Video of the Day – Lotfi Mansouri: In Memoriam
Lotfi Mansouri was the right man at the right time for the Canadian Opera Company. He was the man who made the organization a major…
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Video of the Day – Lisiecki Plays Chopin at Verbier Festival 2013
The summer music festivals are drawing to a close for another year. Among the highlights was this performance by Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki from the…
Video of the Day – Joshua Bell & the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
The legendary chamber orchestra the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields made a surprising choice recently when it chose Joshua Bell to be its…
Video of the Day – Thielemann and the Dresden Staatskapelle
Last fall Christian Thielemann began his tenure as chief conductor of the legendary Dresden Staatskapelle, one of the world’s oldest and finest orchestras. Great things…
Video of the Day – Dallas Concertmasters Play Prokofiev
Jaap van Zweden has dramatically improved the Dallas Symphony since he took over as music director. In addition to his unique conducting skills, he has…
Video of the Day – The Inimitable Sir Thomas Beecham
There has never been anyone quite like the late Sir Thomas Beecham. His family fortune gave him the means to start orchestras and opera companies…
Video of the Day – Keeping Score: Stravinsky & MTT
Video Link: HereOn the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the first performance of Stravinsky’s Le sacre du printemps, here is an excerpt from an…
Video of the Day – Celebrate with the Canadian Brass
Canada celebrates Canada Day and the United States celebrates Independence Day this week. Enjoy the Canadian Brass playing “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” in…
Video of the Day – John Eliot Gardiner at 70
I expect a few eyebrows would be raised if I declared John Eliot Gardiner one of the great conductors of our time. Many music-lovers have…
Video of the Day – The Philadelphia Orchestra Returns to China
The Philadelphia Orchestra was the first American orchestra to appear in China when it gave concerts there in 1973. The Cultural Revolution was still underway…
