Two recent musical Brontë-related events performed in Canada that we would like to report:
1. Alessio Vlad's Jane Eyre 1996 soundtrack was performed on Toronto:
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura presents
LA DOLCE VITA: MUSIC FROM THE ITALIAN CINEMA,
M° Alessio Vlad conducts the Toronto Philharmonia in a program of major film scores.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
8:00 pm
George Weston Recital Hall - Toronto Centre for the Arts located at 5040 Yonge Street
With the support of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura the Toronto Philarmonia, directed by award-winning conductor/composer Alessio Vlad, presents a concert of major film scores from the Italian cinema.
Among the film scores are those from two films dealing with Italian history – Tea with Mussolini, Zeffirelli’s semi-autobiographical film, with music by Maestro Vlad; and Il Gattopardo (The Leopard), Visconti’s 1963 telling the story of Garibaldi and the Unification of Italy, with the score by Nino Rota. This year marks the 200th anniversary of Garibaldi’s birth in 1807.
Maestro Vlad will also conduct his scores for Forever Callas, Jane Eyre and the documentary Tuscany, all of which were directed by Zeffirelli.
Maestro Kerry Stratton, music director of the Toronto Philharmonia, will introduce the program and welcome Maestro Vlad to Toronto.
ALESSIO VLAD – Conductor and Composer
Alessio Vlad is a celebrated conductor, composer and arts administrator. More about him.
2. And in Regina, Saskatchewan, Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights met the classics.
April 28, 2007 - 8:00 PM
Regina Symphony Orchestra & Jeans'n Classics
Conexus Arts Centre
Rumours, Sweet Dreams & Wuthering Heights
Conductor: Victor Sawa
Since its inception, Jeans 'n Classics has drawn record setting crowds with its classic-rock-meets-the-symphony concert. This high-energy production entitled Rumours, Sweet Dreams & Wuthering Heights features the music of Fleetwood Mac, The Eurythmics and Kate Bush. With Lis Soderberg and Rique Franks on lead vocals, and the Jeans 'n Classic Band, this production will captivate the classic rock lover in us all.
By the way, Kate Bush is today in the (tabloid) news. The Evening Standard, in an amazing display of imagination titles the article 'Kate Bush and the war of Wuthering Heights'...
Categories: Music, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights
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