The Women’s Musical Club of Toronto welcomes membersand guests to its 118th season of the finest chamber music. Music in the Afternoon, a five-concert series, presents bothCanadian and international artists on the threshold ofinternational recognition, as well as already established artistsand ensembles. The WMCT commissions a new work by aCanadian composer annually. The series is presented toWMCT members/subscribers, and single tickets are available.
The WMCT assists exceptional young Canadian talentthrough scholarships, awards and performance opportunities.Presented every third year, the Career Development Award isone of Canada’s most prestigious awards for a youngmusician embarking on a performance career.
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WOMEN’S MUSICAL CLUB OF TORONTO
118TH SEASON
NOVEMBER 19, 2015 | 1.30 PM
mezzo-soprano piano
ISABELLEONARD
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The Women’s Musical Club of Toronto gratefully acknowledges theImperial Oil Foundation
for its support of the WMCT Student Outreach Programme
and the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Councilfor assistance in presenting
Music in the Afternoon.
Today’s concert is sponsored by the
Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation
GREETINGS from Simon Fryer, Artistic Director Women’s Musical Club of Toronto
Welcome to the second concert of the 118th season of the Women’s Musical Club
of Toronto’s Music in the Afternoon. For the 118th time the WMCT proudly presents the most sought-after musicians on the world stage, as well as younger performers who will surely be in that position before too long. I am excited to bring you five programmes of the finest chamber music, brought to life by artists of the most vivid imagination. Our opening concert featured a magical program from harpist Caroline Léonardelli, the Afiara Quartet and double bassist Joe Phillips, paving the way for the remarkable vocal beauty of our November recitalist, star mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard. 2016 opens with the Daedalus Quartet and clarinettist Romie de Guise-Langlois performing the monumental clarinet quintet by Brahms, followed by Dannthology: a program initiated by well-known Canadian viola hero, Steven Dann. Steve presents an intriguingly eclectic array of works and performers including the 2016 commissioned work from celebrated young Canadian composer, Zosha Di Castri. Our season closes with extraordinary pianist Pavel Kolesnikov. Honens Competition Laureate, Pavel is winning hearts around the world and will surely continue to do so at the WMCT.
We continue our season today with an extraordinary program from a truly exceptional artist. American mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard brings her dazzling personality and entrancing voice to repertoire bridging the country of her birth and that of her ancestry. Works by the composer she most loves to sing: Manuel de Falla, anchor this wonderful selection of American and Spanish song that is sure to leave us breathless.
Thank you for subscribing to the 118th season of the WMCT – the heart of artistry, the essence of chamber music.
Women’s Musical Club of Toronto56 The Esplanade, Suite 203A, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1A7 www.wmct.on.ca
PROGRAMMEClavelitos
Preludios
Nana de Sevilla
Oración de las madres que tienen a sus hijos en brazos
Gracia mía
Canciónes negrasCuba dentro de un pianoPunto de HabañeraChévereCanción de cuna para dormir a un negritoCanto negro
God’s World
When I have sung my songs
The sleep that flits on baby’s eyes
When stars are in the Quiet skies
Do not go, my love
What if some little pain
Siete canciónes populares españolas (arr. by Pujol/Llobet)El paño morunoSeguidilla murcianaAsturianaJotaNanaCanciónPolo
Joaquín Valverde Sanjuán (1875 – 1918)
Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946)
Joaquín Valverde Sanjuán
Manuel de Falla
Enrique Granados (1867 – 1916)
Xavier Montsalvatge (1912 – 2002)
William Schuman (1910 – 1992)Ernest Charles(1895 – 1984)
John Alden Carpenter (1876 – 1951)
Charles Edward Ives (1874 – 1954)
Richard Hageman (1881 – 1966)
Ned Rorem (b.1923)
Manuel de Falla
Visit the artist’s website at www.isabelleonard.comComplimentary refreshments will be available at intermission. Please come and meet the artists in the lobby following the concert.
INTERMISSION
Daedalus String QuartetMaster Class
Friday, March 4, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.Edward Johnson Building, room 330
Sponsored by the WMCT
TODAY’S ART ISTSIsabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano
Accompanying pianist, TBA
Widely acclaimed for her “passionate intensity and remarkable vocal beauty”, Grammy Award winning mezzo-soprano, Isabel Leonard, continues to thrill audiences both in the opera house and the concert hall. In repertoire that ranges from Vivaldi to Mozart to Thomas Adès, she has graced the stages of the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, Paris Opera, Salzburg Festival, and Glyndebourne Festival, with the foremost conductors, including Valery Gergiev, and Gustavo Dudamel, among many others.
