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Cultural Events LA: Dec 9, Dec 10, Dec 11

Posted in This Weekend in LA on December 6, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Family Art Night: A Head of Fashion- Fri, December 9– Norton Simon Museum Of Art

6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Visit Nicolas de Largillière’s Portrait of Lambert de Vermont, c. 1697, and craft a fancy paper wig. Program free (with Museum admission) Designed for families with children ages 4 to 10 .411 W. Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, CA 91105 626.449.6840 http://www.nortonsimon.org/

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Sat Dec 10 Alex Theatre. 216 North Brand Boulevard. Glendale, CA 91203 8 pm Sun, Dec 11 Royce Hall 7 pm UCLA.340 Royce Drive LA, CA 90095 Jeffrey Kahane, conductor; Ralph Kirshbaum, cello; RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin; TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra; THOMAS ADÈS Three Studies from Couperin; RESPIGHI Gli uccelli (The Birds) For information about tickets, please call: 213 622 7001 or visit: http://www.laco.org/

Free Concert at LACMA– Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra

Sun. Dec. 11 6 pm

Performing Bruckner: String Quintet in F Minor and other works to be announced. Bing Theater.No reservations. 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036. (323) 857-6000 http://www.lacma.org

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Cultural Events LA: Dec 2, Dec 3, Dec 4

Posted in This Weekend in LA on November 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »

The Joffrey Ballet-Nutcracker

Dorothy Chandler Pavillion Friday, Dec. 2-2:00 pm & 7:30 p.m; Sat Dec 3- 2:00&7:30 p.m; Sun. Dec 4th- 2:00 p.m. 135 North Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012. (213) 972-7211 http://musiccenter.org/

Los Angeles Free Music Society

Sat, Dec 3,7:30 p.m.

Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium Free; reservations required.

Call (310) 440-7300 or visit: http://www.getty.edu/museum/programs/performances/saturday_nights.html

Los Angeles Master Chorale- Sat. Dec. 3 & 10, 2 pm

Holiday Wonders: Festival of Carols

The program features holiday carols such as Joy to the World, The First Noel and Hark the Herald Angels Sing, as well as John Rutter’s three-movement Gloria sung by 62 members of the Chorale under Music Director Grant Gershon’s baton. Walt Disney Concert Hall. 111 South Grand Ave. LA, CA 90012. 213-972-7282

http://lamc.org/

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Cultural Cocktail LA- Thanksgiving weekend

Posted in This Weekend in LA on November 21, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Emanuel Ax will be performing three times this week in LA- so, don’t miss it!

Walt Disney Concert Hall– Nov 25th-Nov 27th

Salonen conducts Beethoven and Hillborg

Fri. Nov. 25th 8:00PM; Sat, Nov. 26th 8:00PM Sun. Nov. 27th 2:00PM Emanuel Ax, piano. Hila Plitmann, soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano .Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon, music director. Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2; Hillborg: Sirens (world premiere, LA Phil commission) Walt Disney Concert Hall. 111 South Grand Ave. LA, CA 90012. 323.850.2000

http://www.laphil.com/

Meet Glenda Bailey, Harper’s Bazaar editor-in-chief

as she signs copies of her new book, Harper’s Bazaar’s Greatest Hits

Sat. Nov. 26, 12pm – 2pm

COACH Boutique,

327 North Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Harper’s Bazaar’s Greatest Hits is a celebration of fashion, a romp through a riotous and eventful decade, and a banquet of contemporary imagery

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Cultural Events LA- Nov 12th – Nov 13th

Posted in This Weekend in LA, Uncategorized on November 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Charles Gounoud’s ROMEO ET JULIETTE

Sat. Nov. 12th 7:30 p.m.

LA OPERA

135 North Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 972-8001

http://www.laopera.com/

LA OPERA has created a fantastic behind-the-scenes video on their homepage. Be sure to watch.

