La Scena Musicale - Vol. 3, No. 8 Juin / June 1998
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(c) La Scena Musicale 1998
Calendrier: Juin 1998 / Calendar: June 1998
1 juin à juillet 7, 1998 / June 1 to July 7, 1998

Contenu / Contents

* Calendrier / Calendar

* Abbreviations * Legend / Venue & Links


MONTRÉAL, LAVAL ET ENVIRONS AND AREA

juin / June 1998

Mon / Lun Mar / Tue Mer / Wed Jeu / Thu Ven / Fri Sam / Sat Dim / Sun
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30          

JUIN JUNE

LUNDI 1 MONDAY

MARDI 2 TUESDAY

MERCREDI 3 WEDNESDAY

JEUDI 4 THURSDAY

VENDREDI 5 FRIDAY

SAMEDI 6 SATURDAY

DIMANCHE 7 SUNDAY

LUNDI 8 MONDAY

MARDI 9 TUESDAY

MERCREDI 10 WEDNESDAY

JEUDI 11 THURSDAY

VENDREDI 12 FRIDAY

SAMEDI 13 SATURDAY

DIMANCHE 14 SUNDAY

MARDI 16 TUESDAY

JEUDI 18 THURSDAY

VENDREDI 19 FRIDAY

SAMEDI 20 SATURDAY

DIMANCHE 21 SUNDAY

LUNDI 22 MONDAY

MARDI 23 TUESDAY

MERCREDI 24 WEDNESDAY

JEUDI 25 THURSDAY

VENDREDI 26 FRIDAY

SAMEDI 27 SATURDAY

DIMANCHE 28 SUNDAY

LUNDI 29 MONDAY

MARDI 30 TUESDAY

 

juillet / July 1998

Mon / Lun Mar / Tue Mer / Wed Jeu / Thu Ven / Fri Sam / Sat Dim / Sun
    1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31    

JUILLET JULY

MERCREDI 1 WEDNESDAY

JEUDI 2 THURSDAY

VENDREDI 3 FRIDAY

SAMEDI 4 SATURDAY

DIMANCHE 5 SUNDAY

LUNDI 6 MONDAY

MARDI 7 TUESDAY

VILLE DE/CITY OF QUÉBEC

JUIN JUNE

   25  20h30. Église Ste-Pétronille, Île d'Orléans. 20$. Musique de chambre à Ste-Pétronille (15e année). Strauss, Seiber, Fauré: Quatuor pour piano et cordes. György Terebesi, violon, Douglas McNabney, alto, Annie Gadbois, violoncelle, Michel Fournier, piano. 828-1410

JUILLET JULY

    2   20h30. Église Ste-Pétronille, Île d'Orléans. 20$. Musique de chambre à Ste-Pétronille (15e année). Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, lieder. Donna Brown, soprano, Stéphane Lemelin, piano. 828-1410


PROVINCE DE QUÉBEC

JUIN JUNE

    19  20h. Haskell Opera House, 1 Church St, Rock Island. 14$. Kengmo (Cameroon)

    20  20h30. Domaine Forget, St-Irénée, Charlevoix. 27$. Festival international du Domaine Forget. Alain Marion, flûte, Michael Radulescu, orgue, Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie, dir. (418) 452-3535 poste 876

    21  14-17h journée portes ouvertes. Domaine Forget, St-Irénée, Charlevoix. EL. Robert Girard, Robert Sigmund, clavecin et orgue, Ensemble Arabesque. (418) 452-3535 poste 876

    26  20h30. Domaine Forget, St-Irénée, Charlevoix. 24$. Festival international du Domaine Forget. Musique de chambre pour vents et piano. Philippe Magnan, Jacques Tys, hautbois, Marie Picard, Robert Spring, clarinettes, Richard Gagnon, Michael Sweeney, bassons, Guy Carmichael, cor, Eric Lesage, piano. (418) 452-3535 poste 876

    27  20h30. Domaine Forget, St-Irénée, Charlevoix. 24$. Festival international du Domaine Forget. Emmanuel Pahud, flûte, Eric Lesage, piano. (418) 452-3535 poste 876

    28  14h. Domaine Forget, St-Irénée, Charlevoix. 21$. Festival international du Domaine Forget. Claire Guimond, flûte baroque, John Toll, orgue et clavecin, Richard Boothby, viole de gambe. (418) 452-3535 poste 876

JUILLET JULY

    2    20h. Centre d'arts Orford. EL. Concert de la relève, musiciens en stage à Orford. 819-843-9871, 888-310-3665

