Concert Previews
The Orchestre Métropolitain and María Dueñas In November, the illustrious Yannick Nézet-Séguin will interpret Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 with his Orchestre Métropolitain. Known as the…
Browsing: Chamber Music
Adam Zinatelli: Expanding Trumpet Repertoire
Adam Zinatelli started playing the trumpet when he was in Grade 7. Some years later, when he was in Grade 12, he heard Mahler’s…
CD Review | Portrait (Centrediscs, 2023)
Bryan and Silvie Cheng—brother and sister in real life—have just released a new album, Portrait, on Centrediscs—the most personal of their entire discography.
CD Review | Etiquette (Leaf Music, 2023)
This world-première recording of Etiquette, a one-act chamber opera with music by Monica Pearce and libretto by John Terauds, features sopranos Maureen Batt and Erin Bardua.
CD Review | Elgar & Lalo Cello Concertos (Sony Classical, 2023)
Nearly three decades after it was initially made, Israeli-Canadian cellist Ofra Harnoy’s recording of Edward Elgar’s cello concerto has been released on Sony Classical.
CD Review | Fifteen Feet Closer to the Sky (Leaf Music, 2023)
Adam Zinatelli’s first solo album consists of pieces composed for trumpet by living composers.
CD Review | An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene (Leaf Music, 2023)
The age of humans—the “Holocene era”—is at its end, suggests award-winning composer Frank Horvat on his latest masterpiece, An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene.
CD Review | En Route (Leaf Music, 2023)
For better or worse, En Route is a unique example of how track lengths, titles, and human voices (or the lack thereof) affect a listener’s experience of an album.
CD Review | Recurrence (Leaf Music, 2023)
Recurrence is a collaboration between members of the ICOT (Iranian-Canadian Composers of Toronto) Chamber Orchestra, the New Orford String Quartet and two eminent Canadian composers.
La Nef: The Beauties of Sicily
La Nef’s Sicilia Bella concert features madrigals and villanelles by Italian composers Sigismondo d’India (1582-1629) and Antonio il Verso (1565-1621), alongside traditional Sicilian pieces, such…
