by Henry Schlinger | Mar 28, 2024 | Classical Music and Opera |
On Wednesday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall, acclaimed violinist Ray Chen and pianist Julio Elizalde performed a recital — no, a concert — no, it was really an event! Anyone who knows Chen knows that he is not a staid musician. He does not fit the mold of...
by Henry Schlinger | Mar 11, 2024 | Classical Music and Opera |
On Saturday night at Barrett Hall at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music, members of Salastina performed a chamber music masterpiece: the Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 by Johannes Brahms. Resident Host Brian Lauritzen introduced the program by describing...
by Henry Schlinger | Feb 25, 2024 | Classical Music and Opera |
The Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki conducted the LA Phil in three works on Saturday night, including the Academic Festival Overture Op. 80 and the Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 by Brahms with Daniil Trifonov at the keyboard. Also on the...
by Henry Schlinger | Feb 5, 2024 | Classical Music and Opera |
On Jan. 27, Gustavo Dudamel conducted the LA Phil in two works: the Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 “Double Concerto,” by Johannes Brahms with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and cellist Pablo Ferrández, and the Symphony No. 1 in C minor by Anton Bruckner. The...
by Henry Schlinger | Dec 17, 2023 | Classical Music and Opera |
On Saturday night, Zubin Mehta, conductor emeritus of the LA Philharmonic, and revered and esteemed by fans of the Phil, returned for his annual pilgrimage to Los Angeles to conduct two warhorse symphonies by Beethoven, the Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68,...
