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English by birth, Bramwell Tovey joined the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as Music Director inSeptember 2000. From 2002 to 2006, he was also music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique duLuxembourg. During this time, he toured with the orchestra throughout Europe, the USA and the FarEast, and gave the world premiere of Penderecki's Eighth Symphony at the opening of Luxembourg’snew Philharmonic Hall in 2005.Tovey made his New York Philharmonic subscription debut in 2001 and since 2004 has led theorchestra’s annual Summertime <strong>Classics</strong> festival at Lincoln Center. Future engagements include theLos Angeles Philharmonic (at both the Hollywood Bowl and Walt Disney Hall), the Seattle, Detroit,Quebec and Toronto symphony orchestras and the New York and Royal Philharmonic orchestras.From 1989 to 2001, Bramwell Tovey was Artistic Director of the Winnipeg Symphony and prior to thatPrincipal Conductor of the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet in London. As a composer he won the 2003 JunoAward for Best Classical Composition for his Requiem for a Charred Skull. He has also writtenconcertos for cello and viola and is currently working on an opera. He holds honorary doctorates fromthe Universities of Manitoba and Winnipeg, is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London andin 2005 was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.Founded in 1919, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) is in the top echelon of Canadianorchestras, and previous music directors have included Meredith Davies, Rudolf Barshai and SergiuComissiona, while guest conductors have included Barbirolli, Beecham, Bernstein, Dorati andKlemperer. It features more than fifty guest artists each season in more than 140 concerts. Innovatorsin the orchestral community, the 2003/04 season saw the VSO breaking new ground by becoming thefirst orchestra in Canada to use video screens in a full classical concert series. Leading up to theVancouver 2010 Olympics, the VSO will present over twenty-five premieres of short commissions byyoung Canadian composers. Upcoming seasons feature performances from a stellar line-up of soloistsincluding Renée Fleming, Yundi Li, Marc-André Hamelin, Stephen Hough, Jean-Yves Thibaudet andJames Ehnes, returning with the Barber concerto under the orchestra’s present Music Director,Bramwell Tovey.
Project Manager: Randy BarnardONYX Project Manager: Paul MoseleyRecording and Project Producer: Denise BallRecording Engineer and Digital Editing: Don HarderTechnical Assistant: Bruce DierickRecorded: Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 22–23 February 2006 (Korngold); 6–7 June 2006 (Barber & Walton)Graphic Design: Megan RossCover Photos: Anna Keenan 2005Special thanks to Moira Johnson ConsultingCBC Records P & g 2006 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation under exclusive licence to PM<strong>Classics</strong> Ltdwww.cbcrecords.cawww.onyxclassics.com
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