MUSIC REVIEWS
Belgian Choral Ensemble Vox Luminis Celebrates Two Centuries of Sacred Music by the Bach Family
Vox Luminis, the formidable Belgian vocal ensemble, offered an astonishing concert of 17th and 18th-century German Lutheran choral music Sunday at La Jolla’s St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church.
Read MoreSacra/Profana’s Concert of American Choral Music with a Literary Bent
Sacra/Profana gave the first choral concert of the fall season Friday, October 18, at Christ Lutheran Church in Pacific Beach. Titled “Looking Back,” the program featured American composers who chose to set to music decidedly literary texts.
Read MoreStellar Cast Leads San Diego Opera’s Unusual Presentation of Verdi’s ‘Aïda’
San Diego Opera opened its production of Verdi’s beloved grand opera “Aïda” Saturday, October 19, 2019, at San Diego Civic Theatre with as winning a cast of “Aïda” singers as you will hear just about anywhere. The production runs through October 27, 2019.
Read MoreThe Mystical and the Political Realms Collide in Waters’ New Border Opera ‘El Colibrí Mágico’
The premiere of Joseph Martin Waters’ opera “El Colibrí Mágico” in San Diego State University’s Smith Recital Hall on Sunday, October 13, tantalized the audience with the first half of this intriguing work.
Read MoreSan Diego Symphony Offers Stirring Mozart and Middling Mendelssohn
This week’s San Diego Symphony concert featured Víkingur Ólafsson’s smart, spirited Mozart Piano Concerto in C Minor, K 491, and Felix Mendelssohn’s complete incidental music to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Op. 61.
Read MoreBach Collegium San Diego Brings Its Stylish Period Interpretation of the Brandenburg Concertos to East County
The eminent Bach Collegium San Diego opened its 17th season Friday, October 11, at Cuyamaca College in Rancho San Diego with an all-Bach program that lived up to the ensemble’s estimable period music performance standards.
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