Canada Prokofiev, Dvořák: Juho Pohjonen (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Constantin Trinks (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 5.2.2016. (GN)
A Stunning Debut for Conductor Constantin Trinks
Geoffrey Newman
Monica Huggett and the Pacific Baroque Explore the Paris of Joseph Bologne
Canada Bologne, Leclair, Mozart, Haydn: Monica Huggett, Chloe Myers & Linda Melsted (violins), Pacific Baroque Orchestra / Alexander Weimann (conductor), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 4.2.2017. (GN)
Unusual Variety in the Vancouver Symphony’s 2017 New Music Festival
Canada 2017 VSO New Music Festival: Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 24-29.1.2017. (GN)
Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexander Melnikov Put On a Ravishing ‘Winterlude’
Canada Vancouver ‘Winterlude’ Festival: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Vancouver Playhouse and Orpheum Annex, Vancouver, 21 & 22.1.2017. (GN)
Splendid Valedictory Strauss from Bramwell Tovey and Adrianne Pieczonka
Canada Richard Strauss: Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra/Bramwell Tovey, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 21.1.2017. (GN)
Emanuel Ax Fashions a Crowd-Pleasing Doubleheader
Canada Beethoven, Mozart: Emanuel Ax (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 18.1.2017. (GN)
Cinematic Rachmaninoff and Soft Shostakovich from Simone Lamsma and Otto Tausk
Canada Wagner, Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff: Simone Lamsma (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 14.1.2017. (GN)
The Takács Quartet Ventures Back to Beethoven
Canada Beethoven: Takács String Quartet (Edward Dusinberre and Karoly Schranz, violins, Geraldine Walther, viola and András Fejér, cello), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 4.12.2016. (GN)
