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The CD “Nuages” by Duo Cavatine, recently released by KNS Classical, had the most spins of all the recordings in the KNS Classical catalogue on Spotify last week. Congratulations to this outstanding duo!! Acclaimed for their captivating and sophisticated personas, the pair unveils a profound harmony and heartfelt vulnerability, which lies at the core of … Read more
French Hornist Olivia Esther and David Jaeger will be presenting a lecture recital at the International Horn Society annual conference in Montreal Wednesday, July 26, 2023 with special guests: Elise Martel, horn (OSQ) and Sara Schabas, Soprano. The presentation will take place at 5 pm in the Salle Serge Garant at the Faculty of Music of the … Read more
When the Canadian Electronic Ensemble (CEE) began as a group of students at the University of Toronto in 1972, they performed with cumbersome, finicky analog instruments and DIY logistics, never sure if everything would work as intended. Today’s CEE sound comes from a sophisticated mixture of digital and analog hardware, laptops, and acoustic instruments. Across … Read more
Nuages is another outstanding Canadian cello and piano disc, showcasing Noémie Raymond-Friset and Michel-Alexandre Broekaert respectively, collectively known as Duo Cavatine (KNS Classical KNS A/121 duocavatine.com). The title for this debut disc, which translates as clouds, comes from its centrepiece, producer David Jaeger’s Constable’s Clouds for solo cello. I spoke in my February column about a reworking of this piece … Read more
Although there is an electronic aspect on one of the tracks of Christina Petrowska Quilico’s latest CD Blaze featuring piano music of Alice Ping Yee Ho (Centrediscs CMCCD 31323cmccanada.org/product category/recordings/Centrediscs), the rest are purely acoustic. Ho tells us “The eight works in this collection have short, descrip tive titles, with inspiration drawn from abstract paintings, … Read more
Nuages is another outstanding Canadian cello and piano disc, showcasing Noemie Raymond-Friset and Michel-Alexandre Broekaert respectively, collectively known as Duo Cavatine (KNS Classical KNS A/121 duocavatine.com). The title for this debut disc, which translates as clouds, comes from its centrepiece, producer David Jaeger’s Constable’s Clouds for solo cello. I spoke in my February column about … Read more
This recording of the Viola Music of David Jaeger features violist Elizabeth Reid and pianist Alison Bruce Cerutti, both prodigious artists on their instruments. The disc features spirited, occasionally restless performances that thrillingly capture the adrenalin rush of a live concert albeit the fact that it is a wonderfully produced studio recording. Needless to say, … Read more
Redshift Records While he’s not unknown outside Canada, within its borders David Jaeger (b. 1947) is revered as a pivotal figure in the history and development of Canadian contemporary music. Many a listener versed in that scene knows him as the radio music producer for the CBC’s fondly remembered contemporary music program Two New Hours, which … Read more
Blaze is a record of (mostly) solo piano music by Alice Ping Yee Ho played by Christina Petrowska Quilico. There are eight pieces on the disk adding up to just over an hour of music. It’s quite varied. There are pieces like the title track which are colourful and intricate with others like “Shade” being … Read more
Sticking with the violin family, but moving away from the fiddle tradition, the next disc features music for solo viola by longtime CBC producer and frequent contributor to The WholeNote, David Jaeger. In the spirit of full disclosure I will say that I have had a lengthy professional relationship with Jaeger over the years as … Read more