Posts Tagged ‘Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’
Kern and New Bring Impassioned Rachmaninoff Third to San Diego Symphony Opening Summer Season Concert
To open its Summer Season at the Rady Shell on Friday, the San Diego Symphony brought together conductor Gemma New and pianist Olga Kern, musicians whose past local appearances have greatly impressed local audiences.
Read MoreThe San Diego Symphony Climaxes Its Summer Offerings with Tchaikovsky but no Fireworks
Friday’s concert by the San Diego Symphony ended its summer season with a program devoted to the music of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, a longstanding local tradition.
Read MorePianist Gabriela Martinez Brings Refreshing Brilliance to the Grieg A Minor Concerto
In her impressive San Diego debut, Venezuelan pianist Martinez crafted a fresh, invigorating interpretation of the Grieg Piano Concerto that kept the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park audience on the edge of their seats
Read MoreGuest Conductor Yaniv Dinur Leads Impressive ‘1812 Tchaikovsky Spectacular’ at the Rady Shell
Friday’s “1812 Tchaikovsky Spectacular” concert at the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park on San Diego Bay featured guest conductor Yaniv Dinus and, yes, fireworks!
Read MoreWei Luo Makes Impressive Debut with San Diego Symphony in Prokofiev Third Piano Concerto
Conductor Laureate Jahja Ling made another felicitous visit to the San Diego Symphony podium Friday, December 6, bringing a robust program of Dvořák and Prokofiev to Copley Symphony Hall. Young Chinese pianist Wei Luo made her impressive San Diego debut giving a riveting, muscular account of Serge Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto in C Major.
Read MoreSan Diego Master Chorale & Jahja Ling Celebrate Haydn
During Jahja Ling’s tenure as San Diego Symphony Music Director, we have come to expect a major choral work in December such as Handel’s “Messiah” and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Happily, the maestro ignored that stale tradition and with the San Diego Master Chorale offered Haydn’s magnificent “Mass in Time of War,” also known by its German name “Paukenmesse” . . .
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