All Entries Tagged With: "Bach"
Quiz #19
It’s a beautiful spring day here at OM Headquarters. Miss Mussel is recovering from a cottage weekend that looked more like this than this but even a liberal distribution of black fly and mosquito bites hasn’t dampened her Hooray for Sunshine outlook.
As such, it seems that something a bit jolly is in order for this [...]
Review: KW Symphony Back To Baroque
In today’s Record
When you go to 40-plus concerts a year, it is not often that you are surprised.
Some are life-altering and some are disappointing but most are a pleasant way to spend an evening. The very best scenario is having your expectations transformed into something altogether more interesting.
Wednesday night’s concert, the last concert of the [...]
Music To Write Books By
Miss Mussel hasn’t talked a lot about albums in this space mostly because she isn’t much of an audiophile, far preferring to actually attend a concert rather than listen at home on the stereo. Nevertheless, she does listen to music almost constantly when writing although hardly any of it is from the all-time favourite [...]
Review: Da Capo Chamber Choir/Guelph Chamber Choir
In today’s Waterloo Record
There’s no getting around it, rescheduling a concert is a hassle for all involved. Those who turned up at St John the Evangelist Anglican Church in Kitchener Wednesday evening know that sometimes, it is worth it. Initially a victim of an early march snowstorm, take two of this concert presented by Waterloo’s [...]
Bach Cab Sessions
Reuters brought news today of a fantastic little concert series called The Black Cab Sessions. The premise is simple: musicians are invited to play one a song in the back of a London black cab and it is filmed all in one take.
There are 34 chapters in the series so far and all are pop/rockers [...]
Review: Roger Chase and Michiko Otaki
In today’s Record
What’s more likely: the Leafs winning the Stanley Cup or a viola recital consisting of solely of music by early 20th century English composers? Fortunately for diehard Habs fans, British violist Roger Chase has saved us from admitting anything untoward. Wednesday evening at the Music Room, Chase and pianist Michiko Otaki presented music [...]
