James Ehnes Plays Beethoven

Celebrate the 50th birthday of internationally renowned violinist and friend to the VSO, James Ehnes. Winner of two Grammy Awards and a record-breaking twelve Juno Awards (the most of any classical musician), the acclaimed violinist presents Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Maestro Tausk and the VSO also welcome Krisztina Szabó to perform Jeffrey Ryan’s Miss Carr in Seven Scenes, a series of songs celebrating Emily Carr, the iconic British Columbian painter.

Praise for James Ehnes
“A violinist in a class of his own”
—The Times

“The wondrous James Ehnes, a thinker of the violin as well as a supreme virtuoso of the instrument … an artist of the first order.”
—The Daily Telegraph

Praise for Krisztina Szabó performing Miss Carr in Seven Scenes
“The performance was simply exemplary.  Krisztina Szabó was on top form singing with great beauty and greater wit. This was truly a performance rooted in the text… There must be a recording. This piece deserves the widest audience.”
—Opera Ramblings

Miss Carr in Seven Scenes is commissioned by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra with generous support from the Hugh Davidson Fund administered by the Victoria Foundation.