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The Symphony: Listening to History

Rick Phillips / December 8, 2025

A seminar series on the evolution of the symphony parallels a study of European history from the start of the […]

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by Rick Phillips, leader of our 2020 Toronto Pursuits seminar on Beethoven The major anniversaries of the births and deaths

Among the recent events marking the centenary of the end of World War I, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a

[Editor’s note: Musician, writer, and broadcaster Rick Phillips returns to Toronto Pursuits with A Symphonic Symposium. What does the symphony

My week at Classical Pursuits, Summer 2012 [editor’s note: due to a technical glitch, publication of this post was slightly

I hope you can join me for Toronto Pursuits 2012 in July for The Concerto: Studies in Contrast. We’ll be