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Brennan DeFrisco 2:30 p.m., April 25
Garrett Harris
Articles by Garrett Harris
An amiable concert at San Diego Symphony
The Mozart was pretty much what all Mozart has been
The San Diego Symphony concert on Saturday, April 14, was good. Jeffrey Kahane was both piano soloist and conductor in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27. Kahane went on to conduct Samuel Barber’s Music for a ...
Schumann vs. Schubert
It's springtime — time for Dichterliebe
I was speaking with a friend who is planning a performance of Schubert’s Winterreise. I immediately roasted him by pointing out that it’s springtime. I went on to offer some unsolicited advice and recommended Schumann’s ...
Trump and Wagner are nowhere close to equals
But the similarities of their convictions are eerie
I’m reading a book. Yes, it’s about Wagner. No, I don’t read books about any other composers. Yes, I’m enjoying it. Of the books I’ve read on the topic of Wagner, this one is by ...
All quirks present and accounted for
Mahler’s music is overtly psychological and biographical, perhaps more than any other composer
Mahler’s Symphony No. 1: Titan might be dwarfed by his Symphony No, 2: Resurrection but amongst first symphonic efforts, Mahler’s first looms large. Is there a first symphony by any composer which is performed more ...
The joys of groan-inducing dad jokes
There is no doubt that Finest City Improv is a better experience than watching improv on your phone or a TV
I admit that it was with some trepidation that I went to Finest City Improv. The location was a small theater on Louisiana Street just behind the Lafayette Hotel and its notorious Red Fox Room. ...
Mother Mahler's Home for the Sick and Dying
Cacophanous coughs mar Mahler masterpiece
Over the course of any endeavor there are highs and lows; peaks which reveal unimaginable vistas, and dark crevices full of creatures which are less than benevolent. With the San Diego Symphony, the crevices are ...
Mahler medium dive
The agitations and triumphs are in the music for all to hear
I had said these articles would be a deep dive into an upcoming piece on the San Diego classical music calendar. On second thought these are more of a medium dive. A deep dive would ...
The stupidest thing I've heard all year
Altos want to sing tenor roles. Here we go.
Give the arts enough time and zero resistance and they will confuse madness with innovation. Let’s look at the macro and then zoom into the micro. From a macro point of view, Russian composers dominated ...
San Diego Symphony, like a comet
Symphony Hall became Mother Mahler's home for the sick and dying
Over the course of any endeavor there are highs and lows, peaks which reveal unimaginable vistas and dark crevices full of creatures which are less than benevolent. With the San Diego Symphony the crevices are ...
