Canada Schubert, Brahms, Turnage, Ravel: Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio [Nicola Benedetti (violin), Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Alexei Grynyuk (piano)], Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 8.4.2018. (GN)
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A Bernstein Celebration Enriches the 2018 VSO Spring Festival
Canada Bernstein, Mahler, R. Strauss: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Bramwell Tovey (conductor). (GN)
Ample Delights Mark the 2018 Juno Awards Classical Showcase
Canada 2018 Juno Awards Classical Showcase: Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano)/Robert Koenig (piano)a, Philippe Sly (baritone)/ John Charles Britton (guitar)b, Johannes Moser (cello)c, Jan Lisiecki (piano)d, Mark McGregor (flute)/Rachel Iwaasa (piano)e, David Gillham (violin)/Corey Hamm (piano)f, ARC Ensembleg, Paolo Pietropaolo (host), CBC Studio 1, Vancouver, 24.3.2018. (GN)
A Festival of Goldbergs: Angela Hewitt and Schaghajegh Nosrati
Canada Bach, Goldberg Variations: Angela Hewitt (piano), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 7.3.2018; Schaghajegh Nosrati (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 18.3.2018. (GN)
A Glowing Bruckner Third Symphony from Michael Sanderling
Canada Wagner, Bruckner, Mendelssohn: David Fray (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Michael Sanderling. Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 3.3.2018. (GN)
More Exalted Pianism from Marc-André Hamelin
Canada Liszt, Debussy, Feinberg, Godowsky: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 4.3.2018. (GN)
‘New’ Szymanowski Quartet Brings Strength and Beauty to Mozart String Quintets
Canada Mozart: Szymanowski Quartet [Agata Szymczewska and Robert Kowalski (violins), Volodia Mykytka (viola), Monika Leskovar (cello)] with Richard O’Neill (second viola), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 18 and 20.2.2018. (GN)
Jan Lisiecki Finds Pianistic Splendour in the Morning
Canada Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Chopin: Jan Lisiecki (piano), Koerner Hall, Vancouver Academy of Music, Vancouver, 14.2.2018. (GN)