Tickets

  • 19 Jan 2024

    Fri 8:00 pm

    Centennial Theatre

  • 20 Jan 2024

    Sat 8:00 pm

    Chan Centre at UBC

  • 21 Jan 2024

    Sun 7:00 pm

    Bell Performing Arts Centre

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Tickets

  • 19 Jan 2024

    Fri 8:00 pm

    Centennial Theatre

  • 20 Jan 2024

    Sat 8:00 pm

    Chan Centre at UBC

  • 21 Jan 2024

    Sun 7:00 pm

    Bell Performing Arts Centre

Beethoven

Overture to Coriolan, Op. 62

Jennifer Higdon

Concerto for Mandolin and Orchestra

Dvořák

Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

Approx. 120 Minute Performance

1 Intermission

The first mandolin soloist to be nominated for a classical Grammy®, Israeli prodigy Avi Avital is a Vancouver fan favourite. He returns with a rare Canadian performance of Pulitzer prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon’s new Mandolin Concerto, written expressly for Avital. Plus, the VSO performs Beethoven’s dramatic Coriolan Overture, and Dvořák’s rhapsodic Symphony No. 7, under the baton of internationally-acclaimed dynamo Tianyi Lu.

SURREY NIGHTS IS ENDOWED BY WERNER AND HELGA HÖING

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Presented by the VSO in Partnership with

Classical Traditions Series Sponsor

January 21 Concert Sponsor

Tianyi Lu

Tianyi Lu Conductor

Avi Avital

Avi Avital Mandolin

This concert is a part of the following series:

Saturdays
8pm
Friday & Saturday
8pm
Sundays
7pm

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