Parameswaran & Liu - Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1
The Victoria Symphony plays Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1 at the Royal Theatre on Sunday, October 25 at 2:30 p.m. Pianist Sophia Liu takes the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1, and Vinay Parameswaran makes his Canadian debut conducting.
Sunday, October 25 at 2:30 p.m. at the Royal Theatre. The programme opens with a piece by Vivian Fung built on the rhythms of San Francisco’s Lunar New Year, then rising Canadian pianist Sophia Liu plays Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and the afternoon closes on Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1, his frost-bright early portrait of winter.
On the podium is Vinay Parameswaran, formerly associate conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, making his Canadian debut with the Victoria Symphony. There is a pre-concert chat with him in the west lobby at 1:40 p.m. Tickets go through the Royal McPherson box office.