Posts Tagged ‘La Jolla Athenaeum’
Spanish Renaissance Music with Passion and Panache
Less than a year ago I had the opportunity to hear the outstanding male vocal quartet New York Polyphony perform a stimulating, eclectic program at the La Jolla Athenaeum. Friday (October 3) the ensemble returned to La Jolla for a concert of Spanish Renaissance music . . .
Read MoreExpressionist Revival at La Jolla’s soundON Festival
Saturday’s (Jan. 11) soundON Festival concert at the La Jolla Athenaeum featured three new, edgy chamber music compositions juxtaposed with Arnold Schoenberg’s now classic Expressionist gem “Pierrot Lunaire.”
Read MoreNew York Polyphony Brings the “Missa Charles Darwin” to La Jolla
Friday’s La Jolla Athenaeum concert with the vocal ensemble New York Polyphony featured Gregory Brown’s radically conceived but sonically ingratiating “Missa Charles Darwin.” This impressive male quartet also offered Thomas Tallis’ “Mass for Four Voices” in an evening of tasteful virtuoso singing!
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