A 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.
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Sunday at The Wallis with Zukerman Trio
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Pinchas Zukerman and his Canadian colleagues play piano trios by Glière, Shostakovich and Schubert
Read MoreBad Boy of Opera meets A Cappella in Master Chorale's Splendid Season Opener
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21 valiant members of the Master Chorale, who sang their parts from memory – beautifully and faultlessly – while acting out the often elaborate and physically demanding stage directions.
Read MoreViolinist Hilary Hahn’s classy artistry a balm for new music
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Her Bach was pristine and classy, reminiscent of her incandescent Partita No. 2 “Chaconne” in the same hall a few years ago
Read MoreMahler’s farewell symphony, and an emotional goodbye to a colleague
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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 MoreJoshua Bell plays Brahms with great force and much sweetness
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The 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 MoreFrom Opera Pit to Stage, Pittance shines in chamber music and arias
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Sunday'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 MoreLA Phil's colorful Stravinsky and Ravel, by way of Spain
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There 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 MoreLA Phil's new season opener features something new, something old
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L.A. Phil's new confidence of playing could be felt immediately in the heart-pounding opening bars of Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture.
Read MorePacific Symphony’s new season starts in high gear with Olga Kern’s Rachmaninoff
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Pianist 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.
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