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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

Orchestre de l’Agora and its founding conductor, Nicolas Ellis

Farah Alibay at the Festival de Lanaudière

By Newswire on 29 April 2024 Classical Music, La Scena Online, Montreal, Musique québécoise, Orchestral, Quebec City

The Festival de Lanaudière is delighted to announce that aerospace engineer Farah Alibay will headline the Festival’s opening concert next July 6.

Clockwise top L-R: Teiya Kasahara; Geoffrey Sirett; Andrew Haji; Rose Naggar-Tremblay

Concert Review | Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s shock & awe Verdi Requiem

By Gianmarco Segato on 29 April 2024 Choral, Classical Music, Concert Reviews, Romantic, Toronto

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir under Jean-Sébastien Vallée delivered a hugely affecting Verdi Requiem at George Weston Recital Hall.

Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall, Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Boston. (Photo by Winslow Townson) Andris Nelsons, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin

Concert Review | Hilary Hahn Plays Brahms with the Boston Symphony Orchestra

By Andrea Rush on 29 April 2024 Classical Music, Concert Reviews, La Scena Online

The Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, and guest violinist Hilary Hahn’s performance Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D, Opus 77, made for an evening worth the transit.

L-R: Anthony Roth Costanzo as Akhnaten; Emily D'Angelo; Gerald Finley

Highlights | Canadians in Vienna; iPhone concert debate rages on

By Gianmarco Segato on 29 April 2024 Highlights, La Scena Online

Our weekly Highlights: Ian Bostridge stops shows after CBSO allow iPhones; allegations of sexism and racism at New York and Calgary orchestras

PARMA Recordings Acquires Albany Records

By Newswire on 29 April 2024 Arts Industry, La Scena Online, Newswire

GRAMMY®-winning production house PARMA Recordings announced on April 25 its acquisition of Albany Records.

Cellist Tim Posner

Lebrecht Weekly | Tim Posner Brings Freshness to Three Works for Cello and Orchestra by Bloch, Bruch and Dohnanyi

By Norman Lebrecht on 26 April 2024 Lebrecht Weekly

There used to be a drivetime programme on BBC Radio 3 called Mainly for Pleasure. They changed the title when too many musicians referred to it as Strictly for Cash, but the formula got thrown away with the concept. We forget that music exists primarily for pleasure and we tend to disparage those albums and concerts that aspire to no higher purpose. Here’s one. Tim Posner, principal cellist of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, has chosen three works for cello and orchestra for a signature release. Two are very Jewish and familiar, the third less so. Posner brings a freshness to all…

Maria João Pires and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Photo by Antoine Saito

Concert Review | A Romantic Evening with Maria João Pires and the OSM

By Amanda Wong on 26 April 2024 Classical Music, Concert Reviews, La Scena Online, Montreal

It was such a privilege to watch Pires step back into the Montréal limelight for this special concert – accompanied by the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.

Conductor Sir Andrew Davis, 80, Dies

By Eva Stone-Barney on 22 April 2024 Obituaries, Orchestral

Sir Andrew Davis, former conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, died of Leukemia on Saturday, at the age of 80. Davis led the TSO for thirteen years, from 1975-1988, making his tenure the third-longest in the orchestra’s history. In 2018, he returned to the orchestra for two years, acting as interim director between Peter Oundjian and Gustavo Gimeno. In 2012, Davis earned a Juno Award for his recording of Massenet’s Thais with the TSO. His final performance with the orchestra was in November of 2023, when he conducted them alongside the Amadeus Choir in a performance of Fauré’s Requiem and…

Clockwise upper L-R: Jane Archibald, Catherine Daniel, Etienne Dupuis, Karoline Podolak

Highlights | Canadians in Berlin; Edmonton Opera 24-25; Cuts at Paris Opera

By Gianmarco Segato on 22 April 2024 Highlights, La Scena Online, Opera, Vocal

Our weekly Highlights: Canadian singers at Deutsche Oper Berlin in 24-25; Edmonton Opera’s 24-25 casting; Funding cuts in Paris and Cardiff

The Philadelphia Orchestra and Nézet-Séguin at Koerner Hall, courtesy of The Philadelphia Orchestra/Lisa Sakulensky

Concert Review | Philadelphia Orchestra Thrills with Definitive Rachmaninov in Toronto

By Paul E. Robinson on 20 April 2024 Concert Reviews, Orchestral, Toronto

The Philadelphia Orchestra tours all over the world, but this past Wednesday marked their first performance in Toronto under musical director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

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