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MAGAZINE OF THE VANCOUVER SYMPHONY allegroSEPTEMBER 25–NOVEMBER 9, 2010–VOLUME 16–ISSUE 1 A SERIES FOR EVERY TASTE C L ASSICS M A S T E R W O R K S G O L D / M A S T E R W O R K S D I A M O N D / M A S T E R W O R K S S I L V E R ON A L IGHTER NOT E M U S I C A L L Y S P E A K I N G / B A C H & B E Y O N D V SO POPS MATINEES TEA & TRUMPETS / SYMPHONY SUNDAYS R OA D T R I P S V S O A T T H E R O U N D H O U S E / N O R T H S H O R E C L A S S I C S / S U R R E Y N I G H T S K I D S RULE! TINY TOTS / KIDS’ KONCERTS SPECIALS C O N C E R T S 8 SEPTEMBER 25, 26, 27 goldcorp Masterworks Gold Symphony Sundays Bramwell Tovey conductor Avan Yu piano 14 OCTOBER 2, 4 Masterworks Diamond Jesús López-Cobos conductor han-Na Chang cello 18 OCTOBER 7 Pacific Arbour Tea & Trumpets Gilbert & Sullivan Bramwell Tovey conductor Christopher Gaze host Jill Pert mezzo-soprano Richard Suart baritone 22 OCTOBER 8, 9 london Drugs VSO Pops An Evening of Gilbert & Sullivan Bramwell Tovey conductor Tracy Dahl soprano Jill Pert mezzo-soprano Philippe Castagner tenor Richard Suart baritone UBC Opera Ensemble 26 OCTOBER 10 Spectra Energy Kids’ Koncerts Inspector Tovey Investigates Composing Bramwell Tovey conductor 4 allegro 8 AVAN YU 30 MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN 14 HAN-NA CHANG 30 OCTOBER 15, 16, 18 bach & Beyond Surrey Nights Bramwell Tovey conductor Marc-André Hamelin piano 34 OCTOBER 23, 25 PricewaterhouseCoopers Masterworks Silver Günther Herbig conductor Dale Barltrop violin 40 OCTOBER 27 Specials Chantal Kreviazuk with the VSO Pierre Simard conductor 46 OCTOBER 30*, NOVEMBER 1 Musically Speaking North Shore Classics bramwell Tovey conductor Martin Chalifour violin Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra* 52 November 6, 7, 8 PricewaterhouseCoopers Masterworks Silver Symphony Sundays Bramwell Tovey conductor Stephen Hough piano 62 NOVEMBER 9 Specials The Mutter, Bashmet, Harrell Trio Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Yuri Bashmet viola Lynn Harrell cello
I N T H I S I S S U E 3 the orchestra 4 vso lottery 5 allegro staff list 7 message from the Chairman and the President & CEO 29 vancouver symphony foundation 32 advertise in allegro 38 patrons’ circle 42 upcoming concerts 50 vso group sales 57 friends campaign 66 corporate partners 68 at the concert / vso staff list 71 board of directors / thanks / volunteer council 40 CHANTAL KREVIAZUK 62 YURI BASHMET 62 LYNN HARRELL 8 BRAMWELL TOVEY We welcome your comments on this magazine. Please forward them to: Vancouver Symphony, 601 Smithe Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5G1 Allegro contact and advertising enquiries: vsoallegro@yahoo.com / customer service: 604.876.3434 / VSO office: 604.684.9100 / website: www.vancouversymphony.ca Allegro staff: published by The Vancouver Symphony Society / editor / publisher: Anna Gove / contributors: Don Anderson, Sophia Vincent / art direction, design & production: basic elements design Pass it on: It’s the right thing to do! Please feel free to bring your Allegro Magazine home at the end of the concert. If you do not wish to keep it, please return it to an usher. Printed in Canada by Web Impressions. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written consent is prohibited. Contents copyrighted by the Vancouver Symphony, with the exception of material written by contributors. Allegro Magazine has been endowed by a generous gift from Adera Development Corporation. allegro 5
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