Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries, Rouse, Der Gerettete Alberich, Holst, “The Planets.”
Hollywood Bowl.2301 North Highland Ave.Hollywood, CA 90068. (323)850.2000
From the website: “The Planets conclude the concert enhanced by stunning imagery from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena.”
http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/
read moreAngelenos, take a weekend getaway, and immerse yourselves in music!
from August 1-August 24, is a nationally-recognized chamber music festival featuring over 70 world-class artists and ensembles performing 16 concerts.
This cornucopia of musical treasures includes: jazz, dance, and works by Mozart, Bach, Brahms, Stravinsky, Messiaen, and many more.
For information about tickets, please visit the web site below.
http://www.ljcms.org/
Shakespeare by the Sea
Saturday August 2. 7 P.M
Bonita Canyon Sports Park.
1990 Ford Road.
Newport Beach.
“O excellent! I love long life better than figs.” Act I. Scene 2.
For more information, visit: http://www.shakespearebythesea.org/
Two comedies by Italian director Pietro Germi.
Fri. Aug 1st & Sat. Aug 2nd.
7:30 P.M Divorce Italian Style.
9:30 P.M Seduced and Abandoned
http://www.lacma.org/programs/FilmListing.aspx#1206741948808
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Fri. July 25: 7:00 p.m. Norton Simon Museum of Art.
411 W. Colorado Boulevard. Pasadena, CA 91105. 626.449.6840.
http://www.harmoniabaroque.org/
Harmonious music wafting among the paintings by Botticelli, Fra Angelico, and Bellini; what better way to soothe your senses and your soul?
Fri. July 25 & Sat. July 26. 7:30 p.m.
The Huntington. 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108. 626.405.2100.
Inspired by the art collections and the new Chinese garden, the program includes works by Carl Friedrich Abel (whose portrait by Gainsborough hangs in the Huntington Art Gallery) and Joan Huang’s Impressions of Suzhou. For more information call 800.726.7147.
Or visit: www.swmusic.org
Program: C. F. Abel. Quartet for Flute and Strings.
J.C Bach. Quartet for Flute and Strings, Op. 19, No. 3.
Joan Huang. Impressions of Suzhou.
Robert Schumann, Fantasy Piece for Clarinet and Piano. Op.73.
L.V Beethoven. Trio No. 7 for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello, Op. 11.
Carl Friedrich Abel.
Thomas Gainsborough. 1777.
Huntington Library Art Collections. San Marino, California.
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Tuesday July 22 8:00 P.M
Wednesday July 23 8:00 P.M
Hollywood Bowl. 2301 North Highland Ave. Hollywood, CA 90068. 323.850.2000
LA Philharmonic. Sir Andrew Davis, conductor. Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano. Orion Weiss, Piano. Mozart. Overture to La Clemenza Di Tito; “Ch’io mi scordi di te.”; Piano Concerto No 17. K. 453. “Exsultate Jubilate;” Symphony No. 38, K. 504. “Prague.”
http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance_detail.cfm?id=3520
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Shakespeare By the Sea presentsA Midsummer Night’s Dream
Puck, Oberon, Lysander, and company make mischief in the woods. The best scene is when Titiana wakes next to Nick Bottom, who has been transformed into a donkey, and Snout exclaims, “O Bottom, thou art translated.”
Saturday July 19, 7pm
Polliwog Park. 1601 Manhattan Beach Blvd. Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Free admission.
Bring your own chairs or towels.
http://www.shakespearebythesea.org/
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Southwest Chamber Music
Friday July 11, Saturday July 12. 7:30 P.M Huntington Library
W. A. Mozart
Divertimento in B flat major, K. 270
Serenade in C minor, K. 388
“Harmoniemusik” excerpts from “The Magic Flute”
Call 800-726-7147 for availability
http://www.swmusic.org/site/concerts/huntington_master.html
Shakespeare Festival LA
Taming of the Shrew
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Downtown LA
July 9-13, July 16-20
Show Starts at 8 P.M (Seating begins at 6:30)
Box office (213) 975-9891
From the Festival Website: “The Taming of the Shrew fires on all cylinders with a… uniquely Los Angeles look at Shakespeare’s classic comedy.”
http://www.shakespearefestivalla.org/calendar.php
California Philharmonic
Andrew Lloyd Weber Meets Puccini
Sat July 12. 7:30 P.M. The Arboretum. Arcadia.
Sun. July 13. 2:00 P.M Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Selections from: Tosca, La Boheme, Phantom of the Opera & Evita.
