Top Canadian musician gives triumphant homecoming concert
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PRINCE GEORGE – Prince George’s own Jonathan Crow put on a memorable show on Tuesday night at the Knox Performance Centre. As the concert master of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Crow helps lead one of Canada’s finest cultural institutions. Given that Crow is the concert master of the TSO, he has gotten used to a much bigger stage, but he says the opportunity to not only play in his hometown, but in a relatively smaller venue like the Knox is quite the special opportunity.
“It’s a different way of interacting with an audience. When you’re playing at Roy Thomson Hall for 2600 people, you really have to push everything out to reach the back. When you’re playing in a space like this, you feel it can really bring everything down and bring people into you. You can do things that are much more intimate, the nuance is just more, there’s more variety, and in a way you can feel the audience reaction more. And that’s what I loved about tonight, you can really feel the audience and how attentive they were and how much they were enjoying it,” he said.
Accompanied by pianist Philip Chiu, Crow’s fantastic performance resulted in two standing ovations from a packed Performance Centre. After the show Crow spoke with many audience members, who couldn’t wait to tell him just how special the show was, and he said the warm welcome and return to Prince George meant a lot to him. Having the chance to visit familiar locations and also see how the city changed was one of many highlights of his trip back.
