VSO/Bramwell Tovey, Pacific Baroque Orchestra/ Alexander Weimann, Soloists, UBC University Singers and Choral Union, Langley Fine Arts School Youth Choir, Glenn Buhr and the Button Factory Band; Lisa Kay Miller, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, Corey Hamm, Miranda Wong

•BRAMWELL TOVEY AND ADRIANNE PIECZONKA COMBINE FOR SPLENDID VALEDICTORY STRAUSS

Adrianne Pieczonka, Bramwell Tovey

•A CROWD-PLEASING DOUBLEHEADER FROM EMANUEL AX AND BRAMWELL TOVEY

Emanuel Ax, Bramwell Tovey

•SIMONE LAMSMA AND OTTO TAUSK DISPLAY A RESTRAINED SHOSTAKOVICH AND A CINEMATIC RACHMANINOFF

Simone Lamsma, Otto Tausk

•CONDUCTOR MIKHAIL AGREST IMPRESSES WITH NATURAL MUSICALITY AND FEELING IN DVORAK AND TCHAIKOVSKY

Simone Porter, Mikhail Agrest

•CONSCIENTIOUS SIBELIUS AND FITFULLY EXCITING RACHMANINOFF FROM ANU TALI AND ALEXEY YEMTSOV

Alexey Yemtsov, Anu Tali

•A STRIKING MENDELSSOHN CONCERTO FROM STEFAN JACKIW AND JUN MARKL MINGLES WITH IMPRESSIONIST NUANCE

Stefan Jackiw, Jun Märkl

•CHOOSING THE VSO’S NEW CONDUCTOR: ROMANIAN CRISTIAN MACELARU PLAYS THE MUSIC OF HIS COUNTRYMAN IN A SOMETIMES IMPRESSIVE SHOWING

Arnaud Sussmann, Cristian Măcelaru

•ALEXANDER GAVRYLYUK AND BRAMWELL TOVEY FIND TCHAIKOVSKY’S INNER STRUGGLE IN THE VSO OPENER

Alexander Gavrylyuk, Bramwell Tovey

2015-16 SEASON

•THE VSO ENDS A RECORD-SETTING SEASON WITH UPLIFTING BARBER AND SHOSTAKOVICH

Chad Hoopes, Bramwell Tovey

•BRAMWELL TOVEY AND EDWARD GREGSON CELEBRATE MAHLER IN STIMULATING FASHION

Bramwell Tovey

•THE VSO’S ALL-TCHAIKOVSKY CONCERT COURTS BOTH THE AUTHENTIC AND THE LUXURIANT

Johannes Moser, Bramwell Tovey

•DALE BARLTROP’S FAREWELL CONCERT A BRILLIANT SUCCESS IN NICOLA BENEDETTI’S ABSENCE

Dale Barltrop

•VIOLINIST JAMES EHNES CELEBRATES HIS 40TH BIRTHDAY IN STYLE

James Ehnes, Andrew Armstrong

•ISABELLE FAUST BRINGS AUTHENTIC AND SCINTILLATING BARTOK

Isabelle Faust, Kazuyoshi Akiyama

•THE VSO’S SPRING FESTIVAL: THE CHARM OF THE INAUTHENTIC

Jeanette Jonquil, Monica Huisman, Sarah Fryer, David Pomeroy, Alfred Walker, UBC University Singers and Choral Union, Bramwell Tovey

•WELCOMING THE VICTORIA SYMPHONY ON ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

Stewart Goodyear, Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Tania Miller

•THE 2016 VSO NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL: A RETROSPECTIVE

Kronos Quartet, Standing Wave Ensemble, Paul Marleyn, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, Brendan Wyatt, Bramwell Tovey

•ALEXANDER MELNIKOV AND CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN COMBINE FOR UNUSUAL BEETHOVEN AND FULFILLING WALTON

