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Celebrate the ageless beauty of Viennese music at Vancouver's 20th annual New Year's Concert. Strauss waltzes and sweeping melodies from operettas are performed by hand-picked ...

For over one hundred years, the National Geographic has been at the forefront of scientific education, astounding generations with ever more spectacles of nature, history, ...

Vancouver Chamber Choir and Orchestra Jon Washburn, Conductor The Vancouver Chamber Choir brings you the finest repertoire for chorus (and orchestra) every Good Friday in ...

Martha Guth, Soprano Susan Platts, Mezzo-soprano Colin Balzer, Tenor Tyler Duncan, Baritone Vancouver Chamber Choir & Orchestra Pacifica Singers Jon Washburn, Conductor Christmas time is ...

Jocelyn Morlock Disquiet Barber Violin Concerto* Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor The VSO's 2015/2016 Season Finale concert features Shostakovich's heroic Symphony No. 5, ...

Edward Gregson Dream Song (North American Premiere) Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A minor, Tragic In the penultimate concert of the VSO’s new season, Maestro ...

Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin: Polonaise Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme* Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique Maestro Bramwell Tovey cond?cts an all-Tchaikovsky program, ...

A proud one-hundred and twenty year-old tradition returns to the Orpheum stage, as the VSO, Maestro Tovey and the Vancouver Bach Choir present Last Night ...

Schnittke Moz-Art à la Haydn Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor* Valentyn Silvestrov The Messenger Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major Virtuoso ...

One of Canada’s greatest classical artists, and one of the world’s top violinists, (and the VSO's GRAMMY® and JUNO®-winning partner James Ehnes performs in recital ...

JUNO® Award-winner Al Simmons is a creative genius whose highly original performances of profound wackiness and of off-the-wall inventions have taken the arts of music ...

Feel the energy and thrills of the Great White Way on the Orpheum stage, as the VSO, conductor Steven Reineke, and three of Broadway’s brightest ...

Schubert March Militaire No. 1 in D Major Minkus Don Quixote: Pas de deux Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances Brahms Hungarian Dances Rimsky-Korsakov The Snow ...

Mozart Don Giovanni: Overture Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2* Dvo?ák Symphony No. 7 in D minor Internationally-renowned violinist Isabelle Faust performs Bartók’s scintillating Violin Concerto ...

Repertoire Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A Major Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor* The one and only Itzhak Perlman. Simply one of ...

Liszt Les Preludes Wagner Der Ring Ohne Worte (The Ring Without Words)...

Repertoire Michael Oesterle Entr'actes Grieg Piano Concerto* Copland Appalachian Spring Stravinsky Firebird Suite The Victoria Symphony Orchestra travels from Vancouver Island for a very special ...

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield became an international celebrity for his fascinating musical broadcasts from Earth’s orbit. Having heard and seen this talented musician, author, scientist ...

Repertoire Dvo?ák Carnival Overture Dvo?ák Slavonic Dance Gluck Iphigenie en Aulide: Overture Dvo?ák Romance in F minor* Janá?ek Lachian Dances Smetana The Bartered Bride: Overture ...

“We’re gonna make you an offer you can’t refuse”: The Godfather on the big screen at the Orpheum, with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performing the ...

Repertoire Walton Symphony No. 1 in B-flat minor Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Emperor* Distinguished and accomplished conductor Christopher Seaman leads the ...

Repertoire Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon: Overture Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor* Stravinsky The Fairy’s Kiss: Divertimento Prokofiev The Love for Three Oranges: Symphonic ...

Welcome the Year of the Monkey with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Vancouver-born, internationally-renowned piano sensation Avan Yu, for a very special celebration of the ...

The Tango. One of the most passionate and emotional of all dances, with music to match. The VSO and Tango Caliente – extraordinary dancers from ...

Repertoire Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D Major Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major, Egyptian* Beethoven Coriolan Overture VSO Associate Conductor Gordon Gerrard ...

Repertoire Mozart The Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture Mozart Symphony No. 38 in D Major, Prague Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major* Smetana ...

Repertoire Glenn Buhr …this is the murmur of yearning Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major* Zemlinsky The Mermaid: Symphonic Fantasy after Hans Christian Andersen One ...

Stroll down memory lane with conductor Steven Reineke, and actress, singer and impressionist Christina Bianco from Broadway’s Tony and Tina's Wedding and London's West End ...

