Posts Tagged ‘Jahja Линг’
Soprano Nicole Cabell: the Last Word on the Strauss “Four Last Songs”
Richard Strauss on life and death matters was San Diego Symphony Music Director Jahja Ling’s theme in three concerts (Feb. 6-8) at Copley Symphony Hall will soprano Nicole Cabell . . .
Read MoreSan Diego Master Chorale & Jahja Ling Celebrate Haydn
During Jahja Ling’s tenure as San Diego Symphony Music Director, we have come to expect a major choral work in December such as Handel’s “Messiah” and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Happily, the maestro ignored that stale tradition and with the San Diego Master Chorale offered Haydn’s magnificent “Mass in Time of War,” also known by its German name “Paukenmesse” . . .
Read MoreDiLisi the Crafty Soloist in Rare Timpani Concerto
One of San Diego Symphony Music Director Jahja Ling’s laudable traits is affording the virtuoso players within his orchestra opportunities to appear in solo concertos. This Friday Principal Timpanist Ryan DiLisi amazed and pleased the Copley Symphony Hall audience with his solo turn in William Kraft’s Timpani Concerto No.1 . . .
Read MoreEnding Their Season in a Blaze of Sonic Glory
Jahja Ling and the San Diego Symphony climaxed their 2013-2014 season Friday (May 23) with a stirring account of the Brahms First Symphony, complemented by Russian violinist Vadim Repin’s vivacious lead in Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No 2 in G Minor. . .
Read MoreGerstein and Symphony Rock Rach 3
We know the end of a San Diego Symphony season is approaching when audience attire takes a decidedly casual turn and Music Director Jahja Ling pulls out the barnburner Russian piano concertos. Friday (May 16) Ling offered Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto in D Minor featuring the young Russian pianist Kirill Gerstein. . .
Read MoreLing Conducts Bold Schumann Second Symphony
This past weekend (Dec. 13 – 15) San Diego Symphony music director Jahja Ling made a compelling case for Schumann’s mighty Second Symphony in C Major, complementing it with Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto, featuring Russian pianist Yefim Bronfman.
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