Alexander Melnikov, Christopher Seaman

•LOUIS LORTIE ON FIRE IN GORDON GERRARD’S CONDUCTING DEBUT

Louis Lortie, piano, Gordon Gerrard

•AUGUSTIN HADELICH AND JOHN STORGARDS FIND A DIFFERENT MAGIC IN THE TCHAIKOVSKY CONCERTO

Augustin Hadelich, John Storgårds

•BOLD DVORAK AND TCHAIKOVSKY FROM SARAH CHANG AND PIETARI INKINEN

Sarah Chang, Pietari Inkinen

•STEPHEN HOUGH’S TRANSCENDENT SCHUMANN PROPELS A WONDERFULLY RICH VSO CONCERT

Stephen Hough, Bramwell Tovey

•THE MANY FACES OF THE PAGANINI VARIATIONS: WORLD PREMIERE OF POUL RUDERS’ PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3

Anne-Marie McDermott, Bramwell Tovey

•HIGH ENERGY FROM INGRID FLITER AND ALEXANDRE BLOCH

Ingrid Fliter, Alexandre Bloch

•TIANWA YANG STRIKING IN PAGANINI

Tianwa Yang, Carlos Miguel Prieto

•MIRIAM FRIED AND VIVIAN FUNG CELEBRATE THE ‘NEW LOOK’ VANCOUVER SYMPHONY

Miriam Fried, Bramwell Tovey

2014-2015 SEASON

•A SCINTILLATING ‘CANDIDE’

Tracy Dahl, Judith Forst, Alek Schrader, Richard Suart, UBC Opera Ensemble, Bramwell Tovey

•VSO NEW MUSIC: THE COMPLEXITIES OF ALEATORIC MUSIC

Lan Tung, Gordon Gerrard

•KAREN GOMYO AND JUN MARKL EXCITE AT THE CHAN

Karen Gomyo, Jun Markl

•AN ENTERPRISING, BUT VARIABLE, SHOWING FROM ANGELA HEWITT AND KAZUYOSHI AKIYAMA

Angela Hewitt, Kazuyoshi Akiyama

•VSO NEW MUSIC: ‘TOUCHING A STRING’

Elizabeth Volpé, Gordon Gerrard

•DIPPING INTO THE VSO’S MOZART SPRING FESTIVAL

Melanie Kreuger Marion Newman, Colin Ainsworth, Michael Colvin Steven Hegedus, James Westman, UBC Opera Ensemble, Bramwell Tovey

•YEVGENY SUDBIN BRILLIANT BUT LESS THAN COMMITTED IN TCHAIKOVSKY’S FAMOUS CONCERTO

Yevgeny Sudbin, Ryan McAdams

•PERRY SO AND SOLOISTS CHARM AT THE VSO’S 2015 CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

Guilian Liu, Li Bo, Claire Huangci, Perry So

•CARRYING NEW MUSIC FORWARD: “DISPLACED EMOTION”

Monica Huisman, Paolo Kapunan, Bramwell Tovey

•FROM THE INTIMATE TO THE SPECTACULAR: AN UPLIFTING MENDELSSOHN FROM BRAMWELL TOVEY

Monica Huisman, Kristin Hoff, Isaiah Bell, Elektra Women’s Choir, Chor Leoni, Bramwell Tovey

•INNOVATIVE BARTOK FROM DALE BARLTROP AND HEAVY BEETHOVEN FROM THOMAS SONDERGAARD

Dale Barltrop, Thomas Sondergaard

•MAJESTIC BRUCKNER AND WARM PROKOFIEV FROM THE VSO

Katherine Chi, Bramwell Tovey

•BEN GERNON AND KIRILL GERSTEIN MAINLY INSPIRE

Kirill Gerstein, Ben Gernon

•MIDORI’S YOUNGER BROTHER GOES A DIFFERENT ROUTE IN BRAHMS

Ryu Goto, Lahav Shani

•AN ENTICING MOZART AND A DIFFERENT SHOSTAKOVICH FROM QUINT AND GAFFIGAN

Philippe Quint, James Gaffigan

•HONOURING REMEMBRANCE DAY 2014: BRITTEN'S WAR REQUIEM

Soloists, UBC University Singers, UBC Choral Union, West Point Grey Academy Chorus, Bramwell Tovey

