Concert Review | Shimmering Fauré & Confident Mussorgsky at the MSO
Maestra Eun Sun Kim, conductor of the San Francisco Opera, and local favourite pianist Louis Lortie joined forces with the MSO for a program of works for piano and orchestra.
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Concert Review | Melnikov-Faust-Queyras Trio Performs Great Brahms at Koerner Hall
The Melnikov-Faust-Queyras Trio offered a program of Schumann, Carter, and Brahms at Koerner Hall, which had its ups and downs.
Review | A compelling, psychoanalytic Rusalka premieres at the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest
It is now common parlance to note that even up until the early 1980s, Dvořák’s 1901 opera Rusalka was little-seen outside of its native Czech…
Concert Review | An Orchestral Spectacular From Gimeno and the TSO
There was no soloist at Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Respighi concert, but the greatly augmented TSO gave a near-capacity audience a stunning display of orchestral fireworks
Concert Review | COC’s Don Giovanni Leaves Audiences Yearning for More
In the COC’s latest performance of Don Giovanni, bass-baritone Gordon Bintner nails the titular role, and the orchestra breathes life into Mozart’s thrilling and elegant score.
Concert Review | The TSO Presents Pines of Rome
Those wondering whether enjoyment of classical music is on the rise or wane might look to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s live and recorded output.
Review | Bourgie Hall: Víkingur Ólafsson, the alchemist
When tackling the Goldberg Variations, it’s hard to take a path that hasn’t been trodden 100 times before. Víkingur Ólafsson’s vision of the work…
Concert Review | Harpist Bridget Kibbey with Calidore String Quartet, Mervon Mehta
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.
Concert Review | Rafael Payare Conducts MSO in Vigorous Mahler Seventh Symphony
On Jan. 16, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra delivered a sumptuous performance of Szymanowsky’s Violin Concerto n.1 op.35 and Mahler’s Symphony n7 in E minor.
Concert Review | Toronto Welcomes 2024 With A Scintillating Salute to Vienna
Having attended Salute to Vienna concerts most years since the mid 2000’s, I must say I can’t think of a better way to musically usher in the new year.
