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Fall Highlights: Choral Previews

By Eva Stone-Barney on 1 September 2023 Choral, Classical Music, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto

Quebec Ensemble ArtChoral Titled A Viennese Evening: Songs, Waltzes, and Romance, and directed by Matthias Maute, the group will perform works by Strauss and Schubert, alongside excerpts of Brahms’s Liebeslieder, Op. 52 and 65 (Sept. 8). www.placedesarts.com/en/producer/ensemble-vocal-arts-québec OSM Chorus Led by conductor Andrew Megill, the OSM Chorus will join the orchestra for several exciting performances this season. The OSM’s 90th season kicks off for the Chorus with Stravinsky’s bombastic The Rite of Spring, conducted by Rafael Payare (Sept. 12-14). Under the baton of Gemma New, the choir will sing as part of September performances of Holst’s The Planets (Sept. 27,…

Fauré Quartett

Women’s Musical Club of Toronto: A Little “Afternoon” Music

By Kristen Whittle on 1 September 2023 Chamber Music, Classical Music, Toronto

Established in 1898, the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto (WMCT) has spent the past 126 years building and maintaining an organization that supports numerous early career and professional musicians. The club has lessened its restrictions, now welcoming everyone (no longer just women) to enjoy their presentations. The star of the show at WMCT is undoubtedly their “Music in the Afternoon” series. This seasonal collection of chamber concerts features a wide variety of world-class musicians. The 2023-24 lineup will include the Fauré Quartett, Tesla Quartet, clarinetist Dominic Desautels, pianist Francine Kay, and soprano Joyce El-Khoury. Diane Martello (chair of the memberships,…

Orchestras: Ontario

By Eva Stone-Barney on 1 September 2023 Canadian Music, Classical Music, Ottawa, Toronto

Toronto Symphony Orchestra The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-24 season has something for everyone, with their Masterworks series, Pops concerts, special events, and youth programming. To start off the season, conductor Gustavo Gimeno will lead the orchestra in performances of Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, programmed alongside Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps, and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring (Sept. 20, 21). Seong-Jin Cho will then join the orchestra at the piano in a performance of works by Ravel (Sept. 28-30). Trevor Wilson, the TSO’s RBC Resident Conductor,will take the podium for a program of English favourites,…

Jean-Sébastien Vallée (Photo by Nan Melville)

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir 2023-24 Season: Hear the Passion

By Denise Lai on 1 September 2023 Choral, Classical Music, Toronto

The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir has big plans for its upcoming 2023-24 season. Artistic Director Jean-Sébastien Vallée’s programming is based on the theme “Human Passion Unleashed.” Vallée explains that this season’s repertoire resonates deeply with the core of human emotions, embracing the full spectrum of passion, intensity, and vulnerability. His choices reflect his vision to forge a connection between the audience and the profound depth of human expression that choral music can convey. TMC’s season opener In Time is a unique immersive experience that combines music and dance, showcasing Toronto dance group Compagnie de la Citadelle. This is complemented by two…

Pirates et Corsaires

Fall Highlights: Visual arts

By La Scena Musicale Team on 1 September 2023 Arts Industry, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Visual Arts

Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art Oct. 25, 2023-March 10, 2024 If you want to dance with the devil, then this nonconformist, nontraditional, and absolutely shocking exhibit will surely stir your spirits. Russian feminist artists known for their conceptual eye tinged with nonconsensual flavours continue to be discovered and defy the authoritarian regime of their homeland. The project, which stems from a meeting in Moscow between co-founder Maria (aka Masha) Alyokhina and Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson and was launched by Reykjavik’s Kling & Bang gallery, brings its own taste for justice to the MAC. This culturally-sensitive…

The actors for Bluma Appel Theatre's The Lehman Trilogy

Fall Highlights: English Theatre

By Jim Burke on 1 September 2023 Montreal, Theatre, Toronto

Montreal September Montreal’s Anglo theatre scene is still struggling to return to its pre-pandemic bustle, but hopefully quality will triumph over quantity. First up is Kate Lavut’s big-hearted Fringe hit A Little Bit Pregnant, a comedy-drama about a group of young people “trying to adult.” Mainline Theatre, Sept. 8, 10. www.mainlinetheatre.ca A favourite out-of-town venue for Montrealers is the delightful Hudson Village Theatre, which promises The Greatest Play in the History of the World. Written by Brit playwright Ian Kershaw, it’s a space/time bending love story narrated by a woman in the wee small hours. Hudson Village Theatre, Sept. 13-24.…

Something for Everyone: Choral Music in Toronto

By Eva Stone-Barney on 1 September 2023 Choral, Classical Music, Toronto

Author : (Eva Stone-Barney)

Canada boasts a vast, vibrant choral community—with countless professional and amateur choral organizations of all sizes scattered across the country. Among the most exciting places to be a choral singer, conductor, or lover of the choral arts is Toronto, Ont. It comes as no surprise that the country’s largest city would be ripe with choral activity. Jamie Hillman, U of T head of choral studies, describes it as “an international hub for artistic and cultural work.” Toronto is home to some of the country’s oldest choral organizations, such as the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Founded in 1894 by Augustus Vogt, the…

Andrea Núñez

Fall Highlights: Opera & Vocal

By Justin Bernard on 1 September 2023 Montreal, Opera, Toronto, Vocal

Opéra de Montréal presents Mozart’s La nozze de Figaro Opera de Montréal begins its new season at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier on Sept. 23 with an eight-day run of Mozart’s masterpiece La nozze de Figaro. Drawing on the writings of Pierre Beaumarchais and composed a decade before the French Revolution, the opera was censored at first due to the scandalous depictions of the aristocracy. A cornerstone of the Mozartian canon, it exhibits both dramatic intensity and comical relief in certain scenes. Figaro, incidentally, marked the first collaboration between the composer and the talented librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte who, soon after this joint…

Jocelyn Gould

Fall 2023 Previews: Toronto Calling

By Marc Chénard on 1 September 2023 Scena Jazz, Toronto

With its July Downtown Jazz Fest and its August Markham counterpart now in the rearview mirror, the Toronto jazz scene motors along throughout the year thanks to a number of venues with regular programming. Toronto Live: Where to Go Two of the best know hang outs are the Jazz Bistro (251 Victoria St.) and the Tranzac (292 Brunswick Ave.), the latter presenting a wide-array of musics from the more mainstream to the more experimental. Several hotels also have jazz on. a regular basis, starting with The Rex Jazz & Blues Bar at 194 Queen Street W., the One King West Hotel (1 King St. W.)…

Leland Ko on stage during the cello auditions. (Photo by Donna Santos)

Newswire | 2023 Musical Instrument Bank Cohort Revealed

By Newswire on 16 August 2023 Music Competition, Toronto

Toronto, August 16, 2023 – Auditions for the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank took place in Toronto from July 30 to August 5. The auditions give classical music performers from Canada the opportunity to borrow one of the Musical Instrument Bank’s precious instruments for three years. At this year’s competition, 23 violins and cellos made between the late 17th century and the early 20th century by famous luthiers like Stradivari, Gagliano and Pressenda were available. Before obtaining an instrument, the musicians took part in a rigorous assessment process. The musicians who wished to borrow an instrument first submitted an…

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