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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Mooredale Concerts Present the New Orford String Quartet: review by Stanley Fefferman
October 28, 2012. Walter Hall, Toronto. The New Orford String Quartet goes boldly. They chose a program of three works that open by disturbing the peace. Haydn’s Quartet in D Major, Op. 20. No. 4 (1772) with Andrew Wan in … Continue reading
The sound of greatness: Valery Gergiev and the Stradivarius Ensemble at Toronto’s Koerner Hall
October 27, 2012. Koerner Hall, Toronto. The Mariinsky Orchestra are great, because Valery Gergiev arranges a schedule that only the great could sustain… Their current Canada/US tour brings 28 of the orchestra’s core strings, renowned as the Stradivarius Ensemble, to … Continue reading
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Opera Atelier Hits the Mark with C.M von Weber’s Der Freischütz: a Review by Stanley Fefferman
October 27, 2012. Elgin Theatre, Toronto Twenty some years ago, Opera Atelier broke new ground by staging a period performance of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Last night they broke out again by staging their first period performance of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonnie Beecher, Carl Maria von Weber, Carla Huhtanen, Curtis Sullivan, David Fallis, Der Freischütz, Gerard Gauci, Gustav Andreassen, Kresimir Spicer, Marshall Pynkosky, Martha Mann, Meghan Lindsay, Michael Nyby, Olivier Laquerre, OpusOneReview, Raha Javanfar, Tafelmuskik Orchestra, Vasil Garvanliev
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Philharmonia Quartett Berlin Brings Balance to Music Toronto: Review by Stanley Fefferman
October 11, 2012. Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto. The qualities of this stellar ensemble from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra emerge in succession like evening stars. First is the balance of individual voices, each clear, all controlled. Then comes the plummy, warm … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Stadelmann, Daniel Stabrawa, Dietmar Schwalke, K.499, Mozart's "Hoffmeister" Quartet in D, Neithard Resa, Op. 74 (Harp), OpusOneReview, Quartett Berlin, Stanley Fefferman, String Quartet in E-flat, String Quartet(1964), Witold Lutoslawski
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Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts Christopher Alden goes batty for the Canadian Opera Company’s Die Fledermaus
It took me a while to warm to Director Christopher Alden’s revisionist production of the Johann Strauss Jr.’s chestnut and whipped cream torte of an operetta, but gradually the outrageous battiness of it won me over. Then, there is, and … Continue reading
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Anne-Sophie Mutter Very Present at the TSO reviewed by Stanley Fefferman
Anne-Sophie Mutter commanded the Roy Thomson Hall stage by her presence. She performed as soloist twice in the program she herself had selected. She chose Sophia Gubaidulina’s concerto “In Tempus Praesens” because it was commissioned for her; the Bach Violin … Continue reading