La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest 'Carnival of the Animals — A Political Jungle' performance will stretch boundaries anew
Things are changing in the classical music world. In San Diego and across the country, larger arts organizations have been presenting more concerts that integrate other disciplines, use multimedia elements and special lighting, feature music by living composers, touch on social issues and mix it up with other musical genres.
On Friday, the society’s 2023 edition of SummerFest will showcase a reimagined, socially aware and interdisciplinary version of Saint-Saëns’ whimsical Carnival of the Animals in a concert titled “Carnival of the Animals — A Political Jungle.” “To those who worry and wonder why we’re doing this, rest assured there’s space for both new work and classical-music traditions,” Rosenthal said. “Both are equally important.”
Credit is also due to the smaller, scrappy San Diego music presenters that have been drawing outside the lines for years. Wendy Whelan and Marc Bamuthi Joseph rehearse for “Carnival of the Animals” being presented Aug. 18 at La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest. “There are also a couple of fictitious animals. One animal is a modern kind of colloquialism. People say GOAT is an acronym for the greatest of all time. In our case, GOAT is the greatest of all theories — democracy. Democracy itself is a critical theory.
“We’re honored to be at SummerFest,” Joseph said. “We recognize that there is artistry, but also courage in the curation to think about these classic works in new and surprising ways.” In April, pianist Alice Sara Ott played pieces from her 2021 “Echoes of Life” album in front of a large screen with architectural images that embodied the repertoire. It demonstrated her belief that architecture and music can evoke strong memories.
Weilerstein’s Fragments, co-produced by the symphony and La Jolla Music Society, was co-commissioned by the symphony.
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