Upbeat Live: Dudamel leads the LA Phil in “Das Rheingold”

Upbeat Live: Dudamel leads the LA Phil in “Das Rheingold”

This special presentation of Wagner’s Das Rheingold celebrates architect Frank Gehry, a dedicated friend to the Los Angeles Philharmonic and, of course, designer of the gorgeous Walt Disney Concert Hall. Gehry has crafted the scenic design for this Rheingold...
Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A

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

The music of Robert Schumann, one of the most literary of canonic composers, headlines this Salon program: the gorgeous song cycle “Dichterliebe” (Poet Love) and the dramatic Piano Quintet. Also featured is a Piano Quintet by little known composer Carl...
Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A

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

The holiday-season program for this special Salon features music by Beethoven, Brahms and 19th-century Jewish composer, Salomon Jadassohn, an accomplished theorist and teacher whose students included Busoni and Grieg. Artists: violinist Elizabeth Hedman, violist...
Prelude Lecture: La Jolla Music Society presents Seong-Jin Cho

Prelude Lecture: La Jolla Music Society presents Seong-Jin Cho

My preperformance talk will introduce the recital program of pianist Seong-Jin Cho, an artist who is wowing crowds over the globe. This particular musical journey includes a delightful Haydn Sonata, through Ravel’s little minuet built on Haydn’s name and...