Colin Davis conducts the London Symphony.
March 18, 2015
Berlioz: “Waverly Overture,” Op. 1
Colin Davis conducts the London Symphony.
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Jeremy Denk / OCR review
Review: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields visits with Bach and Stravinsky. Orange County Register, March 15, 2015.
James Newton Howard’s Violin Concerto / OCR review
Review: Carl St.Clair, James Ehnes and the Pacific Symphony give premiere of violin concerto by James Newton Howard. Orange County Register, March 13, 2015.
Calder Quartet / OCR review
Review: Calder Quartet shines in Adès, Britten and Beethoven. Orange County Register, March 12, 2015.
Reprint: James Newton Howard
Film composer James Newton Howard has written a new violin concerto for the Pacific Symphony, which the group will premiere this week with violinist James Ehnes. Howard wrote his first piece of symphonic music for the group in 2009. We talked to him then and link to the conversation below.
Film composer James Newton Howard (‘The Hunger Games,’ ‘The Dark Knight’) writes violin concerto for Pacific Symphony. Orange County Register, March 10, 2015.
Los Angeles Opera / ‘The Barber of Seville’ / OCR review
Review: Los Angeles Opera revives colorful and fizzy ‘Barber of Seville.’ Orange County Register, March 9, 2015.
photo: Craig T. Mathew / LA Opera
John Alexander Singers / Bill Cunliffe / OCR review
Review: John Alexander Singers run gamut of styles at Segerstrom. Orange County Register, March 8, 2015.
Jose Pablo Moncayo: ‘Huapango’
Here’s the encore that the State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico played the other night at Segerstrom Concert Hall, one of the most famous pieces of Mexican classical music, Moncayo’s Huapango, written in 1941. Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela.
State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico / Enrique Batiz / OCR review
Review: Enrique Batiz, State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico visit Segerstrom with music from home. Orange County Register, March 6, 2015.
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