Posts Tagged ‘Mozart’
Mainly Mozart Orchestra Finale: Alfred Schnittke Crashes the First Viennese School
The Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra’s final 2017 concert, Saturday, June 24, included a certain amount of humor: Haydn’s notorious “Farewell” Symphony and Alfred Schnittke’s quirky “Moz-Art” à la Haydn” . . .
Read MoreMainly Mozart Wind Players Flaunt Their Prowess in Chamber Concert
In a chamber music concert, members of the Mainly Mozart Festival orchestra gave vivid, yet immaculately focused performances of Beethoven and Mozart on Friday (June 23) at the Auditorium at TSRI in La Jolla . . .
Read MoreSo, Who Needs A Conductor, Anyway?
While the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra was giving its resplendent account of Mozart’s Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201, on Thursday (June 15) at the Balboa Theatre, I mused on how well this orchestra was flourishing under the leadership of Music Director Michael Francis . . .
Read MorePianist Conrad Tao Dazzles Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra Opening
The air could not have been more electric in the Balboa Theatre Saturday night (June 10) when the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra offered Stravinsky’s “Pulcinella Suite” under the baton of Music Director Michael Francis and Conrad Tao launched into his exuberant keyboard fusillade that turned into Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 8 . . .
Read MoreDutoit and San Diego Symphony Triumph in Stravinsky’s ‘Petrushka’
The eminent conductor Charles Dutoit ascended the podium of the San Diego Symphony Friday (May 19) to lead a vivid concert of Stravinsky, Ravel, Mozart and Beethoven . . .
Read MoreTemptations of a Rising Tenor: Jesús Garcia Tells All
Making his San Diego Opera debut, the dashing American lyric tenor Jesús Garcia is eager to reprise one of his favorite opera roles, Alfredo Germont, in the company’s upcoming production of Verdi’s evergreen “La Traviata” . . .
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