LACO’s 2017-18 season-opening program launches the Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary season and helps kick off Leonard Bernstein’s centennial with Joshua Bell performing Bernstein’s lyrical Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) for violin and orchestra inspired by Plato’s text on love, led by guest conductor Jaime Martín in his LACO debut. Martín also conducts Brahms’ Serenade No. 1 in D Major, noted for its prominent horn section and remarkable symphonic quality, and Mozart’s Overture to the opera, The Abduction from the Seraglio Join them one hour before each concert in the theatre for interesting insights into the music and the artists.
WHEN: Saturday, September 30, 2017, 8pm – Alex Theatre
Sunday October 1, 2017, 7 pm – Royce Hall
WHERE: Los Angeles, CA
TICKETS: http://www.laco.org/attend/joshua-bell-plays-bernstein/