Canada Schubert, Schoenberg, Mendelssohn: Escher Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart and Aaron Boyd [violins], Pierre Lapointe [viola], Brook Speltz [cello]), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 13.9.2016. (GN)
Committed Schoenberg from the Escher Quartet
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The Bach Suites Receive an Impressive Facelift from Monica Huggett and Gonzalo Ruiz
Canada Vancouver Bach Festival 2016 – Bach: Monica Huggett (violin and director), Gonzalo Ruiz (oboe), Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, 12.8.2016. (GN)
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An Authentic B Minor Mass Propelled by the Choruses
Canada Vancouver Bach Festival – Bach: Yulia Van Doren and Shannon Mercer (soprano), Krisztina Szabó and Laura Pudwell (mezzo-soprano), Charles Daniels and Philippe Gagné (tenor), Christian Immler and Sumner Thompson (bass), Les Voix Baroques, Arion Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann (conductor), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 5.8.2016. (GN)
Davitt Moroney Returns to the Art of the Fugue at the Bach Festival
Canada Vancouver Bach Festival 2016 – Bach: Davitt Moroney (harpsichord), Vancouver Bach Festival, Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, 3.8.2016. (GN)
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE CONDUCTING: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN
Inside and Outside Conducting: Geoffrey Newman Interviews Christopher Seaman
Graham Johnson Presides Over an Enterprising ‘Songfire’
Canada Schubert: Martha Guth (soprano), Tyler Duncan (baritone), Graham Johnson and Erika Switzer (piano), Roy Barnett Recital Hall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 24.6.2016. (GN)
Winning Barber and Shostakovich Usher Out a Record-Setting Season
Canada Morlock, Barber, Shostakovich: Chad Hoopes (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 11.6.2016.(GN)
A Celebration of Mahler’s 6th from Bramwell Tovey and Edward Gregson
Canada Mahler, Gregson: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 4.6.2016 (GN)