Celebrate the ageless beauty of Viennese music at Vancouver's 20th annual New Year's Concert. Strauss waltzes and sweeping melodies from operettas are performed by hand-picked ...

Repertoire Jordan Pal Burn Dvo?ák Violin Concerto in A minor* Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor The VSO welcomes back to the Orpheum stage ...

Travel to the majestic, magnificent and mysterious Mount Assiniboine on a musical journey through the amazing Canadian Rockies. Encounter the magical faeries who call these ...

Repertoire Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms* Haydn Symphony No. 100 in G Major, Military Fauré Requiem* Maestro Bramwell Tovey presents a performance of Fauré’s luminous and ...

Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II celebrates the world’s most beloved Looney Tunes and their legendary stars projected on the big screen — Bugs Bunny, ...

Repertoire Walton Crown Imperial March Delius The Walk to the Paradise Garden Walton Spitfire: Prelude and Fugue Coates By the Sleepy Lagoon Grainger Shepherd's Hey ...

Maestro Bramwell Tovey conducts a fascinating concert of wide-ranging repertoire. Brilliant American pianist Anne-Marie McDermott (Cherniavsky Laureate) performs one of the most famous works in ...

Called “an unquestioned master of the violin,” Tianwa Yang has established herself as a leading international performer and recording artist. She performs Paganini’s virtuosic and ...

Sibelius The Bard Performance by the Grand Prize Winner of the VSO School of Music Competition Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor VSO Music ...

Travel to France for a feast of rich, beautiful classics by Chabrier, Bizet, Massenet, and Fauré – all topped off with a little Can Can ...

Bernstein Candide Maestro Bramwell Tovey, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the UBC Opera Ensemble, and a stellar vocal cast – including BC’s own Met star, the ...

Alexina Louie Infinite Sky with Birds Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major* Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major Exquisite Canadian pianist Janina Fialkowska performs ...

Alexina Louie Infinite Sky with Birds Ravel Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major° Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major...

The arrival of an eccentric boarder turns a young boy’s life upside down. Ludwig van Beethoven has moved in upstairs! At first Christoph resents their ...

Marquez Danzon No. 2 Da Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain* Ravel Concerto in D Major, Left Hand* Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Mesmerizing ...

Ravel Concerto in D Major, Left Hand* Da Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain* Marquez Danzon No. 2 Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin...

Goddard Wheel of the Cosmos Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor* Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A Major Winner of the 2008 Yehudi Menuhin Competition, ...

Mussorgsky Khovantchina: Introduction (Dawn on the Moskva River) Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor* Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole Hailed ...

Celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of great composer Jean Sibelius, with selections from many of his best-known works: Finlandia, Karelia Suite, The Swan ...

Wagner Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III Prokofiev Lt. Kije Suite Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor* Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, ...

Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Rhenish Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor* Prokofiev Lt. Kije Suite Wagner Lohengrin: Prelude to Act ...

Wagner Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III Prokofiev Lt. Kije Suite Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor* Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, ...

Haydn Symphony No. 99 in E-flat Major Bartók Violin Concerto No. 1* Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D Major Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård leads a ...

Take a world tour through music, with Mozart’s Prague Symphony, Mendelssohn’s ode to the Scottish Hebrides islands, Borodin’s In the Steppes of Central Asia, Grieg’s ...

Sibelius Valse Triste Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major* Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major Bramwell Tovey conducts a powerful, emotional concert, ...

Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major* Sibelius Valse Triste...

Nielsen Aladdin: Suite Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major* Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major The year 2015 marks not just one, ...

Four great composers and their music that celebrates the greatest playwright of them all. You’ll hear wonderful incidental music to Shakespeare plays by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, ...

Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major* Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor Rising star conductor Lahav Shani makes his ...

Bernstein, Copland and Barber are the standard-bearers for American classical composers, and this concert celebrates their extraordinary works – with a little Dvo?ák New World ...

Barber Vanessa: Intermezzo Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major* Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Leningrad American conductor James Gaffigan is attracting ...

Bernstein Fancy Free: Three Dance Variations Korngold Violin Concerto in D Major* Copland Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes? Gershwin An American in Paris? Internationally-renowned British violinist ...

Bernstein Fancy Free: Three Dance Variations Korngold Violin Concerto in D Major* Copland Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes Gershwin An American in Paris...

