Vancouver Recital Society
2019-2020 SEASON (SHORTENED)
•PAUL LEWIS AND STEVEN OSBORNE SPARKLE IN THE FRENCH 4-HAND REPERTOIRE
Paul Lewis, Steven Osborne
•NEW ADVENTURES FOR MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN AND THE DORIC STRING QUARTET
Marc-André Hamelin (piano); Doric String Quartet
•THE FAUST-QUEYRAS-MELNIKOV TRIO’S BEETHOVEN BRINGS MIXED RESULTS
Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexander Melnikov
•SHEKU KANNEH-MASON CONTINUES TO AWE AND DELIGHT IN HIS RETURN VISIT (LL)
Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason
•THE Z.E.N. TRIO: SEEKERS OF MUSICAL TRUTH
The Z.E.N. Trio
2018-2019 SEASON
•JONATHAN AND JAN-PAUL ROOZEMAN DISPLAY THEIR SYNERGIES IN A WIDE-RANGING CELLO RECITAL (LL)
Jonathan and Jan-Paul Roozeman
Kristian Bezuidenhout, Chiaroscuro Quartet
•PAUL LEWIS COMPLETES HIS HAYDN-BEETHOVEN-BRAHMS SOJOURN WITH GREAT FORTITUDE
Paul Lewis
•THE DANISH QUARTET’S BATTLE WITH BEETHOVEN
Danish String Quartet
•THE ASTONISHING FILIPPO GORINI LEADS FORTH THE ‘NEXT GENERATION’ PIANISTS
Filippo Gorini
•A VERY SPECIAL LIEDER RECITAL FROM SIMON KEENLYSIDE AND MALCOLM MARTINEAU
Sir Simon Keenlyside, Malcolm Martineau
•IGOR LEVIT’S INTIMATE JOURNEY THROUGH ‘LIFE’
Igor Levit
•RADIANT BEAUTY AND DELIGHT FROM THE JERUSALEM QUARTET AND FRIENDS
The Jerusalem String Quartet, Pinchas Zukerman, Amanda Forsyth
•EVGENY KISSIN AND THE ART OF THE PIANO
Evgeny Kissin
2017-2018 SEASON
•PAUL LEWIS FINDS ADDITIONAL DELIGHTS IN HIS SECOND HAYDN-BRAHMS SOJOURN
Paul Lewis
•SIR ANDRAS SCHIFF MASTERFULLY SUSPENDS US IN HIS WORLD OF ‘LATE’ WORKS
Sir András Schiff
•THE BENEDETTI-ELSCHENBROICH-GRYNYUK TRIO MAKES A MOST IMPRESSIVE DEBUT
Benedetti-Elschenbroich-Grynyuk Trio
•CELEBRATING BACH’S GOLDBERG VARIATIONS: ANGELA HEWITT AND SCHAGHAJEGH NOSRATI
Schaghajegh Nosrati
•BEAUTIFULLY SUSPENDING LISZT AND DEBUSSY FROM MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN
Marc-André Hamelin
•VIOLINIST NIKOLAJ ZNAIDER SEEKS DRAMATIC EXTREMES IN A ROLLICKING RETURN VISIT
Nikolaj Znaider, Robert Kulek
•SOPRANO TARA ERRAUGHT BRINGS GREAT VOCAL SPLENDOUR – AND IRISH CHARM TOO
Tara Erraught, James Baillieu
•A STUNNING CELLO DEBUT FOR THE YOUNG SHEKU KANNEH-MASON
Sheku Kanneh-Mason
•PAUL LEWIS STARTS HIS HAYDN AND BRAHMS JOURNEY WITH ENTHUSIASM AND INSIGHT
Paul Lewis
•ALBAN GERHARDT AND STEVEN OSBORNE FIND STUNNING MUSICAL RICHES AMIDST ADVERSITY
Alban Gerhardt, Steven Osborne
•A DELIGHTFUL FESTIVAL OF YOUNG PIANISTS IN OCTOBER
Yekwon Sunwoo, George Li, Zhang Zuo
2016-2017 SEASON
•JAVIER PERIANES AND BENJAMIN GROSVENOR CLOSE OUT THE RECITAL SEASON ON A HIGH NOTE
Javier Perianes, Benjamin Grosvenor
•MURRAY PERAHIA STILL COURTS THE REVELATORY
Murray Perahia
•PIANIST PAUL LEWIS REACHES OUT TO NEW TERRAIN
Paul Lewis
