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<\/a><\/p>\nIf you ever wondered what members of the San Diego Symphony do during their off hours, a look inside Anthology in Little Italy Tuesday night would have answered your question.<\/p>\n
In a particularly inspiring Luscious Noise performance, almost a dozen symphony members were on stage showing talents you never would guess from their relatively restrained performances in Copley Symphony Hall. And the understandably sparse audience (given that it was election night) included at least another dozen symphony players cheering on their colleagues.<\/p>\n
There was bassoonist Ryan Simmons (who sits second chair in the orchestra), clad in his finest Elvis outfit, closing the program with several of his friends in Michael Daugherty\u2019s highly entertaining \u201cDead Elvis.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was double bassist Jory Herman, although he stayed in character, performing the equally engaging \u201cB.B. Wolf \u2014 An Apologia\u201d by Jon Deak.<\/p>\n
There was the symphony\u2019s newest violinist, Anna Sk\u00e1lov\u00e1, fearlessly leading an ensemble of violinist Igor Pandurski, violist Gareth Zehngut and cellist Abe Liebhaber in a cohesive reading of the first movement of the Debussy String Quartet that was better \u2014 in fact, much better \u2014 than it had any right to be, given the pickup nature of this group (which played under the name Anna and the Velvet Revolution).<\/p>\n
There was the orchestra\u2019s new principal flutist, Rose Lombardo, offering a remarkably nuanced, sensuous interpretation of Ibert\u2019s \u201cPi\u00e8ce for flute solo.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was Zehngut, with Pandurski (on piano), weaving a spell in Arvo P\u00e4rt\u2019s magical \u201cFratres.\u201d<\/p>\n
And, if that wasn\u2019t enough, there were lively performances of three dances from Stravinsky\u2019s \u201cThe Soldier\u2019s Tale\u201d and Schoenberg\u2019s arrangement of Mahler\u2019s \u201cSongs of a Wayfarer\u201d (with baritone Mark Wischkaemper).<\/p>\n
By the time Simmons closed the concert, the outcome of the presidential election had already been projected, but it was abundantly clear conductor (and symphony violinist) John Stubbs\u2019 occasional series is a winner.<\/p>\n
Too bad you couldn\u2019t make it Tuesday; but there\u2019s no excuse for missing the next program in mid-January.<\/p>\n
Via\u00a0utsandiego.com<\/a><\/p>\n