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What an interestingly inviting read on this mind muddled morning. Thanks! Coffee, Please?

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Student Operas, Best Operas?

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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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Le chemin d’un chef d’orchestre

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Pour Jean-Marie Zeitouni, nouveau chef et directeur artistique de l’ensemble I Musici de Montréal, le chef d’orchestre doit créer les conditions propices à ce que chacun donne le meilleur de lui-même. Parcours d’un maestro.

by Isaline Cartier
20.01.2012

Issu d’une famille où tout le monde était un peu musicien, il « est tombé dedans quand il était petit », mais c’est l’intervention des recruteurs de l’école du Plateau, qui faisaient la tournée des écoles pour dénicher des talents, qui déclenchera son parcours musical. Dans cette école primaire où la part académique était condensée en une [...]

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Save a Prayer

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Sardonic Montreal gospel group Irreverend James and the Critical Mass Choir raise the roof… and the occasional hackle

by Rima Hammoudi
15.12.2011

When you think of a gospel choir, three things typically come to mind: a church, an inspiring group of singers with miraculous voices, and the word “hallelujah.” (Stop thinking about Leonard Cohen – focus!) The music world, and truly, the art world en masse, is evolving alongside an increasing secular shift, which makes it hard [...]

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A Mystery of History

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A tragic, and fascinating, Mexican elegy comes to life in the beautiful Latin music of David Ryshpan's Alicuanta

by Shayne Gryn
13.12.2011

Local jazz and world music aficionado David Ryshpan has teamed up vocalist Gitanjali Jain to produce a song cycle based on the poetry of Francisco Serrano. The work, entitled Alicuanta, is a collection of haunting and evocative songs that, in the words of Serrano, address such primal dualities as “love and lost love, pain and [...]

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Oh Bother

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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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Better to Give’r than Receive

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FUBAR’s Paul Spence, a.k.a. Dean “The Deaner” Murdoch, talks naughty and nice in advance Night Seeker’s trip down your chimney

by Jamie O'Meara
02.12.2011

The holidays are nearly upon us, and is there a better way to imbibe the spirits of the season than perhaps donning some gay apparel and decking the Halls – who are these Halls anyway? – while listening to classic Christmas tracks like Let’s Go Santa, No Place Like Christmas and Hot Muff as performed [...]

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A Band’s Rich Pageant

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Psyche-pop rockers Elephant Stone join a host of prominent locals at the imminent R.E.M. tribute concert; Max LL shares his head room; Random Recipe get their holiday on

by Jamie O'Meara
01.12.2011

When R.E.M. ran up the white flag on Sept. 21 of this year, “calling it a day” after more than 30 years as a band, it was probably more of a relief than a surprise to long-loyal fans who’d watched the once-proud pioneering Athens, Georgia alt-rock band struggling over the last many years. The long-serving [...]

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