by Henry Schlinger | Feb 4, 2023 | Classical Music and Opera |
On Wednesday night, the renowned pianist Emanuel Ax held spellbound a packed hall of devout fans at Walt Disney Concert Hall with a program of works mostly by Schubert. Ax performed the Piano Sonata in A major, D. 664, Op. posth. 120 by Schubert, Four Songs by...
by Henry Schlinger | Oct 29, 2022 | Classical Music and Opera, Featured, Spotlight |
Delos records has released two new CDs of contemporary music, broadly defined. The music spans 100 years and dates from the 1920s to 2022. Shapeshifter features the music of the German-Czech composer Erwin Schulhoff, who lived from 1894 to...
by Henry Schlinger | Jul 1, 2022 | Classical Music and Opera |
On their new release from Reference Recordings, Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” and Steven Stucky’s Silent Spring. In typical fashion, Honeck re-interprets a warhorse in ways that are at...
by Henry Schlinger | May 17, 2022 | Classical Music and Opera |
One characteristic that makes a city great is if it can boast two world-class symphony orchestras. Los Angeles, like other great cities, boasts the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Both have storied histories and have boasted...
by Henry Schlinger | Apr 11, 2022 | Classical Music and Opera |
On April 10, the 86-year-old Zubin Mehta, Conductor Emeritus of the LA Phil, led the orchestra in two works, the Violin Concerto by Alban Berg, featuring the Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang as soloist, and the Symphony No. 9 in D minor by Anton Bruckner. Bruckner and...
