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Fall into a great new book Chapters Waterloo 428 King Street North (519) 886-4015 Meet Author David Brazier, The New Buddhism: A Rough Guide to a New Why of Life Thursday, October 25 at 7:30 p.m. And join usfbr one ofour special events this month: Mental Performance for Students Seminar Get the most out of your study time! Join Alan Gilbert, hypnotherapist Thursday, October 11 at 7:30 pun. Meet Mystery Author David Wickes, Killing Time Tuesday, October 16 at 7:30 pan. Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony presents monumental Mahler t's not often that music Ilovers have the opportu- nity to hear the music of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5 performed by live orchestra, although the pop- ularity of this 20th century masterpiece is evident by the number of recordings that have been made by world-class orchestras around the world. On Oct. 12 and 13 at 8 pm. at The Centre In The Square, the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony will open its Masterpiece Season with Mahler's Symphony No. 5 under the baton of Rafti Armenian. Mahler's Symphony No. 5 is considered to be one of the most emotionally charged pieces of orchestral music ever written, and requires a sizeable orchestra of over 70 musicians to pro- vide the necessary energy to weather the dynamic expressive turns that Gustav Mahler is famous for. KWS concertmaster Stephen Silarski explains why he is so excited about this upcoming concert. "Mahler's Fifth Sym- phony is one of the great landmarks of orchestral music," he said. "This work is indescribably beautiful, powerful and expressive. I would rate this symphony as an equivalent of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in its range of emotion and substance, My fellow musicians are simply 'buzzing' with excite- ment in the anticipation of performing this work. It is a tremendous physical and spiritual challenge to per- form - both for the musi- cians and the audiences. But I assure you that we are 'up' to this task. The Renaissance Singers present "There Will Always Be An England" Oct, 27. The Singers have a great love for the music of England. and for the cathe- Renaissance Singers sing of England "The other reasons why this event is so special? We will be greatly expanding the KWS to its largest size in sev- eral years. As well, KWS music director Laureate Ratti Armenian will be on the podium to lead the orchestra. Always a K-W favourite, Raffi has made this style of music one of his specialties. Recently, he per- drals where much of it has been heard through the cen- turies. They traverse the land from the time of Purcell to the 20th Century, even pay- ing a visit to the last night at the Proms. Ram Armenian Gustav Mahler sonally expressed to me how thrilled he is about conduct, ing these cpncerts:" One of Canada's most prominent conductors, Armenian was music director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony for 22 years. Longterm appointments also include music director of the Stratford Festival, music director of the Canadian Chamber Ensemble, and interim music director of the Nova Scotia Symphony. As a guest conductor he has led the Belgian Radio Orchestra, Enescu Philharmonic of Bucharest at the Ravenna International Music Festival, Winnipeg Symphony, Man- itoba Chamber Orchestra, L'Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Edmonton Sym- phony, and Hamilton Phil- harmonic "imagine a work of spec- tacular scope, played by an augmented KWS. directed by the man after whom our concert hall was named." Sitarski said. "Music is not just entertainment. It has the power to move us, soothe us, drive us, distract us, provoke us, make us remember, make us forget, but perhaps most of all, give us added perspective to our complex lives." Far ticket information, call The Centre in the Square box tofrtce at 578-1570. The concert takes place at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. 54 Queen St. N. in Kitchener. Tickets are available at the door, or at Ttvelfth Night Music stores in the Atrium of Waterloo Square.