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(CA) The Toronto Consort Concert: "The Tudors" (19-20 Oct 2012)

Contributed by Admin on Oct 13, 2012

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The Toronto Consort launches its 40th anniversary season on October 19 and 20 with The Tudors, a concert program inspired by the music of Tudor England, culminating with Thomas Tallis’ rarely-heard, magnificent 40-part motet Spem in alium.  Members of Toronto’s Tallis Choir join the Consort for this special performance… 


(UK) Cambridge University Press Recently Published: "Venice, History of the Floating City" (Joanne M. Ferraro, San Diego State University)

Contributed by Admin on Oct 12, 2012

Hardback
ISBN:9780521883597
Publication date:July 2012
299pages

“This book is a sweeping historical portrait of the floating city of Venice from its foundations to the present day. Joanne M. Ferraro considers Venice's unique construction within an amphibious environment and identifies the Asian, European, and North African exchange networks that made it a vibrant and ethnically diverse Mediterranean cultural center. Incorporating recent scholarly insights, the author discusses key themes related to the city's social, cultural, religious, and environmental history, as well as its politics and economy. …


(US) Fall Opera Sale at ArkivMusic

Contributed by Admin on Oct 12, 2012

(From the latest ArkivMusic newsletter 10 Oct 2012)

“Do you thrive on drama, spectacle, and glorious voices like Bartoli, Kaufmann, Fleming, and Flórez? Then get ready for ArkivMusic's Fall Opera Sale, with every complete opera on sale -- DVD and Blu-ray, too! Plus, we have a select group of specially priced vocal recitals. If you can't afford the orchestra seats, our large selection of clearance opera CDs and clearance vocal recitals offers plenty of great music at tremendous discounts. Plus, we have over 100 clearance opera DVDs & Blu-rays at our best prices ever -- up to 75% off!…”


(CA) I FURIOSI Baroque Ensemble Concert: "Losers" (19 Oct 2012)

Contributed by Admin on Oct 12, 2012

Location:  St David's Anglican Church, 49 Donlands Ave. Toronto ON

I FURIOSI kicks off the season with a nod to all we have lost - people, time, places and things. Works by Rameau, Blow, Leclair and more...


(FR) "La Simphonie dans le Marais – 25 ans de musique" Concert Reminder (13 Oct 2012)

Contributed by Admin on Oct 12, 2012

Location: Montaigu (85), théâtre de Thalie

Concert florilège

Hugo Reyne, flûtes et direction; Léonor Leprêtre, soprano; Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano; Aimery Lefèvre, basse ; La Simphonie du Marais

The journey starts in Versailles in 1987 by French music enthusiast, Hugo Reyne who paid homage to Lully at the first concert organized for the tercentenary of the death of his genius and the very young “Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles”…

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