Email Author Mary Beth Crain

2007 Stories by Mary Beth Crain

• Hark! the Herald Pipers Play

  published December 6, 2007

  Last week, the early music ensemble Ciaramella enchanted listeners at the Getty Center with a performance of medieval sacred and secular music... More >>

• The Tallis Scholars

  published November 29, 2007

  The ever-popular Tallis Scholars return to Los Angeles and Chamber Music in Historic Sites with another holiday program guaranteed to get us... More >>

• Los Angeles Master Chorale and Louis Andriessen

  published November 15, 2007

  Louis Andriessen hates the German romantics, loves jazz, and has the chutzpah to thumb his nose at Boulezian serialism, Schoenbergian... More >>

• Doom and Blooms

  published November 1, 2007

  In the world of the weird, the Tiger Lillies have a special place. First of all, they are so strange — oh, let’s be polite and say... More >>

• Sacred Sounds

  published October 18, 2007

  They dress in long cassocks and look like monks in the throes of their devotions. No flashy stage antics here — the sober 12-member... More >>

• Beethoven by the Numbers

  published October 4, 2007

  Whenever you get the chance to hear the dazzlingly perfect Andras Schiff, whose delicate touch, technical wizardry and otherworldly tone is... More >>

• Keyboard Command

  published September 27, 2007

  Piano Spheres, that bold and courageous series devoted to 20th- and 21st-century piano repertoire, kicks off its 2007–2008 season with... More >>

• the Next Machine Age

  published September 13, 2007

  Ready for the world’s first digital robotic opera? Well, it’s not ready for you yet — its tentative premiere is scheduled for... More >>

• Eastern Blockbusters

  published August 23, 2007

  That’s right — it’s two performances of an all-Russian program at the Hollywood Bowl, featuring the electrifying Nicolai... More >>

• Musical Ruminations

  published August 16, 2007

  The poetry of Rumi is still as beautifully mysterious today as it was 800 years ago. The provocative, evocative Sufi master speaks in riddles... More >>

• Fresh Voices

  published July 12, 2007

  The Los Angeles Children’s Chorus is one heck of a talented group of kids, and now they’ve got an opera written just for them. In the mo... More >>

• Sunset Serenade

  published July 5, 2007

  Summer in L.A. always means lots of music under the stars. But there’s no more satisfying outdoor concert series than Southwest Chamber... More >>

• Passionate Play

  published June 14, 2007

  If you want to hear romantic piano at its most brilliantly intense, then Hélène Grimaud is your ticket. The French-born artist stunned the world s... More >>

• Spanish Accents

  published June 7, 2007

  {mosimage} An ebullient combination of musical theater and light opera in which various elements — all the way from refined classical arias t... More >>

• Star Power

  published May 31, 2007

  In the classical music world, the Ahn Trio remains unique. The three sisters — Angella on violin and the twins, Maria and Lucia, on cello an... More >>

• Local Sensations

  published May 24, 2007

  Designer Carlos Rosario keeps on the right side of destiny. After all, this is a guy who shows up in Hollywood with stars in his... More >>

• Conscious Dreams

  published May 17, 2007

  {mosimage} Jacaranda never seems to disappoint. This dynamic group, composed of some of L.A.’s most talented musicians, loves to program work... More >>

• Making Musaic

  published May 10, 2007

  Ever wondered how, say, a Mozart quintet, a Brahms violin sonata or some Mahler lieder would look in spiffy new jazz clothing? Find out this... More >>

• Da Camera and Dim Sum

  published April 26, 2007

  “They are simply the best I’ve ever heard,” writes Mike Marshall of Magic Mandolins about Melody of China. “Hong Wang plays the Chi... More >>

• The Diary of Anne Frank

  published April 19, 2007

  {mosimage}Never been to an opera in a parking garage? Here’s your chance. Long Beach Opera presents the West Coast premiere of Russian compose... More >>

• The Millennium Consort and Martin Neary

  published April 12, 2007

  If you’re one of those people who always gets John Taverner and John Tavener mixed up, join the crowd. The 16th-century Taverner wa... More >>

• California Ear Unit

  published April 5, 2007

  Julius Eastman was one of those musical enigmas as tragic as he was transcendent. His talents were huge; he was a concert pianist and singer, as... More >>

• A Requiem for the Living

  published March 22, 2007

  Christopher Rouse’s Requiem has been described as a “musical terror.” An hour and a half in length and comprising 16 movements, the e... More >>

• Bach and Music of Today

  published March 15, 2007

  J.S. Bach never seems outdated. Every one of his works contains an eerie relevance to the present, the layers and complexities of tone, rhythm... More >>

• Alfred Brendel

  published March 8, 2007

  {mosimage} “Let this be the first warning to the Mozart player,” writes Alfred Brendel, in one of his many delightfully insightful essays ... More >>