When is a trumpet like a motorcycle in a dressage ceremony?
Jack MacQuarrie has the answer in Bandstand.
And whose songs will Danika Lorèn be singing in Toronto’s inaugural songSLAM January 16 at Walter Hall – an event that threatens to singe the eyebrows off that often sober-sided venue?
Lydia Perović reveals all in Art of Song.
As of the date of writing this (November 26 2018) how many times has conductor Johannes Debus conducted Messiah?
Brian Chang has the handle on that in Choral Scene.
Pianists can be a handful. Which one is quoted in this month’s magazine as saying “If I were only to play Saint-Saëns for the rest of my life, I think I’ll stop playing the piano”? And how many pianists in a handful, anyway?
You can find out in Paul Ennis’ Classical and Beyond.
What instrument (or should that be implement?) will Marco Cera wield in addition to his usual oboe in Tafelmusik’s Harlequin Salon commencing January 16?
Matthew Whitfield explains in Early Music.
And what is it about the three CD sets from Mosaic Records that Steve Wallace is thinking of buying for himself for Christmas, if no-one else does, that makes them a bargain at $354 (U.S.)?
Read Jazz Notes if you dare.
You may well never have wondered what Bernice means to singer Robin Dann. And how many Danns can safely fit in one column anyway?
Colin Story answers that one in Mainly Clubs.
Come January, Rose is arose in Rose and Jenny Parr can hardly wait.
There’s pepper for the soul in Music Theatre, guaranteed.
How many Brünnhildes does it take to change an Elektra?
According to Chris Hoile in On Opera we are about to find out.
And what under the sun are a dizi, yangqin, zamba, chacarera and kamanche?
And which of them does Andrew Timar (World View) try to use in Scrabble?
From all of us at The WholeNote to all of our readers, our best wishes for this thing called the holiday season. Don’t look for a new issue in print at the beginning of January. In case you haven’t noticed, this is (for the 24th consecutive time, actually) a combined December/January issue.
You can however expect to hear from us in all our other media, digital and social, including HalfTones, our mid-month e-letter. And you’ll see us in print again at the end of January.
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