Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO),concludes its 42nd season with a performance conducted by Music Director Jeffrey Kahane featuring the world premiere of Composer-in-Residence Derek Bermel’s highly anticipated homage to LA’s Latin American community, Mar de Setembro (“September Sea”), written for and performed by Grammy®-winning Brazilian vocalist Luciana Souza on Saturday, May 14, 8 pm, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, and Sunday, May 15, 2011, 7 pm, at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Musically bookending the program are two classics, Mendelssohn’s Concerto in D minor for Violin and Piano, led by Kahane from the piano and spotlighting Concertmaster Margaret Batjer, and Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 in D major, “Prague.â€
The performance celebrates the 10th anniversary of LACO’s Sound Investment. The program gives members the rare opportunity to create a legacy in music and to observe first-hand the development of a new work from the composer’s earliest ideas to the finished composition. Investing members pay a minimum of $300 for a year-long membership and are invited to three salons throughout the season that feature in-depth discussion with the composer about his creative process and previews of the final work.
One hour before curtain, Bermel discusses the intricacies of his new composition at Concert Preludes, designed to illuminate the evening’s program and free for all ticket holders.
Tickets ($18 – $100) are on sale now and may be purchased online at laco.org, by calling LACO at 213 622 7001, or at the venue box office on the night of the concert, if tickets remain. Discounted tickets are also available by phone for seniors 65 years of age and older and groups of 12 or more. College students may purchase rush tickets one hour before curtain.