•AN AUSPICIOUS DEBUT FOR YOUNG CONDUCTOR DIEGO MATHEUZ

Marc-Andre Hamelin, Diego Matheuz

•'YOUTH FOLLOWS YOUTH': ADAM GOLKA, JOSHUA WEILERSTEIN AND THE VSO INSPIRE AT UBC

Adam Golka, Joshua Weilerstein

•A BRITISH EVENING OF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS AND ELGAR

Ariel Barnes, Bramwell Tovey

•POETIC BRAHMS FROM INON BARNATAN IN THE VSO OPENER

Inon Barnatan, Bramwell Tovey

2013-2014 SEASON

•AN ASSURED ELGAR CONCERTO FROM JAMES EHNES

James Ehnes, Bramwell Tovey

•TOVEY'S MAHLER'S NINTH

Bramwell Tovey

•A REVEALING 'AGE OF ANXIETY' FROM YANG AND AKIYAMA

Joyce Yang, Kazuyoshi Akiyama

•GAVRYLYUK INSPIRES AT THE RUSSIAN FESTIVAL

Alexander Gavrylyuk, Bramwell Tovey

•WELCOME TO VANCOUVER, PERRY SO

Louis Lortie, Perry So

•SLAVIC DANCES WITH YOUTHFUL ARDOUR

Viviene Hagner, Michael Francis

•CELEBRATING THE CHINESE NEW YEAR WITH THE VSO

Jian Wang, Serena Wang, Wen Wei, Long Yu

•CELEBRATING KOREA WITH THE VSO

Sarah Chang, Zion Mission Choir, Gordon Gerrard

•THE NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL

Brett Dean, Rascher Saxophone Quartet, Standing Wave, Bramwell Tovey

•BRONFMAN'S MASTERY AT THE BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL

Yefim Bronfman, Bramwell Tovey

•THREE BRILLIANT VIOLINISTS

Augustin Hadelich/ Mei-Ann Chen; Nicola Benedetti/ Jun Markl

•THE OPENING CONCERTS

Dame Evelyn Glennie, Bramwell Tovey

2012-2013 SEASON

•A SERENADE FROM THE VSO

Vadim Gluzman, James Gaffigan

•MAGNIFICENT BRAHMS FROM MIDORI

Midori, Bramwell Tovey

•WIGGLESWORTH CONDUCTS BRUCKNER

Mark Wigglesworth

•ALONDRA DE LA PARRA LIGHTS UP THE ORPHEUM

Alondra de la Parra

2011-2012 SEASON

•THE SEOUL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: CONCERT REVIEW

Wu Wei, Myung Whun Chung

•OUR ‘DIVA’ GOES MODERN

Renee Fleming

•AN ENGLISH EVENING

John Lill, Bramwell Tovey

•A VALENTINE FROM JOYCE YANG AND THE VSO

Joyce Yang, Bramwell Tovey

•FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

Stradavarius Ensemble of Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

•THE VSO'S SEASON OPENER

Jon Kimura Parker, Bramwell Tovey

2010-2011 SEASON

•TWO 20TH C. RUSSIAN MASTERPIECES

Baibe Skride, James Harrigan

•THE MULTI-TALENTED LOUIS LORTIE

Louis Lortie

•THE VSO'S OLYMPIC RE-CELEBRATION

Sara Davis Buechner, Bramwell Tovey

•MADE IN CANADA

Johannes Moser, Julian Kuerti

•AN UNINSPIRED VERDI REQUIEM

Bach Choir, Bramwell Tovey

•A FESTIVAL OF DIVERSITY

Stephen Hough, Bramwell Tovey

•A CONCERTMASTER’S SOLO DEBUT AND AN INSIGHTFUL SHOSTAKOVICH

Dale Barltrop, Gunther Herbig

•THE EXPERIMENTS OF A SUPERVIRTUOSO

Marc-Andre Hamelin, Bramwell Tovey

•YOUTHFUL ARDOUR AND INSPIRED CONDUCTING

Han-Na Chang, Jesus Lopez-Cobos

2009-2010 SEASON

•RECALLING THE GREAT VIOLINISTS OF THE PAST

Vadim Gluzman, Bramwell Tovey