Monthly Archives: May 2005

A Deaf EAR

May 26, 2005

A HOLLOW RING The news had begun to circulate over the weekend, so that by Monday night the
crowd at the County Museum for the EAR Unit season’s final concert was considerably
larger than usual. The news involved decisions by LACMA’s directors to end, or
at least curtail, its activities as a presenter of concerts in its [...]

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Conversation Pieces

May 19, 2005

All Fours Two nights of high musical adventure at the start of the month were reason enough
for gratitude: to the dauntless, imaginative programming and performance skills
of the Penderecki String Quartet, and to the leadership of the County Museum,
which has brought the group here repeatedly for some of the best chamber-music
events I have encountered anywhere [...]

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The Lemons of Orange

May 12, 2005

Photo by Betty FriedmanBY GEORGE
The Pacific Symphony’s American Composers Festival is a class act if ever one
was. The fifth running, which ended last weekend, may have been a lumpier mix
than some, but it brought some interesting music to venues in Irvine and Costa
Mesa, and some of its composers came along as well. Interspersed among the [...]

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Six Feet Two, Eyes of Blue

May 5, 2005

BOY-OH-BOY
We have yet to experience the pleasure of observing Susan Graham in action on the operatic stage, but her solo recital at the Chandler Pavilion, from first note to last, was an event of high and delightful theater. “First note” consisted of her acting out simply, with her fingers slinking insinuatingly around the edge [...]

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