Lecture: A Meditation on the History of Los Angeles Art

Thinking Through Dennis Hopper’s “Double Standard”

Sat. Nov. 12. 4:00 p.m. Norton Simon.411 W. Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, CA 91105 626.449.6840 http://www.nortonsimon.org/

FREE concert LACMA Nov 13th- 6pm

Movses Pogossian (violin), Michele Zukovsky (clarinet), Antoinette Perry (piano)Beethoven: Sonata in C Minor, op. 30, No. 2 for violin and piano; Messiaen: “Première communion de la Vierge,” Bartok: Contrasts. Bing Theater . No reservations needed. LACMA. 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036. (323) 857-6000 http://www.lacma.org

Salastina Music Society- Nov 13th- 3 p.m

An afternoon of instrumental chamber music

Hannon Theater. Mount Saint Mary’s College. 12001 Chalon Road, Brentwood, CA 90049

Kevin Kumar and Maia Jasper, violinists & artistic directors; Meredith Crawford, viola; Xiaodan Zheng, cello; Steven Vanhauwaert, piano

Joaquin Turina: La Oracion del Torero; Orlando Gibbons: Fantasies; Alexander Borodin: Trio in G minor; Matos Rodriguez: La Cumparsita (Tango) Benjamin Godard: Forsaken;
World Premiere of Jeremy Cavaterra’s Andante; Johaness Brahms: Scherzo from Piano Quintet in F minor

For more information on tickets, visit http://www.salastinasociety.org

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Cultural Events LA- Nov 5th and 6th

Posted in This Weekend in LA on November 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »

LA OPERA- Open house- Nov 5th– FREE

9:30 A.M- 5:00 P.M

Highlights include: Question and Answer Sessions hosted by Placido Domingo and James Conlon, back stage tours, costume, prop, and wig presentations, performances for children, screenings of “LA Traviata” and more! Some advance reservations required. For more information, please visit: http://www.laopera.com/support/openhouse.aspx

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra– Nov 5th and 6th

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

Sat. Nov 5th- 8pm Alex Theatre, Glendale; Sun.Nov 6th- 7pm Royce Hall, UCLA

Margaret Batjer, leader & violin

Alex Theatre 216 North Brand Boulevard.Glendale, CA 91203. (818) 243 7700 Royce Hall. 340 Royce Dr. Westwood, CA 90095 For information on tickets, please visit: http://www.laco.org/

Lang Lang in Recital

Sun. Nov 6th 7:30 p.m.

Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-flat, BWV 825 Schubert: Sonata in B-flat, D. 960 Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 25 Walt Disney Concert Hall. 111 South Grand Avenue. Los Angeles, CA 90012 323.850.2000. For more information, please visit: http://www.laphil.com/

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Cultural Events LA- September 17th and 18th

Posted in This Weekend in LA on September 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »

This weekend’s Cultural Cocktail involves the opening weekend of opera season! Two doses of Russian romance and 1 dose of Mozart Mischief- enjoy!

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY’S EUGENE ONEGIN

Opens Sat. Sept. 17. 7:30 p.m.

LA Opera. 135 North Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 972-8001 http://www.laopera.com/

ARIA WHITE NIGHT CELEBRATION with Emmy Rossum- Honorary ARIA Chair- Eugene Onegin After Party- Sat Sept 17th

ARIA is LA Opera’s group for young professionals in their 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s with an interest in opera.

ARIA tickets include a ticket to the opera performance and access to the After-Party, with Russian-inspired hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, entertainment, and dancing.

For more on ARIA, including information on how to purchase tickets to Saturday’s party, please visit: http://www.losangelesopera.com/community/youngpro.aspx

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART’S COSI FAN TUTTE

Opens Sun. Sept. 18. 2:00 p.m.

LA Opera.

135 North Grand Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 972-8001

http://www.laopera.com/

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Cultural Events LA labor day weekend- Sept. 1, Sept 5. Sept 6

Posted in This Weekend in LA on August 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »

This week’s Cultural Cocktail includes a dose of antiquity, a labor-free stroll through LACMA, and one of the world’s greatest violinists!

Trojan Women (after Euripides) at the Getty Villa 8:00 P.M.

