Richard Wagner Isolde’s Liebestod arr. Franz Liszt The 19th century in Europe was an age in which psychological states went mainstream in the arts, becoming a particularly powerful stimulus for musical expression. A new genre, the nocturne, for example, captured … Continue reading
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The Z.E.N. Trio's concert at the Playhouse this Sunday is previewed by The Vancouver Sun.
Tickets for the trio's only Canadian performance are still available — call our box office at 604-602-0363.
Classical music: Impressive Z.E.N Trio make Vancouver their only Canadian concert
Cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan, pianist Zhang Zuo and violinist Esther Yoo all have impressive musical pedigrees.The fabulous Z.E.N. Trio will makes their Vancouver debut this Sunday. Plus, BIG congratulations to the Danish String Quartet on being named Ensemble of the Year by Musical America Worldwide. Read these stories and more in this week's e-news: bit.ly/2BiOt80
Don't miss the Vancouver debut of the Z.E.N. Trio
This Sunday, the fabulous Z.E.N. Trio will make their Vancouver debut on our stage at the Playhouse (the only Canadian performance on their first ever concert tour). The Z.E.N. Trio (pianist Zhang Zuo, violinist Esther Yoo, and cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan) met in 2015 as BBC Radio 3 New Generation Ar...Gobble Gobble!
The VRS will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday from 5pm today and will reopen at 9am on Tuesday, October 15.
All the best for a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Notice of the Vancouver Recital Society’s AGM
Posted onNOTICE OF 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 on Sunday, February 10, 2019 at … Continue reading
PROGRAM NOTES: ZOLTÁN FEJÉRVÁRI
Posted onRobert Schumann Waldszenen Op. 82 It is not by chance that Carl Maria von Weber’s opera Der Freischütz, the founding work of German musical Romanticism, is set in a forest. Nor is it a coincidence that German Romantic poets from … Continue reading
PROGRAM NOTES: PAUL LEWIS
Posted onJohannes 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
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