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Posts Tagged ‘Aaron Copland’

Mezzo-Soprano Joyce DiDonato Casts an Opulent Vocal Spell at The Conrad

By Ken Herman | January 19, 2023 | 0

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.

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Payare and the San Diego Symphony Score with Familiar Tchaikovsky and Rare Glimpses of Lili Boulanger

By Ken Herman | October 17, 2021 | 0

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.

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UC San Diego’s Amazing Revival of Luciano Berio’s ‘Circles’

By Ken Herman | December 2, 2018 | 0

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.

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Pianist Orli Shaham Thrills in Bernstein’s “The Age of Anxiety” with the San Diego Symphony

By Ken Herman | November 17, 2018 | 4

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.

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Leonard Bernstein: a Family Remembrance at La Jolla SummerFest

By Ken Herman | August 10, 2018 | 0

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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Patel Leads a Glorious Sibelius Fifth Symphony to Remember

By Ken Herman | February 11, 2018 | 1

San Diego Symphony Associate Conductor Sameer Patel led a majestic, sonically luxurious account of the Jean Sibelius Fifth Symphony and introduced with violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and the orchestra a new violin concerto by Adam Schoenberg.

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