Monthly Archives: September 2012

Vivacious Attacca Quartet at Music Toronto Reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

September 27, 2012. Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto. The Attacca Quartet have a youthful perspective on time. Being young (they formed in 2003 at the Julliard School), they have time for ambitious projects. “The 68” is the title of one such … Continue reading

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Toronto Symphony Orchestra makes 2012/13 season new with John Adams by Stanley Fefferman

The first Shang Emperor of China had inscribed on his washbasin the admonition “Make it New”. Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s 2012/13 season made it new by including in its first-night program a work by a living composer, Harmonielehre by the American … Continue reading

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NMC’s Cellos Galore reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

September 23, Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto. The opening of the 42nd season of Robert Aitken’s New Music Concerts feels like a family reunion: well-recognized composers and musicians mingle with an audience of all ages to enjoy music that is rarely … Continue reading

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Barbra Lica debut CD—THAT’S WHAT I DO—reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Barbra Lica has a classy kewpie-doll voice like jazz-singers Blossom Dearie and Stacey Kent. Touches of class are all over her debut CD That’s What I Do, starting with the jazz all-stars of her band: Archie Alleyne on drums or … Continue reading

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Duke Ellington Legacy CD Single Petal of a Rose reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Duke Ellington Legacy. Single Petal of a Rose. Renma Recordings, 2012. Pianist Joe Sealy tells the story that when uncle Edward (Duke) Ellington made his annual visit to Africville (Halifax, N.S.) he’d show the family how to do just about anything … Continue reading

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