by Henry Schlinger | Aug 5, 2019 | Classical Music and Opera |
Friends who don’t live in LA often ask me why I live here. I tell them: the mountains, ocean and desert. In addition to those things, I usually talk about the culture, in particular the classical music culture. When people talk about LaLa land, making reference to the...
by Henry Schlinger | May 21, 2019 | Classical Music and Opera |
On May 17, the LA Phil, conducted by Dudamel and joined by five well-known pianists, embarked on a week-long series of concerts featuring the five piano concertos by Beethoven. Sunday’s concert, surprisingly, was a very classical one, including Beethoven’s Egmont...
by Henry Schlinger | Apr 29, 2019 | Classical Music and Opera |
LA Phil’s Conductor Laureate Esa-Pekka Solenen was still in town this past weekend from his two-week Stravinsky extravaganza to conduct another series of concerts featuring 20th-century works, including Ibéria by Debussy, Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand (with Igor...
by Henry Schlinger | Apr 15, 2019 | Classical Music and Opera, Featured |
On Saturday night, Esa-Pekka Salonen returned (did he ever really leave?) to Southern California to conduct his old band in three works by Stravinsky: Funeral Song, Agon and The Rite of Spring. In fact, Salonen is in town for several weeks conducting the LA Phil. Over...
by Henry Schlinger | Apr 8, 2019 | Classical Music and Opera, Featured |
On Sunday night the American organist Cameron Carpenter wowed and dazzled what one organ series subscriber called the largest crowd she had ever seen for an organ recital in Walt Disney Concert Hall. Carpenter obviously has a following. Carpenter most recently played...
