Posts Tagged ‘Richard Strauss’
San Diego Symphony Returns to The Conrad in La Jolla for a Concert of Bach and Haydn
On Friday, February 9, the San Diego Symphony returned to The Conrad in La Jolla for a chamber orchestra concert under Edo de Waart.
Read MoreSan Diego Symphony Celebrates the California Festival With Five Impressive New Compositions
To celebrate the San Diego Symphony’s opening concert in the California Festival, Music Director Rafael Payare led the orchestra in five impressive new works Saturday at the Rady Shell.
Read MoreSummerFest Looks for Richard Wagner’s Fingerprints in Chamber Music
“The Wagner Effect” proved a clever title for Sunday afternoon’s SummerFest concert at The Conrad. The eclectic collection of pieces performed to illustrate this concept—not so clever.
Read MoreGoerne and Cho Soar in Their Sublime Liederabend at The Conrad
The La Jolla Music Society presented the seasoned German baritone Matthias Goerne with the young Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho in a transcendent German art song recital at The Conrad.
Read MoreWeilerstein and Payare Offer Memorable Accounts of Bloch and Strauss
Friday’s November 15 concert by the San Diego Symphony featured Alisa Weilerstein provided riveting solos in Ernest Bloch’s “Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra” and Richard Strauss’s “Don Quixote.”
Read MoreOpera NEO’s Sumptuous Buffet of Arias and Ensembles
Caught midway between the final performance of San Diego Opera’s “Rigoletto” two weeks ago and the opening of the company’s “Three Decembers” by Jake Heggie in March, serious San Diego opera aficionados eagerly gathered for Opera NEO’s February 16 concert of opera selections titled “Love Is in the Air.”
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