Opera McGill’s Lisl Wirth B!NGE Festival: By the Numbers
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Yearly Archives: 2017
Monday Headlines: Review of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Maison Symphonique
On Saturday, the reputable Boston Symphony Orchestra played at the Maison Symphonique. The last time the orchestra visited Montreal was in 1984, more than 30…
This Week in Montreal: March 6 to 12 : Another Brick In The Wall, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and the Violons du Roy
Monday, March 6 Two quartets at Pro musica: Created in the seventies at Prague Conservatory, the Pražák Quartet has become one of the most…
Experience Soul-Stirring Music with the NAC Orchestra’s Spectacular 2017-18 Season
Experience Soul-Stirring Music with the NAC Orchestra’s Spectacular 2017-18 Season March 6, 2017 – OTTAWA (Canada) – Today, Music Director, Alexander Shelley and the National…
Thursday Headlines: Classical music concerts more popular than football in Germany
Here are your daily headlines in classical music and the arts ! Hard to believe, but it’s true: “Classical music concerts in Germany are officially…
Lebrecht Weekly – Nadia Boulanger: Works (Delos/SWR Music)
In half a century of listening to records, I cannot recall ever hearing music by the noted French pedagogue Nadia Boulanger. Revered by a stream…
Christina Petrowska Quilico: Worlds Apart (Centrediscs)
Worlds Apart Christina Petrowska Quilico Centrediscs, 2017. CMCCD 23717, 2 CD. 88 min 13 s. Christina Petrowska Quilico dropped a new album today – a…
Interview: Nicole Lizée Redux
Back in January, I interviewed Montréal-based composer Nicole Lizée for the cover of the February/March issue of La Scena Musicale. We had a long and…
Wednesday Healdlines: Notre-Dame Basilica at the heart of Montreal 375 festivities in new luminous project
Here are your daily headlines in classical music and the arts! After the illumination of Jacques-Cartier Bridge, the Montreal-based firm Moment Factory had received has…
BSO and GHO Annonce Details of Unprecedented Partnership in World of Orchestral Music
Under the Leadership of Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and Leipzig’s Gewandhausorchester (GHO) Annonce Details of Unprecedented Partnership in World of Orchestral Music BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/GEWANDHAUSORCHESTER ALLIANCE—TO TAKE PLACE OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD STARTING IN 2017-18—FEATURES CO-COMMISSIONING PROGRAM,…
