In today’s Orange County Register online, I review last night’s concert of British music performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart.
Click here to read my review, or pick up a copy of tomorrow’s newspaper.
Perlman pleases
From my review of Itzhak Perlman in today’s Orange County Register online:
“Itzhak Perlman, who played his first violin recital in Orange County in a long while on Sunday afternoon, is a smooth entertainer. The description is not meant to slight. Classical music has but four or five names these days that can sell-out a hall on the basis of their names alone, Perlman among them. We could use a few more Perlmans.”
Click here to read the whole thing, or pick up a copy of tomorrow’s newspaper.
photo: Fritz Kreisler, Library of Congress
Pacific Symphony plays late Mozart
In the Orange County Register, I review the Pacific Symphony in a conceptual concert on late Mozart, scripted by Joseph Horowitz and Carl St. Clair.
‘The Rite of Spring’ at 100
For last Sunday’s print edition of the Orange County Register, my fellow arts writers and I got together to create a package for the A section of the newspaper on ‘The Rite of Spring,’ which turns 100 in May. A number of local events celebrate the occasion. My job, of course, was to write about the music — for a general audience — in 850 words or less.
Click here to read my article on ‘The Rite of Spring’.
Links to some of the other contributions are at the bottom of my article.
Vancouver Symphony plays something new
Hooray, a professional orchestra played a piece of new music by a living composer in Orange County, by my estimation for the first time this season!
Photo: Cigar in hand, I phone my editor at intermission, telling him to stop the presses because a piece of new orchestral music was spotted within county borders.
Long Beach Opera performs ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ by Philip Glass
My review is in today’s Orange County Register.
Lortie hits Wagner out of the park
In today’s Orange County Register online, I review pianist Louis Lortie performing a program of Wagner transcriptions.
Click here to read my review, or pick up a copy of tomorrow’s newspaper.
Philharmonic Society of Orange County announces 2013-2014 schedule
The season will include performances by the Vienna Philharmonic, Yuja Wang, Gil Shaham and others.
photo: Rolex, Fadil Berisha
A pianist goes to the opera
My interview with pianist Louis Lortie, who will be touring with a program of transcriptions of Wagner’s operas, by Liszt and others. He arrives in Orange County next week.
Click here to read the interview, or pick up a copy of Sunday’s Orange County Register.
photo credit: Elias
Takacs Quartet, Joyce Yang, perform at Soka
In today’s Orange County Register online, I review the Takacs Quartet, with pianist Joyce Yang, performing at the Soka Performing Arts Center.
Because of space restrictions in print, the review is short … but guaranteed information-rich.
Click here to read my review, or pick up a copy of tomorrow’s newspaper.
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