by Hao Yuan Kueh | Oct 24, 2013 | Classical Music and Opera |
In a string of three recitals earlier this month at Disney Hall, renowned Hungarian pianist András Schiff completed his epic two-year survey of J.S. Bach’s solo keyboard works. The first recital on Oct. 9 consisted of Bach’s Six English Suites, and is reviewed...
by Hao Yuan Kueh | Apr 18, 2013 | Classical Music and Opera |
On April 17, pianist András Schiff continued his survey of Bach’s complete solo keyboard works at Walt Disney Concert Hall with a performance of the Six French Suites and the French Overture. Schiff’s program was singular in its organization – so singular, in fact,...
by Hao Yuan Kueh | Jan 31, 2013 | Classical Music and Opera |
On Jan. 30, Yefim Bronfman performed a program in Walt Disney Concert Hall that included two formidable piano sonatas by Brahms and Prokofiev. Given Bronfman’s commanding technique and impressive physical build, one might have expected a Herculean display of power...
by Hao Yuan Kueh | Oct 25, 2012 | Classical Music and Opera |
In a series of two concerts at Disney Hall, András Schiff delivered an authoritative performance of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, a momentous set of 48 preludes and fugues that cover all major and minor keys over two books. In Bach’s own words, the Well-Tempered...
by Hao Yuan Kueh | Feb 4, 2012 | Classical Music and Opera, Featured |
All good things must come to an end, and Gustavo Dudamel’s epic exploration of Mahler’s symphonies with the LA Phil and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela — his hometown orchestra — is no exception. The Los Angeles part of the Mahler project ends this...
