Sambacana's music is rooted in the traditions of samba and the Brazilian north-east as well as influenced by Brazilian jazz. Sambacana mixes these urban and folkloric elements to create their own blend of traditional and contemporary sounds.
Canada Live will record Sambacana as they make their debut on one of Toronto's famous stages - Massey Hall!
Schumann's Symphony No. 4 & Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1, one in a series of VSO concerts celebrating these composers' 200th birthdays.
Schumann: Selections from Kinderszenen, Op. 15
Mussorgsky: Selections from From Memories of Childhood
Thomas Larcher: New Work TBA
Musorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Haydn – OP. 9 no. 2
Five quartets by: Elizabeth Raum, Brian Current, Marcus Goddard, Derek Charke and Suzanne Hebert-Tremblay
Haydn – Op. 20 no. 4
Gillian Boucher started touring the world at just 15 - first as a featured performer at Green Linnet's 20th Anniversary Gala in New York, and then throughout North America, Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia. She has shared the stage with the likes of Emmylou Harris, Solas, Natalie MacMaster, Cappercaillie, The Battlefield Band, Tom Paxton and many other performers.
Dynamic, intense pop music set to powerful & personal lyrics.
When Dean McNeill isn't working as the head of the music department at the University of Saskatchewan, performing with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra or leading Saskatoon's Metro Jazz Ensemble - he finds the time to hone his skills as a trumpet player and composer...and be a dad to a toddler. This year Dean released a CD where he performed with jazz pianist Jon Ballantyne and classical pianist Bonnie Nicholson. In this concert we'll hear Dean playing both trumpet and flugelhorn on some of his jazz favourites as well as an original composition. He's joined by guitarist Jack Semple, Carlo Petrovitch on bass and drummer Arlan Kopp.
Canada's best R&B singers and musicians celebrate the great musical legacy of Motown Records.
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Douglas Boyd, conductor
Christopher Millard, bassoon
Yosuke Kawasawki, violin
Jessica Linnebach, volin
- Corelli: Concerto Grosso in F Major
Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
John Williams: Five Sacred Trees
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Morlock: Cobalt for 2 violins and orchestra (NAC/CBC Co-commission)
Doug Smith: BC SCene for 2 violins and orchestra (NAC/CBC Co-commission)
Steve Earle in a riveting solo performance for a crowd of thousands … who are not afraid to sing along.
Bruce Cockburn and Michael Ondaatje share the stage
at Glenn Gould Studio. Bruce will sing and play music, Michael will read
from his work, and together they will discuss the joys and challenges
of a creative life. The evening promises to be a unique and exciting collaboration
of two legendary Canadian talents, hosted by Laurie Brown from CBC Radio 2's show, "The Signal".
This program will be recorded for future broadcast on "Inside The Music".
A homecoming celebration following a seven-month international tour in support of Great Big Sea' latest CD release Fortune's Favour.
A homecoming celebration following a seven-month international tour in support of Great Big Sea' latest CD release Fortune's Favour.
Part of the Great Canadian Series, Ottawa's Alicia B on accordian will be joined by Veronique Turcotte on violin/vocals, Israel Martinez on guitar/vox, Joe Hincke on bass, Alvaro de Minya on Latin percussion, Ross Murray on drums/electric loops, & Angel Araos on more Latin percussion. Sounds like a party!
One of the world's finest quartets performing works by Mozart, Dvořák, Smetana and Estacio.