Tonight, violinist Tessa Lark returns to Carnegie Hall for a recital. She wants you to know that while her program might seem unconventional, it will give you a good idea of who she is as a musician. “When you look at the program it doesn’t seem like the pieces relate, but it’s really just types of music I’ve loved my whole life and I’m putting them together in one … [Read more...]
Violinist Lark shines in Korngold at SoFla Symphony
The South Florida Symphony is a musical organization that likes to think big. In the first classical concerts of the season (a pops concert took place in November), the Fort Lauderdale-based ensemble took on an echt-Romantic violin concerto, a world premiere score, and one of Richard Strauss’s enormous tone poems. Credit the group and its maestra, Sebrina María Alfonso, with … [Read more...]