Posts Tagged ‘Benjamin Britten’
SummerFest’s Sunny Sunday Serenades
Festival programming that runs out of pleasant surprises is likely to overstay its welcome, so SummerFest Music Director Cho-Liang Lin came up with a pair highly unusual offerings by Britten and Elgar for Sunday’s (August 20) afternoon concert at the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall . . .
Read MoreLessons and Carols with a Dream Choir
San Diego Pro Arte Voices and Music Director Patrick Walders gave superb performances of British Christmas carols and anthems in ‘An Evening of Readings and Carols’ at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Pacific Beach . . .
Read MoreBach Collegium San Diego’s Comforting ‘Requiem’ by Herbert Howells
In a week that began on the Christian calendar with All Saints’ Day and included All Souls’ Day, Bach Collegium SanDiego performed Herbert Howells’ a cappella “Requiem” in a noontime concert on Wednesday, November 4 . . .
Read MoreLondon Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas: a Powerful Combination
Although the popularity of Jean Sibelius’ symphonies has fluctuated wildly over the last century, he is clearly back in vogue, amply demonstrated by the London Symphony’s astute, compelling performance of his Second Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas Sunday (March 29) at the Jacobs Music Center’s Copley Symphony Hall in downtown San Diego . . .
Read MoreArt of Élan’s Answered Prayers & Rustic Songs
Over its eventful seven years, the music series Art of Élan has cultivated a strong relationship with its primary host, the San Diego Museum of Art. Drawing inspiration from the 17th-century painting “St. Francis at Prayer in a Grotto” by Francisco de Zurbarán—the museum’s much celebrated new acquisition—the series’ Tuesday (March 3) program was built on the theme of “Prayers and Songs.”
Read MorePro Arte Voices in Pacific Beach: Bold and Saucy
As San Diego’s annual December choral marathon entered its final days, Patrick Walders’ San Diego
Pro Arte Voices presented its seasonal offering in an evening of readings and carols on Saturday (December 20) at St. Andrews-by-the-Sea Church in Pacific Beach . . .