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By Arthur Kaptainis on January 12, 2018
Funny how a program made mostly of music written more than a century ago can seem avant-garde.
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By Arthur Kaptainis on January 12, 2018
Funny how a program made mostly of music written more than a century ago can seem avant-garde.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on January 11, 2018
One of the good things about January in the GTA is the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s annual Mozart festival. It got off to a spirited start Wednesday in Roy Thomson Hall under the direction of our winter Mozart-meister, Bernard Labadie.
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on January 11, 2018
Given the diminished state of the classical recording business today, even the most distinguished artists have a tough time putting out concerto recordings. Jane Coop has done the next best thing in re-issuing recordings by the now-defunct CBC Records.
(Continue reading)By Anthony Kershaw on January 10, 2018
The high end audio world has finally started to embrace online streaming after a rocky engagement. This month we look at some of the best options on the market that aim to embrace the notion that streaming need not be the compromise you think it is.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 9, 2018
Last week, Mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta and violist Marina Thibeault performed Brahms’ lullaby "Geistliches Wiegenlied" on stage in Ottawa while holding a seven-month-old baby. This is what happened.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on January 8, 2018
Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of January 8 to 14.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 5, 2018
The Canadian Opera Company today announced the names of five student musicians selected to participate in their annual three-week training program aimed at training the next generation of musicians to perform in an opera orchestra.
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on January 4, 2018
"This is music of tremendous intensity." The latest from Philharmonia Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy has got our attention this week.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on January 3, 2018
Toronto's Salute to Vienna tradition endures with popular opera/operetta arias, elegant waltzes and rousing polkas, elegant classical ballet, swanky ballroom dancing, and as many corny jokes from the maestro as one can bear. What’s not to love?
(Continue reading)By Member on January 2, 2018
Mooredale Concerts gets us up to speed for 2018 with the Forestare Ensemble, Paul Huang, Helen Huang, David Jalbert, and Wonny Song.
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