Classical Music Events/Performances in San Diego Area (September - December 2010)

For lovers of (or anyone curious about) classical music who will be in San Diego, California from September 25 to November 30, 2010, here are most (I hope) of the classical music performances you can catch in town. (*) Asterisk denotes free event:

SEPTEMBER
24, 25, 26, 30: Gigi: Lyric Opera San Diego at Birch North Park Theater in North Park.
25 : California EAR Unit at Carlsbad Music Festival ($5-75): Ruby G Schulman Auditorium at Carlsbad Dove Library.
26 : Calder Quartet at Carlsbad Music Festival ($5-75) at Ruby G Schulman Auditorium at Carlsbad Dove Library.
27 : Fred Frith with Calder Quartet & California EAR Unit: at Ruby G Schulman Auditorium at Carlsbad Dove Library.
25 : San Diego Chorus of Sweet Adelines International presents 'Raised On Rhythm": Balboa Theater in downtown.
*26 : John Mark Harris Piano Recital (free): Central Library in downtown. Chopin: Ballade in A-Flat, Op. 47; Nocturne in C# Minor, Op. Posth.; 'Heroic' Polonaise, Op. 53; P. Glass: Wichita Vortex Sutra; L. Schulze: New work to be announced (Premiere); C. Ives: 'The Alcotts' (from Piano Sonata No. 2: Concord, Mass., 1840-1860); H. Cowell: The Tides of Manaunaun; Aeolian Harp; The Harp of Life

OCTOBER
1 : An Evening With Sutton Foster ($17.50-68.50): Balboa Theater in downtown.
1, 2, 3: Gigi: Lyric Opera San Diego at Birch North Park Theater in North Park.
2 : Dr Carol Williams Concert of the Wonder Morton Organ: Balboa Theater in downtown.
2 : Emerson String Quartet ($60): Conrad Prebys Music Center in La Jolla. Felix Mendelssohn: Andante sostenuto and Variations for String Quartet in E major, Op. 81/1; Scherzo for String Quartet in A minor, Op. 81/2; Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 6 in D major, Sz. 114, BB 119; Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887 (Op. posth. 161)
3 : San Diego Symphony Woodwind Quintet Concert (free): Serra Mesa - Kearny Mesa Public Library.
3 : Writing Opera Today: Afternoon of Arias and Songs with composer Jake Heggie and mezzo-soprano Suzanna Guzman ($12-30): Neurosciences Institute. La Jolla.
*3 : Stephen Song (free): St. Paul's Cathedral in Bankers Hill.
6 : Cannonball - Coltrane Project CD Release Concert: Birch North Park Theater in North Park.
8-10 : San Diego Symphony and James Galway in concert: Copley Symphony Hall in downtown.
9 : Orchestra Nova: Greatest Moments in Opera ($24-34): California Center for the Arts in Escondido.
9 : Angelus Early Music Concert - Angela Anderson Organ Recital ($12): Founders Chapel at University of San Diego.
*10 : Second Avenue Klezmer Ensemble (free): Central Library in downtown. Melodies of Eastern Europe, the American Yiddish Theatre, and songs of Jewish Spain
15 : Orchestra Nova does Mozart's Very Best ($10-60): St. Paul's Cathedral in Bankers Hill.
15 : Ensemble 415 ($10-25): Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla.
16 : Orchestra Nova does Mozart's Very Best ($10-99): Irwin M Jacobs Qualcomm Hall in Sorrento Valley.
18 : Orchestra Nova does Mozart's Very Best ($10-45): Sherwood Auditorium in La Jolla.
20-21: Fauré Piano Quartet ($50): Conrad Prebys Music Center in La Jolla. Gustav Mahler: Quartettsatz (Quartet Movement) for Piano and Strings; Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor ("Werther"), Op. 60; Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47.
22 : Taste of Opera - Cooking Class ($54) : Great News Cooking School, 1788 Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach. Dr. Nick Reveles and Chef Katherine discuss Puccini's Turandot while cooking your dinner.
22 : Anne-Marie McDermott Piano Recital: Sherwood Auditorium in La Jolla. Program Excerpt: Chopin Bicentennial Celebration: Three Waltzes, Op. 34; Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat Major; Ballade No. 1 in G Minor; Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor.
22-24: San Diego Symphony plays Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "New World": Copley Symphony Hall in downtown.
*24 : Music Box Mischief Family Concert (free): Central Library in downtown. C. Debussy: Syrinx (flute)
S. Reich: Claping Music (2 musicians); Folk Song: Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Audience, trio & clappers; violin, viola, cello, woodwinds); G.P. Telemann: Canonic Duet Sonata No. 2 (flute and viola); Don Quixote Suite (flute, violin, viola, cello); L.v. Beethoven: Für Elise (string trio); C. Gounod: March of the Marionettes (violin, viola, bassoon); F. Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2 (string trio); A. Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours (string trio and effects)
R. Pizzi: Ode to a Toad (Mystery Instrument???); W.A. Mozart: Flute Quartet in C, KV 285b: Excerpts (flute, violin, viola, cello).
*25 : Opera As Myth: Puccini's Turandot (free): Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla.
28 : Daniel Harding & Staatskapelle Dresden: Copley Symphony Hall in downtown. Schumann's Overture to Manfred and piano concerto in A minor; Beethoven's symphony no. 7 in A major.
30 : San Diego Symphony does Mannheim Steamroller Halloween Concert: Copley Symphony Hall in downtown.
30-31: Mahler, Bernstein, and Scriabin: La Jolla Symphony & Chorus ($29): Mandeville Auditorium in La Jolla.

