Bernstein 100 Celebration Continues at the Bowl
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TV 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).
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‘Schumann Focus’ Project Features Pianist, Cellist and Psychologist
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This 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 MoreSunday at the Phil, Bernstein 100 and Beethoven’s 9th
/Bernstein’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…
Read MoreMozart Headlines LA Phil’s New Season
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Swedish clarinetist Martin Fröst shows his wizardry on the instrument, managing some impressive long-breathed phrases including an impossibly long one, across a wide dynamic range, at the end of the Adagio.
Read MoreDespite it all, L.A. Phil's daring Mozart-Pärt experiment pays off handsomely
/Dudamel launched the opening ‘Introitus’ in a tempo that was slow but flowing, never ponderous – reminiscent of the classic 1971 Karl Böhm recording
Read MorePiatigorsky Cello Festival draws world-class conductor and cellist
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The young Argentinian firebrand Sol Gabetta... Her enthusiastic music-making and animated style of playing were completely infectious.
Read MoreA Cool Head Prevails in Salonen's Beethoven and Mahler
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Mr. Salonen still leads exciting performances on the podium, but the old romantic varnish has been replaced by a deepening sense of modern cynicism
Read MoreFull-blooded Brahms and Dvořák, with an infusion of Spanish colors
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Pianist Garrick Ohlsson gave a powerfully heroic reading interspersed with startling moments of delicate introspection and high poetry in the Adagio,
Read MoreInspirational violinist Itzhak Perlman plays and conducts at Disney Hall
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In his two concerts at the Disney Hall, Itzhak Perlman's new revelation as a conductor had all the lovely and heartfelt qualities of his violin playing.
Read MoreMendelssohn's early romantic gem and Countess Polignac
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The slender and firm tone of his 1699 “Countess Polignac” Stradivarius was unmistakable and stood apart and above from the pack of orchestral strings during ensemble playing.
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