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Best music for spring – Grieg, Glazunov, Debussy, Schumann, Strauss

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Best classical music orgies

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Second best symphony of all time?

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Need to see more with SD Symphony livestreaming

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Best music for spring – Grieg, Glazunov, Debussy, Schumann, Strauss

The last few days of unabated San Diego sunshine have me feeling particularly spring-ish even though we are technically in the dead of winter with spring still a month or ...

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Best classical music orgies

Lent came quickly this year. With no buildup to Carnival and Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday, because of you know what, Ash Wednesday suddenly appeared. I thought we’d explore a few musical ...

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Second best symphony of all time?

I’ve had dozens of conversations that discussed the greatest symphonies of all time. I’ve read dozens of articles on the same topic. The usual suspects are all there, Beethoven’s Ninth, ...

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Need to see more with SD Symphony livestreaming

I wrote a little preview of the San Diego Symphony livestream entitled Wagner meets Mozart and mentioned that I didn’t quite understand how the concert hung together. After watching the ...

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The gaps in my Vaughan Williams

Recently I realized I had some holes in my listening habits for one of my favorite composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams. I have listened to some of Vaughan Williams’s most popular pieces to death. These would ...

January 29, 2021

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San Diego Symphony tries something completely different

San Diego Symphony and Music Director Rafael Payare have announced a special 2021 digital season that strives to inspire and connect with its audience while in-person performances cannot occur due to Covid. From January to ...

January 22, 2021

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January 15, 2021

Mainly Mozart scoops up idle musicians

At this point, Mainly Mozart has gone far beyond turning lemons into lemonade. They are now turning lemons into a sumptuous limoncello from the Amalfi Coast. In February and April, Mainly Mozart will be producing ...

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January 8, 2021

New Year's resolutions for your favorite opera persons

Since it’s a new year and many of us have resolutions, let’s consider some resolutions for some of opera’s most famous characters. Don Ottavio, from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, is the fiancé of Donna Anna whom ...

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January 1, 2021

Beethoven proves triumph of individual

Over the holidays, I had what I’ll call a spirited conversation regarding objective truth versus subjective truth. Since neither myself nor the other participants are professionals in the cognitive disciplines, the conversation lacked a certain ...

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December 24, 2020

How to fight Christmas melancholy

Christmas always has a nip of melancholy in the eggnog for me these days. It could be because my children are growing older. It could be because I myself am growing older. For many of ...

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December 18, 2020

Pavarotti hurt opera more than he helped it

Opera, opera, opera. What are we to do with opera? Even those who love opera can’t agree on what it is, what it should be, or what it could be. I recently shared a meme ...

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December 14, 2020

Ho Ho No! Christmas without The Nutcracker

There will be no Nutcracker this year, at least not a live version. The ballet has become such a part of the holiday season that it is difficult to believe that for most of its ...

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La Jolla Symphony's amateurs reach high

The La Jolla Symphony recently released a performance of Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5 from their performance vault. I gave it a listen and have concluded that it is a fine, fine, performance. For those who ...

December 4, 2020

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Nearly empty Symphony Hall full of brass

The San Diego Symphony streamed their second concert on Friday, November 20. This concert was performed in Symphony Hall. It is available in its entirety on YouTube. This is exactly the type of concert the ...

November 24, 2020

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November 20, 2020

Thanksgiving due to Handel

Thanksgiving is nigh, so how about two pieces by George Frederic Handel that give thanks? The first is “But Thanks be to God” from Handel’s Oratorio Messiah. The second is Dank sei dir Herr (Thanks ...

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November 11, 2020

Rafael Payare leads stripped-down symphony at The Conrad

The end of October saw a flurry of live classical music and opera suddenly descend upon San Diego. October 24 was the conclusion of the Drive-In Mainly Mozart Festival and the opening of the Drive-In ...

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Best music for spring – Grieg, Glazunov, Debussy, Schumann, Strauss

Best classical music orgies

Second best symphony of all time?

Need to see more with SD Symphony livestreaming

Classical Music

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