Variety and Distinction in Vancouver’s 2014-2015 Concert Season

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United States Aspen Music Festival (12): Aspen Percussion Ensemble, Jonathan Haas (conductor); Juho Pohjonen (piano); Aspen Philharmonic, Stefan Jackiw (violin), James Feddeck (conductor); Alisa Weilerstein (cello); Inon Barnatan (piano). Harris Hall, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado. 4-7.8.2014 (HS)
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (2) – Schoenberg, Stravinsky: Hebrides Ensemble, Graham F. Valentine (narrator), Queen’s Hall, 9.8.2014 (SRT)
United Kingdom Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 (3) – Classical Accordion at the Fringe: Paul Chamberlain, Over-Seas House, 9.8.2014 (SRT)
United Kingdom Apollo & A Midsummer Night’s Dream (choreography by George Balanchine): Dancers of Marriinsky Ballet, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, National Youth Choirs GB Chamber Choir, Kiandra Howarth (soprano) and Anush Hovhannisyan (soprano) / Gavriel Heine (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 8.8.2014. (JPr)

United States Mostly Mozart (4):Handel, Acis and Galatea (arr. by Mozart): Mark Morris Dance Group, Mark Morris (Director and Choreographer), Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale, Nicholas McGegan (Conductor), David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, New York, 7.8.2014 (SSM)

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (1) – Schönberg, Scriabin, Debussy – The Opening Concert: Kirill Gerstein (piano), Claire Booth (soprano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Oliver Knussen (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 8.8.2014 (SRT)