Show Me The Way

CDR-226-Cover-WEBShow Me The Way is a new double CD from baritone Will Liverman, pianist Jonathan King and various collaborators featuring vocal works by female American composers.  It draws on a wide range of influences from Ella Fitzgerald to Will’s mother.

There are several song cycles; some composed for the album or not previously recorded.  There’s A Sable Jubilee with music by Jasmine Barnes and text by Tesia Kwarteng.  It’s a celebration of “blackness” in various moods incorporating jazz influences into a complex tonal structure.  It’s beautifully sung by Liverman and very skilfully accompanied by King on piano. Continue reading

Filling big shoes

Sondra Radvanovsky was due to give a recital in Koerner Hall on Thursday night but she cancelled due to illness.  Toronto Summer Music did extremely well to find a replacement of the calibre of American mezzo J’nai Bridges at such short notice.  While many people turned their tickets in for refunds and others, it seems, just didn’t show up, those who did were treated to a performance by Ms. Bridges, accompanied by the ever reliable Rachel Kerr, that most certainly did not disappoint.

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