The Knights at Carnegie Hall: It’s a Family Affair
It’s always a family affair with The Knights. The orchestra was founded in 2007 by the brothers Eric and Colin Jacobsen, who share artistic director duties as well as musical…
Ventura College Symphony and Chamber Orchestras – Ad Astra
On Saturday, May 4th, 2024 the Ventura College Department of Performing Arts presented Ad Astra, a concert by the Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra. The program had something for everyone:…
Cold Blue Music – An Afternoon of Double Basses and Piano
On Saturday, April 6, 2024 the Santa Monica Public Library and the Cold Blue Music recording label presented a concert titled An Afternoon of Double Basses and Piano. This was…
Brightwork newmusic – I Will Learn to Love a Person
On Saturday, March 30, 2024 Brightwork newmusic presented I Will Learn to Love a Person, a concert of new music at Boston Court Pasadena. Brightwork musicians Aron Kallay, Stacey Fraser,…
Takács Quartet Gives Birth to the Universe
How does a composer write music? Whether she pulls interesting sounds out of the air, or creates an elaborate scheme of hieroglyphics – can an uninformed listener tell the difference?…
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“Angel Island” by Huang Ruo at the Prototype Festival
The special sauce that has made Prototype, the annual opera/theater festival, a success for over a decade is a straightforward formula: socially relevant, edgy vocal works that are high on…
The Tallis Scholars at St. Mary the Virgin (Concert Review)
Photo: Rodrigo Pérez Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips, director Church of St. Mary the Virgin December 9, 2023 NEW YORK – It is the fiftieth anniversary of the renaissance…
Concert Review: NY Philharmonic performs Ligeti
New York Philharmonic, Susanna Mälkki, conductor Jenõ Lisztes, Cimbalom David Geffen Hall November 4, 2023 NEW YORK – Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (1851) is such a challenging barnstormer…
Wicked GOAT in Pasadena
On Sunday, October 1, 2023 the Pasadena Conservatory of Music presented Shred, the first of two Wicked GOAT programs scheduled for the 2023/24 season in their Contemporary Music for Young…
Tanglewood: FCM Chamber Music Concert (review)
Festival of Contemporary Music Chamber Music Sunday, July 30, 2023 LENOX – There were a number of firsts on the July 30th chamber music concert. I have never seen…