Zubin Mehta Returns to L.A. Phil with Brahms and a Historic ‘Gurrelieder’
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This month, Zubin Mehta, the L.A. Phil’s beloved Music Director Emeritus, returned to conduct a pair of concerts.
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Mandolin Virtuoso Avi Avital Brings Venetian Bonbons to Southern California
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The program was both delightful and ingenious, combining Vivaldi’s familiar “Four Seasons” with the less-familiar Venetian gondola songs. I attended both concerts in Aliso Viejo and Northridge.
Read MoreWeekend in Review - Hollywood, Mexican Film Music and Angela Gheorghiu
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Weekend of October 26-27: Korngold and Mahler at Pasadena Symphony, Angela Gheorghiu in Santa Monica, Hollywood and Mexican film music at LA Phil
Read MoreIn OC, London Philharmonic Orchestra Plays All Russian in Sold-Out Concert
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja was the soloist for the Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1. Her idiosyncratic, barefooted, neurotic manner of playing is by now familiar to her followers (and detractors).
Read MoreLang Lang Plays Thrilling Rachmaninoff in L.A. Phil Opening Gala
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In the big, Romantic concerto of Rachmaninoff, Lang Lang was thoroughly in his element and absolutely thrilling to behold. There were many fine qualities in Lang Lang’s Rachmaninoff Second.
Read More35 years on, Pacific Symphony is stronger than ever with Carl St.Clair at the helm
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Claire Huangci was the pianist for Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini. Her virtuoso playing showed tremendous youthful enthusiasm and energy, at the same time engaging in subtle dialog with the orchestra.
Read MoreAt the Bowl, L.A. Phil's Summer Finale Packs Impressive Vocal Power
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L.A. Phil's final three summer concerts at the Bowl featured Rihab Chaieb's Carmen, Diana Damrau singing Viennese operetta, and L.A. Master Chorale in Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Beethoven Ninth - all conducted by Gustavo Dudamel
Read MoreSuperstars Midori and Yunchan at the Bowl
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Midori played Dvořák on 8/20 and Yunchan Lim played Beethoven "Emperor" on 8/29 at the Hollywood Bowl
Read MoreA Rousing All-Russian Night at the Bowl
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Being a concertmaster by profession Chalifour is not a flashy player, his playing virtuosic but unaffected, his musicianship pure and honest; the violin tone in the Sheherazade-like slow movement was silky and sensuous…
Read MoreHollywood Bowl 2024, a Satisfying Mozart and Beethoven week
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The sound system has been tweaked and improved for classical music. Gone are the crude amplification and ‘spotlighting’ of instruments, particularly the winds and brass.
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