pirzadeh, piano 

8 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-30$. Le tour du monde en voix. 

De la Rue: Magnificat sexti toni; Bach: Lobet den 

Herrn; Arvo Pärt: Magnificat; Swayne: Magnificat; 

Donald Patriquin (arr.): Trois chansons folkloriques; 

Takemitsu (arr.): Trois chansons folkloriques; Widmer: 

Salmo 150. VivaVoce; Peter Schubert, chef 

9 16h. CAOrford SGL. 10-28$. Mozartissimo. D’ici et 

d’ailleurs. Ysaÿe: Sonate #3 en ré mineur pour violon 

seul; Brahms: Scherzo en do mineur; Sonate F.A.E.; 

Mozart: Concerto pour piano #12 en la majeur, 

K.414; Pachebel: Canon; Schumann: Quintette pour 

piano et cordes en mi bémol majeur, op.44. 

Alexandre Da Costa, violon; Anne-Marie 

Dubois, piano; Quatuor Claudel-Caminex 

13 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-35$. Piano maestria. 

Hommage à Schumann. Schumann: Fantaisie en do 

majeur, op.17; Sonate #2 pour violon en ré mineur, 

op.121; Phantasiestücke, op.73; Toccate en do 

majeur, op.7. Olivier Thouin, violon; Anton 

Kuerti, piano; Kristine Bogyo, violoncelle 

14 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-30$. Orford Jazz. Jazz en mouvement. 

Musique afro-cubaine. Montreal Jazz Big 

Band 

15 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-25$. Orford en famille. La 

chanson à l’unisson. Chanson française et québécoise. 

Marc Hervieux, ténor; O.S. de 

Sherbrooke; Stéphane Laforest, chef 

16 11h. CAOrford SGL. 10-15$. Orford en famille. 

Annabelle Canto, sur le chemin de la musique. Marie- 

France Duclos, soprano; Olivier Godin, piano 

18 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-30$. Orford Jazz. Le monde sur 

une portée. Luc Fortin, Richard Léveillé, guitares; 

Martin Nasturica, accordéon; Michel 

Donato, contrebasse 

21 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-30$. Bartók: Duos pour deux 

violons; Danses roumaines (arr. pour violon et violoncelle); 

Kodaly: Sonate pour piano et violoncelle, 

op.4; Brahms: Trio #2 en do majeur, op.87. 

Jonathan Crow, violon; Matt Haimovitz, violoncelle; 

Stéphane Sylvestre, piano 

22 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-50$. Une grande dame, un violon 

et la relève. Ida Haendel, violon; participants 

au stage de quatuor à cordes de 

l’Académie du Centre d’arts Orford 

23 16h. CAOrford SGL. 10-28$. Airs d’été. Hindemith: 

Sonate pour violon et piano en mi bémol majeur, 

op.11 #1; Beethoven: Sonate #9 “Kreutzer”; 

Copland: Sonate pour violon et piano #7; Gershwin: 

Porgy and Bess (extraits, arr. Heifetz). Martin 

Chalifour, violon; Bernadene Blaha, piano 

25 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-30$. Orford Jazz. Instincts 

féminins. Bach, Mozart, Gounod, Schubert (interprétation 

jazz). Lorraine Desmarais, piano 

28 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-30$. Piano Maestria. Chopin: 

Polonaise en do dièse mineur, op.26 #1; Mazurkas, 

op.33; Nocturne en mi bémol majeur, op.9 #2; 

Nocturne en sol mineur, op.15 #3; Fantaisie en fa 

mineur, op.49; 24 Préludes. Jean-François 

Latour, piano 

29 20h. ÉSPat Mag. 10-30$. La magie du cinéma. Ennio 

Morricone: Cinema Paradisio; Dompierre: Portes 

tournantes; etc. O.S. de Montréal; Stéphane 

Laforest, chef; Alexandre Da Costa, violon 

30 20h. ÉSPat Mag. 10-35$. Voix baroques. Bach: 

Psaume 51, “Tilge Höchster meine Sünden” 

(d’après Pergolesi: Stabat Mater). Emma Kirby, 

soprano; Dan Taylor, contreténor; Theater of 

Early Music 

AUGUST 

3 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-35$. Orford et Mozart. Mozart. 

Suzie Leblanc, soprano; Yannick Nézet- 

Séguin, pianoforte 

4 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-30$. Orford et Mozart. Carte 

blanche à Robert Langevin. Mozart: Quatuor en do 

majeur, K.285b; Damase: Sonate pour flûte, violoncelle 

et piano; Franck: Sonate en la majeur pour 

flûte et piano; Saint-Saëns: Une flûte invisible pour 

mezzo et piano. Robert Langevin, flûte; 

Masuko Ushioda, violon; Jutta 

Puchhammer-Sédillot, alto; Laurence 

Lesser, violoncelle; Jean Saulnier, piano; 

Noëlla Huet, mezzo 

5 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-75$. Orford et Mozart. Gala 

Mozart. Mozart: Don Giovanni (e); Così fan tutte (e); Le 

Nozze de Figaro (e); etc. Orchestre Métropolitain 

du Grand Montréal; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, 

dir.; chanteurs de l’Atelier lyrique du Centre 

d’arts Orford; etc. 

11 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-28$. Orford reçoit. Vive la 

France. Farrenc: Sextuor pour piano et vents en do 

mineur, op.40; Jolivet: Sérénade pour quintette à 

vent avec hautbois principal; Françaix: Quintette à 

vent #2; Poulenc: Sextuor pour piano et vents. 

Robert Langevin, flûte; André Moisan, clarinette; 

Stéphane Lévesque, basson; James 

Sommerville, cor; Theodore Baskin, hautbois; 

Jean Saulnier, piano 

12 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-35$. Orford reçoit. Musique et 

littérature. Schubert: Duo “Lebenstürme”, op.post. 

144, D.947; Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un 

faune; Hindemith: Sonate pour 2 pianos; 

Rachmaninov: Trois chants pour deux pianos 

(transcr. Tsygankov); Bowles: Concerto pour deux 

pianos, vent et percussion. Dominique Morel, 

Douglas Nemish, pianos; Carl Béchard, narrateur; 

André Moisan, clarinette; Theodore 

Baskin, hautbois; Julien Grégoire, François 

Gauthier, percussions 

13 20h. CAOrford SGL. 10-35$. Six pianos et démesure. 

Rossini: Le Barbier de Séville, ouverture (arr. Godin); 

Mozart: Sonate pour 2 pianos en ré majeur, K.448; 

Wilberg: Fantaisie sur des thèmes de Carmen de 

Bizet; Ravel: La Valse; Gounod: Faust, valse (arr. 

Vilback); Dubois: Impressions foraines; Prokofiev: 

Roméo et Juliette, Les Capulets et les Montagues 

(arr. Godin); Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre (arr. 

Godin); Holst: Dämonen Tanz (arr. Godin). Olivier 

Godin, Lorraine Prieur, Sandra Murray, 

Francis Perron, Claire Ouellet, Mariane 

Patenaude, pianos 

FESTIVAL SAINT-ZÉNON-DE- 

PIOPOLIS 

Piopolis, from June 25 to November 2 

www.festivalstzenondepiopolis.ca 

OTTAWA-GATINEAU 

FESTIVAL ALEXANDRIA 

Alexandria, from June 25 to July 30 

514-494-9076, 613-525-4141. 

Chamber music in a century-old barn near 

Alexandria, in eastern Ontario, on County Rd. 45 

(formerly Kenyon Concession II). Sundays at 3pm, 

with limited indoor and ample outdoor seating. 

Tickets: $15 for adults and $10 for students and 

seniors. Series tickets: $75 and $50. Children free. 

CBarn Concert Barn, Country Road 45 & Kenyon Dam 

Road 

JUNE 

25 15h. CBarn. $10-15. Choral Colours, Textures and 

Styles. Amaryllis Choir of Vankleek Hill; Carol 

Hague, Richard Hague, conductors 

JULY 

2 15h. CBarn. $10-15. Messiaen: Quartet for the End 

of Time. Sherman Friedland, clarinet; Donald 

Pistolesi, cello; Sarah Bohl Pistolesi, violin; 

Lauretta Altman, piano 

9 15h. CBarn. $10-15. Bach, Beethoven, Bruch. Linda 

Rosenthal, violin; Charles Meinen, viola; 


16 15h. CBarn. $10-15. Haydn, Shostakovich, Jolivet. 

Theodore Baskin, oboe; Karen Baskin, cello; 


23 15h. CBarn. $10-15. Chopin. Jean Saulnier, piano 

30 15h. CBarn. $10-15. Mendelssohn, Dvorak. Richard 

Roberts, violin; Brian Manker, cello; Lauretta 

Altman, piano 

OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL 

CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Ottawa, from July 22 to August 5 

613-234-8008 

www.chamberfest.com 

The world’s largest chamber music festival features 

an enormous variety of concerts, presented 

in an informal setting in some of downtown 

Ottawa’s most beautiful heritage churches. Festival 

passports are $40 for students, $80 for adults. With 

a passport, $20 concerts are free; $40 concerts are 

$20. Other offers also available. 

CCC Christ Church Cathedral, 420 Sparks (& Bronson) 

DCUC Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper 

(& O’Connor) 

FBapCh First Baptist Church, 140 Laurier W (& Elgin) 

GComC Glebe Community Centre, 690 Lyon St., corner 

Third Avenue 

NAC National Arts Centre, 53 Elgin St 

NGC National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Drive 

RidH Rideau Hall, 1 Sussex Drive 

SAnPC St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 82 Kent St (& 

Wellington) 

SJEC St. John The Evangelist Church, 154 Somerset (& 

Elgin) 

SMatAC St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, 130 Glebe Ave. 

(west of Bank St.) 

StSparks Studio Sparks, 181 Queen St. 

UofO University of Ottawa: TabHCh Tabaret Hall 

Chapel, Room 112 

FESTIVAL ORFORD (du 23 juin au 13 août) 

Si l’on y célèbre comme partout 

ailleurs le 250 e de Wolfie, on soufflera 

aussi à Orford 55 bougies ; 

Le Festival s’ouvre avec l’OSM et 

Alain Lefèvre, décidément de 

grands associés cette année. 

Lefèvre y reprendra le Ravel joué à 

Mozart Plus et Stéphane Laforest 

dirigera aussi Fauré et Bizet. 

Ludwig Semerjian donnera un 

récital Mozart sur pianoforte le 25 

juin, et Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

jouera du même instrument le 3 

août dans un Duo pour Mozart 

avec la soprano Suzie LeBlanc. 

Anton Kuerti sera en compagnie d’Olivier Thouin (violon) et 

Kristine Bogyo (violoncelle) le 13 juillet pour souligner un autre 

anniversaire dont on parle moins, celui du décès de Schumann, il y 

a 150 ans. Programmation complète : www.arts-orford.org 

LANAUDIÈRE (du 8 juillet au 6 août) 

L’ombre de Mozart plane aussi sur la 29 e édition du Festival de 

Lanaudière et elle s’y manifestera dès la soirée d’ouverture, alors 

que Yannick Nézet-Séguin dirigera l’OMGM dans une interprétation 

de sa Missa solemnis avec Karina Gauvin (soprano), Michèle 

Losier (mezzo) Frédéric Antoun 

(ténor), Étienne Dupuis (ténor) 

et les Chœurs du Festival et de 

l’OMGM. C’est Liszt qui occupera 

la suite du programme avec ses 

Concertos pour piano n o 1 

(Nicholas Angelich) et n o 2 

(Gabriela Montero) et le Psaume 

XIII pour ténor, chœur et orchestre. 

L’Orchestre symphonique de 

Montréal sera dirigé par James 

Judd le 22 juillet, alors que l’on 

pourra entendre le soliste Tracy 

Silverman dans The Dharma at Big 

Sur, de John Adams, pour violon 

Photo : Michael Sobodian 

électrique et orchestre. Le violoniste Gidon Kremer et son Kremerata 

Baltica seront à l’Amphithéâtre le 4 août. www.lanaudiere.org 

RÉGION DE QUÉBEC 

Le Festival Bach, qui se tient aux deux ans, est de retour cette année 

et reçoit un grand invité : Mozart! Du 23 au 28 juillet, deux concerts 

auront lieu chaque jour (parfois trois). À surveiller également, 

quelques concerts en plein air, aussi gratuits, au parc de la Visitation. 

www.festivalbach.com 

Du côté du Festival d’été de Québec, on a fait un bon coup en invitant 

le Poème Harmonique, ensemble français dirigé par Vincent 

Dumestre (12 juillet). Il faut également noter la venue de la jeune 

pianiste Lise de la Salle, qui se produira pour la première fois au 

Canada (14 juillet). www.infofestival.com 

AILLEURS AU QUÉBEC 

Vous êtes plutôt dans la région de Rimouski ? Eh bien vous serez 

choyé ! Le Festival international d’orgue et de clavecin de Rimouski 

tiendra sa 11 e saison du 8 au 12 juillet. Le 12, on pourra entendre 

les stagiaires de l'Académie d'orgue et de clavecin, et les jour précédents, 

des professeurs et invités tels que Blandine Verlet et Jean-Guy 

Proulx. À souligner: Josée April, Luc Beauséjour et Olivier Fortin 

interpréteront des concertos de Bach pour 2, 3 et 4 clavecins le 11 

juillet (www.rimouskiweb.com/orgue&clavecin). C'est également à 

Rimouski que se tiendront cette année la finale nationale (19 juin au 

2 juillet) et le Tremplin international (11 au 23 juin) du Concours 

de musique du Canada. Il y aura donc beaucoup à entendre. 

www.rimouskiweb.com/cmc 


JULY 

22 8pm. DCUC. $40. Gala Opening Concert. Verdi, Puccini, 

Mozart, Strauss. Richard Margison, tenor; 

Lauren Margison, soprano; Jens Lindemann, 

trumpet; Michael McMahon, piano; 

Mandelring Quartet 

23 2pm. DCUC. $20. Paul Taffanel, John Harbison, 

Debussy. Winds of the National Arts Centre 

Orchestra (Joanne G’froerer, flute; Charles 

Hamann, oboe; Kimball Sykes, clarinet; 

Lawrence Vine, horn; Christopher Millard, 

bassoon) 

23 4pm. RidH Grounds. FA. Tangos. Quartango 

23 5pm. UofO TabHCh. $20. 31 Years of Mozart I. 

Mozart: Sonata in E-flat major, K.26; Sonata in B-flat 

major, K.378; Sonata in G major, K.9; Sonata in D 

major, K.306. Marilyn MacDonald, violin; David 

Breitman, fortepiano 

23 8pm. CCC. $20. A Bach Celebration. Bach. Les 

Boréades de Montréal (Francis Colpron, 

recorder, baroque flute; Chloe Meyers, 

baroque violin; Mélisande Corriveau, baroque 

cello; Alex Weimann, harpsichord, organ) 

23 8pm. DCUC. $40. Bach, Purcell, Albinoni, Handel, 

Charpentier, Pachelbel, Holborne, etc. Empire 

Brass 

23 8pm. SAnPC. $20. Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, 

op.20 #3; Shostakovich: String Quartet #3; Brahms: 

String Quartet in A minor, op.51 #2. Mandelring 

Quartet 

24 10am. UofO TabHCh. $20. Coffee Concert. Sarasate, 

Moszkowski, Prokofiev, Mozart. Mark Djokic, 

Philippe Djokic, violin; Lynn Stodola, piano 

24 12am. CCC. $20. Travel in Time. Veracini, Catán, 

Geminiani, Ruffo, van Roosendael, etc. Les 

Boréades de Montréal (Francis Colpron, 

recorder, baroque flute; Mélisande 

Corriveau, baroque cello; Alex Weimann, 

harpsichord, organ) 

24 12am. DCUC. $20. Bach, Martini, Obradors, 

Gershwin. Jens Lindemann, trumpet; Thomas 

Annand, organ 

24 12am. StSparks. $20. Studio Sparks (Eric Friesen, 

host). Music and conversation. Festival musicians. 

(60 minutes) (f 25 26 27 28) 

24 3pm. NGC Auditorium. $20. Round-Table 

Discussion. The Business of Classical Music: is there 

hope for the industry?. Suzanne King, arts journalist, 

moderator 

24 6pm. UofO TabHCh. $20. Young People’s Concert. 

Meet the Trumpet. Jens Lindemann, trumpet; 

Valerie Dueck, piano 

24 8pm. DCUC. $20. Driven by Rhythm! Gryphon Trio; 

Steven Dann, viola; Hilario Duran, piano; 

John Johnson, flute; Michael Occhipinti, saxophone; 

Roberto Occhipinti, bass; Dafnis 

Prieto, drums 

24 8pm. McLeod-Stewarton United Church, 507 Bank 

(& Argyle). $20. Mozart: String Quartet in D minor, 

K.421; Ligeti: String Quartet #1; Schubert: String 

Quartet in G major, D.887. Mandelring Quartet 

24 8pm. SAnPC. $20. Camille Churchfield, Joanna 

G’froerer, Susan Hoeppner, Timothy Hutchins, 

flute; Emily Smethurst, flute, piccolo 

24 8pm. SJEC. $20. Russian Fireworks. Mussorgsky: 

Pictures at an Exhibition; Rachmaninoff: Élégie; 

Sonata #2 in B-flat minor. Alexander Tselyakov, 

piano 

24 8pm. UofO TabHCh. $20. Beethoven, Haydn, C.P.E. 

Bach. David Breitman, fortepiano 

25 12am. All Saints Anglican Church, 317 Chapel (& 

Laurier East). $20. The Renaissance Recorder. Nola, 

Ruff, Cornysh, Gibbons, Lupo. Femke Bergsma, 

Francis Colpron, Lucie Laneville, recorders 



(60 minutes) (h 24) 

25 12am. UofO TabHCh. $20. Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat 

major, op.12 #3; Sonata in A major, op.30 #1; Sonata 

in F major “Spring”, op.24. Marilyn MacDonald, 

violin; David Breitman, fortepiano 

25 2pm. FBapCh. $20. Violin and Poetry. Bach, Paganini, 

Isabelle Panneton, Jean Papineau-Couture, Julio 

Bueno; Emile Nelligan: poems. Anne Robert, violin; 

Albert Millaire, narrator 

25 5pm. SJEC. $20. Brahms, Currier, Rota. Steven 

Dann, viola; Peter Longworth, piano 

25 8pm. Basilique cathédrale Notre-Dame, 385 Sussex 

Drive (& St-Patrick). $20. The French Connection. Denis 

Bédard, Pierre de Bréville, Pierre Kunc. Jacques 

Boucher, organ 

25 8pm. CCC. $20. Serenissima. Dario Castello, Monteverdi, 

Vivaldi. Aradia Ensemble (Kevin Mallon, Cristina 

Zacharias, violin; Marika Holmqvist, viola; 

Katie Rietman, cello; Paul Jenkins, harpsichord; 

Marion Newman, mezzo) 

25 8pm. DCUC. $20. Russian Violin. Tchaikovsky, 

Prokofiev, Medtner. Laurence Kayeleh, violin; 

Paul Stewart, piano 

25 8pm. SAnPC. $20. Haydn: The Seven Last Words of 

Christ. Andrew Dawes, Manuela Milani, violin; 

Guylaine Lemaire, viola; Julian Armour, 

cello; Albert Millaire, narrator 

25 8pm. SJEC. $20. Philip Parker, Piazzolla, Bach, 

Christos Hatzis, Telemann, etc. Susan Hoeppner, 

flute; Beverley Johnston, marimba 

25 11pm. SJEC. $20. Korngold, Dvorak. Donnie 

Deacon, David Thies-Thompson, violin; Jane 

Logan, viola; Margret Munro Tobolowska, 

cello; Andrew Tunis, piano 

26 12am. McKay United Church, 39 Dufferin Rd. (at 

McKay). $20. A Culinary Journey. Bach, Ewald, John 

Cheetham, etc. Rideau Lakes Brass Quintet 

26 12am. SJEC. $20. Boccherini, Cherubini: string quintets. 

Mark Fewer, Renée-Paule Gauthier, violin; 

Steven Dann viola; Myron Lutzke, 

Kenneth Slowik, cello 




26 2pm. SAnPC. $20. Mozart, Haydn, C.P.E. Bach: flute 

quartets. Timothy Hutchins, flute; Paule 

Préfontaine, violin; Steven Larson, viola; 

Leah Wyber, cello 

26 5pm, 6 pm. GComC. $20. Young People’s Concert. 

Marjan Mozetich: Love You Forever. Quartetto 

Gelato. 

26 8pm. DCUC. $40. Turtle Island String Quartet 

26 8pm. SAnPC. $20. Schubert, Martinu, Shostakovich. 

Gryphon Trio; Steven Dann, viola 

26 8pm. St. Giles Presbyterian Church, 174 First Ave. 

$20. Four Nations. Ensemble Masques 

26 8pm. SJEC. $20. Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin. Richard 

Raymond, piano 

26 8pm. UofO TabHCh. $20. Dohnanyi, Helmut 

Sleeman. Laurence Kayeleh, violin; Graham 

Oppenheimer, viola; Paul Marleyn, cello; 

Ross Edwards, clarinet; Lawrence Vine, horn; 

Stéphane Lemelin, piano 

26 11pm. SJEC. $20. Shostakovich, Schnittke. Moscow 

String Quartet; Paul Stewart, piano 

27 10am. DCUC. $20. 31 Years of Mozart II, Coffee 

Concert. Mozart: Symphony #40 in G minor (arr. 

Hummel). Mayumi Seiler, violin; Timothy 

Hutchins, flute; Julian Amour, cello; Paul 

Stewart, piano 

27 12am. SAnPC. $20. Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep. 

Vaughn Williams, Raum, Nelhybel, Self, Stevens. 

Nicholas Atkinson, David Kurtz, Anne-Jelle 

Visser, Colin Traquair, tuba 

27 12am. SJEC. $20. Shostakovich: Symphony #10 (arr. 

Shostakovich). Alexander Tselyakov, Kyoko 





27 2pm. FBapCh. $20. Haydn: baryton trios. Steven 

Dann, viola; Myron Lutzke, baryton; Kenneth 

Slowik, cello 

27 6pm. GComC. $20. Young People’s Concert. Zara the 

Maggini. Margaret Munro Tobolowska, cello; 

Laurence Wall, narrator 

27 8pm. DCUC. $20. Hot-Blooded Music for a Summer’s 

Night! Puccini: Tosca (e); Piazzolla: Meditango. 

Quartetto Gelato; Stephen Sitarski, Sophie 

Drouin, violin; Aaron Au, viola; Thomas 

Wiebe, cello 

27 8pm. McLeod-Stewarton United Church, 507 Bank 

(& Argyle). $20. East Meets West. Liu Fang, pipa; 

Alcan String Quartet 

27 8pm. SAnPC. $20. Russian Chamber Music. Glinka: 

Sextet; Borodin: Quartet #1; Stravinsky: Three Pieces. 

Moscow String Quartet; Murielle Bruneau, 

double bass; Richard Raymond, piano 

27 8pm. SJEC. $20. Fauré, Piazzolla, Dvorak. Philippe 

Djokic, Mark Djokic, violin; Denise Djokic, 

cello; Alexander Tselyakov, piano 

27 8pm. UofO TabHCh. $20. Two Sides of the Sax. Mark 

Eychéne, Takashi Yoshimatsu, Victor Herbiet, etc. 

Victor Herbiet, saxophone; Frédéric Lacroix, 

piano; Renée-Paul Gauthier, violin 

27 11pm. SJEC. $20. 31 Years of Mozart III. Mozart. 

Gryphon Trio; Shannon Mercer, soprano; 

Andrew Tunis, piano 

28 12am. SAnPC. $20. 31 Years of Mozart IV. Mozart. 

Kimball Sykes, clarinet; Mayumi Seiler, violin; 

Graham Oppenheimer, viola; Kyoko 

Hashimoto, piano; Thomas Annand, organ, 

harpischord; etc. 

28 12am. SJEC. $20. Théodore Dubois: Trio #2; Quintet 

for oboe, violin, viola, cello and piano. Trio 

Hochelaga; Charles Hamann, oboe; Aaron 

Au, viola 


host). Studio Sparks. (60 minutes) (h 24) 

28 2pm. DCUC. $20. Unknown Piano Trios. Carl Frühling, 

Arno Babadzhanian. Duke Trio (Mark Fewer, 

violin; Thomas Wiebe, cello; Peter 

Longworth, piano) 

28 8pm. CCC. $20. 31 Years of Mozart V. Mozart: Quintet 

in G minor, K.516; Quartet in B-flat major “The 

Hunt”, K.458; Froberger: Fantasia (arr. Mozart). 

Andrew Dawes, Manuela Milani, violin; 

Guylaine Lemaire, Graham Oppenheimer, 

viola; Julian Armour, cello 

28 8pm. DCUC. $20. Horns of Plenty, brass music of four 

centuries. Pachelbel, Britten, Barber, Wagner, Respighi, 

Berlioz. Karen Donnelly, Manon Lafrance, 

Steven Van Gulik, Larry Larson, trumpet; 

Lawrence Vine, Jill Kirwan, Elizabeth 

Simpson, Nina Brickman, horn; Don Renshaw, 

Vivian Lee, Colin Traquair, trombone; Douglas 

Burden, bass trombone; Nicholas Atkinson, 

David Kutz, Anne-Jelle Visser, tuba; Kenneth 

Simpson, John Wong, percussions 

28 8pm. SAnPC. $20. J.S. Bach, W.F. Bach, C.P.E. Bach. 

Joanna G’froerer, flute; Thomas Annand, 

harpsichord 

28 8pm. SMatAC. $20. Russian String Quartets. 

Tchaikovsky: Quartet #2; Schnittke: Quartet #2; 

Shostakovich: Quartet #7. Moscow String Quartet 

28 8pm. UofO TabHCh. $20. Ravel, Salzedo, Lizotte, 

Thomas. Lori Gemmell, Jennifer Swartz, harp 

28 11pm. SJEC. $20. Kleztory. (f 29) 

29 10am. UofO TabHCh. $20. Young People’s Concert. 

From Angels to Demons. Lori Gemmell, Jennifer 

Swartz, harp 

29 12am. St. Giles Presbyterian Church, 174 First Ave. 

$20. Italian Extravaganza. Vivaldi, Rossi, Corelli, 

Martini, Castello. Ottawa Baroque Consort 

29 2pm. SJEC. $20. Kleztory. (h 28) 

29 5pm. DCUC. $20. Sensuous Strings. Turina, Piazzolla, 

Villa-Lobos, José Evangelista. Claudel-Canimex 

String Quartet 

29 8pm. NAC Southam Hall. $40. Piano Gala (12 9-foot 

Steinway grand pianos). Jimmy Brière, Deondra 

Brown, Desirae Brown, Gregory Brown, 

Melody Brown, Ryan Brown, Claudia Cashin- 

Mack, Naida Cole, Jean Desmarais, Valerie 

Dueck, Judith Ginsburg, Evelyn Greenberg, 

Kyoko Hashimoto, David Jalbert, Stéphane 

Lemelin, Peter Longworth, James Parker, 

Richard Raymond, Paul Stewart, Alexander 

Tselyakov, Andrew Tunis, piano 

29 8pm. SAnPC. $20. Albeniz, Piazzolla, Roddy Ellias. 

Andrew Mah, guitar 

29 11pm. SJEC. $20. Bach: Goldberg Variations (arr. 

Sitkovetsky). Manuela Milani, violin; Graham 

Oppenheimer, viola; Leah Wyber, cello 

30 2pm. SAnPC. $40. Mozart: Quartet in C major 

“Dissonant”; Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor 

“Serioso”; Bartok: String Quartet #6. Leipzig 


30 4pm. RidH Grounds. FA. Arensky, Mozart, Christos 

Hatzis, Piazzolla. Gryphon Trio 

30 8pm. CCC. $20. Mozart: Quartet in B-flat major 

“Prussian”, K.589; Shostakovich: Quartet #13; 

Debussy: String Quartet. Penderecki String 

Quartet 

30 8pm. DCUC. $40. Mozart: Fantasie in D minor, K.397; 

Sonata in A minor, K.310; Beethoven: Sonata #14 in 

C-sharp minor “Moonlight”, op.27; Schumann: 

Fantasie in C major, op.17; Toccata in C major, op.7. 

Anton Kuerti, piano 

30 8pm. SAnPC. $20. Chamber Music of Italy. 

Monteverdi, Pizzetti, Vivaldi, Puccini. Shannon 

Mercer, Wanda Procyshyn, soprano; Thomas 

Annand, harpsichord; Gryphon Trio 

30 8pm. SJEC. $20. Chamber Music with Harp. Martinu, 

Debussy, Ropartz. Jennifer Swartz, harp; Mark 

Fewer, Jonathan Swartz, violin; Steven 

Larson, viola; Thomas Wiebe, cello; Simon 

Aldrich, clarinet 

31 10am. UofO TabHCh. $20. Music of Our Time I, Coffee 

Concert. Jonathan Berger: Trio; Thomas Rajna: Suite 

for Violin and Harp. Gryphon Trio; Jonathan 

Swartz, violin; Jennifer Swartz, harp 

31 12am. DCUC. $20. Music of Our Time II. Jean 

Coulthard: The Pines of Emily Carr. Marie-Annick 

Beliveau, soprano; Stephen Sitarski, Renée- 

Paule Gauthier, violin; Steven Larson, viola; 

Leah Wyber, cello; Jonathan Wade, tympani; 

Olga Gross, piano 

31 2pm. SAnPC. $20. Music of Our Time III. Melanie 

Conly, soprano; Peter Longworth, piano; 

Joseph Petric, accordion 

31 6pm. GComC. $20. Music of Our Time IV, Young 

People’s Concert. Jan Järvlepp/ Hans Christian 

Andersen: The Emperor’s New Clothes; Little Match 

Girl 

31 8pm. DCUC. $20. Music of Our Time V. Eldon 

Rathburn 90th Birthday Celebration. Eldon Rathburn. 

