Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

making great music personal

our next performance

    • Saturday, 27 Sep 2008
    • Ambassador Auditorium
    • 6:30 pm
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marriner gala

  • Schumann/Paul Chihara Overture, Scherzo, Childhood Dreams and Finale
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
  • Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite
  • Kodály Dances of Galánta
Sir Neville Marriner

Toast 40 years of superb artistry in a joyful concert gala led by Sir Neville Marriner, the Orchestra’s legendary first music director and the world’s most prolific classical recording artist. Jeffrey Kahane marks this historic occasion as soloist in the Beethoven, playing under Sir Neville’s direction for the very first time. Filled with dazzling displays of orchestral virtuosity, the program celebrates the very essence of our Chamber Orchestra—40 soloists who delight in performing the classical repertoire together.

upcoming performance

    • Saturday, 04 Oct 2008
    • Alex Theatre
    • 8 pm
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    • Sunday, 05 Oct 2008
    • Royce Hall
    • 7 pm
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celebration

  • Martin Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Percussion and Strings
  • Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major
  • Todd ceLebrACiOn
  • Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major

special event

ruby jubilee

LACO’s Ruby Jubilee launches the Orchestra’s 40th Anniversary Season at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena. Join LACO’s legendary first music director, Sir Neville Marriner, and the Orchestra’s beloved current music director, Jeffrey Kahane, as we commemorate 40 extraordinary years and build upon this solid foundation to ensure an equally incredible future. Includes pre-concert hors d’oeuvres and a champagne toast, concert and post-concert gala with dinner, dancing & live auction.

    • Saturday, 27 Sep 2008
    • Ambassador Auditorium
    • 5:30 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

tickets now available online

Single tickets to our Orchestral Series are are now available for purchase online and by phone. Subscriptions and flex discount packages are still available by phone. Call Jacquie or Marcella in the box office at 213 622 7001 × 215. Buy your tickets now and join the Orchestra in celebrating our 40th Anniversary.

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the LACO blog

a fact-finding mission of my very own

Now that I’ve shared what I know (and more here) about classical music, it’s time to address what I don’t know. And what I don’t know could fill a piano factory (which I assume is a large space). So let’s start with the basics: What’s the difference between an orchestra, a band, and a symphony? What makes a chamber orchestra different from those three? And what on earth is a philharmonic? I’m gonna try to find the answers right now, so come along, won’t you?

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