{"id":34786,"date":"2016-03-03T17:27:08","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T22:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=34786"},"modified":"2016-03-03T17:27:08","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T22:27:08","slug":"the-scoop-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2016\/03\/03\/the-scoop-4\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Women\u2019s Musical Club Of Toronto Announces 119th Season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Issachah Savage (Photo: Kristen Hoeberman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In our current age of impermanence when it comes to the classical music world, it is practically a minor miracle to encounter an organization that can boast a history as August as the Women\u2019s Musical Club of Toronto. Today I attended their 2016-17 Season Announcement, which is their \u2013 are you ready \u2013 119th<\/sup> season! Their Artistic Director, Simon Fryer, was there to make the announcement, complete with an audiovisual presentation. Walter Hall was filled with loyal members of the WMCT, and I think everyone was pleased about next season\u2019s line-up.<\/p>\n

Every year, WMCT brings Canadian and foreign artists to Toronto for their Music in the Afternoon<\/em> series that takes place at 1:30 p.m.\u00a0 I\u2019ve attended many concerts over the years and heard some wonderful artists. This coming season, American heldentenor Issachah Savage<\/a><\/strong> opens the season with a recital on Oct. 6th <\/sup>in the usual venue of Walter Hall on the campus of the University of Toronto.\u00a0 I was fortunate to have heard this tenor sing Siegmund at the COC when the regularly scheduled tenor Clifton Forbis was indisposed. Savage has a fantastic voice \u2013 what is described as a Jugendlich dramatischer Tenor. <\/em>He was simply a wonderful Siegmund<\/a>. It\u2019s great to have him back in Toronto. On his program is Schumann\u2019s Dichterliebe<\/em>, Beethoven\u2019s An die ferne geliebte<\/em>, songs of Richard Strauss and Roger Quilter, plus Spirituals.<\/p>\n

On November 24th<\/sup>, James Sommerville<\/strong>, French horn, joins violinist Scott St. John<\/strong> and pianist Peter Longworth<\/strong> for a recital of Brahms Horn Trio, and a WMCT-commissioned work from Vivian Fung.<\/p>\n

Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch<\/strong> comes to town to give a recital of Rachmaninoff, Schumann, and Shostakovich on March 9th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

The all\u00a0female women Aizuri Quartet<\/strong> gives a chamber recital of works by Beethoven, Webern, Mendelssohn and Caroline Shaw on April 6th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Finally, a very proud moment for WMCT is the return of Warsaw Chopin Piano Competition laureate (Silver Medal 2015) Charles Richard-Hamelin<\/a><\/strong> in a recital of Schubert, Chopin, and Scriabin on May 4th<\/sup>. Mr. Richard-Hamelin received a very substantial Career Development Grant from WMCT last spring, and he went on to wow critics and audiences in Warsaw. Some of us might have heard him play in a noon hour concert at the opera house, as well as a joint recital with 5th<\/sup> place winner Yike Tony Yang recently. This is an important recital not to be missed.<\/p>\n

Here is the link to the WMCT 2016-17 Season Brochure \u2013 (PDF<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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