Strauss mixes with Korngold at symphony concert
Musical storytelling at its best, flowing from varied sides of human character, dominated Friday night’s San Antonio Symphony Strauss Festival concert. About 900 people at the Tobin Center for the...
View ArticleStrauss waltzes with Ravel in symphony program
Anyone hearing that the San Antonio Symphony Strauss Festival concert Friday night revolved around waltz music might have expected to hear pieces by Johann Strauss II of the 1800s. Nope. “Blue Danube”...
View ArticlePerlman tickets update
UPDATE: On Tuesday morning, the Tobin announced that there actually are still about 40 tickets left for seats onstage. Word has been issued from the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts that the 7 p.m....
View ArticleReview: San Antonio Symphony
The San Antonio Symphony doubled up on its Strausses for its final Strauss Festival concert Friday night (Feb. 6) to splendid effect. The program performed at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts...
View ArticleReview: Itzhak Perlman
A sold-out Tobin Center for the Performing Arts audience – more than 1,800 people – likely left violinist Itzhak Perlman’s concert Sunday night (Feb. 8) with wonderful memories and a lasting afterglow....
View ArticleReview: Arrival from Sweden
Backed by the San Antonio Symphony for a Pops series concert, Arrival from Sweden relived the heyday of ABBA at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts Friday night. The ABBA tribute band dates back...
View ArticleReview: Opera San Antonio season finale
The funny and sad sides of human relationships were paired Thursday night (March 12) in a double bill of one-act chamber productions to complete Opera San Antonio’s first season. The program featured...
View ArticleReview: San Antonio Symphony
A San Antonio Symphony program of Russian and Polish music was supremely authenticated Friday night by the efforts of two Russian master guest artists, conductor Daniel Raiskin and pianist Alexei...
View ArticleReview: San Antonio Symphony
Music of Spanish-speaking lands – stretching from Spain’s palace at Aranjuez to the pampas of Argentina – were fully realized in the San Antonio Symphony’s Friday night (April 10) classical series...
View ArticleReview: San Antonio Symphony Fiesta Pops
The San Antonio Symphony framed its annual Fiesta Pops on Friday night (April 17) with a tribute to both a fallen Tejano legend and to a rising mariachi star. This Fiesta Pops also was the first to be...
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