Music: The orchestra takes a breather

Faithful readers, if any, have perhaps been wondering since last autumn what on earth the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony sounded like when Edwin Outwater led it through a new piece by the Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry that required the musicians to listen to their own hearts through stethoscopes. Now, thanks to the CBC’s Concerts on Demand website, you can hear it, along with the rest of an entertaining program, here.

Faithful readers, if any, have perhaps been wondering since last autumn what on earth the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony sounded like when Edwin Outwater led it through a new piece by the Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry that required the musicians to listen to their own hearts through stethoscopes. Now, thanks to the CBC’s Concerts on Demand website, you can hear it, along with the rest of an entertaining program, here.