Posts Tagged ‘Béla Bartók’
Hausmann Takes Bartók’s Third Quartet on the Most Recent Haydn Voyage
Sunday at the Maritime Museum of San Diego, the Hausmann Quartet presented the second installment of its 2022 Haydn Voyages concert series.
Read MoreBrilliant Young Arod Quartet Makes Its Impressive La Jolla Debut
The Arod Quartet, a prize-winning young ensemble based in Paris, offered an exceptional concert Sunday for the La Jolla Music Society at The Conrad
Read MoreArt of Élan Adds Musical Grace to the Mingei International Museum Renovation
At the Mingei International Museum’s open house Sunday afternoon, visitors streamed through architect Jennifer Luce’s spare but elegantly redesigned museum interior while members of Art of Élan enlivened the viewing with their music.
Read MoreThe Danish String Quartet Excels with Its Three B’s: Bach, Beethoven, and Bartók
The Danish String Quartet invited Friday’s audience at The Conrad to join them on the third musical journey of their “Prism Project” at the La Jolla Music Society. Starting with the serene counterpoint of J.S. Bach, the quartet seamlessly moved to Beethoven’s bold thematic freedom and culminated with Bartók’s heady release from the predictable straitjacket of tonality.
Read MoreAugustin Hadelich Illuminates Dvořák’s Violin Concerto with the San Diego Symphony
Between the spring 2016 revelation that San Diego Symphony Music Director Jahja Ling would retire at the end of the 2016-17 season and the announcement in February 2018 that the young Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare had been selected as Music Director Designate, San Diego musical circles were rife with speculation. Among the names most frequently…
Read MoreLa Jolla SummerFest Opens with a Sophisticated Musical Menagerie
This season of La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest brings down the curtain on Music Director Cho-Liang Lin’s superb 18-year tenure with the festival. Friday’s opening concert offered sublime chamber works by Bartók and Villa-Lobos, as well as wit and charm in Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals.”
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