MUSIC REVIEWS
Parker and Francis Open Mainly Mozart Festival at Balboa with Panache
Newly minted Mainly Mozart Festival Music Director Michael Francis and keyboard wizard Jon Kimura Parker catapulted the packed Balboa Theatre audience into an ebullient mood Saturday . . .
Read MorePolite Chamber Music at the Timken
Champagne flowed generously in the Timken Museum’s main hall, Mainly Mozart’s chamber music lacked the effervescence of the celebratory libation . . .
Read MoreJon Kimura Parker Makes Schumann Shine in La Jolla
Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E-flat Major blisters relentlessly across the stage at dangerous and unforgivingly daunting tempos, a challenge that Mainly Mozart’s performers, led by pianist Jon Kimura Parker, undertook Saturday (May 30) in La Jolla without the slightest indication of strain or stress . . .
Read MoreReveles’ Piano Recital: Keyboard Insights from Bach to Debussy
Nicolas Reveles’ piano recital at La Jolla’s Torrey Pines Christian Church Sunday (May 24) stayed with traditional repertory, but his performance of Bach, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven skillfully illuminated the musical world of each . . .
Read MoreHough Delivers Polished Beethoven Concerto in San Diego Symphony Season Closer
San Diego Symphony Music Director Jahja Ling brought the 2014-15 season—his penultimate season with the orchestra—to its conclusion Friday (May 22) with a predictable program of Beethoven and Brahms, featuring the accomplished American pianist Stephen Hough . . .
Read More‘Snakeskin’ Score an Anthology of Styles
Malashock Dance’s ‘Snakeskin’ premiered at UC San Diego’s Forum Theater Friday (May 15) propelled by an eclectic score from Krishan Oberoi, director of the choral ensemble SACRA/PROFANA . . .
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