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24 Saturday, October 14, 1972 K-X FEUXFOLLETS Eskimo dances are featured in one of the sequences in the Feux Follets production which will be presented at the National Arts Centre Oct. 26-28. This Canadian folklore show, directed by Alan Lund, had a successful run at this year's Charlottetown Festival. Group playing mainly 18th century music Music of the 18th century and a work by Igor Stravinsky will be performed in the Alumni Theatre of Carleton University this evening by the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra, an' outstanding string ensemble from France. This will be the first in the -1972-73 series of Carleton Chamber Concerts.

It begin at 8.30 p.m. The first half of the program will be made up of Francois Couperin's Apotheose de Corelli, a work in seven movements, Music Nicholas Goldschmidt, director of music at the University of Guelph and a well-known figure in Ottawa musical circles, will give a series of five seminars at the University of Ottawa on the interpretation of lieaer. Sponsored by the university's department of music, the sessions will be held at 157 Nicholas Street on successive J-Friday evenings beginning Oct. The first will be devoted to the lieder of Schubert. seminars will be free to the Dublic but those wishing to attend should make a reserva- tkw by getting in touch with the of 0 music department at 180 Waller Street.

Composer Robert Fleming, who also is an experienced church musician, has been aw pointed organist and choirmas- ter of St. Matthias' Anglican Church. r- While serving as music direc-I tor of the National Film Board in Montreal Mr. Fleming was organist and choir director at Cfr -nma. Innl.rtnH fttui-ml.

Ste. Anne de Bellevue. He pre- viously held a similar post at n.i.. ith.i.j -i. iu.m.

Mr. Fleming returned to Ot- iota lawa ill 17u lu juui uic luuait. department of Carleton Univer- sity. His latest composition, Hexad, was performed by the National Arts centre urcnestra at we ntvninir of Ira 1972-73 soauwi last nfxri, lie man uaa uccii wimuuia- einrwvt tn writAvjl snno vrla fnr baritone Allan Monk to perform during the nauj European tour next spring. The Ottawa centre of the el Canadian College of Organ- ists is opening its season this evening with a clergy-organists uinneu in iuiox rresoyrerinn Church Hall.

John Churchill, head of the music department at Carleton University, will give a talk on Ralph Vaughan Williams, whose centenary is being observed this week. The Capital City Chorus, the barbershop harmony group di rected by Bill Little, will give a ivouceri in nuuuruiie nign acnooi auditorium weanesaay at 8 p.m. under aunices of the choir of St Martin's Anglican Church, The program will in- wuus uuoiici auu vuuiua number. The Ottawa Journal and J. S.

Bach's Concerto in minor two violins and orchestra. The featured violinists in the later work will be Georges Armand and Oreste Giordano'. The program also will include Symphony No. 1 in flat major by the 18th century French com' poser Michel Corrette; Mozart's Divertimento in major, K. 138; and Stravinsky's Concerto in for string orchestra, a work which appeared in 1946.

The series will continue Nov. 4 with a concert by the Pan iagua Quartet of Madrid. Notes Ottawa clarinettist Seymour Sokoloff has established what he considers to be the largest con cert artists management in Ca nada. i wife, flautist Pauline Sokoloff, will serve as execu tive-secretary of the organiz- tion. An artist already on the roster is the Czech-born cellist Albin Berkey, who will be heard on CBC radio next week.

(His re cital is scheduled for Wednesday at 11 p.m. on the FM network and for Saturday at 9.30 p.m. on the AM network.) Mr. and Mrs. Sokoloff are at tending Contact 72 in Toronto this weekend.

Contact 72, a proj ect of the Ontario Arts Council, presents Ontario artists in "showcase auditions." Canadian baritone Louis Quil- ico will make his official Metropolitan Opera debut Jan. 1 as Germont in Verdi's La Traviata. Later in the month he is to sing Mephistopheles in Gounod's Faust Mr. Quilico made an appearance at the Met on short notice last season when he substituted for an indisposed singer in the roie oi uoiauu in reueas ei Melisande. When he won the MetropoU tan Opera auditions in 1955 he was offered a contract to sing minor parts but he declined the offer.

