Posts Tagged ‘Aaron Copland’
Kern and New Bring Impassioned Rachmaninoff Third to San Diego Symphony Opening Summer Season Concert
To open its Summer Season at the Rady Shell on Friday, the San Diego Symphony brought together conductor Gemma New and pianist Olga Kern, musicians whose past local appearances have greatly impressed local audiences.
Read MoreMezzo-Soprano Joyce DiDonato Casts an Opulent Vocal Spell at The Conrad
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and the period-instrument ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro gave a performance of “Eden” for the La Jolla Music Society at The Conrad on Wednesday.
Read MorePayare and the San Diego Symphony Score with Familiar Tchaikovsky and Rare Glimpses of Lili Boulanger
Music Director Rafael Payare’s San Diego Symphony program Saturday at the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park paired Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony with Gustav Mahler’s “Songs of a Wayfarer” and two tone poems by Lili Boulanger.
Read MoreUC San Diego’s Amazing Revival of Luciano Berio’s ‘Circles’
At UC San Diego, Luciano Berio’s now classic avant-garde “Circles” from 1960 was magnificently performed on Thursday, November 29, 2018, in the university’s Experimental Theater at the Conrad Prebys Music Center.
Read MorePianist Orli Shaham Thrills in Bernstein’s “The Age of Anxiety” with the San Diego Symphony
Continuing the San Diego Symphony’s laudable Leonard Bernstein year-long centennial salute, guest conductor Steven Sloane and the orchestra offered a rousing account of Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety,” Friday, November 16, at the Jacobs Music Center’s Copley Symphony Hall.
Read MoreLeonard Bernstein: a Family Remembrance at La Jolla SummerFest
Even if the classical music community were not observing Leonard Bernstein’s centennial year, Nina Bernstein Simmons’ program “Late Night with Leonard Bernstein” for La Jolla SummerFest would have provided a well-spent evening.
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