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    Mar 15, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Music review: San Francisco Symphony's John Cage 'Song Books'

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    Mark Swed reviews the San Francisco Symphony's miraculous American Mavericks celebration, which included a sublime performance of John Cage's "Song Books" with Joan La Barbara, Meredith Monk and, believe it or not, Jessye Norman....
    2. Mar 16, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  2. Music review: John Adams' 'Absolute Jest' in San Francisco

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    Mark Swed reviews the San Francisco Symphony premiere of John Adams' Beethoven-obsessed "Absolute Jest."...
    3. Sep 21, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  3. 'Music Makes a City': A film about a little orchestra that could

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    In "Music Makes a City," a feature-length documentary opening on Friday, co-directors Owsley Brown III and Jerome Hiler offer a stirring antidote to all the negative news about struggling American orchestras. The documentary tells the dramatic and...
    4. Aug 7, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  4. The formative tunes of Bramwell Tovey

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    What piece of music changed conductor Bramwell Tovey's life? Of course the born storyteller, whom I profile on the occasion of his return to the Hollywood Bowl this month, couldn't answer with a simple list.Let me put it this way,......
    5. Feb 3, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Lukas Foss, versatile and prolific American composer, dies at 86

    Lukas Foss, the polyglot American composer, conductor and pianist who directed half a dozen Ojai Music Festivals, led marathon concerts at the Hollywood Bowl and succeeded Arnold Schoenberg as head of composition at UCLA, has died. He was 86.
    Lukas Foss, the polyglot American composer, conductor and pianist who directed half a dozen Ojai Music Festivals, led marathon concerts at the Hollywood Bowl and succeeded Arnold Schoenberg as head of composition at UCLA, has died. He was 86. Foss died...

    Tags: Marathon, Leonard Bernstein, Freedom of the Press, Obituaries, Los Angeles Times

    6. Apr 13, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. All he asks is: 'Try to like it'

    HELMUT Lachenmann's work is very strange, even by contemporary standards. This preeminent German composer shapes what are essentially noises -- taps, scrapes and rustlings, though made largely by conventional instruments -- into beautiful, even spiritual, music.
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    HELMUT Lachenmann's work is very strange, even by contemporary standards. This preeminent German composer shapes what are essentially noises -- taps, scrapes and rustlings, though made largely by conventional instruments -- into beautiful, even spiritual,...

    Tags: Christianity, Los Angeles, Protestantism, New York, Death

    7. Apr 20, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. The accordion holds a lofty place

    MOST people think of the accordion, if they think of it at all, as a social instrument, wheezing out polkas and folk tunes. The sound of it brings to mind French cafes, Mexican plazas, German beer gardens, Argentine nightclubs. Nick Ariondo, perhaps the premier accordionist in Los Angeles, notes that the instrument's portability and its ability to play "everything: melody, chords and accompaniment" have made it popular all over the world.
    MOST people think of the accordion, if they think of it at all, as a social instrument, wheezing out polkas and folk tunes. The sound of it brings to mind French cafes, Mexican plazas, German beer gardens, Argentine nightclubs. Nick Ariondo, perhaps the...

    Tags: Los Angeles, David Diamond, Kurt Weill, Google Inc., Mexico City

    8. Jun 5, 2002 |Story| Hartford Courant

  8. Classical Music Event Listing

    ASTON MAGNA FESTIVAL July 6 - Works of Mozart and Haydn. Nancy Armstrong, soprano; Peter Sykes, keyboard. July 13 - Works of J.S. Bach and Vivaldi. Sharon Baker, soprano, and Stephen Hammer, soloist, joined by instrumental ensemble led by violinist...

    Tags: Festive Events, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, James Taylor, Jessye Norman

    9. Mar 13, 2005 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. The saxophone, on a more serious note

    Many of today's symphony orchestra instruments have been around for centuries. The violin, for instance, dates to the 1500s and as a result has an enormous repertoire spanning 450 years. The saxophone, by contrast, wasn't invented until the mid-19th century, so it missed the Baroque and Classical periods entirely and, because it was known at first only in France, much of the Romantic era as well.
    Many of today's symphony orchestra instruments have been around for centuries. The violin, for instance, dates to the 1500s and as a result has an enormous repertoire spanning 450 years. The saxophone, by contrast, wasn't invented until the mid-19th...

    Tags: Los Angeles, Death, W.C. Fields, Classical Music (genre), Arts and Culture

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