May 18 2016, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver Recital Society: Ian Bostridge. The Vancouver Recital Society presents the return of the successful duo - tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Wenwen Du, in Songs of World War I.. Event detailsThe Music and Poetry of the Great War.After the success of their riveting performance of Schubert's Winterreise on our 2014-15 Season, Ian Bostridge and Wenwen Du return to our stage to perform an artfully curated program of songs exploring the music and poetry of the Great War. The program ranges from songs by soldier composers George Butterworth and Ivor Gurney to Britten's setting of poems about children in wartime."Bostridge sings as if from inside the music, as if he has found a way to produce pure, disembodied emotion." — Los Angeles Times..
Event Details. Location:
600 Hamilton Street, Vancouver