On Dec. 4-5, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec will perform both Strauss’ Thus Spoke Zarathustra and a work created in answer to it, Katia Makdissi-Warren’s Thus Sang Simorgh, which will feature three Turkish musicians/dancers in the Sufi tradition. In this program conducted by Clemens Schuldt, Vadim Gluzman plays the Tchaikovsky violin Concerto, and the orchestra […]
Steve Reich’s Jacob’s Ladder will receive its Canadian Premiere on Dec. 6 with the Vancouver Symphony, conducted by music director Otto Tausk and featuring Synergy Vocals. The program includes works by two important Reich colleagues: John Adams’ Gnarly Buttons and Philip Glass’ Symphony No. 11. A Canadian composer, Linda Catlin Smith, opens the concert with […]