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A curiously low-key performance from the Vancouver Symphony on tour

Vadim Gluzman, Otto Tausk and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
© Jae Yang
The Vancouver SO in Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall
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Reviewed at Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto on 16 March 2025
Goddard, Mountain Visions
Brahms, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 5 in D minor, Op.47
Marion Newman, Mezzo-soprano
Vadim Gluzman, Violin
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Otto Tausk, Conductor
Penetrating insight from Itzhak Perlman and the Vancouver Symphony
****1
Defiant Beethoven Fifth in Vancouver
***11
Russian epics in Vancouver
***11
Lush indulgence: Berg and Rachmaninov in Vancouver
****1
Bohemian flair: Cristian Măcelaru and the Vancouver Symphony
***11
Two monuments: Vancouver SO plays Beethoven and Walton
****1
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