Jill LaForty: Oboist Angela Casagrande

Most classical concerts feature polite applause...but one local performer gets a much more boisterous reaction. Jill LaForty was in to tell us about Angela Casagrande, the storytelling oboist.

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Jill LaForty's Quick Picks:
Angela Casagrande, the story-telling oboist
The Double-Double (Reed) Concert
with bassoonist Kirstin Day and Jane Perry piano
Music by Edward Elgar, Francis Poulenc and others
Friday, February 4th 7:30 p.m.
First Unitarian Congregation on Cleary Ave (off Richmond Road near Woodroffe)
Tickets: $20, $15 for students and seniors or pay what you can

Tuesday, February 1st 8:00p.m.
Emanuel Ax plays the music of Franz Schubert
Southam Hall, National Arts Centre
www.nac-cna.ca

Wednesday and Thursday, February 2 & 3 8:00p.m.
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
Jonathan Biss, piano
Music by Beethoven including the "Emperor" Concerto
Southam Hall, National Arts Centre
www.nac-cna.ca

Tuesday, February 8th 7:30p.m.
Borodin String Quartet with mezzo-soprano Julie Nesrallah
Music by Tchaikovsky, Respighi and Borodin
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Wellington at Kent)
Tickets $28-$47
www.chamberfest.com