We’ve made the difficult decision to cancel all concerts scheduled to occur in the first half of the 2020-21 Season. The eleven cancelled concerts include, in chronological order: soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci, The Jerusalem Quartet playing all the Beethoven Quartets … Continue reading
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Listening to Barack Obama's eulogy at Congressman John Lewis's funeral last week caused Leila to examine the ways in which we respond to the powers of speech and music. Plus, pianist Paul Lewis has just released a new Beethoven album: Für Elise, Bagatelles, Opp. 33, 119 & 126. Read these stories and more in this week's e-news...
Our Beyond the Concert Hall conversations on YouTube are referenced in this article in The Vancouver Sun. Also, David Gordon Duke chats with Bill Palant, managing director of Etude Arts in New York about the challenges posed by COVID.
Vancouver Recital Society posts series of provocative conversations
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Group also joined distinguished company in sponsoring a series of new concerts streamed from Berlin’s renowned Pierre Boulez Saal.In this week's e-news, we share Leila's video chat with Dr. Thomas Yu, a practicing periodontist based in Calgary, and the First Prize Winner of the 2016 Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition. Plus, the subject of blind auditions has prompted some strong opinions... we share a couple of opposing views. And, as always, we're sharing the music we're listening to right now: bit.ly/2P8cRQM
VRS concerts in the months of March, April and May are cancelled due to COVID-19
Posted onUDATE March 18, 2020 Given the precautionary measures being taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and the projection that social distancing may continue for the next few months, we have decided to cancel the remaining concerts in our 2019-20 … Continue reading
Program Notes: Benjamin Grosvenor
Posted onJean-Philippe Rameau Gavotte and Variations in A minor The modern pianist seeking to play the Baroque harpsichord repertoire faces many obstacles, starting with the friendly fire of his own trusty Steinway itself, so different in sound from the perky little … Continue reading
Program Notes: Schumann Quartet
Posted onWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quartet in D major K. 499 “Hoffmeister” Mozart’s most accomplished string quartets are generally considered to be the ten he wrote after moving to Vienna in 1781, beginning with the set of six dedicated to Haydn, published … Continue reading
Program Notes: Steven Osborne and Paul Lewis
Posted onGabriel Fauré Dolly Suite Op. 56 In the 1890s Gabriel Fauré would often compose or revise small pieces for the infant daughter of his mistress Emma Bardac (1862-1934). These affectionate pieces celebrated a birthday, a pet, or a special person … Continue reading
Program Notes: Yuja Wang
Posted onBaldassare Galuppi Andante from the Sonata in C major The Venetian musician Baldassare Galuppi was one of the most successful composers of the 18th century. While his prodigious output of vocal music, comprising more than 100 operas, did not survive … Continue reading
Program Notes: Doric String Quartet with Marc-André Hamelin
Posted onJean Sibelius Quartet in D minor Op. 56 Voces Intimae Sibelius’ Quartet in D minor was completed in 1909 and has five movements, symmetrically arranged in an arch form around the lyrical third-movement Adagio, with scherzos on either side separating … Continue reading
Notice of the Vancouver Recital Society’s AGM
Posted onNOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS OF THE VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETY (the “Society”). The Board of Directors of the Society hereby gives notice that the Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held at the Vancouver Playhouse … Continue reading
Program Notes: Faust Queyras Melnikov Trio
Posted onLudwig van Beethoven Kakadu Variations in G major Op. 121a Beethoven’s Kakadu Variations comprise an introduction and 10 variations on a popular theme from the Viennese stage. It has a compositional history that extends over more than two decades, with a … Continue reading
Program Notes: Lucas & Arthur Jussen
Posted onJohann Sebastian Bach Three Chorale Preludes (arr. György Kurtág) The chorale, a hymn setting of pious verse in simple note values, was a central element in Lutheran liturgical practice, whether sung in unison by the congregation, in four-part harmony by … Continue reading