Box Office: 626.300.8200.
http://www.calphil.org/
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Friday July 4th
3:00 PM TOUR: America’s Artistic Heritage
6:00 MUSIC PROGRAM: Friday Night Jazz- Rickey Woodard Sextet
LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90036.(323) 857. 6000
http://www.lacma.org/events/Calendar.aspx
Museums open on the Fourth include: LACMA and Norton Simon Museum of Art.
Museums closed on the Fourth include: Getty Center Brentwood, Getty Villa Malibu, Autry National Center
Fri. July 4. 7:30 P.M
Program includes: classic baseball tunes, appearances by Dodger legends, and a magnificent fireworks show. Rob Fisher, Conductor. Randy Newman, special Guest. Brian Childers, Vocalist. Hollywood Bowl: 2301 N. Highland Ave. Hollywood, CA.
http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance_detail.cfm?id=3505
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Sat. June 28. 8 p.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Concert Tickets: $49 – $19
Purchase tickets Online: www.harvard-la.org
June 29, 2008, 3:00 P.M.
Rancho Boca de Santa Monica. 565 Dryad Road. Santa Monica, CA.
Inaugural concert by the New Ivy Chamber Ensemble playing selections by Vivaldi, Eccles, Pachelbel, Bach, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, and Provost. Reception and movie screening will follow the music. The film is “Intermezzo” with Ingrid Bergman and Leslie Howard.
Tickets are $40 each.
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No tickets or reservations required. South Pasadena Library. Library Community Room. 1115 El Centro Street, South Pasadena. Event is at 7:00 P.M. Doors will open at 6:30 P.M. Live Music by Flamenco Guitarist Gabriel Reyna
visit: http://www.ci.southpasadena.ca.us/library/events/J_michael_walker/jmwalker.html
read moreThe City of the Angels is a commuter city. We spend time enclosed in cars, in serpentine lines of traffic crawling around our city’s landmarks. Freeways form boundaries- the 110, 405, 134, 101, 10- a plethora of numbers dividing East from West, Suburb from Metropolis, Have from Have-Not.
What if we could just get out? Out of our cars. Out of our enclosures. Remove our armor of road rage and glide through out city like Angels.
With J. Michael Walker as our guide, we certainly can.
His exhibit, All the Saints of the City Of the Angels, holds court at the Gene Autry Museum until September 7th. The gold-tinged book, with a portrait of Saint Moritz on the cover, serves as our city’s Illuminated Manuscript, on many different levels.
“Illuminare” from the Latin means to spiritually enlighten, and Mr. Walker’s exhibit and book nourish the soul. Moreover, “Illuminare” means to “Cast Light. “ The paintings and stories shed light on Los Angeles like a luminous burning torch, majestically revealing the jewels behind our city’s history, spirit, and most of all, people. Never before has Los Angeles looked so beautiful.
Who are the angels that we meet? The gentle candle casts radiance on the faces that may pass unnoticed on harried commutes. San Julian Street and Place downtown allude to the story of San Julian, a once homeless saint who welcomed the weary into his abode as his guests. Coincidentally, San Julian’s Street downtown is home to LAMP, which provides housing and services for persons diagnosed with mental illness. Like San Julian, the Staff of LAMP calls those who enter “guests.” In the powerfully vivid paintings, those without homes look us straight in the eye. The paintings remind us that we are in this together. The City of Angeles belongs to us all.
What about San Ysidro Drive in Bel Air? San Ysidro Labrador, a saint from the Twelfth Century, toiled on other men’s lands to support his family. On this street today, on the well-manicured estates one can observe modern day San Ysidros bringing life to the gardens, making them lush with a careful touch. Hours of labor produce a moveable feast for our eyes.
These are but two illustrations of a much larger exhibit, a glorious and seamless tapestry that weaves California history, the stories of the saints, and the triumph of the human spirit. How fortunate we Angelenos are to have an artist who captures our city’s cultural icons, enriches us with history, and makes visible the unseen souls who inhabit our City of Angels. True humanity is divinity. J. Michael Walker portrays the dignity of all our city’s inhabitants- mothers, children, homeless, fathers- and helps us to see the face of God.
For more information please visit: http://www.autrynationalcenter.org/allthesaints/
Autry National Center of the American West. 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027. 323.667.2000. Open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 am to 5 p.m. Closed on Mondays.
The Book: All the Saints of the City of Angeles; Seeking the Soul of L.A on its Streets. Paintings and Stories by J. Michael Walker. Gold Foil Cover, 230 pages. http://www.allthesaints.com/book.htm
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