Monthly Archives: June 2015

Filmscore 101 with Michael Kamen

Posted on June 30, 2015 by barczablog

I was already thinking about the art of the film score composer, having recently given James Horner’s work a look in the wake of his untimely death. A question I sometimes ponder: what is the hardest sort of music to … Continue reading →

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Remembering the films and the music of James Horner

Posted on June 24, 2015 by barczablog

Some say that if done right you shouldn’t notice the music in a movie. Of course that’s one ideal and it’s a much more self-effacing idea of how a composer should approach the task of composing a score for the … Continue reading →

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Deep Inside Out

Posted on June 21, 2015 by barczablog

There I was in a theatre full of children for Father’s Day. As we got deeper into Inside Out the small ones were often silent. The small unrepresentative audience survey I conducted suggests that the kids enjoyed themselves but couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Remembering Sten Eirik

Posted on June 20, 2015 by barczablog

The sentence in the obituary that rings truest for me says “everyone believed there was so much more to come from Sten’s life.” I discovered the bad news when I went to the Guild Festival Theatre website to see what … Continue reading →

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The Hutcheons launch Four Last Songs with, what else: singing

Posted on June 17, 2015 by barczablog

When multi-disciplinary authors launch a book, you see people from many places & walks of life.  Whatever else you might say about Linda & Michael Hutcheon, they know some very cool people.  I saw singers, librarians, academics from several departments, … Continue reading →

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How it Storms: an Opera by Allen Cole on June 17 & 18

Posted on June 17, 2015 by barczablog

How it Storms The Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave. 2nd floor, Toronto, ON M6J 3W3 416.532.3019 http://www.arraymusic.com advance tickets can be purchased at: http://www.arraymusic.com/how-it-storms/ TOMORROW (Wednesday) and Thursday June 17 and 18 @ 8PM; $15 It is better to blaze up, … Continue reading →

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Picturing the Americas: AGO goes Hemispheric

Posted on June 16, 2015 by barczablog

As a swan song “Picturing the Americas” might be Matthew Teitelbaum’s finest hour.  The show is in some ways a triumph of diplomacy, an impossibly congenial meeting between museums and cultures sure to be a feather in his cap, as … Continue reading →

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TSO Delivers Thank You Note(s) to the City of Toronto with FREE Concert

Posted on June 16, 2015 by barczablog

The TSO Delivers Thank You Note(s) to the City of Toronto with FREE Concert Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 12:30pm at Roy Thomson Hall  June 16, 2015: “If a symphony orchestra plays in a city and no one is around … Continue reading →

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Toronto Symphony – Pan American Rhythms

Posted on June 15, 2015 by barczablog

This weekend the Toronto Symphony began a summer of the arts celebrating the Pan Am Games coming to Toronto. There’s much more to come, for example… Toronto Summer Music celebrate their tenth year with a festival titled “The New World” … Continue reading →

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Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony with the TSO

Posted on June 11, 2015 by barczablog

It’s been a long time between Mahler 2nds with the Toronto Symphony. I heard Andrew Davis lead them with Maureen Forrester in Massey Hall, one of several cherished memories from the old days on Shuter Street, aka the 1970s. Given … Continue reading →

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