Review | Accordion Virtuoso Michael Bridge Opens Esprit Orchestra Season
Esprit Orchestra, conducted by Alex Pauk, presented three works at Toronto’s Koerner Hall on Nov. 24th. The first was Gabriella Smith’s f(x)=sin^2x-i/x. This follows the…
John Gilks
John Gilks
After a career that ranged from manufacturing flavours for potato chips to developing strategies to allow IT to support best practice in cancer care, John Gilks is spending his retirement writing about classical music, opera and theatre. Based in Toronto, he has a taste for the new, the unusual and the obscure whether that means opera drawn from 1950s horror films or mainly forgotten French masterpieces from the long 19th century. Once a rugby player and referee, he now expends his physical energy on playing with a cat appropriately named for Richard Strauss’ Elektra.
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CD Review | The Mata Hari Songbook, Patricia O’Callaghan
Burge/Walker —The Mata Hari Songbook Patricia O’Callaghan, soprano; John Burge, piano Centrediscs, 2024 The Mata Hari Songbook, with music by John Burge and lyrics by…
Video Review | Deepa Johnny as Carmen, Palazetto Bru Zane
Bizet: Carmen Deepa Johnny, mezzo-soprano; Stanislas de Barbeyrac, tenor; Nicolas Courjal, bass; Iulia Maria Dan, soprano; Choeur d’enfants de la Maîtrise du Conservatoire de Rouen;…
CD Review | Voix jetées — Paramirabo
Voix jetées Paramirabo ATMA Classique, 2024 Paramirabo is a Montreal-based chamber ensemble specializing in contemporary music. Their new album, Voix jetées, features five pieces, each…
CD Review | Where Waters Meet — Canadian Chamber Choir
Where Waters Meet Canadian Chamber Choir Independent release, 2024 Where Waters Meet is the most recent CD from the Canadian Chamber Choir. It’s the culmination…
