MUSIC REVIEWS
Duo-Pianists McDermott and O’Riley Score for Mainly Mozart
Mainly Mozart patrons enjoyed duo-pianists Anne-Marie McDermott and Christopher O’Riley in a rousing recital on Saturday (February 4) at La Jolla’s Auditorium at TSRI . . .
Read MoreViolinist Benjamin Beilman Makes Stunning Debut with San Diego Symphony
After the San Diego Symphony’s month-long festival of American Music with guest conductors offering a smorgasbord of enticing and exceptional music, Music Director Jahja Ling returned to the podium Friday (February 3) with his predictable trove of standard repertory . . .
Read MoreArt of Élan Celebrates of Art of Ljova at the San Diego Museum of Art
On Tuesday (January 31) , Art of Élan premiered Ljova’s Clarinet Quintet in their concert at the San Diego Museum of Art, a program that included works by the contemporary Missy Mazzoli and British 20th-century composer Arnold Bax . . .
Read MoreCharles Ives Visits the Jacobs Music Center’s Copley Symphony Hall
As a coda to its month-long festival of American music, the San Diego Symphony offered an engaging Charles Ives tribute on January 28 that included a performance of his Second Symphony and a multimedia dramatic presentation about Ives created by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra . . .
Read MoreGaffigan Leads San Diego Symphony’s Exhilarating Americana Excursion
The young American conductor James Gaffigan led the San Diego Symphony in a delicious, eclectic program Friday (January 27), featuring Samuel Barber’s turbulent neo-Romantic First Symphony, Steven Stuckey’s radiant 2008 “Rhapsodies,” and Morton Gould’s euphoric “Tap Dance Concerto” . . .
Read MoreA Most Welcome Czech Invasion: the PKF-Prague Philharmonia
The PKF-Prague Philharmonic brought its traditional all-Czech program to the Jacobs Music Center Wednesday (January 25), showing off its muscular, propulsive style and mellow Central European sound . . .
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