Reflections: James Ehnes at 40
Musical Toronto writer Joseph So interviews James Ehnes, in Toronto as part of his 40th birthday Canadian tour.
115th Anniversary Concert
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115th Anniversary Concert
115th Anniversary Concert
“…scintillating recital” Kolesnikov review in Musical Toronto
“Very impressive was the Scherzo, dispatched with a felicitous combination of technical virtuosity, elegant phrasing and quixotic playfulness.”
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WMCT Commissions to Canadian Composers
- Zosha Di Castri’s presentation score of her new work premiered April 7, 2016, “Dannthology”.
- Since 2005 the WMCT has commissioned a new Canadian work each season, to be performed in a Music in the Afternoon concert. Scores are deposited in the permanent collection of the Canadian Music Centre.
See the list of previous WMCT commissions.
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New Directions for the Afiara Quartet
The Afiara Quartet appearance last fall in the first concert of the Music in the Afternoon 118th season, turns out to have been one of its last. An article in Musical Toronto says the quartet members are going separate ways this summer. In a review of that concert for the WMCT, Robin Elliott wrote “The Afiara String Quartet is celebrated for its performances of the Beethoven quartets, and so it is no surprise that on this occasion the players turned in a nuanced and beautifully realized interpretation….providing the richest musical experience right at the beginning” of the program.
The article describes the young ensemble’s view of the challenges and opportunities in the current musical environment which have led to their changes in direction.
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Dannthology to the next generation
The Danns: Robin, Steven, Alana Zarankin, baby Zarankin Dann, Lucas and Nico. Zosha di Castri holds her WMCT commissioned score Near Brute Force. (Someone else was holding her baby).
SCRUTINY | Steven Dann Presents A Charming All In The Family Program At Walter Hall
By Robin Elliott on April 8, 2016, MUSICAL TORONTO
“Dannthology” was the title of a recital by the Toronto violist Steven Dann, together with family members (sons Nico and Lucas, daughter Robin, and daughter-in-law Ilana Zarankin, who is married to Nico) and friends (bassist Joel Quarrington and pianist James Parker), for the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto on Thursday afternoon, April 7 in Walter Hall. For only the second time in its 118-year history, the members of the WMCT arrived to find a drum set on the stage (the first time was for trumpet player Jens Lindemann’s recital last season). The drum set, along with timpani and sundry other smaller percussion instruments, was played with much expertise by Nico in two works on the programme. The other three family members appeared only in a new work by Zosha di Castri, about which more anon. …
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April 7 Tuning Your Mind Speaker
April 7 12:15 pm : Tuning Your Mind Speaker
Katharine Rapoport, violist.
Mysteries of the alto clef revealed!
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1:30 pm – Dannthology
Steven Dann, viola, with: Nico Dann, percussion; Robin Dann, voice; Lucas Dann, piano; Ilana Zarankin, soprano; Joel Quarrington, double bass; James Parker, piano
Program
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber – Passacaglia in C Minor
Zosha Di Castri – Near Mute Force — WMCT Commission: World Première
Peter Lieberson – Rumble
Robert Schumann – Märchenbilder, Op.113
Johannes Brahms – Viola Sonata in E-flat Major, Op.120, No. 2
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Emily D’Angelo wins MET Auditions
Mezzo soprano Emily D’Angelo, who won the WMCT Centennial Scholarship last year has earned another top prize. She won The Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions in New York on Sunday along with four other singers, chosen from a group of nine. Emily is completing a degree in vocal performance at U of T.
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