Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: Classic Crooning with Tony DeSare

Dates and Venue 27 & 28 January 2011, 8pm | Orpheum Theatre

Conductor Jeff Tyzik Featured performer Tony DeSare singer & piano

Reviewer Ed Farolan

Although Thyzik and DeSare are the stars of this show, the instrmentalist who stood out in this performance was Dale Barltrop, VSO's Concertmaster, from Brisbane, Australia. Tyzik himself complemented him for doing the best violin rendition of "Autumn in New York", Tyzik's arrangement of Duke's classic song popularized by many singers including Frank Sinatra. DeSare also congratulated him for his violin rendition of this song. Read the review

Tea & Trumpets with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: Opera Goes Symphonic

Dates and Venue 26 January 2012, 2pm | Orpheum Theatre

Conductor Pierre Simard, Host Christopher Gaze

Reviewer Michael Pink

Pierre Simard, assistant conductor of the VSO, guided the performance with the featured guest, Soprano, Nadya Blanchette. The music flowed with vitality and precision and brought forth particularly enthusiastic applause. Simard is a master of symphonic harmony. The holder of five Conservatory Prizes from the Conservatoire de Musique in Montreal, he is also the Artistic Director of the Symphony Orchestra in Drummondville, Quebec. Read the review

Masterworks Diamond Series
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra with Corey Cerovsek

Dates and Venue 7 & 9 January 2012, 8pm | Orpheum Theatre

Conductor Rossen Milanov Featured performer Corey Cerovsek, violin

Reviewer John Jane

Vancouver born Corey Cerovsek returned to the Orpheum concert hall with his 300 year old Stradivarius this weekend for a series of three back-to-back concerts. When the young Cerovsek made his orchestral debut with the Calgary Philharmonic he was only nine years old. Now almost forty, he is no longer regarded as a Wunderkind, but has gone on to be a guest soloist with all the major Canadian orchestras and many others outside Canada – if anyone has lived up to their earlier potential – it is Corey Cerovsek. Read the review