As you may have read, I enjoyed a terrific first concert at the Kensington Sinfonia past Sunday. One of the program pieces featured the 6th winner of the KS Annual Student Concerto Competition, oboist Cameron Wong playing Albinoni’s Concerto for Oboe in D minor, Op.9, No. 2. Having only played the oboe for 4 years,…
You’ve heard of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, but what about the Calgary Youth Orchestra? Chances are, if you have musically-orientated friends who play a string instrument, you’ve probably heard of it. For those who haven’t, don’t fret, because you’re about to learn so you can go out and enjoy the finest Calgarian musical talent this…
Picture this: the vibrant, atmospheric, pulse of the Jack Singer Concert Hall, buzzing in the way that it always does in the final minutes before the musicians walk onstage. Now, as the orchestra members file in and the chairs begin to fill, imagine that same feeling quadrupled. That was the aura when Canada’s National Youth Orchestra settled into…
Cellists all across the city rejoiced on the 9th after a virtuositic performance of the quintessential Dvorak Cello Concerto by Johannes Moser with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. If you must know one thing about me, it should be that I absolutely love cello music and, let’s not try to bypass this, cello players. This experience was…
Possessed.” Devilishly dressed personas with masked makeup roamed the Jack Singer’s concert hall lobby, staring patrons into the depths of their eyes, a window to the soul.