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Margarethe von Trotta & Mezzo Love
Three of my films have music sung by Janet Baker.
Miriam Margolyes as Dickens’ women (and a man or two)
December 22, 2012
The ever so fabulous Miriam Margolyes was in Toronto last week, for the next-to-last North American stop of the tour of her play Dickens' Women.
The Death of Maria Malibran by Werner Schroeter
November 21, 2012
Werner Schroeter made a film (a "delirious biography") about one of the greatest mezzos in history. The Tiff-Cinemateque has a Schroeter retrospective happening this month and the film is being shown on November 25. The COC's GenMan Alexander Neef introduces the work.
Suzie LeBlanc and Robert Kortgaard Recital Series ‘Tis the last rose of summer’
October 25, 2012
Soprano Suzie LeBlanc is currently touring with pianist Robert Kortgaard the 'Tis the last rose of summer' series, mostly in smaller towns in Ontario and Quebec. It's a carefully programmed recital loosely based on the theme of the rose - and this includes a wide range of Lieder, as well as some Acadian folk, the Irish traditional giving the name to the series, a chanson, and two newly commissioned pieces for the Elizabeth Bishop Legacy Recording Project.
‘Hannah Arendt’ is brilliant
September 11, 2012
Margarethe von Trotta's latest film, 'Hannah Arendt', is complex, smart as hell, ethically discerning, politically brave, unique (I can't think of another good film about a philosopher or about the drama of thinking), sexy (and it makes theory sexy), and feminist to boot. Words fail just now, there are too many of all sorts, but maybe later I'll be able to curate them and more will be said.
‘Quartet’ opens at the TIFF
September 10, 2012
This is probably one of the worst films I've seen this year, and based on the names involved, it should have been one of the best.
Victoria Wood on music education
August 31, 2012
As I might have mentioned before, Victoria Wood is a goddess.
Incidental Music
May 1, 2013
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