{"id":7835,"date":"2017-08-23T15:28:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T22:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myuctv.tv\/?p=7835"},"modified":"2017-08-23T15:28:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T22:28:50","slug":"la-jolla-symphony-chorus-the-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/uctv\/la-jolla-symphony-chorus-the-lovers\/","title":{"rendered":"La Jolla Symphony &#038; Chorus: The Lovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uctv.tv\/shows\/The-Lovers-La-Jolla-Symphony-Chorus-31846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uctv.tv\/images\/default\/31846.jpg\" alt=\"8232\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignright\" \/><\/a>When Dr. David Chase assumed leadership of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lajollasymphony.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Jolla Symphony Chorus<\/a> in 1973, it consisted of 60 members. Over the succeeding years, Dr. Chase grew the chorus to 130 voices while expanding the group\u2019s repertoire to include contemporary works as well as proven classics.<\/p>\n<p>To mark his retirement after 44 years as Choral Director in June 2017, Dr. Chase assembled and conducted an eclectic program inspired by love and passion under the appropriate title, \u201cThe Lovers.\u201d The first piece, the charming &#8220;Overture to Beatrice and Benedict,&#8221; is a concert staple from Hector Berlioz&#8217;s opera comique based on Shakespeare&#8217;s &#8220;Much Ado About Nothing.&#8221; Next on the bill is Arnold Schoenberg&#8217;s tone poem &#8220;Verkl\u00e4rte Nacht&#8221; (&#8220;Transfigured Night&#8221;), the composer&#8217;s interpretation of a German romantic poem. It is widely considered one of this modernist composer\u2019s most accessible works.  In the program\u2019s final piece, &#8220;The Lovers,&#8221; American neo-Romantic composer Samuel Barber sets a cycle of poems by celebrated Chilean poet Pablo Neruda for baritone, mixed chorus, and full orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>Taken as a whole the three pieces form a compelling examination of both the complexities of love and music\u2019s ability to speak directly to the heart.  Not coincidentally, the program also reflects David Chase\u2019s passion for music and lifelong devotion to popularizing lesser-known works and is a fitting culmination to his tenure with La Jolla Symphony &#038; Chorus.   Dr. Chase will be ably succeeded, but he can never be replaced.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uctv.tv\/shows\/The-Lovers-La-Jolla-Symphony-Chorus-31846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch La Jolla Symphony &#038; Chorus: The Lovers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Dr. David Chase assumed leadership of the La Jolla Symphony Chorus in 1973, it consisted of 60 members. Over the succeeding years, Dr. Chase grew the chorus to 130 voices while expanding the group\u2019s repertoire to include contemporary works as well as proven classics. To mark his retirement after 44 years as Choral Director [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[251,88,2],"tags":[250,338,339],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7835"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}