MiV Review Archive
Here you will find all Music in Victoria reviews, with the most recent first
2024
Composed for Connoisseurs, for the Refreshment of their Spirits
October 07 (DGRB)
Heavenly Lengths
August 06 (DGRB)
The Way of the Tao
June 16 (DGRB)
Bach, Mozart — and more.
June 09 (DGRB)
GVYO Close Season in Style
April 21 (DGRB)
Darkness into Light
April 20 (JOY)
Two Orchestras for the Price of One
February 11 (DGRB)
Of Profundity — and Virtuosity
January 22 (DGRB)
2023
Such Sweet Sorrow
August 18 (DGRB)
Of Virtuosity, Thoughtfulness—and Sheep Shearing
April 16 (DGRB)
Is There Any News?
April 02 (DGRB)
Ascendancy of the String Quartet
February 18 (JOY)
C'est l'Empereur!
February 18 (DGRB)
English Motets
February 11 (JOY)
2022
Youth Orchestra Opens Season in Fine Style
November 20 (DGRB)
Autumn Serenade
October 09 (DGRB)
It's Oh So Quiet
September 25 (DGRB)
Two Favourites and a Discovery
August 09 (DGRB)
Two Northern Quartets
August 02 (DGRB)
Viano Quartet Open Returning VSMF in Style
July 28 (DGRB)
The Most Beautiful of All Lies
March 11 (DGRB)
Quality not Quantity
February 11 (DGRB)
A Higher Revelation
January 29 and 30 (DGRB)
2021
One Out of Four Ain't Bad
December 06 (DGRB)
A Tale of Two Schumanns
November 12 (DGRB)
A Spectacular Return
October 22 (DGRB)
Seizing Fate by the Throat
September 10 (DGRB)
VMSF Launches Silver Jubilee Season
August 11 (DGRB)
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
July 25 (DGRB)
A Noysy Afternoon
July 24 (DGRB)
2020
Hundreds and Thousands: Portraits III
November 06 (DGRB)
Pause — Portraits II
October 10 (DGRB)
A Joyful Restart
October 04 (DGRB)
Summer Nights at the Cathedral (Part Four)
August 22 (DGRB)
Summer Nights at the Cathedral (Part Three)
August 15 (DGRB)
Summer Nights in the Cathedral (Part One)
August 01 (DGRB)
A Delightful Solitude
July 12 (DGRB)
Two Groundbreaking Symphonies
March 07 (DGRB)
Stay Away from the Brown Acid
March 01 (DGRB)
Celebrating Together
February 09 (DGRB)
Kluxen Confronts Zappa
February 08 (MM)
An Unsatisfactory Instrument?
January 19 (DGRB)
Noises, Sounds and Sweet Airs
January 11 (DGRB)
The New Year Opens in Style
January 03 (DGRB)
2019
Felices Fiestas
December 21 (EC)
The Weekend Starts Here
November 29 (DGRB)
Different Trains: A Tribute to the Kronos String Quartet
November 26 (MM)
Romantic Europe — with a Side Order of Central Asia
November 16 (DGRB)
Northern Lights
November 10 (DGRB)
Bach's Heritage
November 09 (JOY)
Cry Me a River
November 03 (DGRB)
The Point of Counterpoint
October 31 (DGRB)
A Spectre is Haunting Canada
October 27 (DGRB)
(Disad)Vantage Point
October 26 (DGRB)
From Prettiness to Profundity
October 18 (DGRB)
Revelation in the Fall
October 06 (DGRB)
True friends are always together in spirit
August 17 (DGRB)
Three out of Four ain't Bad
July 25 (DGRB)
VSMF Opens in Style
July 23 (DGRB)
There's Gold in Them Thar Strings
June 30 (DGRB)
A Walk on the Not-Entirely-Wild Side
June 16 (DGRB)
Strum
June 08 (MM)
Bondarwhat?
