The TSO's performance of Mahler’s Seventh led by Sir Andrew Davis on Wednesday night left us with more questions than answers.

Canadian Opera Company's revamped 2013 production of La Bohème comes equipped with an unfettered concept, fine singing, and a committed cast.

The ingredients, Sunday afternoon, were there: Koerner Hall, a big crowd, a program of late Beethoven and an American pianist of high repute, Richard Goode, who had the wherewithal to realize the glories of this special repertory. Most of the time.

The Glenn Gould School's bare-bones production of The Magic Flute offered intermittent charm but uneven vocal quality.

Glenn Gould Prize Gala Concert Honouring Jessye Norman a memorable experience, and a fitting tribute to musical excellence.

The Juilliard String Quartet and Marc-André Hamelin send a valentine to Toronto with an intimate recital at Jane Mallett Theatre.

No one would award the TSO subscription concerts this week a prize for originality, but a few honours for burnished tone and old-fashioned musicality would not be amiss.

Virtuoso technique sees a confident start to the 21C Music Festival with Stewart Goodyear and the TSO in tow.

Conductor Johannes Debus, four strong soloists, and a responsive TSO were great, but it was the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir under David Fallis that made this Handel's Messiah truly special.

Half empty or half full? This depends, on your point of view, but if the quality of music-making is factored in, the latter descriptor applies to Roy Thomson Hall on Thursday and a concert by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.