Monthly Archives: March 2013

Stanley Fefferman reviews Yoko Hirota’s CD: VOCES BOREALES

Voces Boreales. Yoko Hirota, Piano. Centrediscs. About a year ago, I had the pleasure of attending Yoko Hirota’s Small is Beautiful piano solo recital which included all five works by Canadian composers that she has recorded here for Centrediscs. I … Continue reading

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Stanley Fefferman reviews the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra CD: Philip Glass Symphony No. 3

Philip Glass. Symphony No. 3, The Hours, OMM, Harmonia Mundi, 2013. Philip Glass has his own record label, Orange Mountain Music, dedicated to archiving all the recordings the composer has made over the last 30 years and counting. The label’s … Continue reading

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Stanley Fefferman reviews 3 CDs by solo pianist MAURO BERTOLI

Mauro Bertoli, the Italian pianist now resident in Ottawa, sat down in a studio for a few days and recorded three CD’s of solo piano music, mostly Schumann and Liszt, with glances back to Scarlatti and Mozart, and to more … Continue reading

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Stanley Fefferman reviews Peter Longworth’s solo piano debut CD JOHANNES BRAHMS

Longworth and Brahms play well together. This is Johannes Brahms, nearing the end of his composing life, his grand works behind him, condensing very personal thoughts into favourite forms for his piano. This is Peter Longworth, making his music personal … Continue reading

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Stanley Fefferman’s Spring CD Review Roundup

Alex Pangman. HAVE A LITTLE FUN. Justin Time. This gorgeously engineered and produced album catches that peppy 30’s radio-studio singer-with-a-band sound. Bucky Pizzarelli guesting on guitar strums it sometimes like the rhythm instrument it was back then, and also picks … Continue reading

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Stanley Fefferman reviews TSO New Creations A TORONTO SYMPHONY

March 9, 2013. Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto. The TSO’s ninth New Creations Festival climaxed before a full house with the world premiere of A Toronto Symphony— a crowd-sourced collaboration of composer Tod Machover and “anyone in Toronto who wanted to … Continue reading

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Stanley Fefferman reviews SPARKLER: TSO New Creations Festival Part II.

March 7, 2013. Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto. The theme of the Toronto Symphony New Creations Festival 2013 is ‘The Orchestra of the Future.’ Curator Tod Machover explained that soon orchestras would include electronics. Machover’s contribution to the evening’s program, entitled … Continue reading

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Stanley Fefferman reviews Toronto Dance Theatre’s EVERYDAY ANTHEMS

March 6, 2013. Fleck Dance Theatre, Toronto. Choreographer Heidi Strauss had the idea to develop a dance based on stories told by dancers she worked with in a workshop—stories that came out of their bodies. One such story, told with … Continue reading

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