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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Kelsey Jones – Suite For Flute and Strings – Montreal String Quartet w/Mario Duschénes, Flute and Nathalie Clair, contrabasse – 1954 – CBC Studio recording – CBC Transcription Service – Contemporary music from Canada this week, from American-born/Canadian naturalized composer,…
Alexander Brott: Three Astral Visions – The McGill Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Brott, Cond. – CBC Transcription Service Alexander Brott this week. In observance of Canada Day and Canada’s 150th, I thought I would chip in to the festivities and offer…
Crash Test Dummies – in concert from Royal Albert Hall, London – 1994 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Crash Test Dummies tonight. The post-Punk/Folk-Punk aggregation from Manitoba up north, in concert from The Royal Albert Hall in London and…
h Alexander Brott – Sea To Sea – 1947 World Premier recording – Brott With Montreal Symphony – CBC Transcription Service – Back up to Canada this week for a world premier recording of Sea to Sea by the much…
Rudolf Firkusny, Eudice Shapiro, Leonard Rose and guests – 1964 Shakespearean Music Festival – CBC Transcription Service A historic festival appearance this week. The 1964 Stratford Shakespearean Music Festival in Canada, featuring a stellar ensemble of soloists, headed up by…
Leonard Cohen – In Session for John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – July 9, 1968 – BBC Radio 1 – With the incredibly sad news earlier this evening, of the passing of legend and icon Leonard Cohen, it gives…
Music from the historic Stratford Music Festival in Ontario Canada this week. This recording from the 1968 festival, is presented by the CBC International service and feature the Stratford Chamber Orchestra in several works, including two World Premiers. Starting with…
On this August 25th in 1943, President Roosevelt addressed the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa on the occasion of concluding the Quebec Conference with UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Stalin. The War was making progress and the allies…
Ought – in concert at Gaite Lyrique, Paris – part of the Arte Channel Festival series – April 14, 2016. Ought are an Alternative band from Montreal, only together since 2012. Releasing their first ep later that same year, the…
Heading back up to Canada this week for a performance (presumably the premier performance) of a work by Alexander Brott, one of that country’s most celebrated composer The piece, Three Astral Visions was recorded shortly after its completion in 1959…