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By Paul E. Robinson on November 6, 2016
In less than two weeks, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) will make one of its rare appearances in Toronto for two concerts at Roy Thomson Hall. This is the first of two articles about the orchestra and its conductors, its history of concerts in Toronto, its recordings, and its innovative website called Digital Concert Hall.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on November 5, 2016
After 140 years, Mendelssohn's Elijah still packs a punch with Pax Christi Chorale’s innovative interpretation featuring soloists from Toronto's Bicycle Opera.
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on November 4, 2016
A very young Seiji Ozawa appears on the American television game show, What's My Line? on July 7, 1963.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on November 4, 2016
The COC crown Vancouver's Simone McIntosh with First Prize at the Canadian Opera Company's annual Ensemble Studio Competition on November 3, 2016 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
(Continue reading)By Brian Chang on November 3, 2016
Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton with the TSO provides a hoot of an afternoon of music.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on November 3, 2016
Roger Kaiser, the Dallas man responsible for scattering the ashes of his deceased "mentor" over top of a working orchestra pit at the MET last weekend, issues a formal apology.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on November 3, 2016
At the first performance of its 35th-anniversary programme on Wednesday night, the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir sang lyrics in French that perfectly encapsulated its way of seducing us year after year: “The more pleasure requires care; the more it enchants.”
(Continue reading)By Robin Roger on November 2, 2016
When I arrived early for the COC Opera Chorus Sing-Along, several opera lovers were already occupying the benches around the perimeter of the Four Seasons Box Office, chatting about their opera going experiences, their singing backgrounds, nervously asking each other whether they’d done this before, whether they’d had voice lessons, and pre-emptively asserting their lack of ability....
(Continue reading)By Will Pearson on October 31, 2016
Music has been a major theme in nearly all the novels of Haruki Murakami – you can even find playlists on the Internet based on the listening habits of his characters — and this is a reflection of the obsessive passion the Japanese writer has for music, especially jazz and classical.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on October 31, 2016
Critic’s Picks for classical music events in Toronto for the week of Oct. 31 – Nov. 6.
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