Conductor Joshua Weilerstein leads the concert, with a program featuring works by Shostakovich, Mozart, and Canadian composer Samy Moussa
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Responding to childhood memories of war, Kurdish-American artist Pedram Baldari forges dulcimers and woodwinds from decommissioned firearms
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Christ Church Cathedral performance by the renowned Vancouver musician’s latest project will blend intercultural virtuosity with poetry from a troubled Middle East
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Easing off some of the more disturbing themes and melodrama, the production feels somehow lighter, stripped-down, and relatably human
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Program also features George Benjamin’s Concerto for Orchestra, dedicated to the memory of British composer Oliver Knussen
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One of the weirdest Hollywood films ever made helped bring local bandleader Scott McLeod back to shadowy instrumental soundscapes
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Kari Turunen directs 10 singers in a concert of English sacred music composed during the late 15th century
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Acclaimed cellist Christina Mahler explains how she was captured by musical and technical innovations of the unjustly overlooked 18th-century composer
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Two-time Polaris Music Prize–winner combines traditional Wolastoqey melodies and daring orchestral compositions with remarkable tenor vocals
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Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Mass in G minor joins other works that search for spiritual heights
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The veteran folk songwriter mixes musical warmth and political urgency to forge new approaches to the world’s biggest shared challenges
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Lon Chaney’s scary makeup, a vintage pipe organ, and a score by Andrew Downing bring eerie atmosphere to the Orpheum show
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The Montreal-born musician has already had a storied career, but his star continues to rise
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BlueShore at CapU and New Old World Music Society present the global new music ensemble
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Nature-inspired program includes compositions by Veljo Tormis, R. Murray Schafer, and Nico Muhly
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The concert is part of the group’s Canadian tour of Tawazûn, its debut album rooted in Algerian melodies and energetic jazz
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Rising star embraces the complexity of Verdi’s tragic daughter figure, and follows with another debut in Fauré’s Requiem with the VSO
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The duo of Adèle Trottier-Rivard and Nicolas Basque likes to keep an element of onstage tension at its shows
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Program centres on R. Murray Schafer’s Theseus for harp and string quartet
Read MoreThe young Russian-American virtuoso has built an international reputation on major prize wins and an innovative approach
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