May 04 (DGRB)
Aventa Close the Season with Several Bangs
March 31 (DGRB)
From Paris to London—via Berlin and Tallinn
March 17 (DGRB)
Cathedral, Palace and Hearth: Music of the Middle Ages
February 16 (JOY)
An all-Beethoven Evening from the VCO
February 15 (DGRB)
Life-affirming
February 04 (DGRB)
English Music and Viola Encores
January 17 (DGRB)
2018
Now Be Joyful
December 22 (DGRB)
I've Got a Little Liszt
November 30 (DGRB)
Off to a Flying Start
November 04 (DGRB)
Resurrection Man
October 25 (DGRB)
Music in a Time of War: 1914-18
October 24 (DGRB)
Beginnings and Endings
October 20 (DGRB)
No Symphony for Old Men
September 30 (DGRB)
A Higher Revelation
August 13 (DGRB)
Brahms, Adaskin, Schumann
July 30 (DGRB)
Spectacular Opening for the VSMF
July 26 (DGRB)
Six of One
July 20 (EC)
A Worthy Close
July 18 (DGRB)
Of Youth and Maturity
July 14 (DGRB)
Three's Company
July 02 (DGRB)
Beethoven, Brahms and Farrenc
June 24 (DGRB)
Two Famous Belgians
June 17 (DGRB)
Half a Loaf
June 10 (DGRB)
The End of an Era
June 06 (DGRB)
Papa Haydn
April 27 (DGRB)
The Last of the Great Romantics
April 07 (MM)
This New Atom Bomb is Dynamite!
April 07 (DGRB)
Thrilling Days
March 17 (DGRB)
Brahms, Schubert and...
March 11 (DGRB)
"The Consecration of a Whole Life"
March 10 (DGRB)
De Profundis
February 16 (DGRB)
From the Heart
February 11 (DGRB)
Germans and Italians at the Keyboard
January 27 (DGRB)
The Other Three Bs
January 24 (DGRB)
The Eightfold Way
January 21 (DGRB)
The Shining
January 20 (DGRB)
Undivine Comedy
January 14 (DGRB)
Baroque Composers at the Forefront of Innovation
January 13 (PB)
2017
La Nativité du Seigneur
December 31 (DGRB)
Ziet uns hinan
December 22 (DGRB)
School of Music 50th Anniversary Gala Concert
December 02 (DGRB)
It's Not Data Yet
November 27 (MM)
Buster Keaton:
The General
November 25 (MM)
Death and Transcendence
November 12 (JOY)
A Moving Pastoral
November 12 (DGRB)
Two Masterpieces, One Apprentice Work
November 04 (DGRB)
Elgar and Beethoven in Royal Bay
October 28 (DGRB)
A Tribute to Maureen Forrester
October 27 (DGRB)
We Shall Not Cease From Exploration
October 21 (DGRB)
Elephants, Kangaroos and Diablerie
October 14 (DGRB)
Episode IV: A New Hope
September 18 (DGRB)
A Masterpiece, a Major Discovery and a Quartet by Tchaikovsky
August 09 (DGRB)
The Dovers' Return
August 08 (MM)
Mozart, Glière and Dvořák at the VSMF
August 03 (DGRB)
A Feast of Chamber Music
August 01 (DGRB)
The Power of Three
July 21 (DGRB)
On the Morality of the Flute
July 15 (DGRB)
The Italians are Coming!!
July 07 (PB)
Same Fate, but Different Destinies
July 02 (PB)
Nanaimo Calling
June 23 (PB)
Quartet Fest West Exits in Style
June 15 (DGRB)
Viva Mexico!
June 13 (DGRB)
Eine Kleine Opens in Style
June 04 (DGRB)
Concerti con molti strumenti
May 27 (JOY)
The Collective Conscious
May 26 (DGRB)
The Big Twin and Friends
May 19 (DGRB)
GVYO Close Season in Style
April 30 (DGRB)
Not with a Whimper
April 21 (DGRB)
Bach's St. John Passion
April 11 (JOY)
Such Sweet Sorrow
March 25 (DGRB)
How big it is — quite wild!
February 17 (DGRB)
Superlative Shostakovich
February 10 (DGRB)
Some Paprika with that?
