CBC is rebroadcasting my episode of This Is My Music on Saturday, March 30, from 10AM to noon on Radio 2 or streamed live at www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio. Here’s your chance to hear what goes on in my head (at least the musical part of it!). There will be Bach, Frescobaldi, Stravinsky, Handel, and yes indeed, Frank… Read More »This is my music!
Leaf Music in Halifax has just released East is East, a transcultural collaboration that draws on both ancient and contemporary inspiration from the East and the West. This fourth album from Montreal-based Infusion Baroque (Sallynee Amawat, violin, Alexa Raine-Wright, flute and recorder, Andrea Stewart, ‘cello and Rona Nadler, harpsichord) is a fusion of Western Baroque,… Read More »East is East is now available!
Infusion Baroque is about to launch their newest CD, East is East, on the Leaf Music label on March 15. This fascinating multicultural collaboration brings together music with ancient roots in Persia, India, and Europe. It features Infusion Baroque members Alexa Raine-Wright (Baroque flute and recorder), Sallynee Amawat (Baroque violin), and Andrea Stewart (Baroque ‘cello)… Read More »New CD on the way!
I am very happy to report that Basta Parlare!, a CD of 17th century Italian instrumental music by Montréal ensemble, Les Barocudas, has been nominated for a Juno award. We are looking forward to the announcements from Halifax on March 24, 2024.
I am happy to announce that CBC is rebroadcasting my edition of This Is My Music tomorrow, Saturday, September 3, 2022, 10 am – noon on CBC Music/Radio 2 and streaming live at https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio. It’s also available as an audio stream starting this morning at https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-382-this-is-my-music. A little Bach, a little Monteverdi, at little Stravinsky,… Read More »This is My Music
The video from the Schulich School of Music’s two performances of G.F. Handel’s Orlando are available on YouTube for viewing. We spent most of January, February and March, 2022, preparing for these shows which were performed live for an online audience on March 26 and March 27. The two casts were superb, the singing and… Read More »G.F. Handel’s Orlando
Here is an opportunity to see and hear a selection of these lively and acrobatic pieces in concert at Redpath Hall! For more details, see the Facebook event page
I am very pleased to announce that Scarlatti: Essercizi Per Gravicembalo, released through Halifax-based record label Leaf Music, is now available for streaming or purchase! I spent the past 10 months completely immersed in Domenico Scarlatti’s only authorized publication, a collection of thirty sonatas first published in 1739 in London, England. This recording offers the… Read More »“Scarlatti: Essercizi Per Gravicembalo” now available!
Here is a mini-concert I was involved with for the Festival international de musique ancienne de Lamèque, N.-B. in collaboration with Les Plaisirs du clavecin: three pieces by composer Jerome Blais for soprano (Catherine St-Arnaud), recorder (Vincent Lauzer) and harpsichord. Enjoy!
CBC will be rebroadcasting my episode of This Is My Music on Saturday, February 27, from 10AM to 12 noon. It’s the soundtrack of my life: everything from Monteverdi and Frescobaldi to Bach, Stravinsky, and yes, Frank Zappa. You can stream it live from https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-382-this-is-my-music on Saturday morning.