Tag Archives: Toronto Summer Music

Beethoven encore with Crow and Chiu

Posted on July 31, 2021 by barczablog

Toronto Summer Music’s 2021 Festival season concludes this weekend. In a year when theatre, opera & classical music have mostly been clinging to a precarious life through online presentations, this year’s festival was certainly a bit different, mixing vimeo links … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Reviews | Tagged Gavin Fraser, Grace Church on-the-Hill, Jonathan Crow, Kreutzer Sonata, Ludwig van Beethoven, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Philip Chiu, Scheherazade, semiotics, Toronto Summer Music, Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Leave a comment

Crow and Chiu play Beethoven live and in person

Posted on July 28, 2021 by barczablog

The performance is almost incidental to the miracle of live music. Please let me never become blasé, never lose my sense of wonder and gratitude, inured to magic. This is a privilege. I was stunned that not only the Toronto … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Music and musicology | Tagged Grace Church on-the-Hill, Haydn, Jessie Montgomery, Jonathan Crow, Kreutzer Sonata, Ludwig van Beethoven, Mozart, Philip Chiu, Toronto Summer Music | Leave a comment

Kreutzer rather than Bridgetower

Posted on July 27, 2021 by barczablog

2020 was to have been the Beethoven year, the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth in 1770. But of course the plans for operas, plays or concerts collided with the restrictions imposed by the pandemic. Thank goodness Toronto Summer Music … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal ruminations & essays | Tagged George Bridgetower, Jonathan Crow, Kreutzer Sonata, Leon Tolstoy, Leos Janacek, Ludwig van Beethoven, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Toronto Summer Music | 1 Comment

Crow Comes Out

Posted on July 30, 2019 by barczablog

Tonight’s concert at Walter Hall –“Europe and the New World”—in the Toronto Summer Music Festival put artistic director Jonathan Crow into the spotlight. He seems very comfortable there. That’s what I’m getting at with the headline. Our concert was sold … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Opera, Reviews | Tagged Angel Blue, Cesar Franck, Eric Owens, George Gershwin, Healey Willan, Jascha Heifetz, Johannes Brahms, John Corigliano, Jonathan Crow, Philip Chiu, Porgy and Bess, Toronto Summer Music, Walter Hall, Walter Homburger | Leave a comment

New Orford celebrate their first decade

Posted on July 13, 2019 by barczablog

Two for two. It’s the second night of the 2019 Toronto Summer Music Festival and again it felt like a special event, this time in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the New Orford String quartet. There’s a natural connection … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Reviews, Spirituality & Religion | Tagged Andrew Wan, Brian Manker, Christos Hatzis, Eric Nowlin, Jonathan Crow, Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, New Orford String Quartet, Toronto Summer Music | Leave a comment

Beyond Borders with Toronto Summer Music

Posted on July 12, 2019 by barczablog

Tonight was the opening concert of Toronto Summer Music, running until August 3rd at multiple venues in Toronto. In this the third year of Jonathan Crow’s tenure as Artistic Director the talent pool seems a bit deeper, suggesting exciting days … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Opera, Reviews | Tagged Adrianne Pieczonka, Chopin, Four Last Songs, John Greer, Jonathan Crow, Kerson Leong, Koerner Hall, New Orford String Quartet, Richard Strauss, Steven Philcox, Toronto Summer Music | 2 Comments

L’Histoire du Toronto Summer Music

Posted on July 20, 2018 by barczablog

It was all there tonight, on the stage of Koerner Hall. Sometimes concerts are microcosms that allow you to see and grasp everything in one lucid moment. It’s the second year of Jonathan Crow’s tenure as Artistic Director of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Music and musicology, Opera | Tagged Alaina Viau, Derek Boyes, Jennifer Nichols, Jonathan Crow, Kelly Zimba, Koerner Hall, Miles Jaques, Suzanne Roberts Smith, Toronto Summer Music, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, TSM Academy Fellows, TSO Chamber Soloists | Leave a comment

Unforced Tears of Exile

Posted on July 17, 2018 by barczablog

Toronto Summer Music Festival’s theme for 2018 is “Reflections of Wartime”, in the centennial of the last year of World War I. Tonight was my first concert, a presentation titled “Tears of Exile”, a program by Studio de musique ancienne … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Reviews, Spirituality & Religion | Tagged Andrew McAnerney, Babylon, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Nebuchadnezzar II, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Reflections of Wartime, Rudolf Mauersberger, SMAM, Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, Thomas Tallis, Toronto Summer Music, Walter Hall | Leave a comment

Radvanovsky: Humble Servant

Posted on August 1, 2014 by barczablog

Tonight at Koerner Hall, Sondra Radvanovsky offered a self-portrait in her recital as part of Toronto Summer Music Festival. It’s not just a huge coup for TSM & Artistic Director Douglas McNabney, the highest profile artist to appear there this … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Opera, Reviews | Tagged Anthony Manoli, Douglas McNabney, Sondra Radvanovsky, Toronto Summer Music | 4 Comments

Ten Questions for Jonathan Crow

Posted on July 22, 2014 by barczablog

Jonathan Crow is a young violinist making in impact on several fronts. This fall will be Crow’s fourth season as Concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony. He is also an avid chamber musician, including his role as a founding member of … Continue reading →

Posted in Interviews, Music and musicology | Tagged Jonathan Crow, Koerner Hall, Toronto Summer Music, Toronto Symphony Orchestra | 1 Comment