by Henry Schlinger | Dec 17, 2019 | Classical Music and Opera |
Kennedy Center Honoree Michael Tilson Thomas / Photo courtesy of LA Phil On Sunday, the day of the broadcast of the Kennedy Center Honors, in which the American conductor Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) was an honoree, he conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra...
by Henry Schlinger | Dec 8, 2019 | Classical Music and Opera |
LA Phil Principal Guest Conductor Susanna Mälkki / Photo courtesy of LA Phil On a cloudy, rainy Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles, the Finnish conductor and Principal Guest Conductor of the LA Phil Susanna Mälkki led the orchestra in three works: Flourish With...
by Henry Schlinger | Nov 4, 2019 | Classical Music and Opera |
Andrew Norman / Photo courtesy of LA Phil It is difficult to reconcile the shy, insecure, introverted Bruckner with the scope of his large-scale symphonies, which, though mostly scored for the classical instrumentation, nevertheless pack a punch with fortissimo...
by Henry Schlinger | Oct 21, 2019 | Classical Music and Opera |
Daniel Lozakovich / Photo courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon There are probably a lot of exciting things happening in Los Angeles on any given Saturday night. But for classical music lovers it’s hard to imagine anything more exciting than the LA Phil concert this past...
by Henry Schlinger | Oct 9, 2019 | Classical Music and Opera |
Henry Gronnier, Ambroise Aubrun, Pierre Genisson, Virginie d’Avezac and Cécilia Tsan perform at the Mt. Wilson Observatory. The closing concert of the third summertime season of Sunday Afternoon Concerts in the Dome at Mt. Wilson Observatory on Sunday featured...