If you can’t make it to Canada’s Wonderland for a stomach churn on the new Leviathan rollercoaster, there are several other ways to get your adrenal glands excited this weekend — all with the help of some fabulous musicians.
You can try riding along with the Valkyries in today’s opera broadcast on CBC Radio 2, from the Metropolitan Opera’s second run through the full Robert Lepage-conceived Wagner Ring Cycle.
- Classical Music 101: What Does A Conductor Do? - June 17, 2019
- Classical Music 101 | What Does Period Instrument Mean? - May 6, 2019
- CLASSICAL MUSIC 101 | What Does It Mean To Be In Tune? - April 23, 2019
The radio broadcast runs from noon to 6 p.m.
Also on this afternoon, from the Berlin Philharmonic’s pay-per-view HD-streaming service, is Los Angeles Philpharmonic music director Gustavo Dudamel leading a performance of Erich Korngold’s lovely Violin Concerto (being played by Toronto Symphony favourite, Leonidas Kavakos) and Richard Strauss’s always-impressive Also sprach Zarathustra.
The webcast starts at 2 p.m., Eastern. To hook up, click here.
There are four remarkable concerts led by conductor Valery Gergiev from his Moscow Easter Festival, this year showcasing the symphonies and piano concerti of Sergei Prokofiev, streaming for free in HD on medici.tv right now — here.
- Classical Music 101: What Does A Conductor Do? - June 17, 2019
- Classical Music 101 | What Does Period Instrument Mean? - May 6, 2019
- CLASSICAL MUSIC 101 | What Does It Mean To Be In Tune? - April 23, 2019