Gershwin An American in Paris Copland Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes Korngold Violin Concerto in D Major* Bernstein Fancy Free: Three Dance Variations...

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis Britten War Requiem* Maestro Tovey and the VSO commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of ...

Haydn Symphony No. 1 in D Major Haydn Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Major* Mozart Rondo in A Major* Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Legendary conductor ...

Chris McKhool of Sultans of String gets kids clapping, dancing and singing with a fun, cool exploration of several musical styles, including Rumba, Flamenco, Gypsy-jazz, ...

The famous legend of Faust, who made a pact with the devil to exchange his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures, was set to ...

Walton Façade: Suite No. 2 Butterworth The Banks of Green Willow Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor* Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 4 in F minor ...

Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 4 in F minor Walton Façade: Suite No. 2 Butterworth The Banks of Green Willow Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor*...

Walton Façade: Suite No. 2 Butterworth The Banks of Green Willow Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor* Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 4 in F minor...

Rising-star pianist Inon Barnatan, recently appointed as the New York Philharmonic’s first Artist-in-Association, performs the colossal Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in his VSO debut. ...

Nielsen Aladdin: Suite Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major* Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major...

Maestro Bramwell Tovey's recently-premiered spectacular opera The Inventor opened at the Calgary Opera in January 2011 to critical acclaim. John Murrell's libretto tells the tragic ...

Referred to as "the most sensational young artist to emerge in Canada in a decade," Jan Lisiecki is a superstar in the making. He performs ...

Last Night of the Proms is a traditional concert celebrating the last night of the BBC Promenades series of concerts in London's Royal Albert Hall, ...

Yevgeny Sudbin is a shooting star in the musical firmament, and his passionate, thrilling performances take audience's collective breath away and leave critics searching for ...

Yevgeny Sudbin is a shooting star in the musical firmament, and his passionate, thrilling performances take audience's collective breath away and leave critics searching for ...

Award-winning Platypus Theatre presents a theatrical introduction to the instruments of the orchestra and the basic elements of music – melody, harmony, dynamics, rhythm and ...

Internationally-acclaimed as one of the world's very best trumpet players, Allen Vizzutti makes his much-anticipated return to the VSO Pops series, performing an eclectic concert ...

Bach and Handel were the quintessential Baroque masters. In this outstanding Baroque concert, you will hear Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 1, selections from Handel's Water ...

Known for his heart-on-his-sleeve style of playing, Jan Vogler performs the greatest concerto for cello and orchestra in a concert that also showcases the most ...

The one and only Chris Botti makes his highly-anticipated return to the Orpheum to perform with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra! His last VSO performance – ...

Critically-acclaimed pianist Peter Longworth is a concert pianist of power and grace. He will perform John Ireland's beautiful impressionist Piano Concerto, in a program that ...

For fifty years in broadcasting, Larry King was the one asking the questions. Now, he turns the tables on himself with his brand new stage ...

The VSO presents a performance by the Seoul Philharmonic, featuring Wu Wei, the world's leading sheng player. The sheng is a 4,000 year old Chinese ...

A very special Symphony Pops concert created by Jeff Tyzik and Carla Heiney, 2010 National Jitterbug Champ and choreographer for the hit TV show, So ...

Franz Lehar was the king of operetta, and The Merry Widow is his most popular and beloved work....

COME IN COSTUME to Oz with the Orchestra! Follow the yellow brick road to the Orpheum to watch this beloved classic, beautifully restored in full ...

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg has remained the classical world's most electrifying performer since she burst forth like a comet on to the music scene nearly twenty-five years ...

"Perfect voice, endless breath, sensual tone... she is sheer perfection." – Le Monde The world's greatest soprano returns to the Orpheum stage to perform a ...

Refined technique and unsurpassed depths of musicality define pianist Peter Serkin. For over four decades, his name has been near the top of the list ...

One of the most sought-after pianists of his generation, Benjamin Grosvenor makes his VSO debut performing Ravel's luscious Piano Concerto in G Major. This concert ...

VSO Principal Percussionist Vern Griffiths plays everything including the kitchen sink! This spectacular concert that shows kids that music can be found anywhere – from ...

Internationally-acclaimed as one of the world's very best trumpet players, Allen Vizzutti makes his much-anticipated return to the VSO Pops series, performing an eclectic concert ...