The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has announced their 2016-17 season schedule. Full details and season schedule are available on their website but below, behind the cut, is a list of the highlights as per my preferences. I love classical; it is basically all I listen to these days at work. However, if I choose to attend a live classical concert it ( Read more... )

On Wednesday evening I did something I RARELY do on a weeknight - I went out...at night...after dark. Why pray tell did I leave my nice warm condo to brave the cold and darkness of a harsh November evening? To see (well, rather, to hear) Heather Dale perform. She was brilliant as always. She radiates such a positive energy it is a pleasure to be in ( Read more... )

Happy Leap Day!! For the record, this is the one and only day that I would ever formally get married. Clearly that ain't happening this time round so another 4 years it is. As a consolation I did receive free tea today for David's Tea who were handing out free cups of Organic North African Mint (my choice) or Green and Fruity tea in celebration of ( Read more... )

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The Toronto Consort presented the Da Vinci Codex this year. Last year was Ovid’s Metamorphoses.  Their previous works have featured  Tristan & Isolde, King Arthur, Norse Myth, Odysseus and Shakespeare, to name a few. The Consort mixes period music with anecdotes related to the night’s theme. In regards to Mr. Da Vinci, the most intelligent man who ( Read more... )

Attended Tafelmusik’s Metamorphoses and it was sumptuous. As part of the citywide art festival this spring focusing on the Metamorphoses, Tafelmusik took six stories from Ovid’s epic and combined the tales with musical works of various Baroque artists (Rameau, Marais, etc.) with narration/storytelling from an actor portraying Ovid. Luvs it. The ( Read more... )