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Monthly Archives: May 2016
Tapestry’s Winner
The DH Lawrence short story The Rocking Horse Winner is a recognizable image of modern life. I’m sad to say that I know people like this mother for whom no amount of money is ever enough, whose son’s mysterious gift … Continue reading
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Popular genius: John Williams as seen by Steven Reineke
It shouldn’t surprise anyone to hear that tonight’s season-concluding Toronto Symphony Pops Concert, featuring the film music of John Williams conducted by Steven Reineke, played to a full house clamoring for more. And yet I was surprised. Film music is … Continue reading
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10 Questions for Danny Ghantous: Lemon
Danny Ghantous is a recent graduate of Ryerson University’s Performance Acting program, and recently starred as Sadiq in Factory Theatre’s acclaimed production of A Line in the Sand directed by Nigel Shawn Williams. “It will take me a long time … Continue reading
Questions for Steven Reineke: the film music of John Williams at the TSO
Steven Reineke is a pops conductor, an arranger, a composer, and very busy all over North America, as Music Director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, Principal Pops Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. … Continue reading
Cozy Fantastic
I knew how it was going to work. I resisted and was still swept away by the conceptual brilliance of A Little too Cozy, Against the Grain’s latest transladaptation. Don’t let the word scare you, it merely means something that … Continue reading
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Lisiecki’s pianism: Chopin plays Schumann
In the film Impromptu we get interesting close-up looks at the personal lives of Chopin, Georges Sand, Liszt, Delacroix and a host of others. At one point we see Liszt & Chopin playing a Beethoven transcription together, a fascinating thought … Continue reading
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Pisani: putting the “melos” in Melodrama
Everyone uses the word, yet few really know what it means. “Melodrama” is a label often attached to human behaviour, but the usage is a metaphor for something else. And I suspect that those who have studied drama or theatre … Continue reading
