Leila Josefowicz will play John Adams's First Violin Concerto with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in October.Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page.Key players in our classical music scene have begun to let us in on their plans for the next year.Article content
For example, at opening night of Vancouver Opera’s HMS Pinafore, general director Tom Wright outlined a tantalizing trio of productions: Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers — yes, the one with that duet! — in October; Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, given its North American premiere here in 1961, as part of the late, lamented Vancouver International Festival, and never mounted since, in February; and Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman to end the season in April/May.
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra has recently let us in on a “back to normal” season, including the return of big international names and a much more traditional and generous buffet of major classical works. Guest soloists to particularly watch out for include Hélène Grimaud, playing Brahms’ First Piano Concerto in November, and violinist Stefan Jackiw essaying Brahms’s Violin Concerto in June. And Swedish trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger visits in May.
Hélène Grimaud will perform Brahms First Piano Concerto with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in November.There are plenty of old friends and favourites to be featured, including pianist Jon Kimura Parker performing in Lenny Bernstein’s quirky symphony/concerto The Age of Anxiety in November; violinist Hilary Hahn plays Sibelius’s Violin Concerto in January.
Repertoire highlights include John Adams’s First Violin Concerto in October with Leila Josefowicz. Kaija Saariaho’s Ciel d’Hiver kicks off a December concert featuring Tchaikovsky’s “Winter Daydreams” Symphony. February will be enlivened by Berlioz’ exotic La mort de Cléopatre and Bartok’s incomparable Concerto for Orchestra.Article content
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