The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's season opener - The Rite of Spring with pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk
Date/Time: Sep 24 2016, 8:00 pm to 10:10 pm
Vancouver, Orpheum Theatre
The 2016/2017 Season opens with a bang, starting with award-winning Composer-in-Residence Jocelyn Morlock’s first Vancouver Symphony commission. Maestro Tovey and the VSO welcome back Vancouver favourite Alexander Gavrylyuk to perform the most famous piece in the piano repertoire, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. The concert wraps with the wild, exciting orchestral showpiece that is Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.
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