NOVEMBER
1 : Día de los muertos (Festive Mexican Music & Dance): Copley Symphony Hall in downtown.
*3 : Faust's Méphistophélè: Angels, Demons, and the Problem of Evil (free): Congregation Beth Israel in UTC.
3 : Ken Peplowski Concert: Birch North Park Theater in North Park.
4 : Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony: Copley Symphony Hall in downtown.
5-7 : San Diego Symphony & Garrick Ohlsson play Chopin: Copley Symphony Hall in downtown.
*7 : Ines Irawati Piano Recital (free): Central Library in downtown. J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971; R. Schumann: Abegg Variations; L.v. Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A-flat Major, op. 110; C. Debussy: Estampes.
9 : Taste of Opera - Vigilucci's: Vigilucci's Ristorante in Coronado. Dr. Nick Reveles discusses the legend of Turandot, Adrian Bean discusses Chinese Medicine... while cooking your dinner.
12 : Taste of Opera - Great News Rosenkavalier: Great News Cooking School in Pacific Beach. Dr. Nick Reveles discusses Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier while Chef Katherine prepares your dinner.
12 : Orchestra Nova - Four Seasons, Five Virtuosos: St. Paul's Cathedral in Bankers Hill.
12, 13: San Diego Sympohny & Marvin Hamlisch: Copley Symphony Hall in downtown.
12, 14, 18, 20, 21: Rossini's The Barber of Seville: Lyric Opera San Diego at Birch North Park Theatre in North Park.
13 : Orchestra Nova - Four Seasons, Five Virtuosos: Irwin M Jacobs Qualcomm Hall in Sorrento Valley.
14 : Gleb Ivanov Piano Recital : Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla. F Chopin's Rondo á la Mazurka in F Major, Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Polonaise in A-flat Major,"Heroic".
14 : Symphonic Circus: A family festival concert at Copley Symphony Hall in downtown.
15 : Orchestra Nova - Four Seasons, Five Virtuosos: Sherwood Auditorium in La Jolla.
16 : The Romeros Guitar Virtuosi: Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla.
19 : Diabolus in Musica - Rose Tres Bele: St. James-by-the-Sea in La Jolla. The feminine repertoire of the 13th-century trouvère. Music by Jehan de Lescurel, Richard de Fournival, and Etienne de Meaux, along with a number of anonymous chansons that were likely written by women in the 13th century, accompanied by traverso, vièle à archet, harp, and percussion.
19-21 : SDSO does Respighi's Pines of Rome: Copley Symphony Hall in downtown.
26 : Trans-Siberian Orchestra : San Diego Sports Arena in Midway.