Canada Bach, Shostakovich, Beethoven: Danish String Quartet, Frederik Øland and Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violins), Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola), Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin (cello), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 19.10.2016. (GN)
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Canada Bach, Shostakovich, Beethoven: Danish String Quartet, Frederik Øland and Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violins), Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola), Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin (cello), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 19.10.2016. (GN)
MONICA HUGGETT IN CONVERSATION WITH GEOFFREY NEWMAN
If one wanted a broad picture of the evolution of historical performance, with intriguing little nuances revealed along the way, there would be few better musicians to talk to than Monica Huggett. She has been an unremitting force for four decades, well known from her early association with the Academy of Ancient Music and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, and these days as Artistic Director of the Portland and Irish Baroque Orchestras, and Adviser to the Juilliard Historical Program. This interview traces the violinist’s experiences from the time when the authentic movement was just gathering momentum. Most important are her insights about how historical performance has developed out of a number of contrasting approaches that have cross-fertilized each other. Equally interesting are her ideas on where historical scholarship and performance practice still have room to grow, what she wants to achieve from an orchestra in interpretation, and how she has maintained an undiminished inspiration all this time. The interview took place in conjunction with the Vancouver Bach Festival in August 2016, where Monica Huggett directed the Pacific Baroque Orchestra in the Complete Bach Orchestral Suites (review).
Canada Dvořák, Brahms, Enescu: Arnaud Sussmann (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra/ Cristian Măcelaru (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 1.10.2016. (GN)
Canada Morlock, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky: Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra/Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 24.9.2016. (GN)
Canada Modern Compositions and Transcriptions for Accordion: Ksenija Sidorova (accordion), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 18.9.2016. (GN)
Canada Handel and his Rivals – Amanda Forsythe (soprano): Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann (conductor), Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, 16.9.2016. (GN)
Canada Schubert, Schoenberg, Mendelssohn: Escher Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart and Aaron Boyd [violins], Pierre Lapointe [viola], Brook Speltz [cello]), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 13.9.2016. (GN)
Canada Vancouver Bach Festival 2016 – Bach: Monica Huggett (violin and director), Gonzalo Ruiz (oboe), Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, 12.8.2016. (GN)