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‘Don Quixote’ Battles Windmills and Weak Narrative, Wins with Strong Performances

By Kris Eitland | May 13, 2015 |

Wistrich conjured the hidalgo who read too many novels and lost his mind. We wanted to cheer when he rode off to bring justice to the world, on his pretend horse…With eye-popping fouette turns, fish dives, and one-arm lifts, the Kitri role seemed designed for Gonzalez…

Stellar Duo of Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt Play La Jolla

By Ken Herman | May 11, 2015 |

Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Lars Vogt offered a remarkable and stimulating duo recital Saturday (May 9) for the La Jolla Music Society pairing Bela Bartók’s First Violin Sonata (1921) with Anton Webern’s Four Pieces, Op. 7 (1910) and surrounding them with more familiar sonatas by Mozart and Brahms . . .

SACRA/PROFANA’S Choral Sampler of New Works

By Ken Herman | May 10, 2015 |

Krishan Oberoi’s choral ensemble SACRA/PROFANA brought a sampler of polished contemporary a cappella works Friday (May 8) to the Mission Hills United Methodist Church . . .

‘Defiant Requiem’ a Moving Holocaust Remembrance at the Jacobs Music Center

By Ken Herman | May 8, 2015 |

Guest conductor Murry Sidlin presented “Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín,” a concert of Guiseppe Verdi’s great Requiem surrounded by commentary about performances of this work given by Jews imprisoned by the Nazis in the notorious Theresienstadt Concentration Camp during World War II . . .