Colburn Presents Stravinsky Works, 11/14

The Colburn School will celebrate the Los Angeles compositions of Igor Stravinsky in a concert on November 14 at Zipper Hall entitled Found Horizon, presented in collaboration with The Getty Center's Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980.

Found Horizon is part of Pacific Standard Time. This unprecedented collaboration, initiated by the Getty, brings together more than sixty cultural institutions from across Southern California for six months beginning October 2011 to tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene.

On November 14th, Found Horizon will feature Colburn Conservatory musicians performing chamber music and chamber orchestra works composed by Stravinsky from 1953 - 1963 as selected by Patrick Scott, curator of the November 14 concert program and artistic director of Jacaranda - Music at The Edge, one of the nation's premier chamber music organizations based in Santa Monica, Calif.

The program samples Stravinsky's works and arrangements from 1953-1955, as well as two pieces composed in the early sixties, all for performance in Los Angeles. Stravinsky's compositions from this period were born from a turning point in the composer's artistic life, fostered in part by the thriving Los Angeles artistic community at the time.

"In 1951, Stravinsky overcame a creative impasse through his collaboration with the concert series Evenings on the Roof, which began in Silver Lake in 1939 and later became known as Monday Evening Concerts," Scott said. "This pioneering series premiered a small torrent of new chamber music and arrangements by Stravinsky that invigorated the composer, the Los Angeles public and the contemporary music world."

Scott will open the evening with a lecture exploring the reasons behind Stravinsky's creative block and how the unique environment in Los Angeles at the time helped shape the artistic growth that defined his late works.

Colburn School President and CEO Sel Kardan:
"We are really excited to have created a unique and enlightening program for Pacific Standard Time. As an institution that was founded during this period of Los Angeles history, we felt it was important to mark this most incredible and creative time. With the visionary direction of Patrick Scott and the youthful passion of our talented Conservatory musicians, the concert will breathe new life into Stravinsky's work."

Dean of the Colburn Conservatory of Music Richard Beene:
"In such a comprehensive project about the Los Angeles art scene, the school felt it important to highlight two amazing forces that shaped the path of the creative world; Monday Evening Concerts, a series that has and continues to make significant contributions to contemporary music and Igor Stravinsky, widely acknowledged as one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. This will be one of the most vibrant concerts of our year. "

Tickets are $25 general admission. Available at www.colburnschool.edu/tickets, 213-621-1050, or (subject to availability) at the venue 1 hour prior to event.

 

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