Canada Beethoven, Arensky, Rachmaninoff, Brahms: Trio Shaham-Erez-Wallfisch (Hagai Shaham, violin, Arnon Erez, piano, Raphael Wallfisch, cello), Vancouver Playhouse, 3.11.2015. (GN)
Musicality and Spirit from Trio Shaham-Erez-Wallfisch in Vancouver
Geoffrey Newman
Jorge Luis Prats Initially Flirts with Disaster but Finishes Magnificently
Canada Villa-Lobos, Albeniz, Chopin, Ravel, Cervantes: Jorge Luis Prats (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, 30.10.2015 (GN)
Caroline Goulding and Raphaël Sévère Captivate as ‘New Generation’ Artists
Canada Bach, Beethoven, Debussy and Bartók: Caroline Goulding (violin), Wenwen Du (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, 1.11.2015 (GN)
Borodin, Lutoslawski, Debussy, Berg and Bernstein: Raphaël Sévère (clarinet), Paul Montag (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, 25.10.2015 (GN)
The Intrigue of the Paganini Variations: World Premiere of Poul Ruders’ Piano Concerto no. 3
Canada Ruders, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky and Sibelius: Anne-Marie McDermott (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 24.10.2015 (GN)
The Dover Quartet Rides Even Higher
Canada Dvorak, Berg and Beethoven: Dover Quartet (Joel Link and Bryan Lee, violins, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola, Camden Shaw, cello), Vancouver Playhouse, 20.10.2015 (GN)
Adventure, But Only Qualified Success, in Jeremy Denk’s Experiment
Canada J.S. Bach, Schumann, Haydn et al: Jeremy Denk (piano), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 18.10.2015 (GN)
The Pavel Haas Quartet Notch up to Wondrous Heights in Vancouver
Canada Prokofiev, Beethoven and Bartok: Pavel Haas Quartet (Veronika Jarůšková and Marek Zwiebel, violins; Pavel Nikl, viola; Peter Jarůšek, cello), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 11.10.2015 (GN)
Bruce Dickey on the Cornetto and the Vespers
Bruce Dickey on the Cornetto and the Vespers
For four decades, Bruce Dickey has almost single-handedly pioneered the resurgence of the cornetto, an instrument forgotten for centuries but absolutely essential to faithful historical performance. He has been a fixture at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, leading new students of the instrument forward. In 2000, the Historic Brass Society awarded him the prestigious Christopher Monk Award for ‘his monumental work in cornetto performance, historical performance practice and musicological scholarship’.