Tag: Regina Leader Post

My review of "Opera for Skeptics"…

By Edward Willett in Blog
February 17, 2009
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…, the Regina Symphony Orchestra’s concert on Saturday night, is online at the LeaderPost. It begins: If the Regina Symphony Orchestra’s “Opera for Skeptics” Valentine’s Day concert was intended to convince people to fall in love with the art form, it probably failed, since very little actual opera was presented. After all, there were no …

My preview of the Regina Symphony’s "Opera for Skeptics" concert…

By Edward Willett in Blog
February 12, 2009
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…is now online at the LeaderPost. It begins: The word “opera” frightens some people, conjuring up images of giant women in breastplates and horned helmets screeching at the top of their lungs. Saturday at 8 p.m., the Regina Symphony Orchestra hopes to change that perception with its next Mosaic Masterworks Concert, Opera for Skeptics — …

My preview of the New Music in New Spaces concert…

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February 5, 2009
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…, coming up Sunday afternoon at the MacKenzie Art Gallery, is in today’s LeaderPost. An excerpt: Sunday’s concert will feature (Jeremy) Buzash and Eduard Minevich on violin; Jonathan Ward on viola; Amelia Borton on cello; Pauline Minevich on clarinet; Cecile Denis on harp and David McIntyre on piano. Titled “A Sound Vision,” the concert will …

My review of the Regina Symphony Orchestra concert with Trio Frontenac…

By Edward Willett in Blog
February 2, 2009
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…is online this morning at the LeaderPost. Here’s how it begins: Crisp execution, snappy passing, solid teamwork and an exciting finish — the Regina Symphony Orchestra’s Mosaic Masterworks concert Saturday night had it all. Sorry, what did you think I was talking about? Blame Maestro Victor Sawa for the football metaphor: he referenced the Super …

My preview of Trio Frontenac is online

By Edward Willett in Blog
January 29, 2009
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My preview of this Saturday’s concert of the Regina Symphony Orchestra, featuring Trio Frontenac, is in today’s LeaderPost. It begins: Trio Frontenac, featured in Saturday’s Regina Symphony Orchestra Mosaic Masterworks concert at the Conexus Arts Centre, may be based in Quebec City, but it’s definitely got Regina roots. To begin with, violinist Darren Lowe and …

My review of the True Jive Pluckers…

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January 19, 2009
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…is in today’s LeaderPost. It begins: In the dictionary, “eclectic” has two definitions: “Selecting what appears to be best in various doctrines, methods, or styles,” and “composed of elements drawn from various sources.” They could have added a third: “the music of the True Jive Pluckers.” Ranging from jazz to blues to Klezmer to classical, …

A True Jive Pluckers preview

By Edward Willett in Blog
January 15, 2009
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My preview of the Regina Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming Pops concert with the True Jive Pluckers is in today’s LeaderPost. An excerpt: Everything the True Jive Pluckers play is based on swing music of the late 1930s — but everything they play isn’t 1930s swing music. For the Regina Symphony Orchestra pops concert Saturday, violinist Eduard …

I preview The Stampeders…

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January 2, 2009
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Classic Canadian rock band The Stampeders (“Sweet City Woman”) plays Casino Regina on Saturday: my preview is in today’s LeaderPost. Here’s an excerpt: Remember Art Linklater’s Kids Say the Darndest Things? Members of the veteran Canadian band The Stampeders, which plays Casino Regina on Saturday night, have heard a few doozies of their own from …

A preview of Saskatchewan Express

By Edward Willett in Blog
December 4, 2008
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My preview of Saskatchewan Express‘s December show Deck the Halls, Broadway Style is in today’s Regina LeaderPost. It begins: Saskatchewan Express does a December show in Regina every year, but it doesn’t always do a Christmas show. This year, it is, and it opens tonight at the Shumiatcher Theatre in the MacKenzie Art Gallery. “I …

My review of Globe Theatre’s Anne of Green Gables…

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November 29, 2008
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…is now online at the Regina LeaderPost. An excerpt: One of the challenges for many members of the cast is the classic problem of being adults portraying children, and the one facing the greatest challenge is Toni MacRae, who plays Anne. The show would fail if the audience couldn’t suspend its disbelief enough to accept …

I itch, therefore I scratch

By Edward Willett in Science Columns
November 24, 2008
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Before you read any further, let me warn you: today’s column may cause itching. It’s got nothing to do with the ink it’s printed with, either, or mysterious radiation from your computer monitor. It’s simply because I’m going to write about the science of itching, and one of the peculiar things about itching is that …

Mozart, Mahler, Magic

By Edward Willett in Blog
November 24, 2008
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My review of Saturday’s Regina Symphony Orchestra concert is now online at the LeaderPost. An excerpt: “The Concerto for Flute and Harp “(which Sawa himself had never heard played live before now) was originally written as a piece for chamber orchestra, and thus couldn’t help but be lighter in tone. In fact, aside from two …