Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

making great music personal

our next performance

    • Saturday, 13 Dec 2008
    • Alex Theatre
    • 8 pm
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    • Sunday, 14 Dec 2008
    • Royce Hall
    • 7 pm
    • — buy tickets

marimba

  • Strauss Serenade for Winds
  • Jalbert Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra (US premiere)
  • Haydn Symphony No. 31 in D major
Jeffrey Kahane

Thrill to a performer as exciting to watch as he is to hear. The mesmerizing Makoto Nakura is a master of marimba. He brings his extraordinarily athletic and expressive playing to a concerto by the award-winning Pierre Jalbert, who served as LACO’s composer-in-residence from 2002 to 2005. The symphony showcases the “classical brilliance” (Die Welt) that makes Haydn one of LACO’s specialties.

upcoming performance

    • Sunday, 11 Jan 2009
    • Royce Hall
    • 7 pm
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yo-yo ma plays golijov

  • Fauré Elegy
  • Golijov Azul (West Coast premiere)
  • Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major

special event

20th annual silent film gala

Proudly presenting The Gold Rush, a heartfelt comedic classic that Charlie Chaplin claimed as “the film I want to be remembered by.” The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra provides live accompaniment, conducted and composed by Timothy Brock.

    • Sunday, 07 Jun 2009
    • Royce Hall
    • 8 pm
Laco People

about laco

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1968 as an artistic outlet for the film and record studios’ most gifted musicians. The respected music critic Jim Svejda recently praised LACO as “America’s finest chamber orchestra.” Learn More.

noteworthy & new

LACO on the radio - KUSC broadcast series

Tune in to Classical KUSC 91.5 FM for the ten-week broadcast series of LACO’s 2007-08 season, beginning on October 5 and ending on December 7. You can listen on the radio or online at kusc.org. Happy listening!

yo-yo ma

Be there when Yo-Yo Ma performs Golijov’s innovative new piece composed for the celebrated cellist himself. Buy your tickets online now.

look! up in the sky! it's a bird. it's a plane. it's a LACO banner!

Keep your eye out for our vibrant teal 40th anniversary banners, now appearing on a streetlamp near you. The banners are hanging on streets around Los Angeles to promote our fabulous 40th anniversary season.

If you take a digital photo of the LACO banners and email it to Laura at lauraseiden@laco.org, you will win tickets to our December 13 Marimba concert!

the LACO blog

40 years ago this week: football flubs and interracial love

The week of November 15 through 22, 1968 was an eventful one for television and the arts.

On November 17, 1968, the Jets and the Raiders played a much anticipated match-up football game with an unexpected TV ending. Football fans across the US eagerly awaited the game that posed the tough, top-of-the-league Raiders against the emerging powerhouse Jets. Televised on NBC, the game exceeded its 3 hour time slot due to 19 called penalties. At the 3 hour mark, the game was still going strong, with the Jets leading 32 to 29. At this point, NBC cut to a commercial break, and instead of returning to the game, it began to broadcast the regularly scheduled programming, Heidi starring Shirley Temple. Needless to say, riled up football fans threw a fit while watching Heidi tend to her goats in the Swiss Alps. The Raiders won the game, and NBC announced the score 20 minutes into the movie. Fans were irate, forcing NBC to issue an apology. But this game would go down in broadcast football history. The More