The VSO's April Concert Listing - Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
The VSO's April Concert Listing - Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
The VSO's April Concert Listing - Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
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Media contact: Laura-Anne Scherer<br />
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For Immediate Release March 19, 2013<br />
MEDIA RELEASE<br />
<strong>The</strong> VSO’s <strong>April</strong> <strong>Concert</strong> <strong>Listing</strong><br />
<strong>Vancouver</strong>, BC – Springtime at the VSO begins with the epic Brahms Piano <strong>Concert</strong>o No. 2 performed by<br />
extraordinary <strong>Vancouver</strong>-born pianist Avan Yu. Winner of the 2012 Sydney International Piano<br />
Competition, Avan Yu is pursuing a graduate degree in piano performance at the Berlin University of the<br />
Arts. <strong>The</strong> concert also features Tchaikovsky’s beautiful, joyous Little Russian <strong>Symphony</strong>. DaYe Lin<br />
conducts. Saturday and Monday, <strong>April</strong> 6 and 8, 8pm, and Sunday, <strong>April</strong> 7, 2pm, Orpheum.<br />
Next up, Ray Chen, one of the most compelling young violinists in the world today, will perform<br />
Zigeunerweisen and Fantasy on Bizet’s Carmen, two of Sarasate’s arm-twisting thrillers. This concert<br />
also features one of the most popular symphonies ever written, Dvorak’s magnificent ‘New World’<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong>. Andrew Grams conducts. Saturday, <strong>April</strong> 13, 8pm, Orpheum and Monday, <strong>April</strong> 15, 8pm,<br />
Bell Performing Arts Centre.<br />
At the stunning Chan Centre, Anthony Marwood will lead from the violin in a program that includes one<br />
of Mozart’s five great violin concertos and beautiful music by Haydn, Schubert and Rameau. Already<br />
known for his intense musicality and sensational technique as a violinist, he is making a name for himself<br />
as an accomplished conductor as well. Friday and Saturday, <strong>April</strong> 19 and 20, 8pm, Chan Centre for the<br />
Performing Arts.<br />
Over to the Orpheum Annex, the VSO will go off the beaten track with works for brass and percussion,<br />
alternated with compositions for string orchestra. Depart with Sofia Gubaidulina, Michael Colgrass and<br />
Edward Top to places that may be eerie, and sometimes poetic, and listen to Giorgio Magnanensi’s<br />
experimental bowings and Louis Andriessen’s absolving open strings where the audience might find<br />
solemnity through the rituals of life. Saturday, <strong>April</strong> 20, 8pm, Orpheum Annex.<br />
<strong>The</strong> VSO will present Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY, performed live by the orchestra.<br />
After a sold-out presentation with the VSO in 2009, Distant Worlds returns with new music selections<br />
never before seen in <strong>Vancouver</strong>, as well as past favourites. Scenes from the games will be shown in<br />
exciting high-definition video on the big screen while the orchestra, the UBC Opera Ensemble, and<br />
conductor Arnie Roth play the award-winning music. Wednesday <strong>April</strong> 24, 8pm at the Orpheum<br />
<strong>The</strong>atre.
<strong>April</strong>’s Pacific Arbour Tea and Trumpets matinee concert will transport you to Paris in the Spring! <strong>The</strong><br />
concert features music by Berlioz and Chopin, Debussy’s Clair de Lune, the Pas de six from Rossini’s<br />
William Tell, and Saint-Saëns’s Danse Macabre. Gordon Gerrard conducts, and Christopher Gaze<br />
narrates. Thursday, <strong>April</strong> 25, 2pm, Orpheum.<br />
<strong>The</strong> month comes to a swinging close with a London Drugs VSO Pops presentation of John Pizzarelli.<br />
<strong>The</strong> son of legendary guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, he grew up surrounded by jazz and swing legends and has<br />
become a legend-in-the-making himself, with unmatched class, talent and wit. Known worldwide for his<br />
extraordinary rapport with audiences, smooth vocals and fantastic jazz guitar playing, John Pizzarelli<br />
delivers performances to rave reviews wherever he goes. Don’t miss his sizzling, swingin’ tribute to <strong>The</strong><br />
Duke. Friday and Saturday, <strong>April</strong> 26 and 27, 8pm, Orpheum.<br />
CONCERT INFO<br />
Goldcorp Masterworks Gold<br />
Rogers Group Financial <strong>Symphony</strong> Sundays<br />
<strong>The</strong> Little Russian <strong>Symphony</strong><br />
Saturday and Monday, <strong>April</strong> 6 and 8, 8pm, Orpheum<br />
Sunday, <strong>April</strong> 7, 2pm, Orpheum<br />
Lin DaYe, conductor<br />
Avan Yu, piano*<br />
Mendelssohn<br />
Brahms<br />
Tchaikovsky<br />
Ruy Blas: Overture<br />
Piano <strong>Concert</strong>o No. 2 in B-flat Major*<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> No. 2 in C minor, Little Russian<br />
TICKET INFORMATION:<br />
Saturday and Monday Tickets: $25 - $88 (senior, student and subscriber discounts available)<br />
Sunday Tickets: $22 - $62 (senior, student and subscriber discounts available)<br />
