Monthly Archives: January 1990

KRONOS

There were more kinds of music at the Kronos Quartet concert, Saturday night at UCLA’s Wadsworth Theater, than you could shake a stick at. There was, indeed, a fair amount of stick-shaking, in one of the movements of John Zorn’s … Continue reading

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LAPO

Question of the day: Is Richard Strauss’ ””Domestic Symphony” the ugliest orchestral piece ever written, or does it just sound that way? That gross and untidy bulk formed the second half of this past weekend’s Los Angeles Philharmonic concert … Continue reading

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TV DOCUMENTARIES

Music moved passed its share of milestones in the year just ended, and some of the more significant have become the substance of some rewarding TV-documentary footage. This weekend, for example, PBS watchers can journey along with cellist/conductor Mstislav Rostropovich … Continue reading

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