by Samuel Jang | Feb 27, 2014 | Classical Music and Opera, Featured |
Try getting through your daily routine without running into Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. You would be hard-pressed to enter a five-star restaurant or luxury retail store without “Spring” playing in the Muzak. In a world saturated with the Four Seasons, Anne Akiko...
by Samuel Jang | Feb 10, 2014 | Classical Music and Opera |
Perhaps the coming of the mating season, spring, is agitating the competitive drive in Earth’s inhabitants. Whatever the reason, in the past couple of weeks, we have witnessed prominent contests, such as the Super Bowl and the Top Chef finale. And at Walt Disney...
by Samuel Jang | Jan 31, 2014 | Classical Music and Opera |
George Frideric Handel’s affection for Theodora, a relatively little known oratorio about a fourth-century Christian martyr in Antioch, was such that he was said to have preferred it over the Christmas staple Messiah. The story may sound austere for today’s audience,...
by Samuel Jang | Jan 28, 2014 | Classical Music and Opera, Featured |
In “Crazy Hearts: Nashville,” a reality TV show about country music performers, a cast member consoles her recently dumped friend with “Your first big hit could be a heartbreak away.” Devotees of Lieder (German art song) gathered at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Jan. 21...
by Samuel Jang | Nov 6, 2013 | Classical Music and Opera, Featured |
If Saturday night seemed more rowdy than usual, it wasn’t because of the college kids grinding and twerking to hip-hop music blasting out of night clubs in Old Town Pasadena. The savage music and dance came from the Ambassador Auditorium, as the Pasadena Symphony...