    3    20h. Centre d'arts Orford. 14-22$. Rossini: Petite messe solenelle pour quatre voix, ensemble vocal, piano et harmonium (1863). Choeur régional Vittoria d'Île de France, Michel Piquemal, chef, Julie Nesrallah, mezzo, Desmond Byrne, baryton, Christine Riel, soprano, Hugues St-Gelais, ténor, Christine Lajarrige, piano, Régis Rousseau, clavecin. 819-843-9871, 888-310-3665

    4    20h. Centre d'arts Orford. 14-22$. Clarinettissimo. Mozart: Quatuor pour clarinette et cordes, K.378; Quintette pour clarinette et cordes, K.581; Bartok: Contrastes pour clarinette, violon et piano; Denisov: Ode pour clarinette, percussions et piano. Charles Neidich, clarinette, Robert Leroux, percussions, Jean Angers, violon, Jutta Puchhammer, alto, Yuli Turovsky, violoncelle, Eleonora Turovsky, violon, Lorraine Prieur, piano. 819-843-9871, 888-310-3665

    4    20h30. Domaine Forget, St-Irénée, Charlevoix. 24$. Festival international du Domaine Forget. Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. (418) 452-3535 poste 876

    5    11h. Centre d'arts Orford. EL. Reich: Drumming. Classe de percussions de Robert Leroux. Suivi d'un repas champêtre (0.00$-6.75$-13.50$). 819-843-9871, 888-310-3665


TORONTO

JUNE JUIN

WEDNESDAY 3 MERCREDI

THURSDAY 4 JEUDI

FRIDAY 5 VENDREDI

SATURDAY 6 SAMEDI

SUNDAY 7 DIMANCHE

MONDAY 8 LUNDI

TUESDAY 9 MARDI

WEDNESDAY 10 MERCREDI

THURSDAY 11 JEUDI

FRIDAY 12 VENDREDI

SATURDAY 13 SAMEDI

SUNDAY 14 DIMANCHE

MONDAY 15 LUNDI

WEDNESDAY 17 MERCREDI

THURSDAY 18 JEUDI

FRIDAY 19 VENDREDI

SATURDAY 20 SAMEDI

SUNDAY 21 DIMANCHE

MONDAY 22 LUNDI

TUESDAY 23 MARDI

WEDNESDAY 24 MERCREDI

THURSDAY 25 JEUDI

SATURDAY 27 SAMEDI

SUNDAY 28 DIMANCHE

JULY

MONDAY 6 LUNDI

OTTAWA

JUNE / JUIN

    14  3pm. Old Barn, south of Alexandria. $9-12 (children under 12 free). Festival Alexandria. Songs and Poems of Nature: Quartets, solos, poetry. Beverley McGuire, soprano, Ruth Barrie, contralto, Charles Marcil, tenor, Claudel Callender, basse-baritone, Lauretta Altman, piano, Henry Beissel, poet. 514-484-9076, 613-594-3642

    20  7:30pm. Library of Arts Court. $7. Ottawa Fringe Festival 1998. Music from Mars (also June 24-28). Contemporary classical works by Edgar Varèse, Denis Gougeon, François Morel, Henri Tomasi, Faye-Ellen Silverman, Jan Jarvlepp, in an informal, fun setting. Jan Jarvlepp (cello and electric guitar) and Friends (Pascale Margely, flute, Angela Casagrande, oboe & English horn, Kevin James, viola, James Wright, piano). 235-1530

    21  3pm. Old Barn, south of Alexandria. $9-12 (children under 12 free). Festival Alexandria. Haydn, Martinu, Rorem: Piano Trios. Women with Fast Fingers: Liselyn Adams, flute, Hélène Gagné, cello, Lauretta Altman, piano. 514-484-9076, 613-594-3642

    24  9pm. Library of Arts Court. $7. Ottawa Fringe Festival 1998. Music from Mars (see 20)

    25  10:30pm. Library of Arts Court. $7. Ottawa Fringe Festival 1998. Music from Mars (see 20)

    26  1:30pm. Library of Arts Court. $7. Ottawa Fringe Festival 1998. Music from Mars (see 20)

    27  3pm. Library of Arts Court. $7. Ottawa Fringe Festival 1998. Music from Mars (see 20)

    28  3pm. Library of Arts Court. $7. Ottawa Fringe Festival 1998. Music from Mars (see 20)

    28  3pm. Old Barn, south of Alexandria. $9-12 (children under 12 free). Festival Alexandria. A Musical Exploration. Bach, Lachner, Vaughan Williams, Poulenc. Ruth Barrie, contralto, Angela Casagrande, oboe and English horn, Mervyn Games, piano. 514-484-9076, 613-594-3642

