Review | The Private Life Overshadows the Public Life in Bradley Cooper’s Maestro
Those of us who grew up in the 1950s will remember Leonard Bernstein as the best music teacher we ever had. When I was clumsily…
View More Review | The Private Life Overshadows the Public Life in Bradley Cooper’s MaestroSCRUTINY | Craig Pike’s Angels In America Succeeds In Every Way
With both acting and production values at a very high level, this production of Angels in America succeeds in every way as a great theatrical…
View More SCRUTINY | Craig Pike’s Angels In America Succeeds In Every WayHarold in Italy
Hector Berlioz – Harold in ItalyPhilharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)Yehudi Menuhin (Viola)Colin Davis (Conductor)
View More Harold in ItalyBeethoven, DEI, Berlioz 2023
This Week in Classical Music: December 11, 2023. Beethoven and Berlioz. On December 16th we’ll celebrate Ludwig van Beethoven’s 253rd anniversary. As we thought of…
View More Beethoven, DEI, Berlioz 2023CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical Music Events You Absolutely Need To See: Dec. 11 – Dec. 24
Classical music and opera events in Toronto for the week of Dec. 11 to Dec. 24, 2023.
View More CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical Music Events You Absolutely Need To See: Dec. 11 – Dec. 24Fracking things up
Frank Horvat’s Fractures is a very interesting new CD. It sets eleven texts for soprano and piano on the themes of fracking, environmental degradation and…
View More Fracking things upViolinist Mia Laity Appointed to New York City Ballet Orchestra
Violinist Mia Laity has recently been appointed as a Section Violin at the New York City Ballet Orchestra, having come to the job from…
View More Violinist Mia Laity Appointed to New York City Ballet OrchestraVictoria Chorale: 30th Anniversary Christmas Concert
St Paul’s Cathedral is surely one of Melbourne’s best venues for a historical musical celebration of Christmas and for Victoria Chorale’s 30th Anniversary Concert. From…
View More Victoria Chorale: 30th Anniversary Christmas ConcertNice to have a hometown chief
The Mayor of Nice has upgraded Lionel Bringuier to principal conductor of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, replacing the Italian Daniele Callegari who lasted less…
View More Nice to have a hometown chiefPETER AND THE WOLF IN CENTRAL PARK
the Cast of Peter and the Wolf Sergei Prokofiev’s 1936 symphonic fairy tale Peter and the Wolf was our very own introduction to classical music and led…
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