Reviews

Jessica Balik - November 6, 2018

Guest concertmaster Anthony Marwood leads the ensemble in its season opener.

Jim Farber - November 5, 2018

A world premiere at the LA Phil and a significant revival at Long Beach Opera offer an intriguing overview of the composer’s ideas.

Ilana Walder-Biesanz - November 5, 2018

The new work explores coming together and apart, disconnectedly.

Scott Cmiel - November 5, 2018

From Haydn to contemporary Brazil, the two musicians were obviously simpatico.

Nicholas Jones - November 5, 2018

A concert that at once recounts the brutality of slavery while embracing the musical cultures it brought together.

Roger Wallace - October 30, 2018

Music Director Alasdair Neale leads a program of Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky.

Alex Rosenfeld - October 30, 2018

An international ensemble tracks the multiple influences shaping music in the royal courts of Europe.

Steve Osborn - October 30, 2018

Percussive strings raise the roof, but a humble recorder brings down the house.

Richard S. Ginell - October 29, 2018

LACO shows its strengths throughout the challenging, unusual program from Seattle Symphony’s upcoming music director.

Tysen Dauer - October 29, 2018

Impeccable performances lifted a range of musical ideas — fresh and otherwise — at the biennial Rubin Institute concert.