More Rivers, the seven-movement solo piano suite composed by Frank Horvat and performed by its commissioner Christina Petrowska Quilico, is many things. It’s a work, first of all, its creator dedicated to the spirit of Canadian composer Ann Southam and her seminal Rivers; by his own admission, the work she did in the field of minimalist … Read more
Veda Hingert-McDonald (violin) and Marlena Pellegrino (viola) performed at Arraymusic in Toronto on November 30th, 2024, where they featured world premieres by Michael Dudley, Margin Zheng, Marlena Pellegrino, Veda Hingert-McDonald and David Jaeger. David composed his Rilke Duo no. 1 especially for this recital, based on poetry by Rainer Maria Rilke (from his Sonnets to Orpheus)
The celebrated Canadian pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico has collaborated with composer and producer David Jaeger on a number of recordings over many decades. Games of the Night Wind is their third on the Navona Records imprint alone. The devotion of the pianist to the composer’s music is, predictably, personal. It speaks of long acquaintance with … Read more
It was 3:40 in the morning. The forest was in absolute stillness, the canoe slipping into the water, barely making a sound. It was a cool September morning on Wildcat Lake in the Haliburton Forest in 1997. My cargo – two condenser microphones and a portable digital recorder – and I were heading out to … Read more