A Holy Grail ‘Missa’ at Disney Hall
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The large-scale Missa Solemnis featured 125 voices from Barcelona's Orfeó Català and the Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana…
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At Pacific Symphony, a Glorious Send-Off for a Beloved Maestro
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Under maestro St. Clair, the orchestral playing was lyrical, opulent, gleaming. The accompaniment to the “Sanctus” chorus and the “Dies irae” sections was splendidly apocalyptic.
Read MoreMaster 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
Read MoreA Night with Mozart and Salieri, and the Amazing Pacific Chorale
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Marco Barricelli could not erase the memory of F. Murray Abraham; nonetheless, he managed to inject some semblance of humanity into the Hollywood caricature of Salieri’s character.
Read MoreEast Meets West: A Magnificent Chorus of Prayers for Unity
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Esmail’s musical style is unabashedly melodic, a beautifully seamless fusion of Western and Eastern (Indian) classical traditions.
Read MoreMozart Masses Consecrate and Inaugurate PSOC Season
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Mozart’s sacred choral works, performed on period instruments and sung by light, agile voices, transforming the Segerstrom Concert Hall quite literally into a temple of music.
Read MoreA Stirring Mozart Requiem Opens LA Master Chorale New Season
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After the opening concert, the Master Chorale will resume their Lagrime di San Pietro world tour, jet-setting between L.A. and cities in Australia, Mexico and Europe.
Read MoreDudamel Presents Bernstein's Mass as Great Musical Theater
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The 'street people' chorus, in Christine Crook's psychedelically colorful hippie costumes, were as brutally relentless as McKinny's celebrant was serenely spiritual in his "A Simple Song".
Read MoreLA Phil Closes Season with Brilliant Bartok Cycle and Janáček Fanfare
/At each concert, Yuja gave the audience their money’s worth – mind-blowing flashy encores of Mozart’s Turkish rondo and Carmen variations, in her own virtuoso improvisational style...
Read MoreA Vibrant, Spiritual Bach B-Minor Mass From Stuttgart's 'Gaechinger Cantorey'
/The Cantorey’s 31-member choir and 30-player Baroque orchestra were the perfect size to convey the work’s grandeur without sacrificing the agility and clarity in the 4- and 5-part choruses
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