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REVIEW | A near-perfect blending of music, poetry and whimsy

By Michael Vincent on November 8, 2014

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Margaret Atwood Photo: John Lauener

By: Michael Vincent Special to the Star, Published on Sat Nov 08 2014

The Art of Time Ensemble

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The Art of Time Ensemble, with Margaret Atwood, Thom Allison, Gregory Hoskins, Carla Huhtanen. Friday, Harbourfront Centre Theatre.

In a 1950s interview with Robert Craft, Igor Stravinsky was asked to give his opinion about the use of music as accompaniment to recitation. His response: “Do not ask, sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.”

Despite Stravinsky’s misgivings, the Art of Time Ensemble (whose aim is to go beyond the classical repertoire) opened its 15th season on Friday night, with a fascinating and varied look at how music and the written word have collided and intersected throughout the ages.

Following a series of recited poems, sung poems, tone poems, poets as musicians and musicals inspired by poetry, it was a variety show approach that rapidly swung back and forth from light entertainment to deeply affecting music…

To read the rest of the review see here.

 

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