Check out this exciting article
about Suzie LeBlanc and the Elizabeth Bishop Legacy Recording project which
appeared today on the wesbite Musical
Toronto. The article is written by John Terauds. It highlights the
fund-raising concert taking place in Toronto
on Friday.
There is even more to update!:
We are excited to say that the
final recording session for the Elizabeth Bishop Legacy Recording occurred
yesterday and today (27-28 November). The first two sessions took place at St.
David’s Church in Halifax, N.S.,
but a technical issue (the timpani could not fit through the door at St.
David’s!) moved the final recording to Chezzetcook,
N.S., an Acadian settlement east of Halifax. It took place in
historic St. Anselms church.
Just to remind you, the Elizabeth
Bishop Legacy Recording is comprised of settings of Bishop’s poems by Canadian
composers Emily Doolittle, Christos Hatzis, Alasdair MacLean and John Plant.
Along with Suzie LeBlanc, there is a stellar cast of musicians involved:
composer/musician/conductor Dinuk Wijeratne, the Blue Engine String Quartet,
and other musicians from Symphony Nova Scotia.
The producer/technicians John S.D. Adams and Rod Snedden have guided these
sessions from the beginning.
This final recording session
marks a major milestone in the project. An amazing team – a community, really –
has come together to move the process along to this stage. There is still a lot
of work to do before this amazing music can be shared with the world. The
winter will be focused on editing, mixing, all that post-production work. All
this means that there is also still a need for us to raise funds.
Suzie LeBlanc and some very
special guests will give a presentation about the Elizabeth Bishop Legacy
Recording at a fund-raiser for the project in Toronto on Friday – this coming Friday, 30
November!! The event will take place at the Canadian Music Centre (Chalmers
House), at 20 St.
Joseph Street, Toronto,
from 5:30 to 7:00. If you are in Toronto
and able to attend, Suzie would be thrilled to see you. [See the posts below for more information about this event.]
If you are not able to attend and
would like to contribute to help make the Elizabeth Bishop Legacy Recording a
reality, you can find out more information at:
The Elizabeth Bishop Society of Nova Scotia and Suzie
LeBlanc want to thank all those who have contributed so far. We want to thank
the amazing composers, musicians and technicians who have put so much
creativity and energy into this recording. We can’t wait to share this glorious
music with you all.
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