MUSIC REVIEWS
David Danzmayr Leads Disappointing Beethoven Seventh Symphony
The young Austrian conductor David Danzmayr brought a fairly conventional program to the San Diego Symphony Thursday (Feb. 23), opening with Waltz King Johann Strauss, Jr.’s signature “On the Beautiful Blue Danube” and closing with Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony . . .
Read MoreSan Diego Opera’s ‘Falstaff’–Worth Its Weight in Vocal Splendor
San Diego Opera’s robust, rambunctious production of Verdi’s comic opera ‘Falstaff’ pumped up the physical comedy of an opera whose libretto already abounds in outsize humor . . .
Read MoreSan Diego Symphony Shines Under Baton of Dazzling Young Lahav Shani
There are occasions at Copley Symphony Hall when everything goes right, and this weekend’s concerts with Israeli guest conductor Lahav Shani qualified with ease. The combination of a beautifully designed program with
Read MoreLang Lang Brings Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Concerto to the Jacobs Music Center
Lang Lang’s return to the Jacobs Music Center on Sunday (February 5) was greeted with the expected fervid applause even before he and the San Diego Symphony delivered an equally passionate account of Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Concerto . . .
Read MoreDuo-Pianists McDermott and O’Riley Score for Mainly Mozart
Mainly Mozart patrons enjoyed duo-pianists Anne-Marie McDermott and Christopher O’Riley in a rousing recital on Saturday (February 4) at La Jolla’s Auditorium at TSRI . . .
Read MoreViolinist Benjamin Beilman Makes Stunning Debut with San Diego Symphony
After the San Diego Symphony’s month-long festival of American Music with guest conductors offering a smorgasbord of enticing and exceptional music, Music Director Jahja Ling returned to the podium Friday (February 3) with his predictable trove of standard repertory . . .
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