Ms. Leonard is in constant demand as a recitalist and is on the Board of Trustees at Carnegie Hall. She is a recent Grammy Award winner for Thomas Adès’ The Tempest (Best Opera Recording) and the recipient of the 2013 Richard Tucker Award.
‘. . . Leonard, whose mother is Argentinian, put her Latin side and sultry voice to use in songs by Lorca, Falla and Monstalvatge. She relished every phrase. The range, variety and personality she invested in the songs was stunning, from the most delicate lullaby to the fiery flamenco-tinged finale. . . Leonard’s dark, creamy sound was mesmerizing.’Seen and Heard International
‘... [She] has the vocal and physical beauty, the natural stage charisma, the sure dramatic instincts, to win all hearts from the outset. She also commands the coloratura agility, flexibility and precision to satisfy the role’s (Angelina in Rossini’s “Barber of Seville,”) stiff technical demands and graceful bel canto lines.’John von Rhein – Chicago Tribune
www.isabelleonard.com
CLAVELITOSLyrics: Unknown Music: Joaquín Valverde Sanjuán
Clavelitos!A quien le doy claveles,Clavelitos! Para los churum belles.Clavelitos! Que los doy con los ojos cerraos,Y los traigo en el cesto a precio modestorojos y pintaos.
Clavelitos! De la tierra adorada.Clavelitos! Que vienen de GranadaClavelitos! Que los triago aqui para tiY que tienen la esencia presencia y potenciaque usté vera en mi!
Clavelitos que los traigo bonitosPa mi novio los traigo reventones chipéPorque tiene muchismo quinquéPa robar corazones, Olé!Y enseñartes la esencia presencia y potenciaQue ya sabe usté.
Si tú me quieres mi niño cariñoYo te dare un clavelito bonito,Y veras que bien marchamosSi estamos juntos en un rinconcito,Si tu me quieres serrando del almaYo te quiero más a ti mi cani,Y todo los clavelitos bonitos,Todos serán para ti,Para ti!
PRELUDIOSLyrics: Antonio de Trueba Music: Manuel de Falla
Madre, todas las noches junto a mis rejasCanta un joven llorando indiferencia:“Quiéreme, niña, y al pie de los altares séras bendita.”
Esta dulce tonada tal poder tieneQue me pone al oirla triste y alegre;Di por qué causa entristecen y alegran estas tonadas.
“Hija, lo que las niñas como tú sientenCuando junto a sus rejas a cantar vienenEs el preludio del poema másGrande que hay en el mundo.
“Tornada en Santa Madre la Virgen puraTristezas y alegrías en elle turman,
Baby Carnations
Fresh Carnations!Who will buy carnations?Carnations! For the handsome ladsCarnations! I hand them with my eyes closedAnd I bring them in the basket. My price is modest forThese red and variegated ones.
Carnations! From the beloved landCarnations! Coming from Granada!Carnations! I bring them here for youAnd they have the essence, presence, and strengththat you will also see in me!
Carnations! I bring the most beautifulFor my loved one, I bring them bursting with life%HFDXVH�WKH\�KDYH�D�ORW�RI�ÀDUHTo steal hearts, Olé!And to show you the essence, presence, and strengthThat you already know.
If you love me my sweet dear,I will give you a pretty carnationAnd you will see how well we get alongIf we are cuddled up in a corner,If you love me my Serrano of my soulI do love you more, my dearAnd all of the pretty carnationsWill be for you!All will be for you!
Preludes
Mother, every night at my windowsings a young man of my indifference:“Love me, sweet girl, and at the foot of the altar you will be blessed”
This sweet melody such power hasthat it makes me, upon hearing it, sad and happyTell me why I’m made sad and happy by these melodies!
Daughter, what young women like you feelwhen by your window the young man comes to sing,is the prelude of the greatest poemthere is in the world.
The pure Virgin became the Holy Mothersadness and happiness she felt in turn,
Y este poema es, niña,el que ha empezado junto a tus rejas.”
NANA DE SEVILLALyrics: Folk song Music: Joaquín Valverde Sanjuán
Este niño chiquito no tiene cuna, ayNo tiene cuna, sí,No tiene cuna, no.
