Posts by Ken Herman
SummerFest 2023 Bids Farewell with Concert of Max Bruch and Tchaikovsky–and Freddie Mercury!
SummerFest’s final 2023 concert on Saturday brought a 17-member string orchestra to The Conrad’s stage to offer Max Bruch’s Concerto for Clarinet and Viola and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings.
Read MoreMagnificent Account of Shostakovich Piano Trio Crowns SummerFest ‘Unsilenced Voices’ Concert
With the exception of Dmitri Shostakovich’s stark Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Friday’s SummerFest program offered a stimulating variety of music outside of the standard repertory.
Read MoreSummerFest’s Synergy Series Follows the Musical Road Not Taken
The Louis Cato Trio opened SummerFest’s Synergy Series Thursday with an urbane, gratifying jazz concert in the JAI. Two more Synergy concerts followed in the Baker-Baum Concert Hall the following nights.
Read MoreCommissioned Work ‘Mir’ by Texu Kim Premiered at Spreckels Summer Organ Festival
Monday’s concert, part of the 2023 San Diego International Organ Festival in Balboa Park proved extraordinary for several reasons.
Read MoreSummerFest Offers An Incomparable Account of Schubert’s E-flat Major Piano Trio
Sunday’s SummerFest program featured Franz Schubert’s Piano Trio In E-flat Major, Op. 100, as well as works by Ernst von Dohnányi and Paul Wiancko.
Read MoreString Quartets and Trios Dazzle at Friday’s SummerFest Concert
Friday’s La Jolla SummerFest concert ran the gamut from Jean Sibelius’ charming ‘Serenata’ for Two Violins and Cello to Beethoven’s Second Razumovsky String Quartet.
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