Canada Britten, Liebermann and Ravel: Emerson Quartet (Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer, violins, Lawrence Dutton, viola, Paul Watkins, cello), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, BC. 7.10.2014. (GN)
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Bramwell Tovey in a Deeply-Felt Vaughan Williams Fourth
Canada Walton, Butterworth, Elgar and Vaughan Williams: Ariel Barnes (cello), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC, 4.10.2014. (GN)
Barnatan Poetic in Brahms Season Opener
Canada Brahms, R. Strauss, and Kelly-Marie Murphy: Inon Barnatan (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC. 27.9.2014 (GN)
Compelling Artistry from Gerhaher in ‘The Art of the Lied’
Canada Schubert and Rihm: Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano), Chan Centre, Vancouver, BC. 28.9.2014 (GN)
Conversation with the Dover Quartet
A Conversation with the Dover Quartet The young Dover Quartet won not only the Grand Prize but all three Special Prizes at the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition, and received top prizes at the Fischoff and the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competitions. Originally formed at the Curtis Institute of Music, the group … Read more
Dover Quartet Balances Technical Aplomb with Emotional Expression
Canada Beethoven and Vivian Fung: Dover Quartet (Joel Link and Bryan Lee, violins; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola; Camden Shaw, cello), Koerner Hall, Vancouver Academy of Music, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 18.9.2014. (GN)
A Triumph for Il Trionfo del Tempo
Canada Handel, Il Trinfo del Tempo e del Disinganno: Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Krisztina Szabó (soprano), Reginald L. Mobley (alto), Colin Balzer (tenor), Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann (conductor), Chan Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, 7.8.2014 (GN)