Posts Tagged ‘Franz Schubert’
Hearing Schubert’s Wintry Song Cycle in San Diego Spring
Sunday’s chilly, May gray afternoon provided appropriate weather in which to consider Franz Schubert’s and poet Wilhelm Müller’s wintry song cycle “Die Winterreise,” with its morbid musings over a lonely midwinter trek. Baritone Michael Sokol and pianist Nicolas Reveles did the honors in the downtown San Diego Public Library’s Neil Morgan Auditorium,
Read MoreAndrei Ioniță’s Heavenly Bach on the San Diego Symphony’s Chamber Music Series
Over the last weekend, the young Romanian cellist Andrei Ioniță thrilled San Diego Symphony audiences with his account of the Edward Elgar Cello Concerto, and his performance in Tuesday’s chamber concert in the Auditorium at TSRI proved equally rewarding . . .
Read MoreRiccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Continue to Set the Standard
When it comes to visiting symphony orchestras, in San Diego none can touch the drawing power of the Chicago Symphony.
Read MoreThibaudet and Symphony Members Offer Sumptuous Repast of French Chamber Music at Copley Symphony Hall
French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet interpreted chamber music of Francis Poulenc and Gabriel Fauré in collaboration with San Diego Symphony instrumentalists Sunday (October 8) at the Jacobs Music Center downtown . . .
Read MoreShaham Shines in Prokofiev Concerto for SummerFest Grand Finale
In accord with the longstanding La Jolla SummerFest tradition, Friday’s (August 26) grand finale performance featured a chamber orchestra, with renowned violinist Gil Shaham as soloist . . .
Read MoreMainly Mozart’s Sublime Schubert Piano Trio
The Mainly Mozart Festival’s last chamber music concert (June 16) was devoted to Franz Schubert’s Piano Trio in E-flat Major–a rewarding performance by pianist Adam Neiman, violinist Marie Bérard and cellist Ronald Thomas . . .
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