Serenata Music Presents a Canadian Premiere With the London Symphonia String Quartet.
The manuscript of the string quartet no.5 by Walter Kaufman which I obtained from my father Sam Medzon was the impetus for creating the Forbidden Music concert. Sam was the principal violist with the Winnipeg Symphony when Walter was appointed as conductor in 1948. Walter was born in Karlsbad in 1907 and showed promise as a musician early on. He studied violin, piano and composition and was about to receive his doctorate in 1934 in Berlin when he discovered that his supervisor had joined the Nazi party. As a Jew he realized that there was no future remaining in Europe and against the advice of his father he obtained a visa to India. With the money he obtained by selling the rights to his operetta The White Goddess, he purchased a ticket and left. In Bombay he found work with All India radio and the burgeoning film industry. He formed the Bombay Chamber Music Society and played with Mehli Mehta, the father of Zubin Mehta to whom he gave occasional music lessons. While in India he married the niece of Franz Kafka. After the war he had a brief time in England with the BBC and Rank films and used his friendship with Albert Einstein to try to get work in Hollywood. He came to Canada in 1947 as the piano professor at the Halifax Conservatory. Upon the recommendation of Ernest McMillan and Adrian Boult he became the conductor of the reformed Winnipeg Symphony where he remained until 1957. The Winnipeg Symphony thrived under his baton. He continued to compose and to challenge the orchestra with his and other contemporary works. Walter left Winnipeg in 1957 to become professor of musicology in the faculty of music at the university of Indiana where he finished his illustrious career. During his stay in Winnipeg he befriended our family and gave my father two manuscripts- the above mentioned String Quartet no.5, dated 1935, and a concertante for viola and piano. I am thrilled to have the string quartet premiered here in London after 88 years and hope that the viola piece will be performed soon.
Ted Medzon
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2023
September
Friday, Sept. 15, 12:30 P.M. von Kuster Hall, Western. Viano String Quartet, guests Scott St.John, Sharon Wei, violas, David Liam Roberts, cello.
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Thursday, Sept.21,12:15 P.M. St.Paul's Cathedral. Angus Sinclair, organ.
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Saturday, Sept.23. 7:30 P.M. Wolf Performance Hall. Jeffrey Concerts. Gryphon Trio.
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Thursday, September 28,12:15 P.M. St.Paul's Cathedral. Catherine Gray, organ.
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Saturday, Sept.30. 7:30 P.M. St. James Westminster Anglican Church. Brass Roots, Brass Night at the Proms.
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October
Sunday, October 1. 3 P.M. Museum London. Magisterial Soloists. Beyond Borders.
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Thursday, October 5 12:15 P.M. St.Paul's Cathedral. William Lupton, organ.
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Thursday, October 12,12:15 P.M. St.Paul's Cathedral. Charmaine Iormetti, soprano.
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Friday, Oct.13, 12:20 P.M. von Kuster Hall, Western. Marion Newman-Nege'ga, Mezzo Soprano. Telling our stories together.
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Friday, October 13. 7:30 P.M. St.John the Evangelist Church, Jeffrey Concerts. Marmen Quartet.
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Saturday, October 14. 7:30 P.M. Metropolitan United Church. London Symphonia, Matthius Maute, conductor.
Beethoven, Ninth Symphony.
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Friday, October 20, 7:30 P.M. St.Paul's Cathedral. David Enlow, organ.
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Sunday, October 22, 3 P.M. Aeolian Hall. Janne Mertanen, piano.
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Sunday, October 22, Encore the Concert Band TBA
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Thursday, October 26, 7 P.M.. Wolf Performance Hall. Sophisticated Swing and Barclay Road Brassworks in concert.
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Thursday, October 26,12:15 P.M. St.Paul's Cathedral. Aaron James, organ.
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Thursday, October 26. 8 P.M. Aeolian Hall. Chanticleer. Choral concert.
