CLASSICAL/ CHORAL MUSIC
VSO: Tombeau, Trio & 2
Program includes Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin, Keeril Makan: 2, Chausson: Piano Trio in G minor. • Pyatt Hall, 843 Seymour St. • April 12: 7:30 p.m., April 15: 2 p.m. • 604-876-3434, vancouversymphony.ca
VSO: Spring Festival Concert 3
Otto Tausk, conductor; Rosanne Philippens, violin. Repertoire includes Stravinsky: Funeral Song, Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Shostakovich: Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk: Suite (Arr. James Conlon). • Orpheum Theatre, April 12, 8 p.m. • $19.50-$97, vancouversymphony.ca
Get Reel!
Pandora’s Vox and Espiritu’s tribute to music in the movies, hosted by Vicki Gabereau. • West Vancouver United Church, 2062 Esquimalt Ave. • April 13: 8 p.m., April 14: 2 p.m. • $15-$30, pandorasvox.ca
VSO: The Music of Brahms and Sibelius
The youngest-ever prizewinner of the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in 2010, Esther Yoo performs the Violin Concerto by that competition’s namesake, on the 1704 Prince Obolensky Stradivarius violin. • April 13 and 14, 8 p.m.: Chan Centre, UBC | April 16, 8 p.m.: Bell Performing Arts Centre • vancouversymphony.ca
Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem: 1871 London Piano version
Johannes Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem is one of the great choral masterpieces of all time. Presented by the Amabilis Singers, with Canadian pianist Jane Coop, Ingrid Verseveldt piano, Jennifer Driscoll-Holmes soprano, George Roberts baritone, Dr. Ramona Luengen Artistic Director. • New Westminster Christian Reformed Church, 8255 13th Ave., Burnaby • April 14, 8 p.m. • $25, amabilissingers.org
Symphony at the Annex: Crepuscular, Luminous
Highlights cool, nocturnal, and glistening sounds, including a world premiere concerto for PEP (Piano and Erhu Project) by Dorothy Chang and the Vancouver premiere of HK Gruber’s Zeitfluren, a piece that’s both creepily macabre and scintillating. • The Annex, 823 Seymour St. • April 14, 7:30 p.m., vancouversymphony. ca
VPO Goes to Russia
The Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra travels through works by some of the top Russian composers of the last century, from the nostalgia of Rimsky-Korsakov to the beloved Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto, and the grandeur of the Glazunov Symphony. • Shaughnessy Heights United Church, 1550 W. 33rd Ave., April 14, 8 p.m. • Suggested donation $20/$15, vanphil.ca
An Afternoon at the Opera
Favourite arias and duets from the great opera composers, featuring soprano Mikayla Sager, mezzo-soprano Megan Latham, tenor Scott Rumble and baritone Zachary Read. • Kay Meek Centre, West Van, April 15, 3 p.m. • $29-$45, kaymeekcentre.com
Edgar Moreau
The Vancouver Recital Society presents Edgar Moreau, ‘the rising star of the French cello’ in his Canadian debut, accompanied by pianist Jessica Xylina Osborne. • Vancouver Playhouse, April 15, 3 p.m., vanrecital.com
Kits Classics+Worlds Beyond
Chamber music by Mozart and Prokofiev performed by Microcosmos (Marc Destrubé, violin, Andrea Siradze, violin, Tawnya Popoff, viola, Becky Wenham, cello) with Johanna Hauser, clarinet. • St. James Hall, 3214 W. 10th Ave., April 15, 4-5:30 p.m. • Free, sjcommunitysquare. org/events
The Good News According to Quartom
A variety of a cappella songs including spiritual, classical, Romantic, French and opera, plus popular songs by French and English composers such as Félix Leclerc, Georges Brassens and The Beatles. • Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, April 15, 7:30 p.m. • evergreenculturalcentre.ca
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centre Quintet
Ensemble of talent led by Gilles Vonsatter, play Mozart’s Kegelstadt trio, the clarinet quintet of Carl Von Weber and Brahm’s romantic piano quintet. • Vancouver Playhouse, April 17, 8 p.m. • $50/$55, $15/students, friendsofchambermusic.ca
Bang! Festival
A day of electroacoustic music featuring interactive music and dance performances and capstone presentations by UBC Laptop Orchestra & UBC music technology students. • April 18, Barnett Hall, 6361 Memorial Rd., UBC • Free, music.ubc.ca/laptop-orchestra
Coffee Concert: From Berlin to Hollywood
Bergmann Piano Duo and vocalist Onalea Gilbertson take on the music of revolutionary German playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht and more. • April 18, 10:30 a.m.: Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, evergreenculturalcentre.ca | April 19, 11 a.m.: Surrey Arts Centre, tickets. surrey.ca | April 20, 10:30 a.m.: Chilliwack Cultural Centre, chilliwackculturalcentre.ca