New Hollywood String Quartet at Restoration Concert Jan. 9
The January concert bill is filled with wonderful concerts. One of the first—and one of the best, and most expensive, is the New Hollywood String Quartet at the Restoration Concert Series in South Pasadena on Jan. 9. The afternoon concert, which begins at 4:00 p.m. in the South Pasadena Library Community Room, is a fund [...]
Los Angeles Master Chorale wishes you a Merry Christmas from Arcadia
Philip Allen Smith at Pasadena Presbyterian Church Organ Dec. 22
Music at Noon continues to offer 40-minute concerts at noon on Wednesdays with outstanding performing artists. This Wednesday, Dec. 22, the fabulous organ at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church sanctuary will be played by Philip Allen Smith, one of Southern California’s premier organists. Smith is the Organ Conservator of the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Minister of [...]
A Holiday Essential: Vivaldi’s Christmas Piece
Works by Antonio Vivaldi will be performed by Enlightenment Chamber Music that will include a Christmas concerto and the Italian master’s music composed for violin, guitar and cello at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 23 at Neighborhood Church, Pasadena. The concert, “Essential Vivaldi for the Holidays!” is free. “Il Riposo – per il Santissimo Natale” (Rest – [...]
‘Amahl’ a Magical Holiday Offering at Playhouse
REVIEW… The Pasadena Playhouse has an offering that just may be the thing that will return the celebrated State Theater to a vibrant showcase for theater. The main stage production presented by Intimate Opera of Pasadena, now named the resident opera company of the Pasadena Playhouse, is “Amahl and the Night Visitors” the one-act opera [...]
Los Angeles Children’s Orchestra Joins L A County Holiday Celebration Christmas Eve
Los Angeles County Arts Commission is set to present its 51st annual Holiday Celebration, that once-a-year three-hour blow-out on Christmas Eve that allows local amateur groups to perform at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center, Los Angeles, to a live audience and beam it into homes via KCET, KPFK 90.7 FM, and streamed [...]
‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’ – Dec 16 – Dec 19 at Pasadena Playhouse
Intimate Opera Company’s founder and President, Wendy Kikkert is the force behind this local opera company that has been presenting small-theater presentations of famous operas for 14 years. But now the company moves up a significant ranking with its Opera-Company-In-Residence position at the Pasadena Playhouse. The company takes on Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the [...]
Pasadena Master Chorale “Home for the Holidays” Dec 11 and Dec 12
Add this family party to your week-end holiday plans: Pasadena Master Chorale is holding two seasonal songfests: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11 at the First Congregational Church, Pasadena, and at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12 at the Altadena Community Church. Jeffrey Bernstein conducts. The 80-member choir has invited three students: two singers and a cellist, [...]
New Holiday CDs Cheerless; Old Stand-bys Remain Favorites
Dozens of CDs have been released in time for this year’s holiday parties and family tree decorating get-togethers. I have listened to 10 new albums but only found a few that had any kind of enduring value. For my money, when next year rolls around, Johnny Mathis’ “Silver Bells” and Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” will [...]
“Do-Re-Mi” – A Holiday Celebration to make you dance
Click on title to see and hear a holiday treat at Antwerp, Belgium railway station.