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Friday, October. 27, 7:30 P.M. von Kuster Hall, Western. Parsons and Poole Concert. Yekwon Sunwoo, piano.
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Sunday, October 29, 3 P.M. Dundas Street Centre United Church. London Community Orchestra. Bartok, Ponce, Martinu.
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Sunday, October 29, 2 P.M. A.B.Lucas SS. London Concert Band. Blue Lake and Rocky Shore.
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November
Thursday, November 2,12:15 P.M. St.Paul's Cathedral. Lianne Tan, organ.
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Saturday, Nov.4. 7:30 Metropolitan United Church. London Symphonia String Quartet, Forbidden Music. Joe Lanza, Curator, Tom Allen, narrator. Sponsored by Serenata Music.
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Thursday, Nov. 9. 7 P.M. Museum London. Magisterra Soloists. La Belle Epocque.
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Thursday, November 9,12:15 P.M. St.Paul's Cathedral. Dr. Gregg Redner, organ.
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Friday, Nov.10. 8 P.M. von Kuster Hall, Western. Musicians from Marlboro. Haydn, Benjamin, Walker, Mendelsohn. Sponsored by Serenata Music and Dr Gunes Ege.
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Saturday, Nov. 11, 7:30 P.M. Wesley-Knox United Church. Karen Schuessler Singers. The Armed Man.
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Thursday, Nov. 16, Friday Nov.17, 7:30 P.M., Saturday, Nov.18, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2 P.M. Davenport Theatre, Western. Opera at Western, La Cenerentola.
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Thursday, November 16, 12:15 P.M. St.Paul's Cathedral. Wayne Carroll, organ.
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Sunday, Nov. 19. 3 P.M. St.John the Evangelist Church, Jeffrey Concerts. Patricia Snyder, Organ.
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Thursday, November 23,12:15 P.M. St.Paul's Cathedral. Mark Himmelman, organ.
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Saturday, Nov. 25, Metropolitan United Church. London Youth Symphony TBA
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Thursday, November 30, 12:15 P.M. St.Paul's Cathedral. Catharine Sadler, soprano, Ian Sadler, organ.
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December
Friday, Dec.1. 12:30 P.M. von Kuster Hall, Western. Musicians of Tafelmusik.
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Sunday, Dec.3. 7 P.M. First St. Andrews Church. Magisterra Soloists. Christmas baroque
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Saturday Dec.9. 7:30 P.M. Metropolitan United Church. London Symphonia. Christmas with the Mcauley Boys.
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Saturday, Dec..9. 7:30 P.M.. St. James Westminster Anglican Church. Brass Roots. HolidayBrass.
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Sunday, December 10. Encore the Concert Band TBA
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Monday, Dec.11. 7 P.M. Wolf Performance Hall. Sounds of Swing band in concert.
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Tuesday, Dec. 12, 7:30 P.M. A.B.Lucas SS. London Concert Band, Cantorium Choir
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Sunday, Dec. 17, 3 P.M. Dundas Street Centre United Church. London Community Orchestra. Young Soloists Concert.
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2024
January
Thursday, Jan.18. 8 P.M. von Kuster Hall. Fred Pattison Piano Award 2023 Winner. Terrence Wu, piano.
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Sunday, January 21. 3 P.M. Wolf Performance Hall. Jeffrey Concerts. Ensemble Caprice. Sweet Chocolate and French Baroque Music.
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Wednesday, Jan.24. 6 P.M. von Kuster Hall, Western. New Orford Quartet. Pizzacato!
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Thursday, January 25 7 P.M. Museum London. Magisterra Soloists. Music and Holocaust-The Grafeneck Project.
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Saturday, January 27, 7:30 P.M. Metropolitan United Church. London Symphonia. Janina Fialkowska, piano.
Sponsored by Serenata Music.This performance is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Krystyna Wojakowsky.
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February
Saturday, Feb.3. 2 P.M. Paul Davenport Theatre, Western. Opera and Musical Theatre Gala with Early Music Studio.
