Canada Haydn-Beethoven-Brahms Project – Concert IV: Paul Lewis (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 3.3.2019. (GN)
Paul Lewis Shows Fortitude in Completing His Haydn-Beethoven-Brahms Project
Geoffrey Newman
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)
Pražák and Zemlinsky Quartets Combine for Two Sextets and Mendelssohn’s Octet
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)
Wide-Ranging New Music Festival Adds Luster to the Vancouver Symphony’s Centenary Celebrations
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)
