CLOSE QUARTERS: EPISODE 13
Shin, Reid + Britten
Virtual Event
Premiered on May 21
CLOSE QUARTERS: EPISODE 13
Shin, Reid + Britten
Virtual Event
In this star-studded episode, guest conductor Grant Gershon leads a LACO-commissioned world premiere by Sound Investment Composer Peter S. Shin, Lumee’s Dream from Ellen Reid’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera p r i s m, and Britten’s Les illuminations. Shin’s premiere incorporates animation and drawn portraiture by visual artist Jian Lee. The pioneering nature of this collaboration lies in the fact that Shin and Lee are actively working together to conjure up visuals as the piece is written in real time throughout the multi-month artistic process. Britten’s Les illuminations and Ellen Reid’s Lumee’s Dream spotlights internationally renowned soprano and native Californian Nicole Cabell in her LACO debut.
The Britten and Reid selections are cinematic in nature, and will be woven together by a new opera dance-theater film by director George Miller and choreographer Rebecca Steinberg—exploring the deeply complex array of relationships present throughout this wisely-curated pair of repertoire.
Read the text for Britten‘s Les illuminations and Ellen Reid‘s Lumee’s Dream.
‘Shin, Reid + Britten’ is sponsored in part by Peggy + Jack Falcon.
Program
Artists
Conductor
soprano
Acting Concertmaster
Violin I
Violin I
Violin I
Violin I
Violin I
Principal Second Violin
Associate Principal Second Violin
Violin II
Violin II
Violin II
Violin II
Viola
Viola
Viola
Principal Cello
Associate Principal Cello
Cello
Cello + Vocals on Hyo
Principal Bass
Acting Associate Principal Bass
Acting Principal Flute
Principal Oboe
Acting Principal Clarinet
Acting Principal Bassoon
Acting Principal Horn
Acting Principal Trumpet
Harp
Principal Timpani
Stage Director
Choreographer
Dancer
Dancer
Visual Artist
ABOUT CLOSE QUARTERS
LACO’s new premium streaming series – returning March 12 – presents a new avenue for classical music and a unique look at what the future can hold in balancing music, art and movement.
Close Quarters features classical music performances set to images and art created and processed in a first-of-its-kind digital studio at Wilhardt + Naud. Music Director Jaime Martín and Director and Designer James Darrah seek to create a digital series that celebrates collaboration in an age of isolation.
Learn More about Close Quarters
Close Quarters is a Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra original series and you can find it for free on Youtube, Facebook and our website. We’ve created a printer-friendly version of the Spring season broadcast schedule.