Monthly Archives: December 2011

CD Reviews, a Last Round-Up by Stanley Fefferman

This is a tribute album, not “to” but  Autour de Bill Evans, ie AROUND him. Autour includes tunes by Evans himself, by his bassist Scott Lafaro, as well as by popular composers like Ray Noble, Cole Porter, Jimmy Van Heusen … Continue reading

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Leon Redbone @ Hugh’s Room by Stanley Fefferman

Friday, December 2, 2011. Hugh’s Room, Toronto. Leon Redbone has rakish good looks, like my dad, and the songs he sings were hits before my father was born: “Ain’t Misbehavin,” “Do Wah Diddy” “Me and My Shadow,” “My Blue Heaven,” … Continue reading

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St. Lawrence Quartet @ Music Toronto reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Thursday, December 1, 2011. Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto. This is a newsworthy concert. The foremost item is the first Toronto performance of a new work, Kohelet, by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov, the second quartet that he has written specifically for … Continue reading

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Music in the Afternoon Presents Adrienne Pieczonka with Stephen Ralls in Recital: Review by Stanley Fefferman

Thursday, December 1, 2011. Walter Hall, Toronto. A rare opportunity, this Music in the Afternoon recital is, where we hear a major Diva sing in a small room, accompanied on the piano by Aldeburgh Connection’s Stephen Ralls who has made … Continue reading

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The TSO’s RUSSIAN GEMS reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Wednesday, November 30, 2o11. Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto. The disposition of Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto is often antic—shifting tempi, tone and timbre without warning.  Its angular lines dance, hectic and corybantic, lurching in irregular metres, taking long, grinning glissando slides spotlighted … Continue reading

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