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The San Diego Symphony went for the best of both worlds Friday (Dec. 7) when they brought in John Williams to guest conduct a program of his own music. Easily the most recognized and acclaimed living film composer, Williams has also established himself as a significant orchestral composer, although acclaim has not yet attached itself to this facet of his persona. Williams’ program divided neatly into familiar excerpts from his beloved film collaborations with Steven Spielberg—“Star Wars,” “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” “Schindler’s List,” “Harry Potter,” and the recently released “Lincoln”—and two of his works for cello and orchestra, the Cello Concerto…
When an accomplished musician gives a solo recital, the performer is typically aided by a fine instrument, perhaps an 18th-century violin or cello hand-crafted in Italy or an imposing 9-foot concert grand piano. The performer’s artistry is expressed through an instrument of first-rate craftsmanship. In an intimate solo recital Tuesday (Dec. 4) for the Carlsbad Music Festival, virtuoso percussionist Steven Schick proved he needed no such crutch to enthrall his audience. Give him a single triangle suspended on a stand, or a pair of maracas, or even four cheap flowerpots on a table, and he is Horowitz with drumsticks. A…
As a conjurer of distinctive, unforgettable characters in his many novels, Charles Dickens could never be accused of lacking imagination. But I do wonder if he could have possibly imagined the many incarnations his 1843 book “A Christmas Carol” would assume in its long afterlife. Within a year of its publication, “A Christmas Carol” was adapted for the stage in both London and New York, and in recent decades its myriad theatrical presentations have become for North American drama companies the Christmas season cash cow that Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” ballet is to countless dance ensembles. Ah, but the stage was only…
The National Endowment for the Arts has selected two San Diego County music organizations for major grants for the coming year. NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman announced Tuesday (Nov. 27) that San Diego Opera is slated to receive a $50,000 grant in support of its new production in the spring of 2013 of 20th-century Italian composer Ildebrando Pizzetti’s Murder in the Cathedral. The other grant will be awarded to the Carlsbad Music Festival in the amount of $10,000 to support the contemporary music festival’s 10th Anniversary Festival, which will take place in Carlsbad in September 2013. These two organizations are clearly…
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