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December 11, 2011: Reflections
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Ralph Kirshbaum, cello

Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
Thomas Ades: Three Studies from Couperin
Respighi: Gli uccelli (The Birds)

Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Respighi and Thomas Adès each drew upon the music of the Baroque to create new compositions of stunning breadth and beauty. Jeffrey Kahane demonstrates his mastery of the chamber orchestra canon, an eclectic program featuring four works that reflect 17th and 18th century musical sensibilities. Internationally acclaimed soloist Ralph Kirshbaum joins LACO for Tchaikovsky’s elegant Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, a prelude to the Orchestra’s participation in the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival which launches in Los Angeles in March 2012 under Kirshbaum’s artistic direction.

January 22, 2012: Mozart (Mostly)
Andrew Shulman, conductor
Nigel Armstrong, violin

Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
Walton: Sonata for Strings

Mozart completed his Symphony No. 29, characterized as a “combination of an intimate, chamber music style with a still fiery and impulsive manner,” (Stanley Sadie) at the age of 18 and his Violin Concerto No. 3 a year later. Barely in his twenties, violinist Nigel Armstrong, a recent graduate of The Colburn School’s Conservatory of Music, is hailed by music director Jeffrey Kahane as “a phenomenal talent…who will be making a big mark on the music world.”

Directing this display of youthful brilliance is LACO’s multi-faceted principal cello Andrew Shulman, who also maintains a thriving conducting career. Following appearances with such venerable ensembles as the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Sweden’s Jönköping Orchestra, Shulman makes his LACO conducting debut with this program.

The evening concludes with a virtuosic gem by the British composer William Walton, who also wrote the coronation march for King George VI, the monarch popularized in the Academy Award-winning film The King’s Speech.

About the Ticket Supplier: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

The members of LACO are among the very best musicians in Los Angeles. Most play in film studios, teach and/or perform as soloists with orchestras and chamber ensembles all over the world.