Lizée embraces gently used technology. The last concert in the 2017 New Creations Festival – the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s annual series of new-music programs – was the only one I was able to attend this year. Yet judging from what I saw at Saturday night’s concert at Roy Thomson Hall, it’s safe to say that NCF is continuing to attract a large and youthful audience. And judging by what I heard, it seems that this year’s guest curator, Owen Pallett, brought a very specific aesthetic leaning to his selection of the program.
I mention this because new music concerts are often eclectic things – as though programmers are constantly striving to underscore the great variety of styles and trends at large in the musical world (or are simply trying to hedge their bets) by presenting a little of this and a little of that. Yes, there are an awful lot of styles of new music these days – but not every contemporary program has to hammer the point home.
I mention this because new music concerts are often eclectic things – as though programmers are constantly striving to underscore the great variety of styles and trends at large in the musical world (or are simply trying to hedge their bets) by presenting a little of this and a little of that. Yes, there are an awful lot of styles of new music these days – but not every contemporary program has to hammer the point home.
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