The opening selection from Andreas Scholl’s latest CD featuring Bach cantatas is Ich habe gunug, (I have enough).  While the line refers to the singer and their faith in God and Jesus, that their faith is enough to fulfill … Continue reading →

Canadian Brass Takes Flight After a career spanning four decades, more than one hundred recordings, two million albums sold and thousands of performances, Canadian Brass release Takes Flight, their latest CD on Opening Day Records. Eighty percent of their members … Continue reading →

Liszt: Wild and Crazy As we celebrate Franz Liszt’s 200th  – Liszt 200, the record industry code-name -  most of us conjure up the  great music the man wrote; those thundering Hungarian Rhapsody’s, the serene Consolations and  those concert staples, … Continue reading →

The Stabat Mater is a poem used in the Roman liturgy, its full title being Stabat mater dolorosa meaning  “sorrowfully his mother stood”, referring to Mother Mary.  Although the subject matter is sad, the music that Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) … Continue reading →

A zephyr is blowing in from the Adriatic, originating on the Montenegro side. Whirling  across Europe and now reaching our shores, let’s call this gust Miloš. To be more specific Miloš Karadaglić , the 28 year old guitarist from the … Continue reading →

Allessandro Striggio / Mass in 40 Parts -   Decca  B001535600 Allessandro Striggio  – not exactly a household name for music lovers; but one whose name is gaining some fame, albeit about 420 years too late for the poor man to … Continue reading →

Welcome everyone Just a short introduction. My name is Thom McKercher and I am the Director of Classics at Universal Music in Canada. I look forward to posting a blog a few times a week that will highlight some of … Continue reading →