by Theodore Bell | May 5, 2014 | Classical Music and Opera |
The April 29 closing program of the LA Phil Chamber Music Society cut across a wide range of Mozart styles and featured some unique offerings from his wind repertoire. Flutist Elise Shope opened the concert with a lively splash with her crisp version of the Flute...
by Theodore Bell | Apr 13, 2014 | Classical Music and Opera |
Performance artist and satirist Richard Montoya brought his pointed history of Chavez Ravine and Dodger Stadium to the Westside of Los Angeles at the Moss Theater in Santa Monica on April 3. Bravo to Concertmaster Margaret Batjer on another unique program for the Los...
by Theodore Bell | Mar 17, 2014 | Classical Music and Opera |
The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA brought a fantastic weekend of celebration to Los Angeles to honor the 40th anniversary of the Kronos Quartet in their home away from home at Royce Hall. The March 14 program featured a Los Angeles premiere by Phillip...
by Theodore Bell | Jan 27, 2014 | Classical Music and Opera |
Jacaranda pushed into a music rarely heard at Villa Aurora in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 22. Karlheinz Stockhausen’s “Kontakte” was given flight again with Los Angeles composer Jennifer Logan’s new high-definition digital restoration of an original recording. The...
by Theodore Bell | Oct 27, 2013 | Classical Music and Opera |
Esa-Pekka Salonen returned to the podium of the Los Angeles Philharmonic to continue the 10th-anniversary celebration concerts of the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall with the world premiere of Magnus Lindberg’s Cello Concerto No. 2 with Anssi Karttunen....