SITI Company, directed by Anne Bogart and adapted by Jocelyn Clarke. Previews Thursday–Saturday, September 1–3 Performances: Thursdays–Saturdays, September 8–October 1 Getty Villa, Outdoor Classical Theater. For more information call (310) 440-7300 or visit:

http://www.getty.edu/

LACMA FREE Labor Day Monday, September 5th 12 pm

*Free* day at the museum (all day) including a live performance. Tickets required*Does not include free admission to the Tim Burton exhibit or any specially ticketed exhibitions. LACMA• 5905 Wilshire Blvd. LA, CA http://www.lacma.org/

ITZHAK PERLMAN performs Beethoven

Tuesday, Sept. 6, 8:00PM

Hollywood Bowl.

2301 North Highland Avenue. Hollywood, CA 90068. Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Itzhak Perlman, violin/conductor. Beethoven: Two Romances, Symphony No. 8 For more information, call (323).850.2000 or visit: http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/

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Cultural Events this weekend in LA: Aug 26, 27, 28

Posted in This Weekend in LA on August 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Noel Coward’s “Private Lives”

Fri. Aug 26 (Opening Night) + Sat. Aug 27 8pm.

Sun Aug 28 2pm. Directed by Luke Yankee. Featuring Jennice Butler, Wendy Cutler, Freddy Douglas, Caroline Kinsolving, Adam J. Smith. INTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRE Long Beach Performing Arts Center.300 East Ocean Blvd. Long Beach CA 90802 For information on tickets and show times, For information on tickets and show times, please call (562) 436-4610 or visit: www.InternationalCityTheatre.org Photo by: C. Delgado

Saturdays off the 405- Getty Museum- party

Sat, Aug. 27 6:00

Music: Charles Bradley and DJ Clifton Free Spotlight after Dark tours in the galleries at 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. Getty Center. 1200 Getty Center Drive. LA, CA. 90049. (310) 440-7300 http://www.getty.edu/

LACMA- Daniel Rothmuller (cello) and Bernadene Blaha (piano)

Sun. August 28 6 pm Chopin: Sonata, Opus 65, and Brahms: Sonata in E minor, Opus 38 Bing Theater. FREE, no reservations. LACMA• 5905 Wilshire Blvd. LA, CA,

http://www.lacma.org/

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Film Review: Mozart’s Sister- now playing in Los Angeles and New York

Posted in Film, This Weekend in LA on August 23, 2011| Leave a Comment »

by Leticia Marie Sanchez

Mozart’s Sister, directed by René Féret, presents a behind-the-scenes look at the life of the Mozart family: ambitious patriarch Leopold, his doting wife Anna-Maria, and his gifted children Woofgang and Nannerl (played by Feret’s daughter, Marie). The film contrasts the exterior aspect of the musical family, including the children’s performances at court with an interior portrait of a family who engages in pillow fights at bed-time, and more sinisterly, the unyielding favoritism that Leopold showed his young son. The rigid Leopold squelches his young daughter’s talents by not only refusing her an education, but by falsely telling her that her compositions (which he passes off as those of Wolfgang) lack merit. The mistreatment of Nannerl was not unusual at the time. In his book “The Other Mendelssohn,” Larry Todd describes the life of another talented and relatively unknown composer, Fanny Mendelssohn, sister of Felix.

It is fitting that the talented young Nannerl composes pieces in a minor key. Melancholy permeates her character, and the dark cinematography symbolises the shadows to which she is relegated.

A dose of light-hearted Shakespearean cross-dressing adds a dose of intrigue, and Nannerl’s new found chum Princess Louise (played with vivacity by Feret’s real life sister, Lisa) allows a flower of friendship to flourish between two passionate young women confined by the walls of the court, the church, and their fathers.

Photo: Real Life Sisters Lisa Feret and Marie Feret, playing Louise De France and Nannerl Mozart

For trailers and showtimes, please see:

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/mozartssister/

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Cultural Events LA- Aug 19, 20, 21

Posted in This Weekend in LA on August 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »

This week’s Cultural Cocktail recipe includes two doses of Beethoven blended with Pacific Asia Fusion, and topped with Mozart- not on the rocks, but on the lawn of the Huntington library– enjoy!