Music

PROVING UP PROVES ITSELF The debut recording of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s acclaimed 2018 chamber opera, Proving Up, is available starting today on Pentatone. The 80-minute album features the original Opera Omaha  cast recording of director  James Darrah’s production, as premiered in the company’s first annual ONE Festival in April 2018, with the amazing Christopher Rountree…

THE IVES’ HAVE IT! A little over week before the COVID-19 pandemic began shutting down the arts world as we know it, the Los Angeles Philharmonic presented an apotheosis to its already glorious season: Under Gustavo Dudamel’s leadership, a series of concerts offered the final three, and some say best, symphonies of Dvořák. Played alongside…

OVER THE MOON Wow, do I love this sound. They describe it as The Everly Brothers growing up in Twin Peaks, but I kinda hear Iron and Wine from the other side of the moon, possibly directed by David Lynch. Whatever the apt description, this EP is a winner. Jesse Epstein (aka Imaginary Future) and…

THE ISLE OF CAPRICE A capriccio (Italian: “following one’s fancy”) or caprice, is defined as a piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character. The typical capriccio is one that is fast, intense, and often virtuosic in nature, but Wiki tells us that there are several etymologies that have been…