The Ottawa Symphony's final concert of the season was dedicated to the celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. It consisted entirely of music by Jewish composers, mostly that of Leonard Bernstein, but beginning with The Hour Has Come by the late Toronto composer, Srul Irving Glick.
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What do you get if you mix approximately equal parts of Tchaikovsky and Brahms? Why Rachmaninov, of course, and this composers Second Symphony was the major work on last night’s Ottawa Symphony Orchestra program in Southam Hall.
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In the planning stages of Opera Lyra Ottawa's 23rd season, Artistic Director Tyrone Paterson sought an opera that was outside the "popular" repertoire but still had recognizable tunes for this season's opera-in-concert. Mignon, by Ambroise Thomas fit the bill perfectly.
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Clearford Industries Inc. and Touchstone on Lake Muskoka Inc. announced a right-to-use license agreement to implement the Small Bore Sewer wastewater collection system.
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Paramount Gold Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that they have retained the services of Bradley - MDH to conduct its exploratory drilling program at the Santos property in Peru. This project is under option by Paramount Gold Mining Corp.'s Peruvian subsidiary Cia. Minera Paramount SAC from Teck Cominco Peru S.A. and is part of the Andean Gold Alliance agreement signed with Teck Cominco Limited in May 2006, for certain exploration properties in Chile, Argentina and Peru.
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MOSAID Technologies Inc. Today announced that it will host a conference call on Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 10 a.m. EST to present its full assessment of the wireless patent portfolio recently acquired from Agere Systems and the significant opportunity it affords the Company.
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Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. today announced the appointment of Dr. Adam Chowaniec to the Board of Directors.
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It must have looked nice from the Southam Hall stage: The Ottawa Symphony Orchestra gave its third concert of the season and the musicians, rather than looking out at hundreds of empty seats, found themselves in the presence of the largest OSO audience this reviewer can remember.
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