Posts Tagged ‘Johannes Brahms’
Hough Delivers Polished Beethoven Concerto in San Diego Symphony Season Closer
San Diego Symphony Music Director Jahja Ling brought the 2014-15 season—his penultimate season with the orchestra—to its conclusion Friday (May 22) with a predictable program of Beethoven and Brahms, featuring the accomplished American pianist Stephen Hough . . .
Read MoreStellar Duo of Christian Tetzlaff & Lars Vogt Play La Jolla
Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Lars Vogt offered a remarkable and stimulating duo recital Saturday (May 9) for the La Jolla Music Society pairing Bela Bartók’s First Violin Sonata (1921) with Anton Webern’s Four Pieces, Op. 7 (1910) and surrounding them with more familiar sonatas by Mozart and Brahms . . .
Read MoreYo-Yo Ma Packs Copley Symphony Hall
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is not simply a virtuoso cellist—he is a celebrity equally at home performing concertos with major orchestras as he is appearing on television or recording sound tracks for blockbuster films. His Wednesday (March 12) recital with pianist Kathryn Stott drew an overflow crowd and offered an eclectic array of classical and popular music . . .
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