Varying variations: Elgar and Vaughan Williams in Toronto

Par Gianmarco Segato, 16 octobre 2023

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“rich, burnished string tone announced the main tune that undergoes five uninterrupted variations”

Critique faite à Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, le 14 octobre 2023

Wijeratne, Polyphonic Lively

Vaughan Williams, Five variants of Dives and Lazarus

Copland, Concerto pour clarinette

Elgar, Variations Enigma, Op.36

Trevor Wilson, Direction

Eric Abramovitz, Clarinette

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Gianmarco Segato

Arts writer, administrator and singer Gianmarco Segato is Assistant Editor for La Scena Musicale. He was Associate Artist Manager for opera at Dean Artists Management and, from 2017-2022, Editorial Director of Opera Canada magazine. Previous to that he was Adult Programs Manager with the Canadian Opera Company. Gianmarco is an intrepid classical music traveler with a special love of Prague and Budapest as well as an avid cyclist and cook.

Varying variations: Toronto Symphony Orchestra presents Elgar and Vaughan Williams