Posts Tagged ‘Benjamin Jaber’
Edo de Waart and Leila Josefowicz Bring John Adams’ Brilliant Violin Concerto to San Diego
Friday, in his second program of the Symphony’s current month-long Beethoven at 250 festival, Principal Guest Conductor Edo de Waart continued to work his magic, turning out a dramatic but keenly focused account of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony paired with an exhilarating presentation of John Adams’ 1994 Violin Concerto with the accomplished Leila Josefowicz as soloist.
Read MoreNew San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare Thrills with Mahler’s Fifth Symphony
New Music Director Rafael Payere thrilled the sold-out audience at Copley Symphony Hall Saturday leading the San Diego Symphony in an electric, emotionally riveting account of Gustav Mahler’s monumental Fifth Symphony.
Read MoreConductor Gemma New’s Impressive Debut with the San Diego Symphony
Gemma New’s impressive debut on the podium of the San Diego Symphony Saturday, May 18, in Copley Symphony Hall made the over programmed Tchaikovsky Fifth Symphony sound fresh and engaging, and Michael Barenboim opened us up to the pleasures of Alexander Glazunov’s Violin Concerto in A Minor.
Read MoreDavid Danzmayr Serves Stirring Sibelius and Benjamin Jaber Celebrates John Williams’ Horn Concerto
Even if you were not a fan of the music of Jean Sibelius, it would have been difficult to resist the San Diego Symphony’s majestic and impassioned accounts of two of his greatest works, “Finlandia” and the First Symphony, Saturday at the Jacobs Music Center, under the baton of guest conductor David Danzmayr.
Read MoreJoshua Bell Scores with Bruch’s Violin Concerto at the San Diego Symphony
Either by chance or some mysterious plan, world-class violinists have decided to zero in on San Diego this April. Last week, Midori played a recital at The Conrad in La Jolla, and next week, Gil Shaham will flex his musical muscles at The Conrad. Sunday, Joshua Bell returned to the Jacobs Music Center in downtown San Diego to play Max Bruch’s First Violin Concerto with the San Diego Symphony under its Laureate Director, Jahja Ling.
Read MoreDe Waart and San Diego Symphony Offer Winning Program of Mahler and Barber
Conductor Edo de Waart’s Friday (March 1) program with the San Diego Symphony brilliantly paired Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with Samuel Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915,” and together they delivered this package beautifully!
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