La Scena Musicale’s Summer Festival Picks
Alberta and British Columbia by Hal Kowalewski Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival The Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival, in Banff, Alta., is one of the…
Browsing: Philip Glass
Review | For Philip Glass and Ballet BC, from Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber
The stage was bustling, with 16 Ballet BC company artists and four emerging artists dancing their hearts out to the warmth of live music played,…
Anoushka Shankar: The Next Chapter
“The sitar was an important part of my life before I even played it because it was so key in my family,” says sitarist and…
Alexander Shelley to Conclude Remarkable Tenure as Music Director of Canada’s National Arts Centre With Bold Final Season in 2025–2026
May 14, 2025 – OTTAWA (Canada) – On the evening before it publicly unveils its 2025–2026 programming, Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) announced that Alexander Shelley will end his…
CD Review | More Rivers Christina Petrowska Quilico, Navona Records
More Rivers Christina Petrowska Quilico, piano Navona Records, 2024 More Rivers is a suite of seven solo-piano pieces by Frank Horvat, commissioned and performed by…
Les Boréades: The Age of Reason
Composers of Western music have long been torn between two contradictory forces: order and reason on the one hand and passion on the other. At…
CD Review | freezing — Emily D’Angelo
freezing Emily D’Angelo, mezzo-soprano; Sophia Muñoz, piano; Bruno Helstroffer, electric guitar; Jonas Niederstadt, synthesizer & bass guitar Deutsche Grammophon, 2024 The album freezing is Canadian…
Highlights | Canadian Ensembles Announce 2024-2025 Seasons
Many Canadian ensembles, from Club musical de Québec and Sinfonia Toronto to Vancouver Opera and Ensemble ArtChoral, are announcing their upcoming 2024-2025 seasons.
CD Review | Signature: Philip Glass (Analekta, 2023)
On her 48th album, Angèle Dubeau interprets works by composer and pianist Philip Glass, alongside her ensemble, La Pietà. The success of her interpretations varies from track to track.
Highlights | Koerner Hall Concert Review Blitz, Carnegie Hall Announces Streaming Service
We’ve been keeping up with Koerner Hall and TSO performances through a series of concert reviews written by our talented reporters.
