by Henry Schlinger | Feb 26, 2020 | Classical Music and Opera |
Gustavo Dudamel / Photo courtesy of LA Phil On Sunday afternoon, LA Phil Music Director Gustavo Dudamel conducted the second concert in a two-week series of programs featuring the four symphonies of Charles Ives and the last three symphonies of Antonín Dvořák. The...
by Henry Schlinger | Feb 24, 2020 | Classical Music and Opera |
Angela Hewitt performs at The Wallis. / Photo by Kevin Parry The famed interpreter of the keyboard music of Bach, Angela Hewitt performed an all Bach recital in the Bram Goldsmith Theater of The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday evening. In...
by Henry Schlinger | Feb 22, 2020 | Classical Music and Opera |
On Friday night, LA Phil Music Director Gustavo Dudamel conducted the first concert in a two-week series of programs featuring the four symphonies of Charles Ives and the last three symphonies of Antonín Dvořák. One might ask, “Why Ives and Dvořák?” Well, for one...
by Henry Schlinger | Feb 19, 2020 | Classical Music and Opera |
Yuja Wang / Photo by Ian Douglas Yuja Wang is known for her pyrotechnics on the keyboard and, to a much lesser degree, for the flashy dresses she wears when she performs. On Tuesday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the dresses were there, but the pyrotechnics were...
by Henry Schlinger | Feb 3, 2020 | Classical Music and Opera |
Philippe Jordan / Photo courtesy of LA Phil The LA Phil is a great orchestra by any measure. But great orchestras don’t always play up to their greatness even though they always play well. Many factors contribute to an orchestra playing to its full potential, and a...
