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October Master Calendar of Events Los Angeles
Editor’s Note: As your cultural correspondent will be on a different continent this month, here are October’s activities in advance. Weekend of October 4-5 Da Camera Society Sat. Oct 4 8pm Doheny Mansion 8 Chester Place, LA, CA, 90007 Richard Stoltzman, Clarinet; Menahem Pressler, Piano Schubert, Sonatina in D, D. 384; Berg, Four Pieces, Op. 5; Brahms Sonata in…
Read MoreThis Weekend in LA: September 26-27
Lecture: Rodin: The Back Story Sat. Sept 27 2:00-3:00 p.m Norton Simon Museum of Art. 411 W. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91105 (626).449.6840 http://www.nortonsimon.org/ The Janis Mann Quartet Fri Sept 26: 6pm LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd. LA, All the Saints of the City of Angels by J. Michael Walker (Closing October 5th) Autry National Center. 4700 Western Heritage Way.…
Read MoreIn the News: Mozart Discovery
Original Mozart Music Discovered in Nantes, France Staff of a Library in Nantes, France discovered the draft of an unknown original piece by Mozart. According to Ulrich Lesinger, head of research at the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg, Austria, the handwriting gives away its famous author. “There’s no doubt that this is an original piece handwritten…
Read MoreThis Weekend in LA: Sept 20-21
Francis Alÿs: Fabiola. Ahmanson Building LACMA 5905 Wilshire Blvd. LA, CA 90036 (823)857.6000 http://www.lacma.org/ Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor Closing October 16th Bowers Museum 2002 N. Main Street. Santa Ana, CA. 92706 (714)567.3600 http://www.bowers.org/index.jsp Lecture: “Dilettanti: The Antic and the Antique in Eighteenth-Century England” Sat, Sept. 20th 3 pm Auditorium, Getty Villa. 17985 Pacific Coast…
Read MoreReview: Camerata Pacifica’s September concert
In his groundbreaking 1872 work The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music, Friedrich Nietzsche connects musical structures with two ancient deities, Apollo and Dionysus. The Apollonian and Dionysian framework allude to Apollo, the fair-haired Greek and Roman god of music, prophesy, and the sun. His errant half-brother, Dionysus, also known as Bacchus, held court…
Read MoreThis Week in Los Angeles: Camerata Pacifica
Camerata Pacifica, a wonderfully talented chamber music ensemble opens the 2008/2009 Season: Tues. Sept. 16, 8 p.m. The Huntington Library, San Marino Thurs. Sept. 18, 8 p.m. Zipper Hall, Los Angeles Bach Suite Nº2 in B Minor, BWV 1067Haydn Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, H XVIDvorák Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 Warren Jones, piano;…
Read MoreJazz Bakery: Kalil Wilson, Monday September 15th
Kalil Wilson Monday Sept 15th 8:00 & 9:30 P.M Shows Jazz Bakery. 3233 Helms Avenue. Los Angeles, CA, 90034 www.jazzbakery.com Reservations: 310.271.9039
Read MoreThis Weekend in LA: September 12-14
The Tales of Eric Rohmer- LACMA Fri. Sept 12, 7:30 p.m My Night at Maud’s Fri. Sept 12 9:30 p.m A Good Marriage Sat. Sept 13 7:30 p.m Claire’s Knee Sat. Sept 13 9:30 The Marquise of O www.lacma.org LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90036. 323 857-6000 Bernini And the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture Getty Center. 1200 Getty Center Drive. Los Angeles,…
Read MoreArt Heist: LA
LA Mystery: The Case of the Purloined Paintings… According to the LA Times, art thieves plundered an Encino home on August 23, robbing a dozen valuable paintings including works by Marc Chagall, Diego Rivera, and Lyonel Feninger. A $200,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the paintings’ return. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-arttheft10-2008sep10,0,331129.story?page=1&track=rss
Read MoreWoody Allen comes to LA Opera! (This weekend in LA)
Woody Allen to direct LA OPERA! “You know, funny to opera people is not funny to the Marx Brothers.” “I figured, ‘Eh, I’ll be dead before it happens. I’m 72. I’m never going to make it to the opera.’” -Woody Allen, Village Voice, August 12, 2008. Although he incorporated opera music into his 2005 film Match Point, Gianni Schicchi marks…
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