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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We've made the difficult decision to cancel all our fall concerts. Details are in this week's e-newsletter...
In this week's e-news, we spare a thought for an oft-overlooked group within the music business: artist managers. Plus, we're sharing more of the music that moves us.
In this week's e-news, Leila Getz chats with Steven Osborne, Paul Lewis reveals how he's been keeping himself busy during the lockdown, and we share more of the music we love: bit.ly/3d4WEFy
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