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Geoffrey Newman

A Powerful Debut for the Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio

03/04/201626/03/2016 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Haydn, Chausson, Mendelssohn: Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio, Vancouver Playhouse, 20.3.2016. (GN)

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Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio

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Tantalizing Singing and Playing in Pacific Baroque’s Handel and Bach

31/03/201625/03/2016 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada  Bach, Handel: Yulia Van Doren (soprano), Douglas Williams (baritone), Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann (conductor and continuo), Vancouver Playhouse, 18.3.2016. (GN)

Vancouver Playhouse © Jan Gates
Vancouver Playhouse © Jan Gates

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Magnificent Shostakovich from the Takács Quartet

14/08/202024/03/2016 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Haydn, Shostakovich, Beethoven: Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre and Karoly Schranz, violins, Geraldine Walther, viola and András Fejér, cello), Vancouver Playhouse, 13.3.2016. (GN)

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Takács Quartet (c) Keith Saunders

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Unusual Beethoven and Stimulating Walton from Alexander Melnikov and Christopher Seaman

20/03/201617/03/2016 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Beethoven, Walton: Alexander Melnikov (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Seaman (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 12.3.2016. (GN)

Alexander Melnikov - Pianist; photo credit - Martin Lengemann.
Alexander Melnikov – Pianist; photo credit – Martin Lengemann.

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The Delight of Tafelmusik’s ‘House of Dreams’

17/03/201610/03/2016 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Handel, Vivaldi, Sweelinck, Purcell, Marais, J. S. Bach, Telemann (extracts): Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (music director), Vancouver Playhouse, 4.3.2015. (GN)

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Tafelmusik. © Jan Gates

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The Mandelring Quartett Play Berthold Goldschmidt

17/03/201610/03/2016 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Haydn, Goldschmidt, Brahms: Mandelring Quartett (Sebastian Schmidt and Nanette Schmidt, violins, Andreas Willwohl, viola, Bernhard Schmidt, cello), Vancouver Playhouse, 1.3.2016. (GN)

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Berthold Goldschmid – photograph by BBC

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Architecture and Sensibility in Richard Goode’s Bach

13/03/201605/03/2016 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Bach: Richard Goode (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, 28.2.2016. (GN)

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Richard Goode © Sasha Gusov

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Lean Intensity and Drama from the Tetzlaff Trio ̶ with Controversial Results

04/03/201627/02/2016 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Schumann, Dvořák, Brahms: Tetzlaff Trio (Christian Tetzlaff, violin; Tanja Tetzlaff, cello; Lars Vogt, piano), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 21.2.2016. (GN)

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Tetzlaff Trio

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