The Spanish conductor deftly led some high-octane music-making.
Two generations of composers, separated by 50 years, share a concert in L.A.
With the S.F. Symphony, the venerable conductor laureate shows how to do more with less fuss.
The fifth contender for conductor position shows his style in a program featuring Bernstein’s score for On the Waterfront.
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and Jonathan Biss commission response pieces to Beethoven’s concertos and Salvatore Sciarrino took the anti-Beethoven role.
Soloists are at the fore in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, but the orchestra was at its best in the Stravinsky ballet.
The conductor laureate brings Wilhelm Stenhammar’s Second Symphony to Davies Hall.
The Cello Concerto was one of three Salonen concertos on display in L.A. this weekend.
The creators of this big production avoid the issues.
The orchestra’s vivid Symphonie fantastique was balanced by the dramatic cantata Joan and the Bells, by Gordon Getty.
