by Henry Schlinger | Nov 11, 2025 | Classical Music and Opera |
On Nov. 9, there was a secular service at the place I call my church — Walt Disney Concert Hall. Former Music Director and now Conductor Emeritus of the LA Phil Zubin Mehta led the Los Angeles Philharmonic on one monumental work, Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 in C...
by Henry Schlinger | Oct 27, 2025 | Classical Music and Opera |
On Oct. 25 at Zipper Hall at the Colburn School, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra performed two works—the Symphony No. 2 in D major by the French composer Louise Farrenc and the Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor by Brahms with Marc-André Hamelin as soloist. Once the...
by Henry Schlinger | Oct 19, 2025 | Entertainment and Events |
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra is currently on tour in Asia and, as the expression goes, “while the cat’s away… ” because on Saturday night the genre-defying Argentinian rock band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs turned the usually calm and dignified Walt Disney...
by Henry Schlinger | Oct 18, 2025 | Classical Music and Opera |
Upon leaving Walt Disney Concert Hall on Oct. 16 after hearing Yunchan Lim perform Bach’s Goldberg Variations, I thought that my review should just be one word: Wow! Lim, the runaway winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2022 and, at 18,...
by Henry Schlinger | Oct 6, 2025 | Classical Music and Opera |
There was electricity in the air on Oct. 2 as the packed house at Walt Disney Concert Hall awaited the appearance of Gustavo Dudamel in his last season as the music director of the LA Phil. They waited with bated breath for two masterpieces by Stravinsky that are...
