Organist

Continuing his residency, James McVinnie offers a programme that celebrates music of flair and fantasy on the Royal Festival Hall’s historic organ.

James McVinnie: Fantasias

Southbank Centre

Sensual and rhapsodic, Debussy’s prelude uses the solo flute to evoke the moody, dream-like atmosphere of a faun who awakens from a nap in the forest on a sunlit afternoon. In contrast with the more pastoral mood of this concert’s opening works, City Noir was inspired by the peculiar ambience and mood of Los Angeles ‘noir’ films, especially those produced in the late forties and early fifties.

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City Noir

Severance Music Center

Rising young composer Gabriella Smith conjure the spaces and sounds of California, responding to landscapes both urban and rural, geographical and metaphysical. Igor Stravinsky depicts a festive, folk-inflected Slavic wedding in his ballet Les Noces, augmented by Steven Stucky’s orchestration and artist Hillary Leben's vivid new animated shorts. Stravinsky’s Octet for Winds and Brass, a uniquely scored neoclassical work, was inspired by a late-night dream.

California Festival: From the Edge

Davies Symphony Hall

In a concert produced in collaboration with the Ojai Music Festival, Vimbayi Kaziboni leads new music by California composers.

California Festival

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Green Umbrella

From Westminster Abbey to Walt Disney Concert Hall, the versatile British organist and popular collaborator returns to LA Phil for an ambitious and captivating program.

James McVinnie

California Festival: James McVinnie

The LA Phil’s Conductor Laureate—now Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony—exults in a program that includes his tribute to Frank Gehry, a major premiere by the exceedingly creative Gabriella Smith, and Strauss’ whirlwind of a symphonic poem that begins with an awesome fanfare to end all fanfares, well known for its use in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Strauss, Smith, and Salonen

James McVinnie completes his residency in a recital with a difference: a rare chance to hear Bach played on both the piano and the organ by the same performer.

James McVinnie: Bach for Organ & Piano

With his diverse career, James McVinnie comes to the Meyerson for an immaculate organ recital you won’t want to miss.

James McVinnie

Organist

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 10, 2025

James McVinnie: Bach for Organ & Piano · Southbank Centre

Feb 16, 2025

Organ Recital: James McVinnie · Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Oct 2, 2024

James McVinnie: Fantasias · Southbank Centre

4 - 6 Apr, 2024

City Noir · The Cleveland Orchestra

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