January 25 (DGRB)
The Viola in Everybody's Life
January 20 (DGRB)
2016
Bach at St John's
December 07 (DGRB)
Bach at Royal Roads
December 04 (DGRB)
Get it On — Bang a Gong (or something)
December 02 (DGRB)
A Russian Evening from the Sooke Philharmonic
October 29 (DGRB)
Cries of London
October 24 (JOY)
The End of an Era
October 22 (DGRB)
Marco Grieco in Recital
October 14 (DGRB)
Three Keyboard Masters
October 03 (DGRB)
The Simple Things You See Are All Complicated
October 02 (DGRB)
Falling for Brahms
September 18 (DGRB)
An Eclectic Evening
August 24 (DGRB)
A Grand Night
August 17 (DGRB)
Duke Trio close VSMF in Style
August 11 (DGRB)
Worse than his Bite
August 06 (DGRB)
The Lafayettes at Thirty
July 28 (DGRB)
The End of an Era
July 26 (DGRB)
Delicious Dvořák
July 20 (DGRB)
Bass is Beautiful
July 07 (DGRB)
Ah, Bach!
July 03 (DGRB)
Midsummer Magic
June 18 (DGRB)
Dashing Dohnányi
June 18 (DGRB)
The Sign of Four
June 12 (DGRB)
A Veritable Cornucopia
June 05 (DGRB)
Exultant Spring
June 04 (JOY)
A Russian Evening
June 01 (DGRB)
A Mighty Wind
May 31 (DGRB)
Thirty Years and Counting
May 01 (DGRB)
Ten Years and Counting
April 25 (DGRB)
Mythological Zoo
April 02 (DGRB)
What Tongue Does The Wind Talk?
March 18 (DGRB)
Fabulous Fialkowska
March 17 (DGRB)
House of Dreams
March 05 (EC)
Late Brahms and Schubert
February 29 (DGRB)
Revolutionary, Magisterial Beethoven
February 21 (DGRB)
An Unsatisfactory Instrument?
February 19 (DGRB)
The Rest is Silence
February 07 (DGRB)
To Charm The Ears
February 06 (EC)
Beauty, Novelty and Expression
February 05 (JOY)
Min, Chopin, Mussorgsky and Ravel
January 23 (DGRB)
Everybody Dance
January 02 (DGRB)
2015
The Healing Power of Music - A December Journey into the Light
December various (EC)
Sursum Corda
December 19 (DGRB)
Another Egg, My Lord?
November 21 (DGRB)
Tracce e Palinsesti
November 15 (DGRB)
Et Lux Perpetua
November 06 (DGRB)
30 is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia
November 01 (DGRB)
Bartók and Dvořák from the Sooke Philharmonic
October 25 (DGRB)
Italissma!
October 24 (JOY)
Finzi, Bruch and Wiren from the VCO
October 16 (DGRB)
Transcribed for guitar...
September 20 (MM)
Musical Domesticity
September 12 (JOY)
Two's Company
August 15 (DGRB)
The Pros from Dover
August 11 (MM)
Three's Company
August 08 (DGRB)
A Wonderful Evening
August 04 (MM)
Take Five
July 30 (DGRB)
A Scotsman at Phil's
July 28 (DGRB)
Beethoven - and others - in the Cathedral
July 22 (DGRB)
Three's Company
July 17 (DGRB)
Sizzling Summer Music
June 27 (PB)
The Eightfold Way
June 16 (DGRB)
A Trio of Rarities
June 14 (DGRB)
Of Genius and Talent
June 10 (DGRB)
A Rare Treat
June 07 (DGRB)
Please, sir, can I have some more?
March 28 (DGRB)
Iolanthe
March 20 (DGRB)
A Minor Revelation
March 14 (DGRB)
A Symphonic Ornithology
March 06 (PB)
Programme Music Old and New
March 02 (PB)
GVYO and Guests
March 01 (DGRB)
Theodora
February 15 (EC)
A Senior Valentine Moment
February 14 (PB)
Ripe for the Madhouse
February 13 (DGRB)
In Defence of Illiteracy
February 08 (DGRB)
The Benefits of Pollution
February 07 (DGRB)
Which Side Are You On?
February 02 (DGRB)
Mischief Set To Music
January 30 (PB)
2014
(Some) Silence is Golden
December 20 (DGRB)
Illuminations: Songs Towards the Light
December 19 (EC)
A Terrific Evening's Pianism
November 24 (DGRB)
Sleepers Awake
November 23 (JOY)
Youth Orchestra Open New Season in Style
November 23 (DGRB)
Oh, to be in England!
