Results tagged “classicalmusic”

The Art of Time Ensemble played their final shows of the 2006/2007 season this past Thursday and Friday at the Harbourfront Centre. The group's aim is to bring chamber music to new ears by blending it with other genres and new ideas, while retaining its elegance and intelligence. Andrew Burashko created The Art of Time as a way to "test my assumption that we could present chamber music in an accessible way." Judging by the crowd they drew for Thursday's Toronto Songbook show with Sarah Slean, they've succeeded, with audience members last week ranging from tweens to seniors.

If you’re turned off at the idea of classical music concerts because they seem like an activity for the high society rich, think again. There are plenty of ways to enjoy Toronto’s healthy classical music scene on the cheap or for free.

Ok, it's not that dramatic but Glenn Gould's 1955 rendition of the Goldberg Variations is being reperformed, sort of. John Q. Walker, a computer programmer and musician has created software that will allow a piano to very accurately reproduce performances.

It isn't often that one gets to feel as though one has somehow slipped into an alternate dimension, but that is the gift of the Moscow Cat Theatre. Less of a theatre piece than a more-surreal-than-usual circus, the show features (as per their website) "20 cats, 2 dogs, and 8 clowns." The main clown is Yuri Kuklachev, a veteran Russian circus performer who created the show 30 years ago and has since rounded up a bunch of odd awards and honours, including a postage stamp and a chapter in a French grammar book.

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The Tall Poppy Interview - Jonathan Bunce, Wavelength Founder