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CD Review | Songs of Hope Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra - my/maSCENA
Songs of Hope Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra; Danielle MacMillan, mezzo-soprano; Maghan McPhee, soprano; composers Shreya Jha, Elienna Wang, Ted Runcie, Leela Gilday, Daniel Mehdizadeh, Rachel McFarlane, Bruno Degazio, Ronald Royer Akashic Classics, 2025 Songs of Hope is a song cycle of newly composed works, in which each composer addresses the theme “through adversity, hope.” The musical Songs of Hope is a song cycle of newly composed works, in which each composer addresses the theme “through adversity, hope.”
Upcoming Concerts - my/maSCENA
Montreal Concert Highlights Bourgie Hall Pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin returns to Bourgie Hall on April 12 to play works by Debussy, Albéniz, Poulenc, and Chopin. This concert concludes with the four Scherzos by Chopin, one of Richard-Hamelin’s favourite composers. In the following week, Les Idées heureuses performs their 17th Passion Concert. Since 2023, this project, established
CD Review | Matthias Goerne, Late Shostakovich Songs - my/maSCENA
Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo, October Matthias Goerne, baritone; Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, conductor Alpha Classics, 2025 This new CD release from baritone Matthias Goerne and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Mikko Franck contains two late works by Shostakovich. The first and most substantial is the Suite on Matthias Goerne and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Mikko Franck perform two late works by Shostakovich.
CD Review | Robert Uchida & Philip Chiu, I Can Finally Feel the Sun - my/maSCENA
I Can Finally Feel the Sun Robert Uchida, violin; Philip Chiu, piano ATMA Classique, 2025 On his latest album for ATMA, violinist Robert Uchida takes us on a musical journey through space and time, from Telemann to contemporary composers, via Bach, Ysaÿe, Debussy and Stravinsky. The artist also evokes the history of the instrument that Violinist Robert Uchida takes us on a musical journey from Telemann to contemporary composers, via Bach, Ysaÿe, Debussy and Stravinsky.
Editorial (April 2025) - my/maSCENA
Welcome to the April/May 2025 national issue of La Scena Musicale, which features our annual guides to Canadian Spring and International Festivals. This is also a special issue on Voice and Hearing. Our French cover features American baritone Thomas Hampson, who performs in Quebec City and Montreal; Venezuelan male soprano Samuel Mariño graces our English
Carmen at 150: A Listener’s Guide - my/maSCENA
“L’amour est un oiseau rebelle que nul ne peut apprivoiser, Et c’est bien en vain qu’on l’appelle, S’il lui convient de refuser.” With these lines, Georges Bizet’s Carmen bursts onto the stage, declaring that love is wild, untameable, and indifferent to human desire. This is the heart of Carmen: a tale of irresistible attraction and
CD Review | James Ehnes, Bach Violin Concertos - my/maSCENA
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Violin Concertos James Ehnes, violin; National Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor Analekta, 2025 Bach's corpus of concertos for violin or with violin is far less extensive than one might expect from such a prolific composer. In his disc notes, James Ehnes points out that only two works of this Above all the musical topography and liveliness shaped by Ehnes that captivates the ear.
Azrieli Music Prizes Gala 2024: October 28, 2024 - my/maSCENA
The Azrieli Music Prizes 2024 AMP Gala was an evening of musical brilliance and excellence in music composition. In-person attendees and a global virtual audience enjoyed the premieres of prize-winning work by 2024 AMP Laureates Jordan Nobles, Juan Trigos, Yair Klartag and Josef Bardanashvili. The event also celebrated the 10th year of the Azrieli Music
Choral Calendar - my/maSCENA
MONTREAL VIVA PALESTRINA April 26 at 8 p.m. – Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel The Renaissance Nouvel ensemble vocal (NEV), under the direction of Marc-Olivier Lacroix, will celebrate Palestrina’s 500th birthday with the Missa Assumpta est Maria, which honours the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The program will be rounded out with works by other Renaissance composers, including La Scena Musicale's national Choral Calendar by Marie-Claire Fafard-Blais
CD Review | Barbara Hannigan, Electric Fields - my/maSCENA
Che t’ho fatt’io?—is an arrangement by Chalmin and Hannigan of fragments of Caccini’s music setting an anonymous text.Electric Fields Barbara Hannigan, vocals; Katia and Marielle Labèque, pianos; David Chalmin, synths and electronics Alpha Classics, May 2025 Electric Fields is a new recording from Barbara Hannigan, the Labèque sisters and David Chalmin and is due for release in May. It consists of music for voice, two pianos and live electronics based on, or
Michel Levasseur: Prix Opus Hommage - my/maSCENA
The Prix Opus gala, which recognizes excellence in concert music, is an opportunity for the Conseil québécois de la musique (CQM) to pay tribute to a personality who has left his or her mark on musical life in Quebec. For this 28th edition, the CQM will highlight the exceptional career of Michel Levasseur—in particular, his