{"id":149354,"date":"2018-01-28T21:33:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T02:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=149354"},"modified":"2018-01-28T21:33:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T02:33:19","slug":"it-should-be-white-and-red-for-canada-hannigan-marks-grammy-win-with-vino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/28\/it-should-be-white-and-red-for-canada-hannigan-marks-grammy-win-with-vino\/","title":{"rendered":"‘It should be white and red’ for Canada: Hannigan marks Grammy win with vino"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hannigan recruited Amsterdam’s Ludwig Orchestra to perform with her on “Crazy Girl Crazy.” (Photo<\/a>: Barbara Hannigan\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nova Scotia soprano Barbara Hannigan toasted her first Grammy Award with a glass of wine in Hamburg, Germany.<\/p>\n

While it’s an ocean away from music’s biggest night in New York, Hannigan said that didn’t stop her from cracking open a bottle to celebrate her win for classical solo vocal album.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s a drag that I’m all alone, but I’m still dancing around,\u201d the contemporary opera singer said in a phone call from her apartment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m having a glass of wine. It’s white. It should be white and red for the Canadian flag, actually.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hannigan wasn’t able to make the Grammys because she was coming off opening night for her latest opera.<\/p>\n

She also wasn’t expecting her album \u201cCrazy Girl Crazy\u201d to take home a golden gramophone.<\/p>\n

The singer considered the project an outlier among her fellow nominees, partly because she played roles as vocalist, co-arranger and conductor. It’s the sort of complex multi-tasking few musicians are willing to take on.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was facing the orchestra while we were recording,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

There was \u201ca microphone in front of me … plus a microphone taped to my forehead, plus I’m conducting them and singing at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hannigan, who was born in Waverley, N.S., started conducting after others suggested her \u201cnatural leadership quality\u201d would translate well into the role.<\/p>\n

She \u201cthen tried singing and conducting at the same time,\u201d she said. \u201cIt just became part of my life quite quickly and in a very special way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hannigan recruited Amsterdam’s Ludwig Orchestra to perform with her on \u201cCrazy Girl Crazy.\u201d She said the orchestra has only existed for about a decade, which makes the Grammy win especially meaningful.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor them to be with me and that we win this Grammy together it’s very special,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it will open a lot of doors for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hannigan was one of four Canadians to score Grammys in the pre-telecast awards ceremony.<\/p>\n

The Weeknd’s \u201cStarboy\u201d picked up best urban contemporary album, giving the Toronto performer his third Grammy.<\/p>\n

Leonard Cohen’s song \u201cYou Want It Darker\u201d received a Grammy for best rock performance. Taken from his album of the same name, it marks the first solo Grammy win for the late Montreal singer-songwriter, who died in November 2016.<\/p>\n

He previously won for his contribution to \u201cRiver: The Joni Letters\u201d and a received a lifetime achievement award at the 2010 ceremony.<\/p>\n

Sound engineer Charles Moniz, who grew up in Burlington, Ont., pocketed a Grammy for his work on \u201c24K Magic\u201d by Bruno Mars. The album scored best engineered album, non-classical.<\/p>\n

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