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La Scena Online is the digital magazine of La Scene Musicale.Contents: News, Concert reviews, CD reviews, Interviews, Obituaries, etc; Editor: Wah Keung Chan; Assistant Editor: Andreanne Venne
ISSN: 1206-9973

Stevie Wonder

Daily News Roundup: 11 July 2016

By Kiersten van Vliet on 11 July 2016 Contemporary, Daily News Roundup, Mainstream Jazz, Musique populaire, Piano, Scena Jazz, Violin

+ This Day in Music: George Gershwin died this day in 1937. + The 37th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal was a resounding success for all involved, read the festival summary here. + A benefit concert for Black Lives Matter on Wednesday in New York City is tragically timely in light of recent events. + Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà’s albums have now been streamed more than 30 million times across more than 100 countries. + Read Kiersten van Vliet’s review of Gershwin arrangements for solo piano by British composer Michael Finnissy, played by Dirk Herten. “Finnissy, who celebrated…

Caroline Shaw & Vanessa Goodman

Video of the Day – Caroline Shaw & Vanessa Goodman

By Weiyu Dang on 11 July 2016 Contemporary, Dance, Video of the day

Youngest winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Caroline Shaw is primarily a violinist, but composes primarily for contemporary, cutting edge chorale, drawing on eclectic forms of folk vocal music. In this multimedia duet with modern dancer, Vancouver’s Vanessa Goodman, Shaw sings various vocal strains that she records and layers with a loop machine. The resulting show is a polyphonic modern vocal fugue that’s matched, in black and white with Goodman’s lithe dance harmony. Caroline Shaw & Vanessa Goodman, Improvisation

George Gershwin

This Day in Music – 1937: Death of George Gershwin

By Weiyu Dang on 11 July 2016 Contemporary, Musique populaire, Scena Jazz, This Day in Music, Vocal Jazz

Gershwin, one of the main catalysts for jazz to become America’s music, was a composer and pianist who bridged popular and classical modes. His prolific compositions are now considered jazz and pop standards, most notably the “rhythm changes” in his tune “I got Rhythm” that would become a seminal chord sequence for bebop development. Notable works include An American in Paris, Porgy and Bess, and Rhapsody in Blue. Ella Fitzgerald – “Summertime”

Nikki Chooi

Daily News Roundup: 8 July 2016

By Kiersten van Vliet on 8 July 2016 Classical Music, Daily News Roundup, Mainstream Jazz, Musical Theatre, Musique populaire, Opera, Romantic, Scena Jazz

+ Canadian violinist and winner of the OSM’s Manulife Competition in 2004, Nikki Chooi has been named the new concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera. + China’s Cultural Revolution made listening to Beethoven a political crime, but half a century later, the relationship between Chinese people and western classical music has evolved in unpredictable ways. “When it comes to ways of listening, the Chinese have long been open to other cultures and to change – not in a revolutionary way, but through a process that builds on its long musical tradition.” + Video of the Day: Lullabies with Alessio Bax on…

Alessio Bax

Video of the Day – Lullabies with Alessio Bax

By Weiyu Dang on 8 July 2016 Piano, Video of the day

In an adorable edition of “Tiny Desk Concert,” Italian classical pianist Alessio Bax plays classics by Bach, Brahms, and Rachmaninoff of his CD Lullabies for Mila in an attempt to lull the 22-month Mila to sleep. The first piece is the performer’s own transcription of the familiar Bach tune “Sheeps May Safely Graze.” The bright piano timbre however seems to amuse Mila more than anything as she gives more attention to her Cookie Monster plush doll. Brahms Waltz Op. 39 in A-flat, the second piece featuring Bax’s wife Lucille Chung, works better to hush Mila with its graceful trills. The…

Oklahoma!

This Day in Music – 1943: First RIAA Gold Album Award goes to Oklahoma!

By Weiyu Dang on 8 July 2016 Musical Theatre, This Day in Music

The RIAA Gold Record certification now means 500,000 album units sold. However, in the early stages of RIAA certifications, it meant $1 million in sales. Debuting in 1943, Oklahoma! was the first musical written by the prolific team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. A western-romance, Oklahoma! went on to become a lucrative project garnering numerous awards, revivals, an Oscar nominated film adaptation, and a Special Pulitzer Prize. Gordon MacRae – “Oklahoma”

Lebrecht Weekly – Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words (BIS)

By Norman Lebrecht on 8 July 2016 Lebrecht Weekly, Piano, Romantic

As a general rule, I would rather eat porridge that has been left to stand overnight than listen to music of the romantic era being played on what is supposed to be a period instrument and is actually a modern replica, made the year before last. In this case, a reproduction of an 1830 Paris Pleyel that was manufactured by Paul McNulty in 2010. I mean, why….? Then again, ask any composer if he or she wanted their music to be played on the best possible soundboard or on a washboard and you’ll get an answer far more conclusive than…

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

Video of the Day – Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – “K.K.P.D.”

By Weiyu Dang on 7 July 2016 Jazz contemporain, Scena Jazz, Video of the day

New Orleans trumpet player Christian Scott is the driving force behind Stretch Music, a genre that aims to “stretch” jazz’s structural foundations to coalesce various forms of cultures and experiences into a new, comprehensive emotional complex. On “K.K.P.D (Ku Klux Police Department),” Scott and his band transform Scott’s emotions and thoughts after being assaulted and harassed by New Orleans police into a sprawling display, bursting at the seams with power. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – “K.K.P.D.”

Allegory of the Consequences of the Peace of Utrecht (c) Centraal Museum Utrecht

This Day in Music – 1713: Handel’s Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate premieres

By Weiyu Dang on 7 July 2016 Baroque and Early, This Day in Music

Following the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, George Frederic Handel wrote the sacred choral Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate to commemorate the peace that the treaty brought over Europe in ending the War of Spanish Succession. A five-part chorale with sparing string and horn accompaniment, this piece marked the beginning of Handel’s life in England. The dignified work was premiered on July 7th, 1713 after the treaty proceedings finished. The Netherlands Bach Society – Handel Te Deum HWV 278, Jubilate HWV 279

La Scena Musicale Young Ambassadors

By La Scena Musicale Team on 7 July 2016 Arts Industry, Education, La Scena Online

Are you a young professional with great leadership skills? Are you passionate about the arts, particularly classical music? Do you want to expand your network while making a difference in your community? If this describes you, La Scena Musicale has the perfect opportunity for you. Quebec’s no. 1 Arts magazine is starting its Young Ambassadors Club and is looking for two inaugural co-chairs. As the heads of the Young Ambassadors Club, co-chairs will be directly involved in the creation and management of the club, which will bring young professionals together to attend a wide range of artistic events, such as…

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