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Review | TSO Concert: Lili Boulanger, Gershwin and Stravinsky

By Paul E. Robinson on 21 September 2023 Concert Reviews, Orchestral, Toronto

This week, the Toronto Symphony opened its 101st season with celebrated pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet as soloist. While Thibaudet played brilliantly, it was the orchestra and its masterful conductor who stole the show. In the second half of the concert, the orchestra’s interpretation of Stravinsky’s Le sacre du printemps practically blew the roof off. The piece’s famously generated confusion and outrage at its 1913 premiere in Paris, when the ballet’s performance, with choreography by Diaghilev, almost caused a riot. The audience reaction was quite different, though, on September 20 2023, when the performance was met with cheers from a crowd who…

Newswire | Sinfonia Toronto Opens Season with a New Twist on Beethoven’s 5th

By Newswire on 18 September 2023 Classical Music, Newswire, Orchestral, Toronto

Toronto, ON, September 18, 2023 – Sinfonia Toronto will open their 25th Anniversary season on October 21, 8 pm in George Weston Recital Hall with a concert titled BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH! Music Director Nurhan Arman will conduct. The evening’s soloist will be virtuoso violinist Elisso Gogibedaschwili, acclaimed by Sinfonia Toronto audiences in several previous seasons. Elisso was just 13 when she made her Canadian debut with Sinfonia Toronto. Now an international star performing throughout Europe, she will play the Canadian premiere of Otar Taktakishvili’s Violin Concerto No. 2, a vivid work reminiscent of Shostakovich, plus one of the most popular violin…

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Breaking News | Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra Cancels 23/24 Season

By Eva Stone-Barney on 18 September 2023 La Scena Online, Newswire, Toronto

Sept. 18, 2023 – The Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Ontario’s third largest orchestra, announced this morning that the organization has canceled “scheduled concerts and all other activities for the 2023/24 season,” effective immediately. This shocking news comes days before the season was supposed to begin, and just two days before its 54 musicians were set to come back to work. With the KWSO being the largest employer of artists and cultural workers in the region, the implications of this decision are significant. The KWSO has cited financial challenges as the reason for this abrupt cancellation. According to its CRA charity…

Newswire | The Royal Conservatory: Introducing Alexander Brose, President & CEO Designate

By Newswire on 8 September 2023 Newswire, Toronto

TORONTO, September 7, 2023 – The Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) welcomed its President & CEO Designate, Alexander Brose, this week. Mr. Brose will begin his yearlong transition with current Michael and Sonja Koerner President & CEO, Dr. Peter Simon, who will retire on August 31, 2024. “I am so incredibly excited to be here, finally, in Toronto and at The Royal Conservatory. I cannot wait to get to know the diverse community that supports this historic institution – from teachers, students, staff, donors, and a myriad of other important stakeholders – and to participating in the RCM’s evolution. This coming year…

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Choir Guide 2023

By La Scena Musicale Team on 1 September 2023 Choral, Guides, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto

Quebec Bas-Saint-Laurent Le Choeur de Rimouski www.choeurderimouski.wordpress.com Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean La Bande Sonore Saguenay www.fb.com/La-Bande-Sonore-448817948495426 National-Capital Choeur Azurythmes www.choeurazurythmes.com Choeur de l’Université Laval www.choeurul.asso.ulaval.ca Choeur de la Cité www.lechoeurdelacite.com Choeur de la Colline www.choeurdelacolline.org Choeur de Québec Choeur du Domaine www.fb.com/lechoeurdudomaine Choeur du musée de la civilisation www.choeurmuseecivilisation.com Choeur du Vallon www.choeurduvallon.com Choeur La Clé des Saisons www.choeurlacledessaisons.org Choeur Les Rhapsodes www.lesrhapsodes.com Chorale l’Odyssée vocale de Vanier www.odysseevocale.com Cœur de Charlesbourg www.coeurdecharlesbourg.com Ensemble de musique sacrée de Québec www.emsq.org Ensemble Polyphonia de Québec www.polyphonia.qc.ca Ensemble vocal Baroquo-Negro www.baroquo-negro.com Ensemble vocal CharleVoix www.ensemblevocalcharlevoix.com Groupe vocal Les Loriots de Cap-Rouge www.lesloriots.ca L’Odyssée Vocale www.odysseevocale.com…

