Music Toronto presents us with a rare opportunity to hear contemporary piano music in a mainstream concert series. Louise Bessette brings the full spectrum from familiar to brand-new to her Tuesday-evening recital at the Jane Mallett Theatre.<\/p>\n
You can check out all the details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bessette plays with a combination of a deep iron will leavened by a lyrical surface — perfect for the music of Olivier Messiaen, with which she is most closely identified.<\/p>\n To give you a sample, here is the promotional clip from Les oiseaux<\/a><\/em>, a 2008 album Bessette recorded for Analekta:<\/p>\n