Posts Tagged ‘Joaquin Turina’
SummerFest 2023 Continues with a Dozen Miniatures that Chart the Cycle of Dawn to Nightfall
Like Friday’s Opening Night La Jolla SummerFest concert, Saturday’s concert sported a programmatic theme: a dozen works that described or were inspired by the daily cycle of dawn to dark.
Read MoreA Sumptuous Banquet of Lin’s Favorites at La Jolla SummerFest
The August 14 SummerFest concert offered an embarrassment of riches, from the warmth and allure of Joaquin Turina’s “Escena Andaluza,” to Claude Debussy’s profound yet unsentimental Cello Sonata, to Lei Liang’s extravagantly exciting new “Vis-à-vis” for Pipa and Percussion, to Gustav Mahler’s transcendent Rückert-Lieder song cycle to Alberto Ginestera’s breathtaking String Quartet No. 1.
Read MoreBrilliant Montrose Trio Makes Local Debut in La Jolla
Tchaikovsky’s mighty Piano Trio in A Minor was given a first rate performance by the Montrose Trio Saturday (February 6) at La Jolla’s Sherwood Auditorium . . .
Read MoreArt of Élan’s Answered Prayers & Rustic Songs
Over its eventful seven years, the music series Art of Élan has cultivated a strong relationship with its primary host, the San Diego Museum of Art. Drawing inspiration from the 17th-century painting “St. Francis at Prayer in a Grotto” by Francisco de Zurbarán—the museum’s much celebrated new acquisition—the series’ Tuesday (March 3) program was built on the theme of “Prayers and Songs.”
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