Canada Chang, Mozart, Tchaikovsky: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Xian Zhang (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 2.11.2018. (GN)
Scintillating Tchaikovsky from Xian Zhang
Geoffrey Newman
Striking Coherence and Strength in Karen Gomyo’s Brahms
Canada Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann: Karen Gomyo (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Jeffrey Kahane (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 19.10.2018. (GN)
Delightful Sextets from the Jerusalem Quartet and Friends
Canada R. Strauss, Schoenberg, Tchaikovsky: The Jerusalem String Quartet [Alexander Pavlovsky and Sergei Bresler (violins), Ori Kam (viola), Kyril Zlotnikov (cello)], Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Amanda Forsyth (cello), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 14.10.2018. (GN)
Reconsidering Kissin
Canada Chopin, Schumann, Rachmaninoff: Evgeny Kissin (piano), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 9.10.2018. (GN)
Tausk Shines in Beethoven but Tiberghien Is Less Convincing in Bartók
Canada Kodály, Bartók, Beethoven: Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 28.9.2018. (GN)
Inspiring and Memorable Vivaldi from Enrico Onofri and Pacific Baroque
Canada Vivaldi: Enrico Onofri (violin/director), Pacific Baroque Orchestra (Chloe Meyers, leader), Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, 29.9.2018. (GN)
VSO’s Centenary Celebrations Begin with Otto Tausk, Renée Fleming and the Jussen Duo
VSO Centenary Opening Concerts – Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, (GN)
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THE GESUALDO SIX IN CONVERSATION WITH GEOFFREY NEWMAN
Owain Park talks to Geoffrey Newman
Few young British choral ensembles have climbed more readily into audiences’ affections than The Gesualdo Six, led by 24-year-old Owain Park. Formed in 2014 for a performance of Don Carlo Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday at Trinity College Cambridge, and along with Park, it features a handpicked group of England’s finest young consort singers: Guy James and Alex Chance (countertenors), Joseph Wicks and Josh Cooter (tenors), Michael Craddock (baritone) and Samuel Mitchell (bass).