Posts Tagged ‘Gabriel Faure’
The San Diego Symphony and San Diego Master Chorale Bring Antonio Estévez’s Exciting ‘Cantata criolla’ to The Rady Shell
This weekend, May 26 & 27, Rafael Payare led an exciting program of mid-20th Century Venezuelan Music to bring the 2022-23 Jacobs Masterworks Series to a thrilling close.
Read MoreDelectable Fauré Violin Sonata Refreshes SummerFest 2020’s Cautious Standard Repertory
The sophisticated Gallic ambience of Gabriel Fauré’s First Sonata for Violin and Piano at Wednesday’s (August 26) SummerFest 2020 program proved as welcome as a cool breeze wafting from the La Jolla cove on a muggy summer afternoon.
Read MoreThe Ardor Trio and Pianist Brian Verhoye Champion Fauré’s First Piano Quartet
With pianist Bryan Verhoye, the Ardor Trio offered a robust, stimulating chamber concert Saturday in the Meeting House of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego.
Read MoreMidori and Thibaudet: A Dream Team Scores with Gallic Élan at The Conrad
For Midori’s decidedly Gallic recital on Friday (April 12) at the newly opened Baker-Baum Concert Hall in La Jolla, she wisely enlisted French pianist Jean-Ives Thibaudet as her collaborator. For sonatas by Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, and Georges Enescu, this was a match made in heaven.
Read MoreAvant-Garde and Traditional Cohabit Comfortably at La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Concert
Living up to its reputation as a citadel of the avant-garde, the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus under the direction of Steven Schick closed its 2017-18 season Sunday (June 10) with two substantial new works: Rand Steiger’s ”Template for Improvising Trumpeter and Orchestra” and Courtney Bryan’s “Yet Unheard,” as well as Gabriel Fauré’s endearing Requiem.
Read MoreAccomplished Choir of Queen’s College, Oxford, Sings Rewarding Concert at All Souls’ Episcopal Church
The Choir of Queen’s College, Oxford, presented a substantial concert Friday, April 13, at All Souls’ Episcopal Church in Point Loma. The 21-voice ensemble started its California tour last week in the San Francisco Bay Area and will complete their California excursion Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles at St. James in-the-City Episcopal Church on Wilshire Blvd.
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