November 21 (DGRB)
Britten's War Requiem
November 08 (EC)
Third Time Lucky
October 10 (MM)
Dowland in Dublin
October 04 (EC)
Fifteen Years and Counting
October 01 (DGRB)
The Conservatory at 50
September 27b (DGRB)
Beethoven at the Gallery
September 27a (DGRB)
The Rebirth of the Cool
September 20 (MM)
Emily's Russians
August 28 (PB)
Cathedral Summer Recital Series Ends on a High Note
August 23 (DGRB)
Emily and the Birds
August 21 (DGRB)
Finishing in Style
August 05 (PB)
Dover Quartet
July 30 (DGRB)
Romancing the Doublebass
July 22 (DGRB)
What's a heaven for?
June 29 (DGRB)
After the Lamps Went Out
June 15 (DGRB)
More Cello!
June 08 (DGRB)
Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra go for Baroque
May 18 (JOY)
Northern Romantics
May 03 (DGRB)
Sanctuary : Chambers of the Heart
April 27 (EC)
Victoria Baroque Players
April 05 (JOY)
University of Victoria Chorus and Orchestra
April 05 (DGRB)
Ligeti Festival IV
March 29 (DGRB)
Eternal Light - Ligeti Festival III
March 28 (EC)
Ligeti Festival I
March 21 (DGRB)
Orphée
March 15 (EC)
Sibelius, Grieg and Dvořák
February 23 (DGRB)
Emanuel Bach Tricentennial
February 22 (EC)
An Evening of Rare Gems
February 21 (DGRB)
UVic Orchestra
January 31 (DGRB)
A Mesmerising Das Lied
January 11 (DGRB)
2013
Ah...Bach!
December 21 (DGRB)
As If
November 17 (DGRB)
Flow my Teares
November 16 (JOY)
North of the Arctic Circle
November 15 (EC)
A Piratical Afternoon
November 09 (DGRB)
Victoria Baroque Players
November 08 (JOY)
An Evening to Treasure
October 18 (DGRB)
New Orford Quartet
October 16 (MM)
A Celebration of British Wind Music
October 04 (DGRB)
Potpourri
September 25 (EC)
Vox in the Stars
September 13 (EC)
Das Ewig Weibliche
September 13 (DGRB)
An Evening with Johannes
August 06 (DGRB)
Three's Company
July 30 (DGRB)
The Case of the Seventeen Doublebassists
July 23 (DGRB)
Le Salon de Mozart
July 20 (EC)
A Promising Debut
July 20 (DGRB)
Fifteen Glorious Years
June 22 (DGRB)
The Longest Day
June 21 (DGRB)
Talent Hub Victoria
June 16 (PB)
Ears and Aural Hygiene
June 14 (PB)
QuartetFestWest II
June 14 (DGRB)
Chamber Music at its most Engaging
June 12 (PB)
A Genuine Rarity
June 09 (JOY)
A Composer for Our Time
June 08 (PB)
A Rose By Any Other Name
June 06 (JOY)
Welcoming Summer with Music
June 02 (PB)
English String Music
May 29 (DGRB)
Canada, 3/4 Time and Harmonic Ambiguity
May 25 (PB)
The Bassoon - Laughing and Buoyant
May 22 (DGRB)
Music for Troubled Times
May 06 (DGRB)
Le Salon Parisien
May 04 (JOY)
A Symphony and One-and-a-half Concertos
April 21 (DGRB)
An Evening with Wolfgang Amadeus
April 12 (DGRB)
Ruddigore
April 06 (DGRB)
Little Match Girl
March 17 (EC)
A Glorious Noise
March 09 (DGRB)
For Kings, Queens & Gods
February 23 (JOY)
Pacific Baroque Festival: Storms, Birthdays & other Pleasures
February 22 (JOY)
A Spanish Evening
February 16 (MM)
Folia!
February 16 (EC)
Twelve Tones and an Attitude
February 16 (DGRB)
Where's Gesualdo?
