Humor and musical soiree with Itzhak Perlman
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five or six encores interspersed with Mr. Perlman’s inexhaustible supply of jokes pertaining to himself or the music at hand.
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A stormy, stirring Missa Solemnis by the Master Chorale
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Throughout the performance, one was shocked and awed by the power and precision in which the Master Chorale conveyed Beethoven’s vivid word painting
Read MoreNew Year’s Eve Bash with Pink Martini, Rita Moreno, Mariachi Band
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The international theme continued with Rita Moreno reprising her Anita in the rousing “America” dance number from the 1961 film “West Side Story” – with contributions from Storm Large, China Forbes and the fabulous Aztlán de Pueblo High School mariachi band.
Read MoreTaiwan Philharmonic Impresses in Historic First U.S. Concert
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Maestro Shao-Chia Lu conducted with elegant precision, bringing out surprising Brahmsian warmth from the Taiwanese strings.
Read MoreA Multimedia 'Creation' Is a Holiday Treat
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Tying up all these together was conductor Gustavo Dudamel, who never let up the excitement after the initial ‘Big Bang’ of Creation (“Let there be light!”) and made this two-hour religious oratorio almost as enjoyable as a Mozart comic opera.
Read MoreDespite Low Attendance, China Philharmonic Is a Force to Be Reckoned With
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The impressively high standard of playing was credited to Long Yu, a Berlin-trained conductor who single-handedly built up two major orchestras in Shanghai and Beijing
Read MoreRussian Tornado Trifonov Touches Down in L.A.'s Disney Hall
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Trifonov maintained an aristocratic poise and an upright posture even during the hairiest, most thunderous passages
Read MoreSimon Rattle brings Berlin Philharmonic to Disney Hall in final tour
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Fifteen years after its first visit to the Southland, the Berliners gave a déjà vu performance of undiminished power and brilliance more than a decade later.
Read MoreA zany Finn and a political cellist in Dvorak and Sibelius
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Cellist Johannes Moser dedicated his encore to Hillary Clinton and Leonard Cohen.
Read MoreSunday at The Wallis with Zukerman Trio
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Pinchas Zukerman and his Canadian colleagues play piano trios by Glière, Shostakovich and Schubert
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