An intriguing, well-played concert features local stars and a late 19th-century Chickering grand piano.
The international ensemble, which comes together in L.A. every year, has a dedicated audience and a solid grip on the repertoire it plays.
An expansive afternoon of chamber music is headlined by the marvelous Viano Quartet.
Festival performances of Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges and John Adams’s Violin Concerto are spectacular.
Guest conductor Earl Lee leads a substantial program of Tchaikovsky, Samuel Barber, and Carlos Simon.
The psychedelic homage to West Coast iconoclast Pauline Oliveros is absorbing but missing some key components of her legacy.
A lieder recital by soprano Lisa Delan is followed by a concert featuring the up-and-coming Manetti Shrem Opera Fellows.
Tendler has used a bequest from his father to commission 16 pieces reflecting the two’s complicated relationship.
Top-notch period performances by ensembles both large and small make the Carmel Bach Festival worth a weekend trip.
The conductor’s tenure with the orchestra may have ended last year, but superb recordings are still being released.
