After 90 days behind paywall bars, articles on ocregister.com are set free. Here are a couple more of mine from April, for those who are still interested. You may read them gratis.
Review: Great Britten from Pacific Chorale. April 22, 2013.
Pacific Chorale unveils 2013-14 schedule. April 23, 2013.
In today’s Orange County Register online, I recall a summer long ago that I spent practicing eight hours a day.
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Next year’s Ojai Music Festival is a long way off (June 12-15, to be exact), but information has been dribbling out, more this week in a flyer. Here’s what we’ve gleaned so far.
Pianist Jeremy Denk will be the music director, reason enough to attend in my opinion. The 68th annual event will also feature the world premiere of a new opera, commissioned by the festival, with music by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky and a libretto by Denk. Robert Spano will conduct.
Jazz pianist/composer Uri Caine will be on hand to perform Mahler. The young violinist Stefan Jackiw, very impressive when I heard him a couple of years ago, will perform music by Ives.
Also promised: Music by Janacek, Ligeti, Mozart, Beethoven and a batch of Brooklyn composers.
My favorite cover of a rock song. Some very tasty drumming. Notice how the band builds the song, with bass and guitar going into unison near the end, the cymbal kicking.
Originally blogged in 2011, but still true.
Top 10 lists are big these days in the sophisticated world of the internet and its readership. Even the august New York Times (in January) got into the act recently by naming (or taking a deep breath and beginning to try to start to name) the 10 greatest composers of, like, forever. But never before has the world seen a list like the one we attempt today: The Top Ten Greatest Notes of All Time.
A word on our methods. First, we ate dinner. Then we started to think about doing the dishes but decided to do them later. They can wait. The food won’t stick, not with the dishwasher we have. (We paid a little extra.) Secondly, or thirdly, it’s hard to keep track, we got a committee of the world’s leading musicians together at a retreat in the mountains of Nevada, fed them lavishly and then corralled…
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I went to the Philharmonic Society of Orange County’s annual meeting last night. The numbers look good; interesting plans ahead.
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After 90 days behind paywall bars, articles on ocregister.com are set free. Here are three of mine from early April, for those who are still interested. You may read them for free.
Register’s music critic plays with Pacific Symphony. April 11, 2013.
Malkki is authoritative with L.A. Phil. April 14, 2013.
Denk performs masterful recital. April 15,2013.
photo: Steven Georges, for the Register.
In today’s Orange County Register online, I review the opening concert of the classical music season at the Hollywood Bowl. Michael Tilson Thomas conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic and others in Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony.
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After 90 days behind subscription paywall bars, articles on ocregister.com are set free. Here are two of mine, if you happen to still care. You will not be charged to read them.
Mei-Ann Chen conducts the Pacific Symphony. April 5, 2013, Orange County Register.
Violinist Ray Chen gives a recital at Irvine Barclay Theatre. April 7, 2013, Orange County Register.
In today’s Orange County Register, I take a look at this summer’s classical music season in Southern California and a little further beyond.
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Classical Life 