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WHITNEY ROBINSON, ALEX SOARE and KEELY FUTTERER as The Marquise, Sulpice and Marie; photo: Gary David Gold

Opera Saratoga 2019 – Tales of Girls Interrupted

By Charles Geyer on 7 July 2019 Chamber Music, Classical, Classical Music, Contemporary, Musical Theatre, Opera, Orchestral, Romantic, Theatre, Vocal

REVIEW: of Ellen West (the world premiere of a new work by Ricky Ian Gordon and Frank Bidart); and La fille du régiment (a new production of Donizetti’s 1840 comic opera). Opera Saratoga inaugurated its summer 2019 mainstage series on June 29 and 30 – the same weekend as the highly-touted “WorldPride 50” celebration. The latter event, of course, originated as homage to the purported founding moment of the modern gay rights movement; but it has by now pullulated far beyond its initial meaning, becoming a portmanteau affirmation of self-identities of all stripes. It is interesting, then, that – whether…

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The Eybler Quartet- Beethoven String Quartets, Op.18, nos. 4-6

By Newswire on 9 May 2019 Chamber Music, Classical Music

The astonishing Eybler Quartet Completes their much-awaited survey of Beethoven’s Op. 18 Quartets on period instruments New release from CORO connections “Simply stunning … jaw-dropping agility, clarity and accuracy in the playing, allied with terrific dynamics and nuance, outstanding ensemble work …I doubt if you’ve heard these works sound like this before – it’s absolutely essential listening.” – The WholeNote (on Beethoven, Op. 18, Vol. 1) For Immediate Release, May 9, 2019, Toronto, ON … When British label CORO Connections released their first recording from Toronto’s Eybler Quartet last spring, they may have been surprised to have a controversy…

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International celebrities and a star-studded opening to the Festival de Lanaudière

By Newswire on 7 May 2019 Chamber Music, Classical, Newswire, Orchestral

Complete artistic programming for the 2019 edition unveiled Sublime voices and star pianists Berlioz tribute Many premieres Joliette, May 7, 2019 –Festival de Lanaudière’s Artistic Director Renaud Loranger today unveiled the complete artistic programming of the Festival de Lanaudière’s 42nd season. This year, the Festival features many artists making their debuts either at Lanaudière, in Quebec, or for some, in Canada. From July 5 to August 4, music lovers are invited to take advantage of the Festival’s top venues: the enchanting Amphithéâtre Fernand-Lindsay and several local churches. In the words of Mr. Loranger: “From Europe and America, a roster…

Le programme du Festival de musique de chambre de Montréal 2019 est annoncé!

By Newswire on 9 April 2019 Chamber Music, Classical Music, Newswire

Communiqué de presse ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ LE FESTIVAL DE MUSIQUE DE CHAMBRE DE MONTRÉAL EST FIER DE PRÉSENTER BEETHOVEN CHEZ NOUS ! Du 7 au 16 JUIN 2019 ÉDITION 24e ANNNIVERSAIRE Faits saillants : Série de trois concerts : Intégrale des sonates pour violon de Beethovenpar James Ehnes, lauréat Grammy 2019 Série de cinq concerts : Intégrale des symphonies de Beethoven transcrites pour piano par Franz Liszt Cinq concerts-midi gratuits : Les Meilleurs Artistes classiques BMO de moins de 30 ans ! Étonnante découverte musicale mettant en vedette Joseph Kaiser, étoile du Metropolitan Opera, le Quatuor Danel, et plus SOIRÉE SPÉCIALE D’OUVERTURE…

Baritone Tyler Duncan in "Leonardo" by Jonathan Berger

Da Vinci Our Contemporary – The Legendary Renaissance Polymath Arrives Center Stage in Composer Jonathan Berger’s New Monodrama

By Charles Geyer on 5 April 2019 Baroque and Early, Chamber Music, Classical, Classical Music, Contemporary, Education, La Scena Online, Musical Theatre, Opera, Theatre, Visual Arts

