Pentaèdre’s 38th season continues triumphantly with two of its most eagerly-awaited events.
Pentaèdre (Photo provided)
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Browsing: Chamber Music
Harpist Bridget Kibbey (Photo courtesy of The Royal Conservatory of Music/Koerner Hall; Lisa Sakulensky)
There are times when concert programming becomes predictable and boring. So it was with great interest that I approached a Koerner Hall concert Sunday, Jan. 21 that showed a refreshing departure from that tradition.
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The works on Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz’s album “Miklos Rozsa: Orchestral Works” are unfailingly agreeable, if not uniformly top-drawer.
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CEO of the Royal Conservatory of Music and 2023 Order of Ontario appointee, Peter Simon (Photo provided)
The Honourable Edith Dumont has announced 25 new appointments to the Order of Ontario for 2023 including Dr. Peter Simon, President & CEO of The Royal Conservatory.
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In an hour-long work, the first two movements of Bruckner’s 7th Symphony take up forty minutes and can appear top-heavy. Haitink avoids the pitfall with a steady beat that is mitigated by lightness and touches of wit.
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TSO and TMC performing Messiah (Photo by Allan Cabral)
Sitting in the audience at the TSO Messiah this past Sunday, I kept thinking how lucky I was to witness another performance of Messiah in the familiar Roy Thomson Hall.
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Marlena Malas
Musicians have been paying tribute to Marlena Malas, a renowned mezzo-soprano and respected music teacher at the Juilliard School who died on Dec. 4, 2023 at the age of 87.
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Album of the Year? There’s quite a few, from Vikingur Olaffson’s Goldberg Variations to Yuja Wang’s Rachmaninov concertos, to Semyon Bychkov Resurrection Symphony.
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Hermitage Piano Trio (Photo by Lisa Marie Mazzucco)
A much-deserved credit to the LMMC’s choice in this season’s guest artists, Montreal should hope to hear Hermitage Piano Trio back in our enchanting wintry city in the years to come.
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ARC Ensemble (Photo by Stuart Lowe)
The Royal Conservatory of Music’s full house who braved the frosty November weather was rewarded with three Canadian premieres of hidden classical gems by Friedrich Block, performed by ARC Ensemble.
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