CLASSICAL MUSIC SAN DIEGO NEWS COVERAGE Classical Pianist Jeeyoon Kim Presents Album Release Concert At TSRI/ La Jolla
by BWW News Desk - December 06, 2018 Classical Pianist Jeeyoon Kim will celebrate the national release of her newest album 'Over. Above. Beyond.' with a concert on Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at the Auditorium at TSRI (The Scripps Research Institute).... (more...)  Orange County Women's Chorus Announces December Concert
by BWW News Desk - November 19, 2018 Our holiday concert is a "sister act" of music written, performed, or inspired by nuns! Hear works by Mendelssohn, Cozzolani, Tavener, Szymko, and more, featuring a special appearance by cellist Karen Linkletter. Trust us-this music is so beautiful, you'll want to make it a habit.... (more...)  Violinist Philippe Quint Returns To Pacific Symphony With Tchaikovsky's Delightful Violin Concerto
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2018 Two spectacular guest artists from seaons past return to Pacific Symphony: Rune Bergmann, the acclaimed Norwegian conductor, joined the Symphony last October with Rachmaninoff's formidable Symphony No. 2; and Philippe Quint, the Russian violinist described by BBC Music Magazine as "truly phenomenal.... (more...)  California Pops To Present Family Christmas At Flint Center
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2018 California Pops Orchestra, the country's only all-request pops orchestra, returns with its beloved Christmas "Holiday With The Pops" show at Cupertino's Flint Center. Chock full of musical Yule logs and eggnogs, "Holiday With The Pops" performs one time only on Sunday, December 2, 2018, at 3 p.m. R... (more...)  BWW Review: SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY CONCERT at Jacobs Music Center
by Ron Bierman - November 08, 2018 Guest Ccnductor David Danzmayr led the San Diego Symphony with unusual intensity in a program of one new work and two familiar favorites. Forceful skyward thrusts demanded full power when needed, and an active left hand called for expressive playing. The orchestra responded with performances that br... (more...)  BWW Review: MARIINSKY AND SAN DIEGO ORCHESTRAS TOGETHER at The Jacobs Music Center
by Ron Bierman - October 30, 2018 It was a rare event, two symphony orchestras on stage at the same time, and Russian conductor Valery Gergiev was spectacular. He first set a carefree festive mood with the drinking song from Puccini's La Traviata, performed with Viennese flair by the Mariinsky Orchestra and six singers from the Mari... (more...)  Bach Collegium San Diego Offers Local Premiere Of Bach's Christmas Oratorio
by BWW News Desk - October 29, 2018 Offering something different for the holidays this year, Bach Collegium San Diego presents the local premiere of J. S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) on December 14 and 15, 2018. This is a chance to hear this rarely performed work on period instruments in the type of historically informed perfo... (more...)  Pacific Symphony Brings The Beloved Musical Favorites From The Enchanting Land Of Oz
by BWW News Desk - October 22, 2018 "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore," Dorothy said upon stepping into the color-filled landscape of Oz bringing the magic of Technicolor pictures to moviegoers in the 1930s. Since then "The Wizard of Oz" has become a beloved classic with numerous adaptations including two re-interp... (more...)  Bodhi Tree Concerts Announces 2019 Season Of Concerts To Benefit Local Charities
by BWW News Desk - October 22, 2018 The award-winning Bodhi Tree Concerts, the San Diego troupe that presents eclectic musical concerts that raise funds for local nonprofits, announces an exciting season in 2019 that showcases exclusively local musical artists and brings back popular events like a free multicultural street festival.... (more...)  BWW Review: THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA at The Jacobs Music Center
by Ron Bierman - October 21, 2018 The first program in the San Diego Symphony's 2018-19 Jacobs Masterworks series featured conductor Edo de Waart and pianist Joyce Yang. So did the second, and that's far from a complaint. Three or four more from them this season would be fine with me. The concert format was also unchanged from we... (more...)  Pacific Symphony And Pacific Chorale Celebrate The Centennial Of Leonard Bernstein's Birth
by BWW News Desk - October 17, 2018 It's no secret that Leonard Bernstein has a special place in Pacific Symphony's heart. Music Director Carl St.Clair was mentored by Bernstein and over the years, the orchestra has played numerous concerts featuring this great American master's works. This season's celebration lasts for three nights ... (more...)  BWW Review: THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA at the Jacobs Music Center
by Ron Bierman - October 11, 2018 The first concert in the San Diego Symphony's 2018-19 Jacobs Masterworks series included oft-returning guest conductor Edo de Waart and pianist Joyce Yang. The program consisted of Nocturne by contemporary composer Michael Ippolito which was premiered in 2012, and two familiar works, Grieg's piano c... (more...)  BWW Review: THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OPENS THE 2018-19 SEASON at the Jacobs Music Center
by Ron Bierman - October 07, 2018 Pianist Lang Lang all but disappeared from the concert stage late last year while recovering from an arm injury caused by intensely rushed practice of Ravel's concerto for left hand only. Now back touring, he was the main draw for the opening of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra's 2018-19 season. His... (more...)  San Diego Symphony Announces Annual January Festival
