MUSIC REVIEWS
Hausmann Quartet Reveals Haydn’s Newest Musical Colleagues: Agélica Negrón and Graźyna Bacewicz
Sunday’s online concert by the Hausmann Quartet offered two unusually rewarding compositions in addition to Haydn’s D Major Quartet, Op. 20, No.4: Graźyna Bacewicz’s String Quartet No. 4 from 1951 and Angélica Negrón’s “Marejada,” written just last year.
Read MoreSan Diego Symphony Offer’s Carlos Simon’s Searing “Elegy” from 2015 with Familiar Mozart and Tchaikovsky Fare
To open Friday’s online symphony concert “Elegies and Serenades,” San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare chose Carlos Simon’s striking 2015 “Elegy: A Cry from the Grave.”
Read MoreConrad Tao Offers Brilliant Online Piano Recital Courtesy of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County
Conrad Tao’s exciting Thursday recital (February 11) streamed from his New York City apartment but co-sponsored by the Philharmonic Society of Orange County and Laguna Beach Live continued to burnish the stunning technique and bold programming of this young American pianist.
Read MorePayare and the San Diego Symphony Open the 2021 Online Season with Wagner and Mozart
Under the baton of Music Director Rafael Payere, the San Diego Symphony opened its 2021 online season Friday, January 29, with a concert streamed from Copley Symphony Hall.
Read MoreSan Diego Symphony Rings in the New Year with Piano Virtuoso Ray Ushikubo in Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”
San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare revisited the traditional New Year’s Eve symphony concert Thursday, streaming an online program from the stage of Copley Symphony Hall.
Read MoreSan Diego Opera Celebrates the Season with Live Choral Music at Drive-in Screening of Its 2018 Christmas Choral Opera
The current pandemic has largely suspended choral performance, but San Diego Opera came to the rescue Monday with its drive-in “Holiday Sing-Along and All Is Calm” presentation at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.
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