Posts Tagged ‘Christopher Smith’
Commissioned Work ‘Mir’ by Texu Kim Premiered at Spreckels Summer Organ Festival
Monday’s concert, part of the 2023 San Diego International Organ Festival in Balboa Park proved extraordinary for several reasons.
Read MoreThe San Diego Symphony Climaxes Its Summer Offerings with Tchaikovsky but no Fireworks
Friday’s concert by the San Diego Symphony ended its summer season with a program devoted to the music of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, a longstanding local tradition.
Read MoreGuest Conductor Rob Fisher Leads a Stunning Tribute to Jerry Herman’s World of Musical Theater
Although a program of musical theater golden oldies has long been a staple of the San Diego Symphony’s summer programming, Friday’s homage to the musical theater genius of Jerry Herman presented at The Rady Shell soared high above those generic revues.
Read MoreSan Diego Symphony Opens Jacobs Masterworks at the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park with Powerful Mahler and Ravel Concert
Friday, October 8, 2021, the San Diego Symphony opened its Jacobs Masterworks Series with Music Director Rafael Payare conducting Mahler’s First Symphony and the Ravel G Major Piano Concerto with Inon Barnatan as soloist.
Read MoreSan Diego Symphony Rings in the New Year with Piano Virtuoso Ray Ushikubo in Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”
San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare revisited the traditional New Year’s Eve symphony concert Thursday, streaming an online program from the stage of Copley Symphony Hall.
Read MoreStefan Jackiw Illuminates Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Rafael Payare Unleashes a Heady Shostakovich Symphony No. 11
Having heard the amazing young American violinist Stefan Jackiw play in last season’s La Jolla SummerFest, I was excited to encounter him again Sunday as soloist with the San Diego Symphony under Music Director Rafael Payare in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. He did not disappoint!
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