Music
Mice prefer classical
Monday, October 13th, 2008Classical Music Mice [source]
• Effects of different kinds of music on mice
Suffolk, Va, high school student David Merrell finished […]
CBC Radio 2 not in Tempo - Vancouver Sun
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008Analysis:
Arthur Kaptainis, Canwest News Service
Classical music disappeared from the CBC evening schedule way back in March 2007. But with the launch of New Radio 2 this week, the daytime hours suffered.
The four shows that used to span the daylight hours have been tossed overboard in favour of two adult-contemporary mix emissions (Radio 2 Morning and […]
Letter to Prime Minister Harper from Save the CBC Radio Orchestra Committee
Monday, May 26th, 2008Dear Prime Minister Harper,
To accompany your reading of “The Kreutzer Sonata” by Tolstoy being sent to you by Mr. Yann Martel please find enclosed a recording of the Beethoven “Kreutzer” Sonata that the book title refers to (CD 2 tracks 7-9).
This set of the complete Beethoven Sonatas for Violin and Piano is performed by two […]
Letter to Prime Minister Harper from writer Yann Martel
Monday, May 26th, 2008*A couple of weeks ago, we contacted Yann Martel, the Man Booker prizewinner and asked him about his views on the disbanding of the CBC Radio Orchestra. Mr Martel had written an article in the Globe and Mail last year about the 50th anniversary of the Canada Council for the Arts and his experience along […]
Ehnes sounds off about “misguided and shortsighted” CBC- The Globe and Mail
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008The Grammy-winning violinist vents his frustration at CBC’s cuts to classical music
Special to the Globe and Mail
Colin Eatock
May 21, 2008
Canadian violinist James Ehnes comes across as an easygoing, laid-back kind of guy. Originally from Brandon, Man., he has a matter-of-fact way of expressing himself - articulate, but unadorned with drama or artistic licence.
But if his […]