A chat with Emerson cellist Paul Watkins

Fitting into the Emerson String Quartet. The Orange County Register, Oct. 16, 2015.

Handel and Haydn Society visits California

Review: Handel and Haydn Society, 200 years old, visits Soka. The Orange County Register, Oct. 15, 2015.

Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 2: 1. Hesitant (1967)

Witold Lutoslawski conducts the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra.

Mozart: String Quartet No. 14, K. 387: 4. Molto allegro

The Quartetto Italiano performs.

Missy Mazzoli: ‘Song from the Uproar’

Review: Sum of ‘Uproar’ opera less than parts. The Orange County Register, Oct. 9, 2015.

Concert etiquette

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Classical dos and don’ts: The etiquette of concert attendance. The Orange County Register, Oct. 9, 2015.

Dudamel conducts the Ninth

Review: Dudamel provides propulsive Beethoven’s Ninth. The Orange County Register, Oct. 7, 2015.

Yo-Yo Ma performs Gershwin on Late Night with Stephen Colbert

Yo-Yo Ma performs Gershwin’s Prelude No. 1 on Monday with the help of Late Show house pianist Jon Batiste. This performance didn’t actually air (another one did), but was instead a “web exclusive.”

It sounds like they could have rehearsed this another half a dozen times, but let’s hope it at least signals the return of classical music to late night television.

Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments

Frederick Fennell conducts the Eastman Wind Ensemble.

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 (1972)

Kirill Kondrashin conducts the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.