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  • PROGRAM NOTES: STEPHEN HOUGH

    PROGRAM NOTES: STEPHEN HOUGH

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      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 27 The nocturnes are Chopin’s most intimate and personal utterances. Some are wistful, some reflective, some melancholy, some faintly troubled and some serenely joyful. All are sensuously beautiful, suffused with elegance and deeply poetic impulses. During Chopin’s lifetime they were his most popular pieces. Twenty-one survive, the first written when…

  • SOME THOUGHTS ON OUR UPCOMING 12-13 SEASON

    SOME THOUGHTS ON OUR UPCOMING 12-13 SEASON

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      Today we want to share with you a few thoughts and facts about our recently announced 2012-2013 season: UP FIRST: On October 5 András Schiff will open the 33rd season with an all-Bach program. In fact, András was one of the first artists who launched the Vancouver Recital Society in 1981. Like so many…