From von Biber’s bombastic Battalia to the subtleties of a recent Andrew Norman piece, the NCCO played everything with grace and beauty.
Martian invasion threatens L.A. Philharmonic concert!
William Kentridge fuses physics, early modernist art, jazz-age music, and colonial history in a profound multimedia revue.
L.A. Opera and Beth Morrison Projects explore the intricacies of Ingmar Bergman’s film in an opera by Keeril Makan and Jay Scheib.
Environmental sounds animate the New Zealander’s vital compositions.
William Christie pairs Purcell with the pastorale Actéon.
In an ambitious program featuring pipa player Wu Man, the orchestra showed power in excess, with less finesse.
Music Director Valery Gergiev showed off an orchestra in peak condition in a concert featuring flashy pianist Denis Matsuev.
Chen is the second candidate in the orchestra’s music-director search and showed many strengths in her weekend set.
A small piece from composer Frank Ticheli ignites while Ola Gjeilo’s Sacris Solemniis merely soothes.