    30  8pm. NAC Opera. $27-57. Festival Canada 1998 Gala Opening. Beethoven: Symphony #9; performance dedicated to John Humphrey, to mark 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wendy Neilson, Sandra Graham, Gary Rideout, Bruce Kelly, NAC Orchestra, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Zdenek Macal, cond, Graham Greene, Michelle Rossignol, narrators (also Jul 1)

JULY JUILLET

    1   2pm. NAC Opera. $18-27. Festival Canada 1998. Beethoven: Symphony #9, NAC Orchestra (see Jun 30)

    1   4:30pm. RMOC Plaza. FA. Festival Canada 1998. Unisong 98. Young singers from all ten provinces, an exuberant massed choir, Robert Cooper, cond

    3   8pm. NAC Opera. $25. Festival Canada 1998. Musaïc, orchestra of various acoustic instruments from around the world, John Wyre (founding member of NEXUS), cond

    4  12 noon. Rideau Chapel, National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Drive 990-1985. 7$. Festival Canada 1998. CBC Noon Hour Concerts (presented by CBC Radio Two & NGC), features musicians from the National Capital Region (also 8, 11, 15, 18, 22). July Fourth: American music

    4  8pm. NAC Opera. 27-57$. Festival Canada 1998. Operatic excerpts. Denyce Graves, mezzo, NAC Orchestra, Mario Bernardi, cond

    5  3pm. Old Barn, south of Alexandria. $9-12 (children under 12 free). Festival Alexandria. Mini Violin Fest. Mendelssohn, Bartok. Richard Roberts, violin, Lauretta Altman, piano. 514-484-9076, 613-594-3642

    6  8pm. NAC Opera. 25$. Festival Canada 1998. Imilonji KaNtu (Soweto, South Africa 50-voice choir)

    7  9pm. NAC Studio. $25. Festival Canada 1998. Natalie Choquette, La Diva II, hilarious send-up of eccentric opera stars (in French) (see also 8 9 10 11)


ONTARIO

JUNE JUIN

    28  8pm. Mainstage, Kingston. $24. Kingston Festival 98. Opening Night Concert: Holly Cole. 613-530-2050, 800-615-5666

    29  8pm. Mainstage, Kingston. $18. Kingston Festival 98. Barachois (East Coast Music Award winners). Fiddle, guitar, pump organ, harmonica. Acadian traditional music. 613-530-2050, 800-615-5666

    30  8pm. Mainstage, Kingston. $18. Kingston Festival 98. Imilonji KaNtu (literally, ‘melodies of mankind') Choral Society of Soweto. All nine tribes of South Africa are represented in this 60-voice choir. 613-530-2050, 800-615-5666

JULY JUILLET

    2   8pm. Mainstage, Kingston. $24. Kingston Festival 98. Bruce Guthro, Cape Breton singer and SOCAN Songwriter of the Year. Leahy (9 member family group), Juno Award 98: Celtic and Canadian folk music, Irish fiddle, and French Canadian step-dancing. 613-530-2050, 800-615-5666

    5   8pm. Mainstage, Kingston. $21. Kingston Festival 98. Joe Sealy Quartet: Africaville Suite (97 Juno Award); with Molly Johnson (NOW Magazine award), singer: jazz and blues. 613-530-2050, 800-615-5666

    6  8pm. The Barn, Durham. $15-25. Altamira Symphony in the Barn Summer Festival. Orff: Carmina Burana. Margaret Kapasi, soprano, Daryl Edwards, tenor, Kevin Mcmillan, baritone, The Festival Choir Guelph, Gerald Neufeld, conductor, Heather Toews and Jamie Parker, piano. 800-967-9291, 519-369-3077


MUSIQUE CLASSIQUE
À LA/CLASSICAL MUSIC ON
RADIO & TÉLÉVISION
Émissions choisies/
Selected programs

JUNE / JUIN

    1  7h30, 19h30. Bravo TV. Footnotes: Ballet in Russia. Host: Frank Augustyn

    1   8h, 20h. Bravo TV. Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet. Charles Dutoit, OSM. 40 min

    1   20h45. Bravo TV. The Red Shoes. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Moira Shearer 1948. 130 min

    2   0h45. TV5. Concert des lauréats. Burkhard: Concerto pour alto op.93; Haydn: Concerto pour trompette. Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marc Kissoczy, dir, Naoko Shimizu, alto, André Henry, trompette

    2   1h30. TV5. Concours musical international. Debussy: Sonate pour violon et piano. Nikolaj Znaider, premier lauréat du Concours musical international Reine Elizabeth de Belgique

