Pianist Awadagin Pratt Makes
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Debut
with Performance of Mozart’s Radiant Piano Concerto No. 23 Led by Guest Conductor Jeannette Sorrell
Program also Features
Selections from Handel’s The Water Music and Haydn’s Symphony No. 8 in G Major, “Le soir”
One Night Only Saturday, March 15, 2025, 7:30 pm Glendale’s Alex Theatre
(Los Angeles, CA – February 27, 2025) Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra presents BOURGEOISIE: MOZART + HAYDN + HANDEL, featuring the LACO debut of celebrated pianist Awadagin Pratt, “one of the great and distinctive American pianists of our time” (WGBH), performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 on a program led by GRAMMY-winning conductor Jeannette Sorrell for one night only, Saturday, March 15, 2025, 7:30 pm, at Glendale’s Alex Theatre.
Sorrell, recognized as a leading interpreter of Baroque and Classical repertoire, also conducts Mozart’s sonorous Overture from Don Giovanni, selections from Handel’s endearing The Water Music, as well as the final of Haydn’s three time-of-day symphonies, “Le soir” (“Evening”). This marks Sorrell’s second LACO appearance.
LACO recognizes the generous support of the Colburn Foundation. The Orchestra also receives public funding via grants from the National Endowment for the Arts; State of California; California Arts Council; the Los Angeles County Arts Commission; City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs; Perenchio Foundation; and Walter J. + Holly O. Thomson Foundation. LACO gratefully acknowledges Hogan Lovells US LLP for generous pro bono support. Steinway is the official piano of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
Alex Theatre is located at 216 N. Brand Boulevard, Glendale, CA 91203.
For information and tickets ($40-$164), please visit www.laco.org or call 213 221 3920.
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