Claus Ogerman News

May listings for Roy Thomson Hall and Massey Hall: DIANA KRALL Thursday, April 30 & Friday, May 1, 2009 both at 8 PM / Massey Hall / $127 - $77 416 872 4255 / Roy Thomson Hall Box Office at King & Simcoe / www.masseyhall.com

With the beautiful Hudson River as her backdrop, Grammy winner, multi-platinum seller and 'jazz's premier female song stylist' (Billboard), Diana Krall will perform selections from her new album Quiet Nights. For this rare concert, she will perform with her quartet (including Anthony Wilson, Jeff Hamilton and Robert Hurst) and a 32-piece orchestra conducted by Alan Broadbent.

With the beautiful Hudson River as her backdrop, Grammy winner, multi-platinum seller and 'jazz's premier female song stylist' (Billboard), Diana Krall will perform selections from her new album Quiet Nights. For this rare concert, she will perform with her quartet (including Anthony Wilson, Jeff Hamilton and Robert Hurst) and a 32-piece orchestra conducted by Alan Broadbent.

Roy Thomson Hall presents Gabriella Montero Wednesday, April 1 & Thursday, April 2, 2009, both at 8 PM / GLENN GOULD STUDIO / $39.50 416 872 4255 / Roy Thomson Hall Box Office at King & Simcoe / www.roythomsonhall.com Part virtuosic classical pianist, devilish interpreter and playful improviser, Gabriela Montero left the audience awestruck at her sold out Toronto debut in 2007.

After nearly five years away from Canadian concert stages, Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist and pianist Diana Krall returns with a new tour in celebration and in support of her new Verve CD Quiet Nights, to be released in late March. To fully showcase the sumptuous arrangements of Claus Ogerman on both Quiet Nights and Krall's material from Look of Love and When I Look in Your Eyes, Ms. Krall will be accompanied in concert by her usual sidemen Anthony Wilson (guitars), Jeff Hamilton (drums), John Clayton (bass) plus a 45-piece orchestra under the direction of conductor Alan Broadbent. Influenced greatly by her many tour performances in Brazil, Ms. Krall refers to her new work as 'not coy, like Peel Me a Grape, but womanly - like you're lying in bed next to your lover and whispering this in his ear.' From Krall's refreshing version of 'Where or When', to an utterly soul-stirring rendition of 'You're My Thrill' the ten songs on Quiet Nights are disarming in their intimacy, as the music pushes unabashedly into the realm of sweet surrender. As Krall puts it, 'It's a sensual, downright erotic record, and it's intended to be that way.' Two dollars for every ticket sold to the Diana Krall 'Quiet Nights' World Tour 2009 will be proudly donated to the Heart and Stroke Foundation's 'The Heart Truth' campaign, with special thanks to founding sponsor, Becel.