With Comic-Con devouring downtown San Diego, let’s take a look at four underappreciated or forgotten motion picture orchestral soundtracks. The requirements are that the movie be Comic-Con-ish in nature.Star Trek: The Motion Picture starts our list. …

German Cultural Minister Claudia Roth has kicked a hornet’s nest by suggesting that The Bayreuth Festival, “should become more diverse, more colorful, and more youthful overall.” She suggested that other composers besides Richard Wagner should …

With Mainly Mozart in the rearview mirror, all serious lovers of classical music now turn their eyes to The La Jolla Music Society and their SummerFest 2024. The LJMS presents concerts throughout the year but …

The wildly entertaining final concert of The 2024 Mainly Mozart Festival, held on Thursday, June 27, sealed the deal for this being a festival to remember. During the performance of Mozart’s Prague Symphony, Marine Corps F35s …

The Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra is mowing down masterpieces left and right as the festival tumbles toward its conclusion on Saturday, June 29. Mozart, Beethoven, Maurice Faure, Camille Saint Saens, Richard Strauss, Benjamin Britten, and Pytor …

Thursday, June 20, saw the awakening of happy feelings upon arriving at The San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival. The concert was held at The Epstein Family Amphitheatre on the campus of UC San Diego. The …

I’ve spent the better part of a week listening to recordings with Robert Shaw conducting choral masterpieces. While Shaw has not retained his classical music household name, his recordings are definitely definitive when it comes …

With 2024 reaching the gloomy month of June although June gloom started in March this year, there is one blinding ray of sunshine on the grey horizon. The brilliance of the august San Diego Mainly …

I was unable to attend the final concert in the 2023-2024 Jacobs Masterworks Series on Saturday, May 25. I have obligations on Saturdays until 6:00 pm and the concert started at 6:30 pm. The Padres …