Preview | HausMusique Revives Chamber Music Within Montreal Art Deco Splendour
The first time pianist Meagan Milatz and cellist Cameron Crozman played together was for a backyard concert during the pandemic. A few years later, this…
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Review | Chamber Music with the Fauré Quartett
Despite the lack of works by Gabriel Fauré on the program, the Fauré Quartett (aptly named for the French composer) impressed with their remarkable playing…
Review | Marc-André Hamelin & OSM Swing in The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties was an age of dramatic social and economic change, fabulous fashion, and of course, great music. A century onwards, Orchestre symphonique de…
Review | Benjamin Appl & Eric Lu’s Schwanengesang at Bourgie Hall
A German-born baritone like Benjamin Appl is certainly no stranger to Schubert’s work. I can only assume that the Austrian composer’s impressive list of over…
Review | Orchestre classique de Montréal’s Warm & Welcoming Messiah
As the holidays approach, George Frideric Handel’s Messiah begins to line concert programs around the world—and so, Orchestre classique de Montréal presents its annual performance…
Review | Experimental OSM Holiday Program Misses the Mark
The return of esteemed conductor Kent Nagano marked the first of Orchestre symphonique de Montréal’s festive December celebrations. Under the banner Le temps des fêtes…
Review | Rhapsody in Blue‘s 100th: Romance and American Jazz with Jean-Philippe Sylvestre
George Gershwin was born on September 26, 1898; it was only fitting that his most beloved piece Rhapsody in Blue, written 100 years ago, would…
Review | Cultural Unity in the Chinese Gardens: A Lyrical Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration
In the lunar calendar, the 15th day of the 8th month marks the annual Mid-Autumn Festival, a celebration of the harvest moon at its fullest…
Review | Beethoven’s 8th and 9th with the Orchestre de la Francophonie
Most orchestras play just a few consecutive shows, performing the same material over the course of two or three nights.
Review | Les Misérables in Montréal
Les Misérables is one of the world’s most popular musicals (and among my favorites). It follows the life of ex-convict Jean Valjean (Nick Cartell), who, after spending 19 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread, breaks parole and reinvents himself.
