Lebrecht Weekly – Anonymous: Six concertos (CPO)
The best fun I’ve had all week is trying to identify the composers of six 18th century concertos that have turned up in the vaults…
Kiersten van Vliet
Kiersten van Vliet
Kiersten van Vliet was the Web Editor and an Editorial Assistant for La Scena Musicale from 2015–17.
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Review: Les Feluettes by Opéra de Montréal and Pacific Opera Victoria
Saturday night’s world premiere of Les Feluettes was an accomplishment long in the making. A co-commission by Opéra de Montréal and Pacific Opera Victoria, the opera was conceived…
This Week in Montreal (May 23–29)
War Requiem at the Maison Symphonique Kent Nagano and the OSM with the OSM chorus present Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem May 25 and 28 at 8:00 pm…
Review: Chants Libres – The Trials of Patricia Isasa
Last night’s world premiere of Kristin Norderval’s The Trials of Patricia Isasa at the Monument-National was a resounding success, to say the least. The opera, libretto by Naomi…
Lebrecht Weekly – Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 2 and 8 (Onyx)
Unless you live in England – and, in most of the country, even if you do – you will have few opportunities to hear live…
This Week in Montreal (May 16–22)
Final concerts in the SMCQ’s John Rea series Directed by Denis Marleau, Walter Boudreau and Plasirs du clavecin perform Le petit livre des Ravalet, an…
This Week in Montreal (May 9–15)
End of Season at the Chapelle Historique The Chapelle will close its spring season with pianists Kyoko Hashimoto and Ilya Poletaev playing works by Brahms,…
This Week in Montreal (May 2–8)
End of Season at the Chapelle Historique The last concert of the series Beethoven: The Sonatas for Piano and Violin with violinist Olivier Thouin and…
Britten’s War Requiem
This May, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is closing its season with Benjamin Britten’s choral masterpiece War Requiem, conducted by Kent Nagano with soloists Catherine Naglestad,…
Into the Woods: A Tale of Tales
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s classic Into the Woods is certainly not for the faint of heart. I had the pleasure of conducting it last year for…
