MUSIC REVIEWS
Mainly Mozart’s Sublime Schubert Piano Trio
The Mainly Mozart Festival’s last chamber music concert (June 16) was devoted to Franz Schubert’s Piano Trio in E-flat Major–a rewarding performance by pianist Adam Neiman, violinist Marie Bérard and cellist Ronald Thomas . . .
Read MoreSchubert and Mozart: the Teen Years Exposed
Wednesday’s Mainly Mozart program at the Balboa Theatre balanced offerings of early Mozart with early Schubert, a logical pairing that showed each composer’s youthful exuberance and hints of deeper musical expression . . .
Read MoreA Subtle Genius – Fred Hersch & Anat Cohen
Fred Hersch and Anat Cohen display mastery, humor and deeply expressive music making at the La Jolla Athenaeum
Read MoreIn A Minor Mood
Mainly Mozart’s “Minor Storm” program featured a conductorless orchestra and instrumental soloists Anne-Marie McDermott and William Preucil . . .
Read MoreMainly Mozart Festival Opens: Prodigies on Parade
Mainly Mozart Music Director Michael Francis opened the 2016 festival season, which he has titled “The Prodigy Year,” with 15-year-old concert pianist Umi Garrett and works from Mozart’s prodigy period . . .
Read MoreFine Chamber Concert Defeated by the Elements
Excellent playing at the Mainly Mozart Festival’s opening chamber concert at St. Paul’s Cathedral was muddied by unforgiving acoustics . . .
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