Monthly Archives: June 2012

Luminato’s Playing Cards 1: Spades reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

June 13, 2012. Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Centre’s Imperial Oil Opera Theatre, Toronto. The circular stage of Robert Lepage is a cornucopia, a horn of plenty whose mouth disgorges a multitude of players and scenes: A bunker in Bagdad where … Continue reading

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Gurrumul:Rrakala—CD review by Stanley Fefferman

Gurrumul, RRAKALA, Skinnyfish Music and Justin Time Records, 2012. Gurrumul is a blind guitar player of the Yolngu world of East Arnhemland, Australia. The album’s multi-instrumentalist, he sings in native languages, his voice pitched high, like Neil Young’s, but warmer, … Continue reading

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Luminato 2012’s Einstein on the Beach reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

June 9, 2012. Sony Centre, Toronto. Luminato is participating in the third revival and world tour since the 1976 première of this Wilson/Glass/Childs opera Einstein on the Beach. Luminato’s artistic director, Jorn Weisbrodt, gave a pre-performance illuminating introduction, whose message … Continue reading

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Jerusalem Quartet and Alexander Melnikov’s Schumann CD reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Alexander Melnikov/Jerusalem Quartet: Schumann Piano Quintet and Quartet (Harmonia Mundi) As they did while on their UK tour, this ensemble of Israeli string players and Russian pianist, both known for their passionate intensity, lead off with  Schumann’s reduced, later, less … Continue reading

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Shore Metric Cosmopolis CD review by Stanley Fefferman

Shore Metric Cosmopolis, © House Records. HWR1005.  Distributed by Harmonia Mundi. Composer Howard (Silence of the Lamb’s, Lord of the Rings)Shore, (Canadian Indie Band)Metric, collaborate on the soundtrack for David Cronenberg’s film adaptation of the Don De Lillo novel Cosmopolis, … Continue reading

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The Michael Treni Big Band CD: Boy’s Night Out reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

The Michael Treni Big Band BOY’S NIGHT OUT. The Bell Production Company. There are all kind of meanings to the phrase, “Boys Night Out,” but the one I like is “free to be with your friends.” So I’m going with … Continue reading

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Art of Time’s Sgt. Pepper @ 45 reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

June 1, 2012. Enwave Theatre, Toronto. I attended this concert with my son. Eric relocated the family Sgt. Pepper album to his room when he was 3 and played it day and night. When he was 13 he had his … Continue reading

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Yo-Yo Ma’s Elgar @ TSO reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

May 31, 2012. Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto Was it a miracle of programming that three unrelated compositions seemed to share a melancholy, Romantic family resemblance, or was it due to the power of the master-artist  in the house, cellist Yo-Yo … Continue reading

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