Celebrate the holiday season with a joyous performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio, presented by the Artelize Orchestra. This beloved masterpiece captures the story of the Nativity through six vibrant cantatas, each overflowing with festive choruses, delicate arias, and instrumental brilliance. Under the skilled baton of the Artelize Orchestra's conductor, join us for an evening that blends the warmth and spirit of the season with the timeless beauty of Bach’s music. Don’t miss this enchanting symphonic journey, perfect for audiences of all ages!

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Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the Artelize Orchestra

Artelize Hall

Join the Demo Orchestra for an enchanting holiday performance of Bach’s *Christmas Oratorio*. This timeless masterpiece, composed of six festive cantatas, tells the story of the Nativity through glorious music that captures the joy, wonder, and reverence of the season. Under the direction of acclaimed conductor Sheryl Johnson, the Demo Orchestra, along with a distinguished choir and soloists, will bring Bach's evocative melodies and rich harmonies to life. Celebrate the holiday season with this uplifting concert, a perfect way to embrace the spirit of Christmas.

Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the Demo Orchestra

**Handel's Saul in Concert**

Join the Artelize Orchestra for an extraordinary evening as they bring to life George Frideric Handel’s dramatic oratorio, *Saul*. This masterwork, filled with intense emotion and vivid character portrayal, tells the biblical story of King Saul’s jealousy and downfall in the face of David’s rising favor. With powerful choral sections, majestic orchestration, and soaring arias, *Saul* is one of Handel’s most ambitious compositions. Conducted by Maestro Sheryl Johnson and featuring a world-class cast of vocal soloists, this concert promises a spellbinding journey into one of the Baroque era’s greatest works.

Handel's Saul in Concert

Join in singing one of the great musical treasures, Handel’s timeless Messiah. This uplifting and heartwarming tradition, filled with sublime music, is sure to add sparkle and glow to your holiday season

Messiah Sing-Along

Walt Disney Concert Hall

From the joyful Hallelujah Chorus to the final majestic Amen, be awed by Los Angeles’ premiere performance of this iconic oratorio of prophesy and resurrection. Celebrate the season with our glorious soloists, Baroque orchestra and, of course, “the best-by-far chorus in America!”

Handel's Messiah

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

All the glory of Handel’s timeless Messiah, but make it chamber music. This chestnut gets the one-on-a-part treatment – and the nimbleness and luminosity that affords. Salastina loyalists will enjoy the return of last season’s most popular Happy Hour guest, the effervescent Belgian soprano Laurence Servaes, alongside the return of stunning mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski. Mulled wine reception to follow.

Main Series No. 2: Handel's Messiah

Mount Saint Mary's University

From its stunningly beautiful solo moments to the rapturous “Dies Irae” that movie trailers have—rightly—lifted as a soundtrack to the end of the world, Verdi’s Requiem is a darkly dramatic 90-minute roller-coaster ride. When Gustavo Dudamel last conducted it a decade ago, the Los Angeles Times raved about his “radical and wondrous” performance that drew in the Bowl audience for moments of “intimate, personal expression” while also soaring in the many massive moments that “shook the Cahuenga Pass.”

Dudamel conducts Verdi’s Requiem

Hollywood Bowl

Join the Demo Orchestra for an unforgettable season finale with Bernstein's Songfest, a vibrant celebration of American poetry set to music. This dynamic work features a wide range of vocal solos, duets, and choruses, capturing the spirit of unity and diversity in American voices. Under the skilled baton of our guest conductor, the orchestra and vocal soloists bring Bernstein’s energetic and eclectic score to life. Don't miss this grand closing event filled with passion, lyrical beauty, and the unmatched energy of a live symphonic performance.

Season closer with Bernstein's Songfest

Verdi's Requiem with Artelize

**Faure's Requiem with the Demo Orchestra**

Join the Demo Orchestra for an evening of serenity and reflection with Gabriel Fauré's *Requiem*, one of the most beloved works in the choral and orchestral repertoire. Known for its lush harmonies and calming beauty, Fauré’s *Requiem* offers a unique interpretation of the traditional mass for the dead, focusing on peace and rest. The performance will feature the Demo Choir and renowned soloists, creating an unforgettable experience that transcends the ordinary. Don’t miss this chance to be enveloped by the gentle power of Fauré’s masterpiece, performed by the talented musicians of the Demo Orchestra.

Faure's Requiem with the Demo Orchestra

They’re back! After an astonishing debut with Alcina in 2021, conductor Harry Bicket and his sensational orchestra, The English Concert, return with another dazzling baroque masterpiece performed in concert. This time, it’s Handel’s Solomon. 

A magnificent song of celebration (sung in English!), Solomon celebrates the famously wise king in action: as a devoted husband to his beloved queen (never mind the 699 other wives or the 300 concubines), as a sage dispenser of justice (remember the two mothers laying claiming to the same baby?) and as a lavishly welcoming host to the visiting Queen of Sheba.

Solomon

Los Angeles Music Center

Let there be light! We begin our season with Haydn’s grand celebration of the dawn of life. With a libretto that draws on Genesis, the Psalms, and Milton’s Paradise Lost, this mysterious and dramatic work will transport you to a time before time itself, followed by an explosion of sound that vividly illustrates the creation of Earth. It all adds up to what Grant Gershon calls “one of the most joyous and life-affirming works ever written.”

Haydn's Creation

In a country at a crossroads, where the intersection of manifest destiny meets gentrification and history meets personal experience, Hearne’s Place explores the complex and contentious map of the place we call home.

Place

Join Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and conductor Jaime Martín— in his historic debut as music director designate — for a spellbinding performance of Mozart’s Requiem and a West Coast premiere from Grammy Award-winning composer Bryce Dessner.

Mozart’s Requiem

Alex Theatre

Royce Hall

With the voices of the LA Master Chorale and an international cast of soloists, Zubin Mehta leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Mozart’s stirring unfinished masterpiece. Though we don't know why Mozart stopped composing it, the Great C-minor Mass is considered one of the finest and most ambitious examples of his sacred music.

Mozart’s Great Mass with Mehta

Awe-inspiring in its complexity, universal in its appeal, Bach's St. Matthew Passion is considered by many to be the single greatest masterpiece of western sacred music, a profoundly moving depiction of the final days of the life of Jesus. John Neumeier, the celebrated choreographer who made his LAO debut with Orpheus and Eurydice in 2018, returns to Los Angeles with one of his signature creations, a ballet that has been cheered by audiences throughout the world.  Marrying the powerful music and narrative with dance in complete harmony, Neumeier fills the stage with unforgettable movement and images. The extraordinary dancers of the Hamburg Ballet join forces with James Conlon, a team of brilliant vocal soloists, and LA Opera's formidable orchestra and chorus for a spellbinding, deeply meaningful performance you'll never forget.

St. Matthew Passion

Gustavo Dudamel ignites the Bowl’s classical season with the mother of all power choruses. Carl Orff’s iconic score sets a sequence of irreverent medieval texts with ear-beguiling melodies and brightly colored orchestration. 

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