Pasadena – Seen and Heard International

Mozart amid the ruins: classical resilience in Southern California from Melodia Mariposa

11/04/202510/04/2025 by Laurence Vittes

United States Mozart: LA Opera Principal Winds – Leslie Reed, Jennifer Cullinan (oboe, English horn), Heather Clark, Sarah Weisz (flute), Donald Foster, Laura Stoutenborough (clarinet), William May, William Wood (bassoon), Steven Becknell, Allen Fogle (French horn). Presented by Melodia Mariposa, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, 29.3.2025. (LV)

LA Opera Orchestra’s principal winds play Mozart in Westminster Presbyterian Church © Melodia Mariposa

Brett Mitchell makes his mark: a fresh take on Mahler at Pasadena’s Ambassador Auditorium

03/11/2024 by Laurence Vittes

United Kingdom Boyer, Korngold, Mahler: Akiko Suwanai (violin), Pasadena Symphony / Brett Mitchell (conductor). Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena, 26.10.2024. (LV)

Brent Mitchell conducting the Pasadena Symphony at Ambassador Auditorium © Karen Tapia

François López-Ferrer, Zuill Bailey and the Pasadena Symphony excel in Rimsky-Korsakov, Elgar and Chin

05/06/202316/02/2023 by Laurence Vittes

United States Chin, Elgar, Rimsky-Korsakov: Zuill Bailey (cello), Pasadena Symphony Orchestra / François López-Ferrer (conductor). Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena, 11.2.2023. (LV)

Bassoonist’s dream farewell – Mozart’s K.297b – with a dream orchestra, conductor and soloists at Ambassador Auditorium

27/03/202201/02/2022 by Laurence Vittes

United States Various: Claire Brazeau (oboe), Joshua Ranz (clarinet), Kenneth Munday (bassoon), Michael Thornton (horn), Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra / Jaime Martín (conductor). Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena, 29.1.2022. (LV)

Background, Jaime Martin and LACO (© Timothy Norris) honor Kenneth Munday (insert)

Revelatory and Delightful Chamber Music by the Cello Quintet Sakura

06/04/201926/03/2019 by Douglas Dutton

United States Various: Sakura (Stella Cho, Michael Kaufman, Benjamin Lash, Yoshika Masuda and Peter Myers [cellos]), Barrett Hall, Pasadena Conservatory of Music, Pasadena, 16.3.2019. (DD)

An Intimate and Idiosyncratic Goldberg Variations in Southern California

19/03/201714/03/2017 by Douglas Dutton

United States Bach, Goldberg Variations: Mark Robson (piano), Boston Court Performing Arts Center, Pasadena, California, 10.3.2017. (DLD)

Intimate “Eroica” by McGegan and the Pasadena Symphony at Ambassador

17/04/201210/04/2012 by Stan

United States Mendelssohn, Mozart, Beethoven: Nareh Arghamanayan (piano), Pasadena Symphony, Nicholas McGegan (conductor), Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena (California), 30.3.2012 (LV)