Jiji with LACO
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra plays The Wallis in Beverly Hills as they finish their Baroque series with guest artist Jiji, the South Korean guitarist, who’ll play a Vivaldi concerto. Also on the program are works by Scarlatti, Leonardo Leo, British composer Charles Avison (a concerto grosso inspired by Scarlatti), a piece called Stucco & Brocatelle by Caroline Shaw inspired by the Baroque era, and a pairing of Vivaldi’s “Spring” from The Four Seasons with contemporary composer Max Richter’s version of “Spring” from Recomposed, which interpolates and loops fragments of the familiar melodies to create a new work. The concert is on Saturday at 7:30pm at The Wallis’s Bram Goldsmith Theater.
La Jolla Symphony
Sameer Patel leads the La Jolla Symphony in concerts this weekend called “To the Stars” – with music by Anton Webern, Osvaldo Golijov and Brahms. The program opens with Webern’s Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op. 1, and continues with the concerto Golijov called Azul (“a spellbinding tapestry of sound that takes you on a celestial journey of emotions and colors”) with guest cello soloist Andrea Casarrubios. The concerts will finish with Brahms’ beloved Symphony No. 3. The performances will be at Mandeville Auditorium, at 7:30pm Saturday, and 2pm Sunday afternoon.
FREE:
Benjamin Britten’s opera “Noah’s Flood” (Noye’s Fludde) is being presented in two free performances Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. It’s based on a 15th Century retelling of the Biblical story of Noah and the ark. James Conlon will conduct, with Noah and Mrs. Noah sung by Ben Lowe and Peabody Southwell. An “empowering story of one family’s unwavering faith.”