Su padre es carpintero y le hará una, ayy le hará una, sí,y le hará una, no.
ORACION DE LAS MADRES QUE TIENEN A SUS HIJOS EN BRAZOLyrics: Gregorio Martinez Sierra Music: Manuel de Falla
Dulce Jesús que estás dormido,por el santo pechoque te ha amamantado, te pido,que este hijo mío no sea soldado.
Se lo llevarán y era carne mía,me lo matarán y era mi alegría.Cuando esté muriendo dirá: “Madre mía...”y yo no sabré ni la hora ni el día.
Dulce Jesús que estás dormido,por el santo pechoque te ha amamantado, te pido,que este hijo mío no sea soldado.
GRACIA MIALyrics: Rafael Ferrer Music: Enrique Granados
Gracia mía, juro a Diosque sois tan bella criaturaque a perderse la hermosurase tiene de hallar en voz.
Fuera bien aventuradaen perderse en vos mi vidaporque viniera perdidapara salir más ganada.
¡Ah! Seréis hermosuras dosHQ�XQD�VROD�¿JXUD�que a perderse la hermosurase tiene de haller en vos.
En vuestros verdes ojuelosnos mostráis vuestro valor
And this poem is, my child,The one which began outside your window.
Seville Lullaby
This tender child does not have a crib,Does not have a crib, yesDoes not have a crib, no
His father is a carpenter and will make him one,He will make him one, yes,He will make him one, no.
Prayer of Mothers Holding Their Sons in Their Arms
Sweet Jesus, lying asleepby the holy breastthat suckled you, I beg youThat my son not be made a soldier.
7KH\�ZLOO�WDNH�KLP�DZD\�EXW�KH�LV�P\�ÀHVK�They will kill him but he is my happiness!When he is dying he will say: “Mother of mine!”And I will not even know the hour or the day.
Sweet Jesus, lying asleepby the holy breastthat suckled you, I beg youThat my son not be made a soldier.
My Dearest
My dearest, I swear to godthat you are the most beautiful creaturethat if Beauty were lost,RQH�ZRXOG�¿QG�LW�LQ�\RX�
If only my life could be so fortunateto lose myself in you.I being lost,would come out winning.
You then would be twice beautifulLQ�RQH�¿JXUH�that if Beauty were lost,RQH�ZRXOG�¿QG�LW�LQ�\RX�
In your beautiful green eyes,you show us your great strength
que son causa del amory las pestañas son cielos;nacieron por bien de nos.
Gracia mia…
CUBA DENTRO DE UN PIANOLyrics: Rafael Alberti Music: Xavier Montsalvatge
Cuando mi madre llevabaunsorbete de fresa por sombrero,Y el humo del los barcosaún era humo de habanero,
Mulata vuelta abajera,Cádiz se adormecíaentre fandangos y habaneras,Y un lorito al piano quería hacer de tenor.
'LPH�GRQGH�HVWi�OD�ÀRUQuel el hombre tanto venera.Mi tio Antonio volvíacon su aire de insurrecto.
La cabaña y el Principesoñaban por los patios del Puerto.Ya no brilla la Perla azul del mar de las Antillas.Ya se apagò. Se nos ha muerto.Me encontré con la bella Trinidad:
Cuba se había perdido; y ahora era verdad;No era mentira.Un cañonero huido llegócantándolo en guajiras.
La Habana ya se perdió.Tuvo la culpa el dinero.Calló, cayó el cañonero.
Pero después, pero ¡Ah despuésfue cuando al “Si” lo hicieron … “Yes”
PUNTO DE HABANERALyrics: Nestor Luján Music: Xavier Montsalvatge
La niña criolla pasa con su miriña que blanco.¡Que blanco!Hola, crespón de tu espuma.¡Marineros contempladla!Va mojadita de lunasque le hacen su piel mulata.Niña no te quejes, tan solo por esta tarde.Quisiera mandar al aguaque no se escape de pronto de la carcel de tu falda.
the reason for all loveAnd your eyelashes are skies.They were born for our happiness.
My dear…
Cuba Inside A Piano
Long ago when my mother used to wearstrawberry sherbet for a hat....and the smoke of the boat enginesgave the aroma of a cigar......
The mulatto woman returned from the lowlands…Cadiz was falling asleepbetween fandangos and habaneras...and a parrot at the piano wanted to sing like a tenor....