    2   2h45. Bravo TV. Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Bolshoi at the Bolshoi. 135 min

    2   12h. Bravo TV. Great Composers: Vivaldi. parts 1 & 2. 2x60 min

    2   20h. Vermont ETV. Michael Crawford in Concert, Pisa, Italy

    2   21h. Bravo TV. A Song to Remember. USA 1944 Film biography of Chopin by Charles Vidor, starring Cornell Wilde. 120 min

    3   1h. Bravo TV. Mahler. film by Ken Russell 1974. 105 min

    3   3h. Bravo TV. Robert and Clara Schumann, Music of Love. TV drama, subtitled. 95 min

    3   20h. Vermont ETV. The Metropolitan Opera Presents Benjamin Britten's "Billy Budd" (libretto by Forster & Crozier based on Melville's novel. Steuart Bedford, cond, Met Op, March 1997. (also 4 at 3am)

    4   3h. Vermont ETV. Metropolitan Opera, "Billy Budd" (see 3 at 20h)

    5   21h. Vermont ETV. Michael Crawford in Concert, Pisa, Italy

    5   21h30. Vermont ETV. In the Spotlight Special: Andrea Bocelli Romanza in Concert

    5   22h30. Vermont ETV. Kismet (musical USA 1955, Howard Kell, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray, Vic Damone) with music by Borodine

    6   3h45. Bravo TV. Orchestra Rehearsal

    6   13h30. CBC Radio 2. Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges. Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow. Vladimir Matorin, Serge Gaydei, Marina Shutova, Yuri Vedeneyev, Alexander Naumenko; Peter Feranets (NRU)

    6   13h30. SRC. Donizetti: La Parisina [it]. Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Parisina), Ramon de Andres (Azzo), Amedeo Moretti (Ugo), Daniela Barcellona (Imelda), choeurs R.T. Suisse italienne, Ensemble vocal Cantemus, Orch Suisse italienne, dir. Emmanuel Plasson. Radio suisse italienne, Lugano, 7/6/97

    6   20h. Bravo TV. Kurt Weill: Street Scene. Opera with diverse musical styles, starring Ashley Putnam. 150 min

    6   20h. Vermont ETV. André Rieu: The North America I Love. Dutch violinist and conductor, Johann Strauss Orchestra Nov 97. Strauss waltzes, tribute to Glenn Miller and Andrews Sisters

    7   0h30. Bravo TV. Rose Marie. Musical with Nelson Eddy and Jeannette Macdonald. 110 min

    7   6h. Bravo TV. Pavarotti Plus. Live at Royal Albert Hall. 60 min

    7   7h. Bravo TV. Vanessa-Mae, violin. Live at Royal Albert Hall. 60 min

    8   7h30, 19h30. Bravo TV. Footnotes: The Ballerina. Host: Frank Augustyn

    8   12h. Bravo TV. Giselle. Karen Kain, Frank Augustyn, National Ballet of Canada 1976 90min. Rudolf Nureyev, Lynn Seymour 140 min

    9   3h30. Bravo TV. Giselle. Karen Kain, Frank Augustyn, National Ballet of Canada 1976 90min. Rudolf Nureyev, Lynn Seymour 140 min

    9   11h45. Bravo TV. Duet for life - Léopold Simoneau et Pierrette Alarie, opera singers

    9   14h, 20h30. Bravo TV. The Great Waltz. USA 1938, starring Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravet 105 min. USA 1972 starring Horst Buchholz, Mary Costa 135 min

    10  3h. Bravo TV. Beethoven's Secret Love, Music of Love. Drama about a girl who discovers she is Beethoven's daughter. Subtitled. 110 min

    13  13h30. CBC Radio 2. Boito: Mefistofele. The Royal Opera, London. Richard Margison, Patricia Barson, Robin Leggate, Samuel Ramey, Yuri Vedeneyev, Alexander Naumenko; Bernard Haitink (BBC)

    13  13h30. SRC. Hasse: Attilio Regolo [it]. Derek Lee Ragin (Regulus), Markus Schaefer (Manilius), Sibylla Rubens (Publius), Carmen Fuggiss (Barce), La Capella Saggitariana de Dresde, dir. Frieder Bernius. Radio allemande, Dresde, 22/5/97

    13  16h30. Bravo TV. A Night at the Opera. Comedy, USA 1935, the Marx Brothers. 90 min

    13  20h. Bravo TV. Luciano Pavarotti, a look at his life and career. 60 min

    14  0h30. Bravo TV. Maytime. Musical with Nelson Eddy and Jeannette Macdonald. 135 min

