by Theodore Bell | Jun 2, 2009 | Classical Music and Opera |
With a program of “Virtuoso Strings” on Saturday, May 30, at Pasadena’s Knox Presbyterian Church, Musica Angelica commenced the close of its 2008/2009 season with a penultimate performance featuring works by William Lawes, Henry Purcell, Johann Jakob...
by Theodore Bell | May 20, 2009 | Classical Music and Opera |
The May 17 performance of “La Tragedie de Carmen” by the Intimate Opera Company rocked in the recently renovated Gold Room of the Pasadena Civic Center – and not just because there was an earthquake at 8:39 p.m. This show, the last of six performances across three...
by Theodore Bell | May 1, 2009 | Classical Music and Opera |
Under the artistic direction of pianist Dee Stevens and flutist Susan Greenberg, Chamber Music Palisades has become a unique and extraordinary organization over the past 12 years. Its concerts at St. Matthew’s Parish in Pacific Palisades have a neighborhood,...
by Theodore Bell | Apr 1, 2009 | Classical Music and Opera |
The Los Angeles Master Chorale presented an inviting folk anthology on Sunday, March 29, in Walt Disney Concert Hall. Grant Gershon led a fascinating musical exposition on themes sampled from Béla Bartók’s “Slovak Folk Songs,” Veljo Tormis’ “Forgotten Peoples Cycle,”...
by Theodore Bell | Mar 26, 2009 | Classical Music and Opera |
Acclaimed conductor, organist and harpsichordist Harry Bicket and the English Concert joined chords with gifted American countertenor David Daniels on Tuesday, March 24, at Walt Disney Concert Hall. This evening of masterworks by Johann Sebastian Bach and George...
