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2019-06-10 11:06:00
Sufism, Islam, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
[…] for fourteen years. Born in the States to German emigré parents, Eisenberg had been the youngest person ever to play in an American orchestra when Stokowski hired him for the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1916, and Eisenberg went on to become principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic under Walter Damrosch.Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan's sister Noor, like her brother, studied at the École Normale de Musique where her teachers included Nadia Boulanger and for the harp Henriette Renié. In 1943 Noor was sent into Occupied France in 1943 as a radio operator for the Special Operation Executive (SOE), an organisation created to sabotage the German war effort and help the Resistance in occupied countries. She helped a number of agents to escape as the Gestapo closed in on them, arranged the escape of thirty Allied airmen shot down over France, organized arms and supply drops, and transmitted information directly to De Gaulle’s […]
2015-10-11 16:27:00
This Week in Toronto (Oct. 12 - 18)
My Toronto Music Previews for the Week of October 12 to 18 ~ Joseph So COC La traviata (Photo: Michael Cooper) Monday being Canadian Thanksgiving, there're very few major concert events, with everything starting the next day (Oct. 13), including the COC La traviata. The Canadian Opera Company's fall season continues this week with its ultra-romantic, tradition-bound of the Verdi warhorse, a few idiosyncrasies notwithstanding. I attended opening night and was very impressed by the three principals. Ekaterina Siurina was a beautiful Violetta, singing with gorgeous tone that's warm and appealing. Her portrayal was softer and more gentle than many others, making the character more vulnerable. The high point of the evening was her exquisitely sung "Addio del passato." Charles Castronovo, her husband in real life, offered rich, ringing, virile tone and vivid acting, a very appealing Alfredo. Of the three principals, only Quinn Kelsey has sung with […]
2015-09-12 02:00:00
The young ensemble, devoted to finding new audiences, showed off its range in a program of Schumann, Dvorak, Henriette Renié and Gilad Hochman.
2014-02-11 18:53:00
par Brigitte Objois Ce dimanche 9 février, à la Maison symphonique, l'Orchestre Métropolitain, sous la direction de Yannick Nézet-Séguin, présentait Métamorphoses et le concerto pour cor no. 2 de Strauss ainsi que la 3ème symphonie « Eroica » de Beethoven. Métamorphoses, œuvre pour 23 instruments à cordes, fut écrite dans une Allemagne dévastée par la guerre et la défaite, puisqu’elle sera achevée en avril 1945. La mention « In Memoriam » de la main de Strauss en marge des dernières mesures, serait un hommage à Beethoven et sa 3ème symphonie dont le compositeur a repris le thème de la marche funèbre du 2ème mouvement. Une interprétation plutôt terne de ces Métamorphoses a été suivie d'un Louis-Philippe Marsolais brillant. Après l'entracte, Yannick Nézet-Séguin et l'orchestre nous ont entraînés dans une magnifique symphonie Eroica énergique et pleine de vigueur ! Rappelons, pour l’histoire, que Beethoven, qui avait dédié au […]
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