Vancouver Symphony to Premiere Vivian Fung s Flute Concerto Storm Within
The live streamed performance, titled Sun and Storm, also includes Schubert s Fifth Symphony.by BWW News Desk
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, led by Tania Miller, will perform the world premiere of JUNO-winning composer Vivian Fung s Flute Concerto Storm Within, featuring VSO principal flutist Christie Reside as soloist, on Friday, June 4, 2021 at 7:30pm PT. The live streamed performance, titled Sun and Storm, also includes Schubert s Fifth Symphony and is available on the VSO s virtual venue, TheConcertHall.ca, presented by TELUS.
Fung s Flute Concerto Storm Within, co-commissioned by the Vancouver Symphony, is a work in one continuous movement written during the fall and winter of 2020, at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic was raging and California, where Fung currently resides, was in full lockdown. She says, As I sat in my studio, powerful images and stories filtered in from the daily news - pro