Posts by Ken Herman
The Emerson String Quartet Plays The Conrad on Their Farewell Season Tour
The La Jolla Music Society brought the Emerson String Quartet to the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Sunday as part of the quartet’s Farewell Season tour.
Read MoreSan Diego Opera’s ‘Ghosts’ by Nicolas Reveles Enters Its Own Twilight Zone
Like Giacomo Puccini’s ‘Il Trittico’ Nicolas Reveles’ ‘Ghosts’ is a trilogy of three one-act operas, each based on a unique story. San Diego Opera premiered ‘Ghosts’ April 14-16, 2023, at San Diego’s Balboa Theatre.
Read MoreSan Diego Symphony and Awadagin Pratt Bring New Piano Concerto to La Jolla
Although the piano concerto is an undeniable staple of orchestral repertory, contemporary composers have not done well by this esteemed genre. So it is not surprising that the enterprising pianist Awadagin Pratt commissioned—through the Art of the Piano Foundation—seven young composers to write works for piano and string orchestra. Under the baton of guest conductor…
Read MoreInon Barnatan’s Boundary-Crossing Vision for SummerFest 2023
Music Director Inon Barnatan has filled La Jolla’s month-long SummerFest 2023 with numerous delectable surprises, including the noted British composer Thomas Adès as composer-in-residence and programming Barnatan’s own arrangement of Freddie Mercury’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’
Read MoreComposer Nicolas Reveles on His Upcoming Opera ‘Ghosts’ for San Diego Opera
‘Ghosts,’ composed by Nicolas Reveles, is a trilogy of horror-inspired one-act operas that San Diego Opera will open Friday, April 14, at the Balboa Theatre in downtown San Diego.
Read MoreBach Collegium San Diego’s Powerful, Inspiring Bach ‘St. Matthew Passion’
Bach Collegium San Diego crowned the company’s two decades of period music performance with Bach’s ‘St. Matthew Passion’ on March 24 & 25, 2023, in Point Loma and Cardiff.
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