WHOO�PH�ZKHUH�LV�WKH�ÀRZHUthat man worships so muchMy uncle Antonio used to come backwith an air of a rebel...
The fortresses of ‘la Cabaña and Principewere dreaming in the plazas by the port.No longer shines the blue pearl of the Antillean SeaIts light has been extinguished. It is dead to us now.I ran into the beautiful city of Trinidad...
Cuba was lost; and it was true this time,it was not a lie.$�ÀHHLQJ�JXQ�ERDW�FDPH�LQsinging the story in the rhythm of guajiras.
Habana was lost.Money was to blame.The gun boat fell silent.
But after, ah after…They took the ‘si’ and turned it into ‘yes’!
Habanera Strain
The creole girl passes by with her white crinoline.How white!hello, crepe of foam!sailors, look at her!She walks, moist from the moon dropletsthat make her skin dusky.Young girl do not complain, just for this afternoon.I would like to make the water stay in the prison of your skirt.
Tu cuerpo encierra esta tarderumor de abrirse de dalia.Niña, no te quejes, tu cuerpo de fruta estáDormido en fresco brocado.
7X�FLQWXUD�YLEUD�¿QD�FRQ�OD�QREOH]D�GH�XQ�OiWLJR�Toda tu piel huele alegre a limonal y naranjo.Los marineros te miranY se te quedan mirando.
La niña criolla pasa con su miriña que blanco.
CHÉVERE:Lyrics: Nicolás GuillénMusic: Xavier Montsalvatge
Chévere del navajazose vuelve él mismo navaja.Pica tajadas de luna,más la luna se le acaba:
Pica tajadas de sombra,más la sombra se le acaba:Pica tajadas de canto,más el canto se le acaba,
¡y entonces, pica que pica,carne de su negra mala!
CANCIÓN DE CUNA PARA DORMIR A UN NEGRITOLyrics: Idelfonso Pereda ValdésMusic: Xavier Montsalvatge
Ninghe, Ninghe, tan chiquito,El negrito que no quiere dormir.Cabeza de coco, grano de café,Con lindas motitas, con ojos grandotescomo dos ventanas que miran al mar.
Cierra los ojitos, negrito asustado:El mandinga blanco te puede comer.¡Ya no eres esclavo!Y si duermes mucho el señor de casaPromete comprar traje con botonesPara ser un “groom”.Ninghe, ninghe, Duérmete, negrito,Cabeza de coco, grano de café.
CANTO NEGROLyrics: Nicolás GuillénMusic: Xavier Montsalvatge
¡ Yambambó, yambambé!Repica el congo solongo,Repica el negro bien negro. ¡ Aoé! .
Your body encloses this eveningThe murmur of the dahlia opening.Young girl do not complain, your body made of fruitsleeps in fresh embroideries.
<RXU�ZDLVW�TXLYHUV�¿QHO\�ZLWK�WKH�QRELOLW\�RI�D�ZKLS�Your skin smells happy, like lemon and orange trees.the sailors look at you…and continue looking at you.
The creole girl passes by with her white crinoline.
Indulgence
The one who thrusts the knife,He himself turns into the knife.he cuts the moon into slices,but then he runs out of the moon.
He cuts the shadow into slices ,then he runs out of the shadow.He cuts the song into slices,then he runs out of song.
And then, he slashesWKH�ÀHVK�RI�KLV�EDG�EODFN�ZRPDQ�
Lullaby for A Little Black Baby
Little child, so smallThe black child who does not want to sleep.Coconut head, my little coffee beanwith pretty freckles, and large eyeslike two windows looking into the sea.
Close your eyes, frightened little black baby:The pale boogey-man may eat you up!You are not a slave anymore!And if you sleep a lot, the master of the housepromises to buy you a suit with buttonsSo you can be a “groom”.sleep little black one,coconut head, my little coffee bean.
Black Dance
¡ Yambambó, yambambé!The Congo man struts byThe black man struts by
Congo solongo del Songo baila yambóYamboSobre un pié. ¡ Yambambó Yambambé !
Mamatomba serembé cuserambáEl negro canta y se ajuma.Mamatomba serembé cuserambáEl negro se ajuma y canta.Mamatomba serembé cuserambáEl negro canta y se va.
