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CD Review | James Oswald : Airs for the Seasons (Leaf music, 2023)

By Pietro Freiburger on 29 May 2023 Baroque and Early, CD and Book Reviews, Classical Music

James Oswald : Airs for the Seasons Rezonance Baroque Ensemble Leaf Music, 2023 The new CD by the Toronto-based Rezonance Baroque Ensemble features Airs for the Seasons by Scottish composer James Oswald (1710-1769). The work in its entirety consists of two sets for a total of 96 sonatas in various movements (two to four). Each of the songs bears the name of a flower or shrub typical of that season, an extremely creative and rigorous idea. The structure of the work proposed in the disc (Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter) allows us to appreciate the succession of atmospheres and moods…

Isidore String Quartet

Festival Picks

By Eva Stone-Barney on 26 May 2023 Baroque and Early, Canadian Music, Chamber Music, Choral, Classical, Classical Music, Contemporary, Opera, Orchestral, Piano, Strings, Vocal

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MONTREAL/QUEBEC Centre Culturel de Pointe-Claire In an effort to make cultural programming accessible to its residents, and breathe life into public park spaces, the Centre Culturel de Pointe-Claire will present a series of free concerts as part of their Summer Evenings in the Parks / Summer Beats in the Parks Festival. Running from June 28 to Aug. 16, the festival will consist of 10 concerts in parks across the city. Starting at Stewart Park on June 28, audiences are invited to a concert of world music titled Paul Kunigis: Yallah. Performances of blues, Latin jazz, world jazz, and Brazilian percussion…

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Newswire | Beautiful Miracles With Ensemble Scholastica & Lamia Yared!

By Newswire on 2 May 2023 Baroque and Early, Classical Music, Montreal, Newswire

Montréal, April 26, 2023 – Ensemble Scholastica is pleased to announce its upcoming concert interweaving musical cultures, Miragres fremosos, featuring virtuoso singer and oud player Lamia Yared. The concert will be held on Thursday, May 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Notre Dame de Bon Secours Chapel. The program showcases songs and poetry from medieval Andalusia, where arts, architecture and many other fields were deeply influenced by Muslim culture in the early Middle Ages when these lands came under Muslim rule. Christian and Sephardic influences also continued to develop under Alphonse X “the Wise,” who reigned over the kingdoms of…

CD Review | Bright and early (Naïve Classiques, 2023)

By Zenith Wolfe on 29 March 2023 Baroque and Early, CD and Book Reviews, Strings

Bright and early Hopkinson Smith, lute Naïve Classiques, 2023 Hour-long solo lute album bright & early is a grounding experience. As the title suggests, its positive and peaceful tone is perfect for starting the day on a motivating note. The album interweaves works by 16th-century composers Joan Ambrosio Dalza and Francesco Spinacino, which require a good deal of interpretation on lutenist Hopkinson Smith’s part, given the incomplete or disfigured conditions of their original manuscripts. They’re pieces that share a gentle throughline, but their free-form nature gives the lutenist plenty of opportunities to portray that tone in his own image. The…

CD Review | Legacy (Naïve Classiques, 2023)

By Zenith Wolfe on 29 March 2023 Baroque and Early, CD and Book Reviews, Classical, Strings, Vocal

Legacy Christian-Pierre La Marca, cello; Adrien La Marca, viola; Julien Chauvin, violin; Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor; Le Concert de La Loge Naïve Classiques, 2023 The musicians’ bold and confident performances on this album exude an unforgettable joie de vivre. Legacy features incredible cellist Christian-Pierre La Marca alongside Le Concert de La Loge. The compositions are centred around the cello and the evolution of string performances from the 18th century onward, and La Marca’s careful ordering of works tells this story well. It starts and ends on Haydn, with Mozart in between, in a recognition of their incredible contributions to the genre.…

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Newswire | World Premiere of The Queen of Carthage at Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival

By Newswire on 28 March 2023 Baroque and Early, Classical Music, Newswire

Vancouver, 28 mars 2023 – Early Music Vancouver (EMV) announced today the dates for this year’s summer festival along with a new name. The 2023 Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival (previously named Vancouver Bach Festival) will take place July 27 to August 5 at various venues including SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, Christ Church Cathedral, Pyatt Hall, The Orpheum Annex, West Vancouver United Church, and St. James Community Square. The theme of the 2023 Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival is WOMENinSIGHT – celebrating women composers, librettists, and performers of the past and present. Inspired by Christine de Pizan (1364-ca.1430)…

CD Review | Theme: Variation (Leaf music, 2023)

By Zenith Wolfe on 28 March 2023 Baroque and Early, Canadian Music, CD and Book Reviews, Classical, Piano

Theme: Variation David Rogosin, piano Leaf Music, 2023 Theme: Variation shouldn’t be taken casually—the solo piano album is a thought-provoking, conceptual experiment that deserves many rounds of active listening. David Rogosin begins Orlando Gibbons’s The Italian Ground, followed by Mein Junges Leben Hat Ein End and Est-ce Mars, both composed by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. These compositions start slow and quiet before developing into fast, loud performances, demonstrating how variation in tempo and volume impact tone. This is a grace period that eases the listener into Rogosin’s concept of “variation.” He soon introduces Chopin’s Berceuse, Op. 57 to illustrate how a…

CD Review | The Handel Project (Deutsche Grammophon, 2023)

By Pietro Freiburger on 28 March 2023 Baroque and Early, CD and Book Reviews, Piano, Romantic

The Handel Project / Handel: 3 Suites; Brahms: Handel Variations Seong-Jin Cho, piano Deutsche Grammophon, 2023 The new CD by pianist Seong-Jin Cho, winner of the 2015 Warsaw Chopin Competition, revolves around Handel. The disc contains three Suites by the composer; the Variations on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24, by Johannes Brahms; the Sarabande from the Suite in B-flat major, HWV 440; and the arrangement by Wilhelm Kempff of the Minuet from the Suite in B-flat major, HWV 434. The CD opens with the Adagio from the Suite in F major, HWV 427, which Cho interprets with balance in…

Boston Early Music Festival: A Celebration of Women

By An Ven on 27 March 2023 Baroque and Early, Classical Music

The Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) has taken place every other year since 1981. This year’s festivities will be devoted to women in early music, from the Middle Ages to the present day. The primary BEMF mission is to highlight lesser-known operas from the early-music era—historically informed vocal/choral and instrumental interpretations are further enriched by period set designs, costumes, dance, and staging. These have been redesigned by stage director, opera designer, and baroque French opera and theatre specialist Gilbert Blin. The BEMF has become one of the world’s major early-music events since its inception, offering multiple programs and activities, especially…

Bernard Labadie: Music Fit for Kings

By Justin Bernard on 26 March 2023 Baroque and Early, Orchestral

When Bernard Labadie builds his repertoire, Handel’s music is a contender. In December 2021, he directed the Messiah as guest conductor of the NAC symphony orchestra in a program of works from composers influenced by that baroque master. In early April, he will be at the rostrum for an MSO performance of The Creation by Haydn, an oratorio Labadie considers to be closer to Handel than Bach. A month later, on May 10 and 12, the conductor returns to his beloved ensemble, Les Violons du Roy, for an all-Handel program comprised of the Four Coronation Anthems and other works of…

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