May 2, 2016

Day #1 - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

WestJet Flight #1777

Departed SFO 8:30 AM

Arrived YVR 11:00 AM

First Nations Art Exhibit at Vancouver Airport

Cedar Connection

Susan A Point, 2009

Cedar Connection 

Susan A Point, 2009

Aboriginal  Woven Banners

Sandman Hotel

180 West Georgia Street

Vancouver, BC

View from my hotel room

looking north across Georgia Street

White Spot

Burger, fries & shake before Symphony Concert

Orpheum Theatre (1927)

Home of the Vancouver Symphony

Orpheum Theater

602 Smithe Street

VANCOUVER SYMPHONY

Mozart Overture to Don Giovanni

Bartok Violin Concerto # 2

Isabelle Faust, Violin

Dvorak Symphony #7 in D minor

Excellent concert, especially the Bartok Violin Concerto #2.

Beautiful sensitive playing and phrasing.

Isabelle Faust played  the 'Sleeping Beauty' Stradivarius (1704)

 "kindly on loan by the L-Bank Baden-Wurttemberg) 

Tomorrow: Walking Tour of Downtown Vancouver