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RECORD KEEPING | Why We Can't Stop Listening To Pianist Stewart Goodyear’s Homage To Glenn Gould
By John Terauds on April 5, 2018
"For Glenn Gould" provides his own clear-headed renderings that make as much sense as the original, yet sound only like Goodyear.
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SCRUTINY | Opus 8 Choir Revels In The Bawdier Side Of Song At Heliconian Hall
By John Terauds on February 4, 2018
We all know that the real fun begins after dark. And that’s the effect Toronto’s recently formed Opus 8 choir was looking for in a concert for a packed house at Heliconian Hall on Saturday night.
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SCRUTINY | Toronto Symphony Serves Up Meaty Program With Planets And Two Premieres
By John Terauds on January 26, 2018
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra offers up a rich and muscular program presented with verve this week at Roy Thomson Hall with guest conductor John Storgårds.
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SCRUTINY | Tafelmusik’s Safe Haven Entertains, Informs And Delights With Music, Story And Visuals
By John Terauds on January 19, 2018
Tafelmusik's Safe Haven, is one of their best creations yet, say John Terauds.
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SCRUTINY| Gryphon Trio Show Off Why Audiences Keep Coming Back For More
By John Terauds on December 8, 2017
The Gryphons do a lot of work outside Toronto, but they are first and foremost local heroes in so many ways.
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SCRUTINY | Tafelmusik Crowns Its Fall With Lively Marriage Of Instruments And Voices
By John Terauds on November 30, 2017
Royal occasions demand extra from everyone and everything, including the music, and Tafelmusik is pulling out its finest in a concert featuring both the orchestra and Tafelmusik Chamber Choir this week.
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SCRUTINY | One Man And Two Pianos Unleash Four-Generation Family Saga In Trace
By John Terauds on November 19, 2017
Jeff Ho’s play and performance are well worth catching. Their journey can find some way of resonating with our own presents and pasts — and we get to laugh and cry along the way.
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SCRUTINY | Appearance And Reality Face Off In Mr. Shi And His Lover
By John Terauds on November 16, 2017
Mr. Shi And His Lover is a 75-minute journey that does everything right: moving and entertaining its audience in equal measure.
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SCRUTINY | Toronto Symphony Remembers Afghanistan War With Deeply Moving Tribute
By John Terauds on November 10, 2017
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Remembrance Day concert program is ambitious this year, in design as well as content.
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SCRUTINY | Art of Time Ensemble And Glenn Gould Lead A Dramatic Musical Journey
By John Terauds on November 3, 2017
Two great works, first-rate musicians and an extraordinary host combined for a compelling evening of music in The Art of Time Ensemble’s season-opening concert at the Harbourfront Theatre on Thursday night.
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