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By Michael Vincent on March 28, 2015
Driven under the dancing baton of visiting conductor Krzysztof Urbański, it’s not hard to see how the Rite provided a way out of the “theatre of the mind.”...
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on March 28, 2015
Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt has played so much Bach and played it so well she has become known as one of the great Bach players of her time. In fact, her Bach reputation is so great that it is often assumed that she plays little else. Nothing could be further from the truth and this new CD provides conclusive evidence...
(Continue reading)By Colin Eatock on March 27, 2015
There are some singers who sound great in opera productions. And there are also singers who excel in Lieder. But, unfortunately, there aren’t very many who are masters of both genres. Is Elliot Madore one of these rare creatures?...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on March 27, 2015
Starting this Sunday, March 29, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra will be live-on-air, at The New Classical FM, for a weekly radio show and podcast titled Sunday Night with the TSO...
(Continue reading)By Jenna Douglas on March 25, 2015
The opera scene in Canada can be divided into two broad groups: those with real estate, and those without. Companies like the Canadian Opera Company own the Four Seasons Centre, which they use for their whole season. Other companies, like Opera 5, move between various venues for their shows. There is indeed a blurry line between a company owning its primary performance space, and a company's having a history of regular use in a specific venue, the way l'Opéra de Montréal uses space at Place des Arts. Generally speaking, though, larger opera companies have a fixed performance venue, and smaller, independent companies are more nomadic...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on March 25, 2015
It wasn’t so long ago that the contemporary thing in music is the thing which didn't make enough of a difference to accept or reject. New music was something weird and strange – a musical anomaly merely tolerated by most of the worlds leading soloist, orchestras and arts presenters. But I think people have realized now that all music is contemporary, if it's alive. If it were not alive, then what would be the point?...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on March 24, 2015
This is how Toronto Pearson International Airport handles 'Fragile' equipment...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on March 24, 2015
We just received word that German contralto Maria Radner along with her husband and baby, were among the 150 victims of the plane crash in the French Alps...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on March 24, 2015
After making his debut at the age of seventeen with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Burashko has become a fixture of the Canadian music scene. He has performed with nearly every major Canadian orchestra, and has become a favorite with conductors such as Marin Alsop, Andrew Davis, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, and Pinchas Zukerman and many others...
(Continue reading)By Lev Bratishenko on March 23, 2015
The Ladies' Morning Musical Club is the most civilized thing you can do in Montreal on a Sunday afternoon. They’ve been in continuous operation since 1892 and I have no doubt they’ll find a way to keep putting on concerts through the coming ecological apocalypse. Perhaps they will sell distilled water...
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