SCHMOPERA | Opera, The Inside Job

By Jenna Douglas on October 1, 2014

INTRODUCING | A New Expanded Musical Toronto

By Michael Vincent on October 1, 2014

CRITIC’S PICKS | 10 Musical Outings You Absolutely Must Do This Week

By Michael Vincent on September 29, 2014

Musical Toronto 2.0 Prepares For Lift-off!

By Michael Vincent on September 29, 2014

COFFEE BREAK | The Classical Conspiracy Theorist

By Michael Vincent on September 26, 2014

PREVIEW | Soundstreams opens season with loving tribute to Vivaldi in "The Seasons"

By Margaret Lam on September 26, 2014

LINES OF ENQUIRY | A Cathedral for Cathodes: J'Acousmatic Vol. 2 Lights Up Ottawa's Electroacoustic Scene

By Curtis Perry on September 25, 2014

Ottawa's electroacoustic music scene? After one discovers it exists, one realizes how vital and vibrant it is. Jeff Morton greeted the supportive and sizeable crowd on the evening of Saturday September 13th at the University of Ottawa's Freiman Hall in an appropriately mixed combination of grey blazer with dirty red sneakers. "There's a lot to be seen on this stage, but there's a lot of mystery too," he enthused, before promptly giving way to the music...

JOHN TERAUDS | Tafelmusik managing director Tricia Baldwin’s remarkable 14-year tenure comes to a close

By John Terauds on September 24, 2014

FITS & BURSTS | Toy Piano Composers Open a Quirky Pandora’s Box

By Michael Vincent on September 23, 2014

The Toy Piano Composers turned seven last weekend. To celebrate, they treated an audience to a program of chamber music based on the premise of integrating homemade/invented instruments. It was an evening full of whispers, creaks, rustles, hums, crackles, and rubbing. The turnout was good, and even the Music Gallery’s exceedingly uncomfortable pews didn’t detour a wholehearted gathering...

CD Review | Wagner: Die Walküre

By Paul E. Robinson on September 23, 2014

Sir Georg Solti was the conductor for the first-ever complete recording of Wagner’s Ring cycle. It was an historic event and Decca Records and producer John Culshaw deserve enormous credit for undertaking the enormous risk involved. Against all odds – EMI producer Walter Legge thought it would be a disaster - the cycle was spectacularly successful. With most of the leading Wagner singers of the day taking part the performance was glorious, and John Culshaw and his team of engineers created a sound world that was far ahead of its time.