Comments on: Classical music fans rally across Canada

By: Chip

Chip — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:54:43 +0000

Why does this entry end with a comma? Was it unfinished?

Oops... Typo -- thanks! Tod

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:11:30 +0000

Would the bus have been from Classical 96? If so, my personal opinion of that radio station is that it plays an extremely limited repertoire and does not explore the variety that is ‘classical’ music in the manner that CBC does. Also, note that it is a local station and only broadcasts in south-central Ontario. If you don’t live there -or have reliable, cheap, high-speed internet, it seems that you’re out of luck even for that.

Personally, if it is going to become harder for me to explore the classical music genre on the radio, I am now more likely to turn to non-Canadian sources on the internet than I had been in the past.

I hope that Radio 2, in trying to be something to many does not become nothing to many.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:10:39 +0000

Apparently I didn’t understand the edit function.

By: paul merrill

paul merrill — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:57:54 +0000

Times change. Tastes change.

By: Bob Jonkman

Bob Jonkman — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:05:24 +0000

Howard Knopf explores the slimy underbelly of CBC politics in the commercial music world... And promises more to come! --Bob.

By: Mary Soderstrom

Mary Soderstrom — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:35:06 +0000

We had a taste of what could happen if the CBC really was serious about giving voice to different kind of music being produced in Canada. Sunday night the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal (SMAM), the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) and jazz singer Karen Young gave a terrific performance of music written between the 1300s and 25 years ago.

The theme was Eclectic Paths/Passages The concert began with a Requiem by medieval composer Johannes Ockeghem and ended with Karen Young, two soloists from SMAM’s excellent choir, a bassist and percussionist doing jazz riffs on music by Guillaume de Machaut from about 1360. In between were two pieces by Quebec composer Claude Vivier who died at 35 in 1983.

If the CBC were to broadcast more things like this concert which bring together different tendencies and traditions, I don’t think anyone would complain. We heard excellent performers throw themselves into interesting music, illuminating points in common and glorious differences. But was the CBC there? No.