February 03 (EC)
Concerto Concert
January 25 (DGRB)
An Evening of Concertos
January 12 (DGRB)
2012
It's Murder Out There
November 30 (DGRB)
An Afternoon in Central Europe
November 25 (DGRB)
33.358175 Paragraphs for Reviewer
November 17 (DGRB)
Music of Trust and Peace
November 09 (JOY)
Welcome Home, Mr. Prossnitz
October 14 (DGRB)
Victoria Baroque Players
September 23 (JOY)
A Steinway Celebration
September 23 (DGRB)
Ordo Virtutum
September 15 (EC)
Vox in the Stars
September 08 (DGRB)
VSMF Closes in Style
July 31 (DGRB)
When is a Sextet not a Sextet?
July 28 (DGRB)
Three's Company
July 26 (DGRB)
An Evening of Deep Depths
July 24 (DGRB)
A Harp in a Box
July 06 (DGRB)
Le Salon d'été
June 30 (JOY)
A Confounded Box of Whistles
June 29 (DGRB)
Eine Kleine Closes in Style
June 24 (EC)
The Joy of Playing...and Listening
June 22 (PB)
The Tingle Factor
June 17 (PB)
A Siberian Sleigh Ride>?
June 16 (DGRB)
From West Saanich to Interplanetary Space
June 10 (PB)
Schubert's Heavenly Lengths
June 03 (DGRB)
The Italian Bach
May 27 (EC)
A Longtime Ambition Fulfilled
May 26b (DGRB)
Civic Close Season in Style
May 26a (DGRB)
Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra
May 23 (DGRB)
Chamber Music from the New World
May 12 (DGRB)
Early Baroque in Esquimalt
April 29 (JOY)
Lafayettes at Twenty(-Five)
March 10 (DGRB)
Hymns of Kassia
March 03 (EC)
When is a Concert not a Concert?
February 26 (DGRB)
Bach and the French Connection
February 24 (JOY)
Duelling Pianos
February 18 (DGRB)
An Evening of Rare Gems
February 17 (DGRB)
Music for the Ballet and the Opera
February 10 (JOY)
Hex and the City
February 04 (PB)
New Music Festival III
February 03 (DGRB)
Bach with Nature
January 29 (DGRB)
Of Links and Anecdotes
January 16 (PB)
The Very Lower Bowel of Music?
January 14 (DGRB)
Epiphany of a Drifting Mind
January 13 (PB)
An English Posy
January 11 (DGRB)
An Auspicious Debut
January 06 (DGRB)
2011
A Christmas Treat
December 17 (DGRB)
A Farewell to Life?
November 26 (DGRB)
New Music Giants
November 20 (MM)
Bach in Green Pastures
November 13 (JOY)
Classic Composers - Arranged
November 09 (DGRB)
Stormwatch
November 01 (DGRB)
Aimez vous Brahms?
October 28 (DGRB)
A (more-or-less) English Miscellany
October 22 (DGRB)
A Feast of Haydn
October 14 (DGRB)
Victoria Baroque Players
September 18 (JOY)
A Heartfelt Tribute to "Katie"
September 10 (DGRB)
Chamber Music's Twin Peaks
August 08 (DGRB)
Benjamin Beilman and Arthur Rowe in recital
August 06 (DGRB)
A Handful of Trios
August 03 (DGRB)
Profundo: The First Decade-and-a-half
July 26 (DGRB)
The Return of the Composer-Pianist
July 08 (DGRB)
Musical Friends
June 25 (MM)
The Mighty "M"s
June 25 (DGRB)
Eine Kleine Summer Music II
June 12 (DGRB)
Early Summer Music
June 11 (JOY)
A Russian Evening
June 10 (PB)
Ensemble Pacifica
June 03 (DGRB)
Oh, to be in England!
