Los Angeles

The early music group traveled from Vivaldi to the 20th century taking the Venetian concerto style with them.

The chamber orchestra’s concert was a masterclass in power, joy, cohesion, and control.

The composer was a focal point for Esa-Pekka Salonen’s programming of the 80th Ojai Music Festival.

Esa-Pekka Salonen did a masterful job of concert programming and great performers did the rest.

Remembering the acclaimed stage designer who passed away last week.

Gustavo Dudamel’s triumphant final concerts as music director of the LA Philharmonic reflected his main interests.

Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite are released in various, albeit confusing, listening formats.

Yo-Yo Ma soloed in a new work by Angélica Negrón, and Gustavo Dudamel led Richard Strauss’s great symphonic poem.

Responding to the French modernist’s provocations, the group’s performers and composers took the prompt and ran with it.

The design of Barrie Kosky’s imaginative production brought whimsy to the performances.