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Renowned for his far-reaching musical adventures and fearlessly virtuosic performances, cellist Matt Haimovitz harnesses his eight-piece ensemble of “cello warriors”, Uccello, for a new program of jazz classics in original arrangements by Rome Prize-winning composer David Sanford. In works by Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu), Miles Davis, Billy Strayhorn and other jazz legends, the cellos wail, slide, and swing in an all-new big band sound. The cellists are to perform at several venues in New York and Western Massachusetts this month before returning to Montreal to record the new program for release this fall on Oxingale Records.
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Canadian Brass, the world’s most famous brass group, is busier than ever in this their 40th year! Their recent CD, Echo: Glory of Gabrieli, was widely acclaimed, with ClassicsToday.com lauding its “breathtakingly virtuosic playing” and “superhuman musicianship.” Coming up, Stars & Stripes: Canadian Brass Salute America is a rousing tribute to their southern neighbours. And, the Brass soon heads to China for a 6-city concert tour -- their first since their groundbreaking 1977 tour -- bringing along their newest member, 21-year-old trombone virtuoso Keith Dyrda.
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Electric guitarist and composer Tim Brady’s Bradyworks ensemble is part of a unique “6-Team League” in which 6 musical teams across the country premiere 6 new compositions for 6 musicians (to be broadcast on CBC Radio 2’s The Signal.) Tim has been invited to New York City perform as part of the infamous Bang on a Can Marathon in June and is composing a song cycle based on poems by The Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie to be premiered by the Vancouver Symphony. One of this year’s Winnipeg New Music Festival Distinguished Composers, Tim recently premiered a new work for 21 electric guitars and orchestra, which The Winnipeg Free Press called “a medal-winning way to finish off this week of musical discovery.”
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Paradizo’s eighth CD release is Antico / Moderno, a journey into music embellished throughout the ages, exploring the beauty of Renaissance madrigals with embellishments from as early as 1517 to 2009. Conceived by Skip Sempé, this time traveller’s journey demonstrates an incredible diversity of sound and colour, proving that this practice, born over 500 years ago, is still alive today. The solo instrumentalists are Doron Sherwin (cornetto), Julien Martin (recorder), Josh Cheatham (viola da gamba) and Skip Sempé (harpsichord). These stars of the international early music scene are accompanied by the Capriccio Stravagante Viols and the Capriccio Stravagante Recorders.
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