CLASSICAL.Byline: - Fred Shuster Something unique happens in town each June - the Hollywood Bowl's classical season begins. This year's starry opening night on June 24 spotlights John Mauceri John Mauceri (born 1945, New York) is an American conductor, producer and composer for theatre, opera and television. He was a protege of Leonard Bernstein.[1] and the Hollywood Bowl The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre at 2301 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. The "bowl" in this context is the natural cavity in the earth into which the amphitheater is built, rather than the shape of the Orchestra in a fete featuring Joshua Bell
fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to and more. Here are selected events from the area's classics season. SUNDAY Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by Youth Orchestra: Russian Favorites, Fred Kavli Fred Kavli, b. 1927, is a naturalized American physicist, business leader, innovator, and philanthropist. Born in the village of Eresfjord, Nesset municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts, $12 and $15. (213) 480-3232; ticketmaster.com. Mythili Prakash in Dance of India, Wadsworth Theatre, $15-$100. (310) 479-3003; wadsworththeatre.com. JUNE 9 Cleveland Orchestra, Disney Hall, $36-$125. (323) 850-2000; musiccenter.org. JUNE 11 Melodia Sinica Chorale chorale (kōrăl`, –räl`), any of the traditional hymns of the German Protestant Church. The form was developed after the Reformation to replace the plainsong of the earlier service and as a means of congregational participation in Summer Concert, Northridge United Methodist Church United Methodist Church, in the United States, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church (see Methodism). , 9650 Reseda Blvd., Northridge, $10. (818) 886-1555; northridgeumc.org. JUNE 16 Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition Final, Disney Hall, also June 17-18, $30-$120. (323) 850-2000; musiccenter.org. JUNE 24 L.A. Phil: Opening Night at the Bowl, Hollywood Bowl, $15-$140. (213) 365-3500; www.hollywoodbowl.com. Complete Bach Organ Works, St. Cyril of Jerusalem Church, 15520 Ventura Blvd., Encino, also June 26-26, free. (818) 986-8234; stcyril.net. JULY 2 Hollywood Bowl Orchestra: Fireworks Spectacular: 50 Years of Disneyland, Hollywood Bowl, also July 3-4, $7-$140. (213) 365-3500; www.hollywoodbowl.com. JULY 6 L.A. Phil: Video Games Live  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , Hollywood Bowl, $1-$115. (213) 365-3500; www.hollywoodbowl.com. JULY 8 L.A. Phil: Stephen Sondheim's 75th, Hollywood Bowl, $4-$140. (213) 365-3500; musiccenter.org. JULY 9 Sing-Along Sound of Music, Hollywood Bowl, $1-$160. (213) 365-3500; musiccenter.org. JULY 12 L.A. Phil: Gershwin Celebration, Hollywood Bowl, also July 13-16, $1-$115. (213) 365-3500; www.hollywoodbowl.com. JULY 17 California Philharmonic: Rach Fest & Tchaikovsky with Daniel Lessner, piano, Disney Hall, $40-$90. (213) 480-3232; www.calphil.org. JULY 19 L.A. Phil: All Beethoven, Hollywood Bowl, $1-$115. (213) 365-3500; www.hollywoodbowl.com. JULY 22 L.A. Phil: Tchaikovsky Spectacular, Hollywood Bowl, also July 23, $4- $140. (213) 365-3500; www.hollywoodbowl.com. JULY 31 California Philharmonic: Movie Classics, Disney Hall, $40-$90. (213) 480-3232; www.calphil.org. AUG. 2 L.A. Phil: Andre Watts Plays Brahms, Hollywood Bowl, $1-$115. (213) 365-3500; www.hollywoodbowl.com. AUG. 7 L.A. Phil: Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble, Hollywood Bowl, $4-$115. (213) 365-3500; www.hollywoodbowl.com. AUG. 14 Camelot, Hollywood Bowl, $4-$140. (213) 365-3500; www.hollywoodbowl.com. AUG. 23 L.A. Phil: Slatkin Conducts Mahler, Hollywood Bowl, $1-$115. (213) 365-3500; www.hollywoodbowl.com. AUG. 26 La Dolce Vita: Italian Cool on a Hot Summer Night, with fireworks, Hollywood Bowl, $1-$115. Also Aug. 27. (213) 365-3500; www.hollywoodbowl.com. AUG. 30 L.A. Phil: Sarah Chang Play Shostakovich, Hollywood Bowl, $4-$140. (213) 365-3500; www.hollywoodbowl.com. SEPT. 2 L.A. Phil: John Williams - The Master of Cinema, Hollywood Bowl, also Sept. 3, $4-$140. (213) 365-3500; www.hollywoodbowl.com. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: YO-YO MA/AUG.7 Michael Caulfield/WireImage.com |
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