Jim Elderton

Classical Notes: OSO marks a triumphant end to season

Okanagan Symphony performs a stunning version of Carmina Burana for its season closing concert Sunday at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre.

Classical Notes: Phantom superstar, local soprano treat crowd

Concert review of Phantom of the Opera stage star Peter Karrie performing with Vernon-based soprano Melina Moore and the Okanagan Symphony.

Classical Notes: OSO delivers a Valentine’s treat

Conductor and musical director Rosemary Thomson dedicated the OSO's Valentine’s Day concert to the heroes and heroines of classical music.

Ariel Barnes, principle cellist for the Vancouver Symphony, performs with the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, with Rosemary Thomson conducting, at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Nov. 22.

Classical Notes: Okanagan Symphony brings out the beauty in November

Review of the OSO’s Classic Beauty concert at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Sunday, Nov. 22.

Ariel Barnes, principle cellist for the Vancouver Symphony, performs with the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, with Rosemary Thomson conducting, at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Nov. 22.

Classical Notes: OSO enters a brave new world

Okanagan Symphony's season opener featured iconic pieces by Jean Sibelius (Finland) and Antonin Dvořák (Czechoslovakia).

Classical Notes: Titans an apt end to OSO’s season

The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra brought this year’s season to a spectacular finish with their Titans concert.

Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer 1 by Gustav Klimt, the subject of new British film Woman in Gold.

Woman in Gold screens at the Vernon Towne Cinema

Film starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds tells story of Maria Altmann's attempt to reclaim Gustav Klimt’s iconic painting of her aunt.

Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer 1 by Gustav Klimt, the subject of new British film Woman in Gold.

Classical Notes: Let there be light

Okanagan Symphony Orchestra hits high notes with chorus and vocalists in Joseph Haydn's The Creation.

Classical Notes: OSO and Quartetto Gelato show their gypsy colours

The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra took the unusual step of featuring an established quartet for its Exotic Flavours concert.

Classical Notes: Splendour at the symphony

Okanagan Symphony's Winter Splendour featured Borodin's Prince Igor, Raminsh's Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6.

Dawn Mussellam, back left, and Rosemary Thomson, with the five members of Fish On Five Quintet, take a bow at the Okanagan Symphony’s Yuletide Brass concert in the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Sunday.

Classical Notes: OSO brass reels in music to suit the season

Review: Fish on Five Brass Quintet, soprano and Okanagan Symphony present an eclectic mix of little-known and well-known Christmas music.

Dawn Mussellam, back left, and Rosemary Thomson, with the five members of Fish On Five Quintet, take a bow at the Okanagan Symphony’s Yuletide Brass concert in the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Sunday.
Doug Sonju, longtime first clarinettist with the Okanagan Symphony, receives a standing ovation from his colleagues, including from conductor Rosemary Thomson and pianist Ian Parker, left, at his last performance with the OSO, Sunday in Vernon.

Classical Notes: A rhapsodic performance

Okanagan Symphony opens its 2014-15 season with Britten's Four Sea Interludes and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, with pianist Ian Parker.

Doug Sonju, longtime first clarinettist with the Okanagan Symphony, receives a standing ovation from his colleagues, including from conductor Rosemary Thomson and pianist Ian Parker, left, at his last performance with the OSO, Sunday in Vernon.
Kelowna’s Yamabiko Taiko Drummers perform at the Okanagan Symphony’s closing concert at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Sunday.

Review: Symphony season ends with a bang

Okanagan Symphony’s musical director Rosemary Thomson pulled out all the stops in celebration of Asian Heritage month.

Kelowna’s Yamabiko Taiko Drummers perform at the Okanagan Symphony’s closing concert at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Sunday.
Bassoonist Nadina Mackie Jackson and Guy Few, on trumpet and piano, perform the encore with the Okanagan Symphony at Sunday’s concert in Vernon.

Classical Notes: Bassoonist, trumpeter deliver dynamic reeds and brass

Review of April 6 Vernon concert featuring acclaimed bassoonist Nadina Mackie Jackson and trumpeter Guy Few, with the Okanagan Symphony.

Bassoonist Nadina Mackie Jackson and Guy Few, on trumpet and piano, perform the encore with the Okanagan Symphony at Sunday’s concert in Vernon.
Jan Lisiecki holds the final note of a Chopin nocturne while performing with the Okanagan Symphony at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Sunday, Feb. 16.

Classical Notes: Prodigy pianist Jan Lisiecki lands in Vernon with finesse

Okanagan Symphony's Rosemary Thomson reunites with 18-year-old pianist Jan Lisiecki for Poised in Flight at Vernon Performing Arts Centre.

Jan Lisiecki holds the final note of a Chopin nocturne while performing with the Okanagan Symphony at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Sunday, Feb. 16.

Classical Notes: Symphony travels to city of music and dreams

On Sunday, the Okanagan Symphony performed a programme rich in waltzes and love songs, celebrating Viennese tradition.

Prommers sing Land of Hope and Glory at the Royal Albert Hall during The Last Night of the Proms.

Classical Notes: Enjoy symphonic mayhem Sunday

British tradition promenades its way to Vernon when Okanagan Symphony performs Last Night of the Proms as its last show of the season.

Prommers sing Land of Hope and Glory at the Royal Albert Hall during The Last Night of the Proms.

CLASSICAL NOTES: Symphony embraces summer’s dawn

Okanagan Symphony welcomes Roger Cole, principal oboist of the Vancouver Symphony, to perform Oboe Concerto by Richard Strauss.

Arnold Choi performs Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the Okanagan Symphony’s Rosemary Thomson conducting, Sunday at Vernon  Performing Arts Centre.

CLASSICAL NOTES: Artist and his cello sing to Elgar

Review: Okanagan Symphony concert featured Arnold Choi playing one of the greatest cello pieces ever, Sir Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto.

Arnold Choi performs Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the Okanagan Symphony’s Rosemary Thomson conducting, Sunday at Vernon  Performing Arts Centre.

Classical Notes: OSO in Transformation

On Sunday, the Okanagan Symphony opened their 53nd season with 53 performers on stage.