Canada Schubert and Rihm: Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano), Chan Centre, Vancouver, BC. 28.9.2014 (GN)
Geoffrey Newman
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
Variety and Distinction in Vancouver’s 2014-2015 Concert Season
An Assured Elgar Concerto from James Ehnes
Canada Britten, Elgar, Berlioz and Respighi: James Ehnes, violin, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey, conductor; Orpheum Theatre Vancouver, 14.6.2014 (GN)
Bramwell Tovey Completes His Mahler Cycle
Mahler: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey, conductor; Orpheum Theatre Vancouver, 24.5.2014
A Revealing Age of Anxiety from Yang and Akiyama
Canada Bernstein, Barber, Copland and Gershwin: Joyce Yang, piano; Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor, Orpheum Theatre Vancouver, 10.5.2014. (GN)