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JoAnn Falletta conducts Ravel: La Valse & Boléro at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, December 1 and 3

Program of transcendent French classics includes works by Florent Schmitt and Albert Roussel

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 22, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Holiday Shows 2023: Stir's ultimate guide to all the festive performances and events in Vancouver

From singing gingerbread men to a ballet classic to a mother of a theatre piece, Vancouver’s arts scene has the season covered

MUSIC, THEATRE, DANCE, HOLIDAY23Gail JohnsonNovember 22, 2023Christmas, concerts, Holiday 2023, Holiday 2023 Top 3, Homepage feature

Vancouver Chamber Choir presents Handel's Messiah with Early Music Vancouver, December 8

Concert featuring four internationally acclaimed soloists offers an intimate baroque styling of a seasonal favourite

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 21, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr, Holiday 2023

Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra presents How the Grinch Stole Christmas, December 10

Conductor Ian Parker leads music from Albert Hague’s holiday classic alongside Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 21, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Academy of Music, Holiday 2023

Writer Madeleine Thien revisits her Chinatown opera libretto at Future Mythologies, November 25

Vancouver-set work, following the story of two men’s struggles during the Chinese Immigration Act, is a passion project for the award-winning author

MUSIC, OPERA, READJanet SmithNovember 20, 2023Madeleine Thien, IndieFest, Opera

Internationally acclaimed British cellist Steven Isserlis joins VSO in concert, November 24 and 25

Maestro Otto Tausk leads the musicians in mixed program that features Elgar’s intimate Cello Concerto

Review: Sanctuary & Storm marries intergalactic planetarium projections with the strength of historic female figures

From Vancouver Opera and IndieFest, world premiere at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre offers moments of passion and a matriarchal dynamic in an up-close, intimate environment

FESTS, OPERA, MUSICJanet SmithNovember 19, 2023IndieFest, Vancouver Opera, re:Naissance opera, H.R. MacMillan Space Centre

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts hosts John Reischman and the Jaybirds concert on December 1

Group led by mandolinist Reischman delivers bluegrass music and traditional Appalachian instrumentals

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 17, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Seattle-based social media mogul Nathan Chan joins Vancouver Cello Quartet in Kay Meek Arts Centre concert, November 19

Group’s creative lineup ranges from Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” and Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” to Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithNovember 17, 2023Kay Meek Arts Centre, Vancouver Chamber Music Society

Stir Q&A: With The Storyville Mosquito, Kid Koala takes multitasking to creative new heights in live "cinema experience"

Taking his place at the piano and turntable, the artist stages a show with 20 miniature sets, 75 puppets, eight cameras, and a string trio

SCREEN, MUSICJanet SmithNovember 17, 2023Kid Koala, The Massey, Homepage feature

Vancouver jazz vocalist Jeremy Wong dives deep into human connection

The fast-rising artist has a passion for vocalese in the style of American greats like Kurt Elling

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 17, 2023Kay Meek Arts Centre, jazz

The Golden Road spotlights Afghan rubab virtuoso Homayoun Sakhi at the Kay Meek Arts Centre, November 18

Musician is joined by setar player Kiya Tabassian, percussionist Hamin Honari, and bamboo flutist Shashank Subramanyam in Early Music Vancouver copresentation

MUSIC, CULTUREJanet SmithNovember 16, 2023Kay Meek Arts Centre, Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER