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Volume 2, Issue 23 • January 7–20, 2011 • San Diego Uptown News


San Diego Symphony swings into the new year with a bang— and some tango


By Jeff Britton SDUN Arts Reporter


You can put away “Deck The Halls” and even Handel’s venerable “Messiah.” That’s so last month last year. For San Diego Symphony, 2011 kicks


off with perhaps their widest array of musical offerings yet, designed to appeal to a variety of music lovers. From the clas- sics to tango, Judy Garland to the family- friendly “Carnival of the Animals,” plus the inimitable Lang Lang, January has something for just about everyone. The weekend of Jan. 7-9 brings the welcome return of pianist Emanuel Ax in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17. “Manny” Ax is an old school master of the key- board, one reluctant to tamper with the great composers’ tempi and phrasing. For traditionalists, aside from his occasional self-written cadenzas, you can expect a reading that won’t have Amadeus spinning in his grave.


The Polish-born, Canadian-reared pia-


nist is a regular at the Mostly Mozart fes- tivals around the world and is a Grammy Award-winning interpreter of Haydn’s works. But don’t jump to the conclusion that he is some sort of stick-in-the-mud. He has championed and presented world


Judy Garland aficionados will enjoy the diva on two jumbo video screens while guest conductor Doug Katsaros assays the gifts of one of the greatest divas in show biz on the weekend of Jan. 21 and 22 at Copley Symphony Hall. (Courtesy of the San Diego Symphony)


premieres of many 20th century greats, such as John Adams, Christopher Rouse, Bright Sheng and Penderecki, to name a few.


And if you love chamber music, his Grammy Award-winning recordings of Beethoven and Brahms’ sonatas for cello


and piano with Yo-Yo Ma are pure heaven. In addition to Ax, conductor Jahja Ling will balance the program nicely with Sup- pe’s brief Overture to “Poet and Peasant,” Stravinsky’s Capriccio for Piano and Or- chestra and Richard Strauss’ magnificent tone poem “Ein Heldenleben” (“A Hero’s


Life”). The latter is an impressionistic masterpiece that illustrates the possibili- ties of the tone poem format without the constraints of a traditional symphony. The following weekend (Jan. 14-16),


see Symphony, page 14


San Diego Symphony Centennial Season


LANG LANG Jahja Ling, conductor; Lang Lang, piano


Piano superstar Lang Lang returns to San Diego to take on three concertos in three days!


RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 Friday, January 14, 8pm


Lang Lang meet and greet VIP package available. Call 619.235.0804.


LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 Saturday, January 15, 8pm


TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 Sunday, January 16, 2pm


winter pops special TANGO BUENOS AIRES* JANUARY 23, 7:30pm Don’t miss Argentina’s authentic, colorful and passionate dance of Tango!


Concertos


changed on Jan. 14 and 15 concerts.


“Lang Lang is the hottest artist on the classical music planet!” – The New York Times


ONE NIGHT ONLY


Nuvi Mehta


CONCERTO FESTIVAL JACOBS MASTERWORKS SPECIAL


winter pops


JUDY GARLAND IN CONCERT


Friday & Saturday, January 21 & 22, 8pm Doug Katsaros, conductor


This exciting presentation will feature Judy Garland in concert performing her greatest hits including The Trolley Song, The Man That Got Away, Over the Rainbow and more on jumbo video screens, accompanied by San Diego Symphony.


“Judy in Concert is an astonishing achievement, both technically and artistically.” – The Boston Globe


winter pops special VIENNA BOYS CHOIR* FEBRUARY 4, 8pm


ONE NIGHT ONLY


Enjoy the world’s most acclaimed choir featuring works by Haydn, Mozart and more!


Financial support is provided by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.


Copley Symphony Hall, Seventh Avenue & B Street *San Diego Symphony does not perform at these events. For Complete Season Information: CALL 619.235.0804 or VISIT sandiegosymphony.com


THE LEGENDARY VOICE OF JUDY GARLAND!


DON’T MISS


Musical Excellence Forever


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