Review: Pacific Symphony gives Andre Previn his due. The Orange County Register, May 29, 2015.
Previn: 1992
I found this online the other day, a review I wrote for the L.A. Times in 1992 of Andre Previn conducting the L.A. Phil. The common remembrance is that Previn resigned as music director suddenly in 1989 and never again conducted the orchestra, but, in fact, he did, several times.
The following will be of interest to very few, but I reproduce it here for them. It seems to me that the young version of myself pretty much summed up Previn’s years in Los Angeles with this review. I take no credit, necessarily. I had been reading Martin Bernheimer and others, after all.
(By the way, for the young version of myself to get the opportunity to review the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the L.A. Times — I was just a young and lowly free-lancer — was a very big deal. Perhaps you can sense it in the following.)
MUSIC REVIEW : Previn Leads Philharmonic ‘Nutcracker’ at Pavilion
Conductors usually get what they ask for. Trouble is, Andre Previn didn’t seem to ask for much Thursday.
On the podium, he was pretty much the traffic cop. Expressive gestures were few, cues for entrances and beat patterns soberly laid out. He often looked bored–and the playing, not surprisingly, reflected this. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Andre Previn is coming (back) to town
Andre Previn to visit Orange County for the Pacific Symphony’s annual American Composers Festival. The Orange County Register, May 24, 2015.
Photo: A. P. Mutter
Previn: Double Concerto for Violin and Contrabass. 2. Slowly
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Roman Patkoló, Boston Symphony Orchestra, André Previn.
Philharmonic Society gives tribute to St.Clair
Review: Philharmonic Society gives tribute to Carl St.Clair. The Orange County Register, May 20, 2015.
Pacific Chorale ends season with Poulenc’s ‘Gloria’
Review: Pacific Chorale ends season with Poulenc’s ‘Gloria.’ The Orange County Register, May 18, 2015.
Previn: Double Concerto for Violin, Contrabass and Orchestra
1. Allegro
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Roman Patkoló, double bass; Boston Symphony Orchestra, André Previn, conductor.
Review: Ray Chen performs at Segerstrom Concert Hall
Review: Violinist Ray Chen’s youth serves triumphantly. The Orange County Register, May 13, 2015.
Pacific Symphony / John Nelson, Barry Douglas / OCR review
Review: John Nelson makes his debut with Pacific Symphony. The Orange County Register, May 8, 2015.
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