Posts by Ken Herman
Weilerstein Gives Stunning Account of Kodály Sonata for Solo Cello at SummerFest 2020
In Friday’s online concert of SummerFest 2020, Alisa Weilerstein combined discovery and amazing virtuoso execution in Kodály’s Sonata for Solo Cello. The program also included a Mozart Violin Sonata and the Suk Piano Quartet.
Read MoreDelectable Fauré Violin Sonata Refreshes SummerFest 2020’s Cautious Standard Repertory
The sophisticated Gallic ambience of Gabriel Fauré’s First Sonata for Violin and Piano at Wednesday’s (August 26) SummerFest 2020 program proved as welcome as a cool breeze wafting from the La Jolla cove on a muggy summer afternoon.
Read MoreSummerFest 2020 Offers a Moving Afternoon of Beethoven and Mendelssohn
The emotional momentum of the opening two La Jolla SummerFest 2020 concerts came to fruition Sunday afternoon, August 23, in the stirring online performance from The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center.
Read MoreSummerFest 2020 Audaciously Purloins Orchestral Gems
For his second night of SummerFest 2020, Music Director Inon Barnatan boldly commandeered works from the symphonic repertory by Beethoven and Rachmaninoff and made a splendid case for their transmigration into the medium of chamber music.
Read MoreSummerFest 2020 Opens Online With Rewarding Schubert and Ives
The La Jolla Music Society’s scaled down SummerFest 2020 opened online from The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla on Friday, August 21.
Read MoreBodhi Tree Concerts Salutes the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage in a Festive Online Musical Banquet
Bodhi Tree Concerts chose the final day of the National Democratic Convention, August 20, to offer “Songs of Suffrage,” a charming online concert of songs that celebrate this 100-year anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment.
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