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Monday, August 10, 2026

A Thinking Person's Reintroduction to Classical Music Part 2

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In the last post I left you with a movement from one of J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos. Bach didn't get the job for which he was ...
Saturday, August 1, 2026

A Thinking Person's Reintroduction to Classical Music: Part 1

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These days music is playing much of the time. It plays in malls and stores. It plays in elevators and in other public spaces. It is present ...
Friday, July 31, 2026

Brahms' Symphonies with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe

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I have just finished listening to the 4 Brahms Symphonies played the the Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin . I a...
Monday, July 27, 2026

Opera on Mezzo Channel

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I'm shocked! Shocked to find gambling if going on in here!  No, wait, sorry. I'm shocked that I haven't written a new post in mo...
Friday, July 4, 2025

Romeo and Juliet at the Brott Festival

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This concert took place in the L.R. Wilson Concert Hall at McMaster University. It's not a concert hall, per se, rather a multi-purpose ...
Sunday, June 29, 2025

Postcards from the Sky: Brott Festival at Church of the Ascension

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Last night I attended the first of 4 Brott Festival concerts I’ll see this season. This one, entitled Postcards from the Sky by Candlelight,...
Saturday, July 27, 2024

Brott Music Festival at Theatre Aquarius

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Thursday evening we took in another of the "classical" concerts by the  National Academy Orchestra,  this time at Theatre Aquarius...