Posts Tagged ‘Ruben Valenzuela’
Willan West Festival Closes on A High Note at All Saints’ Episcopal Church
This year, with many other musical organizations across the continent, the San Diego Symphony has observed the centennial of Leonard Bernstein’s birth. But choral director Ruben Valenzuela has chosen 2018 to bring attention to the music of another composer, the Anglo-Canadian Healey Willan, who died 50 years ago, with his Willan West 2018 festival, which ended Saturday, November 17, 2018, with a liturgical celebration at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Hillcrest.
Read MoreArt of Élan’s Glowing Mosaic of Music from Monteverdi to David Bruce
On Tuesday, November 6, Art of Élan offered an amazing concert in the atrium of the San Diego Museum of Art that spanned the madrigals of Claudio Monteverdi to a stunning instrumental quartet 2016 by David Bruce.
Read MoreWillan West 2018 Festival Opens in Hillcrest
San Diego maestro Ruben Valenzuela, known for leading rigorous period performances of Bach and Handel, has launched a several month festival to perform the sacred compositions of the early 20th-century Anglo-Canadian composer Healey Willan with equal concern for period practice and context . . .
Read MoreBach Collegium San Diego’s Milestone ‘Messiah’
Under the direction of Ruben Valenzuela, San Diego’s Bach Collegium performed a complete version of G. F. Handel’s oratorio “Messiah” at the First Presbyterian Church of San Diego on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 . . .
Read MoreBach Collegium San Diego Gives Vivid Account of Early Handel Opera
The Bach Collegium San Diego gave a scintillating performance of G. F. Handel’s ‘Acis and Galatea’ Friday (October 20) at All Souls’ Episcopal Church in Point Loma . . .
Read MoreTeutonic Treasure: Bach Collegium San Diego Plays the German Masters Before J. S. Bach
Doing its part to boost San Diego’s celebration of early music month, the Bach Collegium San Diego offered a concert of rare 17th-century German music—”Agony and Ecstasy: Bach’s Muses”—over the weekend of March 11 & 12, 2017 . . .
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