My articles on film in 2014:
Reclaiming John Wayne: The Duke’s 10 best films. Aug. 19.
‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’ a brisk biopic. Oct. 31.
John Wayne strikes in ‘Sands of Iwo Jima.‘ Nov. 28.
‘Forbidden Hollywood’ unearths Pre-Code films. Dec. 6.
Oh yeah, ‘It Happened One Night.’ Dec. 19.
Solomon Volkov. Jan. 22.
Elliot Goldenthal. May 1.
Dean Corey. May 8.
Jake Heggie. May 15.
Jeremy Denk. June 6.
Elizabeth Blumenstock. Jun 19.
Carl St.Clair. Sept. 19
Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Oct. 31
Cameron Carpenter. Nov. 16.
Tchaikovsky gets a festival. Feb. 12.
High drama at San Diego Opera. April 3.
To Bowl with Beethoven. July 7.
Merit of ‘Mozart effect’ is beside the point. July 10.
How to enjoy classical music. Aug. 7.
10 classics for kids. Sept. 5.
Classical music: Smaller seasons fill up teeming landscape. Sept. 26.
Another in an occasional series …
Review: Oh yeah, ‘It Happened One Night.’ Orange County Register, Dec. 19, 2014.
The piece is not as easy as it may sound; the performance, by David Oistrakh, is graceful.
Review: Canadian Brass matches polish with personality. Orange County Register, Dec. 17, 2014.
The violinist is Milstein himself.
Review: Pacific Symphony takes care of the familiar. Orange County Register, Dec. 12, 2014.
The violinist is Nathan Milstein.
