Master Chorale Shines in Mozart’s Arrangement of ‘Messiah'
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The choral singing was quite exceptional – admirable clarity, flexibility and crisp diction in the thorniest fugues
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Zubin Mehta Returns to L.A. Phil with Brahms and a Historic ‘Gurrelieder’
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This month, Zubin Mehta, the L.A. Phil’s beloved Music Director Emeritus, returned to conduct a pair of concerts.
Read MoreMandolin Virtuoso Avi Avital Brings Venetian Bonbons to Southern California
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The program was both delightful and ingenious, combining Vivaldi’s familiar “Four Seasons” with the less-familiar Venetian gondola songs. I attended both concerts in Aliso Viejo and Northridge.
Read MoreBenjamin Bernheim: A Masterful Journey Through French Mélodie
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French baritone Benjamin Bernheim made his West Coast debut at the Wallis in Beverly Hills, in a spellbinding recital of French art songs.
Read MoreLA Opera Revives Its Enchanting ‘Romeo and Juliet’ with a Winning Cast
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The large international cast are stylish in their French singing and idiomatic in conveying the French text despite not one singer is French…
Read MoreWeekend in Review - Hollywood, Mexican Film Music and Angela Gheorghiu
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Weekend of October 26-27: Korngold and Mahler at Pasadena Symphony, Angela Gheorghiu in Santa Monica, Hollywood and Mexican film music at LA Phil
Read MoreIn OC, London Philharmonic Orchestra Plays All Russian in Sold-Out Concert
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja was the soloist for the Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1. Her idiosyncratic, barefooted, neurotic manner of playing is by now familiar to her followers (and detractors).
Read MoreLang Lang Plays Thrilling Rachmaninoff in L.A. Phil Opening Gala
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In the big, Romantic concerto of Rachmaninoff, Lang Lang was thoroughly in his element and absolutely thrilling to behold. There were many fine qualities in Lang Lang’s Rachmaninoff Second.
Read More35 years on, Pacific Symphony is stronger than ever with Carl St.Clair at the helm
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Claire Huangci was the pianist for Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini. Her virtuoso playing showed tremendous youthful enthusiasm and energy, at the same time engaging in subtle dialog with the orchestra.
Read MorePuccini Goes to Hollywood in L.A. Opera’s High Gloss New ‘Butterfly’
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The actions take place on a Burbank soundstage in the 1930’s,...everything appears glossy, glitzy and artfully designed, down to the Art Deco Tiffany panels that look more Hollywood than Nagasaki.
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