{"id":19230,"date":"2014-06-08T19:46:19","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T23:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=19230"},"modified":"2014-06-08T19:46:19","modified_gmt":"2014-06-08T23:46:19","slug":"ex-tory-pm-receives-new-orchestra-score-for-his-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2014\/06\/08\/ex-tory-pm-receives-new-orchestra-score-for-his-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Tory PM receives new orchestra score for his birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19231\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/clark.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19231\" alt=\"clark\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/clark.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/clark.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/clark-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Conservative Prime Minister Joe Clark, and Maureen McTeer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You know you&#8217;re doing well when a new tie or pair of socks just won&#8217;t do anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Former Prime Minister Joe Clark\u2019s wife, Maureen McTeer gave the ultimate gift for his 75<sup>th<\/sup> birthday: a commissioned work in his name by Alberta-based composer John Estacio.\u00a0 Clocking in at over 20 minutes, the new work will d\u00e9but as part of the National Arts Centre Orchestra&#8217;s 2015-16 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to find something that we could share beyond Joe, a gift larger than one event and larger than one kind of gift.\u201d McTeer said.<\/p>\n<p>Estacio, also from Alberta, <a href=\"http:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/entertainment\/local-arts\/joe-clark-gets-a-gift-of-music\" target=\"_blank\">stated<\/a> that while such gifts are common in the visual art world, they are rare for music. Though he has not started it yet,\u00a0McTeer has personally requested the new piece somehow reflect Canada as a whole, and also include nods to regional traits across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Clark has been a known supporter of music funding in Canada, and has been a vocal critic of current PM Harper\u2019s cuts to arts funding.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ffwdweekly.com\/article\/news-views\/news\/ex-tory-pm-condemns-harper-arts-cuts-2481\/\" target=\"_blank\">FFWD<\/a>\u00a0regarding Harper\u2019s funding cuts to PromArt, a $4.5-million program that offers grants to help Canadian artists take their work overseas, Clark stated, \u201cPart of the reason that Canada\u2019s international reputation has been so strong is that it has so many rich strands \u2014 trade, culture, military strength, skilled diplomacy, peacekeeping, humanitarian action. And for some reason the Harper government keeps narrowing that broad image down to the military and trade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope this trend continues, as\u00a0the sound of music is not only a gift to Clark, but to all of us.<\/p>\n<p><em>Michael Vincent<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know you&#8217;re doing well when a new tie or pair of socks just won&#8217;t do anymore. 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