•A RAVISHING ‘WINTERLUDE’ FROM JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS AND ALEXANDER MELNIKOV
Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexander Melnikov
•JOYCE DIDONATO’S ‘WAR AND PEACE’ BRINGS REJUVENATION TO A TROUBLED WORLD
Joyce DiDonato, Manuel Palazzo, Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
•MAGNETIC BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV AND THE VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETY PAY TRIBUTE TO BING THOM
Behzod Abduraimov
•A DISTINCTIVE AND WIDE-RANGING RECITAL FROM CELLIST ISTVAN VARDAI
István Várdai, Zoltán Fejérvári
•PLAYING OF GREAT BEAUTY AND A PENETRATING SHOSTAKOVICH FROM THE DANISH QUARTET
Danish String Quartet
•KSENIJA SIDOROVA BRINGS BOTH MASTERY AND LIFE TO THE ACCORDION
Ksenija Sidorova
2015-16 SEASON
•IAN BOSTRIDGE AND WENWEN DU REVISIT THE SONGS OF WAR
Ian Bostridge, Wenwen Du
•BRYN TERFEL SHOWS HOW TO BRING A CELEBRITY CONCERT TO LIFE
Bryn Terfel, Natalia Katyukova
•THE DORIC STRING QUARTET AND INON BARNATAN HIGHLIGHT A FINE ‘SCHUBERTIADE’ FESTIVAL
Inon Barnatan, Jonathan Biss, and Kuok-Wai Lio, Benjamin Beilman, Gary Hoffman, Doric String Quartet
•SILVER-HUED WONDER FROM MARK PADMORE AND PAUL LEWIS
Mark Padmore, Paul Lewis
•A BOLD DEBUT FOR THE BROWN-URIOSTE-CANELLAKIS TRIO
Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio
•RICHARD GOODE TRAVERSES BACH WITH ARCHITECTURE AND SENSIBILITY
Richard Goode
•THE TETZLAFF TRIO OFFERS AN INTENSE EXPERIENCE WITH CONTROVERSIAL REWARDS
Tetzlaff Trio
•THE INTRIGUE OF PIANIST IGOR LEVIT
Igor Levit
•TREASURABLE INSIGHT AND DISTINCTION IN SIR ANDRAS SCHIFF’S ‘LAST SONATAS’
Sir András Schiff
•A WONDERFULLY VARIED PROGRAMME FROM LEIF OVE ANDSNES – WITH SOME SURPRISES
Leif Ove Andsnes
•IS THE ARCANTO QUARTET NOT THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL?
Arcanto Quartet
•CAROLINE GOULDING AND RAPHAEL SEVERE CAPTIVATE AS ‘NEW GENERATION’ ARTISTS
Caroline Goulding, Raphaël Sévère
•JEREMY DENK’S ‘EXPERIMENTS’ ADVENTUROUS BUT ONLY A QUALIFIED SUCCESS
Jeremy Denk
•MAXIMILIAN HORNUNG AND BENJAMIN ENGELI: AN ENCHANTING DUO
Maximillian Hornung, Benjamin Engeli
2014-2015 SEASON
•PAUL LEWIS ILLUMINES THE LAST THREE SONATAS OF BEETHOVEN
Paul Lewis
•A TRULY MEMORABLE WINTERREISE FROM IAN BOSTRIDGE AND WENWEN DU
Ian Bostridge, Wenwen Du
•POISE, STRENGTH AND VARIETY FROM YOUNG JOSEPH MOOG
Joseph Moog
•STEVEN ISSERLIS AND ROBERT LEVIN FIND COMPELLING DEPTH IN BEETHOVEN
Steven Isserlis, Robert Levin
•KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUT DELIGHTS IN MOZART FORTEPIANO RECITAL
Kristian Bezuidenhout
•BRILLIANT, BUT SOMEWHAT DETACHED, PIANISM FROM BENJAMIN GROSVENOR
Benjamin Grosvenor
•VARIETY AND MASTERY FROM SIR ANDRAS SCHIFF
András Schiff
•STEVEN OSBORNE’S PROBING BEETHOVEN
Steven Osborne
•SPLENDID VARIETY AND ENGAGEMENT FROM EMANUEL AX
