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SummerFest Pairs the Polar Joys of Adès and Schubert in Saturday’s Concert at the Conrad

By Ken Herman | August 6, 2023 |

Saturday’s SummerFest concert kept the spotlight on Composer-in-residence Thomas Adès, featuring the U. S. premiere of his clarinet quintet Alchymia, and presenting him performing at the piano in Franz Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet.

Spiritual Traditions Inspire the Offerings of SummerFest’s Friday Concert

By Ken Herman | August 5, 2023 |

Each of the three works on Friday’s intriguing SummerFest 2023 program reflects a distinct spiritual tradition

SummerFest 2023 Continues with a Dozen Miniatures that Chart the Cycle of Dawn to Nightfall

By Ken Herman | July 31, 2023 |

Like Friday’s Opening Night La Jolla SummerFest concert, Saturday’s concert sported a programmatic theme: a dozen works that described or were inspired by the daily cycle of dawn to dark.