Dvořák’s Piano Quintet

Barrett Hall at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music 100 North Hill Avenue, Pasadena

Power, drama, tenderness, nostalgia, rusticity, patriotism… What is it about Dvořák that’s so compelling and familiar? What does it mean to be a “nationalist” composer? Brian explores all that and more as Salastina performs.

$45

Dvořák’s Piano Quintet

Glorya Kaufman Cultural Center Theater at The Wende Museum 10808 Culver Boulevard, Culver City

Power, drama, tenderness, nostalgia, rusticity, patriotism… What is it about Dvořák that’s so compelling and familiar? What does it mean to be a “nationalist” composer? Brian explores all that and more as Salastina performs.

$45

The Shostakovich Cycle

Weinstein Performance Space at Chamber Music | OC 23666 Birtcher Drive, Lake Forest

If your soul could use a cathartic chakric cleanse, do not miss this hair-raising, spine-tingling, psyche-throttling musical rollercoaster. Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 and String Quartet No. 8 are his best-known and most electrifyingly recognizable chamber works. More than … Read More

$45

The Shostakovich Cycle

The Huntington, Rothenberg Hall 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino

If your soul could use a cathartic chakric cleanse, do not miss this hair-raising, spine-tingling, psyche-throttling musical rollercoaster. Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 and String Quartet No. 8 are his best-known and most electrifyingly recognizable chamber works. More than … Read More

$45

Salastina

Eli and Edythe Broad Stage 1310 11th Street, Santa Monica

Salastina joins the Sunday Morning Music / Santa Monica chamber music series with 19th-century German repertoire that's like a warm hug for your soul. On the program: works by Brahms, Schumann, and Wagner celebrating romantic love and domestic bliss. Brian Lauritzen of KUSC puts … Read More