Posts by Ken Herman
Rafael Payare Conducts a Majestic Verdi Requiem to Open the 2022 – 2023 San Diego Symphony Season
San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare opened the 2022 – 2023 season at The Rady Shell on Saturday with a commanding, passionate performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem.
Read MoreThe Old Globe Dares to Find Both Humor and Insight in ‘What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank’
The Old Globe continues to present Nathan Englander’s new play “What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank” at the White Theatre in Balboa Park through October 23.
Read MoreBodhi Tree Concerts Presents a 21st-Century ‘Dido and Aeneas’ at Bread & Salt
Bodhi Tree Concerts’ mischievous, exuberantly animated account of Henry Purcell’s opera “Dido and Aeneas” opened Friday, September 23, at Bread & Salt.
Read MoreVocalist Bryonha Marie Salutes the Great American Songbook at The Rady Shell
Rob Fisher and vocalist Bryonha Marie celebrated the musical treasure trove of The Great American Songbook in Friday’s Rady Shell program titled “Broadway Sings . . . and Swings.”
Read MoreHausmann Quartet Pairs John Cage and Caroline Shaw with Haydn and Beethoven
On Sunday’s Hausmann Quartet concert at the Maritime Museum of San Diego, the quartet played Shaw’s 2016 piece “Blueprint,” paired with Beethoven’s B-flat major Quartet, Op. 18, No. 6.
Read MoreThe San Diego Symphony Climaxes Its Summer Offerings with Tchaikovsky but no Fireworks
Friday’s concert by the San Diego Symphony ended its summer season with a program devoted to the music of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, a longstanding local tradition.
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