Reviews

ODC Dance presents Program A, which tackles eternal life questions writ large with impressive dancing.

In a last dance of sorts, eight dancers perform works by Trisha Brown; offering a demonstration of beauty so shocking, underlining how difficult it is to absorb that its creator is never going to make another dance.

Garrick Ohlsson’s latest release features solo piano works from composers whom he feels connected to personally, but the music may be a disconnect.

A splendid performance by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel emphasizes composer John Adams’ achievement in The Gospel According to the Other Mary.

Sound-and-light star in an unusual cello program in the enormous cavern that is Grace Cathedral.

Soldier Songs from composer David T. Little, hailed for his “punk-classical” dramatic works, brings you face to face with the psychological impacts of modern warfare, and offers a good dose of his postminimalist, rock-infused style.

In a recital, violinist Sarah Chang displays her intense, sometimes flashy style, but often lacks depth.

In a wildly entertaining, beautifully played program, the virtuosic early-music group Cançonièr brings to life one of the medieval period’s stranger social phenomena.

A recital by Nathan Gunn, which figured to be a choice evening, fell considerably short of expectations, mired in a murky middle ground.

The commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising proves an illuminating context for works reflecting a human response to war and the Holocaust.