MUSIC REVIEWS
Ringo Starr Gets By with Help from All-Starr Friends at Harrah’s; We Get High on Variety, Nostalgia
Ringo Starr and his All-Starrs deliver a blast from the past variety show that feels like a surreal two-hour car ride or the best wedding reception ever…
Read MoreSteven Schick Leads Stirring, Probing Account of Bernstein’s “Kaddish” Symphony with La Jolla Symphony
After a rugged and stirring performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 3, “Kaddish,” by the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Saturday, March 16, I left UC San Diego’s Mandeville Auditorium refreshed and uplifted. Bernstein’s “Kaddish” Symphony, based on the ancient Hebrew prayer for the dead, takes the listener on a probing and at times exalting journey.
Read MoreCurious and Delightful Finds by Art of Élan at the San Diego Museum of Art
For Art of Élan’s sleekly delivered concert on March 12 at the San Diego Museum of Art, Executive Director Kate Hatmaker selected an unusually amazing musical repast, starting with Georg Phillipp Telemann’s “Gulliver’s Travels” Suite for two violins and ending with a rare string quartet by film score great Nino Rota
Read MoreVocal Splendor in San Diego Opera’s Production of Jake Heggie’s ‘Three Decembers’
San Diego Opera’s love affair with composer Jake Heggie continued unabated Friday, March 8, 2019, with the company’s smart production of his 2008 chamber opera “Three Decembers” in the Patrick Henry PHAME! Theatre.
Read MoreDe Waart and San Diego Symphony Offer Winning Program of Mahler and Barber
Conductor Edo de Waart’s Friday (March 1) program with the San Diego Symphony brilliantly paired Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with Samuel Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915,” and together they delivered this package beautifully!
Read MoreUC San Diego: the Elysian Fields of Percussion Performance
Wednesday, February 27, at UC San Diego’s Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, virtuoso percussionist Steven Schick gave an impressive solo recital of recent works as part of the university’s week long “Cross-Wired,” a festival of concerts and masterclasses dedicated to cutting edge percussion music and its performers.
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