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Category Archives: Music and musicology
Prelude to Hope
They began with this artistic manifesto: As a collective of artists working within a creative circle associated with the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra, we have asked ourselves how artists can and should respond to the times we live in. Our answer … Continue reading
Gimeno and Moussa: Ligeti, Wagner and Strauss’s Don Quixote
Last night’s brilliant concert at Roy Thomson Hall from the Toronto Symphony was improved by the introductory remarks from Music Director Gustavo Gimeno, explaining his unorthodox choices. The concert may have been titled “R Strauss’s Don Quixote” but Gimeno explained … Continue reading
Violinissimo II calibrating Esprit at Koerner
Thursday March 28th Esprit Orchestra led by their artistic director and conductor Alex Pauk presented Violinissimo II at Koerner Hall. The program leant heavily on soloist Mark Fewer in a pair of big works, playing solos for over an hour … Continue reading
Korngold’s other film-score
On April 7th the ARC Ensemble present a concert “The Viennese in Los Angeles”, a happier title than what they might choose to call it, from composers in exile. In the promotion for the event we’re told that for the … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, video & DVDs, Dance, theatre & musicals, Music and musicology
Tagged A Midsummernight's Dream, ARC Ensemble, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Ernest Kanitz, Felix Mendelssohn, Kevin Ahfat, Leni Riefenstahl, Max Reinhardt, Robert Müller-Hartmann, Royal Conservatory of Music, Simon Wynberg, Triumph of the Will, Warner Brothers
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Toronto Symphony explores nuances of newness in Stravinsky’s Pulcinella
Tonight Gustavo Gimeno and his Toronto Symphony presented their latest TSO live concert at Roy Thomson Hall, recorded for future release by Harmonia Mundi recording label. We were a well-behaved audience, not making any disruptive noises, like polite voyeurs watching … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Music and musicology, Reviews
Tagged Ballets Russes, commedia dell'arte, Glenn Gould, Gustavo Gimeno, Harmonia Mundi, Igor Stravinsky, Isabel Leonard, Kelly-Marie Murphy, Le Baiser de le fée, Linda Hutcheon, palimpsest, Petula Clark, Pulcinella, Sergei Diaghilev, Tchaikovsky, The Fairy's Kiss, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
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X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X from the Metropolitan Opera for February and Lent
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023 production of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, the 1985 opera with libretto by Thulani Davis and music be her cousin Anthony Davis, was shown on PBS over the past week, likely as a … Continue reading
Posted in Music and musicology, Opera, Personal ruminations & essays, Spirituality & Religion
Tagged Anthony Davis, Elijah Mohammed, hajj, John Elford, Malcolm X, Mecca, Metropolitan Opera Company, Nation of Islam, Our Hearts Were Strangely Lukewarm, PBS, Porgy and Bess, Sporting Life, Thulani Davis, White Supremacy, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
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Questions for Jack Hui Litster in anticipation of his Gates of Heaven: Requiem for a Life of Peace
Jack Hui Litster has recently had two original operas produced by OperOttawa. Jack is a multi-instrumentalist and composer of concert music and film and TV score based in Ottawa, blending his classical and popular music training. As Composer-in-Residence for OperOttawa, Jack … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Music and musicology, Opera, Popular music & culture
Tagged Gates of Heaven: Requiem for a Life of Peace, Inter Pares, Jack Hui Litster, Kahlil Gibran, King Arthur, Norman E Brown, OperOttawa, Requiem, Tan Dun, The Day You Were Born, The First Emperor, The Prophet, What Is Love?
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From Sappho’s Lyre
Constantine Caravassilis is the composer of From Sappho’s Lyre, a recording from Orchid Classics of original music played by Tallinna Kammerorkester and Tenth Muse Ensemble and vocal soloists, setting poetry by Sappho, Jeffrey Duban and Sara Teasdale, that might make … Continue reading
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