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Day: July 12, 2024

IBERIAN EAR-OPENERS

IBERIAN EAR-OPENERS

Few soloists of late have made an impact comparable to Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, who played Joaquín Rodrigo’s highly popular “Concierto de Aranjuez” with the SF Symphony at Davies Hall July 11. Much like Mozart in his piano concertos, he showed an inclination to adding ornamentation, taking the familiar Adagio to a new higher level. The all-Spanish program had its flaws, but the centerpiece was golden. The virtuoso master of the guitar brought the audience to its feet more than once in…

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