Wednesday, April 10, 2019

CANADA: Flute Bits - March 2019 - Bill McBirnie

Flute Bits - March 2019 - Bill McBirnie

Hi, Everyone:

Here are a few new items (each of which is set out in a little more detail, just below my signature).

(1)  JAZZIZ MAGAZINE REVIEW (PLUS) - THE SILENT WISH

(2)  THE TENEBRAE CHOIR - "MISERERE MEI, DEUS" (BY ALLEGRI)

(3)  SOME FORTHCOMING GIGS

As always, thank you for reading…and/or listening!… :-)

Sincerely,

Bill McBirnie - Extreme Flute
Phone:  (416) 652-1541
 
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.  In practice, there is."  (Yogi Berra)


(1)  JAZZIZ MAGAZINE REVIEW (PLUS) - THE SILENT WISH:

JazzIz On Disc, Winter 2018, Issue 40, Disc 2, Track 7

"JazzIz listeners may think they know what to expect when approaching a flute-piano duo album with the title, The Silent Wish (particularly when its cover image is a moody photo of bare branches bejewelled with raindrops).  While the melodies adhere to minor keys, they also swing like mad under the ministrations of Canadian flutist, Bill McBirnie, and longtime colleague, Bernie Senensky…[T]he duo hardly dwells on the saudade or melancholy aspects of the music, but infuse all of it with a great joie de vivre that nods to bebop and soul-jazz among other idioms."
And here is another one from The WholeNote magazine:

"...A true virtuoso who counts the great classical flutist Sir James Galway as a diehard fan...This bejewelled 2018 masterpiece is a duet with another celebrated Canadian musician, pianist Bernie Senensky. Both McBirnie and Senensky have acquired reputations for being fine craftsmen on their respective instruments…[T]he two musicians infuse these 12 songs – in a variety of idioms and styles – with an intimacy and an emotional intensity that can only be described as a poetry of feeling...[T]here is no finer example of this than the performance of Charlie Haden’s, "First Song"…[T]empi vary and the songs often abound in quite startling dramatic contrasts, with moments of lyric tenderness passages of tumultuous energy, but always played with unruffled grace." (by Raul da Gama, The WholeNote)

And one more from One World Music:

"The Silent Wish is an album that has all the hallmarks of greatness within the genre of jazz with sheer class firmly imprinted on each and every track. It’s an album that is timeless and simply gorgeous. This is without a doubt one of my favourite jazz releases of the year and, of course totally, recommended." (by Steve Sheppard, One World Music)

NOTE:  The Silent Wish is available in CD digital format at CDBaby (…And the full liner notes and credits are posted there as well!...)



(2)  THE TENEBRAE CHOIR - "MISERERE MEI, DEUS" (BY ALLEGRI):

…This may well be the definitive version!…

(It’s pretty powerful, coming in at about five-and-a-half minutes.)



(3)  SOME FORTHCOMING GIGS:

If you need - or want - any flute, alto flute and/or piccolo work (or perhaps just some flute/improvisation coaching), then simply drop me a line at: extremeflute@look.ca

You can always find a current/updated gig listing at the following link:


(Please note that the following list is in DESCENDING order.)

Sun., Nov. 3, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
House Concert
150 Winona Ave.
Toronto, Ontario
With BERNIE SENENSKY & NEIL SWAINSON

Mon., Aug. 5, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
Camp Manitou
10 Camp Road
Parry Sound, Ontario
"The Rescue" - A Live Film/Concerto by ALVARO & BORIS COSTELLANOS

Thurs., May 30, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
Bloom Restaurant
2315 Bloor Street West (Bloor West Village)
Toronto, Ontario
With BERNIE SENENSKY & NEIL SWAINSON
For reservations, please call (416) 767-1315

Sat., May 25, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
Church of the Ascension
266 North St.
Port Perry, Ontario
With BERNIE SENENSKY

Sun., May 12, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.
Relish Bar & Grill
2152 Danforth Ave.
Toronto, Ontario
...Mother's Day!...with LIANE FAINSINGER & CHRIS ("BUCKY") BANKS

Fri., May 10, 2019 at 8:30 p.m.
Hirut Restaurant
2050 Danforth Ave.
Toronto, Ontario
With the DON NADURIAK E= Band

Sun., Apr. 28, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
Array Music 
155 Walnut Ave.
Toronto, Ontario
Opening set with BILL GILLIAM
(...This will be delightfully "outside"...)

Sun., Apr. 28, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.
St. Paul's Anglican Church
1140 King St. W.
Hamilton, Ontario
Jazz Eucharist with the JIM SANDILANDS Trio

Mon., Apr. 15, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
The Old Mill
12 Old Mill Rd.
Toronto, Ontario
Jaymz Bee's Caravan of Music - For The Unison Benevolent Fund
20 bands in 10 rooms!
(I am with BERNIE SENENSKY in The Chapel)
Tickets available here. 

Sat., Apr. 13, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
GigSpace
953 Gladstone Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario 
With Troika (including RENE LAVOIE, TIM BEDNER & RENE FORTIER)

Sat., Apr. 13, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. 
St. John's Music
1541 Merivale Rd.
Ottawa, Ontario
Flute & Improvisation Clinic

Fri., Apr. 12, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.
École secondaire publique De La Salle
501 Old St Patrick St.
Ottawa, Ontario
Performance & Workshop with TIM BEDNER

Tues., Apr. 9, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
House Concert
Private
Thornhill, Ontario
"The Rescue" - A Live Film/Concerto by ALVARO & BORIS COSTELLANO

Sat., Mar. 23, 2019 at 9:30 p.m.
The Rex
194 Queen St. W.
Toronto, Ontario
With BRUCE CASSIDY and his 'Anti-Gravity Machine' 
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