Highlights | 2023-2024 concert seasons begin, Nézet-Séguin coaches Bradley Cooper
Welcome to La Scena Musicale’s weekly Highlights, a roundup of classical music news from Canada and beyond. It’s the time for new music seasons, and…
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Edmonton singer protests choir, cites gender-based discrimination
In September 2023, the Professional Chamber Choir in Edmonton, AB, fired singer Erin Craig. The board for the choir, also known as Pro Coro, says…
CD Review | O Sun O Moon (True North Records, 2023)
O Sun O Moon Bruce Cockburn, vocals and guitar True North Records, 2023 O Sun O Moon marks Bruce Cockburn’s 37th album, an incredible feat…
CD Review | Moongate (Self-published, 2023)
Moongate Victor Anastacio, guitar; Philippe Charbonneau, bass; Colleen Leslie, flute Self-published, 2023 Moongate, the debut album by composer and acoustic guitarist Victor Anastacio, is a…
CD Review | Weyn Allah (Self-published, 2023)
Weyn Allah Al Qahwa ensemble Self-published, 2023 Their first album explored the traditional songs of the Middle East; the second, Egypt, and the third, South…
CD Review | Néo-Romance (Secret City Records, 2023)
Néo-Romance Secret City Records, 2023 Alexandra Stréliski, piano and organ; Natalia Kotarba, violin; Fayçal Cheboub, viola; Julia Kotarba, cello; Pierre-Olivier Rioux, double-bass Although Néo-Romance plays…
Summer Reading Suggestion | House Concert (Polity Books, 2023)
House Concert by Igor Levit and Florian Zinnecker Polity Books, 2023 ISBN 978-1509553556 With his debut at Carnegie Hall postponed indefinitely by COVID, virtuoso Russian-German…
Summer Reading Suggestion | Opera: The Definitive Illustrated Story (DK Publishing, 2022)
Opera: The Definitive Illustrated Story by Leslie Dunton-Downer and Alan Riding DK Publishing, 2022 ISBN 978-0744056310 No single book could ever encapsulate opera’s entire history…
CD Review | Vejpoesi (Self-produced, 2023)
Vejpoesi Stephen Fearing, vocals and acoustic guitar; MC Hansen, vocals and electric guitar; Nikolaj Wolf, electric and upright bass; Jacob Chano, vocal, drums, and percussion…
CD Review | Nuages (KNS Classical, 2023)
Nuages Duo Cavatine: Noémie Raymond-Friset, cello; Michel-Alexandre Broekaert, piano KNS Classical, 2023 Like a rolling cloud, the 2019 recording for Nuages drifted for years along…
