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Articles by Garrett Harris
Beethoven should send a bill
The Milky Way inspires a look at what gives and what takes
On the way to camping in Idaho I stopped on The Extraterrestrial Highway. My children were with me and wondered what was going on when I pulled the car over in the middle of nowhere. ...
John Williams sells tickets
Comic-Con helps symphony sell out concert of movie music
Well, well, well. Comic-Con has sold out the San Diego Symphony’s July 22 concert. The title of the concert is Raiders, Rebels, and Supermen: The Music of John Williams. Now Mr. Williams is popular no ...
Summertime Wagner, again
How can I sit here and justify anti-Semitism?
It feels as though every summer I get into Wagner. It could be because news of the Bayreuth Festival is always there to remind me. It could be because I rarely get a chance to ...
The problem with innovation
Van Gogh was so innovative that he didn’t sell any of his paintings
The conclusion of the Mainly Mozart Festival included a piece of music by Alfred Schnittke. I wrote that Schnittke was trying too hard to be innovative with the marching of the players around the stage ...
What happened here is sorely needed
Moz-Art a la Rachmaninoff
The Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra season has come to a close. There is still plenty of Mainly Mozart to be had during the remaining 50 weeks until the next one but the orchestra is on ...
San Diego Symphony's musical July on the Embarcadero
A quick look at the Bayside Summer Nights schedule
The San Diego Symphony’s Bayside Summer Nights has its Fourth of July weekend coming up on June 30, July 1, and 2. However, on The Fourth of July the symphony welcomes country star Wynonna Judd. ...
Time to eat crow
A touch of magic tingles in the air when Hadelich plays
Every now and again it is important to eat some crow and I had an appetite for it after the Mainly Mozart concert on Thursday, June 22. Previously I had said I could go the ...
Prokoviev-ing
Platonic forms and divine muses make an appearance at Mainly Mozart
We now have a peak experience to add to the list for Mainly Mozart, but it came from Prokofiev and Beethoven. The Mainly Mozart Festival is taking a chronological journey through Mozart’s life over the ...
If you can use The Force, then use it
Mainly Mozart's second concert
Two concerts into the Mainly Mozart Festival and all is well. The second concert on Thursday, June 15, was a mixed bag for moi. This was the third time I’ve been to a Mainly Mozart ...
