MUSIC
Opera McGill & the McGill Symphony Orchestra presents Mozart's Don Giovanni
by Lev Bratishenko
29.01.2012
Butler and I were at stalemate over my pneumatic tube subscription. He thinks it’s a waste of money, but he doesn’t know opera companies. Yesterday I had my glorious revenge when the old tube rattled and spat out an invitation. There, I screamed from the lavatory, not everybody went over to email. I went, of course, and though the ticket lady found my canister suspicious she judged it unwise to argue. Four stars for the ticket lady at Pollack Hall.
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MUSIC
MSO conducted by Sir Roger Norrington with Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.
by Lev Bratishenko
03.12.2011
The evening started with an explanation that the order of the pieces was changed so that the orchestra would only have to shuffle seats once. For Beethoven’s 1st Concerto, they were seated tightly around the piano, with its back to us, in the manner of an 18th century chamber concert, so that we might appreciate [...]
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