SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, BROADCASTS, AND THEATRE
Canada Grieg, Svendsen, Kraggerud, J. S. Bach: Jason Ho (violin), Victor de Almeida (viola), Zoltan Rosznyai (cello), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Henning Kraggerud (violin/director), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 22.2.2019. (GN)
Canada Beethoven, Bartók, Stockhausen: Filippo Gorini (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 17.2.2019. (GN)
Canada Mozart, Dvořák, Brahms: Chad Hoopes (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 16.2.2019. (GN)
Canada Royal Blood: Music of King Henry VIII: The King’s Singers (Patrick Dunachie and Edward Button [countertenors], Julian Gregory [tenor], Christopher Bruerton and Nick Ashby [baritones], Jonathan Howard [bass]), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 9.2.2019. (GN)
Canada Dvořák , Schulhoff, Mendelssohn: Pražák Quartet (Jana Vonášková and Vlastimil Holek [violins], Josef Kluson [viola], Michal Kanka [cello]) and Zemlinsky Quartet (František Souček and Petr Střížek [violins], Petr Holman [viola], Vladimír Fortin [cello]), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 29.1.2019. (GN)
Canada 2019 VSO New Music Festival: Nathalie Paulin (soprano), Vern Griffiths (percussion), New York Polyphony, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor), Orpheum Theatre and Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, 16-19.1.2019. (GN)
Canada Mozart, Janáček, Schubert: Ehnes Quartet [James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz-Moretti (violins), Richard O’Neill (viola), Edward Arron (cello)], Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 22.1.2019. (GN)
THE GREAT CANADIAN ARTISTS: AN INTERVIEW WITH MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN
Pianist Marc-André Hamelin has emerged as one of the marvels of the twenty-first century. Few living pianists can match his transparency of articulation, rhythmic and tonal control and cunning virtuoso strength, and these characteristics are resoundingly illustrated in his recordings and concert performances of a vast range of nineteenth- and twentieth-century repertoire. His early – and indeed enduring – contribution lay in bringing technically-challenging works of lesser known and often forgotten composers to public attention, placing them on the world stage in the best light for others to absorb and study. In recent years, he has applied his interpretative and technical acumen to more mainstream literature with great success.