Concert and opera reviews from Southern California.
Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen proved a superb colorist in this music. He reading was dark, tense, brooding in the narrative, and soft, warm, radiant in the Winterstürme.
Read MoreVicente Chamber Orchestra's musicians are lawyers, doctors, tech executives, etc. – serious dilettantes who dream of playing in an orchestra.
Read MoreViolinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s “unique interpretation” of Tchaikovsky’s Concerto and Esa-Pekka Salonen’s explosive The Rite of Spring.
Read MoreHélène Grimaud was the soloist in Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G-Major. She brought her own individual stamp of crisp articulation and unsentimental phrasing to the piece
Read MoreTo Los Angeles, conductor Simone Young brought her keen sense of drama and theatricality to the music of Britten and Strauss.
Read MoreBeyond all the pomp, comedy and magic, John Williams’ music is also capable of great emotion, as evidenced in the Theme from Schindler’s Lis, played poignantly by violinist Simone Porter.
Read MoreOn January 27, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, in co-partnership with Classical KUSC, presented an evening of new and old “Mozart + Beethoven’s Fifth featuring a world premiere by Sara Gibson” at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
Read MoreZubin Mehta, still ailing in body but very much alert in spirits, gave hugely vital accounts of Brahms Symphonies No. 3 and 4.
Read MoreAvi Avital showed a dazzling exhibition of perfect pitch, precision in fretboard work and pick-strumming tremolos in a unique interpretation of the work.
Read MorePlagued by health problems, Zubin Mehta returned to Los Angeles this month for an extended stay – to recuperate and to conduct all-Brahms concerts.
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