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By John Terauds on May 7, 2016
"This isn’t just a concert; it is an experience" — Toronto Consort close season with an "exalted" Monteverdi Vespers at Jeanne Lamon Hall.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on April 29, 2016
Yesteryear’s music from an also-ran composer made for an extraordinary concert on Thursday night at the hands of Tafelmusik Orchestra and Tafelmusik Chamber Choir under conductor Ivars Taurins at Jeanne Lamon Hall.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on April 8, 2016
Cast your doubts aside: Mozart’s Lucio Silla, as brought to life by Opera Atelier and Tafelmusik Baroque orchestra.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on March 20, 2016
Yundi receives affectionate welcome with all-Chopin programme, but missing nuance and over-pedalling prevent a truly spellbinding performance.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on March 14, 2016
Art song does not have to be a stroll through a venerable European musical museum gallery; it can and should be a reflection of the lives and emotions of people just like us, in the here and now.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on February 15, 2016
This music has been compelling fresh ears for nearly a century-and-a-half and, fortunately for anyone fond of Brahms’ compositions, the New Orford Quartet has put together an equally compelling case for their own interpretations.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on November 30, 2015
Toronto’s Pax Christi Chorale released a new CD that treads familiar musical ground in a selection of pieces that straddles the sacred and secular.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on November 25, 2015
One of the ways to sum up the change in our relationship to recorded music over the past two decades is to call it the triumph of mobility over fidelity. John Terauds chats with Belgian musician Piet Goddaer about audio quality and transferring the immediacy of a live concert into recorded sound.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on October 25, 2015
The German pianist who won the Honens Piano Competition nearly 10 years ago sat down at the Banff Centre right around what would have been French composer Maurice Ravel’s 140th birthday last spring to record all of his works for solo piano. The results, just released on Honens’ own recording label, are very impressive.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on October 5, 2015
Ottawa-based pianist David Jalbert puts on an impressive magic show in his latest solo album, which interweaves pieces by French composers Erik Satie and Francis Poulenc.
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