Canada 2017 VSO New Music Festival: Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 24-29.1.2017. (GN)
Unusual Variety in the Vancouver Symphony’s 2017 New Music Festival
Geoffrey Newman
Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexander Melnikov Put On a Ravishing ‘Winterlude’
Canada Vancouver ‘Winterlude’ Festival: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Vancouver Playhouse and Orpheum Annex, Vancouver, 21 & 22.1.2017. (GN)
Splendid Valedictory Strauss from Bramwell Tovey and Adrianne Pieczonka
Canada Richard Strauss: Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra/Bramwell Tovey, Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 21.1.2017. (GN)
Emanuel Ax Fashions a Crowd-Pleasing Doubleheader
Canada Beethoven, Mozart: Emanuel Ax (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 18.1.2017. (GN)
Cinematic Rachmaninoff and Soft Shostakovich from Simone Lamsma and Otto Tausk
Canada Wagner, Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff: Simone Lamsma (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 14.1.2017. (GN)
The Takács Quartet Ventures Back to Beethoven
Canada Beethoven: Takács String Quartet (Edward Dusinberre and Karoly Schranz, violins, Geraldine Walther, viola and András Fejér, cello), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 4.12.2016. (GN)
Mikhail Agrest’s Conducting Debut Reveals Impressive Musicality and Feeling
Canada Dvořák, Bruch, Tchaikovsky: Simone Porter (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra/Mikhail Agrest (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 3.12.2016. (GN)
Joyce DiDonato’s In War and Peace Brings Rejuvenation to a Troubled World
Canada Joyce DiDonato – In War and Peace: Harmony through Music: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Manuel Palazzo (dancer/choreographer), Il Pomo d’Oro / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 30.11.2016. (GN)
