Posts Tagged ‘Conrad Prebys Concert Hall’
A Feast of Choreographic Invention: City Ballet’s “On the Move”
I was mesmerized by the dancers’ wrists, which in all three pieces are often flexed at dramatic 90-degree angles, both up and down. In another arresting gesture, they hold their wrists crossed as if shackled. And that’s just some of the choreographic invention on display from City Ballet’s Geoff Gonzalez last Saturday.
Read MoreUC San Diego: the Elysian Fields of Percussion Performance
Wednesday, February 27, at UC San Diego’s Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, virtuoso percussionist Steven Schick gave an impressive solo recital of recent works as part of the university’s week long “Cross-Wired,” a festival of concerts and masterclasses dedicated to cutting edge percussion music and its performers.
Read MoreMusical Adventure at UC San Diego’s Prebys Concert Hall
UC San Diego’s Wednesday@7 concert of contemporary chamber music took us from the wrenching drama of Harrison Birtwistle’s solo cantata “Nenia: The Death of Orpheus” to the spectral tone painting of Xavier Beteta’s brand new “La Catedral Abandonada” . . .
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