Posts Tagged ‘Rafael Payare’
The San Diego Symphony Unveils the Rady Shell and Jacobs Park on San Diego Bay
On Thursday, May 13, San Diego Symphony C.E.O. Martha A. Gilmer unveiled the symphony’s new $85 million permanent performance facility on San Diego Bay: the Rady Shell and Jacobs Park.
Read MoreRafael Payare and Strings of the San Diego Symphony Offer Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Elgar Online
In a laudable effort to keep musicians of the San Diego Symphony playing together and audiences engaged with the orchestra, Music Director Rafael Payere offered another streamed online concert Friday, April 30, from the stage of Copley Symphony Hall.
Read MorePenderecki’s ‘Adagio for Strings’ Made Friday’s San Diego Symphony Online Concert Exceptional
In Friday’s streamed concert from the Jacobs Music Center, San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare and the orchestra performed Penderecki’s 2013 “Adagio for Strings” as well as works by Mozart and Dvořák.
Read MoreSan Diego Symphony Offer’s Carlos Simon’s Searing “Elegy” from 2015 with Familiar Mozart and Tchaikovsky Fare
To open Friday’s online symphony concert “Elegies and Serenades,” San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare chose Carlos Simon’s striking 2015 “Elegy: A Cry from the Grave.”
Read MoreSan Diego Opera’s “La bohème” Recast As a Symbol of Isolation in a Time of Pandemic
Although opera houses across the continent have been dark since mid-March because of the Covid pandemic, San Diego Opera General Director David Bennett is determined to produce the company’s 2020-2021 season-opening “La bohème” production later this month outdoors in the Pechanga Arena San Diego parking lot.
Read MoreRafael Payare Announces Exciting 2020-21 Season for the San Diego Symphony
If the current absence of live symphonic music at the Jacobs Music Center can be assuaged, I suggest contemplation of San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payere’s recently released 2020-21 season of the Jacobs Masterworks Series is just what the doctor ordered.
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