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Weilerstein Gives Stunning Account of Kodály Sonata for Solo Cello at SummerFest 2020

By Ken Herman | August 29, 2020 |

In Friday’s online concert of SummerFest 2020, Alisa Weilerstein combined discovery and amazing virtuoso execution in Kodály’s Sonata for Solo Cello. The program also included a Mozart Violin Sonata and the Suk Piano Quartet.

Delectable Fauré Violin Sonata Refreshes SummerFest 2020’s Cautious Standard Repertory

By Ken Herman | August 28, 2020 |

The sophisticated Gallic ambience of Gabriel Fauré’s First Sonata for Violin and Piano at Wednesday’s (August 26) SummerFest 2020 program proved as welcome as a cool breeze wafting from the La Jolla cove on a muggy summer afternoon.

SummerFest 2020 Offers a Moving Afternoon of Beethoven and Mendelssohn

By Ken Herman | August 24, 2020 |

The emotional momentum of the opening two La Jolla SummerFest 2020 concerts came to fruition Sunday afternoon, August 23, in the stirring online performance from The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center.

SummerFest 2020 Audaciously Purloins Orchestral Gems

By Ken Herman | August 23, 2020 |

For his second night of SummerFest 2020, Music Director Inon Barnatan boldly commandeered works from the symphonic repertory by Beethoven and Rachmaninoff and made a splendid case for their transmigration into the medium of chamber music.