Joanna G’froerer, flute; Kimball Sykes, clarinet; 

Philippe Djokic, Manuela Milani, violin; 


cello; Rideau Lakes Brass Quintet; Thomas 

Annand, organ 

31 8pm. SAnPC. $20. Music of Our Time VI. Modern 

String Quartets. Giacinto Scelsi, Jorg Widman, 

Wolfgang Rihm, Steffen Schleiermacher. Leipzig 


31 11pm. Maxwell’s Bistro and Club, 340 Elgin Street. 

$20. Music of Our Time VII. Accordion and Strings. 

Yannick Plamondon, Andrew MacDonald. Joseph 

Petric, accordion; Penderecki String Quartet 

AUGUST 

1 12am. All Saints Anglican Church, 317 Chapel (& 

Laurier East). $20. Music of Our Time VIII. Music 

composed in 1986. Takemitsu, Nuccio D’Angelo, 

Clark Ross, Sergio Assad. Daniel Bolshoy, guitar 

1 12am. UofO TabHCh. $20. Music of Our Time IX. 

György Ligeti, Omar Daniel, Laurie Radford. 

Penderecki String Quartet 

1 2pm. SAnPC. $20. Music of Our Time X. Vox Humana. 

Talisker Players 

1 8pm. DCUC. $20. Music of Our Time XIII. John 

Cheetham. Karen Donnelly, Manon Lafrance, 

trumpet; Jill Kirwan, horn; Donald Renshaw, 

trombone; Nicholas Atkinson, David Kutz, 

Anne-Jelle Viser, tuba; Judith Ginsburg, 

piano; Kenneth Simpson, percussion 

1 8pm. SJEC. $20. Music of Our Time XII. A Tribute to 

Jacques Hétu. Jacques Hétu 

1 11pm. SJEC. $20. Music of Our Time XIV. Zapp 

String Quartet; James Campbell, clarinet 

2 10am. DCUC. $20. 31 Years of Mozart VI, Coffee 

Concert. Mozart. Shannon Mercer, soprano; 

James Campbell, clarinet; Stephen Sitarski, 

violin; Graham Oppenheimer, viola; Leah 

Weber, cello; Thomas Annand, harpsichord, 

organ 

2 12am. SAnPC. $20. Folklore for Cello and Piano. 

Schumann, Vaughan Williams, Janacek, Stravinsky. 

Denise Djokic, cello; David Jalbert, piano 

2 12am. St. James Anglican Church, 62 Promenade 

du Portage. $20. Bach Trio Sonatas. Normand 

Forget, oboe; Joseph Petric, accordion 

2 12am. SJEC. $20. Zapp String Quartet 

2 2pm. CCC. $20. Charles Daniels, tenor; musicians 

from the Theatre of Early Music 

2 5pm. DCUC. $20. Kreutzer Sonata. Beethoven: 

Quintet for cello and strings (his own arrangement 

of his “Kreutzer” Sonata); Janacek: String Quartet #1 

“Kreutzer Sonata”. Penderecki String Quartet; 

Paul Marleyn, cello 

2 8pm. CCC. $20. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 

#2 4 5. Theatre of Early Music 

2 8pm. DCUC. $20. Piper in the Pantry. Early English, 

Irish and Scottish works. Chris Norman 

Ensemble; David Greenberg, violin 

2 8pm. SAnPC. $40. Mozart: Quartet in F major 

“Prussian”, K.590; Beethoven: Quartet in B-flat 

major, op.18 #6; Dvorak: Quintet in G major, op.77. 

Leipzig String Quartet; Joel Quarrington, 

double bass 

2 8pm. SJEC. $20. A Celebration of Poland. Chopin, 

Landowska, Lutoslawski, Szymanowski, Weiniawski. 

Maria Knapek, soprano; Stephen Sitarski, 

violin; Julian Armour, cello; Thomas Annand, 

harpsichord; Andrew Tunis, piano; 


2 11pm. CCC. $40. Emma Kirkby, soprano; 

Sylvain Bergeron, lute; Matthew Halls, harpsichord 

3 12am. DCUC. $20. Music in the time of Oliver 

Goldsmith (Irish playwright, 1728-1774). Chris 

Norman Ensemble 

3 12am. UofO TabHCh. $20. Beethoven: String Trio in 

D major, op.9 #2; Sonata #9 in A major for violin and 

piano “Kreutzer”. Andrew Dawes, violin; 


cello; Paul Stewart, piano 

3 2pm. SAnPC. $20. Franck: Piano Quintet; 

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Quintet for Guitar. 

Penderecki Quartet; Dina Namer, piano; 

Daniel Bolshoy, guitar 

3 5pm. SJEC. $20. An Afternoon of Song. Schubert, Finzi, 

Vaughan Williams. Peter Harvey, baritone; 

Pamela Reimer, piano 

3 8pm. CCC. $40. Handel: arias and instrumental 

works. Meredith Hall, soprano; Daniel Taylor, 

countertenor; Charles Daniels, tenor; Peter 

Harvey, baritone; Theatre of Early Music 

3 8pm. DCUC. $40. Liszt: Les Années de Pélerinage, 

Première Année, Vallée d’Obermann; Wagner/Liszt: 

Tannhäuser, “Evening Star” and overture. Louis 

Lortie, piano 

3 8pm. SJEC. $20. Toru Takemitsu, Pujol, Beaser, 

Coste, Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Joanna G’froerer, 

flute; Daniel Bolshoy, guitar 

3 8pm. UofO TabHCh. $20. An Evening of Cello. 

Marcello: Adagio (arr. Marleyn); Chan Ka Nin: 

Soulmate for solo cello; Respighi: Adagio con 

Variazione; Schumann: Adagio and Allegro; 

Schostakovich: Sonata; Tchaikovsky: Andante 

Cantabile (arr. Marleyn); Shchedrin: In the Style of 

Albeniz. Paul Marleyn, cello; Kyoko 


3 11pm. SJEC. $20. Les Tendres Regrets. Sainte- 

Colombe. Les Voix Humaines (Suzie Napper, 

Margaret Little, viola da gamba) 

4 10am. SAnPC. $20. Coffee Concert. Dohnanyi: 

Quintet for Piano and Strings in C minor. Andrew 

Dawes, Manuela Milani, violin; Guylaine 

Lemaire, viola; Julian Armour, cello; Paul 

Stewart, piano 

4 12am. CCC. $20. Baroque Music of France. Adrian 

Butterfield, baroque violin; Matthew Halls, 

harpsichord 

4 12am. McKay United Church, 39 Dufferin Rd. (at 

McKay). $20. Sir Hamilton Harty: In Ireland; Edward 

McGuire (arr.): Gaelic Love Songs of the Sea; Chris 

Norman (arr.): Flower of Port Williams; Three French 

Canadian Reels. Chris Norman, flute; David 

Greenberg, Annie Trépanier, violin; Steven 

Larson, viola; Denise Djokic, cello; James 

Blachly, double bass 

4 6pm. GComC. $20. Young People’s Concert. 

Woodwinds. Pentaèdre 

4 8pm. Basilique cathédrale Notre-Dame, 385 Sussex 

Drive (& St-Patrick). $20. Fauré, Bach, Brahms, Rachel 

Laurin. Rachel Laurin, organ 

4 8pm. CCC. $40. Emma Kirkby, soprano; Daniel 

Taylor, countertenor; Theatre of Early Music 

4 8pm. SJEC. $20. Mozart, Mendelssohn, Dvorak. Trio 

Hochelaga 

4 8pm. UofO TabHCh. $20. Pentaèdre 

4 11pm. SJEC. $20. Messiaen: Quartet for the End of 

Time. Steven Sitarski, violin; Ross Edwards, 

clarinet; Denise Djokic, cello; Naida Cole, 

piano 

5 2pm. SAnPC. $40. Haydn: Quartet in G minor, op.74 

#3, Rider; Shanghai Quartet: China Song; Dvorak: 

Quartet in A flat major, op.105. Shanghai Quartet 

5 8pm. DCUC. $40. Gala Closing Concert, The Festival’s 

Greatest Hits. Handel, Bach, Widor, Saint-Saëns, 

Mahler, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Schubert. Shannon 

Mercer, soprano; Daniel Taylor, countertenor; 

Joanna G’froerer, flute; Kimball 

Sykes, clarinet; Jonathan Crow, Andrew 

Dawes, Manuela Milani, Stephen Sitarski, 

violin; Guylaine Lemaire, viola; Julian 

Armour, Paul Marleyn, cello; Murielle 

Bruneau, double bass; Naida Cole, Stéphane 

Lemelin, Paul Stewart, Andrew Tunis, piano; 

Marc-André Lalonde, percussion; Theatre of 

Early Music 


SUMMER MUSIC AT THE 

NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE 

Ottawa, from June 20 to July 26 

613-947-7000, 613-755-1111, www.nac-cna.ca 

The National Arts Centre presents a summer concert 

series that includes NAC Orchestra concerts featuring 

Music Director Pinchas Zukerman as cond. and 

violin/viola soloist together with prestigious 

pianists; piano soloists in recital; chamber music, 

masterclasses, and new music concerts as part of 

the Summer Music Institute; Canada Day festivities, 

and visits by the Orchestre de la francophonie canadienne 

and the National Youth Orchestra. 

DCUC Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper 

(& O’Connor) 

NAC National Arts Centre 

NACO National Arts Centre Orchestra 

SMI Summer Music Institute 

YAP Young Artists Programme 

JUNE 

21 12pm. NAC Plaza Bridge. FA. NACO SMI. Under the 

Bridge Concerts. Members of the NAC YAP 

21 7:30pm. NAC Fourth Stage. $12. NACO SMI. 

Celebration of Future Classics I. Andrew Staniland: 

Protestmusik (ensemble version); Maxim McKinley: 

Wirkunst-Fellini; Gary Kulesha: Variations on a 

theme by Benjamin Britten; Oliver Knussen. 

Members of NACO; members of Orchestre de 

la Francophonie canadienne; Jean-Philippe 

Tremblay, cond. 





27 7:30pm. DCUC. $15. NACO SMI. Faculty of the 

YAP (Pinchas Zukerman, violin, viola; 

Michael Tree, Steven Dann, viola; Joseph 

Kalichstein, piano) 

28 7:30pm. NAC Southam Hall, onstage seating. $12. 

NACO SMI. Celebration of Future Classics II. Augusta 

Read Thomas, Brian Harman, Fuhong Shi, Alex 

Eddington, Christopher William Pierce, Jim O’Leary. 

Members of NACO; members of Orchestre de 

la Francophonie canadienne; Jean-Philippe 

Tremblay, cond. 

28 7:30pm. DCUC. $10. NACO SMI. NAC YAP Chamber 

Music Concert. Members of the NAC YAP 

29 7:30pm. NAC Southam Hall. FA. NACO SMI. 

Conductors Programme Final Concert. NACO; participants 

in the SMI Conductors Programme 

30 12pm. NAC Foyer (lobby). FA. NACO SMI. Unisong 

Choirs 

30 7:30pm. DCUC. $10. NACO SMI. NAC YAP Chamber 

Music Concert. Members of the NAC YAP 

JULY 

1 10am. NAC Southam Hall. FA. Unisong Choirs 

1 2:30pm. NAC Southam Hall. FA. NACO; Pinchas 

Zukerman, cond.; Unisong Choirs; members 

of YAP 

1 7:30pm. NAC Southam Hall. FA. NACO; Pinchas 

Zukerman, cond.; Unisong Choirs; members 

of YAP 

4 7:30pm. NAC Southam Hall. $19. Beethoven: 

Romance #1 in G for Violin and Orchestra; Piano 

Concerto #2; Symphony #5. NACO; Pinchas 

Zukerman, cond., violin; Joseph Kalichstein, 

piano 

5 7:30pm. NAC Studio. $15. Scriabin: Piano Sonata 

#10, op.70; Barber: Piano Sonata, op.26; Brahms: 

Piano Sonata #3 in F minor, op.5. Stewart 

Goodyear, piano 

6 7:30pm. NAC Southam Hall. $19. Tchaikovsky: 

Sérénade mélancolique; Symphony #4; 

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2. NACO; Pinchas 

Zukerman, cond., violin; Roberto Plano, 

piano 

7 7:30pm. NAC Studio. $15. Stockhausen: Mantra. 

Catherine Chi, Winston Choi, piano, electronics, 

percussion 

8 7:30pm. NAC Studio. $15. Haydn: Sonata in C major; 

Liszt: Vallée d’Obermann; Rzewski: Winnsboro 

Cottonmill Blues; Xiaogang Ye: Namuoco; Schubert: 

Sonata in B-flat major. Xiang Zou, piano 

11 7:30pm. NAC Southam Hall. $19. Mozart: Symphony 

#25 in G minor; Piano Concerto #23, K.488; Sinfonia 

concertante. NACO; Pinchas Zukerman, cond., 

viola; Viviane Hagner, violin; Ingrid Fliter, 

piano 

22 7:30pm. NAC Southam Hall. FA. Beethoven: Triple 

Concerto; Brahms: Symphony #4; Maxim McKinley 

(commission). Orchestre de la Francophonie 

canadienne; Jean-Philippe Tremblay, cond.; 

Alexander Da Costa, violin; Jimmie Brière, 

piano 

26 7:30pm. NAC Southam Hall. FA. Stravinsky: Le Chant 

du Rossignol; Debussy: La Mer; Roger Matton: 

Mouvement symphonique II (Musique pour un 

drame); Shostakovich: Symphony #1. National 

Youth Orchestra; Jacques Lacombe, cond. 

UNISONG CHOIR FESTIVAL 


613-234-3360, 800-267-8516 

www.abc.ca 

Choirs from across Canada perform over the 

Canada Day long weekend in the Nation’s Capital 

in free concerts. 

CCC Christ Church Cathedral, 420 Sparks (& Bronson) 

NAC National Arts Centre, 53 Elgin St 

JUNE 

29 8pm. CCC. FA. Choralations Children’s Choir 

(Half Moon Bay, BC); Dr. Martin LeBoldus 

Concert Choir (Regina, SK); Rothesay Kings 

Rotary Girls Choir (NB); Ottawa Regional 

Youth Choir 

29 8pm. Rideau Park United Church, 2203 Alta Vista. FA. 

Manitoba Academy of Chinese Studies Choir 

(Winnipeg); C.T. Choir of Hastings and Prince 

Edward County Children’s Chorus (Belleville); 

New Glasgow Junior High Concert Choir (NS) 

29 8pm. St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, 971 Woodroffe 

Ave. FA. George McDougall High School 

Concert Choir (Airdrie, AB); South Shore 

Children’s Chorus (Montreal, QC); Gander 

Academy Choir (NL) 

30 12am. NAC Foyer (lobby). FA. All choirs from June 

29 concerts 

JULY 

1 10am. NAC Southam Hall. FA. Godfrey Ridout (arr.): 

O Canada; Stephen Hatfield: Nukapianguaq; Run, 

Children, Run; Ower the Hills (arr.); Imant Raminsh: 

Song of the Stars; Derek Healey: Salish Song; Scott 

Macmillan (arr.): L’Acadie de nos coeurs; Harry 

Freedman: 1838; Moustaki (arr.): Le temps de vivre; 

Paul Halley: United in Song. Unisong Massed 

Choir; Stephen Hatfield, cond. (Ending 11am) 

1 2:30pm. NAC Southam Hall. FA. Unisong Massed 

Choir; National Arts Centre Orchestra; 

Pinchas Zukerman, cond. (f 7:30pm) 

1 7:30pm. NAC Southam Hall. FA. Unisong Massed 

Choir; National Arts Centre Orchestra; 

Pinchas Zukerman, cond. (h 2:30pm) 

VALLEY FESTIVAL CONCERT 

SERIES 

Renfrew, Almonte, Carleton Place, Arnprior, 

from May 28 to September 24 

613-623-5462, www.valleyfestival.ca 

4 concerts, classical and jazz. All concerts at 3pm. 

Tickets $20 at the door. 

TORONTO AND AREA 

SOUTHERN ONTARIO CHAMBER 

MUSIC INSTITUTE 

Oakville, from August 10 to August 20 

905-842-5865, www.socmi.org 

Season subscriptions: adults $75, seniors and students 

$45. 

AppC Appleby College, 540 Lakeshore Rd. W: WillH 

Willis Hall, Powell’s House 

AUGUST 

10 7:30pm. AppC WillH. $15-25. Mozart: String Quartet, 

K.575; Ravel, Grieg. Lafayette String Quartet 

15 7:30pm. AppC WillH. $15-25. Mozart: String Quartet, 

K.589; Janacek: String Quartet #1; Debussy: String 

Quartet in G major. Penderecki String Quartet 

17 7:30pm. AppC WillH. $15-25. Beethoven: String 

Quartet, op.18 #1; Katarina Curcin: Walking Away 

From; Shostakovich: String Quartet #4. Tokai 


20 2:30pm. AppC WillH. $15-25. Student Showcase. 

SUMMER MUSIC IN THE GARDEN 

Toronto, from June 25 to September 17 

416-973-4000, www.harbourfrontcentre.com 

Summer Music in the Garden begins another season 

of free Thursday and Sunday outdoor performances 

featuring world-renowned Canadian musicians, and 

the popular Garden tours. The annual assemblage 

delivers an imaginative and thematic series that 

showcases a cultural mix of classical music. The 

Garden tours explore the picturesque landscape literally 

set to music with the scheduled tours led by 

the Toronto Botanical Garden volunteer guides. The 

Toronto Music Garden programmes are presented 

by Harbourfront Centre, in partnership with the City 

of Toronto Department of Parks and Recreation. 

TMGarden Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay 

West 

JUNE 

26 4pm. TMGarden. FA. From the fire and the snow. Bach, 

Arvo Pärt, Villa-Lobos, Pink Martini, etc. Roberta 

Janzen, Cherry Kim, Garrett Knecht, Liza 

McLellan, cello 

29 7pm. TMGarden. FA. Brass Tacks I. True North 

Brass (James Gardiner, Raymond Tizzard, 

trumpet; Joan Watson, horn; Alastair Kay, 

trombone; Scott Irvine, tuba 

JULY 

2 4pm. TMGarden. FA. Faces of the Baroque. Chaos 

and Eros. Rameau: Les Indes galantes. Musica 

Franca 

6 7pm. TMGarden. FA. Ragas. Aruna Narayan, 

sarangi; Shubhjyoti Guha, tabla 

13 7pm. TMGarden. FA. Faces of the Baroque. In the 

Company of Songbirds. Alison Melville, 

recorders, baroque flutes, folk flutes 

16 4pm. TMGarden. FA. Whispering Winds: Music for 

Yangqin. Mark Armanini. Vivian Xia, yangqin; 

Xiaoqiu Lin, erhu 

20 7pm. TMGarden. FA. Naseem: Summer Breezes from 

the Persian Courts. Classical Persian music; original 

compositions. Pirouz Yousefian, santur; 

Farzad Yousefian, percussion 

23 4pm. TMGarden. FA. Brass Tacks II. Girl Meets Tuba. 

Bach, Debussy, the Beatles, etc. Karen Bulmer, tuba 

27 7pm. TMGarden. FA. A Garden of Flowers, East and 

ONTARIO MUSIC FESTIVALS 


The province of Ontario presents numerous music festivals of quality this 

summer. The music of Mozart is heavily favoured in celebration of his 250 th 

birthday, but a variety of other offerings make for an interesting summer 

line-up. 

Festival Alexandria offers chamber 

music in a rustic setting on Sunday 

afternoons. (June 25 to July 30) 

Westben Arts Festival Theatre presents 

a variety of world-class artists, 

including pianist André Laplante, 

tenors Michael Burgess and Mark 

DuBois and the Emperor String 

Quartet. (July 1 to August 6) 

www.westben.on.ca 

The Elora Festival will enchant audiences this year with performances of 

Mozart’s Requiem, Mahler’s The Resurrection, and Bach’s Brandenburg 

Concertos. (July 14 to August 6) www.elorafestival.com 

The Brott Music Festival runs in Hamilton and Burlington. Piano music is on 

the menu with Anton Kuerti performing Beethoven's five piano concerti 

alongside the Canadian premiere of Billy Joel's first Piano Concerto. Also 

featured are the National Academy Orchestra, Felix Hell on the organ, and 

music from The Marriage of Figaro, La Bohème and La Traviata. (June 4 th to 

August 16) www.brottmusic.com 

The Huntsville Festival of the Arts includes performances by Les Violons Du 

Roy, Nexus, Tafelmusik, and Maestro Kerry Stratton and his orchestra. (July 

1 to 23) www.huntsvillefestival.on.ca 

The Kincardine Summer Music 

Festival includes performances by the 

Lafayette String Quartet, pianist 

Peter Allen, the Niagara Brass 

Quintet, and the Arthur-LeBlanc 

Quartet. (August 13 to 19) 

www.ksmf.ca/concerts/classical.shtm 

The Music at Port Milford Chamber Music Festival will be highlighted by a 

variety of outstanding string quartets, including Tokai, Alcan, Windermere 

and Arthur Le Blanc. (July 21 to August 12) www.mpmcamp.org 

The Niagara International Chamber Music Festival celebrates the music of 

Mozart and Shostakovich. Performers include the Moscow Piano Trio, 

Anton Kuerti, and the Penderecki Quartet. (July 24 to August 16) www.niagaramusicfest.com 

The Southern Ontario Chamber Music Institute presents concerts in Oakville 

featuring Mozart, Grieg, Beethoven, et al., performed by the Lafayette, Tokai, 

and Penderecki string quartets. (August 10 to 20) www.socmi.org 

The Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival presents a wide variety 

of beautiful chamber works in some of Canada most historic churches. (July 

22 to August 5) www.chamberfest.com 

Summer Music at the National Arts Centre will present the NAC orchestra 

under the baton of Maestro Pinchas Zukerman alongside a variety of piano and 

string soloists, as well as chamber music. (June 20 to July 26) www.nac-cna.ca 

Festival of the Sound in Parry Sound will fill Georgian Bay with world-class 

chamber music in commemoration of the anniversaries of Mozart, 

Schumann and Schostakovich. (July 21 to August 13) festivalofthesound.ca 

The Valley Festival Concert series presents a variety of lovely chamber and 

baroque concerts in the environs of Ottawa. (May 28 to September 24) 

www.valleyfestival.ca 


Stratford Summer Music presents an array of concerts in celebration of 

Mozart alongside the city’s traditional theatrical line-up. (July 24 to August 

13) www.stratfordsummermusic.ca 

Summer Opera Lyric Theatre will be showcasing a variety of emerging 

artists in performances of La Bohème, La Clemenza di Tito, and others. 

(August 4 to 13) www.solt.ca 

The Toronto Fanfare Project is a celebration of brass music featuring the 

Stockholm Chamber Brass and the True North Brass Quintet alongside a 

variety of soloists. (May 31 to June 4) www.soundstreams.ca 

Finally, the Toronto Summer Music Festival inaugurates its first season with 

a celebration of the music of Mozart. Top Canadian and international 

artists will participate in a festival that will culminate in four performances 

of Don Giovanni, featuring the National Youth Orchestra. (July 28 to August 

20) www.tsmaf.ca 

SOUTHERN ONTARIO VOCAL PREVIEW 

Joseph K. So 

Summer classical vocal music in Toronto, never plentiful to begin with, is 

almost completely absent this year due to the highly regrettable end of the 

Altamira-sponsored Summer Arts Concerts at Harbourfront Centre. Every 

late August for over a decade, the Canadian Opera Company (COC) 

(www.coc.ca) gave three nights of free concerts that showcased visiting 

singers and Ensemble Studio talents. Perhaps with the imminent opening 

of the Four Seasons Centre and the intense preparation necessary for the 

upcoming Ring Cycle, something had to give. 

A consolation is three evenings of 

concerts in June – a glittering Gala at 

the new opera house on June 14 starring 

Ben Heppner, Adrianne Pieczonka, 

Gerald Finley, Brett Polegato, plus 

invited guests. This event will be 

simulcast on a giant screen in Nathan 

Philips Square. 

On June 16 and 17 two Celebratory 

Concerts will feature present and former 

members of the COC Ensemble. 

If the Gala Concert at $150/$250 is 

too steep for your pocketbook, the 

other two are more $75 and $65. For 

tickets, call 1-800-250-4653 or in person at 227 Front Street East. 

Elsewhere in the city, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (www.tso.ca) will 

give two concerts on June 15 and 17 starring Ben Heppner and conducted by 

Peter Oundjian. Heppner will sing songs by the Finnish composer Sibelius 

as well as arias from Lohengrin, Fidelio and Meistersinger. For tickets, call 

416-593-4828. 

The rest of Southern Ontario will be alive with music. Heading the list is 

the Elora Festival (www.elorafestival.com). To celebrate the 250 th anniversary 

of Mozart’s birth, the Festival opens with his Requiem (July 14, 8 p.m.), 

starring soprano Karina Gauvin, mezzo Anita Krause, tenor Lawrence 

Wiliford, and bass Alain Coulombe, with the Elora Festival Singers and the 

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir under the direction of Noël Edison. Also on the 

program are the motet Exsultate Jubilate and Symphony No. 35 (“Haffner”). 

On July 23, baritone Mark Pedrotti sings Brahms’ Die schöne Magalone, with 

Paul Stewart at the piano. Tenor Richard Margison headlines “A Night at the 

Opera” on June 29 that features soprano Xin Wang and baritone John 

Fanning, in a program of arias and duets from Turandot, Le Cid, Pearl Fishers, 

and Don Carlos. We can also look forward to the great Mahler Second 

Symphony, with soprano Donna Brown and mezzo Susan Platts on Aug. 7 th . 

For tickets, call 519-846-0331, or 1-800-265-8977. 

Deeper into cottage country are the Westben Arts Festival (www.westben.ca) 

and the Festival of the Sound (www.festivalofthesound.ca) Under the direction 

of co-founders Brian Finley and Donna Bennett, Westben offers HMS 

Pinafore on July 8 and 9, performed by the UBC Opera Ensemble under sopra- 


West. Alpharabius Ensemble 

30 7pm. TMGarden. FA. Bach, Keiko Abe, Astor 

Piazzolla, ragtime. Anne-Julie Caron, marimba 

AUGUST 

3 7pm. TMGarden. FA. Naye Kveytn af an Altn Boym 

(New Buds on an Old Tree). Frank London, Beyle 

Schaechter Gottesman, Michael Alpert, Marilyn 

Lerner, etc. Adrienne Cooper, singer; Marilyn 

Lerner, piano 

10 7pm. TMGarden. FA. Brass Tacks III, Faces of the 

Baroque. Like a ray of sunshine piercing the clouds. Late 

Renaissance, early Baroque music. Matthew 

Jennejohn, Douglas Kirk, Dominique Lortie, 

Dan Stillman, Trevor Dicks, period instruments 

13 4pm. TMGarden. FA. Faces of the Baroque. Words of 

Mercury, Songs of Apollo. Music of 17th-century Italy. 

Kathleen Kajioka, Christopher Verrette, violin; 

Lucas Harris, lute; Rebecca Morton, cello 

17 7pm. TMGarden. FA. Heartbeat of Japan. Kiyoshi 

Nagata Ensemble 

20 4pm. TMGarden. FA. Brahms: Quartet #1 in C Minor, 

op.51; Kelly Marie Murphy: Another Little Piece of My 

Heart. Cecilia Quartet (Sarah Nematallah, 

Sharon Lee, violin; Caitlin Boyle, viola; 

Rebecca Wenham, cello) 

24 7pm. TMGarden. FA. Compose Me. Improvisation 

based on composers’ spoken descriptions for their 

new pieces. Lori Freedman, clarinet, bass clarinet, 

improviser; Allison Cameron, Chris 

Paul Harman, Martin Arnold, composersspeakers 

27 4pm. TMGarden. FA. Brass Tacks IV. The Perfect Cake 

(parody of romantic opera enacted by “instrument-sock 

puppets”). Puccini, Wagner, Verdi. Bellows and Brass 

(Guy Few, trumpet; Eric Vaillancourt, trombone; 

Joseph Petric, accordion, narration) 

31 7pm. TMGarden. FA. Bach at Dusk I, Faces of the 

Baroque. Bach: Suite #6 in D Major; Chris Paul 

Harman (cr). Winona Zelenka, cello. (30 minutes) 

SEPTEMBER 

7 7pm. TMGarden. FA. Bach at Dusk II, Faces of the 

Baroque. Bach: Sonata in C Major. Linda Melsted, 

violin. (30 minutes) 

SUMMER OPERA LYRIC THEATRE 

Toronto, from August 4 to August 13 

416-922-2912, 416-978-7986 

www.solt.ca 

Summer Opera Lyric Theatre (SOLT) was founded in 

1988 with a mandate to promote musical and dramatic 

education in Canada, showcasing artists in 

all stages of development through a variety of 

innovative and challenging operatic repertoire. By 

bringing together young vocalists, students, professional 

singers and teachers of great stature, 

SOLT provides valuable experience and insight to 

all participating artists in their quest for excellence 

by combining a series of masterclasses, dramatic 

discussions, lectures, music and staging 

rehearsals and performances at the Robert Gill 

Theatre. 