Now a member of the music faculty of the University of To ronto, be has been appearing with the Canadian Opera Com pany during its Toronto season. The Ottawa branch of the On tario Registered Music Teach ers' Association is meeting at the Chateau Laurier tonight for a social gathering which will In' elude a short recital by pianist Mary Lou unratn. Bob Soucy, blues singer and guitarist will be performing Oct 17-20 at 9.30 p.m. at the Kitchen Cinq coffee house, which is part of Pestalozzl Col lege. A program of Eastern music for sitar and tabla will' be presented Oct.

22 at 8 p.m. by Hardeep and Anoop Singh Buck-shL Harpist Judy Loman will ap pear in the CBC television series Music to See tomorrow at 5 p.m., playing works by Ravel, Dussek, Prokofiev. Debussy and Salzedo. 1 Clarice Carson singing role of Tosca A leading Canadian soprano, an' American baritone who has had a long and distinguished career in the operatic field, and an Italian tenor who has made a number of appearances in the United States will sing the leading roles in the Canadian Opera Company production of Puc cini's Tosca when it is presented at the National Arts Centre next Thursday and Saturday. Another production Irpm tne company's current Toronto Eugene One-gin, will be performed at the NAC Wednesday arid Friday.

The role of Tosca will be sung by Clarice Carson, the Mon treal-bora soprano is a member of the Metropolitan Opera and the Scottish Opera. Walter Cassell, a Metropolitan Opera veteran, will appear as Baron Scarpia, chief of the Rome police, and Luciano Rampaso as the artist Mario Cavaradossi, Tosca's lover. Miss Carson made her oper atic debut in Montreal during the 1962-63 season and three years later appeared with the New York City Opera as the Countess in The Marriage of touring with the Metropolitan Opera National Company she joined the main "Met" company during the 1968- 69 season, making her debut in The Magic Flute. The following season she scored a notable success as Musetta in La Boheme. She sang Tosca on CBC tele vision in 1969 and at the "Met" during the 1970-71 season.

In December, 1970, she made a highly acclaimed debut with the Scott ish Opera as Violetta in La Traviata. Operas in which she appeared during the 1971-72 season includ ed Die Fledermaus at the Holly wood Bowl, La Traviata with the Pittsburgh Opera, II Ta- barro and Suor Angelica with the Montreal Symphony Orches tra, Berlioz Les Troyens at Carnegie Hall, and Aida with the Edmonton Opera. The week in Ottawa TODAY i Ptter ond the VfoH. oloY for children by Theatre Productions. Btll rtign scnooi, i.w p.m.

Put on a Hoodv. LourAAtlan Hlah School aucUtorlum, I pm, Piano recital bv Ivan Nunez. National mm wniT aiuaio, p.m. tear barm, cjvic centre, p.m. Glnette Reno.

NAC ODera. t.30 e.m. Toulouse Chamber Orchestra. Carle ton University Alumni Theatre, 1.30 p.m. Plaza Suite.

Ottawa Little Theatre. 0.30 p.m. (Performances nightly except auncov urn ucr. 21.1 Le General Inccnnu. L'Ateller Docket theatre.

Main street at Hawthorne Ave nue, a.w p.m. (Further performance aunaoy ar 9.M p.m.! Wide- Open Sooces. Theatre Neuf IWONDAT production, Le Hlbou, 12 noon. (Further pertrrmonces Tuesday TO pnaayj Color the Flesh the Ccfor of D'JSt, 0 Theatre production. NAC Theatre, 8 pm.

(Performances nlgritly exceor Mjnaay until OCT. i-meen, loronto cwnce group, nag Studio. 8 p.m. (Further Dttrfarmance iuesday or 8 WEDNESDAY Concert bv the Coaital City Chorus, Woodroffe Hlah School, 0 p.m. Organ recital by Oianne Ferguson, Bell Street.

Unite-) Church, p.m. RKitol by guitarist Ramon Ybarra, universiry cr uirnra Acoaemic nan, 8 30 p.m. Euaene Onealn. i Conodlon Ooera Company production, NAC Opera, 8.30 p.m. (Further performance Friday ot 9.m p.m.j Toscc.

r.anBd4on floera Comnanv tra THURSDAY duction, NAC Opera, 8.30 p.m. (Further perrormonce Saturday at 8.30 p.m.l FRIDAY Le Comoneute Aarkola ooens for iiTrre nignit, 1. Mteiter pocKet meaire, o.ju p.m. The Wownrd Clnrk. ironntfl Theatni SATUKDAT Group production, Eorl cf Morch High School, 1.30 p.m.