June 01 (DGRB)
A Delightful Evening with Johann Sebastian
May 22 (DGRB)
Victoria Chamber Orchestra
May 06 (DGRB)
Emotional Elgar
April 30 (DGRB)
Victoria Baroque Players Make Impressive Debut
April 17 (JOY)
Soundwaves
April 01 (DGRB)
An even more Marvellous Mikado
March 19 (DGRB)
Bruce Vogt plays Liszt (I)
March 13 (DGRB)
Bach and Handel from the Victoria Philharmonic Choir
March 12 (JOY)
Musick's Silver Sound
February 18 (DGRB)
Hail, the Conquering Heroes
February 13 (DGRB)
A Busy Man
February 12 (MM)
Reinhard Jaud in Recital
February 03 (JOY)
Joanna Hood and Ajtony Csaba in Recital
January 29 (MM)
Encouraging Start to New Venture
January 28 (DGRB)
A Genuine Rarity
January 15 (DGRB)
An English Tuba Reprise
January 08 (DGRB)
2010
Just A Song At Twilight
December 20 (DGRB)
Mozart Keyboard Quartets
December 12 (JOY)
A Triumphant Homecoming
December 12 (DGRB)
Bach and Ligeti on the Viola
December 08 (DGRB)
Music for Twilight
November 19 (DGRB)
Arthur Rowe in Recital
November 06 (DGRB)
A New Broom at UVic
October 29 (DGRB)
Apparitions
October 17 (DGRB)
Scandinavian Moods
October 15 (DGRB)
Soile Stratkauskas and Friends
August 28 (JOY)
The Future is in Safe Hands
August 27 (DGRB)
A Delightful Evening
August 23 (DGRB)
Freshwater Trio
August 05 (DGRB)
A Triumphant Homecoming
August 03 (DGRB)
Summer Vocal and Choral Academy
July 31 (JOY)
Early Music from Montreal
July 30 (JOY)
Basses Loaded XIV
July 27 (DGRB)
A Recital to Remember
July 19 (DGRB)
Les Amusements de la Chambre
July 16 (JOY)
The Delights of Duruflé
July 11 (DGRB)
Devon Joiner in Recital
June 27 (GC)
Music for Midsummer
June 26 (DGRB)
Eine Kleine Summer Music IV
June 20 (DGRB)
Glorious Summer Nights
June 12 (DGRB)
Rain Fails to Stop Play
June 06 (DGRB)
Ten Glorious Years
June 02 (DGRB)
Glorious Gershwin, Splendid Stravinsky
May 03 (GC)
Concerto Köln
April 30 (DGRB)
Concerto Köln
April 29 (DGRB)
GVYO Season Closes
April 25 (DGRB)
A Sonic Celebration
April 17 (DGRB)
The End of an Era
April 10 (DGRB)
A 20th Century Landmark
April 06 (DGRB)
Philip Glass in Recital
April 03 (MM)
A Magical Sorcerer
March 13 (DGRB)
Victoria Chamber Orchestra
March 12 (DGRB)
Sandor's Farewell - Part 1
March 05 (DGRB)
Morton Feldman's Heavenly Lengths
February 25 (DGRB)
What Time does the Time Begin?
February 14 (DGRB)
Telemann Goes To School
February 06 (JOY)
A Russian Spectacular
January 29 (DGRB)
Borealis Quartet Take No Prisoners
January 24 (GC)
The Da Vinci Codex
January 23 (DGRB)
2009
Biber's Mystery Sonatas
November 22 (JOY)
Life on the (Cutting) Edge
November 15 (DGRB)
Heavenly Haydn
November 13 (DGRB)
A Marvellous Mikado
November 07 (DGRB)
The Planets
November 02 (GC)
A Extraordinary Afternoon's Music
November 01 (DGRB)
A Spooky Spectacular
October 30 (DGRB)
An Evening for Anglophiles
October 21 (DGRB)
A Salute to American Popular Song
October 20 (DGRB)
A Heavenly Night
October 17 (GC)
Martha Masters in Recital
October 16 (MM)
An Evening of Rare Gems
October 16 (DGRB)
Pat Kostek - Twenty Marvellous Years
October 02 (DGRB)
Dawn of Romanticism
September 26 (DGRB)
Summer Vocal Academy Faculty Concert
July 30 (JOY)
Victoria Summer Music Festival III
July 30 (DGRB)
Basses Loaded XIII
July 28 (DGRB)
Victoria Summer Music Festival II
July 24 (DGRB)
Garth MacPhee at St. John's
July 19 (JOY)
An Evening with the Romantics
June 27 (DGRB)
Eine Kleine Summer Music III
June 21 (DGRB)
Eine Kleine Summer Music I
June 07 (DGRB)
Youthful Delights
April 18 (DGRB)
A Celebration of Eternity
April 05 (DGRB)
Chamber Singers Accompanied
March 28 (DGRB)
James David Christie
March 27 (JOY)
A 19th Century Evening
March 06 (DGRB)
Schubert and Mozart in Sidney
February 27 (DGRB)
A Memorable Evening
February 20 (MM)
Pacific Baroque Festival II
February 07 (JOY)
Pacific Baroque Festival I
February 06 (JOY)
Lorraine Min
February 01 (MM)
Who's Afraid of the Modern Piano?
