{"id":17293,"date":"2014-01-28T08:25:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T13:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=17293"},"modified":"2014-01-28T08:25:25","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T13:25:25","slug":"stratford-summer-music-starts-2014-with-a-bang-and-a-nod-to-the-bard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2014\/01\/28\/stratford-summer-music-starts-2014-with-a-bang-and-a-nod-to-the-bard\/","title":{"rendered":"Stratford Summer Music starts 2014 with a bang and a nod to the Bard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The talented boys of Toronto’s TorQ Percussion Quartet get a chance to shine this summer at Stratford Summer Music.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stratford Summer Music released the first teaser of its upcoming season yesterday by announcing a percussive start to this year’s lineup, as well as a neat nod to the town’s Shakespeare festival.<\/p>\n

Last year, artistic producer John Miller decided to start the annual featival — now six weeks long — with a choral symposium.<\/p>\n

For 2014, the opening focus is on percussion, with the help of Toronto’s talented TorQ percussion quartet and European percussion soloist Nebojsa Zivkovic. Also featured in the early days in July are British Early Music specialists Philip Pickett and the Musicians of the Globe [Theatre, in London].<\/p>\n

The press release continues:<\/p>\n

On instruments true to the 17th<\/sup> century, Philip Picket and the Musicians of the Globe will present two public concerts and two public seminars, called Encounters, on their specialties: music of the Renaissance and music in Shakespeare\u2019s plays.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, July 24 their Encounters (at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.) will examine A Passion for Performance \u2013 Music of the Elizabethan, Jacobean and Restoration England<\/i> and Cracking the Code \u2013 Exploring and Unraveling the Secret Design of Shakespeare\u2019s Musick<\/i>. Evening concerts are titled Nutmeg & Ginger:\u00a0 Spicy Ballads from Shakespeare\u2019s Time\u00a0<\/i> (7 p.m., <\/i>Wednesday, July 23 ) and Shakespeare\u2019s Musick<\/i> (7 p.m., Thursday, July 24).<\/p>\n

TorQ Percussion Quartet will be featured over the first two weeks of the music festival\u2019s programming, one highlight of which will be an intensive, week-long percussion seminar where university-level percussionists will have the opportunity to learn, experiment, dissect, expand, and redefine their craft. Joining TorQ in master classes, performances and one-on-one coaching will be the noted European percussionist\/composer, Nebojsa Zivkovic.<\/p>\n

The percussion focus will also include the first complete Canadian performance of John Luther Adams’ composition, Insuksuit<\/i>, with 99 percussionists, as the composer had originally intended for this epic work.\u00a0Insuksuit<\/i> will be performed on Saturday, July 26 at 5 p.m. at the William Allman Arena in downtown Stratford.<\/p>\n

John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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