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JAN LISIECKI

Tausk Conducts Beethoven’s 9th Jan Lisiecki plays Fri, September 25, 2020 at 8:00pm — The Orpheum Beethoven’s Emperor Sat, September 26, 2020 at 8:00pm — The Orpheum Otto Tausk, conductor Fri, May 21, 2021 at 8:00pm — The Orpheum Simone Osborne, soprano Sat, May 22, 2021 at 8:00pm — The Orpheum Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano Otto Tausk, conductor Lucas van Lierop, tenor Jan Lisiecki, , Cherniavsky Laureate* Scott Brooks, Vancouver Bach Choir, Leslie Dala, choir director Johann Strauss: The Emperor Waltz Maisky and Tovey: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor Samy Moussa: New Work Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (World Première, VSO Commission) Pictures at an Exhibition Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 “uncommonly sensitive” Fri, February 26, 2021 at 8:00pm — The Orpheum — The New York Times on Lisiecki We could not complete Beethoven 250 without a Sat, February 27, 2021 at 8:00pm — The Orpheum performance of the 9th Symphony and its glorious Bramwell Tovey, conductor The remarkable Canadian Jan Lisiecki, acclaimed Ode to Joy. Tausk leads the VSO and the Vancouver Mischa Maisky, around the world for his depth of thought and musical maturity, meets Maestro Tausk for the first time in Bach Choir for a definitive interpretation. Plus, Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto. Plus, a grand musical new music from Canadian Samy Moussa Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (“strikingly original” — The LA Times). vision inspired by Bruckner’s obsessive spirituality. Maestro Bramwell Tovey returns for a thrilling program featuring cello superstar Mischa Maisky, the *CHERNIAVSKY LAUREATE The Sorcerer’s Apprentice plus Chopin essential heir to Rostropovich. Maisky’s complicated history with the USSR makes Shostakovich the ideal The Cherniavsky Laureate position is supported annually by the Gudewill Family, in honour of Janey Fri, October 30, 2020 at 8:00pm — The Orpheum choice for his VSO debut. Plus, Mussorgsky’s grand Gudewill, Peter Cherniavsky, Mrs. B.T. Rogers and Sun, November 1, 2020 at 2:00pm — The Orpheum* and exciting Pictures at an Exhibition to close. the Cherniavsky Junior Club for the Performing Arts, John Fiore, conductor a foundation that annually underwrites the cost of Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano thousands of children attending during Berlioz: Overture: Le corsaire The Art of the Horn: class time for schools throughout British Columbia. Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 Strauss, Wagner and Zemlinsky Wagner: Prelude & Venusberg Music from Tannhäuser Fri, March 19, 2021 at 8:00pm — The Orpheum Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Sat, March 20, 2021 at 8:00pm — The Orpheum Buniatishvili plays Tchaikovsky A dramatic program filled with romance, adventure, Lothar Zagrosek, conductor bombast and longing. It includes The Sorcerer’s Stefan Dohr, horn plus The Rite of Spring Apprentice, well-known from Disney’s Fantasia plus Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll Fri, June 11, 2021 at 8:00pm — The Orpheum the Chopin Competition-winning Canadian Charles Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 Sat, June 12, 2021 at 8:00pm — The Orpheum Richard-Hamelin plays Chopin’s first concerto which Zemlinsky: The Little Mermaid almost sings with youthful energy and love. Otto Tausk, conductor *N.B. Saturday subscribers will default to the Sunday 2:00pm Berlin Phil principal horn Stefan Dohr performs , piano performance and have the option to switch to the Friday performance. Strauss’s dramatic Horn Concerto. Two-time Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 “Conductor of the Year” Lothar Zagrosek brings his Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring “thrilling” and “evocative” style to two narrative works by arch romantics (and horn lovers!) Wagner and “an extraordinary pianist” MISCHA MAISKY Zemlinsky. With multi-media imagery. — LA Times on Buniatishvili Maestro Tausk closes the season with two iconic works. Tchaikovsky is performed by Georgian firebrand Khatia Buniatishvili. With the flare KHATIA BUNIATISHVILI of a Liszt or Horowitz, she brings audiences to their feet wherever she goes. The Rite of Spring, with its celebration of pagan ritual, caused riots at its première. It is now recognized as a modern masterpiece.

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