A Rainbow-Colorful Take on Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet
/LA Phil presents an innovative Romeo and Juliet in collaboration with the LA Dance Project, and features French horn guest star Sarah Willis from the Berlin Philharmonic!
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LA Phil presents an innovative Romeo and Juliet in collaboration with the LA Dance Project, and features French horn guest star Sarah Willis from the Berlin Philharmonic!
Read MoreThe celebration of LA Phil’s 100th-anniversary season boldly looked into the future, not the past, with two avant-garde works – “LA Variations” by Esa-Pekka Salonen and “Sustain” by Andrew Norman.
Read MoreCelebrating its 40-year anniversary, the Pacific Symphony is fortunate to have Carl St. Clair who, at his best, is able to make his orchestra sound much greater than the sum of its parts.
Read MoreBritish guest conductor/humorist Bramwell Tovey is a perennial favorite at LA Phil, not only for his considerable musical acumen, but also for his endless supply of jokes and anecdotes.
Read MoreTuesday night at the Hollywood Bowl featured two powerhouse names in classical music – Itzhak Perlman and Gustavo Dudamel. The music-making, however, was pleasantly low-key and congenial.
Read MoreTV actress Sutton Foster and Broadway veteran Brian Stokes Mitchell made a delightful, winsome couple in musical numbers from On the Town (1944) and Wonderful Town (1953).
Read MoreThis month, the LA Phil put Schumann front and center in a comprehensive survey of his works, including an illuminating talk by Dr. Richard Kogan on mental illness and creativity.
Read MoreBychkov’s version of Antonin Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7 was decidedly not your grandfather’s mellow, good-natured walk in the Bohemian forest. Rather, it was fiery, edgy, dramatic…
Read MoreWhen the 71-year-old pianist André Watts sat down to play, he immediately commanded attention by the sheer scale of the sound he produced – big, bold, effusive.
Read MoreBernstein’s work is a bold liturgical work for the common men, while Beethoven’s Ninth is a quasi-religious paean of universal brotherhood. Together, they formed a musical bond…
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