Posts Tagged ‘Aram Khachaturian’
Guest Conductor Yaniv Dinur Leads Impressive ‘1812 Tchaikovsky Spectacular’ at the Rady Shell
Friday’s “1812 Tchaikovsky Spectacular” concert at the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park on San Diego Bay featured guest conductor Yaniv Dinus and, yes, fireworks!
Read MoreFeast of Russian Music Crowns San Diego Symphony’s Summer Season at Embarcadero Marina Park South
The ritual of culminating the San Diego Symphony’s Summer Pops season with canons and fireworks punctuating Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” is too much fun for everyone involved to give it up, and Associate Conductor Sameer Patel followed tradition on Friday, August 31, at Embarcadero Marina Park South.
Read MoreSan Diego Master Chorale & Jahja Ling Celebrate Haydn
During Jahja Ling’s tenure as San Diego Symphony Music Director, we have come to expect a major choral work in December such as Handel’s “Messiah” and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Happily, the maestro ignored that stale tradition and with the San Diego Master Chorale offered Haydn’s magnificent “Mass in Time of War,” also known by its German name “Paukenmesse” . . .
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