UofT University of Toronto: RGT Robert Gill Theatre 

AUGUST 

4 8pm. UofT RGT. $15-20. Puccini: La Bohème. Ashley 

Becker, Edward Hanlon, Emilia Cordoba, 

Gerrit Theule, Janet Loo, Keith Lam, Lana 

Armstrong, Lydia Skourides, Michael 

Barrett, Sean Waugh, Stephen Erickson, 

William Parker; José Hernández, cond. (f 6 9 

12) 

5 2pm. UofT RGT. $15-20. Offenbach: Tales of 

Hoffmann. Sean Waugh, William Parker, 

Eugenia Dermentzis, Jeremy Corneil, Lance 

Keizer, Deanna Hendriks, Taylor Strande, 

Jan Vaculik, Ada Balon, Janet Loo, Keith Lam, 

Amanda Cochrane, Vania Chan, Natalie 

Rogerson, Gerrit Theule, Jacqueline 

Woodley; Raisa Nakhmanovich, cond. (f 8 10 

12) 

5 8pm. UofT RGT. $15-20. Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito. 

Richard Iannello, Emily Duncan-Brown, 

Andrea Cerswell, Jenny Cohen, Louisa Cowie, 

Edward Hanlon, Avery Krisman, Fredericka 

Petit-Homme, Tanya Roberts, Laura 

McAlpine, Celia Raven Lee, Jan Vaculik; 

Nathalie Doucet-Lalkens, cond. (f 9 11 13) 

6 2pm. UofT RGT. $15-20. Puccini: La Bohème (h 4) 


Hoffmann (h 5) 


9 8pm. UofT RGT. $15-20. Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito 

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TORONTO FANFARE PROJECT 

Toronto, from May 31 to June 4 

416-366-7723, 416-504-1282 

www.soundstreams.ca 

May 31, 8 PM: Heavy Metal: Stockholm Chamber 

Brass & Friends, Trinity College Chapel, 6 Hoskin 

Ave., $20 adult $15 senior $5 student. June 4, 3PM: 

MASSbrass, St. Anne’s Anglican Church, 270 

Gladstone Ave. (at Dundas), $30 adult $20 senior 

$5 student. Tickets available in advance by calling 

the St. Lawrence Centre box office 416-366-7723. 

TORONTO SUMMER CHAMBER 


Toronto, from July 4 to July 7 

416-205-5555 

www.mgam.com/festival.html 

TORONTO SUMMER MUSIC 

FESTIVAL 

Toronto, from July 28 to August 20 

888-222-6608, 416-585-4464 

www.tsmaf.ca 

The first annual Toronto Summer Music Festival celebrates 

its inaugural season under the theme “In 

the Light of Mozart,” celebrating the 250th anniversary 

of the composer’s birth. The festival brings 

together top Canadian musicians with internationally 

renowned artists such as Nexus, Richard Goode, 

Leipzig String Quartet, Menaham Pressler and Ian 

Swensen to take part in concerts, lectures, workshops, 

exhibitions and tours. The festival concludes 

with four fully staged performances of Mozart’s 

opera Don Giovanni, conducted by Agnes 

Grossmann, featuring the National Youth Orchestra. 

UofT-MUS University of Toronto Faculty of Music, 80 

Queen’s Park (Edward Johnson Bldg): MMT 

MacMillan Theatre; WH Walter Hall 

JULY 

28 8pm. UofT-MUS WH. $20-30. Opening Gala: Percussive 

Creations. William L. Cahn: Night; L. Catlin Smith: Sky 

Blue (cr); Robin Engelman/Rick Sacks: In Need of 

Mozart-a comedic vignette (cr); Nexus: Tongues; 

Garry Kvistad: Tiki Time (cr). Nexus Percussion 

ensemble; Dan Yashinsky, storyteller 

29 8pm. UofT-MUS MMT. $20-30. Mozart: Rondo in A 

minor, K.511; Schoenberg: Sechs kleine 

Klavierstücke, op.19; Brahms: 7 Fantasien, op.116; 

Schubert: Sonata in B-flat major, D.960. Richard 

Goode, piano 

31 8pm. UofT-MUS WH. $20-30. F. Danzi: Woodwind 

Quintet in E-flat major; Mozart: Piano Quintet in E- 

flat major, K.452; Hétu: Woodwind Quintet; Poulenc: 

Sextet for Piano and Winds. Toronto Woodwind 

Quintet; Richard Raymond, piano 

AUGUST 

4 8pm. UofT-MUS WH. $20-30. Schoenberg: Ode to 

Napoleon, op.41; Mozart: Piano Quartet in E-flat 

major, K.493; Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G 

minor, op.57. Mayumi Seiler, John Perry, etc. 

5 8pm. UofT-MUS MMT. $20-30. Mozart: Quartet in F 

major, K.590; Schubert: Quartettsatz, D.703; Dvorak: 

Quintet in G major, op.77. Leipzig String 

Quartet; Joel Quarrington, double bass 

8 8pm. UofT-MUS WH. $100. Rising Stars Benefit 

Concert. Russell Braun, baritone; etc. 

11 8pm. UofT-MUS WH. $20-30. Mozart: Piano Trio in C 

major, K.548; Astor Piazzolla: Otono Proteno; 

Primavera Protena; Schubert: Piano Trio in E-flat 

major, D.929. Gryphon Trio 

12 8pm. UofT-MUS MMT. $20-30. Beethoven: Sonata #8 

in G major, op.30 #3; Sonata #7 in C minor, op.30 #2; 

Mozart: Sonata in B-flat major, K.454; Sonata in E 

minor, K.304. Iain Swensen, violin; Menahem 

Pressler, piano 

14 8pm. UofT-MUS WH. $20-30. Glière: Duets for violin 

and cello, op.39; Kodaly: Duo for violin and cello, op.7; 

Ravel: Sonata for violin and cello in C major; 

Handel/Halverson: Passacaglia for violin and cello. 

Gil Morgenstern, violin; Shauna Rolston, cello 

15 8pm. UofT-MUS WH. $20-30. Mozart: Adagio and 

Fugue in C minor, K.546; Quartet in E-flat major, 

K.428; K. Curcin: Walking Away From…; Ravel: 

Quartet in F major. Tokai String Quartet 

17 7:30pm. UofT-MUS MMT. $25-40. Mozart: Don 

Giovanni. National Youth Orchestra; Agnes 

Grossmann, cond. (f 18 19 20) 

18 7:30pm. UofT-MUS MMT. $25-40. Don Giovanni 

(h17) 

19 7:30pm. UofT-MUS MMT. $25-40. Don Giovanni 

(h17) 

20 2pm. UofT-MUS MMT. $20-35. Don Giovanni (h17) 

ELSEWHERE IN ONTARIO 

GRAND RIVER BAROQUE 

FESTIVAL 

Kitchener, from June 16 to June 17 

800-265-8977 

www.grbf.ca/GRBFConcerts.html 

BROTT MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Hamilton, Burlington, 

from June 4 to August 16 

905-525-7664, 888-475-9377 

www.brottmusic.com 

The 19th season of Canada’s largest orchestral 

music festival, the Brott Music Festival, features 

classical, jazz, pops, opera and education. The 

Festival, founded by conducter Boris Brott, will 

include highlights of a back-to-back performance 

by pianist Anton Kuerti of Beethoven’s five piano 

concerti and the Canadian premiere of pop star 

Billy Joel’s first Piano Concerto. Orchestra-in-residence 

is National Academy Orchestra, made up of

young graduate musicians from across the country 

who learn on-the-job when they are paired in the 

stands with seasoned orchestra professionals. 

(Hamilton unless indicated otherwise.) 

AGHam Art Gallery of Hamilton, 123 King St. W. 

DuMC Dofasco Centre for the Arts, 190 King William St 

HamPl Hamilton Place, 1 Summer’s Lane 

SCAC St. Christopher’s Anglican Church, 662 Guelph 

Line, Burlington 

JUNE 

4 7:30pm. SCAC. $30-35. Bach: Goldberg Variations. 

Daniel Propper, piano 

11 7:30pm. SCAC. $30-35. The Devil’s Violin. Ibert: 

Divertissement; Haydn: Symphony #45 “Farewell”; 

Paganini: Violin Concerto #2 in B minor “La campanella”. 

National Academy Orchestra; Boris 

Brott, cond.; Lara St. John, violin 

24 8:45pm. Canada Marine Discovery Centre, 57 Guise 

Street. FA. Port Days Pops. Handel: Music for the 

Royal Fireworks; Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture. 

National Academy Orchestra; Boris Brott, 

cond. 

25 7:30pm. SCAC. $30-35. Magnificent Mozart. Mozart: 

Symphony #31 “Paris”; Symphony #38 “Prague”; 

Violin Concerto #3; Violin Concerto #5. National 

Academy Orchestra; Boris Brott, cond.; 

Jessica Linnebach, violin 

JULY 

4 7:30pm. DuMC. $25-30. Opera Goes to the Movies. 

Mozart, Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Offenbach. National 


Patricia Roach, soprano; Pamela McDonald, 

mezzo; John Tiranno, tenor; John Fanning, 

baritone; Alex Reynolds, narrator 

7 7:30pm. DuMC. $25-30. A Rebel’s Voice. Beethoven: 

Piano Concerto #2; Piano Concerto #3; Piano 

Concerto #4. National Academy Orchestra; 

Boris Brott, cond.; Anton Kuerti, piano 

8 7:30pm. DuMC. $25-30. A Genius Revealed. 

Beethoven/Kuerti: Piano Concerto #0; Beethoven: 

Piano Concerto #1; Piano Concerto #5 “Emperor”. 


cond.; Anton Kuerti, piano 

12 7:30pm. DuMC. $25-30. Copland: Outdoor Overture; 

Hindemith: Metamorphoses On A Theme By Weber; 

Bernstein: West Side Story (arr. Jack Mason); Billy 

Joel: Piano Concerto (Canadian premiere). 


cond.; Jeffrey Biegel, piano 

14 7:30pm. Liuna Station, 360 James St. N. $25-30. Hot 

Jazz. Adi Braun, vocals 

18 7:30pm. Christ’s Church Cathedral, 252 James St N, 

near Barton. $15-20. Bach: Prelude and Fugue G Major, 

BWV 541; “An Wasserflüssen Babylon”, BWV 622; 

Mendelssohn: Sonata #4 in B-flat major, op.65; Healey 

Willan: Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue; Mozart: 

Fantasy F Minor, KV 608; Felix-Alexandre Guilmant: 

Sonata #1 in D Minor, op.42. Felix Hell, organ 

19 7pm. Church of Ascension, 64 Forest Ave. $20-25. 

Organ Crawl. Saint-Saëns: Concerto #3 for Organ 

and Orchestra. National Academy Orchestra; 

Boris Brott, cond.; Feliz Hell, organ. (f 8pm) 

19 8pm. Centenary United Church, 24 Main St. W. $20- 

25. Organ Crawl. Saint-Saëns: Concerto #3 for Organ 

and Orchestra. National Academy Orchestra; 

Boris Brott, cond.; Feliz Hell, organ. (h 7pm) 

22 3pm. Windermere House, 2508 Windermere Rd, 

Windermere (Lake Rosseau, Muskoka region). FA. 

Windermere Pops: Best of Broadway. Bernstein: West 

Side Story; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Les Misérables; 

etc. National Academy Orchestra; Boris Brott, 

cond.; Michael Burgess, tenor 

23 3pm. AGHam. $35-40. High Tea. Liszt, Chopin, 

Debussy. Valerie Tryon, piano; Upper Canada 

Clarinet Choir 

26 7:30pm. SCAC. $25-30. Mozart & the L.A. Connection. 

Mozart: Violin Concerto #1, K.207; Violin Concerto 

#2, K.211; Violin Concerto #4, K.218; Symphony #35 

“Haffner”. National Academy Orchestra; Boris 

Brott, cond.; Katherine Eberle, Serena 

McKenny, Luanne Homzy, violin 

29 7:30pm. DuMC. $25-30. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake 

Suite; Violin Concerto; Symphony #5. National 


Adrian Anantawan, violin 

AUGUST 

2 7:30pm. DuMC. FA. Open Rehearsal. Brahms: 

Symphony #3. National Academy Orchestra; 

Denis Brott, cond. 

5 7:30pm. HamPl Studio Theatre. $25-30. Divas, 

Desserts, & Diamonds. Sinead Sugrue, soprano; 

Pamela Macdonald, mezzo 

6 3pm. AGHam. $35-40. Happy Birthday to the Cello! 

Kummer: Duo for 2 cellos; Schumann: 

Fantasiestücke; Brahms: Sonata in F Major, op.99; 

Debussy: Sonate; Gian Carlo Menotti: Suite for 2 cellos 

and piano. Denis Brott, Katerina 

Juraskowa, cellos 

8 7:30pm. SCAC. $25-30. The Trumpet Sounds! Rossini: 

William Tell, overture; Shostakovitch: Concerto for 

Piano and Trumpet; Smetana: Moldau; Gershwin. 


cond.; Jens Lindeman, trumpet 

12 7:30pm. HamPl Studio Theatre. FA. Canadian 

Contemporary Sounds of Today. Barbara Croall, Gary 

Kulesha, Robert Rival, Omar Daniel. National 

Academy Orchestra; Boris Brott, cond. 

13 3pm. AGHam. $35-40. High Tea. For Ireland I’d Not 

Tell Her Name; Shannon’s Reel; etc. Ruth 

Sutherland, harp 

16 7:30pm. DuMC. $30-35. Bruckner: Te Deum; 

Beethoven: Symphony #9 “Choral”. National 

Academy Orchestra; Boris Brott, cond.; Brott 

Music Festival Choir; Desert Chorale of 

Nevada; Leslie Fagan, soprano; Melissa 

Schiel, mezzo; David Pomeroy, tenor; Daniel 

Lichti, bass 

ELORA FESTIVAL 

Elora, from July 14 to August 6 

519-846-0331, 800-265-8977 

elorafestival.com 

The Festival has attracted many great musicians 

over its 27-year career. Visiting talent this year 

includes four different conductors as well as the 

eminent Noel Edison and a great variety of music, 

including Mozart’s Requiem (opening night), 

Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony, Bach’s 

Brandenburg Concertos, and Quartetto Gelato. 

GamB Gambrel Barn, corner of County Roads 7 & 21 

SMIC St. Mary Immaculate Church, 267 Geddes St 

JULY 

14 8pm. GamB. $55. Mozart: Requiem; Symphony #35 

in D “Haffner”, K.385; Exsultate Jubilate. Elora 

Festival Singers; Toronto Mendelssohn 

Choir; Elora Festival Orchestra; Noel Edison, 

cond.; Karina Gauvin, soprano; Anita Krause, 

mezzo; Lawrence Wiliford, tenor; Alain 

Coulombe, bass 

15 4pm. GamB. $28. Schumann: Fantasiestücke, op.12; 

François Morel: Étude de sonorité #2; Granados: 

Goyescas, Amor y Muerte; Debussy: L’isle joyeuse; Liszt: 

Hungarian Rhapsody #13. Lucille Chung, piano 

16 11am. GamB. Festival church service. Elora 

Festival Singers; Julian Wachner, cond. 

16 2pm. SMIC. $30. Romantic Tapestry. Brahms, 

Bruckner. Elora Festival Singers; Julian 

Wachner, cond. 

16 4pm. GamB. $30. The Singing Trumpet. Enesco, 

Gershwin, Turin. Philip Smith, trumpet; Joseph 

Turrin, piano; Colin Fox, narrator 

20 6pm. GamB. FD. Choral Evensong. Elora Festival 

Singers; Christopher Jackson, cond. 

21 4pm. Elora Public School, 288 Mill St. FD. Jacobson 

and Billingsley: Compose Yourself. Children’s 

Voices 

21 7pm. SMIC. $30. A Bach Treasury. Aus der Tiefe rufe 

ich, Herz, zu dir, BWv 131; Nach dir, Herr, verlanget 

mich, BMV 150; Wer da glaubet und getauft wird, 

BWV 37. Elora Festival Singers; Elora Festival 

Orchestra; Christopher Jackson, cond. 

22 2pm. GamB. $15. The Spirit of Youth. Mozart, Purcell, 

Glick, Evans, Daley, L. Enns. Guelph Chamber 

Choir; Marta McCarthy, cond. 

22 4pm. GamB. $28. Previn: Vox Humana; Villa-Lobos; 

Vaughan Williams. Talisker Players; Heidi Klann, 

soprano; Vilma Indra Vitols, mezzo; Peter 

Longworth, piano; Stewart Arnott, reader 

22 8pm. GamB. $30. Strike up the Band! M. Arnold, 

Holst, Gershwin, Morley Calvert. Hannaford 

Street Silver Band; Curtis Metcalfe, cond. 


Festival Singers; Christopher Jackson, cond. 

23 2pm. SMIC. $30. Music from the Sistine Chapel. 

Palestrina: Kyrie; Agnus Dei; Sanctus; Després: 

Inviolata integra et casta; Victoria: Salve Regina (a 

8); Laetatus sum; Alma redemptoris mater; Allegri: 

Miserere; Giovanelli: Jubilate Deo. Elora Festival 

Singers; Christopher Jackson, cond. 

23 4pm. GamB. $28. Brahms: Die schöne Magelone. 

Mark Pedrotti, baritone; Paul Stewart, piano; 

Colin Fox, narrator 

26 8pm. GamB. $20. TD Canada Trust Festival 

Competition. Singers 


Singers; Wayne Riddell, cond. 

27 7pm. GamB. $25. Back from Vienna. Brahms: Ave 

Maria; Robert Evans: Pie Jesu; Debussy: Noël des 

Enfants; Eleanor Daley: Psalm of Praise; Ro Ogura 

(arr.): Hotaru Koi; Paul Halley: Freedom Trilogy. 

Toronto Children’s Chorus; Jean Ashworth 

Bartle, cond.; Christopher Dawes, organ 

28 8pm. GamB. $30. Quartetto Gelato (Cynthia 

Steljes, oboe, English horn; Peter DeSotto, 

tenor, violin, mandolin; Alexander 

Sevastian, accordion, piano, bandoneon; 

Kristina Reiko Cooper, cello) 

29 2pm. GamB. $30 ($48 for both). Bach: The 

Brandenburg Concertos. Elora Festival 

Chamber Players. (Part 1) (f 4pm) 

29 4pm. GamB. $30. Bach: The Brandenburg 

Concertos. Elora Festival Chamber Players. 

(Part 2) (h 2pm) 

29 8pm. GamB. $55. A Night at the Opera. Xin Wang, 

soprano; Richard Margison, tenor; John 

Fanning, baritone; Elora Festival Singers; 

Elora Festival Orchestra; Mendelssohn 

Choir; Colin Fox, narrator; Noel Edison, cond. 


Festival Singers; Peter Dijkstra, cond. 

30 2pm. GamB. $30. Anon.: My mind to me a kingdom 

is; Down by the Sally Gardens; I will give my love; O 

waly, waly; Dowland: Mrs. Winter’s Jump; Lady 

Hunsdon’s Puffe; Say, love, if ever thou didst find; 

I saw my lady weep. Daniel Taylor, countertenor; 

Sylvan Bergeron, lute 

30 4pm. SMIC. $30. Paradisi Gloria. Church music from 

the northern countries. Elora Festival Singers; 

Peter Dijkstra, cond. 

AUGUST 


Singers; Wayne Riddell, cond. 

no Nancy Hermiston. On July 22, veteran 

tenor Mark DuBois and the 

Emperor String Quartet offer a program 

of music from the royal courts of 

the 18th century Europe. For tickets, call 

705-653-5508 or 877-883-5777. 

Now in its 27 th season under the 

artistic directorship of James 

Campbell, the Festival of the Sound 

presents an unusual joint concert by baritones Russell Braun and Peter 

McGillivray, with the two of them sharing Schubert’s Schwanengesang, 

accompanied by Carolyn Maule (Aug. 3). On the morning of Aug. 4, baritone 

McGillivray will give a recital of songs by Debussy, Butterworth, Quilter, 

and Vaughan Williams. In the evening is a Mozart Gala featuring Braun, violinist 

James Ehnes, and clarinetist Campbell. On the program are Mozart violin 

concertos No. 2 and 5, Adagio for Clarinet Concert in A Major, and selected 

opera arias. On Aug. 11, mezzo-soprano Marion van den Akker sings Mahler’s 

song cycle Songs of a Wayfarer. For tickets, call 866-364-0061. 

Stratford Summer Music (www.stratfordsummermusic.ca) closes its season 

with “Mozart’s Greatest Hits”, including his Mass in C Minor, with 

L’orchestre de la francophonie canadienne, conducted by Jean-Philippe 

Tremblay. Soloists are baritone Theodore Baerg, violinist Alexandre Da 

Costa, organist Christopher Dawes, sopranos Catherine Green and Irena 

Welhasch and tenor Joseph Schnurr. 

Brott Music Festival (www.brottmusic.com) presents “Opera Goes to the 

Movies”, with soprano Patricia Roach, mezzo Pamela MacDonald, tenor 

John Tiranno, and baritone John Fanning, in arias and duets from Le Nozze 

di Figaro, La Bohème, and La Traviata, music featured in the soundtracks of 

“La Vita e Bella”, “Moonstruck”, “Moulin Rouge” and others (July 4). On July 

14, soprano-turned-jazz vocalist Adi Braun sings “Hot Jazz in July”. Aug. 16 

brings Beethoven’s Ninth symphony, with soprano Leslie Fagan, mezzo 

Melissa Schiel, baritone Daniel Lichti. For tickets, call 888-475-9377, or e-mail 

boxoffice@brottmusic.com 

Western Canada once offers again a mix of contemporary and traditional 

classical music. Throughout the festival season, composers loved by many 

and those known to few are performed by both rising stars and established 

members of the Canadian and international musical communities. 


MANITOBA 

The Agassiz Chamber Music Festival, named for an ancient lake that once 

covered vast tracts of the Canadian prairies and the Canadian Shield, brings 

together a variety of performers from this region in celebration of the 

music of Mozart Shostakovich, Piazzola, and Dvorak. (June 14-23) 

www.agassizmusic.ca 

The Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival sets chamber works within the 

spectacular beauty of Manitoba’s Riding Mountain National. New works by 

T. Patrick Carrabré, composer-in-residence and host of the festival, will 

stand alongside old favourites by Mozart, Haydn, and Fauré. Also presented 

will be the world premiere of a piece by composer Gerhard Ginader, which 

was commissioned by festival founder, artistic director and pianist 

Alexander Tselyakov. (August 4-6) www.clearlakechamberfestival.com 

ALBERTA 

The Banff Centre’s Banff Summer Arts Festival offers an amazing variety of 

concerts, with over 50 being presented. Featured artists include pianist Angela 

Cheng, cellist Marina Hoover and Canadian Jazz legend, Phil Nimmons. A 

George Balanchine choreography and music by Harry Freedman are also in the 

works. The festival culminates with Mozart's The Magic Flute conducted by 

Jean-Marie Zeitouni. (May 1 to August 25) www.banffcentre.ca 


4 8pm. GamB. $35. Abba, Sting, originals. Rajaton 

(Essi Wuorela, soprano; Virpi Moskari, soprano; 

Soila Sariola, alto; Hannu Lepola, tenor; 

Ahti Paunu, baritone; Jussi Chydenius, bass) 

5 2pm. GamB. $25. The Giants’ Secret. Mahler: Quartet 

for Piano and Strings; Verdi: String Quartet in E 

minor; Puccini: String Quartet in D major. 

Madawaska Quartet (Sarah Fraser Raff, 

Rebecca van der Post, violin; Anna Redekop, 

viola; Amy Laing, cello); David Louie, piano 

5 4pm. GamB. $25. Organ Recital. Bach: Toccata and 

Fugue in F; Franck: Fantaisie in A; J.J. Grünewald: 

Messe du Saint Sacrement; Mendelssohn: Sonata 

#3; D. Foley: Of Heaven and Earth; J. Jongen: Sonata 

Eroica. Matthew Larkin, organ 

5 8pm. GamB. $55. Mahler: Symphony #2 

“Resurrection”. Elora Festival Singers; Elora 

Festival Orchestra; Toronto Mendelssohn 

Choir; Noel Edison, cond.; Donna Brown, 

soprano; Susan Platts, mezzo 


Festival Singers; Wayne Riddell, cond. 

6 2pm. GamB. $30. The Church in Song: hymns and 

anthems with commentary. Elora Festival 

Singers; Wayne Riddell, cond.; Matthew 

Larkin, organ; John Fraser, Noel Edison, narrators. 

(f 4pm) 

6 4pm. GamB. $30. The Church in Song: hymns and 

anthems with commentary. Elora Festival 

Singers; Wayne Riddell, cond.; Matthew 

Larkin, organ; John Fraser, Noel Edison, narrators. 

(h 2pm) 

FESTIVAL OF THE SOUND 

Parry Sound, from July 21 to August 13 

866-364-0061, 705-746-2410 

festivalofthesound.ca 

The Festival of the Sound, now in its 27th season, 

is a jewel of a summer festival. We bring worldclass 

chamber music to an intimate setting right 

on the shores of Georgian Bay. Our new home, the 

Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, 

is widely known for its acoustic excellence. The 

Festival offers many free educational workshops 

facilitated by professional musicians and lecturers 

to give the concert goer even greater intimacy and 

insight into the music. 

CWSCPA Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing 

Arts, 2 Bay St. 

TD Island Queen cruise ship, leaves from Town Dock, 9 

Bay St. 

JULY 

21 7:30pm. CWSCPA. $31-40. Gala Opening Concert. 

Mozart: Sonata in D Major for two pianos, K.448; J. 

Strauss/Abram Chasins: Blue Danube Waltz for two 

James Campbell, Artistic Director 

FES∏IVAL 


pianos; Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G minor for solo 

piano, op.23 #5; Chopin: Scherzo #1 in B minor, 

op.20. Anagnoson and Kinton, piano duo; 

Winston Choi, Todd Yaniw, piano 

22 2pm. CWSCPA. FA. Family Concert. Traditional fiddling. 

Strings Across the Sky Ensemble (First 

Nations students from the Parry Sound 

area); Andrea Hansen, cond. 

22 7:30pm. CWSCPA. $26-35. Music for a Summer 

Evening. Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor, 

K.546; Janácek: Suite for Strings; Grieg: Holberg Suite, 

op.40; Dvorák: Serenade for strings in E Major, op.22. 

Les Violons du Roy; Gregory Vajda, cond. 

23 2pm. CWSCPA. $26-35. Music for a Sunday 

Afternoon. Mozart: Sonata in G Major for violin and 

piano, K.379; Schumann: Sonata #2 in D minor for 

violin and piano, op.121; Kuerti: Partita for solo violin; 

Schubert: Fantasy in F minor for piano four 

hands, D.940. Anton Kuerti, piano; Kolja 

Lessing, piano, violin 

23 7pm. TD. $32. Sunset on the Bay Cruise. Beyond the 

Waves. Celtic and classical music. Sharlene 

Wallace, Celtic harp; George Koller, bass; 

Nora Bumanis, Julia Shaw, harp duo 

24 1pm. CWSCPA. FA. Music From The Inside Out. Open 

Lesson. Judy Loman (teacher), Koni Choi (student), 

harp 

24 8pm. Inn at Manitou, McKellar. $55. The Romantic 

Harp at Manitou. Salzedo: Chanson dans la nuit 

(tango); Bach/Salzedo: French Suite #6; Debussy: 

Clair de lune; Granados: Spanish Dance #5. Nora 

Bumanis, Julia Shaw, harp duo 

25 10:30am. CWSCPA. $11-14. Music for a Summer 

Morning. Spohr: Sonata for flute and harp in E-flat 

Major; Eric Robertson: Peanuts; Andrew MacDonald 

(cr). Erica Goodman, harp; Robert Aitken, 

flute; Paul Brodie, saxophone; Eric 

Robertson, piano 

25 12am. CWSCPA. $16-19. Music for a Summer Noon. 

R. Murray Schafer: Wild Bird; The Crown of Ariadne; 

Srul Irving Glick: King David Sonata. Judy Loman, 

harp; Michael Guttman, violin 

25 2pm. CWSCPA. FA. Music From The Inside Out. Life 

with the Harp. Erica Goodman, Judy Loman, 

harpists 


Evening. Harp Gala. Bizet/Loman: Carmen Suite for 

harp, viola and clarinet; Ravel: Introduction and 

Allegro. Nora Bumanis, Koni Choi, Erica 

Goodman, Judy Loman, Julia Shaw, Sharlene 

Wallace, harp; Robert Aitken, flute; James 

Campbell, clarinet; Rivka Golani, viola; New 

Zealand String Quartet 


Morning. Poulenc: Concerto for two pianos in D 

minor; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue. Anagnoson 

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Painted Sound. Raymond Luedeke: Into the 

Labyrinth. Anagnoson and Kinton, piano duo; 

Colin Fox, actor 

26 2pm. CWSCPA. FA. Music Scores for Adults I. 

