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By Paul E. Robinson on January 23, 2016
Most of the music on these two new CDs by Louis Lortie And Hélène Mercier is repertoire that the average music-lover will rarely encounter in a lifetime of concert-going. And what a loss! This is glorious music for the most part, that has given me enormous pleasure over the years.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 22, 2016
Not really theatre. Not really a symphony performance. Not really Mozart’s Requiem either.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on January 22, 2016
Each year, Music Toronto presents a relatively unfamiliar artist to the Toronto audience, as part of its Discovery Series. Often it’s a young artist on the cusp of stardom. It can be either an instrumentalist or a singer. Among the singers I’ve heard the past few seasons were Erin Wall and Elliott Madore. This season it’s Ukrainian Canadian soprano Andriana Chuchman.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on January 21, 2016
COC kicks off Vocal Series with two of Canada’s finest singers: Gordon Bintner, bass-baritone and Andrew Haji, tenor.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on January 17, 2016
The engagement of Bernard Labadie as the conductor of two January Mozart programs (and five concerts) had been on the Toronto Symphony Orchestra books for years. There was nevertheless an aura of suspense Saturday at Roy Thomson Hall – this evening representing Labadie’s first public appearance in Canada after a long and grueling convalescence from lymphoma that included a month in an induced coma.
(Continue reading)By Adam Scime on January 16, 2016
The JACK Quartet has rightly become a towering vehicle for the performance and championing of contemporary music. With an impressive seventeen commercial recordings, numerous awards of international recognition, and commissions from the world’s leading composers, the JACK Quartet has successfully won over contemporary music lovers with a commanding performance bravura and dazzling musicianship.
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on January 16, 2016
After more than 15 years at the helm, Pinchas Zukerman recently stepped down from his post as music director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra (NAC) in Ottawa. Zukerman came to Ottawa as a celebrated solo violinist (and violist) and a part-time conductor of modest reputation. At the time, it was certainly considered a coup for the NAC to contract such a prestigious musician to lead its orchestra, although doubts were expressed about what he might be able to accomplish as a conductor...
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on January 12, 2016
The Talisker Players sample some of the great favourites from the American songbook with soprano Virginia Hatfield and baritone James Levesque.
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on January 9, 2016
Deutsche grammophon releases debut solo album from Seong-Jin Cho, winner of the 17th International Chopin Piano Competition.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on January 1, 2016
Billed as “Opera's Greatest Hits,” Bravissimo stars well-known Canadian and international singers in an operatic potpourri familiar to even the most casual opera fan.
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