The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is extremely proud to present the Wall Centre Brahms Festival, a musical celebration of one of history’s greatest composers. Firmly cast in the Romantic era, yet gracefully writing in the Classical style of Mozart and Haydn, Johannes Brahms wrote some of the most extraordinary music the world has ever known.
The Wall Centre Brahms Festival consists of four concerts and will take place between January 17th and 26th at 8pm at the Orpheum Theatre. VSO Music Director Bramwell Tovey will conduct all four concerts.
January 17th features the VSO’s GRAMMY and JUNO partner, violinist James Ehnes performing one of the greatest works for violin ever written, Brahms Violin Concerto. Also featured in this concert is Symphony No. 1 and the Academic Festival Overture. James Ehnes is widely considered one of the most dynamic and exciting performers in classical music. He has performed in over 20 countries on five continents with many of the world’s most renowned orchestras and conductors. Recently, Ehnes paid tribute to the world’s most celebrated violin-makers with his recording and DVD, HOMAGE, released on the ONYX label in November in Canada and in early 2009 to the rest of the world. This unique project features performances on 12 of the greatest instruments ever made, all belonging to the Fulton collection, one of the most important private collections in the world.
January 19th showcases James Ehnes and cellist Jan Vogler performing the famous Brahms Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, in an evening that also features Brahms’s Second Symphony and Hungarian Dance No. 1. Jan Vogler is hailed for his “spiraling virtuosity” and “lyrical intuition”. A world-renowned cellist, Vogler plays with passion and the right amount of risk, unafraid of expanding his style and refining his musical language.
January 24th features internationally-renowned pianist Peter Donohoe performing the first of Brahms’s two monumental piano concertos. Also on the program is the beautiful Symphony No. 3 and the legendary Tragic Overture. January 26th also features pianist Peter Donohoe performing one of the greatest works for piano ever written, Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2. This concert will also feature Brahms’s final symphony, Symphony No. 4, and his Hungarian Dance No. 10. Peter Donohoe is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest British pianists alive today – acclaimed for his musicianship, stylistic versatility and commanding technique.
Born in Manchester, he studied piano at the Royal Northern College of Music and later in Paris with Olivier Messiaen. Donohoe shot to fame after winning the 1982 International Tchaikovsky Competition and began touring the world as a soloist. Prior to appearing with the VSO, Mr. Donohoe will perform with the prestigious Czech Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Celebrate the music of one of history’s most important composers with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Bramwell Tovey and world-renowned guest artists in a festival that features all four Brahms Symphonies and all of his concertos. -- www.vancouversymphony.ca
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