Interview with Simon Brault of the Canada Council for the Arts
“We’re able to take many more risks.” To foster artistic experimentation, begin recognizing Indigenous culture, support emerging talent, treat artists less prescriptively – these are…
Yearly Archives: 2017
The National Youth Orchestra: Unsilent and At The Edge
When Barbara Smith and Blanche Israël greeted me at the NYO’s downtown Toronto office, they had a weary-yet-determined air – familiar to any arts administrator…
Man and His World @ 50: Expo 67 revisited
On October 29, 1967, at the closing ceremony of Montreal’s World Fair, a.k.a. Expo 67, Commissioner General Pierre Dupuy concluded his speech with these telling…
Jazz – Festival fare Off the Record
Donny McCaslin Beyond Now / Motema Music Tenorman Donny McCaslin saw fit to doff his cap towards the man once known as Ziggy Stardust, including…
Windermere String Quartet: Inner Landscapes (Pipistrelle Music)
Inner Landscapes Windermere String Quartet; Elizabeth Loewen Andrews, violin; Michelle Odorico, violin; Anthony Rapoport, viola; Laura Jones, cello Pipistrelle Music, PIP 1216, 71 min 22…
Review – Vincent Bélanger: Pure Cello (Audio Note Music)
Pure Cello Vincent Bélanger Audio Note Music Available on CD, as well as on vinyl (45 RPM) for maximum resolution, this solo cello album will…
Akoka: Reframing Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time (Pentatone)
Akoka: Reframing Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time David Krakauer, Akoka; Olivier Messiaen, Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Socalled, Meanwhile… David Krakauer,…
Canadian Stage’s Matthew Jocelyn Pens Libretto for Major International Opera
Toronto, ON – Canadian Stage Artistic & General Director Matthew Jocelyn, along with internationally-acclaimed Canadian-born Soprano Barbara Hannigan, will represent Canada at the 2017 edition of the UK’s Glyndebourne…
Lebrecht Weekly – Dmitri Shostakovich: First Symphony (Pentatone)
Great recordings are easy to review. Likewise bad ones. About 99.5 percent of all releases fall somewhere in between. Of these, four in five quickly…
Canadian Multiculturalism Day: A Celebration of Our Diversity!
Gatineau, QC, May 25, 2017 /CNW/ – In this momentous Canada 150 year, the Government of Canada is proud to support Canadian Multiculturalism Day celebrations taking place in Montréal, Vancouver and Toronto on June 27. These…
