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New Releases – November 2021

By La Scena Musicale Team on 22 November 2021 Baroque and Early, Canadian Music, Chamber Music, Classical, Classical Music, Piano

Mystic Giorgia Fumanti, soprano Velenosi entertainment VEGA2CD-2942 Release: Aug. 20 Giorgia Fumanti has established herself as one of the top female classical crossover singers in the world, having performed in five continents and in some of the most prestigious and iconic venues. Fumanti’s 12th album, Mystic, is a follow-up to her No. 1 best-selling album Amour and her No. 3 best-selling album Aimons-Nous on Canada’s ADISQ charts. (Her albums have also appeared on Billboard’s Crossover Chart.) This collection includes classical hits by Ravel (Bolero), Verdi (“Va, Pensiero”), Puccini (“Nessun Dorma”), Orff (“O Fortuna”) Albinoni (Adagio), Piazzolla (Libertango), Gino Vannelli, Michel…

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SMCQ: From Celebration to Utopias

By Arnaud G. Veydarier on 15 November 2021 Canadian Music, Chamber Music, Classical, Contemporary

The Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ), a pillar in the Canadian contemporary music scène, will celebrate its 55th year with Merveilleuses utopies and Célébration! on Dec. 14 and 15 in Salle Pierre-Mercure. Turning toward both the past and the future, the SMCQ will pay tribute to the musical legacy of the artists who marked the history of the organization while inviting the public to discover some of the new faces of contemporary creation. In Merveilleuses utopies, presented in a diptych format, the Orchestre philharmonique des musiciens de Montréal (OPMEM) will perform some daring pieces for large ensemble by…

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Giorgia Fumanti: A Break And a New Start

By Marie-Claire Fafard-Blais on 15 November 2021 Canadian Music, Classical, Contemporary, Vocal

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Giorgia Fumanti released her 12th album, Mystic, on Aug. 22. It was recorded during the pandemic, during which her father died. The music reflects her loss. “It was a big shock when the pandemic began,” she says. “My parents live in Italy, and I followed it from there to its arrival in Quebec. The beginning of 2020 had me worried, and then it was Quebec’s turn. It was a major break in my career, with no concerts or travelling.” However, as soon as she could, the singer returned to the studio to create Mystic. “The album is a gift. Music…

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Upcoming concerts (November-January): Montreal

By Justin Bernard on 14 November 2021 Baroque and Early, Canadian Music, Indigenous, Opera, Orchestral, Piano

27th JAL Gala After the 2020 edition was cancelled because of the pandemic, the 27th Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques Gala is back in full force this year with no less than 30 singers. For the occasion, two dancers will accompany them in arias and ensemble numbers from the great operatic repertoire. Among the works on the programme, the public will find excerpts from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Puccini’s La Bohème, Rossini’s La Cenerentola and Verdi’s La Traviata and Rigoletto. In order to reach a larger audience, ticket prices have been reduced compared to previous editions ($12 for students and $35 for the…

Upcoming concerts (November-January): Toronto

By Justin Bernard on 14 November 2021 Canadian Music, Choral

Soundstreams: Love Songs Three major productions are in the works for 2022, two in the spring and one in the winter, at Toronto’s Soundstreams. In the meantime, fans of contemporary music can look forward to a concert on Nov. 19. It is an online-only event entitled Love Songs, named after the eponymous work by Quebec composer Claude Vivier. Vivier will be honoured by Soundstreams with a second work, Hymnen an die Nacht. A work by Christopher Mayo, Oceano Nox, commissioned with the support of the Ontario Arts Council, completes the programme. Performers include David Fallis, who will lead a vocal…

La Scena Special on Indigenous Arts Revisited

By La Scena Musicale Team on 30 September 2021 Canadian Music, Indigenous, Popular Music, Vocal

On Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (September 30, 2021), La Scena revisits our Special on Indigenous Arts from June 2018. Below are articles on Indigenous artists. Cover Story: Jeremy Dutcher: A Musical Mosaic Portraits of Visual Artists Nadia Myre, Rebecca Belmore and Sylvain Rivard Alanis Obomsawin: Our People Will Be Healed Manon Barbeau & the Wapikoni Mobile: Bringing Production to the People Montreal First Peoples Festival: Creating a new collective “us” Ondinnok: A theatre in search of healing Lara Kramer: Generational Questioning Émilie Monnet: Building Bridges Joséphine Bacon: A Linguistic Legacy Musique Nomade: The Wapikoni Mobile of…

SMCQ: exploring the universe of André Hamel

By Justin Bernard on 10 September 2021 Contemporary, Quebec Music

Noted for organizing tributes to a single composer, the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec this season revisits the formula – pandemic willing – with a series of portrait concerts, starting Sept. 26, dedicated to the musical universe of André Hamel. Strongly influenced during his university studies by The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives, Hamel is open to all creative possibilities that seek to modify audio perception, either by putting musicians in different spaces, or by layering acoustic interference, or by a combination of the two. In these works, musical elements do not seem a priori to be made…

New Release: Gleise 581c

By LSM Calendar on 16 July 2021 Canadian Music

Emily Doolittle: composer; Jennifer King: piano. – Leaf Music, LM2015 From the upcoming album O Mistress Moon: Canadian Edition, Gleise 581c takes listeners to new heights, having us imagine ourselves looking at the planet from space, watching it turn, and projecting our wonder, imagination, and hopes onto it. Gleise 581c is a lively minimalistic work, full of sparkling atmospheric piano patterns that contrast with a dark and spacious otherworldly middle section. This work is eloquent in hopefulness and effective in its sparseness. This release is part of an advertising supplement and does not engage this magazine to any opinions that may be…

New Release: Matthew Larkin plays Casavant Opus 550

By LSM Calendar on 16 July 2021 Canadian Music

Matthew Larkin, organ. ATMA ACD22857 ATMA Classique is pleased to present the label debut of Canadian organist Matthew Larkin. Recorded on the Casavant Opus 550 organ at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Toronto, this two-disc recital showcases the remarkable breadth and beauty of one of North America’s most famous organs. This release is part of an advertising supplement and does not engage this magazine to any opinions that may be expressed in the content of this review. To advertise in this section, contact: [email protected]

New Release: 15 Histoires de guitares

By LSM Calendar on 16 July 2021 Canadian Music

David Jacques, guitar. ATMA ACD22821 ATMA Classique is pleased to present the label debut of Canadian organist Matthew Larkin. Recorded on the Casavant Opus 550 organ at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Toronto, this two-disc recital showcases the remarkable breadth and beauty of one of North America’s most famous organs. This release is part of an advertising supplement and does not engage this magazine to any opinions that may be expressed in the content of this review. To advertise in this section, contact: [email protected]