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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Suoni per il Popolo Festival) Montreal, June 2017

By Marc Chénard on 6 July 2017 Arts Industry, La Scena Online, Quebec Music, Scena Jazz

Words: Marc Chénard / Images: Jacques Gravel There once was a time when the city of Montreal sported one major music event, the Festival International de jazz de Montréal (FIJM). In its 37 years, the city has turned into a mecca of music festivals in all shapes, forms and styles, with events galore held in all seasons. But that one big event stood alone for many years as the only act of its kind in town, each annual ten-day run broken by a long hiatus of live music in the rest of the year. In those dry times, Montreal was just…

Lebrecht Weekly – Ben-Haim: Concerto Grosso 1, Symphony No. 2 (NDR)

By Norman Lebrecht on 30 June 2017 CD and Book Reviews, La Scena Online, Lebrecht Weekly, Orchestral

In May 1933, the composer Paul Frankenburger left Munich for Tel-Aviv, where he Hebraised his surname and became teacher of the first generation of Israeli-born composers. An austere man, steeped in German Bildung, Ben-Haim grew excited by the microtonal singing of Jews from Arab lands and accompanied the Yemenite performer Bracha Zefira at the piano on extensive concert tours. His orchestral music, however, remained strictly tonal. The Concerto Grosso, premiered by the Palestine Symphony Orchestra under Issay Dobrowen, takes its neo-classical form from Stravinsky and Strauss and its expansive slow movement from Mahler and Brahms. That said, Ben-Haim is…

Kent Nagano will be passing the torch in 2020

By Newswire on 29 June 2017 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Classical Music, Orchestral, Quebec Music

News by Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Transmitted by CNW Group on June 29, 2017 12:45 ET Kent Nagano will be passing the torch in 2020 The music director will continue to lead the Orchestra for the next three seasons MONTREAL, June 29, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ – The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) and Kent Nagano are announcing today that, after a long deliberation, he has decided not to accept the invitation by the OSM to extend his contract as music director beyond 2020. “We intend to continue the relationship with Maestro Nagano at the end of his term in three…

Lebrecht Weekly – Richard Strauss: Through Life and Love (Orchid)

By Norman Lebrecht on 23 June 2017 Art Song, CD and Book Reviews, Lebrecht Weekly, Romantic

Of the two UK finalists in BBC Cardiff Singer of the World last weekend, many felt the English soprano Louise Alder stood a better chance than the Scottish mezzo Catriona Morison. Alder commanded the stage with unfeigned confidence, a breeziness that shines through this, her well-timed debut recording. The repertoire is bold, as well. Songs by Richard Strauss are not for wallflowers. Everything has to be just-so, shimmering on the surface and hinting at Freudian urges below. Alder, who made an opera debut as Glyndebourne’s stand-in Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier in 2014, sounds undaunted by anything Strauss can throw at…

Participants of the 2016 VSOIW at Whistler’s Olympic Plaza

Vancouver Symphony Orchestral Institute at Whistler will welcome Rising Stars from June 25 to July 4 with support of Stingray Digital Group Inc.

By Newswire on 22 June 2017 Education, Newswire, Orchestral

Vancouver, BC – The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is making the final preparations to welcome 90 participants for the 2017 Vancouver Symphony Orchestral Institute at Whistler. The immersive, ten-day training program returns to the Resort Municipality of Whistler for a third year, where Rising Stars of the classical music world will share this unique opportunity to live and perform in a spectacular natural setting. The VSO is pleased to acknowledge a new partnership with Stingray in support of activities at the VSOIW. Through its Rising Stars program, Stingray has generously supported tuition scholarships, and sponsored masterclasses and coaching sessions for chamber…

Kelly-Marie Murphy, Photo: Alan Dean

Symphony Nova Scotia Announces Kelly-Marie Murphy as Inaugural Winner of “Maria Anna Mozart Award” for Canadian Women Composers

By Newswire on 21 June 2017 Canadian Music, Contemporary, Newswire, Orchestral

Halifax, NS – Symphony Nova Scotia is proud to announce that Dr. Kelly-Marie Murphy is the inaugural winner of its new Maria Anna Mozart Award for Canadian women composers. Launched in 2016, the Maria Anna Mozart Award supports the work of Canadian women composers, providing funds for Symphony Nova Scotia to commission and perform a new symphonic work by a Canadian woman every three years. The award is the first of its kind in Canada, and was made possible through the generosity of Halifax resident and Symphony supporter Dr. Jane Gordon. “We received so many applications, full of incredibly good music – I am always amazed at the wealth…

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to Open the New National Arts Centre in Ottawa on July 1

By Newswire on 21 June 2017 Arts Industry, Classical Music, Newswire

June 19, 2017– Ottawa (Canada) – The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, today announced that, on the afternoon of Saturday July 1, 2017, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will cut the ribbon to officially open the spectacular new glass atrium at the National Arts Centre in the presence of His Excellency David Johnston and thousands of other dignitaries, including artists, architects, construction workers, NAC staff, patrons and members of the public. “We invite the public to join us on Canada Day to mark the historic renewal of Canada’s home of the performing arts. The “new” NAC is…

Investing in New Equipment for Opera Company in St. John’s

By Newswire on 20 June 2017 Arts Industry, Newswire, Opera

St. John’s, June 17, 2017 /CNW/ – Nick Whalen, Member of Parliament (St. John’s East), today announced funding of $239,000 for Opera on the Avalon through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund. Mr. Whalen made this announcement on behalf of the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage. The funding will enable Opera on the Avalon to purchase specialized equipment that will give new audiences the opportunity to experience opera. The group plans to offer inclusive, multidisciplinary performances that are accessible to audiences in rural areas, Indigenous people, youth, minority-language communities, new arrivals and people with disabilities. Quotes “We know that investing in arts in culture helps…

Lebrecht Weekly – Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli: Sonate da Camera, 1-6 (Delphian)

By Norman Lebrecht on 20 June 2017 Baroque and Early, CD and Book Reviews, Chamber Music, Lebrecht Weekly, Violin

Never heard of Carbonelli? Don’t feel too bad about it. The Vivaldi scholar Michael Talbot writes that he ‘has remained unknown, even to specialists’. Listen to the music, though, and you will wonder how work of such quality and intricacy could vanish so comprehensively into the mists of history. Carbonelli was a star violinist in London during Handel’s time. Born in Livorno in 1694 and possibly half-French, he becomes concertmaster at Drury Lane Theatre at the age of 25 and a much sought-after soloist. The Duke of Rutland paid for the publication of 12 sonatas and Carbonelli seemed well set…

Lebrecht Weekly – Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli: Sonate da Camera, 1-6 (Delphian)

By Norman Lebrecht on 16 June 2017 Baroque and Early, CD and Book Reviews, Lebrecht Weekly

Never heard of Carbonelli? Don’t feel too bad about it. The Vivaldi scholar Michael Talbot writes that he “has remained unknown, even to specialists.” Listen to the music, though, and you will wonder how work of such quality and intricacy could vanish so comprehensively into the mists of history. Carbonelli was a star violinist in London during Handel’s time. Born in Livorno in 1694 and possibly half-French, he becomes concertmaster at Drury Lane Theatre at the age of 25 and a much sought-after soloist. The Duke of Rutland paid for the publication of 12 sonatas and Carbonelli seemed well set…

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