Introduction to Classical Music Conducting. Jim 

Ferris, instructor. (f 27/7, 2 3/8) 

26 6pm. CWSCPA. FA. Overture (pre-concert lecture). 

Music as Language. Robert Aiken, lecturer 


Evening. Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K.581; 

Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op.44; 

Telemann: Four Fantasies for solo violin. Anton 

Kuerti, piano; Kolja Lessing, violin; James 

Campbell, clarinet; New Zealand String 

Quartet 


Morning. Bartók/Arma: Suite paysanne hongroise; 

Székely: Sonata for solo violin. Robert Aitken, 

flute; Kolja Lessing, violin; Winston Choi, 

piano 


Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-flat Major, op.12; 

Max Meyer-Olbersleben: Fantasie-Sonate for flute 

and piano, op.17. Robert Aitken, flute; New 

Zealand String Quartet; Winston Choi, piano 

27 2pm. CWSCPA. FA. Music Scores for Adults II. 

Introduction to Classical Music Conducting. (h 26) 

27 6pm. CWSCPA. FA. Overture (pre-concert lecture). 

Schumann’s Sound. Jeffery Stokes, lecturer 


Evening. Mozart: Flute Quartet, KV.311; 

Shostakovich: Viola Sonata in C minor, op.147; 

Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, op.47. 

Robert Aitken, flute; Michael Guttman, violin; 

Rivka Golani, viola; Denis Brott, Katerina 

Juraskova, cello; Luba Dubinsky, piano 


Morning. Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, 

Popper. Denis Brott, Rolf Gjelsten, Katerina 

Juraskova, cello; Winston Choi, piano 

28 11:30am. CWSCPA. FA. Interlude. Keith Horner, 

radio broadcaster; Denis Brott, cello 


Evening. A Schumann Vigil. Robert Schumann: 

Fantasie in C Major, op.17; Dichterliebe, op.48; 

Märchenbilder for viola and piano, op.113; 

Märchenerzählungen for clarinet, viola and piano, 

op.132; Kinderszenen, op.15; Scenes from 

Childhood; Clara Schumann: Romance for violin 

and piano. Russell Braun, baritone; James 

Campbell, clarinet; Michael Guttman, violin; 

Rivka Golani, viola; Anton Kuerti, Winston 

Choi, Luba Dubinsky, Caroline Maule, piano; 

Jeffrey Stokes, commentary 

29 7:30pm. CWSCPA. $55. Celtic Memories. Schumann; 

Traditional Scottish songs; Robert Burns: poetry. 

Burns Musical Society; Russell Braun, baritone; 

James Campbell, clarinet; Moshe 

Hammer, violin; David Young, double bass; 

Erica Goodman, harp; Eric Robertson, Carolyn 

Maule, piano; Colin Fox, actor. (includes dessert 

and coffee; reserved seating at tables) 


Afternoon. Painted Sound: A Portrait of Doris 

McCarthy. Eleanor Daley: Kneel Reverently; Paradise: 

Song of Georgian Bay; Salutation of the Dawn; Srul 

Irving Glick: Northern Sketches; R. Murray Schafer: 

Miniwanka; Trad./Derek Healey: Inuit Hunting Song; 

Lydia Adams: Mi’kmaq Honour Song. Amadeus 

Choir; Lydia Adams, cond.; Bach Children’s 

Chorus; Linda Beaupré, cond.; Eleanor Daley, 

piano 


Evening. Steve Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood; 

Christos Hatzis: Four Rituals; Robin Engelman: A 

Song of Circles and Triangles. Nexus (Bob 

Becker, Bill Cahn, Robin Engleman, Russell 

Hartenberger, Garry Kvistad, percussion) 

31 7pm. TD. $32. Sunset on the Bay Cruise. Dixieland, 

swing. The Other Side of Brass (Bob Read, 

trumpet, flugelhorn; Robert Livingston, 

tenor, bass trombone; Ralph Johnson, bass; 

Jim Leonard, piano; Tom Gilboe, drums; John 

McNab, vocalist) 

AUGUST 


Schubert: Piano Trio in E-flat Major, D.929; Berger: 

Tears in your hand. Gryphon Trio 

1 2pm. CWSCPA. $10-12. In Search of Mozart. In 

Search of Mozart (documentary by Phil Grabsky, 

2006, UK, 128 min.) 

1 6:30pm. Ridge at Manitou, McKellar. $60. Jazz Riffs at 

the Ridge. Dave Young Trio. (6:30pm canapés; 

8pm concert) 

2 10:30am. CWSCPA. FA. Music from the Inside Out. 

Beethoven: Diabelli Variations. Robert Silverman, 

lecturer 


Beethoven: Diabelli Variations. Robert Silverman, 

piano 

2 2pm. CWSCPA. FA. Music Scores for Adults III. 

Introduction to Classical Music Conducting. (h 26/7) 

2 7:30pm. CWSCPA. $21-30. Music for a Summer Evening. 

Mendelssohn: Sextet in D Major for piano and strings, 

op.110; Mozart: Flute Quartet #3 in C Major, K.Anh.171; 

Arensky: Piano Trio in D minor, op.32. Gryphon Trio; 

Suzanne Shulman, flute; James Ehnes, violin; 

Johanna Hood, Douglas McNabney, viola; 

Raphael McNabney, double bass 


Morning. Copland: Vitebsk, Study on a Jewish 

Theme; Shostakovich: Piano Trio #2 in E minor, 

op.67. Gryphon Trio 


Taneyev: Piano Quintet in G minor, op.30. 

Lafayette String Quartet; Luba Dubinsky, 

piano 

3 2pm. CWSCPA. FA. Music Scores for Adults IV. 

Introduction to Classical Music Conducting. (h 26/7) 


Evening. Remembering Charles W. Stockey. Schubert: 

Schwanengesang, D.957; Mozart: String Quartet in 

D Major, K.575; Reicha: Quintet for clarinet and 

strings. Russell Braun, Peter McGillivray, baritones; 

James Campbell, clarinet; Carolyn 

Maule, piano; Lafayette String Quartet 


Morning. Debussy: La mer est plus belle que les 

cathédrales; Butterworth: On the Idle Hill of 

Summer; Quilter: In the Bud of the Morning; 

Vaughan Williams: Silent Noon. Peter McGillivray, 

baritone; Carolyn Maule, piano 


Mozart: Piano Quartet #1 in G minor, K.478; Haydn: 

String Quartet in C Major, op.20 #2. Douglas 

McNabney, viola; Lafayette String Quartet; 

Gryphon Trio 


Evening. Mozart Gala. Mozart: Violin Concerto #2 in 

D major, K.211; Violin Concerto #5 in A Major, K.219; 

Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622, Adagio; opera 

arias. James Ehnes, violin; Russell Braun, 

baritone; James Campbell, clarinet; Festival 

Orchestra; Festival Winds 

5 10:30am. CWSCPA. $5. Children’s Workshop. Lime 

Light Theatre Productions. (for ages 8-12) 

5 12am. CWSCPA. FA. Children’s Concert. Festival 

musicians; children from workshop 

5 7:30pm. CWSCPA. $21-30. Jazz Canada: Brazilian 

Nights. Guido Basso, flugelhorn; Mike Murley, 

tenor sax; Reg Schwager, guitar; Dave 

Young, bass; David Virelles, piano; Terry 

Clarke, drums 


Afternoon. Latin American classics. Quartetto 

Gelato; Zapp String Quartet 

6 7:30pm. CWSCPA. $21-30. Swing, Swing, Swing. 

Benny Goodman. The Bob DeAngelis Sextet 

(Bob DeAngelis, clarinet; John McLeod, trumpet; 

Laurie Bower, trombone; Danny 

McErlain, piano; Dave Young, bass; Terry 

Clarke, drums; Tommy Ambrose, vocalist) 

7 7pm. TD. $32. Sunset on the Bay Cruise. The 

American Songbook. Dave Young Trio; Tommy 

Ambrose, vocalist 

8 2pm. CWSCPA. $10-12. In Search of Mozart. In 

Search of Mozart (documentary by Phil Grabsky, 

2006, UK, 128 min.) 

8 5:30pm. Inn at Manitou, McKellar. $150. Gala Dinner 

& Concert at Manitou. Haydn: String Quartet #42 in C 

Major, op.54 #2; Mozart: String Quartet #22 in B-flat 

Major K589; String Quartet #5 in F Major, K.158. 



Schubert: Fantasy in C Major for violin and piano, 

D.159; Rondo in A Major, D.438; 

Kreisler/Rachmaninoff: Liebeslied, Liebesfreud 


Evening. Painted Sound. Haydn: The Seven Last 

Words of Christ, op.51. Andrew Dawes, Manuela 

Milani, violin; Guylaine Lemaire, viola; Julian 

Armour, cello 


Morning. Festival Winds 


Music from the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival. 

Dohnanyi: Piano Quintet in C minor, op.1; 

Beethoven: Sonata for violin and piano #9 in A major 

“Kreutzer”, op.47. Andrew Dawes, Manuela 

Milani, violin; Guylaine Lemaire, viola; Julian 

Armour, cello; Paul Stewart, piano 


Evening. A World Apart: Shostakovich to Bernstein. 

Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, op.57; Gene 

DiNovi: Divermento and Blues; Gershwin/Earl Wild: I 

Got Rhythm; Fascinatin’ Rhythm; Bernstein/Gilliland: 

Fantasy on West Side Story. Festival Winds; 

Penderecki String Quartet; Zapp String 

Quartet; Guy Few, trumpet; Dave Young, double 

bass; Rian de Waal, Gene DiNovi, piano; 

Beverley Johnston, percussion 

10 10pm. CWSCPA. $11-14. After Hours: Painted Sound. 

Granados: Goyescas. Paul Stewart, piano. 

(Slideshow of Goya paintings) 


Morning. Hummel: Octet-Partita in E-flat Major; R. 

Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel. Festival Winds; Moshe 

Hammer, violin; Joel Quarrington, double bass 


Schubert: Octet in F major, op.166, D.803. 

Penderecki String Quartet; James Campbell, 

clarinet; James McKay, bassoon; James 

Sommerville, horn; Joel Quarrington, double 

bass 


Evening. Mozart: Divertimento in D Major, K.251; 

Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn, op.56a; 

Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer. Marion van der 

Akker, mezzo; Festival Winds; Penderecki 

String Quartet; Moshe Hammer, violin; Joel 

Quarrington, double bass; Rian de Waal, 

piano 

12 9:30am. TD. Opera on the Bay. Mozart. James

Mason, Brian James, oboe; James Campbell, 

David Borque, clarinet; James McKay, 

Christian Sharpe, bassoon; James 

Sommerville, Neil Spaulding, horn; Joel 

Quarrington, double bass 

12 7:30pm. CWSCPA. $21-30. Oh What a Night! Mary 

Lou Fallis, soprano; Marion van der Akker, 

mezzo; Festival Winds; Zapp String Quartet; 

Moshe Hammer, violin; Joel Quarrington, 

David Young, double bass; Rian de Waal, 

Gene DiNovi, piano 

13 2pm. CWSCPA. $16-25. Gershwin. Gene DiNovi, 

piano 

13 7pm. TD. $32. Festival Winds; Zapp String 

Quartet; David Young, double bass; Gene 

DiNovi, piano 

HUNTSVILLE FESTIVAL OF THE 

ARTS 

Huntsville, from July 1 to July 23 

705-789-4975 

www.huntsvillefestival.on.ca 

The Huntsville Festival of the Arts, celebrating its 

14th season, is a summer performing arts festival 

offering an eclectic mix of performances including 

jazz, blues, folk, classical, orchestral, world music, 

children’s, country and popular genres. In addition 

to mainstage evening concerts there are free concerts 

through the day and weekends. Featuring 

classical performances by Les Violons du Roy, 

Nexus, Tafelmusik, and Maestro Kerry Stratton and 

his orchestra. Other headliners include Holly Cole, 

Oliver Jones, the Nylons and Jesse Cook. 

AlgonT Algonquin Theatre, 37 Main Street 

JUNE 

25 2pm. AlgonT. $15-25. Tafelmusik 

JULY 

5 8pm. AlgonT. $12-20. Debussy, Gershwin, Wagner, 

Richard Rodgers, etc. Pamela Hoiles, soprano; 

Arkady Yanivker, violin; Kevin Deas, bass; 

Myron McPherson, piano 

7 8pm. AlgonT. $15-25. Jazz. Adi Braun, jazz 

singer; band 

13 8pm. AlgonT. $15-25. Steeve Reich, Christos Hatzis, 

Toru Takemitsu, John Cage, Gavin Bryars. Nexus, 

percussion ensemble 

14 8pm. AlgonT. $15-32. Jazz. Oliver Jones, piano; 

trio 

16 2pm. AlgonT. $15-32. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante 

in E flat. International Festival Orchestra; 

Kerry Stratton, condutor; Jasper Wood, violin; 

Joseph Tamir, viola 

20 8pm. AlgonT. $15-32. Mozart, Dvorak, Janacek, Grieg. 

Les Violons du Roy; Gregory Vajda, cond. 

KINCARDINE SUMMER MUSIC 

FESTIVAL 

Kincardine, from August 6 to August 18 

519-396-9716, 866-453-9716 

www.ksmf.ca 

The Kincardine Summer Music Festival, one of the 

largest Music Festivals in Ontario, features a worldclass 

concert series: jazz, blues, orchestral and 

chamber music. Artists in residence include Joe 

LaBarbera, Rick Fines, Peter Allen and the Arthur- 

LeBlanc Quartet. The KSMF music camp also offers 

two weeks of daytime music classes: a great family 

fun opportunity. Students are all ages, beginners 

to experienced musicians: 18 different programs. 

The beautiful Lake Huron location, a welcoming 

community and the finest quality musical opportunities 

make this event unbeatable. 

GInn Best Western Governor’s Inn, 791 Durham St. 

KPC-K Knox Presbyterian Church, 345 Durham St 

AUGUST 

6 8pm. GInn. $15. Music of India. autorickshaw 

(Suba Sankaran, vocals, piano; Ed Hanley, 

tabla; Rich Brown, bass; Debashis Sinha, percussion) 

7 8pm. GInn. $15. Jazz. Lisa Martinelli, vocals; 

Brian Dickinson, piano; Pat Collins, bass; 

Barry Elmes, drums 

8 8pm. GInn. $15. Jazz. Dave McMurdo, trombone; 

Mike Malone, trumpet; Alex Dean, sax; 

Brian Dickinson, piano; Pat Collins, bass; 

Barry Elmes, drums 

9 8pm. GInn. $15. Jazz. Lorne Lofsky, guitar; Brian 

Dickinson, piano; Pat Collins, bass; Barry 

Elmes, drums 

10 4pm. Victoria Park, Queen St. FA. Blues. Rick Fines, 

guitar 

10 8pm. GInn. $20. Jazz. Joe LaBarbera, drums; 

Alex Dean, sax; Dave McMurdo, trombone; 

Mike Malone, trumpet; Lorne Lofsky, guitar; 

Brian Dickinson, piano; Pat Collins, bass 

13 4pm. Victoria Park, Queen St. FD. Pop. City of 

Brampton Concert Band; Darryl Eaton, cond. 

14 8pm. KPC-K. $20. Classical. Lafayette String 

Quartet (Ann Elliott-Goldschmid, Sharon 

Stanis, violin; Joanna Hood, viola; Pamela 

Highbaugh Aloni, cello) 

15 8pm. KPC-K. $15. Classical. Peter Allen, piano 

16 8pm. KPC-K. $15. Classical. Niagara Brass 

(James Tinsley, William Sperandai, trumpet; 

Tim Lockwood, horn; David Archer, trombone; 

Brent Adams, tuba 

17 8pm. KPC-K. $20. Classical. Quatuor Arthur- 

LeBlanc (Hibiki Kobayashi, Brett Molzan, violin; 

Jean-Luc Plourde, viola; Ryan Molzan, 

cello) 

18 8pm. KPC-K. $15. Classical. KSMF Faculty S.O.; 

Matthew Jones, cond. 

LONDON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL 

London, from July 22 to July 24 

519-661-5120 

www.londonearlyopera.ca 

MAGIC CASTLE CHAMBER MUSIC 

FESTIVAL 

Westport, from August 25 to 26 

www.magiccastle.ca 

MUSIC AT PORT MILFORD 

Milford, from July 21 to August 12 

613-476-7735 

www.mpmcamp.org 

Celebrating our 20th Season! Intimate chamber 

music program with world class teachers in historic 

lake district. Tokai, Alcan, Windermere and Arthur 

LeBlanc String Quartets in residence. Designed to 

further the love of music through a program of 

quartet and string orchestra playing, choral singing 

and private lessons within a family atmosphere. 

Each student is coached daily in chamber group, 

chorus and orchestra. Weekly student and faculty 

performances in St Mary Magdalene, Picton. 1995 

Winner of Chamber Music America’s Gruber Award 

for excellence in chamber music instruction. 

NATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Thunder Bay, from August 4 to August 6 

800-961-5162 

www.fcmf.org 

NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL 

CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Niagara-on-the-Lake, July 24 to August 16 

905-468-5566, 800-511-7429 

www.niagaramusicfest.com 

The Niagara International Chamber Music Festival 

is the only festival of its kind in the Niagara 

Peninsula. This year the Festival celebrates the 

anniversaries of Mozart and Shostakovich. Concerts 

take place at churches, wineries and historical venues 

in Niagara-on-the-Lake and the Niagara 

Region. Celebrate the music with the Moscow Piano 

Trio, Anton Kuerti, Gary Relyea, the Penderecki 

Quartet, Niagara S.O., Christopher Newton and 

members of the Shaw Festival acting ensemble. 

CtH Court House Theatre, 26 Queen St.: MarketR 

Market Room 

EpicR The Epicurean Restaurant, 84 Queen Street 

GraceUC Grace United Church, 222 Victoria St. 

SAPC St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 342 Simcoe St. 

SMAC NiaL St. Mark’s Anglican Church, 41 Byron St. 

JULY 

24 7:30pm. SMAC NiaL. $5-25. Opening Night Gala. 

Mozart: Symphony #1 in E-flat Major, K.16. 

Orchestra of St Marks; members of the 

Niagara S.O.; Daniel Swift, cond. 

25 7:30pm. GraceUC. $5-25. The Birthday Boys. 

Celebrating Russian Anniversaries. Taneyev: Piano 

Trio; Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in D major, op.22; Piano 

Trio in D major, op.50. Moscow Piano Trio. (f 26) 

26 7:30pm. GraceUC. $5-25. Glenn Gould and Chamber 

Music. How Mozart became a bad composer. Peter 

Tiefenbach, Robert Kortgaard, piano 

26 7:30pm. Public Library, 136 Gilmore Road. $5-25. 

The Birthday Boys. Celebrating Russian Anniversaries. 

Taneyev: Piano Trio; Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in D 

major, op.22; Piano Trio in D major, op.50. Moscow 

Piano Trio. (h 25) 

27 2pm. SAPC. $5-25. Music at Historic Churches, Organs 

in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Mozart: Two Epistle Sonatas 

for Organ and Strings, K.241, K.145; Bach, Handel, 

Elgar, Mendelssohn. Ian Sadler, organ, piano 

27 7:30pm. GraceUC. $5-25. The Birthday boys. A 

Mozart Celebration: An Evening of Music and Readings. 

Mozart: Fantasia in F for organ, K.594; Exsultate 

jubilate, K.165; Concert aria for soprano “Nehmt 

meinem Dank”, K.383. Catharine Sadler, soprano; 

Ian Sadler, organ, piano 

28 12am. CtH. FA. Behind the Scenes of Music, Open 

Rehearsal. Tremain Trio (Atis Bankas, violin; 

George Cleland, viola; Gordon Cleland, cello); 

Rie Watanabe, violin, viola 

28 7:30pm. SAPC. $5-25. Music at Historic Churches. Of 

Angels and Eros. Machaut, Dufay, Palestrina, 

Hildegard von Bingen, Monteverdi, etc. Hildagals 

Choir; Holly Gwynn-Timothy, cond.; Paul 

Jenkins, harpsichord; James Tuttle, organ; 

David Roth, baritone 

29 11am. CtH MarketR. $15. Musical Mornings with 

Mozart. Michael Haydn: Divertimento #5, MH9 for 

String Trio; Mozart: Quintet for Horn and Strings, 

KV407; Quartet for Horn and Strings, KV580. 

Tremain Trio (Atis Bankas, violin; George 

Cleland, viola; Gordon Cleland, cello); Rie 

Watanabe, violin 

29 2pm. GraceUC. $5-25. The Birthday Boys; Happy 

Birthday Wolfgang! Stamitz: Duo for Violin and 

Viola; M. Haydn: Divertimento #5, MH9; Mozart: 

Quintet for Horn and Strings, KV407; Quartet for 

Horn and Strings, KV580. Tremain Trio (Atis 

Bankas, violin; George Cleland, viola; Gordon 

Cleland, cello); Rie Watanabe, violin 

In addition to much music and merriment, the Mountain View Festival of Song 

and Chamber Music offers a series of pre-concert lectures and films, adding 

depth to the outstanding concerts of Mozart and Shostakovich. The 

Schubertiad is, of course, not to be missed. (August 1-13) www.mountainviewfestival.com 

BRITISH COLUMBIA 

The Vancouver Chamber Music 

Festival has adopted the new name 

of Summer Combustion. A line of 

young stars graces this 11-day festival, 

including cellist Denise Djokic,mezzo 

Julie Nesrallah, and guitarist Daniel 

Bolshoy. (July 18 to 29) www.vanrecital.com 

Festival Vancouver highlights the 

music and musicians of Italy, alongside 

Mozart and others. Chamber, choral 

and early music stand alongside 

opera and orchestral music in this 

two-week celebration. Soprano Suzie 

Leblanc will be featured, along with 

the Borealis String Quartet, countertenor 

Philippe Jaroussky, the CBC 

Radio Orchestra, and the Tudor Choir. 

(August 7-19) www.festivalvancouver.ca 

The Vancouver Early Music Festival 

runs throughout the first three 

weeks of August, alongside a series 

of summer courses highlighting Early 

and Renaissance music. Several excellent 

period musicians, including cellist 

and viola da gambist Jaap ter 

Linden, will both teach and perform. 

(July 30 to August 19) www.earlymusic.bc.ca 

The Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival offers a mid-august weekend 

of traditional music in an idyllic setting. Violinist Andrew Dawes, pianist 

Alexander Tselyakov, cellist and founder of the Ottawa International 

Chamber Music Festival, Julian 

Armour, and the Penderecki String 

Quartet will all perform. The requisite 

Mozart is complimented with the 

music of Faure, Borodin. 20th century 

composers Jocelyn Morlock. Steven 

Chatman and Patrick Carrabre are 

also featured. (August 18-20) 

www.penderharbourmusic.ca 

The Okanagan Vocal Arts Festival, 

now in its fourth season, combines a 

Young Artists Program with seasoned 

professionals in celebration of opera. 

The studies of the Young Artists will 

culminate in performances of Gilbert 

and Sullivan’s The Mikado, while the instructors will perform Mozart’s The 

Marriage of Figaro. Illustrious participants in the festival include: Bernard 

Turgeon, Mariateresa Magisano, Randall Jakobsh, Lynne Mc Murtry, Andrew 

Greenwood, and Paul and Melina Moore. Maestro Frank Klassen will 

conduct an orchestra composed of musicians from throughout the 

Okanagan Valley, and Canada’s west coast. (July 3-22) www.ovaf.ca 


29 7:30pm. SMAC NiaL. $5-25. The Birthday Boys. Two 

Pianos Four Hands. Mozart: Fugue in C minor; Suite 

in D major, K.44; Shostakovich: Symphony #15 (arr. 

Shostakovich); Concertino for Two Pianos. 

Alexander Bonduriansky, Nina Kogan, piano 

29 8pm. EpicR. $15. JazzAfterPlay. Warren 

Stirtzinger Trio 


Mozart. Mozart: Die Zufriedenheit, K.349; Des 

kleinen Friedrich Geburtstag, K.529; Lied der 

Freiheit, K.506; Duo for Violin and Viola in G major. 

Alexander Sokol, piano; Atis Bankas, violin; 


30 2pm. Peller Estates Winery, 290 John St. $5-25. 

Music and Wine. Dances with Guitar. Ponce: Suite; 

Barrios: Tango; Danza Guarani; Richard Charlton: 

Valses mélodiques. Jeffrey McFadden, guitar 

30 7:30pm. Public Library, Anderson Lane. $10. 

Shakespeare and Shostakovich (movie screening). 

Hamlet (1963, USSR, by Grigori Kozintsev, Iosif 

Shapiro; starring Innokenti Smoktunovsky; including 

music by Shostakovich, op.116) 

31 12am. CtH MarketR. FA. Showcase of Young 

Virtuosos. Bora Kim, violin; Alexander Sokol, 

piano 

31 2pm. CtH MarketR. $5-25. The Birthday Boys. 

Shostakovich and… Shostakovich. Shostakovich: 

Piano Trio #1, op.8; Sonata for Violin and Piano, 

op.134; Sonata for Cello and Piano; Piano Trio #2, 

op.67. Moscow Piano Trio (Alexander 

Bonduriansky, piano; Vladimir Ivanov, violin; 

Mikhail Utkin, cello) 

31 7:30pm. CtH MarketR. $5-25. Shaw and Music. Shaw 

on Mozart. Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin, 

K.379; 6 Variations on Paisiello’s Salve tu Domine; 

Piano Trio in C major, K.548. Atis Bankas, violin; 

Gordon Cleland, cello; Alexander Sokol, 

piano; Christopher Newton, narrator 

AUGUST 

1 7:30pm. GraceUC. $5-25. Music at Historic Churches. 

Mozart: Sonata for Piano; Piano Trio; Shostakovich: 

Prelude and Fugue; Piano Quintet, op.57. Festival 

Strings (Atis Bankas, violin; Rie Watanabe, 

violin, viola; Gordon Cleland, cello); Shoko 

Inoue, piano 

2 2pm. Eagle Valley Golf Club, 2334 St. Paul Ave. $5- 

25. Music and Wine, The Birthday Boys. Festival 


violin, viola; Gordon Cleland, cello); Douglas 

Miller, flute 

2 7:30pm. Casablanca Winery Inn, 4 Windward Drive. 

$5-25. Music and Wine, The Birthday Boys. Festival 

Strings (Atis Bankas, violin; Anastasiya 

Filippochkina, violin, viola; Gordon Cleland, 

cello; Rie Watanabe, violin) 

2 7:30pm. SMAC NiaL. $5-25. Music at Historic 

Churches. Moscow in Vienna. Mozart: Trio in B-flat 

major, KV502; Brahms: Trio in C minor, op.101; 

Schubert: Trio in E-flat major, op.100. Moscow 

Piano Trio (Vladimir Ivanov, violin; Mikhail 

Utkin, cello; Alexander Bonduriansky, piano) 

3 11am. CtH MarketR. $15. Preludes to the Play. 

Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition; readings 

from the letters of Mussorgsky. Tamara Dougan, 

piano; James Mainprize, narrator 


Churches. Mozart: Fantasie in D minor, KV397; 

Sonata in A minor, KV310; Beethoven: Sonata #14 in 

C sharp minor “Moonlight”, op.27 #2; Schumann: 

Fantasie in C Major, op.17; Toccata in C Major, op.7. 

Anton Kuerti, piano 

4 2pm. Public Library, 32 Queenston Street. FA. 

Behind the Scenes of Music, Open Rehearsal. 

Mozart: Flute Quartet in D major, K.285. Festival 



Miller, flute 


Churches, Organs in Niagara-on-the-Lake. William 

Maddox, organ; Festival Strings (Atis 

Bankas, violin; Rie Watanabe, violin, viola; 

Gordon Cleland, cello) 


Mozart. Michael Haydn: Flute Quartet in F major; 

Mozart: Flute Quartet in D major, K.285. Festival 



Miller, flute. (f 6) 

5 7:30pm. GraceUC. $5-25. Music and Wine. On a 

Lighter Side Cabaret Show. Kurt Weill: Barbara’s Song; 

Threepenny Opera, Song of Sexual Dependency; 

June Carroll: New Faces of 1968, Das Chicago Song; 

William Bolcom: Cabaret Songs Vol.1 (e). Deanna 

Relyea, mezzo 

5 8pm. EpicR. $15. JazzAfterPlay. John Sherwood 

Trio 


Mozart. Mozart: String Trio, K.266; Piano Quartet in G 

minor, K.478. Vadim Serebryany, piano; 

Festival Strings (Atis Bankas, violin; Rie 

Watanabe, violin, viola; Gordon Cleland, 

cello) 

6 2pm. Public Library, 32 Queenston Street. $5-25. 

Festival Strings. (h 5) 

6 7:30pm. Public Library, Anderson Lane. $10. 

