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Review: Camerata Pacifica’s September concert
In his groundbreaking 1872 work The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music, Friedrich Nietzsche connects musical structures with two ancient deities, Apollo and Dionysus. The Apollonian and Dionysian framework allude to Apollo, the fair-haired Greek and Roman god of music, prophesy, and the sun. His errant half-brother, Dionysus, also known as Bacchus, held court…
Read MoreThis Week in Los Angeles: Camerata Pacifica
Camerata Pacifica, a wonderfully talented chamber music ensemble opens the 2008/2009 Season: Tues. Sept. 16, 8 p.m. The Huntington Library, San Marino Thurs. Sept. 18, 8 p.m. Zipper Hall, Los Angeles Bach Suite Nº2 in B Minor, BWV 1067Haydn Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, H XVIDvorák Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 Warren Jones, piano;…
Read MoreJazz Bakery: Kalil Wilson, Monday September 15th
Kalil Wilson Monday Sept 15th 8:00 & 9:30 P.M Shows Jazz Bakery. 3233 Helms Avenue. Los Angeles, CA, 90034 www.jazzbakery.com Reservations: 310.271.9039
Read MoreThis Weekend in LA: September 12-14
The Tales of Eric Rohmer- LACMA Fri. Sept 12, 7:30 p.m My Night at Maud’s Fri. Sept 12 9:30 p.m A Good Marriage Sat. Sept 13 7:30 p.m Claire’s Knee Sat. Sept 13 9:30 The Marquise of O www.lacma.org LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90036. 323 857-6000 Bernini And the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture Getty Center. 1200 Getty Center Drive. Los Angeles,…
Read MoreArt Heist: LA
LA Mystery: The Case of the Purloined Paintings… According to the LA Times, art thieves plundered an Encino home on August 23, robbing a dozen valuable paintings including works by Marc Chagall, Diego Rivera, and Lyonel Feninger. A $200,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the paintings’ return. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-arttheft10-2008sep10,0,331129.story?page=1&track=rss
Read MoreWoody Allen comes to LA Opera! (This weekend in LA)
Woody Allen to direct LA OPERA! “You know, funny to opera people is not funny to the Marx Brothers.” “I figured, ‘Eh, I’ll be dead before it happens. I’m 72. I’m never going to make it to the opera.’” -Woody Allen, Village Voice, August 12, 2008. Although he incorporated opera music into his 2005 film Match Point, Gianni Schicchi marks…
Read MoreCultural Events Labor Day Weekend LA
Watch an Ancient Greek tragedy like the Ancient Greeks did, in an amphitheater under the evening stars.. Agamemnon (Preview) Fri. Aug. 29, 2008. 8 pm. The Barbara & Lawrence Fleischman Theater, Getty Villa, Malibu (Sold Out Saturday the 30th) Starring Tyne Daly and Delroy Lindo http://www.getty.edu/visit/events/agamemnon.html From the Getty site: “This open-air staging by acclaimed director Stephen…
Read MoreThis Weekend in LA, August 22 and 23rd. Southwest Chamber Music
Friday August 22. 7:30 P.M Saturday August 23. 7:30 P.M Darius Milhaud: La Cheminée du Roi René Heitor Villa-Lobos: Chôros No. 2Samuel Barber: Summer MusicHeitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6Leos Janacek: MládiThe Huntington.1151 Oxford Road. San Marino, CA 91108 http://www.swmusic.org/home/home.html
Read MoreLa Scala Comes to Beverly Hills, Thursday August 21
A film of La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, Thursday August 21, 7:30 P.M Laemmle Music Hall. 9306 Wilshire Boulevard. Beverly Hills. 90211 310.274.6869. www.laemmle.com
Read MoreThis Weekend in LA: Friday August 15. “Winds in the Garden.”
Winds in the Garden Friday, August 15: 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. In the Norton Simon Sculpture Garden, oboist Myka Miller and flautist Salpy Kerkonian will perform works by Rodrigo, Fauré and Copland. Norton Simon Museum of Art. 411 W. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91105. 626.449.6840 http://www.nortonsimon.org/
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