Arts & Culture

The nominees for the 52nd Juno Awards were announced earlier this morning.

Returning to the Alberta capital for the first time in nearly two decades, the Juno Awards will be handed out on Monday, March 13, 2023. 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE) 

January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month in Canada. A time for individuals to learn more about dementia and its impact on Canadians.

As the month draws to a close, Classic 107 was curious to hear more about the impact of music on the brain and welcomed registered music therapist Naomi Friesen to the studio for a conversation.  

Johann Joachim Quantz is a name best known amongst flute players.

For the uninitiated (admittedly, most of us), the eighteenth-century German-born composer is considered to be one of the great innovators of the instrument. He wrote hundreds of flute sonatas and concertos to showcase his own talent, impressing the likes of Bach, Haydn and Mozart. 

On January 13th,  Canadian pianist Francine Kay released her latest album on the Analekta record label called “Things Lived and Dreamt”.  

A new exhibit at MHC Gallery introduces its audience to thinking critically about different types of change with moments of time and personal struggles.

Grief and Grievance: Sites of Change opens today at 7:30 p.m. at the Mennonite Heritage Centre (MHC) Gallery which includes works from two artists; "Protest" by Briony Haig, and "The Grief Project," by Barb Bottle.

This weekend, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra presents Peer Gynt. A drama, written in verse, by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen with incidental music scored by Edvard Grieg.  

Premiered in 1867, the work presented by the WSO has been adapted by contemporary actor, producer, and writer John de Lancie – who serves as narrator – and features special guests: the University of Manitoba Singers and a pair of soprano Singer alums, Andrea Lett and Julie Lumsden.  

The wily and omnipotent Q in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The grief-stricken Don Margolis in Breaking Bad. The voice of Discord in My Little Pony. The troubled Eugene Bradford in Days of Our Lives.  

These are but a few of the many roles portrayed by the venerable American actor, director, producer, writer John de Lancie.  

The city’s foremost daytime concert and lecture series – Music N Mavens – returns to the Rady JCC.