A new production of Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen opens the 2024 Toronto Summer Music on July 11. William Christie and Paul Agnew share the job of music director while Mourad Merzuki choreographs. With the Orchestre des Arts Florissants in the pit, the company features eight Baroque vocal specialists. https://torontosummermusic.com/event/opening-night-the-fairy-queen/
Mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly and pianist Joseph Middleton will give the Canadian premiere of Night Thoughts by Errolyn Wallen on July 16 at Toronto Summer Music. The recital also includes songs by Barber, Schoenberg, Berg, and Weill. https://torontosummermusic.com/event/connolly-middleton/
Constantinople, an ensemble whose slogan is “Itinerant music, myriad encounters,” will perform on July 22 at Toronto Summer Music. The program is entitled Breathings, and it’s described as a concert that places the breath at the center of the musical act and a celebration of our intimate relationship with nature. Instrumentation includes Mi’kmaq drums, ney […]
The July 26 program at Ottawa ChamberFest will feature four new commissions written for avant-garde string quartet Brooklyn Rider and soprano Ariadne Greif. Those five musicians will perform those new works by Clarice Assad, Gabriel Kahane, Giovanni Solima, and Tyshawn Sorey, as well as Schoenberg’s Quartet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 10 and Colin Jacobsen’s Suite […]
Ottawa-based synth composer Nick Schofield’s latest release, Ambient Ensemble, was inspired by a series of concerts where special guests were invited to improvise. On Aug. 1, Ottawa ChamberFest will present a concert version of the album. Schofield will be joined by Philippe Charbonneau, Mika Posen (Merganzer), and Yolande Laroche (Orchidae) to explore the blissful interaction between […]
The Danish String Quartet returns to Ottawa ChamberFest Aug. 2 for the fourth and final installment of their innovative Doppelgänger project, in which they pair one of Schubert’s string compositions with a newly commissioned work inspired by its Schubert original. This year’s new work is Thomas Adès’ Wreath for Franz Schubert, while the Schubert offering will be the […]
