# Gig Announcement - Le Ministre de l'au-delá's concert - "21st Century Troubadour" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 11, 2011, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gig-announcement-le-ministre-de-lau-delas-concert-21st-century-troubadour/581506 "2011-05-11T12:16:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gig-announcement-le-ministre-de-lau-delas-concert-21st-century-troubadour/581506/1 "2011-05-11T12:16:13Z")
I’d like to let any Dopers in the Greater Toronto Area know about a concert I’m doing at 12 Noon on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011. > [@](#): > > 21st Century Troubadour - a free, noon hour concert of self-accompanied music for Baritone and Guitar, featuring Doug MacNaughton. At the [Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre](http://www.coc.ca/performancesandtickets/freeconcertseries.aspx) at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON. This is the new opera house which opened in the fall of 2006; not to be confused with ‘The Opera House’, which is a bar/club on The Danforth. > > The program includes - > ‘The Road Goes Ever On’ (1967) - music by Donald Swann, poetry of J. R. R. Tolkien > ‘Beckett Songs’ (2008) - music by John Beckwith, poetry of Samuel Beckett: commissioned by Doug MacNaughton > ‘The Truth of Matter’ (2010) - music by William Beauvais, poetry of Linda Hogan: commissioned by Doug MacNaughton > ‘Flower Arranger’ (2010) - music by Leslie Uyeda, poetry of Joy Kogawa: commissioned by Doug MacNaughton. A world premiere. > ‘Five O’Clock Bells’ (1977) - music and poetry by Lenny Breau. I’ve been working on performing this kind of repertoire for a couple of years now, and it’s very exciting to be presenting a full concert of it in this venue - I’m honoured to say I knew [Richard Bradshaw](http://www.thestar.com/News/Obituary/article/247254). If I’m very lucky, some of you might be able to make it to the performance. (I asked The Mods’ permission before posting this, and it was kindly granted.) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gig-announcement-le-ministre-de-lau-delas-concert-21st-century-troubadour/581506/2 "2011-05-11T12:22:30Z")
_Official SDMB Blurb_: I got to see a back-channel clip of \*\*Le Ministre \*\*working through a couple of these pieces. The music is wonderful, ambient, rich - and the lyrics and vocal interpretation beautiful. Fascinating to see a trained professional stretch themselves with new work. Wish I was closer by, sir - break a string!! ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gig-announcement-le-ministre-de-lau-delas-concert-21st-century-troubadour/581506/3 "2011-05-11T12:31:20Z")
Which reminds me, I never had a chance to give you my thoughts on the “back-channel clips” as **WordMan** says. Great music, well sung. Alas, Toronto is a bit of a drive. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gig-announcement-le-ministre-de-lau-delas-concert-21st-century-troubadour/581506/4 "2011-05-11T13:44:41Z")
Congratulations, break a string, and so on. Wish I could be there. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gig-announcement-le-ministre-de-lau-delas-concert-21st-century-troubadour/581506/5 "2011-05-11T22:14:07Z")
Any chance of a recording, or web broadcast? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gig-announcement-le-ministre-de-lau-delas-concert-21st-century-troubadour/581506/6 "2011-05-11T23:12:19Z")
Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gig-announcement-le-ministre-de-lau-delas-concert-21st-century-troubadour/581506/7 "2011-05-12T00:48:48Z")
Wish I could be there, but sadly, I cannot. Have a great performance though! ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gig-announcement-le-ministre-de-lau-delas-concert-21st-century-troubadour/581506/8 "2011-05-12T14:41:14Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Any chance of a recording, or web broadcast? Actually, that’s a very good question - I haven’t investigated recording at all! I’ll get on it. (Eeek! One more thing to deal with! My head’s going to explode!) Longer term, yes, I have plans of a CD and DVD, as I’m hoping I can turn this into a concert series, especially as I add more established 17th, 18th and 19th century repertoire. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gig-announcement-le-ministre-de-lau-delas-concert-21st-century-troubadour/581506/9 "2011-05-13T06:17:53Z")
For this concert, will there be any recording? Perhaps we could eventually find it on YouTube or similar? If not, I understand. A little more warning next time, **Le Ministre** , and we’ll do our best to be there! ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gig-announcement-le-ministre-de-lau-delas-concert-21st-century-troubadour/581506/10 "2011-05-19T19:31:24Z")
So here’s the deal - I can have an archival audio recording, and I might be able to get an archival video recording, but I can’t do anything with them other than listen to/watch them myself. To be allowed to show them to anyone would involve a 5-hour minimum call for the IATSE crew in this venue. That will cost more money than I’ve got, (esp. with only the concert for income and a lot of outlay thus far.) so I will have to do a separate audio/video recording in a different location sometime this summer for my potential grants applications and self-promotion. I’ll keep you guys posted, though. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gig-announcement-le-ministre-de-lau-delas-concert-21st-century-troubadour/581506/11 "2011-05-24T22:10:08Z")
So, how did it go? Good crowd? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gig-announcement-le-ministre-de-lau-delas-concert-21st-century-troubadour/581506/12 "2011-05-25T02:37:04Z")
Very good crowd, quite enthusiastic. It went very well, if I dare say so myself. I haven’t worked up the nerve to listen to the recording yet; I **hate** , like the gates of Hell, listening to myself. Of the three composers, two were there to listen and they were both very happy. (Leslie Uyeda is in Vancouver, and I explained that if I had the money to fly her to Toronto for 5 minutes of music, I’d rather spend that money commissioning more music from her. She thought that was a better idea.) I haven’t been that nervous about a performance in years! Better still, I’m in negotiations for another of these concerts later in the summer, and today’s presenter at least didn’t run screaming from the room when I suggested another one next year. Next step - putting some promotional DVD and CD recordings together, and putting some of it up on YouTube in the next couple of months. And when I do, I’ll be sure to throw a link up here on the Dope. Tomorrow, I have to pick and work on repertoire for three performances on Thursday at three seniors’ residences, for the Health Arts Society. Tonight, though, I’m changing the strings on Tristan, my baritone classical guitar, and enjoying (what I hope you will excuse me for calling) a well-earned glass of single malt. There’s the last of the Bruichladdich… Slainte! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gig-announcement-le-ministre-de-lau-delas-concert-21st-century-troubadour/581506/13 "2011-05-25T04:21:17Z")
grats on a good gig! ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gig-announcement-le-ministre-de-lau-delas-concert-21st-century-troubadour/581506/14 "2011-05-25T05:25:09Z")
Bravo! Bravo!