January 31 (DGRB)
A Fine Trio of Concertos
January 30 (DGRB)
2008
A Rousing Nielsen Fourth
December 08 (DGRB)
Victoria Guitar Trio
December 07 (MM)
A Great Nevsky
December 06 (DGRB)
Tafelmusik
November 28 (DGRB)
Emily Carr Quartet and Jamie Parker
November 21 (DGRB)
Civic Open Second Quarter Century
November 15 (DGRB)
Gems From the GVYO
November 09 (DGRB)
Sooke Philharmonic Begin Second Decade
November 02 (DGRB)
Tricks and Treats
October 31 (DGRB)
J.S. Bach: "Alio Modo"
October 04 (JOY)
Ragtime Revisited
August 29 (DGRB)
Euphonia Festival II
August 16 (DGRB)
A Spectacular Opening
August 09 (DGRB)
Lafayette String Quartet
August 06 (DGRB)
Beethoven, Brahms, Bewilderment
August 01 (DGRB)
A Delicious Trout
July 26 (DGRB)
Trio Accord
July 24 (DGRB)
Basses Loaded XII!
July 22 (DGRB)
Summer Baroque
June 21 (JOY)
Eine Kleine Summer Music II
June 08 (DGRB)
Galiano Ensemble Closes Season in Sumptuous Style
May 28 (DGRB)
Colin Tilney and Friends
May 04 (JOY)
Civic Season Closer
May 04 (DGRB)
An Imperial Emperor
May 03 (DGRB)
Chamber Singers at 35
April 26 (DGRB)
A Colourful Finale
April 19 (DGRB)
vox humana
April 13 (MM)
Moonlight on the Bluff
April 13 (DGRB)
A Fascinating Evening of Quartets
April 11 (DGRB)
Sacred Music by Cherubini and Kodaly
April 05 (DGRB)
Music of Helmut Lachenmann
April 02 (DGRB)
The People United
March 30 (DGRB)
A Journey of Medieval Song and Dance
March 16 (JOY)
Vocal Gymnastics from the Sonic Lab
March 14 (DGRB)
A Stunning Pathétique
March 07 (DGRB)
Pacific Baroque Festival II
February 16 (JOY)
Pacific Baroque Festival I
February 15 (JOY)
Operettas of the Silver Screen
February 09 (DGRB)
Two World Premieres
February 03 (DGRB)
An Evening with Michael Kelly
January 12 (DGRB)
2007
A Fine Messiah
December 15 (JB)
War and Peace
November 24 (DGRB)
"Music for Queen Christina in Rome"
November 23 (JOY)
The Bach Project
November 16 (JB)
A Minimalist Milestone
November 08 (DGRB)
A Significant Premiere
November 04 (DGRB)
Sooke PO Enters Second Decade
November 03 (DGRB)
A Notable Premiere
October 28 (DGRB)
Bruckner at the University
October 26 (DGRB)
Roland Dyens - Master Guitarist
October 13 (MM)
Little-known Gems from the VCO
October 12 (DGRB)
Masters of 18th Century Harpsichord
September 29 (DGRB)
Colin Tilney at the fortepiano
September 12 (JOY)
New Music from Aventa
September 09 (DGRB)
Farewell to Nikki Chooi
August 18 (DGRB)
String Academy Finale
August 11 (DGRB)
I Musici de Montreal Dazzle and Beguile
August 08 (DGRB)
Lollipops and Truffles
August 03 (DGRB)
Quintet, Rondo and Concerto
July 28 (DGRB)
Emily Carr Quartet and Friends
July 26 (DGRB)
Basses Loaded XI
July 24 (DGRB)
Emily Carr String Quartet in the Cathedral
July 11 (DGRB)
Bach Organ Works in the Cathedral
July 09 (JOY)
An Evening with Johannes Brahms
July 07 (DGRB)
Eine Kleine Summer Music IV
June 24 (DGRB)
Sooke Philharmonic Comes Of Age
June 23 (DGRB)
An Evening of German Delights
June 02 (JOY)
Not Of This World
May 18 (DGRB)
The Death of Cinderella
April 01b (DGRB)
One Rong Apparently Does Make A Rite
