Toronto District School Board superintendent Karen Falconer spoke passionately tonight at a gathering of interested parents and curious onlookers at Ryerson Community School, which sits at the intersection of some of the Toronto’s most diverse and creative communities, between Kensington Market and Queen St. West. Continue reading
Daily Archives: January 26, 2012
Finnish conductor and Sibelius champion Paavo Berglund dies, aged 82
Finnish conductor Paavo Berglund died yesterday. The highly respected interpreter of orchestral works by Jean Sibelius was 82. Continue reading
DVD Review: The Great Mass makes for an even greater ballet by Uwe Scholz
LEIPZIG BALLET
The Great Mass, by Uwe Scholtz (EuroArts)
I have been seduced by The Great Mass, a 1998 large-scale ballet anchored on Mozart’s masterpiece by the German choreographer Uwe Scholz, who died in 2004, aged 45. Continue reading
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Video: Arthur Rubinstein reunited at Hamburg Steinway factory with his favourite concert piano
Just released is this magical half-hour of pianist Arthur Rubinstein being reunited with his favourite concert piano at Steinway’s Hamburg factory, captured on film in 1966.
The video beautifully captures the bond between artist and instrument in the first 7 minutes. There more interesting stuff after that about Chopin and Brahms memorabilia Rubinstein had picked up — as well as a bit more of him playing the piano.