Emanuel Ax
•A STUNNING JOURNEY WITH THE DORIC STRING QUARTET
Doric String Quartet
•THE GENIUS OF PAVEL KOLESNIKOV
Pavel Kolesnikov
•INNOVATION AND INSIGHT FROM PAUL LEWIS AND THE VERTAVO QUARTET
Paul Lewis, Vertavo String Quartet
•A STIMULATING YET VARIABLE RECITAL FROM LUCA PISARONI
Luca Pisaroni
•FASCINATING EXPERIMENTS FROM THE DANISH QUARTET
Danish Quartet
•CHRISTIAN GERHAHER AND ‘THE ART OF THE LIED’
Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber
2013-2014 SEASON
•MASTERY IN CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF'S SOLO RECITAL
Christian Tetzlaff
•TONAL BEAUTY FROM MULLER-SCHOTT AND TRPCESKI
Daniel Muller-Schott, Simon Trpceski
•THE WISDOM OF MATURITY: PINCHAS ZUKERMAN AND YEFIM BRONFMAN
Pnichas Zukerman, Yefim Bronfman
•THE BRAHMS FESTIVAL WITH THE JERUSALEM QUARTET
Jerusalem Quartet, Inon Barnatan, Hsin-Yun Huang, Sharon Kam
•THE 'ART' OF THE CELLO: YO-YO MA AND KATHRYN STOTT
Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott
Behzod Abduraimov
•THE 'KING' RETURNS - WITH UNBRIDLED FIRE AND PASSION
Murray Perahia
Gerald Finley, Julius Drake
•THE YEAR OF THE MANDOLIN: AVI AVITAL
Avi Avital
Vilde Frang, Michail Lifits
•MUSICAL FUSION: THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT OF THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE
Silk Road Ensemble
Sitkovetsky Trio
2012-2013 SEASON
•IS THIS THE NEXT GREAT PIANIST?
Benjamin Grosvenor
•AN INSPIRED PARTNERSHIP: JOYCE YANG AND AUGUSTIN HADELICH
Joyce Yang, Augustin Hadelich
•A SUNDAY FESTIVAL AT THE PLAYHOUSE
Milos Karadaglich
•SUPREME PIANO VIRTUOSI AS COMPOSERS
Marc-Andre Hamelin, Stephen Hough
•PAUL LEWIS AND THE LAST THREE SCHUBERT SONATAS
Paul Lewis
•ANDRAS SCHIFF: PIONEER OF BACH ON THE PIANO
Andras Schiff
2011-2012 Season
Steven Osborne, Murray Perahia
•THE ‘SPELL’ OF FLORIAN BOESCH
Florian Boesch, Roger Vignoles
Khatia Buniatishvili
•ALEXANDER MELNIKOV PLAYS SHOSTAKOVICH
Alexander Melnikov
•TWO CAPTIVATING YOUNG PIANISTS
George Li, Juho Pohjonen
•THE MAGNIFICENT SIMON KEENLYSIDE
Simon Keenlyside, Malcolm Martineau
•THE FLOWERING OF THE JERUSALEM QUARTET
Jerusalem String Quartet
2010-2011 Season
Yevgeny Sudbin
•INSPIRED YOUNG CLASSICAL MUSICIANS
Martin Helmchen, Daniel Hope, Gabriel Kahane, Alisa Weilerstein
Simon Trpceski
•LANG LANG RETURNS TO THE ORPHEUM
Lang Lang
•TWO YOUNG ASPIRING VIOLINISTS
Stephan Jackiw and Nikki Chooi
THE ARTISTRY OF A CANADIAN DIVA
Measha Brueggergosman, Justus Zeyen
Arcanto Quartet
Paul Lewis
Inon Barnatan
2009-2010 Season
•THE 30th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT OF THE VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETY
Yuja Wang
2008-2009 Season
•SEARCHING FOR BEETHOVEN STYLE
Angela Hewitt and Daniel Muller-Schott
•A VERSATILE CLARINETIST AND HIS EXPERIMENTS
Martin Frost and Jerusalem String Quartet