Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) Conductor Laureate Jeffrey Kahane, “a precise and demanding presence on the podium” (Orange County Register), returns to the Orchestra to conduct the world premiere of Nina C. Young’s Violin Concerto: Traces, written for violinist Jennifer Koh, who is featured on the premiere. Young, whose work was co-commissioned by LACO and the Philadelphia Orchestra, is known for creating electroacoustic music imbued with vibrant, arresting immediacy. Kahane also conducts C.P.E. Bach’s minimalistic Sinfonia in D major and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A minor, “Scottish,” influenced by the German composer’s travels through Scotland as a young man as part of a multi-year Grand Tour of Europe.   

The program is part of the state-wide California Festival: A Celebration of New Music, a two-week event November 3-19, 2023, showcasing the most compelling and forward-looking voices from around the world in performances of new works written within the past five years. The initiative is a collaboration among more than 50 music institutions from across California with outreach support from the Association of California Symphony Orchestras (ASCO).   

Location:

Alex Theatre

216 N Brand Blvd, Glendale, CA 91203

Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

Jennifer Koh, violin

C.P.E. Bach: Sinfonia in D major

Nina C. Young: Violin Concerto: Traces (LACO Co-Commission, World Premiere)

FE. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, “Scottish”

www.laco.org