Organist

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.

James McVinnie

Organist

Events

4 - 6 Apr, 2024

City Noir · The Cleveland Orchestra

17 - 18 Nov, 2023

California Festival: From the Edge · San Francisco Symphony

Nov 14, 2023

California Festival · Los Angeles Philharmonic

Nov 14, 2023

Green Umbrella · California Festival

Nov 12, 2023

James McVinnie · Los Angeles Philharmonic

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