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St. Lawrence Quartet Gives Haydn a Boost

9/28/2014

The St. Lawrences, in their current configuration.

The St. Lawrence Quartet was in Toronto earlier this month, playing and teaching at the University of Toronto. While they were here, I interviewed Geoff Nuttall for the Houston Chronicle. Here’s the story, which appeared in print in advance of an SLSQ appearance with Da Camera of Houston.

The St. Lawrence String Quartet is on a mission to promote the composer who made the string quartet the cornerstone of chamber music.

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Joshua Bell Opens TSO Season

9/22/2014

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Bell plays with a clean, modern sound.

Is there a violinist today who is more a musician of our times that Joshua Bell?

I heard him in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s season-opening concert on Thursday evening, at Roy Thomson Hall, and came away convinced that he’s the right man in the right place at the right time. And good for him!

The vehicle for this revelation was Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole. It’s not my favourite fiddle-and-band piece, I must admit. (Doesn’t it have one too many movements?) But it demands much from a soloist – and this soloist nailed it at every turn.

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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.

– CE

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