Posts by Ken Herman
Amazing Performances of Berio and Tchaikovsky at La Jolla SummerFest
Tuesday’s SummerFest 2021 concert featured Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, withpianist Daniil Trifonov, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, and violinist Stefan Jackiw, as well as a Lucian Berio song cycle with mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano
Read MoreOpera NEO’s Mozartean Vocal Feast: the Company Attempts Once Again to Get Poor Figaro Properly Married
Opera NEO opened its annual Summer Opera Festival Friday, August 6, with a spirited production of Mozart’s opera buffa “The Marriage of Figaro,” the opera that launched this enterprising San Diego company ten years ago.
Read MoreSan Diego Symphony Gala Concert Opens the New Rady Shell With Style
An exuberant crowd turned out Friday, August 6, for Music Director Rafael Payare and the San Diego Symphony’s opening concert at its new $85 million bay-side facility, the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.
Read MoreString Quartets Rule at Thursday’s SummerFest 2021 Concert
Thursday’s SummerFest 2021 program (August 5) offered two autobiographical string quartets, Bedřich Smetana’s E Minor Quartet “From My Life” and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110.
Read MoreBrilliant SummerFest Repretory Inspired and Performed by Virtuosos
The Sunday, August 1, SummerFest 2021 concert featured works by Debussy, Britten, Stravinsky and Mozart, each composition inspired by a virtuoso acquaintance of the composer.
Read MoreSummerFest 2021 Opening Concert: A Shimmering Stylistic Sampler
SummerFest 2021, the La Jolla Music Society’s prestigious annual summer music festival, opened Friday, July 30, with a marathon program that boasted music from 10 composers, required 15 onstage musicians, and lasted two and one-half hours.
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