Welcome to Shift, where Tom Allen takes you on a daily musical journey from the stalwarts of Classical music to the cutting edge of Contemporary tunes. Join us here on CBC music for a round-up of the stories of the day, some videos of music (or maybe just videos interesting to music fans) and a place to speak your voice.
Today, Katherine Duncan is sitting in for Tom Allen.
From now on you'll be able to stream SHIFT at your convenience in its entirety. Click on the AUDIO tab on this blog to listen.
Krystian Zimerman is a self-proclaimed perfectionist. He only plays 10% of the music he knows publicly, as the rest is not at the proper level. He's divisive and enigmatic, a true personality of the classical world. If you'd like to know more, Zimerman participated in a great interview that lets you in on his world:
If he had still been alive, composer John Weinzweig would have turned 100 years old today. We take the time on SHIFT to honour him. CBC Music has also collected 5 of his essential works for you to peruse.
This late into a Canadian winter, folks like to dream of being elsewhere. Somewhere warm. Somewhere on a mountain. Near the ocean. What would your ideal paradise look like?
You can contact us at Shift with your ideas, questions or anything else by sending us a message on our Facebook page. Through email, you can reach show producers Alison Howard alison.howard@cbc.ca, Alex Redekop alex.redekop@cbc.ca or Pete Morey peter.morey@cbc.ca