OCM offers Ravel great and small
The second concert of the Orchestre classique de Montréal season, Tuesday in Salle Pierre-Mercure, came adorned with thematic and honorary elements. In musical essence it…
Arthur Kaptainis
Arthur Kaptainis
Arthur Kaptainis has been a classical music critic since 1986. His articles have appeared in Classical Voice North America and La Scena Musicale as well as Musical Toronto. Arthur holds an MA in musicology from the University of Toronto. From 2019-2021, Arthur was co-editor of La Scena Musicale.
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Bach Festival: An oratorio, just in time for Christmas
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CD Review: Chamber Works by Dmitri Klebanov
Dmitri Klebanov: String Quartets Nos. 4 and 5; Piano Trio No. 2 ARC Ensemble (Erika Raum and Marie Bérard, violins; Steven Dann, viola; Thomas Wiebe,…
Bach Festival back, live and sitting
Forewarned is forearmed. “There will be no interval,” reads the audience advisory for the Festival Bach Montréal presentation in Bourgie Hall of The Art of…
CD Review: Enargeia (Deutsche Grammophon)
Enargeia Works by Hildegard von Bingen (arr. Mazzoli, Kirkland Snider), Hildur Gudnadóttir, Missy Mazzoli, Sarah Kirkland Snider. Emily D’Angelo, mezzo-soprano. Kuss Quartet. Das Freie Orchester Berlin/Jarkko Riihimäki.…
Good vibrations at TSO reopening
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Review: OM, Yannick make strong case for Farrenc
Programing is not what it used to be, as Yannick Nézet-Séguin commented Friday evening to a masked and distanced crowd in the Maison symphonique. We…
