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Final Concert: San Diego Symphony
The San Diego Symphony finishes its Jacobs MasterWorks concert series this weekend with a trio of concerts that should be a great conclusion to a successful season. Sibelius’ Symphony No. 7 begins the concert. It ...
That Other Guy
Keeping with the Mighty Handful, who the heck was Cui? He’s kind of like Carreras in The Three Tenors ala Seinfeld, “You know, Pavarotti, Domingo, and that other guy.” So with The Five there’s Mussorgsky, ...
Mighty Handful
I’ve wanted to get back to Balakirev ever since I mentioned him in regards to Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet. Here is my chance. If you’ll recall, at the San Diego Symphony concert a few weeks ...
Mozart and Neuroscience
Mozart makes you smarter? Find out Saturday night at The Neuroscience Center. Is there a more appropriate venue? At 6:30 pm, the presentation starts with "with an eclectic music-brain exposition" curated by Tim Mullen and ...
Nicole Mitchell Dazzles at UCSD
The groundbreaking and innovative flutist Nicole Mitchell offered up an evening of stellar music to a small, but enthusiastic audience at the acoustically superb Conrad Prebys Hall last night at UCSD. The program was divided ...
Cholera or Poisoned Heart?
What were the circumstances surrounding Tchaikovsky’s death? There’s the Cholera story that says he drank water that was not boiled, became sick the next day, and died four days later on November 6th, 1893. Cholera ...
"Surf" — Swarmius takes Orchestra Nova to the Beach
Surf: A Double Concerto for Alto Saxophone, Violin, & Orchestra May 12, Swarmius, with Orchestra Nova, Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall (Five out of five stars) "I wanted to see how things sounded under water." ...
Hitting It Three Nights in a Row
I’m looking at three concerts for this weekend. All three have smart and well-balanced programs. Friday Night: San Diego Symphony is going all out for rhapsodies. There are four pieces on the program. Gershwin’s Rhapsody ...
San Diego Symphony (2 of 2)
During intermission, my concert companion noticed several youths sitting next to us. When asked if they were with a group they said yes. They were all engineering students at UCSD. As it turns out, once ...
BRIM: Eve Beglarian and Mary Rowell @ Space 4 Art, May 10
Fresh Sound concert curator Bonnie Wright's next installment in her monthly series will feature BRIM: Eve Beglarian and Mary Rowell, on Thursday, May 10 at Space 4 Art, 8 p.m. This continues the series focus ...
Doomed Singularity: San Diego Symphony (1 of 2)
I can’ remember the last time I attended a concert where I got chills, teary eyed, and had thoughts of erectile dysfunction. Taking that into consideration, Saturday night was a singularity experience. Ok, perhaps it ...
Weekend Preveiw
It’s a solid weekend for classical music. While there aren’t too many options, the concerts that are out there are top shelf. The Barber of Seville completes the 2012 season at San Diego Opera with ...
Richter the Enigma
“I never played scales. No exercises either. Never. I began with Chopin’s first Nocture and then, the E minor Etude. I’ve been watching a documentary about Sviatoslov Richter. He is a confusing character. He always ...
James Moore Reinvents Classical Guitar at Space 4 Art
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/10/22646/ Last night's second installment of Bonnie Wright's Fresh Sound concert series at Space 4 Art featuring classical guitarist James Moore was a prime example of out-of-the-box programming — and a knockout success for all ...
Seven Last Words
On Good Friday I got a chance to sing a piece of music I've always wanted to sing. The piece was Dubois' Seven Last Words of Christ. I was invited to sing at Church of ...
Higher Consciousness in Faure
The final section of Faure’s Requiem is in paradisum — in paradise. It is not a traditional text that is set for a requiem but is reserved for burial. Faure included it on his own ...
Ball and Chain: San Diego Symphony Requiem
Before the concert on Sunday we were reminded that the San Diego Symphony is a “tier one orchestra”. That is not in dispute. How about the San Diego Master Chorale? They’re a tier one church ...
Beethoven Could Be Rick Astley
I mentioned that Mozart’s Fifth Violin Concerto may have been forgotten if it had been written by a lesser composer. The point being, there is a ton of mediocre classical music. It is tempting to ...
Candide: Run Forrest Run
I was reminded today of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide. This piece is an operetta or light opera and had its premiere in 1956. It was not received well. The libretto was reworked in 1974 and that ...
Truth Changes its Mind: The Six Editions of Bruckner's Fourth
To my knowledge, there are no fewer than six versions of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony. They are: The 1889/90 First Edition. The Hass Edition of 1936. The Nowak Edition of 1953 using the 1886 copy. The ...
