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1 month ago |
stringsmagazine.com | Laurence Vittes
By Laurence Vittes | From the March/April 2025 issue of StringsThe landscape of music criticism has transformed dramatically since 1965, when I wrote my first reviews for the UCLA Daily Bruin—evolving from a discipline requiring primarily a keen ear and writing ability into a complex digital enterprise demanding diverse expertise.
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1 month ago |
bachtrack.com | Laurence Vittes
Guest conductor Ryan Bancroft and the Los Angeles Philharmonic began their rare, Saturday afternoon concert with the US premiere of Anders Hillborg’s Sound Atlas, perhaps a gesture toward Bancroft's role as Chief Conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. Written in 2018, this 20-minute soundscape reflects the composer's curiosity about how synthetic textures can be built using natural, acoustic instruments.
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2 months ago |
seenandheard-international.com | Laurence Vittes
United States Mozart: LA Opera Principal Winds – Leslie Reed, Jennifer Cullinan (oboe, English horn), Heather Clark, Sarah Weisz (flute), Donald Foster, Laura Stoutenborough (clarinet), William May, William Wood (bassoon), Steven Becknell, Allen Fogle (French horn). Presented by Melodia Mariposa, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, 29.3.2025.
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Mar 10, 2025 |
bachtrack.com | Laurence Vittes
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Così fan tutte receives a Jazz Age makeover in a new-to-LA staging of the perennial comedy classic. The setting evokes Jay Gatsby's East Egg mansion, but the energy and sophistication was more Bringing Up Baby with some sexy Busby Berkeley choreography. Perhaps without meaning to, Michael Cavanagh's sleek production, designed by Erhard Rom and conducted by James Conlon, transforms the 18th-century opera into a Broadway musical, score by Mozart.
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Feb 25, 2025 |
seenandheard-international.com | Laurence Vittes
United States Rachmaninoff, Mahler: Yunchan Lim (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Segerstrom Concert Hall, Costa Mesa, 20.2.2025.
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