Posts by Ken Herman
Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem in D Minor at SummerFest 2024
Sunday at The Conrad, La Jolla SummerFest 2024 presented Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem with forces scaled more to the proportions of his original 1888 version of the work.
Read MoreSummerFest 2024’s Choral Feast with VOCES8
The British vocal ensemble VOCES8 took La Jolla SummerFest’s Friday audience on an amazing journey, charting the development of western choral music from the early Renaissance to the present.
Read MoreSummerFest’s Celebration of Mozart and Pärt
Works by W. A. Mozart and the contemporary Minimalist composer Arvo Pärt filled La Jolla SummerFest’s Wednesday, August 7, concert at The Conrad.
Read MoreSummerFest 2024 Salutes Dance Suites from Bach to Piazzolla
Bravura solos and dazzling duos thrilled the La Jolla SummerFest audience at The Conrad on Sunday, August 4.
Read MoreLa Jolla SummerFest’s Sumptuous Banquet of Baroque Program Music
Under the direction of Jonathan Cohen, Friday’s La Jolla SummerFest program ‘Baroque Fantasia’ offered a generous banquet of programmatic Baroque music.
Read MoreSummerFest 2024 Explores Flamenco Flair in Contemporary Chamber Music
Thursday’s La Jolla SummerFest concert at The Conrad celebrated the three faces of Thomas Adès, this year’s composer-in-residence: composer, pianist, and conductor.
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