Acuememe serembó aé, yambambé, aóTamba, tamba del negro que tumba,Tamba del negro, caramba,Caramba que el negro tumba,¡ Yambá, Yambó !
¡ Yambambé, Yambambó, Yambambé !Baila yambo sobre un pie!
GOD’S WORLDLyrics: Edna St. Vincent MillayMusic: William Schuman
O World, I cannot hold thee close enough!Thy winds, thy wide grey skies!Thy mists, that roll and rise!Thy woods, this autumn day, that ache and sagAnd all but cry with colour!That gaunt crag to crush! To lift the lean of that black bluff!World, World, I cannot get thee close enough!
Long have I known a glory in it all,But never knew I this;Here such a passion is as stretcheth me apart,Lord, I do fear thou’st made the world too beautiful this year;My soul is all but out of me,let fall no burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.
THE SLEEP THAT FLITS ON BABY’S EYES Lyrics: Rabindranath Tagore Music: John Alden Carpenter
7KH�VOHHS�WKDW�ÀLWV�RQ�EDE\¶V�H\HV���GRHV�DQ\ERG\�know from where it comes?Yes, there is a rumour that it has its dwelling where, in the fairy villageamong shadows of the forest dimly lit with glow-worms,there hang two timid buds of enchantment.From there it comes to kiss baby’s eyes.
The congo solongo from Songo danceson one foot. ¡ Yambambó Yambambé !
The black man sings and gets drunk.He gets drunk and sings.
He sings and then he leaves.The black man staggers,Damn! the black man tumbles
¡ Yambambé, Yambambó, Yambambé !He dances yambo on one foot!
WHEN I HAVE SUNG MY SONGS Lyrics: Ernest CharlesMusic: Ernest Charles
When I have sung my songs to you, I’ll sing no more.‘Twould be a sacrilege to sing At another door.We’ve worked so hard to hold our dreams, Just you and I.I could not share them all againI’d rather dieWith just the thought that I had loved so well, so true,That I could never sing again, except to you.
WHEN STARS ARE IN THE QUIET SKIES Lyrics: Edward Bulwer-LyttonMusic: Charles Ives
When stars are in the quiet skies,Then most I long for thee;Oh bend on me thy tender eyesAs stars look down upon the peaceful sea.
For thoughts, like waves that glide by night,Are stillest when they shine;All my love lies hushed in lightBeneath the heaven of thine.
There is an hour when holy dreamsThrough slumber fairest glide;And in that mystic hour it seemsThou should’st be ever, ever at my side.The thoughts of thee too sacred areFor daylight’s common beam:I can but know thee as my star,My guiding star, my angel and my dream;
DO NOT GO, MY LOVE Lyrics: Rabindranath Tagore Music: Richard Hageman
Do not go, my love without asking me my leave.I have watched all night, and now my eyes are heavy with sleep;I fear lest I lose you when I am sleeping.Do not go, my love, without asking my leave.I start up and stretch my hands to touch you.I ask myself, “Is it a dream?”Could I but entangle your feet with my heart,And hold them fast to my breast!Do not go, my love, without asking my leave.
EL PAÑO MORUNO Lyrics: UnknownMusic: Manuel de Falla
$O�SDxR�¿QR�HQ�OD�WLHQGDUna mancha le cayó;Por menos precio se vende,Porque perdió su valor, Ay!
SEGUIDILLA MURCIANALyrics: UnknownMusic: Manuel de Falla
Cualquiera que el tejado tenga de vídrio,No debe tirar piedras al del vecino.Arrieros somos,Puede que en el caminoNos encontremos.Por tu mucha inconstanciaYo te comparoYo te comparo por tu mucha inconstanciaYo te comparoCon peseta que corre de mano en mano;4XH�DO�¿Q�VH�ERUUDY creyéndola falsaNadie la toma.
ASTURIANALyrics: UnknownMusic: Manuel de Falla
Por ver si me consolaba,Arriméme a un pino verde;Por ver si me consolaba.
Por verme llorar, lloraba.Y el pino, como era verde,Por verme llorar, lloraba.
WHAT IF SOME LITTLE PAIN… Lyrics: Edmund SpenserMusic: Ned Rorem
What if some little pain the passage have,7KDW�PDNHV�IUDLO�ÀHVK�WR�IHDU�WKH�ELWWHU�ZDYH"Is not short pain well bom, that brings long ease,And lays the soul to sleep in quiet grave?Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas,Ease after war, death after life doth greatly please.