(Further perform ances Sunday at 1 30 and 3 p.m. vnr-erwo. vnowo inerrre tor cnn. -rn production, woodroffe Hlah School, 2.30 p.m. Ccurerrtlan luntor concert, Laurentlon H-gn school, 2,30 p.m.

Organ program includes Bach, Willan works Major works by J. S. Bach and Healey Willan are included in the program which organist Dianne Ferguson will give in Bell Street United Church Wednesday at 8 p.m. Mrs. Ferguson was appointed director of music at Bell Street United Church In 1971, after serving in a similar capacity at St.

James United Church. Be fore coming to Ottawa in 1965 she held several church posi tions in Edmonton. Her recital will open with a Bach group consisting, the Prelude and Fugue in flat ma jor (St. Anne), Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, and Toccata In major. Willan's Introduction, Passa- caglia and Fugue will be the conclud es work.

The program also will include The Musical Clocks by Haydn; Aubade and Les Cloches de Hinkley by Louis Vierne; a cho rale prelude, Praise to the Lord, by Helmut Walcha; and two hymn preludes by Flor Peeters Stand Up and Bless the Lord, and Turn Back, Man. Unit 6 of Bell Street United Church Women Is sponsoring the recital. Proceeds will go to the church's building futtd. TOSCA PRINCIPALS Luciano Rampaso is seen as Cavaradossi and Clarice Carson as Tosca in the Canadian Opera Company production of 'Puccini's Tosca which will be presented in the National Arts Centre Thursday and Saturday- Miss Carson is well known to Ottawa audiences. Her last ap pearance at the NAC was with the Ottawa Choral Society in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis in April, 1971.

Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mr. Cassel became a member of the Metropolitan Opera after gaining recognition in radio in New York. His- immense repertoire ranges from the heroes of the Wagner operas to leading roles in modern American works. In 1958 he set a record at the Met when he sang three of the most taxing roils in the baritone re pertoire within 24 hours Scarpia in Tosca, Kurvenal in Tristan, und Isolde and Jok- anaan in Salome. He also has starred in light Masselos to open series The Concert Society of Ottawa series will open in the Theatre of the National Arts Centre Oct 22 at 3 p.m.

with a recital by William Masselos, a widely acclaimed American pianist. A graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, Mr. Masselos is a virtuoso of the entire piano literature as well as a champion of contemporary music. His Ottawa program will consist of works by Scarlatti, Schumann, Erik Satie -and Charles Ives. During the.

1971-72 season he made eight appearances on the New York concert scene. One of these was with the London, Phil harmonic Orchestra under Ber nard Haitink. By Jean ooera and musical comedv. He. recently completed a run of nearly two years at London's Drury Lane Theatre as Johann Strauss, in The Great Waltz.

Since returning to North America be has appeared in The Student Prince with the St Louis Municipal Opera, Following bis COC engagement' lie is to sing the title role in Wagner's The Flying Dutch man with the Pittsburgh Opera. MASUKO USHIODA, Manchurian born violinist who has won honors In the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium competition and the Tchaikovsky competition in will appear with the Montreal Symphony Ori chestra Oct 24 in the Tuesday series of orchestral concerts at the National Arts Centre. will be soloist in Bartok's Violin Concerto No. 2. The program wiM be repeated the following evening in the student subscription series.

4 Soutiiworth 'Shout for joy9 celebration Dr. Alexander Peloquin, an American church musician who has been described as "a mix of Pope John, Billy Graham and Victor Borge," will make two appearances in Ottawa next weekend under auspices of the Ottawa presbytery of the United Church of Canada. He will conduct a workshop on church music in Glebe United umrcn Hall Saturday and a "Shout for Joy" celebration in the Opera of the National Arts Centre Sunday, Oct. 22 at 8 m. The latter event will mark the wind-up of Church Week activi ties in Ottawa.