Massey Hall: Improve Everything, Change Nothing

By Eva Stone-Barney on 1 September 2023 Classical Music, Toronto

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The pressure was on for the Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall when, in 2018, they announced they were closing Canada’s oldest and most well-respected concert hall for a major renovation and restoration project that would span 18 to 24 months. Following almost three years of construction (the project was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic), the hall reopened in November 2021, and has been back in action ever since. Massey Hall was opened in 1894. For almost 100 years, it was the home of both the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Countless musical stars have…

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Fall Festival Guide

By Andréanne Venne on 1 September 2023 Guides, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver

Canada Culture Days Across Canada / Partout le Canada, September 22 to October 15 www.culturedays.ca Les Journées de la culture Across Quebec / Partout le Québec, September 29 to October 1 www.journeesdelaculture.qc.ca Newfoundland Festival 500 Growing The Voices St. John’s, October 1 to 6 www.growingthevoicesfestival500.com Festival of New Dance St. John’s, October 2 to 7 www.festivalofnewdance.ca Nova Scotia Celtic Colours International Festival Cape Breton, October 6 to 14 www.celtic-colours.com New Brunswick Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival Fredericton, September 12 to 17 www.harvestmusicfest.ca Silver Wave Film Festival Fredericton, November 2 to 9 www.swfilmfest.com Montréal Festival Quartiers Danses Montréal, September 6 to…

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Fall Highlights: Youth

By Kristen Whittle on 1 September 2023 Canadian Music, Classical, Montreal, Orchestral, Toronto

Jeunesses Musicales Canada Jeunesses Musicales Canada is back with another action-packed season of programming for a wide variety of ages. The holiday season kicks off the concerts this year with Bal de L’Halloween. Children can enjoy a costume party and magnificent ball full of witches, animals, and unique creatures, all while dancing to traditional Halloween music (Oct. 22, 29). Soon after Halloween, young ones and their families can return for the Christmas show, Un Monde pour Noël. This show, a co-production with the Ensemble Alkemia, follows the journey of a mischievous little girl in search of her presents. Along her…

Fall Highlights: Choral Previews

By Eva Stone-Barney on 1 September 2023 Choral, Classical Music, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto

Quebec Ensemble ArtChoral Titled A Viennese Evening: Songs, Waltzes, and Romance, and directed by Matthias Maute, the group will perform works by Strauss and Schubert, alongside excerpts of Brahms’s Liebeslieder, Op. 52 and 65 (Sept. 8). www.placedesarts.com/en/producer/ensemble-vocal-arts-québec OSM Chorus Led by conductor Andrew Megill, the OSM Chorus will join the orchestra for several exciting performances this season. The OSM’s 90th season kicks off for the Chorus with Stravinsky’s bombastic The Rite of Spring, conducted by Rafael Payare (Sept. 12-14). Under the baton of Gemma New, the choir will sing as part of September performances of Holst’s The Planets (Sept. 27,…

Fauré Quartett

Women’s Musical Club of Toronto: A Little “Afternoon” Music

By Kristen Whittle on 1 September 2023 Chamber Music, Classical Music, Toronto

Established in 1898, the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto (WMCT) has spent the past 126 years building and maintaining an organization that supports numerous early career and professional musicians. The club has lessened its restrictions, now welcoming everyone (no longer just women) to enjoy their presentations. The star of the show at WMCT is undoubtedly their “Music in the Afternoon” series. This seasonal collection of chamber concerts features a wide variety of world-class musicians. The 2023-24 lineup will include the Fauré Quartett, Tesla Quartet, clarinetist Dominic Desautels, pianist Francine Kay, and soprano Joyce El-Khoury. Diane Martello (chair of the memberships,…

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