April 01a (DGRB)
A Magnificent Ninth Symphony
March 31 (DGRB)
Victoria Symphony
March 18 (JOY)
A Bigger Bang
March 16 (DGRB)
A Russian Evening
March 02 (DGRB)
Weeping White Room
February 24 (DGRB)
GVYO Play Beethoven's Fifth
February 17 (DGRB)
Dualling Pianos
February 11 (DGRB)
Chamber Music in Phil's Hall
February 02 (DGRB)
Pacific Baroque Festival II
January 27 (JOY)
Pacific Baroque Festival I
January 26 (JOY)
Galiano Ensemble - 20th Century Rarities
January 17 (DGRB)
Pirates of the Baroque
January 13 (DGRB)
2006
Victoria Children's Choir
December 18 (JOY)
Shostakovich and Mozart
November 17 (DGRB)
Music of Brian Ferneyhough
November 15 (DGRB)
Renaissance Music from the Chapel Royal
November 10 (DGRB)
West Coast Consort
November 05 (JOY)
UVic Sonic Lab
November 03 (DGRB)
An Orchestral Evening to Treasure
October 27 (DGRB)
Victoria Symphony - Classics I
October 22 (DGRB)
An Evening of Serenades
October 13 (DGRB)
UVic Concerto Concert
October 06 (DGRB)
The Lafayette Quartet At Twenty
September 30 (DGRB)
The Guitar in 19th Century Vienna
September 15 (MM)
Borealis Quartet, Jane Coop
August 19 (DGRB)
Summer String Academy Chamber Orchestra
August 12 (DGRB)
Paul Marleyn in Recital
August 09 (DGRB)
Jasper Wood in Recital
August 05 (DGRB)
Albert Markov in Recital
August 04 (DGRB)
Cathedral Festival Orchestra
July 29 (DGRB)
Emily Carr String Quartet
July 27 (DGRB)
Basses Loaded! X
July 25 (DGRB)
Mozart in the Cathedral III
July 22 (DGRB)
An English Adventure
July 16 (JOY)
Mozart in the Cathedral I
July 08 (DGRB)
Set 'em up Joe
June 25 (DGRB)
Eine Kleine Summer Music III
June 18 (JOY)
Ensemble Laude
June 04 (JOY)
The Strength of Strings
June 04 (DGRB)
A Superb Evening of Tchaikovsky
May 31 (DGRB)
Music from Quebec
May 19 (DGRB)
Victoria Symphony Mozart Festival
May 13 (DGRB)
An Evening of D minor
May 06 (DGRB)
Alexander Dunn and Friends
April 30 (JOY)
A Fine Evening of Solo Guitar Music
April 22 (MM)
Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra Turns Twenty
April 22 (DGRB)
Iceberg 1: Titanic 0
April 13 (DGRB)
vox humana - Adoro Te
April 09 (JOY)
Shostakovich at 100
April 09 (DGRB)
Bach's St. Matthew Passion
April 03 (JOY)
Bach's St. John Passion
March 17 (JOY)
A Baroque Afternoon with the Victoria Symphony
March 12 (JOY)
An Evening with the Sonic Lab
March 10 (DGRB)
A Fine Evening of Solo Guitar Music
March 06 (MM)
An auspicious debut
March 05 (JOY)
An Evening with the Romantics
March 03 (DGRB)
A Polite Mahler First
February 26 (DGRB)
UVic Composers Series
February 19 (DGRB)
The Violin Sonata - From Bach to Mozart
February 18 (MM)
A Russian Rarity from the Victoria Chamber Orchestra
February 17 (DGRB)
A Swinging Afternoon with the Palm Court Orchestra
February 11 (DGRB)
2003
Exciting Close to VSMF
August 30 (DGRB)
2002
Reinecke and Brahms from the Civic
October 26 (DGRB)
Schubert Ensemble of London
October 19 (DGRB)
MiV Home
The Critics
DGRB
Deryk Barker
MM
Martin Monkman
JOY
James Young
GC
Gabriel Cayer
JB
Jack Beukema
PB
Peter Berlin
EC
Elizabeth Courtney