Posts by Ken Herman
Bach Collegium San Diego’s Splendid Baroque Motets and Canticles
The Friday, March 2, concert by the Bach Collegium San Diego at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Hillcrest offered the best of both worlds: one of the familiar, cherished motets by J. S. Bach and rarely heard works by Heinrich Schütz and Domenico Scarlatti.
Read MoreRevolutionary Piano Music from a Revolutionary Pianist: Pierre-Laurent Aimard
In an amazing solo recital Thursday at the Balboa Theatre, Pierre-Laurent Aimard gave his account of revolutionary piano music from the last two centuries, anchored in Beethoven’s landmark Hammerklavier Piano Sonata, Op. 106, from 1818.
Read MoreHausmann Quartet Spans the Centuries Gracefully at the Maritime Museum of San Diego
Sunday (February 25), the Hausmann Quartet embarked on another year of its “Haydn Voyages: Music at the Maritime,” playing string quartets by Haydn, Ruth Crawford Seeger and Tina Tallon on the museum’s ferryboat Berkeley
Read MoreSacra/Profana Brings Rare 20th-Century Choral Music to Light
Sacra/Profana’s Founding Artistic Director Krishan Oberoi conducted Ernst Krenek’s atonal “Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae” and Associate Artistic Director Juan Carlos Acosta led Benjamin Britten’s late and decidedly astringent “Sacred and Profane: Eight Medieval Lyrics” Friday at the Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park.
Read MorePuccini’s ‘Turandot’–Grand Opera Produced in Sumptuous Style
San Diego Opera’s sumptuous, musically resplendent production of Puccini’s “Turnadot” opened Saturday, February 24, in the Civic Theatre.
Read MoreDavid Bennett Announces San Diego Opera’s 2018-2019 Season
San Diego Opera’s General Director David Bennett just announced Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” and Bizet’s “Carmen” as the 2018-2019 traditional main stage productions at Civic Theatre. Additional productions next season include Jake Heggie’s “Three Decembers” and Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel.”
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