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Saturday, Feb.3. 7:30 P.M. St. James Westminster Anglican Church. Brass Roots. Carnival!.
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Saturday, Feb. 3. Metropolitan United Church. London Youth Symphony TBA
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Tuesday,, Feb.6 .8 P.M. von Kuster Hall, Western, Horizon: Madog. Jeremy Williams, baritone and Ensemble Paramirabo
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Thursday, Feb.8. 7:30 P.M. Paul Davenport Theatre, Western. Jazz Ensemble. An Evening with Rodney Whitaker,
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Friday's Feb.9. 12:30 P.M. von Kuster Hall, Western. Jazz Bassist Rodney Whitaker, Western Jazz Combo.
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Friday, February 9. 7:30 P.M. St.John the Evangelist Church. Jeffrey Concerts. Kelly Zimba Lukic, flute, and Heidi Bearcroft, harp.
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Saturday, Feb.24. 7:30 P.M. Metropolitan United Church. London Symphonia. Freedom: The Spirit and Legacy of Black Music. Beau Dixon, curator.
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Sunday, February 25. Encore the Concert Band TBA
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March
Saturday, March 2, 7:30 P.M. Wesley-Knox United Church. Karen Schuessler Singers. Mediterranean Odyssey.
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Sunday, March 3, 3 P.M. Dundas Street Centre United Church. London Community Orchestra. Larsson. Sibelius, Bruch, Dvorak.
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Sunday, March. 3, 2 P.M. Saunders SS. London Concert Band. Sophia Tanaka, flute.
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Thursday, March 7, Friday, March 8, 7:30 P.M.,Saturday, March 9, Sunday, March 10. 2 P.M. Paul Davenport Theatre, Western. Opera at Western. Albert Herring.
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Thursday, March 7. 7 P.M. Museum London. Magisterra Soloists. Masterworks- Piano Trios.
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Saturday, March 9. 7:30 P.M. Wolf Performance Hall. 7:30 P.M. Jeffrey Concerts. Isidore String Quartet and Arthur Rowe, piano.
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Friday, March 22, 12:30 P.M. von Kuster Hall, Western. Annemarie Moorroft, viola, Angella park, piano. European Upheaval.
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April
Saturday, April 6. Wolf Performance Hall. 7:30 P.M. Jeffreyb Concerts. Tyler Duncan, baritone, and Erika Switzer, piano.
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Saturday, April 6. 7:30 P.M. Metropolitan United Church . London Symphonia. Tania Miller, conductor, Midori Marsh, Soprano. A Bohemian Life.
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Thursday, April 14. Museum London. Magisterra Soloists. Glorious Voice.
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Sunday, April 24. Encore the Concert Band TBA
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Saturday, April 27, 7:30 P.M. Wolf Performance Hall. Jeffrey Concerts. Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, piano
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May
Saturday, May 4, 7:30. Wesley-Knox United Church. Karen Schuessler Singers. Secrets of Old South
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Saturday, May 4, 7:30 P.M. Metropolitan United Church. London Symphonia. Elinor Frey, Cello and Leader. An Elegant Fire.
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Saturday, May 11. Metropolitan United Church. London Youth Symphony TBA
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Sunday, May 12, 3 P.M. Dundas Street Centre United Church. London Community Orchestra. Mercure. Poulenc, Ravel.
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Saturday, May 25, 7:30 P.M. Metropolitan United Church. London Symphonia Winds, Brass and Percussion. Sean Spicer, Trumpet, Curator and Leader. Transformed.
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Sunday, May 26, 2 P.M. A.B.Lucas SS. London Concert Band. From Bach to Back to the Future,
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Thursday, May 30, 7 P.M. Museum London. Magisterra Soloists. Bohemian rhapsody.
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June
Sunday, June 9. Encore the Concert Band TBA
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July
Thursday, July 4, 7 P.M. Museum London. Magisterra Soloists. Magisterra International String Quartet. Global Connections.
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