Posts Tagged ‘Jeff Thayer’
Penderecki’s ‘Adagio for Strings’ Made Friday’s San Diego Symphony Online Concert Exceptional
In Friday’s streamed concert from the Jacobs Music Center, San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare and the orchestra performed Penderecki’s 2013 “Adagio for Strings” as well as works by Mozart and Dvořák.
Read MoreThe San Diego Symphony Performs Beethoven and Mozart Online from The Conrad in La Jolla
Not at all afraid of belaboring the obvious, the San Diego Symphony titled its Friday concert streamed from The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla “The Return to Music.”
Read MoreRafael Payare Announces Exciting 2020-21 Season for the San Diego Symphony
If the current absence of live symphonic music at the Jacobs Music Center can be assuaged, I suggest contemplation of San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payere’s recently released 2020-21 season of the Jacobs Masterworks Series is just what the doctor ordered.
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 MoreNew San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare Thrills with Mahler’s Fifth Symphony
New Music Director Rafael Payere thrilled the sold-out audience at Copley Symphony Hall Saturday leading the San Diego Symphony in an electric, emotionally riveting account of Gustav Mahler’s monumental Fifth Symphony.
Read MoreChristopher Dragon Leads Stirring All-Tchaikovsky Concert to Cap Summer Series on San Diego Bay
On Friday, August 30, Australian guest conductor Christopher Dragon adeptly refurbished the San Diego Symphony’s familiar but fading end-of-summer ritual at their outdoor site on San Diego Bay, the all-Tchaikovsky grand finale.
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