Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A

Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A

It’s the opening of a new season with Le Salon de Musiques! The program features two perennial favorites—piano quartets by Mozart and Brahms—and the Duo for violin and viola by the unfairly neglected Louis Spohr. Artists:  Agatha Blevin (violin), Jonah Sirota...
Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A

Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A

The first Salon de Musiques of the spring season offers two of my favorites works: Mozart’s String Quartet in C Major (“Dissonance”) and Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto (in an arrangement for string quintet and piano. Rounding out the offerings is...
Mason Concert

Mason Concert

The final Mason Concert of the 2023 season—and it’s going to be amazing! LA Philharmonic concertmaster Martin Chalifour is joined by three talented friends—cellist Cécilia Tsan, violist Victor de Almeida, and flutist Rachel Mellis—for an evening of chamber...
Opera for Educators: Le nozze di Figaro

Opera for Educators: Le nozze di Figaro

Calling teachers and opera lovers! The “Opera for Educators” seminars bring together experts in music, history, and opera production and performance for a day of learning and enjoyment. Dr. Brown-Montesano kicks off the seminar on Mozart’s Le nozze...
Concert Intro / The Hunt

Concert Intro / The Hunt

The Hunt. Why is Mozart’s String Quartet No. 17 given this nickname? We will explore the hunting sounds that Mozart may have heard and how they turn up in the music of this work. Concert featuring the Zelter Quartet.