{"id":131,"date":"2011-11-27T06:56:48","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T11:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=131"},"modified":"2011-11-27T06:56:48","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T11:56:48","slug":"aldeburgh-connections-liszt-salon-a-fine-way-to-spend-a-musically-rich-sunday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2011\/11\/27\/aldeburgh-connections-liszt-salon-a-fine-way-to-spend-a-musically-rich-sunday-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Aldeburgh Connection&#8217;s Liszt salon a fine way to spend a musically rich Sunday afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year where literally everyone who makes music wants to put on a concert.<\/p>\n<p>Today, for example, fans of children singing can catch the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontochildrenschorus.com\/index.php\/hear-the-chorus\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Children&#8217;s Chorus<\/a> singing Christmas-themed music in the lobby of the Royal York Hotel from noon to 4. (As of this morning, they were $617 away from a fundraising goal of $110,000, which goes to paying for the group&#8217;s activities.)<\/p>\n<p>My personal interests, today, would be for the very grown-up pleasures of Franz Liszt in the salon.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Ralls and Bruce Ubukata of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aldeburghconnection.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Aldeburgh Connection<\/a> have invited three fantastic singers to join them in a look at how Franz Liszt changed the course of Romantic music and concertgoing.<\/p>\n<p>Ralls and Ubukata typically interweave song, piano and spoken word in their concerts, which are celebrating 30 years this season. No one else in these parts puts together salon-like programmes with as much style, wit and grace as these two. And they are wonderful talent scouts, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s guests are: soprano Joni Henson, tenor Colin Ainsworth and baritone James Westman &#8212; all three alone are worth the price of admission ($50).<\/p>\n<p>The concert starts at 2:30 p.m., at University of Toronto&#8217;s Walter Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Ralls and Ubukata started a mini concert series near their cottage by Lake Huron. Here&#8217;s a clip from one last summer&#8217;s performances, featuring Ainsworth and soprano Lucia Cesaroni:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VyEFry0KSAU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year where literally everyone who makes music wants to put on a concert. Today, for example, fans of children singing can catch the Toronto Children&#8217;s Chorus singing Christmas-themed music in the lobby of the Royal York Hotel from noon to 4. 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