Posts Tagged ‘Beethoven’
Pianist Conrad Tao Dazzles Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra Opening
The air could not have been more electric in the Balboa Theatre Saturday night (June 10) when the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra offered Stravinsky’s “Pulcinella Suite” under the baton of Music Director Michael Francis and Conrad Tao launched into his exuberant keyboard fusillade that turned into Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 8 . . .
Read MoreDutoit and San Diego Symphony Triumph in Stravinsky’s ‘Petrushka’
The eminent conductor Charles Dutoit ascended the podium of the San Diego Symphony Friday (May 19) to lead a vivid concert of Stravinsky, Ravel, Mozart and Beethoven . . .
Read MoreAugustin Hadelich Brilliant in Shostakovich First Violin Concerto with San Diego Symphony
While local audiences respond warmly to highly accomplished performers, they can be a bit chilly to less familiar, modernist repertory of the last century.
Read MoreDavid Danzmayr Leads Disappointing Beethoven Seventh Symphony
The young Austrian conductor David Danzmayr brought a fairly conventional program to the San Diego Symphony Thursday (Feb. 23), opening with Waltz King Johann Strauss, Jr.’s signature “On the Beautiful Blue Danube” and closing with Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony . . .
Read MoreDe Waart’s Triumphant Take on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Guest conductor Edo de Waart led a triumphant account of Beethoven’s Ninth (“Choral”) Symphony with the San Diego Symphony and San Diego Master Choral this weekend (Dec. 9-11) . . .
Read MoreTakács Quartet’s Star Turn in La Jolla
The esteemed Takács Quartet finished recording all 16 Beethoven string quartets for Decca some 10 years ago, a set that drew high critical praise, and continues to
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