VSO Season Opener Saturday

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s 2008/2009 Season opens this weekend with concerts on Saturday and Monday night.

The converts feature cellist Lynn Harrell performing Schumann’s Cello Concerto and Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet Suite. Plus, the opening concert is the Canadian premiere of VSO Music Director Bramwell Tovey’s Urban Runway – co-commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic Orchestras.

Tovey says of his work:

The concept for Urban Runway grew out of an amusing conversation with friends concerning the colorful idiosyncrasies of those who offer their patronage to the fashion houses on 5th Avenue in New York or Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles. New clothes, even those unseen inside designer shopping bags, appear to influence the gait of shoppers as they strut along the sidewalk. With a little imagination the listener might care to speculate on the characters depicted in the music. Based upon a simple ostinato figure housed in a cakewalk rhythm, the score is laced with jazz and minimalist flavors. A flugel horn and marimba introduce distinctive elements, and perhaps characteristically, the violas take a moment to remind us of the benefits of the pre-owned‟grunge look...”

The VSO's opening weekend concerts take place Saturday & Monday, September 27 & 29, 8pm at the Orpheum Theatre. Tickets are available from $25 to $78.50 and can be purchsed by phone at 604.876.3434 or online at www.vancouversymphony.ca.

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