Shakespeare and Shostakovich (movie screening). King 

Lear (USSR, 1969, by Grigori Kozintsev, Iosif Shapiro; 

starring Jüri Järvet; music by Shostakovich, op.137) 


Virtuosos. Bach, Mozart, Paganini. Bora Kim, violin; 

Alexander Sokol, piano 

7 2pm. CtH MarketR. $15. Preludes to the Play. 


Soldier’s Tale. Stravinsky: L’Histoire du soldat. Julian 

Milkis, clarinet; Atis Bankas, violin; Nina 

Kogan, piano; Christopher Newton, narrator; 

Robert Benson, Blair Williams, actors. (f 14) 


on Bruch and Vaughan Williams. Bruch: Piano Trio in C 

Minor, op.5; Vaughan Williams: Sonata for Violin and 

Piano in A Minor. Atis Bankas, violin; Teimour 

Sadykhov, cello; James Mainprize, narrator 

8 2pm. SAPC. $5-25. Music at Historic Churches, Organs 

in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Lynne Honsberger, 

organ; Cecile Desrosier, harpsichord; Festival 


violin, viola; Gordon Cleland, cello) 

8 7:30pm. GraceUC. $5-25. Glenn Gould and Chamber 

Music. Robert Silverman, piano; Atis Bankas, 

violin; Teimour Sadykhov, cello 

9 2pm. Casablanca Winery Inn, 4 Windward Drive. $5- 

25. Music and Wine. New Music Reading with 

Aboriginal Composers (concert, discussion, improvisation). 

Raven Chacon (Navajo); Barbara Croall 

(Odawa). Ergo Ensemble 

9 2pm. Eagle Valley Golf Club, 2334 St. Paul Ave. $5- 

25. Music and Wine. New Music. Aboriginal composers. 

Ergo Ensemble 

9 7:30pm. Navy Hall, 305 Ricardo St. $5-25. A New Day. 

Voices Coming From the Four Directions. Louis Ballard: 

String Quartet; Raven Chacon (new work for musical 

instruments and live interactive electronics); Russell 

Wallace (new work for musical instruments, electroacoustics 

and dance); Barbara Croall (new work for 

live & recorded spoken word, musical instruments 

and theatrical movement). ERGO musicians 

(Barbara Croall, voice, traditional native 

flutes, drums, etc.; Peter Stoll, clarinets, saxophones, 

recorders; Richard Moore, percussion); 

Raven Chacon, live interactive electronics; 

Gould String Quartet. 

10 7:30pm. SMAC NiaL. $5-25. A New Day. A New Face. 

Julian Milkis, clarinet; Atis Bankas, violin; 

Igor Raykhelson, piano 

11 2pm. Willow Bank, 14487 Niagara Parkway. FA. 

Behind the Scenes of Music, Open rehearsal. 

Homage to Schumann. Schumann: Piano Quartet, 

op.47; Igor Raykhelson: Homage to Robert 

Schumann for Piano Quartet in G sharp Minor. 

Festival Strings (Atis Bankas, violin; Rie 

Watanabe, violin, viola); Igor Raykhelson, 

piano. (f 7:30pm) 

11 7:30pm. SMAC NiaL. $5-25. Homage to Schumann. 

(h 2pm) 


Mozart. Mozart: Don Giovanni, arias 

12 2pm. GraceUC. $5-25. Music and Wine. Music at 

Historic Churches. Virgilio Mortari: String Trio; 

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero and I; Boccherini: 

Fandango Quintet. Simon Wynberg, guitar; 

Tremain Trio (Atis Bankas, violin; George 

Cleland, viola; Gordon Cleland, cello); Rie 

Watanabe, violin, viola; Colin Fox, narrator 

12 5:30pm. Fort George National Historic Site, 786-26 

Queen St. $5-25. Music at Historic Niagara, Summer 

Winds. Bach: Two Marches; Haydn: Octet; Gounod: 

Petite Symphonie; Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, 

overture; Caplet: Suite Persane; Eldon Rathburn: 

Two Railoramas. Niagara Symphony Winds; 

Daniel Swift, cond. 

12 8pm. EpicR. $15. JazzAfterPlay. Doug Mundy Trio 


Mozart. Tremain Trio (Atis Bankas, violin; 

George Cleland, viola; Gordon Cleland, cello); 


13 2pm. GraceUC. $5-25. Music and Wine. Voices Relyea 

Celebrates Mozart. Mozart: The Magic Flute; The 

Marriage of Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte; 

“Ahi cosa veggio*… Vado ma dove?”, K.583. 

Voices Relyea (Gary Relyea, bass-baritone; 

Anna Tamm-Relyea, soprano; Deanna 

Relyea, mezzo). (Musicologist Dorothea Link will 

discuss her 1999 discovery of a previously unidentified 

Mozart recitative*) 

13 7:30pm. SAPC. $5-25. Penderecki Quartet 


Virtuosos. Grieg, Paganini, Wieniawski. Daniel 

Milkis, violin; Nina Kogan, piano 

14 2pm. CtH MarketR. $15. Preludes to the Play. 

Soldier’s Tale. Stravinsky: L’Histoire du soldat. Julian 

Milkis, clarinet; Atis Bankas, violin; Nina 

Kogan, piano; Christopher Newton, narrator; 

Robert Benson, Blair Williams, actors. (h 7) 


on Paderewski and Parry. Paderewski: Sonata for 

Violin and Piano, op.13; Krakowiak (Fantasy for 

piano); Parry: String Quartet in G Minor. Tremain 

Trio (Atis Bankas, violin; George Cleland, 

viola; Gordon Cleland, cello); Rie Watanabe, 

violin, viola; Christopher Newton, narrator 

15 7:30pm. GraceUC. $5-25. Bartok. Zvi Zeitlin, violin; 

Alexander Sokol, piano; Marie Fischer, 

soprano 

16 7:30pm. SMAC NiaL. $5-25. Closing of the 2006 

Festival. Mozart: Concerto for two pianos; Harley, 

Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, etc. Julian 

Milkis, clarinet; Zvi Zeitlin, violin; Tremain 

Trio (Atis Bankas, violin; George Cleland, 

viola; Gordon Cleland, cello); Rie Watanabe, 

violin, viola; Vadim Serebryany, Nina Kogan, 

Alexander Sokol, Anya Alexeyev, piano 

NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC 

FESTIVAL 

St.Catharines, Grimsby, from July 5 to July 9 

613-234-3360, 800-267-8516 

www.abc.ca 

Eight choirs from North America. 

JULY 

6 8pm. Mountainview Christian Reformed Church, 

290 Main St. East, Grimsby. $10. Jeunes 

Chanteurs d’Acadie; Harborview Choral 

Ensemble (NB); Lancaster Fairfield Youth 

Choir (OH); Eastern Area Youth Chorale (PA) 

7 8pm. Calvary Church, 89 Scott St., St. Catharines. 

$10. Children's Community Choir (ON); 

Fairfield County Children's Chorus (CT); Iowa 

Youth Chorus; Young People's Chorus Of 

New York City 

8 8pm. Mountainview Christian Reformed Church, 

290 Main St. East. $10. All 8 Choirs 

STRATFORD SUMMER MUSIC 

Stratford, from July 24 to August 13 

519-273-1600, 800-567-1600 

www.stratfordsummermusic.ca 

Stratford Summer Music, now in its sixth season, 

presents an array of concerts, recitals and events 

including a unique celebration of the music and 

life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on the occasion 

of the 250th anniversary of his birth. The festival 

also features indoor and outdoor performances by 

a number of international classical and world 

music artists as well as up-and-coming young 

Canadian performers. 

Barge CTV Music Barge, Avon River 

ChuRes The Church Restaurant, 70 Brunswick St. 

CityH City Hall, 1 Wellington 

KPC-S Knox Presbyterian Church, 142 Ontario St. 

JULY 

24 9:15pm. Avon River Park, near York Street. FA. Happy 

Birthday Amadeus! (opening ceremonies, concert, fireworks) 

26 2pm. KPC-S. FA. Organ Academy Master Class. 

Heribert Metzger, organ. (f 27 28 29 30) 

26 7:30pm. Avon Flats, Lower Queens Park. FA. 

Landwehr Band (Fribourg, Switzerland) 

27 9:30am. KPC-S. $30. Heribert Metzger, organ. (f 

28 29) 

27 11:15am. CityH. $30. Mozart: The Magic Flute (e). 

Marionette Theatre (Schönbrunn Palace, 

Vienna) (f 29) 

27 12:30am. Barge. FA. BargeMusic. Autorickshaw. 

(f 28 29 30) 


Heribert Metzger, organ. (h 26) 

27 11:30pm. ChuRes. $35. After-Theatre Cabaret. 

Barbara Fulton, Kyle Blair (f 2 5/8) 

28 9:30am. KPC-S. $30. Heribert Metzger, organ. (h 

27) 

28 11:15am. CityH. $30. Mozart, Strauss. Marionette 

Theatre (Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna) (f 30) 


(h27) 



28 11:30pm. ChuRes. $35. After-Theatre Cabaret. Three 

Starlets and a Piano. (f 3 9/8) 

29 9:30am. KPC-S. $30. Heribert Metzger, organ. (h 

27) 

29 11:15am. CityH. $30. Mozart: The Magic Flute (e). 

Marionette Theatre (Schönbrunn Palace, 

Vienna) (h 27) 


(h 27) 



29 11:30pm. ChuRes. $35. After-Theatre Cabaret. Sheila 

McCarthy and Friends. Sheila McCarthy, actress 

(f 4 10/8) 

30 11:15am. CityH. $30. Mozart, Strauss. Marionette 

Theatre (Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna) (h 28) 


(h 27) 


Heribert Metzger. (h 26) 

AUGUST 

2 11:15am. CityH. $30. Maureen Forrester Canadian 

Artists Recital. Philip Chiu, piano 

2 12:30am. Barge. FA. BargeMusic. Herencia Latina. 

(f 3 4 5 6) 


Barbara Fulton, Kyle Blair (h 27/7) 

3 11:15am. CityH. $30. Bill Richardson: The Translation 

of Emily. Vancouver Chamber Choir; Lally 

Cadeau, actor 


(h 2) 


Starlets and a Piano. (h 28/7) 

4 11:15am. CityH. $30. Vancouver Chamber Choir. 

(f 5 6) 


(h 2) 


McCarthy and Friends. Sheila McCarthy, actress 

(h29/7) 


(h 4) 


(h 2) 


Barbara Fulton, Kyle Blair (h 27/7) 


(h 4) 


(h 2) 

9 11:15am. CityH. $30. Maureen Forrester Canadian 

Artists Recital. Rocca String Quartet 

9 12:30am. Barge. FA. BargeMusic. Beyond The 

Pale. (f 10 11) 


Starlets and a Piano. (h 28/7) 

10 11:15am. CityH. $30. Mozart’s Greatest Hits. Mozart. 

Lakewinds Octet 


Pale. (h 9) 


McCarthy and Friends. Sheila McCarthy, actress; 

musicians names (h 29/7) 


Avon Mozart Orchestra. (f 13) 


Pale. (h 9) 

11 11:30pm. ChuRes. $35. After-Theatre Cabaret. All 

Stars Finale. (f 12) 

12 11:15am. CityH. $30. Mozart’s Greatest Hits. 

Summer Music String Quartet; Derek 

Conrod, horn; Peter Shackleton, clarinet 

12 12:30am. Barge. FA. BargeMusic. Yiddish 

Swingtet 

12 11:30pm. ChuRes. $35. After-Theatre Cabaret. All 

Stars Finale. (h 11) 


Avon Mozart Orchestra. (h 11) 

13 12:30am. Barge. FA. BargeMusic. Perth County 

Pipe Band 

13 7:30pm. KPC-S. FD. Mozart: Mass in C minor “Great”; 

etc. Orchestre de la Francophonie canadienne; 

Jean-Philippe Tremblay, cond.; 

Kitchener-Waterloo Philharmonic Choir; 

Alexandre Da Costa, violin; Catherine Green, 

Irena Welhasch, sopranos; Joseph Schnur, 

tenor; Theodore Baerg, baritone 

WATERLOO VIOLA CAMP 

Waterloo, from June 30 to July 7 

519-742-2604 

www.viola.ca/violacamp 

Founded in 1994, Viola Camp is a lively party and 

celebration of the viola, open to violists of all levels 

and ages. Directors Margaret Metcalfe, KWS violist, 

and James Legge, Saskatoon Symphony’s principal 

viola, provide individual and group coaching. 

Many prominent violists have given public recitals 

and masterclasses. Classical, klezmer, blues and 

jazz concerts and workshops showcase the eclectic 

viola repertoire, inspiring the students, who also 

perform solo and ensemble material for the public. 

A community play-in attracts many local professional 

and amateur violists. 

FUC Wat First United Church, 16 William St. at King St.: 

Chapel The Chapel 

JUNE 

30 12:15am. FUC Wat Chapel. FD. Milton Barnes: 

Lamentations of Jeremiah; Godfrey Ridout: Ballade 

#1; Messiaen: Louange à l’éternité de Jésus; 

Lutoslawski: Dance Preludes. Douglas Perry, 

viola; Sydney Bulman-Fleming, piano 

JULY 

2 2am. FUC Wat Chapel. FD. Bruch: Romance; Mozart: 

Kegelstadt Trio. James Legge, viola; Julia 

McFarlane, clarinet; Sydney Bulman- 

Fleming, piano 

4 12:15am. FUC Wat Chapel. FD. Kabalevsy, Wranitsky, 

Villa-Lobos, Fauré. Kitchener-Waterloo 

Symphony Viola Section 

7 12:15am. FUC Wat Chapel. FD. Campers 

WESTBEN CONCERTS AT THE 

BARN 

Campbellford, from July 1 to August 6 

705-653-5508, 877-883-5777 

www.westben.on.ca 

Westben Arts Festival Theatre celebrates its seventh 

season combining the best of music and 

nature in Concerts at The Barn. Westben welcomes 

a number of world-class artists this summer 

including pianist André Laplante, tenors Michael 

Burgess and Mark DuBois, the Emperor String 

Quartet, actors Tom McManus and Chick Reid, guitarist 

Robert Michaels, percussionist Anne-Julie 

Caron, the Joe Sealy Quartet, autorickshaw, the 

African Guitar Summit, Westben Festival Chorus 

and Orchestra, Festival founders soprano Donna 

Bennett and pianist Brian Finley, UBC Opera 

Ensemble and many more. 

The Barn The Barn, County Road #30 N. 

(Northumberland County) 

JULY 

1 7pm. The Barn. $30-60. Symphonic Birthday Bash. 

Mozart: The Magic Flute; Cosi Fan Tutte; The 

Marriage of Figaro; Missa solemnis (e). Westben 

Festival Orchestra; Westben Festival Chorus; 

Dwight Bennett, cond.; Brian Finley, piano; 

Nancy Hermiston, Donna Bennett, Virginia 

Hatfield, sopranos; Kim Dafoe, mezzo; Ken 

Tizzard, bass. (f 2) 

2 11am. The Barn. $10-46. Mozart & Muffins. Mozart: 

piano works; stories. Brian Finley, piano 

2 2pm. The Barn. $25-50. Symphonic Birthday Bash. 

Mozart: The Magic Flute; Cosi Fan Tutte; The 

Marriage of Figaro; Missa solemnis (e). Westben 

Festival Orchestra; Westben Festival Chorus; 

Dwight Bennett, cond.; Brian Finley, piano;

Nancy Hermiston, Donna Bennett, Virginia 

Hatfield, sopranos; Kim Dafoe, mezzo; Ken 

Tizzard, bass. (h 1) 

8 2pm. The Barn. $15-30. Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS 

Pinafore. UBC Opera Ensemble. (f 9) 

9 11am. The Barn. $5-40. Pre-concert chat on HMS 

Pinafore. Nancy Hermiston, opera director 

9 2pm. The Barn. $15-30. Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS 

Pinafore. UBC Opera Ensemble. (h 8) 

11 7pm. The Barn. $15-30. Piano of the Night. Mozart: 

Sonata in E flat major, K.282; Schumann: Papillons, 

op.2; Chopin: 3 Mazurkas, op.63. André Laplante, 

piano 

14 7pm. The Barn. $5-10. Masterclass. André 

LaPlante, piano 

15 2pm. The Barn. $15-30. Summer Winds. Beethoven: 

Wind Octets; Mozart: Quintet for piano and winds. 

Sarah Jeffrey, Richard Dorsey, oboe; Colleen 

Cook, Jocelyn Calquhoun, clarinet; Gabe 

Radford, Nina Brickman, horn; Christine 

Sharpe, Julie Shier, bassoon; André 

Laplante, piano. (f 16) 

16 11am. The Barn. $5-40. Pre-concert chat on the wind 

music of Mozart and Beethoven. John Burge 

16 2pm. The Barn. $15-30. Summer Winds. Beethoven: 

Wind Octets; Mozart: Quintet for piano and winds. 

Sarah Jeffrey, Richard Dorsey, oboe; Colleen 

Cook, Jocelyn Calquhoun, clarinet; Gabe 

Radford, Nina Brickman, horn; Christine 

Sharpe, Julie Shier, bassoon; André 

Laplante, piano. (h 15) 

18 7pm. The Barn. $15-30. Musical Letters of the Night. 

Mozart. Donna Bennett, soprano; Brian 

Finley, piano; Chick Reid, Tom McCamus, 

actors. (f 19) 

19 7pm. The Barn. $15-30. Musical Letters of the Night. 

Mozart. Donna Bennett, soprano; Brian 

Finley, piano; Chick Reid, Tom McCamus, 

actors. (h 18) 

21 7pm. The Barn. $5-10. Vocal: Masterclass. Donna 

Bennett, soprano; Brian Finley, piano 

22 2pm. The Barn. $15-30. Mark DuBois, tenor; 

Emperor String Quartet. (f 23) 

23 11am. The Barn. $5-40. Pre-concert chat on Marie 

Antoinette. Jeff ten Kortenaar 

23 2pm. The Barn. $15-30. Mark DuBois, tenor; 

Emperor String Quartet. (h 22) 

25 7pm. The Barn. $15-30. Guitar of the Night. 

Flamenco jazz. Robert Michaels, guitar 

26 27 28 29 30 2pm. The Barn. $15-30. Aspects of 

Andrew Lloyd Webber. Andrew Lloyd Webber: 

Phantom of the Opera; Sunset Boulevard; Cats; etc. 

(e). Donna Bennett, soprano; Gabrielle Prata, 

mezzo; Fred Love, tenor; Robert Longo, baritone; 

Brian Finley, piano. 

AUGUST 

1 7pm. The Barn. $15-30. Marimba of the Night. 

Anne-Julie Caron, percussionist 

5 2pm. The Barn. $15-66. Jazz Out of This World. 

Africville Suite; jazz standards. The Joe Sealy 

Quartet 


Autorickshaw 


African Guitar Summit; Madagascar Slim, 

Alpha ya ya Diallo, guitar 

AGASSIZ CHAMBER MUSIC 

FESTIVAL 

Winnipeg, from June 14 to June 23 

204-475-1779 

www.agassizmusic.ca 

The Agassiz Chamber Music Festival, now in its seventh 

season, presents international artists of the 

highest standards for citizens of Winnipeg. This 

year’s festival celebrates the 250th anniversary of 

Mozart’s birth. Juxtaposed with compositions of this 

genius will be lesser known masterpieces of other 

composers. The highlight of the festival is the opening 

concert with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra 

and Winnipeg’s Camerata Nova in the premiere performance 

of Andrew Balfour’s ‘Voice of the Lake’. 

CLEAR LAKE CHAMBER MUSIC 

FESTIVAL 

Riding Mountain National Park, 

from August 4 to 6 

204-571-6547, 204-727-9631 

www.clearlakechamberfestival.com 

The Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival, founded by 

distinguished pianist and Brandon University 

School of Music professor Alexander Tselyakov, will 

take place August 4-6 at the Conference Hall of the 

Elkhorn Resort in Riding Mountain National Park. 

Tselyakov, artistic director for the Festival, will be 

joined by violinists Philippe Djokic and Marc Djokic, 

cellist Yuri Hooker and violist Daniel Scholz. Dr. T. 

Patrick Carrabré will function as composer-in-residence 

and host for each of the concerts. 

BANFF SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL 

Banff, from May 1 to August 25 

403-762-6301, 800-413-8368 

www.banffcentre.ca 

The Banff Summer Arts Festival is our annual 

showcase of the arts. Join us as we explore the 

height, breadth, and depth of impassioned creativity. 

Experience events of every sort, both intimate 

and spectacular — featuring music, dance, films, 

opera, visual and literary arts, exhibitions, and new 

media events. The Banff Summer Arts Festival runs 

May through August with more than 160 events. 

BanffC The Banff Centre, 107 Tunnel Mountain Drive: 

EHT Eric Harvie Theatre 

JULY 

7 6pm. BanffC Rolston Recital Hall. $8-15. Mozart 

Birthday Party, Part 1. Mozart: Magic Flute (e). (45 

minutes) 

7 8pm. BanffC Rolston Recital Hall. $8-15. Mozart 

Birthday Party, Part 2. Mozart: chamber music. (45 

minutes) 

7 9:30pm. BanffC The Club. $12. Natural Magic. 

Patricia O’Callaghan (f 8 9) 

8 7:30pm. BanffC EHT. $10-20. Brassfire. Jens 

Lindemann, trumpet; 11-piece brass ens. 

8 9:30pm. BanffC The Club. $12. Natural Magic. 

Patricia O’Callaghan (h 7) 

9 2pm. BanffC The Club. $12. Natural Magic. Patricia 

O’Callaghan (h 7) 

28 7:30pm. BanffC EHT. $10-20. Mozart: Concerto for 

Two Pianos and Orchestra; etc. Banff Festival 

Orchestra 

AUGUST 

9 7:30pm. BanffC EHT. $15-25. Mozart: The Magic 

Flute. Banff Festival Orchestra; Jean-Marie 

Zeitouni, cond.; young Canadian opera 

singers (f 11 13) 

11 7:30pm. BanffC EHT. $15-25. Mozart: The Magic 

Flute. (h 9) 

13 2pm. BanffC EHT. $15-25. Mozart: The Magic Flute. 

(h 9) 

ENBRIDGE MOZART EFFECT 

Edmonton, from June 6 to June 9 

800-563-5081 

www.edmontonsymphony.com 

MOUNTAIN VIEW FESTIVAL OF 

SONG AND CHAMBER MUSIC 

Calgary, from August 1 to August 13 

403-240-4174, 403-220-5089 

www.mountainviewfestival.com 

The Mountain View Festival of Song and Chamber 

Music, held in Calgary at the University Theatre, 

features the music of Mozart, Schumann and 

Shostakovich. Highlights include the Opening Gala; 

Mostly Mozart, A Birthday Party for Shostakovich 

and a Schubertiad. Other highlights include films 

and pre-concert talks. Guest artists include some 

of Canada’s finest young musicians, including violinist 

Olivier Thouin, cellist Yegor Dyachkov, flutist 

Christie Reside, as well as soprano Glynis Ratcliffe 

and baritone James Levesque. 

UCalgary University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive 

NW: UnivTh University Theatre 

AUGUST 

1 8pm. UCalgary UnivTh. FA. Movie Night. Impromtu 

(James Lapine, 1991, UK; romanticized biography of 

Chopin and George Sand). Hugh Grant, Judy 

Davis, Emma Thompson 

2 8pm. UCalgary UnivTh. FA. Movie Night. Farinelli 

(Gerard Corbiau, 1995, France; romanticized biography 

of famous 18th century castrato). Stefano 

Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Jeroen Krabbe 

3 8:30pm. UCalgary UnivTh. $15-20. Chopin in Paris. 

Chopin: Rondo, op.1; Heroic Polonaise, op.53; 

Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise, op.22. 

Charles Foreman, piano 

4 8pm. UCalgary UnivTh. $15-20. Mostly Mozart Gala. 

Mozart: Kegelstadt Trio; Flute Quartet in D major, 

K.285; songs; Arvo Pärt: Mozart-Adagio for violin, 

cello and piano. Glynis Ratcliffe, soprano; 

James Levesque, baritone; Olivier Thouin, 

Emily Westell, violin; Liza Scriggins Lowry, 

James Legge, viola; Yegor Dyachkov, Kirill 

Kalmykov, cello; Christie Reside, flute; 

Cédric Blary, clarinet; Roger Feria, Charles 

Foreman, Ariel Gonzalez, Kathleen van 

Mourik, piano 

5 8pm. UCalgary UnivTh. $15-20. Speaking of Beaches: 

Music Inspired by Water. Barber: Dover Beach; Robert 

Evett: Billy in the Darbies; Schubert: Auf dem Strom; 

Trock’ne Blumen Variations for flute and piano. 

Glynis Ratcliffe, soprano; James Levesque, 

baritone; Olivier Thouin, Emily Westell, violin; 

Liza Scriggins Lowry, James Legge, viola; 

VICTORIA MUSIC SCENE 

John F Defayette 

The Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival had quite a few talented 

young musicians at their Spring concerts, which means we will have plenty 

of enjoyable music in the future. This year there are many Summer 

schools with special night recitals. Quite a few are at the Victoria 

Conservatory of Music, including a Faculty concert on June 4. 

On the same day, the 19 th season of Eine Kleine summer music series performs 

and continues every Sunday until June 25. (250-413-3134) 

When you dial 370-SING you will be in contact with the Victoria 

Philharmonic Choir. Simon Capet is the artistic director for the Opera in 

Concert ‘Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice’ on June 22,23. 

Jazz Fest International runs from June 23 to July 2, with some free performances, 

workshops and different venues, including Market Square. 

(250-388-4423) 

The 5 th anniversary of the Summer Vocal Academy under artistic direction 

of Joanne Hounsell, soprano, commences on June 30. There are many 

Master classes open to the public, which are quite interesting (especially 

Stuart Hamilton of CBC’s Opera Quiz). For instance, the Opera Gala night 

features Canadian artists on July 7. This is followed on July 12 with ‘Mozart 

250 years of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik’ and the Grand Finale of Opera Scenes 

on July 15. (250-386-5311) 

It is the 24 th Annual Victoria Piano School at U. Vic with directors Susan de 

Burgh and Arne Sahlen offering many events and concerts July 3-22. 

(250-383-0752) 

This summer the Victoria Children’s Choir will be performing in Powell 

River at the 12 th International Choral Kathaumixw July 4-8 (250-721-0856). 

Our well known Yariv Aloni, conductor, viola is also the artistic director of 

the International Summer Youth Music School in the Comox Valley, featuring 

Jazz, Musical Theatre and Orchestra workshops and concerts July2-30. 

(250-338-7463) 

Locally we have the Summer Jazz Workshop, Gord Clements director, clarinet, 

flute and sax (July 10-22), which includes some famous artists performing 

in Big Band, Vocals and Combo evenings with concerts on July 21/22 

(www.vcm.bc.ca) 

The Summer String Academy is also at VCM, with Albert Markov in recital 

August 4, and Paul Marelyn August 9, concluding August 12 with Malcolm 

Forsyth conducting the Chamber Orchestra. (250-386-5311) 

The Victoria Symphony 

celebrates two anniversaries 

this season, Mozart’s 

250th and Maestra Tania 

Miller’s first as music 

director. The Island 

Hearing 

Victoria 

Symphony Splash will present 

both to full effect. The 

venue is the harbour front, 

the orchestra floating on a 

barge before the illuminated 

dome of the provincial 

legislature. This gala event 

will include a mix of favourite 

pieces. (August 6) 

www.victoriasymphony.ca 

Other outdoor Sunday and Holiday concerts are held at the Cameron 

Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park from June to September (250 361-0351). 

The advance subscription notices promise an exciting season as well this 

fall (250-598-3442) 


Yegor Dyachkov, Kirill Kalmykov, cello; 

Christie Reside, flute; Cédric Blary, clarinet; 

Nadia Côté, french horn; Roger Feria, 

Charles Foreman, Ariel Gonzalez, Kathleen 

van Mourik, piano 

6 8pm. UCalgary UnivTh. $15-20. Robert Schumann, 

Johannes Brahms and Friends. Brahms: Horn Trio, 

op.40; songs; Dvorak: Dumky Trio, op.90; 

Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben. Glynis 

Ratcliffe, soprano; James Levesque, baritone; 

Olivier Thouin, Emily Westell, violin; 







8 8pm. UCalgary UnivTh. FA. Movie Night. Amadeus 

(Peter Schaffer, Milos Forman, 1984, USA; romanticized 

biography of Mozart). Tom Hulce, F. Murray 

Abraham 

9 8:30pm. UCalgary UnivTh. $15-20. Schubertiad. 

Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin. James Levesque, 

baritone; Kathleen van Mourik, piano 

10 8pm. UCalgary UnivTh. FA. Movie Night. Spring 

Symphony (Peter Schamoni, 1986, Germany; 

romanticized biography of composer Robert 

Schumann and pianist Clara Wieck). Nastassja 

Kinski, Herbert Grönemeyer, Rolf Hoppe 

11 8pm. UCalgary UnivTh. $15-20. A Birthday Party for 

Dmitri Shostakovich. Shostakovich: Romanzen Suite; 

Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes; Britten: 

songs. Glynis Ratcliffe, soprano; James 

Levesque, baritone; Olivier Thouin, Emily 

Westell, violin; Liza Scriggins Lowry, James 

Legge, viola; Yegor Dyachkov, Kirill 

Kalmykov, cello; Christie Reside, flute; 

Cédric Blary, clarinet; Nadia Côté, french 

horn; Roger Feria, Charles Foreman, Ariel 

Gonzalez, Kathleen van Mourik, piano 

12 8pm. UCalgary UnivTh. $15-20. By Footpath & Stile: 

Music Inspired by the Outdoors. Finzi: By Footpath 

and Stile; Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen; 

Debussy: Ariettes oubliées. Glynis Ratcliffe, 

soprano; James Levesque, baritone; Olivier 

Thouin, Emily Westell, violin; Liza Scriggins 

Lowry, James Legge, viola; Yegor Dyachkov, 

Kirill Kalmykov, cello; Christie Reside, flute; 

Cédric Blary, clarinet; Nadia Côté, french 

horn; Roger Feria, Charles Foreman, Ariel 

Gonzalez, Kathleen van Mourik, piano 

13 8pm. UCalgary UnivTh. $15-20. Grand Finale; From 

Esterhazy to Bohemia. Michael Haydn: Ave Regina; 

Joseph Haydn: Flute Trio in G major; Weber: Piano 

Trio; Dohnanyi: Piano Quintet in C minor, op.1. 

Glynis Ratcliffe, soprano; James Levesque, 

baritone; Olivier Thouin, Emily Westell, violin; 







FESTIVAL VANCOUVER 

Vancouver, from August 7 to August 19 

604-280-3311, 604-688-1152 

www.festivalvancouver.ca 

Explore Extraordinary Music! Festival Vancouver 

presents internationally acclaimed artists from 

around the globe in 45 concerts and events. Expect 

some of the best music the world has to offer in 

opera, classical, choral, world music, and jazz concerts. 

The 2006 festival will showcase the artists 

and music of Italy and celebrate the 250th 

anniversary of Mozart’s birth. 

CCC Van Christ Church Cathedral, 690 Burrard 

ChanC Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, 6265 

Crescent Rd., UBC Campus 

Orph Orpheum Theatre, 601 Smithe St (between 

Granville & Seymour) 

UBC University of British Columbia, 6361 Memorial: 

FNLH First Nations Longhouse 

UBC-MUS University of British Columbia, School of 

Music, 6361 Memorial Rd 

VanAG Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street 

VECC Vancouver East Cultural Centre, 1895 Venables St 

AUGUST 

7 5pm. CCC Van. $24. Choral Connections Series. 

Rajaton (a cappella sextet, Finland) (f 8) 

8 10:30am. CCC Van. $24. Industrial Alliance Pacific’s 

Mozart and Italy Morning Series. Mozart, Puccini, 

Respighi. Borealis String Quartet 

8 12am. VanAG. FA. BMO Live at the Gallery. Rajaton 

(a cappella sextet, Finland) (h 7) 

8 5pm. CCC Van. $24. Encore Concerts. Rajaton (a 

cappella sextet, Finland) (h 7) 

8 7:30pm. Orph. $19-89. TD Canada Trust Main Stage 

Series. Bellini: I Puritani (concert performance). 

Vancouver Opera Orchestra & Chorus; 

Steven White, cond.; Elizabeth Futral, soprano; 

Eric Cutler, tenor; Jeff Matsey, baritone; 

Randall Jakobsh, bass 

9 10:30am. CCC Van. FA. Inside the Music Educational 

Events. Lecture: Mozart’s Piano Music. Jane Coop, 

pianist 

9 12am. VanAG. FA. BMO Live at the Gallery. Swinging 

gypsy jazz / Italian jazz folk. Van Django / 

Simona Colonna Trio 

9 8pm. CCC Van. $29. The Cathedral Series. 

Schoenberg, Toru Takemitsu. Tokyo Ensemble 

9 8pm. UBC-MUS Recital Hall. $26. Early Music Concert 

Series. Gabrieli, Frescobaldi, Vivaldi, Bach. Ellen 

Hargis, soprano; Marc Destrubé, violin; 

Wilbert Hazelzet, flute; Jaap ter Linden, 

cello; Jacques Ogg, harpsichord 


Mozart and Italy Morning Series. Boccherini, Dan, 

Mozart. Members of the Tokyo Ensemble 

10 12am. VanAG. FA. BMO Live at the Gallery. Festival 

Jazz Orchestra; Celso Machado Trio 


Purcell, Schütz. Oldenburg Chamber Choir 

(Germany) 

10 8pm. ChanC. $39-59. TD Canada Trust Main Stage 

Series. The “Rise” Tour. Anoushka Shankar 

(India-USA) (collab. Caravan World Rhythms) 


Mozart and Italy Morning Series. Mozart. Marc 

Destrubé, violin; Alexander Weimann, 

fortepiano 

11 8pm. CCC Van. $29. The Cathedral Series. Vivaldi: 

cantatas. Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor; 

Ensemble Artaserse (France) (f 12) 

11 8pm. VECC. $29. Jazz at the Cultch Series. Jill 

Townsend Big Band 


Series. Turning Point Ensemble (Canada) 

(Open rehearsal) (f 15) 

12 11am. UBC FNLH. $24. Industrial Alliance Pacific First 

Nations Longhouse Series. Celso Machado Trio 

12 1pm. UBC FNLH. $24. Industrial Alliance Pacific First 

Nations Longhouse Series. Trichy’s Trio (India- 

Canada) 


Nations Longhouse Series. La Bomba de Puerto 

Rico; Sal Ferreras, director 

12 5pm. CCC Van. $29. Encore Concert. Vivaldi: cantatas. 

Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor; 

Ensemble Artaserse (France) (h 11) 


Series. Mozart: Violin Concerto #5; Piano Concerto in E- 

flat. Tokyo Ensemble (Japan); Jane Coop, piano 

13 11am. UBC FNLH. $24. Industrial Alliance Pacific First 

Nations Longhouse Series. Francesca Caccini. 

Suzie LeBlanc, soprano; Alexander 

Weimann, harpsichord 


Nations Longhouse Series. Rossini, Tosti, Verdi, 

Schubert, Ravel. Lambroula Pappas, soprano; 

Tyler Duncan, baritone; Erika Switzer, piano 


Nations Longhouse Series. Simona Colonna Trio 

(Italy) 

13 8pm. Orph. $26-59. TD Canada Trust Main Stage 

Series. Arturo Sandoval, trumpet; Orquesta 

Goma Dura 


Series. John Dowland, Jonson, Bacheler, Rosseter. 

Matthew Wadsworth, lute 


Series. Lecture. Vivaldi. Alessandro De Marchi, 

cond. (Italy) 


Hawley, Palestrina, Part, Tallis, Hannan, Mozart. 

musica intima 


Series. Vivaldi. Academia Montis Regalis (Italy) 

14 8pm. VECC. $29. Jazz at the Cultch Series. Paul 

Ruhland. Composers’ Jazz Orchestra 


Mozart and Italy Morning Series. Mozart, 

Beethoven, Prokoviev, Stravinsky. Yegor 

Dyachkov, cello; Jean Saulnier, piano 

15 8pm. CCC Van. $29. The Cathedral Series. Turning 

Point Ensemble (Canada) (h 12) 


Series. Rosenmueller, Bach. Chloe Meyers, 

Chantal Rémillard, violin; Alexander 

Weimann, harpsichord, organ 


Series. Panel Discussion: Music and Wellness. David 

Lemon (Health Arts Society) Rena Sharon, 

pianist (UBC School of Music) Nancy Cooley 

(Canadian Forum on Arts and Health) 


Després, Palestrina, Victoria, Allegri. Tudor Choir 

(USA) 


Series. Baroque Masterworks. Locatelli, Durante, 

Pergolesi. Academia Montis Regalis (Italy) 


Mozart and Italy Morning Series. Mozart, Pugnani, 

Giardini, Haydn. Members of Academia Montis 

Regalis (Italy) 

17 8pm. CCC Van. $29. The Cathedral Series. Palimpsest. 

Bach, Webern, Monteverdi, Bradshaw Pack, John 

Cage. Standing Wave Ensemble; Bradshaw 

Pack, cond.; Phoebe MacRae, soprano; 

Viviane Houle, mezzo; David Brown, bass; 

Ray Nurse, chitarone; Cameron Wilson, violin; 

David Harding, viola 


Series. Italian Pictures. Morricone, Respighi, 

Stravinsky, Puccini, Rota. CBC Radio Orchestra; 

Mario Bernardi, cond.; Saskia Giorgini, piano 

18 8pm. VECC. $29. Jazz at the Cultch Series. A Tribute 

to Dave Robbins. Festival Jazz Orchestra 

19 8pm. ChanC. $29-49. Paradiso ed Inferno. 

Monteverdi, Mozart. Alexander Weimann, 

director; Michael Maniaci, Suzie LeBlanc, 

sopranos; Tyler Duncan, baritone 

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER YOUTH 

MUSIC SCHOOL AND FESTIVAL 

Courtenay, from July 16 to July 23 

250-338-7463 

www.cymc.ca/2006dates.htm 

ISLAND HEARING VICTORIA 

SYMPHONY SPLASH 

Victoria, from August 6 to August 6 

250-385-9771, 250-385-6515 


Island Hearing Victoria Symphony Splash is the 

largest annual symphony event in North America, 

attracting up to 40,000 Victoria residents and visitors. 

The unique setting for the performance is a 

barge moored in Victoria’s Inner Harbour, in front 

of the picturesque Provincial Legislature. The 

Naden Band of Maritime Forces Pacific will be one 

of the guests at this year’s event; look for our full 

programme coming soon to our website. 

OKANAGAN VOCAL ARTS 

FESTIVAL 

Vernon, from June 3 to June 22 

866-311-1011 

www.ovaf.ca 

PENDER HARBOUR CHAMBER 


Madeira Park, from August 18 to August 20 

604-883-2130 

www.penderharbourmusic.ca 

Audiences will be treated to a weekend of chamber 

music by some of Canada’s finest musicians - 

Andrew Dawes, Guylaine Lemaire, Julian Armour, 

the Penderecki String Quartet, and Alexander 

Tselyakov - in an idyllic setting, a coastal fishing village 

on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast. Surrounded by flowers 

and tall firs, the Performance Centre in Madeira 

Park is blessed with good acoustics and overlooks 

a pretty harbour. Expect to be enchanted! 

PerfC-MP The Performance Centre, 

AUGUST 

18 7:30pm. PerfC-MP. $25. Mozart: String Quartet in B- 

flat major, K.589; Schubert: Rondo in A major, D.438; 

Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, op.57; Piazzolla: 

Primavera Pornena (tango, arr. Jose Bragato). 

Penderecki String Quartet; Andrew Dawes, 

violin; Julian Armour, cello; Alexander 

Tselyakov, piano 

19 11am. PerfC-MP. FA. Chamber Music Does Not Bite. 

Penderecki String Quartet; Andrew Dawes, 

violin; Guylaine Lemaire, viola; Julian 

Armour, cello; Alexander Tselyakov, piano 

19 2pm. PerfC-MP. $25. Ravel: Duo Sonata for violin 

and cello; Debussy: String Quartet; Fauré: Piano 

Quartet #1 in C minor, op.15. Penderecki String 

Quartet; Andrew Dawes, violin; Guylaine 

Lemaire, viola; Julian Armour, cello; 

Alexander Tselyakov, piano 

19 7:30pm. PerfC-MP. $25. Glinka: Piano Trio 

“Pathétique” in D minor; Borodin: String Quartet #2; 

Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor. Penderecki 

String Quartet; Andrew Dawes, violin; Julian 

Armour, cello; Alexander Tselyakov, piano 

20 2pm. PerfC-MP. $25. Jocelyn Morlock: Dervish (for 

piano and violin); Steven Chatman: In memoriam 

Harry Adaskin (for piano and violin); Patrick 

Carrabré: Black Echoes (for solo piano); Beethoven: 

String Trio in D major, op.9 #2; Schumann: Piano 

Quintet in E-flat major, op.44. Penderecki String 

Quartet; Andrew Dawes, violin; Guylaine 

Lemaire, viola; Julian Armour, cello; 

Alexander Tselyakov, piano 

SUMMER COMBUSTION 2006 

Vancouver, from July 18 to July 29 

604-602-0363, www.vanrecital.com 

CHS Crofton House School, 3200 West 41st Ave (at 

Blenheim): AddAud Addison Auditorium 

JULY 

18 8pm. Simon Fraser University, The Lawn at the 

Reflecting Pond. FA. Sunset Concert. Rossini: Sonata 

#6 in D major; Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, 

K.525. Jupiter String Quartet; Christina 

Castelli, Kerry DuWors, violin; Denise Djokic, 

cello; Zhang, double bass 

19 6:15pm. CHS AddAud. Music Matters (informal chat 

about the music and musicians). Robert Harris, CBC 

Radio host and commentator. (bring a picnic) 

19 7:15pm. CHS AddAud. Prelude Concerts. Massenet, 

Saint-Saëns, Bottesini; Chinese songs. Zhang, 

double bass; Inon Barnatan, piano 

19 8:15pm. CHS AddAud. Main Concerts. Mozart: Ch’io 

mi scordi di te, K.505; Concerto #12 in A major, 

K.414; Quintet in A major, K.581. Julie Nesrallah, 

mezzo; Martin Fröst, clarinet; Christina 

Castelli, Kerry DuWors, violin; Maria 

Lambros Kannen, viola; Denise Djokic, cello; 

Zhang, double bass; Jupiter String Quartet; 

Choi, Cheng, piano 

20 11am. CHS AddAud. Early Combustion. Mozart Trio 

in E-flat major “Kegelstatt”, K.498. Martin Fröst, 

clarinet; Maria Lambros Kannen, viola; Inon 

Barnatan, piano 


about the music and musicians). Robert Harris, 

CBC Radio host and commentator. (picnic) 

21 7:15pm. CHS AddAud. Prelude Concerts. Toru 

Takemitsu. Nadia Kyne, flute; Daniel Bolshoy, 

guitar 

21 8:15pm. CHS AddAud. Main Concerts. Hillborg: 

Peacock Tales; Hogberg: Invisible Duet; Schumann: 

Quartet in E-flat major, op.47; Britten: Quartet #2 in 

C major, op.36. Martin Fröst, clarinet; Jupiter 

String Quartet; Christina Castelli, violin; 

Maria Lambros Kannen, viola; Denise Djokic, 

cello; Inon Barnatan, piano 




22 7:15pm. CHS AddAud. Prelude Concerts. Hummel: 

Sonata in E-flat major, op.5 #3. Maria Lambros 

Kannen, viola; Choi, piano 

22 8:15pm. CHS AddAud. Main Concerts. Mozart: 

Quartet in C major, K.285b; Quintet in G minor, 

K.516; Quintet in E-flat major, K.452. Jupiter String 

Quartet; Nadia Kyne, flute; Orson, oboe; 

Martin Fröst, clarinet; Dansereau, bassoon; 

Louis-Philippe Marsolais, horn; Kerry 

DuWors, Christina Castelli, violin; Maria 

Lambros Kannen, viola; Denise Djokic, cello; 

Cheng, piano 




25 7:15pm. CHS AddAud. Prelude Concerts. Mozart: 

Piano Concerto #20 in D minor, K.466 (arr. Hummel). 

Nadia Kyne, flute; Kerry DuWors, violin; 

Denise Djokic, cello; Choi, piano 

25 8:15pm. CHS AddAud. Main Concerts. Beethoven: 

Sonata in F major for horn and piano, op.17; 

Rossini: Sonata #6 in D major; Weber: Quintet in B- 

flat major, op.182. Martin Fröst, clarinet; Louis- 

Philippe Marsolais, horn; Christina Castelli, 

Kerry DuWors, violin; Quiring, viola; Denise 

Djokic, cello; Zhang, double bass; Inon 

Barnatan, piano 

26 11am. CHS AddAud. Early Combustion. Mozart: 

Quartet in E-flat major, K.493. Kerry DuWors, 

Christina Castelli, violin; Denise Djokic, cello; 

Cheng, piano 




27 7:15pm. CHS AddAud. Prelude Concerts. Schubert: 

Impromptus, D.935 #1 and #3; Bartók: Romanian 

Dances, Sz.56. Inon Barnatan, piano 

27 8:15pm. CHS AddAud. Main Concerts. Boccherini: 

Quintet #4 in D major “Fandango”, G.448; 

MacDonald: Sonata #2 “Phoenix”, op.43; Brahms: 

Trio in E-flat major, op.40. Jupiter String Quartet; 

Louis-Philippe Marsolais, horn; Daniel 

Bolshoy, guitar; Kerry DuWors, Christina 

Castelli, violin; Choi, Inon Barnatan, piano 

28 10:30am. CHS AddAud. FA. Musical Instrument 

Petting Zoo. 

28 11:30am. CHS AddAud. FA. Family Concert. Julie 

Nesrallah, mezzo; Daniel Daniel Bolshoy, 

guitar. (Limited seating; adults must be accompanied 

by children) 




29 7:15pm. CHS AddAud. Prelude Concerts. Mozart: 

Quartet in B-flat major, K.589. Jupiter String 

Quartet 

29 8:15pm. CHS AddAud. Main Concerts. Mozart: Don 

Giovanni, 3 arias (arr. Fernando Sor for mezzo and 

guitar); Paganini: Sonata Concertata; Gnattali: 

Sonata for cello and guitar; Schubert: Quintet in A 

major “Trout”, D.667. Julie Nesrallah, mezzo; 

Daniel Bolshoy, guitar; Christina Castelli, 

Kerry DuWors violin; Denise Djokic, cello; 

Zhang, double bass; Cheng, piano 

SYMPHONY IN THE HARBOUR 

Nanaimo, August 5 

250-287-7465 

www.viso.bc.ca/events.html 

VANCOUVER EARLY MUSIC 

FESTIVAL 

Vancouver, from July 30 to August 19 

604-732-1610 

www.earlymusic.bc.ca 

The Vancouver Early Music Festival is one of 

Canada’s leading early music concert series, featuring 

a host of internationally-renowned musicians 

in seven concerts presented at the UBC 

Recital Hall and the Chan Centre for the Performing 

Arts at UBC. Call to request our brochure with complete 

details. For each concert: $10 rush seats for 

students with valid ID, at the door only, from 7pm; 

and pre-concert introduction* at 7:15pm, free for 

concert ticket holders. (*No intro for last concert.) 

ChanC Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, 6265 


Crescent Rd., UBC Campus 

UBC-MUS University of British Columbia, School of 

Music, 6361 Memorial Rd: RH Recital Hall 

JULY 

30 8pm. UBC-MUS RH. $20-26. Eccos fideles, flute 

sonatas from the late French baroque. Hotteterre, 

Couperin, Blavet, Marais, Leclair, Philidor. Wilbert 

Hazelzet, flute; Jacques Ogg, harpsichord 

AUGUST 

4 8pm. UBC-MUS RH. $20-26. Bach: Suites for unaccompanied 

cello. Jaap ter Linden, cello 

6 8pm. UBC-MUS RH. $20-26. Music of devotion and 

death in 17th century Germany. Schütz, Buxtehude, 

Tunder, Rosenmüller, Weckmann, etc. La Cetra; 

Ray Nurse, director; Ellen Hargis, soprano 

9 8pm. UBC-MUS RH. $20-26. Bach’s Italian Influences. 

Gabrieli, Frescobaldi, Vivaldi, Bach. Marc Destrubé, 

violin; Wilbert Hazelzet, flute; Jaap ter 

Linden, cello; Jacques Ogg, harpsichord; 

Ellen Hargis, soprano 

13 8pm. UBC-MUS RH. $20-26. The Lute Masters. 

Dowland, Bacheler and contemporaries. Matthew 

Wadsworth, lute 

15 8pm. UBC-MUS RH. $20-26. Bach’s German 

Influences. Bach, Becker, Erlebach, Kerll, Finger, 

Rosenmüller. Chloe Meyers, Chantal 

Rémillard, violins; Alexander Weimann, 

harpsichord, organ 

19 8pm. ChanC Chan Shun Concert Hall. $26-49. 

Paradiso e Inferno: Virtuoso Music for High and Low 

Voices. Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, etc. An ensemble 

of instrumentalists from Montréal and 

Vancouver; Alexander Weimann, director; 

Suzie LeBlanc, soprano; Michael Maniaci, 

sopranist; Tyler Duncan, baritone 

VICTORIA CONSERVATORY OF 

MUSIC SUMMER STRING 

ACADEMY 

Victoria, from August 4 to August 12 

250-386-5311, 866-386-5311 

www.vcm.bc.ca/summerstringacademy- 

06.htm 

The Victoria Conservatory of Music presents 

Summer String Academy, Jul 30 – Aug 12. The VCM 

is proud to host renowned guest faculty to lead 

advanced students in master classes and performance. 

Albert Markov, one of the greats in the pantheon 

of Russian super-violins. “ “A complete wizard”. 

NYTimes. Paul Marleyn, one of the most 

elegant and lyrical wielders of the bow on cello. 

Malcolm Forsyth, Canada’s premier composer and 

recipient of the order of Canada. Forsyth conducts 

the Academy Chamber Orchestra in a Gala Concert 

Finale. All public performances will be held in the 

acoustically exceptional Alix Goolden Hall. 

VCM Victoria Conservatory of Music, 907 Pandora Ave 

(at Quadra) 

AUGUST 

4 8pm. VCM Alix Goolden Performance Hall. $12-15. 

Corelli/Kreisler: La Folia; Franck: Sonata; Markov: 

Sonata for violin solo; Gershwin/Markov: “Porgy” 

Rhapsody. Albert Markov, violin; Robert 

Holliston, piano 


Marcello: Adagio (arr. Marleyn); Chan Ka Nin: 

Soulmate for solo cello; Respighi: Adagio con 

Variazione; Schumann: Adagio and Allegro; 

Shostakovitch: Sonata; Tchaikovsky: Andante 

Cantabile (arr. Marleyn); Shchedrin: In the Style of 

Albeniz. Paul Marleyn, cello; Cary Chow, piano 

10 7:30pm. VCM Robin and Winifred Wood Recital Hall. 

$5-10. Chamber Music Competition Concert. 

Chamber ensembles of Academy students 


Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra; Locatelli: 

Concerto grosso; Haydn: Symphony #29; Malcolm 

Forsyth: Natal Sketches. Academy students 

chamber orchestra; Malcolm Forsyth, cond. 

BOSTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Boston, from June 11 to June 17, 2007 

617-661-1812 

www.bemf.org 

The 2007 Boston Early Music Festival will feature the 

North American premiere of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s 

most extravagant opera, “Psyché.” The international 

cast features Carolyn Sampson as Psyché as well as 

Canadian singers Karina Gauvin as Venus, Olivier 

Laquerre as Mars, and Mireille Lebel. The Grammynominated 

BEMF Orchestra and Chorus is led by 

music directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs 

with stage director Gilbert Blin. Concert performances, 

public symposia, performance masterclasses, 

dance workshops, fringe concerts, and the worldfamous 

Exhibition round out the week’s events. 

ROCKY RIDGE MUSIC CENTER 

Estes Park, from June 11 to August 20 

970-586-4031 

www.rockyridge.org 

Nestled high in the heart of the Colorado Rockies, 

Rocky Ridge Music Center has offered students of 

all ages an unforgettable music experience in 

music-making and mountain living for sixty-four 

years. The center provides an exhilarating summer 

music opportunity for campers, ages 10 to adult. 

With a gifted and caring faculty, Rocky Ridge offers 

private lessons, chamber music, choir, orchestra, 

music theory, and much more. Sunday afternoon 

Music in the Mountains recitals feature the camp 

faculty. The public is always welcome! 

TANGLEWOOD 

Boston, from June 29 to September 3 

888-266-1200 

www.bso.org 

Join the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the 

Tanglewood Music Center at their summer home 

in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts. 

Enjoy classical, popular, and jazz performances 

throughout the season. Tickets on sale now: $15 - 

$92 (617) 266-1200 www.bso.org 

VERMONT INTERNATIONAL 

OPERA FESTIVAL 

warren, from July 8 to July 16 

613-233-8222, 613-946-0707 

homestead.com/vermontoperafestival 

Sixth edition of the Vermont International Opera 

Festival, offering Opera Galas, a full production of 

Faust by Gounod and Public Masterclasses in different 

theaters and open venues with breathtaking 

scenery in the heart of Vermont’s Mad River 

Valley. Featuring legendary Canadian bass Joseph 

Rouleau in the role of Mephistopheles and a full 

international cast including Gianna Corbisiero, 

Marc Hervieux, Chantal Dionne, Eduardo del 

Campo, Julie Boulianne Luciano Mastro, all directed 

by the newly appointed stage director in The 

Silesian and Moravian National Theatre, Czech 

Republic, Carmen Or. 

summer 2006 

Tanglewood 

June 29 through September 3 

Highlights of the Season 

• Opening Weekend featuring 

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, July 7 

Emanuel Ax, July 8 

Joshua Bell, July 9 

• All-Mozart Weekend, July 21 – 23 

• LeAnn Rimes, July 4 

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• Beethoven Tribute throughout the season 

• Film Night at Tanglewood, August 12 

• Tanglewood Jazz Festival Weekend, 

September 1 – 3 

• The Fourth Annual Tanglewood 

Wine and Food Classic, August 3 – 5 

Tickets on sale now! 

(888) 266-1200 

www.tanglewood.org 

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CALGARY FOLK 


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Festivals2006 

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NEWFOUNDLAND 

BRIMSTONE HEAD FOLK 

FESTIVAL 

Fogo Island, from August 9 to August 11 

709-266-2237 

www.cdli.ca/~gwinsor/brimstonehead 

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR 

FOLK FESTIVAL 

St. John’s, from July 30 to August 6 

866-576-8508 

www.sjfac.nf.net 

SHAMROCK FESTIVAL 

Ferryland, from July 22 to July 23 

888-332-2052 

www.ssfac.com/shamrock.html 

NOVA SCOTIA 

CELTIC COLOURS 

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 

Sydney, from October 6 to October 14 

877-285-2321 

www.celtic-colours.com 

LUNENBURG FOLK HARBOUR 

FESTIVAL 

Lunenburg, from August 10 to August 13 

902-634-3180 

www.folkharbour.com 

A wonderful weekend of music by the water! With 4 

different venues sounding out with lively traditional, 

folk, blues and bluegrass music. There are 16 

concerts during the weekend, each boasting a mix 

of Maritime, Canadian and the world’s best performers. 

Alongside our shows are workshops to 

polish your singing, playing and dancing skills. 

These instructional workshops are always fun for 

the whole family! 

STAN ROGERS FOLK FESTIVAL 

Canso, from June 30 to July 2 

888-554-7826 

www.stanfest.com 

NEW BRUNSWICK 

MIRAMICHI FOLKSONG FESTIVAL 

Miramichi, from August 7 to August 11 

506-622-1780 

www.miramichifolksongfestival.com 


CHARLOTTETOWN FESTIVAL 

Charlottetown, from June 19 to October 7 

800-565-0278, 902-566-1267 

confederationcentre.com 

The Confederation Centre’s 2006 Charlottetown 


Festival features Canada’s most famous musical, 

Anne of Green Gables: The Musical (June 19-Sept. 

18, $30-42), and last year’s smash hit, Canada Rocks! 

The Hits Musical Revue (June 20-Sept. 29, $30-42), 

both directed by Anne Allan, in the Mainstage 

Theatre. Playing at the MacKenzie Theatre is the 

hilarious whodunit Shear Madness, and at the Studio 

Theatre is Celtic Blaze, showcasing high-energy 

Celtic music and dance (Sept. 11-Oct. 7, $24). You 

won’t want to miss the Confederation Bridge Concert 

Series, the Confederation Centre Young Company, 

great bilingual shows and much more. Les Acadiens 

de l’Île, July 18-Aug. 24, $20. Les Feux Follets, July 1- 

Aug. 19, FA; Confederation Brass Quintet, June 26- 

Aug. 11, FA. 

PEI BLUEGRASS & OLD TIME 


Souris, from July 7 to July 9 

902-569 4501 

www.bluegrasspei.com/rollobay.htm 

WEST PRINCE RED CLAY 

BLUEGRASS & OLD-TIME MUSIC 

FESTIVAL 

Charlottetown, from August 18 to August 20. 902-882- 

3461. 

MONTRÉAL ET ENVIRONS 

FESTIVAL ACCÈS ASIE 

Montréal, from July 14 to July 21 

514-523-1047 

www.accesasie.com 

In collaboration with the Chinese Garden of the 

Montreal Botanical Garden, this annual event is a 

eight-day celebration with two thirty minute sets 

per day with two groups. With traditionally based 

dance and music performances, over seventeen 

local and national artists and community groups 

attract a public of 5,000 in an outdoor idyllic environment. 

Performances will be held at 1 p.m and 

2:30 p.m. Enjoy! 

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL NUITS 

D’AFRIQUE DE MONTRÉAL 

Montréal, from July 11 to July 23 

514-499-3462, 514-499-9239 

www.festivalnuitsdafrique.com 

Manifestation unique en Amérique du Nord, il est le 

seul à proposer, au sein d’un même événement, 

toutes les musiques du monde d’ascendance 

africaine, celles d’Afrique, des Antilles et 

d’Amérique Latine, francophones, anglophones ou 

allophones, permettant ainsi aux nombreux festivaliers 

qui le côtoient de s’ouvrir sur le monde. 

