Baroque for the Brain: Music to Study By
A playlist to study by, curated by Music Director Emerita Jeanne Lamon Music is considered one of the best companions to stimulate study efforts. This…
Yearly Archives: 2020
Grieg: 3 Violin sonatas (Orchid)
Has anyone lately seen Edvard Grieg? The song of Norway has gone a bit quiet since the record industry stopped pumping out Grieg’s piano concerto…
Kent Nagano’s Farewell Concert: The OSM and 1500 Voices to Perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Sunday, August 9, 2020, on the Esplanade of the Olympic Park Montreal, February 26, 2020 – It is with great emotion that the Orchestre symphonique de…
Elora Festival Announces 41st Season Program and New Leadership July 10-26, 2020
Elora, ON – The Elora Festival’s Artistic Director Mark Vuorinen announces the 41st season program, offering patrons a broad range of musical experiences with world-class…
Nine singers advance to the final round of the 2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
The final phase of competition is the public Grand Finals concert on the Met stage, accompanied by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conducted by Bertrand de…
CultivART 2020: More than $100,000 invested in internships and mentoring for Indigenous artists and cultural workers
Montreal, Tuesday, February 25, 2020 – The Conseil des arts de Montréal is delighted to announce the internship proposals and the candidates selected for the…
Met Orchestra to tour internationally in June 2021, for the first time in almost 20 years
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin to lead orchestra with stops in London, Paris, and Baden-Baden New York, NY (February 24, 2020)—The Metropolitan Opera today announces…
Jacqueline du Pré opera gets it half right
Classical music has its icons, including Jacqueline du Pré, the brilliant British cellist who contracted multiple sclerosis at the youthful height of her powers and…
MSO, Nagano bring in the Toronto hordes
Quite a crowd in Roy Thomson Hall for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Kent Nagano. Apparently the American maestro’s magnetism, combined with the good name…
Aspects of America: Pulitzer Edition (Pentatone)
Whatever became of the Great American Symphony? At one time it was discussed with as much cocktail-hour fervour as the Great American Novel and promoted…
