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2003 Stories by Alan Rich

• Disney Hall, The Sound, the Fury, the Wounded Knees

  published December 25, 2003

  1 Footsteps on Disney Hall’s balcony stairs: They clatter, they clomp, and musicians onstage have been known to complain out loud. Berli... More >>

• The Spirit Survives

  published December 18, 2003

  Little Joe’s mother is sick, but there’s no money for milk. Joe and his friend Annette go to the village square to sing for money, but th... More >>

• The Discovery of California

  published December 11, 2003

  The year was 1978, and while some guys on Sunset were concocting the prototype of the paper you now hold, I was 2,500 miles away, holding... More >>

• Disney Primeval

  published December 4, 2003

  TO ALL THAT OPULENCE on view at Disney Hall, REDCAT is the perfect counterbalance. Nobody cares about the acoustics, since most of its music... More >>

• Present At the Creation

  published November 27, 2003

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• Simon Says, Simon

  published November 27, 2003

  Photo by Alan Wood “ISN’T THIS A DREADFUL orchestra?” said Simon Rattle, curly-topped, dimpled, transfixingly blue-eyed —... More >>

• Gadgetry Galore

  published November 20, 2003

  Photo by Anne Fishbein FINDING YOUR WAY through the intricate programming of this first Disney Hall season — the “Creati... More >>

• Bravery Beyond the Call

  published November 13, 2003

  Elliott Carter composed his Night Fantasies in 1980, and entrusted its power to the four pianists who had commissioned it (and later... More >>

• The Right Rite

  published November 6, 2003

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• Earth, Sky and Regions in Between

  published October 30, 2003

  Photo by Jay Blakesberg In Santa Monica there was In C, Terry Riley’s first great work, now approaching 40. In Costa Mesa there wa... More >>

• Life as Music

  published October 16, 2003

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• Their Country, ’Twas of Thee

  published October 9, 2003

  Two recent items from the University of California Press, too small for the wisdom they contain, provide some interesting insights on... More >>

• Caviar Empty

  published October 2, 2003

  Everything that is splendid about the Los Angeles Opera’s Damnation of Faust — about which I rhapsodized at our last get-together —... More >>

• The Devil His Due

  published September 25, 2003

  Photo by robert millard Everything you could hope to encounter in an evening of truly enlightened musical drama — superb musi... More >>

• Built-in Obsolescence

  published September 18, 2003

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• The Mozart Cure

  published September 11, 2003

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• The Seasons Unseasoned

  published September 4, 2003

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• Monuments, Indoor and Out

  published August 28, 2003

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• The Passionate Adventurers

  published August 21, 2003

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• Fast Forward

  published August 14, 2003

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• Low Tide

  published August 7, 2003

  “There is the feeling of the vasty deep,” wrote Olin Downes in the days when music critics coined not only phrases but actual words, “of ... More >>

• The Lost Lady, Found

  published July 31, 2003

  Something about La Traviata, fragrant creation from Verdi’s early mastery, takes hold no matter what. At the Los Angeles Opera it ha... More >>

• Wings Over Ludwig

  published July 24, 2003

  Photo by James Minchen The timing was, as usual, immaculate. Only one aircraft penetrated the space over the Hollywood Bowl on opening night... More >>

• Past Perfection

  published July 17, 2003

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• ...Of Things Past

  published July 10, 2003

  Read a chapter or two of Remembrance of Things Past, or watch the wonderful movie (Time Regained). Nibble on a... More >>