SOLI opens its 24th season with composer Sebastian Currier’s fast-paced and intricate Verge, Daniel Schnyder’s jazz-inspired A Friday Night in August, and George Tsontakis’ Eclipse, a highly dramatic and lyrical multi-movement work, perfectly displaying the composer’s eclectic style, which incorporates the currents of early modernism, post-romanticism, impressionism, and expressionism to create a language of his own. This program was tailored to fit the dynamism of the ensemble’s new home at Jazz TX, San Antonio’s newest and most versatile hot spot for live music, located in the historic Pearl Brewery.
A nearly 6,000-square-foot Monte Vista mansion that blends historic details with modern elegance underwent a steep, $200,000 price cut late last month.…