Johannes Brahms 7 Fantasies Op. 116 If the word fantasy implies improvisation and free association of thoughts, then the collection of three capricci and four intermezzi that Brahms published under the title Fantasien in 1892 are misnamed, as they are … Continue reading
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Limited tickets remain for the Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio's performance this Sunday, and a new Music for Munchkins concert has just been announced. Here's what's happening at the VRS...
Limited tickets available for the Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio
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This Sunday, we present our final concert of the 2018-2019 Season: the Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio at the Vancouver Playhouse. We have a limited number of tickets left for this performance — so if you'd like to join us, don't delay! The program includes pieces by Mozart, Shostakovich, and Schumann..."Fans of exceptional chamber playing have a major event to look forward to at the end of this season: a performance for the Vancouver Recital Society by the Tetzlaff/Tetzlaff/Vogt Trio."
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Making your own family: Thrilling piano trio 'put on this earth to play together'
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The trio’s second Lower Mainland performance as a unit offers a chance to hear them tackle major repertoire by Mozart, Shostakovich and Schumann.In this week's e-news: Leila's recent visit to Düsseldorf's Pierre Boulez Saal, Andrew Tyson's brilliant Canadian recital debut, and the important role Notre-Dame cathedral has played in the history of classical music.
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There it is, projected on a large screen above the stage, in bold pink and white print. Fancy putting me on a panel called “There is Life in the Old Dog”! The IAMA (International Artist Managers' Association) Conference I attended last week in Düsseldorf was exciting, informative, and thoroughl...PROGRAM NOTES: SIR SIMON KEENLYSIDE
Posted onJohannes Brahms Songs from Opp. 6, 72, 86 & 96 It may be surprising to learn that while Brahms is universally revered as a giant of 19th-century instrumental music, he is often listed as one of the lesser composers of … Continue reading
PROGRAM NOTES: ANDREA LUCCHESINI
Posted onDomenico Scarlatti Six Sonatas K 491 – K 454 – K 239 – K 466 – K 342 – K 146 The 550-odd sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti are perhaps the most successful works to migrate from the harpsichord to the modern grand piano. Their transparent texture … Continue reading
PROGRAM NOTES: IGOR LEVIT
Posted onJohann Sebastian Bach Chaconne in D minor BWV 1004 (arr. Brahms) The Bach revival of the 19th century began with a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in Berlin in 1829, conducted by the 20-year-old Felix Mendelssohn. It reached its stride … Continue reading
PROGRAM NOTES: JULIA BULLOCK & JOHN ARIDA
Posted onFRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828) Four Lieder About the Composer Franz Schubert established the German lied as an important art form and then set a standard of excellence that no one since has quite matched. Schubert created more than 600 songs in … Continue reading
PROGRAM NOTES: Jerusalem Quartet with Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsyth
Posted onRichard Strauss String Sextet from Capriccio Capriccio (1942), Richard Strauss’ last stage work, is an opera about opera, constructed as a series of elegant salon conversations dealing with a question that has bedevilled opera lovers for centuries: which is more … Continue reading
PROGRAM NOTES: EVGENY KISSIN
Posted onFrédéric Chopin and Robert Schumann “…calling it a sonata is a caprice if not a jest for Chopin seems to have taken four of his most unruly children and put them together possibly thinking to smuggle them, as a sonata, … Continue reading
PROGRAM NOTES: CASTALIAN STRING QUARTET
Posted onFranz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in D, Op. 76 No. 5 Having recently returned from his hugely successful visits to England and been liberated from financial woes, Haydn composed a set of six String Quartets, Op. 76 which were commissioned … Continue reading
PROGRAM NOTES: PAUL LEWIS
Posted onLudwig van Beethoven 11 Bagatelles Op. 119 Beethoven’s Op. 119 is a catch-all collection of pieces written without any preconceived formal plan for the enjoyment of amateur piano enthusiasts. The last five were published first as a contribution to a … Continue reading
PROGRAM NOTES: INON BARNATAN
Posted onGeorge Frederick Handel Chaconne in G Major While Handel is principally remembered as a composer of operas and oratorios, it was well known to his contemporaries that he possessed major moxy as a keyboard performer, as well. In witness thereof, … Continue reading