Canada Mozart: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 23.3.2019. (GN)
Otto Tausk Brings Invigorating Style to Mozart’s Last Three Symphonies
Geoffrey Newman
Glorious Mozart and Dispiriting Schubert from Bezuidenhout and the Chiaroscuro Quartet
Canada Schubert, Mozart: Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), Chiaroscuro Quartet (Alina Ibragimova and Pablo-Hernan Benedi [violins], Emilie Hörnlund [viola], Claire Thirion [cello]), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 10.3.2019. (GN)
Paul Lewis Shows Fortitude in Completing His Haydn-Beethoven-Brahms Project
Canada Haydn-Beethoven-Brahms Project – Concert IV: Paul Lewis (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 3.3.2019. (GN)
The Danish Quartet’s Search for Beethoven Style
Canada Beethoven & Nordic folk music: Danish String Quartet (Frederik Øland and Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen [violins], Asbjørn Nørgaard [viola], Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin [cello]), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 24.2.2019. (GN)
A New Goldberg Variations Highlights Kraggerud’s Night of Magic
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)
The Astonishing Filippo Gorini
Canada Beethoven, Bartók, Stockhausen: Filippo Gorini (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 17.2.2019. (GN)
Hoopes and Gullberg Jensen Expose a Different Magic in Dvořák’s Violin Concerto
Canada Mozart, Dvořák, Brahms: Chad Hoopes (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 16.2.2019. (GN)
The King’s Singers Push Forward to Their Next 50 Years
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)
