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Bach und nach: Pianist Brad Mehldau in La Jolla
Jazz pianist and composer Brad Mehldau gave a remarkable recital of music by J. S. Bach interspersed with his own works and improvisations inspired by those of Bach . . .
Read MoreSaxophone Mastery at the La Jolla Athenaeum
The masterful duo of Mark Turner and Ethan Iverson, appeared at the La Jolla Athenaeum on February 25, 2017, in a concert expertly curated by Dan Atkinson . . .
Read MoreRep’s ‘Sex with Strangers’: So What’s the Big Whoop?
What do two attractive, sexually healthy strangers do in a snowbound cabin with no electricity? They take their new relationship to the next level — and when the hard decisions eventuate, a faulty San Diego Repertory Theatre’s ‘Sex with Strangers’ says they can’t see the play through.
Read MoreLanguage And Its Exuberances Pepper NCR’s Excellent ‘Illusion’
French baroque playwright Pierre Corneille’s ‘L’Illusion Comique’ was written in 1636 as a nod to theater’s intrinsic beauty. Tony Kushner’s eye and ear saw the inherent tribute to performance art — and North Coast Repertory Theatre’s ‘The Illusion’ has preserved it with an excellent entry.
Read MoreDavid 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 MorePeter Kozma Announces 2017 Summer Season for Opera NEO
Opera NEO Artistic Director Peter Kozma announced his company’s offerings for summer of 2017, including Mozart’s beloved Cosi fan tutte and rare early operas by Francesco Cavalli and Gluck . . .
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