PREVIEW: of the world premiere of Leonardo, a new operatic monodrama about Leonardo da Vinci by composer Jonathan Berger at NYC’s 92nd Street Y; and INTERVIEW: with composer/librettist Jonathan Berger. “Che cos’è uno starnuto?” Leonardo da Vinci asks himself – and his audience – at the top of composer Jonathan Berger’s new one-man opera, Leonardo. “What is a sneeze?” It may seem a disarmingly piddling question from one of history’s most titanic intellectual figures – but that is precisely composer Jonathan Berger’s point. “Leonardo’s greatest asset was his unabashed asking of simple questions,” Berger says, “and through those questions arriving…

Mika Putterman – Reviving the Art of Early Flute

By Benjamin Goron on 28 March 2019 Baroque and Early, Chamber Music, Classical Music, Romantic

The modern flute is one of the most recent additions to the woodwind family. Developed in the 1830s, it gained full acceptance by the century’s end. Its new key system gave it a more even tone, greater sound projection and, not least, increased playing facility. As entrenched as it is in concert music, is this instrument, otherwise known as the Boehm flute, the only one worthy of interest? What about its predecessors? Is there anything to learn from these? Mika Putterman, for one, would certainly answer the last question in the affirmative. As a self-described “historical flutist,” she owns an…

Emily Oulousian. Photo : Marc Bourgeois

Emily Oulousian & Zhan Hong Xiao: Young Virtuosos with the MCO

By Gregory Finney on 28 March 2019 Chamber Music, Piano

Reality television has launched the careers of several pop stars who have become household names. From 2016 to 2018, Radio-Canada in Montreal applied that formula to the classical music scene in a show called Virtuose. The brainchild of host Gregory Charles, Virtuose showcased prodigies aged 11 to 17 playing top-drawer classical music. This May, two past winners, pianists Emily Oulousian and Zhan Hong Xiao, will be featured with the McGill Chamber Orchestra in a program called Young Virtuosos playing Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos under conductor Boris Brott. “Mozart probably wrote the concerto to play with his sister, Nannerl,” says…

Grace Williams: Chamber music (Naxos)

By Norman Lebrecht on 8 March 2019 CD and Book Reviews, Chamber Music, Classical Music, Lebrecht Weekly

If you haven’t heard of Grace Williams, it’s not entirely down to vicious male suppression. The Welsh composer (1906-1977) studied in London with Ralph Vaughan Williams around the same time as Elizabeth Maconchy and Imogen Holst. Women composers were emerging in the 1920s and receiving strong encouragement. Grace Williams was particularly friendly with Benjamin Britten, as their extant letters attest. She remained in London through the 1930s and was a visible part of its musical life. During the War she began to suffer from depression. She returned home to Barry in 1945 for the last 30 years of her life.…

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Concerts à venir

By La Scena Musicale Team on 12 February 2019 Chamber Music, Classical Music, Contemporary

L’OSL honore un champion lavallois L’Orchestre symphonique de Laval rendra hommage au grand athlète Bruny Surin, champion olympique en 1996 aux Jeux d’Atlanta dans le relais 4 x 100 mètres. Ce dernier a été nommé grand Lavallois de la saison 2018-2019 de l’OSL. Pianiste amateur, il s’est donné le défi de jouer en solo, avec les musiciens de l’orchestre, un arrangement de Für Elise de Beethoven. Au programme également, la Symphonie no 2 de Tchaïkovski. Le 13 février 2019, 19 h 30, à la salle André-Matthieu de la Maison des arts de Laval. www.osl.qc.ca JB Pentaèdre et Flûte Alors! réunis Le 15 février sera…

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Ensemble Made in Canada

By Justin Bernard on 1 February 2019 Chamber Music, Contemporary

Co-founded in 2006 by violist Sharon Wei and pianist Angela Park, the Ensemble Made In Canada includes Elissa Lee (violin) and Rachel Mercer (cello). It is now one of Canada’s leading piano quartets and will be performing at the Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques Festival on Feb. 25 as part of a national tour. For its new Mosaïque Project, EMIC commissioned each of 14 Canadians to write a four-minute piano quartet inspired by a particular region of Canada. Among the composers are Nicolas Gilbert (Quebec), Julie Doiron (New Brunswick), Kevin Lau (Yukon Territory), Nicole Lizée (Saskatchewan), Richard Mascall (Ontario), Samy Moussa (Nunavut) and…

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