Posts Tagged ‘Miro Quartet’
Smart Contemporary Chamber Music at La Jolla SummerFest
In his opening remarks to Sunday’s La Jolla SummerFest concert, composer David Lang explained that he chose the evening’s program to demonstrate how certain contemporary composers were showing their respect for music’s past. He gave us a helpful insight to Caroline Shaw’s 2011 work “Entre’acte,” noting that the composer set to work on this piece…
Read MoreSummerFest’s Glorious Feast of Hungarian Music from the 20th Century
La Jolla SummerFest’s outstanding program devoted to Hungarian music (August 8) included Kodály’s 1914 Duo for Violin and Cello and Bartók’s Fourth String Quartet . . .
Read MoreOlli Mustonen–from Finland with Love
Chamber music by Finnish composer Olli Mustonen was featured on Sunday’s SummerFest concert at UC San Diego’s Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, and the composer also performed Beethoven piano sonatas . . .
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