The Moorish Cloth
2Q�WKH�¿QH�FORWK�LQ�WKH�VWRUHa stain has fallen;It sells at a lesser price,because it has lost its value.Alas!
Seguidilla of Murcia
Whomever has a roofmade of glassshould not throw stoneson to their neighbor’s (roof).Let us be muleteers;It could be that on the roadwe will meet!For your great inconstancyI compare youto a coin that runs from hand to hand;ZKLFK�¿QDOO\�EOXUV�and, believing it false,no one accepts it!
Asturiana
To see whether it would console me,I drew near a green pine,To see whether it would console me.
Seeing me weep, it wept;And the pine, being green,seeing me weep, wept.
JOTALyrics: UnknownMusic: Manuel de Falla
Dicen que no nos queremosPorque no nos ven hablar;A tu corazón y al míoSe lo pueden preguntar.Ya me despido de tí,De tu casa y tu ventanaY aunque no quiera tu madre,Adiós, niña, hasta mañana.
NANALyrics: UnknownMusic: Manuel de Falla
Duérmete, niño, duerme,Duerme, mi alma,Duérmete, luceritoDe la mañanaNanita, nana,Nanita, nana.Duérmete, luceritoDe la mañana.
CANCIÓNLyrics: UnknownMusic: Manuel de Falla
Por traidores, tus ojos,Voy a enterrarlos;No sabes lo que cuesta,“Del aire,” niña, el mirarlos“Madre, a la orilla,”Niña, el mirarlos.“Madre.”Dicen que no me quieres,Ya me has querido . . .Váyase lo ganado“Del aire” por lo perdido,“Madre, a la orilla,” por lo perdido.“Madre.”
POLOLyrics: UnknownMusic: Manuel de Falla
Guardo un “ay”Guardo una pena en mi pecho,Que a nadie se la diré!Malhaya el amor, malhaya!Ay!Y quien me lo dió a entender!Ay!
Jota
They say we don’t love each otherbecause they never see us talking;To your heart and minethey have only to ask.Now I bid you farewell,your house and your window too,even though your mother may not like it,farewell, girl, until tomorrow,
Lullaby
Go to sleep, child, sleep,Sleep, my soul,Go to sleep, my little starOf the morning.darling, little girlbaby, little girl,Sleep, my little starof the morning.
Song
Because they are treacherous,Your eyes, I will bury them;You don’t know how hard it is,“Del aire!” Girl, to look at them.“Madre a la orilla!”Girl, to look at them.“Madre!”They say you don’t love me,and yet you did love me…What I once had, is gone“Del aire!” for lost.“Madre a la orilla!”Accept what you’ve had, not as what you’ve lost“Madre!”
Polo
I keep an Ah!I hold a pain in my breast,that to no one will I tell!Wretched is love, wretched,Ah!And he who gave it to me to understand!Ah!
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WMCT BEL CANTO & FOUNDATION DONORSThe following members and friends are thanked for their generosity:
Nancy & Jim Westcott̂Frank (Barry) White^Jan Whyte^John Wilford*Diana Wurtzburg*
Supporter (up to $49)
Betty -Rae Abramsky*Ann Barrett*Mary & Richard Bell*Cathy & Terry Boak*Ellen Briant*Leah Cohen^Wendy DesLauriers*Donna & Dalton Dewar̂Agnes Gabor*
Dawn Hamel*Sophia Kert*Tiiu Klein*Sylvia Kosky*Nannette Mostyn*Massoumeh Mozaffari^Lynda Reid*Shirley Rochman*Bertie Rubin^Rosalie & Avram Selick*Darlene Snyder*
* WMCT Bel Canto donor as of September 1, 2015^ Friends of the Foundation donor as of March 31, 2015
WMCT FOUNDATION LegacyCircle MEMBERS Hanna Feuerriegel Barbara Gory Peter A. Goulding & Frank (Barry) White Betty Gray Dianne Henderson Emmy Homburger Isabel Jackson Esther McNeil Elizabeth Newton Julia Smith Mary VanderVennen Marianne Weil Nora Wilson
CONGRATULATIONS!
