Posts Tagged ‘Mark Simpson’
SummerFest 2024 Offers A Choice ‘Danse Macabre’
Saturday’s La Jolla SummerFest program provided both challenging modernist works by Martin Butler and Thomas Adès as well as standard repertory by Schubert and Ravel.
Read MoreLa Jolla SummerFest Opens: A ‘Deal with the Devil’ Provides Heavenly Results
SummerFest Music Director Inon Barnatan opened this year’s festival on Friday with an evening of Satanic music cleverly titled ‘A Deal with the Devil.’
Read MoreLa Jolla SummerFest Returns to Recount Music’s inside Stories
SummerFest Music Director Inon Barnatan has chosen “Inside Stories” for the theme of this year’s annual La Jolla music festival that opens on July 26 at The Conrad.
Read MoreA Generous Portion of the Music of Thomas Adès on Sunday’s SummerFest Menu
Sunday evening’s La Jolla SummerFest concert at the JAI continued the festival’s plunge into the music of Thomas Adès, this year’s Composer-in-residence.
Read MoreSummerFest Pairs the Polar Joys of Adès and Schubert in Saturday’s Concert at the Conrad
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.
Read MoreSpiritual Traditions Inspire the Offerings of SummerFest’s Friday Concert
Each of the three works on Friday’s intriguing SummerFest 2023 program reflects a distinct spiritual tradition
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