Douze jours de spectacles et activités en salle et sur 

le site extérieur avec plus de 200 artistes des 

musiques du monde. 

FESTIVAL MÉMOIRE ET RACINES 

Saint-Charles-Borromée (Joliette), 

from July 26 to 30 

450-752-6798, 888-810-6798 

memoireracines.qc.ca 

Le Festival Mémoire et Racines propose cinq jours de 

musique, danse, chansons et contes à volonté avec 

plus de cent artistes d’ici et d’ailleurs du 26 au 30 

juillet 2006. Cette année le violon est à l’honneur 

> WORLD MUSIC, FOLK AND OTHERS 

avec des artistes d’Irlande, du Danemark, des États- 

Unis, de la Nouvelle-Écosse et du Québec. En plus d’y 

célébrer les arts traditionnels, on peut y déguster de 

bons petits plats, s’y procurer des produits des 

meilleurs artisans de la région ou tout simplement 

profiter d’un site enchanteur entre amis. Pour vivre 

une expérience inoubliable…le FMR. 

INTERNATIONAL CELTIC- 

ACADIAN-LOUISIANA FESTIVAL 

Vaudreuil-Dorion, from June 16 to June 18 

866-908-9090 

www.acadieenfete.ca 

LES FRANCOFOLIES DE 

MONTRÉAL 


514-876-8989, 888-444-9114 

www.francofolies.com 

Événement d’envergure internationale dédié à la 

chanson francophone et aux musiques du monde, 

Les FrancoFolies de Montréal constituent une zone 

de convergence et d’ouverture des cultures et des 

styles. L’événement réunit plus de 1000 artistes sur 

scène (50 spectacles en salle et 150 en plein air gratuits) 

tout en visant de nouveaux horizons : acoustique, 

pop, raï, hip-hop, techno, rap, funk, latin, cajun 

et world. Cette année, exceptionnellement du 8 au 

18 juin, les Francos fêtent leurs 18 ans! 

ORMSTOWN BRANCHES & ROOTS 


Ormstown, from July 28 to July 30 

450-264-6530, 450-829-2776 

www.ormstownfair.com 

The 4th annual Ormstown Branches & Roots Music 

Festival, at the Ormstown Fairgrounds, features an 

eclectic mix of folk, bluegrass, Celtic & blues music, 

and this year, a jazz band. Friday night kicks off with 

an open mic/jam session. Saturday’s performers, 

on two simultaneous stages, are Bill Garrett & Sue 

Lothrop, The Echo Hunters, The Fat Tuesday Brass 

Band, Terry Joe Banjo/Joe Grass, Yonder Hill, Mike 

O’Brien, Fran Aiken, Hughie McDonell, Swift Years, 

Dave Nichols & Spare Change, Osmosaïc, The Back 

Porch Band and The Boll Weevil Acoustic Band. 

Sunday afternoon features a gospel session. 


FESTIVAL GIGUE EN FÊTE 

Sainte-Marie de Beauce, 

from June 29 to July 2 

866-389-3233 

www.gigueenfete.com 

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DES 

RYTHMES DU MONDE 

Chicoutimi, from August 2 to August 6 

418-545-1115 

www.rythmesdumonde.com 

LES RYTHMES TREMBLANT 

Mont-Tremblant, from July 24 to August 27 

888-736-2526 

www.tremblant.ca 

MONDIAL DES CULTURES DE 

DRUMMONDVILLE 

Drummondville, from July 6 to July 16 

800-265-5412 

www.mondialdescultures.com 

Internationalité, ambiance et exotisme. Ces mots 

représentent parfaitement les couleurs du Mondial 

des Cultures, l’un des cinq plus grands festivals 

folkloriques au monde. Mille artistes représentent 

45 pays en danse, musique, chant et arts traditionnels. 

Des artistes renommés y tissent une 

mosaïque des plus belles traditions culturelles. 

Cette fête internationale mise sur des spectacles et 

sur une interaction constante avec les artistes. Le 

voyage inoubliable proposé par ces ambassadeurs 

artistiques constitue un secret bien gardé parmi les 

événements du Québec. 

CC Dru Centre culturel, 175 Ringuet 

JULY 

2 19h30. Église St-Frédéric, 219 rue Brock. 15-25$. 

Répertoire du film Les Choristes, chants grégoriens. 

Petits Chanteurs de St-Marc (France) 

6 20h30. Parc Woodyatt, coin des rues Dupont et 

Heriot. EL. O.S. de Montréal; Jean-François 

Rivest, chef 

9 20h. CC Dru. 25$. Orchestres internationaux 

9 21h. Parc Woodyatt, coin des rues Dupont et Heriot. 

LP. O.S. de Drummondville; Marc Bélanger, 

chef 

12 19h30. CC Dru. 10-15$. Gospel. Watoto Children’s 

Choir (Ouganda) 


OTTAWA FOLK FESTIVAL 

Ottawa, from August 17 to August 20 

613-230-8234 

www.ottawafolk.org 

The Ottawa Folk Festival features Canadian and 

international performers in the folk and roots tradition. 

The 13th Annual Ottawa Folk Festival starts 

Thursday with concerts at two downtown venues. 

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the music moves to 

the Festival site in Britannia Park. Each evening, 

there are outdoor mainstage concerts from 6 to 11 

pm, plus alternative concerts indoors. Saturday and 

Sunday, 7 daytime stages feature interactive and 

intimate performances from 11 am to 5 pm. 

OTTAWA’S INTERNATIONAL 

FOLKLORIC FESTIVAL 2006 

Ottawa, from June 16 to June 18 

613-742-6952 

www.carnivalofcultures.ca 


ASHKENAZ, A FESTIVAL OF NEW 

YIDDISH CULTURE 

Toronto, from August 28 to September 4 

416-979-9901 

www.ashkenazfestival.com 

Ashkenaz finds its home and cultural roots in the 

continuity of Jewish art in Canada and around the 

world. Combining the traditional with the contemporary, 

the religious with the secular, the finest of 

art and crafts, Ashkenaz builds and unites the 

diverse and dynamic community from across 

Canada and North America. Through celebrations,

theatrical Pageants and dramatic Havdallah rituals 

it embraces life, while always glancing at the past. 

Ashkenaz brings people together to enjoy the fruits 

of a great and enduring culture. 

BRAMPTON FOLK FESTIVAL 

Brampton, from June 15 to June 17 

647-233-3655 

www3.sympatico.ca/bramptonfolk 

GLOBAL CAFÉ CONCERTS 


416-260-6655 

www.globalcafe.ca 

PIRATE FESTIVAL 

Toronto, from August 19 to September 4 

416-840-6504 

www.thepiratefestival.com 

Arrr! The First Annual Pirate Festival is being held at 

the Historic Fort York, where the merry band of playful 

scallywags and sea-farin’ scoundrels will take 

over the Fort for seven days of merriment and hilarity 

for the whole family, the likes of which have never 

been seen! There’ll be music and comedy and entertainment 

galore, scrumptious food and drink to 

slake yer cravings, and plenty o’ fun stuff for pirates 

and lubbers of all ages to see, buy, learn and do! 

Come share all of the romance and excitement of a 

high-seas adventure right in the heart of the city! 

TORONTO BUSKERFEST 

Toronto, from August 24 to August 27 

416-964-2492 

www.torontobuskerfest.com 

The 7th annual Toronto Buskerfest is a four-day festival 

in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood. It will 

entertain and amaze the entire family, featuring 

award-winning troubadours from around the world. 

It brings the theatre to the streets where spectators 

are so close to the action that in the past, 

many have been known to join in on the strange 

and spectacular acts. The historic St. Lawrence 

Market neighbourhood has welcomed the buskers 

back and they are bringing their thrilling and chilling 

acrobatic feats with them. 

TORONTO CITY ROOTS FESTIVAL 

Toronto, from June 23 to June 25 

www.torontocityroots.com 


CANTERBURY FOLK FESTIVAL 

Ingersoll, from July 7 to July 9 

519-485-5763 

www.canterburyfolkfestival.on.ca 

COLLINGWOOD MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Collingwood, from July 8 to August 4 

888-283-1712 

www.collingwoodmusicfestival.com 

FERGUS SCOTTISH FESTIVAL AND 

HIGHLAND GAMES 

Fergus, from August 11 to August 13 

519-787-0099 

www.fergusscottishfestival.com 

GODERICH CELTIC ROOTS 

FESTIVAL 

Goderich, from August 11 to August 13 

519-524-8221 

www.celticfestival.ca 

HOME COUNTY FOLK FESTIVAL 

London, from July 21 to July 23 

519-432-4310 

www.homecounty.ca 

LIVE FROM THE ROCK FOLK 

FESTIVAL 

Red Rock, from August 11 to August 13 

807-886-1091 

www.livefromtherock.com 

LOSE YER SHOES FESTIVAL 

Kearney, from August 11 to August 13 

905-775-8875 

www.geocities.com/folkinblues/lys06.html 

MARIPOSA FOLK FESTIVAL 

Orillia, from July 7 to July 9 

705-329-2333 

www.mariposafolk.com 

MILLRACE FESTIVAL OF 

TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC 

Cambridge, from August 4 to August 6 

800-749-7560 

www.millracefolksociety.com/festival.htm 

MUSKOKA MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Port Carling, from July 10 to August 10 

888-311-2787 

www.artsinmuskoka.com 

NORTHERN LIGHTS FESTIVAL 

BORÉAL 

Sudbury, from July 7 to July 9 

800 465 6655 

www.nlfbsudbury.ca 

PETERBOROUGH FOLK FESTIVAL 

Peterborough, from August 25 to August 27 

705-749-1130 

www.peterboroughfolkfestival.org 

SHAW FESTIVAL 

Niagara-on-the-Lake, from March 30 to 

November 19 

800-511-7429 

www.shawfest.com 

Located in the historic village of Niagara-on-the- 

Lake, the Shaw Festival is one of the world’s finest 

repertory theatre companies in North America. In 

2006, the Shaw Festival presents 10 theatre productions 

in its three theatres until Nov. 19, including: 

Arms and The Man, a Bernard Shaw classic; The 

Crucible, an allegorical tale by American playwright 

Arthur Miller; the world-premiere of The Invisible 

Man by Michael O’Brien, adapted from one of the 

most compelling science-fiction tales ever written 

by H.G. Wells; and one musical, listed below. Call for 

a free copy of our season brochure. 

SHELTER VALLEY FOLK FESTIVAL 

Grafton, from September 1 to September 3 

905-377-9556 

www.sheltervalley.com 

STEWART PARK FESTIVAL 

Perth, from July 21 to July 23. 613-264-1190. 

SUMMERFOLK 

Owen Sound, from August 18 to August 20 

866-528-8225 

www.summerfolk.org 

SUNFEST 

London, from July 6 to July 9. 519-672-1522. 

TOTTENHAM BLUEGRASS 

FESTIVAL 

Tottenham, from June 23 to June 25 

888-258-4727 

www.tottenhambluegrass.ca 

TROUT FOREST MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Ear Falls, from August 11 to August 13 

807-222-2404, 866-876-8833 

www.troutfest.com 

Celebrating its 11th anniversary in 2006, the festival 

is located at the Ear Falls Waterfront Park; just 

one hour north of Vermillion Bay on Highway 105. 

Camping on the shores of the English River, late 

night jams around the bonfire underneath the 

beautiful northern lights. Workshops, swimming, 

great food, artisans, friends and family - all joined 

together for a memorable experience among the 

beautiful backdrop of the Trout Lake Forest. Catch 

the Trout, It’s Music in the Woods! 

UPTOWN COUNTRY FESTIVAL 

Waterloo, from June 17 to June 17 

519-885-1921 

www.uptowncountrywaterloo.com 

MANITOBA 

PRAIRIE’S EDGE BLUEGRASS 

FESTIVAL 

Great Woods Park, from June 15 to June 18 

204-268-2814 

www.greatwoodspark.com/Festival-bluegrass/index.htm 

WINNIPEG FOLK FESTIVAL 

Winnipeg, from July 6 to July 9 

204-231-0096 

www.winnipegfolkfestival.ca 

SASKATCHEWAN 

JOHN ARCAND FIDDLE FESTIVAL 

Saskatoon, from August 10 to August 13 

306-382-0111 

www.johnarcandfiddlefest.com 

REGINA FOLK FESTIVAL 

Regina, from August 11 to August 13 

306-757-7684 

www.reginafolkfestival.com 

ALBERTA 

AFRIKADEY! FESTIVAL 

Calgary, from August 6 to August 13 

403-234-9110 

www.afrikadey.com 

BLUEBERRY BLUEGRASS & 

COUNTRY MUSIC SOCIETY 

FESTIVAL 

Stoney Plain, from August 4 to August 6 

888-jamming, 800-526-6464 

www.blueberrybluegrass.com 

CALGARY FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Calgary, from July 27 to July 30 

403-233-0904, 403-233-0904 

www.calgaryfolkfest.com 

The 27th annual Calgary Folk Music Festival is a 

four-day family-friendly cultural and musical jamboree. 

It takes place at beautiful Prince’s Island 

Park, and features 66 artists from 15 countries on 7 

stages performing to daily audiences of 12,000. 

There’s also a beer garden, international food, craft 

market, family area and record tent. 

CANADIAN ROCKIES BLUEGRASS 

FESTIVAL 

Nordegg, from June 23 to June 25 

888-810-2103 

www.davidthompsonresort.com/specialevents.htm 

CANMORE FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Canmore, from August 5 to August 7 

403-678-2524 

www.canmorefolkfestival.com 

EDMONTON FOLK MUSIC 

FESTIVAL 

Edmonton, from August 10 to August 13 

780-429-1899 

www.efmf.ab.ca 

SHADY GROVE BLUEGRASS AND 

OLD TYME MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Nanton, from August 18 to August 20 

403-652-7610 

www.melmusic.com/sgrove 


HARMONY ARTS FESTIVAL 

West Vancouver, from August 4 to August 13 

604-925-7268 

www.harmonyarts.net 

HORNBY FESTIVAL 

Hornby Island, from August 3 to August 12 

250-335-2734 

www.hornbyfestival.bc.ca 

ICA FOLKFEST 

Victoria, from June 30 to July 9 

250—472-3378 

www.icafolkfest.com 

201 Church St., Toronto, ON. M5B 1Y7 

Tel: 416-363-0093 • Fax: 416-363-0053 

ISLANDS FOLK FESTIVAL 

Duncan, from July 21 to July 23 

250-748-3975 

www.folkfest.bc.ca 

Unforgettable non-stop music from Canadian and 

international musicians on seven stages, all within a 

short and pleasant walk through the beautiful and 

pastoral surroundings of the Providence Farm (just 

outside Duncan) on Vancouver Island. Music, dancing, 

panel concerts, jam sessions, interactive workshops, 

children’s activities, arts & crafts, food vendors 

and on-site camping will make the weekend 

full of great discoveries and family memories. 

MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL 

Smithers, from June 23 to June 25 

www.bvfms.org 

MISSION FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL 

Mission, from July 21 to July 23 

888-777-0366, 604-257-0366 

wwwmissionfolkmusicfestival.ca 

From the ancient cultures of the world to modern 

world music and contemporary folk genres, a world 

of pulsating drums, sizzling strings and vibrant 

dance, to the sounds and rhythms of Africa, Asia, 

the Americas and beyond, this festival vibrates to 

the music and dance of many peoples and cultures; 

it pulsates with the heartbeat of the world. This 

year’s festival features folk icon Judy Collins, Kekele 

from Congo, Sierra Maestra from Cuba, Hapa from 

Hawaii, Gjallarhorn from Finland, Corquieu from 

Spain, John Renbourn of the UK, Back of the Moon 

from Scotland, and much more! 

PRINCE GEORGE FOLKFEST 

Prince George, from July 28 to July 29 

250-563-2880 

www.pgfolkfest.com 

SOOKE RIVER BLUEGRASS 

FESTIVAL 

Sooke, from June 16 to June 18 

250-642-4060 

www.sookebluegrass.com 

SUMMERLAND FOLK FESTIVAL 

Summerland, from August 4 to August 5 

250.494.2686 

www.summerlandchamber.bc.ca/folkfestival 

VANCOUVER FOLK MUSIC 

FESTIVAL 

Vancouver, from July 14 to July 16 

800-883-3655, 604-602-9798 

thefestival.bc.ca 

An annual celebration of the finest in traditional and 

contemporary folk and roots music, song and dance. 

Three evening concerts and two full days of performances 

and workshops at eight outdoor stages. Guest 

artists from around the world and across the street. 

Food, craft market, special entertainment and activities 

for Little Folks. A family oriented event marking 

its 29th anniversary. Early Bird tickets available online 

or by phone until June 17. 

VANCOUVER ISLAND MUSICFEST 

Comox Valley, from July 7 to July 9 

866-898-8499 

www.islandmusicfest.com 

WHISKEY CREEK MUSIC 

FESTIVAL 

Coombs, from July 15 to July 15 

250-751-1777, 250-752-3664 

whiskeycreekmusicfestival.org 

The 4th Annual Whiskey Creek Music Festival takes 

place at the Coombs Rodeo Grounds. This year’s 

Festival includes tributes to Rod Stewart, Elvis Presley, 

Tina Turner, Bon Jovi and many more! This 11-hour 

musical extravaganza costs $20 for the entire day, 

with children aged 12 and under admitted free. 

Admission is by advance ticket purchase or at the 

gate on July 15, 2006. Gate opens at 11am. Overnight 

camping on Saturday is free with admission. 

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THE COAST TO COAST 

CANADIAN JAZZ BONANZA 

NO OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD ENABLES BIG TICKET DRAWS 

AND national talents to cover over five thousand kilometers in 

such a short period of time as does Canada. Starting in mid-spring 

and running through to the last days of summer, there are now 

over 40 such events dotting this country’s vast landscape (see listing 

adjoining this section). From almost pocket-sized, weekendlong 

events held in more out-of-the-way communities like Kaslo, 

B.C., or Campbellford, Ontario, to the mega-events of Montreal, 

Vancouver and Toronto, all provinces are served by at least one of 

these music happenings. 

BEYOND THE MAIN EVENTS 

Amidst all the high-profiled festivals, there is an interesting 

trend now taking place, namely, the staging of parallel events. 

Montreal, for instance, is now the theatre for four of these throughout 

June and into early July. Overshadowed as it may be by the 

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (FIJM), the Off Festival de 

Jazz has bravely held its own since its inception in Y2K. In six short 

years, it has established its niche as the primary locus for homegrown 

talents, with a sprinkling of out-of-town guests to round off 

its ten-day 35-show slate. For those with more venturesome tastes, 

the Casa del Popolo’s almost month-long extravaganza (‘Sounds 

for the People’ a.k.a.“Suoni per il Popolo”) is the choice rendez-vous 

for all left-of-center music, ranging from knob-tweaking electrogroove 

to no-holds-barred free-jazz. And as if that weren’t enough, 

the most unusual of all fests of the city occurs, in all places, at the 

Montreal Jewish General Hospital. With daytime performances 

only, it offers performances outdoors for the general public and 

others indoors for the benefit of patients, families, friends and 

music buffs alike. 

Elsewhere in Quebec, the city of Rimouski, which also sports its 

yearly main event, has seen its own Off Festival come into existence, 

and yet another one dedicated to more free improvised music 

(“Rencontres de musiques spontanées” held in early June). Elsewhere 

in Canada, one should note the upstart St-John’s (Newfoundland) 

Festival (five years old this coming July), occurring just after the more 

eclectic and far longer-running Sound Symposium. 

With a little bit of help from the elements, there’s no denying 

the fact that Canada’s summer jazz fest splurge is to draw much 

greater crowds than ever before. In so doing, maybe, just maybe, 

more fans will gravitate to this musical genre of continuously 

expanding horizons. ■ 

[Please note not all locations may be listed below for a given artist’s tour stops.] 

Marc Chénard, National Jazz Editor 

MUSICIANS TO WATCH FOR AT A FESTIVAL NEAR YOU 

[ LEGENDS ] 

★McCoy Tyner 

Tours with a trio in Western Canada (Vancouver 

and Saskatchewan) and with a seven-piece 

group in the East (Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal),in 

a tribute to the Impulse Jazz label of the sixties. 

★Yusef Lateef 

85-year old pioneer saxophonist of world music 

in jazz will be performing music from a recording 

done in conjunction with the Brothers Lionel 

and Stephane Belmondo from France. 

(Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal) 

★Bobby Hutcherson 

The stalwart vibes player made famous by the 


Blue Note label in the sixties witll be on tour in 

Western Canada with guest pianist (and onetime 

Vancouverite) Renee Rosnes 

(Vancouver, Victoria, Medecine Hat) 

[ HOT PROPERTIES ] 

★E.S.T (a.k.a. Esbjorn Svensson Trio) 

The hottest property of piano trios from Europe, 

this unit led by pianist Svensson will be touring 

the country from Vancouver to Montreal with 

several stops in between. 

★Paquito D’Ruvera 

A leading name of Latin Jazz, the Cuban alto 

saxophonist-clarinetist tours throughout 

Western Canada from mid to late June 

★John Zorn 

The enfant terrible of the Downtown New York 

scene, Zorn makes two flash appearances in 

Montreal and Toronto with his most famous 

band, Acoustic Masada. 

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NEWFOUNDLAND 

SOUND SYMPOSIUM 

St. John’s, from July 7 to July 15 

www.soundsymposium.com 

ST. JOHN’S JAZZ FESTIVAL 

St. John’s, from July 19 to July 23 

709-738-0977 

www.atlanticjazzinitiative.com 

NOVA SCOTIA 

ATLANTIC JAZZ FESTIVAL 

HALIFAX 

Halifax, from July 14 to July 22 

800-567-5277, 902-492-2225 

www.jazzeast.com 

The Atlantic Jazz Festival Halifax is an international 

jazz, blues and world music festival taking place 

in central Halifax. Music is presented on a tented 

outdoor mainstage in the centre of the city, an 

indoor concert stage and several clubs around 

town. Workshop series for children, non-musicians 

and musicians. Free concerts from noon-6:00pm; 

ticketed evening concerts ranging from $5-$35. 

The 14-day Creative Music Workshop for musicians 

runs concurrently and features guest clinicians 

from the festival line-up. 

NEW BRUNSWICK 

EDMUNDSTON JAZZ & BLUES 

FESTIVAL 

Edmundston, from June 21 to June 24 

506-737-8188 

www.jazzbluesedmundston.com 

HARVEST JAZZ & BLUES 

FESTIVAL 

Fredericton, from September 12 to 

September 17 

888-622-5837 

www.harvestjazzandblues.com 

SALTY JAM, SAINT JOHN’S 

FESTIVAL OF MUSIC 

Saint John, from July 13 to July 15 

www.saltyjam.ca 


PEI JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL 

Charlottetown, from July 6 to July 9 

800-565-0278 

www.jazzandblues.ca 

QUEBEC 


JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL 


514-871-1881, 888-515-0515 

www.montrealjazzfest.com 

Le Festival International de Jazz de Montréal est 

devenu le principal pôle d’attraction de la planète 

jazz. Il offre plus de 500 concerts – dont les trois 

quarts sont présentés gratuitement en plein air – 

mettant à l’affiche environ 2500 ambassadeurs 

canadiens et internationaux du jazz et de ses nouvelles 

sonorités. Unique en son genre, reconnu de 

par le monde pour la qualité et la variété de sa 

programmation, l’événement montréalais se tiendra 

cette année du 29 juin au 9 juillet. 

OFF FESTIVAL DE JAZZ DE 

MONTRÉAL 


514-570-0722 

www.lofffestivaldejazz.com 

L’OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal propose un 

événement qui met de l’avant la crème des artistes 

jazz de notre scène locale. Avec trente-cinq activités 

musicales, l’OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal produit, 

diffuse et encourage la création d’ici tout en 

invitant quelques artistes en provenance de 

l’Ontario, de la France des États-Unis. Le Lion d’Or, le 

Quai des Brumes et O Patro Vys accueillent cette 7e 

édition qui promet une fois de plus, des rencontres 

inédites où la fantaisie, la recherche, l’audace et la 

poésie sont au rendez-vous. 

SUONI PER IL POPOLO MUSIC 

FESTIVAL 

Montreal, from June 1 to June 25 

514-284-0122 

www.suoniperilpopolo.org 

The Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival (Sounds for the 

People) presents Liberation music to audiences in 

Montréal, Québec, Canada. Liberation music is 

inspired by freedom of expression, improvisation, 

and sonic exploration and appeals to music aficionados 

world wide. Liberation music is comprised 

of an eclectic collection of genres which includes 

but is not limited to free jazz, noise, electronica, 

turntable art, soundscapes, experimental rock, 

electronica, musique actuelle and spoken word. 


INTERNATIONAL DE L’ART VOCAL 

DE TROIS-RIVIÈRES 

Trois-Rivières, from June 29 to July 9 

819-372-4635 

www.artvocal.com 

Au cœur du centre-ville, plus de 80 spectacles : 

artistes internationaux, chorales, relève, du pop au 

punk en passant par le jazz et le blues. Gagnant du 

prix Nouveauté Coup d’Éclat 2005, le festival réuni 

audacieusement théâtre de rue et art vocal en 

présentant des petits ensembles vocaux dans une 

van transformée en théâtre de marionnettes, une 

ruelle devenue théâtre, bref une multitude d’endroits 

inusités. 

RIMOUSKI FESTI JAZZ 

INTERNATIONAL 

Rimouski, from August 31 to September 3 

418-724-7844 

www.festijazzrimouski.com 


TD CANADA TRUST OTTAWA 

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 


613-241-2633, 888-226-4495 

www.ottawajazzfestival.com 

The TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz 

Festival is one of Ottawa’s premiere music events 

and the second-longest running jazz festival in 

Canada. In its 26th year, the Festival will present 

hundreds of musicians at nine outdoor and indoor 

venues in ticketed and free performances. Known 

for its phenomenal line-up of artists, the Festival 

will feature some of the jazz world’s most popular 

and cutting edge musicians. 


DOWNTOWN OAKVILLE JAZZ 

FESTIVAL 

Oakville, from August 9 to August 13 

905-844-4520 

www.oakvillejazz.com 

Come and experience a taste of Bourbon Street.... 

in Downtown Oakville. The festival is celebrating its 

14th anniversary of great music, great atmosphere 

and great food! Experience live musical performances 

on numerous outdoor stages including 

international headliners and the finest local and 

Canadian talent around. Come out and enjoy some 

cool jazz in the hot sun! Small Town Charm... Big 

Time Jazz! 

MARKHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL 

Markham (Unionville), from August 17 to 

August 20 

905-471-5299 

www.markhamjazzfestival.com 

TD CANADA TRUST TORONTO 

JAZZ FESTIVAL 

Toronto, from June 23 to July 2 

416-870-8000 

torontojazz.com 

The TD Canada Trust Toronto Downtown Jazz 

Festival will have the city cookin’ for 10 days this 

summer. Bringing all that jazz for the past two 

decades, the festival is celebrating its twentieth 

anniversary with more than 1500 musicians performing 

over 350 concerts at more than 40 locations 

across the city. 

TORONTO BEACHES 

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 


416-410-8809 

www.beachesjazz.com 


BARRIE JAZZ AND BLUES 

FESTIVAL 

Barrie, from June 8 to June 19 

www.barriejazzbluesfest.com 

BURLINGTON JAZZ’ N BLUES 

FESTIVAL 

Burlington, from July 21 to July 23 

905-314-3545 

www.burlingtonjazzbluesfestival.com/home. 

html 

GUELPH JAZZ FESTIVAL 

Guelph, from September 6 to September 10 

519-763-4952 

www.guelphjazzfestival.com 

Promoting innovative jazz and creative improvised 

music in an upbeat community setting, Guelph 

has become renowned for its annual festival that 

seeks out artists that are often not showcased in 

Canada. The Guelph Jazz Festival is set apart by the 

inclusion of an academic jazz colloquium and 

numerous workshops featuring musicians in intimate 

settings. 

LAKEFIELD JAZZ ART CRAFT 

FESTIVAL 

Lakefield, from July 8 to July 8 

705-652-1041 

www.lakefieldjazzfest.com/ 

ORANGEVILLE BLUES AND JAZZ 

FESTIVAL 

Orangeville, from June 1 to June 4 

www.orangevillebluesandjazz.ca 

PETERBOROUGH SUMMER 

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS 

Peterborough, from June 24 to August 26 

705-755-1111 

www.quidnovis.com/festivaloflights 

STRATFORD FESTIVAL OF 

CANADA 

Stratford, from June 26 to August 28 

800-567-1600 

www.stratfordfestival.ca/events/nightmusic.cfm 

Night Music: fun, informal concerts every Monday 

evening. Looking for something to do on a Monday 

evening? Join us for these cozy concerts at 7:30 pm 

featuring Festival musicians, alumni and friends. 

Come early and enjoy casual BBQ fare. 

