Welcome to In Tune, your weekly classical news feed on CBC Radio 2. Saturdays at noon, Katherine Duncan shares the classical music and musicians people are listening to and talking about, here in Canada and around the world. Here are the stories she's covering this week:
Jeanne Lamon is retiring from Tafelmusik after 33 years with a series of special concerts and a limited edition commemorative CD.
Don't forget about Mother's Day. Even if you think it's a Hallmark holiday it's as good a day as any to thank the person who sang you to sleep as a baby.
Sad news for fans of cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. He's given up performing because of a serious neck injury.
The original manuscript for Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 is going up for auction. Imagine owning the actual score that Rachmaninoff used to conduct the premiere and the original source of a pretty famous pop tune.
Vancouver's Sound of Dragon Festival is on this weekend. It celebrates traditional Chinese music and instruments and the way Chinese artists have influenced new music composers and performers.
Who will be crowned the next Chor Leoni idol? Vancouver's male voice choir is holding a karaoke night to raise funds.
The Colorado Symphony is planning a BYOM event. Now that marijuana is legal in the state the industry is getting into corporate sponsorship. The first concert of the "Classical Cannabis: The High Note Series" is scheduled for May 23.
Canadian Running Magazine has a feature about Symphony Nova Scotia bass player Max Kasper. He and some of the other orchestra members are training for the Bluenose Marathon in Halifax, and raising funds for the SNS education programs.
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