So with all pleasures of life.
All things pass with the east-flowing water.
I leave you and go—when shall I return?
Let the white roe feed at will among the green crags,
Let me ride and visit the lovely mountains!
How can I stoop obsequiously and serve the mighty ones!
It stifles my soul.
His Dream of the Skyland - A Farewell […]
Entries Tagged as 'Los Angeles'
The Seventeen Lyrics of Li Po of Harry Partch
October 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Chamber Music, Just Intonation, Los Angeles, Microtonalism
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Last Night in L.A.: Eve Beglarian Premiere
June 4th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Contemporary Classical, Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Master Chorale gave the premiere of a new work by Eve Beglarian for full chorus and two Persian instruments. The work is “Sang”, Persian for “stone”, taken from a Persian parable that appealed to Beglarian; she added texts in Hebrew and Septuagint Greek from the Hebrew scriptures. Her program notes are here. […]
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To Live and Conduct in LA
April 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Classical Music, Composers, Contemporary Classical, Los Angeles, Orchestras
The big news out of Los Angeles this morning is that Gustavo Dudamel, the 26-year-old Venezuelan wunderkind, will replace Esa-Pekka Salonen when he leaves the LA Phil at the end of his term in 2009. Salonen plans to spend more of his time composing.
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Last Night in L.A.: Concerto for Bass
November 27th, 2006 · No Comments · Bass, Classical Music, Contemporary Classical, Los Angeles
The International Society of Bassists wanted a new concerto for their favorite instrument, and they wanted orchestras to play the work rather than merely filing its name in the list of new works that they might think about some future year. With help of their members they formed a consortium of 15 orchestras to back […]
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Last Night in L.A.: The Many Facets of Brett Dean
October 18th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Classical Music, Composers, Contemporary Classical, Los Angeles, Music Events
Last night’s Green Umbrella concert of new music was the first concert in Los Angeles solely comprising Australian music, and it was a real success. As the second part of the Phil’s recognition of Dean as composer, he was given freedom to select the program and his own role. So we saw Brett Dean as […]
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Last Night in L.A.: Brett Dean (Part 1)
October 16th, 2006 · No Comments · Classical Music, Composers, Los Angeles, Orchestras
Six years ago, Sequenza21 published an interesting interview with Brett Dean. The violist who was once the youngest member of the Berlin Philharmonic was beginning to be recognized as a composer. This was about the time he made his first appearance with members of the LA Philharmonic in a “Green Umbrella” concert of new music, performing […]
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Last Night in L.A.: “What to Wear”
October 2nd, 2006 · No Comments · Classical Music, Los Angeles, Opera
“What to Wear” ended its all-too-short run yesterday. When you find out its schedule for performance in New York, get your tickets right away. Better yet, get tickets for two dates (or more), because you’ll want more than one evening. As reported and commented on last week, this is the opera with music by Michael […]
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