    14  18h. Bravo TV. David Helfgott discusses the authenticity of the bio-pic "Shine" and his years of illness following his break-down, with focus on the UK leg of his world tour. 60 min

    15  7h30, 19h30. Bravo TV. Footnotes: Paris Opera Ballet. Host: Frank Augustyn

    16  2h45. Bravo TV. Tchaikovsky Swan Lake. Bolshoi at the Bolshoi. 130 min

    16  12h. Bravo TV. Impressions, the life of Debussy. Docudrama, choreography Danielle Desnoyers, music Quatuor Alcan. 50 min

    16  13h. Bravo TV. The Magic Violin. I Musici de Montréal play Vivaldi concertos. Choreography Danielle Tardif. 60 min

    16  14h. Bravo TV. Verdi, The King of Melody. Film 1953 starring Tito Gobbi and Mario del Monaco. 120 min

    16  20h45. Bravo TV. Song Without End. Biography of Liszt starring Dirk Bogarde. 1960. 130 min

    17  3h15. Bravo TV. Chouchou, Music of Love. The private life of Debussy. Subtitled. 95 min

    17  9h30. Bravo TV. Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe. Stratford Festival, Brian Macdonald, director, with Maureen Forrester, Eric Donkin. 140 min

    18  22h. Vermont ETV. Great Performances. "Swan Lake", music by Tchaikovsky, choreographer by Matthew Bourne, modern interpretation

    20  13h30. CBC Radio 2. Strauss: Die Agyptische Helena. The Royal Opera, London. Deborah Voigt, Lyuba Kazarnovskaya, Thomas Moser, Wilhelm Hartmann, Alan Titus, Nancy Maultsby, Susan Bullock; Christian Thielemann (BBC)

    20  13h30. SRC. Mozart: Così Fan Tutte [it]. Sonia Theodoridu (Fiordiligi), Marie McLaughlin (Dorabella), Marcel Reijans (Ferrando), Klaus Haeger (Guglielmo), Concerto de Cologne, dir. René Jacobs. Radio allemande, Schwetzingen, 18/5/97

    20  20h. Bravo TV. Glenn Gould Plays Beethoven's Emperor Concerto. 60 min

    20  21h. Bravo TV. Pavarotti and Friends 1996 For the War Child. Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, Elton John, Liza Minnelli, Joan Osborne. 90 min

    20  22h30. Bravo TV. Roberta Peters, Metropolitan Opera's coloratura soprano for 25 years (among other guests). Ed Sullivan Show (25 Jan. 1970)

    21  0h30. Bravo TV. Sweethearts. Musical with Nelson Eddy and Jeannette Macdonald. 120 min

    22  7h30, 19h30. Bravo TV. Footnotes: La Sylphide. Host: Frank Augustyn

    23  21h30. Bravo TV. Irish Eyes Are Smiling. USA 1944 June Haver, Anthony Quinn. Biography of Ernest R. Ball, composer of Irish songs. 90 min

    27  13h30. CBC Radio 2. Verdi: Macbeth. La Scala, Milan. Renato Bruson, Maria Guleghina, Carlo Colombara, Roberto Alagna, Fabio Sartori; Riccardo Muti (RAI)

    27  13h30. SRC. Donizetti: Don Pasquale [it]. Michel Trempont (Don Pasquale), Victoria Loukianetz (Norina), Peter Edelman (Dr Malatesta), Mario Zeffiri (Ernesto), choeurs et orch Opéra royal de Wallonie, dir. Patrick Baton. Radio-television belge, Liege, 20/2/97

    29  7h30, 19h30. Bravo TV. Footnotes: The Male Dancer in Ballet. Host: Frank Augustyn

    29  20h. Bravo TV. Pulcinella. Richard Alston, Rambert Dance Company. Stravinsky. 45 min

    30  3h30. Bravo TV. Creole Giselle. Dance Theatre of Harlem. 90 min

JUILLET / JULY

    4   13h30. CBC Radio 2. Fenwick: Johnny Belinda. Confederation Center of the Arts, Charlottetown Festival. Stephanie Graham, Paul McQuillan, Don McManus, Elizabeth Mawson, Stephan Beckon, Donna Fletcher; Fen Watkin (CBC)

    4   13h30. SRC. Verdi: Falstaff [it]. Csaba Ötvös (Sir Falstaff), Mihaly Kalmandi (Ford), Uehara Masatoshi (Fenton), Cinzia Rizzone (Mrs Ford), choeurs et orch Opéra d'état de Hongrie, dir. Balzs Kocsr. Radio hongroise, Budapest, 25/10/97