Posts Tagged ‘Henry Purcell’
San Diego Symphony Goes for Baroque with Mandolin Virtuoso Avi Avital
Although the mandolin as a featured solo instrument is not one that symphony audiences regularly encounter, young mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital offered splendid concertos by J. S. Bach and Antonio Vivaldi with the San Diego Symphony last weekend.
Read MoreSan Diego Master Chorale Sings Kirchner’s ‘Songs of Ascent’
Among the numerous choirs that make up the San Diego choral landscape, the San Diego Master Chorale has always had a leading role because of its 100-voice size and its longstanding performing relationship with the San Diego Symphony. But in the last decade, the vitality of several newer choral groups—some specializing in early music or…
Read MoreShakespeare and Purcell Converge in Opera NEO’s Magical Production of ‘The Fairy Queen’
San Diego’s Opera NEO Summer Festival and Workshop opened its season August 5-6, 2016, with a charming, inventive production of Henry Purcell’s rarely produced masque “The Fairy Queen” . . .
Read MoreOpera NEO to Present Purcell and Mozart in 2016 Summer Festival
Opera NEO Artistic Director Peter Kozma announced the company’s upcoming summer festival will include Purcell’s ‘The Fairy Queen’ and Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ . . .
Read MoreSACRA/PROFANA’S Chant Macabre a Choral Treat for Halloween
Invoking themes of the Halloween weekend, director Juan Carlos Acosta filled his SACRA/PROFANA choral program Friday with songs about ghost stories, death, and other elegiac topics . . .
Read MoreSongs Instrumental and Vocal
Mention the composer Ottorino Respighi, and most music aficionados will reel off a list of massive orchestral works, especially those throbbing tone poems depicting the city of Rome. But the early 20th-century composer has another more intimate and subtle side: Respighi the chamber music maestro. This was the visage that smiled on Art of Élan’s season-opening program . . .
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