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Geoffrey Newman

An Elizabethan Outing Finds Stile Antico at their Finest

19/03/201714/03/2017 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Dowland, Byrd, Tallis et al: Stile Antico, Chan Centre, Vancouver, 5.3.2017. (GN)

Stile Antico © Jan Gates
Stile Antico © Jan Gates

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Danzmayr and Denk Flirt with the Revolutionary in Shostakovich and Mozart

14/03/201709/03/2017 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Shostakovich, Mozart: Jeremy Denk (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / David Danzmayr (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 4.3.2017. (GN)

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Jeremy Denk & David Danzmayr (conductor) with the VSO © Matthew Baird

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Kirill Gerstein and Garrick Ohlsson Revel in Different Approaches to Brahms’ Concertos

07/03/201705/03/2017 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Brahms, Schoenberg: Kirill Gerstein (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra/Lahav Shani (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 18.2.2016. (GN)

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Kirill Gerstein and Lahav Shani at the piano © Matthew Baird

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A Stunning Debut for Conductor Constantin Trinks

22/02/201718/02/2017 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Prokofiev, Dvořák: Juho Pohjonen (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Constantin Trinks (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 5.2.2016. (GN)

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Constantin Trinks and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra © Matthew Baird

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Monica Huggett and the Pacific Baroque Explore the Paris of Joseph Bologne

17/02/201711/02/2017 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Bologne, Leclair, Mozart, Haydn: Monica Huggett, Chloe Myers & Linda Melsted (violins), Pacific Baroque Orchestra / Alexander Weimann (conductor), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 4.2.2017. (GN)

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Monica Huggett, Alexander Weimann and the Pacific Baroque Orchestra © Jan Gates

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Unusual Variety in the Vancouver Symphony’s 2017 New Music Festival

11/02/201708/02/2017 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada 2017 VSO New Music Festival: Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 24-29.1.2017. (GN)

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Reginald L. Mobley (alto) and Pacific Baroque Orchestra © Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

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Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexander Melnikov Put On a Ravishing ‘Winterlude’

05/02/201730/01/2017 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Vancouver ‘Winterlude’ Festival: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Vancouver Playhouse and Orpheum Annex, Vancouver, 21 & 22.1.2017. (GN)

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Jean Guihen Queyras (c) Marco Borggreve

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Splendid Valedictory Strauss from Bramwell Tovey and Adrianne Pieczonka

02/02/201725/01/2017 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Richard Strauss: Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra/Bramwell Tovey, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 21.1.2017. (GN)

Bramwell Tovey © Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey © Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

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