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SUMMARY:Kluxen – Mahler Symphony No. 5 (Sold Out)
DESCRIPTION:Mahler’s Fifth Symphony is undoubtedly his most famous work\, and it contains echoes of some of the greatest highs and lows of his life. After surviving a near fatal haemorrhage in 1901\, he composed the Symphony over the following two summers\, during which time he met\, became engaged to\, and married the Austrian composer\, author\, editor\, and socialite\, Alma Schindler. Its serene fourth movement\, the Adagietto\, is a love letter–Mahler’s declaration to his new bride saying\, “I am no longer alone\, because now\, I have you.” \n\nKNOW BEFORE YOU GO \nConcert duration: Approx. 75 minutes without intermission\nPre-Concert Chat: Please join us at 1:40 pm in the west lobby for a pre-concert chat featuring Music Director Christian Kluxen and VS CEO Matthew White.
URL:https://victoriasymphony.ca/concerts/kluxen-mahler-symphony-no-5/
LOCATION:Royal Theatre\, 805 Broughton St
CATEGORIES:SOLD OUT,Sundays at the Royal
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SUMMARY:Kluxen & Brantelid – Prokofiev and Mendelssohn's Scottish
DESCRIPTION:The misty and melancholy atmosphere of Edinburgh’s Holyrood Palace provided the initial inspiration for Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony. Its triumphant finale parallels the conclusion of Beethoven’s Egmont – a tragedy that ends in victory. The Symphony-Concerto in E minor is one of Prokofiev’s final works\, created in consultation with soloist Mstislav Rostropovich. It is one of the most demanding works in the cello repertoire. To interpret it\, Maestro Christian Kluxen welcomes his Danish compatriot\, Andreas Brantelid. \n\nKNOW BEFORE YOU GO \nConcert duration: Approx. 115 minutes including one 20 minute intermission\nPre-concert Chat: Please join us at 1:40 pm in the west lobby for a pre-concert chat featuring Music Director Christian Kluxen\, cellist Andreas Brantelid\, and VS bass trombone Robert Fraser.
URL:https://victoriasymphony.ca/concerts/kluxen-brantelid-prokofiev-and-mendelssohns-scottish/
LOCATION:Royal Theatre\, 805 Broughton St
CATEGORIES:Sundays at the Royal
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251116T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251116T163000
DTSTAMP:20260520T013326
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SUMMARY:Kluxen & Tam – Bartók Violin Concerto & Beethoven's Eroica
DESCRIPTION:Three heroic works are featured\, beginning with Subito con forza\, by South Korea’s Unsuk Chin. Her orchestral miniature is “haunted by Beethovenian gestures…amid Chin’s own exquisite orchestral palette – icy shivers of strings\, rasping woodwind and ghostly muted trumpets” (The Guardian). In producing his Violin Concerto No. 2\, Bartók followed in the footsteps of Beethoven and Brahms with a work that was quickly championed by Yehudi Menuhin—here played by VS Concertmaster Terence Tam. Beethoven’s monumental Eroica Symphony was bigger and longer than anything that preceded it\, and it remains a colossus of the musical literature today.
URL:https://victoriasymphony.ca/concerts/kluxen-tam-bartok-violin-concerto-beethovens-eroica/
LOCATION:Royal Theatre\, 805 Broughton St
CATEGORIES:Sundays at the Royal
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SUMMARY:Mozart & Brahms
DESCRIPTION:Triple-threat conductor/pianist/composer Dinuk Wijeratne returns with a program full of folk inspiration and musical variation. Contrasting with Mozart and Brahms\, Wijeratne’s own work is described as “a melting pot of tabla-like dance rhythms\, funky jazz riffs\, and tonal clusters.” In Sri Lankan culture\, vannamas are often danced in ritual processions\, this one depicting the majesty of the sacred elephant bathing and frolicking in the abode of the gods!
URL:https://victoriasymphony.ca/concerts/mozart-brahms/
LOCATION:Royal Theatre\, 805 Broughton St
CATEGORIES:Sundays at the Royal
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SUMMARY:Kluxen – Haydn's The Creation
DESCRIPTION:“In the beginning…” Drawing on biblical texts from Genesis and the Psalms\, as well as John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost\, Haydn moulded his gloriously tuneful and optimistic oratorio The Creation. Out of the chaos of darkness emerges light\, heaven and earth\, plants\, animals\, and humankind. Sung in English by a stellar cast of soloists and choristers\, this milestone musical work from the Age of Enlightenment continues to enthral audiences\, as joyful and life-affirming as a walk in a garden. \n\nSundays at the Royal Series underwritten by Jill Gibson and Sandra Lackenbauer\nConcert underwritten by Jade Gan\nChristian Kluxen underwritten by Sandra Lackenbauer\nAmanda Forsythe underwritten by Dr. M. Nickason\nVox Humana underwritten by Julie & Harry Swain
URL:https://victoriasymphony.ca/concerts/haydns-the-creation/
LOCATION:Royal Theatre\, 805 Broughton St
CATEGORIES:Sundays at the Royal
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SUMMARY:Kluxen & Chooi – Barber Violin Concerto
DESCRIPTION:Even as a fledgling conductor\, a 16-year-old Christian Kluxen was already taken with Tchaikovsky’s music. Its mix of romantic beauty with bittersweet melancholy pairs well with Barber’s Violin Concerto\, especially as interpreted by the internationally-renowned\, Victoria-born violinist\, Timothy Chooi. Rodney Sharman’s update of Scarlatti’s music provides a modern perspective of its easy-going virtuosity and surprising dissonances. \n\nSundays at the Royal Series underwritten by Jill Gibson and Sandra Lackenbauer\nConcert underwritten by Dr. Fritz & Dora Boehm\nChristian Kluxen underwritten by Sandra Lackenbauer\nTimothy Chooi underwritten by Sandra Lackenbauer and Dr. Fritz & Dora Boehm
URL:https://victoriasymphony.ca/concerts/kluxen-and-chooi-barber-violin-concerto/
LOCATION:Royal Theatre\, 805 Broughton St
CATEGORIES:Sundays at the Royal
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SUMMARY:Parker – Beethoven's Emperor Concerto
DESCRIPTION:The “Emperor Concerto” reigns among Beethoven’s greatest works\, especially in the hands of returning piano soloist Jon Kimura Parker. VS also welcomes the recently enthroned Artistic Director of the Vancouver Island Symphony\, Cosette Justo Valdés\, to lead this regal program. Along with music of Johann Strauss\, we also recruit flashy and folksy Hungarian dances by Kodály\, and the concert premiere of a contemporary Canadian work based on a 13th-century song by Alfonso X of Castile. \n\nSundays at the Royal Series underwritten by Jill Gibson\nConcert underwritten by Alan & Jean Hollingworth\nJon Kimura Parker underwritten by Julie & Harry Swain and Jack Boomer & Stephen Hammond
URL:https://victoriasymphony.ca/concerts/parker-beethovens-emperor-concerto/
LOCATION:Royal Theatre\, 805 Broughton St
CATEGORIES:Sundays at the Royal
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