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Jamie Barton at Toronto Summer Music

7/29/2016

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PictureJamie Barton and Bradley Moore at Koerner Hall. Photo: James M. Ireland.
Whether singing in an opera production or appearing on the concert stage, mezzo Jamie Barton sounds glorious with a big symphony orchestra behind her. Her voice is plush, voluminous and soaring – and it’s no wonder she’s singing at the Met, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Covent Garden, the Berlin State Opera and such places. She’s an “old school” opera singer – and on this occasion I mean that only in the best possible way.
 
Well aware of Barton’s vocal powers, I approached her recital on Monday (July 25) with a mixture of anticipation and trepidation. What would she do, and how would she sound, when accompanied only by a lone piano? As I’ve said before, and will probably say again some day, there are some opera singers who do Lieder well, and others (including some highly celebrated others) who really shouldn’t do it at all.



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Inon Barnatan at Toronto Summer Music

7/28/2016

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PictureIsraeli pianist Inon Barnatan.
Polite applause greeted pianist Inon Barnatan when he stepped on to the stage of Koerner Hall on Thursday (July 21) evening. There’s nothing unusual about this – Toronto Summer Music audiences are as polite as any you’ll find anywhere. But on this occasion I suspect that a touch of disappointment was concealed behind the curtain of propriety. This was because Barnatan was not Jeremy Denk.
 
The well-known and much-admired Denk was originally scheduled to come to Toronto, but illness forced him to cancel. Barnatan was flown in, and his replacement recital served as the vehicle for his Toronto debut as a soloist.



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Toronto Summer Music in 2016

7/25/2016

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PictureHornist Neil Deland appeared with TSM.
This review was originally written for the Classical Voice North America website.
 
Toronto Summer Music is certainly not one of Canada’s largest summer festivals, but the 26-day event, now in its eleventh year, has always operated with a “quality over quantity” ethos. This year’s festival is exemplary, presenting chamber music (mostly) with top-flight Canadian and international artists.
 
Violist Douglas McNabney has been the festival’s artistic director for the last six years and, like his predecessor, the conductor Agnes Grossmann, he likes to organize events along thematic lines. This year’s theme, “London Calling: Music in Great Britain,” has yielded some intriguing programming ideas.



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The TSO at the Hearn

7/1/2016

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PictureFor Beethoven's Fifth, the Hearn went back on line.
 This is the second of two reviews I wrote about the 2016 Luminato  arts festival, presented at the old Hearn Generating Station, in Toronto. It was written for Canada’s National Post newspaper.
 
Where can we expect to hear performances of classical music these days? In a concert hall, most likely – a gleaming culture palace with cushy seats and finely calibrated acoustics. Or maybe in a church, especially if the music is sacred in nature.



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    Eatock Daily

    I'm a composer based in Toronto – and this is my classical music blog, Eatock Daily.

    When I first started blogging, Eatock Daily was a place to re-post the articles I wrote for Toronto’s Globe and Mail and National Post newspapers, the Houston Chronicle, the Kansas City Star and other publications.

    But now I have stepped back from professional music journalism, and I'm spending more time composing.

    These days, my blog posts are infrequent, and are mostly concerned with my own music. However, I do still occasionally post comments on musical topics, including works I've discovered, enjoyed, and wish to share with others.


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