Posts Tagged ‘Sheryl Renk’
Jeff Thayer and the San Diego Symphony Reveal the Brilliance of Britten’s Violin Concerto
Among the welcome changes Rafael Payare has brought to the San Diego Symphony is a revitalization of the orchestra’s repertory. Major works the orchestra had not previously performed—and not just new compositions—are now center stage. In January, 2019, when Payare was still Music Director Designate, he conducted the orchestra and cellist Alisa Weilerstein in Benjamin…
Read MoreDavid Danzmayr Serves Stirring Sibelius and Benjamin Jaber Celebrates John Williams’ Horn Concerto
Even if you were not a fan of the music of Jean Sibelius, it would have been difficult to resist the San Diego Symphony’s majestic and impassioned accounts of two of his greatest works, “Finlandia” and the First Symphony, Saturday at the Jacobs Music Center, under the baton of guest conductor David Danzmayr.
Read MoreGuest Conductor Michael Francis Brings His Panache to the San Diego Symphony
With numerous 20th-century and newer works played in the San Diego Symphony’s current “Hearing the Future” festival, I felt a sense of backsliding attending Michael Francis’s program of familiar standard repertory from the early 19th century Friday, January 18, at the San Diego Symphony.
Read MorePayare Celebrates Shostakovich and Britten in Second Festival Performance
Culinary comparisons may be approximate at best, but if Music Director Designate Rafael Payare’s Thursday San Diego Symphony program was a buffet of tantalizing appetizers, his Friday program (January 11) at Copley Symphony Hall was clearly the substantial main course.
Read MoreCellist Andrei Ioniță Amazes in Elgar Cello Concerto with the San Diego Symphony
Friday’s San Diego Symphony concert turned out to be an evening of thrilling rhapsodies, crowned by Edward Elgar’s rhapsodic Cello Concerto featuring 24-year-old International Tchaikovsky Competition prize winner Andrei Ioniță.
Read MoreConductor Rafael Payare Makes Splendid Debut on San Diego Symphony Podium
Percussion virtuoso Steven Schick had the San Diego Symphony marching to the beat of his drum Saturday (January 13) in Roberto Sierra’s tumultuous Percussion Concerto at the Jacobs Music Center . . .
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