Observations from LA Phil’s 2013/14 season presser (um, “Death of Klinghoffer” perhaps?!!)
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Observations from LA Phil’s 2013/14 season presser (um, “Death of Klinghoffer” perhaps?!!)

As promised, I did my best to tweet details of the upcoming Los Angeles Philharmonic 2013/2014 season.  That said, I’m sure there are those among you who didn’t follow along for whatever reason — perhaps you were otherwise occupied, or maybe you just don’t do that newfangled Twitter thing, or the dog ate your homework. … Continue reading

Absurdity for all ages:  Long Beach Opera and LA Phil’s Toyota Symphonies for Youth
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Absurdity for all ages: Long Beach Opera and LA Phil’s Toyota Symphonies for Youth

At first blush, a matinee at Long Beach Opera (LBO) would seem to have little in common with one of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Toyota Symphonies for Youth (TSFY) educational concerts.  If you knew that one had programmed a double-bill of surrealist operas by Poulenc (The Breasts of Tiresias) and Martinů (Tears of a Knife), while the … Continue reading