Monthly Archives: January 2012

Fashionista! Amici Ensemble reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Stanley Fefferman

Sunday, January 29, 2012. Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto. I would change the event subtitle, “Fashion as Art,” to “Chamber Music as Happening.” And if the question ” Can Fashion be Art?” asked by the charming and literate host Deidre Kelly … Continue reading →

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Bartok’s The Miraculous Mandarin @ The TSO reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Stanley Fefferman

Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Roy Thompson Hall, Toronto. You can get an insight into the contoversial flavour of Bartok’s The Miraculous Mandarin by merely looking over it’s performance history. Bartok wrote it as a stage pantomine score in 1919, just … Continue reading →

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Tafelmusik:Handel’s HERCULES reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Stanley Fefferman

Friday, January 20, 2012. Koerner Hall, Toronto. If General Romeo Dallaire had written the libretto for an opera composed by Ana Sokolovic, it might have paralleled the message that Handel’s Hercules has for our times. The message is: even the … Continue reading →

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TSO’s Much Ado About Mozart reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Stanley Fefferman

This evening’s much ado about Mozart is also much about the program and the players. The main player in question is octogenarian Leon Fleisher. At 15, he was “the pianistic find of the century,” but his brilliant career as an … Continue reading →

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