Posts Tagged ‘Felix Mendelssohn’
Zukerman Brings Uninspired Tchaikovsky to San Diego Symphony
After the San Diego Symphony rose to such great heights performing exciting, compelling new works in the recently completed “It’s About Time” festival, Pinchas Zukerman’s uninspired evening of standard repertory proved a crashing letdown . . .
Read MoreShaham Soars Again as Soloist in the San Diego Symphony’s 2016-17 Season-Opening Concert
Can San Diego audiences ever get too much of Gil Shaham? Just two months ago he brilliantly played Sergei Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto at La Jolla SummerFest, and Friday (October 14) he gave a thrilling account of Felix Mendelssohn’s beloved Violin Concerto with the San Diego Symphony under Music Director Jahja Ling—Shaham’s fifth local appearance in the last four years.
Read MoreCelebrity but Little Star Power
Delighting celebrity seekers but disappointing serious music lovers, violinist Pinchas Zukerman and colleagues offered a tepid concert of unexceptional music . . .
Read MoreMainly Mozart’s ‘Prodigy Year’ Exits With Prodigy Gavin George
Mainly Mozart Music Director Michael Francis concluded this year’s festival with a bland program of early Mozart pieces and Felix Mendelssohn’s First Symphony . . .
Read MoreIn A Minor Mood
Mainly Mozart’s “Minor Storm” program featured a conductorless orchestra and instrumental soloists Anne-Marie McDermott and William Preucil . . .
Read MorePolite Chamber Music at the Timken
Champagne flowed generously in the Timken Museum’s main hall, Mainly Mozart’s chamber music lacked the effervescence of the celebratory libation . . .
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