The Philharmonic Society of Orange County is offering a discount to its Bach by Simone Dinnerstein concert on Monday, June 18. Hailed as one of today’s foremost Bach interpreters and recently chosen as one of the Los Angeles Times‘ 2012 Faces to Watch, American pianist Simone Dinnerstein makes her Orange County debut with a selection [...]

Let’s get this out of the way right up front: Crescent City is a difficult piece, and it’s not for everyone. It’s not being uncharitable to say it’s not even for most. That said, if you fancy yourself a connoisseur of the avant-garde, then this one’s for you! There is a snootful of ideas percolating [...]

Opening night of the LA International New Music Festival on May 9 was a shining example of Los Angeles’ premier role on the cutting edge of the modern chamber music scene, and also marked a significant artistic achievement from Southwest Chamber Music.
The Festival, which coincides with the 25th anniversary of Southwest Chamber, will feature 25 [...]

With La Bohème, Puccini sought to write an opera in the fashionable verismo style that took as its subject everyday life and attempted to treat it in a realistic manner. While his opera dates from the mid-1890s, his source material was a series of stories written in the 1840s by Henri Murger, which depicted real [...]

Shocking as it may seem, although many of the world’s great orchestras have visited Walt Disney Concert Hall in the almost nine years since it officially opened, the New York Philharmonic hasn’t been one of them. That is, until May 9 when they came to town led by their fairly recently appointed music director, Alan [...]

Sir Simon Rattle returned to Los Angeles this past weekend to conduct the LA Philharmonic in an ambitious program including Atmosphères by György Ligeti, the Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin by Wagner, the Rückert-Lieder by Mahler featuring mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozená, and the Symphony No. 9 in D minor by Bruckner.
Rattle, who was last in [...]

Delores Stevens brought her brilliant Beethoven touch to the Quintet for Piano and Winds for Chamber Music Palisades‘ May 1 concert. She and an elite ensemble of wind players, which included LA Phil principal clarinetist Michele Zukovsky, left Beethoven’s mojo smoldering in my reverie long after this unforgettable virtuoso performance.
Chamber Music Palisades is in the [...]

The Philharmonic Society of Orange County is offering a discount to the New York Philharmonic concert on Tuesday, May 8. Get a taste of the Big Apple as America’s oldest orchestra (founded in 1842) makes its triumphant return to Orange County with a lush program of famous orchestral gems. Under the direction of Grammy Award-winning [...]

The Philharmonic Society of Orange County is offering a discount to its April 28 concert, when Spanish guitarist Pepe Romero will share an Orange County stage with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for a program titled Rodrigo, Turina and Brahms. Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, one of the world’s most popular guitar concertos, will provide the spotlight [...]

The Los Angeles chamber music scene is in high gear again this week with our best musicians and ensembles performing every day of the week – beautiful music is everywhere throughout the Southland, and some is free!
The early week belongs to Schubert.  On any of three days, starting Monday, enjoy beautiful all-Schubert programs from [...]