Pop & Hiss
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June 3, 2011
Entertainment & Arts
The Orange County Philharmonic Society is in expansion mode for next season after reducing its offerings in 1993-94 because of budget and scheduling problems.
Feb. 3, 1994
Music
Fans of seasonal music have lots of concerts to choose from.
Dec. 1, 2005
Everything about the performance seemed natural, confident, vibrant, at the British premiere of John Adams’ Violin Concerto recently given by the London Symphony Orchestra.
Sept. 4, 1994
Not all of the organizers are ready to divulge all, but the Soviet Arts Festival in San Diego scheduled for Oct. 21-Nov. 11 is definitely in the works.
Feb. 26, 1989
Two nights after the Los Angeles Opera had hoped to instill Verdi with modern-day vigor in an updated-to-Hollywood “Rigoletto,” the Los Angeles Philharmonic turned Friday to another Verdi staple in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion: the Requiem Mass.
March 6, 2000
A New Baton: Kent Nagano, a Berkeley native and University of California graduate, is the newly appointed music director of the Halle Orchestra in Manchester, England, one of Britain’s oldest symphony orchestras.
Sept. 27, 1991
Ask anyone to name the world’s best orchestras. (It’s a popular, though futile, all-American game.)
March 21, 1995
World & Nation
Japanese businessman Kazuaki Tazaki, who sings light opera in the bath but can’t play a note on any musical instrument, pumped $845,000 into Britain’s struggling Halle Orchestra on Thursday.
March 31, 1989
The fest sparks a new revolution of industry, with a mix of Rushdie, legends and pea sorbet.
July 3, 2007