Tickets available online at www.vancouversymphony.ca or by calling VSO customer service at<br />
604.876.3434<br />
Masterworks Gold Series Sponsor: Goldcorp Inc.<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> Sundays Series Sponsor: Rogers Group Financial<br />
Musically Speaking<br />
Surrey Nights<br />
From the New World<br />
Saturday, <strong>April</strong> 13, 8pm, Orpheum<br />
Monday, <strong>April</strong> 15, 8pm, Bell Performing Arts Centre<br />
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Andrew Grams, conductor<br />
Ray Chen, violin*<br />
Smetana<br />
Sarasate<br />
Sarasate<br />
Dvorak<br />
<strong>The</strong> Moldau from Ma Vlast<br />
Zigeunerweisen*<br />
Fantasy on Bizet’s Carmen*<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> No. 9 in E minor, From the New World<br />
TICKET INFORMATION:<br />
Saturday Tickets: $22 - $62 (senior, student and subscriber discounts available)<br />
Monday Tickets: $39 (senior, student and subscriber discounts available)<br />
Tickets available online at www.vancouversymphony.ca or by calling VSO customer service at<br />
604.876.3434<br />
Video Screen Sponsor: TELUS<br />
Classical Traditions<br />
Anthony Marwood plays Mozart<br />
Friday and Saturday, <strong>April</strong> 19 and 20, 8pm, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts<br />
Anthony Marwood, leader/violin*<br />
Mozart<br />
Rameau<br />
Schubert<br />
Haydn<br />
Violin <strong>Concert</strong>o No. 2 in D Major*<br />
Dardanus Suite<br />
Rondo in B minor for Violin and Strings<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> No. 44 in E minor, Trauer<br />
TICKET INFORMATION:<br />
Tickets: $37.50 - $66 (senior, student and subscriber discounts available)<br />
Tickets available online at www.vancouversymphony.ca or by calling VSO customer service at<br />
604.876.3434<br />
<strong>Vancouver</strong> Sun <strong>Symphony</strong> at the Annex<br />
Rituals<br />
Saturday, <strong>April</strong> 20, 8pm, Orpheum Annex<br />
Gordon Gerrard, conductor<br />
Aaron MacDonald, timpani*<br />
Edward Top<br />
Silk Execution II<br />
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Giorgio Magnanensi<br />
Michael Colgrass<br />
Sofia Gubaidulina<br />
Louis Andriessen<br />
Fließend C<br />
<strong>Concert</strong>ino for Timpani*<br />
Descensio<br />
<strong>Symphony</strong> for Open Strings<br />
TICKET INFORMATION:<br />
Tickets: $30 (senior, student and subscriber discounts available)<br />
Tickets available online at www.vancouversymphony.ca or by calling VSO customer service at<br />
604.876.3434<br />
Series Sponsor: <strong>Vancouver</strong> Sun<br />
Specials<br />
Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY<br />
Wednesday, <strong>April</strong> 24, 8pm, Orpheum<br />
Arnie Roth, conductor<br />
UBC Opera Ensemble<br />
TICKET INFORMATION:<br />
Tickets: $40 - $68 (senior, student and subscriber discounts available)<br />
Tickets available online at www.vancouversymphony.ca or by calling VSO customer service at<br />
604.876.3434<br />
Pacific Arbour Tea & Trumpets<br />
Paris in the Spring<br />
Thursday, <strong>April</strong> 25, 2pm, Orpheum<br />
Gordon Gerrard, conductor<br />
Jeffrey Luo, piano*<br />
Christopher Gaze, host<br />
Weber<br />
Rossini<br />
Saint Saens<br />
Chopin<br />
Debussy<br />
Delibes<br />
Berlioz<br />
Invitation to the Dance<br />
William Tell: Pas de six<br />
Danse Macabre<br />
Variations on La ci darem la Mano*<br />
Clair de Lune<br />
Sylvia Suite: No. 3 Pizzicati<br />
Symphonie Fantastique: Un bal<br />
TICKET INFORMATION:<br />
Tickets: $38 (senior, student and subscriber discounts available)<br />
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Tickets available online at www.vancouversymphony.ca or by calling VSO customer service at<br />
604.876.3434<br />
Series Sponsor: Pacific Arbour Retirement Communities<br />
London Drugs VSO Pops<br />
Pizzarelli Plays Ellington<br />
Friday and Saturday, <strong>April</strong> 26 and 27, 8pm, Orpheum<br />
John Pizzarelli, guitar<br />
Larry Fuller, piano<br />
Tony Tedesco, drums<br />
Martin Pizzarelli, bass<br />
Ellington/Gabler<br />
Ellington/Miley/Russell<br />
Ellington/Mercer/Strayhorn<br />
Ellington<br />
DeLange/Ellington/Mills<br />
Ellington/Raines<br />
Drake/Lengsfelder/Molaskey/Tizol<br />
Ellington/Sigman<br />
Ellington/George/Hodges/James<br />
Ellington<br />
Ellington/Webster<br />
Carney/Ellington<br />
In a Mellow Tone<br />
East St. Louis Toodle-oo/Don’t Get Around Much Anymore<br />
Satin doll<br />
C Jam Blues<br />
In My Solitude<br />
Just Squeeze Me<br />
Perdido<br />
All Too Soon<br />
I’m Beginning To See <strong>The</strong> Light<br />
Love Scene<br />
I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good<br />
Cottontail/Rockin’ in Rhythm<br />
TICKET INFORMATION:<br />
Tickets: $25 - $88 (senior, student and subscriber discounts available)<br />
Tickets available online at www.vancouversymphony.ca or by calling VSO customer service at<br />
604.876.3434<br />
Series Sponsor: London Drugs<br />
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