ESSAY | Thoughts On The Passing Of Keith Emerson
By Stuart Chambers on April 8, 2016
The world is now a little less musical with the passing of progressive rock icon Keith Emerson.
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By Stuart Chambers on April 8, 2016
The world is now a little less musical with the passing of progressive rock icon Keith Emerson.
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on April 7, 2016
Pure misery transcribed into sound — these are our picks for the ten saddest classical music pieces ever written.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on April 7, 2016
Ottawa’s National Arts Centre Orchestra visits Toronto for the first time under the baton of its new Music Director, Alexander Shelley.
(Continue reading)By Tyler Versluis on April 6, 2016
Esprit Orchestra branches out with the Elmer Iseler Singers in La Création Du Monde.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on April 6, 2016
Arraymusic — one of Toronto's premiere contemporary music ensembles — has announced they have appointed Martin Arnold as the new Artistic Director starting July 2016.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on April 5, 2016
Tenor Andrew Haji answers 20 questions including the things that make Toronto a great place to live, and his default drink of choice.
(Continue reading)By Michela Comparey on April 5, 2016
Principal Librarian Gary Corrin takes us on behind the scenes tour of how scores get made and played at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
(Continue reading)By Will Pearson on April 4, 2016
Classic film reimagined by the Orlando Consort with a live vocal score.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on April 4, 2016
Voicebox Opera offers Isis and Osiris, Gods of Egypt, a collaboration of two veterans, composer Peter-Anthony Togni and librettist Sharon Singer. I think it is fair to say this two-hour-plus enterprise (intermission not included) is a troubled piece that will be need revision before it is mounted again.
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on April 4, 2016
A complete list of the classical music 2016 Juno Winners, including Dinuk Wijeratne, L’Harmonie des Saisons, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, James Ehnes, Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld.
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