Concert and opera reviews from Southern California.
For the Sunday performance of Verdi’s “Otello”, the sound engineers clearly flattered the dynamic conducting of Gustavo Dudamel. The results were some incredibly exciting passages…
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 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…
Read MoreSwedish 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 MoreDudamel launched the opening ‘Introitus’ in a tempo that was slow but flowing, never ponderous – reminiscent of the classic 1971 Karl Böhm recording
Read MoreThe young Argentinian firebrand Sol Gabetta... Her enthusiastic music-making and animated style of playing were completely infectious.
Read MoreMr. Salonen still leads exciting performances on the podium, but the old romantic varnish has been replaced by a deepening sense of modern cynicism
Read MorePianist Garrick Ohlsson gave a powerfully heroic reading interspersed with startling moments of delicate introspection and high poetry in the Adagio,
Read MoreIn 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.
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