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Wagner Seminar at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

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oldbil103 Opera League “Ring” Seminar on “Das Rheingold” and “Die Walkure.”

With the Support of the Wagner Society & Hispanics for LA Opera

Saturday, February 14, 2009, 9:30 am to 4pm at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion.

5th Floor Salon. 135 North Grand Avenue. Speakers: Dr. Evan Baker, Dr. Michael Hackett, Dr. Mitchell Morris, Dr. Simon Williams

For more information: 213.972.7720. or email OLLA at: info@operaleague.org.

Or Visit: http://www.operaleague.org

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Camerata Pacifica

Posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2009| Leave a Comment »

quintet1 *MOZART: String Quintet in C Major, K515.

MENDELSSOHN: String Quintet in B Flat Major, Op. 87

Thursday Feb 5, 8 p.m., Zipper Hall; LA. Friday Feb 6, 1 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., Santa Barbara. Sunday Feb 8, 3 p.m., Ventura. Tuesday Feb 10, 8 p.m.,Huntington, San Marino. Catherine Leonard, Nurit Pacht, Richard O’Neill, Toby Appel, Ani Aznavoorian. For more information, please visit: http://cameratapacifica.org/

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Harmonia Baroque Players

Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2009| Leave a Comment »

ensemble Harmonia Baroque Players

“ Echoes of the Age of Luther”

Sunday, February 8, 2009, 4:00 p.m. : Peninsula Community Church

Sunday, February 15, 2009, 4:00 p.m. : Oneonta Congregational Church

Sunday, February 22, 2009, 4:00 p.m. : Concordia University, Chapel

PROGRAM includes: Buxtehude: “Lauda Sion Salvatorem;” Scheidt: “Magnificat;” Victoria: “Ecce Dominus;” Palestrina: “Sicut Servus;” Praetorius: “Dances from “Terpsichore;” Martin Luther: “Ein Feste Burg;” Telemann: Concerto in C minor; J. S. Bach: Duos Weelkes: “When David Heard;” Handl: “Orietur Stella;”

http://www.harmoniabaroque.org/

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The Weekend of Jan. 30th-Feb 1

Posted in This Weekend in LA, Uncategorized on January 25, 2009| Leave a Comment »

securedownload1 Tango Cabaret. Sat. January 31 8:00 p.m

Museum of Latin American Art. 628 Alamitos Ave. Long Beach, CA, 90802. (562) 437-1689

http://www.molaa.org

Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures

BCAM LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA, 90036. 323.857.6000

http://www.lacma.org/art/ExhibColdWar.aspx

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Cultural Events in LA: January 24-25

Posted in This Weekend in LA on January 23, 2009| Leave a Comment »

hearst-the-collector Hearst the Collector

Through February 1, 2009

Art of the Americas Building

LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA, 90036. 323.857.6000

http://www.lacma.org/art/ExhibHearst.aspx

gil-shaham Stéphane Denève Conducts Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff

Walt Disney Concert Hall .111 South Grand Ave. LA, CA 90012.(323).850.2000

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Stéphane Denève, conductor

Gil Shaham, violin

Stravinsky, “Dumbarton Oaks” Concerto; Khachaturian “Violin Concerto in D Minor.” Rachmaninoff “Symphonic Dances.”

Photo: Gil Shaham

Live in HD:

The Metropolitan Opera’s Orfeo ed Euridice by Gluck

Saturday, January 24, 2009 (Running time 1 hour 31 minutes / no intermission)

From the Met Web Site: “Mark Morris’s acclaimed production returns. This complete vision for Gluck, with choreography by Morris and costumes by Isaac Mizrahi, features the artistry of Stephanie Blythe in the male title role. The alluring Danielle de Niese is Orfeo’s adored wife, Euridice, who inspires the hero to face the underworld for her sake. Music Director James Levine conducts.”

For tickets and showtimes, please visit: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/broadcast/countries/hd_events.aspx?id=4654

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