Monthly Archives: February 2012

Beethoven and the Brain reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Saturday, February 25, 2012. Koerner Hall, Toronto. Two minutes into the fourth movement of Beethoven’s Fifth, the ominous, first movement DA/DA-TA/DUM motif reappears in the strings and resolves in a joyous outpouring by the full orchestra. As if on cue, … Continue reading

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Eliot Fisk @ Koerner Hall reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Friday, February 24, 2012. Koerner Hall, Toronto. Seven years ago, Eliot Fisk played his guitar in Toronto as part of Mayumi Seiler’s chamber ensemble, Via Salzburg.  I wrote that “Mr. Fisk’s playing over the ensemble was mesmerizing, like water dripping … Continue reading

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Music in the Afternoon with Roger Chase and Michiko Otaki reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

February 24, 2012. Walter Hall, Toronto. This wonderful afternoon of music with Roger Chase and Michiko Otaki was much about the viola and about certain English Composers of the late-romantic period. I really like Frederick Delius’ Sonata No. 3. And … Continue reading

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Art of Time Ensemble’s CANTABILE by Stanley Fefferman

Friday, February 10, 2012. Enwave Theatre, Toronto. The first million-selling record ever was an  Italian song: Enrico Caruso’s 1904 rendition of Leoncavallo’s “Vesti La guibba..” Opera or popular, we naturally think of Italian music as song—melodic outpouring of emotion ripened … Continue reading

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DK Ibomeka @ Hugh’s Room reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Hugh’s Room, Toronto. At his first two shows in Toronto at the Senator in early 2004, DK  came on with upbeat, happy, swing standards that he put across relying mainly on the richness of his undeniable … Continue reading

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Anton Kuerti plays Beethoven’s Emperor” Concerto @ TSO reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Thursday, February 2, 2012.                      Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto. Good old Günther Herbig! The TSO’S Conductor Emeritus (1988-94) knows how to get his old orchestra around the acoustic limitations of this … Continue reading

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