Church Week, which begins tomorrow, is a na tional observance of the United Church. At the NAC Dr. Peloquin will direct a choir of close to 250 voices drawn from United Churches in the area. The audience also will be invited to participate. The Saturday workshop, consisting of morning and afternoon sessions, will be open to anyone interested in congregational singing.

Registration will take place at 9 lihJ At the morning session Dr. Peloquin will use the new Anglican-United Church hymn book to demonstrate the excitement which can be created in music for congregations. He will in Mr. Rampaso began bis singing career as a soloist with the Scarlatti Orchestra of Radio Italiana. He made his operatic debut in Naples and subsequently performed in the major opera nouses of Italy.

He went to Ireland to appear with the Dublin Grand Opera Society. On his arrival in the United States he was engaged by Sarah Caldwell to tour with her National American Company. He made his New York City Opera debut in Doni zetti's Maria Stuarda with Be verly Sills. Don McManus, who was seen at the NAC last fall in the COC production of The Merry Widow, will appear in Tosca as Angel-otti, the former- consul of the Roman republic who has escaped from prison and seeks refuge in the church where aradossi is painting. Jan Rubes will appear as the sacristan, John Arab as the police agent Spoletta, and Alien Coates as the jailer.

Donald Oddie and -Gary Relyea will share the part of Sciarrone, a police officer, and Renee Rosen wm DH ule snepnero. The production was directed by Leon Major, who currently is artistic director for the Toronto Arts Foundation and general director of the St Lawrence Centre. For five years he was artistic director of the Neptune Theatre in Halifax and then was appointed director of productions for the University of Toronto's graduate drama centre. He also has worked at the Stratford Festival and the Vancouver International Festival. Last season he directed The Merry Widow for the COC.

The National Arts Centre Or chestra will be conducted by Er nesto Barbini, who bas worked in major opera houses in Eu rope, North America and South America. At present he is musl cal director of the University of Toronto opera department The sets were designed by Lawrence Schafer and the cos tumes by Suzanne Mess. The Irish Rovers returning The Irish Rovers, one of Canada's most popular musical groups, will return to the National Arts Centre for a concert in the Opera Oct 23 at 8.30 p.m. Organized in Calgary under the leadership of Will Millar, this group of IrishCanadians made a successful U.S. debut in San Francisco on New Year's Eve 1965.

Since that time the Rovers have made repeated tours of Canada, the United States and Britain and have performed as far afield as Japan, New Zea land and Australia. Members of the group, along with Will Millar, are' Jimmy Ferguson, George Millar, Wilcil McDowell and Joe Millar. troduce some of his own music at the afternoon session. Mrs. Margaret Hall, choir di- rector of Parkdale United Church, is convener ot the workshop committee.

-j, Dr. Peloquin is music director of Boston College, and of the Roman Catholic cathedral in Providence, RI. Believing that church music should be "a smash for the Lord," be has arranged anthems for trumpets, masses for percussion and hymns for guitars. Although a Roman Catholic, be is in great demand for Pro testant conferences. 'yLr' Ai.Je fn4.4 JmmmX iKfciWl -l-tj.

JmM DETROIT ROCK GROUP Rare Earth, a rock group which hat been scoring high ratings on the record charts, will perform at the Civic Centra tonight at eight o'-clock under auspices of the Treble Clef. All six members of the groupwere born in Detroit They are Pet i Rivera, drums; John Persch, bass and trombone; Kenny James, piano and Guzman, percussion; Rwd Richards, guitar, and Gil Bridges, sax and flute. latter also did the costumes for Eugene Onegin. Mr. Schafer has worked for most of the major theatre companies in Canada.

He designed the sets for the COC production of Lucia di Lammermoor which was presented at the NAC last fall. He also designed the set for the ballet Sebastian which the Royal Winnipeg Ballet performed at the NAC last July and for the musical -Oops! which played in the Studio during September. Miss Mess bas been working with the Canadian Opera Com- If Pi-; APPEARING John Walker appears as Lensky and Judith Forst as Olga in the Canadian -Opera Company's English-language production of Eugene Onegin. The Tchai- -kovsky opera will be performed at the National Arts Centre Wednesday and Friday at 8.30 p.m. Victor Braun will sing the title role and Heather Thomson that of Tatyana.

