Program soared in second half; first half not so much  La Jolla
Music Society SummerFest 2013  When: Next performance at 7:30
p.m. today. Festival continues through Aug. 23   Admission:
$45-$75  Phone: (858) 459-3728  Online: ljms.org  You had to
wonder: Why, in Sunday’s SummerFest “Romantic Masterworks”
program at MCASD’s Sherwood Auditorium, did the second-half
performance of Dvorak’s Piano Quartet in E-flat Major take
flight while the first-half renderings of the Brahms Trio in A
Minor for Clarinet, Cello and Piano and Ravel’s Piano Trio in A
Minor rarely leave the ground?  Violinist Augustin Hadelich,
violist Cynthia Phelps, cellist Joshua Roman and pianist Inon
Barnatan not only offered a definitive interpretation of the
Dvorak, they brought the music to life, delighting in each of
its many unexpected twists and turns and bringing a sense of
freshness and spontaneity to the music.  Cellist Carter Brey and
pianist Jeffrey Kahane, with clarinetist David Shifrin in the
Brahms and violinist Joseph Swensen in