Archive for July 9th, 2014
A Truly Topsy-Turvy “Mikado”
What do you get when you take a musical theater piece composed in 1885, originally set in a mythical Japanese town, and place it in a black-and-white 1920’s world that’s decidedly English? A bit of confusion, perhaps, if you’re a purist with regards to staging, but if you’re up for some delicious visuals and very fine performances, the English […]
Wednesday 07/09/14 Los Angeles Philharmonic
11:00 PM Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel Yuja Wang, piano MUSICAL CONTENT: Bjarnason: Blow bright Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 Stravinsky: Petrushka Fill Music: Scarlatti: Sonata in E Major, K. 380 Ravel: La Valse
Playlist: Jul/09/14
10:57 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — The Maid of Orleans: Entr’acte Conductor: Evgeny SvetlanovEnsemble: USSR State Sym. Orch.Melodiya, 1000412 10:17 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — Cello Sonata Key: gOpus: 19Nathaniel Rosen, celloPavlina Dokovska, pianoElan, 2226 10:09 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Zur Namensfeier Overture Key: COpus: 115Conductor: Herbert von KarajanEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicDG/Archiv, 427256 9:38 PM Cornelis […]