Bliss Hebert directed the production and W. James Craig will be the conductor. Pianist Ivan Nunez giving recital tonight Ivan Nunez, a Chilean-born, pianist who has performed in many parts of the world, will give a recital in the Studio of the National Arts Centre at eight o'clock tonight under aus pices of the Hispanic-American Students' Association of Carle ton University. Mr. Nunez was heard at Carleton last spring.

His program will consist of three pieces from Debussy's' Es-tampes pour le piano; Schumann's Carnaval; Sonata in A flat, Op. 39, by Carl Maria von Israeli folk A workshop on Israeli folk dancing will be conducted at the Jewish Community Centre next weekend by Teme Kernerman of Toronto. Mrs. Kernerman is an inter-nationallyrecogirized teacher of Israeli folk dancing. This will be her third annual appearance at the JCC, The opening session Oct 21 at 8 p.m.

will be of a general na ture, appealing to beginners as well as to more advanced dancers. On Oct. 22 there will be a morning session for teachers and advanced dancers and an afternoon session appealing to intermediate dancers, physical education teachers and those in terested in general review work. Persons wishing to attend the workshop should register at the JCC as' soon as possible. Mrs.

David Rosenes is the convener. Ballet classes sponsored by the Nepean department of parks and recreation began this week at seven schools. The instructors are Anne Carrurhers, Mary Montgomery and Wendy Hebbert The Rudolf Nureyev produc tion of The Sleeping Beauty which the National Ballet of Canada' presented at the National Arts Centre Sept 1 to 3 West Coast singer at Ilibou Valdy, a singer-composer from Vancouver Island who ac companies h'mself on the acous tic guitar, will be featured at Le Hibou coffee house Oct. 17-22. Valdy sings ballads and coun try rock as well as folk and blues.

He has had successful en gagements in a number of cities in Western Canada. When not on tour he lives on a farm near Victoria. pany since 1951. She also is a staff designer for the CBC. During the past year she designed costumes for various opera productions in the United States.

She was the costume designer for the National Arts Centre production which was mounted in 1971 and repeated this past summer. The Canadian Children's Opera Chorus, directed by Lloyd Bradshaw, will be heard in Tosca. Mr. Bradshaw also is-chorus master for the COC. Ronald Montgomery -designed the lighting for Tosca.

IN ONEGIN Weber; and two pieces by Cho pin Etude, Op. 10 and Ballade in minor, Op. 23.. After attending the National Conservatory of Music at the University of Chile in Santiago Mr. Nunez studied in New York with Claudio Arrau and Rafael de Silva.

In 1967 be won first prize at the international piano competition in Aarhus, Denmark. He has played in Eastern Asia as well as in Europe and the Americas. dance workshop will open Monday at Toronto's O'Keefe Centre. Since its Ottawa engagement the company has been touring in the United States. Its Toronto season will continue until Nov.

5. Nureyev is to appear in five of the six performances of The Sleeping Beauty scheduled, for the opening week. The work will be performed again Nov. 1 to 5. A program consisting of La Sylphide and The Moor's Pa-vane will be presented Oct 25-27 and there will be four performances of Swan Lake Oct 28-29.

Maurice Bejart's Ballet du XXe Siecle is scheduled to appear on the French television network of the CBC tomorrow at-9 p.m. The work to be presented is entitled Messe pour le temps present. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens will perform Carnrna Burana at Montreal's Place des Arts Nov. 17-19. This will be the first offering i Jn ill a series wuiwii aiav wm include Casse-Noisette (Dec.

29-31); Catulli Carmina and Les Noces 16-18); Triompbe d'Aphrodtte and Trip (April 6-8). Trophy winner at JLaurcmian A lunior concert Carol Sprott the young pianist who won the Laurentian Junior Music Concerts Trophy in. the 1972 Ottawa Music Festival, will perform at the organization's opening concert ot the season Oct. 21 in Laurentian High School auditorium. The other guest artists will be singer Vickie Classen, clarinettist Douglas Miller and cellist Janet Covington.

The concert will begin at 2.30 p.m. Auditions for the Nov. 11 concert will be held at the conclusion of tiw program, AT I VSh I Jff..