by BWW News Desk - September 24, 2018 The San Diego Symphony's annual January Festival returns in its fourth year entitled, Hearing the Future. Throughout the festival, which runs January 9 - 27, 2019, the organization explores and celebrates the power of music and art to give voice to the evolution and revolutions in the world at large... (more...)  BWW Review: WEST SIDE STORY WITH THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY at Bayside Amphitheater
by Ron Bierman - August 13, 2018 In 1962 West Side Story won 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Musical. Is it still worth seeing more than half a century later? Sure is! Jerome Robbins' energetic choreography remains riveting, and Leonard Bernstein's marvelous score is a perfect frame for Sondheim's affecting lyrics... (more...) Mariinsky Orchestra And San Diego Symphony Orchestra Join Together For Rare Performance
by BWW News Desk - August 07, 2018 Powerhouse international conductor Valery Gergiev will conduct the Mariinsky Orchestra from St. Petersburg and the San Diego Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday, October 24 at 8 p.m., at the Jacobs Music Center's Copley Symphony Hall. The rare concert will feature the Mariinsky Orchestra performing Glin... (more...)  BWW Review: LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY SUMMERFEST CARNIVAL! at the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
by Ron Bierman - August 07, 2018 'Carnival,' the opening concert in Cho-Liang Lin's last season as music director of the La Jolla Music Society's Summerfest, was an unusual jumble of works. Bartok's Contrasts for clarinet, piano and violin was written for jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman. It is based on Hungarian and Romanian folk da... (more...)  BWW Review: GODFATHERS OF LATIN JAZZ at San Diego Symphony Bayside Amphitheater
by Ron Bierman - July 31, 2018 The San Diego Symphony's 2018 Bayside Jazz Series continued with 'Godfathers of Latin Jazz,' a concert inspired by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's merger of bebop and Afro-Cuban rhythms. Dizzy had wanted something new for a 1947 Carnegie Hall concert, 'One of those tom toms' he said, thinking of the dif... (more...)  BWW Review: MAINLY MOZART'S THAMOS, KING OF EGYPT at San Diego's Balboa Theater
by Ron Bierman - June 26, 2018 Thamos, King of Egypt, a play by Tobias Philipp, baron von Gebler, premiered in 1774. Mozart completed incidental music for it, the 18th Century equivalent of a movie soundtrack, in 1780. Before Mainly Mozart's performance of a concert version of the play, conductor Michael Francis, with a typicall... (more...)  BWW Review: MAINLY MOZART at The Balboa Theater
by Ron Bierman - June 13, 2018 Every year since 1989 Mainly Mozart has been bringing many of the best orchestra musicians in the country to San Diego to perform a month-long series of concerts ranging from solo recitals to orchestral. When Michael Francis succeeded founding music director and conductor David Atherton in 2015 he r... (more...) Markus HinterhAuser, Artistic Director Of Salzburg Festival Performs At The Ojai Festival On June 8
by BWW News Desk - June 04, 2018 Markus Hinterhauser, Artistic Director of the Salzburg Festival, will perform a two-part concert at the Ojai Music Festival in Ojai, California on June 8, 2018. The program features rarely heard works by Galina Ustvolskaya, including her Six Sonatas for Piano Solo. The first part of the concert will... (more...)  BWW Review: EDO DE WAART CONDUCTS THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY at the Jacobs Music Center
by Ron Bierman - June 01, 2018 Conductor Edo de Waart opened the last concert in the San Diego Symphony Orchestra's 2017-18 Jacobs Masterworks series with Overture to Candide. The overture has been perhaps Leonard Bernstein's most frequently programmed work during this, his centennial year. The cheeky, riotous piece is always tak... (more...)  STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE In Concert Comes To The San Diego Symphony
by BWW News Desk - April 26, 2018 The San Diego Symphony will present the Star Wars: A New Hope In Concert featuring screenings of the complete film with Oscar-winning composer John Williams' musical score performed live to the film. The concert will be led by acclaimed conductor Sarah Hicks.... (more...)  BWW Review: THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY CONDUCTED BY JAHJA LING at The Jacobs Music Center
by Ron Bierman - April 23, 2018 It was good to see Maestro Jahja Ling return to San Diego as Conductor Laureate while we await the arrival next year of his replacement as Music Director Rafael Payare. Nor did Ling disappoint. He seemed totally absorbed in the music produced by the orchestra he was largely responsible for rebuildin... (more...)  BWW Review: JEFFREY KAHANE PLAYS AND CONDUCTS AT SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY Jacobs Music Center
by Ron Bierman - April 18, 2018 The San Diego Symphony's season continued this past weekend with guest pianist and conductor Jeffrey Kahane. He opened at the piano in front of an orchestra reduced to half its usual size for Mozart's 27th piano concerto. After intermission there were roughly twice as many musicians for Samuel Barbe... (more...) |
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