Mahler’s farewell symphony, and an emotional goodbye to a colleague
/Throughout the 30-minute-long movement, the main Lebewohl/Farewell motif went through a wealth of emotions in the strings, from yearning to poignant to defiant.
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Throughout the 30-minute-long movement, the main Lebewohl/Farewell motif went through a wealth of emotions in the strings, from yearning to poignant to defiant.
Read MoreThe boyish 49-year-old played the Brahms D-Major Violin Concerto with his customary sweet tones and the hyper-kinetic physicality of a seasoned video-gamer.
Read MoreSunday's program was a refreshingly varied selection of vocal and instrumental works unlike your typical instrumental music-only chamber concerts. A bonus was having TV and film personality Miguel Pérez introduce each piece with anecdotes and humor.
Read MoreThere are basically two schools of Firebird conducting – one playing it like a ballet; the other playing it like a symphonic poem. Maestro Heras-Casado falls into the latter category.
Read MoreL.A. Phil's new confidence of playing could be felt immediately in the heart-pounding opening bars of Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture.
Read MorePianist Olga Kern’s playing in Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” was one for the ages, one that’s worth braving two hours of rush traffic from downtown L.A.
Read MoreFrom the perfectly molded phrases and shimmering strings in the overture to the thundering apotheosis of the final chorus, the orchestral pit of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion rarely sounded this good.
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 20-plus-year-old production by Herbert Ross still drew oohs and ahhs from the opening night audience... This Bohème will send you home smiling from the beautiful theatrical production.
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The young Argentinian firebrand Sol Gabetta... Her enthusiastic music-making and animated style of playing were completely infectious.
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