Charles Richard-Hamelin
Recent 2nd place winner at the prestigiousInternational Chopin Competition in Warsaw
(and winner of the best sonata performance prize)
Charles is the WMCT’s 2015 Career Development Award winner
WOMEN’S MUSICAL CLUB OF TORONTO56 The Esplanade, Suite 203A, Toronto ON M5E 1A7
416-923-7052 www.wmct.on.ca [email protected] Business Number 12371 86371 RR0001
Program:Jean Sibelius - String Quartet in D Minor “Voces intimae”, Op.56
James MacMillan - ‘Tuireadh’ for Clarinet and String Quartet Johannes Brahms - Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op.115
Please turn off cell phones and other noise making devices. As a courtesy to others, please refrain from wearing perfume or other scents.No photography or recordings of any type without prior permission of the WMCT.
Members/subscribers unable to attend a concert may donate the ticket(s) to the Women’s Musi-cal Club of Toronto and receive an official donation receipt for income tax purposes for the value of the returned ticket(s). Tickets must be received at the WMCT office at least 48 hours before the concert (photocopies are not acceptable for donation receipts).
DAEDALUS STRING QUARTETwith
Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet
NEXT CONCERTThursday, March 3, 2016, 1.30 p.m.
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building80 Queen’s Park, Toronto
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2016-2017 Season Launch - Simon Fryer, WMCT Artistic Director
Open to WMCT members.12.15 p.m. sharp, Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
PATRONSThe Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, PC, CC, CMM, COM, CDSir Andrew Davis, CBE, Music Director & Principal Conductor, Lyric Opera of Chicago Walter Homburger, CMCatherine Robbin, OC, Director of Classical Vocal Studies, Department of Music, York University
HONORARY ADV ISERSJ. Anthony CaldwellSusan V. Corrigan, former Arts Administrator, WMCTVictor Feldbrill, OC, OOnt, ConductorJohn B. Lawson, CM, QCLouis Lortie, OC, CQ, PianistDon McLean, Dean, Faculty of Music, University of TorontoEsther McNeil, Founding Chair, Career Development Award; Founding Chair WMCT FoundationJohn D. McNeil, CFAElizabeth NewtonPeter Oundjian, Music Director, Toronto Symphony OrchestraArthur R.A. Scace, QCPeter Simon, President, The Royal Conservatory of Music
BOARD OF D IRECTORSDiane Martello, PresidentBonnie O’Dacre, Vice-presidentJanet Murray, CPA, CA, Secretary-TreasurerAnnette Sanger, Past President Patricia HausnerEva InnesSusan JohnstonJerri Merritt JonesKathleen McMorrow Tamar NelsonMarlene PreissJulia SmithDebra VoorheisJackie Wood
HONORARY BOARD MEMBERSDanuta BuczynskiJohn K. CaldwellHanna FeuerriegelBetty GrayEmmy HomburgerAnn HughsonPamela MacKenzieMandy MacraeMarianne Weil
ARTS ADMIN ISTRATORNeva Peykova
ARTIST IC D IRECTORSimon Fryer
A list of Women’s Musical Club of Toronto concerts, comprising performers, repertoire, and venues, from the first season in 1898-1899 up to and including the most recently completed season, is available at wmct.on.ca/about-wmct/history
HONORARY PATRONThe Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, OC, OOnt
The Women’s Musical Club of Toronto welcomes membersand guests to its 118th season of the finest chamber music. Music in the Afternoon, a five-concert series, presents bothCanadian and international artists on the threshold ofinternational recognition, as well as already established artistsand ensembles. The WMCT commissions a new work by aCanadian composer annually. The series is presented toWMCT members/subscribers, and single tickets are available.
The WMCT assists exceptional young Canadian talentthrough scholarships, awards and performance opportunities.Presented every third year, the Career Development Award isone of Canada’s most prestigious awards for a youngmusician embarking on a performance career.
A volunteer-run organization, the WMCT provides anopportunity for men and women to assist in the selection ofartists and the presentation of the concerts, in addition tosharing in the enjoyment of the performances.
For tickets to any Music in the Afternoon performance visit www.wmct.on.ca or call 416-923-7052.
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[email protected] www.wmct.on.ca 416-923-7052
Women’s Musical Club of Toronto56 The Esplanade, Suite 203A
Toronto, Ontario M5E 1A7416-923-7052
[email protected] www.wmct.on.ca
WOMEN’S MUSICAL CLUB OF TORONTO
118TH SEASON
NOVEMBER 19, 2015 | 1.30 PM
mezzo-soprano piano
ISABELLEONARD
VLADIFTINCA
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