UPTOWN WATERLOO JAZZ 

FESTIVAL 

Waterloo, from July 6 to July 9 

519-885-1921 

www.uptownwaterloojazz.ca 

MANITOBA 

JAZZ WINNIPEG FESTIVAL 

Winnipeg, from June 15 to June 25 

www.jazzwinnipeg.com 

SASKATCHEWAN 

SASKTEL SASKATCHEWAN JAZZ 

FESTIVAL 

Saskatoon, from June 23 to July 2 

800-638-1211 

www.saskjazz.com 

ALBERTA 

MEDICINE HAT JAZZFEST 

Medicine Hat, from June 19 to June 25 

403-502-8777 

www.medicinehatjazzfest.com 

YARDBIRD JAZZ FESTIVAL 

Edmonton, from June 23 to July 2 

780-432-0428 

www.yardbirdsuite.com 


GIBSONS LANDING JAZZ 

FESTIVAL 

Gibsons Landing, from June 9 to June 11 

www.coastjazz.com 

JAZZ ON THE ROCKS 

Texada Island, from July 28 to July 30 

604-486-0274 

www.jazzontherocks.org 

JAZZFEST INTERNATIONAL 

Victoria, from June 23 to July 2 

888-671-2112 

www.jazzvictoria.ca/jazzfest 

KASLO JAZZ ETC. FESTIVAL 

Kaslo, from August 4 to August 6 

250-353-7548, 250-353-7577 

kaslojazzfest.com 

The Festival takes place in Kaslo Bay Park, on the 

shores of Kootenay Lake, adjacent to Kaslo, B.C., a 

quaint village of 800 people. The beach-park is a 

natural amphitheater with a floating stage. There 

is a world class view of Kootenay Lake and the 

snow-covered peaks of the Purcell Mountains. The 

music starts at 12:00PM and runs continuously 

until 10:00PM, with 8 bands per day. Each night a 

great Jazz Jam takes place at a pub which overhangs 

the waters of the Bay. The Festival’s bands 

include: Spearhead, Duke Robillard, Jane Bunnett, 

Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Harry Manx, and lots more. 

MAPLE RIDGE JAZZ & BLUES 

FESTIVAL 

Maple Ridge, from August 12 to August 12 

604-467-7325. 

NORTH ISLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL 

Courtenay, from June 2 to 4 

250-334-3499 

www.northislandhotjazz.com 

PENDER HARBOUR JAZZ 

FESTIVAL 

Pender Harbour, from September 15 

877-883-2456 

www.phjazz.ca 

PENTASTIC HOT JAZZ FESTIVAL 

Penticton, from September 8 to 10 

jazzsociety@shaw.ca 

www.pentasticjazz.com 

VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL 

JAZZ FESTIVAL 

Vancouver, from June 23 to July 2 

888-438-5200 

www.coastaljazz.ca 

VANCOUVER SWEET BASIL 

SINGERS’ FESTIVAL 

Vancouver, from October 9 to November 18 

604-280-4444 

www.sweetbasiljazz.com 

VICTORIA CONSERVATORY OF 

MUSIC SUMMER JAZZ 

WORKSHOP 

Victoria, from July 10 to July 22 

250-386-5311, 866-386-5311 

www.vcm.bc.ca/summerjazzworkshop- 

06.htm 

Victoria Conservatory of Music presents Summer 

Jazz Workshop (July 10 – 22). This year debuts a 

special week of master classes in Solo Vocal Jazz 

led by Louise Rose.In addition to master classes 

and jam sessions the SJW presents Faculty 

Concerts which include well-known master 

Canadian and New York musicians like Misha 

Piatigorsky Don Thompson, Neil Swainson, Hugh 

Fraser & Willard Dyson. As well, the week of July 17- 

22 SJW faculty and students will appear in free 

public performances. Come! And listen to exceptional 

music in the beauty of Victoria’s acoustical 

gem, Alix Goolden Performance Hall. 

VCM Victoria Conservatory of Music, 907 Pandora Ave 

(at Quadra) 

JULY 

21 8pm. VCM Alix Goolden Performance Hall. $18. CD 

Release: “Run”. Gord Clements, saxophone, 

clarinet, flute; Misha Piatigorsky, piano, 

drums; Don Thompson, piano, vibes; Neil 

Swainson, bass; Hugh Fraser, trombone; Rob 

Cheramy, guitar; Willard Dyson, drums; Phil 

Dwyer, alto saxophone 

22 8pm. VCM Alix Goolden Performance Hall. $18. 

Don Thompson, Misha Piatigorsky. Faculty Big 

Band; faculty and professionals from 

Vancouver Island 


FESTIVAL PICKS From page 30 

[ DISCOVERIES ] 

★Joost Buis and the Astronotes 

A zany ten-piece Dutch treat led by a trombonist 

inspired by both Sun Ra and Duke Ellington, 

this outfit sports top-drawer talent from that 

hotbed country of contemporary jazz. 

(Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver) 

★Sylvie Courvoisier 

This Swiss pianist now based in New York City is 

clearly on the cutting edge of today’s improvised 

music scene. Clearly a name to watch. (Off 

Festival in Montreal with drummer Ben 

Perowsky—late June—Guelph Jazz Festival with 

violinist Mark Feldman—early Sept.) 

★Alberto Pinton 

A post-hard bop quintet hailing from Sweden, 

headed by an Italian expatriate to that Nordic 

country. More hard evidence from the dynamic 

Nordic music scene. 

(Vancouver, Edmonton, Ottawa) 

[ CAN CON ] 

PHIL NIMMONS 

★Nimmons’ ‘n Braid 

When an 83-year young clarinetist, first name 

Phil, plays with a 30-some pianist, first name 

David, styles and eras are spanned in this 

encounter of the generations. (Vancouver, 

Victoria, Medecine Hat, Ottawa, Halifax) 

★Michel Donato and his European Friends 

This veteran Montreal bassman was granted 

the opportunity to gather four young musicians 

based in Europe a couple of years ago. With a 

recording to its credit, this group plays in a 

timeless mainstream tradition. (Vancouver, 

Saskatchewan, Montreal…) 

★Michael Bates and Outside Sources 

Led by a bassist (and native son now living 

Stateside), this pianoless quartet, including 

Toronto saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff, heralds a 

music cross-cutting 20th Century classical and 

jazz at the outskirts of the hard bop tradition. 

(Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal) 

ONE FINAL NOTE: 

For those who may not know, the Calgary Jazz 

Festival has been cancelled due to financial and 

administrative difficulties. 

Marc Chénard, Felix Hamel, Paul Serralheiro 

OFF THE RECORD 

Rabih Abou-Khalil/Joachim Kühn: Journey to 

the Centre of an Egg 

Enja/Justin Time JENJ 3324-2 

★★★★✩✩ 

Oud player Rabih 

Abou-Khalil has had a 

long and fruitful relationship 

with the 

Enja label, one that 

allowed him to 

explore various musical 

settings, from the 

solo Il Sospiro to the 12-piece band on The Cactus 

of Knowledge.While the encounter with German 

virtuoso pianist Joachim Kühn may seem an 

unlikely venture, it works remarkably. Each musician 

fits into the other’s sound world, like in the 

first moments of “Little Camels”, when Kühn 

extracts muffled piano sounds that blend in perfectly 

with the sound of the oud. They also 

explore freer territory, notably on “No Plastic 

Cups, Please”, and Kühn switches to alto saxophone 

for parts of “Natwasheh and Kadwasheh”. 

Drummer/percussionist Jarrod Cagwin provides 

subtle support throughout, and drummer 

Wolfgang Reisinger is on board for two of the 

eight tracks. The sound, engineered by Walter 

Quintus, is as spacious as expected. FH 

Music by Lisa Miller: Q 

Green Ideas 160605 

★★★★✩✩ 

Hailing originally from 

neigbhouring Alberta, 

pianist Lisa Miller settled 

in Vancouver to 

pursue a doctorate in 

composition at UBC. 

On thi debut recording, 

she chooses something 

of a standard format, a quartet, but her choice of 

cello as a ‘front line’ instrument is unusual. In the 

able hands of Peggy Lee (whose partner Dylan van 

der Schyff holds down the drum chair), the music 

has a definite chamber feel underscored by the 

pianist’s compositions, most of which are based on 

ostinato bass lines (provided by Steve Smith) and 

darker-sounding harmonies. As is the case in many 

contemporary jazz recordings, improvisations do 

not necessarily flow out of the tunes, they sometimes 

lead into the them, as in the opening cut, 

“Weary”, which segues to the head after a few minutes 

of abstract sound play. More spacious as well is 

the title cut of this disc, a 13-minute group improvisation; 

in contrast, the closer “Image” begins with a 

clear-cut thematic statement that allows the players 

to launch into their improvisations. By and large, 

an adventurous side worth checking. MC 

John Stetch Trio: Bruxin’ 

Justin Time JTR 8525-2 

★★★✩✩✩ 

On this release issued 

by the Montreal jazz 

indie Justin Time, 

Edmonton native, but 

long-time New York 

pianist, John Stetch 

has returned to his 

preferred format: the 

classic trio. In his latest offering, he presents 11 

originals (the closer “Rectangle Man ” having 

been the title track of his very first album). Its 

curious title refers to “a causal jazzer’s retro 

term for grinding the teeth subconsciously”. But 

anyone who might know this musician is aware 

of his rather off-the-wall sense of humour, displayed 

here in most whimsical liner notes 

rather than in the music itself.Together with his 

band mates, bassist Sean Smith and drummer 

Rodney Green, the pianist works very much 

within the confines of the jazz mainstream but 

has assimilated more contemporary developments 

(e.g., the dense passages of the opening 

cut “Inuit Talk”). The first tracks are the edgiest 

of this 62-minute side, the second half being 

more relaxed in mood and tempo. All told, some 

well-polished piano fare. MC 

Gestrin/Monder/van der Schyff: The 

Distance 

Songlines SGL SA1557-2 

★★★✩✩✩ 

This release documents 

the trio’s 

meeting at the 2005 

V a n c o u v e r 

International Jazz 

Festival. The musical 

personalities are wellmatched, 

especially 

pianist Chris Gestrin and guitarist Ben Monder, 

both going for an other-worldly effect, with a 

greater interest for texture and mood rather 

than overt melody and form. Drummer Dylan 

van der Schyff plays the musical chameleon, 

with washes of cymbals, percolating rhythms, 

providing the appropriate colour to each piece. 

The original compositions are varied in tempi 

and intensity, but the aural concept is consistent. 

The result of Monder’s aquamarine sound, 

Gestrin’s paradoxically ominous and airy piano, 

and van der Schyff’s edgy thrumming is an 

imaginative palette of sound. Among the noteworthy 

tracks are: “# 47” for Monder’s allusive 

picking, “Treacle” for its propulsiveness, “The 

Distance” for its yearning piano theme, “Dark 


Engine” for its lyrical moodiness, “Voice in the Night” for its minimalist 

impressionism and “Treant”, which builds to a shredding climax. 

PS 

Matt Darriau Paradox Trio with Theodosii Spassov: Gambit 

Enja ENJ-9474 2 

★★★✩✩✩ 

Since the mid-80’s, saxophonist/clarinetist 

Matt Darriau has pursued an 

interest in Eastern European music, 

most notably with the Paradox Trio 

(actually a quartet comprised of guitarist 

Brad Shepik, cellist Rufus 

Cappadocia and percussionist Seido 

Salifoski). So it should come as no surprise 

that the Bulgarian-born kaval player Theodosii Spassov 

would join this band for its debut on the German Enja label. The 

opening “Theo’s Gambit”, for one, is a rousing piece that wouldn’t 

be out of place at a Bulgarian wedding, where the leader contributes 

an exciting alto solo, too. Many of the compositions 

bear a resemblance to Dave Douglas’ balkanic themes (Shepik 

played in Douglas’ Tiny Bell Trio), or John Zorn’s Masada pieces. 

Spassov’s flute-like instrument offers a nice sonic contrast to the 

band’s rhythmic vitality. Cappadocia moves effortlessly between 

an accompanist’s role and a plaintive, violin-like lead, while 

Salifoski is excellent on dumbek. Even if this attempted symbiosis 

between jazz and “world music” may not be fully realized, it’s 

till a lot of fun to listen to. FH 

Pete McCann: Most Folks 

Omnitone 15213 

★★★✩✩✩ 

While it may be true, as the adage goes, 

that guitarists are a dime a dozen, guitarists 

with individual voices are a relative 

rarity. Such a guitarist is Wisconsinborn, 

New York-based Pete McCann. 

With saxophonist John O’Gallagher and 

the rhythm trio of John Hebert on bass, 

Mark Ferber on drums and Mike 

Holober on piano, McCann spins out imaginative, fresh lines and 

chordal passages. Despite the two chordal instruments on this 

session, this is surprisingly lightly-textured music. Never do the 

pianist and guitarist get in each other’s way, a feat achieved mainly 

because the piano plays lines rather than chords.The drummer’s 

spry playing and the impassioned alto and soprano sax statements 

also help lift the session on material that winds its way 

through a series of stylistic twists and turns, including a postboppish 

sounding title track. McCann’s expressiveness encompasses 

both a light lyrical touch ( “Jojo’s Waltz”,“Hunter Gatherer,” 

and “Worth”) as well as a driving edge (“Rack’Em Up” and “Split 

Decision”), with some precise nylon string playing added in “Las 

Tias” and “Third Wheel.”Though very much in the mainstream tradition, 

there are enough original touches here to signal the presence 

of an electric guitarist with a distinctive voice. PS 


REVIEWS 

REVIEW POLICY: While we review all the 

best CDs we get, we don’t always receive 

every new release available. Therefore, if a 

new recording is not covered in the print 

version of LSM, it does not necessarily 

imply that it is inferior. Many more CD 

reviews can be viewed on our Web site at 

www.scena.org. 

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WSH 

W.S. Habington 

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EXCELLENT 

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MEDIOCRE 

$ 20 $ 

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC 

Beethoven 

Orchestral Works 

Symphony No 7; Triple Concerto: Gordan Nikolitch 

(violin), Tim Hugh (cello), Lars Vogt (piano), 

London Symphony Orchestra/Bernard Haitink 

LSO 00578 Hybrid SACD (74 min 36 s) 

★★★★★✩ $$$ 

It has been a while since 

the LSO embarked on a 

Beethoven symphony 

cycle. This disc is the 

product of November 

2005 concerts, and the 

entire cycle under Haitink 

is supposed to be released before the end of 

this year. An impressive and daring concept – 

and these terms also apply to the present performances. 

Haitink may be reading the latest 

critical edition of the scores but these are fullblooded, 

muscular accounts. Dramatic thrust 

and rugged good humour abound in the interpretation 

of the Seventh. The orchestral playing 

is brilliant and undiminished by the 

Barbican’s notoriously difficult acoustic. Add to 

this a refreshingly robust performance of the 

Triple Concerto (where the conductor is really 

the decisive element) and it is hard to resist the 

conclusion that the protracted Minnesota cycle 

under Vänskä on BIS is facing serious competition. 

Symphony No 6 is next in the order of 

release. 

Admirers of the LSO should not miss the 

mid-price four-disc box of the complete 

Prokofiev symphonies (with both versions of 

No 4) under the orchestra’s chief conductordesignate, 

Valery Gergiev (Philips 475 7655). 

Collectors who have overlooked all but Nos 1 

and 5 are in line for enlightenment as Gergiev 

invests each piece with radical zest while the 

orchestra flies magnificently by the seats of 

their pants/gowns. These 2004 live concert 

recordings set a new benchmark for the 

Prokofiev symphonies on disc. WSH 

Brahms 

Piano Concerto No 1 

Krystian Zimerman (piano), Berlin Philharmonic 

Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle 

DG 4776021 (51 min 21 s) 

★★★★✩✩ $$$$ 

This might well be the 

finest recording that Sir 

Rattle has made in Berlin. 

Brahms has not been 

prominent in his discography, 

but he had serious 

practice in the D minor 

concerto in 2004 with Daniel Barenboim as 

soloist. The venue was Athens and that outstanding 

performance is available in the 

EuroArts DVD (2053658) series of BPO 

Europa-Konzerts. Direction of the orchestra is 

just as impressive in this studio recording of 

the most symphonic of all piano concertos. 

The BPO deliver an inspiring account of the 

score and are superbly recorded. 

Krystian Zimerman brooded for more than 

two decades about his previous recording of 

this work with Leonard Bernstein and the 

VPO (also for DG). He listened to eighty 

other versions on disc in an effort to discover 

its pulse. The result is expansive, cleanly articulate 

and firmly expressive. Zimerman amply 

surpasses his fretful Vienna performance but 

memories of Maurizio Pollini (with the PBO 

under Abbado for DG) and Barenboim at the 

Olympic Games are not erased in comparison. 

It is a pity that no coupling is provided. WSH 

Henze & Mahler 


Henze: Sebastian im Traum; Mahler: Symphony No 6 

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Mariss Jansons 

RCO 06001 Hybrid SACD (2 discs: 98 min 40 s) 

★★★★✩✩ $$$ 

The fifteen minutes of Sebastian im Traum by 

Hans Werner Henze will be irresistible for 

some collectors. This is the world premiere 

recording of the piece, which was composed 

during 2003-04. As the 

Montpellier performance 

(under Friedemann 

Layer) of Symphony No 

10 (Accord 4767156) 

demonstrated last year, 

Henze is still going 

strong right into his ninth decade. Sebastian 

im Traum provides a searing postscript to a 

very good performance of Mahler’s Sixth. For 

those who were thrilled by Jansons conducting 

the same work in London in 2003 

(LSO00038), this is more the of same, a marginally 

more expansive account in rather better 

sound. The Super Audio 5.0 surround 

option really opens up the sonic conflagration. 

The conductor continues to defy the 

Ratz Critical Edition of the score by placing 

the slow movement second and by deleting 

the third hammer stroke of the finale. At least 

the booklet by Eveline Nikkels looks at the 

musical consequences of this decision. 

Among SACD versions of the symphony, the 

Tilson Thomas from San Francisco is still very 

much in a class of its own. It could fairly be 

said on the basis of sheer impact that Jansons 

has the edge over Abbado with the BPO 

(00289 5684) and Fischer from Budapest 

(CC SA 22905). Go for the Mahler, by all 

means, but stay for the Henze. WSH 

Mahler 

Symphony No 8 

Soloists, Concertgebouw Orchestra/Bernard 

Haitink 

Pentatone 516 166 Hybrid SACD (75 min 43 s) 

★★★★✩✩ $$$$ 

This is turning into a 

banner year for Mahler 

Symphonies on disc. 

Five-star performances 

have already been 

turned in by Daniel 

Barenboim (No 7) and 

Michael Gielen (No 10). The Berlin 

Staatskapelle are superbly recorded in the 

Seventh (Warner 2564 62963-2) and 

Barenboim’s mischievous subversion in the 

inner movements provides the best audible 

suggestion of what the symphony is actually 

all about. Gielen leads the SWR SO in what is 

certainly the finest account of the performing 

version of No 10 by Deryck Cooke. Elsewhere, 

EMI have made amends for decades of neglect 

in releasing the late Gary Bertini’s excellent 

Mahler cycle (with Das Lied von der 

Erde) in a super-budget 11 disc box 


(340238-3). 

This restored re-issue of the 1971 Haitink recording of Symphony 

No 8 has stiff competition in the form of the recent Naxos issue under 

Antoni Wit with impressive Polish forces (8550533). Wit’s performance 

effectively knocks off the vintage Solti version (now re-minted on 

CD for the fourth time in the Decca Originals series) as the primary 

recommendation for the work. Yet there are some good reasons for 

hard-core Mahlerians to consider Haitink as a collectible. He conducts 

briskly but with due attention to detail (the 70'45" timing given on 

the CD case is incorrect). The performance exemplifies the great 

Concertgebouw Mahler tradition, which goes back to the personal 

association of Willem Mengelberg with the composer. And the quality 

of sound is marvelous, especially in 4.0 Super Audio playback. The 

clarity of the vocal lines is incredibly fine. WSH 

VOCAL MUSIC 

Lehár 

Le Comte de Luxembourg/Frédérique/Giuditta 

Soloists, Chorus and Orchestre lyrique of ORTF, Adolphe Sibert, conductor 

NAXOS Historical 8.111010 (70 min 11 s) 

★★★✩✩✩ $$ 

This disc of Franz Lehár operettas is a mixed bag. 

It contains live performances and studio recordings 

from 1966 to 1980, drawn from INA 

archives. The best known soloists are tenors Alain 

Vanzo and Henri Legay. The conductor is Adolphe 

Sibert. The booklet mentions that he studied 

with Furtwängler and Krauss and had a 

respectable career as a radio orchestra conductor. The playing and 

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singing range from charming to a little rough. 

The booklet claims “all tracks sung in French”, 

but ‘Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss’ from 

Giuditta, is in German, though listed as “Sur 

mes lèvres”. Alain Vanzo is slightly passed his 

prime but remains stylish. He ends ‘Oh ma 

belle étoile’ with an interpolated high E natural 

(!) in an otherworldly falsetto, drawing 

ovations from the audience. The other voices 

are mediocre. Soubrette Lina Dachary is well 

schooled and has the right instincts for 

operetta, but her tone is thin and acidic; Anita 

Ammersfeld’s vibrato is too pronounced in 

Giuditta. It has good broadcast sound except 

for La danse des libellules, dimly recorded in 

1966. A curiosity worth considering by 

operetta addicts for its bargain price. JKS 

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC 

Rorem 


Pilgrims; Flute Concerto; Violin Concerto: Philippe 

Quint (violin), Jeffrey Khaner (flute), Royal 

Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/José Serebrier 

Naxos 8559278 (62 min 42 s) 

★★★★★✩ $ 

Ned Rorem has said, 

“Music does not evolve; it 

revolves like a great 

wheel.” Born in 1923, 

Rorem has been active 

through successive eras in 

American music, contributing 

tonal compositions in all forms with 

subtle French inclinations. He established a 

style imbued with wit and elegance and maintained 

it. By the closing decade of the last century, 

the ‘great wheel’ again caught up with this 

ever-youthful composer and his music is 

increasingly being recognized for its expressive 

depth and clarity of utterance. José Serebrier’s 

2003 recording for Naxos (8559149) of 

Rorem’s three numbered symphonies was nominated 

for a Grammy Award and the label has 

followed up with an album of songs (he wrote 

hundreds) performed by Carole Farley. The 

present issue offers works composed between 

1958 and 2002. Serebrier lavishes great care 

on the seven minutes of Pilgrims and its mood 

of solemn remembrance exquisitely sets the 

sound stage for the concertos, both of which 

are laid out in six sections. The Violin Concerto 

dates from 1985 while the Flute Concerto was 

commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 

2002. Rorem gives both of the soloists much to 

do and little scope for showing off – violinist 

Quint and flautist Khaner (Canadian-born and 

Philadelphia’s Principal Flute since 1990) acquit 

themselves with distinction. The music is sinuous 

and graceful with its own sense of inner disquiet. 

The Flute Concerto is especially affecting; 

catastrophe interweaves with the memory of 

lost sensuality. No claims of this nature are 

implied but Rorem has composed what many of 

us felt after 2001. Hear it and weep. An outstanding 

production in every respect. WSH 

DVD 

Puccini 

Madama Butterfly 

Cheryl Barker, Martin Thompson, Catherine Keen, 

Richard Stilwell 

Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / Edo de 

Waart 

Opus Arte OA 0937 (2 DVDs :169 min) 

★★★★★✩ $$$ 

The most distinctive 

thing about this Butterfly 

is the direction of the 

controversial Robert 

Wilson. His minimalist 

approach will not please 

traditionalists, but if you 

liked his Met Lohengrin, 

you’ll love this – the stylistic 

affinities between 

the two productions are obvious. Don’t 

expect any Oriental fussiness as there are 

hardly any sets and props to speak of. The 

movements are static and highly stylized – 

kudos to the singers for gamely assuming stiff 

and uncomfortable-looking poses. With few 

exceptions, the costumes are what one would 

call ‘ethno-generic’ – is it Nagasaki or 

Brabant? Wilson typically goes to town with 

some very beautiful and dramatic lighting 

effects. Included in the release is a documentary 

where Wilson talks about his approach to 

this opera, which goes a long way towards a 

better understanding of his approach. The 

singing is good rather than distinguished, with 

Barker a slightly edgy but sympathetic 

Butterfly, and Thompson a big-voiced if 

anonymous Pinkerton. Richard Stilwell 

(Sharpless) is slightly past his prime. Canadian 

comprimario tenor Peter Blanchet makes a 

strong impression as Goro, even with the 

imposed robotic movements. Edo de Waart is 

hardly known for his Puccini, but he shows a 

strong affinity for the score. For those tired of 

mega-production Butterflies a la Zeffirelli, this 

will prove an attractive choice. JKS 

Schubert 

Winterreise 

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone ; Alfred 

Brendel, piano 

Sender Freies Berlin, 1979 (live performance) 

TDK DVD DVWW-COWINT (129 min) 

★★★★★✩ $$$ 

We are fortunate that so much of the art of 

the great, now retired FiDi – as he is sometimes 

affectionately called – is now available 

on video. This Winterreise, recorded live with- 


out an audience at the 

Siemensvilla in 1979, 

catches the baritone 

vocally past his prime 

but interpretively as 

powerful as ever. The 

once lovely tone is rather 

dry and grainy, and the 

top hard and fierce, but 

enough voice remains to 

permit the singer to give his trademark performance 

of this Mount Everest of song 

cycles. The quieter moments are best, as he 

doesn’t need to push. The understated Der 

Leiermann is heartbreaking. In fact there is a 

tinge of world weariness through the whole 

cycle that is dramatically appropriate. With 

the eminent pianist Alfred Brendel at the keyboard, 

it is luxury casting indeed. Fascinating 

is the 56-minute bonus film showing the two 

in rehearsal, but regrettably TDK does not 

provide subtitles, claiming much of the conversation 

is unintelligible. The baritone has 

recorded this cycle numerous times and in 

fresher voice, such as the 1966 version with 

Jörg Demus. However, this DVD is highly recommended 

for those wanting a visual document 

of the great singer in this song cycle. JKS 

Mozart 

Don Giovanni 

Wojtek Drabowicz, Kwanchul Youn, Regina Schörg, 

Véronique Gens, Marcel Reijans, Anatoly Kocherga 

Orchestra of Gran Teatre del Liceu/Bertrand de 

Billy 

Opus Arte DVD OA 0921 D (156 min) 

★★★★✩✩ $$$$ 

This supremely trashy Don Giovanni comes 

from Spanish director Calixto Bieito, the 

enfant terrible of the opera world, whose 

work is considered either ‘cutting edge’ or 

‘Eurotrash’, depending on your personal taste. 

Updated to the present, the opening scene 

has Leporello sitting on 

the hood of a Mercedes 

while Anna and Don 

Giovanni make out in the 

backseat. There is plenty 

of sex and drugs, cocaine 

being the narcotic of 

choice. And let’s not forget 

blood – yes, more 

blood than your local 

Red Cross. In the masked ball scene, Elvira is 

a Spanish cheerleader complete with pompom, 

and Ottavio dons a Superman outfit. 

Forget about a window for the Don’s serenade 

– he just phones it in! This is updating 

with a vengeance. 

So it is to my big surprise that I find the 

production actually quite entertaining in a 

perverse sort of way. Musically it is very 

strong, particularly the playing of the orchestra 

under Bertrand de Billy. The ensemble 

cast is mostly very good, and kudos to them 

all for buying into Bieito’s concept. The best 

is the Leporello of Korean bass-baritone 

Kwanchul Youn, who puts up with a lot of 

physical abuse and generally outshines the 

otherwise quite acceptable Don Giovanni of 

Polish baritone Wojtek Drabowicz. Marcel 

Reijans as Ottavio has handsome stage presence 

and a nice timbre but also messy coloratura 

in ‘Il mio tesoro’ – the cut ‘Dalla sua 

pace’ probably suits him better. As a slutty, 

buxom Anna dressed in a tight leopard skin 

top, Regina Schörg is as impressive vocally as 

her daring décolletage. Veronique Gens is a 

silvery-voiced Elvira – too bad her ‘Mi tradì’ is 

omitted in the Prague version. Argentinean 

soprano Marisa Martins (Zerlina) looks beautiful 

but her singing is nothing to write home 

about. I would not recommend this performance 

for anyone new to the opera, but if you 

are an old hand looking for something different, 

it may amuse you. JKS 

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Victoria Symphony debuts of Gillian Anderson, Measha 

Brueggergosman, Eve Egoyan, Ivars Taurins, and Bundit 

Ungrangsee 

✦Introduction of the new Royal Tea Concerts Series, hosted 

by John Krich. Royal Tea Concerts are matinee performances 

of light music with special guests, led by 

Conductor-in-Residence Giuseppe Pietraroia 

✦Solo performances by Victoria Symphony musicians 

Christi Meyers and Annabelle Vitek 

✦World premieres of compositions by David R. Scott and 

Composers-in-Residence Tobin Stokes and Anna Höstman 

✦Guest artists returning to Victoria include Anton Kuerti, 

James Sommerville, Angela Cheng, Jeanne Lamon, 

Stewart Goodyear and John Friesen 

✦Second annual New Currents Festival of Music includes 

three concerts highlighting the works of living composers 

and a collaboration with Suddenly Dance 

✦A celebration of the 90th birthday of Victoria poet PK 

Page, with works by Murray Adaskin, Victoria Symphony 

Composer-in-Residence Anna Höstman, and a commission 

by David R. Scott. This concert will be broadcast 

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Saturday July 1, 10am 

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