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Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
12/12/2009 8:00 PM at Alex Theatre
216 N. Brand Blvd, Pasadena, California 91203
Cost: $100, 85, 50, 18
Find inspiration in the burgeoning talent of two American artists. Four years ago, lyric coloratura Laura Claycomb wowed Los Angeles audiences as Zerbinetta in "Ariadne auf Naxos." Now she brings her delicacy, refinement and theatricality to LACO in a program that culminates in her show-stopping interpretation of the Strauss aria. Also, meet Derek Bermel as he begins a three-year tenure as the Orchestra’s composer-in-residence. Drawing from a rich variety of musical genres, this “brilliant musical vagabond has made the sounds of the world his palette to create a singular artistic vision” (Sequenza 21). The program includes Bermel’s "A shout, a whisper, and a trace" (west coast premiere); Mozart’s Recitative and Aria for Soprano, Piano and Orchestra, “Ch’io mi scordi di te…non temer, amato bene” (“To forget you…Do not fear, beloved”);
Mozart’s Aria “Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!” (“Dear God, would that I could explain”); Copland’s "Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson;" R Strauss’s Sextet from Capriccio; and his “Grossmächtige Prinzessin” (Zerbinetta’s aria) from "Ariadne auf Naxos" (1912 version).
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