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KW Symphony 2008/09 Season Highlights
Kitchener-Waterloo is about an hour west of Toronto, an hour east of London, and an hour and half from Niagara Falls. If you live somewhere between here and there, take a drive over some night and take in a concert with the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony.
12th & 13th September John Corigliano Promenade Overture, [...]
Review: DaCapo Chamber Choir
In today’s Record
You can count on two things with the DaCapo Chamber Choir: an expertly controlled English cathedral choir sound and thoughtful programming that embraces abstraction while steering well clear of pretension. Saturday’s concert at St John The Evangelist, Kitchener was yet another example of how this choir is getting it right.
Entitled Reaching [...]
Review: Reaching For Nothing — The Water’s Thirst
In Saturday’s Record
The trouble with modern music is that it’s often a lot of work for the listener. Sometimes the extra effort required is well worth it. Other times the net gain isn’t quite so clear. Reaching For Nothing: Water’s Thirst, a collaboration between composer Peter Hatch, architect Derek Revington and choreographer David [...]
Review: Trio Laurier Shares Spotlight With Sea Asparagus
Reviewing French Wine - Swiss Chocolate @ The Perimeter Institute in today’s Record
Research efforts at the Perimeter Institute on Friday evening were devoted to investigating the properties of French wine and Swiss chocolate, an endeavour that should frankly be afforded limitless resources.
The occasion was a dinner concert with Trio Laurier providing the aural foil to [...]
Review: Battle Of The Organs
In today’s Waterloo Region Record
It was billed as a battle of epic proportions.
In the red corner, an enormously powerful Kney confident that 37 years experience would be enough to secure a win.
In the blue corner: the young Makin anxious to make his mark and show the old guy how it’s done.
Giant screens were set up [...]
