{"id":4382,"date":"2012-06-09T06:56:07","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T11:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=4382"},"modified":"2012-06-09T06:56:07","modified_gmt":"2012-06-09T11:56:07","slug":"a-june-weekend-resounds-with-the-glories-of-the-human-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2012\/06\/09\/a-june-weekend-resounds-with-the-glories-of-the-human-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"A June weekend resounds with the glories of the human voice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Victoria Scholars sing on Sunday afternoon (COC photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here are some weekend suggestions with which to celebrate the glories of the human voice:<\/p>\n

CABARET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toronto collaborative pianist Patti Loach teams up with singer Lindsay Sutherland Boal for an evening of cabaret at the ideally suited ground-floor lounge\/theatre at the Lower Ossington Theatre on the oh-so-hip strip of Ossington Ave. between Queen and Dundas Sts.<\/p>\n

Here is how Loach describes her encounter with Boal:<\/p>\n

I met Lindsay a year ago when she was here performing her one-woman show Purely Cabaret<\/em> at the\u00a0Fringe Festival.\u00a0Right away I was intrigued by Lindsay’s extensive knowledge of the music of the Weimar Republic\u00a0– she studied kabarett in Germany – and charmed by her\u00a0quirky, sexy, funny personality.
\nWhen I suggested to Lindsay that we learn some songs just for fun, she introduced me to some rep that she had discovered at the\u00a0Yale Cabaret Conference.
\nOne song led to another and this show, Conversations at 3 a.m.<\/em>, is the culmination of a year of Wednesday afternoons, sharing stories and music, at the piano in my kitchen.
\nWe’ve found some gorgeous ballads (“Dublin,” and “The Lies of Handsome Men”). Lindsay is singing some gorgeously wistful songs in German and English from her specific area of expertise: the\u00a0Weimar republic.\u00a0And\u00a0since my\u00a0newest composer-obsession\u00a0is with the insanely talented and\u00a0outrageously funny\u00a0Ray Jessel<\/a>, we’re performing two of his songs, including “I Think About Sex.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There a nice audio sample of Loach and Boal at work here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Details and tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

OPERA<\/strong><\/p>\n