Posts Tagged ‘Charles Ives’
Mezzo-Soprano Joyce DiDonato Casts an Opulent Vocal Spell at The Conrad
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and the period-instrument ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro gave a performance of “Eden” for the La Jolla Music Society at The Conrad on Wednesday.
Read MoreSummerFest 2020 Opens Online With Rewarding Schubert and Ives
The La Jolla Music Society’s scaled down SummerFest 2020 opened online from The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla on Friday, August 21.
Read MoreSacra/Profana’s Concert of American Choral Music with a Literary Bent
Sacra/Profana gave the first choral concert of the fall season Friday, October 18, at Christ Lutheran Church in Pacific Beach. Titled “Looking Back,” the program featured American composers who chose to set to music decidedly literary texts.
Read MorePianist Orli Shaham Thrills in Bernstein’s “The Age of Anxiety” with the San Diego Symphony
Continuing the San Diego Symphony’s laudable Leonard Bernstein year-long centennial salute, guest conductor Steven Sloane and the orchestra offered a rousing account of Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety,” Friday, November 16, at the Jacobs Music Center’s Copley Symphony Hall.
Read MoreConductor Cristian Măcelaru Brings the Wynton Marsalis Violin Concerto to the San Diego Symphony
The vibrant young violinist Nicola Benedetti brought the Wynton Marsalis 2015 Violin Concerto in D Major to the San Diego Symphony on Friday, October 27, 2017 . . .
Read MoreCharles Ives Visits the Jacobs Music Center’s Copley Symphony Hall
As a coda to its month-long festival of American music, the San Diego Symphony offered an engaging Charles Ives tribute on January 28 that included a performance of his Second Symphony and a multimedia dramatic presentation about Ives created by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra . . .
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