Posts Tagged ‘Jean Sibelius’
String Quartets Rule at Thursday’s SummerFest 2021 Concert
Thursday’s SummerFest 2021 program (August 5) offered two autobiographical string quartets, Bedřich Smetana’s E Minor Quartet “From My Life” and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110.
Read MoreKorean Conductor Eun Sun Kim Makes Impressive Debut with San Diego Symphony
Korean guest conductor Eun Sun Kim’s assured, even commanding appearance this weekend, February 28n & 29, with the San Diego Symphony easily demonstrated why the San Francisco Opera recently hired her as their Music Director.
Read MoreDavid Danzmayr Serves Stirring Sibelius and Benjamin Jaber Celebrates John Williams’ Horn Concerto
Even if you were not a fan of the music of Jean Sibelius, it would have been difficult to resist the San Diego Symphony’s majestic and impassioned accounts of two of his greatest works, “Finlandia” and the First Symphony, Saturday at the Jacobs Music Center, under the baton of guest conductor David Danzmayr.
Read MoreMatthew Aucoin and the San Diego Symphony Lift Up Music’s Future in Both Past and Present Modes
As the San Diego Symphony’s ambitious, engaging festival “Hearing the Future” takes its victory lap, Festival Curator Matthew Aucoin led the orchestra in an exuberant concert in Copley Symphony Hall Friday, January 25. His refreshing approach to program design completely ignored the traditional overture-concerto-symphony formula: each half of the concert offered seven shorter works or…
Read MoreMatthew Aucoin: the Genius Behind San Diego Symphony’s ‘Hearing the Future’ Festival
Music Director Designate Rafael Payare’s heady concerts with the San Diego Symphony last weekend marked the opening of the orchestra’s bravely titled “Hearing the Future” festival. In an interview at the Jacobs Music Center, Festival Curator Matthew Aucoin explained what the curious title means and how it came about. “When I was first talking to…
Read MorePatel Leads a Glorious Sibelius Fifth Symphony to Remember
San Diego Symphony Associate Conductor Sameer Patel led a majestic, sonically luxurious account of the Jean Sibelius Fifth Symphony and introduced with violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and the orchestra a new violin concerto by Adam Schoenberg.
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