Posts Tagged ‘Kaija Saariaho’
The San Diego Symphony Celebrates the Riches of Finnish Music
The San Diego Symphony program at the California Center for the Arts on Thursday, February 2, 2023, should have been titled ‘A Celebration of Finnish Music.’
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 MoreSunday in the Park with the Carlsbad Music Festival
At Sunday’s (August 26) Carlsbad Music Festival, the programming verged on offering something for everyone, with juxtapositions of musical style appearing like the flashing colored lights in a classic pinball machine.
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